The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-06-09

meeting held at Round Hill church, May 2lst,
received the Rev. l.. E. Scott from the Pres.
bytery OF Ebenezer, and dismissed the Rev.
W. d. White to the Presbytery of Chesapeake
and Licentate w. H. Miller to the care of the
Presbytery of Champlain. Mr.. Scott was in
stalled pastor of Round Hill church. The Rev.
R. 81. Fleming, having received call to
church in Washington, d. c. asked that the
pastoral relation between him and the church
at Woodstock be dissolved Final action in the
matter was deferred until the fall meeting of
Presbytery.
Presbytery of Montgomery.-Ata an ad-
journed meeting held in Lynchburg, Va, June
1st the pastoral relation of Rev E. W. McCor-
kle and Sharon church was dissolved This was
In pursuance of the arrangement already pub
lished for division of Mr.. McCerkle's field. The
final consideration of Rev. B. w. Moseley's res
ignation of New London was referred to the
next stated meeting. Mr.. W. R. Lawton, col
ored candidate, now supplying the Central Pres
byterian church, Lynchburg, had not received
his certificate; Presbytery therefore adjourned
to meet in said church June 18th, at 81 P. NJ,
to examine this candidate for licensure, ordina
ton, and installation. P.B.P.
The Rev. w. G. Neville sends us the fol-
lowing items of news from Bethel Presbytery
p" The Rev. ]. L. McLin has been installed pas
tor of Catholic and Pleasant Grove churches
These churches have given Mr.. McLin hearty
welcome and he commences his labors with
bright prospects. The church at Lancaster c.
H., s. c., has called the Rev. J. P Marion, and
he has signifed his willingness to accept the
call. The Rev. w G. Neville has entered upon
his work as pastor of Concord church under
favorable auspices. Recently there have been
seven additions to the church and there are
others who have the matter under consideration
There have been about sixty additions to the
Sunday School, making the number on the roll
over two hundred. The pastor has recently or
gained prayer meeting among the male men,
bers OF the church. There are over twenty
members The ladies of the church and COM
munity have recently erected a beautiful iron
fence around the cemetery at An expense of $500
Ihey are faithfully at work for manse now"
Southern Presbyterian.
Palmyra, Mo.-Rev. DR.. Wells, Evangelist
for the Synod of Missouri, has been assisting
Rev. j. W. Roseborough at Palmyra, In an in
teresting meeting A correspondent In the 81.
LOUIS Presbyterian says: Fourteen substan-
tal members were added 10 our number Nine
OF these were received by letter, and five on
profession of faith. But the greatest good of
which God made DR.. Wells the happy instru
ment, was the bringing in the remnant of the
Second Presbyte terrain (Northern) church, consist.
ing of three wise and eff ;ient elders, the wives
of two of these, and one aged sister in Christ
These members have been very faithfully and
generously cooperating with the First church
for several years, and now we rejoice greatly
that we are fully one in Christ. Two promising
young men were also of the aforesaid fourteen,
one received on profession, and the other, on
certificate, from sister branch of the Church.
The other six were three husbands and three
wives, or three pairs all parents"
Northern Presbyterian.
Rev. VIM. D. Snodgrass. D. D, for 81
years pastor of the church at Goshen, N Y,
died at the parsonage there on Friday night,
May 28th, aged ninety years. He studied the
ology at Princeton licensed in 1918 at Carlisle;
pastor at Fayetteville, N. G.. at Savannah Ga;
pastor for ten years of the Murray Street church,
New York founded the church on Fifteenth
Street in 1874 and its pastor for FIVE years pas
tor at Goshen since 1849.
A Genuine Surprise. THAT the Modera.
tor, Rev. DR.. Marquis is. very pronounced
pre- millennialist is quite generally known but
hitherto he has not been supposed to be agrees
sive in the PRONUNCIATION of his views in this re-
gard indeed it was believed that he was dis.
posed to keep them somewhat in allegiance.
Therefore it was genuine surprise to the men,
bers Of the General Assembly and indeed to
everybody else, when on Sabbath morning
May 23d, he preached sermon of marked
ability, setting forth and defending the entire
pre-millennial system with respect to the preach
ing Of the Gospel, and the impossbility of the
conversion Of the world until the re appearance
of Christ in person. The effect was startling
upon large numbers, as it was the first time
that any one occupying the Mederators chair
and acting IN sense as a representative of the
whole Church, at the meeting Of an Assembly
had, as it were in the presence of the whole
Church, advocated the pre-mllennial theory in
opposition to the opinion of the great mass Of
the Church. The particular friends and patrons
Of the Theological Seminary Of the Northwest,
now Mccormick Theological Seminary, were
especially startled by the bold announcement
made by the Professor Of New Testament
Exegesis in hatinstituton, Of pre-. millennialism
in opposition to the view held by most Of them.
1t is not for us to argue the case we only state