The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-04-15
N|NSIERSON VARgRISIS
Morris and Orange Presbytery
Endorse Presidents Course.

Full Report of Business before Presbytsry
Representatives TO General Assembly
Report on Overture Concerning Trustees
and Deacons Resolutions Endorsing
President Mckinley, with stenographie
Account of war Crisis Speeches DR..
Macnaughtan on the Fourth District Con-
gressman-New Pastor for ParsippaDy
Clear skies aud exciting times seemed
to influence the meeting of the Morris
and Orange Preshytery at Madison,
Tuesday, for it was one of the best at
tended and most interesting that that
body had yet held. Rev. Charles M.
Townsend of the First Church Of Orange
was chosen moderator, and Rev. F. S..
Cougar, Of Wyoming. and Rev. G. W.
| Goodrich of St. Cloud, temporary clerks.
Commissioners to represent the Presby-
terry at the next General Assembly TO be
held at Warsaw, Ind, in May, were
chosen as follows: Ministers, John F.
Paterson of Orange Central Church; E.
r. Murgatroyd, New Vernon; J. NJ.
Thomas, East Orange; Alternates, s. J.
McClenaghan, East Orange: Sidney S.
Cougar, Wyoming; William Freyling,
Morris Plains: Elders, N. Tool1er, Cen
tral Church, Orange; George H. Kirk
patrick, Chatham; E. J. Ross, Dover;
Alternates, W. w. Cook, Whippany;
Herman Heinricks, Orange Valley; w.
Ell. Nichols, South Orange. On request
of committee from Elmwood chapel.
which has heretofore been connected
with the East Orange Church, it was de-
eided to organize the Mission with a
church and committee was appointed
to affect the organization, which win
take place on April 25th. Ministers, J.
M. Ludlow. D. D.; A. j. Brown, D. D.,
j. F. Patterson, David @. Irving and S.
j. McClenaghan; Elders, F. w Wilson,
of First Church, East Orange, and Elder
Kingsbury, Central Chui ch, Orange.
Rev. A. H. Brown of Camden, who
has charge Of the Presbyterial monument
fund, heretofore set forth in the CHR0N-
ICLE, presented the general plan of the
work with a drawing of the new monu-
ment which will be set up at Freehold
to mark the spot of the first Presbyterian
Church in Americal The work was
heartily endorsed t Preshytery and
members were urged to aid in forwa ard
ing subscriptions to Nr. Brown.
At the afternoon s$ssion much interest
was shown in the report of the special
i coInllIlstee c5, 8 from ~
General Assembly regulating the
duties and powers of church deaeons and
1 trustees, giving equal rights, read by
Rev. DR.. White. chairman. The report.
after setting forth the present conditions
and effect of proposed changes in full,
strongly urged the disapproval of Pres
4 bytery to the overture. The recommen-
dations were adopted and it was ordered
that the report be printed and circulated
among the churches.
Presbytery on the War Crisis.
I Notwithstanding the volume of
4 business transacted. the life of the sess
sion centered about the resolutions en-
Idorsing,the course of President McKin-
ley in the ptesent war crisis, introduced
by Rev. Dr.. Spinning of the First
Church of South Orange. The resolu-
tions read as follows:
Whereas, Our country is now passing through
a very critical period in its histoEZ, and where
4 as, the conservative, patienA I,,nr0inenhIy
! Christian course of our . I'd
worthy of the moral support =
especially Christian citizef
I Resolved, That this Pre S
/ cords its high appreciation
| tian craftsmanship of Presi
that we hereby assure him
thy and of our most ear
vine wisdom may be given
conduct of our national
of righteousness and hun
that just and lasting
lished in Cuba.
Resolved. That an auI
resolutions be transmit KS .
and representatives in
Jersey.
In support of
Spinning made
follows: .' +.
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