Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
Hundred Thousand Appropriated for
New Buildings in that Synod.
MILLION FOR MISSION WORK
Collections for Year Are the Largest
on Record.
NEXT SESSION IN ATLANTIC CITY
Eastern Point Has Apparently Taken
the Lead from Chicago In Fight
for Assembly of Nine
teen Ten.

DENVER. May S.-"Let Rockefeller and
Carnegie alone-Ro into your own pockets
for college endowments,' was the adVice
of DR.. ]. c. Steffen of Dubuque, Ia, in an
address before the general assembly of the
Presbyterian church this afternoon.
During the day It became apparent that
Chicago instead of Atlantic City was tax
ing the lead as the next meeting place, but
the subject was not officially before the
assembly.
1t was decided that 100000 should be
spent in the erection of churches in the
synod of Tennessee TO replace those taken
from the church by the decision OF the su-
preme court of that state, which held the
union Of the Presbyterian church in the
United States of America and the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church illegal.
DR.. Steffen in his address called attention
to the lack of Bible study in the sectarian
schools and urged that rule requiring
at least IA hours of Bible study in each
school year be made compulsory in the case
of each regular student. He also said the
board had been Withdrawing its aid from
secondary schools as much as possible in
view of the greatly increased efficiency of
high schools
Administrative Report Passed.
trative agencies was passed substantially
as submitted by DIR. j. d. Moffatt of Pitts
burg The principal recommendation is
that each church board obtain legal advice
as to the enlargement of its powers in
order that the consolidation of the boards
may be accomplished gradually.
The regular and special reports of the
executive commission were accepted after
debate. Objection was mad to the appro-
priation of only $4,000 to the temperance
board. but 1t was pointed out that this sum
is 81 900 in excess of the amount usually
appropriated. The special report provides
for the discharge of the standing commit
tee on finance from the consideration of
the budget Of the missionary and benevo-
lent boards and that the policies outlined
by the various boards be submitted to the
commission for is consideration, later to be
referred the assembly.
Million for Missions.
DR.. w. L. McEwan offered the report of
the board of foreign missions showing that
the amount received, $1,O73,e7l, was the
largest in the history OF the church He
asked for 100000 for the work of the
coming year DR.. Charles l. Thompson Of
New York, secretary OF the board, made
a plea for the immigrant, saying that
within fifty years the United States will
have a population OF 100000 and that a spe-
fort must be made to christianize
"a, ,...oming foreigners.
Congressman Bennett of New York who
is a commissioner to the assembly, denied
that the majority of immigrants are idlers
and criminals.
DR.. Thompson referred to the removal Of
Robert Watchorn, former commissioner Of
immigration stationed at Ellis Island.
Politics he said bitterly, cor what
not" was the cause of the removal Of a
great man.
Bennett and YereRnce Clash.
Congressman Bennett and James Yere-
ance of New York debated sharply over
the effort to close saloons In New York
on Sunday Mr.. Bennett said the idea OF
the prosecution had been to force the sa-
loon keepers to obey the law requiring
them to close their places except between
the hours of l and II p. m.
I'VE wished 10 have the law observed" ="
said Mr.. Bennett. 1T was a matter of
eNpedency"
And l don't believe in expediency where
the observance of the Sabbath is con-
cerned," retorted Mr.. Yereance.
The report on Sabbath observance, which
was submitted by Mr.. eYarance and which
criticised the action Of the New York COM
mittee of fourteen defended by Mr.. Ben
nett, was adopted.