El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-08
REV. IF. FENDER
HEADS THE SYNOD
Whitewright Minister Elect
ed Moderator; Synod in
Session; Women Meet.

w.bL 81 Sberman. Rev. Robert L
Irving. of Gainesville, was noinulaleI (
by Rev. G. NJ Oakley o. " - ne i ~ -
Rev. Mir. Fender was declared electeu
nv Pev Robert T Rogers. the re
firing moderator The retlrtnS mouel.--
tor presided at the opening session
and delivered his fareNeI sermon 70
49, s--Io5 zach Lamar Cobb. cOllec-
tor Of customs. delivered the address
OF welcome 20 the synod deIes - lor
The Presbyterian men anu LOL r Z -
The newly elected moderator responded
briefly 10 mis- address OF welcome.
The Evening session
The evening session opened with an
organ prelude by MIS- J 1870 u, NJ
! solo The devotional exercises were
! led by Rev. Nj Rogers Ihe Eetlrlhs
/ moderator. Rev Z. F. ingram, OF
Waco, read the scripture lesson anu
! PRAYER was offered by Rev Glen L
Snead, OF Dallas. The roI can was
! read by Rev. 5. n. IeInpieIoI' o.
( Clarksville, the stated cIerk' ana me
opening prayer was given Dy Kew
Arthur F. Bishop. Of Austin The COM
mittee on arrangements made its re-
port -,
vened for the second day 8 session
After the opening devottons. the ron
| call. reading OF minutes ana otneI
routine business, the report OF the
stated clerk and treasurer was re2d
and approved. Communications TO the
synod were then read and the report
or visiting commissions given Kew >
] II. Burma addressed the morning ses-
I sion on the Paramount seminary IN
! the afternoon the reports OF the eXecu-
! tive committee was made me report
/ Of the permanent committee on churcn
/ erection given and an address DEW
! cred BY Rev. d. G. Wylie- secretary
/ OF this board. The committee on euu-
/ cation also reported and Rev Joseph
| W. Cochran, secretary OF the BOARD;
| delivered an address on the Work OF
| the committee The service OF me
/ synOdical communion was held at the
] conclusion OF the regular program
/ Thursday afternoon
Big MeetinE This Evening
This evening the unified program
! viii be the feature Of the synod ses-
I sion. Rev. Joseph W Cochran and
L Rev D. G. Wylie. secretaries OF the
] church erection and educational boards,
I viii deliver addresses and discuss the
/ work OF the joint executive board OF
| the Presbyterian church. OF which they
I are members
| The home mission committee OF the
! synod met Wednesday afternoon in the
Z tower room Of the church Rev b A
Z Hedges. Of Temple, is chairman OF TINS
Z committee, which VIII be in session
I during the week OF the synod The
| annual report OF the chairman was
( read at the afternoon session Wednes-
! day.
standing Committees Appointed.
The standing committees appointed
! Thursday were.
BllLs and OFerture8- Kew EO0eTL L.
Rogers, san Antonio; Rev sterling
I Park. Plainview: Rev ]. s Hodges
] Stamford: elder W E Caldwell. Alpine;
I elder l. l. Sears. -Whitewright
| Nominations Rev C. W Fender,
! Brownwood: Rev. c. ". Yates Cleburn;
I Rev B. Wrenn Webb, sherman; elder
H. V. Tul, Amarillo; elder W L Iiltz,
Abilene.
Leave OF absence Rev. L B. Cray.
Albany; Rev J. c. smith. WaXahachie;
elder J. ". Merrill, Fort Davis
Temperance: Rev J. W Davidson,
Santa Ana; elder W D. Eaton. Taylor
elder J. ". Merrill Fort Davis
I Finance; Rev H W PEBBLES, Bayardi
Rev H ". HoOn. Taylor; elder T. W.
Grant Paris presbytery-
/ Neurology: Rev. J. H Burma, Dallas
Rev A. b Buchanan. Houston; Rev r.
T. Caldwell
Minutes Of general assembly: Rev
Glenn G. Sneed. Dallas; Rev. L C. Col
lier. Burleson; elder Dr. J. NJ Woodson,
Temple
Christian life and works: Rev. A r.
! Bishop. Austin: Rev. y. z. Ingram.
Waco: T. H. Coleman, Athens
Church erection Rev l. c Collier.
Burleson; r Tomeson. Amarillo; H B.
examinations OF Records.
For the Abilene and Amarillo pres
( byteries: Rev. ". z. Copeland. Brook
dale, and Rev. J. ". Willbank, Grand
! Prairie
For the Austin ad Brownwood pres
byteries: Rev. y. G. Num-. Chillicothe.
and Rev. a P. WINS. marathon
For the Dallas and FL PasO presby-
I teries; Rev. ". A Kirkpatrick White
Z wright and Rev. b c. Taylor. Canadian.
/ For the Fort Worth and Houston
! preshyteries: Rev p D. Tucker. Plano,
Z and Rev J. D. Thomson, Vernon
| For the Jefferson and Paris presby-
I teries- Rev. Geo. ". Shelter. Dallas. and
I Rev. W. T. Swain. Memphis.
For the s. W Bohemian and Waco
presbyteries: Rev. G. W. Beck. Sweet
| water. and elder J. c. Noel Amarillo.
Reports Read.
The report OF the BOARD OF trustees
for the Paramount seminary. at Wealth
erford. was read by Rev. G. n. Oakley.
! president OF the college The report
! leEe at WaLahachie. was read by Rev.
s. l. HOrnbeck, president Of the institu-
ton.
Women Discuss Missions.
The annual meetings OF the Woman's
| Synodicai society for home and foreign
] missions Of the Presbyterian church OF
| the state, were opened with a home
I missions session Thursday morning.
I The meetings are being held in the
l Westminster Presbyterian church. A
! feature Of the morning was the visit
to the Mexican mission schools Of the
/ city. when the visitors were conducted
I about by Rev. G. R. WomeldOrf. the
/ city missionary
The morning program was opened
I with pEaf ct leu nE MIS- - D. noluP-
I son. Of Dallas. Greetings were given
| by Mrs W. B. Preston, OF San Marcos
! synOdIcal president: Mrs. Guy s Davis
I OF New York city. field secretary OF
! the woman's board OF home missions;
| DR. r N. Donaldson. OF Denver. OF the
! board OF home missions.
J The report OF the home missions
& secretary Mrs. r. F. Butts. was read
I by Mrs. Charles Crotty- Mrs. r A.
Hodges. or Temple, talked on Some
| Good Things From the Annual Meeting
! in Chicago" Mrs. Guy S. Davis con-
Quoted a mission study class on the
/ theme an Red Mans Land" Mrs.
Kenneth Brown led the closing prayer
AT noon the delegates We're served
dinner in the pariors OF the First
! Christian church.
Mexican Children Sing.
/ The afternoon session was opened
! with devotional exercises by Mrs. T.
c Howard. OF Snyder. Mrs Waldo
! BIewett, OF Denton. spoke on the home
! mission problems The roll OF Pres
bvteries was called and the president
talked on the announcements and dis
I ccuraEements Of the past year Mrs.
] A C. Scott reported on the Bohemian
and Mexican work A chorus OF little
Mexican children from the mission