The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-04
REPORTED for the Dispatch.l
LEXINGTON PRESBYTERY.

pho prcshvtery met At % O'Clock Friday
.m;nr opened with usual services:
" 1," Samuel McCune accepted acall from
nv pnn church. Leave was granted to
S'" ar willow church to engage the services
Lo r,, 1. :, Mofett as stated supply till
o.. o. h next spring meeting of Presbytery.
''T &. :. VI. Sec and Rev. j. II. II. VIM
IN were appointed committee to install
n n,.r S,mucl McCune at Stony Run on Sat-
h.,, before the second Sabbath i'll Novenl-
p' T,ac the ,irst order Of the day for this If
.,.,nn, "a hear the report OF the Committee
-, domestic Missions. Presbytcry took 4
r.cr., for public worship. .t-,es..~
rhc nn,nif was Tiled to-day by Rev. Dr.
Pawn az Richmond. The discourse was
nnc ~ great power and impressiveness, on
WY ,nxf Iukc xxiii.. 1913. In the closing
rnnarts he alluded TO the fact that the first
,cr,,,nn he ever preached was to- this rcon-
.,rrrntion forty wears ago, and from this
S9rSe text: or rather, said the preacher, it
,vos no; 10 This congregations. The ,congre-
,,ation 10 which | then preached is in the
,,~ayr-yard. They were your fathers and
,nnihrr,. and now am called to preach to
Won their children. And may the same
race which sustained them be voucbsafed
trust % many OF them have gone be your
everlasting home. 49,.
After recess the presbytery resumed bu-
Sinc>S. ....s. ....-:. - ..,,;J .
Key. J. Ii. II. Winfrec obtained leave OF
anScnc" after this evening.
Time and place for the next meeting OF
prrsLy,cry was taken up. Bethel was chosen
- ,hr place and the last Wednesday in
ADrjl Is the time for the meeting. -,s
Rev. :. W. Watkins and Harvey Gilmore
were nominated n ministerial delegates,
and Rev. j. w. RoSebro and L. D. Junkin,
u. D.. as alternatcS. -.. -
Professor J. l.. Campbell and John D..
,Strrritt. Esd, were nominated rs elders, ana
Colonel J. +. l.. Preston and William Nc
Calisicr rs al,crnateS.
The subicc, oi domestic missions was
next taken up. The report was read by the
chairman. Rev. 4. G. Walker. and after
amendment was adopted.
The Rev. Il. c. Walker rendered his re.
>ignation rs pastor OF Union church; and
the PrcSbytcry was requested, when It adj
iournS 10 adjourn to meet in staunton Oh
the third Thursday in September, to take
into consideration the whole subject OF the
dissolution OF this pastoral relation.
The Rev. X. Scott and ?. Fletcher were
aIDDlNIcU IL W I'LL
mowers, to organize Il church in Tucker
county.
The Committee OF Bills and Overture,
presented Il report on promiscuous dane
in": which was received and laid on the tn
bic. .:t
The PreSbytery then adjourned to meet
in Stanton on the third Thursday i'll Sep.
tcmber ut ! O'Clock.
Thus closed another pleasant meeting Of
our Prc>bytcry. The meeting was held in
:. church whose congregations were minis.
tered TO in the days Lang SHne" by the
venerable John d. Ewing, who still sur.
wives and occasionally breaches, though al
the advanced age al lightweight, and more
recently by Rev. :. Brown and E. c. Cor
don. now OF the city OF Savannah. The
church building i new and beautiful, sitrl-
atCd iii dense grove OF original forest
trees, and crowds OF people attended the
preaching OF the Word and the business OF
the Prc>hytcry. Their hospitality, too, was
Unhoundud. ID. Is. +.