Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1993

REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 161Mac Robb served as pastor in these Reformed Presbyterian congregations:Lake Reno RP Church in Glenwood, Minnesota; Cambridge,Mass.; second time at Lake Reno, Glenwood, Minnesota; Syracuse, NewYork; Sharon, Iowa; Kansas City, Missouri.Dr. Robb most capably served our church by laboring with theChristian Amendment Movement from September 1943 as a lobbyist inthe U. S. Congress helping to get the Christian Amendment introduced in1947,1949,1951.On June 16,1933, Dr. Robb was married to Miss Ruth Russell. Theyhad no children.As a long-time friend of Mac Robb, during his youthful days in Kansas,as a roommate in the Seminary, and as a brother in Synod and as a closeChristian friend until his death at the Aged People's Home, I was blessedin getting to visit him at the Home near the time of his finaldeparture.It is perhaps insensitive on this occasion to mention Mac's sense ofhumor, but it was so much a part of his richChristian character that we shallalways remember it. As Rev. Raymond P. Joseph, recent moderator ofSynod, expressed it in his tribute to Mac in the Covenanter Witness:"When Mac spoke, all of Synod paid attention. He possessed that raresense of humor which often had us chuckling, even as it adroitly contributedto the serious issue he was ably espousing."I close with a story of Mac Robb's use of humor. One of our veryearliest lobbying efforts was a call on a Congressman from Kansas. As wepushed our way into his private office Mac reached out to shake hands andsaid: "Congressman, it may well be said of us as it was of those earlyapostles, 'Silver and gold have we none, butwedo have lotsof brass.' TheKansas congressman broke into laughter and welcomed us to present ourrequest. He became one of the first members of Congress to indoduce theChristian Amendment in Congress.REPORT OF THE REFORMATION TRANSLATIONFELLOWSHIPDear Fathers and Brothers,The Reformation Translation FeUowship requests prayer on its behalfjust as the Apostle Paul did of others that "praying at the same time for usas well, that God may open up to us a door for the word" (Col. 4:3). As welook at mainland China and hear the experts' views of what may happenin the future, God may be preparing the way for the door to be wide openby the year 2000. At that time it is estimated that thirty-five percent of the