Evening journal., 1905-04-18
It Is Expected That the
Body Will Decide in
Favor Of Uniting With
the Cumberland Pres
bytey
The Matter Of Combining
the Central, Hanover
and First Churches, in
This City, Will Also be
Voted Upon
sIafr corregpondant The Tsvenlng yournal.

Stan Correspondent The Evening journal,
st. Georges. April 1s.-Presbyterian
ministers from all parts OF the PENN
sula are in attendance at the annual
spring meeting Of the New Castle
Presbytery which began here at 100
o'clock this afternoon. The session is
being held in the Presbyterion Church.
OF which the Rev. J. r. Milligan is pas
tor
Nearly all OF the delegates arrived
this morning. some coming by the way
Of Delaware city and others by way Of
Kirxwood.
The Presbytery viii be in session un-
iii tomorrow evening. The Rev. w. j.
Rowan. d. d., Of Newark the retiring
moderator, win preach the sermon this
evening. The Rev. S. w. Relgart, Of
Salisbury. and the Rev. Elliott Field.
OF Harrington, will make addresses on
missions tomorrow night.
The Presbytery was called to order
by the Rev. Dr. r. a. McCurdy. OF
\ wilmington. former moderator. The
, Rev Dr. w. j. Rowan, of Newark, tho
r moderator. was not present at the
= opening session.
\ The Presbytery then elected the
:. Rev Wilson T. NJ Beale, Of Rock and
9 Zion. Cecil county. Nd. as moderator.
4 Mr. Beale was named by the Rev John
. McElmoyle, OF Elkton. Md. There
, were no other nominations and ne was
% chosen by acclamation. Mr.. Beale's
father was pastor of the st. Georges
g Presbyterian Church number OF
years ago.
!, The Rev. John Mason Duncan. head
= OF the Wilmington Military Academy.
= was admitted as a member from the
!, Vincennes Indiana, Presbytery
n MUCH IMPORTANT BUSINESS.
d There is every prospect that the
+ meeting will be one Of the livelest held
Is by the Presbytery for a number OF
years.
one of the most important matters
Is the election OF commissioners TO the
General Assembly, to meet at Winona,
Indiana, In May. There are to be two
ministers and two elders elected. The
n trip covers period Of about two
weeks with expenses paid and there
U fore there are many members who
would like to be selected. There is a
written rule that commissioners to the
y General Assembly are chosen in rota-
tion but it is possible that on this oc-
casion the rule may be set aside and
four Of the strongest members of the
Presbytery be selected.
There win also be a discussion and
vote on the question of union with the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
There are two overtures from the last
rs General Assembly that the Presbyter-
- les of the country have and are con-
's sidering pertaining to this union. The
KS matter of separate Presbyteries, that
p is allowing the colored Presbyterian
NJ ministers and churches to have their
rs own Presbytery and the whites 10
lr. have theirs. enters into the proposition.
a This is the law and practice in the
iis Cumberland Church.
M 1t is the general impression that the
New Castle Presbytery favors uniting
in with the Cumberland Presbytery on
at this ground-the General Assembly TO
IN be at the head.
e." The old and conservative Presby-
terry of Philadelphia has voted in
favor of union and of separate Presby-
lteries, while the Presbytery OF New
a York has voted adversely on both
OF propositions. While the Presbyter-
M ians of the country seem to be de-
is cided it is thought that finally the re-
he suit will be in favor of Union and sep
h arate Presbyteries.
LOCAL CHURCHES MAY UNITE.
There has gradually grown among
local Presbyterians a belief that some
.as of the Presbyterian churches in this
~ lefty. which are centrally located
-, should be united. At a meeting Of the
~ New Castle Presbytery here a year age
~ there was a discussion over the prop
,,s osition to consolidate the three Pres
'be 4byterian churches in the central par
.be of the city-Hanover Central and
First. While the consolidation ma,
be vigorously opposed. there are many
. who favor the step II is not thought
however that the three viii unite, bu
-. that Hanover may go with either Cen
tral or First
COMMITTEE TO REPORT.
A committee instructed to revise the
standing committees of the Presbyter,
a will make its report 1t is claimed
Ia that some of the members are holding
more chairmanships than they should
81 land are acting as members OF the sew
eral committees at the same time. Tit
Rev. John MoI1lmoyle is chairman o
81 this committee.
The committee on education Of whicl
E the Rev. w. f. d. Lewis is chairman
E will make a report on the candidate
4 who are studying in the theological
W colleges for the ministry
Three of them. John Mcdowell
n Richard A. Baxter and John Nesbii