Newark post., 1910-04-27
PresbyteryofNew Castle

The members of Presbytery had
been Hospitality entertained and
cared for over night in the pleas
ant homes OF the good people OF
the White Clay Creek Church.
and they entered into the work of
the day when they assembled on
Wednesday morning, with new
vigor.
The various committees had
met and formulated their reports.
The following were the commit.
tees appointed by Rev. Mr.. Brin-
kema as temporary committees ::
Bills and Overtures-Rev. Al
exander Allison, Jr., chairman !;
Rev. +. b. Welsh and Elder l..
w. Gunby.
Judicial Business-Rev. Il. l..
Jackson, chairman Rev. William
Crawford and Elder George A..
Blake. ..
Leave of Absence-Rev. +. w.
NJ. Beale, chairman; Elders Sam
uel Mccoy and A. B. Mccoy.
Minutes Rev. DR.. Rowan,
chairman; Rev. I. S. Armentrout
and Elder W. T. Fryer.
Financc-Rev. Charles L. Can
dee, chairman Elders George ].
Chandler, Vim. Schabinger.
The morning exercises opened
with devotional service led bv
Rev. w. NJ. X eiffer, of Green Hill
Church.
Rev. Alexander Allison, Jr., pre-
sented the report on bills and
overtures. Various overtures that
had been sent down from the Gen
eral Assembly were answered.
some in the affirmative and others
i'll the negative.
The department of Church and
Labor OF the Presbyterian Church
in the United States sent COM
mendation advising the holding OF
conferences on rural church life.
and suggesting as suitable speak
ers Clifford Pinchot and Prof.
Harry Hayward.
The report on Foreign Missions
was presented by the Rev. John
McElmoyle, DID,, of Elkton. This
was a magnificent and instructive
outline of the foreign mission
work OF the year and showed
some OF the marvels of Gods
grace, as manifested in the prog
ress of missions in the various
fields.
81, The report on ministerial Relic
was presented by Rev. +. S
Moore, DID,. of Middletown, Del
The Presbyterian Church in the
United States has on this roll IIIs
persons. Of these 457 are minister:
and 584 are widows OF minister:
and IS families of ministers. The
event of this meeting of Presby
terry around which clustered the
greatest interest was the report o
the Committee on Sustentation
and Home Missions by the chair.
man, DR.. Joel S. Gilfllan, of New.
ark. The appetite of the breth
rem OF Presbytery had been whet
ted by sheet sent out few days
before the meeting, containing
part of the financial report, which
showed figures so amazingly be.
yond what they had thought
could be done, that all were anx-
ious to hear how the work hat
been accomplished
When DR.. Gifiilan took the
floor to present his report there
was instant attention on the part
OF every member of .Presbytery
as we'll as the many women anc
other VISITORS present. As he
proceeded the intense interest ot
the audience was shown by the
quickness with which some mem.
ber would interrupt with ques-
ton asking for repetition of the
thought or further explanation
OF a statement, or Gilfillan deer
familiarity with the whole subject
was revealed in the ready answer
and quick elucidation OF any point
raised. Sometimes the audience
would break into hearty laughter
as the quick humor of the speaker
rose to the surface. Again, there
would be hearty and enthusiastic
applause as the strength and sue
cess OF the new plan we're an
nounced.
| he climax was reached Whel
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