The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-25
DR., cecil D[PI.ORE
[ACK.O| YOUNGME:IN
Applicants Will Soon be as High.
and Scarce as Anthracite.
is DUE TO COM N E & R :: n. Isl
a Committee Appointed to Respond to to
Drs. Cecil and Johnson wentieth
Century Fund a Practical Enters
prise if Properly Conducted.
D;snatch to The Times.)

Especial Dispatch to Inc llH1e Is -. =.
Cecil sta. ements concerning the decline
in applicants for the ministry Wi-s liie
feature OF tie Synod to-day. lie spoke
az the effects in the Presbyterian
Church. He said there has been asteady
decline in candidates for eight years. 4
though there il slight turrr.ln the t-oe
al the present time which he hoped was
promise for the future
II there is to be any substantial growth
in the number of candidates Tor
the ministry there; must be grown
in spirituality on the part OF the cnurcn
At large. II the decrease contlnues, y
will alter a, while be difficult to I'll the
pulpits and preachers will be as scarce
and h gh as aLtllra cite coal
NOT THE BEST MATERNAL -4al.
The ass CT nen who have been goins
into the ministry Of late is not OF tne :
best in preparation for the WORK one OF
the most striking Of his statements wa ",
that VIII he gradual ted, one-thlrd OF tile
mem rs Of his class were can l ees
for the ministry, and when ms son
rraduat ed only one-ifteenth Of the lat
ter's elias, desired to be preachers,
He attributed the decline in the NUM-
b-r of candidates for the ministry TO
CONNIE cia1;s1n and materiahs.n, most OF
the young men going into other pro1es-
sions AMI modar1 skenticism IS also
contributing cause to the decline.
AN ANSWER.
IT vas decided that committee should
he amounted to res pond to the addresses
a. d. s Cecil and Johnson. and the fol-
loving were named to constitute 1t: Kew.
+. +. Bedinger. of Hampden-SidneE;
Rev. J. S. Sib,ey, Of Winchester end mo
Elder R T. Brooke, of First Churcn'
Richmond
Rev. Harris q. Kirk, of Baltimore. read
the reply Of the committee appointed 70
respond to the report OF Kew III. L. ..
McElroy. Secretary Of Ministerial Re-
lief, and the following were appointed as
a standing committee on ministerial. re
lief: Rev DR.. J.. r. Graham. OF Nlnches-
ter; Rev. A. NJ Frazier, OF Staunton'
Rev. H. f. Kirk, of Baltimore; Mr. IL.
M. Gillian. of the Second Church, Rich
mond, and Mr.. George p. Casples, OIL the
First Church, LynchburS.
The report read by Rev. Mr.. Kirk,
above referred to, besides committing the
SYNOD to the endorsement of the Com
lr.ittee on Ministerial Relief. recommended
that the churches within the Synod be
urged to take an offering at#least once
a year for the work.
The sermon of the hour was preached
by Rev. Dr. Finley. of Thinking Springs
Church, Augusta county, Va.
Rev. T. T. IcFaden, of the First
Church. Lynchburs. read the report of
the Committee on the Twentieth Century
Fund, which said, among other things:
That ten Synods have undertaken to
raise S1,720, 600. OF this amount si23, coo
has been. paid CT subscribed. There are
some forty odd institutions, in behalf of
which the amount raised is to be eN-
pended Since the movement of the
Twentieth Century Fund began. soms
sixteen new institutions of learning have
been established or protected.
The most money has been raised In
those Synods and F'.sbyteries where paid
agents have heen employed. That the re-
cults show that this sc.eme of the Gene
raj Assembly of the Church was not Vi
sionary. and that with pa tience and per-
severance the whole amount can be
raised. AS to the work in this matter
in this Synod, progress has been made,
more than one-third Of the amount hay
Ing been subscribed or paid in. The
amount to be raised by this Synod is
s325. 600, of which $4,000 has been Sc
cured
TO MEET L ABINGDON.
The Synod held meeting for
missions tonight and listened to
addresses by two missionaries from
Brazil, DR.. Rockwell Smith and DR..
Garmmon After these addresses there
was a short discussion of the next meet
ing place, resulting in the choice OF
Abingdon. on Tuesday after the third
Sunday in October.