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U.S.A. General Assembly.
Minutes of the General
Assembly of the
MTNUTES
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THK
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXI, AUGUST, 1921.
Proceedings, etc., of the 133d General Assembly.
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Office of the General Assembly, Witherspoon Building
1921
OFFICERS.
Rev. henry C. SWEARINGEN, D.D., Moderator
Elder NATHAN G. MOORE Vice-Moderalor
Rev. lewis S. MUDGE, D.D., Stated CUrk-Eled
Rev. GEORGE B. STEWART, D.D Acting Slated Clerk
Rev. EDWARD L. WARREN, D.D., . . . Permanent Clerk Emeritus
Rev. GEORGE M. GORDON
Elder ALLAN SUTHERLAND,
Rev. JOHN M. ERVIN, D.D.
Rev. J. V. STEPHENS, D.D.
Temporary Clerks
Minutes,
ETC.
The One Hundred and Thirty-Third General Assem-
bly OF the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America, met, according to appointment in the Auditorium,
Winona Lake, Indiana, at 10.30 o'clock A. M., on Thursday,
May 19th, 1921, and was opened with a sermon l^y the Modera-
tor, Rev. Samuel S. Palmer, D. D., on Psalm 67:1-2. The
Revs. Maitland Alexander, D. D., Alexander MacColl, D.D.,
and George E. Davies, D. D., assisted in the service.
The Assembly was constituted with prayer.
The Assembly, according to custom, celebrated the Sacra-
ment of the Lord's Supper, the retiring Moderator, Dr.
Samuel S. Palmer, presiding. The bread was administered
by the Rev. Alaitland Alexander, D. D., the cup by the Rev.
Alexander AlacColl, D. D., and the following Ruling Elders
served in the distribution of the elements: J. G. Moffat,
John R. Stoddard, A. E. Butcher, A. S. Dillingham, J. H.
Jackson, Allen Campbell, Charles W. Logan, John A. Thomp-
son, George W. Rogers, Leon Westmoreland, William J.
Yates, Richard Thomas, Ellton Shaw, James McAlpin,
Charles E. Smith, J. G. Eldridge, Craig N. Ligget, F. C.
Meads, William L. Threlkeld, Raymond Loranz, Benjamin F.
Stead, Elmer A. Miner, Arthur H. Gilles, William Logan,
Charles B. Taylor, John R. White, J. H. Wallace, George L.
Fisher, Howard H. Moore, Guy Cummins, W. S. Gibbs,
Alexander B. Kiser, Theodore Mix, D. E. McMillan, G. B.
Killen, and W. F. Maish.
The Assembly took recess until 2.30 P. M., and was closed
with prayer.
THURSDAY, May 19, 1921, 2.30 P.M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the
Moderator.
The Committee on Arrangements, through its Chairman,
Dr. J. C. Breckenridge, made announcement concerning the
reception for the Commissioners and Officers of the Assembly,
in the new Tabernacle, Winona Lake, Thursday evening,
May 19, 1921, at 8.00 P. M.
4 MINUTES. [May 19,
The following telegram was received from the President of
the United States, and was read to the Assembly.
The White House, Washington, D. C.
Moderator and Commissioners, Presbyterian General Assembly.
A word of greeting on the occasion of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. I am very glad indeed to express
my interest in every such good work. Surely there is no intellectual and moral
body in the country to which we may more confidently turn for wise
assistance and safe guidance than to the Christian people who make up
the body of our churches. Whatever may stimulate them to greater
activity and, I feel, to increasing recognition of the concern of Christian
citizenship with the administration of our public affairs, must necessarily
be of service to the Nation.
Warren G. Harding,
President of the United States.
The following telegram was received from the Vice-President
of the United States and was read to the Assembly.
The Vice-President's Chamber, Washington, D. C.
Moderator and Commissioners, Presbyterian General Assembly.
Notice of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to be held
at Winona Lake has been received. It is to me a message of hope and
cheer. There are here and there striking efforts made against every
form of righteous authority, whether represented by the Church or by
organized government, but their efforts will prove unavailing. It is a
consolation to realize that every day in the year, every night, every Sab-
bath, there are organizations, especially of a religious nature, meeting
all over our land, of men and women dedicating themselves to a life of
obedience to righteous authority. Against that holy movement there is
no power that can prevail.
Calvin Coolidge,
Vice-President of the United States.
The following telegram was received from the Governor of
the State of Indiana, and was read to the Assembly.
"Indianapolis, Indiana.
I greatly regret that I cannot be with you during your conference at
Lake Winona. I wish to assure you, however, of my heartfelt interest in
your meeting. Never was there a time when the world needed God, peace
and food more than it does now. Such gatherings of Christian people who are
unselfishly striving to benefit humanity and extend the Kingdom of Christ
cannot fail to have a most wholesome influence upon society in general.
My best wishes are with you for a most successful Assembly.
Warren T. McCray,
Governor of Indiana."
The Permanent Committee on Commissions through its
Chairman, Rev. Edward L. Warren, D. D., made a report and
the following ministers and elders were recognized as duly
appointed Commissioners, and their names were entered upon
THE ROLL OF THE ASSEMBLY
I. SYNOD OF ALABAMA.
PRESBYTERIES. MINISTERS. RULING ELDERS.
Birmingham — A, Thomas S. Hickman, William F. Tyler.
Florida, Chester H. Foland, J. M. Douglas,
Barton B. Bigler, D.D., William Jennings Bryan
Gadsden, R. Payton Taylor, W. M. Killough.
Huntsville, Herman L. Turner, J. K. Thompson.
A.D. 1921.1
ftOLL.
PRESBYTERIES.
Northern Arizona,
Fhoenix,
Southern Arizona,
Arkansas,
Fort Smith,
Jonesboro,
Little Hock,
Atlantic,
Fairfield,
Hodge,
Knox,
McClelland,
Baltimore,
New Castle,
Washingtoii City,
Benicia,
Los Angeles,
MINISTERS.
nULINO ELDERS.
Nevada,
Riverside,
Sacramento,
San Francisco,
San Joaquin,
San Jose,
Santa Barbara,
Kiamirhi,
liendall.
White River,
II. SYNOD OF ARIZONA.
HuKh D. Smith, IraE. «oll.
James W. Henderson, Clarence R. Craig.
John C. E. Fry, F. E. Stanton, M.D.
III. SYNOD OF ARKANSAS.
Theron Alexander,
David T. VVavnick, D.D.,
Huberts. Lyle, D.D.,
Robert L. Nichol.son,
Harry Heineeke,
Whitefield Tillev,
A. A. Carl.
Leon W'cstniorelaiu
Clark C. Pres.slev.
Clifton B. Bcasley.
IV. SYNOD OF ATLANTIC.
Simon II. Scott, Edward Simmons.
Miles J. Jackson, W. T. Singleton,
John H. Toatlev, B. J. Singleton.
John L. Phelps," J. T. Butler.
Albert B. McCoy, D.D., C. C. Cas.sells.
Jo.seph S. Williams, Prat S. Suber.
V. SYNOD OF BALTIMORE.
David Hughes, Ph.D.,
Henry A. Grubbs,
A. Brown Caldwell,
Henry Rumer, D.D.,
Joseph Brown Turner,
J. Watkins Lacy,
Freeley Rohrer,
Edward Wright,
Solomon N. Vail,
B. q. Steiner, Ph.D.,
Benjamin A. Nel.son,
Frank V. Carpenter,
George W. Rogers.
F. Leonard Wailes,
Williams S. Prickett, E.sq.
Raymond Loranz, Esq.,
Staunton J. Peelle, Esf|.,
R. R. Buckley.
VI. SYNOD OF CALIFORNIA.
William H. Oxtoby,
Robert A. Crichton,
Thomas Holmes Walker,
Laurence L. Cross,
George A. Hartman,
Hugh Kelso Walker, D.D.,
Robert M. Donaldson, D.D.,
Augu.stus B. Prichard, D.D.,
John Gilbert Blue, D.D.,
David W. Fahs, D.D.,
Edward F. McFa'land,
Samuel J. Kennedy,
William N. Price,
Alvah G. Fes.senden,
John L. Harvey,
Edward M. Sharp, D.D.,
James Currv, D.D.,
Homer H. Miller, D.D.,
John C. Miller, D.D.,
Alonzo G. Mills,
Herbert W. Tweedie,
Henry T. Babcock,
Amos O. Raber,
Nicholas C. McC^ay,
John S. Hayward,
Thomas J. Barkle,
George L. Marsh,
Philo Moorehead,
George Cruickshank.
Fred W. Harrison,
F. Parker Milligan,
James A. Newton,
James D. Ewart,
James H. Bruce,
James A. Larew,
George r\ Guy,
John H. Brouwer,
J. Ray Davis,
Augustus E. Ma(!kej'.
Claud Haven Piatt.
John L. Oakey.
J. L. Patterson,
Benjamin F. Stead.
Charles S. Dutton,
W. A. Underbill,
C. H. Dennian, M.P.,
James C. Mi Dovvell,
A. W. Beam.
G. P. Schafer,
J. H. riamalian,
Earle R. Clemens.
Cieorge Hari)er,
William J. Mason.
C. R. Keller.
VII. SYNOD OF
George A. Morrow,
.lohn ('. Williams,
G. F. McK. Miller,
CANADIAN.
George Stewart.
A. P. Bethel.
D. M. Parker.
MtNUtES.
[May 19,
t»RESBYTERIES.
Cape Fedr,
Catawba,
Southern Virginia,
Yadkin,
MINISTERS. RULING ELDERS.
VIII. SYNOD OF CATAWBA.
John A. Savage, D.D.,
Levi J. Melton, D.D.,
William E. Carr, D-D.,
J. E. MbMillani
Joseph W. Parker.
J. D. Martin, Ph.D.
J. M. B. Holmes.
W. M. Malloy.
Boulder,
benver,
trunnison;
Pueblo^
Birmingham,
he Vere,
Rogersville,
Galena,
George,
Waukon,
Boise,
Kendall,
Twin Falls,
Alton,
Bloomington,
Cairo,
Chicago,
Eiving.
Freeport,
Mattoon,
Ottawa,
Peoria,
Rock River,
Rushville,
Springfield,
IX. SYNOD OF COLORADO.
John H. Baxter >
Francis E. Smiley, D.D.
Adelbert A. Fonken,
James E. Weir,
llefugio Jaramillo,
Brooks Hitchings,
H. W. Richmond.
LeRoy Lynch,
C. F. Helwig.
C. E. Blaine.
William Grindley,
J. J. Wiles.
X. SYNOD OF EAST TENNESSEE
Charles J. Baker, D.D.,
W. C. Hargrave, D.D.,
George R. Carter,
M. F. Martin.
M. F. Burke.
Thomas J. Moore.
XI. GERMAN SYNOD OF THE WEST.
Jacob G. Kessler,
Fred J. Beving,
Aiken C. Kruse,
XII. SYNOD OF IDAHO.
Charles L. Chalfant, D.D.,
W. S. Williams, M.D.
William S. Young,
M. J. Grue.schow.
Evert Klinkenborg.
John Kuhlman.
H. E. King.
O. O. Longerberger.
XIII. SYNOD OF ILLINOIS.
William F. Jones,
Howard D. Johnson,
Favette E. Vernon,
William A. Gait,
David D. Norris,
Marshall R. OLsen,
Robert L. Sawyier,
Arthur L. Duncan,
John Timothy Stone, D.D.,
Ernest W. Symonds,
George P. Magill, D.D.,
Alfred T. Cory,
Pasquale R. DeCarlo,
Peter W. Fischer,
Frank H. Gageby, D.D.
Edwin Craven,
Harry P. Armstrong,
Harvey W. White,
Finley W. Kirkpatrick,
John F. Vonckx,
Glen L. Rice,
H. Grant Dusenberry.
Thomas Hughes,
John M. Thompson,
William T. Rodgers,
William A. Friedinger,
James W. McDonald, D.D.,
James B. Muir,
B. H. Osborne,
A. Wel)er
John S. Hewins.
Miles Pantlen.
B. E. Kerley.
Frank W. Stinson.
Oliver R. Williamson.
R. W. Olmsted.
S. M. Stone.
William W. Roddick.
Nathan G. Moore, Esq.
Arthur E. Carlstone.
August Schomburg.
Charles F. Wright.
F. G. Curtis, M.D.
C. A. Asmus.
Felix G. Robertson.
T. B. Cheatham.
M. J. French.
J. R. Shinn.
Jenkins McCullagh.
Oscar Jewison.
Thomas Montgomery.
C. T. Wells.
R. A. Taylor.
W. M. Montgomery.
A.D. 1921.]
ROLL.
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PRESBYTERIES.
MINISTERS.
RULING ELDERS.
XIV. SYNOD OF INDIANA.
Crawjordsville,
Ilarrv L. Cmin,
Samuel Flannigan.
George W. Horn, D.D.
Benjamin F. Potter.
Fori Wayne,
Ora Allrn Nowlin, D.D.,
H. C. Willis.
R. Hays Willis,
F. C. Meads.
Indiarui,
'1\ Jaines Simpson,
J. A. Buck.
Charles J. Grimes,
L. C. Simpson.
Indianapolis,
John L. Prentice,
Vinson Carter, Esq.
Henry T. Graham,
William Carson.
Logansport,
Ralph Cummins,
Walter Bu.sh.
Jacob B. Fleming,
D. C. Hubbs.
Muncie,
Harry Nyce, D.D.,
William Coleman.
New Albany,
James H. More,
Daniel P. Griffin.
While Waler,
Benjamin H. Rankin,
I. M. Bridgcman.
XV. SYNOD OF IOWA.
Cedar Rapids,
Howard C. Irvine,
W. D. Fellows.
Samuel R. Ferguson, D.D.,
A. G. Bender.
Central West {Boh.)
, Misolav Filipi,
Frank Troyak.
Corning,
James A. McKaj',
Harrv L. Whipple.
Council Bluffs,
William Mack,
S. B.' Blair.
Des Moines,
Robert K. Porter, D.D.,
H. A. Russell.
Leonard M. Beebe,
D. S. Burbank, M.D.
Dubuque,
Arthur 0. Knapp,
Robert Beckler.
William H. Ensign, D.D.,
Chris Waters.
Fort Dodge,
W. Oscar Harless, D.D.,
C. M. Rudesil.
Charles M. Whetzel,
James P. Stowe.
Iowa,
Charles D. Jacobs, D.D.,
J. W. Knox.
William R. Coventry,
C. W. Wade.
Iowa City,
William E. Ruston,
C. D. Kirkpatrick.
Edgar D. Clark,
Carl Mathes.
Sioux City,
Wallace M. Hamilton, D.D.,
M. L. Rayburn.
Roy E. Jones,
Joel Johnson.
Waterloo,
Archibald C. Preston, D.D.,
Thomas F. Vance, Ph.D
XVI. SYNOD OF KANSAS.
Emporia,
Hugh P. Morgan,
P. M. Hoisington.
Highland,
John M. Wiggins, Ph.D.,
W. H. Sells.
Lamed,
Walter S. Crozier,
R. E. Long.
Neosho,
Stado A. Munneke, D.D.,
Elmer A. Miner, M.D.
Charles B. Campbell,
J. F. Denison.
Osborne,
Gerrit Snyder, D.D.,
Albert P. Stowell.
Solomon,
David H. M. Boyle,
T. A. Sawhill.
Topeka,
Roberts S. Strain,
Arthur H. Gilles.
Douglas Buchanan,
Herman T. Peters.
Robert T. Milnes,
John W. Henderson.
Wichita,
Thomas R. Mordy,
Edward L. Fulton.
Frederick Maier,
Lawrence E. Ross.
Buckhorn,
Ebenezer,
Lincoln,
Logan,
Louisville,
Princeton,
Transylvania,
Detroit,
XVII. SYNOD OF KENTUCKY.
William B. Minton, D.D., A. D. Hall.
John N. Ervin, William L. Threlkeld.
Walter P. Stanley, J. T. Mayon.
.James T. Stewart, Thomas H. Turner, M.D.
Edwin Kagin, W. R. Stout.
John A. Troxler, Frank G. Wood.
Frank E. Moore, J. R. Ward.
XVIII. SYNOD OF MICHIGAN.
Clinton W. Lowrie, D.D., William Logan.
Platte T. Amstutz, Mark B. Liddell.
WilUam C. McICnight, Chester A. Paul!.,
MINUTES.
[May 19,
PRESBYTERIES.
Flint,
Grand Rapids,
Kalamazoo,
Lake Superior,
Lansing,
Petoskey,
Saginaw,
Adams,
Duluth,
Mankato,
Minneapolis,
Red River,
St. Cloud,
St. Paul,
Winona,
Blue Earth,
Second,
Third,
Bell,
Meridian,
Oxford,
Carthage,
Iron Mountain,
Kansas City,
Kirksville,
McGee,
Ozark,
St. Joseph,
St. Louis,
Salt River,
Sedalia,
Butte,
Great Falls,
Helena,
Kalispell,
Lewistown,
Yellowstone,
Box Butte,
Hastings,
Kearney,
Nebraska City,
Niobrara,
Omaha,
MINISTERS.
Alvan V. Brashear,
Harry E. Kilmer, Ph.D.,
Jicnjamin Jones,
William H. Nicholson,
Clyde B. Hawkins,
George W. White,
Joseph H. Green,
RULING ELDERS.
Guy H. Webber.
Adrian DeWindt.
J. H. Catton.
Jay N. Wallace.
George II. Shepard.
W. P. Porter.
William G. Zimmerman.
XIX. SYNOD OF MINNESOTA.
John R. MacLean,
Robert Von Thurn,
Obadiah T. Langfitt,
Lafayette H. Schock,
Stanley B. Roberts, D.D.,
James Steenson,
Robert L. Barr,
Leonard Colyn,
Ilenrv C. Swearingen, D.D.,
Walter F. Finch,
Charles F. Geiger,
C. F. Mix.
Elwyn L. Channer.
J. W. Seybold.
R. A. Listikow.
John E. Thomi)son.
Edward Gamble.
C. H. Loomer.
John R. Carlson.
F. H. Koch.
Howard F. Ware.
R. G. Anderson.
XX. SYNOD OF MINNESOTA (WELSH).
Hugh C. Griffith.
XXI. SYNOD OF MISSISSIPPI.
John Alton Foster, Ralph W. Honnoll.
J. Hardin Mallard, D. E. McMillin.
Bruce G. Mitchell, D.D. A. M. Kuykendall.
XXII. SYNOD OF MISSOURI.
Allan Duncan,
A. L. Whitfield, Ph.D.,
Samuel Fackler Wilson,
Herbert E. Blair,
William H. Johnston,
Charles B. Boving, D.D.,
Robert W. Grain,
LaFayette Layman,
Selton W. Parr, D.D.,
Robert C. Williamson,
Robert Scott Calder, D.D.,
Jesse L. Coleman,
Samuel J. Walkup,
Grover T. Lawrance.
Henry L. Miller.
W. R. Lampson.
A. M. Seddon.
R. C. Singley.
Samuel Palmer.
C. S. Morrow.
Guy Cummins.
Charles W. Logan.
William D. Dobson.
James N. Brown.
George A. Lee.
W. R. Hardey.
XXIII. SYNOD OF MONTANA.
William H. Christian, John R. Mackenzie.
Samuel Mclvor, R. K. West, Esq.
W. Gwilym Rees, A. T. Anderson.
Lemuel J. Hawkins, Frank B. Hilli.s.
Archie Roy Griggs, D.D., Harvey E. Horn.
Everett L. Jones, S. C. West.
XXIV. SYNOD OF NEBRASKA.
Alexander Wimberly,
Samuel Linn,
Charles E. Kircher, D.D.,
Frederick C. Hullhorst,
Berend J. Brethouwer, D.D.,
Peter M. Orr,
Albert F. Ernest, Ph.D.,
Nathaniel McGiffen, D.D.,
Arthur W. Wilson.
E. S. Jones.
M. L. Wiseman.
J. L. Kizer.
C. A. Parker.
T. J. Beith.
D. W. Merrow, Esq.
W S. Gibbs, M.D.
A.D. 1921.]
ROLL.
PRESBYTERIES.
MINISTERS.
RIILIN(; ELDERS.
XXV. SYNOD OF NEW ENGLAND.
Boston, J;iincs \. Vcrburg,
Connecticut Valley, Samuel T. Kostcr,
Newbury fwrt, Jo.s<>ph E. Konnedy,
Pruridcnce, J. Edwartl tJrant,
Allan Campbell.
Everett H. Sheldon.
George Young.
Robert iMeNabb.
Corisco,
Elizabeth,
Havana,
Jersey City,
Afonmouth,
XXVI. SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY
Albert I. Good.
Louis B. Crane, D.D.,
Wallace II. Carver,
Edward (!. (!alvez,
Thornton B. Pentield, Ph.D.,
Clinton E. Stoneton,
William A. Byrd, D.D.,
G. Herbert Condict.
Domingo J. Perez.
J. R. T. MacCafrol.
J. T. Ewing.
John BrinkcrhofT.
Frederiek Schweitzer,
Richard R. Stier,
Morris and Orange, George M. Gordon,
Charie-s A. .Vnderson,
Henry A. Pearce,
Newark, George C. Vincent,
Archibald G. Sinclair, D.D.,
George Walton King, D.D.,
Louis R. Binder,
New Brunsivick, Peter K. Emmons,
Francis Palmer,
Clifton O. Blanton,
Newton, Paul J. Strohauer,
Hugh Walker,
West Jersey, Curtis O. Bosserman,
David W. Berrv,
John M. Davies, D.D.,
S. C. Thompson.
Henry B. Mount.
Frank H. Jamison.
William (). (\)()per.
W. Fred Babbitt.
James M. Speers.
David B. Cor.son, Ph.D.
Theodore Mix.
Walter H. Flint.
Austin C. Cooley.
John H. Van Dyke.
Henry A. Stults.
A. M. Freeman.
Charles R. Ford.
Howard H. Moore.
William Fleming,
Lawrence Isaacs.
XXVII. SYNOD OF NEW MEXICO.
Pecos Valley,
Rio Grande,
Santa Fe,
Albany,
Binghamton,
Brooklyn-Nassau.
Buffalo,
Cayuga,
Champlain,
Chemung,
Chile,
Columbia,
Eastern Persia,
Genesee,
Geneva,
Rudoljih W. Caughey,
John 1). Henry,
Roderick C. Jackson,
J. H. Jackson.
George D. Roliinson.
Henry F. Stephens.
XXVIII. SYNOD OF NEW YORK.
Clement G. Martin,
W^illiam H. Bruins,
James J. Hoffman,
R. Paul Schearrer,
Roland Bahn.sen,
David Wills, Jr., D.D.,
Frank B. Cowan,
Edward J. Humeston,
Henry R. Fancher,
William Carter, D.D..
William H. Boocock, D.D.,
George L. MacClelland, D.D.,
Andrew J. Purdy,
George B. Stewart, D.D.,
William S. Crane,
John H. Gardner,
T. Johnson Bolger,
Charles Martyn Spining.
James F. Riggs,
Henry C. Schuler.
William Excell,
Edwin H. Dickinson, D.D.,
Arthur M. Lane.
Chester A. Nash.
Conrad Gillen.
Louis D. Hyde, M.D.
John D. Fish,
Virgil Guernsey,
Chas. E. Shepard.
F. F. Purdy.
D. L. Van Houten.
John Q. Baker.
William L. Pelton.
Clifford R. Hawkins.
James B. Fulkerson.
\. S. Dillingham.
John T. Breadner.
Fred C. Sebring.
Frank W. Macy.
H. William Dyer.
Lewis B. Jones.
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MINUTES.
[May 19,
PRESBYTERIES.
Hudson,
Long Island,
Lrjons,
New York,
Niagara,
North River,
North Siam,
Otsego,
Porto Rico,
Rochester,
St. Lawrence,
South Siam,
Steuben,
Syracuse,
Troy,
Utica,
Westchester,
MINISTERS.
Thomas N. Weaver, D.D.,
Melvin C. Jacobs,
Jacob Norris.
Charles M. Wyse,
T. Guthrie Speers,
Harold S. Rambo,
Lyman R. Hartley,
Tertiiis van Dyke,
John T. Wilds,
A. Edwin Keigwin, D.D.
Robert Watson, D.D.
Seth C. Craig.
George A. Jameson, M.D.,
George H. Scofield, Ph.D.,
Ralph W. Rowland.
Howard Campbell, D.D.,
William D. Jones,
Gustavo E. Archilla,
James L. Jewell, D.D.,
William G. Kennedy,
Walter B. Jorris,
Robert B. Ferine,
George H. Wilkins,
John R. Woodcock,
Seth N. Genung,
Arthur Spaulding,
George H. Feltus,
George B. Swinnerton,
Edward D. Barnes,
Herbert Barber Howe,
James Packard Gillespie,
Murray H. Gardner,
RULING ELDERS.
Harold B. Woodward.
J. P. Ellis.
Albert F. Lawrence.
George H. Richards.
George B. Agncw.
Reginald L. McAU.
William Thomson.
Nicholas E. Motin.
A. E. Dutcher.
Jackson O. Golden.
C. W. Mason, M.D.
S. W. Barnum.
Eloy Estrada.
William T. Anderson.
Frank M. Ellery.
Charles E. Pratt.
Fred W. Rodgers.
E. D. Baker.
Eugene F. Whiting.
Charles D. Newkirk.
LeRoy W. Clark.
Edward W. Arms.
George W. Dana.
Frank W. Kirkland.
William J. Yates.
Samuel G. Cornish.
Charles S. Irish.
XXIX. SYNOD OF NEW YORK AND VERMONT (WELSH).
Eastern New York
and Vermont, Richard W. Owen, Richard Thomas.
Oneida, John Davies, D.D., John J. Roberts.
Bismarck,
Fargo,
Minnewaukan,
Minot,
Oakes,
Pembina,
Athens,
Chillicothe,
Cincinnati,
Cleveland,
Columbus,
Dayton,
Lima,
XXX. SYNOD OF NORTH DAKOTA.
Edward E. Matteson, A. O. Henderson, M.D.
Barend H. Kroeze, D.D., George H. Bristol.
Ernest E. Parkes, C. F. Plummer.
Frank W. Christ, WiUiam Griffith.
Robert H. Myers, George B. Crum.
James Young, D. Ferguson.
XXXI. SYNOD OF OHIO.
James G. Galbreath,
Ben Harrop,
Jesse Herrmann, Ph.D.,
Charles A. Austin,
John Vant Stephens, D.D.,
Francis C. Monfort, D.D.,
Harry H. Bergen,
J. Nesbit Wilson,
Malcolm A. Matheson, Ph.D.,
Basil R. King,
Samuel S. Palmer, D.D.,
Carl H. White,
Walter Wilkins,
Homer K. Miller,
Ralph W. Kohr,
T. W. Coe.
William M. Shimp.
Jacob E. Chambers.
William R. Galloway.
Charles A. Blinn.
Henry Dornette.
R. J. Beattie.
Robert M. Bailey.
William H. Hezlep.
James Pilcher.
T. A. Jones.
J. F. Thompson.
Arthur L. Foster.
Herman N. Coe.
John A. Thompson.
A.D. 1921.]
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rUESUYTEHIIi^;.
Mahoning,
Marion,
Portsmouth,
St. Chursrillc,
Stcubcnrille,
Toledo,
Woosler,
Zanesville,
MINISTERS.
Wiiltor H. riinicll,
William 1'. Hollislcr,
("liark's K. Alexaiulcr,
J. ]iyer8 Briuc,
John H. Cowan,
Robert L. Brown,
John Todd,
Ed^ar \y. Day,
Perry C. Hoi)per,
Theodore L. liynder,
Chirence Stewart,
Frank W. Hays, D.D.,
Oscar J. Gregg,
UULINCl ELDEUS.
William G. Saint.
Eugene P. Seniple.
Charles A. Simonton.
William N. Mundy.M.D.
W. C. Neu.
C. M. Wyrick.
John R. Stoddard,
W. G. Lyle, M.D.
George M. Gray,
W. C. Hoch.
Ira Ilindinan.
F. (!. Franz.
T. F. Spangler.
XXXII. SYNOD OF OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (WELSH)
Jackson, J. C. Jones, D.D., E. J. Jones, M.D.
I'ittshnrah, John Rhys Roberts, Owen Jones.
Weatcrn, Ohio, E. Edwin Jones, John D. Jones.
XXXIII. SYNOD OF OKLAHOMA.
A rdmore,
Joseph B. Nicholson,
George W. Dudley.
Chodaw,
Silas E. Cole,
Vins(jn A. Kemp.
Cimnrroii,
Lewis W. Scuddcr,
E. M. Byerley.
El Reno,
Samuel M. Hunt,
W. R. Boon. ■
llobart,
Charles W. Estes,
Joseph M. Cheek.
McA lesler.
Almus B. Johnson.
Muskogee,
John C. Linton,
George H. Hinds.
Oklahoma,
Paul C. Baird, D.D.,
L. S. Bagley.
Isaac N. Clack, Ph.D.,
E. L. Gray.
Tulsa,
Ralph J. Lamb, D.D.,
A. A. llollcstone.
XXXIV. SYNOD OF OREGON.
Coos Bay,
Louis M. Anderson, Ph.D.,
Fred W. Davis.
(Grande lionde.
William Westwood, D.D.,
Sidney F. Foster.
I'emlleton,
William II. Bk^aknev, Ph.D.,
L. L. Orr.
Portland,
William S. McCuIlagh,
P. B. McGuire,
L. Bowring C^uick,
EUton Shaw,
William H. Amos,
T. W. Storey.
Southern. Oregon,
Ernest W. Warrington,
George I. Wright, M.D,
Willamette,
Donald A. MacKenzic,
A. 0. Condit.
William Moll Case,
Frank W. Page.
XXXV. SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Bearer,
Ardo P. Bittinger,
Samuel Hamilton.
Blairsville,
Harry E. Kaufman,
O. M. Kimmell.
Thomas F. Kerr,
William Bruce.
William F. Fleming.
Butler,
Silas C. Elder,
Samuel J. Patterson.
Carlisle,
George E. Hawes, D.D.,
Johji H. Blair.
Chester,
Clarion,
Erie,
Huntingdon,
George A. McMi.ster, Ph.D.,
Glenn M. Shafer,
John iMcCahan White,
William R. Houston,
-Vbraham L. Lathem, D.D.,
David Hughes Edwards,
('liarles W. Cochran,
Harry Burton Bovd,
J. Paul Shelley, Ph.D.,
Louis W. Sherwin, D.D.,
Bertram H. Conley,
Walter K. Harnish,
James C. McConnell.
T. Scott C'untiingliam.
Samuel P. Eby.
llairv Pringle l''ord.
William J. AlcClellan.
Samuel I"]. CJriffiths.
T. Koss Tojjley.
William I'^nterline.
D. H. Smith.
Edward D. Austin.
Edwin S. TemiJeton.
John A. Swan.
C. E. Iloscbcrry.
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MINUTES.
[May 19,
PRESBYTERIES.
Kittanning,
Lackawanna,
Lehigh ,
Northumberland,
Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, North,
Pittsburgh,
Redstone,
Shenango,
Washington,
Western Africa,
Westminster,
MINISTERS.
B. James Long,
Jonathan C. Kelly,
George B. Van Dyke,
David H. Johnston, D.D
Thomas F. Archbald,
S. Reynolds Diehl,
Charles C. Millar, D.D.,
Francis S. Hort,
Hugh Gage Moody,
Albert H. Hibshman,
William Pomeroy Fulton
Robert A. Hunter,
Richard T. Jones, D.D.,
Alexander MacColl, D.D.,
Edward M. Freeman, D.D.
James Ramsey Swain,
John B. Laird, D.D.,
W. Beattie Jennings, D.D.,
William Porter Lee, D.D.,
Harle W. Hathaway,
Francis 8. Downs,
Hugh T. Kerr, D.D.,
Maitland Alexander, D.D.,
Alexander Gibson,
Alois H. Husak,
James A. Kelso, D.D.,
Stanley A. Hunter,
Benjamin F. Farber, D.D.,
William F. Silveus, D.D.,
Bert B. Harrison,
George S. Hackett, D.D.,
Edwin D. Bevier,
Robert G. Ramsay, D.D.,
William W. Dinsmore,
D. C. Morton.
George A. Leukel,
John T. Reeve, D.D.,
RULING ELDERS.
Elmer W. Allison.
H. Allen Stewart.
A. P. Starr.
J. G. Moffat.
Charles R. Andrews.
James W. Reid.
Horace C. Wolfe,
J. S. Stillman.
J. D. S. Rhoades,
Charles H. Bolich,
D.D., Craig N. Ligget,
J. Willison Smith,
Stephen Warren,
Allan Sutherland,
William L. Yerkes,
William S. Armstrong.
John M. Dredger, Jr.,
S.Spencer Chapman, Esq.
John M. Somerndike,
William M. Gearhart,
John C. Young.
S. R. W. Wright,
J. W. Donaldson,
J. H. Wallace,
A. B. Kiser,
H. S. Evans,
William M. McCullough,
Arthur H. Koch,
James McAlpin,
Robert J. Burton.
W. E. Franklin,
William H. Hansel.
William Wellhausen.
H. M. Lacock,
Jacob Z. Landis,
John D. Penny.
Northern,
Southern,
XXXVI. SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA (WELSH).
D. Wynne Rees,
Thomas O. Hughes,
James M. Thomas.
Robert J. Roberts.
XXXVII. SYNOD OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Aberdeen,
Black Hills,
Dakota Indian,
Huron,
Sioux Falls,
J. Henry Irwin,
Vaughn A. Woodworth,
Jesse P. Williamson,
Thomas J. Simons,
Calvin Foster.
James O. Andrews.
W. O. Howard.
Simon Antelope.
Frank A. Allen.
XXXVIII. SYNOD OF TENNESSEE.
Chattanooga,
Cumberland Mln.
Duck River,
French Broad,
Holston,
Nashville,
Union,
West Tennessee,
Charles C. Hines,
Paul E. Doran,
Eppa Claude Leeper,
James L. Hyde,
James H. Wallin,
Howard B. Phillips,
William J. Shelton,
Otis G. Perkins,
George P. Zirkle.
T. H. Fancher.
Ruch.
Rice.
Williams.
Gatton.
Charles T. Hale.
Louis Adams.
A.J.
H. C
J. M
J. H.
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PRESBYTERIES. MINISTERS.
XXXIX. 8VNOD OF TEXAS.
Abilene, Harvey II. Howcrs.
Amarillo, B. (1. Taylor,
Auslin, Louis D. Grafton,
Rrownii'ood, liichurd 11. Kivos,
Dalla.s, William K. (irahaiii,
Edgar lluhharfl,
El Pasn, Robert L. Irving, D-IX,
Fort Worth, Benjamin B. Lavender,
Houston, Clarence N. Wylic,
Jefferson, Joseph N. Coker,
Paris, Fred H. Ford, D.D.,
Southwest Bohemian, John Schiller.
Waco, Bob Alex Hodges, D.D.,
Pitser D. Tucker,
RULING ELDERS.
J. L. Duflot.
O. M. Kitzhugh.
B. L. Coulter.
William J. Rhea,
Emmet A. Skiles.
W. V. Long.
M. L. Bounds.
W. R. Etie.
Arch Whitfield.
T. H. Sears.
W. J. Fox,
A. T. Hampton, M.D.
XL. SYNOD OF UTAH.
Ogden, John E. Carver, Charles E. Smith.
Salt Lake, George E. Davies, D.D., Walter W. McKirahan, Ph.D.
Southern Utah, Theodore M. Keusseff, H. J. Sturgcs.
Alaska,
Bellingham,
Central Washington,
Coeur il'Alenc,
Columbia River,
OUjmjna,
Seattle,
Spokane,
Walla Walla,
Wenatchcc,
Yukon,
Eastern,
Western Kansas,
Grafton,
Parkersburg,
Wheeling,
Chippewa,
La Crosse,
Madison,
Milwaukee,
Winnebago,
Dodgeville,
Waukesha,
Welsh Prairie,
XLI. SYNOD OF WASHINGTON.
Robert A. Buchanan, Ralph Young,
Robert Elmer Cooper, O. D. Thygeson.
Franklin D. Healcy, T. E. Forsyth.
William F. Caldwell, James Fulton.
T. Davis Acheson, Nelson E. Allen.
S. Alexander George, D.D., E. L. Hopkins.
Honor L. Wilhelm, Adolph Nelson,
T. Henry Lewis, Joseph Metzler,
John A. Ainslie, Charles A. Ryan.
Bert F. Mitchell, George L. Fisher,
John Clayton, Frank D. Allison.
Jackson K. Buchanan, J. G. Eldridge.
James Thomson.
Frank H. Spence, John C. Smith.
XLII. WESTERN SYNOD (WELSH).
Humphrey W. Owen, David E. Davis.
XLIII. SYNOD OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Louis E. Black, R. D. Wilson.
W. T. McKee, R. L. Griffin.
Edgar P. Carson, W. H. Wilhelm.
XLIV. SYNOD OF WISCONSIN.
James H. Black, W. R. Greenwood.
Cornelius H. Phipps, Willard Suttie.
Edward A. Finn, Henry L. Elstoy.
Mowry S. Axtell, A. H. Bartelt,
Charles W. Sidebothain, J. Brethouwer.
Louis R. Giroulx, Herman Krueger,
Howard A. Talbot, S. Frank Shattuck.
XLV. SYNOD OF WISCONSIN (WELSH).
Gwilym E. Jones.
Morris S. Jones.
John O. Parry, John H, Williams.
XLVI. SYNOD OF W^YOMING.
Cheyenne, Stanley K. Markley, D. S. Swan.
Laramie, George H. Lowry, C. L. Bunton.
Sheridan, Abel M. Shepperd.
14 MINUTES. [May 19,
ADVISORY MEMBERS
fMissions organized under the Board of Foreign Missions, in regions where
there arc no Presbyteries in eonnection with this Assen)bly, are entitled eaoh to
send a delegate, ordained minister or elder, to the Assemhlj'; these delegates may
speak on all questions, but not vote, and they have the same privileges as Com-
missioners in having their expenses met for entertainment, and for mileage from
their domiciles in this country and return. {Manual, p. 7.)
Brazil, South — ^Rev. G. A. Landes. (Guatemala — Rev. E. A. Haymaker.
China, Central — Rev. Kepler Van Evera. hvlia, North — ^Rev. S. M. Gillam.
China, Hainan — Rev. D. S. Tappan, Jr. India, Punjab — Rev. H. C.Velte, D.D.
China, Hunan — Rev. E. D. Chapin. India, Wes'- — Mr. J. L. Goheen.
China, Kiang-An — Mr. J. H. Reisner. Japan — Rev. F. 8. Curtis.
China, Hlianlung — Rev. J. P. Irwin. Fhilipjnnes, — Rev. Roy H. Brown.
China, South — Rev. A. A. Pratt. Siam — Rev. Frank L. Synder.
Chosen (Korea) — Rev. C. A. Clark.
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS
ITie Assembly has designated the following classes of persons as entitled to
the privileges of Corresponding Members, deliberating and advising, but not
voting (Manual, p. 8) : —
1. The permanent Officers of the Assembly, "in matters touching their several
offices."
2. All the Secretaries of the Boards of the Church, "in discussions bearing
upon the interests of the Boards which they severally represent."
3. Secretaries of the Permanent Committees of the Assembly, who, in relation
to the Committees and interests which they represent, have the same privileges
as Board Secretaries.
4. Delegates from corresponding bodies, "upon matters which concern the
bodies that they represent."
5. The President of the Home Mission Council.
The Moderator made a statement regarding the death of
the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, the late Rev.
William Henry Roberts, D. D., LL. D., and suggested that
the matter of the vStated Clerk's office be delayed u til
Friday, on account of the large rmmber of overtures dealing
with the subject. No objection was offered to this
procedure.
The necessary papers for the election of a Moderator and
the Standing Committees were delivered to a Convener in
each of the Electing Sections, names being announced as
follows :
1. Clement G. Martin, 12. J. W. McDonald, D.D.,
2. James B. Fulkerson, 13. Stanley B. Roberts, D.D.,
3. David Wills, Jr., D.D., 14. H. L. Heizer,
4. George C. Vincent, 15. George E. Davies, D.D.,
5. Bernard O. Steiner, Ph.D., IG. S. R. Ferguson, D.D.,
6. Charles C. Millar, D.D., 17. Phil C. Baird, D.D.,
7. George E. Hawes, D.D., 18. John N. Ervin,
8. Charles A. Austin, 19. J. H. Mallard,
9. John O. Parry, 20. B. A. Hodges, D.D.,
10. John A. Savage, D.D., 21. T. D. Acheson,
11. Platte T. Amstutz, 22. A. B. Prichard, D.D.
In the election of Moderator, Elders Thomas E. D.
Bradley, Esq., of Chicago, and James M. Patterson of St.
Louis, were appointed tellers.
A.D. 1921.] ELECTION OF MODERATOR. 15
The Rev. Henry C. Swearingen, D. D., of the Presbytery
of St. Paul, was elected INIoderator of the General Assembly.
A resolution presented by the Rev. George E. Davies, D. D.,
of the Presbytery of Salt Lake, authorizing the Moderator
and Acting Stated Clerk to make suitable response to the tele-
grams from the President of the United States, the Vice-
President of the United States, and the Governor of Indiana,
was adopted.
Upon nomination of the Acting Stated Clerk and the Per-
manent Clerk, the following Commissioners were elected as
Temporary Clerks: Rev. J. V. Stephens, D. D., of the Pres-
bytery of Cincinnati; Elder Allan Sutherland of the Presby-
tery of Philadelphia; Rev. O. M. Fitzhugh of the Presbytery
of Austin, and Rev. John M. Ervin, D. D., of the Presbytery
of Ebenezer.
The Rules of the Assembly as published in the Manual
were made the rules of this Assembly.
The docket as printed was adopted as a tentative docket
for this Assembly.
The Committee on Arrangements through its Chairman,
Dr. J. C. Breckenridge, made the following recommendations
which were adopted, namely:
That the hours of the sessions of the Assembly be from 9
o'clock A. M. to 12.30 P. M., with a devotional service for the
last half hour; the afternoon sessions from 2.30 P. M. to 5.30
P. M.
That all business sessions of the Assembly be held in the
Auditorium, and that the popular meetings be also held in
the Auditorium unless otherwise announced.
The Moderator appointed the Rev. W. Beatty Jennings,
D. D., of the Presbytery of Philadelphia North, to conduct
the devotional services at noon on Friday.
The Assembly then adjourned to meet at 9 o'clock Friday
morning and was closed with prayer by the retiring Modera-
tor, Rev. Samuel S. Palmer, D. D.
A reception was given to the Officers and Commissioners of
the Assembly, together with their wives and friends, in the
Tabernacle, Winona Lake, at 8.00 P. M.
16 MINUTES. [May 20,
FRIDAY, May 20, 1921, 9.00 A. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the
Moderator.
The Minutes of yesterday's sessions were read and ap-
proved.
Elder S. B. Blair, Presbytery of Council Bluffs, was ex-
cused from further attendance at the Assembly, owing to
bereavement in his family, and his proper mileage was al-
lowed. The Moderator requested Rev. George E. Davies,
D. D., of the Presbytery of Salt Lake, to offer prayer for the
bereaved Commissioner and his family.
The Moderator announced the Chairmen of Standing Com-
mittees. The Committees selected by the Electing Sections,
with their Chairmen are as follows:
1. Bills and Overtures:
Ministers — Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., Chairman; T. N. Weaver, D.D., Wm.
Carter, D.D., Francis S. Downs, James A. Kelso, D.D., John Davies,
D.D., O. A. Newhn, D.D., M. S. Axtell, Charles L. Chalfant, D.D.,
Ralph J. Lamb, D.D., B. B. Bigler, D.D., Honor L. Wilhelm.
Ruling Elders~C. E. Pratt, J. T. Ewing, Edward D. Austin, Wm. H.
Hezlep, Joseph W. Parker, Oliver R. Williamson, James O. Andrews,
T. F. Vance, Ph.D., W. L. Threlkeld, O. M. Fitzhugh, A. W. Beam.
2. Judicial Business:
Ministers — David H. Johnston, D.D., Chairman; Wm. G. Kennedy,
Archibald G. Sinclair, D.D., George B. Van Dyke, Jesse Herrman,
Ph.D., John A. Savage, D.D., George P. Magill, D.D., J. Henry
Irwin, Arthur O. Knapp, John A. Troxler, Fred H. Ford, D.D.,
Thomas H. Walker.
Ruling Elders — Frank W. Macy, Virgil Guernsey, S. Spencer Chapman,
W. H. Wilhelm, Richard Thomas, C. A. Paull, A. H. Bartelt, C. E.
Blaine, T. A. Sawhill, J. K. Thompson, J. G. Eldridge,
3. Polity:
Ministers — S. Turner Foster, Ph.D., Chairman; Joseph E. Kennedv,
Seth C. Craig, Wm. P. Fulton, D.D., Glenn M. Shafer, Hugh C,
Griffith, C. B. Hawkins, W. F. Finch, Archie Roy Griggs, D.D..
Frederick Maier, B. G. Mitchell. D.D., Wm. H. Amos.
Ruling Elders — C. R. Hawkins, Henry A. Stults, Chas. H. Bolich, E. P.
Semple, Wm. M. Malloy, W. M. Montgomery, Wilham Griffith,
Harry L. Whipple, Charles W. Logan, James H. Jackson, Charles S.
Dutton.
4. Home Missions:
Ministers — John B. Laird, D.D., Chairman; W. S. Crane, Francis
Palmer, Hugh G. Moody, John Todd, Miles J. Jackson, James W.
McDonald, D.D., Alexander Wimberly, William H. Ensign, D.D.,
Samuel F. Wilson, Roderick C. Jackson, Amos O. Raber.
Ruling Elders — Everett H. Sheldon, Reginald L. McAU, J. M. Somern-
dike, T. Scott Cunningham, Owen Jones, W. P. Porter, W. R. Green-
wood, O. O. Longerberger, E. L. Gray, W. F. Tyler, Sidney F. Foster.
A.D. 1921.] STANDING COMMITTEES. 17
5. Foreign Missions:
Minislcrs — Hugh K. Walker, D.D., Chairman; George II. Feltus, T.
Guthrie Spcors, James Ramsay Swain, Alexander Gibson, D. Wynn(;
Rees, James H. Moore, L. H. Shock, Francis K. Smili\v, D.D., Douglas
Buchanan, Theron Alexander, lOrnest W. Warrington.
Ruling Elders — Lewis B. Jones. James M. Specrs, C. E. Rosenherry,
Charles A. Blinn, Edward Simmons, F. G. Curtis, W. S. Gibbs,
S. B. Blair, W. R. Hardey, W. J. Fox, Clare II. Deiiman.
G. Education:
Ministers — Wallace H. Hamilton, D.D., Chairman; Edwin H. Dickinson,
D.D., Curtis O. Bosserman, Harry Burton Boyd, Carl II. White,
William (J. Ilargrave, D.D., Wm. T. Rodgers, D.D., Barend II.
Kroeze, D.D., Ilowanl C. Irvine, Charles B. Boviiig, D.D., Louis D.
Grafton, Wm. II. ()xt()l)y, D.D.
Rulinq Elders — Frank W. Kirkland, Eloy Estrada, Wm. Lehman
Yerkes, II. M. Lacock, John J. Roberts, M. B. Liddell, l''rank Shat-
tuck, Walter W. McKirahan, Ph.D., P. M. Iloisington, A. A. Carl,
Alva O. Condit.
7. Publication and Sabbath School:
Ministers — Clinton W. Lowrie, D.D., Chairman; James A. Verburg,
A. E. Keigwin, D.D., Harle W. Hathaway, George A. McAlister,
Ph.D., John O. Parry, Wm. C McKnight, E. A. Finn, George H.
Lowrv, Lewis W. Scudder, Otis G. Perkins, Bert F. Mitchell.
Riding Elders— E. D. Baker, Henry B. Mount, A. P. Starr, Wm. N.
iMundy, Allen P. Bethel, B. H. Osborne, C. F. Plummer, C. W. Wade,
A. M. Seddon, W. R. Etie, Benjamin F. Stead.
8. Church Erection:
il/i/u'67ers— Stanley B. Roberts, D.D., Chairman; J. L. Jewell, D.D.,
Wm. A. Byrd, D.D., Wm. F. Fleming, Walter B. Purncll, Simon H.
Scott, Peter W. Fischer, Albert F. Ernest, Ph.D., Robert K. Porter,
D.D., LaFayette Layman, Rudolph W. Caughey, Thos. J. Barkle.
Rulituf Elders— AWan Campbell, F. F. Purdy, S. J. Peelle, S. R. W.
Wright, E. J. Jones, M.D., I. M. Bridgeman, W. W. Suttie, C. E.
Smith, Arthur H. Gilles, T. H. Fancher, Ernest L. Hopkins.
9. Theological Seminaries:
Ministers — George C. Vincent, Chairman; Geo. H. Scofield, Ph.D., H.
B. Howe, Wm. Beatty K. Jennings, D.D., John T. Reeve, D.D.,
John C. Jones, Harry L. Grain, Robert Von Thurn, John E. Carver,
Charles W. Estes, D. T. Waynick, D.D., William H. Bleakney, Ph.D.
Ruling Elders — H. W. Dyer, David B. Corson, O. M. Kimmell, George
M. Gray, James M. B. Holmes, S. M. Stone, D. W. Merrow, M. L.
Rayljurn, Frank G. Wood, Emmet A. Skiles, George F. Guy.
10. Relief and Su.stentation:
Ministers — Robert Watson, D.D., Chairman; G. H. Wilkins, Peter K.
Emmons, Ardo P. Bittinger, Charles K. Alexander, William E. Carr,
D.D., Harvey W. White, Peter M. Orr, James A. McKay, Frank E.
Moore, J. W. Henderson, Augustus B. Prichard, D.D.
Ruling Elders — LeRoy W. Clark, ('harles E. Shepard, T. Ross Topley,
W. E. Franklin, John H. Williams, J. H. Catton, C. H. Loonier, D. S.
Swan, A. A. Rollestone, H. C. Rice, John C. Smith.
11. Freedmen:
Ministers — Robert S. Calder, D.D., Chairman; James J. Hoffman,
Harold S. Rambo, Alexander MacColl, D.D., George S. Ilackett, D.D.,
Gwilym E. Jones, C. W. Lowrie, D.D., O. T. Langfitt, Sam Mclvor,
Robert S. Strain, Chester H. Poland, Rol)ert E. Cooper.
Ruling Elders — A. I'\ Lawrence, .lolui Brinkerhoff, Horace C. Wolfe,
Arthur L. Foster, J. D. Martin, Ph.D., Jenkins McCXiilagh, Arthur
W. Wilson, J. W. Knox, J. T. Mayon, M. L. Bounds, Claud H. Piatt.
IS MINUTES. [May 20,
12. Narrative and Christian Life and Work:
Ministers — Edwin H. Dickinson, D.D., Chairman; A. J. Purely, George
Walton King, D.D., Charles C. Millar, D.D., H. H. Bergen, Levi J.
Melton, D.D., Marshall R. Olsen, Calvin Foster, W. E. Ruston,
William B. Minton, Edgar Hubbard, Nicholas C. McCay.
Ruling Elders — Conrad Gillen, C. W. Mason, Harry Pringle Ford,
Elmer W. Allison, John D. Jones, H. C. Willis, Edward Gamble,
A. T. Anderson, George W. Dudley, C. C. Pressley, Fred W. Davis.
13. Correspondence:
Ministers — George E. Davies, D.D., Chairman; J. E. Grant, Tertius
van Dyke, Richard T. Jones, D.D., Robert G. Ramsay, D.D., E.
Edwin Jones, Harry Nyce, D.D., C. H. Phipps, W. H. Christian,
Thomas R. Mordy, Harry Heinecke, T. Davis Acheson.
Ruling Elders~C. D. Newkirk, Frank H. Jamison, James W. Reid,
W. C. Neu, M. F. Burke, Miles Pantlcn, George B. Crum, Frank
Troyak, Grover T. Lawrance, George D. Robinson, F. Parker Milligan.
14. Leave op Absence:
Ministers — Robert E. Cooper, Chairman; Charles M. Wyse, Frederick
Schweitzer, Walter K. Harnish, W. P. HoUister, J. E. McMillan,
Thomas Hughes, Thomas J. Simons, Edgar D. Clark, James T,
Stewart, Joseph N. Coker, David W. Fahs, D.D.
Ruling Elders— Robert McNabb, John D. Fish, Wm. M. Gearhart, R.
L. Griffin, David E. Davis, Walter Bush, J. W. Seybold, William
Gridley, Herman T. Peters, C. B. Beasley, Theron E. Forsyth.
15. Temperance and Moral Welfare:
Ministers — George E. Hawes, D.D., Chairman; Geo. B. Swinnerton,
Murray H. Gardner, A. Brown Caldwell, Benjamin F. Faber, Morris
S. Jones, G. W. Horn, James Steenson, John H. Baxter, David H. M.
Boyle, Wm. J. Shelton, T. Henry Lewis.
Ruling Elders— L. D. Hyde, Austin C. Cooley, D. H. Smith, W. C.
Hoch, Crawford C. Cassells, Oscar Jewison, A. O. Henderson, Chris
Waters, Henry L. Miller, William J. Rhea, George Harper.
16. Men's Work:
Ministers— Phil C. Baird, D.D., Chairman; T. J. Bolger, Clifton O.
Blanton, Thos. F. Kerr, Perry C. Hopper, John L. Phelps, Glen L.
Rice, Frank W. Christ, W. Oscar Harless, D.D., Jesse L. Coleman,
Benjamin B. Lavender, Herbert W. Tweedie.
Ruling Elders — H. B. Woodward, Chas. S. Irish, Raymond Loranz, S.
P. Eby, James M. Thomas, Daniel P. Griffin, J. E. Thompson, H. J.
Sturges, E. M. Byerley, A. M. Kuykendall, E. James Fulton.
17. Finance:
Ruling Elder — Henry Dornette, Chairman; Ministers — James F. Riggs,
E. J. Humeston, David Hughes, Ph.D., George A. Leukel, John Rhys
Roberts, John L. Prentice, S. B. Roberts, D.D., W. S. Williams, M.D.,
Isaac N. Clack, Ph.D., E. C. Leeper, S. Alexander George, D.D.
Ruling Elders — Frank M. Ellery, A. M. Freeman, E. S. Templeton,
T. F. Spangler, W. T. Singleton, R. W. Olmsted, George H. Bristol,
C. D. Kirkpatrick, Samuel Palmer, T. H. Sears, James C. McDowell
18. Mileage:
Ruling Elder — W. F. Tyler, Chairman; Ministers — W. D. Jones, David
W. Berry, Bertram H. Conley, Ralph W. Kohr, G. F. McK. Miller,
Wm. F. Jones, V. A. Woodworth, Charles D. Jacobs, Edwin Kagin,
Clarence N. Wylie, Homer H. Miller, D.D.
Ruling Elders— Fred W. Rodgers, Wm. J. Yates, J. Willison Smith,
J. H. Wallace, Robert J. Roberts, George H. Shepard, R. G. Anderson,
C. L. Bunton, J. F. Denison, Louis Adams, George L. Fisher,
A.D. 1921.] BILLS AND OVERTURES. l9
19. Synodical Records:
Minislcrs—li. A. IIodRos, D.D., Chairmnn; J. H. Ciirdnor, Henry R.
FancluT, D.I)., S. N. Vail. Staiilcv A. Hunter, l{ichard W. Owen,
Georpe W. While. H. A. Talbot, William S. YounR, Walter S. Crozicr,
Howard M. Phillips, Kohert A. Biichatian.
Rulinq Elders— \. S. DilliiiKliani, William Fleming, S. J. Patterson,
CM. Wyrick, James T. Mutler, J. R. Shinn, T. J. Beith, C. M.
Rudcsil, C. S. Morrow, A. T. Hampton, W. J. Mason.
The Moderator announced that he had appointed as Vice-
Moderator, Elder Nathan G. Moore of the Presbytery of
Chicago.
On nomination of the Acting Stated Clerk, the Rev. George
M. Gordon of the Presbytery of Morris and Orange was
elected as an additional Temporary Clerk.
The Moderator made the declaration that the usual As-
sembly documents had been given to the Chairmen of the
Standing Committees.
The list of Overtures received in the office of the Stated
Clerk, for presentation to the General Assembly, and refer-
ence to the Standing Committee on Bills and Overtures, is
as follows:
Ouerlures Nos. 1 to 159, on Limiting the Terms of the Offices of the
Assembly's Stated and Permanent Clerks, asking the Assembly, "to fix
the terms of office of the Stated Clerk for five years, and the Permanent Clerk
for three years; said terms to begin April 1, 1922, the election of said Clerks
to occur during the meeting of the As.sembly in 1921."
From the Presbyteries of Adams, Alaska, Alton, Ardmore, Atlantic, Balti-
more, Beaver, Bell, Bellingham, Binghamton, Bismarck, Black Hills, Blairs-
ville, Bloomington, Boise, Boulder, Box Butte, Brooklyn-Nassau, Butler,
Butte, Carthage, Central Washington, Chester, Chillicothe, Chippewa, Cin-
cinnati, Clarion, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbia River, Crawford.sville, Cum-
berland Mountain, Dallas, Dayton, Denver, Des Moines, Dubuque, Ebenezer,
El Paso, El Reno, Emporia, i<>ie, Flint, Florida, Fort Smith, Fort Wayne,
Fort Worth, Frecport, French Broad, Gadsden, Galena, George, Grande Ronde,
Gunnison, Hastings, Havana, Helena, Hobart, Hodge, Holston, Houston,
Huntingdon, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iron Mountain, Jonesboro, Kalamazoo,
Kansas City, Kendall, Kiamichi, Kittanning, La Crosse, Lake Superior, Lehigh,
Le Vcre, Lima, Little Rock, Logan, Logansport, McAlester, McClelland, McGee,
Madison, Mahoning, Mankato, Mattoon, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minot,
Morris and Orange, Muncie, Muskogee, New Albany, Newburyport, New
Castle, Niagara, Niobrara, Northern Arizona, Oakes, Ogden, Oklahoma, Olym-
pia, Otsego, Ottawa, Oxford, Parkersl)urg, Pembina, Pendleton, Peoria, Petoskey,
I'ittsburgh, Portland, Porto Rico, Princeton, Providence, Pueblo, Riverside,
Rochester, Saginaw, Saint Clairsville, Saint Cloud, Saint Joseph, Saint Law-
rence, Saint Paul, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa Fe, Scdalia,
Shenango, Sioux City, Solomon, Southern Oregon, Southern Utah, Southwest
Bohemian, Springfield, Steuben, Syracuse, Toledo, Topeka, Transylvania,
Troy, Tulsa, Waco, Walla Walla, Wcnatchee, Westminster, Wheeling, White
Water, Wichita, Willamette, Woostcr, Yadkin, Yellowstone — (154).
Presbyteries declining to concur: Carlisle, Connecticut Valley, Neosho,
Northumberland, Rendall — (5).
Overtures Nos. 160, 101 on the Terms of the Offices of the Assembly's
Stated and Permanent Clerks, asking that both be fixed at five years.
From Grand Rapida and Huron Presbyteries.
20 MINUTES. [May 20,
Overture No. 162, on Term of Office of the Assembly's Stated Clerk,
asking that it be "limited to a term of five years, with no objection to reelec-
tion for the same term if the General AssemVjly so wills."
From North River Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 163 to 20/i. on the Reorganization of the Offices of the
Assembly, asking the Assembly "to adopt a plan for the reorganization of
the offices of the General Assembly, whereby there shall be only three paid
officers of the Assembly — a Stated Clerk, a Statistical Clerk, a Treasurer."
The duties of the officers named are defined in the Overture.
From the Presbyteries of Alaska, Blairsville, Chattanooga, Clarion, Colum-
bia River, Grafton, Hastings, Hodge, Indianapolis, Kalispell, Kendall, Kit-
tanning, LaCrosse, Lima, Logansport, Niagara, Northern Arizona, Olympia,
Peoria, Petoskey, Portland, Pueblo, Rock River, San Jose, Santa Fe, Shenango,
Solomon, Southern Oregon, Toledo, Tulsa, Walla Walla, Yellowstone — (32).
Presbyteries declining to concur: Carthage, Chester, Connecticut Valley,
Fort Worth, Kansas City, Niobrara, Northumberland, Ottawa, Pendleton,
Sioux City— (10).
Overtures Nos. 305 to 263, on the Reorganization of the Assembly's Execu-
tive Offices, asking the Assembly "to give full attention to the reorganization
of its executive offices, with a view to a better system than at present prevails,
such reorganization, in the judgment of the petitioners, being highly desirable
and it is suggested that, pending such consideration, the existing vacancy in
the office of Stated Clerk be not filled."
From the Presbyteries of Albany, Beaver, Binghamton, Bismarck, Brooklyn-
Nassau, Carlisle, Central Washington, Chattanooga, Chicago, Clarion, Dayton,
Detroit, Dubuque, Ebenezer, El Reno, Fargo, Flint, Florida, Grande Ronde,
Hobart, Hodge, Holston, Huntingdon, Iron Mountain, Kansas City, Kiamichi,
La Crosse, Le Vere, Logansport, Nebraska City, New Albany, Northern Ari-
zona, Northumberland, Oakes, Olympia, Portsmouth, Portland, Rendall, Rock
River, Saginaw, Saint Joseph, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Shenango, Solo-
mon, Toledo, Union, Washington City, Waukon, Wenatchee, Willamette,
Yadkin— (52).
Presbj^teries declining to concur: Chester, Columbia River, McAlester,
Kendall, Pendleton, Sioux City, Twin Falls— (7).
Overture No. 26 Z^, on College Students and Christian Statesmanship,
asking that, "through the General Board of Education, the attention of stud-
ents in our Colleges should be definitely turned to the service of God and
humanity, in the field of Christian Statesmanship; and that, by all means at
their command, the seeking of service in public life should be emphasized as
a legitimate avenue of Christian work."
From Colorado Synod.
Overtures Nos. 265 to 270, concerning Albany College, Albany, Oregon,
asking the Assembly's approval of a plan for placing this institution under the
joint control of Oregon Synod and Columbia Synod of the United Pres-
byterian Church.
From Presbyteries of Coos Bay, Grande Ronde, Pendleton, Portland, South-
ern Oregon, Willamette.
Overtures Nos. 271, 272, on the Management of the University of
Dubuque asking the Assembly "to take such steps as in its wisdom shall seem
best to cause an examination and investigation of the conditions in said
institution," etc. The Overture contains a lengthy Preamble.
From Presbyteries of George and Waukon.
Overture No. 273 on Prayer for Foreign Missions, asking that the Board
of Foreign Missions "widen the circle of the 'Year Book of Prayer for Mis-
sions,' so as to include, among the objects for united intercession, the people
of the Republic of Czecho Slovakia."
From Steuben Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 274 to 278, relating to Foreign Missions, asking the Assem-
bly to instruct the Foreign Board "to commission only such missionaries as
will heartily subscribe to and pledge themselves to preach and teach the evan-
A.D. 1921.] lULLS AND OVERTURES. 21
^(•lical truths as set forth in our staiulards, and to rvraW ami withdraw its suj)-
port from any who tlcjiart from suc-h doctrinal standards."
From Presbyteries of Indiana, Milwaukee, New Castle, Saint Cloud, Waukoii.
Orcrlitre No. 27!), from Michigan Synod, on CiiANriiNO tiik Namk of the
HoAUU FOR FuKEDMKN, asklu};; tiio Asseml)ly "to, take tlie steps necessary to
ciiango the name of the Board for Freedmen to a more appropriate designa-
tion, exprossiiip; more exactly the proper status of the Negro people."
From Michigan Synod.
Overture No. 2S0 on the work of tlie Fkekdmkn's Boaijd, asking the Assembly
to instruct its Executive Connnission to increase the Budget in behalf of this
Board.
From Cape Fear Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 281 to SJfO, on Reorganization of the Board of Home
Missions, so that the Board shall be composed of one member from each of
the Synods and fifteen additional members chosen by the Assembly, the Board
to hold two regular meetings, annually, the Home Mission Council to be dis-
continued, and other details of the proposed plan being also set forth.
From Presbyteries of Alaska, Atlantic, Bell, Boise, Carthage, Chattanooga,
Coos B:iy, Denver, Dubuque, Emporia, Fargo, F'lint, Fort Worth, French
Broad, George, Great Falls, Hastings, Indiana, Iowa, Iron Mountain, Kansas
City, L'lke Superior, Le Vcre, Logan, Logansport, McClelland, McGee, Man-
kato, Neosho, New Castle, Niagara, Niobrara, Northern Arizona, Olympia,
Oxford, Parkersburg, Pueblo, Rendall, Rock River, Saint Clairsville, Saint
Cloud, Santa Fe, Seattle, Shenango, Solomon, Southern Oregon, Toledo, Tran-
sylvania, Wa.shington, Zanesville — (50).
Presbyteries declining to concur: Alton, Arkansas, Blairsville, Carlisle, Cen-
tral Washington, Clarion, Columbia River, Connecticut Valley, Des Moines,
Huntingdon, Kendall, La Crosse, McAlester, Newburyport, Northumber-
land, Pembina, Pendleton, Sioux City, Twin Falls — (19).
Overture No. 350, relating to the Home Mission Board, presenting for the
attention and consideration of the General Assembly the following action
taken by the Board of Home Missions, on April 28, 1921: "That the Board
request the General Assembly to increase the number of Board members by
two, one in the class of 1922 and one in the class of 1924."
Overtures Nos. 351 to 376, on the Home Mission Council, asking for the
discontinuance of this Agency of the Church, on the ground that it is "no longer
essential", and that its abolishment would be "in the interest of economy."
From Presbyteries of Albany, Ardmore, Blairsville, Boston, Cimarron,
Clarion, Connecticut Valley, Denver, Dubuque, El Reno, Erie, Iowa, McAles-
ter, Muskogee, Niagara, Oklahoma, Otsego, Parkersburg, Peoria, Providence,
Sioux City, Troy, Tulsa, Washington, Westchester, Zanesville — (26).
Overtures Nos. 377 to 514, on Ministerial, Relief and Sustentation,
asking the Assembly to seek the cotiperation of other Presbyterian Churches
in .securing such interdenominational comity as will insure to ministers the
privilege of transferring from one Presbyterian body to another without for-
feiting any of the rights pertaining to honorable retirement or old age allowance.
From Presbyteries of Alaska, Albany, Atlantic, Austin, Baltimore, Belhng-
ham, Binghamton, Birmingham, Bismarck, Black Hills, Blairsville, Boise,
Boston, Boulder, Brooklyn-Nassau, Butler, Cayuga, Central Washington,
Chattanooga, Chillicothe, Clarion, Cleveland, Coeur d'Alene, Columbia, Colum-
bia River, Council Bluffs, Cumberland Mountain, Denver, Detroit, Duck River,
Ebenezer, El Paso, El Reno, Erie, Fargo, Flint, Florida, Fort Smith, Fort
Wayne, French Broad, Grafton, Ha.stings, Helena, Holston, Huron, Indian-
apolis, Iowa, Iron Mountain, Kalispell, Kendall, Kittanning, Lackawanna,
La Cro.s.se, Lake Superior, Laramie, Lima, Little Rock, McAlester, McGee,
Madison, Mahoning, Milwaukee, Minneajiolis, Minot, Monmouth, Morris
and Orange, M uncle, Muskogee, Nebra.ska C'ity, New Albany, Newark, Niagara,
Niobrara. Xorthumberlirid, Oakes, 01ym[)ia, Ot.sego, Ottawa, Ozark, Parkens-
burg, Pembina, Peoria, Petoskey, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Pueblo, Red
22 MINUTES. [May 20,
River, Redstone, Riverside, Saint Clairsville, Saint Cloud, Saint Lawrence,
Saint Paul, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Santa Fe, Seattle,
Shenango, Soutliern Arizona, Southern Oregon, Southern Utah, Steuben,
Syracuse, Transylvania, Union, Utica, Waco, Walla Walla, Washington City,
Waukon, Wenatchee, West Jersey, Wheeling, Wooster, Yadkin, Zanesvillc —
(118).
Presbyteries declining to concur: Adams, Beaver, Carthage, Chester, Con-
necticut Valley, Des Moines, Fort Worth, Freei)ort, Grande Ronde, Hunting-
don, Kansas City, Lansing, Logansport, Neosho, Portsmouth, Sheridan, Toledo,
Twin Falls, Washington, Wichita — (20).
Overture No. 515, on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation, praying for
some such interdenominational comity agreement as is contemplated in the
foregoing group of Overtures, but asking that it be restricted to these four
churches, — -the Presbyterian, U. S., U. S. A., the United, and the Reformed
Church in the U. S.
From Freejiort Presbytery.
Overture No. 516, on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation, asking that
the matter involved in the foregoing group of Overtures be referred to the
Board of Ministerial Relief and Sustentation, for consideration, and for report
to the General Assembly of 1922.
From Emporia Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 517 to 646, on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation,
asking the Assembly "to authorize and instruct the Board of Ministerial Relief
and Sustentation to devise some plan whereby those persons who have been
members of the Sustentation Fund for at least 10 years and have served the
Church for 30 years, may be entitled to the benefits of the Fund at the age
of 65."
From Presbyteries of Abilene, Alljany, Alton, Ardmore, Athens, Atlantic,
Beaver, Bell, Binghamton, Birmingham, Bismarck, Bloomington, Boise, Bos-
ton, Boulder, Brownwood, Butler, Cape Fear, Cayuga, Central Washington,
Chattanooga, Chillicothe, Cimarron, Cincinnati, Clarion, Coeur d'Alenc, Col-
umbia, Connecticut Valley, Coos Bay, Dayton, Denver, Des Moines, Duck
River, Ebenezer, El Paso, El Reno, Erie, Fargo, Flint, Fort Smith, Fort Wayne,
Fort Worth, Gadsden, George, Grafton, Grande Ronde, Helena, Hobart,
Hodge, Holston, Huntsville, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iron Mountain, Jones-
boro, Kalamazoo, Kendall, Kiamichi, Kittanning, Knox, Lake Superior, Lan-
sing, Laramie, Larned, Lehigh, Le Vere, Little Rock, Logansport, Los Angeles,
McAlester, McClelland, McGee, Mahoning, Mattoon, Milwaukee, Minot,
Muskogee, Nebraska City, Neosho, New Albany, Newburyport, New Castle,
Northern Arizona, Northumberland, Oakes, Olympia, Otsego, Ottawa, Oxford,
Parkersburg, Pembina, Peoria, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Princeton,
Providence, Red River, Redstone, Rendall, Rochester, Rock River, Saint
Clairsville, Saint Joseph, Saint Paul, San Joaquin, San Jose, Santa Barl)ara,
Santa Fe, Shenango, Sioux City, Solomon, Springfield, Toledo, Toijeka, Tulsa,
Utica, Waco, Walla Walla, Washington, Washington City, Waukon, Wenat-
chee, West Jersey, White Water, Wichita, Winona, Yadkin, Yellowstone — (129).
Carlisle Presbytery is reported as declining to concur.
Overtures Nos. 647 to 794, on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation,
asking the Assembly to instruct the Board "to adjust the rates of the 70-year
class in the Sustentation Fund to a 65-year basis, so as to make only one class
in that Fund, and thus remove the discrimination between ministers under
similar conditions."
From Presbyteries of Alaska, Albany, Alton, Arkansas, Athens, Atlantic,
Austin, Baltimore, Beaver, Binghamton, Birmingham, Bismarck, Black Hills,
Blairsville, Bloomington, Boise, Boston, Box Butte, Brooklyn-Nassau, Butte,
Cape Fear, Carlisle, Carthage, Central Washington, Chattanooga, Chicago,
Chillicothe, Cleveland, Coeur d'Alene, Columbia, Columbia River, Connec-
ticut Valley, Corning, Council Bluffs, Cumberland Mountain, Denver, Des
Moines, Detroit, Dubuque, Duck River, El Reno, Emporia, Ewing, Fargo,
Flint, Florida, Fort Smith, Fort Wayne, Freeport, French Broad, Galena,
Grafton, Grande Ronde, Grand Rapids, Great Falls, Gunnison, Hastings,
A.D. 1921.] BILLS AND OVERTURES. ^3
Helena, llobart, Ilodgo, llolston, Tlouston, IIuntiiiKdon, Huron, Indianapolis,
Iowa, Kalamazoo, KiMulall. Kirksvillo, KittanninK, La Crosse, Lake Superior,
Lansing, Le Vere, Lima, Logan, Logansport, McAlestcr, McGee, Madison,
Mankato, Mattoon, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Muneie, Muskogee, Neosho,
New Albany, Newburyi)ort, New Castle, Niagara, Niobrara, Northern Ari
zona. North River, Northumberland, Oklahoma, Olympia, Otsego, Parkersburg,
Pendleton, Peoria, Petoskey, Philadelpliia, Phoenix, Portsmouth, Prineeton,
Providenee, Pueblo, H(m1 River, Redstone, Rendall, Riverside, Rock River,
Saginaw, Saint Cloud, Saint .Joseph, Saint Lawrence, Saint Louis, Saint Paul,
San Joaquin, San Jose, Santa Barl)ara, Santa Fe, Scdalia, Shenango, Sioux
City, Solomon, Southern Arizona, Southern Utah, Springfield, Steuben, Syra-
cuse, Toledo, Tojieka, Transylvania, Troy, Twin I'^alls, Union, Utica, Waco,
Washington, Waterloo, Waukon, Wcnatciiec, Westminster, Wooster, Yadkin,
Zanesville— (149).
Oi'crlure No. 705, on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation, asking the
Assembly to direct the Board, "so to alter its rules as to i)ermit men to enter
its class of Honorably Retired annuitants who come to us from other Presby-
terian bodies, having served the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., as much as
20 years, and a total of 'AO years actual ministrj'."
From Olymjiia Presbytery.
Overture No. 796, on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation, petitioning
for "the inclusion of workers other than ordained ministt^rs in any department
of the Home Mission field of the Church, whether under the ]i(Jard of Home
Missions or under self-sustaining Synods and Pre.sbytcries, in the class of par-
ticipants in the privileges of the Sustentation Fund."
From Chicago Presbytery.
Overture No. 797, on Young People's Work, asking that, "in view of the
action of the Assembly, in 1906, placing all Young People's organizations in
the Church, except the Sunday-school, under the direction of 'Young People's
Work,' as part of the Board of Pul^lication and S. S. Work, the As.sembly sus-
tain its action of 1906, placing the Young People's activities, including the
securing of contributions, under the direction of this one Agency."
From Michigan Synod.
Overtures Nos. 798, 799, on Publication and Sabbath School Work, being
a series of four recommendations suggested by the Board to the Presbyteries
for their action, concerning certain phases of its work.
From Iron Mountain and Lansing Presbyteries.
Overtures Nos. 800, 801, on the King James Translation of the Bible,
asking the Assembly to "instruct the Board of Publication and Sabbath School
Work to return to the usage of printing both the King James and Revised
Versions in all S. S. publications."
From Ewing and Peoria Presbyteries.
Overtures Nos. 802 to 883, on the Consolidation of the Boards of Freed-
MEN and Home Missions, asking that the Assembly merge these two Boards,
"so that in this Church all races will be handled as a part of one great problem,
and no race be singled out by the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A."
From Presbyteries of Athens, Atlantic, Binghamton, Bloomington, Boston,
Boulder, Brooklyn-Nassau, Butte, Cayuga, Chester, Columbia, Corning, Coun-
cil Bluffs, Crawfordsville, Denver, Ewing, Flint, Grand Rapids, Great Falls,
Helena, Iron Mountain, Jersey City, Kalamazoo, Kendall, Lake Superior,
Los Angeles, Lyons, McClelland, Mahoning, Mattoon, Muneie, Nebraska
City, Neosho, Newark, Newburyport, Oakes, Oklahoma, 01ymj)ia, Otsego,
Parkersburg, Pendleton, Portland, Portsmouth, Rendall, Riverside, Saginaw,
Saint Clairsville, Saint Cloud, Saint Joseph, San Joaquin, San Jose, Santa
Barbara, Santa Fe, Southern Arizona, Syracuse, Tulsa, Twin Falls, Utica,
Washington City, White Water, Wichita, Yellowstone — (62).
Presbyteries declining to concur: Beaver, Blairsville, Carlisle, Chattanooga,
Clarion, Connecticut Valley, Des Moines, Grafton, Grande Ronde, Hodge,
Huntingdon, Kiamichi, Le Vere, Logansport, McAlester, Northumberland
Pembina, Sioux City, Toledo, Yadkin — (20).
24 MINUTES. [May 20,
Overture No. SS4, on the Consolidation of the Boards of Church Erec-
tion AND Home Missions, setting forth reasons why these Agencies should be
united.
From San Francisco Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 885 to 890, on a Reorganization and Consolidation of the
Assembly's Boards and Other Agencies, asking that, in the interest of
greater efficiency and economy, steps be taken at once to reorganize and coor-
dinate the Agencies of the Church.
From Presbyteries of Emporia, FHnt, Lake Superior, Lansing, Petoskey,
Saginaw — (6).
Overtures Nos. 891 to 895, concerning the Permanent Committee on Vac-
ancy AND Supply, asking for the discontinuance of this Agency as needless,
and a financial burden to the Church.
From Presbyteries of Butte, Great Falls, Kalispell, Lewistown, Yellowstone.
Overtures Nos. 896 to 898, on the Central Receiving Agency, asking that
it shall be continued, "as a logical feature in the one budget plan for the benevo-
lences of the Church."
From Tennessee Synod, and the Presbyteries of Spokane and Twin Falls.
Overture No. 899, on the Executive Commission Budget, asking that, "for
the year beginning April 1, 1922, and thereafter, it shall include only those
Boards and Agencies which are under the direct control of the General
Assembly."
From Rochester Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 900 to 977, on the Executive Commission Budget, asking
the Assembly to direct the Executive Commission —
1. To re-allocate the whole Budget for the year 1921-1922, in order that it
may be cooperatively made.
2. To direct the Executive Commission hereafter to give the representatives
of the Boards, and other Agencies participating in the Budget, an opportunity
to be heard after the Executive Commission has tentatively determined upon
the percentages according to which the Budget is to be distributed, and before
announcement is made to the Church, pending the adoption of the Budget by
the General Assembly.
From Presbyteries of Abilene, Alton, Arkansas, Athens, Baltimore, Bing-
hamton, Birmingham, Black Hills, Blairsville, Boston, Boulder, Brooklyn-
Nassau, Cape Fear, Carthage, Chippewa, Cimarron, Clarion, Cleveland, Coeur
d'Alene, Columbia, Coos Bay, Corning, Council Bluffs, Dakota (Indian),
Dayton, Des Moines, Detroit, Duck River, Ebenczer, El Reno, Erie, Fargo,
Flint, Florida, Grafton, Hastings, Hodge, Huntsville, Huron, Indianapolis,
Iron Mountain, Kansas City, Kirksville, Le Vere, Logansport, McAlester,
Mahoning, Minot, Neosho, New Albany, New Castle, Newton, Niobrara,
Northern Arizona, Oneida, Otsego, Parkersburg, Petoskey, Philadelphia, Red
River, Rock River, Saint Clairsville, Saint Cloud, Saint Lawrence, Santa Fe,
Seattle, Sedalia, Shenango, Sioux City, Solomon, Steuben, Troy, Union, Wash-
ington City, Waukon, Wenatchee, Westchester, West Jersey — (78).
Overture No. 978, on Thorough Training for Higher Efficiency in
Church Work, on the part of both ministers and laymen, asking for the appoint-
ment of a committee to study the character of the work done in Theological
Seminaries, Training Schools for Lay workers, and Summer Conferences, with
a view to the introduction of such methods as may be promotive of the end
sought.
From Flint Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 979 to 1154, on the Elimination of Assessments, asking
the Assembly "to eliminate all assessments except those for the actual expenses
of the General Assembly, such as mileage, entertainment, and the contingent
fund, and that no appropriations that involve the levying of tax upon the
members of the church be made by the General Assembly until approved by
a majority of the Presbyteries."
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From Prpsbytorios of Ahileno, Alaska, Albany, Alton, Arkansas, Athens,
Atlantic, lialtinioro, liinplianiton, IMack Hills, Hlairsvillc, lil<)0!ninfj;lon, Boston,
Brooklyn-Nassau, liulTalo, Hiitii-r, Butte, Cayupa, Centra! Washington, ("liaf-
tanooga, Chester, Chieago, Chillicothe, Cliip]K>wa, Cimarron, Cinciiuiati,
Clarion, Cleveland, Coeur d'Alene, Columbia, Columbia River, Conneeticut
Valley, Corning. Council Bluffs, Crawfordsville, Cumberland Mountain,
Dallas, Dayton, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Dubuque, Duck River, El Paso,
Elizabeth, Kmjioria, Erie, Ewing, Flint, Florida, Fort Smith, I'^ort Wayne,
Fort Worth, (lalena, George, Grafton, Grande Ronde, Grand Rapids, Helena,
Hodge, Huntingdon, Huntsville, Huron, Indiana, Iowa, Iron Mountain, .Jersey
City, Jonesboro, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Kendall, Kiamiehi, Kirksvillc,
Kit tanning, Lackawanna, La Crosse, Lansing, Lake Sujjerior, Lehigh, Le Vere,
Lewistown, Lima, Logan, Logansport, Los Angeles, McClelland, McGce,
Madison, Mahoning, Mattoon, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minot, Muskogee,
Nebraska City, Neosho, New Albany, New Brunswick, Newburyport, New
Castle, Newton, New York, Niagara, Northern Arizona, North River, North-
umberland, Oakes, Oklahoma, Olympia, Otsego, Ottawa, Ozark, Paris, Par-
kersburg, Pembina, Pendleton, Peoria, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Princeton,
Providence, Puel)lo, l^ed River, Riverside, Rochester, Rock River, Saginaw,
Saint Cloud. Saint Joseph, Saint Lawrence, Saint Louis, San .Joaquin, San
Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa Vc, Seattle, Shenango, Solomon, Southern Arizona,
Southern Oregon, Southern Utah, Southwest Bohemian, Springfield, Steuben,
Toledo, Topeka, Transylvania, Tulsa, Union, Waco, Washington, Wash-
ington City. Waterloo, " Waukon, Westchester, West Jersey, Westminster,
Wheeling, White Water, Wichita, Willamette, Winona, Yadkin, Yellowstone,
Zanesville — (16.5).
I'resbyteries declining to concur: Beaver, Boulder, Carlisle, Carthage,
Frecport, Larned, McAlester, Rendall, Sheridan, Twin Falls, Wenatchcc — (11).
Overture No. 116.5, on Economy in Ciiuncn Administration, asking that
immediate steps be taken to reduce the overhead expenses of the various Agen-
cies and Boards to a minimum."
From Mattoon Presbytery.
Orerture No. 1156, on Giving Publicity to the Delibkkations of Si'ECial
Committees and (Commissions of the Assembly, asking that their conclu-
sions shall be jjublished as soon as reached, in order that they may be studied
before the Presbyteries elect their Commissioners to the Assembly.
From Dallas Presbytery.
Overture No. 1167 on the New Era Movement, asking the Assembly to
approve of the ])olicy of bringing ihv activities of the New l^lrti ('onnnittec
into clo.ser coc'iperation with the Synods and Presbyteries, by following a Plan
which the petitioners outline at length.
From Waterloo Presbytery.
Overture No. 1 168, on the New Era Magazine, making i)etition, with accom-
I)anying argument, that "there be substituted for the New lOra Magazine, as
at f)resent conducted, a monthly i)ublication of modest size, devoted exclus-
ively to official information, to be sent to all ministers and elders throughout
the Church; and that the control of the same be vested in a committee, to be
named by the General Assembly or by the Executive Commission; the cost of
this bulletin not to be to the Church at large more than $20,000.00 per
annum."
From Chicago Presbytery.
Overture No. 1150, on the Intekciiukcii World Movement, asking the
Assemblj' —
1. To inquire whether the Church's benevolent funds, as has been alleged,
are now l)eing diverted to the payment of the Intenihurch debt.
2. To infjuire whether the officers of our Boards were legally authorized
to underwrite the Interchurch World Movement with the Church's benevo-
lent funds; and not further to entrust the administration of the Church's
funds to those who may have illegally done so.
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3. That our Intcrchurcli obligations bo met by speciiil canvass for that pur-
pose, and not by appropriating funds contributed for the benevolent causes
of the Church.
From Willamette Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 1160 to 1175, on the Union of Evangelical Churches,
expressing disapproval of the Plan of Union presented in the Overture referred
to the Presbyteries for their consideration, but avowing sympathy with the
object sought and preferring the request that the Assembly continue efforts
in the same direction until the consummation devoutly wished for has been
realized — the organic union of evangelical Christendom.
From Texas Synod and the Presbyteries of Abilene, Austin, Bell, Brown-
wood, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, Huntsville, Jefferson, Meridian,
Oxford, Paris, Saint Louis, Waco.
Overtures Nos. 1176 to 1235, on Institutions of Public Charity, asking
the Assembly "to take such action as will secure a thorough investigation of
the whole subject, and a better and more systematic administration of homes
for the aged, for convalescents, and for orphans."
From Presbyteries of Baltimore, Brooklyn-Nassau, Buffalo, Carthage, Chat-
tanooga, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Council Bluffs, Crawfordsville, Dallas,
Dayton, Denver, Detroit, Dubuque, Emporia, Fort Wayne, Fort Worth,
Freeport, Grand Rapids, Hastings, Houston, Huron, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas
City, Kittanning, La Crosse, Lansing, Logansport, Los Angeles, Madison,
Mattoon, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Muncie, Muskogee, New Albany, Niagara,
Olympia, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Portsmouth, Rock River, Saginaw, Saint Joseph,
Saint Louis, Saint Paul, San Francisco, Springfield, Toledo, Topeka, Tulsa,
Washington, Washington City, Waterloo, Woostcr — (57).
Presbyteries declining to concur: Des Moines, Niobrara, Sioux City — (3).
Overtures Nos. 1236 to 1319, on a Two Years Term of Service for Commis-
sioners TO THE General Assembly, asking for such change in Form of Gov-
ernment as will provide that Commissioners be chosen for the period of two
years. The proposed plan is set forth in fullness of detail.
From Presbyteries of Ardmore, Baltimore, Binghamton, Brooklyn-Nassau,
Buffalo, Cayuga, Chattanooga, Chippewa, Cincinnati, Connecticut Valley,
Council Bluffs, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, El Paso, French Broad, Helena, Indian-
apolis, Jersey City, Kansas City, Lackawanna. Little Rock, Logansport, Lyons,
McAlester, Madison, Mahoning, Mankato, Minneapolis, Monmouth, Morris
and Orange, Muncie, New Brunswick, Newburyport, New York, Pittsburgh,
Portsmouth, Rochester, Saint Cloud, Saint Louis, Santa Fe, Southern Arizona,
Syracuse, Troy, Utica — (44).
Presbyteries declining to concur: Alaska, Alton, Beaver, Blairsville, Boulder,
Carlisle, Carthage, Central Washington, Cimarron, Clarion, Columbia River,
Des Moines, Freeport, George, Grafton, Grande Ronde, Huntingdon, Kendall,
La Crosse, Lake Superior, Logan, Neosho, Niobrara, Northumberland, Hodge,
Otsego, Ottawa, Pembina, Pendleton, Rendall, Shenango, Sheridan, Sioux
City, Southern Oregon, Toledo, Twin Falls, Washington, Waukon, Wenatchee,
Zanesville — (40) .
Overture No. 1320, on Reducing the Number of Commissioners in the
General Assembly, asking the Assembly "to appoint a special committee of
seven (four ministers and three elders), with instructions to devise a plan to
reduce the number of Commissioners apj^roximately to one-half the present
membership; that the committee shall give publicity to its proposed plan,
through the religious press, before November 1, 1921, requesting criticisms,
suggestions, or amendments, and to report its modified or final plan to the
next meeting of the General Assembly."
From Philadelphia Presbytery.
Overture No. 1321, petitioning for Biennial Meetings of the Assembly,
with the provision that Commissioners shall be chosen in the fall, in order
that questions to be considered in the Assembly may be studied in advance.
From La Crosse Presbytery.
Overture No. 1322, on the Office of Deaconess, asking the Assembly to
prescribe a method of procedure for setting a candidate to the ofl&ce of Deaconess*
From Philadelphia Presbytery.
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Overtures Nos. 133J to 1303, on Fedeuated Churches, asking that "the As-
sembly rules bo so amended that any cvangolical minister, serving a federated
church of which a Presbyterian Church is a constituent member, may be author-
izcti, ujion request of the Session, to act as moderator of the Session, in all
matters pertaining to the reception and dismissal of members, and in all mat-
ters pertaining so the local and benevolent budgets of the Church. In all other
matters the regularly appointed moderator shall preside."
From Presbytci-ies of Abilene, Athens, Baltimore, Beaver, Birmingham,
Bloomington, Boulder, Des Moines, Detroit, Ebenezer, Emporia, Fhnt, Great
I'alls, Helena, Hodge, Huntsville, Iron Mountain, Jersey Citj', La Crosse,
Lake Superior, Le Vere, Lima, Little Rock, Logansport, Los Angele.s, Lyons,
McAlestcr, McGee, Madison, New Albany, Newburyport, Northumberland,
Olympia, Parkersburg, Pendleton, Pcto.skey, Portsmouth, Red River, Red.stone,
Riverside, Saginaw, Saint Clairsville, Saint Lawrence, San Francisco, Santa
Barbara, Santa Fe, Shenango, Sioux City, Solomon, Southern Oregon, Spring-
field, Syracuse, Walla Walla, Wheeling, Winona — (55).
Presbyteries declining to concur: Adams, Atlantic, Blairsville, Carlisle, Car-
thage, Central Washington, Columbia River, Connecticut Valley, George,
Grande Rondo, Lansing, Northern Arizona, Kendall, Toledo, Washington,
Wenatchee — (16).
Overture No. 1394, on Federated Churches, asking the Assembly —
"1. To make a deliverance defining a method of procedure by which a Pres-
byterian Church may federate with an evangelical church of another denomi-
nation.
"2. If there be no such law of the Church, then to propose such amendments
to the Constitution as will let such a federation be effected."
From Madison Presbyter3\
Overture No. 1395, on Federated CntrRCHES, making petition against the
Assembly's giving encouragement to any scheme for federating churches of
tlifTerent denominations, protesting that it "does not tend to peace and har-
mony and the extension of the Kingdom; that it is a distinct hindrance to organic
union; that the cause of Christ is better conserved in a community when
churches merge into a church of some particular denomination."
From Fort Worth Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 1396, 1397, on the Erection of a New- Synod, asking the
A.ssembly "to divide the Presbytery of Florida into three Presbyteries and con-
stitute the same a Synod, to be known as the Synod of Florida." The Over-
ture is accompanied by official papers germane to the subject-matter.
From Florida Presbytery and Alabama Synod.
Overture No. 139S, on Legamzino a Synodical Meeting, asking the Assem-
l)ly to recognize the last Meeting of Arkansas Synod and approve its acts as
legal, notwithstanding said meeting was called and held a week earlier than
the date to which the Synod had adjourned. All official documents germane
to the matter accompanj^ the Overture.
From Arkansas Synod.
Overture No. 1399, on Sale of Property, asking for permission, with Pres-
byterial approval, to sell the property of the disintegratetl Brodhead Church,
and turn the money over to the people of the community for welfare work.
From Madi-son Presl>ytery.
Overture No. 1J,00, on Transfer of Church, asking for approval of its
action, in tran.sferring Big Creek (Jhurch from Oxford Presbytery to Bell Pres-
byterj'.
From Missis.sippi Synod.
Overture No. 1^01, Relating to the Organization Styled the "Michigan
State Association of Churches," asking the Assembly to consider the action
of the Synod in its proposal to adojit the plan of .said Association, and make a
deliverance as to whether the Synod could properly do .so. Accompanying the
Overture is a paper fully showing the Plan of the Association in question.
From Michigan Synod.
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Overture No. I403, on the Duties of a Stated Clehk of Presbytery, asking
the Assembly to make specific deliverances on certain matters presented in
detail.
From Austin Presbytery.
Overture No. 1403, on Stated Clerk's Duties in Relation to the Perma-
nent Judicial Commission, asking for the rescinding of its action authorizing
the Stated Clerk to pass judgment upon certain judicial papers, instead of passing
them to the standing Committee on Judicial Business. (See Manual, p. 72, c.)
From Jersey City Presbytery.
Overture No. I404, on the Honorraria Received by Secretaries and other
Officials of Assembly Agencies, asking the Assembly to "take action requir-
ing all such persons to turn in to the Agencies with which they are connected
all fees received by them for preaching and delivering addresses, except during
the period of their vacation."
From Blairsville Presbytery.
Overture No. I4O0, on Foreign Missions Agencies, being an Overture from
new Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the
U. S. A., and the six pre-existing Women's Boards of Foreign Missions, asking the
Assembly to "direct and declare the new Board to be the successor of the six
pre-existing Boards, and to authorize the transfer of property to the new Board."
Overture No. 1 ^06, from Des Moines Presbytery, being a Question as to the
constitutionality of a certain rule adopted by the Presbytery with reference
to the election of Commissioners to the General Assembly. "The matter is set
forth in its proper connection, in the paper presented.
From Des Moines Presbytery.
Overture No. 1407, on Mormonism, asking for a reaffirmation of the action
taken by the Assembly of 1918, relative to Mormonism, also to take measures
for awakening and educating public sentiment on this subject.
From Erie Presbytery.
Overture No. I4OS, on the subject of Divorce, asking for an amendment to the
Confession of Faith in the following terms:
"It shall be unlawful for any minister to marry a divorced person, other
than the innocent party where divorce has been granted upon the ground of
adultery; and he shall not marry such party until one year shall have expired
since the time of the granting of the decree." The Overture has a lengthy
Preamble.
From Philadelphia Presbytery.
Overture No. 1409, on Narrative Blanks, submitting new forms "as the
blanks which should be used by the churches and Presbyteries in securing
information for the Annual Report of Christian Life and Work."
From Pennsylvania Synod.
Overture No. 1410, on Narrative Blanks, asking that those used by the
Presbyteries shall call for information concerning the deaths of Ruling Elders.
From St. Louis Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. I4II to I4I6, on Statistical Tables in Assembly Minutes.
containing various requests and suggestions relating to changes in form and
contents of Statistical Reports for Assembly Minutes.
From Presbyteries of Chicago, Emporia, Los Angeles, Portland, Utica, West-
chester.
Overture No. 1417, on Changing the Form of the Assembly Minutes,
praying that they may be issued in two volumes, with certain indicated depart-
ures from present methods of arranging the contents.
From Brooklyn-Nassau Presbytery.
Overture No. I4I8, on the Assembly Minutes, asking that in the Presby-
terial Statistical Reports the names of ministers shall be arranged in alpha-
iietical order, with the year of ordination indicated in small figures.
From Los Angeles Presbytery.
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Overture No. 1419, on Interchhrcii and Nkw Era Movemrnts, projiosing a
plan for liquidating the indobtodness incurrod in connection with these n\ove-
monts and asking for a discontinuance of the New Kra ('onnnittee.
From Pittshiu'gh Presbytery.
Overture No. 14^0, on Dropping a Name from the Ministerial Roll of
Presbytery.
From Pliiladelphia Presbytery.
Overture A'o. 14-^1, on Affiliation of Foreicn Missionaries with their
Home Presbyteries, asking the Asseinlily to make provision wiierel)y those
going as foreign missionaries may have the iM'iviiege of retaining a relationship
of afliliation with their Presbyteries in this country.
From Los Angeles Presbytery.
Overture No. 1422, on Defining the Status of Trustees of a Local
Church, asking the Assembly for a deliverance "defining more particularly the
functions of the Trustees and their relationship to the other Boards of the
Church."
From Los Angeles Presbytery,
Overture No. 1433, on Duties of Sessions with reference to removal of
church members.
From Sioux Falls Presbytery.
Overture No. 14^4, with reference to a loan by the Church Erection Board
in behalf of the church at Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
From Red River Presbytery.
Overture A'o. 14^5, asking for a change in the Form of Government so as to
make women eligible to the office of Deacon.
From Transylvania Presbytery.
Overture No. 1426, on the advisability of making our National Capital the
seat of our denominational enterprises and Assembly Agencies.
From Washington City Presbytery.
Overture No. 142'i, relating to the China Famine Fund.
From the American Connnittee connected with said Fund.
Overture No. 1428, asking for a change in the Form of Government so as to
make provision for federating evangelical churches.
From Marion Presbytery.
Overtures Nok. 1429 to 144-^y being the same in substance as Nos. 1 to L'jQ.
From the Presbyteries of Amarillo, Cairo, Champlain, Cheyenne, Chocitaw,
Duluth, Fort Dodge, Geneva, Iowa City, Marion, Rushville, Sioux Falls,
Spokane, West Tennessee, Winnebago.
Overtures Nos. 1444 to 14^*li being the same in substance as Nos. 103 to 204.
From the Presbyteries of Champlain, Cheyenne, Iowa City, Marion, Rio
Grande, Salt River, Southern Virginia, Winnc^bago.
Overtures Nos. 14-52 to 14-54, being the same in substance as Nos. 205 to 203.
From the Presbyteries of Tort Dodge, Nashville, Salt River.
Overture No. 1455, being the same in substance as Nos. 274 to 278.
From Winnebage Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 14-56 to 1460, being the same in substance as Nos. 2SI to 349.
From the Presbyteries of Iowa Citj-, Rio Grande, Sacramento, Southern
Virginia.
Overtures Nos. 1461 and 1462, being the same in substance as Nos. 351 to 370.
From Geneva and Marion Presbyteries.
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Overtures 146S to 14'^5, being the same in substance as Nos. 377 to 514.
From the Presbyteries of Champlain, Choctaw, Fort Dodge, Iowa City,
Minnewaukan, Nashville, Rio Grande, Rushville, Salt Lake, Salt River, Sioux
Falls, Spokane, Winnebago.
Overtures Nos. 1476 to 1431, being the same in substance as Nos. 517 to 646.
From the Presbyteries of Champlain, Cheyenne, Choctaw, Duluth, Geneva,
Iowa City, Marion, Nashville, Rushville, Salt Lake, Salt River, Southern
Virginia, Spokane, Union, West Tennessee, Winnebago.
Overtures Nos. 14-92 to 150S, being the same in substance as Nos. 647 to 794.
From the Presbyteries of Amarillo, Cairo, Cheyenne, Choctaw, Duluth, Fort
Dodge, Iowa City, Marion, Monmouth, Nashville, Rushville, Salt Lake, Salt
River, Spokane, West Tennessee, Wichita, Winnebago.
Overtures Nos. 1509 to 1515, being the same in substance as Nos. 802 to 883 .
From the Presbyteries of Duluth, Rio Grande, Rushville, Sacramento, South-
ern Virginia.
Declining to concur: Fort Dodge and Sioux Falls Presbyteries.
Overtures Nos. 1516 to 1529, being the .same in substance as Nos. 900 to 977.
From Presbyteries of Cairo, Champlain, Cheyenne, Hudson, Iowa City,
Marion, Mattoon, Providence, Rushville, St. Louis, Salt River, San Joaquin,
West Tennessee, Winnebago.
Overtures Nos. 1530 to 1541, being the same in substance as Nos. 979 to 1154.
From the Presbyteries of Amarillo, Duluth, Geneva, Hudson, Rio Grande,
Rushville, Salt Lake, Salt Rivor, Sioux Falls, Southern Virginia, Winnebago.
Declining to concur: Fort Dodge Presbytery.
Overture No. 1542, being the same in substance as Nos. 1160 to 1175.
From Amarillo Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 154^ to 1548, being the same in substance as Nos. 1176 to 1235.
From the Presbyteries of Duluth, Fort Dodge, Iowa City, Ru.shville, Sioux
Falls, Spokane.
Overtures Nos. 1549 to 1555, being the same in substance as Nos. 1236 to 1319.
From the Presbyteries of Choctaw, Fort Dodge, Hudson, Iowa City, Nash-
ville, Southern Virginia.
Declining to concur: Rushville Presbytery.
Overtures Nos 1556 to 1560, being the same in substance as Nos. 1323 to 1393.
From the Presbyteries of Champlain, Duluth, Fort Dodge, Iowa City, Salt
River.
Overtures Nos. 1561 to 1564, being the .same in substance as Nos. 1 to 159.
From the Presbyteries of Central West, Kearney, Yukon.
Overture No. 1565, being the same in substance as Nos. 205 to 263.
From Kearney Presbytery.
Overture No. 1566, being the same in substance as Nos. 281 to 349.
Overture No. 1567, being the .same in substance as Nos. 377 to 514.
From Yukon Presbytery.
Overtures 1568 and 1569, being the same in substance as Nos. 517 to 646.
From the Presbyteries of Central West (Bohemian) and Kearney.
Overtures Nos. 1570 to 1572, being the same in substance as Nos. 517 to 646.
From the Presbyteries of Central West (Bohemian), Shenango, Yukon.
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Overlurc No. 157S, being tlic same in substance tis Nos. UOO to 077.
From Waterloo Presbytery.
Overtures Nos. 1674 to 1576, being tlic same in substance as Nos. 979 to 1154.
From the Presbyteries of Central West (Bohemian) and Yukon.
Declining to concur: Kearney Presbj'tery.
Overtures Nos. 1577 and 157S, being the same in substance as Nos. 1236 to 1319.
From the Presbyteries of Kearney and Yukon.
Overture No. 1579, being the same in substance as 1323 to 1393.
From Y'ukon Presbytery.
Overture No. 15S0, being the same in substance as Nos. 647 to 794.
From Louisville Presbytery.
Overture A^o. 15S1, being the same in substance as Nos. 377 to 514.
From Louisville Presbytery.
Overture No. 1582, being the same in substance as Nos. 900 to 977.
From Milwaukee Presbytery.
Overture No. 1583, on Missionaky Work in Europe, especially in the Czecho-
slovak Republic.
From the Central West (Bohemian) Presbytery.
A telegram was received from the Presbytery of Sioux
Falls, stating, that neither the principal nor the alternate
commissioner could come to the AssemVjly, and requesting
permission for the Moderator and Stated Clerk of Presbytery
to appoint an elder commissioner. This matter was laid
on the table.
The Acting Stated Clerk called attention to the fact that
certain Sy nodical records presenting judicial matters had
been placed in his hands. These records were referred to the
Committee on Judicial Business.
The Permanent Judicial Commission, through its Clerk,
announced that the Commission was organized and ready
for business. Also that the terms of the following members
of the Commission expire with this Assembly, namely. Rev.
Harlan G. Mendenhall, D. D., Rev. Robert H. Morris, D. D.
Rev. Ezra B. Newcomb, D. D., Elder Arthur L. Jackson
and Elder George Nicholson.
The Executive Commission, through its Chairman, Rev.
Samuel S. Palmer, D. D., presented its printed report, which
was received as the tentative report of the Executive
Commission. The report as finally adopted appears later
in these Minutes.
The Budget Committee of the Executive Commission,
through its Chairman, Rev. W. O. Thompson, D. D., LL.D.,
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presented a supplementary report to its report as con-
tained in the Executive Commission's tentative report,
paragraph XVII, concerning the allocation of the Budget to
the Boards of Publication and Sabbath School Work,
Education, and Sustentation, which was referred to the
Committee on Bills and Overtures.
The Executive Commission, through its Chairman, Rev.
Samuel vS. Palmer, D. D., presented a supplementary report to
its tentative report, which on motion was received, amended,
and adopted seriatim, as follows:
The Executive Commission has received throughout the
year a number of "overtures" and other communications ad-
dressed to it calling upon the Commission to make the present
an occasion for reorganization of the Offices of the General
Assembly. The Commission at first was not disposed to
heed these communications since it was of the opinion that any
reorganization of the offices should originate with the Assem-
bly rather than with the Commission. But the repeated
action of presbyteries led the Commission to believe that its
duty to the Church required that it should give some consid-
eration to the subject and be prepared, if the Assembly so
desired, to present its conclusions to the Assembly.
Prolonged and careful consideration was given to this im-
portant subject. There were certain phases of it that did not
demand any action on the part of the Assembly. The Com-
mission was of the opinion that there was no need of action
concerning the Moderatorship, or concerning the continuing
of the Land Title and Trust Company, Philadelphia, a bank-
ing corporation, as the Treasurer of the Assembly.
The Presbyterial Communications styled "overtures" to
which reference has already been made, accompany this
Report, although the Commission does not regard action
upon them by the Assembly as necessary. Before reaching
its conclusion the Commission sought assistance from the
Assistant Stated Clerk and the Permanent Clerk of the
Assembly.
Recommendations :
1. That the office of Permanent and Assistant Clerkships
be abolished.
2. That the term of the Stated Clerk be fixed at five years,
subject to re-election at the pleasure of the Assembly.
3. That a Stated Clerk upon reaching the age of seventy,
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shall he rotiivtl on an emeritus salary hy the Assembly next
jirecedinc; such birthday anniversary, which Assembly shall
fix his emeritus salary taking; into consideration his length of
service in this office ; the same to take effect on his seventieth
birthday.
4. Tliat upon the adjournment of this Assembly, the tenure
of oii'wc of the Permanent Clerk terminate; and, that in grate-
ful recognition of his faithful, painstaking, and courteous
service to the Assembly, during the years of his occupancy of
his office, the Rev. Edward L. Warren, D. D. be made Per-
manent Clerk Emeritus.
5. That the Executive Conmiission gratefully recognizes
the efficient management during the past year of the office of
Stated Clerk b}'- the iVssistant Stated Clerk, Rev. James M.
Hubbert, D.D., and having due consideration of his desire not
to be considered for the office of Stated Clerk, unanimously
recommends that he be made the Acting Stated Clerk for the
present Assembly and dining the coming year, or until a
Stated Clerk is elected and (lualified.
6. That in the event of the adoption of this report, the
present Committee on Management of Stated Clerk's office
appointed by the last Assembly be discharged, and that the
Executive Commission be directed to appoint a Committee
of Management to serve until a Stated Clerk is elected and
qualified.
7. That in the event of the office of Stated Clerk becoming
vacant in the future through death, resignation, or disability,
the Executive Connnission shall take charge of the office,
pending action l)y the Assembly.
8. That the following mode of procedure in filling the exist-
ing vacancy in the office of Stated Clerk be adopted :
That a committee to nominate a Stated Clerk be created
by this Assembly, this Committee to be formed of one repre-
sentative from each electing section, the same to be chosen by
each section, an elder to be chosen from each even section,
and a minister to be chosen from each odd section, and the
chairman of the committee to be apjiointed by the Moderator.
This Committee to report to the Assembly for action at this
Assembly, looking forward to the election of a Stated Clerk
at this Assembly, the one elected to take office at the begin-
ning of the next Church year, April 1, 1922.
9. That the Stated Clerk shall be in charge of the "Office of
the General Assembly" and shall discharge the duties as-
signed to him by the Constitution of the Church, or Assembly
enactment.
That he shall have necessary assistants selected by him
with the approval of the Executive Commission,
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34 MINUTES. [May 20,
That the budget of said ofRce shall be submitted annually
for approval to the Executive Commission, and be reported
to the Assembly.
10. That for the meetings of the General Assembly the
Stated Clerk shall nominate to the Assembly a sufficient
number of competent clerks selected by him.
The Report of the Presbyterian Commission in Coopera-
tion with the World Alliance for Promoting International
Friendship through the Churches, in the absence of Rev.
Arthur J. Brown, D. D., the Chairman of the Commission,
was presented by Rev. John A. Marquis, D. D., and pending
the adoption of the report, the Assembly was addressed by
Rev. H. A. Atkinson, the General Secretary of the World
Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the
Churches. The report of the Commission is as follows:
This Commission was appointed by the General Assembly
of 1916, and has been continued by subsequent Assemblies,
to cooperate, in line with similar commissions of other
denominations, with the World Alliance of Christian men
and women who are seeking to promote international
friendship through the Churches. The Commission has
continued the policy of functioning through the central
office of the American Council of the World Alliance, at
70 Fifth Avenue, New York City, thus insuring the effi-
cient service of its executive secretaries, and at the same
time avoiding the duplication of machinery and the cost
of an independent organization. This policy enables the
Commission to serve without expense to the General As-
sembly. The Chairman of the Commission, the Rev. Dr.
Arthur J. Brown, is a member of the Executive Com-
mittee of the American Council of the Alliance, and two
other members of the Commission, the Rev. Dr. William
P. Merrill and Mr. George A. Plimpton, are respectively
President and Treasurer of the Council.
The Alliance is finding increasingly numerous oppor-
tunities for service. Two great conferences have been held
since the Armistice was signed, one at The Hague, Holland,
in September, 1919, and the other at St. Bcatenberg,
Switzerland, in August, 1920. In the interim, the Inter-
national Organfeer visited practically all the countries of
Europe, and Councils were estabfished in twenty-two
nations. These Councils are made up of some of the
strongest representatives of the Churches in these nations.
The Archibishop of Canterbury has accepted the Presi-
dency of the World Alliance, to which he was elected at
the St. Beatenberg Conference. Both because of the
A.D. 1921.] WORLD ALLIANCE. 35
strength of its personnel and the efficient program that it is
developing, this movement offers the Alliance an excellent
channel for the cooperation of the Churches in promoting
international goodwill. Of course, we must recognize that
the World Alliance, up to the present, has made only a
start at the huge task that is before it; but when we
consider that over two hundred prominent Christian men
and women, from twenty-two different nations, met for
conference and prayer in St. Beatenberg, to consider how
the Gospel of Christ could be more effectively applied for
the healing of racial and national enmities and suspicions,
and the cultivation of the spirit of brotherhood, we cannot
fail to see the profound significance of this movement.
One of the encouraging incidents of the year was the
notable enlargement of the mem}:)ership of the American
l^ranch. Over twelve hundred new names were enrolled.
The membership now includes members of twenty-eight
denominations.
The efficient International Organizer, Dr. George Nasmyth,
died suddenh^, in Geneva, shortly after the St. Beatenberg
meeting. His devotion to the cause, his energy and
enthusiasm, as well as his broad culture and wide exper-
ience with men and international problems, made him
especially valuable in the work he did so well.
The American Council has been able this year to form
important contacts with many of the European Councils.
The Secretary is in frequent communication with the repre-
sentatives of Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal,
Rumania, Hungary, Jugo-Slavia, Holland, Belgium, Greece,
Switzerland, Austria, Germany and the Scandinavian
countries. Eight of these nations publish monthly bulletins
or magazines. The American publication, WORLD
FRIENDSHIP, is exchanged with these European Councils,
and by enlarging the scope of this correspondence and
interchange of news, it is hoped to bring the Christian
people of all of these nations into closer accord.
The American Council of the World Alliance cooperated
with The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in
America in sending a strong delegation last summer to
visit the various countries of Europe. These friendly
visitors were everywhere received with the utmost cor-
diality, and evidences were numerous that a more sym-
pathetic understanding was developed. England, France,
Belgium, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Rumania, Jugo-Slavia, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia,
were all visited. No exi)ense to the Alliance or to The
Federal Council was involved. Special interest attached to
36 MINUTES. [May 20,
the Deputation to Austria and Hungary, three of whose
members bore the commission of the General Assembly's
Committee on Aid to Protestant Churches in Europe, in
harmony with the action of the Assembly of 1920 {Minutes,
pp. 132-139), and one of whom, the Rev. Dr. Arthur J.
Brown, also bearing, with the Rev. S. H. Chester of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S., and the Rev. Dr. James I.
Good of the Reformed Church, U. S., the special com-
mission of the Western Section of the Executive Committee
of the World Alliance of the Ref(jrmed Churches holding
the Presbyterian System, under instructions to confer with
our brethren of the Reformed Churches of those countries
and to bear them messages of fraternal rememljrance and
cheer. The report of the Deputation is given in the
Minutes of the meeting of the Western Section, February
lG-17, and in several pubhshed articles.
Through a Committee appointed for the purpose of
bringing about regular interchange between the churches
of these countries, America was visited during the year
by the following Christian leaders from Great Britain:
President Alfred E. Garvie, Canon E. A. Burroughs, the
Rev. Alexander Ramsay, D.D., the Rev. T. Rhondda
Williams, the Rev. R. C. Gillie, D.D., and Mr. E. Harold
Spender; and also by the following men from France:
General Robert Georges Nivelle, Colonel Paul Azan, and
the Rev. Andre Monod. The latter visitors came to
America as the guests of The Mayflower Council, which
was organized for the celebration of the Tercentenary of
the Landing of the Pilgrims and which was representative
of most of the religious faiths of America. The American
Council actively cooperated -in these arrangements and in
planning for the mass meetings which were held in seventy
cities by seven teams of speakers in the month of November.
The Treasurer of the AlHance, Mr. George A. Plimpton,
made an extended trip through China, Korea and Japan,
in which he counselled with many of the leaders of these
countries regarding the questions that are so seriously
affecting international friendship.
In harmony with the resolutions of the General Assem-
blies of 1919 {Minutes, pp. 133-134), and of 1920 {Minutes,
205-206), the Alliance constantly advocated ratification of
the League of Nations by the Senate of the United States,
up to the time that this question became a disputed point
of party jDolitics in the presidential campaign when it
became obvious that the Alhance could not take sides in a
partisan controversy. From the experience of the year and
the voluminous correspondence carried on through the
A.D. 1921.] WORLD ALLIANCE* 37
contral office of the Alliance, it is clear that the religions
])('()] )le of America are overwhelmingly in favor of an itk^n-
tillcation of our country with other counti'ies in the gigan-
tic task of rebuilding a demoralizecl world and in prevent-
ing a repetition of the horrors of 1914-1918.
The Proc/rmn of the American Branch for 1021 includes the
following points:
1. Follow up the progi-am of 1920 in endeavoring to
make effective in every community the work of the local
committees that have been established.
2, Prepare for the meeting of the International Com-
mittee, to be held in Euro])e next year.
8. Hold a North American Congress on Reduction of
ArmanK^nts, this Congress to be followed by a series of
regional conferences in several large cities.
4. Study American relations with Mexico and Japan,
anil work for a peaceful solution of the involved i:)i'()bl(^ms
on the basis of a true Christian understanding.
5. Assist in furthering legislation designed to avoid dis-
criminatory acts in favor of one race or people as against
another.
(). Assist in the work of the Commission on Interchange
of Speakers and Preachers between America, Great Britain
and France.
7. Carry on a campaign of education throughout the
country for the due recognition of America's international
duties and an entrance into tlie League of Nations under
such reservations as our Government may deem necessary.
As w^e view the world of international relationships, the
sky seems dark. The advocates of international goodwill
face extraordinary^ difficulties. Selfishn(\ss, greed, sce])ticism,
and a recrudescence of materialism render it difficult for
the ideals of an organization for racial friendship to win a
fair hearing. Nevertheless, along with these sinister })as-
sions there is a growing belief, forced upon large numbers of
men in all countries by the very ruin on every hand, that
the only way out of the present distress and uncertainty
is through religion and the application of the principles of
Christ to the whole round of life. To aid pastors and
churches in extending the Divine message of j^eace and good-
will on earth in the name of Christ is the primary object of
The World Alliance for Promoting International Friend-
shij) Through the Churches.
The Commission recommends that it be continued, with-
out expense to the General xVssembly.
In behalf of the Commission,
Arthur J. Brown, Chairman.
38 MINUTES. [May 20,
The following recommendations were presented, and the
report and the recommendations were adopted:
Resolved, 1. That the Commission be continued without
expense to the General Assembly.
Resolved, 2. That in harmony with the appeal that is
being made to the Christian Church in America, this General
Assembly strongly urges upon its ministers and churches their
hearty cooperation in the use of Sunday, June 5, to present
the cause of a general reduction of armament by international
agreement and secure if possible a response from their con-
gregations in accordance with the appeal of the World Al-
liance.
The Permanent Committee on Evangelism, through its
Chairman, j\Ir. Charles L. Huston, presented its report.
Pending action on the recommendations, the Assembly
was addressed by the Rev. George G. Mahy, D. D., Rev.
William F. Klein, Rev. Walter B. Greenway, D. D., secre-
taries of the Permanent Committee on Evangelism, and by
the Rev. Phil C. Baird, D. D., Rev. Francis S. Downs,
Rev. L. M. Beebe, Ptev. Maitland Alexander, D. D., Rev.
Harle W. Hathaway, and Elder C. W. Wayne. An abstract
of the report appears in the Appendix.
The recommendations of the Report were adopted, as follows:
Resolved, 1. That your Committee recommends the elec-
tion by the General Assembly, of the following ministers and
elders to serve for a term of three years: H. C. Rogers, D. D.,
S. S. Palmer, D. D., Asa J. Ferry, D. D., elders, Charles L.
Huston, Thomas W. Sjmnott and Calvin N. Payne.
Resolved, 2. That the Assembly instructs the Permanent
Committee on Evangelism,
(1) To exercise all the powers conferred upon it and to
perform the duties entrusted to it, by this and previous As-
semblies ; to inaugurate a comprehensive plan for the develop-
ment of the evangelistic spirit, and the direction of the evange-
listic work of the Church on an expanding program with the
assistance of other Agencies of the Assembly in its execution.
(2) To continue among the presbyteries the work of or-
ganizing their Evangelistic Committees, that they may be
enabled to formulate and carry out such plans for evangelis-
tic work as will reach every church within their bounds.
(3) With this end in view to arrange, as in former years,
for Evangelistic Institutes and Conferences in various sec-
tions of the country, with Synodical Committees, Presbyter-
ial Evangelistic groups, and with the committees of individual
preslDyteries.
(4) To assist, as far as possible, presbyteries which have
A.D. 1921.] EVANGELISM. 39
voted to oiitor upon defir.iti^ Evangelistic Campiii}»;ns in iic-
cordanee with the sugjiiestions of the Assembly's Committee,
and to furnish these presl)yteii(\s with help in the matter of
orp;anization for personal service and evangelistic preaching
to the full extent of the Committee's resources.
(5) To enlarge the scope of its correspondence with in-
dividual chur 'lies ;:iid to provide an increased distribution of
literature among them to be sent only on request, and ])ar-
ticularly to keep in touch, through the sessions, with those
churches which are pastorless or only irregularly supplied.
(G) To arrange, as in former years, for a Pre-Asseml^ly
Conference on Evangelism for Tuesday afternoon and
ev(Miing, and a part of Wednesday preceding the General
Assembly.
(7) To carry on the work of College Evangelism in connec-
tion with the Candidate Enlistment i)rogram of the General
Board of Education through a Joint Committee on College
Work which shall l)e composed of an equal number of mem-
bers of the Board of Education and the Permanent Committee
on Evangelism; the Permanent Committee on Evangelism to
be primarily responsible for the evangelistic emphasis.
Resolved, 3. That the Committee be authorized to cooperate
with the Evangelistic Commission of the Federal Council of
Churches and with the Evangelistic Committees of other
denominations, and that the General Secretary of the Evange-
listic Committee be authorized to carry on such work as may
be necessary in the capacity of General Secretary of the Evan-
gelistic Committee of the World Presbyterian Alliance; and
that the Assembly authorize the Committee to take any
further action towards cooperative work in evangelism which
may appear to the Committee to be wise and productive of
the best results.
Resolved, 4. That the Assembly calls upon all the churches
to cooperate with the Committee on Evangelism as its dis-
tinctive Agency appointed to stimulate the evangelistic spirit
and direct the evangehstic work of the Church, and that it
urges upon all pastors and sessions to give their utmost time
and strength to the fundamental work of evangelism; that in
every Church its truest members may be set apart, trained
and assigned to the work of personal evangelism, and that
special seasons be set aside for prayer and for an intensive
presentation of the evangelistic message, and particularly
that pastors are requested to cooperate with presbyterial
committees in such evangelistic programs as the several
presbyteries may adopt.
Resolved, 5. That the Assembly again calls upon synods and
presbyteries to establish or strengthen their coimnittees on
40 MINUTES. [May 20,
evangelism, and where these committees have failed by reason
of inefficient leadership, or have been abandoned by presby-
teries for any cause, that they be recreated as standing com-
mittees on evangelism in order that the Permanent Com-
mittee on Evangelism may through them contribute the lar-
gest possible cooperative service in men and money for the
carrying forward of the evangelistic work of the churches.
Resolved, 6. That the Moderator and the Stated Clerk of the
General Assembly be ex-officio members of the Committee,
and that the Committee be authorized to appoint special
representatives to cooperate with it in its work throughout
the Church.
On motion by Rev. A. Edwin Keigwin, D. D., Presbytery
of New York, it was ordered that the electing sections meet
immediately after adjournment, or as soon thereafter as pos-
sible, for the appointment of a representative each for the
committee authorized for the nomination of a Stated Clerk,
and that the names of the committee be given to the Acting
Stated Clerk at once so that the appointment of a chairman
for the committee by the Moderator may be facilitated.
Rev. W. Beatty Jennings, D. D., of the Presbytery of
Philadelphia North, conducted the devotional service.
The Permanent Committee on Commissions, through its
Chairman, Rev. Edward L. Warren, D. D., reported the fol-
lowing additional Commissioners, who were duly enrolled:
Miriisters — Henry Thompson Graham, Presbytery of In-
dianapolis; Arthur Leonidas Duncan, Presbytery of Chicago;
Ruling Elders — George D. Zeadles, Presbytery of Chatta-
nooga; George Huntington Richards, Presbytery of New York;
John L. Oakley, Presbytery of Riverside.
The Assembly took recess until 2.30 P. M. and was closed
with prayer by the Rev. W. Beatty Jennings, D. D.
FRIDAY, May 20, 1921, 2.30 P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the
Moderator.
The Permanent Judicial Commission, through its Clerk,
announced that the Commission would hear the case of the
Presbytery of New Castle appealing against a decision of the
Synod of Baltimore, at 9.00 o'clock Saturday morning, May
21, 1921.
A.D. 1921.] OVERTURE. 41
The Moderator announced the appointment of the Vice-
Moderator, Ekler Nathan G, Moore, as the chairman of the
committee on nomination of a Stated Clerk.
The iVcting- Stated Clerk made report on the answers to
Overture sent to the Presbyteries on the Plan of Union of the
Evangelical Churches in America, as follows:
To the General Assembly:
In accordance with action taken by the last Assembly, the
following communication was sent to the Presbyteries:
To the Presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.: —
At the meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
U. S. A., held in Philadelphia, Pa., May 20-28, 1920, the Assembly's Special
Committee on "Church Cooperation and Union" reported to the Assembly
that, at the invitation of the General Assembly meeting at Columbus, Ohio,
in ]\Iay, 1918, a Council of the Evangelical Churches in the U. S. A. had
been held, and that a "Plan of Union for Evangelical Churches in the U.S.
A." had been formulated and adopted by said Council, and overtured back
to the Supreme governing bodies of the constituent Churches, to proceed
thereupon in accordance with the constitution of each Church. And the
report of the Assembly's Committee set forth said "Plan" in detail; and the
General Assembly adopted the following recommendation, offered by said
Committee :
"Your Committee heartily recommends to the General Assembly the
adoption of this Plan of Union, and that an Overture be sent down to the
Presbyteries, authorizing the General Assembly to associate our Church
with this visible body to be known as the 'United Churches of Christ in
America.' "
Pursuant to this action by the General Assembly, the Presbyteries of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., are asked to express their approval or dis-
approval of said "Plan of Union," by a direct affirmative or negative answer
to this question:
Do you approve of the "Plan of Union for Evangelical Churches in the
U. S. A.," as that "Plan" is set forth in the Report of the Committee on
"Church Cooperation and Union," which was adopted by the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., meeting in Phila-
delphia, Pa., on Wednesday, May 26th, 1920? (See Assembly Minutes,
1920, pp. 117-122.)
J. M. HUBBERT,
Assistant Stated Clerk.
By Direction of Assembly's Committee in
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 1, 1920. Charge of Stated Clerk's Office.
The answers to this Overture, as received and filed in the
office of the Assembly's Stated Clerk, are as follows:
Presbyteries voting in the affirmative: Albany, Atlantic,
Beaver, Bell, Birmingham, Black Hills, Bloomington, ]5oise,
Boston, Boulder, Butler, Carthage, Cayuga, CJentral West
(Bohemian), Chattanooga, Chemung, Chicago, Columbia
River, Coos Bay, Corisco, Crawfordsville, Des Moines, De-
troit, Duck River, Duluth, Eastern Welsh, El Paso, Flint,
Fort Dodge, Fort Wayne, Freeport, French Broad, Genesee,
Grafton, (Jreat Falls, Gunnison, Hastings, Havana, Helena,
Pluntsville, Iowa City, Iron Mountain, Jersey City, Kendall,
Kirksville, LaCrosse, Lake Superior, Lansing, Lewistown,
42 MINUTES. [May 20,
Lima, Logan, Los Angeles, McGee, Madison, Mattoon,
Milwaukee, Muncie, Newark, Niagara, North River, North-
umberland, Olympia, Oneida, Parkersburg, Pendleton,
Petoskey, Phoenix, Portland, Porto Rico, Portsmouth,
Redstone, Sacramento, Saginaw, St. Clairsville, St. Paul,
Salt Lake, Santa Fe, Second, Sedalia, Sioux Falls,
Southern Arizona, Southern Oregon, Southern Utah,
Spokane, Syracuse, Troy, Twin Falls, Utica, Walla Walla,
Washington, Welsh Prairie, Westchester, Western (Kansas),
Western Africa, Wheeling, Winnebago, Wooster, Yellow-
stone, Yukon, and Zanesville — 100.
Presbyteries voting in the negative: Abilene, Adams,
Alaska, Alton, Amarillo, Ardmore, Arkansas, Athens, Austin,
Baltimore, Bellingham, Benicia, Binghamton, Birmingham-A,
Bismarck, Box Butte, Brooklyn-Nassau, Brownwood, Buck-
horn, Butte, Cairo, Cape Fear, Carlisle, Champlain, Chester,
Cheyenne, Chillicothe, Chippewa, Cimarron, Cincinnati, Clar-
ion, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Connecticut Valley,
Corning, Council Bluffs, Cumberland Mountain, Dallas,
Dayton, Denver, Dubuque, Eastern New York and Vermont,
Ebenezer, El Reno, Emporia, Erie, Ewing, Florida, Fort
Worth, Gadsden, Geneva, George, Grand Rapids, Grande
Ronde, Hobart, Holston, Houston, Hudson, Huntingdon,
Huron, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson,
Kalispell, Kansas City, Kearney, Kiamichi, Kittanning,
Knox, Lackawanna, Laramie, Larned, Lehigh, LeVere, Lin-
coln, Little Rock, Long Island, McAlester, McClelland,
Mahoning, Mankato, Marion, Meridian, Minneapolis, Minot,
Monmouth, Morris and Orange, Muskogee, Nebraska City,
Neosho, New Albany, New Brunswick, Newburyport, New-
ton, New York, Niobrara, Northern, Northern Arizona,
Oakes, Oklahoma, Omaha, Osborne, Otsego, Oxford, Pecos
Valley, Peoria, Philadelphia, Philadelphia North, Pittsburgh,
Princeton, Providence, Pueblo, Red River, Rendall, Rio
Grande, Riverside, Rochester, Rock River, Rushville, St.
Cloud, St. Joseph, St. Louis, Salt River, San Francisco, San
Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Seattle, Shenango, Sheridan, South-
west Bohemian, Steuben, Toledo, Topeka, Transylvania,
Union, Washington City, Waterloo, Waukon, Wenatchee,
West Jersey. Westminster, West Tennessee, White Water,
Wichita, Willamette, Winona, and Yadkin — 15 L
Total vote registered, 252, number of Presbyteries taking no
action, 50. There being 302 Presbyteries in the Church,
152 is a majority, and therefore the Overture has not been
carried.
J. M. HUBBERT,
Acting Stated Clerk.
A.D. 1921.] OVERTURE. 43
The Actiuji; Statetl Clerk iiiude ivj^ort on the answers to
Overtun^ sent to the Presbyteries on i\m EHgibility of Women
to the Eldership and Deaconship, as follows:
To llic General Assembly:
In accordance with action taken by the last Assembly, the
following commimication was sent to the Presbyteries.
To the Prcsbylcrics of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.: —
Tho General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.
meeting in Pliila(lcli)liia, Pa., May 2()-2S, l'J2(), a(l()[)(e(l the followiiifr:
"Kc.wlvcd, That the Stated (^lerk he directed to prepare and send to the
Presl)ytcries for their action the following Overture: —
'Shall the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., be
so aniiMulod as to admit jiroperly qualified and elected women to ordination
as Ruling Elders or as Deacons, with all the rights and duties pertaining to
these ofHces?' " (See Assembly Minutes, 1920, pp. 126-131, 141.)
Pursuant to this action by the General Assembly, the Presbyteries of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., are asked to express their approval or dis-
approval of this overture, by giving a direct affirmative or negative answer
thereto.
J. M. HUBBERT,
Assistant Stated Clerk.
By Direction of Assembly's Committee in
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 1, 1920. Charge of Stated Clerk's Office.
The answers to this Overture, as received and filed in the
office of the Assembly's Stated Clerk, are as follows:
Presbyteries voting in the affirmative: Abilene, Alaska,
Albany, Ardmore, Athens, Atlantic, Beaver, Bell, Birming-
ham, Black Hills, Blairsville, Blue Earth, Boise, Boulder,
Buffalo, Butler, Cairo, Cape Fear, Cayuga, Chattanooga,
Chemung, Chippewa, Cincinnati, Clarion, Columbia River,
Corisco, Corning, Council Bluffs, Crawfordsville, Dallas,
Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Dodgeville, Duck River,
Duluth, Eastern New York and Vermont, Ebenezer, El Paso,
Eni])oria, Erie, Flint, Florida, Fort Dodge, Fort Smith, Fort
Wayne, Fort Worth, Freeport, French Broad, Gadsden,
Genesee, Grafton, Grande Ronde, Great Falls, Hastings,
Huntsville, Huron, Iowa, Iowa City, Iron Mountain, Jackson,
Jefferson, Jersey City, Kalamazoo, Kiamichi, Knox, Lacka-
wanna, LaCrosse, Lake Superior, Lansing, Earned, Lima,
Lincoln, Little Rock, Logan, Logansport, McAlester, McGee,
Madison, Mahoning, JVIankato, Marion, Mattoon, Meridian,
Morris and Orange, Muncie, Neo.sho, Newark, Northern,
North River, Northumberland, Oakes, Ogden, Oklahoma,
Oneida, Otsego, Ottawa, Parkersburg, Pendleton, Petoskey,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia North, Portland, Portsmouth,
Princeton, Providence, Rendall, Rochester, Rushville,
Saginaw, St. Clairsville, St. Louis, San Jose, Santa Fe,
Second, Sheridan, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Southern
Arizona, Southern Oregon, Southwest Bohemian, Spokane,
44 MINUTES. [May 20,
Springfield, Steuben, Syracuse, Twin Falls, Union, Waco,
Walla Walla, Waterloo, Welsh Prairie, Western (Kansas),
Western (Ohio), Western Africa, Wheeling, Wichita, Willam-
ette, Wooster, and Yellowstone — 139.
Presbyteries voting in the negative: Adams, Alton, Amar-
illo, Arkansas, Austin, Baltimore, Bellingham, Benicia, Bing-
hamton, Birmingham-A, Bismarck, Bloomington, Boston,
Box Butte, Brooklyn-Nassau, Brownwood, Butte, Carlisle,
Carthage, Champlain, Chester, Che^^enne, Chicago, Chilli-
cothe, Cimarron, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Connecti-
cut Valley, Coos Bay, Cumberland Mountain, Dakota
(Indian), Dayton, Dubuque, Eastern, El Reno, Ewing, Fair-
field, Galena, George, Havana, Highland, Hobart, Holston,
Houston, Hudson, Huntingdon, Indiana, Indianapolis, Kalis-
pell, Kansas City, Kearney, Kendall, Kirksville, Kittanning,
Laramie, Lehigh, LeVere, Lewistown, Long Island, Los Angeles,
McClelland, Minneapolis, Minot, Monmouth, Muskogee,
Nebraska City, New Albany, New Brunswick, Newbury-
port. New Castle, Newton, New York, Niagara,
Niobrara, Northern iViizona, Olympia, Omaha, Osborne,
Oxford, Paris, Pecos Valley, Pembina, Peoria, Pittsburgh,
Porto Rico, Red River, Redstone, Rio Grande, Riverside,
Rock River, Sacramento, St. Cloud, St. Joseph, St. Lawrence,
St. Paul, Salt Lake, Salt River, San Francisco, San Joaquin,
Santa Barbara, Seattle, Sedalia, Shenango, Solomon, South-
ern, Southern Utah, South Siam, Toledo, Topeka, Transyl-
vania, Troy, Tulsa, Utica, Washington, Washington City,
Waukon, Wenatchee, West Jersey, Westminster, White
Water, Winona, Yadkin, Yukon, and Zanesville — 125.
Total vote registered, 265. Number of Presbyteries tak-
ing no action, 37. There being 302 Presbyteries in the
Church, 152 is a majority, and therefore the Overture has not
been carried.
J. M. HUBBERT,
Acting Stated Clerk.
The Acting Stated Clerk made the Necrological Report,
which on motion was ordered published in the Minutes.
While standing, the Assembly was led in prayer by the Rev.
John B. Laird, D. D., and the Rev. Wallace RadclifTe, D. D.
The following telegram was received from the Secretary
of State of the United States:
"Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Moderator:
I take pleasure in sending most cordial greetings to the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church. The deliberations of the General Assembly
cannot fail to be of the greatest value in maintaining that sound public
sentiment which alone can afford the basis for progress.
A.D. 1921.] NEW VAi\ MOVEMENT. 45
Ail tlio cfTorLs (() solve (he problems of the eounfry will he fruitless unless
wo iire inspired by !i sense of justice and :in unselfish devotion to the eoiuinon
interest, and unless in the eonduet of puhlie and private afTairs wc carefully
observe the restraints imposed bv an eiilif^hteiUHl eonscienec.
■C'liARLE.S K. JIUGHES,
Secretary of iSlate."
Hk^ followinii!; t(>l(>^rain was received from the Secretary of
Labor of the United States:
Offices of Secretary of Labor, Washington, D.C., May 20.
To the Moderator and CoinnnssUmcrs, Prcshijterian General Assembly, Win-
ona Lake, Indiana.
CiKEETlNCIS:
No better exposition of the problem that today faces the American
people can be found than that outlined in President Harding's speech of
acceptance, delivered in Marion on July 22. This speech, which every
church pajier might well reprint, suggests a solution, a task, which the
churches of America should make their own. I send it to you.
With a membershij) of nearly fifty million, our churches today constitute
the greatest force for good in the world. If this force would help in solving
the national ]iroblem, the problem of the individual, it must be more
practically ai)plied.
1 should like to see the teachings of the Master interpreted in the hght
of modern conditions to both employer and employe. Ours must not be a
church of pacifists but a church of fighters, fearlessly taking a stand for
the right.
With both employer and employe sitting before the pulpit, a complete
understanding between the two becomes almost a church obligation. Why
should not the church help bring this about? Why should not ministers
talk to both employer and employe with a view to bringing about a better
understanding between them?
Many waj's in which the chvu'ch can help solve industrial problems will
present themselves to our enlightened ministry with thoughtful study of
the President's presentation. For instance, the church miglit well consider
the organization of a national employment bureau, and through its member-
ship ascertain where there is demand for labor, and where the unemployed
may be found. Let the church preach economic and social justice, economy
and thrift.
And above all, let the church teach the practical application of the
(loklen Rule, not as a millenial theory but as a vital principle for our daily
guidance in all the business affairs of today — "What.soever ye would that
men should do to .you, d(j ye even so to them." The practical api)lication
of this text is real Christianity.
(Signed; JAMES J. DAVIS,
Secretary of Labor.
The Moderator and Actinp; Stated CAvrk winv. authorized
to send suitable res})onse to the above mentioned telegrams.
The Special Committee on Christian Life and Work,
throuf2;h its Actin<!; C'hairman, Ilev. Huj2;h 11 MacCauley, l).l).,
])resented its rei)ort, which was received, and was re-
ferred to the Standing Committee on Narrative.
The Special Committee on the New Era Movement,
through its General Secretary, Rev. William Hiram Foulkes,
D. D., presented its report, which on mot on was received,
and pending its adoption, the Assembly was addressed by
46 MINUTES. [May 20,
Dr. Foulkes. The recommendations were adopted seriatim,
as follows:
Resolved, 1. That the General Assembly reaffirms the
endorsement of the principles of the New Era Movement
given by the three preceding General Assemblies and that it
approves the policies of the General Assembly's Committee
as set forth in the foregoing report, subject to the modifica-
tion of any specific resolution hereafter adopted and that it
authorizes the General Assembly's Committee and its Boards
and Agencies to cooperate in carrying out the proposed policies
and programs.
Resolved, 2. That the General Assembly's Committee is
authorized to put into effect such adjustment of its field
organization as shall be agreeable to the various synods and
presbyteries and in the interests of economy, looking toward
a permanent presbyterial and synodical basis for the coord na-
tive and promotive work of the Church.
Resolved, 3. That the whole budget system as revised and
presented by the Committee in the forego'ng paragraphs is
approved by the General Assembly and that all the Boards
and Agencies and the various judicatories of the General As-
sembly — synods, presbyteries and congregations — are urged
to join in carrying out the activities of the budget system
thus amended.
Resolved, 4. That in furnishing opportunities to those
churches and individuals which may "desire to have their con-
tributions used to assure as far as possible the full quota of
each Board and Agency in accordance with the ratio of the
total budget" the Central Receiving Agency shall keep a faith-
ful account of all such contributions and shall use such con-
tributions and only such contributions for the foregoing pur-
poses.
Resolved, 5. That the work of the Divisions of Coordina-
tion and Rromotion, including the Departments of Mission-
ary Education, Stewardship, Every Member Organization
and Financial Ingathering is approved and that the work of
these divisions and departments be prosecuted vigorously
within the limits of the authorized budget of expenditure dur-
ing the ensuing year.
Resolved, 6. That in order to enable the General Assembly's
Committee on the New Era Movement to carry forward its
work during the coming year upon a basis of stricter economy
and to insure at the same time the integrity and efficiency
of the Movement, the total budget for the General Assembly's
Committee on the New Era Movement for the year June 1,
1921, to May 31, 1922, be $322,592; that the Boards and
Agencies and the self-supporting synods are authorized to
A.D. 1021.] PRESENTATION OF GAVEL. 47
finance the Movement on this ])asis, advancing funds as
needed in accordance with the ratio of the biKl<2;et of 1921-22,
final adjustment to he made at the end of the year upon the
basis of receipts from hving givers during the year 1921-22;
that two-thirds of this amount be provided directly for the
New Era Movement in the budget of $12,000,000 and one-
third be })rovided from the budgets of the Boards and Agen-
cies and the self-sui)i)()rting synods ; that, if this can not be done,
the churches be urged to provide enough in excess of $12,000,-
000 to cover two-thirds of the amount approved for the New
Era Movement, inasmuch as a definite share of its labors has
to do with the Church at large, through activities not car-
ried on by the Boards and Agencies and in order that the whole
load of the Movement may not finally fall upon the Boards and
Agencies and self-supporting synods, as will be the case if the
principle of including a due proportion of the New Era ex-
penses in the total benevolence budget is not affirmed.' This
action is taken with the understanding that, if the General
Assembly lays upon the New Era Committee or the Boards
and Agencies any additional responsibilities they must be
cared for within the approved budget of $322,592, leaving the
Committee free to distribute the items wdthin the total bud-
get.
The Moderator appointed Rev. A. Edwin Keigwin, D. D.,
of the Presbytery of New York, to conduct the devotional
services on Saturday noon.
The Acting Stated Clerk was authorized to incorporate in
the Necrological Report, the names of 43 deceased ministers
whose names were reported to the Stated Clerk's Office and
not reported in the Church papers, and the names of 37 de-
ceased ministers whose names were reported in the Church
papers but were not reported to the Stated Clerk's Office.
Rev. Charles Little, D. D., LL. D., in behalf of the local
Committee presented to the Moderator a gavel containing
woods from the house of the late Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman,
D. D., at Winona Lake, Indiana; the flagstaff of the house of
Benjamin Harrison, former President of the United States,
at Indianapolis; from Wabash College, Crawfordsville,
Indiana; from Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana; from the
Indiana Presbyterian Church of Vincennes, Indiana; from
the cottage of the late Rev. Sol. C. Dickey, I). D., at Winona
Lake, Indiana; and from the first study chair of 1807 of the
late Rev. William Henry Roberts, D. D., LL. D., former
Stated Clerk of the General Assembly.
The Moderator made suitable response.
48 MINUTES. [May 20,
The Executive Commission, through its Chairman, Rev.
Samuel S. Pahner, D. D., presented paragraphs I, II, III,
IV and V, of its report, which on motion were adopted.
Paragraph VI on motion, was referred to the Committee on
Bills and Overtures.
The Bills and Overtures Committee, through its Chair-
man, Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D. D,, presented its first report,
and the following recommendations of the Committee, on
motion, were adopted:
Overtures 264-272 inclusive referred to the Standing Com-
mittee on Education.
Overture 273 referred to the Standing Committee on
Foreign Missions.
Overtures 27^-278 inclusive referred to the Standing Com-
mittee on Foreign Missions with a recommendation that all
parties interested be heard by the Committee.
Overtures 279-280 inclusive referred to the Standing Com-
mittee on Freedmen.
Overtures 281-376 inclusive referred to the Standing Com-
mittee on Home Missions.
Overtu-ies 377-796 inclusive referred to the Standing Com-
mittee on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation.
Overtures 797-801 inclusive referred to the Standing Com-
mittee on the Board of Publication.
Overtures 802-895 inclusive referred to the Special Com-
mittee on Reorganization and Consolidation of Boards and
Agencies.
Overture 978 referred to the Standing Committees on Theo-
logical Seminaries, and Education.
Overtures 1160-1175 inclusive referred to the Special Com-
mittee on Church Cooperation and Union.
Overtures 1322-1403 referred to the Standing Committee
on Polity.
Overtures I4O6, I42O, I42I, referred to the Standing Com-
mittee on Polity.
Overture 1422 referred to the Standing Committee on
Judicial Business.
The Home Mission Council, through its Vice-President
Rev. Warren D. More, D. D., presented a report on its Find-
ings, which were referred to the Standing Committee on Home
Misssions.
The Assembly adjourned until 9 A. M. Saturday morning,
and was closed with prayer by the Rev. Stanley B. Roberts,
D. D.
A.D. 1921.] TELEGRAM. 49
A po]iul:ir mootinp; was liold in ilio intorcst of the work of
the Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work at 7.30
P. M.
SATURDAY, May 21, 1021, 9.00 A.M.
The Assembly met and was ojwned with prayer by the Rev.
S. W. Beach, I). D., of Princeton, N. J.
The Minutes of yesterday's sessions were read and ap-
j^roved.
The Moderator announced the Committee to nominate
members for the Executive Connnission, as follows:
Ministers — Rev. Clement G. Martin, Frank B. Cowan,
John B. Laird, D.D., Louis E. Black, H. W. Owen, Jacob B.
Flemino-, C. W. Sidebotham, E. L. Jones, Phil C. Baird, D.D.,
PL S. Lyle, D. D., and James Thompson.
iJ/r/f^rs— William L. Pelton, G. Herbert Condict, Wm.
Enterline, W. R. Galloway, J. D. Martin, N. G. Moore, J. L.
Jizer, E. Klinkenborg, W. R. Lampson, C. R. Craig, G. P.
Schafer.
The Moderator announced the Committee to nominate
a Stated Clerk, as follows:
Elder N. G. Moore, Chairman; Ministers — William H.
Bruins, A. Edw^in Keigwin, D. D., John B. Laird, D. D.,
Maitland Alexander, D. D., T. O. Hughes, P. T. Amstutz,
James Steenson, A. R. Griggs, G. Snyder, J. H. Mallard, and
J. Thompson.
Elders— A. E. Dutcher, D. B. Corson, A. P. Starr, R. J.
Beattie, J. D. Martin, O. R. Williamson, C. N. Wayne, C. W.
Logan, F. E. Stanton, M. D., and George F. Guy.
The Moderator announced that he had appointed Rev. D.
H. Johnston of the Presbytery of Lackawanna as chairman of
the Standing Committee on Judicial Business.
The following telegram was received from the Rev. William
A. Sunday, D. D., and was read to the Assembly:
Bluefield, W. Va., May 20th, 1921.
Rev. Henry C. Sioearingcn, Moderator, General Assembly, Winona Lake, Ind.
It is one of the regrets of my life that I :un prevented from attending the
meeting of the General Assembly at my ]K)mc town. However, 1 am here
in the moimtains of We«t Virginia i)reaching to these i)eoi)le who are pouring
into Bluefield ovx-r the mountain.s and on special trains, hungry for the
Gospel. The greatest a.sset to this or any nation is Christianity. Our
churches will be largely attended as they meet the wants, sufferings and
bereavements of the i)eoi)le. It is always to the C^hurch that humanity
mu.st turn for the last word on the eternal destiny of their .souls, therefore
she must not fail to hold uj) the bhH'ding form of Jesus (Christ as God's
ultimatum for sin and man's only hope for salvation. My prayers are
with you.
WILLIAM A. SUNDAY.
50 MINUTES. [May 21,
On motion of Rev. Charles L. Chalfant, D. D., Presbytery
of Boise, the Moderator was instructed to answer the tele-
gram of Rev. William A. Sunday, D. D., and express to him
the Assembly's hearty support in his great work, and that the
Assembly be led in prayer for the special meetings in which
he is now engaged.
At the request of the Moderator, and while the Assembly
stood, Rev. George G. Mahy, D. D., General Secretary of the
Assembly's Permanent Committee on Evangelism, led the
Assembly in prayer.
The following telegram was received from the Secretary of
Agriculture, and was read to the Assembly:
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1921.
Mr. Moderator:
I am glad of the opportunity to send through you my greetings to the
Presbyterian General Assembly. Never in the history of the world was
there greater need for the firm establishment and dissemination of the
principles for which the great Presbyterian Church stands so firml}^ I
trust that your meeting will be one of real inspiration and that out of it
may come a great new impulse for righteousness.
HENRY C. WALLACE,
Secretary of Agriculture.
This telegram was referred to the Standing Committee on
Correspondence, for suitable reply.
The Special Committee on Church Cooperation and Union,
through its Chairman, Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D, D., pre-
sented a substitute report for Par. XII of the report of the
Special Committee, which was adopted, and became a part
of the Report as subsequently adopted.
The Standing Committee on Bills and Overtures, through
its Chairman, Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D. D., presented a report,
which on motion was adopted as follows :
Overture 1423 referred to the Standing Committee on
Pohty.
Overture 14^4 referred to the Standing Committee on
Church Erection.
Overture 14^5 referred to the Standing Committee on
Polity.
Overture 1427 referred to the Standing Committee on
Foreign Missions.
Overture 1428 referred to the Standing Committee on
Polity.
Overture 1455 referred to the Standing Committee on
Foreign Missions, with a recommendation that all parties
interested be heard.
A.D. 1921.] DIGEST. 51
Ovcrlarcs lJf56-lJi()2 referred tu the Standing Committee
on Home Missions.
Oirrluns 14h7, 150S, 1567, 1570, 1570-1572 referred to the
StaiuHng C'onnnitteo on jNIinistx^rial Rehef.
Oirrturcs 1509-1555, 1566 referred to the Special Com-
mittee on Reorganization and Consohdation of the Boards
and Agencies.
Oirriurc 15/^2 referred to the Special Committee on Church
Cooperation and Union.
Overtures 1556-1560, and 1579 referred to the Standing
Committee on Polity.
Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D. D., Chairman of the Special
Committee on Church Cooperation and Union, was author-
ized to send the proper communications to the sister Churches
in accordance with the previous resolutions concerning Church
Cooperation and Union.
The Special Committee on Assembly Digest, through its
Chairman, Rev. John V. Stephens, presented its report and a
resolution, which were adopted, as follows
The Committee on the Digest respectfully reports as
follows :
Previous to 1911, the Committee on Digest was composed
of the Stated and Permanent Clerks of the General Assem-
bly. In 1911 {Minutes, p. 249) the Secretary of the Board
of Publication and Sabbath School Work was added to the
Committee. In 1915 {Minutes, p. 284) "the Rev. John V.
Stephens, D.D. on the recommendation of the Stated
Clerk, was added to the Committee on the Digest, to act
in relation to matters connected with the records of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church." The Rev. William H.
Roberts, D.D., was the Chairman of the Committee. After
the death of the Chairman, by the appointment of the
Moderator of the General Assembly, the Rev. Samuel S.
Palmer, D.D., the Rev. John V. Stephens, D.D., became
Chairman, taking the place of the Rev. William H. Roberts,
D.D. The Committee as now constituted is composed of
the Rev. John V. Stephens, D.D., Chairman, the Perma-
nent Clerk of the General Assembly, the Rev. Edward L.
Warren, D.D., and the Secretary of the Board of Publica-
tion and Sabbath School Work, the Rev. Harold McA.
Robinson, D.D.
Attention is drawn to an action of the General Assembly
in 1908, according to which a new plan for the New Digest
was approved — "the plan of placing in a separate volume
all Permanent Documents of the Church and its Agencies,
52 MINUTES. 'May 21,
and including in the Digest only matters which have direct
relation to the interpretation of the Constitution of the
Church and the current work of its Agencies.
As far back as 1912, the Rev. William H. Roberts, D.D.,
the Editor of the New Digest, reported to the General
Assembly that "the manuscript for the new edition of the
Digest is practically in hand, and needs but little addi-
tional matter." The Committee has been informed that
"all acts, decisions and deliverances of the General Assem-
bly from 1908 to 1917 or 1918" have been "collated and
arranged." It is not clear, however, whether this collation
has been worked into the previously gathered materials,
and the whole classified on some given plan. These facts
remain to be discovered by the new Editor. It appears
that the materials covering a few years are yet to be
collated and arranged. No distribution has been made of
"matters connected with the acts and deliverances of the
General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,"
as directed by the General Assembly. Such matter, how-
ever, has been prepared, and its distribution can easily be
made. In one of his reports to the General Assembly, the
Editor said: "There is need for a very careful personal
revision of all material in the Digest, prior to publication."
This suggestion should be carefully heeded. If the materials
collected, new and old, have not already undergone "a
very careful personal revision," the new Editor will have
this duty to perform, and should be given ample time and
opportunity to do it. The New Digest ought to be made
complete, dependable and simple — a book which a busy
layman, as well as a minister, will want to consult.
Four reasons have been assigned by the Editor for the
delay in issuing the New Digest: (1) "The Digest has
always been issued at considerable intervals of time." (2)
"The demand for the Digest is limited, at best, and the
expense of production is considerable." (3) "The exceeding
great cost of printing." (4) "The illness of the Stated
Clerk," who was the Editor.
The Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, at
whose expense the Digest is published and circulated,
reports that "the edition of the Assembly's Digest in its
present form has been exhausted." Naturally, the Board
is ready and anxious to proceed with the work on the New
Digest as soon as possible.
The Committee on Digest recommends the adoption of
the following:
Resolved, That this Report, together with the whole
matter of bringing out the New Digest, be referred to the
A.D. 1921.] AID OF PROT. CHURCHES. 53
Staii(lin<2; Commit too on Publication and Sabbath School
\\^)rk; and that said Committee bo instructed, after con-
ference with representatives of the (committee on ]^ip;es(,
also with representatives of the Board of Publication and
Sabbath School Work, to present to this General Assembly
a r(^port on the subject, with such reconnnendations as the
facts and the situation may warrant.
John V. Stephens, Chairman.
The Special Committee on Fund to Aid Protestant Churches
in Europe jin^scnted its report through Rev. William Hiram
Poulkes, D. D., in the absence of the (chairman. Rev. Harlan
G. JMendenhall, D. D. The report and its recommendations
were adopted, as follows:
The General Assembly's Committee to Administer the
Fund for the Aid of Protestant Churches in Europe was
called into being two ycnrs ago in order to enable the Pres-
byterian Church to discharge distinct responsibilities toward
Protestant Churches in the war zone of Europe. The
original purpose of the Committee was to secure limited
fluids for the immediate aid of the war impoverished
Protestant Churches of France and Belgium. No sooner,
however, had the Committee begun its labors than it re-
ceived urgent appeals from Italy and the Balkans. During
the past two years the Committee has received and dis-
bursed over $200,000, practically all of it being sent to the
struggling churches of the war zone.
The General Assembly in constituting the Committee
requested it so to carry on its work that all of the funds
should be available for use in Europe without overhead
charges. The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer have
served without compensation. Stenographic and clerical
help have been provided by the Board of Foreign Missions
and the New Era Movement, without cost to the General
Assembly's Committee.
At the outset, the Committee determined not to attempt
to establish American Presbyterianism in Europe, but
rather to cooperate with the sister churches already on the
field. The bounty of the church has been distributed
among the Protestants of France, Belgium, Italy, the
Czecho-Slovak Republic, Hungary, and Transylvania. In
addition, stirring appeals have come from Poland and
Austria, which for lack of funds the Committee has not
been able to heed.
The Committee has administered its funds in each case
through officially accredited bodies representing the Pro-
testant Churches of the various countries of Europe, in
54 MINUTES. [May 21 ,
most cases the predominant element in eacli group has
been that of the Reformed Churches. The funds contri-
buted to France and Belgium were sent through or reported
to the Federal Council of Churches to a similar body in
Paris where all of the evangelical Protestant efforts of
France center. Much good has already been done in re-
building churches, repairing historic buildings, paying pas-
tors' salaries, and in maintaining Theological Seminaries.
In Italy the cooperation of the Committee has been
altogether with the Waldensian Church, the oldest Protes-
tant Church in the world. It is not necessary to refer to
the thrilling story of this brave people, our Presbyterian
ancestors who have kept the light of the pure Gospel burn-
ing for so many years and who are now coming to the
realization of their hopes and prayers.
Over forty years ago, Italian Pastors came to this
country seeking aid, but it was not until 1906 that the
American Waldensian Aid Society was formed. The Gen-
eral Assembly's Committee has cooperated with the Amer-
ican Waldensian Aid Society and has made its remittances
through its Treasurer. According to current reports, there
are sixty Waldensian Churches and one hundred and fifty
mission stations in Italy, besides orphanages, hospitals,
homes for the aged, schools and social work of various
sorts. The high quality of teaching in the Waldensian
Schools is so regarded that its three High Schools are the
only Protestant High Schools recognized by the Govern-
ment of Italy. Work has been begun on the new dormi-
tories at Torre Pellice and at Domaretto. The Theological
School for many years in Florence has been moved to
Rome where it is destined to become a strong center of
Protestant influence. The outlook in this ancient Kingdom
for a pure Gospel was never brighter. Waldensian pastors
became chaplains in the Italian Army, during the war, and
distributed Gospels freely.
It is deeply to be regretted that the Committee has not
received sufficient funds to fulfill its plans for the Walden-
sian Church. Indeed, the officials of that Church, encour-
aged by the hopes expressed by the Committee, had be-
come involved in extensive developments which are now
seriously threatened because of lack of funds. It should be
pointed out that the contributions received by the Com-
mittee have come largely from churches making use of the
budget system and that for the most part churches that
do not use the system have not recognized this Cause.
It is a far cry from Italy to the Balkans, but it was the
Waldensian Church which sent its missionaries into that
A.D. 1921.] AID OF PROT. CHURCHES. 55
region. It is claimed that Peter Waldo himself, whose
voice was heartl in Prague, was one of those missionaries.
The influence of Huss stirred Bohemia before Luther and
Calvin began their reformation. So rapidly did the Refor-
mation doctrine spread that all Bohemia was dominated
by the Reformed faith, until the theological differences
which separated Luther and Zwingli made their appearance
and soon Protestantism in Central Europe became divided.
To-day, with all the past telling the story of defeat and
disaster, the Lutheran, Reformed, and Moravian brethren
have come together in the United Brethren Church of
Bohemia and Moravia. The General Assembly's Com-
mittee has sent $14,000, during the past year, into this
country. It has been used in paying salaries, building
churches, and enlarging the home mission work.
The days of which Huss dreamed have come at last and
the Protestant Church of Czecho-Slovakia has taken ad-
vantage of them. A great religious revolution is taking
place in the Roman Church within the bounds of this
young Republic. More than 500,000 Roman Catholics
have left the Greek Church and have founded a National
Czech Church in which the Scriptures are read and the
service is in the language of the people. Huss is the patron
saint. The people elect their own priest and these priests
elect their own bishop. At least one hundred priests, it is
reported, have already deserted to this JMovement. A peti-
tion from 1500 curates has been forwarded to Rome, asking
for reforms and concessions, including permission to marry.
In Prague there are 80,000 members in this new Church.
The General Assembly's Committee has appropriated SIG,
500 for work in Czecho-Slovakia, during the year which has
just closed.
The General Assembly's Committee has also made appro-
priations to the Protestant Churches in Hungary and in
Transylvania. Certain difficulties have been faced in
Hungary on account of the relation of the Hungarian
Churches to the Independent Hungarian Church in the
U. S. These difficulties have not been satisfactorily adjust-
ed and they exist as a barrier to thorough-going under-
standing and cooperation. In Transylvania, which is now a
part of Roumania, there is a Protestant population of
1,520,597, of which 412,000 are Lutherans and 70,000 Uni-
tarians. The opposition to growth here comes from the
Greek Orthodox Church. The Saxons, or Lutherans, who
came in the 12th century, have sworn allegiance to the State,
but the Magyars refuse to do so and because of this re-
fusal their Schools have been closed, their glebe-lands
56 MINUTES. [May 21,
seized and given to the people, and their ministers put into
prison. The Roumanians claim the persecution is because
of political acts. The Reformed Church denies the accusa-
tion and maintains the persecution is religious and for the
purpose of stamping out the Reformed Church. The
Roman Catholic, Reformed, and Unitarian Churches have
been included in this persecution, and even the Lutherans
find their own hopes are being crushed, notwithstanding
their allegiance. The General Assembly's Committee has
appropriated $14,000 to the Reformed Churches in Hun-
gary, and $19,000 to the Reformed Churches in Transyl-
vania, in each case the funds being administered by a
Committee of representative church leaders in the several
countries.
The Committee calls the attention of the General As-
sembly to the fact that in the midst of all the physical
relief given to the stricken people of Europe through large
contributions of funds, in which Presbyterian benevolence
is generously represented, the work of the General Assem-
bly's Committee has been specifically concerned with the
restoration and maintenance of the Protestant faith in the
stricken war zone of Europe. The Committee believes that
if the Church at home knew the full significance of the
struggle of Protestantism to become master of the new day
that is breaking in Europe, it would put large resources at
the disposal of the Committee for the carrying on of its
important work.
The Committee regrets to report that the Executive
Commission of the General Assembly did not include the
work of this Committee in the benevolent budget for the
ensuing year, and that subscriptions which have already
been made on the basis of the budget do not include any
provision for this appealing work. The Committee notes
that the Executive Commission, in its reconsideration of
the budget, has recommended to churches and sessions that
out of any undesignated gifts that may be in their hands,
they make provision for this Cause among others and ex-
presses the hope that the sum of $25,000 may be provided
by the Presbyterian Church for its stricken sister churches
across the sea. The General Assembly's Committee appre-
ciates the effort of the Executive Commission to right the
wrong that was done in omitting its work from the budget,
but believes that this method of making provision will not
produce the desired results.. The Committee, therefore,
recommends that the General Assembly make provision for
the work of this Committee, during the present fiscal year,
to the extent of $50,000, in addition to the sum included
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in the l)ucl}2;et of the Boards and Agencies, and that the
Assembly direct that hereafter this Cause be placed in the
reji;ular benevolence budget of the Church.
The Committee is aware of the fact that previous to the
World War a Standing Connnittee of the Gen(^ral Assembly-
had been carrying on work in Europe, directing its efforts
in behalf of English-speaking people in various European
cities. The Committee believes the time has come when
its own existence as a Special Committee may be discon-
tinued, and when the Standing Committee on Work in
Europe may be entrusted with a continuance of the tasks
now given to the Special Committee, so long as the present
emergencies may exist in Europe. The Committee, there-
fore, recommends (1) that the General Assembly's Committee
to Administer the Fund for the Aid of Protestant Churches
in Euroi)e be discontinued, and that its work be transferred
to the Standing Committee on Work in Europe, to be
carri(>d on by it as long as the present emergent needs
continue.
The Committee also recommends (2) that in order to carry
on such work to the best advantage, the Standing Com-
mittee on Work in Europe be enlarged, and that the follow-
ing persons be added to its present membership from the
membership of the Special Committee which has adminis-
tered the Fund, during the past two years.
Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D.
Rev. William Hiram Foulkes, D.D.
Rev. John A. Marquis, D.D.
Rev. H. G. Mendenhall, D.D.
Rev. Ford C. Ottman, D.D.
Rev. David G. Wylie, D.D.
Mr. W. S. Coffin.
Whereas, the Protestant Churches of France, Belgium,
Italy, Czecho-Slovakia, Transylvania and other countries of
Europe are facing a momentous opportunity in view of the
unprecedented religious awakening, which is taking place in
the hearts of their people and as these churches arc in a weak-
ened condition as the result of the war and are not able
unaided to make full use of the opportunity which is theirs
at the present time, and
Whereas, their Protestant compatriots in the United
States are greatly interested in their spiritual welfare and-
are eager to send money and men to the assistance of the
Protestant Churches of Europe, and as it is highly important
that this missionary interest on the part of our new citizens
58 MINUTES. [May 21,
be encouraged and stimulated and the aid which they are
able to give augmented by a missionary fund
Be It Resolved: That the enlarged Committee on Work in
Europe be especially charged by the General Assembly with
the responsibility of aiding the Protestant Churches in Europe
by sending both men and money and that in working out
this plan of assistance, the Board of Home Missions be author-
ized to cooperate with the Committee, through its City and
Immigrant Work Office, which is allied with representative
groups of these nationalities in this country, such as: the
Presbyterian Conference on Italian Evangelization, the
Presbyterian Conference on Magyar Work, the Bohemian
Presbytery of the Central West, the Bohemian Presbytery
of the South West and other groups. Furthermore, we recom-
mend that the Committee be authorized to 'eceive gifts
designated for this object and that churches and individuals
be urged to contribute generously to the work of this Com-
mittee.
The report of Mr. Dwight H. Day, Treasurer of the
Board of Foreign Missions, which is the Treasurer of the
General Assembly's Committee to Administer the Fund for
the Aid of Protestant Churches in Europe, is herewith
attached as a part of the report of the Committee. The
audit of the report is included in the audit of the Board
of Foreign Missions.
Respectfully submitted,
H. G. Mendenhall, Chairman.
THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH IN THE U. S. A.
Dwight II. Day, Treasurer
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements for Account of Committee
ON Aid for Protestant Churches in Europe
April 1, 1920, to April 10, 1921
Balance, April 1, 1920 $68,453.75
Receipts April 1, 1920, to April 10, 1921 *119,334.84
$187,788.59
Disbursements for France and Belgium $108,500.00
Transylvania 19,000.00
Waldensian Church 26,500.00
Reformed Church in Hungary 14,000.00
Czecho-Slovakia 16,500.00
Net expenses 2,880.24
$187,380.24
Net balance, April 10, 1921 $ 408.35
♦This anjount includes gifts of Mr. Harkness, $50,000,00,
A.D. 1921.] WORK m EUROPE. 69
The Special Committeee on Work on the Continent of
Europe, through its Chairman, Rev. S. W. Beach, D.D.,
presented its report, which was received, and pending the
adoption of the recommendations, the Assembly was ad-
dressed by the Revs. Misolav Filipi, J. W. Dobias, and
Joseph Krenek. The report and its recommendations were
adopted, as follows:
Your Special Committee on Work on the Continent of
Europe would respectfully report as follows:
The work of the Committee the past year has been
limited to the American Church in Paris, and the "I.atin
Quarter Reunions" of the Students. As reported last
year, the two departments of work in Paris have been
merged so that "The Atelier Reunions" form the department
of the activities of the Rue de Berri Church. The consumma-
tion of plans looking to the raising of a fund of Two Million
Dollars has been delayed, owing to financial conditions prevail-
ing throughout the countrj^, but encouraging ]:)rogress has
been made as the following report will indicate:
For this dual work in Paris, contributions have been
made as follows:
Denominational Boards:
Congregational $100,000
Presbyterian 10,000 (for three years)
Methodist 50,000
Total $160,000 $160,000
Churches for Pew Endowments:
Congregational $4,809
Presbyterian 5,727
Collegiate of New York 500
Individuals:
Total $11,036 11,036
65,855
Total $236,891
We have a list of fifty-seven churches, including Bap-
tists, Collegiate, Congregational, and Prosbj'terian, in all
parts of the country, interested in endowing pews. There
is also a list of twenty-two individuals of large means from
whom liberal contributions have been promised in the
future.
The actual cash received for deposit makes a total
amount collected, from October 28, 1919 to April 10, 1921,
of $38,776.74; the expenses for the same period have been
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$19,850.74, leaving a balance in the bank of $18,926.00,
and $14,000 of this has been invested in United States
Victory Notes at 4%^%. Conserving what must be held
for pew endowments (thus far paid in), we have only about
$10,000 free funds to send to Paris as occasion may require.
The Chairman of the Special Committee on Work on
the Continent of Europe has also, by appointment of the
General Assembly, been a member of the Committee for
the Administration of Funds for Protestant Churches in
Europe, and it has seemed wise to this latter committee
that the scope of the work of the Special Committee on work
in Europe should be widened, so as to include the whole field
of operations, now divided ]3etween the two committees.
In view of this conviction on the part of the Committee
on the Administration of Funds for the Protestant Churches
of Europe, the following action was taken at a meeting
held in New York, April 7, 1921:
"We Recommend: That the Committee to Administer
Funds for the Protestant Church in Europe be discontinued,
and that its work, as long as the present emergent needs
continue, be transferred to the Special Committee on Work
in Europe. It is also recommended that the Committee on
Work in Europe l^e enlarged to thirteen (13) members, and
that the following be added to its loresent membership: the
Rev. Drs. Brown, Foulkes, Marquis, Mendenhall, Ottman,
Wylie, with Mr. W. S. Coffin."
Should this merger be adopted by the General Assem-
bly, the Committee on Work in Europe, with this wider
field of operation, would be constituted as follows: the
Rev. Drs. Sylvester W. Beach (Chairman), Arthur J.
Brown, Joseph Cochran, William H. Foulkes, John A.
Marquis, Harlan G. Mendenhall, Ford C. Ottman, Tertius
Van Dyke, Charles Wood, with Messrs. W. S. Coffin,
Cheeseman A. Herrick, Alba B. Johnson.
Respectfully submitted,
Sylvester W. Beach, Chairman.
At the request of the Executive Commission, the substitute
report of its Budget Committtee, which it offered yesterday
as an amendment to Paragraph XVII of the Executive Com-
mission's Tentative Report, was returned to the Commission
for amendment.
As amended, the substitute was passed by the Assembly,
and became a part of Paragraph XVII of the Report of the
Executive Commission. This paragraph as thus amended,
appears later in the Executive Commission's Report as
adopted as a whole.
A.D. 1921.] SABBATH OBSERVANCE. 01
The Moilorator and Acting; Stated Clerk reported the fol-
lowing; teleg;rani, which was sent to the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
WinoiKi Lake, Ind., May 21.st, 1921.
To the Moderator of the General Ast^embh/ of the Presbyterian Chureh in the
U. S., care of Westmin.'itcr Presbyterian Chureh, ,St. Louis, Mo.
Greetings:
The Genoral Assomhly of the Presbyterian Clnireh in the U. S. A., in
session at Winona Lake, Ind., has taken the following action reganhng the
proposed united .Assembly of the I'resl)yterian and Reformed ("hurchcs:
1. 'rii(> .\sseinbly refers back to its Coniniittee on Church Cooperation
and rnion the projjosed constitution for a united -Assembly of Presfjyterian
and Reformed Churches, with instructions to the elTect, that wliiie willing
to approve any measures which will promote c1os(M' relation with Presby-
terian and Reformed ('hurclies, it is united and earnest in the desire for an
actual union of the Churches of the Reformed faith and order.
2. The .\ssembly instructs the Moderator and Stated Cl(>rk to send a
mes.sage to the .Assembly of the Presbyterian ('hurch of the U. S., now in
.se.ssion at St. Louis, exjjressing the desire of the Presbyterian Chureh in
the IT. S. .v., for the real union of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches,
and the hope that the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S.
may take such action as will not only promote closer relations l)ut secure
the reunion of our two kindred bodies.
Attest,
HENRY C. SWEARINCEN,
Moderator.
JAMES M. HUBBERT,
Acting Stated Clerk.
The Permanent Committee on Sabbath Observance, in the
absence of its Chairman Emeritus, Mr. James Yereance,
and its Chairman, Rev. H. H. McQuilkin, D.D., presented
its report through Rev. Walter L. Whallon, D.D., which was
received with its recommendations, and pending action on
the recommendations, the Assembly was addressed by
Rev. Harry L. Bowlbj', D.D., General Secretary of the
Lord's Day Alliance, and the Rev. Robert Watson, D.D., of
New York City.
The report was approved and resolutions were amended
and adopted as follows:
Resolved, 1. That the General Assembly most emphatically
condemns the organized attack on the Lord's Day in putting
on the so-called ''Blue Law" propaganda last November, the
purpose of which was to discredit the Lord's Day Alliance of
the United States, the intermediary of the Churches in the
department of Sabbath Observance, and which propaganda
was used by these opponents of the Christian Sabbath as a
smoke screen to conceal their real purpose of breaking down
all the Sunday Laws and thereby commercializing their busi-
ness, the movies, sports and other inmecessarj^ profit making
institutions on Sunday; and that pastors and church officials
are urged to keep close watch on recurrences of the propa-
ganda showing itself in the daily press, the movies and thea-
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tres, and to request their people to enter prompt and effective
protests against it in their communities to the newspapers
and other mediums of information, and to the parties aiding
the propaganda.
Resolved, 2. That our Churches be requested and urged to
give increased moral and substantial financial support to
the Cause of the Sabbath, especially in view of the bitter and
powerful attacks that are being made against it and which
must be decisively and immediately mastered.
Resolved, 3. That the General Assembly approves the
hearty and effective cooperation of the Committee with the
Lord's Day Alliance of the United States and its affiliated
societies, appreciates the excellent measures of success which
have attended their efforts in the prosecution of educational
programs, and their aggressive work on constructive and pro-
gressive plans for the defense and preservation of the Ameri-
can Sunday.
Resolved, 4. That the column assigned to the Cause of the
Sabbath now on the statistical blanks sent by the Stated
Clerk to the Churches be made to read, "Sabbath Observ-
ance."
Resolved, 5. That the General Assembly requests pastors
and official boards of our Churches to place on the Church
calendar frequently during the year scriptural texts and
items l:»earing on the Sabbath and its problems, that pastors
preach on the sul:)ject at least at one Sabbath morning and
evening service, and that organizations of the churches. Sab-
bath Schools, Young People's Societies, Men's and Women's
Clubs, and Classes and missionary societies, give a place to
this vital subject on their regular, conference, and conven-
tion programs.
Resolved, 6. That we again heartily commend the move-
ment for the early enactment of a Sunday rest law for the
District of Columbia in which is located our National Capi-
tol and assure our Permanent Committee on Sabbath Observ-
ance, the Lord's Day Alliance of the United States, and
the Pastors Federation of Washington, of every possible
support toward the accomplishment of this desired end;
and that we ask our churches to take suitable action respect-
ing the bill as information reaches them through our accred-
ited agencies from time to time.
Resolved, 7. That the Assembly heartily endorses the plan
of the Saturday half holiday, commends all employers who
grant it to employees and recognize it as tending to a more
proper observance of the Christian Sabbath; and that it
earnestly requests all public officials to exercise great care
and determined action for the defense of the laws protecting
A.D. 1921.] TELEGRAMS. 63
Suiidiiy from rapacious coininorcialism, to smiro lluMr (Miforcc-
mont, and help to stroiisthen these laws where they are weak.
Resolved, 8. That the General Assembly recommends that
the Sabbath Observance Committees of the Presbyteries
and Sj'nods cooperate with the Permanent Conmiittee, with
affiliated societies of the Lord's Day Alliance where such
exist, or other societies working for the protection of the
Christian Sabbath; and that similar committees be organ-
ized in Presliyteries and Synods where they do not exist at
the present time.
Resolved, 9. Hiat the members of the Permanent Commit-
tee on Sabbath Observance, whose terms of office expire with
this Assembly, be re-elected for a term of three years:
Herbert Booth Smith, D.D., Los Angeles, Cal.
David G. Wylie, D.D., New York City.
F. W. Johnson, D.D., Newark, N. J.
Hon. Wm. J. Bryan, Miami, Florida.
Mt. Henry P. Crowell, Chicago, 111.
Mr. Charles L. Huston, Coatesville, Pa.
The devotional service was conducted by Rev. A. Edwin
Keigwin, D.D., of the Presbytery of New York.
The following telegrams were received and read to the
Assembly, and were referred to the Standing Committee
on Correspondence for suitable reply.
"Paducah, Ky., May 20th.
Genernl Asf^cmhUj of (hr Prvshylcrian Church, Winona Lake, I ml.
Grcc'iiiig.s arc hereby sent to you from the General Ass(mil)ly of the
Colored C'limlierhuid Presbyterian Church now in session at Paducah, Ky.
Read Psahn I'SS.
G. W. SADLER,
Ruling Elder, Moderator.
REV. JAMES EDWARD,
Stated Clerk."
"Nashville, Tenn., May 20th.
General Assembly Prcst)yteri(ni Church, U. S. A.
As Chairman of SouthcMii Methodist Conferences Committee, we beg
your cofiperation and endorsement of proposed national Sunday law to
stop all Sunday interstate commerce trains, newspaper, mails, securing
Sunday as Rest day. We must, all cooperate to save our Sabl)ath or our
nation will soon go like Israel to PaLylon, like Europe to ruins. The cry
of Bhie Law is like Ahab accusing Elijah. Please don't fail to act. Notify
me at mj' expen.sc.
NOAH W. COOPER."
The Assembly ordered that certain judicial papers referred
to the Judicial Commission, be referred to the Standing Com-
mittee on Judicial Business.
The Assembly took recess until 2.30 P. M. and was closed
with prayer by the Moderator.
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SATURDAY, May 21, 1921, 2.30 P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Rev.
David G. Wyhe, D.D., LL.D.
A communication from the churches in Czecho-Slovakia,
was referred to the Special Committee on Work on the Con-
tinent of Europe,
The Permanent Clerk reported that Elder O. M. Fitzhugh
of the Presbytery of Austin was unable to serve as Temporary
Clerk, and was excused by the Assembly, The Permanent
Clerk than nominated Elder J. L. Oakey of the Presbytery of
Riverside, California, as Temporary Clerk, and he was duly
elected.
The Special Committee on Reorganization and Consolida-
tion of Assembly Agencies, through its Chairman, Rev. John
Timothy Stone, D.D., presented its report, which was re-
ceived, and pending action on the recommendations, the
Assembly was addressed b}^ Rev. Maitland Alexander, D.D.,
Elder B. O. Steiner, Ph.D., Rev. John T. Reeve, D.D., Rev.
Wilham A. Byrd, D.D., Rev. John A. Savage, D.D., Rev.
D. H. Edwards, and Rev. G. W. King, D.D,
The report and its recommendations were adopted, as
follows :
Fathers and Bkethren:
Your Committee, as constituted by the 1920 General
Assembly, and appointed by the Moderator, consisted of
the following five ministers: John Timothy Stone, Alexan-
der MacColl, William H. Black, Robert J. MacAlpine,
Walter H. Houston; and the following five elders — J. M. I.
Finney, M, D., Fred M. Bartlett, Andrew Timberman,
M.D., J. I. Buchanan, Montgomery Webster (Resigned).
The Committee has held three regular meetings, and
has, through sub-committees, carried on much additional
investigation, inviting and receiving from the Boards and
Agencies of the Church statements of their activities,
statistics of their work, past and proposed budgets, and
various relative communications. When possible, repre-
sentatives from the Boards have been consulted in personal
conferences. From the first, the Committee has been open-
minded, welcoming the opinion, counsel and suggestion of
all who have approached them, and inviting views from
those who have differed broadly from them, but whose
experience and interest should command attention.
The Committee feels that the Church at large has some-
times suffered through compelling conditions which have
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prompted iimliio hastcv It is our ])oliof that a full and
frank discussion of the whole question should he encouraged,
and that the entire Church should have opportunity to
discuss this question, and to act deliberately, even at the
cost of time, and through a policy of Presbyterial referen-
dum, if such action should be considered wise by the
Assembly. Such discussion, carried on with full freedom
of the Boards and Agencies to present all facts to the
Church, would tend to a clearer knowledge and a wiser
conclusion than could be expected from hasty action in-
fluenced by limited representation or individual judgment.
The subject of the consolidation of our Boards and
Agencies has been before the Church for many years. In
1906, on the recommendation of the Committee on Bills
and Overtures, a S])ecial Committee on Administrative
Agencies was appointed, consisting of ten ministers and
eleven elders, the chairman being Rev. James D. Moffat,
D.D., LL.D. This Committee made a prolonged study of
the case for and against consolidation, and of instances of
over-lapi)ing in the work of the Boards. In 1908 {Minutes,
page 147), it reported that there was "one belief that made
it impossible for your Committee to recommend any
merging of two or more Boards, under existing circum-
stances. This was that the union of two Boards with the
loss of one of their collections in the churches would result
in the diminution of the amount of money for its united
work, as compared with the amount usually obtained by
the separate Boards."
In 1909, this Committee reported: that "the legal
obstacles to consolidation are, without question, at present
insurmountable." Upon recommendation of this Com-
mittee, the Executive Commission of the General Assembly
was established, and the Commission was instructed "to
consider and formulate a plan for the consolidation and
rearrangement of such Boards as they may deem advisable"
(as soon as the legal difficulties can be removed).
In 1910, the Assembly, on recommendation of the
Executive Commission (which declared its belief that none
of the many obstacles to consolidation, legal or otherwise,
was insurmountable), took this action: "Resolved, That the
Boards of Home Missions, Church Erection, and Freed-
men, if the way be clear, should be either consolidated,
merged, or so rearranged that their general direction and
supervision may be brought under one general control, and
that further time be given to the Executive Commission,
in order to determine, with the advice of expert counsel,
what form such proposed rearrangement or consolidation
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66 MINUTES. [May 21,
should take; and also the rearrangement or consolidation
of any other Boards or Agencies of the Church, if the same
should be found to be feasible; and, when so determined,
to report the same to the General Assembly." {Minutes,
p. 87.)
In 1911, at Atlantic City, the Committee having been
advised by its counsel that there were legal barriers in the
way of consolidation, presented a plan "for consolidation
in the personnel of the Boards' members, through such an
intersphering of the membership of the Boards as to make
two or three Boards out of one group of persons." This
plan was proposed, 1: in relation to the Board of Home
Missions, the Board of Church Erection, and the Board
of Missions for Freedmen; 2: in relation to the Board of
Education and the College Board; 3: in relation to a third
group. The recommendation as to the first two groups
was adopted by the Assembly, but the action proposed
was not mandatory and has never been effected.
Since this time, there have been at least three important
developments affecting the whole matter of consolidation.
1. The Budget Plan of giving has largely superseded the
method of "collections" throughout the Church, removing
the principal obstacle to consolidation suggested in 1908,
i.e. — "that the union of two Boards with the loss of one
of their collections in the churches would result in the
diminution of the amount of money for its united work, as
compared with the amount usually obtained by the sepa-
rate Boards." 2. The legal consolidation of the Board of
Education and the College Board has been effected. 3.
The number of Boards and Permanent Agencies of the
Church has been even further increased.
As to the legal aspects of the question, it is notable that
while we have asked for legal reasons against possible
consolidations, ensuant upon the study of these matters,
no specific replies have come, though there have been
general statements which simply affirm that there are
legal barriers. For instance: one legal opinion given
implies that a court would not be likely to effect a transfer
of moneys, securities, and properties from one corporation
to another, even in the same Church body. However,
attention may be called to the fact that such transfer of
money, securities and properties of the Board of Education,
which is a corporation of one state, to the General Board
of Education, which is a corporation of another state, was
legally effected in 1917. We may infer that this could
probably be done again, if such action were desirable and
were ordered by the General Assembly. It is also a natural
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inference that a division of the activity could be effected)
if such action should be deemed wise.
The Committee desires to say that a sub-committee has
gone quite fully into this whole legal question, as related
to our different Boards and Agencies, and is prepared td
report in due time, if so directed; also, to Continue fiirthei*
such consideration and investigation.
However, the Conunittee holds in remembrance that the
Genc^ral Assembly has already api:)roved consolidation plans
with reference to the union of most of the Boards and
Agencies under consideration {Minutes 1911, pp. 151-159).
Consolidation has been effected between the Board of
Ministerial Relief and the Board of Sustentation, and also
between the Board of Education and the College Board.
In these cases experience has apparently justified the
consolidation. The legal difficulties are not insurmount-
able, although they were alleged to be at the time the
plans were approved by the General Assembly, in Atlantic
City, in 1911. With this experience in trying out, piece-
meal, the legal aspects of consolidation measures, it would
appear that, so far as the law is concerned, there is no insur-
mountable difficully in the way. The vital question is one
of expediency and utility.
The times are new; the problems are vast; the law is old
and conservative, but it is no intention of law to interfere
with the progress of the State or of the Church, and
thei'c^fore if changes in organization are desired, a way can
and should be found by which to effect them.
Again, the Presbyterian Church is one Church, and all
its Boards, congregations, ministers, property, of every
description, are included in the holdings of this one Church.
It has a right to decide what it will do in, with, and for
itself. The law, as expressed by the Supreme Court in its
late decisions concerning the union, has reaffirmed that
anything which the Presbyterian Church can do consti-
tutionally for itself, it can do with any one or all of its
subordinate agencies.
The Committee finds, from definite statement and con-
ference, that some of the Boards and Agencies are opposed
to any consolidation plans. Naturally, this is generally
true of those Boards which are liable to be affected by
such consolidation. These Boards and Agencies, however,
favor closer cooperation and a better understanding. Each
Board and Agency has the right to feel the importance of
the special need and Providence which called it into being,
but to your Committee it does not appear that because a
problem has Providentially emerged and has been Prov-
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identially met, therefore, Providence provides for the per-
manence of the form of agency first established. It may
be equally justifiable to believe that the call for the con-
solidation of the Boards and Agencies, which seems to
express itself in so many different quarters of the Church,
is now the Providential call for action in order to carry
out the 'present will of God.
The Committee is directed to .consider the reorgani-
zation and consolidation of the Boards and Permanent
Agencies of the Church. Such consideration may be pur-
sued in either of two directions:
(A) A comprehensive plan for the reorganization of the
entire work of the Church may be presented. Several such
plans have been before us and have been considered. They
provide for a substantial reduction of the number of the
Boards and Permanent Agencies of the Church, ranging in
scope and suggestion from a minimum of two to a maximum
of eight Boards or Departments, with regrouping which
would tend to eliixdnate overlapping, and to an effective
coordination which would increase cooperation.
(B) A plan for the consolidation of certain existing
Boards, on the lines already initiated by previous Assem-
blies, as in the case of the College Board and the Board of
Education, now the General Board of Education.
The Committee is not at this time prepared to recom-
mend a final program in either of these directions, but
believes that the continual multiplication of agencies is
unfortunate, and that their reduction and simplification
would be appreciated greatly by the Church at large.
The Committee believes that some adjustments, supposed
to be impossible, are actually possible, and are supremely
worth doing; but the questions involved are very large and
perplexing. In any plan of reorganization, every real
interest of every Board and Agency must be studied and
jealously conserved. The consideration of all these ques-
tions demands more time than the Committee has been
able to give. The Committee of 1906 spent three years
upon its work. Such work calls busy and responsible
ministers and elders from their regular duties and involves
considerable time and expense to them and to the Church.
Before proceeding further, if such be the will of the
Assembly, the Committee desires to have the assurance that
the general direction in which their study has been pursued
has the approval of the Church, and in order to secure
definite expression from the Assembly, it submits for the
Assembly's consideration the following recommendations:
1. That the Special Committee on Reorganization and
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Consolidation of the Boards and Ag;encios of the Church be
continiKHl, vacancies hein^ filled by the Moderator, and
that it report to the next Cieneral Assembly.
2. That the Conniiittee be directed to pursue its work
upon the general plan as outlined in paragraph A of this
report, i.e., that a comprehensive plan for the reorganiza-
tion of the entire work of the Church be presented; a ]ihin
which provides for a substantial reduction of the number of
the Boards and Permanent Agencies of the. Church, for a
regrouping which will tend to eliminate overlapping and to
far more effective cooperation through coordination.
In concluding, the Committee desires to express to the
General Assembly their judgment that the questions in-
volved in this matter are so serious and far-reaching that
personal desires must be subordinated in any effective con-
sidei-ation of them. The Committee wishes to express their
high aiipreciation of the work which has been under-
taken and efficiently carried on by the organizations which
have hitherto directed and administered oiu' Church
policies and funds, and would commend the fidelity of the
men and women who have given, and are giving, their
lives to the great tasks as secretaries and officers of our
Boards and Agencies.
Faithfully submitted,
John Timothy Stone, Chairman.
Overtures 802-S95 were referred to the Special Committee
on Reorganization and Consolidation of Assembly Agencies.
The Standing Committee on Men's Work, presented its
report through its Chairman, Rev. Phil C. Baird, D.D., which
was received, and pending action on its recommendations,
the Assembly was addressed by the Rev. Charles H.
AIcDonald, D.D.
The report was approved, and its recommendations were
adopted as follows:
1. That we gratefully record our gratitude to God, that
after many years of believing prayer, anxious waiting and
earnest endeavor, the Men's Work has attained to its present
growth and stability.
2. That the Assembly urges Sessions in all our Churches to
avail themselves of the help its Committee on Men's Work
offers for stimulating existing men's organizations, or setting
up new ones, for constructive ])rograms of activities in the
Churches.
3. That the Assembly again reminds Synods and Presby-
teries of the urgent need to appoint on committees on Men's
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Work, men who have Men's Organized Work in their^^own
Churches.
4. That while the Assembly commends the Churches for
increased contributions to the Men's Work during the past
year, it reminds them that the present budget is inadequate
to meet the needs in Men's Work.
5. That the Assembly requests all Sessions that designate
funds for the Boards and other Permanent Agencies to include
Men's Work in such designation in order that the Men's
Work shall receive its Assembly percentage.
6. That the Assembly urges Presbyterian men everywhere
to renewed consecration of time and money for the work of
their own local Churches, and for the Boards and Agencies
of their own Church.
7. That the Assembly commends to our men's organizations
every practical form of cooperative work with similar organi-
zations in other Churches.
8. That the Assembly approves the action of the special
committee on the National Service Commission, January 21,
1921, in transferring to the Assembly's Committee on Men's
Work, the direction of the work for service men, in accordance
with the action of the last Assembly {Minutes, 1920, page
163); and that the Assembly directs the Men's Work Com-
mittee to carry out this provision:
(a) By preparing for distribution a leaflet based on plans
which have been successful in some of the Churches in en-
listing service men in the work of the Churches.
(6) By directing to pastors a communication requesting the
observance of the Sunday nearest Armistice Day as a time
of recognition and of enlistment of service men in Christian
activities.
(c) By requesting all pastors to follow closely the service
men who remove from their congregations and to furnish the
addresses of such men to the pastors into whose localities they
have gone.
(d) By preparing a list of suitable speakers and entertainers
available in different regions, for the information of pastors
and other leaders, who desire such help for men's meetings.
9. That the Assembly instructs the Stated Clerk to provide
a column for Men's Work in the statistical blanks sent to
Stated Clerks of Presbyteries, and in the statistical reports
of Churches in the Minutes of the General Assembly.
10. That the docket of the Assembly be so arranged that
the report of the Standing Committee on Men's Work be
made to the Assembly Saturday morning, so that this report
to the Assembly shall precede the Popular Meeting on Men's
Work, as is the custom with the other Boards and Agencies.
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11. That the election of Rev. George P. Horst, D.D., as
Field Secretary for Men's Work he jip]:)rove(l.
12. That the following members of the Committee whose
terms expire with this Assembly be re-elected for a term of
three years:
William C. Covert, D.D. William D. B. Ainey
D. Draper Dayton James J. Parks
Daniel E. Jenkins, D.D. J. Willison Smith
and that Phil C. Baird, D.D., be elected as a member of the
Class of 1924 ; and Josiah Sibley, D.D., be elected as a member
of the Class of 1922; and that Arthur B. Hall be elected as a
member of the Class of 1923.
13. That the Moderator and Stated Clerk be ex-oficio
members of the Committee.
The Special Committee on Reorganization and Consolida-
tion of Assembly Agencies was increased by the addition of
three ministers and two elders, to be appointed by the
Moderator.
Greetings were received from the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States, and were read to
the Assembly. The telegram was referred to the Committee
on Correspondence for suitable reply.
St. Louis, Mo.
To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. extends
to you our warmest fraternal greetings, and invokes God's lilessing on you
in all your deliberations. I Thess. 1 :2.
A. B. CVRRY, Moderator.
TliOS. II. LAW, Stated Clerk.
The Moderator appointed Rev. George B. Swinnerton, of
the Presbytery of Utica to conduct the devotional services at
noon on Monday.
The Acting Stated Clerk was instructed to pubhsh in
suitable form with proper illustrations, the addresses
that were made in the presentation of the gavel by Rev.
Charles Little, D.D., and the Moderator, Rev. Henry C.
Swearingen, D.D., the expense to be met from the Con-
tingent Fund of the Assembly, and a copy sent to each
commissioner of this Assembly.
The Permanent Committee on Commissions, through its
Chairman, Rev. Edward L. Warren, D.D., reported the fol-
lowing additional Commissioners, who were duly enrolled:
Minister, Rev. C. B. Boving, Presbytery of McGee;
Elders, Henry L. Elston of the Presbytery of Madison;
C. A. Asmur, Presbytery of Freeport; M. J. French, of the
72 MINUTES. [May 22,
Presbytery of Ottawa; D. M. Parker, of the Presbytery of
White Water; Austin J. Ruch, of the Presbytery of Duck
River; Herman Krueger, of the Presbytery of Winnebago;
A. D. Hall, of the Presbytery of Buckhorn; J. S. Hewins, of
the Presbytery of Bloomington; George S. Agnew, Presbytery
of New York, and Wilfred D. Fellows, of the Presbytery of
Cedar Rapids.
The Moderator was requested to send a telegram to the
Rev. W, A. Sunday, D.D., inviting him if possible to address
the General Assembly before it adjourns.
Elder William R. Galloway, Presbytery of Cincinnati;
Elder John D. Jones, Presbytery of Western (Ohio); and
Elder J. N. Wallace, Presbytery of Lake Superior, were given
leave of absence.
The Assembly adjourned until 9.00 A. M. Monday, and was
closed with prayer by the Moderator.
SUNDAY, May 23, 1921.
No official meetings of the Assembly were held on Sunday,
but in addition to the regular church services, other meetings
were held as here indicated, of which mention is made for
information.
Popular meetings were held on Sunday, May 22, at 3.00
P. M., in behalf of the Boards of Foreign Missions and Home
Missions, and the Woman's Boards of Foreign Missions and
Home Missions.
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DR. ROBERTS.
The Executive Commission at its meeting in Chicago,
February 24, 1921, took the following action:
"The Moderator reported that in his judgment there should be held,
during the next Assembly, a service in memory of the late Stated Clerk,
Dr. Roberts, and that he had requested Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., to
arrange for such a service.
"His action was approved, and the defraying of the expenses of the
service was authorized."
In accord with the above action of the Executive Commis-
sion, there was held in the Winona Lake Auditorium at 4
o'clock, a service in memory of the late Stated Clerk, Rev.
WiUiam Henry Roberts, D.D., LL.D., who had served the
Assembly as its Permanent Clerk for two years, and as its
Stated Clerk for thirty-six years, and passed to his rewar4
June 26, 1920,
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Dr. Stevenson presided and jirayer was offered by the
Moderator, Rev. Henry C. Swearingen, D.l). Rev. Eben B.
Cobb, D.D., of Elizabeth, N. J., paid a tribute to Dr. Roberts'
Hfe and service as a pastor and evangeHst. Rev. Maitland
Alexander, D.D., of Pittsburgh, Pa., gave an address con-
eerning Dr. Roberts's service in Presbyterianism as Clerk of
the Assembly, and as an authority on the faith and order of
the Church,' whose interests covered the whole life and work
of his own denomination. Rev. John A. Marquis, D.D.,
Secretary'' of the Board of Home Missions, spoke of Dr.
Roberts's relationship to the whole Protestant Church, and
of his conviction as to the need and possibility of one united
evangelical Protestant C'hurch. Rev. Samuel S. Palmer,
D.D., of Columbus, O., offered a closing prayer and pro-
nounced the benediction.
At 7.30 P. M. a popular meeting was held in the Taber-
nacle in behalf of the General Board of Education.
MONDAY, May 23, 1921, 9.00 A. M.
The Assembl}' met and w\as opened with prayer by the Rev.
B. A. Hodges, D.D., of the Presbytery of Waco.
The Minutes of Saturday's sessions were read and approved.
The Aloderator read the rejDly telegram of Rev. W. A.
Sunday, D.D., to the invitation sent to him to address the
Assembly, as follows:
"Bluefield, W. Va.
Rett. II. C. Swcaringe7t, D.D., Moderator.
It is worth tho efforts and sarrifices of a life time to be honored with an
invitation to address tiio CJeneral Assembly. It would require me to miss
the serviecs tonight, a meeting in a neighboring eity on Monday, the
services here on Tuesday and addressing tlie graduation class of the iState
Normal on Wednesday. All these engagements make it next to impossible
for me to accept the kind invitation which I appreciate more than words
can express.
W. A. SUNDAY."
The following message from the Secretary of War was re-
ceived, read to the Assembly, and i-eferred to the Standing
Committee on Correspondence for suitable reply:
"The Church ami ReconslrucHon.
The nation is gradually putting its hou.se in order, but neither the
President by executive decree, nor the (^jngress by the enactment of
legislation, can wholly return the country to a normal state. The .solution
of our prol)lems, both .social and industrial, will not be v(>ry difficult when
the citizen himself decides to return to a state of normahiy; and it is in
this connection that the (Jhurch, I think, has a duty to perform, the im-
portance of which cannot be overemphasized.
The first line of defense of the Rei)ublic from the enemy without and the
enemy within is not the Navy or the Army, but the Home. This great
?4 MINUTE^. [May 23,
nation was founded on the little group of sturdy Christian homes that
constituted the Plymouth Colony, and it is to the American Home that
America owes its greatness and power, not to its commerce, its mighty
fleets, or its victorious armies. It is the source of our strength, and we
cannot lessen its influence or importance without dangerously weakening
the very foundation of the Republic. Keep the home fires burning, and
bolshevism and I. W. W.-ism and anarchy will die of malnutrition.
There are abroad in the land influences which are steadily undermining
the home life of America, and the tendency of our modern life is to seek a
substitute for the home. In returning the nation to a state of normalcy,
our first duty is the restoration of the sanctity, the integrity, and the
importance of the American home. The Church is in more intimate
relationship with the home than any other agency in the body politic, and
in tliese days of reconstruction the Church can, if it will, exert a steadying
and sobering influence in a time when men are not inclined to think clearly,
and can render the nation and itself no greater service than to undertake
as its part in the readjustment of the affairs of the country, the re-establish-
ment of the old fashioned American home.
JOHN W. WEEKS,
Secretary oj War."
The following telegram was received from the Indiana
Christian Missionary Association, and was read to the Assem-
bly. It was referred to the Standing Committee on Cor-
respondence for suitable reply:
"Tipton, Ind.
General Assembly, Presbyterian Church, Winona Lake, Ind.
The Convention of the Indiana Christian Missionary Association in
session sends brotherly greeting to your Assembly.
J. FRANCIS ASHLEY."
The standing rules of the Assembly were suspended in so
far as they affect the appointment of more than one chairman
of standing committees from one electing section.
The Moderator announced that he had appointed Rev.
George E. Hawes, D.D., Chairman of the Standing Com-
mittee on Temperance and Moral Welfare.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, through its Chair-
man, Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., submitted a report, which
was adopted as follows:
That the report of the Standing Committee on Theological
Seminaries, arranged for Monday afternoon, at 5.00 P. M., be
placed on the docket for Tuesday afternoon, following the
report of the Committee on Education, and that the report of
the Korean Commission, arranged for 4.30 P. M., Tuesday,
be docketed for Monday afternoon, following the report of
the National Service Commission.
Overtures 900-977, inclusive, with reference to the first
paragraph therein, we recommend that no action be taken.
With reference to the second paragraph, we recommend
affirmative action.
Overture 1155, we recommend that all Boards and Agencies
be urged to economize, in so far as this will not defeat essential
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efficiency; and to take the necessary steps to demonstrate to
the Church that this is being done.
Overture 1156, no action; but attention of the Assembly is
directed to the desirabihty of placing the ''Blue Book" in
the hands of the Commissioners at least a week previous to
their departure to attend the General Assembly.
Overture IJ^OJ^, no action.
Overture 1405, affirmative action.
Overtures 97 9-11 5 Jf., affirmative action, with the under-
standing that this action shall be effective April 1, 1922.
Overture 1157, in view of action already taken by the As-
sembl}' on this subject, we recommend no action.
Overtures 1320 and 1321, in view of action taken by former
AssembUes, we recommend no action.
Overture lJf.08, reference to Standing Committee on Tem-
perance and Moral Welfare.
Overtures 1^09 and 14-10, reference to Standing Committee
on Narrative.
The Every Member Plan Committee, through its Repre-
sentative, Mr. David McConaughy, presented its report
together with certain recommendations, which were adopted.
(.See report of Executive Commission Par. XVIII.)
The Executive Commission, through its Chairman, Rev.
Samuel S. Palmer, D.D., presented a substitute report for
the report as printed in paragraph XIV of the report of the
Executive Commission.
The time of the order of the day having arrived, it was
ordered that the time for discussing the report of the Execu-
tive Commission be extended fifteen minutes.
It was ordered that the report of the Executive Commission
concerning paragraph XIV be made a special order of the day
for 2.30 P. M. Monday.
The Committee on Church Cooperation and Union,
through its Chairman, Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., pre-
sented its report, which was received. The recommendations
and the report were adopted as follows:
The Committee on Church Cooperation and Union re-
spectfully presents to the General Assembly its Report,
arranged under the following heads:
1. The Presbyterian Church and other Churches.
2. Jurisdiction of the Committee.
3. Membership.
4. Meetings.
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5. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in
America.
(3. The World Conference on Faith and Order.
7. The World Conference on Faith and Life.
8. The Council on Organic Union of Evangelical
Churches.
9. Reformed Church in the U. S.
10. Cumberland Church, Colored.
11. The Reformed Church of Hungary.
12. United Assembly of the Presbyterian and Reformed
Churches.
I. The Presbyterian Church and Other Churches.
— The attitude of the Presbyterian Church toward other
Churches has been set forth in the following declaration of
the Assembly, which has been repeatedly affirmed:
"The Presbyterian Church holds Christian fellowship with all who confess
and obey Jesus Christ as their divine Saviour and Lord, and acknowledges
the duty of all Churches that recognize Him as the only Head of the
Church Universal to work together in harmony and love for the extension of
His Kingdom and the good of the world; and this Assembly earnestly desires
to commend and promote this Christian cooperation, and also practically
to advance the cause of Church Union by confederation, and, where possible,
by consolidation among the Churches of tlie Reformed Faith, which are most
nearly akin in doctrine and organization."
II. Jurisdiction of the Committee. — In keeping with
the high ideals as to Christian unity expressed by the As-
sembly, your Committee has been acting under the follow-
ing definite instructions, adopted when the original appoint-
ment was made in 1903 and reaffirmed each succeeding
year:
"Whereas, This Assembly earnestly desires to commend and iiromote
Christian cooperation, and also practically to advance the cause of C'hurch
Union by confederation, and, where possible, by consolidation among the
Churches of the Reformed Faith, which are most nearly akin in doctrine
and organization; therefore, be it
"Resolved, 1. That a Committee be appointed by the Moderator to
consider the whole subject of cooperation, confederation, and consolidation
with other Churches.
"Resolved, 2. That this Committee be instructed to enter into corre-
spondence with any Churches of the Reformed Family with whom, in the
judgment of the Committee, such correspondence would be likely to promote
closer relations.
"Resolved, 3. That this Committee shall report to the next Assembly
such plans and measures as seem to them wise, proper, and profitable for the
ndvancement of fraternal relations, for the increase of harmonious work, and,
if God shall open the way, and incline the hearts of the Churches thereto,
for the reunion of those who hold the same faith and order in the service of
Christ. Adopted." {Minutes, 1903, pp. 90, 91.)
III. Membership of the Committee. — Since the last
Assembly, the Committee has lost by death its honored and
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efficioiit ClKiirinnn, the Rev. Willinm Henry Roberts, D.D.,
LL.l)., and dc^sires to have the Assenil)ly pltice on record
the followinfi; minute concerninf;- his interest and service in
the cause of Church Cooperation and Union.
Your Committee desires to place on record the lon^ iiiid widc-rcacliiiig
service of tlie late Rev. William Henry RoI)erts, D.D., J>Ij.D., in the interests
of church cooperation and union. When this Committee was appointed by
the Cieneral Assemhly in ]90;> he was named as its Chairman, and through
the succeeding years, until the time of his death, with unfailinp; tact and
wise judf!;ment, with whole-hearted interest and self-sacrificinfi; effort, with
loyalty to his Master and the Church he loved, \u) faithfully endeavored to
promote the expressed desire of the Assembly for a closer "cociperation,
confederation and consolidation with other Ciiurches." Striving to i)roniote
that unity for which Christ prayed, his labors were greatly blessed, and cul-
minated in that most impressive occasion when the Welsh Calvinistic Metho-
dist Church, the Church of his fathers, came as a body into the membershij)
of the Presbyterian Church. Referring to this union, Dr. Roberts decilared,
a short time before his death, "it was the crown of my life, for which I shall
always thank God alike in earth and heaven."
Another member of the Committee, the Rev. WilHam
J. Darby, D.D., has been called to his heavenly reward,
and in grateful memory of his character and devotion to
Christian unity the following minute is presented:
During the past year one of the most active memljers of the Conunittee
on Cooperation and Union has passed away. The Rev. William J. Darby, D.D.,
LL.D., was pastor at Evansville, Indiana, in 1903, when negotiations for
union between the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian
Church, U. S. A., were inaugurated. Dr. Darby was one of the influential
men at the Assembly at Nashville, Tennessee, urging the importance of
union and the selection of a Committee on Negotiations. He was made a
meml)cr of that Committee and from the beginning was one of the active
pnjinoters of the union. When it was consummated successfully, in 1906,
Dr. Darby was made a mcml)er of the Committee on Cooperation and Union
of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., and, up to the time of his death,
served efficiently. He was not present at the last meeting, but has generally
been in the conferences of the Committee. Genial, enthusiastic, practical and
sensible, his counsels were invaluable and appreciated most heartily by liis
lircthren of the Committee. His verj'' eminent service to the Church in
other capacities, as pastor, secretary, educational promoter, organizer of
various Boards, particularly in connection with the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, arc hereby recognized, but cannot be presented in detail. He was
"ripe for the harvest." He was busy in the evening with his correspondence,
lay down to sleep feeling as usual, chatted for a little while, and then — fell
asleep. .Such was the gracious manner of parting with his wife, his children,
and his Church. "The Lord giveth His beloved sleep."
In the reorganization of the Committee the Rev. J. Ross
Stevenson, D.D., was elected Chairman, and the Rev. H.
G. Mendenhall, D.D., was made the Secretary. An Execu-
tive Committee of five members was appointed, as were
also sub-committees, to study the business entrusted to the
Committee by the last Assembly.
^A^len the Committee was first appointed, in 1903, it
consisted of eleven members. The membership was sub-
sequently increased to fifteen, and in 1905 the Assembly
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limited . the membership to twenty-one. Members, how-
ever, have been added at different times by the General
Assembly for specific service, so that the present number is
twenty-four. The Rev. Robert McKenzie, D.D., who for a
number of years has been a faithful and useful member,
has resigned because of inability to attend Committee
meetings. It is recommended:
1. That the Assembly approve a membership of twenty-
one when the present membership has reached that number.
2. That when an}^ member of this Committee is absent,
without excuse, from three successive meetings, the Com-
mittee shall declare his place vacant and notify the Moder-
ator of the Assembly so that he may make a new appoint-
ment.
IV. Meetings of the Committee. — The Committee
has held two full meetings dming the year, one at Atlantic
City, N. J., Sept. 30, 1920; and one at Philadelphia, Feb.
9, 1921. The main purpose of these meetings was to con-
fer with representatives of the Presbyterian Church, U. S.,
the United Presbyterian Church, the Reformed Church,
U. S., and the Reformed Church in America, regarding the
Plan of Closer Union with Reformed and Presbyterian
Churches, presented at the last Assembly and referred back
to this Committee for further consideration. {Minutes,
1920, p. 59.) In connection with these meetings your
Committee considered the other matters referred to it by
the Assembly, and concerning which we make full report.
In the interim betw^een the two general meetings, sub-com-
mittees have met and worked out the details necessary
to final action by the whole Committee.
V. The Federal Council of the Churches of
Christ in America. — In connection with the report of the
Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, it is
important that the Church keep in mind the distinction
between it and the American Council on Organic Union of
the Churches of Christ. This latter is the name attached
to the movement inaugurated by the General Assembly of
1918, at Columbus, Ohio. Its object, as its title indicates,
is the organic union of the Churches of Christ in America.
The Federal Council of Churches is purely a Cooperative
Movement and by its own constitution is limited to the
field of cooperation. There is, therefore, no conflict of pur-
pose between them and no duplication of effort.
Inasmuch as the Assembly places all relations of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., with the Federal Council in
the hands of the Committee on Church Cooperation and
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Union, we feel that the financial situation should be pre-
sented in full. The organization of the Federal Council, as
outlined in its rei)orts, includes a radical change in its
inethod of financing. Heretofore the Council has depended
mainly on gifts from individuals to meet its expenses. In
the effort to bring it into more vital connection with its
constituent Church bodies, it feels that the best course
hereafter is to tlirow itself on these bodies for its entire
support. Such an arrangement, if it can be effected, will
make the Council more responsive to the Churches than it
would likely be while drawing the chief part of its support
from individuals.
In accordance with this plan a budget of $300,000 has
been prepared to cover all the expenses of the Council and
its commissions. Of this sum the Presbyterian Church is
asked to contribute $40,000. The Committee on Church
Cooperation and Union realize that however much this
large sum of money is needed, the Treasury of the General
Assemblj'" does not have sufficient funds to warrant such
a contribution, or anything approaching it. The Com-
mittee feels, however, that a reasonable increase in the
amount heretofore contributed ought to be made. We are
recommending, therefore, that the Assembly increase its
contribution from $1,600 to $2,500.
Your Committee has been informed that the officers of
the Federal Council have requested the Budget Committee
of the Executive Commission of the Assembly to place the
Council in the Benevolent Budget of the Church, along
with the Boards and Agencies. We understand this has
been done for the amount of $30,000. In case this sum is
secured, the $2,500 recommended from the Treasury of the
General Assembly should be deducted. It is recommended:
1. That the work of the Federal Council of the Churches
of Christ in America be commended to synods, presbyteries
and congregations of our own body, in the new day open-
ing to it by reason of its reorganization.
2. That the General Assembly appropriate out of its
treasury the sum of $2,500 for the work of the Council
during the current year.
VI. The World Conference on Faith and Order. —
A preliminary meeting of the World Conference on Faith
and Order was held at Geneva, Switzerland, August 12,
1920, at which representatives of eighty different church
bodies from forty nations were enrolled. Our own Church
was represented ])y Revs. William P. Merrill, D.D., Charles
L. Thompson, D.D., and Ai-thur J. Brown, D.D. The
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study of the Church as it exists in the mind of God, of
what is meant by unity, of the sources of the Church's
inspiration, of the best expression in language of a hving
faith, occupied the prayers and thoughts of the members
of the Conference. At the sessions, Anghcan, Baptist, Old
Catholic, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Lutheran, and Quakers
were present, took part in the discussion, sat together at
the Lord's table, and engaged in public worship; all of
which was a remarkable demonstration of that peace and
love which marked the whole Conference. The practical
outcome was an agreement "That there must be some kind
of a visible church to which some kind of universal order
is necessary and that there must be a common statement
of belief as the foundation and bond of unity." A Con-
tinuation Committee, of forty-five members, was approved,
which is to meet at least once a year and whose duty it
shall be to continue the work so auspiciously begun by this
preliminary meeting and to prepare for the General Con-
ference on Faith and Order when this shall be called. It
is recommended :
1. That the Chairman of the Assembly's Committee on
Church Cooperation and Union, the Rev. J. Ross Steven-
son, D.D., be appointed to represent the Presbyterian
Church in this Continuation Committee.
2. That the appropriation of $1000 made last year be
renewed to defray the expenses of the Continuation Com-
mittee.
3. That May 8th to 15th be observed so far as possible
as a special season of prayer for the closer union of the
churches throughout the world.
4. That the General Assembly entrust all negotiations
having in view the proposed World Conference and all
matters connected with the preparation therefor, expenses
included, to the Committee on Church Cooperation and
Union as the authorized representative of the Assembly.
VII. The Woeld Conference on Faith and Life. —
Your Committee has also received the following com-
munication regarding a preliminary meeting held in Geneva
last August to consider the advisability of holding a Uni-
versal Conference of the Church of Christ on Life and
Work, accompanied by the printed ''Records" of this
meeting.
"The Conference proved to be of extraordinary interest. The attendance
was large and came from many different countries and Christian com-
mimions. The outcome was a unanimous conviction that a Conference
should be held that should not deal with organic union, or any ecclesiastical
or theological questions at issue between different communions, but should
A.D. 1921.] CHURCH COOPERATION. 81
concern itself solely with the j)racti(';il work of the C'hurch at home and
abroad. The projuj-sal attracted wide ami favorable comment in Europe.
The Archbishop of Sweden, who was the original mover in the matter,
believes that it could be made a memorable event in the history of the
("'hurch of Ciod, and the Archbishop of ('anterbury has said that it ougtit to
be the most notable assemblage of the followers of Christ since the Council
of Nicea.
"The delegates in Geneva appointed a temporary Committee on Arrange-
ments, whose names you will find on ])ages 30-31 of the enclosed pamphlet;
but with the distinct understanding that this Committee was entirely pro-
visional and with no authority to do anything except to seek the oflicial
actions of the various ecclesiastical authorities. It was the unanimous con-
viction of the delegates that tlie proposed ('onference should l)c distinctively
a ('oiifenMice of the authorized repres(>nt.alivcs of the (thurches themselves,
and not merely a conference of individual Christians or self-appointed com-
mittees. Communications are therefore being sent to the ecclesiastical
authorities of the various conununions, expressing the hope that they will
approve the j)lan and choose their own representatives upon the Committee
on Arrang(Mnents.
"It has been agreed that, in addition to the two meml^ers at large appointed
at (Jeiieva — Dr. Merrill and Dr. Brown, the Pre.sb3^terian Church, U. S. A.,
should be asked to appoint three members of the Committee. Dr. Merrill
aiul Dr. Brown, however, very cordially desire that the proper authority in
the Presbytei'ian Church should appoint all the Presbyterian representatives
so that the entire numl>er of Presbyterians will serve by appointment of the
Church. Dr. Merrill and Dr. Brown therefore gladly place the whole matter
in the hands of the General A.ssembly's Committee on Church Cooperation
and Union, which we understand to be the; agency of the General Ass(>mbly
for dealing with all matters which relate to our cooperation with other
denominations.
"We venture to ask therefore that your Committee appoint five members
of the permanent Committee on Arrangements. We hoi)e that you will feel
that the way is clear to do this at an early date, as the present Committee
appointed at Geneva is, a.s we have intimated, only jjrovisional, with no
authority except to present the matter to the ecclesiastical bodies, and it will
cea.se to exist as soon as those bodies have designated their representatives
upon a permanent Committee. The procedure, as far as it has gone, has
been jjurely preliminary, and it is not operative until the Chun;h bodies,
through their authorities have taken proper action. It is highly desirable
that the representatives of the churches should be chosen so that the author-
ized Conunittee can meet in January to effect a permanent organization and
get to work upon a j)rogram and the many other important matters that
will require attention.
"Arthur J. Brown
"Charle.s L. Thompson
"William Pierson Merrill."
Your Committee decided that it was highly desirable to
have our Presbj^torian Church represented in the Com-
mittee to arrange for this Universal Conference of the
Church of Christ on Life and Work, and appointed as
Presbyterian representatives, C. L. Thompson, A. J.
Brown, W. P. IMerrill, E. P. Hill and H. G. Mendonliall,
subject to the approval of the General Assembly. We re-
spectfully present this whole matter to the Assembly with
the request that our action in appointing these represent-
atives to serve on the Committee be approved.
VIII. The Council on Organic Union of Evangeli-
cal Churches. — With respect to this matter of organic
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union of evangelical Churches, your Committee reports
that, at the last meeting of the Council on Organic Union,
it adopted the name, American Council of Organic Union
of the Churches of Christ. It has continued its Ad Interim
Committee, and that Committee has been extending the
invitation of the Council to adopt the Plan of Organic
Union, which has been commonly called "The Philadelphia
Plan."
By a recent publication of the Ad Interim Committee we
are informed that the following is the status of the invita-
tions and the action thereon: The list of the evangelical
Churches entitled to be admitted to such an organic union
was verified and checked by the late lamented Rev.
WiUiam Henry Roberts, D.D., LL.D., the original Presi-
dent of The Council and the honored Stated Clerk of the
General Assembly. The supreme governing or advisory
bodies to whom this invitation is or is to be extended have,
some of them, not yet convened since the Council of 1920,
but the invitations have been communicated to their
recording or stated clerks.
The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America
and the United Presbyterian Church have voted No. The
vote of the last-named body was expressly stated to be for
the reason that it was the declared purpose of the Council
on Organic Union to displace the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America. As pointed out elsewhere
in this report, this is clearly a misapprehension. There is
no identity of constitution, constituency or purpose, be-
tween the Federal Council and the Council on Organic
Union. This is pointed out in the declaration of the Ad
Interim Committee. The constitution of the one was
drawn on the express understanding of no organic union;
the constitution of the other is based on such a union. The
constituents of the one have each a purpose which is being
achieved regardless of the union of any two or of all such
constituents. The constituents of the other give to the
Council, which they create, definite, explicit, effective ex-
ecutive and administrative powers. The Federal Council is
an advisory body; the Council on Organic Union is an
authoritative body. In the opinion of your Committee, the
functions of neither will be antagonistic, but, on the con-
trary, ought to be in furtherance of the efficiency of each
other.
It was reported to the last Assembly that the Welsh
Calvinistic Methodist or Presbyterian Church had adopted
the Plan prior to its consolidation with the Presbyterian
Church, U. S. A., at the Assembly in Philadelphia.
A.D. 1921. J CHUKCH COOPERATION. 83
The Reformed Church, U. S., ainiihirly received the
deputation and adopted the Phin, and sent it down to its
classes.
The Methodist Episcopal Church received the deputation
and upon the report of its committee authorized the
Bisliops to appoint representatives when the Council should
be organized and put into operation, and meanwhile cor-
dially commended the Plan to their churches for careful
study.
The Moravian Church, which is in relation to the Church
overseas, took action stating that it preserved its sympa-
thetic attitude toward union, that it consented to consider
the Plan, and that it would consider uniting with the
"United Churches of (Christ in America" when the Council
should have met and been constituted, and, while declining
to bind itself at present, it urges a closer union of the
Churches, and authorized the continuance of its repre-
sentation upon the Ad Interim Committee.
The Presbyterian Church, U. S., received our deputation
but deferred referring the matter to its Presbyteries, in
view of its present negotiations in the matter of reunion
with the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., the United Pres-
byterian, and the two Reformed Churches, under a plan of
federal union now in formulation between those five denomi-
nations.
The Methodist Protestant Conference, through its
Bishops, has notified the deputation of the Ad Interim
Committee that they will receive and listen to them later.
The Disciples received our deputation and have notified
us that they will act later.
With respect to the action of our own Assembly, the
resolution prepared by a representative of the Ad Interim
Committee and moved by the present chairman of this
Committee at the last Assembly, — advising the Presbyteries
that the invitation had been received at the General
Assembly, that the General Assembly approved the same,
that it sought by way of referendum for the ratification of
such approval by the Presbyteries, and if and when
approved, would determine what constitutional changes
should be proposed and adopted to effectuate such appro-
val, — was lost or mislaid, and does not appear in the
Minutes of the Assembly of 1920, and no copy thereof was
preserved, though two copies were furnished to the tem-
porary and permanent clerks. As a result, the record in
the General Assembly Minutes confused the Presbyteries
voting upon this overture. Your Committee is informed
that some refused to vote, on the ground that it did not
appear what constitutional changes were required.
84 ' MINUTES. [May 23,
Most of the Presljyteries have been led to beheve, by the
representations which have been made, that it was not a
referendum, but a final act; that this Plan involved the im-
position upon the Presbyterian Church of a hastily and ill-
conceived scheme for a super-government subversive of the
sanctity of the property rights of our Church, capable of
admitting other than evangelical bodies, de.structive of our
creed and confessional statements, — all of which objections
have, we believe, been carefully and dispassionately met
in the Second Declaration of the Ad Interim Committee,
dealing with these very objections.
Your Committee presents the following recommendations
for adoption:
Whereas, the Plan for the Council of Organic Union of
Evangelical Churches has not received the approval of the
Presbyteries necessary to its adoption by the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A., we recommend:
1. That your Committee on Church Cooperation and
Union be instructed to communicate the action of the Presby-
teries to the Ad Interim Committee of the Council on Organic
Union of the Evangelical Churches.
2. That your Committee take up with the Ad Interim
Committee the advisability of further negotiation looking to
the actual Organic Union of Evangelical Churches on a clear
and unmistakable evangelical basis.
3. That no fuHher action regarding Overture 1173 is neces-
sary.
4. That Overture No. 261 be answered in the negative —
as our constitution makes no provision whereby office-
bearers of other ecclesiastical bodies may exercise their powers
in our Church. This overture, however, is referred to the
Committee on Church Cooperation and Union with the
recommendation that it take up this matter with other
Protestant evangelical denominations looking to mutual
constitutional enactments, that will meet the situation re-
ferred to in said overture.
IX. Reformed Church in the U. S. — At the meet-
ing of the last Assembly the Committee on Church Co-
operation and Union was specifically authorized to enter
into negotiations with the Commission of the Reformed
Church, U. S., on the basis of organic union between the
two bodies. No action, however, has been taken pending
the result of negotiations with this Church and with other
Reformed and Presbyterian Churches as to a United
Assembly which will bring into closer relations these several
bodies.
A.D. 1921.] CHURCH COOPERATION. 85
X. Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Colored. —
The work anioiij»; the Cuniberhuul Preshytenaiis, colored,
jM-ovided for at (lie time of (he reunion in 19(K), has been
under the supc^rvision of a sul)--('oinnii(((>e of your Com-
mittee on Church Cooperation and Union. The following
are the members of this sub-connnittce: W. H. Black, E.
A. Elmore, and E. E. Beard. They rei)ort that there were
two missionary evangelists among the C'umbei-land Pres-
byt(>rians, colored, one under the Board of I'ublication and
Sal)ba(h School Work, and the other und(U' the Board of
Freedmen, and that both were doing good work. Dr.
Elmore has had special supervision of the w^ork of the Rev.
Mr. DeShong, in Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, and
reports that this work is being effectively and successfully
carried forward.
XL The Reformed Church of Hungary. — There has
been referred to your Committee certain papers reporting
an agreement entered into by representatives of the Con-
ventus of Hungary and of the Presbyterian Church, U. S.
A., and the Reformed Church, U. S., dated July 24, 1920.
We have ascertained from the signers of this agreement
that it was understood by them to be only tentative and as
a basis for negotiations in accordance with which the
Hungarian Church w^ould unite with Presbyterian and
Reformed Churches in America and give up their inde-
pendent position.
The Conventus of Hungary and its churches in this
country did not so understand it, and very serious compli-
cations have arisen which are not settled at the time of
this report. Cables and letters have passed between your
committee and the Conventus, by which we hope a better
understanding will be reached.
Without entering into the complications above referred
to, we offer for approval the following suggestions wdiicli
can then be used by Presbyteries and Synods in negoti-
ations with Reformed Hungarian Churches.
1. The payment of back salaries due the ministers of
Magyar churches applying for admission into the Pres-
bj^terian Church, U. S. A., is the concern of the missionary
agencies of the Presbyteries receiving such churches.
2. Any Magyar church applying for admission will
assume the same relation to the presbytery to which apj^li-
cation is made as is sustained by any regular Presbyterian
congregation. No special relationships can be established or
pri\dlcgos accorded.
3. Ministers received from the Reformed Church of
86 MlNtjtES. [May 23,
Hungary shall come in on the same terms as ministers
coming from any other branch of the Reformed family of
churches; that is, their ordination shall be recognized and
they will be asked to assume the obligations and relation-
ships assumed by our own ministry.
4. Ministers and churches of the Hungarian Reformed
Body, at the time of being received into the Presbyterian
Church, U. S. A., shall sever all ecclesiastical connections
with the said Hungarian Reformed Church, and shall sus-
tain the same relation to other communions as the other
ministers or churches of our body.
5. Any property coming with congregations seeking
admission will be subject to the same laws and the same
ecclesiastical control of the use thereof as applies to the
property of other Presbyterian congregations.
6. That the Committee on Church Cooperation and Union
be authorized to convey this action to the European Churches
concerned with any necessary explanation.
XII. United Assembly of the Presbyterian and
Reformed Churches. — At the last meeting of the Assem-
bly a tentative plan for the Constitution of a proposed
United Assembly of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches
was received and approved and referred back to this Com-
mittee for further consideration, with corresponding Com-
mittees from the other Reformed and Presbj^terian Churches
and with a special Committee of the Council of Reformed
Churches in America.
iis already reported, two meetings have been held, and
after prolonged study and discussion a Constitution was ap-
proved with reference to which the following is offered:
"The Chairman of the Committee of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States on closer relation with Presby-
terian and Reformed Churches, having informed your Com-
mittee that his Committee will recommend postponement of
action on the proposed Constitution for a united Assembly
for one year and the continuance of the Committee, your
Committee on Church Cooperation and Union would recom-
mend the following action:
1. That the Assembly refer back to its Committee on
Church Cooperation and Union the proposed constitution for
a united Assembly of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches,
with instructions to the effect that while willing to approve
any measures which will promote closer relation with Presby-
terian and Reformed Churches, it is united and earnest in
the desire for an actual union of the Churches of the Re-
formed^faith2and_.order.
A.D. 1921.] JUDICIAL BUSINESS. 87
2. That the Assembly instruct the ^loderator and Stated
Clerk to send a message to the Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church of the United States, now in session at St. Louis,
expressing the desire of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, for the real union of the Presby-
terian and Reformed Churches, and the hope that the As-
ssmbly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States may
take such action as will not only promote closer relations
but secure the reunion of our two kindred bodies.
3. That a similar message be sent to the Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church, the Synod of the Reformed
Church in the United States of America, and the Synod of the
Reformed Church in the United States.
We recommend that the Committee be continued, and that
the necessary appropriations be made for the Committee's
work.
Respectfully submitted,
J. Ross Stevenson, Chairman.
A telegram from the Sunday School Department of the
World's and National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
was received and read to the Assembly. This was referred i o
the Standing Committee on Temperance and Moral Welfare
for suitable reply:
"Riverside, California.
Moderator of Presbyterian General Assembly.
The Sunday School Department of the World's and National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union expresses grateful appreciation of your
temperance work and respectfully petitions General Assembly to continue
fortifying Bible temperance teaching in the Sunday Schools, designating
a strengthening temperance lesson in International series and promoting
total abstinence through pledge signing.
STELLA B. IRVINE,
Superintendent. ' '
The Executive Commission, through its Chairman, Rev.
Samuel S. Palmer, D.D., presented paragraph XI of its re-
port, which, with its recommendations, was adopted, and ap-
pears in the Report of the Executive Commission as adopted
as a whole.
The Standing Committee on Judicial Business, tlirough its
Chairman, Rev. D. H. Johnston, D.D., presented its report,
which was adopted, as follows:
The Committee on Judicial Business recommends that the
case of the appeal of the Presbytery of New Castle from a
decision of the Synod of Baltimore be sent to the Permanent
Judicial Commission.
In the case of the complaint of Chas. J. Turck against the
Synod of Texas, after examining the records of the case, the
88 MINUTES. [May 23,
Committee finds that the complaint is irregular and recom-
mends that it be dismissed.
The Standing Committee on Ministerial Relief and Sus-
tentation, through its Chairman, Rev. Robert Watson, D.D.,
presented its report and recommendations, which were re-
ceived, and pending action on the recommendations the
Assembly was addressed by the Rev. Hugh A. Cooper, Rev.
Henry B. Master, D.D., General Secretary of the Board of
Ministerial Relief and Sustentation, Rev. J. A. Savage, D.D.,
Rev. Wm. A. Byrd, D.D., Rev. Selton W. Parr, and Rev.
George S. Hackett, D.D.
The time of the order of the day having arrived, the time
of discussion was extended fifteen minutes, at the end of which
time the devotional service was conducted by Rev. George
B. Swinnerton of the Presbytery of Utica.
Special prayer was offered for Mr. Fulton, proprietor of the
Winona Hotel, who was called suddenly to pass through a
serious operation.
The Assembly then took recess until 2.30 P. M., and closed
with prayer.
MONDAY, May 23, 1021, 2.00 P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the
Rev. Ford C. Ottman, D.D.
Special prayer was offered by Rev. James A. Kelso, D.D.,
in behalf of a commissioner in whose family a death had
occurred.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, through its Chair-
man, Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., presented a report, which
was adopted as follows:
That the unfinished business connected with the report of
the Standing Committee on Ministerial Relief and Sustenta-
tion follow the report of the Executive Commission concern-
ing the payment of the debts incurred on account of Inter-
Church and New Era movements.
The Executive Commission, through its Chairman, Rev.
Samuel S. Palmer, D.D., continued its report, which was
adopted. (See paragraph XIV of the report of the Executive
Commission.)
A.D. 1921.] CHAPLAINS. 89
The Stiinding Committee on Ministerial Relief and Sus-
tentation, tliroii<2;h its Chairnian, Rev. Robert Watson, D.D.,
eontinued its report.
The time of the order of the day having arrived, the
Special Committee on Chaplains in the United States Army
and Navy, presented its report through Rev. Wallace
Radcliffe, D. D., its Chairman. Resolution three, contain-
ing a re(|uest for an apjirojoriation was referred, under the
rules, to the Executive C'ommission, which subsequently re-
ported a substitute resolution, that was adopted and made
a part of the report as finally adopted. The report and its
recommendations are as follows:
The General Assembly's Committee on U. S. Army and
Navy Chaplains reports that by the recent military reor-
ganization the army includes 175,000 officers and enlisted
men, and the navy 118,000 officers and enlisted men. The
number of chaplains is to be limited from time to time,
according to army and navy strength. The army has now
24 chai:)lains more than the legal ratio of one chaplain to
1200 men would authorize. The navy lacks 18 chaplains.
Our Church quota in both army and navy is filled with
capable and effective men. The Navy Department has
intimated that in the present imperative need good candi-
dates will be accepted irrespective of denominational allot-
ments — an inviting and large opportunity for blessed
patriotic service, which is commended heartily to the sym-
pathy and consecration of our younger ministry.
In answer to many inquiries, we rej^eat here the instruc-
tions with respect to candidates for both branches of
service.
For army chaplaincy, the applicant must be between 23
and 45 years of age, must furnish certificate of standing as
an ordained minister, with some letter of endorsement, and
be endorsed by this committee, and accepted after examina-
tion by the chief chaplain. Rank, pay, and allowance are
according to length of service; for less than 5 years, that of
First Lieutenant; from 5 to 14 years, that of Captain; from
14 to 20 years, that of Major; and for 20 years or more
that of Lieutenant Colonel.
For navy chaplaincy, the maximum age is 35 years.
When received, the candidate is practically upon prolmtion
for three and one-half j^ears. He begins with the rank,
pay, and allowance of Lieutenant j-g, and is i:)romoted to-
ward that of Captain, which corresponds with that of
Colonel in the army.
All commurucations should be primarily addressed to the
90 MINUTES. [May 23^
chairman of this Committee. It is well to remember, how-
ever, that as om* quota in both army and navy is full our
opportunities will be limited except through cases of death
or retirements.
The number of chaplains is, in the army 180; in the
navy, 93. The denominational apportionment is as follows:
Army Navy
Baptists, Northern 17 6
Baptists, Southern 2 8
Christian Science '..... 1
Congregationalists 9 3
Disciples 10 4
Lutheran 13 2
Methodist Episcopal 26 11
Methodist Episcopal, South 16 8
Methodist Episcopal, Protestant 1
Presbyterian, Cumberland 1
Presbyterian, U. S 2
Presbyterian, U. S. A 13 14
Presbyterian, United 1
Protestant Episcopal 17 12
Reformed, U. S 2 1
Roman Catholic 43 21
United Evangelical 1 1
Unitarian 3
Univeralist 1
Colored 4
Our list of Presbyterian Chaplains now in service is:
Regular Army
Frank B. Bonner, Camp Bragg, N. C.
William R. Bradley, Camp Grant, 111.
Albert L. Evans, Camp Pike, Ark.
James L. Griffes, Fort Sheridan, 111.
Joseph L. Hunter, Fort Rosencrans, Calif.
James L. McBride, Camp Travis, Tex.
Frank P. McKenzie, Camp Knox, Ky.
Ivan G. Martin, Port .lefferson, N. Y.
Frank L. Miller, Camp Dix, N. J.
Barton W. Perry, Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
Alexander D. Sutherland, Columbus Barracks, O.
Edward L. Trett, Camp Travis, Tex.
James M. Webb, Fort McDowell, Calif.
Navy
Frank L. Janeway, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
Thomas L. Kirkpatrick, U. S. S. North Dakota.
Starr H. Lloyd, U. S. S. Leonidas.
John Warner Moore, U. S. S. Mississippi.
Albert M. Park, Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif.
Harry M. Peterson, Port au Prince, Haiti.
George S. Rentz, Indian Head, Md.
Milton A. Spotts, Training Station, San Diego, Calif.
Walter L. Steiner, Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va.
Thomas B. Thompson, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
William H. Wilson, Berkeley, Calif.
Maurice M. Witherspoon, U. S. S. Huron.
Robert D. Workman, Cavite, Philippine Islands.
A communication was received from the General Com-
mittee on U. S. Army and Navy Chaplains, of the Federal
A.D. 1921.] CHAPLAINS. 91
Council of the Churches of Christ, caUing attention to the
))re.sent inadequacy and irregular supply of chaplain equip-
ment, and recommending that pending adequate provision
l)y the U. S. Government, the various denominations con-
tribute uniformly a sum not to exceed $300.00 per annum
for the individual chaplain, to be administered directly
through the respective denominational agencies.
A communication was also received from our National
Service Commission, offering to suppl}^ the requisite funds
to enable this committee to enter upon this supplementary
work, until the approaching meeting of the General As-
sembly. The ofTer of this supplemental equipment fund
was heartily approved and adopted, and the very generous
offer of the National Service Commission gratefully accepted.
AVe have already received from the Commission, and dis-
trilnited to the chaplains in monthly installments of $25.00
each, the sum of $2500.00. We have already received on
every hand most grateful appreciation. It has afforded
relief for many most serious embarrassments and burdens
and given cheer and needed help. The National Service
Commission deserves the thanks of the Church for this
thoughtful and loyal generosity. It is understood that all
the other denominations are adopting this very worthy plan.
Surely, the Presbyterian Church will insist upon taking its
place among the Churches in such brotherly demanding service.
"We regret to announce the death of Major General John
C. Breckinridge, ruling elder. He was for many years a
useful and honored mem})er of this Committee and his
counsel and companionship will be sadly missed.
1 We recommend the following resolutions:
1. The Church reiterates its interest and pride in the
faith and loyalty and devoted service of our chaplains in
the army and navy and assures them of our unchanging
sympathy and prayer in their needful and blessed work.
2. The presbyteries are urged to keep in vital knowledge
and association with all of their members in the army and
navy chaplaincy by annual correspondence, by special
meetings, and public appointments for visiting chaplains,
and such like recognition, and especially to encourage in-
dividual churches in the adoption of chaplains in the same
personal relation as is now so frequent.
3. That the General Secretary and Treasurer of the
General Board of Education concurring, the General Assem-
bly direct the General Board of Education to pay to the
Special Committee on Chaplains the sum of $2800 out of the
fund under its control known as the Soldiers and Sailors Fund;
also an additional sum, not to exceed $2000 in all from the
92 MINUTES. [May 23,
same fund, this additional sum to l^o determined in amount
by the demands made upon the Soldiers and Sailors Fund
by those having the first claim upon it under the rules govern-
ing its distribution. It is understood that these appropria-
tions are apart from and in addition to the $2200 to be paid
into the Chaplain's Fund by the National Service Commis-
sion.
4. That this Committee be continued, with the addi-
tional appointments of Admiral W. R. DuBose, and Hon.
James P. Newton, ruling elders, both of Washington, D. C.
Respectfully submitted,
Wallace Radcliffe, Chairman.
The Presbyterian Historical Society made a report through
its General Secretary, Rev. Joseph B. Turner, D.D., which
was received and approved.
The American Bible Society, represented by Rev. J. Oscar
Boyd, D.D., made a report to the Assembly, and the follow-
ing resolutions were adopted :
Whereas, The American Bible Society presents to the
Church both in its nation-wide and in its world-wide Bible
program a challenge to its faith in God's Word and as sum-
mons to its gifts, its labors and its prayers for the realization
of that program : therefore,
Resolved 1, That the General Assembly reminds the
Churches of the share which the Presbyterian Church must in
honor and duty take in the preparation and circulation of the
Bible at home and abroad, and urges upon them the full
raising of the quota assigned to the American Bible Society
in the current Budget.
Resolved 2, That the Assembly notes with pleasure the
increase in the Society's income from the Churches and the
advance in the Society's work during the past year; notably,
in the development of the Colored Agency into a nation-wide
organization for supplying the millions of Americans of
African descent with the Word of God, and in the addition to
its list of Foreign Agencies those of the Arabic-speaking
world in the Levant and of the Upper Andes in South
America.
Resolved 3, That the Assembly recognizes at the present
moment the peculiarly loud call to meet the Bible situation
in China, due to the enormously increased literacy promised
by the introduction of the new phonetic script, and in the
Levant, due to the release of literate Christians and Moham-
medans from the terror of Turkish censorship and oppression.
A.D. 1921.] NATIONAL SERVICE COMMISSION. 93
Resolved 4, That ministers and Chiii-dios are recommended
to continue and extend next Noveml)er, and on the hist Sun-
(hxy of each November, that observance of "Universal Bible
Sunday" which proved so happy an occasion last November
for the commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers.
Resolved 5, That the action of the Assembly of last year,
appointing the Moderator a member of the Advisory Council
of the American Bible Society, be renewed this year, and that
the Moderator of the General Assembly be, and he hereby is,
authorized to represent the Presbyterian Church in the
U. S. A. on said Advisory Council, and in the event of his
not being able personally to attend its meeting, he is author-
ized to ap})oint a substitute who shall officially represent the
denomination — the same relation to continue each year in
the case of each successive Moderator unless and until this
action is rescinded.
The American Tract Society, represented by Rev. J. D.
Steele, D.D., presented a report, and the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved, That the Assembly reaffirms its former deliver-
ances and commendations of the unique, indispensable and
world-wide service of the American Tract Society, and
earnestly commends it as worthy of generous support, and
urges every Session of our Church to include the Society in
its annual financial budget.
Resolved, That the Assembly, in recognition of the value of
Christian literature and the wisdom of greatly increasing its
circulation, approves and commends the observance of the
last Sunday in January of each year as Christian Literature
Sunday.
The National Service Commission, in the absence of its
Chairman, Rev. John F. Carson, D.D., presented its report
through Rev. Ford C. Ottman, D.D. The report and its
resolutions were adopted, and the Commission was dis-
charged with the thanks of the Assembly. Its report and
recommendations are as follows:
The Special Committee of the National Service Commis-
sion, following the instructions given by the last General
Assembly, would respectfully report as follows:
1. The work carried on l)y your Committee in the military
hospitals for sick and disabled soldiers was transferred to
the Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare and is, at the
present time, under the direction of that Board.
The expense, in connection with this work, was cared for
by your Committee until January first, after which the obli-
94 MINUTES. [May 23,
gation was assumed entirely by the Board of Temperance and
Moral Welfare.
The character and value of this work will doubtless be
presented in the report of that Board.
2. The movement known as the ''Allied Comrades" was
placed under the direction of the Permanent Committee on
Men's Work. Our Committee, on vouchers presented by the
Committee on Men's Work, has met the expenses involved up
to the end of May.
The value of this movement and the advisability of its
continuance will doubtless be brought to the attention of the
General Assembly in the report made by the Permanent Com-
mittee on Men's Work.
3. A movement in behalf of the Army and Navy Chap-
lains of our Church was initiated by your Committee.
At a meeting held in the city of Washington, attended by
representatives of nearly all the evangelical denominations,
a resolution was passed to secure, if possible, an agreement
between the different denominations by which chaplains of
the Army and Navy should receive, in addition to the amount
paid them by the Government, a sum not exceeding $300
each year, to be paid in monthly pa3aiients.
The need of such a supplementary payment, until by act
of Congress the chaplains should receive more liberal treat-
ment, was clearly evident, and the representatives of the
different denominations agreed to urge this matter before the
proper authorities of their churches.
Your Special Committee offered to finance this movement
until the present General Assembly, through the Assembly's
Committee on Army and Navy Chaplains. This offer was
accepted by that Committee and each of our army and navy
chaplains has received this monthly payment of .|25.
The need for the continuance of this support will be pre-
sented in the report made to the Assembly by your Committee
on Army and Navy Chaplains.
4. The Treasurer's statement is attached to and made a
part of this report.
5. A balance on hand of $1,499.41 was by vote of the
Committee appropriated and paid to the Assembly's Com-
mittee on Army and Navy Chaplains.
Having completed its work the Committee would respect-
fully ask that it be discharged.
Respectfully submitted,
J. F. Carson, Chairman.
a.d. 1921.] national service commission. 95
Presbyterian National Service Commission.
Treasurer's Report.
Showing the work of the Commission durinp; the period of
its activities June 29, 1917-June 1, 1921.
Receipts.
Total.
From Churches $104,311.65
From Churches, Designated 1,047.38
From Sabbath Schools 5,765.12
From Presbyteries 14.00
From Rallies and Conferences 9,381.64
From Individuals 115,929.64
From Board of Church Erection 20,051.64
From Soldiers and Sailors Fund 45,000.00
From Refunds : Committees and War Time Com-
mission 1,652.69
From Bank : Interest 946.33
From Salvage, Auto, Desk, etc 262.37
From Miscellaneous Sources 81.00
Total Receipts $304,443.46
Expenditures.
Administrative Expenses $47,747.45
Camp Activities, Camp Pastors, etc 104,504.55
Chaplains, Financial Aid, etc 54,369.30
Church Activities 30,677.95
Allied Comrades 5,624.52
Pubhcity: Advertising, Leaflets, Reports, etc. . 11,400.46
Appropriations.
Churches in Camps and Cantonments 22,975.29
Churches in France, Belgium and Armenia. . . . 1,047.38
Pocket Testament League 11,757.07
Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare 2,100.00
Army and Navy Chaplains 5,600.50
Miscellaneous, Audit and Treas. Expenses. . . . 700.00
War Time Commission ' 4,232.10
Red Cross, White Zone and Food Conservation 706.89
Various Bills and Expenses 1,000.00
Total Expenditures $304,443.46
N. B. — Included in the above totals are $20,824.38 receipts
for the past year, and $27,064.46 expenditures.
Roy M. Hart, Treasurer.
George R. Brauer, Assistant Treasurer.
May 6, 1921.
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The accounts of the Commission have been audited by us
and we certify that all receipts have been properly entered
and deposited and expenditures made upon proper vouchers
and authorization.
George W. Bkazer.
Albert E. Brown.
New York, May 6, 1921.
The Bills and Overtures Committee, through its Chairman,
Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., presented a report recommending
that the first order of the day on Tuesday be the report of
the Special Committee appointed to nominate a Stated
Clerk, which was adopted.
It was ordered that the Report of the Standing Committee
on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation should be continued
after the report of the Korean Commission, if time permitted.
The Chosen (or Korean) Commission, through its Chair-
man, Rev. Thomas R. Good, presented its report and recom-
mendations, which were adopted, as follows:
In response to Overtures Nos. 160 to 169, 277 and 289,
the General Assembly of 1920 appointed a Commission to
make' a full investigation of certain conditions which have
arisen between the missionaries in Chosen and the Board of
Foreign Missions, to hold hearings in which all parties con-
cerned should be heard in full, to attend the Post-War
Conference of Missionaries in Princeton, and then to frame
such Definitions and Interpretations in the matter of field
administration, together with such changes in the Board's
Manual as the Commission might deem proper to recom-
mend to the General Assembly.
The Commission as appointed by the Assembly was
made up as follows:
Ministers — Revs. Samuel S. Palmer, D.D., Moderator of
the General Assembly, Thomas R. Good, Alfred H. Barr,
John Harvey Lee; and Elders George W. Sutherland,
William B. Hay, George G. Barber. Dr. Palmer found it
impossible to serve, and appointed Rev. Minot C. Morgan
to take his place. Elder Sutherland was also unable to
serve, and, by common consent, to save delay, the Com-
mission was organized with six members, the Rev. Thomas
R. Good being elected Chairman.
In accordance with its instructions, this Commission now
reports :
I. That it has carefully examined the correspondence
covering a period of eight years. It has conducted hearings
A.D. 1921.] CHOSEN COMMISSION. 97
where representatives of the missionaries and the Board
were fiill}^ lieard. It has attended the Post-War Con-
ference of representatives of the twenty-seven Missions of
the Church, and, after careful inquiry, has arrived at the
followino; understanding of the facts of the case:
Certain differences of opinion between a majority and
minority party in the Chosen Mission have existed for
many years, and have finally developed into open con-
troversy not only between the missionaries on the field,
but also between the majority party of the Mission and
the Board. This controversy centers in certain questions
arising out of the location of a Union Christian College for
Chosen, and concerns itself principally with opposing views
of missionary educational poHcy, and the relations which
ought properly to exist between the Board and the Mission
in matters of field administration.
The questions at issue are intricate and involved, and
have been complicated still further by the large number of
letters wTitten by the Board's Secretaries, and the strongly
marked controversial ■ spirit of the correspondence from the
field.
After long conference and deliberation, the Commission
has unanimously arrived at the following conclusions:
a Wliatever differences have arisen, all parties concerned
have been moved by a conscientious conviction that their
I)osition was necessary to the best interests of the King-
dom of God in Chosen.
b The actions of the Board, which have been called in
fiuestion, were taken after careful deliberation, and at no
time exceeded the powers conferred upon it by the General
Assembly.
c The policy which the Board supported in the estab-
lishment of the Union Christian College in Seoul is in
harmony with the generally accepted educational policy
successfully operating in other Mission fields, and conforms
to the mind and spirit of the Church in America, to which
the Board is responsible.
d A consideration of all the facts available leads us to
believe that a strong Christian College in Seoul was in-
evitable, sooner or later, as a strategic part of the pro-
gram of a sound missionary pohcy. The question of
location was referred to the Joint Committee, in the
United States, by the Educational Senate on the field, and,
in spite of the fact that some confusion arose as to the
exact terms of reference, we feel that our Mission, having
entered into a Union Movement of both Boards and Mis-
98 MINUTES. [May 23,
sions, should have accepted the action of the Joint Com-
mittee as final.
e The Board made an error of judgment in designating
the Pyeng Yang College as an Academy, and adopting a
policy which subordinated that institution to the College
in Seoul, with the limitation of development to that of a
Junior College or Middle School. We believe that the
splendid evangelistic work which centers in Pyeng Yang
justifies a policy of full development for a College devoted
primarily to the training of children of the Church, and
the development of Christian leaders for the future.
/ It is unfair to characterize the Board's conformity
to the Ordinance of the Japanese Government in 1915 as
a "surrender of vital Christian principles." Inasmuch as
the Charter obtained for the Seoul College under that
Ordinance specifically declares that "The object of this
Charter shall be to establish and maintain this College
in accordanee with Christian principles," that "the Mana-
gers, Officers, Members of the Faculties, and all the in-
structors must be believers in, and followers of, the doc-
trines contained in the Christian Bible," that these sections
of the Charter are not subject to future revision, and in
fact both religious exercises and Bible teaching have been
carried on freely in extra curriculum courses without
hindrance, it would seem that the Board used its best
judgment to secure the maximum of Christian liberty
possible at that time. Since, however, the latest decision
of the Japanese Government promises a way by which
full religious liberty may be attained by all Mission
Schools, further discussion of this matter is unnecessary.
In order that the present differences may be brought to
an end, the Commission most earnestly expresses its
judgment as follows:
1. The question of first and vital importance is the
development of a new attitude of heart and mind. We
feel that the spirit of controversy and distrust, which has
been so painfully evident to us in all our investigations
is at the root of a large part of the difficulty. We there-
fore, in the most fraternal spirit, counsel both the Majority
and the Minority parties of the Mission to exercise a new
spirit of patience and mutual forbearance, forgf^tting all
past grievances, "forgiving each other, even as God also
in Christ forgave you."
2. Believing that the spirit of toleration should be
extended to the field of educational policy, we recommend
that the principles of inclusion and comprehension adopted
by the Post- War Conference in defining educational ob-
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joctives should be given specifir application in the present
situation, and the Colleges in Pyeng Yang and Seoul should
not be regarded as mutually exclusive, but rather as
conii^lementary to each other,
3. We recommend that the Board continue its relation
to the Union Christian College in Seoul, and that the
Mission officially give its sympathy and cooperation, tO
the end that a strong Christian institution may be built
up in the Capital for the leavening of the national life
with sound Christian principles.
4. We recommend that the Board give its hearty sup-
port and encouragement to the College in Pyeng Yang.
That as soon as circumstances permit, and funds are
available, the College be advanced to the full develoi)ment
its Charter permits, to the end that the results of the
imique evangelistic work in this field may be conserved
and extended, through the education of trained workers
developed in the atmosphere of a fervent evangelistic
spirit.
5. We counsel both Board and missionaries to work
together with singleness of purpose in both Seoul and
PjTUg Yang Colleges, without disparagement of or dis-
crimination against either, to the end that both educational
breadth and evangelical soundness may be coordinated
in both institutions, in harmony with the standards of
the Presbyterian Church.
Finally, we commend to our brethren the words of our
Lord and Master, when He prayed for His disciples,
"That they may be perfected into one; that the world
may know that Thou didst send me."
The Commission further reports:
II. That, in accordance with the instructions of the
(ieneral Assembly, it has carefully gone into the whole
problem of democratic self-government in the field force
of missionaries, and its relation, under present conditions,
to proper Board authority, and to the (yhiu'ches in the
mission field, and has framed a tentative report dealing
with the same, which was duly printed and forwarded to
the twenty-seven Missions of the Church and to the Board,
that they might consider the same, and propose any
changes which the}^ may desire.
III. Since sending out such tentative report, it has been
represented to the Commission by both the Board and the
Missions that, inasmuch as the Missions hold full meetings
but once a 3'ear, it would be impossible for them, without
serious dislocation of their work, to consider the report
until the summer or fall of the present year.
100 MINUTES. [May 23,
IV. In view of the far-reaching importance of the ques-
tions involved in the evohition of missionary pohcy, we
beUeve it is essential that the fullest opportunity be given
to both the missionaries on the field and the Board at
home to consider all proposals made, and to offer such
suggestions as they think fit before any final report is
presented to the Assembly.
We, therefore, recommend that the Commission be con-
tinued for another year, and instructed to present its
final report to the General Assembly of 1922.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas R. Good, Chairman.
The Standing Committee on Ministerial Relief and Susten-
tation, through its Chairman, Rev. Robert Watson, D.D.,
continued its report, and pending action on the resolutions,
the Assembly was addressed by Rev. J. V. Stephens, Rev. J. B.
Fleming, Rev. Stanley B. Roberts, D.D., and Rev. Henry T.
Babcock. Resolution three was referred to the Executive
Commission for action, as it pertained to the Budget of the
Board. Subsequently the Executive Commission reported a
substitute which was adopted and appears in the resolutions.
The report and its resolutions, as amended, were adopted as
follows :
The work of the Board of Ministerial Relief and Sustenta-
tion needs only to be fully stated in order to be both appre-
ciated and approved. Its development has been slow but
steady and constructive. Our Church seems glacial at times
in both its sympathy and its motion; but when its mind has
been enlightened and its feeling kindled by the facts and needs,
fully presented, it flames and moves with both power and
rapidity. Not yet have the facts or the needs reached the
great mass of our membership ; but we are slowly learning and
thus coming to realize that the work of this great Board is
imperative in its necessity. Without the work of this Board
constantly enlarging and faithfully functioning, no real
progress can come in building the Kingdom of God ! Does that
seem an overstatement of the case? How can we advance the
Kingdom of our Lord or participate in its blessings if we fail
to provide for those of our own household in the faith? Can
we be Christ's and neglect these needy ones? Can we be
Christians and fail to provide for the widows and orphans of
the faithful servants of His Church whom He has taken unto
Himself? The first proof that we belong to the Kingdom is
that we do this for those who have given all for Him.
It is, therefore, with real joy that we report that last year
was the best year in the Board's history. We desire to con-
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gratulate the Board ii]i()ii three notable achievements: first,
that they liave l^een able to ])ro\icle the slim of $600 annuity
for the \'eterans on the Honor Koll; second, that they have
ex])ressed their kindly interest and thoiij2;htful sympathy
toward the Veteran Servants of our Church by continuing the
$15 Christmas gift of the past few years; and third, that,
during this year, 100 per cent of the maximum benefits will be
])aid to all the members of the Sustentation Fund who may be
eligible for such benefits. These three items in the Board's
activity are significant of its virility and progressiveness.
It has been the privilege of your standing committee, in
pursuance of the task assigned to it, to confer at some length
with the members of this Board. We have found them men
of deep consecration and earnest devotion to the work to
which they have been called, with a high conception of the
im})ortance and sanctity of their task, and with fine human
sensibilities and broad Christian sympathies in the under-
stantling of each individual case which comes before them.
What could not our great Church do if it saw this ministry
of love as these men see it! How we need to lay upon the
hearts of the men and women of our churches the tremendous
claims of this great cause! We have not yet fully sensed our
in(le1)tedness to the aged ixdnisters. What is $600 per year
if it be one's sole support in these days of the high cost of
living? Prices may and will decline but even at the normal
level of pre-war times this is no more than sufficient to supply
the bare necessities of life. And what of the pittance which,
thus far, represents the maximum which we are able to supply
to meet the needs of the widows and orphans of these heroes
of the; faith? For widows, $300 and for orphans $250 per year.
Can our Church do less than this and still continue to ask
young men and young women to give their lives to its service!
Brethren, the burden of this Board increases each year as
our beloved Church continues to expand. We have this year
1S05 persons receiving aid from this Board. During the year
251 have been added to the roll of beneficiaries, and 90
removed to the Home of our Heavenly Father, a net gain of
161 in one year.
We would gratefully mention and commend to the interest
and s}'mpathy of the churches the splendid work of the four
homes under the control of the Relief Department, as well as
the Ministers' Memorial Cottage at Albuquerque, where
many of oiu* brethren are cared for in the early stages of
tuberculosis, and very often are restored to perfect health
under skillful treatment. Truly, "God hath done great things
for us, whei'eof we are glad."
In this very brief and altogether inadequate attempt to
102 MINUTES. [May 23,
emphasize gohie bi the mor^ sahent achievements of this year's
activity, your committee would hope to stimulate a deeper
interest in, and sympathy for, the distinctive labor of love
being so splendidly attempted and accomplished by this
Board. Shall we not carry back to our several Presbyteries
and individual churches a message of soul-stirring obligation
to our Veterans in the service of our King! Shall we not
gladly welcome to our pulpits and churches those whom the
Board sends and assist them in enlisting the money power of
our congregations to meet these needs?
In the ever enlarging responsibility of the Board, two needs
stand out as particularly urgent and pressing: first, there is a
growing conviction that the time has come to provide a fully
equipped infirmary to care for those saddest of all cases, who,
besides experiencing the burden of inadequate resources,
require personal attendance and more than ordinary medical
care. These brethren in the Lord's household should stir our
hearts to immediate action in supplying adequate assistance.
Second, the endowment fund of $10,000,000, endorsed by
General Assembly for several years past, is still far from
complete. If this Board is to adequately meet the responsi-
bilities assigned to it by the Church, it must be placed upon a
sound and workable financial basis, which will not be accom-
plished until the whole of this endowment has been secured.
During the later months of the great struggle for world
democracy, the slogan was, ''Let us finish the job." Brethren,
"Let us finish the job" with thoroughness and dispatch for
the sake of those who have labored faithfully and well.
There have been referred to this committee what would
seem to be a remarkable number of overtures from Presby-
teries all over the Church. In one sense this fact is gratifying,
in that it shows the live interest of the Church at large in the
activity and potentiality of this Board. In considering these
overtures your committee had enjoyed the fullest cooperation
and most sympathetic assistance of the Board members, and,
especially, of their actuary, Mr. George A. Huggins. _ They
have shown the most kindly spirit toward the suggestions of
the overtures as they express the desires of the Church. Their
willingness is only limited by the financial ability of the funds
in hand.
In the light of these rather thorough investigations, your
committee would recommend:
(a) In re Overtures Nos. 377-516, 795, and 1463-1475,
referring to the matter of transfer to the Sustentation Fund
of ministers coming to the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.,
from other denominations, inasmuch as any such action would
involve a very considerable additional burden upon our
A.D. 1921.] RELIEF AND SUSTENTATION. 103
already inadequate reserve, your committee would recommend
that, until we are able to properly care for all of our own
members in all classes, no action be taken.
(b) In re Overtures Nos. 517-794, 1470-1 508, and 1568-1572,
referring to the transfer of the members of the 70-year class
to the 65-year class of membership in the Sustentation Fund,
after a careful consideration of the financial statement of the
Sustentatio.i Department, your conmiittee is convinced that
the action contemplated cannot possibly be undertaken at the
present time, owing to the fact that it would throw an added
bunlen on the Fund which its present resoiu'ces could not
stand. We would, therefore, recommend that this General
Assembl}^ heartily approve the principle involved in these
Overtures, and refer them to the Board of Ministerial Relief
and Sustentation f(^r consideration, with a view to putting
into effect the action therein contemplated, namely, fixing the
age, for all members, at which the old age annuity begins at
(35 years instead of 70 years, as soon as such action may be
financially possible. It is understood that any member trans-
ferring from the 70 to the 65 -year class, must pay his due
proportionate share of the additional expense accruing by
reason of such transfer.
(c) In re Overture 796, referring to the admittance of work-
ers, other than ordained ministers and commissioned assist-
ants, into membership in the Sustentation Fund, we would
recommend that this matter also be referred to the Board of
JNIinisterial Relief and Sustentation, to report at the next
General Assembly.
Your committee would further recommend that the follow-
ing resolutions be adopted:
1. That the Minutes of the Board and the audited report
of the Treasurer be approved.
2. That the action of the General Assembly of 1912 be
renewed, recjuesting the Board to raise for endowment and
reserve the sum of $10,000,000 and we heartily approve the
plan of the Board to prosecute this work vigorously until the
ull amount if obtained.
3. That the General Assembly direct the Executive Gom-
mission to include in the Budget for 1922-3 an item of $700,000
(instead of $1,000,000 asked for by the Board in its printed
report), for the Reserve Fund of the Sustentation Department,
this to be in addition to such increase of endowment as the
Board may be able to secm-e in accordance with the previous
action of the Assembly. (Resolution No. 3 was referred to the
Executive Commission, wh'ch Commission reported the fol-
lowing substitute which was adopted by the General
Assembly.)
104 MINUTES. [May 23,
With reference to the resolution in the report of the Standing
Committee on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation referred to
the Executive Commission for consideration and report to
this Assembly, the Executive Commission would recommend
that the Assembly direct the Executive Commission to do its
utmost, with the interests of all the Boards and Agencies in
mind, to place in the 1922-3 Budget the whole of the $700,000
asked by the Board of Ministerial Relief and Sustentation
for the reserve fund of its Sustentation Department.
4. That General Assembly approve of the Board's sugges-
tion that $600 represent the maximum to be allowed to Honor
roll men, so long as, in the judgment of the Board, its
resources will so warrant.
5. That General Assembly approve of the Board's proposal
to pay for the ensuing year 100 per cent of the annuity in the
Sustentation Department.
6. That the Board be directed to place in its Budget for
the year 1922-3 an amount sufficient to maintain the level of
the payments to annuitants in the Relief Department during
the year at, or above, the level of the payments during 1921-2.
7. That General Assembly recommend the prosecution of
an immediate and vigorous campaign to secure the $300,000
necessary to build, equip and maintain an hospital and
sanitorium where cases, otherwise eligible for admission to the
Homes, but barred on account of the condition of health, may
be received and cared for.
8. That the General Assembly urges all churches. Presby-
teries and Synods to make it possible for representative of
the Board to present the work and ask for subscriptions for
the permanent and reserve funds as hitherto.
9. That the following persons, whose terms of office expire
at this meeting of the Assembly be re-elected, namely:
Rev. Andrew Mutch, D.D., Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Rev. J. Ritchie Smith, D.D., Princeton, N.|J.
Mr. Richard H. Wallace, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. William Thomson, New York City.
10. That the General Assembly call the attention of the
eldersliip of the church to the urgency of the work of this
Board, and recommend that they use their utmost efforts in
their own churches, and Presbyteries to promote its interests.
11. That the General Assembly endorse the Board's cus-
tom of asking all pastors to devote a Sunday, preferably the
last in September, to a consideration of the work of this
Board.
A.D. 1921.] STATED CLERK. 105
12. Tlitit monibors of the Sustenttition Departmont in the
70-year chiss who are ehgible to membership in the 65-year
class, be extended the privilege of transferring, before March
31, 1922, to the 65-year class, paying thereafter the dues as
of their attained ages at the date of transfer, but having
ci-edited to their new certificates all accumulations to the
credit of the original certificates.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Robert Watson, Chairman.
The Moderator appointed Rev. Robert G. Ramsay, D.D.,
of the Presbytery of Shenango, to conduct the devotional
service at noon on Tuesday.
The Assembly adjourned until 9.00 A. M. Tuesday, and
closed with prayer by the Rev. Wm. Hiram Foulkes, D.D.
TUESDAY, May 24, 1921, 9.<)0 A. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Rev.
George G. Mahy, D.D.
The Minutes of yesterday's sessions were read and ap-
proved.
The Minute concerning the Memorial Service for the late
Rev. William Henry Roberts, D.D., LL.D., was ordered sent
to Mrs. Roberts.
The per diem allowance for the Commissioners was fixed
at $3.00.
The Special Committee to Nonimate a Stated Clerk,
through its Chairman, Elder Nathan G. Moore, made its
report, which was received.
Rev. Lewis Seymour Mudge, D.D., was unanimously
elected Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, and his salary
was fixed at $8000 per annum.
It was ordered that a Committee, headed by the Moderator,
and including the Chairman of the Special Committee to
Nominate a Stated ('lerk, should prosecute the call to the
Stated Clerkship, and luring it to a final and successful con-
clusion.
106 MINUTES. [May 24,
The salary of the acting Stated Clerk was fixed at $8000 per
annum from the date of this action.
The Moderator appointed Elder Nathan G. Moore and
Rev. John B. Laird, D.D., as a committee to wait on Dr.
Mudge and bring him before the Assembly.
The Assembly, by a rising vote, expressed its appreciation
of the courtesy and capacity of the Acting Stated Clerk,
Hev. James M. Hubbert, D.D.
The salary of the Assistant Stated Clerk was fixed at
SGOOO per annum, to take effect from the date of the death of
the Rev. Wilham Henry Roberts, D.D., LL.D., former
Stated Clerk of the Assembly.
The Committee appointed to wait on Dr. Mudge brought
him before the Assembly, and he was presented to the Assem-
bly by the Moderator.
The Special Committee to Nominate a Stated Clerk was
discharged with the appreciation and gratitude of the As-
sembly.
The Bills and Overtures Committee, through its Chairman,
Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., presented a report, which was
adopted, as follows:
A petition from John R. Goss and H. C. Rimmer with
accompan3dng papers, we recommend that they be trans-
mitted to the Committee on Judicial Business.
Overture No. 899, we recommend no action.
Overture No. 1583, we recommend reference to the Com-
mittee on Work on the Continent of Europe.
Overtures Nos. 1-159, 160-161, 162, 163-204, 205-263,
I429-I454, 1561-1565, we recommend no action.
Overtures Nos. 1146-1235, 1543-1548, we recommend refer-
ence to the Board of Home Missions that the situation be
investigated, and report made to the next General Assembly.
Overtures Nos. 1516-1529, 1573, and Overtures Nos. 1530-
1541, 1574-1576, and Overtures Nos. 1556-1560, we recom-
mend that on account of previous action by this Assembly
no action be taken.
The Standing Committee on Temperance and Moral Wel-
fare, through its Chairman, Rev. George E. Hawes, D.D.,
presented its report, which was received, and pending action
on the report, the Assembly was addressed by Rev. W. J.
Johnson, D.D. The recommendations as amended, were
adopted as follows:
A.D. 1921. J TEMPERANCE. 107
Whereas, America stands in a place of leadership in that
world-wide democracy which is tlie cominji; j^reat goal of the
race: and Whereas this leadership oufi;ht to he Christian in
the fullest sense, it demands of our citizens, fitness, physical,
social, moral: and whereas the Presbyterian Church throujih
her several agencies is endeavoring to discharge her obliga-
tions to this end, therefore be it Resolved
1. Commendation — That this General Assembly approve
and commend the fidelity, economy and efficienc}^ with which
the Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare has served our
people and the several causes committed to it. The char-
acter, variety and scope of the work which is wrought in
closest connection with all other enterprises of our denomi-
nation is such as to make it of the highest importance that
our pastors and people generalh' acquaint themselves more
fully with it and avail themselves of the work and service of
this Board.
2. Temperance — (A) That this, the highest court of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America hereby
affirms its approval of the ^'olstead Act for the enforcement of
the Eighteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, and
commends the principle involved in the Supplemental Bill to
this Act. now before Congress, an Act designed to carry out
more effectively the purpose of said amendment.
(B) That we regret the dismissal at this particular time of
such a large number of prohibition agents, since that is likely
to encourage law breaking on this subject.
(C) That we ask that only such men as are known to be in
sympathy with the law and have other necessary qualifications
shall be appointed to enforce prohibition, local, state or
national, and that especial care be exercised in the selection
of a Federal Prohibition Commissioner, if a change is made.
(D) That a copy of the resolution on this subject be sent to
the President of the United States, to the Hon. A. J. Vol-
stead, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House of
Representatives, and Hon. David Blair, nominated for Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue.
(E) That we rejoice in the way in which so many of the
states of our nation have come to the support of the Federal
Government, by the enactment of state laws for the enforce-
ment of prohibition and trust that the remaining states will
do likewise.
(F) That we would continue to urge the teaching of Bible
temperance in our Sunday Schools.
(G) That we urge Congress to take definite action making
applicable to the Philippine Islands the provisions of the
Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead enforcement Act.
108 MINUTES. [May 24,
3. Humane Education — We recognize the Christian ele-
ment and character values in humane education. The culti-
vation of kindness and mercy to every living thing is a desire
and aim of our Church. We commend the various agencies
working to this end and offer cooperation through the Board
to which this subject is committed. We recommend to our
pastors and Sunday School superintendents more attention
to this subject.
4. Marriage and Divorce — (A) The family is one of the
divine institutions. A proper establishment of it is one of the
vital duties of the Church and state. The minister's duty in
the performance of marriage is clear and definite. Coupled
with these facts we view with increasing alarm the growing
evil of divorce. Often the marrying of parties who may
have been divorced brings reproach upon the Church when
the minister fails to uphold the high ideals of marriage. In
view of these things the Assembly reaffirms former deliver-
ances requiring Presbyteries and ministers to adhere strictly
to our standard regarding marriage, divorce and the marrying
of divorced people.
{B) We declare it to be the sense of this Assembly that
ministers, when asked to perform the marriage ceremony,
should ascertain the facts about the parties and should refuse
to join in marriage persons not entitled to Christian marriage.
(C) This Assembly instructs the Board of Temperance and
Moral Welfare to urge upon the reform agencies and the
legislative bodies in the several states the wisdom of a law in
each state, making a marriage license invalid until five daj^s
have elapsed from the date of its issuance. Furthermore,
that we approve the proposed amendment to the Federal
Constitution now before the Senate Judiciary Committee
which proposes to give Congress power to enact uniform
marriage and divorce laws.
(D) In view of the above and of the acts of former Assem-
blies which have given instructions to our ministers touching
their conduct in regard to marrying divorced people, we
recommend no action in answer to the Overture I4O8 from the
Presbytery of Philadelphia.
5. Motion Pictures — Deploring the menace of moving
picture shows to young people because of films that suggest
crime, immorality, etc., we condemn the use of such films
and those that make light of the marriage relation. We urge
our people to cooperate with the widespread movement for
better motion pictures. Since some of those engaged in the
business are not amenable to the appeal for clean movies, we
urge a nation-wide campaign for legal censorship by the
Federal Government.
A.D. 1921.] PLACE OF MEETING. 109
6. General — (A) That the work of the Board in behalf
of prisoners and other dehnquent or defective classes is ap-
proved.
(B) That the work done by the Board among disabled
soldiers and sailors who remain in hospitals is commended.
(C) That in the interest of future citizens of this and other
countries we reafhrm former deliverances regarding the
injurious effects of tobacco, especially cigarettes on the
young, and commend the constructive program of education
on this subject being conducted by our Board. Legislation
designed to prevent or correct this evil has our sympathy and
support.
(D) That we recommend the continuance and enlargement
of the campaign of education in behalf of social hygiene in so
fas as circumstances warrant and funds permit.
(E) That in view of the prevalence of the use of habit
forming drugs in this and other countries, we approve the
efforts of our Board in cooperation with other agencies to
prevent and correct this evil by endeavoring to prohibit the
importation, possession, sale, transportation or exportation
of such drugs, except for legitimate use. We especially com-
mend the effort being made in connection with the world
prohibition federation for the prevention and eradication of
this evil in missionary lands.
(F) We recommend the approval of the Minutes of the
Board.
(G) We recommend the approval of the Treasurer's Report
as certified by the public accountant.
(H) That the Assembly condemn the coming pugilistic
encounter in Jersey City on July 2d and commends the New
Jersey ministers who have stood out against the same.
(7) We recommend the re-election of Rev. Robert H.
Kirk, Rev. W. R. Craig, Mr. W. R. Zeigler, Mr. A. L. Mold.
We recommend that the Rev. Stanley Hunter take the place
of the Rev. J. R. Harris who has removed. We recommend
the election of Elder Robert Gillies in place of Mr. Piei'son
who is unable to serve, and of Elder Brown in place of A. L.
Ivory removed.
Respectfully submitted,
George E. Hawes, Chairman.
The Committee on the next place of meeting, through the
IVIoderator, its (Chairman, reported that invitations had been
received from Des Moines, Iowa, and Atlantic City, New
Jersey. Pending action, representatives of these two cities
were heard by the Assembly. Des Moines was chosen by
the Assembly as the next place of meeting. In this connec-
110 MINUTES. [May 24,
tion it was ordered that the church entertaining the Assembly
should provide for the local expenses and the whole of the
entertainment of the officers of the Assembly, and for foreign
missionaries definitely authorized by the Board of Foreign
Missions as returning from their fields of labor, and that the
details of arrangements be left to the office of the Stated
Clerk in consultation with the Executive Commission.
The devotional service was conducted by the Rev. Robert
G. Ramsay, D.D., of the Presbytery of Shenango.
The Committee to Nominate Members of the Permanent
Judicial Commission reported through its Chairman, Rev.
David H. Johnston, D.D., and presented the following recom-
mendations for nomination:
Rev. David H. Johnston, D.D.,
Rev. W. Oscar Harless, D.D.,
Rev. Jesse Herrman, Ph.D.,
Elder Arthur H. Bartlett,
Elder Virgil Guernsey.
The Assembly took recess until 2.30 P. M. and was closed
with prayer.
TUESDAY, May 24, 1921, 2.30 P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the
Moderator.
The Standing Committee on Judicial Business, through its
Chairman, Rev. David H. Johnston, D.D., madse a report,
which was adopted as follows:
That the case of Elder Bell vs. Synod of Texas be referred
to the Permanent Judicial Commission.
That the communication from J. A. Hamilton in regard to
the Westminster Church, New York, is out of order, and
recommend it be dismissed.
That the Overture 14^2 from Los Angeles Presbytery be
referred to the Committee on Polity.
The Standing Committee on Freedmen, through its Chair-
man, Rev. Robert S. Calder, D.D., presented a report, which
was received, and pending action on the recommendations,
the Assembly was addressed by the General Secretary of the
Board of Freedmen, Rev. John M. Gaston, D.D., and Rev.
John A. Savage, D.D. A quintet from the Biddle University
sang two selections. Rev. A. B. Pritchard, D.D., of Los
Angeles also addressed the Assembly. The recommendations
were adopted as follows:
A.D. 102L] FREEDMEN. Ill
(1) That the records and iiiiiiules of the Board be ap-
proved and tlie Secretary coniniended for the neatness and
order with which they are kept.
(2) That the Assembly expresses its sincerest gratification
and satisfaction that the Board has closed the year for the
twenty-first successive time free of debt, and especially that
such substantial results have been accomplished with such
meager financial resources.
(3) That the Women's Department of the Board's Work
be commended in the most generous words of appreciation
and praise, their financial support exceeding that of the
chiu'ches themselves and rapidly increasing, while the number
of contributing churches is on the decrease.
(4) That the attention of our people be called to the
recently established Sunday School Department and its plan
of linking in a more personal way the contributing church
with the assisted school, by which the Sunday Schools pur-
chase certificates of stock in the day schools under the
Board's direction and receive direct reports of the work
being done.
(5) That the budget of the Board of Missions to Freedmen
be so increased for the year 1922-23 that the work of the
Board may be enlarged and extended to all the colored people
of the whole country in a manner which its importance de-
mands, and that the salaries of ministers and teachers may be
made sufficient to secure and keep efficient workers in the
various fields of the Board's activities.
(6) That the Sabbath nearest Lincoln's Birthday be
designated as Freedman's Day in the Sunday Schools, when
the offering for this Board shall be received.
(7) That we gratefully recognize and express our deep
appreciation of the faithful, self-sacrificing service so freely
rendered by the members of the Board.
(8) That the following members of the Board, whose terms
expire with this Assembly, be re-elected:
Rev. J. M. Duff, D.D., Rev. S. J. Glass, D.D., Rev. R.
H. Allen, D.D., Mr. A. C. Robinson, and Mr. Newton K.
Delavan.
(9) That Overture No. 279 (concerning change of name of
Board) be answered in the negative.
(10) That Overture No. 280 (concerning increased budget
and opposing merger with any other Board) be referred to
the C'ommittee on the Consolidation of Boards and Agencies
with our approval.
Robert Scott Calder, Chairman.
The Standing Committee on Synodical Records, through its
Chairman, Rev. B. A. Hodges, D.D., reported that a case of
112 MINUTES. [May 24,
appeal had been found in one of the records, which was re-
ferred, on motion, to the Standing Committee on Judicial
Business.
The Executive Commission, through Rev. George B.
Stewart, D.D., presented its report regarding the New Era
Magazine, and the Publicity Department, and submitted a
substitute for paragraph 12, in its printed report. The sub-
stitute was adopted and appears later in the printed report of
the Executive Commission, as paragraph XII.
The Executive Commission submitted paragraph VII of its
printed report which was amended, and as amended, adopted.
The amended paragraph appears later in the report of the
Executive Commission as paragraph VII.
The Standing Committee on Education, through its Chair-
man, Rev. Wallace M. Hamilton, D.D., presented its report,
which was received, and pending action, the Assembly was
addressed by the Rev. Bernard M. Kroze, D.D., Elder
William L. Threlkeld, Rev. George E. Davies, D.D., Rev.
Wm. H. Oxtoby, D.D., Rev. Harry L. Grain, and Rev.
Alexander MacColl, D.D.
The recommendations of the report were adopted as fol-
lows:
1. Resolved, That the Minutes of the General Board of
Education, also of the Board of Education and of the College
Board be approved.
2. Resolved, That the report of the Treasurer of the General
Board of Education, having been duly examined and ap-
proved by certified public accountants, be approved, and
that the Treasurer be commended for the efficient manner in
which he has handled the funds of the Boards.
3. Resolved, That the General Board of Education be
directed to pay to Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati,
Ohio, the interest of the Doherty Fund for a period of five
years beginning with the year 1921.
4. Resolved, That Sunday, May 7, 1922, be designated as
Vocation Day, when the Christian principles of life invest-
ment shall be emphasized and the call of the ministry, mis-
sions and other forms of distinctly Christian service shall be
definitely presented both to young people and to their parents.
5. Resolved, That in conjunction with the Assembly's Per-
manent Committee on Evangelism, which will provide the
evangelistic emphasis, the Board arrange for a special effort
in each Presbyterian College to win to Jesus Christ those
students who are not His followers, to deepen the devotional
life of the institutions, and to secure the workers needed for
A.D. 1921.] EDUCATION. 113
trained life service in the fields and callinj>;s for which tlie
Church is responsible.
6. Resolved, That the Assembly commends the practice of
assembling selected boys of high school age and earnestly ad-
dressing them on the Christian attitude toward life-work
choice in general, and in particular, on the need of, and oppor-
tunities for service in the ministry and mission work.
7. Resolved, That the Assembly approves of the rules and
operation of the Student's Rotary Loan Fund which provides
Presbj^terian students with aid through loans, not limited to
jireparation for definite forms of Christian service, that it
approves the revised rules under which aid is granted to those
preparing for Christian service.
8. Resolved, That the General Assembly commits the
balance in the special fund for Soldiers and Sailors to the
Board, for administration during the year 1921-22, according
to the same policy and rules which have governed the Board's
administration of the Fund during the year ending March 31,
1921.
9. Resolved, That the General Assembly expresses its
hearty approval of the action of the General Board of Educa-
tion in seeking to make provision for the adequate training of
lay-workers, and looks with favor on the plan for enlisting the
interest of our theological seminaries in this important task,
and approves the taking of further steps toward this end.
10. Resolved, In order to dispose of the legal questions, and
to confirm title in connection with the Bidwell property at
Chico, California, the following preamble and resolutions ap-
proved by counsel are recommended for adoption:
Whereas, By deeds dated March 30, 1914, and June 10,
1915, the late Mrs. Annie E. K. Bidwell conveyed to the
College Board of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America (corporation of the state of Illinois) certain
property located at Chico, California, and fully described
in said deeds, part of said property to be used as the site of
a co-educational school and part to be sold and the proceeds
used for scholarships or for the maintenance of the proposed
school, and
Whereas, Said deeds contain the provision that upon the
failure "of the party of the second part at any time faithfully
to observe and perform all or any of said conditions, then the
title granted and conveyed by this deed shall immediately
cease and revert, go to and be invested in the General Assem-
bly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America, a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of Pennsylvania, to which corporation the party of the first
(upon breach by the party of the second part or of failure to
114 MINUTES. [May 24,
perform all or any of said conditions) does hereby grant and
convey all the said land and premises and all reversionary
estate therein," and
Whereas, After three years of effort, the General Board of
Education (administrative successor of the College Board)
and the Synod of California are agreed that it is not feasible
to establish and maintain such a proposed school at Chico,
California, and
Whereas, It is the desire of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America that
the wishes of the donor may be carried out as completely as
possible, therefore
Resolved (1) That the General Assembly, in session at
Winona Lake, Indiana, May 24, 1921, hereby instructs its
trustees, namely the Pennsylvania corporation known as the
Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America, to accept title to said property
at Chico, California, by such legal processes as may be
necessary ;
Resolved (2) That having acquired title to the Bidwell
property at Chico, California, the Trustees of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America be and hereby are instructed to convey said property
by a full covenant warranty deed in fee simple to the General
Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America;
Resolved (3), That upon the completion of the transfer
herein before set forth the College Board of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America be and hereby is
instructed to convey to the General Board of Education, by
such legal processes as may be necessary, the remaining por-
tion of the Bidwell property which it holds in fee simple and
without conditions as to its use;
Resolved (4), That the General Board of Education of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America be and
hereby is directed to receive said Bidwell property from the
General Assembly and, in conference with the Synod of Cah-
fornia through its Committee on Education, to devise a plan
whereby said property or its proceeds may be used for such
educational purposes within the Synod of California as are
deemed to be most nearly in accord with the expressed wishes
of the donor, and then to use said property or its proceeds in
the manner indicated.
11. In connection with Overture 264, from the Synod of
Colorado, in regard to the teaching of Christian Statesmanship
in our colleges, we recommend that our colleges give increased
emphasis to the training of their students for all phases of
Christian service.
A.D. 1921.] EDUCATION. 115
12. In connection with Overtures 265-270, concerning
Albany College of Albany, Oregon, we recommend that the
CJeneral Assembly authorize the Synod of Oregon to con-
summate a plan of joint control to said College by the Synod of
Oregon of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America, and the Synod of Columbia of the United Presby-
terian Church, through the employment* of a method that
shall be satisfactory to both Sj'nods and to the Boards of
Education of both denominations, and with the understand-
ing that the consummation of such joint control sha 1 in no
wise interfere with any gifts contemplated by our General
Board of Education to Albany College, nor with its fullest
cooperation in the development of the College in the future.
13. Whereas, The General Assembly of 1919 adopted a
plan of raising §35,000,000 in five years, or §7,000,000 a year,
for Christian Education, of which sum $2,000,000 annually
was to be sought through the every member canvass and
§5,000,000 annually from individuals by the institutions to
be benefited, and
Whereas, As a result of this plan there has been secured by
colleges in the first year of the campaign the gratifying sum
of §5,086,000, and
Whereas, It has become evident that a Challenge Fund is
essential to the carrj'ing out of the plan adopted by the
General Assembly of 1919 and confirmed by the General
Assembly of 1920, for raising §35,000,000 for Christian
Education, and
Whereas, It has been f'ound that the inclusion of so large
a sum as §2,000,000 annually for Christian Education in the
united budget of the Boards and Agencies may result in
injury to other important interests of the Church.
Therefore be it Resolved, That the plan adopted by the
General Assembly of 1919 and confirmed by the General
Assembly of 1920 be so amended that instead of providing
for the raising of §7,000,000 annually, of which §2,000,000
shall be secured through the Every Member Canvass and
§5,000,000 from individuals, it shall be the plan to secure
$4,000,000 a year for Christian Education; §900,000 of which
shall be sought through the Every Member Canvass and
§3,100,000 shall be secured from individuals by the colleges
and university centres, with the help of the General Board of
Education; and
Be it further Resolved, That in view of the decreased amount
to be raised each year the length of the campaign for
§35,000,000 be extended to cover a period of eight years in-
stead of five, beginning as originally planned, with 1919.
116 MINUTES. [May 24,
14. Whereas, The Rev. Andrew Buchanan, who died about
1857 or 1858, having left a will executed in 1851 in which he
gave his home for the use and benefit of Cane Hill Collegiate
Institute, and
Whereas, Owing to the destruction of records, questions
have arisen as to the custody and final disposition of the
funds derived from the sale of said property amounting, on
October 1, 1920, to $2,858.64 with interest, and
Whereas, The Synod of Arkansas on October 13, 1920,
adopted the following report and resolution :
1. That the Synod petition the General Assembly to
transfer all rights of the Board of Sabbath School Work and
Publication in the funds of Cane Hill College to the General
Board of Education to be held in trust by that Board for the
education of ministerial students in the College of Ozarks of
the Synod of Arkansas.
2. That the said funds shall be held in perpetual trust by
the General Board of Education and only the interest shall
be used for the purpose stated. The said fund shall be
designated as ''The Buchanan Scholarship Fund for the edu-
cation of Ministerial Students."
3. That the General Board of Education shall be authorized
to invest said funds through the Board of Trustees of the
said College of the Ozarks or its legal successor as the Synod-
ical College of the Synod of Arkansas, or invest the said
funds through the Educational Commission (a corporate
body) of the Synod of Arkansas.
4. That in case the General Board of Education finds that
the interest from this fund is not needed in any particular
year for meeting the expenses of ministerial students in said
College of the Ozarks, that they be given the authority to
turn that interest into the General Endowment Fund of the
said College to be used for current expenses.
5. That the present Committee be continued and author-
ized to prepare and present the petition to the General
Assembly.
6. That the Moderator and Stated Clerk of the Synod be
authorized to sign the petition to the General Assembly.
7. That the Board of Publication and Sabbath School
Work be requested to endorse this petition to the General
Assembly.
Now, therefore, he it Resolved, That the matter of the
ownership of the Cane Hill Collegiate Institute Fund and
the custody and final dispo,sition of said fund be referred to
the Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of Publication and
Sabbath School Work and the General Board of Education
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
A.D. 1921.] EDUCATION. 117
for conference and disposition of said fund, with power to
act in the premises.
15. Repaired, That the Assembly approves the re-election
of the following members of the College Board, whose terms
of ottiee expire with this Assembly:
Ministers. Elders.
Walter A. Ferris, D.Ti. John F. Wild
Edwin A. iMcAlpin, Jr., D.D. George C. Sprague, Ph.D.
John K. Mackay, D.D. James R. Martin
John W. Maclvor, D.D. John R. Rush
John R. Finley, LL.D.
That the Assembly approves the re-election to the Class of
1024, of the following members of the Board of Education of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America,
whose terms of office expire with this Assembly: —
Ministers. Elders.
Alexander MacColl, D.D. William R. Nicholson
Hugh T. Kerr, D.D. James L. Wilson
Wilham H. Hudnut, D.D. Thomas L. Latta
Edward B. Hodge, M.D.
H. H. Seldomridge
And that Rev. Joseph B. C. Mackie be elected to take the
place of Rev. Charles Wadsworth, D.D., resigned.
And that the Assembly approves the re-election to the
Class of 1924, of the following members of the General Board
of Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
of America, whose terms of office expire with this Assembly :
Ministers. Elders.
W^alter R. Ferris, D.D. James R. Martin
Charles Lee Reynolds, D.D. John A. Murray
Edgar A. Elmore, D.D. Landrith H. King
S. S. Estey, D.D. Frank B. McMillin
Wilham H. Hudnut, D.D. S. Spencer Chapman
Clarence A. Young, D.D.
Also the re-election of Richard P. Ernst to the Class of 1924.
And that John H. Finley, LL.D., John F. Wild and John
W. Maclvor, D.D., be elected to the Class of 1922 to take the
places of the three members who have resigned, G. M. Bal-
lard, Sidney F. Andrews, and Lewis S. Mudge, D.D.
Respectfully submitted,
Wallace F. Hamilton, Chairman.
Subsequently the Standing Committee on Education,
through its Chairman, Rev. Wallace F. Hamilton, D.D.,
presented a supplementary report, which was adopted as
follows :
118 MINUTES. [May 24,
In reply to Overtures 271 and 272 from the Presbyteries of
George and Waukon we recommend to the General Assembly
the appointment of a Committee of Conference of five, com-
posed as follows:
Prof. A. C. Zenos, of the Presbytery of Chicago, Chairman;
Rev. H. B. Boyd, of the Presbytery of Erie, Rev. Stanley B.
Roberts, D.D., of the Presb3^tery of Minneapolis, Mr. Perry
M. Hoisington, of the Presbytery of Emporia, and Mr. Frank
J. Loesch, of the Presbytery of Chicago, to visit the Univer-
sity of Dubuque and to inquire into all matters referred to in
said Overtures or connected with the welfare of the institu-
tion, and to report findings and recommendations to the
Executive Commission which shall have power to act.
We recommend the approval by this Assembly of the elec-
tion of the Rev. M. Willard Lampe, D.D., as the Secretary
of the University Department, and of the Rev. Staunton
dinger, D.D., as the Secretary of the Finance Department.
The report of the Standing Committee on Theological
Seminaries was made a special order of the day for 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
The Standing Committee on Finance, in the absence of its
Chairman, Elder Henry Dornette, presented its report
through Rev. David Hughes, Ph.D., which was adopted as
follows :
To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America.
The Standing Committee on Finance respectfully makes
this its first partial report :
The report of the Trustees of the General Assembly, with
the report of its Treasurer, the correctness of which is verified
by certified pubhc accountants (see same in Appendix) was
submitted to and examined by your Committee.
These reports show that the Trustees are now administer-
ing the following trusts :
Princeton Theological Seminary Trusts:
29 Scholarships $46,575.83
4 Professorships 34,284.60
Permanent Fund 10,661.80
Students' Fund 10,794.10
$102,316.33
38 Miscellaneous Funds 1,057,061.15
Principal Palethorp Legacy 88,179.39
Grand Total $1,247,556.87
A.D. 1921.] FINANCE. 119
Of the various trusts, twenty-seven were founded prior to
1832. The earUest, in 1817. Eight of them are 100 years
old and over.
Many of the miscellaneous funds are subdivided, thus
largely increasing the number of beneficiaries.
The principal account of these trusts shows an increase
during the year of $78,878.36, as follows:
Estate of Helen H. P. Manson $9,427.93
Estate of Elmira B. Hines 1,000.00
Estate of Mary Stevenson 2,421.04
Addition to Mead Holmes bequest. . 100.00
Addition to Palethorp Estate 10,929.39
J. C. Lord, Legacy 50,000.00
$79,878.36
Less amount of E. B. Hines, Legacy
paid to Board of Ministerial Relief 1,000.00
$78,878.36
The addition to the Palethorp Legacy is accounted for by
the fact that the accumulations of interest, etc., had hereto-
fore been carried to income accounts. As the church building
has been completed and these amounts expended in its con-
struction, they have been carried to principal account, as a
matter of bookkeeping.
The funds in the hands of the Trustees are invested as
follows:
52 separate loans on real estate se-
cured by first mortgage $285,400.00
1 ground rent 6% 700.00
53 separate investments in securities. 855,307.81
Real estate devised to Trustees. . . . 8,990.04
Real estate held for account of the
Palethorp Legacy 88,179.39
Balance uninvested 8,979.63
,247,556.87
The income from investments in stocks, bonds, mortgages
and real estate, as reported by said Trustees, averaged nearly
4 9/10 per cent. Nearly all the investments in corporation
bonds were made at a time when the income return was
much smaller than that obtainable at the present time,
besides which the Trustees are necessarily restricted to the
highest class of investments. The entire regular expenses of
administering the various trusts were $2451.50, including
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salary of solicitor, secretary and the Treasurer, The Phila-
delphia Trust Company. The Treasurer received a salary of
$1500.00. In addition to acting as Treasurer, the Company
supplied to the Board, free of charge, a safe in its burglar-
proof vaults, under two separate sets of keys, for the safe
keeping of the securities. It also provided storage facilities
for the large number of title papers, insurance policies, etc.,
which accompany the mortgages, and^allowed $1249.65 interest
on current balances in its possession.
The Palethorp Memorial Presbyterian Church in Phila-
delphia, for the erection of which there was received a legacy
of $75,000, has been completed. The amount expended by
the Trustees was $88,179.39. The excess over the amount
received from the original bequest, being the interest accrued
while awaiting construction and $2100.00 from other sources.
In accordance with the will of the Rev. John C. Lord, the
income from the legacy received from his estate, to-wit,
$50,000, is, as reported by the said Trustees, "to be disposed
of and distributed by the General Assembly at each annual
meeting for the furtherance of the Gospel of our blessed
Saviour at home or abroad, as to the Assembly may seem
best." The Trustees (the corporation aforesaid) whose
account we are now considering, advises it will be necessary
for this General Assembly to direct the said Trustees as to
how the income from this legacy shall be distributed in
accordance with the terms of the will, and respectfully requests
such direction. In 1920 the direction was to distribute it
equally between the Boards of Home and Foreign Missions
respectively.
The report also shows that the indemnity bond of the
Treasurer, the Land Title and Trust Company, for $25,000,
has been renewed for another year.
There is in the possession of said Trustees $4829.33 of un-
expended income from which the Committee assumes should
be deducted a loss of $204.04 resulting from the sale of prop-
erty at southerly corner of Craigland and Chestnut Roads,
Paoli, Pa., at less than the cost as carried on the books.
Your Committee assumes that about $2200 of this fund
belongs to the above mentioned John C. Lord Fund income,
leaving a balance of about $2300 subject to the orders of this
Assembly.
Your Committee respectfully recommend:
1. That the report of the Trustees of the General Assem-
bly and of its Treastirer be received and approved, with the
thanks of the Assembly for the faithful and efficient services
rendered.
2. That the Assembly direct that the income from the
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said Rev. John C. Lord Fund be distributed equally between
the Boards of Home and Foreign Missions as suggested by
said Trustees.
3. The death of Rev. WiUiam H. Roberts, D.D., one of the
said Trustees, will make it necessary for the General Assembly
to fill a vacancy in the membership of said corporation, and
the Committee recommends that Rev. Lewis S. Mudge, D.D.,
the Stated Clerk elect, be elected to fill the vacancy in the
membership of said corporation, and that the election to fill
said vacancy be held on Thursday, to conform with the two
days' notice required by the Assembly Rules.
Respectfully submitted,
Henry Dornette, Chairman.
Subsequently, the Standing Committee on Finance respect-
fully made the following Supplementary Report:
We have examined the accounts of the late Rev. William
Hemy Roberts, D.D., LL.D., Stated Clerk, and those of
Rev. J. M. Hubbert, D.D., Acting Stated Clerk, also the
accounts of the Land Title and Trust Company, Treasurer
of the General Assembly, for the year ending 31st of March
1921, and have found them to be correct.
The funds on hand, on the 31st of March, 1921, were found
to be as follows :
In the Treasurer's Account:
General $41,004.43
Mileage 736.99
$41,741.42
In the hands of Acting Stated Clerk as petty cash. 69.17
$41,810.59
After payment of all expenses in connection with the last
Gtuieral Assembly, the balance in the Mileage Account,
$40,101.04, was transferred to the General Account.
Your Committee will not trouble you with the detailed
report of Receipts and Payments by the late Stated Clerk,
Acting Stated Clerk, and Treasurer, as these will appear in
the Appendix of the Assembly Minutes.
Your Committee respectfully recommends:
1. That the report of the Assembly's Treasurer be received,
and approved with the thanks of the Assembly for the faithful
and efficient services rendered.
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2. That pursuant to the action of the General Assembly,
the following appropriations be made :
To the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in
America $2,500.00
To the Council of Reformed Churches 200.00
To the World Alliance of Churches holding the Pres-
byterian system 2,060.00
$4,760.00
Respectfully submitted,
David Hughes, Acting Chairman
The Moderator was instructed to send a telegram to the
President of the United States, and the Secretary of State of
the United States respectively, requesting that all possible
assistance be extended Armenia in the tragic international
situation in which she has again been placed.
The following resolutions were adopted concerning the
Presbyterian Hospital of Colorado:
Whereas, We note with pleasure the encouraging develop-
ment of the Presbyterian Hospital of Colorado, located at
Denver, whose doors are to be opened to all peoples without
regard to creed, color or nationality.
And Whereas, We learn with pleasure that the corner
stone of the first unit containing 350 beds will be laid next
month, and the building completed for the reception of
patients within a year, and the entire hospital of 1500 beds
is to be hastened to completion.
Therefore be it Resolved that we reaffirm the action of the
General Assembly of 1919 and that we heartily congratulate
the churches of Colorado in raising practically a half million
dollars toward this splendid enterprise, and that we com-
mend the Presbyterian Hospital of Colorado to the benevo-
lent consideration of individuals and churches of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America.
The Assembly reaffirmed the action of the General Assem-
bly of 1919 recognizing the Chicago Tract Society and its
work in the Central and Northwestern States and cordially
endorses its mission.
With the consent of the Assembly, the Moderator an-
nounced that the devotional hour on Wednesday would be
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from 12 o'clock noon until 12.45, and that the speakers would
represent the Near East Relief and the China Famine Relief
Funds.
The Moderator presented to the Assembly Miss Alice
Robertson, member of Congress from Oklahoma, who ad-
dressed the Assembly.
The Standing Committee on Judicial Business, through its
Chairman, Rev. David H. Johnston, D.D., presented a report
which was adopted as follows:
The petition and appeal of H. C. Rimmer and others from
the Synod of New Mexico is found in order and we reconunend
tliat it be sent to the Permanent Judicial Commission.
The Assembly adjourned until 9 A. M. Wednesday, and
was closed with prayer by Rev. Elmer Bess, D.D.
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 1921, 9.00 A. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the
Moderator.
A telegram from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States was received and read to the
Assembly as follows:
"Th ' General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in th(! United States
in session at St. Louis has contiiuied its Committee on Coo eration and
Union with enlarged powers and postponed aetion in its report for another
year, giving it authority for further conference. In reciprocating the senti-
ments of fraternal regard employed in your telegram, and assuring you of
our confidence and ('hristian love, we deem it inexpedient at this time to
take any further action, l>ut we have referred your telegram together with
other proposals on the subject of closer relations to our Ad Interim Com-
mittee.
A. D. CURRY, Moderator,
THOS. H. LAW, Slated Clerk."
A telegram concerning conditions in Haiti was received and
read to the Assembly, and referred to the Standing Committee
on Correspondence as follows:
"Knowing the profoimd concern of the Presbyterian Church in Inter-
national Justice and fair dealing especially for the oppres.-ied, respectfully
urge that the question of Haiti be laid before your General Assembly.
HANNON VINCENT and THOBY."
A communication from the Assyrian Mission of the South
Congregational (Jhurch, New Britain, Conn., requesting th(»
erection of a church building there for them, was referred to>
the Boards of Foreign Missions and Church Erection.
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An amendment offered to Rule No. 41 of Rules for Judi-
catories pertaining to Judicial Committee, was referred to the
Committee on Polity.
The Bills and Overtures Committee, through its Chairman,
Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, presented a report which was adopted
as follows:
1. We recommend that the memorial from the Presbyterj'
of Washington City asking the General Assembly ''to consider
seriously and generously the large and demanding interests
of Presbyterianism at the National Capital'' be given favor-
able consideration and we further recommend that this
memorial be committed to the Executive Commission
together with this expression of favor on the part of this
Assembly, with instructions that it give this subject the most
careful consideration and report at the next General Assembly.
2. The Assembl}^ having acted favorably on the Overture
from the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States of America, asking that
the Assembly shall ''Direct and declare the new Board to be
the successor of the six pre-existing Boards and to authorize
the transfer of property to the new Board," we therefore
recommend the following declarative action:
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, meeting at Winona Lake, Indiana,
1921, enjoins and empowers:
The Woman's Foreign ]\Iissionary Society of the Presby-
terian Church (incorporated in the State of Pennsylvania) ;
The Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Presb}^-
terian Church (incorporated in the State of New York) ;
The Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the
Northwest (incorporated in the State of Illinois) ;
The Woman's Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions of
the Southwest (incorporated in the State of Missouri) ;
The Woman's Occidental Board of Foreign Missions of the
Presbj^terian Church (incorporated in the State of Califor-
nia) and
Woman's North Pacific Presbyterian Board of Missions
(incorporated in the State of Oregon),
that, in compliance with the Unification Plan heretofore
approved b}' the General Assembly in 1920, and in pursuance
of which Plan the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was
incorporated in the State of New York in the ye'dT 1920, in
connection with the General Assembly and authorized to
carry on the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America,
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iiu'liuliug; all its Presbytorial Societies, Syiiodical Societies
and Districts of Synodical Societies, as successor to the six
pre-existing Woman's Boards of Foreign Missions above
specified, that the\' and each of them do, forthwith, and with
all convenient speed, and with such proper legal safeguards as
each Board maj'' be advised by its counsel, transfer their
various properties, funds securities, and other assets, here-
tofore received and administered by them, to said The
Woman's Board of Foreign ^Missions in the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America, incorporated in the
State of New York, as aforesaid, which latter Board is hereby
declared bj' the General Assembly to be the successor of
each and every of said Boards, and intended to carry on the
foreign missionaiy work of all the women of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States of America, as aforesaid,
and as such successor to be entitled to receive, hold and
administer all the properties formerly held by the six Boards,
of which it is the successor and subject, as to any trust funds,
to the terms of the several trusts under which any of said
six Boards originally received and held the same, and that
such Board as such successor is commended to the women of
the Presbyterian Church for their loyal support and aid.
Overture Xo. 1419, Overtures Xos. 896-898, Overture No.
1158, Overture No. 1159, Overtures Nos. 1411-14-17. In view
of action already taken by this Assembly, we recommend no
action.
Overture No. I4I8, we recommend reference to the Execu-
tive Commission.
Overture No. 1407, we recommend that this General Assem-
bly re-affirnl the action of the Assembly of 1918, endorsing
the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United
States prohibiting polygamy and direct the attention of the
Church to the recommendations contained therein.
The Executive Commission, through its Chairman, Rev.
Samuel S. Palmer, D.D., presented paragraphs \TII and XIX
of its report, which were adopted, and appear in the Com-
mission's report as finally adopted.
The Executive Commission, through its Budget Committee,
represented by Dr. W. W". Boyd, presented paragraph XV of
its report, and offered a resolution as an addition to it. The
paragraph as thus amended was adopted, and appears in the
report of the Executive Commission as finally adopted.
The Standing Committee on Theological Seminaries,
through its Chairman, Rev. George C. Vincent, presented its
i2^ MINUTES. [May 25,
report, which was received, and pending action the Assembly
was addressed by Rev. John B. Laird, D.D., Hon. William
Jennings Bryan, Rev. David Hughes, Ph.D., and Rev. Harry
L. Grain, D.D. The report and its recommendations were
adopted as follows, and authority given that the necessary
expenses of the Specia' Committee appointed in connection
with the report, be paid out of the Assembly funds.
The Standing Committee on Theological Seminaries re-
spectfully submits the following report:
I. In examining the reports which have been submitted to
your Committee from the Seminaries, we find them carefully
prepared and fruitful of some interesting facts.
(a) Faculties — The following changes in the Faculties of
these institutions involving teachers of professorial rank are
reported :
At Omaha Seyninary — The Rev. James Marquis W Ison,
D.D., to be President of the Seminary and occupy the chair
of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology and English Bible,
taking the place of Dr. A. B. Marshall who had resigned.
At Lane Se77iinary — The resignation of the Rev. Selby F.
Vance, D.D.
At Western Seminary — The election of the Rev. Selby F.
Vance, D.D., to the chair of New Testament of Literature
and Exegesis.
At Kentucky Se7ninary — The election of the Rev. Thornton
Whaling to the chair of Apologetics and Systematic Theology,
and the establishment of a professorship of Religious Educa-
tion, Young People's Work and Church Efficiency, to which
the new President, the Rev. John M. Vander Meulen, D.D.,
has been assigned.
At Dubuque Seminary — The election of the Rev. Guido
Bossard, D.D., to be Professor of Enghsh Bible and the
transfer of the Rev. George Cutler Fracker, Ph.D., to be Dean
of the Collegiate Department.
At Princeton Seminary — The transfer of the Rev. Professor
Caspar Wistar Hodge, D.D., to the chair of Didact'c and
Polemic Theology made vacant by the death of Professor
Benjamin Breckenridge Warfield, D.D.
(6) Students — There has been no significant change in the
attendance. Whi'e the Junior Classes in Lane and San
Francisco show encouraging increases, these are counter-
balanced by losses elsewhere. The encouraging point here is
the high percentage of college graduates in all the Seminaries,
indicating as it does that our intellectual standards in pre-
paration for the ministry in our institutions are being main-
tained.
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(c) P'iNANCiAL Conditions — It is at this point, taken
es{>ecially in connection with the ninnhor of students enrolled
that your Connnittee has found the most interesting!; facts.
In gf'i^tn-al, the administration of the funds in the possession
of the Seminaries seems perfectly sound. While there have
been difficulties in several cases in meeting expenses, they
have a]ipareiitly been overcome, and the only point to be
emphasized is the need for increased endowment to prevent
future deficits.
The real point which attracts our attention here is the
great expenditure of the Church in these theological estab-
lishments in pro})ortion to the number of students enrolled.
At one of our prominent institutions last year, there were
but three students to one teacher and the cost of education
amounted to 12810 per student. In another case, there were
but six students to one instructor and the cost well over one
thousand dollars per student. In the great majority of these
institutions the cost in men and moneys seems to your com-
mittee so high as to challenge our thoughtful attention to
this matter. We do not bring forward these facts in order
to lay an indictment against our seminaries, for we know that
the institutions already have taken cognizance of the situa-
tion and are thoughtfully seeking the way out. But we
feel that one of two things lies before our seminaries — either
an increase in the number of candidates for the ministry
coming through the regular channels which will give employ-
ment in full to the resources of these institutions; or the
complete revision of the use being made of these resources for
the training of religious leaders and workers. For a task so
difficult and delicate as the latter, the cooperation of the
entire Church with the seminaries will be needed.
(d) Standards and Policies — The demand for practical
training in modern church methods and the urgency of the
call for men in many vacant fields, which has suggested to
some the possibility of relaxing our standards of training,
have brought before our Seminaries questions which deal with
the whole character of the future ministry of our Church.
We gather from the reports of our Seminaries thjit while
quite aware of these practical needs and anxious to meet
them, they are convinced that the first need of the Church
more than ever before is a ministry of commanding intel-
lectual and moral power, equipped for the task by the most
complete academic discipline possible, and made thoroughly
aware of modern problems and needs in their widest as well
as their most inunediately practical character. This con-
viction we most heartily share, and we desire to commend
our seminaries both for the maintenance of the highest
128 MINUTES. [May 25,
standards, and for the increasing attention given to the
apphcation of Christian principles and Church organization
to modern situations. Other needs, we beheve, should
be met by the provision of lay-workers, trained under the
care of our own church, who will assist and supplement the
work of these men of highest training and ability but not
encroach upon their position and leadership.
11. In view of these facts, we make the following recom-
mendations :
1. That in view of the death on February 17, 1921, of the
Rev. Benjamin Breckenridge Warfield, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D.,
Professor of Polemic and Didactic Theology in Princeton
Theological Seminary, the Assembly desires to place on record
the irreparable loss which the Church has sustained in his
death. He was recognized at home and abroad as probably
the most distinguished and learned theologian and teacher of
the Reformed Faith in our day. For nearly half a century
his life was devoted to the training of the leadership of the
Church, and by his scholarly attainments, his ability as a
teacher, his wide-reaching service as an author, he has left
his impress on the cause of evangelical truth throughout the
world. Your Committee suggests that the Assembly stand
while President Kelso of the Western Theological Seminary
pays a brief tribute to Dr. Warfield's ministry in the theologi-
cal world, and that President Landon of the San Francisco
Theological Seminary be asked to lead us in prayer.
2. That the election of all directors, trustees and professors
as reported to the Assembly by the seminaries be approved.
3. That the efforts of seminary faculties to secure candi-
dates of high grade for the ministry be commended and
specially encouraged; while not forgetting that there are
causes for the lack of candidates rooted in the religious out-
look of many modern homes, and the situation and conditions
of Church life in many modern parishes, which can only be
reached by courageous efforts on the part of the whole Church.
4. That in the matter of Overture No. 978 from Flint Presby-
tery relative to increasing the efficiency of the modern minis-
try, in so far as its recommendations fall within the scope
of this Committee, we recommend that no action be taken;
in as much as we have all faith in the thoughtful and earnest
efforts made by our Seminary faculties to make their train-
ing as deeply powerful and as broadly practical as possible.
5. In view of the great amount of money now invested in
Theological Seminaries, in proportion to the number of
their students, that a committee of five, three of them minis-
ters and two elders, having no official connection with the
present seminaries, be appointed by the Moderator to consider
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the whole situation and to make recommendations to the next
Assembh' conccrninp; the most efficient use of these equip-
ments and endowments for the training of rehgious leaders
and workers for the Church in her modern situation.
6. That in view of the establishment of a theological
seminary at San Juan, Porto Rico, under partial Presby-
terian control, with authorization from the General Assem-
bly of the Presbj'terian Church in the United States of
America (see Minutes of 1919, page 209; and 1920, page 223),
and in response to the request of the institution, we recom-
mend that "the Evangelical Seminary of Porto Rico" be
included in the Minutes of the General Assembly together
with the other theological seminaries under complete or par-
tial control of the General Assembly.
That in the matter of the payment to Lane Theological
Seminar}^ of the interest on the ''Dhorety" Fund the fol-
lowing action be adopted:
Whereas, The General Assembly in 1917 (Minutes, page
245) directed the Board of Trustees of the General Assembly
of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church to pay the interest
earned by the Dhorety Fund which they control, to Lane
Seminary "For a period of three years, after which time it
shall again be taken up for further appropriation by the
General Assembly," and
Whereas, By oversight the subject was not taken up by
the last General Assembly, the first to convene after the
expiration of the three year period, so that the interest for
last year was not paid by said Board for lack of authority,
therefore,
Resolved, That the said Board be and are hereby directed
to pay to Lane Seminary the interest for last year on the
said Fund, and hereafter, each year until other directions may
be given by the General Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
George Clark Vincent, Chairman.
The Standing Committee on Home Missions made its
report through its Chairman, Rev. John B. Laird, D.D. The
report was received and pending action on the recommenda-
tions seriatim, the Assembly was addressed by Rev. W. R.
King, D.D., and Mrs. D. E. Wade.
Resolution 1, dealing with the discontinuance of the Home
Missions Council, together with the overtures mentioned
therein, was referred to the Special Committee on the Re-
organization and Consolidation of Assembly Agencies.
The order of the day having arrived, the devotional ser-
vice was conducted in the interests of the Near East Relief
5
130 MINUTES. [May 25,
and the China Famine ReHef Funds, by Mr. Charles Vernon
Vickrey and Rev. William Hiram Foulkes, D.D. An offer-
ing was taken for these Funds, the amount of which was
announced later. The following resolutions were passed:
Whereas, Reports from the Near East reveal an appalhng
multitude of women and children in need of food and cloth-
ing, a cry that up to the present hour has not been ade-
quately answered, in spite of the commendable and con-
tinued generosity of our people;
And Whereas, More than one hundred thousand of these
are the orphaned children of martyred Chr'stian parents of
Bible lands, who ^ook to us for the means to hve and to pre-
pare themselves to carry forward the sacred traditions and
holy ideals of their ancient national life;
And Whereas, The withholding of this support by Amer-
ican Christians would not only endanger theT lives but menace
the cause of Christian missions and civilization in those lands ;
And Whereas, The recent annual report of the Near East
Relief as presented to the Congress of the United States by
which it is chartered reveals a conscientious and efficient
administration of the trust 'mposed and a most encouraging
accomplishment of the task thus far;
Therefore he it Resolved, That the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America,
heartily approves the purpose and program of the Near East
Relief to save the lives of orphaned children and to secure
the release of imprisoned womanhood and their restoration
to kith and kindred with a view to the rehabilitation of these
nat'ons.
That we approve and endorse the appeal of the Near East
Relief unto our churches and congregations.
That we urge our Synods, Presbyteries and Chm-ches to
give every cooperation possible in prayer and personal effort
in the gifts of talents and means to promote and make fruit-
ful the program within their own bounds and in the lands of
the Near East.
That we authorize the New Era Committee to receive and
transmit funds specified for this cause and to lend such co-
operation as it may find possible without interference with
its own work and program.
And furthermore he it Resolved, That in view of the unpre-
cedented famine and consequent suffering in China, the
Synods, Presbyteries, Churches and New Era Committee,
be urged and instructed to give a like cooperation in the
fostering and^accomplishment of this^appeal also.
The Assembly took recess until 2.30 P. M., and was closed
with prayer.
A.D. 1921.] BILLS AND OVERTURES. 131
WEDNESDAY, May 25th, 1921, 2.30 P. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Rev.
Levi J. Melton, D.D.
The Committee on Judicial Business, through its Chair-
man, Rev. David H. Johnston, D.D., made a report recom-
mending that the appeal of E. N. Ware from the action of the
Synod of Illinois be sent to the Committee on Polity, which
was approved.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, through its Chair-
man, Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., presented a report concerning
Overtures Nos. 1236-1319, and 1549-1555, 1577-1578, recom-
mending that the following overture be submitted by the
General Assembly to the Presbyteries for their consideration
and action, which was adopted, and is as follows:
Shall the following be substituted for the present Chapter
XXII, Form of Government?
CHAPTER XXII.
Of Commissioners to the General Assembly.
I. The Commissioners and their Alternates to the General
Assembly shall be elected by the Presbytery from which thej^
come, at a stated meeting sufficiently in advance of the
meeting of the General Assembly for the Commissioners to
attend to their duty in due season; the Presbytery to de-
termine whether it shall be at the Fall or Spring meeting.
Such election shall be for the period of two years, save for the
exception noted below, in Section II of this Chapter, and
their commissions shall date from the first appointed meet-
ing of the General Assembly after their election. The alter-
nates shall be e ected by the Presbytery in the same manner
as the principals and shall take the place of the principals if
for any reason they cannot serve.
II. The manner of the election of these Commissioners shall
be as follows:
(1) The first year after the adoption of Sections I and II
of this Chapter, the Commissioners to be elected by each
Presbytery shall be divided into two classes — one-half of the
minister and elder Commissioners to serve one year, and the
other half two years.
(2) In case of an odd number of minister or elder Commis-
sioners being the allotment for any Presbytery, the bare
minority of the minister or elder Commissioners shall be
elected for one year, and the bare majority of the minister or
elder Commissioners for two years.
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(3) In case of there being but one minister and one elder
Commissioner from any Presbytery, the Presbytery shall
elect one for one year's service and the other for two years'
service.
(4) Thereafter, in all other years after the first year desig-
nated in the above paragraphs of this Section, Presbyteries
shall elect only one-half of the Commissioners allotted to them
as their representation in the General Assembly, save those
that have an odd number of minister or elder Commissioners,
who shall elect a minority and majority number each suc-
ceeding year, in accordance with the terms of the second
paragraph of this Section. Each Commissioner, so elected,
shall then serve for a term of two years, Presbytery making
out his commission in accordance with the form of Section III
of this Chapter.
(5) No minister or elder shall be eligible for re-election
until at least two years after the close of his former term of
service, unless by unanimous consent of the Presbytery.
Old Section II of Chapter XXII to be new Section III
with the addition of the words: (for a term of years)
after phrase: "whenever the said Assembly may happen to
sit."
Old Section III of Chapter XXII to be new Section IV.
The Judicial Commission, through its Moderator, Elder
Arthur L. Jackson, presented its judgment concerning the
following cases. The case of H. C. Rimmer vs. Synod of New
Mexico, was referred to the Standing Committee on Polity.
The Moderator gave notice that the Assembly was about
to sit as a Court, and exhorted the members to regard their
high character as judges in a Court of Jesus Christ. The
Assembly was organized as a Judicial Court. The record of
case No. 1 was read, and the preliminary judgment by the
Commission was confirmed as the final judgment of the
General Assembly. The report is as follows:
Judicial Case No. 1. — William G. Bell vs. the Synod of Texas.
The facts in this case are that on the 31st of March, 1920,
the Session of the First Presbyterian Church of Austin,
Texas, according to its unwritten rule, elected William G.
Bell, one of its elders, as its representative to all regular and
called meetings of the Presbytery of Austin for a period of
one year beginning April 1, 1920. On the first of September,
1920, at a meeting of the Session, the action of the Session
electing Elder Bell as principal delegate to all regular and
called meetings of the Austin Presbytery for a term of one
year beginning April 1, 1920, was rescinded and on motion
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another elder was elected as priiieii:)al delegate to the Fall
meeting; of the Presbytery, 1920. Other actions in this con-
nection were taken by the Session but it is not necessary to
state them for the purpose of this opinion.
From this action, lillder Bell appealed to the Presbytery of
Austin, and the matter duly came to the Judicial Commission
of the Presbytery of Austin at its meeting held at Wrights-
boro, Texas, September 23, 1920. The Presbytery of Austin
did not decide this matter at all as by agreement of Elder
Bell and the elder elected in his place, it was reported and
adopted that neither elder be seated. From this action of
the Presbyter}^ of Austin, Elder Bell appealed to the Synod
of Texas.
The Sj'nod of Texas by the report of its Judicial Commis-
sion, which was adopted by the Synod, decided that the
action of the Session of the First Presbyterian Church at
Austin on September 1, 1920, in reconsidering their action of
March 31, 1920, in electing Elder W. G. Bell to Presbytery
for one year, was legal and binding on all parties, and that
the election of Elder Stiles in lieu of Elder Bell was legal.
From this action of the Synod of Texas, Elder Bell appealed
to the General Assembly.
Opinion.
As this is clearly a non-judicial case, the proceeding should
not be had under appeal but as a complaint, and your Com-
mission has so treated it. Briefly stated, the question pre-
sented by this complaint is: Does the election of a represen-
tative to a higher court for a designated time preclude a
judicatory from any other election or the recision thereof?
The Commission is unanimously of the opinion that no rule
or custom of a Church Session can prevent it from changing
its own rules or modifying them at any time when in its judg-
ment it sees fit. It is to be noted in this case that the ques-
tion raised is now strictly a moot question, as the time for
which Elder Bell was elected has already expired, but your
Commission deemed it wise as a guide for the future, to
decide this issue. This Assembly decided in 1918 in the
case of Doane vs. the Synod of California that it was beyond
the power of a Presbytery to bind itself by any rules and
regulations which could not be repealed except by two-thirds
vote, and that such provision for a two-thirds vote was
illegal and not binding upon the Presbytery when passed or
subsequently thereto. Similarly, no rule passed by the
Session of the Austin Church or custom followed in that
Church Session for the election of an elder, to represent it in
Presbytery for a definite period could bind or prevent the
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Session in its discretion from electing another or different
elder to represent it at subsequent meetings. The same
reasoning which the Assembly adopted in the case of Doane
vs. Synod of California is applicable here.
Therefore, it is the judgment and finding of your Permanent
Judicial Commission that the appeal of Elder Bell from the
action of the Synod of Texas be not sustained and that the
action of the Synod of Texas be and the same is hereby
adopted and sustained.
The record of case No. 2 was read, and the preliminary
judgment by the Commission was confirmed as the final
judgment of the General Assembly. The report is as follows:
Judicial Case No. 2. — Joseph R. Milligan vs. Synod of
Baltimore.
The Rev. Joseph R, Milligan, Stated Clerk of the Presby-
tery of New Castle, filed with the Stated Clerk of the Gen-
eral Assembly on November 9, 1920, a complaint against the
Synod of Baltimore. The complaint is against certain excep-
tions to the minutes of the Synod of Baltimore under the
date of October 25-27, 1920.
1 . As it concerns the insertion of an extra leaf in the record
book between pages 298-299.
2. As it concerns the finding of the Synod of Balt'more viz:
that the negative action taken by the Presbytery of New
Castle in the case of the Elkton Church was contrary to the
intention of the Judicial Commission of the Synod of Balti-
more.
It is the judgment of the Permanent Judicial Commission:
1. That the exception made by the Synod to the record
of the Presbytery of New Castle was well taken; that the
first ground of the complaint be not sustained.
2. That the findings of the Synod concerning the negative
action of the Presbytery was erroneous; and that the second
ground of complaint be sustained.
Mr. Arthur L. Jackson being a member of the Synod of
Baltimore was not present and took no part in the decision
of this case.
The record of case No. 3, parts A and B, were read, and
the preliminary judgments by the Commission were c mfirmed
as the final judgments of the General Assembly. The report
is as follows :
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Judicial Case No. 3. — Presbytery of New Castle vs. Synod of
Baltimore. Part A.
The complaint and appeal in this case is filed by the Presby-
tery of New Castle against the Synod of Baltimore. It brings
before us for consideration the propriety of the action of the
Presbytery in dissolving the pastoral relation between the
Rev. John McElmoyle, D.D., and the Elkton Presbyterian
Church. A brief recital of the history of the case will clarify
the issue.
On November 4, 1918, three elders of the church presented
a petition to the Presbytery in which they alleged that the
pastor was commercializing the sacred ceremony of marriage,
thereby degrading the moral tone of the community, bringing
ridicule and reproach upon the church and interfering with
the spiritual life and growth of the people. The petition re-
quested tihat Presbytery make a thorough investigation of
conditions with a view to taking such action as it might deem
advisable. Presbytery, upon the recommendation of its
Judicial Committee, granted the request and appointed a
Committee of five to conduct the investigation. Dr. Mc-
Elmoyle was present.
Thereafter and before commencing the investigation Dr*
[NIcElmoyle was advised that the Committee would hear him
and all persons produced b}^ him. Subsequently the com-
mittee went to Elkton and spent seven days in the examin-
ation of witnesses. Dr. McElmoyle appeared before the
Committee and made a long statement. The Committee
heard all persons produced by him, The testimony covers
two hundred closely printed pages.
On January 14, 1919, the investigating Committee pre-
sented its report of findings to Presbytery. Dr. McElmoyle
was present. The Committee reported that it found con-
ditions in the church deplorable, attendance upon the services
very poor, the spiritual condition even more lamentable and
the financial condition becoming alarming. The report sub-
mitted three resolutions, the first of which was
"We deem it for the best interests of the chujch
that the pastoral relations existing between Dr.
McElmoyle and the Elkton Presbyterian Church
be dissolved."
This report was adopted by Presbytery.
Presbytery met again in April, 1919, and on October 6,
1919, but no action affecting the issue raised by this appeal
was taken. On October 29, 1919, however. Presbytery at
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a meeting at which Dr. McElmoyle was again present adopted
the following resolution :
"Resolved that the congregation of the Elkton
Presbyterian Church be cited to appear before the
Presbytery of New Castle at a meeting to be held
in Dover Presbyterian Church at Dover, Delaware,
on November 17, 1919, at 10:20 A. M., to show
cause, if any, why the pastoral relation existing
between the Rev. John McElmoyle and the Elkton
Presbyterian Church should not be dissolved."
Notice of this citation was sent by the Stated Clerk of the
Presbytery to Dr. McElmoyle and was read by him from
the pulpit to the congregation. On the return day of the
citation, certain representatives of the congregation ap-
peared before Presbytery to protest against the dissolution
of the pastoral relation. They were fully heard. Dr. Mc-
Elmoyle was not present. It was stated on his behalf that
he was attending a funeral, but it is not shown that he re-
quested an opportunity to be heard or an adjournment, or
that he objected to Presbytery proceeding in the matter.
After prolonged discussion and prayer, Presbytery voted to
dissolve the pastoral relation.
From that action, certain members of the Presbytery com-
plained to Synod assigning four reasons for complaint. Synod
at its meeting in 1920 reversed the action of the Presbytery,
not upon any one of the four reasons assigned by the com-
plainants, but solely upon the ground that Presbytery had
dissolved the pastoral relation "without having previously
cited or given due notice to the pastor to appear." From
that action of Synod, Presbytery complains and appeals to
the General Assembly.
It thus appears that the question here before us is a very
narrow one. No doubt exists as to the power of Presbytery
to dissolve a pastoral relation, even over the protest of the
congregation and pastor. (Rev. Henrj^ Ward vs. Synod of
New York, General Assembly 1908 P. 201). No necessity for
discussing the evidence exists, except to say that it abund-
antly supports the finding of Presbytery that the participa-
tion of Dr. McElmoyle in the marrying of couples coming from
outside of the State did bring reproach on the good name of
the Church and community. The single narrow question
presented for discussion is, should the action of Presbytery
in this case be reversed because it failed to issue a citation
directed to Dr. McElmoyle and serve it upon him?
In approaching this question, the nature of this proceeding
must be kept in mind. There is no charge of an offense
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against Dr. ]\IcElmoyle. His ecclesiastical standing as a
minister of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America is not affected by this proceeding. Therefore, the
provisions of Chapter IV of the Book of Disciphne as to the
issuance of citations in such cases do not apply. Neither is
the case one in which either the pastor or the congregation
without concurrence of the other, requested dissolution of
pastoral relations. Therefore, the provisions of Chapter
XVn of the Form of Government as to the issuance of ci-
tations in such cases do not apply. In this case, the Presby-
tery acted under the broad powers given to it by Chapter
X, Section VH, of the Form of Government which provides
in part:
"The Presbytery has power to ordain, install,
remove, and judge ministers; to visit particular
churches for the purpose of inquiring into their state,
and redressing the evils that may have arisen in
them; - and, in general, to order whatever
pertains to the spiritual welfare of the churches
under their care."
It is to be noted that this section differs from the other
parts of the Form of Government and Book of Discipline
referred to, in that it contains no requirement or provision
whatever as to the issuance of citations. The failure of
Presbytery to serve a formal citation upon Dr. McElmoyle
in this proceeding was therefore not a violation of any re-
quirement of the Form of Government or Book of Discipline.
We do not mean to be understood as approving of the practice
of proceeding without service of citation in such cases. On
the contrary, we advise and approve of the issuance and
service of citations as being the most satisfactory proof that
due notice has been given to the pastor concerned. But
inasmuch as the service of the citation is not required, we
hold that the only effect of Presbytery's failure to issue and
serve it was to cast upon the Presbytery the burden of show-
ing by some other means that Dr. McElmoyle had due notice
of all proceedings affecting his rights and interests. This
burden the Presbytery has in this particular case satisfactorily
discharged. It is shown that Dr. McElmoyle was present
at Presbytery when the petition for investigation was pre-
sented, he was advised in advance by the Investigating Com-
mittee as to its manner of procedure, he appeared before it
as did all persons presented by him, he was at the meeting
of Presbytery on the day when the report of the Investigating
Committee was adopted and also on the day when the citation
to his congregation was directed to be issued and that citation
was sent to him and read by him to his congregation. It is,
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therefore, fully shown that he had actual knowledge and
notice of all the proceedings of Presbyterj^ He did not
appear at the meeting of Presbytery on the return day of
the citation, it is true, but it is not denied that he had actual
knowledge of the meeting and of the fact that the dissolution
of his pastoral relation with Elkton Church was to be con-
sidered, yet he made no request to be heard, no request for
an adjournment, no protest against Presbytery proceeding
in the matter. We cannot imagine any circumstances under
which Dr. jMcElmoyle could possibly have had fuller notice
or knowledge of the proceedings. We are of the opinion
that because such complete knowledge is shown, the failure
to issue and serve a citation does not warrant Synod's reversal
of Presbytery's action. The case of Rev. Henry Ward, D.D.,
vs. The Synod of Xew York (General Assembly Minutes 1908,
p. 201) upon which the Synod based its action is clearly dis-
tinguished by the fact that in that case it was alleged that the
pastoral relation was dissolved without the knowledge of either
the pastor or the congregation. No such allegation is made
either by the pleadings or by the counsel in this case. On
the contrar}', the undisputed facts show the fullest knowledge.
It is, therefore, the judgment of the Judicial Commission:
1. That the appeal and complaint of the Presbytery
of New Castle against the Synod of Baltimore be
and the same is hereby sustained.
2. That the action of the Presbj^'tery of New Castle
in dissohdng the pastoral relation between the
Rev. John McElmoyle, D.D., and the Elkton
Presbyterian Church be and the same is hereby
affirmed.
Arthur L. Jackson, Esq., Moderator of the Commission,
being a member of the Synod of Baltimore, was not present,
and took no part in the hearing and decision of this case.
Judicial Case No. 3. — Presbytery of New Castle vs. Synod of
Baltimore. Part B.
In the matter of the appeal and complaint of the Presbytery
of New Castle against the action of the Synod of Baltimore in
sustaining a complaint of the Rev. John AIcElmoyle and
others against the action of the Presbytery of New Castle in
refusing to enroll 2vlr. Malcolm R. Gilpin as the elder from the
Elkton Presbyterian Church and enrolling Mr. W. Sterling
Evans as the elder from said church, the Permanent Judicial
Commission beg leave to make the follo'U'ing report and
findings :
The Judicial Commission of the Sjmod of Baltimore held
that the election of elders in the Elkton Presbyterian Chm'ch
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on May 3, 1920, by the congregation was without authoriz-
ation of the Session or Presbytery, but inasmuch as it con-
formed to the provisions of the recently amended charter of
the Elkton Church the irregukxrities did not invalidate the
election, and that although it was irregular, it was not illegal.
The Judicial Commission of the Synod said that they deemed
it best, and earnestly advised that the elders so elected resign,
hut they did not direct such action on the part of the elders.
The Presbytery was ordered to call a meeting of the congre-
gation within tliirty days, after such resignation, for the
election of elders.
At the meeting of the Presbytery, held on October 6, 1919,
its Executive Commission, to which the affairs of the Elkton
congregation had been referred, filed a report recommending
that a congregational meeting be called for the purpose of
electing ciders, but the Presbytery adopted a resolution stay-
ing the proposed proceedings at the Elkton Church until the
Synod should meet. The pastor of the church, Rev. John
]\IcElmoyle, filed a complaint to the Synod against the action
of the Presbytery, which complaint was sustained. The
Sj'nod directed the Presbytery to consider, at its earliest con-
venience, the appointment of a daj'' for the holding of a
congregational meeting of the Elkton Church for the purpose
of electing elders.
No congregational meeting for the election of elders was
thereafter held either upon call of the Presbytery or of the
Session of the Church.
The Presbytery of New Castle held an adjourned meeting
on October 29, 1919, upon the adjournment of the Synod.
The pastor of the Elkton Church, Dr. McElmoyle, was
present. A resolution was adopted that the Elkton congre-
gation be cited to appear before the Presbytery on November
17, 1919, to show cause, if any, why the pastoral relation
existing between it and Dr. McElmoyle should not be dis-
solved.
On November 17, 1919, the Presbytery ordered that said
pastoral relation be dissolved. It further decided to put the
entire control of the Elkton Church in charge of a Presby-
terial Committee, to be appointed by the Moderator.
To the action of the Presbytery in dissolving the pastoral
relation a complaint to the Synod of Baltimore was filed by
persons claiming to constitute at least one-third of the mem-
bers attending the meeting of the Presbytery.
No committee to take charge of the Elkton congregation
was actually appointed in behalf of the Presbytery.
One of the elders of the Elkton Church had died and the
other three, being antagonistic to the pastor, refused to call
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a congregational meeting. It seems, however, that a meeting
purporting to be a congregational meeting was held upon call
of the trustees of the church. At this meeting an amendment
to the civil charter of the church was adopted providing for
limited terms of elders and deacons, they to be chosen at an
annual meeting of the congregation to be held on the first
Monday of May every year.
On May 3, 1920, a meeting was held, pursuant to the pro-
visions of this amendment to the charter. Action was taken
purporting to elect three elders, among them Mr. Malcolm
R. Gilpin, and also three deacons. Mr. Gilpin was ap-
pointed as delegate to the Presbytery. The Presbytery re-
fused to recognize the claim of Mr. Gilpin to a seat in Presby-
tery and appointed Mr. W. Sterling Evans, theretofore an
elder, to represent the Elkton congregation.
It is not claimed that the meeting held in May, 1920, was
held upon call of the Session or the Presbytery. It appears
from a statement of counsel at the hearing that at each of the
regular morning services of the congregation on the two
Sundays immediately preceding the meeting it was announced
by Dr. McElmoyle that the meeting would be held. It is
insisted that the election of elders and deacons at that meeting
was valid because the meeting was held under the authority
of the amended charter.
The laws of the State of Maryland do not provide for any
form of charter for a religious society that would undertake
to regulate the performance by the church, or any agency
thereof, of any functions, or the exercise of any powers, that
are purely ecclesiastical. They merely provide for the in-
corporation of churches, or trustees thereof, for the manage-
ment of the property interests of the churches according to the
known usages and customs of their respective denominations.
They expressly provide that any rules and ordinances of
church corporations shall not conflict with the discipline and
practice of the denomination. Interpreting these statutes,
the Court of Appeals of Maryland has said that the purpose
of such corporations was to enable the churches to attend
more readily and efficiently to their temporal affairs without
any power or authority to interfere with forms of worship,
articles of faith, or any other matter relating strictly to
spiritual concerns (Shaeffer vs. Klee, 100 Maryland Reports,
264).
The Permanent Judicial Commission is of the opinion that
the election of elders and deacons at the meeting held in May,
1920, was invalid, for the following reasons:
1. The amendment to the charter providing a mode of
election of elders and deacons was void as not being authorized
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by the laws of IMarykiiid, and furtherinorc, if the State of
]\Iaiyland or any other State should undertake to regulate
the election of elders or deacons, whose ])Owers or functions
are purely ecclesiastical, such regulations would be void as
violative of the constitutional guarantees of religious liberty
and separation between Church and State. It is also violative
of the laws of the Presbyterian Church and repugnant to its
historic claim to immunity from civil interference with ecclesi-
astical affairs for any congregation to undertake to subject
itself to such civil regulation. It is apparent that a majority
of the members of the Elkton congregation felt that amid
the apathj^ of the elders and the delay b}^ the Presbytery,
some steps must be taken to bring about a resumption of
normal congregational government, but such steps must never
be taken except by virtue of authority that is solely ecclesi-
astical.
2. The lawful method of calling and holding a congrega-
tional meeting for the election of elders and deacons is by
authority given to the Session or the Presbytery, or by the
Session upon petition of the majority of the qualified voters
in the congregation, in accordance with the provisions of the
Form of Government; and no meeting of the congregation
can be lawfull}^ called for such purpose by the pastor on his
own motion alone.
3. At the time of the meeting held on May 3, 1920, the
Elkton Church was legally in charge of the Presbytery of
New Castle, and the power of the congregation to elect elders
or deacons was suspended. In so holding, the Commission
does not approve of the delay of the Presbytery in effecting
the proper performance of duty by the lawful elders or in
bringing about the election of elders who would perform the
duties of elders.
The Permanent Judicial Commission is also of the opinion
that it was within the power of the Presbytery of New Castle
to appoint Mr. W. Sterling Evans as delegate to sit in the
Presbytery; but this opinion is based upon the fact that at
the time of such appointment the Elkton Church was in
charge of the Presbytery and upon the principle that such
power of appointment is implied from, or necessarily incident
to, the power of the Presbytery to take charge of a church.
We do not express any opinion upon the power of a Presbytery
to appoint a ruling elder to represent a congregation when
such congregation has not been taken in charge by the Pres-
bytery.
It is, therefore, the judgment of the Permanent Judicial
Commission that the attempted election of elders and deacons
of the Elkton Church on May 3, 1920, was invalid and that
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the Presbytery did not err in denying to Mr. Gilpin the right
to sit in the Presbytery and in seating instead of him Mr.
Evans; that the appeal and complaint of the Presbytery of
New Castle be, and they are hereby sustained; and that the
Presbytery of New Castle be directed within thirty days from
the receipt of notice of this decision to call a meeting of the
members of the Elkton Church for the purpose of taking all
measures necessary to bring about the peace and harmony
of the church.
The Moderator of the Commission, Mr. Arthur L. Jackson,
being a member of the Synod of Baltimore, took no part in
the hearing and decision of this case.
The judicial business having been completed the General
Assembly rose as a court and proceeded to other business.
The Standing Committee on Publication and Sabbath
School Work presented its report through its Chairman,
Rev. Clinton W. Lowrie, D.D., which was received, and
pending action on the recommendations the Assembly was
addressed by the General Secretary of the Board of Publica-
tion and Sabbath School Work, Rev. Harold McA. Robin-
son, D.D., and Rev. Abraham L. Lathem, D.D.
The report and recommendations were adopted as a
whole as follows:
The Committee on Publication and Sabbath School Work
takes pleasure in presenting the following report for the
consideration of the General Assembly.
We acknowledge with gratitude the favor of God upon all
the activities of our Board in promoting the work of Chris-
tian instruction and training of the children and youth. It
has been a trying year in which to carry out a great plan,
both because of financial adjustments and also because of the
world's unrest. But it has been a great year in the realm of
Christian instruction and training in the home, the home
church, and the home community. The whole Church has
felt the touch of it.
The Committee has studied the Minutes with care, both
those of the Board and those of its foiu" Administrative Com-
mittees. They were found in due order and were unanimously
approved. We have also examined the Annual Report and
take occasion to congratulate the educational staff of the Board
on its vigor in facing a great task, and upon its record of
achievement.
■ Your Committee wishes to go on record in commending
the Board upon its devotion in working out, in accordance
with the instructions of the General Assembly a comprehensive
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system of religious education and training for the children and
youth. We wish to call especial attention to the statesman
like plans, which are now in operation including Vacation
Bible Schools and Week-Day Religious Instruction. It is our
conviction that the slogan of the Board, which is Christian
Education seven days in the week, in the home, in the indi-
vidual church and in the community, and which is now being
translated into action, is destined to lift the religious life of
this age to liigher levels.
The Committee notes with pleasure the personnel of the
Board, the able General Secretary, and his strong adminis-
trative associates, and we conunend them for their wise
aggressiveness dm-ing the past year, and for the spirit of co-
operation and good will which prevails among them, which is
essential to successful administration. The Committee fur-
ther commends the Board for its broad vision, and for its con-
structive temper as set forth in its declared purpose, and in
its program of service.
We suggest that the^Assembly^approve these constructive
plans as reflected in the report of the Board, which have
for their end the winning of chi'di'en and youth to the faith
of our Lord; that the forces of organized evil, which are
becoming more and more aggressive, may be counteracted,
and that this tide of young life may be released to all its divine
possibility.
The following recommendations are submitted for adop-
tion:
1. That the Minutes of the Board and its four adminis-
trative Committees be approved.
2. That the Eighty-third Annual Report of the Board be
approved.
3. That the General Assembly confirm the election of the
following elder as a member of the Board, to fill a vacancy
in the Class of 1922:
John C. AIcKinney in the place of William H. Scott, de-
ceased.
And the following Ministers and Elders to serve for three
years, beginning June, 1921 :
W. Courtland Robinson, D.D., Thomas W. Synnott,
George H. Hemingway, D.D., George Hale, M.D.,
Raymond H. Gage, D.D., Thomas R. Patton,
Dayton A. Dobbs, D.D., George R. Russell,
William P. Armstrong, D.D. J. Bird Moyer, Ph.D.
4. The following action is recommended, with reference to
the overtures referred to this Committee:
(a) Overtures No. 800 and No. 801, ''The Use of the Au-
144 MINUTES. [May 25,
thorized Version in Printing Sunday-school Helps." No
action is recommended, because the Board has announced
its intention to use both versions after January 1, 1922.
(&) Overture No. 797, "Young People's Organizations as a
Part of Pubhcation and Sabbath School Work." No action
is recommended because no action is deemed desirable at the
present time.
(c) Overtures No. 798 and No. 799, 'Tour Recommendations
Suggested by the Board to the Presbyteries." These over-
tures have to do with a proposal looking toward full co-
operation between the field forces of the Board of Home Mis-
sions and the Board of Publication and Sabbath School
Work, by making the Chairmen of Synodical and Presby-
terial Committees on Home Missions ex-officio members of
the respective Committees on the Board of Publication and
Sabbath School Work, and vice versa. No action is recom-
mended since this plan is not mandatory, but only suggested
for the consideration of each Synod and Presbytery. In
this connection the Committee notes with satisfaction the
fine spirit of cooperation between the Board of Home Mis-
sions, and the Board of Publication and Sabbath School
Work in field work, as evidenced by the following resolution,
adopted by the Executive Council of the Board of Home
Missions, growing out of a Conference of the Field Represen-
tatives of the Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work,
at which a representative of the Board of Home Missions was
present :
"Whereas, The Board of Publication and Sabbath School
Work has formulated a policy of religious education covering
the home, the individual church, and the community, and
embodying certain standards in connection therewith, by
which religious education in the home is understood to imply
not merely the erection of the family altar, but the main-
tenance of religious instruction by parents, and the inculca-
tion of a Christian atmosphere ; religious instruction in the
Church to involve the promotion of week-day instruction in
religion, as well as efficiency of operation in the work of the
Sunday School, and religious education in the community
to involve the policy of establishing Sunday Schools in
neglected and spiritually destitute localities, and the utiliza-
tion of such means as Daily Vacation Bible Schools, and
other forms of community service directed toward meeting
the religious needs of the community, and
"Whereas, The Board of Publication has intimated a
desire to have the moral backing and cooperation of the
Home Mission Board in promoting this program, therefore,
be it
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''Resolved, That the Board of Home Missions through its
Executive Council hereby expresses its hearty approval of,
and sympathy with the standards of religious education set
up and promoted by the Board of Publication and Sabbath
School Work and commends these standards to the churches
receiving home mission aid."
5. With reference to the report of the Committee on
Digest, referred to this Committee by the General Assembly,
it is recommended that an Advisory Committee be ap-
pointed, consisting of Rev. John V. Stephens, D.D., Chair-
man, the Rev. Edward L. Warren, D.D., Rev. Harold McA.
Robinson, D.D., Secretary of the Board of Publication and
Sabbath School Work, and the Stated Clerk, ex-oficio: and
that the selection of an editor for the Digest be left to this
Committee, in conference with the Editorial Committee
of the Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, with
power.
G. We recommend that churches make their offerings for
the Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work according
to the percentage adopted by this General Assembly — that is
to say, 5.22 per cent. — which per cent, displaces percentages
previously announced, in order that the Board may not be
disappointed in its expectations or embarrassed in its work.
7. That the Board be directed to secure a Director of Boys'
Work on its Educational Staff as soon as possible, and other-
wise to complete the personnel of the Educational Staff along
the lines already approved by the General Assembly.
8. That the policy of the Board in seeking a better correla-
tion of instruction and expression in its comprehensive pro-
gram of Christian instruction and training be approved, and
that it be directed to proceed therewith.
9. That the plans of the Board for a new short course
Teacher-Training text-book of certificate value, speciahzing
on Biblical material be approved.
10. That the plans of the Board for ministers' libraries be
approved, and that the Board be instructed to proceed there-
with when the funds are available.
11. That the policy of the Board in providing Field Repre-
sentatives for Religious Education for the Synods which
desire it, when the men and funds are available, be approved :
and that a similar policy be recommended in the case of such
Presbyteries as may, in the judgment of the Presbyteries and
the Board be advisable.
12. We recommend that the Sunday Schools of our
Churches make special observance of Children's Day and
Rally Day, and that each school be urged and encouraged to
share in the support of specific fields according to the plan
146 MINUTES. [May 25,
of the Board, sending their contributions to the Treasurer of
the Board,
13. We cordially approve of the effort the Board is making
to increase the remuneration made to the heroic and self-
sacrificing missionaries in the fields, and we would urge a
continuance of this policy as funds may permit.
14. We recommend that the General Assembly request that
in the Presbyterian Year Book of Prayer for Missions, all
the field workers of the Board of Publication and Sabbath
School Work be included.
15. We recommend that the Assembly express its gratifica-
tion at the fine showing of the business, which has been
accomplished with the slightest raise in prices, of the lesson
periodicals commensurate with good business judgment
merely to cover the advance in the cost of manufacture.
The volume of business has been greatly increased, and the
net profit has been held down to practically the same as last
year.
16. We recommend that the General Assembly commend
the general policy of the Board in the distribution of its sup-
plies at headquarters and through the depositories. Pressure
has been brought to bear upon the Board to open deposi-
tories at other points, but in view of the present financial
situation, the Committee is of the opinion that the Board
must continue to pursue a conservative policy in this regard.
Special attention is called to the success of the new deposi-
tory established at Atlanta, Georgia, for the Board's colored
constituency: and in particular to the fine work of Rev.
Albert B. McCoy, D.D., District Superintendent of Missions
in the Synods of Atlantic and East Tennessee, as well as
Manager of this Depository.
17. That this General Assembly reiterate its approval of
the series of hymnals and lesson periodicals, published by
the Board, and recommends them to the use of all Presby-
terian Churches and Sunday Schools.
Respectfully submitted,
C. W. LowRiE, Chairman.
The Standing Committee on Narrative of Christian Life
and Work, reported through its Chairman, Rev. Edwin H.
Dickinson, D.D., on the subject of Vacancy and Supply.
The Committee submitted at the same time the annual
report of the Permanent Committee on Vacancy and Supply,
printed in the Appendix. Pending action, the Assembly was
addressed by the Rev. George N. Luccock, D.D., Rev. Walter
H. Houston, D.D., Rev. Charles A. Austin, Rev. A. C. Preston
and Rev. J. C. Miller. The resolutions were amended and
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adopted. Subsequently, Resolution 6 was reconsidered,
amended and adopted. All the resolutions as amended and
adopted are as follows:
1. The General Assembly declares its conviction that
present conditions specially call for a revival and re-estab-
lishment of definite presbyterial supervision of all pastorless
churches, and commends the persistent efforts of its Per-
manent Committee on Vacancy and Supply to bring about
this condition throughout the Church by securing the effective
operation in each Presbytery of the Vacancy and Supply Plan
as prepared by the Committee and repeatedly approved by
past General Assemblies.
2. Confronting a serious shortage in the number of can-
didates for the Gospel Ministry and realizing that recruits
must come from the homes of our various congregations, the
General Assembly would emphasize the responsibility that
rests upon each pastor to present the facts to his people, and
calls upon ministers and people alike to earnestly "Pray the
Lord of the Harvest that He will send forth laborers into His
Harvest."
3. Recognizing the seriousness of the economic conditions
which in recent years have severely tested the faith and en-
durance of many of our pastors and their families, the General
Assembly admonishes the officers and members of our various
congregations to see that the amount of support furnished in
each case is such as to enable the pastor to proceed with his
work, free from harassing care, and to this end the Assembly
records its conviction that where the full time service of a
pastor is enjoyed, the annual support should not fall below
the equal of $1500 and manse for a married man, and $1500
for a single man.
4. The General Assembly is gratified by the increasing
number of congregations providing places of residence for
their pastors, and expresses the hope that this good work will
continue until a comfortable parsonage shall become a part
of the permanent equipment of every church or group of
churches united in the support of a pastor.
5. We recommend for election to membership of the Com-
mittee for the class of 1921-1924 the following ministers: Rev.
John E. Bushnell, Rev. George N. Luccock, Elders, Henry P.
Crowell and James ]]M. Goodrich.
6. In view of the lack of ministers in some of the rural
districts, and in view of the great need of the churches in these
districts, Presbyterial Committees on Vacancy and Supply are
urged when necessary or advisable, to use capable laymen to
conduct services in the pastorless churches, thus keeping up
148 MINUTES. [May 25,
the interest and enthusiasm of the congregation until a regular
pastor or supply is secured."
Respectfully submitted,
Edwin H. Dickinson, Chairmari.
The Standing Committee on Narrative of Christian Life
and Work, through its Chairman, Rev. Edwin H. Dickinson,
D.D., presented also its report on Narrative, which was
received and adopted with its recommendations as a whole,
as follows:
The outstanding fact clearly apparent to all the members
of your Committee is this : That the present form of Narrative
Blanks can never stimulate answers upon the work of our
great Church from churches, presbyteries, or synods, that
shall make possible highly intelligent deductions upon the
life and work of the church.
The character of that life and the t3^pe of work done by us
in establishing the reign of our Lord here are our highest
concern as a court of Jesus Christ. The reports coming up
from the field should set forth with vivid distinctness the
character of the work done in every church and Presbytery
with reference to the great opportunities of Evangelism, social
service and spiritual guidance in redeeming lives and building
character which now as never before are calling to the Church.
No Committee can read into or deduce from these reports
definite information upon either spiritual life or service.
Something must be done, and soon, to devise some form of
questionnaire that shall be brief, yet suggestive of answers
that shall set forth the real state of the life of the Church, the
ideals that are guiding clergy and laity, and the results
achieved in evangelistic and social efTort.
The statistical returns upon the great work to which we
are commissioned may well be relegated to a comprehensive
table appended to the report of the individual church, and
the questionnaire be so prepared that as a sensitized plate it
may photograph the work done by each church in its task
for the Kingdom. This is the first conclusion resulting from
a study of the Narrative returns.
The second is this, that where Evangelism is emphasized,
there, according to these reports, the major accessions upon
confession of faith are recorded. No Commissioner attending
the Pre- Assembly Conference conducted by our Evangelistic
Committee, could fail to rejoice in the evidence that our be-
loved Church is responding more widely than ever to the call
of a lost world as indicated by the fact that accessions to our
churches last year upon pledged loyalty to Jesus Christ were
the largest in our history.
A.D. 1921.] CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK. 149
All of 118 who felt the spiritual quickening of that Con-
ference must have prayed that the full force of our Church
be marshalled back of the Committee in the great task of
bringing all our churches, large and small, urban and se-
questered, into a church-wide campaign this coming year of
personal work for the one by one winning of men to life with
Jesus.
The crying need of arousing our entire membership to this
supreme and happiest of the tasks of the church is seen in
the startling fact, which the returns of even our banner year
uncover — that the average of results in soul winning is this — •
the conversions are but one to twelve of our membership.
It is sadly startling that it required twelve of us, Christians,
to win one convert in a whole year.
Wlien our church shall awake to the fact that it is the great
business of the church and of every member in it to win
souls, and when our spiritual life shall be measured by that
divine purpose every^vhere, then shall the Te Deum Laudamus
be heard round the world and the hearts of men shall thrill
to the glory of it.
The Narratives ver}^ clearly make known that attendance
at the evening services and mid-week prayer meetings is
lamentably small throughout the church and that wholly in-
sufficient methods are being used to reverse the fact. Your
Committee is unanimously of the opinion that the time is
opportune to suggest to the Committee on Evangelism that
special methods be devised by it, and suggested to the churches
with a view to helping pastors and sessions make these ser-
vices respond to the great spiritual needs of the hour.
Another fact confronts us in the Narrative returns, i. e., that
wholly inadequate methods are still being used in the greater
part of our church for the religious education of our j'-outh;
that little or no attention is yet being given to week-day
religious instruction of our boys and girls, that we are far
from the wisdom and practice of other great churches in this
matter, and that in very many of our churches the duty and
value of instructing our young candidates for membership in
communion classes is not at all appreciated.
Your Committee has also been impelled, from a study of
this year's returns from the church, to the conclusion that
the church as a whole is not meeting the spiritual needs nor
directing the activities of our young people in hues of practical
service as it ought to do. In all the range of our present
questionnaire no returns are more disappointing than those
upon Community service. Very few of our churches have
reported serious consideration of our efforts to meet the great
social needs of our neighborhoods, by new or up-to-date
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methods, and we believe that here is presented an oppor-
tunity of interesting our youth in practical Christianity which
we may profitably study and exploit.
In connection with the statistics upon the spiritual life of
our young people it is very significant that a study of the
returns from twenty-five presbyteries, scattered through-
out our land, the increase in candidates for the ministry as
we pass from the East to the West is as follows :
In the East 13
In the Central West 23
In the Far West 67
It is still further suggested in a study of the returns from
these same twenty-five presbyteries that the percentage of
conversions to membership steadily rises from East to West.
In the Narrative questions the church has endeavored to
obtain from our wide domain an intelligent judgment upon
the effect of the late war upon social and religious life. Judg-
ing from the almost unanimous opinion voiced in the replies,
it is the judgment of the church, that the effect of that war
upon life has been bad. We may well believe, however, that
it is altogether too soon to expect intelligent judgment upon
so complicated and vast a question.
One fact stands clear and illumining in the reports of the
churches, viz., that the New Era Movement has greatly
quickened the spiritual life of the church ; that it has deepened
and broadened its intelhgence upon its world task; that it
has shown the whole church its road to joy in the Christian
life in sacrificial giving and personal service for the redemption
of the world.
Your Committee recommends the reference of the whole
question of Narrative Blanks to the Committee on Christian
life and Work. We also recommend favorable action by
this Assembly upon the resolutions of that Committee already
read to the Assembly, and found in its report as printed in
the Appendix, with the exception of Resolution 6, upon which
we recommend no action be taken, and with the further ex-
ception of Resolution 13, now irrelevant through previous
action of the Assembly.
The minutes of that Committee have been submitted to
the Committee on Narrative and are approved.
Your Committee recommends to the Assembly for favor-
able action the report of the Committee on Vacancy and
Supply and that its resolutions be adopted. See printed
report of the Committee.
In closing our report to this Assembly upon the spiritual
life of the church we venture to express a desire, which we be-
lieve to be widely felt throughout this body, that some method
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be devised in future Assemblies whereby it may be possible,
for ministers and elders coming to the annual meeting, to
receive the enlightenment upon the great task of the church,
and the soul quickening they so much need, from the noble
band of missionaries, both Home and Foreign, who are an-
nually present at the meetings of the Assembly and whose
voices we so seldom hear.
We are humbly grateful to our Heavenly Father for His
abundant blessing upon the work of our church and for the
increasing efficiency of its efforts in bringing the claims of
Christ to the hearts of men.
The messages from the wide fields of service have brought
glad tidings of large accessions upon confession of faith in our
Divine Redeemer. No other message could so thrill the
heart of the church and this blessed fact, which none will
question, is our finest assurance that the church is true to
that which is most vital in our faith.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN H. DICKINSON,
Chairman.
Subsequently, the following resolution concerning an im-
proved Narrative Blank was offered by the Standing Com-
mittee on Narrative, thi'ough its Chairman, Dr. Dickinson,
and was adopted.
"That the Special Committee on Christian Life and Work
be hereby authorized to continue its labors for another year
in behalf of an improved Narrative Blank, and when com-
pleted, to circulate it among the churches as a tentative plan
for one year and report upon its acceptance to the next Assem-
bly, with the proviso that the new blank shall first be sub-
mitted to the Executive Commission for its approval before
being circulated."
Subsequently the Moderator appointed as the Class of
1921-1924 of the Special Committee on Christian Life and
Work, Rev. William Pierson Merrill, D.D., New York, N. Y.,
Rev. George Edward Hawes, D.D., Harrisburg, Pa., Elder
William Jennings Bryan, Miaixd, Florida, and in accordance
with the General Rule for Judicatories, Rule VII, appointed
the Vice-Moderator, Nathan G. Moore, to serve in his stead
as Chairman of this Special Committee.
The Standing Committee on Home Missions, through its
Chairman, Rev. John B. Laird, D.D., continued its report.
The remaining resolutions were adopted, and the report and
its recommendations were adopted as a whole, as follows :
The Standing Committee on Home Missions respectfully
submits the following Report :
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The Church should be profoundly grateful to Almighty God
for the way in which His Spirit has blessed the work of Home
Missions in the year now past. In particular we rejoice in
the evangelistic achievements of the year. Evangelism we
believe to be the life and breath of Home Missions. Additions
on confession of faith in Home Mission churches were 11.5%
of their previous membership, a percentage not exceeded since
1909 and equalled only 4 times in 25 years and considerably
higher than the record of the Church at large, which is a truly
remarkable and gratifying record, attesting not only the
vitality and efficiency of the churches but their renewed spir-
itual power after the depression of the years of war.
We have examined the Minutes of the Board of Home
Missions for the year 1920-1921 and recommend their ap-
proval by this Assembly. We have also examined the Board's
Annual Report which reveals the increasing magnitude and
complexity of the Home Mission task and sets forth in detail
the specific problems met, the methods followed and the
achievements of the year. We commend the Board for the
broad program which has been developed and the energy with
which it has been prosecuted and we congratulate both it
and the Church upon the devotion, spirit and effectiveness
with which the large body of missionaries have cooperated
to advance the work of making America Christian.
We note that the expenditures of the Board exceeded those
of any previous year in its history, this being occasioned in
part by the great increase in the work of self-supporting
agencies which use the Board's treasury and in part by the
continued effort of the Board to increase the salaries of its
missionaries to a point more adequate for their support and
more compatible with the dignity of their calling. As a
result, although the receipts from living givers and the total
amount from all sources applicable to the current work in-
creased respectively 16.7% and 26.6% over the previous year
and represented new high points in the Board's history, the
Board closed the year with a deficit for the first time since
1918. In consequence the Board is seriously curtaifing its
work for the year 1921-1922, though without any reduction
in missionaries' salaries. We believe the judgment of the
Church will commend the Board in its policy of adequate
support for its missionaries even if this prevents any present
enlargement of work and postpones the liquidation of the
Board's accumulated debt.
We approve the Board's purpose and desire to build up a
sufficient permanent fund to stabilize its financing and provide
an adequate credit basis. But, we beheve that in postponing
the furtherance of this purpose and applying to its current
A.D. 1921.] HOME MISSIONS. 153
work available legacies received during the past two years it
has done wisely, recognizing that the past year has con-
stituted as great an emergency as the Board is apt soon to
confront.
In view of the that fact now for the first time more than
one-half of our population resides in our cities, calling for a
more vigorous and comprehensive effort in this field of work,
we note with approval the program of organized city church
extension developed by the Board and cooperating agencies
and urge upon the Church such loyal support as will suffice
for the meeting of the critical situation thus presented. We
also rejoice in the progress being made in the interpretation
of the Gospel in terms not alone of individual salvation but
also of sound Americanization and of many-sided service to
the manifest needs of exceptional populations and of im-
poverished or retarded communities. The large spiritual
results attained show how perfectly service and evangelism
supplement each other in this work of the Church.
We have deep satisfaction in the progress made toward
the elimination of competition in Home Missions and the
furtherance of practical cooperation and Christian fellowship
among Evangelical denominations as evidenced particularly
in Utah, Porto Rico, Cuba, Santo Domingo and the Southern
Mountains.
We believe that the continuing welfare of the Church and
the Nation require that the Board of Home Missions shall
have from the Church its continued and increased support,
both spiritual and financial.
We rejoice that at last a modern hospital fully equipped
has been given to the Board by the Commonwealth Fund of
New York City for the use of its mission among the Esquimos
at Point Barrow, Alaska — the most northern point in the
American Continent and the most isolated and remote mission
station in the world and we hereby express to the Common-
wealth Fund the thanks of the Church.
In regard to the deficit mentioned above, the Assembly
will be glad to know that since the close of the year, under
the stimulus of a conditional gift of $10,000 by a member
of the Board, 850,000 additional has been secured; and this
S60,000 together with amounts due from agencies clearing
through the Board's treasury covers the amount of the deficit
so that the previous debt of the Board is not increased.
Your Committee is gratified at the progress made in the
direction of Jewish evangelization and in the selection of a
Superintendent, the Rev. J. S. Conning, D.D., who will give
his entire time to the leadership of this work.
The Committee received from the Home Mission Council
154 MINUTES. [May 25,
a copy of its findings, the recommendations and suggestions
of which were carefully considered. The matters requiring
special emphasis are included in the recommendations which
will follow.
Overture No. 288 from the Presbytery of Denver, requesting
reorganization of the Board of Home Missions so that the
membership of the Board may be representative of the entire
church is referred to the Assembly's Committee on Re-
organization and Consolidation of the Boards and Agencies
together with that part of Overtures No. 281~No. 28J^, No. 286,
No. 287, No. 289-No. 330 on the same subject.
The matter of the discontinuance of the Home Mission
Council which is included in the above Overtures has been
acted on and recommendations will follow.
That Overture No. 350, being a communication from the
Home Mission Board requesting the General Assembly to
increase the number of Board members by 2, one in the Class
of 1922 and one in the Class of 1924, be answered in the
affirmative.
With reference to that part of Overtures No. 281 -No. 28 Jf.,
No. 286, No. 287, No. 289, No. 330, No. 351-No. 376, No.
14-56-60, No. 1461, No. 1462, referring to the discontinuance
of the Home Mission Council we submit the following recom-
mendations:
1. It appears that the Council has fulfilled the mission for
which it was created by the Assembly of 1913. This Council
with marked success has performed a large service not only
for the Board of Home Missions but for the whole Home
Missions cause of the Church. In making our recommenda-
tion for its discontinuance, we desire in this way to express
both the gratitude of the Board and the Assembly for the
vital service it has rendered. We recommend that the part
of the Overtures asking for the Home Mission Council's dis-
continuance be answered in the affirmative. (This recom-
mendation was referred to the Committee on Reorganization
and Consolidation of Assembly agencies.)
2. That the Home Mission Board be instructed to continue
its annual conference with the representatives of self-support-
ing Home Mission agencies and to include in these conferences
the Chairmen of the Home Mission Committees of the aid-
receiving Synods.
3. That if practicable the conference be held in September
of each year or at some other time prior to the submission
of the budget to the Executive Commission to aid in preparing
the budget and in order that they may be followed by meetings
of the various Synodical Committees in connection with the
annual meetings of their respective Synods for the purpose
A.D. 1921.] HOME MISSIONS. 155
of adapting the policies and programs agreed on as to the needs
of the field.
The following recommendations with reference to the work
of the Board are submitted :
1. That the Home Mission Board be instructed by the
General Assembly to prosecute with greater aggressiveness
its distinctive w^ork of sustaining weak churches especially in
the towns and rural districts, and to devote a larger pro-
portion of its annual budget to the development of this which
is its primary function.
2. That in order to coordinate it more closely with the
other forms of Home Mission work the administration of the
Indian work shall as rapidly as practicable be transferred to
the Synods and Presbyteries within whose bounds such work
may be carried on.
3. That in order to recruit workers for home mission fields
the Board be instructed to present the needs and oppor-
tunities of such fields to the students in high schools, colleges
and seminaries so far as may be practicable.
4. That owing to the limited number of field workers and
the increasing demands of the distinctive work to which they
have been appointed, no other agency be authorized to utilize
the time and energy of such workers for other forms of pro-
motional work, except by consent of their respective Presby-
terial and Synodical Committees on Home Missions.
5. (With reference to the recommendations concerning the
relation of the Board of Home Missions and the Board of
Church Erection.) Recognizing the necessity of the closest
cooperation between the Board of Home Missions and the
Board of Church Erection, we recommend :
a. That the two Boards arrange for the holding of one
joint meeting each year, at which time all matters pertaining
to the annual budget for the Board of Church Erection so
far as it has to do with Home Mission building needs, shall
be discussed. The share of the Board of Home Missions in
the Church Erection budget shall be definitely agreed upon
at this meeting.
b. The Board of Home Missions is instructed to appoint
a special committee on buildings and equipment, which shall
act jointly with the Committee on appropriations of the
Church Erection Board upon all applications from fields
under the care of the Home Mission Board and which are
chargeable to the Home Board's share in the Church Erection
Board's budget.
c. If the rules governing appropriation of funds by the
Church Erection Board prevent the carrying into effect of the
provisions of this plan, the Assembly instructs the Church
156 MINUTES. [May 25,
Erection Board to take such steps as may be necessary to
enable the Board to function in this cooperative manner at
the earhest possible date.
d. That the Home Mission Board in cooperation with the
Church Erection Board take steps to inform the Church by
means of literature and stereopticon slides with reference to
the needs of home mission fields for adequate buildings and
equipment.
6. That the matter of inviting representatives of the Wo-
men's Boards to the Budget making conference of Home
Mission Agencies, be referred to the Home Mission Board for
consideration with a favorable recommendation if in the
interests of efficiency and cooperation such representation
should be found necessary or advisable.
We recommend that in accordance with custom Sundays
nearest Thanksgiving Day and Washington's Birthday be
set apart by our Sunday Schools as Home Mission Days, with
appropriate exercises, and offerings to be sent to the Treasurer
of the Home Mission Board.
We recommend that the Board be instructed and em-
powered to secure adequate and regular reports from all
Home Mission fields aided through its Treasury in order
that results of work may be known and its efficiency increased,
and that Synods and Presbyteries not using the Board's
Treasury be urged to join with the Board in this matter
so that uniform and reliable statistics may be secured covering
the whole field.
We recommend that, as the budgets of the Board and of
the self-supporting Agencies are included in the joint budget
under one percentage, the Assembly approve the findings of
the Home Mission Council that in every self-supporting
Home Mission Agency the amount of the Home Mission
percentage upon which such Agency shall exercise a prior
lien for the support of work within its bounds shall be a matter
of mutual agreement between the Board and the Agency
concerned, subject always to the deliverances of the Assembly
touching this matter.
We recommend that the following persons be elected to
serve in the Class whose terms expire in 1924:
Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, D.D. Elder W. M. Cosby
Rev. Lyman W. Allen, D.D. Elder Robert D. Samuels
Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin, D.D. Elder Ledyard Cogswell,
Rev, W. Francis Irwin, D. D. Jr.
Rev. George E. Davies, D.D. Elder George Nicholson
Rev. D wight Witherspoon Elder J. W. Clarke
Wylie, D. D.
and. Rev. Carl Elmore, in the Class of 1922.
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In view of the consolidation of the Home Mission work of
the former Welsh Calvinistic Alethodist Church with the
work of the Home Board as a result of the union of the two
Churches effected a year ago, we recommend, in order to give
the Welsh Board representation on the Home Board, that the
Rev. John Davies, D.D., of Utica, N. Y., be designated
member-elect to fill the first vacancy occurring among the
clerical members of the Board.
Your Committee has examined the Minutes of the Woman's
Board of Home Missions for the year 1920-1921 and its forty-
second Annual Report. We recommend that the General
Assembly approve the same and record its congratulations
on the achievements of the year and express appreciation of
the faithfulness and eflficiency of the Board.
We note with gratitude that the schools have reached 1500
more children and through the hospitals 15,000 more persons
during the year than in any other previous year.
That, in women's and young people's organizations there
has been a gain of 54,000 members during the year. The
finances show an increase of $140,000 from living givers. The
stress of the year, with its heavier financial demands, we
regret, has resulted in closing the year with a cash deficit of
$77,000 and an additional deficit of $88,000 on appropriations,
making the total deficit $165,000. We recommend that the
following whose terms expire in 1921 be elected for a term of
three years:
]\Irs. E. H. Bancker Mrs. H. C. Louderbough
Airs. Thomas C. Chambers Mrs. J. E. JMcAfee
Mrs. E. B. Cobb Mrs. A. C. McMillan
Mrs. A. W. Corning Mrs. E. C. Miles
Miss Juha Eraser Mrs. J. K. IMitchell
Mrs. E. K. Hopper Miss Ehnor K. Purves
Miss Annie Hyatt Mrs. D. E. Waid
Also, the following in the Class of 1922:
Mrs. Charles Bryan
Mrs. Kenneth Miller
Mrs. Frederick Stockwell
We recommend that the following members be elected on
Missions and Church Erection of the Cumberland Board:
Terms expiring in 1922.
Mr. John C. Cobb
Mr. Isaac H. Orr
Mr. W. J. Edwards
158 MINUTES. [May 25,
Terms Expiring in 1923.
Rev. Edward B. Surface, D.D.
Mr. Thomas H. Cobbs
Terms Expiring in 1924-
Rev. Chas. E. Hayes, D.D.
Rev. E. E. Morris, D.D.
Pending the adoption of these recommendations, we request
that the Assembly hear the Rev. W. R. Kng, Secretary of
the Board of Home Missions, and Mrs. D. E. Waid of the
Woman's Board.
JOHN B. LAIRD,
Chairman.
The following resolution submitted by Hon. William Jen-
nings Bryan, was adopted:
That the 133rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church of the U. S. A. viewing with grave concern the rivalry
in armaments, threatening as it does the financial stability
of the world as well as international friendships, appeals
with earnestness and confidence to President Harding to
call a conference of the nations for the purpose of securing
progressive disarmament and the establishment of universal
and perpetual peace.
The following resolutions submitted by Ptev. Joseph B.
Turner regarding the Presbyterian Historical Society, were
adopted :
Believing it to be a high duty of the Church to collect and
preserve for posterity the records of God's dealings with it,
the memorials of its growth, its trials and its triumphs, the
life story of its ministers and honored leaders, and whatever
else may become sources of histories and biographies yet to
be written; and believing also that the history of the church
of Christ in all ages deserves special attention at the hands
of His people; and that if we labor to collect and preserve
the materials of such history we may with confidence look
for the approval and blessing of God, and the encouragement
and cooperation of His people; he it resolved
1st. That the Assembly is gratified to Imow that the great
collections of the Presbyterian Historical Society, consisting
of 20,000 volumes, more than 90,000 pamphlets, thousands of
manuscripts, portraits and autographs, is in existence, and
available to all who desire the information it may afford.
2nd. That the Assembly commends the work of this
Society, which is the only one in the land devoted exclusively
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to the collection and preservation of the records of what the
Presbyterian and Reformed Churches have done, and are
doing for the nation and the world.
3rd. That we urge the ministers, elders and members of
our churches leave nothing undone which may increase the
efficiency of the Society; that they help this Society, which
is theirs, in adding to its collections whatever may serve to
enlarge the knowledge of future generations concerning the
men, the methods, and achievements of the Church past
and present; that they transmit to the Society all local
church publications, all printed matter. Minutes of Synods
and Presbyteries, and in particular the letters, autographs,
manuscripts, and memorials of deceased ministers; and the
Assembly renews its direction that the records of all defunct
churches and church courts be deposited with the Society
for preservation.
4th. That the Assembly renews the action of the Assembly
of 1920, in recommending to the sessions of our churches to
make their pastors members of this Society, providing for
the annual dues, upon which the Society is almost wholly
dependent for the continuance of its work, out of the budget
of the Church and out of their sessional funds.
The following resolution submitted by Elder Conrad Gillen
was adopted:
That the IVIoderator and Stated Clerk be directed to
communicate to the President, Vice President and Secretary
of State of the United States, that we pledge our solemn and
prayerful support and sympathy in any and all patriotic
endeavors to hold up the high ideals of true Americanism at
home and abroad, which tend and contribute to the estab-
lishment of peace, security and righteousness among all men
everywhere.
The Moderator appointed Dr. Robert E. Speer to conduct
the devotional service to-morrow noon to follow the report of
the Standing Committee on Foreign Missions.
The Assembly then adjourned until 9.00 A. M. Thursday,
and was closed with prayer by Rev. George N. Luccock, D.D.
A popular meeting in the interests of Foreign Missions was
held in the auditorium at 7.30 P. M. Wednesday, presided
over by Rev. Hugh K. Walker, D.D. Secretary Robert E.
Speer, LL.D., introduced the speakers of the evening, as
follows: Rev. Albert I. Good, of Africa; Mrs. Charles K.
Roys, General Secretary of the Woman's Board of Foreign
Missions; Rev. Roy H. Brown, of the Philippines, and Rev.
George S. McCune, D.D., of Korea.
160 MINUTES. [May 26,
THURSDAY, May 26, 1921, 9.00 A. M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by the
Rev. George E. Hawes, D.D.
Rev. John R. Fleming, D.D., of Edinburgh, Scotland, Sec-
retary of the World Alliance of the Reformed Churches hold-
ing the Presbyterian System, was enrolled as a Corresponding
Member of the Assembly.
The Executive Commission, through its Chairman, Rev.
Samuel S. Palmer, D.D., presented resolutions to be added
to paragraphs XVI and XVII, and be substituted for para-
graph XX respectively of its report. They were adopted,
and appear in the report as finally adopted.
The report of the Executive Commission was finally adopted
as amended and is as follows :
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION.
The Executive Commission respectfully submits to the
General Assembly its Thirteenth Annual Report. The
matters are presented in the order indicated below:
I. Meetings.
II. Members.
III. Tribute to Judge Endicott.
IV. Finances of the Assembly.
V. Financial System.
VI. Federation of Churches.
VII. Committee on SuppHes.
VIII. Columns in Statistical Reports.
IX. Conferences with the Boards.
X. Management of Stated Clerk's Office.
XI. Publication of Minutes and Reports.
XII. New Era Magazine and Pubhcity Department.
XIII. Report of Director of Pubhcity and Editor of New
Era Magazine.
XIV. Interchurch Debt.
XV." Concerning Financial Resolutions.
XVI. Concerning the Budget.
XVII. Tentative Budgets of the Boards.
XVIII. Report of Every Member Plan Committee.
XIX. Expenses of Special Committees.
XX. Miscellaneous Matters.
I. Meetings.
The Executive Commission met preceding and during the
sessions of the General Assembly in Philadelphia, May
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1S-2S, 1920. The first meeting of the Commission with a
new Chiiirman and the newl}^ elected members was held at
Philadelphia, May 28, 1920. Subsequent meetings were
held at Atlantic City, N. J., September 21-23, 1920; in
Chicago, December 7-8, 1920; Chicago, February 24-25,
1921. The Commission is now in session at Winona Lake,
Ind., and awaits the pleasure of the General Assembly.
II. Members.
Through some oversight, the Assembly of 1920 failed to
fill an existing vacancy in the Commission.
There have occurred during the year an unusual number
of vacancies in the Commission. Hon. Allen B. Endicott
of Atlantic Citj^, Class of '22, was removed by death, on
November 3, 1920, and the Moderator appointed to the
vacancy thus created Hon. Robert Lansing. The rule by
which absence of a member from three consecutive meet-
ings automatical!}'' removes him from the Commission and
leaves a vacancy, operated in the case of Rev. William L.
McEwan, D.D., Pittsburgh, Class of 1921, who was de-
tained from the meetings by his prolonged illness. Edward
H. Smith, Esq., Chicago, and Dr. John Wilhs Baer,
Pasadena, both of Class 1921-22, resigned their member-
ship, the former because of serious illness and the latter
because of his great distance from the places of meeting of
the Commission. The Moderator has made the following
appointments to the Commission: President William W.
Boyd, an elder, Oxford, O., to fill the vacancy left by the
last Assembly, in the Class of 1920-21; Rev. Lewis S.
-Mudge, D.D., Harrisburg, Pa., to Class of 1920-21; Hon.
Robert Lansing, Washington, D.C., to Class of 1921-22;
Thomas E. D. Bradley, Esq., Chicago, to Class of 1921-22; Mr.
Thomas D. McCIoskey, Pittsburgh, to Class of 1921-22.
The members of the Commission whose terms of service
expire wdth this Assembly are the following:
Rev. George B. Stewart, D.D., Auburn, N. Y.
Rev. William O. Thompson, D.D., Columbus, O.
Nelson H. Loomis, Esq., Omaha, Neb.
Pres. W. W. Boyd, Oxford, 0.
Rev. Lewis S. Mudge, D.D., Harrisburg, Pa.
President William W. Boyd, Rev. George B. Stewart,
and Rev. Lewis S. IMudge, having been chosen to fill
vacancies have not filled a three-year term, and are, therefore,
eligible to re-appointment.
III. Tribute to Judge Endicott.
The membership of the Executive Commission having
been broken by death, in the decease of the Hon. Allen B.
6
162 MINUTES. [May 26,
Endicott, on November 3, 1920, the Commission takes
occasion to bear testimony to his sterhng Christian char-
acter, his devotion to the highest interests of the Church,
and his faithful and valued services as a member of the
Commission and Chairman of its Finance Committee.
IV. Finances of the Assembly.
The Executive Commission herewith submits the Budget
for the expenses of the General Assembly for 1921-22. It
•is based upon the estimated Budget of last year, which
was found to be reasonably accurate for that year and will
doubtless answer for this current year, since conditions have
not materially changed.
The vacancy created in the Chairmanship of the Finance
Committee was filled by the appointment of President
WiUiam W. Boyd.
Upon the withdrawal of Dr. Roberts from active con-
nection with the office of Stated Clerk, his accounts were
audited by expert accountants from April 1, 1920, the date
of the previous auditing, to June 5, 1920, and found to be
correct. The accounts of the Stated Clerk's office have
been audited by expert accountants from June 5, 1920 to
the end of the fiscal year, March 31, 1921, and found to be
correct.
The Executive Commission has received regularly at its
meetings the report from the Treasurer, in accordance with
the provision of the Assembly's financial plan. The tent-
ative Budget of the General Assembly for the year ending
March 31, 1922, is as follows:
Tentative Buixget.
Commissioners and Officers, Assembly, 1922:
MUeage $65,000.00
Entertainment 30,000.00
Salaries:
Stated Clerk 6,000.00
Permanent Clerk 600.00
Assistant Clerk 3,600.00
Minutes, 1921:
Printing and Mailing 23,000.00
Office, Stated Clerk:
Clerical Services 5,000.00
Postage, Expressage and Telegrams 500.00
Supplies and Sundries 500.00
Miscellaneous Printing 2,000.00
Executive Commission 5,000.00
Judical Commission 1,500.00
Apportionments, various bodies:
World Presbyterian Alliance 2,060.00
Council of Reformed Churches 200.00
Federal Council 2,.500.00
Moderator's Expenses 3,000.00
Vacancy and Supply 7,800.00
Special Committees 5,000.00
$163,260.00
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Estimate of Reckii>ts.
Apportionments:
Mileage $47,000.00
Entertainment 31,000.00
Contingent 47,000.00
Vacancy and Supply 7,S00.00
Sales of Minutes, etc 700.00
Interest 1,500.00
$135,000.00
V. Financial System.
The Assembly of 1911 referred to the Executive Com-
mission, with power, "the administration of the finances of
the Assembly, the appointment of a treasurer included."
{Minutes, 1911, pp. 130, 131.) A plan was adopted by the
Commission, and became operative December 30, 1911, and
is found printed in the Manual of the Assembly, 1920,
pp. 110-116. The Executive Commission dming this year
has made certain slight modifications in this plan, which, as
thus modified, is printed in the Manual for this Assembly,
pp. 85-90.
VI. Federation of Churches.
The Assembly of 1920 referred to the Executive Com-
mission the consideration of the whole subject of the
federation of churches, which appeared in that Assembly in
connection with an Overture from Winona Presbytery, and
resolutions before the Committee on Polity. (See Minutes,
1920, p. 196.) This matter has received the consideration
of a special committee and of the Commission itself. The
Commission makes the following report upon the same:
Whereas, Overture No. 261, known as the Winona Over-
tilre, addressed to the General Assembly of 1920, together
with the action of the Assembly thereupon; also a resolu-
tion asking for a deliverance of the General Assemblj^ on
the subject of Federated Churches, were referred to the
Executive Commission {Minutes G. A., 1920 p. 196); and
Whereas, matters of Comity with churches not members
of the Council of Reformed Churches have been committed
by the General Assembly to the Committee on Church Co-
operation and Union {Minutes G. A., 1917 p. 286;
Minutes G. A., 1918, p. 284); and
Whereas, the subject covered by these references, now
before the Executive Commission, may be deemed by some
to lie within the field of Comity; therefore the Executive
Commission recommends the adoption of the following:
Resolved, That Overture No. 261 to the Assembly of
1920, and related papers, all of which are returned here-
with, be placed in the hands of the Committee on Church
Cooperation and Union.
164 MINUTES. [May 26,
VII. The Committee on Supplies.
The General Assembly of 1913 authorized the appoint-
ment, by the Executive Commission, of a Committee on
Supplies, consisting of three members, one representative
from the Executive Commission, one from the Boards and
Agencies of the Church, and a business man from the
membership of the Church. The Committee was con-
tinued by the Assemblies of 1915 to 1920. During the
past fiscal year, the Committee was composed of A. B.
Endicott, Esq., of the Executive Commission (recently de-
ceased), Mr. Henry F. Scheetz, for the Boards and Agen-
cies, and Mr. Thomas W. Synnott, for the Church at large.
The Committee, through Mr. Scheetz as Chairman, has
very recently submitted the following report:
"In response to inquiries made by the Chairman of the
Committee, the Boards and Agencies of the Church di-
rected him to arrange for the purchase of paper for printing
the various Reports. Quotations were received from manu-
facturers, with the result that a slightly better price than
last year was obtained. In 1920 the paper was bought at
a figure considerably below the market rates.
"Some of the Boards have found it decidedly to their
advantage to have much of their literature printed outside
of the large cities in which they are located. It has proved
more economical and very satisfactory.
"In view of the fact that the majority of the Boards
are securing, independent of the Committee, competitive
bids on much of their material, further continuance of the
Supply Committee does not seem necessary; and, if the
judgment of the Executive Commission so approves, they
desire to be discharged; with the understanding that the
Chairman of the Committee, the Manufacturer of the
Board of Publication, may be conferred with whenever
any of the Boards so desire.
We recommend that the Committee on Supplies be con-
tinued, that the attention of the Boards be called to this
action, and that they be directed to conform to it.
"Henry F. Scheetz, Chairman^'
VIII. Columns in Statistical Reports.
The question of what causes should be allov/ed in the
columns of Statistical Reports was brought to the attention
of the Executive Commission by one of the Assembly's
Agencies. The Commission made a somewhat exhaustive
study of the actions of the Assembly regarding these
columns and found that there had been in the past no
consistent or uniform practice with reference to them.
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The Commission felt that certain injustice is being
wrought b}'' the present practice and would recommend the
adoption of the following:
Resolved, That Agencies not under the control of the
Assembly should not be inchuled in the Statistics of the
Assembly Minutes, and that the Stated Clerk be directed to
assign a column to Men's Work, after the present year.
IX. Conferences with the Boards.
There have been several conferences with the Boards and
Agencies during the past year, namely; during the sessions
of the last Assembly, in Philadelphia; at Atlantic City, in
September; at Chicago, in December and in February. In
addition to these more formal conferences there have been
several informal but important conferences, of committees
of the Commission with the New Era Committee and
various Boards. These conferences pertained almost ex-
clusively to the matter of the payment of the Interchurch
Debt and the Budget for 1921-22. They have been char-
acterized by unity of purpose and harmony of spirit, and
the issue in every case has been accepted by all as the best
possible, under existing conditions.
X. The Management of Stated Clerk's Office.
The Assembly of 1920 received from its Stated Clerk
the following communication:
May 2G, 1920.
"To the General Assembly:
"Dear Brethren:
"Your great kindness to me is warmly appreciated.
One of the uplifts of my Hfe has been the manner in
which the General Assembly from year to year has ap-
proved my work. In the present situation, occasioned by
my illness I ask the Assembly to appoint a Special Com-
mittee of the Executive Commission consisting of the Mod-
erator, Rev. S. S. Palmer, D.D., Dr. John Wilhs Baer,
Hon. Allen B. Endicott and Rev. George B. Stewart, D.D.,
said Committee to have from the Assembly full power to
do anything that may be necessary to assist me in my
work, and that the Executive Commission through this
Committee shall have during the j^ear full charge of my
office.
"Wm. H. Roberts, Stated Clerk."
The Assembly having granted this request, the Executive
Commission, through the above named Committee, entered
166 MINUTES. [May 20,
upon the duties required." 7 A conference with Dr. Roberts
resulted in an arrangement that was mutually satisfactory,
and which was partially of his proposing and entirely to his
wishes. He retired from active connection with the office,
which was left wholly in charge of the Commission, and
became Stated Clerk Emeritus with full salary. His death,
which was obviously imminent at the Assembly, occurred
in about a month after the Assembly's adjournment; but
it in no wise affected the routine of the office, as all neces-
sary adjustments had been effected prior to that sad event.
Rev. William B. Pugh, whom Dr. Roberts had employed
through a number of years in assisting |him in the work of
the Office, and who, prior to and during the last Assembly,
performed a large part of the work previously done by
Dr. Roberts, was continued in the office by the Commis-
sion, and with his valuable assistance the work of issuing
the Minutes was carried forward, after many exasperating
delays due largely to industrial conditions. The gratitude
of the Commission and of the whole Church is due Mr.
Pugh for his willing and capable service in the laborious
work of editing this volume and to his church for gener-
ously releasing him temporarily for this purpose. Since
September 1, 1920, Rev. J. M. Hubbert, D.D., Assistant
Clerk, has been the Acting Stated Clerk, under the direc-
tion of the Committee appointed by the Assembly and the
Commission. The Commission desires to express its appre-
ciation of Dr. Hubbert's faithful, painstaking, and efficient
service during the year. The circumstances made his posi-
tion unusually difficult. Tact, self-effacement, technical
knowledge and skill were required in large degree. He has
shown these qualities, and therefore the affairs of the office
have gone forward with every smallest duty performed and
with the prevalence of the most delightful spirit. To this
end the one stenographer retained in the office has been an
efficient aid by her willingness and ability in the doing of
increased work. The weekly pay-roll has been reduced by
about $60 per week, and other economies have been put
into effect. The Commission and its Committee have given
constant and personal supervision to the office throughout
the year.
XI. Publication of Minutes and the Reports.
On account of the death of the Stated Clerk, the publica-
tion of the Minutes of the Assembly and of the volume of
the Reports of the Boards became one of the duties of the
Executive Commission. It was brought to the attention
of the Commission that the usableness and practical value
A.D. 1921.] EXECUTIVE COMMISSION. 167
of these volumes might be increased by some changes and
that this is an opportune time for making them.
There is much irritation throughout the Church because
of the long delay in publishing the Minutes of the Assem-
bl}'. The Statistical Tables are in large measure the
occasion of this delay, in addition to their being open to
criticism in their present form. Both volumes are bulky.
The financial statements of the several Boards, since they
are scattered through the volume, are rendered almost
valueless for many who wish to use them. For these and
other reasons the Executive Commission has given the
matter of these publications careful consideration. We have
reached the following conclusions:
1. That the material should be distributed into three
volumes, instead of two as at present, and re-arranged.
Thus the size of the books would be more convenient,
duplication of material could be avoided, space saved,
and cognate matter brought together.
2. The first volume should contain the Journal of the
Assembly, the second the vital statistics of the Church and
of the Boards and Agencies, suitably grouped for con-
venient comparison and study, and the third volume should
contain the Reports of the Boards and their financial
statements, omitting the contributions of the individual
chm'ches.
3. The statistics should be printed under the churches,
instead of being under the pastors, as at present, and in
alphabetical order, with the names of the ministers; and
sessional reports on the left hand page, and the Board
reports of the contributions of the churches on the right
hand page. By the proposed arrangement all the vital
statistics of each church will be spread out before the
eye on pages facing each other.
The proposed arrangement will result in a saving of
space and of composition, and so of money.
4. The members of presbytery who are not serving
churches should be printed at the head of each presbytery
in alphabetical order and in semi-solid form. The present
method of printing the names of the ministers results in
about 150 pages of type-setting of slugs or blank spaces
opposite the names of those not in charge of churches.
This type-setting is just as expensive as if the pages were
filled out with figures, and is useless, undignified and
expensive. With the names of these ministers set in a
dignified manner at the beginning of the presbytery, as
proposed, there would be a large money-saving.
We, therefore, offer for adoption the following
168 MINUTES. [May 26,
Recommendations.
1. That the Stated Clerk be authorized to publish three
volumes, each bearing the general title "General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.," with the appropriate
year as part of the title; Volume I, to be designated as the
"Journal," Volume II, as "Statistics," and Volume III, as
"Reports of the Boards."
2. That in Volume I be included the Journal of the
Assembly, the list of officers, past and present, of the
Assembly, the Executive, Judicial and other Commissions
and committees. Boards, Agencies, and their officers, and
any other matter pertinent to the meeting of the Assembly,
with full indexes.
3. That in Volume II be assembled all the statistics the
Assembly deems valuable for publication pertaining to the
chm'ches and the Boards and Agencies. That the annual
statistical reports of the churches be arranged in alphabetical
order of churches, presbyteries, and synods, with the names
of pastors and stated supplies, who are members of the
same presbytery, opposite their churches. That in connec-
tion with the Statistical Reports there be printed, in a
manner convenient for reference and comparison, the re-
ports, by the Boards and Agencies, of contributions received
from the churches. That at the head of each presbytery
there be printed in alphabetical order and in a suitable
form the names and addresses of the members of the pres-
bytery who are not serving the churches in that presbytery
as pastors or stated supplies.
4. That in Volume III there be included the annual
reports of the Assembly's Boards and Agencies, excluding
the reports of the contributions of the chm'ches, which are
in Volume II; and that the volume be suitably indexed.
5. That the classification of the material and the ar-
rangement of it in the several volumes be left with the
Stated Clerk, who shall aim to avoid duplication of ma-
terial, and to present a full, accurate, and usable record of
the year's history of the Assembly, its Boards, Agencies,
and Churches.
6. That the above arrangement go into effect with the
Minutes and Reports of 1922.
XII. New Era Magazine and Publicity Department.
Concerning the New Era Magazine and Department of
Publicity, we offer the following recommendations :
1. That the Department of Publicity and the New Era
Magazine be separated.
2. That, in reference to the New Era Magazine, the follow-
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ing request received in writing from a Conference of Board
Representatives be granted, namely, "that the Magazine
proposed by the Executive Commission be committed to the
Boards to be conducted and financed by them," with the
understanchng that they are to receive its assets and assume
its habiUties, and the habilities of the Executive Commission
incurred on account of the PubHcity Department and the
New Era ^Magazine.
3. That, with reference to the Publicity Department (1)
the same be continued under the direction of the Executive
Commission; (2) the expenditure be limited to the funds in
hand previouslv designated for this purpose w^hich do not
exceed §20,000.00.
XIII. Report of Director of Publicity and Editor
OF New Era Magazine.
To the Executive Commission of the General Assemblj'-:
Publicity is being employed more and more by churches.
During the past year there has been established the Vati-
can's own daily news service in addition to other extensive
publicity agencies of the Roman Catholic Church. Some
Protestant Churches spend much larger sums than our
Church in this service. Our Church took a long step
forward when it established the Department of Publicity.
The first day the Department began its work, telegraph
editors of the daily new^spapers, in various parts of the
country exclaimed in surprise "The A. P. is carrying news
of the Presbyterian Church." The Associated Press began
carrying this news because it was news and other press
associations have rendered us a similar service. The Pres-
byterian Department of Publicity has come to be looked
up to and accepted by the press of the nation as a per-
manent factor in the dissemination of news that is worth
while. By mail and wire news reports of the activities of
our Church, its Boards and Agencies, are transmitted daily,
and the sole reason for the acceptance of these reports is
in the fact that they are prepared by trained, seasoned
and reliable newspaper men who are able to distinguish
between straight news which editors welcome and pro]:)a-
ganda which editors abhor. The Department can only
maintain its integrity with the press by rigidly adhering
to news material.
Section of Church Advertising.
The highly valuable service of aiding individual churches
in their local advertising is conducted by the Department.
More than IGOO of our churches have already accepted
170 MINUTES. [May 26,
this service and are now receiving from the Department
and using regularly this practical aid in the development
of their local field. The list is constantly growing. The
pastors are supplied by the Department with suggested
illustrated advertisements, helps for their bulletin boards,
and practical suggestions for the improvement of their
bulletins, leaflets and periodicals. News items are furnished
them for local use.
In this, as in all branches of the Department's work, the
Boards and Agencies are liberally and impartially served.
New Era Magazine.
The Director of Publicity has also served as editor of
the New Era Magazine. Under its present name it has
been pubhshed less than three years. Like other religious
publications, it has constantly faced perplexing problems
in the effort to maintain circulation and prestige.
Just what kind of magazine does the Church require?
This question has been constantly confronting the Editor,
and widely different answers have been given. By utilizing
the best available advice, a composite magazine has resulted
in an effort to promote the work of the several Boards and
Agencies, assist pastors in their own self-improvement and
the prosecution of their work, and to increase the religious
effectiveness of the home.
Unsolicited testimony from thousands gives evidence that
the Magazine has rendered a great service to the Church.
Experience, however, shows that the New Era Magazine
is not yet just what is needed. It has not satisfied the
Editor nor the Church. There is, however, a large field
awaiting it, and the Church has a right to desire and
expect in the near future a monthly magazine steadily
gaining in strength and influence and more worthy of the
Church and more fitted to the Master's service.
The Editor desires to bear testimony to the efficiency of
Mr. Horace P. Camden, long the faithful Manager of the
"Assembly Herald," and latterly of the New Era Magazine,
and Business Manager of the Department of Pubhcity.
He has worked unceasingly to hold and develop circulation
and to overcome the difficulties created by the rapid and
enormous increase in the cost of paper and production.
Expenses of Past Year.
The Department and the Magazine have been conducted
under grave financial difficulties. The staff and office force
were greatly reduced and the work redistributed. By a
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policy of rigid economy, the deficit, about equally divided
between the Magazine and Department has been kept
within $40,000. If it had not been for the help of the
New Era Committee this deficit could not have been
carried and both the Department and Magazine would
have been discontinued early in the year. The Magazine
and Department are now conducted at a minimum of cost
and efficiency. Further reduction in expenditure would be
fatal to effective service to such degree as to suggest their
discontinuance. Further, there must be an adequate plan
for financing its agencies, since the deplorable conditions of
last year must not continue.
Recommendations.
Growing out of my experience in the Department of
Publicity from its beginning and the experience of the past
year in connection with the Magazine, I am prepared to
make the following recommendations to the Executive
Commission :
1. That the Department and Magazine be separated
from each other.
2. That the church advertising section of the Depart-
ment of Pubhcity be continued, because of its large and
growing importance to the churches.
3. That the Magazine be continued, with some impor-
tant modifications, as the official organ of the Church, under
its own Editor and with its own budget.
4. That a settled practicable policy for financing both
the Department and the Magazine be adopted.
With grateful appreciation of the cooperation and support
which I have received from the Executive Commission, the
New Era Conmiittee, and the staff of the Magazine and
the Department during this past year, without which co-
operation it would have been impossible to achieve such
results as have been won, I herewith respectfully submit
this Report.
Walter I. Clarke,
Acting Director of Publicity and Editor of New Era Magazine.
The above recommendations of the Director and Editor
have been incorporated in foregoing recommendations of
the Commission, and do not require separate action by
the Assembly.
XIV. Liquidating Interchurch and New Era Debts.
Whereas, The General Assembly has certain outstanding
financial obligations, to-wit, the balance of an underwriting
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of the Interchurch World Movement, amounting to approx-
imately $555,000 with accrued interest, and a balance of an
underwriting of the New Era Movement, amounting to ap-
proximately $365,000 with accrued interest, making a total of
approximately $920,000 with accrued interest, which must be
liquidated, and
Whereas, It is impossible to assess either or both of these
obligations against the funds held or administered in trust for
special missionary and benevolent objects by any or all of the
Boards and Agencies of the General Assembly, therefore.
For the purpose of liquidating the Interchurch debt,
Be It Resolved:
1. That the Moderator and the Stated Clerk of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. be
authorized, empowered and directed to make, execute and
deliver in the name and under the seal of the General Assem-
bly certificates of indebtedness not to exceed the sum of $600,-
000 for a term of five years, bearing interest at the rate of 6%
per annum, interest payable half yearly, in such denomina-
tions as the Boards and Agencies may elect; subject to re-
demption in whole or in part at any interest period as the
Executive Commission may determine.
2. That such obligations be and are hereby declared to be
authorized investments for the Boards and Agencies of the
Church, to the repayment of which the good faith of the
Church is pledged.
3. That such certificates of indebtedness be issued under
the direction of the Executive Commission, and that the
Boards and Agencies which participate in the percentages be
empowered and directed to invest in the said issue in the
proportion in which the receipts of each Board and Agency
from living givers in the year 1920-1921 bears to the total
receipts of the Boards and Agencies from living givers during
that year, with the further provision that if any of these cer-
tificates of indebtedness are purchased by either or both of
the women's boards, the amount of such purchase shall be
deducted from the total issue before the proportion of the
Boards and Agencies is determined.
4. That the funds realized from such issue be paid to the
Treasurer of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the U. S. A. to pay out and retire the outstanding indebted-
ness incurred in the Interchurch underwriting amounting to
approximately $555,000 and interest thereon.
5. That the Executive Commission be directed to place in
the budget for the year 1921-1922 the sum of $350,000, in
addition to the total budget of the Boards and Agencies, for
retirement on account of these certificates of indebtedness
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aiifl all interest thereon and that all money realized from this
item of the biidp;et for said year be used and appropriated to
reduce and retire the above authorized certificates of indebted-
ness and all interest thereon as the Executive Commission
may determine.
0. That the Executive Commission be directed to place in
the budget for the years followino; 1921-1922 a sum equal
to 2% per annum of the total budget of all participating parties
for the purpose of retiring certificates of indebtedness to the
amount of percentage available from such proportionate part
of the budget after paying therefrom all half yearly interest,
and that a definite percentage be allocated for this purpose.
And, For the purpose of liquidating the New Era debt,
Be It Resolved:
1. That the Executive Commission be directed to place in
the budget for the year 1921-1922, in addition to the total
budget of the Boards and Agencies and the amount specified
in paragraph 5 above, the sum of $150,000, and that all
money realized from this item of the budget for said year be
used and appropriated to liquidate said New Era indebted-
ness, including all interest thereon.
2. That the Executive Commission be directed to place in
the budget for the years following 1921-1922 a sum equal
to 1% per annum of the total budget of all participating
parties for the purpose of completing the liquidation of said
New Era indebtedness and interest and that a definite per-
centage be allocated for this purpose.
And, For the purpose of raising the amounts placed in
the budget for 1921-1922 by the above resolutions.
Be It Resolved:
1. That the representatives of the Boards and Agencies
on the New Era Committee be constituted a Special Com-
mittee of the General Assembly, and that it be empowered to
use all available agencies of the Church, including the New
Era Committee, to accomplish this purpose.
XV. Concerning Financial Resolutions.
The Executive Commission would respectfully invite the
attention of the General Assembly to the action of the
Assembly of 1909 {Minutes, p. 99), as recorded on p. 61
of the Manual, 1921, and to the Standing Rule, No. 24,
as recorded on p. 27 of the Manual, 1921. They are as
follows :
"RESOLVED, Tliat all recommendations as to the amounts of money
to be raised by the churches for benevolent and missionary woHlf made by
Standing Committees upon the causes presented l)y Boards and Permanent
Committees, be referred to the Executive Commission, to be reported back
to the sitting General Assembly, together with recommendations.
174 MINUTES. [May 26,
"RESOLVED, That all recommendations made to a given Assembly as
to the policy of any of the Boards in connection with the raising of funds
or plans for new work, as they may affect the Budget, be referred to the
Executive Commission, to report upon to the sitting Assembly, with its
recommendations."
"All resolutions for the appropriation of money, outside the Boards,
should be brought before the Finance Committee, before action by the
Assembly."
The practice of the Assembly is not always in accord
with these provisions. Furthermore, there has grown up
the custom of approving financial measures and resolutions
not included in the reports of standing committees, and
these resolutions have been interpreted by the Executive
Commission as a mandate from the Assembly. In some
instances these resolutions and recommendations have
seemed to authorize the inclusion of certain agencies with
the Boards and established Agencies of the Church; in
other instances they seem to carry the right to financial
consideration and an appeal to the churches. During the
past year the Executive Commission has had under dis-
cussion the general issue as to the significance of these
Assembly votes upon resolutions involving the future policy
of the Church. No criticism is offered as to the merits o^
the case involved in these resolutions or as to the im-
portance of the causes thus presented to the Assembly.
The point of issue is, that the Assembly's responding to an
effective appeal approves and authorizes both appropria-
tions and expenditures of money not provided for or
included in the Budget.
As at present operated, the Budget makes no provision
for the distribution or apportionment of any money to
what may be termed temporary or miscellaneous causes.
If the budget system is to be developed in the adjustment
of the benevolences of the Church, it might be well for the
General Assembly to declare a policy concerning the inclu-
sion of miscellaneous benevolences in the Budget, under a
distinct and separate title. It has been suggested by one
member of the Commission that a small percentage of the
undesignated gifts of the Church be allocated to a miscel-
laneous fund, from which some, if not all, of these worthy
but extra budget items could be paid. At present the
opportunity to assist the churches in Europe furnishes an
approved and legitimate object of benevolence. It is not
clear that such funds should be taken from or administered
by any existing Board or Agency. From time to time
other causes equally worthy will appear. To these appeals
many in the Church will wish to respond. Would it not
be well for the Assembly to make provision in the annual
Budget for a fund upon which approved causes might draw
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as the gifts of the Church would warrant? To be sure,
such a fund would have to be safe-guarded against unwise
apportionments. >:
«Q;The Assembly has grown to be a large and ^important
deliberative body, dealing in a supervisory_^way with large
and ever-expanding enterprises. The change in the per-
sonnel of the Assembly, from year to year, renders it
difficult, under the pressure of business, to commandUhc
deliberate judgment of the Church in the presence of the
enthusiastic presentation of new or exceptional activities
pleading for both moral and financial support from the
Church.
The sum total of the activities under the supervision of
the Assembly is now so great that the Commission feels
warranted in suggesting to the Assembly the importance of
a more systematic analysis of all requests for money as a
desirable means of developing systematic beneficence in
the Church.
We, therefore recommend for adoption the following reso-
lution :
That all resolutions bearing upon finances, before action
by the Assembly, should be referred to the Commission to
report back to the same sitting Assembly with recommend-
ations, and that Standing Rule 24, in order to be brought
into conformity, be changed to read: "All resolutions for the
appropriation of money outside of the Boards, shall be brought
before the Executive Commission before action be taken by
the Assembly."
XVI. Concerning The Budget.
The Executive Commission, for the past year, has given
more than the usual amount of time to the consideration
of the annual Budget presented to this Assembly. This
necessity has arisen out of the fact that in 1919-20 the
Church was under the proposal of a Budget reaching a
total of more than twenty-two millions of dollars. This
was more than two and one-half times the amount of
money the Church had ever given to its benevolent enter-
prises. The failure to reach a Budget of such a proportion
brought the Executive Commission face to face with the
very practical issue as to the maximum of the Budget to
be presented to this Assembly for the coming year. The
Boards and Agencies recommended a Budget of fourteen
and one-half millions of dollars. After long consideration,
at two different meetings of the Commission, the decision
was definitely reached that the maximum of the Budget
should be twelve millions of dollars, and that this amount
176 MINUTES. [May 26,
should include all the objects for which the Church was to
make contribution.
In the first place, it should be noted that all the plans
and projects of the Boards and Agencies in the previous
year had been upon a scale of a little beyond twenty-two
millions of dollars. This was more than seventy-five per
cent, in advance of the Budget proposed to this Assembly.
It was not an easy task to reduce these projects and plans
to two-thirds of that amount. The Executive Commission
was keenly aware of the embarrassment, to all the Boards
and Agencies, arising out of this reduction in their plans-.
No valid criticism could be made of the worthiness of the
objects sought in the enlarged Budget. The stubborn fact
remained, however, that from a practical point of view the
Church had never yet reached a budget of ten millions.
The belief that an excessive apportionment would tend to
depress rather than to stimulate, together with other prac-
tical considerations, led the Commission, after serious de-
bate, to set the limitations as intimated above.
In reaching these conclusions, however, it should be
noted that the Commission, with practical unanimity, be-
lieves that endowment funds, such as are proposed for the
General Board of Education, and the endowment fund for
the Board of Sustentation, which is practically a legal
reserve fund for the meeting of the obligations to retired
ministers, are on a different basis from the ordinary current
obligations of the Boards and Agencies, and should, there-
fore, have a different treatment. This is not the time for a
general discussion of the subject, but attention may be
directed to the fact that there is a marked difference be-
tween the endowment funds proposed for Education and
the reserved fund for the Board of Sustentation, and that
both these funds differ from the ordinary current expense.
The fact that by unanimous vote of the Assembly both of
these funds have been authorized and approved, raises the
question whether the Assembly appreciated keenly the
effect upon the sum total of the Budget and upon the
proportionate distribution of the gifts of the Church among
the several Boards and Agencies. The question is clearly
raised whether such funds as endowments, and in fact all
permanent funds, should not have a treatment separate
and different from that accorded to the ordinary current
expense receipts.
The Executive Commission at first included in the Bud-
get the amount approved by the General Assembly for the
General Board of Education, on the theory that the deci-
sion of the Assembly was a mandate to that effect and
A.D. 1921.] EXECUTIVE COMMISSION. 177
that the amount was of necessity included. The exact
phraseology, however, with reference to the Sustentation
fund differs from the more direct expression concerning the
endowment fund of the General Board of Education, and
on that theory the Budget Committee omitted the amount
approved for the Sustentation fund, believing at the time
that it was a recommendation rather than a mandate.
Subsequent discussion, however, led to the belief that these
two actions of the Assembly were of equal weight and
authority and that the original opinion of the Budget
Committee was erroneous. Accordingly, a modification of
the action as first reported in the Budget was made, in
order to correct, so far as possible, the mistaken judgment
expressed in the original recommendations.
Another source of embarrassment has arisen out of the
fact that the Executive Commission did not regard itself
as having supervision or authority over the budget reports
of the self-supporting Synods. Nor did it regard itself as
charged with the duty of adjusting the budgets of the
Women's Boards of Home and Foreign Missions, and of
Freedmen. A further embarrassment has arisen out of the
fact that the receipts of certain Boards and Agencies have
fluctuated from year to year, so that the determination of
the percentages has not always been either easy or
equitable.
Out of this experience briefly recited in the report, the
original determination of percentages by the Executive
Commission produced certain inequities as between Boards
and Agencies. After the discover}^ of these inequities, the
Budget Committee, acting under the authority of the
Executive Commission, held a meeting, March 12, in New
York City, made a new adjustment, within the limits of
the Budget, for the purpose to relieving, to some degree,
a situation unsatisfactory both to the Boards and the
Budget Committee.
The conclusion of the whole matter seems to indicate,
first, that when the budgets have once been projected upon
a smaller total it will be possible to deal with them more
equitably, and, second, that a larger amount of time
should be given to the preparation of the annual Budget.
There is need of expert advice in this particular and of a
careful and detailed study of these budgets in order that
they may present something like a well-organized and well-
correlated system of benevolences. This result cannot be
accomplished at a single meeting of two or three days or
even at two meetings. There should be time enough given
and authority enough exercised, if necessary, to organize
178 MINUTES. [May 26,
and harmonize, without unnecessary dupUcation, all the
activities of the Church into a systematic and cooperative
plan for the extension of the Church and the Kingdom of
Jesus Christ. The larger the Budget becomes, the more
necessary it is that a business-hke Budget be prepared,
and that it be administered with a thorough-going Chris-
tian fidelity to sound business principles and methods.
In this connection the Executive Commission suggests
the propriety and desirability of the General Assembly's
taking under consideration whether the maximum limits
of the Budget for the year 1922-23 should not now be
determined. Such a maximum would serve as a valuable
guide to the Executive Commission and to the several
Boards and Agencies in preparing the Budget.
We offer for adoption the following resolution:
Resolved, That in formulating the Budget for 1922-1923,
the Executive Commission is authorized and directed to con-
struct a budget on exact financial principles, so as to give an
equitable distribution and for this purpose, it may employ,
within its judgment, skilled advice.
XVII. Tentative Budget of the Boards.
As already indicated in this Report, the Budget Commit-
tee and the Commission have given careful and earnest
consideration to the Budget of the Boards for the year 1921-
22. Several joint conferences were held with the represen-
tatives of the Boards and New Era Committee, in Chicago,
and in New York.
The Benevolence Budget for 1921-22 is herewith submitted
for the approval of the General Assembly.
BEKEVOLEXCE BUDGET
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.
1921-1922 Amount Percentage
1. Board of Foreign Missions $2,560,000 00 27.64
2. Board of Home Missions 1,300,000 00 ) r,,. rn
Self-supporting SjTiods 2,081,000 00 S
3. Education 1,389,000 00 15.00
4. Publication and Sunday School Work 484,000 00 5.22
5. Church Erection 250,000 00 2.70
6. ReUef and Sustentation 787,000 00 8.50
7. Freedmen 171,000 00 1.85
8. Temperance 50,000 00 .54
9. Evangehsm 65,000 00 .70
10. Men's Work 50,000 00 .54
11. Sabbath Observance 25,000 00 .27
12. American Bible Society 50,000 00 .54
$9,262,000 00 100.00
Woman's Board Foreign Missions $1,400,000 00
Woman's Board Home Missions 1,140,000 00
Woman's Department Freedmen 198,000 00
$2,738,000 00
Total $12,000,000 00
A.D. 1921.] EXECUTIVE COMMISSION. 179
This adjustment for the current year has been agreed to
by the representatives of the Boards involved, subject, how-
ever, on the part of the General Board of Education to the
provision that the system providing for the five year cam-
paign for an endowment approved by the Assembly at St.
Louis in 1919, be continued but extended over a longer period
of years.
It is understood that the Boards of Publication and Sabbath
School Work and of Sustentation in agreeing to the adjust-
ment herein pro\'ided, do not commit either Board to any
position as to the principle involved in the inclusion of en-
dowment funds within the Budget.
The Executive Commission begs leave to report that in
accordance with the approval and direction of the Assembly
of 1920, the three special objects as named below were in-
cluded in the Budget, although not participating in the per-
centages. These objects were commended to the churches
for assistance from undesignated funds under the jurisdiction
of the Sessions, and not included in the local church Budget.
It is the purpose of the General Assembly that the totals
shall not exceed the amounts named: —
1. The Fund for the Churches in Europe $25,000.00
2. The American Church in Paris 10,000.00
3. The Federal Council of the Churches of
Christ in America 30,000,00
Resolved, That the New Era Committee be instructed to
transmit to the Boards and Agencies and Church Sessions the
amendments to the percentages of the Budget adopted by
the General Assembly, and also amounts outside the budget
allocated to other agencies, namely, Federal Council of
Churches, American Church in Paris, and Churches in
Europe.
XVIII. Report of Every Member Plan Committee, for
THE Year Ending March 31, 1921.
The Assembly's Committee for the Every-member Plan
submits its Tenth Annual Report to the General Assembly,
through the Executive Commission.
In accordance with the arrangement made in 1918,
whereby this Committee loaned to the New Era Movement
the services of its Representatives, William S. Marquis,
D.D., and David McConaughy for the promotion of the
Every-member Plan and Stewardship, this Committee has
continued its cooperation with the New Era Movement in
respect to these phases of its work.
Systematic Giving. — The conditions of power in the
Church of Christ are every member enduement with the
180 MINUTES. [May 26,
spirit of Christ, every member enlightenment in the program
of Christ and His Church, and every member enlistment in
definite work for Christ and the salvation of the world.
This Every-member idea is continually taking deeper root
in our churches. There is a growing recognition of the
need of such an organization of the church that the pastor
can constantly and systematically reach every home and
every member with personal oversight and influence. The
Every-member canvass has come to stay, in a growing
number of churches. It is being adopted and perfected in
both of its forms, viz:
The Every-member social visitation for the purpose of
cultivating fellowship, inviting strangers and enlisting in
service and the Every-member Financial canvass to reach
the last member of the church and congregation for a
systematic and proportionate offering for the support of
the church and of its benevolences.
One of the evidences of the growth of this Every-member
Plan is found in the number of churches — especially in the
East — which are giving up the renting of pews and adopt-
ing the Every-member Canvass. From one pastor we
quote: ''You could get no one, with one or two exceptions,
in the church to agree to go back to the pew-renting
system." And a Clerk of Session writes: "The new plan
is much more satisfactory, from a spiritual, social, and,
above all, from a financial standpoint."
Another evidence of the coming of this systematic every
member organization, is the increasing number of churches
which are adopting the permanent Every-member group
plan. We have the names on file of 1639 such churches,
and definite information from many which have not form-
ally reported. They embrace churches with a membership
of from 38 to 2,000 members. Many of them are carrying
out the plan very imperfectly. It is most difficult to find
willing and qualified group leaders; they must be discovered
and trained, and this requires patience and experience on
the part of pastors and sessions. We have written many
letters in reply to the inquiries of pastors, have sent dis-
trict secretaries and presbj^terial chairmen to make ad-
dresses in churches, published two leaflets for the use of
group leaders, sent two copies of a revised Every-member
canvass manual to each of our churches, and have devoted
a good portion of our quarterly Everyone to promoting the
Every-member Plan.
We are laboring especially to convince pastors that the
following testimony of a pastor may be theirs:
"Results of the Group Plan: More interest on the part of leaders, be-
cause they have something definite to do; families more closely tied to the
church because of greater attentioiji received; easier to reach every family
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quickly; i)astor's worlc liglitened; easy to put on every kind of a canvass —
machinery ready. After ten years of experimenting, would not think of
tr3-ing to run the Church without the group plan."
Proportionate Giving. — While continuing steadily to cul-
tivate conviction as to the fundamental principles of
stewarilship, attention has been turned more especially
toward finding out the best way of getting such conviction
converted into action. It is at this point that greatest
difficulty is encountered. No objection is raised so long
as the program is confined to proclaiming stewardship
principles. Every one readily admits that God is the sole
owner; that man must account; that all are under obliga-
tion to acknowledge God's rights by giving the first-fruits
to extend Plis Kingdom; and that spending and saving are
likewise to be treated as a trust. "When, however, it is
l")roposed to put these principles into practice, by fixing
some definite proportion to be consecrated for giving, many
hesitate and not a few refuse. The fact is, that there is
such a wide-spread, though it may be unconscious, insin-
cerity as to honoring God with "the first-fruits of increase,"
that it were better not to know than knowing, fail to do.
To continue sowing the seed, one layer after another,
without bringing it to harvest, is worse than useless.
Hence, efforts have been put forth to secure a definite
commitment by means of an enrollment in the fellowship
of stewardship. This involves the adoption, individually,
of the fundamental principles already quoted, setting apart
a definite proportion for giving. This step is magnified by
issuing from headquarters of an attractive certificate to
each one enrolling, whose address is sent in.
Stewardship Directors have been appointed in nearly all
the Presbyteries, and in many individual churches. The
Director of Stewardship made an extended tour through
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Idaho, Washington,
Oregon, California, Arizona and Texas, extending through
nearly four months, conferring with the Stewardship Di-
rectors and other leaders. There was a universal consensus,
that the broad platform of Stewardship principles advo-
cated by this Committee from the first should be stead-
fastly adhered to, with major emphasis upon giving "as
prospered"; that nothing short of a definite commitment
to the consecration of a definite proportion — the first-fruits
— should be asked by way of acknowledgment of God's
sole ownership; that in order to break through the long-
standing crust of inconsistency which has resulted from
knowing without doing what our Lord enjoins as to the
use of our possessions, as well as of life itself, it is essential
that some sufficient period in the course of the Church
182 MINUTES. [May 26,
year be reserved for focussing the attention of the member-
ship upon the Stewardship.
Other Functions. — With a view to conserving energy, this
Committee offered to transfer to the New Era Movement
its responsibihty for clearing the orders of the churches for
Board hterature, and this has been taken over accordingly.
Arrangements have been made for the exhibit of the
Agencies at the meeting of the General Assembly; also for
the Official Conference of the Boards and other Agencies
of the Assembly with the Executive Commission.
Expenses. — The expenses of the Committee, which have
been but nominal, have been met out of profits from the Hub-
bard Press, as shown in the financial statements which follow :
Treasurer's Report
Assembly's Committee for the Every Member Plan
April 1, 1920 to March 31, 1921.
Balance on hand April 1, 1920 $1,806.74
From interest. $110.80
Less accrued interest on Investment 22.20
88.60
From Hubbard Press 1,154.81
TOTAL RECEIPTS $3,350.15
Expenses:
Treasurer $100.00
C;ierical, Office Work 1,055.32
Miscellaneous:
Travel $286.98
Incidentals 56.52
343.50
TOTAL EXPENSES $1,498.82
Balance on hand March 31, 1921 1,851.33
TOTAL $3,350.15
Account of HUBBARD PRESS for year April 1, 1920 to March 31, 1921.
CURRENT account:
Balance on Hand, April 1, 1920 $6,864 99
From April 1, 1920 to March 31, 1921 56,148 37
Total Receipts $63,013 36
Disbursements
Envelopes and cartons $25,192 43
Supplies 361 94
Salaries 13,027 99
Light, Heat and Power 724 91
Freight, Drayage and Express 671 96
Postage 1,692 30
Office Expenses 361 50
Insurance 352 39
Refunds 1,413 04
Advertising 165 56
Merchandise 1,910 35
Expenses of Operation 11,316 14
Interest on Loan 200 41
Total Disbursements .$ 57,390 92
Cash on Hand, March 31, 1921 $5,622 44
A.D. 1921.] EXECUTIVE COMMISSION. 183
RESEUVE fund:
Balance in Fund, March 31, 1921 $6,742 48
The Hubbard Press reports the largest business since the office was
organized. Tlic luunber of OlTering Envelopes printed was 412,220 sets as
compared with 381,037 sets in the year ending March 31, 1920. One of the
most gratifying features is the number of churches ordering from Auburn for
the first time.
Recommendations.
1. That, while rejoicing in the notable advance hitherto
made in raising the per capita contribution for Benevo-
lences from $2.06 a year (or .039 cents a week) per member, in
1906-07, to $5.17 a year (or .099 cents a week) a member,
in 1919-20, an altogether worthier standard should now
be set with a view to carrying out the program of our
Lord for uplifting the world.
2. That we emphasize anew the scriptural character and
vital importance of the Every-member group organization,
social visitation and financial canvass, and urge pastors and
sessions to adopt and persevere in developing this Every-
member Plan, that the Church may have greater efficiency
and power in achieving her God-given task.
3. That Stewardship be presented as under the New
Covenant, carrying with it a far greater obligation than
under the tithing system of the Old, involving the dedi-
cation of the first-fruits to be given for extending the
Kjngdom of God, and the regulation of spending and sav-
ing, and likewise acquiring, according to the teachings of
Christ.
4. That Presbyteries be encouraged to provide for in-
tensive cultivation of the grace of giving with a view to
multiplying object-lessons of churches in which the prin-
ciples of stewardship are not only preached and taught,
but also put into practice.
5. That the month of February be devoted to stressing
stewardship teaching, culminating in a church-wide Enroll-
ment Day on Sunday, February 26, 1922.
XIX. Expenses of Special Committees.
Questions having arisen as to the payment of the ex-
penses of persons other than members attending meetings
of Special Committees, and as to the expenses of the Chairmen
of Special Committees in attending the Assembly to present
the Reports of their Committees, it seems desirable to
amend an Assembly Rule relating to this matter.
We, therefore, offer the following recommendation, that
Section 7, p. 106, of the Manual for 1921, be amended so as
to read:
184 MINUTES. [May 26,
7. Whenever the General Assembly shall create, or con-
tinue for another year a Special Committee, it shall definitely
indicate whether the expenses of said Committee are to be paid
by the General Assembly; said expenses, if so paid, to be
limited to actual traveling expenses, including reasonable
expenditures for hotel bills and meals en route, incurred by
members of the Cominittee only; and the expenses of the
Chairman, or other designated member of a Committee,
to the meeting of the Assembly for the presentation of
the Report of any Committee, shall likewise be paid, when
personal presentation is manifestly necessary.
XX. Committee on Vacancy and Supply.
The Executive Commission having by the action of the
previous Assemblies been continued from year to year, in
charge of the securing of funds in the support of the work
of the Permanent Committee on Vacancy and Supply, re-
commends for adoption the following:
1. In view of the action of the General Assembly already
taken whereby after the present year, the administrative
Budget of the Assembly shall include only such items of
expense as pertain directly to the work of the Assembly, the
Executive Commission is instructed to advise with the Per-
manent Committee on Vacancy and Supply and to provide
a method for financing its work in the future.
SAMUEL S. PALMER,
Chairman and Moderator.
It was ordered that the paper purporting to be an appeal
from the action of the Synod of Illinois be recalled from the
Committee on Polity and re-referred to the Committee on
Judicial Business.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures, through its Chair-
man, Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., announced that the General
Board of Education surrendered its place on the docket for
Thursday evening, and recommended that an evening session
take place for the official business of the Assembly, which
was adopted.
The following were elected as members of the Permanent
Judicial Commission class of 1924:
Rev. D. H. Johnston, D.D.
Rev. W. D. Harless, D.D.
Rev. Jesse Hermann.
Elder Arthur H. Bartlett.
Elder Virgil Guernsey.
A.D. 1921.] CORRESPONDENCE. 185
The following Standing Rules of the General Assembly
were adopted:
1. That appointments by the Moderator to fill vacancies
in the Executive Commission shall be valid only until the
next succeeding ^Vssembly, which shall then fill the vacancies
by election.
2. That with the exception of the Moderator of the General
Assembly, no one shall be eligible to serve on the Executive
Commission, either by appointment or election, or both, for
more than four years in succession, until one full term of
three years shall have intervened.
The following were elected as members of the Executive
Commission:
Class of 1924.
Rev. Hugh K. Walker, D.D., of Los Angeles.
Rev. Lewis B. Crane, D.D., of Elizabeth, N. J.
Elder J. Wilhson Smith, of Philadelphia, Pa.
Elder Harrison Smith, of Charleston, W. Va.
Class of 1923.
Rev. George B. Stewart, D.D., of Auburn, N. Y.
The Committee on Correspondence presented its report
together with copies of telegrams and letters sent to sister
bodies and other correspondents, the report being adopted,
and the replies approved, as follows :
Winona Lake, Ind., May 24, 1921.
" To His Excellency,
The President, Warren G. Harding,
Washington, D.C.
The One Hundred Thirty Third General Assembly of the Presbyterian
G'hurch, U. S. A. is deeply sensible of your interest as evidenced in the gracious
greetings of your recent telegram. In turn we would assure you of our cordial
support Ijy prayer and appro[)riate effort of your leadershi{) in the realization
of the great enrls of a Christian Government. We appreciate at least in a
measure something of the perplexities of the affairs of State, but rejoice to
believe that in addition to wise coadjutors you have taken the Word of God
as the Man of your Counsel. With united voice we say, God Bless You.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBERT, Acting Stated Cleric,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
Winona Lake, Ind., May 24, 1921.
" To His Excellency,
Hon. Warren T. McCray,
Governor of Indiana,
Indianapolis, Ind.
It is with unfeigned appreciation we make acknowledgment of your
thoughtfulness and interest that prompted the sending of your gracious
message of welcome to the One Hundred and Thirty Third (Jeneral A.s-
sembly of the Pr('sl)yterian Church, U. H. A. Your best wishes are heartily
reciprocated. We are happy to meet within the bounds of this great
commonwealth. While appreciative of our solemn responsibilities as a
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Church in the making of a better citizenship and a happier State, we
rejoice to feel that we have the hearty cooperation of such Christian states-
men as yourself. Be assured of our prayers that your improvement of the
great opportunities for leadership and service in this great State of Indiana
may prove a challenge to our entire nation for the reaUzation of the ideals
of Christian citizenship.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBERT, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
Winona Lake, Ind., May 24, 1921'
"His Excellency,
Vice President Calvin Coolidge,
Washington, D.C.
Your message of gracious greetings and generous expectations to the
One Hundred and Thirty Third General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, U. S. A. is hereby acknowledged with sincere appreciation. The
basic principles of a righteous government outhned in your telegram were
heartily applauded by our Assembly. It is a great satisfaction to feel that
the service and sacrifice of our churches are accorded the cordial cooperation
of those who occupy the high places in the affairs of State. Be assured of
the praj^crs from pulpit and home altar throughout our Church in your
behalf.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBEST, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
Winona Lake, Ind., May 24, 192 L
"Hon. Chas. E. Hughes,
Secretary of State,
Washington, D.C.
Honored Sir:
Your cordial greeting to the One Hundred and Thirty Third General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. was received with genuine
pleasure and its sentiments accorded a heart-felt reception. Our Church
shares with you the conviction that a conscienceless culture cannot produce
a citizenship that is worthy of our noble traditions or adequate to our
present responsibilities. We rejoice to feel that in aU of the affairs of your
important position the spirit of abandon to the realization of Christian
ideals is to be manifest. While adhering to the historic position of separa-
tion between Chiirch and State, we acknowledge no separation of interests.
We congratulate ourselves upon the happy cooperation of Christian leaders
in the affairs of State, in the establishment of equity, peace and good-will
among all men. Be assured of our united petitions for the wise direction
of the affairs of the important position to which you are called.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBERT, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Da VIES, Chairman of Committee."
Winona Lake, Ind., May 24, 1921 "
"Hon. Henry C. Wallace,
Secretary of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C.
Honored Sir:
The happy feUcitations of your telegram to the One Hundred Thirty
Third General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. are hereby
acknowledged. Both because of source and sentiment they were generously
applauded. As a Church we pledge our cooperation to the making of a
citizenship worthy of the great opportunities and primal obligations of our
day. Please to accept our assurance of confidence in your leadership of
the noble department to which you are called. The country churches of
which we have such generous numbers must look to the closer co5peration
of Church and State if their prosperity is to be conserved and their influence
made effective in the creating of a spirit of pious patriotism.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBERT, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
A.D. 1921.] CORRESPONDENCE. 187
X , ^r ^ Winona Lake, Ind., May 25, 1021.
"Hon. John W. Weeks, > > J ,
Secretary of War,
Washington, D.C.
Honored Sir:
The One Hundred and Thirty Third General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, U. S. A. would make acknowledgment of the insjjiring message
received from you. Not only are we in happy accord with the fine senti-
ments and deep concerns expressed but we are made happy to feel that
these are shared an increasing body of our citizenship. Particularly do we
desire to e.xpress our appreciation of your emphasis of the home as the
basis of our prosperity and perpetuity. The nation is to be congratulated
m the call to leadership of its Christian statesman who sees so clearly and
speaks so pronouncedly concerning the things that both Church and State
must conserve. In its efforts at the reahzation of the ideals of the Christian
Faith the Church would listen to the leadership of its Lord in the personage
of both the Prince of Peace and the Lion of the tribe of Judah. As in the
past the Church would pledge her support to all rational efforts to maintain
the peace and order of human society, looking to that happy day when the
war drums shall throb no longer. With cordial assurances of our con-
fidence we beg to remain,
Most faithfully yours,
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBERT, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
. ^ , Winona Lake, Ind., May 25, 1921"
Hon. James J. Davis,
Secretary of Labor,
Washington, D.C.
Upon behalf of the One Hundred and Thirty Third General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., we would acknowledge the receipt
of your telegram of greetings. Be assured of our sympathy with the
sentiments expressed. It is felt to be the duty of the churches "throughout
our bounds not only to declare the truth but to constrain its appUcation
by all proper means in every walk of life. It is with increasing appreciation
of this task that we address ourselves to the work of our present day in
making known both the person and mind of our Master. By reason of
its democratic origin, its representative form of government, and its
historic position the Presbyterian Church must contmuously serve the
interests of no particular class. The rich and the poor meet together.
The Lord is the Maker of them all. We pray God's blessing upon all
who labor for the establishment of righteous relations between man and
man.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBERT, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
Winona Lake, Ind., May 24, 1921.
" Rev. J. Frank Ashley,
Christian Missionary Alliance,
Tipton, Ind.
The One Hundred Thirty Third General Assembly of the Presliyterian
Church of the U. S. A. makes cordial acknowledgment of your brotherly
greetings and would assure you of our prayerful interest in your labors iii
the Lord. Read Ephesians 3, 16 to 20.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. Hubbert, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
Winona Lake, Ind., May 24, 1921 '
" Hon. G. W. Sadler, > . y ,
Moderator, Colored Cumberland Church,
Paducah, Ky.
With hearty thanks the One Hundred and Thirty Third General As-
sembly of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., makes acknowledgment of
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your gracious greetings. Be assured of our prayerful interest in the en-
larging service to which you are called. Read Second Thessalonians One,
11 and 12.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBERT, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
Winona Lake, Ind., May 24, 1921.
"Rev. Noah W. Cooper, D.D.,
Nashville, Tenn.
The One Hundred and Thirty Third General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church, U. S. A., hereby makes cordial acknowledgment of your
communication on behalf of the Southern Methodist Conferences, and
begs to assure you of our cooperation in all effective means for conserving
the interests of the Lord's Day. For the multiplied evidences of our
concern we would cite our recent deliverances presented by our Standing
Committee on Sabbath Observance. With cordial regards.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. Hubbert, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
Winona Lake, Ind., May 2.5, 1921.
" Rev. Thos. H. Law, Stated Clerk,
General Assembly, Presbyterian Church, U. S.,
St. Louis, Mo.
Please accept cordial greetings from the One Hundred and Thirtj' Third
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. Acknowledgment
is hereby made to your telegram concerning failure of our Church to make
response to messages sent our previous Assemblies. We beg your pardon
for this seeming discourtesy through remissness. For some unaccountable
reason the messages never reached our Assemblies. In answer to criticisms
of our actions concerning specific violations of Comity agreement, we beg
to say no change in the meaning of the identical note was made, but in
view of wrong interpretations in the public press in certain localities which
seemed to work injustice to certain parties involved and only with sincere
desire that it be interpreted and understood in harmony with its purpose
and intent, the note of explanation was added by the Commission and
adopted by the Assembly. We exceedingly regret that misunderstanding
should arise from any source, and would assure you of our sincere desire to
maintain the most cordial relations with you, our Brethren. Moreover,
we would reassure you of our disposition to confer in the most frank and
fraternal spirit concerning all matters that may yet arise involving our
mutual interests.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. Hubbert, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
Winona Lake, Ind., May 24, 1921.
"Moderator,
General Assembly, Cumljerland Presbyterian Church,
Greenfield, Tenn.
The One Hundred and Thirty Third General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church, U. S. A. sends cordial greetings and assurances of j^rayerful
interest in the work committed to you. Read Romans 16, 2.5 to 27.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. Hubbert, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
The following letter has been sent in response to greetings
received :
A.D. 1921.] BILLS AND OVERTURES. 189
Winona Lake, Intl., May 2'), 1921.
" Miss Stella B. Irvine,
Supt. Sunday Sehool Dept., W. C. T. U.,
Riverside, Calif.
Dear Miss Irvine:
The One Hundred and Thirty Third General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church, U. S. A., hereby acknowledges your petition concerning
Temperance instruction, and begs to assure you of our entire accord with
its expressed hopes. The comprehensive resolutions adopted at the
suggestion of our Standing Committee on Temperance and INIoral Welfare
bears, we trust, satisfying evidence of our desire to cooperate with your
great organization in this important dei)artment of service.
With most cordial regards wc l^eg to remain,
Yours most sincerely,
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBERT, Acting Stated Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Committee."
The following identical note has been forwarded to the
rejiresentative bodies of the Protestant Churches in France,
Belgium, Transylvania, Hungaiy, Czecho-Slovakia, and the
Waldensian Church of Italy:
" Dearlj' Beloved Brethren in Christ:
Greetings :
We are decjjly moved by the reports which have been presented of
spiritual re^^val and heroic activity in your fellowship.
We would assure you of oiu- abidijig sympathy as you face the tremendous
tasks of evangelization.
We stand equally with you for the establishment of Christ's Kingdom
on earth, and to this end pledge you our earnest pra5'ers and continued
support.
Henry C. Swearingen, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBERT, Acting Stated Cleric,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman of Com^nittee."
Representatives of the Czech Brethren of Bohemia and the
Waldensian Church of Italy having presented suitable cre-
dentials to your committee, we beg leave to present to the
Assembly:
Rev. Jaroslav Dobias of the Czech Brethren and Rev.
Tertius VanDyke, representing the Waldensian Church.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. E. DAVIES,
Chairman.
The Committee on Correspondence, through its Chairman,
Rev. Geo. E. Davies, presented the following Corresponding
Delegates, who addressed the Assembly:
Rev. Jaroslav Dobias of the Czech Bretliren, and Rev.
Tertius VanDyke, representing the Waldensian Church. The
Moderator responded to the addresses.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures made the following
report, which was adopted :
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Overtures Nos. 1509 to 1515: These Overtures are dupli-
cates of Overtures 802 to 883, proposing a consolidation of
the Board of Freedmen with the Board of Home Missions.
We recommend, as in previous cases, that no action be
taken inasmuch as the whole subject of the Reorganization
and Consohdation of the Boards and Permanent Agencies is
now in the hands of a special Committee of the General
Assembly, but that these Overtures be left in the hands of
this Special Committee for consideration in connection with
the further prosecution of its task.
Overture No. 280, opposing a merger of the Board of Freed-
men with any other Board, we recommend the same action.
Overture No. 1566: This Overture is from the Presbytery
of Kansas City, proposing a radical reorganization of the
Board of Home Missions. We recommend that no action
be taken inasmuch as the whole subject of the Reorganization
and Consolidation of the Boards and Permanent Agencies is
now in the hands of a Special Committee of the General
Assembly, but that this Overture be placed in the hands of
this Special Committee for consideration in connection with
the further prosecution of its task.
The Committee of Local Arrangements for the Assembly
of 1920, through its Chairman, Rev. Alexander MacColl, D.D.,
presented a report concerning a Memorial Tablet in the First
Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa., which was adopted,
as follows, and the Committee was discharged with the thanks
and appreciation of the Assembly. The wording of the
Memorial Tablet was ordered spread on the Minutes of the
Assembly, as follows:
The Committee on Local AiTangements for the Assembly
of 1920, which was authorized and recommended by that
Assembly to place a memorial tablet in the First Presbyterian
Church of Philadelphia to commemorate the 50th Anniversary
of the Reunion of the Old and New Schools of the Presby-
terian Church, celebrated by the Assembly in that Church
on the afternoon of May 21, 1920, reports that the commission
entrusted to it has been fulfilled, that the tablet is now one
of the many memorials in that historic church, and that the
expense has been defrayed by the Local Committee. The
inscription on the tablet is as follows:
Seal of Seal of
General Assembly First Church
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. met m this
House of Worship Friday, May 21, 1920, and celeljrated with hymns, prayers
and addresses the Semi-centennial of the Reunion of the Old and New Schools
of the Church.
The Division occured in Philadelphia in 1S38.
A.D. 1921.] MILEAGE. 191
After thirty-two j-cars unity was restored and the First General Assembly of
the united Church convened in tliis house in 1870.
This tablet is erected bj' the General Assembly of 1920 in commemoration of
fifty years of unity, peace, and prosperity, in gratitude to God for His guidance
and blessing, and in dedication to a larger service of Jesus Christ, our Saviour
and Lord, A\'ho is Head of the Church Universal and in Whom all peace is found.
The Report of the Executive Commission of the Alliance
of the Reformed Churches throughout the World Holding
the Presbj^terian Sj^stem, Western Section, was presented by
its Secretary pro. tem., Rev. Henry B. Master, D.D. Pend-
ing action the Assembly was addressed by Rev. John R.
Fleming, of Edinburgh, Scotland. The report was received
and is printed in this volume in the Appendix. The Assembly
expressed its sj^mpathy and approval of the resolutions in
the report pertaining to the relief of our distressed brethren
in the Protestant Churches of Europe, and commended to
its churches the plans for this relief.
The Council of the Reformed Churches in America holding
the Presbyterian System, presented its report through its
Stated Clerk, Rev. Wilham P. Fulton, D.D. The report was
received and appears in the Appendix to this volume. In this
connection the following resolution was adopted : That as the
proposed Constitution referred to in this report, together
with the whole subject was referred back to the Special Com-
mittee on Cooperation and Union by this Assembly, it is
recommended that the report of the Council of the Reformed
Churches, so far as it relates to the proposed Constitution,
be recommitted to the Council for further action and report.
The Standing Committee on Mileage, through its Chair-
man Elder W. F. Tyler, presented its report, which was
adopted as follows:
The Committee on Mileage respectfully submits the fol-
lowing preliminary Report :
Checks for transportation to and from Winona Lake have
been drawn in favor of the several Commissioners in the sum
total of S62,567.57. This was done by the Treasurer, after
mileage bills had been audited by your Committee.
The receipts for apportionments from the Presbyteries for
this Assembly are: Mileage Fund $48,407.67; Entertainment
Fund, $31,911.20; Contingent Fund, $48,134.57; Committee
on Vacancy and Supply $7,572.24; Publicity $22,608.46.
Total— $158,634.14.
The payments are as follows: Mileage, $62,567.57 and
Entertainment, $26,000.00.
All balances of funds are in the custody of the Treasurer
of the General Assembly, The Land Title & Trust Company
of Philadelphia, Pa.
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The Presbyteries which did not contribute are the Presby-
teries of Minot and 3rd (Welsh) . In regard to the latter it is
only fair to say that no representatives have attended the
Assembly. The Presbyteries not contributing to the Enter-
tainment are Clarion and Kittanning.
The Committee recommends the following for adoption:
That the apportionment for the next Assembly be 8J^
cents for each communicant; to the Mileage Fund, 3 cents;
to the Entertainment Fund 2 cents; to the Contingent Fund,
3 cents; to the Vacancy and Supply Fund, % cent.
That the Treasurer be authorized to have the accounts for
the mileage and entertainment of the Assembly duly audited
after the adjournment of the Assembly.
That the Treasurer be empowered to pay Commissioners
such further sums as may be considered by the Treasurer
justly due by the reason of underestimation of railroad charges
and other expenses incurred in returning home; and also for
fare paid in excess of the published rates of transportation, in
cases where it was found that it was impossible for the Com-
missioners to secure reduced rates.
That the allowance for the entertainment of Commissioners
to the General Assembly be fixed not to exceed $3.00 per day.
The Mileage Committee wishes to extend their thanks to
The Land Title & Trust Company for the use of Mr. Davis,
Secretary, and Mr. Hamilton, Assistant Secretary, and the
two young ladies for their painstaking and efficient work in
getting up this report in detail and keeping track of every-
thing as it would have been impossible for this Committee
to have done this work.
In behalf of the Committee,
W. F. TYLER,
Chairman.
The Standing Committee on Foreign Missions, through
its Chairman, Jiev. Hugh K. Walker, D.D., presented its
report, which was accepted, and pending action on the re-
commendations, the Assembly stood and was led in prayer
by the Rev. James H. Snowden, D.D., LL.D., in thanks for
the hves and service of the late Rev. Abram W. Halsey, D.D.,
Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions, and of the mis-
sionaries who had gone to their reward. The Assembly was
also addressed by Rev. George T. Scott, and Miss Margaret
Hodge, President of the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions.
The report and its recommendations were adopted as follows :
The Standing Committee on Foreign Missions unanimously
submits the following recommendations and resolutions.
A.D. 1921.] FOREIGN MISSIONS. 193
1. That the Assoiiibly approve the JMiniiles of the Board
which the Commitlce lias examiiicd aiul which are an im-
pressive evidence of the magnitude and com])lexity of the
Foreif;!! Missionary work of om- Chm'ch.
2. Having examined tlie rcjwrt of the Treasure^-, which
shows that there has been a total income of $4,633,534.00,
an increase of S914, 758.00 (approximately 24%) over last
year, tlio gain from ''living givers" alone beiiig $537,401.00,
we reconnnend that the Assembly express its devout gratitude
to God and its congratulations to the Church for this splendid
achievement; and that, in view of the certificate of audit
attached to the report of the Treasurer, it be approved.
3. That the Assemblj^ approve of the election of the Rev.
( ieorge P. Scott, and the Rev. William P. Schell as Secretaries
of the Board, both having already served as Assistant and
Associate Secretaries for eight years.
4. That the following members of the Board, whose terms
of office expire with this meeting of the Assembly, be re-
elected to serve for three j^ears:
Rev. Cleland B. McAfee, D.D., Rev. Charles R. Erdman,
D.D., Rev. William Y. Chapman, D.D., Rev. John Kelman,
D.D.. Rev. W^iUiam P. Merrill, D.D., Rev. D. Morgan Rich-
ards, Mr. William P. Stevenson, Mr. Scott Foster, Mr. John
L. Severance.
5. That the Assembly extend its hearty congratulations
to the newly organized Woman's Board of Foreign Missions,
which entered upon its work January 1, 1921, as a union of
the former six Woman's Boards, and which does its work as
"auxiliary to and cooperative with" the Assembly's Board
of Foreign Missions. The Committee notes with pleasure
and pride that in this j^ear of transition the Woman's Board
raised among the women of the Church the magnificent sum
of $1,144,855.31 for the Budget, not including annuities,
legacies and income from invested funds, and recommends
also that the Assembly express to the Woman's Board its
heartiest wishes for continued success in this Christ-like ser-
vice to the women and children of all lands.
6. That the work of the Home Department be commended
for its enlarged program for the promotion of the Church
School of Missions, of Missionary Education in the Sunday
schools, and of the study of Missions by men and women
in the Church; also that the Assembly approve, as has been
the custom for many years past, of setting the Sunday nearest
Christmas and Easter for special offerings from the Sunday
schools, for the work under the care of the Board of Foreign
Missions, and that the Assembly urge all Sunday schools to
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194 MINUTES. [May 26,
use the special Christmas and Easter programs issued by the
Educational Department of the Board, and to take part in
the special offerings. Your Committee rejoices that so many
churches, Sunday schools, and individual donors are con-
tributing to the support of particular Mission stations and of
individual Missionaries with whom an informing and stimu-
lating correspondence is conducted, and recommends that
the Assembly commend to all our churches and other con-
tributors this plan of giving to Foreign Missions.
7. That the Assembly call upon parents, pastors and lay-
workers to bring to the serious attention of the young people
of our Church the great appeal for life service in foreign
lands, and that they keep in touch with the United Candidate
Department of the Assembly's and of the Woman's Board of
Foreign Missions.
8. That the Assembly express its approval of the effort to
impose just restrictions upon the exportation from the United
States, of opium, morphine, and other harmful drugs, to
Mission fields; that the Assembly also express the hope that
ways may be found to prevent any transfer of the outlawed
liquor traffic from America to non-Christian lands.
9. That the Assembly learns, with gratification, of the
post war conference of the Board and of the Woman's Board
and the Missionaries, held at Princeton, June 19-27, 1920,
which was attended by 152 representatives of the Church at
home and of the Missions abroad; and it is gratifying to
know of the proposals adopted by that conference, looking
toward the closest unity and the largest efficiency of the
work, which proposals are now before the Missions and
Boards for their consideration.
10. That the deputations which the Missions and Churches
in India and Persia and in Africa have requested the Board
to send to them for special conference, be charged to bear to
the churches and missions in these fields the affectionate greet-
ings of the Church in America, to assure them of the prayer
of the Church, that the Spirit of God may work through
them to raise up in each of these lands a Christian Church
and a Christian leadership which shall bear persuasive wit-
ness to the sufficiency and power of the Gospel.
11. That we note with grateful praise and appreciation the
advance made by the West Africa Mission in taking over the
Swiss and German Missions in Northern Cameroon, and we
join our prayers with theirs for the success of this work; that
we commend the work of the Missionaries and native preach-
ers and teachers in India, who have so successfully carried
forward their task in the face of great political and social
unrest.
A.D. 1921.] • FOREIGN MISSIONS. 195
12. That we rejoice in the reports of the steady advance
of the enlarging opportunities in Siam, and commend this
work to the interest and prayers of the Church at home in
order that increased support in reinfoi-cenients and funds
may enable the Boards to occupy the field of Eastern Siam,
for which we are alone responsible, and which we have long
neglected.
13. That we note with deep gratitude and joy the faithful
devotion of our Missionaries and the native Christians in
Persia and Syria. The Nestorian and Evangelical Churches
of Western Persia have been decimated, deported, and all
but destroyed. Our Church bears special responsibility for
the succor of these bereft Christians, now homeless in Meso-
potamia, and we, therefore, express our sympathy with these
suffering people and pledge our support to the Board in deal-
ing with this difficult situation. We trust that the way may
be found to answer the urgent call for Missionary service in
^Mesopotamia, in the great region between the Persia and
Syria fields.
14. That we express our sincere sj^mpathy with the Korean
Church in the great tribulation through which it is still
j)assing, and commend the wisdom of our Missionaries in
maintaining strict neutrality upon all political matters in-
volved. Together with all the better elements in the Japan-
ese Government, we deplore the reign of terror which still
exists in Korea, and the unwarranted suspicion under which
our Missionaries have labored during the present year; that
we rejoice with the Korean Church in the great revivals that
it has been having, in spite of these terrible handicaps, and
not only express our admiration for the Christian spirit which
they have shown in this time of great trial, but also pledge
our moral and spiritual support to every movement that seeks
to bring about a just and righteous settlement.
15. That in view of the unusual opportunity which exists
for work among Orientals on the Pacific Coast, the Assembly
urge the Board of Foreign Missions, in cooperation with the
churches of the Pacific Coast, to put on as soon as possible,
a more intensive work for Orientals in that district.
16. Having received certain overtures from a number of
presbyteries, calling attention to reports regarding irregular
beliefs and teachings among some Foreign Missionaries, and
having heard all representatives of such presbyteries as wished
to appear before the Committee, and also having carefully ex-
amined all the material brought before us, your Committee is
gratified to report that it finds nothing to disturl) the con-
fidence of the General Assembly in the Board of Foreign
Missions and in the great body of its loyal Christian Mission-
196 MINUTES* [May 26,
aries. But for their own sakes, as well as for the benefit of
the Missionary enterprise of our Church, be it resolved that
the Board of Foreign Missions be instructed to examine
further into these reports, and, if necessary, to take such
action as, according to the Form of Government of the Presby-
terian Church, the conditions may demand. However, it
recommends that the Presbyteries and sessions, which have
the primary responsibility in the matter, be enjoined and
counselled, in the ordaining and recommending of all men
and women for Foreign Missionary work, to exercise the
greatest care, so that the Missionary enterprise may be safe-
guarded and the evangelical foundations of our Church be
perpetuated.
17. That the Assembly record its gratitude to God for
the hallowed lives of the men and women who, during the
past year, have finished their work and entered into their
reward :
Prof. John C. Ballard, 45 years in Japan.
Mrs. Howard Campbell, 26 years in Siam.
Mrs. A. H. Ewing, 30 years in India.
Rev. L. D. Heminger, 17 years in West Africa,
Rev. Franklin E. Hosldns, D.D., 32 years in Syria.
Miss Bernice Hunting, 24 years in Syria.
Rev. William Jessup, D.D., 30 years in Syria.
Rev. J. B. Kolb, 37 years in Brazil.
Miss Hanna Kunkle, 9 years in China.
Rev. Charles Leaman, 47 years in China.
Dr. S. C. Peoples, 39 years in Siam.
Dr. Charles Roys, 16 years in China.
18. Although he himself would have disapproved of any
special mention of his name, and would have asked that all
our thought be given to those who, for many years or few,
served on the fields abroad, nevertheless we believe it fitting
that special record be made of the Ipss sustained by the
Church in the death of Rev. A. Woodruff Halsey, D.D., for
twenty-two years one of the Secretaries of the Board. With
unmeasured devotion, he served the Missionary cause. By
his unselfishness and loving kindness, he endeared himself to
the entire Church. With constant entreaty and appeal, he
besought men to give themselves to Christ and to His world-
wide service. In this one great purpose and passion, he
lived, and wrought, and died. In memory of him, and of
His Master, we would consecrate ourselves anew to the great
undertaking for which he and those who have fallen with
him toiled, and we would call the Church to a fresh dedica-
tion to their purpose to make Jesus Christ known as Saviour
and Lord to all the world.
A.D. 1921.] foLiTY. 197
19. That the Assembly hereby approve the Memorial
Fund proposed by the Board and by the friends of Dr. Halsey,
to be provided by personal gifts from those who desire thus
to honor his memory and to express their affection for him.
The Fund to be used for suitable memorial objects in the three
fields with which Dr. Halsey had a special relation — Africa,
Syria and Mexico.
20. That the plan of the Board for Annuity Gifts, on
which the Board pays interest until the death of the donor,
when the principal of the Clift becomes available for the
Foreign Mission cause, be heartily commended. Also, that
all friends of the cause be urged to remember it in their wills.
HUGH K. WALKER,
Chairman.
The devotional service was conducted by Secretary Robert
E. Speer. LL.D., and was in the nature of a memorial service
for the late Rev. Abram Woodruff Halsey, D.D., Secretary
of the Board of Foreign Missions.
The following resolution presented by Rev. Hugh T. Kerr,
D.D., was adopted:
''That the General Assembly instruct the Mod-
erator to convey to Mrs. Halsey in her sorrow, the
loving sympathy of the Presbyterian Church and
its gratitude to God for his life and service."
The Assembh" then took recess until 2.30 P. M. and was
closed with prayer.
THURSDAY, May 26, 1921, 2.30 P. M.
The Assembl}^ met and was opened with prayer by the
Rev. W. F. Finch.
The Moderator announced that the commissioners had
contributed the sum of S354.89 towards the Near East Relief
and China Famine Relief Funds thus far during the Assembly,
and that the amount was steadily increasing.
The Standing Committee on Polity through its Chairman.
Rev. Samuel T. Foster, D.D., presented its report and recom-
mendations, which as amended, were adopted, as follows:
The Committee on Polity reports that the following Over-
tures and papers have been placed in its hands and have been
considered.
Overtures 1 323-1393, on Federated Churches asking that
"the Assembly rules be so amended that any evangelical
ministers, serving a federated church of which a Presbyterian
198 MiNUf Es. [May 26,
Church is a constituent member, maj^ be authorized, upon
request of the Session, to act as moderator of the Session, in
all matters pertaining to the reception and dismissal of mem-
bers, and in all matters pertaining to the local and benevolent
budgets of the Church. In all other matters the regularly
appointed moderator of the Session shall preside." It is
recommended that in view of previous action of this Assembly
in connection with the report of the Committee on Church
Cooperation and Union, no action be taken. Attention is
directed to the provision in the constitution, permitting
Sessions to choose their own Moderators where it is highly
inconvenient for the Moderator appointed by Presbytery to
attend.
Overtures 139 4 and 1428 on Federated Churches, asking the
Assembly ''to make a deliverance defining a method of proce-
dure by which a Presbyterian Church may federate with an
evangelical church of another evangelical denomination; and if
there be no such law of the Church, then to propose such
amendments to the Constitution as will let such federation be
effected." The following deliverance, an amended form of the
Alarion Presbytery Overture, is recommended :
"A. When it shall appear to any Presbytery by the consent
or through the representations of the duly elected com-
missioners of a particular church, that the situation of the
church is such as to make it desirable to unite in service and
worship with one or more particular evangelical congregations
under what is termed a Plan of Federation, Presbytery may
give its consent thereto.
"B. By Federation it is meant that the conjoined con-
gregations shall unite in electing a pastor and in worship or
other local activities, but that each shall maintain its own
denominational organization and affiliations.
"C. Presbytery shall maintain regular oversight over any
Presbyterian congregation joining in such a Federation.
"D. If the Federated Congregations shall desire to call as
Pastor a Presbyterian minister, the call shall be presented in
the regular manner by the Presbyterian congregation, or if
desired, by the Federated congregation jointly, and after the
call has been placed in his hands by Presbytery, if the minister
shall accept the call, he will be installed by Presbytery, in the
usual manner.
"E. If the Federated congregations shall desire to call as
pastor a minister of another denomination represented in the
Federation, consent may be given by Presbytery for the
Presbyterian congregation to join with others in securing
the call or otherwise engaging the services of the minister.
Presbytery may also by joint action with similar bodies of
A.D. 1921.] POLITY. 199
other denominations take part in installing the pastor, or
otherwise constituting the pastoral relations,
"F. \^'hen the pastor of a Federated congregation approved
by the Presbytery is a member of another denominational
body, he may also at the discretion of Presbytery, become
Associate or Corresponding member of Presbytery and be
enrolled as such with his particular church in the Records and
reports of Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly."
Overture 1395 on Federated Churches, making petition
against the Assembly's giving encouragement to any scheme
for federating churches of different denominations, protesting
that it "does not tend to peace and harmony and the extension
of the Kingdom; that it is a distinct hindrance to organic
unions; that the cause of Christ is better conserved in a com-
munity where churches merge into some particular denom-
ination." It is recommended that no action be taken.
Overtures 1396, 1397 on the Erection of a New Synod, asking
the Assembly "to divide the Presbytery of Florida into three
Presbyteries, to be known as 'North Florida,' 'Southwest
Florida' and 'Southeast Florida' ; that the Presbytery of North.
Florida be made the legal successor of the Presbytery of
Florida; and that these Presbyteries be constituted a Synod,
to be known as the Synod of Florida." This Overture is
accompanied with papers describing the geographical bound-
aries of the Presbyteries, together with desired date and
manner of constitution. It is recommended that this petition
be granted.
Overture 1398 on legalizing a Synodical Meeting, asking the
Assembly to recognize the last Meeting of Arkansas Synod and
approve its acts as legal, notwithstanding said meeting was
called and held a week earher than the date to which the Synod
had adjourned. It is recommended that this Meeting be
approved and its acts declared k^gal.
Overture 1399 on Sale of Property, asking for permission
with Presbyterial approval, to sell the property of the dis-
integrated Brodhead Church and turn the money over to the
people of the community for welfare work. It is recommended
that this sale be approved; that the proceeds of the sale be
turned over to the Administrative Council of the Synod of
Wisconsin; and that the Assembly grant a quit-claim deed of
the property to the First Presbyterian Church of Brodhead,
such deed to be executed at once over the signatures of the
Moderator and the Stated Clerk, and the Trustees of the
Assembly and with the seal of the Assembly attached.
Overture IJfiO from Synod of Mississippi on Transfer of
Church, asking for approval of its action, in transferring Big
Creek Church from Oxford Presbytery to Bell Presbytery. It
is recommended that this transfer be approved.
200 MINUTES. [May 26,
Overture I4OI Relating to the Organization styled the
"Michigan State Association of Churches" ; asking the Assem-
bly to consider the action of the Synod in its proposal to
adopt the plan of said Association, and make a deliverance as
to whether the Synod could properly do so. It is recom-
mended that this be referred to the Committee on Church
Cooperation and Union.
Overture 11^02 on the Duties of a Stated Clerk of Presbytery,
asking the Assembly to make specific deliverances on certain
matters presented in detail. It is recommended that this
overture be referred to the Executive Commission for formula-
tion of a statement defining the words "properlj^ required"
in Chapter 20, Form of Government. The Executive Com-
mission is directed to report their findings to the next General
Assembly.
Overture 1403 on the Duties of the Stated Clerk of the
General Assembly in relation to the Permanent Judicial Com-
mission, asking for the rescinding of its action authorizing the
Stated Clerk to pass judgment upon certain judicial papers,
instead of passing them to the Standing Committee on Judicial
Business. It is recommended that this action be rescinded.
Overture I4O6 from the Des Moines Presbytery, being a
question as to the constitutionality of a certain rule adopted
by the Presbytery with reference to the election of Commis-
sioners to the General Assembly. This rule deals with
ministers actively engaged in church work and ministers of
longest service within the Presbytery. It is recommended
that this rule be regarded as a mode of procedure only, and
as such it appears not to be unconstitutional. (Note Manual,
1921, page 18, section 7.)
Overture 14-20. A request from the Presbytery of Phila-
delphia to drop the name of Rev. Geza Kacziany, owing to
absence of eight years. It is recommended that the request
be granted. Minutes G. A. 1906, page 195.
Overture 1421, on affihations of Foreign Missionaries with
their home presbj^teries, asking the Assembly to make pro-
vision whereby those going to a foreign field and uniting with
a church on the foreign field, may retain relationship of
affiliations with their Presbyteries in this country. It is
recommended that no action be taken.
Overture 1422, on defining the status of the Trustees in a
local church. The Board of Trustees is a legal body, elected
by the congregation, and to this body pertain the custody and
care of the church property, and to it also is committed the
administration of the financial or temporal affairs of the con-
gregation; these temporalities to be so administered as to
meet the uses and purposes for which they are held in trust.
A.D. 1921.] POLITY. 201
The Board of Triistoos is suhjoot to tho sujKM-ioi- authority
and direction of the Church Session, consonant with the Laws
of the State; and the minutes of the Board of Ti-ustees after
their approval by that body, are to be incorporated in the
records kept by the Session.
Orcrture l/f2S, concerninc; the removal of a communicant
to another conununity. The Presbytery of Sioux Falls
petitions that it be made obligatory upon the church of which
the conmiunicant is a member, to immediately dismiss the
said communicant to the Presbyterian Church serving in the
community to which the communicant has moved. It is
recommended that no action be taken.
Overture 1433. The Presb^^tery of Transylvania requests an
overture sent dow-n to the Presbyteries on "Women Deacons."
The majority of the Committee on Polit}^ recommend that
the Assembly send down to the. Presbyteries the following
Overture — ''Shall the Form of Government, Chapter 13,
section 2, be amended by adding — 'With the exception that
deacons may be either male or female.' "
Overtures 1456-1460 for the reorganization of the Board of
Home Missions. It is recommended that no action be taken,
in view of previous action by this Assembly relative to Boards
and agencies.
Resolutions on Amendment of Rule 41 of Rules for Judica-
tories as to the Judicial Committee. "Resolved I, in view of
the confusion in the minds of many between the terms "Judi-
cial Committee" and "Judicial Commission," that Rule 41
of General Rules for judicatories be amended by changing the
words "Judicial Committee" fSee Manual, 1921, page 125,
lines 4, 7, 12, 20) to the words "Committee on Judicial Busi-
ness." II, that the Stated Clerk be authorized and directed
to revise the phraseology as above, and also throughout
t/ie Manual and in future editions of the Form of Govern-
ment and the General Rules. It is recommended that this
amendment be made.
Petition of Rev. H. C. Rimmer and John R. Gass, asking
for the correction of wrongs alleged to have been suffered by
said Rev. H. C. Rimmer in the asserted violation of contract
in connection with Home Mission appointment and service.
These matters were before the Judicial Commission and the
Assembly in 1918, and it w^as decided that no questions of
constitution or doctrine were involved and that the decision
of the lower court was final. {Minutes G. A. 1918.)
This petition comes before us by renewed petition to this
Assembly on the part of these men. It was received and
referred to the Judicial Commission. The Judicial Commission
brought it back to the Assembly and on their recommendation
202 MINUTES. [May 26,
the Assembly referred it to the Committee on Polity. The
Committee on Polity is now reporting,
We recommend :
1. That the Assembly instruct the Presbytery of Pecos
Valley to report to the next Assembly,
(a) Sufficient grounds for abrogating the agreement made
with Mr. Rinmier, as provided in the Presbytery's engagement
and the Board of Home Mission's commission.
(b) That Presbytery take action immediately.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
S. Turner Foster, Chairman.
The Standing Committee on Church Erection, through its
Chairman, Rev. Stanley B. Roberts, D.D., presented its
report and recommendations, as amended, were adopted, as
follows :
The Board of Church Erection brings with pride and joy
its fifty-first Annual Report. In all the years of faithful
service we may characterize this as the most fruitful. Greater
results are recorded of this year's work than ever before. The
field everywhere gives evidence of a great work performed, a
fine purpose achieved. A wonderful array of figures tell the
story of the year:
Applications received : $2,028,786.18
Appropriations made 1,294,210.22
Appropriations paid 1,005,626.91
Classified as follows:
99 Churches in self-supporting Presbyteries and
Synods $ 522,509.00
84 Manses in self-supporting Presbyteries and
Synods 153,225.00
49 Home Mission projects:
12 Buildings erected by Board of
Home Missions $86,450.00
16 Buildings for Porto Ricans
and Cubans 22,909.12
11 Buildings for Indians 21,464.10
2 Buildings for Mexicans 9,600.00
8 Buildings for Community
Centers 36,250.00
49 Home Mission projects 176,673.22
7 Church and student pastors' houses at Edu-
cational Centers 67,900.00
10 Buildings for Foreigners 60,494.69
20 Colored Congregations 24,725.00
269 Buildings. Total appropriations $1,005,626.91
A.D. 1921.] CHURCH ERECTION. 203
Notwithstanding the great outlay of money in the past for
the extension of the work of tlie Kingdom of Christ in hnes
marked out for the Board to t)])erate on, tliere is now a greater
demand h}' our ever expanding C'hurch for substantial advance
in expenditure of funds in the new work of our rapidly develop-
ing civilization. Community work and work among our
foreign-s])eaking colonies is growing more and more insistent,
while the claims of the American ln(han and Negro are
imperative.
To meet these needs, the Boai'd of Home Missions and the
General Board of Education, as well as local Boards of Church
Extension are in their insistent demands making necessary a
larger expenditure of money from year to year. In this con-
nection you will notice that forty-nine buildings were erected
under the supervision of the Board of Home Missions at a
cost of $170,673.22 and seven church and student pastors'
homes were erected under the supervision of the General
Board of Education, at a cost of S67,900.00. If we are to
keep step with the Program of Evangelism, we must provide
for the housing of our ever increasing membership not only
for places of worship and homes for ministers, but for building
for a widespread Gospel community evangelism that shall
bring to the common people the message of our Saviour of
whom it is said "The common people heard Him gladly."
The Board still believes that there should be not only "a.
manse for every minister" but a house for every college and
university pastor; and while the provision for this fund seems
to be the least, it must challenge the attention and sympathy
of the General Assembly. While an ever-increasing stream is
pouring into the manse treasur}^, more is needed to fully equip
our churches with homes for their pastors.
The Board this year is confronted with very great diiTcul-
ties. The calls upon it are increasing and its budget is cut to
a perilously low figure. This Assembly should make ample
provision for its needs. Instead of the meager $250,000 from
the budget designated by the Executive Conmiission, this
Board should receive $1,000,000.00 to make its great and
growing work possible.
Your Committee would commend the Board for its faith-
ful administration of the important affairs of the Church
committed to its hands, and would make the following
recommendations :
I. We have examined the Alinutes of the Board and find
them neatly and correctly kept.
II. We commend the officers of the Board, the Rev. David
G. Wylie, D.D., General Secretary; the Rev. Jesse C. Bruce,
D.D., Field Secretary; the Rev. George R. Brauer, Treasurer;
and the^members of the Board for their fidelity.
204 MINUTES. [May 26,
III. We have examined the Annual Report of the Board,
and find that everythinji; was done in a business-like manner
and on a large scale, and that over a million dollars has been
actually paid out.
IV. We recommend that the Board of Church Erection be
designated and recognized as the building agency of the
denomination in America, and that other Boards and Agencies
in their Iniilding programs operate through this Board; and,
in case it become necessary to amend the Charter of the Board,
the matter be referred to the Executive Commission.
V. We note with gratification that the Board is developing
an Architectural Department, and has already made many
valuable suggestions to congregations building manses and
houses of worship; and we recommend that congregations
contemplating building make full use of the Department.
VI. Your Committee in its examination of the Report of
the Board finds that applications amounting to $2,028,786.18
were received; that $1,294,210.22 were appropriated; and
$1,005,626.91 actually paid out. The Board, seeking to make
provision for the building necessities of the denomination
during the current year, asked that $1,188,000 be included in
the budget of $12,000,000. In the scaling down of the budgets
of the various Boards and Agencies, only $250,000 was placed
in the budget for the year 1921-1922, a sum wholly inadequate
to meet the building needs of the Church. We are of the
opinion that $250,000 should be added to the budget for this
year; and recommend that this matter be referred to the
Executive Commission. We also recommend that at least a
million dollars, to meet the imperative building necessities
of the Church, be incorporated in the budget of 1922-1923.
VII. The Assembly of 1920 authorized the Board to select
and commission a Church Extension Secretary. The report
of the Board shows that a selection was actually made, but the
gentleman selected was not in a position to accept the election.
In view of the fact that it is necessary for the Board to secure
additional funds, we recommend that the Board be again
authorized and directed to engage a Church Extension Secre-
tary at the earliest possible moment.
VIII. In regard to increasing the interest on loans above
$5,000 to from four to five percent, we recommend that the
rate remain at four percent interest.
IX. In response to the request of the Board for an inter-
pretation of the Assembly rule on the combination of funds,
we recommend that the following reply be made: In cases
where a Synod and Presbytery and the Board, from their
respective investigation, agree in judgment from the stand-
point particularly of the strategic importance of a church, the
A.D. 1921.] CHURCH ERECTION. 205
Board slKHikl have discretion to meet the needs of the case
by ajipropi-iation of sucli sums in the form of p;rant, loan with-
out interest and loan with interest as may be necessary; it
beinij; understood that in such combinations the amount of
the jirant should not exceed $4,000, the amount of the loan
without interest $(3,000, and the amount of loan with interest
shall be left absolutely to the discretion of the Board.
X. Resolved, That former deliverances of the General
Assembl}^ concerning the protection of the Board's ap])ro])ria-
tions from loss by fire be realhrmed; that the Board be com-
mended for its zeal in securing safe, economic and adequate
insurance for the churches aided by it; that its present policy
of insurance and reinsurance be approved and that all our
churches be urged to take out safe and adequate insurance to
protect their properties against loss by fire-
XL We recommend that the following be the rule in regard
to second mortgages: Where a church is receiving aid from
this Board in the erection of a house of worship, either by
loan or grant, and is at the same time receiving aid from a
Presbytery or a duly incorporated Church Extension Board
in the erection of said building, then, and in that event,
nothing in the Rules of this Board, as now in force, shall
j)revent said Presbytery or said Church Extension Board from
taking a mortgage, payable on the same terms only, as the
Board's Grant mortgages; provided, however, that such
mortgage so taken shall at all time be and remain subject and
subordinate to any and all liens of this Board on said church.
XII. We recommend that the plan of cooperation with
Presbyteries having Church Extension Committees (see the
Fifty-first Annual Report of the Board, May, 1921, page 11)
be approved.
XIII. We heartily approve of the manner in which the
Board has cooperated with the Board of Freedmen, the
General Board of Education, and the Board of Home Missions,
and recommend continued cooperation.
XIV. We commend the effort to secure $100,000 with
which to provide a suitable church edifice for the congregation,
Presbyterian and other students attending the naval academy
at Annapolis, Maryland, and urge churches and church mem-
bers to lend aid to this enterprise and to contribute liberally
to it.
XV. We recommend that the Board be authorized and
directed to grant $10,000 as a war emergency for the purpose
of completing one of the evangelical churches in the Canal
Zone on Government ground, and that the grant be safe-
guarded in the best possi})le manner by an agreement with the
Federal Council of Churches. We recommend that, in case
206 MINUTES. [May 26,
further funds are needed, these be secured from churches and
individuals and not taken from the funds of the Board. And,
to this end, we recommend that the Board be authorized to
unite with other evangehcal denominations in an appeal to
the public, if this be deemed necessary.
XVI. In sections of the Church where Presbyteries of
different races overlap, it is recommended that where new
edifices are necessary Presbyteries cooperate to the limit of
their ability and make joint recommendations to the Board.
XVII. In response to the memorial from the Presbytery of
Red River, it is recommended that favorable action be taken
and that the Board be authorized to make such loan or grant
to the church at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and to secure the
same in such a manner as shall be entirely satisfactory to the
Board of Church Erection.
XVIII. Resolved, That in the case of the church at Astoria,
Brooklyn-Nassau Presbytery, the Board be given discretion to
defer payments on principal for five years, and that the period
of repayment of principal be extended beyond that, during a
period of fifteen years.
And, that this action have reference to the building of the
church and that in the event of the building of a manse the
church be recommended to the Board for as favorable con-
sideration as the rules governing the Manse and Reynolds
Fund permit.
XIX. On the request of the Calvary Church of Canton,
Ohio, approved by the Presbytery and the Synodical Com-
mittee, we recommend that the loan of $15,000 be changed to
a grant of like amount, in order that they may secure a loan
for the purpose of completion of building, and upon complete
payment of such loan then grant resumes original status
of loan.
The Standing Committee on Correspondence presented a
supplementary report which was adopted as follows :
We recommend that the following letter from the Moder-
ator, Clerk and Chairman, to the United Presbyterian Church
be approved :
Winona Lake, Indiana,
May 26, 1921.
" Moderator and Commissioners,
General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church,
Assembled in the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.
Most cordial greetings from the One Hundred Thirty-third General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. Rejoicing in your faithfulness and devotion
to the fundamentals of our common faith we would bespeak continued coopera-
tion and even closer fellowship. Read Philippians one nine to eleven.
H. C. SwEARiNGEN, Moderator,
J. M. HuBBERT, Clerk,
Geo. E. Davies, Chairman."
A.D. 1921.] CORRDSPONDBNCE. 207
We recommend that your Committee be authorized to send
a suitable letter of greeting to the Assembly of the Canadian
Presbyterian Church, meeting in June next.
We recommend that your Committee be excused from
answering the communication of certain persons with reference
to conditions in Haiti, referred to your Committee, because of
uncertainty as to the meaning of the communication and also
a lack of information concerning the matters referred to
therein.
We recommend that Rev. J. W. Dobias, of the Czech
Brethren; Rev. Tertius van Dyke, D.D., representing the
Waldensian Church of Italy; Rev. H. C. Velte, D.D., repre-
senting the Presbyterian Church of India, and Rev. Charles
L. Goodell, D.D., of the Federal Council of Churches' Com-
mission on Evangelism and Life Work, be received by the
Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
George E. Davis, Chairman.
The Standing Committee on Correspondence, through its
Chairman, Dr. George E. Davis, presented the Rev. J. W.
Dobias, of the Czech Brethren; Rev. Tertius van Dyke, D.D.,
representing the Waldensian Church of Italy; Rev. H. C.
Velte, D.D., representing the Presbyterian Church of India,
and Rev. Charles L. Goodell, D.D., of the Federal Council
of Churches' Commission on Evangelism and Life Work, who
addressed the Assembly. The Moderator made reply.
The Standing Committee on Synodical Records through its
Chairman, Rev. B. A. Hodges, D.D., presented its report and
recommendations which were adopted as follows :
The Committee on Synodical Records respectfully reports to
the Assembly that the Records of the following Synods have
been carefully examined, that they are neatly and correctly
kept, that they are in accord with the Constitution of the
Church, and their approval is, therefore, recommended:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Baltimore, California, Canadian,
Catawba, Colorado, East Tennessee, German Synod of the
West, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Michigan, Minnesota, Minnesota (Welsh), Mississippi, Miss-
ouri, Montana, Nebraska, New England, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania (Welsh), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania (Welsh), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Washington, Western (Welsh), West Virginia, Wiscon-
sin and Wyoming.
The minutes of the Synods of Atlantic and Wisconsin
(Welsh) have not been received.
208 MINUTES. [May 26,
We recommend further:
1. That the attention of those Synods whose Records have
not been before this Assembly be called to the provisions of
the Constitution in this respect.
2. That Synods using other than the English language be
instructed to submit a certified translation of their Records
into the English language.
3. That Synods that have recently come into the fellowship
of our Assembly be urged to familiarize themselves with the
Manual of the General Assembly.
The Committee commends to all the Synods the custom
of some of the Synods of printing the names and addresses of
all the Elders in the Synod.
In behalf of the Committee,
B. A. Hodges, Chairman.
The following resolution presented by Rev. James A.
Kelso, D.D., was adopted:
Resolved, That Dr. Robert E. Speer, Mr. James M. Speers,
Mr. Dwight Day be appointed as fraternal delegates to the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in India.
The Standing Committee on Judicial Business through its
Chairman, Rev. David H. Johnston, D.D., presented a report
which was adopted as follows:
In the matter of E. N. Ware vs. Synod of Illinois, your
Committee on Judicial Business had before it the papers in the
case, and also met three representatives of the Synod of
Illinois. The following disposition of the case was agreed
upon. We recommend that the case be referred to the
Permanent Judicial Commission to be acted on next year
unless the matter is adjusted by the Synod of Illinois at its
meeting next fall.
Respectfully submitted,
David H. Johnston, Chairman.
The following resolution presented by Rev. Stanley B.
Roberts, D.D., and Rev. Robert J. Beattie, D.D., was adopted:
Whereas, There is in the United States a persistent and
systematic propaganda being carried on by sympathizers with
certain movements in Ireland, and
Whereas, Our co-religionists throughout Ireland are
seriously oppressed by the conditions existing there, and
Whereas, The purpose of the agitation is to force our
government to interfere with the affairs of a friendly nation in
a manner directly opposite to the principles and practices of
the government of the United States, therefore, be it
Resolved, That this Assembly expresses sympathy with and
earnest support of our Protestant bretliren of Ireland in their
distress, and
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Resolved, That wo emphatically condemn the efforts of these
persons in their attem})t to cause such interftu-ence in the
affairs of a friendly nation, and
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to
President Harding and the Congress of the United States.
Stanley B. Roberts,
Robert J. Beattie.
The following resolution submitted by Rev. George E.
Hawes, ]).D., was adopted:
Whereas, It has come to the knowledge of the Assembly
that the Rev. Geo. B. Stewart, D.D., LL.D., rendered invalu-
al)le service in the office of the Stated Clerk, and whereas it is
known that he refused to allow the Executive Commission
to compensate him in money for this service, Therefore be it
Resolved, That this Assembly does hereby express its great
appreciation of this splendid work and directs the Moderator
of the Assembly to convey our thanks to Dr. »Stewart.
The following resolution presented by Rev. Barend H.
Kroeze, D.D., was adopted:
Whereas, A movement in the interest of world peace and
the betterment of humanity has been inaugurated in the
Seven English Speaking Nations, viz., the United States,
Canada, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, South
Africa, Great Britain and Ireland, by the observance of an
Annual Commemoration Day; and
Whereas, The day selected is Magna Charta Day, June 15,
and churches are requested to make reference to it on the
Third Sunday in June; therefore be it
Resolved, That the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A. heartily endorses this movement, and
commends to all our churches and ministers the suitable
recognition of Magna Charta Sunday, being the Third Sunday
in June.
It was resolved that the Moderator and the Acting Stated
Clerk be empowered to complete the Minutes of the Assembly
at such points as may l)e necessary for the accuracy and full-
ness of the record.
It was resolved for the greater convenience of the Stated
Clerk and the Publicity Department in furnishing the actions
of the Assembly to the press, that all reports of Standing Com-
mittees and Conmiissions shall be typewritten, and that two
carbon copies shall be made, the original to be presented to
the Stated C'lerk at the time the report is made, one carbon
copy to be retained by the Chairman of the Committee or
Conimissions until the close of the Assembly, and one carbon
210 MINUTES. [May 26,
copy furnished to the Pubhcity Department for the use of the
Press and such other persons as desire copies of the Assembly
actions.
The following resolutions of thanks were presented by Rev.
Alexander MacColl, D.D., and were adopted:
The 133rd General Assembly, now bringing its sessions to
a close, desires to place upon record its hearty thanks to all
who have helped to make the Assembly a happy memory and
an inspiring influence.
First, we gratefully recognize the rich gift of God to the
Church in the person of our Moderator, the Rev. Henry C.
Swearingen, D.D. By the dignity and modesty of his bearing,
by his rare knowledge of procedure, by his promptness and
clearness in decision, his eminent fairness, his sensitive con-
sideration for the rights of every Commissioner, not least,
by his devotional spirit, he has more than justified the con-
fidence of the Church in him, and manifested gifts of con-
secrated leadership which cheer all our hearts as we anticipate
the coming year of service.
The Assembly has been fortunate also in its Vice-Modera-
tor, Nathan G. Moore, Esq., who not only proved himself a
capable presiding officer, but rendered service of unusual
value to the whole Church as chairman of a special committee
entrusted with one of the most responsible tasks committed
to this Assembly, the choice of a Stated Clerk.
The Assembly has already in a very practical way expressed
its high appreciation of the service rendered to the Church
by the Acting Stated Clerk, the Rev. J. M. Hubbert, D.D.
Future AssembUes will greatly miss, at least in his former
place of honor, one of the most gracious and helpful of the
Church's servants, the Rev. Edward Leroy Warren, D.D.,
now Permanent Clerk Emeritus. The Assistant and Tem-
porary Clerks have been notably efficient in their service.
We are all very grateful to the Rev. J. C. Breckinridge,
D.D., General Secretary of the Winona Assembly and Bible
Conference^and Chairman of the Local Committee of Arrange-
ments; theJRev. J. A. Gordon, D.D., Chairman of the Com-
mittee onjHospitality, and all who have assisted them in
providing so willingly and so helpfully for the comfort of the
Commissioners; the arduous labors of these friends for weeks
past and^during the Assembly are greatlyfappreciated. In
the work of the Local Committee Mr. and Mrs. Wilham A.
Sunday have been especially helpful and generous. The
homes of Winona have been opened gladly to the members of
the Assembly and visitors. A group of churches in the Synod
entered enthusiastically into the making of the arrange-
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merits and gave every possible help. The citizens of Warsaw
headed by their Mayor, Mr. John A. Sloan, a Presbyterian
elder, and assisted by members of the Kiwanis and Rotary
(Jlubs joined ea«j;erly in expressions of the spirit of hospitality.
The music provided by the Local Committee was an inspiring
feature of the services, and in this IVIr. Homer Rodeheaver
Mnd Professor Heaton were specially helpful. The local
officers of the postoffice, the Western ITnion 1'elegraph C'om-
pany and the Pennsylvania Railroad bore with promptness
and courtesy the burden placed upon them.
Hearty thanks are due to the railroads for the special rates
given to commissioners, to the Remington Typewriter Com-
pany for the use of tyi)ewriters, to the newspapers, local and
national, for helpfid publicity, and not least to our own
Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work for the
hymn books used at our sessions. The Warsaw banks granted
courtesies to many commissioners.
The Commissioners came to Winona sensitively conscious
of the responsible task committed to them in an anxious and
difficult day. At the verj^ beginning they sat at the table of
our Lord, and earnestly sought the Divine guidance. Chief
among our causes of thanksgiving is the belief in all our
hearts that these prayers have been wonderfully answered.
In the solution of difficult questions, in the quick elimination
of any suggestion of controversy, 'n the spirit of unity and of
common devotion to the Holy will of God and to the triumph
of the Kingdom of Christ which has marked all our delibera-
tions, the presence and the power of God have been made
manifest. In joyous faith that to-day as ever His hand is
upon our beloved Church for good, in courage, in humility,
and with confident hope, we go forth with grateful hearts to
our several tasks. Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the
power that worketh in us, unto Him be the glory in the Church
and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever.
Amen.
It was ordered that as all sections of our Church are vitally
affected by union negotiations, that one member from the
Southwest be added to the Special Committee on Church
Cooperation and Union.
The Assembly took recess until 7.30 P.M. and was closed
with prayer.
THURSDAY, May 26, 1921, 7.30 P.M.
The Assembly met and was opened with prayer by Rev.
Samuel F. Fisher, D.D.
The Minutes of the day's sessions were read and approved.
212 MINUTES. [May 26,
The Permanent Clerk of the Assembly, Rev. Edward L.
Warren, D.D., made a special request that due recognition
be made of the untiring services of Mr. Henry Barraclough,
who assisted him in the preparation of the Journal of the
Assembly, enabling him to present to the Assembly at its
closing meeting, a complete record of the business of the
Assembly ready for editing and placing in the hands of the
printer. The Asscmbl}^, by a rising vote, granted this request.
The Rev. Lewis S. Mudge, D.D., was elected a Trustee of
the General Assembly.
The following resolution concerning the changing of the
names of Presbyteries was adopted:
Whereas, By the rules and practice of the Church, the
statistics of the whole Church, by Presbyteries, must be
accurately kept by the Stated Clerk, and furnished to those
requiring them in reliable form, and
Whereas, There have been instances of changes in the
names of Presbyteries without previous approval by the
General Assembly, and much uncertainty and confusion in
statistics and information has resulted; now be it
Resolved, That the General Assembly interprets Section IV
of Chapter XI of the Form of Government to contemplate
that changes of names of Presbyteries, when otherwise made,
according to said Section, will not become effective until
reported to and approved by the General Assembly, and that
all reports to the General Assembly, or its Stated Clerk, of
facts and statistics, to be incorporated into or circulated with
the Minutes of the General Assembly, shall in every instance
continue to be made in the previous names of Presbyteries,
notwithstanding any change of name, until such change shall
have been approved by the General Assembly, and thereafter
in the new name, commencing April 1st, of the then current
year.
The following resolution was adopted by the Assembly:
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to preserve the
life of Elder John H. Phelps, of Omaha, Nebraska, who is
now in his 97th year and who has been permitted to serve in
the eldership 70 years, be it
Resolved, That this Assembly extend greetings to Brother
Phelps and congratulate him on the privilege which has been
his of long service for Christ and the Church.
The following resolutions concerning the payments of bills,
etc., were adopted:
1. That the Stated Clerk's Office be directed to publish
and distribute the Assembly Minutes and Reports of the
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Boards, as usual, in accordance with tlie regulations found in
the Assembly Manual.
2. That the Statcxl Clerk and Treasurer ])e authorized to
l)a3' the usual salaries and bills, in aeeordance with sj)erific
Assembly orders, and ai)pr()i)riati()ns, and the Assembly's
Financial System, as found in the Manual.
3. That the Stated Clerk's Office be authorized to contract
for the usual printing of the Minnies, the Mjuuial, the list of
Commissioners, hst of overtures, Rei)orts of Connnittc^es, and
all blanks and papers connected with the current annual work
of its Assembly, payment for the same to be made under the
regulations of tlie General Assembly's Financial System.
4. That the Permanent Judicial Conmiission be requested
and directed to file its minutes in due time after the adjourn-
nient of the Assembl3^
0. That the Stated Clerk be authorized to revise the
Assembly's business calendar in connection with the prepara-
tion of the next Assembly docket.
6. That the Stated Clerk be authorized at his discretion,
to revise and renumber the Assembly's Standing Orders and
Rules in matters pertaining to logical and consistent arrange-
ment and phraseology, but without changes in subject matter.
The Standing Committees having reported the completion
of their work, and that papers referred to them had been
returned, were discharged.
The following resolution submitted by Elder Reginald L.
McAll was adopted:
Whereas, The Council of the American Guild of Organists
and the Executive Committee of the National Association of
Organists, representing 3,500 organists, have organized com-
mittees to bring the ministers and organists into closer rela-
tions for the good of the cause of religion, be it
Resolved, That the Assembly heartily approves of this
movement and urges the members of Synods and Presbyteries
to cooperate in every possible way.
It was resolved that the offerings taken in behalf of the Near
East Rehef and China Famine Relief Funds, should be equally
divided between these two Funds and so distributed.
The Standing Committee on Leave of Absence submitted a
report, which was adopted, but on account of the indefinite
character of the memoranda kept by this Committee, no
publication is here made of the names of those who obtained
leave of absence during the sittings of the Assembly.
214 MINUTES. |[May 2G, A.D. 1921.]
In view of the large number of Commissioners present at
the closing session of the Assembly, the calling of the roll was
dispensed with.
The reading of the Minutes of the last session of the
Assembly were dispensed with by consent and was referred to
the Permanent and Stated Clerks with power.
The business of the Assembly having been completed, and
a vote having been taken for the dissolution, the Moderator
dissolved the Assembly, saying, ''By virtue of the authority
delegated to me by the Church, let this Assembly be dissolved,
and I do hereby dissolve it, and require another General
Assembly chosen in like manner, to meet at Des Moines,
Iowa, on the third Thursday of May, 1922."
The Sessions were closed with prayer, singing and the
Apostolic Benediction.
EDWARD L. WARREN, Permanent Clerk.
GEORGE B. STEWART, Acting Stated Clerk.
APPENDIX.
i^arratibc, J^ecrologp, Corresponbcncc,
etc.
FOR REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE NARRA-
TIVE OF (CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK, See p. US.
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CHRISTIAN LIFE
AND WORK.
The Special Committee on Cliristian Life and Work respectfully submits to
the General Assembly its Fifteenth Annual Report. The order of presentation
of subjects is as follows:
I. Purposes. XII. Poor Attendance at Church
II. Meetings. Services and Lord's Supper.
III. Members. XIII. Efficiency in Synod and Pres-
IV. Synodical Narra- bj'tery.
tives. XIV. Relation of the Church to Ex-
V. Statistical Summaries of Service Men.
Ministers and Churches. XV. Statistics of Unattached Mis-
VI. Questionnaire and Answers sion Schools.
from Stated Clerks. XVI. Ministerial Co m pens a-
VII. The Movie Situation. tion.
VIII. Improved Narrative Blank. XVII. Daily Vacation Bible Schools.
IX. Religious Training in the Home. XVIII. Ministers' Names In Alpha-
X. Suspended Members and New betical Order.
Converts. XIX. Church and Nation.
XI. The Need of Ministers. XX. Resolutions.
I. Purposes. — In order to make clear the purposes of the Committee, the
action of the General Assembly, constituting the Committee and indicating
its sphere of work is again quoted in full:
"That a Special Committee on Christian Life and Work is hereby appointed,
to consist of eleven members, of whom two shall be the Moderator for the time
being and the Stated Clerk; the other nine members to be appointed by the
Moderator. Of the nine members to be appointed, one-third shall be changed
each year. The duties of the Committee shall be to consider and report upon
the Narrative of Christian Life and Work from the Presbjleries, annually pre-
pared for the Assembly, and also to report, from their own knowledge, upon any
related matters connected with the general spiritual condition of the Church.
The Stated Clerk of the Assembly shall be the Secretary." (Minutes, 1906,
p. 222.)
II. Meetings. — The Committee held, during the year, three meetings at
Philadelphia, Pa.,— on February 15, March 15, and March 29, 1921. The
Moderator, Rev. S. S. Palmer, D.D., could not be present, on account of many
other duties, and appointed Rev. Hugh B. MacC'auley, D. D., who is a meniber
of the Committee, "to act as Chairman, including the writing of the Report,
and its presentation to the Assembly, and following it up with such attention
as it should have before the Standing Committee on Narrative, to which it will
l)e referred."
All the other members were in attendance at the meetings, except the Hon.
John D. Sumner, who could not be present; and all the members spent consider-
able time in preparing their respective parts of the report.
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216 NARRATIVE. [May,
III. Members. — The membership of the Committee is composed of three
classes each serving three years. The class whose term of service expires this
year is composed of Rev. William L. McCormick, Phila., Pa., Rev. U. PVanklin
Smiley, D.D., Wilmington, Del., and Hon. John D. Sumner, Kensington, Md.
It is to be noted, that the Moderator of the Assembly for the time being is
Chairman of the Committee, and the Stated Clerk is the Secretary.
IV. The Synodical Narratives. — These narratives furnish a complete
perspective of the whole field of the home Church, and are interesting and
valuable.
The Synods hold an important place in the administration of Church affairs.
In accordance with Chapter XI of the Form of Government, Section 4, the
Synods have power "to take such order with respect to the })resbyteries, sessions,
and people under their care, as may be in conformity with the Word of God and
the established rules, and may tend to promote the edification of the Church;"
"to propose to the General Assembly for its adoption such measures as may be
of (common advantage to the whole church."
Accordingly, in order to assist in making this synodical administration
most effective to the largest spiritual results, the General Assembly for four
years in succession has made the Stated Clerks of Synods advisory members
of the Special Committee on Christian Life and Work, and has requested each
of the Synods to appoint a Standing Committee on Narrative and to place the
report of this committee on the docket at a morning session, to be accompanied
with exercises of praise and prayer. Similar duties devolve upon the Presby-
teries. To them it belongs (Gov. Article X, Sec. 7), "To order whatever
pertains to the spiritual welfare of the churches, under their cai"e." We need
now the help of the Stated Clerks of Presbyteries as advisory members of our
Committee.
The time has now come to arouse the church to the need of such a Synodical
and Presbyterial review of the state of religion within their bounds and such
an improvement in the preparation and treatment of the report on Christian
Life and Work as will make the exei-cise of greatest profit to the whole church.
We note that the following Synods have printed no reports upon the Narrative
of Christian Life and Work in their Synodical minutes, to wit; Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Idaho, Indiana, Nebraska, New England, New Mexico, New York,
North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming.
The Synodical Reports, either in printed or manuscript form as received by
the Committee, are presented below in the form of abstracts, which have been
skillfully prepared by the Acting Stated Clerk, Rev. J. M. Hubbert, D.D,
These abstracts would create more interest in Synod and be more valuable if they
were first prepared by the Synodical Committees on Narrative, together with
the Stated Clerks, and j)resented to Synod.
We note the fact, which also some of the Stated Clerks complained of in
their answers to our Life and Work Questionnaire, that the Synodical Abstracts,
as printed in the Blue Book of the Assembly, are a year old, having been made up
from the Synodical Narratives printed in Synodical Minutes of the preceding
Fall, which, in turn, were made up from Presbyterial Narratives sent to Synods
the preceding Spring. It is also true that the Presbyterial Narratives of this
spring are now in the hands of this Assembly's Special Committee on Christian
Life and Work, and are herewith reported, but most of them did not reach us
until after May 1st, too late to make a proper presentation. There would be
a vast improvement if the Sessional Narratives were sent to Presbytery on
or before March 1st of each year. It would give a fine presentment at the stated
spring meetings and would enable us to bring to the Assembly the Narrative
survey for the current year closing. Even if not reported in the Blue Book, the
abstracts might be printed in the Minutes of the Assembly, which go to press
about June 15. We propose a resolution on Synods and Presbyteries.
The Synodical Reports follow the order, as far as practicable, of the main heads
given in the Annual Congregational Narrative of Christian Life and Work:
1. Church Membership and Services. 2. Religious Education and Young
People's Work. 3. Evangelism. 4. The Community. 5. Missions and Benevo-
lence. 6. Finance. 7. The Nation.
(The methods of the Welsh Churches are such that it is not practicable to embrace them here.
And the absence of the four colored Synods and the German Synod of the West, which sent in no
printed records, accounts for the gaps in the numbering.)
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1. Alabama. — (I) Church Mciubcrship and Scrrircs: IMciiilxM-shi]), (H)4'2.
Added on oxaininalion, 420; on ciTtifirato, 3S3. Most ('hunches maintain
mid-wcok i)raycr-m('(>tin,u:s, with an attrndanco of about 10 per cont. of the
mcmlicrsliii), Bible study being t.lie cliief attraetion.
(2) Hcliginus Educalion and Ynunq People's Work: By .sermons, exhortations,
and jiersonal entreaties olTorts are made to promote family worsliip and relifjious
training in the liome. Only a small i)ereentafj;e of parents are faithful in present-
in;; th(Mr ehildren for baptism. Only 24 ehurehes report Home Departments in
their Sunday-schools, with IS22 members. Then^ are 3<) young i)eoi)le reported
in attendance at our own denominational schools, and 'M in other institutions.
(4) The Couimuriil;/: Reports sliow that little elTort is made l)y churches to
survey and study community conditions, and there arc very few study classes
of this kind.
(6) Finance: Rc^ports show a very marked imjiroveinent in local financial
matters and son)e progress along benevolent lines.
■ 2. Ariz o n a. — ^(The printed Minutes contain no Report on Narrative.)
3. A r k a n s a s. — (The printed IMinutcs contain no Report on Narrative.)
5. B a 1 1 i m o r e. — Of the five Presbyteries, two made no Narrative re-
ports to the Synod.
(1) Church Membership and Scrrires: Total membership, 36,709, a net gain
of 757. Added on exainination, 1,730; on certificate, 1,401. Majority of
churches hold two services on Sabbath. Morning and aft(!rnoon servicers well
attended, but not .so in the evening. As a rule, quarterly communion services,
with 70 per (rent, of meml^ers in attendance. Prayer meeting a "shameful
failure"; there seems to be "abject hopelessness" in regard to it. Family
wor.ship "a thing of the past."
(2) Rrligious JSdnratinn and Younr/ People's Work: Number of Sabbath-
schools, 1(56, ten of whiih are Mission S'hools. Decision Day generally ob-
served, with good results; 60 per cent, of those received in the churches by
confession come from th(^ Sabbath-schools. Nearly every school has Bible
cla-jses for men and womf>n, and 90 per cent, of those in these (glasses attend
church services. The graded system is generally practiced in the schools.
Few communitv canvassers for membership. Cat (^chisni generally taught, and
our own periodicals used. Home Dejiartments and Cradle Rolls in thriving
condition. One-third of the schools have Teacher Training Classes, but only
a few are enrolled at head(]uart('rs. Nearly all schools h.ave tmichers' meet-
ings or conferences. Many cluu'ches have Young Peoi)le's Societies for mission,
s<jcial, and cultural work, ami all seem to be in healthful condition.
(3) Ernngdism: Special evangelistic services in majority of churches, with
gratifying results.
(5) Missims and Bencolenccs: Marked iini)rovemeat in the spirit of
benevolences, and a large gain in contributions. Churches have generally
adoi)ted the Every-member Plan.
(6) Finance: \^'ith few exceptions, church expenses fully and promptly
met. Several churches carry mortgage indebtedness.
6. C a 1 i f o rn i a. — (The printed Minutes contain no Report on Narrative.)
9. C o I o r a d o. — The Narrative of this Synod is very brief and does not
contain material that can be arranged and iii-esented in ctmformity with the
re(iuirements of (he Assembly's blank. Total membership of the Synod, 23,660,
an increase of 4 per cen(. during (he past year. Evangelistic Work has been
carried on with vigor at a few points in the State. The Narrative is chiefly
occupied with the im ,;.rtance and difficulties of the Home Missionary work in
the Synod.
12. Ida h o. — (The printed Minutes contain no Report on Narrative.)
13. I 1 1 i n o i s. — (1) Church Membership and Services: Membership,
112,273. Added on examination, 6,942, a gain of 2,507 over la.st year. Church
services well attended in the morning, but in th(! evening the attendance varies.
For the most part the churches have been well su])plicd with pastoral services.
Attendance at communion services varies from 40 to 75 per cent, of the member-
ehip. Attendance at the mid-week prayer meeting averages about 10 per cent.
218 NARRATIVE. [May,
(2) Religious Education arid Young People's Work: There is being developed
a more efficient leadership in rehgious education. In many churches a systematic
effort is being made to reestabhsh family worship, and church leaders are realiz-
ing that the Sabbath-school cannot be a substitute for religion in the home.
There is a steady decHne in the membership of the Sabbath-schools of the Synod.
Many Teacher Training Classes and workers' conferences are reported. Chris-
tian Endeavor and other Young People's organizations are reported only in a
minority of the churches, but these societies are doing an excellent work.
Boy Scout and similar organizations for girls are reported in increasing numbers.
(3) Evangelism: Only a few churches have had special evangelistic services,
but in all these improved spiritual conditions have been reported.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: With increasing fidelity the churches are
contributing to all the Agencies of the Church, and much of the credit is to be
g'Ven to the New Era Movement.
14. Indian a. — Owing to failure on the part of the Presbyteries to send in
Narrative Reports, the Synodical Committee was not able to prepare an adequate
Narrative for pubhcation in the Minutes.
15. low a.— The Synod having adopted New Rules with reference to the
Narrative, which were not understood by the Presbyteries in their new relation-
ship, reports for preparing a Synodical Narrative were not received from the
Presbyterial clerks. The total membership for the Synod is 56,515, a net gain
of 1,376.
16. K a n s a s. — (1) Church Membership and Services: Church membership
has been practically at a stand-still. One-third of the churches have been vacant
for more or less of the time, during the year. Prayer-meeting attendance
averages 10 per cent, of the membership.
(2) Religious Education and Young People's Work: All the Presbyteries
have Committees for supervising educational work in the churches. Decision
Day not commonly observed. Sabbath-school membership has declined during
the year. Communion classes in but few churches. Work for young people is
represented by Christian Endeavor, and conditions are fair.
(3) Evanqelism: No large proportion of the churches have had special evan-
gelistic meetings, but where such services have been held the results have been
uniformly good.
(4) The Community: Only 30 of the churches in the Synod report efforts
to improve community conditions; many of these are worlcing along the line.-;
of the Interchurch survey. The community organizations supported are the
Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., Temperance, and" Play Grounds.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: All sessions give opportunity to contribute
to the Boards. About one-half the churches have followed the New Era Program
and in such cases good results have followed.
(6) Finance: There has been an increase of 25 per cent, in benevolences.
There is a general movement for raising salaries of ministers. About 20 per
cent, of church members are regular contributors.
(7) The Nation: The effect of the war on the churches is generally reported
as unfavorable, and yet there is a larger world vision and the Church is studying
missions more than ever before.
17. K e n t u c k y. — Only five of the seven Presbyteries sent in Narrative
reports; from these the following facts are given.
(1) Church Membership and Services: Added on examination, 592; on certi-
ficate, 546. A large number of the churches have been without pastoral over-
sight, 28 being reported as vacant. Church services fairly well attended.
(2) Religious Education and Young People's Work: Some Presbyteries have
Committees to supervise educational work. Reports are encouraging with
reference to family worship and religious training in the home. There has been
an increase in Sabbath-school membership during the year.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: The New Era Movement has left its imprint
on the Presbyteries and churches in the matter of an advance in contributions
for benevolent causes.
(6) Finance: The churches are meeting their local expenses fully and
promptly, and there is but small indebtedness on church mortgages.
A.D. 1921.] CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK. ^19
IS. M i c h i g a n. — Out of (he oij^ht Prc.sbj'tories, only two have presented
reports approximating completeness, consequently the Synodical Narrative
is very meager.
(1) Clutrch Membership and Scrrie.es: Total membership, 51,015, a gain of
2,118, the largest church membership ever reported. Added on examination,
3,766.
(5) Missiotis and Benevolence: There has been a gain of 5 per cent, in con-
tributions made for missions and benevolences. This gratifying result is due
to the stinuilus afforded by the New Era organization, with its emphasis upon
stewardship.
19. M i n n e s o t a. — (1) Church Membership and Services: Total memberf
ship, 33,755, a net gain of 685. Added on examination, 2,285. While most o
the churches have had preaching, many have had no pastoral care. Many
churches are unable to keep up the weekly prayer-meeting.
(2) Iieli(}ious Education and Young People's Work: The family altar is
disappearing from an increasing number of the homes. The Sabbatli-school
work is apparently well done, and there are few churches that do not rc^port
schools. The complete Sabbath-school enrollment is 34,213, a gain of 2,003.
The Young People's Societies have maintained their work with success.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: There has been a most gratifying response
on the part of the churches in making contributions for missions and benevo-
lences, and the increase in some instances has been threefold.
20. M i s s i s s i p p i. — (1) Church Membership and Services: Additions
on examination, 88; on certificate, 65. But few churches have preaching services
more than once a month, and 16 are reported as having been without pastors
part of the time. Some churches have communion services irregularly, and in
some congregations this service is much neglected.
(2) Religious Education and Young People's Work: Some efforts put forth
for religious training in the home. About 50 per cent, of parents faithful in
presenting children for baptism, and 75 per cent, of the churches endeavor to
impress baptized children as to their proper relations to the church. Few
churches observe Decision Day. Probably .30 per cent, of the pastors have pre-
paratory communion classes. About two-thirds of the additions come from the
Sunday-school, and one-fourth of these were baptized in infancy. No speciial
work outside of Sunday-schools is reported. Some special eiTorts made to interest
children in the regular church services, and about 50 per cent, of the young
people attend. Of the 52 churches, only 35 have Sabbath-schools. Few schools
teach the Catechism, and some do not use the literature of our own Church.
There are 8 graded schools, and very few have teachers' meetings. There
are 13 Bible Classes reported: 3 Intermediates, 4 Seniors, 6 Adults. Few
Sunday-scrhools make an arunial canvass for new members. There are no
libraries. There are 5 churches with Home Departments, with an enrollment of
70. Total Sabbath-school membership, 1743, 30 l(!ss than last year. Young
People's Work is represented by 13 societies: Juniors, 5; Intermediates, 3;
Seniors, 5; also 4 Junior Mission Bands, and one Guild. Young people attending
our own schools, 9; other institutions, 25.
(3) Evangelism: Almost all the (•hiirches hold evangelistic services and with
good results, — 41 accessions through these; servi('es.
(4) The Community: V^ery little, if any, (;omnumity work is being done.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: Offerings for mi.ssions and benevolences
are increti.sing encouragingly.
(6) Finance: The finances of the churches are generally improved, but some
are lagging behind and are paying the pastors once a year, and that at its close.
21. Missour i. — Of the 10 Presbyteries, only 7 made Narrative reports.
The Synodical Narrative is practically in the form of seven separate Presby-
terial Narratives, rather than a single unified Narrative consisting of a survey
of the work of tlie Synod as a whole. From these several disjointed Presby-
terial Reports, the following may be gathered as the facts in general.
(1) Church Membership and Services: There has been an in(;reasing number
of aflditions on examination, as well as on certificate. As a rule, 2 preaching
services are held on the Sabbath, though rural churches hold .services but once
or twice a month. Morning attendance; good; in the afternoon and evening,
but fair. Many churches have been with(jut pastors during part of tlu; year,
220 NARRATIVE. [May,
many of which had temporary supplie?. Commonly, communion services held
quarterl3^ Reports concerning the weekly prayer-meeting are not cheering.
(2) Religious Education and Young People's Work: It seems that few have
committees for supervising educational work. Considerable attention is given
to the subject of religious training in the home, but there are few family altars.
Parents fairly faithful in having their children baptized. There is little evidence
of observance of Decision Day. Sabbath-schools seem to be well cared for,
and good work is apparently being done by Young People's Societies.
(3) Evangelism: A small number of churches hold sper-ial evangelistic services,
but these report very happy results in accessions and improved spiritual con-
ditions.
(4) The Community: Comparatively little is done which can be designated
as community work in any specific sense.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: Churches have generally made contributions
to the Boards and benevolent causes, and the New Era Movement has produced
Kood fruits.
(6) Finance: Most of the churches have made a fairly good report in provid-
ing for their local expenses fully and with promptness, although not a few church
properties carry mortgage indebtedness.
22. M o n t a n a. — ^(1) Church Membership and Services: Total membership,
7,172. Added on examination, 896; on certificate, 479; this is the largest increase
in membership for any year in the history of the Synod. The mid-week praj'er
meeting is fast declining, and it would seem that it is soon to be numbered among
the things of the past.
(2) Religious Education and Young People's Work: Sunday-schools are in
a flourishing condition, and efforts are being made in all sections to build them
up and im);)rove them. Many Teacher Training classes and graded schools
are reported, and much attention is being given to class organizations, and with
most encouraging results. Young People's societies are in a sad plight, as few
are reported, and, with rare exceptions, they are very weak.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: Nearly all the churches have adopted the
Every-member Plan. Nearly all the churches are cooperating with the New
Era Movement, the Central Receiving Agency has proved very helpful.
(6) Finance: All the churches report that their congregational expenses are
fully and promptly paid.
23. N e b r a s k a. — (The printed Minutes contain no Report on Narrative.)
24. N e w E n g 1 a n d. — (Mention is made of the fact that the Committee
presented a report on Narrative, but it does not appear in the printed Minutes
of the Synod.)
25. New Jerse y. — Presbyterial Narratives reached the Synod from all
the Presbyteries except three, 2 of these being foreign, and one in the State of
New Jersey.
(1) Church Membership and Services: Total membership, 126,161, a net gain
of 4,971. Added on examination, 10,110; on certificate^ 4,849. There have been
68 vacant churches, many of which have been without pastors for a long time,
and are disintegrating. The Synod lost 4,153 by the Suspended Roll, and the
Narrative speaks of this "tragic leakage" as presenting a seriou.s problem.
Prayer meeting attendance from 4 to 10 per cent, of the membership; various
methods used in trying to improve this unhappy condition.
(2) Religious Education and Young People's Work: There has been a serious
decadence of family worship, but there is now evident improvement. But little
attention is given to communion preparatory classes. Outside the Sabbath-
school and Young People's Societies, work for boys and girls is being developed
through such agencies as Boys' Clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Camp Fire
Girls. An increase in the number of organized Bible Classes.
(3) Evangelism: Some Presbyteries report good results from evangelical
campaigns, and others have not stressed such services.
(4) The Community: While community service is receiving increased atten-
tion, this line of work has not been systematically pursued.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: A marked improvement in practical and
definite methods for supporting benevolences by contributions to Assembly
Agencies. An increase of 28 per cent, in gifts for congregational piu-poses, and
A.D. 1921.] CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK. 221
55 per cent, for benevolences. Presbytcrial Reports show a vcrj' definite cnt ranoe
into the New Era Movement by a majority of the churches.
(6) Finance: Ahnost universally, local church expenses are full and promptly
met.
(7) The Nation: Widely divergent answers as to the influence of the war
upon spiritual conditions in the churches. While coiifiregations have been much
disturbed by the strain of war conditions and the burdens f)f the reconstruction
jieriod, the state of upheaval and disorsanizat ion has not only r(>ached its utmost
limit, but on every side arc indications of improvement and an upward trend.
26. New M e X i c o. — (The printed Minutes contain no Report on
Narrative.)
27. New Y o r k. — (The printed Minutes contain no Report on Narrative.)
28. North D a k o t a. — (The printed Minutes contain no Report on
Narrative.)
29. Ohio. — (1) Church ^femhcrship and Semces: Total membership,
i;>0,3(V2, a net increase of 2,940. Added on examination, 7,328. The i)rayer
me(>tins is poorlj' attended, and few are present who are willing; to pray in public.
Sabbath evening; services seem to be regarded as unnecessary.
(2) Rrli()ioiis Education and Younq People's Work: The decline in Sabbath-
school membership has been arrested, as is shown by the fact that there was an
increase of more than 5,000 during the last year. There is little evidence of
activity on the part of Young People's societies.
(8) Evangelism: There has been considerable interest manifested in evangelis-
tic services, and to thi.i is attributed the increase on confession of faith.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: There has been a marked activity in making
contributions in benevolences, and there has been a large increase.
30. O k 1 a h o m a. — (1) Church Membership and Services: Total membcT-
ship, 20,584, a net gain of nearly 1,100. Additions by examination, 1,543; by
certificate, 1,928. Communion services attended by GO per cent, of the member-
ship. Prayer-meeting attendance from 6 to 25 per cent, of membership; Bible
study the most helpful stimulant.
(2) Religions Education and Yoxmg People's Work: Of the 9 Presbyteries,
have committees on Religious Education. I'^'amily worship encouraged by
pulpit exhortation, printed matter, New Era Methods, and the Family Altar
League. Parents fairly faithful in presenting children for baptism and making
clear to them their relation to the Church. In most churches Decision Day is
observed in the Sabbath-schools. A minority of churches have commimicant
classes. More than 500 received into the churches from Sabbath-schools, the
greater number baptized in infancy. Outside of the Sabbath-school the activities
for young people are in Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Cirls organizations. In
some churches special sermons ai'c ])reafh(ul to hold the young peofjle, but the
attendance of young people on pul)li(' worshi[) is not large. Most chui'ches
have Sabbath-schools, and but few have branch or mission classes. The Cate-
chisms are taught b>it little. A few teacher-t raining classes are reported. Schools
not largely grailed except those in the younger departments. Teachers' meetings
held by minority of schools. The Board's ))ublications used almost exclusively.
Libraries are not maintained. Ouitc a number of organized cla.sses. Only
18 Home Departments reported. Young peojile's work rei)orted in an encourag-
ing number of churches, and u-uatly it is in good condition. A small mmiber
of junior Bands and Westminster duilds is reported. There are 103 youne people
in our own schools, and 192 in other educational institutions.
(3) Evangelism: Many churches have heldevangelistic meetings, with only
meager accessions.
(4) The Community: Little information given on this subject.
(5) Missions and Bemvolence: There has been a great increase in contribu-
tions for benevolences, much of which is attributable to the New Era Movement.
(6) Finance: Church exprnses are met with fidelity and promptness; 5
Presbyteries report indcbte Iness on churches. Mo.st churrhes have but one
treasurer for all funds.
(7) The Nation: But few churclies responrl to the inquiry as to the effects
of the war on church life, but most of those that answer say its effect was very
detrimental or negligible.
222 NARRATIVE. [May,
31. O r e g n. — (1) Chirch Membership and Services: Out of the 6 Presbj'-
teries, 5 report a membership of 15,521. Added on examination, 1,105; on
certificate, 1,253. Nearly all churches have two services a day, the attendance
being better in the morning. There have been 39 pastorless churches during
part of the year. Two Presbyteries report vacant churches regularly supplied ;
two say that they were not supplied. Churches closed, 4. Usually, 4 communion
services annually, with 60 per cent, attendance. About half the churches have
prayer-meetings, with attendance from 11 to 20 per cent.
(2) Religious Education and Young People's Work: Five Presbyteries report
supervising committees. Religious training of children generally emphasized.
Pulpit appeals and literature used for promoting family worship in 2 presbyteries ;
4 do not answer; 3 presbyteries report parents faithful in baptizing children;
one says they are not; 2 do not answer. Relation of baptized children to church
made clear in 2 Presbyteries ; one says in half the churches ; one says not generally ;
2 do not answer. One Presbytery reports 5 churches observing Decision Day ;
2 Presbyteries report that half the churches do; 2 Presbyteries give no answer.
Three Presbyteries report 175 received from Sabbath-schools, 66 of whom were
baptized in infancy. Graded schools in three Presbyteries. All use Board's
lesson helps. Four Presbyteries report 37 Home Departments, with enrollment
of 648. Total Sabbath-school membership, 5,338, a gain of 501. Attending
our own schools, 4; in other schools, 78.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: Sessions give opportunity for contributing
to our Boards. All churches in the New Era Movement. Sabbath-schools
contribute to Home and Foreign Missions and Sabbath-school work.
(6) Finance: Church expenses fully and promptly met. Benevolences
administered by sessions. Three Presbyteries report 33 manses.
(7j The Nation: War influences reported bad, depressing, deadening.
32. Pennsylvani a. — (1) Church Membership and Services: Total
membership, 324,529, net gain of 2,226 over last year. Added on examination,
16,043, a gain of 6,314 over last year; on certificate, 10,911. Churches pastorless
part of the year, 190; few have been closed. Communion attendance averages
63 per cent, of membership; prayer meeting, 15 per cent.; many rural churches
have no prayer meeting at all.
(2) Religious Education aiul Young People's Work: Decision Day observed
in Sunday-schools of most churches, and many churches have communion classes.
Incomplete returns show 7,489 uniting with the church from the Sunday-schools.
Special sermons to children are growing in favor and fruitfulness. Shorter
Catechism gets moderate attention. Mission Bands and Guilds and other
junior organizations are numerous.
(3) Evangelism: Of the 20 Presbj^teries, 17 have special evangeUcal services;
11 Pre-sbyteries report 3,119 accessions resulting from these meetings.
(4) Community: On this subject the reports are largely negative, though
general support is given to such institutions as the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A.,
Daih^ Vacation Bible Schools, and Temperance organizations.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: Contributions to the Boards have been made
on a very liberal scale, as have also other benevolences, and inuch of the impetus
in this direction is attributable to the New Era Movement, and to the Woman's
Jubilee Campaign. Sabbath-schools have contributed most gratifyingly to all
the Boards, especially to Home and Foreign Missions.
(6) Finance: Church finances fully and promptly paid. Number of Manses
reported by 1,184 churches, 645; .since one manse often serves more than one
church, it is safe to say that a majority of pastors are housed.
(7) The Nation: Almost without exception, the churches declare war influ-
ences to have been detrimental; the men returning from the service have deserted
the churches that toiled .so long and hard for their every comfort in camp and
field.
33. S o u t h D a k o t a. — The printed Minutes contain an extended report.
But instead of being a unified Narrative, with matter capable of being presented
in conformity with Assembly blank, it contains discursive statements with
reference to each of the Presbyteries separately. These presentations speak
optimistically, in general terms, in regard to work and conditions in the Synod.
34. Tennesse e. — Of the 8 Presbyteries, only 6 made Narrative Reports,
two of these being incomplete.
A.D. 1921.] CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK. 223
(1) Church Membership aud Sernces: Meiuhorship, 16,508, a gain of 438.
Added on examination, 9S9; on certifieate, 739. Out of 202 ehurehes, 53 vacant.
Mo^t ehurehes regularly sup{>lied with preaeher.s; a majority have communion
four times a year. Church attendance (iO per cent, of memhership. Most of
town churches have prayer meetings, with from 10 to 15 per cent, of members
attending. Sessions usually give notice of removals.
(2) Religious Educalion'and Young People's Work: The importance of reli-
gious training of the young people is urged upon the congregations, and the
family altar is stressed. Parents cannot be called faithful in presenting children
for baptism, nor ministers in carrying out requirements in regard to baptizing
children. Decision Day not observed in many churched, nor do many have
classes preparatory to communion. Outside of the Sunday-schools and Young
People's Societies,'little is done for the young, though there are a few Boy Scout
troops and clubs of various kinds, mainly thrift and domestics No special
attempt is made to adapt church services to children. Shorter and Intermediate
Catechisms not generally taught. Few teacher training classes, and these not
enrolled at headquarters; but few teachers' meetings; many schools have Home
Departments. Most of the churches have Young People's Swieties, conditions
being fair.
(3) Evangelism: Most churches have some kind of evangelical efforts during
the year, with fairly good results.
(4) The Commuiiitij: Churches little engaged directly in community work,
a.s such, though they support such organizations as the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A.,
Public Play-Grounds, Temperance, Daily Vacation Bible Schools, and Settle-
ment Work.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: Churches have enlisted in the New Era
Movement with enthusiasm and success, receiving therefrom nuich inspiration.
(6) Finance: As a rule, church expenses are fully met; but not always with
promptness. Sessions usually administer benevolences, and two separate funds
are usually kept, for benevolences and local expenses; a majority of churches
having separate treasurers. One-quarter of the churches have manses.
(7) The Nation: No special stimulating effect from the war is noted, though
there is greater passion for reality in everything than before the war.
35. T e x a s.— (The printed Minutes contain no Report on Narrative.)
36. U t a h. — (The printed Minutes contain no Report on Narrative.)
37. Washington. — (1) Church Memhership and Services: As but 6
of the 1 1 Presbyteries have made Narrative Reports, no satisfactory statement
can be made as to total membership or accessions.
(2) Religious Education and Young People's Work: So far as reports show,
there has been a loss in the total membership of Sundaj' -schools.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: There seems to have been an increase in
benevolent contributions and an advance in pastors' salaries.
38. West V i r g i n i a. — The Narrative speaks with thanksgiving and
gratification concerning spiritual conditions in the Synod, but it does not contain
the materials requisite for such an exhibit as is contemplated by the Assembly's
blank. In general terms, it is stated that there has been a substantial gain in
the number of members received into the church, with an attendance at preach-
ing services and prayer meetings which is only fair; that the Family Altar and
the Catechism have been neglected; that there has been a substantial gain in
the number attending Sabbath-schools and Young People's Societies; that there
has been an increa.sc of gifts to the Assembly's Boards; that Evangelism is not
stressed.
39. W i s c o n s i n. — (1) Church Memhership and Services: Total member-
ship, 24,781, a net gain over last year, or an increase of 4 per (;cnt. Attendance
at morning services, 60 per cent, of membership; verj' much less in the evening;
but 10 per cent, at prayer meeting; in many churches no prayer meetings are held.
(2) Religious Education and Young People's Work: As to Sunday-schools,
47 churches, or a fourth of the number in the Synod, failed to make reports.
There are 157 churches with Sunday-schools, — 6 branch, 1 union, and 8 mission
schools. Only 25 per fv\\\ . of church accessions came from the Sunday-schools.
Total Sunday-school enrollment, 18,718, a gain of 686, or 3 per cent., over last
224 NARRATIVE. [May,
year. Work for young people is carried on by organizations of Christian En-
deavor, Mission Bands, "Westminster Ckiilds, etc.
(3) Evangelism: Special evangelical services reported in 33 churches, with
gratifying results in accessions and spiritual stimulation.
(4) The Community: As far as reports show, participation in community
services is practically a cipher.
(5) Missions and Benevolence: All churches seem to have adopted the Every-
member Plan, which has resulted. in a large increase of gifts.
(6) Finance: Church expenses are promptly paid, but there is a reported
indebtedness on churches of $37,360.
40. W y o m i n g. — The printed Minutes do not contain a unified Narrative
which can be presented in conformity with the requirements of the Assembly's
blank, but simply three brief paragraphs which set forth a few facts in regard to
general conditions in each of the three Presbyteries of the Synod, respectively.
V. Statistical Summaries of Ministers and Churches. — A brief com-
parison. The summaries given below show the general conditions having to do
with the church growth, and are not duplicated elsewhere in the Minutes.
The number of past,ors in 1919 was 4105; and in 1920 was 4289, an increase of
184; the number of stated supplies in 1919 was 1455, and in 1920 was 1412, a
decrease of 43; the number of Ministers without charge in 1919 was 1922, and in
1920 was 1978, an increase of 56; the total number of ministers in 1919 was
9856, and in 1920 was 9858, an increase of 2.
The total number of churches in 1919 was 9698, and in 1920 was 9640, a
decrease of 58. A new column in 1920 shows 4650 manses, or about 48% of the
churches. The 52 community, federated and union churches reported under
Presbyterial control, raises the question as to whether these churches were
every reported to the General Assembly, as required by the Assembly, and
w hether the time has not come for the Assembly to define the Constitutional
method for federating churches.
Under congregational expenses we note a great improvement. Not counting
2181 which did not give any figures, there were 3497 churches in 1919 that gave
less than .If 1200 each for congregational expenses, and 3033 churches in 1920;
that is, 464 churches increased their support; in 1919 there were 2472 churches
that gave between $1200 and $3000 each, but in 1920 the number was 2082
churches; that is, 390 increased; in 1919, 1635 churches gave over $3000 each,
while in 1920 there were 2344, a marked increase of 709 churches. We infer
this was owing to the movement to increase pa.stors' salaries.
Under churches by size we find 1598 churches reporting less than 25 members;
that is, 14 churches more than in 1919; 3729 churches between 25 and 100; that is,
115 less than in 1919; and 4262 having over 100 members; that is, a gain of 34.
This shows that those very small churches remain about tlie same from year to
year, and raises the question whether the Presbyteries are doing all thej' can to
improve the situation.
Under additions we find a great improvement over 1919, but still little for
congratulation. In 1920, 3563 churches reported no additions; that is, 37%;
1775 churches reported 1 to 4, that is, 18%; 1352 from 5 to 9, that is, 14%; on the
other hand, 193 churches added 50 to 74; 52 added 75 to 99, and 60 churches
added more than 100 each, the largest number since 1917. Here again we raise
the question whether Presbytery has done all it could to revive these failing
churches. We think that a careful investigation should be made by a special
committee and reported at the Stated Fall Meetings.
The following tabular matter has cost time, labor, and money, and is very
valuable. These summaries have been prepared, with great care, under the
direction of the Acting Stated Clerk, from the Statistical Reports of ministers
and churches, as they appear arranged by Synods, in the Minutes of the last
Assembly. The same criticism has been made of the Summaries that pertains
to the Narratives, that they are one year old. Nevertheless, the replies from
the Stated Clerks as to the value of these tables confirmed the judgment of
the Committee that we should publish them.
The summaries are accurate and show the general conditions with which
we are concerned. They are not dead figures, but speak with command and
challenge. They would be more generally known and appreciated if they were
first prepared with the aid of the Stated Clerks of Presbytery aud Synod. It
A.D. 1921.] CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK.
225
may be that an ocoiioinical plan by cooperation of the .Stated Clerks ean be
devised, by which wo can publish the summaries in the year to which the fif2;urcs
app>ly.
Tlu> summaries haA-e been arranged bj' Synods in tabular form and include
the followiTig main heads, to wit :
(a) An abbreviated sununary of the main facts, (b) Ministerial Employment,
(c) Churches Supplied and Vacant, (d) Congregntional Expenses, (e) Churches
by size, (f) Additions by confession, (g) EuU Sununaries in paragraph form
of the same figures.
B. Ministerial Employment, 1920.
^Continental United States.)
Stnods.
Alabama
Ari/5ona
Arkansas
Atlantic
Baltimore
California
Canadian
Catawba
Colorado
East Tennessee..
German, West...
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New England
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota...
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Penn.sylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah.
Wa.shington
West Virginia
Wi.sconsin
Wyoming
04
20
10
20
11
108
190
1
26
64
8
50
17
285
159
181
117
33
145
103
4
98
24
93
40
2811
11
543
31
374
67
42
787
38
38
74
4
75
36
72
9
25
9
22
61
5
77
27
67
24
19
4
4
85
35
59
45
22
17
32
14
63
15
49
3
58
12
128
22
45
28
39
46
34
47
66
10
50
5
26
13
Totals 14289 1412
3
2
2
7|
4
2
1
4
2
4
4
^'
18
10
29
3
2|
5;
371
7
3!
7
1
34
3
4
2
238 260
1
1
321 27
14
33
18
4
12
13
6
26
3
7
3
9
2
24
5
33
17
23
36
5;
8
47
3
19
6 6
2
498 328
I
4!-
3|.,
26 14
4! 5
481 32
41 1
21
23
9
21
12
64
214
11
5
34
1
S
17
127
41
64
38
10
75
41
56
11
33
14
107
16
257
25
118
57
41
228
22
30
43
3
56
3
29
14
186 1978
423182
14
276
228
29
298
65
210
72
593
55
1209
95
668
185
178
1328
119
150
259
24
285
54
157
45
♦619858
* Nine (9) Chaplains in Army; nine (9) in Navy; forty-three (43) unclassified,
t Includes 66 P. Em.
8
226
NARRATIVE.
[May,
C Churchhs Supplied and Vacant, 1920.
Continental United States The Foreign Field
Synods
P. S.S.
Total, Mns
Presbyteries
Alabama 27
Arizona ; 11
Arkansas ' 23
Atlantic i 16
Baltimore 117
California
Canadian
Catawba
Colorado
E. Tennessee
German, West. .
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan ,
Minnesota
Mississippi ....
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New England. .
New Jersey. . . .
New Mexico. . .
New York
North Dakota .
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Penn.sylvania . .
South Dakota. .
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Washington ....
West Virginia. .
Wisconsin
Wyoming
180
1
37
70
8
54
19
304
171
190
119
33
148
107
6|
99
24!
1031
42
276i
9|
516i
361
432:
81j
43!
8581
381
40,
91
41
731
40
72
10
61
34
46
107
12
124
43
129
43
27j
7i
10
146
79
106
81
62
51
103
42!
146;
32
62
70
45
208;
56
103
53
66
117
91
110
185
13
137;
12:
100
20
20 108
3 48^
39; 108
18! 141
33 162
71 375
6 50
11 177
311 144
2! 37
13i 74
20 49
124 574 331
88 338 148
103' 399 277
104 304 172
45 140 40
58 257 143
285 127
52 13
414! Ill
93
41
24,
37, 1
34 i
72
161
16!
6I1
11
59 i
21
751
4i
169
37
421 207
35
117
22
3i 50
53' 399 262
9 63 22
139 863 593
84l 176: 83
117 652 317
82: 216' 74
38 147 57
1941169 645
35 164 96
53 203 56
106 382 125
5 22 11
64 274
70
18
37 209
15 45
101
31
85
11
Corisco
Chile
Eastern Persia. .
North Siam . . .
South Siam . . . .
Western Africa .
P.
S.S.i V. Total
19
10
lOi
8'
9
11
7
4:
25
33
17
4
36
11
10
Totals
8 56 471 111
Corisco — Native Pastors 3
Native Supplies 7
Chile — Native Supplies 8
North Siam — Native Pastor 1
Native Supplies 7
South Siam — Native Pastors 3
Total Native Ministers 29
Eastern Persia, No Report since 1914.
Western Africa, No Native Ministers.
Totals
45282944216896404650
Note — Apart from the Foreign Field,
«liurches using other than the EnpHsli
language are reported as follows: German
Synod of the West, Presbyteries of Havana
and Porto Rico (Span.), Alaska and Yukon
(Eskimo), Dakota (Indian), Central West
and Southwest (Bohemian), togi^ther with
Armenian (4), Bohemian (3), Chinese (3),
French (1), German (11), Hungarian (10),
Indian (32), Italian (11), Japanese (7),
Magyar (13), Mexican (12). Polish (1),
Ruthenian (.3), Slovac (4), Syrian (1), Welsh
(2), a total of 448 churches and 17 languages.
Thirty-two (32) Missions report 3.5S8
members, with Congregational Expenses
about .S30,00l), while for some fifty (50)
Missions, Chapels, Stations, etc., no mem-
bership or expense account is given.
There are fifty-two (52) "Community,"
"Federated" and "Union" Churches under
Presbyterial control.
The statistics as furnished are not suffi-
ciently explicit for an accurate statement
as to "Grouping" of churches.
About forty-eight (4S%) per cent, of the
churches have Manses.
A.D. 1921
CHRISTIAN UW. AND WORK.
227
D. Congregational Expenses, 1920.
{Continental United States.)
Stnodb.
Not
Given.
1
to
2yo
300
to
>3\)9
(00
to
890
900
to
1199
1200
to
1999
2000
to
2999
;jooo
and
Over.
Total
Ch'B.
Alabama
29
13
54
39
27
90
17
43
34
18
2
lo
89
82
85
75
46
48
84
16
163
27
55
6
23
38
93
116
91
99
42
91
39
52
150
8
75
12
72
23
34
15
19
52
6
25
25
59
9
9
12
4
:6
36
21
24
35
17
27
18
46
17
5
12
2
10
25
6
24
5
29
13
6
7
6
37
20
25
33
17
19
24
13
39
14
12
8
3
5
12
13
16
"26
13
8
6
39
20
20
25
li
20
26
9
2
5
I
25
1
9
11
1
6
4
3
7
5
20
54
1
11
15
2
21
6
83
29
5
4
4
2
23
47
1
2
14
■■12
5
94
42
7
4
108
Arizona
48
A r kansas
108
Atlantic
141
Baltimore
61
94
162
California
375
50
Catawba
4
35
1
6
7
167
92
85
61
16
80
55
60
14
45
'29
189
2
335
11
190
28
23
457
16
17
40
2
37
20
38
4
177
Colorado
144
Ka-^t Tennessee
37
(lerman, West
74
Idaho
49
1 llinois
29
17
25
18
5
17
14
574
Indiana
338
Iowa
70 68
399
Kansas
35
9
35
34
1
38
8
42
7
48
4
125
20
78
17
16
150
18
11
22
1
26
9
18
3
33
6
21
21
4
23
7
26
4
47
3
106
5
84
18
13
140
14
10
16
1
28
6
16
2
304
Kentucky
1'!0
Michitran
257
Minnesota
285
52
Missouri
27
3
10
1
22
"■'54
3
52
9
9
92
14
18
26
2
20
2
11
18
3
12
3
22
1
41
6
52
9
8
75
9
10
22
2
14
3
14
3
414
Montana
93
Nebraska
207
New Kn"'land . . .
50
New Jersey
31
13
55
7
37
23
17
68
36
55
74
3
46
11
22
9
17
8
62
13
19
96
18
30
32
3
28
7
18
1
399
New Mexico
63
New York
863
17o
Ohio
Oklahoma
6 2
2I()
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
147
1169
164
1 ennessee
203
Texas
'ib2
Utah..
Washington
22
274
West Virginia
Wisconsin
70
209
Wyoming
45
Totals
2181
1058
807
635
533
1106
976
2344
9640
228
NARRATIVE.
[May,
E. Churches by Size, 1920.
{Continental United States.)
Stmods. ^'ot
given
1
to
4
5
to
9 !
10 1
to
24 1
25
to
49
50
to
74
75
to
99
100
and
Over
Total
Ch'8.
Alabama
1
2
1
1
3
7;
2
7
9
1
18
7
3
1
30
8
25
34
3
40
24
31
23
8
11
11
38
29
34
34
25
28
49
8
56
28
17
1
9
20
44
44
37
58
28
41
39
32
95
6
60
8
i 3?
13
32
lli
37
31
27
54,
10
53
29
14
14
13
62
70
66
73
43
48
73
23
88
19
37
3
37
20
80
46
68
44
31
118
48
55
98
6
67
14
45
8
15
8
16
24
17
47
3
26!
18
7
17
8
80
40
61
40
23
26
37
9
67
7
33
1
35
4
88
20
96
21
19
103
30
38
63
1
28
8
27
4
5
3
4
12,
12!
33!
2
17
16
1
14
4
57
26
37
29
7
21
14
3
38
7
27
6
38
5
76
14
58
14
10
90
10
! 24
27
1
14
4
14
5
16
15
13
25
102
153
i'
53
7
17
13
323
171
184
122
39
127
94
4
127
18
86
39
276
9
563
19
383
47
40
807
25
45
76
5
72
33
64
6
108
48
Arkansas
5
3
108
Atlantic .
141
Baltimore
162
California
11
2
4
19
1
4
375
Canadian
50
Catawba
177
144
37
German West . .
1
74
49
Illinois
1
4
2
6
2
9
"io
3
3
6
10
5
9
11
6
574
338
Iowa
1
1
399
Kansas
304
140
1
6
257
2
285
52
Missouri
1
3
28
1
414
Montana
93
207
50
New Jersey
3
i
2
7
1
6
6
2
5
2
6
1
4
7
26
7
26
13
8
7
6
17
3
26
2
13
2
399
N^ew Alexico . ...
63
New York
North Dakota
3
863
176
Ohio
2
652
Oklahoma
216
147
1169
South Dakota
164
Tennessee
1
203
Texas
382
Utah
22
Washington
7
1
3
5
274
West Virrinia
i
70
Wisconsin
1
209
Wyoming
! 45
Totals
51
136
295
1167
1715
1215
799
4262
9640
A.D. 1921.1
CHRISTIAN UPfi AND WoRft^
229
F. Additions by Confession, 1920
{Continental United Slates.)
"fotal Members .
1
5
10
25
50
75
luu
Total
Synods.
to
to
to
to
to
to
and
Chs
Added
i
9
24
49
74
99
Over
on
Exam.
Susp.
Alabama
62
20
11
12
2
1
108
470
233
Arizona
15
62
4
22
15
12
11
8
2
4
1
48
108
530
450
39
Arkansas
*449
Atlantic
55
50
23
11
2
141
521
364
Haiti more
38
39
28
36
18
2
1
162
1684
1047
122
26
62
16
59
6
85
2
32
11
1
3
375
50
4063
99
2686
Canadian
35
58
49
18
50
17
10
44
21
4
22
37
4
3
12
5
1
2
1
177
144
37
827
1703
143
328
Colorado
925
East Tennessee. . .
32
G(>rman, West. . . .
29
24
11
10
74
268
104
I.iaho
27
193
137
154
136
70
5
99
55
69
65
29
4
86
45
64
25
19
7
112
66
79
42
16
5
51
30
23
27
4
1
22
2
6
7
2
3
1
1
1
8
2
3
1
49
574
338
399
304
140
356
6942
3059
3476
2446
704
329
Illinois
4138
Indiana
1749
2040
2258
Kentuekv
417
IMichifjan
92
48
22
40
38
6
6
5
257
3766
2162
Minnesota
124
48
37
48
23
2
1
2
285
2289
868
Mississippi
32
13
5
2
52
85
67
Missouri
227
48
84
52
15
24
29
7
30
70
12
47
21
7
15
6
3
6
4
1
1
5
414
93
207
3564
771
1954
1987
Alontana
516
Nebraska
1424
New England
6
8
9
13
11
3
50
803
542
New Jersey
74
78
74
110
46
14
1
2
399
10110
4153
New Mexico
26
19
8
8
1
1
63
321
235
New York
209
145
141
208
122
20
8
10
863
12191
9000
North Dakota
124
17
11
9
10
2
2
1
176
984
736
Ohio
187
120
125
30
104
21
145
26
69
13
16
3
2
4
3
652
216
7328
1543
4086
Oklahoma
1147
Oref^on
67
237
24
213
21
198
22
315
11
151
1
39
13
1
3
147
1169
1138
16043
*1319
Pennsylvania
10501
South Dakota ....
69
48
16
23
7
1
164
891
534
Tennessee
90
51
34
20
6
2
203
989
595
Texas
210
75
4
56
50
1
29
31
3
37
15
1
18
1
1
3
382
22
274
1560
159
2383
1449
I'tah
*188
Washington
1503
West \'irginia. . . .
26
8
9
18
7
2
70
692
471
Wisconsin
92
31
15
44
19
6
1
1
209
2120
889
Wyoming
25
7
4
7
1
1
45
297
104
Totals
3563
1
1775
1352
1818
827
193
52
60
9640
99722
61649
*See Pre.sbyterial Reports of Coos Bay, Jonesboro, Ogden, Pendleton and Portland,
and also Mins. 1920, p. 446, (j9). The faet that 61% of the accessions are
reported as Su.iprnch'd would seem to indic-ate that (Klerks of Sessitjns are giving
the Total Number on Roll, instead <jf number of cases acted on during the year.
230 NAREATivE. [May,
G. SUR I MARIES.
(b) Ministerial Employment, 1920.
fastors 4,289
Stated supplies 1,412
Home missionaries 238
Foreign missionaries 260
Honorably retired 498
Professors and teachers 328
Evangelists 186
Without charge, etc 1,978
Ecclesiastical officers 423
In transitu 182
Suspended 3
Chaplains 61
Total 9,858
(c) Churches Supplied, and Vacant, 1920.
With pastors 4,528
With stated supplies 2,914
Vacant 2,168
Total 9,640
With Manses 4,650
(d) Congregational Expenses, 1920.
Not given 2,181
1 to 299 1,058
300 " 599 807
600 " 899 635
900 " 1,199 533
1,200 " 1,999 1,106
2,00T " 2,999 976
3,000 and over 2,344
Total 9,040
(e) Churches by Size, 1920.
Not given 51
1 to 4 136
5 " 9 295
10 " 24 1,167
25 " 49 1,715
50 " 74 1,215
75 " 99 799
100 and over 4,262
Total 9.640
(/) Additions by Confession, 1920.
None 3,563
1 to 4 1,775
5 " 9 1,352
10 " 24 1,818
25 " 49 827
50 " 74 193
75 " 99 52
100 and over 60
Total 9,640
A.D. 1921.] CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK. 231
VI. QriOSTIOiVNAIRE AND AnSWEUS FltOM STATED ClEUKS.— Your fOIlUniM ('(*
(Iccidcil to 5j;ot expert advieo from the Stated (clerks of all our 4() Synods and
;>()2 Presbyteries eoueerniiifj; some of the iiniK)rtai\t (luestions of Life and Work,
in their eonnnunities, and aceordinfily the eliairinan sent, a hitter of explanation,
and a (lueslit)nnaire blank with six (}uestii)ns, to this band of (ixperieneed ofli-
eers. Th(> effort met with a quiek response. Many of the brethren commended
our invest is;ation as important. There came in 190 replies, many beinfz; fully
written. Sucli a hnndle of information has rarely been seen, and would be of
^reat value t') the Chureh, if an abstra>'t eould be printed. Your eonnnittcc
hereby expresses its hearty thanks to the Stated Clerks for their splendid re-
sponse. Truly these brethren stand at the "listening posts near the trenches."
The points in the qucstioimaire were as follows, and a brief abstract of the
rei)lies is added under each point, to wit;
1. Do you think that Presbytery or Synod would be willinf^ to give more time
to the Narrative? and if so would better results be reached?
A majority insisted upon an improved Narrative Blank; that more time
should be siven, and greater results could be obtained; that according to our
present church j'ear the Narratives must be returnable on March 1, or the report
must be rendered at the Stated fall meeting.
2. What steps has your Presbytery or Synod taken in the matter of obtaining
improved efficiency and greater results, such as general missionary, executive
secretary or other means?
Some of the Presbyteries and Synods have adopted additional means for
increased efficiency, such as field secretary, superintendent, pastor-at-large,
executive secretary, revision of rules, fewer committees and larger powers,
spiritual conferences. Others would like to do so but cannot afford it. Others
suggest that contiguous Presbyteries could be grouped to use a common agency,
or that Synod could furnish it.
3. What is your opinion of th(> value of the Statistical Summaries of ministers
and churches? (See Minutes of G. A., 1920 pp. 268-274.)
The greater number set a high value on these tables.
4. Would you prepare these statistical Summaries for your Presbytery, or
Synod, in your office, if we should furnish the blank for the common plan,
the extra expense to be met by your body? General answer, "Yes."
5. Please give us your opinion of the present moral situation, as you see it,
as it applies to the state of the Church and Nation. Answers under a special
heading, No. 18.
6. Do you think that the situation in your communities is getting better
or worse in regard to influence of the movies? Sabbath observance? General
morality? The majority of answers declared conditions were worse, noticing,
however, great improvements attributable to prohibition.
VII. The Movie Situation. — Owing to the general agitation concerning tlic
Movie situation and the nature of the reports we have received in relation to it,
we here mention the subject. While recognizing the value of many of the better
films, yet these in a great degree make for evil, and our young people are being
seriously harmed by them. Our communities are going amusement-mad over
movie scenes that defy the Decalogue. Besides, the laws are ignored, and
children under the legal age are admitted without parents or legal guardians.
Thoroughly alarmed at the rising wrath of thei^people against the pictures
produced, the exhibitors recently hcld||a remarkable meeting in New York
Cit}^, at which ninety per cent, of the movie pi(!ture maimfacturersJIwere present,
whose productions include all of those in which (he great stars appear. The
resolutions pa.ssed at their meeting bar films that are "obscene, salacious, inde-
cent, and immoral," and protest against 13 different kinds of objectionable
pictures. All the.se resolutions, are good, but tardy, and will probably end in
talk. The time has come for the Church to cooperate actively with tlu- law-
makers and civic organizations that are earnestly laboring to control the movies
in the interests of decency and wholesome morals. We propose an action
pertaining to regulation.
232 NARRATIVE. [May,
VIII. Improved Narrative Blank. — One of t.Iie questions before the Com-
mittee was the need of an improved blank for the Annual Narrative. The Stated
Clerks, in answer to our questiormaire, asked that the blank now in use be made
more simple, brief, and practicable. The Synod of Pennsylvania has adopted an
overture to this Assembly on the subject, submitting complete samples for a new
blank to be used by Sessions, Presbyteries, and Synods. The present blank was
the result of an action of the General Assembly of 1918, which authorized this
Committee to revise the Blank. After careful consideration, a revised form of
the Annual Narrative was printed and sent to the Presbyteries, and was adopted.
The last Assembly declined to make any change in the blank although overtured
by two Presbyteries to do so.
Nevertheless, in view of continued demand, your committee has presumed
upon making further elTorts, and accordingly spent a large part of two meetings
considering the subject. So we have tentatively adopted a revised blank and
herewith report the same to the Assembly as a part of our report, but have not
printed it in the Blue Book. It was our idea to get further light from various
sources.
A new feature of the Improved Blank is a section entitled Annual Absentee
List, to assist in finding absentees. The intention is for each session, at the time
of the Annual Review of the Roll, and when the Narrative is being prepared,
to place upon the Absentee List the names and addresses of those who have
removed from the parish, and forward the same, with the narrative, to Presby-
tery, to be forwarded by Presbytery to the Permanent Committee on Evangel-
ism, which shall assist in getting such members to join some church near their
new home.
We retiuest the Assembly to authorize the Committee to circulate this blank,
when completed, amon?; the churches as a tentative plan for one year, and report
upon its acceptance to the next Assembly, We propose a resolution to that effect.
IX. Religious Training in the Home. — -The family was the first school
of religious instruction. In it the m^ost abiding impressions of life are formed.
1 he family must continue to be central in all ])lans made for religious education.
The multiplication of schools and churches is insufficient if there is no adequate
maintenance of the family altar in the home. Pastors and sessions should make
earnest effort s to lay the duty of religious instruction on the conscience of parents.
This should be done by frequent pulpit emphasis, but even more by personal,
pastoral counsel. "These words which I command thee this day shall be upon
thine heart, and thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children." This
law, long since given for the direction of God's servants, continues to be His
commandment for the most effective program of religious education centering
in the home. The committee commends the emphasis that is being i:)laced by
the Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work on family religion, and
gratefully recognizes the literature which is being i^repared for its stimulatif)n
and development. Our churches are asked to work in hearty cooperation with
the Board. We submit a resolution pertaining to Presbytery.
X. Suspended Members and New Converts. — The year 1919 was a year
of loss to the churches. According to Rev. Dr. H. K. Carroll, the Church
Statistician who has lately published elaborate statistics of all denominations
(Christian Herald, March 12, 1921), the net gain in 1919 for all denominations
was less than 44,000 the smallest gain ever known. According to our Minutes
(1920, p. 926) our net decrease that year was 28,715.
But now there is a great change. Dr. Carroll reports for the whole country,
for all denominations, Protestant and Catholic, at the close of 1920, the total
of 195,926 ministers, 230,585 Churches and 42,140,997 connnunicants, or a
net gain of 067,007 communicants. The figures show that there are still about
68,000,000 of all ages that are not enrolled as church-members. He also reports
that the whole Presbyterian group made a gain of 43,031; the Baptist group,
129,283, and the Methodist group, 237,127. All this indicates a much more
encouraging condition and outlook. As reported to our Assembly for the year
ending March 31, 1920 (Minvtes 1920, p. 926), our church added 99,722 new
members, on examination, and made a net gain of 34,072, as against a net loss
of 28,715 in 1919. Dr. Carroll's figures also go to show that our Church made a
net gain of 31,958 for the whole year of 1920.
A.D. 1921.] CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK. 233
While we rcjoico to know of (ho f^ain in nieinhcrship in our Church last year,
wo still think the gain should bo f^roatcr, and tho nuinhor on tho suspended roll
smaller, for who dares to say that "The Lord's hand is shortened, that it cannot
save, or His ear heavy, that it cannot hear?" One thiufz; is to he taken into
consideration, viz., the transient condition of our people, owinji; to the war, and
the difficulty of koojiing track of nionihers who move to other communities.
Many reasons miftht be advanced for low spiritual conditions, such as the
lack of presenting evangelical truths to the people, the lack of divine enthusiasm
for souls, the lack of conviction as n^gards sin, and spiritual things, with tho
death grip which worldly pleasure and lust, for gain have ujion our people;
iMit the one that will embrace them all is tlu; dearth of spirit,ual power. Hence
there is but one remedy, viz., a i)owerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon
our churches and conununitios, and there are but two moans of se(!uring the
blessing, — the church to humble itself, and seek it through much prayer and
supi)lication.
The Suspended Roll presents one of the most serious phases of church life.
\\'ithin th(> past five years, 451,577 new members have been added on examina-
tion, but dvn-ing the same period 297,208 members have been placed upon the
Suspended Roll. If these are new (;asos placed annually ui)on the Suspended
Roll, it seems to show that two out of every three members received through
tho front door on confession, are thrown out of the back door by suspension, and
much of tho work done under the auspices of our Assembly's Committee on
l<]vangelisin, is lost through our poor system of conservation.
Much of this waste could be pr(>vonted by tho group system of (congregational
organization. Through group loaders sessions can keep in close personal contact
witli all jiarts of the congregation. Many of the suspended roll members have
left the l)ounds of the parish and have not been properly cared for by the Session
that is responsible for their spiritual welfare. Members should be followed up
by letters expressing the interest of the Session, and pastors into whose bounds
they have moved, should be notified.
Sessions should use more effort to restore members. To place the indifferent
on the Reserve Roll may be the easiest way, but thousands might be restored.
Your committee has given this matter of conservation much thought. We have
examined the methods of other Denominations and have conferred with the
Conunittee on Evangelism. This matter should now be oarefuUy considered
by tliat Committee and also be specially discussed in Presbytery at all the stated
fall meetings. We submit reconnnondations covering these points.
XL The Need of Ministers. — Our theological seminaries, like law and
medical schools and schools for nurses, are at their lowest mark, because of
impatience at the time required for preparation and because of the quick and
tempting prizes of business.
Oberlin University, which has been a source of supply of Congregational
ministers, did not report a single member of its graduating class of last year
as being headed towards a theological seminary. In Yale, Princeton, and
Chicago Universities the decline runs from twenty to forty-two per cent. At
Wesleyan University, jVliddletown, Conn., and other Methodist colleges, con-
ditions for the past ten years show no improvement. In 1916 the Protectant
Episcopal Church had 692 "postulants," as they are called, but at present the
number is about one-half of that.
To meet the need of ministers we recommend :
1. That all Christian ministers cultivate a holy enthusiasm for their calling
and renew their love for their work, carefully refraining from speaking of the
ministry in a tone of self-pity or discouragement.
2. That, at least once a year, pastors present, with high confidence, to the
parents and youth of their congregations t,h(! opportunity of service and of
moral leadership offered by the Christian ministry.
3. That in large communities su])per conforen(-es of older boys, selected from
all the (churches, be hold occasi(jnally, and tin; (;all of the ministry be presented
by ministers and laymen.
4. That th(! (joneral Board of lOducat ion, in cooperation with similar agencies
of other denominations. In: re(iU(!stod to jjut into olfotct a comprolionsive and
continuous plan by which picked men will i)e invited to all colleges and \mivorsi-
ties to lay this matter before the student bodies, perhaps proa(ching at
and always spending .several days or a week in personal conference on this
subject.
234 NARRATIVE. [May,
5. That careful attention be given by churches and sessions to their method
of selecting pastors and their attitude toward the ministers involved. When
important churches are vacant for long periods without serious effort to secure
a pastor, when pulpit committees investigate hundreds of ministers without
action, when so many churches are without pastors and so many ministers are
without churches, and when the attitude of churches toward prospective minis-
ters is what it is to-day, there is grave danger that young men will be repelled
from the ministry. It is highly desirable that churches vacant make diligent
effort to secure pastors, treating with Christian courtesy all ministers under
consideration and giving generous and united support to pastors when chosen.
6. That a copy of these recommendations be sent with the Narrative blank
to every session in the church, and to stated clerks of Presbyteries, to bring the
whole subject up for discussion by Presbyteries.
XII. Poor Attendance at Church Services and the Lord's Supper. —
Your Committee has given a great deal of attention to this subject and believes
that pastors and sessions must patiently continue their efforts to reach out
after the masses and bring them into the Church. Renewed efforts nuist be
put forth to reach the members of the churches and bring them to the Lord's
Supper in remembrance of Him. They must be kept informed of the set time
for this holy feast and be frequently reminded of their obligations. Your
Committee heartily endorses the particular work of the New Era Committee
and the Permanent Committee on Evangelism, in urging a social visitation by
each church, each year, upon its membership, to urge more regular attendance
upon church services.
XIII. Efficiency in Synod and Presbytery. — The answers to the question-
naire sent to Stated Clerks of Synods and Presbyteries show an earnest longing
for improvement. Many say that there is too much routine, too httle that is
interesting, too many that stay away, too many that want to go home early.
Some of the Presbyteries are cutting out routine by giving larger powers to
ad interim committees, providing more time for conference on spiritual topics,
and securing a paid superintendent to do the special work of Presbytery. Ought
there not to be time at each meeting of Synod and Presbytery for inspirational
addresses, conference and uplift? Ought not every such meeting send the minis-
ters and elders home with new hope and new power? We submit a recommenda-
tion for Synods and Presbyteries.
XIV. Relation of the Church to Ex-SER\acE Men. — Your Committee
earnestly suggests the importance of giving particular attention to young men
who having served with the military and naval forces of the United States,
and have returned to normal and peace time occupations. The hearts of these
men were exalted to a high level of ser\'ice and spiritual appreciation during
their military activities. It was a period of most extraordinary need, and
men's souls were stirred to deepest experience and inspired to finest expression.
We should not regard it as remarkable or disheartening if there should appear
to be something of recession from those heights of unselfish zeal and sacrificial
service, or from the unusually clear appreciation of rehgious values. In so far
as those conditions may be found to exist, they define a field of the Church's
greatest opportunity and they present an occasion for her most determined and
loving endeavor.
XV. Statistics of Unattached Mission Schools, — The Board of Publica-
tion and Sabbath-school Work called the Committee's attention to the lack of
method for reporting the statistics of mission schools under the case of that
Board, but not yet attached to specific churches. We recommend that provision
be made to remedy this defect by placing the proper item on the Sunday-school
statistical blank.
XVI. Ministerial Compensation. — Our congregations should more fully
recognize, by the payment of adequate salaries, the devoted and far-reaching
service which our ministers are rendering. The subject is of far more importance,
both to ministers and churches, than many people realize, since inadequate
salaries not only seriously impair the usefulness of ministers, but also often
adversely influence young men in their thinking about entering the ministry.
A.D. 1021.] CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK. 235
Our M;isl(>r has dodlannl that "the laborer is worthy of his liire." It is evident
tiiat if our niinislers are to be "free from worldly (tares and avoeatioiis" and
our youns men at t ract(>(l to the ministry, a lii^lier st anrhird of financial remunera-
tion should be adopted by many of our eon{;r(>Kat ions. We submit a resolution
for Synods and Presbyteries.
X\'1I. Daily Vacation Biblk Scuoof-s. — -TIki Daily Vacation Bible School
movement in the Presbyterian Church has lar^;ely developed within the past,
f(>w years, and is being organized as a definite i)art of the educational system of
many churches. In view of the faet> that it. has b(>en tested and foimd successful
under many varying conditions of church activities, that, it is the most available
agency for increasing the mimber of hours that can be given to the religious
training of children, and in view of the furflier fact that it enables a church to
reach the conununily in an unusual way, it is urged that, all churches should
seriously eonsider the possibility of organising and eonduciting such scthools
and of making them a definite part of their educational program. We submit
a resolution for pastors and Sessions.
XVIII. Names of Ministers in Alphabetical Order. — An important item
related to statistical matters, is the question as to the order of the names of
ministers and clnirches in the Statistical reports of Presbyteries in the Minuhs
of General Assembly. There is a wide variety of practice among churches and
doubtless there are advantages in each one of the sj'stems that have been
employed. We can discover no argument in support of the system prevailing
in our Church, except that which is based upon antiquity of usage. What reason
is there, beyond the gratification of curiosity, for giving the order in which min-
isters stand as to date of ordination or joining the Presbytery? Certainly, the
advantage of such methods is small, and sometimes they work to the disadvant-
age of ministers. We think there are cogent practical reasons for adopting the
alphabetical arrangement, and we submit a recommendation to that efYect.
XIX. The Church and the Nation. — We are expected, as a Committee
on Christian Life and Work, to speak a word about the Church and Nation.
The two themes are woven together in one web of destiny. If the nation should
fail, a faithful Church would survive, as did Christianity when Rome fell; l)ut
if the Church should fail the nation would fail also, as did Judah wh(m the temple
fell. The Church is "the salt of the earth, but if the salt have lost its savor,
wherewith shall it be salted." But who can say the right word? We ask the
Stated Clerks, "watchmen, what of the night?" And a hundred and ninety
answered. Naturally, their replies differed, optimistic in spirit but many
jiessimistic in facts. We all know how things are. Many home ties were l)roken
by the war. Manj' <lrifted away from the church. New standards of behavior
are set up. Temptations swarm around the young. The crowds throng the
corrupting movies. Foreign propaganda is strong, making us suspicious of our
Allies. Divorce is ea;?}^ and increasing. Crimes of violence are multiplied. The
Church has her troubles. Even the Lord's Supper reaches only 50% of church
members. In many quarters the prayer-meeting is neglected, the Sunday even-
ing service is failing, and family worship and even religion fading from the home.
But, on the other hand, there is much to encourage. Patriotism is not dead.
Brotherhood is not wanting. Charity is unstinted. Prohil)ifion has improved
communities, has increased savings, and kept down crime. Public opinion is
awaking and men and women in church and state are calling for progressive
legislation, for better enforcement of law for higher tj-pe of men for public office,
for moral reforms in Society. The addition of women's influence in public life
is a tremendous help.
Th(! tide seems to be rising. Converts are being added in large numbers.
Our net decrease of 28,7L5 in 1919, was changed into a net increase of o4,072 in
1920. Last Easter Day was a glorious witness to Jesus, in attendance, contribu-
tions and ('onversitms.
Th(! si)irit of the im'nisters and members is oj)timistic. The temporary
discouragement over the; collapse of the Inter-Church AN'orld Movement is pa.ssing
away. The church<'s are gathering in stronger force to undertake their work.
The splendid surveys of that great movement remain as an inspiring vLsion
and_^a commanding voice.
236 NARRATIVE. [May,
This era is now the church's opportunity. In this time of discontent, ruin
and need, the pastors and churches must speak out and show the way, in the
name of Jesus, shaping pubhc oi)inion and promoting world peace.
We want to emphasize just one word. That word is unity.
1. Let us try to save the unity of the home. "From scenes like these Old
Scotia's grandeur springs," was not sung of her landscapes, her assemblies or
her wars, but of familj^ worship in a cotter's hut on Saturday night. Family
worship alone will save the homes of America.
2. Let us promote the Unity of the Churches, by cooperative plans for
joint work, especially if Organic Union should fail.
3. Let us establish a Christian Brotherhood among all races in our land by
friendly methods of Americanization.
4. But, above all, let us do our utmost to establish world peace. Let us work
on to finish the task we are in. Let all the churches of Jesus, Prince of Peace,
work and pray that God's blessing may be on every man, Christian, Moham-
medan, or Jew, who will do anything to heal this open sore of the world and
prevent war.
XX. IIesolutions. — -The following resolutions for the consideration of Pre,s-
bj^teries and .Synods are recommended to the Assembly for adoption:
Resolved, 1. That the Stated Clerks of Synods and Presbyteries be and hereby
are appointed as advisory members of the General Assembly's Special Committee
on Christian Life and Work, and that the said judicatories be requested to direct
their Stated Clerks to cooperate with our Committee on Christian Life and Work,
and that the said judicatories be requested to direct their Stated Clerks to
cooperate with our Committee in the preparation of the Annual Narrative of
Christian. Life and Work, by their reports and suggestions, and also to assist the
Committee in the preparation of the Statistical Summaries of Ministers and
Churches.
Resolved, 2. That all our Sj^nods and Presbj'teries be requested, in the
interest of greater spiritual results, to direct their Standing Committees on Chris-
tian Life and Work, together with their Stated Clerks, to prepare, if possible,
a more accurate and interesting Narrative Report to Synod and Presbytery,
to be considered for at least one hour in the morning session and to be accom-
panied by exercises of praise and prayer, and to be followed by appropriate
actions to remedy the faults shown by the Narrative; and that at the same time
a short abstract of the Narrative be prepared and that both be printed in the
minutes and forwarded to the Special Commattee on Christian Life and Work
for presentation to the Assembly; and also, in the case of Presbytery, that if the
Narrative cannot be property prepared for the stated spring meeting it be
presented at the stated fall meeting.
Resolved. 3. In view of the general criticism of the pictures of the movie
houses, as expressed in the replies of the Stated Clerks to the Life and Work
Questionnaire, that the General Assembly hereby refers the matter of regulation
of Motion Pictures to the Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare, with power.
Resolved, 4. That the Special Committee on Christian Life and Work be
hereby authorized to continue its labors for another year in behalf of an improved
Narrative Blank, and, when completed, to circulate it among the churches as a
tentative plan for one year, and report upon its acceptance to the next Assembly.
Resolved, 5. That the Assembly hereby urges the Presbyt^eries to call the
attention of the pastors to the vitally important matter of religious training in
the home, and to request the pastors to present it to the congregations through
sermons and otherwise.
Resolved. G. That the Permanent Committee on Evangelism be hereby
authorized and chrected to cooperate in the matter of recovering absentees
to the church, by receiving from the churches and Presbyteries the annual lists
of absentees, prepared by the Special Committee on Life and Work, for the
purpose of helping absentee members to locate as speedily as po.ssible in one of
the churches near their new home, and that the Assembly's Committee on Evan-
gelism be requested to consider the whole matter of conservation of membership
and present the matter to the Presbyteries that they visit, thus coordinating the
work of conservation and evangeUsm.
A.D. 1921.1 CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK. 237
Resolved, 7. That tlio Pr(\shyl<Ti(-s he rociuostcd to lake up with their
churches, at the stated fall ineeiiuii, tlie whole (luestion of the conservation
and service of the church-mcuihcrs, as sujiKcsled in our report, in order thai, the
present serious loss of church membership may he i)revente(l, and that church
members be more largely saved for sen-ice in the church and tlie community.
Resob'cil S. That a copy of the recommendations of our ("ommittee on the
Need of Ministers l)e sent with the Narrative Blank to every Church session and
to the Stated Clerks of Presbyteries, in order to bring up the whole subject for
discussion in Presbytery.
Resolved .9. That the Assembly advise all our Synods and Presbyteries to
make special inquiry, by the appointment of a competent committee, conccrninp;
methods and conditions now {jrevailiiiK, with a view to promoting efficiency and
securing larger spiritual results, and that a part of this inquiry include the
question of what further missionary, evangelistic or executive helpers are needed
by the Synods and Presbyteries to secure these ends.
Resolved, 10. That tlu' Stated C'lerk of the General Assembly be instructed to
revise the blank on which the Stated Clerk of the Presbytery reports the
Presbyterial statistics, by adding the item at the foot of the report, "Mission
Sabbath-schools under the care of the Sabbath-school Missionary;" and that
the Stated Clerks of the Presbyteries be instructed to insert opposite this item,
in the column "Sabbath-school Membership," the figm-e given to him by the
Presbyterial Sab})ath-school Missionary, covering the membership of all the
mission schools under his care which are not connected with any church.
Resolved, 11. That Synods and Presbyteries be urgefi to appoint committees
on Ministerial Compensation (composed of laymen), whose duty it shall be to
take up with congregations the question of increasing the salaries of their
ministers in all cases where such salaries arc manifestly insufficient to meet
ministerial necessities.
Resolved, 12. That in view of the need of increased hours for Religious
Education, and in view of the way in which the Daily Vacation Bible School
has met this need for so many churches, the General Assembly commend.s to
the thoughtful consideration of pastors and sessions the Daily Vacation Bible
School as an educational and missionary agency.
Resolved, 13. That the Stated Clerk of the Assembly be hereby authorized
and directed to publish hereafter the statistical Reports of Synods and Pres-
bj-teries with the names of all ministers in each Presbytery arranged in the
first column in regular alphabetical order; additional lists of local Evangelists,
Licentiates, etc., in any Presbytery being placed in alphabetical order, each
specifically indicated, following the roll of ministers in that Presbytery.
Resoled. I4. That the General Assembly advi-es all our Presbyteries and
Synods at their Fall meeting to devote a part of their docket to a solemn con-
ference upon the state of the church and the need of revival, and to make a
careful prepar.ation for the same, with a view to taking some adequate means
for the quickening of all the churches.
Respectfully submitted,
Hugh B. MacCauley,
Acting Chairman.
238
NECKOLOGY.
MINISTERIAL NECROLOGY
[May,
Name
Occu-
pation
PRBSBTTEnT
Place of Death
Date
OF Death
Armstrone, Thomas C, D.D.,
H. R.,
McGee,
Avalon, Mo.,
Dec.
14, 1920,
71
Arlliiir, Rirhard,
H. R.,
Topeka,
Salt Lake City, Utah,
Mar.
18, 1921,
75
Ashley, William A.,
McGee,
Joliet, III.
May
20, 1920,
65
Austin, Bonj;imin D ,
H. R.,
San Joaquin,
Los Angeles, Cal.,
June
5, 192n,
87
Baiicn.rt, William H., D.D.,
Ev.,
Chester,
Chester, Pa.,
Jan.
15, 1921,
()2
BpII, Wm. Simonton,
Coeur D'Alenc,
Baltitnorr, Md.,
Jan.
— , 1»31,
72
Blackfonl, .loliii Hosack,
H. 11.,
Kittanning,
Kittanning, Pa.,
Mar.
21, )921,
80
Blount, Hichard H.,
Tea.,
Chester,
Philadelphia, Pa.,
Bond, William,
P.,
Choctaw,
Kanima, Okla.,
July
14, 1920,
59
Bowen, Frc.lerick, D.D.,
Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, Cal.,
Feb.
9, 1921,
58
Boycc, Lester Smith, D.U.,
P-.
Dayton,
Dayton, 0.,
June
9, 192(1,
61
Boydeii, Clair Elvert,
P.,
Minneapolis,
Eden Praric, Minn.,
Aug.
17, 19211,
.'■|8
Bnyles, Isaiah Martin,
H R.,
Willamette,
Sodaville, Ore.,
Mar.
5, 192!,
67
Brewer, Wesley C,
P.,
Southern Arizona,
Douglas, Ariz.,
Aug.
26, 1920,
41
Brittain, Theron,
H. R.,
Hudson,
Downsville, N. Y.,
Nov.
17, 1920,
87
Brubaker, Raymond Earnest,
P..
Crawfordsville,
Lafayette, Ind.,
Aug.
21, 1920,
.30
Bullins-'ton, Wm. I.,
H. R.,
Fort Worth,
Poolville, Tex.,
June
10, 1920,
66
Burke, Joseph Steven,
Ev.,
Kansas City,
Gainesville, Tex.
Mar.
25, 1921,
60
Burks, Charles Wesley,
S. S. M.
McAlester,
McAlester, Okla.,
Oct.
27, 1920,
56
Burnfiel'i, George S., D.D.,
P.,
Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, Pa.,
Mar.
14, 1921,
74
Caesar, Isaac A.,
s. s.,
White River,
Crockett, Tex.,
Mar.
27, 1921,
Caldwell, A. M.,
s. s.,
Rendall,
Oklahoma City, Okla.,
Apr.
18, 1920,
64
Carey, Edgerton Samuel,
p.,
Cedar Rapids,
Hayfield, Minn.
May
8, 1920,
46
Carterby, Si?lon F.,
p.,
Choctaw,
Bethel, Okla.,
May
2.3, 1920,
46
Catlin, James Darrah,
p.,
Dallas,
Dallas, Tex.,
June
1.3, 1920,
48
Cheeseinan, Joseph R.,
Butler,
Portersville, Pa.,
Jan.
1, 1921,
76
Clarke, Samuel T.,
H. R.,
Buffalo,
Clifton Springs, N. Y.,
77
Conger, Sidney Seabury,
Ev.,
Ostego,
New York, N. Y.,
May
6, 1920,
.■4
Conrad, E. Francis,
H. R.,
Santa Barbara,
San Jose, Cal.,
Mar.
25, 1921,
72
Cooper, Daniel W., D.D.,
H. R.,
Lima,
Marion, 0.,
Dec.
11, 1920,
90
Coulter, Robert McCoy,
H. R.,
Clarion,
Big Run, Pa.,
Jan.
24, 1921,
71
Countermine, James L., D.D.,
Vinton, ta..
Nov.
20, 1920,
61
Culhertson, Claude Ray,
P.,
Redstoae,
New Salem, Pa.,
Feb.
5, 1921,
40
Cummi'iss, Elbert Wilmot,
Barre, Vt.,
Nov.
24, 1920,
73
Darby, William J.,D.D.,LL.D.,
Sec.
Indiana,
Newburgh, Ind.,
Feb.
10, 1921,
72
Davis, Samuel Miller, D.D.,
Philadelphia, Pa.,
Dec.
14, 1920,
82
Dickey, Solomon C, D.D.,
Supt.,
Fort Wayne,
Deland, Fla.,
Dec.
23, 1930,
62
Dichl, John M.,
P.,
Steubenville,
East Liverpool, 0.,
Mar.
31, 1921,
40
Dillon, Edward,
West Jersey,
Woodbury, N. J.,
Jan.
19, 1921,
75
Dilworth, Richard B.,
H.R.,
Chester,
Newton, N. J.,
Apr.
13, 1921,
74
Dinsmcre, Andrew Alexander,
D.D.,
Ev.,
New York,
New York, N. Y.,
Sept.
29, 1920,
86
Dodd, Henry M.,
H. R.,
Utiea,
Clinton, N. Y.,
Nov.
12, 1920,
81
DouRlas, Thomas, Ph.D.,
H. R.,
Boston,
Pasadena, Cal.,
June
10, 1920,
88
llumiini?, Homer Bailey,
H. R.,
Monroe,
Kalamazoo, Mich.,
May
25, 1920,
fJuscnbury, Charles Bradford,
P. & T.,
Rogcrsvillc,
Ea^leson. Alexander Gordon,
D.D.,
H. R..
Steubenville,
Lore City, 0.,
Oct.
30, 1920,
76
Earnest, Harry L.,
P.,
Blairsville,
Parnassus, Pa.,
Apr.
7, 1920,
38
Kichcl'ierEer, George W., D.D.,
P.,
Indiana,
Vincennes, Ind.,
May
13, 1920,
62
Elliott, John,
H. R.,
Neosho,
Oswego, Kan.,
Dec
22, 1920,
91
Elliott, John Calvin,
H. R.,
Willamette,
Troy, N. Y.,
Oct.
5, 1920,
81
Ely, John Calvin, D.D.,
P.,
Baltimore,
.^.tlanta, Ga.,
Jan.
19, 1921,
74
England, Elias B., D.D.,
Newton,
Washington, N. J.,
Nov.
1, 1920,
70
Entorf, Simon Frederick,
R.,
Great Falls,
Cleveland, Mont.,
June
.30, 1920,
59
Feather, Nathan,
H. R.,
Duluth,]
St. Paul, Minn.,
July
14, 1920,
76
Fisher, J. Emory,
H. M.,
Buffalo.
Iroquois, N. Y.,
Jan.
1, 1920,
82
Frothingham, James,
A. P.,
Chicago,
Chicago, 111.,
Dec.
7, 1920,
86
Gaehr, C,
R..
Gallaway, Joshua B.,
H, R.,
Pateraon, N. J.,
Mar.
27, 1920,
72
Gandier, Daniel McG., D.D.,
Supt.,
San Francisco,
San Bernardino, Cal.,
June
3, 1920,
52
George Benjamin Y.,
P.,
Peoria,
Elmwood, 111.,
Oct.
14, 1920,
77
Gerrior, John Paul,
P.,
San Francisco,
Oakland, Cal.,
Apr.
25, 1920,
67
Ghormley, David Owen, D.D.,
H. R.,
Olympia,
Tacoma, Wash.,
June
9, 1920,
71
Gilbert, Thomas H.,
S.S.,
Riverside,
Coachella, Cal.,
Sept.
16, 1920,
48
Gilliam, D. B.,
Little Rock,
Monticello, Ark.,
70
Given, Frank R.,
St. Louis,
Springfield, III.,
Feb.
21, 1921,
46
Goodell, Henry Martin,
H. R.,
Los Angeles,
Pasadena, Cal.,
June
1, 1920,
73
Gould, Calvin C,
H. R.,
Parkersburg,
Williamstown, W. Va.,
Feb.
25, 1921,
88
Grabiel, Virgil L.,
Marion,
Woostcr, Ohio,
Mar.
15, 1921,
53
Graham, William,
H. R.,
Minot,
Ryder, N. D.,
Nov.
1920,
Hall, Hector, D.D.,
P. Em.,
Troy,
Troy, N. Y.,
Feb.
27, 1921,
85
Hamilton, Joseph, D.D.,
H. R.
Niagara,
Toronto, Can.,
Oct.
15, 1920,
75
Handlev, Lorii A., Ph.D.,
Los Angeles,
Lodi, Cal.,
Sept.
21, 1920,
39
Bawkins, John B ,
Fort Wayne,
Butler, Ind.,
Jan.
24, 1921,
74
Hays, Walter, D.U.,
P.,
San Jose,
Bonner Springs, Mo.,
May
23, 1920,
51
Hemingcr, Lnn D.,
F. M.,
Corisco,
Efulen, Cameroun, W. Af.,
Apr.
30, 1920,
46
Hen Iren, William T.,
H. R..
Chippewa,
Greenwood, Wis.
Mar.
20, 1921,
86
Hendriekson, William H.,
P..
Brooklyn-Nassau,
Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Dec.
21, 1920,
61
A.D. 1921.1
NECROLOGY.
239
Name
Hopburn. Andrew Dousa, D.D.
Hill, John W..
il»i;bin, Alfred C,
llolcoml., .lainos F., D D.,
Hoo.l, John William,
MosLiMs, Kniiildin E., D.D.,
Hu:lios Ui.-hanI C, D.I).,
Hiitclii,<on, William A., D.D.,
Jack-ion, Uriah,
Jami(!Soii, William H., I). I).,
Janeway, Joshua B., LL.D ,
Jessiip, William, D.I).,
Jom-s, G. , lames. D.D., J.I. D,,
Keener, Jaine.s .'^.,
Keniieciv, Henry D.,
Kre'.s. Adnlphiis,
I.amli, Clareiiee,
l.:un!>. Cieoru'e ('., D.D.,
l,ane, James Carlaiid, D.D.,
Lansinsi, Is;iac J., D.D.,
laws. Samuel S., D.D.,
I.eiman, Charles,
l.evliurn, George L., D.D.,
I.I '111. AI'xTt D.,
I.o.Mn. Thomas Dale, D.D.,
I.<iii-, Ivlwin W..
Lord, Edward, D.D.,
MeAlfp, Samuel I.., D.D.,
MeCaslin, David R.,
McClelland, Thomas J.,
MoClure.J. W. D.,
MoElroy, Solomon Clark,
MeEwen, Henry T., D D ,
Macfaddin, T. James,
MeKcllar, James M.
Mid.arcn, Donald D.D.
Marlaren, Ruhert Forest, D.D ,
Mac Niveii, Dunean C,
McRea, Donald Alexander.
Mailman, Jacob E.,
Mantansa, Simon T.,
Martin, George E., D.D.,
Martin, Thom.is,
Martin, Samuel .\lbert D.D.
Mays, Albert Sellers,
Mazzorana, .\ntonio,
Melloy, John C, D.D,
Mor.-hon, Albert L.,
Miller, Joseph Abram, D.D ,
M(.ffat,D.William,D.D.,LL.D„
Moiitiomery, George W., D.D.,
M)nti?omery, John H.,
Moody, Francis M.,
Mort(m, James H.,
Momseau, George C ,
Mowry, Philip H., D.D.,
Murray, Alexander,
Nassau, Robert Hamill,
Nevin, William Seott, D.D.,
Nicholls, Alton Blair,
\ortham, William M.,
Oglesby, Sabert G.,
Overton, Daniel H., D.D.,
Overton, Daniel H., Jr.,
Parker, Thomas,
Pentcoost,G. F., D.D. Lr,.D,
I'eople-i, Samuel C, M.D., D.D..
I'cvton, William G.,
Phillips. .Maxwell,
Pliillip-, Reiil^n T., D.D.,
I'umeroy, .lohn B.,
I'orter, C. .lame.l .Amos,
I'rice, Benj. McCaulev, D.D.,
I'richard. Evan Rowland,
Reagan, O. G.,
Remick, Ninian Beall, D.D..
Itice, T. B..
Rilev, John R., D.D.,
Robbins, Edward Hyde, D.D.,
Roberta, Joseph, D.D.,
Occf-
PllKSllYTKRY
Prof.,
S. S..
P.,
H. R.,
H. R.,
F. M.,
See.,
H. R.,
H. R.,
P..
F. M.,
P., Tea
R..
H. R..
H. R.,
R.,
S. S.,
F. M.,
H. R.,
P..
R.,
H. R.,
H. R.,
JH. H.,
in. R.,
P.
P..
s. s.
iChap.R.
H. R.,
I P.
I H. R.,
IEv.,
Col. P.,
s. s.
Prof.
iS. s.
s. s.
,P. Em ,
IH. R.
]P.,
■REm.,
Supt.,
H. R,
H. R..
P. Era.,
S.T.D.,
P.
P..
S. S.,
P..
s. s..
P..
F.M.,
iP.,
H. R.,
s. s..
H. R..
P.,
H. R.,
H. R.,
P. Em.,
See.,
Editor,
Dayton,
Kearney,
Laramie,
! Walla Walla,
Chester,
Chicago.
Rushville,
I Southern Virginia,
Detroit,
Boulder,
Lackawanna,
Mahoning,
Springlield.
[ Kansas City,
Galena,
Winnebago,
Cincinnati,
Jer.sey City,
Place OP Dkath | Date oc Death g
I T,03 Angeles,
Ewing,
Springfield,
' New Castle,
I
Kansas City,
Rlairsville,
Zanesville,
.\rkan.sas,
Albany,
Albany,
Newhurvport,
White River,
Porto Rico,
Ij03 .\ngeles.
North River,
San Francisco,
Long Island,
Chester,
Philadelphia,
Peoria,
Lehigh,
Rochester,
Havana,
Redstone,
Los Angeles,
[■"or* Wayne,
Pittsburgh,
Nebraska City,
Winnebago,
Chester,
Birmingham "A"
New Brunswick,
Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh,
Austin,
Birmingham "A",
Brooklyn- Nas.sau ,
Long Island,
Clarion,
Philadelphia,
North Siam,
Cairo,
Willamette,
BroA'nwood,
Ewing,
McGec,
I St. Cbirsville,
Seattle,
Paris,
Troy,
Little Rock,
Le Vere,
Baltimore,
Oxford, 0.,
Kearney, Neb.,
Los Angeles, Cal ,
Hollywood, Cal.,
Kendrick, Idaho,
Beirut, SjTia,
Chicago, III.,
La Porte, Tex.,
Randolph, Va.,
Detroit. Mich.,
Denver, Col.
Beirut, Syria,
Oak Hill.'o.,
Decatur, 111.,
Lexington, Mo.,
Lennox, S. Dak.,
Cincinnati, O.,
New Rochelle, N. Y.,
Ridgewood, N. J .
Ashcville, N. C,
Nanking, (^hina,
Los Angeles, Cal.,
Mt. Carmel, III.,
Oconomowoe, Wis.,
Clifton Springs, N. Y.,
Parkville, Mo ,
Ogden, Utah,
Newark, O.,
Joplin, Mo.,
Ballston Spa, N. Y.,
Amsterdam, N. Y., '
Newburyport, Mass.,
Jacksonville Tex ,
New York N. Y.,
S. IVadcna, Oal.,
Monticello, N. Y.,
Danville, Cal.,
Riverhead, N. Y.,
So. Africa,
I Fairhaven, Mass.,
i Speer, III.,
Easton, Pa.,
Rochester, N. Y.,
Havana, Cuba,
Avella, Pa.,
Brooklyn, N. Y
Brawley, Cal.,
Madison, Ind.,
Oakmont, Pittsburgh, Pa
Pawnee City, Neb.,
, Cal.,
Dallas, Tex.,
' Fairgrove, Mich.,
Chester, Pa.,
Blossburg, Ala.,
Philailclphia, Pa.,
S^vissvalc, Pa.,
Buckholts, Tex.,
Birmingham, Ala.,
Brentwood, .NJ Y.,
Greenport, N. Y.,
j Albu<iue.-t|ue, N. M.
New York, N. Y.,
j Muang Nan, .'•'iara,
Creal Springs, 111 ,
(Albany, Ore.,
Ballinger, Tex.,
Toledo, O.,
Brownini.', Mo.,
Shadyside, O.,
Seattle, Wash.,
Hugo, Okla.,
Pine Hill, N. Y.,
Mo.,
Knoxville, Tenn.,
Baltimore, Md.,
Racine, Wis.,
Fob.
May
Sept.
S(-pt.
Apr.
Nov.
Oct.
Jan.
May
Jan.
Dec.
Oct.
July
Sept.
Feb.
Dec.
Aug.
Jan.
Dec.
Oct.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Nov.
Nov.
Mar.
Joly
May
Sept
Jan.
July
Oct.
Apr.
Aug.
May
May
May
July
Feb.
June
July
Aug.
Feb.
May
Aug.
Dee.
July
May
.Nov.
Jan.
Dec.
Feb.
Jan.
Apr.
Dec.
13, 1921,
5, 1<)20,
20. 1020,
9, 1920,
22, 1920,
12, 1U20,
9, 1920,
25, 1921,
H, 1920,
0, 1921,
1920,
12, 1920,
15, 1920,
4, 1920,
29, 1920,
1921,
i;<, 1920,
1, 1920,
8, 1921,
2, 1920,
1, 1920,
20, 1921,
27, 1921,
27, 1921,
11, 1920,
25, 1920,
20, 1921,
15, 1920,
26, 1920,;
18, 1920,!
2, 1921,1
3, 1920,
30, 1920,
17, 1920,
19, 1920,'
8, 1920,
23, 1920.;
6, 1921,1
19, 1920,
28, 1921,'
20, 1920,1
30, 1920,!
20, 1920,
28, 1921,
20, 1920,
7, 1920,
27, 1920,
9, 1920,1
2, 1920,
25, 1920,
0, 1921,
20, 1920,
11, 1921,;
11, 1921.
15, 1921,1
2, 1920, 1
Not Known, I
|.Jan. 20, 1921,
[Jan. 24, 1921,
iFeb. 16, 1921, i
80
05
90
75
81
64
70
100
79
73
71
Apr. 10, 1921, 80
Feb. 18, 1921 ' 08
May 10, 1920,' 78
Mar. 5, 1921
July 1920
July 28, 1920,' 79
Nov. 13, 1920, 92
Ai)r. 25, 1920 i 62
Mar. 19, 1921,1 62
Nov. 15, 1920, 70
Oct. 12, 1920, 74
Mar. 26, 1921,' 67
Mar. 6, 1921,1 67
Feb. 21, 1921, i 85
June 9 1920,1 85
240
NECROLOGY.
[May,
Name
Occu-
pation
Presbytery
Place op Death
Date
OP Death
O
Roberts, William Henry,
D.D., LL.D.,
S.C.G.A.
Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, Pa.
June
26, 1920,
76
Robertson, Andrew, D.D.,
P.,
Nashville,
Toronto, Canada,
July
3, 1920,
63
Robinson, George,
H. R.,
Wichita,
Sharon, Kan.
Dec.
18, 1921,
83
Rogers, Joseph F.,
S. S.,
Springfield,
Streator, 111.,
Jan.
4, 1921,
GG
Rowan, William J., Ph.D.,
P.,
New Castle,
Newark, Del.,
May
28, 1920,
56
Roys, C. K.,
Tsinanfu, Shantung, China,
Russell, Walter,
Ev.
Chicago,
Toronto, Canada,
Sept.
1920,
59
Sanson, John R.,
Ev.,
Philadelphia N.,
Belle Mead, N. J.,
Dec.
3, 1920,
80
Scarr, George,
S.S.,
Neosho,
Pomona, Kan.,
Nov.,
1920,
66
Sehermerhorn, Harvey R.,
H. R..
McAlester,
McAlester, Okla.,
Mar.
4, 1921,
85
Self, Isaac Bonham,
S. S.,
Portland,
Gresham. Ore..
June
2, 1920,
76
Sheldon, George Frederick,
P..
White Water,
Fort Wayne, Ind..
Sept.
9, 1920,
52
Shoemaker, Henderson ('.,
Santa Barbara,
San Fernando, Cal.,
Mar.
15, 1921,
Shrom, William P., D.D.,
H. R.,
Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Mar.
28, 1921,
80
Skillman, Willis B.,
P,
Philadelphia,
Mountain Home, Pa.,
Oct.
9, 1920,
66
Slagle, Bornard W., D.D.,
P. Em.,
Toledo,
Defiance, 0.,
Apr.
28, 1920,
87
Smick, William A.,
H. R.,
Southern Oregon,
Roseburg, Ore.,
July
27, 1920,
75
Smith, Baker, D.D.,
H. R..
Morris & Orange,
Newton, N. J.,
Jan.
10, 1921,
86
Smith, J. Frank, D.D., LL.D.,
P.,
Dallas,
Dallas, Tex.,
July
16, 1920,
51
Smith, Miltnn D.,
S. S.,
Osborne,
Calvert, Kan.,
Jan.
1, 1921,
69
Snowden, Samuel Guy,
P.,
New Brunswick,
Trenton, N. J.,
May
4, 1920,
51
Someillan, Edward N.,
H. R.,
Havana,
Stgo. de las Vegas, Cuba,
Jan.
25, 1921,
63
Stoddard, C. A., D.D., LL.D..
R.,
New York,
New York, N. Y.,
June
3, 1920,
87
Strong, Robert,
H. R..
Los Angeles,
Pa.sadena, Cal.,
Mar.
If), 1921,
84
Strubel, Clarence E.,
Hudson,
West Sunbury, Pa.,
July
26, 1920,
40
Struthers, Allan B.,
H. R.,
Marion,
Gallon, 0.,
May
29, 1920,
80
Sutcliffe, Robert,
Lecturer,
Kendall,
Cottage Grove, Ore.,
May
24, 1920,
Talley, .John Calvin,
H. R.,
Gadsden,
Anniston, Ala.,
July
22, 1920,
80
Taylor, Samuel E.,
P.,
Denver,
Denver, Colo.,
Sept.
26, 1920,
69
Teagarden, Harry G., Ph.D.,
P.,
Clarion,
Punxsutawney, Pa.,
Jan.
7, 1921,
57
Townsend, Richard C, D.D.,
Lima,
Wooster, 0.,
Mar.
19, 1921.
66
Trimble, William J., D.D.,
West Jersey,
Lansdowne, Pa.,
Oct.
30, 1920,
82
Van Auken, Helmas H.,
H. R.,
Lansing,
Charlotte, Mich.,
Apr.
8, 1921,
Van Cleve, Robert S., D.D.,
S. S.,
Erie,
Erie, Pa.,
Oct.
13, 1920,
78
Wade, Abel,
P.,
Choctaw,
Bray, Okla.,
July
27, 1920,
62
Wadensten, August,
Minneapolis,
Minneapolis, Minn.
June
11, 1920,
63
Ward, Reuel A.,
H. R.,
Florida,
Lakeland, Fla.,
July
15, 1920,
75
Warfield, Benjamin Breckin-
ridge, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D.,
Prof.
New Brunswick,
Princeton, N. J.,
Feb.
17, 1921,
69
Weaver, William H., D.D.,
Baltimore,
Baltimore, Md.,
Sept.
14, 1920,
65
Webb, Samuel G.,
Tea.,
Monmouth,
Lakcwood, N. J.,
July
19, 1920,
60
Weeks, Frank G.,
P..
Genesee,
Wyoming, N. Y.,
Dec.
19, 1920,
62
White, Charles A.,
H. R.,
Hudson,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
Sept.
5, 1920,
77
Whyte, Ale.xander, D.D.,
Harnpstead,
Fan.
6, 1921,
Wieman, William H.,
S. S.,
Los Angeles,
Tujunga, Cal.,
Oct.
3, 1920,
63
Williams, Charles H.,
H. R.,
Yadkin,
Mocksville, N. C,
May
17, 1920,
70
Williams, W. Roland,
S. S.,
Waterloo,
Cedar Falls, la..
Sept.
22, 1920,
69
William.son, George H.,
H. R.,
""arthage.
Joplin, Mo.,
Jan.
11, 1921,
81
Wilson, Charles J.,
Freeport,
Rockford,
June
14, 1920,
50
Wilson, John,
H. R.,
Des Moines,
Garden Grove, la..
Oct.
30, 1920,
77
Winters, David, LL.D.,
P.,
Chester,
Glenolden, Pa.,
Jan
31, 1921,
78
Wright, Wiley Kimball, D.D.,
P.,
Pueblo.
Holly, Col.,
Feb.
23, 1921,
64
Yeatts, Earl Raymond,
P.,
[!hamplain.
Burke, N. Y.,
Dec.
11, 1920.
27
Zeigel, Anthony F., D.D.,
P..
Kirksville,
Kirksville, Mo.,
Oct.
22, 1920,
45
Zeigler, Jesse R., D.D.,
P..
Chicago,
Chicago, III.,
Dec.
28, 1920,
43
Summary of Necrology.
Total number reported 212
Age of olde.st minister 100
Age of the youngest 23
Average age 63
A.D. 1921.] ALLIANCE OF REFORMED CHURCHES. 241
CORRESPONDENCE
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION OF THE ALLIANCE
OF THE REFORMED CHURCH lOS THROUGHOUT TUK WORLD
HOLDING THE PRESBYTIORIAN SYSTEM, WESTERN SECTION,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 192L
To The General Assemblij of the Preshijterinn Church, II. S. A.:
Dkah Brethren: — The Western (American) Section of the Executive
Commission of the AlHance of the Reformed Churches throughout the
World lioUhns the Presl)yteri:in System, respectfully presents its Annual
Kejjort for tlie year 1920-21, under the following heads:
I. Meetinc. — The Western Section, during the year 1920-21, held one
meeting, at Washington, Pa., Feb. lG-17, 1921. The" Rev. J. Ritchie Smith,
D.D., Chairman, presided, and the Section was generously entertained by
the First Presbyterian Church of Washington, Pa. The meeting was held
in the Lecture Room of the First Presliyt(^rian Church.
II. Officer.^;. — The Officers were continued to sorvc until after the reor-
ganization of the Western Section, following the meeting of the General
Coimcil, to be held in Pittsburgh in September next. They are as follows:
Chairman, Rev. J. Ritchie Smith, D.D.; Vice-Chairmen, Rev. John Mac-
Naugher, D.D., and J. W. Appel, E.sq.; Recording Secretary, Rev. J. C.
Scouller, D.D.; Philip E. Howard, Treasurer. The Rev. Henry B. Master,
D.D., who had been elected by the Executive Committee as Secretary pro-
tem, to succeed the Rev. William H. Roberts, D.D., deceased, was chosen
as Secretary pro-tem, and also nominated to the General Council as Ameri-
can Secretary.
III. Necrology. — The members of the Section who have departed this
life during the past year were, the Rev. William H. Roberts, D.D., L.L.D.,
the American Secretary, on Jun(>, 26, 1920, and Ralph E. Prime, Esq., on
Sept. 27, 1920. Api)ropriate tributes are incorporated in the Minutes of the
Western Section.
IV. Ad Interim General Secretary. — Rev. J. R. Fleming, will continue
to serve in this capacity, by action of the Eastern and Western Sections,
until an election shall be held at the General Council, in September. His
office address is 122 George St., Edinljurgh, Scotland.
V. Work ON the European Continent. — The Lausanne Conference.
The religious history of Europe last year may be condensed into two
words. Conferences and Charity, or church unions and church benevolence.
Last year was a great year for religious conferences. Switzerland was, last
summer, the center of all Christendom, for no less than six world conferences
were held there. We should like to dwell upon some of them but time does
not jjcrmit. One, however, should be referred to, for it directly concerns us,
namely, the Continental Conference of our Alliance at Lausanne, August
h-\2. The holding of this conference was approved by our western section
last year, which api)ointcd three di^legates to it. Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D.,
Rev. S. H. Chester, D.D., and Rev. James I. Good, D.D., all of whom
attended it. Never since the synod of Dort (1G18) was there such a gather-
ing of .so many Reformed Churches of the continent of Europe. Aliout
twenty (virtually all of them except the R(;formed Church of Ru.ssia), were
represented by delegates or by letter. Churches that n 'Ver before were
repres-cnted in our Alliance were there. Virtually a whole session was devoted
to each country. Th(! addresses and reports wen; a revelation of the needs
and also of the great influ nee of our continental churches.
242 CORRESPONDENCE. [May,
Western Europe. — Western Europe incliulos France, Belgium, Holland,
Switzerland and Italy. We will notice first the countries that n ed no help,
Switzerland and Holland.
Switzerland. — A new spirit possesses the Swiss Churches. Whereas formerly
they were provincial or wanted to come close to the Churches of Germany,
now they seek closer relations with the world alliances, especially the Anglo-
Saxons, because they realize that future world progr?ss lies in that direction.
They are anxious to come into closer relations with our Alliance. The conti-
nental conference at Lausanne encouraged them. It offered to bring the
matter before the Pittsburgh Council, so that some method may be found bj'
which these churches (historically belonging to the Calvinistic family) may be-
come related in some way to our Alliance. But a sad fact about the Swiss
Church must be noted. The Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Church
of Geneva, of which Prof. Merle d'Aubigne was one of the founders, and of
which Frank Thomas (the evangelist of the French-speaking churches) is
the head, will close next summer on account of lack of funds. This will
be a great loss to all truly Evangelical forces.
Holland. — Holland, which for some j^ears has had no relations with our
Alliance, is beginning to move toward us. The National Church ajjpointed a
delegate to the conferences at Lausanne. He unfortunately became sick and
could not be present, but sent in a letter the greetings of his church. The
recent death of Rev. Abraham Kuyper, D.D. of the Christian Reformed
Church, has removed one of the most prominent representatives of our faith
in Europe — a statesman as well as a minister and professor, who served both
the state and the church. But it was Dr. Kuyper who took the Christian
Reformed Church out of our Alliance. Perhaps some way may be found
to get that virile .spiritual church back among us. We need them, as we
believe they need us.
France. — Coming now to th^ church -^s that need help, we would speak of
France first. The Avar, as we reported last j'ear, had left that church pros-
trate, especially in the war-zone, with the loss of about eighty churches and
between a million and two millions dollars' worth of property. There have
been two periods in France, the first being the temporary, the second, the
permanent. The first period was the time when temporary buildings had to
be provided for public worship. For this purpose, halls, schools, and bar-
racks, have been used. But that period is passing, as the French are now
beginning to build new churches. The second period is now coming, when
permanent church buildin.s ar? to be built. The war, while a terrible loss
to the French Chu'ch, yet is bringing its compensations and blessings. For
these new church buildings are up to date in their appointments. If the
first period of temporarj^ buildings needed money, much more will the
second, when these permanent churches are to be built.
Italy. — The Waldensian Church, though it did not suffer as much from the
war as other churches, is yet in great need. For it is a small church in a
land overshadowed by the papacy. It has had peculiar difficulties. Hereto-
fore any movement out of Catholicism was toward Protestantism; now it is
toward socialism. But still the church is moving forward. Its latest step
will be to remove, this year, its Theological School from Florence to Rome
and locate it almost under the eaves of the Vatican palace, only about a
square away. It will be near the splendid church built for them by Mrs.
Kennedy of New York and also close to the spot where one of their greatest
martyrs in the Reformation was put to death. An encouraging sign is that
the Italians returning from America, who have been converted here, have led
to the starting of churches in Italy.
Central and Eastern Europe. — Last summer the deputation appointed by
this Section, consisting of Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D., Rev. S. H. Chester,
D.D., and Rev. James I. Good, D.D., went to Central Europe to inquire
into conditions there. We m.ight summarize their report by saying that this
winter in Central Europe is a "black winter," the blackest they have yet
had, for not merely are food and coal scarce, but their clothing and shoes
are giving out and thousands are too poor to buy new ones.
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Ccrnuniy. —Wore tlio. jirnblcm is twofold, the foediiiK of its poor and the
aidinK of its Hcforni(>d Church. As a result of present fin:inei;il corulitions,
in.'iuy icspccially in the liir^je (•iti(>s) are hviiifj; half-starved, tlie children
sutTering from rickets. Altlioufj;li CJerinany was our great eueiny (hiring th(!
war, yet a genuine ( 'hrislian hunianitarianisni shouhl overcome our
l)rejudices against them and we should help them.
Czcrho-Sloiuikia. — Bohemia, or as it is now named, ( *zeclio-SIovakia, is
the on(> bright spot in Central iMirope. Although there is still need of
l)hysical relief there, yet the striking peculiarity of Holiemia is its religious
condition. While other lands are l>usy, mainly with their material jjrogress
such as thc> reconstruction of war-swept areas or the feeding of the i)oor, in
Holiemia there is a marked religious movement -a gi'eat movement out of
the Homish Church. Five years ago (.July, IDIT)), there was celebrated tlie
/)(H)tii anniversary of the martyrdom of lluss, the Reformer, before the Re-
formation. IJut Iluss is not dead; he never was more alive than to-day in
Bohemia. Over fifty of the Catholic priests have married, and within the
last two years about 350,000 have left the CathoHc Church. Like the Hus-
sites of old, they demand "the cup and the book" — the Bible and the wine
at th.e Lord's Supper for the laity. They have also demanded the marriage
of the priests and worship in their own language. It is expected that the
movement will grow to about two millions. In this movement out of Rome
the Protestant Churches are sharing. The Lutherans and Reformed have
united to form a "Bohemian Brethren" Church, which numbers 175,000 of
whom 125,000 are Reformed. Protestantism has never ha such an oppor-
tunity in Bohemia, and she is too weak to take advantage of it unless our
western churches help.
Austria. — Austria is the blackest spot in Central Europe this winter and is
suffering from semi-starvation, for several reasons.
1. As at present constituted, she can only i)roduce about 70 per cent of
her own food.
2. Her neighbors, formerly under her, as Bohemia, Hungary and Jugo-
slavia, will not help her.
3. Her country population has been politically at odds with Vieima,
becau.sc they are clori^'al, wiiile Vienna is socialist, and so the country d')es
not care to .send much food to the city. Last fall the clericals gained the
election, and now the socialists are striking .so as to destroy the government
altogether. Vienna is a half-starved city.
T/MM^rar?/.— Hungary has been torn to pieces. And with it the Reformed
Church of Hungary, numbering two and a half millions of adherents and
perhaps the most compactly organized of our continental churches, has been
disru])ted into four parts.
The northern part of Hungary including Pressburg, was taken away from
Hungary by Czecho-Slovakia, and contains from 25,000 to 125,000 Reformed
(the estimates vary). Cz(!cho-81ovakia aims at religious liberty, but the
report of the de])utation of our eastern section, who visited them, reveals
that they were suffering considerable oppression.
But it especially is in Transylvania the largo southeastern district of
Hungary, which has been torn away from her by Rumania, that there is the
greatest suffering in Ilungarj'. The Pioformed there number over a million,
in about OOO congregations. 'I"he Hungarians there have been and are suffer-
ing much oppression, i)oth religious and otherwise.
The last district torn away from Hungary lies in the south and was taken
awaj' by Jugo-Slavia. It contains 100,000 members of the Reformed Church.
There the pastors are suffering gn-afiy in their salaries, owing to the depre-
ciation of money. Tho.se who had been receiving mi.ssionary aid from
Hungary fountl tliat this was cut off. In part of the distri(;t there is religious
lil>ert3% but esjjocially in the part that l>elong"d to ('roatia, there is a good
deal of oppression in the taking away of Protestant schools and the prohi-
bition of consistory meetings. .Jugo-.Slavia is just about formulating its laws
about religious liberty and pressure ought to be brought to bear on them at
this critical time.
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Poland — hithuania. — These two half-starved nations, which formerly
belonged to Russia, have each a Reformed denomination. These Reformed
Churches have had an honorable historj', having come down from the
Reformation.
Poland. — The small Reformed Church of Poland, numbering about 15,000,
has suffered greatly from the different armies marching over their land. Rev.
Mr. Semidini, the pastor at Warsaw, the main congregation, has been
bravely trying to hold things together, but his churches and pastors are in
great need.
Lithuania. — A very pitiful plea has come from this Reformed Church,
which numbers about 2.3,000. Its pastors have been sickening or dying off
because of the war. One i)aKtor, Rev. Mr. Jakubenas, of Birzai, writes that
he is compelled to serve three other charges and also to teach four days a
week so as to get enough to keep from starvation. As all the Protestant
teachers there have to go to a Catholic normal school (as there is no other),
there is some danger of that whole Church collapsing unless it gets aid.
These facts (and much more could Vje said) reveal the sad and sometimes
critical condition of the brethren and churches of our faith in Europe. Shall
we leave them to perish or shall we rise up to help them as Christian
brethren should do? "The Lutherans are helping the Lutherans, the Metho-
dists are helping the Methodists, the Baptists are aiding the Baptists, but
where are our Presbyterian and Reformed brethren of America, that we get
no help from them?" At some places, notably in Vienna and Jugo-Slavia,
they had given up hope.
To show what can be done we incorporate a brief statement of what the
National Lutheran Council (composed of nine different bodies in America)
has been doing, as given in their report of December, 1920: In thirteen
months they spent $900,000 for European relief. We have raised perhaps
$200,000. The Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., has done the best, $142,000;
the United Presbyterian has given last year $18,631, and year before $10,000.
The Reformed Church in the LT. S. has about $40,000 left over from previous
years for a church building at Chateau-Thierry, and last year raised about
$14,400, of which about $11,000 was for the poor of Germany, raised mainly
from its own German churches. The Canadian Presbyterian Church has
raised about $25,000. The Presbyterian Church, U. S., has raised $25,000.
The Reformed Church in America has not yet reported. But all told, the
Lutherans have raised $700,000 more than we have. And the Lutheran
churches are not richer than ours or more numerous, for they number about
the same number of communicants as ours. Their noble example should
provoke us to a holy rivalry.
The following Resolutions were adopted in connection with the report:
ResoijUTions Adopted on European Continental Committee's Report.
1. That the Western Section of the Alliance of the Reformed Churches
holding the Presbyterian System, would respectfully overture the supreme
judicatories of its constituent Churches to give earnest consideration, at
their Spring meetings, to the needs and opportunities of our brethren in the
various Reformed and Presbyterian bodies on the continent of Europe.
2. That the members of the Deputation appointed by the Section to visit
the Protestant Churches of Europe during the past summer be appointed a
Committee to arrange, as far as possible, for the presentation of these
matters at the spring meetings of our various supreme judicatories, by per-
sonal appeal, and that they be given authority to print one or more tracts
on these subjects for distribution to the General Assemblies.
3. That this Section suggests to the General Assemblies and General
Synods of our constituent Churches for consideration, and, if deemed wise,
for adoption, the following program:
(a) That the month of October next be designated as "Continental
European Month," in which special efforts shall be made to provide
for the immediate needs of the suffering brethren of our Reformed and
Presbyterian Churches in Europe, this however not to conflict with plans
already made in any denomination for that object.
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(/*) Tliat donations in dot liiiiR, unused or slightly worn, or whole
cloth, linen (es])eeially bed linen) and shoes he sent durinp; that month
to a depot or depots ilesignateil by the Committee ai)|)ointed by our
Alliaii('(>; also that food-iirafts or money can be sent througli this
rncdiimi all these to be sent dihkct to tlie followinp; sufT(>rinK ('hurches:
lliiiifiarv, Transylvania, Vienna, ( 'zecho-Slovakia, .JuRo-SIavia, Germany,
Poland and Jiithuania — also monc^y ean be sent to France, Belgium and
Italy, if desired.
((•) That the last .Sunday in October (Reformation Day) be desig-
nated as a Dan of Prayer in all our Churches for our oppressed and
suffering brethren in l^luroj^e, and that on that day offerings be taken
for this object unless this conflicts with any previous plan in any of the
denominations.
((I) That the Deputation sent to Europe last summer, together with
Rev. W. P. Fulton, D.D., Rev. ('. S. Cleland, D.D., Rev. Rufus VV.
Miller, D.D., be a eonunittee to i)rc-pare for carrying out this plan, and
that to this eonunittee be add(;d, as advisory members, the chairmen of
Conuniltees on European Relief in each of our denomin;ltions.
(c) That if this i)lan is adopted by two or more Churches, this
Committee herein apjiointed is empowered to open one or more dei)ots
for the reception ar.d shipping of clothing, etc., to Europe, the expense
of these to be divided among the contributing d(>iiominations in pro-
portion to their comnuinicaiit membershij).
(J) That this Conniiittee be authorized to send, before the month
of ()ctr)ber, an api)eal to all the i)astors in the denominations cooperat-
ing to pjuticipatc in this i)rogram.
(g) That this Committee be authorized to raise such a preliminary
fund from the different denominations as may be necessary to open
these depots. After that, as tlu; (Nothing comes in, the expense will be
met by the charge of 25 cents jier pound from each congregation sending
in clothing, as that has been found by the Lutherans to more than cover
all overhead expenses.
(/() That this Committee be given power to take any other actions
as thej^ may find necessary to carry out this plan and also add to their
mmiber when found nec(>ssary.
(i) Any of our denominations already having a plan to contribute
money to the Continental Relief can adopt only the part of this plan
that relates to clothing, etc.
This program will immediately follow the coming Council of our Alliance
at Pittsburgh next .September, at which quite a number of the delegates
from the Churches of Continental Europe will be present (some of whom
may Ije utilized to aid this program), and yet will be early enough to get the
clothing, etc., to the European Churches l)eforc the severe rigors of next
winter come upon them.
4. That the last summer's Deputation to Europe be authorized and
instructed to prepare and send to the Roumanian Government a Protest and
Appeal in })ehalf of the persecuted mcmliers of the Reformed Churches of
Transylvania, this Protest and Aj)peal to be in harmony with the Appeal
issued by the Commission appointed by the Eastern Section of the Alliance
and like that Appeal to avoid identifying the Alliance with the political
questions at issue between the Hungarian and Roumanian Governments
regarding the civil allegiance of Transylvania. It shall deal with the re-
straints and pensecutions to whi(!h the Reformed (yhurches are subjected, in
clear violation not only of the principles of justice and humanity, })ut of the
ex[)ress terms of the minority clauses of the treaties, which Roumania
sf)lemnly promised to observe and which were essential coiulitions of the
cession of Transylvania to Roumania. It is understf)od that the jihrascology
of the protest and appeal shall be ap))roved by the Deputation and by the
president and .secretary of the Western Section.
5. That this Western Section api)roves of the holding of European Con-
tinental Conference such as was held last August at Lau.sanne, Switzerland,
and expresses this desire to the coming Council of the Alliance at Pittsburgh
in the hope that it will take such action as will make other Conferences of
this kind possible in the future.
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6. That the Section appropriate one hundred dollars toward the increased
expense of the Quarterly Register for November, 1920, so as to include in
it the Addresses and Actions of the Continental Conference held at Lausanne
in August, 1920.
7. The Section empowers the Deputation to Eui'ope to confer with the
Methodists in reference to their work in Europe where it overlaps ours.
VI. FoKEicN Missions. — It is in the midst of distracted world condition.s
that n)issions are seeking to do their work. In ordinary circumstances the
problems of tlie missionary ai'e sufficiently difficult, but with China drifting
into |)oIiti(al chaos, India swej)t with tidal waves of unrest, Japan clisLurlied
by oi)poKii)g forces within and unhapi>y relations without, and even Africa
uttering heated protest against the selfish injustice of the white man, how
much uiore difficult has the situation become! Yet nothing is impossible to
them that believe. Already and throughout these recent years of disquiet,
abundant evidence has come of the presence of that conquering grace that
maketh the wrath of man to praise Him. In the midst of Japanese atro-
cities already referred to, Korean Christians have been more than conquerors.
In the furance there has appeared One like unto the Son of Man.
From all parts of the Korean field come accounts of revived interest in
Christianity, and in many places the churches are crowded as never before.
Not even in the great revivals of 1907 and 1908, it is said, was there so
much honest inquirj- as in the past year. Thousands have attended evange-
listic meetings and church services with open minds and receptive hearts,
and many of these young people with intelligent ideas as to what the
Church is. The conduct of Christians during years of persecution has com-
mended Christianity to many who before were its bitter enemies. Trials
and tribulations have had their inevitable effect upon the life of the Church.
It has put iron into blood, and converted weak, timid and inactive Chris-
tians into true, fearless, aggressiv6 soldiers of the cross of Jesus Christ.
In all other fields direct mission work seems to have made quiet, steady
advance throughout the year. There have not been reported any extraor-
dinary ingatherings, but the Church, breasting the waves in a troubled sea,
has made progress, although naturally in varying degrees.
VII. Home Missions. — The Home Mission outlook is big with promises
for our encouragement, with problems for our most serious consideration, and
with tasks that will test the faith and courage and liberality and varied
resources of the Church as never before. The Americanization of fourteen
millions of foreign-born peoples and twelve millions of children of foreign-
born parents, is a proposition that knocks loudly at the Home Mission door
of the Church, calling for larger attention and a more aggressive treatment.
How shall these people be brought to accept our American ideals and to give
their allegiance to our American institutions so as to become desirable and
loyal American citizens? We once thought that this question would be
answered by our public-school system, but that system, with all its excel-
lencies and splendid accomplishments, has proved inadequate for this task.
There is a very general agreement that the religious education in which our
American ideals and institutions are rooted is not furnished by our public
schools, and that something must be done to meet this emergency. Various
schemes have been suggested and several plans have been tried, such as the
Vacation Bible School, etc., but nothing proposed is an adequate solution
of this problem. It will be solved, but your committee have no suggestions
to offer on the subject. Americanization includes the evangelization of the
immigrant communities in our industrial centers and in the congested sec-
tions of our fast-growing cities. The sudden upspringing of large com-
munities within a few days, and composed chiefly of immigrant families of
several nationalities and languages, is a familiar feature of our industrial
development, and one that brings large opportunity and responsibility to our
Home Mission agencies. This field is second only to the attractive, per-
plexing, and increasingly urgent work of city evangehzation. "As goes the
city so goes our nation," may not be true to-day, but it certainly will be
true in the near future. Not many years ago it was noted with some
uneasiness that our nation was rapidly passing from an agricultural to an
urban population; that 20 per cent of our people were then living in towns
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and cities of more than 2,r)00 jn'ople. To-day more tlian 50 per cent of our
population are living in towns and cities, and these cities have grown
immensely' in size iluring the last two decades. Fully one-fifth of our ])eoi)le
are now living in thirty-one large cities. These facts indicate that our Home
Mission work will in the future be more largely a city work, and that new
and more eflicient methods of work will he adopted.
No change worthy of note has been made or is contemplated in the work
among Spanish-speaking jieojiles, Indians, Orientals, Negroes, Mountaineers,
and Mormons. The same jilans ami i)rocedure will mark the activities of the
Church in these dei)artments as was set forth in our last rei)ort, although
there are those who think there should be a radical change in the programme*
of missions to the Mormons. Thej' call attention to the report that the
Mormons have increased in a more rapid ratio, since the last census, than
any of our churches, there being now 403,000 as against 21.5,000 ten years
ago; that this rapid growth has been due largely to their method of extension
by settling their people as colonies on large tracts of land which they buy in
advance in such localities as seem most promising for their propaganda.
VIII. Chukcu IIisroRV. — In regard to the publication of the writings of
Zwingh, it is gratifying to announce that Professor W. J. Ilinke, D.D., of
Auburn Theological Seminary, has completed his revision of Mr. Preble's
translation of Zwingli's Creeds and Sermons on Providence, and that his
manuscript is now being copied on the typewriter in preparation for sending
it to press.
As for the tran.slation of Zwingli on True and False Religion, the Rev.
C. T. Baillie, of the First Presbyterian Church of Plattsburg, New York,
reports that he has recently made considerable progress in revising Mr.
Preble's translation. This piece of revision has been practically at a stand-
still for some time, because of the additional labor caused by Mr. Baillie's
going from a small church in Brooklyn to a good-sized church in Plattsburg.
As the date at which he can finish the revision is uncertain, it has been
decided that Dr. Hinke's volume shall be published first, becoming volume
II, and that the volume on which Mr. Baillie is working shall be volume III.
Since it was for the expense involved in publishing Dr. Plinke's volume
that the Churches of the w^estern section undertook to provide the necessary
funds, it will be well for the Section to remind the Churches subscribing
that the volume is ready for printing. Remittances should be sent promptly
to Mr. Philip E. Howard, care of the Sunday School Times Co., 1031 Walnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
IX. Finances. — The Treasurer of the Western Section received, during
the }-ear ending Feb. 15, 1921, from the apportionment of the various
Church bodies, $2100.00; interest on the bank deposit, SlOG.Oti; for the
special fund for printing the Works of Zwingli, $389.92; for the Rev. Chas.
Merle d'Aubigne's expenses to the Assemblies in America, $200.00. This,
with a .small sum in refund on account of members' expenses at the Pitts-
burgh meeting, make a total of $2802.33 received by the treasury during
the 3'ear.
From the balance on hand, March 16, 1920, and from the receipts of the
period ending Feb. 15, 1921, the disbursements were as follows: — To the
general treasurer in Edinburgh, $1613.12; for the expenses of the Pittsburgh
meeting, $1230.81; for the Relief of Churches in Europe, $1512.(j3; for
Deputation work in Europe CDrs. Chester, Brown, and Good), $1700.00; for
Dr. d'.^ubigne's expenses, $476.55; for the expenses of the Programme Com-
mittee of the forthcoming Council, ,$323.99; for printing, $713.30; and for
nii.scellaneous expen.ses, $314.13 — a total of $7884.53.
The Trea.turer will api)reciate the receipt of the ajjijortioimient from your
C'hurch as early as is convenient; but in any (!vent not later than Oct. 1,
1921. Remittances should be made to Mr. Philip 10. Howard, Treas., 1031
Walnut St., Phila., Pa.
X. The Quaktekly Registek. — This publication of the Alliance con-
tinues to supply the various Churches with valuable information. ICspecially
does it furnish the Churches of the Western Section with needed details of
the present situation in the Churches of the Eastern Section. The Rev. J.
248 CORRESPONDENCE. [May,
R. Fleming, Ad Interim General Secretary of the Alliance, is the present
editor, and persons desiring to subscribe should write to him, at 122 George
St., Edinburgh, Scotland.
XI. The Eleventh Council. — Will be held in Pittsburgh, Pa., in Sep-
tember next of the present year. The Chairman of the Committee to have
charge of the local arrangements is the Rev. John MacNaugher, D.D. The
Supreme Judicatories are respectfully requested to report the names of their
Delegates to the Eleventh Council, at an early date, to the Rev. Henry B.
Master, D.D., Secretary' pro-tem, 510 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia,
Pa.
XII. Minutes. — The Minutes of the last meeting of the Western Section
are transmitted to each of the Supreme Judicatories, with the request that
they be u.sed in connection with this concise report wherever neces.sary for
detailed information.
XIII. Fraternal Delegate.s. — The Western Section has appointed the
following delegates from the Western Section to the Supreme Judicatories:
Presb3'terian Church in Canada — The Rev. Clarence Maclvinnon, D.D.
Presbyterian Church in U. S. A. — The Rev. S. H. Chester, D.D.
Presbyterian Church in U. S.— The Rev. S. H. Chester, D.D.
United Presbyterian Church — The Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D.
Reformed Church in America — The Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D.
S3'nod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church — The Rev. W. I. Wishart,
D.D. ;
General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church — ^The Rev. Thomas
Whyte.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod — The Rev. R. C. Reed, D.D.
XIV. Next Meeting. — The Western Section adjourned to meet at Pitts-
burgh, Pa., in September, immediately preceding the General Council.
J. Ritchie Smith, Chairman.
Henry B. Master, Secretary pro-tem.
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE REFORMED CHURCHES IN
AMERICA HOLDING THE PRESBYTERIAN SYSTEM.
Dear Brethren : — The Council of the Reformed Churches in America holding
the Pre.sbyterian System respectfully reports to its constituent Churches for
the year ending March 31st, 1921.
Meetincs — In the interim between the biennial meetings of the Council the
business is entrusted to the Executive Committee of the Council, consisting of
the officers, together with the chairmen of the several standing committees.
In accordance with this provi.sion, the Executive Committee of the Council held
two meetings during the year.
The first in Philadelphia, June 25, 1920, the President, Prof. George L.
Omwake, Ph.D., presiding, five members being present. The meeting was called
to select delegates to represent the Council on the Joint Committee of Church
Cooperation and Union, to prepare a Constitution for the Pre.sbyterian Reformed
Churches in America, to be transmitted to the several denominational com-
mittees, for presentation to their respective supreme judicatories. The following
delegates were chosen:
Associate Reformed Synod, Rev. G. R. White; Presbyterian Church in the
U. S., Rev. J. S. Lyons, D. D.; Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., Rev.
James E. Clarke, D.D., and Rev. Wilham P. Fulton, D.D.; Reformed Church in
America, Rev. J. Addison Jones, D.D.; Reformed Church in the U. S., Prof.
George L. Omwake, Ph.D.: United Presbyterian Church, Rev. David F. Magill,
D.D.
The second meeting was held in Philadelphia, Mar. 15, 1921, President George
L. Omwake, Ph.D., presiding, seven members being present. The meeting was
called to receive and take action upon the Constitution of the Presbyterian
Reformed Churches in America, as approved by the Joint Committee, at its
meeting in Philadelphia, Feb. 9, 1921.
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The delegates from the Council on the Joint CoininiKce to prepare a Constitu-
tion, reported to the Executive Connnittee as follows: —
"To the Executive Committee of the Council of Reformed Churches holding
the Presbyterian system:
Bhethuen: — By action of the General Ass(>nihly of the I'resbyterian Church in
the li. S. A., the Council of Reformed Churches was requested to appoint repre-
sentatives to act in conjunction with the conunittees of the several (/hurches in
prejiaring a proposed Constitution, upon which might be effected the Federal
Union of five bodies which are members of this Council.
This proposed Constitution is designed to perfect and so become a substitute
for the tentative 'Plan of Federal Union' submitted to and approved by the
sujiremc judicatories of these five churches in 1920. That 'Plan of Fedciral
Union' was, in substance, identical with the proposed revision of the 'Articles
of Agreement' of the Council of R(>formed Churches, which revised 'Articles
of Agreement' were approved wholly or in part by the supreme judicatories
of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., the Reformed Chunih in Amerit^a,
the Reformed Church in the U. S. and the United Presbyterian Church. The
Presbyterian Church in the U. S. rejected the proposed revision of the 'Articles
of Agreement' and recommended, instead, the 'Plan of Federal Union', which
was tentatively approved, and referred to the committees of the several Chur(;hes
and also to this Council, becau.sc the effect of putting this 'Plan of Federal
Union' into operation would naturally be to substitute the proposed 'United
Assembly' for the i)resent Council of Reformed Churches.
Your representatives attended two meetings of the Joint Committee, and,
in the interim, Drs. Oniwake and Clarke served as members of a sub-committee
in the preparation of the proposed 'Constitution', the work of the sub-com-
mittee being later am(>nded and finally ajiproved by the whole Joint Committee.
We respectfully submit the proposed *Constitution as approved by the Joint
Committee, with the following recommendations:
1. That the Executive Committee of the Council of Reformed Churches
ajiprove, in substance, the proposed Constitution of the Presbyterian Reformed
Churches in America, as approved bj' the Joint Committee, in Philadelphia,
Feb. 9, 1921, representing the Presbyterian Church in the U. iS., the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A., the Reformed Church in America, the Reformed Church
in the U. S., the United Presbyterian Church, and commend this proposed
Constitution to the favorable consideration of these five Churches which arc
members of the Council of Reformed Churches.
2. That, in the event the proi)osed Constit ut ion is adopted, it is our judgment
that the necessarj' steps should be taken to have the United Assembly take the
place of the present C'ouncil of Reformed Churches, in order to avoid the duplica-
tion of unifying and cooperative; agencies."
Pending the consideration of these reconnnendations, the P^xecutive Com-
mittee carefully considered the projxjsed ('onstitution, approving the several
articles seriatim, and then the Constitution as a whole. The recommendations
were then adoi)ted.
The Treasurer reported a balance of $1992.27. The Stated Clerk was re-
quested to send a coi)y of the action of the P^xecutive (Committee, together with
a copy of the proposed Constitution, to the Stated Clerks of the several judica-
tories represented in the Council.
Very Respectfully,
Gkokcje L. Omwake, President,
William P. Fulton, Staled Clerk.
* The propo.sed ConstituI ion and correlated matters were referred to the Special
Committee on Church Cotiperation and Union with instructions to continue
negotiations with the Ad-iiileriin C'onuuittee of the Council on Organic Union
of the Evangelical Churche.s of America.
REPORT OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE CHURCHES OP
CHRIST IN AMERICA.
To the Constituent Bodies of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in
A merica:
Since the last report of the Council to its constituent bodies, a Quadrennial
meeting has been held, and we are herewith submitting the reports for the
250 coKKESPONDENCB. [May,
(iiiadrennium and the records of the Quadrennial meeting, together with the
volumes issued by the Committee on the War and Religious Outlook since
our last report.
The meeting at Boston was generally regarded as the most representative
and significant that has ever been held. It was marked by its fine spirit of
fellowship, its unity of purpose, and the spiritual impressiveness of its pro-
gram, in which representatives of churches of other lands participated, mark-
ing the meeting as one of world fellowship and cooperation.
The most important actions taken related to the report of the Committee
on Methods of Cooperation, which we herewith submit, calling special atten-
tion to the adoption of the seven recommendations at its close.
Since that meeting the Executive and Administrative Committees have
proceeded in accordance with the actions of this report and they have also
exercised their good offices in developing a Consultative Committee of the
Inter-Board organizations. A conference of Representatives of the Denom-
inational Forward Movements has also been held and others are anticipated.
The Council as now organized is constituted as follows: —
The Central Department will include the Advisory Committee of
Forethought and Outlook; the Chicago Committee; the Departments
of Interpretation, Religious Publicity and Pubhcation; the Washing-
ton Committee, including the General Committee on Army and
Navy Chaplains; the Committee on Religious Work in the Canal
Zone and other similar special committees.
The Commission on Evangelism and Life Service.
The Commission on Christian Education.
The Commissions on Social Welfare, including the Commission on the
Church and Social Service and the Commission on Temperance.
The Commissions on International Relations, including the Com-
missions on International Justice and Goodwill; on Relations with
Religious Bodies in Europe; on Relations with France and Belgium;
on Relations with the Orient; and including cooperation with the
General Committee of the Universal Conference of the Church of
Christ on Life and Work.
The Commission on Negro Churches and Inter-Racial Relations,
and the Commission on Works of Mercy and Relief, have been
instituted.
The Commission on Councils of Churches, for the promotion of
local federations or councils.
In connection with the report of the Committee on Methods of Coiiper-
ation, we desire to call attention to the fact that the denominational machin-
ery does not, as yet, readily lend itself to cooperative service, especially so
far as financial necessities are concerned. Recommendations concerning this
matter have been made to the various authoritative committees or officials
of the denominations, and will be brought before the denominational assem-
blies or ad interim organizations. It may perhaps be noted that the budget
requested for coordinating the work of all these denominations through the
Federal Council is considerably less than that which is expended by several
of them for the coordination of their own denominational departments.
The Church as a whole has probably never faced greater problems than
confront it today. Fundamental among them is the developing of our
evangelism and Christian education in such a way that they will be far more
effective in reaching the individual life and conscience with the gospel and
leading men into personal discipleship to our Lord Jesus Christ. This dis-
cipleship, moreover, must include every area of human life. The gospel
must, therefore, be brought to bear upon all our social and industrial order,
upon all our inter-racial and international relations. All these great tasks
call all the churches to the most effective cooperation with one another that
can possibly be secured.
The Adminisirative Committee of the Council invite the most careful
consideration of the whole question of Christian cooperation by the cori-
stituent bodies. We believe that the most i'unJaniantal element in this
problem is the Federal Council, the one bodj' which is constituted by, and
gubject to, the Churches themselves.
A.D. 1921.] COUNCIL CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN AMERICA. 251
Constructive and sympathetic criticism is earnestly desired. Our task is
far from simple, and' yet its difliculties, great as they are, mu«t not deter
us from finding the way to such a cooperative organization as will combine
freedom and unity for "the most effective service.
Faithfully yours,
Robert E. Speer, President
Walter R. Lambuth, Chairman Executive Committee
Charles S. Macfarlanu, General Secretary
Samuel M. Caveht, General Secretary
II. ®^f)toiogicaI ^tminarirs.
I. PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
[PuiNCETON, N. J.|
Annual Report.
I. Boards of Directors and Trustees.
1. Directors.
a. Officers.
Maitland Alexander, D.D., LL.D., President, Pittsburgh.
John B. Laird, D.D., First Vice-President, Philadelphia.
Elisha H. Perkins, Esq., Second Vice-President, Baltimore.
Sylvester W. Beach, D.D., Secretary, Princeton.
J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., LL.D., ex-officio, Princeton.
b. Members.
Term to expire May, 1922:
Marcu.s A. Brownson, D.D Philadelpliia
John V Patterson, D.D Orange, N. J.
Louis Burton Crane, D.D Elizabeth, N. J.
George Francis Greene, D.D Cranford, N. J.
Sylvester W. Beach, D.D Princeton, N. J.
Lewis S. Mudge, D.D Harrisburg, Pa.
Rev. Reid S. Dickson Lewistown, Pa.
John T. Manson, Esq New Haven, Conn.
H. S. Prentiss Nichols, Esq Philadelphia.
M. Linn Bruce, Esq New York .City.
Term to expire May, 1923:
George Alexander, D.D New York City.
Maitland Alexander, D.D., LL.D Pittsburgh.
John Fox, D.D Easton, Pa.
Wallace Radcliffe, D.D., LL.D Washington City.
Robert S. Inglis, D.D Newark, N. J.
Robert P. Kerr, D.D Baltimore.
Alfred H. Barr, D.D Baltimore.
George V. Massey, LL.D Philadelphia.
Spencer S. Marsh, Esq Madi.son, N.J.
Robert Eliot Specr, D.D.. LL.D Englewood, N. J.
Term to expire May, 1924:
Howard Duffield, D.D New York City.
William L. McEwan, D.D., LL.D Pittsburgh.
Ethelbert D. Warfield, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Chambersburg, Pa
John B. Laird, D.D Philadelphia.
Rockwell S. Brank, D.D Summit, N. J.
Francis Landev Patton, D.D., LL.D Warwick, Bermuda.
W. Courtland Robinson, D.D Delhi, N. Y.
Logan C. Murray, Esq Princeton, N. J.
Elisha H. Perkins, Esq Baltimore.
John M. T. Finney, M.D Baltimore.
Changes made in the Board of Directors since last Report: Rev. Rockwell S
Brank, D.D., elected in place of Rev. Henry Collin Minton, D.D., LL.D.
and Hon. M. Linn Bruce, in place of Silas D. Brownell, LL.D., deceased.
252
A.t). 1921.] PRlNCE'roi^ SEMiNARV. ^53
2. Trustees.
a. Officers.
Thom.as W. Synnott, Esq., President Wcnonah, N. J.
John Fox-, D.D., Vice-President Eiiston, Pa.
John Di.xon, D.D., Secretary Trenton, N. J.
E. Francis Hyde, Esq., Treasurer, 80 Broadway.. New York City.
b. Members (Life Terms).
.John Dixon, D.D Trenton, N. J.
John Fox, D.D Easton, Pa.
Thomas W. Synnott, Esq Wenonah, N. J.
E. Franeis Hvde, Esq New York City.
William W. Knox, D.D New lirunswick, N. J.
Henry D. Moore, E.sq Haddonfield, N. J.
Franeis B. Grimn, E.sq New York City.
Uenrv W. Green, E.sq Trenton, N. J.
James H. Po.st, Esq New York City.
William P. Stevenson, E.sq Ro.selle, N. J.
W. Beattv Jennings, D.D Philadelphia.
Minot C' Morgan, D.D Detroit, Mich.
Alfred E. Marling, Esq New York City.
William F. Magie, Ph.D., LL.D Princeton, N. J.
Edward P. Holden, Esq Madison, N. J.
George V. Massey, Esq Philadelphia.
J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., LL.D Princeton, N. J.
Hon. .John Rcllstab Trenton, N. J.
John B. Laird, D.D Philadelphia.
John McDowell, D.D East Orange, N. J.
A. R. Nicol, Esq Summit, N.J.
Robert M. Anderson, Assistant Treasurer arid
Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings Princeton, N. J.
No changes have been made in the Board of Trustees since last Report.
IL Faculty.
J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., LL.D., President, Professor of the History of Religion
and Christian Missions.
Fu.\Ncis L.\NDEY Patton, D.D., LL.D., Ex-President of the Seminary, Pro-
fessor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Religion.
BEN.rAMiN Breckinridge Warfield,* D.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Charles Hodge
Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology.
John D. Davis, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Helena Professor of Oriental and Old
Testament Literature.
John De Witt, D.D., LL.D., Professor Emeritus in Church History.
WiLLi.\M Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., Stuart Professor of Apologetics and
Christian Ethics.
Gkkkhardus Vos, Ph.D., D.D., Charles T. Haley Profes.sor of Biblical Theology.
Robert Dick Wilson, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., W^illiam Henry Green Professor of
Semitic Philology and Old Testament Criticism.
William Park Armstrong, D.D., Professor of New Testament Literature
and Exegesis. Helen H. P. Manson Foundatian.
Charlks RosBNnuRY Erdman, D.D., IVofes.sor of Practical Theology.
Frederick William Loetscher, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Archibald Alexander
Professor of Church History.
J. Ritchie Smith. D.D., Profes.sor of Homiletics.
Caspar Wistar Hodge, Ph.D., Professor of Dogmatic Theology.
John Gresham Machen, B.D., A.ssistant Professor of New Testament Litera-
ture and Exegesis.
Henry Wilson S.mith, A.M., J. C. Green Instructor in Elocution.
Oswald Thomp.son Allis, Ph.D., Instructor in Semitic Philology.
*Died February 16th, 1921.
254 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. [May,
Joseph Heati,y Dulles, A.M., Librarian.
Paul Maiitin, A.M., Registrar and Secretary of the Faculty.
William Boyd Sheddan, Ph.B., Assistant Librarian.
No change in the personnel of the Faculty since last Report. Dr. Caspar
Wistar Hodge was transferred to the Chair of Didactic and Polemic Theology
made vacant by the death of Professor Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, D.D.,
LL.D.
Special Lecturers.
L. P. Stone Lecturers: Louis Burton Crane, D.D., Pastor of Westminster Pres-
byterian Church, Elizabeth, N. J.: "The Holy Spirit According to Paul."
Henry Alexander White, Ph.D., D.D., Professor of New Testament Literature
and Exegesis in Columbia Theological Seminary: "The Kingdom of God
in the New Testament."
Students' Lecturer on Missions.
Charles Allen Clark, D.D., Missionary of the Presbyterian Church in Korea:
"The Religions of Korea."
Lecturers in the Department of Missions.
Henry C. Velte, D.D., of India.
Frank W. Bible, D.D., of Chma.
Rev. Samuel Guy Inman, Executive Secretary of the Committee on Coopera-
tion in Latin America.
*A. W. Halsey, D.D., Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.
Lecturer in Elocution.
Donald Wheeler, A.M., Teacher of Elocution in the Lawrenceville School.
HL Students.
Number of Students enrolled in the Seminary for the current scholastic
year, as follows: a. Undergraduates — (1) Seniors, 21; (2) Middlers, 45; (3)
Juniors, 49. b. Graduates, 38. c. Fellows, 6. d. Special, 4.
2. Number enrolled during the year, 81, of whom 7G had college degrees.
3. The degree of Bachelor of Theology was conferred upon the following
students who hold the degree of A.B., or its academic equivalent, from an
approved institution, and who have completed the course of study prescribed
therefor in this Seminary:
John Dales Buchanan, Roland Bruce Lutz,
Calvin Pardee Erdman, Thomas Marshall Morsey,
Henry Gerhart Faries, Andrew Richards,
Kenneth Joseph Foreman, John Edwin Slater,
Mark Brown Grier, Dwight Randoljjh Snyman,
Horace Emery Hoover, Howard Davis Talbott,
Paul Ruskin farts, John Townley,
Chester Kindig Lehman, Stefancus Francois Welch,
C. A. Underwood, graduated as of the Class of 1919.
A certificate of graduation was granted to the following students, who have
completed the prescribed course of study in this Seminary, but who lacked the
academic credentials required of candidates for the degree of Bachelor of The-
ology: Edward John Ardis, George Bruce Cameron.
The degree of Master of Theology was conferred upon the following students
who hold the degree of A.B. or its academic equivalent, and the degree of Th.B.,
or its theological equivalent, from api)roved institutions and who have completed
the course of study prescribed therefor in this Seminary :
* Deceased.
A.D. 1921.] PRINCETON SEMINARY. 255
Leonard Million Hraam, Ilc-iiry O. Ilospcrs,
Josojili McCluii}! Browiilri', Mikkol Loiio,
John Russi'll Hucher, Williiim Massolink,
Harrv Oswald Bush, Charles Matear,
Samuel Russell Curry. William Lee Newman,
Karl Ilannum Devanny, William ('hilds Robinson,
Monroe Gates Falls, Richard Albert liozebooni,
flarrv Davis Fleming, Alfred iM'ie Scott,
Theron Hewitt, Dwight Randolph Snyman,
Cornelius Henry Hook, Johannes Van Beek,
George Garrisoii Horn, Martin van Dyke,
and Harry C'ami>bell Neeley
receives the Bachelor of Divinity degree as of the; Class of 1920.
, T IV. Finances.
I. Liabilities.
2. Pekmanent Resources:
a. Permanent equipment:
(1) Total value of lands and buildings $690,578 28
(2) Total value of all other Seminary holdmgs
b. Total income-producing resources of the above for Semi-
narv support:
General endowment funds $1,792,487 00
Professorship " " • 929,907 00
Lectureship " " 25,3.W 07
Scholarship " " 388,431 30
Library " " 69,000 00
Other " " 108,084 00
3. Lncome Account:
a. Total income for the year, from sources named above 101,171 62
b. Total income for the year, from other sources 22,166 57
4. Disbursements for the Year:
a. For permanent equipment 1,769 20
b. For expenses of maintenance, scholarships, etc 196,925 31
5. Additional Endowment Received During the Year 51,446 31
V. Library.
1. Whole number of books:
a. Bound volumes 1 10,9.50
b. Pamphlets 37,853
2. Number added during the year:
(t. Bound volumes 2,397
6. Pamphlets ^9'j
VI. General
1. The Board (jf Directors record their .sense of dee]) h)ss to the Seminary
and the Church in the death of Profes.sor Benjamin Ikeckinridge Warficld,
D.D., LL.D., who entered into rest February 16, 1921.
2. As elsewhere mentif)ncd in this Report, the Board of Directors would
notify the General Assembly of the transfer of Profe.s.sor Caspar Wistar Hoilge,
I'h.D., from the Chair of Dogmatic Theology to the Charles Hodge Chair of
Didactic and Polemic 'J'heology.
3. The Board of Directors would report to the General Assembly encouraging
progress in the work of .securing increased endowment and arc hoping soon to
report the successful completion of the Campaign.
SYLVESTER W. BEACH,
Secretary.
256 THEOLOGICAL SEMINAKIES. [May,
II. AUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
[Auburn, N.Y.]
Annual Report.
I. Board of Directors.
a. Officers.
Rev. George Black Stewart, D.D., LL.D., S.T.D., President of the
Roard and oj the Seminary.
Rev. William R. Taylor, D.D., Vice-President.
Hon. Charles I. Avery, B.S.. Secretary.
Rev. Harris B. Stewart, A.M., Treasurer.
h. Members.
Term expires in 1922:
Mr. Edgar C. Leonard Albany, N. Y,
Mr. Theodore H. Wickwire Buffalo, N. Y.
Rev. Samuel V. V. Holmes, D.D Buffalo, N. Y
Mr. Paul S. Livermore Ithaca, N. Y.
Mr. Harrisons. Chapman Elmira, N. Y.
Hon. Charles I. Avery Auburn, N. Y.
Mr. Loomis Burrell Little Falls, N. Y.
Mr. P'red H Fay Auburn, N. Y.
Mr. John P. Myers Plattsburg, N. Y.
Term expires in 1923:
Mr. James N. Wyckoff Perry, N. Y.
Mr. H. DeLancey Knight Seneca Falls, N. Y.
Hon. Frederick W. Griffith Palmyra, N. Y.
Rey. Alberts. Bacon Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Rev. Edward C. Petrie Cooperstown, N. Y.
Mr. Charles P. Mosher Auburn, N. Y.
Rev. William P. Schell New York City.
Mr. Charles A. McCarthy Auburn, N. Y.
Term expires in 1924:
Rev. William R. Taylor, D.D Rochester, N. Y.
Mr. Robert J. Buck Watertown, N. Y.
Rev. Elmer J. Stuart Corning, N. Y.
Mr. O. M. Edwards Syracu.se, N. Y.
Rev. Charles Hardy Walker Troy, N. Y.
Mr. Frank A. Bosworth Utica, N. Y.
*Hon. George Underwood Auburn, N. Y.
Rev. Wendell Prime Keeler Yonkers, N. Y.
Mr. Z. Bennett Phelps Binghamton, N. Y.
Mr. Edwin F. Metcalf Auburn, N. Y.
II. Faculty.
Rev. George Black Stewart, D.D., LL.D., S.T.D., President of the Semi-
nary and Professor of Practical Theology.
Rev. James Stkvenson Riggs, D.D., Taylor, Seymour and Ivison Professor
of New Testament Theology and Literature.
Rev. Arthur Stephen Hoyt, D.D., Professor of Homiletics and Sociology.
Rev. Harry Lathrop Reed, D.D., Professor of New Testament Language and
Criticism.
Rev. Allen Macy Dulles, D.D., Joseph Heatly Dulles Professor of Theism
and Apologetics.
Rev. William John Hinke, Ph.D., D.D., Professor of Semitic Lang^uages and
Religions.
♦Died February 20, 1921.
A.D. 1921.] AUBURN SEMINARY. 257
Rev. Harlan Crbelman, Ph.D., D.D., Professor of Hebrew Language and
Literature.
Rkv. Robkrt Hastings Nichols, Ph.D., D.D., Professor of Church History.
Rev. John Baillie, A.M., Richards Professor of Christian Theology.
Rev. John Qctncy Adams, D.D., Librarian.
Rev. Frank Wood jMooue, A.B., Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Wor-
ship.
Rev. Harris Bates Stewart, A.B., Assistant Professor of the English Bible
and Assistant to the President.
Harry Silvernale Mason, Mus.B., Organist and Instructor in Music.
Rev. John Kelman, D.D., Pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New
York City, Russell Lecturer, 1 920-2 L
III. Students.
1. Number enrolled for scholastic 5''ear, 50, as follows: a. Undergraduates —
(1) Seniors, 13; (2) Middlers, 1.5; (3) Juniors, 4. b. Graduate Fellows, 1.
c. Graduate Students, 3. d. Candidates for the B.D. degree (non-resident), 14.
2. Number of new students enrolled during the year, 9, 8 of these having
had a college course.
3. Members of the Senior Class. The following 13 men have completed the
course :
Yoshiaki Akaishi, Hidenobu Kuwada,
Charles Cuthbert Barnes, B.A., Samuel Robert McKJnstry, B.A.,
George Anthony CrapuUo, WiUiam Cowie Mitchell,
Robert Findlay, Max Cecil Putney, B.A.,
Paul Silas Heath, Litt. B., Thomas Tighe,
Midori Kobayashi, Robert John Topping,
Zong-Kao Zia, B.A.
4. The degree of Bachelor of Divinity was conferred upon the following:
In Course:
Yoshiaki Akaishi Samuel Robert McKinstry, B.A.,
Charles Cuthbert Barnes, B. A., WiUiam Cowie Mitchell,
Hidenobu Kuwada, Max Cecil Putney, B.A.,
Thomas Tighe.
Through Correspondence, Thesis and Examination:
Earnest Edward Eells, Stanton Willard Salisbury,
M. Donaldson Macleod, Ray Wootton.
Harris G. Rice,
Students presenting from other seminaries certificates which show conditions
are not admitted until the conditions are removed at the institutions which
imposed them. No student is admitted as a candidate for our diploma, without
a Bachelor's degree or a satisfactory examination in studies prescribed and set
forth in detail in our catalogue.
IV. Finances.
1. Liabilities None.
2. Permanent Resources:
a. Permanent equipment:
(1) Total value of lands and buildings $400,000 00
(2) Total value of all other Seminary holdings 1,005,004 S7
b. Total income-producing resources of the above for Semi-
nary support:
General endowment funds 362,966 24
Professorship " " 378,722 07
Scholarship " " 223,185 96
Lectureship " " 10,000 00
Library " " 31,900 00
Special Uses " " 58,230 50
3. Income Account:
a. Total income from Permanent Funds 54,729 03
b. From other sources (including unexpended balances) 51,008 46
4. Disbursements for the Year:
a. For permanent equipment None.
b. For current expenses, including scholarships, Library, &c. 104,898 76
9
258 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. [May,
V. Library.
1. Whole number of books:
a. Bound volumes 40,600
}>. Pamphlets 15,565
2. Number added during the year:
a. Bound volumes 830
VI. General.
There will be two summer schools held this year. The School of Theology*
July ll-29th, will have eleven in its Faculty; the School for Christian Work-
ers, August l-13th, will have twelve in its Faculty. Last summer the aggre-
gate attendance at the two Schools was 186.
By means of our Summer Social Fellowships we are sending two of our stu-
dents to New York City for study of the city problem during the summer
months. This has proved to be one of the most desirable methods for theolog-
ical students to become acquainted with the great city problem. With undi-
vided attention they devote eight months to their seminary duties, and three
months to Social Settlement work.
There are ten Oriental Fellowships available for native ministers of Japan,
China, and the Philippines, who have taken a theological course in their own
country and desire to pursue post-graduate studies in this country. These
Fellowships yield $350 per year.
Paul Silas Heath, of the Graduating Class, was awarded the Joshua I. Maxwell
Fellowship for 1921-22.
Thomas Tighe, of the Graduating Class, was awarded the Alumni Fellowship
for 1921-22.
Samuel Robert McKinstry, of the Graduating Class, who won the Newberry
Scholarship last year, will enter upon the enjoyment of it during the coming year.
The Seminary has actively carried on a Forward Movement of recruiting for
the ministrJ^ Publicity has been widely used for that purpose, and personal
visitation of educational institutions. This has been done in obedience to our
conviction that the seminaries owe this service to the Chiu-ch.
The Seminary has suffered in its attendance this year more than in any other
year since the beginning of the War. However, the spirit of the men and the
quality of work have been far more satisfactory than for a number of years.
The Russell lecturer for tliis past year was Rev. John Kelman, D.D., pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City, who gave a series of
lectures on the "Bottom Rocks of Faith." The Russell lecturer for next year
will be Rev. George W. Richards, D.D., President of Lancaster Theological
Seminary, whose subject will be "Christian Ways of Salvation."
Respectfully submitted for information of the Assembly, on behalf of the
Faculty.
HARRY LATHROP REED,
Clerk of Faculty.
TIL WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
[N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa.]
Annual, Report.
I. Board of Directors.
a. Officers.
The Rev. C. C. Hays, D.D., President.
The Rev. J. Kinsey Smith, D.D., Vice-President,
The Rev. Joseph M. Duff, D.D., Secretary.
A.D. 1921.] WESTERN SEMINARY. 259
b. Alemhrrs.
Terra expires May, 1922:
The Rev. Maitland Alexander, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Rev. William O. Campbell, D.D Sewickley, Pa.
The Rev. George N. Liiocock, D.D Wooster, Ohio.
The Rev. Joseph T. Gibson, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Rev. J. Millen Robinson, D.D., LL.D Wellsburg, W. Va.
The Rev. John M. Mealy, D.D Sewickley, Pa.
The Rev. Samuel Semple, D.D Titusville, Pa.
Mr. T. D. McCloskev Pitt.sburgh, Pa.
Mr. J. S. Crutchfield. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. James Rae Pittsburgh, Pa.
Term expires May, 1923:
The Rev. Calvin C. Havs, D.D Johnstown, Pa.
The Rev. William H. Hudnut, D.D Youngstown, Ohio.
The Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Rev. George Taylor, Jr., Ph.D Wilkinsburg, Pa.
The Rev. William E. Slemmons, D.D Washington, Pa.
The Rev. J. Kinsey Smith, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Rev. William F. Weir, D.D Chicago, 111.
Mr. Ralph W. Harbison Sewickley, Pa.
Mr. Wilson A. Shaw Pittsburgh, Pa.
*Mr. James I. Kay Pittsburgh, Pa.
Term expires May, 1924:
The Rev. William R. Craig, D.D Butler, Pa.
The Rev. David S. Kennedy, D.D Philadelphia Pa.
The Rev. Frederick W. Hinitt, D.D Indiana, Pa.
The Rev. S. B. McCormick, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa. .
The Rev. William L. McEwan, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Rev. William P. Stevenson, D.D Maryville, Tenn.
The Rev. Adelbert P. Higley, D.D Cleveland, O.
Mr. Charles N. Hanna Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. George B. Logan Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Alex. C. Robinson Pittsburgh, Pa.
Term expires May, 1925:
The Rev. Thomas B. Anderson, D.D Beaver Falls, Pa.
The Rev. Jesse C. Bruce, D.D ; New York, N. Y.
The Rev. Jo.seph M. Duff, D.D Carnegie, Pa.
The Rev. John A. Marquis, D.D New York, N. Y.
The Rev. James Mease Potter, D.D Wheeling, W. Va.
The Rev. William H. Spence, D.D., Litt.D Uniontown, Pa.
tThe Rev. William P. Shrom, D.D
Mr. W. D. Brandon Butler, Pa.
Dr. John C. Acheson Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. John F. Miller, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Cla.ss of 1921 was re-elected as the Class of 1925.
2. Trustees.
a. Officers.
Mr. George D. Edav.^rds, President.
Mr. R.\LPH W. Harblson, Vice-President.
The Rev. S. J. Fisher, D.D., Secretary.
Mr. T. D. McCloskey, Counsel.
Commonwealth Trust Company, Treasurer.
♦Died February 20, 1921. fDied March 28, 1921.
260 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. [ May,
b. Members.
Term expires May, 1922:
Mr. Joseph A. Herron. Monongahela, Pa.
Mr. Pv-alph W. Harbison Sewickley, Pa.
Mr. George B. Logan Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Ohver McClintock Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Wilson A. Shaw Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Wilham M. Robinson Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Rev. WiUiam J. Holland, D.D., LL.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
Term expires May, 1923:
Hon. J. McF. Carpenter Pittsburgh. Pa.
The Rev. W. A. Jones, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Daniel M. Clemson Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Charles A. Dickson Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. John R. Gregg Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Sylvester S. Marvin Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Mr. Robert Wardrop Pittsburgh, Pa.
Term expires May, 1924:
Mr. George D. Edwards Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. John G. Lyon Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Rev. S. J. Fisher, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. R. D. Campbell Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. Alex. C. Robinson Sewickley, Pa.
The Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchison, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Rev. P. W. Snyder, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
In the class of 1924, Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchison, D.D., was elected vice Rev.
F. W. Sneed, D.D., resigned; and Rev. P. W. Snyder, D.D., vice Mr. D. McK.
Lloyd, deceased.
The class of 1921 was re-elected as the class of 1924.
IL Faculty.
The Rev. James A. Kelso, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., President and Professor of
Hebrew and Old Testament Literature. The Nathaniel W. Conkling
Foundation.
The Rev. Robert Christie, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Apologetics.
The Rev. David Riddle Breed, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Homiletics.
The Rev. David S. Schatf, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History and His-
tory of Doctrine.
The Rev. William R. Farmer, D.D., Reunion Professor of Sacred Rhetoric
and Elocution.
The Rev. James H. Snowden, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Systematic Theology.
The Rev. David E. Culley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Hebrew.
The Rev. Samuel Angus, Ph.D., Acting Professor of New Testament Litera-
ture and Exegesis.
The Rev. Frank Eakin, B.D., Instructor in New Testament Greek and Li-
brarian.
Professor George M. Sleeth, Instructor in Elocution.
Mr. Charles N. Boyd, Instructor in Music.
The Rev. Selby Frame Vance, D.D., LL.D., was elected Memorial Professor
of New Testament Literature and Exegesis.
Lectures.
The lectures on the Elhott Foundation were given by the Rev. Samuel Angus,
Ph.D., of St. Andrew's College, Sydney, AustraUa. His general theme was
"The Mystery Rehgions and Christianity," wliile the titles of the separate
lectures were:
(1) "Orientation — The Historical Crises in the Graeco-Roman World Bearing
upon the Mystery Rehgions and Christianity." (2) "The General Character
AD. 1921.] WESTERN^ SEMINARY. 2G1
of a Mystery Religion." (3) "The Three Stages of a Mystery Religion." (4)
"Circumstances Favoring the Spread of the Mysteries." (5) "The Appeal of
the Mystery Religions." (6) "Christianity and the Mystery Religions in Con-
trast. The Failure of the Mystery Religions." (7) "The Triumph of
Christianity."
A course of five lectures on "Home Missions" was given by the Rev. Baxter
P. FuUerton, D.D., LL.D.
The following special lectures were given in the Seminary Chapel:
"Near East," Professor Oscar M. Chamberlain.
"Russia," Mr. Bayard Christy.
"The Situation in Siam," The Rev. Paul A. Eakin.
"Home Missions," The Rev. E. Fred Eastman.
"Missions in China," The Rev. Wm. O. Elterich, D.D.
"John Calvin," The Rev. John C. Goddard, D.D.
"Missions in India," The Rev. W. H. Hezlep.
"The Summer Bible Schools," The Rev. A. L. Latham, D.D.
"Doctrinal Preaching," The Rev. C. B. McAfee, Ph.D., D.D.
"Church Finance and Stewardship," The Rev. A. F. McGarrah.
"The Work of Men in the Church," The Rev. Wm. F. Weir, D.D.
"The Pilgrims: Their First Experiences and Experiments in Plj^mouth," Dean
Talcott Williams, LL.D., Litt.D.
On the Day of Prayer for Colleges a conference on Recruiting for the Ministry
was held under the joint auspices of the Faculty of the Seminary and the Educa-
tion Committee of the Presbytery of Pittsburgh. The Conference was formallj'
opened with an address by the Rev. Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., which was followed by
a very profitable discussion.
in. Students.
1. There have been 51 students enrolled in the classes of the Seminary for
the current scholastic year, as follows: a. Undergraduate Students — (1) Ju-
niors, 11; (2) Middlers, 13; (3) Seniors, 10. b. Graduate Students, 12. c.
Fellows, 5.
2. During the year 15 new students have enrolled in the classes of the Semi-
nary, of whom 13 have college degrees.
3. The following members of the Senior Class were granted the regular
diploma of the Seminary :
George Kyle Bamford, Walter Lysander Moser,
Robert Harvey Henrj-, Hampton Theodore McFadden,
Andrew Jay Hudock, John Christian Rupp,
Charles Jesse Krivulka, Abraham Boyd Weisz,
Frederic Christian Leypoldt, Joseph J. Welenteichick.
The following member of the senior class, having taken only a partial course,
was granted a special certificate: Leon Buczak.
The degree of Bachelor of Divinity was conferred on the following:
Alfred D'Aliberti, George Kyle Bamford
Arthur Henry George, (of the graduating class),
James Adolph Hamilton, Walter Lysander Moser
John Tomasula, (of the graduating class).
The Seminary fellowship was awarded to W^alter Lysander Moser.
IV. Finances.
1. Permanent Resources:
a. Permanent Equipment:
(1) Total value of lands and buildings •. $547,139 70
(2) Total value of all other Seminary holdings 817,879 02
b. Total income-producing resources of the above for Semi-
nary support:
(1) General endowment funds 270,501 33
(2) Professorship
(3) Lectureship
(4) Scholarship
(5) Library
(6) Other
378,822 Gl
8,733 44
140,501 71
35,420 93
131,919 24
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2. Income Account:
a. Total income for the year, from sources named above 37,114 46
b. Total income for the year, from other sources 29,846 11
3. Disbursements for the Year:
a. For permanent equipment 1,832 23
b. For expenses of maintenance, scholarships, etc 74,214 95
4. Additional Endowment Received During the Year 46,469 93
V. Library.
1. Whole number of books :
a. Bound volumes ., 39,591
2. Number added during the year :
a. Bound volumes 586
VI. Needs.
In June, 1920, the Board of Trustees added five hundred dollars to the salaries
of all professors and instructors, and the action was made retroactive to May 1,
1920. The greatest financial need of the Seminary is additional endowment.
During the fiscal year 1920-21 the total receipts from endowment were
.$56,801.88, while the expenditures amounted to $76,047.18. Churches and
friends of the Seminary contributed $10,764.82. An additional endowment of
$300,000.00 is needed to enable the Seminary to meet the increased cost of fuel
and suppUes, as well as to enlarge the curriculum.
VII. General.
Since the last reportjto the General Assembly the following gifts have been
received:
1. From Mrs. R. A. Watson, the sum of $1,000 to endow an entrance prize in
Greek.
2. From Mr. Wilson A. Shaw, a gift of $10,000 in liberty loan bonds for
increasing the endowment of the Seminary.
3. From Mrs. WiUiam Thaw, $7,500 through the cancellation of annuity
bonds.
4. For current expenses, the Seminary received from the New Era Movement
$2,355.48, and directly from 104 individual churches $5,409.34; also the librarian
reports having received 53 volumes as contributions.
5. A legacy of $25,000 from the estate of Mr. James Laughlin, Jr., which was
without conditions, was used by the Trustees to reduce the indebtedness on the
new buildings. The floating debt due to our new buildings has been reduced to
about $26,000.
JAMES A. KELSO, President of the Seminary.
JOS. M. DUFF, Secretary of the Board of Directors.
IV. LANE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
[Cincinnati, Ohio.]
Annual Report.
I. Board of Trustees.
a. Officers.
Rev. William McKibbin, D.D., LL.D., President.
*Elias R. Monfort, LL.D., i
Richard P. Ernst, LL.B., > Vice-Presidents.
M. L. KiRKPATRICK, ;
James J. Muir, LL.B., Corresponding Secretary.
Rev. Lewis Earle Lee, D.D., Recording Secretary.
Robert Laidlaw, Treasurer.
* Deceased.
A. D. 1921.] LANE SEMINARY. 263
b. Members.
Rev. J. King Gibson, D.D Dayton, O,
Rev. Matthias L. Haines, D.D Indianapolis, Ind.
Rev. Charles E. Walker, Ph.D., D.D Cincinnati, O.
John Dornette Cincinnati, O.
Hon. Aaron McNeill Cincinnati, O.
Rev. Frederick N. McMiHin, D.D Cincinnati, O.
Rev. Samuel M. Templeton, D.D Rockwall, Texas.
A. L. Whitaker Cincinnati, O.
Rev. Walter L. Whallon. D.D Zanesville. O.
Rev. Louis E. Holdcn, D.D., LL.D Decatur, 111.
Rev. Frank H. Stevenson Cincinnati, O.
A. 0. Bing Cincinnati, O.
II. Faculty.
Rev. William McKibbin, D.D., LL.D., President and Professor of Systematic
Theology.
*Rev. Selby Frame Vance, D.D., LL.D., Professor of English Bible and
Registrar.
Rev. John Vant Stephens, D.D., Professor of Church History and Secretary
of the Faculty.
Rev. Finis King Farr, D.D., Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Intro-
duction.
Rev. Francls Powell Cheek, B.D., Professor of New Testament E.xegesis and
Introduction.
, tProfessor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology.
Lectures.
Benjamin C. Van Wye, A.M., " Public Speaking."
Rev. Edward S. Lewis, D.D., "Religious Education."
Rev. Baxter P. Fullerton, D.D., LL.D., "The Work of the Board of Home
Missions."
Rev. Louis Edward Holden, D.D., LL.D., Commencement Address.
Occasional Addresses.
1920-1921.
Bishop J. C. HartzeU, D.D., "The New Africa."
Rev. P. F. Price, D.D., "The Challenge of China to the Churches of America."
Rev. H. C. Ostrom, "The Student Volunteer Movement."
Rev. E. Fred Eastman, "Home Mi,ssions."
Rev. Kenneth D. Miller, "City Problems."
Rev. W. R. King, D.D., "The Kind of Men Needed for the Ministry."
Rev. C. S. Adams, "The Cumberland Mountain Presbytery."
Rev. J. Shane Nicholls, D.D., "Socialism."
Rev. Herbert Hezlep, "Preaching to Children."
Rev. W. S. Holt, D.D., "The Progress of the New Era Movement."
Rev. J. W. Christie, "Sin."
Mr. Elmer Yelton, "The Cincinnati Household Survey."
Mr. P. H. Wen, "Greetings from the Y. M. C. A. of Tien Tsin."
Rev. Elmer L. Williams, "The Intercollegiate Prohibition Association."
Rev. John Nelson Mills, D.D., "Foreigners in the United States."
licv. S. H. Chester, D.D., "The Mexican Situation."
]{ev. John Roj'al Harris, D. D., "The National Reform Association."
Mr. H. L. Seamans, "Results of the National Student Volunteer Convention."
Mr. W. yi. Danner, "The Mi.ssion to Lepers."
Rev. S. J. Fisher, D.D., "The Work of the P'reedmen's Board."
Rev. James F. Garvin, "Chilean Conditions."
Rev. W. S. Nelson, D. D., "The Needs of Syria."
•Resigned to accept chair at Western Theological Seminary.
tThe instruction in this department was given by Drs. McKibbin and Stephens.
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Mr. David McConaughy, "New Era Plans."
Bishop Boyd Vincent, D.D., "The Lambeth Conference Message."
Rev. John Kelman, D.D., "The World Outlook."
Rev. A. W. Moore, "Missions in India."
Rev. Jesse Halsey, "Devotional Bible Study."
Professor A. T. Robertson, D. D., "The Pastor As Architect."
Rev. Frank H. Stevenson, D. D., "Evangelistic Preaching."
Rev. W. L. Schmalhorst, "Essentials for Revivals."
Rev. William T. Paterson, "Praver in the Conversion of the Lost."
Rev. Herbert Hezlep, "The Holy Spirit."
Rev. Burl T. Schuyler, "Mission Work in India."
III. Students.
RESIDENT GRADUATES.
John Franklin Knapp, Cincinnati, O., University of Cincinnati, 1920; Lane
Theological Seminary, 1911; M.E. Conference of West Ohio.
Harlin Jackson Manley, Reily, O., Trinity University, 1914; Lane Theological
Seminarj^ 1920; Presbytery of Dayton.
George A. Parsons, Covington, Ky., Universitj^ of Cincinnati; Lane Theological
Seminary, 1920; Kentucky M.E. Conference.
John Vant Stephens, Jr., Cincinnati, O., Marj-iille College, 1915; Lane The-
ological Seminary, 1918; Presbytery of Cincinnati.
Edgar Allen Walker, Loveland, O., Miami University, 1919; Lane Theological
Seminary, 1920; Presbytery of Cincinnati.
Graduating Class, 1921.
Diploma Course.
Malcolm Dunn McNeal, Atlanta, Ind., Muskingum College, 1918; Presbytery
of Muncie.
Walter Frederick Peters, Morrow, O., University of Cincinnati, 1918
Presbytery of Cincinnati.
William Franklin Smith, Athens, Ala., Cumberland University, 1918; Presbytery
of Nashville.
Certificate Course.
Ura Arno Brogden, Sparta, Tenn., Cumberland University, 1918; Presbytery of
Cumberland Mountain.
Charles R. Glazer, Cincinnati, O., United Brethren.
John Edwin Kerr, McKinney, Tex., Trinity University; Presbytery of Dallas.
Franklin E. Ogle, Marietta, Mich., Adrian College, 1908; Presbytery of Lansing.
Student Personnel.
denominations represented.
Presbyterian 22 United Brethren 1
Methodist Episcopal 10 Congregational 1
Baptist 1 Brethren 1
Disciples 1
INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED.
Adrian College 1 Moody Bible Institute 1
Asbury College 2 Moore's Hill College 1
Arkansas Cumberland University.... 1 Muskingum College 2
Berea College 1 Ohio State University 1
Citadel College 1 Ohio Wesleyan 1
College of Wooster 1 Park 1
Cumberland University 2 Trinity University 4
Daniel Baker College 1 Union College 2
Lane Seminary 5 University of Cincinnati 7
Maryville College 3 University of Texas 1
Miami University 1
A.D. 1921.] LANE SEMINARY. 265
STATES REPRESENTED.
Alabama 1 Nebraska 1
Florida 1 Ohio w
Indiana 2 Pennsylvania 1
Kansas 1 Tennessee 1
Kentucky 7 Texas 4
Michigan 1 West Virginia 1
IV. Financial.
Total value of lands, buildings and equipment $573,108 06
For General Endowment $469,719 10
For Scholarship 85,988 96
For Library..... 17,400 00
Total Assets $573,108 06
Income:
From permanent funds 33,898 52
From other sources 6,333 83
Total $40,232 35
Disbursements $38,377 29
V. Library.
Librarian 1
Assistant Librarian 1
Whole number of books 23,215
Volumes added during the year 35
VI. Report of the Committee of Examiners.
May 11, 1921,
To the Board of Trustees of Lane Seminary.
Gentlemen: The examiners from the various Synods and Presbyteries have
been present at the oral examinations of the Seminary, and desire to mention
the following:
1. We note with pleasure that in these days of unrest the Faculty, under the
splendid example of Dr. McKibbin, hold steadfastly to the faith of our fathers;
and are deUghted to find a high order of scholarship among the students.
2. We regret to learn of the departure of Dr. Selby F. Vance, whose services
have been of inestimable value to the Seminary.
3. We note with pleasure improvements that have been made in the building,
especially the installation of electric lights, and hope in the near future such
funds will reach the Seminary that further needed improvements may be made.
W. F. Padgett, Chairman,
D. Earl McKinney, Secretary.
VII. General.
We review the closing year with gratitude mingled with sadness. While the
year has shown a steady recovery from the effects of the War, and an increase
in the funds of the institution, we have sustained the loss of two most honored
and valued members of our Board: Captain Elias Riggs Monfort, a member of
the Board for nearly forty years, being in succession Recording Secretary,
Treasurer, and at the time of "his death Vice President. He was an Elder in the
First Presbyterian Church on Walnut Hills for nearly the same period; for sixteen
years he was Postmaster of Cincinnati, a record of continuous services in that
position unparalleled. He was a soldier in the Civil War and ro.sc to the rank
of Captain; he was Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
and active in every good work. His fidelity to the interests of the Seminary and
his attendance at the meetings of the Board were worthy of all praise. He died
July 29th, 1920, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. B. Burtis, Oak Corners,
New York, while on a visit.
Thornton M. Hinkle, the legal adviser of the Board for over thirty years and
for almost an equal period a member, and at his death a Vice President of the
266 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. [May,
Board, was called to his rest on the 17th of September, 1920. He was a member
and a long-time Trustee of the Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati,
and was eminent not only in his profession, but in the literary world, and was
honored with many important civic trusts, where integrity, ability and fidelity
were the prime necessities, all of which requirements he filled with singular
fidelity and success. Amid all his responsibilities he found time to give a watchful
and constant attention to the temporal and spiritual interests of the institution.
In addition to these losses from our administrative body, we have lost a
most loyal friend and generous giver, Mrs. Margaret Kyle, a member of the
First Presbyterian Church on Walnut Hills, who died November 28th, 1920,
at the age of ninety-two years. Her benefactions to the Seminary had attained
many thousands of dollars, and in her will she left productive real estate to the
iastitution, between thirty and forty thousand dollars in value, and made the
Seminary residuary legatee to twenty thousand dollars in United States Liberty
Bonds, upon the death of her sister, Mrs. Anna C. Carson, who is herself still a
most generous giver to the institution. These two noble women and their
deceased sister, Eliza J. Kj'le, whose death was announced in the last annual
report, carried the institution on their hearts and gladly shared with it the
means which God had given them. Of all these sainted dead, we gratefully recall
the words: "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea,
saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labor, and their works do follow
them."
The resignation of Dr. Selby F. Vance, of the Chair of English Bible, that he
might accept an election to the Chair of New Testament in the Western The-
ological Seminary, was accepted. His service to Lane Seminary has been a long
and valued one, and he carries with him the affection and confidence of the
students and faculty of the institution and a wide circle of friends, and their
desire for his success in his new field of labor.
WILLIAM McKIBBIN, President,
LEWIS EARLE LEE, Secretary.
V. PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF KENTUCKY.
[Louisville, Ky.]
Annual Report.
I. Board of Directors.
a. Officers.
Rev. Eugene F. Abbott, D.D., Fulton, Mo., President.
Judge Shackelford Miller, Louisville, Ky., Vice-President.
Rev. Peyton H. Hoge, D.D., Pewee Valley, Ky., Secretary.
John Stites, Esq., Louisville, Ky., Treasurer.
b. Members.
Class retiring in 1921:
Rev. Edward M. Green, D.D Danville, Ky.
Rev. Eugene F. Abbott, D.D Fulton, Mo.
Judge Shackelford Miller •. Louisville, Ky.
Rev. Hugh Leith, D.D Covington, Ky.
Judge W. Voris Gregory Louisville, Ky.
Judge Warner E. Settle Frankfort, Ky.
Class retiring in 1922:
Rev. Benjamin J. Bush, D.D Lexington, Ky.
Rev. J. Q. A. McDowell, D.D Danville, Ky.
Rev. Donald C. McLeod, D.D St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Charles W. Welch, D.D Louisville, Ky.
Garland H. Mourning, Esq Louisville, Ky.
John Stites, Esq Louisville, Ky.
A.D. 1921.] KENTUCKY SEMINARY. 267
Class rotiring in 1923:
Rev. Frank J. Cheek, D.D Danville, Ky.
Rev. Lynn R. Walker, D.D Franklin, Tenn.
Rev. Dunbar II. Ogden, D.D Mobile, Ala.
8. French Hojie, Esq Frankfort, Ky.
Rev. John E. Kerr Kennett, Mo.
Rev. .Samuel Callen, D.D Louisville, Ky.
Class retiring in 1924:
Rev. John N. Ervin, D.D Dayton, Ky.
Rev. Peyton H. Hoge, D.D Pewee Valley, Ky.
James R. Barret, Esq Henderson, Ky.
Rev. Samuel T. Wilson, D.D Maryville, Tenn.
William G. Duncan, Esq Greenville, Ky.
Rev. Anton Ver Hulst Bristol, Tenn.
II. Faculty.
The Rev. John M. Vander Meulen, D.D., President of the Seminary, on the
Mary Hamilton Duncan Foundation. Sunday School; Young People's
Work; Church Efficiency.
The Rev. Charles R. Hemphill, D.D., LL.D., Dean and Director of Religious
Work. New Te.stament Exegesis; Homiletics; Church Polity.
The Rev. Henry E. Dosker, D.D., LL.D., on the Broadnax Foundation. Church
History; Pastoral Theology; Mi.ssions.
The Rev. Jesse L. Cotton, D.D., LL.D., Old Testament Exegesis; Hermc-
ncutics; Sociology.
The Rev. J. Gray McAllister, D.D., on the Fullerton Alexander Foundation.
English Bible and Biblical Theology; Bibhcal Introduction.
The Rev. Finley D. Jenkins, B.D., on the Laird Foundation. Acting Pro-
fessor of Systematic Theology, Apologetics and Ethics.
The Rev. Edward L. Warren, D.D., Librarian and Intendant.
The Rev. R. Inman Johnson, Instructor in Public Speaking and in Music.
Mr. James N. Brown, A.B., Tutor in New Testament Greek.
Lectures and Addresses.
"(Church Finance," two addresses by Mr. David McConaughy, Philadelphia.
"Trying the Spirits in China," Rev. Thomas B. Grafton, Haichow, China.
"The China of To-day," Rev. Lloyd S. Ruland, Ichoufu, China.
"The Spirit of Service," Rev. Samuel Callen, D.D., Louisville.
"Preaching to Children," Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchison, D.D., Norfolk, Va.
"The Outlook for the Seminary," Rev. John M. Vander Meulen, D.D., Louisville.
"The Investment of Life," Rev. James O. Reavis, D.D., Nashville, Tenn.
"Why Serve Abroad?", Mr. E. Fay Campbell, Pittsburgh.
"The Simplicity of Holiness," Rev. Thornton Whaling, D.D., Columbia, S. C.
"Lights and Shadows in Japan" (two lectures), Rev. Henry E. Do.sker, D.D.,
Louisville.
"Assimilation of Church Material," Rev. William P. Neilson, D. D., Louisville.
"Mountain Missions," Mr. Thomas D. Talbot, Lexington, Ky.
"The Minister's Support" (two addresses), Rev. William S. Holt, D.D., Phila-
delphia.
"The Present Day Challenge to the Church," Rev. T. E. Gouwens, Mountain
Lakes, N. J.
"Soul Winning" (series of lectures). Rev. P. B. Hill, D.D., Louisville.
"Church Efficiency," Rev. A. F. McGarrah, La Grange, 111.
III. Students.
The number of students enrolled for the year and pursuing under graduate
studies was 34; two of them also taking some graduate work. The small enroll-
ment is due to the alarming decline in the number of candidates for the ministry
in the large territory from which this Seminary chiefly draws its students. It is
noticeable that eleven states and one foreign country arc represented by the
students. Throughout the year a fine spirit and great diligence in study char-
acterized the young men.
268 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. [MaY,
Twelve young men \vere graduated on May 3, eight of whom received the
degree of Bachelor of Divinity; three the Diploma without the Degree, and one
a Certificate.
Bachelors of Divinity.
Hunter Bryson Blakely, A.M Kentucky.
James Wyly Jackson, A.B Tennessee.
Lyndon Lee McCutch«n, A.B Texas.
James Lawrence Mecklin Mississippi.
Raj' LawTence St. Clair, B.S Kentucky.
Lewis Joseph Sherrill, A.B Texas.
Ralph Waldo Simonton, A.B Missouri.
Frank John Tufvander, A.B Pennsylvania.
Diploma.
James Cleveland Hines Texas.
Irvin Walker Wilcox Alabama.
Thomas Johnson Wilson Indiana.
Certificate.
James Mack Williams North Carolina.
IV. Finances.
1. Liabilities None.
2. Permanent Resources $761,631 10
a. Value of Lands and Buildings (Cost). 228,286 29
b. Income Producing Resources for Seminary Support:
Endowment 447,953 33
Scholarships 82,389 38
Library Fund 3,002 10
3. Income Account:
a. Total income for the year from above named sources 28,112 21
b. Total income for the year from other sources 10,141 03
4. Disbursements: Including Annuities of $5,500 44,581 42
Note. — The Financial Report is as of March 31, and the deficit
therein indicated has been provided for.
5. Additions to Permanent Funds for Year:
E;ndowm.ent 28,500 00
Scholarships 7,000 00
V. Library.
1. Whole number of books:
a. Bound volumes 21,102
b. Pamphlets 5,750
2. Volumes added during the year 84
VI. Curricula.
By the generous gift of Mr. William G. Duncan and his children, in regard
to which a statement is made in a later paragraph, the Board has established a
new Chair, deaUng with ReUgious Education and the Sunday School, — "Young
People's Work and Church Efficiency." Dr. Vander Meulen, President of the
Seminary, has been appointed by the Board to this Chair. He will make large
use of the laboratory method of instruction, for which every facihty is available
in modern Sunday-school buildings of several Presbyterian churches near the
Seminary, and in the Sunday-schools and various organizations of the churches.
A special library will be provided, and annual courses of lectures by experts in
these subjects.
VII. Needs.
The Seminary has made encouraging progress in building up its invested
funds, but is still in great need of increase of its endowment, as well as of addi-
tional scholarships. There is very urgent need of an adequate library fund and
endowment for the librarianship; also of Fellowships and of Foundations for
annual lectures. There is prospect that these needs may be met in part by a
campaign recently conducted by the Synod of Missouri, tj. S., for a half million
A.D. 1921.] KENTUCKY SEMINARY. 269
dollars, of which the Seminary is to receive $25,000; and by a projected campaign
by the two Synods of Kentucky — for a million dollars, of which amount the
Seminary is to be entitled to $300,000.
VIII. General.
1. The Board has great pleasure in announcing that the Rev. John M.
Vandcr Meulen, D.D., who at the last annual meeting in May, 1920, was elected
President of the Seminary, accepted the office and entcretl upon his duties
September 1, 1920. He has been very successful in securing funds to supplement
the income of the Seminary from its investments; in adding to the permanent
endowment, and before a number of churches and in several colleges has pre-
sented the call to the ministrj' and to other forms of Christian service. On Dr.
Vandcr Meulen's entering upon his office, Dr. Hemphill, in accordance with the
action of the Board, assumed the office of Dean of the Seminary. At its meeting
this week, the Board expressed warm appreciation of the services of Dr. Hemphill
in the presidency of the institution for ten j^ears, and of the admirable service
of Dr. Vander Meulen since entering upon his office.
2. In Jul}', 1920, at a special meeting of the Board, the Rev. Daniel E. Jenkins,
D.D., of Omaha Theological Seminary, was elected Professor of Apologetics and
Systematic Theology, but, after consideration of the call, felt himself con-
strained to decline the election. The Executive Committee of the Board
appointed Rev. Finlej^ D. Jenkins, B.D., Fellow in Theology of Princeton
Seminary, as Acting Professor for one year, and he has given instruction during
the session in Theology and Christian Ethics. The Board put on record its
recognition of the excellent service rendered by Mr. Jenkins.
3. The Board has bj' unanimous vote elected to the Chair of Apologetics and
Sy.stematic Theology the Rev. Thornton Whaling, D.D., LL.D., President of
Columbia Theological Seminary, and Professor of Theology in that institution.
Dr. Whaling has accepted the call, and expects to enter upon the duties of the
Chair at the beginning of the next session. The Board would request the
General Assembly's approval of the election of Dr. Whahng.
4. The Board is very much gratified to report the munificent gift of $100,000
to the Seminary, to be known as the Marj^ Hamilton Duncan Memorial P'und.
This gift is made bj' Mr. William G. Duncan and his sons, Mr. A. W. Duncan,
and Mr. W. G. Duncan, Jr., of Greenville, Ky., and his daughter, Mrs. Katie
Belle Swallow, of Kansas City, Mo., in memory of Mrs. Duncan. Under the
conditions of the donation, the amount of $80,000 is to endow a Chair of
Religious Education and the Sunday School, Young People's Work and Church
Efficiency. The income of the remaining $20,000 is to be used to provide a
special library on these topics, and to secure annual courses of lectures by special-
ists in these subjects. The full amount has been amply secured to the Seminary
and has been paid in part, and the salary of the professor in this Chair will
meanwhile be provided bj^ the donors.
5. A scholarship of $2500 has been established by Mrs. Edmonia Roberts, of
Bardstown, Ky., in memory of her husband, Mr. Charles Roberts.
Several years ago, Mrs. Emma Wilson Saunders, of Hebron Church, Bullitt
County, Ky., gave the Seminary a note for $2500, with provision for payment
of the same in her will. It is expected that this amount will soon be paid over
by her executor, and it will be used, as she desired, to estabhsh a scholarship
in memorj' of her husband, Rev. Miles Saunders, D.D.
To found a department of Music, Mr. S. French Hoge has given $1000;
Mr. G. F. Berry $500, and Mrs. Mary L. Bradley $500, all of Frankfort, Ky.
6. Dr. Dosker, profes.sor of Church History, after a year spent in the Orient,
returned the last week in December, 1920, and resumed the instruction of his
classes, and by the use of extra hours completed his courses.
7. The Board learns with satisfaction that a volume of the late Prof. R. A.
Webb's lectures, under the title of "The Doctrine of Christian Salvation," will
soon be issued from the press, and that Dr. Dosker's Stone Lectures before the
Princeton Seminary on "The Dutch Anabaptists" will also be pubhshed within
a short while.
Respectfully submitted,
PEYTON H. HOGE, Secretary.
270 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. [May,
VI. McCORMiCK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
[Chicago, III.]
Annual Report.
I. Boards of Directors and Trustees
1. Directors.
a. Officers.
J. Gibson Lowrie, D.D., President
Ernest Brov\-n Skinner, Ph.D., Vice-Presidenl.
Edward H. Smith, Ph.B., Secretary.
Class going out in 1922:
Wilbur O. Carrier, D.D., LL.D Chicago, 111.
John Timothy Stone, D.D., LL.D Chicago, III.
Richmond A. Montgomery, D.D Fairfield, la.
Joseph W. Cochran, D.D., LL.D Detroit, Mich.
Harry C. Rogers, D.D Kansas City, Mo.
John H. Holliday Indianapolis, Ind.
David F. Graham Freeport, 111.
Albert R. Taylor, LL.D Decatur, 111.
David Dangler Lake Forest, 111.
T. Hudson Foster Ottumwa, la.
Class going out in 1923:
Ezra B. Newcomb, D.D Keokuk, la.
William Chalmers Covert, D.D., LL.D Chicago, 111.
William H. Black, D.D., LL.D Marshall, Mo.
William A. Millis, LL.D Hanover, Ind.
Andrew S. C. Clarke, D.D Evanston, 111.
Thomas Dent Chicago, III.
Thomas Kane Chicago, 111.
WilHam B. Dean St. Paul, Minn.
Ernest Brown Skinner, Ph.D Madison, Wis.
Lucien G. Yoe Highland Park, 111.
Class going out in 1924:
George L. Mackintosh, D.D Crawfordsville, Ind,
George N. Luccock, D.D Wooster Ohio.
Frederick W. Hawley, D.D Parkville, Mo.
Elmer Allen Bess, D.D St. Paul, Minn.
Charles F. Wishart, D.D., LL.D Wooster, Ohio.
Francis W. Kelsev. Ph.D., LL.D Ann Arbor, Mich.
Walter D. Scott, Ph.D Evanston, III.
Nathan G. Moore Oak Park, 111.
Jacob S. Farrand. Jr Detroit, Mich.
James P. Goodrich Winchester, Ind.
Class going out in 1925:
J. Gibson Lowrie, D.D Galesburg, III.
James G. K. McClure, D.D., LL.D Chicago, 111.
Charles A. Lippincott, D.D South Bend, Ind.
Daniel E. Williamson, D.D Peoria. III.
Henrv C. Swearingen, D.D St. Paul, Minn.
Edwa>d H. Smith, Ph.B Chicago, 111.
Charles William Dabney, Ph.D., LL.D Cincinnati, Ohio.
D Draper Dayton Minneapolis, Minn.
Frederick C. Comstock Milwaukee, Wis.
Robert J. Firestone Akron, Ohio.
A.D. 1921.] MCCORMICK SEMINARY. 271
Special Director.
Cykus H. McCormick.
Executive Committee of the Board.
Hon. Thomas Dent, Chairman.
William Chalmers Covekt, D.D., hL.D., Secretary.
Cyrus H. IM.'Corinick, John Tiinolhv Stone, D.D., LL.D.,
John H. Holliday, J, G. K. McClure, D.D., LL.D.
At the annual meeting of the Board, April 28, 1921, the vacancy created by the
resiignation of Harry R. Stark, Ph.D., was filled by the election of Joseph W.
Cochran, D.D.; the vacancy created by the resignation of John P. Hale, D.D.,
was filled by the election of Harry C. Rogers, D.D., and the vacancy created by
the death of Clinton L. Conkling was filled bj' the election of T. Hudson Fost(!r.
2. Trustees.
Cyrus H. Adams, Pre.-ndent.
Ir.\ J. Geer, Secretary .
William O. Green, Treasurer.
Harold F. McCormick, Charles A. Heath,
J. G. K. McClure. Ezra J. Warner,
William A. Peterson, Holmes Forsyth.
IL Faculty.
The Rev. James G. K. McClure, D.D., LL.D., President and Professor of
Pastoral Theology and Church PoUty.
The Rev. Andrew C. Zends, D.D., LL.D., Dean. Professor of Historical
Theology.
The Rev. Augustus Stiles Carrier, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Hebrew
and Old Testament Exegesis.
The Rev. George L. Robinson, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Professor of Biblical
Literature and English Bible.
The Rev. Samuel Dickey, M.A., Professor of Xew Testament Literature
and Exegesis.
The Rev. Cleland Boy'd McAfee, Ph.D., D.D., Cyrus H. McCormick
Professor of Systematic Theology.
The Rev. Arthur A. Hay's, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History.
The Rev. John H. Boyd, D.D., Professor of Homiletics and Missions.
The Rev. John Ai.ex.\nder Macintosh, D.D., Professor of the Philosoph}-
of Religion and Ethics.
The Rev. Robert Worth Frank, A.B., B.D., Instructor in Religious Educa-
tion and Sociology.
Rollo L. Lym.\n, A.B., Ph.D., Instructor in Public Speaking.
John Reed Tyson, M.A., Instructor in Public Speaking.
DeWitt Durgan Lash, Instructor in Music.
The Rev. John F. Lyons, A.B., B.D., Librarian.
Lecturers.
The Rev. John Timothy Stone, D.D., LL.D., Lecturer on Preaching.
The Rev. William Chalmers Covert, D.D., LL.D., Lecturer on Preaching.
The Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus, D.D., LL.D., Lecturer on Preaching.
The Rev. Matthew B. McNutt, Lecturer on the Rural Church Problem.
Special Lecturers.
The Rev. WiUiam EUiot Griffis, D.D., L.H.D., Ithaca, N. Y., "The Pilgrim
Venture."
Edmund S. Lorenz, Dayton, Ohio, "Efficiency in Church Music," and "The
Use of the Church Hymnal."
OCCASION.\L speakers.
Dr. Norman E. Richardson, Ph.D., "The Challenge of Religious Education."
Rev. Ezra B. Newcomb, D.D., "The Meaning of the Mayflower."
Rev. Andrew S. Murray, "Missions of South Africa."
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Eev. Ernest F. Tittle, D.D., "Truth for To-day."
President Walter DUl Scott, Ph.D., "Response to Suggestion or Argument?"
Professor Edwin B. Frost, "Recent Astronomical Researches."
Moderator Samuel S. Palmer, D.D., "Preparation for the Ministry."
Rev. Charles L. Bromley, "Conditions in China and Japan."
Mr. Gilbert A. Beaver, "World Brotherhood."
Rev. Wilham F. Weir, D.D., "Men's Work."
Rev. Samuel A. Moffett, D.D., "Administration in Foreign Missions."
Rev. John McDowell, D.D., "Leadership by Ministers."
Rev. Graham Taylor, D.D., LL.D., "The Church in Social Reconstruction."
Frederick Jones Bliss, Ph.D., "The Collapse of Idealism."
Paul Cassatt, "The Crisis in China."
Rev. Wniiam L. Swallen, "The Expansion of the Korean Church."
Rev. Charles A. Clark, D.D., "The Missionary Call from Korea."
Rev. Ralph G. Coonradt, "Conditions and Opportunities in China."
Rev. John P. Peters, Ph.D., LL.D., "Some Personal Experiences in Archaeology
and the Bible."
F. H. Clausen, "The Labor Problem from the Employer's Side."
James MuUenbach, "The Labor Problem As Seen by the Chairman of a Board of
Arbitration."
III. Students.
1. The number of students enrolled in the Seminary for the current year
is 166, as follows: a. Undergraduates — (1) Seniors, 44; (2) Middlers, 56; (3)
Juniors, 48. b. Graduates, 3. c. Fellows, 6; Special, 9.
2. The number of new students enrolled during the year is 66, of whom 57
had college degrees and 9 had taken partial college courses.
3. The following is a list of the class graduated April 28, 1921, of whom 18
received the diploma of the Seminary:
George Charles Albright, Merrill Thomas MacPherson,
Ernest Edgar Bacon, | William Boyd Richmond,
Horace Batchelor, William Schnug,
Charles Harrison Becker, Henry H. Senne,
Armand Bois, Enoch Halmar Skooglund,
Ernest Lawrence Fernandes, WiUiam Oro Teninty,
Alfred Paul Hardt, Emory W. Theiss,
Orville Lamper, Martin Luther Thomas.
Harry Lothian,
BACHELORS OF DIVINITY.
The following, who had satisfactorily met the requirements of the Seminary
were awarded the degree of Bachelor of Divinity:
GRADUATE STUDENTS. ^
Ralph Garfield Coonradt, Class of 1912,
James Walter Davis, Class of 1915,
Merlyn Arms Chappel, Class of 1916,
Elijah James, Class of 1919,
John Cah-in McCoy, Class of 1919.
Seniors.
Edward Adams, Emorj' Wjdie Luccock,
Daniel Crump Buchanan, Bruce Murdock McCullough,
Harry Eugene Campbell, Leo Merrel Marker,
Max Gordon Cook, Amos John Niebruegge,
Herbert E. Dierenfield, Edwin Graham Parker,
Charles Henry Doellefeld, Jacob Peltz,
Aj-thur Edwin Drake, Lee Burney Shell,
Wendell Gilbert Farr, Frank L. Shoemaker,
Immanuel Gitel, Charles Ward Simpson,
George Wilham Harris, Wylie Frederick Steen,
Albert Oscar Hjerpe, Charles A. Thomson,
Frederick Edwin Johnson, Walker Frame Vance,
John M. Ivlosterboer, Otis Leroj' Walter,
Edwin Milton Wright.
A.D. 1921.] MCCORMICK SEMINARY. 273
FELLOWSHIPS.
The Bernardine Orme Smith Fellowship, for the highest excellence in the
studies of the Seminary course, was awarded to Wendell Gilbert Farr.
The Nettie F. McCorraick Fellowship, in Old Testament Hebrew, was awarded
to Edwin Graham Parker.
PRIZES.
The following prizes were awarded:
The Alumni prizes in the Old Testament Department: 1st, Floyd Vivian
Filson.
The Isabella Blackstone Prizes in the Historical Department: 1st, David
Hardy Deen.
The Henry P. Crowell Prizes in the Systematic Theology Department: 1st,
C. Ward Simpson; 2d, Emory Wylie Luccock.
The Hugh McBirney Prizes in the English Bible: 1st, Paul Ewing Davies;
2d, Ernest Clarence Goodenberger.
The John V. Farwell Prizes in Homiletics: 1st, C. Ward Simpson; 2d, Walker
F. Vance.
IV. Finances.
1. Ll.'VBIUTIES....
2. Permanent Resources:
a. Permanent equipment:
(1) Total value of lands and buildings $548,190 00
(2) Total value of all other Seminary holdings 1,698,046 56
b. Total income-producing resources of the above for Semi-
nary support:
General endowment funds 1,781,167 45
Professorship " "
Lectureship " "
Scholarship " " 244,971 21
Library " "
Other " " 220,097 90
3. Income Account:
a. Total income for the year, from sources named above 100,490 09
b. Total income for the year, from other sources 9,202 19
4. Disbursements for the Year:
a. For permanent equipment
b. For expenses of maintenance, scholarships, etc 116,979 OS
5. Additional Endowment Received During the Year 12,150 00
V. Library.
1. Whole number of books:
a. Bound volumes 48,604
b. Bound volumes added during the year 1,261
VI. General.
1. The Rev. John Alexander Macintosh, D.D., was inaugurated as Professor
of the Philosophy of Rehgion and Ethics, Oct. 28, 1920, agreeably to the Con-
stitution of the Seminary.
2. At the meeting of the Board, April 28, 1921, the Rev. Augustus Stiles
Carrier, D.D., LL.D., was granted a Sabbatical j'ear at the expiration of which
year he will have completed thirty-five years of service in the work of instruction
in McCormick Seminary.
3. At the meeting of the Board, April 28, 1921, appropriate action was taken
in grateful and appreciative recognition of the completion by the Rev. Dr. A. C.
Zenos, Dean, of thirty years as a full professor.
4. By the gift of Mr. D. Draper Dayton, a Scholarship has been endowed in
the name of his mother, Emma Willard Dayton.
Memorial scholarships have been endowed, bearing the names of Anne Dennis
Carrier and Archibald McClure (1835).
5. The instituting, at the beginning of the year, of a common eating hall, in
attractive quarters on the Campus, has secured to the students the best of food
at a very moderate cost and has added much to the social life of the Seminary.
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6. The health of the students has been remarkably vigorous and sustained
during the entire year.
7. The death of Mrs. Anne Dennis Carrier, wife of Professor A. S. Carrier,
occurred, April 28, 1921. Her interest in the students liad been sympathetic
and helpful for thirty-four years.
8. The death, Jan. 17, 1921, of Mrs. Harriet H. McCormick, wife of Mr.
Cyrus H. McCormick, transferred to heavenly service one who cherished pro-
found love for the Seminary and who contributed to its welfare and development
unceasingly, generously and cheeringly.
9. Eight members of the Senior class are already under appointment to
Foreign Mission Stations; two more are expecting appointment, and one is
under appointment by the Board of Home Missions to work among the Spanish
peoples in Mexico. Four members of previous classes have this year been
appointed to Foreign Mission fields.
10. The Faculty was authorized by the Board of Directors, April 28, 1921,
to devise a plan for the extension of the curriculum over four years, to meet the
needs of students who find it necessary to do outside work during their course
and for the better training of students whose scholastic preparation does not
qualify them to do the undergraduate work satisfactorily in three years.
11. The Board of Directors make grateful acknowledgment to the Heavenly
Father for the fidelity and gladness with wliich all the work of the Seminary
has been conducted and for the goodly number of consecrated, vigorous, and
promising young men who have been students at McCormick this year.
J. Gibson Lowrie,
President of the Board of Directors.
Edward H. Smith, Secretary.
VII. SAN FRANCISCO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
[San Anselmo, Cal.]
Annual Report.
I. Trustees.
a. Officers.
Mr. Robert Dollar, President.
Mr. J. W. Richards, Vice-President.
Mr. Charles A. Laton, Secretary and Treasurer.
b. Members.
Term expires 1922:
Rev. William H. Bleakney, Ph.D Walla Walla, Wash.
Mr. Charles A. Laton San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. Bruce H. McDonald Berkeley, Cal.
Mr. W, E. McVay Los Angeles, Cal.
*Rev. Andrew J. Montgomery, D.D St. Louis, Mo.
Term expires 1923:
Rev. Robert Freeman, D.D Pasadena, Cal.
Mr. William M. Ladd Portland, Ore.
Mr. John A. McGregor San Francisco, Cal.
Mr. Aimer M. Newhall San Rafael, Cal.
Rev. Herbert Booth Smith, D.D Los Angeles, Cal.
Term expires 1924:
Rev. L. Myron Boozer, D.D CorvalUs, Ore.
Mr. James F. Ewing Portland, Ore.
Rev. Robert E. L. Jarvis, D.D Kansas City, Mo.
Rev. Hugh K. Walker, D.D Los Angeles, Cal.
Mr. T. M. Wright San Jose, Cal.
*RetiKned.
A.D. 1921.] SAN FRANCISCO SEMINARY. 275
Term expires 1925:
Mr. Robert Dollar San Rafael, Cal.
Mr. Robert L. Kdmiston Spokane, Wash.
Rev. Norman B. Harrison Seattle, Wash.
Mr. Robert Hendor.'^on Riverside, Cal.
Rev. Lapsley A. McAfee, D.D Berkeley, Cal.
Term expires 1926:
Rev. Edward II. Pence, D.D Portland, Ore.
Mr. J. W. Ri<',hards Berkeley, Cal.
Rev. Joseph A. Stevenson, D.D Santa Ana, Cal.
Mr. Clarence A. Thayer San Francisco, Cal.
Mr. William M. Wheeler Piedmont, Cal.
Rev. Walter Hays, D.D., of Palo Alto, Cal., who was for many years a faith-
ful and efficient member of the Board, died at Kansas City, Mo., in May, 1920,
as he was on his way as a commissioner to attend the General Assembly. His
place has been filled by the election of Rev. Bruce H. McDonald, of Berkeley,
Cal.
Rev. E. Forrest Hallenbeck, D.D., resigned his office as trustee when he
entered upon his duties as a professor in the Seminary. This vacancy has been
filled by the election of the Rev. Herbert Booth Smith, D.D., of Los Angeles.
Rev. Andrew J. Montgomery, D.D., of St. Louis, having transferred his
relations from the Synod of Oregon to the Synod of Missouri, has resigned from
the Board. The vacancj' will not be filled until the Synod of Oregon makes a
nomination, as the By-Laws of the Seminary require.
Rev. Edward H. Pence, D.D., of Portland, Ore., having been nominated by
the Synod of Oregon to fill the unexpired term of Rev. H. H. Pratt, resigned,
was elected a trustee, at the semi-annual meeting of the Board, last October.
The members of the class of 1921, whose term had expired, were re-elected
for a term of five years — namely, Rev. Edward H. Pence, D.D., Portland, Ore.;
Mr. J. W. Richards, Berkeley, Cal.; Rev. Joseph A. Stevenson, D.D., Santa Ana
Cal.; Mr. Clarence A. Thayer, San Francisco, Cal.; Mr. W. W. Wheeler, Pied-
mont, Cal.
Finanre Committee.
Mr. J. W. Richards, Chairman.
Mr. Aimer M. Newhall, Vire-Chnirman.
Mr. Charles A. Laton, /Secretary.
Mr. John A. McGregor.
Mr. Clarence A. Thayer.
There have been no changes in this Committee except that Mr. Aimer M.
Newhall has become Vice-Chairman instead of Mr. Clarence A. Thayer.
II. Faculty.
The Rev. W.\uren Hall Landon, D.D., President of the Seminary, Mont-
gomery Professor of Apologetics and Missions.
The Rev. Edw.\rd Arthur Wicher, D.D., Robert Dollar Professor of New
Testament Interpretation.
The Rev. Thomas Verner Moore, D.D., Stuart Professor of Systematic The-
ology.
The Rev. William Henry Oxtoby, D.D., Gray Professor of Hebrew Exegesis
and Old Testament Literature.
The Rev. Re.msen Du Bois Bird, D.D., California Professor of Church His-
tory.
The Rev. Lynn Townsend White, D.D., Margaret S. Dollar Professor of
Christian Sociology and Librarian.
The Rev. Edwin Forrest Hallenbeck, D.D., Ladd Professor of Practical
Theology.
Charles Gurdon Buck, Severin Instructor in Vocal Culture.
The Rev. Charles Lee Duncan, B.A., Instructor in Athletics and Work
Among Boys.
The Rev. Robert Sample Donaldson, D.D., Special Lecturer in Home
Missions.
The Rev. William Henry Oxtoby, D.D., Clerk of the Faculty.
276 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. [May,
Rev. Lynn Townsend White, D.D., whose election as Professor of Christian
Sociology and Librarian was reported to the Assembly and approved a year ago,
was inaugurated at the opening of the Seminary year, September 16th.
Rev. Edwin Forrest Hallenbeck, D.D., whose election as Professor of Prac-
tical Theology was also reported, and approved by the Assembly in 1920, ac-
cepted the position and entered upon the duties of his chair in September.
Arrangements are being made for his inauguration at the opening of the Semi-
nary year next September.
Special Lectures and Addresses.
Rev. John Steele, D.D., Pittsburgh, Pa., "Prison Reform."
Rev. Robert Freeman, D.D., Pasadena, Cal., "Equipment for a Minister."
Rev. T. Stanley Soltau, Manchuria, "Korea To-day."
Rev. M. H. Marvin, Washington Industrial Commission, "Woman's Place in
the Industrial World."
Rev. S. S. Palmer, D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly, "The Presby-
terian Church."
Rev. Joseph A. Vance, D.D.. Detroit, Mich., "Observations."
Rev. L. A. McAfee, D.D., ''li I Were Begmning My Ministry."
Mr. Robert Dollar, "If I Were a Minister."
Mr. Paul S. Taylor, Berkeley, "Unemployment."
Prof. A. W. Ritter, Ph.D., "Psychotherapy."
Mr. E. P. Gates, General Secretary of the Christian Endeavor Society, "The
Christian Endeavor."
Mr. Arthur Rugh, General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in China, "The Y. M.
C. A. in China."
Mr. Samuel Higginbottom, "Industrial Missions in India."
Rev. S. A. Moffatt, D.D., Pyeng, Korea, "Christianity in Korea."
Rev. David S. Tappan, Kacheh, China, "Missions in China."
Rev. Thos. E. Barbour, Colombia, S. A., "Our Missions in Colombia."
John Wilhs Baer, LL.D., Los Angeles, Cal., "A Red-Blooded Ministry."
Rev. Prof. Samuel Angus, Ph.D., Sidney, Australia, "Encouragements for
Work."
Rev. D. Charles Gardner, Chaplain, Leland Stanford Junior University, "Prac-
tical Homiletics."
Mr. David McConaughy, New York City, "The Christian Use of Money."
Miss Acheson, Social Service Secretary of Woman's Board of Home Missions,
"Social Service."
III. Students.
1. Number enrolled for current scholastic year, 78, as follows: a. Under-
graduates — (1) Seniors, 12; (2) Middlers, 19; (3) Juniors, 26. b. Graduates, 5.
c. Fellows, 0. d. Mission Course Students, 8. e. Special, 8.
2. Number of new students enrolled during the year, 37, of whom 20 had
college degrees, and 2 had taken a partial college coiu-se.
3. The following is a list of the class graduated April 28, 1921, who received
the diploma of the Seminary:
Gordon Kimball Chapman, Vesta Clement Lukens,
James Chung, John Ely Moore,
Paul Harold Holsinger, A. Harry Severson,
Anthony Kxiense Locker, John Stevenson,
Phihp Augustus Lotterhos, Harrison Franklin Truscott,
Charles Edward Lukens, Jr., George Henry Whisler.
The degree of Bachelor of Divinity was conferred on the following graduates:
Gordon Kimball Chapman, Charles Edward Lukens, Jr.,
James Chung, Vesta Clement Lukens,
Paul Harold Holsinger, A. Harry Severson,
PhiUp Augustus Lotterhos, Harrison Frankhn Truscott,
George Henry Whisler.
This degree was also conferred on the following post-graduate: Hodge
Mcllvaine Eagleson.
The Alumni Fellowship was awarded to Harrison Franklin Truscott.
A.D. 1921.] SAN FRANCISCO SEMINARY. 277
IV. Finances.
1. Ll.\BILITIES.
2. Peumanenv RESot'RCEs:
o. Permanent equipment:
(1) Total value of lands and buildings $245,524 09
(2) Total value of all other Seminary holdings 725,908 50
b. Total income-producing resources of the above for Seminary
support:
General endowment funds 185,660 57
Professorship endowment funds 421,542 22
Lectureship " "
Scholarship " " 46,289 76
Library " " 2,000 00
Other " " 70,394 95
3. Income Account:
a. Total income for the year, from sources named above 35,047 47
b. Total income for the year, from other sources 10,209 74
4. Disbursements for the Year:
a. For permanent equipment 1,036 81
b. For expenses of maintenance, scholarships, etc 46,926 71
6. Additional Endowment Received During the Year 5,001 00
V. Library,
1. Whole number of books:
a. Bound volumes 21,200
b. Pamphlets 650
2. Number added during the year:
a. Bound volumes 200
b. Pamphlets 25
VI. Needs.
To maintain the salaries of professors so that they shall be adequate to meet
the present high cost of living, the endowment of the professorships must be
largely increased. The limited number of the scholarships thus far endowed
do not begin to meet the demands upon the Scholarship Fund of the increasing
number of students. For the above purposes and also to meet the increased
current expenses of the Seminary, $500,000.00 additional endowment is an
imperative need. While this is being secured the contributions of friends is
earnestly requested.
VII. General.
The Seminary has had the largest attendance in its history. I has been fully
30 per cent, larger than the highest enrollment heretofore.
This has been the Semi-Centennial year. After many years of struggle, the
Seminary is growing rapidly and doing very vigorous work. Suitable Semi-
Centermial exercises were held from April 23rd to the 28th, beginning with a
John Knox Pageant which was attended by 2000 people, and closing with the
annual Commencement exercises, at which there was present a considerable
number of distinguished men representing various theological seminaries and
the leading universities and colleges of the land.
The students, early in the year, organized themselves into a recruiting agency
and have kept in touch with many college and university students, and high
school students as well, not merelj' with a view to enlarging the attendance at
this Seminary but to keep before the youth of this far western region the claims
of the ministry and other departments of Christian service.
Several interesting week-end conferences, continuing from Saturday noon
to Sunday night, have been held in the Seminary buildings under the auspices
of the students. P'irst came the Chinese students, mainly from the University
of California, about 35 in number. Some of these had noi yet professed Chris-
tianity. Next came a similar group of Japanese students. Then followed the
High School boys, 65 of them, carefullj' selected by a large number of churches
in the San Francisco Bay Regirju. The last was the annual Student Volunteer
Conference numberin ' 120, principally from the universities and colleges of
Northern California. They were the guests of the Seminary as usual. Helpful
addresses were made by prominent ministers and returned mi-ssionaries.
278 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. [May,
The Second Summer Conference for Presbyterian Young People was held at
the Seminary from July 29th to August 4th, 1920, under the auspices ( f the
Board of Pubhcation and Sabbath School Work. Rev. WilUam Ralph Hall
was in charge. There were 125 young people registered, besides twenty leaders.
A similar conference will be held in the same place under the same auspices
from July 28th to August 3rd. A still larger registration is expected.
The graduating class have subscribed a fund of $1000.00 to create a prize
of $50.00 annually for the pm-pose of stimulating scholarly work in the depart-
ment of English Bible. It is to be awarded to the author of the best essay on
some biblical question of historical or contemporary interest.
WARREN H. LANDON, President of the Seminary.
CHARLES A. LATON, Secretary of Board of Trustees.
VIII. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF DUBUQUE UNIVERSITY.
[Dubuque, Ia.]
Annual Report.
I. Boards of Directors and Trustees.
1. Directors.
a. Officers.
Rev. William Hiram Foulkes, D.D., LL.D., New York, President.
Rev. John E. Drake, D.D., Holland, la., Vice-President.
Hon. William Graham, LL.D., Dubuque, la., Secretary.
Wyatt Johnson, Dubuque, la., Treasurer.
b. Members.
Life Members:
Rev. W. O. Ruston, D.D., LL.D Dubuque, la.
Rev. C. M. Steffens, A.M., D.D Dubuque, la.
Frank PI. Peters St. Louis, Mo.
WiUiam L. Green Pasadena, Cal.
Cornelius Bayless Dubuque, la.
Class of 1921:
Rev. Frederick L. Wolters Milwaukee, Wis.
Rev. Wallace M. Hamilton, D.D Sioux City, la.
W. P. Manley Sioux City, la.
Rev. WiUiam Hiram Foulkes, D.D., LL.D New York, N. Y.
Rev. Jacob J. Agena Lennox, S. Dak.
Rev. Aiken C. Kruse Steamboat Rock, la.
Hon. William Graham, LL.D Dubuque, la.
Rev. Robert N. McLean, D.D Los Angeles, Cal.
Class of 1922:
Rev. Henri A. Van Griethuysen Oostburg, Wis.
Rev. John E. Drake, D.D Holland, la.
Rev. Francis Pokorny, D.D Cedar Rapids, la.
Rev. Joseph F. Clokey, D.D Salina, Kan.
Andrew A. Loetscher Dubuque, la.
Oliver R. Williamson Chicago, 111.
Paul Arduser Dubuque, la.
H. J. Klinkenborg George, la.
Class of 1923:
Rev. Henry Schmitt, D.D Freeport, 111.
Rev. Ernest J. Boell Dubuque, la.
Rev. J. Millen Robinson, D.D., LL.D Grove City, Pa.
Rev. William Chalmers Covert, D.D Chicago, 111.
William M. Camp Bement, 111.
Hon. WilUam S. Bennet Chicago, 111.
E. R. Brown Dallas, Tex.
Albert I. Steffens Waukon, la.
A.D. 1921.]
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279
2. Trusters.
JuDSON K. Deming, Litt.D., Dubuque, la.
John T. Adams, LL.D., Dubuque, la.
Andrew A. Loetscher, Dubuque, la.
Glenn Brown, Dubuque, la.
Wyatt Johnson, Dubuque, la.
II. Faculty.
Rev. Cornelius M. Stepfbns, A.M., D.D., President.
Rev. William Otis Ruston, D.D., LL.D., Dean; Professor of Sacred Lan-
guages ami Literature; Professor of Biblical Tlieology.
Rev. George Cutler Fracker, A.M., Ph.D., Dean of the College of Liberal
Arts; Professor of Education.
John Zim.merman, B.S., A.M., Professsor of Mathematics.
Marian Weymouth Skinner, A.B., Dean of Women, Assistant Professor of
English.
Rev. WiLLiA-M C. Laube, A.m., D.D., Professor of Homiletics.
Rev. Daniel Grieder, A.M., D.D., Professor Church History.
Rev. Alois Barta, A.M., Ph.D., Acting Principal of Academy; Professor of
Bohemian Language and Literature.
Rev. Herman Styles Ficke, Ph.B., A.M., Professor of English.
Franklin T. Oldt, A.M., Professor of History.
Rev. GuiDO BossARD, A.M., D.D., Professor of Bible.
Rev. Constantine Bila, A.B., Assistant Professor of Latin Language and
Literature.
John G. Chalmers, A.B., LL.B., Professor of Physical Training and Athletics.
Raymond A. French, A.B., Ph.B., Professor of Biological Sciences.
Mrs. Rose Nusbaum Leman, Instructor in Vocal Music.
A. C. Kleine, Piano and Harmony.
Rev. Carl Kaupp, A.B., B.D., A.M., Professor of Modern Languages.
Roy Stu.\rt McIntosh, A.B., A.M., Professor of Greek Language and Litera-
ture.
Edward J. Hornick, B.S., Professor of Chemistry.
Rev. Clifford H. Perea, A.B., Instructor of Modern Languages.
Rev. Paul Harold Heisey, A.M., B.D., Professor of Philosophy and P.sy-
chology.
Miss Marion Bliss, Instructor in Expression.
Miss Jonnie McCrery, B S., Acting Professor in Home Economics.
Willi.\m V. Houston, B.A., B.Sc, Professor of Physics.
Clarence T. Peterson, A.B., Physical Director.
C. Tracy Hodsdon, A.B., In.structor in Mathematics.
Adalbert F. Bremicker, Director of Band and Orchestra.
Student Instructors and Tutors.
Otto H. Aalderks, Chemistry.
Earl W. Beebe, Chemistr}'.
Leslie Bird, English.
Fred Correll, Reading.
John Chorba, Physics.
LiLLi.\N Drake, Arithmetic and
Academy Psychology.
Edwin T. Eitzman. Geography.
IsAi.\s Calero, English.
Paul Greider, Prep. English,
Rev. George Cutler Fracker, Ph.D., who accepted a call to the Deanship
of the College of Liberal Arts, entered upon his work with splendid spirit and
is seeking to establish more firmly a complete department of Christian education.
The object of the University is to train Christian leadership and it seeks to
excel in this undertaking. We would ask the General Asssembly, therefore, to
classify this in.stitution properly; not simply as a Seminary, but as a Christian
college, coordinated and articulated with the Theological Seminary. We are
Henry Johnson, Bible.
Gladys Kraus, Biology.
Leroy E. Loemker, Physiography.
Minnie Meyer, Education and Acad-
emy Psychology.
Stephen D. La Berge, Elementary
Arithmetic, Political Economy.
Sophia Reinagel, Spanish.
Grace Winters, Biology.
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also happy to announce that Rev. Guido Bossard, D.D., has become head of
the Department of Bible. Aliss Jonnie McCrery has organized and successfully
conducted a Department of Household Economics.
Special Lectukes.
Rev. William Hiram Foulkes, D.D., LL.D., of New York, "The Marks of
Jesus."
Rev. Robert Arthur Elwood, D.D., of Atlantic City, N. J., "Bottled Sunshme,
and other subjects.
Rev. David McMartin of Cheyenne, Wyoming, "The Purpose of Education."
Rev. James I. Good, D.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., "The Condition of the Reformed
Churches in Europe."
Rev. Jerome R. McGlade, D.D., of Galena, 111., "The Holy City."
Prof. Phihp Hatti, Ph.D., of Columbia University, "Americanization."
Edgar J. Banks, Ph.D., of Alpine, New Jersey, "The Seven Wonders of the
World."
Prof. H. L. Rietz, of the State University of Iowa, "The Contribution of the
Science of Mathematics to the Theory of Correlation."
Dr. Blanche Norton, on "Armenia."
Prof. Gerald L. Wendt, Ph.D., of Chicago University, "What Is the World
Made Of? Matter and Its Construction."
Rev. Hugh D. Atchinson, D.D., of Dubuque, la., a series of lectures on "Chris-
tian Hvmnologv and Church Music."
Dr. Winfield Scott Hall, on "Social and Moral Problems."
Rev. Dirk Lay, D.D., on "Mission Work Among the Pima Indians."
Rev. Ptobert M. Ahrens, of Ambala, India, a series of lectures on missions in
India.
Rev. Robert N. McLean, D.D., of Los Angeles, Cal., "Chapel Talk."
Dr. Elwood G. Perisho, of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association, on
"Applied Christianity."
Glenn Brown, Esq., on "the Results of the Great War and Our Present Duty":
an .\rmistice Dav address.
C. E. W. Griffiths, Shakespeare reading, "Othello."
Rev. Richard C. Hughes, D.D., Baccalaureate Sermon.
Rev. Dwight Witherspoon WyUe, D.D., on "The Law of Gravitation," com-
mencement address.
Rev. Charles Bremicker, on "The Pre-eminence of Christ."
T. C. Blaisdell, on "Christ's Work Overseas."
Rev. M. K. W. Heicher, Ph.D., on "What I Beheve and Why I Believe," three
lectures.
Rev. William H. Clagett, D.D., on "Martyr Graves of Scotland," and "The
Wise Men from the West."
Mrs. W. H. Clagett, on "The M9saic Tabernacle."
George D. Ritchie, selected readings.
Miss Hortense Nielsen read Drinkwater's "Abraham Lincoln."
The Coffer-Miller Players, in Sheridan's "The Rivals."
The University has presented some fine musical organizations, as
The Flonzaley Quartette.
The Kryl Concert Company.
The Zoellner Quartette.
III. Stxtdents.
1. Number enrolled in the Seminary for the current scholastic year, 22, as
follows: a. Undergraduates— (1) Seniors, 9; (2) Middlers, 3; (3) Juniors, 3
b. Unclassified, 7.
2. Number of new students enrolled during the year, 10.
3. The following men wiU graduate June 8th: George de Foldessy Fisher,
William J. Grossheim, Siemon Lay, Jose H. Pagan, Henry Johnson, Ignatz
Berger, Ezekiel Klinger. Benjamin W. Kossack and William F. Schneck.
Total number enrolled in the Academy, College and Theological Seminary, 275.
A.D. 1921.] DUBUQUE SEMINARY. 281.
IV. Curricula.
The Dubuque Theological Seminary offers a course of instruction which
includes all subjects required for ordination in anj' evangelical denomination.
It grants the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. For admission tlie student must
present a diploma of graduation from a standard college or an equivalent
certificate of nis completion of a full collegiate course. Special students admitted
to classes for which they are prepared may become candidates for the B.D.
degree bj' fulfilling the necessary requirements.
A course has been provided designed for those who have not completed a
college education and who are qualified in other respects to enter the Seminary.
This course will major in religious education and will cover all the required
subjects except the original languages of the Scriptures. Upon recommendation
of the faculty the degree of Bachelor of Rehgious Education will be conferred
upon students completing this course.
A combined comse leading to the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy has been
established in connection with the College of Liberal Arts and requires three
3'ears of college work and one year of seminary work.
The courses offered by the Theological Seminar j^ are as follows:
Hebrew; Grammar; Exegesis of Old Testament Scripture; Biblical Aramaic;
Old Testament Exegesis in English; New Testament Exegesis in Greek; New
Testament Exegesis in EngUsh.
Systematic Theologj- : Theological Encyclopedia; Dogmatics; Ethics; Apolo-
getics; Biblical Theologj\
Biblical Introduction: History of the English Bible; General Introduction
to the Literature of the Old and the New Testaments; Critical Study of Separate
Books of the Bible; Principles of Interpretation; Textual Criticism; Higher
Criticism; History of the Canon.
Church History: From Apostohc Age to Modern Times; History of the Pres-
byterian Church.
]\Iissions: History of Missions; Methods and Principles of Mission Work;
Missionary Leaders; Great Mission Fields.
S\Tnbolics: Characteristics and Doctrines of Rehgious Beliefs.
[> Homiletics: Practical Homiletics; Theory of Homiletics; History of Preaching.
Practical Theolog\': The Pastor and His Work; Applied Christianity.
'^Rehgious Education: Religious Pedagogy; Principles of Religious Education;
The Modern Sunday School; Methods of Religious Education.
Ecclesiastical Polity: The Origin and Development of Church Polity; Eccle-
siastical DiscipUne; Sacraments.
V. Needs.
We have each year called the attention of the General Assembly to the very
important work that is being done by the University of Dubuque. The efforts
of the Institution are confined not alone to the education of a Christian ministry,
but the raw material is prepared, in our Academy and College, to enter any
Theological Seminary in America. With all the care that has been exercised
to cut down the budget of $150,000, we find this year that our expenses have
exceeded this amount. It is a tremendous task to raise $90,000 for current
expenses each j'^ear. The securing of funds is accomplished through personal
sohcitation on the part of the president and through advertisements in our
denominational weeklies; also through "The Dubuque Evangelist," a weekly
paper published by the University. The General Assembly should give adequate
support to the graduates of the institution who are home missionaries, many
of whom are new Americans who have not accumulated wealth and who probably
will not be able to do so in the line of work to which they are devoting their
ives. The appeal is made to Presbyterians throughout the country. Constant
application for funds is a strain on the one seeking assistance and also on those
appealed to. The Church should make adequate appropriations for the Chris-
tian education of foreigners. We need .$500,000 additional endowment, a young
women's dormitorj', and class-room facilities, in order that we may keep pace
with the normal growth of our institution.
VI. General.
We also call the attention of the General Assembly to the report of Price
Waterhouse & Co., of Chicago, who have made an exhaustive inventory and
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audit of the real estate and endowment funds now in the possession of the Board
of Trustees. The accrediting of the Academy and of the College with the North
Central Education Association, is pending and other affiliations are proposed.
The war placed a heavy strain upon the administration to carry on its task,
and, though struggling under immediate need of funds to liquidate indebtedness,
it was impossible to repress progress.
CORNELroS M. STEFFENS, President.
IX. BLOOMFIELD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
[Bloomfield, N. J.]
Annual Report.
I. Board of Directors.
a. fleers.
Harry E. Richards, A.M., M.D., President.
Rev. William T. Wilcox, D.D., Vice-President.
Rev. John T. Kerr, D D., Secretary.
Allison Dodd, Treasurer.
b. Members.
Term expires in 1922:
William A. Nordt, D.D East Orange, N. J.
William Y. Chapman, D.D Newark, N. J.
Davis W. Lusk, D.D Newark, N. J.
Robert B. Beattie, D.D East Orange, N. J.
Allison Dodd Bloomfield, N. J.
Elias D. Smith Elizabeth, N. J.
Term expires in 1923:
Robert Scott Inglis, D.D Newark, N. J. •
Eben B. Cobb, D.D Elizabeth, N. J.
Charles R. Kuebler, D.D Hackensack, N. J.
James Dallas Steele, D.D Passaic, N. J.
James T. Barnes Jersey City, N. J.
Harry E. Richards, M.D Bloomfield, N. J.
George H. Strobell New York, N. Y.
Allerton W. Kilborne Orange, N. J.
Term expires in 1924:
John F. Patterson, D.D Orange, N. J.
John T. Kerr, D.D Elizabeth, N. J.
WiUiam T. Wilcox, D.D Bloomfield, N.J.
Archibald G. Sinclair, D.D Bloomfield, N. J.
Henry Merle Mellen, D.D Atlantic City, N. J.
Charles Theurer Newark, N. J.
George W. Brazer Orange, N. J.
Hugh R. Monro Montclair, N. J.
II, Faculty.
Harry E. Richards, A.M., M.D., President.
Rev. Henry J. Weber, Ph.D., D.D., Dean and Professor of Theology and
Church History.
Rev. Charles T. Hock, Ph.D., D.D., Professor of Classics and Hebrew.
Rev. Arnold W. Fismer, Ph.D., D.D., Professor of New Testament Exegesis
and Ethics.
Rev. John Dikovics, M.A., Professor of Hungarian Language and Literature.
Rev. Franz Zeller, Instructor in German Language and Literature.
Rev. Basil Kusiw, Instructor in Ruthenian Language and Literature.
A.D. 1921.] BLOOMFIELD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 283
Rev. Frank Kovach, B.A., Instructor in Classics.
Rev. Hermes Cavarocchi, Litt.D., Instructor in Italian Language and
Literature.
Mr. Nicholas Gaeksky, Professor in Russian Language and Literature.
Mr. Alpheus D. Crosby, B.A., Instructor in English Language and Literature.
Mr. Otix)J. Walrath, M.S., Instructor in Science.
Mr. Harry J. Koeuler, B.A., Instructor in Mathematics.
Mrs. W. A. Berger, Librarian and Instructor in English.
Mr. Herbert Owen, Instructor in Music.
Mr. William L. Foley, Teacher of Athletics.
III. Students.
Number enrolled, 63, as follows: a. Undergraduates — (1) Seniors, 5; (2) Mid-
dler.-'. 6; (3) Juniors, 10. h. Graduates, 1. c. Graduated, 5. d. Academic
Department, 4L
IV. Finances.
1. Liabilities $384,712 23
2. Permanent Resources:
a. Permanent equipment:
(1) Total value of lands and buildings 126,240 15
(2) Total value of all other Seminary holdings 258,472 08
h. Total income-producing resources of the above for Semi-
nary support:
General endowment funds 171,554 70
Professorship " " 47,980 78
Lectureship " "
Scholarship " " 24,820 50
Library " " 1,525 00
Other " " (Annuity, $5,000: Contingent,
$6,925.72; Current account
balance, $665.38) 12,591 10
3. I.N'coME Account:
a. Total income for the year, from sources named above 13,800 52
h. Total income for the year, from other sources 15,545 63
4. Disbursements for the Year:
a. For permanent equipment
h. For expenses of maintenance, scholarships, etc 29,157 00
5. Additional Endowment Received During the Year 26,305 00
V. Library,
1. Whole number of books 5784
a. Bound volumes 5758
h. Pamphlets 117
2. Number added during the year 55
a. Bound volumes 55
h. Pamphlets 40
VI. New Features.
Sixty-three j^oung men have been enrolled this year in Bloomfield Theological
Seminary. They represent nine different nationalities. The largest group is the
Rassian, with an attendance of 17. Next comes the Hungarian numbering, 13.
Then the ItaUan and Ukrainian groups.
Our Ukrainian Department has been fully developed, and the Rev. Basil
Kusiw, who has had rich experience as a Pastor among the Ukrainians in Newark,
N. J., and in Rhein, Canada, was called as instructor in the Ukrainian language
and literature. Furthermore, Rev. Basil Kusiw has been requested by the
immigrant department of our Home Board to survey the Metropolitan district
in reference to Ukrainian settlements so as to learn where to establish missionary
stations for our evangelized and Americanized Ukrainian graduates.
Five young men graduate in the Theological Department this year. Two
of them are Ruthenians, one a Hungarian, and two Germans. All have found
suitable spheres of activity.
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An Endowment Fund of $100,000 is being secured. Since October 1, $25,910
have been paid in, and about $10,000 more subscribed.
VII. Elections. •
Mr. .James T. Barnes, of Jersey City, N. J., was elected a director to fill a
vacancy in the class of 1920-1923.
HARRY E. RICHARDS, President.
X. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY.
[Lincoln University, Pa.]
Annual Report.
I. Board of Trustees.
a. Officers.
Rev. John B. Rend all, D.D., President.
Rev. John B. Laird, D.D., Vice-President.
J. Everton Ramsey, Treasurer.
Rev. W. Courtland Robinson, D.D., Secretary.
S. Ralston Dickey, Assistant Secretary.
h. Members.
Term expires June, 1921:
Rev. John Calhoun, D.D Mt. Airy, Phila., Pa.
S. Ralston Dickey Oxford, Pa.
Rev. John B. Laird, D.D Frankford, Phila., Pa.
Term expires June, 1922:
Thomas W. Svnnott Wenonah, N. J.
Arthur T. Parke West Chester, Pa.
Rev. William L. McEwan, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
Term expires June, 1923:
William H. Vail, M.D Newark, N. J.
John W. Liberton Frankford, Phila., Pa.
Terra expires June, 1924:
J. Frank Black Chester, Pa.
Rev. Calvin C. Hays, D.D Johnstown, Pa.
Gen. John M. T. Finney, M.D Baltimore; Md.
Term expires June, 1925:
Rev. William Courtland Robinson, D.D Delhi, N. Y.
Rev. Robert Watson, D.D New York, N. Y.
Rev. John B. Rendall, D.D Lincoln University, Pa.
Term expires June, 1926:
Rev. William A. HolUday, D.D Plainfield, N.J.
Rev. J. Hawley Rendall Beverly, N. J.
Rev. Raymond H. Gage, D.D Wenonah, N. J.
Term expires June, 1927:
Rev. David S. Kennedy, D.D Philadelphia, Pa.
J. Everton Ramsey Swarthmore, Pa.
Charles B. Adamson Germantown, Phila., Pa.
A.D. 1921.] LINCOLN SEMINARY. 285
Financial Representative.
Rev. William P. White, D.D., 332 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
The following are the changes in the Board of Trustees: Raymond H. Gage,
John W. Liberton and John M. T. Finney, M.D., were elected Trustees.
II. Faculty.
Rev. John B. Rendall, D.D., President.
Rev. George Bogue Caur, D.D., William E. Dodge Professor of Homiletics.
Rev. George Johnson, Ph.D., John C. Baldwin Professor of Systematic Theol-
ogy.
Rev. William Hallock Johnson, Ph.D., D.D., Professor of New Testament
Literature and Exegesis.
Rev. James Carter, Mrs. Margaret M. Barber Professor of Church History.
Rev. W. Thompson Linn Kieffer, D.D., Abagail A. Geisinger Professor of
Pastoral Theology and Christian Evidences.
Rev. Robert M. Lab.\ree, D.D., Henry A. Kerr Professor of Hebrew Language
and Exegesis and Missions.
Rev. Edwin J. Reinke, Mrs. Susan D. Brown Professor of Instruction in the
English Version of the Bible.
Special Lectures and Addresses have been given by the following:
Rev. I. M. Yonan, Oroomiah, Persia, "The Present Situation in Persia."
Rev. Frederick L. Stockwell, D.D., Trenton, N. J., "The Work of the Ministry."
George E. Cannon, M.D., Jersey City, N. J., "The Ministry from the Viewpoint
of the Pew."
Winfield Scott Hall, M.D., Chicago, 111., "Social Hygiene."
Max Yergan, New York, N. Y., "International Christian Service."
Rev. Edgar P. Hill, D.D., New York, N. Y., and Robert R. Moton, LL.D.,
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, Commencement Addresses.
Dr. H. C. Ljrman, Hamilton, N. Y., "Sunday School Training."
Rev. Jacob T. Brown, D.D., Cairo, 111., "Opportunity in the Ministry."
Mrs. Charles L. Huston, Coatesville, Pa., Bible Reading.
Rev. J. Gray Bolton, D.D., and J. Renwick Hogg, Philadelphia, Pa., Visitors
from the Sj'nod of Pennsjdvania.
Rev. H. M. Mellen, D.D., Atlantic City, N. J., "World Pohtical Conditions."
Rev. Daniel G. Hill, D.D., Baltimore, Md., Evangelistic Addresses.
Col. Arthur W. Little, New York, N. Y., "The American Legion."
Dr. Karl Kumm, England, "Missions in Africa."
Rev. Edmond C. Rawson, Ardmore, Pa., Aimual Sermon to Theological
Seminary.
Hon. Thomas E. Miller, LL.D., Charleston, S. C, Theological Commencement
Address.
III. Students.
1. Number enrolled for current scholastic year, 23, as follows: Undergrad-
uates — (1) Seniors, 6; (2) Middlers, 9; (3) Juniors, 8.
2. Number of new students enrolled during the year, 8, of whom 5 had col-
lege degrees.
3. Names of members of class last graduated:
S.T.B.
James Thaele.
ENGLISH certificate.
Maurice C. Anderson, Vernon R. James,
Plea.sant Z. Moore, Mansfield Somerville.
James P. Stevens.
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IV. Finances.
1. Liabilities
2. Permanent Resources:
o. Permanent equipment:
1. Total value of lands and buildings $57,000 00
2. Total value of all other Seminary holdings 377,855 00
b. Total income-producing resources of the above for Semi-
nary support:
General endowment funds 171,705 00
Professorship " " 147,000 00
Scholarship " " 69,150 00
3. Income Account:
a. Total income for the year from sources named above 20,613 00
b. Total income for the year from other sources 1,270 00
4. Disbursements for the Year:
a. For permanent equipment
b. For expenses of maintenance, scholarship, etc 20,100 00
V. Library.
1. Whole number of Books: Bound volumes 15,988
2. Number added during the year: Bound volumes 450
VI. Needs.
With funds provided by the General Board of Education and other friends*
a much needed increase has been made in the salaries in the College Department,
and in justice a similar increase was made during the year in the salaries of the
Theological Department also. For the endowment for tliis increase in Theolo-
gical salaries, without which our work will be seriously crippled, we are relying
upon the generosity of the Presbyterian Church.
Lincoln University's Extension Endowrment Campaign for $.500,000 is
progressing favorably, with $30,000 subscribed by loyal and self-sacrificing
Alumni, and $50,000 by other friends, and there are hopeful prospects for the
realization of our larger objectives: the erection of a new Dormitory, a Science
Hall, and a Y.M.C.A. Building and Gj^mnasium. The Alumni are erecting a
Memorial Arch at the entrance to the campus in honor of the Lincoln men who
served in the World War. About 20 theological graduates were Chaplains or
Y.M.C.A. secretaries, two of the lat;er serving with native troops in Africa.
More students are now seeking admission to Lincoln University than ever
before, and only inadequate equipment Umits the number. The needs of Lincoln
University are created by the intellectual and spiritual needs of the Negro race
VII. General.
Last year we reached ebb tide in the numbers of our graduating class, namely,
three. This year the number is doubled. The prospects for the future are
brightening. In addition to the 23 in the Theological Seminary, there are 25
candidates for the ministry in the College. Quite a number are sons of the
Manse, and are sons of our former graduates. No students are given the Degree
of Bachelor of Sacred Theology unless they have pursued a regular College
Course, and have the Degi-ee of A.B. or B.S.
..And now just a concrete flash light picture or two of Lincoln University, and
they will be pictures at a distance, and not near at home. Last year a native
Zulu by the name of Cornelius Kwatsha, after a fuU course in College and
Seminary, graduated ^vith honor and set his face toward his native land as a
missionary. Ocean travel was clear from the U. S. to England, bu from South-
hampton to Cape Town and East London, Africa, all passages of 3rd class were
booked ahead for months. At last word came that the way was clear, and a
couple of months ago he started on his far away journey. Unfortunatelj', or
perhaps fortunately, he had a comfortable-sized box of books, which were very
precious to him. This box was extra freight, and the overcharge was so great
that the poor fellow wrote, just as he was leaving England, that by the time he
reached East London he would be a "financial shipwreck."
Another African, a Besuto, who worked in the Diamond Mines, and eagerly
A.D. 1921.] BIDDLE SEMINARY. 287
looks forward to raining for souls more precious than diamonds, graduates this
year, and will start for his African Home.
A short time ago, we received a letter and in it was a striking photograph
taken by a shepherd of souls, in the land of Moffat and Livingstone, who grad-
uated from here a few years ago. In the front row were a goodly group of men
showing in their very faces the light of Christianity, and they were what they
looked, "clothed and in their right mind." Behind them a considerable group
who were beginning to attend church services, and were known as "raw and red
Kaffirs," raw because of their scanty clothing and red, because of the paint that
covered the rest of their bodies. And far in the distance though not seen, was
a larger number who in superstitious fear had fled as soon as they saw the
mysterious camera being leveled on them.
More than a score of such men have come to us and gone back to make an
Oasis in Desert Land. Not one has put his hand to the plough and looked
back. This Seminary has justified its existence, if only these had gone forth,
but the himdreds of others in our land and the Isles of the Sea have made glad
the City of our God by their devoted labors, and so we take courage and thank
God for the work He has committed to us.
JOHN B. KENDALL, President.
W. COURTLAND ROBINSON, Secretary.
XI. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF BIDDLE UNIVERSITY.
[Charlotte, N. C]
Annual Report.
I. Board op Trustees.
a. Officers.
Rev. R. P. Wyche, D.D., President.
Rev. S. F. Wentz, D.D., Secretary.
Rev. H. L. McCrorey, D.D., Acting Treasurer.
b. Members.
Term expires June 1, 1921:
Rev. A. W. Verner, D.D Concord, N. C.
Rev. Daniel Rus.sell, D.D New York, N. Y.
Rev. D. M. Skillings St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. C. M. Young, D.D Irmo, S. C.
Rev. Geo. S. Leeper, D.D. Kings Mountain, N. C.
Term expire? June 1, 1922:
Mr. R. S. Davis Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rev. D. S. Baker Lincolnton, N. C.
Mr. E. J. GiUies New York, N. Y.
Mr. James M. Ham Brooklyn, N. Y.
Prof. J. S. Marquis, A.M Chester, S. C.
Term expires June 1, 1923:
Mr. Geo. D. Dayton Minneapolis, Minn.
Rev. R. P. Wyche, D.D Charlotte, N. C,
Rev. G. C. Shaw, D.D Oxford, N. C.
L. P. Berry, Esq Hickson, Tenn.
Rev. S. F. Wentz, D.D Winston-Salem, N. C.
II. Faculty.
Rev. H. L. McCrorey, D.D., President, Professor of Hebrew and Christian
Sociology.
Rev. P. W. Russell, D.D., Professor of Greek Exegesis and Biblical Introduc-
tion.
288 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. [May,
Rev. York Jones, D.D., Professor of Homiletics and Church History.
Rev. W. E. Partee, D.D., Professor of Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics,
etc.
Rev. C. H. Shtjte, D.D., Professor of English Bible and Forward Mission
Study.
Lectures and Addresses.
Prof. E. H. Webster, Atlanta University, one missionary lecture.
Dr. Mark J. Levy, President Christian League of Jewish Friendship, Washington,
D. C, one lecture.
Rev. F. Greene, one address and sermon.
"Sunshine" Hawks, two general lectures.
Rev. M. Q. Cele, African Prince, Almagro, Va., lecture on Africa.
Rev. J. T. McCutcheon, assistant pastor, Second Presbyterian Church, Char-
lotte, N. C., one sermon.
III. Students.
1. The enrollment for the present year, 16, as follows: a. Undergraduates —
(1) Seniors, 5; (2) Middlers, 3; (3) Juniors, 8. h. Graduates, 5.
2. Number of students enrolled during the year, 8; of whom 5 had college
degrees.
3. Names of members of class last graduated, with degrees conferred: R. J.
Davidson, S.T.B., A. H. George, S.T.B., W. M. McCauley, S.T.B., H T.
McFadden, S.T.B., L. J. McRea, S.T.B.
IV. Finances.
Since the Theological Department of Biddle University has no holdings
separate from the other departments of the Institution, and since most of the
Theological instructors teach also in the Collegiate Department, it is neither
convenient nor practicable to make a financial report on the Theological School.
V. Library.
Whole number of books in the library, 10,788. Number added during the
year, 750.
VI. General.
While the present enrollment of the Theological department in only sixteen,
there are thirty-five other candidates for the ministry, enrolled in the High
School and College departments.
A new dormitory for our candidates for the ministry is the most urgent need
of the Institution. For several years we have pleaded earnestly with the Church
for better dormitorj' accommodations for our ministerial students. With
renewed faith we are again making a similar plea.
Respectfully submitted,
H. L. McCROREY, President.
XII. OMAHA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
[Omaha, Neb.]
Annual Report.
I. Board op Directors.
1. Officers.
Rev. Albert B. Marshall, D.D., LL.D., President.
Mr. John C. Wharton, Vice-President.
Mr. James H. Adams, Secretary.
Mr. Herbert A. Doud, Treasurer.
A.D. 1921.] OMAHA SEMINARY. 289
2. Members.
Chvss of 1922:
Rev. Harlan P. Carson, D.D Huron, S. D.
Rev. Theodore Morning, D.D Des Moines, la.
Rev. Leon D. Young, D.D Dallas, Tex.
Rev. Stanton Olinger Storm Lake, la.
Rev. James M. Wilson, D.D Omaha, Neb.
Hon. J. B. Larimer Topeka, Kans.
Hon. Selden P. Spencer St. Louis, Mo.
Mr. A. L. Sutton Omaha, Neb.
Mr. W. J. Hill Lincoln, Neb.
Mr. George B. Bissell Central City, Neb.
Class of 1923:
Rev. James W. Bean, D.D St. Paul, Minn.
Rev. R. Ames Montgomery, D.D Fairfiold, la.
Rev. Solomon S. Hilscher, D.D Lincoln, Neb.
Rev. Benjamin M. Nyce, D.D Lincoln, Neb.
Rev. William H. Jordan Shenandoah, la.
Hon. Samuel P. Davidson ; Tecumseh, Neb.
Mr. John C. Wharton Omaha, Neb.
Mr. James H, Adams Omaha, Neb.
Mr. John S. King Omaha, Neb.
Mr. W. P. Manley Sioux City, la.
Class of 1924:
Rev. Edwin Hart Jenks, D.D Omaha, Neb.
Rev. Stephen S. Estey, D.D Topeka, Kans.
Rev. Calvin W. French, D.D , LL.D Hastings, Neb.
Rev. Alfred E. Vanorden, D.D Council Bluffs, la.
Rev. James Rayburn Newton, Kans.
Mr. Albert N. Eaton Omaha, Neb.
Mr. A. A. Lamoreaux Omaha, Neb.
R. B. Crone, LL.D... Iowa City, la.
Mr. J. T. Bressler Wayne, Neb.
Mr. W. E. Mitchell Council Bluffs, la.
Class of 1925:
Rev. Albert B. Marshall, D.D., LL.D Clarinda, la.
Rev. Chas. E. Bradt, D.D Chicago, 111.
Rev. Wallace M. Hamilton, D.D Sioux City, la.
Rev. Charles A. Arnold, D.D Kansas City, Mo.
Rev. Edgar C. Lucas, A.M., D.D Beatrice, Neb.
Mr. Robert Dempster Omaha, Neb.
James M. Patton, M.D Omaha, Neb.
Mr. Charles W. Black Malvern, la.
John D. Haskell, LL.D Wakefield, Neb.
Mr. R. C. Peters Omaha, Neb.
At the annual meeting of the Board of Directors, vacancies, caused by resigna-
tion and inability to serve, or by termination of period of service, were filled
as follows: James M. Patton, M.D., was elected in place of H. M. McClanahan,
M.D., and John D. Haskell, LL.D., in place of Mr. J. H. Knowles, and Rev.
Leon D. Young, D.D., in place of Rev. Francis W. Russell, D.D., who had
removed to California. Dr. Young had resigned at the called meeting, March
10, 1921, having removed to Texas, and Rev. Benjamin M. Nyce, D.D., Lincoln,
Neb., was elected in his place. On request of members of the Board, Dr. Young
allowed his name to be put in U' mination for re-election at the annual meeting,
and was re-elected. Mr. Herbert A. Doud was chosen Treasurer in place of Mr.
Robert Dempster, who is generally absent in California during the winter.
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290 THEOLOGICAL SEMINAKTES. [May,
II. Faculty.
Rev. James Marquis Wilson, D.D., President-elect of the Seminary, Professor
of Homileticf , Pastoral Theology and EngUsh Bible.
Rev. Daniel E. Jenkins, Ph.D., D.D., Dean and Professor of Didactic and
Polemic Theology.
Rev. Charles A. Mitchell, Ph.D., D.D., Professor of New Testament Litera-
ture and Exegesis.
Rev. Charles Herron, A.M., D.D., Professor of Church History and Missions.
Rev. Frank H. Ridgley, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Hebrew, Old Testament
Literature and Exegesis.
Special Chapel Addresses.
Rev. Charles H. McDonald, D.D., New York, "The Work of Presbyterian
Men."
J. Davidson Frame, M.D., Resht, Persia, "The Political Situation in Persia."
Rev. Theodore Morning, Des Moines, la., "The Ivind of Men for Home Mission
Fields."
Rev. J. T. McCrory, D.D., Pittsburgh, Pa., "Prayer" and "The Spirit of Ehjah
Rests on Elisha."
Rev. James H. Salisbury, D.D., Loupe City, Neb., "The Power of Prayer."
Rev. William A. Bodell, D.D., Bloomington, 111., "Spiritual Power in Evan-
gelism."
Rev. William H. Jordan, Shenandoah, la., "The Minister's Task and Training."
Rev. Wilham Clyde Smith, Chicago, 111., "The Minister in Church Extension
Work."
The Tercentenary of the Landing of the Pilgrims was observed, November
14, and Rev. Frank G. Smith, D.D., Pastor of the First Central Congregational
Church of Omaha, delivered the address on "Pilgrim Ideals and Principles."
The Day of Prayer for Colleges was celebrated, and Rev. Alfred E. Vanorden,
D.D., of Council Bluffs, la., spoke on "The Exalted Christ."
III. Students.
There were 21 students enrolled during the year: 5 Seniors, 5 Middlers (2 as
specials), 9 Juniors (4 as specials), and 2 special students.
Graduates of 1921.
Robert Bray Budd, Silas Raymond Overholser,
Arthur Johnson Hall, Paul Braun Shedd,
Philip Nelson Shedd.
Mr. Paul B. Shedd goes to Persia as a missionary.
IV. Finances.
1. Liabilities: Faculty salaries for April, 1921 $1,139 60
2. Permanent Resources:
a. Permanent equipment:
(1) Total value of lands and buildings $100,000 00
(2) Total value of all other Seminary holdings 150,000 00
b. Total income-producing resources of the above for Semi-
nary support:
General Endowment Funds 75,000 00
Professorship endowment funds 55,500 00
Lectureship " "
Scholarship " " 8,370 00
Library, $4,000 ^ „ « 7 500 00
Other, 3,500^ ',oou uu
3. Income Account:
a. Total income for the year from sources named above 8,200 00
b. Total income for the year from other sources 7,835 00
4. Disbursements for the Year:
a. For permanent equipment ; ••— None.
b. For expenses of maintenance, scholarships, etc. (including
April salaries, check issued but not delivered) 18,000 00
5. Additional Endowment Received During the Year None.
A.D. 1921.] PORTO RICO SEMINARY. 291
V. Library.
1. Whole number of books, bound volumes 7,800
2. Number added during year 600
VI. General.
At the meeting of the Board of Directors, April 1920, Dr. A. B. Marshall
offered liis resignation as President of the Seminary. His resignation was
accepted, and in September, 1920, Rev. James Marquis Wilson, D.D., Pastor
of the North Presbyterian Church of Omaha, Neb., was elected to succeed
him. Dr. Wilson, as President elect, has carried the work of the President since
November 1, 1920, and the Board's action in his election is submitted to the
General Assembly for approval.
This year's enrollment of the Junior class is the highest in three years, and
the prospects for next year are very encouraging.
The immediate needs of the Seminary are an endowment of $350,000 and
additional equipment of $100,000.
Omaha Seminary is situated in a territory extending from Minnesota to Texas,
and from Iowa to the Rocky Mountains, an area of 1,300,000 square miles, with
a population of 23,000,000. In this great empire of the West are 3,000 Pres-
byterian churches, with over 330,000 members, and 14 Presbyterian colleges.
In every Synod the number of vacant churches having a membership of from
30 to 150 is appalling. It is to help meet this need that the Seminary appeals
to the Church for students and gifts.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES MARQUIS WILSON, President-elect.
EVANGELICAL SEMINARY OF PORTO RICO.
[Rio Piedras, Porto Rico.]
Statements of the conditions and work of the Interdenominational Theological
Seminary, known as the "EVANGELICAL SEMINARY OF PORTO RICO,"
for the year January — December, 1920.
Prepared by Rev. J. A. McAllister, Presbyterian missionary, allocated to
the Evangelical Seminary, Dean, for the Board of Home Missions of the Pres-
byterian Church, U.S.A.
The cooperating Missions now are seven: Baptist, Christian, Congregational,
Di-sciples of Christ, Methodist, Presbyterian and United Brethren.
The Faculty.
J. .\. McAllister, Dean and Professor of Systematic Theology, Philosophy of
Religion.
J. K. Hubbard, Professor of Church History, Practical Theology.
A. V. Wood, Professor of New Testament (absent on year's leave for study in
Columbia University and Union Seminary).
A. B. Howell, Professor of Old Testament History and Epistles.
Also instructors in Spanish, General History, Organ, Physical Training.
Besides the above, Mr. Hubbard has charge of Physical Exercises; Mr. Howell,
of the Correspondence Courses now prepared, and the Dean, of instruction in
Voice and Vocal Mu.sic; Mr. Hitch, Physical Director of the Y.M.C.A., in San
Juan, has been secured to give instruction and normal training in Phj^sical
Exercises and Games.
Students,
Graduated in 1920, 3. Seniors, 4; Middlers, 5; Juniors, 3; in the Diploma
Course of three years.
Second year, 3; first year, 8; in the Certificate Course of two years.
Five of the above are taking a combined course of six years, which will give
them both the University B.A. diploma and the Seminary dii)loma.
Total in the Seminary at date, 24, from four denominations. From Cuba, 1.
292 THEOLOGICAL SEMINAEIES. May,
Correspondence Department.
Begun, September, 1920.
Courses prepared: Life of Christ; Old Testament Historj'.
Courses in preparation: Apostolic History and Epistles; the Psalms and
Prophets; Church History; Sermon Preparation and Practical Methods;
Christian Teachings.
Students enrolled, 56, from seven denominations. From Santo Domingo, 1.
Developments Dueing the Year.
1. The organization and cataloguing of the Library. Contains 2,000 volumes;
stack room with space for 6,000 volimie?; a Reading Room with the reference
works, complete card catalogue.
2. Physical exercises and normal training in Physical Work and Games, Boy
Scout Movement, etc.
3. Evangelistic Team Work, under direction of Department of Practical
Theology, with instrumental and mal ■ quartettes. Some seventeen churches
have been visited since September, lt.20. From thre to ten students, with one
or two Professors, make up the team. By careful changing of personnel, all
the students are receiving practical experience, and unusual opportunities for
observation, and also the joy of active service. Over one hundred professions
of faith have resulted from these meetings, besides a marked awakening on the
part of the members and pastor in every case.
Needs.
L The development of an adequate plant, property of the Seminary.
2. Additional books for the library.
3. Residences for professors ; all now have to depend on rented homes. Funds
should be available so that advantage may be taken of favorable opportunities
for making purchases.
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- Note — Tho full text, figures, etc., of the Reports of the Boards will be found in the volume
containing the Reports, to which persons desiring detailed information are referred.
I. BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
Term expires in May, 1922:
Ministers. Laymen.
Rev. Joseph Dunn Burrell, D.D. (5), Walter M. Aikman (5),
Rev. Albert Edwin Keipcwin, D.D. (1), George B. Atzinew (1),
Rev. Edgar Whitaker Work, D.D. (1), Fleming H. Revell (1),
Rev. William Adams Brown, D.D. (1), J. A. Gould (8),
Rev. Wendell Prime Keeler (3), John T. Manson- (15).
Rev. Carl Elmore (16),
Term expires in May, 1923:
Rev. Wilton Merle-Smith, D.D. (1), William E. Carnochan (1),
Rev. Calvin C. Hays, D.D. (9), Francis S. Phraner (12),
Rev. Rasmus Thomsen, D.D. (10), Herbert K. Twitchell (5),
Rev. Robert Brew.sterBeattie, D.D. (12)George D. Dayton (13),
Rev. W. Beatty Jennings, D.D. (11), James N. Jarvie (2).
Term expires in May, 1924:
R,-v. D. Stuart Dodge, D.D. (1), W. M. Cosby (6),
Rev. Lyman Whitnev Allen, D.D. (2), Robert D. Samuels (1),
Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin, D.D. (1), Ledyard Cogswell, Jr. (17),
Rev. W. Francis Irwin, D.D. (3), George Nicholson (7),
Rev. George E. Davies, D.D. (4), J. William Clark (1).
Rev. Dwight Wither.spoon Wylie, D.D. (1),
Rev. John Davies, D.D., Member-elect.
(1) Of the Presbytery of New York.
(2) Of the Presbytery of Newark.
(3) Of the Presbytery of Westchester.
(4) Of the Presbytery of Salt Lake.
(5) Of the Presbytery of Brooklyn-Nassau.
(6) Of the Presbytery of Birmingham-A.
(7) Of the Presbytery of Lackawanna.
(8) Of the Presbytery of Seattle.
(9) Of the Presbytery of BlairsviUe.
(10) Of the Presbytery of Amarillo.
(11) Of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, North.
(12) Of the Presbytery of Morris and Orange.
(13) Of the Presbytery of Minneapolis.
(14) Of the Presbytery of Cleveland.
(15) Of the Presbytery of Connecticut Valley.
(16) Of the Presbetery of Jersey City.
(1 7) Of the Presbytery of Albany.
Charles L. Thompson, D.D., Secretary Emeritus.
296
A.D. 1921.] BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS. 297
EXKCUTIVE COUNCIL.
Wilton Merle-Smith (ex-officio), President.
Francis S. Phraaer (ex-officio), Vice-President.
John Dixon, Clerk of the Board.
John A. Marvjuis, General Secretary.
Baxter P. P'ullerton, Secretary.
John McDowell, Secretary.
William R. King, Secretary.
William P. Shriver, Director City and Immigrant Work.
Warren H. Wilson, Director Church and Country Life Work.
Hermann N. Morse, Director of Publicity and Research.
Fred Eastman, Director of Educational Work.
William R. Patterson, Financial Secretary.
Varian Banks, Treasurer.
Office: Presbyterian Building, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Abstract of the One Hundred and Nin^eteenth Annual Report.
Foreword. — The one hundred and nineteenth year of the Board of Home
Missions has been characterized by steady and general progress throughout its
work. There have been few unusual or sensational developments during the
year, but a fine spirit of harmony, consecration and earnestness has been mani-
fested by all of the missionaries and field force of the Board, with the result
that the year may be written down as in most respects one of the most satis-
factorj^ in the last decade.
Financial Survey. — Financially, the Board's hopes and expectations were not
entirely fulfilled. The very existence of a Forward Movement in the Church
has created for the Board the necessity of an enlarged program. The persistent
and reasonable demands from the field have greatly increased. In the promise
that the year seemed to hold forth from a financial point of view, the work of
the Board was projected on a scale larger than ever before and its budget was
greatl}' increased. This increase was not occasioned to anj^ very great extent
by the opening up of new work. More than half of the increase was for increases
in ministers' salaries. Most of the remainder was for strengthening the work
at pre%dously occupied points. A budget in excess of ,?1, 800,000 was appro-
priated for the year and, under this budget, expenditures were actually made to
the amount of approximately .51,644,000, which exceeds the amount expended
during the preceding fiscal year by about $425,000. This figure is inclusive of
Self-supporting Synods which clear through the Board's treasury and represents
a httle more than 50% of the amounts included in the New Era Budget of the
year for the Board and these Synods. In view of the lack of success of the
Interchurch Campaign the financial returns of the year, while below our hopes
and early expectations, are above what the event might have led us to suppose.
The year's receipts from living givers were approximately .$990,000, an increase
of 16.7% over the receipts of the previous year from the same sources. The
total receipts of the year, including legacies and interest, were approximately
$1,364,000. In addition, the Board voted to make available for current work
$188,000 in legacies received the previous year which had been carried to the
permanent fund. This makes the total amount available for current work for
the year §1,5.52,000, the high water mark in the history of the Board. There
have been previous years in which the Board has raised a larger amount of
money, including receipts for its various permanent funds, but no previous
year has attained this total in funds available for current work. This makes
the operating deficit on the year approximately $92,000. It will be recalled that
the Board began the year with a debt of S239,000, a debt which was not increased
a year ago and was materially reduced the preceding year, but which remained
in part from the years of reorganization of the Board and in part from the years
of the War. This makes the gross indebtedness of the Board as of April first
approximately $331,000.
Evangelism. — The major interest of the Board is evangelism and the evan-
gelistic results of the year reflect the new spirit that has come to the Church
298 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
after the depressing years of the War. The gross gain over the membership of
the previous year made by Home Mission chm'ches was 17.5%, and the net gain,
after allowing for losses from all causes, was 9.9%. The great importance of
Home Missions as an evangelizing agency is better shown by the fact that the
additions in Home Mission churches during the year on confession of faith alone
represented 11.5% of the membership of the preceding year, a truly remarkable
and gratifying record. In this achievement all departments of the Board's work
sliared, but the high mark for the year was reached by the churches in Alaska,
where additions on confession of faith represented 36.6% of the previous mem-
bership. In the Mexican Work, they were 22%; in the churches under the
Country Life Department, 12.1%; in the immigrant churches, 11.6%; in Porto
Rico, 20.5%, and in American Work, 10.7%. The missionaries at work in the
lumber camps report 474 decisions for Christ, and 161 men uniting with some
church. Such figures amply attest the vitality of our Home Mission churches.
Missionaries' Salaries. — Substantial progress has been made in the matter of
missionaries' salaries. The announced policy of the Board has been to bring all
its missionaries to a minimum salary of $1,500 and house. It has not been
possible uniformly to accompHsh this, but satisfying progress has been made.
In the American Work, for example, there are still 166 missionaries receiving
less than .^1,500, but the actual average salary for all missionaries in American
Work is $1,533.73.
Buildings and Equipment. — In the matter of buildings and equipment, which
is the next great need in Home Missions, our hopes in the year have been far
from fulfilled. The need for buildings is acute in many score of Home Mission
fields, where aggressive work is being done with wholly inadequate equipment,
and where, in many cases, further progress is almost out of the question until
better equipment can be secured. Certain important advances, however, have
been made. At the Polytechnic Institute in Porto Rico, a splendid new science
hall is now in process of construction. This institution is at the present time
filled to its utmost capacity, both teachers and pupils being compelled to hve in
quarters that are not only insufficient but actually imsafe. At Alpine, Tennessee,
a mountain community where the Board maintains a splendid Practical Life
School, a new building is being constructed. The Mexican Church in El Paso,
Texas, dedicated in the early part of the year its handsome and well equipped
new building, and new buildings have also been secured for Trinidad, Colorado;
San Pablo, Colorado; San Gabriel, California; and Douglas, Arizona. During
the last summer Dr. James H. Condit, General Missionary for Alaska, succeeded
in getting through the ice to Point Barrow, with materials for the hospital which
the generosity of friends of the Board has made possible. This building is now
completed and is ministering to the large Eskimo population which that mission
serves. The veteran missionary physician, Dr. Spence, was compelled to retire
from this work on account of age and ill health, but another physician wiU be
sent there this coming summer. Probably no mission illustrates more vividly
the need of buildings than the mission in Cuba. Here we have twenty-two old-
established centers utterly without buildings, conducting their work in rented
quarters. One-third of the entire budget for work in Cuba is required for rent
and practically every mission field on the Island has now started its own building
fund; but, of course, the local resources must be supplemented from outside
funds. A substantial amount has been secured toward the erection of a training
school in Cuba, but a large additional sum is needed before this work can be
begun.
Work in Santo Domingo. — An unusual event of the year has been the opening
of work in Santo Domingo as a union effort of four Boards of the Methodist
Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches. Santo Domingo is practically the only
remaining Home Mission field which can be considered as virgin territory. The
Board for Christian Work in Santo Domingo has been organized and wiU be
incorporated. The cooperating Boards are the Board of Home Missions and
Church Extension and the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and the Board of Home ?tIissions and the Woman's Board
of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Property has been
secured in Santo Domingo City the staff has been recruited and the work will
be pressed vigorously. Tliis will be a strictly union v/ork. It is hoped that
other denominations wUl unite with the two named in the further development
of this project.
A.D. 1921.] BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS. 299
Social Serrice. — In all the work of the Board evangelism and social service
are combined in one united program of service to the various populations to
which the Board is called upon to minister. In the experience of the Board
various forms of social service activit\% if correlated with earnest, evangelistic
effort, are an effective means of building up the ICingdom, and Home Missions
in this way becomes the agency not only to better community conditions, which
is an important and worth while thing in itself, but through such service to win
individuals for the Kingdom, ^^^lere the Board deals with primitive or retarded
populations, many forms of necessary service present themselves. To our
missionaries in Alaska this expresses itself in hospitals and medical service. In
Mexican Work "Homes of Neighborly Service" have helped Mexican mothers
to an understanding of and sympathy with American ideals. The splendid boys'
camp on Catalina Island made a deep impression on the lives of many promising
young Mexican boys. The mission hospital opened in Bisbee, Arizona, with the
cooperation of local copper companies, and the dental clinic conducted in Los
Angeles, made real contributions to the welfare of these communities. In the
Country Church Work, through the generosity of Mrs. Cjtus H. McCormick,
the Stanley McCormick School at Burns\ilie, North Carohna, which was closed
for a number of years, has been re-opened as a Practical Life School for the
service of the great mountain area. In the Immigrant Work twelve distinct
racial groups are touched in evangelistic and social work. Such institutions as
the Gary Neighborhood House, Gary, Indiana, and the East Side Neighborhood
House, Butte, Montana, reach many thousand people monthly with a great
variety of activities.
Indiayi Worh in Arizona. — On December twenty-third, at Sacaton. Arizona,
there was celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the first coming of Dr. Charles
H. Cook as pioneer missionary to the Pima Indians. In fifty years this tribe
has been lifted from a state of primitive paganism to a fine, well developed. Chris-
tian commimitj' life. There are now on this reservation twelve organized
Presbyterian churches, with over 2,000 members.
The Outlook. — The year just beginning -will necessarily be a year for the con-
servative holding of advances made without any considerable enlargement of the
work. This is unfortunate in \iew of the great opportunities opening at this
time, but is a necessary result of the present financial situation. The budget of
the Board for the current year has been verj- considerably reduced from the
budget of last year. In making this reduction, however, the Board will so far
as possible avoid retrenchment at any vital point. The Missionaries' salaries
will not be reduced and the force of workers will not be ven,' seriously diminished.
Generally speaking, the Church may be gratified with the present condition of
its Home Mission Work. The last year was the first year in which the Board
has had a full staff organization under the plan approved by the General Assem-
bly in 1917. The results show the wisdom of that Assembly in the directions
which it gave to the Board for the development of its work.
JOHN A. MARQUIS, General Secretary.
Statistical Summary.
Fields Supported Or Aided By The Boards.
Organized churches ^'2'^*^
Unorganized Preaching Stations 762
Community or Neighborhood Houses 73
Hospitals and Medical Service Stations 9
Schools maintained 6
Schools at which mi.ssion worker is stationed 9
Training schools for mission workers 4
Total number of Mission Enterprises 2,803
Total number of missionaries employed during the year. 1,783
Less duplicates (as for two different men in same position during the
year) ^^
oOO BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
Net total as of March 31st, as follows:
Ordained Pastors 1,237
Unordained mission helpers 333
Physicians 8
Nurses 10
Teachers 39
Field Men 65
1,692
Number And Distribution Of Missionaries Under Support Of The Board .
Alabama 26 Nebraska 43
Alaska 23 Nevada. 6
Arizona 73 New England 9
Arkansas 40 New Jersey 7
California 118 New Mexico 66
Colorado 48 New York 240
Cuba 28 North Dakota 22
Florida 17 Oklahoma 60
Idaho 13 Oregon 54
Illinois 1 Pennsylvania 1
Indiana 5 Porto Rico 71
Iowa 10 South Dakota 68
Kentucky 37 Tennessee 100
Maryland 4 Texas 92
Michigan 52 Utah 15
Minnesota 66 Washington 201
Mississippi 11 Wisconsin 11
Missouri 78 Wyoming 24
Montana 43
1783
Treasurer's Report.
Revenues and Expenditures for the Year Ending March 31, 1921.
Schedule No. 2.
Revenues.
Church Organizations:
Churches $895,855 33
Sabbath Schools 59,511 00
Women's societies 1,596 70
Young people's societies 978 98
$957,942 01
Inchviduals 31,047 69
Total revenues from living sources $988,989 70
Interest, dividends, etc., from:
General and Sundry Permanent Funds $70,085 65
Through Trustees of the General Assembly.. 3,465 42
John S. Kennedy Permanent Fund 70,000 00
143,551 07
Legacies for current work 219,016 86
Miscellaneous income 4,046 50
Total Revenue for current work $1,355,604 13
Gifts, legacies, etc., for endowment and other permanent funds . . 78,363 12
Total revenues received $1,433,967 25
Less — Gifts, legacies, etc., transferred to permanent and other
funds and payments made on account of specific purposes, etc. 78,363 12
Balance of revenues received during the year available
for current work $1,355,604 13
A.D. 1921.] woman's board of home missions. 301
Expenditures.
General work of the Board $1,356,255 G6
Promotion 9,307 25
Educational Work 73,049 85
Publicity and Research 16,847 77
Cooperating Agencies — Presbyterian 38,497 93
Cooperating Agencies — Interdenominational .... 2,435 25
General Administration 110,238 24
Miscellaneous expenditures 38,102 83
Total e.xpenditures for current work $1,644,734 78
De6ciency for current work $289,130 65
Deduct — Balance of legacies received during 1919-20 and added to
the General Permanent Fund, which have now been appro-
priated by the Board for current work of the present year. . . 187,766 09
Net Deficiency for the year $101,364 56
Dhficiency Account.
Schedule No. 2A.
Deficit March 31, 1919, unchanged as of March 31, 1920 $238,628 18
Less — Transfer first one-tenth share of Helen Newton Jarvie
Memorial Fund to apply toward the debt 8,000 00
$230,628 18
Net deficit for current year 101,364 56
Total Indebtedness April 1, 1921 $331,992 74
Of this amount the Church Extension Committee of New York Presbytery
assumes responsibility for $27,061.26 expended on behalf of the work of that
Committee in excess of amount received.
In addition there is also due from the Presbytery of New York $5,120.98,
boing unpaid balance of loan covering work of 1919-1920.
VARIAN BANKS, Treasurer.
II. WOMAN'S BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS.
BOARD MEMBERS.
Term expiring 1922:
Mrs. Charles Brjan, Miss Emma Jessie Ogg,
Mrs. Augustus S. Crane, Miss Mabel Gordon Parker,
Mrs. Charlee B. Fernald, Mrs. Clarke Tillinghast,
Mrs. William Edgar Geil, Mrs. Charles L. Thompson,
Miss Ann > Hallock, Mrs. James A. Webb, Jr.,
Mrs. O. H. Kraeger, Mrs. A. L. Whitaker,
Mrs. Kenneth D. Miller, Miss V. May White.
Term expiring 1923:
Mrs. Richard S. Allen, Miss Dorothy Harrison,
MLss Anna M. Alward, Mrs. W. W. Hayden,
Mrs. Fred S. Bennett, Mrs. W. E. Honeyman,
Mrs. Silas B. Brownell, Mrs. John McDowell,
Mrs. James S. Dick.son, Mrs. John Sinclair,
Mrs. W. A. M. Grier, Mrs. Frederick E-Stockwell,
Mrs, James Yereance,
302 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
Term expiring 1924:
Mrs. E. H. Bancker, Mrs. H. C. Louderbough,
Mrs. Thomas C. Chambers, Mrs. J. E. McAfee,
Mrs. E. B. Cobb, Mrs. A. C. McMillan,
Mrs. Arthur W. Corning, Mrs. E. C. Miles,
Miss Juha Eraser, Mrs. J. K. Mitchell,
Mrs. E. K. Hopper, Miss EUnor K. Purves,
Miss Annie Hyatt, Mrs. D. Everett Waid.
Executive Officers.
Mrs. Fred S. Bennett, President.
Miss V. May White, First Vice-President.
Mrs. a. C. McMillan, Second Vice-President.
Miss Annie Hyatt, Third Vice-President.
Miss Emma Jessie Ogg, Recording Secretary.
Administrative Officers.
Miss Lucy H. Dawson, General Secretary.
Miss Mabel M. Sheibley, Assistant Secretary.
Mrs. M. J. GiLDERSLEEVE, Secretary for Missionary Education.
Miss M. Josephine Petrie, Secretary for Young People's Work.
Miss Lila Bell Acheson, Secretary for Christian Social Service.
Miss Mary W. Torrence, Treasurer.
Miss Theodora Finks, Editor of the Home Mission Monthly.
Miss Edna R. Voss, Superintendent of Field Work.
Joint Officers with Woman's Boabd of Foreign Missions.
Miss Florence G. Tyler, Executive Secretary for Student Work.
Miss Mary Eliza Clark, Student Field Secretary.
Miss Rose Wilson, Student Field Secretary.
Mrs. W. T. Larimer, Secretary Woman's Department of Board of Missions for
Freedmen.
Field Secretaries.
Mrs. Adelaide I. Aldrich, Miss R. Marie Preston,
• Miss Helen W. Streeter.
Office: 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Abstract of the Forty-Second Annual Report.
The Woman's Board of Home Missions entered upon the year of 1920-21 with
great gratitude to God for His goodness and a deepened sense of its opportunities
and responsibilities. The response from those to whom the Board ministers
was never more encouraging than during the year just closed; the chances for a
Christian education were eagerly sought after, hospitals and community centers
used to their utmost capacity. And the response from the organizations was
never more splendid. The greatly increased membership in woman's and young
people's organizations was trained and developed and Presbyterian women and
young people realized anew their obUgation to evangelize America that America
'might fulfill its obUgation to the world. As the keynote for the last two years
throughout the church was expansion, that for the past year was concentration.
For the Board it meant intensity in work on the field, a girding up that there
might be a going on.
Through 37 synodical societies, 262 presbyterial societies the Board reaches
its constituency of approximately 214,491 women, in 5468 auxiliaries, and
183,713 young people, in 8049 young people's organizations — young woman's,
the Westminster Guild, Christian Endeavor, Light Bearers, and Little Light
Bearers. These figures represent an increase of 49 new woman's societies and
1239 new organizations for young people and children; an increase in membership
in woman's societies of 14J770, and in young people's and children's organiza-
tions of 39,503, a total of 54,273 new members, and a total membership of
401,406.
A.D. 1921.] woman's board of home missions. 303
The Board has gone iuto partnership with synodical societies in a new way,
through its estabhshraent of a department of Christian Social Service, thus
trying to stimulate women to undertake work for foreigners within the bounds
of their own synod. Sixteen synodical societies have already started such work
or have plans under waj' for starting it.
During the year the Board had the hcMior of presenting service pins to 15 who
had served 25 or more years on the home mission field.
The receipts of the Board for the year, from organizations, were $815,654.74;
from tuition on the field, $85,438.44; from legacy income, $12,374,77; from inter-
est on invested funds and other sources — ^$32,442.70, a total of $915,910.65, a
gain over the total receipts of the year 1919-1920 of $140,887.41. But as gifts
from organizations fell short of apportionments by $203,845.26, the Board closed
the year with a deficit of $165,381.97. This deficit, however, represents not only
the excess of cash payments over receipts, approximately $77,000, but also
amounts appropriated for buildings in process of erection or contracted for,
approximately $88,000.
From Headquarters. — The promotion of the work of the Board is done through
six departments — missionary education, young people's work. Christian Social
service, student work, publicitj^, and the Home Mission Monthly.
The Secretary for Missionary Education reports that 2050 groups came
together for mission study during the year, with a total membership of 36,237.
The young people's work shows not only an increase in societies as shown above,
but also an increase in gifts, as the following statistics indicate:
1920. For regular work — 1921. Increase.
$36,367 57 Y. P. S. (including Jr. and Inter.). . . $40,512 40 $4,144 83
33,530 24 Y. L. M. S., Light Bearers and L. L. B. 35,018 80 1,488 56
27,508 46 W. G. Chapters and Circles 34,032 18 6,523 72
12,688 17 S. S 13,623 58 935 41
$110,094 44 $123,186 96 $13,092 52
Not only in our churches, but in our colleges young people are reached, and
during the year the Student Secretaries of the Woman's Boards visited 89
colleges and interviewed 711 girls in the interest of Home and Foreign Missions.
The Home Mission Monthly increased its subscription list by 1216 new names
and reported a total of 45,977 subscribers. Missionary leaflet literature was
more in demand than in any previous year, as shown by the distribution of
free literature and the receipts from priced Uterature.
The Mission Field. — The Woman's Board operates in seven fields — Alaskan,
Indian, Mexican, Mormon, Mountaineer, Cuban and Porto Rican. The most
distinct piece of new work undertaken by the Woman's Board is that of Santo
Domingo, an interdenominational project under a Board of Trustees composed
of two representatives from each cooperating Church Board. The field has
been surveyed, and already property in a prominent section of Santo Domingo
has been purchased, which is to serve as home for workers, church, clinic, and
possibly school. The scope of the work of the Board in these fields is outlined
in the following statistical tables:
304
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Treasureu's Statement.
Revenue and Expense Statembnt.
Income for Curren'. Work:
Woman's Missionary Societies S70o,0'Jl '5 i
Westminster Guilds. 34,032 IS
Young Woman's Societies 22,722 16
Bands U^tt> <>1
Y. P. and C. i::. Societies 40,512 40
Sabbath Schools 13,023 oS
Churches 3,244 34
Individual Gifts 4,951 83
Tuition and receipts from the field 85,438 41
Rents and sales 1,400 07
Interest on Permanent Funds 9,102 8S
Transfer from legacy income 12,374 77
$945,910 05
Excess of expenses and appropriations over receipts for the
year 165,371 97
$1,111,282 62
Expenditures for Current Work:
Budget for schools and hospitals $590,389 64
Travel Teachers and Missionaries 16,847 S3
Buildings appropriated 230,000 00
Repairs and equipment 120,000 00
Christian Social Service 7,644 13
Sabbatical leave 3,749 19
Retirement allowance 1,212 30
Operating Budget:
Administration expenses 62,345 06
Making the work known 48,710 17
Expenses directed by General Assembly 16,366 87
Other Expenses:
Collections refunded $795 20
Council of Women for Home Missions. 75 00
Exchanges 225 41
Interest on money borrowed 7,907 30
Insurance 4,414 52
Latin- American Committee 600 00
$14,017 43
— $1,111,282 62
Total Receipts for the Year Ending March 31, 1921.
Current Work $945,910 65
Special Board objects not Current Work:
Estate of Margaret OUvia Sage. $1,000,000 00
Profits from sale of Sage Securities, not considered
legal investments for the Womans Board 33,181 37
Buildings (not appropriations) 42,279 87
Emergency Fund 4,982 65
Extras (Specified gifts) 9,217 51
Annuity gifts 22,733 34
Legacy reserve 21,132 18
Permanent Funds 13,377 70
1,146,904 62
For Work not Under the Board.
Immigrant Work 55,041 43
Freedmen 186,254 06
Cash passed through Suspense Account during
the year 236,398 03
477,693 52
Total $2,570,508 79
MARY W. TORRENCE, Treasurer.
306 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
III. BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
1919-1922.
Rev. Eben B. Cobb, D.D., William E. Stiger, Esq.,
Rev. Charles C. Albertson, D.D., Mr. Alfred E. Marling,
Rev. RobertGardnerMacGregor,D.D.,Mr. Edwin M. Bulkley,
Rev. Charles Grenville Sewall, Mr. Henry J. Cochran.
1920-1923.
Rev. George Alexander, D.D., Mr. John T. Underwood,
Rev. John F. Patterson, D.D., Mr. James M. Speers,
Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., Mr. William M. Amerman,
Seth M. Millikin, M.D.
1921-1924.
Rev. Cleland B. McAfee, D.D., Mr. W. P. Stevenson,
Rev. Charles R. Erdman, D.D., Mr. Scott Foster,
Rev. Wm. Y. Chapman, D.D., Mr. John L. Severance.
Rev. John Kelman, D.D.,
Rev. Wm. Pierson Merrill, D.D.,
Rev. D. Morgan Richards,
Officers of the Board.
Rev. George Alexander, D.D., President.
Mr. James M. Speers, Vice-President.
Mr. Robert E. Speer, )
Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D.,
Rev. Stanley White, D.D., [• Secretaries.
Rev. George T. Scott,
Rev. William P. Schell,
Rev. W. Reginald Wheeler, Asst. Secretary (temporarily in charge).
Rev. Orville Reed, Ph.D., Associate Secretary and Recording Secretary
Mr. Dwight H. Day, Treasurer.
Mr. Russell Carter, Associate Treasurer.
Educational Secretary.
Mr. B. Carter Millikin.
Honorary Educational Adviser.
T. H. P. Sailer, Ph.D.
Secretary for Specific Work.
Rev. George H. Trull.
District Secretaries.
Rev. Charles E. Bradt, D.D., Central.
Mr. J. M. Patterson, Southern.
Ren. W. M. Cleaveland, D.D., Associate Secretary, Southern.
Rev. Weston T. Johnson, Western.
Rev. Ernest F. Hall, D.D., Field Secretary.
Rev. 'EDWA.no'RoBER'rs, Working Among Welsh-Speaking churches.
Medical Advisers (Honorary).
Allen O. Whipple, M.D.
Herbert S. Carter, M.D.
Hubert S. Howe, M.D.
A.D. 1921.] BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS. 307
Abstract of the Eighty-fourth Annual llEroRT.
The Eighty-fourth Annual Report o the Board of Foreign Missions is written
in the midst of a world sorely troubled and wounded by war. It is not blind
optimism, how^ever, but Christian courage and faith that leads one to say that
as a result of the war there probably has never been a time when the whole
world was studying and thinking about religion as it is now. There is new
freedom to proclaim the Gospel. Age-long prejudices have been leveled to the
ground. There is a new willingness to hear the Gospel, which is without parallel.
In a day when every attempt of men to establish peace has lamentably failed, it
is well for the Church to realize that God has called it to be His representative,
and laid upon it the duty of proclaiming to the troubled world the one message
which will solve its problems, even the Gosj^el of Jesus Christ.
Last j'ear's Introduction to the Report mentioned a proposed Post-War
Conference of the members and officers of the Board with the representatives
of all the missions. The Conference was held in the Graduate School at Prince-
ton, N. J., June 19-27, 1920. Overshadowing all the sessions, was a sense of
the greatness, the fineness, the fellowship of the occasion that provoked the
meeting. The greatness lay in the Gospel and in the world, the two great objects
constantly to the fore. The findings of this Conference have been sent to the
mission fields for consideration by the missions.
The Home Department. — Several changes in the staff occurred during the
year: the election of Rev. W. M. Cleaveland, D.D., as Assistant Secretary of
the Southern District, and the election, as Field Secretarj^, of Rev. Ernest F.
Hall, D.D. Another change was the election to succeed Dr. Halsey, of Rev.
Wm. P. Schell, as head of the Home Department, the Board having made him
full Secretary. The entire work of the Department reports progress.
Some new problems confront the Board, owing to the expansion of its work in
territory which it has heretofore not occupied.
Africa. — The French Government, now in occupation of the Cameroun
district, will not permit the German or Swiss missionaries to continue their
missionarj' work, and this entire section has been turned over to the Presby-
terian Church, as far as Protestant work is concerned, with the assistance of the
French Evangelical Society. This new center of mission activity brings the
West Africa Mission into direct contact with Islam.
Syria. — Two new- stations have been added to the Syria Mission since the
close of the w^ar, at Aleppo and Mardin, and the Board has already sent two
of its missionaries to occupy these points.
Mesopotamia. — An entirely new obligation has been assumed by the Board in
Mesopotamia. It is proposed to have a union work of the Reformed Board,
the German Reformed, the Southern, the United and the Northern Presbyterian,
each Board to furnish at least one missionary for three stations, probably Mosul,
Bagdad and Kcrbela.
China. — The famine, unprecedented even for China famines, has created
obligations which it will be difficult to meet. Many of the 210 Presbyterian
missionaries at present engaged in work in China are devoting the major part of
their time to relief service. The one time secluded land of China, with its great
wall, with its walled cities and suburbs, and with walls within walls, is fast being
opened to the penetrating influences of modern civihzation. The outstanding
factor in this awakening is the resistless energy and liberalizing spirit of the
( lospel of Christ. Last year the Board reported the China-for-Christ Movement,
which is a nation-wide organization under Chinese leadership, with such practical
aims as the removal of illiteracy, the training of Christians for service, the
inculcation of the spirit of stewardship, the securing of recruits for the ministry,
the development of missionary work, and the creation of a true sense of Christian
citizenship. At its eighth annual meeting, in April, the China Continuation
Committee agreed to become, for one year, the central committee of the China-
for-Christ Movement, increasing for that purpose the number of Chinese mem-
bers to half its total membership. The Student Volunteer Movement in China
set a,part a week in May for united intercession and a special effort to bring before
the individual students the call to the Christian ministry. The Chinese Home
308 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
Missionary Society has undertaken responsibUitj* for an area of about 10,000
square miles. An appeal has been issued for workers to occupy' three centers in
Yunnan Province. The far-reaching influence of the work among the Chinese
in New York City is seen when it is stated that five of the elders of this church
are now in China, two in educational work, one an editor of an English paper,
and another a practising physician, but all letting their hght shine in the darkness
of their native land. The Church of the Japanese Conmiunity on the Pacific
Coast has definiteh' adopted as a slogan, 100 Per Cent. Self-.Support. The
.Japanese Christians have erected practically aU of their church buildings. Among
the Koreans in the United .States the significant event of the year was the organ-
ization of the church at Dinuba, the first Korean Presbyterian Church of North
America. One hundred and fifty members were enrolled.
Chosen. — The sitiiation in Chosen continued to be one of marked anxiety and
rejoicing. The country is still in the throes of economic adjustmsnt to new
conditions. But at the ninth meeting of the General Assembly of Chosen there
were over 160 Korean delegates and about 40 Western missionaries. The first
year the General Assembly was organized it was decided to start a foreign mis-
sions work for the Chinese in Shantung. This last Assembly decided to send
an additional missionary', and passed a budget of j'en 20,003 for the Shantung
work.
India. — "The dark cloud.? .setthng over India," referred to in the last Report,
have not been lifted. They have rather deepened in their gloom and presaga.
Nowhere have the reaction? of the war combined with the general forces of world
unrest to create a more unhappy or disturbed condition than is found in India.
Against the dark clouds, however, stands out the atmosphere of trust and con-
sideration surroimding the Christian forces. The Punjab ^Mission, with the
approval of the Board, has proposed that the mission and the Lahore and
Ludhiana Pre?b>i:eries shall be represented, each body in the other, by selected
representatives; and the North India Mission proposed a forward step in the
solution of the relationship between the Indian Church and the missions, by
means of departmental committees dealing with different sectioas of the work,
such as education, evangelization, etc., the committees to be made up of members
from the mission and presbjiieries. The union of the "Welsh Cah-inistic Church
with the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. has brought with it as an addition
to the mi-ssion work of the Ch'jrch in India, the mission at Assam, at the stations
of Habiganj and Shaistaganj.
Japan. — The outstanding event of the year in Japan was the World's Sunday
School Convention in Tokj'o. Almost ever\' Protestant community in the world
was represented. It was an effective demonstration of the strength of the
Christian Church and made a profound impression on the Japane.se Government
and people. The mission work has met with encouragement, as shown by the
crowded schools, the devoted service of many of the Japanese Christians, partic-
ularly among the younger element, the kindly personal attitude of the people
toward the missionaries, and in particular the special evangelistic ser^-ice which
have been held in various parts of the country-.
Mexico. — The New Era Movement in Mexico has stressed self-support,
stewardship, and the ever}- member canvass, and whUe it is too soon to estimate
fully the extent to which the Movement has affected the churches, yet it is very
e-^ndent that there has been a deepening of the spiritual life and that the New
Era Movement has awakened a more aggressive spirit of evangehsm in many of
the churches. The great states of Yucatan. Chiapas, and Tabasco, by action
of the Committee on Co operation, are now the special field of the Presbyterian
Church. It is beUeved that all over this large territory- are numerous groups of
Christians who are only awaiting the visit of some missionary to join themselves
with the people of God, and to take part in the evangelization of their country-
men.
Persia. — At the time of the last Annual Report, the Urumia Station in Persia
was clo.sed, and the missionaries and all the Assj-xian Christians were in exile.
On December 16, 1920, in view of conditions in the Caucasus and the threatened
invasion of northwestern Persia by BoL?he\iki and Turks, the British and
American Consuls determined to withdraw from Tabriz, and decided that the
other British and American resident? should withdraw also, together with the
A.D. 1921.] BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS. 309
Assyrian refugees and some of the Armenians. Until the breaking up of the
work in Tahriz, both the school and the hospital and the evangelistic work were
carrying on their service in fuller measure and fruitfulness than ever before.
Schools and churches were maintained among the refugees, and in spite of all
their sufferings and hardships and the inevitable debilitation of their refugee
life, dependent upon relief, the people were making real progre.ss. Earlier in
the year Bolsheviki troops had crossed to Kazvin and taken Resht, with the
result that all foreigners, including the mis.sionaries, had withdrawn, and it has
not been possii)le since to reopen Resht Station. In Teheran, in spite of the
manj- political changes, the missionaries remained at their work, which has
never been more flourishing than during the past year. Both boys' school,
girls' school, and hospital have been utilized to their fullest capacity, and the
evangelistic work has yielded fruitage in the baptism of both Mohammedans
and Bahais. In Hanadan and Kermanshah everything is moving forward
quietly. At Meshed also the work went on quietly and hopefully until March,
when the missionaries, except the Donaldsons, left, on account, no doubt, of
the danger of an invasion of Meshed from the north, or of local uprisings.
Philippines. — In the Philippines the past year has been one of quiet and steady
development of the work of evangelical missions. The great majority of the
population is friendK' to the American Government and to the American mis-
sionary. One feature in the progress of the Christian Church in the Islands,
which is now rapidly developing, is an interdenominational theological seminary
in Manila. This theological college has for some years been training the prospec-
tive Christian ministers of the various evangelical missions in the Philippines,
centering its activities in very inadequate quarters in one of the buildings of
our Presbyterian Mission. It is now proposed to erect an adequate pla,nt on a
suitable site, which will permit of the greatly needed development of this union
training center, where the leaders of the future evangelical Church throughout
the Islands will be gathered under the same roof.
Siam. — An event of outstanding interest in Siam is the completion of the
long-desired new treaty between America and Siam. It has not yet been ratified
by the United States Senate, but there are strong hopes of early favorable action.
In addition to important articles relating to commerce, navigation, and extra-
territorial rights of American citizens, the articles which bear more directly
upon the work of the missionaries are the ones wliich extend the property rights
of American missionaries and mi.ssion work. Much of the mission property has
been held hithert<:» under long leases, and it is a rehef to have the Siamese Govern-
ment so cordially recognize, as it does in this treaty, that the^time has come for
a more satisfactory adjustment.
Brazil. — The crying need in both the Central and South Brazil Missions is
for reinforcements. A steady growth is reported where the missionary has been
able to visit. The inner development of the southern mission is indicated in
the Laymen's Convention which was held at Castro during the year and was
most successful. The thome discussed was, "How to become more efficient
church workers."
Chile. — The new administration in Chile is hberal and sympathetic with
mission work, as was seen in the cordial reception given to the Protestant pastors
who waited upon the President-elect and presented him with a handsomely
bound Bible. The New Era Movement in Chile has found a ready response,
especially in its emphasis on the personal responsibility of Christians to support
their rehgion.
Colombia and Venezuela. — The task of the missionary in Colombia and
Venezuela has been most difficult, but there are some bright sides to the picture.
At Bogota the contributions have been four times those of any previous year,
and the church has never shown such activity in charitable work as in the past
months. At Barranquilla both the boys' and girls' schools show a distinct
advance in registration, while at Medellin an advance of 120 per cent, in member-
ship in three centers is reported. The chief industry of Antioquia, Colombia,
is the making of Panama hats. It takes the full time of one person to make one
hat a week, and the week's wage has not passed 40 cents. If, under such con-
ditions, Christians can be reared who will assume financial responsibiUty for
their church support, there is great hope for Colombia and all Latin America.
The church at Caracas, Venezuela, rejoices in a Christian Endeavor Society
310 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
whose members made during the year 1,390 calls on church members, and
3,320 on non-church-goers.
Guatemala.— This has been a "building" year for the Guatemala Mission.
After its long time of waiting, the mission received permission from the Board to
proceed with the rebuilding of the residences, church, press, girls' school, and
hospital in Guatemala City, which were destroyed by the earthquake three
years ago. The handsome new church was dedicated at Christmas time, 1920.
and the school and hospital are about half completed. The press is in full
running order and is turning out its daily sheaf of the printed page.
Sijria Mission.— The Sj^ia Mission will celebrate the one hundredth anni-
versarj" of the beginning of Armenian mission work in Syria in 1922. The story
of these hundred years would be a record of deepest interest and fascination. If
we should clothe this statement with the flesh and blood experiences of the men
and women Avho toiled through the years, we would find vision, resolution,
patience, and unshaken faith, in spite of disappointment, sorrow, physical
suffering, and personal sorrow. During a large part of the time Moharnmedan
exclusiveness and opposition stood like a stone wall which the missionaries
could not surmount nor overthrow. Never, however, have they given up nor
been diverted from their purpose, and in so far as the way could be opened by ,
the slower process of personal conversation and courteous and subtle strategy
every chance was taken to explain the work and way of Jesus Christ. Now, at
last.'after a hundred years the barriers are down. The war was the missionaries'
chance and they did not miss it. Now, they have nothing to do but to enter the
doors which Providence has flung open. The mission reports continued progress
in its union and cooperation w^ork. Its Union Training and Language School
at Suk-el-Gharb has more than vindicated its establishment. Another event
of signal interest has been the formation of the fir t Synod of the Syrian Church.
After long preliminary planning, the three presbyteries were formed into a
synod, on November 11, 1920. Dr. Ford, in spite of his protest, was elected
Moderator. The mission will still continue to give financial assistance to the
weak churches, but httte by httle they will become self-sustaining. The Board
proposes to celebrate its centennial of mission work in Syria by raising a fund
of .?250,000 for rebuilding the Press, refurnishing it with modern machinery, and
eventually making it a great imion enterprise.
STANLEY WHITE, Secretary.
IV. THE WOMAN'S BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Administrative Officers and Members.
Miss Marg.aret E. Hodge, President.
Miss Alice M. Davison, First Vice-President.
Mrs. John Har-\t;y Lee, Second Vice-President.
Miss Mart R. Tooker, Recording Secretary.
Miss Marv E. AUis, Mrs. Cleland B. McAfee,
Mrs. S. M. Ballard, Mrs. Hugh B. McCrone,
Mrs. W. H. Bissland, Mrs. John R. McCurdy,
Mrs. Rawlins Cadwallader, Miss Margaret P. Mead,
Mrs. R. W. Cleland, Mrs. John Meigs,
Mrs. Henry Sloane Coffin, Miss Helen C. Miller,
Mrs. Ed^^dn B. Cragin, Mrs. John F. Miller,
Mrs. James S. Cushman, Mrs. A. McD. Paterson,
Mi.ss Alice AI. Davison, Miss EUnor K. Purves,
Mrs. Joseph M. Dubs, Mrs. B. F. Richardson,
Dr. Ella B. Everitt, Mrs. Wallace Radchffe,
Mrs. John H. Finlev, Mrs. A. F. Schauffler,
Mrs. D. J. Fleming, Mrs. William P. Schell,
Mrs. John W. Goss Mrs. Harrison Serrell,
Mrs. Caleb S. Green, Mrs. B. A. Thaxter,
Miss Margaret E. Hodge, Miss Mary R. Tooker,
Mrs. William Beatty Jennings, Mrs. WiUiam E. Waters,
Mrs. Wilham Jennings, Mrs. James A. Webb, Jr.,
Mrs. John Harvev Lee, Mrs. Stanley White,
Miss Belle Lobenstine, Mrs. O. R. Williamson.
A.D. 1921.] woman's board of foreign missions. 311
Executive Officers.
Mrs. Charles K. Roys, General Secretarjf.
Miss Gektrude Schultz, Secretary for Misfsionari/ Education.
, Secretary for Voting People's Work.
Miss Marcia Kerr, Assistant Secretary for Young People's Work.
Miss Ann T. Reid, Candidnte Secretary.
, Treasurer.
Miss Janet McMxjllan, Assistant Treasurer.
Secretaries for Student Work in Common with Woman's
Board op Home Missions:
Miss Florence G. Tyler, Miss Mauy AsuriY Cheek,
Miss Mahy Eliza Clark.
Mrs. Andrew Todd Taylor, Secretary for Philadelphia District.
Mrs. E. H. Silverthorn, Secretary for Nort'twest District.
Mrs. Jas. Duguid, Jr., Secretary for New York District.
Mrs. Wallace S. Faris, Secretary for Southwest District.
IVIrs. Evelyn Browne Keck, Secretary for Occidental District.
Mrs. Charles W. Williams, Secretary for North Pacific District.
Miss Ruth McComb, Field Secretary.
Mrs. R. M. Graham, Field Secretary.
Mrs. S. I. Lindsay, Field Secretary.
THE WOMAN'S BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The Union of the six Woman's Boards of Foreign Missions into one National
Board, was consummated at the celebration of their Jubilee in Philadelphia,
on May 24 and 25, 1920. Forty-two members were then elected, and an organ-
ization meeting was held on May 26. The first regular meeting was held at
Princeton at the time of the Post-War Conference of the Board of Foreign
Missions, and two meetings have been held since. The plan is to hold one meet-
ing a year of the full Board. The membership of the Board is chosen from the
entire countr}-, two representing each of the sLx original Boards, the others
living near enough to New York to form the E.xecutive Committee, which
conducts the business during the intervals between Board meetings. The mem-
bers of the Board are nominated by a committee of five, of whom the Chairman
and two others shall belong to the Board, and are elected at the annual or
biennial meeting by duly appointed delegates. They are to serve, in the first
instance, for two and four years, respectively, and thereafter for a term of four
years. In place of the six original Boards, six District Committees have been
elected, each with a District Secretary who is an officer of the national Board.
There are also national Secretaries in New York. By these means it is hoped
to maintain the close personal touch by volunteer workers in different parts of
the country, as well as to secure efficiency in administration from the central
office.
The Board was incorporated November 18, 1920, at which time the member-
ship was reduced to 40 in order to comply with the Laws of the State of New
York, where incorporation took place. Legal steps are being taken in regard
to the transfer of securities, trust funds, etc., from the six original Boards to the
national Board, and the utmost care is being exerci-sed to guard all the interests
involved. Following the plan of incorporation, that it should be auxihary to
and cooperative with the Assembly's Board of Foreign ISIissions, the following
steps have been taken:
First, the creation of a Joint Executive Council, on which the Secretaries of
both the Assembly's and the Woman's Boards sit. Then, the erection of a
united Candidate Department, where the respective Secretaries of the two
Boards correspond with the men and women candidates and together recom-
mend all candidates to the two Boards through Joint Executive Council. There
is also a united Educational Department, and plans are under way for a joint
Literature Department in New York and joint depositories at one or more of
the District Headquarters. There is constant consultation between the Secre-
taries of the two Boards and cordial cooperation in all Departments. Tiie
Woman's Board has been housed in offices adjoining those of the Assembly's
Board. The Woman's Board recognizes with appreciation the constant courtesy
and help of the officers of the Assembly's Board.
312
BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES.
[May,
The Districts continued to carry the work up to January, 1921, at which time
it was taken over at headquarters. The transfer was made with little or no
difficulty. Efforts have been made to conserve in every way the results of the
four great Jubilee gifts of Service, Praj^er, Gold, and Life. The gold and the
life are already begiiming to work on the foreign field, and the service and prayer
have, we trust, increased during the year.
The Board has again cooperated in the New Era Movement in every possible
way, both in New York and in the various conferences throughout the country.
We share with the Woman's Board o Home Missions their representative on
the staff of the New Era Movement, who is thus able to help coordinate the plans
of the New Era Movement and the Woman's Boards.
One of the largest legacies ever left by a woman to a Woman's Board was that
of Mrs. Russell Sage to the New York Women's Board of Foreign Missions. It
will amount to about $1,500,000 a large part of which has been paid. This
gift wa^ not restricted, but in accordance with the expressed wish of Mrs. Sage
the buildings erected from this fund will be known as Sage Memorial Buildings.
Some of this money has already been sent to the field, and letters are coming in
telUng of the plan for erecting these as well as the Jubilee buildings, and express-
ing the joy which the gifts have brought.
The Woman's Board, in former years, published in their Annual Report a
summary of the work of the women missionaries and the stations in which they
were interested. It will no longer do this, because manifestly the Report of the
Assembly's Board covers the work of the women as well as the men. It is hoped
that this will tend to a fuller realization of the unity of the whole work. As
the report of the Assembly's Board is sent to all pastors, it will be possible for
the women, by consulting this report, to review the entire work of Presbyterian
women. The achievements of the first year of woman's work, under the new
plan, have abundantly vindicated its organization. They have brought to the
work wisdom in counsel, enthusiasm in service, and a deepening of the spiritual
MARGARET E. HODGE, President.
Treasurer's Report.
The total receipts and credits of the Board of Foreign Missions, for the year
ending March 31, 1920, amounted to $4,633,534.70. The Board closed its books
with a surplus of $267,649.85. The Board disbursed for the work committed
to it by the Church $4,365,884.85. The deficit carried over from the war years
of $389,529.58 was reduced to $112,879.73.
The total receipts for the year 1920-21 as compared with the year 1919-20
will be seen in the following table :
Churches.
WOMBN B BOABDS.
Sabbath- ; Legacies. • Individuals,
Bohools. 1 etc.
Women's So-
cieties, Indi-
vidual Gifts,
Legacies, etc.
Y. P. S. C. E.
and other Y.
P. Organiza-
tions.
Total.
1921....
1920....
$2,074,959.72
1,900,530.92
$233,813.59' $139,500.00 $303,661.32
183.099.54: 13 1,610.99 1 397,808.74
$1,654,540.37
782,431.44
$27,158.16' $4,438,633.16
47,800.65, 3,443,282.28
Increase
Decrease
174,428.80
55,714.05! 7,889.011
j 94,147.42
872,108.93
20,642.49
993,350.88
This table shows contributions made not only for the regular budget of the
Board, but for special objects, mostly new property. The securities owned by
the Board, held to secure its various funds, amount to $4,280,500.69.
Held to secure the Permanent Endowment Funds amounting to $2,435,814 39
Special Endowment Funds 1,108,293 48
Special Gift Agreements 727,855 65
Evangelistic Expansion Fund 8,537 17
A total of $4,280, 500 69
A.D. 1921.] woman's board of foreign missions. 313
The total cost of administration in tho Home OfTice was $300,077.13, or
including the Board's proportion of the cost of the New Era Movement, 8
per cent, of the total receipts of the year.
Income.
Receipts from Donations:
Churches $2,074,959 72
Sabbath-schools 238,813 59
Women's Boards 1, 654,540 37
Young People's Societies 27,158 16
Total from four sources $3,993,471 84
Individuals 303,561 32
Leffacies/0''^"^^''y $139, 500 00
^^S*^^®^\Kennedy Expansion Fund 75,000 00
214,500 99
Total Donations $4,513,633 16
Other Credits:
Income from Securities and Cash Deposits $224,993 86
Less Int. on Special Gift Agreements ..$37,791 10
Less Int. on Special Endowment Funds 49 , 095 40
86,856 50
Net Income $138, 107 06
Balance of Unused Mission Field Receipts
Field Savings 6,422 36
Profits from operating Presbyterian Building $7,358 65
Less Reserve for Depreciation 7,258 65
Profits from operating 5 West 20th Street $1,268 17
Exchange 3,286 23
4,554 60
Premium Account... $149, 084 02
Less debit of premium account $6,348 15
Less Net Debit of Adjustments of Other Years 22, 834 33
29, 182 48
Total Other Credits $119,901 54
Total Credits for Year 4,633,534 70
Disbursements.
Class 1. Mis.sionaries' Salaries $1,006,732 24
2. Missionaries' Home Allowance, Travel, etc 549,485 45
3. New Mis.sionaries' Outfit, Travel, etc 160,872 03
4. Evangelistic, Native Workers and Itineration 356,641 90
5. Educational 390,636 80
6. Hospitals and Dispensaries „ 90,570 84
7. Property in use, Rents, Repairs, etc 125,453 72
8. Land, Buildings and Equipment 995,471 51
9. Mission Expenses 146,432 80
10. Mission Press 9,600 70
Special Appropriations:
Nile Mi.5sion Pre.ss $10,000 00
War Emergency Exchange, Reserve for Salaries
and Native Work in China and Persia 116,369 00
Conference New Missionary 10,578 99
Orphans of Missionaries 2,008 51
$3,840,898 99
Carried forward $138,956 50 $3,840,898 99
314 BOAKDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
Brought forward $138,956 50 $3,840,898 99
Missionary Educational Movement 500 00
Pennsylvania Medical Missionary Society 300 00
Near East Relief Maps 100 00
Secretarial Visits to Missions 1,172 25
Mountain Rest Endowment 500 00
Past War Conference 5,251 65
146,780 40
Net Cost of Purchasing and Shipping Department 9, 128 33
Disbursements by New York Office 369,077 13
Grand Total of Appropriations $4,365,884 85
Deficit April 1, 1920 $380,679 58
Received during the year 150 00
Net original deficit $380,529 58
Surplus 1920-21 267,649 55
Deficit March 31, 1921 $112,879 73
DWIGHT H. DAY, Treasurer.
V. GENERAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MEMBERS.
Ministers. Laymen.
Class of 1922.
Daniel Russell, D.D., Thomas W. Synnott,
Frederick W. Loetscher, D.D., Ph.D., Craig N. Ligget,
John W. Mclvor, D.D., Holmes Forsyth,
Alfred H. Barr, D.D., A. C. Bigger.
James W. Laughlin, D.D., James C. Egbert, Ph.D.,
Warren H. Landon, D.D., John H. Finley, LL.D., L.H.D.
Class of 1923.
Edwin A. McAlpin, Jr., D.D., James H. Post,
Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., John P. Munn, M.D.,
John A. Macintosh, D.D., Edward B. Hodge, M.D.,
WiUiam P. Finney, D.D., Hon. H. B. F. Macfarland,
John T. Reeve, D.D., Robert Bruce Wallace,
Archibald Cardie, D.D., John M. Coulter, Ph.D.
Class of 1924.
Walter R. Ferris, D.D., James R. Martin,
Charles Lee Reynolds, D.D., ' John A. Murray,
Edgar A. Elmore, D.D., Landreth H. King,
Stephen S. Estey, D.D., Frank B. McMillin,
William H. Hudnut, D.D., S. Spencer Chapman,
Clarence A. Young, D.D., Ph.D. Richard P. Ernst.
OFFICERS.
Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., President.
Thomas W. Synnott, Vice-President.
Edwin A. McAlpin, Jr., D.D., Secretary.
Edgar P. Hill, D.D., LL.D., General Secretary.
Frederick E. Stockwell, D.D., ]
M. Willard Lampe, D.D., Ph.D., ._,..,. Secretaries
WiUiam H. Crothers, D.D., Associate Secretaries.
Rev. Stanton OUnger, Ph.D., J
James E. Clarke, D.D., LL.D., Field Secretary.
Rev. Gilbert Lovell, Field Secretary, Student Department.
Frank N. Riale, D.D., Financial Representative.
Robert Mackenzie, D.D., LL.D., Recording Secretary.
Edward R. Sterrett, Treasurer.
Office: Presbyterian Building, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
A.D. 1921.] GENERAL BOARD OF EDUCATION. 315
Abstract of the Third Annual Repout.
A great sorrow came to the Board and to the Church in the loss of Rev.
Richard C. Hughes, D.D., Secretary in charge of the University Department.
Dr. Hughes became identified with tiie old Board of Education in 1910, coming
to the work from vahiable educational experiences at Ripon College, Wisconsin,
and Tabor College, Iowa. He was a pioneer in the experiment of religious work
under church auspices at university centers. He lived to sec the authorities in
tax-supported educational institutions, instead of assuming an attitude of
apathy, if not opposition, to the student pastors, looking not only with favor
upon these representatives of the Churches, but eagerly welcoming them upon
the campuses. Dr. Hughes passed to his reward, almost without warning,
October 9, 1920, at his home in Chicago.
After several months of careful investigation, the Rev. M. Willard Lampe,
D.D., Ph.D., who had done a conspicuously successful work as student pastor
at the University of Peimsylvania, was elected to succeed Dr. Hughes. \iy
reason of his abilities as a scholar and his experience as an administrator, Dr.
Lampe is peculiarly fitted for the important office to which he has been called.
He will begin his work with the Board June first, and his headquarters will be
in Chicago.
Conference — Lay Workers Training Schools. — One of the most significant con-
ferences of the year was held in New York City, Wednesday, February 2, 1921.
The discussion revealed the fact that new fields of usefulness for lay workers
were being constantly opened and that already the demand for such trained
helpers is far beyond the supply. The Foreign Board reported that manj'
teachers and physicians were needed, all of whom should have at least one year
of Bible training. The Woman's Board of Foreign Missions has 349 lay women
on the field, chiefly physicians, evangelists, nurses, educators and business
women. There is a constant demand for additional lay workers in many lines.
The representatives of the Board of Home Missions stated that large use is
being made of laymen and women in city and immigrant work, as well as in
western fields. The problem of educating these persons is met in various ways.
Graduates of training schools are used, and in New York special courses are
taken at the Teachers' College of Columbia University, where college graduates
are thus enabled to receive the Master's degree. The Board of Publication and
Sabbath School Work reported a widespread and increasingly urgent call for
directors of religious education in local churches. Sunday-sciiool missionaries
and colporteurs need special training. The organized presbyteries voiced their
earnest desire for trained workers in many fields. These workers should be
prepared both with a knowledge of social situations and technical methods as
well as bibhcal training. A professor in the School of Religious Education and
Social Service in Boston University was quoted as saying that within a few years
many thousands of trained directors of religious education will be needed.
The conference revealed the further fact that the Presbyterian training schools
now operating are utterly inadequate to meet the needs of the Church. The
theological seminaries are doing very little along this line. At the dos^ of a day
of illuminating discussion of this whole subject, certain issues came clearly
into the open, which found expression in the following resolutions which were
unanimously adopted :
1. That the Church shall enlist and train her own lay workers;
2. That we record our conviction that there is a growing demand for the
work of the lav workers training schools which should be promptly met;
3. That these training schools should be affiliated with our theological semin-
aries wherever possible;
4. That it is the sen.se of this meeting that the General Board of Education
be requested to investigate this whole subject of the training of lay workers,
and the feasibility of affiliating the training schools with the theological semin-
aries, and report to another meeting which it will call.
University Work. — The rise of American universities is one of the most remark-
able chapters in the history of the world's modorn educational movements.
In 1870 there were but 6,000 students in the universities of this country. Ten
years later the number had increased to 10,000. In 1890 (he student body was
22,000. Today there are 150,000 young men and women in the class-rooms
of our state educational institutions.
316 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
Many thousands of young people from Presbyterian homes are attending
these tax-supported institutions of higher learning. During the past year a
survey was made of 55 of these institutions, and it was discovered that out of
an enrollment of 124,416 there were 17,510 who announced themselves as
Presbyterians, or one in every seven.
The Presbyterian Church is now at work in more than 40 of these university
cen ers. During the past year new work was begun at the following points:
University of Arizona, Tucson; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; Kansas
Agricultural College, Manhattan; University of Kentuckj^, Lex.ngton; Boston
District, Massachusetts; U. S. Naval Military Academy, Annapolis, Md.;
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Oklahoma Agricultural College, Stillwater;
University of Oklahoma, Norman; Uiah Agricultural College, Logan; Colorado
School of Mines, Golden; Universitj^ of Vermont, Burlington; Montana Agri-
cultural College, Bozeman.
College Work. — In some of the colleges new men have taken charge. In Iowa
Rev. A. M. Boyd, Ph.D., has become president of Buena Vista College at Storm
Lake; Dr. H. M. Gage has become president of Coe College at Cedar Rapids,
coming from Huron College. Dr. H. M. Moore has recently been elected presi-
dent of Lake Forest College in Illinois; Professor Frederick Torrey, a graduate
of Princeton University, has been made head of West Nottingham Academy,
which for a century has been a Presbyterian school in Maryland. Cumberland
University at Lebanon, Tennessee; Carroll College at Waukesha, Wisconsin;
Huron College of i~-outh Dakota; Occidental College at Los Angeles, and Whit-
worth College at Spokane are without permanent leaders, though they are being
ably managed temporarily by other college officers. Oswego and Highland
Colleges in Kansas have ceased to be recommended by Synod for cooperation
• n the part of the Board, and Oswego College has closed. In New York State,
Hamilton College has been unanimously recommended by the Synod for coopera-
tion on the part of the Board, and therefore Hamilton is enrolled in that group
of institutions with which the Board cooperates because of their connection
with the Presbyterian Church through their history and traditions, Washington
and Jefferson College and Park College being conspicuous members of this same
group.
Two years ago, at the meeting of the General Assembly held in St. Louis, a
movement was launched for the purpose of securing $35,000, *00 to equip
adequately our colleges and the work at our university centers. Seven million
dollars a year was to be the objective. Of tliis amount the colleges wer > to
raise .? 5,000,000 a year and $2,000,000 was to be secured thr ugh the New Era
Movement. A group of seventeen colleges was selected by the Board for the
first year, and to these institutions tentative appropriations from the New Era
Fund were made on condition that the colleges raise amoimts aggregating five
million dollars by March 31, 1921. The time limit for this group of olleges
has now expired. In spite of unparalleled financial difficulties, these seventeen
institutions report that they have secured pledges to the amount of over .$5,000-
000. This seems almost incredible. The work has been done so quietly that the
Church at large has scarcely known what has been going on. It is a malter of
regret that the amount expected through the New Era Movement has fallen
so far short. But it is a matter of gratitude to God that under the stimulus f
the plan so very large an amount has been added to the assets of our educational
institutions.
Student De/partment — lAfe Work Supper Conferences. — It is particularly neces-
sary that those boys who have qualities for leadership should have the proper
attitude toward a life work choice. For this reason the Board has continued to
promote the evening life work supper conferences with selected boys to consider
this subject. The bo\s are guests of the church and are accompanied by their
pastors and elders. They appreciate being taken seriously in this their most
perplexing problem. Since these conferences were inaugurated, choice boys
have been found in college and seminary preparing for the ministry, who ascribe
their firs*^ impulse toward the ministry to one of these occasions. In forty cities
such conferences have already been held. Six cities have repeated the plan and
others are preparing to do so. Some time ago one of these conferences was held
in Oakland, California. This year, in January, the . tudents of the theological
seminary at San Anselmo entertained 55 selected high school boys over the week-
A.D. 1921.] GENERAL BOARD OP EDUCATION. 317
end at the seminary, showin^i th?m a royal good time and planting in their minis
serious thoughts regarding the ministry and othor Christ i.in life service.
College VisitaiioJi. — In 29 colleges of the Church the customary evangelistic
and life work meetings were held, cliiefly ii\ February, the Assemlily's Permanent
Committee on Evangelism cooperating as heretofore. In Maryville 108 students
gave themselves to Christ. In the Asheville schools 39 young people made a
similar decision; in the College of the Ozarks, 12; at Carroll, 7; Jamestown, 19;
at Westminster, 15.
Student Field Secretary. — Since Decemlier 1, 1920, the Rev. Gilbert Lovell,
for fifteen years in educati ^nal work in China under the Fon'ign Hoard, has been
at work with our Student Department, visiting colleges and universities, counsel-
ing with students about their personal problems and their life service. Mr.
Lovell has proved himself most acceptable and efficient in this work. He is
giving several months' intensive help at Lafayette College, and to his tact and
spiritual power has been ascribed much of the success of the three days' campaign
of Mr. herwood Eddy in that institution.
Students' Rotary Loan Fund. — In spite of the publicity given to it, the Church
is only graduallj' becoming aware of the Board's new policy of aid in the form of
loans to needy and worth}' Presbyterian students, apart from any promises
as to the forms of their life service. Knowing that for almost a century direct
aid to students was confined entirely to those preparing for the ministry, mem-
bers of the church are now learning with pleasurable surprise of the wider service
extended to struggling students.
The rules, as approved bj^ the last Assembly, permit loans of as much as
S200 in any one year to needy and worthy Presbyterian college and graduate
students, who are endorsed by their church sessions as giving promise of Chris-
tian usefulness. A maximum of $500 may be owing to the Fund by any student
at a given time. Interest may be remitted on all payments of principal made
within two years of graduation. Printed copies of the rules may be had from
the Board.
There have been 77 students who have this year received loans averaging
$165.35; a total of 92 loans since the Fund was inaugurated.
ScHOLAESHip Aid. — During the year, 10 students who have been preparing
for mission service other than medical or ministerial have been aided, with the
approval of a mission board, in the average sum of $142.50. Of these 6 were
young women. The Church does not yet fully realize that a young woman
who is preparing for mission service, so far as aid is concerned, is placed on
a par with her brother who is preparing for the ministry. There have been
nineteen young women attending Presbyterian training schools for Christian
workers who have been aided, in the average sum of $119.73. There have
been 27 students preparing for medical missions, 3 of them young women,
who have received an average of $231.72. There have been 530 young men
preparing for the ministry, who have received an average of $132.29; 151 of
these are new men.
The Finance Department. — The policy of coiiperating with the colleges
is a new feature of the Board's work in relation to the colleges. The wisdom
and value of it are proved by the following results. During the year the
Finance Department has cooperated in one way or another with 29 colleges;
10 of this number are in the 1920-21 group. The remaining are distributed
through the groups that are to participate in the challenge funds of the re-
maining years of the New Era period as appointed by past Assemblies. The
total amount raised as reported by the colleges with which the Finance De-
partment has cooperated and which have conducted campaigns this year, is
more than $5,000,000.
Gifts of the Year. — We record with gratitude receipts from churches for
the year, amounting to $014,700.06, and showing an increase of $155,443.83
above the amount received from churches last year. An examination of the
records reveals the gratiyfing fact that an unusually large proportion of this
amount has been received undesignated, the increase in this amount, as com-
pared with last year, being $157,010.37. The individual gifts and legacies
sent to colleges and reported to the Board were $2,353,180.39.
A summary of the Treasurer's report follows.
Respectfully submitted for the Board,
Edgar P, Hill, General Secretary.
318 BOAEDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
TREASURER'S REPORT
From Churches $604,835.63
From Sabbath Schools 7,528.20
From Societies 2,336.23
From Individuals* 2,227,664.67
$2,842,364.73
From Interest and Legacies** 396,155.67
From Miscellaneous 96,926.83
Cash Balance April 1, 1920 235,970.07
$3,571,417.30
Disbursements.
For College Work $176,666.05
For University Work 48,384.71
For Student Work 87,547.64
Designated for Institutions and Individuals 2,527,486.60
For Investments 144,934.58
For Administ ation 77,311.21
For Miscellaneous 99,920.08
$3,162,250.87
Cash Balance on hand April 1, 1921 409,166.43
$3,571,417,30
* Of this amount $2,185,316.77 was received directly by institutions, and
was reported to the Board.
** Of this amount $167,863.62 was received directly by institutions from
legacies, and was reported to the Board.
Edward R. Sterrett, Treasurer.
*VI. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Members.
Ministers. Laymen.
Class of 1922:
Alfred H. Barr, D.D., Charles T. Evans,
Edwin A. McAlpin, Jr., D.D., Evan G. Chandlee,
Edgar A. Elmore, D.D., Burton E. Kipp,
John Grant Newman, D.D., WiUiam G. Moore,
Wilson A. Streeter.
Class of 1923:
James M. Hubbert, D.D., S. Spencer Chapman,
William P. Finney, D.D., George W. Warren, D.D.S.,
F. W. Loetscher, Ph.D., D.D., Craig N. Ligget,
Charles L. Reynolds, D.D., William H. Hensel,
Edwin M. Wilson.
Classs of 1924.
Alexander MacColl, D.D., William R. Nicholson,
Hugh T. Kerr, D.D., James L. Wilson,
Wm. H. Hudnut, D.D., Thomas L. Latta,
J. C. B. Mackie, Edward B. Hodge, Jr., M.D.,
H. H. Seldomridge.
Officers.
William P. Finney, D.D., President.
S. Spencer Chapman, Vice-President.
Edgar P. Hill, D.D., LL.D., Secretary.
Edward R. Sterrett, Treasurer and Recording Secretary.
Office : Presbyterian Building, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
♦Existing as a holding corporation only.
A.D. 1921.] BOARD OF PUBLICATION AND S. S. WORK. 319
* VII. THE COLLEGE BOARD.
Members.
Ministers. Laymen.
Class of 1922:
A. H. Barr, D.D., Hon. II. B. F. Maofarland,
Wm. Chalmers Covert, D.D., Frank B. McMillin,
John P. Munn, M.D.,
John A. Murray,
John R. Russel.
Class of 1923:
William H. Hudnut, D.D., Sidney F. Andrews,
John A. Macintosh, D.D., Holmes Forsyth,
Charles Lee Reynolds, D.D., Landreth H. King,
Daniel Russell, D.D., James H. Post,
Thomas W. Synnott.
Class of 1924:
Walter R. Ferris, D.D., James R. Martin,
Edwin A. McAlpin, Jr., D.D., John H. Finley, LL.D., L.H.D.,
John R. Maokay, D.D., John R. Rush,
John W. Maclvor, D.D., George C. Sprague, Ph.D..
John F. Wild.
OFFICERS.
Edwin A. McAlpin, Jr., D.D., President.
Daniel Russell, D.D., Vice-President.
Edgar P. Hill, D.D., LL.D., Secretary.
Robert Mackenzie. D.D., LL.D., Recording Secretary.
Edward R. Sterrett, Treasurer.
Charles Lee Reynolds, D.D., Clerk.
Office: Presbyterian Building, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
VIII. THE BOARD of PUBLICATION and SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
Members of the Board.
Ministers. Laymen.
Term expires in June, 1921:
W. Courtland Robinson, D.D., Thomas W. Synnott,
George H. Hemingway, D.D., George Hale, M.D.,
RajTnond H. Gage, D.D., Thomas R. Patton,
Dayton A. Dobbs, D.D., George R. Russell,
William P. Armstrong, D.D., J. Bird Moyer, Ph.D.
Term expires in June, 1922:
Louis F. Benson, D.D., Franklin L. Sheppard,
Rev. Edmund G. Rawson, John H. DeWitt,
Rev. W. L. Wheeler, William H. Castle,
Matthew J. Hyndman, D.D., B. K. Wilbur. M.D.
John B. Rendall, D.D., John C. McKinney.
Term expires in June, 1923:
Rev. P'rank Lukens, C. T. Kirkpatrick,
John B. Laird, D.D., Roland M. Eavenson,
Rev. James Ramsay Swain, C. H. Ruhl,
George H. Mack, D.D., H. M. Voorhees.
WiUiam Porter Lee, D.D., Edward F. Hitchcock.
♦ Existing aa a holding corporation only.
320 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
OFFICERS.
Franklin L. Sheppard, President.
Louis F. Benson, D.D., Vice-President.
Harold McA. Robinson, D.D., Secretary.
Alexander Henry, D.D., AsHdant to the Secretary.
Marshall S. Collingwood, Treasurer.
Frank M. Braselmann, Business Manager.
John T. Faris, D.D., Editor.
John M. Somerndike, Superintendent of Missions.
Henry F. Scheetz, Manufacturer.
TRUSTEES.
For the Term ending June, 1921:
B. K. Wilbur, M.D., George Hale, M.D.,
John B. Laird, D.D.
For the Term ending June, 1922:
Thomas W. Synnott, Vice-President, Thomas R. Patton, Secretary,
Roland M. Eavenson.
For the Term ending June, 1923:
Franklin L. Sheppard, President, C. H. Ruhl,
J. Bird Moyer, Ph.D.
Marshall S. ColUngwood, Treasurer.
Abstract of the Eighty-third Annual Report.
Educational Staff. — During the year the Board has made the following changes
in the personnel of its Educational Staff: Rev. Calvin W. Laufer has been
transferred from the office of Director of Week-Day Religious Instruction to
become Special Field Representative, in charge of the Board's program of
missionary education in its own behalf. Rev. Walter Albion Squires has
become Director of Week-Day Religious Instruction. Miss Helen E. McKinney
has been promoted to membership on the Staff as Assistant for Young People's
Work. Mrs. Mary S. Harney has become Director of Girls' Work, succeeding
Miss Rebecca I. Hughes, who resigned after a few months of useful service
to resume her public-school connection.
Field Representatives. — All the field representatives of the Board, whether
synodical or presbyterial, are charged with the responsibility of promoting
the whole program of the Board. The field representatives for religious educa-
tion and the children's division representatives are appointed upon the recom-
mendation of the synodical committees and confirmed by the synods. They
work directly under the supervision of the synods through the synodical com-
mittees. The presbyterial directors of religious education, the Sunday-school
missionaries, and the colporteur missionaries are appointed upon the recom-
mendation of the presVjj'terial committees and confirmed by the presbyteries.
They work directly under the supervision of the presbyteries through the
presbyterial committees.
Staff Conferences. — During the year, five-day conferences for the training
of the Sunday-school missionaries in the whole educational program of the
Board have been held. A conference of the field representatives for religious
education, with the Educational Staff, the children's division representatives
and district superintendents under the Missionary Department being included
was held, in which the whole educational program of the Board was developed
and methods of promotion in the field considered. Representatives of the
Department of Missionary Education of the New Era Movement, of the
Board of Home Missions, and the Women's Board of Home Missions were
present.
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The Adi'isnr;/ Cninmitlcc. — Although very dcsiral)I(>, it was not possible to
hold (hiring tlio year a conforonco of the Advisory C'oininittee authorized by
the CJeneral Asseinl)ly, composed of the cliainneu of the Board's synodical
comniittocs. Budget conditions forbade it.
The I'tnjied Program of lieligious Ediiealion. — In accordance with the in-
structions of the CUMieral Asseinlily, the Board is working out a coni{)rehensive
system of Christian instruction and tniiniiig for the cliildren and youth. It
has adopted the slogan, "Christian Education Seven Days a Week, in the
Home, in the Indivi(hial Church, and in the Connnunity." The following is
a brief statement of this unified program, as it is at present conceived, together
with indications of the progress made in developing and promoting the program
during the year.
Foreign Speaking Peoples — Periodicals and Literature. — Our Czecho-Slovak
paper, Krcstanske Listy, is a medium of comnumication between the Bohe-
mian churches, besides being a source of inspiration and comfort to many
isolated Bohemian familes. The membership of our Presbyterian Bohemian
churches is about 4,000. Practically all of them are either subscribers or
readers of our paper. About 600 copies weekly are mailed to subscribers in
Czecho-Slovnkia.
Our children's story paper, Besidka, for use in Bohemian Sunclay schools,
continues to be a poi)ular medium through which the work and influence of
the Sunday school are being introduced into the homes. For twelve years
we have been publishing a weekly periodical in the Italian language, L'Era
Nuova, which contains devotional material, the exposition of the Sunday-
school lesson, a young people's page (in English), and news of the activities
of the churches. This paper has a circulation of nearly 3,000 copies per week.
For Hungarians (Magyar) our weekly paper, Rcformatitsok Lapja, which is
published jointly with' the Publication Board of the Reformed Church, has
practically doubled its circulation during the past year. The monthly paper,
Bibliai Tanifo. for Sunday-school teachers and adult pupils, is being discon-
tinued, space being given in the weeklj' paper, Reformatusok Lapja, for the
material on the Sunday-school lessons which it contained. Beginning July 1,
1921. we shall publish a weekly Sunday-school story paper for children of
Hungarian families similar to Besidka. Our weekly paper, Sojnz, for Ruthenians
(Ukrainians) has had a difficult year, due to our inability to obtain an editor.
Nevertheless the paper has been publi.shed regularly throughout the year,
and the Advisory Committee supervising the work is earnestly endeavoring
to enlarge the scope of its influence. The Board continues to share in the cost
of publishing the monthly paper in Polish, Slowa Zywota, for circulation by
our colporteurs. The Yiddish quarterly. The Watchman, has been published
during the j'ear, and widely circulated by our Presbyterian colporteurs and
missionarj' pastors who are engaged in the work of Jewish evangelization.
The present circulation is 9000. Bible picture cards, containing the Sunday,
school lesson (Uniform Series) are published in Spanish, Italian, Bohemian
Hungarian, Ruthenian, and Pohsh to the number of 20,000 per quarter. These
cards are in u-se not only in the United States, but also among the mission
stations in all the Spanish-speaking countries, as well as in Czecho-Slovakia.
Hungary, the Ukraine, and Poland.
For the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist constituency, the Board is financing a
monthly periodical entitled Y Cyfaill (The Friend) for use in the home and
the Sunday school. The circulation is about 1500 copies.
The total number of Biljles, Testaments, and portions of Scripture sold
and given away by the colporteur-missionaries is 1.3,578, besides 15,()88 other
religious books and 419,733 pages (»f tracts, in at least twenty difTcrent languages.
In the performance of their labors these missionaries visited 58,154 familic'!
Religious Education in the Home. — The Board reaffirms its conviction that
religious education in the family ought to occujw the first place in any program
of religious education and that such a program must be broadly conceived
not only to include the maintenance of family worship but the cultivation of
a thoroughly Christian atmo.sphere in the home and a definite program of
Chri-stian instruction and training. All the field representatives have actively
promoted the Board's program during the year in j)ublic addresses, conferences,
institutes, and personal interviews with pastors and church leaders. The
Sunday-school mi.ssionaries have directly visited 145,000 familes in the interests
of religion in the home.
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322 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
Organizing the Individual Church for Religious Education. — -Bulletin No. 2,
which contains the Board's plans for a Council of Religious Education in the
individual church, has been revised so as to adapt it to the use of sessions
whose ultimate responsibility for religious education in the individual church
has been emphatically affirmed by the General Assembly.
The Sunday School. — -The statistics, whi 'h cannot yet be accurately sum-
marized for the year, seem to indicate that the Sunday-school has recovered
the losses sustained during the World War, and a new interest is being mani-
fested in its purposes and importance. It is a well-known fact that 12,000,000
Protestant boys and girls of school age, six to eighteen, are not even enrolled
in the Sunday-school. During the past year 1902 communities have been visited
for the first time by the Sunday-school missionaries. As a result of these
efforts, Sunday schools have been organized in 84-3 localities and 329 Sunday
schools have been revived. Into these schools 34,092 children and young
people have been gathered and 3703 men and women have been enlisted as
officers and teachers. The Sunday-school missionaries have under their foster-
ing care 2848 mission Sunday schools not attached to any church, in which
there are 12,058 officers and teachers and 102,193 pupils. These schools have
no pastoral care other than is given by the Sunday-school missionary. In
])ractically every case the Sunday school stands as the only Christian organiza-
tion in the community.
Frequent visitation of Sunday schools by the missionaries is necessary for
encouragement and practical assistance. During the year 5540 Sunday schools
have thus been visited. Conferences are held with the officers and teachers,
and plans are made for the advancement of the work. The Sunday-school
missionaries have organized 292 Cradle Ilolls, 302 Home Departments, 181
teacher-training classes, 91 Bible classes for adults, and 110 classes for young
people. Institutes have been held in 473 localities and 85 Young People's
Societies have been organized.
The Board renders practical aid to many Sunday schools in the form of
grants of Sunday-school literature, more than 2100 schools having received
such donations during the past year, including libraries, hymnals, Bibles, and
other Sunday-school equipment. Grants of hymnals and other publications
of the Board have been made also to mission churches, pastors, and to home
and foreign missionaries. The total value of such grants, consisting of 9584
volumes and 15,575,840 pages of tracts and periodicals is .123,817.39.
Week Day Schools for Reliqinun Education. — Absolutely accurate statistics
concerning Daily Vacation Bible Schools are not available. Knowledge is
had of at least 500 schools with a gross enrollment of more than 50,000 children.
This includes schools conducted for a shorter period of time than the standard
five weeks. A three-year curriculum for the Daily Vacation Bible Schools
has been jjrovidcd. The number of communities carrying on week-day religious
instruction has increased by two hundred per cent, during the past year. Before
the opening of the present school year (1920-1921) there were no week-day church
schools west of Northfield, Minnesota, or south of Louisville, Kentucky. Dur-
ing the year the movement entered the South and W st, schools having been
started in the following states which had none before: Tennessee, West Virginia,
Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, California, Montana, Arkansas, North Dakota,
and Iowa. Over fifty communities now have well-established week-day church-
school systems.
Training a Leadership in Religious Education. The Board has far-reaching
plans for training a leadership in religious education. Such of these plans
as involve cooperation with training schools, colleges, and seminaries have
had to be held in abeyance owing to the financial situation. The summer
conference is a one-week training school for developing Christian leaders.
Every conference has been a recruiting ground for the Christian ministry,
missions, and other phases of full-time work for the Church, and at the same
time a training school for those volunteer leaders so essential to our church
life, the Sunday-school officer and teacher, leaders of religious education and
young people's organizations in the church. Winter Institutes are in many
respects the extension work of the summer conferences. The program, generally
extending over four or five consecutive evenings, includes study classes, dis-
cussion groups, and inspirational addresses. As a means of providing special
training f r those mature persons who are already carrying leadership re-
sponsibility in educational work in the individual church, the Educational
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Staff has conducted conferences of a distinct type, usually calling them "Schools
of Method in Religious Edueation." These schools run from three to five
evenings and are best suited t(j the larger towns or comi):ict communities
where several Presbyterian churches may be represented without the necessity
of providing lodging. Tiie program aims to present religious education as a
major function ol the whole church and to cover in its class work the soundest
anil most fruitful methods in all phases of religious education: in the family,
in the Sunday school and its gradt-d departments, in the expressional and mis-
siduary organizations, in vacation and wcek-day schools of religion. Tlu!
results reported from the Schools of Method held the past year call for a wider"
use of this type of leadership training during the coming year.
Business Department.
The Board has never in its history been able to report so large an increase
in liusino.ss, and the only reason we arc not able to declare commensurate net
profits is that we have con.-^istently refraincil from advancing the selling prices
of our supplies beyond what would take care of the actual iiicnia.se in the cost
of manufacture. The sales of the year amount to .$l,8.'i7,;i33.74. This repre-
.sent,s an increase in sales of 15371, .527. 4.5, or slightly more than twenty-five
l)er cent over the figures of last year. A large part of this is attributable to
the higher selling prices which now prevail, but there is sufficient margin re-
maining to indicate a satisfactory growth in actual l)usiness.
The net profits for the year, after deducting ten per cent from the book
inventorv, so as to jirovide a necessarv reserve in the coming vear f)f falling
values, are $58,364.80. One half of this amount, or .'§29, 182.90, will accrue
to the business capital, which, at the beginning of the yeiir, was .$597,273.02,
ni:iking the present capital .§626,456.52. The remaining half will be transfern^d
to the Missionary and PMucation P^und, by which the missionary and edu-
cational work of the Board is maintained.
The Hymnals. — The hymnal business of the Board is always one of great
interest. Of the $144,731.51 sales of the Board's own publications, forty
per cent, or $58,602.00, is represented by the various hymnals jjublished by
the board. These have been adopted in 9,128 churches, and 1,253,679 copies
liave been .sold.
Periodicals. — Our total periodical business last year amounted to $1,045,-
393. ()3, and the steadily increasing circulation list attests the appreciation
of the Church at large.
Dislribulion. — The publications of the Board are distributed through the
main headquarters, at Philadelphia, and also through the branch hou.ses,
designated as depositories, located at imptjrtant centers tln-oiighoiit the
country.
Balance Sheet of the Presbyterian Board of PunLiCATioN and Sabbath-
school Work, March 31, 1921.
Assets.
Cash, viz.:
Of the Business Department $145, 132 75
Of the Missionary and Educational Fund 26,791 55
^ $118,341 20
Accounts Receivable, viz.:
Business Department $417,591 41
Presbyterian Reformed Syndicate 57,695 14
Missionary and Educational Fund ("Chris-
tian Educator") 1,867 13
477,151 68
Merchandise. in,z.:
At Philadelphia $243,418 78
At New York Depo.sitory 37,796 09
At Chicago Depository .55,285 06
At Cincinnati Depository 14,449 45
At Nashville Depository 24,646 27
At St. Louis Depository 25,713 72
At San Francisco Depository 39,935 65
At Atlanta Depo.sitory 1,280 17
442.525 19
Carried forward $1,038,018 07
324 BOARDS AND PERMANENT? COMMITTEES. [May,
Brought forward $1,038,018 07
Periodicals— Stock on hand 148,235 73
Stereotype and Electrotype Plates 11,027 47
Missionary and Educational Fund 26,791 55
Total $1,224,074 8^
Liabilities.
Accounts Payable, viz.:
Business Department $86,07o 74
Pres.-Reformed Syndicate 17,200 00
Trustees, P. B. P. & 8. S. W.— Loan 222,600 00
Periodicals— Due on Unfilled Subscriptions $118,432 93
Periodicals— Reserve 80,475 22
Inventory Reserve — Books and S. S. Supplies.. 44,252 51
Profits reserved for Missionary and Educational
Fund 29, 182 40
$325,275 74
$272,343 06
Total $597,618 80
Capital.
Capital, April 1, 1920 $597,273 62
One-half profit of Business Department for year
ended March 31, 1921 29,182 40
626,456 02
Total $1,224,074 82
Business Department — Summarized Statement.*
M. S. CoLLiNGWooD, Treasurer , in account with the Presbyterian Board of Publica-
tion and Sabbath-school Work (Business Department) .
Debit.
April 1,1920. Balance, cash on hand this date $66,133 28
March 31, 1920. To cash received to date, inclusive as per
itemized statement (1) following 1,966,382 29
Credit. $2,032,515 57
March 31, 1921. By cash expended to date, inclusive, as per
itemized statement (II) following 1,887,382 82
March 31, 1921, Balance, cash on hand this date $145, 132 75
Sabbath-school and Missionary Department and Educational Staff —
Summarized Statement.*
M. S. Collingwood, Treasurer, in account with the Presbyterian Board of Publica-
tion and Sabbath-school Work {Sabbath-school and Missionary Department and
Educational Staff).
Debit.
April 1,1920. Balance this date $48,054 26
March 31, 1921. To cash received to date, inclusive, as per
itemized statement (I) following 456,765 53
Credit. $504,819 79
March'31, 1921. By cash expended to date, inclusive, as per
itemized statement (II) following 531,611 34
March 31, 1921. Balance, cash on hand this date $26,791 55
* See Reports of the Boards for details.
A.D. 1921.] BOARD OP PUBLICATION AND S. S. WORK. 325
Balxnce Sheet op thk Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of Publica-
tion AND Sabbath-scho )l Work, Mahcu 31, 1921.
Cash: Assets.
Balance this date $23,974 Sfj
Investments— Mortgages, etc 100,000 00
Investments — Stocks, Bonds, etc 387,377 75
Business Department, P. B. P. Loan '^22, 000 00
Witherspoon Building (real estate, furniture and
fixtures) $1,080,912 82
Insurance Premium Account 5,283 53
1,080,190 35
Presbvterian Building, Nashville, Tenn.:
Real Estate $107,700 00
Insurance Premium Account 1,889 70
Accumulated deficit from operation... 30,059 83
140,249 53
Premises, 420 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio:
Equity 8,329 45
Premises 251-253 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.:
Real Estate $00, 996 85
Insurance Premium Account 1,079 24
02, 076 0!»
Penna. Co., etc., Annuity advanced 3,865 06
Total $2^034^69 68
Liabilities.
Contributions Subject to Annuities:
Witherspoon Buildin Bonds $159, .500 00
Presbyterian Building, Nashville, Bonds .54,500 00
General Annuity Agreements 78,850 00
$292,850 00
Witherspoon Building:
Contingent Fund for Improvements $54,393 07
Reserved for taxes 30,975 00
85,368 07
Humble Memorial Fund 689 88
Iowa Synodical S. S. Missionary Fund 32,465 94
Missionary Fund, Income Reserved 37,813 23
(iiiard National Bank Lo'.n 100,000 00
Trustees, P. B. P. & S. S. W., Principal in Trust 1,485,482 .50
Total $2,034,009 68
Summarized Statement.*
M. S. CoLLiNGWooD, Treasurer, in account with the Trustees of the Presbyterian
Board of Publication and Sabbath-school Work.
Debit.
April 1,1920. Balance, cash on hand this date $72,405 71
March 31, 1921. To cash received during the year as per
itemized statement (Ij following 507,. 580 13
Credit. $031), 985 84
March 31, 1921. By cash expended during the year as per
itemized statement (II) following 610.010 9!)
March 31, 1921. Balance, cash on hand this date $23,974 85
Philadelphia, April 1, 19J1. M. S. COLLINGWOOD, Treasurer.
Respectfully submit ted,5
HAROLD McA. ROBINSON, Sv ■velar y.
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and collecting Board's Budget paid to the New Era Movement, $17,481. Repay-
ment by churches on interest-bearing Loans, and interest from Board's invested
funds, sales of property, and receipts from all other sources together with the
amount received on the Budget, gave the Board resources of $815,131.
In behalf of the Board,
DAVID G. WYLIE, General Secretary.
IX CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF MISSIONS
AND CHURCH ERECTION.
Members of the Board.
Terms Expire 1922.
Mr. John C. Cobb, Mr. Isaac H. Orr,
Mr. W. J. Edwards.
Terms Expire 1923.
Rev. Edward B. Surface, D.D., Mr. Thomas H. Cobbs.
Terms Expire 1924.
Rev. Charles E. Hayes, D.D., Rev. E. E. Morris, D.D.
Seventy-fifth Annual Report.
The Board has chosen, subject to the Assembly's approval, Rev. Chas. E.
Hayes. D.D., and Rev. E. E. Morris, D.D., of the Synod of Arkansas, to suc-
ceed themselves in the office as corporate members until 1924.
The Board has no active functions other than collect ing outstanding loans
due the Church Erection Fund and settling estates. No collections have been
made smce the last report and no estates settled.
Mr. J. M. Patterson, of St. Louis, has continued in office as Corresponding
Secretary, rendering the service without pay.
A.D. 1921.] RELIEF AND SUSTENTATION. 339
X. THE rilESBYTERlAN liOAKD OF MINISTERIAL RELIEF AND
SUSTENTATION.
Abstuact of Annual Repout.
Terms expiring May, 1922.
Mr. William Allen Rrown, Rev. Charles L. Candee, D.D.,
Orniond liambo, Esq., Mr. William L. Austin.
Terms e.xpiring May, 1923.
Rev. Manius A. Brownson, D.D., Rev. (ieorge I'raneis Greene, D.D.,
Mr. J. Willisou Smith, Mr. Samuel F. Irwin.
Terms expiring May, 1924.
Rev. Andrew Mutch, D.D., Rev. .1. Ritchie Smith, D.D.,
Mr. Richard H. Wallace, Mr. William Thomson.
OFFICERS.
Rev. Geouge Francis Greene, D.D., President.
Ormond Rambo, Esq., Vice-President.
Rev. Henry B. Master, D.D., General Secretary.
Rev. Robert Hunter, D.D., Associate Secretary.
Rev. William S. Holt, D.D., LL.D., Associate Secretary.
Rev. W. W. Heberton, D.D., Treasurer.
Miss F. Josephine Frame, Assistant Treasurer.
Mr. George A. Huggins, Actuary of the Suslentation Fund.
field representatives.
The Board employs six representatives who give their entire time for raising
money. They are:
Rev. Alfred Fowler, Rev. C. H. Miller,
Rev. Peter McEwen, Rev. John McEwen,
Rev. J. C. Templeton, Rev. II. M. Gilbert.
relief department.
Annuitants. — There were 1805 annuitants on the roll: G99 ministers, 974
widows, 64 orphan families, and 68 commissioned lay missionaries.
Paid to Beneficiaries (including our four Home families and patients in the
Ministers' Memorial Cottage), a total of $532,684.64.
resolutions.
1. That the Minutes of the Board and the audited report of the Treasurer
be approved.
2. That th'j action of the General A.ssembly of 1912 be reaflirmed, requesting
the B(jard to rai.se for endowment and re.serve the sum of $10,000,000, and we
heartily approve of the plan of the Board to pros cute this tas c vigorously until
the full amount is obtained.
3. That the General Assembly direct the Executive Commission to include
in the Budget for 1922-3 an item of $700,000 (instead of $1,000,000 asked for
by the Board in its printed report), for the Reserve Fund of the Sustentation
Department, this to be in addition to such increase of endowment as the Board
may be able to secure in accordance with the previous action of the Assembly.
Resolution No. 3 was referred to the I']xecutive Commission, which Corii-
mis.sion reported tlie following recommendation which was adopted by the
General As.«embly: "With reference to the resolution in the report of the stand-
ing comrnittce on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation, referred to the Executive
Commission for consideration and report to this A.sseml)ly, the Executive Com-
mission would recommend that the Assembly direct the Executive Commission
340 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
to do its utmost, with the interests of all the Boards and Agencies in mind, to
place in the 1922-3 Budget the \vhole of the $700,000 asked by the Board of
Ministerial Relief and Sustentation for the reserve fund of its Sustentation
Department.
4. That the General Assembly api)rove of the Board's suggestion that $600
represent the maximum to be allowed to Honor Roll men, so long as, in the
judgment of the Board, its resources will so warrant.
5. That the General Assembly ajiprove of the Board's proposal to pay for
he ensuing year 100% of the annuity in the Sustentation Department.
(). That the Board be directed to i)lace in its Budget for the year 1922-3 an
amf)unt suflicient to maintain the level of the payments to annuitants in the
Relief Department during the year at, or above, the level of the payments
during 1921-2.
7. That the General Assembly recommend the prosecution of an immediate
and vigorous campaign to secure the $300,000 necessary to build, equip and
maintain a hospital and sanitorium where cases, otherwise eligible for admission
to the Homes, but barred on account of the condition of health, may be received
and cared for.
8. That the General Assembly urge all churches, Presbyteries and Synods to
make it possible for representatives of the Board to present the work and a.sk
for subscriptions for the permanent and reserve funds as hitherto.
9. That the following persons, whose term of office expires at this meeting
of the Assembly, be re-elected, namely:
Rev. Andrew Mutch, D.D., Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Rev. J. Ritchie Smith, D.D., Princeton, N. J.
Mr. Richard H. Wallace, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. William Thomson, New York City.
10. That tlie General Assembly call the attention of the eldership of the
church to the urgency of the work of this Board, and recommend that they use
their utmost efforts in their own churches and Presbyteries to promote its
interests.
11. That the General Assembly endorse the Board's custom of asking all
Pastors to devote a Sunday, preferably the last in September, to a consideration
of the work of this Board.
12. That members of the Sustentation Dejmrtment in the 70-year class who
are eligible to membership in the 65-year class, he granted the privilege of
transferring, before March 31, 1922, to the 65-year class, paying thereafter the
dues as of their attained ages at the date of transfer, but having credited to their
new certificates all accumulations to the credit of the original certificates.
Total Assets and Resources:
Invested Assets $5,687,253 74
Cash in hand, all funds 84,662 52
Outstanding subscriptions 110,493 72
Fixtures 27,982 18
$5,910,392 16
Special Appeals are made to Ladies' Aid Societies and Sunday-schools.
Boxes, to the value of $8,969.87, have been provided for special needs.
Sustentation Department.
Membership — There were 2119 members at the close of the year.
Total Assets and Resources:
Invested Funds $2, 118,312 73
Cash on hand 185,261 41
Bills receivable 691 32
Fixtures 2,500 84
Outstanding subscriptions , 878, 346 65
$3,185,142 95
A.D. 1921.] BOARD OF MISSIONS FOR FREEDMEN. 341
PicNsioNEUS — There are now 181 Pensioners on the Roll: Avilomafie old-aKc
pensions, 41; DisabiHly pensions, 12; Widows' pensions, 1)4; Orphans' i)en-
sions, 4.
Paymknts — The Ass(>inl)ly authorized (he Fund to pay 100 prr rent, of (lie
maxinuini benefits for llie year 19J1 22.
Annuity lioNos — Both Depart nieiils are autliorized to issue Annuity I>ouds.
Please eonsuU. the oflice as (o rates of interest.
(For resolutions adopted by the (Jeneral Assenil)ly, upon reeonmiendations
of the Standing Committee, see j). 103.)
In behalf of the Board,
HENRY B. MASTER, General Serrdarij.
XL BOARD OF MISSIONS FOR FREEDMEN.
MEMUEUS.
Class expires 1922:
Rev. Maitland Alexander-, D.D., Mr. Gcorf^f; B. Loj^an,
Rev. M. M. McDivitt, D.D., .James C. Cray, Esq.,
Mr. Alexander Murdock.
Class expires 1923:
Rev. S. J. Fisher, D.D., Rev. W. L. MeEwan, D.D..
Willis A. Boothe, Esq., Mr. F. G. Monroe,
Mr. .lohn A. Bell.
Cla,ss expires 1924:
Rev. J. M. Duff, D.D., Rev. Robert H. Allen. D.D.,
Rev. Samuel J. Glass, D.D., Mr. Ntwton K. Delavau,
Mr. A. C. Robinson.
OFFICERS.
Rev S. J. Fisher, D. D., President and Puhliciltj Secrelary.
Rev. J. M. Duff, D. D., Vice-President.
Rev. John M. Gaston, D.D., Secrelnry and Treasurer.
W. A. Boothe, Esq., Recording Secretary.
Offices: Bessemer Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Abstract of the Fifty-sixth Annual Report.
We are thankful to be able to say that we have once more, and for the twenty-
first time in annual succession, clo.sed our fiscal year with enough funds on hand
to meet all outstanding tinanrial obligations.
During the past year the annual contriltutions from the churches amounted
to $149,416.82, as compared with $155,30fi.53 the year before, making a decrease
of $5,889.71. This probably is accounted for by t he contributions of the churches
to the Interchurch World Movement undi-rwriting, and relief in China and the
l-ar East, together witli business depression. The contributions from Sunday
Schools direct and through the XA'omen's Dejiartment amounted to .'!;l.o,815.7f),
an increase of .$l,.'jfit)..59. Th(! Young Peojjle's Societies gave us direct, and
through the Women's Department, .$18,0(14. 0(1, an increa.se of .$4,024.43. The
Women's Societies gave us direct, and through the Women's Department,
$1.56,989.74, an increa.se f)f .$31, 183. .53. Undoubtedly, while the women made
this sjjlendid increa.se to their regular work they went the ''.second mile" in their
giving to the various relief funds. We can always depend on the women's doing
their share in the work of the Kingdom. We received interest on invested funds,
amounting to $.53,278.80, an increase of $9,:')9(i.03. From legacies we received
888,089.48, an increase of $45,082.62. From miscellaneous sources we received
342 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
$228,404.49, an increase of $195,225.fj(). Mu(;h of this increase is due to an
annuity gift of $200,000.00 from "a friend of the; Negro." Tlie income of it,
after the death of the donor, is to be u.sed toward tlie endowment of one of the
Board's schools. Thif? friend of the Negro lias previou,sly given to the Board
another annuity gift of .f;20n.000,00, making $400,000.00 in ail. Would that we
had tnany more such friends of the Negro.
iDliring the year, the H. P. Harbison Estate authorized the Board to purchase
two thousand four hundred and two acres of land at Irmo, S. C, to become a
part of the farm homes community establi.shed in connection with the Harbison
Agricultural College, with the proviso that as this land is sold off, in small
tracts of about twenty-five acres each, to worthy colored families, the money
received from the ."^ales in to become a permanent fund for the endowment of
the Harbison (College. The college now has live hundreil acres of land in the
college f.-irm, and al)out three thousand and .six hundred acres in the farm homes
eommuiiity. Special .stress is laid on scientific agriculture at this institution.
Purchaser.? of these farm homes have a good church and well equipped college
in their immediate community. We have thus practically brought together
the Christian home, church and school, the three essential factors in the building
tip of any community in righteousness. Why should not all of our seminaries
and advanced institutions of learning be endowed? If it is necessary to endf)w
ihstitution.g of learning for white people, why should it not be expected that
institutions of learning for colored people can get along without such endowments?
We arc pleased to note that gifts from living sources indicate an enlarged
interest Oh the part of the people in the great causa which we represent. The
hUrnber df Chiir hes that helped us in any one way, either by congregational
Collections or through th? Sunday-sichools or Young People's Societies or through
the Wottien's I^oard (counting each church only once, whether it gave in only
one or in all these ways) was 6,271, a decrease of 740, leaving .3,498 churches
that gave us nothing whatever.
The number of Sunday-schools that contributed to the Board direct was
7.31; the number that gave through the Women's Board, 173, making a total,
this j'ear, of 904, an increase of 68.
The number of Young People's Societies contributing direct to the Board was
2.5, and the number that gave through the Women's Board was 1,609, making a
total of 1,634, an increase of 96.
The number of Women's Societies contributing to our work, through the
Women's Board or direct, was 4,821, an increase of 281.
The amount given to church work by the people o-i the field, including church
buildings, repairs, contingent expen.ses, and ministerial support, as reported to us
by our ministers in their annual reports to the Board, was this year $208,129.10.
The amovmt given, on the field, to our school work by patrons and friends,
as reported to us by our teachers, was .$1.51,467.33.
In addition to this, the churches under our care, which reported to us gave
$18,909.74 to benevolences.
Adding the amounts raised for church and school purposes to the amount
given by these churches for the benevolent agencies of the Church, we have a
sum total pa.ssing through the hands of our ministers, elders and teachers,
directly and indirectly, for their own good in their own communities and for the
good of others in our own land and in other lands, amounting to .$378,506.17.
The Women's Department of our Board is an indispensable adjunct to our
original organization. It began its work some thirty-seven years ago and has
grown in power and influence for good from year to year. With Mrs. W. T.
Larimer as its General Secretary and Mi.ss Roberta C. Barr as its Field Repre-
sentative for the Pacific Coast, it has made itself felt in every part of this broad
land of ours. By their earnestness, energy and tact, they are popularizing a
cause that for many years received scant favor and .support in many parts of
the country. We are glad to say that this has been the banner year for the
Women's Department. The women have exceeded their budget by .$-5,254.06.
Mrs. Larimer's annual report is published in the back of this report and should
be read by everyone in any wiy interested in our work.
About two years ago the Board organized a .Sunday-school Department with
Miss Maud A. Kinniburgh as Secretary. A plan was adopted for selling .shares
in the different church schools, of which there are one hundred and forty-one,
at $2 .00 each, to Sunday-schools. We are pleased to note the interest taken
by the Sunday-schools in this plan. Already we have issued 315 shares, and we
A.D. 1921.] BOARD OF MISSIONS FOR freedmen. 343
hope to enlist tlic interest of ewry Sundny-sehool in this plan. In this way tiic
young people beoonie identitied with a particular mission \)oint from which
they may receive d(!finite information. An engra\''ed certificvito for each share
of stock is i.ssued to the school, upon the recieipt of $2r).()l), and as these schools
are located in thirteen ditTerent southern states, each northern state has one
or more schools assigned to it. Tlie imi)ortance of enlisting tlu; interest of the
young people in this field of missionarj' elTort (umnot be ov(!r stated.
Summary.
Number of Synods (Colored) 4
Number of Presbyteries (Colored) Ifi
Ministers 259
Churches and Missions 448
Added on Examination 2, 139
Added on Certificate 303
WJiole Number of Communicants 20,365
Sundaj- Schools 3f5()
Sunday School Scholars 22,582
Number of Day Sclu)ols 141
Number of Teachers in Day Schools 533
Numl)er of Pupils 18,317
Ministers Who Preach Only 126
Ministers Who Preach and Teach 91
Ministers Who Teach Only 21
Laymen Who Teach 39
Women Who Teach 382
Whole Number of Workers 681
The schools arc classified as follows: 1. Two boarding schools for males only.
2. Five boarding schools for females only. 3. Twenty-one co-educational
boarding schools. 4. One hundred and thirteen church schools.
During the year we have received into our churches on confession of faith
2,139 members, and by certificate 303 members. The services have been well
attended, and the ministers and pcoi)lc are devoted to their tasks.
The schools have increased from 138 to 141, making three new schools. The
numl)er of pupils in the schools during the year has been 18,317, somewhat le.ss
than last year, due to the slump in the cotton market, which made it impossible
for many of the parents to furnLsh the tuition and necessary clothing for their
children to attend school, at the same time several of the schools were so over-
crowded with pupils that many had to be turned away for lack of room in the
dormitories.
The salaries of the ministers at the beginning of the year were incrca.sed ten
per cent., with the provision that the people in the churches would likewise
increase their gifts to the minister not less than ten per cent., in addition to the
increase allowed by the Board. The teacher also substantially received an
increase of ten per cent, from the Board. Even with this inc ease we had great
difficulty in retaining our teachers, as the remuneration offered in other lines
of work was so much greater.
The colored Presbyteries, 16 in number, again enthusiastically took hold of
the New Era Movement and both in their gifts towards local church support
and to the Board made a magnificent increase.
During the year we have completed the erection of the girls' dormitory at
Key.sville, Ga., known as Adams Hall, at a cost of about $25,000.00. It contains
a dining-room in the basement; reading room, music room, and teachers' parlor
on the second floor; and dormitory rooms on the third and fourth floors. Part
of the money for this building was given by a good friend of the cause, the
balance being furnished by the Board. Just when we were congratulating our-
selves on having .secured at lasi all the buildings necessary or this schcjol at
present, the recitation building known as Boggs Memorial Building was burned
to the ground with all its contents, and during the year the cla.sses have been
held in the church building, the basement of the new dormitory, and some of
them in the principal's home. The recitation building which was destroyed by
fire was frame, but the new administration tjuilding to be erected should be of
brick, and will cost about $25,000.00 when completed. The in.surance on this
.building amounted to $8,000.00; we arc therefore hoping and praying that some
344 BOARDB AND TERMANRNT COMMITTEES. [May,
good friend of the cause will give us the other $17,000.00 necessary for the
erection of the new building.
We have also completed during the year the erection of the girls' dormitory
at Arkadelphia, Ark., at a cost of $25,000.00, to be known as the C. W. Black
dormitory. Nearly all of the money for this building was given by a good friend
of the cause. The building contains a dining-room in the Ijasement, some
recitation rooms on the first floor, and dormitory rooms on the second and third
floors. Arkadelphia had long been waiting for this much-needed liuilding, and
the principal writes that everybody in Arkadelphia, both white and colored, are
delighted with this addition to their working equipment.
At Bamberg, 8. C, we erected a new school building, at a cost of about
$5,000.00. This is a large and flourishing day school, which has only been in
existence about two years, known as Frazier Excelsior school; already they have
over 232 pupils in attendance.
At Mary Allen Seminary, Crockett, Texas, a new steam heating system is
tjeing installed in one of the dormitory buildings, at a cost of $5,000.00, the
money having been given by a friend of our work. The barn has been rejjaired
and numerous repairs made to the other buildings of this Institution.
At Selden Institute, Brunswick, Ga., the Board has begun the transformation
of the modest frame boys' dormitory into a twenty-room brick veneer building,
at a cost of $6,750.00.
From the one hundred and forty-one schools and from the four hundred and
forty-eight churches and missions there came up a stream of requests in one way
or another. These requests covered a multitude of items, viz.; new stoves, new
roofs, paint, fences, desks, plumbing, etc., etc.
The Board made grants amounting to $66,435.38 for various repairs and
equipment needed in the schools and for repairs and the building of new churches.
Any one of these requests seems too small to mention, but the keeping up of
four hundred and eighty school buildings means constant repair.
We have a large number of requests on the waiting list for new buildings,
which ought to be granted. Cotton Plant Academy, Cotton Plant, Ark., is in
great need of a combination boys' dormitory and recitation building, the old
one having been destroyed by fire; $20,000 in addition to the insurance money
received will be required for this building.
Biddle University, Charlotte, N. C, lost by fire the theological dormitory,
which also contained the kitchen and dining-room. Two buildings should be
erected at once, a refectory containing the kitchen and dining-room, at a cost
of $15,000, and a brick theological dormitory, at a cost of $30,000. What a
splendid opportunity for some benevolently-disposed man or woman to put
up this dormitory for the theological students. Biddle has a theological d(!part-
ment and there are about forty-five students taking the theological course. We
have a small nucleus of $2,000 toward the erection of this building.
Alice Lee Elliott, at Valliant, Okla., must have a recitation building, which
would cost about $15,000.00. The good wom3n of California are sanding in
contributions toward this object; meanwhile, the principal and his workers are
constantly besieging us to erect the building this summer.
Albion Academy, Franklinton, N. C, some years ago lost their boys' dormitory
by fire and have suffered great inconvenience during the last few years. A
friend of the cause has started a fund for this building, which now amounts to
$8,327.00; it will require $16,673.00 more to complete the building.
At Martinsville, Va., there is urgent need for a school building, which would
cost $6,000.00. This is a day school with about one hundred and forty pupils.
The present school meets in the basement of the church, which has very poor
light and ventilation and is much over-crowded. The members of the church
are willing to purchase a good lot, if the Board will furnish the money for the
building. ,.,,,.
Mary Potter Memorial School, Oxford, N. C, has outgrown the girls dormi-
tory known as Wells Hall, and a wing could be very easily added to this building,
thus increasing the dormitory space and also enlarging the dining-room; $15,000
would accomplish this. This school has had a most remarkable history under
the principaLship of Rev. G. C. Shaw, D.D., who has been in charge for about
twenty-seven years. It is worth noting that the town of Antioch, which is about
ten m'iles from the school, is almost entirely made up of the graduates from the
Mary Potter School, and is one of the prettiest and best kept towns in the South.
In addition to these requests, there are not less than twenty others, for school
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luiildiii^s, (liat arc wortliy of iiimiiHliatc atlciilioti if the lioanl had sudicii'iit.
funds.
The rapid dovcloiiinciit of tho South duritiK the war period has coinpulled
the Hoani to add up-to-date phunl)iiig in many of tho schools, at a very groat
cost. So\vora.i!;(> systems hav(> been instalh^l in many of the southern towns and
cities and the Board has been compelled to connect the school proi)erties with
these.
There is great need for modern desks in many of the schools. The day has
l)assed w'^en we can use old-fashioned benches in the schools and do efficient
work.
During the war period only necessary repairs were made to the school proper-
ties, and now a great deal must be done in order to put them in safe condition for
use. They should be painted, for their own preservation.
Dr. I. il. Russell, Carthage, N. C, is tho successor of Dr. .J. J. Wilson as
Evangelist for the Synods of Atlantic and Catawba. Dr. Wilson was very
successful in his work as an Evangelist, but decided to return to the pastorate.
Dr. Russell is in constant demand for services in the churches and schools.
The .school at Bowling (ireon. Kentucky, formerly managed bv trustees of the
Colored Cumberfaiid Church, is now under the direction of our Board. Meml)ers
of the Colon>d Cumberland Church are esj)ecially welcome at this school and the
ministers of the Colored Cum'oerland Church take advantage of the Bible
Department to secure a better training for their work.
Rev. J. W. Lee, D.D., Field Missionary for work in the northern states has
been extremely busy during the year in tho investigation of new work located
within the bounds of white Presbyteries, and in the visitation of churches already
established. He has a.ssisted in the organization of several new churches and
has proved hims.'lf to be worthy of the confidence placed in him by the various
Presbyteries. We have included the northern churches in our annual rei^ort,
for the convenience of any who may wish a list of all the colored churches in
our denomination.
During the year, Mr. John llpdcgraff, an elder in the East Liberty Church,
and Mr. James L Kay, an elder in the Shadyside Church of Pittsl)urgh,
both of whom were very useful men as members of our Board, pass(;d on to
receive their crown. Mr. Newton K. Delavan, of the East Liberty Church, was
elected to take the place of Mr. John Updegraff, and Mr. Alexander Murflock,
of the Shadyside Church, was elected to take the place of Mr. James L Kay.
On behalf of the Board,
S. J. FISH1<;R, D.D., Prefiidcnl and. PnhllrUij Hecrelanj.
J. AL GASTON, D.D., General Secretary and Treasurer.
XIL THE BOARD OF TEMPERANCE AND MORAL WELFARE.
MEMBERS.
Ministers. Laymen.
Term cx[Mrcs May, 1922:
Rev. T. B. Anderson, D.D.. T. S. Brown,
Rev. r.rorge P. Atwoil, D.D., S. E. CiU,
Rev. I. H. Siiowdcn. D.D., Robert J. Gibson.
Term expires INLiy, 192,^:
Rev. David R. Breed, D.D., Halloek C. Slicrr.ird. E.sq.,
Rev. Thomas Wallers, D.D., J.imes H. Gray, Ivsq.,
Rev. George Taylor, Jr., Ph.D., Hon. R. V. Johnson.
Term expires May, 1924.
Rev. Stanley A. Hunter, Robert Geddis,
Rev. Roijort H. Kirk, Wm. R. Ziegler,
Rev. W. R. Craiy. A. L. Mould.
346 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
Officers.
Rev. Thomas Waiters, D.D., President.
Rev. T. B. Anderson, D.D., Vice-President.
Rev. Charles Scanlon, LL.D., General Secretary.
James H. Gray, Esq., Recording Secretary.
AIiss Anna M. Wycoff, Assistant Treasurer.
Office: Columbia Bank Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Abstract of the Fortieth Annual Report.
With the adoption of the 18th Amendment to the Federal Constitution, the
General Assembly enlarged the work of its Board of Temperance so as to include
other suljjects. The questions referred to this Board have been grouped under
several heads as follows:
1. Temperance at Home and Abroad. 2. Family and Juvenile Welfare.
3. Social Hygiene. 4. Defective and Delinciuent Classes. 5. Drugs and
Narcotics. 6. Hospitals and Orphanages. 7. Humane Education. 8. Research
and Statistics.
Temperance at Home and Abroad. — The enactment of law prohibiting a thing
which has been practiced for centuries, and which appeals to the appetite or
cupidit}', is not quickly or willingly accepted by all; and where there is incentive
and opportunit}- for violation, education must be continued until favorable
sentiment is in such preponderance as to make violation increasingly dangerous
and disreputable.
It is to be remembered that the merit of prohibition is not now before the
people for consideration. That question has been decided, and is embodied in
the fundamental law of the land. There are only two courses open to patriotic,
law-abiding citizens — one is to uphold and enforce the law; the other is to advo-
cate its orderly repeal. Any effort to nullify or evade the law is as unworthj^ as
it is anarchistic.
Many violations of the law have gone unpunished through indifference,
incompetence, or miscarriage of justice, but in the first ten months of prohibition
approximately 25,000 people were arrested; thousands of breweries, distilleries,
still-worms and "fermenters" were destroyed, and more than $22,000,000 was
realized in penalties, from various sources.
In cooperation with our own Board of Foreign Missions and other similar
agencies, your Board has been at work in tlie following foreign countries:
Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Brazil, Chile, Siam, Japan, Korea, Australia, South
Africa, three centers in China, three in India, France, England, Scotland, Wales,
Ireland and Persia. This work is dune through the World Prohibition Federa-
tion, through which body most of the active denominational, interdenomina-
tional and some non-ecclesiastical organizations function.
Family and Juvenile Welfare. — Some of the lines of work under this depart-
ment are: Amusements and Recreation; Child Laljor; Marriage and Divorce;
Illegitimacy; Community Centers; and "Better Cities" Campaigns. For the
latter, tlie Rotary Clul) of Shawnee, Oklahoma, provides a cash prize of $2,500,
to })C given to the city which shows itself the best place in which to rear a family,
as judged by ten points agreed upon, and decided by a commission appointed
for the purpose, after visiting the respective places. At the present time about
thirty-five cities have entered the contest.
Of the many subjects committed to this Board, few, if any, have received
more careful consideration than that of Amusements and Recreation, especially
the moving picture. The extent of this industry, the money involved, the people
who attend, the youthful age of many of them, the impression made through the
eyes, the difficulty of insuring wholesome ])ictures, the character of the persons
lionized, the jjossibihties of good, and the equal possibilities of evil, are all such
as to complicate the problem.
The family is the unit of civilization. Any thing which threatens its integrity
and permanency strikes not only at the foundation of the Republic, but is the
enemy of all govermnent, and one of the direst curses that can afflict mankind.
We do not take the position that a marriage should never be annulled, luit we
do insist that only on scriptural warrant, or such other conditions as are war-
ranted by tlie spirit of the Scripture, is .such a step justified. According to
reliable authority, more than 115,000 homes are annually broken up in this way,
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and it is from such broken homes that a largo proportion of juvenile delinquency
comes. Polygamy, consecutive or simultaneous, is equally sinful.
Socidl Hygiene. — -This Hoard has been fortunate in having throughout the
year the wise and diligent oversight of Winlield Scott Hall, M.I3., for this
department. Author, lecturer, educator, husband, father, counselor and Chris-
tian, he has devoted himself to his tlepartment with a faithfulness which is
equalled only by the enthusiasm with which his labor has been received by
colleges, universities, high schools. Mother's CJlubs, Y.M.CA.'s, and other
organizations, with an aggregate attendance of l.S3,990, of whom 128,000 were
college and high school students, in 291 schools located in 27 states.
Drugs and Narcolics. — This det)artment has been und;;r the direction of Mr.
J. II. Dickason, for many y(>ars a i)rofes.sor in the College of Wooster, and a
Sunday-school superintendent, as well as an elder. Mis tact, strength, and
general acceptability as a speaker have won for him a large place on the Chautau-
(lua i)latform, as well as in our liigh schools, churches, and other places. The
fact that Chautauquas, farmers' institutes, and school suijerintendents are glad
to pay for his message, is evitlence of its high character and i)opular ])resentation.
The wealth of literature which he has produced is as large as it is valuable.
About the first of the calendar year arrangements were made with Miss Helen
Iv. Strain, of Brooklyn, X. Y., to take charge of work among women and girls
addicted to drugs and other bad habits, .\ssociated with her is Mrs. Amy
Unrhue, a '"brand snatched from the burning." Miss Strain is a woman of
education, culture, consecration, and wide experience at home and abroad.
Committees have been ajjpointed by the Presbyteries of New York and Brooklyn-
Nassau to confer about and cooperate in this work, and it is hoped that similar
committees may be appointed by the several Presbyteries adjacent to New York.
Defectives and Delinquents. — Statistics regarding the number of deaf, dumb,
blind, crippled, insane, epileptics, feeble-minded and other defectives are very
difficult to secure, because of the lack of any accepted definition for many
included in these several classes. There are more people in our penal and
correctional institutions than there are students in all of our colleges and uni-
versities. This will at first be doubted, and even denied, but, unhappily,
statistics confirm the statement. Whatever be one's idea of j)en()logy, there
can be no dispute that while prisoners have forfeited their liberty, they have
not forfeited all their rights, and should not be subjected to the incredible
barbarity which is said to characterize the discipline in some prisons.
Forms of delinquency which have assumed enormous proportions are profanity
and gambling. The habit, the contagion, the sinfulness and the prevalence of
profanity, especially during and since the world war, are shocking in the extreme.
The forms of gambling are almost legion, and its prevalence; among all clas.ses
is so widespread that there are few professions, trades or groups that escape.
Most commonwealths have laws against games of chance, both because they are
di.shonest, in that they give nothing in return for what is received, and liecause
they lead to murder, suicide, embezzlement, defalcation, bankruptcy, and many
other evils, as shown by the statistics of many commimities. .As in the ca.se of
other subjects committed to the Board, effort is being made through public
address and the printed page to discourage all forms of gambling, and to
encourage legislation against it.
Hospitals awl Orphanages. — Thousands of disabled soldiers are confined in
government hospitals, many of them far from home and friends. Whatever
may have been their lack of interest in the church and religion previously, they
served their country and the cause of freedom, and are therefore entitled to the
material help of the government, and equally to the spiritual help of the church.
'J'he National Service Commission having been dissolved, at the request of the
committee appointed to close up the bu.sine.ss, and on authority of the General
.\ssembly, th(! Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare took charge of the
hospital work on behalf of our church July 1st, 1920.
Humane Education.— The teaching of kindness and mercy to every living
thing, including the lower animals, is the task which the Presbyterian ('hurch
has set for it.self in this department. S(j far as we are aware, this is the first
instance in history where a great religious denomination has undertaken humane
w(jrk as a regular part of its program. Bettause man has been given dominion
over these creatures which cannot speak for themselves, and can dehuid them-
selves only within certain limits, larg.'ly subject even then to the will of man, the
reflex infiuence of humants education 'S large and lasting; but the direct intluence
is nothing more than is due one of God's creatures to another.
348 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMtTTEES. [May,
Research and Statistics. — This department is intended to be the servant of
all the other departments. To this end, investigations are made when and where
practicable, reports are verified, literature is published, speakers furnished, and
reliable information supplied.
Conclusion. — -At a time when there is much anxiety regarding expenditures
and indebtedness, and some uncertainty and depression as to the future, it is
gratifying to report that this Board again goes to the General AssemVjly free
from all debt as it has done for at least twenty-five years.
All of which, with gratitude to God, is respectfully submitted to the General
Assemblv.
CHARLES SCANLON, General Secretary.
XIII. PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON EVANGELISM.
MEMBERS.
Ministers. Laymen.
Class 1919-1922:
Rev. Alfred H. Barr, D.D., Mr. Foster Copeland,
Rev. George Brewer, Mr. H. M. Voorhees,
Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., Mr. A. H. Whitford.
Class 1920-1923:
Rev. Eben B. Cobb, D.D., Mr. Ralph W. Harbison,
Rev. Stephen S. PIstey, D.D., Mr. William G. Moore.
Rev. Minot C. Morgan, D.D.,
Class 1921-1924:
Rev. Asa J. Ferry, D.D., Mr. Charles L. Huston,
Rev. Chas. W. Kerr, D.D., Mr. Calvin N. Payne,
Rev. H. C. Rogers, D.D., Mr. Thos. W. Synnott.
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.
Rev. Henry C. iSwEARiNC.EN, D.D., Modrrator.
Rev. Lewis S. Mudge, D.D., Stated Clerk.
OFFICERS.
Mr. Chas. L. Huston, Chairman.
Mr. Thos. W. Synnott, Vice-Chairman.
Rev. George G. Mahy, D.D., General Secretary and Treasurer.
Mr. J WiLUER Yeats, Assistant Treasurer and Auditor.
Rev. Walter B. Greenway, D.D., Secretarij.
Rev. William F. Kj.ein, D.D., Secretary.
Rev. Thomas J. Graham, Field Secretary.
Abstract of the Twentieth Annual Report.
The General Assembly's Permanent Committee on Evangelism has completed
two decades of work among the churches and has come to the close of its twen-
tieth year, with profound gratitude to God for the really remarkable way in
which the Church has received the suggestions of the Committee, and (mtered
into cooperation with it in all its plans for the carrying forward of a Scriptural
and comprehensive evangelistic work.
The calls which have come to the Committee from the churches individually
and through their presbyteries during the past j^ear, it is safe to say, have
equaled in number all the calls that have come to the Committee at least in the
past fifteen years of its history. Presbyteries which represent more than one-
half of the whole number of our churches have opened wide their doors to your
Committee, and have invited it to come into their fields for a cooperative
service which usually requires two years for each presbytery. First, a year of
preparation and organization of the presbytery and churches, followed by a
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year of intensive evangelistic work according to the plan which has come
to be known throughout tlie Church as "the Assembly's Plan of Presbytcrial
Evangelit^m."
Your Committee has been faithful to its work and its own mcmi)ers, seeing
early in the year that there was danj^er of a ijreak-down in our organization,
through lack of funds, largely increased their own giving at a critical time in
order to enable the Committee to keep its contracts with the presbyteries in
which it was already engaged.
As the Committee has gone deeper into the actual life and work of the
Church in the various presbytcrial campaigns which have been <H)nclu(led,
and which are now in course of preparation, it has found that the principles
of action which it adopted and stated at the last meeting of the General
Assembly are those principles which should continue to guide it in its work.
These principles of action may be summarized as follows:
(1) That the very constitution of our Church and the experience of all
the years through which we have passed makes it essential that initiative
and responsibility for the development of our spiritual life and evangelistic
fruitfulness must rest, first of all, upon pastors and sessions; and if they
fail, that the ultimate responsibility rests upon the presbyteries.
(2) That although the instructions of the Assembly from year to year
have given the Committee the privilege of direct approach to individual
churches, and authority to make suggestions to them concerning their
evangelistic work, yet the Committee feels that the work of evangelism can
be built upon a sound and lasting basis only by the recognition of the primary
responsibility of the pastor and the ultimate responsibility of the presbyter}^
to build up in each church and maintain in each presbytery an evangelistic
organization which will knit the churches together, keep constant watch
over them, and be ready always to aid those in need.
(3) That churches cannot successfully be dealt with in their evangelistic
work by wholesale methods, but that close, personal acquaintance with
pastors and officers is essential; that the facts concerning the particular
situation and needs of each church must be at hand before effective help
can be rendered; that congregations differ to such an extent in environment,
tradition, temperament and degree of development that it is useless to
formulate mechanical plans and programs for presentation to the whole
Church.
(4) That the Committee, in the past twenty years, having tested the
high-pressure method and also the quiet pastoral and presbytcrial or com-
munity method of evangelism, stands to-day more firmly than ever for a
work which will insure the normal growth of the Church as a result of her
inward spiritual life and testimony, rather than for methods which may
bring about abnormal accretions to her membership through temporary and
external pressure.
In the past three years the title "Corresponding Secretary," formerly
held by Board Secretaries, but which has fallen into disuse, quite accnirately
described the duties which demand the whole thought and action of at least
one secretary.
The correspondence of the Assembly's Committee on Evangelism comes
from these sources: (1) From pastors or elders in pastorless churches asking
for the Committee's guidance and help in preparing their churches for evan-
gelistic action, and often in securing a leader for evangelistic services.
(2) With two hundred or more committees of presl)yteries — not only with
the chairmen, but with tlu! members— with reference to their evangelistic
leadership of the churches in their presbyteries. (8) With the parents of
Presbyterian boys and girls in the colleges, concerning the annual week of
prayer and evangelistic preaching for which your Committee is primarily
responsible to the Assemljly. (4) With pastors and sessions about securing
the release of men for i)art-time service — at least five hundred men must
be secured for this year in presbytcrial campaigns, and a thousand more
for work in individual churches. (5) There is also a large volume of general
correspondence. Much of this is with other denominations, and part of
it has to do with our .Vsseml)ly's Plan of Iwangelism, which continues to
attract attention and awaken their desire for a similar work among their
churches.
356 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
Both in the correspondence and distribution of literature, as in all the
work of the Committee, special attention has been given to churches which
are without pastors, or which are only irregularly supplied with pastoral
service, and to churches which are weak numerically, and in other ways.
One of the best features of the work which is being carried on by the pres-
byteries, in cooperation with your Committee, has been its effect upon
these weak and struggling churches. No more glowing report has come
from any section of the Church during the past year than from fields that
had practically been given up by the presbyteries, but that are now rejoicing
in the Lord by reason of a largely increased membership, a new spirit of
service, a new independence, and a consciousness of constant victory as they
carry on the work which began among them during the intensive evangelistic
effort put forth by the presbyteries on their l)ehalf.
The Committee is gratified to find that so large a number of sessions and
congregations are willing to release their pastors for periods varying from
two to four weeks each for evangelistic work in presbj'terial campaigns, and
they are gratified also to find that the pastors are eager and willing to enter
upon such work at the call of your Committee. It is safe to say that no
man who in the past four years has served with the Committee under pres-
byterial direction as an evangelistic preacher is unwilling to go again. We
believe that nearly all the splendid men who have served with us in the past
four years constitute an availafjle force for service in presbyteries next year.
Their willingness is due to the fact that they have entered into the joy of
real evangelistic service and have seen souls by the score coming to Jesus
Christ and confessing Him with every evidence of deep repentance and a
surrendered will. Their hearts have glowed with a new sense of power
and victory as they have stood beside their fellow pastors before those who
have made confession of faith in Jesus Christ under their preaching. They
are willing to repeat this experience of service from time to time for other
churches because they have been able to return to their own fields with a
new note of victory in their lives. Their own people have caught the vision
from their pastors on their return and in many cases there has followed a
revival in the church which they did not expect to see when they gave an
affirmative answer to the request of the Assembly's Committee
for the release of their pastors for presbyterial evangelistic service.
At a time when the pi-oclamation of a living evangel is the only thing
that will make barren churches fruitful, it is pitiful that our churches in
any presbytery should not have an instant response from the Assembly
through us. If it is asked why there should be such a remarkable increase
of interest in the Committee's plan of work on the part of the presbyteries,
there are four answers: (1) from the beginning of our service, your Com-
mittee and its secretaries have had a clear plan in their minds and a passion
in their hearts for just such activity as is now in evidence; (2) more than
one half of our ministers and at least one fourth of our elders have been
in conference with the Committee members and secretaries; (3) because the
method of work which we have developed appeals to the Church as being
true to the spirit of apostolic evangelism, in accord with the temperament
and best traditions of our Presbyterian fellowship, and immensely practical.
Again, it i-^ more fruitful, with a few exceptions, than any cooperative
evangelistic work which our churches have hitherto undertaken, and, also,
because its indirect results in forming a new comradeship among the men
of presbyteries, and the re-establishment of the presbytery as the true bishop
of the churches, are of incalculable value, as the men of the presbyteries
gladly declare; (4) and finally, because your Committee seldom fails to
have the needed man on hand in any presbytery when his services are re-
quired to help crystallize presbytery's resolutions into action.
The lines of cooperation between the Assembly's Committee on Evangelism
and the Presbyteries, proceed about as follows:
(1) A study of the condition of the whole field is made by the Assembly's
Committee, gathered from correspondence often initiated by ithe presbyteries,
and from the statistical reports that comes from the churches.
(2) On the basis of this information, the Assembly's Committee selects
pre.sbyteries, which, by reason of their need and the efficiency of their or-
ganization, seem ready to enter upon the active year's work of preparation
necessary for a successful camp/aign.
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(3) The Assembly's Connuittco pliices before the presbyteries infornuition
regarding the phin of oiwnition, tlirougli Hterature and correspondence, and
this usually results in voluntary action either in a conference or at a regularly
called meeting of presbytery, favoring a presbytcrial < ampaign. At this
stage the initiative passes from the Assembly's Committee to the presbytery,
and the Committee never attempts to exploit the plan further or to urge
it upon any presbytery.
(4) The Assembly's Committee now determines — upon the ba-is of the
invitations that have been extended it by the presbyteries to cooperate
with them — which of the presbyteries should first proceed to enter upon
the active year's preparation for a campaign. After a presbytery has formally
taken action adopting the Assembly Committee's plan, pledging itself to
carry out all the essential features in the work of preparation, the Assembly's
Committee cooperates in the following manner:
(a) The Committee, through its representative, advises with the presby-
tery, in setting up the organization which is to direc the campaign. This
involves a General Campaign Committee composed of represent;itivc min-
tion of every session in the presbytery and the presentation of the plan
before every congregation with a view to securing their definite action.
(h) The presbytery is then trained in what is necessary for the adequate
preparation of each church, and how the Presbytery's C<jmmittee on Prepara-
tion serves in this work. The Asseml)ly's Committee suggests the method
of financing the campaign, and of making up the schedule of meetings, and
al.so cooperates with the committee in charge of the publicity.
(c) The responsibility which the Assembly's Committee assumes when
the campaign actually begins in the jircsbytery is the selection of evangelists
who are to work within the l)ounds of the presbytery. These evangelists
are loaned to the presbytery for the period of the cami)aign, and the As-
sembly's Committee makes itself responsible for them. Again, it secures
pastors whose services are requested l)y the larger churches in the presbytery
through correspondence with them and the sessions of their churche>, and
secures their release for a period of two weeks at a given time.
{(I) Throughout the entire active campaign, the Assembly's Committee,
through its representative, is frequently on the field, cooperating with the
Presl)ytery's Committee on Arrangements, keeping the schedule unbroken;
with the Committee on Preparation, keeping up the average standard of
preparation in the churches; with the Committee on Publicity in the work
of unifying the interest and enal)ling each church to get the cumulative
clTect of what is taking place in the presbytery; with the Committee on
Finance, keeping clearly before the churches the financial obligations; and
with the Campaign Committee in every possible way, working wth them
in their purpose to make the whole movement cumulate in a great success
for the Kingdom of Christ.
Fourteen years ago the attention of your Committee on Evangelism
was called to the fact that coll(!ge presidents and professors in our Presby-
terian institutions of learning were greatly in need of some sympathetic
and direct message from the great body of the Church, a message which
would be helpful to them in their endeavor to develop the mental and moral
life of the youn - men and women under their care. Accordingly your Com-
mittee, under the instruction of the Assembly, engaged a secretary to give
his entire time to the work of college visitation in order that he might bring
sf)iritual and moral re-enfor ement to faculty members and inspiration to
the student-^ throuirh pastoral addresses and jjersonal counsel. Four years
later the Board of Education agreed that its campaign for candidate enlist-
ment .should be merged with the evangelistic work which your Committee
was carrying on, and ever since that time these two agencies hav.* cooperated
in this .service for our students. For some years there has been a Joint Com-
mittee composed of the General Secretaries an i three representatives each
from tlie Board of lOducation and the Committee on Evangelism. The new
General Board of Education has enttjred into thi< arrangement with a fine
spirit of cooperation. Under thia Joint Committee on College Visitation
352 BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES. [May,
and Evangelistic Work, Rev. W. H. Crothers has served for the past eight
years with ever-increasing efficiency and acceptability to the colleges which
he has visited, and to the agencies which he serves. During the past year
thirty of our colleges were served through the Committee. It has frequently
been pointed out in out reports that from 80 to 90 per cent, of the students
in our own institutions are members of the Church, but it does not follow
that they no longer need the sharp, insistent call of the Gospel to confess
and forsake sin, to walk once more with God in true humility and to serve
Him with all fidelity. The visitors sent to the colleges do not all follow
evangelistic methods or stress the evangelistic note. One year the work
will be distinctly evangelistic, and the following year it will be that of calling
men to Christ's service.
Charles L. Huston, Chairman.
George Gordon Mahy, Secretary.
XIV. THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON MEN'S WORK.
MEMBERS.
Term expires in 1922:
Henry P. Crowell, John M. Coulter, Ph.D.,
Ralph A. Harbison, Raymond M. Huston, D.D ,
William B. Gantz, D.D., Hugh T. Kerr, D.D.,
Josiah Sibley, D.D.
Term expires in 1923:
John Timothy Stone, D.D., LL.D., George N. Luccock, D.D.,
Arthur B. Hall, Edward D. Ibliotson,
Edgar H. Evans, W. H. Wray Boyle, D.D.,
A. S. Johnson.
Term expires in 1924:
William C. Covert, D.D., Phil C. Baird, D.D.,
James J. Parks, Daniel E. Jenkins, D.D.,
D. Draper Dayton, J. Willisoa Smith,
William D. B. Ainey, Esq.
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.
Henry C. Swearingen, D.D., Moderator.
Lewis S. Mudge, D.D., Stated Clerk.
John Timothy Stone, D.D., LL.D., Chairman.
Henry P. Crowell, V ire-Chairman.
William F. Weir, D.D., General Secretary and Treasurer.
Charles H. McDonald, D.D., Associate Secretary.
George P. Horst, D.D., Field Secretary.
Office: Room 1702, 17 N. State St., Chicago, III.
Abstract of Report.
Encouraqing Progress. — More could not be desired relative to openings
in the field and encouragement and appreciation from pastors and other
leaders among the churches. The increase in contributions is over 50%
more than was received during the preceding year. This evidence of growth
of interest in the work is gratifying.
Work Done in the Field. — This is chiefly by Institutes, Supper Conferences,
and monthl}^ Brotherhood Meetings. These discussions make a valuable
contribution to mutual understanding and agreement as to methods of
organization and constructive programs of activities for Men's Societies.
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It is most pvidont that thoy do a vast deal of Rood in sti-ciisllK'iiinp; the
fellow sliips of l'rosl)vterian iiuMi and ostahUsliiiip; r.spril <lc corps among
them, anil cspeeially in equipping leaders for the work in the Synods, Pres-
byteries and local churches.
Men Tliink Differently About Their Churches. — One i)riniary object now
sought in meetings and conferences is to lead the men to think of their
churclies as they ought to think of them. It is clear that if the men think
as they should of their churches, the.y will join in putting into operation our
plans and methods for Men's VVork. The men are very res{)onsivc to the
challenge the church itself makes to them when they understand its unique-
ness among all institutions with which men affiliate and its more necessary
ministry- to human need.
Brotherhood and Bible Class. — A very important question, to which the
Assembly's Committee has given long and careful consideration is — What
kind of organization of men is best in local churches? It seems clear, that
while each church must determine what now can best be done in it, in most
cases it is best to have in the local church both a Brotherhood or Club and
one or more Men's Bible Classes. The Brotherhood or ('lub should express,
in name and constitution, the whole purpose of th(; Men's Work in the
li)cal church. The Brotherhood or Club, under right conditions, makes a
large contribution to the building up of the Bible Cla-ses. In a large majority
of Presbyterian churches the Men's Bible Classes, after a long experiment,
do not enroll 33% of the men of these churches. The Brotherhood or C'lub,
with its more comprehensive program of activities, appeals to a much larger
number of men.
Help in Church Finances. — We are almost ready to make the statement
that in a church with the right kind of Men's Work the financial problem
is solved. Certainly this is true in many churches and is a reasonable ex-
pectation. When the men are happy and interested and active in a church;
bring into it their business methods, put on the every-member canvasses
and advance their own standard of giving, as they do in a men's church, a
natural result is the solution of the problem of finance.
New Era Conferences. — Our Secretaries took their full share in the large
number of New Era conferences held in Octol)er and Noveml)er. These
were a fruitful opportunity for coordinating the Men's Work with that of
the other Permanent Agencies.
Field Secretari/. — Rev. George P. Horst, D.D., pastor of the Second Church
of Portsmouth, Ohio, has been elected Field Secretary. He will l)c princi-
I)ally in charge of the organization of conferences, and will coojierate with
Synodical and Presbyterial Committees. Dr. Horst is thoroughly trained
in the work of the pastorate and in work with men. He had a remarka})le
expei-ience in work with men on the l)attlefields of Europe. He is by training
and natural gifts splendidly equip{)ed for our Men's Work and will bring
much wisdom and energy to the staff.
The Service Men. — The Rev. George J. Russell, a returned chaplain, has
been engaged in making a careful survey of the situation regarding Service
Men throughout our church, and in stimulating interest in them by addresses
in churches.
Most ministers recognize that the former S(!rvice Men present a serious prob-
lem to the church, and a determined effort is l)eing niiide to reach them.
'I'hey arc destined to be either an asset or a liability and special efforts must
be put forth if they are to be won for the life and work of the church. Where
s|)ecial work has been attcMiiptcd and wisely carried on, the success has been
very great. One of the most difficult phases of the problem is due to the
fact that there is a large changing of residence among these men. The
Committee on Men's Work desires to render every jiossible service to churches
in order that their duty to these men to whom wc owe so much may be
discharged, and it awaits the direction, and will welcome the counsel of the
General Assembly concerning this work.
Reports on Men's Organizations. — In order to know as far as possible
the state of Men's Work throughout the church, a letter and report card
were sent March 10 to all the churches on the mailing list of the New Era
Distribution Department; and 2.580 churches reported on Men's Work.
Of these churches, only one-half have Men's Work, and 26% of them report
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organizations formed since January 1, 1920. These figures are significant,
coming as they do from a cross-section of the Church, inchiding all classes
of churclies from all sections of the country. More than two-thirds of those
addressed sent no report, and many of these have or,.anizat:ons, a goodly
proportion of them formed recently.
The Yearly Program of Activities. ~yia,ny men's societies adopt yearly pro-
grams of activities. These are carefully wrought out by leaders in the local
church, in c nsultation w'th representatives of the Assembly's Committee,
and adopted by the Men's Society. This is an effective way to keep the work
going. While there are fundamental activities— each society must adapt its
program t) meet local conditions. A careful inventory of the fi( Id and of the
available force will enable the local leaders to adapt the program of : c ivitios
to local needs each year. This survey should cover such matters s, the (shurcih
jilant, the pastor's needs, the church services, the community needs, an the
denominational needs.
Undedying Principles. — Leaders must appreciate certain underlying j)rin-
ciples in Men's Work. We can secure permanency and effectiveness only as
we carry on certain educational processes that will create motive power in
men. Some of these underlying principles are — appreciation cf th(! need and
worth of the church, building the men of the same church into a cori)orate
Christian body, development of the religious life of the individual man, appre-
ciation of Presbyterian denominational agencies and institutions as havii g
first claim on our men and as giving them their l^est opportunity U>v a fruitful
continuous ministry.
Denominational Men's Work Necessary. — The Interdenominational Men's
Movements were limited in large measure to educational and inspirational
features. The men must be organized for permanent work in thousands of
local churches, the only available fields of service for most men. Only the
denominational agency has the facilities for doing this. There is general
agreement among leaders al)ovit this fact. Our Presbyterian Polity is well
ailapted to such a purpose. We are following here he well-known lines of
development in oth(n- departments of the work of the Church.
Publicity. — The following publications are available on request: "Men's
Work in the Presbyterian Church," "What Presbyterian Men Are Doing in
Their Chiu'ches," "What a Man Owes to His Church," "How to Organize
Pre4)ytcrian Men; How to Keep Them at Work," "Sixteen Years of Men's
Work in a Presbyterian Church," "DecJaration of Purpose for Presbyterian
Men's Organizations," "Boy Scouts and the Presbyterian Church," "Duties
of Committees."
TREASURER'S STATEMENT
Receipts
April 1 to Marcli :51
19113-1920 1920-1921
By CoNTFtlBUTIONS FOR CuHRENT ExPENSESt
From r;hurches direct $6,G42.4o $8.0;31.(H
From Individuals direct 1,150.00 325.00
From New Era Treasurers:
(Central Receiving Agency, New York 0,438.20 0,503.30
Indiana Synod 382.87
Michigan Synod 0-33
Minnesota Synod 230.33 299.13
Montana Svnod ] 93.88
( )hio Synod 1,284.25 1,790.50
South Dakota Synod 40.00
Wisconsin Synod 135.96
Blairsville, Pa. Presbytery 183.22 100.00
Butler, Pa. Presbytery 110.34 124.52
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Presbytery 84.30
Chicago, 111. Presbytery 3,746.19 10,154.57
Crawfordsville, Ind. Presbytery 38.72 2.10
Detroit, Mich. Presbytery 223.47 250.17
Fort Wayne, Ind. Presbytery 25.03
Carried forward $20,162.93 $33,448.64
A.D. 1921.) COMMITTEE ON MEn's WORK. 355
Brought foiwaril -$20,162.93 $33,448.64
Iluntiiigiloii, Pa. Presbytery. 43.50
Iowa City, Iowa Presbytery 5;46
LtJgansport, Iiul. Presbytery 48.61
Springfield, 111. Pre-sbytery.' 22.20
From Hoaril of Foreign Missions 15.88 23.20
From Board of Home Missions 41.00 34.09
From Board of Missions for Freedmen 127.22 167.94
Total Contributions $20,423.30 $31,602.37
By^Miseellaneous Receipts (Assembly Banquet, etc.) 1,872.00
Total Receipts .$20,423.30 .$33,474.37
By Bills Payable (l^oans from Bank, New Era, and
Bd. Temp, and Moral Welfare) 8,204.16 7,000.00
$28,627.46 $40,474.37
By Balance, Cash on Hand .\pril 1st 2,581.47 3,044.59
Total .$31,208.93 $43,51S.9(i
Disbursements
Secretaries' Salaries $10,000.00
Office Secretaries' Salaries
Traveling Expenses
Office E(}uipment and Expenses
Stationery and Postage
Printing
Conferences and Institutes
Expenses of Connnittees
Publicity (Adv. Church Papers, etc.)
Quota to New Era Committee
Miscellaneous — -Assembh' Banquet, etc
Interest on Loans (Bank, New Era, and Bd. Temp.,
and Moral Welfare) 117.04 424.26
April 1 to March 31
1919-1920
1020-1921
$10,000.00
$14,999.93
1,493.35
3,015.49
2,540.5;)
4,136.33
1,91)9.92
2,043.26
284.37
707.74
1,877.11
1,355.59
1,368.89
927.09
571.77
1,363.63
744.09
1,892.77
560.72
643.95
932.42
2,271.50
Total Current Expenses $22,460.18 $33,781.54
Bills Payable— Notes at Bank and New Era 5,704.16 7,000.00
Total Disbursements $28,164.34 $40,781. .'")4
Cash on Hand to Balance, March 31.st 3,044.59 2,737.42
$31,208.93 $43,518.96
Total Balance of $3,044.59 $2,737.42
Less Loan from B(jard of Temperance and Moral
Welfare 2,500.00 2,500.00
Net Balance $544.59 $237.42
Respectfully submitted,
William F. Weir, Treasurer.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer of the
Assembly's Permanent ('(jnimittee on Men's Work, verified the bank balances
antl vouchers for disbursements, April 1, 1920 to March 31, 1921, and find
that the balances shown are correct and agree with .statements furnished by the
Wayne Countj' National Bank of Wooster, Ohio.
J. R. McLAUfuiLiN, AudUor,
Assislant Treasurer, the Cullcje of [Voudcr.
Wooster, Ohio, April 30, 1921.
356
BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES.
[May,
REPORT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEN'S WORK
Receipts from Churches for the Year Ending April 1, 1921.
SYNOD OF ALABAMA.
Birmingham-A Presbytery.
Birmingham, 5th
Ave $1.'^, 00
Birmingham - Inde-
pendent 3 90
Ensley Heights 4 00
820 90
Florida Presbytery.
Crystal liiver $0 25
Glenwo<3d GO
Ft. Myers 1 00
Ft. Pierce 2 00
Miami 4 00
Rockledge 5 00
Memorial St. Augus-
tine 10 00
St. Cloud 52
Titusville 39
Tarpon Sitrings 1 00
Winter Haven 4 51
S29 27
Huntsville Presbytery.
Athens $0 90
Central 3 00
Columbia Ave 1 00
Chase 09
Elkmont 50
Haleyville 27
Westminster 2 50
$8 26
SYNOD OF ARIZONA.
Northern Arizona Presbytery.
Flagstaff, First S2 00
Ganado, Navaho,
Ind 1 00
Needles, Mebane,
Ind 1 00
Parker, Mebane,
Ind 1 00
$5 00
Southern Arizona Presbytery.
Covenant $9 00
Globe 1 00
Clifton 2 25
$12 25
SYNOD OF ARKANSAS.
Ft. Smith Presbytery.
Clarksville, First S3 00
Central, Ft. Smith... 3 00
Central, Russellville 3 00
Huntington 1 00
Ozark 1 00
Van Buren 10 00
$21 00
Little Rock Presbytery.
Beebe $0 08
Cabot 95
Grace, Little Rock.... 1 00
Melrose 06
SYNOD OF ATLANTIC.
Atlantic Presbytery.
Adams Run, S. C,
Faith Ch $0 50
*Beaufort, S. C,
Berean Ch
*Bellinger, S. C, Mt.
Zion
♦Charleston, S. C,
Olivet Ch
Charleston, S. C,
ZionCh 1 00
*Edi8to Island, S. C.
James Island, S. C,
St. James Ch 1 (!0
John's Island, S. C,
St. .Andrews 1 00
*Jolm's Island, S. C,
Bethel Ch
♦John's Island, S. C,
Zion Ch
♦Little Edisto, S. C,
Whaley's Mem
Lone Star, S.C.Mt.
NeboCh 13
♦Martin's Point, S.
C, Salem
♦Mt. Pleasant. S. C,
Mt. Zion Ch
♦Neylcs, S. C, Aim-
well Ch
♦Orangeburg, S. C...
St. Luke Ch
♦Waterboro, S. C,
Hopewell Ch
Reported $3 03
♦{Gave thru New Era)
McClelland Presbytery.
Bethesda $0 07
Bower's Chapel 07
Mattoon 30
Ridge Spring, First.. 15
Salem 25
Walker's Chapel 15
Westminster 05
U 04
SYNOD OF B.\LTIMOKE.
Baltimore Presbytery.
Abbott Memorial,
Baltimore $15 00
AnnapoUs 1 00
Arhngton 46 00
Burton 2 00
Bethel 1 00
Brown Memorial 175 00
Catonsville 15 00
Central 21 00
Cumberland, First... 25 00
Deer Creek, Har-
mony 1 00
Faith 15 00
Grove 15 00
Hagerstown 2 00
Havre de Grace 24 00
Highland 3 00
LaFayi'tte Square... 3 00
Piney Creek 10 00
Roland Park 5 00
Ridgely Street 1 00
Southminster 1 00
Westminster 1 00
Washinyton City Presbytery.
Berwyn $2 00
Clifton 1 00
Eastern 10 00
Eckington 00
Falls Church 1 00
Fifteenth Street 5 00
Garden Memorial... 2 00
Manassas 2 00
Metropolitan 25 00
Neelsville 5 00
Northminster 2 00
New York Avenue.... 100 00
Riverdale 13 01)
Sixth 1 00
Takoma Park 10 00
Warner Memorial 3 00
Western 2 00
$190 00
SYNOD OF CALIFORNIA.
Benicia Presbytery.
Eureka $7
Lakeport 22
Napa 49
San An.selmo, First. . 1 83
Santa Rosa ) 06
$10 60
S2 09
$382 00
Los Angeles Presbytery.
.\lhambra $15 GO
Bellflower 1 00
Eagle Rock 5 00
Glendale 7 00
Long Branch, Cal-
vary 2 00
Long Branch. 2nd.. 1 00
San Diego, Brook-
lyn Hts 4 00
Los Angeles, First ... 1 00
Immanuel 56 00
" Sunset Hills... 1 00
" Southwest 3 00
" Welsh 3 00
Orange 5 00
Pasadena 53 00
San Pedro, St. An-
drews 87 00
$244 00
Riverside Presbytery .
Beaumont
Colton
Redlands
Riverside, Magnolia
Ave
San Bernardino
Upland
Sacramento Presbytery .
Corning $1 50
Davisville 1 25
Gridley 50
Marysville 1 00
Red Bank 31
Red Bluff 3 00
Redding 1 00
Roseville 45
Sacramento, Fre-
mont Park 1 00
A.D. 1921.] COMMITTEE ON MEN's WORK.
35'
Sacramento, West-
minster 7 00
Stirling City 1 00
Winters 1 00
$19 01
6an Francisco Presbytery.
Alameda SO 0^
Berkeley, Calvary... 3 O"
•• First 12 0^
•' Knox 3 qO
' St. John's 0"
Concord 1 O"
Danville 1 O"
I.iverniore 1 (ri
Newark 2 O"
Oakland, Brooklyn. 5 O"
" Fruitvale 1 O"
" High Street ... 1
•• St. James 10 O"
Richmond o O"
San Francisco, Calv. 27 O'J
•• First 25 00
Grace .50
" St. James 1 00
" St. John's 10 00
" .Seventh Ave. 2 00
" Trinity 2 00
S124 50
San Jose Presbytery.
HoUister 82 00
I.osGatos 7 00
Mountain Vievy 1 00
^Ionterey 32
Palo Alto 9 00
San Jose, Second 8 51
Santa Cruz 2 00
Watsonville 6 00
$35 83
San Joaquin Presbytery.
Rakersville, 1st $0 30
f'rows Landing 50
Dinuba 1 00
Fresno, 1st 13 00
Fowler. 1st 5 00
Hanford, 1st 45
Lindsay 3 00
Merced Central 3 00
Modesto 25 00
Orosi 1 00
Selma, Ist 9 00
Sonora 20
Stockton, East Side.. 10 00
Stockton. Ist 5 00
Winton Union 2 00
$78 51
SYNOD OP CATAWBA.
Southern Virginia Presbytery.
Rethesda $1 00
C^arver Memorial 2 00
Central Petersburg.. 3 00
Fifth Avenue 11 .50
C;race 2 00
Holbrook Street 10 00
Refuge 1 00
Richmond Street 5 00
$35 50
Yadkin Presbytery.
Cameron $1 00
Mock.sville. 2d 19
Mount Vernon 12
$1 31
SYNOD OF COLOKADO.
liuulder Presbytery.
Berthoud $2 00
Boulder 9 00
Foit Morgan 9 00
Ilolyokc 1 00
Longmont 5 00
Rankin 4 00
Sterling 12 00
Aliscellaneous 3 00
$35 00
Denier Presbytery.
Aurora SI 00
Denver, Central 100 00
" Capitol Hts... 2 00
" Highland Pk. 33 00
•' Hyde Park 3 00
" North 2 00
" So. Broadway 2 00
23rd Ave 5 00
" Otis 13 00
" Ralston 1 00
" VVrav 2 00
" Yuma 3 00
$107 00
Pueblo Presbytery.
Alamosa 1st $1 20
Canon City 5 00
Colorado Springs,
1st 7S0 64
Colorado Springs,
Ivywild 3 50
Durango 1 05
Ignacio Immanuel
(Ind.) 17
Lamar 4 00
Las Animas, lat 1 30
Penrose 1 00
Trinidad. Italian 1 00
$798 86
SYNOD OF EAST TENNESSEE.
Jiirmingham Presl>ytery.
Miller Mcnioiial $1 12
Other diurehos sent to
Jteceiving Agency, 15G
Fifth Avi-nue, N.Y.
SYNOD OF IDAHO.
lioise Presbytery.
Boise, 1st $0 00
" 2d 2 00
" Bethany 1 00
Caldwell 3 00
Kirkpatrick Mem 3 00
Lower Boise 1 00
Nampa 1 00
Payette 1 00
.Sterry Memorial 1 00
Franklin 1 00
$20 00
Kendall Presbytery.
Pocatello, 1st $1 00
Twin Falls Presbytery.
Buhl $2 00
Hazelton 00
J('rome 1 25
Pleasant View 1 00
Roger.son 1 00
Twin Falls 20 00
$25 85
SYNOD or ILLINOIS.
Alton Presbytery.
Alton, Ist Slrt Od
Belleville 1 OO
Ciirrollton 1 OO
ColHnsville 5 Ofl
Fust St. Louis, Ist... 8V 00
Greenville 10 00
Hillsboro 1 00
.lerseyville 2 00
Litchfield 2 00
Madison 1 00
Staunton 2 00
Troy 1 00
Virdcn 5 00
Witt 5 00
$1.33 00
Klodminijton Prcsliylery.
AUerton »1 00
Bloomington, 1st... . 3 00
2d. 119 00
Clinton ]S 00
Danville, Beth 2 00
•■ Olivet 10 00
Oibfion City 12 00
Heyworth 3 00
Monticello 10 On
Onarga 5 00
Philo 5 00
Rankin 90 00
Stanford 10 00
Lrbana 7 00
Watsoka 2 00
$303 00
Cairo Presbytery.
Anna $.5 00
Cairo 3 00
Carbondale 15 57
Golconda 5 00
Harrisburg 25 00
Murphysboro 5 00
Shawiieetown 1 00
$.59 57
Chicago Pre.ibytery.
Albany Park $2 00
Austin 10 00
Bethlehem 13 00
Buena Memorial 15 00
Chic.i,go, 1st 142 00
" 2d 1,028 00
" 4th 1,196 00
■' Heights 5 00
Emerald Avenue 5 00
Evanston, 2d 13 00
Faith 1 00
Grace 8 00
Highland Park .50 00
Howell Memorial 1 00
Irving Park .30 00
Joliet, 1st 10 00
" 2d 30 00
" Central 5 00
Kankakee 25 00
Normal Park 50 00
Norwood Park 4 00
Oak Park, 2d 11 00
Roseland 10 00
Trinity 2 00
Waukegan 4 00
Woodlawn 30 00
82,700 00
Ewino Presbytery.
Albion $15 00
Centralia 1 00
Du Quoin 5 00
Enfield 5 00
m
BOARDS AND PERMANENT COMMITTEES.
[May,
Lawrenceville 10 00
Mt. Vernon 3 43
Korris City 43 00
Olney 8 00
Sumner 1 00
$91 43
Freeport Presbytery.
Applo RivfT $ 2 00
Freoport, 1st 20 00
" 2d 304 00
Galena, 1st 1 00
" South 2 00
Hebron 1 00
Marengo 4 00
Rockford, 1st 10 00
Betliany Un. 1 00
Sf-ales Mound 1 00
Willow Creek 17 00
Winnebego 2 00
S425 00
Malloon Presbytery.
Ashmore S3 00
Casey 25 00
DaJton City 2 00
Effingham r, 00
Grand View 3 00
Newman 2 00
Palestine 1 00
Pana 100 00
Paris 5 00
Shelbyville 5 00
S151 00
Ottawa Presbytery.
Aurora, Ist $5 00
Earlville 2 00
Elgin House of Hope 25 00
Grand Ridge 4 00
Mendota 4 00
Minonk 10 00
Morris 2 00
Oswego 00
Ottawa 23 00
Pontiac 15 00
Rochelle fi 00
Waterman 11 00
Wenona 2 00
$118 00
Peoria Presbytery.
Canton $2 00
Delavan 4 00
Elniira 7 00
Karmington 69 00
Grace 3 00
Green Valley 2 00
Ipava 2 00
Knoxville 3 00
Lewiatown 20 00
Peoria, 2d 3 00
$115 00
Rock River Presbytery.
Albany $0 64
Aledo 20 00
Alexis 25 00
Arlington 52
Ashton 1 20
Dixon 2 00
Joy 11 00
Millersburg 1 00
Morrison 6 00
Newton .30
Rock Island, Central 2 00
•' Clelland 1 00
" South Park.... 2 00
Sterling 12 00
Viola 5 00
Rushville Presbytery.
Bardolph $10 00
Rushnell 2 OS
Brooklyn 10
Camp Point 1 00
Carthage 18 00
Chili 4 68
Clayton 3 76
Ellington 3 00
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