The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-19


WASHINGTON, d. O., May lS,-Tho
general assembly of the Prosbyterian
cb,..h no, Lo,o ,his r,o,,irn Tho
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NeW loFk avenue church ls eminent
among places OF worship us having had
aiming ita now holders seyeral presi.
.,,o uni,o1 c., naII =.
eu y w O",'St S'"'os' 10 "V'' -, ~
Tor thR aolll1y ana hlgh character oil lta
pastoral. Tho galleries and corridors
We're elIod long before the hour of as.
sor,hl, p,omn,ly a, II o,clock Raw
9y' P"y y, - ''S'H =. ~"
Dr. w. r. Young moderator oil the u.s.
ssmblf, appeared on tho pulpit plat
form And took his seat, accompanied BY
ps'1w w II p.ho,,s =, C,no,r,,,i tho
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gtated clerk w. l. Moore' OF ColuM-
BUS, permanent clerk joseph !.
smith, OF Baltimore, moderator OF INC
centennial assembly Gharles !" 4hollp'
son, oil New YORK W. " ROBERTS, sec
retary oi tue board oil nome MISSIONS
ana llerrick Johnson oI ChlGa8o; OK
Justice William strong, Ex-Governor
BEAVER OF fehnsyiYahlai NeV, Drs,
William Allen bartlett, pastor oil New
YORK Avenue church, !: >; HamIih,
Byron sunderland ana D. " Holmes, Oh
the local Presbyterian clergy.
Dr. Bartlett announced that Inc hour
for the beginning oil tho service ilad ar
rived. Tho chorus iIom the Messiah
was followed by tho do&ology, Rev. W.
II. Roberts, stated clerk, concludlnH
with the Lords prayer rcclteu III
unison.
The annual sermon was then de-
liverod by. DE-, Young, the moderator.
who took for lis text these passages oil
scripture: :,
"And in the days OF these kings Fhall
tho God Of Heaven set up kingdom
which shall never DO DESTROYED and tho
kingdom shall not DO left to other peo'
pie but it shall break in pieces and con.
sumo all these kingdoms and it shall
stand forever. Daniel III, Al.
"And say also unto thee, that thou
art Peter and upon this rock shail
build my church and tho gates OF hell
shall not prevail against 1t,
Tho most notable portion OF the dis
course was that relating to tho inGrr'
ancy OF the scriptures, and upon this
subject the doctor said:
"Our own beloved church, while hon
oring scholarship, courting inyestilga-
tion and welcoming criticism in her
standards, her dellverances, tho utter
ances oi her wisest and best ministers,
and again and again, expressing hor hrm
settled conviction that no discrimina'
tion as TO truthtulness can be made be-
tween different parts OF the Biblei that
from beginning to enc, from the open
ing sentence in Genesis to the last verse
in Revelation, tn Q Bible is the very
word OF God
but not one iot or little Of all that is
written IN the book shall fail 70 be t9!'
filled. No apprehension should be ieit
as 10 the safety OF the Bible. No posi-
bic harm can beiail IT. Here to doubt
Is 70 snow ulsioyaity 10 Sou, 70 iear IS
Sostisotior I, woIcomos Tho Shnrnest
criticism.
"From tho flaming ordeal through
which 1t Is now passing 1t VIII come
iorth' as y mas from M other merry tests,
IN It's tuiI INTEGRITY without 30 thucn as
the smell oil hre a3out IL AnG Wneh
tne very names OF tlose rauica' lote'sh
Tatohallst'c critics VINO arc seeKinE 70
destroy us historical trutnlpIhess, its
perfect ihiailioiIlty, with their wiuely
heraIded productions, Sha!l have oeeh
buried IN common oDllVlon' inc blp'e'
the whole bloic, history biography,
prophecy ana doctrine, snail by IN
creasihg miIliohs oi peIieVetS continue
to DO received, reau anu prileu above
all earthly possessions as the very
words oil Almighty 200.
IWice during tho de'lVery oil IhGse
words was Dr. louhH interrupted ny
applause.
Rev. Charles Ia thompson ied IN
prayer anu pronounced tlo oencuicIloh,
and the congregation ulspet1cu. yu,
The business OF tho assembly Will be-
gin at O'Clock this afternoon
MODERATOR ELECTED.
Az the oftcrnoon session came tho
-, a,,LaJa, ,ho oIoo,iono Of = modor.
Ncou' vi INV ''' ''''''O'''' - ',,'-''
ntor. ihe nomihatioha were ~ toto"S'
Rev, DR.. Charles A. Dickey, OF Philadcl-
phia; Rev. George A. Bakor, Of Phila-
dolphin; Row. Willie q. Craig, OF the
Mccormick university OF Chicago.
Rev. Or. DiCkcy waI rCCoyniZOl and
In brief speech declined tho nomina.
tion. IIo said in part:
II certainly appreciate tho klndrosg
oi my ITlehdH anu lho klhdly Norua
% fh"rIy ,y yovnocoJ "," oJ' ~ H. iyc ~ ~ ."c ho oy
whom i would take so long TO yonch ior
my orthodoxy. am not hero now to