Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-22

week following be made the week of self denial for missions.
 IA. That the publication of the Mission ary Record be continued and it's sub- scription list increased.
 15. That attention be directed to the promising western field.
 16. That the office expenses of the board be reduced to the smallest praeti- cable sum.
 17. That brethren laboring in missions not under the care of the board shall report same through the clerk of the ses- sion, the same to be reported to the board of missions.
 IS. That the Denver work be supported and completed.
 Following the reading of the reports Chairman Cowan made an able and ef- fective speech in support of the report, which was then taken up seriatim. The recommendation as to the Portland work was so amended as to provide for
 it's support one more year by EndeaVors, all their gifts for the next year to go to- wards the erection of the house Of wor- ship there The recommendation as to mission schools in Mexico was accord ingly withdrawn.
 The recommendation as to China and Africa was so modified as to suggest to the board that it consider the advsabil- ity of at once entering these fields. The recommendation as to the Colo rado Springs fund was challenged ani inquiry made as to the history of the matter Chairman Cowan explained the question at issue al considerable length
 D. Tinnon moved to so amend this ssc- tion as to provide that Colorado Springs receive 5000 of the $l0000, the balance to go into the general fund, as per rec ommendation of the committee. Rev II. A. Jones spoke at length from the point of view of Colorado's pres bytery He said that there was intense feeling in Colorado on this subject, many believing that a great wrong had been done the work at Colorado Springs by the board and denomination. MT. Jones read a long letter from Rev. A. NJ Prewitt. pastor, and the session at Colo rado Springs, reciting the facts as they understood them. These brethren de clare that until 1893 the board held thls fund as liability, and that at that time the board was instructed to return the entire amount to Colorado springs This communication pleads for three-fourths of the Reason fund.
 pr. C. H. Bell, who was familiar with the whole matter from it's inception and who had no feeling whatever on the subject, entered into a lengthy explanation of the matter The assem- bly was also addressed by Rev. J. N Stephens and Dr. F. +. Earle in behalf of Colorado Springs, while Dr. E. G- Mclean and Chairman Cowan vigor- ously supported the committees report This was one or the most ihteieStliiS, as it was the most spirited, contests that has yet occurred on the floor of the as sembly.
 This part of the report was voted down by large majority
 The audience last night was much smaller than at any session of the assem- bly since it convened in Meridian. This was largely attributable to the fact that Rev. w R. Grafton, a preacher of great power and eloquence, occupied the pull pit at the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
 The committee on correspondence re- ported that telegrams of greeting had been sent to the Texas Woman's Chris tian Temperance union convention, at Hillsboro, Tex; to the Colored Cumber- land Presbyterian general assembly, Nashville, Tenn, and to the Presbyte- l rian assemblies at Pittsburg, Pa, and Dallas, Tex.