The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-16
The Spring Meeting Held Near
Barksdale, In Hail
fax.
DR.. ENGLISH THE /. 4! MODERATOR
Proposed Change in the Form Of
Government in Regard to
Commissions Approved.
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seat 1TeSDylcTldu NuuASit ''S'A 1890
dale's Depot, Halifax county. There were
present thirteen ministers and seventeen
ruling elders. Rev. Or. r. r. English,
ono OF the professors in Union Theologi-
cal Seminary. Richmond. was chosen
moderator, and Ruling Elders T. A. Wat
kins and D. w. Owen. the former Of the
Chatham church and the latter Of the
Spring Hill church, at Black Walnut,
were made temporary clerks. The wealth
er was fine and the. attendance OF the
people good. We had three choice SER
mons-the first the opening sermon D.!
Rev. Dr. w. r. Laird, OF Danville. at
the request OF the retiring moderator,
Mr.. r. T.. Walker, OF tho Danville First
Presbyterian Church, who, being q ruling
elder, could not perform that service.
Mr.. Walker, however, presided through
the opening services till his successor
Rev, DR.. English. was chosen. under
whose skilfui guidance business moved
along with order and ease. The sermons
on the second and i third days were
preached by DR.. English and Rev. E. F.
Bedinger, pastor Of our two Lunenburg
churches.
The Presbytery had the satisfaction OF.
receiving into its membership Rev. r. L.
McNair pastor elect of the Charlotte
Courthouse and brakes Branch churches
Mr.. NfcNair comes to this charge from
Nlaryland We were all much pleased
with the new member.
The following action was taken BY the
Maryland Presbytery with reference TO
the departure of Mr.. McNair:
(, This I, Presbytery, in Diminishing Rev.
R q, McNairi 10 the Presbytery OF Roam.
( oke, cannot refrain from expressing it's
+ sorrow in parting with him. and Its sense
,of tia loss in his withdrawal from It's
membership. His high character as g.
Christian man and minister has deeply
Impressed all his fellow-laborers In the
Presby4ery, and the communities where
he has labored. His earnest endeayors
in bringing Rockville Church to the point
OF self-support and his saelf-denyIng labor
In the arorterVille field, where he was
pastor-elect, cannot be forgotten BY the
Presbytery Or the people under 'e s his pas as.
storal care. =
MI, McNair Is to be Installed as pastor
at the Courthouse, nd at BRAKES Branch
the same day. The Committee Of In
stallation consists Of Dr. L. B. Johnston,
Rev. Hugh Henry REV. B. F. Bedinger#
and Ruling Elders r. Y. Gaines and j:
&C. Carrington.sgItawas at first proposed
that the charges to the pastor should be-
delivered By the.ruliig elder members Of
|. the COMMUNICATING ;.ubbn reflection, It
was found that dis was was AN Innovation.
on past usage, not aus orized by the,
Language OF the form Of government.
The committee thereupon was left to so
distribute the work Of the two installa-
ton Services among themselves that the
charges to the pastors would be delivered
t,y the ministers of the committee. The
Installation Is to take place on the first
Sunday Of May. lin the morning at
fDrake's Branch, in t.the evening at the
: Courthouse. No u
The proposed change In the form Of
government, In regard to commissions was
approved BY the Presbytery
Upon the petition, Of the Lunenburg
Courthouse and Ebenezer Churches. It
was determined to hold the next stated
meeting at '.Nottoway Falls" and In con-
nection with the meeting to hold extend
ed and elaborate exercises In the way
OF furthering Sunday school interests ana
work. An elaborate programme was
adopted. The Presbytery. Is to meet on
Friday evening, July 27th,, and the exer-
cises to Be continued, sInterspersed with
Presbyterian business sessions TIL tho
following Friday. It Is proposed to try
thoroughly In the meeting, and to- gain
large attendance OF Them. In the
sunday school exercises all denominations
of the neighborhood propose to unite, and
a great gathering is expected to take
place q
Much interest was manifested In the
matter OF ministerial relief, and In the
prosecution Of the scheme OF raising an
endowment fund for this OBJECT, viz.
he providing OF more adequate means
+ Of supplying the needs OF superannuate:l
ministers and of widows and orphans Of
deceased ministers. A gentleman In Al
Nlanta has offered to give 100000, pro-
yided that within three years ~ rest OF
thu church raise $4,000 Nearly $1,000
of this amount Is already secured. inc
Presbyteries are urgently exhorted to
push the work among the people. i
was resolved ny the Prasbytery to try
to raise its share by apportionng $loO
among it's churches at the rate OF 10 per
cent. on amounts OF their minister's
salaries, III
and congregations is earnestly called TO
this ~ oposi.lol !. !,
It is proposed to issue revised eds
ton OF the Manual OF the Presbytery,
the last edition having boon printed N
1904. Tho revised copy was reported and
annroyed, and an edition OF 800 copies was
ordered 5iss
The commissioners appointed to repre-
sent the Preshytery In the General AS
semhlv that Is to meet at Greenville,
S. a., on the srd Thursday Of May, are
Rev. w, R, Laird p, D., Of 1!anville..
and Ruling Elder Henry Easley. Of
south Boston; their, alternates being Rev
a. ]. Ponton. Whitters DEPOT, r, T.
d, PittsyvanIn, and Ruling Elder r.,
". Gaines of the brakes Branch church,
Mossingford. Va, postohice,
In connection with the Home Mission
work OF the Preshytery,y on report Of the
state Of the work from the committee,
Thursday y, NJ. was given UP mostly to
the hearing of addresses from our three
occupants of our Home Mission field, via:
REV, A. II, Ponton, of the West Pittsyl-
yania field, III the bounds OF which are
the Harpin Creek. Neal and Matthews
Memorial churches; Icy. 3, +. Bedlnger,
who besides his PASTORAL charges, Eben-
zer and Lunenburg Courthouse churches
has an interesting mission fleld In the edge
OF Mecklenburg county, including La
Gross and Union Hill on the linz OF the
Atlantic and Western Railroad; and
Rev. II. H, cassada. OF Patrick county
An these addresses were graphic, In
forming and interesting to high degree,