The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-25
Used Plain Language.

DR.. Cochran, who is from Pbuade1-
phia, spoke in the afternoon on the re-
port of the board of education. which,
deplored in unmistakable terms the lack
OF recruits to the ministry. The re-
port was read by DR.. Edgar P. Hill OF
chicago, who stirred the assembly 10
high pitch by his word picture of the
ignorance among immigrants. due. he
said. to the fact that no Protestant de-
nomination, and surely not the Presby-
terrain. has taken the trouble to stir Up
a sufficient number of ministerial re-
crults to work among these people. The
demand for more ministers was then
taken up by DR.. Cochran.
Why can't we get the young men 10
Preach asked he. III tell YOU In
the first place there is but little Chris
tlanity in the home. If there is any
II is gone by the time the young man
IS ready for an education. Does he 20
for his education to a Christian schooIg
Presbyterian school? No; he goes 10
a goddess state university and when ne
returns TO his home town he puts re-
giOn at low ebb. And if you ministers
find your churches at low ebb you know
where to place the blame This young
man has been educated where there IS
no Christianity
The need in this board of educa-
ton is not more money but more men.
These young men must be taken IN
hand when they are ready for an edu-
cation. They must be started right
Now we cannot Christianize these state
universities, but we can put a shepherd
IN charge of the flock. and in this W.
keep these boys in the flock aIthous Il
they are being educated at goddess
schools"
Dr. Cochran urged that Sunday school
teachers put before the boys the minis
try as a career.
The report of the committee urged
an INSTRUMENTATION immi grafton
board to work among immigrants.
II also urged that evangelistic work
be carried on in the native tongues Of
the immigrants and for this purpose Il
is strongly suggested that ministers and
evangelists be trained in theological
schools. where they may become prof.
Gent in tongues that viii enable them
10 work among foreigners. Two Ger
man theological schools were Endorsed.
Hot Debate in Afternoon.
The Rev H. L. Weber of Bloom
field, n. J.. one of the secretaries of the
board of education. urged the necessity
Of teaching foreigners in their own
tongues as part of the home mission
work and in connection with the board
of education
The report of the special committee
on administrative agencies brought on
hot debate in the afternoon. The re-
port as read by DR.. J. d. MOffat OF
Pittsburg, president of Washington and
Jefferson college, recommended that the
various boards Of the church seek legal
advice for the purpose of ascertaining
the possibilities of enlargement of ad-
r4w.H- #Hr-s.
the consolidation with other boards.
DIT. Moffat pointed out that under the
laws of New York non-stockholding
corporations are prohibited from own
ing property in excess of IS, 600 00G, and
that in case of a beQuest il might wOrL
TO the injury of the consolidated board.
should the value Of property owned eX-
coed this amount
Various Of the fourteen recommenda-
tons of the special committee were re-
ferred to standing committees.
Lack Of funds was the principal cry
Of the American Tract society and the
board Of freedmen in reports considered
tn the morning session. DR.. JudsOn
Swift of New York, secretary Of the
tract society, said the society could do
five times as much work with twice as
much money as il received now.
Even the board Of foreign missions
has come to us he said. The board
wants US to print an arithmetic for the
people of Uganda 1 suppose the peO-
pie of Uganda want to compute the
number of lions. tigers and giTaffes
slain by our beloved former president
DR.. f. P. Cowan Of Pittsburg. secTe-
tary and treasurer \Of the board Of
freedmen. also made a plea for more
funds with which 10 carry on the work
among the negroes in the south
Following DR.. CAwan the Rev. R
Mayer Of Tennessee and the Rev. James
g. Walker of Greensboro. y. c., both
negroes. said that many negro parishes
in the south are self-suppOrting.
Tonight there was a popular meeting
i'm Central Presbyterian church I'm be
half Of the freedmen movement. at
which a number of negro ministers
spoke.