The Washington times., 1894-10-19
Ministers Had Censured the Washing
ton Presbytery's Action.
REV.DR. BITTINGER PROTESTED
Report Of the Committee on Temperance Gre
ated a stir-Political Parties Notified
That They Must Recognize the Growing
Prohibition Sentiment.


tended the fact is patent that no meeting oil
any body could exceed it in earnestness oi
purpose. The session opened at O'Clock
with prayer by the moderator, Rev. DR.
George o. Little
There !were slight ebuiltions of feeling in
one or two cases in the afternoon. One arose
out of the reports of the committees on min
utes of the Baltimore and Washington Pres
byteries. The Washington Presbytery had
censured the church at Manassas for opening
and closing the meetings of the session with
out prayer, and the synod took exception tc
the censure. The Baltimore Presbytery haG
done the same thing regarding the church al
Lenaconing, and the minutes were approved
without exception.
Later in the day Rev. DR.. Bittinger called
the attention of the synod to the inconsist.
ency between the two actions, and the ques
ton was called up for reconsideration
After considerable discussion the minutes o!
the Washington Presbytery were approved
and the synod adopted resolution that ''it
is the sense of this synod that all meetings OF
the session should be opened and closed with
prayer"
The report Of the committee on temperance
made by Rev. w. P. Schwartz, of the Central
Church, Wilmington, created another stir
Among the resolutions offered was one that
mo politica! !. Aty that does not declare il
self against thl 5loon has the right to expect
the vote Of any Christian man." DR.. George
Morrison, of Baltimore, excepted to this on
the ground that he had right to vote with
out regard to any action by the synod, and
that this necessarily prescribed all parties
but the Prohibition party. 1t was explained
that the resolution simply served notice on
the two great parties that they must take
cognizance of the growing prohibition senti-
ment if they would maintain their positions.
DR.. Morrison accepted the explanation.
SPREADING TEMPERANCE LITERATURE.
Pastors and churches were urged to aid in
the work of spreading prohibition and tenn
perance literature. President Cleveland was
indorsed for r commenting TO Congress
action for the suppression Of the liquor traffic
in the Congo Free State, and the sale OF in
toxicants In the House and Senate restau-
rants was deeply deplored. The resolutions
were adopted.
After the opening prayer in the morning
the committee on systematic beneficence sub
mitted a report recommending a rigid ad-
herence to the general assembly's plan of a
8 per cent. levy on church property, to be
divided among the nine boards of the church.
The report showed an aggregate valuation
within the synodical limits of So, 127. .924. The
contributions for the year ending May. 1894,
were more than $1,000 less than during the
year preceding.
The report of the committee was adopted
and resolutions passed urging the churches
to live up to the per cent. standard and &c
contribute to all the boards.
The report of the committee on foreign mis-
sions showed that the Womens Foreign Mis-
sionary Society raised last year a total Of
SO, 1885, being loss of S642. They support
ten ministers, gain OF one. The work Of
the board during the past fifty-seyen years
has resulted in a total of sc, ,453 foreign COM
municants 1t is in debt to the amount of
S102, 900, and the churches were rec ON
mended to devise some means of systematic
individual giving to raise this amount.
Rev. Thomas Marshall, D. D., field seere-
tary of the board of foreign missions, ad-
dressed the synod on the status of the work
in foreign fields. especially of the work in
Japan. The address was an elaborate expo
sition of the exhortation of Christ, ''Go We into
all the world and preach the Gospel to every
creature"
The moderator appointed the following
committee on Sabbath observance: Revs. Oil
yer Hemstreet. David E. Shaw, Teunis S.
Hamlin, Elders Theodore h. Miller and o. B.
Brown.
OPEN ALL IHE 4EAh.
The report of the Sabbath school committee
made record of 10 schools. of which 134 are
open all the year. There were 2S,654 pupils
Ell. oiled last year, who contributed S24 ,3443.
The religious exercises at noon were con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. Mofratt, of Cumberland,
Md.
In the afternoon Rev. J. E. Moffatt, of
Cumberland, chairman Of the committee on
ministerial relief. reported that in the United
States there are 3,74S Presbyterian churches
that do not contribute to this work. This is
more than one-half of all the Presbyterian
churches in the United States. The synod Of
Baltimore drew out over 81 200 more than it
contributed to the fund for ministerial relief.
The committee on bills and overtures SUBJ
mitted resolutions requesting that all persons
having printed or manuscript documents
the doctrines, policy, and history
OF the church place them in the hands of the
Presbyterian Historical Society.
Revs S. McLanahan. l. H Condit, and J.
T. Kelly were appointed a committee to visit
West Nottingham College, in Cecil county,
Nd.
appointed as follows: Revs. II. L. Walker, S.
Beattie Wylie, T. Chalmers Easton, Elders W.
II. Purrell, and C. H. Darlington.
The synod, having concluded its session.
adjourned at $50 p. m. to meet in the First
Church, Baltimore, on the third Tuesday OF
October, 1885,
At noon the ladies of the Woman's Mission
ary Society served lunch at No. 702 Ninth
street, in the building owned by W. G. Dodge,
who donated its use for the occasion. Rev.
DR.. Schwartz, of Wilmington, moved that a
vote of thanks be'given to the ladies for their
handsome entertainment, which was seconded
by DR.. J. A. Smith and DR.. Jere WltherspooD,
OF Baltimore, in speeches replete with wit.
The motion was carried unanimously.
The dining-room was beautifully decorated,
and the table was bountifully spread with good
things donated by the ladies of the church.
Among those in attendance at the lunch
room were Miss Mary Hoover, Mrs. Joseph
Williamson. Mrs. G. Z. Hoover, Mrs. Nc
Chesney, Mrs. Pritchard, Misses Jessie and
Minnie Babcock, Miss Vanneman, Mrs. G. J.
Williamson, Mrs McComas, Mrs. P l.. Zim-
Mrs. and Miss Sterling, the Misses
Nurse, Mrs. Jewett. Mrs. Wolhaupter, jr.,
Miss Edna Hercher, Mrs. Cromwell, Mrs Shu-
mate. Mrs. Milans, Mrs. Viles, Miss Culver
well, and Miss Stockbridge.
MEETING OF THE WOMEN.
The Womans Synodical Societies held
their meeting in the First Church, being con-
vened at o'clock yesterday morning. Mrs.
J. T. Kelly made the opening invocation, and
Mrs E. II. Robbins. of Baltimore, read the
Scripture lesson.
The societies decided to raise S400 for work
among the Ute Indians, and 81 900 for the
building fund, during the coming year.
Miss Laura Pierson, of Tucson, Ariz., told
in graphic language the condition of the work
among the Indians and declared the prospects
for the future to be bright Notwithstanding
the extreme difficulty of the work. This is
evidenced by the increased cleanliness in
home and tribal life.
Mrs. Davis, of Ohio, addressed the societies
on the subject ofimmigration, of advising re-
strictive immigration laws.
In the afternoon a brief session of the For
eign Synodical Societies was held.
In the evening Joint session OF the synod