The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-02-13

~ N'H'oi As' W. " DeBln january ZoTd. be
cause OF Indictment weather, nothing could b.
done till Sunday, 9th, when church was or
ganizsd with thirteen members, of whom three
were elected elders and two deacons. or tbes
officers elect, only one, Elder F. NJ. Dixon wa
ready to accept. Mr.. Dixon being an elder il
the church from which he was received WA
duly installed Others will at once connec
themselves with the organization. God is with
us st. Louis Presbyterian.
Raleigh. N. c There were present at the
First Presbyterian church of Raleigh, N. C. on
late communion Sabbath the following off isls
OF the State The Governor elect; the retiring
Governor; an ex Governor; the Chief Justice. an
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court an ex.
judge the Speaker of the Senate, and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives Of
North Carolina. OF this number FIVE are ruling
elders of the Presby terrain church
o ut her Presbyterian Sunday.
School Work.-A number of Sunday-school
workers, representing the Franklin Street,
franklin Square, Maryland Avenue and Weth-
eredville Southern Presby terian churches, met
last night in the Franklin Street Church to con-
slider lans for the organization of ana ISOLATION
of Sunday school workers of the P esbytery of
Maryland. The Rev. j. P. Campbell pastor of
Faith Presbyterian Church. aud corresponding
secretary of the Sunday School Association of
the Presbytery of Baltimore, (Northern Assem-
Bly, gave an interesting description o. the work
OF his Association, Its usefulness to the schools
and value to the workers. He urged those
present to form a similar association and gave
some valuable suggestions for its working. A
number OF resolutions and amendments looking
to the formation of an association were submit
ted and rejected AS there was a general opin-
Ion that the organic alton and working of such
an association without the consent of the Pres
bytery of Maryland would be disre yardlng tbe
rights of the Presbytery. A committee of FIVE
was appointed to consider aud ADOPT plans of
work and constitution for an association of
Sunday school workers on lines similar to those
OF the Association of the Presbytery of Bsltl-
more to submit these at an adjourned meeting.
and If approved to submit them 10 the Presbv-
terry OF Maryland at It's April meeting and ar
proved by that body to organize the Assocla-
ton The committee is az follows: From
franklin Street Church James L. Coulter, G.
E. Stevenson; Franklin Square. John Arthur
Maryland Avenue; N S. Pendleton; Wethereds-
vile, Rev. F. D. Ramsay. The meeting adj
journed subject to call of the committee
Bali Sun.
The Presbytery of Western District
At the call of the Moderator the Presbytery
convened at Humboldt Tenn, February 9th.
NJ a.. ~ r
solution of the pastoral relation between hImseli
and the churches at Union City and Pierce Sta
ton, with view to his accepting a call from
the church at Brownsville, Tenn, was not
granted
Rev. S. w. Mitchell was clothed with au
thoTlty to exercise the powers of the evangelist
within his present field of labor, comprising
several churches within our bounds
S. l.. GRIesBY, S. Clerk.
The Presbytery of Florida met in Tai
lahassee Fla January llth. and adj burned or
the l4th to meet at Thomasville, Ga. dur ne
the sessions OF Synod, at the call OF the Modera
tor. The ministerial force of Presby terry was
strengthened by the addition of four members
The commission appointed at the last meeting
to ordsln lIcentiate Jas. MEG. Richardson and
install HIM pastor of the Tallahassee church re
ported the work performed and Mr.. Richard.
sons name was enrolled.
Rev h. H Newman was received from the
Presbytery Of Savannah, and is supplying mos
accePtably the churches of MlkesvIlle, New
Hope, Fort White and Branford
Rev. G. 2. Walker was received from the
Presbytery of South Alabama, and ia pastor OF
the churches of Milton and Bagdad
Rev ID y. Yerger was received from the Pres
bYtery Of South Alabama and Is pastor Of
Z nsacola church. In &C ;ordance with the &C
ton of the last General Assembly, transferring
the territory of West Florida to US. the three
churches IN that territory viz. Pensacola
Milton and Bagdsd, were enrolled among oul
churches
Permission was granted to the Mikesville anc
New Hope churches to employ the services o.
Rev. II. II. Newman; and a call from the Fort
White churc1 for one fourth of his time wa,
placed in his bar ds, and permission granted
him to hold the same till the next regular meet.
ing.
Presbytery declined to concur in the overture
to the Synod from ST. Johns Presby.ery for the
Florida.
Rev. a. B. Curry and Col. f. P. Cater yer,
appointed a committee on the memorial Of Rev
5. +. Halliday, deceased.
Branford was chosen as the place for the reg
ular meetlngin April, next
Alb. CURRY, S c.
Northern Presbyterian.
In seven years in which Rev. ]. H. Bar.
rows, d D., has been pastor Of the First Pres.
byterian Cl urcb, Chicago H.. 4l8 have been
added 10 the church, and 492 have come into the
membership Of the mission chapel underis care.
The reported benevolent contributions amount
to S491 .O36.
In Portland, Oregon, there has been a
lar ~, Ia .s.-t al ID