The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-03
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Tho presbytery continued its sessions lii
Mackenzie Church.
The committee to whom was reieITsa the;
application of Rev. ". A. Canpbell ior
dissolution Of his pastoral relations With
pnvhasan Church. and transfer to Mont
So,nery Presbytery, in order to take charge
Of the Fincastle Church, presented a re.
mort, which was adopted, the substance OF
which is First, That the pastoral rela-
tion with Powhatan Church be dissolved:
Second, That the request to be disnlssed
to MONTGOMERY Presbytery be Declined.
Third, That it be recommended to MT.
Campbell to accept proposition from tue
Manchester Church, In connection with
Powhatan. s4
The Committee on Pastoral Support re-
ported that oil the churches OF the Presby.
terv had complied with their engagements
to their pastors, and paid In full the salaries
promised.
prepared for the General Assembly, shows
q prosperous condition of the churches,
with the exception of few of the feebler
ones. Their lsberality Is increasing: the
general state Of piety among the members
is gratifying; pastors have kept up the reg
,,lar services of the house of God; Sabbath
schools are prosecuted with Increased vigor,
and many OF the young have prOfessed faith
in Christ. The extent of territory covered
by some Of the pastoral charges, and an in
adequate number OF ministers for the work
to be done, are the most discouragiDg fea-
lures of the condition of the churches OF
the Presbytery. Several churches already
mentioned in the first days proceedings
have enjoyed revivals. To these may be
added Fredericksburg, the report from
which was presented this morning.
The committees appointed to visit GER
tain churches and consult with them about
an increase Of contributions to their pas
tors salaries made favorable reports from
Nottoway, Powhataa, Pole Green, and
Third Day.
Presbytery resolved to hold its next
stated meeting at Salem Church on Thurs.
day, the 14th day of September, at y
O'Clock NJ.
The Rev. Mr.. Woodson, of the Baptist
Church. and the Rev. Mr.. BledSoe, of the
Methodist Church, were invited to sit as
corresponding members Of Presbytery.
Rev. Theodorick Pryor, D. D., with Rev.
NJ. D. Hoge, D. d., rs alternate, was elect
ed commissioner from this PreSbytery to
the General Assembly also Elder William
H. Tappey, of Petersburg, with Elder FL.
V. Niemeyer, of Portsmouth, as his alter
nate.
Rev. E. T. Baird, D. D., as principal,
with Rev. T. Pryor. D. D., as alternate,
was appointed a delegate to the .Educa-
tioual Convention, to be held by direction
Of the General Assembly in Huntsville,
Ala, on Monday before the session Of the
Assembly. ...... -..
1t was declared to be the sense of this
Presbytery that the question of. establish
ing Church University should be indeti"
nitely postponed.
From the report of the Executive Com
mittee Of Domestic Missions 1t appears that
the work of that committee calls for about
81 900 more than has been contributed to
the cause of sustentation. The Presbytery
not wishing to be under the necessity OF
drawing more from the sustentation fund
than they contribute, request the churches
to raise at once the following amounts,
being about thirty-fve cents per member:
Nottoway, $50; Namozine, 50; Norfolk,
800: Second Petersburg, S44; Grace
street, $3.50; Second Richmond, Slo0 (of
which Sl25 has been paid by the ladies OF
that church); Portsmouth, S3S; Powhatan,
S24: Tabb-Street, S110; First Richmond,
$50; Pole Green and Salem, go (Slnce
paid): Bethlehem. So; HARDWOOD, $50 !;
Olivet. Sl3; Fredericksburg, so; Third
So: Amelia, S31 Brunswick, $40; Holmes.
So (siuce paid).
Manchester Church, organized since the
last meeting, was enrolled.
The following changes in the standing
missionary supplies were made Rev. e;
IT, Rutherford to visit Prince George and
West Ward, Petersburg: Rev. VIM. Brown.
10. D.. Holiness Church Rev. G. A. Arm
strong, D. d., Smithfeld. In view of the
restitution Of their territory, and the ne
cessity for O more strict watch over their
vacant fields, the Presbytery recommended
that its ministers spend at least two Sab
baths and the intervening week in mis-
sionary labor before the fall meeting, and
then report the condition OF their respec-
tive fields in writing, if not present III per-
son. ;,
From the report Oh Sabbath schools it
appears that there are in The Sabbath schools
of the Presbytery 424 teachers ana 2,9l3
scholars.
From the general statistical report these
figures are taken Number OF ministers,
23; churches, 26. COMMITMENTS ADDED on
examination. 21S; on certificate, III; total
number of communicates, 3,O1l. BaptlsniS,
adults, 70; infant, 1919. 10 disabled minis
ters' fund, churches contribute S266; TO
education, 20 churches give S24,O31 TO
suStentation, 21 churches $2,205 to publ
cation, 20 churches give $40; to foreign
missions, 19 churches give 81 81 to mis-
cellaneous objects, $2,03S are contributed !;
to pastors salaries, S22,S8S; to other con-
sresational purposes, S24, 152. These num-
bclS would be increased were amounts IN
cluded from churches that failed to report.
A memorial to the General Assembly was
adopted setting forth the fact that The con-
trioutions Of the church at large Tor the
spread of the Gospel were utterly made
uuate to the wants of the church, calling
attention to the fact that many ndlyidual
members and many churches contribute
nothing, and suggesting pastoral !etter on
this whole subject from the General Assem-
hIy TO the churches under its care, and
Recommendation to all the Presbyterles 10
give the subject special consideration.
Fourth Day.
APRIL 90, 1871.
An overture from the Third Church,
Richmond, asking what course churca
shonld nursue with members selling lntoX-
icating drinks to persons who use it for SELF
INDULGENCE, was referred to commlttee
consisting of Rev. r. 81. Rutherford, Rev.
G, Fl. Denny, and Elder w. Fl. Tappey, to
report ut the next meeting.
The Presbytery took a recess during Ine
morning session for Sabbath-schOcl meet
ing. This meeting was well attended by
the members of the f1ourishing school OF
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