The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-28
SYNOD OF VIRGINIA.
rp,ported for the Richmond DisIasca.I
THIRD DAY-CoNTiSUED.
WINCHESTER, October %, 1874.


norts of COMMITTEES in the bounds OF the se'e'
raj Presbyteries, and making terVent ap'
nnsl 20 SYNOD and the Presbytel'es 10 oe-
ss.oto rrne,.ed eSertionS to the wants OF those
.rpbo dwclj in these waste and deSoiate ptaces,
49, Tho cospel is seldom or never hearu |
rom PRESBYTERIAN or any other MINISTER'S
Referred 10 special committee, consisting
,of the chairmcn of the Prcsbyter!al COM
mi;tees Of Susteutatlon. i
The Moderator announced inc oroec VI
tbe day-yiz., to hear DR.. Hoge in behalf OF
the Presbyterian Committee OF fupliea'loh
at Richmond.
DR.. Hosc said: A man who spends all his
time in advocating the claims OF any particu'
lar benevolent enterprise OF the Church
gets 10 kind Of enthusiasm in bcbaI! OF
that cause lie did not profess this kind OF
enthusiasm. lie would not exalt one OF our
committees above another. There were Inc
great subjects OF Education and Sustenta-
ton. and the cause Of Foreign Missions,
especially dear 10 us AL, 10 which we are
bound by peculiar tics. DR.. Hoge alluded
TO the fact that there were persons present.
including officers Of the Synod, who bad
made the nobleSt Offering that any one can
make 10 the cause Of Foreign Missions: that
of their own children and other dear rela-
tiyes.
He had listened about this time yesterday
to the brother who had presented the claims
of the periodical which is proposed TO adro'
cate the peculiar theology OF our Chufco,
and his heart and hand went with the enter
prise. Bur ne would remind the Synod that
we already had i'll this committee sound re-
]eious literature. The current popular
publications are tLctured with the scientific
teachings Of the day, and with the views OF
ly l.r n
der the ualne of "dogma." DR.. Hcge ar
gucd in favor OF the use OF this word, which
has become 30 odiouS to many. Doctrine
is the teaching Cf GODS word, but dogma
is the tai,ntc1, .fWmvlGtcd expression of
our views OF doctrine, aud a. such Is the
foundation OF practical religion, rs the rocky
strata. the granite ribs OF the earth, underile
the soil that produces the fruits ana the
flowers, and as pillars TO the Coiinthlan
temple Those who oppose 1t, OF whom
there are about Il Gozcn great men IN THIS
country, ut the opening OF whose churches
crowds Immediately gather, are The adro-
Gates Of al ,s,hetic, humanitarian sort OF re-
ligon, which makes the void the counsel OF
God. and tXlIts "manh0Od" until men for
get that We must receive the Kingdom OF
God us little Child.
DIR. Hopc then mentioned several of the
TloruHeil's great works on - Didactic and
Polemic Theology" SO beautifully printed
on tinted naper and which has elected the
highest eucoDiums from critics beyond the
sea tbs he ht d ever seen bestowed on any
book; DR.. RobinSon's History Of Redemp-
ton" OF which DR.. Robinson had presented
the stcreoty pc plates TO the committee, there
by securing its publication at Il very low
price for this excellent work; DR.. Ramsey's
"Spirilual kipgdom," of which DR.. Hoge
had said it was the best book on the Apoc-
rypha that he had ever seen; DR.. Wilher-
spoons delightful "Sketchcs Of the Chill
dren of DR.. Kerr" which enforced parental
obligation, the duties OF baptized children,
and the blessings OF the covenant, in man.
ner that made it desirable that it should be
read by every family in the Church.
The committee had purchased Il building
four stories high aud 140 feet long, with
Easements, sub Easements, and five vaults for
the safC-keepng OF slereotypc-p!atesand other
valuable property. Thirty-tive thousand
dollars were yet due on this property, and
the last Day ment is 10 be made in 1t Xt March.
The collection ordered for last December by
the General Assembly had fallen upon the
midnight Of the commercial depression, ard
upon IN Indictment day throughout the South.
Another collection had been ordered for the
first Sabbath in next December, and to this
DIR. Hoge urged the attention Of the churches.
DR.. Hoge said the committee had actually
given away $4,000 in gratuitous distribu-
lions OF books, uaciS, Children'S Friend, sc.
DR.. Hoge ALLUDED 10 the hymn-books and
the new Hymn ard Tune-Book " recently
published by the committee. Preaching in
various puIprts, he had been mortified often
TO see bymus III the hands of not more than
one in five, or one in ten, of the coDgrega-
ton. He gave an amusing account of his
efforts 10 obtain a hymn-Sook at the White
Sulphur last summer.
In the sermon OF yesterday, by DR.. Alex
ander, be had listened TO the preachers de-
scrptIons OF power" Ladies are endowed
with the power TO help. They had contri-
buted by their tftoltS 10 the completion of
The most beautiful audience-room in the.
southern couutry-that of the Grace-Street
Presbyterian church, in Ricbuond- and had
borne large Share in the recent repairs 10
the First aud Second churches Of that city.
AT this point member Of Synod said that
"Synod ought to return thanks tor the
ladies' to which Or. Hoge replied, "There
is not member that has not done 1t all his
life.'
Judge Ould, ruling elder of the Second
church, Richmond, and member of the com
mittee, followed DR.. Hoge. He alluded 10
the eminent qualifications and devotion of
DR.. Z. II. Baird, and his associate, DR..
Samuel j. Baird, and commended the com.
mittee us an institution by which not only the
peculiar doctrines Of our Church but the
common doctrines OF the CHRISTIAN faith are
put 10 circulation and sent TO those deSolate |
places where The voice OF the preacher is
never heard. lie appealed to the Synod for
its sympathy and aid in The removal of this
debt. which rests as an incubus upon the
committee.
Dr. Brown, also member Of the commit
tee, referred to the capital of SOC, 900 pro-
posed by the Assembly (0Dly about three
fourthS Of which has yet been given by the
churches, ana the tull amount of which has
been returned in g!atuituuS distributions, Jas
insufficient for the business done by the com
mittee, and showed the advantage of per-
manent establishment, such Us that lately pur-
chased, over rented properly. No other
suitable stand, and none SO good, could have
been bought. SO Nuch of the room in the
house could be rented out tina: it Was an eX.
ceiient investment, and in that view alone
The property was desirable as lucrative pos.
session for all time.
Rev. L. b. Price expressed his warm in
aerest 10 the committee, and his high appre.
clation, from personal knowledge, a the
tolls and sacriiigeS of It's znembers, and of the
Illness Of DR.. Baird for his position. for
whom be bad never ceased to be thankful
since he became acquaiated with the extra.
ordinary executive ability of that brother.
AS q commercial success, with so limited
capital, be had never known any mercantile |