Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-03
MEETING OF PRESBYTERY
JUDICATORY HEARS REPORTS
FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Routine Business Transacted-Three
Candidates for Admission to Minis
try-Committee on Brotherhood.

The intermediate meeting of the presby
| terry Of Washington city held in the
Westminster Presbyterian Church. 7th and
| L streets southwest today at 10 O'Clock.
| Rev. Walter ]. Stone of Jamestown, Md,
moderator of the presbytery, presided over
| the meeting, and at the opening delivered
| the invocation. Rev. DR.. B. F. Bittenger.
stated clerk, read a communication from
Mrs. o. B. Brown corresponding secretary
of the Presbyterian Home, asking that a
collection be taken for the home in the
! churches Of the presbytery Thanksgiving
| day, or the Sabbath either Immediately be-
| fore or after that date. DR.. Bittenger
| placed the request in the form of motion.
and it was approved.
Mr.. W. B. Bryan Of the Church Of the
| Covenant. the pastor Of which church, Rev.
DR.. Hamlin, died a short time ago. re-
quested that the presbytery authorize Rev.
| Charles Alvin Smith, minister Of Peck
Memorial Chapel, to act as the moderator
| Of the church session, and that the pres
bytery allow the session to supply the pull
pit. The requests were granted.
Moderator Stone announced the COM
mittee on Presbyterian brotherhood as
| follows: Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison. pas
| tor Of the Gunton-Temple Presby terrain
| Church; Rev. George Bailey Of the West
ern Presbyterian Church. and Messrs. L.
| Cabell Williamson, w. NJ. Terrell and F. l.
| Middleton.
Routine Business.
| On motion of Rev. Charles Alvin Smith,
| Revs. w. I. Davenport OF the Pueblo, Col.
! presbytery; French w. Fisher of Hannibal.
| Mo-, and S. S. Laws were invited to sit as
| corresponding members Of the presbytery.
| The examinations of three candidates for
| admission to the local presbytery were then
| announced as in order, and Charles l..
| Bragaw, who is associated with the work
| thn irSf ShNytnr ion IA vi
| Reed. who is ministering to the people of
Riverdale and Berwyn. Md. and James g..
| Ellis, colored, who has just finished the
| third year of the theological course at How
ard University, presented themselves.
Rev. DR.. Davidson, pastor of the Presby
| terrain Church at Falls Church, Va, ex-
| amined the applicants upon theology before
| the open presbytery, and at the conclusion
DR.. Bittinger completed the examination
| by questions relative to their knowledge of
| the laws and sacraments Of the Presby-
terrain Church. Messrs. Bragaw and Reed
! were then each heard in the main points
of sermon. Mr.. Ellis was not heard, as
| he failed to bring this manuscript with
him.
| At the conclusion of the remarks the APP
| plicants left the room and the presbytery
| voted upon their admissions after several
| of the pastors and laymen present had
| spoken upon various phases of the exami
| nation. At the close it was announced that
Messrs. Bragaw and Reed had been admit
| ted as ministers, and Mr.. Ellis was asked
| sion of the presbytery and present himself
| at that time again for examination.
Reports of Commissioners.
DR.. Bittinger then called to the attention
of the presbytery that the time had arrived
to hear the commissioners to the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian Church. which
was held the third week in May, at Column
bus, Ohio. The commissioners were Rev.
J. Garland Hammer of Manassas, Va, and
Messrs. Thomas c. Noyes of the Washing
tn,, L 0:rl,f
son of the Northminster Church, both of
this city.
Rev Mr.. Hammer spoke first and declared
that the great gathering of Presbyterians
at Columbus spoke well for the enthusiasm
of the church. He pointed particularly to
| the work of Mr. John H. Converse of Phil
adelphia. who. he stated. is giving great en-
coura cement to the missionaries in the for
eign field.
Mr.. Noyes spoke next and told the men,
bers of the presbytery that through his at
tendance upon the assembly he had recev-
ed new ideas of the great amount of re-
ligious work being done by the Presbyte-
rian Church today The work being &C
complished in the slum districts of New
York, said Mr.. Noyes, was a revelation to
him, and to him it showed the forward
movement of the Presbyterian Church
Unity and evangelization were the two key
notes, Mr.. Noyes said, of the recent assem-
bly,.
Mr.. L. Cabell Williamson was the closing
speaker and in his remarks he emphasized
the words of the preceding speakers.
At the close of the addresses Rev. DR..
Bttinger offered a resolution commencing
the fidelity and diligence Of the COM
missieners and the same was passed by the
presbytery.
Mr.. Reeds Admission.
A motion to admit Mr.. David Reed into
the ministry of the Presbyterian Church az
a meeting to be held in the church at Ber-
wyn, Md. the evening of June 10 was car
ried. The moderator asked to pre-
side with Dr. Donald Mcleod of the First
Presbyterian Church of this city as the al
ternate.
Rev. DR.. George Bailey of the Western
Presbyterian Church. according to the pro-
gram as presented to the presbytery, will
preach the sermon of ordination. and Rev.
j. I. Kelly, pastor of the Fourth Presby-
terrain Church, will deliver the charge to
Mr.. Reed to the duties of an evangelist
The ordaning prayer will be made by Rev.
DR.. w. c. Alexander.
The moderator welcomed Messrs. Bragaw
and Reed into the church and after offer
fall.
The matter of choosing the next meeting
place of the presbytery came up, and was
left in the hands of the moderator 1t is
stated that the next meeting will probably
be held at Hyattsville, Md.
Members Present.
Those present We're: Rev. B. +. Bit
finger. Rev. j. D. Chester Rev. j. T. Kelly,
Rev. M. P. Smell, Rev. T. D. Richards of
Germantown, Md; Rev. Charles Alvin
Smith, Rev. ]. II. Bradford. Rev. Thomas
c. Easton. Rev. w. C. Alexander Rev j.
Russell Verbrycke. Rev. ]. w. Wlghtman
Rev. S. Ward RICHTER of Hyattsville, Md.
Rev. George p. Wilson. Rev W. J. Young
Of Ballston, Va; Rev. w. J. Stone of
Jamestown, Md; Rev. n. II. Miller, Rev.
j. G. Hammer of Manassas, Va: Rev.
Donald c. Mcleod, Rev. r. A. Davidson of
Falls Church. Va; Rev. William T. Thomp
son, Rev. Thomas Thompson, Rev. ]. NJ.
Nourse, Rev. Albert Evans, Rev. Titus e.
Davis, Rev. John Lee Allison and Rev. Mr..
Clark. The elders present included Mr..
Thomas c. Noyes Of the Washington
Heights Church, Mr.. William B. Bryan of
Covenant Church; Mr.. II. j. Hunt of the
Fourth Church. and Mr.. l.. Cabell William
son of the Northminster Church.