Word: wishart
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Married. Dorothy Wadsworth Yates, daughter of Illinois Congressman Richard Yates (onetime [1901-05] Governor of Illinois); to John Wishart Henderson, Scotsman; in Washington. Present were President & Mrs. Coolidge and many another...
...Church, Manhattan. No evangelical church in the U. S. has a wider reputation. The question of a successor to Dr. Kelman assumes international interest. Three of the last five pastors have been British.* George B. Agnew, committeeman, stated that an American was now desired. Two were mentioned : Charles F. Wishart, of Wooster, O., present moderator of the Presbyterian Church, theologically moderate; Maitland Alexander, of Pittsburgh, dominant fundamentalist. The tradition of the church is said to be fundamentalist. Dr. Kelman, now retiring, is liberally inclined...
...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...
...attitude is shared by Dr. Charles F. Wishart, present Moderator: "I believe an overwhelming majority of Presbyterians are thoroughly loyal to our historical evangelical faith, yet willing to find room for different opinions within reasonable limits." Fundamentalists, led by such men as William Jennings Bryan, "whom in such a conspicuous way God has raised up as a Champion of the Christian faith,"‡ are attempting to force the Moderates to side with them. The "Affirmation" of the ISO ministers is primarily directed at the Moderates-like Drs. Stone and Wishart-to show why they should not side with the Fundamentalists...
...customary to make the defeated candidate Vice Moderator and Chairman of the Committee on Bills and Overtures, which is really the steering committee of the whole Assembly. This post was offered to Mr. Bryan, but he took so long to think it over that Dr. Wishart finally appointed Spencer Chapman, a Philadelphia lawyer. Mr. Bryan refused the chairmanship of the Home Missions Committee, declaring that he 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...