The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
POPULAR MISSIONARY MEETING.

| 4 popular meeting Of members of the as
senbly was held last night at the Wash
| iugton and Compton Avenue Presbyterian
church 10 listen TO addresses by a number
If foreign missionaries. The church was
i packed to It's utmost capacity and the clos
| est attention was manifested in the discus
sion of the work of the church among the
barbar.ans and heathens Of foreign chimes.
Doctor George Alexander OF New York
presided at the meeting. Those who made
addresses were: Reverend William Jessup
If Syria, Doctor Robert Nassau o: Africa.
Doctor John Hood Laughiin of China, and
Doctor Aversion Robert Matiere of China.
Missionaries from fourteen foreign coun-
tries were present All the speakers re-
p!ished i'm the. past among the heather
Chinese and the baTbarous Hottentots and
eioquently urged upon the church the neces-
sity II sending more men 10 these coun-
tries To give tn the native the beneflcent in
fuence of Christian training and ideas.
THE PEORIA OVERTURE.
The Peoria overture. which is to he the
feature Of this mornings session. appears 10
have been framed in the first place because
Of fears existing in certain quarters re-
s~pccting the powers of the stated clerk
under the present system which obtains in
the appointment of standing committees. In
view OF this consideration. the following ex-
tract from the minutes of the General AS
sembly of 1926 will be of interest:
The stated c.erh, as a matter Of privilege. made
the following statement:
"Af.C- consultation with the moderator and ex-
m.deTators. l have deemed it proper to make a
made in certain quarters II my relations 10 The
al pointfncnt OF standing and otter committees Of
the General Assembly With these | do not deal
In detail. bu; simply present to the assembly the
following statement by my ~felIow-cierk. the Rev
ersnd William +, Moore. ID. u:
The undersigned desires 20 state. for the in
formation Of al. whom 1t concerns. that neither or
The Jerks Of the General Assembly at any time
have prepared beforehand and presented to the
To'serators OF the assembly on the day Of their
Gle, ton lists continuing the names ~ members
OF assembly committees - alleged by certain per
sons. that such an a%iiesation Is an insult 60 ev-
and. further. that the clerks have been equally
orators in the transaction of assembly businsrs
only IS their aid has been requested, or as has
'e'" ~ "WM. E. Mo6RE. Permansni ae Ciern:S.
The moderator (.he Reverend. Doctor John 1,
Withrow) followed with these among other
!" Fathers and Brethren: l wish to add a word
down in history as the hest-Eatured assembly
that ever sat. Now. brethren. / confess frankly
opinion that It wonld be a somewhat difacuiI.
thing 20 get along with Doctor Roberts. I had n
So well M IN Presbyterian management, and that
all This was 50 born in Doctor Moore; that
and that I would be 50 used up between fh.r,
TIA, thsre , woqid be no'nin{ iet; y, Ard nov ! wish
In all my life that were 80 generous. 50 consid-
in their k!rd conduct toward me. tho highes, ~.
fetal OF the assembly. but personally their SUI
p,rior never. They have been all that could te
asked
Last Thursday afternoon ! asked You to help
me make up the committees. You and I had a
conference. and a great collection Of recommen-
dations was handed in. and several gentlemen
were at the conference TO make up the commit
tees. and W. worked until nearly morning and
all who wished were allowed TO come in. and
names were freely suggested. from which I Sc
Iec'ed and CONSTRUCTED the committees named
And the wonderful thing IN tina. I made as god
a selection as ] did. that these committees haTa
brought IN such harmonious and acceptable re- |
ports. and | think II IL due TO ourselves 10 under |
stand. not To say that there has been a mIsr.n n
Il sentation. but simply a misunderstanding. that
fhes. two clerks have only helped the yrese, "
moderator as thev have helped his Predecessor.
and when 7 speak ] represent preceding rnods-.'
tors, who say the same. that they have had as
much liberty as l and ! speak FOR Them now az
we'll as for myself. I shall leave This aSs.tot--
having the kindest feelings in my heart toward
these two men,"
there is still something of the same feeiinv
In reference to the part he il supposed 70
pay IN the selection of the standing COM |
by the newly elected moderator. !