Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-23
THE SYNOD IN SESSION.
QUESTIONS DISCUSSED BY THE
PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL.

mittee to Report Upon To-Dsy or To
morrow-A Spirited Debate Likely u
Arise-Prof. WoOdrOw's Friends STAND
by Him.
The synod OF South Georgia and Florida
met at 0 o'clock yesterday morning, and
spent half al hour in devotional eXer'
cises conducted by Rev. j. W. Montgom'
cry. The delegates IN attendance dur
ing the day we're:
Presbytery OF Florida-Revs. W. H.
Crane. 3 L. Baker, \. p. Quarterman, II.
NJ. Anderson, A. B, Curry, T. L. smith,
and Elders 4. =. Vidal. GainesNilIei IT,
81. WheIst0ne, MikesVlle; Angus faief-
son, Madison.
L. Wallace. II. kcigwin, j. w. SheareT,
Elder James NcRae.
Presbyte.v Of -ayannah-Reys. L. ;. j..
Arson. e. q. Way, J. W. MONTGOMERY, j.
W. Kerr, J. W. Rogan. L. Link, J. n.
Bradshaw. and Elders W. ID. Bacon, Wal
thourgilie: !. j.. Varuedoe, Naldosta;
William Harden, Savannah; John Pater-
son. Quitman.
Aner the reading OF the minutes Of
Wednesday nights session, Rev. W h..
Dodge, of Jacksonville. the stated clerk
oil tae synod. was elected m derator,
Rev. Il. Keigwin, of Orlando. Ia. was
elected temporary clerk. and Rev. }. W.
Shearer. Of DeLand, Fla, was elected
reading clerk. After a snort recess the
moderator announced the following COM
mittees:
THE COMMITTEES.
Devotional Exercises-ReYs. J. W. Ro-
gan, r. @. Way, Elder William Harden.
Bills and Oyertu res-Eeys. j. w. Mont
gomeTy, Henry Anderson, Elder Il. Pat
tersOn.
Judicial Business-Reys. }. ". Rogan,
A. B. Curry. Elder James McRae.
Leave ~ Absence aud Correspondence
Revs. W. g.. T. Wallace, j. ". Kerr, e.
der a. j.. Vidal.
Minutes Of Assembly-Revs. Henry
Anderson, J. ". Shearer, Elder ". d.
Bacon.
Theological seminary-Reys. B. J.. Ba-
ker. Henry keigwin. /. Link, y. i. quar-
terman. Elders c.. NJ. MILESTONE, j. q.
Yarnadoe, James McRae.
atiye-Revs. X. Q. Way, ". II.
Crane. Elder John Paterson.
Recorder Of Pres5yteries Florida y
Reys. II. keigwin, J.W. Kerr savannah J,
Revs. z. +. smith. J. W. shearer, Elder
Al. Vidal It. johns, J. " ROgan, W.
Il. Crane, Elder J. D. Bacon.
Finance Reys. A. B, Curry, /. Link,
ELDER J. u. Paterson.
Revision Of r cords OF Synod-Revs. J.
W. Kerr. J. " Montgomery, T. Z. Smith.
REPORTS FROM PREsBYTERIEs.
Rev. A. B. Curry. stated c.erk Of the
fresbytery ~ Florida, read the report Of
that presbytery. The presbytery has y
ministers and % churches. 1t has re-
ceiyel Rev. i. p. Julian from the presby-
terry o. Atlanta and installed him pastor
for baf bis time OF tle MicanOpy church.
Do has received Rev. g. A. Haugh from
the Eya0c -iicai Lutheran synod u Geor-
ga. ard 20 has IN the field one evangelist.
Rev. II. ". Anderson, who. however, has
resigned. % take eh ct Jan. ], lssJ.
The -tatstica port IL the presbytery
~ -. JOINS showed that IT consisted OF
l5 minister and 81 churches. Il has under
is care one cald date for the ministry.
Daring the past year 1t has dissolved the
pastoral RS atoms Of Rev. T. :. Wilson,
j.. D., % Pelstsa, ana dismissed him 10
tie presbFtery OF East Florida. The pas
taral relations 0f Rev. J. ~. Sbearer, Of
DHLaDd. have been dissolved. The church
81 SAN Mate has been transferred 10 tbe
presbFfery 90 Last Florida, and the church
a. Barlow has been dropped from the roll.
Ihe presbyt ry has employed three
rangeiisrs. and has organized churches
a. Tampa and Plant CITY. Rev. II. :.
eFger Has been dismissed 70 the presbv-
terv % -0Dtb Alabama. and Rev. W. +.
-.in ~ pre- -5yterv ~ Central Texas. has
h e'red. VIM. Henry Dodge,
stated clerk.
q Way, the stated clerk Of the
pres bBfery II savannah. read the statisfi-
cal report q that preshvfery. il cpnt-
prises y ministers and - CHURCHES. R.v.
Luther Link and Rev. Ar. Berbener have
beer received during the past year, and
Rev. j. W. Eagsu was ius allied pastor Of
the FIRST Presbyterian church, savan-
nah. Rev. Dir. BOYD WIS suspended from
pastoral relations. and Prince Maxwell,
cOloTed. was licensed to preach.
GROWTH or TIKI CHURCH.
Tie narratives that accompanied each
presbytery's statistical report showed an
encouraging growth OF the church within
the territory of the synod.
The statistical reports were received
with the exception Of the report OF the
Savannah presbyterY, which was referred
back 90 the presbytery for some slight
corrections.
The Moderator read the report or the
Treasurer Of the synod, which showed a
balance % few dollars. The report was
received and placed in the hands Of tue
Finance Committee.
About the most important matter that
came before the body during the morning
WAS letter from Rev. James Woodrow
late Professor IN Columbia Theol0gicai
University. In the communication Prof.
W DbNADH fkftAtN tue httlUN OF tNe iNnf
synOds which control the university. aud
also the action Of the Board Of Directors
winch removed him rom the Perkins
chair because be was alleged 20 have said
that he would continue 20 teach that sew
Olution Is probably true" Prot. Wood
row made Two points in his letter--one
that the board did not, through It's COM
mittee, ask him II he would discontinue
% teach the doctrine Of the probable truth
Of evolution.
Prof. Woodrow's second point was that
he was removed without trial, and he
therefore asked the synod 20 annul the
action OF Is representatives in the board
OF directors and give him a trial. The
letter was beard with much interest and
was referred 20 a committee, which will
report to-day Or tomorrow. IL Is under
stood that there viii be AN interesting de-
bate when the committees report comes
before the body. Prof. Woodrow has
several friends in the synod who, while
they may not 20 quite rs far as the pro-
fessOr does in his belief, will yet ask for
him a fair and open hearing The body
is about equally divided. and what the
final result will be is hard TO tell.
The rest Of the morning session was de.
voted % routine matters. fixing the order
0f business for to-day and tomorrow. etc
Rev. j. II. Alexander, ~ Atlanta, was i'm
Nited to sit as cores p0nding member.