The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18

Presbyterian Church In the United
States Many Of the overtures related
to the proposed articles of agreement
An overture from the Mangum. Okla.
Presbytery which has just been form
ed. asked that q new synod be organic
ed to consist of the Presbyteries of
Mangum lndian and Durant .bo
assembly to appoint an ad interim COM
mittee whose duty 1t shall be to make
an exhaustive study of the entire sys-
to effecting such changes as will give
the synod "its logical, natural and
rightful place in the line of church
courts and rescue it from Its present
of that line"
The Presbytery of the Tombigbee,
at Columbus. Miss. sent in resolutions
adopted by II with a request that they
be sent to the various Presbyteries for
action. The resolutions provide that
any Individual congregation may adopt
the rotary method of electing elders
and deacons and that no ruling elder or
deacon may be installed for a longer
period than three years without being
re election by the congregation.
The East Hanover Presbytery asks
that committee be named to consider
Tn advisabflity of establishing the or
der of deaconesses. An overture from
the Presbytery of Paris proposes GER
tain amendments to the constitution
with view to providing a mode of eff
bodies. A dozen or more Presbyteries
sent up overtures looked to approval
of the iaymen's missionary movement
The appointment of a secretary for
young peoples societies and Sunday
Schools. and the appointment of a wo.
asked.
The Presbytery of Fort worth pravs
for relief in the matter of the anam-
alous condition of the church's foreign
mission work, "by removing the stig-
ma OF at least seeming approval of
polygamy."
On overture from Louisville, KY,
invites the General Assembly to meet
N that city in 1908. It is understood
and Houston, Texas. also want the
next Assembly. An overture from the
as.tinston Presbyterv seeks to have
nsicial inquiry made into the decline
In the number of infants baptized
The Ouachite Pesbytery wants The
Hague peace conference endorsed The
Eastern Texas Presbytery wants d.
rect referendum on the question of or
Education of Negroes.
The Alabama Synod desires that the
work of raising a special fund of
$4,000 to enlarge stiliman Institute
The Tuscaloosa Presbytery asked for
the employment of white ministers to
labor as evangelfsts among the me-
groes.
Many overtures were introduced
calling on the General Assembly to
take proper steps to have the 400th
anniversary of the birth of John Cal
win fittingly celebrated in the year
1909. Among the presbyteries sending
in overtures on this subject might be
mentioned Fayetteville, Atlanta, Pa
rs Suwanee. West Lexington, East
Hanover, Central Texas. Winchester.
Kanawha. st, Louis. Norfolk. TransyI-
vania. New Orleans.
The overture from the presbytery of
Atlanta asks for the appointment Of
a committee to meet with committees
from other Presbyterian churc hes of
this country. should such committees
be appointed, to arrange program
for the proper observance of the an
niversary Other overtures make pro-
visions for similar arrangements while
nearly all ask that the detailed pro-
gram be prepared arS ready to be re-
ported on at the assembly next year
Many overtures on temperance were
presented. The Louisville Presbytery
asked the Assembly to establish a per-
manent committee on temperance.
which shall have the same standing
before the Assembly as the permanent
committee on the Sabbath and on the
Bible cause. A similar overture was
presented by the presbytery of st.
John, with the additional provision
that such committees be established
In all the synods and presbyteries
within its bounds. The presbytery of
Cherokee Synod of Georgia. osked that
committee on temperance and moral
reform, as requested by the National
Inter-church conference. which met In
Pittsburg, be appointed Alabama
was among those asking for a temper
ance committee.