Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-30
ENJOY A VACATION
Members Of Presbyterian General
Council Given Holiday.
THE SESSIONS TO Be RESUMED MONDAY
Trip to Mount Vernon Today and
Reception This Evening.
CHOICE OF PRESIDENT

The delegates to the Pan-Presbyterial AL
lance. which has been in session in the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, be-
ginning Wednesday last, are today enjoying
a holiday. 1t is usual at these gatherings
to hold no business sessions Saturday, SO
that the delegates may have an opportunity
to enjoy the social entertainment usually
provided for them by their hosts for the
time being. Tomorrow the delegates be-
longing to the clerical profession will occu-
Ply the city pulpits, and the church-going
portion of the community will have the
chance of hearing representatives of
churches throughout the world holding to
The Presbyterian system.
This afternoon at 2 o'clock the delegates
left the city for Mount Vernon, and
this evening they will attend a reception
at the Corcoran Art Gallery. The ses-
sions will be resumed Monday morning,
but owing to the interest taken in the
Dewey reception in this city, the meetings
arranged tor Monday evening and Tuesday
morning VIII not be held and the programs
for those two sessions have been assigned
for Thursday evening and Wednesday at
ternOon, respectively.
The closing session of the alliance will be
held Friday evening of next week, and then
ar adjournment viii be taken to meet four
or five years hence in Liverpool, England.
DIR. Lang'a Successor.
Thursday the election of a successor to
the president of the alliance, Rev DIR. Lang.
will take place. 1t is the understanding
that the conference will choose the man
nominated by the western section. No
meeting of the delegates from that section
has as yet been held to consider the mat
ter, and the name of only one man has
thus far being mentioned-Dr. Caven, the
president of Knox College of the University
of Toronto, Canada He has been one of
since its organization, and, in addition, is
a representative of the portion of the west
ern section which has not as yet had man
at the head of the alliance.
Those who have be2n in the habit of at
tending the sessions of the alliance say that
while the attendance of foreign delegates
Is not quite so large as has been the case
WREN the meetings were held on the other
side, yet The number present from abroad
makes good showing. The total number
of delegates in attendance Is $50. 1t is also
said that the interest taken in the sessions
of the alliance, both by the delegates and
the general public, is very gratifying, and
that in this respect the present meeting of
the alliance is quite equal to any in the
past.
One phase of the proceedings which at
tracts the attention of most persons who
attend the sessions is the absence of any
sort of musical accompaniment in the de-
votional exercises which introduce eAch
meeting, and also the exclusive use of
psalms in singing This Is concession to
a small number of delegates who represent
what is known as the Free Church of Scot
land-the CovenanterS-who strenuously OBJ
1ect to instrumental music in the church.
The United Presbyterians also sing only
psalms in their churches. AS it is a matter
OF conscience with these delegates, it was