The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26
SOUTHRONS FAVOR
CHURCH UNION
Cumberland Presbyterlans Re-
fer Matter to Presbyterles,
With Favorable Action.


general assembly Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church, by a vote of 1872
20 rs, voted to submit to the presby-
teries, with a recommendation that it
| be adopted, the report Of the commit
tee on fraternity and union.
Northern Body in Doubt.
BUFFALO, N. Y, May %. = The
| leaders in the movement in the gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
| church in the United States for union
with the Cumberland church, one of
the Southern bodies, were at sea to-
night. The big fight over this ques-
! ton comes up in the general assembly
| here tomorrow. The leaders had hoped
they would go into the fight tomorrow
with the prestige of a resolution of the
! Cumberland assembly, now meeting in
Dallas, Tex, declaring in favor of
union.
The leaders waited up to nearly mid
night for word from the Dallas body,
but nothing definite came. The only
rumors that reached here were dis
| quieting. They were that the action
taken by the Cumberland body would
| probably be in some indefinite shape
that would require further conferences
| instead of permitting of final action.
The report of the special committee on
church cooperation and union, which
is a special order for tomorrow in the
| general assembly here, recommends an
out and out union with the Cumberland
body. DR.. Roberts, stated clerk of the
assembly, is the chairman of that
committee
Whether the Cumberland body votes
! definitely for an immediate union or
| takes action that viii require further
| conferences and the putting over of
| the matter for another year, the OPP
position to union in the Northern as
sembly will make a strong fight to-
morrow.
The assembly reconsidered it's action
on the question of marriage and di-
vorce and passed the original recon-
mendation submitted by the committee
advising Presbyterian ministers against
| uniting in marriage members of
churches whose marriages would be
| against the laws of these churches.
Foreign Mission Work.
Rev. DR.. G. B. McAfee, chairman Of
| the committee on foreign missions, re-
viewed the work of the committee in
the Philippines, in Japan, China, India
and other countries. He recommended
| the following be reelected as mem
bers of the board for three years:
Rev. William K. Paxton, Rev John
John Stewart and William E. Stiger;
that Rev. James S. Dennis, D. D., be
elected in place of Rev. DR.. David
Gregg and Rev. DR.. Eben E. Cobb be
elected to succeed Rev. Dr. John D.
Wells, deceased; that better training
in the Sunday schools be provided for
the foreign missionary work; that the
forward movement among men be en-
! phasized; that native workers be in
creased and better equipped for the
work in the field The Presbyterian
church was styled "a missionary So
| ciety whose chief business is the prop
agation of the gospel to the uttermost
parts of the earth"
The report of the committee was
adopted
The report of the committee on pub
LEGATION and Sabbath school work was
presented through it's chairman, DR..
French, of South Dakota The chair
man asked for 100000 fer work in
the coming year. The report was
adopted.
Color Question Comes Up.
The report of the committee on ter
ritorial limits was next taken up. This
committee has been working upon the
problem of amending the laws of the
church so as to provide separate
churches for the colored and the white
| people in sections of the country where
they are desired.
Statistics show, the report SAYS, that
| this process of segregation has already
been carried out to a certain extent.
The committee, while recognizing and
! deplor1ng the antagonism which exists
fc Of
| that it has found a way to remove
the difficulty and at the same time
protect the interests of both parties.
| 10 open the way to such an adj
Justment," the report continues. lit
viii be necessary to make an amend
ment TO our form of government. Your
| committee, having carefully considered
| the whole question of the relations of
the white and colored races and of
| the measures that would tend to bring
them into harmonious cooperation in
the work of the church, are of the
| opinion that the present conditions de-
mand a modification of the general
rule. They would therefore recon-
mend that the general assembly send
down to the presbyteries for their ac-
| ton the following overture:
Overture Is Suggested.
"Shall chapter 10, section 2. be
amended by adding to it the following
| words, But in exceptional cases a
| presbytery may be organized within the
boundaries of existing presbyteries. in
| the interests of ministers and churches
speaking other than the English Ian
guage, or of those of particular race:
| but in no case without their consent
Such an amendment, if adopted,
would give equal liberty to white and
colored churches, in cases in which a
| separate presbyterial organization was
| deemed wise and necessary. 1t lays
| compulsion on no one; it makes no
| discrimination between the races; it
violates no rights; it secures the unity
| of the church in that representation in
the general assembly is not affected.
| 1t would not in the least change the
| present status of the colored presby-
teries, but in the judgment of your
committee, it would in its operation be
to their advantage by bringing them
| into closer relations with white
| churches and presbyteries, should they
| be organized in the same territory"
In presenting the report DR.. Samuel
]. Nichols, chairman, requested its inn
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