Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
PRESBYTERY sewers
PASTORAL RELATIONS

The New Castle Presbytery spent
Wednesday morning in the discussion of
deserted churches. There are four in
this presbytery. Reorganization of the
hCme mission work also was discussed.
The young ministers Joined heartily in
this discussion.
The pastoral relations of the Revs. J.
E. Franklin, Smyrna j. B. Henderson,
Georgetown, and Alexander Allison of
West Wilmington, were dissolved. The
demonstration of appreciation and series
of speeches ran into an ovation for Mr..
Allison and were said to be the most re-
markable ever heard in Presbytery.
Presbytery had several vigorous de-
bates on important church routine Tues
day afternoon, coming in under the re-
ports of committees.
The Rev. w. J. Mccullough presented
the report of the committee on church
work. The Rev. A. T. M. Beale started
up the lively talk when he moved to
strike from the rules of Presbytery
standing rules eight and nine, requiring
seasonal supervision of the minutes of
the various church organizations. Some
thing was said about tendency to
@'bOss rule.
This rule reads:
''The session shall review the minutes
of all the church organizations and note
approval or acceptance thereof and re-
cord action in Seasonal records.
The Rev. A. N. Keigwin once eau
toned Presbytery about getting away
or running in contact with the cOnstitu
tiOn of the Presbyterian Church, but the
motion to strike out rule eight, quoted
above, was finally carried. Rule nine,
which bears on another matter and will
not conflict with the reconsideration of
the rule preceding. was allowed to stand.
The Rev. William L. White of Wesley
M. E. Church 2 d the Rev. j. H. Ster-
rett of Calr Baptist Church were
made corr ding members of Pres
bytery.
A olume of ledgers and books
accumu. ed on the altar when Modera-
tor Hallman called for the reports on
sessional records. After many had been
approved the Rev. c. 1. Candee, of the
committee on Lower BrandyWine and
Head of Christiana churches, raised
technical objection to those records.
Both church records, he declared,
showed no entry that the minutes had
been approved. The Christiana records
gave no statistical report of the church's
year S work.
Presbytery, by rising vote, approved
the minutes on recommendation of the
committee, and the moderator and stated
clerk signed the entry the same as though
they had been the local moderator and
clerk.
The Rev. Alexander Allison was harder
still on Chesapeake City church, declar
ing it had no approval entry for three
years. Each year was stated and Pres
bytery arose and approved the modera-
tor again signing.
Another church, Mr.. Allison charged, |
had no resolution of authority from its
Session calling a congregational meeting, |
yet the meeting was held and the record
further showed no opening or closing
with prayer.
Something was said in the rear about
red tape, and voice called out:
''If that congregational meeting was
a merger from the prayer meeting, they |
had plenty of prayer to open it, hadn'
they"
Allison.
Mr.. Allison reported no students for
public examination by this session, but
made motion for an adjourned meeting
to be held in West Church, Wilmington,
on May 9, 10 or IL, to then examine for
admission to the Presbytery w. Crosby
Ross, 'and if the way be clear" added
Mr.. Allison, "ordain him in said church
on the following Sunday, May IL. "
The Sessions of ManOkin and of Green
hill Churches were each permitted to
fill their own pulpits for six months.