New-York tribune., 1921-05-26
II Presbyterialns
Make Plea for
Disarmament
Assembly Adopts Bryan
Resolution Calling on
Harding TO Summon a
Conference of Nations
Bar Marrying Parson
Removal of Pastor Who
Tied Knot for Many
Eloping Couples Upheld

WINONA LAKE, May 25.--Calling an
international conference to procure
progressive disarmament was urged
upon President Harding to-day by the
1881 General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church, in session here. The
conference resolution was presented by
William Jennings Bryan, a commits
sioner to the Assembly from the Pres
bytery Of Florida. The resolution
said:
Resolved, that the 1881 General
Assembly Of the Presbyterian Church
in the U. s. A., viewing with grave
concern the rivalry in armaments,
threatening as it does the financial
stability of the world as we'll as inter
national friendships, appeals with ear
nestness and confidence to President
Harding to call conference OF the ma
| tions for the purpose of securing pro
gressive disarmament and the estah-
lishment of universal and perpetual
peace"
No opposition to the resolution de-
veloped.
The permanent judicial commission
reported to the Assembly,, affirming
the process by which the Rev. John r.
| McElmoyle was relieved from his
pastorate of a church at Elkton, Md
The Rev. Mr.. McElmoyIe's case has
been before bodies of the Presby-
terian Church for several years, as a
| church at Elkton by the Presbytery Of
New Castle, which investigated charges
! that ne had performed numerous mar
| riages of eloping couples who came
from the neighboring states of Penn
sylvania and Delaware. An appeal was
taken from the action of the Presbytery
to the Synod of Baltimore, which re-
versed the Presbytery action. Appeal
was then taken to the judicial COM
mission. The commission affirmed the
action Of the New Castle Presbytery in
| dissolving the pastoral relations be-
tween the Rev. MIR. McElmoyle and the
Elkton church.
No Unemployment Among Clergy
There is no problem of unemploy-
ment among ministers Of the Presby~
terian Church, the permanent commit
tee on vacancy and supply asserted in
it's report, The demand during the last
year has been such that practically all
men able and available for pastoral
service have found suitable fields, the
committee report saiG.
Among resolutions offered by the
committee and adopted by the assembly
was one declaring that for full time
service of pastor the annual support
! should not be less than 1,500 and
manse for married man, and $1,000
/ for single man. An overture recon-
mending that commissioners to the
| general assembly be elected for term
of two years was referred for a Pres
byterial vote which will be taken be-
fore the next meeting of the assembly.
Provision is made in the plan so that
all of the commissioners will not re-
| tire the same year.
Among the committee reports pre-
sented were those on home missions
and theological seminaries. The lat
! ter report disclosed that at the pres
ent time, comparatively few students
are attending the seminaries and it
was said that at one institution there
were only three students to every
| teacher.
The Assembly voted to authorize the
moderator to appoint a committee of
five members to consider the situation
in the seminaries.
PHILADELPHIA, May 25-The Rev.
A. f. Kirkpatrick of Burlington,
Wash, was elected moderator of the
United Presbyterian Church tonight
at the opening session of the general
assembly. He has, been engaged in
home mission work in Washington for
thirty years.
The opening sermon was delivered
by the Rev. F. NJ. Spencer, Sterling,
/ Kan, the retiring moderator About