Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-11
The Washington city Presbytery.

PROCEEDINGS % TIE CLOSING SESSION.
At the afternoon session OF the Washington
City Pre-bytery in the First Church, (4I
street, yesterday, the resignation of Mr.. j. v.
A. Shields, TREASURED. was accepted. aud Mr..
W. II. Tenny was chosen in his place. Mr..
Nourse, from
TIE COMMITTEE ON MISSIONS
submitted a report. In regard to the mission on
9Th street, between and G. northeast, the
80 and the attendance IS. They recommend
that an appropriation for the missionary field
in the counties of Fairfax and Prince William,
Va, be asked Of the board of home missions in
New York, and that the appropriation for Cur
lev church be asked to the amount of SEQ. The
committee unanimously desire an increase in
their numbers, and beg TO nominate the follow
ing additional members: NJ. Ii. Mayfeld, from
Bridge street, Georgetown; Chas. Bailey from
New York avenue church; ID. Bassett, from
Fourth Presbyterian church; Elder Leech,
from Metropolitan church; w. j. Redstrake,
from Assembly church. The report was received
and accepted.
Elder 6. B. Patch was taken under care of
Dr. Sunderland, from the special committee
ON THE ovERTURKs FROM THE ASSEMBLY,
submitted the following, which was adopted:
The presbytery, believing that the only way by
which the Office of a gospel minister can be
taken away is by deposition for immortality or
incapacity, would give their decision in favor
OF an addition to chapter 10 OF the form OF gov
eminent to this effect, and that the presbytery
answer the overture of the assembly on page 30
OF the minutes in the negative; adopted
DR.. Sunderland, from the special committee
TO prepare a minute to the Assembly, reported
the same, and it was adopted, as follows:
In the matter OF the complaint of certain
members of the New York avenue church
against the session of said church for the action
OF said session in uniting with and approving OF
the action OF said church by which service in
the eldership is to be made henceforth of a term
limited rather than for life, as ALWAYS hereto
fore in said church, the Presbytery, having oh
served all constitutional steps required in such
cases. and the complaint being sustained by a
large majority OF those voting in this body. do
humbly require the session of said church to
reverse their own action in the premises to de-
clare the action complained OF, whether il be
regarded as the action of the session or of the
church and congregation, or of any and all TO-
gether null and void and that the elders ele cted
upon the new plan recently adopted in said
church be regarded henceforth only as private
members until such time as they NAV be duly
elected and ordained or installed, and that the
session of said church and the church itself be
required hencefOrth to adhere to the former
doctrine and practice of this church until such
time as the constitution OF the church shall be
so amended by overture sent to the presbyte-
ries as to make plain provision for election in
the term service principle.
ELECTION OF DELEGATES.
Rev. Messrs. Henderson and Berch were
elected az delegates, and Brothers Logan and
Mason as alteTnates; Messrs. Parks and Gard
ner as elders, and Messrs. Smith and Bassett as
alteInates, TO the General Assembly.