Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-05-19

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| debate on the Assembly control OF the
! Theological seminaries.
The floor was accorded to Dr. Nc
| Kinney, whose speech last night was
| interrupted by adjournment. His ar
/ gument concerned the objections that
/ the plan proposed will act as a barrier
to union with the Southern Presbyte-
rian Church, and the speaker claimed
| that the action of that church had been
| more extreme than that now now un-
/ der consideration, and that the plan
was fully in accord with the policy or
| the Presbyterian Church, and those
who object to recourse to the civil
courts by ecclesiastical bodies were
characterized as "super-spiritual advo-
Gates" The speaker proceeded to con-
slider the attitude Of the seminarles and
regretted their unwillingness to do
what the last Assembly suggested and
urged by an overwhelming vote. He
closed with plea for a large majority
in favor Of the committees recommen-
dation.
HON. Z. e. WHITE, OF COLUMBUS,
the new president of the Board OF Di-
rectors of Lane Seminary, began coolly
and deliberately. He asked that the
Assembly come to clear understand
ing Of the condition OF affairs. 1t was
urged that the last Assembly had sent
down overtureS to the seminary direc-
/ tors and that the answers that have
come back should be regarded as final
and conclusive and that they should be
treated with respect. On the contrary,
the committee has asked the Assembly,
to accept its judgment and dictum in
place of the mature judgment Of the
directors of the seminaries, under the
advice Of counsel and thoroughly ac-
quainted with the facts. This was
called a large contract" After re
viewing the position of the seminaries
and showing that its plan is impracti-
cable, in regard to some of them, Judge
White urged that the matter be drop
ped He asked what the cause Of the
distrust in the church has been, and
voice from the audience called out
Union Seminary"
Yes" replied the speaker, "and be-
cause Union did it, therefore Princeton
must give bonds, but for this reason
discredit should not be thrown upon
/
mention was made of the report that
had gone out of Cincinnati in regard to
the Lane Seminary directors a com
missioner
JUMPED TO HIS FEET
and made point of order against such
mention. The moderator refused to
rule on the question but requested the
speaker to exercise care in the line of
his discourse. The remainder Of DR..
Whites address had reference to the
history of Lane Seminary, showing that
it's original endorsements had been
made on liberal basis and stating that
there had been changes in the cOnsti-
tuition of Ohio which make alteration in
the seminary charter impossible, with
out affecting all the educational insti-
tutions in the State. Strong objection
was made to the appended statement of
DR.. Young, made yesterday, that no
seminary is a Presbyterian institution
which cannot make the changes pro-
posed by the committee. Such state
ment was characterized as a new test
of loyalty which has been at no time
authorized by the church.
Judge White spoke for an hour and
quarter and after a brief introduce
ton by Dr.. S. A. Mutchmore, who re-
placed Dr. Young as chairman of the
committee. Mr.. Thomas McDougal of
Cincinnati, was introduced as a mem
Der of the committee, advocating the
recommendations Of the committees
report. He addressed himself first to
the objections that Assembly control
would affect the
TITLE AND TRUST FUNDS
and that seminaries which cannot
make the changes proposed are under
nominational and non-Presbyterian.
Answering the question as to how the
conditions proposed by the committee
could be adopted by the seminaries, he
cited the case of the Omaha seminary
which had put ahem into its articles
Of incorporation. He asserted that
the funds of Union Seminary in New
York are held under a charter which
is as free from the control of the courts
Of the Presbyterian Church as the
Standard Oil Company, and that any
type of theology can be taught there
which is not repugnant to the laws of
the state of New York The seminaries
were said to be civil corporations and
therefore creatures of Caesar which
may Justly be brought before Caesar
| for judgment The General Assembly
is not a legal entity and cannot have
! any standing in the courts of the COM
any standing in the courts OF the cOun-
try unless the right is given by the
! seminaries through changes in their
! charters
The time of the session was extend
ed fifteen minutes TO allow Mr.. Nc
Dougal to finish his remarks and at the
close the floor was given TO Dr.. w. 0.
Thompson, president Of Miami Univer-
sity, at oxford, O.
Just at the time of adjournment
telegram of greeting was read from
Presbyterian theological students in
the Moody School in Chicago, and #
was referred to the committee on cor
respondence for a suitable reply.
NOTICE WAS GIVEN
that the twenty-fifth anniversary Of
The reunion OF the old and new school
! branches of the Presbyterian Church
will be celebrated in the Third Church
where the Assembly is meeting on
Thursday evening, May %. DR.. Fran
! els L. Patton, president of Princeton
! College. will speak on the fundamental
/ doctrines of the Presbyterian Church.
Or. Henry W. Booth, president Of Au-
burn seminary and brother of the Mod