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THE PRESBYTERIA
THE TEXAS 8YX0DICAL COXFEREXCE.
Having read with Interest the recent
articles by Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Vance
and Mrs. Ramsey, 1 am sending an account
of the origin, purpose, and plan
of our Texas Synodical Conference. It
is not claimed that this is a perfect
plan, but it seems to me to be one of
the best. While the matter is before
the minds of our women, I thought It
wnillri ha wall fa orlurt - * U
n?ti I.U 511c an abkUUiil UI III
hoping it may be helpful and suggestive.
The conference of the Presidents of
the Presbyterial Unions held its initial
meeting at Austin during the meeting
of Synod in 1904, and came together at
the suggestion of Mrs. J. C. Terrell, ?
then president of the Fort Worth Union. 1
The chief purpose of this conference 1
was to try to arrange the dates of meeting
of the various Unions, so that one 1
Foreign Missionary could be present at
the meeting of each Union, thus econo- '
mizing the time of the missionary, and 1
saving considerable expense.
These conferences continued to be 1
held at the meeting of Synod from year 1
to year, until the conference was form- 1
ally recognized and organized by Synod, 1
in session at Sherman in 1910. i
At this meeting in 1910 a constitution ]
was adopted, in accord with the Assembly's
recommendation. (See As- 1
sembly's Minutes of 1910, page 47.) 1
Some of the main articles are here i
given. I
Article II. The Conference shall be 1
composed of two official and voting rep- I
resentatives from each Union, prefer- I
ably the President and Visitor. Any 1
member of any Union will be welcomed i
as a visitor at the meetings. 1
Article III. The officers of this Con- 1
ference shall be a President, VicePresident.
Secretary and Treasurer. s
Article IV. The purpose of the Con- '
ference is to discuss matters of common
interest to thA Presh?t??i?i "
- - IV/l IC41 UUIU11S I
and especially to arrange for consecu- i
tive meetings of the Unions, In order to i
secure the best service of visiting mis- <
sionaries, at the leaBt expense. No t
program involving Imported speakers 1
shall be arranged, but such popular ?
meetings as may be found convenient t
and advisable may be held. c
Article V. The Conference shall hold
its meetings at the same time and a
place of Synod. 5
Article VII. Each Union shall be as- f
sessed $1.00 annually, to pay expensees !:
of Synodlcal Conference, for printing, e
postage, etc.
The meetings are not held behind S
closed doors because the matters dis- c
cussea are of interest to all our women, i:
*
. laiuiia are welcomed and urged to at- p
Perfect Ser
On roads good or bad?yon will ahi
best service from your Cartercar.
The patented Friction Transmissio
climb 50% grades, and to go thr
muddy roadways which seem imposs
(This transmission is remarkably
posed of only two units and require
attention.
kN OF THE SOUTH
tend. though they take no part In the
discussions. The distances in Texas
are so great a Union would be too expensive,
so we have only two representatives
from each Union and they pay
their own way, usually. One member
who attended the Conference of 1911 at
Galveston travelled over four hundred
miles and paid 525.00 for railroad fare.
The purpose of the Conference Is not
to raise funds, believing bhat it is best
that money should go through the regular
church channels. Each Union
(eleven in all), is taxed $1.00 to pay
for postage, printing, etc.
This year the Conference is trying to 1
interest the Unions, and the Unions the
local societies, to help In the erection of
our Mexican Industrial School, but the
Conference Is not raising the money as
a Conference.
The purpose of the Conference is to
arrange consecutive meetings of the
CnionB, for In covering the territory of i
Texas, a missionary must travel many I
miles to get around to all the Unions (
\fter the places of meeting are selected 1
they are arranged in the most convenient
order and the dates arranged
accordingly. Incidentally it might be
3tated that tbls arrangement requires
no small amount of study and correspondence.
The Conference always meets with
Synod and this is a distinct advantage
because the ladles can have advice and
Information on any subject from the
preachers and secretaries. Then they
bear the many fine addresses made before
Synod by the missionaries, secretaries,
and others. They adjourn to
bear any that come in the day time,
ind at night have no session, but meet
w'th Synod in Its popular meetings.
Last fall we heard Drs. Finn, Martin,
UcGill and Egbert Smith, and sermons
*nd educational addresses by our own
B CAUO IllCU. *
Our Conference has gotten out report 1
jlanks and sent them to each Union, on ^
.vhieh they will send In their statistical i
eport. This report will show: number ^
>f soclet'es, number of members;
imounts raised for Foreign Missions, I
3ome Missions, and the Industrial 1
School; the number of subscribers to c
he 'Survey; the number of study C
lasses, etc. c
"When the first Conference (then only C
in advisory committee), met seven
'ears ago, Texas had only 5 Unions. In f
our years' time a Union was organized fl
n every Presbytery, so the work has
xtended. ii
Summing up and replying to Mrs. t'
Stewart's nine objections to Conferen- o
es, 1 would say, 1. We are an or,;an- a
ired body. 2. We do have a definite t'
Ian. 3. We do gather statistics. 4. t'
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(dee on all kinci
rays get the verjj The self starter ellml
in starting. A lady <
as a man.
n enables it to Chaln-In-011 Drive,
ough sandy and strong brakes, three-qi
lble to travel. other features just a
wonderful efficiency o
simple?is com'.8
practically no It rides and drives ea
speed you wish.
1 lines, tmirtnop oom "? *
4 9 v?*of a yauaiciBj IIVC gOOQ
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mplete information.
Cartercar Company
Pontiac, Michigan
[ April 10, 1912
Our w?rk has extended. 5. We do not
meet behind closed doors. (5. We do
hear the leading men in our Assembly.
7. Representatives have been coming
together for seven years at their own
expense. 8. The expense is small indeed
outside of railroad fare. 9. In ten
years If all the work of our church will
grow in proportion as our Texas work
has grown, we think Synodical Conferences
(or Unions If that name is preferred),
after the Texas plan, will be
well worth while. But beyond and
above any plan let us exalt Jesus
Christ, and give the coming of his kingdom
uppermost place in our hearts.
Mrs. Jno. V. McCall.
Gainesville, Tex.
FORCE AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED
TO COMPLETE OUR TASK IN
MEXICO.
The task is unfinished. The command
of Jesus was to teach all nations
to observe all his commands. The
Church was commissioned to do this
work. In the light of this last command
of our Lord a very cursory examnation
of conditions will make it very
jvident that our part of this work has
lot been finished in Mexico. We say
>ur part of the task. The Southern
Presbyterian Church has undertaken to
?ive the Gospel to about five hundred
thousand people in Mexico. These are
t:nong the most liberty loving and progressive
of the Mexican people, living in
:wo of the States which border on our
)wn Southern territory. They are lookng
to us to give them the Bread of
?.ife. If we fail them they will not be
>upplled.
The more that one studies the
leed of the Missionary enterprise In
Mexico the more the conviction grows
hat the obligation on the part of the
:.hristians in the United States to go
'orward with this work Is urgent and
)indlng. Mexico is a land without the
.Vord of God. Perhaps not one person
n a thousand would ever see the Bible
vere It not for the Protestant work.
'The entrance of thy Word glveth
jight;" "Sanctify them through thy
Truth, thy Word is Truth." No people
:an be saved without a knowledge of
lod as revealed in his Word; no nation
an uc great wunoui a Knowledge or
Jod, and this comes only from his
Vord. This living Word Is withheld
rom the people. Our task will not be
Inished until we give It to them.
Mexico Is a land with low moral
deals. They need a power to enable
hem to live a righteous life and to
vercome sin. The statement was made
bout South America by one who
horoughly understood the conditions
hat "Male chastity was practically unI
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can drive a Cartercar as easily
full floating rear axle, three
uarter elliptic rear*springs, and
s good, are responsible for the
f the Cartercar.
isily over all roads?and at any
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