Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-18
PRESB YTERY OF LAFAYETTE.

p. m, and was opened win q sermon
by the last moderator, Rev. o. w.
Gauss, from John liza and 2 Pet. 1:21,
OFFICERS n ATTENDANCE.
Rev. J. NJ. CLANCY was elected mod,
orator and Rev. S. T. Ruffner tenn
porary clerk. There were in atten-
dance during the sessions of Presby-
tery thirteen ministers and nine ruling
elders.
Rev. j. W. Heagen was received
from the Presbytery Of Washburn,
Rev. w. D. Morton from the Presby-
terry of Paducah, and Rev. j. d. Pax
ton from the Presbytery of Central
Texas, and these brethren after the
usual examination were received n
their names enrolled. And Rev. ..
w. Gauss, was ut his own request
granted n letter of dismission to the
Presbytery OF Palmyra.
STATED SUPPLIES.
The churches OF Lees Summit and
Central Prairie were granted leave to
employ Rev. J. w. Wallace until next
meeting of Presbytery, and a similar
request from Prairie and Corder for
the services of Rev. H. B. Banks was
granted; and from Boonville to employ
Rev. w. D. Morton.
ASSEMBLY OvERTURES.
To the overture sent down from the
General Assembly, touching the pro.
posed change in the confession OF faith
in the matter of marriage with a de-
ceased wife's sister, the following an
swer was returned: Presbytery here
by advises and consents thereto.
And the following overture was
adopted: The Presbytery OF La
fayette overtures the General As
sembly to direct the stated clerk
of the assembly to send a copy of the
minutes to every minister on the list of
the assembly.
PERMANENT COMMITTEES.
Reports were received from the Com
mittee of Missions, the Committee Of
Publication and Education, the Com
mittee on Sabbath Schools, and that
on the Sabbath, showing what had
been done for these various causes
during the past year. The reports
were for the most part encouraging
and hopeful.
The narrative of the state of religion
was as follows:
1. Attendance OH the Sabbath SER
vices-Almost universally good; and,
in some places, quite encouraging.
2. Attendance at the prayer meet
ings-Generally good. In several cases
our brethren unite with other churches
i'll union prayer meetings. Seven church.
es report no prayer meetings.
3. Sabbath school-AlmOst univer-
sally reported flourishing. In some
congregations, there are union schools;
in a very few none.
4. Revivals and spiritual condition
In the great majority of the churches
the report is encouraging. There has
been special interest in the Central
Prairie, Longwood, Higginsville, Lex
ington, Mt. Olive, Pisgah, Corder and
Sedalia congregations.
5. Infant Baptism-1n hardly any of
u congregations ia there a report of
the neglect of this important ordinance,
except in individual cases.
6. Observance of the Sabbath.
By our church members, generally
good, but not as strict as in former
days. 2. By outsiders, the dissertation
of the day is quite common and in some
instances gross.
7. Temperament. In the church it
is usually good; while there are some
sad cases of drinking professors which
call for discipline. 2. In the outside
world, on the whole, there is a reported
improvement.
s. Church Buildings-HigginsvilIe,
Calhoun and Bethany have erected
good houses of worship. Central
Prairie, Longwood, Hughesvills, Mt.
Olive and the Prairie churches have |
improved theirs. Boonville has refitted
its manse; Odessa has paid the debt OH
its building.
8. The Benevolent Causes of the
Church--Generally the report Is favor
oOlC3 WlllC III d lCN CdoCSs tllCSC CduSCS
are culpa5ly neglected.
10. Family Religion-There is proba-
bly, not as much attention paid to family |
instruction and worship as there should
be.
IL. Profanlty-It is sad that this
shocking habit prevails in many COM
munities amongst the ungodly.
IL. Societies-The young men are
organizing themselves into associations
for prayer and Christian work, and the
women, in some of our congregations, |
are efficient helpers by the same means.
Respectfully, j.. A. QuARLEs.
j. B. WHITE.
F.. A. SEMINARY.
A communication was received from
the congregation of the Lexington
church stating that the church assem-
bled in congregational meeting had
ratified the agreement entered into be-
tween the Board Of Trustees and the
Presbytery, touching the joint control
of the seminary, and Presbytery adopt.
ed the following resolutions:
1st-That the paper adopted by the
Congregation be spread upon the
records of P~resbytery as official evil
dence of the agreement between the
church and the P~resbytery. And
2d-That i'll accordance with the
provisions of this agreement the Pres
bytery now proceed to nominate the
following persons as trustees of said
seminary; viz:
j. d. SHEwALTER,
s. S. REEDER,
JOSHUA BARBEE.
Term to expire 1887.
p. II. CHAMBERS,
A. w. Mister,
ROBERT TAYLOR.
Term to expire 1888.
And the following committee was
appointed to attend the final examina-
tons; viz: Revs. j. NJ. Clancy, j.
Barbee, A. w. Nesbit and s.. T.
Ruffner.
DELEGATES TO H ASSEMBLY.
Rev. A. w. Mister and Elder Rufus
Young were elected principal COM
missioners to the assembly, and Rev.
a. w. Nesbit and Elder j. B. White
alternates.
Presbytery adjourned to meet at La
mar, Sept II, 1885, at 7 80 p. m.
S. C.
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