Evening journal., 1905-10-25
CRITICISM IN SYNOD or
BOOKER 7. WASHINGTON
CcontInnea from First page.,
DEMAND FOR EDUcArIoN.

founding figures as to candidates for
tne ministry. The report in part fol-
The demand for education was
never greater and the absolute neces-
lsity OF college training is horouehlv
apparent Il has been stated that The
college man has Thirty times as large
Ian opportunity for success M pubiic iifa
as the nom graduate.
John w. Leonard Ia his Who's Who
IN America shows that out of the ~ :
1000 most successful living Americana
lseventy per cent. are college men. thai
less than three per cent finished their
leducation in the high school, while the
lself-taught are represented by less than
one- third of one per cent.
"The work done by the small colleges
lof the church has been valuable There
has been considerable sbrinkage in
the number OF candidates for the min
istry and this shrinkage would have
been more disastrous IL il had not been
for the supply furnished by our small
colleges.
I'VE are furnished the following facts
by our secretary Now as TO the
lshrinkage In thirty seninaries OF what
I'VE call the greater evangelical denom-
linatlons there were $50 fewer students
lin 1904 tina there wene in 1894 a fall
ling of Of fifteen per cent. OF the entire
number. The Board OF Education OF
lour own church has today COS candI-
ldates as aginst 913 ten years ago. In
lour theological seminaries we have only
622 students. where we had S55."
The report points out that the great-
er part OF the output Of the Christian
colleges is in the special service Of the
church today. The following figures
We're given TO demonstrate this fact.
lOf 1900 graduates OF Lafayette $50 are
preaching the gospel OF 5000 alumni
OF Washington and jefferson. 1850 were
called to the ministry. of 500 graduates
of Wooster, 200 are In the minlstry one
out Of every four graduates from Hast
ings College has gone into the minis-
try, rs OF Parsons College graduates
are now foreign missionaries; so per
cent. Of the graduates Of Manchester
preach the word since 1865 SO per
cent. Of the men who graduated from
Maryville have gone into the pulpit
30 In the foreign field.
In 10000. StS6.262 was contrib
luted and In 19O4-05 there was Sa05.-
l624.0S contributed. Forty-nine churches
lin the Synod did not contribute.
The committee made the following
Recommendations:
First. That the pastors be urged to
observe Education Day on the Sab
bath nearest the Day OF the Prayer for
Colleges, and that the interests of the
board be presented TO the people and
that they be given an opportunity to
contribute TO the work OF the board
Second. That all funds be given alb
solutely to the board TO be used as
their judgment directs.
The report was accepted and the re-
recommendations adopted. An interest
ling address ON education was made by
the Rev. James S. Dickson ID. d.. Of
philadelphia. secretary of the College
Board.
The Rev HuHhrRs MacCauley, ID. d..
seceretary of the Assembly's Commit
tee, made an address on young peoples
societies ~r
sYNODICAL sUsTENTATION.
The Rev. William H. Logan Of VIII
lmlngton. submitted the report Of the
Committee on Synodical Sustentation.
The report stated that the churches
pay their current expenses and about
two thirds OF their pastors salaries and
sustentation furnishes the other third.
The committee stated that Il had "a
lgreat deal OF trouble I'm getting the
lstatistical reports from the ministers
land preachers and recommended the
adoption Of a rule to withhold the pay
lof the last quarter of the synodical
year until the minister has furnished
the chairman of his Presbyterial COM
lmittee with q satisfactory annual re-
port.
The report shows that n members
were added to the churches OF the Bal
ltimore Presbytery on profession OF
faith. "A by certificates; SO in New Cas-
tie on profession and - by certificate;
35 in Washington by profession and "a
on certificate; total, 14S on profession,
land 94 by certificate.
The average attendance at As
churches reporting has been 274O; total
membership, 1912; congregations es-
ltimated at 1920 Twenty-one adults
land 130 infants have been baptized.
There are 40 Sunday schools. with an
attendance OF 4O6s. The church edi-
fees are valued at s21S.SOO and parson-
age property az $4,000. This is only
on the churches reported.
NEW CASTLE PRESBYTERY GAIN.
The New Castle Presbytery in ten
years has gained 421 members. making
a total OF 1894 and gained 3S5 Sunday
lschool members.
The committees report shows the
receipts of the year to be as follows:
Presbytery Of Baltimore paid in s2179.-
lS4: Washington. S2O29.7i; New Castle,
S993.4O; total from churches. S5202.95;
Interest. S95.75; Board OF Home Mis-
lsons. $500; balance from last year.
lSS1225: total receipts. S99lO95 After
Ian disbursements are deducted there Is
lstill balance on hand OF $l219.55.
no HOLD BACK MINISTER'S PAY.
There was considerable discussion
lover the recommendation OF the COM
lmittee to hold back the last quarter Of
the pay OF those ministers who neglect
to make an annual report Some
thought It might work a hardship on
those who are negligent, but it was
Eventually adopted.
From 4 o'clock to 8 O'clock there was
la conference on "The Work Of the Dea-
lcon in the Church OF the Present -
which was opened by Charles Reid, OF
Baltimore.
The work OF the deaconess was ex-