The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-26
VOTE MORE MONEY FOR
HOME MISSION WORK.
Presbyterians Adopt Boards Recon-
mendations For More Active
Work In Neglected Spots.
REAFFIRM TEMPERANCE IDEALS
Church strong I'm Opposition to
Alcoholic Liquors. But Docs Not
Approve Of Action As to Prohibition
ny Church Body.

! Newport News. May 25.-The Pres
byterian General Assembly spent more
time today in speech making than
usual
| A considerable discussion was pre-
| cipitated by a recommendation of the
Home Mission Committee. which ask
ed that the assembly make the amount
to be raised for the Assemblys Home
Mission work be $4,000. The
amount raised during the past year
was about $4,000 Some of the
speakers argued that 1t would be i'm
possible TO raise the amount asked for,
| as the increase is too great: thar u
would discourage the churches when
they fail to raise the amount asked
for. Other speakers urged that the
amount asked for is not only not too
large, but is in reality not enough.
They called attention to the great
work to be done by the Home Miss or
Committee in all the mission fields CT
the South. The great number Of i'm
migrants, the foreigners. he noun
tain people. the negroes. all demand
work at the hands of this assembly.
The recommendation was adopted.
Five Hundrcdth Anniversary.
The assembly appoints Sunday. July
4, 1915, the Ave hundredth anniversary
OF the martyrdom of John Huss. as
Reformation Day for this year, instead
of the usual day in October. The
subject for that occasion will be "Huss
and the Hussites."
The assembly directs that The
Country Church" shall be the special
subject for consideration at the next
meeting of the assembly. and a conf
mittee was appointed to prepare
program for that occasion.
Pays Visit TO Norfolk.
] The assembly at the invitation of
the First Church of Norfolk, went
over in a body on specially provided
steamer and took lunch with that
church. And after lunch the steamer
made n trip across Hampton Roads
and out to the Virginia Capes. and so
had delightful opportunity OF seeing
1.-THE ocean.
| Protest Sustained.
! On Monday the standing COMMITTEES
+ on bills and overtures submitted
partial report. which. after some dis
+ cussion. ard the adoption of an
amendment. was adopted.
! This report was touching the over
/ ture from the Synod Of Virginia, which
entered protest against the action
Of the General Assembly of 1914 in
/ the declaration of that BODY In favor
/ OF national prohibition,
The report of the committee ap-
/ proved the overture from the synod
/ of Virginia. but emphasized. As did the
overture that this action lis no retrac-
| ton of the stand of the Church
/ against the evil of liquor traffic. and
+, the sin of intempcrance. and is only
n decla ration against any action of
I General Assembly by which is de
clares itself to support any political
organization further than % advise.
anything further than that being con-
trary to the constitution of the Church.
Reports of Committees.
At the evening session the report
of the Committee on Publication and
Sc bbath Schools was presented by DIR.
A. A. Little, of Atlanta, Ca. In .sot-
iue,t.on with ta3 re! ort memorial
service was held to Rev. DR.. a. l.
Phillips. the late superintendent Of
sunday school work. Addresses On
)r Phillips and his work were MAZE
i,v Pew. Or. F. r. McFaden and MI.
4: T.. Magill
u The report callei attention to the
.,ruwis and increasing work of the
+ I'll 'icstion Committee in Richm oua.
II asks for $4,000 from the chur hes
for this work during the coming year
II liz urged that = fund Of sSO.o00
be raised as an endowment for the
training school for lay workers i's
Richmond. to be known as nsemS-
rial to Rev DR.. A. l.. Phillips.
Rev. DR.. r. T. McFaden. Rev. DIR.
i w. l. Linsle and Rev. Wesley Baker,
all of Richmond. we're reelected as
members of the Publication Commit
/ tee for the next three years.