The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-05-24
THE PREsBYTERrANS
Interesting Reports Submitted 70
the General Assembly.
Complaint Against the Worlds Fair Com
duct-strong Language Used In the
Report OF the Temperance Com
mittee = Receipts and Ex-
penditures OF the vari-
GUS Boards.


WASHINGTON, May 2o.--Devotional ex-
ercises which opened the second days
session Of the Presbyterian General AS
sembly were conducted by Rev, DIR.
Smith, of Baltimore.
The annual reports Of the various
church boards show encouraging re-
suits in every branch Of the work. The
report Of the permanent committee on
temperance enters into that subject
largely in detail and makes some re-
concentrations that will come before
the assembly.
Referring to the worlds fair the re-
port says: "We cannot contemplate,
except with feelings of shame, the pro-
posed spectacle to be placed before all
the world, of a vast national grog shop
and vast national exhibition Of the
trampling down of law"
The establishment by congress Of an
impartial commission of inquiry con-
cerning the liquor traffic is favored.
"The bill" continues the report" "has
several times passed the senate, but
the liquor power, rallying its forces,
has always defeated it in the lower
house."
The report also protests against the
institution known as the 'army can
teen" in which 1t claims army officers
and soldiers are detailed as saloon
keepers.
The report Of the special committee
on systematic benifcence shows that
the Christian Standard has attained an
average monthly issue Of 242, ,22O copies.
The total receipts of all boards dur
ing the year amounted to s27, ,999, ,502, IN
increase over 1892 of s17s,765.
The report Of the board Of church
erection fund shows that during tho
year there were 239 applications for 10
sistance upon which grants were made
aggregating s1O6,S and loans so1, 1872.
This total exceeds any previous year in
the history of the board and still there
is an insufficiency Of supplies.
The report of the board in charge OF
the missions for freedmen shows that
nearly 5000 900 annually Is being ex-
pended in this direction with many
good results.
The expenditures last year amounted
to s193, 200, while the receipts were
s17s,S1O. Under this board there ore
152 ordained ministers and 25s churches
with membership Of 1928 and 1s,F3
Sunday-school scholars.
During the year the report Of the
board of relief shows that 722 persons
were afforded assistance, 94 new names
being placed upon the rolls last year
There are 70 ministers over sevent!
years Of age retired, the Oldest being
"a, and thirty-fve of the number beint
over 80. The total appropriation 10
this work was 1852, 4o2.
The report Of the board Of home mis-
sions does not show the increase tina
was heped for at the commencement o
= the year. II Is shown that during tn
past year there has been organized onl.
lS2 new churches, smaller numhe
than usual, result due chiefly TO
want of funds The year began with
debt of s71, 100, nearly all of which ha
I been cancelled and new work TO th
amount Of S3i,444 undertaken. Tn
total receipts were s9B7,i5i.
+ After some routine business OF n
general interest had been disposed o
= ex-Moderator Young projected into tn
0 proceedings the first important que
c tions before the assembly-the repoi
= of the committee upon the relation
c the assembly and theological sem
, naries. II covered the history an
methods pursued by the committee
, the progress of It's work, and as we
r the history of the relations Of the n
$ sembly and Of theological seminarie
# beginning with the organization of Il
e institution at Princeton, which n
y knowledged the general assembly
q its patron and source Of power and a
thority.
q The committee says il has come To I
Q conclusion as TO what method shou
o be adopted by the church, either by S
Is curing more effective control ov
p the property and teaching OF existiI
II seminaries or securing control Of d
I teaching and property Of future sen
= naries.
d Rev. Thomas McDougall said that
believed that the time had come in q
is matter Of the control of theologic
70 seminaries when the genius OF Z
- Presbyterian church should be at lea
% equal to the executive ability display
u in ordinary business, and II any teac
Is er employed for a specific purpose at
ie specific salary should for any reaso
es become unfit TO discharge his duties,
D. way might be found to dispense wi
es his services without splitting up t
>. church.
o. When Mr.. McDougall had finish'
Il Mr.. Roberts moved that the report
lie approved and the committee be c6
II tfnued. Finally, after q passage
ce tween DIR. Young and Prof. Brown
al vote Of thanks was extended TO
IN committee for It's diligence and 1t "
10 continued for further labor.
OF Charles DE Lesseps Seriously Ill.,
cs PARIS, May 2O.-Charles De Lesse
e- one of the convicted managers of
he Panama Canal Company, is suffer-
lis with acute dyspepsia and has be
ok transferred from the prison to the h
he pital of st. Louis He occupies a pr
=. ate room and Is guarded by two det
ed tives.