The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-16
Third Day. Friday, October 10.

Ia. IN. Devotional exercises.
10 d. IN. Report on boundaries OF the prcsby-
terry.
II n. IN. Report on home missions, Rev. II. w.
Hooper, chairman. Addresses by Rev. Dr. Craig,
secretary OF home missions, and others,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
y. m. Publication and colportage Addresses
by Rev. DR.. w. A. Campbell, Rev. +. D. Stephen
son and others.
4 p. III. Foreign missions. Report OF Rev. DR..
u. Il. Pctrie, secretary. Addresses by Rev. DR..
Bryson, of IIuntsvillc, Ala, and Rev. Ii. NJ.
Woods, Chin-kang, China.
NIGHT SERVICES
7:'N p. N. Sermon by Rev. DIR. Moses u. IIoge,
OF Richmond.
The first session Of tho Synod of Vir-
ginia was largely attended yesterday
morning, many more visitors being in
attendance. 1t was decidedly the finest
looking body of men that ever assembled
in Eoanoke. The morning and after
noon sessions were taken up in the dis
cussion of evangelistic work
The Synod met at o'clock Yesterday
morning in the First Presbyterian
Church, Rev. DR.. Rosebro, the modera-
tor, presiding. Devotional exercises
weee begun by singing tho Goth hymn,
81 Love Thy Kingdom, Lord, the House
of Thine Abode" after which DR.. Din
widdie led in prayer. Tho moderator
then read from the 1o2d chapter of
Psalms, after which hymn SIC, Come,
Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove" was sung.
Devotional exercises were continued
till $3.50 o'clock, when the Synod was
called to order for the regular business.
Tho clerk read the minutes of the
organization, after which additional en-
rollments were made.
Rev. DR.. j. II. Bryson, Of the Synod of
Alabama, was introduced and invited to
seat with tho members.
COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED.
The moderator then announced the
standing committees as follows:
Bills and Overtures-Revs. M. t..
Lacy, D. D.; Frank McClutcheon and
S. X. VIM, and Ruling Elders It. S.
nogshead and ]. n. Barney.
Judicial mmittee-Revs. Chas.
White, d. D.; w. e. McElwee, Hugh
Henry, and Ruling Elders A. II. Roller
and G. r. Morton.
Union Theological Seminary-Revs.
K. II. Fleming, G. w. Tinsley, ID d.;
0. B. Wilson, nd Ruling Elders Prof.
C.S Venable and George TAFT.
Ministers of Assembly-Revs II. M.
White, ID. D.; j. r. Bridges, S. p. Mar
tin. and Ruling Elders r. Aunspaugh
and A. A. Sproul.
The Narrative-Revs. Charles Ghise-
lin. Alfred Jones, j. Y. Fair, D. D., and
Ruling Elders w. H. Robertson and I.
q. Minor.
Finance-Ruling Elders NJ. r. Smith,
f. c. Morton and j. A. Ford
Records of Synod-Revs. James Muir
ray. ID. D., t. w. Hooper, d. D., John
Ruff and Ruling Elders Henry Stokes
and c. j. Bell.
Leave of Absence-Rc l.. B. John
son, j. M. Sloan and j. w. Barclay.
CHESAPEAKE PREsBYTERY.
Rev. Mr.. Pitzer read communica-
ton recommending changes in tho
boundary of the Chesapeake Presbvtery
and changing the name to Alexandria
Presbytery. He also introduced the
following overture from that presbyterv,
which, If adopted, will do away with
the strict rules heretofore placed upon
the candidates for the ministry from a
technical standpoint. The following is
the overture.
osapeake Presbytery overtures the
Synod of Virginia to request the GEN
eral Assembly to send down to the
Presbyterles for considera ton the fol-
n mi TO hn oIl LII
close CT chapter 6, Form of Govern
ment:
That Presbyteres shall have liber.
ty, at their discretion, to set apart to
the work of the Gospel ministry Cody
and experienced men, we'll versed in the
English Bible and in the standards of
the Presbyterian Church Of the United
States, apt to teach and evidently called
to the ministry by the Lord, through
His spirit aud providence"
This paper was referred to the COM
mittee on bills and overtures.
THE TREAsURER's REPORT.
Tho report of the treasurer was re-
ceived, showing the total receipts for
the year to be S3l4.74 with $3.50 IS in
the treasury. The report was referred
to the finance committee.
1t was reported that Rev. DR.. Raw
lings, of the Southwestern University,
was lying critically ill., and, on mo-
ton, DR.. Hall led the Synod in a
fervent and patti etic prayer, ask
ing that he be restored to health.
RECORDS OF THE DIFFERENT pREsBY-
TERIES
we're received and placed on Clio, after
which statistical reports were handed in.
Narratives of tho different presby-
fariaa uora thon rnnd IT, Iy