The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20

Fitzgerald took tho chair. Resolutions
OF sorrow were offered on the death of
Rev. j. B. Lawrence, of the Virginia
Conference, who was missionary to
Mexico and did grand work there. The
resolutions were unanimously adopted.
The call for reports OF standing com.
mittees was then taken up, and the fol-
lowing was submitted as report No. 3,
OF the committee on appeals:
I'm the case Of D. G. Kelly, who ap
peals from the action Of tho Tennessee
conference, ,he committee on appeals
reverse the action OF che conferonce."
This short report is q vindication of
DIR. Kelly, who has already suffered the
punishment OF suspension for six
months for being a candidste for gov.
ernor on the prohibition ticket in this
State In 1890. Tho report is also o very
hard blow to Bishop Hargrove. being a
declaration that his action in the trial
OF Or. Kelly was contrary to church law.
While DR.. Kelly was making his can
vass for governor the annual conference
met, and Bishop Hargrove, over the
solemn and earnest protest of the con-
ference, appointed the committee of
trial, when the conference claimed that
as Its right, and the law OF the church
bare the conference out. Dr.. Kelly's
character WAS arrested. and he went on
trial. The bishop did not allow tho
conference to construe tho law, which
was Its right, but construed It himself
In way that dlspleased not only the
conference but many other members of
the church and many outside people.
The report was adopted.
DR.. Tigert offered formal protest
to the action in which the report of the
COmmittnn I'D T.,
was agreed upon and spread on tho
journal.
Southern Presbyterian Assembly.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 10.-The
general assembly of tho Southern Pres
byterian Church to-day received the re-
port OF committee on the Birmingham
conference, which recently reached an
agreement to turn over the work of
negro evangelization 20 the Freed 10 ans
board. After some discussion the agree.
ment reached by the joint committee
at birmingham was rejected.
The general assembly received two
overtures from the Presbytery OF North
Alabama, one asking the appointment
of committee on Presbyterian unity,
and the other requiring the standing
committee be appointed on cooperation
in home mission work, to confer with q
like committee OF the Northern Presby
terrain Church at Saratoga, the powers
or the committee to be simply advisory.
General Presbyterian Assembly.
SARATOGA, N. Y, May 1o-The bust.
mesa OF the 106th Presbyterian assembly
was resumed at 9:30 this morning DR..
Craig, of the committee on bills and
overtures, presented a partial report
from his committee. This was in effect
as follows:
On the question of reunion with the
Southern Church the committee recon-
mends that the assembly take action
to appoint special committee OF nine
to confer with similar committee, If
one should be appointed by tho South
ern Church, to take into consideration
the whole question Of organic union OF
the TWO churches and to report to tho
next general assembly.
The resolution was greeted with an
plause and was adopted by unanimous
rising vote. The moderator and stated
clerk were authorized to telegraph the
resolution to the Southern Church.
Overtures were reported for the or
ganic union of the churches, North and
South, and referred to the committee on
bills and overtures.
Col. John j. McCook, Of Fifth Avenue
Church, New York, was appointed vice
moderator.
The report of the judicial committee
on the Smith heresy case. which was
to close the third days session of The
assembly, was uddenly shelved this
morning after hurried conference OF
the leading members OF the committee
held in the pulpit bSck Of the modera
tor. The hour for the reading OF tho
report arrived just as the conference
was closed and the chairman announced
that the Committee had decided to
withhold tho report until Monday.
DR.. Gardner, chairman of the com.
mitiee, has the report in his possession,
and IL will be read at the opening hour
on Monday. II finds that tho appeal OF
DR.. Smith, OF the Cincinnati Presby
terry, is in order, and recomme that
1t BIO entertained. This will be a sur
prise to the com missioners, as it was
given out that the finding would be
against its being entertained and thus
the disagreeable task of listening to
hours of heresy debate would be avoided
The CO M mittoe takes the position that
the Assem- bly, should give the Smith case
a fair hearing.
The committee will not have an op-
portunity to hear arguments on the ju-
dicial committees report on Monday,
tOA 40 oOoi % ~ 40 Ionu ~ AOocS us pldCb
in the order of the day. and the chair
man mus yield the floor to the chair
man OF tho special committee on theo
logical seminaries 1t will DO put on
the calendar for Wednesday or Thurs
day by which time the theological sem
mary reports will be out of tho way.
The majority report on the seminaries
question, briefly stated, recommends
the creation of trust under which all
tho endowments OF seminaries shall be
held. and gives the general asse nhly