, 1876-04-20
Session. Of the I'rcsl,ytery Of I'cO-
ria ut Dclnvnts, Thzewcll
County, LII.
The Application Of tho Notorious Ulon.
dennlng for Admission Comes Up.
1t Is Discussed at Great Length, and
Finally Is Put TO Vote.
A I,a:ro Majority Of the Synod Found to Be-
.A:vrse to His Reception.

Peoria mot NJ DeI87Ar+ Itxo"eH County, ILL,
Tuesday evening, April 10, in The Presbyterian
Church. tho lev. G. II. McCuue, ot Canton,
preaching the opening sermon.
Tho rtohbytery formally organized By eloc!iug
tho lsov. Martin P. Ormsby, Of Eureka. Modera~
tor, and tho Rev. Arthur Rose, Of rrineevllo,
and tho Row. II. s. BeAvis, OF Vermont. tempo.
rary Secretaries. Tho Rer. Jonathan Edwards.
D. D.. IL Btatod Clork.
Tbs Tresbytory consists Of th!stJ.three min.
tstars and forty four chutchos.
Twenty c1ergymcn snd twenty oders ansHezed
tho rol.call.
mcndod to the Cedar Rapids rresbysery at his
oNn requeat. aud tho NoV. J. i!aes TO tho pEcs-
bytery OF Detroit.
Wednesday morning tho religious exercises
were conducted by Elder hc1lvslne, Of Peoria.
A letter OF dismtssion Of tue nov. J. =. Glen-
denning, OF the Jersey City Fresortcry, to unto
with tho PreHbytery Of Peoria wAs read, and
also m explanatory letter from the Stated Clark
of tho Presbytory OF Jeraey City to tho Stated
Clark Of tho FteBLytcry OF Peoria. These dscu-
monts arc herewith submittod:
This ccrtihee that the Rev. J. s. Glcn,ennlng,
qeaed be s.n.stoa IN order to join III. resbytery
Of ttorta, II accordingly dismissed to tue cars If
; e.f I'D IL IT. ts,tsa M y III
eeaae. By urder Of tile prtsbytetJ.
1tnTMturoun pAn1. n j.. i'm ~ 81 III Sa'e3 ''''A
To the Stated ctrt ef th4 f,<soyttry ef pxer'a-Esv
AND DEan DnnTnEn: The preabytery q 1trroy City
r. tait d.y dissolved shs Rey J. + oendsnalnK 10
joan yoar Tlesn{sos5; n sso1ner @ M haa befn tefJ
inon.s IL hrn'bren ~ III. I,s.hvtsrs Sse,
just th.t you shouli Ce nade zcesstated
With The reasons for Ills publicity, lis was arraRned
Al hs own re1uts. before ths presbytery in ocioSe,,
1871. on charge containing several counts. one Of
1EiGn Tss unfniesefM sna mnehfstsan eondnsf.
Nv III T., r1ss,ery ri ri. s,s.d,si r:,,n Wns
wss ilscjsr,d dissolTed. From tho jstter nsrt of
this ssntence ho sppealel 10 tho Synod.
pastoral relation bad been dissolved without eonsu
ing +. The Synod dld not meat uniii October, iss
u.,s ~ u.nI1no hs ,c.nms ~ ,,s, I'm na. ~ ~,
f"rmer chatss wthaut cntnittna tSe pre.iyery. y.
wss presented, namely tIat IL rre.hyery bad surpass.
es powers In ia action. rhls the subject of both
1osnments bat the synod sustained :ho rseaDytery.
s ns m s s,tse ~
IF ~ w.y % In ~, ony ' s ssf tne
from an authentic sorce tho tfuo h4iory Of hia casc
by order Of the PFeshysery.
A motion was made to place it on tho docket
for fnturo action, Witch "as dac!Rred carried by
tho Chair. --......-.
Several nemhers as onco asked unat tho mo-
LlOu Hhat Hucu ~ Nau IthkaLeHs A!li W general
consent Was again put. and carried WITH but a
few dissenting voices.
ze9uest by Lay Point Church 10 cmpfoy tho
Rev. ". y: Ae9ding for supply on half.tiue
was granted to lay thcir case before tho Pres
bytery Of bloomIpgton' OF which he "as men'-
boz:
The application Of tho ascoua Presbyterian
Church Of Peoria to call tho l&ev: Lowis q.
Thompson as pastor '*as arranged by ordering
m adjourned meeting OF tho prosastor3 on
Thursday, May 4, At Peoria to sccoiyo aud install
him. ..-...-, ....
Mr. T. G. Finn was granted leayo to labor IN
tile boundary Of the Cairo prashytesy by con-
sent Of tho proper authority sn thas body.
Il call from tho Church of trenci GroTe for
tho pastoral labors Of Licentiate H.. Csrritasrs
was considered aud placed tn bis banda.
A request Of llama " iaoor within tho
bounds Of this PfesbYteEy until Ihs ne1t stated
meesing Was granted. ,-...
Hpeca! Gon'tnsttee reported and recommend
necton vi, Viii the nost ee.ns Of % tho resV. ~
terry, which WAS ordered. Tho Committee on
Bills nod Overturea reported the granting Of a
1jHra}aHaI E,iPAnt11tn ~ H. JlinfnAH IN IA