Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1928 - Rparchives.org
Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1928 - Rparchives.org
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REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 21<br />
STANDING COMMITTEES<br />
Devotional Exercises— Psalmody—<br />
H. G. Patterson R. W. Redpath<br />
W. O. Ferguson Paul D. McCracken<br />
Paul D. White<br />
R. A. Blair<br />
J. T. Hensleigh R. A. M. Steele<br />
J. R. Carson J. B. Forsythe<br />
Signs <strong>of</strong> the Times— Unfinished Business—<br />
J. S. Martin The Clerks<br />
W. T. K. Thompson<br />
E. M. Elsey<br />
R. J. Bole<br />
B. C. Terry<br />
The report <strong>of</strong> the Permanent Committee on International<br />
Relations was read by the Chairman, R. H. Martin,<br />
considered item by item, adopted as a whole, and is<br />
as follows:<br />
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL<br />
RELATIONSHIPS<br />
To the <strong>Synod</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Reformed</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> Church:<br />
In view <strong>of</strong> the extended report by this Committee last year,<br />
covering both the basic Christian principles which should determine<br />
all international relationships and the application <strong>of</strong><br />
these principles to many concrete international problems at that<br />
time before our nation, this report will deal only with a few<br />
<strong>of</strong> the more outstanding and pressing international problems<br />
now before our Government and people.<br />
During the past year, acting as an Ad-interim Committee<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Synod</strong>, members <strong>of</strong> your Committee attended important<br />
meetings in the interest <strong>of</strong> peace. In November, the chairman<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Committee, with representatives <strong>of</strong> other churches, on<br />
invitation <strong>of</strong> the Commission on International Justice and<br />
Goodwill <strong>of</strong> the Federal Council <strong>of</strong> Churches <strong>of</strong> Christ in<br />
America, waited upon the President <strong>of</strong> the United States and<br />
the Secretary <strong>of</strong> State in the interest <strong>of</strong> the movement to outlaw<br />
war. In December, Dr. McCarroll and your Chairman attended<br />
a Conference in New York City in the interest <strong>of</strong> the same<br />
movement called by the above named Commission <strong>of</strong> the Federal<br />
Council <strong>of</strong> Churches. In January Dr. McCarroll attended<br />
the annual meeting <strong>of</strong> the Executive Committee <strong>of</strong> the Federal<br />
Council <strong>of</strong> Churches in Cleveland' at which the question <strong>of</strong><br />
International relationships received marked attention.<br />
We are glad to note a marked improvement in the international<br />
situation over that which obtained one year ago.<br />
The general situation has improved decidedly and in particular<br />
war averted. situations, seemed There such imminent, as is that marked <strong>of</strong> the our evidence threatening relationships that the dangers with many Mexico have forces where been and
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