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infant Elect Clause to
Give Southerners Worry
By MAMIE BAYS.
All the important questions to be
considered by the Southern Assembly
will be touched Friday in the reading
of the overtures,, which, after reading,
will be referred to the committee on
bills and overtures. This committee
will render reports to the Assembly.
It is probable that m^*e than a few
overtures on the “Elect Infant Clause’’
will be presented for consideration
and there is evidently an ever-in
creasing desire on the part of the
church for the Assembly to take such
action with regard to this clause 'in
the Confession of Faith as will cause
it to be no longer a source of discus
sion in the courts of the church.
There is a wide difference of opinion
as to how this matter can be settled.
have brought him into special prom
inence in the past several years.
Rev. Brooks I. Dickey, of San An
tonio, Texas, is The temporary clerk
of this Assembly, and Rev. Julian S.
Sibley. D. D.. of Louisville, Kv„ is
leading clerks. Both of these were
elected by acclamation.
Benefit Report Interests.
The presentation to the General As
sembly of the Southern Presbyterian
Church of the third annual report of
the permanent committee on Syste
matic Beneficence attracted great in
terest, especially important 'in view
of the fact that much of the financial
program of the church is involved u*
this report.
The report was presented by the,
Rev. R. O. Flinn. D. D.. secretary of {
the committee, and referred to fife j
andiiig committee on Systematic
Some are in favor of leaving the i Beneficence. Among the many
Clause in the Confession unchanged. - —
Others favor the striking of the entire
clause from the Confession and sub
stituting nothing in its place. Still
others recommend the substitution of
wording that will convey the truth
that all infants who die are elect and
are saved through the power of Jesus
Christ, just as is true of older people
who from any cause, like Imbecility
or similar defects, are incapable of
experiencing the outward working of
the Holy Spirit.
Discussion Will Be Brief.
It is not expected that the discus
sion of this clause at this Assembly
will be as lengthy as has been the
ease in previous Assemblies, but it
j? not to be doubted that a battle of
words will take place in this connec
tion which will prove of decided in
terest to commissioners and visitors.
Rev. J. S. Lyons, D. D„ w no was on
Thursday afternoon elected modera
tor of the General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church, is
recognized to be o*. ■ of the ablest
preachers and one of the most suc
cessful pastors in the Assembly.
He has been pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church at Louisville
Ky„ for 20 years and his successful
efforts in evangelistic work and in
the organization of the men of his
church for Christian service under
the name of the “Yoke Fellows’
Band.’; of which he is the founder.
Ths joy of
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Natural Aid and Relieves
the Tension.
Mother s Friend, a famous external
remedy, Is the only one known that is
able to reach all the different parts in
volved. It is a penetrating application
after the formula of a noted family doc
tor. and lubricates every muscle, nerve,
tJfcsue or tendon affected. It goes direct
ly to the strained portions and gently
hut surely relieves all tendency to sore
ness or strain
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portant recommendations included are
the following:
“Recognizing that the financial
plan? of the Assembly are not in
compatible with what is known as
the “Forward Movement.’’ namely,
the assumption by separate churches,
societies and individuals of definite
responsibility for a definite part of
the foreign mission work, v/e recom
mend that the Assembly reaffirm it;-
indorsement of said movement and
commend it afresh to individuals,
societies and congregations of our
church.
Contributions Not Cut
“In order to remove an erroneous
impression on the subject, we recom
mend that the General Assembly de
clare that .its new financial* plan neith
er necessitates nor contemplates* the
reduction of contributions heretofore
made by societies, churches or in
dividuals to any cause, but rather the
enlistment in behalf of the other
causes of our people’s heretofore un
used means and energies.
“The Foreign Mission Committee
having, a?* a result of investigation
into actual cost, fixed $1,200 as the
amount necessary to be raised for
the annual support of each mission
ary sent out, in addition to the ex
pense of travel and equipment, we
recommend that those supporting
missionaries be urged by th<* Assem
bly as soon afc possible to come up
tl-s standard.
"We recommend that the Assem
bly, the debt having been paid, ex
pressly approve the present policy of
j the Foreign Mission Committee of
: living within its income.
*\Yc recommend that the sum of
&.'»74.oBO for the work of the Foreign
Mission Committee during ihe* pres-
: ent financial year be approved (being
54 per cent). .
Home Missions Encouraged.
“We rejoice in the splendid sup
port given this work by the church
during the year, as evidenced by their
' increased offerings. We feel, how
ever, that the amount received falls
itr short of the needs of the work
l the church should do in the home
mission field. Especially demanding
j attention are the rural communities,
and vve recommend that the. Assembly
1 encourage all efforts to secure the
] men and. means necessary for a large
iund vigorous campaign for the coun-
j try church.
Inasmuch as there seems to be
j some confusion as to what was
j intended by the Assembly in the per
centage ratio suggested, and inas
much as the percentage recommended
for hon.e missions seems to have been
subdivided in such way that in cer-
i tain cases but a small part of it
| reaches the Assembly’s committee.
A1h>vo is shown the other half of the array of Atlanta Shriner
Below is a snapshot of another fancy evolution of their Splendidly
s who covered themselves and their city
drilled patrol.
By its daily use there will be no .pain we would recall the Assembly’s plan,
> distress, no nausea, no danger of .vhich provides that synods and pres-
lacrration or other accident, ami the -hyteries shall add the amounts need-
period will be one of supreme comfort e a tor their local work to the Assent-
“ValUWwSS Mothers Friend '>>>"?. apportionments and make ap-
is one of the greatest of all helpful in- portionments to the (hurdles within
flufcRces, for it robs childbirth of all its their bounds on such basis,
agonies and dangers, dispels gjl th< “From communications received it
doubt and dread, all sense of fear, a no ppears that the work of the execu-
tlius enables the mind and body to await i t j ve committee is seriously handi-
the greatest event In a woman sf life with ; . ap , )ed both in administration and
^Mother's Friend is a most cherished I funds by the division of our work into
remedy in thousands of homes, and is | Assembly, synodical and local depart-
of such peculiar merit and value as tc! meats. While the combination of
make it essentially one to be recom- . these departments would be difficult
mended by all women to effect and might result in tempo-
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It. Mother's Friend is prepared only b> i contribute ‘greatly to economy and
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work could be brought under the di
rection of the executive committee,
and said committee charged with
initiation and given larger powers in
the prosecution of its work.
Urge Unified Campaign.
“We recommend, therefore, that
this matter be referred to such com
mittee as the Assembly may deem
proper, which shall consider whether
some plan can not be devised for ar
ticulating and unifying all our home
mission work.
“We recommend that the church be
asked to raise $287,280 during the next
year for the work of this committee
as* outlined in its annual report (be
ing 27 per cent).
“In Response to the repeated re
quests that the first Sunday in Octo
ber be again adopted as Sunday
School Rally Day. we recommend that
the request be granted.
“That. $37,240 be appropriated for
the work of this committee (being
3 1- 2 per cent).
The executive committee of Chris
tian Education and Ministerial Re
lief:
"VW recommend that the sum of
$154,280 be raised for Christian edu
cation and ministerial relief (being
14 1-2 per cent).
“We record oui high estimate of
the great value as an educational
agency of the Presbyterial Confer
ences held in connection with the
campaign for evangelism and stew
ardship. and would suggest that the
campaign committee consider the ad
visability of continuing these con
ferences.
Ask Aid for Conferences.
"We commend the hearty co-oper
ation of the executive committees in
these conferences as evidenced in
their assignment of a part of, their
secretarial force to this work.
“We recommend that the campaign
committee on evangelism and stew
ardship be continued for another
year: that the plan to raise $500,000
for equipment and $500,000 for rein
forcement be approved and adopted;
that the every member canvass in
March. 1914. be held and its promo
tion jmd conduct be referred to this
committee with power; that the dis
tribution of funds to be subscribed
for equipment and reinforcement be
according to the scheme and submit
ted in the report of this committee.”
The morning session of the Assem
bly to-day began with devotional
service conducted by the Rev. T. M.
Lowery, of Memphis.
Episcopals Send Greetings.
The ReV. J. D. Lyons, D. D., mod
erator, then took the chair. After
the minutes of the sessions of Thurs
day had been read and approved the
reception of various communications
was announced. Among these* was a
meSsag-* of greeting from the ninety-
first convention of the Episcopal
Church f the Diocese of Georgia
and it was refetrbd To the corhmit-
t< on foreign correspondence.
The Moderator announced the
standing committees for the Assem
bly. *
The first hint at animated discus
sion ensued this morning in connec
tion with the question of the source
to which . communication? regarding
the relation of the Southern Presby
terian Church to other churches.
Discussion Precipitated Early.
This was precipitated when Rev.
R. C. Reed, D. D., made a motion
that a special committee be appointed
to which shall be referred all com
munications relative to this matter.
An amendment to this motion was
offered and was accepted by Dr. Reed
that the special committee be com
posed of members of every Synod
in tlie Assembly.
A substitute was offered to the ef
fect that all communications of this
nature be referred to the standing
committee on foreign correspondence
and the substitute prevailed.
A special committee, with Rev. G.
B. Strickler, D.D.. as chairman, was
appointed to convey fraternal greet
ings of this Assen bly to the Assem
blies of other churches now in ses
sion.
Cleland for Prison Reform.
Judge Cleland a members of the
General Assembly of the United Pres-
byterian Church, addressed the As
sembly in the interest of prison re
form.
The moderator announced that all
members of the Assembly would have
access to the meetings of all the
committees and that no “star cham
ber” proceedings will mark the meet
ings of the committees.
Overtures Passed By.
The overtures relative to the brief
statement of the belief of the church
were referred, on motion, to a spe
cial committee.
Rev. E. V. Moore, D. D., a com
missioner of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church U. S. A.,
and who was appointed by that As
scmbly to bear fraternal greetings to
this Assembly, was presented and ad
dressed the Assembly.
The special order for 11 o’clock
was the consideration of the report
of the ad interim committee on “A
brief popular statement of the belief
of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States."
“Belief” Considered Tuesday.
The privilege of the floor was
granted to Rev. James I. Vance, D. D.,
a member of the committee that pre
pared the report, but not a member
of this Assembly. Dr. Vance sub
mitted the report of the committee
and the consideration of the same will
take place on Tuesday rftorning. It ;s
safe to say the- consideration of this
report will result in one of the most
^spirited and interesting discussions
to take place on the floor Of thi3 As
sembly. The report of the treasurer
of the Assembly was submitted.
C-ommittec on Merger.
The moderator announced the com
mittee to which shall be referred all
overtures relating to organic union
of the churches. This committee con
sists of the following named com
missioners: Dr. J. S. Foster, Dr. J. I
Norris. Dr. W. H. Dodge, Elder J. C.
Burns. Rev. H. V. Escott. Dr. T. M.
Hunter, Elder .). H. Long,. Elder M.
M. Greenwodd. Dr. R. F. Campbell.
Rev. E. L. Wilson, Dr. Thornton, Dr.
Robert Hill and Dr. G. B. Strickler.
The Assembly took a recess at 12:10
to meet again at 2:30 p. m.
The afternoon session will continue
until 3:15 "and recess will then be
taken and the Assembly will unite at
4 o’clock in the union communion
service bf the three Assemblies to be
held in the Baptist Tabernacle.
The popular meeting to be held
Friday evening in the Auditorium will
be in the interest of evangelism. Rev.
A. L. Phillips, D.D., of Richmond. Ya„
will preside. “Sabbath School Evan
gelism." “Pastoral Evangelism” and
“Individual Evangelism" will be the
subjects.
Northern Church Hears
Evangelistic Report.
Report of the past, year’s evange
listic work was the feature of Fri
day morning’s session of the North
ern Assembly at the Baptist Taber
nacle.
Dr. Charles L. Huston, of Coates -
ville, Pa., chairman of the commit
tee on evangelism, read the report
and declared the work showed a vast
increase in activity and expenditures
throughout the country.
Last year’s receipt? were $12,094.42.
Expenditures amounted to $10,457.88
Following devotional exercises by I.
Dr. William McKibben, president of *
Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, which
opened ;he morning session, the Rev.
R H. Evans presented the new mod
erator, Dr. John Timothy Stone, with
a gavel sent to the meeting by the
West African Presbyterian Church.
The gavel, of ebony and redwood,
was made by a West African boy in
the\industrial school established by
Dr. Evans, who has charge of the
work in that district Dr. Evans, ex
plaining the work on the West Afri
can coast, declared more than 10.000
natives were members of that church.
The session closed with the recom
mendation that Dr. J. Wilbur Chap
man continue as representative at
large of evangelistic work. This po
sition, occupied by Dr. Chapman for
several terms, embraces superintend
ency of evangelistic work throughout
the world.
The executive committee made its
report at the afternoon session.
Real Fight Delayed.
Postponement of the executive
commission’s report on the Board of
Home Missions, scheduled for Friday
morning, has I delayed what is ^ex
pected to be the hottest fight in the
present session of the General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church
U. S. A The commission asked that
the subject be passed for further con
sideration and preparation.
Dr. John Timothy Stone, newly
elected moderator, presided at the
second day's session at the Baptist
Tabernacle.
A significant appointment ih the
naming of Dr. Maitland Alexander
chairman of the standing committee;
on home missions. Dr. Alexander is
known to be not wholly in sympathy
with the present policy of the board,
which is to be the storm center of
discussion when the subject is reach-
d. Just what attitude Dr. Alexan
der wiU assume is not known. He
has been identified * with the oppo
nents Of extension work.
Chairmen of the various standing
ommittees are:
Bills and. overtures, Mark A. Mat
thews; judicial. S. S. Palmer; polity,
Daniel E. Jenkins; home missions.
Maitland Alexander: foreign mis
sions, William R. King; educational,
John Willis Baer: publications and
Sunday school work, W. H. W. Boyle;
church erection. John F. Patterson;
theological seminaries, Alfred H.
Barr: ministerial relief. Henry Sloan
Coffin; freedmen, Howard A. John
ston: colleges. Griffin W. Bull; cor
respondence, Edward L. Warren: nar
rative, F. A. Sauber;’ temperance. Ed
gar A Elmore: leave of absence.
Charles E. Burns; Presbyterian
brotherhood. William H. Sloan: mile
age. John R. Gregg; finance, James
Yea ranee.
The Assembly postponed the rec
ommendation opposing the dissipa
tion of energies in the organization
of numerous societies in connection
with church work. The executive
commission urged that hereafter all
such movements appealing to men be
under the direction of the Presbyte
rian Brotherhood, and that “the men
of our church be counseled to co
operate with such movements, in or
der that the best interests of the
church and the heartiest co-operation
n the part of the men therein be
mserved.” x
A significant report was submitted
regarding the organization of the
board of relief and sustenation, au
thorized at the General Assembly of
1912. The board is laying plans to
raise an endowment of $10,000,000.
Rev. William H. Foulkes is secretary
of the board; the Rev. John R. Suth
erland. assistant secretary; the Rev.
William W. Heberlon, treasurer.
Considerable merriment was creat
ed by the request of the local commit
tee on arrangements that the Assem
bly pose for a picture in front of the
Tabernacle. The vote on the ques
tion was so nearly a tie that it was
only when the meeting was informed
the photographer was a good Pres
byterian that favorable action was
taken.
Ex-Governor Dies in
Need, Scorning Aid
LOS ANGELES, May 16.—Colonel
John J. Gosper, tormer Governor of
Arizona and a patriot of nation-wide
fame, lies dead in this city to-day.
Declaring to the last that he would
rather die than be an object of char
ity, he died in poverty at the County
Hospital yesterday. Once wealthy,
he had spurned all offers of aid from
friends.
After the Civil War he went to Ne
braska and was elected Secretary of
State. Soon after his term expired.
President Hayes appointed him Sec
retary of State of the Territory of
Arizona, and he later became Chief
Executive of the Territory. 0
Colonel Gosper came to Los An
geles 20 years ago. He lost his money
through unfortunate mining invest
ments. and for many years lived in
a furnished room. He had been mar?
ried twice, but was separated from
his second wife for several years. He
had no children.
Blow Affects Fireman’s Mind.
SAVANNAH.—A blow on the head
from a recoiling nozzle has rendered
George Campsen. a fireman, mentally
irresponsible. His recovery is doubt
ful.
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