Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-04-19
PreSbytery Meeting.


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,Tia Butler Pfesbytery Of. the EPFasby-
teriaf church convened in spring ses-
sion in the First Presbyterian church
Tuesday morning About 100 ministers
and elders attended. Rev. Z. L. Wor-
relAoftthe Second church was schosen
noderhto tor, PRev. w IS. sAfcNeesef of
Glade Mills permanent clerk ami Rev
J. A. Cunningham of Parker temporary
clerk. Rev. McLure of F'reeport, kittan-
aisg pres1yfer i vas present and was
invited TO sit tas a lnenlber.4 a report a
to the insurance of churches which had
borrowed money for building from the
general asseufblyWas called for and the
Petroha church was reported properly
insured. the reports of the Summit and
jefferson Centre churches was kept in
the hands of the committee.
At noon all the attendants dined in
the Sunday School room of the church.
the repgst having been prepared by the
church ladies.
Rev g. R. Epmundson, Of Slippery
rock was elected principal delegate to
general assembly, and Rev. Paul J.
Slonaker. Of Zelienople, alternate; Geo.
K. Graham, of Middlesex principal el-
der. and c. n Boyd, alternate. Rev.
Wilbur Nj. Campbell, Of Canton presby-
terry. China, was received by letter.
Rev Campbell left two years ago to en-
ter the mission fields. d. T. Kuhn of
Concord. and E. W. Byers, OF Fairview,
were examined and received as cam
5didates for the ministry.
/ Reports Of the different boards of the
church are encouraging. A total OF f3l
s51 was raised for home missions, net
gaiu Of $500 with churches TO hear from.
Contributions to foreign missions were
81 $50, and to church extension 1921
Rev. W. J. Hazlett, of Buffalo church
was appointed chairman Of the Commit
tee on Systematic Benficence to fill vat
cancy caused by the removal of Rev. w!
G. Mcclure from the bounds Of the pres-
bvtery. Rev. J. r Coulter, Cf Scrub
grass. ard J. c. Redic, of Butler. werd
appointed a committee TO represent tho
presbytery in the coming centennial cell
ebration Of Butler county.
The death of Charles III. Covert, som
of Elder Milton Covert, Of Plains church,
and candidate for the ministry UNDER
the care Of this presbytery, was report
ed by Rev. II. q. Snyder of Butler.
Iicentiate J. e. Miller was received
from Allegheny presbyter and was ten
dered a call from the congregations at
Bruin, Petrolia and sFairview. On ac-1
count of an irregularity in the Fairview
call, the matter was tabled until the
June meeting, atwhieh time Mr. Miller
will be ordained.
The report on pastors salaries was the
best in 10 years Most of the con9re-
cations were paid up in full to the end
of the last quarter and those in arrears
We're only for small amounts,
At the night session some members
spoke freely ON the proposed overture to
the general assembly asking that the
tenure of office of the stated clerk OF
that body be fixed ut five years, and his
salary at - 600 per year.
] The complaint is not made against
DIR. Roberts as an officer so much as
against the manner in which his salary
has been raised from 81, 900 to 81. 900
and the spirit of Indifference in which
protests have been treated.
Que member said when he made a
protest to the committee last year abOut
the size of the salary he was told that
he should be thankful that it was not
made $4,000. This presbytery,. said
another, has been so economical that 1t
could only pay half the delegates ex-
penses to the synod, while they permit
DR. Roberts to rob us. The overture
was passed.
Another knotty problem before the
presbytery was the request of Plains
church to have its union with Crest
view dissolved This trouble began. q
year ago, resulting in the resigna tipn Of
Rev. H E. Snyder, the pastor, and a
commissioner of the Plains church
stated that the trouble would be serious
unless the request was granted No
adjustment had been reached at the adj
journing hour but next morning Rev.
Snyder was .dept1ted to supply one con-
gregation, and Rev. Worrel the other.
The Presbytery finished its labors,
yesterday noon, and adjourned to meet
at Bruin on the first Tuesday in June.