Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-06-04

THE LEXINGTON CHURCH CAsE-THE
CHURCH is GRANTED THE RIGHT TO
CALL DIR. Ross-DR. ROSS DECLINES
ADMISSION OF TWO MINISTER'S FROM
GREAT BRITAIN,
&c, &C., &c.
Lexington Presbytery assembled at the
Presbyterian Church on Tuesday morning
the session being the examination and re-
ception of Rev. .McDutf Simpson, OF Kill
dare county, Ireland, from Dublin Presby-
terry, and Rev. Samuel McCune. Of Ar
magh county, Ireland, from cambridge
Presbytery. Rev. Mr.. Winfree of Bath
presided as Moderator. The
FIRST APPLICATION
taken up was that of Mr.. Simpson, who
went through the usual preliminary forms
satisfactorily, and at noon preached the
popular sermon, being the same he had
preached before Dublin Presbytery, from
the text in LIST TEessalonians, LIST chapter,
Sd verse. The sermon was short, but
thorough, and showed great ability on the
part of the preacher AT it's close the
members Of Presbytery in voting on it
passed the highest enconillms on the young
preacher, and the large audience who
heard it were delighted with it. Presby-
terry then adjourned till afternoon.
THE LEXINGTON CHURCH CASE.
At half past three O'Clock, after re-as
sembling, the first business taken up was
the Lexington church case which may be
briefly stated thus: The church called Rev
Donald Ross, of Canada, us its stated sup
ply. The call was opposed by u minority Of
the congregation who sent a remonstrance
to the meeting of Presbytery held at Think
ling Spring. Presbytery referred the mat
ter back to the congregation with the re-
commentator that they compromise the
matter, but stated at the same time that
their action was no reflection on MI. Ross.
The congregation met aud declined the
advice Of Presbytery and renewed the APP
plcation for MI. Ross services.
On Tuesday the report OF ID. G.. Irwin,
Presbytery's Commissioner who carried
their recommendations to the church, was
read. He says the way the Recommended
tions were received was Tin no way com
plimentary TO Presbytery nor myself, and
he thinks. this attributable to the failure
of the commissioners who represented the
church at the Thinking Spring session to
redeem their promise, to use their efforts
on going back to their church, to induce
the congregation to accept the compromise
recommended by Presbytery.
Rev. W. L. Richardson said, after
hearing the report of the commissioner,
that he now thought it bestto hear what
the Lexington church had to Say.
OF A LEXINGTON COMMITS
SIONER.
Mr.. Barclay, one of the commissioners
of Lexington church, then proceeded to
state the action of his body. He had
heard with pleasure of a remark made by
Rev. w. T. Richardson on another sub
iect, 1.-THE reception of the two ministers
from Ireland, that he q had no sympathy
with the feeling that favored the exclusion
of all from our church who were not to !
fine manor born.'' In this case Pres |
hvtery had recommended compromise |
upon the statement Of a solitary indiyid-
ual representing a fragment-not one
tenth of the congregations Presby- |
tery's commissioner had, in his report I
Of It's presentation, used language
which grated harshly on the speakers
,ars about the commissioners not hay
inc used their efforts to secure its reception
The action of Presbytery HAD been sub
nitted to the official body Of the congre-
ration, without comment, for their unbi-
esed action. They had adopted a resolu-
ion submitting the question to the abso-
pte decision of DR.. Ross. The result was
rinted in slips and distributed, and the
,ction had raised a clamor against it in
he congregation, They felt that it sur
snaerea ths whole question, II had been
,coepted as a pease-offering, but it was
,ot acceptable to the church. At meet
10 of the congregation they embodied
his feeling in
SET or RESOLUTIONS,
S follows
oResoirea, list, That while we have great
onfidence in the wisdom and prudenceof