| Show ii B IY Wants Anti Anil Amendment to 10 It Ihl hi tic Con Philadelphia Ia Pa May con eon consideration of church burCh board reports was al continued tt U session of ot the Presbyterian general enral assembly The special orders for the day do w acre re the re me reports ports of the committees on home mis missions mi mimic alit aid for fOI colleges collel and church erection eeoc Ion tion Addresses Ad rel c were made madl by b the till chairmen of it the tl hi P committees and boards and the assembly was Will urged to exert Itself Helf to In the th utmost ulmot In behalf of the tue various church hurCh Institutions Every effort effI Is II being made mad by br th tit te as II assembly lI to 10 dispose of or all Illi routine matters lefort debate on revision begins In or order order der that when that subject 1 Is l settled there Ib ti may be little 1101 unfinished business to consider The report of ot the committee on home missions ml read ad by Her Hev Dr hugh 11 mh Walk Walker er chairman contained numerous recommendations one of or the most moM Im Important being an earnest earn commendation I of the proposed amend amendment silent ment to 0 the tb Const I Ion of the Ihl United I fit Ales II In this connection the reports states We v urge u upon the Importance of ot prompt In I this matter so 10 that such lIuch an amendment may I III Ie submitted to the slates Flutes before the till Mormons hive have the th balance of p ps II I power In IB Mr anT additional states of oC the iks t The committee also alec recommended that the church he be asked to contribute during the ve veer ar r not net less iris than of which I II to be bl used us In evan evin tl work that as lit s II means to se 11 secure curs cure ilila amount amnun and to signalise the th centennial yeAr of or the board the preshy erles h be requested to ak a k churches s for far two 10 wo offerings 1 tn to the III tie board mard that churches families anti and Indi Individuals he hi requested to 10 make makl gifts for objects such much as all f rr r c furnishing a minister or nr a te teacher ch r that the h ncr star tor appoint a committee nt sit n s 11 I ty iv f I III II for th t the hI proper n ep of or atthe the he on anniversary of I the of ff home ml lons during the gi lIIa n nm m prill cral assembly of nf IK Dr Or Walker made a strong appeal on behalf hAlf of o home missions Me lie that hut foreign missions received r en I mu Mi attention from f m the church hurch that tha t home homp missions suffered from t I lIr r Walker W referred milan 1110 to the proponed troed polygamy amendment to the Ion and Ind urged the tb assembly lu I use I it II its influence towards the adopt adO adoption Imi of the amendment It Is III too lat lab latH H Rev hev v Dr Charles harl I 1 L n of New NIT York Vork ork secretary H of ot the t t hooB rd of home tome missions follow with an elo do eloquent 10 quent appeal for support He lie tI l the h wide wi scope of o the tM work and great gent results lIlt thus Utu far tar tarU At U th I Ito on ot of Dr br M 5 address arl tho th assembly log 10 tome and ant sang Ih Just Ju l previous to this adjournment of oe the th morning Elder of or Chicago precipitated a aHI spirited HI debute debate on the lh report of the tie ommittee on un hunts home missions He lie took XII option to lu ci the Ihl statement nt In the ic Ir IrIn IlL In that lIa churches do nut mutt comiti lb ute III itt directly to 0 the tIle home honl mission He ill contended that thai If a presbytery or synod nud supported Us its own home Us its work WH was equal to Unit that of or other presbyteries r und mind synods synod which contrib contributed directly lOot Her He Dr Jr James Jam A Varne of If Chicago protested ted against what lu he h regarded as all an aspersion on the till presby presbyteries I sties teries which contributed to their home borne missions Numerous other commission commissioners ers era were hoard fur for and mind against that portion of the leport and anti Dr Or Walker alker ended the by 11 agreeing to tomake tomake tomake make an air amendment that any commis commissioner might offer The hl objectionable sentence was 1111 finally eliminated si 1 and the report was al adopted A supplemental report rp ort was present presented ed by h tin the com in Union on relief asking askin the Ihl hi assembly to n In iii the ret rec recommendation of the board tire the home haute nt at mho bo be lJ abandoned a The Th report wits wan adopted Dr Or Kos 0 a ii report In behalf of hc hr n Bible DIble society 1101 The Th a 11 resolution com corn n th Iii society IP IPA A tot tIk m in of tretting was W I received Hc be I church In B at lit West eNt Point Miss Minx |
