Show PRESBYTERIANS MEET Two Hundred One Forty-One Presbyteries Presbyteries Pres Pies Represented at General Assembly Des Moines la Ta May ay With 16 ith IG With delegates de lle- de- de legates In attendance from roni every par Part of the globe the lie preliminary confer r of oC the thc uS lS general assembly o otho or of ortho tho ho Presbyterian church were hoi hel held toca today and tonight tonIght The first meetings meeting were wore the eleventh annual under the direction of ot the he board hoard o of oC foreign missions and the time conference on omm education under direction of oC th the college board hoor The session will wt hll continue for te ten tenda's days das and will wI deal eal with wih a number o of questions vital vial to the Presbytery o othe of oC the tho United States Proposed union with the Cumberland branch of oC th the church and anti the time possible Injection o of oC discussion of oC the tho Westminster cree cre creed are arc Important topics topic to be considered Tho rho Cumberland branch is the outgrowth outgrowth out out- growth th of the Presbyteries of Ken Kon- lucky tucky and Tennessee Tennesee which a hundred hun huni red years n ago o objected objected to the doctrinal doctrin- doctrin al statement of the lie Westminster confession con con- concerning divine SO and amid human freedom Contest t for The contest for moderator Is to b be settled In tho time le regular ular session which tomorrow 1 Tho l' l retiring retiring- molem moderator ator Is Rev nev J J. J B. B n Moffat of or of Washing Washing- 1 ton on Pa and consequently the west vest I Isaid Is said sid to stand stanl the best chance for tor th the tw new nev official head Five men arc are in iii th thrace the race for tor or the honor They are ame Rev fe A A. B. B Marshall of Minneapolis friends assert h he has the he comman commanding position Rev nev T. T H. H Cleland of Duluth Duluth Du Du- luth Minn Rev J. J A. A Hendy D. D Dof D D. of Jeferson Jefferson la Ta Rev lev J. J M. M 1 Darll Bankley y D D. D. D of oC Detroit and amid Rev nCY Hunter Corbett Corbett Cor Cor- bett bet a distinguished missionary t to toCh Ch China I na A heated contest is looked for over ove overtime 1 0 the time proposed adoption of the time new ne prayer book which Rev Hel Henry Van VanDyke VanDyke VanDyke Dyke has prepared There Is Ig violent opposition to an any chan change e of oC this sor soron sort on Oil the ground that It I Is an attempt to fix lix fx a ritual and amid liturgy on a 0 church which always alway's has conten contended ec for flee free com doni om of worship and that the of ot such a hook book would be a approach to the ritualism of the nomal Roman Rom nom an ami al Catholic church and Labor Lalur unc A plan which undoubtedly will wi be adopted at this assembly is th the minIsterial ministerial min i idea ea for time the the re relief 1 rc- rc I lief lef of oC superannuated s' s Rev J J. J H. H Sutherland of oC Burlington la Ia is the author author of oC the lie plan which provides for the pensioning o of a aged ed ministers minister after aftem the they have outlived their usefulness useful useful- le ness In the pulpit Among other othor Interesting questions to the public generally arc are those thos of or labor and amid divorce It I Is not altogether impossible that a resolution will wI carry prohibiting ministers of the Presbyterian Presbyterian Presby Presby- terian fat faith t hi from remarrying divorced persons Two fw hundred and nl one forty presbyteries presbyteries presby presby- teries cries are arc represented In imm the session Their communicants number 1115 66 The rho Wowan's rowans missionary society bean began began be be- gan an its sessions toda today tolay |