The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-10-21

THE first Lords day in Noyember'oi
some convenient day. as recommend
ed By the General Assembly. and the
synod is asked TO fall in line and
urge pastors to see 10 the observance
of the day in the churches
| Committee on Memorials.
The committee on memorials intro
duced resolutions recognizing the
labors and worth of Rev. James allen
Woods, who died at Bolivar. June "a
1910.
An offer Of $4,000 made by Okla
homa City for a school for boys.
The committee was obliged TO In
cur an Indebtedness of $4,000 in order
to answer urgent calls, and to take
no backward step.
The committee is doing some work
in the Western District Presbytery.
Some Presbyteries have neglected
this cause having no committee to
look after it.
| Reports of churches heretofore
made shows contributions as fol-
lows: Columbia Presbytery $43S,
Holston s761, Knoxville 1881, Mem
phis S1,S41. Nashville $1,717, West
ern District 1921, entire gifts of Synod
sc. $50. Membership of Synod 21,-
OS5. The Assembly desires 81 each
from the members, so the Synod has
given less than one-third of what is
asked.
Committee Recommendations
The committee recommends an
effort to evangelize the foreigns who
are coming to the large cities and
towns, and to cooperate with the
committee in Atlanta in trying to
reach them,
2. That they cooperate with COM
mittee in effort to establish a perma-
nent church erection fund Of $780,
900. That churches be urged to try
to increase offerings to 81 a member.
Educational institutions, Etc.
The committee on Educational and
other Institutions reported that they
hear favorable reports as to progress
of S. w, University.
The Synod was led in prayer by DR..
J. w. Bachman, for the family o. the
deceased, (Rev. James Allen Woods.)
Rev. ]. 3. Converse and Rev. j. Al
bert Wallace were appointed com
mittee. to submit memorial of Rev.
r. T. King, deceased, at next meeting
of the Synod.
The committee on statistics submit
ted their report. which was adopted
Report of Committee.
The report showed the following re-
garding church matters:
Ministers, SO: candidates, 20;
churches, 2O3; communicates, 21,59O;
churches organized, 5; churches dis
solved, ministers ordained, 4; minis
tiers installed, 10; pastoral relations
TO- ministers dismissed 8;
ministers received, Z; ministers re-
stored. /: ministers received from
other denominations, /; ministers d.
vested without censure, !.
On the whole the showing was hard
" as good as on the previous Year.
although small gain was made IN
The number of communicates and
some improvement in one Or two ton
Or matters.
Tn view of the conditions DR.. Mis-
bet, the chairman, moved that the
synod recede from business and rave
!, season of prayer for better achieve
nants in future The churches were
,lso ordered to make earnest effort in
he way of evangelization.
order of the Day.
The order of the day was then tax
N up and the permanent committee
IN the SABBATH presented it's report.
The committee stated that no re-
,ort had been received from any OF
he Presbyteries on the subject ex-
,ept Memphis.
The committee deplored the glow
ng disregard for the Sabbath, the
,unning of freight trains on Sunday,
.eceiying and reading Sunday news
PAPERS, together with the reported
wills mentioned in the report OF the
Presbytery, which was IN
substance that the endorsement OF
sunday theatres and Sunday sports
by the (present) administration OF
hat city and the growing inclination
o make Sunday afternoon an evening
If recreation time, and Sunday even
ng a time for social functions was TO
be deplored, and that the committee J
,elt deeply concerned in the saving
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