The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-30
The .. p. Church. Guernsey 90.
"A HIS Hub.


The Cambridge (o.) Times Furnished an
excellent daily issue Of that paper during
The sitting Of the late U. P. Assembly.
The Times says that Guernsey county Is
the hub Of the U. P. Church, and hn fur.
nished II more ministers than any other
county In the United States. The General
Assembly Of the Church was organized In
the city OF Pittsburgh, Pa, in the year
1858, Just twenty years ago, 1t was
formed by the union Of the Associate,
and Associate Reformed Presbyterian
churches. This united church receives
the doctrines set forth in the Westmin-
ster confession Of faith, and oatechisms
Larger and Shorter, As agreeable TO, and
founded upon the word Of God; and she
has also set forth In her testimony Ger.
tain additional articles which she feels
warranted in receiving and teaching a.
consonAnt with the will Of God. That
which distinguished the United Presby.
terian from other Presbyterian bodies,
may be stated. lst. Her view OF the
question Of Ralmody.-It L. held that
there Is in the word Of God 3 divine war.
rant for the use Of the Psalms contained
in the Scriptures In the worship OF God,
and that there 10 no such warrant given
for the use Of human compositions, or
hymns, In his worship. ID. Communion.
On this subject the o. ?. Church holds
that communion in sealing ordinances
should under ordinary circumstances be
restrained 10 those who adhere to her
creed. Sd. Secret Soeietiea.-1t Ia believed
that oath-bound secret orders are at yari.
ance with the word OF God, detrimental
to the church, inimical to the best inter-
eats Of men, and therefore that Christians
ought not to have fellowship with them.
After the union was formed, there were
43 Presbyteries, 40S Ministers, SO licen-
tiAtes, 6S4 congregations, 55,547 members.
The statistics Of last year show 8 Synods,
81 Presbyteries, $40 ministers, 81 licen.
tiates, IS theological students, 794 copgre-
cations, SO unorganized stations, and
7s,4s3 members. During the past year
there were added 10 the church by profes-
sion 4,434, by certificate 3,242. There
were 1905 infants and 604 adult baptisms.
Contributions to benevolent enterprises
we're made as follows: For Foreign Mis-
sions, S52,653; Home Missions, S25,462;
Freedmen's Mission, S6,112; Church Ex>
tension, sll, 532; Education, S10,952; Pub
LEGATION, Sl,637; and for other purposes,
and general contributions, not including
pastors salaries, S45,e50. For pastors
salaries there has been contributed the
sum Of S457,156, and for congregation
expenses, S235,S47, making q total Of
contributions during the year, Of about
$4,000 or an average per member OF
S11 IS. Average salary Of pastors was
1851. There were FOL Sabbath Schools,
with $3.50 scholars In attendance, con.
tributing to the funds Of the church
about S22,5O0.
These figures are copied from statistics
Of the church for the year 1877 and not
for the year which nov closes. This
church has three Theological Seminaries
in this country, located at NeWburgh,
New York, Allegheny City, Pa, and
Xenia, Ohio. It has also a Missionary
Seminary in Egypt. Its literary institu-
tons are Westminster College, at Mon.
mouth, Ill.,, Muskingum College, at New
Concord, Ohio, and Knoxville College,
Tennessee, also 4 Missionary training
school at Osiont, Egypt.
In the Foreign Missionary work the
United Presbyterian Church employed in
1877, 81 laborers 10 Syria, I0S 10 Egypt
lSl 10 India and 8 In China. 1t has also
successfully established itself on the Pa
cilic coast, having iourishing congrega-
tons both in Oregon and California.