Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-09-19
PRESBYTERY'STIIIRD DAY.
WORK OF THE BODY YESTER.
DAv.
Al Overture to he General As
seIubIS--R"pOrtS of The Commit
Here Tomorrow Night.

On the third iav of the session of the
prcsbytcry of Mycklcnburp, the call of
Ruih,rordton church TOR the services OF
Rev. G. \. Sparrow was placed in his
hands and accepted by him. Rev l.. II
Baldwin, OF AShcyiIlc, made statement
concerning his work aud was granted
the powers ot evangelist in his field.
A new church organization was gran
ted to Stanley creek, Castor county, and
a commission, consisting of Rcvs. X. A.
Miller. {. W, Robinson, K. L. Johnston
and Elders Frank Robinson and Frank
/ Henderson appointed to effect it.
The general assembly was overturned
t. provide tur "the ore Caeeiul editing
OF the minutes Of the assembly and the
arrangement of the statistical tables SO
that they could be consulted with ease
and facility" This overture was called
for by the inaccurate record in the Robin
son case, where the report of the judicial
committee is recorded as adopted. The
fact being that the second resolution of
that rcp1.t vas stricken out. The sta.
! tisticai t;tnes are so carelcSslv arranged
as to lines aud columns that the informa-
tion the contain is obtained with great
difficult
The committee on church and manse
erection was authorized to apportion
81 900 among the churches for this cause,
and to loan money To churches about to
build Rev. {. w. Robinson, L. A. Sam
pie, Elder F. Robinson and DR.. Chas
Adams were added to the committee.
1t was ordered that the following be
present at meeting of the prcsbytery
November lst, to organize the church at
Brcvard, Pennsylvania county: RevS,
W. S. p. Bryan, W. !. Erdman, ID F.
Sheppard, ". L, Mcllwain, &, A. Spar.
row. +. d. Hunt, Elders Chas, Patton,
W. + Deayer and A. NJ. Fry.
Tire committee on education reported
eighteen candidates for the ministry and
was authorized to raise ST 800 for this
cause.
Rev. A. l.. Phillips, secretary, made a
very impressive address on the duty o
the church to the Colorcd people, and
referred to the encouraging beginning
already made. A collection for the caus,
was taken up.
The committee to prepare set o
rules for seasonal records reported, ant
with amendments the report was
=, adopted.
The committee on home missions pre-
Scntcd report showing great progress
Fourteen fields have been aided at an cx
: pensc of $4,000. The invalid tunC
= amounting to 353 33 was sent to gen
. eralasscmblv making with contributions
: there for home missions S65333. tt
: the synod 81 ,27S 81 has been sent ant
$4,000 will go from this prcsbvterv b,
the end of the wear. Five churches at ;
cost of 81, COO have been built and occu
pied during The wear. Three more edihcc
! are on foot. Nine organizations hav
J been effected. On examination $50 mem
II bers have been added to the church
:. more than any presbytery in the assem-
e bly, and more than the following synods
) Florida, Arkansas, Memphis, Georgia
.c The synod OF Nashville added 500 agains
the $50 OF this one preSbyterv.
# There are now in the presbyterv sevent
churches, thirty y-seven ministers, eiShtet
10 candidates, 1000 Sunday school pupil
s 1000 members. This is the growth sin
lie 1869 when there were twenty-three mi
H. isters, FIVE candidates, thirty-eigl
churches, 1876 members and 112 we
added on examination against $50 til
year. In that time thirty new church
III have been organized with 2 200 membe
be 1920 pupils and property valued
I'd $4,000.
,d Rev. W. f Mcllwaiu, the chairman,
~ whose assidlous labors these splendid /
&c suits are largely due, pressed his resign
IS ton on account of other duties; but aft
a. a long and earnest debate it was decld
that he could not he released and he W
il reelected chairman with an enlarg
ed COMMITTEE
IN The presbytcry adjourned this MOI
t, ing to meet here Sunday II ght. The ne
as regular session will be at Gastonia
April,