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Presbyterian Assembly. Himself an ex-Moderator (1913-14), he found the delegates tremendously excited about the election of a Moderator- Chair man and chief executive of the Church. Among the candidates was Clarence Edward Macartney, 44, of Philadelphia, a bitter-ender, a die hard, a Fundamentalist. Dr. Stone was informed that Presbyterian politicians had packed the Assembly with enough votes to elect Macartney. He was told that the final balance of power had been secured when 18 Negroes were secretly pledged to vote for Macartney. Dr. Stone refused to believe a word of this. Then on the eve of election...
After the sermon of the outgoing Moderator came the elections. Mr. Bryan began: "The world needs the supernatural Christ, of whom the Bible tells, the Jesus whose blood has colored the stream of time." He concluded by saying that the Presbyterian Church needed Dr. Macartney "whose vigilance first detected the insidious attacks on the doctrine of the Presbyterian Church." Dr. Stone began: "Dr. Erdman has no commitments or alignments. His loyalty to the creeds and standards has never been doubted." He concluded: "This is a conference, not a political meeting...
...Macartney was elected, 464-446. He at once appointed die-hards to all the important committee chairmanships. He made Mr. Bryan Vice Moderator. So implacable was the Fundamentalist machine that J. M. T. Finney, eminent surgeon of Johns Hopkins, lost his temper. Clenching his fists, he turned to the Philadelphia delegation saying: "This is Philadelphia ward politics of the worst kind...
...Presbytery of Philadelphia supports Clarence Edward Macartney, Fundamentalist, irreconciliable, implacable enemy of the teaching and preaching of Harry Emerson Fosdick and others...
...present Moderator is Dr. Charles F. Wishart, of Wooster, Ohio, a moderate. William J. Bryan, fundamentalist hero, will again be a delegate to the Assembly, and will support Dr. Macartney...