Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-10-03
rHErP SYNOD OF OHIO.

United Presbyterian church. st. Glars
vile, on Tuesday, Oct 1st, at P. NJ. After
devotional exercises and a sermon by the
Moderator, Rev. II. Y Leiper, from Luke
xiv:23-"Go out into the highways and
hedges and compel them to come in that
my house may be filled" synod was
duly constituted by him with prayer.
The roll was then called showing the
| following members present:
| MANSFIELD PREsBYTERY.
Ministers-James Madge, John P RObb, 7 VI
Knox. John A Wilson, W H Vincent W Hutch
inson, J AShenhurst.
Elders-Robert McClaran, W W TaggaTt.
MUsKINGUM PREsBYTERY.
Ministers-James Lyle, W II Mcfarland,
David Paul, J Campbell. J W Martin, y White,
| J W Taylor. NJ Sluth J H Nash, d X Mcknight,
J Hammond, Hugh Forsyth H Huston.
Elders-N Mcdonald Thomas Rankin, Benjamin
Marshall, John Boden, J C KirkwOod, 5 W Kyle,
B Gillespie, VIM VI Logan, Chris Douglass
sTEUBENvILLE PREsBYTERY.
| MinisterS-J Taggart, H Leeper, W c Dunn,
w Best, j 5 McMunn, j G Kennedy, y f Wade,
W r JamisOn, A Knox. W W McMurray, J NJ
Duncan, ] NJ Jameson, Joseph Buchanan, B
| SleNdII, UtO ID olilill, = W ldII.
| EIdeTs-JOhn FOutZ, John Mckenzie, W b Craw-
ford, John McCarrOIl, Shane.
WHEELING PREsBYTERY.
| MiniSterS-J 7 Mcclure, VIM Grimes, W g Wad-
die, ThOs Balph, " NJ Coleman, A Brownlee r
G Ramsey, W R Thompson, W Mclaughlin. W
f johnson, Thomas Love, a J johnson, q Camp
bell, f NJ Giffen, j Hench.
EIders-J NJ Brown, NJ Ferguson, A McFar-
land, John Scott, Jas Kerr, NJ w Giffen, j r
Moore, John Dubois, Jos ThOmpOn.
Rev. W. H. Coleman of the PreSbytery
of Wheeling, was unanimously elected
Moderator for the ensuing year the clerk
according to direction casting the ballot
| of the Synod. Rev. W. II. Vincent was
reelected stated clerk of the Synod for a
term of four years.
The Moderator announced the follow
ing committees: The nominations which
included the appointments made last
year, except where changes had become
necessary by reason of absence, were con
firmed and the standing committees were
constituted as follows:
Bills and OceTtures- W. Martin, Wm
Grimes, Elder S. G.. Shane
JttdiciGIy-J. T. McLure, W. R.Hutch-
inson, Elder Christopher Douglass.
Foreign Missions Wilson, J. n.
White, Elder James Kerr.
Homo Mission, Freedmen and Church
E.ctellSion-W. H. Mcfarland, J. w.
Best, Elder r. B. Maxwell
Education, Publication and NiniSteT'j-
al Relief. NJ. Jameson, J. W. Taylor,
Elder W. W. Taggart.
NGrrGtioe and State Of ReligiOn--D.
Sabbath and Tenn perdRce-W.G G.. Wad-
die, J. p. Robb, J. 5. MeMunn, Elder j.
Rogers.
Theological SeminaTy-J. p. Lytle, J.
d. Madge, w. G. Dunn, ThOs. Balph, El-
der John Dubois.
M,Lsking,tm COUege-Rev. D. Paul r.
G. Criswell, w. r. Harsha, w. NJ. Cole
man, J. W. Taylor.
DeoOtiOnal Exercises -Thos Balph and
Session.
FinGnce-J. G. Kennedy and John H.
Scott
Rectsion-A. H Orr, J. II. Nash, W.
T. Mclaughlin, T. NJ. Knox.
Wooster was chosen as the place for
holding the next meeting of the Synod,
on the first Tuesday of October 1890.
Rev. John Bower of the Presbyterian
church was extended the usual courtesies.
After prayer by Rev. J. c. Hammond,
Synod adjourned until o'clock
The evening session was opened with
prayer by Rev. Joseph Buchanan, of the
Steubenville Presbytery. The minutes
of the last session were read and APP
proved. Rev. Robert Alexander, of the
Presbyterian church and Rev.J. H. Hol-
lingshead, of the NJ. E. church. ST. Clairs-
vile, were invited to seats as cOnSulta-
tive members. Synod then proceeded to
a conference of the Responsibilities of
Congregations to the Boards of the
Church. Rev. w. H. Mcfarland, d. D.,
presided. Rev. W. II. Vincent, of Mans
field opened the discussion and was fol
lowed by Drs Paul and Wilson, of WooS-
ter, Mcclure, of Wheeling and Taggart
of East Liverpool. After a spirited and
earnest consideration of the subject, the
conference adopted the following resolu-
tion:-"that we as pastors and elders
pledge ourselves to more thorough efforts
in the work of raising our due proportion
of funds for the Boards of the church.
Rev. Thos. Balph on account of the very
serious illness of his mother was excused
from attendance upon the remaining
sessions of the Synod, with the express
sions of the Synod's sympathy.
Mrs l. NJ. Nichol returned missionary
from Egypt, was invited to address the
Synod on the subject of our Egyptian
mission, Immediately after the Confer
ence on Wednesday. After prayer by the
Rev. r. G. Ramsay, Synod adjourned
until Wednesday morning.
SECOND DAY.
Synod convened at 8 A. NJ. Wednesday,
and was opened by prayer by Rev. ThOs.
Love. The minutes of the last session
were read and approved. Under the di
rection of the Moderator some time was
spent in devotional exercises. The COM
mittee on Muskingum College presented
their report, which after discussion was
adopted, as was also the reports of the
committees on Finance, Boards of Edu-
cation, Publication and Ministerial Re
lief. Pending the consideration of the
report of the committee on Theological
Seminary the Synod adjourned until after
dinner, closing with prayer by Rev. J. II.
Hollingshead.
REV. SLATER Brown, of the N. P.
Church, occupied the pulpit of the NJ. E.
Church of this place, in the absence of
the pastor, Sabbath morning and evening.
81 have kept the faith" was the words of
the text in the morning, from which Rev.
Brown preached gospel sermon, which