The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-09
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The two humid ed and forty-siXth semi-an
nual session of the Presbytery of Baltimor
was held in the First Presbyterian Chulch
Bel Air, this week. The annual sermon wal
preached by Rev. Dr. }. w. Rogan on Mon
day night, after which the assembly organlze'
by the election of Rev. Pedro Pioseco, o
Tanevtown, as moderator, aud Rev. J. VII
liam Rowan, of Baltimore, as secretary.
The meeting on Tuesday morning was open
ed with devotional services by Rev. Maltbit
D. Babcock, of Baltimore. The roll was call
ed and the following clergymen were found &c
be present /: Joseph 7. Smith, William 81
monitor, E. d. Finney, j. +. Jennison, george
Z. Jones, Oliver Hemstreet, James E. Motfatt
| William c. Malloy, Edward H. Robbins, Jas,
Frazier, Thomas L. Springer, j. Wynne Jones,
Jere Witherspoon, James W. Rogan, j. VIII
liam McIlvaine, j. Addison Smith, Malthle
| D. Babcock, Jere d. Swami, Isaac II. Conduit,
David B. Greigg, Hugh X. Walker, Frank T..
Williams, Edward E. Weaver Kinley Nc
MILAN, Albert &. Parker, William A. Price,
| Pedro Rioseco, Thomas r. Dixon, 5. {. Was
son, h. IL. Taylor, W. j. Rowan, Eugene A.
Mitchell, lnOindS y. Laoooh' - -
Llewellyn s. Fumar and Henry Branch
Twenty nine elders were present.
The report of the Committee on Home Mis-
sions appropriated 5000 to the church at Falls
ton and $50 to the Highland Church.
Rev. William c. Stull was transferred from
East Florida Presbytery to the Baltimore
Presbytery.
Rev. Kinley Mcmillan, pastor OF Light
Street Church, Baltimore, was transferred to
Redstone Presbytery, Pennsylvania.
The Moderator was granted leave to dissolve
his pastoral relations with Piney Creek
Church Carroll county.
Rev. George f. Jones and Maltbie D. Bah
cock and Elder Russell Murdoch were ap-
pointed committee to draft resolutions upon
the death of Rev. w. l.. Austin, late pastor OF
the Church of the Covenant, Baltimore
The elders present representing Hartford
county were James A. Fulton, Bel Air, George
A. Cairnes, p. Morton, w. ii. Brown and A
P. Silver, Deer Creek.
Messrs. Thomas G. Doran and Albert Jami-
son, both of Baltimore, after due examination
were passed and admitted to the Presbytery
with license to preach.
Revs. Jere Witherspoon, James Frazer, E.
II. Robbins and Elder r. H. Smith were ap-
pointed as a committee to make arrangements
for the proper observance of the 250th anniver-
sary of the Westminster assembly.
Rev. William Cummings was received into
the Presbytery from the Lexington Prcsby-
terry.
Revs. s. c. WATSON, of Churchville, and
David Jamison, of Aberdeen, were continued
as Moderators of Deer Creek Harmony and
Havre de Grace churches.
Letters of dismissal were granted to
Rev. Isaac II. Condit, of llagerstown, to
enable him to enter the Newton Presbytery OF
New Jersey.
The report of the stated clerk, Rev. George
E. Jones, were received and adopted.
Resolutions of regret were passed upon the
resignation of Rev. Kinley Mcmillan, who has
been transferred to the Second Church ut Nc
Keesport, Pa.
On " Wednesday at the close of the morning
session, the Presbytery adjourned with a vote
of thanks to the people of Bel Air for their
The meeting was the first of the kind to be
held in Bel Air for about thirty years, and
awakened a deep interest among the friends
of the church and the citizens generally
Dinner was served to the members of Pres
bytery in the lecture room of the church by
the ladies.
The committee of ladies who had the
lunches during the sessions of the Presbytery
in charge, was composed of Mrs. E. d. Finney,
Mrs John d. Worthington, Mrs. c. w. Proctor,
Mrs George K. CARES, Mrs. W. K. Wilson,
Mrs. John Il. Rouse, Mrs. Vim. 7. Sawyer
and Misses Mary Dawson, Laura Dallam,
Mollie Batemau, Retha Pocock, Jessie Reck-
ord, Mamie Geatty, Dora Proctor, Agnes
Tucker Mary Richardson, Helen Rouse
and Srdie Hughes.
Rev. j. Addison Smith, d. D., OF Baltimore,
preached on Tuesday evening, and Rev. Jas
A. Moflit' D d. of Cumberland, on Wednesday
evening.