The Mena weekly star., 1906-05-24
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY
Various Matters Acted Upon by the Delegates Gathered at
 Des Moines.
ARRANGING FOR THE CONSOLIDATION
All Boards of the Church to be Combined in One OrEanization-Oppos to Con- gressionai Appropriations for sectar- fan Purposes-Four Cities After Next General Assembly.

Des Moines, Iowa, May 23.-The Presbyterian general assembly Tues lay voted to authorize Moderator Hun er Corbett to name cimmittee of ten ministers and II elders, one of whom shall be from the Cumberland Pres oyterian church in case union is ef- ,ected, to draft plan for consolidating Ill the boards of the church into one organization, to be divided into execu- i've, legislative and judicial depart ments,
 | A resolution was offered by Dr. F. rrumbull Lee of Philadelphia, mem orializing congress to stop appropria- tions for sectarian purposes. This Is the catgrowth of the recent charges IF | cong ,ess that Catholics and Lntherans | are receiving substantial assistance I from the government in their religious work among the Indians. The Pres | byterian church maintains. lobbyist | in Washington in ele person of Rev 1 Wilbur r. Crafts. and to him will fail the duty of pressing the memorial Ill congress. The resolution was referred to the committee on bills and over lures and it will undoubtedly be adopt ed by the assembly.
 | The assembly Tuesday voted to com bine with the Hungarian Reform church and the Reform church in the United States (German) in Hungarian religious work.
 | These organization were invited to name committees of three each. to | serye with a similar committee from the general church, in carrying on the work. About 45.0c0 Hungarians come to America yearly and the desire is to bring them into the Prebyterian i church.
 Representatives of four cities are here working for the next meeting of the
 general assembly. They are Columbus Kansas City, St Louis and Denver | The next place of meeting will be de
 cided the last day of the convention I The assembly received telegram from the Presbyterian church South whose assembly is in session at Green I .ille, s. O., accusing the home board
 ,f the Presbyterian church North with offering southern churches financial aid to persuade them to change their utilization. The southern church
 asked that a committee be appointed for an investigation. The north
 church replied by telegram that the
 home board was guilty of no such ac- ton and refused to appoint the com mittee.
 Dr. Edward S. Young of Pittsburg Pa, stated that in the offering of many overtures having to do with benev- ,lences and the support of members in sickness he sees the ultimate organ .zation and maintenance of an insur- lnce society whereby the assessments are made by the church boards and the distribution benefits and premiums conducted by them. The proposition
 will be discussed by the assembly,
 Des Moines. May 23.-The Presby-
 terian general assembly Monday, ar
 ternoon determined on one or the
 most important church movements
 undertaken by it in many years. It
 voted unanimously to begin at once
 the organization of 9 mems society
 nrder the name of "Presbyterian
 Brotherhood whose purpose shall be
 to bring the men of Presbyterian
 churches more closely into sympathy
 with the church and to bring about
 spiritual development. fraternal re-
 lations, denominational fealty, the
 strengthening of fellowship and the
 engagement in works of christian
 usefulness"