The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-01
ENENING SESSION,
i:,por. &c Tor the Dlspatch.l
East Hanover esbytery.
First Day.


TIE East Hanover PteShytery met, &C.
r,I.p- 70 adjournment. 81 10 O'Clock A,
II. IN ihe Mackenzie Caurch, Al D;ummouG.
,-nn. tccomac county. Inc opening ser
mon WIS preached hy the moderator, Rev.
J. VI. Woods. from Luke Xvii chapter, 9th
vor-"-" and the Al">tleS said unto the
Lord, Increase our faith.
There were present n the opening session
TIE following members A:
Ein..,rS.-Rcy>. 7. Pryor. ID. D., VIII
u4m Brown. y. D., J. i. Dudley, John
y leg. u. (. Irwin. W. A. Campbell, q.
II. Denny, T. Il. v ood-. j. A. Waddcii,
..-t !. j. Converse.
Evbuj El&,rs.-Coiouel William 2. Mum
fat. Of First Church. Hichm I'd; n. {.
Head. second Church. Richmond; II. Il.
sr~>. Notroway: VIM. II. iappev, Second
,Augen. prter>ourg; II. '. Niemeyer.
Portsmouth; Edward Cunningham, Pow
hlian James q. rlnsley; Pole Green and
salem; pr. +. j. Young. Makcnnie-tcn
ul'i,trr> and eight railing elders.
H,y.j. !. WaddeH was elected modera-
for. AMI Rev. j. u. Dudley and Col. VIM.
J.. MuGiorI temporary clerks.
Tn Rev. A. V, ker, of Philadelphia
Hre>byterv. was present, and was invited
to III a. corresponding member Of Presby-
tery.
The Rev. John Miller. of Petersburg
presented i request for 4 dissolution of bis
pastoral relation to the Second Church,
Petersburg. ana assigned his reasons 70!
lilr request. Nr. Nm. II. Tappey, elder
t"j commissioner from said church. pre-
-yAtcd tAu proceedings OF Il meeting CT thC
.1au@icg,>,iOI, 3ud their resolutions con.
earning III Alr. Mii!cI'S request. These p!.
y,.s have already been before the public,
ana need not be repeated here.
Alter speeches from Dr.. Pryor, Dr.
Blown, and Mr.. Irwin, expressing for
themselves and the I'resbyterr deep regrets
II Eating w.Ih one 30 i;fiihtu! in lrhur and
seq highly esteemed hy ali lis co rrc>byters,
The request OF Mr.. Miller was granted:
ue members ot the Frc>hgtcry were graft
led H. learn lh;t it was Mr.. Nlllcr's pur
uo~c to continue ii connection with this
FreShytcry. though he would reside fol
the time without its bounds.
Rev. VIM. 4. Campbell requested dis.
s"tutlOn Of his pastoral relation to The
P"wl!aian Church, and assigned his. rea
on, tyr Wishing 10 resign his charge. Ht
lated that il this request were granted, ht
would ask / diSmission 10 Montgomery
res .ElcrE. III order 10 accept Il call given
INN by The Church OF Finca>tle.
\ committee. consisting Of Dr.. Brown
ir. Pryor, and MIR, y. c. Read, was az
pointed TO consider Mr.. Campbell 5 request
md report 10 the Presbytery tomorrow al
- o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After recess, Prc>bytery reaSsemb.ed al
8 o'clock.
Reports from the churches were called
i1r and referred 10 the appropriate commit
tees.
Narratives of the state Of religion in The
ihurChc> were read.
The narrative from the Second Church
Richmond, showed Il continued interest ii
that church. More than eighty member:
had been added during the year. The
contributions Of the congregation amounted
10 nearly eleven thousand dollars.
The narrative from Norfolk gave an &C.
count o; q very interesting revival still con.
Nnuing in that church. 4 lrcady siXty-nine
have united with the church. The pastor
Dr. Armstrong. is absent from this meeting
o! Presbytery, owing to the important air,
interesting duties, which claim all his time
and energies, in guiding inquirers to the
saviour.
The churches Of Bethany and HARDWOOD
Also reported interesting rcVlrals during
the past year.
IDc other churches, with two or three
exceptions, were reported as i'll healthtu
rpnttiiOn.