Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-16

The WHEyIEE CHURCH IKcoMpLErE,-
The following letter. which is taken by Us
from the Fayetteville Presbyterian, will
probably be found to contain some matters
of much interest to the members of the
Presbyterian Church in this city and sec
ton:
This church must be painted, plastered
and underpinned with brick. The sub
scription is insufficient to complete the
| the work. The building materials. for the
most part, were furnished, by Mr.. Robert
Mckenzie, the only ruling. elder of the
| Whiteville Church, from his steam saw
mill. located several miles beyond Florence.
in South Carolina. Mr.. Mckenzie has
been paid in part. His own subscription
was one hundred dollars Mr.. e.. w
/ Williams, of The firm of Williams & Muir
| Gibson. of Wilmington. I learn, paid Mr..
Mckenzie one hundred dollars and Capt.
F. M. Wooten, Conductor on the W..C.
& r. r. r., fifty dollars. Some Others
may be oYer-paid, and there are, / learn
some other subscriptions in Wilmington.
and in the county, yet unpaid.
! Aud before the Preabytery of Whining
ton was formed, the Presbytery of Fayette-
vile recommended ,his enterprise to the
Committee Of Sustentation. And for the
information of the Presbytery of Fayette-
vile, we assure them through your paper
that we have not received "a dollar of that
appropriation made at Goldsboro', in the
! form of O resolution. We are now pre-
| pared to receive that money. We need it,
And the Presbytery of Wilmington last
April, while looking at the timbers Of the
| Whitevi!ie Church, made another dona-
ton of one hundred and fifty dollars in
the form of resolution. The Committee
of Presbvtery, Rev. Fl. L. Singleton, was
to obtain check for this amount for the
! benefit of the WhiteviEe Church. Moth
ing has been heard rom either committee.
| The Trustees gland in great need of this
money TO complete the church. This
church and other churches in TIE Pres
bytery of Wilmington need special atten-
ton at this time. 1t is a critical period in
their history. Eiizabethtown, Beth Car
and mission station of much promise
have all been left destitute by the neglect
| Of one or both Committees of Sustentation.
These churches were supplied by the Rev.
A, McFadyep, now of Monroevile, Ala,
and few dollars to supplement an in
adequate salary would have retained him.
| But these few dollars, from some cause.
were not secured The regulations were
! too stringent or the committees too dilatory,
the Treasury depleted or some other cause.
| McFadyen, after months OF disappointed
expectation, left for another field These
churches arc now vacant, without shep-
herd. McFadyen is great loss to them and
even greater to the Presbytery. He is
eminently good man and most accept
able preacher to all classes. He had the
promise of extensive usefulness in the field
now left destitute by his removal.
AS yet nothing has been done by either
committee for the WhiteviIle Church. /
have time and again brought this subject
to the notice of the committees. The
Presbytery enjoin it. The people of White
vile ask me, twill the Sustentation Com
mittee pay that one hundred and fifty dol
| lars recommended by the Presbytery for
the Whitevile Church ?" It is now Au-
gust and we have heard nothing from eth
er committee on this important subject
If the Treasury is depleted, the committee
ought to say so, and thereby relieve the
Presby tory from their pledge, as far as pos
sible. / hope, however, that the commit
tee will pay the amount promised immedi-
ately H. A. NJ.