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THE ATLANTA U KUKU LA N AMD N KW IS. I'll l KSSDAY. MAY 15, 101.5.
CHURCH. HE W
Columbus Pastor Declares Disas- (
ter 8rought Ohio People
Closer to Religion.
Square Deal for Rural Churches'
Are They Getting It? Asks Stelzle
Big Problems in PresentConditions
Declaring ehurbhes of Columbus.
Ohio, had profited by the rerent floods
and would Rain in strength and in
fluence, Dr. W. H. Houston, newly-
elected secretary of the committee on
vacancy and supply of the l\ S. A.
Presbyterian Assembly, Thursday
talked interestingly of the difficulties
that confront religious workers in the
Ohio capital.
Columbus is rapidly recovering,”
Dr. Houston said, "and will gain in
strength and power by the terrible
experience. Two miles of territory
from the Scioto River to the city
limits was in ruins and the monetary
damage was tremendous.
‘‘The work of the religious bodies
was greatly hindered by the floods,
but the forces are rallying splendidly,
and we expect our churches to gain
in strength, both numerically and in
the results they are able to achieve,
by the experience they have encoun
tered. The flood times brought closer
together than ever before the peo
ple and the churches—brought the
latter to a realization of the tact that
the church is willing, under any and
all circumstances, to work for and
with them, and it awakened the peo
ple to a sense of their duty toward
the churches.”
fn the flooded district of Columbus
was one Presbyterian church, and it
was swept away by the waters. Dr.
Houston, together with Dr. S. S. Pal
mer, prominently mentioned as a can
didate for moderator of the U. S. A.
Assembly, bad charge of the work
of raising $15,000 for the relief and
rebuilding of this church. The Pres
byterian churches of Columbus. Dr.
Houston declared, offered their
buildings as places of refuge for the
stricken people, and for several days
the edifices were crowded with refu
gees.
Huff Not to Issue
Attack Till Tried
MACON, GA„ May 15.—The trial
of Colonel W. A. Huff for contempt
of court, in that he sent an insulting
letter to Judge Emory Speer last
,July, will not take place until next
Tuesday. A day's postponement is
made necessary by reason of Attor
ney General T. S. Felder's engage
ment to appear in the Georgia Su
preme Court on Monday. He repre
sents the aged defendant.
Upon the advice and insistence of
j Attorney Felder Colonel Huff has de-
j cided not to distribute the pamphlet
(containing a new attack on Judge
Speer nor to present his impeach
ment charges to Congress until after
his trial.
Judge W. L. Grubb, of Birming
ham, will preside at the trial, and
District Attorney Street, of Birming
ham, will represent the Government.
Judge Speer will also be represented
by counsel.
Bankers Must Pay
Before They Feast
MACON, GA., May 15.—Prelimin
ary to the formal opening of the an
nual convention of the Georgia Bank-
I ers’ Association to-morrow morning,
there will be a ‘‘group dinner” to
night, which is expected to be at-
. tended by 250 delegates.
This afternoon the executive coun
cil and the committee on bank re-
, form will hold a joint meeting to
draft a proposed bill, intended to
create a new State bank supervisory-
department. If indorsed by the con
vention, this bill will be submitted
! to the Legislature.
Judge Emory Speer will be the
principal speaker at the annual ban
quet to-morrow night. There will
be 400 bankers seated at the tables.
- The plates cost $3.50, payable in ad-
| vance, and, in accordance with a res-
elution adopted last year, each bank-
| er pays for his own feast.
j An Analysis i >me of the Is-
sues in Religious Life of
Presbyterians.
B1 REV. CHARLES A. STELZLE.
Are the country churches getting
a square deal in the Northern Pres
byterian Assembly? Aren’t the city
men dominating the situation on ac
count of their “superior numbers?’
There's a movement under consid
eration to reduce the representation
of commissioners from the big city
presbyteries. Is this proposed policy
fair or unfair to the men from the
great centers of population?
Here are some facts which should
have an important bearing upon the
subject. They- have been worked out
by the Assembly’s bureau of social
service, connected with the board of
home missions, and are graphically
displayed on charts in the bureau’s
exhibit at the Baptist Tabernacle.
Two-thirds Rural Churches.
Two-thirds of all the churches in
the denomination are in the country—
that is, in places of 2,500 or less.
But two-thirds of the membership
in the church lives in the city. As
representation in the Assembly is
based not upon membership but upon
the number of ministers, it can be
readily seen that the minority in the
country has a comparatively larger
representation in the Assembly than
the city majority.
The rule regarding commissioners
is that “each presbytery consisting of
not more than 24 ministers shall send
one minister and one elder; and each
presbytery consisting of more than
24 ministers shall send one minister
and one elder for each additional 24
ministers, or for each additional frac
tional number of ministers not less
than twelve.”
Something over 200 presbyteries are
represented in the Assembly by one
minister and one elder, thus indi
cating that large numbers of very
small presbyteries have more in
fluence in the Assembly than the
groups of big city presbyteries.
Membership Contrasted.
The average city church has a
membership of 295, whereas the av
erage country church has 71 mem
bers. Of the total number of eld
ers in the Presbyterian Church 45
per cent are in the city churches
and 55 per cent in the country
churches, in spite of their swollen
membership. In the city churches
only 2 per cent of the members are
elders, whereas in the country church
4.5 per cent are elders.
According to ithe most recently
published minutes of the Assembly,
upon which this study is based, the
city churches received during the
year 62 per cent of those added on
“examination,” or on “confession of
faith.” The Increase by examination
in the average city church was 5.5
per cent of the total number of new
members received, while the average
for the country church was 5.9 per
cent. The city churches received 71
KILLS HIMSELF ON TRAIN.
ST. LOUIS, May 15.—Fred YV
Hume?, president of the Humes
♦ Fiour Company, of St. Louis, shot
and killed himself in the toilet room
of an incoming train from Kansas
city this morning.
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per cent of all those who united with
the Presbyterian Church by •"certifl-
I cate”—that is, those who came from
other churches.
The Increase by certificate in the
! average city church was 4.6 per cent
| of the total number of members thus
received, and the average for the
country church was 3.3 per cent.
It will be seen that In the mat-
:or of increase through “conversions"
i the city churches and the country
churches are growing In about the
same proportion, so far as the to
tal membership of the church is con
cerned, for the city churches, which
have two-thirds of the total mem
bership, received 62 per cem of those
who came into the church on con-
fessibn.
Country Churches Losing.
Much is being said these days
about the removal of people from
the country to the city, and that the
country churches are losing heavily
on this account. It is of interest to
note tjiat the city churches lost 66
per cent of the total number dismissed,
which again shows the two-thirds
proportion, although it is probably
true that many of these dismissals
were merely from one city church
to another.
The average city church lost 3.8
per cent of its membership through
dismissals, and the average country
church lost 3.4 per cent.
When it comes to the question of
“baptisms” we find that of the total
number of infants baptized 65 per
cent were baptized in the city
churches, but only 52 per cent of the
adults baptized, were baptized in city
Churches.
Taking the two-thirds membership
in the city churches as our basis, we
discover that in the matter of infant
baptism the city and country
churches come out fairly even, but
in the matter of adult baptisms the
country churches are most success
ful, probably because revival meet
ings are more frequent and more suc
cessful than m the average city.
What about contributions from
these churches? Of the total amount
of money contributed for benevolences
the city churches gave 82 per cent,
or $1,940 per church, as against $177
for the average country church. Th
average member of the city church
gave for this purpose $6.68, as against
$2.51 for the average country church
member.
For congregational expenses, or
monpy used directly in the work of
the local church, the city churches
contributed 74 per cent of the total,
the average city church using $4,700,
whereas the average country church
expended for congregational expenses
$691. The average member of the
city church contributd $15.96 for con
gregational expenses, while the aver
age member of the country church
contributed $9.75.
When the fac t is considered that the
city church is compelled to pay, and
pay more, for services rendered than
is the case with the country church
the difference in cost of conducting
these churches will be readily under
stood.
It’s rather striking that aside from
the financial question there Isn’t much
difference, on the whole, between
churches in the city and churches in
the country. They have pretty much
the same problems, as least in gen
eral principles.
EX-JUDGE FAILS
TO SAVE CLIENT
Governor Refuses Life to Slayer
for Whose Life Foster Fought
at His Own Expense.
Governor Brrrwn has refused to
commute the sentences of Jake Craw
ford and Carter Tompkins, Putnam
County negroes, who were sentenced
to hang at Eatonton for murders.
The case of Tompkins has obtained
a peculiar interest because of the
persistent efforts of the venerable ex-
Judge Fred Foster to save his client
from the gallows.
Judge Foster has defended more
than 2ft0 men accused of murder, and
in all his career not one of his clients
has been hanged. He is loath that
his record be sullied at this late day
when his days before the bar are
numbered.
At his own expense he fought the
case when it was brought to trial, and
made an impassioned plea that the
jury recommend mercy, not only on
Depew Plays Guide
for Senate Visitors
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Ex-Sen
ator Chauncey M. Depew in th^ role
of Capitol guide is an intei^esting
sight to Senate habitues. When a
visitor in the Senate gallery on Fri
day he called for a diagram to try
in true tourist style to Identify the
new Senators. To-day the interna
tional peace commissioners were in
his wake and he pointed out to them
points of interest in the Senate
Chamber. The Senate was not in
session.
“There have been many change, in
this body in recent .years,” said the
ex-Senator sadly after he had showed
his peace friends where notables had
sat and other‘points.
the prisoner's account, but on his
own. When the jury, after two days
of debate,, failed to heed the. judge’s
request, he continued the fight before
the Prison Commission and later be
fore Governor Brown.
Tompkins was found guilty of killing
Jerry Price. He was assisted by
Price’s wife, with whom he had been
infatuated, and by Wes Davis. These
two were given life sentences, and
the plea for qlemency before the Gov
ernor was on the ground that Tomp
kins, should be given no more severe
a sentence than those accessory in
ihe crime.
Dr. Cook Discovers
He Has Been Abused
WASHINGTON. May 15.—Charg
ing Government officials with a “prop
aganda of churacter as-ssination,”
and ridiculing the National Geograph
ical Society, Dr. Frederick A. Cook
has written to President Wilson ask
ing that a commission of Polar ex
plorers be appointed to investigate
his cluim and that of Admiral Peary
to the discoverv of the North Pole.
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SENATE COMMITTEE FOR
U. S. ENTRY OF OIL LANDS
WASHINGTON, May i5.—The Sen
ate Committee on Public Lands ha«
ordered favorably reported the two
hills by Senator Warren providing
for agricultural entry of oil lands
and an amendment to the enlarged
homestead act.
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White City Park Now Open
White City Park Now Open
Public cordially invited
o attend graduating ex
cises of the Southern
)ental College at Grand
)pera House to-night at
I o’clock.
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