New-York tribune., 1900-05-22

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HERMAN wARszAWIAK,
committees and be eligible to office but they will
have voice in electing others TO office, nor In
shaping the policy of the Church. nor directing the
religious work in the Presbytery.
The attempt include honorably retired min
listers in the active membership of the Presbytery
voted down after speech half serious ana
half ludcrous made by the Rev. Dr. Everard Kemp
SHALL of Elizabeth. N j. himself on the honorably
retired list after forty-ve of active service
in the ministry. The overture came from the
Presbytery of Westchester, in the New-York Synod,
and will affect chiefly the Presbyteries OF large
cities where as in New-York, those not in pas
torate outnumber the pastors.
FAR REACHING IN EFFECT.
II a majority of the Presbyteries approve the
plan. pastors, stated supplies. secretaries OF
the boards and professors of institutions under the
of the Assembly with one ruling elder from
each congregation in the Preshytery. will com
pose the active membership. The blow is aimed
directly, according TO those who secured the adop-
ton Of the overtures, at ministers who are book
agents. insurance solicitors, secretaries of unde-
nominal societies and others engaged In purely
secular EMPLOYMENT But it is felt by some that
the plan will fail of approval because of its far
reaching effect that 1t Is decidedly unjust to de-
prive men who have served faithfully i'll the minis
try of the rite to questions with
some one recently graduated from theological
school. and that It places a stigma upon those
whom too many congregations are inclined to set
aside simply because the gray hairs have appeared
WARszAwIAI1 CONTENTION AGAIN.
The Judicial Committee took up the Warszawiak
case" Warszawak record or Warszawiak
matter according the view of the people In
terested in the Little Jew in New-Iork. Wars
zawak himself is not here this year, family cares
requiring his presence home. He would be a
rash man who should try to present the vars RS
CRITICISM b Of one S or scT OF Of Rsae be
caped ca ed the charbyds of Paterson viii be encoun-
tered If both are avoided there are two ELDERS
them the prosecutor of Warszawiak for three
years, and the other the son of Mrs John Han
the wife of the pastor who StrenuouSly defended
the young convert from Judaism until his death
DELAY ON CREED QUESTION.
The Committee Bills and Overtures presented
unmportant reports to-day but members of that
committee expressed the probability that the Greed
question would up tomorrow. and that the
outcome of all the overtures will result In a COM
mittee being appointed by the Assembly to con-
slider the question leisure. The Church is not
ready to abandon it's Creed they say, can it
deaf to those who want something done.
The special committee could receive all the sug-
gestions that have been made and all that will be
made, and, with plerty of time before 1t. could
formulate plan which would meet the approval
of all classes in the Church. DIR. G. w. F. Birch,
the appellant in the McGiffert case, not being a
member of the Assembly. requested that the Rev.
DIR. Frederick E. Shearer of New-York. who is a
commissioner. should be appointed his counsel.
When DR.. Briggs trial Colonel John j. Nc
Cook was the committees counsel, and his SER
vices greatly missed at this time by DIR. Birch.
who the chairman of the Briggs Prosecuting
Committee. No intmation has been received as to
what action the Judicial Committee will report.
With the McGiffert and the WarsZa walk
befO he
nent clerkship before another committee, of which
he is also chairman, DR.. McKibbn is seeing very
little of the real Assembly. Seven candidates will
be named by the committee tomorrow, leaving
the Assembly to vote without restriction. The term
limit. which was requested in overtures and also
in direct motion, will probably be reported ad-
versely. The motion framed in such a way
as not include DR.. Roberts, the stated clerk but
had to do with the office of permanent clerk and
with that OF stated clerk when vacancy shall
occur.
TO RAISE EDUCATIONAL STANDARD
In connection with the report of the Board of
Education which has do with the training of
minister's the Special Committee on Ministerial Ed
ucation had the floor this afternoon. President
Stewart of Auburn Seminary made a fine review
of the work OF the Board of Education and sup
plemented ii with earnest speech. He was fol-
lowed by the secretary of the Board whose head
quarters in Philadelphia. DIR. Hodge in a
graceful address presented the encouraging feat
ures of the work and pleaded for more money TO
make II still efficient. DR.. Niccos secured
the adoption of several resolutions. expressing
the profound conviction of the assembly that it is
important this time consecrated and
thoroughly educated young men for the Gospel min
istry He alsc secured the adoption of consti-
tutional rul-, be submitted to the presbyteries
for their adoption, making IL difficult for
10 enter the ministry ITO guard against the recep
ton of inefficient candidates for the sacred
Office" Another overture will prevent candidates
from receiving a license to preach until they have
been under the of the presbytery at lea st
a year.
DR.. Stewart. DR.. Niccolls DR.. Richard D. Harlan,
Of Rochester n. Y. and others took part In the
discussion relative giving aid theological stu
dents The committee had recommended that those
receiving aid should have the option accepting it
loan without interest. and service upon the
part OF the borrower, either In the home or foreign
field, would enttte him to credit of $3.50 for ach
year OF service. DR. Stewart and DR.. Harlan en-
deavored TO have a clause added which should read
that the money should be granted a loan "at a
low rate of interest. and be repaid in convenient
partial payments" but they unable TO carry
the amendment.
TO BE CONSIDERED THROUGH THE YEAR
The closing resolution was considered extremely
important II transfers the inquiry from the
special committee 10 the theological institutions
and brings back the matters next year 1t was as
follows:
Resolved. That the governing boards of the sew
ha n Ass Ia,