Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-16
P||[SBY|[RANS IN
ELECTION CONTEST
General Assembly at Columbus
Scene Of Vigorous Campaign
For Moderator
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RAcE QUESTION DISCUSSED
pr. Landrth, Of Tennessee, Talks
About the Southern Church and the
Color Line-southern Presbytery in
session ls Told That Nsw System Of
sioreian Mission. Is Imperative.

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est today among the thousand COM
mi,,sioners present at the opening OF
the 11ath general assembly of the
Presbyterian church is In the outcome
!. Of the contest for moderator. which
will be settled at the session this az
terlloon. Friends of all the candidates
are very active today in trying to line
up votes for their favorites. Ths
lea ding candidate seems to be DR.. w.
!. II. Roberts, Of Philadelphia, stated
cle:k OF the assembly for years, who
was defeated for moderator at the as
/ senlbly in Los Angeles last year. His
friends are actively pushing his
claims, declaring his faithful services
in behalf OF the church should be re-
warded.
Friends of other candidates, howev-
er, insist that Roberts has been hon
ored for years BY the church and that
he ought to be contented to allow
other worthy men to receive their
share OF honors. There is no bitter
ness in the contest, but much earnest
/ mes s.
other candidates are DR.. W. O..
Tn ompson. president Of Ohio State
University; Rev. W. II. H. Black,
pre- esident Of Missouri College; Rev.
Francis q. Marston. Of New York CITY;
Rev. s. f. Scovel apd former president
of Wooster University.
Rev. Ira e. Landrith, OF hville,
TIE an, who delivered the opening SER,
!. me today is being urged as comprom-
ise candidate te but apparently his can-
sdid acy was sprung too late and a
mo derator will be In all probability
selected from the list above, with
chances In favor Of Roberts.
little talk is heard today as to the
place Of the next assembly. Seattle,
Wash, is an active candidate for the
hollor and is reported to have offered
{ to give $4,000 to pay the expense Of
the assembly. Atlantic City and Kan
, sas City are also talked Of.
forty seven hundred seats in Me-
mortal hall were filled today when t1e
asse sembly convened In opening ses-
sion.
Dr. Landrith Talks Color.
lor. Coyle, Of Denver, called the as
serhbly to order, and Rev. Ira E. Land
rith, Of Nashville, Tenn, former mod
ersttor of the Cumberland Presbyterian
assembly. delivered the annual SER
mon. His reference to the race ques
ton and declaration that the property
of the minority Of objectors in the
Cumberland church to the union will
be paid for. were received with APP
pls use.
The theme Of Dr.. Landrith's SER
mon, was 1.-THE Call Of Presbyterian
isra,s Enlarged Macedonia" and his
text Possess thou the west and the
south, Deuteronomy xxxiii:23.
The design Of the discourse was to
arc use the general interest Of the
church In educational and religious
work in the south and southwest where
numerous at the time of the union. The
me,ging Of the two churches was inter-
preted by the preacher as enlarging
Prsbyterianism's field of work and as
uttering clarion call to the united
church to possess the west and the
south !" The marvellous material pros
peIity Of the southern half of the Unit
ed States, he declared, constitutes both
plea and a warning OF danger if the
spiritual advantages of the people do
moi. keep pace with their commercial
Development. He favored cooperation
AMI ultimate union with the Southern
Presbyterian church; declared the
south to be ready for a widespread re-
vi,sa1; reviewed recent moral reforms
in that section, and announced his be-
lief that the wonderful tenn
perance triumphs In the southern
states were due to the churches.
He assured the Christians at the north
that "the war is over" in matters re-
ligious, the south being fully ready
nov to welcome the presence and la
bol's OF any denomination that labors
safely ard unseldshly for the present
AMI eternal veal Of the people. The
fae.t that the Presbyterian church was
mentioned. and the assurance giv-
en- that protesting minority, who have
gone into the courts to claim all Of
ths property Of the former Cumberland
Presbyterian church, shall have in the
end every penny to which they are
m,,rally entitled, no matter what the
courts may determine the legal right
Z to be. The sermon frankly took up the
ra ce question in the south, SO far az it
Is involved, in the union, and after
showing that the united church had
milde adequate provision for the sep-
aration OF whites and blacks in Pres
bytefies and synods Of their own. thus
sen abling the white people of north and
solth to work together for sthe moral
and educational aid of the negro. with.
out violating the rights Of the social
orier of either race; declares that the
evangelization OF the negro Is to be
ac cnm nIished nv neither lnnR-ranee