The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-21
BALTIMORE SYNOD.
The Body's Judicial Committee Recom-
mends It's Dismissal. To Agree
This forming.

Washington. Oct. 2O-The Presbyteri
Synod of Baltimore held its first morning
session to-day.
The subjects of home missions and sus
tentatioI were taken up. The Synod Of
Baltimore contributed the last fiscal year
to home missions S23,2l8 The churches
were exhorted to lend all their energies to
wipe out the debt of the board.
DIR. Logan, OF the committee on susten-
tation, reported that in Baltimore Presby-
terry seventeen fields have been aided, in
New Castle thirteen and in Washington
six.
The average congregation in the forty.
one churches reporting were 3, 900 persons:
3214 sermons were preached the minis
tors conducted 1856 funerals; baptized Ia
infants and 81 adults; received $50 per.
sons into the churches on profession iof
faith and IA by certificate. The number
of communicates IN those churches was
1885, a net gain OF 1858; Sabbath-school
membership, 4.615. The value of churches
as far rs reported is sls3,OO0, and of man
scs, $lS,600, q total of 500, 900 An aggre-
gate of ~, ,575 has been contributed for new
buildings aud 49OS for repairs. The church
debts are S2l, 500.
The fOrty.one churches raised for all
purposes $50, .57. This is 10, 900 more than
was reported from the same churches last
year.
The receipts by the synod were: From
presbyteries S4,3l494, from board Of homo
missions, 81, $40; interest, S7774; total,
S9l93.6S
There YVES also balance on hand Octo.
ber l3, 1896, s422,94, making a total of
S9,6l4. 90 at this command Of the synod.
The disbursements were. 10 Baltimore
Presbytery. s4,36209: Washington city
Presbytery, Sl,6t5, and New Castle
Presbytery, 81. $50 30; expenses, 81a7.l5
Total, $S,076.O4; balance on hand S63s. SS.
Resolutions were adopted setting apart
the third Sunday in February for Sunday
school contributions for the home mission
and susten tation funds and requesting the
missionary and young peoples societies to
give the first meeting in March to the
cause and calling upon pastors and people
to help the cause by special collections.
Satisfactory progress was reported in the
work among the colorcl people.
An adjourned meeting will be held Oh
October 26, at Frostburg, Md, to install
Rev. Harry S. Ecker in the church at that
place. The Dresbyiery formally adjourned
to tho first Monday in November, to moet
then in Westminster Church at 10 a. m.
The Washington ministers, in their
meeting, only approved the narrative
or report Of the pre5bytery 10 the synod,
and changed the date for the local celebra-
tion of tho two hundred and flltieth ami
versary of tho Westminster sthnda rds
This meeting will be held at 730 O'Clock
at tho Church Of the Covenant, November
10.
A report on tho desacra'ion and non-ob.
servance of tho sabbath was submitted Ey
tho Rev. Oliver Hemstreet from the COM
mittee on these subjects. sunday OK ;ur
siuns by rail and wheel and Sunday news
papers We're roundly scored in this report,
and also in an address on the subject by
Rev. j. W. ahaway D. D., general Soc
rotary of the American Unipn.
Raw u. Il. Craven, u. D.. of the board
of publication, addressed the delegates for
almost an hour, emphasizing the inpor.
tance of the work OF that board.
some excitement WI, eau sed near the
close of the afternoon session by II point
of order raised hgain,t II report submit nd
by the judicial committee. The Presby-
terry of New Castle "ome time ago sepa-
rated Rev Il. t. Montgomery from tho
congregation Of the O.iyet Presbyterian
Church.
Against this &C ion eight menbers of
the church appealed t. the synod, and the
judica! committee, Il ter considering tho
case, recommended to tho synod that it
refuse to grant hearing of tho facts. I'm.
II number of the delegates en-
tered object ms to such II report, arguing
that this committee had transcended Its
authority, anu tnlh 10 snOulu uaVo SUD
mitted the facts in the case to the synod.
DIR. B T. t,ittinger, the chairman OF tho
DR.. S. A. Gay!er, of Now Cas-.
tle, Rov. w. NJ. Campbell of Highlands,
aud Others were engaged in heated debate
0 this question.
THE SYNODICAL SERMON.
Rev. DR. r. A. MCCurdy, of Whining
ton, preached tho synodical sermon to.
night.
Among the members of the synod who
will attend the Presidents reception to.
is Rev. William Taylor OF WI.
nington. Mr.. Taylor was tho clergyman