The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-25

day with devotional exercises, led Dy
Elder Killeen Van Rensselaer,. OF New
York. BY general consent reference
to the parliamentary tangle on satur-
day, y,regarding the Presbyterian building
was omitted from the minutes. Fra
tsrnal greetings were received from the
convention Of the United Brethren al
Toledo Iowa, and from the general as
ssmbly OF the Southern Presbyterian
church, at Charlotte, N. C. Replies
were authorized to these and greetings
were sent to the Cumberland assembly
and general synod OF reformed churches
now in session.
The first regular order was the report
OF the board of missions to freedmen,
Among other things the report said:
Although no new work had been pro-
jccted for the past four years the board
found Itself operating two large and
fully equipped boarding schools for
girls that were not on the list last year,
one at Admission. Alabama, and the 9TH
er at West Point, Mississippi. The
former was the generous gift OF Mrs.
PhInsas NJ. Barber, OF Philadelphia, the
other the Mary Holmes seminary start
ing again. after a lapse Of nearly two
years, the first building having been
burned. The first mentioned cost my
thousand dollars and Is out OF debt:
The latter cost thlrty-nlne thousand
dollars and Is mortgaged for fiVe thou
sand
Besides these two schools. all the
other seventeen boarding schools hau
been retained, but the terms had been
reduced, Twelve are allowed only six
months each, two five months and the
parochial schools four months. The
number OF the latter had been reduced
by twenty.
The board had endeavored to carry
on the work within its reduced limits
with the least possible outlAy, ana IN
the interest OF economy. The services
of the treasurer as a salRried officer and
also OF the field secretary had been dis
pensed with. These changes effected a
reduction OF expense OF 1886.
The standing committee on this re-
port reported through DR.. Thomas Law
renee, Ashevllle, n, C.. chairman. AItH
reviewing the work OF the board resolu'
tIons were introduced, commencing the
work and urging the boards claim on
the 1000 non-contrlbutiug churches and
Individual giYers. Special stress was
IaId on the liability Of endoT1ns stor
BiddIe University, Charlotte, NC. The
secretary OF the board, DR.. Edgar r.
Cowan. Pittsburgh, then addressed the
assembly.
Home Mission Board.
The second order Of the morning was
the report OF the committee on home
missions appointed last year to confer
with the board in New York in refer
pnce 10 the methods of the work and
retrenchment OF the expenses. II was
presented by DR.. William p. Kane.
bloomington, Ills. and closed with rec
concentrations that the board Of home
missions be directed so TO reorganiEe us
methods OF administration, the execu.
tive work shall be placed In charge Oh
one secretary" that the expenditures
be made upon the basis OF the esti-
mates, made from the averages @ ioE
several years preceding and that the
policy OF the board be to avoid debt.
The proposed consolidation of treasures
In New York and Philadelphia was re-
ported TO be Inexpedlent, the committee
asked 10 be continued and Instructed,
Ito consider the best methods OF pro-
noting harmony and cooperation be-
tween board OF home missions ana
PresbyterIes and synodS desiring TO
support and control their own work ana
TO report to the next assembly.
Congratulations to the Queen.
Al the opening of the afternoon session
OF the assembly, Hon. John Wanamaker
was recognized and said:
''Mr. Monitor rise % put queSu9'n
OF privilege. believing that the assembly
WUuld like to be reminded that to-day Is
the anniversary Of that most hooIe
woman who reigns over the British king
dem. InIsmuch as the compact between
Scotland and Ireland embraces the West
minister confession Of faith, and her ma
iesty. the queen. attends the Presbyter-
ian church while residing In Scotland
and m some measure belongs TO our body
from whom all her Scottish chaplalns are
appoInted, It seems meet that some
notice should be taken Of her birthday az
thIs particular time when the English
nation celebrates her diamond jubilee. II
has bern well said OF her that one does
moi know wkich to admire more, the
quoen!incss OF the woman or the woman
illness OF the queen" ,.v
MI. Wanamaker introduced the follow
ing. which the assembly ordered by q
rising vote to be sent to the queen: .
'ThlE day belRg the seventy-elghth an
nIversary OF the birth and ssNtleth anni-
ycrsary OF the coronation OF her most
gracious majesty Queen Victoria, whose
reign has lasted longer than that OF any
other monarch In the last thousand
years, this general assembly OF the Pres
byterian church In the United states or
America deems Il fitting and does hereby
send most cordial Christian greetings to
both the iliuStriOuS Christian sovereign
and the subjects OF her gentle, generous
and righteous rule over tho deStnieS OF
the empire over which the sun never
sets"
rho confederation OF the report OF the
board OF education.
on motion of the board. the assembly
resolve to place the limit OF It's grants to
theological students at $50, even II this
should result In cutting on some students
from aid.
logical students to be spent in practical
work on the home mission field in volun-
tary service received the approval Of the
assembly,
The second order was the discussion OF
repnrts on the Presbyterian building In
New York. DR.. Duncan Brown, TarlSio,
Mo, opened the debate. He offered n
substitute for the reports before the as
sembly, leaving the disposal OF the prem
iscs at Twelfth and Twentieth streets.
New York, 10 the action OF the boards
expressing appreciation that the labors
Of the members of the same. and advising
the sale Of the Twentieth street property
pr Wilson Pharancr, member OF the
board II home missions, defended the
majority report. He claimed that the
reriai " the building would soon cover
the whol, cost, and that consequently IL
was a good Investment. The speaker re-
rrcttei to iBl spirit Oc autngonlsm In
the assembly 10 Spr AL false rumort.
Several other speeches were made un-
der the I'VE minute rule, but without