The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-27
The Synod Will Adjourn To-
day.
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support and salary of minister
For a year the Synod had not been
heard from, and the minister not re-
ceiving his salary had resigned. DR..
Venable desired to know whether the
supposed appropriation of $1,000 was
forthcoming. and a special committee
was appointed to make an inVestiga-
tion DR. Venable says the Hill church
will remain closed several years until
the debt is liquidated, which amounts
to $3.50.
BaYium Springs Orphanage.
Devotional exercises under the di-
rection of the regents of the Orphans
Home Of Barium Springs, were led
by Rev Jethra Rumple. The re-
port indicated that the institution was
in a magnificent growing condition.
1t has 1853 children. The receipts for
the past year from all sources
1929 and disbursements $13,152.
The Indebtedness of the home was
$4,000 and subscription will be made
among the churches to retire 1t. DR..
Howerton delivered an address on the
basic principles which founded the or
phans home. The speech was highly
commended and will have its effect
upon the churchs distribution of IL
nances.
Assemblies Home Missions
DIR. Howerton's report on North
Carolina contributions to the assem-
biys home missions showed that the
contributions We're $500 while So
y75 was drawn from the assembly S
home mission fund.
OF the 900 asked by the as
sembly for it's aggressive work, North
Cardinals prorata share by calcula-
ton would be $4,000.
The Presbyterian Standard.
DR.. A. j. McKelway made an urg-
ent address to the Synod on the Pres
bvterian Standard of which he was
editor. He said that eight years ago
he was elected editor by the Synod
and spoke briefly on the work OF that
organ. concluding by saying that be-
cause of the great pressure of his
other work in connection with the
child-labor cause which he represents,
it would be impossible for him to con-
tinue the responsibility of the edito-
rial control of the Standard. He said
the owners of the company of which
he is president were considering a
combination of the Standard with an
other paper and he would be compell-
ed to make the transfer oil the prop
erty unless the Synod itself should UNI
dertake to publish it. The Synod APP
pointed a committee to consider the
matter.
Ministerial Education.
DR.. A. T. Graham reported on Min
isterial Education and relief This year
there are 80 candidates on the roll,
and 100 are BENEFICIARY. In this Synod
there are sc candidates for the minis
try and 33 are receiving aid. Dr. Ora
had read statistics on the gifts of the
presbyteries and said it should shame
the Synod.
He recommended that the 18th day
of November be observed in the Pres
Dyterian churches as a day of pray
err and fasting and that collection be
taken up for the benefit of the minis
terial students.
1t was also recommended that min
sterial relief endowment fund be es-
tablished. The pastors were urged
to present the cause more fervently
and zealously, and that collections
be taken more frequently The report
stated that Southern students should
attend the Southern seminaries as
they give advantages which are not af-
forded by the Northern institutions
The Sabbath and Family Religion.
A quiet demonstration was caused
by the reading of the paper on"The
Sabbath and Family Religion" by
DR.. Alfred II. Moment, of Raleigh.
DR.. Moments paper read in part
ours is a Christian nation. The
American republic would never have