The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-15
ST. LOUIS PRESBYTERY MEETS.
Standing Committees for the Year
Appointed.

The Presbytery OF St. Louis held its July
meeting yesterday at No. l5l6 Locust street
The feature of the meeting was the ap-
pointment of the following standing COM
mittees for the ensuing ecclesiastical year:
Home Missions-S. J. NiccollS: u. u, LII
d chairman; the Reverenus r l. Fergu-
son, d. D.. ". J. AIckittricK. ID. y, ;: Z.
Palmer ID. D.. r. ID. Walker, u. d, :. !.
Lindsay. George F. Ayres' IN; y. NJ. =;
Williams. ID. %, Harris II; Gregg, ana
Messrs w l.. Green, Robert Ranken, f. H
Peters and George L. COXhead-
Foreign Missions-Ths reverend J. II.
Gauss. chairman; the Reverends Charles L.
Chalfant and r. -. Seamans, and Messrs
r L. Gait and John H UthoR.
EGduCation-Meade {. MiLlams, ID. O.'
chairman: the Reverends 5: G.. Palmer, ID:
D.. J. z. Armstrong, ID. +. Leland, ana
Messrs. George W. meyer and w. Z. But-
Church Erection-The Reverend f. J.
Brown. chairman. the Reverends Henry
Gardner. A I. Violin, Harris h Gregg
and Messrs. L. d. Kicker and W. 5 bar
Sunday-school work-w. ]. McKittrick,
D. D., chairman; the Reverends w. r.,
Messrs. D. X Wolfe and ID. r. Woods.
Ministerial Relief-E d. Walker. ID. D.,
chairman; the Reverends J. b Brandt. II.
AIagill, ID. D.. and Messrs. r. A Freder-
ick. A. s. Mermod and Robert Ranken.
College Aid-F. l. Ferguson, -. D., chair
man; the Reverends J. H. Gauss, +. J.
Brown. and Messrs. II. c. Perkins and a.
Freedmen-David r. Shilling. D. D.,
eh:irmap' H. Magill. d; d: D.: Harris H,
Green and George 2. Bruce.
Systematic Benefcence-The Reverend J.
n. Beall. chairman: the Reverends I. +.
Marshall. G. ". King, and Messrs. W. ID.
Bigger and e. /. Ingerson.
Temperance-The Reverend Henry Gard
ner. chairman; the Reverends Il f. Bar
clay. S. W. Parr. and Messrs. Edgar Nc
Clelland and Andrew Grasey.
Young Peoples Societies-The Reverend
Charles l.. Chalfant. Charles Sickle. and
Messrs.. Albert Wenzlick and Edgar Nc
Clelland.
chairman; w. J. AicHttrick, D. D.. and
Robert Ranken.
Sabbath obseryance-J c. Reaser. D. D..
chairman: the Reverends r. c. Dobson,
Wilson Stitt, and Messrs. c. W. Mertfeldt
and Stewart Scott.
Narrative-Meade c. Williams D. D.,
chairman: the Reverends Charles Sickle.
a Hilkeman, and Messrs- p. NJ. Organ and
J. d. Gibson.
PresbyteriaI History-The Reverend ]. II.
Gauss. chairman: the Reverends T. 7. Con-
nor and Charles Bvans.
Temporary Liceuse-Samuel J. Niccolls
d. D.. LII D.. chairman; the Reverends F.
Il Ferguson, d. D., E. D. Walker d. D,
Meade {. Williams. d. D., and Harris II.
Gregg.
Theology-Samuel J. NIccoIls. d. ID. IL.
D., chairman; the Reverends ]. a. Amin.
N. c. Williams, D. D., and J. G. Reaser,
AaAlShe16ES anu DlDllCdl NTlIlClSUl-Ihe
Reverend Harris II. Gregg. chairman; the
Reyerends ]. n. Beall, d. r. Leland and
+. o. Seamans.
Church History-F. L. Ferguson, D. D..
chairman: the Reverends J. II. Gauss and
W. J. McKittrick, d. D.
English History-The Reverend J. G..
kessler. chairman; the Reyerends s. II.
Smith and T. H. Aufderheide
Sciences-W. ]. McKittrick. d. D.. chair
man; the Reverends J. Z. Werth and W. c.
Butler.
Church Government and Sacramento.
g. Reaser. d. D., chairman; the Reyerends
j.. z. Armstrong and NJ. V. 2. Yeaman.
In addition to the appointment OF ,he
foregoing committee. the presbytery exam
ined William y. Hezlep of Kirkwood, Mo
as candidate for the gospel ministry and
the examination was sustained Presbytery
also considered tho advissbility of organiZ-
Ing new church at Jennings. and ap-
pointed the Reverend Henry Gardner. and
Doctors II. Magill and A T. Wolff a COM
mittee to investigate this field and report at
! its earliest convenience. A Mr. Topping,
VINO Is laboring in connection with the
Union congreSation, was granted Tempo
rary license.