Show PRESBYTERIANS FIND FINDA A LION IN THE PATH DM Des MoInes la Ia 11 May Ia 18 Tho feature of oC today of or the general genera was tho the unexpected of o an obstacle le to tile the union the th assembly In this city and that of ot the Cumberland PI church It camo caine up In III connection with witha a II request relue l from th Cumberland bly bl In nt lit Decatur Ill III that the iha thoDE Des DE Moines Interpret Its It I nc no thou on ott certain fo ro the original utah inal agreement nt for tor union po so BM as to up tip upset I set lIet et the pIous made mado by b a minority of cit If till the Cumberland church In lit the suit nR I lug Ins for tor an All Injunction against the union I II II between the two to bottles bodies I Tho The request brought blought on oct n a deb debate te which showed d the tho to hn ho h quite seriously divided In opinion an nut to the th proper Interpretation The rite pica by b the Cumberland r church Is I that certain amendments were wert adopted by bythe b bythe the church 1 I S H A on 01 judicial lon which are UIO an ell addition to the basis of union tuition decided on en nt at In hi n 1901 1301 The assembly today toda by n a lar large e c ma majority majority majority declared that the amendments while evidently carried by hI h the tho preshy presby presbyteries teries telles had not nol yet et been reported to the tho assembly or declined n a part of the Ion eon constitution of or the tho church by the tho assent UA bly that they the re not a 11 part of or the constitution and would not nol bo be until de ha declared Jared dared adopted are aro now tiow cone conio con 1 null and void The Tho eight boards of ot the Presbyterian church report to the assembly a total I In for or the past pu t year ear of ot the largest Income In ha tho the history of oC thu tito church of ot this amount I was derived from the Lice regular church offerings of or tho the church and about bout n I uti one M of the total Income has hAK beep been re ret received r through legacies The Income of o the tiit college hoard board for or the tho past hoist year as Foreign missions UH homo home missions ministerial relief aId 3 board of o education church election Sunday school work ork 10 O The Th church offering the past year ear nr exceeded those thop of tho tito previous year by |