St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-10
The Popular Divine Elected
Moderator Of the st. Paul
Presbytery.
DR.. ]. P. EGBERT's ADDRESS.
Rev. j. C. Robinson, Of White
Bear, Elected State
Clerk.
EMINENT GUESTS PRESENT.
Delegates to the Next Gen.
eral Assembly Are Also
Elected.

CI al nSSSlAOly AK q hAoO
Elected.
The semi-annuaI meeting Of the
Presbytery of the st. Paul, at the
i Central church yesterday, elected
Dr. Carson moderator, appointed
clerks and various committees, and
named delegates to the general as
sembly.
Rev. J. c. Robinson called the
presbytery to order at 1890 a. M,
and Rev. c. G. Reynolds, the last
moderator present, was invited to
take the chair. After prayer, the
! delegates were addressed by Dr.
John Paul Egbert, of the House of
Hope church. DR.. Egbert's address
was of an informal nature, calling
attention to many practical ideas
within the range of a clergyman
daily work.
| DR.. Alexander N. Carson, popular
pastor Of the Central church. was
then elected moderator, Rev. C.
| Scoville, assistant pastor of the
| House Of Hope church, temporary
clerk, and Rev. J. G. Robinson, of
White Bear, stated clerk. The cleo
ton of the matter was for term of
| two years.
! Committees We're next chosen as fol-
| lows: -
Bills and Overtures-Rev. c. G..
Reynolds, Rev. w. C. Covert, III.
Boardman.
Judiciary-Rev. DR.. Egbert, o. H.
| Elmer, Prof. Thomas Shaw.
Leave of Absence Rev. S. w. La
| Grange, j. w. Hawthorne.
Necrology-Dr. NJ. D. Edwards. DR..
| w. G. Davis, Judge Baldwin.
Finance-H. Boardman. J. NJ. Haw-
thorn, H. A. Cameron.
Rev. M. L. P. Hill, who has been
called to Westminster Church, was
formally accepted as the pastor, and
the following clergymen delegated to
assist in his installation: Rev. Will
lam Davis, Rev. j. P. Egbert, DR..
Edwards, Rev. c. G. Reynolds, Rev.
J. l.. Danner.
The Scandinavian evangelical move
ment received the appreciation of the
presbytery, and a committee was in
structed to assist the movement
AT THEIR OWN REQUEST.
Rev. George F. McAfee was dis
missed to the presbytery of New York,
and Rev. j. 3. Freeman, to the pres
bytery of Long Island.
The committee on bills and over
lures recommended the appointment
of a permanent committee of five to
cooperative with the Presbyterian His
torical society in the iatter's endeayor
to collect and preserve materials for the
history of the church in America. The
recommendation was agreed to and the
committee will be appointed later.
At this session the gentlemen named
below sat as the guests of the presby-
terry: Rev. A. Reynolds, of the Gin
cinnati presbytery: DIR. R. N. Adams.
from the presbytery of Red River; Rev.
NJ. n. Adams. from that of South Da-
kota; Rev. Mr.. McCreary, from that of
EInporia. Kan; Rev. A. Jones. of
the Medina, o., Congregational church;
DR.. Marshall, presiding elder of the
Minnesota M. e. conference, and Mr..
Donaldson, of Minneapolis.
At the afternoon meeting it was
/
session at the Central Church on June
"a, and the regular session at st. Paul
Park, in October.
An excellent and gratifying report
ON the young peoples work was read
by Rev. w. c. Covert. The great
progress displayed in this direction
elected many Favorable comments.
The important action of the after
| noon was the naming of delegates to
the general assembly. The election
was called in the midst of a mass of
routine business. and resulted in the
choice of Rev. w. G. Covert and Rev.
E. P. Lewis, as clerical delegates, and
A. Brewster, as the lay delegate, with
c. E. Mexican as, alternate.
A recess was then taken until 8 p. m.
NIGHT SESSION.
At the evening session the delegates,
as well as a large number of visitors,
We're accommodated in the main au-
! dience room of the Central church.
Moderator Carson presided, and sew
! eral papers were read upon topics con-
corning the vital needs of the presby
terry. Music was furnished by the reg
j ular choir, assisted by Miss Pinch.
DR.. Edwards, of the Dayton Avenue
church, presented the report of the
committee on home missions. and the
report of the committee on the educa-
ton Of young men was read by DR.. M.
| L. P. Hill. Prof. G. w. Davis, of
| Manchester college, followed with an
! address of much power on the subject
| Of Education" The report of the
+; temperance committee was next pre-
scented by Rev. c. c. B. Duncan. He
| read some striking statistics, and rec
/ commended that the church sessions
proceed to active measures in further
F, ance of the cause. Upon the same
| topic Judge S. J. r. Mcmillan then de-
| livered lengthy address.
The session then adjourned to meet
this morning at 9 o'clock in the pariors
| of the church.