The Washington herald., 1912-08-31

00o.0oo for the relief endowment fund.
The urgency Of this undertaking will
be stressed at all fall synods and pres
b, teries which can be reached by repre-
sentatives OF the board and the COM
mission. A secretary will be chosen
September Is
/ The evangelistic committee of the
General Assembly and the American
Bible Society both presented requests
that they might be Included in the de-
nominational budget Of. benevolences.
Tho executive committee decided It was
"a part of wisdom for the church
/ without interfering with the general
budget-to make provision for the needs
of these two agencies'' and that each of
them could deal directly with the ses-
sions of the congregations.
The permanent committee on vacancy
and supply reported the election OF DIR.
George n. Luccock. pastor OF Oak Park
Church, Chicago, as chairman. and DR..
Paul B. Jenkins, OF Emmanuel Church,
milwaukee,, recording secretary. The
committee was not able to organize fur
ther. owing to iack of funds to provide
| for the salary of a corresponding sec
| retary. And the commission recommend
ed that the presbyteries be requested
for the present ecclesiastical year to
| contribute for the committee a sum equal
to II cent for each communicate
This money, II given to the assembly's
contingent fund. would enable the COM
mittee to provide for all its expenses up
| to the next assembly. This action was
taken with the distinct understanding
that the committee in the future would
arrange some plan to finance itself. Thus
will be organized a bureau much like a
national teachers bureau. 1t will be a
bureau of information with facts and
photographs of all preachers and all
| churches. The headquarters will be in
Chicago, because that city is central. As
there are 1.35O.ooo Presbyterian commune
cants the amount given to the "bureau"-
en- the h-cent plan-should be a little
over 5000.
The commission found 1t necessary to
insist strenuously on the fulhllment of
the assembly's order that the Board of
Church Erection shall set aside at once
sum of $4,000 from the John s. Ken
nedy bequest as a loan fund for churchese
under appropriate rules and regulations
to be adopted by the board with the ap-
proval of the executive commission. The
following churches presented applications
to the executive commission asking II to
approve loans for them from the Board
OF Church Erection: Tolleston, Ind;
Gary. Ind, and Homewood Avenue, Pitts
burg.
was referred to the chairman and secre-
tary. The probability is that New York
will be the place. The March, 1913,
meeting will be held in Washington, d.
c.. DR.. Radcliffe, of New York Avenue
Church, having rendered cordial In
vitation.
DR.. Mark A. Matthews, of Seattle, the
Lit ,l,o
to moderate the executive commission,
and the verdict was that he did 1t ex-
tremely well. Moderator Matthews called
attention of the commission to long
statement of indignities heaped upon a
company of about seventy young Chi
nese students by the immigration ofcials
at San Francisco, when Miss Greenlee,
philanthropic member Of DR.. Mat
thews' own church, arrived there from
Hongkong, bringing the lads for educa-
ton in America. The commission did not
protest directly against this unjust dis
elimination, but adopted a resolution ad-
yising all Presbyterian schools to report
regularly to the bureau of immigration
on the whereabouts and behavior OF all
Chinese students under their care. so as
to avoid the technical hold-up due to
stringent labor laws and the alleged eva
sion of those laws by Chinese in the
guise of students. |
At Washington Heights Church, DR..
B. r. Larrabee, Of Livonia Center, N.
Y, will preach tomorrow morning. Rev.
w. D. Moss, the pastor, is expected toj
return to the city next Friday, and on
the following Sunday, September 8, viii
deliver his farewell sermon. A new
pastor is being sought by committee
of the congregation of which DR.. How
eha &c rhot
will hold a meeting tomorrow after the
church service.
Rev. Paul r. Hickok. pastor OF Metro
politan Church, has returned to the city
and will occupy his pulpit tomorrow
morning His vacation was spent quiet
ly on the shores of Lakes Michigan and
Erie, where he swan and fished with
great enjoyment. All the activities of
Church will be resumed on
September Is.
Labor and the Kingdom will be the
subject of the Labor Day sermon to-
morning OF Rev. IL. e. Brundage
It lexington Presbyterian Church At
The evening Joint service of Eckington
Church and United Brethren Church at
The meeting place Of the latter, Rev.
Mr.. Brundage will speak on The Sin of
Neutrality" The last of the union meet
ngs for this summer will be held Ssp-
ember on the lawn OF the Eckington
when Rev. e. z. Fultz, of thej
United Brethren Church, will preach.
Sunday morning, at the Church Of thel
covenant, Rev. Bernard q. Braskamp
VIII preach on the subject, The Highcrl
attitudes" The evening service. COM
nencing at 7:3e O'Clock. will be held inl
he tent, located at the corner OF Mount
,leasant Street and Park Road. TheI
vening service will be led by Mr..
Hoover, director: Miss Holden. accom-
anist; Mr.. Anton Kaspar, violinist; Mrs.
)s Yo, vocal soloist. Mr.. Fred C-l
thomson will preach the sermon.
The Travel Club, OF lexington Church, ,
Witch spends the winter evenings in the
tudy of the geography. history, litera-
ure, and religion of different countries !
VII go for an outing on Labor Day toI {
he battlefield Of Bull Run. where We I
icles have been engaged to carry thel {
tsitors to points Of interest ts
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