New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-24
DIVORCE EVIL DECRIED.
General assembly Urges Ministers
to Enforce Laos of Church.

Columbus Ohio, May 23.-The Presbyterian
General Assembly to-day approved the report
OF the special committee marriage and di
vorce and adopted resolutions expressing the
hope of more radical reform, reatfirrning ut
terances of former assemblies regarding divorce,
and enjonng presbyteres ito enforce the stand
ards of the Church, to hold to a strict account
all ministers under their care, and to urge all
ministers to regard the comfy that should re-
frain from giving the sanction of our Church to
members Of another Church whose marriage is
in violation of the laws of the Church whose
communion they have chosen.
The Rev. DR. Charles A. Dickey, of Philadel
phla chairman Of the committee, presented the
report Referring to the recent marriage Of
President William E. Corey of the United States
Steel Corporation he said:
What we had about Mr.. Corey cleared the
way. The condemnation Of public opinion was
enough in itself TO make rejoice but surely.
if the editorials of our newspapers and if the
approval of public opinion are bringing high
standard. it is time for to take the lead in
this. as in everything. and give an example of
the Church cleansing Itself from lax divorces
and sinful marriages"
Although it was rumored that an attempt
would be made for the reconsideration of the
action on the Anti Saloon League, no such step
renewed tomorrow. when the report Of the
permanent committee temperance is pre-
scented.
DR.. G. d. Matthews, general secretary of the
Presbyterian Alliance of the World, who for the
last thirty years has been travelling over the
world in effort to bring the various seCtS to-
gether, not in organic union. but in church
felicity, speaking of the churches of France de-
clared that the Catholic Church in that coun-
try would become stronger by the separation
of Church and State and that the people now
realized It,
The Rev V Alberto Costabel fraternal del
egate to the assembly from the Waldensian
Church OF Italy, said that there were 10000
priests and officials of the Catholic Church
who We're tired Of the yoke of Papacy and
ready to withdraw. The days of the Papacy
are few" he said. but we will not mourn over
Papacy. We love the Catholic Church. but
do not love Papacy." Cheers followed this dec
laration
one OF the important features of to-days session
was The appointment of the judicial committee,
include Henry W Jessup. New York: the Rem Dr
Robert Hunter Philadelphia, and the Rev. DIR. w.
The report of the board OF church erection
presented by the Rev. DR.. Edward B. Wright. Of
that movable chapels be procured the temporary
use OF new congregations and recommending that,
the union with the Cumberland Presbyterian
Sialcn, me BOARD OF church ERECTION construe It's
creased TO twenty-three members.
80 WIN IPefereace to complaint that missionaries
fering with the missionaries OF the Southern Pres
so conflicting that action advisable but ad-
mOnished its missionaries to avoid conflicts in the
future. The report accepted. The assembly
then adjourned until tomorrow morning.
The Rev. Maitland Alexander of Pitfsbury pre-
scented the report of the committee on theological
semnaries. DIR. Alexander urged the necessity Of
maintaining high standard in educating men for
strict enforcement of the rule regarding the neces-
sity Of college diploma as a condition of admis-
Sion 10 the SeminaTieS