Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1928 - Rparchives.org

REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 133
votes necessary to constitute a majority, forty-eight. The returns
show that sixty sessions have voted for the overture and
five against it.
We recommend that since the majority of all the sessions
in the Church have voted in favor of the overture, the Synod
declare the overture adopted and direct that the chapters in
the overture be inserted in the proper place in the next edition
of the Declaration and Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church of North America.
With regard to the Memorial from the Rehoboth, Pennsylvania,
session, we note that its request has been granted in
the postponement of action by last Synod.
The paper giving the vote of the Pacific Coast Presbytery
did not affect results as the vote of sessions only were counted.
With respect to the Memorial from Ohio Presbytery suggesting
headings of Chapters and sections, we recommend that
these suggestions be held until a new edition of the Testimony
is issued.
With regard to the paper from a member of the Church
in Colorado Presbytery, we recommend that no action be taken.
Respectfully submitted,
W. J. COLEMAN
w. j. Mcknight
j. g. mcelhinney
F. E. ALLEN
A. A. WYLIE
W. A. AIKIN
J. T. Mitchell asked that his T. M. dissent SLATER be recorded
against the adoption of the Overture. m. s. McMillan
M. S. McMillan submitted the report W. of J. the SANDERSON special
committee to confer with 0. F. Thompson W. J. McBURNEY in re data on
lives of missionaries. The report H. was G. adopted PATTERSON and is as
follows:
COMMITTEE ON MISSIONARY DATA
The task assigned your committee was to determine what
missionary data should be compiled with the data bringing the
history of the ministry to date.
In view of the following facts:
I. The purpose for which your special committee was appointed
was to "bring the history of the ministry to date."
II. The overwhelming majority of the missionaries are
never ordained so belong to a different classification.
III. The material bringing the history of the ministry to
date will probably be sufficient to make a sizeable volume.