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9 The South Carolina Presbytery.

the recent session of the South Caroline
Presbytery, Wednesday evening.
The opening sermon-in the absence
of Rey.-aV.P. Jacobs, the last Moderator
was preached by Rev. VIM. McWhor
ter, the last Moderator present, from
Luke Is: 7.
Rev. D. Z. Frierson was elected Mod
orator, and Rev. J. S. Young, Assistan
Clerk. AT the time of organization
there were somewhat over forty mem
bers present. The following was adop
ted as, the orders of the day for Thurs
day: -
ist ORDER-To hear the Report of the
Committee, appointed last Fall, to re-
port on the sMatter of Sustentation, a.
referred to the Presbyteries by the last
General Assembly,"
I'd ORDER-To hear the report of EX'
ecutive Committee on Domestic Mis-
sions. -.,
Sd aORDER-To hear DR.. Leighton
Wilson, on the subject of Sustentation
4th ORDER-To hold a Missionary
meeting, on Thursday evening at
o'clock; at which time addresses should
be delivered on the subject of Foreign
Missions, by J. T.. Wilson, D. d., and
Jno. BsTAdger, d. D. Hours of bust
ness, q A, NJ, to S-P. NJ. the last halt
hour to be spent in devotional exercises.
THURSDAY MORNING.
The day~was principally taken up by
earnest and thorough discussion of the
VARIOUS matters belonging to the several
orders: $5g2f5 -
lst ORDER-The report of the Com.
mittee recommended chiefly, a commits.
sion Consisting Of one minister, and
two ruling elders) for each of the fifty
six churches belonging to the Presby'
terry. To each commission a particular
church was assigned to be visited, fol
the purpose of eliciting such informa'
ton respecting the church and the pas
tor as might be profitable to the Pres.
bytery, and ultimately profitable to al
the churches, and to the cause of Christ
at large. The report was considered
serintina, and adopted; but inasmuch, as
the list of commissions could not be pre-
pared earlier the adoption of the report
as q whole was not dGne until the last
days session. CT will furnish, you, for
another column, a complete list OF the
different commissions, and their respec-
tive cha&es.)
,2t ORDER-Report of the Chairman oi
Executive Committee on Domestic Mis-
sions. This report took the usual course
was referred to the standing Commit
tee on Domestic Missions; not, however
without some vigorous debating, re.
specting several points which tine viii
not now permit me to mention.
Sd ORdERADr. J. Leighton Wilson
was heard in behalf of the Executive
Committee of Sustentation Of the Gen
eral Assemly. cannot go into details
The orderof the day'was brought to al
issue, by q motion from Rev. Jas. F
Gilbert: That for the future all of ou
churches be instructed to send all th(
money they may contribute, toward!
either Sustentation or Domestic Mis-
sions, to the central treasury in Colum
bia James Woodrow, Treasurer.) This
motion was referred to the standing
Committee, and subsequently adopted
.Goi44 THURSDAY EVENING.
4th. ORDER-Conferenc on Foreign
Missions. Addresses, able, interesting
and instructive, were delivered to larg'
and appreciativesaudien by. Drs. Viii
son and sAdger A collection was theI
taken up which amounted to $50.
At the opening of this days session
all announcement was made, that th'
editors and proprietors of the AG6eciU'
Medium had sent fifty copies of thei
paper for the use of the Presbytery
This announcement was accompanied
with a motion of thanks, which motion
was Immediately carried. The numbe
of the Medium presented to the Presby
terry, contained, very appropriately, al
article entitled, 1.-The Anglo-Saxon-
Synopsis of DR.. Twins Address before
the Georgia Historical Society. at Sa
vannah, Georgia, February IL, 1872,
extracted from the Chronicle & Sentinel
FRIDAY MORNING.
1sT. ORDER.-The seasonal narrative!
Of the state of religion within til,
bounds of their respective charges
These narratives-some long, some
short, some interesting, some dry, some
pointed, some scattering, some follow
ing the old routine of many years.
should they come from each of all ou
fifty-six- churches, would require
heavy; days. work to read, and thre
days more to digest. But, alas! fo
Presbyterianism, they are barely per
mitted to be read, then perfunctiousl.
referred to the Standing Committee
and there they rest in peace. None
save the most infantile effort, is eve
made to digest thoroughly, as the.
should be, these narratives If tn
Presbytery so ignores them after prepa
ration by the several sessions, is it an,
wonder the sessions so frequently ignor
the authority of the Presbytery, enjoin
ing their preparation. But Imust brini
this point to a close, at least for tn
present. Time is pressing. -
2D. ORDER.-Report of the Standin!
Committee nfDomestic Missions. Th
interest in Domestic Missions. whicl
had been increasing from the first hou
of Presbytery'sorganization, culminate'
in the discussion of this report. Th
third Resolution, referring to the sub
ject of District Conference was stricken
out, involving the striking out OF tina
part Of the report Of the Chairman c
Executive Committee Domestic Mis-
sions, which referred to the same sub
jects Tie second (?J resolution, recon-
intending the approval of the minutes
Executive Committee Domestic Mis-
sions, was also stricken out, in const
quence of the preceding action. Tn
left the entire body of minutes of Exec
utive Committee for the past six months
neither approved nor disapproved b
the Presbytery: seeing the Presbyter
az whole, was prepared neither to al
prove nor to condemn the holding
District Conferences on the basis upo
which those already held had been O
ganized. 5The resolution relating to tt
Sustentation Committee, was substal
tally, that our churches be instructe'
hereafteraosend all the money collecte
on the day appointed. by the Gener
Assembly list. Sabbath in January, :
as soon thereafter as practica6le) to Il