Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-02
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.
Its Recent Meeting at Observation-Disclosures
Service-Church Notes.

Oct. 18th.
The opening sermon was preached
by DIR. 7. w. Hooper. 1t contained
an interesting account of the union
that took place in Lexington in 1854
between the Synod of Virginia (old
school, and the United Synod new
school, and sketches of some Of the
prominent men in that meeting.
DIR. r. p. Kerr of Richmond was
chosen moderator, and Rev. p. p.
Flournoy and Elder w. C. Preston,
clerks. There were in attendance about
200 delegates besides large number
of visitors. The work of the church
received more attention and called
forth more earnest discussion than
ever before.
The reports from the ten presby-
teries that composed the Synod
showed a healthful religious condi-
ton in the churches, with an increase
of contributions, Notwithstanding the
stringency of the times, and growing
activity in many of the churches.
The assembly's secretary, DR.. Craig,
made an address on Home Missions.
As the plan of managing this work
has recently been changed, and all
of our presbyteries have undertaken
to sustain their own weak churches,
Synod only urged all our churches to
send, if possible, two collections a
year to the assemblys committee of
home missions for frontier work.
Fine addresses were made on Edu-
cation and Publication, aud there
was considerable discussion of the
work among the colored people. Syn
odical EVangelization developed much
interest. Synod raised nearly $1,000
last year for this work and employed
four evangelists. Through their eff
forts 511 persons were added TO the
Presbyterian Church, 6 new churches
were organized, aud old and weak
churchA were revived. Synod rec
ommen& that $4,000 be raised for
this object this year.
Young Peoples Work occupied the
attention of Synod for several days.
Some OF the young men favored the
formation in all our churches of so
ceties of young people for worship
and work under the control of SEES
sions. Many of the older men OPP
posed the plan The whole subject
was finally postponed till the next
meeting of Synod, by which time it is
hoped the general assembly will have
taken some action on the subject.
The event of the Synod was the
Foreign Missionary meeting. DR..
Houston, who has for 50 long been
assembly's secretary of Foreign Mis-
sions, aud is now under appointment
to return as Il Missionary TO Chine
where he formerly labored for many |
years, made Il short aud earnest ad- |
dress. He was followed by Rev. MIR.
Shepard, our coIored missionary to .
the Congo, Africa, who gave thrill .
ing account Of his experience in the
Bakuba country, ruled over by King .
Tukenga, into whose dominion no .
foreigner ever before dared 10 enter.
Mr.. Shepard was cordially received
by the King and treated with distiu-
guished honor Is the wise men OF
the country declared tha5 the spirit
of the Kings dead son had reappeared
in the person of Mr.. Shepard. On hi,
way home Mr. Shepard stopped IN
London, where be made several ad-
dresses, and on account Of his knnwi-
edge of the Congo country was made
a Fellow of the Royal Geographical
Society.
Friday night tender aad impress
siye memorial service was held, at
which were read memorials o! ten
ministers who have died during the
past year.
An unusual and pleasing incident
took place one afternoon, when the
Synod went in body by invitation
to the Chapel Of the Washington and
Lee University. They We're received .
there by the President, Gen. Gusts
Lee, aud his faculty, who gave a cor
dial welcome TO Synod through the
dean Of the faculty, Hon. john Ran
dolph Tucker, in u happy historical!
address, showing the close relations
that have always existed between .
Washington and Lee University aud .
the Presbyterian Church.
DR.. Moses Hoge preached a sermon
of great power one night on the text,
Men that had understanding Of the
times, to know what Israel ought to
do. He referred at some length to
the Parliament of religions recently
held in Chicago and showed that the
representatives of the Chistian reliS-
ion there were not such men.
East Hanover Presbytery was
granted permission to set OFF its east
ern part into new Presbytery TO be
named Norfolk
OF the special committees appoint
ed to report 10 Synod next year the
one on Education, Of which DR.. Hop
kins is chairman, has Mr.. Joseph Nc
Murran as one Of its members. The
various pulpits were occupied Sunday
by the members OF Synod.
The next meeting will be held in
October, 1894, in Danville, Va.
G.
Rev. c. H. Hockey was last Sunday
morning officially installed as pastor
of the Lutheran congregation Of
Shepherdstown and UviIla, the ser
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