Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-25
MEN WANTED IN
PRESBYTERIAN
MINISTRY
LACK OF PREACHERS
DEPL0RED IN REPORT
Eminent Divine Urges Church
Work Among Immigrants and
Effort to Combat Effect Of
Goddess Public School,

iBy Morning journal special Leased Nirel
Denver. May 24.-"Gracc is not !
usually said over champagne and lob
ster a Ia Ncwberg"
Family affairs arc not raised over
Persian rugs
students for the ministry do not,
as rule get their early training by
running steam yachts"
Most Of us preachers come of hum
Bile beginnings"
These epigrams from a fledgling
secretary" as he termed himself,
caused the general assembly of the
PRESBYTERIAN church. as one promi-
nent divine said, ITO sit up and take
notice" today. The speaker was DR..
Joseph w Cochran, secretary OF the
Presbyterian board Of education
Dr. Cochran. from Philadelphia, in
the afternoon spoke on the report OF
the board of education which deploret
! in unmistakablc terms the lack OF re-
cruits to the ministry,
The report was read by Dr. Edgar
II. Hill of Chicago, who stirred the as
semhly TO a high pitch by his word
picture Of the ignorance among ms
migrants due, he said to the fact that
no protestant denomination ana sure
w moi The Presbyterian. has taken the
trouble to stir up a sufficient number
of ministerial recruits 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
to preachE" asked he. "Il tell YOU
In the first place there is but little
! christianity in the home. lf there Is
any it is gone by the time the young
man is ready for education.
| Does he go for his education to
~ .sii achool2 a Presbyterian
school? No He goes to a Goaieas
state university and when he returns
home where he is among his people
he nuts religion at a low cbb rms
vo,ing man has been educated where
nero is no Christianity The need IN
this hoard of education is not Tor
money but for men. These yQuhs
men must be taken in hand when they
are ready for an education They must
be started right. Now we cannon
Cbristtanize the state universities, put
we can put a shepherd IN the Iloch
and in this way keep these boys IN the
flock although they are being educa'-
ed i'm Goddess schools
The report also urged an interde-
inominational immigration poaIu 70
work among immigrants and instruc1
foroigners 1t is also urged that
eyangelistie work be carried on IN the
,,ti,e tongues of the immigrants ana
eor this purpose it is strongly sus-
,asted that ministers and evangellsl7
- traiued in the theological schools
,hare thev may become proficient III
+orguas which will enable them 10
} work among foreigners. ,,.
{ rrha report of the special commit
600 an administrative agencies, as pre-
dictad brought on hot DEBATE III W
-ftornoon The report as read by Dl'
n Moffatt of Pttsburg, proies-
or nf washington and Jeilersoh 0V'
80 recommended the seeking OF le-
~ ,d,ice by the various boards OF the
rburcb for the purpose ol aSVci 'oill
tnt, the possibilities of enlatseilien'
5,,,t,isfratfye powers with a view ~
.d ,orsolidatiou with other poaru
n, ltoffatt pointed out that undet wv
,r Nov York, non -stockholulns
,,,,ttons are prohibited from own,
10 property in excess Oh 9''
and mar i'm case of beques' 1t iii.s
IN, '''i, ~ fhe injury OF the consonoale.
, Eoarl should the value of propSi@
! ,,nnd exceed this amount
7 1,hc question OF reference ~ q
! ...,t,o committee for further ae-
= Iate brought on heated deo"" ne
,,te1 In referring various Oh W
recommendations OF the to,N
,,itl respect To the CONSUME
+he duties of the eight cliui -
J ,..1s 20 standing committees l"i d"
ttor before discussion o" '''
r. the assembly. .,...,,.,, ,,issfons
.Isven The board of foreign en-. i'''1s'o,, ,,aord
has come to us" he SAID. NV ~ for
70 .',nts ms TO print am aritnl',e''o t1,,
y NJ naople of Uganda SUPP
III, of Uganda want To- .,.3
p,,,,r,ber of lions. the tigers .i'-
5r,rfes slain by our beloN'" - =
% Hli"i's'.t .,'s..,t y This brought lausi'''
rom, the commission ...,...,.~ also
Il nr u II. Gowan. of PittsDu' + ,..,t,,
nlea for more tunoS
u | MAJ MAJ. T., carry on work among t,, r.
NHll" II tbe south FoloWius -
q ne- tha REV r. Mayer oi o."
.nd tine Rev James o. VIZ
ness ,,r.,rsboro n c. both nesI
9 N'i of the work done in ln.''
a 5i.oH.,,..tcr.as. They said ih't "'.u'
e. -,.t,oe i'm the south among
% i'.'' ..ro now able o. support t''e'''
- selves. t.,,,.a eongroga-
Tonight thore was d p pug, I8-'s,.rtsriar
% ,,., I'm the Central -,egrs
IS sburch at which nump.' in fh.
s ministers spoke Of inc "
r. -outh.