Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-20
TAKE STAND
AGAINST SUNDAY SPORTS
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pictures, automobile riding and many Other
diversions on the Sabbath. The auto was
| curse, he said.
That was where Judge Andrews had q
chance to see things carried his way But
| then Doctor Tully asked for the privilege
of talking, and while his voice could not
have carried all the way to the rear of the
| hall. those in the rear evidently knew what
| he was saying. And they agreed with him
accordingly. He got n fine ovation and
everybody stood up to welcome his speech.
He made his plea for keeping to our
standards and his very physical weakness
seemed to give strength to his argument,
for when he finished there was no doubt
what the convention would do or If there
was any the Rev. Dr. John Timothy Stone,
pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church,
of Chicago, second wealthiest church in
the country, removed 1t.
Doctor Stone, a former moderator. and
young dynamo of energy, made his plea
for n strict observance of the Sabbath with
so much fire and virility. with such strength
or conviction, that one could see Judge An
drews' smile as he recognized that his sug.
gested revision of the Sabbath regulations
would fail and it did.
The force with which the convention
turned down Judge Andrews proposals was
really surprising. Whether 1t was the
oratory or conviction that did 1t, no one can
Andrews was the only one present who
plays golf on Sunday.
A LIVELY INCIDENT.
For the first time since the General AS
sembly convened, bad temper got an inning
today. '..
A little incident this forenoon divided
the assembly into two factions.
1t was the old story of the ordinary per.
son against the influential one.
1t wasn't so much the fault of any per-
son as 1t was of the whole assembly
The Rev. Andrew Doremus is the aged
pastor of a little church in a Michigan town
called Saginaw. He is here as commits
sioner, and, naturally, because his charge
at home doesn't amount to much, his in
tiuence here does not carry very far. He
rose to protest against report in which
certain measures for religious training in
the schools were recommended. He took
what outside of church circles would be
called the "broadminded viewpoint"
The assembly considered 1t funny. The
commissioners laughed and glggled and
made it very evident to the aged pastor that
his views didn't carry much weight
Moderator Marquis tried his best TO get
the Michigan pastor a hearing. Then a
man from Nation, Ills.-the Rev. DIR.
Clarence Mackey, who Is quite figure in
Southern Illinois. and at the assembly here,
got up to inquire Indignantly whether a
man was only worth while in this conven-
tlon II he represented a wealthy church or
group" He asked:
rs the time come when the poor, but
honorable man, no longer has voice in the
Presbyterian church?'
The air was cleared by humorous intro
ductlon by Doctor Roberts in another report
and the convention took up its work quietly
but unchastened.
The committee on bills and overtures
will hold special secret meeting this after |
noon to take up the matter of the New York |
Presbytery's alleged dlsobedience.
Special counsel has been appointed to |
New York in the persons of two |
Of its delegates, the Rev. Or. Work and the |
Rev. DR., Watson
The committee has disposed of mass of !