| Show WORK OF PBESBYTERY Numerous Reports Received and Acted Upon SUNDAY PAPERS OPPOSED Yesterdays Session VaS Devoted Exclusively Ex-clusively to Reports of Various Committees Which Wcr In tho Main of an Encouraging Nature Indian Mission nt tGeorge i Desires De-sires a Pastor Rev Dr Paden on Raising Church Funds Traveling on Sunday Opposed I I The Utah Presbytery gave the entire day yijstcrday to business and at adJournment t ad-Journment at 5 p in had matters so far advanced that the business of the m etng can be finished without difficulty diffi-culty at tomorrows session Yesterdays Yester-days attendance was good and the deliberations de-liberations Interesting After the preliminary pre-liminary exercises Rev H H Mc Creery for the committee lo organize Presbyterian work at Manila Utah reported re-ported no action taken and the com mltte was continued The standing committees were held over Rev John Carver of Ogden Rev C M Shepherd of Evanston and Rev JR C Bailey of Sprlngvllle were given leave absence from Mondays session The matter of keeping the sessional records received considerable of a hauling over It being reported that the records In some instances In-stances were not kept In that systematic system-atic and careful manner necessary where accuracy and plainness Is desIred de-sired I was the sense of the Prcoby tory hal system and care should be J I hcreaflqr observed CALL REV MCLAIN APPROVED APPROVEDI The call of Rev Josiah McClain to I the pulpit of the Third church In this city was read and approved by the Presbytery and Rev Dr McNlece and L Elder W rSct were appointed a committee to consult with the moderator moder-ator relative to the Installation Rev H H McCrccry as pastoratlargc reported re-ported favorably on the condition of the work particularly In southern Utah A fine mission chapel capable of accommodating 200 people In the auditorium au-ditorium and forty children In the schoolroom was reported built at St I George Work among the Indians was progressing satisfactorily and the Indians I In-dians were desirous that the Presbytery should send them a pastor The report embodied a letter from Miss Laura J3 Work at the Indian school who was anxious for religious effort among the Indians Work In the Bear River valley val-ley was reported a highly encouraging encourag-ing Rev H H Davis of Kaysville was appointed n committee to tabulate tho reports o teachers and report later Rev Da WIshard gave notice that he would olfer on Monday an amendment to the rules of the Presbytery relative to teachers reports so that hereafter reports from the denominational schools might be made by the principals princi-pals Instead of by the Individual teachers teach-ers 4 REPORTS WERE ENCOURAGING The reports from the different fields were as a rule encouraging with an occasional 1 discouraging outlook a for Instance when Rev Mr Howard reported re-ported that at Benjamin converts from o ReCiemtni ° a 1AflL 1 11 Ihth I the Mormon church did not seem to think It mae any difference whether marriages and baptisms were solemnized solemn-ized under Presbyterian or Mormon auspices The Third church In this city was reported re-ported as specially prosperous Rev Dr McNlece was to have presented a paper Mormon teachings but reported report-ed that as the matter had been freely discussed elsewhere since the last meeting meet-ing of the Presbytery no paper had been prepared Rev F W Blohm was given leave to labor outside the herders her-ders of the Presbytery as he has work that calls him to Portland Rev C M Shepherd and Elder W S Glesey were elected commissioners to the next general gen-eral assembly with Rev George Bailey and Elder E P Sheldon alternates Under permanent committee reports Rev Dr Paden made a verbal report for the committee on church erection urging that thti Utah Presbyterians endeavor more to stand by themselves and to depend ns little as ponslble on help from Eastern churches He said the Evanston Presbyterians had raised 1500 among themselves for their new church edifice and Incldcntly ref ned r to himself as being specially Interested In church erection at this time Rev N E Clemenson for the committee com-mittee on education commended J3 J I Hanks and Mr Cusoff the latter a yQung Turk for their fidelity In preparation QuS ation for the ministry and nt his suggestion I sug-gestion they were continued under the care of the Presbytery nev R Cooper Bailey for the committee com-mittee on ministerial rollof reported 250 granted to Rev E M Knox of Wilmington Cal and 150 to S EDe Graf of Logan Rev T N Buchanan for the freedmens aid committee ad vl6d that more support be given to thu board ON SABBATH OBSERVANCE Rev George Bailey for the Sabbath observance committee reporotcd favorably favor-ably on tile resolution offered by the last general assembly relative to the publication and reading of Sunday newspapers and that the second Sunday Sun-day In each year he set apart for preaching on this topic A sentiment was manifested In the Presbytery not only In favor of this but against traveling trav-eling going to the poatofilce for malls and all secular work not absolutely necessary Rev C M Shepherd for j thp cbmniitteO on foreign missions ye Qiit1 Unit thiOre had been no fahilpg dfi in mfiOnL14Y benevolence The above permanent committee reports were adopted A bill and overture from the general assemblY excluding clorgyment from participation In Presbyteryproceedings I who were not In active service was voted ugilnat The moderator reported these contributions tobe Included under un-der the twentieth century fund Evanston 1500 the amount raised for building the new church WcBlmlnstor Salt Lake 765 Logan S090 Third church Salt Lake 5f Spanish Fork 30 St George 20 Hyrum ft was announced that Elder Charles May would he examined Monday at 10 a m for ordination COMMITTEES APPOINTED The following committees were ap I pointed to examine tilt sessional loc ords of the various churches the ex amlners being of different churches Rev r i liey ticj CjssOfl WdOrl Nc I 5IAICa 7r I Clerli 4 I 4 4 Jk Ii 4 i I W 1c 1lJer 5iiitl5 Ffl1nCflC Font than those whose record they arc to j examine Dr R Cooper Bnjley Lo 1 gnu Elder A D I McComb SmithfIeld I I Rev P T Rohbnch Ephralm Elder E P Shelton Manti Rev AV H Davis Hyrum Elder D II Twomey Pleasant Grove Rev Dr R G Mc Niece Rvnnston Elder G H Marshall Highland Boy Rev John E Carver Ncplil Elder S H Tolles Kaysville Rev C M Shepherd American Fork Elder Charles May Pleasant Grove Rev F L Arnold Parowan Elder A I i D McComb Payoon Rev TV H Bloch Richfield Rev James Thompson Sa llna Rev Thomas Lee Benjamin Elder El-der G H Marshall Sprlngvllle Rev George Bailey First church Salt Lake EUldrC C Norwood Spanish Rev N E ricmenson Fork Salt Lake Elder D II Txvomo Ctttfllflser church y rliird Salt Lake Adjourned until Monday |
