Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-05-15
Lexington Presbyterv.

Lexington fre6Dytery held lCS one nun
dred and fifth annual meeting at Messy
Creek, Augusta county, commencing May
eth. Rev. W. c. White the retiring Mod
orator preached the opening sermon. There
were 20 ministers and II elders present.
Rev. J. B. Billinger of Huttonsville.
W. Va, was elected Moderator, and Rev.
O. B. Wilson and w. c. Hager, clerks.
DIsMIssALs AND RECEPTIONS.
Rev. w. M. Thompson was dismissed to
the Presbytery of Campinas, Brazil, and
Rev. G.. L. Wolfe to the Presbytery of
Maryland.
Rev. M. B. Lamdin was received from
the Presbytery Of Maryland and accepted
the call to Goshen.
Calls were received from Burnesville and
Sutton churches for Rev. +. L. McCue,
which Mr.. McCue accepted; from Monte
rey and Pisgah for Rev. w. E. Hamilton;
from Beverley church for Licentiate G. E.
Gilkeson, for pastoral services.
COMMISSIONERS TO GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY,.
The following commissioners to the Cen
eral Assembly were elected-Principals
Rev. J. E. Booker, Rev. r. F. Campbell,
Elders g. Grattan, 7. G. Morton. Alter
mates, Revs. G.. L. Brown, J. b. Billinger,
Elders DR.. J. G.. Minor, B. E. Long.
PLACE OF THE FALL MEETING.
Glenville, Gilmer county, w. Va, was
chosen as the place of next meeting Of
Presbytery, and September I'd, at 7:3O p.
NJ, as the time.
INSTALLATIONS.
Reports were made to install the follow
ing ministers-Rev. r. F. Campbell at
Buena Vista; Rev. J. G. Painter, Cook s
Creek; Rev. W. c. Hagan, Franklin; Rev.
G. S. Limgamfelter, Elkins.
NOT READY FOR LIMITED PASTORATEs.
The Presbytery declined to send up to
the Assembly the overture touching 'sEmit-
ed pastorates. This overture is one offered
by Judge Chas. Grattan of Staunton, and
proposes that at certain periods every Pres
byterian clergyman's passionate shall end
and the congregation shall vote to call him
PERSONAL.
Rev. II. G. Du Bose and Rev. A. Syden-
stricken, missionaries to China, addressed
the Presbytery.
Rev. j. w. Rosebro of Petersburg, was
invited to sit as a corresponding member
of Presbytery. He addressed the body on
the work of the Synodical committee of
Evangelization.
The committee Of home missions was
ordered to pay the travelling expenses Of
the evangelist of the Presbytery, Rev. F.
J. Brooke, in addition to the salary already
promised.
A GAvEL FROM THE HOLY LAND.
A handsome olive wood block for the CAV
ell was presented to the Pfesbytery by Rev.
A. H. Hamilton through Rev. r. G. Walker,
Stated Clerk of the Presbytery. The block
was brought from Jaffa. The thanks of
the Presbytery were returned through the
Moderator.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE AND
ORDINATION.
An overture to the General Assembly
touching certain changes as to qualifica-
lions for licensure and ordination, which
was referred to the committee on bills and
oyertures, was returned with recommends
ton that it be not adopted. There was
quite an animated discussion oyer the re-
port, participated in by Rev. Drs. Halves
and Quarles, Rev. Mr.. Painter and Rev.
l.. B. Johnston.
The recommendation of the committee
was adopted, Ayes %, Noes 10.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
The Sabbath school report was presented
by the Rev. J. E. Booker. There has been
a decline in this work during the past year
smaller number of scholars in the schools
and fewer added to the communion Of the
churches.
REVISING THE MANUAL.
A committee was appointed to revise the
manual of Lexington Presbytery consisting
of Rev. A. H. Hamilton, Rev. L. B. John
ston. Rev. r. G. Walker, Elders G. G. Graf
tan and William M. McAllister.
NEW LABoRERs.
E. III. Slower and B. c. Patterson were
licensed to preach the gospel. Among the
theological students assigned were S. P.
Halves of Staunton, to Mcdowell and Will
Evansville; w. D. Reynolds, j.. Of Nor
folk, to the mission work of the First
church at Staunton; F. G.. Hartman of
Staunton, to Elkton and Shenandoah. Rev.
E. H. Slower was dismissed to West Han
over Pres bytery to become pastor of the
Waddell church. Lucent late Chas. D.
Gilkeson, accepted the call to the Beverley
church.