The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-31
OUR HOME MISSIONS
Southern Presbyterians Dis
cuss Subject. Officers
Appointed, Etc.
(By the Associated Press.)

Lexington, Va, May 29.-The Southern
Presbyterian General Assembly today dis
cussed at length the report of the stand
ing committee on home missions, but
reached no conclusion. Standing commit
tee reports on systematic benefcience,
Sabbath and church and Christian educa-
ton were submitted and placed on docket.
The reports of the Bible cause and audit
ing committees were adopted. The COM
mittees appointed to examine records of
synods of Louisiana, Virginia. North
Carolina, South Carolina. Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Georgia and Florida reported the
records to be correct. The overture Of
the Fayetteville Presbytery asking
changes in the requirements regarding
Latin theses was denied by the assembly
In response to the overtures from the
Presbyteries of Atlanta, Bethel Cherokee,
Concord East Hanover, Enoree Kings
Mountain, Montgomery and Pee Dee, a
permanent committee consisting of Rev
Drs. Thomas H. Law, John S. Watkins
and ]. II. Plunkett and T. j. Moore and
George B. Harmon was appointed on the
Bible cause.
The following auditing committees were
appointed by the assembly for the year
1902 'O3:
For Executive Committee on Foreign
Missions-George G. O'Brien, Eugene
Holdings, T. d. Webb
For Home Missions b. Daniel, w. r.
Hoyt, Charles K Martin.
Publication-H. Swineford, B. +.
Wherry, Edwin Peasants.
Education-George Maxton, H. NJ. Nicely,
A. B. Hill.
Colored Evangelization-W e. Brigham,
e. B. Nuzam, w. E. Harris.
Home and Schools. G. Howson. DR.. J.
B. Barney, George C. Morrison.
Ministerial Relief-James Whiteet,
George L. Christian, o. 3. Morgan.
For Treasurer of General Assembly,.
H. owen, N. c. Merritt, ]. M. MacRae.
Trustees of the General Assembly for
three years were elected as follows:
DR.. e. N. Hutchinson, p. NJ. Brown,
George F. Basen.
The afternoon session of the General
Assembly was devoted entirely to discus
sion of an overture from Tuscaloosa Pres
bytery touching on change in the word
ing of the confession OF faith relative to
infant salvation in which the word elect
was asked to be omitted before infant.
The committee recommended negative
answer to the overture, and DR.. w. H..
Marques, Of Louisville, KY, offered sub
stitute.
AFTER THE UTAH SENATOR.
Los Angeles, Calf, May 29.-The Pres
byterian General Assembly today unani-
mously adopted resolutions calling upon
the people of the United States and the
Senators themselves to use their utmost
endeavors to secure the expulsion of
Apostle Reed Smoot from the National
Senate The preamble declares that the
Mormon Church persists in the active
encouragement and practice" of polygamy
and that Senator Smoot lis a direct rep
resentative of polygamy born of its sys-
TEN and in cordial sympathy with it as a
divine institution and he is a reproach
to the honor and dignity of the American
Senate"
The resolution also calls upon the people
and Congress of the United States in
both houses and each member of each
house to employ and to exhause all legal
means to secure such an amendment to the
Federal Constitution as shall define legal
marriage as monogamic and name poly
gamy under every guise and practice a
crime against the United States punishable
/ by adequate penalties, including disfran-
chisement and disqualification to vote or
hold office in the United States or in any
state or territory under the jurisdiction
/ of the United States.