New-York tribune., 1902-05-26
ASSEMBLY NEAR ITS END.
ROUTINE BUSINESS THE ORDER OF
THE DAY.
TWO CITIES EAGER TO ENTERTAIN THE
BODY NEXT YEAR-SIGNIFICANT
MEETING AT UNION
SEMINARY.

Little remains to be done IN the General As
sembly, but what is to he done is Of great i'm
portance. not only to the members OF this as
| sembly. but to those who shall be elected next
year. and to the million communicates who may
be called on for additional cent to pay for the
! extra expense in the assembly decides TO
go to Los Angeles. When the assembly went to
| Portland, ten years ago, the assessment was
seven cents for each communicate. AS the
meetings have since been held for the most part
east OF Chicago, il was decided to reduce the
sessment to five cents. If IL should be decided
to-day to raise the amount to what il previ-
Gus to the Portland meeting it would not be a
great hardship any individual, but the extra
penny or two collected in this way would pre-
vent deficit.
California has tried for many years to have
the assembly decide to come there but far
its invitations have all been declined. Its rep
resentatives feel that it would be good thing
for Presbyterianism in California and a good
thing for the Presbyterian Church in the East.
speaker declared on Saturday. In reply
to the question of economy, one Of the clergy
from the Coast declared that he would not
dare to go back and tell the people of California
that the Presbyterian Church could not afford
to cross the continent The Methodists and
Baptists and Episcopaans and Christian En-
deavorers, he urged, had all felt able to take the
that the Presbyterians were too poor to do what
their brethren Of other denomina tions had done
it would be a sorry day for Presbyterians west
of the Rockies. People would not care to be-
long to denomination stricken with poverty.
The speech of DR.. Buckley in the assembly
on Saturday has been the subject of much COM
ment among the commissioners. 1t was known
by Presbyterians that John Wesley had many
excellent qualities but il not known to
ma Of ham hat ho Calt ricf
and acknowledged himself in private corre-
spondence: not that he used the term. but that
he recognized the sovereignty of God as heartily
as the most advanced disciple of Calvin. The
addresses of Dr. Buckley and Senator Beveridge
OF Indiana. were heard with the deepest in
terest.
Another subject Of pleasant comment is the
Union Seminary luncheon, given by the faculty
and directors on Friday evening. large num-
ber of alumni returned TO meet one another and
the officers of the institution. The addresses
prevailed in the assembly. OF special interest
the address OF DR.. Charles A Dickey, Of
Philadelphia. a former director OF the seminary
who resigned about the time of the difference Of
opinion between the assembly and the seminary.
DR.. Dickey referred in his address TO the resig
nation and smoke with deep feeling regarding
the new sentiment which has been adopted by
the present assembly. While no suggestion has
heen made looking toward of1ciaI recognition
by either the assembly the seminary. the fact
that the assembly accepted the invitation from
Acting President Brown to the members of the
body 10 Visit the seminary ana aFali themselves
Of its library and classrooms together with the
meeting Friday night. is a long step toward
reconciliation II not restoration 10 former rela-
tions
The people Of this city have had fine oppor-
tunity in the last two weeks To hear many of the
brightest men In the Presbyterian Church Yes
terday President Moffat Of Washington and JEFF
ferson College and DR. Edgar ?. Hill of Port
land Ore. occupied DR.. Stevenson.s pulpit In
the Assembly Church Or. 8. b. Sprecher. Of
Cleveland: DR. ]. c.. X Mcclure. OF Lake For
est: Dr. Herrck Johnson. OF Chicago; Robert
~nN-1p ~ nd i
recently OF Peking. preached in other pulpits,
some Of them twice.
This afternoon the commissioners will enjoy
a sail up the Hudson. leaving West Twenty
ond-st. al 80 o'clock Unless adjournment is
reached by noon. which seems improbable. an
evening session Will probably be held. II costs
the Presbyterian Church about 81 600 a day for
the hotel bills Of the commissioners. and the
New-Y York churches supplement that by con-
siderable amount as the rate provided by the
assembly is not sufficient 10 place the men In
first class hotels in large cities.