Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-05-27
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY
Votes for Los Angeles Next Year and
Adiourns Session.

New York. May 26-The Presbyterian
General Assembly at today's session
chose Los Angeles as the place of next
meeting
The moderator. Rev. Dr. Van Dyke.
called the assembly to order at 9.35. The
attendance Of commissioners at that
time was good.
The General Assembly acted adversely
on an overture from the Presbytery Of
Los Angeles requesting that ministers
coming from the Southern Presbyterian
church be honorably retired with the
same provisions as If they had served
always with the church under the Gener
al Assembly. The matter came before
the Assembly in report from the com
mittee on ministerial relief, which COM
mittee recommended a reverse action.
Rev. William 8. Young. pastor of En-
manuel Presbyterian church, Los Ange
les. advised that the Assembly act IA
vorably on the overture. He said that
favorable action by the Assembly would
help to bring the two churches together
Rev. DIR. Thomas 8. Parry, chairman
of the committee, took the opposite view
He said it would open the door for minis
ters of other denominations to come %
the Presbyterian church and claim the
same privileges as the ministers who had
served the General Assembly all their
lives.
Rev. Dr. Benjamin L. Agnew of Phila-
delphia, corresponding secretary of the
board of ministerial relief. spoke in tn"
same vein. There was no more connec-
ton, ne Sdlu, between tne 1TeSDN leTIdll
church South and the Presbyterian
church North than between the latter and
the Dutch Reformed Church, for in
stance.
Rev. DIR. James McIlvain of Baltimore.
said 1t would be unfortunate If the over
ture did not receive favorable action. IF
you do you will go against two-thirds OF
the synod of Baltimore he said. "There
is no difference with us between the
church-North or South"
When the question of selecting a meet
ing place was taken up. the Rev. DR..
Henry c. Minton. former moderator.
made a 10-minute address in favor of Los
Angeles.
Rev DR.. Richard s. Holmes of Pitts
| burg. pointed out that there was a great
difference between the mileage for Cleve-
| land and Los Angeles.
| "If you want to burden the member
ship for such big sum this difference
sions. or to pay off the debt on the Pres
| byterian building. We have no right to
| do anything to favor a big corporation" "
At the moment when the moderator
| called for a vote on the question a mem
ber of the Assembly, who refused to give
| his name but who was said to be an
elder from Cleveland, made the statement
| that the railroad had conducted a lobby
| i'm favor of Los Angeles among the com
| missioners. The moderator declared the
| Cleveland elder out of order. The vote
was 2s7 for Los Angeles and 149 for Clevc
land.
! a Stdteffleut duopteu Cdlleu oil tie GTe5-
| byteries to vote promptly on creed revis-
| ion.
BY unanimous vote the Assembly de-
cided to send fraternal greetings to the
new Presbyterian church of Mexico.
A resolution of thanks to the America n
Bible Society was then adopted.
Rev. DIR. ]. Rose Stevenson asked the
Presbyterians to do their best for New
York. where only per cent of the pop
ulation was evangelical Christians.
The minutes then were read. the moder-
ator pronounced the benediction. the dox-
ology was sung and the Assembly was
declared adjourned sine die.
The moderator in declaring the adjourn
ment referred to the unanimity in the ac-
tion taken by the Assembly, including the
revision of faith.
II should not care for the revision of
creed" he said. IF l did not think i.
would lead to an era of evangelical work
greater than any other in the history OF
our churches"