Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-16

participated in the opening exercises.
This afternoons business will be confined
to the organizing of the assembly and the
election of officers.
In the evening the Lords supper will be
celebrated.
Control of SemfnarIes.
PlTTSBURG, Pa, May 16.-A unique
feature of the sessions of the general as
sembly of two leading branches of the
Presbyterian Church is that both bodies
Will discuss the question of control of theo-
logical seminaries conducted under their
auspices, and that the trustees of the re-
SpectlVe seminarieS are reluctant to sur
render control as desired by the supreme
bodies. The United Presbyterian Church
has but two theological semnaries They
are located at Allegheny. Pa, and at
Aenia, ono The Allegheny seminary d.
rectory has declined to surrender the prop
erty OF the institution to the general assem-
ply the directory of the Xenia institution
has not been heard from definitely, but it
was stated last night that it is divided on
the question.
The seminary question will be the most
important matter before the United Pres
byterian assembly, which convenes here on
the I'D instant. 1t is the sentiment of the
church at large, it is said, that the control
OF its educational schools should be i'm
mediately under the direction Of the general
assembly in the matter of teaching and the
disposal of property interests so far as they
owe their existence to the members of the
church and receive support from the United
Presbyterian body through appropriat tons
from the general assembly.
In IA Historical Place.
PITTSBURG, Pa, May 1G-The Third
Presbyterian Church, in which the 10th
general assembly convened today, is one
OF historic interest. Here in 1896 was held
the convention and assembly, which re-
suited in the disruption of the denomina-
ton. One of the great questions then was
assembly control of missionary societies.
as the great question of the present gen.
eral assembly is the assembly, control of
the theological seminaries. The old and
new. school general assemblies met in
Plttsburg for the last time in November,
1863, tWenty-siX years ago. When they
adjourned union mass meeting was held
in the Third Presbyterian Church. 1t was
thanksgiving celebration, and the event
is commemorated in a beautiful mural
tablet in the vestibule of the church The
Third Church was dedicated in Novem-
bel, 1865, so that the quarter centennial of
we'll as the quarter centennial of the 1e-
union mass meeting.
Southern General Assembly.
DALLAS, Texas, May 16.-The general
assembly of the Southern Presbyterian
Church begins ten days session here to.
day. Among the most important matters
to be discussed will be the relations with
the Northern Presbyterian Church. This
subject was before the assembly last year
in response to the proposition from the as.
sembly at Saratoga that the southern as.
sembly appoint a special committee of nine
to confer with a similar committee of the
northern assembly and to take into con-
sideration the whole question of organic
union of the two bodies upon the basis of
one common standard"
The assembly at Nashville declined to ap-
point committee of conference but the
subject has been much agitated in the
southern church since.