New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-06
MORE DELEGATES ARRIVE.
ARAPAHO INDIAN CHIEF DUMFOUNDEp
BY THE SEA.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE GENERAL
SYNOD OF THE REFORMED CHURCH
ANNOUNCED.

ANNOUNCED.
Asbury Park June ) (SpeciaD.-There was an
increased attendance to-day at the General
Synod of the Reformed Church in America
Many of the delegates from the congregations
in Dakota and Oklahoma arrived this morning
and before going to the Auditorium, where the
business sessions of the synod are now beng
held visited the beach and got their nrst
glimpse of the Atlantic Ocean.
ACCOMMODATING the Oklahoma delegation is
full blooded Arapaho Indian. Chief Wautan'
who is an elder in the Reformed Church at
Colony He is an earnest Christian, and next
week will deliver an address in the sign IAN
guage-he does not speak English-with the
Rev. Walter c. Roe, of Oklahoma. his pastor as
Interpreter. Chief Wautan was dumfounoeu
when he first the sea- Removing MS nat
he fell face downward on the beach and spent
several minutes in prayer. He says that wheh
he returns home he will lecture to MS peopi0
on the greatness of the United States
The newly elected vice president, the kew. LII.
James NJ Farrar. pastor of the First ReIoriieu
Church BROOKLYN conducted the prayer meet
ing which was held before the business meet
ing this morning The Rev. Dr. Abbott f. MI
tredge pastor of the Madison Avenue f'eloi me-
Church. New-York, the newly elected presiue''
presided at the business sessions ne an
nounced the standing committees as foiio"s'
MISSIONS AMP cnUacH BblE seesy
H yiss and Ietsr ,s[ ye De H Brea and h'Sf
Jo Pe f. B. MaoTd DpOT5nk "A H ET9sr
M shd F a. and Elder Benson Van vlie
BoARD OF Rosa Rder John Bussns Elder W
L Low WeImers. -''0'' - SUMMARIES
-rhe Rev RwyeF Van H. w sa5s5s@ and
RTGy MARTIN n Stats and NJ E Clark
EDUCATION, ACADEMIES AND Coh LID Henry M
Eey a MsS EdeT "a Van Dy Elder Henry C. Kau
SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND YOUNG PEOPLES R soSIE
PIEsI 6nsb sst' a MfsAIS De Witt Mason.
Rev Messy ssias Jan snd E Elder John
Da ae and James aseFE Bsnney s''S'
V" ovERTuREsTne Rev T H MaSKe a1ds
william Van wa s sSe1 and E hna b W Edgar
sYNoDICAL MINUTES AND REFERENGaSSmnnn E and
Mssnas e. and Henry j. Best and Elder
A B. Dunn. ,,,r.o u
Brush John 5a chH asf E sRS "a MOORE
JUDICIAL. BUsINEss-The Rev Messrs r. . ToIer;
I R1 Ka ass E aaq n + B ssSs11s anu
pFMEvoT.ENT soCIDTIEss-The Rev. Messrs J. Van
Rs1 and Elder asHr sn ab6ey
SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE-The Rev Messrs; A. ~; );
Ma Mart Georges aeS BAKER and Elder b
STATE OF RBLIG1oN-The Rev Messrs Abbott a1 ID
k ki9eTef F B. Horton and Elder william Mauerl
NBcRoLoGY-The Rev Messs TabeT Rnox chaq p1s
Mo- n; pl a B. Rosa and Elder Voorhees,
Mol'n and W. Grnys James Fountain and
WIDOWS FUND-The Rev. Messrs Minor s"i6k 0s and
Wheaton and Eide Elder n van Wagener
Elder E. B. Horton and Elder refer ID van ,1 IT
DISABLED MINISTER'S FUND-The Rev Mes Mess s15 a.
D. R. Hobart and Elder L. L. Dean.
After the committees were announced the text
of the beuuest OF the Rev. Dr. Elias Van Bun
schoten to the General Synod was read, cere-
noonv which has been performed at every meet
ing of the General Synod, Particular Synod ana
Chassis of the Reformed Church In America Tor
the last eighty-two years. DR.. Van Bunschoten
died in New-York in 1914. He bequeathed to
the General Synod $4,000 the interest to be
used for educating worthy students in the col
leges connected with the Church.
The Rev DR.. ]. H. Karsten. of Holland, Mich.
chairman of the special committee appointed
last wear to answer certain inquiries addressed
To the General Synod by the Christian Reformed
Church submitted the committees report One
of these inquiries was on the attitude or the
Reformed Church in America toward secret
oathbound societies. The committee reported
that there was no reason to expect that the
General Synod would change its position, which
was that it declined to make any deliverance
recommending that membership IN secret so
cieties be made a subject OF dlsc1plne leaVlns
the whole question rather to be determined by
the local churches. Inc report was duopleu NY
8 unanimous vote.
The rest of the time at the morning session
was given to the Rev. DR.. G. D. Matthews, of
london England a representative of the East
tern Section of the Alliance OF the reformed
churches holding to the Presbyterian system
He has recently returned from Poland and Rus
sia and told of the progress maze by the
Stundist movement in those countries, as Wen
as of the advance of the Reformed ana FTes-
countries. Referring to the mutiny or the no
man Catholics in Poland and Russia against
the Greek Church, DR.. Matthews said that more
than two hundred and fifty thousand Catholics
had enrolled under the banner OF the new
Church. In bidding defiance to the Car III
ton of property, flogging, and even Punishment
to Siberia The reformers have established Tel
lowship meetings.. where In secret they STUDIED
the New Testament and plans were pelhs Ior-
nulated for the establishment Of new Church
the Church of Christ. -
DR. Matthews said that the Stundists did not
ask for money, but that they wanted teachers
He urged that America, the land of religious and
personal freedom. join with england IN send
ing missionaries to help these brave reformers.
Routine business transacted at the AFTER
noon session. The Rev. DR.. Edward B. Coe, of
New-York submitted the report of the special
committee finance in relation TO the theo-
logical seminary at New Brunswick me docu,
ment showed that in the last year S4,994 had
been added to the endowment fund of the semi
nary making the total increase in five years
$4,000 The number of churches contributing
~ the fund Increased in the year from sixty
o ~ 'it re ninetvthree The committee is trying
to raise 900 for the endowment fund, and
a resolution was adopted urging the churches
to make an annual gift to the seminary for cur
rent expenses, and also to use their best in
fuences to secure endowments
The sacrament of the Lords Supper was OBJ
served this evening in the Reformed Church.
DR. Kittredge officiated, assisted by the Rev.
Dr. P J. Jackson the Rev G. II. Dubbnk, and
Elders Philip Soule, A. ]. Welmers, Jacob Baker,
7 8 Bussing. W l. NJ Phelps b. Van Vliet
A w. Patrie and Peter Bogart. AT to-morrow's
session the educational work of the Church will
be reviewed and addresses will be delivered by
the heads of the various educational institutions
supported by the Church.