The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-04-13
The Pras5ytery Of South Carolina.

; on Thursday, the 7,h inst, at 81 O'Clock.
! Tie opening sermon was preached by the
rev. Or. BUST, from. the 18th verse cf the
! third chapter Of tic first Epistle of Paul to
! Timothy In this discourse Or. Buist treated
ably of the glory and grandeur of the Church
i Of Christ on earth. Christ Himself being the
! only lawgiYer in its organization, govern
ment, SC. After the delivery Of the sermon,
the Prc,bytery was called to order, and open
ed VIII. prayer by The former Moderator
The Rev. 4. A Morse was then unanimously
chosen Moderator, and Rev. K. 4. Mickle,
Temporary Clerk, with Rev. W. Z. Jacobs,
and T. II. Russell as Assistants. The roll of
/! Ministers and Churches Was called by the
Clerk, and about 50 delegates enrolled their
! names. Inc Rev. Messrs. Darby and Cau>
then, of the Methodist, and Hawkins, Of
the Lutheran Churches being present, were
invited TO sit as corresponding membcrs.-
At night the Rev j. O. Lindsay occupied
the pulpit, and preached deeply interesting
sermon, from the text, "Only Believe" The
simplicity and efficacy Of the gospel in the
salvation of sinners, even the most abandoned,
was ably set forth.
On Friday morning, the business Of the
Presbytery was entered upon at Q o'clock.
After the discharge of some routine business,
the special order Of the day was taken up, to
wit: The consideration Of the new Book Of
Church Order. A very animated and inter
esti1g debate sprang up on question invoIv-
ing the Judicial powers of Church Session.
After the decision Of that point awarding to
e;:ch Church Session complete jurisdiction
in the cases Of offences of Church members,
the further consideration of the new Book
proceeded for the most part harmoniously,
and consumed the greater part Of the day.
1t was finally approved as whole.
OnFrday night Rev. Mr.. Latimer preached
Il very logical and eloquent sermon from
Romans, Cd chapter, and Goth TO 2lth
verses inclusive.
Washington ST., Chu'ch (Grcenville.)
was chosen as the place, and Thursday before
tho third Sabbath in October. at half past 7
O'Clock, rs III: time FOR the next meeting Of
prc>bv,crv.
The 7. c$bvtcry WIS called 10 order at Q
O'Clock 4. n Saturday. \ call from Hope
We'll Church for the pastoral services Of the
Rev L. X, Gls gov, was ordered to be
placed in Ills n;iiiil, and was accepted by
the brother. Tic call from FairvicT Church
for the pastoral services Of the Rev. C. B.
Stewart, excited some discussion, but was
placed in his hands, and he was permitted to
retain the call in his hands until the next
session Of rfcshvtcry
Rev r. \. Micklc, of Ncwbcrry c. II
Rev. Dr.. Jno. b. Adgcr, of the Columbia
Theological Seminary, Dr.. Jno. +. Dorroh,
Of Laurcns District, and Col. L. A. Fair, Of
AbbeviIc, were clcc:cd Commissioners to rep
resent this i'reSbytcry in the general Assem-
hly at Louisville, Ky. ...
The thank; of the Prcs5yte:y were rendered
to the MrsSrS Grcneker, for kindly furnish
lug printed abstracts of the proceedings Of
yesterday.
The subject of dividing The Prcshy;ery was
ably discussed by MessrS. Baxter, Fair, Lind
say, Adgcr, and others, and eliciting very
strong opposition, and was finally indefinite
ly postponed.
A very animated discussion sprang up on
the suhjcc: Of Domestic Missions. Dr.. Jno.
B. Adser made very earnest appeal in favor
,F nnDtJnu;pr rho yrnrI- ~ Z r r,is
in his eloquent manner, earnestly pressed The
same point. The discussion was continued
by Mr.. Baxter, Col. Z. 4. Fair, Rev's. Mickle,
Lindsay, and others. The resolution BY DR..
Adscr, favorable TO q continuation Of the
good work was adopted.
Rev. MIR. jacobs offered the following res
olution, which was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That the hearty thank. Of this
Pre>bytery be rendered 10 tho citizens of
Ncwberry, for their noble and generous bos-
pitality, and TO the various Churches for
their kind offer of their Church buildings,
and that the pastor Of Avelcigh Church be
requested to bring the resolution before his
congregation and the other Churches IL such
way as he may think best.
Thanks were also voted to the G. & C.R.R.,
for courtcS;cs received.
The pulpitS Of the various denominations
of this place were kindly rendered to the
rfcSbytcry. 9nd the following appointments
were made for last Sabbath:
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
1ct O'Clock. A. H., REV. A. \. MORSE;
after Sermon Communion; this service intro
duccd by Rev JOHN McLEE$, and closed
by REV. Mr.. GILBERT; 81 P. VI REV. Mn.
PRICE; 7: P. NJ, REV. DIR. ADGER.
Address before Sabbath School, by REV.
Ne. NICHOLSON, at a. NJ.
METHODIST CHURCH.
10: \. NJ REV. W. F. PEARSON; I; P.
" REV. Mr.. YOUNG.
Address before Sabbath School by REV.
ME. REID.
BAPTIST CHURCH
10: O'Clock 4. NJ, REV. Mr.. LINDSAY;
5: =. NJ. Rev Mr.. LAW.
LUTHER CuArLL.
Rev. DR.. BUST
EETH EDEN
REV. Mr. McWHORTEI.
.AFsicAS NJ. T.. CHURCH.
3! clock, T. NJ, EEv. Mr.. RILEY:
y '' ?. M., REV. JOHN McLEES.
And thus. after the ordinary routine Of
concluding the business matters CT Presbytc-
~, ended one Of the most harmonious, de-
lsh,ful meetings ever held by this Body.
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number o., :hiS Magazine is beautiful one,
and breathing of the Spring. Its large,
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