Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-25

! Minneapolis, May 2O.-Rev. DR.. r. T.
Sample. of Westminster church, New
York. proved an easy winner in the
contest for the place of moderator Of
the 111th annual assembly of the Pres
byterian church yesterday forenoon.
| Immediately after roll call in the after
noon the election of Il moderator was
taken up. DR.. Sample was elected on
the first ballot receiving 1913 votes, 300
being necessary for a choice, to 127
for the Rev. Matthias Haines, of First
church, Indianapolis. and 1913 for Rev.
DR.. Il. +. Coyle of Oakland. Cal. The
contest was a spirited one. and during
| the first part of the long call Of names
the outcome was dubious. DR.. SEM
Pies election is regarded as a triumph
for the conservative element. The
morning session was devoted to re-
ligiOuS services which were attended
by about 600 commissioners and so
many spectators that the 1.S0O seats Of
the church were not sufficient to ac-
commodate each. DR.. Henry Branch
Of Elliott City, Nd, pronounced the in
vocation, a quartet sang the anthem
In the Wilderness" by Goss; Rev.
Pleasant Hunter OF Minneapolis led in
responsive reading to the 121st and
122d Psalms. a number of hymns We're
sung and DR.. Douglass Putnam of
Iogansport. Ind, read the Bible les
son; DR.. Sclnple of New York read the
prayer The sermon was preached by
the retiring moderator. Rev. DR.. Wal
lace Radcliffe, Washington, D. c.
In the afternoon Permanent Secre-
tary Rev. w. f. Moore called the roll
and Immediately afterward the cleo
ton of moderator was declared to be
in order. 1t took almost an hour to
take the ballot, with the result as
given above. 1t was greeted with
great applause. Messrs. McKibben,
Shaw and Graham were appointed to
escort DR.. Sample to the chair. The
new moderator expressed his gratitude
that the assembly should have chosen
him to so high a place in his old pas
torate of Westminster, Minneapolis,
and among his own people of other
days. He spoke OF the problems that
confront the church and OF the urgent
necessity Of carrying the gospel into
new lands opened by the Spanish
American war. Rev. Pleasant Hunter
welcomed the assembly to Minneapolis
and presented DR.. Sample with gavel
OF Cuban, Porto Rican and Philippine
wood
A resolution was adopted directing
the moderator to send to NJ. De Stlal,
president of the international peace
conference, a message "invoking the
blessing of Almighty God on your de-
alterations"
Temporary clerks were appointed rs
follows: Thomas Il. Kirkwood, Pueb-
10, Colo. E. u. Swiggett, Cincinnati; z.
II. Brooks. Wilkesbarre, Pa; H. w.
Jesstp, New York. The sacrament Of
the Lords supper was celebrated i'll
Westminster church last night the
Rev. Wallace Radcliffe presiding.
John Balloon Shaw. Il director OF
Union Theological seminary, in which
DR.. Arthur c. McGi1fert is a professor,
confirms the statement that DR.. Nc
Giffert has sent a letter anent the So
called heresy case. 1t is believed that
this letter contains a satisfactory eX-
PLANTATION of DR.. NIcGitfert's state
ments about the Lords supper in his
book. ",The Christian Church in the
Apostolic Age" and that. therefore. no
'lcresy proceedings will be taken
against him.