The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-30
rgepor,ed for the Dispa'ch.l
rsss Hanover prcsbytery.
FREDERICKSBURG, April 26. 1873.

r,.o pey G. Ill. Denny announced ms ac-
o,n,ance Of the call from Amelia church,
eeg 9 Rev. T. Pryor, D. D., Rev. j. d. bud.
~; a." and Rev. i, II. Dupuy were appointed
.' .n,mmi,tee to install hin, on tho nth Sab
eS par y n. NJ. Anderson having accepted
tho calls OF Olivet and Bethany churches,
tn for half OF his time, Rev. DR.. Read and
Trr MIR. Bishop were appointed commit
200 70 install him pastor OF OilVet church
IN thc third Sabbath in MAY, and Key. Mr.
Campbcll and Rev. J. J. Anderson TO install
Nv, n,stor az Bethany church on the fifth
Sabbath in June: >, a.
,n,d3etcs for liccnsure, preached his trial
sermon. ,oso,,.,5 .,o
-,,,nrt NJ the Executive Committee Of Do
,adSt;c Missions. the consideration OF which
nr;n,,ed an interesting discussion OF the mis-
S;nnary work in the Presbytery. The re-
~, ststes that the following churches need
aii inr the support of their pastors from
.hn innds OF the committeeman, Amelia,
Ashland. Bethany. Oliret, Brunswick,
n.rtwood. Holmes, Manchester, Namozine,
0I1.Stree;. Samuel Davies, Sussex, and
roanoke fcoloreti church). The minimum
amoupt needed. to give $3.50 to each church
tha, has the whole time of 4 minister, and
hni that sum 10 those that have half the
lime Of their ministers. is given as $4,000.
lqs, wear. instead Of aiding each of the pas
tors OF these churches to the amount OF
$500, rs was designed. the committee could
send only Sla4. Instead OF SID Tor the
first half OF the present year, they nave only
had means 70 apportion SOL to each. they
cali for 81 $50. Of which one tenth will be
49,, ,Nt.a,f IN -
tho least that will meet the necessities
of the work. without their attempting TO
ocrypr anr Of the new fields calling for
ministerial labor. The Prc>bytery adopted
q series OF resolutions on this subject. The
first invoices the earnest cooperation OF all
the churches II relieve this arm OF church
service from It's letters; second. that an ef-
{nrt he made to secure Sl.SG0 before the
18th OF September; third, that to secure
This sum each church be eXhortcd to raise
NJ least fifty cents per member; fourth, that
the churches now receiving aid be urged to
crccayor 10 make some advance toward
selj.sunpori: 9th. that the committee adj
dress 4 circular 10 all the churches neiore
the Scrlcmhcr collection is made Sctti:G
forth the necessities OF the work; sixth,
that each church session be required to
take this circular into consideration before
,bc collection is made, and report to the fall
meeting OF the PrcSbytery the amount con-
tributcd.
The Rev. Or. Ni,hcrSpoon was appointed
chairman OF the committee in place OF Rev.
G. l.. Pctrie. who has removed from the
Presbvtery: and the vacancies in the men,
bersbip OF the committee caused by this
removal and by the death of Mr.. Z. r.
Bishop were filled by the appointment OF
Rev. J. D. Dudley and Mr.. David Calen-
dar.
The Book Of Church Order referred TO
the PrcSbytcries by the General Assembly
was adopted is whole by a vote Of IS for
it TO 8 against it. The vote was then taken
on the several articles, on which the Assem-
bly, required separate vote, with the follow
ilg result:
IN Form Of Chapter V,
section w.. article H., which excludes min
listers from the right OF voting when not
engaged in an authorized ministerial cali
ing, unless excused on account OF age or
infrlnity, was adopted by vote OF 70 to 7.
i2) Chapter y. section iv., article 1.-THE
rule requiring ministers to be examined
when received from another Presbytery-
was adopted by vote OF 20 to Z.
81 Chapter V. section vii, which pro-
vdeS for ecclesiastical commissions, was
adopted by Il vote OF II to 8.
(4) Chapter Vi, section ill.,, article ~
Or Tie three forms OF this article proposed,
the third, which confines the right Of voting
for pastor to COMMITMENTS Of the church,
WAS adopted. the vote being-for the 1st, 3;
for the I'd, 4: for the Sd, -.
81 Rules OF Disciplinc-Ch Chapter ill.,, art-
Gle l., the new form OF the definition OF "an
ntfeorp: was a6pDfri in 70 the