The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22
THE BOND OF PEACE
PROMOTED HY HUrFALo.s MEs-
 sAGE TO MOBILE.
Southern Assembly Sends Reply to the Communicataon from Their Northern Erethren--Two
 Negative Votes to
 ReHoluffon.

xs4OokkCs <AA8tB A48t &ls-~lH6 IntfQ days session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. was called to order at g o'clock with prayer by Dr. J. H. Mo- Nicely of Nashville. Tenn. Dr. !, S. Lyons. chairman of the Com 1 mittee on Foreign Correspondence, read the overtures received yesterday after noon from the Northern Assembly in session in Buffalo and the reply rec commended by the committee is as fol- lows:
 .The General Assembly of the Pres- byterfan Church in the United States learns with joy of the action of your assembly in the removal of all asper- sions upon the Christian character of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, and declares its readiness to en- ter into any consideration which tends to discover and follow the Ieadings of Providence in tho matter of closer re- lations."
 Rev. A. c. Hopkins of Charleston. ". Va. offered the following amend ment:
 "And that this assembly hereby sends its fraternal greeting to the assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the Uni- ted States Of America. "The overtures referred to In your message have not yet been considered in this assembly. but we rejoice that your kindly message does promote tho unity of spirit and the bond of peace"
 Several substitutes were offered but differed but little and all were with drawn except one, which was lost by a vote of 57 to 122. On the reply above only two negative votes were heard.
 The discussions were lead by Dr. Hopkins. pr. J w. Film, Dr. Lyons and dozens of rniing elders. and only the most cordial relations were ex- pressed. The telegram expresses the minds of the assembly.
 The afternoon session was dispensed with, and at night there was a rous- ing meeting hold in Government Street Church s,n hehal1 of the Sun day school p3eFs and tho young peo- ple's ponietlxh NnAtations had been Issued ta nc isNrS. sss 1day school teachers and pupils to attend. and the church was packed, not only with members of the Presbyterian faith. but by interested teachers and superin- tendents and pupils of other denomina- tions. The principal addresses were made by pr. Phelps. who is general superintendent of the Sunday school work of the assembly, and Rev. A. O. Brown of New Orleans, who Is super intendent of Sunday school work west of the Mississippi river. The value of the Sunday school and the Young Peo- ple's societies as 8 great moral force in the religious culture of the young was forcibly set forth as were the practical methods for the best con- duet of both these great aids in church work
 Tomorrow all the Protestant pull pits in the city will be filled by mem bers of the assembly.
 Rev. E. A. Smith, chairman of the Committee on Devotional Exercises, TO- ported the following appointments for tomorrow morning and evening:
 Methodist:
 Government Street-Morning. Rev. T w. Sloan, D. D.; evening, Rev. J. Y. Fair. D. D.
 St. Francis street-Morning. Rev. J. M. Wells, D. D.; evening, Rev. W. T. Palmer. D. D.
 Broad Street-Morning. Rev. G. T. Chandler; evening. Rev W. S. Jacobs.
 Spring Hill Avenue-Morning, Rev. J. s. Foster: evening. Rev. W. l.. Caldwell.
 Oakdale-Morning. Rev. L. O. Spencer.
 Mobile Cotton Mills-Evening, Rev. B. F. Bedinger.
 Bethel (colored. .)-Mornins, Rev. J. W. Lee.
 Baptists:
 St. Francis street-Morning. Dr. J. s. Lyons; evening, Dr. s. H. Chester.
 Palmetto street-Morning. Dr. J. B. French; evening. Rev. James E. Green.
 Union (colored)-Morning, Rev. John Little; evening. Rev. J. G. Snedecor.
 Congregational (colored)-Evenin9, Rev. R. Fl. Alston.
 Disciples
 Evening, Rev. W. W. Elwang. Presbyterian
 Government street-Morning, Dr. s. M. Neel; evening. Rev. s. NJ. Penney
 Jackson Street-Morning. Dr. H. M Scudder: evening. Dr. W. M. Morrison.
 Franklin Street-Morning, Rev. J. s :. Norris; evening, Rev. L. c. Voss.
 Broad Street-Morning, Rev. W. E.. Boggs, D. D.
 Cftronelle-Rev. W. R. Coppedge.
 Y. M. c. A, 4 p. m.-Dr. s.. H. Ches- ter