Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1899 — PRESBYTERIANS MEET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PRESBYTERIANS MEET.

One Hundred and Eleventh Annual Aneembty Convenes at Minneapolis. - Rev. Dr. R. F. Sample, of Westminster Church, New York City, was elected moderator of the one hundred and eleventh annual assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States, which convened in Westminster Church at Minneapolis. Other candidates were Rev. Matthias Haines of the First Church, Indianapolis, and Rev. Dr. R. F. Coyle if Oakland, Cal. Dr. Sample received 338 votes, Dr. Haines 127 and Dr. Coyle 133. The election of Dr. Sample is a victoir for the conservatives. The morning session was devoted to religious services, which were attended by about 600 communicants and so many spectators that the 1,800 seats of the

church were not sufficient to accommodate them. Dr. Henry Branch of Ellicott City, Md., pronounced the invocation. A quartet sang the anthem, “In the Wilderness,” by Goss. Rev. Pleasant Hunter of Minneapolis led in responsive reading of the One Hundred and Twenty-first and One Hundred and Twenty-second Psalms. A number of hymns were sung, and Dr. Douglas P. Putnam of Logansport, Ind., read the Bible lesson. Dr. R. F. Sample of New York made the prayer. The sermon was preached by the retiring moderator, Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, Washington, D. C. Rev. Pleasant Hunter welcomed the assembly to Minneapolis and presented Dr. Sample with a gavel of Cuban, Porto

Rican and Philippine wood. A resolution was adopted directing the moderator to send to M. De Stael, president of the international peace conference, a message, “invoking the blessing of Almighty .God on your deliberations.”

WESTMINSTER CHURCH.