Evening star., 1922-10-24

each fall should be set aside for spe-
| cial evangeliStic work. and called on
| the ministers to be definite. after tell
| ing them that their indefiniteness was
| hurting the church.
EvanEeIfsm Report Approved.
| The report on the committee on
| evangelism was read by Rev. James
, NJ. Wallace and approved by the
| synod.
There has been a tendency" the
| report said. TO confine this work to
great occasions, called revivals. and
| to assign it chiefly, if not exclusively,
to single and special class of min
, listers. called evangelists. That tend
ency no longer prevails. We have. in
deed, come to hear much of the pass
; ing of the revival. In a sense. ii has
passed Revival preaching does not
+. meet with exactly the reception it
did. Response is not SO immediate
! and spontaneous. nor so abundant as
| formerly. On the other hand, the Of
flee and work of the pastor in procur-
ing the conversion of his flock have
/ been increasingly emphasized and is
producing marked attention to this
department of ministerial duty Pas
toral evangelism is thoroughly prac
tical."
Rev. Charles H. Bonner, chairman
Of the committee on mems work. read
the report of that committee. 1t is
said that the synod can contribute
greatly to the awakening and sustaining
of interest in the mems movement by
urging the Presbyterians within its
bounds to hold annual gatherings of
men from the churches, either in con-
nection with meeting of presbytery
or at some other time and place con-
venient.
Recommendations Made.
The synod adopted the resolutions
contained in the report. which re-
quested that strong program be put
on during the ensuing year. looking
toward the building Of men Of the
same church into corporate Chris
tian body; that the Presbyterian
Church's program and appeal for
mems work be adopted. and that the
presbyteries Of the synod be urged to
urged to hold practical round table
Presbyterian Church: that all mems
organizations of the synod be re-
quested to enroll both the name of
the club and its officers with the
general assembly's committee on
mems work and that the synod en-
phasiZes the Importance of church
sessions giving the general assem-
t bly's committee on mems work its
/ proportion OF church benevolence as
fixed by that body.
The session today was begun with the
sacrament of the Lord s supper. Rev.
W. R. McElroy spoke on the narrative
Of Christian life and work and nemor-
ials were presented by Rev. Henry
Runner.
Reports OF Committees.
Reports Of committees are being heard
this afternoon, and at Z AS tonight there
will be devotional exercises. at which
an address will be delivered by Rev.
George Francis Greene, president of the
Board Of Ministerial Relief and Sus-
<at, tot fnlt Inv fhn oh nf a
film on Soldiers of the Cross
At the session, which begins at
o'clock tomorrow morning, the commit
tee on bills and overtures will make its
report. 1t is meeting today. consider
ing, among other things, the petition
from the church at Elkton, Md. of which
Rev. John McElmoyle, popuiarly known
as the marrying parson," was pastor.
The nature Of the petition is being
closely guarded. Some time ago, Mr..
McElmoyle presented a letter from the
Presbytery of New Castle to that of Bal
timore stating that he was minister in
good standing, who desired to be trans
ferred. Under the rules Of the church
the session at Elkton is barred from en-
gaging a regular pastor from any bat
the PreSbytery to which il belongs.
Rev. r. c. Clarke. Moderator
New officers elected yesterday are:
Moderator, Rev. Thomas c. Clarke,
Takoma Park, d. c.; vice moderator,
Judge W. S. Prickett. Wilmington.
Del; stated clerk, Rev. George N.
Cummings. Washington. (re-electedl;
permanent clerk, Rev. James NJ. L.
Eckard. Smyrna. Del; temporary
clerks. Rev. Harry F. Cross, Light
Street Presbyterian Church, Balti-
more, and Rev. B. Andrew Malson.
Berwyn. Md.
Rev. Dr. John Mcdowell, secretary
of the Board of Home Missions, last
night told of his work and in par
ticular that part of it done among the
miners during the coal strike.
Rev. DIR. George F. Scott, d. D.. cor
responding secretary of the Board of
Foreign Missions, also spoke.