Evening journal., 1911-10-26
SYNOD WORK
COMES TO END
Standing Committees Are
Named at Closing Session
Of the Body
WANT EFFECTIVE
INTERSTATE LIQUOR LAW

Baltimore Synod closed last night
with a popular meeting attended not
only by Synod members and tho wo-
men of the Synodical Societies, hut
by many Wilmington people repre-
senting all the denominations, so
that the auditorium was filled to the
doors. The Rev. Paul Hickok. Of
Washington, was chairman and intro
duced as the two speakers, Mrs. Fred
Smith Bennett, president of the Wo-
mems Board of Home Missions, and
the Rev. Stanley White. secretary ii
the Board Of Foreign Missions. who
gave stirring missionary talks. The
meeting closed with an offering for
the Women's Synodical Societies and
prayer offered by the moderator, the
Rev. Joseph Brown Turner. The iol-
lowing standing committees wers
named at the session:
Executive commission-The moder-
ator, the Revs. S. b. Wiley. Thomas
T. Brown, George p. Wilson, Eldera
Isaac Baird, J. NJ Willie. George s.
Britt
Home missions-The Revs II. e.
Brundage, Joel S. Gilhllan. Dewitt NJ.
Benham, Elders +. f. Sergent. John
Mackenzie, S. B. Finley.
Foreign missions-The Revs. John
McElmoyle, Paul R. Hickok, David e.
Craighead; Elders, John Abercrombie
f. l.. Middleton, Alfred j. Rumford.
Education-The Revs. George M.
Cummings, Henry Branch, Alexander
Alison. Jr.; Elders. q. S. Eichelberger,
L. p. Bush, NJ. T. Hyer.
Church erectiOn-The Revs. II. e.
Hallman, Edward H. Robbins. T. E.
Davis; Elders, II. NJ. Simmons. H c.
Thompson, e. B. Frazer.
Publication and Sunday school
work-The Revs. Thomas V. Brown
Thomas c. Clark, B. ]. Brinkema
Elders, c. b. Turnbull, w. H. Smith
w r. Humphrey.
Ministerial Relief-The Reys
George Robinson, f. H. Moore, James
. E. Mofit; Elders. Robert II. Smith
Daniel McFarlan, w. ID. Crossan.
Freedman--The Revs. John ID
Blake, James X. Argo, George d. Bell
Elders, F. NJ. Finch, George l.. Baird
Thomas l.. Anderson.
Sabbath Observance-Revs. A. w
Spooner, J. Wynne Jones. Josiah II
Crawford; elders-H. c. Ellison, A
L. Jackson, S. d. Luckett
Religious Work in the Army ant
Navy-General Charles Bird, the Revs
George Robinson, c. G. Cady, Johl
Douglass, H. B. Angus.
College Board-The Revs. w a
Price. ]. w. Wightman, John Il
Henderson; elders-R. j. Mckay, {
! d. Brown. f. c. Wilton. nc
{ Young Peoples Societies-The Rev
b j. r. Stephenson, Charles l.. Neibe
Wilson T. M. Beale; elders-H.
Reed. w M. Robinson, w. NJ. Terrel
Evangelistic Work-The Revs. E
? Granger, ]. E. Cook and Joel S. Gi
= iillan.
5 Brotherhood-Eld II. X. Simpso
John J. Hayes. Edward J. Hyde.
Z Temperance-The Revs. r. l.. Jacl
a son, r. Davis Richards, T. Freema
! Dixon, Elders w. S. Prickett, n.
! Stokes. John NJ. Foster.
Memorial-The Revs. Hubert Re
johnson. Samuel Polk. A. B. Hallocl
Narrative, 1912-The Revs jaime
E. Mofitt, r. L. Jackson, Paul
Hickok.
At the session Of yesterday aftel
! noon. the Synod passed a resoluuo
calling upon Congress to pass an el
, fective interstate liquor law. The TEN
perance report showed $6S3 contribu
ed to temperance by the Syno
churches last year The address OF IN
! afternoon was by the president {
Princeton Theological Seminary, ia
Rev. Francis L. Patton. ID. d., upo
T Theological Education '.Christia
= Education" was the conference sub1e'
of the afternoon, led by the Re
> George B.. Stewart, president OF Al
burn Theological Seminary, New Yorl
= and discussed by the Rev. Wallat
. Radcliffe. ID. D., Of Washington. tt
b Rev. Alexander Alison. Jr, led a SCI
s ond conference on "The Church Reacl
Q ing It's Community" with the Re
:. William G. Rooms, pastor OF Scott
Il f. Church. Wilmington, opening tn
I, discussion, and the Rev. Thomas
: Koontz. of Baltimore, following.
- At the memorial service the follow
! ing deceased members were commen
o GRATED: The Rev F. Garland Hamme
n Baltimore; Frazer S. Mcleod, Ne
Z Jersey; Edwin d. Newberry, Bait
y more, and Joseph Fowler Jenni5o
= Catonsville. Md
y IMPROVING STREET.