Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-19

McD0ugaU were appolntcu oS tHo
orator to escort DR.. Craig into the room
aud his entrance was the signal Ter Wig
orous hand-clapping. He was intro
dueed to the retiring Moderator by Dr.
Harsha, who received and presented him
to the General Assembly.
DR.. Craig responded in few words
expressing profound thanks for the con-
fidence reposed in him.
DR.. Bartlett, pastor Of the church,
was introduced and made the address OF
welcome. Its tone and heartiness was
shown in the opening sentences:
1.-THE welcome extended on behalf OF
the Committee on Arrangements Is one
that addresses itself to your personal
comfort All the orthodoxy that IL shall
require of the brethren is that they
have good appetite and are able 10
sleep well at night"
He had promised when delivering the
invitation at Portland last year to meet
here to show the members either
Presbyterian elder, or the son OF
Presbyterian clergyman in the White
House, and he had kept his promise.
Laughter The fruit had been so
good and so rich that he was OF the
opinion the soil had better be kept un-
changed for fear Of deterioration OF the
promise.
AGAINST AN OPEN FAIR.
Mr.. ]. T. Foster, OF Newark, N. j.,
presented the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted by
rising vote with a subsequent under
standing that it should be amended or
made more comprehensive tomorrow:
"ReSolued, That this assembly pro-
tests in behalf of the Christian senti-
ment of the nation against the opening
of the Columbian Exposition at Chicago
on the Lords day. We appeal to
the National Commissioners to
assert their rightful authority TO pre-
vent the local directory from opening
the Exposition on that day and we re-
spectfully invoke tho cooperation or
the National Executive In the enforce
ment OF all laws designed or calculated
to secure that end.
''ResoIUed, That copy Of this reso-
luton be communicated to the Pres-
dent OF the United States, and to Hon.
IT. w. Palmer, President of the Worlds
Fair Commission.
The assembly then adjourned until 9
o'clock tomorrow.
SKETCH GF THE NEW MODERATOR:
Rev. Willis Green Craig, ID. D., LII.
D., is q man about sixty years ofsage.
He was born in DanVille, KY, edpcated
at Centre College, that State, and after
travelling abroad entered the Theologi-
cal Seminary at Danville, graduating In
1860. He accepted the call to
the Westminster Presbyterian
Church at Keokuk, Iowa, whose
pastor he remained fer period OF 22
years. He was called in 1881 to the
chair OF church history in the McCor-
mick Theological Seminary, Chicago,
but the church entered such vigorous
protest against DR.. Craig's removal that
the Presbytery refused to sever the re-
latons. The call 10 Mccormick Semin-
airy was repeated in 1882, with the re-
suit that the Presbytery being urgently
pressed, sanctioned the change, and he
entered upon his duties in the new field
of labor.
DIR. Craig married o Kentucky lady,
and has a son in the ministry, now
located in California. He is cousin OF
Vice President Stevenson.
This evening the ordinance Of the
Lords Supper was administered to the
Commissioners and accompanying con-
gregation which again taxed the capa-
ciay Of the church. Rev. w. W. Harsha,
of Nebraska, presided.