Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-24
LAYMENS PLEA
FOR TEMPERANCE
ROUsES ASSEMBLY
Presbyterians Kill Plan to Re-
duce Membership of Gem
eral Body.
BY THE REV. A. N. sTUBBLEBINE.

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CONVENTION HALL, Steel Pier,
Atlantic City, May M.-The special
committee on intermediate catechism
made its report to the Presbyterian
Genera Assembly today and requested
a continuance as a committee in order
to perfect the work started. This re-
quest was granted and the committee
was instructed to report at the next
general assembly.
DR.. Cleland b. McAfee, of Brooklyn,
announced through the moderator hat
Charles L. Huston, head of the Lukens
Iron Works, OF C~oatesville, has accept
ed the honor as chairman of the as
sembly's committee on evangelism, and
asked the privilege of the assembly to
hear Mr.. Huston. Mr.. Huston spoke
of the high honor conferred on him
and of his unfltness for the work,
though he will do all within his power
to perpetuate the work begun by the
late JOIN II. Converse. DIR. McAfee
moved that the assembly instruct the
churches to observe the work of evan
gelism on the second Sunday in Oc-
tober and to refer to Mr.. Converse and
his work as an example worthy of imi-
tation.
When the moderator requested the
committee elected to nominate MEM
bers to the executive commission he
called the Rev. DR.. George Alexander,
of New York. one of the prominent
nominees for moderator. DIR. Littel, the
moderator, said: Il am assuming a
great risk in doing So limiting at the
Black heresy case.
The Board of Freedmen made its re-
port through Homer G.. Castle, late
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania. The amount contributed
for the last year was $207, 100, an in
crease of $22, 900. The board has under
its control 257 ministers. 401 churches
and missions, III schools with IA, 900
pupils, 3S2 Sunday schools with "a, 900.
Whole number of workers in the field,
sos persons. The endowment and prop
erty value held by them is 81, 1884, 900.
DR.. d. S. Kennedy, of Pittsburg, spoke
on the great need of the negro race of
the South and the efforts of the board
to educate them.
Layman Rouses Assembly.
Mr.. Castle stirred up the audience by
a ringing speech on politics, religion
and the negro race. He said: 81 would
IdlbcI NC ClldlItldll VI the temperance
committee and rather make a speech on
temperance, but ] would change the
am Temperance is moderation, but
the Presbyterian Church is gotten far
beyond moderation, and it is time for a
great change. But | am like the
preacher who too his text, left it and
never came back to IT,"
Then followed a strong appeal for
gifts. IF you don't have money, get
it," he urged.
The Rev. r. d. Near, of Huston Pres
bytery, asked the privilege to speak
from a Southern point of view. He said
that the negro race is not after political
recognition, or social recognition, but
industrial recognition, n unless
greater Industrial recognition is given
to the negro the problem will continue.
IF we educate the negro girls
and train them only to be sent back
to their log cabins with clay floors in
the woods and wamps it aVails moth
ing" he said.
IF we train young men as masons,
carpenters and iron workers, only to
send them back to the woods, the
effort will prove futile"
Great applause met the motion OF
Congressman Bennett, OF New York,
that all three motions looking to the
reducing the size of the assembly be
laid on the table. This was done and
the committee, after four years work,
was discharged with hanks.
secret Hcresy Hearing.
There was plenty of excitement,
humor and business at the assembly
yesterday caused by the reports of the
different committees. The first appear
ance of the complaint from members
of the New York Presbytery was made
through a partial report of DR.. Ethel
bert d. Warfield. president of Lafay-
cite College, chairman of the judicial
committee, This complaint is known
as the Black-Steen-F Fitch case of
heresy. DIR. Warfield. reporting for the
committee, said the complaint was
found in order n prima facie evidence
showed it was a proper question for
the judicial commission, and moved
that If he referred IN tho commission