Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-17
WALHALLA, 8. 6. .
THE SOUTHERN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
An Interesting Meeting --.Elsct Infants" Dis
clIssed by the Body Historic City.

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We resume our account of the pro-
ssceegipgs OF the General Assembly: f.
he report of the permanent commit
tee on Sabbath Observance was pre-
( senteds The report is not only interest
ing, but important. Rev. Wilbur f.
2 structiVe address on the subject. He
represented the American Sabbath
Union. He spoke in complimentary
terms of the Influence of Gems. Lee and
jackson and other Southern men upon
the proper. observance of the Sabbath.
He also said the Sabbath was much bet
ter observed In the South than it was in
the North. The report commends the
South Carolina Presbytery for it's favor
able action in regard to this important
) matter.
The next session of the General AS
sembly will be held in Mobile, Ala. The
only other place mentioned in this con-
pection was Augusta, Ca, but as the
Assembly had been held there once be-
fore, the majority vote for Mobile was
large.
There was very interesting report on
the Assembiy's "Home and School," at
fredericksburg, Va. This is not an or
phanage, but an institution where the
widows and orphans of deceased pastors
find very comfortable homes. Their chill
dren are also educated there. This noble
institution may become one of the chief
corner stones in the proposed Ministerial
Relief or Endowment scheme for tho
support and maintenance of ministers,
who, from old age or other causes, are
without the means of support. There is
to be an endowment fund for this pur-
pose organized by the Assembly. In
England and Scotland these old servants
of the Lord receive from S70O to 5000
year. In this country heretofore they
have received from 500 to $500. Here
tofore the various Presbyteries have sup
tAI h1s,. L.. a -.
extent. The Assembly very strongly
recommends that large and efficient
endowment fund be raised for this pur-
pose.
The Committee on Publication and
Sabbath Schools was nearly equally
sonal to some extent had obsruded them
/. selves in the discussions before the COM
mittee, and when the reports, majority
and minority, were presented to the AS
sembly the debates there partook of the
same character; The majority report of
Secretary of Publication aud that OF Sec
retary of Sabbath Schools be combined
in one person. The report of the minor
ity opposed the consolidation, and that
view prevailed in the disposition of the
matter by large majority.
Mrs. Stuart's legacy, amounting to
$4,000, was transferred to the Endow-
mept Fund of Ministerial Relief. A rec
ommendation of the committee, charged
with this matter, that $4,000 be raised
the ensuing year, was unanimously
adopted.
The report of the Committee on Eduoa-
tion for the Ministry was considered. In
1901 the amount collected was 81, $40 80
In 1902 it was $13,579.19. This year it is
$20,207.49. This is an increase of nearly
fifty per cent over the previous year.
The number of candidates for the minis
fry aiha6 hna tnnraaonI
ago to 178 this year, SS of them being
under theological instruction and 90
being in literary colleges. The sum paid
TO each student has ranged from $75 to
800. There is balance in the treasury
of $5,68S.47 This committee is located
at Memphis, Tenn.
The Trustees of the General Assent bly,
reported an income Of $19,0OS. .S2 for the
year just passed. Disbursements to
different causes of the church reduces
the amount to $4,027.44.
The Committee on Sabbath Schools re-
ported 2, las schools, with an enrolment
of 20,626 officers and teachers, and 151,-
613 scholars; the number admitted to
the communion, 1903; amount contribu-
ted to ocurrentexpenses, $50, ,S03; to other
causes, $25, 1926; total contributions, SILL
$685. In comparing this report with last
year we find the number of Sabbath
schools have decreased 447, while the
total contributions have increased $13,-
ITO. There have been special religious
meetings in many of the schools. Teach
ers' meetings are general. Thirty-one
Sabbath school Institutes have been held
during the year. Young Peoples So
cietiesare commended.
The report on foreign missions is en-
couraging. The amount contributed for
this purpose is large, more than $150,000.
The committee recommends that $3.50, 900
be raised the ensuing year. Our mis-
Rinpariaa faithful and II,
converts during the past year. A large
number of missionaries were present
at the General Assembly. Mr.. Morrison
was ono of the most prominent of the
number. Africa is his field of labor.
A committee was appointed to have
charge of revision of proof texts of the
Confession of Faith and report at the
next Assembly as follows: Drs. w. II.
Hall, r. A. Webb, G. B. Strickler, f. r.
Beattie and s. A. King.
One of the most interesting reports
was made by DIR. s. l.. Morris, q former
pastor of the Presbyterian church at
Walhalla. The receipts for home mis-
sions were $47, ,21733. Mr.. Morris is tho
chief manager of the home mission de-
partment The board is located at At
lanta, Ga. Disbursements have been
made for the benefit of the cause west of
the Mississippi river principally. A rich
field of operations is found in Texas,
Indian Territory, New Mexico and Okla
homa.
The proceedings of the General AS.
sembly will fill several hundred pages in
print probably. Hence we have not
been able even to condense much that is
both interesting and important. We re-
serve to ourself, however, the right to
put together as best we can incidents OF
interest not only connected with the
General Assembly, but with Lexington
and that section of Virginia. 4.