The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-04-02

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vim. who centuries ago had looked into
future where men had religious free
dom and liberty Of conscience. 1t
was this conception which had driven
our forefathers TO seek shelter in the
new world
In 1911 the first Presbyterian
church on American soil was estab-
lished In 1913. in Virginia. the first
Presbyterian church in the South was
formed. From that date for nearly
one hundred years the spirit Of Calvin
and Luther-the great missionary
spirit-liyed in the homes. There
were the affairs raised and the youth
trained in spiritual life.
From 1913 to 1905 there was not
enough churches to have a presbytery,
the first one being formed in 1705. In
.1717 the first Synod was formed in
Philadelphia. In 1861, again at Phil
adelphia, your General Assembly pro-
posed the endorsement of the Federal
government, which the Southern dele
gates could not do without becoming
traitors to their country. They also
refused to subscribe to the General As
sebbly's views because it exceeded the
authority of the church in that It was
a political pronouncement, and the
church. represents the spiritual and
not the secular.
ION May 4, 1861, the first General
Assembly of the Southern Presbyte-
rian church was held at Augusta, Ga.
There were 40 presbyterys represent
ed, and it was there that the Southern
church was formed"
Mr. Fulton stated that the Southern
church now has 268,7O0 members, and
he proceeded to detail the home mis-
sion work which its membership is
The Assemblies Home mission
he said, designs to take
care of all local work, such as the
assistance of the Frierson Memorial
church by the Columbia church; to '
ook after the weak churches in other
lome fields, to build and maintain
schools, and to assist in the general
Iplift of Southern people. He said
hat the work was divided into sec t,
ions, one of which included the noun Il
ain people in Tennessee, Georgia and b
he Carolinas, 100000 souls, and the t
ther Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and G
orthern Florida. He told of the es- ii
of 6 schols in the noun A
ains with 10 teachers and 1 200 pupils;
f II schols with 20 teachers in Okla tt
oma. Last year 20 churches had D
cen built and $50 weak churches as re
sted. til
Mr. Fulton deplored the fact that to
lie church had given for this cause of
lily 1000 last year-27 cents for or
lch member. The committee asks
r $1.0O per capita, or about $4,000. tn
e further deplored the fact that the tn
rst church of Columbia had not CIV sic
its 81 cents pro rate, only $90.41 IS
ing contributed last year. or,
Dale's Address. an
Andrew Dale, who was recently WI
legate to the Laymen's meeting at lax
was introduced next and WI
oke on foreign missions. Mr.. Dale co,
efaced his remarks by saying that POI
had found that the more men VIII
lrned the more enthusiastic they be- cal
me over foreign missions. He said moi
u all that was necessary 10 get jar
re work was to disseminate more z
owledge of mission conditions. set
One hundred and three years ago "
, students at Williams college held the
"haystack" prayer meeting. This of
s the beginning in America of the for
eign mission movement Twenty son
ee years ago the Students Valun- dist
r movement was begun. This flor
holds a convention every nc
r years and has adopted the slo- the
"The whole world for Christ in law
generation Before the organi- non
ion of this movement mission work ora
been child's play, it had been left herr
he women, but the inspiration had wbc
le that if the great body of lay CON,
l would get behind it that tremen- nov
S results could be accomplished. lief
1906, at the Fifth Avenue Presby- ono
an church, New York, the Lay NON
is movement was formed, with lief
eral committee of 100 and an ex- two
live committee of 81 Sixty dele ond
IS We're appointed to go around odd,
world to investigate the charges inaP
mission funds had been mlsap-
d. They have come back convert
% the necessity of the evangelical
of the world in this generation.
r. Dale stated that So per cent OF ~
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