The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-21
THE pRESHyTEEY GV uOANOikE.
Rcrni;",! Tor In" y

mi, body nci at tlri,,iansvIllr, Mcsklrn-
Iurl~ county. VA. on the nh instant. and
WI, npruod with Il sermon lv Rev. William
T.. Atkinson, of Charlotte Courthouse :;
After which the Moderator Rev. g. II.
t,ii,n.r. Of Halifax Courthouse, constituted
the rrcshytrrv with PRAYER.
Their. were present altogether during tho
meeting Rev. McSSr.. I. T.. Peck. II. D.;
Alexander Martin. John II. Davis. Thomas
Nlarcy, +. y. W haley, G. H. Gilmrr, Will
lmm II. Matthews. II. K. Laird, William K.
Atkinson, and II. A. Brown and Of ruling
elders. Mr-srS. :. i. BoukprS of tErk--
Vile church Il. II. Watkins, Of l}ricry;
,iudg" ". NJ. Trrdway, Of pit'syNania
Courthouse; Dr. J.. {. NCnahlc. ri WyllcS-
burr: G.. Cunningham, ui Chri Evansville.
i. i. Atkins. Of t;uN,iiun; !. y. schmidt, OF
VILLAGE church: Il. !. Faulkner. vi Sprln.
lIili: John \. Iram". of Blur>tnnr and {.
W. VI bite. uf MrlIrllin--tcn ministers am!
l.n rliing elders: IN unusually small meet
in,. particularly III regard To ruling elders.
Rev. :. raylur Martin, Of West Hanover
I'r.-hvtrrv. and Rev. Mr.. Drew, oi Wyllic>-
burg. ul The English independents, were
present. and were invited Ia sit rs core
.unuIiu" members
Roy. William Il. Atkinson vas chosen
Nndnr,,,r au6 Rev Thnu,s Wlur,v and
= II w.uLius r.c clerks
Reside, lin, ,I,,,,i ,,unI,u, If routine ,,,,,i.
MS, fine rrIoviu,r i,cn,g of General interest
ma, l.. unr,d
A Mr, Martins request Rcy. John :. Wat
L;1~ WA, ,,ut in his uIarr on I'm. tommttcr
al l'>.tuilrttiuu con Arts Sciences and LAM
,s,,,,crS
Al the request of Montgomery prcSby-
t,,y and with the consent Of thr .,n,.r,.,,.
nom. concerned il MIS- resolved +, oy,rr,lr,.
,bp s,nn,l,f yi,yiui, oIr,ust,r1hr rh,rrhr.
If Irr.yillc and Castle traiy in c,mnhlI
comfy. 10 said rr,.h,,cry. the hnrndr,
lin, ~ rum * follows. Bctirniuu NJ link
rrl an ,t.uulou river whrrn thn ro.L,
Mann, tur,n,L. In, n,,..n, ,,,,nd,r,. T,,H
,r,,..nS ,hn e.mr ,hrnrr ,lnnn ,hn ,.;,,nr ~
Nard,. L,.;d"r. Themes hv W,rd.. rand ',r
tie pnt.,lyaIia turnpike. To- its junction witl,
the salem i;rmrikc the prevent boundary,
Kay. William II. Matthews and pulin"
Elder William &. Friend Che latter nv lcI.
teri reported their attendance is commits
~ioncrS to the late General Assembly. and
their fidelity WAS approved
Rev. Alexander Martin, from committee
appointed ut the last stated meeting for that
purpose, reported Il scheme. which WAS
adopted, for increasing the contributions of
orr churches TO The vital cause Of sustenla-
hon, with view better 10 support some OF
The pastors OF our weak churches. ana TO re-
HeNc the Prcshylcry from It's dependence
upon the aid OF other portions Of the Church.
The congregations of the Presbytrry are
asked to consent to an assessment Of seven
yer cent. upon the salaries which they now
pay their ministers for this purpose. This
will he IN average OF about nifty cents from
each comnlulicant; but il carried out, us
mrnlicstly 1t easily can he II all will help ac-
c"Fding to their ablllty, 1t VIII more than
double the ordinary amount heretofore raised
Tor S'l>'entatlon by the lrcsbytcry.
The next stated meeting WAS ordered to
'aNr place ut panfsiic on the E'st cdncsday
vi Apli', 1915.
hc'' A'cNallocr Martlh, from committee
i''.'ou>N appointed, reported pastoral lei
,'i 10 lhe "i'aiches Oh the subject OF infant
'''"'"'' u" 'c''Sr WAS approved ana ORDER
'' " rc l"oi'>''co i'll our religious papers.
In place of the usual oral statements in
4" Tie free conversation on the state OF reli-
-!"n> written narratives" had been re-
HH'rrd for this meeting. Most of the congre-
Satio'N sent in their reports, which were
rad, with additional remarks, and oral re-
Ports from few of the ministers and elders
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