Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1874-09-24


ToN--HoME MISSIONS, AND FUNDS.
Especial to the Coinmmercal.l
ELKroN, Sept. "a.
ELKToN, Sept. "a.
The Presbytery met at A. NJ, yesterday, and
spent half hour in devotional exercises which
were conducted by Rey. f. s. Boing of Federas-
burg Nd The minutes Of the latest stated
meeting and of the adjourned meeting at Dover
were read and approved.
Rev. j. Garland Hammer, at his request, was
dismissed to the Presbytery of Utica, Synod of
Central New York, in order that he might accept
a call from the church at Wateryille, Oneida co.
Rev. Mr. Edwards residing at Georgetown,
Del, presented certificate Of his standing in
M. i. Conference in Indiana, with request that
he be received as member OF Presbytery Af-
ter passing most satisfactory examination In
Theology and otherpalt Of trial, he was received.
Mr.. Edwards had formerly been ordained by the
Presbytery of Wilmington and on removing to
s;.l Vest had united with the nj. f. Conference,
for reasons satisfactory to himself.
The Committee on Evangelical work, through
the chairman Rev. J. P. Conkey reported that
that they had arranged for the support of an
Evangelist for four months at ia salary of $50
per month and that they had invited Rev. Mr..
Hammer to accept the position, hut that having
| accepted call 10 pastoral charge he had de-
clined.
A balance of over 5000 due by the Presbytery
on account of the3salary of the Synodical Evan
gelist for the last year, was raised by voluntary
subscriptions Of the representatives OF the
churches
Rev. DR.. Patton chairman of the Committee OF
Home Missions presented most interesting re-
port on that subject. He stated that this Pres
bytery was receiving from the Board of Home
Missions and Institutions over s2600 in aid of
thirteen of it's churches, and that during the
past year the contributions paid into the Treasu-
ry at New York had been less than $1,000.
In view of the fact of the terrible debt in
| which the Board of Home Missions is involved
| amounting at this time to nearly $3.50, ,000-it
was urged most earnestly, that the churches re-
| ceiying aid make every possible effort to lessen
| the amounts asked from the Board, and that all
the churches make special collections for relief
| of the Board in this emergency. At the meet
| ing of the General Assembly in st. Louis, the
commissioners of Presbytery had specified $3.50,
| as the amount they would try to secure from
| New Castle Presbytery in liquidation of the debt
| amounting to over T40.000
| 1t was urged that this matter be presented at
| once to the churches and this amount raised.
| Committees were appointed to visit the va
cant churches of the Presbytery and hold spe-
cial services for their strengthening and enconr-
agement.
Rev. A. j. Snyder, of Wilmington Chairman
| of the Committee of Church Erection, presented
a report showing that In the last four years this
Presbytery had received from this Board over
| &c. 900 in aid of church buildings in its bounds,
and that, in the same time, only S1253 had been
ssnt to the Treasury in New York by our churches
The duty of more liberal contributions to this
object, was urged upon the churches, especially
if they expect the Board of Church Erections tc
honor their recommendations as in the past.
At 7.30 P. NJ. Rev. ]. p. Conkey, of your city
preached to an overiiowing house most inter
esting discourse from John, 6:29-"Ths is the
work Of God that we believe on him whom he
| hath sent"
Tables were spread in the Lecture room in the
rear of the church and attended by the kind la
dies of the congregation.
The generous hospitality Of the Elkton peo
Pile is highly appreciated by the Presbytery.
| j. a. NJ.