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Joseph Wilson Cochran, D.D., Secretary THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON TEMPERANCE. Rev. Ray F. Carter 379 382 383 384 386 386 388 380 Dr. O. T. Logan Rev. Courtenay H. Fenn 391 392 393 324 335 397 398 399 402 404 405 408 Alexander Henry D.D., 410 John F. Hill, D.D., Cor. Secretary.. 413 OUR CHURCH, ITS BOARDS AND OFFICERS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Office, Room 515, Witherspoon Bldg., 1319 Walnut Street, Phila., Pa. Moderator, Rev. John F. Carson, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. Stated Clerk, Rev. William Henry Roberts, D.D., 1319 Walnut Street, Phila., Pa. The Board of Home Missions.-Office, 156 Fifth Ave., N. Y., N. Y. Secretaries, Charles L. Thompson, D.D.. LL.D., John Dixon, D.D., Mr. Joseph Ernest McAfee. Treasurer, Mr. Harvey C. Olin. The Board of Foreign Missions.-Office, 156 Fifth Ave., N. Y., Secretaries, A. Woodruff Halsey, D.D., Mr. Robert E. Speer, Arthur J. Brown, D.D., and Stanley White, D.D. Treasurer, Mr. Dwight H. Day. The Board of Education.-Office, 1319 Walnut Street, Phila., Pa. 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JULY, 1912 The General Assembly HE one hundred and twenty-fourth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., met in the Warren Memorial Church of Louisville, Ky., May 16th at 10.30 a. m. and was opened with a sermon by the moderator, Rev. John F. Carson, D.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., on "The Prophetic Call to the Church," Haggai 1:7, 8. In the devotional exercises prayer was offered by Rev. John MacMillan, D.D., moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland. At the afternoon session Rev. Mark A. Matthews, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Seattle, Washington, was elected moder,ator of the Assembly for the ensuing year and was welcomed to the chair by Rev. Dr. Carson. from the home of Henry Clay at Ashland, Ky.; from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born; from an inkstand used by Supreme Justice John M. Harlan of Kentucky, and from a piece of San Domingo mahogany from the greatest mahogany plant in the United States, located in Louisville, Ky. A second gavel, made of wood of the cedars of Lebanon, was later presented by a group of Syrian missionaries. Elder James Yereance of New York City, was appointed by the moderator, vice-moderator of the Assembly. On the evening of the first day, Thursday, according to rule, the Lord's Supper was celebrated. The ex-moderator, Rev. Dr. Carson, presided. Dr. J. D. MARK ALLISON MATTHEWS, D.D., Burrell of Brooklyn, Moderator of the General Assembly. N. Y., administered the bread and Dr. Edward A. Wicher of the San Francisco Theological Seminary, California, the cup. Elders to distribute emblems were chosen from different parts of the Church. A gavel was presented him by Rev. W. Francis Irwin, D.D., of the Louisville Committee of arrangements. It was made of pieces of wood from old Center College, Danville, Ky.; Advisory Council of Church Extension. At the opening of the second day's session Rev. John MacMillan, D.D., moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, addressed the Assembly and fitting responses were made by both the moderator and stated clerk. Following the election of the standing committees the first business to come before the Assembly was the report of the Advisory Council of Church Extension by its chairman, Rev. W. T. Jaquess, D.D., of Detroit. The Council is constituted, by order of the General Assembly, of one representative from each of the synods except those of Atlantic, Catawba, Canadian, W. T. Jaquess, D.D., Detroit, Mich. East Tennessee and the Philippines, two representatives from the Board of Church Erection, two from the Board of Publication and Sabbath school Work, and three from the Board of Home Missions. Its object is the unifying of all home mission agencies. It had been in session for two days previous to the meeting of the Assembly. The report of the Council was referred in its parts to the appropriate standing committees of the Assembly and later upon their recommendation was approved. The plan of federation for self-supporting synods was ordered sent down to the Home Board and the synods named, for their consideration and action, it being understood that a two-thirds vote of the agencies concerned shall provide for the inauguration of the plan. The plan is given in full under "Home Missions in the Assembly" in this issue of the ASSEMBLY HERALD. NEW SYNODS AND PRESBYTERIES. Three new synods were created by the Assembly. They are: New England, formed of four presbyteries, constituted out of the Presbytery of Boston, and part of West Chester, viz.: Boston, Newburyport, Providence and Connecticut Valley; Arizona, formed of churches in Arizona, now connected with the presbyteries of Phoenix and southern Arizona, Synod of New Mexico, and constituted into three presbyteries; the German Synod of the West, including Waukon, George and Galena Presbyteries. Laramie Presbytery was recommended to be established by the Synod of Colorado, and Southwest Bohemian Presbytery by the Synod of Texas. The consolidation of the Presbyteries of Denton and Fort Worth into one presbytery, Fort Worth, by the Synod of Texas was approved, as also those of Bellefontaine, and Marion, Ohio, into the Presbytery of Marion by the Synod of Ohio. The German Church of Rosemont, Neb., and its pastor Rev. H. H. Ahrens was transferred from Hastings Presbytery to George; the Bohemian Church of Wakoo from Omaha Presbytery to Central West Bohemia. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE. MINISTERS. Dr. F. W. Sneed, D.D., Chairman. David G. Wylie, D.D., J. A. Worden, D.D., D. H. Johnston, D.D., Frank A. Bell, R. D. Scott, O. S. Baum, G. O. Nichols, J. S. Edenburn, D.D., Charles W. Hayes. ELDERS. Harry Anderson, Into the hands of this committee is placed, by the stated clerk, all complaints and appeals. These are examined and if found in order and having basis for action and cannot be adjudicated except through formal trial are recommended to be placed in the hands of the Permanent Judicial Commission. Two such were before the Assembly. F. W. Sneed, D.D. One was a complaint against the Synod of Indiana for nominating trustees to the state board of trustees of the Anti-Saloon League, a non-ecclesiastical body. Inasmuch as this is contrary to the constitution of the Church which forbids synods or councils to conclude or handle anything not ecclesiastical, the complaint was sustained. |