The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-05-25
IRA LANDRITH
is NOMINATED
UNION CHOICE FOR MODERATOR
OF C. P. ASSEMBLY.
EQUIVALENT TO ELECTION.
Annual Meeting of General Assembly
at Decatur, ILL.,, Promises to Be No
toble, the Union and Anti-Union
Forces Being Already Aligned.

DECATUR, ILL.,, May 1.-THE sey
! enty-sixth annual meeting of the Cum
berland Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, was called to order here today b,
the Stated Clerk, Rev. ]. M. Hubert
of Marshall, Mo-, who presided be
cause of the absence of the Moderator
Four other ex-Moderators took part il
the Introductory services-Dr. S. NJ
Templeton, of GAINESVILLE, Texas; DR.
]. S. Order, of Kentucky; Dr. Bush
NELL of Illinois, and DR.. Black, of Mis-
souri,.
AS the retiring Moderator, DR.. J.
B. Hall, had returned to his mission
work in Japan, the opening sermon
was preached by Dr. B. P. Fullerton,
of st. Louis, who spoke of THE
Church and It's Work" He said that
as at the beginning, the church of the
present must depend not on great
conventions or learning, machinery or
wealth, but on the power of the Holy
Spirit. "The church divides and be-
comes inefficient: unites and grows
powerful. Divisions have been the
great source of weakness in the mis-
sionary efforts in foreign lands. The
Lord is now calling the church to one
mighty effort for the evangelization of
the nations. The cause will surely
triumph. We should be concerned
about what part our own church shall
have in that triumph"
Attorneys in the lawsuit between
the uniOnists and anti-unionists in the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church to-
day signed an agreement as to what |
points should be brought before the
Judge, and argument will begin to- |
morrow morning. Lawyers for the |
unionists agreed that no action should |
be taken on the report of the commit
tee on union until the case in court
had been decided
AT the afternoon session a spirited
debate was started by a resolution to
indorse the action of the stated clerk
in employing counsel to oppose the
Injunction proceedings. Opponents
Of the union said that the unionists,
not the church, should pay such law
yers. :
The unionists held a caucus and de-
ermined to nominate DR.. Ira Land Z
18th, of Nashville, Tenn, for Moder- 9
ltor. This is the equivalent to an +
election, but no one knows when the
election will take place, for the AS =
embly decided to wait until certain h
contests had been decided The right U
# fourteen commissioners to take h
eats is contested. 9
DR.. Ira Landrith was formerly ed 7
tor of the Cumberland Presbyterian n
nd Secretary of the Religious Edu-
alton Association. He is now Regent r
f Belmont College, Nashville. h
The anti-unionists called secret Il
leeting yesterday and another today G
eporters were excluded. It is learn -.
d that they received proposition to n
'ithdraw their injunction suit, but =,
ev. A. N. Eshman, Rev. Ashburn, II
ussell and w. E. Dunnaway opposed .,
lch movement. 1t was unanimously
ecided that they owed it to their con-
ituents to press the suit Judge Fus-
I'll was selected to nominate an anti
lion candidate for Moderator, but
e name of the candidate was not di-
llged. More than 100 persons were w
'esent at this caucus, but it is w
ought that not more than eight of c ~,
EN- were Commissioners. The anti De
lionists admit that they have no sa
,pe of electing Moderator, but
ointment leader said: 1--WE are bank
g everything on the injunction suit. "
e will appeal it to higher courts if of
dge Jonas decision is adverse" at