The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-17

2P. NJ. adjourned TO l.. NJ.
After recess the Prcsbytery convened
and concluded the reading OF narratives
OF the session.
Ruling Elder e. NJ. Mcclure. OF the
Third church. OF Richmond. was excused
after T.. NJ. Ruling Elder James A.
Jones, Of Brunswick church, was enrolled
and excused from further attendance.
order OF the day was deferred for the
purpose OF selecting time and place OF
next meeting. Nam01ine church. Amelia
county. was selected as the place and
Tuesday after the fourth Sabbath in
August at II A. NJ. as the time.
Election OF commissioners TO the Cen
eral Assembly, which conycnes in Nash
Vile Teuul. the latter part OF next
May. was fixed at first order OF the day
OF the evening session.
The report OF the home missions was
again taken up. The substitute motion
Of Rev. Dr. Kerr for section of the
report was taken up ana iully discussed.
! This motion was 10 return TO the assem-
/ biy's schedule for collections. The mo-
ton prevailed.
The report OF the committee as amend
| cd was adopted as a whole.
Rev. DR.. Fair. o. Richmond. presented
the report OF Mrs. Ii. Blair, treasurer OF
| the Womans Foreign Mission Union,
which shows the receipts OF the union for
the past year TO have been Ssi.A over the
previous year. The local receipts of the
uulon for the eigrt years OF It's existence
amounted to Sli.2ls.
SELLING ARDENT SPIRITS.
The committee 10 whom was referred
| the overture OF Ruling Elder John Boiling,
of Grace street church. Richmond, rela-
tive to a member OF the church selling
rrff nd m
| uoritv report. which provoked Il very
lengthy and Interesting discussion.
Rl-. Robert l.. Kerr offered the fol
lowing substitute for both reports:
IN reply to the overture from Nr.
John Boiling. - Gsace-strset church
session. appealing from delVerance OF
the said session, the Presbytery deems 1t
unnecessary 10 DO more than refer the
elder making the overture, and also the
session TO the various deiiyerances OF tLe
General Assembly on the subject OF the
sale OF ardent spirits. See Alexander
Digest. page 9c6. and the minutes OF the
General Assembly OF 1871, page zff, also,
Baird's Digest page SOS, paragraph II.
Pending the discussion OF the question,
the Presbytery, at quarter TO Z O'Clock
took a recess making the question the
first order of business It the evening
session. .
NIGHT SESSION.
Tonight tho Presbytery and large
congregatOn heard most able ana elo-
oient sermon from Rev. noses ID. Hoge,
= d.. Of Richmond. Dr. Hoge selected
for his text the 18th chapter Of Romans
and the ith verso
At the conclusion OF tho sermon the
Presbytory was called TO order BY The
moderator. and the overture OF Ruling
ry-r.- 81 ~ 81
church. Richmond, was called ana dis
cussed.
DR.. Fair. pastor Of Grace-Street church.
said the session OF that church stood
chargel publicly with a violation of the
constitutions Of uhs Presbyterian Church.
Or. Fair declared that be did Eot ask for
anything else but Justice. The session or
Gracc-Street church stands before the
Presbyt yterss tonight and asks n II has
violated X principles OF the Church.
Moderator and brethren said Or. Fair.
''if would Doe a comfort TO Us 90 know that
the prcsbytery stood by us. We have
been put In this position. Ii was not %
our own seeking. We are trying 20 do all
we can 10 break up the liquor traffic. and
here Is n man engaged in the traffic who
kncCks at tho door OF the Church and
asks for acmittnnce. Here IS the issue
where the credit OF our Church IS In
lt
Court OF Jesus OSrist, 10 say whether
or not the session OF Grace-Street church
has violated the principles OF the Church.
Or. Fair said that he hoped there was
one thing that the presbytery would keep
clearly before u. and that was that they
did not seek this trouble. Dr. Fair said
he had begged this man who was seek
iug admission into the church not 10 Try
To come into the church while he was
engaged in the liquor traffic. Or. Fair
said:
we come before you. Mr.. Moderator.
as a child: we have implicit confidence
in you; we want simple justice. II that
little session hasn't violated the consti.
tuition Of the Presbyterian Church and
the word Of God, let the people know it,
Or. Fair said he believed that the man
who had applied for admission into the
church knew he was doing wrong for
being engaged in the liquor business. anl
he (Dr. FaiD believed that the man would
give up the business in twelve months.
Ii is not he who Is the cause or the
trouble.
Or. r. r. Howison. Of Fredericksburg,
followed Dr. Fair: lie said:
we have the highwaymen. The high
wayman says 10 the man he meets Your
money or your life" II the highwayman
gets .yOur money. he spares your lie.
The dealer In liquor says: Your money
and your llfe, and he takes both. The
drunkard sells his house, pawns his furni-
ture. and sells his poor wife's shoes to
get drink OF liquor
Or. Hyde here arose TO n point OF order.
lie said:
Mr. Moderator, we are discussing a
resolution, which is a substitute to
resolution. IL is not proper. in order to
get the merits Of the question under
discussion. to tell about drunkards sell
ing shoes"
just here a remark by DR.. Howison
caused Mr.. Hyde to say: Il was going TO
be respectful
Dr. Howlson, in reply 10 Or. Hy,e,
stated that he. too, was going to be re-
spectful. but he was going TO tell the
truth.
DR.. Howlscn was followed by DR.. Rose
bro.
MAJORITY REPORT ADOPTED.
vote was taken on DIR. Kerr's sub
stitute. and IL was voted down. Or.
Howison then read the minority report,
and that was defeated too \ vote was
next taken on the majority report. and
IL was adopted with this amendment,
offered by Or. Hyde:
After the words medical purposes
only Not taking into account its lawful
sale for sacramental, medicinal, and such
like purposes
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