The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-15
Richmond Men Nominated
To Represent Body at Cen
eral Assembly-Reports of
Work in Presbytery Made.
ASSISTANCE VOTED
TO LAWRENCEBURG
Plans For Endowment of Ten
Million Dollars for Pen
sioning of Aged Ministers
Discussed BY Rev. Darby.
palladium Specially

CONNERSNlLLE, lnd., April 10
With the meeting this evening the an
nual spring session of the Whitewater
Presbytery which opened in this city
yesterday morning will close. The
session has been we'll attended and
great deal of business has been trans
acted.
This morning the Rev. Thomas G.
McNary of the Second Presbyterian
church of Richmond, and the Rev. T..
w. Mcguire, of Newcastle, were nomi-
mated as commissioners to the general
assembly and N. e. Leffingwell of
Connersville, and A. A. Mumbauer of
Richmond, elders, were nominated as
delegates to the assembly. The as
sembly is to be held in Atlanta, Ga,
some time during the month Of May.
One commissioner and one delegate
are to be chosen at this afternoons S
session.
Plans for the endowment of ten mil
lion dollars to the presbytery to be
placed in the fund for the pensioning
of aged and disabled ministers were
discussed at the morning session by
the Rev. w. J. Darby, D. D., Of Evans
vile. There are at present three mil
lion dollars in the fund.
The home mission committee report
ed that the late George B. Yanbes, of
Indianapolis, had bequeathed 100000
to the home missions.
Reports made by various pastors of
the work done In their churches dur
ing the last year showed a marked In
crease. All churches are in good fl
nancial condition and the membership
has been considerably augmented
since the last session of the Whitewa-
ter presbytery.
Rev. A. S. Davis, of Lawrenceburg
reported that his church in that city
had been badly damaged by the recent
flood. He asserted that the water had
been eight feet above the second story
of many houses and the three-fourths
of the members of the congregation
had suffered financially from the flood
waters. The presbytery today voted
to send aid to the church for one year.
This afternoon reports of the stand
ing COMMITTEES were made. Rev. T. c.
McNary of Richmond reported on the
committee on colleges; Rev. o. r.
Newcomb of Liberty, on the commit
tee on Sunday schools; Rev. C. NJ
Todd, stated clerk, on ministerial re-
lief; Rev. J: B. Meacham, on church
erection and freedmen; Rev. H. T.
Graham on Young peoples work.
The report on the work done by
the home missions committee is to be
made this afternoon by the Rev.
Thomas ]. Graham, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Richmond.
Report of delegates to the synod will
also be made and the election of stat
ed clerk and treasurer held today.
The session will decide on the next
place of meeting. The minutes will
also be read and approved this after
noon.
Richmond persons have urged that
the next session be held in that city
and it is probable that some of the
representatives from that city will in
vite the meeting for 1914
At 1880 o'clock this evening a pop-
ular meeting will be held, at which
time the Rev. T. w. Mcguire of New
Castle, will discuss the Forward Move
ment in the church. The report of
the committee on resolutions and the
concluding minutes will be read and
the Presbytery will adjourn.
Appointment of committees has
been made. The committees which
are filled are, judicial, leave of alb
sence, financial, visitors to Wayne
seminary, resolutions and records.
Last evening the Rev E. R. North,
of Shelbyville, at the request of Rev
William H. Clark, of Lawrenceburg.
retiring moderator, delivered a ser
mon. The Rev. W. II. Reynolds was
elected in the Rev. Clark's place at
the meeting Monday night