Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-05-06


g Scholars &c g ..-.. 2,503
Average attendance of Scholars 1,645
Increase of Teachers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is
&c 6 Scholars III
Scholars added to the church as MEM
Amount contributed by schools for Sab
bath School purposes. 1874 %
Amount contributed by schools for
Missionary urposes..........-......... 301 .05
Ofthe &c schools reported, "a are under the
control of sessions. The pastor and elders of the
churches attend the meetings of Is schools. In
10, the pastors preach to the children. In SO
schools, the shorter catechism is used. In 26, the
scriptures are memorzed. Four of the schools
have adopted the system of uniform lessons.
At half past 10 o'clock, the order of the day
was taken up and the Rev. B. NJ. Hobson was
heard in advocacy of the claims of the commit
tee of Publication. This address was highly
Mandatory of the operations of this committee
He urged that this scheme should be placed up
on an equal footing with the other schemes OF
the church. He said that much Of the success OF
the scheme so far was owing to the efficiency OF
the agent, Rev. Sam'l j. Baird. He strongly
urged the importance of paying for the building
now used for this work in Richmond.
At the conclusion of Rev. B. M. Hobson's re-
tuO IOpOlt Ou 1u1Co Wcs0 O"N
TIL g Report states that twenty-four churches
had been heard from, all which report favorably
upon the performance of Pastoral Duties
Twenty -four ministers had submitted reports
from tn cir churches, eleven of which had paid
up the Pastors salaries, twelve are in arrears,
and one, Union church, is reported as having
done what was satisfactory to the Pastor in the
payment of their Indebtedness to him.
The following churches were reported as seri-
ously delinquent in the payment of the Pastor
salary, viz: Mt. Horeb 800. Lebanon 1853. AZ
A ugusta 1928 so, Monmouth $3.50, Fairfield
$96.5O
The following Delegates were appointed to at
tend the meeting OF the Synod Rev. w. L.
Price, Rev. VIM. Pinkerton and Ruling Elders
James w. Calhoun of Hebron Church and A
A. Sproul of Bethel Church.
The Committee on supplies made the follow
ing appointments Il. Gilmore one Sabbath al
Kerr's Creek, A Jones one at Mountain Grove
and Stony Point E. Z. Hoge at Stony Run ano
Rehoboth J. W. Pratt two in Highland, one Of
them at Mcdowell and the other at discretion
G. B. Stricken one on Ches. & Ohio Railroad
and one at Mcdowell D. B. Ewing one at Nc
Dowell and one at discretion, z. Iunkin Al
Mt CARMEL, in the absence of Rev. VIM. Pink
erton, and one at discretion, e. c. Gordon two
in Highland at Stony Run and Rehoboth, Dr
l. W. K. Handy one at Cookies Creek, S. w
Williams one at Leading Greek, j. r. Bowman
two with Rev. Robert Scott in Randolph
county, West Virginia. G. H. Denny two
at discretion in Highland, ". T. Price two II
Pendleton, r. FL. Fleming to preach at Cookies
Creek, in absence Of W. T. Price, at least one
Sabbath, P. Fletcher one at Mcdowell and one
at discretion. The statistical report was read,
in which it was stated that the Presbytery en-
braced 80 ministers. p churches, licentiateG
and candidates. The church membership
numbers 1927 members and there was added to
the church during the past year 258 by examina-
ton and 103 by certificate, IS adults were bap-
tized and 1877 infants. There are 2,90l children
belonging to the Sunday schools
The payments during the year were as fol
lows