New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-20

of any Of the Boards to secure the full iesai sen
to the Assembly of approval disapproval OF 'n'
original appointments OF salaried executive van
i, ros
The committee reported that the charters IN ques-
ton In the Judgment OF six Of the Boards. aie"1'
secured fully the legal right OF the Geneta <,s'e'"
bly, TO approve disapprove of the or'en"' ~, ~
pointments of the saaried executive offlcers' INC
Boards OF Home and Foreign MISSIONS ~" s,.o
reported q doubt as TO whether their cha' 'e D.
the Assembly the legal right referred 10, ou' "a
knowledged the authority OF the AssenD,s a..
recognized as binding the rule adopted py '"e N
sembly.
.ppo,NrNrNrs Ry THE NEW MODERATOR
DIR. SAMPLE appointed the Rev. DR. Loyal I. "ia
-, =, phuod.Inhia Vice. Moderator, and piaceo
nv padclIne Of Washington. at the heao Oh 'no
Committee on Bills and Overtures III VIZ -
McKibbin In charge Of the judicial COMM ,,
Covle OF Oakland and Dr. Haines, OF Ihoiahapv ~
10 represent the causes OF Home anu -
slons. respectively the latter appointments De'"e
made ar the request of the defeated Candidates
who would naturally have been made chairmeh VI
committees considered more important pe'""'
dealing with so-called vexed questions -,,..
Already DR.. Radciffe's committee IS struss"ie
with the McGfferts case and Dr. Mch'oo'" W W."
The Warszawiak case, both coming iioii
what has come TO be known as the storm-cenlIe ..
presbyterian!sm--the New-York Preshytery. IN ao
dtion 10 the overtures. touching Dr. McOiiei'
book and the action OF the last Assembly co'oe."
ing Its author the committee has letter lfo" ~
McGirert in which he declines to accept the couh
sci of the Assembly and withdraw from the fres
byteran ministry. He does not attempt 10 JUSTLY
his views much less TO make defence, but re-
fuses to withdraw The rumor that ne wouio enter
tho EIfscopalian ministry is not oeheveo 10 nave
any foundation by DR.. John Balcom SHAW az
rector Of the Union Seminary. who had CONVERSE
ton with him last Saturday, in which the SUBJECT
ed n
Among the speakers this morning was the Rev
Dr John Fox the new secretary OF the American
Bible Society who said that he was happy 10
bring the greetings OF this now historic society 10
the General Assembly Of his own ChuTch' Al
though not a part Of the organization OF the Pres
byterian Church, the American Bible Society was
hat il MAS prominently a foreign mission So
cety. Not. indeed that this was It's only iuncu ION
millions Of copies of the Wcrd of God into every
part of this land until It was rot strange t,s neces
sy any longer for lis work in this cOuntryd THIS 3,
recently received from chocnw Indian
begging for some Choctaw Pentateuch: 10 tea .or
ns P Teeeve e"i he had heard Of brilliant and
dite German professor turning the penta ,d zen
tonish the poor Indian, whose untutored mind
sees God in clouds and hears Him In the vino:
edition of the Pentateuch, but the society only
had the old Book. without the modern improve
NEED OF BIBLE DISTRIBUTION.
He added: There are considerable areas where
still there is much TO be done The poor man 6
Bible is largely furnished for him by the American
Bible Society. With this assembly. however, 1t is
enough OF a plea that our own foreign mission
work would suffer great hndrance but for the CO.
operation of this society. The Gaboon and Corisco
Mission Of the Presbyterian Church, at a recent
session in Batanga, Africa passed resolution af-
frming that except for the hearty cooperation
Of the American Bible Society. much of their work
would have been impossible of accomplishment.
This is only single illustration of what is going
on all the time.
DIR. Ham Nassau, one Of the heroes Of the mis-
sion field. has been for thirty-eight years at work
on the West Coast Of Africa. Twenty-Five years
ago he began his translation Of the Scriptures and
1t is not all finished yet Some Of the books Of the
Ole Testament now passing through our presses
under his supervision. Not only In publishing the
ranslations of the Scriptures. but in their effective
distribution by the colpOrteur, the society Is the
ally Of the Board of Foreign Missions. Indeed. 1t
often precedes all other forms of mission work.
One Of our own ministers, the Rev. Andrew j. Nc
Kim, for twelve years preceding the Spanish
American War. and in the face OF Spanish priest
craft and opposition circulated nearly forty thou
sand copies OF the Scriptures in Cuba and he is
now sewing the good seed in Porto Rico. with like
results Certainly 1t becomes American Christians
10 be prompt in entering the open door into the
Philippine Islands. where there is marvellous oppor-
tuniy in the thirty languages spoken by the vgri-
| proclaim Jesus Christ In appealing therefore to