The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-26

degrecSiOf afiinitS. contained In the lasl
sentence of said chapter; offered a re.
port, prrthcing it with the remark,
! that of the other members Of that com.
mittce, Rev. G. A: Trenholm, the
chairman, for goou and satisfactory
reasons, had declined to. act; end that
that the other member, Elt,er Isaac N:
Withers, while he did n8l coincide
Win the viows expressed ili tile report;
yet as it brought the Question sqnarely
before Presbytory; he agreed that Il
should be presented rs the report ol
tho comiitittcc. Under these circilm
stances tho speaker felt as if lie wa,
submitting "onc-mun" report, fo,
which, though prepared by him, lie did
Y2t claim entire Originality; HAVING
drawn upon aG,cr minds than bis own
for many of the arguments preSeiitcd,
Mr.. Mills thcn read the report of the
cbthi!,ittcr, Which concludes by recon.
mcnt!ing tho adoption Of the fUlt6wing
resolutions:
itesoloed, That Bethel PrcsbytetY does
not concur with Concord Pr6sbyfery in
asking that steps be taken to have Stricken
~ tfn gt; the C9iifessiYn Of Faith tho ase Clause
iaS1toed, That the stated clerk be aid LID
Is hereby Instructed to forward such action
to the General Assembly at Lexington, XIV.
The further discussion Of the hiaitcr
was Deferred till the afternoon session.
,.."r'I;,'. .'tu ~ Iv1a III a'Pi"c W"s eAamihcd
nation. sustained throughout.
The report Of tho C6hnmittee on
Minutes Of Synod was adopted:
The report in regard to the proposed
tnkrn ny RI" Hnv !, II ",n ,,,.,f''s |MS
mndc M or1,rnont ,uo;n.t III ,i,s o",1.",' n,S,t,,
tjon or th" erns,,i,,,;nEs. 81, ny ,,.,.;,,, "uop
tbo ,nrtI,nr ,,,u.;,,.,rn,;;,., 49, otioii
utions wos nns,nnnr1 ri ~ T,os.,a,, tJSU :,
morning. -. ~
Tho rrnort of tbo snoc;ol oo,,,,;ttoo
on tho minutes Of tho last ,mnnt;mn ~
Prcsbvicry was suln,;Ifoj o,,i oT,,.I,,,.l u
Thc Rev. !. Snrutt Wh;to ", an""ii,'ca,i "M.v,,i
the acccptuncc of the cnil tn thc i36v
j, III. TliornwrlI from Ehnnoynr;i, ~. :. :.
T,.ns',r m M -. n,1 w.. noe'''.er ~, cn.rch'
pros,rtnru ,no, n,,,i ,tt'' Hpu 80
oxnrn;s"ss ,o.o o,o ant., a,u n,tcr ueV"tlohaf
Ihn v ,,;p',tos p,1oe,'to,. ~ ,aI., 10 1u.iacss.
yvorn rnnd hr thn M ,So'i. IH.I' u"; scSsiol's
,,m,,,,I ~ ''o o'''N' 'oiice'e" ""u
'>,C ~, ,',,,;o,, +,o e,,,o:.
,v,,r, ;, n,,,.,;n;,,I ,"U i",,U" '.,, ",iiis'ers
4,nci:rnIr ~ ,ho s!," ,.i',r., supply, re-
~. w c.,, @ f1"'1 "nG' itn'cu'
Tinrrisnn, i S;n-al;io ina,. wai 'nv. , tini, -.
- ~ '.: .rn,.,,. tI.l,I' ii,o U,IIn AZ" E"'4rhn
'",n;,i. S,,u,,, III .A'pe"''l' M H. hlrk'
patrick, Hlliloh.
The Moderator announced the COM
mission on the ordination of thr Raw.
j: n: TlfoFnHc|l nt Ebrurzor chur,.h
10 iokr nlocn On Sntnr,luv bntnra t,,,,
,;rst "SI S,,.I,,. r'r !, Mn" '''S o'1oie 'i'e
"'S, I'l',.t. III th"!'
Elder W. II. Stewart was appointed
temporary clerk IN place of Rev. l..
II. Robinsoh, Excused from further
attendance.
Rev. j. G.. McMhllcn offered three
standing rules, designated as Nos. 80,
30, 81, TO be added to those now in
force, and they were adoptcd, with
amendments.
The resignation of Mai. j. G.. Lowry,
treasurer of prcsbytcry,, was tenacrcd
and accepted.
Rev. II. M. KirkpatrclS,' chairman
of Committee on Systematic Bencvo-
lcncc, submitted tho REPORT of his
committee, which was atiopted.'
The question Of changing the Con-
fession Of Faith came up as; unfinished
business. The Rev. II. b. Pratt offered
Il preamble and resolutions, as a sub
siitutc for those submitted by Mr..
Mills. The resolutions cmbotjv tho
r!iar1G ls rnrX:tGnl,NfC, HC JIis tine, to
make amy formal change i'll the standards
"l o Inc cn!ltch upon this point; and much
"e ti"" ,f tunlo'''gt iI", % 10 aboISn the prohhi,
in the last sa .rnt"H,re tHe.S "r q Lny L"ry contained
/; Confession of Faith IN ",,,,;;,., 1eoI,oit tht
of u deceased wire's sistGr, which" Which in Low Low
xviii, Is stands on basis of it's own.
Ilat hereafter marriage with q de-
G,aS"a iS"t wi,os sister DC not regarded as suf-
>;. ;rho T,"",a L''"n c ,or juuleial aiScipline.
;;a nrr;vo,i ' ~ u'%, si'ec'aI oroef nav
i,n-,, ,i,' 'eao!'cr! Procccdcu TO
,'I"; n 'le 'rlal sermon OF liccntiate
and the previous examinations wrro
sustained. ''''''''' "'''
Rev. j. Iowric Wilson from, n,o
conni!to on Nariativc ' to tic ,'Ss' Goncr"i a"d
Mss Msscmo,v nIoN, IS submitted report, Which
A. Hi,,; a. Ui"i""'ion oi inc hcV. y. *.
ri"1>iPihc us l'itS?tof OF AlmWcll AMI
l1ohSioWh cnurchcs, was ordered to
take place ut AimWclf on tho first Sab
bath in Nav.
After further disciYssion,. a. .o,,,;.
tcc wos nnno;,tn,1 to e. ., Iu'a'i''-
soU,;,,",,. "pt11''T ,i ~ tof!hulltc the
Hu",'''o1' ,"r',.'',5 ~ ~ tno irHSDytery or the
EoPo'co EHn;i,' cl"''Sc III INC confession of
faivh' ,'