Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-27

The Presbytery OF New Castle is rep
resented on committees by the follow
ing: The Rev. f. w. Long, member OF.
the committee on bills and oyertures; |
the Rev. S. M. Reigart, member of
the judicial committee; G. L. Baird,
member of the finance committee; the
Rev. j. L. Estlin, member of the COM
mittee on the minutes of the Presby-
terry of Baltimore; the Rev. II. A.
Dawson, member of the committee on
the minutes of the Presbytery of Wash
ington the Rev. w. III. Logan, MEM
Der of the committee on synodical SER
mon for 1899; the Rev. N. H. Miller,
chairman of the committee on rules
the Rev. w. j. Fitz Simon, member of
the committee on leave of absence.
Baltimore, Md, Oct 81. The Synod
OF Baltimore adjourned last night, to
meet in Central Church, Wilmington,
Del, on October 18th, 1850.
The session yesterday was enliyened
by discussion of the temperance ques-
tion. The standing committee on in
temperance submitted report, in
which they recommended tho appoint
ment Of delegate to represent the
synod in the national board Of the
Anti Saloon League and also TO scnd
| two delegates to the Anti-Saloon
League convention, TO be held at
| Cleveland in December. The same
proposition was submitted to the synod
one year ago, and was rejected. IL met
with like fate yesterday. The prin-
cipal reason for the action of the synod
was the general opinion that it would
be violation of the constitution to
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body, body over which the synod
would have no control and for whose
actions the synod might be held re-
sponsible.
| Another matter on the same subject,
which provoked discussion, was a
resolution suggesting to all church
members the duty of abstaining from
signing applications for liquor licen-
SEES, or from renting houses to be used
in liquor traffic. An amendment was
offered to the resolution requesting
members to withhold their ballots from
candidates who are known to favor the
liquor traffic. The amendment was
thought to SAVIOR too strongly of poll
tics, and was rejected, and the resolu-
tion as originally offered was adopted.
Resolutions were adopted requesting
the sessions to appoint temperance COM
mittees, whose duty it shall be to in.
terest church and Sunday school mem
bership in the work of reforming the
liquor traffic, and to favor the adoption
by Congress of the Ellis bill for the
regulation Of the liquor traffic.
The committee on army and navy re
ported that some work had been done
,, during the year in Fort Meyer and al
Camp Alger.
The Rev. George s. Bell of Annap
oils offered resolution requesting
|. parents of Presbyterian students ut thu
: Naval Academy to direct their sons t.
attend the Presbyterian church at An
. napolis. The Rev. W. j. McIlvain, il
the course of remarks on the resolu
, ton, said that there seems to be blu
one denomination recognized by tn
authorities at Annapolis, and that al
of the services In the chapel on tn
: Naval Academy grounds are conducted
? by clergymen Of the Protestant Episco
pal Church. He said he went to tn
! Academy to protest against this dis
: elimination and was treated as an in
3 tru6er. They would not have dared
!. he said, to treat Roman Catholic i
3 the same manner.
2 The standing committee on freed
I. men, in their report, said: "When W
IL consider the lamentable- condition i
:, which we find the freedmen and tn
= rapid rate at which they are increasin
~ in numbers, we have food for thought
y The board is in debt S58, 900. Th
70 colored people have 1877 ministers, 81
- churches and membership of Is, 947.
y The report Of the committee on syI
" tematic benefcence showed that IL
=, contributions for the past year were fl
( home missions, $40, 400; foreign mil
:. sions, $22, 1852; education, 80, 164; Sal
~ bath-school work, S40,034; chure
4" erection, s4,093; ministerial relic
n s3, ATT; freedmen, sl,35i; synodic
~ aid, s5,414; aid for colleges, 81, So
IN total, S85, 279.
y A massmeeting under the auspices
~ - the Ladies' Missionary Society W,
=, held at night. Moderator Robbins pr
~ sided, and addresses were made by Il
=. Rev. DIR. John Dixon, the Rev. A.
W Keigwin and the Rev. DIR. Thorn
Y Marshall.