Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-19
WINCHESTER PREseYTERY.
Spring Meeting of This Venerable Body
Other Church Notes.

Va, last week. LII was oPeheu IueS'
day night with sermon by Rev. d
c. V. Campbell, of Berkeley Springs
Rev. E. D. Washburn, of Romney
was elected moderator and Rev S. NJ
Engle was ruling elder, H. 81. Harlan
of Falling Waters, clerk. There were
present about Is ministers and Il
elders.
Reports from the AZ churches o.
the Presbytsry showed encouraging
progress. Several of the churches had
revivals of religion during the year
with large additions Of members
$500 was contributed to foreign
missions and $4,000 to all objects.
Drs. H. NJ. White and ]. R. Ora
ham were elected commissioners to
the General Assembly which meets in
Nashville, Tenn, May II, 1894, with
Revs. E. D. Washburn and Charles
Ghiselin, alternates; ruling elders
Hon. W. c. Clayton and H. Clay
| Kreb. were elected commissioners with
elders J. w. Daley and J. B. Morgan,
alternates.
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The pastoral relation between Rev
G. w. Hollis and the Springfield
Church was dissolved and Mr. Holli,
accepted call to Davis, W. Va.
Rev. P. D. Stephenson, of Abingdon
Va, will take charge of the Wood
stock Church in June, and Rev. Alex.
F. Laird, of Augusta county, Va, will
come to the Front Royal and Nlneveh
Churches. All the pastoral charges
in the Presbytery are soon to be sup
piled, with two or three exceptions.
Rev. C. f. Barclay, an evangelist OF
Nashville Presbytery, was received
and has charge of the Hampshire field
A largely attended foreign mission
airy meeting was held Thursday night,
at which interesting addresses were
made by Revs. J. E. Triplett and E.
D. Washburn. A similar meeting IN
the interest of home missions was held
Friday night and Revs. NJ. W. Wood
worth, F. NJ. Woods, D. D., and c. Z.
Barclay made stirring speeches
Presbytery was held in the beautiful
new church recently erected at cost
of $1,000. Notwithstanding the in
clement weather part of the time, the
attendance on the religious service,
and business meetings was very large,
and the warm-hearted hospitality OF
the Keyser people made this meeting
a delightful one. Prssbytery ad-
iourned Friday night. An adjourned
meeting will be held in June at Win
chester to examine candidates for the
ministry and Ordain foreign mis-
sionary. The stated fall meeting will
be held at Kearneysville, Tuesday,
Sept. 18th, at 7,3O p. m.
Winchester Presbytery was organ
lied in 1894. Steps were taken to
celebrate centennial day on Wednes-
day, Sept. y, with special services
This celebration will take place in the
Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church,
which was selected because it Is one
of the oldest churches in the Presby-
terry, having been organized about
ll2 years ago, and because it is con-
venient to the place of the fall meet
ing and will accommodate larger
number Of people than the hearneys-
Vile Church. The exercises Of cen
tennial day will consist Of an histo-
rical address by DR.. j. R. Graham In
the morning, an address on Presbyte-
rianism by DR.. Henry c. Alexander
in the afternoon, and addresses by
DR.. Moses D. Hoge, of Richmond, Va,
and DR.. Walter w. Moore, Professor Of
oriental literature of Union Theolog-
ical Seminary, at night. The commit
tee of arrangements for these services
consists of Rev. Charles Ghisslin, ruling
elder Joseph McMurran and DR.. A
c. Hopkins
The first quarterly conference fol-
Shepherdstown circuit of the Southern
Methodist Church will be held at
Uvilla April 2Sth and 29th. The
presiding elder, Rev. David Bush
will be present. Preaching Saturday
at 1880 a. m, followed by the con-
ference, and on Sunday at II a. m
and s p. m. Love feast at 10 a. m
and the Lords supper and quarterly
ooIIection after the sermon. Services
in the Southern Methodist Churche:
on next Sunday Preaching at Shep'
herdstown, II a. m. Marvin Chapel
8 p. m. and at Vanclevesville at 7,3C
p. m. c. C. Band meeting at Shep-
herdstOwn at $50 pm. The public
most cordially welcomed to all these
services.
Divine services will be held in the