National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-24
WASHINGTON PREsBYTERY.
Amending the Book OF Discipllnc--Insts
Iation OF Rev. MIR. BurdIck.

1attOn OF Rev. MIR. Burhicks
The Washington City presbytery met yes
terday according to adjournment in tho Sixth
Street Presbyterian church at 3 o'clock p.
M, to act upon the unfinished business of the
last session. Twenty ministers and ten rul-
ing elders were present, those absent being
chiefly the members residing out Of the city.
The exceptions to the now book of discipline
reported from the committee on that subject
through its chairman, Rev. Mr.. Wynkoop,
woro adopted in the main. The chief of
these were exceptions to tho new
propositions that private member of
the church who states to tho session that
he or she believes mistake has been mado
in uniting with the church may have the
name erased from the church roll, and the
proposal to permit ministers of the gospel in
certain cases to desert the ministry and
receive certificate of membership to return as
private members to a church.
The presbytery by nearly unanimous vote
disapproved of the first of these new PROPOSE
tions and approved the second.
The remaining unfinished business en-
brace the impo topics of the reports on
the subjects of divorce, syuodical representa-
tions the freedmen, and foreign missions
These were each held to DO of sufficient inn
portance to call for third meeting, which
was appointed for Monday next ut 10 o'clock
in tho lecture room of the Fourth Presbyte-
rian church.
In the absence from the city of the stated
clerk, DIR. Bittinger, Rev. W. Kelley acted as
such officer.
The services for the ordination of Rev. Mr..
Burdick and his installation as pastor of the
Sixth Street church were held at 1880 p. m.
BY vote of the presbytery. Rev. DR.. Childs,
added to his duty as moderator that Of de-
livering the charge to the young pastor In
place Of Rev. DIR. Bartlett, detained by Attic
ton in the loss of his child. Rev. i. Il.
Kelly preached the ordination sermon, DIR.
Sunderland delivered the charge to the poo
pie. The church founded by the lamented
DIR. Noble bids fair to enter on prosperous
history under the care of the new pastor.
Funeral OF Mrs. John w. Thompson.
The funeral Of tho late Mrs. John W.
Thompson took place from her husbands
residence, on 1 street, yesterday afternoon al
3 o'clock. The spacious parlors were filled
with the friends of the deceesed, many of
the old residents Of the district, as we'll as u
large number of distinguished persons, being
present. Although it was the request of
the family that flowers should not
be sent them were some exquisite floral
tributes which spread their fragrance
through the suite of rooms given up to the
services. Owing to the death of his youngest
child, Rev. DIR. Bartlett, the pastor Of the
New York Avenue church, of which the de-
ceased was member, was not present, but
Rev. DIR. s. S. Mitchell, q former pastor of that
church, ottciated.
After reading appropriate selections from
the Scriptures, DR.. Mitchell, taking for his
theme, the words Precious in the sight of the
Lord is the death If His saints" delivered an
eloquent address, paying high tribute to the
sterling worth of the deceased in her relations
of wife, mother, aud friend, and as faithful,
sincere Christian woman. The speaker be-
came very much affected as he referred to
the friendship of the deceased for himself,
which he said was almost motherly In Its af-
lection and service.
At the conclusion OF the services, the re-
mains were taken to Oak Hill cemetery for
intermont. The pallbearers were Hon. Will
lam L. Chandler, secretary Of the navy; Hon.
w. Q, Gresham, postmaster general; Hon.
John W. Foster, United States minister to
Spain; ex-Gov. II. II. Wells, Dir. James +.
Fitch, and Mr.. William Ballantyne. The
bodybearers were Messrs. w. A. l.. Gresham,
Pierre Stevens, Henry Chase, II. It. Smoot
George w. Upton, and W. l. Thompson, jr.
Tur Of tho aoutaet aunnv 10 found Inv