The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-10-24
Potomac SYNOD Meets Hera

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ing all the Reformed churches in NIar'
land, Virginia, West Virginia. North or.
ollna' District of Columbia and The NH.
eIh part OF Pennsylvania will attend the
annual convention OF the Potomac synod
OF the Reformed Church Of the United
9'ates IN Evangelical Reformed Church
here next week. : II
ne sessions will begin on Tuesday
october IS, and continue week Tba
visitors Will be entertained bv members
OF Inc Frederick church aud the towns.
people and their annual PILGRIMAGE Is
looked forward 10 with much interest
simultaneously with the convention the
lhree hundred and filtieth anniversary ri
tnnee publication of the Heidelberg Cate.
cnlSm and the seventy fifth anniversary
OF inc organization Of the Foreign Mis-
SION Board will be celebrated.
special DAYS have been set anart for
these observances and addresses viii he
delivered by prominent clereymen.
Inc synod will convene Tuesday morn
I,'g WIN sermon ny Rev. Z. l. Mclean.
,he retiring president The service viii
be conducted by Rev. Dr.. A. 5 Weber
OF Baltimore, and Rev J. Riley Berrey,
OF Altoona, Pa, Wednesday will be
HOOD College day. Thursday will be
home mission day, when addresses will
be delivered by Rev Charles r. SchaeE
Ter, secretary OF the Home Mission Board
OF PENNSYLVANIA. Rev. !. {. Leonard. of
Lexington, N. C., will preside and Rev
!. J. Hackett of Roanoke. Va. willc9n.
duct the service. A congregational re-
ceptIon will be given at night in honor of
the synod.
On Friday the anniversary of the adon-
ton Of the Heidelberg Catechism viii b.
celebrated with addresses by Rev. DR.. I
n. Pelghtel, oil Greencastle, Pa. and Rev
A. NJ GIuck, of Martinsburs. ". Ia,
Kew Dr. William c. Schaefer, Of Ian
caster, Pa, will preside and the services
Will be conducted by Rev. c. s. Slaqle.
of Westminster.
IN saturday preparatory service for
communion will be held, with sermon
by Rev. d. E. Master, of Huntington.
IA. Rev. S. w. Bald, Of Mercersburg
Pa, and Rev. +. 0. Keene, of WavneS.
boro, will be in charge Of the service.
The communion sermon on Sunday
will be delivered by the new president
One OF the most important matters TO
come up will be the proposition TO form
a new synod out OF the North Carolina
classes. AT the last convention division
was recommended Of the Jurisdiction of
North Carolina into four classes--GuiI-
ford, Davidson, Central and Catawba-un-
der the name of the North Carolina
synod OF the Reformed Church Of the
the United States Many older ministers
of the classes objected to a severance
from the Potomac Synod and the uues-
ton remained open.
The synod includes 5z8 congregations
and nearly $4,000 church members. The
contributions last wear were $40, 900 for
church purposes, $50, 5o2 for home mis-
SONS. $40, 637 for foreign missions, $50,
600 for education and $4,000 for benevo-
lenceS. The synod was originally A part
of the Eastern synod. Al the direction
of the General Synod it was organized IN
Baltimore, in 1875, where the FIRST con-
vention was held. The officers are:
President-Rev. Eugene L. Mclean,
Frederick.
Vlce-President - George McCorckle.
Newton, n. c.
Corresponding Secretary-R Ernest
f. Weaver, Boonsboro, Md.
Reading Clerk-Rev. J. Albert Eyler,
Bedford Pa.
Enrolment Clerk-Rev Andrew II.
Smith, York, Pa.
Treasurer - Rev Charles NJ. Wolf,
Hanover, Pa.
Stated Clerk-Rev. LLOYD E. Cobenlz,
Baltimore.
The church where The synod will as
semble is one OF the handsomest edihces
III Western Maryland. The pastor, Rev.
Henri L. G.. Kielfer, is a son of Rev. DR..
J. Spangler Kiefier, pastor of Zion Re
formed Church, HagerStown. Only re-
Gently the church was renovated. i'm
proved and refnrnished at a cost of
$4,000