New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-18
tpr TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRiBuxEl


sep'e', Assembly. In 1892 DR.. w. c. Young. the
oe" r,aort OF Centre College. at Danville. was
p''' Moderator at Portland. Ore. Last year
en0,," .shi,e,on Professor Willis G. Craig. Of
horn and educated in Kentucky.
'".u Of Dr. Youngs father was the presiding
puf" ord today. after nearly three hours Of
s.no,ipg with three opposing candidates. Dr'
!, AIutchmore. of Philadelphia. the Edi-
=, THE Presbyterian" and the pastor OF
Nto,ror,al Church Of that city. was elected.
candidates were placed in nomination. DR..
iO, - Brown Of Portland. Ore. the host of
o. assembly two years ago. graduate OF Lane
ln' a friend Of all home missionaries
80 and South, East and West, ripe scholar
NO" ronu,ar preacher the first candidate
al" Another candidate from the Pacihc
nam. n,as Dr. John W. Dinsmore. Of san Jose
~. ,n,rd. placed in nomination by Or. Howard
80" Of New-York was James Gardner. OF
.,.-..-s,1lle y Y, the present Moderator or the
work synod DIR. Mutchmore was named
~ NJ Young. and his nomination was seconded
~ 8 Holmes. of Pittsburg. On the first
.uDr Brown received 223 votes; Dr. Mulch
'V" oo7 DR. Gardner. &C. and Dr. Dnsmore. a.
rS'. rssult was reached. however after several
i" nod been changed and nearly all the New
~
.s,or 70 Dr. Mutchmore DR.. Dufleld then
N..harew the name Of DR.. Gardner, and Dr.
~. that NJ DR.. Dinsmore The second roll
IN ,ras taken with this result $50 votes cast. of
oa A,,h Dr Mmchmore received 2S6 and Or.
p,ovn 26S Or. Mutchmore was then upon VOTE
sac,sred unanimously elected
np cRA1G.s STIRRING SERMON
MI. roor-,,ne, session was entirely taken up with
As sermon Of DR.. Craig. the retiring MODERATOR
~. srbiect was the importance Of declaring TO
sn world "all the counsel Of God After re-
,ar1ns to the delightful year. from an evange-
us,,c nolnt Of view. that the Presbyterian Church
rad experienced he said that with vision ciarl-
sas and close communion with God. the Church
might well look upon the fundamental principles
which underlie It's organized life; upon the dis
tnctive elements of church administration. which
NAV need its consideration; upon the great ques-
t,ons which agitate the thinkers Of the period.
and upon the wide field OF destitute humanity
which still awaits the advance of Christian
evangelization He took up the lines Of thought
that the Presbyterian Church is representative
and that 1t stands for something definite.
wherever It is known" he said. ut signifies
something In the domain Of doctrine. spirit and
purpose which can be readily stated easily UNI
derstood and firmly grasped as a reality. This
realism OF our Church is recommendation 10
the world and TO men in whose behalf 1t pro-
poses to pursue its definite way. and 1t is the I'M
doubted source Of its noblest successes in the
field OF Christian work
d.. Craig called upon the commissioners 10
stand together in solid phalanx for the highest
Presbyterian welfare and closed with the ex-
preston of the hope that there would soon be
reunion between the Northern and Southern
Churches.
THE NEW MODERATOR
DR.. Samuel A. Mutchmore. the successful can
didate for Moderator. was born in Ohio OF Scotch
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. His father was
soldier in the war OF 1872 His mother was a
daughter Of Colonel Thomas McCune. an officer
under General Washington whose wife the
sister Of General Hugh Brady, OF military dis
tinction in Pennsylvania. DR.. Mutchmore was
three years in the Ohio University. and a year
and half at the Law School in Indiana Uni
versty. He was graduated at Centre College.
Danville Kentucky. under President John c.
Young and studied theology al Danve Semi
nary. Dr. Mu;chmore entered the active min
istry in 1858 as home missionary in Southern
Kentucky While stationed al Bowling Green
he occupied the pulpit Of d.. Halsey the Chest
nut Street Presbyterian Church in Louisville
for several months. After a years pastorate at
Columbia. No. the seat Of the Missouri
University he was called to Fulton. No.
the seat Of Westminster College, the oc-
casion being an extensive revival among
the citizens and students. During the
war he was outspoken Union man and served
on committee under Generals Fremont and
Halleck TO promote the interests Of the Govern
ment At the close Of the year 1862 he went TO
Carondelet then a suburb q 81. Louis, built the
Carondelet Avenue Church and dedicated It free
from debt. DR.. Mutchmore was called to the
Cohocksink Presbyterian Church Of Philadelphia
in 1865, and took charge Of it on January !. 1866
Nearly two hundred people were added TO the
church within few months during a revival
which followed The next spring the cOngre-
CATION under his leadership moved TO Franklin !
d. and Columbia ave. where the present sub |
slantal edfce was erected at a cost Of $4,000. !
The seven years pastorate one OF great
prosperity. more than five hundred persons being
ADDED upon confession Of faith. Later he was
transferred 10 the Alexander Presbyterian Church,
where large debt paid and great improve |
ments made. The membership was increased |
mere fourfOd In a short time. OF the $4,000 |
sised TO pay the debt and TO make the improve
meh's' DR. Muchmore gave sl2. 900 himself. Dur
ing 'his pastorate DR.. Mutchmore built the Me- |
"oflai Presbyterian Church Of Philadelphia, OF
'H'en ne Is now pastor. and 10 which he removed
~ ISL, which numbers over seven hundred com
"uHcants. and has begun a new work I'm build
ns chapel al Nineteenth and York SITS, which
r"mses to grow into a church in the near future.
-, - oecame proprietor OF THE Presbyterian" In
49," ana has contributed weekly to its columns
SINCE He is the author OF two volumes Of
lu and observation in European and Oriental
Visit Of Japhcth to Sham and Ham,"
- Inc Mogul the Mongol, the Mikado. and
Missionary also volume OF sermons now |
Aess entitled Spiritual volapuk"
BROWNS STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS.
a.. arthur J. Brown. the unsuccessful candi- !
To- one OF the youngest men ever mentioned |.
az, vac important Office Of Moderator This fact
v,,, eo 10 MS defeat for several men said they