The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-26

In minority report.
The committee appointed to respond to
,,o address of DR.. McIlwsine on sustenta.
tinn nresepted a reports and motion was
m DO sor It's abortion. Cpon one of the re-
Gown n,endations of thss report-thae the |
nresbvteries cooperate with the Assemesy,s
rsmmjitee Of SustcGtation-the Rev. Wit
Fiam T. Richardson spoke at some length. |
The purport Of his remarks was 10 remove |
some wrong impressions made by the re,
marks of the secretary yesterday with regard
to the course OF lexington Presbytery. tic
maintained thxt while the Presbytery was
acting independently in this work IL had
done more than since 1t had been CO.
operating. and brought forward statistics
10 support Of his position. Its Contributions,
to the cause of sustentation, when do'nS al
its own work and receiving nothing from toe
general treasury, were larger than The coz
Iributions of auy presbytery after deduc'ing
the amount paid back TO them for their own
work. Now bis Presbytery Lexington? was
generating with the committee not. how
ever. like some others. that received DICK
more than they gave. He did not propose 10
disturb this relation.
Rev. William E. Baker replied to the re,
| marks of Dir. Richardson, and maintained
that the diminution in the contributors ol
the churches to tins cause since c. OF cration
| began 10 his PresbytecS was to be attrlou.
| ted to other causes, and not TO the iacO tu"I
! their contributions were sent 10 the ousten'
tation Committee. He earnestly favored CO.
operation. -oro
impression that sorsc churches IN s@nulos
their contributions to the committee AT 20,
Iumbn, when the Presbytery had olrec'ea
them to be sent TO the treasurer OF the F!es'
bytery, had acted IN d. faDcc OF It's oroer.
| They bad simply doue both contributed 60
| the work ut horue. and to the general "oih
also. This was aWuesilop, however, LOT Ine
| Presbyteries, and rot for the SYNOD.
Rev. r. b. White, D. D., was in favor OF
&c 6nera,iop. but would interpret the word
.cr6oeratsr to suit himself. He did not
favor so working with the committee as 10
leave the entire control Of the work in the
hands of that committee.
| Rev. DR.. Atkinson, chairman oil Inc CON-
mittee, ex planned that the resolution was not
| in conflict with the views of the last speaker
| The question was called for, and by vote
| of 1O4 TO 81 it was decided that The report
should now be voted on when 1t WIS adopt
ed by vote nearly unanimous.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
! he OFUCC Ol lUc iot IL " >'o@n wv"
the s,.sTect OF Foreign Missions, instead OF
scraon us on yesterday. The reiisionS eN-
erc,ses were conducted by the Moderator.
Prayer was offered by the HeV. oauue' IL.
Hotstou,tD. u.
| DkeSyuod was addressed by tho Rev. Or.
McIlwaine, one of the secretaries of'loreIgn
missions.
L,r. MtIlwaine laid before the Synod the
fact that the field of labor for the Church was
The world, and that 1t is our duty to endeaIor
to occupy that field, :,
The .I1oregu Missionary Committee bad
met with some discouragemcIt'd during the
wear. The work had met with heavy blow
| ia the death of two faithful missionaries.
First he mentioned that Of the loved Mrs.
GraybiI. at Matamoras, Mexico formerly
OF Richmoud). who was cut Oft in the prime
oCearly life, and in the midst of her album
dent iabors that promised rich harvest.
Scarcely had we revived from the shock of
this calamity when the death OF the Rev.
lCrorge w. Leyburn, in Greece, was an-
nounced. He bad just begun 10 realize
long cherished desire of heart IN having re.
turned to the land where be bad labored in
early life, but, with bright prospects OF sue
cess before him, he was suddenly calledaway
f,cm the tolls OF earth to the reward OF Hea.
lwep.
Other missionaries had been compelled to
return home either on account of their own
sickness or Of that of their family. More
Owe. the committee had begun the ecclesias-
tical year with heavy deht-a debt which
f would not nave accumulated had the
lie 1urches cJme up TO the measure of their
duty touching this cause.
, This Synod, he was gid TO say, had done
: more for this cause last year than in any
, l.former year, and more than any other Sy.
! nod. lis contributions reached an average
: IoS fory.cight cents for each communicate.
. Add yet eighty.siX churches had done
o nothing. Whilst some of these churches arc
e very small and poor, many of them held at
: least q middle position to members and
+ ability.
= sEe.would encourage the Synod to do more
E for this cause by more efficient Use OF the
h methods for raising funds. There were four
: sources from which the committee looked
/. Tor aid to this cause FROM the churches
Il L. The annual collection. Let the nom
I contributing churches be looked after, and
lin those that contribute let an effort be made
s | to give every one the opportunity of contri-
$ bEtisg; and let the subject be so laid before
1 jtbechurch as to draw forth liberal gifts.
| 9. The, monthly concerto prayer for mis-.
4 sions. This was growing in favor in Nir-
= ginia; and when observed the contributions
were often doubled.
Il 8. Ladies' missionary societies had raised
large :sums without diminishing at all the
e amounts of,the unnual-collectioDs, but had
rather increased tbem.,
4, The Sabbath schools had contributed q
, considerable SUM, and if all would give TO
this .csIse the amount could be greatly en-
e taESed.
TheRev.R.,L. Dabney,!D d., spoke ably
snd earnestly on this subject. He began
5 With the doctrines that underly the scheme
Of Redemption, and by strong logicaldecIara-
tions maintained that the.callSe Of missions
| was 'theecaaSa of Christ that the Church is a
missionary society-the spirit ofmissions is
the spirit Of Christ; that where church or
. an intiymlnsl is dead to the missionary
woaA. there is an index Of spiritual deaduess
in that church or individual.
e He stronglvurgeG' the use of ecclesiastical
authority in compelling ministers, elders,
and tieacoas, as officers under control Of the
. Church. to attend 10 the dutyof instruction
, | 10 the matter of bepefceDce,, aud to dill.
gence ia gathering the gifts of the people.
TIE &ey .iDr. Pryor, reat ed withEue effec
an inetdeBt,in the life OF the veneral lie mis-
sionary, iDc. lDuE, which We have not space
to repeat.
The Eex.,S. III. Houston, D.. D.. formerly
missionary 80 Greece, made the closiUg ad-
!, dress.
| A collection was na de for foreign missions
= Amounting tie one .ksndred and thirty-six
dollars.
Rev. N. M. WOODS offered a resolution
bat a committee of thrse be appointed, with
v. Dabney asehairman. 20 bring in minute
| to uchIng the Eee ption into thsir pulpits. OF