Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1913 — RENSSELAER WILL GET NEXT MEETING [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER WILL GET NEXT MEETING

Fall Presbytery Will Gonvene in This City—Report of Session at Michigan Oity. Michigan City, Ind., April Rensselaer was last night chosen as the place where the fall sessions of the Logansport presbytery will be held. The spring meeting of the Logansport presbytery was resumed here in the First Presbyterian church with devotional services led by Rev. A. W. Hoffman, of Hammond. Following the reading of the minutes and appointing of stainding committees, nominations were made for commissioners, to represent the presbytery at the general assembly. A splendid report of the board of education was made by Rev. W. C. Logan, of Plymouth, after which the report of the temperance committee, given by Rev. C. H. Kiracofe, Logansport, was adopted and recommendations ordered. During the session a call froni the church at Bourbon was extended to Rev. W. J. Gerlach, who accepted. The report of the home mission board, was very encouraging and showed a large field for more aggressive work. This report was given by Rev. Don* aldson, of Laporte, followed by the report of Treasurer J. C. Vanatta. At 11 o’clock Dr. J. W. Milligan, who is in charge of the hospital for the insane criminals at the prison, gave a very interesting paper on the subject: “What Is a Prison?” The morning, social service was concluded with a splendid paper by Dr. Paul E. Bowers, prison physician, on the subject: “Cause of Crime,”, a study of why 2,600 men went to Indiana state prison, which proved a very instructive study. “ The afternoon session started at 2:30. The request of Rev. H. D| Borley and the congregation of the First Presbyterian church for the dissolution-of Rev. Borley’s pastorate was dismissed to the Flint pfesbytery. John Donaldson, son of Rev. J. B. Donaldson, of Laporte, was received under the care of the presbytery as a candidate for the ministry. The election of delegates and alternates to attend the general assembly at Atlanta, Ga., the middle of May, resulted in the selection of the following delegates: Ministers, Rev. J. C. Arnjentrout, Monticello; Rev. J. B. Donaldson, Laporte; elders, J. C. Vanatta, Brookston, and C. L. Whitcome, Westminister church, Soutty Bend. Alternates, ministers,. Rev. H. B. Hostetter, South Bend; Rev. J. M. Gelston, Valparaiso; elders, F. A. March, Winamac; James Melone, Buffalo. Following the report of. the committee on sessional records, Rev. O. L. Kiplinger, chaplain at the prison, delivered a fine address on the subject: “The Prevention of Crime.”