Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-09-16
WINCHESTER PREssYTERY.
Winchester Presbytery held j


Tuesday night, after which Rev. A. c.
Hopkins, Jr., was elected Moderator,
and Rev. G. A. Grillbortzer and Elder
H. G. Magruder, clerks. Twenty-four
ministers and seventeen elders attend
ed the meeting, besides large num-
Der of visitors from distance. Public
worship was held morning and night,
and there were fine congregations and
good preaching.
Rev. Ivanhoe Robertson was re-
ceived from Wilmington IN. c. Pres
bytery. He is supplying the Lost River
field, and action was taken allowing
him to appeal to the churches for aid
in building a church at Lost City.
Licentiate Vernon G. Smith was re-
ceived from Roanoke Presbytery, was
examined and ordained, according to
the provision of the Book of Church
Order, as an extraordinary case. The
ordination service took place Friday
night DIR. F. NJ. Woods preached the
ordination sermon DR.. A G. Hopkins
charged the candidate and DR.. Steph-
enson made the ordination prayer
which was accompanied with the lay
ing on of. the hands of the Presbytery.
Mr.. Smith accepted a call from the
Allegheny Church, and will be in
stalled as its pastor.
A call from the Berryville Church
was declined by Licentiate D. ]. Woods
who has been preaching there all sum-
mer, and he was at his own request
dismissed to Fort Worth (Texas) Pres
bytery, where he will labor as an evan
gelist.
Rev. H. Tucker Graham was also at
his own request dismissed to the Pres
bytery of Fayetteville, N. c.
The consideration of call from the
Piedmont Church to Rev. A. c. Hop
kins, Jr., was postponed to an adj
journed meeting to be held in Charles
town September 28th.
Rev. Robert w. Carter offered his
resignation as pastor Of Round Hill
Church, and this matter was postponed
to be considered at an adjourned meet
ing to be held during the meeting of
Synod in Fredericksburg, Va.
An interesting letter was read from
Rev. James R. Graham, Jr., missionary
to China, giving a hopeful account of
the progress Of his work in that coun-
try.
Wednesday night an enthusiastic
Home Missionary meeting was con-
Quoted by DR.. F. NJ. Woods. Address
es were made by Revs. c. W. Hollis,
S. NJ. Engle, Ivanhoe Robertson and
Vernon G. Smith on the work that is
done in the bounds Of Presbytery.
The annual report Of Presbytery's
Home Missions Committee, which was
read by the chairman, Dr. Woods,
showed that all obligations have been
met to July l, 1897, and that all the
pastoral and missionary fields of Pres
bytery are supplied with regular
preaching except three, Holly Mead
ows, Piedmont and Berryville, (includ-
ing Stones Chapel.
The special committee reported that
the Westminster addresses, delivered
at the spring meeting at Front Royal,
had been published in pamphlet form.
A permanent committee was appoint
ed to publish the proceedings of Pres
bytery in pamphlet form, if it can be
done without expense to Presbytery.
Winchester Presbytery has at pres
ent 80 ministers g Of whom are for
eign missionaries), 46 churches, with
$500 COMMUNICATE members and
5000 teachers and scholars in Sabbath
schools, and contributed last year to
all objects over $4,000.
The next stated meeting will be
held the fourth Thursday in April,
1898, at Charlestown, w. Va.
Gerardstown is pretty little noun
tain town built on ledge Of limestone
rock just about mile from the foot of
the North mountain. 1t has few in
habitants, who are warm-hearted, hos
pitable people and who made the
Presbytery very pleasant.
One of the most delightful incidents
was the reception given the members
of Presbytery, the visitors and their
hosts by Mr.. James B. Morgan, editor
of the Gerardstown Times, and his
charming wife, at their beautiful home,
1.-THE Naples. Nearly one hundred
were welcomed into the hospitable
mansion which had been illuminated
and decorated for the occasion. On
the wide-spreading evergreen lawn,
under the maple trees, were tables
loaded with peaches, pears, apples,
cranes and Watermelons. It was a