The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-21
SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN
ASSEMBLY IN KANSAS CITY

Kansas city. Mo. May 2i-Chris-
tian education viii be the keynote Of
the nfty-third assembly Of the South
crn Presbyterian church that conven-
ed here today. The ad interim com
mittee on education appointed by the
assembly Of 1913. II expected to make
recommendations which, II adopted,
viii revolutionize the educational
policy of the church.
The report ct the ad interim con
mittee on the proposed union of the
United Presbyterian church ana the
Southern Presbyterian church. viii al
~ come before the assembly for ac-
tion.
Tho first event on today's program
Nas the opening sermon by h Rev.
J. $. Lyons Of Louisville. KY. the re-
firing moderator. Upon the election
Of Il new moderator the Rev. Mr., Ly-
ons will retire. The assembly viii
close its meeting May 2s.
A new presiding officer will be
! elected as a moderator each year and
10 preside over h "a assembly only
and no moderator can succeed him
self in office. The two officers OF
the assembly who have succeeded
Themselves from year To year for Z
number Of years past are Rev. T. ".
Law. d. D.. OF Spartanburg. 5. C.
the stated clerk. and the permanent
clerk, REV. J. u. Leslie of Cisco, Tex.
The prominent preachers who viii
be heard during the sessions. Include
the Rev. Egbert W. Smith, H.. ID, and
the REV. John /. Armstrong. D. -.
Nashville. Tenn: the Rev. >. l.. MOI
ris ID. D.. Louisville, KY. the e
a. l.. philips. -. H., and n. u. Magl
Of Richmond. Va.
No report 10 be submitted will be
heard with greater interest or viii b'
lot greater importance than the reporl
u the committee on education, re
Henry n. Sweets. -. d., OF Louis
Vile, Ky. chairman and N repre-
sentative from "a Of the fourteen
Eynods Of the assembly Constitutinl
the committee. which held a confer
cnce during the summer Of 1918 TIM
report deals with schools, collcEes
universities and theological seminar
les with reference to church cornrc
tion. s~tandardizing financial problem'
I lnNU hUl EtuNlMN NtAAH hNAh W. W
need of arousing The church on tn
lsubject OF Christian education. Tn
Recommendation Of this report or
stated to be definite and concise
II Another interesting subject 10 com
before the assembly will be that n
cluded In an overture from h SNpn'
OF virginia recommending the cree
tion of a new synod. To he known -
|, the synod of West, Virginia n 4
! Include all OF the state Of West VII
! iglnia, part Of which territory IL no
included in the synod OF Virginia. fh
: direction OF another synod. famiiiarl
{. known as the Mountain synod WI
= no doubt receive consideration als'
M amount contributed by souther
d. Presbyterians during the year jul
lclosed for foreign missions WAS 1861
. ll7g, and for home missions. SiGS,6Il
p THE q contributed for HON
= missions was an Increase of si4.4G
G over the amount contributed tn tn
% cause the year previous. n IL a.
3 largest o the church has give
J. Ito home missions during any year
{ her history.
e The attendance Of commissioners
e the assembly this year was increas'
a on Of the change In the bias
y of representation. Upon h new bias
70 OF representation each P~resbytery
~entitled To one clerical and n u
0 commissioner and n clerical ~
one lay commissioned additional Il
h every 1000 COMMITMENTS Of a
/ church In the Prenbytery,
~ The Woman's Council, the nuNiliai
Il 20 the assembly viii be In sessi'
simultaneously with b assembl
z While not a law-making body Il
lcouncil IL a strong factor In the VOL
!. of the church. Mrs. W. G. Winsbo
I. ough OF Kansas CITY, IL It's secretary