The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-10-16
ORANGE PREsBYTERY.
Proceedings of the Meeting Held in
Winston last Week
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[I2cgo,.fed Jor TIE Sc,ttinel
The Presbytery of Orange met in
the Presbyterian church on the Sth
and was opened with a sermon by
the Rev j H. Smith D. D. After the
sermon the Presbytery was constitu-
ted with prayer by the Rev. S. o.
Hall. Rev. J. A. Lacey wa, chosen
moderator, and Rev. w. r. Coppedge
and ruling Elder W f. Carter clerks.
The Presbytery of Orange was di-
vided by the Synod last Fall, and
since it's division it has only seven
teen ministers and thirty-nine church
es. The Presbytery is composed of
ministerial and lay representatives.
A Presbyterian church is a church
governed by Presbyters or Elders,
and there is a larger number of Prot
estant christians who believe in the
Presbyterian form of government
than any other. The Presbyterian
is by far the largest Protestant church
on the globe. 1t has 1894, $40
communicates and 30, 57S, 1874 adhe-
rents. The Presbytery of Orange has
1882 communicates and it raised for
all purposes last year the sum of
So, 273.OO. A good representation
was present and Il great deal of work
was done in the interests of Home
and Foreign missions, publication
and education. Rev d. I.Craig, the
agent of home missions, reported
that the Presbytery, since it's divis-
ion, had raised $5OO.O0mor for that
cause than the whole Presbytery had
done before its. division. It has five
home mission fields: Chapel Hill, Mt.
Airy, Caswell. jamestown and Bur-
lington.
Rev. James Z. Fogartie was re-
ceived from South Carolina Presby-
terry, Rev. II. T. Darnall and Rev. e.
Z. Davis were commissioned to in
stall him pastor of Chapel Hill church.
The agent of foreign missions re-
ported that the Westminster church
in Greensboro had raised $4,000
to support missionary and his wife
in Japan; that the first church,
Greensboro had contributed nearly
81 900 to support another mission
airy and that Winston church had
formed a Mems Missionary Society
that supported a missionary in
Southern Japan. 1t pays 100000
yearly, in regular quarterly INSTALL
ments to Rev. H. 3. Price. The agent
Of Publication recommended that the
cause of publication hereafter have a
more prominent place in the Presby-
terry, and that an active agent for
the North Carolina Presbyterian be
in every church. The
were adopted The
Presbytery has thirteen candidates
for the ministry. 1t has two colored
licentiates. A very profitable Sun
day school convention was held by
the Presbytery. in which Rev H. r.
Darnall made an address on 'The
Qualifications of a s. S. Superintend-
emit" Rev. W. r. Coppedge one on
The S. S. as an Evangeiizing
Agency" and Maj Bingham one on
Lesson Helps" An interesting re-
port was made concerning the Pres
byterian orphanage in Charlotte.
The thanks of the Presbytery were
rendered to the people for their ele-
CANT hospitality during it's sessions,
and to the different churches of the
Twin-City for the use of their pulpits
on Sunday. The Presbytery adj
journed on Saturday, after having a
very harmonious and pleasant SEES
sion, to meet in the spring in the
Westminster church, Greensboro.
The Rev. w. d. Morton, d. D., the
State Evangelist, and his associate,
Rev. W. C. Maxwell, are conducting
protracted services in the Presbyte-
rian church this week and everybody
is invited to attend them.