The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-05-24

tne colored people, ana 1orty-iour thaC
special efforts are being made for this clas
of our population under the supervision o
Presbyteries. The Presbytery of Soutl
Alabama reports one church; the Presby
terry of Arkansas one church; the Presby
terry of Augusta one licentiate; the Pfesby
terry of Savannah one church; the 2 esby
terry of Memphis three churches and ont
minister the Pfesbytery of Central Missis
sppi one church and one minister the Pres
bytery of Red Eiver one church the Pres
bytery of Charleston five churches; the
Presbytery of Eastern Texas one church the
Presbytery of Abingdon one candidate; the
Presbytery of East Hanover two licentiates
the Presbytery of Roanoke one church and
one minister. In one case the report is made
that the colored people are not accessible to
our ministers.
The applications for aid from this fund
have been very limited, and have all been
granted. The Presbyteries of Augusta,
Savannah, Central Mississippi, Charleston
and Roanoke have been assisted from the
fund. The Presbytery Of Memphis has sus-
tained it's own work without calling on the
fund.
INVALID FUND.
Appropriations have been made from this
fund to thirty six Presbyteries for twenty six
aged and infrm ministers, and for sixty
families of deceased ministers three minis
ters more and four families less than last
year. Appropriations have been made in
every case to the full amount asked, and no
application presented by Presbyterial au-
thority has been declined. The fund has
been just sufficient to meet the demands upon
it, leaving in the treasury on April bal
ance of only $67 40.
RELIEF FUND.
On the 1st of April, 1875, ninety four
names were on the lists of the Relief Fund.
Two have been added since, and nine re-
moved on account of death or by request, SO
that at the beginning of this year only
eighty-seven are on the books. Of these,
seventy have paid their premiums, and seven
teen have failed to do 30, some of them for
two years.
During the past year the families of five
deceased ministers have obtained benefits
under the fund, to wit: the family of the Rev.
William Plnkerton, of Virginia Rev. Will
liam Banks, of South Carolina; Rev. j. W.
Phillips, of Alabama Rev. T. S. Mont
gomery, of Florida, and Rev. W. G. Rice,
of Kentucky. To one of these families
$500, and to another $720, have been paid,
these amounts being four times the sums
paid in To two others, two annuities of
$40O each have been paid, and to the other
an annuity of 5000
In closing, the attention of the Assembly
is called to the fact that last year thirteen
members were appointed on the Executive
Committee instead of eleven, as indicated in
the plan adopted when the committee was
constituted in 1866
The committee, as at present constituted,
consists of Rev. j. leighton Wilson, D. D.,
Secretary Rev. Richard McIlwaine, d d.,
Co ordinate Secretary and Treasurer Rev.
j. G. Hammer, D. D., Rev John Lsyburn,
D. D., Rev. j. G. Bullock, d. D., Rev. j. A.
Lefevre, D. D., Rev. W. U. Murkland. Judge
J. A. Inglis, G. f. Mckay, Esq !, J. Harman
Brown, E'q., G. Ooer, ESQ.,, j. L. Weeks,
Esq, and G. F. Anderson, Esq.
By order of the Executive Committee of
Sustentation
RICHARD McILwAINE, e.o.a,o.;ao
j. LEIGHTON WILSON '''' ''A'' ''''
BALTIMORE, Nd, May 2ad, 1876