The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-12

Overtures have the matter in hand and will report later.
 Another important matter under con- sideration is the formation of a new Pres bytery to be called the Birmingham Pres
 bytery. and to take the place of the pres ent Incorporated organization known as the North Alabama Presbytery, and
 that new North Alabama Presbytery
 be organized, composed of the churches in the northern tier of counties-Colbert, Lauderdale. Franklin, Morgan, Lawrence, Madison, Limestone, Jackson, Marshall and others.
 pr. B. P. Davis of Opelika made a full and interesting report on home missions, going into details of the work being done in this State. The report showed that the Alabama Synod had no organized
 work on home missions, but that it was l prosecuted through the Presbyterles. The report was discussed by a number of those present and various plans were
 suggested as to the best method of de- veloping the home mission work At Il o'clock Dr. A. B. Curry of Mem phis, Tenn, formerly pastor of the First | Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, preached very fine sermon from Corin- | thians, fiji, 3.
 The first business taken up at the af- ternoon session was a partial report of
 the Committee on Bills and Overtures
 The committee recommended that the
 synod decline to change the name of the | Alabama Synodical Female College for
 Women, and that the clerk be instructed
 to issue the minutes as soon as possible after the close of the Synod. The report of church and Christian ed ucation was read by Rev. A. A. Little and ordered spread upon the docket The
 preachers throughout the Synod will take 1 special collection for this work The Treasurer's report was read and referred to the Auditing Committee. communication was read from Dr.
 Patterson of Montgomery, asking that
 his address on foreign missions be heard l Immediately after the Lords Supper on Wednesday evening.
 most interesting report was read on | education by Rev. Mir. McCray He stated that 1S0 young ministerial students more ministers, more money, increased | interest, greater faithfulness and more prayers were needed to aid in this work
 The report was referred to the Commit tee on Education.
 A report and able address was delv- cred by Dr. T. Fl. Hall, Secretary of the Bible Publication Society. He urged the brethren not to curtail the Bible work, for when they did. they cut off the right arm of the foreign mission field. He further requested that near March 6, next. they, in some way, in their churches, celebrated the centennial of the British-American Bible Society. The report went to the Committee on Bible Cause
 A resolution was offered by Rev MT. Campbell as follows:
 The Synod of Alabama >overtures the General Assembly to clothe a committee with power to confer with the Dutch Church, looking toward closer reunion"
 A motion to table this was lost by rising vote, 26 to 30. The discussion which followed was interesting, and strong points were made on both sides.
 The feeling was strong that all other organizations could unite, but that the world said the Christian Church could not However, a resolution was finally adopted by unanimous vote that the Synod of Alabama overtures the General Assembly to clothe a committee with power to receive and consider any prop osition from Presbyterian body looking to closer relations.
 The report of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Synodical College for Wo- men will be heard Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.