The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-13
EAsrHAsovrn pnEsRYTHRY..'
RIRsT DAYS sEssoN-LIsT OF MEMBERS
/ R.RzsENT-oPENIEa SERMON YREy. q.
J D. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ADOPT
RD-ELEGTfoN oF MODERATOR AND,
+ TEMPORARY: CLERK, &C. S.

This body met last night tat thesG Grace
Street Presbyterian church (ReT. DR.. Reads,
and in the absence of the Noderator, RsY. g.
L. Petrie, of Petersburg, the opening sermon
WIS preached by the ReYsT . D. Witherspoos,
D. D. The clear and foreible discussion Of
bis subject was listened to with unbroken
attention BY q hrgee congregation. DR..
Witherspoon selected as his text the words:
"tYe see, then, how, that q man is justified
by works, and not bytaith only - James H.,
/: After briefly discussing the question of
jections to Its canonicity from supposed dis
Scripture, the speaker diseussed, as the sub.
stance Of his sermon, the three jnssiicatiors
which every Christian shoui aim toattain !:
First. Justification at the bar as God, which,
as Paul teaches, must be by faith alene-a
position to which none would more heartily
assent than James. Second. Justification at
the bar OF conscience, which, ,is, as Jshn
shows In his Arst EpistIe, The inward
fruits Of the spirit. Third. justification at
the bar of public opinion, which James
teaches Us must-be By good works--a posi-
ton with which Paul would heartily agree.
present to seek this three-told- justification.
tnted with prayer by the Rev. Neander ID.
Woods, the last moderator present. tpuaii
The following members answered to their
names on the call Of the roll: '>' !, /, i.
Ministers Brothers Theodore Pryor, D.
D.,J. ID. Dudley, Charles II. Bead, d. D..
M. D. Hoge, D. D., W. a. Campbelfl. I'D
Witherspoon, Z. L. Preston. ID. u, ". d
Scott, Neander N. Woods, John ". Rose, y
C. Painter, Thomas T. Jones, F. W.: Lewis
- Elders: w. P. Mayo, Ashland .chqrcn t
Thomas Flournoy, Brunswick : 3. R.-k: Ho8i
SOD, Fredericksburg P. R. Grattan, Grace
Street church, Richmond; H.-tFzgeraio
Manchester; b. W. Santos, First church
Norfolk: L. Sheldon, Second church, NOT
folk; S. D. Christian; OliVet; &. +. Lester
Second church, Petersburg; b. '. Mel
meyer, Portsmouth; Willis j. Dance, POW
hatan r. T. Brooke, First church, Rich
mond; Robert Ould, Second church, Rich
mond; Thomas Sampson, Third church
Richmond; George P. Haw, Samuel Dayl
church P. S. seabury, Tabs.street church
Petersburg. :.
The Rev. T. D. WItherspoon. was elected
Moderator, and the Rev. J. D. Dudley tenn
porary clerk. -
The Rev. DR.. Read, chairman Of the Com
mittee on Devotional Exercises, presented
report, which was adopted, fixing the hour
of the sessions daily al from 9:aO A. M. to
P. M. ;.
The order of the day for tomorrow at l:
o'clock 4. NJ. is The State Of Religion in tn
Churches.
In order to make this subject interesting
and profitable to the public the following
programme was adopted:
/ 7. Narratives from the churches to be
read, accompanied by such verbal statement
as uay be deemed advisable.
2. 4 few summary remarks on the genera
subject by the Rev. T. Pryor, D: D., and th
Rev. NJ. D. Hoge, D. D.
i 8. The whole to be interspersed with de
votional exercises conducted by the Modsra
tor.
Orders Of the day were also fixed for Fri
day and Saturday at II A. NJ, the subject
to be considered being Of general interest t.
the public. =.
The Presbytery adjourned to meet thi
morning at $50. x!M rTaEr1yg