The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-11-08
SyN00'S CLOSING WORK.
The Meeting a Pleasant and Profitable
0ne-Visitors favorabIy impressed
With Pennington.

every way the meeting Of the SYNOD
was pleasant aud profitable. Those
who were in attendance were very
favorably impressed with the City Of
Pennington aud the rapid develop.
ment being made in this section of the
state, and were more than cordial IN
their expressions of appreciation Of the
manner in which they had been enter
tanned in the various homes While
much of the business of the Synod was
necessarily of routine nature, there
were many excellent addresses aud a
number Of spirited debates that were
not only profitable to the prosecution
of the church work but were interest.
ing to those who were in attendance
upon the sessions.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The interesting report OF the COm-
mittee on Foreign Missions showed
that 2,2j6 had been added to the
church 10 foreign fields this last year;
that the Synod OF Missouri gave So.
G33, or an average of about $3.50
per member. The :epor; aisu calls
attention to the Layman's Missionary
movement and its promise of success.
The report recommends that the cir
culalon of "rhe Missionary" the
church magazine, be increased; that
the synod adopt the General Assem-.
bly's platform Of Foreign Missions,
aud that the organization and launch.
ing Of the Layman's Missionary move.
meut be heartily endorsed by he Sy-
nod
In the evening apopular meeting il
the interests Of Foreign Missions was
held Rev. Calvin Caldwell, who is
now in this country on leave OF alb.
sencc from his field in China, vivid.y
portrayed the famine conditions that
have recently prevailed in that country.
He told of the relief work chat had
beep done by the church aud showed
the present opportunity for an advance
movement. He plead for an increased
number of missionaries for lha; field.
He was followed by Rev, DR.. II F.
Williams, editor of The Missionary,
who represented the Assembly's Ex-
ecutive Committee He reviewed the
work and its needs and pressed upon
the hearts and consciences of the peo-
pie the necessity for supporting and
furtheripg the Gospel in foreign lands
Rev. Dr. William Ray Dobyns of
st. Joseph presented 10 the Synod the
Laymen's Missionary movement in
characteristic aud forceiu address. lie
characterized the movement as the last
great forward stride of the church.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
One of the items of business trans
acted by the Synod was of local inter.
est. The Committee on Schools aud
Colleges submitted report emphasiz.
ing the educational work Of the church
aud seeking 10 bring the schools aud
colleges OF the church into closer rc.
llt!Ouship, or rather co ordinate them
After several amendments to the re-
port, it was ordered that the usual
collection for this cause should be sent
direct to the Synod's committee and
distributed by them Instead of being |
sent directly to the schools. In this
distribution it was ordered that fifty |
per cent of the collection this year be
S ut to he school in the Ozarks, which |
has only recently been established;
that Is per cent be sent to Elmwood |
Seminary at Pennington and to Rem
sallner Academy, in Palmyra Presby- |
terry, aud that % per cent be sent to
Syuodical Female College at Fulton,
Westminster will have special col.
lection for its use. While financially
this may not mean Il great deal to
Elmwood Seminary this year there is
every reason to believe that within the
ueXt few years it will be considerable.
AUbNt TINS Is NHc liCi lUhl lHt uUu
If Missouri has recognized the useful.
ness of our local institution, which
heretofore has been wholly under the
care Of the two Presbytcrics, St. Louis
and Poosi
Rev. David Ii. Kerr, d. d., presi-
dent of Westminster College, addressed
the Synod upon tho work of that insti-
tuition He stated that the present
year had the largest enrolment 10 the
history of the College, and that gener-
ally the College was in most pros
porous condition The endowment
fund had been materially increased and
the school was 10 position to carry
on its work for the young men Of the
church and the State He called at
lention to the needs of the College
and In his address paid tribute TO the
self sacrificing faitbfulness Of the fac