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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
BOTH SIDES HEARD
ON PRESBYTERIAN
UNION PROPOSAL
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Miami Layman Speaks
ta giving. This upset would be | churches the united missionary pro
probable, Mr. Keyes argued, be-! gram would probably follow the
cause of upsetting the definite plac- j Northern policy of turning person-
ing of local responsibility in the nel §yer to the national churches,
deacons. *— _—- Incorporating the missionaries into
4) It would bring outside fbrces- thffl national ecclesiastical strucure.
into play in the matter of taking Turning to the question of doc-
offerings. Mr. Keyes recalled the^rinal soundness, Mr. Keyes called
formation of an independent mis- 1 the Northern churgh “far more lib-
sion board by people in the North- j eral in theology than the Southern.
In Opposition and Says ern church Who felt they could not He traced some recent history of
r r c*. J T | 7 in Sood conscience continue to sup- the Northern church, recalling the
Lhurch Manas I0 L0S6. port their own mission program be- fact that 1,260 ministers signed an
Columbia Lavman En- cause of the inroads of modernism.• affirmation calling into question
ni D These conscientious objectors were the historical Presbyterian position
dorses Plan ^O Promote cast out of the denomination and on the inerrancy of the Scriptures,
their church property taken from the Virgin Birth, diety, atonement
'them, he added. A similar fate; end bodily resurrection of Christ.
migh{ await some Southern Pres Many of the signers have been ele-
Thc Presbyterian issue of churen byterians who might disagree with'rated to positions of leadership and
union was presented'Monday e\ e- t be authorities on where to spend (some have served as moderators of
mng at the f irst Presbyterian m0 ney, he implied. the Northern General Assembly,
church here. The meeting was, 5) Jt would bring about a dang _ Mr . Keyes added that his friends
sponsored by a g^P ° f erous concentration of authority bv in the Northern church say the lib-
nan laymen in ! setting) up a general council with^rals are still in control of the de-
Presbytery to afford an opportunit power ; to overruIe boards and ag<?n _ nomination. He raised a speOial
to learn more about the P^ ! cies and intervene in local affairs.! ° b j ectl0n l to the omission, in the
uniting the Southern and Northern ]n the Northern church) already I P lan of union, of the requirement
Presbyterian churches .t^ ^ highly centralized, the authorities 1 | ha t a minster report to his pres-
pJan to be pressed to the generaj frequently use their powers in a |bytery any change in his views on
UUI 3C3 I lu ll l vi
Spiritual Unity.
assemWiesof the three | “dictatorial manner” and do not al-
w Ur h h T^hf nr^ dpd g ’ L y jways manifest Christian love and
Hugh Jacobs, pre. d. restraint in dealing with dissenters.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
tv** q . ,.fi 1 Take notice that on the 12th dayi
Dr _ J< ? l j n J 1- Pr ^!.° n, vi r 1 ^ a p As for foreign missions Mf.«Uf November, 1953, I will render a
p R ,hl.nnH rnuntv health de-, Keyes quoted at kngth from a ]et .l ..I
ter written by Dr. C. Darby Ful
ton, executive secretary of the
Southern church’s foreign board, in
the Richland county health de
partment, spoke in favor of union.
He explained the plan proposed and
urged all church members to study
it carefully when sent down to the
Presbyteries. He stated he favors
union since the doctrinal standards
of the three churches are very
similar, that governments of the
Northern and Southern churches
are similar in that all use repre
sentative forms with elders, dea
cons and trustees serving as church
officers.
The plan, the speaker said, will
prevent an over-lapping in the
home and foreign mission fields,
will heal the breach brought about
by the Civil War, will give a larg
er field of opportunity for capable
people in the church, and that such
a move would be following the
new trend in modern business for
essential doctrines.
final account of my acts and doings;
as Administratrix of the estate of
William Robert Bobo, in the office i
of the Judge of Probate of Laurens
which Doctor Fulton saw only one I CO unty, at 10 o’clock, a. m., and on
constructive aspect to the proposed the same day will apply for a final
union, insofar as its probable effect i discharge from my trust as Admin-
on missions is concerned, and fore- j istratrix.
saw a large number of major policy i Any person indebted to said es-
changes, all of them bad. i tate is notified and required to
The one constructive side would, make payment on or before that,
be the fact that a united worki^g^; an< j a ji persons having claims
would represent a larger number of against said estate will present them
fields and give Southern Presby- on or before said date, duly proven,
terians a broader view of the world j or be forever barred,
enterprise. w
On the destructive side would be
more autocratic and centralized di
rection of field programs, less per
sonal relation between board and
missionaries, a i lessening support
for the Southep church’s present
i work, less emphasis on soundness
uniting and tb» ^ZcS^TSSSS^, to Th e ''“ap'
of the church. The rea mission j pointment of missionaries and most
AGNES BOBO,
Administratrix,
Rt. 1, Clinton, S. C.
Sept. 14, 1953 4c-w-8
TQE CHRONICLE
“The Paper Everybody Reads”
of the church, he said, is not to
promote the Southern Presbyterian
church, but the Kingdom of God.
Spiritual unity, Dr. Preston said,
would lead to the desire for organic
union in accord with Christ’s Pray
er in John 17:20-22 and the exam
ple of Paul’s work in the early
church. It would furnish a fine ex
ample of unity, forgiveness and fel-'
lowship. Northern and Southern
churches were one for 150 years, he
said, and the adoption of the pro
posed plan would be reunion in a
united church.
Kenneth S. Keyes, layman and
business man of Miami, Fla., pre- 1
sented arguments in opposition to
the plan of union. The great need
of the church today, he said, is not
organic union, but complete sur
render of time and talent and all
that we possess to Jesus Christ, so
that unity of spirit will prevail de
spite diverse forms of government
and practices of worship. He voic
ed his opposition to the proposed
plan of three Presbyterian bodies
on the ground that the Southern
church is doing a better job in ev
ery way than the Northern body
and has much to lose and practical-;
ly nothing to gain in such a union. |
For many years Mr. Keyes has
criss-crossed the South and travel-j
ed in many other parts of the na
tion as a speaker on stewardship.
He brought to his subject a broad
fund of personal experiences and
close research, illustrating his talk
with charts comparing the work,!
growth and benevolences of the
two churches. His charts showed;
the Southern church outgrowing j
and outgiving the Northern branch.
Mr. Keyes began by saying that
the union issue is not in any sense j
a struggle between the North and
the South, but he used the familiar!
terms Southern and Northern as he 1
referred to the two principal church
bodies in question in preference to
their technical names (Presbyte
rian Church in the United States,!
and Presbyterian Church in thei
USA). In home and foreign mis-;
sions, although the results are not|
specifically spelled out, Mr. Keyes ;
said the union would probably spell
the end of local autonomy in use of
home mission funds and change the
entire philosophy of foreign mis-
s i o n a r y operations, conforming
both to practices prevailing in the
Northern church which, in 1952
voted down a request to have the
centralized home mission board
consult a local presbytery before
disposing of property within its
boundaries.
Here, in substance, are the main
points of Mr. Keyes’ arguments:
If the union goes through, the
cause of Christ will suffer immeas
urable harm. The plan of union, as
it now stands, would set up an en- 1
tirely different type of church or
ganization—in the following re
spects: »
1) It would take away from the
local church its control over its
property and its freedom to sell,
mortgage or trade it without hav
ing to ask permision from some
church court. Instead, it -would
vest control in trustees under the
control of the presbytery.
fj2) It would reduce the authority
off ruling elders and increase the
authority of ministers, breaking the
traditional parity* of powers of
ruling and teaching elders in the
Southern church.
3) It would provide for the possi
ble replacement of boards of dea
cons as the leaders of stewardship
and finance in the churches, prob
ably upsetting the Southern
church’s enviable place as the lead
ing large denomination in per capi-
important of all, a basic change in
policy with respect to the relation
of missions to the naional church
es. Insead of insisting on complete
self-support and self-government
with no participation of mission-!
aries in the affairs of the national!
Dr. Felder Smith
OPTOMETRIST
Laurens, S. C.
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