The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-11-03
Charleston Presbytery

Net, in regular fall session, at Beech Island,
S. c., on Thursday, October 7th. 1869 The open.
ing sermon was preached by the retiring Modera-
tor, Rev. VIM E. lloggs.
The Rev. Joseph B. Mack was elected Modera
tor, and the Rev. John L. Girardeau, d. D., Tenn
porary Clerk. The Rev. George j. Porter, of the
Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, presented a
letter Of dsmisson from the Presbytery was ex
amined and admitted as member of the Charles.
ton Presbytery.
Letters were received from the Stated Clerk,
Rev. E. Palmer, and Rev. w. Fl. Adams, giving
reasons for absence from this meeting The rea
sons were accepted as satisfactory The Stated
Clerk was directed to call the attention of the min.
listers who had failed to attend this meeting, and
failed also to render reason, to the action taken
at the last meeting upon this subject. E
An application made in behalf of Mr.. T. NJ.
Glen, who has commenced the study of divinity,
referred to a committee. Said committee re
ported that PreSbytery was debarred from making
the recommendation sought, as Mr.. Glen was not
a member of the Presbyterian Church, and was
not present to be received under the care of Pres
bytery. He was, however, recommended to unite
with the Lexington church, and make application
to the Assembly Committee of Education through
that church.
The pastoral relation between the Rev. Joseph
B. Mack and Zion church, Charleston, was dis
solved, ana Une proceedings OF tne congregational
meeting of that church ordered to be spread upon
the minutes of Presbytery. The Rev. Joseph
Mack signifed his acceptance Of the call to labor
as evangelist in the lower field of Presbytery.
The subject OF our vacant churches occupied
much of the time and thought of this meeting
The final determination reached, was to divide our
whole evangelistic field into three parts and en-
ploy three evangelists. The lower field upon
which brother Mack enters) consists of the vacant
churches on the line Of the Savannah Railroad and
on the Sea Islands; the Orangeburg field includes
the churches OF Orangeburg, Summerville, and
the Midway station; the Aiken field embraces the
churches of Aiken, Barnwell, and Beech Island.
The salary of the evangelist of the lower field is to
be $500; that OF each of the others 81, 200.
An auxiliary committee of Domestic Missions
was appointed-Rev. W. L. Boggs Rev. DR.,
Howe, and elder w. j. Duffe-with special refer
ence to the Aiken field, and brother Duffie was re-
auested to act as Treasurer.
Presbytery recommended that the churches ap-
proprate at least half of their Sabbath collections
during the present emergency, to the cause of Do
nestle Missions, excepting the collections taken up
on the days appointed by the General Assembly
and the communion Sabbaths.
The Committee on the Minutes Of the General
Assembly called the attention of Presbytery to the
action Of the Assembly, declaring it an infraction
of our standards for of our ministers to become
permanent supply Of a church of another demon
nation The matter was referred to a committee,
upon whose recommendation Presbytery called the
attention Of the ministers of this Presbytery, whom