Evening journal., 1920-04-21
PRESBYTERY
ENDS Session
w. S. Kreger and Floris Fer
werda Named General AS
sembly Commissioners

Interest in the i03rd stated meeting
Of the Presbytery OF New Castle. IN
Hanover Presbyterian Cnurcn, yesler-
day afternoon. cenlered IN the elecliOn
of four commissioners and four alter
mates 10 the General Assembly OF the
Presbyterian churches in philadel-
phia DR.. W. ;. kreger. moderator,
OF Snow Hill. and the Rev. flOris Fer
Werder, OF Dover, were eclcted dele
gales, and the Rev. J. Watkins Lacy
Of Pocomoke City and the Rev. j. $.
Gilnllan, OF this city Ministerial al
tcrnates.
Elder commissioners TO the General
Assembly are : j. Fletcher Deakyne, OF
Hanover and J. Frank Mccoy, or
Westminster: alternates, Horace
Davis. OF buckingham. and Isaac
Noakum. OF West Nottingham.
Considerable discussion ceniered
around the nomenclature 10 be applied
TO the proposed new Union OF Chris
tlan Churches Of the United States.
The word Evangelical" was favored
over the word Christian" as being
more specific. ID was maintained at
the session that lnilarians and Chris
tian Scientists called themselves Chris
tlans, but they were not considered
so by the remaining religious bodies
In America.
The next stated meeting OF the
Presbytery will be held In the Dover
Church on the invitation Of the pas
tor, the Rev. Fl0ris Ferwerda, B. d.,
on June 9.
J. Fletcher Deakyne. Of Hanover
Church, was elected moderator Of
Presbytery, TO succeed J. II. Burns.
The Rev. j. o. Crawford, ID. D.
pastor OF Central and First Churches.
submitted the report Of the New Era
Committee. His report stated that the
movement had been on foot for two
years. and that u was proposed this
year TO raise 30 per cent more money
than last year for systematic beneVO-
lences. The same report also stalled
that the New Era Committee strongly
recommended that the Home Mission
program be carried out.
Or. w. J. Rowan, Of the Newark
Church, created considerable interest
among the assembled ministers and
laymen by declaring at the conclusion
OF his report that altogether too much
money was being raised by one drive
right after the other" lie said that
there were altogether too many drives
and that The people were Getting
tired OF digging down into their pock-
cts As this was stated, a number
Of the ministers nodded In approval Of
the speakers sentiments.
Dr.. Rowan said: MY church has
been asked 30 raise 81 .766 according
10 the present plan Uf the New Er,
Committee. ] don't intend to put thi'
sum before my congregation as th'
amount they have 10 raise. / au
tired Of this continual 'cOmbing enl
recombir- the congregation. You
are putting upon us an impossible
thing There's getting 20 be too muci
business in The churches. We arr
trying 90 initiate the world 1hf
feeling against these continual drive.
Is becoming hostile"
No other minister declared his sen
timenls In this regard, but az thl
conclusion OF the session minister
congratulated Dr. Rowan on tn
stand he had taken, and voiced ap
prOyal OF his action.
After submitting his report. DR.
Crawford presented his resignation
as chairman Of the committee. sayinl
he had had the chairmanship for
long time. and he thought some on
else should accspt the position. TIL
resignation was accepted.
The Rev. r. 5. ArmentrOut mex
submitted the report OF the commit
tee on foreign missions. He siatei
that si2,O2S97 had been raised durinl
he year 1918 for foreign missionary
purposes and that last year Si7,32i. .7C
had been raised. an increase Of 50.
POI %.
In addition he declared that th,
salaries 0f an missionaries in the for
e.en field, had been increased by al