Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-04-30
NEWS OF THE
CHURCHES


70 seoms thDie b. 20 be a minority
report 10 the Presbyterian general
assembly u nunhio iu May on the
matter OF organic union With the
Cumberland Presbyterian body A
majority report has been already pub.
ilahod. and iavors union. one OF the
commissioners Co the BuHalo as8om.
hly. who De- member of one or the
largest of che proabytorios ls author
lty tor me statement that Cumhor
land rrnshJ ler.aus are not Calvnlats
uo say tho body with which union
BE- sought H gmphatlcaliy Calvinist,
when tho Cumberland people learn
this they may not. ho thinks, desire
union The same commissioner voices
= sentiment that opposes union. and
that admits its purpose 90 DO an in
ita power 90 IunalO Co prevent the
same. a reason % wall urge. apart
from 1ociriral standards De- tho al.
dition t1 the burden that already
hangs over thc assembly in the task
uf finding q solution of the colorod
Presbyterian brethren While there
may not Boz many co.orod Cumber.
lands ttDre lB sentiment among
white Cumberland Prcsbytorians. and
this sentiment viii ada materially 90
aimculi.os already confronting Pres.
hyterians of enc NORTH TnCso diocul
tics relate io what may De called
Jim Grow prosbytoriga" The same
commissioner declares union 90 be- not
% near as some people have im.
aF.ned
"Jim Grow Problem.
Ono Jim Grow prcshytcry pr0b.
IDm To- lolng discussed thp ighout the
entire north and south Tho subject
was up iast year at Los Angeles and
was put over until chs yeas the Roy.
Dr Samuoi NICcois OF 80 Louis
being named as chairman of com.
mittoo upon it white Prcsbytcriaus
40 TIE south. but who belong 60 the
Presbyterian church. not 60 the Pres
uytornn church. South. domanu sopar.
ate prcabytcrlcu Tor the colorea peo.
pie. ThCy have agitatel the matter
so long thOt a considerable sentiment
n t. favor has developed at the
NORTH $50 Tar as can boz learned. tho
roia. .0plo themselves are rather
nd.n.it tney say they fare best
whom iH0y 90 not put themselves for.
ward Hut leave tho white 90 hight
thCI Htu uaftICs % H said that 30
Ecua.. pr,sbytoros be- granted. tho
Who'll. machinery OF Presbyterian
church s0yrument wiz have 60 be
ChauE.l Leaders who have hoen
consulted say that the most that Will
hC done viii bo 90 frame pCrmissivo
overture This VIII make Il elective
20 form separate nresbytouob. Even
this concession Will. 10 o. declared. rev.
ulutlonlEe the Presbyterian form. The
problem in similar form but under
other names. is confronting Motho.
dists and Ep0Hcopaliaus the lh0t nam.
cd of whom admit that they will have
more dihcuIty 20 maEo tho change
than will almost anybody else
Baptist Anniversaries
n IB said to bee probable that the
baptist anniversaries. when meet
To- the Eucid Avenue church, Clcve
land. to which John ID. Rockefeller
belongs VIII pronounce ia favor OF
baptist conference. Talk OF
such conference has been general
among Euptists for some years. but
u has been declared that h sh0uld
ho held In America During tue last
elk months. however. sentiment has
changed. and % the Cleveland meet.
INK fayors a conference 30 will be
ono % be- held In London this July.
rhe cause OF the change OF sentiment
is due 10 Engnah politics The Rev.
nr. John Cnnord, perhaps TIE most
famous of English Free CEdrchmen,
i8 a Baptist. ana the very head ami
front OF the passive resistance move.
mont against the English education
act lie 10 a London pastor. and the
conference would bee held Ia his
church. American Baptists think thoy
might help British Haptlsts at this
time, for their sympathios are strong.
by with the reslstera. n tho pan.Hap.
tist conference be- lnauEuratod IL will
Boz with the idea of making such con.
tercncos permanent probably 90 u.
terVnls of eight or ten years
Young Peoples Work.
The young peoples missionary
movement o. 60 try conference this
year AZ Winoua, june NJ 20 2G. For
the second time conference will be-
held az Lookout mountain. the dates
this year being july 4 90 no. ana Tor
tho third time silver Bay. on Lake
George, viii be visited Tho last
named viii De tho chief conference
90 the year by this movement The
datoa are July ~ 20 81. Tho purpose
or these conferences Is 20 afford a
practical training school for mission.
AIRY workers in sunday schools and
young peoples soclties. and 10 com.
hino with such training the Fecrea.
ton that Christian workers. with all
other people, are Obliged to seek 10
% expected that missionary secr1tar'
les for young peoples work OF the
leading missionary SOCIETIES in the