The Washington herald., 1911-04-01
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES

Presbyteries throughout the Presbyter-
ian Church North, meeting just now and
eIectlng commissioners to the General As
Scmbly at Atlantic City in May. are pass
ing resolutions. some of them in sharp
language. on the subject OF administra-
tive expenses. These expenses are paid
by assessment upon members, and cover
transportation of commissioners and en-
trrtainment of them while at assembly.
salaries of clerks, printing minutes and
meetings of assembly committees Until
recently the burden upon each member
was cents year, but it has risen. with
in the last two or three years to cents
This sharp advance is due to several
causes. One is the formation of what
amounts to a permanent administrative
board, widely distributed in membership
E" as TO be representative and making A
sort Of continuous assembly II has come
I" be that the assembly moderator for
tho year must provide i substitute for
his regular work and give all his time to
general work Another cause is the Cum
heriand consolidation. increasing the
number of members of assembly and in
creasing distances that they travel. A
third cause is declared 10 be the heresy
cases carried to assembly by New York
commissioners. Expecting exciting times
commissioners attended Who would other
wise have remained at home
Propositions are up 10 reduce the size
Or the assembly. the supreme governing
body. and also to make its sessions bien-
nial instead of annual. How TO devise
reduction in membership that the assem-
bly, will itself adopt thus voting some OF
its members out OF honorable positions
has not yet been discovered Neither has
i way been found to break a precedent of
annual assemblies, held now for 40 years
and more.
The assembly meets on THURSDAY. Nav
Is. and the retiring moderator. the Rev.
Or Charles Little. of Indiana. will preach
the sermon 1t is now said to be likely
that the moderator of next year will be
the Rev. DR.. George Alexander. for three
years moderator OF the New York Pres
bytery. The jump in administration cost
from $4,000 TO $1,000 a year. or a little
more, for Presbyterian membership is
now about 1.1lO.0o0. will bring on, il is
said some lively debates. and particu-
larly so since this year there is to be an
other heresy report
The Church Of the Covenant Quartet
will render the following selections at the
$50 o'clock service tomorrow:
Tenor solo Remember Now Thy Creatnr" .Toplr
Anthem Hear. o Lord Watson
Soprano solo. Why Art Thou Cas-: Down o
MY soul! .Spicker
The 80 o'clock service viii be led by
the Motet Choir. Otto T. Simon. director.
Mrs. Otto T. Simon at the organ. Selec-
tions from Bach and from Rubinstein's
Tower OF Babel will be rendered.
The Girls Guild, a missionary society
of the Central Presbyterian Church. held
reception last evening in the lecture
room of the church. Four countries.
Africa. Brazil. China and Labrador, were
artisicafly represented by booths. The
offering, which was for the work of the |
Central Church in China and Brazil |
amounted TO 500. |
The next lecture in the series of illus
trated lectures being given at the Gen.
trail Presbyterian Church by the pastor, |
Rev. James II. Taylor. in the interest of |
missions win be given Thursday evening.