Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-10-30
Pr EsBYTERIANIsM.
The Ono Hnndredth Anpivsr.arv n, ~.
PretDytery OF Baltimore.

Baltimore was held In that CITY q,
ThursdAy. The chief part of the oh
servance WAS the presentation of paner
bearing upon the history of presbyterie
wh'ch at one time or another durinI
the last century have been connected
with the PIesbyt tory of Baltimore,
hev. Dr. John 2. Carter, speaking
Tor the Presbytery OF Baltimore. sait
.ne Presbytery at first extended from
iork County, Pa, to Leesburg, Va.
from the 6usquehanna to the Blu,
Ridge. New Castle Presbytery was ee
on In 1879, and later the churches II
Virginia were assigned to Winches,e or
Eight ministers and elders were after
wards formed Into the presbytery O
the district. In 1888 Loves was dis
solved, and those of the old.schooI ss
sembly on the Eastern Shore and DeIa
ware were Joined with the Presby tory
OF Baltimore. In 1S41 the old .fcboo,
mem bers Of Washington were added
10 1850 tho Presby terry Qf the EasterE
Shore was formed, but the nae mbers O,
that region were re-sttached to Balti
more In 1855. In 1858 the Presby tery
oil the Potomac was formed. In 1886
several ministers Withdrew in Balti
more. In 1870 the bounds Of the pres
eytery were re-organized. Rev. DR.,
Allison and Elder Ross were the first
comm issioners from this presbytery to
the hrst mbly In 1889. In l848 the
assembly met first in Baltimore Piee-
oytery.
PRESBfTERY OF NEW CASTLE.
Rev. j. y. vallandiaham, d. D., LII.
d., said: The Presby tory of Philsdel.
phia was constituted In 1905 or 1706,
and was fot years tho highest ecclesiss.
tical court of Presbyterians I'm this
country. In lit New Castle Presby.
terry was formed, extending Its juris
diotion over Delaware, Maryland and
part OF PenDsylvania. james Ander-
son, George Gillespie. Robert Wither-
spoon and David Evans, ministers;
David Miller. John Steel, William
Williams, elders, were present at the
drst meeting Of the presbytery. James
Anderson, born In Scotland, came to
this country in J70s George Gillespie
anne to this country from Scotland in
17l2. Wiaheesp0on, coming TO this
country In 1713 from Scotland, had a
brief ministry of Ave years. Evsps.
though native OF Wales, was raised
in this country and graduated at Yale
College.
"Oi the elders present little is known,
but descendant OF that John Steel Is
present. in the house now, an elder In
the same church. Nearly all the min-
isters In the Presbytery during it's first
thirtesn years were from Scotland or
ireland. Ii was The custom before the
installation Of pastor to make procla.
N alton from the cb urch door that such
an event wonld take place, and IL mol
objection Was raised the ceremony was
performed. There seems to be no rec
ord Of any charge to the pastor or to the
people. The mission field was visited
by mipistets with settled charges, and |
young ministers upon ordination were
sent into tie mission field.
"In 1853. at West nottingham, the
met, and tho mem bers,
united after the schism of i747, set |
tp work to carry ont Its work.
For fourtedn years the prefbytery was
chiefly occupied in examining caudi. |
dates and settling pastors. For about
. year during that period 1t appears
that the presbytery was In q state oil
suspended animation under
another natne. In 1865 1t was resusci
lated, and bas existed ever since under
Its present rAme. In 1878 the presby.
'ery met IN Wilmin ston TO adjust diff.
culties Of Rsv, Mr.. Smith In that city.
The record of that meeting is the last
in the third volume Of the minutes.
The revolution caused omethlng of . |
OF the members of presby- !
tery, and thoir records from 1773 until |
1886 are imperfect"
Rev. Samuel A. Gayley, ID. D., ga~a
D sketch Of the pretbytery from 1876
until 1887. He said: "The bound aries
Of the presby tAry of this period were
In 1886 there were 10 min
Isters, "a organic sd churches, the ma.
lority OF which were feeble, unable to
support a pastor or even stated sup-I
ply. But at every meeting OF presby-I
cry lists of supplies for all vacant
churches were made. By this system
the weak churches were Dursed into
strength and enabled to support settled
pastors. ia 1880 1t formed home mis-l
.ion association, and at she spring
meeting OF 1881 presby terry beoame in
-erested In foreign missions and Joined
the Preshysery Of Baltimore in the
work. In 1888 Benjamin Schneider was
selected as the missionary to Canada,
and later to Asia Minor. Rev. DIR.
Lowrie was selectsd as Its missionary
TO India.
"In 1883 . portion of the Presby terry
was orgsu izod into the PresbyteTy OIL
which had q brief exist
,pce. Among the prominent members
was Rev, Robert Smith, d. D., native
II Ireland, who died In 1898. Rev.
Jamss eLAtta is spoken of as an able
nan. Rey. Thomas Reed, d. D., was a
aIented gentleman. Rev. John Burton
erved sovaral churches in the State of
Delaware; he was a man Of great eccen.
ricity, hut OF ohtldlike implicitly III
Rev. David Greer wss a man OF schol-
.rly attachments, and many young men
eceived instruction under him. Rev.
'Amusl Marvin WAS pastor of the
hurch az Chsneford, Pa, and lie had
CIV supoIlors. Rev VIM. Finney wssI
man OF great aDiability, polished
md refined preacher, aud exerted q
.reat Unfit dee ce. TAe ministry of Rsv.
.smes MtGaw was great SUCCESS.
),her names might be men toned, hut
heir ministry belongs principally to a
ater period. These men were pastors
1 secluded country parishes, bat they
seIe qualified to I'LL higher positions,
nd their names shall live aud ba hon I
red so long ns Presby teri anism lives
n h. 10 lsdd."
Rev. William W. Taylor, speaking Ir
or the Pr rssbytery of Wilmington, said Z
The pres5y cry d as nsus tiat will
we. In our reunion Wilmington PsI
eioin@d 10 New Castle, ard, like %
ride who drops her name, Ts.bsr took I
u new life tAal died. Tbs disTpntte
hurch Ia one assin, end nutu&j cupt
eucs IL restored Tho matter OF dis-I
nie among the clutches psrtaiueo %
acred region. The men on DO L s.dssl
ones.ly heId What they ttonxht GiVii U
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