The Caucasian., 1896-11-19
;NEoO At new BERNIE.
saanFn' FG REPORTS FROM ALL
SOURCE s-IHcRsAsE IN mtmBES/ I.
SNIP xsO CONTRIBUTIONS. ,/.s

to he Presc pa a r'sti.n Educa{ vote
Msohleno' .sytsry Divided zee
s.w Prssb FHce~, Bear the Nsms of
A.hevin'' ed, q
new BEE o., Nov. 11.-This
city is now isn hands of the Pres
hvterians, q ioS iod of North Caro-
lima. the rel etative body of the
presbyterian Isf this State being
in session het pvrhe majority Of the
delegates cam en Tuesday evening,
10th inst
The delegat were met at the two
deoots and tai "a to the Presbyteri-
an lecture ROD h, a small building
sJioiniug the hurch, which comes
in admirably fbr use on many an
oecasian, being more convenient for
certain parposesthan the church itself
From this place the delegates were
distributed to the homes of the citi-
zens which are to be the delegates
"homes" while in Newberne. About
eighty Of the delegates have arrived
and few more are expected to-day.
The hospitable people of the city
have opened their doors with a wide
welcome so that the number of
"homes" provided is in excess of
the number of delegates attending.
This is the eighty-third annual ses-
sion of the Synod of North Carolina.
The first meeting was held at s
o'clock last night. Divine services
came first, Rev. Eugene Daniel, of
Raleigh, one Of the ablest members
in the State, rs retiring moderat or,
preached the opening sermon. II
was mastery discourse on "Inspi-
ration" The first portion of the
sermon dispslled false ideas that are
held to some extent as to what the
inspiration of the Bible consists Of;
tho latter portion pointed out the
truth in regard to this important
subject. Running all through the
sermon was q strong frame work Of
proof that the whole Bible is incon-
powerfully true and fully inspired.
The sermon was based on III. Timo-
thy, 3:lG. "All scripture is given by
the inspiration Of God"
After the sermon an impressive
communion service was held, which
was largely joined in by members of
other denominations, the various
churches of the city being well rep
resented in the congregation. Rev.
l.. B. Turnbull, of Durham, read
from the New Testament the author
ity for the ordinance; Rev. Is. w
Smith, of Greensboro, eonsecrato
the elements of bread and wine by
prayer. Eight other members OF
the Synod receiving the bread aud
distributed them among the commu
nicants.
The devotional exercises being
over the meeting was called to order
ter. business and q quorum officially
FOUND to be present by calling the
roll. The election of officers was
deferred until this "wednesday
morning and erder of work was
partially decided upon. 1t was
decided to begin the session at 9:3(
a. m, transact business until II m.
then have an hour of divine worship
and then take two hours recess
for dinner, reassemblirg at 2p. m
and again meeting at 8. p. m. Al
this last meeting reports on foreign
missions will be heard and severa
addresses will be made.
Before adjournment Tuesday nigh
Rev. G.. l.. Leyburn, the new pastol
of the Newberne Presbyterian
church, was formerly presented t.
the Synod, of which he had not ye
become member, he having move,
here frsm Boonville, Missouri, az,
this being the first meeting of tn
Synod since his coming. DR.. Ley
burn is not only a thoughtful ant
scholarly minister of pleasing an
instructive pulpit utterance, but b
is also of "a friendly warm-hearted dis
position aud be possesses practice
turn of mind. Though it is yet les
than two weeks since he took charg
here, he is clearly making stron
friends, and his pastorate in thi
city is confidently expected to be
successful one, spiritually, helpfu
and blessed to the present member
of the church and to all others VIII
attend upon his ministry.
Rev. A. D. Mcclure, of Whining
ton, was elected moderator.
Rev. P. r. Law and Rev. w. r
Nc Clelland were elected clerks.
Rev. T. H. Law made an addres
in the interest of the Bible cause.
The Synod decided to meet ne1
year at Salisbury, on the first Tue!
day in November. The committee
were appointed to-day.
Second Days Session.
At the morning session Of th
Presbyterian Synod an overture frol
Orange Presbyttry was adopted, d
recting the ministers to preach O
Christian education on the day {
prayer for our colleges.
DR.. E. N. Hutchinson recommends
the appointment of DR.. j. r. Irvi
as trustee to the Synod.
The most important matter y
considered is the division of Mecl
ienburg Presbytery. The reQue
for division from the Presbytery W,
granted unanimously by the Syno
the line of division, the Blue Rid.
from the South Carolina line to Co,
cord Presbytery line. The ne
Presbytery to be called the Presb
terry Of Asheville, consists of Mac
son, Buncombe, Henderson, Ira
sylvania, Haywood, jackson, Swai
Macon, Graham, Clay and Cherok
counties; nineteen churches and t
ministers. The Presbytery is ,
quired to meet in Asheville, Dece
Der I'd. Rev. E. A. Sample was a
pointed moderator.
DIR. Rumple presented the seven
annual report of the synodical I
phanage at Barium Springs. Fig
ty-ene children were cared for d,
ing the year; SO 700 was contribut
for the support fund; $67 is the av
age yearly cost of maintaining a
educating each child; the CEN
building has been be0nn. fnnds ,