Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-05-28

W1NoNA LAKE, Ind, May 28.-By
large majority voting viva voce the
Presbyterian general assembly decided
yesterday not to inaugurate another
heresy trial in the case of Prof. McGif-
fert, bat to ask him to withdraw if he
can not reconcile his views with the
church's standards. Prof. McGiffert
was practically directed to act as judge,
jury and executioner upon. sshimself.
The action taken was in the adoption
of the following resolution, which was
substituted for the final paragraph of
the report of the committee on bills and
overtures, submitted on Wednesday,:
'That the assembly, in a spirit of
kindness no less than i'll devotion to
truth, counsels Prof. McGiffert to recon
slider the question aybl set forth in his
book, and if he cannot conform his
views to the standards of our church,
then to peaceably withdraw from the
Presbyterian ministry"
The debate on the case occupied the
afternoon session.
Devotional exercises and miscellane-
GUS business occupied the first hour.
One item was the declaration of the
adoption of an amendment to the con-
stitution of the church placing the
music of the church under the complete
direction of the church session.
The regular order of the day was the
report of the committee on the board of
church erection, presented by DIR. B.
w. Perry, San Leandro, Cal.
The report showed slight increase in
he tota1 IF confYri b1Tf HONS ba Y,17,1o hoz.
Of contributors being larger, but the
average contribution smaller than last
year The number of applications for
aid has also been reduced somewhat,
but total of 213 churches had been
aided in some way, to the aggregate of
1926, 421. The total value of churches
and manses completed with this aid was
$423,82 The total amounts asked for
aggregated $151, 1888, from 1876 appli-
cants. The income of the board had
been $S1, 1874 for the general fund from
all sources, $46,714 having been con-
tributed by the churches. The manse
fund received $16, III and the loan fund
$31.252, part of which consisted of
returned loans. The whole income was
$129,219.
During the II years since the manse
fund was started 43S houses have been
erected by means of aid aggregating
$164, 1922. The operations of the board
had resulted in securing reversionary
rights in property amounting to So, 000,-
900. Since the inception of the board
in 1916 the total of expenditures has
been So, 492, 800, securing to the church
property to the value of $14,000,000.
After the presentation of the report
the assembly was ADDRESSED by DR..
Perry and by DR.. Erskine N. White,
secretary of the board.
One hour was occupied with the re-
port OF the committee on temperance
The usual recommendations We're made,
but the committee recommended no
Princeton university. This did not
Salty the whole committee, part of
whom introduced a supplementary reso-
luton. NKhile disclaiming special refer
ence to Princeton, it indicated the posi-
ton of the assembly and was adopted
with a shout. Its text was as follows:
tThe assembly calls upon all parents
and teachers to exercise increased dill
gence and watchfulness over them
selves and those committed to their care
in respect to intemperance, IN order
that our homes and schools may be
purged of the evil of intemperance and
the drink traffic be driven from our
land, and this without reflection upon
any collegiate institution"
The evening session was devoted to
consideration of systematic benevolence.
Addresses were made by DR.. Scion
Cobb, Pittsburg, and Rev. William H.
Hubbard, Auburn, N. Y.
A popular meeting in the interest of
temperance followed. Judge Henry
Saylor of Indiana presided. He advo-
Gated the abolition of the license system
in order that the liquor traffic might be
attacked as public nuisance. Other
addresses were made by DIR. Charles L.
Work of Cincinnati, Hon. E. S. Wells,
Evanston, and DIR. John A. Savage, a
colored commissioner from North Caro-
lima.
New Transports Chartered.
WASHINGTON, May 28.-The war de.
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