Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-04-22
BETHEL PREsBYTERY.
Official Synopsis of tho Recent Pro-
y eeedinss In Rock Hill.

Official Synopsis of tho Recent Pro-
y eeedinss In Rock Hill.
Bethel presbytery met in Rock Hill,
April Is, at p. m, and was opened
with a very excellent sermon from the
retiring moderator, Rev. Chalmers
Fraser, from Psalms cxxx, l.
Twenty-one ministers and forty-two
elders were in attendance upon the
meeting-total 63.
Rev. G. G. Brown, of Chester county,
was elected moderator, and Elder j: A.
Watson, Of Yorkville, assistant clerk.
Rev. S. c. Byrd was received by let
ter from Charleston presbytery and ar
rangements made for his installation
as pastor Of the church at Winnsboro.
Rev. ]. r. Millard was received from
the Kings Mountain presbytery, and
ARRANGEMENTS made for his installation
as pastor Of Lebanon, Salem and Un-
ion churches in Fairfield county.
Very interesting and encouraging re-
ports were read from the various per-
manent committees which have In
charge the different departments OF
church work. Especially was this so
with foreign missions. The presbytery
Is making progress in this department
Of church work. Four churches In the
presbytery, (Bethel $500, Chester $57S,
Yorkville $500 and Rock Hill $416), are
reported as giving s2,094 to this cause
during the last year. Each Of the first
three Of these churches supports a
missionary in the foreign field. The
presbytery has six missionaries In the
foreign field.
The presbytery expects to push Its
home mission work as far as possible.
A new church has been organized at
Ruby, in Chesterfield county. New
buildings are being erected at McBee
and Ruby. :.
The following young men were Ii
censed to preach the gospel: ]. ]. and
l.. w. Brown from Beersheha church
and T. H. Spence and J. B. Meacham
from the Rock Hill church. All of
these young men are in the middle
class at the seminary in Columbia.
The following were elected as COM
missioners to the general assembly
which meets in Lexington, Va, on the
21st proximo: Rev. w. T. Hall, D. D.,
Rev. ]. K. Hail. ]. A. Maxwell and K.
E. Wylie.
The presbytery overturned the general
assembly to appoint permanent COM
mittee on the Bible cause.
Presbytery gave its assent to the
proposed change in requirements for
ilCtIlSuTe Ou llS piIl VI Aoi
the gospel ministry by substituting an
English Thesis on some theological
topic for the Latin Nusis as now re-
quired.
The following paper introduced by
DR.. McPheeters, Of Columbia, was
adopted by the presbytery: Whereas
the law Of Christ requires his people
to avoid the very appearance Of evil
and to use their Christian liberty as
not to put an occasion of stumbling in
the way of men, and whereas the sale
Of intoxicating liquors is ordinarily at
tended with obvious and grave evils:
Resolved, that presbytery would earn
estly eXhort the Christians under its
care to refrain from all connection
with the sale Of liquors as beverage
This meeting of presbytery was a
very pleasant one indeed. 1t could
hardly have been otherwise with Rock
Hill as a meeting place. There was a
great deal Of life manifested in the
meeting and an earnest desire express
ed by many for a genuine revival of
true religion within our bounds.
After a very busy meeting, the pres
bytery adjourned Friday night about
11.30 to meet at Jefferson in Chester
field county, on the second day Of next
October. STATED CLERK.