Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-09-12

| The fall meeting Of the Washington
Presbytery was held few days ago
at Mill Creek, Hancock county. Rev.
DR.. Cunningham and others of this
city attended. The meeting was brief.
Rev. S. T. Montgomery, Of Cameron,
was elected moderator, and Rev.
Frank Fish, of Claysville, clerk. The
| Presbytery dissolved the pastoral re
lations between Rev. DR.. John Miller
and the churches at West Union and
Mt Union Rev. DR.. Miller has NOV
ed to Ohio
Rev. S. T. Montgomery, of Cameron;
Rev. Dr. Woods, of Washington; Rev.
Elmer Alderman, of Buffalo, Pa, Rev.
DR.. Cunningham, of Wheeling; Rev. J.
C. Carver, of West Liberty; Elders
Henry Cowan, of Frankfort; DR.. S. l..
Jepson, of Wheeling; J. NJ. Blackman,
of Mill Creek Daniel Donehoo, Of New
Cumberland, and ]. H. Miller, of Mt.
Prospect, were elcted delegates to the
next synod of Pennsylvania. This
meets DIT Cannonsburg October 21st.
The winter meeting OF the Presby-
terry will be held at Waynesburg, and
the spring meeting at the Second
Presbyterian church at Washington.
The most important is always the
spring meeting, as the election of
commissioners to the General Assem-
bly, always takes place at this meet
ing.
Rev c. S. Allemong was dismissed
to the Rock River, Ills, presbytery,
and Licentiate R. S. Calder to the
| Blairsville presbytery. Ernest D. Gull
ly, of Mill Creek, was taken under the
care of presbytery as a candidate for
the ministry Suitable resolutions
touching the death of Rev. Geo. P.
Hays, D. d., were adopted.
A call from the Forks Of Wheeling
church was presented for the labors of
Rev. w. E. Allen, who has been pastor
at Frankfort Springs for five years.
He accepted the call, and was released
from his former charge. At his in
stallation at p. m. Thursday, October
Z, Rev. Laverty Grier will preside.
Rev. Frank Fish will preach the usual
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/ ham will charge the people and pastor
respectively.
The organization of the Vance Mem
orial church, for which J. n. Vance,
an elder in the First church, Wheeling,
| has provided an elegant house of wor-
ship, was reported and paper was
adopted exposing the gratitude of the
presbytery for this munifcent bene-
faction.
Rev. R. R. Bigger, pastor of the
Third Presbyterian church, while
spending his vacation at Cambridge,
o., met with an accident that has some
what disabled him. He fell while get
ting out of carriage and injured his
back severely. He is able to get about,
however, and will preach to-day. His
morning theme Will be THE Glorious
Gospel" and at night he will preach
on Going to the Multitudes."
A mission will be held at the
Church Of the Immaculate Conception
! for two weeks, commencing this morn
ing at ten o'clock mass.
This evening the Wesley NJ. E.
church, which has been thoroughly
renovated and the interior handsomely
frescoed during the summer, will be
opened by a jubilee service at night
to celebrate the fact that til church
has gotten entirely rid Of its debt.
Yesterday the ladies of St. Matthews
P. E. church held a meeting and de-
cided to hold a county fair next Thurs
day on the lawn of F. H. Hearne, at
Leatherwood. A great variety OF
amusements will be arranged for the
afternoon and evening and refresh
ments will be served. Bowling will be
one of the amusements. The pro-
gramme has not been completed. but
there is every prospect that the fair
will be a social and financial success.