The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-24
COMMITTEE NAMED
TO CONSIDER OvERTUREs FROM CALVANISTIC CHURCHES.
Elder F. P. Glass Named by Moderator Neel as the Member From Ala bama--Minsterlal Rel.ef Con-
 sedered at Night Session.

Mobile, Ala. May 23.-The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the United States began It's fourth days business session this morning with prayer by Rev. w. B. Arrowood of South Carolina.
 Moderator Neel announced the fof- lowing committee to consider all over- lures from the churches of other Cal- vanistic creeds:
 Dr. w. E. Boggs. Jacksonville Fla, chairman; pr. J. $. Lyons, Kentuckys Dr. J. H. McNeilly, Tennessee: Dr. T. R English. NirSiIsia; Dr. J. D. Leslie, Texas; Dt A w Milster ArlsansHs; Dr fJ, Y. Far, Georgia: D.. c O.. WiIdbridge Louisiana; Dr. W. M Langtry, Missouri; Dr. B. W. Wibane, North Carolina; Elder F. P. Glass, Ala bama; Elder s. M. shelton. Mississippi
 The report of the ad interim commit tee on vacancies and ministers with out charge, appointed by the last as- sembly, in response to an overture from the Presbytery of Greenbrier. Va. was read and referred to the Committee on Home Missions.
 Overtures from the Presbytery of Brazos, Tex, for special provisions to be made for Japanese colony located in Texas for work among them was referred to the Home Missions Commit tee. Moderator Neel said returned missionary from Japan could be sent to the colony.
 The matter of selecting a place for the next meeting of the General As- sembly was made the order of the day for tomorrow morning at 9:S0 o'clock After much discussion the report of the Committee on Commissions was ordered printed.
 NHa. .gk kEn T~fzv,. .yra4N NNaa Ora Hs1 Twentieth Century Fund for the cause of Christian education was read and re- ferred to the Committee on Education.
 Upon the reassembling of the Assem- bly, for the afternoon session, the first business was the submission of the re- port of the Committee on Foreign Cor respondence, which was adopted.
 The committee on bills and overtures made a partial report on bills and over lures submitted to them. which was adopted. Most of tho overtures relate to the construction of the laws of the assembly. In answer to the overtures of the Pine Bluff Presbytery, asking the assembly to enjoin the committee of publication from printing in cate chisms and other Sunday school liter ature what is commonly called the Apostles Creed. the committee report. ed that such request be denied. The same action was taken with regard to the overture from the Presbytery of AshevilIe, asking that the expenses of entertaining commissioners at meet ings of the general assembly be borne by the general assembly.
 The following special order was made: Thursday ?. u.. foreign mis- sions.
 The standing committee on home I,srk |, an assembly of 1903 an overture from the Greenbrier Presbytery as to ministers without charges and vacant churches, made a lengthy report upon the sub feet showing that the whole number of churches reported to the Presbytery 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 1t finds three causes, disease, infirmlty and in transitu Of 1,517 ministers in the assembly reports of 1903. per cent. were without charges. The commit tee recommends that Presbyteries mak- ing reports should describe ministers without charge as "infirm." fin transi- tu" or evangelist" as the case may be. The interim committee on sched- ules of collections made their report after which a number of overtures were submitted and appropriately re- ferred.
 At the night session the special or der. ministerial relief. was taken up. The meeting was called to order by Rev Dr. McElroy, secretary of the committee on ministerial relief and very strong addresses were made by Judge S. M. Shelton of Vicksburg and Dr. H. G. Hill of Mexico. Mo The making of an annual collection for this branch of work and creating an endowment fund was strongly urged. The assembly then adjourned till 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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