Show THE PRESBYTERIANS I i Dr Brigjrs Bpmanded Back toN to-N w York for Trial The Ministers Want tInt Worlds Fair Closed on Sunday The Union Seminary Question PORTLAND Or May 30A formal reso ution remanding Dr Briggs case to the New York presbytery for retrial was passed by the Presbyterian general assembly sembly this morning The report on theological seminaries was then taken up In the supplementary majority report several changes were made from the former reports among them the recommendation j recom-mendation to enjoin presbyteries to see that students under their care be prepared for their sacred office in seminaries and l under teachers who are under the over sight and direction of the assembly and that the board of education be directed to restrict the appropriation for the educa ton of students to those who are pursuing their studies under such institutions This is aimed at Union seminary and puts on that institution a boycott as was forcibly stated during the discussion With regard to the seminary direct as to the identity of transfers trans-fers and original appointments in the case of professors it is recommended to say that the general assembly is constrained tons insist upon its interpetation of the tern to-ns of compact as given by the assembly at Detroit The report recommends a neg a tine answer to the memorial of the Union seminary directors asking cooperation of the general assembly In severing the connection it recommends the adoption of a resolution declaring that the assembly recognizes a statu quo as to the difference of Interpretation and argrees to refer the differences on interpretation as to transfer to a committee of arbitration of arbitraton five to be appointed by the modertor and five by the directors of the Union seminary these ten to select five others The minority report recommends that the Union seminary be given liberty to honorably honor-ably withdraw from the compact of 1S70 I and that a committee be appointed by the assembly to confer with all theological seminaries now under its supervision touching their views of the agreement of 1S70 and any new agreement they may devise l I de-vise and so formulate a new agreement I adapted to happily unite all seminaries under un-der such general supervision by the general gen-eral assembly as will tend to safety in tho I I church and efficiency in her work the sato sa-to be submitted to the general assembly of I 1893Dr Dr Blayney of Kentucky proposed as I a substitute the previous reports of a sot of eight resolutions which borrowed part of the majority report and contained many modifications and additions The resolutions hind tons were seconded as an amendment and a discussion of the whole subject proceeded n large number of speakers beIng heard Dr Taylor maker of the minority report re-port in his argument said that the Union seminary has perfect right to ask to I be relieved because there is no legal basis for the agreement and its experience had not been particularly pleasing He said the best way to keep the seminary in the church is to relax the authority of the assembly as-sembly rather than draw the reins tighter Dr Lampman of New York created astir a-stir by his speech in which he said What I object to is that you should come with a flag of truce in one hand and a cclI lI iub in the other to beat out the brains of the Institution These words he was called upon to retract re-tract but the model ator internosed inter pretine the words as a figurative expression expres-sion of opinion The morning hour having expired the discussion went over In the afternoon the report of the committee com-mittee on Sabbath observance was considered con-sidered and for the second time the us sembly entered 1 protest against open ting the Worlds fair on Sunday The committo on bills and overtures recommended rec-ommended a denial of the request of several sev-eral presbyteries for shorter catechism The report on temperance evoked considerable consid-erable discussion Prohibition was not mentioned by name though practically the something was endorsed A lengthy rt port on the deaconnesa question close with a proposal of three alternative ovei tunes to the presbyteries looking toy ard the establishment of order Adopted c Ct |