Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

Almighty Is held IN harmony win the uOC-
trlne OF His love to all mankind. His gift OF
His Son to be the propitiation for the sins
Of the whole world. and His readiness to be-
stow His saving grace on all who seek 1t.
1t is denied in terms that the confession of
faith teaches that any who die in infancy
are lost, and then this positive statement is
added:
we believe that all who die in infancy are
included In the. election of grace, and are
regenerated and saved by Christ through
the spirit who works when and where and
how He pleases.
Evangelistic work.
Having disposed of this topic the more
popular one, that of CHARACTERIZATION, has
claimed the work Of the church during the
year. and will receive a greater amount OF
time in the assembly than any other sub
ject. Rev. j. Wilbur Chapman, D.. D., Of
New York resigned his pastorate that he
might give his entire time to this new
work. He was made corresponding secre-
tary, and has held conferences in many OF
the leading cities of the east and has had
associated with him such men as DR..
Chichester of Chicago, formerly one Of the
leading pastors of this city; DR.. Clelland B.
McAfee Of Chicago, DR.. John Balloon
Shaw and George Alexander Of New York.
with such laymen as L. II. Severance of
Cleveland, John Willis Baer of the board of
home missions and William u. Dodge. one
Of the great hnanciers and philanthropists
of New York.
In addition to the work at home the COM
mittee has sent letters of encouragement
and offers of cooperation through foreign
missionaries of the church and thus en-
deavored to bring into active cooperation
the entire forces at home and abroad of the
denomination. A large number of books
and pamphlets have been prepared by the
committee and sent to the foreign field, as
well as to every church In this country. The
probability is that the report of accessions
to the church to be made to the assembly
this year will show the great value of the
movement and warrant the reappolntment
of the committee for another year. To
show the deep interest which Mr.. Con-
verse has in this new feature of the
church's activity it may be added that at
the beginning of the current year, as we'll
as the year previous, he placed at the dis
posal of the committee SOS, 900 to use toward
the payment of necessary expenses.
Besides the committed on evangelistic
work there are sixteen other special com
mittees to eport this year. These include
those that have been considering: Divorce
and Remarriage,'' Work Among Hun
garian Immigrants" Omaha Seminary"
Presbyterian Building in New York"
Sabbath Observance" pulpit Vacancy
and Supply and young Peoples So
c~ietles." From one to three hours will
also be given to each of the eight boards of
the church, home missions and foreign
missions occupying the longer time, and
church erection, freedmen. publication and
Sabbath school work, education, board of
aid for colleges and academies and minis
| fnrf1l Faliaf ronCfyfno mn I1.,- A-I N-ra
each. Popular meetings are also held in the
evenings.
Omaha Theological Seminary.
The special committee on the Omaha
Theological seminary presented an inter-
esting report last year. which is given
herewith. The report was unanimously
adopted:
Our report to the last assembly showed
a property worth $50, 200. we report this
year an advance of $50, 900, making a total
Of $4,000. This increase is owing to gifts
ing fund. but some Of it to the permanent
endowment fund. 1t has become necessary
ago in the northern part OF the city, and
ground. has already been broken for the
oost about al a g s1S no. OF r RRHgiidhi IEsir which dS,f, Is to
recitation rooms on the first floor. library,
chapel, and living rooms for students on
The old property down town has not vet
been sold, because the market is not vet
Right for sale, and Increase in value is con-
ably bring about $4,000, which. with the
money now on hand for the new building,
building without debt. There Is no DISPOSE
ton to push on in the direction of build
institution demands. What Is projected
now, Is what the. present condition of the
seminary demands; Other buildings will
grows and the present quarters become
cramped, but always within the means at
7 h seminary is slowly getting on its
feet, and yet with the added material
equipment the greater is the necessity for
10000. not because that sum is perfectly
adequate, 1t is not. but because the in
at hand, and on which the seminary Is
struggling hard to do the great work
c com%bsfsSSl to 4 TSuld ef tSe ses sisqSt don
ponds almost wholly on the gifts of gener-
Gus friends. gifts gathered by the constant
president. II must occur to ali who think
about the matter at all that this method of
Fs SttysTt,ssD the ;sSS sP mdst e iR%SSme OF than an
could be devised. in that 1t turns a valu-
able teacher away from the duties incident
no ssSt a ca WOrEk Il hat e q iess a we SHii sualiae Cd
man. from an educational point Of view,
s sCSla u me as tS %es shadow S S Of this 70 un nb,UsiH 1as
like procedure to one that would better
commend itself to business men and secure
their unqualified approval. Such a depart
ure means endowment
How It wiu Help.
The FIRST SlOo,0 900 given now will supply
an added Vigor In every department OF
instruction and In administration. The
second 100000. which will come later, will
mean an expansion In keeping with the
growth of the institution. No one knows
except the man at the helm what II means
In wear and tear 10 run the seminary
without debt through the entire year, and
year after year, by the jog-trot method OF
going from city 10 city, and man TO man,
In search of money. That president is a
hero who succeeds. He Is a hnancier of
an ability that has a large market value.
President M. b. Lowrie has succeeded.
VII not this assembly so take up this
important matter as to enable this young
? est theological school of the church Ia
stand squarely on both feet? No question
OF consolidation Of seminaries can ever be
raised with reference to Omaha. TIL posi-
sionary empire all around IT, the record
OF usefulness and the increasing strength
} Of the churches throughout all that vast
territory tributary to II attest the wisdom
Of the foundation of the school. and Of the
maintenance of Il from year to year.
To visit the city of Omaha and 20 follow
out the lines of travel and spread OF
, population I'm the regions bordering ON the
; Missouri river and stretching away TO the
Rocky mountains. will convince anybody
Of the fact. All life is music II we touch
the notes with skilful technique and on
: time. and that great western prairie will