The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-24
COMMITTEE WILL
CONSIDER UNION
ovERTURES OF CHURCHES
WILL REACH A COMMITTEE HEAD
ED BY DR. BOGGS.

] Dr- Falr Is n Member OF the TOM
mittee Appointed AT Mobile by
the MOderatOr-Many Matters Con-
sidered at the Meeting of the Gem
eraI Assembly of the southern
Presbyterian Church-Ministerial
Relief Work.
Mobile, Ala, May 23.-The General
! Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States began its fourth
days session with prayer by Rev. W.
B. Arrowwood OF South Carolina.
Moderator Neel announced the fol-
lowing committee to consider all over
lures from the churches of other Ca
whistle creeds: DR.. W. E. Boggs,
Jacksonville, Fla, chairman; DR.. J..
5. Lyons, Kentucky; DR.. J. H. Nc
Nelly, Tennessee: DR., T. B. English,
Virginia Dr.. J. D. Leslie, Texas: Dr.
A. w Mister. Arkansas: DR.. ]. Y
Fair, Georgia; DR.. G. G. Windbridge,
Louisiana; Dr.. W. NJ. LaHdley, Mis-
souri,; DR.. B w. Wibane, North Car
olina: Elder F. P. Glass, Alabama;
Elder J. c. Scott, South Carolina; E.
De- 5. NJ. Shelton. Mississippi.
The report Of the ad interim Commit
tee on Vacancies and Ministers wit : o.
out charge, appointed by the last as
sembly in response TO an overture from
the Presbytery of Greenbrier, Va, was
read and referred.
To work Among Japanese.
An overture from the oresbytery OF
Brazos, Tex, for special provisions u
be made Cor work in a Japanese col
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eerred
The matter of selecting a place for
the next meeting of the assembly was
made the order of the day for to-moT-
rows meeting.
After much discussion the report OF
the Committee on Commissions was or p
dered printed. The report Of the Com
mittee on the Twentieth Century Fund
for the Cause Of Christian Education
was read and referred.
Upon reassembling for the afternoon
session the first business was the sub
mission Of the report from the Com
mittee on Foreign Correspondence,
which was adopted. The Committee on
Bills and Overtures made a partial
report, which was adopted Most of
the overtures relate to the construc-
ton of the laws of the assembly. In
answer TO the overtures Of the Pine
Bluff Presbytery, asking the assembly
to enjoin the Committee on Publica-
ton from printing in catechisms and
other Sunday school literature what is
commonly called the Apostles Greed,
the committee recommended that such
request be denied. The same action
was taken with regard to the overture
from the Presbytery of Asheville, ask
ing that the expenses of entertaining
commissioners at meetings of the gen
eral assembly be borne by the general
assembly.
The following special order was
made
Thursday, p. m. foreign missions.
Charges and Vacancies.
The standing committee of the
home missions to which was referred
by the assembly Of 1903 an overture
from the Greenbrier Presbytery as to
ministers without charges and vacant
churches, made a lengthy report upon
the subject, showing that the whole
number Of churches reported to the
assembly of 1903 was 3,044 of which
20 per cent. are marked as vacant, due
to various causes. With regard to the
number of ministers without charges
il finds three causes, disease. infirm-
ity and ''intransitu.' OF 1917 minis
tiers in the assembly reports of 1903, s
per cent were without charges.
At the night session the special or
der. ministerial relief. was taken up.
The meeting was called 10 order by
Rev. DR.. McElroy, secretary of the
Committee on Ministerial Relief. and
very strong addresses were made by
Judge S NJ. Shelton of Vicksburg and
DR. H. G. Hill of Maxton, Mo. The
making of an annual collection for this
branch of the work and creating an
| endowment fund was strongly urged.
The assembly then adjourned till 9
| O'clock tomorrow morning.