The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-17
NE1GHBoRHooD NEWS.
rmE WEST VIRGINIA rREsBYrEnY.
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FAIRMoNT, October Is, 1870.
Editors THteligenesr
The West Virginia Presbytery met for
its regular fall session in the new Presby.
terrain Church Of this place at 9 o clock thit
afternoon. The opening sermon was
preached, as according to custom, by the
retiring Moderator, Rev. Geo. X. Scott, Of
Cairo, Richie county. Mr.. Scott is the
ecclesiastical lawyer Of the Presby terry, and
his sermon, delivered in a quiet but en-
phatic manner, was as careful in It's ar
rangement aud convincing in It's conclu.
sions as would be any legal effort of equal
Importance; yet withal it was tender,
tonching the heart while convincing the
mind. He chose for his text John f.. 25
lie answered them, whether he be -
sinner or no l know not; one thing |
know, that whereas | was blind now l
-ee."
Present from their various fields Of
labor were Rev. ATessrs James Il. Flana-
sun, Samuel Graham, ]. H. Hammer, Geo.
X. Scott, Lyman Whiting, D. D., A. A.
Jamison, ]: 3, DickeY, ]. 3. Hench, Elias
Bronson, NJ. D., @. G. B. Duncan and Geo.
NJ. Fleming. For what our Methodist
brethren would call lay delegates were
Ruling Elders John S. Smith, N. P. Win
grove, John NJ. King, Richard Wareless,
$. ), Spencer and A. A. Simpson.
The election of officers to preside over
the deliberations OF the Presbvtery, re.
suited in Rev. Geo. NJ. Fleming, of Buck
hannon. being chvsen as Moderator, and
Rev. George X. Scott, temporary clerk.
Rev. E. E. Moran, Of New Jersey, Rev.
W. R. Long, OF Wheeling, and Rev,
Messrs, Westfall, Of the NJ. P. Church, and
Gibbons, of the Episcopal Church, Of
tairImOnt, were invited to sit as cores
ponding members.
On absence from previous meetings,
Revs. Hammer, Whiting and Jamison and,
by proxy, Rev. Heber Gill, gave excuses,
which were sustained.
The death Of Rev. J. W. Scott, D. D. L.
l.. D., being announced, committee, con-
4isting OF Kew. Messrs. Scott, Dickey and
Flanagan and ElderJ. s. Smith, was ap-
pointed to bring in minute expressing
the loss OF the Presbytery. as
Rev. ]. Il. Flanagan resigned his posi-
ton as Treasurer. aud was succeeded by
Revs. j. Carl and Hammer.
Rev. Samuel Graham, Ministerial dele
gate to the Saratoga General Assembly,
made report concerning his attendance
thereon, which was accepted and his lidel-
ity approved. At their own request Rev.
). L. Lain, D. D., Rev. Edwin Hail and
licentiate W. M. Howell were dismissed
to unite with other Presbyteries.
Rev. Walter 4. Long was given ten
minutes to present the claims and set
forth the work OF the American Bible So
Ciety. -
, The Presbytery took recess until Z
> devotional exercises being in order
Rev. Lyman Whiting, D. D., of Charles
ton, preached from Soloman's Song, 4-l6.
awake, . north wind; and come, thou
south blow upon my garden that the spi-
Ces thereof may flow out" With forcible
delivery and beautiful diction, Dr., Whit
Ing held the eager attention OF the congre-
gatIon through his discourse.
Business being resumed, Rev. @. OBJ.
Duncan was granted letters Of dismissal
AZ the hands OF the stated clerk at such
time as he might need the same to Join
some other Presbytery. 'T n
Miss NJ L; Dickey, the principal of the
State formal school, located at this place
presented through DR.. Jamison, an :invi.
talion =, to the PresbyterYto visit the school.
The invitation was accepted, and 0 o'clock
Tomorrow appointed as the time.
Adjourned with prayer BY the modera-
tor to meetat 8 o'clock A. Nj, tomorrow.