The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1866-10-17


Committee of Education reported three candi
dates for the ministry requiring about 81 ,2Ot
for their support and the churches We're en-
joined to take up collections, and Rev. A. T.
Silhman was appointed to visit as many
churches as convenient and present this cause.
The Committee Of Bills and Oyertures re-
ported the following question and answer and
their report was unanimously adopted: Dues
ton" Is it judiciOus at present to attempt
the secular instruction of the cOlOred people IN
connection with our Sabbath schools?
The Committee recommend the following
reply: This Presbytery repeats its earnest re-
Commentator of Sabbath schools as the most
efficient means of promoting the spiritual good
of our coored people, and inasmueh as ability
TO read the word Of God Is an attainment
most important to this end, we recommend
that teaching them to read should form rea-
sOnable part Of their Sabbath school inStruc-
ton.
Re-. Henry r. Raymond has returned to
church in Marion, Alabama, greatly improved
in health. He expects to devote portion OF
his time TO some classes in the Marion Female
Seminary.
Scoo6a, Knper Co., Nsss The meeting
which commenced on Thursday the 10th Ult
was cont nued for eleven days, and attended
with blessed results. In a recent letter our
correspondent SAYS, there were nineteen per
sons who Joined our Church several others
made a profession of religion, and will join
other branches Of the church militant
Christian O6STra.
ResJytey Of Fayetiegdle, ~ Croliaa.-
Rev. j. T. Mcpherson requested Presbytery
to dissolve the pastoral relation between him
self and Laurel HILL church, and the Tempo
anr III
appear By their Commissioners at the next
regular meeting Of PreSbytery, to show cause,
if any they have, why this request should not
be granted
=, Committee to install Rev. NJ. Mcqueen
Pastor of Union Church, Moore county, the
% Sabbath IN December next-Rev. n Nc
Kay TO preside and preach the sermon; Rev.
g. A. Russell to charge the Pastor, and Rev.
A. n Ferguson the people. To install the
same at Carthage, the lst Sabbath in Deem
Der next-Rev j. NJ. Sherwood to preach the
sermon and preside; Rev. n Mcdonald to
charge the Pastor, and Rev H. A. Monroe
the people.
A committee, consisting of Rev Messrs. I'll.
A. Monroe, Ill. Mclean and Z. Shaw, with
ruling elders Col VIM. Mel. Mckay and DR..
Neil Graham, was appointed to take into CON
sideratiOn the prOpriety of dividing this Pres
said committee TO report at the next regular
sessions of this body.
1t was Resolved, That the attention of our
Churches be, and hereby Is, specially called to
the plan of Systematic Benevolence adopted
by this Presbytery at Its last sessions, and that
the officers of the different Churches be, and
hereby are respectfully requested to give the
plan a fH and far trial, and report the result
to the Tresurer of Presbytery with the least
possible delay.
,. Resolved That Presbytery regard the
cause of Education of permanent importance,
aud commend it especially to the Churches.
Kenneth Mcdonald Angus Mcdonald and
Archd McEadyen were taken under the care
Of Presbytery as candidates for the holy Min
istry.
Mr.. Angus Mcdonald was recommended to
the Committee of Education at Richmond for
the benefit of the Bingham Scholarship. The
Presbytery also obligated itself to sustain Ken
meth Mcdonald and Archibald McEadyen In
their studies preparatory for the Ministry.
AshpOle Church, Robson county, was
chosen as the place of the next regular sessions
of Presbytery, and Thursday before the ID
Sabbath in April 1867, at - NJ, was fixed as
the time.
1Nrcy Drops.-The n. {. Presbyterian says:
We received, Just too late for our last issue,
a very interesting account of a revival In the
Presbyterian Church at Greensboro The
pastor informs US that the work Of grace was
deep aud wide, pervading his congregation aud
the whole community The approach OF this
joyful event was betOkened in the usual man
ner. Large congregations attending upon the
ordinary and stated ministry Of the word,
hushed and solemn expectation, showing the
influence of the Spirit before the manifesto
= e
bic in more striking evidences of power, were
signs of promise to the faithful pastor
PRAYER meetings were held and the whole
church was aroused to the importance OF the
occasion. as evening after evening those
who were anxious about the great salvation
came to be instructed in the way OF HE
About twenty five persons are now lndulglng a
hone that being justified by faith, they have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ
Rec. Ecaada' McNair, of North Carolina
has accepted call to the church at Pine Bluff
Correspondents are requested to address INN
at Pine Bluff
Rer. 4. Wariaq-The Alexandria Gazette
contains a notice of the sudden death OF this
minister who so recently visited our city, and
delivered lectures on the religious condition OF
the eOlored population of Hayti. Mr.. Nanng
was native Of Fredericksburg, Va, and had
been labOring successfully as a Baptist minis
ter i'm Hayti, for more than twenty years, and
had lust been accepted by the Baptist mis-
SiOnary Board of this State as one OF their
missionaries, and his support provided for
Rer. IT. w. E,sEae a colOred minister Of
the Presbyterian Church, and for 90 years
a resident Of Liberia, has been lecturlng m
Iynchburg on the " Condition, Prospects, Cil-
mate and Productions of Liberia
Bishop Earth is still suffering from the eff
feets of his severe accident. He has not been
able to leave his house for several weeks on ac
count of rheumatism in the shoulder, which
was hurt so badly during the summer.
The Bishop is patient and resigned to the
will OF God, and bears his SUttenngs as be-
comes a Christian of long experience and true
faith Redmond Christian 1drocdte.
Tho Church Tlsitor.-Rev. G.. W. Sticknor
has commenced a new paper, devoted to the
interests Of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
20 Christian literature, agriculture and science.
liz Is a handsomely printed quartO, filled with
interesting matter, both original and selected,
and published in New Orleans, No. I'D Storey
Buildings, at 80 90 per annum.
Famh AHjciion.-A heavy domestic atlic-
ton has betallen Bishop Gregg, OF the Epls-
eOpal Diocese of Texas. The cholera has
broken out suddenly at San Antonio, his resi-
dence. and among It's victims is the Bishop S
eldest daughter and her husband They had
but lately been married. BY the ylclSsltudeS
of the war, the Bishop lost hls eldest SON
The two melancholy bereavementS, 1t is stated,
have nearly Frustrated him.
Rec. Dr.. Hughes has recently been appoint
4 a. &c. oF tho n ~ RapfISf NUudgV