Arizona republican., 1913-10-18
SYNOD PASSES
 RESOLUTIONS
Of Sorrow at Loss of Rev. John c. Van Der Las Yes terday-Three Busy Ses- siOns Held - WOman's Section Hustling Also

A feeling of sorrow pervaded the i sessions of the First Presbyterian l Synod of Arizona yesterday owing to | the many references to the untimely i death of the late Rev. John E. Van 1 der Las, who, with his bride, went to ! a watery grave on board the steam 1 ship State of California early last August off the coast of Alaska. MT. 1 Van der Las was a member of the | synod, and exceedingly popular with l the Presbyterian ministers of Ari- ] zona. He was a missionary to the 1 Indians and wrought a great work ! among them for the short while he labOred. In his memory a special memorial service was held in the af- | ternQOn, and another special memo rial service will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Indian school The occasion of the service in the afternoon at the First Presbyterian church was the presentation of reso- IutiOns by the committee on nara tive and necrolOgy of the synod, relative to the death of MT. Van der Las. This provoked many of the members to arise in their places and pay sincere tribute to the virtues of the departed minister In this, his bride, Mrs. Clara Dismuke Van der Las, was not forgotten, for she, too. was prominent in the local work, and many kind things were said of her by the preachers whom she had known during her residence here.
 The full text of the resolutions was;
 We. the synod of Arizona, hereby express our deep sorrow because of what seems, from a human point of view, the un-
 timey death of the Rev John c. Van der Las, who, with his bride,
 was drowned by the sinking of
 the steamer State of California
 off the Pacific coast the past
 summer. By his generous spirit,
 his unselfish demeanOr, his ster-
 ling manliness and his untiring
 devotion to the Masters work, he
 had endeared himself to his
 brethren, at work with him in
 the Fathers vineyard, and had
 won the high esteem of a wide
 circle of friends. He left vacant
 a place which it will be hard to
 fill We had hoped to hear him
 as an efficient cO-wOrker in
 widening fields of usefulness for
 
 Great Head of the Church has
 ordered otherwise. We bow to
 His will, and we pray for His blessing upon those for whom ties
 of kindred make the grief at his demise extraordinarily poignant, and we ask for ourselves such in creased endowment of spiritual power and such consequent quick ening of zeal as shall enable us to fill up in some measure the tasks he left uncompleted by his sud- den taking away"
 The sessions of the day were eX- ceedingly busy ones. They began early in the morning with the ap- pointment of the committees, and the committee work. Then followed gen eraI discussions of the work of the church in Arizona, and the beginning of the reports of the committees. The noon adjournment was taken during this time and with the recOnVening in the afternoon of the synod the reports were continued.
 One of the interesting things that was brought out in the report of the committee on temperance was the recommendation that in liquor selling cases wherein the Indian was a party to the sale of his own free Will-that is, where he solicited the stuff, whether it be tisWin or tulapai-that he also be punished. The synod en- dorsed the missionary convention in November, as well as the united mis- siOnary campaign two days confer ences in every synod next summer.
 The night session was given over to a discussion of the educational in terests of the church at a mass meet ing presided over by Rev. John E. Frye of Bisbee and addressed by Mrs. Adelaide I. Aldrich of Oakland and Mrs. H. P. Pinney of San Fran cisco.
 The following is the full list of ministers present: Revs. c. K. Alex ander of Flagstaff R. c. Lewis of Tucson. G. H. Gebby of Mcdowell, William | Brooks of Phoenix, Henry M. Campbell of Phoenix, George Lo- gie of Phoenix, Charles L. CorWin of Phoenix, John F. Record of Tucson, Dr. Clarence H. Ellis of Phoenix, Frank C. Reid of Phoenix, Frederick V. Richards of Phoenix Dirk Lay of Sacaton, George F. Wilson of Indian Oasis. and MT. Chaffee of Phoenix, Harlan P Cory of Globe, Allan Krichbaum of Morenci, John E. Fry of Bisbee Curry H. Love of Clifton, How ard A Clark of Clifton, M. BercoWitz of Clifton and MT Robert Rankin of St. Louis.
 The sessions continue today
 The Woman's Meeting
 For the sixth time since it's organi- zation. Miss Chrissie Gilchrist of this city was elected president of the Woman's Missionary society of the Presbyterian church for Arizona. The women had a rousing meeting which was addressed by Mrs. Pinney and Mrs Aldrich and Mrs. Rankin of St. Louis, all very prominent officials in that branch of the work. All the