Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-18
THE PREsBYTERIANs NORTH.
Liberals "NOt In IL, Now-Semfnnry
Control, &c.

tOhtTOss NSs
PITTSBURG, May lin preparation
for to-day's session of the Presbyterian
General Assembly. the moderator's council
continued In session at the Monongahela
House until long after midnight.
Ex-Governor Beaver was selected as
vice-moderator-the last man In the
Church who would open his heart To a
Liberal. In all committees the Liberals
will be represented. but fneir representa-
ton will be a minority so Snail that their
influence will not be felt beyond the COM
mittee-room. DIR. Mutchmore, Tire retiring
moderator. becomes chairman CT the Gem
mittee on Bills and Overtures. BY custom
DR.. Page, one Of the unsuccessful candi-
dates for moderator. becomes chairman
of the Judiciary Committee. Or. Frank
Montfort, OF Cincinnati. is named as
chairman of the Theological Seminary
Committee.
DIR. George Norcross, OF Carlisle, Pa.
and Rev George w. Chalfant. OF Pitts
burg. respectively. will head the Home
and Foreign Missionary committee. Elder
James Yereance, of New York, is chair
man OF the Finance Committee. DIR. N.
Adams. of Minneapolis, the third man In
the race for moderator, is chairman OF
the Committee on Church Polty.
Elder Z. f. 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 Entertainment Commit
tee. formally welcomed the assembly to
Pittsburg, and presented to the moderator
a gavel made Of wood from Jerusalem.
DR.. Booth responded In brief speech.
Tie important committees were than an
nounced, the chairmen being as above.
SEMINARY CONTROL.
The resolutions proposed by the special
committee on seminary control made the
following recommendations. which were
read by Chairman Young:
II That II Is the sense or this assembly
that the assembly OF 1884 did not intend to
prepare the way for any change In the
tenure or management of the property
of seminaries, and that the said recon-
mendations were intended to have the
meaning and effect recited In the commit
tee-rooms. This assembly. In reaffirming
the resolutions of the assembly Of 1884,
does so with the avowed purpose Of leav-
ing the tenure and title to all property OF
the seminaries exactly where they are
of trustees and with the further purpose
of securing the veto power to the assem-
bly,, as an effective force. by charter pro-
vision, and OF safeguarding by charter
declaration the trusts held and to be held
by boards Of trustees against perversion
or misuse.
..z. That this General Assembly re-
affirms the action. OF the assembly OF 1891
and In view of the progress made and the
Importance Of the interests involved, de-
clares that in its judgment the effort
should be continued to secure the adoption
In substance of the assembiy's plan by all
the semInaries.
-. That committee be appointed to
have further charge Of this matter. and ia
make report to the next General Assem-
bly,.
'rhe committee further recommends
the assembly to reply to Princeton's
offer. The assembly Is OF the opinion
that. In order to put the matter beyond
all possible question, II would De well
for the board to do what they express
their willingness to do-yix.. endeayor 70
secure such action as VIII insure to the
General Assembly the right TO be repre-
scented In the courts, and to enforce Its
proper control over the semtnaries and
their property"
These resolutions were made special
order for 3:s0 o'clock to-day.
DR.. Cunningham then read the report
az the special Committee on Lane Theo-
logical seminary. Cincinnati. The surg
Rcatiors or the COMMITTEES TO the seminary
trustees are the enlargement and reor-
eanixation OF the faculty. The commit
tee recommended that the assembly con-
tinue It's encouragement and fostering d
the Lane board IN It's efforts to re-eeteb'
lish and reorEanixe the seminary. IN
report wan approved. and tho committed
was continued.
SABBATH OBSERVANCE
The Sabbath- observance coumittee -