The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-20

Sunday on his way 10 the assembly. d.
w. Glass, Of Baltimore, deplored Sab
bath violation by Presbyterians, and re-
marked that President Cowen, of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, which dis
eliminates in favor Of Sunday travel, is q
Presbyterian On the other hand, 1t was
pointed out that many down town church
es would have to be closed IL church
members never rode to church
An attempt to get the phrase Christian
Sabbath substituted for the phrase
f'American Sabbath in the resolutions
was defeaIe0.
AS adopted the resolutions deplore the
secularizing of the Sabbath; urge men,
b@rsaand young men of the church to
realize the Importance of Sabbath observ-
ance; legislatures and congresses are urg-
ed to protect the American Sabbath; the
American Sabbath union and the Wo-
mems National Sabbath alliance are COM
mended; every postor Is recommended
to preach on Sabbath observance on some
Sabbath of next October and take col
lection for the Sabbath union; the board
Of publication Is requested to prepare and
urge school superintendents to issue
special Sabbath observance leaf1et. Sym
pathy is expressed with the millions of
Americans who, because of Sabbath nom
observance, are compelled to work on
the Sabbath. President Mckinley's at
of the postofhce and many Of the depart
ments of the government are compelled
to work on the Sabbath.
ROUTINE REPORTS
Much of the day was devoted to purely
routine work. After religious exercises
yesterday morning the chairmen of the
standing committees and a part of the
committeeman were announced. The
vice moderator is Rev. Royal T. Graham,
D. D., and the cha1rmen of committees
are as follows: Bills and overtures, Rev.
Wallace Radcliffe, D. D.; judicial commit
tee, Rev. William McKibbin, D. D.; pol
tty, Rev. Hughes D. Gibbons, D. D. !;
home missions, Rev. Robert f. Coyle,
D. D.; foreign missions, Rev. Matthias
L. Haines, D. D.; education, Rev. w. r.
Kirkwood, D. D.; publication Rev. An
drew B. Meldrum, d. D.; church erection,
Rev. Douglass P. Putnam, D. D.; theo-
logical seminaries, Rev. John w. Dins-
more, D. D.; ministerial relief, Rev. Will
lam H Penhallegon; freedmen, Rev.
Charles Herr, D. D.; aid for colleges,
Rev. John Belcon Shaw, D. D.; cores
pondence, Rev. William S. Fulton, D. D. !;
benevolence, Rev. A. Cameron MacKen-
sic, D. D.; narrative, Rev. James M. VIII
son, D. D.; temperance Rev John H.
Boyd, D. D.; leave of absence, Rev.
Thomas B. Boulon; mileage, Mr.. Samuel
T. Harrison; finance, Samuel G. Scott
Following the announcement came the
reports of the special committees on re-
duced representation, charters of boards,
digest, reprinting of the minutes and the
boards in systematic beneficence.
The committee on reduced representa-
tion reported two alternate resolutions
one making the number of commissioners
422 and the other 300. The former num-
ber is based on a ratio of one commits
sioner to 18 ministers and the latter one
minister and one elder for each 5000
communicates. John F. Patterson, of
Orange, n. j., Is chairman of the COM
mittee.
MISSIONS FOR FREEDMEN
The board of missions for freedmen
showed that in spending s132, ,578.12 it had
exceeded-the expenditures of the preced-
ing year by only $S62 The gifts from
legacies had exceeded those of the pre-
ceding year by $4,057, and those from in
dividuals and miscellaneous sources by
S11 443. The latter class of contributions
aggregated $26,1 ,107.' The crowning result
Of the year was a reduction of the
boards debt by about $4,000, its present
amount being $4O,165. Receipts for the
current year exceeded those of the year
preceding by $2O,733 Sixty-two schools
had been maintained; S,109 pupils had
been instructed and 199 ministers in the
field had been aided The Gospel has
been preached regularly in 324 churches
and chapels.
The report Of the board of education
called particular attention to the care
with which It's affairs had been conducted
during the past vars of financial strin-
gency. In 1898 the board had S14 men
under its care, a falling off of 81 from
the year before. The year showed a
slight increase in the number of new
candidates enrolled. During the year
the board had under it's care 81 candidates
in the two German theological schools, 81
in the various schools for colored men,
and seven in schools for Spanish-speaking
students. The recruits for the year were
reported to be $7SS70.31.
The board of foreign missions reported
that nearly $4,000 has been secured for
work in the Philippines and two mis-
sionaries sent to Manila. Other mission