The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
SALARIES OF OFFICERS
IN SEPARATE REPORTS
Rccom m ndRtion OF Committee on For
eign Missions Precipitatcs
Lively Discussion.
ADOPTED ny GENERAL. ASSEMBLY
Hoard of Directors for Training School
for Christian Workers to BE Estnb-
Ii>hcd nj Rirhmond Appointed.

special 10 Tho Times ptspatch.l
Kansas civ. Mo, May 26.--lntercSt
Ill to-daNs sessions OF the General As
eernblN of the southern Presbyterian
Church reached its climax this morning
during the presentation OF the report
~ thu standing committee on foreign
missions. The item of the report which
rrocip.ta;ed the discussion was, tho
Recommendation tina, the cost OF ad
iniuistrItjou OF the executive commit
tee Of foreign missions be published in
iul ia the annual report of the com
iuittocS. and that a separate item he
published. III which the salaries of the
secretaries ana helpers shall be stated.
iceownc nda;ion DIR. j :. Lyons. of
kentucky. made motion that i; be
stricken from the report. In support
~ has motion ne said:
There is entirely too much criticism
and ihe tendency to the use of bush
whachinG methods regarding our sec
ictNrtcS upon the part of some OF our
people. confess to YOU TINS very iact
would keep me from accepting posi-
tion as secretary Of any one OF our
executive committees; have been APP
proachcd on this subject. and ] have
promptly declined. for the reason l
have just assigned.
M there afc any men IN the as-
semhiy who deserve TO receive at our
hands liberal salaries ana all the COM
forts of life possible. Il is the Secre-
tar!es of onr executive committees. who
nre compelled 10 spend much OF their
time away from thor homes. and often
10 preach where their causes are not
popular. And If we want To get tho
best service from our secretaries wa
must stop criticism and must mako
their lives worth living
COMPARISON or SALARY
ALWAYS BitINGS CRITICISM
II YOU begin 10 publish the salaries
- tho secretaries, YOU Will simply
revert TO the time when this was done,
ana when In numerous meetings OF
prcsbyteries the criticism WAS often
heard that the secretaries were not
worth the salaries they received. and
:hat pastors were often worth moro
money than the secretaries, the claim
being made that the pastors worked
harder than the secretaries and re-
ceivcd less money. This comparison
beg you To strike from this report
the recommendation that the salaries
OF your secretaries be published"
DR.. j.. G. Gordon, OF Missouri took
the opposite view and said
Il am for the adoption Of that recon-
Inendation. The church ought To
know the cost of administration Of Its
work, II has the right To know. l hap
pen to know what i, is ana / know
Il is small and / sec no reason why
1t should not be published"
Dr. Ecbert w. smith, executive sec
rotary OF the foreign mission commit
Tee. said no secretary or member OF an
executive committee had dreamed of
ConccalinE anything regarding the cost
Of administration, but that he regarded
The demand for financial details
dangerous tendency.
Several other members OF the as
semhiy spoke for and against the
adoption Of the recommendation OF the
report. When tho vote was taken tho
recommendation was not stricken from
the report, hut, but was adopted and
the report as whole was adopted
DIR. :. II. CHESTER COMPLETES
TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE
rising vote Of thanks was given
to Dr, :. II. Chester upon the COM
pieton OF his twenty years OF service
with the foreign mission committee.
lie Is now secretary OF foreign cor
'respondencc.
The receipts for foreign mission.
curing the year We're S56l.I1a. and
from The woman's auxiliary S73Sl3
me amount expended was S55a,9l5
The creation or a reserve fund of
$4,000 was recommended. In order TO
Hvoid another foreign mission debt.
me number Of additions 10 the church
on the foreign missions field the past
year ias 3,1l', making a total of oG.SS3
communicates
Following the favorable actiou Of