The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-26
PrcsbyteTians BY Overwhelming
Majority Decide 10 Come TO
Birmingham Next Year
NORTHERN PRESBYTERIANS
RECEIVE NEW BRETHREN
representatives From the Cumberland
Church Are Given a Deafeninq Wei
come as They Enter the
Assembly Hall.

Greenville. S. c., May 5-(Special.)-
Birmingham was this morning chosen as
the place for the next meeting of the
general assembly of the Southern Pres
byterian church. DR., John w. Stagg, pas
tor of the First church at Birmingham.
placed the city Of Birmingham in nomi-
nation and urged Birmingham as the
proper place because
1t is the center of the new south, the
center of the world, indeed. not as Du-
luth once claimed the distinction, be-
cause the sky came down at equal dis
tances all around that city, but because
Birmingham is the greatest iron center
of the world
The worlds market for iron has been
shifted to Birmingham.
All railroads center in Birmingham. The
only difficulty he saw was that there
were so many blast furnaces burning all
night that he feared some the brethren
might awaken early in the morning, and
looking at the livid lights shining in at
the windows. think that they had entered
their eternal reward.
Birmingham has a suburb called At
/ lanta, and has the best preachers of any
| city that he knew of. II has the best busi-
ness men, the finest streets, the most
hospitable homes.
All the pastors, all the churches, the
Commercial club all the business men.
ali the people united In a most cordial
invitation.
This nomination was received with
great laughter and applause, and Bir-
mingham was chosen over Lewisburg, w.
| l,.,t,, al OTjf
Declaration on Caldwell Case.
The general assembly today disposed of
| the committee reports on closer relations
and made final declaration on the Cald-
well heresy case.
When the order was called today a few
! minor reports were received and disposed
of before the matter of closer relations
was taken up. Several addresses We're
made favoring the adoption of the ma
| jority report of the committee, and the
minority report also was supported, When
| DR.. r. A. Wharton offered a resolution
that the matter be referred with all re-
ports to the different Presbyteries Tor
consideration before the general assembly
shall take final action. After spirited
discussion the resolution was adopted by
a vote of SO to 81 thus disposing Oh the
| subject until May, 1907.
Now Pastor of Fort Worth Church.
| The special committee named to formu-
late the judgment of the general assent
bly, as court in the Caldwell case, re-
ported that in sustaining the complaint OK
| the session of the First Presbyterian
church of Fort Worth. against the synod
| of Texas the action of the synod was
reversed, and that by this reversal OF
! Judgment Rev. William Caldwell has oeen'
since the day OF his reception into the
| presbytery of Fort Worth and Is now
| a member of that presbytery and that
since the date, November 30. 1904. of his
! installation as pastor of the First Presby-
terian church of Fort Worth. he has been
and Is now pastor of that church.
The complaint OF DIR. s. S. Laws against
the SYNOD of Virginia Is to be considered
/ before the final adjournment of the as
| sennbly. This complaint is known as the
'Polygamy case" 1t refers to converts
| in countries whose laws allow plural mar
riages. DR. Laws believes that man
converted in such a country and having
more than one wife should annul all but
the first marriage when he enters the
church. The synod of Virginia, 1t Is al
legged. holds It unwise that all such plural
marriages should be annulled. but believes
that he should not contract other mar
riages after entering the church with
his several wives. unless he becomes
widower
The general assembly adjourned tonight
to meet at Birmingham, Ala, on the
third Thursday of May, 1907.
Afternoon Session.
| The afternoon session was given over
| to committee reports of various kinds with
number of interesting addresses sug-
! gested by these reports. Among these
were the protests Of DR.. John V. Mccall,
Dr. W. f. Boggs. and others against the
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| Judgment in the Caldwell case without
! objections These protests were ordered
| spread upon the records of the assembly
but no further formal action was taken.
Union SENTIMENT