The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-11-04
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FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Presbytery of Macon.

lHlS IeSDytcIy lucb dJ W. idooi OhuiOI,
Marion county, Ga, October Sth, at 7 p. NJ.
and was opened with prayer and sermon by
the Rev. Dr. David Wills. from Feel. TX: 10.
There were present as members eight minis
tiers and eight ruling elders, larger number
than has ever been present since the organise
ton of the Presbytery two years ago.
Before the election of officers, the Rev. j.
II. Nall was. after examination, received from
the Presbytery of East Alabama.
The Rev. S. s. Gaillard was elected Moder-
ator, and the Rev j. H. Nall temporary clerk
Fort Gaines was chosen As the place, and
Thursday before the second Sabbath in April,
1869, att p. NJ, as the time for the next reg
ular meeting of this Preshytery.
1t was resolved that when Presbytery adj
ourns, it adjourns to meet at Rome during
the sessions of the Synod of Georgia, at the
call Of the Moderator.
The Rev. +. r. Goulding was dismissed to
Join the Presbytery of Cherokee
The pastoral relation between the Rev. VIM.
K. Hall and the Columbus church, was, on
Joint application, dissolved, and the Rev. j.
A. Mcintosh was appointed to preach in said
church, and to declare the pulpit thereof va
cant.
Only four churches in this Presbytery sent
up written narratives on the state Of religion
within their bounds.
The following Executive Committees were
appointed Committee on Publication, Rev.
s. S. Gaillard and elder A. Gamble; Commit
tee on Foreign Missions, Rev D. III. Nall and
elder w. j. Patterson.
Churches were called on for reports as to
the collections for the Theological Seminary
and Foreign Missions, when it appeared that
none had been sent up.
1t was made a standing rule of this Presby-
terry, that Seasonal Records be sent up for re-
view, at each annual or spring session of Pres
bytery.
Ruling elder A. Gamble was appointed Chair
man of the Executive Committee on Educa-
ton, and it was ordered that all the papers
relating to the business of the Committee be
handed over to him.
The Executive Committee on Domestic Mis-
sions made very encouraging report They
reported that the wide and important field
committed to their charge had been cultivated
and gradually developed, in the face of the
internal and external causes which have COM
bned to embarrass their operations and to
tax their faith and patience; that the Rev.
S. S. Gaillard, our evangelist. is laboring with
growing acceptance to the churches, and with
new seals of success to his ministry: that
since the last meeting of this body, he has
preached more than ninety sermons. organised
a number of Bible classes, Sabbath Schools,
and prayer meetings; and that several church
es to which he has ministered have enjoyed
special seasons of refreshing from the Lord ;
that our feeble churches are being gradually
strengthened, and that the knowledge of our
excellent system Of doctrine and polity is
spreading over a wider circle and that our
older and larger pastorates are receiving a
healthful impulse by reason of this evanges
tic agency, which has achieved such glorious
results wherever it has been established and
executed according to the divine appointment
and purpose. That we are constrained to be
lieve that brighter day is beginning to dawn
upon the borders Of our beloved Zion.
A call from the Americas church for the
pastoral labors of the Rev. j. H. Nall, was
placed in his hands by Presbytery, and leave
was granted to him to hold the call for further
consideration, until the next regular meeting
of Presbytery.
A report on the narrative of the state of re-
ligion within our bounds was received and
adopted, and ordered to be forwarded to Synod.
1t was resolved. that the Committee of Do
nestle Missions be directed to devise and re.
port to the next session of Presbytery, plan
by which each of our vacant churches shall be
regularly supplied with the services of min
lister, and by which all the ministers in our
bounds shall be employed.
Mr. William Mckay, a member of the
church at Albany, who has for twenty years
been preaching the gospel in connexion with
the Congregational Church OF England, though
not an ordained minister, was, after the usual
examination on the arts and sciences. ancient
languages and theology, etc., and the delivery
of a trial sermon, licensed to preach the GOSPEL
Presbytery then adjourned, to meet at the
call of the Moderator during the sessions of
the Synod of Georgia
j. LAWRENCE KING, S. Clerk.