Evening journal., 1899-04-20
PRESBYTERY ADJOURNS
Enormous Amount Of Business
Transacted Yesterday.
VARIOUS COMMITTEES REPORT

RESOLUTIONS PASSED CONDEMN /
ING 1ITE ANTG-CANTEEN LAW. |
COMMISSIONERS ELECTBD Tol
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
C1HER BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
Al the afternoon session CT the New
IOhetie Iresbytery yesterday the treas
lurers report was examined by the f.
nance cCmmlIcs, amid showed a bal
anee In hand oi $3.50; assessments
lcolieGod for the year lS99-l9O0 were
S5SU.24, making a total balance in the
treasury OK Sl2790
lhe Sunday schcO. committees re-
lport showed that from Reports Of sixty
1--we out Of seventy 1.-TWO schools there
were S42 teachers and 6,765 scholars;
ccuMgbutfons 10 Sunday school board.
lS55S: to other boards $60i to support
the Sunday schools. SO LAS. The COM
mttee recommended that the second
Sunday IN June be observed as cha,-
drens day by churches and Sunday
schools, and that with the twentieth
Century Ioovemenu a lhouse-tO-house
visitation be made to reach and reclaim
lunchurchCd children. The report was
adopted
The sustcnance comm1ttee repolaed
rccc'p's for the re,idh fund for Olivet
Church of sf44.76. The church debt is
$4,000. During THE year the indebted
NESS has been reduced, and the oWtlcok
y fer further reduction in the debt is
promising.
The report of the Woman's Board OF
icme MISSIONS was as follows. Amount
received from societies. Sl,t5S9G;
bonds, SlS5O5; Y. =. S. G. E. $9624:
Jr Y. p. S. @. f., S2050 Sunday
schools, Sl26.23; total Sl.5S6.9S; cCn-
4, tngent fund S33.l0; value Of boxes,
/, Sl,075.0l: number Of members. 1856;
= meetings held 522; societies, 39 NUM-
Der of bands, IS; Sunday schcos con-
A trlbuting, Z.
The report OF the Ministers Relief
A l3oard brought out a genral discussion,
Z engaged in by Revs Messrs Gayley,
Lewis ard Logan.
II was stated THAT about 10 Tur cent.
Of the ministers have to be given aid
1he lowest amount given per year Il
$780, and the average amount 5000
The report cf the Board OF Foreign
p | Missions show that si5G9 had beer
received this year, an increase cc 1925
lover lael year.
\, IA resolution WAS presented that ths
y Presbytery adopt the suggestions OF tn.
70 committee and employ the students on
/. their vacaUon as agents Of the chnrcl
E 10 go around among the churches 4,
II work In THE interest or fore Ign mis-
sions An earnest discussion followed
and the resolution was finally adoptei
r. by vole of % TO 90.
p Misses Alice AlcIFar, Bertha Harlal
r.. and Eva Taylor were appointed a com
IN mittee to arrange am Itinerary for TN
Of students
The Students will receive sG fron
m each church. SO as salary and SO "a
he travelling expenses.
ID Dr. ~ IT, Miller, Of the Presbyterhi
II Church at Newark, who has accepted
m cam to Washington was given per
or mission TO resign, and DR.. Nal.andig
,o ham was appointed moderator of tn
,s sessions for the next six months.
The following committees were au
~, pointed by the moderator.
.s Bills and Overtures-Rev. n. A. Da
"a vidsCn Rev S. Irvine, Blher Polk
. Efnance-Elders T.. f. Clark, r.
y Dubamill
~ Minutes olf Syndd-Rev. J, 3. TWnel
y, Rev George II. Truil Elder James /
* Price.
ls Leave of Absence-Rev WiL0am n
scnali. Arthur Dougal ELDER GeOrg
ne McKgl2gan.
AT RWs WlNam f. F5tzSimon, T.
e- McCurGy and w. H. Logan were az
ek pointed a COMMITTEE TO draft resoll
ma items expressing the PresbyteTy's dee
'st sense of loss anf It's regard for ID
5o' Mifler.
DIR. Miller rcsIgned as stated clerk, Z
ed new one would have to be elected {
To- this session TO I'll his place.
nd Nominations fer the position wei
IT. Revs John A. MdBlmoyle, Luther
he Oates and J. r. Mhligan. On the thh
on ballot Rev Luther A. Oates Wi
lrd elected.
he The following commissioners We
be. elected to the general assembly: Nli
listers. S. Baattie Wylie. of New Cast
his and John MdlIlmoyle, of ElktOn, alte
md Mates r. A. McCurdy, of Wilmington
IN o. A. Gill.mgham, of Port Penn; eide,
lad Dr. j. NJ. SlemmOns, Of WicomlcO, an
DDS DR.. J. r. COsten, of Pitts Creeek; {
tea ternates, J. p BelWille, Of Wilmimgto
re. and A. IT, Beck. of Smyrna.
Of An obituary CT Rev. William Swi
Oc- WAS Ithu Dy heN' . W. tNcHhdIt'
svt After The congregation had been d.
49, nj ssed last night, the Presbytery Fl
49,. ished the business Of the session. Not
80 ing was done with the case OF Rev.
49, f. Matheson. who was to have be
10 admitted to THE ministry. Hts cresle
~ tials net having arrived, his case W
oi held over.
The Presbytery adjourned to ms
ere again IN adjourned session on June
ing al First Presbyterian Church. Il
on city.
Rev. Mr. Gayley moved that vote
thanks be rendered the trustees of RI
ney Street Church., and TO the peol
Of who had entertained tho Delegates. 7
NJ mctiOn was unanimously carried.
ter.
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