The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-18
WORK OF THE PRESBYTERIANS.
THE LIBERAL ELEMENT GIVEN 4
VERY POOR SHOW.

The Committees so Framed as TO
Leave Them in "A Hopeless Minor
fty-Ex-GOv. Beaver Selected aS
vice AIOderatOr-The Special Conn
mittee on the Control of the Semi
naries Presents Its RepOrt-Ob-
servance of the Sabbath.
Pittsburg, May lin preparation for
to-day's session of the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly the moderators' council
continued in session at the Monongahela
house until long after midnight.
Ex-Gov. Beaver was selected as vice
moderator the last man in the church
who would open his heart to a liberal.
In all the committees the liberals will be
represented, but their representation will
be a minority so small that their influ-
ence VIII not be felt beyond the commit
tee room. DR.. Mutchmore, the retiring
moderator, becomes chairman of the COM
mittee on bills and overtures.
BY custom DR.. Page, one of the unsuc-
cessful candidates for moderator becomes
chairman of the judicial committee.
Dr. Frank Montfort of Cincinnati is
named as chairman of the theological sem
mary committee.
DR.. George Norcross. of Carlisle, Pa,
and Rev. George w. Chalfant, of Pitts
burg, respectively, head the home and for
eign missionary committees.
Elder James Yereance, of New York, is
chairman of the finance committee.
Dr. r. n. Adams, of Minneapolis, the
third man in the race for moderator, is
chairman of the committee on church
polity
Elder E. E. White. of Columbus, O.,
heads the educational committee, before
which questions relating to seminary stu
dents may come. He is a noted liberal,
but he and DR.. Booth have long been
warm personal friends.
The business session of the morning was
opened promptly at 10 o'clock.
Chairman McEwan, of the entertain
ment committee. formally welcomed the
assembly to Pittsburg, and presented to
the moderator a gavel made of woods
from Jerusalem.
DR.. Booth responded in a brief speech
The important committees were then an
nounced the chairmen being as above.
The resolution proposed by the special
committee on seminary control made the
following recommendations, which were
read by Chairman Young:
flrst-Ihat II Is the sense of this assem-
bly that the assembly of 1894 did not in
tend TO prepare the way for any change in
the tenure Of management of the proper
" OF seminaries, or to do anything which
can aHect the autonomy of the seminaries,
ana that the said recommendations were
intended to have the meaning and effect
as recited IN this committees report. This
assembly IN reaffirming the resolution of
the assembly of 1894 does SO with the
aYoWed purpose of leaving the tenure and
utle 10 all property of the Seminaries, ex-
dctly Wnere they are now, in the hands of
the various boards of trustees, and with
the further purpose of securing the veto
power to the assembly. as an effective
force by charter provision and of safe
guarding by charter declaration, the
trusts held and to be held by the boards of
trustees against perversion or misuse.
SecOnd-That this general assembly re-
ettirms the action of the assembly of 1884,
and in view of the progress made, and the
Importance of the interests involved, de-
cares that, IN its judgment, the effort
should be continued to secure the adop-
uon in substance, of the assembly's plan
by all the seninaries
Ihlrd-That a committee be appointed
10 have further charge of this matter and
semby
The committee further recommends the
assembly to reply to Princeton's offer,
that while respecting the judgment of the
boards and not prepared to say that II is
incorrect, the assembly is Of the opinion
mat IN order to put the matter beyond all
possible question, 1t would be well for the
boards to do what they express their will
nhgness TO do, viz: To endeaVor to secure
suCh action as will insure to the general
%ssembly the right to be represented in
ttG courts and to enforce its proper con-
HTI over the seminary and its property"
lHeSe resolutions were made the spe-
la oIler Tor $3.50 o'clock to-day.
81 ". cunningham then read the report of
Ss Sas special committee on Lane Theological
seminary at Cincinnati. The suggestions
Or me committee to the seminary trustees
Of lHe engagements and reorganization
Oi Ihe faculty.
me committee recommended that the
FSSSteIlDly continue its encoura cement and
ttoSterlng or the Lane board in its efforts
psr, Ie-eStablsh and reorganize the semi
committee continued
sue nHe sabbath observance committee pre-
er1bodd, b,ed us report, which was adopted 1t
litpouieS resolutions to the effect that this
general assembly expresses its profound
49, OF The Importance of inculcating
6a+ +ip'urdl precepts in reference to the Sab
ali ~ the nome, Sunday-SchoOl and in
I az Young peoples associations; that it
TTiipIecates the growing tendency in many
pior9i 1iocSS 70 make the Lords Day a season of
sr5 NY entertainments, social visitations
er'1 personal self-indulgence; particularly
tHJoIls upon the members of the church
nie te - TO II that they do nothing by exam
~ of ~ 70 increase the frightful desecration
~ a. 5I4e Lord day and warns the ministers
~, lu members against the evil and insid-
ana ans influence of the Sunday newspapers
~ ,HL ges them by word and action to
some power
The report on the Assembly Herald
showed a profit for the first year at a sub
SScrption price of ten cents a year of
nearly $1,000
Dr. Young of Kentucky opened the de-
t4ate promptly at $3.50 o'clock on the sub
JeSJ or seminary control.
1lder r.. r. White of Columbus led the
b,dcK upon the committees report The
tubouI Tor adjournment having been reached
d question of seminary control was set
u9Mn 1n Tor $50 o'clock tomorrow morning.
assembly then adjourned.
PREsBYTERIANs OF TEXAS.