The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17

Then followed the special report OF
the House mission work in each of the
ten presbyteries, giving q detailed &C
count of the status of the work. The
following resolutions were presented
along with the report:
First. Presbyteries are again urged
to forward their reports to the chairman
of the Synod's committee of home
missions in time for him to prepare a
report for Synod.
Second. Presby teyies are urged to CO.
operate with the Synod's evapgelists
when working within their respective
: bounds, SO as to have control or direc-
ton" of their labors
Third. Piesbyteries are urged to use
all diligence to increase the contribu.
lions of the churches to home missions.
so as to sustain the results of their
aggressive work, lnaugurated at the
last session of Synod; and which has
already been crowned with such signal
success. REV. Z. w. HOOPER,
Chairman.
DIR. CRAIG ON HOME MISSIONS.
On motion the resolutions recon-
mended were adopted, and DR.. Craig
add dressed the Synod on home missions.
DR.. Craig is pleasing speaker and
said he had been in tho Synod of VII
ginia for twenty-three years before he
ever crossed its borders. There was n
grand work to be done and he believed
the Presbyterian Church was fully alive
to it. The question is, should there be
united effort, or should each Presby-
terry be allowed to work as thew chose?
He believed plan should be adopted
whereby the whole Presbyterian Church
in the South should be united on this
movement. He did not wish to advo.
cate anything that would interfere with
synodical work and the plans adopted
by each and every Synod, but there was
decided need of united effort. The
country was now in such o state when
the work, II pressed, would entail il grand
results. The iron was in it's molten
state and it could be easily moulded.
but if the church waits till it cools and
hardens, the hardest file will not mako
an impression.
lie spoke of the mission fields all
over the South, and SAID there were as
many points to work and as great needs
as in China. He spoke OF work in the
Indian Territory, and said tw Give years
the Church had fifteen ministers in
that field, but 1t soon had to be surrend-
cred to the Northern Presbyterian
Chu CHI. But the Southern Assem-
bly, still held q portion of terri
tory in which there were laboring five
men and sfive lady missionaries. Tho
Indians are dying out in that locality.
There was no mistake about that. They
had not emi0rated, but were actually
passing from the face OF tho earth.
He next took up the wo.k on various
other mission stations throughout the
rough regions of the Southern States
and showed where great work had
been done. In the thinly settled por.
tion OF Texas the work is increasing,
and Notwithstanding the reverses ander
which the evangelists labored and the
stringent financial condition of this do
partment of work, much good had been
done and new preachers were being put
in the field.
He then spoke OF tho plan of collect
ing monies for home mission work, and
urged the pastors to keep tho im portance
OF this matter we'll before their congre.
cations. lie described tho banking faa-
tara In detail and urged that ali The