The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-26

home mission rally of the Synod of In
diana was held yesterday at the Tabernacle
Church. The meeting was attended by
about forty visiting clergymen. and an in
teresting and enthusiastic time was the re-
suit. Rev. Sol G. Dickey. of Peru. occu-
pied the chair at tha morning session. A
free conference was held for nearly "
hours and every one was given an oppor-
tunity to express himself. The chief dis
cussion of the morning was for the more
thorough organization of Home Mission
work, with special reference 20 the appoint
ment of a synodical superintendent of home
mission work for the state. 1t was decid-
ed that IL would be advantageous TO have
such an officer IN the field.
~ TIE AFTERNOON.
The first business of the afternoon was
the presentation of o paper on Tho Present
Status of Our Synodical Work." by Rev.
+. s. Scott. u. D., of Logansport. Mr.
Scott reviewed. the work In the Eastern
States, where il had been in existence fer
some years. and the success which had at
tended it In this State. The work was re-
ported as comparatively new. but older
than in States further west. There are
counties In this State where there are no
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over one million adults in the State
who have no church relations whatever.
The need tor homer mission work was stated
IS great. An excellent and live paper on
"The Elder In the Work Of the Synod" was
read by ex-senator J. A. Mount, of Shan
nondale, near Charlottesville. Mr.. Mount
has been an elder for years and is q worker
in his church. He gave q graphic word
picture of the resources OF the State. and
stated that th~ree-fourths OF the population
were non-church-g oers. One point In spe-
cial which caught the attention was the
announcement that ministers should be re-
affairs should be entirely attended to by
the officers of the church. and above
all things. If q minister had
TO AK for money TO do mission work. il
should be seen to that the ministers salary
should not De In arrears at the same time
that he was asking for money; every min
lister should be spared that EN- Darrassment
Mr.. Mount praise the work of the W. S.
Z. T.. In holding to his remarks about
elders he mentioned the names OF q few
who were we'll known. dwelling at some
length on General Harrison, President
John NJ. Coulter. President j. II. Smart,
and others from different professions and
Dusiness.
The remainder of the afternoon was o
free parliament The subjects were
Church Methods for Raising Home Mis-
SION Money! when many explained the
methods employed in their own churches.
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what that was until Mr.. Rondthsler said
that he Thoughts his way the ideal. That
was to do away with the contribution box
and raise all moneys by subscription,
Society volunteered to collect. The plan
has worked admirably. b second was
the continuation of the morning subject in
regard to the employment of the synodical
preston. and Rev. Dickey, whose place as
chairman was taken at the afternoon ses-
sion by Rev. o. A. Smith. Of Evansville.
explained what had been done in the
morning. The questions were. SHOULD
the superintendent be employedf How
much salary should be received Should
the presby terial evanRelists be dispensed
with. and how should the salary be raised!
The decision was for q superintendent, not
TO Interfere with the eysngelists work.
and that the salary. whatever decided.
would be forthcoming. In this synod the
superintendent is 2 new officer, and il
asked for from the synod this branch must
what they asked for without delay. Sew
ersl ministers pledged sums for their
churches.
THE EVENING MEETING.
At 7:30 there was q general meeting. and
the synod was discussed from several
s~tandpointa. "Our Field-Indlsna," by
Rev. j. w. Clokey. ID. D.. of New Albany;
''Our Church in Indiana" Rev. NJ. L.
Haines. ID. d., First Presby terrain Church.
city; "Our Colleges in Indiana" President
George Burroughs. d. d.. of Wabash Col.
lege. and The Conclusions" were drawn
by Rev. s. G. Dickey. The work was re-
ported fav orable In each.
Among the clergymen present besides
those mentioned were: Rev. Charles Lit
Tie, DID,, Wabash; Rev. j. +. Hutchinson.
J~effersouville; Rev. r. ". Hunter, Terre
Haute; Rev. Frank Hays. Muncie: Rev. j.
nersyiIle; Rev. ID. B.. Beatty. Rushville; Rev.
A. A. Pfahnstile. Shelby Vile; Rev. f. /.
Davis. Franklin; Rev. White. Crawfords-
willie; Rev. Blackford Conditt. DID,. Terre
Hsute; Rev. X. s. Ravenaugh. Rev. Davis,
Noblesville; Rev. A.. Reibert. Shelby willie;
Rev. Roscamp. Greensburg: Rev. b. s. AK
man. Greenfield; Rev. II. Mcdonald, Union
CITY; Rev. III. Nyce. Kin gston.