Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-24


MINNEAPOLIS, Nay 24-The Presby.
terian general assembly transacted a
deal of routine business without any
friction, and adjourned to view the
Minneapolis suburban lakes and Mime
haha Falls. The McGiffert case and the
Peoria overtureS will soon come before
the assembly. Ia the McCiffert matter,
the committee on bills and overtures
was considering two reports Sand it was
! likely that they would be presented as
majority and minority reports. One
/ was understood 10 favor a committee to
/ wait on DR.. McGiffert and invite him
TO recast his theology on Presbyterian
lines or else have the kindness to resign
without further discussion. The other,
is was said, was along sterner lines and
looked TO DIR. McGiffert' S involuntary
withdrawal from the church at the
earliest possible date. But the New
York presbytery wants no more heresy
trials. The Peoria overture had strong
backing and was expected to bring out
an exciting debate. The liberals in
church policy, who include the large
numbers Of the theological conserva-
tives, was expected TO unite their forces
in support of the Peoria method of ap-
pointing committees by the assembly,
instead of by the moderator.
The short afternoon session was
wholly occupied by discussion of the
report of the committee on aid for col
leges and academies and discussions
upon it. The report had already been
published in part. DR.. John Balcom
Shaw of New York presented the COM
mittee's report. 1t was Il cordial in
dorsement of the board S work. Among
the recommendations were that Sl50,000
be raised by the churches for the board
next year, exclusive of individual gifts;
that men of wealth keep the colleges
and schools in mind when giving, that
some Sunday near the day of prayer
for colleges be set aside as education
Sunday and that collections be at that
time taken up for the board. 1t was
recommended that the retiring men,
bers of the board be reelected. The
report was adopted.
Though reunion with the church
south got no hearing before the assem-
bly,, meeting of the elders sent this
dispatch to the elders of the church
south at Richmond: 'In the name of
our common Master we send greeting
and pray in your behalf. Read Num-
bers, chapter vi, verses "a, % and %:
The Lord bless thee and keep thee.
The Lord make his face to shine upon
thee and be gracious unto thee. The
Lord lift up his countenance upon thee
and give thee peace, and Ephesians iv,
15 and 16: But speaking the truth in
love, may grow up into him in all
%l,,,, 4,
From whom the whole body fifty joined
together and compacted by that which
every joint supplieth according to the
effectual working i'll the measure OF
every part, making increase of the
body unto the edifying of itself in
love-"
The general assembly without dis
senting vote accepted the report of the |
committee on bills and overtures in
favor of making no attempt this year
at union with the church south. More |
than GO overtureS had been received |
from the presbyteries requesting that !
some action in the direction of union |
north decided to hold back until the |
church south gave some signs of re- |
ciprocating the sentiment which was SO |
strong in the north.
The composition of the judicial COM
missions to try the Warszawiaz, Bachus
and Lane cases was announced. Judge |
Robert N. Wilson of Philadelphia is
made chairman of the first and DIR. G..
Willie of New York of the second.
Warszawaik and his counsel, the Rev.
James c. Patterson of New York, are
ON the ground and confidently expect to
ha fr,.a, to6 n fria1 hnfp1-a fhn |
of the Fifth Avenue church. S. B.
Brownell will oppose them. All the 7
are made of 16 members.
DIR. Robert F. Coyle of Oakland, Cal,
presented the report of the committee
on home missions. 1t highly approved
of the board S work, of its new presi-
dent, Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, recon-
mended the reelection of members
whose terms expire and proposed some
changes in administration. Rev. Charles
I. Thompson, corresponding secretary
of the board of home missions, and DIR.
Dodge addressed the assembly.
On overtures relating to freedom of
worship at the Annapolis academy the
reported favorably and the
report was adopted. The committee re-
ported on an overture asking whether
Presbyterian young people societies
could be permitted to affiliate with
young people societies of churches who
10 not believe in justification by faith
alone, but who do not hold baptism ne
to salvation. 1t was held that
This was not matter for the general as
sembly to rule on.
The work accomplished during the
lay includes an expression of approval
of the work Of the alliance of the Re-
formed church holding the Presby-
Ferian system, and the addition of the
Duluth and Platte overtures recon.
nending that a committee of six min- =
sters and five elders be appointed to
'eport to the next assembly plan for
the end Of the nineteenth
century.
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