Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17
WORK FOR PRESBYTERIANS
What the General Assembly Will have
Before it at Les Angeles.
LAST TOUCHES ON CREED REVISION
Eleven Overtures of Alteration EN-
dorsed by the synods VIII he
Finally Adopted at n
Coming Session.

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LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 1s.-CSpecial
Correspondence of The Bee.)-An army of
invasion is on its way from the cast and
will enter. this city on Wednesday. Ad-
vices received during the last fortnight from
New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg. Wash
ington, Cincinnati. Cleveland, Chicago, Min
neapolis, st. Louis, tell of special trains or
special cars being prepared at each Of
these places filled with the commissioner
and the delegates to the women's meetings
held in connection with the assembly, and
a much larger number of tourists attracted
by the low rates and the fine opportunities.
What contrast these travellers across the
plains and over and around the Rockies
will find In comparing their own adven-
lures with those of Lewis and Clark and
Whitman and Fremont and the "'49ers!'
No horseback riding, nor new letters, nor OK
teams. but the finest equipment which the
transcontinental railway systems can offer
has been placed at their disposal. Only
second in Importance to the presidential
train will be those which come from New
York, Boston and Chicago.
Rest on sundny.
Sunday being a day of rest In theory. and
In practice also, the special trains will be
sidetracked tomorrow while the members
Of the various parties spend the Sabbath
in worship or in communion with nature,
or in trying to solve the Mormon problem
according to program arranged before the
party started. 1t is we'll that there should
be this Sunday rest, for the last general
assembly enjoined upon all the officers and
members Of the Presbyterian church, and
especially upon the young people, to be
foIfbfnI fa che proaoryraNtn,, rHo4t H.. .ro-
cept and example of the sacred character
of the Christian Sabbath, One resolution
read:
That we most respectfully but earnestly
request all officers of public transportation
companies seriously to consider the sub
Ject of Sunday excursions to the end that
they may be discontinued in the Interest of
labor. morals and religion.
Several hundred people from the east
will spend the day in Salt Lake CITY. THAI
they will attend a religious service goes
without saying; that they will attend a
Mormon service is highly probable; that
they will go away thinking that his satanic
majesty is not so black as he is painted
goes also without saying. but this will be
because they nave seen him on exhibition
and not in daily life. A missionary meet
ing will be held in New Mexico, where 200
or 800 people from New York and Phila-
delphia are to spend the day, starting from
Albuquerque for the Grand Canon of the
Colorado at 1901 a. m. Monday, Other
train loads are due at the Grand canon
this evening and the passengers will have
two days instead of one to visit this great
wonderland of Arizona.
Los Angeles Getting Ready.
Extensive preparations are making In
this city for the reception and entertain
ment OF the commissioner and their
friends. A strong committee, under the
leadership of Rev. Hugh X. Walker. d. D.,
pastor OF the Emmanuel Presbyterian
church., in AJhich the meetings are to be
held. and n esubcommittees, have done for
the COMING guests Rev. Arthur ].
Brown, d. r., and his faithful committee
men did FOR the visitors to Portland In
1892. In fact, it is the memory OF the
splendid time which the eastern people had
in Portland that has made the present COM
pany SO large, Every man who went to
Portland eleven years ago was perfectly
willing to make the sacrifice of going TO
the coast again this year. and every one
who did not go then felt that he was en-
titled to be sent now, This has made the
election of commissioners unusually inter-
esting and has resulted In the choice of
picked men to represent the church.
After the adjournment of the assembly
a large. number OF people will return home
by the northern route, that they may
deepen former impressions of Oregon and
Washington. or may receive at first hand
something of the sensation which their
friends conveyed to them upon their return
from the last assembly held on the coast.
The home mission work of the church In
the great western synods will be carefully
studied by the visitors, as will also the
educational work carried on by the Board
OF Aid for Colleges and Academies. and It
"a safe to infer that an impetus will be
given to the work of these boards as the
result of the meeting this year.
sOme Presbyterian Politics.
A usual, interest centers about the ONCE
OF the moderator. In Presbyterian circles
"a IN political circles. the Office always
seeks the man, but there Is no precedent
against the friends of any prominent com
missioner lending a guiding hand to the
office while II is on it's tour of search
As q matter of fact II is not infrequeni
that enough friends get together in a quiei
conference to insure the office and tbs
man forming a happy combination. Among
the names mentioned as those likely to b'
put In nomination is that of Rev. William
Henry Roberts, d. D., who has been the
stated clerk for twenty years. he Is alsC
the treasurer OF the ana IL II
due 10 his careful handling OF the funds
OF the church that IL is possible for
western city to entertain the assembly
His services for the church at large hav'
made him the best known member Of thu
denomination. Other names already pu
forward by their friends are those OF Rev
Calvin w, Natter, who went to China al
a missionary forty years ago this fall
Rev. Robert F. Coyle OF Denver, who's
pastorate in California is remembered witt
great pleasure by those who knew of 1
and who is now doing excellent work un
der the shadow OF Pixies Peak; Rev. VIII
liam NJ Page, D.. D., OF Leavenworth
Kan, a pioneer in the work OF that state
Rev. David s. schaff, ID. D.. a ~professo
In Lane seminary in Cincinnati. and Rev
Samuel b. Mccormick. ID. D., of Ceda
Rapids, Ia, the president OF Coe college
Both DR.. schaf and DIR. Mccormick repre-
sent a feature of Christian activity-th
educational-which is 20 be prominent q
the General Assembly.
Revision OF n CEeed.
Perhaps the most important topic TO com
before the body this year is that of tn
evangelistic work carried on by a specia
committee, OF which Mr.. John H. Con
verse of PHILADELPHIA, the head of tn