Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-21
WOMAN PREACHERS CASE Again Comes Up Before the Gum
 berIand Assembly. DIR. MATTHEWS OF LONDON Is Duly Introduced by the Moderator to the
 Commissioners.
AN OVERTURE AS TO CHURCH cHolRs
Is Disposed of by the Assembly at Dallas Strong Report on Sabbath Obser- vance The Debate on Semina-
 ries Continues at Pittsburg.

Meridian Miss, May 20.-(Specialf-
 The several churches of the city were
 occupied yesterday morning and even
 ing by ministers appointed by the gen
 eral assembly of the Cumberland Pres
 byterian church. but the greatest inter
 est perhaps centered in the exercises at the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
 where the moderator, Rev. M. B. Dewitt, addressed a large audience with consd- erable vim and force.
 The ordinances of baptism and of the
 Lords supper were administered.
 In the afternoon the Christian En-
 deavor society held grand rally. at
 which Rev. J. F. l.. Stevens of Leb- anon, Tenn. delivered the second annual
 address, A short address was also de- | liver by Dr. w. J. Darby of the Cumber- land Presbyterian.
 At the evening hour Dixon c. Williams, l the lay evangelist of Chicago delivered a sermon which was filled with spiritual | fire and power
 There was no morning session of the | assembly held today, the time being 1 used by the committees in preparing | their reports.
 | At 2:3o D. m. Moderator DeWitt's gavel called the assembly to order. The open
  Yates of Albion, III.
 On the platform today with the officers 1 of the assembly and the reporters ap- peared Rev. Dr. Matthews of London, England who is secretary of the Pres byterian alliance. He was introduced by the moderator.
 The case of Mrs. Woosley, the woman 1 preacher. was again before tho assem- 1 bly, the papers pertaining to it, which come from the Kentucky synod. being referred to a committed. The report of the committee on sys- I tematic benelicence. which provides that I $1 be requested from each congregation 1 for the circulation of systematic liter ature. was referred to the appropriate l committee.
 1 pr. Blake, the states clerk, rising 10 a l question of personal privilege, denied any charge or insnuaton that he had been I unfaithful in the matter of securing rates | to the assembly.
 The report of the committee on Sunday 1 schools, which is an elaborate paper.
 was presented by Hon. H. H. Buquo. The report of the committee on mis-
 sons was read by the chairman, Rev. T.
 A. Cowan. This renort cc..c:'s, wide 1 field, and being latum up seriatum, provoked considerable discussion. the l point that excited the greatest interest among the speakers being whether the | fund known as the Colorado Springs | fund amounting tlbo some 5000. and | which has heretofore appeared on the 1 hooks of the boards as liability, shall | be made a part of the home mission fund | and the liability erased.
 | The committee recommended the lat | ter, but the vote of the assembly over | whelmingly negatived the report. l A resolution providing for establishing | of the Burney chair of theology by the | trustees of Cumberland university, the 1 same to be occupied by Rev. B. G. Mitch | oil, ac rnfprra1 n l the committee without reading. This | resolution also provides that the Bell | professorship be established and en- | dowed, lectures to continue four months | each year; that the election of Professor | stephens be confirmed, and that F. ". | Foster, D. D.. be made professor of sys- l tematc theology.
 1 The assembly then adjourned.