The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-16
THE 10Th CENTURY FUND
N. G. Presbyteries to Raise 100000
For the Cause of Education.
METHOD PROPOSED BY THE COMMITTEE
Dr.. Laws on the Work Of The American Bible
Society. DR.. Hazen on Sunday School
Work. Reception by the Ladies
of the First Church.

The Presbyterian Synod, now in ses-
sion here, will tonight resolve itself
into q popular meeting in the interest
of Sunday schools.
4 \ program has been arranged for
the evening by Mr.. 4. A. Little, the
Synod's agent of Sunday schools. and
is as follows:
Reading the Sabbath school report.
Addresses: The Sabbath school in His
tory. Rev. NJ. MEG. Shields, of Gastonia.
The Home Department Rev. A. ID. Me-
.Clure Wilmington
The Lesson System. Rev. f. C. Muir
ray, ID. D.. Mebane
The Mission Sabbath school in the
Mountains. Rev. j. T. Wade, Highlands
The Sabbath school as an Evangelizing
Agency. Rev. A. R. Shaw, Henderson.
Ii time allows. there will be a discus
sion of the toDics by other members OF
the Synod.
\ popular meeting was held last
night in the interest of Synodical
Home Missions, and a large sum
raised for home mission.
The report of the Synodieal Home
Mission committee was read by Rev.
+. Z. Gillespie, superintendent of the
work, after which short addresses
We're made by Rev. +. MacDavis, Rev.
Allen Jones, Jr., DR.. Henry Louis
Smith, Rev. DR.. w. ID. Morton and Rev.
VIM. Black, general evangelist.
Mr.. MacDavis spoke most entertain
~ of his mission work in Madison and
adjoining counties, of the difficulties
he had to encounter and of some of
the amusing things he came in con-
tact with in trying to overcome them.
1t was a plain recital, full of rich
mountain wit, told by an earnest con-
secrated man.
Mr.. Jones' mission field is in Ashe
county. His experiences were not
wholly unlike those. of Mr.. MacDavis,
but more encouraging, especially from
an educational point of view.
DR.. Henry Louis Smiths speech
supplemented that of Mr.. Jones, for
he spoke principally of the work in
Ashe county and of the part half a
dozen young men from Davidson Col
lcge had in it. He thought if the Sy-
ned would only agree to pay their ex-
penses he could supply at least forty
young men from Davidson every sum-
Iner TO teach and preach in destitute
fields.
DR. Morton spoke OF the eastern
part of the State, the counties of the
coast in which there is not a Presby-
terrain church. He told of the wonder
FIJI natural resources of this section
and the Importance Of its immediate
spiritual developemnt.
DR.. Black talked of the evangelical
work in all parts Of the Synod and the
Importance Of renewed and increased
efforts in this respect.
On conclusion of these addresses the
audience was dismissed and the Synod
Nagain convened and remained in SEES
sion till 1870, at which time it ad-
iourned to meet again this morning
1T o'clock.
The matter taken up by the Synod
after the congregation had been dis
missed was adoption of the recon-
mendations accompanying the Home
Mission Report. These were in sub
stance as follows:
1. A pledge on the part of the Sy-
nod to continue the work already in
augurated and more thoroughly prose
cute it.
2. To place a man in the Albemarle
presbytery in the siv counties north
and east of the Chowan river. appro-
priating $500 annually to this purpose.
g. That the Sunday schools shall