Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-09-20
CHURCH NOTES

At Punxsutawney, Monday, Bishop
Foss announced the following appoint
ments of local interest: Chicora, J. A
/ McKarnev: Eau Claire, A. J. Rinker
Harms CITY, S. Fiddler; Parker, T. J.
Hamilton: Petrolia and Bruin, O. H
Sibley; W. Sunbury and North Hope,
! c. H Quick; Slipperyrock,J j. A Lavely
Butler, D. Cupps.
Rev Detmer B. Passavant, son of the
J late Rev VIM. a. PasSavant, assisted
/ Rev. I. B. Roth in the services in the
English Lutheran church of this place
last Sunday, morning and evening.
Rev. J. H. w. Cooper, a son of Rev
w. J. Cooper of Butler has accepted a
call to act as assistant to Rev. Mcleod
at Clinton Ave Congregational church,
Brooklyn.
The fall meeting of Butler Presbyter-
ian presbytery at Mi5dlesex church clos
ed Wednesday after having disposed of
the POrtersville election muddle and
several other important items of busi-
ness. The trouble at Portersville was
over the election of elders. and in order
to settle the difficulty the presbytery
held that the election was illegal on ac-
count of Irregularities in the manner in
which it was held, and a new election
was ordered to be held November y,
Rev. Slonaker of Zeliepople, is to
preside and he viii be assisted by a
committee of ministers from presbytery
The regular meeting of the Allegheny
presbytery of the United Presbyterian
church was held Tuesday in the Glade
Run United Presbyterian church at
Cooperstown, Pa. Rev. w. w. Law
renee of Bellevue was moderator. and j.
W. Witherspoon of the Fifth church,
Allegheny, secretary. The principal in
terest centered in the appointment Of
Vahram K Yacoubyan, an Armenian,
as a licentiate and initial sermons de
livered by three students of the Western
Theological seminary, ". S. Boyce of
Charlotte, n c.; c. F. Hoffman of
Evans City, Pa, and W. D. Howie Of
Garnett, Kan. Mr. Yacoubyan, while
an Armenian by birth, lives at Cairo,
Egypt, and was educated in the Syrian
Protestant college at Beyrout, Syria. He
came to this county in 1898 with the in
tention of studying theology according
TO the precepts of the United Presby-
terian church, and then returning for
missionary work in Syria. He appeared
before the presbytery for trial as to his
knowledge of the doctrines and beliefs
of the United Presbyterian faith. A
special committee consisting of DR.. A
II. Calvert of Etna, DR.. McNaugher Of
the theological seminary. and Thomas
Rogers, ruling elder Of the Fourth
church, was appointed to examine Mr..
Yacoubyan privately as to his doctrinal
beliefs and motive for seeking admit
tance to the United Presbyterian min
istry The committee reported favor
ably, and Mr.. Yacoubyan was then ap-
pointed icentiate by Moderator w.
w. Lawrence. A committee, consisting
of Rev W. w. Lawrence of Bellevue,
Rev. D. F. McGill Of the Sixth church
and Rev. A. H. Calvert of Etna, was ap-
pointed, on motion of DR. r. "A. Park of
Valencia, to arrange for a week of
evangelstic services to be held next
winter in each congregation, under the
care Of one president, in which two
ministers shall be appointed to assist in
the conduct of such service in case of a
vacancy. The presbytery adjourned to
meet next Monday, September "a at the
Second church, Allegheny, at which
time the report of the committee on the
Harmony mission will be acted upon.