The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-14
THE PRESBYTERY.
The Session Yesterday Afternoon and
the Proceedings Today.


IA the Proceedings Today.
The Central Texes Presbytery
L Seconvened at . o'clock yesterday
Sfternoon'
# Rev. C. l.. Ewing was excused
rom attendance after this evenings
sgjSession.
MA A commission appointed at last
u Injecting to organize church at
dime Box, Lee county, reported
S4bat they had organized church of
sS4wenty members to be called Live
%p,k church. The report was re-
1'sceived and church enrolled.
Ss# The selection of stated clerk
T. ,s made the order of the day for
8today at p. IN. -.
M The committee on records of
M on Robertson, Cameron, Hugh,
ssRices, Cropsy, Austin, Waco first
I$church. Caldwell churches reported
SsSE'the same correct as far as written.
M Hutto was selected as the place
the fall meeting of the Presby'
Berry.
@ /, was made the order of the day
Nor this afternoon to select com
y s}S miissioners TO the general assembly
Il which meets in Nashville, Tenn,
Next month.
sS A proposition made by the Tex as
sssP resby terian to print and distribute
SS :the minutes OF this meeting of the
IMP esbytery was referred to com
constituted of j. P. r bert
!sggSon, J M. Purcell and j. N. Lyle.
Rev. J. A. Creighton was excused
SSsfrom further attendance.
s5% The order of the day for O'Clock
Il xhe report of the trustees of Daniel
s Baker college at Brentwood was
Haken up. Report received
e B T. McClelland, president of
sSthe college. by invitation addressed
n Che Presbytery on the work and
prospects of the school. The re-
of the board were
taken up seriatim. j. +. r. 'bert'
eon Henry Ford and G. III. jenkins
|sss were reelected trustees.
S Rev. G. G. Giddings, OF the
SgSSNethodist Episcopal church, was in
SissSted to sit as visiting brother.
3S In an overture to the general as
sSi6embly offered by DR.. Smoot, the
yS octor suggests that in case young
beoples societ es are recommended
| ames indicative of the faith and
~ DE work and not Y ,ung Peoples
4 ociety of Christian Eudeavor be
belected, such as the "Westminstel
f4 League" or Presbyterian Young
aS9YP copies society" DR.. Shoots OBJ
s8S ectons to the endeavors were d.
gSided. He described the organiz A
as unpresbyteraI in doctrine
bud form and unscriptural. wherein
sssit teaches public speaking and of
# Zee holding by tho young ladies
For century congregationalism ha
q eought foot hold in the south and i
now comes in the form of the SO
Hciety of Christian Eadeavor to seiz'
SSQpon and appropriate the church
sssy oung people.
Hum DR.. Shoots overture was refer
lied to the committee on acts anC
nvertures.
ss Last night in spite of the heav.
SssSsfain occurring just as the hour o
devotional exercises approached,
FllSEfair congreg CATION assembled to hea
sashe sermon by Rev. X. NJ Munroe
IE5pf the Dallas Presbytery.
5S# MORNING SESSION
sls The Presby terry of Central Texa
met this mornlng at 0 o'clock, a
and opened with devo
'sSt iona' exercises conducted by Rev
5S M. Cochran, of Robinson.
sgN The minutes of the first day wer
3ead and discussed and approved al
sS}1er few corrections.
Rev. J. w. Craig, ID. d., of tn
'|;IssN orth Mississippi Presbytery wa
SSnnvited to sit as a corr spending
brother.
sS!@ The report of the committee o.
essional records of the Secon
u resbyterian church of Waco, afte
sS 4 triking GU. certain exceptions, wa
I2Sl approved.