Evening star., 1909-05-17
Presbyterian General Assem-
bIy.to Discuss Fund.
WILL MEET AT SAVANNAH
Georgia City Preparing a Hearty
Welcome.
HOMES OPENED TO DELEGATES
Convention will Be Opened Thurs
day Morning-Afternoons Will
Be Given to Committees.

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SAVANNAH, Ga, May 1.-THE Cen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
In the United States will be held In the
First Presbyterian Church in this city
from May 20 to %. inclusive. In con-
nection with this meeting will be held
the quadricentennial celebration of the
birth of John Calvin. the founder of the
Presbyterian Church. The joint assem-
blies will bring to Savannah something
like 300 delegates. They will come not
alone from many points In the United
States, but from foreign countries.
The people of Savannah, irrespective
of their religious beliefs, have made ex-
cellent preparations for the entertainment
of the visitors during their stay in Sa-
vannah. Hundreds Of homes will be
opened to receive the delegates, and as
the railroads have made cheap rates for
the occasion 1t Is believed that the at
tendance will be larger than that upon
any church convention held here for sew
eral years.
The General Assembly is the highest
| court in the Presbyterian Church, and
brings together something like 25O or 800
of the ablest ministers and most promi-
| nent laymen In the south as its dele
gates. In addition to the delegates there
are usually large number who attend
the assembly as visitors. This year.
| however, it is expected there will be q
| Larger attendance than usual, because
of the observance of the birth of the
great Protestant leader. Much Of the
| time of the convention will be taken up
with the discussion Of the subject Of
missions and the raising of a million
dollar mission fund during the coming
year. The unofficial congress of Presby-
terian laymen recently held at Birming-
ham, Ala, which made this work q fea-
ture of their meeting, has greatly stim-
ulated the efforts of the Presbyterians
along this line. The assembly will FORM
ulate plans for rushing this work to
| completion, and will appoint committees
| to see that the sum is raised.
To Meet Thursday.
The assembly will convene at IL am.
May 20, with Rev. w. w. Moore, DID,,
Of Richmond, Va, presiding, mod
orator. He will deliver the opening SER
mon at that hour. At o'clock that night
| there will be an address by DR.. Charles
Merle d'Aubigne of Neuillysur-Seine,
| France. his subject being Calvin, the
| Man and His Times"
The afternoons will be devoted largely
to meetings Of committees and the morn
| ings and evenings to the general work
of the assembly.
Those chosen to make addresses in
connection with the Calvin celebration, in
addition to the visiting Frenchmen and
the subjects they will have, are as fol-
| lows:
Friday. May q. at noon-Dr. R. c.
| Reed. Columbia, 8. c., "Calvin's COntribu-
| ton to the Reformation
| Friday, May Il. p.m.-Dr. Henry Col
lia Milton. Trenton, N. j., calvin the
Theologian."
Saturday noon, May 22-Dr. T. 6. John
son, Richmond, Va, "Calvins Contribu-
ton to Church Polity."
Monday, May "a. at noon-Dr. James
Orr, Glasgow, Scotland. "Calvin's Atti-
| ture."
Monday. May "a. 0 p.m.-Dr. r. A.
Webb. Louisville, KY. "Calvin's Doctrine
of Infant Salvation
Tuesday. May %. at noon-Dr. S. L.
Morris. Atlanta, Ga. Relation of Calvin
and Calvinism to Missions
| Tuesday, May Is. p.m.-Dr. Edwin A.
Alderman, University of Virginia, Cal
wins Contribution to Educational Prog
ress."
Wednesday. May %. at noon-Frank 7.
Glasgow of Lexington. Va, "Calvin's In
| World
Wednesday, May 26, pm-Dr S. A.
King, Austin, Tex, How Far Has the
Original Calvinism Been Modified by
Timer
Thursday noon, May 27-Dr. Benjamin
b. Warfield, Princeton, N. j., Present.
Day. Attitude Toward Calvinism; Its
Causes and Significance
Fraser, staunton. Va. How May the
Principle Of Calvinsm be Rendered Most
Effective Under Modern Conditions?'
DR.. Glasgow. an eminent Scotch theolo.
gian. was the first Of the foreign delegates
4 to arrive in this country. He went to
Il after
irg some time there went to New York
| whence he came to Savannah. 1t was
| expected that DIR. Abram Kuyper of Hol-
land was to be here to speak on .'Calvln
the Theologian, but he was unable to
come, and DIR. Hinton was chosen In his
i stead.
| Preparations for the Assembly.
/ A local committee is making all prepa-
rations for the meeting Of the assembly
and for the entertainment of the visitors
There will be short excursions to the
resorts around Savannah and steamboat
trips around the harbor will be provided
Rev. w. Moore Scott. pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, is the chairman OF
the general committee. Some of the
prominent visitors other than those men,
toned who are expected to be here during
II. Chester, d. D.. Nashville, Tenn; Rev
Henry Sweets, d. D., Louisville. Ky; Rev
J. c. Snedecor, d. D., Tuscaloosa, Ala.
r. f. Magill Richmond. Va; Rev. A. L.
Phillips, Richmond, Va; Mr. S. w
Somervlle, Fredericksburg, Va; Rev
John Fox of the American Bible Society
i New York; Rev. w. A. Alexander, Clarks.
Vile, Tenn, and others.
The officers of the assembly are: Retir-
ing moderator, Rev. w. w. Moore, d. d.
Richmond, Va: stated clerk. Rev. w. A
Alexander Clarksville, Tenn; permanent
clerk. Rev. Thomas III. Law, ID. D., Spar.
tanburg, S. G..
An interesting incident in connection
with the meeting of the assembly will be
the presentation to the moderator at the
first service of a historic gavel made of
wood from st. Peters Cathedral of Gen
eva, with which Calvin was closely as
sociated. The gavel Is made from the
part of a beam from the belfry of the
church. 1t represents four Ionic col
umns with a profile likeness of Calvin on
one side and the famous Calvin seal tthe
extended hand and heart) on the other.
On still another side is a bronze plate
suitable inscribed. The gavel is hand
carved. The wood left from the beam
after the gavel was cut out has been
made into thin strip; and attached to
pieces of American wood. Upon these
have been printed pictures of Calvin and
ST. Peters Cathedral These will be
presented to the delegates as souvenirs.
Fingers Crushed in Freezer.
While making ice cream yesterday
afternoon at his home, S12 II street north.
east, Julius Rosenfed. seventeen years OF
age, had his right hand caught in the
| Casualty H0Spifal the S,ir