New-York tribune., 1895-05-25


tee will report, and breezy discussion may fol-
low 1t Is possible hat official action VIII De
taken against the Presbyterian League before the
Assembly adjourns. The moderate men are try
ing to prevent the passage Of such measure
This General Assembly has taken the following
action in regard to several overtures relative 10
young people:
In view of the number of propositions submitted
TO your committee re.ativc to young Ieop,s Sovie
ties the committee recommend that the MoleIa,oT
OF the Genera. Assembly aipomt specn"i rnnis
ers 10 consider the whoe subject Of Young peo,,
pes societies ard their re.aion to me Ohu'c' anu
to report TO the next General Assembly
The following are the committee: TIE Key
Drs. David H. Breed. w s. Bryan William L..
McEwen and Loyal Graham. and the heV.
Messrs. Maitland Alexander. j. NJ. Barclay and
J. X. Fowler. with these four elders: II. l. Nash'
r. T. Ernest, James Yeareance and H. NJ. Ros-
sitter.
Regarding the question of holding the Cen
oral Assembly once in tMo years the Commit
tee on Bills and Overtures recommended that no
action should be taken upon the overture. Judge
Jessup Of the Lackawanna Presbytery. which
had sent the overture TO the Assembly. spoke in
reference to II. and among other reasons quoted
tho following from the Presbytery sending the
request:
We should learn lesson fr9m our brethren 40 OF
other churches our Methodist bretnreh & nave ro n9i
and yet their General Conference or Supreme
brethren also are a noble band of Christian workers
and their Supreme Court meets only once IN @ lhIoe
brethren get along smoothly and successfully by
such an arrangement why cannot the Pfespyterian a
settle or they can delay the settlement of questions
which affect the doctrine ana oonsmtu,iY @ s h vi and nd
foreign missions they can conduct the affairs Of
their Church in all their departments without ho'd.
an expcnse to their respective churches Of NeG"
And 4 they do So and sS h DO wo1% :" and do rs
work IL possible. better? surely IS
worth trial md in any I,c1,, cas- our chHrsS 5sS
whether or no; II desires such ehanse II Is =, a
our our Form OF Government" which provides for an
annual meeting OF the General AssenDy' an: as
now from what they were then. 1t 10 No harm
to send down the prcsbytorics the overture whicn
have presented, and therefore Tor ne i.ssons & M
we have stated and for other reasons that nlen y.
ADDED. respectfully urge The General AssnnnW
10 give TO this overture It's careful consideration.
ana unless its unwisdom and nexpcien.y in can Dc Dc
ccarly shown we ask ihn II mny SG cs"' 'o"" 10
The overture was opposed by Dr. Lamr~ ana
Mr. Sterry. from Ncw-York. and pr. i'cN'on' o'
Philadelphia Or. Dckson's reasons werc. IN
brief. that 1t would be n sen.e an ahnounbr sSroh
desired the action suggested Questions were
constantly coming up. the speaker sal W"iCi
should be answered by somebody capabe OF an
swer,ng them 1t would never do for the an
ferent Boards Of the Church to be required -
wait two or three years before line or action
could be taken In regard TO some poiicy int'
seemed essential for the progress OF the work.
The agencies Of the Church would be seFlousi!
hampered by the proposed measure
The United Presbyterians took another step
toward Christian unity today at theit Assen., n.
bly, meeting when they considered the repor'
COOKING toward cooperation with the Holland ke-
formed Church. This Recommendation was
adopted:
That the draft OF the basis OF co-operave union union
herein reported be adopted. the understanding oenS
that sha P',Sme con ssoe Sr.ag eSg Gng riso ReomS
Church
This tonic is to be discussed next Tuesday.
The committee reported that there was sun
stantial agreement Of the two Churches IN % aoc
trine. government and worship. but mar thsre
are practical difficulties In the way whch rchdcI
the organic union Of the Churches unadVlsapic
for the present. AS step. however toward tnat
end. the following plan OF cooperation IS sus-
gcsted:
ta) There shall be interchange constantly OF fra
,ernai de,egaies between the supreme judicaiores
OF the two Churches: ,b) whenever desirabe inih.'
the the proper ofcers in any vacant CONGREGATION may
invite 10 occupy their pupiis any m.ni',cr o' PRO
good standing In his own church: &c, en- 2n
sregatons in each body shall nave the no-
from the other church ihk to be done in aceerdanec
with the regulations OF the churcn from ~Hs'H az
is called: O) certificates of membership IRON the
congregations Of either church snail be accepted IN
the congregations OF the other. JUS; as SESSIONS ana
consistories within each body respectively h,noI i'
certificates OF their own denomination ara meihheIH
sbalI he received 10 participation in ordinances. on
the unders landing that organic union Is distinctly
An yoy: (e) cooperation In foreign missionary WORK
shall be engaged In fo.l0ws: \ duly authorize
representative from the Holland Christian Reformed
Church shall be admitted 10 the United resDyt
I,oard Of Foreign Missions consultative W.i,D'i
md misslonaries may be appointed from the HoHahi
1,hrlstian Reformed Church by the United f!csDA
Migsi D
II being understood that the appontecs sha. p,
como fuliy identified with the United frcsDyleiliu
S,h"rcb and shall be subject to all the rules ana
regulations governing the foreign missionaries o.
that church. ,,.. ..r,,,,o
In pursuance OF the foregoing missionary arransc
,nen,s opportuniiy is given the Holland 'nfl~llhh
We,nrmed church TO make optional contfinuiio
though the Board of Foreign Missions ol the Ontci
prsehyt eran Church tQthe furtherancc OF the WORK
adminis;ered by that bSsd This Ge ,laiat lon o con
rantional agreement between the TWO cAurches q
made and cooperation Il undertaken In tac conient
hnne that the way fo- organic union between me
~ denominations will open up under Inc Dess'hg
of God in the near future