Evening star., 1915-10-12
CHURCH TAKES STEPS
TOCHANGE LOCATION
Presbytery Approves Application Of
Sixth Presbyterian Congre.
cation, This City.
Judicatory, in Session at HyattSville,
Md, Elects Observation-Disclosures
Appoints Committees.

The Sixth Presbyterian Church. Rev.
Douglas Putnam Birney, pastor, today
received permission from the Presby-
terry Of Washington, meeting in the
Hyattsville Presbyterian Church. to
take steps looking toward a removal
to a new locality. The congregation
of Dr. Birney's Church was canvassed
last summer to ascertain its senti-
ments. Sixty-six members were In ia
vor of removal and sixteen against.
H. H. Murray appeared before the
presbytery today, having been dele
gated to ask that that body suggest.
recommend or permit removal from
the present site. 6th and c streets
southwest, to a new field, preferably
14th and Longfellow streets northwest.
Mr.. Murray also requested that the
present pastor be retained and that
the presbytery appoint a committee to
cooperate with the church in it's pro-
posed move.
Among those who spoke were DR..
Henry Clay Thompson, one Of the ED
ers, and DR.. Birney, who said that a
large percentage of those voting to
move lived near the present location OF
the church, and that 1t Is only ques-
ton of time until the edifice will be-
come untenable.
Union With Westminster Proposed.
The moderator. Rev. O. A. Gilling-
ham, added Irwin T. Linton to a COM
mittee previously appointed to con-
slider the union of the Sixth Church
and Westminster Memorial
This committee is composed OF Revs.
J. c. Palmer, Charles wood and Paul
r. Hickok, together with T. c. Newton
and Charles A. Baker:
Rev Thomas c.. Clark Of Takoma
Park was unanimously elected stated
George NJ. Cummings. who has already
served six years as permanent clerk.
was unanimously reelected to that Of
fee.
and Clifton. Va, for the pastoral serv-
ices of Rev. Afford Kelley was read.
This call was found not in order and
was returned to the churches in Ques-
tion with the direction that each
church make out a separate call. each
specifying what amount it will con-
tribute to the minister's salary.
Committees Announced
The moderator appointed the follow
ing committees: Judicial-Revs. T. d.
Richards. James NJ. Nourse and H. P.
Dodge.
Bills and overtures-Revs. ]. Harvey
Dunham, ]. C. Palmer and George Rob-
insop.
Treasurers' account-Elder w. NJ
Terrell and Rev. Thomas A. Newton.
Leaves of absence-Rev. w. ]. Camp
bell.
Parishes-Revs. Hubert Rex johnson,
C. E. Granger. j. Harvey Durham and
Alfred E. Barrows, Judge Stanton j.
Peelee, Irwin P. Linton and W. M. Ter
rell.
A proposed amendment to the stand
ing rules that no minister shall be ad-
mitted to the presbytery by letter
without first being examined in theolo-
gy, church government. the sacraments
and the English Bible came in for a
rather spirited debate, and was finally
laid on tho table.
Visitors Present.
Rev. S. S. ellison of Pittsburgh. Rev.
William H. Wilson of New York. Rev.
Henry Thomas of Pinckney Memorial
Church and Rev. J. c. Elliott Of Villa
mette, Washington. were invited to sit
with the presbytery as corresponding
members, and Rev. Afford Kelley was
received by letters from the Presbytery
of Carlisle, Pa.
At the conclusion OF this mornings
session luncheon was served in the
church. and at 2:30 o'clock the pres
bytery began it's final session.
At the meeting last night Rev. Robert
Robinson was at his own request dis
missed to the Presbytery Of Newton,
N. J.. and Licentiate o. J. Mcleod was
also dismissed at his own request.