Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-17
INJUNCTION AGAINST UNION
Cumberland Presbyterinns May BE
Forced Into COuPt In Merger
Matter.

Reiter of Evansville, Ind. Major G. V.
Menzies Of Mount Vernon, Ind, Judge q.
b. Green Of Mount Carmel, Ill, ana other
"loyalists' opposing union OF the Cumbcr-
land and Presbyterian churches went into
conference here today to complete petit
ton for injunction restraining the general
assembly Of Cumberland Fresbyterans,
which meet Thursday from effeCting the
proposed union.
The grounds for the application are that
money with which theCumberland Presby-
terian property was purchased was given
for the PRONUNCIATION and perpetuation of
the Cumberland Presbyterian doctrines and
that said property is not to be diverted TO
any other use, that the church has no
constitutional right to give itself away and
that there are errors in the manner in
which the arrangements for the proposed
unicn were made.
The petition was completed this after
noon and Judge Johns announced that the
hearing would be disposed Of with all pos
sible speed.
Presbyterians at Des MOines.
DIES MONIES, May 16.-The last of the
$50 commissioners to the llSth session Of
the general assembly OF the Presbyterian
| church in America arrived in Des Moines
| today and are attending the foreign mis-
I ~lOUS ana tuutdIlOndl conferences pItllllll-
nary to the assembly proper. which opens
at Il "A. m. tomorrow at the Auditorium,
with the sermon of Rev. J. A. Mofatt re-
firing moderator. The Women's Home Mis-
sions conference will convene at ? o'clock
] tomorrow afternoon.
The Board Of College Aid Of the Presby-
terian general assembly today agreed TO
! ask colleges to change the week Of prayer
from the present month OF January to the
second week of February The report OF
Secretary Charles f. Bradt of foreign mis-
sions, read today, declared that single an
nual subscriptions was the best method OF
| providing for 1OO,O0000O heather for whom
the church was responsible.
New hook of Forms.
There will be no fight over the new book
of forms, reported to the assembly 10y Or.
| Henry Van Dyke OF Princeton university
! II DR. Van Dyke can prevent 1t. In an
open letter to the commissioners read here
| today he expressed regret that such storm
| Of discussion over the book Of prayers and
| ceremonies has arisen and he adds that il
there is to be debate II will not be due
| to himself He explains that he was re-
quested, with other members of the COM
mittee, to prepare the book by the last
general assembly and that he has merely
complied with instructions and that the
| assembly may do what il sees fit with the
report, Notwithstanding DR.. Van Dyke $
position, there promises 20 be a lively de-
bate on the question. Fifty presidents of
| Presbyterian colleges held a meeting today
and held that schools OF the denomination
should be asked to require l44 hours of
Bible study in every four years course. To-
night much interest developed in the con-
tor Az
being declared, Rev. A. b. Marshall OF
Minneapolis, Rev. T. CleIand of Duluth
Rev. ]. L. Barkley OF Detroit, Rev. j. A.
Dendy of Jefferson, Mo, and Rev. Hunter
Corbett, the latter q missionary who has
seen forty years service in China
Methodist Missionary Conference.
KANSAS CITY, May 16.--When the sec.
ond days session of the tri-state mission.
AIRY convention of the Methodist Episcopal
church began today close to 100 delegates
and visitors had enrolled at Convention
hall. The time today was given up prin.
cipally to the delivery by officers high in
the councils of the church of addresses OF
various phases of missionary work TO.
night e, H. Conger. former United States
minister to Peking, China, will address tn,
} convention on Missions a Civilizinl
Agency"
An hour Of prayer conducted by Bishor
w. F. Mcdowell of Chicago, opened tn,
session today. The days program included
addresses as follows: People of Foreign
Speech" by DR.. d. f. North New YorI
City; The Churchs Imperative Duty" b,
} Bishop Henry w. Warren, Denver; africa
an Open Door," Bishop Joseph c. Hartsell
who is stationed in Africa; Japan anC
Corea." DR.. S. d. Spencer, Toxic, Japan
Fifty Years in Southern Asia" Bishop ]
NJ. Thoburn, Delaware, o.
Southern MethOdiSts Busy,
: BIRMINGHAM Ala, May l6.-The gen
! eral conference of the Methodist Episcopa
Church South today voted $4,000 to be ex
pended to assist the Pacific Coast Christian
Advocate, and authorized an enlarged build
ing at Shanghai, China.
I committee report on Sabbath observ
ance praised Presidents Mckinley an
Roosevelt for refusing 10 travel on Sunday
, A special committee presented resolution
urging the speedy expulsion of Senate
, Reed Smoot from the senate.
Baptist Anniversary Week.
{ DAYTON O., May 16.-"Anniversar
e week" which embraces annual sessions O
the Missionary and Publication societies O
the Baptist church in America began her
A today with the convention of the Woman
r Home Missionary society.
. CHARGE NJ ERAIIn IN nENuEE