The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-16
PRESBYTERTANS
IN CONFERENCE
aaas
Interesting Proceedings Of the Port
lind l'reSbytery at ieSter-
days Session.
e
MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Installations to be Made Report, Head
lofA Of President Ice. Of the Aibaay
Collegiate lastllu,lon. Com
mehded - Rte.
MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED

Tho iTtpbytsry of Portland convened
al s@R m, ana was led In a half hours
devotional service when tho ~Proabytery
Wal constituted with prayer ny tho Roy.
G. II shlelds. Rev Thoa, lloyd. modera.
Tor, In tho chair,
TIL moderator announced tho following
standing committees
Committee NJ aranKcm0nta-itov, H.
tiddrll and scHHlo Of Church.
illla and overturcH Rev. Vim. Travis.
W r acott. W n. Wright
judicial Caurz IloyH w. r. HiIl. H. H..
w \ Wright. Rider Martin.
General Assembly Minutes Rows W. ~
LIE. u u, and u j. Campbell
Synod Minutes iiov John MORRISON
ANA 4 Hayfc.
Narrative for Assembly. Rows. W y.
Miller, " r Scott n Elder e g
Strong. n -
Narrative Tor Synod Rev W J. Camp
hci
Finance Elders a. \ Luke. J. A.
EAhin. T. e. ueiknap.
Letters from bra A J HroWn and "
w. london. and Rev T. A ttoidridgu
we're Rad Elder YIN wadhamH led tho
frvhbytcfy Ia prayer for THOSE brethren
A enll Nas placed In tho hands ~ the
pruahytrfy from the ~. Johns Church.
Portland, rur fluv y W ~ Pierre. and
also - rall from the THIRD church. Fort.
land, for tho pastoral services ~ " J.
Arnold 10th were referred 20 the prop.
~ committee
Rev Julian Hatch. Of tho p~rvnhytrry
OF hFHFmgN MHa aHka4N Ia ali 49, f.NN.a-
pohding member
A request from the session OF the
Mlspah Church. Portland. asking to be-
relieved from tho Wentworth Mission.
This papor was referred TO tho n NJ
committee.
Tho committee on home missions. Rev.
w q fofbc. chairman. made It's report .
aa follows Application for six churches
and the y NJ asked for ti.sO during tho
past siS months and were granted t1s5A.
or t7b lees than asked for. Five chur shes
arc now applying. yin3 Damascus. EaEio
Park. Third. Portland KnAppA Miypah.
Portland. AMI Nj Tabor churches. AK.
ing n total Of nN1
The following noidn ar, vacant; TtllA.
nook and Hay city, Fulton and ncrthA;
Upper Astoria; Claehanhst First and
SnrinE water and BcthoL The committee
have estimated and sent the estimate 60
the board asking for y. as. 1850 OF which
u for RrN work. with a possible request
for t@so morr for now work. Eagle Park
and Damascus was recommended TO tho
hoard ~ home missions for aid. tcoo: Tho
Third church. Portland. 'oF 500 knRp-
pa. Tor san. and Mispah. poFtlsnd. for
tn. ThS report was adopted aa n whole
The Rev, Julian Hatch. OF the presby-
terry OF KcArncy. Neh.. was received ON n
letter Of dismissal 10 this ''rcAhy;ery.
Mr. Hatch was for three years Prcnhy.
terrain missionary In Nebraska. for which
he was highly commended by his Pres
bytery
The committee on Sunday school work
reported. calling attention to the coming
Of Chiidrun's Day. In June. and recon-
menhrd a hearty and universal ohHerv-
ancc OF the day and that q collection no
taken for the cause.
The committee on ministerial rciirf roc.
commended ipa for pr Garner. tsoO for
W n stin-on. and nO for Mrs. Goo.
Ross. carried
The committee on temperance. Rev
VIM Travis. chairman. reported two
churches In tho PrcAbytcry have scsAional
committees: two othera promise to have
them. thirteen say tho sunday school
and Y T. y e. y. arc doing something
" NNA wv NANNfNfHNlNH NA NiN NIAINEa tNh Il
OF them used some Influence at political
primaries. seven have temperance Sab
bath; none give II collection to tho assem-
hly committee on temperance. The re-
port was adopted
The call Of the IT Johns Church. OF
Portland, was found IL order, md was
placed In the hands Of the Rev. T. W st.
Pierre. also tho call OF the Third church.
Portland was found In order and placed
into the hands Of Rev. W u Arnold
The calls were accepted md com nittscN
were appointed TO recommend the order
OF installation services.
Tho moderator. Or, Royd. was appoint
cd to moderate and PROFOUND the tonstI.
tutionnl questions. Rcv. John Morrison
to preach tho sermon: pr. Inn TO charge
tho pastor, and Or. Holt the people In the
installation " IN Rev. Il, W TT Pierre;
the installation TO take place April geth,
y o'clock y, m
The Installation OF Rev. W. ]. Arnold
was nxed for April Soth. s y, m, DR., noyd
60 preside and PROFOUND the constitution
nj questions. Rev. John Morrison 20
preach the sermon; the Rev. Or, Wilson
10 charge the pastor. and the Rev, nr,
I'M to charge the people,
REV Edward \. nolllngor, Rev. Or,
lIaswcil and the Rev, NJ Smith were
asked to ut as corresponding members,
Rev. W. r. Scott reported the annual
narrative. OF the twcnty-nlnc churches, |
twenty have been regularly supplied, ot
the forty Sabbath schools, n few OF them
arn mission schools, only II few systom-
~ntIcnliy teach the cnteohlsm; eighteen
hive libraries. two churches have mons
societies. and nftccn have ladies' Soclc-
ties; twenty report young peoples 80
cIotIes and some OF the missions have
Thorn. In nineteen churches and preach
ing stations special revival meetings are
reported. 4 goodly number OF CONVEX
slona ARE reported M n result; g2 persons
we're added ON confession OF their fnlth;
only about half the churches gave TO all
the boards, white all gave to some or
them. Nearly all the sunday schools
gave 10 Sunday school work on Chlldrcns'
Day. and TO the home and foreign mis-
alona ns also have the Young peoples
societies to the two latter causes, Few
churches report special lines OF moral
reform effort The report was approved,
- 1910 ~ NhA Smith |