The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

The question just now uppermost IN cum
berland Presbyterian circles is that OF ed
%ucation. especially along the line OF the
endowment of the colleges of the church.
The General Assembly of 1899 appointed a
commission whose duty it should be to de-
wise wavs and means for raising M.W0,uU
to be applied to this end. The head of this
commission IS the Reverend Doctor b. p.
Fullerton, pastor of the Lucas Avenue Pres
byterian Church of this city. and its secre-
tary is the Reverend Doctor w. j. Darby
of Indiana. The commission did not begin
its work until about six months ago. ano
since that time $50, 900 has been secured.
There seems to be some difference of
opinion among the leaders of the movement
as to the precise powers of the commission
The Reverend Doctor Ira Landrith, editor
of the Cumberland Presbyterian. takes the
position that it is the duty of the commits
sion to raise the amount desired by Its own
direct personal effort. The Reverend Doc
tor Fullerton. chairman, declares that this
Is not the province of the commission. but
that it is rather to cooperate in the raising
of the amount in view. His statement fol-
lows:
1.-THE commission has defined its object In
the third article of its constitution. Waicn
saws: To devise plans for and assist in
raising 100000 for the endowment of the
educational institutions of the church. Sec
ond, to so encourage and promote the CO.
ordination and correlation of the education
al institutions of the church as to secure
their greatest harmony and efficiency. and to
prevent the unnecessary waste OF men ana
money Already much has been done In
the accomplishment of the second part OF
the object of the commission. A well-di-
gcsted and wise plan for coordination mas
been prepared, and Is very generally ac-
cepted.
Speaking more particularly In reference
TO the powers of the commission, the Doc
tor says: Whatever is done must be done
in the way of al assistant and not as prlh-
cipal. Its power. therefore. is simply That
of an assistant to the regular agencies OF
the church In furthering the educational in
terests. The presbyteries. through their
svnods. have delegated 10 the boards OF
trustees of the several colleges the man
aeement and control of the several col,
leEes now IN operation. and these several
boards should be held to the strict per-
formanc of the duties intr-sted to them.
and these should not be alienated by being
committed to a general board or commas
SION
Along the line of coordination and CORE
intion. il appears that the commission mas
undertaken the heroic work OF properly
hN Nohi'
universities of the church. and In conse-
uuence has incurred no little opposition. But
its report in this line was adopted by the
last General Assembly. which so fixed the
curriculum for these grades of educational
institutions that there. are now but hVe
strictly collegiate, and all Others are academ-
ic. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church
ras no university as yet. but 1t is the inten-
ton to crown the present educational sys-
TEN with one in the near future.
AMERICAN METHODIST N
Bishop Hendrix of the Southern Methodist
Church recently addressed the Wesleyan
Conference in London. and it appears that
his address produced q profound impression
upon the English Methodism. Describing
the Bishop. the Methodist Times of London
says: He is a dark. bury man. of medium
height. with bright. flashing eye. and a
voice that at once claims attention.
Bishop Hendrix spoke of the relationship
between England and America as nations
in general. and between English and AmeIi-
can Methodism in particular. In the course
OF his address. which was published in full
in the London Methodist Recorder. the
Bishop paid a glowing tribute to English
fidelity to Sabbath OF servance.
Speaking of the growth of Methodism in
America, Bishop Hendrix said: American
Methodists alone. at the end of a century
and a half, outnumber the entire census of
Christianity at the end of the first three
centuries. Methodism is. perhaps, the best
established church in America. and yet she
cannot afford to remain established where
she is. Her whole history and life is one
of movement. She is the word go incar-
nate. Her hosts of communicable outnum-