The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-12-27
The eiddinss church (Presbytery of Bra

On the second Sabbath Of December and Satur-
day night previous DIR. Byers preached for the
church, and six members were added to the
communion, three on profession and three by
certificate Teras Presbyterian. 'r5-..,-T
| iD aaj Northern Presbyterian.
Synod Of Atlantic.-This Synod met in
Wilmington, N. &C., December 9Th, and was
opened wife sermon by Rev. MIA. Hopkins,
on +' Paul as aMissionary.p -'Danville, Va, was
chosen as the place of the next meetingI of
Synod A motion to divide the Synod was dis
cussed but it was lost "A resolution nrgrig the
formation Of the pastoral relation in our prn-
cipal churches, was warmly discussed and
adopted. Rev Dir. BY den, of Liberia, gage.us
a very instructive and Impressive termon50n
"The3. Evangelization of Africa. - He spoke
again on Friday evening. on +" The Present. Con-
ditioh Of Africa, and gave the Synod much i'm
portaht information about sending missionaries
to that great continent The Synod requested
a copy Of his sermon for publication which he
granted The Doctor was very kindly received
and listened to with rapt attention. u He speaks
very encouragngly Of the future prospects of
Africa He seemed very highly gratifed with
the appearance of our Synod. He shook hands
with all the members when he left, and our
farewell was very hearty tender, and touching.
Rev. a. D. Waugh was appointed by the
Synod to go as missionary to Liberia through
the auspices of the Board Of Foreign Missions
The Synod agrees to support him He expects
to sail for Liberia next February -Revs B. f.
Mcdowell, A, D. White, and L. G. Joel were re-
commended to the Board of Foreign Missions
as suitable men for the same field. The matter
of self7spppert was fully discussed
- The, marked Improvement and growth in
many Of our churches and schools the past year
indicate an encouraging state of progress The
people of Wilmington, both white and colored,
treated the memb ers of the Synod with marked
kindness. The Synodical communion on the
Sabbath was very refreshing The white Pres
byterian churches of the city were supplied on
the Sabbath by members of the Synod.
3 ~ I- =; f.-. Pres6Yterian Bqnner.
d It has been contended that the evange-
lzati4n of Africajmp be accomplished in great
part by the labors of white men, and that col
ored men either will not go thither from this
country or that they will not be successful
there. COlored ministers under the care of the
Presbyterian Freedmens Board, we think, are
about to show that both of these assertions are
Atlantic 1t was agreed to raise six hundred dol
lars a year for the support of Rev A. D.
Waugh, and the Board of Foreign Missions was
requested to appoint him as a missionary to
Western Africa And the Board of Foreign
Missions was also asked to appoint Rev. B. f.
Mcdowell, Rev. a. P. White, and Rev. L. C.
JOEL, missionaries to the same place. Thus at
this early day is the work of our Church AMONG
the Freedmen doing great things for Africa.
Help our Fresmens Board, and in this wav aid
In the Christianization of the " dark continent"
Ib.
Rev. Dr.. Jessup, the well known mission
ary Of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
slons in Syria, delivered an admirable lecture
on Mohammedanism and It's results in Syria and
Egypt, on Tuesday evening. December 18th, in
the Lecture Room OF the First Presbyterian
church Of Pittsburg This synopsis of the
history of Egypt for the last one hundred years
and OF the stirring events there during the last
summer, was not only highly instructive but
also deeply interesting. On the same evening
of the month, twenty-seven years before DR..
Jesspp sailed from New York to enter upon
missionary work in Syria where his labors have
been greatly blessed.-I5. feo
Special services were held last month in
some Of the churches of the Presbytery of Cheg-
ter, with good results, The churches of Avon
dale Oxford FIRST Brandywine Manor and
Upper oct9raro have been thus blessed From
hiteen to thirty ipqpirers have presented them
selves at1 each Of these places, and in some of
the congregations the meetings are still being
continued '' i8
There were fifteen additions to Hbe
Greatt CChestgr9 Valley .Presby Church on
Sabbath Ilseenber 10th, ,in conpeotlqn46,ith the
'eqmm9nion. Five Of them received the saera-
nept of bsptisintda.1. sdt ri tt~at
Twenty-threeh new members were aided
to- the NorthhinstefPr resbyterian 6iidrcB PbHa-
delpfia at the last c6n,munionsaa large Min
ben. toDbe, gathered INTO 4 ehdfcK wliitll is tgu
without pastor. 20 loi--Sro eLt ro 515
Ten new membors Wore saddea to the
Central Presbyterah church Wnfningto1 i1D6
Grey. Df Nixon i$) on last .SabbSth. three bv
letter and. seven BY profession Of faith
According to the New York Tines. the
contributions made in lands, buildings, and en-
dowWents for the establishment Of the. .Presby-
Z erian Hospital IN. New York city now amopats
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