The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-28
ASSEMBLY OBJECTS
TO PROF. PEDRICK
The Foreign Mission Committee is Over.
whelmed with Protests.
HIS NAME WILL BE WITHDRAWN
Chairman MutchmOre Open the Dis.
cussiOn on Seminary COntrOl..Next
Place Of Meeting Will BE Decided
Between California and Michigan.

Saratoga. n. Y, May 21.-In the gen.
eral Presbyterian assembly this morn
ing Professor r. Nj. Burdick, of CO.
lumbia college, was nominated before
the committee on foreign missions to
fill the vacancy in the foreign board
caused by the resignation of Ezra NJ,
Kingsley, treasurer of Union semin-
ary. Professor Burdick Is an elder in
Rev. j. Balcom Shaw's West End
church, in New York city, which DR..
Briggs attends. DR.. Shaw Is an inilu
entail member of the foreign board.
| and it was his influence that caused
the nomination. Professor Burdick Is
also one of the executive committee of
the Presbyterian league, an organiza-
tion whose avowed object, according
to It's constitution, Is ito bring about
sooner or later the reversal of the bur-
| densone and unjust action of the
general assembly. AS soon as 1t be-
| came known that Professor Burdick
was to be so nominated, the foreign
mission committee was overwhelmed
with protests from individual commits
sioners to remove his name. Certain
members of the New York delegation
threatened to make fight against
Professor Burdick's name on the floor
OF the assembly. DR.. Shaw was urged
by telegraph to withdraw his elders
name. So strenuous We're these efforts
to secure the removal or Professor Bur-
dicks name that the committee have
laid over the whole matter Of election
OF trustees for further consideration.
The overture relating to the Scotch
church, New York, troubles was, by
order OF the assembly, referred back
to the signers. with recommendations
to submit the case formally to the
! presbytery Of New York for trial.
| The assembly committee on next
place of meeting, after considering the
| claims of several cities, resolved TO
submit the claims of San Francisco and
Petoskey, Mich, to the assembly for
decision.
ON SEMINARY CONTROL.
| Chairman s. A. Mutchmore, of Phila-
deiphia, opened the discussion on SEM
mary control.
He urged the adoption of resolution
one, reatflrrning the plan Of control Of
1895 and OF resolution two, suspending
| the exercise Of power conferred upon
the general assembly by the compact
| OF 1870 of disappearing professors-elect
in the seminaries failing to incorporate
said compact in their charters. He ex-
planned that the committee had tried to
| get the seminarieS to come under the
! proposed plan Of control but that 1t had
failed to do more than find out the
true relations between the assembly and
| its seminaries. 1t had laid the basis for
future relations, and now they asked
to be discharged until these new rela-
tions were established. He then recited
what had been accomplished in each
seminary. Princeton. Allegheny, Du-
buque. Omaha, DanviAe, Mccormack
and other seminaries have indicated
their readiness to make the necessary
changes In their charters to bring about
! the required relations with the assem-
bly,. He explained that the great Gues-
tions of civil trusts was staring the
church in the face. 1t was a larger
question than the trusts of seminaries.
IT applied to the ownership Of every
piece Of church property in the land
The assembly adjourned with DR..
Mutchmore still having the flooor
The consideration of the seminary
control report will be resumed tomor-
row afternoon.
The joint committee OF the assembly
to whom was referred the. proposition,
for the sale of the Presbyterian mis-
sion house In New York, reached O. de-
cision late tonight. 1t was learned that
the committee will make a unanimous
report tomorrow when the matter
comes before the assembly What that
report will be cannot be said. but 1t is
understood that 1t favors propositions
to remove the boards back to the Lenoy
mansion and sell the new building OF
Fifth avenue and Twentieth street.