Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-16

THE N wv sYNoD-THREE PREsBYTERI1S ARRANGED
ADJOURNMENT OF THE SYNOD.

THE Nvw SYNOD-THREE PREsBYTERIES ARRANOEI
ADJOURNMENT OF THE SYNOD.
The SYNOD Of Baltimore met according to APP
pointment ~ Central Presbyterian Church las
evening. and was opened with sermon by Rev
r. II. Williams, OF Frederick, Nd, from the tnx
every man, and warming every man, &C."
The regular order OF business was then pro
ceeded with. and after the roll-call, Rev. DR.
John Patton, Of Mddf etown, was elected Moder
orator by reclamation the nomination havinf
been gracefully made b. DR.. Backus' OF BAN
more.
Rev J. p. Carter elected Stated Clerk, and Rey
D. +. Bittenger, Permanent Clerk. MI: u p
McLear, Of this city, and MI. kerr1s Moore
Of Baltimore, were also apo. nted Iemporar.
Clerks. ss sstttt
A Committee of one Minister .snd one eide
from each Presbytery, was appointtN 70 CONSUL
az to new boundaries of Presbyteries.
Synod then adjourned until o'clock TINS morn
ing.
In prayer meeting. The order Of the day, c'2I
the Encouragement of Presbyterial bounds, wa
proceeded with. The following report of the
committee was accepted and adopted
Presbytery Of Rio Janeiro to remain unchang-
ed. All that part of the Synod lying east OF
Chesapeake bay, and Susquehanna river, form
one Presbytery, to be called the New Castle
Presbytery. That Presbytery to meet to effect
its organization Immediately after adjournment
tnlS morning rev. MT. Love TO pTeslue.
The Presbytery Of the District Of Columbia,
Excluding the churches in Baltimore city and in
the counties of Baltimore, Carroll and Howard),
together with the Presbytery Of Potomac, be
consolidated, and known al the Washington City
Presbytery.
The churches n, Baltimore city and in the
counties above named, together with all remain
ing churches Of the Synod, to constitute the
Baltimore Presbytery.
That Presbytery to meet M Central Church,
fy.ll.
ganizaton Rev. Dr., J. 7. Smith to preside.
Washington City Presbytery to meet for the
same purpose in the church at Georgetown, D..
c., June Goth, Rev.J.C. Smyth, ID, to preside.
A judicial committee was appointed to consi-
der legal questions, and provide for their proper
settlement. Rev. DIR. Backus, Judge irving,
Messrs. Small, /. G.. Matthews, and J. T. Nc
Cullough, were appointed.
A Synodical Committee Of five persons WAS also
appointed to take charge Of the interests Of the
Five Million Fund, within this Syuods limits.
The next regular meeting. was appointed for
the second Tuesday of October, at ~ p NJ, in
Central Church, Baltimore.
The Board of Trade, of this city, having invi-
ted the Synod to accompany them on then ex-
ciirsion upon the Christiana and Delaware rivers,
this afternoon, the invitation wan accepted with
thanks.
The utmost harmony and fraternal feeling was
manifested through all the exercises.
The Presbytery now to be known as New
Castle" includes the whole Peninsula. compri-
sihg some forty ministers and about the same
number of churches. The name was adopted
because of the historical interests gathering
about it. The old Presbytery Of New Castle was
the second Presbytery formed in America, dating
from 1917, and having originally covered all the
territory embraced in its newly constituted sue
cessor.
This Presbytery met in the lectmc-ruom after
the adjournment Of Synod and elected Rev. Geo.
s. Kennedy, of Smyrna, Moderator; Rev. John
Crowell, D. D., Of Odessa, Stated Clerk, and Bev;
G.. II. Smyth of this city, Permanent Clerk