New-York tribune., 1908-05-22
PRESBYTERIANS MEET
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The ReU. DIR. Fullerton, of st. Louis
Succeeds as Moderator.

Kansas CITY Nav T-The Rev DR.. Baxter P
Fullerton. of ST. Louis. was unanimously electeo
moderator of the 10th General Assembly OF tne
Presbyterian Church In the United States OF Amer
lea this afternoon His nomination was seconded
by Rev. Mark I. Matthews. Of Seattle VINO was
looked on as one of the leading candidates Dr-
Fullerton succeeds the Rev. William Henry Hoo-
erts of Philadelphia retired to-day. With all the
high officers and leading ministers of the Church IN
America as we'll as prominent laymen and mission
aries from foreign countries in attendance the as
sembly began its session in Convention nan ''uA'
before an audience of thousands
The feature of the morning session Nas tEe ioi0-
well sermon of the retiring moderator Inc ser
mon was largely plea for the cooperation OF 'he
churches in the United States IN fighting the nlns
evil Influences opposed to the Christian churehe'
of country"
us .a,d that above every other nation Of modern
time. the United States represents those WIZ
spread movements which are upllftins men ou'
the narrowness of CASTE which are niaAihs ''0
world a neghborhood and which seek the ~eLat -Ia
not OF a class classes, but OF the Whoie peot
I'VE must increasingly strive to win America Iol
Christ that we may thereby win the worlo i0i
Him."
"gITDDHIsM DEAD-sAvE IN BOSTON
Among tho most enthusiastic delegates are tne
foreign missionaries. DR. William A bIiess,
Laos a little known country In the 1ar -'o1'N u
Siam, in discussing hi. field. said:
buddhism is now a dead issue-save POSSIBLY III
Boston, some people seem to be trying TO start a
cuIt in this country but in faraway Laos Budd-
hism is on rapid decline. Laos is great cou -
and deserves to be better known NOT many
ago the inland tribes there had never seen has
i'm the land aggregating twelve hundred nler!DsIs
The Chinese viCerOyS who rule the iand nave tLeos
ed us we'll Only lately of them made US an OF
fer to endow big school where CHRISTIAN cIvhl11
tion might be taught 10 the natives Pro'iuhs o'
that furnish the teachers
The assembly has brought together men OF 'he
United States who are noted not only as Presoyte-
rfans but as prominent in the business Worid-
Twenty-Five native Porto Ricans VINO came 10
the United States especially to attend the assem-
bly, form an interesting group among the specta-
tors
The election Of DR.. Fullerton has happy Sig
nifcance in the fact that he belongs to the South
ern branch of the Church. being the first mod
orator that branch has had since the amalgama-
ton of the two Churches. He has been in ST. Louis
for fifteen years, and for four years was editor
of The Missionary Record
fore the greatest audience ever assembled at a
conference of the Church There were eight hun
dred authorized commissioners present from all
parts of the world besides thousands of other Pres
byterians and spectators. Ten thousand churches
and fully four million adherents, most of them
communicates, represented
The new moderator assumed his Office at once
and tonight presided at the administration of
the Lords Supper in Convention Hall Sixty
ruling elders of the Church assisted in the cere-
mony.