The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26
FUND OF A MILLION DOLLARS
WILL BE RAISED BY SOUTHERN
PREsBYTERIANS.

,+ieth Century Plan to En-
low Educational Institutions-The
waste Basket Suggested as the
proDer Place for Petition for an
endorsement of Woman Suffrage.
nterestfng Discussion Grew Ont
- the Report on Sabbath Schools.
Atlanta, May 25-The general assembly
- the southern Presbyterian Church de-
a,as3 tonight to raise fund of 100000
twentieth century fund-with which
70 end,w the educational institutions of
the church.
The assembly will adjourn sine die to-
morrow.
Rev c. n. Vanhouten of Manchester,
n va Id the devotional exercises at the
morning session.
stated Clerk Alexander announced that
Y he had on his desk very elaborate com
miinication asking this body to extend
a moral support to woman suffrage
4 Mr.. Van Houten: II move that it be
a thrown into the waste basket"
n No second,
4 voice: 81 move that it be not reeeiv-
Il ed"
Inquiry was made as to who the com
4 munication was from.
The clerk stated that the paper was
4 from the National Woman Suffrage Asso-
n cation and signed by Susan b. Anthony
The motion to not receive the communi-
cation prevailed and the incident closed.
number of reports were read. The re-
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bath Observance was read. Il modified
mildly the report of the permanent COM
mitlce on Sabbath observance submitted
several days ago.
The Committee on Narratil e reCommen
ed that the pastoral letter be handed
q down to all the churches in the assembly.
Fl Adopted.
The report of the standing Committee on
the Bible Socity and that of Systema tic
Beneyolence were received and adopted.
The report of the special Committee on
Hymn Books was adopted, but not until
Elder A. W. Leland had registered an OBJ
lection to the advance sheets sent out,
because the song Nearer, My God. to
Il Thee" contained therein, was written by
a Unitarian.
Sabbath School Work.
Dr. R. H. Nall of Greenwood, s. c.,
chairman of the Committee on Sabbath
4 his committees report.
The word rally in the first section
was objected to, and stricken out.
Rev. H. T. Cumpsten, of the synod of
Mississippi offered an amendment to the
1 recommendation of the committee, pro-
vding for the appointment of a perma-
nent field secretary.
The amendment brought on a lot of
talk Elder Leland of McClellanville. S.
c. had no patience with young peoples
societies. He said:
THE multiplication of young peoples
societies is killing the church. These So
cieties are causing many people to lose
respect for the church that they should
have. The Presbyterian Church has too
many such societies.
Mr.. Cumpsten's amendment was
adopted.
Other recommendations of the commit
tee, however, were not challenged and
the report as a whole was adopted.
S. w. Somervlle of Fredericksburg,
Va, who is at the head of the assembly's
home and school at that place, made a
somewhat lengthy address, telling of the
condition and prospects of the institu-
ton.
The report of the Committee on Col
ored Evangelization was read by Rev.
Donald Mcqueen of Anniston Ala, and
adopted by the assembly, as some minor
alterations had been made in its VERDI
age.
DR.. f. C. Murray of Orange, N. c.,
vigorously arraigned the system of in
ternational Sunday school lessons now
in use in the Presbyterian and other
churches throughout the world.
DR.. Murray offered an amendment pro-
yiding that an ad interim committee of
five be appointed TO devise or agree upon
some progressive comprehensive graded
system of Bible study and make a re-
port at the next meeting of the assem-
bly,.