The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-10
A. R. P. SYNOD CLOSES.
A Successful Session OF
Importance to the Church Con-
sidered.


and yesterday, closing with last night.
the one hundred and fifth session Of
the \. R. p synod has been in ses-
sion in Newberry.
The meetings have been largely at
tended and much enjoyed by not on
ly the delegates and visitors present
but by a large number of the citH-
ems Of the city, and it is recognized
that there are many very strong
preachers in the synod. The body
did good work while in session here
The next meeting will be held at Bar.
tow, Fla.
Up to Thursday evening the pro-
ceedings have been reported in The
Herald and News. On Thursday even
ing Rev. William Duncan, Of Char
lotte, N. c., preached a very strong
sermon on foreign missions. He is
an eloquent preacher and made many
strong points in favor Of this field
of Christian work.
An invitation was received from
the synod of the Lutheran church to
meet with them and Join in the inau-
guration Of President Harms. The
invitation was accepted and COM
mittee Of twelve, headed by the mod
orator, was appointed to attend.
After devotional exercises on FRI
day morning reports from the differ
ent presbyteries were received ano
some of them acted upon and some
referred to committees.
The Texas presbytery asked to be
dismissed from synod to be united
with the United Presbyterian church.
This request was referred to a COM
mittee. but was granted by the synod
The question Of changing the name
Of Due West Female college WAS
brought up. The names proposed
were "Clark college, - ''Bonner col
lege,' ''Kennedy college, alsc
"Woman's College Of Due West.
Later the name remained the same
as it has always been.
At eleven o'clock Rev. S. J. Pat
terson, Of Monticello, Ark, preached
to a crowded church. His subject was
"The drawing power Of Christi and
it was good, thoughtful, and pract1-
cal sermon.
At the afternoon service on Friday
Rev. S. W. Haddon, of Old Prov1-
dence, Va, was elected newt modera'
tor. On Friday evening Rev. R. E.
Hough preached thoughtful ser
mon on home missions.
The session Saturday morning
opened with devotional service con.
Quoted by Rev. S. ". Haddon, OF
Raphine, Va. The committee on for
eign missions submitted its report III
full. The call Of the foreign board
through its chairman, DR.. F. Y
Pressly, for five new missionaries t.
labor in Mexico and India was ap-
proved. Upon the Recommendation
Of Rev. J. R. Edwards and Other
missionaries, it was decided to opel
up the middle ground between Tam
pico and Rio Verde to mission work
This will be done just as soon as
practicable. Rev. T. G.. Boyce, D. D..
of Brighton, Tenn, was selected tt
visit the field in Mexico before the
next meeting Of the synod, the treas
urer Of the board to pay the experl-
ses of the trip, provided the cost will
not exceed $3.50. The address Of Hon
George Gordon, Of Atlanta, on the
laymen's movement in the A. R. P
church was highly instructive and
will most likely prove of great SER
vice !: bettering the financial condl-
ton Of the church s work. The re.
port on Due West Female college
was received and noted that $1,000
had been expended on improvement
Of the main building without an in
crease Of the debt.
Mrs. A. G. Brice, Of Chester by d
rising vote of the synod was thanked
for her excellent work in raising
funds for the new building on tht
college campus. She was instrumen.
tai in raising $2,645 for this pur'
pose. At II o'clock Rev. NJ. Fl
Henry, D. D., of Oak Hill, Ala.
preached very helpful sermon. Dl
Henry is reconed as one Of the ables1
preachers in the synod. Probably the
most interesting feature Of the Ell
tire meeting was the address in the
| afternoon of Rev 7 K McClurkill