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Parliamentary Law for Auxiliaries
Order of Business for Amending and Adopting Constitution and By-Luws.
By Mrs. Narcissa Tayloe Shawhan.
The Chair should stand while in
troducing and disposing of each Item
of business but always resumes her
seat after assigning the floor to any
one else. During debase she should
be seated and give close attention to
the speaker on the floor.
Chair (Standing). The next busi
ness in order is hearing reports of
special committees. You will please
listen to a report of the committee
on Constitution and By-Laws.
Committee Chairman (Standing).
Madam President, (await recognition)
as chairman of the committee on Con
stitution and By-Laws I beg leave to
submit its report:
The committee appointed to re
vise the Constitution and By-l^aws
has agreed upon tlio following re
vision which conforms with the es
tablished standards. The committee
lias directed me to report the same
and move its adoption.
Cliair (Rising). It is customary to
have two readings, one as a whole by
the reporting chairman, and another
seriatim, but with thw consent of the
assembly (pause), the reading of the
Constitution and By-Laws as a whole,
will be dispensed with and the ar
ticles will be taken seriatim. (Pause).
If no one objects (the Chair says),
you will please listen to the reading
of Article I of the * onstltution.
(Committee chairman reads firse
article).
Chair (Standing). Are there any
amendments proposed to this article?
(Pause). If not, the next will be
read. You will please listen to the
reading of Article II.
(Committee chairman reads second
article).
Clinlr (Standing). Are there any
amendments to this article. (Pause).
If not, the next will be read. You
will please listen to the reading of
Article III.
(Committee chairman reads third
article).
(Note: No vote is taken on adopt
ing the separate articles, the Chair
putting to vote only the proposed
amendments offered to the articles or
sections. When all seven articles
have been thus read and amended,
the whole Constitution is still open to
further amendment).
Committee Chairman (At Jlose of
reading). Madam President (await
recognition), I move the adoption of
the Constitution (in case of amend
ment, say, 'As amended.")
Member (Sitting). Madam Presi
dent (without recognition), I second
the motion.
work until nearly $50,000 wns so.
cured, and that too without any In
terference with the regular work of
Foreign Missions.
Other similar calls might be men
tioned to show what the-rall Call ot
Montreat is. But let me give an
"up-to-date" proof of the real nature
r.r a Montreat Call.
During the Foreign Mission Con
ference we learned of a hospital build
ing in the city of Morelia, Mexico
We heard from our missionaries of
its clor.ed doors; its empty roomi its
waiting physicians, all standing and
waiting for the lack of the noceasarv
equipment. The physician is young,
consecrated and skillful, having had
service in Congo.
Always we have Mexico's waiting
and sin-sick crowdB, waiting for what
they know not" of, waiflng for the
Oreat Physician. Hut alas, there 1?
Chair (Standing). It has been
moved and seconded to adopt the
Constitution. Are there any amend
ments. If not, all in favor say Aye,
opposed No. The" Ayes have it and
the Constitution is adopted. You will
please listen to the reading of Article
I of the By-Laws.
(Committee chairman reads first
article).
Cliair (Standing). Are there any
amendments to this article? (Pause).
If not, the next will be read. You
will please listen to* the reading of
Article II.
(Committee chairman reads second
article).
Chair (Standing). Are there any
amendments to this article? (Pause).
If not, the next will be read. You
will please listen to the reading of
Article III.
(Committee chairman reads third
article).
(Note: When all the articles have
been thus read and amended, the
whole By-Laws are open to further
amendment. The By-Laws are read,
amended and adopted as a whole,
exactly like the Constitution).
Committee Chairman (At close of
reading). Madam President (await
recognition), I move the adoption of
the By-Laws (in case of amendment,
say, "As amended.")
Member (Sitting). Madam Presi
dent (without recognition), I second
the motion.
Chair (Standing). It has been
moved and seconded to adopt the By
Laws. Are there any amendments to
any part of the By-Laws? (Pause).
All in favor say Aye, opposed No. The
Ayes have It and the By-Laws (in
case of amendment, say, "As amend
ed") are adopted.
When amendments are proposed
use this form:
Member (Standing). Madam Presi
dent (await recognition), I move to
amend Article II by adding the words
(mention words in amending).
Member (Sitting). Madam Presi
dent (without recognition), I seconl
the motion.
Cliair (Standing). It has been
moved and seconded to amend by
adding the words (mentioning words
in the amendment). Are you ready
for the question? (Pause). All in
favor say Aye, opposed No. The Ayes
have It and the amendment is
adopted. You will please listen to
the reading of Article III.
(Note: Amendments to Articles
and sections are treated In just this
way).
no equipment; no operating table, no
Instruments, no furniture! Just the
doctor, the building and the waiting
crowds!
The call must be answered with
$4,000. Only four times $1,000 or
one thousand times $4; or even $100
sent In by forty men and women would
clear the docket, unlock the doors and
set the doctor free. How about the
$1 sent by 4,000 who would like to
see this through? Oh! It can be
done.
Are there not many who when they
hear, can do so small a thing as this
for one who is giving his life: yea,
for One who has given His life?
It would seem that this is indeed a
small thing for those who expected,
attempted and accomplished such
wonderful things as were done In
Congo.
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Laymen and Their Work
FATHER AXI> SON.
Be more than his dad,
Be chum to the lad;
Be a part of his life
Every hour of the day;
Find time to talk with him,
Take time to walk with him.
Share in his studies
And share in his play;
Take him to places,
To ball games and races;
Teach him the things
That you want him to know;
Don't live apart from him.
Don't keep your heart from him.
Be his best comrade.
He's needing you so.
? Edgar A. Guest.
ASSEMBLY'S COMMITTEE ON
MEN'S WORK.
At the last meeting of our Gen
eral Assembly provlflon was made
for an Assembly's Permanent Com
mittee on Men's Work. This com
mittee consists of Dr. J. P. McCallie,
Chattanooga. Tenn.; Dr. W. J. Mar
tin, Davidson, N. C.; Hon. Rhodes S.
Baker, Dallas, Tex.; Dr. Alfred Hume,
University, Miss.; Rev. Dr. W. R.
Dobyns, Birmingham, Ala.; Rev. Dr.
H. W. DuBose, Danville, Va.; Rev
Dr. J. L. Mauze, Huntington, W. Va.
This committee met recently at
Montreat for organization with every
member present. At this meeting
steps were taken, in conjunction with
representatives of the Laymen's
Movement, towards relating and In
tegrating the important activities o!
that movement to the work of the
Committee, and plans were made to
secure through the pastors of the
churches, full Information as to the
present organized activities of our
men In the local churches, to the end
that the committee may have the
benefit, as far as possible, of the wis
dom and experience of the entire
Church and be able to go ahead ad
visably.
This committee says: "Obviously
the Committee must and should func
tion under the direction of tne Own
era! Assembly, largely through Per
manent Committees on Men's Work
to be provided by our Synods and
Presbyteries; similar to our As
sembly's Permanent Committee, the
majority of whose members are lay
men.
"The duties of the Assembly's Com
mittee are believed to be solely along
promotional and educational lines in
furthering the Progressive Program.
Its first emphasis, therefore, will be
placed upon the first two departments
of the Progressive Program, namely,
Spiritual Life, and Evangelism and
Missions. The Committee recognizes
that in the men of our Church thern
are boundless capacities for worship
and service, and it seeks the symna
thetic and prayer-filled co-operation
of our whole Church in the efforts the
Committee hopes to make to serve
the men of our Church."
Presbyteries and 8ynods are urged
to appoint these committees at once,
where they do not already exist, in
order that the whole Church may be
organized as soon as possible.
Objection has been raised to this
plan by some who say that there is
no need for such organization. They
say that the Church aa a whole ought
to do its whole work. The same ar
gument was used when It was first
proposed to organize the women of
the Church. But there are few peo
ple who will now say that the organi
zation of the Woman's Auxiliary was
a mistake.
If the men can be as thoroughly
organized and will be as faithful and
loyal to their organization as the
women have been, he would be a
brave man who would dare to predict
what they could accomplish. He
would be a faithless pessimist, who
would dare say that the men would
be less faithful and loyal, when they
once began to realize what such an
organization would mean to them ana
to the Church.
Those who say that there is no
need of organizations in the Church
overlook the fact that most is accom
plished where there is a proper divi
sion of labor. Suppose the Church
should try to do all of its work as a
whole. Whenever any new work is
proposed. It would be necessary to
have a meeting of the whole congre
gation, when every man, woman and
child who is a member of the church
should be present and should vote
on every proposition presented. Sup
pose it is the question of starting a
new mission some milea away from
the church, or of offering and provid
ing for assisting some near-by vacant
church, there would be n? seea ??r
having the children to vote on this
matter. In conference with the Ses
sion, they could handle the Question
far better. And so it would be with
the details of the work to be done
by the women, the young people
the children.
When the work is to be done> by
the whole church, the tendency is, as
experience has shown, for each class
of workers to put it off on some
body else. The men have been say
ing: "Let the women do it." Now
they are realizing their own responsi
bility, and as they assume responsi
bility they will do great things for
God and for the Church.
The most gratifying and encourag
ing feature of this movement is, that
it has come from the hearts of the
men themselves.
IiAYMEN'8 ASSOCIATION ORGAN
IZED IN CONCORD PRESBYTERY.
Concord Presbytery, at its spring
meeting, anproved the Laymen's As
sociation plan, and appointed a com
mittee to set up the organization.
It was 'lecided that, owing to the
shape of the Presbytery, it would be
wise to have three separate group
organizations. Western, Central and
Eastern, and this plan was followed.
At Valdese. N. C., August 8, States
ville, N. C., August 9, and Concord.
August 10, the men of the Presbytery
met in threa mass meetings and
formed three group organizations with
the following officers: Western group.
Dr. D. M. Mcfntosh. Old Port, N. C..
president; Mr. Rufus Gwyn, Lenoir,
N. C., vice-president; Mr. Phillip L.
Guigon. Valdese. secretary, and Mr.
L. E. Erwin, Morganton, N. C., treas
urer. Central group, Mr. H. D. Mills,
Mooresville. N. C.. president; Mr. S.
A. Grier, Barium Springs, N. C., vice
nresident; W. L. Gilbert, Statesville,
N. C.. secretary, and H. T. Kelly, Tay
lorsville, treasurer. Eastern group,
Mr. C. F. Ritchie. Concord. N. C.,
rrpsident; Mr. C. H. Hamilton, David
son, N. C., vice-president; Mr. J. J.
Barnhardt. Concord, N. C., secretary,
and Mr. Sam Black, R. F. D., Con
cord, N. C., treasurer.
There was much interest shown by
the men at all three meetings in the
program of active work for men pre
s(?nted, and a ver? deep spiritual note
(Continued orfpage 13)