Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
Synod of Nrqihid.

Tuesday, October 81, 1890 at 100 p.
H., and was opened with sermon BY
Rev. DR.. VIM. Dinwiddie-
DR.. Matt. L. Lacy was elected Mod
orator, and DR.. w. s. Lacy and Fl on.
James Lyons, temporary clerks
There were in attendance about two
hundred members, ministers and ED
ers. A prayer-meeting, held every
morning at seven o'clock, was well at
tended. But there was lack OF re-
ligious services. Only one sermon,
besides the opening one, was preached
during the meeting of Synod. That
was preached Thursday night by
Rev. Moses d. Hoge, ID. D., of Rich
mond, Va, to congregation Of eight
hundred or thousand people.
The usual reports on the different
departments of religious work were
presented. Several stirring addresses
were made on the subject of educat-
ing young men for the ministry. The
report on the Theological Seminary
at Hampden-Sidney produced some
discussion, and steps were taken TO
complete the endowment for the 9th
professorship there. About $50, 600 Is
already in hand, and il is desired to
raise the remaining $4,000 before
next fall. Measures are to be taken
also to increase the general endow-
ment of the Seminary, as money Is
needed at once to make larger lecture
rooms and additional dormitorles, as
there is not sufficient room in the
Seminary to accommodate the IN
creasine number of students. An in
teresting Foreign Missionary meeting
was held Friday at noon. Or. Ed
ward Lane, who is so well known to
the Shepherdstown people, was pres
ent and made thrilling address on
the present condition of Brazil. He
was followed by Rev. ID. p. Junkin,
who has spent the past two years as
teacher in Japan, and who gave some
account Of the missionary work in
that country.
The subject which took up most of
the time of Synod and enlisted more
interest than anything else was Syn
odical Evangelization. A number of
prominent business men had pledged
themselves to give $1,000, if the Syn
cd would raise like amount for this
object. So, after long discussion,
which continued during several days
and lasted till nearly midnight on Fri
day, plan was finally adopted by
which it is proposed to apportion the
$4,000 among the churches Of the
Synod, and have the money raised in
November, and to give authority to
Synods Committee Of Evangelization
to appoint eight or ten Evangelists,
who shall labor under the direction
of the Home Mission Committees of
the different Presbyteries. BY this
plan it is hoped that the religious des-
titution in many Of the rapidly grow
ing sections Of Virginia and West Vir-
ginia may be overtaken and supplied.
The Committee Of Synod appointed
to look after this work consists Of DR..
John Rosebro, DR.. Richard McIlwaine,
Rev. r. H. Fleming, Mr.. Norman Of
Roanoke, and Major Kirkpatrick OF
Lynchburg.
Miss Baldwin, the Principal Of the
Augusta Female Seminary, provided
the Synod with delightful enter
tainment one evening, consisting Of
music, vocal and instrumental, recita
tons, and beautiful calisthenic drill.
The Y. NJ. G.. A. of Stanton have a
large and elegant building, and the
Synod was invited there one after
noon to witness a performance in the
finely equipped gymnasium.
Synod adjourned late Friday night
to meet October IA, 1891, at Roanoke,
Va. A few of the ministers remained
in Staunton to supply the pulpits of
the different churches on Sunday, but
most of them left for home Saturday.
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