The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-22

Eagle Lake, Ind, May 21.-This is
regarded as one of the most important
DAYS of the session Of the general as
senbly.
It was opened by the presentation
of a gavel to the moderator by Gen
eral Harrison. The gavel was COM
posed Of hard word-oak, poplar. black
walnut, birch and maple. The oak. he
said, represented the Calviristic frame
work of the church; the poplar, the
free civil government fostered by the
church; the black walnut, not painted
nor hidden, stood for the church's love
of finish, or individualism; the birch,
with dropping branches and cl1nging
leaves Sypified the ShelteFiDg church
for the lambs OF God, and the maple,
with its message of sweetness, stood
for the retiring moderator and has
sermon. The various pieces of wood
were all historic. The oak was from
the first church in Indiana, Hanover
Theological seminary, the mother of
Mccormick seminary, Chicago Inc
black walnut was from the first church
of Indianapolis. All constituent parts
represented first things.
An enthusiast at the close OF the
the matter with Harrison?'
And was greeted by the usual
response.
Before proceeding to business, the
chairman CT committees were an
nounced as follows:
Vice moderator, John Wanamaker,
Philadelphia; bills and overtures, John
L. Wthrow, Chicago; judicial bust
ness. Dr.. Henry c. Minton, San Fran
cisco; church policy, DR.. Robert F.
Sample, New York; home mission, DR..
John D. Hewitt, E1nporia; foreign mis-
sions, DR.. ]. Wilbur Chapman, Phila-
delphia; education, DR.. Stephen w.
Dana, Philadelphia; publication and
Sabbath school work, Elder James
Yereane, New York; church erection,
DR.. George WhitwOrth, Seattle; theo-
logical seminaries, DR.. j. Clark Hill,
Chicago; ministerial relief, Hon. James
A. Mount, of Indiana; Freedmen, Dr..
Thomas Lawrence, Asheville; aid for
colleges, DIR. G. L. Spinning, Orange,
n. J.; correspondence, DR.. Byron
Sunderland. Washington: Denevolence,
DR. Wilson Phrapes, New York MARIA
tive, Dr. Maurice D. Edwards, st Paul;
temperance DR.. A. r. Olney, West
Troy, n. Y: leave of absence, David
R. Moore: mileage elder, Z. w. Fisk,
Phila ielphia; finance, Elder J. w. Hall.
Brooklyn.
The committee on Presbyterian
building, New York, whose report was
presented today, was appointed year
ago and has made partial reports
several times in the interval. Its con-
illusions have been awaited with inter-
est The assembly listened with eager
ness through the reading of about go
octave pages and showed a desire TO
hear the whole case. The applause
which greeted the speakers was indica-
tive Of an agreement with the conclu-
sion Of the committee and adverse to
the long report of the minority of one,
which was presented by Elder Nc
DOugall of Cincinnati. The speech of
General Harrison, delivered in the
midst OF the reading of the minority
report was heard with close attention !
and after another speech on behalf of
the committee the reports went over
as unfinished business.
The report of the committee of II on |
Presbyterian building. New York. was |
read by DR.. Winthrop, chairman, as
follows:
Your committee held its first meet |
ings in New York City July is and |
10. 1896 An extended conference was |
held with the boards of home and for /
eign missions, and z statement was |
given to the public the next week.
The committee held meeting in the /
city of New York on March II and IS, !
1897, all the members present except /
General Harrison and Mr.. Williams. !
and adopted the following. viz:
In view of the action taken by the |
assembly of 1894 prior to the letting of |
the contract for the building as SHOWN /
by it's minutes and herein before given.
we conceive our only duty to be to
confer with the two boards, and to ad-
wise as to the course to be pursued in
connection with the new Presbyterian
house. The committee finds that there
is no pending offer from any one 10
since the first meeting of this commit
tee. Whether the property on Twenti-
eth street and Fifth avenue as well as
that on Fifth avenue and Twelfth
street should be sold or not, are mat
ters which under existing conditions
may be properly and safely left to the
determination of the two boards
1.-The application of the money de-
rived from the Stuart estate toward
the erection of the new building was
not an Illegal use of such money.
1.-The committee advises urgent ap-
peals to all the churches of our denon-
ination to make not only the ordinary
but increased contributions for home
and foreign missionary operations, in
the full confidence that under no cir
cumStances will money given for cur
rent work be applied to the account of
the new building, but that the debt
thereon must be provided for by other
1OA lAldl QOSc
I'm view of these facts, your COM
mittee offer for adoption the following
resolutions:
''First-That the disposition of the
two properties in question shall now
be left to the boards of home and for
eign missions as agents Of our
churches.
"Second-That the general assembly
express its cordial appreciation of the
laborious services, the sacrifices of time
as well as the contributions of money
made by members of the boards and
others; also in the conduct of these en-
terprises.
''Third-That the general assembly
approves of the action OF the committee
and herewith discharges the committee
Of eleven.
-. L. WITHROW,
BENJAMIN HARRISON,
JOHN WANAMAKER,
JOHN NJ. HARLAN,
JAMES A. WEAVER,
THOMAS EWING,
SAMUEL HURL,
I'll 3. SILLIMAN,
ALEX. MDONALD,
ROBERT S. WILLIAMS"
Ut the opening of the Afternoon ses-
.S0n of the assembly the floor was
Tanfed to eX-PreSidenr Harrison