Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-12-17

Morrison, q protstioner from the fresby
terry of Root, in the Kingdom Of ireland,
were presented by Carlisle Pre-bJ'ery,and
were sustained by the Synod" And iu
the records Of May a2d. 1888. is the fol.
lowing: "Curlisle Pre.bytery reported
that they have since 'ur last ordained to
the work Of the gospel ministry, Mr. Samuel
Wilson, in the pastoral charge OF Big
Spring congregation and Mr. II. Morrison
in the pastoral charge of Suntary. Mr.
thumberiand Gown and Buffalo VAL J.
Az this repnrt to Synod was made IN May,
1888, i, is probable that he was installed
in the year 1887. the year III which he
Grsi visited them. and the cal! w-s presented
to him. Shortly after his settemen'
there was an election for elders, ali "=l-
ter Clark, John Linn, William irwin.
David Watson, John ReInor AMI Joseph
Allen, were chosen, aud ordained ru''ns
elders. Mes.rs Clark und Allen, some
wears afer removed tn. the West, the
o,he,s c. n,inued to act as elders II. the
Congregation uu,ii their dea'h. Aonu'
the year 1875, Mr.Cl.nsan, IN cider from
Donegal, was added to the Session. II Was
in rhis var that the Prcsbytery of Hunt
iuedom WAS or :auize,l, and :he coagrcga-
.jors IL this Section Of the 5 dit lei !. .1.u
its uounds.
lir. Morrison continued pastor Of ..o
Buffalo congregation until Nov. 1901,
when, after repeated applications of the
people, the pastoral relation was d ssoived,
owing to a difficulty which had ARISEN
more than year before Had temper.nee
societies existed in that day, as now, there
would not have been so much drinking at
weddings, and clergymen would not have
been am,ng the nu.nber charged vi h
drinking TOO freely a, .uch times.
Not loas .tser Mr.. NJ 'rr.s'n left, either
in the yerr 1902 or lS0}, the crnsreg.-
tons of Buffalo, and Washington in Witt,
Deer Valley, were visited by Mr. James
Mlrraw, lcentia,e of the Presbyteiy Of
New as,lc, to whom they gave call,
which he did not accept, having about the
same time received cali from couple q
churches Oh the borders of Mary land.
In the winter of 1904, Mr.. Thos. Hood,
liccntiate Of the New Castle Presbytery,
visited the congregations Of Buffalo aud
Washington, to whom they gave a call
that summer, which he accepted at the f.ll
meeting Of Presbytery, aud was at ti.at
time dismissed to put himself under the
care Of the Huntingdon Presbytery. He
was received by the Pre>byt,ry Of Hunt
ingion, a, Spring Creek, April 10th 1915,
and was ordained and installed Oct. I'd, OF
the same year Soon after Mr.. Hoods
settlement in Buffalo, Th"mss Howard,
Andrew MLenahsn, James MClelland,
and Samuel Templeton, were elected and
ordained ruling elders.
At the next election for elders, some
years after, Thomas Clingan, James Gcd
de,, and Robert Foster were chosen, and
ordained. Aud in 1882, Samu ! Barber,
William Foster, and Robert e. ii. Hayes,
were elected and ordained ruling elders.
In the spring Of 1873, Mr.. Hood com
menced to preach one fourth Of his time
in Miffliuburg, leaving but one fourth to
Washington In 1872, MIR. Hood received
call from the church Of Milton for one
fourth of his time, the portion which he
had given for the four years previous t."
M:fl,nburg, and he was installed in Milt""
in Oct. lSl-. The people Of Milton bad
made application to the Presbytery of
huntington, in the spring nj 1911, {" b.
organized into church, which was no
granted ut that time, and hci..rc the Iext
meeting, the Presby'ery Of N'r'na-:2a
land Was organized, and the application.
was renewed at their first meeting in Oc'.
1911.
As it may be satisfactory to some of
your readers to see the minute Of Synod
organizing the Northumberland Presbytcry
/ ~i,Aii give yoa copy of it in ti.' place
',y Il resolution of the Synod Of Phlii-
de.phia, 4. their sessions at Fhiiadelphia,
My 10, iSll, the request OF i.e Frosty
,ery of Iun insc!ou. 60 be divid BY the
following linc, VAS g:an'ed, Viz. Begin
ming ut the mouth of Mah,ntango cseek,
proc ,eding Nor'hwe,terly course so Il
10 strike the West Branch OF the Susquc-
hanna =, the line which divides Lycomng
and Centre counties, so AZ to leave to the
eastward the following members, viz. the
Rev. Messrs. Asa Danham, John Brys"n,
Isaac Grier, John b. Patterson, and Thos.
Hood, with their respective Charges, to-
re,her with tho vacant congregations OF
Great Island. Pine Creek, and Lycom.ng.
| And it was further resolved, that the