The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06
synod receded from business till
$3.50 PIN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.

isbury, to take the chair while he
retired to prebare the various COM
mittees, that 4 is necessary to ap-
point.
read.
on motion it kwas decided that the
of the treasurer of the goth
fund SHOULD be referred to
the same comnbttee that audit the
of the treasurer of synod.
Chairman D. z. Starbuck read the
of the Bible Society. By sta
I~tistfcs il was shown that the society
lis badly in needa of funds, that many
lchurches are not contributing a cent
for the cause AID that a great OPP
Iportunfty is nOwF open to the society
flor the PRONUNCIATION of its work II
There are means to do it with MI.
Starbuck urged that the churcnes
should show interest IN the matter
land make contribution to help the
society. i
made the following 'ecommenda-
l%tions. that were! subsequently adopt
led:
liner. observe the centennial of the
british Foreign Bible Society, which
Twas organized On March eth, 1874.
RECOGNIZING that then was born the
lspirit of the dissemination of Gods
WORD. which has grown to such pro-
l%Dortions and has resulted IN great
IgoOd.
committee notify the PRESBYTERIAN
~lagemts. who in turn notify the pas
TORS about one month in advance OF
lOctober 1st. that the collection for
1.-The Bible committee occurs on lne
latter date-this notification being
made to remind the churches OF the
Emportance of the work and the neeu
lof funds.
2, That each church be urged to
take an annual collection for the
lRible cause and make effort to raise
lat least 5 cents from each m
Before the recommendations were
adopted. DR.. T. II. Law,of Spartan
burg, representing the Bible cause
addressed the synod. The ADDRESS
Uas the special order for 4 o'clock.
lDr. Law began by comparing the
bible Society is to the Christian Army
las the ordnance department is TO the
Icivi1 army. During the past year
lhe declared, the society has done the
l~greatest work in it's history, but that
1.-The future is still more inviting, the
doors are open n the people pre-
lpared to receive the Word of God
ITwo million copies of the Bible were
lsent out last year., Notwithstanding
1.-The fact that the Bible Society does
mot publish the Revised Version, MOI
In teachers edition. for both Of whlcf
There is large demand.
At the end of the year, the home
lchurch had cut off the appropIla
ItiOn. there was a slump of $4,000 II
lraceints. one-third of the total re
lceipts were wanting.
The result is. curtailment must fol
low. no matter how great the DE
lmand. Their we must decide VIVA
j, ITO do. whether to recede or to g
[ forward. -.
DR.. Law said the British Forelgl
l lRible Society was organized March 7
1SO4. and it was the first systematl
= Ieffort to circulate the Bible. WITHIN
= the next 90 years from that date
lnfty more Bible societies were organ
lied and the great work carried OF
4 He urged that on the centenn1a
l ldate. or near that time, tina the SCI
n Vices of the Bible socitfes be recoe
>, lniZed and attention be called TO IN
e Iopportunity for good that is no.
lOpen.
d When DR.. Law had concluded, D
= lWells moved hat Rev. j.. n. Col
L. ~lpastor of Grace NJ. E. church., be II
= Ivited to sit as a visiting membe
e lTbe motion was carried and NJ
lCoIe was escorted to the rostrum an
q presented to the Moderator an
i lsynod. while all the members wei
= standing.
1t The report of the Historical Soci
lc lty was presented. The society stant
lready to collect and secure all II
historical documents that they CO
,e discover. but it was the sense of tn
IS lsncietv that all historical matt
lshOuld be placed in the archives
is 1.-The Union Theological Seminary
- Richmond.
0. They recommended that each Pre-
III lhyterv when it conVeneS. appol
e. some one to prepare and read a n
IN tory of some church in the Pres
ne lterv and a copy be filed with t
lg Historical Committee. This recon
IN Imendation was adopted.
A. Moderator Graham then reSum
1.-The chair and read his appolntrnel
in lon the committees. They are co
m lstituted as follows:
IT. Bills and Overtures-Rev. c.
of lVardell. D. D., }. NJ. Mel: Seaprot
Ia. D.. Mcclure, D. D., c. \. Whart'
rk In. T.. Johnson. W. d. Wharton, H.
"a Tyson.
n In. ]. Rumple. D. D.. Joseph Eva.
lColin Shaw, ]. r. Alpine. j. r: No
W IS. II. Isler. ]. H. McBryde. John n
he lean. J. NJ. Mc1ver.
Address to the Churches-Rev.
cd lN Pose, D. D.. J. p. Mcmillan. D.
Il \. Munroe. E. c. Murray. j..
T. BLACK. s. NJ. Rankin, NJ. D.. Hare
as IW. O. Sample. H. S. Bradshaw, Sh
tor tperd ~Strudwick. NJ. r. Adams:
Ic- Systematic Beneficence-R. 5. At
F wood F. P. Bradley. NJ. n. MclT
T. j. Allison. C. w. Belk. J. E. Pr
Minutes of the General Assembl:
" IA. McFadyen. X. NJ. Mcintyre. W
nd lBlack. W. ]. Lidball, W w. Al
he lander ) NJ. Smyre. @. s. Cook.
Union Theological Seminar
REV. \. ]. McKelway. c. NJ. Richa1
are y. NJ. G.. Shields. NJ. {: ArroWo
re- n. \. Gilmer. Geo. w. Watts.
ID Statistical Reports of the Pres
lteries-D. P. McGeachey. 4.
IN1ann. r. c. Freeman. j. 3. Ross
On the Report of the Trustees
ted lSynod-E. r Leyburn. }. A 10
,rt. lice. DIR. O.. \. Graham.
ON On the Trcasurcr's Report
40 lBooks-R. \. Dunn. J. F.. Haithc'
ut ~. NJ. NcIver. :. X. Fountain
On the RccOrdS OF Synod-ReV
l1T Iyl,,ray- n n w. W. Coupe