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Show closed tonight with the feeling that J Dr Wm. I j. McEwcn, pastor of the j third rresbyterian church of Titts-burg Titts-burg has made a winning race. His supporters, including many church-leaders, church-leaders, expressed the opinion that Dr. McEwons strength has increased greatly in the last few days, Dr. James Morrisson Barkley of Del mil; Dr. Robert McKenzie of New York; Dr. Edward P. Hill of Chicago, and Dr. Howard A. .lohnson of Colorado Colo-rado Springs are the other candidates, candidat-es, showing strength sufficient to give Dr. McEwcn a close race. Jus- Itlce llarland of the federal supremo court Is frequently mentioned also. Tomorrow at 11 o'clock the retiring retir-ing moderator the Rev. B. P. Fuller-ton, Fuller-ton, of St. Louis, will preach the opening op-ening sermon after which the assembly assemb-ly will proceed to ballot of modera-, tor. A feature of the assembly is the exhibit of the foreign missionary society. so-ciety. This exhibit contains suggestions sugges-tions In every line of mission work. Many notables arrived today, Including In-cluding Dr. J. W. McKean of Siam and Dr. C. H. Lyon of China. Dr. Moffat, president of Washington and Jefferson college Pittsburg, expected ex-pected to make a report as to the advisability of concentrating the adj mlnlstratlve functions of the eight! boards of the church and also as to the advisability of an executive com- mission. PRE-ASSEMBLV ACTIVITIES CLOSED WAY IS NOW PAVED FOR THE PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY Conference of Mission Workers Largely Large-ly Attended Gould Advocates Converts Con-verts as Missionaries. Denver, May 19. An appeal for tho extenion of foreign mission a plea for the sectarian school as against the state university and the wind-up ! of a heated campaign for the office of moderator closed pre-assembly activities ac-tivities today and paved the way for the opening session of the 121st general gen-eral assembly of the Presbyterian church tomorrow. Chancellor Samuel D. McCormlck of Pittsburg University was the exponent of the church school as e sains the non-sectarian Institution. In-stitution. Ho said that the state universities uni-versities were doing the best thc-y could in their limitations, but that they were powerless to give tho youth a proper Christian education. The annual conference of foreign mission workers was largely attend-1 attend-1 ed by missionaries from all' parts of the world. The Rev. J. C. Gould, who represents the church In one of the i semi-civilized sections of east India j eald that the practice or sending low j caste converts as mlsRionarJea among I their own people "was more effective j than that of sending high-caste con-I con-I verts among the low caste, j A feature of the labor gathering at the auditorium on Sunday. The Rev. ' Chas. Steele of New York, fcuperln-! fcuperln-! tendent or church and labor was the-1 the-1 speaker. Governor Shafroth will preside. pre-side. The campaign for moderator |