Evening star., 1920-05-23
|SAYS WASHINGTON
IS MUCH IN NEED
OF MISSIONARIES
Presbyterian Would Send
Workers Here-Church
Union Plan Up.
BY the Associated Press.

| CHARLOTTE. N. c., May Prev
DR.. Andrew ]. Bird of Richmond, ad-
dressing the Southern Presbyterian
| General Assembly this morning. de-
| clared Washington city is one of the
most strategic home mission fields in
| the United States. There are people
there who know less about Jesus
Christ than the Cinnamon in the
heart of China" he said.
Two things are needed. he said. to
| remedy the situation. earnest work.
ers there and consecrated hackers
at home"
A Southern Presbyterian Church is
needed in Washington. he urged. be-
cause so many of the people there
are from the south.
Mr.. Mosely Opposes.
H. L. Mosely of Texas. the only
commissioner who spoke today on
bodies. opposed the proposal. He said
the plan submitted by the committee
did not appeal to him at all; that
he favored union 30 long as 1t per-
mitted the southern church to main
tain its own self-respect. but con-
tended that out on the firing line it
would be a case of neither fish nor
fowl"
1T seems to me we have gone as
far as in good decency we can," he
concluded.
The general assembly closed the
week tonight with most of the re-
ports on file. organization and routine
laid for taking up Monday the Ques-
tions of greater interest to the more
than 100000 Presbyterians in the
fifteen southern states represented.
The third day closed tonight with
q popular meeting in the interest Of
the work Of the executive committee
on Christian education and ministe-
rial relief. Addresses were delivered
by Rev. DR.. Henry H. Sweets. secre-
tary OF this committee. who presid-
ed. and DR.. ]. D. Eggleston, president
Of Hampden-Sidney College. Virginia.
Displacing the afternoon session. the
assembly made an official visit to
spent several hours on the campus
and inspecting the buildings, piloted
by President W. ]. Martin.
Plan of union between the southern
and northern Presbyterian bodies was
brought to the floor shortly before noon
ference. In which DR.. Homer Mcmillan
represented the Presbyterian Church
South and DR.. George Reynolds repre-
sented the Presbyterian Church North.
No debate was allowed on the re-
port on account Of the fact that the
hour of adjournment was approach
ing by the time 1t had been read, and
the report goes over until Monday,
when 1t will be taken up as the prin-
cipal work OF the day as unfinished
business.
Tho report conveys q new plan for
the proposed union Of the two Presby-
terian bodies as . substitute for the
plan contained in the report Of the
committee on closer relations sub
mitted at the last assembly Of the
southern church.
The plan OF union Is contained in
these paragraphs:
For Common System Of Doctrine.
1.-The doctrinal basis of the United
Assembly shall be the Scriptures Of
the Old and New Testaments. acknowl-
edged as the inspired word OF God and
practice, with the common system Of
doctrine as set forth in the existing
standards Of the constituent churches.
Tho principles of the forms Of
government and the constitutions, in
cluding the terms Of doctrinal sub
ing, are recognised as a part OF the
basis Of union.
Tho directories Of worship of the
several churches shall be part of the
basis Of union to the extent that con-
gregations shall have the same free
dom Of worship. both a. to forms and
usages. under the United Assembly as
they had before the union"
This report, 1t is predicted, will
bring forth interest and developments
second only in importance to the is
sue Of Endorsement or rejection of
tho interchurch world movement.
which Is yet also to be considered.