The evening times., 1897-06-07
MEETING OF PRESBYTERY
Standing Committees Elected for
the Ensuing Year.
Resolution Commeudiug Congress
for Prohibiting Appropriations
for Sectarian Institutions.

An Interesting meeting OF the Presby-
tery OF Washington City was held this
morning at the Westminster Church, ON
Seventh street southwest, with Rev. j r.
VerhryCke, of Gurley Memorial Church,
moderator and Rev b. f Bitteng,r, b. d.,
stated clerk.
Rev I. G. Easton, of the Eastern Church,
read a statement TO the eIIect 5hiit his
church was now in prosperous condition
and would be able in the Taturt toEteeI the
interest on the debt OF the church with
out assistance from the other churches in
the Presbytery.
The commissioners to the general as
sembly, recently held at Wiuona, Ind. CON
sisting of Rev. Byron Sunderland, Of the
First Church; Rev. W c. AleXanGer, of
the West Street Church. Georgetown, and
Elder W II. II. Smith, Of the Western
Church, submitted a report Oh their at
tendance At Uhe ASSEMBLY, and the report
was adopted.
TIE following standing committees were
elected:
SHSJcNldltBD-heNS. ID. L ~,
D.; ;GeorgeN. LuCcock, d D.; Joseph T Kelly,
Charles A. Smith, Elders william Ballan-
tyne, Samuel u. Luokett o. h. Brown.
Home missions -Revs Wallace Radcliffe,
d u; d. W. Skellinger, John Van Ness, FL
ders Lohn Leetch, Hon Stanton j. Peei!e-
Foreign miSSionS-Revs. j. X. VerbryCkc,
TeunisS Hamlin, d. d; T. Dewitt Talmage,
d d Elders c. b. Bailey, Theo. +, Sar-
gent
Education-Revs Edward Warren. Asa
Fiske, ID. D.. George 5 Duncan, Elders Ed
win Stuart, r. H Zimmerman.
Church erection -Revs. J B. North, George
O. Little. H. ID T.; J. II. Bradford, Elders d.
A Whallnn and W Fl II. Warnan.
Freedmen Revs. 7. ID. Richards Thomas
c. Easton. d. D; D. ]. Grimke, d. D.; Elders
c. H. Canington and E NJ. Fish
Aid to cOIIegps-Reys. J. N. Nourse, c. B.
Ramsdell, H. NJ. Fisher. Elders John Ran
dolph and F. H Smith.
Ministerial relief-Revs j. s. Marshall
John Chester, D. D.; J. c. Yeakel, Elders
c. B. Church and William NJ Terrell.
Teuperanoe-T. c. EaSton, d. b.; u. L,
Rathbone, ChaIies NJ Livingstone, Elders
F. b Dalrymple, H. c. Thompson and j.
MeriweJher
Systematic Beneficence-Revs. u. W.
skeIlmger. c. b f;amsdeH, DID, W s Ed
wards; Elders Charles Lyman and D. II
Smith
Sabbath School and Publication Revs
George O. Little. D.: Elders Daniel Nc
Farlan and W. II II. Smith
Young Peoples Societies Revs II W
Ennis, d ". skelIinger, Fred E An
drews, Elders Thomas P. Keene and Irwin
B. Lintcn
Theolocy-Revs Teunis s Hamlin, D
u; and B. F. Bittenger, D. d.
English Pihle-Rev Byron Sunderland, p.
d; Elder f n. Bailey.
Church History Revs Asa s FiSSe, d D.;
Wallace Radcliffe, d. D.
church Government and Sacraments
Revs c. B RsmsdeII. d. D.: W. ]. Nc
Knight, n. n.
Hebrew -C gorge S. Duncan, Pm. D;
John Van Ness.
Greek -Revs O. Alvin Smith, John
Chester, y u.
Er. Wallace Radcliffe, of the New York
Avenue Church, introduced the following
resolution.
THE PresIytery Of Washington city
takes pleasure at this time in Endorsing
the recent action Of Congress that from
and after the 30th Of June, s97, no
money appropriated for charitable pur-
poses in the District OF Columbia shall re
paid to any church or religious denOm;na-
tiOn, or to any iHstitut on OF society which
is under sectarian or ecClesiaCtical control,
and urges rp0n the membeFs Of our churches
such sympathy with this action and such
watchfuI and constant care a : shall seem
its just and impartial enforcement"
A copy of this resolution is ordered to
he sent by the stated clerk to each member
of the District Committee of the House
and Senate, and to each daily paper in the
city of Washington.
Mr. John c. Lewis, of the West Street
Church, Georgetown, was examined as to
his qualifications as a student for the
ministry. Mr., Lewis was received as q
student under the charge OF the Presby-
terry.
The Officers OF the PTesbytery, consisting
OF Moderator Rev. ]. r. Verbrycke Stated
Clerk Rev 8 F. Bittenger and Permanent
Clerk, Rev. C. Alvin Smith. were appointed
a Committee to arrange for appropriate OBJ
servance by the Presbyterian churches Of
this city and vicinity of the 25Oth anniver-
sary Of the adoption of the PRESBYTERIAN
standards.
The neeting adjourned with prayer by
Rev. Skellinger.