The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
WON'T "CUT OFF"
N. Y. P"RESBYTERY
General Assembly Committee
Takes Up Hcrcsy Charge, but
DecrirS Radicalism.
MAY DIRECT AN INQUIRY

ATLANTIC CRY. May le.-The commit
zee on bills and overtures OF the Pres
hvteri,n General Assembly is sitting up
nearly all night considering the twenty
Elk overtures bearing upon the alleged
'heresy'' OF the New York Presbytcry.
The most radical overture comes from
the Presbytery OF Cincinnati and petit
tons the General Assembly to "cut on
New York presbv'ery from the Pres
byterian Church III not. other methods
will prevail"
The General Assembly will not "cut
on" New York preshytery, but II may
send a committee to New York to in
Nestigate It's methods Of examining and
licensing candidates for the ministry.
Following the defeat of the Rev. Will
fam l.. McEwen for the moderatorship
soIne believe the overtures a~ntagonistic
10 the New York Preshytery will be
smothercd in committee and that no ac-
ton will lie taken by this General As
sembly. Should the assembly ignore
the overtures conservative commission
ers say there will be Increasing agita-
ton throughout the Church during the
ensuing year.
One thing is certain New York Pres
bytery with its SCI 600. 900 worth Of
church property will not he "kicked out"
W III lItEbN N'Ildn 'uu'NAs
Cincinnati Pr-sbytery's Demand.
The Cincinnati overture which has
the support of tn. Rev. Or. William l..
MeKibben, president Of Lane Seminary,
reads as follows.
Tie Pr.shytery of New York. being
guilty of del. herate and long continued
disloyalty To the doctrinal standards OF
the Presbyterian Church and being per-
sistently disobedient to the mandates
of the General Assembly, the General
Assembly Is requested by the P~resbytery
Of Cincinnati to take such steps as may
he necessary to cut of from the Presby-
terrain Church In the United states of
America the presbytery OF New York
II no other methods will avail"
Fort Wayne. Minneapolis, Butte. Chey-
ennc. Spokane. San Jose and ON other
Western Presbyteries overture the az
Sembly on the same subject, but suggest
Ing modified remedies.
On the other hand. Nashville pres
bytery comes to the assistance OF the
New York presbytery. declaring in an
overture that 1t IL not only ~discourteous
and unwarranted. but unchr!stian and
subverslve Of proper discipline for one
pr~esbytery to assert that the ministers
of anothe p~resbytery are untrue to
their ordination vows"
Members OF the New York ~presbytery
are quietly working to have these over.
lures reported negatively by the COM
mittee on bills and ~overtures.
Increase Of Divorces alarms.
Alarmed at the increasing number o.
divorces in the United States the Cen
eral Assembly adopted resolutions urging
q campaign of education on the subje,,
Of marriage and divorce and instructed
all Presbyterian ministers TO preach
At least once upon the sancity OF mar.
rage and the evils OF divorce every
year" The synods were urged to TAX.
up the matter Of improved codes per-
tanning TO marriage and divorce. and
with the aid of able enlbe OF the
legal profession to petition their respec.
tive Legislatures for more definite leg.
'slation upon the divorce question.
The centennial report Of the American
Bible Society was presented with adj
dresses by the Rev, DR.. Arthur Taylor
secretary Of the British and Foreign
Bible Society. and the Rev. pr. JOIN
Fox of New York.
The proposed union Of the Presby-
terian Board of Education and Coller.
Board. which came up to-day, may pre-
cipitate a lively controversy. Nearly
everybody favors the merger. but the
location Of the consolidated boards Will
be q bon OF contention. The college
hoard il now in New York the Board
OF Education II in Philadelphia
John +. Manson. president Of the YAH
National Bank, New Haven, Conn. wa.
introduced a. vi~ce-moderator Of the as
semb.y, and presided during the presen'
tation of the committee on evangelism
by Charles l.. Huston Of Gainesville
Pa In many respects the Presbyterian
Church is leading the country in evan
gelistic work. the report showing tha'
1000 ministers during the year gave
two weeks each TO evangelis''c preach.
ing for other churches than their own.
Reporting tor the executive con!nis-
sion, the Rev, DR.. J. RUs Stevensc
announced that the budget OF the Pres.
byterian benevolent and missionary
boards for 1916 would be $3.50. 600. a,
agains. s4,T26.000 last year. His an
nouncement hat every one of tn,
boards shows a balance" testifying I,
the prosperity OF the Presbyterian
Church. was greeted with applause
During the year the receipts from liv.
ing g!vers for the work o. all the board,
show q net Increase Of s235.335 over til,
high water mark reached the preceding
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