Evening journal., 1911-09-15

FOR SYNOD
PreSbyterianS Of Three States
and District Of Columbia
Here In October
SILVER ANNIVERSARY
OF THE CHURCH SOCIETIES

The Synod of Baltimore, comprising
the New Castle, Baltimore and Wash
ington Presby yteries, which include all
the Presbyterian churches in Delaware
Maryland, District Of Columbia, and
the North of Virgonia, will meet this
year in Central Presbyterian Church,
this city, from October 2S to rs. The
Synod meetings are second in i'm
portance only to the General Assem-
\ bly, of the Presbyterian Church, and
there will be a general interest all
over the country, among Presbyter-
ians, in the Wilmington meetings.
Many distinguished visitors are ex-
pected, and there will be much 10 in
terest the general public of Whining
ton.
The Rev. Josiah H. Crawford, pas
tor of Central Presbyterian Church,
/ and the session, L. p. Bush, A. II. Ber-
lin, John ]. Hayes, w. S. Prickett and
j. II. Burns, are the committee on ar
rangements for the Synod, with the
pastor as chairman They will meet
next week to plan for the entertain
ment of delegates and other local ar
rangements. About 200 commission
ers are expected, the minister and an
elder from each church being the dele
gates. In addition to entertainment
in their homes, the women of Cen
trail Presbyterian Church will serve
lunch at the church each noon TO the
delegates.
w. S. Prickett and J. II. Burns will
act as the press committee, and John
J. Hayes as chairman of the enter
tainment committee The Rev. ]. II.
Crawford is "A member of the docket
committee of which the Rev J. 5.
Coming of Baltimore, is chairman.
This committee will meet next week
TO complete arrangements for the
+ docket. The Synod will be opened q
Monday evening. October 23 by the
q moderator, the Rev. F. Wynn Jones,
of Baltimore, who will preach the SER
mon on that evening. The new mod
orator will be chosen on Monday even
Il ing.
After the Synod Communion SER
81 vice, at o'clock on Tuesday morn-
ing, business sessions viii begin. II
is planned TO transact all the bust
ness at the morning sessions, leaving
the afternoons free for conferences
" and Institutes, and the evenings for
& public meetings Baltimore Synod
this year is the first Synod in the
country TO try having all the busi-
ness in the morning, and the expert
ment will be closely watched by the
other Synods of the country. Illinois
tried the plan to a small extent This
new idea promises to be the interest
ing feature of this years meeting, as
no appeals are expected or other
. Ifrtas
DR.. n. II Miller, of Washington has
heen stated clerk of the Synod for
many years. The new moderator is a
matter of local interest, as IL is the
turn of New Castle Presbytery 10 elect
the moderator. II is likely that sew
eral candidates will be unoflicially dis
cussed at the coming meeting of New
Castle PresbyterE on October 3, al
Red Clay Creek
Among the speakers who have al
ready been secured for the meetings
are President Francis L. Patton, Ci
Princeton Theological Seminary, and
President Geo. b. Stewart, of Auburn
Theological Seminary. New York
State. There will be a number OF
board secretaries among the speakers
including the Rev. Or. George Mac
kenzie, secretary of the College Board
the Rev. DR.. Stanley White, secretary
of the Foreign Board, and David Nc
Conaghy. Forward Movement secre-
tary, the Rev. J. Ernest NcAfee, sec
retary of the Home Board. and the
Rev. Mr. McGarrah, who will talk on
Church Finance"
The Synodical meetings OF the Wo-
mems Foreign Missionary Societies
will be held in the First Presbyterian
Church of this city, on October %, the
Foreign Society meeting In the morn
ing and the Home Society in the At
ternoon About seventy-hve out-of-
town delegates are expected, each so
ciety i'm the three presby;crics beiug
entitled to "a home and a foreign dele
gate. Luncheon will be served at noon
to the delegates in the II. w. c. A
building. Mrs James f. Price is
chairman of the local committee on
tarragements. In charge of the pro-
grams are Mrs. J. Frank Ball of Will
mington, synodica president of thc
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
and Mrs. NJ. V Richards OF Wash
ington, synodical president of the
Home Society. The synOdical eXecU-
tive committee. comprising the officers
of the three Presbyterials, will meet
at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon.
Election of officers, reports and ap-
portionments for next year assigned
3 the various societies, will be tie
business of the meetings. 1t is the
twenty-hfth anniversary of the a.nOdi-
cal societies. and this viii be cele
brated. The Home Societies are work
ing to give a doubled membership as
silver anniversary Offering, and the
- societies in the city are to conduct d
vigorous campaign to this end durne
the next three weeks.