The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-02
P~RESBYTERIANS'
PROSPEROUS YEAR
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e Swearlngen, pastor of the House OF
Hope church, St. Paul, MINI. The
stated clerk, elected for five years to
have charge of the office of General
S Assembly with headquarters at Phil
t adelphia was Rev. L. S. Nudge, D. D.
S DR.. Nudge is pastor at Harrisburg,
Pa, and follows in Office DR.. William
t Henry Roberts who was stated clerk
: for nearly forty years, preceding his
death a year ago.
w. J. Bryan Speaks
William Jennings Bryan was one
of the well known laymen at the As
sembly. He addressed an audience
of nearly 1000 in the new taber-
nacle at Winona Lake on Sunday
night during the session, speaking on
the need of teaching the Bible in
higher educational institutions.
General Assembly is composed half
of the laymen and half of the minis
tiers, although the presiding officer
usually is a layman. Many of the
secretaries of the benevolent boards
are laymen.
Gifts to Protestant churches in
France, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia,
Hungary and other European coun-
tries are to be continued. Thousands
of Hungariens are said to be looking
to the Protestant church for religious
leadership.
Fund for Christian Education
Twelve Presbyterian colleges the
past two years have raised over $5,-
000,0 600 as part of a campaign where
by it is hoped to add $35,000,000 to
the of Christian education
through the ffty-seven colleges of
this denomination in the United
States.
An overture seeking to have
women as elders, thus opening the
way for them to sit as commission :
in General Assembly, failed to :
receive enough votes to embody it in :
the fundamental law of the church, :
although a majority of the presby- :
teries which took action favored Civ :
ing such privileges to women. :
DR.. w. J. Johnson, of the Board :
Of Temperance and Moral Welfare, z
said that one of the most popular :
movie actors, enjoyed by boys, rolls :
/ cigarette in each film in which he :
appears because he is employed so Z
do by a tobacco company. The ac- 8
himself does not smoke. Z
Assembly urged that marriage Ii z
lenses be not valid until FIVE days af- &
issuance. :
There were thirty returned mis- :
ionaries at the Assembly, from all n
:orners of the earth, representing :
500 employed on the foreign field. 4
they were heard at numerous meet " y
ngs of the woman's boards of mis-
ions. a
Automatic stereopticons of various "A
orts were used in the exhibits of the 8
cards Of the church to show the n
York the denomination is accomplish A
1g in its many fields. IS
Congresswoman Popular Speaker
Miss Alice Robertson, member of r
from Oklahoma, and a for =
Ter home missionary Of the Presby- II
church to the Indians of her IL
tate, was one of the most popular
oeakers at an evening meeting. r
The Assembly next year will be
ED at DesMoines, Iowa.
Members of the Welsh Calvinistic =
hurch, which united with the Pres
church, U. S. A., last year,
It for the first time in this As
Work among negroes both north
I'd south, will be furthered by re-
mt gifts of over 100000 TO the
ornament funds of the Freedman's
GARD.
The current debt Of the Home Mis-
On Board amounting to over $780,
70, has been paid by friends since
e close of the church year.
Definite efforts will be made to
imulate larger attendance at theo-
gical seminaries and utilize to the
II the educational facilities of the
urch.
The Woman's Board of Home Mis-
ms increased its work largely last
ar, having 1900 more children in
1ools, $4,000 more patients in hos
ais and adding $4,000 members to