South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-09-26
Winchester Presbytery.


The Presbytery Of Winchester held its stated
meeting IN Strasburg last week commencing on
Wednesday, nth, at y p. m.-Rev J. NJ. Civ
mer, the former Pastor Of the Strasburg church,
at the request Of the last Moderator, opened the
sessions with sermon from LIST Cor. ?, I. Rev.
John A Scott, Of Dufield's, was chosen Mode
rator, and Revs. Charles White and j. N. CIV
mer, temporary clerks.
During the sessions fourteen Ministers and Sc
ven Ruling Elders were present
Among the chief features Of the meeting was
the presence and address Of Rev 81 D. Kal opo-
thakes, a native Greek and Missio nary in Ath.
ems, who, with his former teacher, Rev. G. w
Leyburn OF West Hanover Presby,erv, once a
Missionary to Greece gave. 10 a large and atte n
tive congregation very interesting account OF
Greece and Missionary work in it, Dr. Kalo.
pothakes returns soon 70 Athens. reinforced it
is hoped, by some Minister from the Sou thern
Presbyterian Church, to carry on the gr eat work
so ausPiciOulsy begun. and which is now under
the care Of the Southern Assembly's commit tee
on Foreign Missions.
Rev. II. c. Brown was received from the Pres.
bytery Of Memphis, aud leave granted him to
supply the churches at Shepherdstown and Kear-
neysville.
Licentiste J. c. Painter who has been labor
ing In Eastern Hampshire was at his own re.
quest dismissed to East Hanover Presbytery.-
We are very glad to learn that this change does
not involve any long interruption OF the efo rts
made to re establish churches in that por ton
Of the county. Another minister has been Sc
cured and will enter upon his labors by the 18th
! of October.
The committee TO organize r chur CHI Mt Berke.
ley Springs reported the way not yet fully open
ed, aud was continued until next meeting of
Presbytery.
! committee appointed at the last NEE ting to
prepare Manual of Standing Rules, &c, for the
use of Presbytery, made partial re port, embo-
dying some very valuable rules which were
adopted and the committee continued until next
meeting of Presbytery.
A resolution, earnestly urging the sessions of
the churches under the care of Presbytery, to
secure the attendance Of delegates from each OF
them, upo n the Convention of Elders & Deacons
to be held this Fall at Richmond, Va, in the
interest of Hampden Sidney College, was adop-
ted unanimously
/ The Executive Committees made their usual
reports. One Of them, that on Sustentation,
with the discussion which followed, developed
the fact that in the opinion Of the Prcsbytery
three or four thousand dollars could be at once
used with most hopeful prospects Of good in the
work of Domestic missions within the bounds of
Presbytery. In fact there is urgent need for Sc
veral Evangelists, or Domestic Missi onarys, and
they could be At once employed if the means
were only sent into the Treasury VIII not some
of the "Lord's Stewards ponder this fact
With some slight notifications the E1ecutiv,
committees and the District committees were re-
appointed and a rule requiring each pastor and
stated supply to spend az least two Satbsths per
anHum in distinctly missionary work was adop-
ted. The rule requiring churches unrepresented
by Ruling Elders at the stated meetings Of Pres
bytery, to send up the for such non.
! representation was revived aud the stated clerk
directed to write 10 the churches upon the SUBJ
ject.
Prcsbytery declined to comply with the recon
mendation Of the General Assembly to hold &
| sabbath school con venton.
After very pleasant meeting, rendered NOR,
SO by the gen erous hospitality Of the good people
Of Strssburg, Presbytery adjourned 10 meet il
the Kent Ct church. Winchester, next April. r