The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-23
AUBURN CHANGES.
Willing to Give the General
Assembly Control of Its
Seminary.

SARATOGA, N. Y, May %. 1894. The
opening incident of today's session Of
the Presbyterian General Assembly
was the correction of the vote
taken yesterday on the majority report
of the Special Theological Seminary Com
mittee. Absentees of Yesterdays session were
permitted to have their names recorded on
the side of the majority. There were Logan,
G. Murray and James Yereance of New
Bates of Minnesota, Rev w. E. Slemmons
and Rev S. Marks of Erie,
and William Cow of Winnebago
all voting in the affirmative. This made the
record show that the seminary control re-
port was adopted by a vote of 1l5 to 443
Rev w q .Murkland, D d., a commissioner
from the Southern General Assembly now in
session at Nashville, was introduced by Dr.
Duffield, Of the Correspondence Committee,
Dr. Murkland referred to the movement
begun by these two assemblies to reunite the
Presbyterian churches North and South.
MISSION BOARDS REPORT
Dr. George T. Purves, Chairman of the
Foreign Mission Committee, made his report
on behalf of the joint commit
tee of the Home and Foreign
Boards He announced that hearing
would be given by the Committee at half
past two o'clock this afternoon to all inter-
ested in tie new Presbyterian house
SEMINARY CONTROL VOTE CHANGED.
Efforts are being made to have a partial
reconsideration Of the vote taken yesterday
on the scheme of seminary control.
When the reports on this subject
were first read last week all
the eastern seminaries, including Prince
ton, Auburn and Allegheny, were opposed
to the plan of making any changes
whatever in their characters. All
this opposition disappeared during the
week, however, except Auburn AMI one COM
missioner from Allegheny, Since the
taking of the vote Auburn finds her
self in the position of being
the only seminary in opposition to
the scheme, Last night the Auburn men,
through Commissioner Osborne, made over
lures to Leaders Craig and Young to have a
re-statement of the effect of the recon-
mendations, on Auburn Seminary, which
woald gracefully release her from that posi-
ton.
On reconsideration, Commissioner Hills
of Chicago is to withdraw his protest, and
the minority of rs, which voted yesterday
against the plan is to be made to disap-
pctsL ou aI1slAOf eti VI pot 10
Of the report. The plan is to have oae
of the auburn men rise, at this after
Moons session, to a question Of
privilege. 1t will be stated then that Auburn
is ready to create a trust Of her funds in favor
of the General Assembly. if the second pro-
vision of the recommendations as to the APP
proval of the directors-eiect by the General
Assembly could be suspended with reference
to Auburn
AS the directors of Auburn are
now elected by sixteen or eighteen
presbyteries of Central New York Chair
man Young will state on behalf of the COM
mittee that this control is sufficient under
the circumstances. as Auburn is an existing
seminary, and as the rccommenda-
tions especially provide fer tie COM
pact of 1870, under which Auburn
was brought into the church The
Auburn men were ready, it is said, il this Is
done. to give the General Assembly power
to enforce its control by recourse to the civil
courts