The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-21


mendation that DR.. McGiffert be expelled.
AS he cannot be expelled without fair
trial, that means another hereSy trial.
But it is certain that what the commit
tee recommends the assembly will APP
prove. Even If all the liberals in the
assembly should indorse DR.. McGiffert's
attitude and stand by him, they would
be powerless, for at the most they can
not muster more than $50 votes in an
sembly of over 600. On thee Their hand,
the conservative majority is so inclined
to fair dealing that it will probably In
dorSe the mildeSt action the committee
may decide upon.
Yet there Is d prospect that there Will
be an acrimonious debate. Rev. DR.. Geo.
W. Il. Birch. of New York, who belongs
to and may even be called the leader of
what some are pleased to call the here
Sy hunters, was in no amiable mood
as he listened this morning to the velvet
worded letter from DR.. McGiffert. He
declined to discuss the letter, but ad-
mitted that he would probably take a
hand in the debate when the committee
makes it's report.
ROUTINE WORK.
The regular business of the assembly
this morning was the report of the COM
mittee on ministerial relief.
Many of the ministerial and lay COM
miSsionerS spoke on the subject, and
they often stirred the audience to ap-
plause, but what the effect will be on
the collections for the WORKOUT preachers
when it comes to that is not certain.
kilograms of greeting were received
from the general assembly of the South
ernPresbyterian church, now in session
in Richmond, Va. This assembly has
also sent its greetings to the Southern
general assembly and to the general as
sembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church in session at Denver. -
AT the close Of the morning session a
resolution was presented by Mr.. Lind
which has a political aspect. 1t was as
follows:
Resolved, That committee Of five be
appointed to formulate an address to the
president of the United States on the
issues and results of the war with Spain,
and the purpose Of the church to follow
the flag with earnest efforts for the evan
geliZation of the people that have come
under control of the government as rap
idly as law and order shall BE- establish
ed among them. The committees appoint
ed under. this resolution shall be nam
by the moderator with this suggestion
that DR.. Wallace Radcliffe be appointed
chairman"
fhe committee on bills and overtures
received the resolution and DR. Sample,
as moderator, invited commissioners to
present others of a similar nature SO that
the committee, when appointed, could
have the benefit of several ideas.
Rev. Loyal Y. Graham, vice moderator,
presided during most of the session. 90
AID FOR SCHOOLS.
Last night. at large meeting In West
minister church, the Rev. DR.. John Boyd,
Of Evanston, ILL.,. expressed his distrust
of state education. Dr. Boyd is a member
of the board of aid for colleges and acad-
emies. He. asserted that the great body
of. the church had come to distrust pub
lie education. which in the West is every
year becoming more and more secular
Christian state university presidents and
faculties with a Christian majority were,
he said, but bubbles on the surface of the
current that flows towards non-religious
education.
Today many of the visiting clergymen
Will fill pulpits IN Minneapolis and ST.
Paul. The moderator, Rev. Is. F. Sample,
will preach in Westminster church, Min
neapois, in the morning. He was none
teen years pastor of the church and saw
it grow from small proportions to the
largest Presbyterian congregation in the
United States west of New York
A mass meeting in the interests of Sun
day observance will be held today in
Plymouth congregational church, Nicollet
avenue and Eighth street, at 8 o'clock.
James Yereance. of New York city,
chairman of the general assembly COM
mittee on Sabbath observance, will pre-
side. Addresses will be made by Rev
William McKibbOn, of Cincinnati; Rev l.
w. Hathaway, D. D., general secretary
Of the American Sabbath union, of New
York; Mrs. William White, field secretary
of the Woman's National Sabbath AL
lance. of New York and Rev. John F.
| Carson, D. D., of Brooklyn, Ny.
NEXT MEETING PLACE.
The fight for the next place of meeting
! has apparently narrowed down to a con-
test between Walnut Hills church. Gin
| cinnati, and Winona Lake, Ind. Dr.. Nc
| Kibben, pastor of that church. stated to-
day that he would press the Invitation
The Winona Lake people are very eager
| to get the assembly a their Presbyterian
| Chautauqua once more, and would like tc
| make it the permanent meeting place
| Cincinnati is somewhat handicapped by
| the fact that the pastor of the Second
| church of that city, the Rev. Dr. E
| Trumbull Lee, and it's most prominent
| member. Elder Mcdonald, president Of
the Standard Oil company. are directors
| of the Winona assembly.
Among the delicate questions the gen
eral assembly will have to deal with next
week Is the case of Herbert WarszawialS
the reformed Jew, who caused the Pres
| byterians Of New York so much trouble
| two years ago. March 81 1897. he was
|
New York, on a charge of gambling
Warszawiak, who claims that he Is limo
| cent, has been fighting for a vindicatior
| ever since. The case has been back ant
/ forth between the synod and tho pres
| bytery of New York without any reIiel
| for the accused man, who claims that he
| Is the victim of a select coterie Warsza.
WAX is at Minneapolis and pleads directly
for relief, while the Fifth Avenue church
! petitions for the case to be remandet
| back.
WOMEN'S WORK.
| The Presbyterian women followed III
Fridays attack on the liquor trade by {
| temperance meeting held yesterday D
f. James, president of the Woman:
Board of home missions, presided ant
the principal address was by Rev. DR.
J Stuart, president of the board of home
missions. Mrs. T. s. Hanlin declared
that the foundation of temperance wa.
In the home. If workingmen had eoot
homes and a good table they were never
drunkards, she said
The annual union meeting of the sever
woman's boards of foreign missions Will
| be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock ir
Wesley M. e. church. Mrs H. w. For
sythe, president of the Northwest board
will preside
Only brief sessions of the Woman,
boards were held yesterday morning. TO,
after the large meeting of yesterday the
| women were glad to avail themselves ri
the general assembly. where the gallery
Is hlled with visitors for every session
An early devotional service for both the
| foreign and home boards was held IT
Wesley church, Mrs D. c. MARQUIS pre-
siding. This was Immediately followed
by meeting of the synodical officers r.
complete arrangements for the Tuesday
and Wednesday afternoon meetings.
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