Evening star., 1915-02-08
EXECUTIVE Commission
PLAN Wins APPROVAL
Presbytery of Washington Favos
- Body to Facilitate Disposal
of Business. ~

The Presbytery of Washington, meet.
ing this morning in the New York Ave.
nue. Presbyterian Church, gave a favor
able response to overtures emanating
from the General Assembly of the
church as to, its attitude toward the
Establishment within the presbytery OF
an executive commission similar to the
ftommission of the same scope contained
| within the general body. This special
group of men, if formed, is to be along
\ the lines of a moderators, council. ana
will. it is pointed out, facilitate the dis.
4 posa1 of much of the large amount or
business that comes before the pres
| bytery. 1t is intended to possess a
+biIity and authority than an ''execu-
| tive committee" and is. therefore. des-
ignated an executive eommission
|. "A number of presbyteries of the
United States already possess such
commissions, as well as the general as
| sembly itself. The overture from the
1 latter as to how the local body would
regard the plan had. at a previous
meeting, been referred to a special COM
tnittee for consideration, the favorable
report of which committee was adopted
today. The action taken implies only
the favorable consideration of the idea.
any definite action viii be taken later
In the rather extended debate that pre-
ceded the vote on the question Rev. H.
E. Brundage of lexington Presbyterian
+ Church said the presbytery to which
he formerly had belonged. that OF Den
yer. had had such d body and that IL
had worked eNcellently in saving time
and effort by its attention to details
80 To Certify Property Transfer.
Rev. J. Harvey Dunham. the moderator.
appointed Chief Justice Stanton j. Peelle.
W.. Spencer Armstrong and W. II. Tuttle
as special committee to certify to the
transfer by the board of trustees OF the
u IL Ohm
occupied by. the recently formed Berwyn.
Nd. congregation. an ofshoot OF the
Fourth Church.
I a report received from the stated clerk
was adopted, in which the matter of the
arrears of taxes of the Kenilworth church
was considered. This report stated that
the Kenilworth church had given assur-
anees that it would make vigorous efforts
to clear itself of this Indebtedness from
its own resources.
The presbytery extended an Or
ganization its sincere sympathy to the
family of DR.. Daniel McFarlan of the
Fourth Church. whose recent dea,h
was announced by the pastor, DIR. kel-
ly. Dr. McFarlan had been for many
years an elder in the Fourth Church,
and. until last April. member of the
presbytery of Washington.
Rev. Samuel A. Bower, pastor or
Northminster Church. was appointed n
committee of one on the narrative to
the general assembly to- be brought up
at the April meeting OF tne presoy eoiy'
Y. M. C. A. Project Commended.
A request from the president of the
Maryland Agricultural College fer con-
tributions from the local Presbyterian
churches toward the erection of a
Y. NJ. C. A. building at that. institu-
tion received no formal action, but the
moderator commended me. appeal to-
the individual churches Represented IN
The place q. meeting for the October
meeting of the organization WAS an
nounced r as the Takoua Park Church.
IIncertainfy as to this fact has pre-
vented the issue Of the schedule Tor
ali the 1915 meetings. which now VIII
apyss wss Emma s. Shelton. representing the
t1eieration of Women's Caube, received
naermission to make a brief appeal -on the
fioor for special collections to be taken
during the first week OF Lent for the bene-
al of iadorsed local charities which have
a,fsered financially to- more or less extent
from the diversion Of benevolences to the
atives Of European countries
: number of visiting clefgyneu were in Z
attendance and were Weicome6 to the sit !.
ting by a rising vote Of the Members Of
,ths locp1 euhrck asReeaatllA -. : Z.