The sun., 1894-05-06
PREsBr7EarAS .ISSIMJLIES.
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| Tit. sen-on'- WI H. Uir, Cons-rvnt We
| Prosperity or the iurch.
Nine days after tho opening OF tho Constltu.
tional Convention nt Albany the General As
| sembly OF tho Presbyterian Church In the
United States OF America meets at Saratoga.
The General Assembly OF the Irosby,ernn
Church in tho United States meets on the snne
| date at Nashville. Tenn. and the several other
Presbyterian societies. great and small. have
their annual meetings ut various places on o.
about the same date. Tho greatest OF these
bodies. about rs great as all the others COM
bined. Is the first named.
1t is only four years since tho Northern "a.
semby last met at Saratoga and i,s m eetlr GO
there have been frequent ever since Saratoga
became great watering place There are 600
Commissioners to the assembly. equally dl.
vided lay and clerical. Nearly all will intend.
as will at least $50 other persons having busi-
ness before tho assembly. and many hundred
spectators from near md far. Many ministers
take their annual vacation at the time OF the
to obSn II tho SrdSf sS m ad
meeting with SO large u body OF reprcsent tativs
The General Assembly o, 1904 Is not lisel,
to have any such excitement as the BrigGs
trial OF 1903. II is not expected that the Briggs
case or tho matter OF Union Theo ogical Semi
nary. now cut loose from its direct Official re-
iations with the Chureh. will come before the
assembly 1t Is possible. however. that some
earnest conservative mar raise a question
touching the continuance OF Pro!. Briggs in
appears upon the roster oi minister but no r.
under Suspension; II it can he shown that he
has preached N his clerical since he
from h the ministry I might 10 brought Up in the
extremely ike that OF Dr. Briggs. the case OF
the Rev Henry Preserved Smith. D.D,. .Ints
Theological Seminary, Tlncir natl Prof' smitS tS
Vas found guilty Of heretical teaching BY the
his iSnctons as teaehei The synoa Of 6ha
the the fres6ytery and DR. Smith took APPEAL 10
II, There Is arumor, however; that this appeal
thn, Thill not ss i3sistsd upon i is cOnlectarcd
in the assemrly. It's Already known That The
body, much more so than the last assembly
which found pr iiriegs guilty ~ hrrcsy. and
Ohio In the ease Of DIR. Smith would be sus-
tanned by vote OF five to one.
and wrought less stir in the Church % than S'9s the
se Sase 81 o. ps BrGGs PARTLY because q the two
because the Presbytery of cineinnnti dpniikrs pairir
the I,res6ytery OF New York in the matter Of
Or, briggs Tns nearly 1g unanimous against DR..
spicuous man IN the Church than Dr. Smlth.
ta Union Theoiosieal Seminary is more iTipor.
attracts more attention than what occurs at
III inc DTlHbb case has strength
ened the conservatism of the Presby eTian
Church North and won i many friends in The
Church south. so that tho two great hoIiaS ot
Presbyterians are nearer together than they
have been at any other time since their s~pa-
ration; II Is believed, indeed. that a majority
oi southern Presbyt-r IAN laymen are in favor
OF treunion. Nevertheless there probably Viii
bo no official action this year looking TO re-
union. thongh he two assemblies will ex-
The reports OF the various Hoard SvnoIs
and Presbyteries will show a mark ell inrrense
In the mem bershin aud resources OF the Norti-
ern Presbyterian Church since last year one
new synod has Teen organized that Of Nom
tana. IL Is essentially u home mission synod
ana accordingly the Rev, DIR. W. C. Roberts Sec.
fetnry OF the Home Mission Poard wa present
AT Bozeman upon the occasion OF the organic
blasting OF the Hoard.
The Church has felt the hard times of tho
past year. but It's receipts show an improves
msnt over the year before. and the gain IN
considerable.