The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-05-30


representatives at the Charlotte Conference
(Signed) GA. j. McKelway, chair, North Carolina;
G. w. Bull Tennessee; David M. Sweets, Ken
lucky; E. d. McDougall, Alabama; H. N Spen-
GER Missouri; B. L. Baker, Florida; Robert
Adams, South Carolina.
Dr. r. II. Rice moved the adoption of the minority
report, follows:
The undersigned, minority of the special com
mittee to which referred the report of the Char
lotte Conference Closer Relations and the Presby-
terrain Oyertures that subject, would recommend
to the General Assembly the adoption of the follow
ING as its action on this matter:
ResoIued, That this Assembly sincerely desires to
cultivate with all churches in America holding the
Presbyterian system the closest relations consistent
with its religious convictions, its internal peace and
the preservation of its independent existence, and
that it desires, also, where it comes into contact
with these other churches in its religious work to
avoid all unnecessary and unseemly competition and
conflicts and to secure with them such combined and
concentrated effort in the common enterprises in
which are all engaged will express the fra
ternal relations existing between and most efec
tually accomplish the great ends all have in view.
Yet it declines to accept the Articles of Agree
ment adopted by the Charlotte Conference:
!. Because it does not the need of providing
large ana expensive council to give advice.
90. Because the provision made for arbitration by
this council is too complicated and would require
too much time in each to be efficient for the
purpose intended.
g. Because the matters to be arbitrated would
not be sufficiently important to justify the erection
of such council for the purpose and because they may
be adjudicated in a way much simpler and more
speedy and inexpensive.
4 Because it would be a violation of the con-
stitution of the church to delegate to any outside
body authority to sit in judgment any of our in
terests and to control and bind by any of its de-
cisions.
- BECAUSE the course recommended by these
would nd obahl
suit in the extinction of church as an independ-
ent organization.
Therefore, instead of adopting these articles this
Assembly proposes to the churches represented in the
Charlotte Conference that empower and instruct
our representative committees boards, cordially to
cooperate with another in the different depart
ments of our religious work. to endeavor to avoid
conflicts, promptly to arrest them when they occur;
to guard against waste of resources; to agree to
the distribution and occupation of territory and in
general far possible, to combine and concen-
rate efforts for the attainment of the objects
all wish to accomplish.
In order that own Executive Committee of
Home Missions, i'll particular may be provided with
the information necessary to perform the duties above
mentioned synods and Presbyteries are directed
through their Home Mission Committees to com
muncate to the Executive Committee all the facts
bearing upon the above subjects that may be in their
possession, that they may be able to obtain or
that they may think Executive Committee ought
to have
"And, further, our Executive Committee of Home
Missions is directed to furnish annually all informa-
ton thus obtained to the Assembly that it may learn
what further different may be done to attain the
ends in view.
lSigned) Eugene Daniel Virginia; Oliver c. Jones,
Texas Theron H. Rice, Georgia; George Batta-
lora, Louisiana w. V. Frierson, Mississippi"
DR.. McKeway then took the floor and defended the
majority report of the committee, stating that the
Articles should be adopted after the Charlotte Con
ference.
DR.. Eugene Daniel, of Virginia, represented the
minority. He read the eighteen Articles of
Agreement If ever there time for the Southern
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