Show Presbyterian Assembly NEW YOKK May 22 In the Presbyterian general assembly the committee on bills and overtures reported that the committee lad receivedovertures from fifteen Presbyteries yteries asking for a revision of the confession ession of faith The committee considered it best that the request coming from so many Presbyteries should not be ignored hut thought the assembly should not take action on the matter at present The committee com-mittee suggested thaC a communication be addressed to each of the Presbyteries in the assembly asking if they desired a re vision and if so to what extent The latter was made the special order for Friday Fri-day afternoon The report of the board of foreign mis sious showed the work on the whole prosperous pros-perous with no unusual obstacles More money was needed to meet growing de auds contributions for the past year fell off over 50000 The matter of adopting clause 4 of the recommendations of the special committee on missions among freedmen came up for discussion at the afternoon session This clause asks for an expression of confidence in the committee and an en orsemsnt of the manner in which it carried out the work entrusted to it A substitute was proposed by Dr Ham hit of Washington that the special committee be retained in office for another year and that it listen to the information in the possession of the Western Presbytery He claimed that the committee had refused heretofore to listen to this information After a vigorous discussion ussion the substitute was put and received about twenty ayes while there were nearly five hundred noes The report of the special > committee as a whole was then adopted without dissent Rev DrVChidlaw of Cincinnati read the report of tile committee on publication and undayscnobl work The receipt fertile year wore 337781 and the net profits Stf692 |