Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-26
Religious.


There will he preaching ut the Usual hours to-
MORROW at the Baptist church.
There wIl! be regular services nj The Episcopal
church in this city 10. morruw.
Rev. NJ. u Williams Will preach st The N"th"-
DIST church, IN this city, to MORROW morning
ami night.
The German Methodist will have no preaching
Tomorrow, but think they VIII MAKE temporary
arrangements tor a room hy the following sun
dag.
Service, ~ usual in the Presbyterian church
Tomorrow morning. After the morning -ervIc"
the sacrament OF the Lords supper will he ai-
Their. viii he preaching prepare
tory to tn. communion tins Saturday, morning
AZ II O'Clock Instead OF the regular services
sunday nighttherc Will be a sermon to the child
zen nj , O'Clock p III. All are invited.
Rev. Mr.. Lryburn. who has received and ac-
copied the call from the Presbyterian church,
will be formally installed as pastor of this
church on the LIST sabbath in November. Rev.
J. f.. Wheeler, OF Independence, and Rev. J
\. Quarc-, AS the committee of rresbytcry,
VIII ne present TO conduct the services upon lte
occasion.
Inc synod Of Missouri. IN connection with
the southern rr"-bytcriau church. met IN II.
''- l4 DN "FEa!A'N'tAn i'a ~ Apt'l i''h'
and Was opened WIKI = sermon from Rev Dr.
Rutherford. Of -. Louis: Rev. Nr. Barrett, Of
cape nIrarIrau, Potcsi Prc7lytery, WAS chosen
moderator, and made a most excellent prcslI-
Ing officer Most ofthc day Thursday was spcn,
in the ordinary routine hu-iur=s of synod, a.
the appointment Of committees, hearing Of re-
port, from tnr presbytrrics, &c. On Thurs lay
might the synod and :. large Congregation listen
81 with ,,lt,,b int. vIu' tn a., Ills uggr.C- vAn
Rev. DR. McIlwaIn. the assembly secretary OF
su-tentnIon. The work uIthe OF sus-
icnratIom embraced. he SAID, four departments.
First. Sustentatlon proper, or giving aid to fee
BILE churches, by supllcIn"ntiug the ministers
sa'srIoS. Last year about $50 ministers from 400
churches had been thus assisted. second They
At !cl in the erection OF houses of worship. About
81 or ninety churches had IN THE WAY been bullt
during the last few years, and about as many
NOR" could now be pat up If the committee had
the means. third The cyangellstic WORK or the
employing and sending ont OF evaugetIsts TO the
| destitute parts OF our land. Much had already
been done, but much more yet remained to be
accomplished Especially IN Texas. Arkansas
AMI l. uisiana there We're vast fields unocCupict
10y Prr,bytcrians or any other evangelical de-
nomination. Fourth The theological institute
tor training Colorr,l caniidatesi for the ministry
This was Il new enterprise, but one OF interest
and promise. There Was also, he said, one 9th
cr department of work committed to their cure.
VIZ. The Invalid Fund.- the object of which
WAS to give assistance to aged or disabled min
listers, and to III" families Of deceased minis
tiers, when l"ft destitute and IN need. The al,
dress was concluded by an earnest appeal to al
III" churches al t:e synod, To come NJ
to the ard Of the committee in
TINS great work, especially In view o
the tact that the calls upon the commiue
were increased, aud their means of giving As
sisiRnc' seriously diminished by reason of tn,
prevalence OF yellow fever in large portions o
the south. Most of Friday and saturday til,
time of synod was occupied IN hearing y judicial
cast. being a complaint from the session o
the First Church oil st, Joseph against the &C
tIrn of the prcsbytery OF Upper Missouri, in
case which had been appealed from the session
to the prcshy,"ry. The synod after n patient ant
dispassionate hearing of the whole case, by ar
almost unanimous vote. sustained the session,
complaint and reversed the decision of the pres
bytcry. And ii IL h hoped that this will end tn,
matter. and that all parties Will cheerfully sub,
nit to the decision o, such a body, given IN such
"A manner. On Friday night an interesting mis-
sinnary meeting WIS heidi; at which adircsse!
were delivered by Rev. Il. Helm, missionary Il
China, upon the work in that great empire; b,
Rev. q. l.. Leyburn. about mission work anon,
the Greeks. and by Rev. DIR. Iva glvin,
arapid sketch Of the whole field, and maxim,
sOmc practical suggestions rs 10 the way il
which the pressing needs of the great cause coul,
best be met. The affairs OF " cstminster Colleg
occupied the attention of the synod Situria,
evening and Monday morning. Interesting state
ments were made a. to the condition., prospect
and needs of this institution, and the whole sub
jcct WAS entrusted TO n large and able commit
OF three from each presbytery. with instruction
to do ali they could and report to next synod
After returning thanks TO the good people of ST
Joe for their generous hospitality, synod al
journ"d about l. m, on Monday, to meet q
Boonvillc the third Thursday of October, 1879.