Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-28
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
DECIDES UNANIMOUSLY.
Continued from First Page.

a court of last resort to be styled the
permanent judicial commission of the
general assembly" for the hearing and
final determination of judicial cases.
Rev. DR.. Charles f. hubbard, of Buff
falo, moved to recommlt the report to
the special committee, which should be
increased to ten memoirs, with in
structions to make further
Report at the Next Assembly.
Rev. DR.. G. w. f. Birch, of New York,
a member of the special committee OPP
posed recommlttal on the ground that
some definite action is necessary at this
Time because of the delay in hearing
cases, and advocated the adoption of
the report in the interest of peace and
justice.
The principal paragraph of the re-
port was amended slightly by the in
sertion of the words which the gen
eral assembly shall not elect to try be-
fore its whole body" and IS as follows:
"The court Of last resort for the hear
ing and determination Of judicial cases,
which tie general assembly shall not
elect to try before its whole body, shall
be styled the permanent judicial COM
mission of the general assembly, and
shall be composed of eight ministers
and seven ruling elders, who shall be
elected by the general assembly. At
the first election fifteen persons shall be
elected annually to serve for n year,
five for two years, and five for three
years, and~tnereafter five persons shall
be elected annually to serve for three
years. Any vacancy may be filled by
the general assembly at any meeting
thereof by the election of a person to
fill the vacancy for the unexpired term"
The report was adopted. The report
of the special
Committee on Missionary
anu benevolent offerings was under dis
cussion when the hour for recess ar
rived.
The committee on church policy, to
which was referred the reports of the
special committee on missionary and
benevolent offerings, amended the re-
! port by striking out overture No. /,
which made the component parts of a
particular church the session, the dea-
cons, the communicate members with
their baptized children: the Sabbath
school with its scholars, teachers and
officers, and the various societies or
agencies organized for the carrying on
of Christian work. Overture No. 4
aroused some discussion from the fact
that it requires the offerings of the Sab
BATH school and OF the various societies
or agencies of the church to be report
ed regularly to the session of the church
for approval, and that 40 offerings or
collections shall be made by them for
general objects other than those con-
nected with the church, without the
approval o. the session. The report
was finally adopted.
Elder John II. Converse, of this city,
| submitted the following resolution
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the moderator be re-
quested and authorized to appoint a
special committee of twelve to consist
of six ministers ana six elders, whose
duty it shall be to stimulate the
churches in evangelistic work; to on
slider the methods of such work and of
it's conduct in relation to the churches;
and to report with recommendations to
the next general assembly"
A Resolution introduced
by Rev. DIR. H. E. Mott, of Elizabeth,
n. j., and adopted. commenting the
tent meetings i%naugurated at the Pan
American exposition by the New York
evangelist.
The report of the special committee
to aid in reducing the debt on the
! Twentieth Century fund recommended
the appointment of a committee to aid
in reducing the debt on the Presbyter-
ian building in New York. The report
was adopted and the following commit
tee appointed by the moderator:
Rev. DR.. R. s. Holmes. P~ittsburg;
Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, Philadelphia;
Rev. DR.. H. R. Stebbins, Rochester;
Rev. DR.. W. j. McMKittrick. ST Louis;
Rev. DR.. w. r. hoffman, Chicago; Ell
ders L. H. Severance, Cincinnati; Rob
ert Pitcairn, Pittsburg: Gen. Russell
A. Alser. Detroit; c. H. Mccormick,
Chicago.
The finance committee showed the in