The herald., 1895-09-26
The Second Days Meeting at
Boyle Heights
VERY INTERESTING REPORTS
New Members Received ia the Presby'
terry Yesterday
A Popular Meeting on 1issions Last Night.
The Debts Of the Church Boards
and What They rlean

Devotional exercises led by the Rev.
X. B. Taylor marked the commencement
of the second day of the Los Angeles
presbytery, which is being held at the
Boyle Heights Presbyterian church. The
Rev. W. Thompson. the newly-elected
moderator, then proceeded with the
business of the day. The Revs. Ambrose
and Hayden were dismissed from the
presbytery.
The reading OF the minutes by the clerk
took up more than al hours time, and
was listened to with close attention as the
proceedings relative to the FIRST church
case were revie wed. The Revs. W. o.
Jennings, w. ?. Feitsworth and L. S.
Cha an bers, on motion, were admitted as
corresponding members. Permission
was given DR.. Thompson to present the
work of tho American Bible society. Just
before recess the Rev. b. E. Howard was
given the floor, and made strong plea
for the AMIGA BILE adjustment OF matters IN
reference to his church, but made no deli
mite proposition on which the presbytery
could act. Recess was then taken until
2p. IN.
During tho noon intermission the cler
gy and ELDERS repaired to Masonic hall,
WHeT6 tut ITeSDNlelIdl udo PFC
pared bountiful lunch, which was am
ply enjoyed.
At2 O'Clock the gavel fell calling the
house to order The r ~. Mr.. Feitsworth
presented report of the work of the
American Tract society in short adj
dress. The afternoon was taken up
largely with routine business. Calls were
presented by the Revs. J. Mcleod Gardi-
ner and r. B. TAYLOR, by the Los Ange-
les Third ami San Bernardino churches
respectively. Permission was asked and
granted to hold these for 81 x months.
: A new standing rule was reported pro-
viuing that no Presbyterian chucrh or
congregation can be established or re-
moved IN town or city where one al
ready exists without consent OF the pres
bytery.
TheRev. Mr.. Howard resigned his po-
sItion as chairman of the standing COM
mittee on young peoples societies, and
the Rev. W. ?. Carig was appointed to
take his place. The claims of Occidental
college were forcefully presented by the
Rev. DR. Dinsmore. Rev. Guy Wads-
worth and President Condt. The college
was reported as free from the old debt, and
determined effort is to be inauguarted
to secure 500. 900 endowment for the
institution. The commissioners to the
general assembly that met in Pittsburg
in May gave interesting reports. All
sroke of the power of the church as rep
resented in its highest court.
A matter on which the pres oytery ex-
pressed itself was the advisabllity OF
recommending ministerial students un-
Ger the care of the president to attend
the San Francisco Theological seminary.
Several new members were received in
the prcsbytery., among whom were the
Rev. G. NJ. Fisher, the Rev. II. A. Fish
er, the Rev. Il. S Cham bers and others.
At . p. nj. the presbytery adjourned to
meet at O'Clock this morning.
MISSIONARY MEETING.
The popular meeting on missions be-
gan at o clock last night with the Rev.
d. R. Colenery presiding After reading
from the scriptures by the Rev. Mr.. Viii
Der OF Fernando and prayer by the Rev.
DIR. Jenkin of Westminster, Dr. Parker OF
Orange was introduced, who spoke on the
debts of the church boards. He believed
the debts were due in part to the hard
times ard real lack Of money, and in
part to a want cf real self-sacrifice. But
the debts mean also that the work is ex-
banding faster than the ideas of the
church advance. The debts of the boards
mean suffering to the missionaries, who
depend on their remittances for the me-
cessities of life. These debts are our
debts, not the boards alone. Let each
Christian take the lesson home.
Rev W. 4. Elsing of New York city
spoke on Our Debt 10 the City. saying
in part"The relation of the masses of the
city is absolute indifference. They
don't hate the church. | was never
kicked down stairs in twelve years The
church must reach them by kindness.
They don't know about Moody and Spur
geon. Our church got Mr.. Moody and
scattered $4,000 Landbills in our neigh
borhood and tho building was not three
quarters filled. in street with 80. 600 peo-
pie living around. / advertised and used
picture sermons, bat couldn't fill oui
house till a funeral OF a Murdered CIR
brought in crowd. We tried having
teas for mothers and after feeding them
read to them out of the good book and
got warm center religious life which
we then transferred to our church, and
So On each winter. How can we reach
the masses? We must get reading in
serted in the leading Sunday papers tell
ing the poor people how the church car
banefJ them. Then we must turn loose
half the fine preachers and send then
down to work among the masses, where
thoy are really needed. Lastly, We
must have more endowed agencies fol
reaching unchurched souls.
From Greenland's Icy Mountains was
then sung ana the speaker introduced the
Rev. Ming Foo Choo, the presbyterv'
missionary. who read an interesting pa
per.