Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-29

activities of local people at the Pres
byteran general assembly, which
closed at Atlantic City last week, has
prepared a general review of the eight
days session for the Harrisburg Tele-
graph. The Rev. Mr.. Cooke says
I'm reviewing the eight days session
of the General Assembly the high
points are these:
First, peace.-There was no fight
of an assembly of Christian men an
irenic spirit pervaded the deliberations.
Controversial questions between con-
stituent presbyteries of conservative
and liberal tendencies, as Cincinnati
and New York, were settled by re-
affirmation of a broad faith. Legal
questions concerning the responsibility
of theological seminaries to the assem-
bly,. especially Union and Auburn semi
naries, are to be investigated by a
strong legal committee. Race preju-
dice, expressed in opposition to the use
( of the term Freedmen flared up but
died down. An approval of woman's
suffrage was laid on the table, as be-
yond the province of an ecclesiastical
body The daily devotional hour.
placed at noon. was a time of refresh
ing and helpful to meet the desire of
[ the moderator, Dr. Marquis, that this
| be known as the Devotional Assem-
! bly, DR.. Marquis, president of Coe
college, Iowa, has arranged to give the
whole of the coming year TO the gen
. Of 10 ph
of sympathetic service was prominent.
second. Construction.-After years
of discussion and several failures two
great agencies of education, the college
board and the board of education,
were merged into a General Board of
Education. OF the thirty-siX men to
compose this new board, DR.. Lewis
. Seymour Nudge of Harrisburg, is one
of the / s ministers. \ plan to merge
! the Freedmens board into the Board
of Home Missions was proposed and
will he decided next year. The Wom-
ems Board of Home Missions has been
incorporated and officers were approx
ed. Forward work by all the agen-
Cies was mapped out in accordance
with the growing devotion, numbers
and wealth of the church.
Third nspiration.-Many felt that
the powerful and pathetic plea of DIR.
Robert +. Speer in presenting the
cause of foreign missions struck the
high note of the address. The largest
crowd heard William j. Bryan. Two
Canadians. Editor Macdonald of the
Toronto Globe and Pastor Johnston of
the Montreal church produced pro-
found impressions. Many unique per-
sonalities from DR.. Tully of Media at
Is to the western elder who spoke of
himself as one of the green boys.
from the restrained culture of the city
minister to the roaring enthusiasm of
an evangelist, all ages, sizes and kinds
were here. but all with some outstand-
ing excellence which brought interest.
The friendly reunions in formal meet
ings and dinners and in unexpected
encounters on boardwalk and in hotel
exchange and on the pier made a run
ming reception.
Fourth, size.-The assembly num-
bered $50 commissioners, quickly
swelled to over 1000 by committees.
friends and visitors. These represent
ed 1895 churches with 1855 minis
ters and 1.513,240 communicates. Last
year the church did a business of S25.-
600. 900 nearly 100000 for benevo-
.lence and over s20,000,00O for local
uses. II has work in every State of
the Union, in Alaska, Porto Rico and
Cuba, the Philippines and in a dozen
foreign lands"