Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-18
HERESY CHARGES ID
 BE BROUGHT UP AT
 PRESBYTERIAN MEET
pr. Francis Brown and Rev. John E. Carson to Face
 Charges
ARTICLES WERE HERETICAL

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. May IT, Nearly all of the S6S delegates to the annual meeting of the General As sembly of the Presbyterian church. Which opens here tomorrow. have already arrived in town, together with large number of visitors.
 With the calling to order of the foreign missionary conference this afternoon the assembly began to get un0er way, though the formal open- ing does not take place until to- morrow morning. The annual report Of the Board of Foreign Missions shows the largest gifts to missions ever made by the board. amounting to Sl,69S,500. The receipts of the board were also the largest, and were Sl,632,000 from regular sources.
 Candidates Scarce.
 The most important event of the first regular session of the assembly tomorrow will be the selection of a moderator. Ordinarily the election is preceded by a more or less spirited contest, though the candidates them selves never take an active part. This year, however, there appears to be an unusual dearth of candidates. Some of the western commissioners have laucnhed good sized boom in behalf Of Dr. Mark A. Matthews of Seattle. The only candidate thus far offered by the eastern part of the country is Rev. John F. Carson, D. D., pastor of the Central Presby- terian church of Brooklyn. Other candidates for the moderatorship will probably appear before the cleo ton tomorrow afternoon.
 The much discussed heresy charg- es are likely to crop up Friday. when the reports of the presbyter- ies are read. The clergymen against whom the charges of heresy have been made are the Rev. Dr. Francis Brown, president Of the Union The ological Seminary of New York City and one of the most eminent the0 logians in America, and the Rev Dr. William Adams Brown, profes' sor in the Union Seminary.
 Heresy Charges.
 The charges against these two cleTgymen are brought by Rev. pr. W. L. McEwan. pastor of the Third Presbyterian church Of Pittsburg. Dr. 1TcEwau complains about cer tain statements made by the twc clergymen in recent newspaper ar ticles written by them, which he construes to be in direct opposition to the most cherished doctrines oi the church, as well as the essential and fundamental beliefs of Christian peorle.
 The executive commission of tle assembly, a body recently created to carry on the work oi Preshyter- r. iaus during the year, met today to ui the final torches to the reports and recommendations to be presented to the assentlv. The leading TecOm- mendations affect the various bJa;ds Of the church, grouning them i1 'cur . classes, and rroviding that tho f us tees or directors cs ore board mIy serve on any other in inc same C,ls sification. The ulans, it is said, call for some radical changes in the pres ent system of uraragenenr, and The fear is openly expressed that Irt comissiOn's recommendations VII 1 meet with vigorous opposition in iht 1 assembly.
 Too Many Members.
 l It is believed the efforts to re dU~e the nur0her of members Of tho assembly will be successful fhi' year. Of late years the ho7v has Ir creased in size until it has become unwiel7v. The executive commissIoI ! is expected 10 recommend a Izduc ton tn about 6nn rnembers.
 Another important reco'nmeuda ton If the commission. which is t' he considered and acted upon b' the assembly, is that the hu1ge conmittee couFar with the hOardi in New York. PhilaTelrh'a ar7 Pitts burg. In a prorose~l financial cam raien for the benevolent fund Of th' church. to he carried on under th, direction of the commission.
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