Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-10-03
Lexington Presbytery.

Reported for the Staunton VINDICAToRl
The annual fall meeting Of this body
was held last week at Franklin, the county
seat of Pendleton county, w. Va. The
opening sermon was preached by the re-
firing Moderator, Rev. Frank McCutchan,
after which Rev. H. H. Hamilton was
elected Moderator. and Rev. A. S. Moi
felt and Elder VIM. y. Moorman, tenn
porary clerks. The citizens of Franklin
extended hearty welcome to the dele
gates, and seemed to regret there were so
many absentees. The roll showed SO
members In attendance, less than half the
number present at Loeb Willow last
spring. The following names were en-
rolled: .-....- e,.--.s.-.
Ainisters-J R Bowman, d D; E D
Junkin. D D; W E Baker, r Scott, S w
Watkins, Z NJ See, L A Penick, James
Murray, H Winfree, j W Rosebro, Frank
McCutchan, A II Hamilton, e ]. ogue,
F Ii Gaines, A 5 Mofett, J A Preston,
w S P Bryan, r G alker 8. ..e
Elders-W H Norman. J w Lambert
W Daniels, A Life, A Burkhode ID
II Switzer, G A Wilson, r N Harper, }
T L Preston, H Il Sell.n. 5 Mo ers, j
A Patterson, w Mccoy. j s Guy. s W
Sterrett, w . Price, L s Hosshead, H W
Henry-18. -rt
Rev. J. N. Campbell accepted the CALI
from Union church for his whole time
Revs. w T Price, A s Moffett and r e
Walker were appointed committee y in
stall him Pastor of that church on Satur-
day, October 18th. .....-
The pastoral relation between Rev. G..
W. HUMPHREYS and Bethesda church was
dissolved at the request Of the Pastor and
people.
The church organized on Walkers creek
last June, was reported. and enrolled as
"Walker's Creek" This makes SO church
! es in our bounds. Trial pieces were as
signed Mr.. w. r. Lard. a candidate un-
der our care, who is now at Union Theo-
logical Seminary.
Rev. G. S. M. See was appointed chair
mali of the standing committee on Sab
| bath Schools, and Rev. A. s. Moffett
chairman of the committee on Publica-
ton. Rev. r. G. Walker resigned his po-
sition as stated clerk, which is to take ef-
feet at the next stated meeting.
PresbyterY required all the churches un-
der It's care to make an earnest effort to
raise $4,000 90 as our proportion of the
$4,000 90 asked by the General Assembly
for the cause of Home Mission That the
| churches also raise $4,000 for Evangelical
work, and 100000 for the Invalid fund.
DIR. L Kirkpatrick, and Rev. D A Pen
lex, and Elders J T L Preston and D M
Switzer, were nominated Commissioners
to the next General Assembly.
Lexington Presbytery is nearly centu-
| ry old, having been organized from Hano-
yer Presbytery in 1885. The Presbytery
of Hanover extending at that time to the
Ohio river. Records of every meeting of
this body since its organization have been
preserved and there are sixteen volumes
of these records. The committee appoint
ed last Spring to ascertain the cost of hay
ing these volumes copied. reported the
work could be done for 1880, exclusive
of the cost of paper The committee
were instructed to 60 on with the work.
Rev. W. E. Baker, J.. R. Bowman, D. D.
J. L. Kirkpatrick u. D., c. S. M. See, and
Elders Geo. G.sGrattan, j. A. Waddell, j
T. L. Preston and W. W. Fleming, were
appointed standing committee on the
Sabbath. to collect facts and statistics
touching Sabbath observance; to com.
pound and cooperate with the Assembly Is
committee. and report at each regular
meeting of this body. "
Rev. j. A. Waddell was granted per.
mission to labor out of our bounds for one
year. fes Ne
The Committee of Domestic Missions
was instructed to make an arrangement
with Rev. D. L. Wilson to spend, if pos.
sible, half of his time laboring in the vicin
| ity of Broadway, Rockingham county. II
such arrangement can be made, that com
mittee Is authorized to ask for $500 from
the Central Committee for his support ir
this work.
The Augusta Church was chosen as the
place of next stated meeting, April 21st
1880, II O'Clock A. M. An adjourned
meeting will be held in the lecture-room
of the 1st church, Stanton, Oct. 9th
II o'clock A. M, to receive and make ar
rangements for the installation of Rev
Alex. Sprunt, as pastor of the Augusta
Church. After pleasant session cor
dial vote of thanks was passed, and Pres
bytery adjourned at 9.45 A. M. Saturday
til lf. .. -A3 WOES A. S. M.