The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-21
Presbytery of AIbemarIe
Hears Many Reports.
THE LADIES ENTERTAIN
A Series of Addresses at the Ladies
Missionary Meeting and at the
Popular Service Last
Night Were Greatly
Enjoyed.

The third days session of Albemarle
Presbytery began at $50 in the Pres
byterian church yesterday morning,
the devotional exercises being con-
Quoted by Rev James Thomas, of Will
son, Dr. a. II. Moment leading in
prayer.
The session voted to excuse from at
tendance, after the morning session,
Elders c. f. Foy, Lamb, Fl. b. Will
liams, and Rev. f. G.. Hartman.
The report of the Assembly Home
and School at Fredericksburg, Va.
was read and adopted. 1t shows 81
Iupils in attendance, IL of the chill
dren of foreign missions and 40 the
children of deceased members OF the
Southern Presbyterian Church. Eight
churches in Albemarle Presbytery
were named as having aided the m
stitution by contributions to the
amount of $56.72, these being: Ok
ford, So; Rocky Mount, 1925; Colds
boro, SIS Greenville. $2.50; Henderson,
1857; Raleigh, $25; Infant Glass Raj
eigh Church, $3.50; Wilson, $500;
Falkland, $1.00. OF the $4,000 of in
debtedness $4,000 has been paid in
the past year, leaving $4,000 due. OF
this amount $50 apportioned to Abe
marie Presbytery had not been paid.
The earnest aid of the Presbytery was
asked to extend the work of the insti-
tuition so that ii might care for more
children.
The reading of the warrants from the
churches was resumed, these showing
that the churches of the PreSbytery
are generally in a good spiritual condi-
ton and that the work is progressing.
A resolution was adopted providing
that each fall meeting minister be
named by the nominating committee
to preach a sermon at the spring meet
ing on the subject of Family Relig
ion" before the Presbytery.
Rev. C. W. Mcdaniel, formerly Of
Washington, was excused for non-at-
tendance at this meeting of the Pres
bytery and a letter of dismissal was
granted to him to Winchester Pres
bytery, Synod of Virginia, where he is
low preaching.
The. report of the committee on SEES
sional Records was read and these re-
ported all the records as correct OF
approved, except those of Makelyville,
and Calvary as substantially correct, =
Oak Hill, no srneeting of session held
from March %, 1904 to November 4,
1904. and the records not submitted to
Presbytery since 1908; Grassy Creek.
no meeting from April 10, 1904. to
September TO- 1904, and only three
meetings since last spring; Geneva, no
meeting since October 2, 1904.
New Preacher Ordained.
The hour of twelve having arrived,
Licentiate r. H. Orr, now serving
churches at Weldon, Young Memorial,
Roanoke Rapids, Nahala and Scotland
Neck. and who had successfully paSsed q
his examination for ordination, was in
troduced to preach his ordination SER
mon by Rev. A. Fl. Moment. who led
in prayer. Mr.. Orr, after reading
from the fifth chapter of the Epistle
selected the words of the tenth verse
of the chapter as his text The ser
mon was an able one and was we'll re-
ceived
The preacher held that Paul was
fitted for his work as an Apostle, be-
ing a man of firm convictions, edu,
Gated, q great thinker and worker. His
keen insight and accurate. grasp of
circumstances were alluded to as be-
ing shown i'm his addresses and in his
conversations with the philosophers at
Athens. with the angry mob on the
stairway, and before the Roman rul-
ers. His ability was marked i'm speak
ing of the plan of salvation, especial
ly in his Epistle to the Romans, prov
ing conclusively in the first chapter
that all men are sinners and that no
man is justified by the deeds of the
law The speaker held that the great
ness and freeness of Gods love is prov
ed in that while we were without
strength to do anything well pleasing
in Gods sight Christ died for the UNI
cody.
Based on this love, he held that the
text argues that not all are righteous
or good. but are held as ungodly, sim
ners, and enemies for whom Christ
died, things which Paul sets forth. He
expatiated on these and presented the
view that God is propitiated by the
offering of Christ Himself, who gave
his life that we might be saved. IL
conclusion he urged that all out OF
f. Christ should accept Him and receive
title to eternal life
The ordination service was then
held the constitutional questions be-
ing asked by the moderator Rev. R.
w. Alexander, of Tarboro. the ordi-
nation prayer being made by Rev. a
Fl. Moment. The service was an i'm
pressive one, the members of the Pres
bytery gathering about the candidate
and placing their hands upon his head
this laying on of hands being the
final impressive service which brings
him into full fellowship as a minister
of God in the Presbyterian church.
The service being concluded a recess
was taken till half after three in the
afternoon
Afternoon Session.
The Presbytery met in the after
noon at $3.50 o'clock, and the report