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erian of the South tlnifi % ..lltiJO) /.ivjqi'j ?"ju jy \ \ <>1. !>7. \. RICHMOND, VA. September 20, V.)i - VI IK i I X I A SYNOD is lioMinii its one hun dred ami thirty-tifth anniisil session at I 11 i< >i i Seminary in Richmond. This is tin* luniiiniiiu of a new arrangement for ii< inee! inii". It 1 im - become in. tic and more difficult each year tu liiitl a church lliat ?*? >u l? 1 entertain so larjje a IhmIv. At its last session tin* Synod ^elected tin* Seminary as its permanent place uf nieetinir. ami will meet there from year to year. with the proviso that each alternate year it will accept an invitation from any church tlial wishes to entertain the Itody. So far as I >o ? i I > l? * I he monitors of Synod will he lodged in the dormitories of the Seminary and the t raining School. As it i? prohahle that these will not accoiiiniodate all who will eoinc, others will he provided for in private homes. This year the Synod will he the quests of the (Jinter Park ("liureli, which will serve meals in the Seminary dining-room. Hut hereafter it is Hcliiiuffh'r Hall, t'nion TlieoloKritHJ Seminary, Richmond, \ where tlio Synod ?f \ irKinia is meeting, planned that the Svnod shall entertain itself". A r rangeuicnts will lie marie with the Seminary to furnish meals. This is the first time in the South, so far as we know flint any eourt of the I 'resbyterian Church has adopted a permanent meeting place, or h;is planned to entertain it self'. When the new buildings of the Training School are completed it will l>e easier to ac commodate the Synod. If is claimed flint this arrangement will have some decided advant ages. The memliers of the Svnori will he tin- own much more closely together, and they will |>e aide to see much more of each other than when scattered among many homes. They will also he ahle to transact the business of the Synod more expeditiously. The sessions of the ImmIv will he held in SchauH'ler Hall, the new model Sunday School Ihiilding. This building was a gift, to the Seminary by Mrs. Kennedy, ??f New York. O V X ( ) I )S generally are meeting much earlier ^ than usual fliis year, and many Presby teries will meet later. This is in accordance with a very wise suggestion of the CJeneral As semhly. Some times in the past matters have Ik-cii sent down hy tlir Assembly to he passed <?n to tin* I'reshyteries. As the Synods usually uu't alter tlie fall meetings of I'reshyteries. communications from tlie Synods did not rear t lie I'reshyteries until the spring meet itius. wliieli were held after tlie houiniiiuii of anotla r eeelesiast ica I year. Now such matters can l?o passed on without unnecessary delay. This will add to the importance o| the Synod and will put it in the place to which it belongs in the economy of the ('liurcli. Dk\ II AIMiV KM K.I {SON KOSDICK is a liaptist minister, ordained to preach the yospel of salvation through failli in a Saviour, horn of the Virjiin. and crucilied on the cross to make atonement for man's sins. Kor some time, in response to the call of that Church, he has heen p reach iiiir every Sunday in the ureal First I'reshvteriau Church of New York. In li is preaching lie lias attacked and denied and denounced almost all <>t' tlu? fundamental doc trines hold by the Church wliicli ordained liini and by the Church for which he is now preach ing for a pretty good salary. The Continent, speaking of hint ami his preaching says: "l)r. Fosdick takes the sjime view of the authority <>L' I lie liible and <d the essential doctrines taught in it and accepted by the ( lunch. as did Coioml Robert Ingersoll. They l>oih reject the Old Testament, and rehearse its mistakes. They accept the New Testament in its social teach ings of ( 'In ist. hut reject all of its great funda mentals. I >oth Dr. Fosdick and Colonel Inger soll were brought up in the church. The dif ference between the two is this: When Colonel Ingersoll knew his lteliefs were antagonistic to the church, he withdrew and carried on his propaganda independently, accepting the re sponsibility and maintenance of the same him self. Dr. Fosdick is determined to remain in side the church and fight her by the boring pro cess within her own walls, and compel the church to maintain him nnd l>e responsible for him and Iiis propaganda. llathcr 1 1 i;i 11 withdraw and follow Iiis own course in his own way ami wit!, his own support, lie means to stay in tho church, ami hv a hitter liji'lit compel the church to en dorse lii in or exclude liim ami Iiis followers. Ill ? w does tliis differ from tlie purpose ami ac tion of tlie hamlits wlio force tlicir way into ;i home ami compel its occupants to throw up their liamls or yield their property ami their lives? In the case of the hamlits, ilie only <|iie-tion is. has the man of the house power to resist If not, all i^ lost. If the church has not the power to resist, she too will he de vastated." ROC Kit I5AI5SOX, the well known busi ness man, in speaking to the ipicstion, "Why I (io to Church," said: -The need o) the hour is not more factories or materials, not more railroads or steamships. not inure jinnies or more navies, lull rather more education hased on tlie teachings of .lesn-. I lii' prosperity of our country depends on tin* motives ami purposes of the people. These motives and purposes are directed only in the right course through religion. In spite of their imperfections, this is why I Iwliove in our churches, ami why I am a great optimist on their future. We stand at the cross-roads. We must choose between (iod and mannnon. Ma lerialisin is undermining our civilization as it hits undermined other civilizations. I'nless we lieed the warning iu lime ;in<l get Inick to the real fundamentals, we must fall even as the civilizations of Kgvpt, Greece and Rome fell and for the same reason. Statistics of every nation indicate that true religion is the power necessary for I he development of its resources, ami for its successful continuation. The chal lenge goes out to every man to support his church, to take au active part in the religious life of hi* community, to live according to the simple principles upon which this, the greatest country in the world, was founded three hun dred years ago."