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111 PHflEflN United Presbyterian Churches of North America To Be New Name of Combination
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ea* n word, the angle of the slant In
forming th<* letters and the forma
tion of certain letters that experts
claim no two men write alike, are
some of the tests applied.
Burns Man Works Quietly.
The Burns investigator who took
up the case Friday morning has not
yet reported to the office of the So
licitor. He is quietly and systemati
cally working out his own idea of the
case after a comprehensive outline
Riven him by Colonel Thomas B. Fel
der. He has succeeded so far In
keeping hls identity secret.
Colonel Felder was confident the
Bums agency would satisfactorily
conduct and conclude the Phagan
case.
"We will have the slayer In less
than a month,” said Colonel Felder.
“I am confident the Burns men will
meet with every success. With Mr.
Bums In Europe, the man he has
sent to Atlanta is certainly the best
detective in America. He has charge
of the Burns work in this count-y
and is hls chief’s right-hand man
Mr Burns himself will be on the
scene shortly after June 1. and th»-n
I am confident the case will be
cleared up beyond any shadow of a
doubt.”
Believe Newt Lee Innocent.
Officers working to solve the Pha-
gan strangling mystery Saturday de
clared they were more firmly con
vinced that Newt Lee. the negro
night watchman, had no hand in the
tragedy and that he has told all he
knows, as the result of a conversa
tion between the night watchman and
two other n«*gro prisoners in the
Tower which was overheard by
Deputy Sheriff Drew Liddell.
The deputy “shadowed” Lee’s cell for
3* minutes, while the night watch
man, unconscious of the fact that an
officer was secreted but a few’ steps
away, casually discussed the great
pencil factory crime w ith Oscar Dew
berry, a negro under sentence of
death, and Jack Wright, a negro mur
der suspect brought here from Gwin
nett Founty for safe keeping.
To these fellow' prisoners Lee time
and again protested his Innocence,
and insisted that he knew' nothing
nior* <-f the tragedy than what he
had told the officers, that he abso
lutely had no part in it beyond tiie
finding of the slain girl’s body In the
basement.
Whether this incident will figure in
any way in the investigation before
the Grand Jury' has not been an
nounced by Solicitor Dorsey.
Deputies Try Strategy.
Deputy Liddell first visited the
Tower with Deputy I«on Burdett and
talked with the negro. I^ee related
the same story told to detectives and
to the Coroner’s Jury. The detective
then determined on a ruse. He told
the negro he would he back and talk
to him again, and the second time
returned with Deputy John Owens
and J. L Coogler, a court officer.
When Lee had again reiterated his
same story the trio of officers left
the cell. A8 Owens and Coogler
walked away, Liddell, however, noise
lessly stepped behind two big steam
pipes Just on the outside of the ne
gro’s cell. The other two officers
walked heavily enough to leave the
impression that all three had gone.
As the footsteps died away in the
distance on the metallic floor Jack
Wright asked Lee:
Say, why don’t you tell them white
folks what you know about that kill
ing? If you know who done it, tell
’em. that’s the best way.”
Lee replied without hesitation:
“1 ain’t going to tell no lie about
it. 1 can’t help what they do with
me; 1 ain’t going to lie.
‘Tve done told them all 1 know'.
None Secured Information.
The Gwinnett negro then asked I^ee
if he knew' the girl’s body was in the
basement before the time he discov
ered it at 3:30 o’clock in the morn
ing.
“Good gracious, nigger. I’d tore that
building down getting out of there
if I’d known that body w'as in the
basement,” exclaimed the night
watchman.
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Completion of Union Goes Over
for a Year for Final Perfec
tion of Details.
Plans for the union of the South
ern and United Presbyterian Assem-
j blies. which, if effected, will predpi-
; tate one of most momentous changes
in the history of religious work in the
; United States, were submitted to
those bodies at their morning sesaions
i Saturday.
1 The new body will he known as
the General Assembly of the United
Presbyterian Churches of North
; America.
Committees were appointed by both
bodies with instructions to hold a
MASS MEETING TO-NIGHT.
Jolrvt gathering, at 8 p. m., in
the Auditorium, on general theme,
“Christian Social Service.”
Address by Dr. Charles Stelzle,
of New York, superintendent bu
reau of social service, U. S. A.
Assembly, presiding officer of the
evening
“Christian Citizenship and the
Social Evil”—Address by Marion
M. Jackson, of Atlanta
"The Church and Its Relation
to Industrial and Social Problems”
Address by James A. MacDon
ald, managing editor The Toron
to Globe.
mittee was presented. A si/nilar pa
per, previously adopted by the com
in I he United church who can not
give an unqualified assent to the
doetrlnaJ system contained in
theae stiuidsTda.
The united eJmrc.h would boar
emphatic testimony to the fol-
dortrtne* as essential
parts of the aforstsaid sywtem:
(a) The integrity of the Holy
Sixipturea The Scripture* of the
Old and New Testaments are to
be received as the very word of
God, and their authority Is to be
recognized as the only Infallible
rule of faith and 11 f«*.
“Fath®r and Son One.
(b) “Our Lord Jesus Christ is
not only the Son of God in re
spect to Hls natural, necessary
and eternal relation to the
Father, but also the true and
supreme God, being one in es
sence with the Father and the
Holy Spirit.”
(c) "Our Lord Jesus Christ,
besides, the dominion which be
longs to Him as God, has, as our
God-man Mediator. a twofold
dominion with which He has been
Rev. Dr. J W.
Stagg,
President
Alabama
Presbyterian
College,
Anniston,
Ala
Rev. T. P.
Cleveland,
Atlanta (left),
meets
Rev. John
Gordon Law,
Walhalla,
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Joint conference with a view to bring
ing about the amalgamation. Dr. J.
K. McClurkin was made chairman of
the United Assembly committee. Ar
ticles were drawn up showing the
, present differences In religious w or
ship between the two bodies, and a
discussion as to the remedy of the
conditions was had.
Proposal Greatly Applauded.
Before the Southern Assembly Rev.
R. C. Reed read a report on the pro
posed union.
At both meetings the proposed com
bination met with unanimous ap
proval. Tremendous applause fol
lowed its proposal.
While the amalgamation will not be
attempted in the present Assemblies,
the committees appointed by each
have been instructed to draw up ar
ticles and in conferences to be held
in the year to come to eliminate these
differences and pave the way for the
great union.
Dr. Reed was authorized to con
vey to the Assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church the action of
this Assembly regarding the confer
ence. ^
Basis of Proposed Union.
The text of the report of the con
ference on the Union of the Southern
Presbyterian Church and the United
Presbyterian Church is as follows:
“To the Venerable, the General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States.
"Your committee, appointed by the
last Assembly, to confer with a sim*
ilar committee of the United Pres
byterian Church in reference to the
organic union of the two bodies,
would respectlully report as follows,
viz.:
"Your committee held a meeting
in the city of Nashville, Tenn., in
the month of September, 1912, for
the purpose of coming to an under
standing as to the propositions which
it would be proper for us to make in
a joint meeting of the two commit
tees After a day of earnest confer
ence, a paper was adopted covering
all the points which, in the judgment
of your committee, should be consid
ered in the joint sessions of the com
mittees
Committees Meet Again.
"On the 4th day of December. 1912.
in the parlor of the Ebbitt House,
Washington City, the committees met
and entered into conference at 10 a.
m. The paper adopted by your com
mittee of the United Presbyterian
Church, was also presented These
papers furnished the materials of a
conference lasting through the whole
day.
"The object of each committee was
to present not individual views and
preferences, but what was believed
to be the views and .preferences of
the church represented. A beautiful
spirit of fraternal love and confidence
marked the discussions, and the ut
most frankness characterized the In
terchange of ideas. It Is to be re
gretted that not all the members of
either committee were present. There
were, however, a majority of each
committee present, and they agreed,
without a dissenting vote, to recom
mend to the two Assemblies a basis
of union.
No Difference on Principles.
"As to the principles involved in tills
basis, there was no difference of opin
ion, but there was not perfect agree
ment touching the ording of one of
the articles. In the hope of reaching
a perfect agreement on this point, a
joint meeting of the two cqmmit’tees
was held in the city of Atlanta, G.i.,
on the evening of May 13, 1913. This
conference was also characterized by
perfect candor. While on one or two
points the committees eould not see
eye to eye, they unanimously agreed
to lay before each Assembly the fruits
of their labors as a basis of union
between the two bodies.
"In accordance with this agreement,
your committee respectfully presents
to your venerable body the following
as the basis agreed upon, viz:
Common Standing Ground.
"Believing in the essential oneness
of the church of Christ: remembering
the historic lines that bind us to re
vered ancestors, who witnessed val
iantly for the truth as it is in Jesus
and through whom has come to us a
common heritage of Christian f»itn
and doctrine; desiring to prove faith
ful in the custodianship of this in
heritance and aiming only for the
glory of God in the higher advance
ment and wider extension of His
kingdom upon earth, we, the mem
bers of the Presbyterian Church n
the United States and the members «f
the Presbyterian Church of North
America, do find a common standing
ground in the following statements,
and upon the basis of these funda
mental truths we covenant to join
our ecclesiastical bodies in organic
unity:
The Articles.
"1 The doctrinal standards now
held in common by these two
churches, viz. the Westminster
Confession of Faith, the Larger
and Shorter Catechisms, shall be
the doctrinal standards of the
United Church.
"2. The standards are to he in
terpreted in their natural and ob
vious meaning, and no one shall
be authorized to teach or preach
Invested by the Father as the re
ward of His sufferings. These
are: A dominion over the
church, of which He is the living
head and lawgiver and source of
all that divine influence and au
thority by which she is sustained
and governed; and also a do
minion over all created eprsons
and things, which is exercised by
Him in subserviency to the mani
festation of God’s glory In the
system of redemption and the in
terests of His church.”
Atonement for Sin.
(d) As to the constitution of
the person of our Redeemer,
the Scriptures plainly teach that
He was conceived by the Holy
Ghost in the womb of the Virgin
Mary and was born without a
human father. He lived a life
of perfect obedience, and by the
shedding of His blood made full
atonement for sin and purchased
redemption for his “people.
(e) “The Holy Spirit, the
third person of the Trinity,
eternally proceeding from the
Father and the Son, does, by a
direct operation accompanying
the word, so act on the soul as
to quicken, regenerate and sanc
tify it; it is His to take of the
things of Christ and show them
unto men; and without His di
rect operation the soul would per
sist in rejecting the truths of
God’s word and would refuse to
yield to the motives which it
presents." In His grado;ts work,
the Holy Spirit is the revealer of
Christ, the interpreter of His word
and the comforter of the believer.
In addition to these essential
doctrines, the united church
would lift into prominence:
The Chprch’s Mission.
The mission of the church: We
believe that the Gospel of the
Son of God is the only hope of
a sinful, dying world. We
recognize in the commands of
Christ the urgent call to the
evangelization of the world and
we bow before the imperative
White City Park Now Open
duty of sending the message of
the Word for a witness among
all nations.
The exclusively spiritual char
acter of the church’s mission.
This union is based on the state
ment of our common Confession
of Faith, viz., “Synods and Coun
cils are to handle or conclude
nothing but that which is eccle
siastical; and are not to Inter
meddle with civil affairs which
concern the commonw'ealth. un
less by w'ay of humble petition
in cases extraordinary; or by way
of advice for satisfaction of con
science, if they be thereunto re
quired by the civil magistrate.”
Everyday Christianity.
The exclusively spiritual char
acter of the mission of the church
does not imply that the church
owes no duty to civil society. On
the contrary it is the imperative
duty of the church, through its
members as citizens of the civil
commonwealth to apply the prin
ciples of Christianity to all the
political, social and industrial
conditions of society.
4. The supreme judicatory of
the United Church shall be a Gen
eral Assembly, the official title
of which shall be "The General
Assembly of the United Presby
terian Church of North America,”
it being understood and agreed
that this shall not affect local and
historic names of churches. Pres
byteries and Svnods.
Form of Church Order.
5. As to the basis of represen
tation and in the conduct and the
proceedings of the First General
Assembly, the Book of Church
Order of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States shall be au
thoritative.
6. The subordinate courts of the
church shall continue to use pro
visionally the book of rule^ un
der which they have hitherto been
governed.
7. The Synods and Presbyteries
shall remain as at present con
stituted until such time as it shall
manifestly appear that some
change is needed for the best in-
T. W. Milner. Cartersville, at
the left, and William Baker, of
Sedalia, Mo., discussing the As
semblies.
terest of the capse and King
dom of Christ.
Executive Agencies to Continue.
8. All executive agencies shall
continue as at present, and con
gregations shall continue to send
their contributions through the
customary channels. But these
executive agencies shall co-oper
ate with each other as far as
practicable in the circumstances,
and shall seek to devise some
method by which, with the au
thoritative action of the General
Assembly, and the approbation of
the whole church, they can be-
ocme completely identified. Be
fore, however, such complete con
solidation takes place, careful
steps shall be takep after con
sultation with competent attor
neys to safeguard and preserve
all property rights affected by the
union of churches.
On Singing Psalms.
9. There is a difference in the
historic faith and practice of the
two churches touching the mat
ter of praise in the worship of
God. The one church holds the
belief that the Book of Psalms
is the perfect and divinely ac
credited manual of praise, and as
such is to be used in worship to
the exclusion of all devotional
compositions of uninspired per
sons.
The other, while believing that
the Psalms of Scripture were de
signed for permanent use in the
church, and should have a large
place in Christian w r orship, yet
hold that other compositions that
are in harmony with the teach
ing of Scripture may, with pro
priety and profit, be used in con
gregational singing.
This difference is frankly rec
ognized. but holding our respec
tive view’s, in the forbearance of
love, we suggest the following as
a practicable basis:
Believe F’salter Inspired.
We believe that the Psalter
of the Bible, the Psalms of David,
is an inspired manual of praise
and that the Spirit of God indict
ed tljese songs to be used in the
worship of the people of God to
the end of time. The United
Church will, therefore, take im
mediate steps to introduce to all
its congregations, by indorsing
and Recommending the Psalms of
the Bible in the best metrical ver
sion as a divinely accredited book
of praise. But while strongly
commending the use of the
Psalms, it is agreed that each
church in our respective synods
shall be allowed in the matter of
congregational singing the same
liberty which it now enjoys.
“Sole View to Honor Christ.”
Finally, recognizing that it is im
possible to make specific provision
for all points of difference that may
arise, it is understood that these
churches enter the union in the spirit
of mutual confidence and Christian
love, and with a sole view' to the
honor of Christ and the extension of
His Kingdom.
"It follows from this that the law
of Christian charity as expounded
by the Apostle Paul must be our
guide: ‘Let us not therefore judge
one another any more; but judge ye
this rather that no man put a stumb
ling block in his brother’s way.’ ‘Let
each of us please hls neighbor for that
which is good unto edifying,’ ‘doing
nothing through faction or through
vainglory, but in lowliness of mind,
each counting other better than him
self; not looking each of you to his
own things, but each of you also to
the things of others.’ ”
“The Presbyterian Church in the
United States:
“R. C. Reed.
“John F. Cannon.
"S. L. Morris.
“The United Presbyterian Church
of North America:
“J. K. McClurkin.
"W. C. Williamson.
"J. C. Scouller.
"T. S. McMurray.
Delay Recommended.
"Your committee recommends that
this report be not considered at this
Assembly, but that It be placed on the
docket for the consideration of the
next Assembly. Your committee would
mention tw r o reasons for this course.
First, this Is the disposition which the
committee of the United Presbyterian
Church is going to ask their Assembly
to make of their report, and it is de
sirable that the tw'o bodies act in con
cert. Second, as this basis is new' to
our church, and as the two churches,
occupying different territories, widely
separated, are not well acquainted, :i
year should be allowed for hot a
churches to acquaint themselves with
the gravity of the step proposed.
“R. C. REED, Chairman.
"JOHN F. CANNON.
‘‘S. L. MORRIS."
Elect Infant Clause Stands.
Report No. I of the standing com
mittee on bills and overtures was
submitted by Rev. T. S. Clyce, D.D.,
chairman.
This report had reference solely to
the overtures relative to the “elect
infant clause.’’ It recommended: "In
view' of the fact that the question of
amending this section (referring to
Section 3, Chapter X of the Confession
of Faith( has been before the church
for thirteen years and the church
has not agreed on the form of change
to be made, and in view of the fur
ther fact that the Assembly of 1902
(Alexander’s Digest, Revised, page 8)
declared that the Holy Scriptures am
ply warrant us in believing that all
infants who die in infancy are includ
ed in the election of grace and are
regenerated and saved by Christ
through the Spirit, which declaration
w r e would here reaffirm, we recom
mend that no amendment for the
present be sent dow r n to the presby
teries."
This report was not adopted, how
ever, but consideration was deferred
until a later session of the Assembi.v,
the moderator saying that in view of
the facts that all of the overtures on
this subject had not been tabulated,
action at this time would not be ad
visable.
Atlanta Overture.
The overture by the Conference on
Springs, Miss.; D. M. Douglas, Clin
ton, S. C.; L. R. Walker. DeFuniak
Education in Atlanta to the General
Assembly, with names attached of ill
representatives present, follows:
"That the Conference on Education
in the Presbyterian Church of the
United States, in meeting in Atlanta,
Ga.. May 13 and 14, 1913, overture
the General Assembly convening in
Atlanta May 15. 1913. to appoint an
ad interim committee, composed of
the executive secretary of Christian
Education and Ministerial Relief as
chairman and one member from each
synod, to consider all matters relat
ing to the discovery, definition, co
ordination and allied questions of the
schools and colleges connected with
our church; that this committee call
the Christian educators of these
schools and colleges into conference
with themselves at Montreat, N. C.,
during July or August of this year
to discuss matters coming under the
purview of this committee, and that
this committee report its findings,
with or without recommendation, to
the General Assembly of 1914.”
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make as much noise as possible, and
believe me, a 20-piece band can make
some noise.
“There also will be the camels to
lead the parade and the elephant as
well, to add a unique coloring to It.
"The reception committee Is com
posed of Dr. M. E. Turner, Oscar
Weinmelster, T. H. Pitt and myself.
We have secured several caaes of
Japanese umbrellas and every local
Shriner will carry one in the parade.
"The procession will start from the
Temple at 12:15 o’clock. It will pro
ceed down Peachtree and Whitehall
Streets to Mitchell Street and thence
to the Terminal Station, arriving
there Just when the train is due.
"There will be a concert in the
plaza before the station until the
train arrives and the crowd will join
In singing patriotic songs. When the
outposts announce the approach of
the home-comers, a grand cheer will
ring out and the entire body will ad
vance down to meet them.
Crown Them With Wreaths.
"We will crown their heads with
wreaths and carry them on our
shoulders to the waiting automobiles.
With these machines in the lead,
closely followed by the band, th*e ele-
phant and the camels, then the corp«
of Shriners in their full regalia and
after them the thousands of citizens,
the procession will move down Mitch
ell to Whitehall Street and proceed
down Whitehall and Peachtree
Streets to the temple. Arriving here
there will be speeches of welcome,
ai ?M Adalr a nd his companions
will be prevailed upon to answer.
“It was first planned to have the
parade when the drum corps and
the main body of Shriners who went
to Dallas returned.” continued Mr.
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