The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-04
East Hanover PseabykoFy.
reported for The Dispatch.I
1rrroS CHURCH. BRUNSWICK COUNTY
= StoN October /, 1879. }

rIRsT DAT.
Eas. Hanover Presbytery began no la..
sessions here to-day. Tnere were Wesu'
onsy seven mlDistess-ViZ., " 1. S@I ~
hell. T. d. WitherspooD, ID. ", ueor g a.
n ZONES. and r. d. Stimson; and six
rn,,ng ejders-yiz., DR.. George w. Harris
and Judge e. II. Fiizhugh. OF Richmonds
William Caruthers, OF Fredericksburg, n.
p Atkinson, OF Dinwiddie; DIR. george
w. pollard, OF Hanover; and j. w. F'rleha'
OF Petersburg. ,oa.
ks the Moderator, Rev. Thomas I. Jones,
10 nastor Of the church, the opening ser
mon was preached by Rev. j. d. Rose.
Rev. Alfred Jones preached IN the AFTER
Rev. r. D. Stimson was chosen modera'
TOR and Mr.. William Caruthers temporary
Standing committees were appointed, to
whom business was referred. This, WIN
other routine business not OF public inter-
est, occupied the greater part OF the atter'
II was determined that the next spring
meeting should be held in the Ihlrd fres-
byterian church, Richmond, on WEDNESDAY
before the fourth Sabbath OF April, iseo, al
8P. NJ. A pressing invitation was SEM tne
Presbytery to meet in the Second cnurch,
Norfolk, but as this was the second time ene
Third church Of Richmond baa presen,eat
its request, the preference was sne"n 'na'
church. :;,
THE absence OF all the Richmond minis
.ers and several Richmond elders, and OF
large majority of both ministers and ELDERS
from the whole PresbYtery, IS greatly re.
GREETED both by the members present anu
the cordial people OF Brunswick.
SECOND DAY. .-s
OCTOBER 9, 1870.
The organization OF church at Belle
Haven, Northampton county, since the ias1
meeting Of Presbytely, was reported.
The installation of Rev. S. X. VIM as pas.
for OF the Second church, Petersburg. and
OF the Rev. John G. Anderson as pastor OF
Mackenzie church, were also reported.
Rev. - Atwell, OF the Methodist
Church, and Rev. William T. Richardson,
of Lexington Presbytery, were invited 10
sit as corresponding members.
Mr.. William S. Campbell, MEMBER OF
the Manchester church, was introduced 10
the Presbytery, and taken under Its care Us
a candidate for the ministry.
An application was also made on behalf
OF Mr.. John II. Hebener, member OF
Portsmouth church, to be taken under the
care OF the Presbytery as candidate. RE
was requested to appear before the Presby-
terry at meeting to be held during the ses-
sions OF the Synod, to undergo the usuai
examination.
Narratives from the churches were called
for and read. Many OF the churches, espe.
cially OF the large number not represented
at this meeting by either pastor OF elder,
failed to send up reports. Those read gen.
orally presented an encouraging view OF the
state Of the churches from which they were
sent, The recently-organized churches are
reported as growing, with single excep-
ton.
DR.. Witherspoon, on behalf OF the Execu-
tive Committee OF Domestic Missions, pre-
scented their report, and by appointment OF
the Presbytery made an address on the sub
ject Of Home Missions - to the Presbytery
and congregation. Dr.. Witherspoon gave
facts showing that the mission work in the
Presbyterv was encouraging, and that new,
promising fields for laborers were opening
at several points. But this gratifying fact
was Offset by the discouraging one that the
contributions of the churches for the sup
port OF the work are sadly deficient. Fifty
dollars, he said, had often to do for these
missions what really required one hundred
and fifty. Moreover, ut four points for mis-
sionary work there is needed to assist in the
erection Of church buildings from 500 to
$500 each. An effort was made to raise Sl00
for a church at PowelIton, in Accomao
county. Four or five members OF the Pres
bytery each subscribed ten dollars for this
purpose.