San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-19
THE SYNOD.
Remainder of the Second Days
Work

Work.
Yesterday afternoon after the reports
OF the committees, two invitations one
| from Gainesville, one from Longview, to
the Synod to hold the next meetings al
these places, were read and filed.
The stated clerk reported as follows:
The Synod has twenty six PreSbyterieS;
294 ministers, As licentiates, 40 candidates,
551 congregations, l,74S ruling elders, 723
deacons, BATS additions; total cOmmuni-
cantS, 24,257; total contributions,Sll3,l4l
%; value OF church property, S447,0l9.
The ladies Mission board was allowed
to have public meeting this evening at
the church and very interesting po-
gram will be carried out.
A resolution was passed providing a
committee to look after railroad rates,
and MessrS. Templeton, johnson, Tinnon
and Lewis were appointed.
Rev. Lewis was appointed as committee
on Records.
On Bible supply-Brooks, Farr and
Word.
Bible work-Lewis, Brooks and Riley.
An address on Bible work was given by
Rev. w. B. Rankin.
Gainesville was chosen as the next place
for holding session of Synod.
w. +. White, secretary of the Y. M. C..
A. addressed the Synod on the aSSocia-
TONS work.
A recommendation to the general as
sembly as to the dates for collections for
foreign missions was approved. The dates
offered were in September and October.
For home missions January, February
and March. For church buildings, April
and May. For educational purposes, June,
July and August. Ministerial relief,
November and December.
Recess was taken and the synod pro-
ceeded TO Government hill and witnessed
| the military dress parade.
The members have been requested to
remain until Monday, and nearly all the
| Protestant church pulpits tomorrow will
be occupied by the visiting ministers.
| Tickets have been extended by The rail-
railway has offered them an excursion TO
the coast.
Last night President Cockrill, of the
Trinity University, delivered an address,
| followed by short talk by other members.
This morning the following business
was transacted: The meeting opened at
9 a. m. and the first half-hour was given
| to devotional exercises conducted by Rev.
r. w. Lewis, after which some additional
committees were appointed to examine
the Presbyterian records.
The following are the names OF those
appointed for the Chickasaw Pres bytery:
w. P. Cloyd, J. C. Gamewell and
F. A. Hudson; for the East Louisiana
PreSbytery, S. A. Corme, A. j. FeEdie,
and r. W. Mirth, and for the PeaSe
river PreSbytery, c. NJ. farrell, j. R.
Fliney. and J. w. Parsons. The report
on ministerial relief was accepted. show
ing 243 congregations paying S1,7S2.43
during the year to the Board of Relief,
32S congregations not responding. There
were S1344.95 diSbursed by the Board of
Relief within the bounds of the synod to
disabled ministers and the dependant
| families of disabled and deceased min
listers.
On the invitation of the synod,
Mrs S. S. Leonard, of Gaines
vile, made an address on the
work of the Young Peoples Society of
| Christian EndeaVOr, which was warmly
received by the Synod and approved of by
resolution.
Report number one on judiciary was
adopted, barring out an appeal coming
from Buffalo Gap Pres bytery, because no
tice of same had not been given until
fourteen days after close of PreSbylery,
when the law requires this TO be done
within ten days.
Report of Committee on Publication
adopted, showing a good growth in trusts
of the church, and commencing, among
other things. The Church Helper" pub
lished at HuttO, by Rev. 5. c. Lockett
and j. w. Pearson.
The report of Committee on Bible Work
was under consideration at recess for
dinner, provoking considerable discussion
and interest.