Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-04-21
For the Reporter.
The Presbytery Of Dea Nloines.
Iowa CRY. April -. 1850

The Prssbytery of Des Moines. Iowa, in con
nexion with the General Assembly that meet
in Washington. D. c.. next May, closed its tent
annual meeting this day. its daily sessions an,
religious services having begun on the stb inst
in the Presbyterian Church of this place. Be
sides the usual business Of :he Spring meetin,
Of this body. it appeared from the reports mad.
that two ministers had been permane emily loca
ted. and four churches been newly formed, il
connection with the Presbytery. during the &C
ciesiastical year; and also that no debt or pri
vate lien rests upon any Of the churches repre-
sented at this meeting. So that as Presbyts
~, this body is out Of debt, and in possession Of
some means to aid new congregations in erect
ing houses Of worship, as the result Of church
erection fund raised without any expense to the
body or any deduction from the amount by rea
son of hired agency in its collection A plan
moreover. similar to that of the church erection
fund alluded to. for aiding and endowine ia
some extent acs 'emies. and female seminaries
as we'll as for founding collegiate professor.
ship. was adopted; and a director Of the con.
templated Theological Seminary in the North.
west was chosen. The following extracts from
the minutes of the Presbytery are added, a.
bearing on the relations of this body to the
American Home Missionary Society. and a.
appealing to the older States for further minis
terial laborers.
MEMORIAL ON HOME MISSIONS
TO the Special Committee on Church Exten-
sion. appointed BY the General Assembly of
1851:
The Presbytery of De. Moines feeling deep
y interested in the subject on which you were
appointed to report to the approaching Assem-
bly,. would take the liberty OF making a few
relative to the field occupied by
his body.
]. Owing 10 the small number of ministers
md the extent of our field. we need one man or
more. to explore the various villages and set.
Elements 30 rapidly forming and filling up in
,ur frontier counties,-to gather our members
wherever found. organize them into churches,
md supply them with the means of grace, as
ar as we have the ability. The Presbytery
wish III" cooperation Of the Assembly in s+cu.
ing this object. either through the American
Home Missionary Society. or through some
'ther medium: and that provision be made to
sustain such missionary or missionaries a. may
De employed
2. The Presbytery wish some arrangement tn
DC made with the American Home Missionary
Society, by which they can have the location
II their own members on such fields as the
Presbytery may select. And, also, that ali
between the Society and Pres.
bytery pass directly from the Presbytery or its
committee, to the Executive Committee of the
Society"
APPEAL FOR MORE MINISTER'S.
"The Presbytery of Des Moines, in session
a. Iowa City, Iowa, would most earnestly ap-
peal to the ministers Of the older States, who
may wish . western location. as well as to the
candidates about to graduate from the Theolo-
gical Seminarles. to weigh well the claims of
iowa 40 FIELD OF MINISTERIAL USEFULNESS, in
ss much A. the organization Of new congrega.
tons in our bounds. the last year. renders the
need Of laborers more urgent than before the
recent accession to the ministry Of this body;
and - the healthness of the climate, and the
rapid increase Of population make this State !
desirable region for Permanent settlcment.''
Published BY order Of the Prssbytery.
JOHN D. STRONG. Temporary Clerk.
s. STORRS HOWE. Stated Clerk.