New-York tribune., 1902-05-16
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL
SIX HUNDRED COMMISSIONERS RE
SPOND TO THE ROLL CALL.

SIN HUNDRED COMMISSIONERS RE
SPOND TO THE ROLL CALI.
When the Presbyterian General Assembly be-
gan its afternoon session at 3 D. m. the calling
of the roll the first business in order after
the short prayer by the retiring moderator. II
TOOK Dr. Noble, the permanent clerk more than
half an hour TO call the roll and about six hun
dred commissioners responded to their names
The commissioners represent thirty-two synods
and 232 presbyteries
A gavel made of wood from Jerusalem was
presented 10 the General Assembly by a delegate
from California who had travelled In the Holy
Land, and DR.. Minton. the moderator, held il
in his hand when the session opened. He said
II would be placed in the keeping Of the stated
clerk and always remain the property of the as
sembly. Then he announced that nominating
speeches would be heard preliminary to the
election Of new moderator, and he urged that
the speakers economize time much pos
sibIe
The Rev. DR.. H. D. Lindsay of Allegheny
was recognized as the first speaker, and he pro
ceeded in a long speech to place in nomination
the Rev DR.. James D. Moffat. of Washington.
Penn. president OF Washington and Jeffer-
son College. Western Pennsylvania had not
been recognized in the selection of a moderator
for twenty-eight years. DR.. Lindsay said. al
though K was centre of Presbyterianism
ness world to-day. with its gas. its coal and it's
steel, that it is TO the Church." he said with
much earnestness, and then looked surprised
when there a great outburst OF laughter
He declared that there were many Presby-
terians in Western Pennsylvania that men in
that region asked if they were Presby-
terians. but what kind OF Presbyterians they
The form Of inquiry. he said, was Are
you L. P. an R. p. OF a straight p" He said
Dr.. Minton. had been reared and trained in
Western Pennsylvania, and the mother Of mod
orators ought to have one of her commissioners
in the chair at least once in twenty-five years
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE
Washington and Jefferson College, with
body of students not exceeding four hundred in
any year had sent young men into
the ministry than had Harvard, Yale or Prince
ton. the speaker said, and the selection of DR..
Mofat as mode~rtor of the General Assembly
would be regarded a recognition of the good
work of the college. now near It's Tooth ami
versary. No party in the church able to
claim DR.. Mofat its own. he said and DR..
Moffat, without being trimmer" was able to
harmonze the work Of the General Assembly.
jeremiah Baker, an elder of Madison, n. J..
placed in nomination the Rev. DR.. Wilson
Phraner. In short speech Mr.. Baker referred
to DIR. PhranerS long labor IN the Board or
Home Missions. and said that DR.. Phraner. who
was ei.hty-six years old. had performed his best
work after passing the age of seventy-fve.
There was quiet laughter when Mr. Baker
said in closing: "Dr. Phraner is sound in the
faith and large hearted. l don't believe he is
a perfect man. but think he is fitted for the
moderatorship."
The Rev. Dr. Robert r. Booth the New
Yorker selected to place in nomination the Rev.
Dr. Howard Dufiied, of the "Old First Church.
He referred to DR.. Dufiield the worthy pastor
of the mother church OF this city, and said he
could be trusted to administer parliamentary
law In the General Assembly with equity and
fairness. He represents the solid orthodoxy of
the Church." Dr. Booth continued, land he ex-
presses that which is purest and noblest in the
faith of the Church. l have yet to learn that
new notions have saved any one. We here |
to uphold the standards of the Church
LOUD APPLAUSE FOR DR. VAN DYKE |
The Rev. DR.. William r. Taylor OF Rochester
elected the most applause Of the day far. |
when he nominated the Rev. DR.. Henry van |
Dyke and the applause was significant. He said |
DR. van Dyke represented both Princeton Uni !
versity and NewYOrk City, and his books had |
made him known widely, and had led people to |
trust him as a theologian. DR.. Dyke had |
not sought the position of moderator. DR.. Tay- |
lor declared, and he belonged TO no party or |
faction in the church He had given valuable !
aid TO the committee revision.
Dr. Duffields nomination was seconded by the
Rev. DR.. James F. Riggs. Of East Orange n. J.,
who said it was a mistake to suppose that the
General Assembly n room full of old men
sitting in front of a moderator like rows of ex-
tinct volcanoes. The volcanoes were not all ex-
tnct. he said. and it needed a good man TO keep
them from blowing their heads off,
DR. Phraner's nomination was seconded by the
Rev David Howell. OF Lansing Mich who
urged that a record of twenty-five years in the
service of home missions ought to be recognized
The Rev DR.. Samuel c. Palmer of ST Louis |
who Is extremely baldheaded. said he came from
a part of the country where the Indians still
scaIped 10 place in nomination the Rev Dr. |
Richard S. Holmes. OF Pittsburg Dr. Holmes