Evening journal., 1905-04-20
.PRESBYTERY IS
AGAINST UNION
Voted to Not Unite With the
Cumberland Presbyterian
Church
ADJOURNED TO MEET IN NEWARK

stan Correspondent The Evening Journal.
st. Georges. April 2O.-After a two
days session which was unusually
lively because Of numerous heated dis
cussions between the members the
spring meeting Of the New Castle Pres
bytery came to close last night. The
next meeting Of the Presbytery WIN be
held at Newark.
Last night the committees on home
and foreign missions and sustentation
submitted reports. Addresses were
made by the Rev. S. w. Reigert, d. D.,
and the Rev. Elliott Field.
COMMISSIONERS NAMED.
Business was rushed through yester-
day afternoon. The elders who were
elected as delegates to the General AS
sembly which meets at Winona, Ind
i'm May, were Henry C. Ellison, Of Mt
Pleasant, and William $. Prickett, Of
Wilmington. AS was stated in yester-
days Evening Journal, the Revs. j.
Edgar Franklin. Of Wilmington, and j.
d. North, of Snow Hill, Md. were the
ministers elected as delegates. Their
alternates are the Revs. Joel Gnhllan
Of Newark, and Moderator Wilson T.
NJ Beale.
NOT IN FAVOR OF UNION.
During the afternoon the Presbytery
voted "a to 23 against the Presbyter-
ian Church of the United States of
America, with which IL is amliated
uniting with the Cumberland Presby-
terian Church. The question was
thoroughly discussed at the morning
session. The vote was on the recon-
mendation of the committee on bills
and overtures to return a negative an
swer to the overture sent out by the
General Assembly.
Embodied in the overture relative to
uniting with the Cumberland Presby-
terian Church was this question:
do you approve OF the reunion and
union Of the Presbyterian Church I'm
the United States Of America, and the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. on
the following basis: The union shall be
effected on the doctrinal basis of the
Confession of Faith of the Presbyter-
ian Church I'm the United States Of
America, as revised i'm 1908, and Of it's
other doctrinal and ecclesiastical
standards; and the Scriptures of the
Old and New Testaments shall be ac-
knowledged as the inspired word OF
God, the only infallible rule of faith
and practice?"
The General Assembly is said to have
favored the union, but decided it would
be best TO send out overtures and get
a vote from each Presbytery
RESOLUTION ON TITLES.
The Rev. R. A. Elwood offered an
amendment TO Article H. section 40 Of
the rules of the church, which was
aimed at ministers who are said to
have purchased their honorary titles.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Elwood
follows:
Each minister receiving an honor
airy title and desiring the same added
ed to his name i'm the minutes shall
file with the stated clerk record of
the date when and the institution from
which received. Which shall be read
at the meeting of Presbytery."
After a short discussion the matter
was laid on the table on motion Of Mr..
Williams by a vote of 10 to 16.
The Rev. Joseph Brown Turner, Of
Dover gave notice that he would
bring the question up at the next meet
ing. Mr.. Elwood said he would be
present with the facts.
He said it had been intimated that
certain members of the Presbytery had
purchased their degrees. He thought
that no one who had earned title
need be ashamed of it while IL anyone
had purchased his degree he should be
shown up as quickly as possible.
STANDING COMMITTEES REPORTS.
The committee on board of colleges
reported that the past year had been
a good one The board aided 26 in
stitutions, Of which three were col
leges, 10 academies.
The Rev. r. /. Hollett submitted the
report on publication and Sunday
school work. He stated that he had
received reports from about three
fourths of the schools which gave n
total membership Of about 5000 schol-
ars. One school with 30 members re-
ports a cradle roll Of 60.
The report of the committee on sys-
tematic beneficence was submitted by
the Rev. s. Beattie Wylle. It showed
that with a membership Of about 655S,
the church had contributed a total Of
S16,6s9 for benencence during the
year.
The statistical report was read by
the stated clerk the Rev. Mr.. Milligan,
and was accepted. The report read
by the committee on narrative religion
was accepted. as was also the report
OF the finance committee.
The Rev. James ID. Baxter, who re-
ceived his license during this session,
was transferred to Carlisle, Pa.