The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-17
California Divine HonOred by the
North Presbyterian General
Assembly Delegates.
DOCTOR DIckEY's RETIREMENT.
Effort of Doctor NiccOlls to Have
"Peoria Plan" Rejected Met
With Ill Success-Other
Religious Gatherings.

Philadelphia. Pa. May 1s.-The Presby-
terrain General Assembly. which began its
one hundred and thirteenth meeting
here to-day. disposed OF two m
portant matters during the afternoon SEES
sion. Reverend Henry Collin Minton. d. D..
Of San Anzelmo. CAL. was elected modera-
tor ana, by an emphatic vote the assembly
decided to accept the Peoria Plan" CT
choosing standing committees though. an ef-
fort was made to obviate the system. Rev.
erend Doctor Minton's only opponent was
Reverend George T.. Purves. D.. D.. LIZ d..
Of New York. and of the 63 votes cast
Doctor Ninton received S1 ana Doctor
Puryes 26.
The opening session OF the general as
sembly was called to order by Reverend
Doctor Charles A. Dickey, the retiring
moderator.
The opening hymn. II Love Thy Church.
Oh God.' was sung by the vast assemoiaSe
Of delegates and spectators. Within the
chancel with the Reverend Doctor Dickey
were the Reverend Doctor ]. Wilbur Chap
man of New York. the Reverend Doctor
Samuel ]. Niccolls of st. Louis. the Rever.
end Doctor Herrick johnson OF Chicago. the
Reverend Doctor Roberts. stated clerk, the
Reverend Doctor william B. Noble. per-
manent clerk, and the Reverend Doctor ].
~ liz" ~ Out ooNo ia SohNeh
The Reverend Doctor Niccolls offered prayer,
in which he made touching reference to the
Illness of Mrs. Mckinley. Then came the
sermon of the Reverend Doctor Dickey. who
spoke for two hours on the coming OF the
Kingdom of Christ.
At the conclusion of his sermon, Doctor
Dickey constituted the assembly, the COM
missioners standing during. the invocation.
Recess was then taken until 2 o'clock. when
| the organization of the assembly e0ected.
"A motion by the Reverend Doctor
which places a. the appointment Of standing
committees with the assembly, instead OF
the moderator: and which was adopted by
s storm st' Of f0p protest sste' As 4 this IS he e fisst year
Ct the plan. the assembly decided to give
It q trial. and Doctor Niccolls's motion was
By the Peoria PLAN the church is d.
| yided into election districts. each Of which
decides who Of its members shall be placed
sioners select their own chairman. leaving
the moderator without authority in the
matter.
The committees will BE- selected tq-naor-
row and presented to the assembly on
Saturday. '
CUMBERLAND PREsBYTERIANs.
West Point, Miss. May 1.-THE Cumber-
land Presbyterian General Assembly, met
a sios today today. in M 1as .sseptyHi IN cls s1n sild se 81
Uniontown. Pa. presided.
DISCUSSED MISSIONARY WORK.
Boston, May 16.-Greeting and salutaticn
from various Congregational missionary or
Session OF the seventy-nfth anniversary Of
the Congregational Home Missionary 10
ciety here to-day.
ts A.oo q II, The R ss!ss:sa1Pn a,e s1ssssass @.eS xsa:
English ConEresationaiists: William Shaw.
Endeayor, and Samuel 5. capen. president
Of the American Board Of Foreign Missions.
In the afternoon interesting papers on
missionary py, Eorf u Wsrs resd .,. rns n nfesiasnt
and William H.. Holman OF Connecticut re-
cording secretary.
SOUTHERN PRESBTTEnlANS. .
Little Rock, Ark. May 16.-one hundred
Judge Joseph W. Martin of Little ROCK
called the forty-nrst session Of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church IN the
United States. popularity known az the
Southern Presbyterian Church, TO order IN
the Frs. Prssbytertan Church; Thsy .spss.
Mississipp as % { H Norsh tesi;rolins. souss;
Carolina, Texas and Virginia; .
Martin introduced Doctor n. M. woods OF
Memphis. who delivered the opening see
The moderator declared that nominations
for moderator were in order. and. Doctor X.
p. Kerr of Virginia, nominated Doctor
woods Of Memphis. The nomination was
seconded by Doctor F. R. Beatte Of Louis
vile and Doctor w. R. Dobyns Of Missouri:
Doctor Woods was then given the unusual
honor OF election by ~acclamation. Doctors
Dobyns of Missouri and silnott of-Aiaoama
were elected temporary clerks.
The afternoon session was devoted t. the
ton. negro evanselization and the reports
Of the Executive Committee ON publication
and foreign missions.
A catechfsm on church government has
been proposed by a committee and Will be
submitted to the assembly. It will be for
use in sunday-schools and Bible classes.
Another question that will excite deep In
terest is that Of abandoning the interna-
tional systssn1ef Sabbath school lessons for
i another which makes a more graded and
connected study of the Bible.
The question Of the marked decline In
the number Of. candidates for. the ministry
will cause grave study. This evening .ad-
dresses Of welcome were delivered by Jus
tice Bum OF the Arkansas Supreme Court.
and the Reverend ]. E. Smith and W. =.
Thompson. Responses were made by Mod
orator Woods.