The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-21
SEP ARATE CHURCH
At BLACkST ON {
Recommendation Of Committee
on Home Missions
Adopted.
SYSTEMATIC BENEFIcENcE
Total Contributions Amount to
S42,43o-Various Reports
Presented.
SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE
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Petersburg. Va, April 40.-rhe
fourth days session Of East Hanover
Presbytery was opened this morning
with devotional exercises. conducted
by the Rev. w. w. Balm. of Crewe.
+ Certificates OF licensurc were issued
by the stated clerk TO the nine young
men who were granted license to
preach yesterday.
Governor William Hodges Mann was
in attendance to-day. being especially
Interested in the matter OF the divi-
sion of the churches in Nottoway ,coun-
ty. az recommended by the committee
ON home missions.
The moderator announced tho APP
polntment of the following advisory
committee for Nottoway Church in the
matter OF securing pastor: Rev. W. S.
Campbell. Rev. d. II. Rolston and j.
P. Agnew.
a The Nottowny Churches.
The order Of the morning was the
recommendation of the committee on
homo missions that the request for
dissolution OF relations between Not.
toway Church and Blackstone Church
be granted. The church ut Blackstone
has grown to such proportions that 1t
wishes the entire time and service of
n separate pastor. And the PROPOSE
ton Is to grant this request and to
allow the Nottoway and Crewc chrches
60 unite. The church at Crewe liz known
rs the Pryor Memorial Church.
Governor Mann spoke briefly 10 the
recommendation OF committee. which
he did not oppose. But he objected
as a matter OF sentiment that the
Blackstone Church should retain the
name OF the historic Nottoway Church.
That name Is dear to the Nottoway
Church. Under It's pulpit are buried
the remains Of the sanity DR.. Theo-
doric Pryor. SO long and intimately as
sociated with that church.
After considerable discussion the
recommendation OF the committee was
adopted. The holloway Church is
ths originally organized church in the
county; the Blackstone Church is to
be organized The two churches part
in brothcrly love and perfect. good
feeling.
Other recommendations by the com
rnittee were adopted-the apportion-
ments for missions. mission apportion-
ments. the organizations OF the Pres
byterian League In Richmond under
certain conditions and under the gov
eminent OF committee OF nine mem
bers, With the powers of Il committee:
the apportionment OF student assistants
where needed, etc. The report on
home missions was then adopted as
a whole. .t5
Systematic BencficcDce
\ Dr. Stewart presented the report on
systematic bencficence 1t shows fol-
lowing contributions for various
purposes: Foreign missions. sl3.37I:
home missions. s2:5i4; local home mis-
siohs. slo,lsI; colored evanSelIzatfon
s3I3: memorial relief $500: ministerial
education, slo.6e6; schools and coll
lcges, ssTot: Sabbath school extension.
5000" Bible cause, s27s home and
school, se4e2:; orphans homes, s4o7.
Total, s42,4so
Women's societfes Al
Rev. c. r. Stribling submitted Tho.
report Of the committee on women.s
societies in East Hanover Pr,sbyterv
There are hfty-three societies. win
membership of 2,067 Tho confirm
tons for local causes were s3.240.5i.
for home missions. sr.s6s.Sl: foreign
missions. S3,be7.16: other causes, ST.
do0.oI. Total. s10.os6.65.
Bible Cause.
Rev. ID. II. Ralston presented ~
report on Bible cause. The American
Hibie Society has had the most nroa
Porous year In It's history Certain
large gifts within the last two yoors
nave added about sl.75o,o0o to tho
funds Of the society. The society has
nine domestic agencies. employing 20I
persons In the distribution OF thc
- nt"' e ne society has thirteeD
,oreisn agencies. employing SIS persons
in foreign lands.
The committee made sevcral recon,
mendattons In reference to the cause
~ %,,1. were adopted One of these was:
That as the year 1911 marks tho thru
century OF the gpeat English Rjhie
and as the English and foreign RIbie
;ompnntes are arranging for Soma
popular celebration Of this great
tercentenary, therefore resolved that
the Presbytery of East Hanover real
hrms It's allegiance to the Bible, be-
lieving 1t to be the word of God that
II commends this word OF God anew
to the respect. love, reverence and