South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-09-20
WINCHESTER pREsBYTERY.

WINCHESTER PRESBYTERY.
MAI. HAMPER the brief notice in
your last weeks paper Of the meeting OF
Winchester PresbyteTy 10 this place.
touched only the opening services & or.
ganization. A few additional items may
interest some OF your readers.
The following Ministers and Ruling
Elders were present; making this one OF
the largest lneetings Of this venerable
ecclesiastical court ever held.viz: Rev's.
ID. IL. Riddle. ID. d.. E. Cumpsten. John
A. Scott, j. X. Graham. D. D.. j. John
ston. NJ. w. Woodworth. G.. w. White,
VIM. A. Crawford. John n. Clymcr. A.
&. Hopkins, Ii. NJ. White, II. G. Brown,
j. w. Walkup. Geo. W. Finley. +. l.
Wilson. Il. II. Fleming, James A. Arm
strong. c. $. Lingamfelser. G. w. Hollis,
w. Ii. Woods and Harvey Gilmore. FL.
ders: j. NJ. Diefenderfer, john Hill,
Captain w. L. Powell, James kuyken.
dali. Captain Isaac kuykendall. Colonel
William L. Head, G. w. Eichelberger,
Robert b. Smith, II. Stukey, ID. Gano,
Judge James ID. Armstrong, John Nc.
Kown. Joseph Rinehart. George Glass,
j. w banner, Boyd Harlan and A.
Welton.
There were also present Joseph L.
Sherrard, q Licentiate OF the Presby-
tory now supplying the Church at Pc
tersburg. in Grant County. and -
Sprunt Licentiate of - Presby.
terry, North Carolina. now assisting Rev.
Ii. NJ. White, OF, the Loudoun Street
Church, Winchester, Va.
Besides the usual routine business,
such as receiving reports from the Chur.
ches and from the various Executive
Committees Of the Presbytcry. the
Committee on the Minutes of the Gene.
raj Assembly, &C.. &C., &C., there was
very little Of special interest before the
Presbytery. The reports presented no
marked features either encouraging or
discouraying; Ministers & people seem
to he laboring patiently, diligently and
in hope, waiting for The Masters bless.
ing.
Rev'd. Harvey Gilmore was received
from Lexington Prcsbytery. and calls
from Falling Waters and Tuscarora
churches put into his hands. He has
been dilieent and faithful iaborer Cor
some years in Rockbridge Co.. Va, and
now accepts the calls TO one of the most
important fields OF labor within the
bounds OF Winchester Prcsbytery. Or.
der was taken for his Installation at an
early day. a
Since the last stated meeting Rev. C..
w. Hollis has been Installed as Pastor
in the Strasburg church, and Licentiate
w. ii. Woods ordained and Installed in
Cedar Cliff and Cedar Creek Churches !;
the Presbytery--that OF Harper's Ferry.
Under suggestions from the General
Assembly arrangements were made for q
full consideration of the Sabbath School
work at the Spring meeting in Wood
stock next April. :
Much Of the time of Presbytery was
taken up by an animated discussion Of
Resolution offered by Judge Arm
strong declaring it to be iu the Judgment
Of this Preshytcry ''unwise and inexpe>
dent to divide the Synod OF Va" AZ.
ter debate participated in by Revd's.
Jno. A. Scott. Jno. Johnston, II. ii.
Fleming and A. G. Hopkins and others
against the resolution. aud Judge Arm.
strong, DIR. Graham, G. w. Finley. Jno,
NJ. Clymer and others in favor OF it, the
vote was taken by Ayes and Noes and
resulted in 20 for and against the
resolution. ft
After a harmonious and pleasant
session The Presbytery adjourned on
Saturday night to meet i'll Abingdon
during Synod, at the Call OF the Mode
rator, q in stated meeting ~ Woodstock,
Va, on the 4th Wednesday Of April ut
Il o'clock Z. NJ.
During the whole meeting. there was
preaching both morning ami night by
different ministers, attended by large
and gratified congregations. The wea,
ther with the exception OF one night
and day was ali that could be desired
and the crowds Of good people from our
own and adjacent counties seemed to
enjoy the occasion with more than won't
Ell interest.
The Sabbath was fully occupied with
religious services, in ali of the churches
in town. nor were the children forgotten.
when attended by teachers, parents and
friends they assembled in the afternoon
and listened to addresses from Rcyd's.
II. NJ. White. and r, H. Fleming, their
bright and happy faces showed their
keen delight.
On Monday most Of the members left
for their homes but some remained TO
carry on meeting which is still in pro.
gress with the hope that large Spirit.
ual profit may follow The assembling in
our midst Of religious body so long
and so intimately associated with the
welfare of this whole community.
in Huntington county, Pa, few days