The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-04-29

The churches Of DemopoEs and Livingston
Obtained leave to employ the Rev j. W Phil.
lips as their stated supply for the next six
months
The Rev. r. B. White, D. D., and ruling
elder Jonathan Bliss were elected Commis-
sioners TO the General Assembly, aud the Rev.
S j. Bingham and ruling elder T. A. Taylor
We're elected their alteruates.
Pleasant Ridge church was chosen as the
place for the next stated meeting OF Presby-
terry and Thursday before the last Sabbath OF
September at II O'clock fixed as the time.
1t was also agreed to hold an adjourned
meeting of Presbytery mt Clinton on Thursday
before the last Sabbath Of May at I o clock
p NJ, to ordain and install Mr.. w. b. Bing-
ham, upon a call from Ebenezer church, IT
The Rev. A. NJ. Watson was dismissed, at
his own request, to join the PreSbytery Of
Memphis.
The Committee of Education reported the
progress in study of our three candidates for
the ministry, and their pressing need of funds,
and it was ordered that collections be taken up
in all our churches in aid OF this cause as soon
as practicable
The Presbytery repeated the recommends
ton of our Synod and Of the General Assem-
BY that all our churches adopt the plan OF
weekly collections on the Sabbath for benevO-
lent objects and urged the subject upon their
attention.
The following resolution was adopted:
That PTeSbytery recognizes now as hereto
fore the solemn obligation resting upon the
church to labor for the moral elevation and re-
hgiouS instruction of the OF the eOlOred pOpu
latiOn in our midst-and would as a means TO
this end encourage the establishments of Sab
bath Schools for the instruction OF the young
and urge upon the members of all our church
eS to aid ia this work and service.
PreSbytery also recommend 20 the ladies Of
all our congregations to organise tor the pUr
pose of aiding in the establishment and support
of the Orphans Home Of the Synod Of Ala
bama. Q. \. STILLNIAN, Stated Clerk.
Beaufort, North CarOlina.-Ten or fifteen years
ago Beaufort was open to the Presbyterians
for a church-especially combining il with
MOrehead City, two miles off Even in Go,
possibly "a church might have been established
here. But the occasion seems TO have passed
for any such enterprise The field is occupied,
and well occupied There Is here now an
Episcopal a Baptist and Methodist Church
South The New England CougregatiOnaliSts
are growing in importance; and although they
may never have church at Beaufort, they
will come nearer TO it, probably, than any other
not new represented Ii is town of one Or
two thousand peOple-and truly an oyster
place; CLANS, fish, turtles and the like, are
plenty and cheap.
Sand Refers in North Carolina have been
on the Reef among the natives. More ignor-
ance hardly exists IN any country, than can be
traced out among the inhabitants of the Sand
Reef, on our coast The land is extremely
sterile. Il is almost pure sand. The people
live on FISH. And they can pay little or moth
ing for books or instruction They have grown
up In this style for generations. They know
or feel but little. They comprehend or enjoy
but little | found an old man on the Rect,
who had served in the war of 1872. He is
trembling with age; his voice betrayS tremOr.
He lives In a hut. He sees or hears but little.
He will soon die, yet cannot read | offered
him Bible, bur be said he could not read it.
Who Is 70 blame2 Why has not the church
had him taught. He goes from Christian
country to the final judgment unable to read a
word of the Bible. Y ct he is q very old man.
He served his country at the risk Of his life,
yet it cared nothing for him He lived in
sight Of the church yet it let him live three
score years and ten, and then die illiterate.-
ElOquent addresses are made about the bible
in fifty languages, sent from America to Africa
China, India, Siam, Spain France and dozens
Of other lands, but the old hero is passed BY
almost on the line Of travel of the missionary.
And there are thousands of others like him
on the Sand Reef Of our own State.
Cor. North Carolina Presbyterian.
Sunday Cars in North CarOlna-The lover OF
the Sabbath will be glad TO learn that there
are no Sunday trains on this, the Atlantic &
n @. r. r. This is the case also with the
Raleigh Il CASTOR r. r. aud the Wilmington
& Weldon, and in fact all but the n g. r. Il.
Ii ought to be the case also with every Rail
road in this great country. We had as well
learn it soon as late, for God is teaching US by
a painful experience that he is the God of the
Sabbath and he presideS as well over that day
as over other days, and he will punish the yiO-
later of the fourth commandment as certainly
as the viOlater of the others.
Baton Rough, Lathe Rev. A. r. Graves,
writing to the Presbyterian Lde,C, says: We
have some favorable circumstances attending
this congregation; weekly prayer meeting Is
attended with increasing interest aud numbers,
and the Sabbath attendance improves Also
One man has been received by the session as
candidate for profession of the faith; others
have expressed deep interest in their own sal
walton.