The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-29
PREsRS GERY OF ROANOKE.
Ireported for the DISPATCH ]


The =! esbitery met al Bethlehem church
or the 2l.i, and in the absence Of the Mode.
ra'or (Kev Il. G. Anderson) was opened
with sermon by Rev. Thomas Wharey.
Fifteen ministers and fourteen ruling elders
were III attendance. Rev. A. b. Darlington
was chosen Moderator, and Rev. j. II. Hanna
aud Ruling Elder William NJ. Marshall
CirinS.
KEY. II. K. Laird was dismissed to the
pirsbytery of Greenbrier.
The name of Bethesda church was changed
to Bethesda and Hermon.
In regard to the plan for collecting benev.
olcnt funds, (for missions, sustentation, &c.
sent down 10y the last General Assembly for
The consideration of the Presbyteries, the
following paper was adopted:
Whereas very strong opposition to said
plan has been exhibited throughout the
Church, and whereas even if majority were
In favor of it upon its OWN merits it would
be unadvsable to attempt to carry it out in
the face Of such a decided hostility on the
part Of many; therefore ...-r 90,
"Resolued, That this Presbytery recon-.
mend that it be not adopted"
BY appointment, Dr.. Peck preached on
the subject Of "The Relation of Baptized
Children to the Church" "a very able and
earnest discourse, showing the church, men,
bership of the children Of believers, with
the duties towards them growing out of this,
and the benefits thereby secured to them.
Rev. II. A. Brown and DR.. Paul G. Vena-
biz were chosen commissioners to the Gene
raj Assembly soon to meet in st. Louis !;
Rev. William r. Atkinson and MIR. Joseph
Eenable to be their alternateS.
Gainesville was chosen as the place for the
next stated meeting, to take place on the
18th Of August.
In compliance with the injunction Of
Synod, il was ordered that hereafter in their
annual reports on the subject Of systematic
beDefceuce, in case Of failure 10 contribute
to any cause ordered by the General Assem-
bly, and the Presbytery, the reasons for such
failure shall be distinctly reported, to be SUBJ
united to the approval or disapproyal of the
PTesbytery.
The object Of this order is to require mir
listers and sessions TO present these several
causes to The people, and to afford them an
oiportuntty to 9ve. Roanoke PIesbytery is
among the most exemplary in the Church as
regards the number OF collections had in
proportion TO the whole number required.
But there are still too many omissions,
1t was reported that every church but one
had sent in contribution last year to the
cause of sustentation. The remaining cl urch
iLunenburg) had taken up collection, but
Jailed TO send it in. For two years the Pres.
bytery was self-supportiug in this respect,
but this year We Snail have TO draw on the
central treasury for more, probably, than We
contribute
Fifteen churches only are reported as bay.
ing contributed TO the erdn9elist.c and
eighteen TO the incaRd fund.
Iwenty-tbrec out Of thirty churches had
contributed TO foreign missions, and there
had oeen considerable falling of in the total
amount slvenas compared with the previous
ycar, While the wants of this great cause are
increasingly urgent. 1t is recommended to
our ministers to make this matter a more
frequent theme OF public discourse, and par.
tlcuiarly to preach upon it on the first Sab
bath OF May, or us soon thereafter as may be
practicable that the ladies form missionary
aid societies, and that The children be eX.
borted and encouraged TO work for this
cause; and, finally, that eudeaYors be made
to give The Missionary far wider circule-
tion-a periodical whose cheapness fifty
cents aycar) and value as vehicle of mis-
sionary Information ought to secure for it
universal circulation in our congregations.
Nineteen out Of thirty.one churches IAN |