The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-23
THROUGHOUT THE STATE
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS OF
VIRGINIA SYNOD.
Interesting seryices-Committee Reports
d-hesolutions on the Chicago
EXposition-Complete List of tho Mem
bers-The Commonwealth.


torical materials that they had fulfille,
their duties, and were discharged. Thi
valuable historical volume was ordered L
be sold for twenty-five cents by Rev. j. Cal
YIN Smith and Rev. DR.. James 7. Smith.
INVITED TO SEATS.
Rev. j. X. Hazen, ID. d., Of the Synod o
Alabama; Rev. J. y. Craig. ID. D., OF tn
Synod of Mississippi, and Rev. Edward
Lane, OF the synod Of Brazil, were insro
duced and invited 10 sit as correspOr iinl
members.
Rev. j. III. Waugh and Rev. j. T. vii
liams, of the Methodist Church; Rev. Or
James Nelson, of the Baptist Church; Rev
j, ID. Donovan, of the United Brethren
Church, and Rev. ii. +. Sheally, OF tn,
Lutheran Church, were introduced and in
vited to sit as visiting brethren.
A traternal communication from thu
StauntOn Young Mems Christian Associa
tion was received, and the Synod returned
their thanks through the stated clerk.
PROGRAMME FOR TODAY.
The following order for tomorrow was
adopted: 10 A. NJ, Rev. DIR. j. X. Hazen in
behalf Of publication; ii A. NJ, Rev. DR.. j
W. ROsebrO, chairman, on evangelizatiOn
1890 Z. NJ, recess until L. NJ; o L. NJ.
adjourn; 1880 =. NJ. public worship, with
preaching by Rev. DR.. Moses ID. Hoge.
The order for IL A. NJ. Friday is to hear
the report on foreign missions.
THE DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The overture from the West Hanover
Presbytery to transfer Providence church Ia
the East Hanover Presbytery, and the over.
ture from the Chesapeake Presbytery to
extend their boundaries, were referred tC
the Committee on Bills and Overtures
The records, statistical reports, and
narratives of Presbyteries were called
for and appropriately referred. The report
Of the treasurer was read and referred
to the Committee on Finance. The report
Of the trustees of the Union Theological
Seminary was read and referred. together
with the reports received from Presbyteries,
as required by the Synod at its last
meeting. to the Committee on the Seminary.
The Committee on Systematic Benetcence
reported, through Rev. Frank McCutchom.
chairman. The report was approved, and
its recommendations were adopted.
The Committee on Sabbath Schools, Rev.
X. ii. Flournoy, chairman, made their re-
port, which was adopted.
THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION.
Rev. DIR. Moses ID. Hoge presented the
following paper, which, after a concise. but
eloquent and impressive address by DR..
Hoge, was unanimously adopted by ris-
ing vote, and ordered to be signed by the
authority and in the name OF the Synod OF
Virginia by the moderator and stated
clerk: "The Synod Of Virginia, at its
one hundred and third annual session,
embracing as it does ten Presby-
teries, covering the States Of Nir-
ginia, West Virginia, the District Of Co
lumbia and a part of Maryland, having
more than $1,000 communicates and repre-
senting a constituency OF about 100000 OF
the citizens of the three.States and the Dis
trlct Of Columbia. above mentioned, be-
lieying the Christian Sabbath TO be
"A divine institution, the reyerent observance
of which is an obligation Of binding
force upon all mankind 10 whom Christian
ruth has come, and being thoroughly con-
WINGED that the best tempered interests OF
the individual and of society are bound up
in the careful observance Of one day in
seven as a day OF rest and worship, respect
fully petition your honorable body not TO
allow the Columbian Exposition to be kept
open to the public in any Of its departments
on the Sabbath day or any part thereof"
Rev. Frank j. Brooke presented paper
on sydnOdical eyangeiiZatiOn, which was
referred to the SYnod's committee on that
subject.
The overture from the East Hanover
Presbytery Withdrawing application for a
change Of name was granted. The Synod
took recess until 1870 i. NJ. as popular
meeting in behalf Of Hampden-Sidney Col
lege is to be held at 3 sop. NJ.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session of the Synod was de-
voted to the consideration Of Home Mis-
sions. The topic was opened by report
from the committee ofthe Synod on the sub
ject read by Rev. l.. b. Johnston. The sub
iect was further discussed by Rev. j. y.
Craig, ID. d., of the General Assembly, sec
retary Of Home Missions, who delivered a
very novel and interesting address on the
work among the negroes in the South and
the Indians in Indian Territory.
LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SYNOD.
Following is the complete list of the men,
bers Of the Synod
Rev. II. c. Alexander, Elder j. ID. Ar
buckle, Rev. Samuel j. Baird, Elder G. j.
Bell, Elder DR.. Bell, Elder Frank Bell,
Elder j. w. Bird, Rev. VI. ii. Bittinger, Rev.
Daniel Blain, Elder Nj. Blue, Rev. +. j.
Brooke, Rev. G.. l.. Brown, Rev. j. X.
Bridges, Rev. j. j. Bullock, ID. d., Rev. a..
B. Bittinger, Elder Adam Brown, Elder
X. T. Brooke, Rev. w. &. Campbell, ID. d..
Rev. William A. Campbell, ID. d., Rev. W.
;. Campbell, Elder X. G. Campbell, Rev. A.
K. CaringtOn. Rev. j. G. Carson. Elder g..
G. Caskie, Elder II. A. COBB. Elder j. g..
Cook, Elder Isaac III. Christian. Elder
Richard Clay, Rev. j. y. Craig, ID. d., Rev.
w. A. Crawford, Elder &. G.. Crawford,
Rev. J. X. Crews, Elder ii. Bradley David
son, Elder John j. Davis, Elder W. H..
Dinges, Rev. William Dinwddie, ID. d.,
Rev. W.T.. Doggett, Rev. NJ. W. Doggett,
Elder j. T.. Douglass, Rev. J. Nice. Duck
wall, Elder j. L. Enderie, Rev. L. i. Epes,
Elder X. ID. Erwin, Rev. j. \. Fair, ID. d.,
Rev. q. w. Finley. Elder A. Finley, Rev.
II. III. Fleming, Rev. L. Fletcher, Rev. w.
;. Friend, Elder j. +. Fitzgerald, Rev. T..
=. Flournoy, Elder w. W. B. Gallaher, Rev.
j. p. Cannon, Elder j. A. Gortner, Rev.
Charles Ghiselin, Elder - Glass, Elder
John w. Glendy, Rev. =. II. Gwinn, Rev.
A. Il. Graham, Elder David Graham,
Elder A. G.. Grinnan, Rev. w. {. Hagan.
Rev. W. T. Hall, ID. d., Rev. W. +. Hamil-
ton, ID. D., Rev. +. III. Harding, ID. d., FL
der Charles Harrison, Rev. G. +. Hender-
lite, Rev. Hugh Henry Elder &. W. Hen
shaw, Rev. W. f. Hill, Rev. Moses ID. Hoge,
ID. d.. Rev. }. w. Holt, Rev. 4. W. Hooper,
d. d., Rev. A. c. Hopkins, ID; d..
Elder John Horn, Rev. &. W. Hollis,
Elder ;. A. Houston, W. y. Houston,
Rev. II. X. Houston, Rev. II. X. Ho,gison.
Rev. ID. &. Irwin, Elder j. 4. Irvine, Elder
;. j. Jamison, Rev. f. ID. Jeffries, Rev. l..
b. Johnston, Rev. Thomas L. Jones, Elder
Joseph Kelly. Elder Henry c. Kirk, Elder
T. j. Kirkpatrick, Elder l.. kirkpatrick,
Elder T.. l.. Kramer, Rev. NJ. b. Lambdin,
Rsv. A. +. Larl, Rev. ii. X. Lard,
Rev. NJ. l.. Lacy, ID. d., Rev. W. ;. Lacy,
ID. d., Rev. ID. NJ. Layton, Rev. j. +. Lati-
mer, ID. d.. Rev. }. III. Lewis, Rev. Z. ,.
Rev. A. Gibson Link, Elder
LLOYD Logan, Rev. G.. A. Long, Rev. q. +.
LYLE, Elder James Lyons, Elder James
Mann, Elder W. III. Mann, Rev. 5. Taylor
Martin, Rev. w. III. Matthews, Elder
A. ;. Montgomery, Elder j. Hall Moore.
Rev. W. W. Moore, ID. d., Elder U. b. Nor
gan, Elder G. w. Moseley, Rev. James MUIR
ray, ID. d., Rev. +. NJ. Mcconnell, Rev. i.
W. McCorkle, Rev. j. ii. McCown, Rev. A.
ID. McCluer. Rev. T.. Il. McCIuer,
Elder James A. McClung, Elder ID.
NJ. McCue. Rev. Frank McCutchan.
Rev. NJ. NJ. NcElwee, Rev. Frank L.
McFaden. Rev. Richard Mcllwaine, ID. d.,
Elder j. A. Mckay, Rev. l.. A. Mclean,
Rev. X. l.. McMurran. Rev. John A. Nc
Murray, Elder Samuel ID. Morton. Rev. j.
n. Naff, Elder Nicholas, Rev. j. Z. Painter.
Elder John X. Patterson. Elder John 5. Pan
cake, Rev. l.. II. Paul. Rev. ID. A. Penick,
Rev. Is. A. Pendleton, Elder John h. Peek,