Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-28
PRESBYTERY HAD
BIC GATHERING
New Moderator, Rev. John
Muyskens, is Named at
Jamesburg Meeting

JAMESBURG, Sept. 2S.-The two
day session of the Presbytery of
Monmouth held at the Jamesburg
Presbyterian church was brought to
a close on Tuesday afternoon with
much important business brought
before the body.
A new moderator was elected to
succeed the Rev. Frank Lukens, of
Burlington. Rev. John MuySkenS,
of Red Bank, was unanimously
chosen to succeed the present mod
orator for the term of six months,
Rev. Walter Hawthorne, of English
town, was elected vice moderator.
The following committees were
named by the new moderator:
Standing committee: Excuse and
absence, Rev. Weaver X. Eubank,
Howard VanDyke, J~amesburg.
Minutes of synod: Rev. j. s. Dau-
erty. Moorestown; Rev. Charles +.
Shaw. Asbury Park.
Arrangements: Rev. Weaver X.
Eubank, Howard VanDyke. James
burg.
BILLS and overtures: Rev. Frank
Lukens, Burlington; Rev. j. Homer
J. o. Rinker and Elder e. Memphili.
The application of the Rev. III. b.
I1t1SII.dH, lOI d ulSIIllSSdl CelllliCdtC
from the Presbytery of the Mon
mouth to the Presbytery of Lacka-
wanna was granted.
Tho pastoral relations between
the Rev. w. w. Maybe, colored, and
the Calvary Presbyterian church, of
AsbUry Park, was brought before
the meeting and were asked to be
dissolved. After a discussion, a let
ter OF dismissal was given the Rev.
Maybe to the Presbytery of Knox,
Georgia.
The application of the Rev. Ber-
bert Jordan, of Beverly, for dismiss
sal to the P~resbytery of Amarillo,
Texas, was granted.
A prayer was offered by the pre-
siding moderator as a thanksgiV-
ing for the recovery of the Rev.
Samuel j. McClenaghan from a long
illness who was abba to be present.
Rev. Mr.. McClenaghan resides at
Princeton and former pastor of the
Jamesburg Presbyterian church and
superintendent of the New Jersey
Synodical missions.
Rev. DR.. Thornton Ponield, d. D.,
secretary OF the metropolitan dis
trict New Era Movement, made a
stirring and helpful address. DIR.
Marshall Harrington, of Trenton.
synodscal secretary on evangelism
addre ssed the meeting on the plars
ard purposes Of the simultaneous
evangelistic campaign Of the forty
nine churches in the Monmouth
Eresbytery. The first of these meet
:ngs tn be held, Tuesday, of this
week, at South Amboy and Sayre-
vile.
The moderator appointed as a
committee on general council DIR.
william f. Finney. of Lincoln Uni
versity, Lincoln, Pa; Rev. Thomas
Tyack, d. D., of Hightstown, and Dr.
CORTLAND T. Butler. of Lakewood.
Attendance at Synod: Rev. Fred
erick Schweitzer, of Cranbury; Ed
ers. H. Crippen, Mt. Holly. and J.
Edmund Marryot, Jamesburg.
The ,Presbytery voted an impor-
Ia mt change in rule one of the Pres
bytery of Monmouth that the Pres
bytery have a two-day meeting of
the Presbytery in April and Septem-
bel Of each year, instead of a one
day session as heretofore.
Adjournment was taken to meet
at an adjourned session to be held
in conjunction with the synod On
October 16. II and IS.
The regular winter meeting of the
Presbytery Of Monmouth will be
held at Atlantic Highlands al a date
ia January to be set by the moder-
ator.
A vote Of thanks was given the
ladies of the Jamesburg Presby-
tcrian church for their hospitality
and the people of Jamesburg as a
whole.