The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24
PRESBYTERIAN PROCEEDINGS.
ROUTINE MATTERS CONSIDERED
BY THE ASSEMBLY.
Reports of the Freedmen Mission
Board and Board of Education
Criticism of Church Publications.

Winona Lake, Ind, May 23.-The pro-
ceedings of the Presbyterian general as
sembly today were of a routine character.
The topics discussed were the reports of
the boards of missions for freeden, the
committee on Sabbath observance, the
board of education and the committee on
authorized missionary periodicals. As yet
no sign OF the Princeton Inn or the Nc
! Gifert case has. been seen.
After devotional exercises, led by Rev.
William q. White, Of youngstown, u. a
resolution was introduced by Rev. Ho-
ratio J. Clmstead. of Galveston, proviolnS
for an uninstructed committee of five TO
confer with like committee from the
southern Presbyterian chuIch looking to
d union of the two denominations
1t was promptly referred to the com
mittee of bills ana overtures. where SINH
lar orders were already under considera-
ton.
There being no miscellaneous reports the
assembly proceeded at once to the consid-
Grafton of the report of the board of mis-,
sions to freedmen. The board reported
that il began the year under the diScour-
agement incident TO the burning of its
main educational institution at Admission.
Ala. The record of the year was one of
retrenchment. The reports says: We
have pushed economy TO the verge of
pansimony." but in spite of ali efforts the
board ended its year with debt of
SIS. 062. an Increase of over 5000 since 1851
This was due TO a decrease of S3.22S in
COntrlDuat tons received
The schools operated have been reduced
from G. to So of all grades. Under the
board are 1S7 ministers, 322 churches and
200 teachers. The total receipts were
s12S, 500, of which the churches gave S0S, 42S
and the women's board Si5,l5S.
The expenditures aggregated, including
the deficit, s1SS.375.
The committee on Sabbath observance
presented its amended report, which was
adopted. As usual il denounced Sunday
newspapers and called for the closing OF
the Omaha exposition on the Sabbath
At the opening of the afternoon session,
the judicial committee reported on sew
eral cases, among which was that of
Warsawiac against the Presbytery of
New York.
The regular order of the session was
+he report of the board of education.
The board reported that 1t had on its
.'Olls the names of Sl4 candidates for the
ministry. I5S of whom were accepted last
year. 1t rejected the applications of 81.
The income of the board was $50, 361, an in
crease of 1916 over 1897.
The report of the standing committee
on education was presented by DR..
Thomas D. Wallace. of Chicago.
No action was advised upon the over
ture asking that aid be granted only to
students in theological, seminaries and
also upon the requirement of pledge of
missionary service from students aided
by the board Rev. Dr. McCaughey, of
Philadelphia, said he was proud to
acknowledge his Indebtedness to the
board. and called upon all who had re-
ceived aid 10 rise. About 100 rose.
The chief interest of the afternoon CEN
tered in the speech of DR.. Richard.
Holmes. of Pittsburg, upon the mission
AIRY publications of the church. OF these
there have been two. the Church at Home
and Abroad. and The Assembly Herald.
One was described n a high and the other
as a low class periodical. The missionary
boards have never been entirely satisfied
with either. he declared. One was too
dear and both were too slow. The speaker
advocated single headed management,
with editors and offices in New York,
where the bulk of the missionary inter
ests of the church are located Dr.
went over to the second order for to-
morrow afternoon.
A regular popular meeting was held this
evening in the Auditorium in the interest
of the freedmen's board.