Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-04-28
Winchester Presbytery.

Winchester Presbytery.
The semi-annual session OF wins
chester Presbytery began in Martins-
burg Tue sday night with a sermon
by the retiring moderator, Dr.
a N. Campbell, of Charles Town
Presbytery was organized for BUSH
mess nv the election of Rev. r. A.
White. of Gerardstown, w. Va,
moderator, and Rev. A. G. Hopkins,
Jr., of Bayard, w. Va, and Mr.. n.
CLAW Crebs, of Winchester, tempo
rary clerks. Rev. j. Nee. Duck
wall, of Berkeley Springs, vas re-
ceived into the presbytery on a GER
~tificate from the Montgomery Pres
bytery. The call of the Rev. j. A.
Thomas, of Middlebrook, Va, to
W estminister, w. Va, was read and
Rev. DIR. f. nj. Woods and Mr.. A.
Stonaker were appointed a commit
tee to prosecute the call before the
Lexington Presbytery. Favorable
reports from the different churches
in the presbytery was made.
Mr.. NJ. G.. Woodwork, of Mineral
county, q candidate for licensure,
preached his trial sermon, which was
afterwards unanimously approved.
Romney was selected as the next
place of meeting and August 10 as
the time. A motion was carried ia
answer the overture of the General
Assembly, asking the appointment
of a general superintendent of Sun
day schools, in the negative. The
name of Back Creek Church was
changed and it will be hereafter
called Tomahawk Church. The most
interesting feature of Thursdays
session was the discussion of Rev.
DR.. George Whites paper relative
to lay evangelists. The paper re,
cites the action taken in this matter
by the Synod of Virginia and the
General Assembly in 1894, and CON
cludes as follows: Therefore, the
the Presbytery of Winchester, being
in subsection to the assembly and
synod and bound by consideration
of loyalty to our constitution to pre-,
serve the order, purity and peace OF
our church, and required to see that
the lawful injunctions of the higher
courts are obeyed, hereby calls the
attention of its ministers and churche:
to the above-cited action of our synod
and assembly and affectionately
warns them against cooperation witt
or encouraging any of that 'unauth'
orized and Irresponsible class o.
persons self-styled and now known
as .lay evangelists,' whose acts we
regard as violating the spirit if moi
the very latter of the aforesaid in
Junction." The paper was adopted.
| Rev. R. w. Carter, chairman OF
the committee on narrative, submit
sed the report of the committee.
showing the general condition OF the
church TO be good and that a or atty
ing amount of work had been done
during the past year. The committee
appointed to consider the request OF
Rev R. B. Woodwork that he be
Invested of his ministerial office re-
ported, recommending that his re-
quest be granted and that the pres
betery now proceed to relieve him
of his ministerial functions. The
IulSucSb eSGCSh was SAPiSSoSo AOA
Rev. Mr.. Wood worth and he was
assigned a membership in the church
at Burlington, w. Va. The report
was adopted. The election of dele
gates to the General Assembly, to
be held at Memphis, Tenn, resulted
in the election of Rev. S. NJ. Engle,
of Oakland, Md, and Mr.. John Ken
needy, of Bedington, w. Va, as
delegates, and Rev. X. w. Carter,
of Round Hill, Va, and Mr.. l. H. C.
Pancake, of Romney, w. Va, as
alternates. Rev. DR.. F. NJ. Woods,
chairman of the committee on home
missions, made a verbal report show
ing that gratifying work had been
done in this field during the year.
The committee on the proposed
college at Elkins reported, recon-
mending that the presbytery cooper
ate with the Lexington Presbytery
in raising funds to start the college
building. Mr.. NJ. G.. Woodwork
passed a satisfactory examination
for ~licensure on all the points re-
quired and was licensed to preach by
the moderator, Rev. r. A. White.
The report on systematic benevolence
was submitted, showing that forty
of the forty-six churches contributed
So ,651,0 to the various objects dur
ing the year.
Pres bytery adjourned TO meet in
26th.