Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1929

REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 93country. If as President Hoover has indicated, the crime waveis due to a "subsidence of the foundations" the reorganizationof our law enforcement machinery alone will not solve theproblem. We must get under the situation with an adequateprogram of moral and religious training that will reach all theyouth of the land.The methods by which we undertake to carry forward ourwork we must be ready to adapt to the rapidly changing conditionsof our life. Since the coming of the radio and the movieit is more difficult to secure attendance upon reform lectures,especially on week nights. We need the ingenuity and wisdomof the Old Testament prophets to get a hearing for our message.Nor can we secure financialsupport for this work by themethods of former days alone. The time was when the fundsto carry forward this work could be secured largely from contributionsreceived at meetings at which our speakers gave ourmessage. This can be done no longer. More and more we must getsupport in other ways: by getting on church budgets, by solicitation,by letter, and especially by personal interview with personsof means who will make contributions, not of five and ten dollars,but of hundreds and thousands of dollars. This situation makesour work peculiarly difficult. To meet these changing conditionswe need the wisdom that comes down from above.In view of this situation we especially need the prayers,and the moral and financialsupport of the Reformed PresbyterianChurch. This cause has always been dear to the heartof the Covenanter Church. Never were the message and thework of the Association more needed than today. We believeGod has commissioned this Association to do the work set beforeit, and that it affords the Covenanter Church an agency throughwhich she can reach, with a message dear to her heart, millionsshe would otherwise be unable to reach.We recommend:I. That Synod approves the continued employment of R.H. Martin in the conduct of the work of the Association.II. That the sum of $10,000, the same amount as askedfor last year, be named as a guide to our people in giving tothis cause this year.NATIONAL III. That persons REFORM of means ASSOCIATION—YEAR in our church be recommended ENDING toOCTOBER, give liberally 1928—CASH to this cause. STATEMENTReceiptsIV. That pastors and others be urged to co-operate withtheInterestAssociationon DailyinBalancescarrying forward its program$ 21.54in their communitiesEllis BookwhereverSalespossible.34.55Manual SalesRespectfully submitted,44.53R. H. MARTIN.