The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-27
.DR. EDMONDS TALKS
 ON PAUL s MESSAGE ID THE PHILIPPIANS
Congregation of Independent Presbyterian Church to Select New Name at
 Meeting Sunday

Before a large congregation yester- day morning Dr. Henry M. Edmonds of the Independent Presbyterian Church preached a sermon of unusual interest. having for his theme discrim- nation in remembering and forgetting. He took his text from the epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians. 3:14-15:
 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended; but sone thing I do. for getting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before
 I press toward the mark for the lrize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus
 Paul wrote these words when he was in prison and when he, was no longer young in years" said pr. Ed n'onds, speaking of the conditions which led to the expression from tine great apostle.
 Paul may not have been an athlete hut we find him frequently speaking Tn athletic terms-the race course was ever before him. Perhaps he was an onlooker at the Olympic games of those days, such as the recent Olympic games
 
 he was running the race-getting away from the things behind him and pressing toward the goal of things be- fore him.
 Discrimination in forgetting and re- membering is the guiding thought for us in the message. A good forgetter IS an indispensable instrument with which to start life, but how and what to forget is the secret.
 We nf the good and remember only the bad, while others forget everything. But If we forget everything then we must forget Macbeth, King Lear the beau ties of Michael Angelo--the Madonnas: we must forget our childhood--our early environment: the sweetest treas ured memories of home and loved ones. But this is not intended: 1t is not the meaning of the words of Paul. Dis crimination in forgetting and in re- nembering does away with much that turns into useless remorse and fettered powers-meaning wrong remember ing"
 After the sermon a congregational meeting was held, Dr. Edmonds an nouncing that it was for the purpose of deciding upon name for the new church which is shortly to be built by the Independent Presbyterian congre- sation on Chestnut Hill
 On next Friday morning we will make our formal utilization with the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.. at which time Dr. J. M. Broadly pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. has invited us to meet with him and the elders of his church and we will be given the right hand of ecclesiastical fellowship as we'll as personal fellow ship. That formality being dispensed with, we will then be confronted by the we no longer will be the Independent Presbyterian Church
 -Four names have so far been sug- gested. The Trinity Presbyterian church. The Church of the Covenant t which, as you will observe, does not 1 carry the name Presbyterian with it. and would only be used on our letter heads and in other similar ways; The i Chestnut Hill Presbyterian church and The Lakeview Presbyterian church. | each of which is designative in quality ss to location"
 Dr. Edmonds suggested that the sub ject be taken under consideration of naming the church and a vote be taken cn it next Sunday. Henry HowZe made a motion to this effect which was seconded and carried, followed with the suggestion from J. M. Davidson that if anyone else would like to suggest a name between now and next Sunday Dr. Edmonds would be glad to receive the suggestion. A motion for adjournment followed and the congregation was dismissed with the benediction.