Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-24
NA|VK|NG. SEMINARY
PROBLEM DEBATED
BY PRESBYTER|AuS

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 21.-
(3y the Associated Press -EIaving
disposed of questions of church doc
trine. eligibility Of women on com
mittees and adherence to the Fed
eral Council of Church of Christ in
America, the siXty-fourth general as
sembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States came today to
consideration of a problem touch
ing Bible criticisms in the mission
airy seminary at Marking, China.
A report of the committee on for
eign missions dealing with this sub
ject was ready this morning. Evil
dence before the committee indi-
Gates the question turns on whether
this denomination is to continue its
support of the seminary, if doctrines
contrary to those of the Presbyte-
rian faith are taught there.
The Marking seminary is support
ed by a number of protestant denOm-
nations. The controversy is said
to have arisen because of an alleged
leaning toward SO-called< modernism
by some of the former teachers in
the school.
The assembly has gone on record
as favoring retention of women on
executive committees Of the assem-
bly,. 1t also decidedly opposed a pro
posal to withdraw from the federal
council.
The report of the general council
of ~Presbyterian and Reformed
church, still to be adopted. makes a
plea for eVangeliZing new citizens
that come to the United States and
gives special attention to work
among negro members.
The report recommends increased
facilities for training under Chris
tan auspices in the industrial arts
for negro men, such as in the Berean
school, in Philadelphia, and in the
domestic arts for women, as at Still
man institute, at Charlotte, n. G. 1t
also recommends that the church
bodies ~~nresented be urged to pro-
mote christian forbearance and the
utmost charity in dealing with racial
difference between the colored and
white populations.
PARTING SHOT AT 'LIBERALS'
AUSTIN, Texas, May Platter
adopting reports expressing "uncOm-
promising opposition toward $50
called liberalism as taught by self
styled modernists' and dealing with
prohibition enforcement and Sunday
observance, the ninety-fourth general
assembly Of the Cumberland Presby
terrain church adjourned late yester-
day to meet the third Thursday in
May, 1925, in Nashville, Tenn.
The report of the committee on ed
ucation dealt with the question of
fundamentalism briefly, but strongly
reaffirmed belief in the virgin birth
of Christ and the origin of man as
told in the book of Genesis. Such
changes in the faculty of Bethel col
lege, McKinzie, Tenn, as might be
found necessary to insure harmony
and the best results were recom-
mended.
The judiciary committees report
decided the status OF the theological
department of Bethel college by hold
ing that the assembly had such de-
partment at the college but has not
a theological seminary.
Urging cooperation in the enforce
members, the assembly expressed op-
position to all states which permit
the prescribing of whisky by physi-
clans and the sale Of such whisky by
drug stores and indorsed the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance union and
the Anti-saloon league.
The assembly advocated ST. ter
observance OF the Sabbath and APP
proved a bill pending in the United
States senate to restrict Sunday ac-
tivities in the District of Columbia
Questions connected with the send
inc of the Rev. d. w. Foo<s, OF
Nashville. to China, @ organize new
nresbyterv. were considered. The
Rev. A. d. Cunningham. of Union
CITY, Tenn. will act as clerk while
Mr. Fooks is in China.
BRYAN AGAIN MENTIONED
FOR MODFR ATOR'S POST
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 81.
(By the Associated PressO - Nine
hundred and sixty commissioners
charged with disposal of temporal
and dOctrinal problems of great
Protestant denomination were con-
centrating here today for the open
ing of the 136th general assembly of
the Presbyterian church in the
United States of America tomorrow.
One of the probable storm centers
of the assembly. Dr. Harry Emerson
FOsdick. of New YOrll-will not at
tend the gathering, but his support
ers and critics, the latter including
William Jennings Bryan, are expect
ed to renew the controversy that
rocked last years general assembly
at indianapolis, The Fosdc!@ dis
pute grew from sermon 'Shall the
Fundamentalists VIM" delivered by
DR. Fosdick, who is an ordained Bap-
fist minister, holding the pastorate
of the First Presbyterian church,
New York.
Election of a moderator to sue
coed DIR, Charles f. Wishart, presi-
dent of Wooster college, is the out
standing business of the opening day.
Although a score of possibilities have
been mentioned, the names of DR..
Clarence E. Mccartney, Phiadel-
.phia; William Jennings Bryan.
Miami. Fla; and Rev. Charles +.
Erdmand, Princeton. n. j., were most
frequently heard today. Dr. Mac
Artney, at the last assembly, intro
duced the resolution demanding DR.
Fosdick'S removal from the New
York pulpit for alleged heresies.
Bryan was defeated for the modera-
torship last year after being within
a few votes of victory m the first
two ballots.
Although separate and distinct