The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-22
sYxopIcAL PRocEEpINGs.

Last Days Session Of that IBOdy-wOm.
en's Home Missions considered-TO.
baeeO TIppIefs Talked To-ResoIutIons
ofThanlts, &c
Tuesday morning, At nine O'Clock, the
Synod convened, and was opened with
prayer by Rev. o. o. B. Duncan.
The minutes were read and approved.
Rev, W, w. Moorhead read the report
Of the Women's Committee on Home
Missions, appointed by the Synod Of
Pittsburgh in 1873, This report was ap.
proved by a unanimous yoLe, and Is as FOL.
lows:
In following up The record Of what has
been done for Home Missions In the past
by the Christian women OF the Synod,
your Committee ilnds that the cause has
been most faithfully and aifectiOnately
upheld for many years. There are Won.
ems Home Mission Societies within our
bounds dating back half century or
more, whose work has been steadily car
ried forward oil this time with an impetus
which ,age has rather increased than dim
inished. Their wise and loving ministries
10 the pressing needs Of the church In the
house have enable the missionary to min.
lister more steadily and successfully TO the
church in the wilderness than he could
ever have done without them. The idea
which makes II O part Of woman's work 10
preach the Gospel has given not only dig.
nifty, but vitality 10 all their efforts, and
the preparation OF boxes as we'll as the
maintenance Of schools have always been
recognized as essential msans 10 the same
great end. More than forty societies are
enrolled within the Synod.
Since the opening Of new missions In
the far West and the employment OF lady
teachers in home mission schools, contri-
buttons 10 these objects have been ffe.
Qusnt. This has also led TO greater de-
sire for information concerning these ex.
panding fields and the best methods Of or.
ganizlng for more extended work.
The fact that inquiries about money Tor
home missions are constantly brought TO
the various Foreign Missionary Presby-
terial Societies may serve TO show the
need OF similar Centers for supplying
home mission intelligence and counsel.
From the experience gained during the
first year OF effort, your committee Is con-
WINGED Of the need OF stated meetings
throughout the Synod, and would there
fore suggest an increase Of numbers by the
appointment OF two or more ladies from
each Presbytery. aaU
Respectfully submitted, @
Mas. s. +. SCovRL, Chairman,
October II, 1879.
The tobacco resolution, introduced by
Rev. Dr. Jennings, was discussed 1t length.
Rev. s. j, Wilson, D. D., LID, opposed
the resolution because 1t was not sutii-
GENTLY radical. II was aimed at the poor
benelciaries only; Il should be so formed
as to reach all the tobacco users under our
Jurisdiction. None advocated tobacco
using. It was regarded by the members
as q useless, filthy, disgusting expensive
and offensive habit that'should be avoid
ed byall, for We aracommanded that what
soever we do, we should do oil TO the glory
Of God. Whoever used tobacco In any OF
It's polluting forms for the promotion Of
the glory Of God? Verify, tobacco has not
a friend in the Synod. Know ye not that
We are the temple OF God; he that pollu-.
teth the temple Of God him will de-
stroy. Thus argued the members Of the
Synod.
The following resolution was unani.
mously adopted by rising vste:
Rsolred, That the hearty thanks Of the
Synod are due TO the Committee OF Ar.
rangements, to whose considerable and
energetic fidelity the members have been
80 much indebted for the comforts and Ia
cilihes requisite for the business Of this
body; to the Christian families Of our
churches, together with such others as
have co.operated with them in the cordial
and generous entertainment of the mem
bers, and 10 the several railroad compan-
les which have shown US iayOrs.
The minutes wore read, and, after sing.
ing, prayer and the Apostolic beDedil-
ton, the Synod adjourned to meet in
Johnstown on the third Tuesday in oc-
tober, 1880,
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