The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-14
PRESBYTERIANS
TO MEET IN MAY
General Assembly to Convene In
Chicago Sanctuary

chicago Aprn Subjects rotating
to ever, phase Of life-relgious, social
educational political and Industrial
will he considered by the enc hJndrcd
tNcnty-sixth general assembly Of the
Presbyterian church, which Will con-
yenc Thursday, MAJ n. in the ne"h
erected $500 edihce of the Fourth
Presbyterian church. said 10 be the
r,ost beautiful Presbyterian church I'M
the world. located near Lincoln park IN
Tails city.
Rev. Timothy stone, II. d. pastor
of the church. who was so uncNpecte''y
elected moderator OF the general as
sembly At Atlanta last year. will open
the assembly in the forenoon WITH
sermon i'm which he is expected to SUI
vey the church's progress during the
last year.
only once before in the history OF
the Presbyterian general assembly has
the retiring moderator convened the
new assembly in the church Of which
he was pastor
Rev. < Hall Young, u. u. who spent
80 years Of his l!ic doing missionary
work in Alaska where DE established
tie first church of amy denomination,
will present Dr. stone with gavel
made Of the tusks Of "a walrus when
DIR. Young himself killed on one of his
expeditions In the Behring sea. sim
liar pavel will also Dee presented TO IN"
newly elected moderator when he as
sumes the duties of his Office.
Eliminate Campo isning.
Because Of the precedent established
last year in the election by pr stone
as moderator from The hoor OF the
assembly. without any preliminary
clcctioneering, no aspirants To the Of
fee have appeared. It is expected none
will appear. In previous years the pre-
assembly scenes were very much Ike
those attending the scenes before a ma
tlonal political convention, when rival
candidates ana their supporters fought
for prestige
Arrangements for the physical COM
fort of the 500 assembly commissions
crs who will come from every part of
the United states and the thousands of
others attracted to the assembly and
the pre-asscmbly gatherings. have
been made by committee of which
| Edward IL. Smith, treasurer of the
Oliver Typewriter company, is chair
man, and w. Holmes Forsythe, secre-
tary.
ON this committee are business men
such as Cyrus W. Mccormick, presi-
dent of the international Harvester
| company; James Il. l'or-an, president
of the First National bank, and Hen
~ p. Crowcn. president of the Quaker
! oats company.
An automobile tour of Chicago will
be one feature of the entertainment.
The program of the assembly is in
charge of Or. William II. Roberts
! stated clerk, whose headquarters arc
i'm Philadelphia. President Wilson and
| Secretary of state William j. Bryan
both of whom are Presbyterians, have
been asked To be present and address
| the assembly.
Fight Over Home Missions.
Tie big fight will rcvolve around thu
! interpretation Of that portion in las
years report of the board OF home mis-
sions, which says:
THAT while in fullest sympathy will
every effort To revive. stlcnGthcn AM
p,tpctuato the country church, an'
with every movement 10 cvangeli2c am
| Christiauizc the rural population
nevertheless, the department of churcl
ana country life should be discontin
ued as soon as practicable
Advocates Of the development @
chur, hes in the rural districts maintain
that the wolds AS soon as practicable
permitted the department to continu
as long as there was need for urgin
pastors i'm country districts to becom
closely related to the every day life q
rural districts instead of their living i
| ,,,itpg AWAY from thcir rurn