The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-08
Crawford A g ain Chosen
Associate Secretary
of Lay Group

LAKE JUNALUSKA, Aug. 8.
DR.. w. P. Few, president of Duke
university, was reelected presi-
dent Of the board of lay actiVl,
ties of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, at the opening seS.
sion of a three-day meeting OF
the board here, August 7-9.
The Rev. Dr.. j. +. Crawford OF
Nashville, Tenn, was reelected
to serve as associate secretary
with DR.. George L. Morelock,
who was reelected general secre-
tary of the board by the Metho-
dist general conference last May
Vice-presidentS were elected as
follows: J. n. Hillman, president
of Emory and Henry college,
Emory, Va; Z. D. Jennings, dean
of Southern Methodist university,
Dallas, Texas, and NJ. L. Walton,
Jr., of Woodstock, Va. The re-
cording secretary is Harwell Will
son of Winter Haven, Fla. All
offices are for a four-year term.
Judge w. E. Williams of Fort
Worth, Texas. and Judge M. L.
Lawson of Liberty, Mo-, were re-
elected honorary presidents.
In addition to the election Of
officers and the associate on the
secretarial staff a feature of the
morning session was the report
of the general secretary, DR..
Morelock, who outlined in detail
changes in the detectives and or
ganization of the board made by
recent general conference legisla-
ton, and spoke hopefully of the
large part given by the general
conference, supreme authority OF
the church, to the laymen, par
ticularly in the leadership con-
signed to it for promoting the
new financial plan, and leader
ship in social welfare work form
erly conducted by the board OF
temperance and social service.
Declaring that Methodist lay
men today face new opportunities
and responsibilities never before
instructed to the lay membership,
Dr.. Morelock, said:
at is our conviction that the
legislation more thoroughly stabi-
lized the work of the board of
lay activities in all of its essen
tial relationships. More than any
other, the last general conference
put the stamp of it's approval up
on the work done by our board
and indicated its confidence in
the lavmen of the church by Civ
ing the board wider powers and
greater responsibilities. For this
we are grateful. At the same
time, it brings to us a deep sense
of profound obligation for a more
intensive and vital service to the
church"
DR.. Crawford, associate secre-
tary, in his report, reviewed the
finances of the board and dis
cussed in detail the department
of Christian stewardship. DR..
Crawford reported that the book
on church finance, which he was
instructed by the board a year
ago to write, was on the press
and would be in circulation in the
near future. The title is "Finan-
cial Recovery of the Local
Church"
The correctional secretariat
was represented by DR.. 7. D. Ell
lis, Louisville, KY; DR.. Alfred F,
Smith. Nashville, Tenn; DIR. W.
G. Cram, Nashville, Tenn; DR.
w. F. Ouillian, Nashville; DR.. c.
w. Webdell, st. Louis, Mo-, and
James Atkins, Jr., of Lake Juna,
luska, who spoke respectively OF
the work of the board of church
extension. Methodist Publishing
houses. Board of missions, BOARD
of Christian education, Superan,
nuate Endowment fund, and the
Junaluska Methodist assembly.