The morning call., 1893-10-22
IT'S WIDE SCOPE.
Second Day of the Synod
of California.
THE CHINESE DISCUSSED.
Opening of the Fair on Sundays.
Foreign Observation-Disclosures
in the Evening.

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yesterday morning by devotional exercises
under the direction of Rev. II. B. Gage of
Riverside.
The first business was the appointment
of Rev. Ira NJ. Condit on the committee of
finance and mileage in place of Rev. Mr..
Franklin. resigned, and the appointment
OF a committee on neurology, consisting of
Rev. Thomas Frazer. DID. Rev. w. Alex
ander, DID,, Elder d. P. Simonds.
The discussion of the special committees
report on the theological seminary was
then continued. The point upon which
the brethren differed was as to advisabiity
of The synod giving up the control which
it has heretofore exercised over this insli-
tuition and letting IL pass into the charge
of the General Assembly, which usually
has direct control of all such seminaries.
DR.. Alexander, DR.. Minton and DR..
Breck made very earnest speeches against
the proposed change, and Dr. Dinsmore
| made a particularly telling one in its
! favor. The whole matter was finally re-
1erred TO new committee, to consist of
minister aud elder from each presbytery.
10 report at the next meeting OF the synod.
A resolution was presented and adopted
! setting apart certain Sabbath for the
| presentation Of higher education in the
| churches. w. Frank Paxton, DID,, of
| the Upper Iowa Conference OF the NJ. E.
! Church, was invited To sit as correspond
| ing member. The matter of the Occident
then came up, and after discussion nearly
all those present pledged themselves to use
tn cir best endeavors to support the paper.
| Elder David Jacks promising individually
TO pay $50 per year for two years.
! The Woman's Occidental Board of
| Foreign Missions, which had been in ses-
sion during the morning in the lecture
room, then entered and took possession of
| the seats reserved Tor them, the officers
occupying the platform.
Mrs. =. ID. Brown, the president, very
! gracefully thanked the synod for its past
| help in the work of the board. Mrs l.. A.
! Kelly, general secretary, then read her re-
| port, which was very encouraging, stating
as it did that in spite of hard times the
board had raised much money aud been
very successful in every way. a recess
was then taken, during which the ladies Of
/ the church served delicious lunch TO all
present, nearly 400 people sitting down 10
the beautifully decorated tables in the
lectuTe-rhom.
ALTO the synod again met, and the re-
port of Mrs. 5. NJ. Condit, State Presby-
terial secretary, a lady of charming pres
ence, was the opening event. Mrs. Dem
niston, State treasurer, being absent, her
report was read by Mrs. Stevens and was
followed by the report of Mrs. Wright.
treasurer OF the building fund, who stated
that only $500 was due on the new Chinese
home. The sum of $50 toward this was
subscribed at once, Rev. Mr.. Chapman
| leading with a donation of S25. After
some singing in both English ana Chinese.
| by a number of Chinese and Japanese
girls from the San Francisco Mission, DIR.
Minton read the report of the Board of
| Foreign Missions, which took a strong
stand on the Chinese question, stating
! that it would be an excellent thing ''wEen
the people learn 10 distinguish between
true statesmanship and demagogsm."
| At the close Of the business of the Occi-
dental Board Rev. James NJ. Thompson of
/ Modesto presented the report OF the
American Bible Society, Rev. John
Thompson, representing that society. fol-
! lowing with brief address. After the
report OF the educational committee had
| been received DIR. DinsmOre Introduced
The matter of the committee of comfy
proposed by the Congregational church,
and moved that the synod take action by
appointing persons 10 serve upon that
committee.
A long and somewhat warm discussion
followed, strong opposition to the idea
being shown by number of the reverend
gentlemen. Rev. T. D..Seward. synodical
| miss lOnary, spoke strongly against the
plan. Rev. J. O. Adams viewed the mat
ter in quite different light. disagreeing
decidedly with Mr.. Seward, and asking
the synod to meet what he considered
Christian spirit.
After very vigorous speeches from Dr.
Covie, Rev. Mr.. Newell, Rev. r. Nj. Sve-
venson and several other gentlemen in
favor of the motion, and from Rev. j. ID.
| Beard, Rev. MIR. Young, Rev. Mr.. Noble
and Rev. G. c. Griffin against it, the synod
decided the matter in the affirmative. with
the proyiso that only territory coterminous
with that covered by the Congregational
Association should be affected thereby.
Reports from various committees and
presbyteries were presented and adopted.
and q resolution that a petition be sent to
the directors of the forthcoming Midwinter
Fair to close the gates thereof on Sundays
was unanimously adopted
On motion of Rev. Mr.. Woodwork
week of prayer was appointed, and reso-
luton commendatory of the American
| Tract Society was adopted
1t was then moved hat the paragraph in
the report of the Board Of Foreign Missions
regarding the treatment of Chinese in this
country be printed, but Rev. Mr. MacLaren
hoped it would not be given out as the
utterance OF the synod upon the question.
as be believed that something should be
/ done to restrain the influx of Chinese
at is not well.' he said. "for nations
| who cannot mlngle in marriage and form
q homogeneous mass to be brought together
in this way. Aud in my Opininn it would
be far better if the Eastern people who
| are raising SUCH HOWL over TIE exclusion
of the Chinese would guard their own
shores from the influx Of ignorant for
eigners, as we are trying 20 guard ours"
The moderator ruled that the question
was simply upon the points of the para
graph and that Mr. MacLaren's remarks
we're not pertinent, and the motion was
passed
The theme Of the evening session was
"The World for Christ; the Work of For
eign Missions" and Rev. j. Z. Wheeler.
d. d., chairman for the evening, opened
the meeting with some very interesting
remarks.
very interesting portion Of the pro-
gramme was the presentation by Rev. s.
NJ Condit OF the Greetings from the
Chinese" Four young Chinese converts
delivered brief but excellent addresses.
Rev. Ny Poon Chew represented the Soci-
ely OF Christian Endeavor among his
counirymen; Lui Fond represented the Y.
NJ. G. A. work in the same line; Ma Chez
told of the missionary work done by the
| Chinese in this country for their brethren
in China, and Lung Lay. an elder of the
Oakland church, sang Throw Out the
Life Line" in a manner which won him
much applause from his audience. Rev.
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