Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1919

138 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THEThe Systematic Beneficence Committee submittedthe following recommendations which were adopted:THE COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE.Would recommend:1.—That in keeping with the forward work to be undertakenby the Church the Committee be authorized to conducta campaign under direction of the General Secretary commensuratewith the call and that the expenses be paid out of theliterary fund.2.—That each Presbytery arrange for a committee tovisit the congregations which are not using the envelopesystem and endeavor to introduce an adequate system offinance.3'.—That Presbyteries, Pastors and congregational officersstress as never before, the matter of stewardship withthe tithe as an acknowledgement thereof, and also the everyMember Canvass.4.—That George A. McKee and J. S. Tibby be electedtheir own successors on the Systematic Beneficence Committee.D. H. ELLIOTT,R. A. Blair,D. C. MATHEWS,JAMES S. TIBBY,GEORGE A. McKEE.The Committee on Foreign Correspondence submitteda letter in answer to the communication ofChue Hon Shang. The Clerk was directed to sign andforward the same.A hearty vote of thanks was extended to the pastorsand members of the Belle Center and UnitedMiami congregations, and to the people of the communityfor their hospitable entertainment of Synod.The Clerk was directed to express the appreciationof the Synod to the Railroad Administration forthe Clergy rates extended to the ministry of ourchurch.The minutes of the evening session were read andapproved.Synod adjourned with prayer by R. W. Piper. The133rd Psalm was sung. The Moderator pronouncedthe benediction and declared the Synod adjourned tomeet in Greeley, Colorado, June 3, 1920, at 11:00 A. M."~F.m7 WILSON, Moderator.D. C. MATHEWS, Clerk.E. A. CROOKS, Asst. Clerk.