New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-24
WORK FOR OLD AND YOUNG.
PREsBYTERIANS PLAN FOR THEIR AGED
MINISTER'S AND THEIR CHILDREN.

A PLEA FOR THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN
SPENT IN FAITHFUL. sERvICE-THE TRAIN
ING WHICH TIE sUNDAY-scHooIs
SHOULD GIVE.
Saratoga May % (SpecaD-The General AS
sembly held one session to-day The Rev. Dr. H. H.
Booth, chairman of the Committee on Bills and
Overtures. made verbal report recommending
the commitment Of many papers to various stand
Ing committees The Board OF Ministerial Relief
reported. through its standing committee. Of which
Or. George b. Stewart. of Harrisburg. Is chair
man. The venerable secretary. DR.. W. c. Cattell
ex-presdont Of Lafayette College. and the Rev
Or. Villeroy D. Reed. OF Philadelphia who was
member " the General Assembly Of 1Sl9. when
the cause II caring for the aged servants OF the
Church was originated. were among the speakers
The report the tenporalities Of the Church
was considered for an hour and a half this morn
ing. Thomas McDougall. Of Cincinnati. spoke
against it. and after Dr. John Fox. the chairman
Of the committee had spoken in its favor It was
returned to the committee for another year Of
meditation.
DIR. CATTELLs PATHETIC ADDRESS
In his address on the work IF the Board Of Min
isterial Relief DR.. Cattell said that it was just
twenty
lief organized by tho General Assembly. the
fund having been managed by trustees previously
to that time.
Il was member Of that Assembly in 1876" said
he and entered with the deepest interest into the
feelings which animated all the Commissioners IN
taking this advanced step In the cause Of ministerial
istry when this subject di not lie upon my heart
But Htile di1 think then hat God would give me
Tho privilege and joy, ana Put upon ne me hlsiI
honor Il being officially called 10 the hrice-bieSsed
fl. he o
tlcse twenty years presented I'm the annual report
and said that while It must be admitted mat the
Church s;ill far from having attained IFS IDEAL
In the care OF its disabled ministers and their de-
pendent families. nevertheless the RELIEF cause
stands :o-dav In a position FAR In advance OF that
when q occupied 1876 Its objects and aims are
NOR. lntelligenuy appreciated; It is more clearly
seen that the Board does not represent the DUTY or
ne 20 ~ me dst,nc And no less
src-aI and imperative duty Of tho Church to its
ministry. It's appropriations. while mad" indeed only
70 tose who are PG2T are ~ ,hs
fact has largely removed that sense Of Illuminating
dependence once felt hy many UPON the roil OF NE
B0arl In being regarded as objects OF public
charity.
RESOURCES OF TIE BOARD INCREASED
He showed furthermore. that the resources OF the
Board BAD largely Increased sace 1876. In that year
tn total amount received for current expenditures
arl for the Permanent Fund was S9'2H During
the .ast year 1t t.S.ls,. In l'6 the assembly
found occasion 20 rejoice because the reduction OF
r-'aious for tho year was not reduction OF one
.. .h,+ h..r ,h. veor before and because.
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