The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-18

are not scing to work to raise fund.-
 themselves He appealed for the policy
 The question was brieny discusse'
 by pr. '. ". 'Sraig. Dr. c. W. Patter
 son. pr. !. W. staeG. Rev. Mir. Foste
 and Rev. r. K. Sims.
 The amen dment to strike out wa
 lost and the report was adopted.
 TAe Wsnan's CO11eee.
 The effort of the Committee ol
 Church and Christian Work to rais' Il on tho Alabama Synodical College fo | Woman, WAS taken up as special or
 der. Of this amount something ove 1 $500 was pledged on the previous af I ternoon. The raising ef the pfedgc l was put in the hands of Elder J. L Dean % opelika. MT. Dean spok, briefly on the importance of the schoo
 and called for subscriptions to be pais in two yearly installments.
 Pledges to endeavor to raise sl,47' were made to Mir. Dean. who was ap' pointed collecting and soliciting agent The report was then adopted as g I whole.
 | The Committee on the College foi | Men recommended that pr. John w Stags of Birmingham and F. P. Glass of Montgomery be reelected trustees for term of three years each. The
 recommendation was adopted. that the books of the college were ac-
 curaely kept. The report was | The Committee on Columbia Theo- logical Seminary reported commencing . the institution and assuring its officers of the hearty cooperation and good l will of the Alabama synod. The com | mittee also recommended that a Presi- 1 dent be elected to unify the executive departments. The report was adopted. The Committee on Southwestern Presbyterian University Congratulated the University on the election of Dr. N. M. Woods as Chancellor. Gratifica- tion was expressed in the increase in the number of the student body and the religious condition of the young | men. pr. G. W. Pattersons of Mont gomery was reelected trustee for Ala bama and Dr. A. F. Carr of Mobile. alternate
 Foreign Mission Work. The Committee on Foreign Missions felicitated the church on the remark able progress made by the missionaries during the past year. Thanks to God were extended for keeping alive mis- sionary spirit in Japan during the great war with Russia. The develop pent of foreign missionary spirit by special meetings and study was recom- mended.
 Contributions from the synod for the cause was something over $1tieoo. an amount not up to the average amount given The report was adopted. The Board of Trustees of the Synod ical College for Women reported that the third years of this institution was eminently successful from a viewpoint of attendance and work. The need of enlargement of the buildings is immi- nent, but the effort to raise funds for this work was not altogether success full. The President>and the faculty were commended for their success dur- ing the year. No good financial agent for the school has yet been secured, as authorized by the Synods. The re- port was adopted.
 \ The Committee on tho Orphans Home reported favorably on the re- port of the Board of Trustees submit ted Thursday and the report was adopted.
 Dr. Sweet of Louisville, Secretary of the Committee on Ministeriak Edu- cation and Relief. pleaded with the Synod to present the claims of the Gospel ministry to the congregations and encourage young men to enter this great work. He briefly took up the subject of relief for aged and in- firm ministers and their widows and orphans and pleaded for generous re- sponse to the calls for aid for those who had grown old and infirnl in the service of Christ.
 He asked the ministers not to over- look the offer of an Atlanta minister to raise $100,000 If the church would raise $125.O00 for the relief of these veteran Christian soldiers. and to urge their congregations to give liberaliy when a collection for tsfs object was proposed. He closed in a pathetic ap- peal for the fund.
 At the close of his remarks, on mo- tion of Dr. Handley. Dr. Planck led in prayer for the success of the cause.
 Modet ator F. B. Webb called the Synod to order at o'clock for the closing session and tho first busine ss was a report from Rev. k. l.. Hill of nominations.
 New Committees.
 The report rominated the personnel of all the ste nding committees and the yeport was adopted intact The com mittees of the Synod fer another year, therefore. will be as follows:
 Foreign Missions-Revs. G. W. Pat terson, D. l.. Lander. E. D. McDougall, F. K. Sims and F. c. Hartman.
 Home Missions-Rcvs. l.. M. Craig. A. A. Little, D. A. Pianck and J. W. Orr
 Education and Ministerial Relief Revs. S. J. Foster. E. A. Smith. k. l.. Hill. J. T. West and c. W. Patterson.
 Publication and Sabbath Schools and Bible Cause-Revs. J. W. Orr. Francis Tappey. A. F. Carr. R. Y. McIlwain and \. L. McIver.
 Colored Evange1ization--Rev R. B. Morrow, z. A. Bryan, J. c. Snedecor, E. D. McDougall.
 sabbath-Revs. J. P. Anderson. John Van Lear, V. F. Merrill and U. D. Mooney.
 History-Revs. D. A. Planck. J. s. Parks, J. c. Sturgeon and Elder c. W. Hooper.
 Minutes of General Assernbly--Revs. F. B. Webb. F. Marston andNElders D. C. Carmichael and l.. Y. Dean. Columbia Theological Seminary Revs Neal L. Anderson. R. B. Morrow, F. k. Sims and D. A. Planck.
 Southwestern Presbyterian Uniyersi- ty--Revs S. J. Foster. E. L. Hill. F. R. Graves. ]. w Orr and A. F. Carr
 Alabama College for Men--Revs. A. F. Carr. s. J. Foster. John Van Lear, C. c. Weaver and Elders J. L. Dean and R. T. Simpson.
 Church and Christian Education Revs. ,. F. Tappey, A. A. Little and II. W. Film.
 Rev. John Van Lear and Elder T. Har- rison, trustees of the synod. whose terms expired at the meeting of the synod, were renominated and reelected
 The Committee on Leave of Absence next made its report excusing the ab-