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Word: moderatorship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would be able to carry on his fight against Darwinism better on the Education Committee, of which he is a member. The Moderator of the Assembly has the power of appointing the chairman of the 21 leading committees in the Presbyterian Church-and is a liberal. Aside from the Moderatorship struggle, the most important business to come before the Assembly was Will H. Hays' plan, as Chairman of the Committee on Ministerial Relief and Sustentation, to raise an endowment of $15,000,000 to enable retired ministers to look toward a decent old age. The 10,000 Presbyterian ministers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Dr. Bryan | 5/28/1923 | See Source »

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