The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-02
Maryland Chassis Reformed Church.

Maryland Chassis Reformed Church.
FRIDAY.
At the afternoon session the first business
before the Chassis was the election of delegates
to the General Synod which meets i'll Baltl-
more on the 8th of May, 1884. Revs. N. ID.
| Skyles, Z. Il. Eschbach and G. l.. Staley were
elected delegates, and Revs. L. f. Hotfmeier,
S. S. Miller and H. Whistler, alternates, and
from the elders, j. L. Motter, S. Dudrow and
/ ]. H. Cost. delegates; Jacob Sellers, G. S.
! Griffith and S. Seibert, alternates. 1t was
| decided to hold the next meeting of the Chassis
/ on the Wednesday after Trinity Sunday OF
next year at Clearspring, Md Rev. J. L.
! Moore, missionary to Toxic, Japan, addressed
/ the Chassis in relation to his expected work in
! that country Elder S. Dutrow was elected
/ to fill a vacancy in the board of trustees OF
Chassis, to serve period of five years. The
committee on the project of a mission in East
Baltimore offered their report, which will be
further considered tomorrow.
SATURDAY.
AT Saturday session the Chassis adopted a
resolution disagreeing with the proposed
change in the constitution from triennial to
annual sessions of the General Synod; disa-
greeting in relation to concentration of church
work. to take it from the board of district
! synods and to place it in the hands of the
board of General Synod; and declaring that
the new constitution would require very seri-
Gus revision before it ought TO be submitted
! for adoption or rejection.
The committee on the East Baltimore Mis-
/ sion reported that efforts to establish and
maintain IL mission there were not successful
/ for several reasons. The report was accepted
and the committee discharged.
A motion was made and carried that a new
/ committee be appointed. The committee is
/ as follows: Revs. c. Clever, j. L. Rossiter,
/ NJ l.. Firor, and Elders G.. S. Griffith and j..
Sellers.
/ At the afternoon session Francis NJ. Line,
of Boonsboro', and James B. Stonesifer, of
Baltimore candidates for the ministry and
the care of the Chassis, were referred-the first
to a committee consisting of Revs. 5. 5. Mil
Ter, T. F. Hoffmeier, G. l.. Staley; the second
to Revs NJ l.. Firor, j. I. Rossiter, and $3.50
appropriated for the support OF each. Each,
| if accepted, will be placed at Mercersburg
College.
A request from Mercersburg Pa Chassis
that the charges within Washington county
be ceded to Mercersburg Chassis, was ''re-
spectfully declined by unanimous vote.
A motion for a division of the Maryland
Chassis laid over from last annual session,
was indefinitely postponed Fifty dollars was
voted to the support of Mt. Pleasant charge,
Frederick county.
Rev. H. |. Comfort, late of Ohio, and Rev.
J. A. Heller, Of Gettysburg pa Chassis,
were enrolled as members of the Maryland
Chassis. Mr.. Heller has been called to Manor
charge, Frederick county, and accepted. He
will be installed by Revs. L. r. Eschbach, n.
II. Skyles and d. H. Hohmeier
The salary of the stated clerk, Rev. Simon
s. Miller. who has filled the office for fifteen
wears, was raised from $40 to SIS per year.
Chassis adjourned until Monday morning,
and then went in a body to visit Western
Maryland College and the Methodist Pro
testant Theological Seminary.
MONDAY.
Committees on religion and morals and
finance made their reports, which were ac
cepted and adopted. Resolutions were passed
asking the Synod of the Potomac to overture
the general synod to set apart day IN June
of each year as children's day, for the pur-
pose of taking up collections in Sunday
schools for a fund, the interest on which is
to be devoted to beneficiary education. 1t
was resolved, also, that this Chassis desires
the society for relief of disabled ministers and
their widows to use funds collected from the
Chassis as invested capital, and that only in
terest be used for annual expenses. The
Chassis further expressed a desire that the
Synod of the Potomac meet as a delegated
body and not as Il convention.
Revs. NJ. l.. Firor and l.. e. Kramer were
made life members of the society for the re-
lief of disabled ministers.
Rovs. j. G.. Moss, VIM. Rupp and DR.. Sta
ley were appointed committee on supply to
Westminster charge until the charge is per-
manently supplied
At ~ clock Chassis adjourned to meet at
Clearspring, Washington county, in May, 1884.
Before adjournment the Chassis adopted the
following resolution:
Resolced, That we hereby tender our thanks
to the Reformed people of Westminster and
vicinity for the warm hearted and generous
hospitality with which we, as members of the
Maryland Chassis, have been entertained.
Resolred, That this resolution be read from
the pulpit of this charge and printed in the
papers of this city.