Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-23
SECOND SESSION HELD
Annual Meeting of the Synod of
Baltimore.
AT GUNTON-TEMPLE CHURCH
One Hundred and Thirty Ministers
and Elders Present.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES
Attendance at Religious Services by
Cadets Of Naval Academy-Erect-
ing New Buildings
AT GUNTON-TEMPLE CHURCH
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEE,

ing New Buildings
The second session Of the fifty-second an
nual meeting Of the synod of Baltimore be-
gan in the Gunton-Temple Memorial
Church. 14th and R streets, this morning.
Moderator @. Alvin Smith presiding. About
one hundred and thirty ministers and elders
were present. All delegates are being en-
tertained during the meeting Of the synod
by the presbytery Of Washington. Reports
from special and standing committees and
| discussions based on the reports comprised
the business Of the morning.
cit is not lack Of business knowledge
| that has prevented ministers laying aside
sufficient saving to support themselves and
their families" Rev. Dr. James Moffatt of
| Cumberland, Nd, declared in speaking
upon ministerial Relief" He cited in
stances in his presbytery when ministers
have raised and educated families on mod
| Grade salaries.
| 1.-THE average that is given to widows
semi-dependent upon this board" Dr. Moi
Honorably retired ministers are paid $780,"
DR.. Moffatt was asked why honorably re-
| tired ministers receive such amount and
| widows so much less. He replied that the
custom in the presbytery has always been
| to receive affidavit from minister that
| he has attained the age Of seventy years.
and has served forty years in the pulpit,
and to grant the retirement allowance with
out argument. The matter was further
discussed by DR.. Foster. Rev. w. F. Dick
| ens-Lewis and Rev. DR.. Teunis 8. Hamlin.
On Roll as Benefciaries.
| In brief the report showed that q total
| Of 952 names were on the roll of bene-
| fciaries. of whom 175 were on the honor
| ably retired list; 500 widows, and 50 Or
phans. During the year LOT new names
were added and 90 died. The entire amount
| in the hands of the board for the year
| was $240, 1863. of which $99,O43 was received
| from 4.441 churches. Three thousand three
| hundred and eighty-five churches contrib
uted nothing to the cause.
] The report as whole was adopted, as
were also two resolutions which set forth
| that sessions of the several churches of the
synod be instructed to appoint each one
elder whose duty it shall be to aid to secur-
| ing larger offerings to this cause, and that
1.-The synod directs that each preSoytery
| shall require OF each church that falls to
| make an offering to the board to give rea-
| son for the same, and that no excuse of
| mere neglect be received"
West Street Presbyterian Church, this city.
presented a report upon church attendance
! by cadets at Annapolis.
your committee on church attendance by
| cadets at Annapolis would report that after
| many delays and Interruptions we. in COM
pany with the chairman Of the committee
| from the synod Of Virginia, secured an au.
dience with the Secretary Of the Navy"
Dr. Alexander said. He was courteous. at
| tentive to our request and seemed interest
| ed. At his suggestion we submitted a let
| ter to him, in which we asked that the OBJ
| jectionable clause in the old regulations.
| which is follows, except upon their dec
| laration in writing, with the written APP
| prevail Of their parents or guardians, when
minors, that they cannot conscientiouSly
attend be changed to read, or that as a
| matter of conscience they feel under OBJ
legations to attend service elsewhere
This was submitted to the superintend-
ent of the Naval Academy, and instead of
| substituting the new clause 1t was tackled
1 on to the old, and as such is now in force
| in the Naval Academy. This is not as
| much as your committee had hoped to get,
| but we believe this is a decided gain on
| the old regulations, and hence have ac-
! cepted it. and trust that 1t will be salts
factory to the synod, and would accord.
| ingly ask that we be now discharged.
| The desired action was taken.
To Visit Secretary of War.
special resolution was introduced and
| adopted providing that Rev. Drs. Robinson
| and Macleod Of the synod shall call upon
| the Secretary of War and prefer request
| that Presbyterian minister be appointed
| to fill one of two vacancies in the corps
of chaplains Of the army.
Rev Dr. Henry Branch Of Ellicott City,
| Md, presented the statistical report Of the
DreSDyIeTy OIL batllmOEcp blOWlHS Iudl
there are now sixty-nine ministers in the
| presbytery, 263 ruling elders, lib deacons,
1870 communicates and 1,912 Sunday
! school teachers and scholars and 6S
churches.
Statistics Of the presbytery of New Castle
were presented by J. r. Milligan, stated
clerk. as follows: Fifty ministers. 100 elders.
| p deasons, 1000 communicates, So churches.
For the presbytery of Washington Rev.
DR.. B. F. Bittinger, stated clerk, made sta
| tistical report for the capital as follows:
Fifty-seven ministers. 81 churches. a695
| communicates. It's ruling elders. 1913 dea-
cons and s329 members in Sunday schools.
| marked advance in the work OF church
erection was reported by Rev. Robert A:
Dawson. The number Of churches aided
in putting up houses of worship was 1874, as
against 119 in 1905; $4,000 was appro-
| priated for the purpose. an advance of %
per cent over last year.. It was further
board of church erection in 1s45 little
more than s.. 600 has been collected ana
| distributed.
Committees Of the synod were desig-
mated by the moderator as follows:
Bills and overtures-Revs. Francis H.
Moore. Donald Guthrie Donald e. Mac-
| Leod; Elders Enoch P. Webb. John B.
Moore and Daniel McFarlan.
On judicial Cases.
Judicial cases-Revs. w. c. Alexander,
w. T. M Beale, w. A. Price; Elders ].
| B. Bloss, e. g. Polk and c. w. Benson.
Finance-Elders o. w. Cummings. W.
| A, Leetch and Thomas F. Clark.
Minutes Of general assembly-Revs s.
Ward Fighter. ]. Newton Kugler and
Dewitt NJ Benham.
Minutes Of presbytery Of Baltimore
Revs. T. Edgar franklin. Titus E. Davis
and Elder R. L. Ewing
Minutes Of presbytery of New Castle
Revs. Henry Neill, s. g. Greenwich and
Elder J. Abercrombie.
| Minutes Of Presbytery Of Washington:
Rev T. Freeman Dixon, Joel 8. Gilfllan
and Elder William Stewart.
synodicsl Sermon. 1907: Revs. r. II.
Hoover, J. w. Mc1lvain and George M.
Cummings.
Narrative, 1907: Rev. George Bailey. VIM.
J. Rowan and David T. Nicely.
| Memorials: Revs. Robert P. Kerr, Thomas
A, McCurdy. J. Russell verbrycke.
| Standing committees and rules, Revs. ].
| r. Stone. n. c. Mcbride and George p. VIII