Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-20
THE PRESBYTERIANS.

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ADJOURNMENT OF LEXINGTON PREsBY
TERY-THE BROOKE CALL-CHURCH
TATIsTICs-HosPITALI AT TINK-
LING SPRING
| &C., &C., &C.
| Reported for the STAUNToN V1NDICAToR.l
TINKLING SPRING. April 16.-Aftel
my report from Lexington Presbytery last
Thursday, the body was busily engaged
until Saturday afternoon and the follow
ing business Of general interest transac'
ted:
Rev. F. j. Brooke asked and received per-
mission to retain the call to Wytheyille until
| the adjourned meeting of Presbytery to be
| held in the lecture COON of the First church
| Staunton, on May 10th.
| Mr. John M. Paxton from Fairfield was ex-
amined on experimental religion, &C., and re-
| ceived under care of Presbytery as a candi-
date for the gospel ministry.
Mr.. J. B. Bittinger is to be installed pastor
of Tygart's Valley and Mingo Flats churches
on June LIST.
Mr.. W. H. Miley a candidate for the minis
try, was dismissed to the Care of Paducah
Presbytery Ky.
PASTORS SALARIES.
The Stated Clerk reported that most of the
churches had paid their pastors salary in
full, there being only few delinquent church
es and the amount of deficiency generally be-
ing small, only one church being as much as
$175 short, and the others less than $780,
Many of those reported delinquent last year,
are paid up this, and the number of delin-
quents is smaller than for some years previous.
This report was quite encouraging.
OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH.
A very able report from the Committee on
the Sabbath, prepared by Judge G. G. Graf
tan, member of the committee, was present
ed by Rev. A. r. Cooke, chairman, which
elected d very interesting and lengthy dis
cussion, participated in by Rev. W. E. Hill,
visiting member from Montgomery Presbyte-
ry, and also by the Moderator The Sunday
newspapers, Sunday mails and Sunday traffic
and travel were the evils chiefly discussed.
The subject was finally laid over as unfnish-
ed business for the fall meeting at Beverley.
SABBATH SCHOOLS.
The Sabbath School report, offered through
the chairman, Rev. A. H. Hamilton, was very
encouraging. It showed the number of
scholars in the various Sunday Schools had
reached 6.01a, teachers no, increase in last
three years 1853 teachers and /, 499 scholars.
Scholars admitted to communion last year
1853; amount contributed by Sunday Schools
81, 681.70. There are in the Presbytery 1854
commandments. So churches, 43 ministers and
II candidates. Contributions for all objects
last year $51 ,045.
COMMISSIONERS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Revs. A. Jones and F. J. Brooke, with
Elders J. J. White of Lexington, and John j.
Davis, of Clarksburg, W. Va, were elected
meets in Baltimore in May.
THE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
have never seen the business sessions of
Presbytery SO well attended by the people any
where, the church generally being well filled
and much interest manifested But by 11:30
each day, the hour for preaching, SO large
congregation would gather that after the first
day. the church could not hold all the people.
The last Moderator, Rev. L. Fl. Paul,
preached Tuesday and Rev. S. R. Preston of
Wytheville, Wednesday. Thursday was the
big day and an overflow meeting was held in
the school house in the grove, where Rev. DR..
Quarles of Washing ton and Lee University,
preached to all that the house would seat and
Rev. DR.. Halves, the Moderator, preached i'll
the church to crowded house. Still there
Friday, Rev F. j. Brooke, preached to anoth-
er large congregation, and Sunday at IL A.
NJ, Rev. DR.. Quarles again preached and as
sisted the pastor in the communion services,
very interesting occasion.
VARIETY IN THE SCENE.
An interesting feature of this Presbyterial
meeting was the arrangements made for enter
ain ing the large crowds that gathered every
day. They came from many miles around, a
number from the adjoining counties, and
every day quite number rode out from Staun-
ton by rail or by private conveyance, and one
day the Fishburne cadets came up from
Waynesboro. But always there were number
of private carriages and buggies at the station
and every visitor bound for the church had q
complimentary ride there, and when he wished
to return, no matter by which train, there was
way at hand to get back to the railroad.
AS to the feeding arrangements, they were
equally as complete, There were long tables,
and number of them, spread around the
church, and such loads of substantials as we'll
as good things of every variety as were there
set out, are not often seen. And the supply
was always equal to the demand and after
everybody had eaten and been filled, there
was always goodly reserve which never came
into action.
The heartiness with which Presbytery voted
it's thanks for the courteous and hospitaLle en-
tertainment received at the hands of the good
people of Thinking Spring testified to their
gratitude, but still all felt that mere words
could not cell the bill' T. O. M
Avis affairs.
THE GREENVILLE Y. NJ. C. A.-CLERICAL
NOTEs--PROsPECTING FOR MANGANESE
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