The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-06-01
LEE COuNTY. VA

LEE COUNTY, VA
The committee on Bills and Overtures having
had under consideration the overture of the Pres
bytery of Holston of the Synod of Nashville, pray
ing the General Assembly to define the boundary
Of that Synod report as follows:
Whereas The committee have received reliable
information that the county of Lee, in the State
Of Virginia was formerly included in the Synod of
Nashville, and, by mistake, was transferred to
the Synod of Virginia,
ReSolced, That the county of Lee be now restored
to the jurisdiction of the Synod of Nashville
Adopted.
MINUTES OF THE ASSEMBLY.
The committee on Bills and Overtures would
report that they have had under consideration
Overture No. 10, from the Presbytery of Licking
ton, requesting the General Assembly ito inquire
into the expediency of disseminating the separate
publication of the reports of the Committees on
Sustentation, Publication, Foreign Missions, and
Education, and instead thereof of inserting these
reports, or abstracts thereof in the published min
utes Of the General Assembly, and distributing
copies Of the minutes without charge to every min
lister and to tie session of every church, when sent
to one address"
The committee recommend the following answer:
l. That the separate publication of these reports
be lett to the discretion of the committees.
2. That it be recommended to the Presbyteries
to make arrangements for furnishing every minis
ter and the session of every vacant church within
their bounds with copy of the minutes of the
General Assembly; and, in order to encourage the
circulation of these minutes, that the Stated Clerk
be authorized to furnish the minutes at thirty cents
a copy to any Presbytery which shall order twenty
five or more copies. Adopted.
ON OVERTURE NO. IL. i
The committee of Bills &C., have considered
1 IL e Eoek
Hanover, proposing various changes IN the form
of statistical reports; and recommend the adoption
OF the following resolution.
Resolued, That it is inexpedient that any of the
changes proposed be made at present. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. r. II. Fair, DR.. Wilson, was
added to the committee on the report of the trus
tees.
POINT OF ORDER.
DR.. ]. w. Miller, of Texas, rose to point OF
order. He desired to know If it was proper to APP
point persons upon important committees who were
not members of the house.
| The Moderator said it was not but to save the
time of the Assembly the chair had taken the
liberty to so modify the motion as to make it an
swer all ends.
The delegates from the Cumberland and Associ
ate Reformed Presbyterian Churches were received
Their addresses with the replies from the Mod
orator, will be given next week.
THE NEXT PLACE OF MEETING.
Rev. Il. H. Rutherford nominated Richmond,
Va and announced that he had received letters
of invitation from two ministers, whose action in
the premises was doubtless unknown one to the
other. He referred to this as an evidence of the
great desire to have the Assembly in that city next
year. As to the hospitality of the people of Rich
mond he said that he had only to remind the
brethren that it was situated in cod Virginia,
and that it is the social and intellectual center OF
that grand old State.
Dr. T. A. Ross-Mr. Moderator: take the lib
erty to nominate Huntsville, Alabama, and do
this. sir with great respect to the beloved brother
who has nominated Richmond; for may say |
feel as proud of Richmond as he does, feel emo.
tons of as tender nature as he does toward that
grand old land, and | would love to 90 there next
spring and see the remains of that venerable capt.
toll can but feel such emotions when think of
the honors of ''old Virginia, in connection with
that building, now no more. But, sir, we should
be governed by the consideration of those things
likely to do the most good; and, strange as it may
appear to brethren here, Presbyterians can do
more good at Huntsville than at Richmond Grand
as she may be, delightful as her hospitality may
be, think we can equal her in quantity if not in
quality. DR.. Ross then spoke of the beauty of
Huntsville, and concluded as follows:
We were talking just now of the old Scotch
church. We have Scotch elder there that every
body-ev even the High Episcopaians, the Metho-
dists and the Baptsts-says is the best man in the
city He is called old Samuel Coltart, and he has
such love for Brother Converse that l know it
would do him good to take him by the hand
Laughter. Now, with due respect to my brother,
do say can see no c&use for going to Richmond
.Ne.asssSS Slease ea'n Ito. Huntsville Laughter
Rev. SW. Davies nominated Little Rock, Ark.
and supported the nomination in very neat little
speech.
The roll was then called, and when the name of
DIR. Ross was reached he announced that he would
vote for Richmond if Brother Rutherford would
vote for Huntsville which Mr.. Rutherford declined
to do, amid the pleasantly that the proposition
gave rise to.
The first ballot stood; Richmond, 81; Hunts
vile, 46; Little Rock, 5.
Little Rock was then dropped and another bal
lot taken Amid the call of the roll the irrepress-
bic Dr. Ross, whose fund of humor gushes out
spontaneously, rose to speak again of the advan-
tages of Huntsville in comparison with those Of
Richmond, when the Moderator promptly ruled
him out of order but the willy Doctor was not thus
to be cireumvented and, while modestly and polite
" acquiescing in the decision of the chair he an
nounced that he simply desired to say to the As.
sembly that they would find everything at Hunts
vile that they would anywhere else Laughter, |
The call of the roll was then concluded, and the
second ballot stood: Richmond, so Huntsville, 81
Dr. Ross then returned thanks to the Assembly.