The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-22

| "A RiOtSSl was UidQG dEdlIibb lllC Odh6CA
and evil of Dissertation of the Lords day
and various resolutions were offered, two
of which were adopted, the first declar-
ing the Sabbath to be OF perpetual obliga-
ton by law of God. and the other rec
| ommending that the trans Mississippi e1s~
position at Omaha be closed on Sunday,
! Sunday travel by ministers came to the
front and was denounced. Resolutions
on the subject were presented and finally.
after some hours eff discussion, the whole
matter was referred back to the commit
| tee for further consideration and future
report.
/ A resolution urging that President Nc
sKinley, in order that no unnecessary
Sabbath work be done by the navy and
army in the present war, and that bat
ties be not begun on Sunday, met with
decided opposition and was finally laid on
the table, after having been loaded to the
limit with amendments One commission
er protested that the assembly should not
advertise its folly by adopting the pro-
| posed resolutions.
The evening session was devoted to pop
ular meetings in The interest OF the board
of publication and Sabbath school work
Winona Lake, May 20.-The Presbyte-
rian assembly today began with a half
Barclay OF Detroit. The chairmen of
standing committees to report on work of
boards Of the church were announced
Governor James A. Mount of Indiana,
was named as vice moderator.
The principal chairmen were as follows:
Bills and overtures. DR.. Sheldon Jackson.
ex-moderator; judicial business, ]. c. Pat
terson, New Jersey; home missions. DR..
John Dixon, Trenton; education, DR.. T.
D. Wallace, Chicago.
The time was then devoted to reading
reports Of committees. DR.. John s. Nc
Intosh presented that on the denomina-
tional periodical, 1.-THE Church at Home
and Abroad" He was followed bq DR..
Richard Holmes of Pittsburg. with a re-
port on the missionary periodicals OF the
church. An attempt was made 10 avoid
reading the printed report. but a point
of order shut it off, after considerable dis
cussion. The report recommended discon-
tinuance of both the church periodicals.
Assembly Herald" and Church at Home
and Abroad" and their combination in
one journal to be published in New York
under the management of Rev. w. II.
Hubbard, the proposed journal to contain
81 octave pages and to be published at so
cents per year.
The consideration of reports on peri
odicalS was made the second order for
Monday afternoon next.
A report on the memorial to congress
praying for a thorough investigation of
the liquor traffic was presented and no
congressional action reported.
Ex-Moderator John L. Withrow, of the
special committee on plans OF synodical
home mission administration, reported rec
ommending that liberty of selection of
methods of work by self supporting syn
DDS be left to them, but that they report
their expenses to the home board, togeth-
er with prospective expenses for the fol-
lowing year, and that appropriations of
other synods be made by the home board,
the amounts being equalized according to
local needs in order to secure an equita-
Bile distribution Of the church's funds. The
report was made special order for the
afternoon
Announcements were made of the order
of exercises on Thursday, May 26, in con-
nection with the 250th anniversary Of the
adoption of the Westminster confession
and catechisms. Three sessions will be
held, morning, afternoon and evening. Be-
sides devotional exercises, thirteen half
hour addresses will be made.
Speakers for the patriotic services ap- |
pointed for Saturday afternoon were nam
ed by the moderator, DR.. Charles L. Work |
Of Cincinnati, TO be chairman, with speak /
ers, Dr. Theodore F. Durham of Califor- |
MIA, Rev. ]. NJ. Barley of Detroit, and |
Rev. David Brown, a colored commits |
sioner.