Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-03
Church of Christ Delegates
Cheer Governors Name.
R ANTI-RACING LAW
Reports of Executive Committee and
Treasurer Heard.
TO ELECT FOUR PRESIDENTS
One to Serve Each Year Until
Federal Council Meets for Next
Quadrennial Session.

| PHILADELPHIA, December :,.-Havinl
been warmly welcomed by the pastors o
the city, the 400 delegates to the Fedora
Council of the Churches of Christ II
America, whose watchword is "Churcl
| Unity" today plunged into the real bust
ness of the council. Last nights enthu
! siastic meeting in the Academy of Music
has added spirit to the great movement
| to bring the Christian bodies of America
, into united service for Christ and the
world, and the delegates today entered
| into the activities of the big meeting will
a zest that seems to augur we'll for the
! object of the council.
I All of the prominent men of the thirty
| denominations represented in the council
| including more than a score of bishops
| were in their places during the morning
| session as delegates.
| The morning session. which was presided
! over by Thomas Macmillan moderator OF
the National Council Of the Congrega
| uonal Churches in the United States
was devoted principally to the prelim.
| inaries incident to organization. The
| afternoon session will be given over tc
| the election and installation of officers
and the discussion of the relation Of the
federal council to INSTRUMENTATION or
chrlstendom in the forward movement OF
foreign missions.
Committee Reports Adopted.
Following devotional exercises. the prin.
cipai business at the morning session wa:
the adoption of the reports of the execu.
tive committee. the secretary and the
| treasurer. The executive committee was
appointed at the inter church conferenc.
on federation held in New York in 1908
| and was charged with carrying forward
the organization of the federal council
now in session. DR.. William II. Roberts
| of Philadelphia. one of the leaders in the
Presbyterian Church. is chairman of thi:
committee. and DR.. z. B. Sanford of New
York secretary. The report contains the
following:
The executive committee feels impelled
| to express its joy over the spirit which is
abroad in the Protestant and Evangelical
churches of our country in connection
with the movement represented by the
council. In the great majority of the
governing and advisory bodies of the
churches represented. the action taken
nous. and in no church has there been a
distinct negative given to any proposal
| looking toward the cooperation of the
| churches in the work Of their common
Lord
The report of Secretary Sanford gave a
| concise summary of the practical results
that have followed action the origin of
which, in some cases, can be traced di-
rectly to the conference of 1905 as their
source"
Hughes Name Applauded.
Among these results, the report says. was
the enactment of the anti-race track laws
| of New York. A statement in the report
that Gov. Hughes. a charter member of
| the executive board of the National Fed
Grafton of Churches. sounded clarion
| note and gave the splendid leadership
under which the forces of righteousness
rallied to his support and secured the vic
| tory that is now world-famous." provoked
an outburst of applause from all over the
| hall.
| The report also expressed a belief that
| the federal council is called to fulfill a
mission of inspirationaI aid and guidance
| in the movement to correlate. unity and
consolidate the religious forces of the
republic.
DR.. Sanford was elected corresponding
secretary of the council for the present
sessions
One of the pleasing features to the dele
gates at the morning session was brief
address by Judge Robert n. Wilson OF
| the common pleas courts of Philadelphia
a prominent member Of the Presbyterian
Church Judge Wilson said he believed
vction that the time will come when all
| religious differences in this country will
| be wiped out.
Ii is expected that at the afternoon SEES
| sion four presidents will be elected. The
| federal council meets once in four years
| and it is planned to have each president
serve one year.