The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-16
WORK The
PRESENTER 7
Excellent Report Presented
on the Sunday Schools.
in IN THE E: MISSION FIELDS / J, u
Contributions to the Cause II Foreign
Lands Meeting II, the Evening &
NJ In the interest Of the
Home Missions. 3

The third days session 81 East Hanover
Presbytery5 was opened With devotional
exercises conducted by Roy. DR.. II. Il. Il
HoWison. VI ID "a "a iE5 f ii "a II "a n
1he following members reported and
wero enrolled 4 lacv. U. u. Campbell. Rev.
Jere Witherspoon, y. D.. Rev. I Il p. Yo-
hnnnon. # {8 X ~ Fl
d Mr. Clyde Johnson, a student at Union
seminary, was taken under the care OF
the presbytery4 Us candidate for the
gospel ministry. NJ + is V
Westminster Church, In this city, was
given authority to employ Rev. II. r. Eng
lish. d. d. as stat ed supply for the next
elk months. l8 j
Il Rev d. X. Wnlthnll presented the res
port OF tho Committee on Education for
the Ministry. This report shows that the
presbytcry has under Its care twelve cam
dldates and two licentiates. It called
upon the pastors to present the claims
Of the ministry to the young men OF their :
churches & IA ft3 III x
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
Rev. William r. Campbell, presby terra.
superintendent Of Sunday-schools, pre-
scnted his report. which showed the Sun.
day-school work OF the presbytery to be
In a very gratifying condition. The rec
concentrations OF this report. which were y
adopted. cnll for the holding OF two Sum
dny-school Institutes during the coming
year, for which arrangements arc to bs y
made later iii the session. l u also urges 4
church sessions to do all they can to in-8
troduce into their schools the grad ed Hys-%
TEN OF study and the homo and normal
tepar tInsnts. Ns&tf IAN
trhe following commissioners to tbs
General Assembly TO be hold in Licking
ton, Va Ii, May were elected: Rev. James K
p Smith. D. D., Rev. ]. II. Rennic, Mr..
Edwin Pleasants. OF Richmond, and Judgo
William II. Mann. OF NottoWay. Alter-5
Stewart, d. D.. Mr.. j.. g. Riddle. OF Pes
tcrsburg, and Mr.. George 7. Haw. Of 7
Hanover. b@SsSS III s2aa }5 2541 3$
q Rev. Russell Cecil. D. Z. Y. presented the
report on foreign missions. from which r
we gather the following facts: Reports
were received from twenty four OF the .
tlirty-three churches In the presby terry.
and the total OF their contributions for
this cause was s4.92s2s The Second
Church. Peters burg has under taken e (
support Mr.. J.. u. X ohannon when he re-
turns to his native land. Persia, 70 pa {;
a missionary among the Afohammedans
In that country. Tho report mention g
the fact that the Third Church, Rich-t.
mond: ia BIB Street Petersburg the Fred
elicksburg. the Manchester and Mtzpa
chur chcs IA have Joined the 10 &, rW = a.,
movement" promising to pay the whole
or or d definite part OF, the salary OF a mis-
sionary In the foreign field. The mini
mi, m q mounts promised by these chnrches
are: Richmond. Third, 500; Mlzpah, on s
Chestnut Hill, and Frederi cksburg. eacn,
$3.50. and Manchester, SGD u
Along with this report was presented +
that OF the woman's Foreign missionary
Union OF the presbytery. which showed
that they had raised s2,lA75o for ii thla
RAJ ON b1oIAn1s1EDANIsAr
In connection with this report, Mr. ! q
r. Yohannon made q most interesting ana 4
Instructive address on Mohamm edantsrn,
Mr.. Y ohannon Is q Persian. who came
to this country five years ago inapie&to
speak a word Of English he entercu ,
Union Seminary, took the course there ana
was ordained some time ago py5 this pres
bytery, 1t is remarkable that foreigne
could in so short a time ga In command
of our language so as to be able TO delivet
In 1t such an eloquent address as ne d az
There was no afternoon session OF tha
prcsbytcry, and the night session ). on, was
held in the Second Presbyterian Chutch,
Of which Or. Cecil is paste This was a
meeting in the interest OF home missions IS 4
In the bounds OF the presbytery..
| i,.Ys HOME MISSION REPORT So,
The report was presented Dy Hev.elss w "
| liam s. Campbell and gave In outline the
conditions OF the work In each OF the
counties embraced in the presbytery. Ot
| the twenty counties In the presbytery5
| there are seven In which there is no Pres
byterinn Church, and there are eight oth-5
ters.. In each OF which there IS only OF ono
| church Leaving out Of count the CITES
md their suburbs, there are only 5.1lVd
| PRESBYTERIAN pastors living and working
| IN these countless III 81 3ifsj sEs} I
Rev, ", 9McC. White. 6f Petersburg.
made a most interesting and stirring az
Dress showing tho needs OF mission "o W,
lin this, territory, and showing tilat thas
| strength and growth OF the city churcn i
nro largely dependent upon the sustain
! Ing OF the country churches q s the CROWN
of tho cities is largely duo to imm1S9s-'-
ton from tha country 4, ~ y.
Flo was followed by DR.. Cecil. who maad
an earnest appeal for more llperal SUP
port tor this work. showing that me c IN,
diflcuIty thatathe committee has TO col, .
tend with Is the lack OF money to senu
men "a the mission fields The prestpy-
tery had to give up the services 81 lts
evangelist. Rev. C. N, Van Houten, PC
cause it did not have the money TO nay
his salary 81. e, I, =, - t,o,, Y
AZ the close Of this address q coliec1l s1
was taken UP, which will aid the com e,sE.
mittee in meeting some OF tue prees ss e
's TSs IRE a sbyt terry meets again this morn.