Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-11
HE pREsBYTERIANs.
Sec nd Days Proceedings or the Lex
fngton Presbytery.
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Set ond Days Proceedings or the Lex
ington Presbytery.
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HARRIsONBURG, May I, 1886.
The organization Of church called
Woodyille, at Burnt House, in Richie
county, W. Va, was reported, and the
church enrolled.
The ministers of the Presbytery, al
most without exception, reported that
they had preached on the subjects of
family worship and parental response
bility, in obedience to the order Of the
last Assembly.
The Rev. George L. Brown accepted
calls from Bridgewater and Massanut-
ten churches, and his pastoral relation
with Warm-SpriDgs and Greenwood
churches was dissolved.
Home missions received large share
of attention to-day. Plans were laid
for the supply Of about all of our va
cant churches. The Rev. ii. r. Smith
will continue in the evsngelistic work
in West Virginia. The Home Missions
Committee was empowered to make de-
mands on the time Of ministers whose
salaries are supplemented by the Pres
bytery for the supply Of our vacant
fields, Aid extended to churches will
in all cases be conditioned upon their
agreement to the grouping into pastoral
charges ordered by the Presbytery.
Pastors are requested to spend some
weeks every year in work among tho
vacant churches and missionary fields.
The Rev. j. n. Van Devanter, by per-
mission OF the Presbytery, will labor
at Buckhannon church, which is in con-
nection with the Northern Assembly,
for half his time until the next stated
meeting. The Committee Of Home
Missions has power given it to arrange
any new work and settle cases arising
before the next regular meeting.
Mr.. Lee w. Irwin, of Lexington,
was taken under the care Of the Pres
bytery as candidate for the ministry.
The Presbytery will hold an adj
iourned meeting at Mcdowell church
the Friday before the third Sunday in
June to ordain and install MIR. b. A.
Pendleton as pastor of that church.
The narrative on the state Of reli-
gion was on the whole encouraging.
THIRD AND FOURTH DAYS.
MAY 8, 1886.
Timber-Ridge church will be the
place of the next stated meeting chosen
because the Presbytery was organ
lied there one hundred years ago the
22d Of September next. A commit
tee was appointed to arrange for SER
vices suitable to the centennial year.
The commissioners to the General
Assembly at Augusta, Ga, are Reys.
j. A. Preston (the Rev. F. j. Brooke,
Of his own motion, declining to go)
and A. F. Laird, with Elders j. A.
Waddell, Of Staunton, and Frank An
derson, of Pendleton church. princi-
pals Revs. A. K. Cooke and w. NJ.
McElwee, with Elders John L. Byrd,
Of Williamsville, and Major W. NJ.
Tate, Of Hebron, alternates.
A commission was appointed to or
ganize church at West Union, Dod-
drige county, W. Va, in the evan
gellstic field of the Rev. II. r. Smith.
The Rev. d. A. Penick presented
report on foreign missions, showing that
while fewer Of our churches failed to
contribute to this cause during the past
wear than ever before there was a fall
ing off Of the amount raised in our
bounds Of sl,l97. SS, the falling off
being in the amounts given by indi.
yiduals. After some discussion the
Presbytery resolved to endeavor to
raise $4,000 for this work during the
present year.
A memorial OF the Rev. DR.. j. P.
Strider was read and adopted.
There are 81 churches on our roll,
the total membership being G,370.
There were BAG members added on ex-
animation and l79 on certificate during
the past year. The Sabbath schools
have 1850 scholars enrolled gain of
$50 over last year. More than thirty
mission schools are carried on, the most
Of them in the counties of Augusta aud
Rockbridge.
Messrs. James f. Bear and L. II.
Paul were licensed to preach the Cos
pei.