The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-22
Maryland Classls Elects Del
egates to Potomac Re-
formed Church Synod.


at Cavetown, Washington county,
recently, elected the following
delegates to the Potomac Synod,
which meets at Hanover, Pa.
next October:
Revs. Drs. L. r.. Eschbach,
Frederick; j. Spangler Kieffer,
Conrad Clever, Hagerstown; Joel
I. Ressiter. Baltimore; G. S.
Slagle, Westminster; Anvil Con-
nor, Adamstown; A. S. Weber,
Emmitsburg; Frederick w. Bald,
Clear Spring; Elders A. G. Nc.
Cardell, w. +. Fisher, Frederick;
William Gassman, Henry G.
Foltz, Hagcrstown; F. II. An.
keney, Clear Spring; DR.. M. G.
Motter, Washington; G. w.
Crum, Westminster, w. s. Ke.
fsuver, Burkittsville; NJ. G. Co.
blentz, Middletown.
Alternates. -Revs. B. II. earn.
ahan, Mt. Pleasant; l.. Il. Co
blentz, G. II. Potter, o. Ii.
Rauck, Baltimore; E. l.. Coblentz,
Ridgely; DR.. j. NJ. Shick, Wash
ington; j. B. Stonesifer. West
minister; j. P. Harner, Cavetown;
ID. M. Dittmar, Jefferson; NJ. L.
Faror. Woodberry; I. f. Land,
Manchester; Elders A. T. Web
ster. Baltimore; Thomas Jones,
j. w. Thomas, j. f. Haas, I'll. A.
Stonesifer, ID. II. Phettyplace,
David Rhodes. William Cramer,
d. NJ. McCauley and William T.
Rhodes.
Rev j. Stewart Hartman re-
signed as pastor at Silver Ran,
Md, and asked to be dismissed
to the Reformed charge at Wood.
stock, Va.
Rev. Joel T. Rossiter, Balti-
more, and Rev. W. H. Sangress,
Sabillasville, had charge of the
services during the latter part
of the meeting, Rev. Charles I.
Hoover, of Baltimore, conducted
the opening service.
Rev. DR.. h. l.. Mclean, Pres
ident of the Chassis, preached the
preparatory sermon.
A port on of the meeting was
devoted to mission work. Rev.
DR.. E B. Eschbach. Frederick,
President of the Home Mission
Board, presided. Rev. M. L.
Faror and William E. Lampe,
returned missionary from Japan,
who was treasurer of the fund
raised several years ago during
the Japanese famine, made ad-
dresses.
The Finance Committee have
announced the following appor
tiOnments for the ensuing year:
Contingesnt fund, $500; Home
Missions. 81, 100; Foreign Mis-
sions, $4,000; Hungarian, Bohe.
milan and Harbor Missions, $4l5;
seminary, 1920; ben
eficiary education, $685.; Catawba
College, 1925; Science Building,
1886: classical Indebtedness,
81, 800; sustentation. 1906. Total,
SI1, 4S5.
The following were chosen as
Chairmen of the Church Work
For Baltimore City
and Carroll county. Rev. Q. ii.
Rauck; Frederick county, Rev.
+. l.. Mclean and Washington
county, Rev. f. William Bald.
The sixteenth triennial session
of the General Synod of the Re
formed Church of the United
States, was opened in York, Pa.
on Tuesday, May 10Th.
The sessions will be held in
Trinity Church, of which Rev.
Ii. Ii. Apple is pastor. Mayor
j acob E. Weaver will deliver the
address of welcome and the ser |
mon will be preached by the re-
firing president, Rev. DR.. A. Il.
Dahlman, of Buffalo.
The most important question
that will come before the body |
for consideration is that of unit
ing the Reformed and Presby. |
terian Churches. Overtures have |
been made by the latter body for
a closer relationship between the
two churches. 1t is said that |
there is a strong sentiment in
favor of the proposition.
Both home and foreign mis-.
sions will receive a large share
of attention. The question of
relief will also be
taken up for discussion. An ef
fort will be made to make pro-
visions on an extensive scale for
those who have spent the working
wears OF their lives in the service
of the church.