The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-13
PREsBYrEKY OF WHEELING,

The I. L. Ministers Choose Delegates to
tho General Assembly. H"ait""
At 10. a. m. yesterday the Presbytery
OF Wheeling OF the U. P. church con-
vened in DR.. McClure's church, on
Chaplino street.
The Presbytery was iopcucd> with
prayer by Rev. Dr.. Mcclure, and Rev.
William Grimes was elected moderator
pro TEN. The roll call showed the fol-
lowing delegates and a~lternates pres
emit: Rev. J. I. Mcclure, D. D., Wheel
ing; alternate, J. NJ. Brown; Rev. W. IT..
Waddell, D. d., Unity; Andrew Smith,
alternate; Rev. Thomas Balph, St.
Clairsville; John A. Clark, alternate;
Rev. W. NJ. Coleman, West Alexander;
Rev. a. Z. Brownlee, Martins Ferry;
Isaac Clifton, alternate; Rev. r. G. Ram
scv. Cadiz; W. S. Haver(ield,i alternate;
Rev. j. A.. Thompson, New Athens;
| James lIincklo, alternate Rev. William.
Wallace, Bellairc; Joseph Clements,
alternate; Rev. j. B. Ricketts,, Belmont;
r. NJ. Fulton, alternate; Rev. James
Gordon, Brownsville, Ohio; Rev. X. G.
Campbell, D. D., Roney's Point; Rev.
Thomas Love. D. D., Tippecanoe; Rev.
William Grimes, P. Hill, Rev. W. F.
johnson, Rev. j. Y. Ashenhurst.
The first business taken up was the
report of DR.. Mcclure on religious exer.
cises, which was received. Rev. j. ~,
Ashenhurst presented 4 certificate from
the Presbytery Of Mansfield, and was
accepted by the Wheeling Presbytery
and added to the roll. He is the late
Prohibition candidate for governor OF
Ohio.
Rev. J. x. Gifen, Of the, u. p. Pres.
bytery OF Egypt, was invited to- a seat
as 4 corresponding member. Martins
Ferry and Bellaire asked Tor aid and
certain sums were Recommended for
them. -.
1t was decided to change ,theIdato sof
the spring meetings OF tile Presbytery
and to held the first on tho first Tues.
day in May and the second on the
fourth Tuesday in August. third on the
second Tuesday in September, and
fourth on the third Tuesday in Decom-
Der.
The next meeting Of the Presbytery
will be held at Brownsville the last
Tuesday in June.
There were nominated Rev. a. Z.
Brownlec, for Financial Agent; Rev. r.
G. Ramsey, for Superintendent of Mis-.
sions; Rev. W. r. Thompson, Superin.
tendent OF Sabbath Schools; Rev; j. A.
Alexander, Secretary Our Young. Poo.
pie. Rev. w. r. Thompson was ap.
pointed n member OF the Committee OF
Training Young Men, pro tenn.
DR.. Campbell vas appointed Stated
Supply at Roney's Point. Rev. j. b.
Ricketts, reported the ordination and
installation OF D. p. King, William BOYD
and SIP. Kelvey Ruling Elders in the
congregation OF Belmont
Rev. D. A.. Cunningham, DID,, pastor
Of the First Presbyterian church, who
was present., was asked to bear the
greetings OF the Prcsbytery Of Wheeling
to the Washington Prcsbytery, which
would be in session i'll tho afternoon.
The election Of delegates to the next
General Assembly, to be, held in, ALLIE
gheny, Pa, in May, was then taken up,
and resulted MS follows:
Ministers-Rev. ]. Y. Mcclure, Rev,
William Wallace, Rev. James Gordon,
principals; Rev. W. NJ. Coleman, Rev.
A. L. Brownlee and Rev. J.B. Ricketts,,
alternates.
Elders-S. II. Kasley, Wheeling; w.
j. Moore, Brownsville; John Dubois,
Belluire, principals; Andrew Smith,
Samuel Gordon and R. NJ. Fullerton, al.
Eternates.
The assembly was again called to or
der at2 o'clock, and considerabl routine
business was transacted until 3 o'clock,
miemti Presbytery went into q gem
eral conference.
At tho opening OF this conference NJ.
W. Fulton, OF the Allegheny Tlieologi-
cal Seminary, alter examination Tor IL
ccnsure, was ordained as Il preacher OF