The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-21
THE SYNOD OF GEORGIA.
he Work Done by the Meeting That
Was Held at Newman.

THE Work Done by the meeting That
Was Held at Newman.
The synod Of Georgia has Just closed
an important session, held at Newman.
Ca Departing from the usual course, the
synod elected as its moderator, Col J. A.
BHlups, ruling elder from Madison. He
isa lawyer of large experience, and has
occupied many public trusts of Importance
and honor.
HOME MISSIONS.
The weightest matter handled was the
entire reorganization of our home mission
work under the new plan proposed by
our general assembly, which Is the SUI
meme court of our church. The six
presbyteries in Georgia are arranged in
three groups; Savannah and Augusta
nresbyteries constituting one group. An
Evangelist will be employed for each
GROUP and more than one if necessary
The funds necessary for the support of
these evangelists, the assistance for all
feeble churches and for church erection,
are all concentrated in one central treas
ury by the presbyteries for the whole
state 1t will be necessary to raise Sl0,-
400 for the current year, and this sum is
distributed among the six presbyteries
according to their membership, viz. At
Ianta g, 765, Macon 81 ,l55, Cherokee 81, =
655. Augusta 81 ,245, Athens 81 ,425, Savan-
nah SLIGO
The central committee viii be situated
in Atlanta, and will consist of fifteen
members from the various presbyteries.
i The chairmen of home missions in each
presbytery are members. From Savan-
nah Rev. l.. G. NasS, D. D.. will be the
member Earnest addresses on the sub
iett were made, and the plan was adopted
with enthusiasm, and should be welcomed
nv all Presbyterians and vigorously sus-
~ ,,l1 H.
three distinct collections during the year.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev. J. H. BrysOn, d. D. of alabama.
represented the central committee of for
eign missions in Nashville. He gave
vivid and most interesting account of the
a churCh's missionary work and the valu-
able reinfOrcementS now going out One
lady had given herself to this work and
guaranteed the support of herself and
three other missionaries. A distinguished
professor in the University of Virginia
has resigned his chair and goes as a med
a ical missionary to Corea His support
n has been assumed by private individual
n and his family will also be provided for in
a similar manner. The work is greatly
prospecting, and there is no debt on the
committee.
EDUCATION.
Columbia Theological Seminary has an
increased number of students, new pro
fessor in the chair OF Science and Re
a yealcd Truth, an enlargement OF its curri-
culum, and a financial agent, Rev. r. M
Lowry successfully at work raising addi-
tiOnal funds for its various endOwments
He is heartily commended to all the
churches in the synod Whereas thil-
teen years ago the Southern Presbyterian
church had only l45 candidates for the
ministry, 1t has now 427, and in the last
two years the net increase in her minis
try was eighty-tVe.
Davidson college has 155 students al
ready on the ground and more are ex-
pecJed. OF these fifty are candidates
for the ministry. Two additional in
structors have been added and a new
chair will soon be established.
The Agnes Scott institute for girls, and
the Donald Fraser High School for boys,
both at Decatur, Ga, are growing and
offer the highest grade of education to
boys and girls.
NEXT MEETING.
The synod will honor Savannah by
holding its next session in the First Pres
byterian church of our city. Her pro
verbal hospitality will then be shown in
their entertainment, Nov. 2l, 1894. Ar
rangements will be perfected then for
celebrating the semi-centennial of the
synod.
NARRATIVE.
A summary of the narratives about the
religious conditions of the churches,
show healthy state and considerable
accessions during the past year 100 mem
bers have been added in a part only of
Savannah presbytery Reports from all
were not complete. Family worship and
catechetical instructions were too much
neglected.
The foregoing are some items of large
interest, which may be properly pre-
sented, and will interest many.
l.. Q. VAss,
Newman, Ga, Nov is, 1898.