The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-04
.Kcysvilleis Selected as 5thcS Next
Place for Their ..5
4 Meeting.
B(Nritten for Tho Tinos-D spntcll by the
ME- iii n, Rev. II. Al < 13rown.)

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95Thero were present Of tho Prcsbytery
n,ne ministers nnd thirteen ruling elders.
Ruling Elder Hon. II. G. Rice, OF the
Ronnoko Church., Charlotte county, was
chosen moderator, and Ruling Elders w.
II, RAY, OF Mendsvllle, and Professor :,
j.. w. Cook, Of the pnnvillo First Cllurcli,
temporary clerks. n 8 S s5BS s5f Y y, ne
We had also With us us correspon ding
members Rey. Dr. AZ = Phililps' OF
Richmond; Rev.4J. u. Book or =. .Lex X
ton; Rev. c. G. (. Anderson. q ~ & Pa 7jEe
Dr. W. s. Campbell, Of East hanover mover
prcsbytory, ana Rev. j, M. w. Elder. OF
Macon PresbYtcry, Georgia i rs 3
Nh In connection with the Presbytery, ana,
In a sonsc, as part Of It's proceedings
ftherc was held in q numbers OF sessions lto
:, Sunday school Institute for tho discus
sion Of Sunday school matters ana g
Series OF "evangelstic or protr acted
meeting services nightly, in which the y.
preacher was Rev T. s. Yillson, OF 81 III ~
fax county. FL X n y, !. " &, a
a regularity Of tho meeting was that
the whole OF tho members Of l2resby terry.
ministers and elders, were lodge IN the
two rooms Of the public school building,
and ate at ono table under "a tent. ms
made the meeting q particularly agree
ublc ono socially. VI j3
On two 58 evening" Saturday and II one
rainy even1ng---th were no services ;t Z, ~
tho church, and tho members at the
school-house held informal evotlonalt n 'l1
cnioyable. and l@ spiritually stimulating.
They were memorable hours. number
were heard rcmarkng-- the Oldest
OF the 1nembers--t that this had been tho
best, meeting Of 1'resbytery they had ever
attended III song and prayer and con-
ycrsntIon these exercises were most Y p
lifting. Il 5S5 h I.
IA Among the Institute exercises was q
sermon on Monday by Dr. Y A.. % 70 Wn
Oh ",rhe sscriptrral3 Authority for Our VI
Office OF Ruling Eldcr,"aand on Tuesday.
one on "The Scrptural Authority for the
Office o Deacon" by Rev. Hugh Henry
Tho following discussions were Y pom tho
duties involved in these Offices:
S Judge w lam IL. Mann Of N ottoway,
made the sleading nddress Upon tho duties
nnd power for usefulness involved In the
Office of ruling elder. II,
Thore is not room to name all the sub
jects discussed and the speakers. But
tho whole proved informing and cdtfying
to high degree, leading to an expressed
determination, upon returning home to
be better elders and deacons. 35,3:
1t proved a rainy time, interfering with
the attendance Of the people. and q
closing Of the meeting two 70 earlier
than the programme called for. a III
Rev. II. w. Myers, a missionary on
furlough from Japan came after the
adjournment lie is llcre this morning
and will speak to the congregation to-day.
Among the most important transactions
OF the meeting was tho licensing to
preach, as a probntioner for the ministry
lor Mr. Arthur II Clarke, OF the First
tNChurch OF Danvile.6 Mr.. Clarke Is al
! ready engaged in work in Lyncllburg, and
was dismissed to the care of the Pres
bytcry Of Montgomery, Mr.. Clarke glves
promise Of being an able, and useful
preacher Of the gospel. We are sorry
not to be able to retain him for work
| within our own bounds. E55
| u An interesting incident OF the meeting,
| was tho presentation of q gavel made
out Of wood from the original house Of
worship Of tho Cub Crock Church, Char
lotto, organized In 1892 Mr. Luther p.
Harvey. OF that congrcga ton, engaged
In repairing the house, furnished tho
wood for the gave, and had It made by
tho Danville Lumber and Manufacturing
Company, which did tho work grntulously.
| The Presbytery accepted the gift and
cordially voted its thanks to Mr.. Harvey
and tho company, {5. M 4. e Si
Tho ROY. James Arthur. D. ii D.. having
been previously suspended from tho min
istry for contumacy, In refusing to an
swer to citations to appear and explain
| In regard to current rumors touching his
| Christian character was at this meeting
cited to appear for trinl on these charges.
| In Danvile on tho 22d OF August AZ
The Home Mission Committee reported
that our work In the Lunelburg and
| pnt fri Ha1du Il "a nj sptr hD pn.
! fully under the faithful and untiring la
| bors OF our evangelists. Rcys. p. F. Bed
niger and Fl. II. Cassndy Many Of our
churches have not yet paid their nppor-
| tlonment for the purchase OF the Patrick
manso, and q balance Of indebtedness to
! that fund of*nbout $500 remains, Tho
churches that havn not paid tho amounts
|npportioned to them nre earnestly np-
pcaled to to send them In ms soon as
possible. Tho rate oftnpportionment woa
ten per cent. on amount OF pastors sal
nres. SIX & ~
The Presbytory having undertaken to
raise $4,000 towards tho completion, with
| In two years from last spring, Of theyen-
dowment Of tho ministerial Relief" fund,
tho chairman Of our committed for that
object was instructed to notify the
churches that one half of tho amount
| IL to bG raised tho present year and the
other half next year, Us 4 j.
| Tho Committee on tho Minutes OF the
last General Assembly reported adversely
on the question Of approving tho "Arti-
Giles OF Agreement" for closer cooper
alive relations with other Presbyterian
churches, with n paper (somewhat
pmcnded) drawn UP by Rev, Dr. Y, c.
johnson as our answer, This question
camo up late In the session, when most
OF tho members had left, aid It's consId-
Grafton was postponed Till the next spring
stated meeting. 1t IL but fair to add that
probably most of those voting for this
postponemcnt We're In favor Of the pro-
posed answer, The writer, however, was
Inot of that number NJ m jsaetttf
The following ovangelstie supplies ana
helps We're appointed yiz.s For Hat
! Creek. etc, Rev. y, II. Isedlnger; Brook
neal, etc.. Rev. II. s. Wilson; Old and
New Cord, Rev, ]. A. Paisley; Pamplins,
etc. Rev. Il. II. McNair, Wy!lcsbiirH, etc
lRep J. A. Ponton; West Pittsylyanla,
/ Rev ". Y, Doggett; shelton Memorial.
Dr. y. u. johnston; Spring Inn. Rev, v.
L II. Gnato1. l<ayayIIlAg Ray (tnatnO,