The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-16

the annual reports of the six executive committees, the Rev. J. o. Reavis report ing for the committee on foreign mis-
 sions. the Rev. S. l.. Morris reporting for the committee on home missions, the Rev A. l.. Phillips for the publication com
 mttee, the Rev James G. Snedecor on
 colored evangelization, the Rev. H. II.
 Sweets for the committee on ministerial
 education, the Rev. George H. Cornelson
 for the committee on schools and colleges I Probably the time will be more than
 taken up with these reports and some
 may be postponed until Friday
 Popular Meetings at Night. Tonight the order will be turned over to one of the executive committees for a
 popular meeting. Every night during the assembly some committee will have
 charge, and special interesting pro | grammes will be rendered on the various
 subjects. The public is invited to all | sessions.
 Friday morning the various Presbyteries l will begin presenting their overtures, and l hundreds of questions will thus be l brought to the attention of the assembly. l Each will be referred to respective stand | ing committees, which the new moderator
 will announce the first thing Friday morn
 ing, and during the latter part of the | assembly they will be reported and acted ! upon.
 | Fight on Charlotte Articles.
 The Charlotte articles of agreement are
 causing great discussions anG the fight | promises to be hot While the Presby- teries have voted two-thirds in favor of
 their adoption, those opposed are now ] bringing forth the argument that such
 action would be unconstitutional Of this | the Christian Observer has to say: | ''It is now proposed that the coming as- | sembly shall nullify this action of the
 Presbyteres, on the ground that the
 church has no constitutional right to en-
 ter into such a movement. This sugges- l tion is a proposal of injustice, a menace l to peace, and refuge of despair. It is l an attempt to accomplish by technicallties l of law what the leaders of the opposi- | tion have not been able to accomplish | on the field of debate. Many Presbyteres l that voted decidedly for the articles have l confided their interests in the assembly
 to commissioners who were not in sym | pathy with this decision, simply because 1 they were unwilling to include members 1 from the assembly on the ground of in- l dividual views on one point. We cannot l believe that gentlemen thus commissioned
 will use their peculiar views to override l the will of the Presbyteries and defeat h | l argument and vote"
 Nearly all of the commissioners have 1 now arrived in the city. Three special sleepers came in last night from Ken | lucky. Tennessee and North and Souta Carolina. bringing great numbers. who l remained in the cars until morning and will then be shown to their homes. Mission Movement Organizes. The laymen's missionary movement t' no longer mere movement, but Is now
 a great reality, and, while the Baptists and other demoniatons throughout the
 south are now preparing to organize the | Southern Presbyterian church is the 1rst l to take the step.
 The last meeting of the conference was
 held in the First Presbyterian church l last nigh, jointly with the evangelistic 1 conference. At that time the report oi
 the organization committee was submit l ted. and unanimously adopted, so that now the following are officers: Charles A. Rowland, Athens, Ga, chair l man; S J. Cassels, Montgomery. vice
 chairman; pr, M Nell. Hull, Atlanta | Ga. secretary: John w. Faxon, Chatta- 1 noogra. treasurer.
 Last Nights Meeting. | The joint session of the two conferences
 last night drew d large attendance and
 three notable addresses were delivered by
 leaders in these departments of church ac' tivity.
 l The Rev. D. Clay Lilly of Winston l Salem. N. C.. was the first speaker or The Need of Missions-Men,' and his elo-