Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-21

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famed, and whose walls, pierced by
British bullets, yet gave hospital-shel-
ter to the wounded at the battle of
Monmouth"
A slight ripple was caused in the as
sembly when the Rev. Albert E.. Wes-
ton. of Oklahoma, asked the moderator
what constituted sufficient scriptural
grounds for a minister to marry a d.
vorced person. DR.. Dickey, the chair
man of the committee of marriage and
divorce, W by stating the ac-
ton of assembly.
This assembly repeats the action
formerly taken and e~njoins Its presby-
teries, It's ministers, members and eld-
ers to adhere strictly to our standards
regarding marriage. divorce and re-
marriage. Ministers should refuse to
marry divorced persons except the in
nocent party in a case where the d.
vorce has been granted on scriptural
grounds, nor then until assured that ii
period Of one year has elapsed from
the date of the decision allowing the
divorce"
Standing Committees.
The next order of business was the
appointment of the following chairmcn
VI SldiluiHS toiniiittcCo'
Bills and overtures, the Rev. DR.. q.
NJ. Barclay. Detroit; financial, DIR. e. u.
Warfeld. Easton, Pa; church polity.
DIR. Andrew C. Zenos. Chicago; home
mission, DIR. George Alexander, New
York; foreign mission, DIR. Selby +.
Vance. Cincinnati; educational, DIR.
Henry C. Swearlinger, st. Paul; publ
cation and Sabbath schools. DR.. James
-, -t--t Ny--lI~ TNHn nhiIrnh
erection, DR.. W. II. Foulkes; theological
seminaries, DIR. M. j. Hyndman, Phlla-
delphia; ministerial relief, DR.. A. u.
Morey, Jacksonville. Fla; freedman,
DR.. Homer Castle, Pittsburg; college
board, DIR. N. H. Sandon, Fairfield, Ia
correspondence, DIR. N. e. Parsons;
benevolence, DR.. d. o. Mears, Albany
n. Y; narrative, DR.. j. c. Miller, Os-
borne, Ia; temperance. DR.. J. l.,
Weaver. Rockford, Cal; leave OF abb
sence, DR.. Alexander Frazey. Roches-
ter, N. Y; synodical home mission, DR.,
j. I. Blackburn, C~ovington. KY; Pres
byterian brotherhood, the Rev. DIR.
Robert S. Inglis, Newark. N. j.; nm
ance, j. c. Cody. New York; mileage,
J. NJ. Mckay. Fort Wayne, Ind.
The Rev. DR.. L. Y. Graham, of Phlla-
delphia. made his report on Christian
work on the continent, showing that
work was being carried on for the
American tourists visiting foreign
cities, such as Frankfort, Germany;
Weisbaden, Nauheim, Munich, Carts
bad and the Latin quarters Paris, ana
Oxford, England. The Rev. DR.. 5. w.
Beach, of Princeton. spoke of the work.
lone in Paris at the American centre.
The Rev. DIR. Chapman addressed
the assembly. In speaking of John a
Converse, the late chairman OF the
committee, he said that Mr.. Converse
had given over $350,000 for evangeils-
tic effort.
The moderator appointed the follow
ing temporary clerks: The Rev. Dr,
George r. Edmundson, Presbytery Of
Denver; the Rev. Harris G., Rice, Des
Moines Presbytery; the Rev. w. = :
Gum, Seattle Presbytery, and the
Rev. DIR w. J. King, Bell Presbytery.
The Rev, DIR. Henry G. Minton.
Trenton. the moderator who first .ap-
pointed the evangelistic committee OF
assembly, is now to visit Wales, Scot
land, England and Ireland. to assist
in forming similar e~vangelistic com
miteesE as that now doing such accept
able work..
The hours of the session have been
fixed at . a. m. to 1890 p. m, and from
2:30 until $50 p. M, with a popular
meeting at s p. m.
Trouble over Moderafor's Report.
DR.. Barley, the moderator just re-
tired, began the report of the execu-
tive commission, but had not gone lar
when trouble arose. Exception was
taken to changing the ecclesiastical
year from March l to correspond to the
regular calendar year. This change
was moved to be put on the table till
later. Finally it was laid over until
today. =.
Olivet Presbyterian Church proved
too small to hold the delegates n
came to attend the meeting of the
thjrty-frst annual Woman's Board of
Home Missionary Conference. There
we're 176 delegates from Pennsylvania.
&c from New Jersey, 81 from Baltimore
SYNOD and As from New York synod.
Mrs. Fred S. Bennett, Of New York,
presided.
The Rev. DR.. w. A. Provine, district
superintendent of Sunday school work
in the South and Southwest, described
the conditions of the great population
settling in the great Southwest and
the need of Sunday school missionary
work there. The Rev. E. Morris Fer
guson. late of Newark, but now edu-
cational secretary of the Presbyterian
mission. spoke on the Importance OF
greater work in the Sunday school.