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The Presbytery of Lafayette.

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PLANTATION AND ATTENDANCE.
Rev. w. D. Morton was elected moderator
and Rev. H. B.. Banks. temporary clerk.
There were present ii ministers and Ii rul-
ing elders; and Rev. j. V. Banks, of Palmyra
was present and invited to sit as q
member. Rev. j.T. Paxton
was at his own request dismissed to JOIN Inc
Presbytery of Washburn, Ark.
INSTALLATION AND CALLS.
The committee appointed for the purpose
that they had installed Rev. H. B..
Banks as pastor of Prairie and Corder church.
es. Calls were presented from the Pleasant
Hill church for the pastoral services of Rev.
H. NJ. Sydenstricker, which was placed in his
hands with permission to retain 1t till next
meeting of Presbvtery; also from the Boon
Vile church to Rev. w. II. Morton, which
being accepted, a committee consisting OF
Rev. L. p. Bowen. d. D., Rev. s. L. Ruffner
and Rev. G. L. Ley5urn was appointed to in
stall him on the third Sabbath of May,
CHURCHES ORGANIZED.
Committees appointed therefor reported
churches organized at Blackburn and Pilot
Grove.
RECEPTION AND EXAMINATION OF CANDI-
DATES.
Mr.. F. W. Snead, of Sedalis, was taken I'M
der the care of Presbytery "a u candidate for
the ministry, and candidates Chambers, Wal
lace and Washburn were examined on part
of their course with a view to licensure. .
O~vERTUREs.
In reply to overtures sent down. by the AS
sembly, touching the Evangelist in foreign
lands and the moderatOrship of ruling elders,
Presbytery declined to consent and agree
thereto, and the assembly was overturned to
rannvp the committee Of Hnmp Missions to
st. Louis.
The following overture was also adopted,
viz: In view of the numerous vacancies
among our feeble churches. our large spiritu-
within the bounds of our church, with its
%unsupplied demand for Evalgelists and
Evangelistic work;
Resolved, 1. That the Presbyterian church
IS in the Providence of GOD called to a more
active and devoted and scriptural exercise Of
the aggressive forces of her oganiZatiOn.
Resolved, 2. That tho church should more
fully emphasize the functions and obligations
of the Evangelistic as distinguished from the
pastoral duties as expounded in form of gov
eminent. chapter Ill, section ii, page 6.
Resolved, 3. That to this end the Presby.
terry of Lafayette does hereby earnestly over
ture the General Assembly of the Presby-
terrain church in the United States to convene
at Augusta, Ga, May 90, TO recommend to
the directors and trustees of our Theological
Summaries to secure for the students of the
institutions under their charge u course of
lectures on the scriptural order, functions,
obligations and demand for Christian Evan
gelists from the professor OF pastoral TheO-
logv or some other approved theological
teacher.
REVISED DIRECTORY.
Presbytery recommends that 1.-The whole
matter be indefinitely postponed.
COMMITTEE TO ATTEND EXAMINATION OF E.
A.
The first week in June was appointed, viz
Rev. Messrs. Morton, iSydenstricker, and
Ruling Elder Francisco.
SUPPLIES,
Were appointed to preach one Sabbath each.
viz: New Hope, DR.. j. A. Quarles; Maple
wood and Blackburn, Rev. j. Barbee; Little
TebO, Rev. S. I. Ruffner; Union, Rev. W. D.
Morton; Salem, Revs. Nesbit and Mister;
Papinsville, Rev. B. NJ. Hobson; Miami, DR..
Bowen; Dover, Revs. Clancy and Leyburn
Brownsville, Drs. Montgomery and Quarles
Pilot Grove. Reys. Montgomery and Morton
and Rev. j. V. Barks was granted leave to
labor at Waverly till next meeting.
COMMISSIONERS TO NER ASSEMBLY,,
Are Rev, A. w. Nesbit and Elder w. C.
| Beatie principals, and Rev. H. B. Banks and
Elder Chas. Richardson alternates.
NARRATIVE,
our committee submit the following re-
port:
Out of thirty churches on the roll, eighteen
four remain unheard from. During the yea
the Presbytery has organized two new
churches. The summarized results of the
reports rendered weld the following.
1. Careful oversight on the part of the ell
dership is exceptional. Six churches report
no visiting whatever, and the remainder re.
port only occasional visiting; when visiting
Is found it is mostly social,
2. In the majority of the churches atten.
dance Is represented as good, in five or SIX as
excellent and IN the remainder as "fair."
3. The representation at PRAYER meeting is
from one-third to One-half. Two or three
churches report an exception of two.thirds to
three-fourths. Three report no prayer meet
Ings whatever, and four report union prayer
meetings.
4. Family worship is only guessed at, but
as so stands thus: Three churches report
none; one church reports one family only
two, poor; one church reports five familie:
out of twenty; another six in twenty; an
other six in fifty another six in thirty; an
other all save one %;anOther twelve in seventy.
five; another two in twenty. 1t Is evident
that the brethren are not fully posted, bu
that the prevailing opinion is that very few
families worship regularly.
D. All the churches save one or two report
the Sabbath as moderately well kept on the
part of their members.
u. 1ueIe II HUI Oue CASE III winch any at
tentlOn is given to the cOlOred people. The
reason is that there is no opening. Their own
ministers serve them.
7. Additions. 1927. Very few churches
report none.
8. The reports on liberality reveal the fac
thst some churches have no method what.
ever; that the majority adopt the method o
yearly subscriptions to the pastors salary
and leave general expenses and needs of thu
committees to special collections; that on,
adopts the method of quarterly subscription
and that in three cases only Is the plan o
weekly subscriptions adopted. This bein,
the case the church cannot be said to be doinf
its duty fully, 1t is believed that giving mus
be symstematic. And yet we would not fai
to recognize the good hand of God on us IL
this matter, and that the liberallty of tn,
church is constantly on the increase
8. On the whole, the blessing of God is Of
the church, Notwithstanding many imperfec
tons, and it is our emphatic duty to recog
nize his graciOusness In all his dealings witt
us. A. w. NEsBIT
NEXT PLACE OF MEETING.
With cordial thanks to the good people O
Calhoun for their kindness and hospitality
Presbytery adjourned to meet at Springfield
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