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June 2, 1909. TH
to the cinmnunication received on the
subject of tuberculosis.
"Report of committee appointed upon request
of K. G. Koutznhn, director of the
American Tuberculosis Kxhlbition, to confer
with t ho Vntlnnnl A mrooIii t Inn for tho sttmlv
and prevention of tuberculosis."
To the Genernl Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States, In session In
Savannah, Ga., May 20, 1900.
Your committee desires to report ns follows:
By reason of the world-wide Interest exhibited
In the prevention of tuberculosis,
which is now recognized as a contagious and
preventable disease, nud because of the
broadly humanitarian character of this work,
which Is engaging the attention of all civic
and educational bodies, we would therefore
respectfully recommend that this body. In Assembly
Convened, express Its hearty appreciation
of the work of the National Association
for the study and prevention of tuberculosis,
and endorse the educational propaganda which
Is now being conducted under Its auspices.
Respectfully submitted.
t. J. ARCHER, M. P..
M. E. GIUMORE. M. D..
E. G. M'CORMICK, M. D.
Dr. H. A. White, presented the report
of the Standing Committee on . Schools
and Colleges.
The Standing Committee on Schools and
Colleges begs leave to report to the General
Assembly its follows:
Your committee lins examined with care the
annual report of the Executive Committee of
Schools and Colleges, together with the Minutes
of said committee. An overture from the
Presbytery of Abingdon has nlso been referred
to your committee. This overture asks for the
establishment of "a great Southern Presbyterian
University" as a memorial to John
Calvin.
In the Minutes of the Executive Committee
of Schools and Colleges your committee finds
ample evidence of the most unwearied zeal
and energy manifested on the part of the
chairman and members of the Executive Committee.
The report of the treasurer of the
said committee, forming a part of the annual
report, shows that during the year. seventyfour
(74) of our Presbyteries contributed the
sum of j2.724.01 for the support of the schools
and colleges of our Church.
Your committee presents the following
recommendation:
1. That the Assembly approve the diligence
of the chairman and members of the Executive
Committee In their faithful efforts to
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work of our Church.
2. That the Assembly pledge anew Its
fnlth to maintain Inviolate the system of
education established by the founders of our
Church.
3. That the Assembly accept the challenge
Implied In the discriminations now made on
every hand against schools owned and controlled
by the Church. This challenge touches
the life of the Church Itself, since our schools
now constitute almost the entire source of
supply from which come our ministers and
missionaries.
With the aforesaid challenge In view, let the
Assembly declare Its purpose to place a system
of Church schools upon the widest possible
basts of material equipment. To this end.
let the Assembly lay It as a solemn duty
upon the henrts of all of our people to pour
their gifts Into the treasury In such large
measure that our Church schools may be endowed
In the most liberal manner.
I/et the Assembly declnre Its purpose In
this manner, to offer to the youth who attend
our Church educational advantages equal to
those that may be found In any other schools.
4. That the Assembly direct the Executive
Committee of Schools and Colleges to consider
the feasibility of Inaugurating a forward
movement In behalf of our Church schools,
with a view to their more complete endowment
and maintenance, and that the Executive
Committee be authorized. If the way be
clear, to enter at once upon the presecutlon
of such a forward movement among our Presbyterian
people.
B. That the Assembly urge all pastors
and Sessions within our bounds to give earnest
consideration to the regular collections in
?mren ana September in behalf of our Chureh
schools.
6. That "the Assembly authorise the Executive
Committee to appoint a secretary and
such additional officers or agents as may l?e
found necessary for conducting the work entrusted
to the care of the said committee,
v 7. That In response to the overture from
the Abingdon Presbytery, the following reply
be made:
The Assembly recognizes the Importance of
a university owned and controlled by the
M Southern Presbyterian Church, but the way
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does not now seem clear to undertake the
establishment of such an Institution.
8. Thnt the schedule of annual church collections
be modified to this extent, thnt the
collections now assisted to the second Sunday
in the month of March be transferred to
iut- iirsi sununy in me ruontn or June.
9. That F. H. Gaines nnd J. K. Orr be reelected
members of the Executive Committee
for a term of three years. Further, that H.
11. Arbuckle be elected of the same committee
for three years, since C. M. Candler asks to
Mi released from the committee.
Respectfully submitted.
HK>ItV ALEXANDER WHITE,
Chairman.
At 9 p. m., an address was delivered
by Dr. S. A. King, of Austin Theological
Seminary on "How far has Original Calvinism
been Modified by Time. ' The
Assembly extended its cordial thanks for
Dr. King's learned and discriminating
address.
Adjourned until 9:30 a. m. tomorrow.
Eighth Day?Friday, May 28, 9:30 a. m.
ThP A QQPm h 1V U'QC nnonoH Hoiro.
tional exercises conducted by the Rev.
Dr. J. E. Thacker.
The Minutes of yesterday were read
and approved.
The report of the .committee on Colored
Evangelization was taken from the docket
and adopted.
The report of the Committee on Schools
and Colleges was amended as to article 6.
The amendment provided for the election
of Secretary of Schools and Colleges of
the Assembly.
The Rev. Dr. Wm. E. Boggs was unanimously
elected, by a rising vote, Assembly's
Secretary of Schools and Colleges
for the next three years and accepted the
same.
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The report of the committee on Systematic
Benehcence was taken from the
docket, amended and adopted.
Rev. Charles Merle D'Aubigne made
affectionate ana interesting parting words
to the Assembly, in which special reference
was made to the fact that May 25
is the 350th anniversary of the meetings
of the first French Protestant General
Assembly, which convened in Paris, in
1559. The Moderator responded in fitting
terms while tne Assembly stood.
A hearty expression of thanks was
adopted by a rising vote.
The report of the Committee on Ministerial
Education and Kelief was taken
from the docket and adopted. (10 be
published later.) .
The Commission appointed to try the
complaint of Rev. W. H. Mills against
the Synod of South Carolina, reported its
findings in the case, which was not to
sustain the complaint. The decision of
tne Commission was made the judgment
of the Assembly in the case.
The Select Committee on Marriage and
Divorce presented its renort. which wa?
adopted.
The following report of the Special
Committee on Papers, touching the reply
of the Synod of Kentucky and other
papers, was adopted.
(To be published later)
The report on a Judicial Tribunal not
being reported on by the Committee on
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Bills and Overtures, was placed on the
docket for consideration of the next
Assembly.
The records of tne Synods of South
Carolina were approved on recommendation
Of the committee
The Moderator appointed the following
committee ad interim provided for in
papers adopted: On the North Carolina
Synod's overture touching changes in the
form of government in relation to the
Synod, Rev. Messrs. Thos. C. Johnson, W.
W. Moore, R. C. Reed and Rev. William
Black and Judge G L. Christian; on marriage
and divorce. Rev. Dr. W. E. Boggs,
by appointment of the Assembly, Drs. G.
B. Strickler, R. H. Fleming, Russell
Cecil, Rev. R. W. Jopling and Mr. J. S.
Munce. (Others to be filled by' the
Moderator.^
The Committee on Leave of Absence
made a report, which was approved.
The Moderator, in the name of the Assembly,
presented a Waterman's Ideal
fountain pen to each of the pages who
had served the iseomhlw l?o
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viz.: William A. Alexander, Jr., William
Baker and Edgar Morrow.
Rev. Dr. W. W. Moore was appointed
a committee of one to consider and report
to the next Assembly, concerning
"The Day of the Reformation" (first Sunday
in November), as existing in the
French Churches.
The Minutes of todays session were
read and approved, and after singing,
prayer and the Apostolic Benediction, the
Assembly was formally dissolved by the
Moderator and another called in like manner
to convene in Lewisburg, W. Va., at
11 o'clock a. m., on the third Thursday
in May, 1910.
Thos H. Law, Permanent Clerk.
INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL
Going into a house of one of our Texas
cities, I saw lying upon ?. bed what was
once a man; now, seemingly a ghost.
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mil wuiKFuaucv uure a aeaoiy pallor, bis
hands wore drawn out of shape, and r.n
his bone3 was scarcely flesh sufficient to
hold die frame together. The spectacle
was pitiable in the extreme. Indeed, so
revolting was the scene that I coula
scarcely bear to look upon it aud hastened
to leave the room. As I reached
the street, I encountered the Rev. ,
who gave me his story: The odd man was
eighty-one years old, and for three years
had lain upon that bed, absolutely helpless.
Until very recently he would allow
no ministers to talk with or pray with
him. but when one approached with such
intemtions, he would repel him with bitter
curses. But a few days before this he
had softened his heart and, as a result,
has made a profession of his faith.
I could think of nothing with which
to compare ij but the case of the thieT
on the cross.
FY>r eighty-one years he had been bound
by Satan and for throe years of the
time omcifled on that bed of suffering,
to be delivered at last by the grace <?f
God. Verily, no man may limit Its long
suffering or its power.
Lenox?"Does your wife do much fancy
work, old chap?"
Bronx?"Well, she won't let a porous
plaster come Into the house without crocheting
a blue border around It and running
a pink ribbon through the holes."