1^ MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Reformed Presbyterian Churc 09 of North America "-^^ ^ ^^ ^ y 1 ■ -^"^ ■"""'*' •■■w^ ■ ta. , — ■-«3«~' First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Chicago, III. SESSION LXXX. m — i5° licago, 111., May 25 to June I, 1 909. PRICE, THIRTY-FIVE CENTS, POSTPAID Address, Mr. J, S. TIBBY. 41 1 Penn Building. Pittsburgh, Pa. Foreign Missionaries of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1909. Rev. Jas. S. Stewart > Rev. Andrew J. McFarland \ Rev. Samuel Edgar . / J. M. Balph, M. b ( . Miss Mattie R. Wylie )Latakxa, Syria. Miss Maggie B. Edgar \ Miss Zada A. Patton 1 Miss F. Mav Elsev ' Rev. C. A. Dodds Rev. Robert E. Willson John Peoples, M. D )Mersina, Asia Minor. Miss Evanda M. Sterrett, (on furlough) Miss Elma French Rev. Walter AleCarroll Larnaca, Cyprus. Calvin McCarroU, M. D \icosia, Cyprus. Rev. A. I. Robb Rev. J. K. Robb Rev. Julius Kempf Rev. William M. Robb Rev. Ernest C. Mitchell ( Tak Hing Chau, West River, J. M. Wright, M. D / South China. Miss Kate McBurney, M. D Miss Jean McBurney, M. D Miss Ida M. Scott, M. D Miss Jennie Dean Home Missionaries of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1909. Rev. W. W. Carithers, Superintendent, ... ,,. . Apache, Okla ^^''^^^^ Mission (Superintendency vacant) Selma, Ala. Southern Mission. Mr. William . Carson, Superintendent, , •,,,•• 8oo S. Fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa... ^'^'"'^ ^'-^-^^^^ Rev. W. C. Allen, Superintendent, 208 „, . „ ,,. • E. loth St., Oakland, California Chinese Home Mission. CONTENTS. Boards, Reports of — Church Erection 126 Control 121 Directors of National Reform Association IIS Geneva College, Corporators Ill Geneva College, Trustees 112 Missions, Central 68 Missions, Foreign 58 Missions, Jewish 72 Sustentation 126 Synod's Board of Trustees 77 Theological Seminary 110 Committees, Reports of Standing — Devotional Exercises 8 Evangelistic Work 27 Order of Business 7 Psalmody 22 Sabbath 46 Secret Societies 122 Signs of the Times 107 State of Religion 49 Systematic Beneficence 51 Temperance 24 Testimony Bearing 19 Unfinished Business 8, 53 Young People's Societies 39 Committees, Reports of Regular — Discii)line 115 Finance 74 Foreign Correspondence 14, 108 Missions, Foreign 57 Missions, Home 67 National Reform 30, 44, 45, 117 Nominations 18, 125 Place of Meeting 125 Records of Presbyteries 57 Supplies 55 Sustentation and Church Erection 125 Theological Seminary and Education 109 Traveling Fund 55 Committees, Reports of Special — Calvin Memorial 11 Catechism and Manual of Doctrine 53 Cost of Synod 11, 20 Joint Revision of Psalms 8 Meters for New Edition of Psalter 9 Music for New Psalter 11 Organization of Synod, Memorial Services 11 Reply to Alliance of Reformed Churches 73 Reply to Anti-Saloon L,eague 124 Reply to Inter-Church Temperance Council 124 Reply to Liberal Immigration League 73 Voting on Local Option 9 Presbyteries, Reports of — Colorado 3;{ Illinois ji;{ Iowa 34 Kansas o^ New Brunswick and Nova Scotia 35 New York 35 Ohio 36 Pittsburg 37 Philadelphia 37 Rochester :^S Treasurers, Reports of — Financial Agent of National Reform (>i Foreign Missions 9;; Jewish Missions lOi Literary Fund 92 Reformed Presbyterian Woman's Association 105 Treasurer of Synod 79 Committees, Appointment of — Presbyterial Records ] 7 Regular l:, Standing 128 Special Resolutions — Department Civil Government in Theological Seminary 18, 109 Interchange of Pulpits, Reafflrming Action of 1877 38, 115, 116 Ordination of J. D. Edgar 38, 116 Revoking Action of 1908 on Special License 14 Special Appropriation to R. J. Dodds 18 Thanks of Synod 12S Miscellaneous Matters — Absentees (j Collections Ordered by Synod for the Year 75 Collection for Janitor and Stenographer 44, 45 Congregations Not Represented 6 Complaint and Appeal of J. F. Crozier 27 Constitution of Court 1 Delegate from Reformed Presbyterian Synod of Scotland 8, m Dissent, Answers to Reasons 121 Dissent, Reasons of J. C. McFeeters and Others 120 Election of Officers 6 Invitations for Next Meeting of Synod 15, SI Invitation from University of Chicago 13 Letters of Sympathy 127 ■ Memorial on Marriage of Christian with Unbeliever 16, 115 Minutes of Syrian Commission 65 Mission Conference, Report of 75 Mission Conference, Time of Next Meeting 128 Moderator's Alternate 26 Precentors of Synod 13 Printing and Sale of ] 908 Minutes 93 Report of Delegate to Christian Reformed Church 12 Roll of Synod I State of Treasuries, Special Balance Sheet IOC Stated Clerk, Report of 31 Statistical Tables 131 Appendix — Report of Bef. Pres. Woman's Association 129 REV. T. H. ACHESON, D. D., PITTSBURG, PA. Moderator of Synod, 1909, Chicago, 111. MINUTES OF THE Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America SESSION LXXX. First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 111.. May 25th. igoQ. The Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church met pur- suant to adjournment in the First Reformed Presbyterian Church. Chicago, 111., at 8 P. M., and after devotional exercises, its ses- sions were opened with a sermon by the Moderator, R. C. Mont- gomery, from Psalm 118:25, last clause — "O Lord, I beseech Thee, send now prosperity." After the sermon, the Moderator constituted the Court with prayer. The Synod then adjourned, to meet to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Prayer by H. H. George. MORNING SESSION. Same place, ^^'ednesda}•, May 26th, 9 A. M. Synod met at the appointed hour, and was constituted with prayer by the Mod- erator. In the absence of the Assistant Clerk, C. McLeod Smith v/as chosen Assistant Clerk pro tem. The roll was called, and being completed, is as follows. MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE ROLL. COLORADO. Congregations. Ministers. Elders. Denver I. C. French Evans I. A. Blackwood Greely J. M. Wylie Los Angeles P. J. McDonald Santa Ana Geo. N. Greer A. G. Walkinshaw Seattle *T. M. Slater ILLINOIS. Bethel S. J. Johnston A. W. Hunter Bloomingtor. George R. Steele Church Hill R. P. Anderson Oakdale M. A. Gault J. C. Thompson Old Bethel Robert McCllntock Princeton D. C. Mathews . . . J. D. Latham St. Louis M. M. Pearce R. K. Barkley Selma *S. F. Kingston G. W. Benn E. A. Crooks D. S. Faris J. G. Reed IOWA. Chicago Robert Clarke J. C. McCandless Hopkinton *S. Turner Foster A. P. Donahu Morning Sun C. D. Trumbull J. W. Cavan Rehoboth G. A. Edgar W. W. Twinam Vernon *E. I. Dewey Washington David Love J. A. Black J. R. W. Stevenson KANSAS. Beulah J. T. Mitchell John M. Allen Billings J. R. Cady Cache Creek W. W. Carithers, S. S.. .Henry Wallace Clarinda Phos J. Edgar Derison D. H. Elliott George C. Robb Kansas City *W. R. Marvin '^ong Branch J. M. Johnston John Martin Olathe E. L. McKnight *T. G. Graham Quinter ; . .J. G. McElhinney Tohn Copeland Sterling *J. Boggs Dodds J. M. Adams Superior W. T. K. Thompson J. B. Grey Tabor S. E. Greer Topeka A. A. Samson Winchester David S. Faris *Isa iah Faris G. R. McBurney Tames McCune J. Ralston Wylie REFORMED PRESBYTERIAX CHURCH NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. Congregations. Ministers. Elders. Cornwallis Thomas McFall NEW YORK. Barnet D. C. Paris Boston, First ^. McNaugher Boston, Second J. M. Foster Bovina W. G. Robb *T. D. Russell Brooklyn J. C. Slater Wm. T. Park Coldenham" Thomas Patton Newburg'. First *J. W. F. Carlisle * James Greer New York, Second R. M. Sommerville New York, Fourth Robert McAfee Mont Clair J. W. Pritchard Walton E. F. Thomson West Hebron S. G. Shaw S. R. Wallace OHIO. Belle Center James A. Templeton Cedar Lake C. McLeod Smith *Theodore McNaughton ^edarville W. J. Sanderson D. S. Ervin Cincinnati D. O. Jack Fairgrove W. .J. McBurney Jonathan's Creek **W. R. Piper New Concord **John Coleman Thomas M. Stewart" 5outhfield H. G. Patterson J. M. Henning United Miami R. Hargrave W. B. Keys Utica R. A. Adams R. A. Blair *Louis Meyer PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia, First T. P. Stevenson * James R. McMullan Philadelphia, Second. . . . J. C. McFeeters S. A. S. Metheny Philadelphia, Third R. C. Montgomery Thomas Boggs PITTSBURG. Allegheny W. .T. Coleman T. H. Martin Bear Run and Mahon'g.*E. M. Elsey Beaver Falls, First J. S. Thompson *J. E. Dodds Central Allegheny J. W. Sproull College Hill R. H. Martin J. W. Wilson Geneva H. G. Foster W. T. Anderson East End D. C. Martin Little Beaver J. Ren wick Wylie Mercer T. M. Coleman Miller's Run S. G. Conner R. J. Wallace New Alexandria S. M. Steel New Castle William McClelland MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE PITTSBURG— Continued. Congregations. Ministers. Elders. Oil Creek S. J. Crowe . . . ; Pine Creek A. Kilpatrick Parnassus F. M. Wilson M. G. Euwer Pittsburg T. H. Acheson Alex. McBride Rehoboth ''E. M. Elsey Slippery Rock W. O. Ferguson John McGee Union A. Kilpatrick J. A. Forsythe Wilkin.sburg R. J. Ward Youngstown A. A. Wylie R. C. Allen *J. F. Crozier *R. J. Dodds H. H. George *W. Henry George W. P. Johnston J. S. Martin A. J. McFarland, Sr. . . . R. J. G. McKnight W. J. McKnight B. M. Sharp *T. C. Sproull R. C. Wylie ROCHESTER. Almonte G. M. Robb J. W. Rose Lochiel J. R. Latimer Syracuse John Yates *Charles Dougall York J. B. Gilmore J. W. M. Hart W. J. McCullough Ministers absent: T. J. Allen, W. C. Allen, J. M. Armour, P. P. Boyd, D. H. Coulter, J. W. Dill, C. A. Dodds, Samuel Edgar, E. G. Elsey, J. C. K. Faris, J. M. Faris, E. J. Feuersohn, F. M. Foster, W. S. Fu'ton, R. J. Gault, R. J. George,, W. McLeod George, Julius Kemph, George Kennedy, J. M. Littlejohn, Walter McCarroll, J .L. McCartney, T. A. McElwain, A. J. McFarland, Jr., William McFarland, R. J. Mc- Isaac, H. B. McMillan, E. C. Mitchell, W. C. Paden, J. L. Pinkerton, John H. Pritchard, R. C. Reed. A. I. Robb, J. K. Robb, W. M. Robb, T. A. Rusk, J. S. Stewart, J. R. Thompson, D. B. Wilson, J. T. Wilson, *R. F. Wilson.— 41. Congregations not represented: — Adamsville and Middletown, Barns- ville, Bellefountain, Brookland and Manchester, Cambridge, Clarksburg, Craftsburry, Eskridge, Hebron, Hickery Grove, Homewood, La Junta, Lake Reno, Lisbon, McKeesport and Monongahela, Third New York, North Union, Oakland, Staunton, St. John, Wahoo, White Lake. — 22. *Not present at first roll call. **Ordained since last meeting of Synod. T. H. Acheson was elected Moderator, J. S. Thompson Clerk, and C. McLeod Smith Assistant Clerk. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Committee on Order of Business reported. The report was amended and adopted, and is as follows: ORDER OF BUSINESS. Tuesday, May 25, 8:00 P. M. — Sermon by retiring Moderator and Con.stitution of the Court. Wednesday, May 26, 9:00 A. M. — Election of officers; Report of Com- mittee on Order of Business; Report of Committee on Devotional Ex- ercises; Reports of Boards; Church Erection, Sustentation of Executive Committee of National Reform Association and of Synod's Financial Agent for National Reform. 2:00 P. M. — Reports of Boards of Foreign Missions, of Central Board, of Board of Jewish Mission, of Superintendents of Theological S'^minary, of Control. 8:00 P. M. — Conference on National Reform. Thursday, May 27, 9:00 A. M. — Reports of Committees on Psalmody, Testimony Bearing, Temperance, Evangelistic Work, and Report of Stated Clerk. 2:00 P. M. — Reports of Presbyteries of Committees on Sabbath Schools, Young People's Societies, Systematic Beneficence, and the Sabbatli. 8:00 P. M. — Conference on Four-hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of John Calvin, and the Hundredth Anniversary of the organiza- tion of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church. F'riday, May 28, 9:00 A. M. — Report of Synod's Board of Trustees; of the Committee on National Reform, and of the Mission Conference. 2:00 P. M. — Report of the board of Corporators of Geneva College, and of the Board of Trustees of Geneva College; report of the com- mittee on State of Religion. 8:00 P. M. — Conference on Foreign Missions. Saturday, May 29, 9:00 A. M. — Reports of Committees on Signs of the Times, Secret Societies, Records of Presbyteries and Discipline. Monday, May 31, 9:00 A. M. — Reports of Committees on Traveling Fund, on Foreign Missions, Home Missions, Theological Seminary and Education. 2:00 P. M. — Reports of Committees on Church Erection, Finance, Supplies, Foreign Correspondence. ROBERT CLARKE, J. A. BLACK, E. L. DODDS, Committee. The Committee on Devotional Exercises reported. The re- port was received and adopted, and is as follows : MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE The Committee on Devotional Exercises presents the following rec- ommendations : 1. That the last half hour of each forenoon be set apart for de- votional services. 2. That the following be the list of topics for meditation and prayer: Wednesday, The presence and guidance of the Holy Spirit during this Session of Synod. Leader, F. M. Wilson. Thursday, The peace and prosperity of the Church. Leader, J. A. Black. Friday, Our Home Mission Work. Leader, Robert McAfee. Saturdaj', The work of National Reformation. Leader, D. H. Elliott. Monday, The Gospel in foreign Lands. Leader, S. A. S. Metheney. Tuesday, The practical results of this Session of Synod. Leader, T. G. Graham. 3. That the greater portion of the time allotted to this service be spent in prayer. Respectfully Submitted, R. C. WYLIE, A A. SAMSON, E. A. CROOKS. It was ordered that 250 copies of these two reports be printed for the use of the members of Synod. The certificate of Pev. Henry Paton, ]\1. A., fraternal dele- gate from the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland, was read. The delegate was received and invited to sit as a consulta- tive member, and the hearing of the delegate was made the first c"der of the day for this afternoon. The Committee on I'nfinished Business reported. The re- ];ort was received and taken up item by item for consideration. Item I. The Committee on Joint Revision of the Psalms reported. The report was received, adopted and is as follows : The Committee on the Uniform Version of the Psalms respectfully report that the Joint Committee failed to meet this last year, as was expected, but that a final meeting seems to be assured for next Septem- ber or October, when the work done by the United Presbyterian Com- mittee, and those associated with it, will be taken up for review. We recommend that the Synod continue to co-operate in this re- vision. W. J. COLEMAN. T. P. STEVENSON. Accompanying this report was the report of the Joint Com- ir.ittee of .\merican and Canadian Churches, which is as follows : To the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church: — The Joint Committee of American and Canadian churches on a uniform REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Version of the Psalms in Meter beg leave to report, that while they hoped this year to announce their work completed, it will require fur- ther time to dispose of it satisfactorily. The work, however, has reached a point which will enable the Committee to prepare their final report by October at the latest. In the meantime they ask once more the con- tinuance of representatives from your church. WM. J. DEY, Chairman, Simcoe, Ontario. J. D. STEELE, Secretary, Passaic, N. J. Item 2. Laid on the table for the present. Item 3. The Permanent Committee on Temperance reported on the matter referred to them by the last Synod. The report was received, adopted and is as follows : To the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church: .To meet in Chicago, May 1909. Your Committee directed to report on voting when the question of license or kindred questions are submitted (See Page 24, Minutes of 1908) would respectfully report: That the two propositions which the church has maintained for years be reaffirmed, viz. : That where no immoral obligation is required in taking office, or where no immoral duty is required when in office, it is the duty of Covenanters to participate in all political action. These principles of course apply to members of the church in all relations to the Government; and in the case of voting on questions sub- mitted at the polls, neither the nature of the question submitted, nor the fact that we are intensely interested, can change these underlying truths. That the question should be an important one and the result of deepest interest does not justify in passing by these first principles, or in failing to give them first place, when we are considering the path of duty. No difference then what the question may be, nor in what way it may be presented, if the recording of our sentiment, for or against the proposition, involves us in declaration, either openly, or by a fair im- plication, of allegiance to a Constitution that is dishonoring to our Lord, we cannot take part in such action. This Court cannot undertake to specify in every case what action is right and proper, but would commend to pastors, sessions and in- dividual members the duty of keeping their love to their Lord so warm, that an insult to Him will not be easily passed over, and there will be no inclination to participate in any slight put upon Him. Respectfully submitted, W. W. CARITHERS, J. S. McGAW, M. M. PEARCE, T. G. GRAHAM, A. M. MITCHELL. Item 4. Attended to. Item 5. Attended to. Item 6. The Committee on Selection of Additional Meters 10 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE of Psalms for a new edition of the Psalter reported. The rep<:)rt was received, adopted and is as follows : Your Committee on selecting Psalms for a new edition of the Psalter respectfully report that we have accomplished only a part of the work submitted to us by the action of the last Synod. 1. We have chosen the versions which we recommend should be retained where the old Scottish version of the Psalms has two meters, and submit the following list: The 6th L. M.; 2.5th S. M.; 45th C. M.; 50th S. M.; 67th S. M.; 70th S M.; 100th L. M.; 102nd L. M.; 124th C. M.; 136th 8s. 7s; 143rd 6s: 145th L. M.; 148th H. M. 2. We have chosen mostly from the versions adopted by the Joint Committee and published in 1905, the fifty versions other than com- mon meter, together with the ten parts from the 119th Psalm, which we were to select, and we submit the following list for your approval, with the provision that .some changes in this list may be submitted to next Synod if the Committee find that alterations made before that time render these more acceptable: 1st L. M., 6 lines; 2nd 7s; 9th lis; 13th 7s, 6s; 18th L. M.; 19th H. M.; 21st 12s, 9s; 22nd L. M.; 24th lis; 29th 12s, lis; 30th 7s, 6s; 33rd C. P. M.; 38th 8s, 7s; 44th lis. (U. P.); 45th S. M.; 49th 7s; 51st 7s (R. P.); 57th L. M.; 61st C. P. M.; 65th 7s, 6s; 67th 7s, 6s; 68th L. M.; 73d L. M. 74th Elegiac; 77th L. M., 6 lines; 79 Elegiac; 80th 10s; 85th L. M.; 91st L. M.; 92nd L. M. 6 lines; 93rd S. M.; 97th L. M.; 98th 8s, 7s; 101st 7s, 6s; 103rd 8s, 7s; 104th 10s, lis; 108th S. M.; 111th L. M.; 112th L. M.; 113 7s; 119th I. L. M.; II L. M.; VII 8s, 7s; IX lis, 10s; XIV L M; XVI 8s, 7s; XVII L. M.; XIX lis, 8s; XXII L. M.; 124th 10s; 128th 8s, 7s; 130 10s, 4s; 132nd 9, 8, 9, 8; 137th Elegiac— 144; 139th I.. M.; 146th 8s, 7s; 147th 7s, 6s; 149th 10s, lis. Some of these versions need to be amended by the substitution of verses from other renditions. The work of amending the common meter of the old Scottish version, where it is defective, by inserting corresponding verses, has not been entered upon, and is a work re- quiring much time and care. It is is now probable that the Joint committee on a uniform ver- sion of the Psalms in meter will have a final meeting sometime during the coming year and the way should be left open to take advantage of any results that it may reach. 3. We recommend that a Committee locally situated so that it can conveniently get together, be appointed to carry on and complete the work, that it may be ready for a final action at the next Synod. 4. We recommend also that the power of the Committee be some- what enlarged in the amending of the common meter of the old version, that it may not only substitute verses of the same meter from other versions where desirable, but in a few instances substitute a whole Psalm in the common meter where some specially good version is found, and on the other hand nriake verbal changes where a defect may be made good by alteration of a few words. W. J. COLEMAN, C. D. TRUMBULL, T. H. ACHESON, w. J. Mcknight, J. A. BLACK. It was resolved to continue the work, and the naming- of the committee was referred to the Committee on Nominations. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 11 Item 7. The coniniittee to select suitable music for the pro- josed new edition of the Psalter reported. The report was re- ceived and approved, and is as follows : The Committee appointed to make choice of appropriate music for the Psalter respectfully report, that we have completed our work in so far as it relates to the old version of the Psalms. The task of choosing- tunes for the selections made from the new version has not yet been begun. Respectfully submitted, R. C. WYLIE, W. J. COLEMAN, ROBT. A. M. STEEL, S. A. S. METHENY. E. L. DODDS. Item 8. Attended to. Item g. Attended to. Item 10. The resic^nation of William Browne as a member of the, Foreign Mission Board was accepted. Item II. The committee to arrange for a conference com- r'emorative of the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, and also of the one hundredth anniversary of the organization of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America recommend the following : 1. That the Conference be held on Thursday evening of the open- ing week of Synod, May 27th, 1909, beginning at 7:45 o'clock. 2. That the following program of exercises be carried out. To preside, and conduct devotional exercises, the Rev. T. M. Slater. CALVIN MEMORIAL. Address: "Calvin and the Doctrine and Worship of the Church." The Rev. A. Kilpatrick, D. D. Address: "Calvin and Civil Liberty," the Rev. W. J. Coleman, D. D. SYNOD MEMORIAL. Address: "The Organization of the Synod of the Reformed Pres- byterian Church in North America," the Rev. T. P. Stevenson, D. D. Address: "A Forecast of the Work of the Reformed Presbyterian Church," the Rev. J. C. McFeeters, D. D. a. That the period of twenty minutes be the time allotted for each address. Respectfully submitted, R. J. GEORGE, J. A. BLACK, J. C. McCANDLESS, Item 12. The Special Committee on Expenses of Synod 12 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE presented a majority and a minority report. These were laid on the table for the present. Item 13. Attended to. Item 14. Attended to. Item 15. Attended to. Item 16. Attended to. Item 17. The Clerk made the following report in regard to printing the Minutes of the Synod of 1908, which was re- ceived and adopted : Following your instructions, 1,000 copies of the Minutes of 1908 were printed and placed in the hands of the Treasurer, J. S. Tibby, for sale. The financial item in connection with this will appear in his report. The following corrections should be made to the published Minutes. Page 6 — To list of absent ministers add the name of W. McLeod George. Page 13, line 20 — For "by the removal of" read "by the death of." Page 13, line 4. under "Summary" of report of Stated Clerk — "9,404 communicants, an increase of 625" should read "9,504 communi- cants, an increase of 725." Page 15— For "August 7, 1907," read "August 12, 1907" as date of installation of J. M. Wylie as pastor of Greely Congregation. Page 68 — Among those voting nay "W. J. McConahy" should read "A. L. McConahy." Page 75 — From item four of report of Committee to confer in re- gard to the work of the newly elected professor in the Theological Seminary omit the words "Carrying out the suggestion of Prof. Wilson." Page 117 — In Balance Sheet showing condition of different funds the overdraft in National Reform should read $7.66 instead of .$1185.76. Page 124, 8th line from bottom of page — For "its terms of Ec- clesiastical Communion" read "Its third term of Ecclesiastical Com- munion." Page 137 — Total of communicants for Pittsburg Presbytery should be 2127 instead of 2027. Respectfully submitted, J. S. THOMPSON, Clerk. Item 18. Not attended to. Will be during present year. Item 19. Attended to. Item 20. Attended to. Item 21. Attended to. Item 22. R. J. G. McKnight reported that he had attended, as fraternal delegate from this Synod, the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church, where he was most cordially received, and had the privilege of briefly addressing the Synod on the distinctive principles of our Church. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 13 The item on finance in connection with his report was re- ferred to the Committee on Finance. Item 23. Attended to. Item 24. Attended to. The report of the Committee on Unfinished Business was laid on the table for the present. The courtesies of the floor were extended to the Rev. D. L. McNary, pastor of the Sixth U. P. Church, Chicago. Messrs. E. L. Dodds, R. A. M. Steele, and S. A. S. Metheny were chosen precentors for the Synod. Presbyteries were granted permission to hold meetings dur- ing the sessions of the Synod. The invitation of the faculty of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago to the Synod to be their guests for luncheon on Friday was accepted, and the hours from 12 M. to i;.30 P. M. were set apart for this purpose. The pastor of the congregation was authorized to convey to the faculty Synod's acceptance of the invitation and our appreciation of the courtesy. F. M. Wilson led the Synod in the daily devotions. J. C. McCandless was granted optional attendance during the sessions of the Synod. Svnod took recess until 2 P. M. Praver bv C. D. Trumbull. AFTERNOON SESSION. Same place, Wednesday, May 26th, 2 P. M. Synod recon- vened at the appointed hour, and was opened with prayer by Thomas Patton. The roll was called. The following did not answer to their names : E. A. Crooks, Wm. T. Park, S. R. Wal- lace, T. P. Stevenson. The minutes of the morning session were read, corrected and approved. The Rev. Henry Paton, fraternal delegate from the Re- formed Presbyterian Synod of Scotland, was introduced by the Moderator and addressed the Synod, conveying the greetings of the Synod which he represented. The Moderator responded to the address, expressing our pleasure at hearing our brother from across the sea. 14 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Papers were called for. No. I. Memorial from the Rochester Presbytery. The memorial was read and referred to the Committee on Discipline. The following resolution was adopted : Resolved, that the action of last year authorizing the licensure of students of theology at the end of the first year of the Seminary course be rescinded, and that students be licensed as before, at the end of the second term; provided that the action shall not affect the standing of any who have been licensed under that arrangement. Paper No. 2. Communication from the Anti-Saloon League. The paper was referred to the Permanent Committee on Tem- perance, to formulate a reply and submit the same to Synod during this meeting. Paper No. 3. A communication from the Secretary of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System, accompanied with the annual report of the Alliance. The paper was referred to a Special Committee. Paper No. 4. Report of the Board of Directors of the National Reform Association. The report was received and referred to the Committee on National Reform, except so much as relates to finance, which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Paper No. 5. A communication requesting the appointment of delegates to attend the Council of the Alliance of Reformed Churches. The paper was received and referred to the Special Committee on the Alliance of Reformed Churches. Paper No. 6. Certificate of the appointment of T. P. Stev- enson to represent the W^estern Section of the Alliance of Re- formed Churches on the floor of this Synod. The paper was received and referred to the same committee. Paper No. 7. A communication from the National Liberal Immigration League. The paper was received and referred to a Special Committee. Paper No. 8. A communication from the National Inter- church Temperance Council. The paper was referred to the Permanent Committee on Temperance. Paper No. 9. A letter from the Reformed Presbvterian REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 15 Synod of Scotland. The letter was read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, to prepare a reply. Paper No. lo. An invitation to hold the Synod of 1910 at Atlantic City. The paper was received and laid on the table for the present. The Moderator announced the following committees : COMMITTEES. Nominations — J. R. Wylie, A. A. Samson, S. G. Conner, E. F. Thom- son, Thomas Boggs. Finance — S. McNaugher, J. S. McGaw, G. M. Robb, J. E. Dodds, David S. Faris. Traveling Fund — P. J. McDonald and Financial Agents of the Presbyteries. Theological Seminary and Education — A. J. McFarland, J. B. Gil- more, B. M. Sharp, Alexander McBride, Wm.. T. Park. Home Missions — W. J. Coleman, J. C. McFeeters, George R. Steel, A. P. Donahu, Thomas J. Edgar. Foreign Missions — R. C. Montgomery, S. Turner Foster, E. A. Crooks, R. K. Barkley, Thomas H. Martin. Discipline — R. Hargrave, J. C. Slater, D. S. Faris. T. G. Graham, J. W. Cavan. National Reform — C D. Trumbull. M. M. Pearce, D. H. Elliott, Da- vid Love, M. G. Euwer. Supplies — J. S. Martin, J. M. Wylie, A. A. Wylie, John Magee, R. A. Adams. Sustentation and Church Erection — J. M. Coleman, R. J. Gault, J. G. McElhinney, R. J. Ward, J. C. Thompson. Foreign Correspondence — W. W. Carithers, J. A. Black, Charles Dougall. Place of Next Meeting — R. C. Montgomery, J. S. Thompson, C. D. Trumbull, S A. S. Metheny, J. W. Cavan. The report of the Committee on Unfinished Business was taken from the table. Item 23 was taken up. The committee to meet with repre- sentatives from other churches to consider the formation of a national Rest Day Association gave the following report : Your Committee would respectfully report, that representatives from a number of Churches met last December in the Second Pres- byterian Church of Pittsburg for the purpose of forming such an As- sociation. Only one of the members of your committee, Dr. Wylie, was able to be present at any of the sessions. It was decided to form a National Rest Day Association. It was decided to ask the American Sabbath Union to make a few changes in its constitution and to become the practical organiza- 16 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE tion needed. A committee was appointed to confer with the Ameri- can Sabbath Union. That Association agreed to change its name to The National Lord's Day Alliance. A few changes were made in its constitution to make it more workable. Respectfully submitted. J. W. SPROULL, R. C. WYLIE, Of the Committee. Item 12 of unfinished business was taken up. The niaj<-)rity report was taken from the table, to be considered item by item for adoption. Pending the consideration of the first item the majority report was laid on the table to take up the minority report. The minority report was taken up for consideration as a whole. Pending- the consideration of this report the hour for adjournment arrived. Synod adjourned to meet to-morrow morn- ing at 9 o'clock. Prayer was offered by D. S. Faris. MORNING SESSION. Same place, Thursday, May 27, 9 A. M. Synod met at the appointed hour and was constituted with prayer by the Moder- ator. The roll was called. The following did not answer to their names : S. G. Conner, Charles Dougall, J- S. McGaw, A. W. Hun- ter, John Magee. The minutes of the last session were read and approved. Papers were called for. Paper No. 11. Report of the Treasurer of the Jewish Mis- sion. The report was referred, without reading, to the Com- mittee on Finance. Paper No. 12. Report of the Reformed Presbyterian Woman's Association. The report was read and referred to the Committee on Finance. Paper No. 13. Memorial from T. H. Acheson and others. The memorial was read and referred to the Committee on Dis- cipline. Paper No. 14. Report of the Board of Church Erection. The report was read and referred to the Committee on Sustenta- tion and Church Erection and to the Committee on Finance. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 17 Paper No. 15. Report of the Financial Agent for National Reform. The report was read and referred to the Committee on Finance. Paper No. 16. Report of the Treasurer of the Literary Fund on Printing of Minutes of Synod of 1908. The report was read and referred to the Committee on Finance. Paper No. 17. Report of Treasurer of Literary Fund. The report was read and referred to the Committee on Finance. Paper No. 18. Report of Synod's Board of Trustees. The report was read and, together with the report of the Treasurer of Synod's Board of Trustees, was referred to the Committee on Finance. The Moderator announced the following Committees on Records of Presbyteries : COMMITTEES ON PRESBYTERIAL RECORDS. Colorado— J. G. Reed, S. R. Wallace, W. W. Twinam. Illinois — W. J. McKnight, John Yates, Henry Wallace. Iowa — H. G. Foster, E. L. McKnight, Robert McClintock. Kansas — W. J. McCullough, S. T. Foster, Robert McAfee. N. B. and N. S.— S. J. Crowe, J. M. Johnston, A. W. Hunter. New York — S. J. Johnston, W. J. Sanderson, S; M. Steele. Ohio— G. W. Benn, R. J. Dodds, D. S. Ervin. Philadelphia — E. A Crooks, S. P. Kingston, W. B. Keys. Pittsburg — S. E. Greer, D. O. Jack, J. B. Grey. Rochester — Isaiah Faris, D. C. Matthews, James Greer. Synod resolved to take up the order of business for yester- aay afternoon. The Board of Foreign Missions reported. The report was received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Missions and the Committee on Finance. The Central Board reported. The report was received and referred to the Committee on Home Missions and the Committee on Finance. The Board of Superintendents of the Theological Seminary reported. The report was received and referred to the Com- mittee on Theological Seminary and Education and the Com- mittee on Finance. MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE The following resolution was presented and was referred to the Committee on Theological Seminary and Education : Resolved, that a department of Civil Government in its relation to the Kingdom of Christ be established in the Seminary, and that Dr. R. C. Wylie be appointed to give instruction in this department. The Committee on Nominations made a partial report. which was adopted, and is as follows : Committee on Alliance of Reformed Churches — R. C. Montgomery, Thomas Patton, John C. Slater, R. J. Wallace. S. McLeod Steel. The Committee on Psalmody reported. The report was read and recommitted that an additional item relating to the singing of the Psalms in family worship might be added. J. A. Black led the daily devotions. Synod took recess until 2 P. M. Praver bv S. F. Kingston. AFTERNOON SESSION. Same place, Thursday, May 27th, 2 P. M. Synod recon- vened at the appointed hour and was led in prayer by \V. G. Fobb. The roll was called. The following did not answer to their names: S. G. Conner. \\\ O. Ferguson, J. M. Henning, A. W. Hunter, D. O. Jack, John Magee, M. M. Pearce. B. M. Sharp and T. P. Stevenson. Members of the Colorado Pres- bytery w'ere excused from roll call. The minutes of the morning session were read and approved. The following resolution was adopted. Since Rev. R. J. Dodds, who has been a worthy missionary of this church for a period of eighteen years, is now thinking of going on a farm to make some provision for his family, and since he is without means to provide stock and implements that will be necessary, there- fore resolved, that he be recommended to the Board of Control for the sum of $300, for this year, if the funds justify. Papers 19 to 41. Reports of Walter T. Miller, Treasurer. These reports were referred, without reading, to the Committee on Finance. The Committee on Testimony Bearing reported. The re- port was received and taken up item by item for adoption. Items I. 2, 3, and 4 were adopted. Item 5 was referred to the Com- mittee on Finance. The report was adopted as whole and is as follows : REFORMED PRESBYTERIAX CHURCH 19 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TESTIMONY BEARING. The work of Testimony Bearing has been carried on the past year with more than ordinary vigor. The Rev. W. J. McKnight, Synod's lecturer on this subject, has given about two hundred and sixty lec- tures and sermons on this subject, the most of these occupying a full evening of an hour and a half. The fact that audiences will come night after night bears eloquent testimony, both to the great interest in the subjects presented and to the qualities of the lecturer. Quite a large number of these lectures have been given outside our Church, and those given in our churches have not only helped ourselves, but have also afforded an opportunity of advertising our principles, and of inviting our friends and neighbors to hear them. Mr. McKnight has given little attention to raising money, but has received nearly enough to meet his expenses, which were about five hundred dollars. The ingenuity and generosity of our friend, Mr. John W. Pritchard, has provided for free lecture courses, and quite a number of our brethren have signified their willingness to speak without remuneration beyond the high reward of doing the Lord's work. Others of our brethren have agreed to arrange meetings for these speakers, and the whole proposal has been widely advertised. A demand is being created, and a great many people have been caused to think on the subjects proposed by the lecturers. The Rev. R. J. G. McKnight has more than any other taken every occasion to speak for the principles of our Church, and the need which every citizen has for this element of the Christian life. He has 'ectured on this subject thirty-five times. W. W. Ca- rithers and J. M. Coleman have both given quite a number of addresses on this theme, and it is known that several others have given addresses who have not reported their work. The only new tract issued this year was the report on Pslamody, adopted and ordered published by last Synod. - It was not printed until after the presidential campaign had closed, and has been in great demand ever since. The edition of five thousand is nearly all gone. It seems to have been a stimulus of thought to all who have read it. The tracts on political loyalty to the Lord Jesus Christ, on pure worship, and on secret societies were dilligntly sent out in the early part of the year, and some careful advertising widened the demand. Free reading notices secured in many religious papers by request of Mr. Pritchard brought so many requests that quite a section of each week was employed in answering letters and filling orders. We send very few tracts now except to those who order them. The fact that they are sent by request saves them from the waste-basket and se- cures attention. We could spend a goodly amount of money to great advantage on advertising, on printing, and on postage. The amount contributed to Testimony Bearing the past year was $2611.97. The amount in the treasury is $1007.00. We recommend: 1. That the Rev. W. J. McKnight be re-elected Synod's lecturer on Testimony Bearing for the coming year. 2. That our elders be encouraged to arrange for meetings and sermons in which our principles may be presented, and that our minis- ters prepare themselves, and embrace all such opportunities. 3. That our members be urged to secure the admission of notices of our free library in local and other papers in order to create a demand for our literature. 20 MIXUTES OF THE SYXOD OF THE 4. That classes be formed in our congregations wherein our litera- ture may be studied, and our members trained to give an answer when aslted concerning our principles. 5. That generous contributions be called for, and that $4,000.00 be appropriated to this work. W. J. COLEMAN, JAMES S. TIBBY, B. M. SHARP, E.. L. Mcknight, J. S. THOMPSON, OLIVER WYLIE. The report on Unfinished Business was taken from the table Item 12 of the report was taken up, and Synod resumed the consideration of the minority report. The minority report was laid on the table to take up the majorit}' report. Item I was adopted, Item 2 was amended and adopted. Item 3 was amended and adopted. Items 4 and 5 were adopted. Items 6 and 7 were added to the report. The report was adopted as a whole and is as follows : REPORT TO SYNOD BY COMMITTEE ON COST OF SYNOD. The resolution which called for the appointment of your com- mittee provided that it was "to consider the matters connected with the expenses of the Synod." (Minutes of 1908, page 71.) This commission is very broad. It includes not only the ex- penses connected with the journey to Synod, but also the expense of living during the meeting of the Court. Since the custom of en- tertaining the members of the Synod has passed, and the delegates are expected to pay for their own board, and oftimes lodging also, this item has become about as expensive as the deficit in the travel- ing fund. Your committee has endeavored to give careful consid- eration to all the elements involved in this most difficult problem. There are three ways of conducting the business of the church, naturally suggested by the customs of other Presbyterian chiirches, and any of these would necessarily result in reducing expenses. One is to have a biennial instead of an annual meeting of the Synod; an- other is to have delegated meetings; and still another is to have a Western and Eastern Synod, each meeting annually, with a general Synod every two years. The last plan, that of the Western and Eastern Synod, does not find mvich favor. Our church has tried it before, and it is not eager for its renewal. But the two former plans stand on a different plane. There are many of our most experienced members of the Synod who believe that the business of the church could be transacted just as efficiently if this court met once in two years instead of every year. The church boards, which give such efficient and entirely free service to the interests under their care, could well REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 21 transact the business in the interim. While as to a delegated Synod, four of the members of the committee have expressed the belief that the church must inevitably come to such a plan, and that Presbyteries could easily select one representative for each one hundred members, or fraction thereof, thus making a more compact and less expensive Synod of one hundred delegates But even those who make these suggestions express at the same time a doubt as to whether the church is ready for such a plan. And there are very many who for various reasons are loath to give up the present annual assembly made up from representatives from all the congregations on this side of the sea. It is the truest kind of democracy to give to every congregation the privilege of being represented in the highest courts of the Church. There are certain advantages gained by it, that in the opinion of many of our most experienced members, far outweigh any monetary considerations. To quote the graphic phrases of one brother, "It would be unwise, in my judgment, to change the present method, expensive and cumbersome as it is. We need to meet frequently, we need to keep acquainted with the spirit of the church, and with each other, we need to keep together, and with all our differences we keep together by being together." If it be conceded then, that these radical measures can not or should not be passed, the task of your committee is reduced to sug- gesting better ways of meeting our expenses under the present sys- tem. And we are glad to say that we believe that it is possible to reduce the burdens of expense, and also possible to provide better methods for raising money necessary to meet the expense. In the first place it is the opinion of all that the Synod should meet in a central location. At present the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois con- tain the congregations that are most central, and any of these congrega- tions would prove a good place from a financial standpoint, except those in the large cities. We except the cities because our expenses for the last three years have shown vis, that however pleasant it may be to meet with our brethren in the cities, it is expensive to do so. Board and lodging are much cheaper in towns and villages. But we do not think it wise to recommend any hard and fast rules on the subject. There are cases in which Synod, may desire, for particu- lar reasons, to go to a place not central, as to Denver in 1895, or to a large city in the central states as this year to Chicago. We believe that this situation can be best met by the appointment of a committee on the place of meeting. The present method is rather haphazard. Invitations are offered on the floor of Synod, a few questions are asked almost at random, and a vote taken, oftentimes without due con- sideration. A '^ommittee could more carefully examine as to the items of expense. Furthermore, it may well be doubted if the present way of rais- ing the traveling fund is the best. Thirty cents Is asked of each men^.ber of the church, whether he be some well-to-do person, who could easily give more, or some head of a family who is poor and has many children to pay for. The trouble is that when a certain sum is announced, the richer persons give just so much and no more. Would it not be better for the pastor to announce the amount required by the congregation, at the rate per member fixed by the Synod, and then let the ideal be encouraged that the members give to this sum according to their ability, as the Lord has prospered them? In other words, en- deavor to develop the sense of congregational responsibility for the raising of the fund, just as for the other schemes of the church. 22 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE To put these suggestions into more concise and definite form, we recommend: 1. That the selection of the place for the meeting of the Synod be referred each year to a committee appointed by the Moderator, called the committee on place of meeting which shall report its decision to Synod for approval. 2. That the amount per member required for the traveling fund be continued at thirty cents. 3. That the committee on traveling fund settle with all the dele- gates on the basis of the lowest rate possible to each one. 4. That pastors, when announcing the collection for the travel- ing fund, state the amount required of the congregation, and ask the members to contribute thereto according to their ability, as the Lord has prospered them. 5. That the officers of the congregations co-operate with the pas- tor in developing a sense of congregational responsibility for the trav- eling fund, as well as for the other schemes of the church. 6. That each Presbytery appoint a committee to correspond with delegates, with a view of securing party tickets where it is possible so to do. 7. That super-annuated ministers and those debarred from active service be granted optional attendance at the meetings of Synod. G. W. BENN, T. McFALL, R. C. MONTGOMERY, J. YATES, W. J. SANDERSON, S. J. JOHNSTON, J. S. McGAW, W. T. K. THOMPSON, G N. GREER, J. S. TIBBY. The Committee on Psalmody reported the additional recom- mendation ordered by Synod, and the report was adopted as a \\hole. and is as follows : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PSALMODY. The sub.iect of tha Psalms is a very wide one. The phase of it we desire to consider at this time is the use of the Psalms as the manual of Christian praise. God's purpose in inditing the Psalms was to provide an inspired manual of praise for His people. The Psalms, distinct from all the other books of the Bible, are not only a book of inspired truth, but a book of inspired praise. David, the author of a very large portion of the Psalms, and the one honored of God by having the whole book intimately associated with his name, was inspired to write songs of praise for God's people. And having written in the consciousness that he was a chosen instrument for this purpose, he delivered the Psalms he wrote to the leaders of the praise service to be the people's songs of praise in worshiping God, as we find in the history of Psalms 96, 105, and 106, given in I Chronicles, 16th chapter; and as we further learn from the titles of a large number of the Psalms. The 95th Psalm contains REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 23 this exhortation concerning the worship of God, "Let us make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms." The divine authorization of the Psalms as the manual of praise in the Old Testament is further seen in the commands given for their use by such pious leaders as Hezekiah when inaugurating great reforms and revivals, the special aim of which was to have the people return from forgetfulness of God and carefully em- ploy in His service His appointed ordinances. The use of the Psalms in the New Testament is enjoined by the authority of the highest example, in the fact that Christ and His apostles, so far as we know, used only the Psalms in their worship. The hymn which Christ and His disciples sang the night in which the Savior was betrayed students of the Bible are generally agreed was the Hallel of the Passover, con- sisting of Psalms 113-118. Concerning the singing of those Psalms on that occasion Binnie truthfully observes, that it "may be said to mark the point at which the Psalter" passed oyer from the old dispensation into the new; for it accompanied the celebration of the new ordinance of the Lord's supper as well as the celebration of the expiring Pass- over." In two passages of the New Testament, Ephesians 5: 19 and Colossians 3: 16, the use of the Psalms is expressly commanded. Since Paul in prescribing the songs to be used by Christians in their religious services designates them "Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs," those who believe in singing hymns of human composition claim that these passages, in addition to authorizing the use of the Psalms, authorize the making and using of such hymns. But as a thorough study of the subject reveals the fact that in the time of Paul the terms "Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs" were widely applied to the Psalms, and also that no other hymns and spiritual songs of that period have come down to us, the most consistent and definite interpretation of the reference of the apostle is that he is speaking of the Psalms of the Bible under this three-fold designation. His message to Christians is, not to make songs of praise, but to use those God has provided by His Spirit. The Psalms being designed and appointed by God as the manual of praise for the church, their perfect suitableness for the purpose is only what we necessarily expect. They are truly religious. To the inspired psalmist we may apply the words which one has used in description of the highest poetic impulse, "God, God, God is the only Muse." The Psalms are pre-eminently spiritual. They also abound in confession of sin and aspiration after holiness. They breathe the spirit of Christ. They are quoted in the New Testament more often than any other book of the Old Testament. Many of these quotations are made to set forth some particular truth concerning Christ, and a considerable number of them are made by Christ Himself. The rare character of the Psalms as songs which give perfect expression to the experiences and aspira- ations of the believing heart, has been recognized and eulogized times without number, and by the best and most prominent of Christian stu- dents, teachers and preachers, past and present. We select several ex- amples. Adam Clarke says, "I know nothing like the book of Psalms. It contains all the lengths, breadths, depths, and heights of Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations." The Oxford Bible Helps de- scribes the book of Psalms in these words: "The product of one, it is the property of two Dispensations, Jewish and Christian." Dr. R. S. MacArthur says, "To this hour the Christian on the mountain top of faith or in the valleys of doubt and despair can find no vehicle of his thoughts so expressive, so simple, so sublime, as these old Psalms." The Home Herald course of Bible study for 1908 says in one of its com- ments on the Psalms, "They carry us beyond the struggles and sor- rows of man. They leave us at Bethlehem, Gethsemane, Calvary and the Empty Tomb." 24 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE But just here, notwithstanding the manifest and universally ac- knowledged excellence of the Psalms as songs of Christian praise, we have to note the fact that at the present day they are almost entirely omitted from the song service of the great majority of Chris- tian denominations. They are used to be true in many congregations at the beginning of the public service in responsive readings. But this cannot excuse from singing them, for the Psalms were not given merely to be read, but to be sung. It should also be noted that the rare suitableness of the Psalms for this devotional exercise of responsive reading which leads to selecting them so commonly for the purpose, shows equally their suitableness to be sung. If space permitted, we might take up for examination some of the reasons given for supplanting the Psalms by uninspired hymns, by those who so do. A brief taut conclusive answer, however, to all objections to the Psalms is found in the testimonies to their Christian excellence given by members of these same churches where the Psalms are not used, testimonies from which we have quoted and from w^hich we might further quote prac- tically without limit. But in the midst of this wide-spread neglect of the Psalms there are some encouragements to be noted. During recent years a number of the most prominent workers in hymn-singing denominations have been led through the consistent testimony of conscientious Psalm-singers to favor a larger use of the Psalms. In our church's work in behalf of the Psalms we should recognize the great importance of singing them well. The songs that have found their way into the hearts of men have been sung there. It is imperative that we set the Psalms to appropriate music; then sing them well, and joyfully. Inasmuch as the singing of the Psalms is recognized in our subor- dinate standards as a part of family worship, and is proved by long experience to have an important place in family training, we recom- mend that all our families be exhorted and urged to resist the growing tendency to suffer this good old custom to fall into disuse. (Jf the committee. J. B. GILMORE, C. McLEOD SMITH, ISAIAH FARIS, J. E. WILSON. The courtesies of the floor were extended to the Rev. W. B, Stoddard, of the National Christian Association. The Permanent Committee on Temperance reported. The report was received and amended. The item relating to finance was referred to the Committee on Finance. The report was adopted as a whole and is as follows : REPORT OF PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON TEMPERANCE. To the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church to meet in Chi- cago, May, 1909. Your committee on Temperance would respectfully report that we have been pursuing the same lines of work that have occupied our attention in the years past. Striving to meet any change in conditions that might arise by some appropriate motto on poster and REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 25 seal and thus answer any point made by the liquor forces: For instance when they shouted "personal liberty" we put out a poster Respect for Law and Obedience to Authority, Constitute Personal Liberty. When the shout was raised that it would withdraw so much revenue that it would raise taxes or bankrupt cities we put out posters as follows: A growing Idea — The Most Expensive Money Coming Into the Treas- ury, is From the Liquor Traffic. To Save a Dollar in Taxes Men Continue the Saloon in Our Midst. That was to shame the man who thought so much of a dollar and so little of a soul; then for the man who had some conscience in the matter we put out this one: In License We Share With The Liquor Seller, The Responsibilities and Evils of His Business. And to answer the claim that it would ruin the cities we posted this: No Man Ever Grew Rich by Drinking Intoxicants, How Can it Bring Prosperity to a City. We also put out the following: Argu- ments in Favor of the Liquor Traffic Are Founded on Ignorance, Ava- rice or Appetite. Liquor Drinking Makes Vice Easy and Virtue Diffi- cult. A Debased Currency is Not as Dangerous to a Nation as De- based Citizens, Saloons Make Them. When there was a great effort made to clean up and reform the saloon business we put out this one: The Saloon is Inherently Evil and Cannot be Reformed. In order that our position of Honoring Christ as King might be emphasized we put out this one: Christ's Kingdom Cannot Come While We Protect the Liquor Traffic. Believing that tobacco comes properly before this Committee we have put out two posters touching this habit: Cigarette Smoking is a Mark of Degeneracy. And: If you desire to keep your body clean you will not use tobacco. If it is of value to you to keep your heart and nerves in the best working order you will not smoke or chew. If you regard the safety of buildings you will not smoke in or around them. If you consider the rights of others you will not use tobacco. This one with the four "Ifs" is especially popular for putting into school rooms. We have widened our work and aimed to put the posters into every school room in Oklahoma, Kansas. Arkansas, Missouri and Iowa, during the past winter and while we did not nearly reach as wide as this yet we found openings enough of this kind to keep all our available force busy mailing out packages. Miss Mary McFarland was employed in mailing out packages and carrying on the correspondence of the Committee at an expense of $100.00. We put the posters out very generally in all Chautauquas where they did not have a positive rule against all advertising, and also in all Fairs that we could reach, that did not have a like rule. We also continued the use of the Postal Card Ballot and these were sent out by the thousand during the session of Congress. Practically all the sentiments used on posters were put on seals or stickers and these were used in many ways and by a continually grow- ing circle of workers. We regret that these means of increasing public interest and deepening public opinion are not more generally used by our own mem- bership and we would take this occasion to urge all to avail themselves of this means of publicity. We would recommend to Synod the fol- lowing resolutions: 1st. That all the members be urged to continued diligence in all law- 26 MINUTES OP" THE SYNOD OF THE fill means in combating tlie liquor traffic, and that all be warned against indulging in a false confidence, that its overthrow is already assured, by the defeats it has suffered. 2nd. That all members be urged to use the printed matter, pro- vided free, by the Committee. 3rd. That it is the mind of Synod that the Church should con- sider the propriety of inserting a section in the Declaration and Testi- mony prohibiting the use and traffic in tobacco, and that sessions be required to lay clearly before those joining the Church the great de- sirability of keeping themselves free from the habit of using tobacco. 4th. That the importance of the work requires that we support it liberally, and that the appropriation be the same as last year. W. W. CARITrfERS, J. S. McGAW, M. M. PEARCE, T. G. GRAHAM, A. M. MITCHELL. The Committee on Evangelistic Work reported. The report was received and taken up for consideration. Pending the con- sideration of the report the hour for adjournment arrived. Synod adjourned to meet to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock Prayer by J. G. Reed. MORNING SESSION. Same place, Friday. May 28th, 9 A. M. Synod met at the appointed hour and was constituted with prayer by the Moder- ator. The roll was called. The following did not answer to their names: S. F. Kingston, John Magee. W. G. Robb and T. P. Stevenson. The minutes of yesterday afternoon session were read, cor- rected, and approved. Members of Iowa Presbytery were ex- cused for absence from roll call }'esterday afternoon. J. C. French was excused, on account of sickness, from attendance on the sessions of the Court. J. W. Sproull was granted optional attendance on account of sickness. The rule fixing the hour for reconvening at 2 P. M. was suspended for this afternoon, and 2 130 was made the hour. R. J. G. McKnight was chosen the Moderator's alternate to preach the sermon at the opening of the next Synod. The report of the Committee on National Reform was made the special order of the day immediately after the noon recess. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 27 Paper No. 42. Complaint and appeal of J. F. Crozier against Pittsburg- Presbytery. The paper was received and re- ferred to the Committee on Discipline. The report of the Committee on Evangelistic Work was taken from the table and was taken up item by item for adoption. Items I and 2 were adopted. Item 3 was referred to the Committee on Finance. Item 4 was adopted. Item 5 was referred to the Committee on Finance. Item 6 was added to the report. The report was adopted as a whole and is as follows : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EVANGELISTIC WORK. In reporting on the subject of evangelistic work, your committee will confine itself to that phase of the church's work which is properly called evangelistic. In a certain sense all preaching of the Gospel is evangelistic work, and all the work of the church bears directly or indirectly upon it. But, strictly, there is a particular kind of work which we designate as evangelistic. It is that work which seeks di- rectly to lead individuals to a personal acceptance of Christ as a Saviour. Its definite aim is to make disciples. We feel it important to emphasize this view of evangelistic work because that conception of it which is less inclusive than this, confining evangelistic work to a special method, is too narrow, and gives an inadequate conception of it; and that view of it which is more inclusive than this, embracing in it all the activities of the church because they are related to it, is too broad, failing to emphasize properly this particular work. We are considering any work, and all work, which aims directly at the re- claiming of lost souls. Considering the work of the church your committee feels that this line of work is not being as efficiently accomplished as it should be; nor is it up to the level of other branches of the church's work. Last year there were 557 accessions to our church in America. Many of these necessarily represented changes from one congregation to an- other. Probably the majority of the others were children brought up in the families of our church, and hence not representing an aggressive work in the outlying field of the world. The total, also, was not suffi- cient to offset the decrease, which was 679. In view of the fact that the great commission of Christ is to "make disciples" this cannot be viewed as a satisfactory result. There may be some reason for this small result in the fact that it is specially difficult to lead those who have been reared outside our church into its fellowship. Our distinctive position in regard to voting, and secret societies; our simple scriptural worship .contrasting with the elaborate service and attractive music offered elsewhere; the high plane of Christian living which our church requires; together with the unspirituality of the present age, and the tendency to be attracted by superficial things, all make the work difficult. And in so far as the small results of our labors are due to these causes we ought not to 28 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE be discouraged. Therein we may trust the Master will not condemn us. But these things do not make the work impossible of larger results than we have yet accomplished. If we plead that our small ac- complishment is because we are a peculiar people^ then certain sects in our country which are rapidly increasing, though they require a peculiarity which they even make conspicuous, will rise up and con- demn us. They overcome the difficulty, and we can. If we plead that it is because of the difficulty of preaching our doctrines, then the lead- ers of the great religious cult of our time, who have led such great numbers to accept the most impossible teachings to which were ever given the name of either science or Christianity, will rise and con- demn us. They exploit errors; we can teach the truth. If we plead the unspirituality of our age, then the Apostles, who planted the first churches among the Greecian and Roman cities, which were the moral plague spots of the ancient world, will condemn us. They penetrated the darkness; we have the same light. Somehow, faithful as we may be, honest as may be our intentions, courageous as many are in opposing the evils of our day, we are not as successful as we should be in gather- ing the fruits of our labors, and especially in leading converts into the fellowship of our own church. We need training to become more ef- ficient fishers of men, and we need the confidence and aggression which will enable" us to fill up the depleted ranks of our church with those whom we have brought to Christ. We need experience in reclaiming the unsaved, and our people need the enthusiasm of victory in win- ning souls, and the acquired skill of patient effort. We have abund- ance of the evangelistic spirit and we have many qualifications for the work, but we need the ability that accomplishes, and the tact and skill which mean salvation to lost souls, and which hold the potency, and promise of a growing church. As one definite step toward these things your committee would recommend the appointment of a permanent committee on Evangelistic Work. It is after having this proposition before us in correspond- ence during most oi the year that the recommendation is made. We know that the church has always been reluctant about entering upon any course which might encourage among our people the objectionable features of present evangelism. As evangelistic services have been conducted in the past they have too often been expensive, sensational, unspiritual, and unproductive of any lasting result. Such move- ments have been recently characterized as, "evangelism, with God left out." Our church has never encouraged such services, and it is not our purpose to recommend entering upon them now. In the first place it is not intended that such a committee shall have reference solely to holding evangelistic services. It will have an important work to do in advancing all those interests which contribute toward suc- cessful efforts to reach the unsaved, and to lead them into the fel- lowship of our church; to encourage congregations in evangelistic ef- forts; and to magnify in every way the divine requirement of a per- sonal acceptance of Jesus Christ as a Saviour as a condition of salva- tion. Also, beyond this, we believe that such a committee can se- cure special evangelistic services among our congregations without their objectionable features. Special services of this kind are cer- tainly not wholly to be condemned. Experience has shown a place for them. It is evident that times of special refreshing and reviving are natural, and are used by the Holy Spirit, and ought to be fostered by the church; that a quickening of the spiritual life is possible in special seasons of devotion and effort; that under the inspiration of such services decisions are made which are lasting; that such services need not result in a spiritual lassitude when they are over but may result in REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 29 an increased zeal which will continue. There is a place and a proper use in the church for such services. As a single illustration of this the experience of the First Beaver Falls congregation may be given. For fifteen years that congregation maintained its' work in the Sab- bath school on Patterson Heights. At the end of that time the results of the work seemed so small that it was even proposed to abandon the field. It was instead determined, however, to make a stronger effort to accomplish results. The pastor of the congregation arranged for preaching every Sabbath evening, and a communion was appointed to be held there, to be preceded by a series of special services. As the result of those services eighteen were added to the church. These were mostly those who had the training of the Sabbath school, but who had never been strongly pressed to a decision. Such ser- vices have been held there each year since, and within the last two years fifty have made their decision for Christ, and the most of them have been received into the fellowship of the Covenanter church. Now that congregation has as its greatest congregational en- thusiasm the work in that field, and has been blessed in many ways by it. Such things are possible in other places, and our church cannot afford to miss them. A permanent committee could multiply the hold- ing of such services in our church. Such a committee would need some funds at its disposal, and we be- lieve the church will be glad to support the work to the small amount necessary for a beginning. Experience shows that such a work usually carries itself financially when it is once started, but the work ought not to be allowed to have to carry its own financial burdens. It should be supported by the church. We recommend: I. That a Permanent Committee on Evangelistic Work be ap- pointed by this synod. II. That the committee consist of the following members: J. S. Thompson, chairman; J. R. Wylie, R. H. Martin, James Scott and J. E. Dodds, these members to serve for a term of three years. III. That an appropriation of five hundred dollars for the coming year from the Domestic Mission Fund be placed at the disposal of the committee. IV. That the committee be empowered to secure one or more of our ministers to give part time to holding evangelistic services among our congregations, or wherever such services may be arranged by the session or by the committee. V. That whatever funds the committee secures from its work be returned to the source from which its funds were drawn. VI. That each member of the Covenanter church shall be ex- pected to devote one week each year, without expecting financial re- muneration, to special evangelistic work, if called upon to do so. Respectfully submitted, M. M. PEARCE, J. R. WYLIE, W. J. SANDERSON, J. A. McATEER, J. R. KENNEDY. Reports of Presbyteries were received. N. B. and N. S. — Referred to the Committee on Financ.". the Committee on Supplies, and the Board of Control. 30 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Illinois — Referred to the Committee on Supplies and the Board of Control. Ohio — Referred to the Committee on Supplies and the Board of Control. Pittsburg- — Referred to the Committee on Supplies, the Com- mittee on Discipline, and the Board of Control. Iowa — Referred to the Committee on Supplies and the Board of Control. Kansas — Referred to the Committee on Supplies and the Board of Control. Philadelphia — No reference. Rochester — Referred to Committee on Supplies and the Board of Control. Colorado — Referred to Committee on "Finance, Committee on Home Missions, Committee on Supplies, and the Board of Con- trol. New York — Referred to Committee on Supplies and Board of Control. The daily devotions were led by Robert McAfee. Synod took recess vmtil 2:30 P. M. Prayer by Thomas H. M artin. AFTERNOON SESSION. Same place, Friday, May 28th, 2:30 P. M. Synod recon- vened at the appointed hour and was led in prayer by T. G. Gra- ham. The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the morning session were read and approved. Before taking up the report of the Committee on National Reform, which was the special order of the day, the Synod en- gaged in a season of prayer, led by A. A. Samson and P. J. Mc- Donald. The report of the Committee was received, and taken up item by item for adoption. Item I was amended and adopted. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 31 Item 2 was laid on the table for the present. Pending the discussion of Item 3, the hour for adjournment arrived. Synod adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Prayer by J. B. Gilmore. MORNING SESSION. Same place, Saturday, May 29th, 9 A. M. Synod convened at the appointed hour and was constituted with prayer by J. C. McFeeters. The roll was called. The following did not answer to their names : E. A. Crooks, D. S. Faris, W. O. Ferguson, John Magee, G. R. McBurney, W. J. McBurney, Louis Meyer, M. M. Pearce and J. Renwick Wylie. The minutes of yesterday afternoon session were read and approved. The invitation to Synod to hold the meeting of 1910 at Atlantic City was taken' from the table, and referred to the Com- mittee on Place of Meeting. The Committee on Home Missions reported. The report was received and taken up item by item for adoption. Items I to 6 were adopted. The report was laid on the table until Monday morning. The members of the Colorado Presbytery were excused for absence from roll call this morning, and A. Kilpatrick was ex- cused until Monday afternoon. Paper No. 43. The report of the Board of Sustentation. The report was received and referred to the Committee on Sus- tentation and Church Erection. Tlie report of the Stated Clerk was read, corrected, and is ns follows. REPORT OF STATED CLERK. Statistics from May 1st, 1908 to May 1st, 1909. There are reported this year 114 Congregations, 7 Mission Sta- tions, 137 ministers, one of whom is a Greel<:, 15 Licentiates, one of whom is a Greelc, 7 students of Theology, 2 of whom have been licensed, 9.503 Communicants, an increase of 602 and a decrease of 670, 8691 in at- 32 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE tendance at the Sabbath schools, and 1899 at the Young People's Societies, and $213,772, of total contributions. Congregations — 79 have pastors, four cong-regations and one mission station are supplied by unsettled ministers, and one by a pastor, one, Oakland, Cal., was organized into a congregation by a commission of Col- orado presbytery, Jan. 27, 1909; two were disorganized; Holmwood, Kan- sas presbytery, August 23, 1908, and Canon City, Colorado presbytery, March 24, 1909. The number is 114 — one less than last year. Mission Stations. — The number is seven, three more than reported a year ago. Holmwood and Canon City, having been disorganized as congregations, are reported as Mission Stations; Content, Canada, is reported by Colorado Presbytery in this list. Ministers. — There were one ordination, two ordinations and instal- lations, 5 installations, 4 dissolutions of the pastoral relation, one dis- mission on certificate of standing. An increase of two. John Coleman was ordained and installed pastor of New Concord congregation by Ohio presbytery, September 2, 1908. Robert W. Piper ordained and installed pastor of Jonathan's Creek congregation, by a commission of the same presbytery on October 10, 1908. Robert E. Willson was ordained to go as a missionary to Syria at Sharon by Iowa presbytery on September 10, 1908. S. G. Shaw was installed pastor of West Hebron congregation by a commission of New York presbytery, February 23, 1909. R. C. Reed by the same presbytery, pastor of Cam- bridge congregation, on April 20,1909; James T. Mitchell pastor of Beu- lah congregation, Kansas presljytery, June 24th, 1908. E. L. McKnight, July 28th, 1908, pastor of Olathe congregation same presbytery, and J. G. McElhinney, pastor of Quinter congregation same presbytery Octo- ber 16th, 1908. The pastoral relation between W. A. Paden and Holmwood congre- gation was dissolved by Kansas presbytery, on August 25th, 1908; be- tween G. W. Benn and Cambridge congregation by New York pres- bytery, on October 27th, 1908; between J. S. Martin and New Castle con- gregation, by Pittsburg presbytery, January 26th, 1909; between R. C. Reed and Walton congregation, April 20, 1909; between R. C. Wylie and Wilkinsburg congregation, October 13, 1908. Three pastors have double charges. Of the ministers without charges, 4 are stated supplies, 11 are for- eign missionaries, 2 are laboring under the direction of the Central Board, 3" are Professors in the Theological Seminary, 3 in Geneva Col- lege, 2 are engaged in reform work, one in Sabbath School work, one in Testimony Bearing, one is Field Secretary of Jewish Mission Work, 4 are unable to engage actively in the work of the ministry, 6 are engaged for part of the time in secular callings. The time of the others is at the disposal of Synod. Communicants. — Kansas, Colorado, and Rochester Presbyteries, the Chinese mission and 40 congregations report a net increase, the other Presbyteries, 52 congregations and the Syrian mission a net decrease, 13 make no report, and 8 the same number as last year. The returns from two are estimated, or taken from the last year's report. There is a net decrease of 68 of the church in America. Contributions. — An increase of contributions is reported in the southern mission of $335; Indian, $469; Theological Seminary, $25; Church Erection, $7,462; Testimony Bearing, $534; Salaries, $2,503; total, $280. A decrease in the Syrian Mission of $3,207; Chinese, $971; Home, $2,236; Jewi.sh, $426; Sustentation, $10; National Reform, $394; Aged Ministers' Fund, $166; Widows and Orphans' fund, $578, and Miscel- laneous $4,309. The number of parsonages is the same as reported last year, 23. J. W. SPROULL, Stated Clerk. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH REPORTS OF PRESBYTERIES. * REPORT OF COLORADO PRESBYTERY. Colorado Presbytery would respectfully report: We have held one regular meeting-, and one pro-re-nata meeting during the year. We have ten ministerial members on our roll, some of whom are pastors, J. T. Wilson and J. M. Armour, are superannuated, H. B. Mc- Millan, is laboring under the auspices of the Weld county, Colorado, S. S. Association. We have eight congregations under our care. The call from La Junta on E. A. Crooks has been accepted. Canon City Congregation was disorganized March 26th, 1909, Oak- land Congregation was organized January 27th, 1909. Matthew McMillan, a second year student in theology, is under our care. The salary of Kate McBurney, our Missionary to China, is paid in full. In regard to the work at Oakland, we deem it wise to carry on the Chinese school separate from that of the congregation, and that a suitable person be chosen to superintend the Chinese work, the school to be under the care of the minister in charge of the congregation. For this Mission we ask the sum of $850. W. C. Allen is appointed stated supply of Oakland congregation until the fall meeting of PresbyterJ^ Content and Canon City, are our Mission Stations. Regina, Can- ada is also a promising field calling for help. J. M. Armour is recommended to the Board of Control for aid; also Miss Anna George, daughter of Rev. W. F. George. Our traveling fund is full. We ask Synod for the re-establishment of a Bureau to keep in touch with members of our church moving from the bounds of their home congregations, and that T. M. Slater, be appointed to have charge of this work. I. A. Blackwood is chairman of committee on Supplies. Respectfully submitted, J. -C. FRENCH, Clerk REPORT OF THE ILLINOIS PRESBYTERY. During the last year we have held two regular meeting. We have nine congregations under our care, six of which have settled pastors. The Rev. D. C. Mathews resigned his pastoral charge of Princeton con- gregation May 27, 1909, having accepted the call of the Old Bethel congregation. He is to be installed soon by the Ad Interim Commission. We have 10 ordained ministers. On account of advanced age, the Rev. D. S. Faris is not actively engaged in any ministerial work. The Rev. E. A. Crooks has been certified to the Colorado Presbytery. The Rev. J. G. Reed as superintendent of our Southern Mission has re- signed and his full time is at the disposal of Synod. The usual days of Thanksgiving and Fasting were observed by all of our congregations. Our traveling fund is paid in full. W. S. Ful- ton is chairman of the Committee on Supplies. The Rev. D. S. Faris and Miss Anna George are recommended to the Board of Control for their share of its funds. We ask for the fll time of one laborer. G. W. Benn was received by certificate on May 27, 1909, from New York Presbytery. Respectfully submitted, S. J. JOHNSTON, Clerk. 34 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE REPORT OF IOWA PRESBYTERY. Iowa Presbytery would respectfully report that since the last meet- ing of Synod we have held only one meeting, the Interim Commission being able to attend to all business requiring immediate attention. There are nine congregations under the care of the Presbytery, four of which, Hickory Grove, Vernon, Washington and Lake Reno, are without pastors. There are ten ordained ministers on the roll, five of which are without pastoral charge: J. A. Black, of Chicago; J. M. Littlejohn, who is engaged in secular pursuits in Chicago; W. M. Robb, missionary to China; Robert E. Wilson, missionary to Syria, and J. R. W. Stevenson, who was released from the care of Lake Reno congre- gation by the Interim Commission of the Presbytery May 4th, last. Two students of theology are under the care of Presbytery: H. S. Mc- Conaughy, who has completed his second year in the Seminary. On September 9th, he appeared before the Presbytery and received the special license to preach and teach authorized by the Synod of last year. On May 4th, last, he was given a regular license to preach by the In- terim Commission of the Presbytery. Also Frank Allen who has completed his first year at the Seminary and on May 4th, last, was given the special license authorized by Synod of last year by the Interim Commission of the Presbytery. In harmony with your instructions Robert E. Wilson was ordained to the gospel ministry at Sharon, September 10th, 1908, and his name appears on our ministerial roll. He has been sent by the Board of Foreign Missions to Mersina, Asia Minor. Our statistical report was forwarded in due time to Synod's Stated Clerk. One student of theology, H. S. McConaughy, is recommended to the Board of Control for aid from the Student's Aid Fund, and Misses Emily and Juliet Cannon, of Morning Sun, for a share in the fund for Widows and Children of deceased ministers. T. C. Sproull is appointed as stated supply for Hickory Grove for four months. The full time of J. R. W. Stevenson and the time of H. S. McConaughy till Seminary opens is at the disposal of Synod. Presbytery asks for the full time of one and one-half laborers for the coming year. Our traveling fund is full. J. S. McGaw is chairman of the Interim Commission. G. A. Ed- gar is chairman of the Interim Committee of Supplies. Respectfully submitted, S. TURNER FOSTER, Clerk. REPORT OF KANSAS PRESBYTERY. The Kansas Presbytery would respectfully report: Since the last meeting of Synod Kansas Presbytery has held one regular meeting, and five meetings by Commission. We have eighteen congregations and one Mission Station under our care. On the roll of our Presbytery there are eighteen ministers, and four licentiates. Licentiate S. M. Morrow who completed his theological course a year ago, has been attending Princeton the last year; Licentiates J. D. Edgar and W. A. Aikin, finished their course in the seminary this year. J. D. Edgar has been engaged by W. W. Mc- Carroll to teach in the mission school in Cyprus. T. C. McKnight, a student of Theology, having completed his first term in the seminary, was licensed at Denison,- Kansas, May 12th, 1909. Of our ministers, ten are pastors, two are stated supplies, one a missionary in Syria, and REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 35 five are without charge. J. G. McElhinney was received from Pitts- burg Presbytery, and A. A. Samson from Ohio Presbytery. J. T. Mitchell was installed pastor of Beulah Congregation June 24, 1908. B. L. McKnight was installed pastor of Olathe Congregation July 28, 1908. J. G. McElhinney was installed pastor of Quinter Congregation Oc- tober 16, 1908. R. A. Paden was at his own request given a letter of standing April 10th, 1909. A. A. Samson was installed pastor of To- peka Congregation April 16th, 1909. There are stated supplies at Cache Creek Congregation and at Lieb Mission Station. Nine of our congregations have pastors; eight are vacant. A call from Kansas City on Licentiate Elmer Russell has been accepted, and arrangements have been made for his ordination, and in- stallation in the near future. A call is pending on Licentiate W. A. Aikin from Eskridge. So far as is known to us the usual days of Thanksgiving and Fast- ing were observed in all our congregations. Possible applicants for aid from the Board of Control are D. H. Coulter fro.m Aged Ministers' fund and T. C. McKnight from the students' Aid Fund. The whole time of J. W. Dill, Isaiah Faris, G. R. McBurney, James McCune, W. C. Paden and Licentiate W. A. Aikin from June to Au- gust inclusive, and the time of T. C. McKnight for May, 1910, is at the disposal of Synod. We ask the time ot five men for the coming year. Our Traveling Fund is reported full. W. T. K. Thompson is chairman of the committee on Supplies. Our Statistical report was forwarded to Synod's Stated Clerk in due time. Respectfully submitted, E. L. Mcknight, cierk. REPORT OF N. B. AND N. S. PRESBYTERY. The Presbytery of N. B. and N. S. would respectfully report that we have held one meeting during the year. We have three congregations, two of which are without pastors. The congregation of St. John asks for supply of the pulpit during the year, and $400 aid to help to pay the same. The congregation of Barnsville asks for supply during four months in the summer, and aid to the amount of $10 a week for the time they have preaching. We recommend Mrs. Margaret Lawson to the Board of Control for her share in the Widows and Orphans' fund. Respectfully submitted. R. A. H. MORROW, Clerk. THE REPORT OF THE NEW YORK PRESBYTERY. New York Presbytery would respectfully report: During the year we have had two regular meetings and one meet- ing pro-re-nata. On February 23, 1909, S. G. Shaw was received from Ohio Presby- 36 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE tery and installed pastor of West Hebron congregation. On April 20, 1909, R. C. Reed was released from the pastorate of Walton congre- gation and installed pastor of Cambridge congregation. A call from the Kansas City congregation upon licentiate, Elmer Russell has been accepted, and Mr. Russell certified to Kansas Presbytery. T. A. Mc- Elwain has been certified to Pittsburg Presbytery. On October 27, 1908, G. W. Benn was released from the pastorate of Cambridge congre- gation, and has since been certified to the Illinois Presbytery. Nineteen congregations are under our care of which six are with- out pastors. These are Craftsbury, Kortright, Mont Clair, Fourth New York, Ryegate and Walton. D. C. Faris is stated supply at Rye- gate. Fourth New York has issued a call upon J. S. McGaw. We enroll nineteen ministers, of whom thirteen are pastors, three are in the foreign mission field, one is disabled, one is engaged in secular work, and one is filling appointments. We have one theological stu- dent. The following persons are recommended to the Board of Control: John M. Rutherford, for a share in the Students' Aid Fund, Miss Lizzie Williams and Mrs. Rosamond Johnston for share in fund for Widows and Orphans, and, at the initiative of Presbytery. W. M. George for participation in the Aged Ministers' fund. The whole time of S. R. Wallace is at the disposal of Synod. We re- quire the time of two laborers. R. C. Reed is chairman of the committee on supplies Our statistical report was forwarded in due time. Our Traveling Fund is full. Respectfully submitted, SAMUEL G. SHAW, Clerk pro tern. REPORT OF. OHIO PRESBYTERY. Ohio Presbytery would respectfully report: There are thirteen congregations, and one mission station under our care. These congregations have a membership of 823. Three of the congregations are without a pastor. Three of our ordained min- isters, and one licentiate are without charges. The full time of Lewis Meyer, being taken up in religious work in behalf of the Jews, he does not wish any appointments from the committee of supplies. E. C. Mitchell is one of our missionaries in China. R. A. Blair is at present lecturing in the interests of the mission in China under the direction of the foreign mission board. The full time of Bruce Elsey is at the disposal of the Synod. The Presbytery has had one regular meeting during the year. John Cole- man was ordained and installed over New Concord congregation, Sep- tember 2, 1908. Robert W. Piper was ordained and installed over Jonathan's Creek congregation, October 16, 1908. W. J. McBurney was installed over Fair Grove May 21, 1909. Mrs. K. E. Smith, Mrs. Susan Love and Mrs. Walter Wilson have been recommended for aid from the Widows and Orphans' fund. Presbyterj^ asks for the full time of one laborer. D. O. Jack is chairman of the committee on supplies. Respectfully submitted, H. G. PATTERSON, Clerk. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 37 REPORT OF^ PITTSBURG PRESBYTERY. Pittsburg Presbytery would respectfully report: During the year one special and two regular meetings were held. The following are the changes in the roll: T. A. McElwain was re- ceived from New York Presbytery and W. H. George from Iowa Pres- bytery; E. L. McKnight and J. G. McElhinney were transferred to Kansas Presbytery; Licentiate John Coleman was certified to Ohio Presbytery. The following changes have taken place in the pastoral relations: R. C. Wylie was released from the Wilkinsburg congregation to ac- cept a professorship in the Seminary on October 13, 1908; J. S. Mar- tin was released from the New Castle congregation on January 26, 1909 to engage in National Reform work; B. M. Sharp was released from McKeesport and Monongahela congregation on May 11, 1909. The names of 42 ministers appear on our roll. Of these twenty are pastors, two having double charges, two are foreign missionaries, three are professors in the Theological Seminary, three are professors in the college, two are engaged in National Reform work, one is engaged in Testimony Bearing work and five are living in retirement. No students were licensed during the year. Our licentiates are Paul Coleman, Frank D. Fraser, Walter C. McClurkin, Owen F. Thomp- son, A. A. Johnston, Raymond D. Taggart and W. M. Milroy. The full time of the following is at the disposal of Synod: R. J. Dodds, A. J. McFarland, F. D. Fraser, W. C. McClurkin, Paul Coleman, Owen F. Thompson, A. A. Johnston, R. D. Taggart, R. C. Allen, T. J. Allen, J. F. Crozier, T. A. McElwain, J. L. McCartney, T. C. Sproull, B. M. Sharp. Presbytery asks full time of two laborers. J. S. Thompson is chairman of the committee of supplies. Our quota to Synod's Traveling Fund is full. Our statistical report was forwarded to the Stated Clerk of Synod at the proper time. The following were referred to Board of Control: Mrs. Charles Clyde, Mrs. J. C. Taylor, Mrs. Nancy Reed and Rev. J. C. K. Faris. Respectfully submitted, R.J.McKNIGHT, Clerk. REPORT OF PHILADELPHIA PRESBYTERY. The Philadelphia Presbytery would respectfully report: During the year two regular meetings were held. At the meeting held May 4, 1909, Mr. E. J. Feuersohn was ordained to the office of the ministry. At the same meeting, Mr. Fred B. Limerick, student of Theology, was, at his own request, dismissed from the care of Presby-^ tery. AVe have three congregations, each supplied with a pastor. A National Reform convention, arranged by a committee from the three congregations, was held on April 20, afternoon and evening. The program, in part, is as follows: Afternoon session — Address, "The Lord's Day and the National Welfare"; address, "The Christian Refor- mation of Our Divorce Laws"; evening session — Address, "A Christian Government and the War System of the World"; address. "The Bible in the Public Schools." These subjects were ably discussed by those to whom they had 38 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE been previously assigned. At each of the sessions, there was also general discussion, and the adoption of resolutions, in which the Fun- damental Principles of the National Reform Association and the neces- sity of a Christian Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, were strongly emphasized. In response to an appeal for help for the Refugees in Syria and Asia Minor, our three congregations made an offering of nearly one thous- and dollars. The Third church has pledged over one thousand dollars for City Mission work, and has a Missionary now in the field. Work in all the congregations is encouraging. Our Statistical report was forwarded to the Stated Clerk of Synod. Respectfully submitted, R. C. MONTGOMERY, Clerk. REPORT OF ROCHESTER PRESBYTERY. Rochester Presbytery would respectfully report: We have held two regular meetings during the last year. On May 4, 1909, W. J. McCullough was released from the pastorate of the Lisbon congregation. This release was given at the request of Mr. McCullough because of sickness in his home which was making neces- sary an indefinite absence from his work. There are five congregations under our care, and there is one Mission Station. One congregation is without a iiastor. We have two ministers without charge, Wm. McFarland and W. J. McCullough. The full time of both is at the disposal of Synod. Robert Park was licensed by the Presbytery on May 4, 1909, at Syracuse, New York, his time for the summer months is at the dis- posal of Synod. We recommend him to the Board of Control for share in the Students' Aid Fund. We ask for the half time of one laborer. We report our Traveling Fund in full. Our statistical report has been forwarded to the Stated Clerk. J. R. Latimer is the chairman of our Committee on Supplies. Respectfully submitted, JOHN YATES, Clerk. The following paper was read and referred to the Com- mittee on Discipline : The Kansas Presbytery directed the Moderator to move that Synod direct Kansas Presbytery to proceed with the ordination of J. D. Ed- gar, who goes to Cyprus as a teacher in the Mission School. The following resolution was read and referred to the Com- mittee on Discipline : Resolved, That the action taken by the Synod of 1877, concerning preaching by ministers of other denominations in our pulpits, be reaf- firmed, and that the attention of pastors and sessions be called to this action. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 39 The Board of Corporators of Geneva College presented their report, transmitting to Synod the report of the Board of Trustees, both of which were read and referred to the Com- mittee on Theological Seminary and Education and to the Com- mittee on Finance. The Mission Conference made a partial report, which was referred to the Committee on Finance. The further consideration of the report of the Committee on National Reform was made the special order of the dav for Monday, at lo A. M. The Committee on Young People's Societies reported. The report was received and adopted, and is as follows : REPORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES. According to the records of last year, we have 60 young people's societies with an enrollment of 1,951. This number is exclusive of Junior organizations and mission bands. 53 congregations are there- fore without a young people's organization. A number of conditions enter into the no-society problem. In some of our congregations the fewness of the young people, together with their scattered condition, render an organization impracticable if not impossible. In others, where excellent opportunities exist, the absence of an organization is due to a lack of leadership. In others still, an effort is made to erase the line of demarcation between the young and the old, and to harmon- ize the work of all ages together. While the success of this plan may be satisfactory in one congregation, it will utterly fail in another, be- cause the difference and inexperience of the young naturally causes them to shrink from taking an active part in the presence of their superiors in age and experience. The young people's society is one of the recruiting stations of the church. The earlier the training and discipline begin, and the more thorough the work on the drill ground, the more efficient soldiers of the cross there will be in the regular army. By correspondence with these various stations a healthful condition was gnerally found to exist. The sons and daughters of the church are drilling. Some, it is true, seem to be encamped on The Enchanted Ground whose air tends to make one drowsy, but the larger number appear to be wakeful and progressive. Many lines of study have been taken up during the year. Some have studied the Testimony, some the Confession of Faith, some our distinctive principles, others the Covenant of '71, and other still followed a course of systematic Bible study. The societies which have en- gaged in some such study report that Christian giving and loyalty to the church is increasing, or is already to a high degree satisfactory. No society reported that loyalty to our church was on the decrease. The indications are that there is constant growth in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. There are two lines of work which should engage the attention of all our youth: namely, missionary and reform. 40 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE First, the missionary: During the past year there were reported 16 missionary study classes, witli a total enrollment of 323, holding in all about 160 sessions. In addition to these a special study was fol- lowed by a number of ladies' missionary societies, which are aside from the province of this report. The text books used were as follows: "The Unfinished Task," "The Moslem World," "Aliens or Americans," "The Uplift of China," "The Challenge of the City," "Princely Men in the Heavenly Kingdom," and the "Missionary Reports of Synod." In the majority of cases these classes were led by the pastor. All reported beneficial results as follows: a greater knowledge of the world's need," "Added Zeal for the Cause of Christ," "Increased Responsibility," "Prayer," "Liberality," "Information," "Inspiration" and "Consecration," etc. The fruits of such a study amply justify the effort and the mis- sion study class should be encouraged. A number of societies report work done along evangelistic lines. Some in connection with the Sabbath School, both in mission stations and in their own congregations; some in personal work, and others in special evangelistic services, where splendid results were obtained. The effort in this department of work is not yet all we should desire. The majority of societies report nothing done along these lines, while all around them are immortal souls "without God and without hope in the world." There is need here that pastors, and other efficient leaders, shall concentrate the organized effort of the youth upon soul saving at home, as well as in foreign lands. Second, Reform: The constitutional disloyalty of our nation to the King of kings has every where sown the seeds of spiritual death. The ignoring of Christ and His Word from our fundamental law, has given rise to the enactment of statute laws in dishonor to our ruling Lord. A vast amount of literature has been published by the National Reform Association and Our Testimony Bearing committee designed to educate the people on these vital questions. A number of societies report the distribution of tracts, temperance posters, and other lit- erature along reform lines. It is a work that all our young people can do, and a special literature or reform committee can do much in advancing the interests of the Kingdom. Furthermore there is a field of opportunity in arranging for con- ventions and conferences along the lines of reform. A man with a message can be found ready to present it wherever the way is open to receive it. While work has been done along these lines, and while some societies have nobly served the Master in these fields, we would not overlook the fact that many societies report nothing done along either of the lines referred to above. Some one has said that there are three classes in the church: the workers, the shirkers and the jerkers. The workers are the ones who can always be depended upon whenever there is special work to be done. The shirkers are those who "never have time," and the jerkers are the ones who will push very enthusiastically until the new wears off, and then they take for the nearest shade tree to rest. We be- lieve that the majority of our youth are worker^, and many are ready to fall into the ranks whenever the leader gives the orders to march, and goes on before them himself. We would recommend: 1. That our young people be encouraged to undertake something definite along- the lines of evangelistic work. 2. That the distribution of reform literature be commended. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 41 3. That pastors and sessions commend and encourage the organi- zation of mission study classes. 4. That the Board of Foreign Missions suggest a text book for mission study for the coming year. 5. That the following special subjects be studied in place of the reg- ular topics on the dates mentioned below: September 26, Psalms versus uninspired hymns in worship, Ps. 95: 2; Col. 3: 16. "Psalms versus hymns" is recommended for this study. October 24, the human voice versus instruments of music in praise. Heb. 13: 15. We would recommend for this study the tract No. 11, "Instrumental Music in the Worship of God." November 28, the Church versus the lodge. Eph. 5: 11. Tract No. 14. December 19, the relation of the Christian to the ballot box. II. Cor- 6: 17, 18. Tract No. 5. 6. That pastors make special preparation in view of making these special subjects popular with our youth. And that the committee for next year ascertain to what extent these recommendations have been carried out. D. H. ELLIOTT, T. S. TRUMBULL, G. R. STEELE, W. O. FERGUSON. The Committee on Sabbath Schools reported. The report was received, and taken up item by item for adoption. Items I to 4 were adopted. The report was adopted as a whole, and' is as follows : THE SABBATH SCHOOL. 1. The School. The Sabbath school occupies a unique place in the church's work. It is not a prayermeeting, not a missionary service, not a preaching service. Its place is not filled by the sermon, not even by the expository sermon. It is the only opportunity that the congre- gation has for direct, informal, conference concerning the truths of the Bible. It is the congregation's Bible School. It is a place for inquiry, for study, for familiar intercourse between teacher and pupil. The Sab- bath school is a body divided into little organized groups for the study of the way of life. It is a training school for congregational member- ship and work, for the church at large, and for the world. 2. The Superintendent. The superintendent need not be a highly educated man, nor a fluent talker, but he does need to be a spiritual man, a man well-informed in the Scriptures, a man of prayer, a man of system and business ability, and a man of tact and common sense. To be able to announce a Psalm, to read a portion of Scripture, and to lead in prayer, are not the full requisites of a good superintendent. There are some most excellent superintendents, but one reason why others do not succeed so well is that they are not so interested, per- sistent, and aggressive in their Sabbath School work as they are in their daily business. In fact some, yes many, superintendents would fail in their ordinary business, if it were prosecuted in the same way 42 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE as that in which they conduct their Sabbath School work. This po- sition, however, in the school, is one with peculiar difficulties, and the superintendent should be heartily sustained by the prayer and co-op- eration of his fellow-workers. 3. The Text-Book. The one great text-book of the school is the Bible; not the quarterly, not the religious paper. The school is not a place for the study of geography, or history, or orientalisms, although these must receive subordinate attention because of their relation to the meaning of the Bible. No other text-book, of course, can equal it in accuracy, profundity, or importance. Its meaning cannot be grasped by a cursory reading in the class, nor by a fifteen-minute study at home. He who will comprehend it must spend time. He who digs will get. We urge our children to careful and prolonged preparation for the public school, but we do not so require them to get ready for the Bible school. The superficial study so often given to the Sabbath School lesson is discreditable to ourselves and disrespectful to the Word of God. 4. The Exercises. The Sabbath School is not a place for the prac- tice of music, for the exhibition of children, or for long talks, but for devotion and study. Opening and closing exercises should be brief and varied. A long prayer hurts the Sabbath School even more than it does the preaching service. When there are many children, and specially mission pupils, a brief selection of Psalms with but one tune for each selection, seems particularly important. It is hardly neces- sary here to refer to the use of the black-board, chalk illustrations, charts and maps. Some of these suggestions will seem mere plati- tudes; but it is manifest that there is a sad failure to employ these methods persistently and thoroughly in our schools. That school, let us recognize keenly, cannot be a highly successful school which does not follow with some degree of stedfastness a graded system. We much fail here. We fail lamentably. The more or less haphazard arrangement of many of our schools is hopelessly inadequate. If classes are not systematized, and pupils required to meet certain tests of progress, much less substantial good will be done. Above everything else, as to the nature of the exercises, a good, solid thirty or forty minutes should be set aside and guarded for quiet and uninterrupted study of the lesson. Let the man who comes in with a long speech sit still in some class, and learn with the others. 5. The 'Teacher. More depends upon the teacher than upon any other person in the school. Good teachers are absolutely necessary to a good school. The teacher should be pre-eminently spiritual, but mere goodness does not make a teacher. He should, like the superin- tendent, have intelligence and common sense. He should have a fair knowledge of the Bible and should be willing to study. The person who cannot find at least an hour or two during the week for careful study should not assume charge of a class of immortal souls. The in- structor who is irregular or tardy should reform or resign. A man, or woman, cannot be a teacher for merely one hour in the week. He is constantly teaching by example; and prayer, and plan, and study, should receive frequent attention. The position of teacher is most important, responsible and difficult. No discouraging words should be uttered here. Love for God, for his truth, and for souls, is the most essential qualification. The teacher may lack scholarship and logic, and yet succeed, if he loves his work, and works out his love. Yet surely the best qualifications are neces- sary, and we have a right to insist that the teacher shall exercise care and tact, and shall be a man of earnest prayer and study. 6. The Pupil. The pupil is the focus of the school. Its lines REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 43 radiate towards him. The superintendent and other officers are there, in a special sense, for his sake. The teacher's work is to get the book into the boy, to work into the fabric of his life the living principles of the Word. The solemn duty rests on the teacher of trying to lead his unconverted pupil to a definite acceptance of Christ, and to a public profession of faith. But the pupil is not a sack to be filled with oats, nor a shelf to be filled with books. Early should he be impressed with his own re- sponsibility. He must cC-operate with the teacher. He should be pres- ent on time and every day with his lesson prepared; and on these things parent and teacher should insist. What a startling revolution would be wrought in our schools, if the pupils would average one hour a week in careful preparation of the lesson. We recommend: 1. That pastors, sessions, and superintendents put forth diligent effort to bring into the Sabbath School every available person, either in the congregation or outside, who is not a pupil. 2. That the parent co-operate much more fully with the teacher of his children; in conference with him, by instructing the child at home, and by requiring his regular and prompt attendance at school and his interested attention while there. 3. That we follow much more thoroughly and strictly, than we do now, a graded system in our schools. 4. That we demand as high a standard in the management, dis- cipline, and study, in the Sabbath School, as is found necessary in the business world and in the public school. T. H. ACHESON, R. HARGRAVE, J. C. B. FRENCH. B. COPELAND, J. R. W. pUGUID. The Committee on State of Religion reported. The report was received and laid on the table. D. H. Elliott led the daily devotions. Synod adjourned to meet on Monday, at 9 A. M. Prayer by B. M, Sharp. MORNING SESSION. Same place, Monday. May 31st, 9 A. M. Synod convened at the appointed hour, and was constituted with prayer by H. H. George. The roll was called. The following did not answer to their names. R. C. Allen, R. K. Barkley, E. I. Dewey, D. H. Elliott, S. Turner Foster, David Love, D. C. Mathews, Louis Meyer, M. M. Pearce and C. D. Trumbull. The minutes of Saturday morning's session were read and ap- proved. 44 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Members of Committee on Finance were excused from roll call this morning, and S. R. Wallace was excused from further attendance on the sessions of this Synod. The Mission Conference presented its completed report, which was received and taken up item by item for consideration. Items I and 3 w-ere adopted. The report was referred to the Committee on Finance. The Committee on Systematic Beneficence reported. The re- port was received and laid on the table that the order of the dav might be taken up. The courtesies of the floor were extended to Rev. Charles A. Blanchard, President of Wheaton College. Unanimous consent of Synod w^as requested by the Com- mittee on National Reform to withdraw Item 3 of their report, under discussion when the report went to the table, that they might present a substitute. The request was granted. The Com- mittee presented a substitute report, which was received and taken up item by item for adoption. Item I. Pending the discussion of this item the report was laid on the table, to be the first order of the day this afternoon. Resolved, That a collection be taken at the opening of the afternoon session, to be divided between the stenographer and the janitor of the church, as the pastor may deem just. The Committee on Secret Societies reported. The report was received and taken up for consideration. President Blanch- ard, by invitation of the Synod, addressed the Court on the sub- ject of this report. The report was recommitted that an addi- tional item endorsing the National Christian Association might be added. S. A. S. Metheny led the daily devotions. Synod took recess until 2 P. M. Prayer by J. C. Slater. AFTERNOON SESSION. Same place, Monday, May 31st, 2 P. M. Synod reconvened at the oppointed hour, and was led in prayer by J. E. Dodds. The calling of the roll was dispensed with. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 45 The minutes of the morning session were read and approved. R .K. Barkley was excused from further attendance on the ses- sions of the Court. An offering amounting to $27.00 was received for the benefit of the stenographer and the janitor of the church. An invitation to hold the meeting of the Synod of 1910 at Winona Lake was received, and referred to the Committee on Place of Meeting. Before resuming the consideration of the report of the Com- mittee on National Reform the Synod engaged in a season of prayer, led by S. J. Crowe and T. M. Slater. Synod resumed the consideration of the report of the Com- mittee on National Reform. The motion to take up the substitute item by item was re- considered, and the substitute report was taken up as a whole. Pending the discussion of this report the hour for adjourn- ment arrived. Synod adjourned until to-morrow at 9 A. M. Prayer by W. J. McKnight. MORNING SESSION. . Same place, Tuesday, June ist, 9 A. M. Synod met at the appointed hour, and was constituted with prayer by the Moder- ator. The roll was called. The following did not answer to their names : E. I. Duey, S. Turner Foster, J. B. Gilmore, J. D. Latham, W. J. McCullough, J. R. Latimer, S. McNaugher, Louis Meyer, J. G. Reed, Geo. C Robb, A. A. Samson, T. P. Stevenson and W. W. Twinam. The minutes of yesterday afternoon session was read and approved, A. Kilpatrick was excused from further attendance on the sessions of the Court. Synod resumed the consideration of the report of the Com- mittee on National Reform. The call for the previous question was sustained, and a yea and nay vote was ordered. The roll was called, with the follow- insf result : 46 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Voting yea: T. H. Acheson, R. A. Adams, R. P. Anderson, W. G. Benn, J. A. Black, I. A. Blackwood, R. A. Blair, Thomas Boggs, J. W. F. Carlisle, J. W. Cavan, R. Clarke, S. G. Conner, E. A. Crooks, S. J. Crowe, J. Boggs Dodds, J. E. Dodds, R. J. Dodds, A. P. Donahu, Charles Dougall, G. A. Edgar, Thomas J. Edgar, D. H. Elliott, E. M. Elsey, D. S. Ervin, M. G. Euwer, W. O. Ferguson, J. M. Foster, H. H. George, W. Henry George, T. G. Graham, J. B. Gilmore, J. B. Grey, George N. Greer, James Greer, S. E. Greer, R. Hargrave, J. W. M. Hart, J. M. Henning, D. O. Jack, W. P. JohiKslon, A. Kilpatrick, S. F. Kingston, David Love, John Magee, D. C. Martin, J. S. Martin, R. H. Martin, R. W. Marvin, Robert McAfee, Alexander McBride, William McClelland, W. J. McCul- lough, J. S. McGaw, S. McNaugher, Jr., Theodore McNaughton, Louis Meyer, R. C. Montgomery, Thomas Patton, M. M. Pearce, R. W. Piper, A. A. Sampson. W. J. Sanderson, S. G. Shaw, B. M. Sharp, C. McCleod Smith, R. M. Sommerville, T. C. Sproull, George R. Steel, S. M. Steel, J. R. W. Stevenson, T. P. Stevenson, Thomas M. Stewart, E. F. Thomson, C. D. Trumbull, W. W. Twinam, A. G. Walkinshaw, R. J. Wallace, F. M. Wilson, J. W. Wilson, A. A. Wylie, J. Milligan Wylie, J. Renwick Wylie, R. C. Wylie, John Yates.— 84. Voting nay: W. T. Anderson, R. C. Allen, John M. Allen, J. R. Cady, W. W. Carithers, John Coleman, J. M. Coleman, W. J. Coleman, John Copeland, J. F. Crozier, David Edgar, D. C. Faris, David S. Faris, Isaiah Faris, J. A. Forsythe, H. G. Foster, M. A. Gault, A. W. Hunter, J. M. Johnston, S. J. Johnston, W. B. Keys, John Martin, Thomas Mar- tin, D. C. Mathews, G. R. McBurney, W. J. McBurney, Robert McClin- tock, J. G. McElhinney, Thomas McFall, A. J. McFarland, Sr., J. G. McFeeters, E. L. McKnight, R. J. G. McKnight, W. J. McKnight, James R. McMuUan, S. A. S. Mothony J. T. Mitchell, H. G. Patterson, Wm. T. Park, John W. Pritchard, G. M. Robb, W. G. Robb, J. W. Rose, T. D. Russell, J. C. Slater, T. M. Slater, James A. Templeton, J. C. Thompson, J. S. Thompson, W. T. K. Thompson, Henry Wallace, R. J. Ward, J. Ralston Wylie.— 53. Not voting — D. S. Faris. — 1 Absent — J. M. Adams, J. D. Latham, J. R. Latimer, J. C. McCand- less, James McCune, P. J. McDonald, J. G. Reed, George C. Robb. — 8. The report was recommitted that the report of the Executive Committee be condensed. The report of the Committee on the Sabbath was taken from the table. Items I to 4 were adopted. The report was adopted as a whole, and is as follows : REPORT ON SABBATH. The Reformed Presbyterian Church has always stood for the sanctity of the Lord's day. "The Sabbath was made for man" and is a physi- cal, an intellectual, a religious, a domentic, an industrial, a civil and an ecclesiastical necessity. The law of Sabbath rest was written on man's physical nature long before it was written on tables of stone. It follows that man deprived of the physical benefits of Sabbath rest can not maintain his intellectual powers. Physically and intellectually de- teriorated, he can not but degenerate morally and spiritually. Dele- REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 47 terious results then become manifest in every department of human life. Six hundred and forty one medical men of London signed a petition to Parliament, when it was proposed to open the Crystal Palace on Sab- baths, which contained the following words: "Your petitioners, from their acquaintance with the laboring classes, and with the laws which regu- late the human economy, are convinced that a seventh day of rest, in- stituted by God, and co-eval with the existence of man, is essential to the bodily health and vigor of men in every station in life." Among people who disregard the Sabbath, familj^ life is degraded, and scarcely anything worthy of the name remains of "home." Moral restraints of the Lord's day are removed and opportunities for cultivating ties of family love are wanting. To this Lr. Lowe, an eminent physician of Berlin, witnesses: "I have had occasion in my career as a practitioner to visit 9,000 workmen who worked on Sunday in their shops or in their homes, and I have it on proof that the Sunday labor has the most dis- astrous effect. In their homes slovenliness and discord reign; the life of the wine-shop has supplanted family life." And if we are looking for the best results in industrial life — simply for the best and largest output of product — here again we are warranted in calling the Sabbath a necessity. All history attests that man can do more and better work, and receive for his toil a greater wage, by working six days of the week and resting one, than by seven successive days of Avork. And if it be true — and it is — that the day cannot be preserved apart from moral and religious considerations, we find in this industrial necessity an ad- ditional reason for safeguarding its religious character. It has been said: "Those who will not have the Sabbath as a holy day cannot have it long as a rest day. When the Sabbath is not made a day of prayer, but of play, it soon becomes to the poor a day of toil." Statesmen agree that the Sabbath is essential to the welfare of the nation. Said Daniel Webster: "Sunday is nature's law as well as God's. No indi- vidual or nat^'or habitually disregarding it has failed to fall upon dis- aster and grief." President Lincoln, giving orders in 1862 that military duties be reduced to the limits of strict necessity on' the Lord's day said: "The discipline and character of the national forces should not suffer, nor the cause they defend be imperilled by the profanation of the day or name of the Most High." And as to the Church's imperative need of the day, the common sentiment of thoughtful Christians is expressed in the words of Dr. McLeod: "It is not too much to say that without the Lord's day the church of Christ could not, as a visible society, ex- ist on earth." With this statment agree the famous words of Montal- embert: "There can be no religion without worship and no worship without Sunday." And \ oltaire declared: "There is no hope of destroy- ing the Christian religion as long as the Christian Sabbath is acknowl- edged and kept by men as a sacred day." Thus both friends and foes of the Church agree that the Lord's day is the very citadel of her life. The Church, then, should realize the momentous issues at stake and rally all forces for the defence of the day. Adopting again the words of Abraham Lincoln, we may say: "As we keep or break the Sabbath day, we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises." While then the Church maintains both the privilege and duty of Christians to perform on the Lord's day works of necessitj'^ and mercy, including whatever in any age may be necessary for the as- sembling of God's people for worship and the orderly conducting of the same, yet she should raise a most faithful testimony against Sabbath desecration in all its forms. The enemies of the Sabbath, with every increasing earnestness, are combining for its overthrow. A notable victory they have won in the decision to open the gates of the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition on 48 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE the Lord's day. We seem to be in the "midst of a crusade against the Sabbath which has enlisted more active workers than for a long time." A certain anti-Sabbath tone seems to pervade the public sentiment to a greater degree than formerly." Laws for its protection are being weak- ened or repealed. The New York Sabbath Committee sends out the statement that twenty-five bills have been before the Connecticut Leg- islature, one of them described as the "wide open bill';; seventeen of similar character have been before the Legislature of Massachusetts, four of which ask for local option on Sabbath observance touching such matters as baseball, golf, tennis, charitable entertainments in private dwellings, etc. In some quarters it is admitted that the end sought is the abolition of all Lord's day laws. "In this crusade," says the United Presbyterian editorially, "none are more active than the Jews." "In many ways the determination on the part of the Jews to abrogate prac- tically all distinctively Christian institutions and laws, has been posi- tively shown. Our school books and holiday entertainments must be de-Christianized, and the name of Jesus be blotted out from the instruc- tion of children." On the other hand God is raising up new friends and advocates of His day. The Woman's National Sabbath Alliance is laboring valiantly and distributing hundreds of thousands of pages of literature on the subject. The Women's Christian Temperance Union is doing splendid and effective work through its Sabbath department. The Lord's Day Alliance of the United States, organized in Pittsburg December last, making the American Sabbath Union — a most noble agency during all its history — the basis of organization, is designed to co-operate with Sabbath Alliance the world over; and the National Reform Association — always such a valient defender of the Lord's day — is now increasing its efforts in this department of its work. These and other similar organizations should have the prayerful and financial support of all loyal Christians. We are pursuaded that the greatest danger to the Sabbath lies in the apathy of nominal Christian- ity. The trumpet of alarm shouJd be sounded to arouse a sleeping Church to her duty, because by appointment she is the one special agency by whose efficiency or inefficiency the whole question is to be settled. In this great crisis the church should teach the world to "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." We recommend: 1. That Synod re-affirm its condemnation of every form of Sabbath desecration and urge our people to a careful, Scriptural observance of the day. 2. That Synod urge our people to co-operate with the National Reform Association, the Lord's Day Alliance, the Women's Christian- Temperance Union and the Woman's National Sabbath Alliance in all Scriptural efforts to promote Sabbath observance. 3. That Synod reiterate its condemnation of all Sabbath-breaking travel, labor and pleasure on the Lord's day, and call upon all our people to refrain from such desecration of the day and seek to sanctify it by faithful attendance upon the duties of public, social, family and per- sonal religion. 4. That Synod condemn the keeping open of the Alaska- Yukon- Pacific Exposition on the Lord's day and call the attention of all Chris- tians to the sin of patronizing it on that day. F. M. WILSON, T. C. SPROULL, S. J. CROWE, W. S. MOORE. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 49 The report of the Committee on State of ReUgion was taken from the table. The report was adopted as a whole, and is as follows : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF RELIGION. Your committee on the State of Religion would respectfully report: We sent out an inquiry to each of the one hundred and fifteen con- gregations of the Church, asking Sessions for a report on the State of Religion. About one half responded. Your committee did not -know whether or not to conclude that the seeming indifference toward the report indicated an indifferent state of religion in the other half. In some cases Sessions reported, which was according to the rec- ommendation of the committee on the State of Religion last year, and in some cases pastors or individual members of Session reported, which was not according to last year's action. As to the character of the reports, they varied from darkest night to brightest day. The color of the report was perhaps somewhat de- pendent on the viewpoint and spirtuaj temperament of its writer. The aspects of a landscape depend largely upon the eye and the position of the observer. No doubt, too, the varied conditions in different parts of the church have much to do with rendering the reports very widely different. Your committee thought it might be both interesting and profitable to bring before the Synod as much of these reports as possible in the very language in which they were written, and this we have sought to do. A few more than half the reports indicate that attendance upon and interest in public worship is good. Many are unsatisfactory and some are positively poor. One writes, "Attendance is first class on Sabbath services"; another, "Attendance has been uniformly good," and still an- other, "Attendance on preaching services very good." On the other hand we read, "Attendance on public worship is poor;" "Attendance upon public worship not very good"; "Morning services not well at- tended." Some compare their attendance with that of other denominations, but the question is not what do we in comparison with others, but what do we in comparison with duty. On the subject of the prayer-meeting, one pastor reports: "Our attendance at mid-week prayermeeting is nearly one hundred," but only one pastor makes such a report. Other reports, too, are good here, but the major part report poor attendance -and a lack of interest in the prayer meeting. If the prayer meeting measures the Spiritual life of the Church this is a serious symptom. Good reports come from the Sabbath Schools. One reports a Congregational membership of seventy and a Sabbath School enroll- ment of one hundred and seventy-five. A number that practically all the congregation attend the Sabbath school. "Nearly every child five years old and upward is in a class," writes one. "Our Sabbath School contributes about $300 each year to the schemes of the church," writes another. From one congregation comes the announcement, "We have a Sabbath school of Italian Children; their parents are Roman Catholics." From the interest manifest in the Sabbath School we might get the suggestion that Bible study perhaps would prove more interesting to us if we did more of it. 50 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE The few reports received on Young People's So- cieties were generally encouraging. From one Congregation comes the mention of a "Junior Society composed of more than fifty children be- tween the ages of six and fourteen years, nearly all of whom are from homes outside our Church, and a large number from homes connected with no church whatever." This is suggestive. On the matter of home religion we have such as the following: "Family worship is observed in all our homes." "With few exceptions all the homes have the family altar." "We hope most of our families maintain the family altar and secret prayer, though it is to be feared that in some few cases family worship is neglected." "There is a ten- dency on the part of some to give up this precious service." "The old time uniform observance of family worship in every home is not main- tained." "We believe it is not attended to as carefully as in former years." "Most of our families have worship at least once a day." As an evidence of home training one pastor writes that "With rare exceptions all unite with the Church at an early age," while another cites as an evidence of the lack of it the fact that "the young people refuse to publicly confess Christ." Your committee is disposed to adopt the words of an old pastor who says, "The importance of family religion is not appreciated." About half of the Congregations report the Sabbath well kept. A number that the Sabbath is not observed as it ought to be. One pastor writes, "There is some unnecessary street car riding" on the Sabbath. The report of one is suggestive. It reads, "As Sabbath observance goes at present the Sabbath is well observed." It is to be feared we do not mean when we say, "the Sabbath is well kept" what our forefathers meant by the same language. About two-thirds of the Sessions give good accounts on the subject of liberality. Tithing seems to be slightly on the increase though the principle has some distance to make yet ere it conquers the church. One writes, "Most all our members give the tithe." Another, "Many of our mem- bers tithe." Another, "Our tithers are sadly in the minority." Our treasurer says, "The tenth people have it to give, it seems like most any time." One Congregation "at its last meeting agreed to pay the tenth." One session reports, "Our contributions for the year averaged $29.60' per member." One writes, "Spirit of liberality declining." The pastor of one of our largest and wealthiest congregations writes, "Comparatively few realize their responsibility in the matter of money." Personal piety, according to the reports, seems to be present in a measure, but all are agreed that there is much room for improvement here. One session cites as an evidence of piety, "Holding fast the profes- sion of our faith without wavering, instant in prayer, with love to the brethren and zeal for the cause of Christ as witnesses for all divine truth;" and another session mentions as evidence of lack of piety, "neg- lect of the ordinances." Eight out of fifty-four congregations report Special Bible study. One pastor has a Bible class larger than his congregation, and another a Bible reading circle with 30 to 40 members. Eight congregations report Special Evangelistic services. Some report extra services in connection with communion services. One pas- tor reports "Evangelistic services every Sabbath during the year." Some general statements taken from these reports are worthy of notice. "Relig- ion here is getting more practical. We are both praying and fighting. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 51 Foug-ht four saloons out of this town and last Monday put pool-rooms out also." "Doctrinal preaching and preaching on the principles of the Church have been reasonably frequent in our pulpits, and seems to be relished by our people." "A few young men lack a measure of interest in our Church." "All our members are loyal to the Church, and all her dis- tinctive principles. We desire to emphasize the loyalty of our young people." "The session has given the pastor the privilege to go out and preach on our distinctive principles, and he has availed himself of the privilege." "We do not cut off services either before or after the Com- munion. The people seem to enter heartily into the work of prepara- tion." "Thousands of tracts have been sent out. They have been called for by great numbers of people in other denominations." From the above quotations it is apparent that a very complex state of religion exists in the Church. There are some evidences of growth, for which we thank God and take courage. There is much in these reports to humble us and to bring us to God with the query. Where is the wedge of gold which blocks the way against our larger progress? We recommend: 1. That pastors and sessions seek in every possible way to impress upon our people the full meaning and sacredness of our covenant vows. 2. That family visitation be carefully attended to by all our sessions so far as possible. 3. That sessions investigate more closely the state of religion in their respective congregations and be able to report more accurately. E. L. Mcknight, H. G. PATTERSON, E. M. ELSEY, A. J. HARDING, R. S-. BOWES. The report of the Committee on Systematic Beneficence was taken from the table. The report was adopted as a whole, and is as follows : SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE. Your committee desired to make a report that would accurately record the present statu.^. of the Church touching the matter of sys- tematic giving. We find ourselves unable to accomplish this purpose. The difficulty of obtaining the definite information requested by your committee hindered over half the congi-egations from making any report whatever. Fifty-five congregations, embracing 48 per cent, of the mem- bership of the Church, replied to the letters of inquiry sent out by your committee. Of the fifty-five congregations replying, 61 per cent report that sys- tematic giving is becoming more general among their members. To the energetic effort that is being put forth in these congregations to keep the privilege and duty of giving to the support of the Lord's work prominently before the membership, this encouraging condition is doubtless in large measure due. And yet, with all the effort expended in this work, the reports received indicate that not more than 50 per cent of the membership of the church is given to tithing. Probably the exact figures are much below 50 per cent. .52 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE The almost complete failure of the congregations to adopt some of the recommendations designed to 'further systematic giving, and to that end adopted 'ty Synod, is interpreted as indicating that either the rec- ommendations did not appeal to the good judgment of the people, or that the congregations failed to inform themselves of the recommenda- tions of the Synod. Various methods, however, have been tried by different congregations, sometimes in answer to Synod's recommenda- tion, sometime on the initiative of the congregation. Some congrega- tions depend wholly upon voluntary contributions, without previous pledge. The large majority of congregations find it altogether desirable to pledge their members to some definite sum, that the officers of the congregation may know what amounts they can depend upon receiving. The pledged list leads to system in the congregational finances, and generally to increased liberality on the part of the Individual member. These subscriptions are taken annually. One congregation reports in- creased efficiency in taking the pledges simi-annually. In some con- gregations, the subscription list embraces the funds for all purposes, synodical and congregational; in other congregations, the pastor's salary is lifted according to this method, while other collections are independent of previous subscription. With good results, some congregatins xe raising syndical collections by a card system, which is a modificatioit of the subscription list. The envelope system recommended by Synod, is reported to be eminently satisfactory wherever employed. Probably no one plan will meet the requirements of all localities. The experience of the church, however, commends the following feat- ures, which are hereby recommended to the prayerful considration of the congregations: 1. The conscientious adoption of some plan. 2. The exclusion of all methods of raising funds save the volun- tary contribution of one's own means. The Lord loveth a cheerful giver, not a skilful promoter of church fairs. 3. The adoption of the giving of at least a tithe as the ideal. 4. The study of "The Tithe." The presentation of the subject from the pulpit, the discussion of it in pastoral visitations, in the Sab- bath school, in the prayer meeting, in the young people's meeting, in the congregational meeting, in the mission study class, and in private conversation. The reading of the deliverances of Synod, and of Presby- tery, and of the session, and the board of deacons from the pulpit. The distribution of literature discussing the subject. 5. The informing of the people concerning the needs of the work at home and abroad. 6. The co-operation of the session and the board of deacons in developing sj'stematic giving. 7. The pledging of the people, first, to the giving of at least the tithe, and then, to stated sums for specified purposes. The tithe cove- nant adopted by Synod in 1904 is commended to the church. See Min- utes for 1904, page 73. The systematic paying of pledges. The ideal is weekly contributions. 9. The use of some of the many envelope systems. 10. The giving of monthly reports to the congregation, and of quar- terly statements to the individual member. The statements should be sent to all, whether their pledges are paid or are still due. 11. Prayer for the Spirit's leading into entire consecration. Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. PRITCHARD, w. J. Mcknight. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 53 The report of the Committee on Unfinished Business was taken from the table. Item 2 was taken up. The Committee to prepare a Cate- cliism and Manual of Doctrine reported. The report was received and adopted, and is as follows. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CATECHISM AND MANUAL OF DOCTRINE. Your committee to Vv'hom was referred the matter of a Reformed Presbyterian Catechism, and Manual of Doctrine, would respectfully re- port: That we have undertaken the work assigned us, and have in pro- gress, in accordance with your instructions, the preparation of a cate- chism, a manual of doctrine in the form of outline studies upon the fu'^damental and distinctive principles of the Church, a history of the Church, and a list of books on Bible study. Owing to the difficulty of gathering your committee for consultation, our progress is necesasrily slow, and we have nothing definite to submit to the Synod at this time. On behalf of the Committee. Respectfully, GEORGE A. EDGAR, Chairman. The Committee was continued. The report of the Committee on Unfinished Business was adopted as a whole, and is as follows : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS. Item 1. Committee on Joint Revision of the Psalms. Page 9. — W. J. Coleman. 2. Committee to prepare a Catechism and Manual of Doctrine for the instruction of the youth. Page 23. — G. A. Edgar. Item 3. Permanent Committee on Temperance to report on vot- ing in Local Option elections. Page 25 — W. W. Carithers. Item 4. Treasurer to print and distribute blanks for congregations receiving aid. Page 26. — J. S. Tibby. Item 5. Committee on Testimony Bearing to print as a tract, and distribute the report of the Committee on Psalmody. Page 32. — W. J. Coleman. Item 6. Committee to select additional meters of Psalms for a new edition of the Psalter. Page 33.— W. J. Coleman. Item 7. Committee to select suitable music for the proposed new edition of the Psalter. Page 33.— R. C. Wylie. Item 8. Foreign Mission Board to prepare program for Conference on Foreign Missions on Friday evening of Synod. Page 61, item 7. — R. M. Sommerville. Item 9. Foreign Mission Board to select text book for the use of congregations in mission study. Page 67.— R. M. Sommerville. Item 10. Resignation of William Brown from Foreign Mission Board. Page 67. 54 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Item 11. Committee to prepare program for celebration of tlie hun- dredth anniversary of the organization of the Synod, and the four hun- dredth anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. Page 70. — R. J. George. Item 12. Special Committee on the expenses of Synod. Page 71.— George W. Benn. Item IS. Moderator and Clerk to sign and forward to houses of Congress petition for the submission of an amendment to the United States Constitution for the suppression of polygamy. Page 72. Item 14. Philadelphia Presbytery to ordain E. J. Feuersohn if the conditions warrant. Page -78, item 5. Item 15. Treasurer of Synod to pay our proportion of the expenses of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, and the deficit for printing Min- utes of Synod of 1907. Page 86, item 3.— J. S. Tibby. Item 16. Treasurer to issue new edition of the Psalter and the Book of Discipline. Page 86, item 4. — J. S. Tibby. Item 17. Clerk to print Minutes of Synod of 1908. Page 86, item 5. Item 18. Treasurer to print new Statistical Blanks. Page 86, item 10.— J. S. Tibby. Item 19. Committee to prepare and address a letter to Congrega- tions and Mission Stations regarding financial methods. Page 88, item 11. — James A. McAteer. Item 20. Committee on Foreign Correspondence to reply to letter from the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland. Page 117. — J. M. Coleman. Item 21. Committee to receive and forward to the Board of Super- intendents of the Theological Seminary the reply of the professor-elect. Page 118.— J. W. Sproull. Item 22. — Delegate to Synod of the Christian Reformed church. Page 119.— R. J. G. McKnight. Item 23. Committee on formation of National Rest Day Associa- tion. Page 119.— J. W. Sproull. Item 24. Committee on Temperance to arrange for a Conference on Temperance during Synod. Page 120. — W. W. Carithers. Item 25. — Moderator to send letter of sympathy to D. B. Wilson. Page 120. — R. C. Montgomery. J. S. THOMPSON, S. McNAUGHER, JR. The following were excused from further attendance on the sessions of this Court: J. G. Reed, Robert McAfee, Theodore McNaughton, S. J. Crowe. Thomas Boggs. J. Milligan Wylie, John Yates. T. G. Graham led the daily devotions. The time was extended to hear the report of the Committee on Traveling Fund. The report was received, adopted, and is as follows : REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 55 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRAVELING FUND. Your commitee on Traveling Fund would respectfully report. Receipts. From Congregations $2,703 60 From Assessment of deficit 600 00 Total , $3,303 60 Expenditures Colorado Presbytery, S delegates $512 37 N. B. and N. S. Presbytery, 1 delegate 55 75 Philadelphia Presbytery, 6 delegates 187 50 Kansas Presbytery, 26 delegates 693 48 New York Presbytery, 16 delegates 506- 59 Iowa Presbytery, 14 delegates 103 66 Rochester Presbytery, 8 delegates 239 07 Ohio Presbytery, 17 delegates 211 45 Illinois Presbytery, 15 delegates 225 79 Pittsburg Presbytery, 39 delegates 569 20— 3,299 86 Balance 3 74 We recommend that the financial agents of the several Presbyteries be continued until next Synod with instructions to co-operate with Synod's railroad committee in ascertaining the most economical routs and cheapest rates; and that this committee report through the railroad committee of synod in the church papers before the first of May, 1910. P. J. McDonald. And Financial Agents of all the Presbyteries. The retirino; Moderator was requested to furnish a copy of his sermon for publication in the church papers. Synod took recess until 2 P. M. Prayer b}- ^^'m. T. Pari;. AFTERNOON SESSION. Same place, Tuesday, June i, 2 P. M. Synod reconvened at the appointed hour, and was led in prayer by Alexander McBride. The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the morning session were read, corrected, and approved. The Committee on Supplies reported. The report was re- ceived, adopted, and is as follows : COMMITTEE ON SUPPLIES. Your Committee vvould respectfully report the following distribu- tion of those recommended by the Presbyteries for work for the com- ing year: Aikin. W. A. — June, Illinois; July, Ohio; August, Kansas. Allen, R. C. — June, Kansas; October, Pittsburg; April, New York. 56 MINUTES OP^ THE SYNOD OF THE Allen, T. J. — June and July, Colorado; October, Kansas; Novem- ber and December, Pittsburg. Coleman, Paul. — June, Pittsburg; July, August and September, Kan- sas; October to May, New York. Crozier, J. F. — August, Pittsburg. Dill, J. W. — All year, Kansas. Dodds, R. J.- — June to August, and December to February, New York; September to November, and March to May, Pittsburg. Elsey, Bruce. — June to August, N. B. and N. S.; September to No- vembec. New York; December, Ohio; January and February, Pittsburg; March and April, Iowa; May, Kansas. Faris, Isaiah. — AH year in Kansas. Eraser, K. D. — June, Iowa; October, Ohio; November and December, Illinois; February to May, N. B. and N. S. Foster, H. G. — June to September, Kansas; October to December, Iowa; January and February, New York; March to May, N. B. and N. S. Johnston, A. A. — June to September, Pittsburg. McBurney, G. R. — June, Pittsburg; August, Iowa; September to November, Kansas; March, New York. McConaughy, H. G. — June to August, Kansas; May, Iowa. McElwain, T. A. — July to August, and May, New York; September to December, N. B. and N. S.; January and February, Ro- chester; March and April, Pittsburg. McFarland, A. J. — June and July, Iowa; February, Pittsburg, April, New York. McCullough, W. J. — June, Rochester; July, Kansas; August, Iowa; September, Illinois. McCartney, J. L. — June, Kansas; March, New York. McClurkin, W. C. — June and September, New York; July, August and January, Pittsburg; October to December, Rochester; February to April, Kansas; May, Iowa. Morrow, S. M. — June, July and September, Iowa; October, Illinois; November, Ohio; December and May, Pittsburg; August, Kansas; March and April, Rochester. McCune, James. — June to August, N. B. and N. S.; September, Ro- chester; October and November, New York; December, Pittsburg; Jan- uary, Ohio; February and March, Kansas; April, Iowa; May, Illinois. McFarland, Wm. — June and July, Rochester; March and April, New York. Paden, W. C. — June, December and January, Kansas; April, Illinois; May, Iowa. Park, Robert. — June and September, Ohio; July and August, Kansas; May, New York. Reed, J. G. — June and May, Ohio; July, New York; August, Ro- chester; September, Pittsburg; October to December, Kansas; January and February, Iowa; March and April, Illinois. Sharp, B. M. — July, August, September, October, November, Decem- ber, January, February, Colorado; March to May, Kansas. Sproull, T. C. — October, Kansas; December, New York; March, Pittsburg. Stevenson, J. R. W. — June, September to May, Kansas; July, Illinois; August, Ohio. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 57 Taggart, D. R. — July and August, Illinois; September to December, Iowa; January to May, Kansas. Thompson, Owen. — November and December, Kansas; January and February, Illinois; March and April, Ohio; May, Pittsburg. Wallace, S. R. — June and July, Rochester; October and November, Pittsburg; February, Illinois; March, Iowa; April and May, Kansas. J. S. MARTIN, J. M. WYLIE, A. A. WYLIE, J. H. MAGEE, R. A. ADAMS. Committees on Presbyterial Records reported as follows : Records of Philadelphia, Rochester, N. B. and N. S., Ohio, Iowa and Kansas contain nothing contrary to the law and order of the church. Pittsburg contains nothing- contrary to the law and order of the church, except that on page 244 the minutes of the "Special Meet- ing" held in the Central Allegheny Reformed Presbyterian Church, May 12, 1908, were not signed by the Moderator. New Y'ork contains nothing contrary to the law and order of the church, except that the minutes of October 7, 1908, are recorded pre- vious to the minutes of May 28, 1908. Illinois contains nothing contrary to the law and order of the church, except that on page 199 the action with respect to the min- utes of a commission should have been — "received, approved and en- grossed on the minutes." The Committee on Foreign Missions reported. The report was received and taken up item by item for adoption. Items i to 7 were adopted. R. M. Sommerville, Corresponding- Secretary of the For- eign Mission Board, was heard on behalf of the Foreign Mis- sions of the Church. The report was adopted as a whole, and is as follows : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN MISSIONS. Your committee would report: The only paper placed in our hands was the report of the Board of Foreign Missions. To review this excellent paper was a positive pleasure; equal almost to visiting the fields of labor; and the inevit- able conclusion was, "Jehovah hath done great things for us whereof we are glad." Your Committee noted, and would emphasize the following things: 1. Notwithstanding the uprising in Asiatic Turkey, which resulted in the sacrifice of many lives, and the destruction of much property, our missionaries were all preserved, and our property, for the most part, kept safe. Whatever may be the immediate outcome of the trouble, the ulti- mate result will be the triumph of Jesus Christ and His Gospel. 58 MINUTES OF THE SYXOD OF THE 2. In the mysterious and trying province of God which came upon our missionary, Rev. R. A. Blair, recalling him from work in China, we rejoice in his renewed and continued health, and that he is per- mitted to serve the interests of our missions, as he is doing well, in the home land. 3. The good health of the missionaries, in general; the faithful and efficient work done by all throughout the field; and the encouraging increase in the membership of the church, especially in China. 4. The prompt and liberal response to the appeal for aid for the refugees in Syria and Asia Minor. Your Committee also notes with very great satisfaction the ef- forts and the progress made in training a nati\-e ministry for our work in China, and would have been glad to note the same in the Syrian field. The whole church should be profoundly grateful to God for His watch- ful care over the persons, and His good hand upon all the work of our missionaries, and should earnestly seek the continuance of the same. We recommend: 1. That the careful reading of the report of the Foreign Mission Board be urged upon the membership of the cliurch, that they may be more fully enlightened concerning the work being done, and that their hearts may l:;e more deeply touched with a desire to save the lost. 2. That parents consecrate their children to God and to His ser- vice, and inform them of this consecration. That they seek also to inspire in them the missronary spirit by talking about our missions and missionaries, and often remembering them in prayer at the family altar. o. That those who have not already done so, be urged to respond promptly to the appeal for help for the refugees in Syria and Asia Minor. The need is still present and urgent. 4. That all congregations be urged to pay, at least, the full amount asked of them for the work of Foreign Missions, that there may be an increase rather than a decrease of funds for the coming year. 5. That the action of the Board in appointing Drs. T. P.* Stevenson and J. C. McFeeters, with elder Henry O'Neill, President of the Foreign Mission Board, delegates to the third World Missionary Conference, to be held in Edinburg, Scotland, June 1910, be approved; and in case they cannot go, that the Board be empowered to appoint their alternates. 6. That the Board be requested to prepare a program for a Mis- sionary Conference to be held on Friday evening after the opening of Synod's session next year. 7. That Dr. R. M. Sommerville, Corresponding Secretary of the Board, be heard in connection with the adoption of this report. Respectfully submitted, R. C. MONTGOMERY, E. A. CROOKS, S. TURNER FOSTER, S. M. STEEL, THOMAS H. MARTIN, REPORT OF FOREIGN MISSION BOARD. There is no truth that brings such strength and comfort to the Church in the crisis of its history as the mediatorial sovereignty of Jesus Christ. Because He reigns. Paganism, Islamism and all other systems of religion hostile to His claims are powerless to weaken the REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 59 security of His people or stay the progress of His cause. When, on October, 1908, converts in our Mission to China were persecuted for confessing Christ, and were threatened with loss of property and life if they would not renounce the faith, their bearing was as heroic and their speech as thrilling as the bearing and the speech of faithful wit- nesses in Covenanter story. These men have been tested and found genuine, and sooner or later the Chinese officials who are now prac- ticing an obstructive policy, will, under unconscious pressure from the Mediatorial Throne, remove existing barriers to the extension of the work. In the I^evant the tactics of the enemy have been slightly different, more secret and treacherous. On Wednesday, April 14, 1909, news of a Moslem uprising against the Armenians at Adana, in Asia Minor, startled the Christian world and filled all Christian hearts with so- licitude as to the safety of missionaries and their converts in Asiatic Turkey. No one can tell whether this uprising was, as reports seem to indicate, the result of secret instructions from Abdul Hamid, who, on the previous day, a date that will be memorable in Turkish history, had, with characteristic perfidy, broken his solemn promise to secure civil and religious liberty in the Empire, and thus set in motion, or, rather, gave fresh impetus to a political revolution, the issue of which is known only to the Head of the Church. In the massacre begun at Adana and extending throughout the province of Asia Minor and into Syria, two American missionaries were accidentallj^ shot while at- tempting to save a building from destruction by fire, while some of their native ministers, on the way to an evangelistic conference, and many helpless men and women were ruthlessly murdered. Happily, no harm came to any of our representatives, and none of the converts, so far as known, have lost their lives, though many have suffered great privation. According to Dr. Ralph's dispatch to the Associated Press on Friday, April 30, "the condition of the refugees coming into Latakia from the devastated districts to the north was pitiable," while in Mersina and Tarsus, as a letter from Rev. C. A. Dodds, dated April 20-21, informs us, there were great destitution and suffering. In these and in many other ways Pagan Chinese and fanatical Moslems may show their hatred of Christ, and may be allowed to per- secute Him in the person of His followers, but the defeat of Islamism in Turkey and the triumph of Christianity in China are as certain as that the Lord lives and reigns to put all enemies under His feet. And there is no cause for alarm. He permits the existence of evil, but has set limits to its operations, so that it may not be carried by individual or community beyond His good pleasure. Though no human power can control the tide of evil in society. He can say: "Thus far shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' He even employs the wrath of man for the accomplishment of a wise and holy purpose to save the world. Accordingly, we are able, speaking in general terms, to report en- couraging progress in our Foreign Missions. The annual statements from the several fields, which will be published along with this paper, are evidently prepared with great care and reveal that interest in the work which is the true measure of success. DEPARTMENT OF PREACHING AND SCHOOL WORK. Syria. — The report from Syria is from the pen of Rev. Samuel Ed- gar, written in the breezy style that makes his letters so attractive. Taking his readers with him on "an initial tour of the Latakia field," 60 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE he halts at each of the six outstations, with their aggregate enrollment of 280 pupils, long enough to learn its history, present condition and prospects. He shows how in Jendairia,, where Dr. R. J. Dodds founded .a mission forty years ago, "a little band of people," without a build- ing for school or church, the Turk having robbed them of both, "are true to their Lord and ever appreciate what grace has done for them"'; how at Bahamra a Bible reader, by visiting from house to house and holding religious services on Sabbath, has kept the lamp of truth burning for many years, in spite of the fierce attempt of the enemy to blow it out; how in Tartoos the wife of the late licentiate Yakob Juraidiny, who, after a long life of singular devotedness as teacher and evangelist, died suddenly, June 28, 1908, when on his way to his native village in the Lebanon to spend the summer holidays with his children, is carrying on the work with commendable devotion and success, the teacher of the boys "conducting services on the Sabbath, an attendance of 110 at the Sabbath school and 88 at the morning service, and others standing at the windows outside," yet, owing to the persistent oppo- sition of the Greeks, only eight members; and how at Gunaimla, an Ar- menian village where there are over seventy communicants, the people seem hungry for the gospel, and on Communion Sabbath, the "gathering was so large as to tax the size and strength of the building," while "Mr. Stewart had to stand in the doorway so as to reach those without and within." "To visit these places," writes Mr. Edgar, "places that have been the center of bright hopes and the source of many discouragements in the lives of workers, who have gone to their reward, leaves new and lasting impressions, which show, as the Master said, that wherever men are found there we find all the different kinds of soil for the gospel." The girls' school in Latakia, under the supervision of Misses Wylie and Patton, reports 58 boarders and 54 day pupils, among whom are 8 little Moslem girls. At the close of the school year five are expected to graduate, all members of the church. In the boys' school, in charge of Miss Edgar, there were 45 day pupils and 47 boarders, of whom 26 are the children of Church members and 10 professing Christians them- selves. Mr. Edgar says, in bearing testimony to the excellent work done in these schools: "Our desire for it is an increase in efficiency and a wider domain. The place that the gospel has in our schools here is far ahead of anything we know about at home. The children go from our schools to their homes with such a knowledge of the Word and our standards as would make some of us feel ashamed if we had to un- dergo an examination with them in pulilic. All the school work has for its aim the reaching of individual souls. Then on the Lord's Day the week is crowned with the preaching of the Word." The pulpit in Latakia has been occupied every Sabbath, and the out- stations have been visited as frequently as possible. On this service Mr. Stewart "has spent about 48 days, in the saddle, and this means 93 days away from home." In the opinion of Mr. Edgar, "it would mean new power to all the places, were we able to keep a man in this work constantly, as at home it requires the constant care of the pastor, not only on the Sabbath, but all the. time, to help the people to that high standard of life that the Master desires." In and around this center there are 224 communicants, a net loss of four, there having been an increase of eleven during the year, but a decrease of fifteen owing to death, transfer, and other reasons. The Lord's supper was administered seven times. In Suadia there has been much bad feeling among the people be- cause a minister and doctor were not stationed there, as they were led to expect. Revs. McFarland and Edgar were both willing to go, but REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 61 the Board did not feel that it would be prudent to send either of them, when it was impossible to secure the services of a resident physician. Their dissatisfaction was shown in neglect of ordinances and constant fault-finding, but it seems now to have largely passed away. Since the appointment of a school teacher in January the members have been attending public worship with more regularity, and at the Communion the last week in March all the thirty-six members were present, but one family. As to the school work, we will let the field report speak: "The girls' school, which had been begun outside of the Mission in the early part of the year, has now come back home and has an average attendance of twenty. The teacher is a daughter of one of our members and a grad- uate of Latakia. The boys' school had a surprising attendance. A larger number from the Fellahin have been in this year than ever be- ■fore. Although attempts were made to stop them, yet they have con- tinued to come, and replied, 'We have our liberty now.' The attend- ance has been close to ninety." "A woman who has acted as Bible reader in the past," writes Mr. Edgar, "has been reappointed, and we trust that now, as never before, the reading of the Word and the personal work may be the means of leading many to accept our Sa- viour." Asia Minor. — The report from Asia Minor is also a very full and clear statement of facts regarding the work that the home churches need to know, and it will repny careful study. In the absence of Miss Ster- rett on furlough the boarding school at Mersina was suspended, but two day schools, with an enrollment of 104 boys and 52 girls, were con- ducted under the oversight and direction of Miss French. The en- rolled attendance of the school in Tarsus was 64 boys and 26 girls, 43 of the former and 8 of the latter being Fellahin. There was also a school in Karadash of 24 pupils, chiefly from Greek orthodox families, making a total of 270 under instruction in the field. In Mersina there were services in Arabic- every Sabbath, and in the middle of the week, and service in English on the morning of the Sabbath to accommoate resident Europeans, that is well attended. Since the arrival of Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Willson, October 22, 1908, he has taken that English service the first Sabbath of each month. In Tarsus religious services, have been held regularly twice on Sab- bath, as well as on Wednesday and Friday evenings, and there is al- ways a good attendance of poor people. And in Adana the evange- list has continued, as opportunity offers, to preach Christ in shops and houses, "a work," writes Mr. Dodds, "for which he seems well quali- fied." Thus with the assistance of two Bible readers the gospel work is carried on. The Lord's Supper was administered once in each of the three cities, and there are in the field sixty-nine members, an in- crease of nine and a decrease of 7. In reading the annual statement of this Mission it is noticeable with what accuracy Mr. Dodds foreshadows something of the present trouble in Turkey; "Turkey enjoys freedom of a kind, but let no one too hastily infer that the Kingdom of God is immediately to appear. The reign of freedom is not without indications that it may develop into a reign of terror. Liberty, in the popular mind, seems to be de- fined as license. A great impetus has been given to the trade in fire- arms, these being now imported freelj-, bought largely and used reck- lessly. Drunkenness, too, has greatly increased, for men look on liberty as furnishing an opportunity to cast off all restraint. Whether saner ideas will prevail and Turkey pass with comparative safety through this stage, or whether the country will drift into a state of anarchy and general bloodshed, it would be difficult at this writing to 62 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE tell. Conditions are very unstable and far from satisfactory." Further on in his report Mr. Dodde says: '"Possibly some may have looked for more immediate results in the way of conversions as an effect of the proclamation of liberty; but a little reflection will, we think, show that such expectations are not altogether \A'arranted. Freedom — certainly not such freedom as Turkey now has — will not change men's hearts Its immediate effect, judg- ing from our own observation, seems to be rather to dwarf every other consideration into insignificance in comparison with possible political advantage afforded One man, an Armenian, said to our evangelist in Adana: 'Why are you always teaching this gospel? The gospel is the ruin of our country.' His idea was that its acceptance thwarted political aims This sentiment is perhaps more prominent among Ar- menians than among the Arabic-speaking population, but still if is prob- ably true that the general effect for the moment of the new order of things has been to beget, if not opposition, at least deepened indiffer- ence to the gospel." Cyprus. — In reviewing the work on the Island of Cyprus, Mr. McCar- roU cannot find much to encourage him. The Lord's Supper was ad- ministered in Larnaca and in Nicosia, and two were received into full communion; Vjut there was a loss of four, reducing the roll of member- ship to 31, and probably eight or ten will leave the island this summer in search of employment, which they cannot find at home. The school, however, that Synod authorized him to establish in Larnaca, gives promise of larger fruit of labor. He reports an at- tendance of 38 boys — 13 Greeks, 13 Turkish, 7 Armenians, and 5 Eng- lish, very satisfactory work done, and so bright a financial outlook that he has notified the Board that he will only require $2,000 instead of $2,- 500, to cover all expenses next year. He mentions one instance of its good influence: "Last week one of the school boys was ill. I went to visit him, and found his mother ill also. After a short talk I asked permission to read a passage from the Scriptures and to pray, which was readily granted. Yesterday the father met me and expressed his satisfaction at my having read the gospel with his wife. The school thus affords opportunities of access into homes which otherwise I would not dream of entering." Our missionary has made arrangements with Licentiate J. D. Edgar to take the position of principal or head master of the school, and the Board has agreed to pay his traveling expenses to the field. Mr. Mc- Carroll will thus be released from school duties that demanded so much of his time last year, and free to go out on preaching tours and do the work of an evangelist. China. — "In China," writes A. I. Robb, "it has been a year of pro- gress. Our numbers have been increased, and we think our people are increasing in knowledge and Christian stature. Official opposition has hindered our work, but our people have stood true in bitter perse- cution, and are neither cast down nor discouraged." Evidently the missionaries at Tak Hing Chau are using all Scriptural means to bring the vast multitude around them under the power of saving truth, and are growingly successful through a wise division of labor. Be- sides the regular preaching of the gospel on Sabbath, of whch Rev. J. K. Robb has charge. Sabbath schools and weekly prayer meetings, daily meetings were held in the Robert McNeill Memorial chapel dur- ing the first week of the Chinese year, at which there was "an at- tendance ranging from about sixty one wet day to a crowded home and an overflow meeting of <^eventy or eighty in Ihe basement," and for four weeks the senior missionary conducted a class for the study of the Bible, REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 63 to which were invited only "male members of the Church of mature years." Three of the four s'tiidents, who had completed the course of three years at the Training School, have been sent out as evangelists, two to Sha Pong, where the Mission has "leased a house for ten years ns a chapel," and a third to Tung On, "a new district southeast of Tak Hing Chau and adjoining it " Three men employed as colporteurs, have sold 3906 copies of the gospels and the Book of Acts, 29 New Tes- taments and 1480 tracts. "These men in some cases," reports Rev. E. C. Mitchell, who has charge of this department, "have gone quite iong distances to the north and west of the Mission to regions that have rot been touched by any foreign missionary." "A number of people have been brought to the Mission and enrolled as applicants for bap- tism who have received all the knowledge they have of the gospel from tnese booksellers." Three schools have been in operation, one for boys under the efficient management of Rev. Julius A. Kempf, and another for girls and a third for women under the judicious supervision of Dr. Kate McBurney. In the schools there were 32 boys, 25 girls and 7 women under daily religious instruction. Dr. Jean McBurney has also conducted twice a week a children's class for Bible study, with an en- rollment of 33, and on Sabbath a class of 16, "open to all," but "es- pecially for those who wish to apply for baptism." And Rev. W. M. Robb has been entrusted with the care of the Mission finances. No marvel, with all these appliances for evangelism, that the Mis- sion can report progress, an increase of 27 in membership, making, after deducting a loss of 4, a communicant roll of 98. And we can well believe that with the blessing of God upon such an enthusiastic band oC laborers, the "concentrated universal determination of official China" t DOMESTIC MISSION. 1909. Receipts. April 30. From Congregations $4,881 51 Miss Martha McConnell Bequest 1,100 00 Chas. Mcllroy, Beouest, 1st payment.. 309 66 D. Gregg, 1909 dividend l."08 29 1909 dividend on $32,111 30 l."66 12—$ 9,765 58 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 85 Expenditures. Colorado Presbytery ' $ 1,831 25 Illinois Presbytery 1,130 00 Iowa Presbytery 468 25 Kansas Presbytery 1,832 42 N. B. & N. S. Presbytery 685 50 New York Presbytery 1,134 17 Ohio Presbytery 1,571 97 Pittsburg Presbytery 2,452 49 Rochester Presbytery 1,023 07 Rev. W. J. McBurney, treveling ex- penses to Content, Can 66 72 Rev. Wm. McFarland, Preaching East Craftsbury •. 231 00 Printing 9 50 Expense handling fund 126 77 Interest for overdraft 48 59 — $ 12,611 70 Balance overdrawn May 1st, 1908. 138 76 $ 13,050 46 1909. May 1. Balance overdrawn 3,284 88 SUSTENTATION FUND. 1908. May 1. Balance Receipts. Returned by Denver Col., Congregation . .$ 250 00 A. Alexander Bequest, 5th payment.... 2,000 00 D. Gregg, 1909 dividend 569 43 From Congregations 54 50^ Expenditures. Rev. D. C. Paris, order 1908 Synod 58 33 Mercer, Pa., Congregation 30 65 Rev. J. A. Black 60 00 Rev. John Yates 83 33 Rev. J. H. Pritchard 25 00 Rev. J. M. Foster 800 00— 1909. May 1. Balance SOUTHERN MISSION. 1908. May 1. Balance Receipts. From Congregations $ 3,542 91 Receipts at Mission 2,916 66 Jos. L. Dodds, Bequest 50 00 $ 3,143 60 2,873 93 1,057 31 4,960 22 1.694 21 86 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Chas. Mcllroy, Bequest, 1st payment.... 309 66 A. Alexander, Bequest, 5th payment.... 1,000 00 A Kansas Bequest 25 00 D. Greg-g, 1909 dividend 569 43 1909 Dividend on $5,481.28 301 47 — 8,715 13 10,409 334 Expenditures. Traveling expenses of Workers .318 85 Supplies paid frpm Pittsburg, Pa 672 25 Expenses at Mission 2,802 18 Expenses handling fund 190 17 Salaries 6,002 46— 9,985 91 1909. May 1. Balance 423 43 INDIAN MISSION. Receipts. W. P. M. S. Pittsburg Presbytery 1,000 00 Receipts at Mission per W. W. C 2,288 13 From Congregations 2,985 19 A. Alexander Bequest, 5th payment.... 500 00 Miss Angelina Adams Bequest 251 30 1909 dividend 51/2 per cent on .$2,000... 110 00— 7,134 62 Expenditures. Expenses at the Mission per W. ^V. C. 3,29S 75 Traveling Expenses of Workers 247 85 Paul Coleman, Preaching 135 00 D. H. Elliott, Preaching 25 00 Supplies from Pittsburg, Pa 11 89 Salaries 4,071 51 ^Expenses handling funds 190 17 Interest on overdraft 87 19— 8,067 36 932 74 Balance overdrawn May 1st, 1908 1,129 05 Balance overdrawn May 1st, 1909 2,061 79 GENEVA COLLEGE FUNDS. Receipts. From Congregations 1,115 98 Tuition and local receipts 4.259 61 Interest on Notes 561 42 Mrs. S. J. Steele, 1909 dividend 55 00 1909 dividend on $161,211.82 8,866 65 Rents 240 00 — 15,098 66 Expenditures. Salaries to May 1st, 1909 11,690 59 Prizes 55 00 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 87 Supplies 3,651 00 Salaries outside Faculty Printing- Repairs Piano Drilling water well Taxes on Athletic Field Advertisement Sewering Interest on Dormitory Note Laboratory Supplies Interest an overdraft Expenses for services handling funds. Balance overdrawn May 1st, 1908 Balance overdrawn May 1st, 1909 293 77 155 50 146 85 535 00 131 41 41 25 106 66 37 60 58 02 248 64 656 57 190 17— 17,998 03 2,899 37 6,722 80 9,622 17 GENEVA COLLEGE LLIBRARY FUND. 1908. May 1. Balance 1909. May 1. Receipts. From Congregations Magazines Books . . . Balance Expenditures. 318 96 2 91 321 87 49 80 161 12— 210 92 110 95 1908. May 1. 1909. May 1. GENEVA CO., LTD. ACCOUNT. Balance due Trustees of Synod Balance same as last year 998 19 998 19 TEMPERANCE FUND. 1908. May 1. Balance Receipts. From Congregations Expenditures. Postage and Expressage Printing Expenses per W. W Carithers .. 1909. May 1. Balance overdrawn 312 34 842 1.154 61 287 41 273 99 700 00— 1,261 40 106 "9 88 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FUND. 1908. May 1. Balance 151 87 Receipts. From Congregations 1.461 05 Wm. F. Bell, Bequest 499 50 Dr. Gregg, 1909 dividend 569 43 1909 Dividend 3,559 64— 6,089 62 6,241 49 Expenditures. Salaries 6-l-'08 to 6-l-'09 6,000 02 Railroad fare to Board Meetings 64 84 Expenses for handling Funds 126 77 Incidental 46— 6,192 09 1909. May 1. Balance 49 40 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY LIBRARY FUND. 1908. May 1. Balance 996 30 Expenditures. Books and Magazines purchased 62 42 1909. May 1. Balance 938 88 MEMORIAL BUILDINO RENT ACCOUNT. 1908. May 1. Balance 4,750 19 Receipts. Rent from Park Institute 800 00 5,550 19 Expenditures. 1909 Taxes 282 84 Gas 36 70 Repairs 548 49 Supp1ie.« 162« 884 21 1909. May 1. Balances 4,665 88 STUDENTS' AID FUND. 1908. May 1. Balance 422 50 Receipts. From Congregations 722 80 Rev. H. McCarroll on acct. Note 15 00 Rev. H. G. Patterson on acct. Note.... 50 00 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 89 Rev. J. D. Edgar 30 00 1909 dividend on $16.256.88 S;94 13— 1,711 93 2,134 43 Expenditures. By order of Board of Control: Paid to Students of Seminary 1,680 00 1909. May 1. Balance 454 43 AGED MINISTERS' FUND. 1908. May 1. Balance 1.293 -'S 369 12 708 32 27 50— 1,104 94 Receipts. From Congregations 1909 dividend on $12,878.52 1909 dividend Jas. & M. J. Carlisle fund Expenditures. By Order of Board of Control: Rev. J. C. K. Faris 300 00 Rev. D. S. Faris 250 00 Rev. W. M. George 250 00 ■ Rev. J. M. Armour 300 00 Rev. D. H. Coulter 300 00— 1,400 00 1909. May 1. Balance 998 32 WIDOWS AND CHILDREN DECEASED MINISTERS. 1908. May 1. Balance 1,238 96 Receipts. From Congregntions 1,040 11 Mrs. B. T. Dodds, Bequest 67 24 D. Gregg, 1909 dividend 569 43 1909 dividend on $5,829 02 320 59 1909 dividend J. R. McKee Fund 110 00— 2,107 37 3,346 33 Expenditures. By Order of Board of Control: Miss Anna B. George • 150 00 E. R. William!= 180 00 J. H. Cannon 100 00 E. M. Cannon • 150 00 J. M. McDonald 125 00 Mrs. R. R. Johnston 100 00 M. Lawson 200 00 S. I. Clyde 300 00 W. Reid 200 00 J. R. McClurkin 75 00 90 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE S. Love 75 00 K. E. Smith 100 00 W. W. Wilson 200 00— 1,955 00 1909. May 1. Balance 1,391 33 OAKLAND CHINESE MISSION. Receipts. 1908. May 1. Balance 804 "i 8 Jos. L. Dodds, Bequest 50 00 D. Gregg, 1909 dividend 569 43 1909 dividend on $400.00 22 00 From Congregations 405 07 — 1,046 50 1.851 28 Expenditures. Rent 3G0 00 Salary 1,200 00 Expens;> for handling fvinds 76 07 — 1,636 07 1009. May 1. Balance 215 21 TESTIMONY BEARING FUND. 1908. May 1. Balance 376 73 Receipts. From Congregations 1.802 31 Chas. Mcllroy Bequest, 1st payment.... 309 66 Collections per Rev. W. J. McKnight.. 500 00 — 2,611 97 2,988 70 Expenditures. Salary 1,200 00 Printing 178 50 Postage 39 52 Expenses Rev. W. J. McKnight 500 00 Expenses for handling funds 63 39 — 1,981 11 1909. May 1. Balance 1,007 29 BALANCE SHEET. Liabilities. Total amount of Endowments $540,281 10 Sundry Accounts. Cash Donation 1,850 00 Cash Donation 100 00 Contingent Account 1,001 40 Theological Seminary Current Account 49 40 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 91 Theological Seminary Library Account 933 88 Students' Aid Fund 454 43 Memorial Building Rent Account 4,665 88 Aged Ministers' Fund 998 32 Widows & Children Deceased Ministers 1,391 33 Southern Mission 423 43 Oakland Chinese Mission 215 21 Sustentation Fund 4.960 22 Testimony Bearing Fund 1,007 29 Geneva College Library Fund 110 95 Rev. R. Shields Donation 1,400 00 Estate of John Gibson 200 00 Rev. D. J. Shaw Donation 349 07 Miss M. Rebecca Euwer, College Note 730 00 James Alton, Donation 700 00 Rev. C. Clyde Home Fund 1,213 96 S. Carolina Cemetery Lot Fund 12 25 Sundries Account 225 56 W. P. M. S. Pittsburg Presbytery 200 00 Pittsburg Presbytery Current Account 287 50 Pittsburg Presbytery Education Account 915 85 Pittsburg Pre&bytery Investment Account .... 2,350 00 Pittsburg Presbytery S. School Account 19 10 Mortgage Account, special 163 00 — 567,208 HO Assets. D. Gregg Mortgage Account $157 300 00 Regular Mortgage 344,404 05 • Real Estate 43,417 38 Office Furniture 484 68 Cash Account 5,433 80 Temperance Account 106 79 Domestic Mission Account 3,284 88 ladian Mission Account 2,061 79 Geneva College Account 9,622 17 Geneva College Dormitory Account 967 00 Wml Gray Donation 3 00 Mrs. S. Greer Bequest 80 East Craftsbury Vt. Church 122 56 — 567,208 90 .$567,208 90 AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE. We, the undersigned, appointed by the Trustees of the Synod to audit the accounts of James S. Tibby, Treasurer, would respectfully report that we have examined the Accounts, Mortgages and othe« Securities, Cash in Bank, and find same correct as per Report to 1909 Synod. R. C. WYI.IE, O. WYLIE, JNO. M. ALLEN, Auditors. Pittsburg, Pa., May 20th, 1909. 92 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE REPORT OF JAMES S. TIBBY, TREASURER LITERARY FUND. May 1, 1908, Balance 1,580 81 Receipts. From Congregations 38 66 Sale of Test, and Discipline 25 70 Sale of Psalms Books 721 96 Sale of Psalm Selections 59 64 Sale of Old Minutes 2 30 1908 Minutes 306 95 Sale of Miscellaneous hooks 10 05 — 1,165 26 Expenditures. Insurance on Plates in N. Y 18 36 Psalm Books from Irish Church 278 83 Printing Circulars and Blanks 21 75 Printing 1908 Minutes 225 00 Printing 1500 small new version Psalm Books, edition 1889 300 80 Allegheny Safe Deposit Co. rent 6-1-09 5 00 Presbyterian Alliance Apportion 40 00 Advertisements 16 50 Postage, expressage. freight on books.. 69 18 — 999 06 May 1st, 1909, Balance 1,747 01 The supply of Psalm Selections, Long Primer, new version Psalms is exhausted. I await your instructions as to ordering a new edition ot each. JAMES S. TIBBY, Treasurer. The above statement has been compared with the books, which have been audited and found correct. JNO. M. ALLEN, GEORGE A. McKEE, Auditors. REPORT OF FINANCIAL AGENT FOR NATIONAL REFORM. Receipts. From Congregations, Individuals and Societies.. 5,373 64 Subscriptions to Christian Statesman 408 33 .World's Conference 352 45 Sale of Literature 19 10 Rev. D. J. Shaw's Bequest, New Alexandria, Pa 500 00 Chas Mcllroy's Bequest, Sparta, 111., 1st paym't 309 66 Winona Lake Work 150 80— 7,1 13 Expenditures Office Supplies 123 14 Office Rent 300 00 Phone 16 20 Printing 92 25 Printing and Postage of Christian Statesman... 1,654 44 World's Conference expenses 194 65 98 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 93 Traveling expenses 120 20 Salary office Assistants 333 34 Charter expenses 53 66 Salary and Expense Retained, J. R. Dill 955 03 Salary and Expense Retained, J. S. Martin 750 78 Salary and Expense Retained, E. A. Crooks 669 61 Salary and Expense Retained, T. P. Stevenson.. 446 05 Salary and Expense Retained, J. M. Foster 181 50 R. C. Wylie on acct.. editing Sabbath Laws 100 00 Balance overdrawn May 1st, 1908 7 66 — 5,998 51 Balance on hand May 1st, 1909 1,115 47 JAMBS S. TIBBY, Financial Agent. We have compared the aboye Report with the Treasurer's books, which have been audited and found correct by the undersigned Audit- ing Committee. J. S. MARTIN, W. A. C. BROWN, Committee. Pittsburg, Pa., May 18, 1909. PRINTING AND SALE OF 1908 MINUTES. The Treasurer of the Literary Fund would report that there were one thousand copies of 1908 minutes printed by the Tribune Printing Co., Beaver Palls, Pa. Copies sold, at 35c each 877 306 Ita Copies free 15 Copies t J Replace 4 896 Printing Minutes 225 00 Postage and Expressage 23 64 Envelopes for Mailing 2 45 — 251 09 Balance 55 86 JAMES S. TIBBY, Treasurer. SYNOPSIS OF THE REPORT OF TREASURER WALTER T. MIL- LER, FROM APRIL 1st, 1908, to MARCH 29th. 1909. Syrian Mission Fund. The receipts have been: From Congregations $ 7,464 .'1 From Sabbath Schools and Missionary Societies 1,818 04 From Individuals and Bequests 1,628 92 From various sources, specially for Latakia 577 79 From various sources, specially for Cyprus 239 00 From various sources, specially for Tarsus 60 00 From various sources, specially for Suedia 35 00 From Estate of Andrew Alexander, 4th payment on acct of his Bequest . .' 2,500 00 From Dividend David Gregg Endowment Fund through Syn- od's Board of Trustees 3,005 00 94 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE From Dividend Invested Funds through Synod's Board of Trustees 2,674 84 From Dividend J. R. McKee Memorial Fund through Synod's Board of Trustees 55 00 From Young People of Second N. Y. Congregation, through Dr. Sommerville, toward salary their Missionary in Island Cyprus 42: 1 y From Bequest of John A. Adams, deceased, of Second New York Congregation 500 00 From, through Olive Trees: Young Women of the Ref. Pres. Church 107 05 Ministers of the Ref. Pres. Church 65 00 Elders of the Ref. Pres. Church A 50 Toward salaries their respective Missionaries. From Some Women and their friends of 2nd N. Y. Cong., through Dr. Sommerville, for Mountain Schools in Syria.. 314 00 From Transfer from Semi-Centennial Memorial Fund 2,700 00 From Transfer from Semi-Centennial Memorial fund (as di- rected by donors) 520 50 From Dr. A. R. Dray, refunding balance in full of money re- mitted him for Outfit, Medical Supplies, etc., for Tarsus Mission. July 12, 1 905 50 00 From Surplus left over from Traveling Expense, funds of Rev. J. Boggs Dodds, from Suedia to New oYrk 27 95 Total Receipts $ 24,774 79 The Expenditures have been: For salaries $ 11,497 17 For Mission Expenses, acct. Latakia and Suedia 3,868 21 For Mission Expenses, acct. Tarsus 4,287 48 For Mission Expenses, acct. Cyprus 2,013 56 For Special Contributions, acct. I.atakia 897 79 For Special Contrilnitions, acct. Tarsus 66 00 For Special Contril)utions, acct. Cyprus 23.3 00 For Special Contributions, acct. Suedia 35 00 For Outfit acct. Miss F. May Elsey 160 00 For Outfit acct. Rev. R. E. Willson 400 00 For Educational Work, acct. Cyprus 500 00 For Small Items, Stationery and Cablegrams 25 14 For Shipping Expenses 183 51 For Medical Supplies, acct. Syria \'^0 i)9 For Traveling Expenses: — - Board Members from Philadelphia to New York 4 30 Miss E. M. Sterrett. from Tarsus to Venetia, Pa 166 49 Miss F. May Elsey, from Chicago to New York 28 19 Rev. R. E. Willson and wife, from Morning Sun to N. Y. . . C9 60 Rev. R. E. Willson and wife, and Miss F. May Elsey, from New York to the Missions 635 20 Total Expenditures $ 25,181 53 The excess of Expenditures over Receipts being 406 74 And deducting same from Credit Balance of April 1, 1908 of 451 90 Leaves a Credit Balance this date of $ 15 16 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 95 Mission in China Fund. The Receipts have been: From Congregations $ ?,,2C>1 01 From Sabbath Schools and Missionary Societies 1,299 06 From Individuals and Bequests 1.25?. 36 From Dividend Invested Funds, by Synod's Board of Truste'iS 13 06 From Col. Pres., salary their Missionary, Dr. Kate McBurney 600 00 From 3d Phila. Cong-, salary their Miss'y, Dr. J. M. Wright 1,000 00 PYom Harry Lanphear Memorial Fund, salary its Missionary Rev. Julius A. Kempf 600 00 F^rom Ohio Presbytery, on account salary their Missionary, Rev. R. A. Blair '527 45 From Bequest of John A. Adams, deceased, of Second New York Congregation 500 00 From Transfer from Semi-Centennial Memorial Fund 1,500 00 From Transfer from Semi-Centennial Memorial Fund( as di- rected by donors 5G9 00 By acct. Traveling Expenses of Rev. J. K. Robb, and Dr. J. M. Wright, and their families to America, amount remitted ,to China for that purpose, and thus charged in last year's report to Sj'nod, but which was used to pay their salaries, and now charged to that account 1,000 00 Total Receipts $ 12,128 94 The Expenditures hfive lieen: For Salaries H 10,50^ 52 For Mission Expenses 772 75 For Small Items 21 28 For Shipping Expenses 'j49 20 For Medical Supplies .| 43 78 For Special Contributions 1,177 06 For Outfit, acct. Miss Jennie Dean 160 00 For Outfit acct. Rev. W. M. Robb, balance in full 200 00 For Outfit acct. Rev. E. C. Mitchell, balance in full SO 00 For Traveling Expenses: — Rev. J. K. Robb and family to America I'Oi' 05 Board Members from Philadelphia to New York 4 30 Miss Dean from Chicago to Seattle 70 00 Miss Jennie Dean, and Rev. J. K. Robb, and family from Seattle to Hong Kong 571 30 Dr. J. M. Wright and family, from Denison to Hong Kong 45!!! 00 Dr. J. M. Wright, to attend Synod of 1908 100 00 Rev. R. A. Blair and family from Hong Kong to Utica, O 465 00 Drs. Kate and Jean McBurney, from Hong Kong to America, on account l.OOf^ 00 Remitted to China Treasurer, balance in full due the Mis- sionaries, that sailed from America, during Septem- ber, 1907, as per accts. submitted by them 100 79 Total Ex)ienditures $ 1 6,68S 03 Excess of Expenditures over Receipts being 4,559 09 And Deducting same from Credit Bal. of April 1, 1908 of . . . . 4,5S1 37 Leaves a Credit Balance this date of $ 22 28 96 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE 39S as 276 06 82 50 :j,767 42 Syrian Hospital Fund. Dr. 1908. Nov. 6. To cash, paid Brown Bros., & Co., part Sterling Bill £103, 6, 1 250 00 Oct. 16. To cash paid Montgomery Ward & Co.. 53 96 Dec. 18. To cash paid Brown Bros & Co., for part Sterling Bill £103, 1. 5.... 250 00 1909. Feb. 5. To cash paid Brown Bros. & Co., for Sterling Bill for £103, 1, 10 500 00 May. 5. To Balance carried down 2,713 46 Cr. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 3,010 48 1909. May 5. By Cash, contributions received to date from Sabbatii schools, Missionary So- cieties, and Individuals, for general purpose of Hospital Support of beds May 5. By interest earned to date $ 3,767 42- Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 2,713 46 Tarsus Building Fund. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 1,887 20 Aug. 11. By Transfer from Syrian Mission Fund money sent to Rev. C. A. Dodds, to purchase property with, but used for general Mission purposes, as a sat- isfactory Title could not be obtained.. 2,000 00 1909. May 5. By interest earned to date 105 00 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down 3,992 20 $ 3,992 20 3,992 20 Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 3,992 20 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 97 Building Fund, Mission in China. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 2,810 59 1909. May 5. By interest earned to date 84 32 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down 2,894 91 $ 2,894 91 2,894 91 Cr. 1909. May 5. By balance brought down 2,894 91 Building Fund, Hospital in China. Dr. 1908. May 5. To Balance as reported to Synod... 1,46.3 45 Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance carried down , 1,463 45 $ 1,463 45 $ 1,463 45 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance brought down $ 1,463 45 Tarsus-Mersine Hospital Fund. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 371 77 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down 371 77 $ 371 77 .$ 371 77 Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 371 77 Building Fund, Larnaca, Cyprus. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 14 50 98 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down 14 50 $ 14 50 $ 14 50 Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 14 TO Hospital in China, Dispensary Account. Cr. 1908. July 22. By Cash, from L. M. S. United Mi- ' Congregation •. . . . 25 00 Dec. 15. By Cash from Y. P. S. C. E. Olathe Congregation 25 00 1909. May 5. By Balance carried down 229 20 Dr. 1908. May 5. To Balance as reported to Synod.... 279 20 279 20 279 20 Dr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 229 20 Martha Cunningham Memorial Fund. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 46 08 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down ' 46 08 46 08 46 08 Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 46 OS Dr. J. Maude George, Hospital Account Cr. 1908. - May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod ... ^^i •'" 1909. May 5. By Interest earned to date ^ ^^ REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 99 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down 118 85 118 85 118 85 Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 118 35 Lanphear Memorial Fund. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 4,974 00 May 11. By Cash, from Mrs. Tillie Henn, (nee Mrs. Harry Lanphear) of Blanchard, la., conditions and terms same as those covering contribution of June n8, 1905 - 600 00 Dec. 16. By cash, from Mrs. Tillie Henn, of Blanchard, la., conditions and terms same as those covering contribution of June 8, 1905 600 00 1909. May 5. By Interest earned to date 180 00 Dr. 1909. Jan. 4. To Transfer to Mission in China fund, half year's salary of Rev. Julius A. Kempf, due in advance from 1st of October, 1908 300 00 March 11. To Transfer to Mission in China fund, half year's salary of Rev. Julus Kempf due in advance from l&t April '09... 300 00 May 5. To Balance carried down 5,754 00 6,354 00 6,354 00 Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 5,754 00 Rev. D. J. Shaw, Foreign IVIission Fund. Cr. 1908. July 23. By Cash, from Bequest of Rev. Dr. D. J. Shaw, of New Alexandria, Pa., to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Ref. Pres. Church, (old school) for the purpose of pressing forward and advancing the work in the For- 100 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE eign Field (abstract of Will) through J. R. Jack, Executor, $11,524.71 less collection charge, $11.52 11,513 19 1009. May 5. By Interest earned to date 275 00 Dr. iyC8. Oct. 13. To Cash, remitted Cyprus Mission equivalent of excess of expenditures over remittances for building erect- ed, as per statement of Dr. Calvin McCarroll, paid Brown Bros., for De- mand Sterling Bill, for £115, 7 561 46 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down 11,226 73 11,788 19 11,788 19 Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 11,226 73 David Oliver Brown Memorial Fund. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 1,514 77 1909. May 5. By Interest earned to date 45 44 Dr. 1809. May 5. To Balance carried down 1,560 21 1,560 21 1,560 21 Cr. ^^og. May 5. By Balance brought down 1,560 21 Isabella Stewart Martin Memorial Fund Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 5,463 64 1905. May 5. By Interest earned to date 163 91 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down 5,627 55 5,627 55 5,627 55 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAX CHURCH. 101 Cr. 1009. May 5. By Balance brought down 5,627 55 New Station in China Fund. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod.... 6.289 05 1909. May 5. By Interest earned to date 188 67 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down 6,477 72 6,477 72 6,477 72 Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 6,477 72 Discretionary Account of Treasurer. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 70 07 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down 70 07 70 07 70 07 Cr. 1909. May 5. By Balance brought down 70 07 Miss Maggie B. Edgar, Cemetery Fence Account. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod.... 35 00 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Balance carried down 35 00 35 00 35 00 Or. 1909 May 5. By Balance brought down 35 00 102 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE The Rev. R. A. Blair, Field Secretary Account. Cr. i9oy. Jan. 12. By Cash from W6men's Missionary So- ciety, 2d Phila. Congregation 20 00 Dr. 190S. May 5. Balance carried down 20 00 20 00 20 00 Cr. 1!)09. May 5. By Balance brought down 20 00 The Semi-Centennial Memorial Fund. Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 8,263 69 1909. May 5. By Cash, contributions received to date: — From Congregations 167 2.1 From S. S. & Missionary Societies.. 725 94 From Individuals and Bequests..... 903 S2 From Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Curry, of Winchester. Kansas 500 00 Mansfield O., Congregation by order of Board of Trustees 100 00 Prom various sources, specially for Syrian Mission 53 00 Mission in China 179 50 Latakia Mission 25 GO Cyprus Mission 25 00 Jewish Mission 50 00 Oakland Mission 50 00 To be used at discretion of Board.. 120 00 By Interest earned to date 953 94 Dr. 1909. May 5. To Transfer to Mission in China fund 1,500 00 To Transfer to Mission in China (as directed by donors) 569 00 To Transfer to Syrian Mission fund 2,700 00 To Transfer to Syrian Mission (as directed by donors) 520 50 To Balance carried down 6,827 64 $ 12.117 14 $ 12,117 14 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 10 J Cr. 190&. May 5. By Balance ):)rought down 6,827 64 WALTER T. MILLER, Treasurer. The above accounts have been audited and found correct. HENRY ONEIL, ALEXANDER ADAMS, Committee. New York, May 5th, 1909. To the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church, to meet in Chi- cago, 111., May 26th, 1909: The Treasurer of the Foreign Mission Fund respectfully reports concerning the Turkish Relief Fund handled by him since 1st of May, 1909, as follows: Disbursements. 1909. April 30. Amount appropriated temporarily from funds in Treasury and remit- ted to the Missions .$ 1,000 00 May 4. Amount transferred by cable, equiva- lent to £64, 0, 0, each to Mersine, Latakia, and Alexandretta, as re- qtiested by donors 942 96 Cable charges 14 58 May 21. Amt. draft forwarded to Mersine 500 00 Totals Disbursements 2,457 54 Receipts 1909. May 25. Amount of contributions received to d_ate from various sources •$ 2,36:1 26 Total Receipts 2,363 2i] Leaving a Debit Balance, this date of 94 28 WALTER T. MILLER, Treasurer. New York, May 25th, 1909. The Church Erection Fund. Dr. 1908. May 20. To Cash, paid appropriation to San- ta Ana Congregation $ 1.000 00 June 23. To cash, paid Morris Botwen, for printing operation blanks 5 50 June 23. To cash, paid appropriation to San- ta Ann Congregation 1,000 00 Oct. 22. To cash, paid appropriation to Old Bethel Congregation 1,000 00 Oct. 24. To cash paid appropriation to Santa Ana Congregation .^00 00 190-. May 5. To Balance carried down 4,723 99 ' 104 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Cr. 1908. May 5. By Balance as reported to Synod 6,207 35 1909. May 5. By Contributions received to date from congregations 891 24 From Sabbath Schools & Miss'y Soc. 30 28 From Individuals 144 42 From Trustees of Mansfield, O., Cong 199 77 From Dividend Invested Funds 187 00 From David Gregg Endowment fund through Trustees of Synod 569 43 8,229 49 8,229 49 Cr. l&OO. May 5. By Balance brought down 4,723 99 WALTER T. MILLER, Treasurer. Audited and found correct. H. O.NEILL, A. D. MCNEILL, Committee. REPORT OF S. A. S. METHENY, TREASURER OF THE JEWISH MISSION BOARD MAY 1st, 1908, to APRIL 30th, 1909. Dr. Balance Reported to Last Synod ' $1,227 56 Congregations, Receipts from 1,047 75 Sabbath Schools and Societies, Receipts from 307 44 Individuals, Receipts from 213 87 Third Dividend (.1688 per cent) from "City Trust" 29 83 Interest on Deposit in bank 8 40— $2,834 S5. Cr. Salaries: — Rev. E. J. Feuersohn to 5-1-09 $900 00 Miss Mary Bell to 5-1-09 480 00 W. H. Henderson to 5-1-09 35 00 S. Safran two months 32 00 Miss Mary Cupples three weeks 3 75 — $1,450 75 Renovating Mission Building: — Carpentry and brick laying $197 60 Painting 165 00 Papering 60 00 Plumbing 29 35 Gas Fitting and Lights 17 28 Smaller Items and Supplies 64 24— 533 47 Water Tax 13 00 Coal 38 10 Gas 36 62 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 105 General Expenses 277 79 Balance on hand 485 12 — $2,834 85 Respectfully submitted, S. A. S. METHENY, Treasurer. The undersigned hereby certify that the foregoing account is a condensed statement taken from the itemized account in the book of the treasurer, which we have examined and found correct. J. C. McFEETERS, WILLIAM G. CARSON, Auditor.s. Philadelphia, Pa., Mav 11th. 1909. TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF R. P. WOMAN'S ASSOCIATION, MARCH, 1908 TO MARCH, 1909. Receipts. March 1, 1908, Balance $2,956 45 Wardrobe Committee Room 1 00 Miss Dryden Account 32 01 Thank Offering Room 115 40 Jane Lindsay Room 153 00 Theresa Lawson Account 457 00 Mrs. Daugherty Account 98 80 J C. Elder Room 100 00 Manager's Cont. Fund 9 50 Miss Woolston Account *. 210 00 Congregational Collection "152 29 James Temple 274 19 Mrs. Susan Patterson 282 00 Membership Dues .' . 183 00 Interest 392 65 McConnell Room 250 00 Eccles Sisters 144 15 Admission Fees 1,600 00 Current Expense 2,024 01-- 6,879 OC $9,835 45 Expenditures. Gregg Room $ 4 35 D. and M. E. McKee Room 1 85 Eda S. E. McKee Room 26 40 Lizzie Hunter Room 1 00 Samuel McKee Room 2 70 Ward Robe Room 1 00 Davidson Room 2 05 Wylie Room 1 75 J. C. Elder Room 89 20 Manager's Cont. Fund 21 20 Alton Room 1 50 Mrs. J. H. Ward Room 5 50 Interest 1,513 26 Building Fund 68 99 McConnell Room 95 28 House Expense 1,478 04 106 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Heat and Light 334 19 Salary 894 50 Current Expense 3,187 96 Morton Room 119 05— 7,849 77 March, 1909, Balance $1,985 68 Respectfully submitted, A. G. WALLACE, Treasurer. We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for the year ending March, 1909, and find the balance shown above to be $1,985.68, (correct.) ROBT. A. M. STEEL, T. S. TRUMBULL, Auditor.s. BALANCE SHEET. Showing the condition of the different funds, the balance on hand or the amount overdrawn. Name Overdrawn. Balance Students' Aid Fund $ 454 43 Aged Misisters' Fund 998 32 Widows and Orphans' Fund 1,391 ?.o Aged Peoples' Home 1,985 68 Theological Seminary 49 40 Jewish Mission 485 12 Southern Mission 423 43 Indian Mission $ 2,061 79 Domestic Mission 1,685 34 Chinese Home Mission 215 21 National Reform 1,115 51 Temperance 106 79 Syrian Mission 45 16 Mission in China 22 28 Testimony Bearing 1,007 29 Geneva College 9,622 17 Church Erection ' 4,723 99 ■ Literary Fund 1,747 01 Totals $ 11,790 75 $ 16,349 51 The Clerk cast the unanimous ballot of Synod for George A. McKee, Daniel C. Martin and Robert J. Ward to be their own successors on Synod's Board of Trustees, for a term of three years, beginning June 15, 1909. J. C. McFeeters presented the reasons of dissent of himself and others from the action of Synod in adopting the report of the Committee on National Reform. T. P. Stevenson and J. S. Martin were appointed to answer the reasons of Dissent. The time was extended that the Committee on Signs of the REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 107 Times might present its report. The report was received and adopted, and is as follows: REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SIGNS OF THE TIMES. The Committee on the "Signs of the Times" would respectfully report: In looking into matters, out of which we may find reasons for Thanksgiving- unto God, we would name: 1. That we are here in the place appointed for our meeting, that we have been permitted in these months, each in his place to do the work God has given us to do. We owe God thanks, that in His grace we are still called to do work in the vineyard, some of us even to the eleventh hour. To be allowed to live now, and to be asked to work now, to have' the chance of duty- now, in these wonderful years with the amazing possibilities, is matter of exceeding thankfulness. 2. That the church through which we do our work, through our representatives, still befriends, strives to lead into the higher lif-^, still gives sympathy to the races, that have been and still are being wronged, to the Negro at Selma, to the Indian in Oklahoma, io the Chinaman in OaOkland, and to the Jew in Philadelphia. We are glad that we can in some measure and intention, make up for the wrongs done in the past and that are being done them, at the present hour. We rejoice that the interest in Foreign Mis- sions is alive as never before in our congregations and we would honor God that he is making glad the hearts of our workers, and our hearts, and Christ's heart, in Syria, in Asia Minor, in Cyprus and in China. We rejoice that the reasons that served us in the past, to cause the maintenance of a testimony as to Christ's claims on the Nation, the evils of the lodge, and the purity of worship in God's house, are valid still. We are glad the church shows no sign of lack of interest in these things, or any disposition to surrender them. 3. We rejoice that the aggressive attacks of those opposed to nearly all the features that are Christian in our government have at last drawn the attention, awakened the interest of good men to the danger. These without regard to church ties, or relationship of parties, are showing their hands. It looks as if good people will now get together. They who have done duty will have company. With all that is bad we still can ■ be optimistic. It is true now as in the olden time, that they who are with the Elishas are more than they that are against them. The golden age lies forward. Synod appoints last Thursday of November as the annual day for worship in Thanksgiving. CAUSES OF FASTING. 1. We make confession that as individuals with opportunities greater than at any former time or place, we do not have, have not had, the outcome demanded, for the truth we have had in our minds, the money we have had in our hands or the time we have had at our disposal. We are sorry we have failed in so many things. 2. We regret that as members of a church that ought to be closely in relationship for all high things, that often our minds are on the less important rather than on the more important. The theory of a brother at times will give rise to more feeling, awaken more con- 108 MIXUTES OF THE SYXOD OF THE eern, and bring out more discussion than tlie plots of Romanists or the deliverances of Christian Scientists. The dangers that threaten National and Ecclesiastical life, are the things to claim attention. The men at Bothwell ought to have Vjeen thinking of the men on the other side of the stream. 3. We mourn that society is so deplorably given up to things that do not profit, to amusements that are sinful, to a worldliness that destroys al) spirituality. Parties that rose to power through great principles, led by men of world-wide fame, are in these days in alliance with the adherents of Romanism and Mormonism and the Liquor Traffic. One of the worst of the Signs of the Times is the apathy of this church and of all the churches as to the gains of the church of Rome in this land. We would recognize God's hand in the way of judgments in our own land, in fires and floods, and in a- drought, that reached from Maine to Nevada, and his hand on the world, in an earthquake so terrible that men have not known any such before. The pity of it is, that God's hand is not felt as having anything to do with any one of all these things. "Will I not visit for these things." We mourn that the hearts of those who love home and country are not in more concern, that faces turn not to Him, who can turn the hearts of the children of men to himself as he turns the rivers of waters, that we do not plead as we should for the reign of Him who is promised as one that will "judge the poor of the people, who will save the children of the needy and will break in pieces the op- pressor." Synod appoints Thursday of the week of Prayer as a day to be observed for fasting and prayer. W. P. JOHNSTON, JOHN FENTON CARLISLE, ROBERT C. REED, D. P. WHITE, F. W. CAMPBELL. S\nod took recess until 7 P. M. Praver bv J. W. F. Car- lisle. EVENING SESSION. Synod reconvened at the appointed hour, and was led in pray- er by David Love. The calling of the roll was dispensed with. The minutes of the afternoon session were read and ap- proved. R. M. Sommerville and M. G. Euwer were excused from further attendance on the sessions of the Synod. The Committee on Foreign Correspondence reported. The report was received, and adopted, and is as follows: REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 109 A letter from the Reformed Presbyterian Synod of Scotland has been placed in our hands. A reply has been prepared, which we rec- ommend be signed by the officials of the Synod, and forwarded to the Synod of Scotland. W. W. CARITHERS. J. A. BLACK, CHARLES DOUGALL. The Committee on TJieological Seminary and Education re- ported. The report was received and taken up item by item for adoption. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. Items I and 2 were adopted. Item 3 was laid on the table until next meeting of Synod. Items 4 and 5 were adopted. GENEVA COLLEGE. Items I, 2 and 3 adopted The report was adopted as a .wdiole, and is as follows : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND EDUCATION. The Committee on the Theological Seminary and Education would respectfully report: That, there was referred to us the report of the Board of Superintendents of the Theological Seminary, and a paper asking for the establishment in the Seminary of 'a Department of Civil Government in its relation to the Kingdom of Christ, and the appointment of Dr. R. C. Wylie to give instruction therein. Respecting Geneva College there was referred to us the Report of the Board of Trustees and the Report of the Board of Corporators. From the Report of the Board of Superintendents of the Theologi- cal Seminary we learn that there were fourteen students in attend- ance the past session; that the continued and serious illness of Prof. D. B. Wilson prevented him fi'om being present any part of the ses- sion, and that Prof. R. C. Wylie had full charge of the studies in Prof. Wilson's department. Respecting the Seminary your Committee recommends: 1. That Synod has heard with profound sorrow of the prolonged affliction of Prof. Wilson, and heartily extends to him our deepest sympathy and assurance of our fervent supplication to the Father of mercies to grant him renewed health and strength and all covenant blessings. 2. That Synod records with great gratification its high sense and appreciation of the hearty consecration and self-denial of such a godly number of the young men of our church, who have devoted themselves to the ministry of Christ in this time when so many more lucrative and inviting callings are open to them in other professions and in the business world. 3. Your Committee while favoring the establishment of a Depart- 110 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE nient in the Seminai-y of Civil Government in its relation to the Kingdom of Christ, feel that it would be unwise in view of the im- paired health of two of the Professors, to impose at present any ad- ditional burdens upon the Faculty. 4. That Dr. T. P. Stevenson and Elders McElhinney and Sterrett be elected their own successors on the Board. 5. That the report of the Board of Superintendents be published in the Minutes of Synod. Respecting the College we recommend: 1. That the Reports of the Trustees and Corporators of the Col- lege be published in the Minutes of Synod. 2. That 2,000 copies of these reports be printed and paid for out of Literary Fund and sent to each congregation for general circulation, at the rate of one copy for each five members. 3. That when these reports are given out to the families in each congregation the pastor, or, in case of a vacant congregation, the elders or deacons urge the need of the College upon the attention of the people, that it may be relieved of the present heavy debt which is the only serious hindrance to Its full prosperity and efficiency. A. J. McFARLAND, J. B. GILMORE, B. M. SHARP, WM. T. PARK, ALEX. McBRIDE, Committee. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF THEO- LOGICAL SEMINARY. The Board of Superintendents of the Theological Seminary would respectfully report: The Board met in Seminary Hall on the morning of April 27 and adjourned on the afternoon of the day following. The members were all present or soon appeared with the exception of David Boyd, whom the infirmities of advanced years prevented attending and Dr. Som- merville, who was necessarily detained at home. Professor Wilson, owing to continued weakness, was unable to be present during any part of the session. The deepest sympathy with him in his affliction was felt and expressed. Professor Wylie, who entered upon the duties of his professorship at the beginning of the session had full charge of the studies in Professor Wilson's de- partment. The names and grades of the students are as follows: Third year — AVilliam Arthur Aikin, Paul Coleman, Josiah Dodds Edgar, David Bruce Elsey, Frank Dean Frazer, Walter Clyde McClurk- in, Elmer Russell, and Owen Foster Thompson. Second year — Howard Gforge McConaughy, and Robert Park. First year — Frank Emmet Allen, Thomas Copeland McKnight, Matthew Steele McMillan and John Milton Rutherford. The attendance of the students upon recitations was most praiso- v.'orthy. There were no interruptions on account of sickness. Six students have an unbroken record for the year. Two of the gradu- ating class did not miss a single recitation during their entire course REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Ill in the Seminary and two others were absent only a single day. Di- plomas were given to the students of the third year and certificates to their respective Presbyteries to the others. Professor George M. Sleethe conducted the department of elo- cution as heretofore. The terms to which Dr. Stevenson, Messrs. McElhinney and Ster- rett were elected have expired. Their successors should be chosen. The Professors, in closing their joint report, add: "We entered upon the year with deep concern because of the new duties and re- sponsibilities before us and we come to the closing exercises with a profound sense of the goodness and faithfulness of our covenant God." We ask for the Seminary fund, $4,000. T. P. STEVENSON, Chairman, J W. SPROULL, Secretary. REPORT OF BOARD OF CORPORATORS OF GENEVA COLLEGE. The Board of Corporators of Geneva College begs leave to report: That the year drawing to a close has been one of prosperity; careful oversight on the part of the Board of Trustees; faithful and efficient work by the faculty, diligent study, and good behaviour on the part of the students. For an extended account of the work, and condition of the Col- lege, we refer Synod, and friends of College to the report of the Board of Trustees, which will be presented by its secretary, the Rev. R. H. Martin. The Board of Corporators endorses the request made by the Board of Trustees that Synod specify $3,000, as the amount to be named for the annual collection. We also request pastors and elders to use diligence in securing from their people the full amount asked for. The Church will kindly bear in mind that the constantly growing demand on the College will have to be met on the part of the friends of the institution with increased liberality. We most earnestly commend our President, Rev. W. H. George, and those assisting him to the sympathy, and co-operation of the members of the Church, and to all others who are interested in Christian Edu- cation. We also commend the Board of Trustees in its effort, to adapt the curriculum of the College, to the needs of our day. We ask parents and the young people of the Church to notice carefully the edu- cational advantages offered in our College; and we solicit for our Church College the patronage which she so richly deserves. The Board of Corporators is saddened by the absence of our former secretary, the Rev. Prof. R. J. George, D. D., who, during all the years of the College's existence at Beaver Falls, has taken such a deep interest in the welfare of the College, and who now feels it necessary to remit this part of his labor for the Church. Your Board has taken the following action, in acquiescing in his desire to be relieved of this part of his public work. This Board desires to place on record a memorial of the service ot the Rev. Dr. R. J. George to Geneva College. He took a prominent part in the invitation which brought the College to its present loca- tion, and in company with Dr. A. M. Milligan secured subscriptions for the money paid for the College building. He has served continu- 112 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE ously on the College Board since 1880, and has been its faithful sec- retary. We regret profoundly his absence from our meeting, and the impaired strength which has impelled him to resign from the Board, and us to accept of his resignation, and we sincerely trust that he may be spared for many years of usefulness in the church. T. P. STEVENSON, President. W. J. COLEMAN, Secretary. REPORT OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CENEVA COLLEGE To the Board of Corporators of Geneva College the Board of Trus- tees of Geneva College Respect^ul!y -eports: Under the favor and blessing of God the College year .'^oon to close, has been a most successful one. The attendance is a-? follows: Literary students 165, students in music 104, in oratorj- 3S, in art 31. The total number of students exclusive of duplications 292, an increase of 57 over last year. The increase is :n the Musical and Literary departments. The increase in the i' iterary department has been due mainly to the number of students A'ho have come in for the Spring term, who are taking largely, though not exclusively, Nor- mal work. The spirit of the school has been excellent. It has been a year of peace and good will, of order and respect for authority. The stu- dents are loyal to the College. On every hand their has been shown a desire to uphold the honor of the institution. There have been no cases of dicipline deserving of the name. The class room work of the student-body has been good. The literary work is an improvement over that of last year. In the annual debate with a sister College, Geneva's representative again came off vic- torious. In the Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contest her standing was iiot high. The health of the students has been exceptionally good. We are thankful to have no .«ad providences, such as those of the past year, to record. The Faculty proper, composed of those teaching in the Literary department, now numbers ten. The entire corps of teachers, including those of the departments of Music, Oratory, Art, and Physical Culture, numbers 18. The work of the Faculty as a whole has been excellent. A number of its members are deserving of special commendation for the marked interest they have taken in the school as a whole, and the work they have done to promote its welfare outside their own departments. The new members of the faculty have done good work, part of them have more than met our expectations. They will all be with us the coming year except one. The departments of Music, Oratory, and Art, have been brought into closer relation to the College. The heads of the departments are elected by the Board. Their assistants are chosen by the heads of the departments, subject to the approval of the Board. The musical department has had a very successful year. Two new members have been added to the faculty of Music: Miss Jean Scott, assistant in Voice and Piano, and Miss Lois Roth instructor in Violin. A College Orchestra was organized the first of the year. A Col- lege Chorus of about 40 members has met weekly .=ince the holidays. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 113 The Board is considering the introduction of Oratory into the regular College course. For the first time there will be graduates this year from the department of Art. The Library under the efficient management of Miss Birdella W^alker, is becoming a more influential factor in the life of the Col- lege. One hundred and fifty new books have been added to it this year. There has been a steadily increasing use of it by the students for the past two years. Throughout the greater part of the year gymnastic classes for young men and young ladies, have been con- ducted regularly in the gymnasium by the Physical Director. Geneva still maintains her reputation for sane, and clean athletics. The religious welfare of the student has been carefully looked af- ter. Chapel exercises are held each morning which the students are reciuired to attend. Evening worship is conducted in the ladies' dormi- tory. The ministerial members of the Faculty take their turn in preaching monthly in the college chapel. A record is reported of the attendance of students upon preaching services on the Sabbath. The student Y. M. C. A. and Y W. C. A. are both in excellent condi- tion. The Sabbath afternoon Bible study of the former is conducted by Dr. Kennedy, of the latter by Miss Birdella Walker. President George has a students' Sabbath school class each Sabbath morning, with a good attendance and interest. A Mission study class meets on Monday evenings. The new Curriculum went into operation at the beginning of the year. It has met with favor by the student body and has been com- mended by educators. The later opening and closing of the College year has proven advantageous. The second term's work is now un- broken, whereas, according to the former date of opening, it was interrupted by the holiday vacation. It has also made possible the attendance of teachers in the public schools of country districts for the Spring term. Thirty-two of these teachers are now in attend- ance. The College has taken over the Summer Normal School, which has been conducted in the College for several summers past, under the management of the County Superintendent of Schools, and will con- duct it. as the Summer session of the College. President George is in charge. An efficient corps of experienced teachers have been em- ployed. While its chief function for a time will necessarily be to give instructions in normal branches, whatever college work is desired will be given. The pushing forward of the College year, the taking over of the Summer School, the introduction of the department of education, are all included in the effort of the management to connect the College more closely with the community, and to make it measure up to the educational demands of the times. A determined effort has been made this year to bring the college more prominently before the public, and make it serve the community in which it is located. President George's dictum is "The College must give if it is to receive." In addition to his class room and administrative work, he has improved every opportunity to bring the College before the public, and make it serve the public, by preaching at State College and other places, by making addresses before young peoples' gatherings, and at High School commencements. The President and Faculty provided for an address on Washing- ton's Birthday, by Dr. Sparks of State College on "Washington the 114 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Citizen." ' An audience of about 500 persons — students, teachers, edu- cators, and prominent citizens of the valley — were present. This ad- dress, with the reception that followed it, brought the College most favorably before the community. If the College funds permitted it, three or four addresses by leading educators of the country would be arranged for each year. President George is deserving of high commendation for the work of the year. In season and out of season, he has labored untiringly for the welfare of the College. He excells as a teacher. He has gained the confidence and respect of the students, and throughout tn^ year has had no difficulty in government. His administrative work has been unusually heavy this year. In his public work he has ren- dered good service to the College. There have been recently received from the estate of William Fer- guson, of the 2nd Philadelphia R. P. congregation, through the gener- osity of his Executor, John A. Richmond, ten engravings, beautifully framed, of famous scenes in Covenantor History. These have been placed in prominent places on the walls of the College building. The College appreciates the gift. The only thing we have to report, that is in any way discouraging, i£ the condition of the finances. The deficit in the College fund Moy 1st, 1909, was $9,622.17. This is $2,900 more than it was one year ago. The receipts of the year are about the same as those of last year. The expenses have been greater. This incrase in expenses is due to an increase in the number of salaried teachers, and to the money expended in providing ijroper equipment for the different depart- ments and in making necessary repairs and improvements on thi? College buildings. We do not believe it possible to lower the ex- penses. The educational standard of the College must be kept up, and the College buildings and surroundings kept in such condition as will commend the College to its patrons. The receipts must be in- creased from $3,000 to $5,000 per year above what they now are. With the co-operation of all interested this can readily be done. The following are the ways in which the board and College management are endeavoring to bring up the receipts: 1. With a view to securing the $15,000 promised by Mr. Carnegie, letters were written to those who have given Endowment notes, ask- ing them to pay off these notes as soon as possible that we may meet the conditions of securing the Carnegie money. In response to these letters about $3,000 have been received, and as much more promised by fall. Further efforts are being made along the same line, and we have prospects of securing the entire $200,000 Endowment fund be- fore another year. 2. The tuition, which has been considerably lower in Geneva than in surrounding Colleges, has been raised five dollars per term. 3. The number of literary students could be increased 50 per- cent with scarcely any increase of expense for their instruction. An aggressive campaign for students throughout the church and in the local community should be undertaken. 4. The annual collection the church takes should be made an of- fering. Twenty-eight hundred dollars were asked for last year. Only $1,053 were contributed. We ask this year for an appropriation of $3,000. 5. The Board is convinced that a canvas should be made for fuds. President George has been authorized to spend as much time as possible this Summer in canvassing the church. A committee REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 115 has been appointed to take whatever further steps are necessary to secure an effective canvass. We ask for the hearty support of the College by the entire church in sending to it her sons and daughters, and in contributing liberally of her means for its support. It is the only College of the church. There is no other College where the youth of the church can receive their college training in a Covenanter atmosphere, and in the as- sociation fo young people of our church. The College has done and is doing for the church more than the church realizes. We ask that parents make sacrifices, if need be, to send their sons and daughters to our own church College, and that those of the church whom God has entrusted with liberal means give of their means to its support. President W. H. George and Dr. R. C. Wylie, President of the Board of Trustees, have been appointed to represent the College be- fore Synod. Respectfully submitted, R. C. WYLIE, President. R. H. MARTIN, Secretary, The Committee on Discipline reported. The report was re- ceived, and taken up item by item for adoption. Item I was adopted. Item 2 was laid on the table tintil next meeting" of Synod. Item 3 was laid on the table until next meeting of Synod, to be the special order of the day for Sattyday morning. Item 4 was laid on the table to entertain a substitute. Moved as a substitute that the Kansas Presbytery be directed to proceed with the ordination of Mr. J. D. Edgar when the For- eign Mission Board shall recommend it. The substitute was adopted. The report was adopted as a whole, and is as follows : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINE. The committee on discipline would respectfully report, that six papers have been referred to us. 1. The memorial from Rochester Presbytery requests an inter- pretation of the resolution adopted at the last meeting of Synod, con- crning the licensing of students of theology at the close of the first term of the seminary course. We recommend the following answer: If the student "at the close of the first term in the seminary has been examined, and has given satisfactorily all the trial pieces required by the law of the church, his licensure is valid and need not be repeated, if he has given these trial pieces only in part, and his examination has not been com- pleted at the time of the first licensure, he ought to be licensed again when all these exercises have been given and sustained. 2. The paper signed by T. H. Acheson and others, asks two ques- tions: lltj MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE First — Is it right for the Believer to marry the unbeliever? Second— Is it right for the Christian minister to perform the mar- riage ceremony for two persons one of whom is a believer and the other not a believer. We recommend the following answer: It is wrong for the believer to marry the avowed unbeliever. "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers." The Christian Minister would be a partaker of their sin in aiding them to form such a sinful compact. There may be occasions when one of the contracting parties is not a professed Christian, yet not an avowed enemy of Christ. In such cases if the party is of good moral character, is in sympathy with the Christian religion, attends, and supports the preaching of the word, it m.ight be admissable for the believer to marry such, and for the Chris- tian Minister to perform the ceremony. Great caution and good judg- ment need to be exercised in such cases. It is most desirable, how- ever, for the welfare of the home, that both the contracting parties be professed and true believers in Christ. 3. The fourth and fifth papers are a memorial from Pittsburg Presbytery, and a resolution offered at this Synod, on the question of ministers of other denominations preaching in our pulpits. Your committee recommend that the action of the Synod of 1877, concerning this question be re-affirmed, and that the attention of pastors and sessions be called to that action. 4. The sixth paper is a request from the Kansas Presbytery for Synod to direct that J. D. Edgar be ordained to the ministry. We recommend that the Kansas Presbytery be directed to pro- ceed with the ordination of Mr. J. D. Edgar when the Foreign Mis- sion Board shall recommend it. Respectfully submitted, R. HARGRAVE, JOHN C. SLATER, D. S. FARTS, T. G. GRAHAM, J. W. CAVAN. J. C. Slater, J. G. McElhinney and Louis Meyer were ex- cused from attendance on the further sessions of the Court. The committee appointed to reply to the reasons of Dissent of J. C. McFeeters and others presented their report. The report of the Committee on National Reform was taken from the table. The condensed report of the Board of Trustees of the Na- tional Reform Association was read by the Correspondins^ Sec- retary of the Association. The report of the Committee on National Reform was adopt- ed as a whole, and is as follows: REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 117 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL REP'ORM. The Committee on National Reform would respectfully report: The Reformed Presbyterian Church has always stood for the sover- eignty of God in every realm, for the mediatorial headship of Jesus Christ over the nations, and for the Word of God as the supreme test of right in civil things. In 1863 the first steps were taken for the organization of the National Reform Association In formulating its first constitution all these principles found expres- sion in it. Soon after the association received the hearty endorse- ment of this Church. Members of this court were nominated and tendered to the association as lecturers to advocate these principles, and money has been annually appropriated for this cause. While the association has in some measure liroadened its scope so as to advocate certain related reforms, such as the advocacy of better Sabbath laws, better laws relating to the marriage relation, and laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, it has never lost sight of its original purpose — the Christian amendment of the constitution of the United Staes. This fact is clearly set forth in the report of the Executive Committee of the Association, which has been put into our hands. This report also shows that the Association has prosecuted its work during the past year in the way of holding conventions, and institutes in various places for the discussion of the principles of Christian civil government, and the advocacy of the various related measures of reform. It is also on the watch tower ready to meet and resists the assaults of the enemies of a Christian State, and has found itself called on to blow the trumpet, and warn the Christian people of the land against the recent assaults of enemies of our Lord- specially the Reformed Jews. The descendants df those who nineteen hundred years ago cried out "Away with Him, away with Him," are now crying out "Away with all that is Christian in civil government." This assault on the Christian institutions of the country affords a fa- vorable opportunity for presenting this cause to the American people. The fact that they appeal to the written constitution of the nation compels the discussion of the religious defect of that instrument. Therefore Resolved 1. That we urge our people, and all the friends of Christian civil government, to hold meetings wherever possible for the discussion of these issues, and to procure and circulate the leaflets of the association in which these issues are carefully discussed. Whereas, there are those in the Church who are criticising the recently granted charter of the National Reform Association, holding that the omission from it of the terms of the Christian amendment is a virtual abandonment of the original purpose of the organization, and Whereas, evidence is found in the report of the Executive Com- mittee that the original constitution, in which this amendment is ex- pressed in all its terms, was adopted at the first meeting under the charter, and Whereas, the Executive Committee explicitly declares in its re- port to Synod that "there never was, and is not now in the National Reform Association any diminution of interest in the fundamental principle of the authority of Christ, as Ruler of nations; there has been no diminution of interest or conviction as to the necessity for a Christian amendment to the Constitution of the United States; there 11^ MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE never has been any intention of departing from this design, and no departure has been made, "therefore Resolved 1. That full faith and credit be given to this declara- tion, and that we bespeak for this Association the earnest prayers, and hearty co-operation of the Church. 2. That while Synod holds that the general statement of the purpose of the corporation contained in the Charter includes the more specific statement contained in the constitution, yet to remove all grounds for criticism, and to unify the Church in the support of this cause, the members of the Executive Committee be urged to secure, if possible, an amendment of the charter that shall read, "The object of this association shall be to maintain and promote the influence of the Christian principles of civil government in our national life." Respectfully submitted, C. D. TRUMBULL, M. M. PIERCE, D. H. ELLIOTT, M. G. EUWER, D. LOVE. ]\I. G. Emver dissenterl from tlie la.st resolution. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. To the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church: By the express request of this Synod the National Reform Associa- tion presents each year a report of its work; and by a standing rule of the Association the members of its Board of Directors who are also members of this church, are a standing committee to prepare this report and to sustain this cause before you. Thes& members have met to- gether and have adopted the following report: The work of this Association for the past year can be stated in a few sentences: 1. Several meetings and conventions have been held with good results.. The Winona Institute and Conference extended over a period of ten days. All these meetings were marked by faithful and earnest advocacy of the principles and measures which the A.=sociation is ap- pointed to maintain. 2. The literature printed and sent out, including your new docu- ments, made up a total of 1,580,000 pages. 3. The Associafion. after long and careful negotiations, secured the services of the Rev. J. S. Martin of this church, as General Super- intendent of its work. His zeal and eflRciency and his devotion to the cause are known to you all. It is at much sacrifice of personal and domestic comfort that he has consented to undertake this work. and he deserves the prayers and the faithful co-operation of all his brethren. 4. The proposed World's Conference was postponed till Septem- ber, 1910. __ 5. One event of great interest during the year was the assault made by the Reformed Jews on Christian institutions of the country. Two representative Jewish bodies joined in declarations maintaining that, from a constitutional point of view, this is not a Christian na- tion; that legal decisions to the effect that have been given by our judges "under the influence of their early religious training and prevail- REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 119 ing public opinion"; that the Bible ought not to be read in the public schools, and that our Sabbath Laws ought to be repealed or modified in the interest of universal liberty. This assault furnishes the finest opportunity we could wish to present the whole National Reform cause before the nation. The National Reform Association preparea a new leaflet discussing the issues raised, including the fact that the appeal of the Jews is made to the written constitution of the nation, and that this instrument contains no evidence of Christian character or purpose, and affords no protection to the Christian institutions of the country. We appeal earnestly for meetings everywhere to dis- cuss these issues. We desire to bear our cordial testimony to the fidelity of the Na- tional Reform Association to the principles on which it was originally founded and to the measures which it was established to advocate. There never was and is not now, in this Association any diminution of interest in the fundamental principle of the authority of Christ as Ruler of Nations; there has been no diminution of interest or convic- tion as to the necessity for a Christian amendment to the constitution of the United States; there never has been any intention of departing from this design and no departure has been made. In the past seven years the National Reform Association has published more than forty new documents, and more than eleven millions of pages in all of docu- ments new and old. In these documents the necessity for a Christian amendment to the constitution of the United States has been constantly presented. Very early in the history of this movement the Associa- tion published three notable documents by Drs. Tdwards, Mcllvaine and Craven. The most incisive of these, that by Dr. Craven on "The Religious Defect of the Constitution of the United States," has within two years been republished by the Association and placed on its list of permanent documents. Two documents bj' Dr. Wylie, published about the same time, one on "The Neglected Half of the Gospel" and another on "The Principles of National Religion,." and still another pamphlet by Dr. J. A. Henderson entitled "Our National Christianity and Fundamental Law," have borne the same testimony. We aim to give the Christian amendment a place on every program and in every series of resolutions. In no single year have these utterances been more explicit or more frequent than in the year just passed. In the Winona addresses of last August it was matter for delighted comment how emphatically Drs. Wishart and Parsons and Carson drove home to the judgment and consciences of their hearers the necessity for a Christian amendment to our fundamental law. So, too, as to the foundation principle,, the authority of Christ over the nations. Through all the early history of this Association we do not recall a single document or a single public address specifically devoted to this subject. Within recent years we have published three documents: "Christ the Ruler of Nations" and "The Relation of Na- tions to Jesus Christ," and "Christ's Government of the Nations," dis- cussing expressly this great theme. Our "Plea for Religion in the Nation," states this doctrine with emphasis among the fundamental principles on which the jilea is based, with reference to the documents In which it is more fully discussed. We have even carried the discus- sion into new fields of thought as in the leaflet on "What Constitutes a Christian Nation," and that on "The Forgiveness of National Sins." The National Reform Association values highly the support which this Church has extended to it, in financial and in other ways, through the whole history of the movement. Allow us to suggest that it is the 120 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE duty of Covenanters as a body of Christian citizens to co-operate with other citizens like minded in bringing- this nation to acknowledge the authority of Jesus Christ. We are not only church members; we are also citizens, and liave the responsibilities of citizens. The church may guide and assist her members in the discharge of their civic duties. This we do in reference to their position of protest and dissent, which is an act of the citizen. This we may also do in reference to their more active work as citizens by encouraging and aiding their co-oper- ation with other Christian citizens in such work as that of the Na- tional Reform Association. Moreover, great advantages for the cause can be gained through such an organization. It is much to have had the endorsement, the in- troduction to the American people, and the active help of such men as Charles Hodge and Archibald Alexander Hodge, his son, of Drs. Jona- than Edwards and J H. Mcllvaine and John T. Pressly and Joseph T- Cooper and Robert Audley Browne and Bishops Simpson and Mcllvaine. It is much to have had the presidency through long years of Justice Strong of the Supreme Court of the United States and Felix R. Brunot. We cannot (jver estimate the self sacrificing labors through many year.s of Dr. Sylvester F. Scovel, the President now of the Association. Finally, we recognize with deep thankfulness that a great multi- tude of the members of the Reformed Presbyterian church love this cause. They would gladly lay down their lives for it if they were called to do so. They count what we have been able to do for it one of the chief glories of this church. The church which has given to this cause the services of such men as James M. Willson and J. R. W. Sloane, A. M. Milligan and David McAllister, will never go back on their illustrious example. We will always rejoice to clasp the hands of true hearted men of sister churches in a united effort to establish in the land we love the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We request for this cause the same appropriation as last year, eight thousand dollars. We have appointed the Rev. J. S. Martin and Mr. R. M. Downie to address the Synod in behalf of the Association. R. C. WYLIE. T. P. STEVENSON, H. H. GEORGE. R. M. DOWNIE, D. C. MARTIN, JOHN A. DODDS, J. S. TIBBY, JAMES S«;OTT, A. B. COPELAND, J. RENWICK WYLIE, W. A. C. BROWN, MRS. H. H. GEORGE, E. A. CROOKS, M. G. EUWER, JAMES S. MARTIN, JAMES A. McATEER, T. H. ACHESON, F. M. WILSON. DISSENT OF J. C. McFEETERS AND OTHERS. We respectfully dissent from the action of Synod in adopting the supplementary report of the Committee on National Reform, be- cause, 1. We regard the adoption of this report as endorsing the state- ment of the purpose of the National Reform Association in the re- cently secured Charter in which there is no proposal, except in an in- direct and remote manner, to secure "such an amendment to the Constitution of the United States as will declare the Nation's obligation to Jesus Christ and its acceptance of the moral laws of the Christian religion, and because. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 121 2. We do not regard the recognition of this object in the Con- stitution as it is now subordinate to the Charter as giving to the Lord Jesus Christ the honor that is His due, or to the Christian Amend- ment the prominence to which it is entitled. J. C. McFEETERS, JOHN W. PRITCHARD, HENRY WALLACE, S. A. S. METHENY, J. M. JOHNSTON, S. J. JOHNSTON, D. C. MATTHEWS, w. J. Mcknight, R. J. G. Mcknight, JAMES T. MITCHELL. H. G. PATTERSON, J. S. THOMPSON, M. A. GAULT, JOHN C. SLATER, JOHN COLEMAN, W. W. CARITHERS, W. J. COLEMAN, D. S. PARIS, ISAIAH PARIS, T. M. SLATER, J G. McILHINNEY, J. M. COLEMAN, J. P. CROZIER, JOHN COPELAND, A. W. HUNTER, JAMES A. TEMPLETON, J. RALSTON WYLIE, G. M. ROBB, T. H. MARTIN, W. G. ROBB. T. D. RUSSELL, J. W. ROSE, A. J. McFARLAND, WM. T. PARK, W. T. K. THOMPSON. ANSWER TO REASONS OF DISSENT. This Synod regards the statement of the purposes of the National Reform Association as set forth in its application for a charter as fully including, as it was certainly intended to include, all necessary amendments to our constitutions, State and National. A charter, however, is not the place for the statement of principles in detail. The Constitution of the Association, moreover, in which this object has hitherto been set forth, has been adopted by the Association under the Charter, and since there is nothing in the Charter which forbids or antagonizes this aim, we cannot admit that the Constitution in this matter is inferior or subordinate to the Charter. The very genius of a Charter, as a legal document granted by the court, requires that it be regarded not as a compelling, but as an enabling or empowering act. T. P. STEVENSON, J. S. MARTIN, Committee. The Board of Control reported, and i.s as follows : The report was received REPORT OP SYNOD'S BOARD OF CONTROL. The Board of Control held three meetings during the year. All business committed to their management was given due attention. Each application for aid was carefully considered, and appropria- tions made in accordance with the best judgment of the Board. Eleven students of theology, five aged ministers, thirteen widows and orphans of deceased ministers were granted aid. 1?2 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE The terms of A. F. Reid and J. S. McGaw, expire this year, and their successors are to be chosen. For the ensuing year we ask the following appropriations: For aged ministers $1,500, widows and orphans of deceased ministers and stu- dents of theology $4,000. J. S. McGAW, Secretary. The Committee on Secret Societies presented their report which had been amended in accordance with Synod's instructions. The report was adopted as a whole, and is as follows : REPOORT ON SECRET SOCIETIES. If ever Satan distinguished himself for cunning knavery, it wa& when he designed, organized and systemized the secret empire. There are a multiplicity of lodges but the system is one. The spirit, the teachings, the practices of the system reveal the purpose to destroy e\ery institution, to make void every command of God, to frustrate the Gospel of Christ, and to rule the world. The plan of conquest is to secretly, aggressively, and persistently work to bring all men, all institutions, and all nations under its domain. Accordingly there is scarcely a department of organized society which is not infested by representatives of the orders. Regardless of what professions, or promises they make, or oaths they take. The lodge oath is above all and demands of them obedience to the lodge's every mandate and a constant secret service "for the good of the order." All outside the order are viewed as "profane" having no rights which the lodge is bound to respect. It is our desire to point out some of the current events which mark the purpose and aggressiveness of this institution.. It has invaded the home, husbands and wives are urged to join the lodge. Secret living destroys mutual confidence, weakens the tie which binds those whom God hath joined together, and divorce fol- lows. The daily papers present a daily record of divorces granted, and the homes thus destroyed. It has invaded the Church. Lodge members are admitted to many churches. As professed Christians they take their vows, and many of them at once begin their secret service of favoritism toward lodge members by managing elections and appointments and thwarting dis- cipline. While at the same time they stultify the testimony of the church by their connection with lodge dances, theatricals, card parties, carousals. Bacchanalian feasts, and traveling on the Sabbath. Not satisfied with this, they carry their system into the body of the church, by organizing fraternities like the "Knights of King Arthur" among the boys of the Sabbath School, and the "Epsilons" in the Ladies' Missionary Societies. , In spite of the fact that the lodges are in many places responsible for a shortage of men in the churches, a low state of spirituality, a depleted treasury and an almost deserted prayer-meeting, many min- isters either through ignorance, cowardice or lack of grace, prostitute their ministry not only by joining, honoring and championing the lodge, but by urging their members to do the same. Balaam has always had a succession. The Religious Education Association is but a sign of the times. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 12S It is manifestly a lodge propaganda, an effort to hoodwink the church, and supplant the religion of Jesus Christ, with a world re- ligion taught by Masonry and other orders. It has invaded our public school system. Greek letter frater- nities have existed for several years in our state universities but have now too been carried into our High schools and graded schools. Dis- closures of the immoralities, and crimes practiced in these fraterni- ties have shocked the moral sense of all thinking people. Decisions of the school boards and courts have prohibited them in most of the city schools, and de.=critaed them as productive of weakened scholar- ship, insubordination, snobbishness, factions, vicious habits, and dis- respect for teachers and fellow students. They defeat the purpose of the public school system and are inimical to the democratic spirit of our republic. Every argument framed against them applies with equal force to all colleg'e fraternities and in the main to all lodges. It has invaded the political life of our nation. When men join secret orders they thereby serve notice upon all men that henceforth they will work in the interests of lodge members. No where is this truth better illustrated than in the sphere of politics. Lodge influence has much to do with the bills that are defeated or enacted in our leg-- islatures, while it is a notorious fact that the shield of lodge "protec- tion" is thrown over many guilty of crime. The lodges have had the audacity to declare that no candidate for office can hope for success without joining the orders. Even Mr. Taft when president-elect felt that he had to accept the special privilege offered to him of being made a Mason "at sight," after living without the lodge for fifty years; while Hon. W. J. Bryan in his fight for the presidency joined a num ber of lodges including the Eagles. But lodge arrogance has reached its climax in America in the recent enactment of the Tennessee legislature which prohibits the ex- posure of the lodge by books and tracts, and the attempt to intro- duce a similar bill into Congress. This is a direct' blow at the rights of free speech and a free press and substantiates the charge that the secret empire is despotic in character, a well defined conspiracy against the republic, and fears nothing so much as the light. It shows that the exposure of the lodge is being, felt, and that the battle has reached a new stage. It has invaded the business world. We are coming into the time foretold in prophecy, when men could neither buy nor sell without the mark of the beast or his image. The grip and the password have much to do with a man's business success in many places. Coercion by violence is the latest approved method of compelling subserviance '^o the mandates of the lodge. Through the year the nation has been astounded and whole communities terrorized by the depredations and cold blooded murders which have been committed in the name of the "Black Hand," the "Night Riders" and the "Labor Unions." The oaths and laws of these orders have been revealed and it is noteworthy that these schools of anarchy, lawlessness and murder bear a striking resemblance to all other lodges, in that they are founded upon absolute secrecy, cruel, blasphemous oaths and sworn protection for the mem- bership. We would offer the following resolutions: 1. That we recommend and endorse the determined effort on the part of educators, school boards, and the courts to abolish all school fraternities. 2. That we urge pastors, sessions, parents, teachers and all who 12 i MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE have the oversight of the youth to exercise vigilance in guarding them against machinations of the lodge now at work in the schools and churches. 3. That we protest most vigorously against any legislation which has for its purpose an attempt to screen the lodges or prohibit their exposure to the world. 4. That in view of the revelations of crime, intrigue and treason against the liberties of our republic which have been fostered and ex- ecuted by the lodge, in our judgment, the time has come when the people of this free country should demand of Congress the recall of all lodge charters, and an act abolishing their legal right of existence in the future. 5. That we hereby record our thanksgiving to God for the pub- lic sentiment which has been aroused, and as a church continue to hold the searchlight of God's Word focused upon this system of dark- ness, and cease not to warn our fellowmen, and our nation of their danger. 6. That we heartily endorse the work of the National Christian Association and recommend it to the liberality of the congregations under our care. J. S. McGAW, J. M. JOHNSON, G. M. ROBB. The Committee on Sustentation and Church Erection re- ported. The report was recommitted for amendment. The Standing" Committee on Temperance reported on special matters referred to them. The report was received, adopted, and is as follows : REPLY TO THE INTER CHURCH TEMPERANCE UNION. As a church we believe that the foundation of all legalized sins in our country is the fatal defect in our national constitution which ignores God, the creator of nations, Jesus Christ, the King of nations, and the law of God, the only true rule of nations, and that no Chris- tian can be loyal to Christ, and swear to support such a constitution, or by ballot ask his official agent to do so. We are ready to unite with you in your campaign of education, and to send a delegate to your convention, but we cannot enter into your federation for the reason that we do not see our way clear to subscribe to that part of your consti- tution which involves political action by the use of the ballot, as this would be inconsitent with the position we assume in the great re- form we seek. REPLY TO ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE. The communication from the Anti-saloon league was referred to us, and we recommend the following answer be returned: The position of this Church is, that a National Constitution should acknowledge Christ, as its King, and his Word as its rule in the set- tlement of all moral questions. While our government continues to forget dod, we do not feel free to enter the arena of politics, and REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 125 so we believe our work will be more effective, if pursued along lines controlled by our Church. W. W. CARITHERS, Chairman. The Committee on Nominations reported. The report was received, and adopted, and is as follows : We nominate the following to compose the Committee to select additional meters of Psalm& to be added to our Psalter: W. J. Cole- man, J. W. Sproull, T. H. Acheson, F. M. Wilson, J. S. Thompson, A. A. Wylie, J. S. Martin, W. J. McKnlght, J. S. Tibby, T. S. Trumbu'l, R A. M. Steel. Respectfully submitted, J. R. WYLIE, A. A. SAMSON, S. C. CONNER, E. F. THOMSON, THOMAS BOGGS. The following resolution was adopted. Resolved, that we reaffirm the action of 1907 in which it was earnestly urged by Synod that our congregations should not make use of any versions of the Psalms in worship except such as have been authorized by the Church. The Committee on Place of Meeting reported that no con- gregation of our church had invited the Synod for next year, and that therefore it is recommended that the invitation to meet at Winona Lake be accepted. The report was adopted, and Winona Lake was chosen as the place for the meeting of the Synod of 1910. The Committee on Order of Business was made the Commit- tee on Arrangements. The Committee on Sustentation and Church Erection report- ed the amendment to their report ordered by Synod. The report v/as adopted as a whole, and is as follows : REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SUSTENTATION AND CHURCH ERECTION. The Committee on Sustentation and Church Erection respectfully reports: The reports of these Boards have been referred to us. In the report on Church Erection several items deserve notice. This Board granted one thousand dollars to Santa Ana Congregation in addition to a like amount given by the Synod. A later request for live hundred dollars, to complete the furnishing of the Church, was also approved, with the understanding that this money should be re- paid by the congregation. 120 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE The congregation at Old Bethel has built a comfortable church and was given one thousand dollars by your Board to free it from debt. We recommend the following: 1. That the grants to these congregations be approved, and that Santa Ana repay the five hundred dollars, according to arrangement with the Board. 2. That J. C. Slater be re-elected to the. Board of Church Erection. 3. That the following appropriations, already ordered by Synod to make up the salaries of pastors, be paid out of the funds of the Sus- ttntation Board: Denver $325; Church Hill $300; Coldenham $250; Lochiel $300; Kansas City $550; Hetherton $350; Slippery Rock $300. Respectfully submitted, J. M. COLEMAN. J. BOGGS DODDS, J. G. McELHINNEY, R. J. WARD, J. C. THOMPSON. REPORT OF BOARD OF SUSTENTATION. The Board of Sustentation would respectfully report that $2,569.43 has been received from bequests, endowments and from congrega- tions during the last year, and was used to make up the salaries of ministers according to the appropriations made by the Synod. Respectfully submitted, J. W. SPROULL, Chairman, W. J. COLEMAN, Secretary. CHURCH ERECTION. Board of Church Erection would respectfully report that the usual meetings, during the year, have been held, and business coming before the Board has received careful consideration. Santa Ana. In report to Synod last year, reference was made to $1,000 appro- priated to, and paid to Santa Ana congregation. Just after Synod, your Board made another appropriation of $1,000 to Santa Ana. This your Board deemed wise because of the necessities of the case. At a meeting of the Board September 24, 1908, another request from Santa Ana, for an additional $500, was considered. This money v/as greatly desired by the congregation to aid them in seating and heating their church. In themselves, they felt financially unable, though heartily willing, to carry the work further. After deliberation, and viewing all the conditions of the case, your Board made an appropriation of $500 for furnishing and heating; but this appropriation was made on the understanding that the con- gregation, when, at some future time, it has become prosperous, shall return this $500 to Church Erection Treasury. Santa Ana congregation, under the care of Rev. Geo. N. Greer, a faithful and energetic pastor, is now enjoying their new house for the worship of God, and the church rejoices with both pastor and people, wishing for them prosperous years in the service of their Saviour aiia God. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 127 For description of Church, see Report of last year. Old Bethel. This congregation, old and tried in the service of the Redeemer, the spiritual Mother of a number of Ministers, and of many Elders and members in other and distant congregations, had worshiped in a build- ing that showed the marks of age, which had, indeed, become almost incapable of standing the strain of storms of more than ordinary sever- ity. The congregation, after sufficient deliberation, determined to erect a new church on the old site. The old building was- razed and ma- terial from it, to the value of about $200, was used. Labor by the members of the congregation, estimated to be worth from $600 to $1,000, was contributed. From outside, contributions, amounting to $372, were received. The church cost $4,404. Of this sum, the congregation raised, among themselves, probably a little over $3,000 in cash sub- scriptions. Making such heroic effort, your Board was glad to come to the aid of this honored congregation, and made an appropriation of $1,000, tho application for which having been duly recommended by the con- gregation. Thus this church, a monument to the grace of God, was com- pleted, with furnace and gasoline plant for lighting, and seated in modern style, without a cent of debt. The auditorium will seat 200. The adjoining Sabbath school room will seat 100 more. A vestibule and Ladies' parlor add to the attractiveness of the church; and the grounds have been graded. Coincident with getting new church, the Old Bethel congregation is getting a new pastor, the Rev. D. C. Matthews, who is to be con- gratulated on entering a field with such delightful surroundings. It will be observed that your Board has not, the past year, received many applications for aid. But suth as came before your Board re- ceived liberal consideration, and the money of the church was forward- ed with the prayer that the Divine blessing would follow it. The Treasurer of the Board, Mr. Walter T. Miller, shows in his report. Receipts from all sources $2,022 14 Balance from last Synod 6,207 35 Total Receipts $8,229 49 Disbursements. To congregations named in this report 3,505 50 On hand at this date $4,723 99 The time for which J. C. Slater was elected to the Board has ex- pired and his place should be filled. Your Board asks that an appropriation of $4,000 be made for the work of the Board. The secretary was appointed to represent this Board on the floor of Synod. Respectfully submitted, F. M. FOSTER, Secretary. W. W. Carithers was appointed to address a letter of sym- patliy to S. R. Wallace, on account of the death of his son : R. C. 128 MIXUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Wylie to address letters of sympathy to W. McLeod George ; T. P. Stevenson to R. J. George, and G. M. Robb to D. B. Wilson, on aconnt of sickness which prevented their attendance upon the Synod. T. H. Acheson was appointed delegate to represent this church in the Inter-Church Temperance Conference. It was resolved to hold a Conference on Testimony Bearing on Thursday evening of the next meeting of Synod, the Committee on Testimony Bearing to arrange the program. The thanks of the Synod were extended to the pastor of the Chicago congregation for his attention to the comfort of the members, to the members of the congregation and the friends who have so kindly entertained us, to the stenographer for her ser- vices, to the precentors who have led the praise service of the Synod, and to the railroads that have granted valuable conces- sions to the members of Synod, special mention being made of the Erie road to whose action it was largely due that any conces- sions were obtained. The time for the next meeting of Synod was fixed for the first Wednesday evening of June at eight o'clock, the Mission Conference to meet on the Tuesday evening precedinp; at 7 :30 o'clock. The Moderator announced the following Standing Com mittees. Secret Societies — G. M. Robb, J. Boggs Dodds, George N. Greer, R. A. Adams and J. W. Cavan. Psalmody — C. A. Edgar, J. M. Wylie, W. T. K. Thompson, John M. Allen and J. R. Cady. Signs of the Times — R. C. Wylie, John Yates, J. M. Foster, Thomas J. Edgar, W. B. Keys. State of Religion— J. W. F. Carlisle, D. O. Jack, D. C. Mathews, J. A. Forsythe, R. J. Ward. Young People's Societies — R. H. Martin, W. Henry George, S. Mc- Naugher, John Copeland, J. W. Wilson. Sabbath — J. C. McFeeters, John Coleman, R. W. Piper, J. E. Dodd-S S. M. Steel. Sabbath Schools— S. E. Greer, W. J. McKnight, W. J. Sanderson, Charles Dougall, A. G. Walkinshaw. Systematic Beneficence — B. M. Sharp, E. L. McKnight, D. H. Elliot*, J. W. M. Hart, Robert McAfee. Devotional Exercises — R. Clark, J. C. Slater, A. A. Wylie, M. G. Euwer, A. P. Donahu. Order of Business^ — J. S. Martin, S. G. Conner, F. M. Wilson. Unfinished Business — The Clerks. The minutes of the evening session were read, corrected and approved. Synod adjourned with prayer by D. S. Faris, the singing of REFORMED PRESBYTERIAX CHURCH 129 the 133 Psalm, and the Benediction by the Moderator, to mei-t at Winona Lake on June i, 1910, at 8 p. m. T. H. ACHESOX, Moderator. T. S. THOMPSON, Clerk. APPENDIX. REPORT OF REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN WOMAN'S ASSOCIATION. To the Moderator and Members of Synod: The Reformed Presbj-terian Women's Association would respect- fully report that the work of the twelfth year in the history of the Aged People's Home, called for twenty-seven meetings — five of the Associa- tion, five of the Board of Directors and seventeen of the Board of Managers. The members have all shown a deep interest in the meetings and in the work connected with the Home. The Corresponding Secretary wrote one hundred forty-nine postals, sixty-four pulpit notices, forty-five letters, notified the Congregational Managers of their appointment, distributed five hundred thirty printed reports and sent an invitation for Donation and Reception Day to all the Congregational Managers, the neighboring Ministers and Staff of Physicians. The committees have been busy looking after, the grounds, the Home and the family in the Home. The grounds around the Home have been graded and sodded, trees pruned and garden made. A sign has been placed over the front porch containing the name of the Home. The family now numbers twenty-three; eight new members hav- ing been admitted during the year, Mrs. Susan Patterson, of New Alex- andria, Pa., March 17, 190S; Miss Margaret Eccles, Miss Annie Eccles and Miss Mattie H. Eccles, of Connellsville, Pa., June 5th, 1908; Miss Sarah Woodside, of Pittsburg, Pa., June 8th, 1908; Miss Nancy Du Shane, of New Alexandria, Pa., July 30, 1908; Mr. James Temple, of Denver,- Colo., November 11th, 1908, and Mrs. Theresa Lawson, of Princeton, Ind., December 11th, 1908. One was removed by death, Miss Louise Woolston, Dec. 10, 1908. Sabbath services have been held in the Home as often as possible, twenty-five sermons were preached by the students, resident pastors, and visiting ministers. Prayer meetings have been held each week led by the students in turn and a special Thanksgiving service on the evening of Thanksgiving Day conducted by Rev. R. J. George, these meetings have been much enjoyed by the members of the Home and neighbors who met with them. Our Matron, Miss Jamison, has endeared herself to all the mem- bers of the Home and to all engaged in the work of the Home, her cares are heavy and her duties have been many, but they have all been performed in patience. 1:^0 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Miss Martha Love, who was with us for so many years as helper, resigned in -November. Quite a number of the family have been sick during the winter, and some have been very seriously ill, necessitating frequent visits by the Physicians. The following Physicians have been added to the Staff during the year: Dr. P. N. Myers, Dentist, and Drs. Harold J. and Maie S. Dor- rance, Osteopaths. We desire to extend our thanks to the ministers, students, phy- sicians, editors of the Church Papers and friends who have given their time and means to this part of the Lord's work. Three memorial rooms have been furnished since our last report, one by Miss Martha McConnell, one by Mr. John M. Elder and one by Mrs. J. T. Morton. This leaves but one room unfurnished. We are glad to report the following additional members to the As- sociation: Life Director, Mrs. W. M. Hice; Honorary Members, Mrs. Elizabeth Wylie, S. John Wylie, J. Ren Wylie, Brice E. Wylie, William P. Wylie and Mrs. T. C. Sproull; Life Members, Miss Etta Jamison and Lucretia Elizabeth Bond. We are grateful to the church at large for the interest shown in the Aged Peoples' Home by their donations of fruit and money re- ceived on Donation and Reception Day and from time to time, and by the congregational collections which amounted to Five Hundred fifty- two and 29-100 Dollars. We again ask for an appropriation of One Thousand (.$1,000) Dol- lars. The work of the year has been very pleasant and the Lord has blessed us abundantly, and we begin another year trusting in the Giver of every good and perfect gift to supply all our needs. Respectfully submitted, MRS. W. J. WARD, Secretary. p. s. — Since the closing of the Treasurer's Book. 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