Birmingham age-herald., 1895-10-03
AN INTERESTING SESSION Of the Presbyteryof North Ala
 bama Yesterday. ADDITIONAL DELEGATES HERE Bessemer Chosen as the Next Meeting Place. A School for Negro Girls to Be
 Erected.

The preSbytery of north Alabama re- convened in the Third Presbyterian church at g o'clock yesterday morning and the following delegates, who arrived after the night session, answered to their names at roll call.
 Rev. B. F. .Bedinger, Guntersville. J. L. Hedleston, Woodlawn. J. c. Keith. Anniston. The first half hour was given up to de- | votional exercises, after which the min | utes of Tuesday nights session were l read, and the minutes of the special meesNng held at Munford some time ago | and the regular spring meeting were also adopted. .. 44ss 4as4 The following members were excused from attending this meeting of the pres bytery: Rev. Donald Mcqueen of Annis- l ton, Rev. J. W. Shearers of Birming ham Rev. J. H. Lacy of Florence. Dr. A. l.. Phillips of Tuskaloosa. Rev. R. M. Du- Bose and Rev. J.iT. Allison of Decatur. After a ten minutes recess the moder- ator, Dr. A. B. Curry. announced the fol- lowing committees:
 Devotional exercises-Rey. J. A. Bryan, Ruling Elders C. H. Reid, s. G. Woods and George L. Thomas. Minutes of assembly-Rev. J. G. Snede- cor, Elder. Joseph Hardin, Elder D. M. Armstrong Rev. J. S.. -Leeper. Rev. pr. U. H. Bryson. Ta
 Bills and overtures-Rev. H. W. Finn, Elders w.. R.. 4..Dortch, w. N. Boynton, Rev Dr. L. S. Handley, Elder J. T. Hud- dleston. -
 Narrative to synod-Rev. W. H. Rich ardson. Rev. C. c. Epperson, Elder G. H. Smith, Elder H. D. Wilson, Rev. M. M. Warren.
 Assessment committee-Rev W. l.. Smith. Rev. w. H. Darnalt. Rev. John Bartram, Elder F. V. Evans. Elder J. M Pickens.
 The reading of narratives was begun and had not been finished when the pres bytery adjourned for dinner.
 Afternoon Session.
 The afternoon session began with the reception of narratives from the differ ent ministers.
 Rev. w. H. Richardson of Gadsden spoke of the church a Fort Payne, which had not had regular services in some time. He said number of Presbyterians living there had connected themselves with other churches on account of fail- ure to have regular services at their own.
 The 'narratives' from the different churches showed most-ofsthe churches in good condition.
 Rev. B. F. Bedinger, chairman of the special committee to look into New Con cord church, Leesburg, stated that noth- ing had been done and asked for fur ther time, which was granted.
 On motion of Rev. w, I. Sinnot the hour following the sermon at the night service was set apart for consideration of the Orphans home.
 install Rev MT. Jackson reported that he had been ordained to the ministry in proper form. 70.
 On roll call it was discovered that the ministers present had .done evangelistc work during the year. as required by presbytery.
 The committee on devotional exercises reported services for today as follows:
 To preach at II o'clock this morning Rev. J. P. Word. t9Ia-se
 Presbyterial prayer meeting from to 245 D. m. .a. -,s -ste- .
 TO preach at 7:30 D. m.-Rev. w. H. Darnall.
 MT. J. c. Keith of Anniston said he had been instructed by Judge Lapsley to say to the presbytery that Christian lady of Philadelphia had offered to build in the bounds of the presbytery an industrial school for colored girls, and on motion the following resolution was adopted:
 Resolved, That this presbytery learns with great pleasure and qualification that a Christian lady of Philadelphia is ar ranging to build within our bounds q school of high character for the religious intelligence and industrial training of ne- gro girls. and warmly commends her and ca- tion of our people.
 Rev. John Barbour offered the follow ing resolution, which was adopted:
 Resolved, That the presbytery of north Alabama. learns with interest of the work of Rev. R. H. Kellar of the city missions among the Birmingham colored people and hereby commends this cause to the liberality and cooperation of our people
 MT J. c. Keith. commissioner of the general assembly. submitted a verbal re- port concerning the meeting of the same The moderator suggested that the sec retary notify the other commissioners that report from them should be forth coming. 4 .5 eAs5a
 Rev W. l. Sinnott moved that the stated clerk incorporate in the minutes or the presbytery the act of the legisla- ture incorporating the presbytery. The motion prevailed -
 Attention was called to the fact that three vacancies existed in the board of trustees and Rev. W. l. Sinnott placsd in nomination Rev, Dr. l.. S. HandIev and Dr. Amzi Golden, both of Birming- ham,
 Rev. W. H. Richardson nominated Mir w. R. Dortch of Gadsden. The three nominees were elected unanimouslv
 Bessemer was selected as the place for the next meeting and Tuesday before fbe hrst full moon in April as the time
 Rev w. H. DarnaI was granted a let ter or dismissal to the Cherokee presby- tery. Georgia synod ss
 on motion of Dr. J. H. Bryson the preshytery adjourned until 7:30 p. m.
 Night Session.
 The night session was devoted to a discussion of the Orphans home, located at Talladega.
 Rev w. H. Richardson of Gadsden preached an interesting sermon, which was followed with short talks on the home by various ministers A collectio,, was then taken up, and $1OO was raised
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