The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-18
i SYNOD HAS ADJOURNED PresbyterianS Had Two
 Busy Sessions. NEXT YEAR IN TALLADEGA Resolution as to Liquor Traffic
 Caused Debate. Last Dsy Marked by Reception of Re- ports of church work-Dr.
 Patterson Refers to the
 street Fair.

sentatives present. the seventieth an. nual meeting of the Presbyterian Synod of Alabama yesterday afternoon at few minutes before o'clock came to 2 close and adjournment was taken until the next annual meet.rg in Taliadesa on a date to be fixed.
 Two ss ssions of the Synod were held yesterday, one in the morning and rEe oti.,r in the afterro oon. Some of the most interesting transactions CT tho church court were accomplished at both sessions.
 In the morning tho Synod. with Q good attendance, listened to the reports Foreign Missions and the progress Of the educational institutions fosterod by the Pres byterians.
 The afterroon session beginning dt o'clock after the visiting represtnts- tives had nad 2 complimentary ride over the street ear lines of the Mont gomery Traction Company, carried business of importance to a conclu- sion with an unusual rush: Many of the members had left the city on ad- jouranit mt of the morning sessiop and as a result but little more than ma- jority was on hand at the closing ses- sion.
 r In the sfteiuoon the various commit tees of the Synod were nominated and eIeCLtu, TOuS TcbOiut~Ouo utItN1hS the general policy of tho church were adopted and a good deal>of miscellane- ous work was done.
 A feature of the closing scenes of the Synod was a discussion of some vehe- mence of a temperance resolution of D. L. Lender of Uniontown. The reso- lution aimed to commit the church to q more radical condemnation of liaucr indulgence. The division of the Synod ora fhta resolution was SN Y10fnfAd that it's consideration was postponed until the next meeting of the body so that the full synod may participate in the discussion.
 The Synod was called to order at 9 o'clock yesterday morning by Rev. E. L. Hill of Eufaula, who conducted short devotional exercises. ,
 The Committee on the Minutes of the General Assembly reported that the minutes had been examined and found correct. The report was adopted.
 The statistical report of the various Presbyteries was read by their stated clerks and filed with the clerk of the Synod.
 Home Mission Work.
 The standing committee on Home Missions reported on the financial con- dition of the General Assembly work. The committee reported progress in the work in Mexico and many of the West ern territories and. weaker t Presby- teries. A number of churches were also erected by this fund.
 The Synodical Committee recommend cd that pastors exert special energies toward raising in Alabama $5,000 called for by the assembly and devote time toward explaining to the people the forward movement in Home Missions No statement was made as to local home missions. A defined policy is ex- tw- At. .nA s.. At. carry on their own home mission work without calling on the General Assem- bIy.
 Rev. E. l.. Hill said that he favored the policy if 1t was not iron bound. He thought that the Presbyteries should try as hard as they could to carry their own burden, but if necessary should be allowed to call on the General Assem- bly,.
 Rev. W. l. Sinnot moved to strike out the section providing the policy on the ground that the Presbyteries are better judges of their own needs than the Synod.
 MT. Hill said that the East Alabama Presbytery had assumed obligations to ed to be foot loose to meet these .obli- sat.ers. He thought that the money might just as we'll be spent in Alabama as anywhere else.
 Rev. MT. Henderlite made an appeal for the policy. He said that Alabama gave si,2e7 to Home Missions last year and s1.200 of this was spent in the State. He thought that the great Synod of Alabama could afford to pay more than $57 to this work.
 Dr. D. A. Planck of Mobile said that all If the $1,200 was spent in two Pres byteries. He thought the proportion too much. He spoke of the prosperity of the country and the resulting pros- perity of the churches. He suspected that too many beauties were being added to church work and too many ministerial salaries were being raised. He knew that the people of the Mobile Presbytery would not relish the idea of giving to other Alabama Presby- teries when the fund was being col lected for places which could not be reached by the Gospel without their assistance.
 pr. L. s. Hardley of Birmingham said that Dr. Planck's ideas were cor rect theoretically but under present conditions in North Alabama with vast hordes of immigrants sweeping into the mineral districts, the Presbytery could not handle the situation without the assists nee of the General Assembly He promised that within a few years North A!sbamn would be able to aid their sister Presbyteries and Presby- teries of other States.
 Dr. A. A. Little said that the $57 given by Alabama to the Assembly fund did not pay the Synod's proportion of the office exLe nses and really made Ala bama a beneficiary of the General As- sembly. He believed that all Presby- teries needed funds, but that no Pres bytery should call on the Assembly, When preachers know they cal get the money from the board in Atlanta, they