The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-23
WORK OF THE PREsBYTERlANs
oouvITvrEE REPORTS RECEIVED
AND DISCUSSED.

rovement in sabbath Observ-
ce- said Reports showed the
uardency Had Been Downward.
E~.oatson for MINI str'7-'> Soynis
Mem Ne---~- ~, the orA'
Atlanta, May 22.9To-oay was spent by
Che commissioners attending the thirty
ninth annual session of the Southern Gen
oral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
On receiving and discussing reports by va
rious committees
report on foreign emissions was re-
ceived and set fer disposal Wednesday
afternoon.
The committee on worldly amusements
renorted Its recommendations were dock
eled for debate.
The report of the permanent committee
on Sabbath observance went to the stand
ing Committee on Sabbath. This report
was read and attenuvely listened to by
the commissioners. In part it said:
In this report the last in this century,
YOUR permanent committee on Sabbath OBJ
servance can at the very outset but ex
Il press regret that they are forced to come
again before you with the same mournful
statement as in the past, that they have
nothing either bright or encouraging to
present, but rather the reverse.
In contrasting the present with the
past nothing seems more obvious than
that the general movement has
been in one direction, and
that Northumberland. OF the fifty
four Presbyterian reports that have come
Il to US very few speak of anything like de-
cded Improvement"
The report speaks encouragingly OF eff
forts being made in Richmond and Pet
ersburg, Va, 10 create interest in the
Sabbath observance by the organization
4 of an undenominational Sabbath League;
also at Wallace n. c., where the citizens
e have closed the Postotfice on Sundays.
The report was submitted by DR.. James
Starry Rev. T. H. Rice and DR.. C. P.
81 Bridenwell
n LEGATION was docketed for debate. 1t
Fl showed a surplus in the treasury.
Education for the Ministry.
The report of The Committee on Educa-
ton for the Ministry was read and the
sections taken under discussion. The
G report contained the following:
THE Executive Committee endeavored
q TO raise $4,000 for the work during the
year, though failing in this and securing
& only $lS,335.59, still the committee was
able to pay all appropriations in full and
report a balance on hand of $1529.9O.'
Among the recommendations was the
following;
Il That in view of the decreasing num-
81 Der of candidates for the ministry your
committee suggests the Importance of
urging upon al churches the duty of Sc
n rousy looking within their borders to see
II there may not be those who are really
called Of God to preach the word, but who
are refusing to respond, and that ministers
now in the work be urged to speak of il as
the nohlest calling God ever offers to men,
and urge the first fruits in all their fields
to inquire of the Lord if He will not honor
q them by Using them in the same work He
Il gave His son and holy men of o3d'
n This afternoon the commissioners and
others attending the assembly were pres
ent at the laying of the corner stone of
the Ninth Presbyterian Church on Peach
81 tree street. At the conclusion of the cere-
Al monies a reception was rendered the COM
missioners at the residence of Mrs. ]. NJ.
n High
q Sunday school Work
q At the night session DR.. Nall of Green
a wood, S. c., presented a report from the
a Committee on Sunday Schools and Young
81 Peoples Societies.
1t shows: Officers and teachers en-
81 rolled, 1921; scholars enrolled, 131 Col; to-
"a tal enrolment, 1852
"a Total contributions, $S7, 100; current ex-
pepses, $5s,7s1; contributed for other OBJ
81 jects, $2S,9i9; given for foreign missions,
III @,5,o; home missions, $,30l.
II The report recommends: THAT the di-
q rectors of our theological seminaries ar
III range for a regular course of Lectures on
~ the different departments of Sunday school
81 activities, as part of the regular cur
81 rculum."
81 The report Of the Publication Commit
tee followed and was docketed. 1t says:
The affairs OF the committee are in
81 highly satisfactory condition The balance
# SEeet of assets ows a remarkable state
nor of clear surplus Of $116942 over in
|# debt dness, the outstanding liabilities of
~ every sort amounting to emily 1,229'
|# Much tine was devoted to a review and
|& the needs of mission work in the United
|X States
Ell Rev. w. II. Dodge of Florida said that
Ell twenty-five years ago they had only one
III Presbytery in Florida and no synod. Now
U tAefe are three Presbyteries and three
I'll tlIh's the number of communicates. There
III was great shortage IN pastors
"a Fort Worth Presbytery.
Elder II. T. Mosely of Forth Worth,
"a LeN, Presbytery said that the Fort Worth
IIespytery in area was as large as the
slale OF Georgia, with a thousand miles
70 spare, and that in this great territory
you could count the self-supporting
c"urches on your fingers. He was much
STRUCK with the magnifcence of the
churches in Georgia.
. re made strong appeal for aid, and
II had a good effect on the assembly.
rev. John f. Lloyd of The Indian Ter
lHofy declared that at the present time
T q Tgit,frsupport'ng CHURCH in the Indian
ms territory was progressing slowly. but
'Ie needs of the people were great.
HeV. MON. Mckay of Fort Smith, Ark,
.oiu OF the moral atmosphere needed, but
winch dld not exist in Arkansas.