Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-30


chairman.
The report states that there has been
an increase of II Sunday-schools in the
synod for the year ending April LIST,
1899, and an increase of for the
year ending April 1st, 1890, being in
the New Castle Presbytery. There is
an increase OF 1890 in the number of
scholars enrolled, but there has been a
decrease in the average attendance of
those enrolled. There has been an in
crease of 229 in the number of scholars
who are in full membership in the
church, and of 1,037 in the number of
scholars baptized. During the year
there were s0e received from the schools
to full membership in the church. The
report says:
',In the matterof contributions by the
schools there is an increase reported.
To all causes they gave S2l ,l54, an adj
vance of S3,691 over last year. Of this
S6,608 went to our boards, $3,617 to
other benevolent objects, and the re-
naming S10,929 to the support of the
schools. The contributions to the boards
amounted to nearly $500 more than last
year. But the total contributions to the
boards and other benevolent objects
only averaged little over 36 cents for
each member Of our schools for the
whole year; and if we included all that
was given to all causes the average IS
only little over ~ cents per member"
OF the work of the Sunday school and
missionary department of the board the
report says,
day-schools were directly organized by, IL
having 4,532 teachers and 1885
pupils y We are told that there
are in this land to-day 100000 of
children and youths unreached by any
Sunday less than two-fifths OF
the school population of the United
States are in Sunday-school.
To aid in the great work of reaching
and rightly instructing these the board
is constantly asked. To enable it to do
so there was put into its hands from all
sources last year 1920, Of which this
synod gave $1,235, but this was too little
by $4,693 for the work then under
taken"
The report was accepted, and the com
mittees submitted the following recon-
mcndations:
1. That the synod express its pleasure in,
4 the indications that the Sabbath-school
work is being still further extended within
] its bounds hy its churches; and, il urges
them to do ali in their power to increase
the efficiency of the schools already estab-
! lished, and to plant and foster schools
l wherever they may be needed to reach the
children and youth in their midst who do
| not now enjoy Sahbath-school advantages
also, to contribute more Literally TO the
| missionary department OF our Board oil
| Sabbath-school Work.
| That tho synod rppaWS its former rec
concentrations to its presbyteries and Their
churches "a to insist upon the faithful
teaching Of the shorter catechism, along
with the Bible, in all their Sabbath schools;
~ to take special pains to train those IN
their Sabbath schools to be intelligent and
liberal contributors to the support OF the
various agencies for carrying on the work
of Christ, and especially of those agencies
under the care and direction of our own
church, and (3) to take suitable means tt
have the children and youth trained, as fal
as possible to habits of church-going.
The recommendation We're adopted
The Rev. james A. Worden, d. D., OF
Philadelphia, superintendent of sabbath
school work, was introduced and made
an eloquent address on the subject.
A resolution of thanks to DIR. Worder
was adopted.
DR.. Nelson, the editor of the Churcl
at Home and Abroad, the organ of thu
general assembly, was introduced ant
spoke in the interests of the magazine
A resolution was adopted reiteratine
the synod's former expressions Of ap
proyal of the magazine and recon
mending pastors and sessions to maxi
efforts to increase its circulation.
The moderator appointed the Rev
DIR. Leftwich of Baltimore, on tn,
special judicial committee, in place o
the Rev. DIR. S. A. Gayley. The synoc
then took recess until o'clock.
At Thursday afternoons session twt
hours were occupied dinwarmdiscussion Q
the report of the committee on minute
Of the synod, on the motion to approve
The bone of contention grew out 0
the now famous case of the Rev. j. IL
Campbell, which has agitated the Pres
bytery OF New Castle for four years o
more.
The report of the committee was pub
lished in Yesterdays EVERY EVENING
1t recommended that the following para
graph, printed as part Of complaint
III the minutes of the last meeting OF tn
synod be expunged or modified, as MI
Squire said it was untrue, and accuse
him Of being slanderer. The objec
, tionable paragraph is as follows;
WHEREAS, The Rev John. Squire, in tn
f course of his remarks, publicly accuse
] Mrs, Mary A. Campbell of circulating slal
: ders against the Rev. ]. h. Campbell, ~
The moderator, the Rev. A. N. Keie
! win, being interested in the case, tn
: Rev. Alexander Proudtit OF Baltimor'
was called to the chair.
Mr.. Squire, in his statement, said thG
when the record made, he was at hi
wife's deathbed and had no opportunit
; to object to it. 1t put him as slandere
before the church for all time, and b
t desired that it be expunged. After th
!, letter of complaint, as published in til
I minutes, had been read, the Rev. 4.
: Malone, one Of the complain
S ants in the case, said that III
v complaint had been written in Dt
!, cember previous to the October whe
i Mr.. Squires wife died and the con
Y mittee could not know that Mr. Squire
: wife would die that time. The spcakt
n was responsible for it and when he ha
: anything to say did it openly. At u
e time Mr. Squire was speaking OF u
} false reports or scandal about certai
member, in Snow Hill, Mr.. Major
= thought that he was being reflected Q
g personally, and asked Mr.. Squire to r.
). peat his language. Mr.. Squire did {
and mentioned the name of Mrs. Maj
0 II. Campbell. II Mr.. Squire wantt
r the complaint altered, it was all righ
1T but there must be no question {
:, veracity. Mr.. Sqvire made certain e;
q plantations and claimed to be truthfl
man. All he desired was that he
rt cleared on the minutes of any charge