The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-28
FINAL HOURS UNEXCITING
nL0Bt'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
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The general assembly of the Presby
terrain church, which has been IN session
IN Minneapolis for ten days, adjourned
sine die at l o'clock yesterday afternoon.
A good attendance marked the closing
session. The judicial committee made It's
final reports, including recommendation
I'm that part of the Warzsawiak case
which the judicial commission appointed
to try the case Friday referred to tho
assembly. The matter referred to was
the memorial from the Fifth Avenue
church, of New York, asking that the
case be sent directly to it for re-trial.
The request was denied by the committee
and the assembly approved this action.
The committee reported findings, as a
judicial committee, in three cases. 1t
was found that in the case of Rev. Owen
Reidy the synod of Texas erred and the
case was sent back to it with the in
structions to refer it to the Presbytery
of Austin. The complaint of Charles A
Taylor against the synod of Illinois was
sustained In the complaint of the Rev
Moses Birkovitz against the synod of
New Mexico the action of the synod
was disapproved. The synod directed the
presbytery of Rio Grande to suspend
Rirkovits without trail.
An additional address to the inter-
national peace congress was adopted
1t recommends an international court of
arbitration. The clerk said that he would
forward the address next week, together
with similar one from the alliance of
Presbyterian churches of the world, rep
rcSenting 90 600 600 Christians.
DR.. Sample spoke a few words before
the close. He spoke OF the particular
pleasure 1t had given him TO be chosen
to preside over the assembly, his prevt-
Gus pastorate of Westminster revealing
the honor doubly dear to him. He spoke
with fatherly tenderness of the commits
sioaers whom he net here and learned to
love. and of the many memories which
had been revived.
AS the last official act of the assembly,
DR.. Sample ordered that a general as
sembIy Of the Presbyterian church be
constituted in the city of St. Louis in
1909. He then offered a closing prayer.
WORK IN REVIEW.
The assembly has disposed of an i'm
mense amount OF business, and much of
it is of a very important nature. Only
one overture is to be sent down from the
assembly to be passed upon by the 229
presbyteries, and that is a proposition to
substitute an entirely new chapter for
chapter Is of the Book of Discipline.
The last hours of the assembly were
packed with statistics and facts about the
church. The accounts of the trustees of
: the church showed SS40,447 in their hands,
an increase of $126,153 since a year ago.
1t was considered that the church was
prosperous enough to increase the salary
of the assembly's stated clerk, Rev. W.
H. Roberts, of Philadelphia, from s., COO
to $1,000. There are connected with the
various churches Sis Christian Endeavor
societies besides large number Of other
societies for young people.
An attempt was made to get considerat-
ton Of a proposition to have the whole
cost of entertainment of commissioners
met by the assembly. The attempt failed
it being thought that if the commission
ers desired to spend more than $3.50 day
for entertainment, which is the amount
now allowed, it ought to come out of their
personal pockets. An attempt to get tine
! 4 cents per communicate assessment for
the support of the general assembly re-
duced to 2 cents was also a failure. This
assessment yields so we'll that the stated
clerk now has on hand a balance of $780,
SlS.
Yesterday afternoon the commissioners
whose scruples against Sunday travel
kept them from starting for home en-
jcyed an excursion to Lake Minnetonila.
Many Of the ministerial commissioners
will occupy pulpits in Minneapolis
churches today, and most of them will
attend a foreign mission mass meeting
in the afternoon. All express satisfaction
with the entertainment in Minneapolis,
which is conceded to be about the best
the general assembly has ever had.