El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-12
CONNECTICUTT's GOVERNOR IS TO Be
MODERATOR FOR COHGREGATIONALISTS
Layman Is to Preside at Kansas City Meeting Episcopal
Church Socialist League Makes Demands; New
Catholic Jurisdiction Is Formed in Order
to Stop Conflict of Authority.

n IMEON f. Baldwin, governor of
Connecticut, and mentioned as
- candidate for United States SEN
ator from his state, seems likely to be
chosen moderator of the Congregational
National council, assembling at Kan
sas City at the end of this month. There
is a custom that prescribes a clergy
man and then a layman, and the pre-
ent moderator is a clergyman. Rev.
Dr. Nehemiah BOyntOn, Of Brooklyn II
a layman is chosen this year he IS al
most certain to be governor Baldwin.
Ciergymen mentioned are president
King, of Oberliu, and Rev. Dr. Horace
i. Day, the Los Angeles pastor the
coast is putting forward a claim tnaI
il is time it was recognized Dy the
mOderatOrship.
The new plans for congregational
work, a report of a committee ana q
constitution, q new creed ana secIe-
tary, seem likely to go through with
out a hitch. Within the last fortnight
sentiment seems to have grown
stronger in favor of all OF them Lhey
provide, in brief, that the Nallonal
council shall meet every other year IN
sIead of every third one as now ana
the delegates of the council SHAH De
the directing power Of the oenevolsent
societies and the educational agencies
There are some additions from the So
cieties. and there is provision Tor. IN
terTenlng years but IN Drlet me COM
and the missionary society governing
bodies is as stated.
All of the benevolent societies, in
Gliding the American board are IN
cluded in the plan of a commission on
missions. that shall direct the appOr-
tlonments on churches. There is an eX-
pectation that eventually the number
Of societies, now seven or eight, snail
be reduced to three. There are heard
no objections to the statement of doc
trine, and It seems certain that the sec
rotary viii be elected This secretary
viii have unusual powers in the whole
denomination and in some measure VIII
do work now done by the moderator.
His function is in the nature OF that
OF an official head to COngregaU
ism. a man familiar with all depart
nents Of work and competent to ad-
wise on all He win also represent the
denomination at meetings of other
Christian bodies. In short, IT IS a de-
parture toward centralized authority
At Kansas City there will be an eN-
hfbft MADE 40 of the Congregational
portions OF the exposition that has been
held under names The World in Bos-
ton The World in Chicago. There
will also De held there during the coun-
ell period q conference Of home mis-
sion workers The latter will report to
each other progress and problems, but
the chief purpose Of the conference IS
to help on the project TO make service
in home mission fields permanent In
most bodies home mission workers are
expected to be young men just from
seminaries, throwing in a few years be-
fore becoming pastors Of city churches,
or else men full of years VINO Tor some
reason did not die in pastorates- The
belief is growing the home missions
offers careers for whole life times The
conference viii try 10 see how II can
point out to workers this progressive
fact