The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-06
TOO MANY LONG PAPERS
PROGRAMME OF THE PAN PREsBY-
TERRAIN ALLIANCE CRITICISED.
Address ~ the TransvaaI Delegate on
Mission Work-PrOtest Against
Loose Divorce Laws.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.-The Presbyterian
Alliance continued its session here to-day
with the reading of papers and discussion
of the preparation to be made for the LIVER
pool meeting ext year. This discussion
filled the greater part of the morning ses-
sion and developed the fact THAT many of
the members were dissatisfied with the lines
on which the meetings of the alliance have
been conducted. DR.. Scringer, of Montreal,
said that this was the first meeting he had
attended and unless a different programme
was adopted in the future he should not
care to attend again. 1t was generally
agreed that the alliance wanted fewer long,
heavy papers and more time for discussion
Of live. practical topics. The various sug-
g~estions were referred to the programme
committee for the next meeting.
The afternoon session included a talk on
mission work in the Transvaal by Rev. p.
c. j. Meiring. OF johannesburg. and a paper
on divorce by Rev. Prof. A. M. McClenahan,
OF Allegheny, Pa. DR.. Meiring said the
Transvaal had not been able in its earlier
history TO do much mission work, but with
the increase in wealth and population it
was undertaking the civilization of the wild
tribes and now had seventy-ive workers
After the reading of POT. McCienahan's
paper on marriage and divorce, Rev. Cyrus
Cort, the author of the disturbing arbitra-
resolution against the sa~nctioning OF divorce
on any but "Scriptural grounds" The reso-
luton went to the busines committee. q.
Smith, an English member OF Parliament.
made an earnest plea for the conclusion Of
an arbitration treaty between Great Britain
and the United States. and said that he had
used his strongest e~ndeavors at home to
have the Transvaal dispute submitted to
arbitration.
The night session was devoted to adj
dresses on work among young people. The
speakers were Rev. John Pugh. of Cardiff.
Wales, and Rev. III. P. Fullerton. of st.
land. also spoke on The Edict OF Nantes
and the Huguenots."
Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Oct. 5-The Amer
lean Beard of Commissioner for Foreign
Missions. In convention to-day, heard the
report of the committee on twenty missions
of the board. presented by Rev. DR.. Nehe-
miah Boynton. of Detroit. Rev. DR.. J. E.
Tuttle, of Worcester. Mass. followed and
talks were given by missionaries from Zulu
nesia, Japan. Bulgaria and Ceylon.
Officers were elected as follows: President,
Samuel b. Capen; Boston; vice president.
D.. Willis James. New York: corresponding
secretaries, Rev. Drs. Judson Smith. Chas.
H.. Daniels, James l.. Barton; treasurer,
Frank H.. Virgins; editorial secretary,
Jonathan Strong prudential committee, for
three years. G. Henry Whitcomb, Samuel
c. Darling. ]. NJ. w. Hall, c. w. Moore:
recording secretary, Rev. DR.. Henry Slim
son: associate recording secretary, Rev. DR..
Edward N. Packard.
1t was voted to hold the next meeting Of
the board in st. Louis, in the Pilgrim Con
gregational Church, of which the Rev.
Michael Burnham, d. D., Is pastor, on the
second Wednesday morning I'm October, and
that the Rev. c. E. Moore, d. D., be the
preacher.