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Transcript of · T HE SY N O D O F N E Y O R K A. D. 1885. THE SYNOD O F N E W YORK met, agreeably to appoin...
M I N U T E S
OF THE
F O U R T H A N N U A L S E S S I O N
O F THE
SYNO D O F N EW YO R K,
H E L D HJ TTHE C I T Y (H? T R O Y,
O CT O B E R 20-28 , A . D .
W I TH AN AP P E N D IX .
PUBLISHED BY O R D E R O F THE SYNOD , UNDER THE D IRECT IONO F THE STATED CLERK .
B U F F A L OP R I N T I N G H O U S E O F B I GEL O W B R O TH E R S ,
Corne r Pearl a nd Seneca S t ree ts .
1 885 .
THE OFFICERS OF THE SYNOD .
MO D E RATO R .
R E V L . M ERR I L L M I LLER,D . D .
,Ogden sbu rg .
STAT E D CL E R K .
R E V T RALSTON SM ITH,D . D . , 63 0 S even t h B uffal o .
PE R MAN E N T CL E R K .
R E V J . W I LFORD J A CKS , Romu lu s .
T EMPO R AR Y CLE R K S .
R EV. RU FU S S . GREEN , D . D . ,B u ffa l o .
R E V. ALEXANDER G . RU SSE LL,Oys ter B ay
T R EASUR E R .
M R . ARCH I B A LD MV
CCL U R E , 74 and 7 6 S ta te Sr.
,Alban y .
T H E
SY N O D O F N E Y O R K
A . D . 1885 .
THE SYNOD O F N E W YORK m e t,agreeably to appo in tmen t
,in th e
F IRST CHURCH in the c i ty o f TROY,on Tu e sday
,th e zo th d ay of O c to
b er, A . D . 1 885 , a t h a l f-pa s t seven o
’cl ock P . M .,an d was Open ed w i t h
.
a se rm on by the Modera t o r,th e R ev . JOHN M CCLELLA
'
N HOLMES,
D . D . ,o f the Presby tery o f A lban y
,on Luke x ix . ,
2 0,
“An d an o the r
came,say in g
,Lord
,beho l d h ere i s t h y poun d
,wh ich I have kep t la i d
u p in a n apk in .
"
Afte r the sermon ,th e Syn od was organ i zed fo r bu s in e s s w i t h p raye r .
The ro l l was ca l led,an d th e fo l l ow in g M in i s ter s an d Ru l in g E l de r s
were foun d t o be p re sen t as dul y appo in ted de lega te s from th e .
Pre sby ter ies
THE R O L L O F THE S Y N O D .
I . I’R E SBY TE R Y
M in id em .
Dav id Lyon,
Jame s Gardn er,D . D . ,
J ohn McClel lan Ho lm e s,
Rober t A . Davi s on,
O l i ve r H emst ree t
Jame s P . B ryan t,
Char le s G . Ma t te son
J ohn J . Hen n in g .
ALBANY .
R u ling E Za’em‘
.
Arch iba l d McC lure .
Jam e s B . J e rma in
Dar iu s S . O r ton , M . D
J ohn C . Al len
Jame s Ca l de rwood .
Hen ry S . E dward s .
Amos Hoch strasser .
4 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [O c t . 2 0 th
I I . PRESBYTERY OF BINGHAMTON .
M in is ters .
S ab in McK in n ey , Geo rge F . Han d,M . D . (2 )
G eorge M . Jan es , Abe l S t owe l l .
J ohn L . Tayl o r .
I I I . PRESBYTERY OF BOSTON .
"Char le s C . Wal lace,D . D .
J oseph W . San de r son .
Don a l d B . MacL e od .
IV . PRESBYTERY OF BROOKLYN .
J ohn D . We l l s,D . D . ,
Robe r t H en d e r s on , J r .
Lean d e r T . Chambe rla in ,D . D H en ry J . R ed field .
Lou i s E uln er, J . Arthu r B u r r .
J . W in th rop Hageman,
H en ry L . B u t le r .
Arc tu ru s Z . Con rad,
Dan ie l W . F i sh .
V . PRESBYTERY O F BUFFALO .
T . Ra l s t on Smi th,D . D
,
Hen ry Ward,
Ru fu s S . Green ,D . D
,
John McL achlan,
He rbe r t D . Con e,
C harle s D . B ar row s,
VI . PR E SB Y TE R Y D F CAYUGA .
E z ra A . H un t in g t on ,D D .
,LL . W i l l iam J . Don ovan .
A sa S . F i ske , J am e s Ro s s .
C laren ce H . B eebe, Alexan de r M . Turn er .
J un i u s J . Cowle s,
Ran dolph‘ R . Weed .
VI I . PRESBYTERY O F CHAMPLAIN .
‘
C han d le r N . Thoma s,
H i ram W . Cady .
C harles S . R i chard son .
J o seph T . Hool e .
John H ami l t on, J r .
George W . T ew .
J o seph H . Plumb .
Cha rles G . B run d ige .
J am es S . Fowle r .
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 5
VI I I . PRESBYTERY OF CHEMUNG .
M in isters . R u l ing E lders .
F rankl in S . H owe,
Prof . Mose s S . Con verse .
E dwin Ha l l,
Garwood J . Mead .
W i l l iam H . Tracy , Hezek iah B e rry .
Arthu r W . Spoon e r .
IX . PRESBY TERY OF CH ILE .
X . PRESBYTERY OF COLUMBIA .
E dwa rd S t ra t t on,
S chuy le r B . Coe .
Geo rge C . Ye i s ley , M il fo rd L . Bate s,M . D .
XI . PRESBYTERY OF GENESEE .
Samue l Bowden,
W i l l iam B rad ley .
J o seph E . Nas sau , D . D . ,D on a l d McPherson .
The ron L . Wa ld o,
An se l B . Smi th .
XI I . PRESBYTERY OF GENESEE VALLEY .
J ohn B u rrows .
Rober t R . Wa tk in s .
XI I I . PRESBYTERY OF GENEVA .
Geo rge C . Cu rt i s,D . D . ,
Chen ey P . Wh i tney .
J . J e rma in Por te r,D . D . H i ram L . B rown .
Hugh W . Torren ce , I sa iah W . Smi th .
J . W i l fo rd J ack s,
James M ead
XIV . PRESBYTERY OF HUDSON .
Amasa S . F reeman,D . D . ,
E dmun d Hya t t .
Abraham S . Gard in e r,
E dward F . P ier s on .
Charles W . Cooper,
Geo rge B uch en au .
J ohn Turn er,
Abraham T . B lau vel t .
6 SYNOD OF NEW YO R K . [Oc t . 2 0 th
XV . PRESBYTERY OF LONG ISLAND .
M in is ter s . R u l ingr E lders .
W i l l iam H . L i t te l l , H erman R ; Ha l sey
George R . Gar re t son .
J o seph W . E arn shaw
XVI . PRESBYTERY OF LYONS .
Howard Corn e l l,
S teph en D . Van W i ck le .
J ohn C . Lenh ar t .
XVI I . PRESBYT ERY OF NASSAU .
Alexan de r G . Ru s se l l , Gugy S . Tayl o r .
Charle s B . Chap in ,N i ch olas E ve re t t .
XVI I I . PRESBYTERY OF NEW YORK .
J ohn M . S teven son,D . D .
,Warn e r Van N ord en .
Charle s S . Rob in s on,D . D .
,He rman Z in cke .
Hen ry M . MacCracken,D . D
,W i l l iam C . M ar t in .
George A l exan de r , D . D . ,W i l l iam F . L ee .
George S . Pay son ,F red e r i ck B l ume .
Jam es Chamber s .
An s on P . At te rbu ry .
Dav id G . Wy l ie .
H en ry G . B irchby
XIX . PRESBYTERY O F N IAGARA .
Corn e l iu s S . Stowit ts , Thomas T . F lagle r .
E dgar P . Salmon,
Hen ry Sear s .
XX . PRESBYTERY OF NORTH LAOS .
XXI . PRESBYTERY OF NORTH R IVER .
J oseph K . W igh t , Wa l te r B . Cran e .
George P . Noble,
T . M e l v i l le Pren t i s s .
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK .
M in is lers . R uling E lders .
F reder ick B . Savage,D . D .
“
Thomas A . Reeves .
Thomas C . S t rau s .
Dav id B . M cMurd y .
XXI I . PRESBYTERY OF O R O O MIAH.
XXI I I . PRESBYTERY OF OTSEGO .
Pl in y F . Sanborne,
Fe rd in an d Sh aw .
D av id M . Rank in,D . D . ,
Geo rge N . B i s se l l .
.F ran k H . Coffran .
XXIV . PRESBYTERY OF ROCHESTER .
Hen ry W i ckes , Lou i s Chap in .
Sybran t Ne l s on ,J o seph Toz ier .
J ohn V . C . N e l l i s , Ph . D . ,Dan ie l C . McPherson .
Newton J . Conk l in ,F ran k M . E l lery
_J. E dward Clo se .
E van R .
'
E van s .
XXV . PRESBYTERY O F ST . LAWRENCE .
L . Mer r i l l M il le r,D . D .
,D e Al t on Dwigh t .
G eorge Harkn e s s,
Jame s M . Thral l .
Dan ie l A . Fe rgu son,
Ro swe l l G . Pe t t ibon e .
XXVI . PRESBYTERY OF SIAM .
XXVI I . PRESBYTERY OF .STEUBEN .
John Waugh,
Fran c i s A . W i l l iams .
M inor Swick .
W i l l iam H R i ce .
8 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Oc t . 2 0 th
XXVI I I . PRESBYTERY OF SYRACU SE .
M in isters . R ul ing E lders .
Alexan der MCA . Thorbu rn,
Geo rge V . N . Re l yea .
I saac Swif t,
Ben j amin J . Dyer .
S . E dwin Koon s E mer son H . Adams .
Vern on N . Ye rg in .
Char les Hu dson Smi th .
XXIX . PRESBYTERY OF TROY .
Char les P . E van s J ames McF arland .
Arthu r H . Al len,
W i l l iam P . B l i s s
Dav id M . H un te r,
Thomas U . Dav id son .
W i l l iam C . B rown .
Charle s Town sen d .
PRESBYTERY OF UTICA .
N i cholas W . Goertn er,D . D .
,T imothy Parker .
Mo ses E . D unh am,D . D E dward No r th
,L . H . D
Arthu r Po t t s,
W i l l iam M . Boo th .
H ugh P . McAd am J ame s S tark .
I s rae l N . Ter ry,
S imon G. Visscher.
Gran v i l le R . Pike .
XXXI . PRESBYTERY OF WESTCHESTER .
W i l s on Ph ran er,D . D . ,
Add i son D . Made i ra,D . D
,
Lawren ce P . Cummin gs ,Rober t P . Gibson ,
M an fred P . We l che r
Th e fo l l ow in g de lega tes were absen t and un rep re sen ted by a l terna tes
P reséy tefj/ of A l bany : E lder—Wal ter B . Goold .
B ing/zam ton M in i s te r—John D e Peu ; E l de rs—Hen ry D . Corey , John Wilson .
B oston Min i s te rs—Valen t ine A . Lewi s , Andrew Burrows ; E lders—RobertGi lchrist
,Eben eze r M . McPherson ,
John Sutherlan d , F rede rick M . V ie to r , H enry RF ren ch .
J o seph Barre t t .
S tan ton Cady .
E n o s L ee .
E dward Crosby, M . D .
James B i gger s ta ff .
John L aw .
A . D . SYN OD OF NEW YORK .
B rookly n Min i s te r—Will iam J . Gil l ; E lde r—Thomas H . VVray .
Champla in E lde r—Will iam C . Boyd .
Ckem ung : E lde r—Thomas S . Day .
Columbia : M in is te r—Wil l iam S . Long ; E lde r— Jos i ah B . Bascomb .
Gen esee Va l ley : E lde rs—Will iam F . Whee le r , Corn e l ius H . Bartle t t , M . D .
Hudson : Min i sters—James B . F isher , Ferd inand Bernhard t ; E lde rs—Rober tH ickok , Alsop L . Corwin .
L ong I s lan d : E lde rs— Sel ah B . S t rong , Den n i s K . Halsey .
Ly on s : Min i s te r—L . Mason Clarke ; E lders—Lewis H . Clark , John C . Howk .
N ew Y ork : Min is ter—John Hal l , D . E lders—Walte r Carte r , John J .
Don aldson , Moses W . Dodd , F rank A . Fe rr is , Robert Ja ffray .
N iagara : Min i s te r—Theodo re B . Will iams ; E lder—Charles Wilcox .
N or t/i R iver : E lde rs— John L . Wes te rvel t,Edmun d P . Plat t , Gran t E . Edgar ,
Phi l ip D . Cookingham .
O tsego : Min i s te r—Horace H . Allen ; E lde rs—E leasar R . Fulle r, Hon . Rober tBeates .
R oenes ter : M in i s ters—Charles E . Rob in son , D . D Theodore W . Hopkin s ;E lders—George W . D e Long , Miles 8 . McN air
,Edwin S . Hayward , Dan ie l B ige low .
St . L aw ren ce : M in i s te r—John H . Gardn er ; E lde r—James Taylor .Steuoen E lders—George W . Farnham , Joseph A . Gray .
Sy racuse : E lders—Schuyle r B radley , Mart in W . Lyon .
Troy : Min i s te rs—Charles D . Ke l logg,Alexan de r B . R iggs ; E lders— Pe ter Van
Vechten , F rederick A . John son ,James Smi th
,Wil l iam H . Dough ty .
Utica : Min i ste r—Thomas R . G . Peck ; E lde rs—Thomas Will iams , F ran c i s G .
Wood .
W este/ies ter Min i s te rs—Lyman D . Calkin s , Harris R . Schen ck ; E lder—EdwinBouton .
The R ev . L . MERR I L L M I LLER ,D . D . ,
o f th e Presbyte ry o f S t .
L awren ce,was e lec ted Mode ra t o r .
The R ev . RUFU S S . GREEN,D . D .
,of th e Pre sby te ry o f Bu ffa l o ,
and th e R ev . ALEX ANDER G . RU S SE LL , o f th e Presby te ry o f Nas sau ,were ch o sen Temporary Cle rk s .
T he Comm i t tee o f Arran gemen t s , t h rough i t s ac t in g Cha i rman,the
R ev . N IN IAN B . REM ICK , p re sen ted the fol l ow in g recommen da t i on s ,wh ich we re adop ted
I . That the morn ing sess ion s begin a t n ine o'clock
,an d c lose a t twe lve , the fi rs t
hal f hour to be spen t in devo t ion al se rvices , in accordan ce with the Secon d Stan ding
Rule ;That th e aftern oon sess ion s begin a t two o
’c lock,and close a t hal f-pas t five ;
That the even ing sess ion s beg in at hal f-pas t seven o’c lock , and con t inue during,
the pleasure o f the Syn od .
O n accoun t o f the d is tance at which many o f the de legates are lodged , and in .
order to con form to the arrangemen t s o f fam il ies , i t i s reques ted that the re be n o en
croachm en ts upon the hours o f recess .
I o SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [O c t 2 1 st
2 . That on Wedn esday aftern oon a recess b e taken from a quar te r-pas t fouro’
c lock un t i l half-pas t four,immed iate ly after which .th e Sac ramen t o f the Lord ’s
S uppe r shal l be admin i stered un der the d i rec t ion o f th e Mode ra to r .
3 . Tha t a popular mee t ing in the in te re s t o f Fore ign Miss ion s be held on
Wednesday even ing,and a s im ilar mee t i ng for H ome Miss ion s and Miss ion s for
F reedmen on Thursday even ing ; al so , that th e Board o f Educat ion be ass igned the
hour of three ,and th e Board o f Aid for Colleges and Academies the hour of half
pas t three on Thursday afte rn oon .
In we l com ing th e S yn od,th e Commi t tee o f Arran gemen t s , in beha l f
o f the F i r s t Chu rch o f Troy,p re sen ted
,fo r the use o f the Modera to r
,
a gave l an d b l ock,wh ich were accep ted w i th the t han ks o f th e Syn od .
An in v i ta t i on f rom M r . an d Mrs . J am e s A . B u rden ,t o a soc ia l re
c eption an d l un cheon at Wood s i de H omes tead on Thu rsday,at
‘
on e
o ’cl ock,was p re sen ted
,an d accep ted wi t h co rd ia l than k s .
Adj ou rn ed un t i l t o-morrow at n in e o’c lock
,A . M .
Clo sed w i th p rayer .
WEDNESDAY,O c tobe r 2 1
, 9 o’c lock A . M .
The S yn od met,an d speht th e fi r s t hal f hou r in devo t iona l services .
Th e ro l l was ca l led , an d the fo l lowin g de lega tes,n o t p rev iou s l y
en ro l led,we re repo r ted as be in g p resen t i
P resby tery of A lba ny : Min i s te rs—O l ive r H emstreet,Charles G . Mat teson ;
E lders—James B . Je rmain , Da ri u s S . O r ton , M . D John C . Allen .
B ing/ta in ton E lder—George F . Han d , M . D .
Columbia E lde r—Milford L . Bates , M . D .
Gen eva E lde r—Jame s Mead .
R oe/tester : E lder—F rank M . E l le ry .
Troy : E lder—Will iam P . Bl i ss .
Utica E lder—Edward North,L . H . D .
The min u te s of ye s te rday’
s se s s i on were read an d app roved .
Pr in ted cop ies o f the Min u te s o f 1 884 , an d of th e D ocke t o f
B u s ine s s,were d i s t r i bu ted .
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 1 1
I t was made the fi rs t o rde r o f th e d ay fo r Thu rsday morn in g to h ear
the report o f the Commi t t‘ee on Plan s fo r S u s t en ta t i on,and the secon d
o rder t o h ear the repor t o f the Comm i t tee on the E n dowmen t o f
Hami l ton Col lege .
The Mode ra t o r an n oun ced the fo l l ow in g
STANDING COMM ITTE E S
r . B I LLS AND OVERTU RES :
M inister s— J ohn M cCle l lan Holme s,D . D . ,
W i l s on Ph ran er,D . D . ,
G eorge C . Cur t i s,D . D .
,J o hn D . We l l s
,D . D .
,George Harkn es s
,
Hen ry M . M acCracken ,D . D .
E l der s— J o seph H . Plumb,Ro swe l l G . Pe t t ibon e, James McF arlan d
Isaiah W . Smi th , E dwa rd F . P ie rson .
J UD IC I A L BU SINE SS :
M inister s— J oseph E . Nas sau,D . D .
,Geo rge Alexan de r
,D . D .
Charles C . Wa l lace,D . D .
,Geo rge C . Ye i s ley , Add i son D . Made i ra
,
D . D .
,J ohn McL ach lan
,Min o r Swick .
E lder s— Arch ibal d McClure , Jame s S . Fowl er , Moses S . Con ve r se ,T homas U . Dav id son
,Thomas T . F lagl er
,E dward Nor th
,L . H . D .
3 . MINU TES OF THE GENERA L ASSEMB LY ’
M inister s —Jame s Gardne r,D . D . ,
Hugh W . Torren ce , Corne l i u s S .
S towitts ,
E lder s— F ran c i s A . W i l l iams,D e Al t on Dwigh t .
4 . F I N ANCE
E lder s—George W . Tew ,Warn e r Van Norden ,
H i ram L . B rown ,
W i l l iam J . Donovan , Don al d McPherson .
5 . SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK :
M inister s—Charles S . Rob in son ,D . D . ,
J ohn V . C . Ne l l i s , P11 . D . .
Amasa S . F reeman,D . D .
,Alexan de r MCA . Thorbu rn , W i l l iam H .
L i t tel l , Arth u r H . A l len .
1 2 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [O c t z rst,
E l der s— Lou i s Chap in , Timo thy Parke r , H i ram W . Cady , S tephen
D . Van W i ck le , He rman R . Hal sey .
6 . LEAVE OF A B SENCE
M inister s— J o seph W . E arn shaw,Newton J . Conk l in
,Theron L .
Wa l do .
E l der s—Gugy S . Tay lo r,J ame s M . Th ra l l .
7 . NOM INAT ION OF V I SITORS TO THE THEOLOG I C A L’
SEM INAR IES
M inister s—Charle s S . R i chard son,Howard Corne l l
,J ohn M . S teven
son,D . D .
,Dav id M . Ran k in
,D . D .
E lder s— S tan ton Cady,Hen ry L . Bu t ler
,Charles G . B ru nd ige .
8. NOM INA T ION OF WOMAN’
S COMM ITTEE ON HoME MISSION S
Minister s—F reder i ck B . Savage,D . D . , Pl in y F . S anbo rn e
, J . E d
ward C lose,Lawren ce P . Cummin gs .
E l a’er s— J ohn Hami l ton
, Jr . , Garwood J . Mead , Alexan de r M .
Turn e r .
9 . NOM INA T ION OF TH E PERM ANEN T COMM I TTEE ON TEMPERANCE
M inister s—Asa S . F i ske , F ran k l in S . Howe,E dward S t ra t ton ,
John
B u rrows .
E l der s—Abraham T . B lauve l t,Chen ey P . Wh i tn ey , Rober t Hen
d erson, J r .
I O . NOM INAT ION O F TRU STEES A N D E XAM INERS O F E LM IRA CO L
LEGE
M inister s— E z ra A . Hun t in gton D . D . ,Lean der T . Chamber la in ,
D . D .
,Sab in McK inn ey , E dw in Hal l .
E l der s—Dan ie l C . McPhe rson, W i l l iam B rad ley , Abe l S towe l l .
The Mode ra t o r a l s o an n oun ced the fo l l ow in g
A .D . 1 885] SYNOD OF N E w YORK .
COMMITTEES ON TH E RECORDS OF THE PRESBYTER IES ‘
I . ALB ANY M inister s— H en ry Wa rd,Claren ce H . Beebe ;
E l der— He zek iah Ber ry .
2 . B INGHAMTON M inister s— Chan d le r N .
' Thoma s,Samue l
B owden ; E lder— J oseph T . Hoo le .
3 . BOSTON : M in ister s— Dav i d Lyon,Arthu r W . Sp oon er ;
E lder— E dward Cro sby,M . D .
4 . BROOKLYN : .Min ister s— Cha rl e s W . Coope r,Geo rge R .
Gar re t son ; E l der— N i ch olas E ve re t t .
5 . BUFF A LO : fli in ister s— George S . Pay son ,Thoma s C .
S t rau s ; E l der— Joseph Bar re t t .
6 . C AYUG A M in ister s— Thomas A . Reeves,Sybran t N el
son ; E l a’er— Jam es Ca l de rwood .
7 . CH AMPL A IN ‘ M inister s— I s rae l N . Te rry , J ohn C . Lenhar t ;E lder— E n os L ee .
8. CHEMUNG ‘ M in ister s— J o seph W . San de r s on,Gran vi l le
R . P ike ; E l der— Rober t H ende r s on, J r .
9 . CH I LE : M inister s— I saac Swift,Robe r t P . Gibs on :
E l der —S chuy ler B . Coe .
I O . CO LUMB IA M inister s— H erber t D . Con e,Charles B .
Chap in ; E lder— Hen ry Sea rs .
1 1 . GENESEE M inister s— An s on P . At terbu ry , E dga r P .
Sa lmon ; E l der—Wa l te r B . Cran e .
1 2 . GENES E E VA LLEY : M in ister s— Dan ie l A . Fergu son ,M in o r Swick ;
E lder— B en j amin J . Dye r .
I 3 . GENEV A M in ister s— Ru fu s S . Green ,D . D . ,
Hu gh P .
M cAd am ; E l der— E me rs on H . Adams .
I 4 . HUDSON [Win ister s— Alexande r G . Ru ssel l , David G .
W y l ie ; E l der— T . Me l v i l le Pren t i s s .
I 8.
1 9 .
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2 1 .
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LONG I SLAND
LYON S
NA SSAU
N E W YORK
N IAG ARA :
NORTH L AO S
NO RTH R IVER
O R O O M IAH
OTSEGO :
ROCHESTER :
ST . LAWREN CE :
S I AM
STEU BEN
SYR A CU SE
TROY
SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [O c t . z r st,
M inister s Jame s Chambe r s,George P
.
Nob le ; E lder— Ferd in an d Shaw .
M inister s— F rank H . Coffran , E van R . E van s ;E l der— George V . N . Re l yea .
M inister s fl Hen ry G . B irchby, W i l l iam H .
R i ce ; E l der—George N . B i s se l l .
M in ister s— Mose s E . D un h am ,D . D .
,Rober t.
P . Gibson ; E lder— E dmun d Hya t t .
M inister s— J ames P . B ryan t , Geo rge M . J an es
E lder— J. Arthu r B u rr .
M inister s — J ohn L . Taxy lor, Rober t R .
Wa tk in s ; E lder—H i ram W . Cady .
M inister s— Ar thu r Po t t s,J ohn J . H en n in g
,
E l der— W i l l iam M . Boo th .
M inister s— E z ra A . Hun t in g ton ,D . D . ,
Geo .
C . Ye i s ley ; E lder— Jame s S . Fowler .
M inister s — Rober t A . Dav i s on ,
Taylo r ; E lder— Dan ie l W . F i sh .
J oh n L .
M inister s— J ohn Tu rn e r , un i u s J . Cowles ,E lder— H e rman Z in cke .
M in ister s— Abraham S . Ga rd ine r,Ve rn on N .
Ye rg in ; E lder— W i l l iam C . Mar t in .
M inister s— J oseph K . W i gh t,W i l l iam C .
B rown ; E l der— Amos Hoch strasser .
M inister s— Hen ry W i cke s,Lou i s E uln er ;
E lder— Jame s B i gge rs ta ff .
M in ister s—Char le s Town sen d , Arc t u ru s Z .
COn rad ; E l der—W i l l iam F . L ee .
M inister s —’
N i cho las W . Goertn er, D .
W i l l iam H . Tracy ; E lder— J ohn L aw .
A . D . SYNOD OF N E w YORK . 1 5
30 . UT I C A : M in ister s— I saac Swi f t,Don a l d B . MacL eO d '
E lder— F reder i ck B l ume .
3 1 . WESTCHE STER M inister s— John Wau gh, J . W in th rop Hage
In an ; E l der— J oseph Toz ie r .
I t was
R esolved, That a commi ttee of n in e be appoin ted to con s ider the re lation s of the
Synod’
o f N ew York to the cause o f Academic an d Col legia te Educat ion in th i s s ta te ,
and to repor t during th e presen t sess ion s .
The commi t tee was de s i gn a ted as foll ows : M inister s— Jame s Gard
ner,D . D .
,Geo rge C .Cu r t i s , D . D .
,Mose s E . D unham
,D . D .
,Hen ry M .
MacCracken,D . D .
,T . Ra l s ton Smi th
,D . D .
,Tryon E dward s
,D
. D . ;
E lder s— D e Al ton Dw i gh t,Mose s S umn e r Con ve rse
,Ro swe l l G . Pet
Hbon e .
Commun i ca t ion s we re p re sen ted an d read,as fo l l ows : F rom the
Bu rden I ron Compan y , th e Troy S tee l an d I ron Compan y , an d M e s s r s .
Geo rge B . Clu e t t , B ro . Co .
,in v i t in g th e member s o f the Syn od t o
v i s i t t he i r re spec t i ve work s an d fac to r ie s ; a l s o,from the Tru s tee s o f
the Troy Youn g M en’s As soc ia t i on
,Offer in g th e p r iv i lege s o f i t s l i brary
and read in g rooms t o th e member s o f th e Syn od du rin g the i r s tay in
l he c i t y .
Th e in v i ta t i on s we re accep ted wi th thank s .
The Record s o f the Presby ter ie s we re p re sen ted on the cal l in g of
the ro l l .
Ove r tu res,memor ial s,appea l s an d comp la in t s were ca l led for
,an d
the papers p resen ted were p laced in th e han ds o f the S ta t ed C le rk for .
referen ce t o the approp r ia te c omm i t tee s .
The Commi t tee of Arran gem en t s p resen ted the fo l l owin g recom
mend ation s,wh ich w ere adop ted
1 . That th e Mode rato r be ass is ted a t th e commun ion by Rul ing El ders E dward North
,Roswe l l G . Pe t t i bon e , James S . Fowle r , Warner Van Norden , Archibald
McClure an d Joseph T . Hoole
2 . That a t the fo re ign miss ion ary mee t ing thi s even ing the Mode ra to r pres ide ,
and addresses be made by th e R ev. Me ssrs . I saac H . Polhemus , An d rew P . Happe r ,D . D . , and Leande r T . Chambe rla in ,
D . D .
I t was made th e th i rd o rde r o f bu s in e s s fo r Thu rsday a f tern oon
to rece ive the repor t s o f the Commi t tee s on th e Record s o f the Presbyteries .
1 6 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [O c t . z r st,
Th e Treasu re r’
s Repor t was p resen ted,accep ted
,an d refer red t o the
C ommi t tee on F inan ce .
Th e fo l l ow in g me s sage was d i rec ted t o be sen t t o th e Gen era l As so-c iation o f Con grega t i ona l Chu rch es of N ew Yo rk
,in se s s i on at Pu lask i :
Gr eeting—Read I Th es sa l on ian s
,i i i .
,1 2 .
I t was
R esolved, That the Syn od d irec ts th e careful at ten t ion of the S tated Cle rk s of
Pre sby te ries to the importan ce of giv ing , in variably , the Chri s t ian n ames in fu l l of al l
person s , and espec ial ly min i ste rs and e lders,men t ioned in the i r reco rd s an d docu
m en t s ; and re fe rs to i t s own ac t ion on the Records of the Presby te ry of U t i ca , in1 884 (see Minute s , p . and also to the requi remen ts o f th e Genera l Assembly
,as
r ecorded in the Min ute s o f 1885 , pp . 834 and 836 .
A p ape r on th e s ubj ec t of E duca t i on was p re sen ted,an d refer red to
t h e S pec ia l Commi t tee on the Re la t i on s o f the S yn od to Academic
an d Col legia te E du ca t i on in th i s S ta te .
T he Commi t tee o f V i s i t o rs t o Aubu rn Theo l ogi ca l S emin ary pre
s en ted th e fo l l ow in g repo r t,wh ich was accep ted :
This school o f the prophe t s i s beau t i ful ly located in a very des i rable part o f th e
C i ty o f Auburn. The bu i ld ings are fine l y S i tuated on an e levated si te ove rlooking
th e c i ty and afford ing an exten ded View o f the surroun ding coun t ry . An en c losure of
abou t e igh t ac res con ta in s a group o f bu i ld ings adap ted to the uses o f th e institu
t ion,th e oldes t o f wh ich i s Wil lard H al l
,and n ear by th e new an d commodious
Morgan Hall ,"an d the elegan t L ibrary , g iven by Mess rs Dodge an d Morgan ; while
th e res iden ce s o f the Professors are adj o in ing . Most of these edifices are o f recen t
s t ructure , and are admirably arranged , and we l l equipped wi th requisi te conven ien ces ;in fac t , a re al l tha t could be desi red fo r th e purpose s to wh ich they are devoted .
Th e s taff o f Professors i s ful l , an d dur ing th e year pas t good work has been done
in the i r respec t ive departmen t s . W e regre t to report that Pro f. Upson has been laidas ide fo r seve ral mon ths by severe i l ln ess , from which h e i s bu t S lowly recove ring.
'
The n ew Professor , R ev. James S . R iggs , has en tered zealously upon the duties of
h i s departmen t , which , your commi t tee i s gra t ified to fin d ,i s n ot a d iv i s ion o f on e pre
v iously exis t ing, but an essen t ia l an d valuable add i t ion . He has occup ied his fi rstyear of servi ce large ly wi th lay ing good foundat ion s
,and in th is has fa i rly won the
c on fiden ce an d e s teem of h is col leagues and h is classes .
The to tal n umbe r o f s tuden t s i s fo rty-fou r , s ixteen in each o f the highe r c lasses ,a n d twe lve in the j un io r class . An inc rease in th e near futu re i s confiden t ly an t ic ipa ted . These young m en appear s tud ious and con sc ien t ious in preparing for the i r
h igh cal l ing ; an d some of them are o f con sp icuous p rom ise . The in s t ruct ion im
par ted is sc rip tural an d effic ien t . W e in vi te the a tten t ion of th e s tuden ts to the
importan ce o f an accurate famil iari ty w i th the text o f the Holy Scriptu res . And we
beg to sugges t to the fathe rs and b re thren who compose the Facul ty and th e Board ofC ommission e rs , and who are en t rusted w ith the d irec tion of th e in s t i t u t ion , to press
con t inual ly towariis n oble r ideals , an d in th e future to con s ider what measures may berequ i red to promote in the s tuden ts in c reased dil igence an d appl ica t ion
,and an undi
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R esolved , That the Synod u rge s upon i t s churches the condemn at ion o f th e publ ish ing, se l l ing , pu rchas ing or reading of Sunday newspape rs
,in con form i ty w i th the
ac t ion of the Gene ral Assembly of 1885 , which i s as fol lows : W e cann o t withhold
th e most emphat i c condemnat ion o f the publ icat ion,sale an d read ing o f Sunday
n ewspape rs , fi l led as they are with mos t unprofi table m at te r,and now exe rt ing so
W idespread an d in j u rious an in fluen ce .
"
The fol l ow in g re spon se was rece i ved t o th e f ra terna l me s sage sen t
b y the SVn od th i s mo rn in g :
The Gen era l Assoc iat ion of Congregat ion al Churches o f N ew Yo rk,in se ss ion a t
P ulask i , send to the Syn od o f N ew York the i r Chri s t ian and fraternal salu tat ion s,
:and wish them grace , mercy an d peace in a l l thei r work fo r our common Lord and
M aster . JOHN E . BRADLEY , M odera tor .
T he fo l low ing m in u te was adop ted :
WHEREAS : There i s an in creasing ten den cy o n the part of m any o f the ra i lway
a nd s teamboa t corpo rat ion s o f the S tate o f N ew York to run Spec ial excurs ion t ra in s
a nd boat s on the Lord’
s Day , tending .t o make the sac red day a hol iday,e spec ially in
the l a rger c i t ies an d the i r suburbs ; the re fo re
R esolved , Tha t th e Syn od cann o t re fra in from expre ss ing i t s regre t'
at th e growth
O f th is ev i l , and earnes tly requests al l who are f riendly to the san c t i ty o f the Lord ’s
Day to use thei r in fluen ce in d iscoun ten an c ing th i s desec ra t ion,e spec ial ly call ing upon
th e Chris t ian o ffi cers , directors an d s tockholde rs in rai lway and s teamboat compan ies
t o re fuse al l reques t s and deman ds for the run n ing of excursion s on the Day of Rest .
T he commi t tee app o in ted las t year t o co n s i der P lan s fo r E van ge l i s t i c"Work
,p re sen ted the fo l lowin g repo r t , wh ich was ad op ted :
Th e in s t ruct ion s un de r wh ich th i s commi t tee has ac ted , are ex pressed in the resolu
t ion adop ted by the Synod at i t s mee t ing Pas t year, and recorded on page 2 2 o f the
prin ted Min u tes .
Your committee reports that the resul t o f i ts in ves t igat i on s has been to impress i tm os t deeply w ith th e u rgen t n eed for more ac t ive and aggres s ive effort to supply the
spi ri tual des t i tu t ion which exis t s w i th in the bounds o f the Syn od .
In many coun try d is t ric ts . espec ial ly aroun d the ve rge of the n orthern wi ldern ess
church es can n o t be main tained by reason of the spa rseness o f the populat ion ; and
th e inhab itan ts are lef t almos t en t i re ly des t i tu te o f th e mean s o f grace . In our smaller
man ufac turing town s an d c i t ies , where m en o f s imi la r occupat ion s bu t d iverse n at ion al i ty
are brough t toge ther in large n umbe rs , the prevalen t hab i ts o f though t an d l i fe are
mak ing the l aboring classes less accessible to Chri s t ian in fluen ce , an d seem to call for
some change in the sp iri t o r th e appl ian ces o f th e ch urches , i f these c lasses are to be
saved from in fidel i ty and moral dec ay .
In our great c i t ies n ot on ly are mul t i tudes un reached by the churches , bu t in somecases populous sec t ion s have been le ft wi thou t any places o f worship o r any adequate
mean s o f re l igious in s t ruct ion . I t i s a sugges t ive fac t tha t the headquarte rs o f bothour Fore ign and Home miss ion ary ope rat ion s are l ocated n ea r the cen te r of
la t i on o f more than soul s,h alf o f them n at
there i s no t a s ingle church , chapel o r miss ion o f th
A . D .SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 1 9
of zeal in propagat ing the fa i th in parts remote can atone fo r such neglec t . The fac ts
s eem to cal l fo r th e humbl ing con fession tha t our own vineyard we have n o t kep t .
The quest ion how the duty o f th e Syn od to the unevange l ized should be discharged ,i s
,the re fo re ,
a complex o ne and admi ts o f noeasy solut ion . Where thecond i t ion s
vary So widel y , no s ingle plan can mee t the necess i t ies o f the case .
Your commit tee i s convinced tha t in many thin ly set t led par ts o f the s ta te, any
a ttempt to supply th e Spi ritual wan t s o f the people by mean s o f pasto rs and s ta ted
suppl ie s wil l n ecessari ly p rove f rui t less . I n such commun i t ies , i t should be the a im ,
by mean s o f i t ine ran t evangel i s ts , colporteurs , o r other lay worke rs , to hold occas ion alp reaching services , to establ ish and main tain S abbath-schools or p rayer-m eet ings
, and
to in culcate and en courage family re l ig ion .
Where i t i s possible , in work o f th is so r t , to cooperate wi th Chris t ian s o f o therdenominat ion s , i t should be our a im to Show that our zeal fo r the cause of the Mas te r
and fo r th e sal vat ion o f soul s exceeds our zeal fo r denom in at ion al advan tage . This
work,when outs ide th e bounds of exis t ing congregations
,n aturally devolves upon
the Presby tery ; and the Presby tery should , as far as poss ible , provide the m en and
mean s fo r i t s p rosecut ion . Your committee , the re fo re , sugges ts that the Syn od “adop tthei ol lowing
R esolved , That i t be recommended to the Presbyteries o f the Synod to search ou tthe waste places w ith in thei r borde rs , to avai l themselves o f such in fo rmat ion as maybe obtained for them by the Synodical Super in ten den t , and to devise such measuresfo r carrying th e gospel t o these out ly ing d is t ricts as may b e best su ited to the part ieular c ircum stan ces o f each case , whe ther by the employmen t of evange l i s ts and col
porteurs o r by o ther forms o f l ay effort .
The neglec ted reg ion s o f o ur l arge c i t ies l ie within the bounds of those Presby
teries which a re m ) s t ab le to supply th e mean s n ecessary to provide place s o f worsh ipand equip them with laborers . Such Presbyterie s should be s t i rred by the though t o fthe mul t itudes perishing a t the i r doo rs fo r wan t o f the b read o f l i fe , and endeavo r tocal l ou t th e consec rated gifts and l abors which are requi red to rol l away the reproachnow res t ing upon our church .
In evangel iz ingth e mul t i tudes wi th in easy reach of exis t ing chu rches,i t appears
to your comm i t tee that the g rea t n ecess i ty i s the quicken ing o f the sp i ri tual l i fe and
missionary zeal o f the min is t ry and chu rch m embers . This u rgen t n ecess i ty has
been recogn ized by the Presby tery O f N ew York,as wel l as by the Ep iscopal Church
in ce rtain par ts o f the S ta te . E arnes t and we l l-con s idered e ffo rts are abou t to be pu tfor th to secure th is end by the coopera t ion and mutual support o f pas to rs , and by
special mee t i ngs design ed to awaken the impen i ten t and arouse bel ieve rs to n ew d il i
gence and devo tio n . These p lan s,which are publ ished and access ible to al l , are com
m ended to though t fu l con s iderat i on .
Your comm it tee can sugges t n o mode of work appl i cable to a l l cases , but p ro.poses fo r adop t ion the fol lowing resolu t ion
R esolved , Tha t i t b e recommen ded to the Presbyteries , and , where presby te r ia la c t ion is impract icable
,to indiv idual churches or groups of Churches , to ins t i tu te
during the coming win te r some spec ial measures fo r awaken ing Chris t ian s to a sen se
of respon s ibi l i ty for th e ungodly abou t them ,and fo r cal l ing ou t the sp i ri t o f praye r
and labor,and leading the unsaved to repen tan ce and fa i th in Chris t .
The Board o f E xamin ers o f E lm i ra Col lege p resen ted i t s ann ua l
repor t , wh ich was accep ted and o rde red to be p laced on fi le .
2 0 SYN OD OF NEW YORK . [O c t . z r st,
The spec ia l c omm i t tee appo in ted to c on s i de r the re lat i on s o f the
Syn od t o the cau se o f Academic an d Col legiate E ducat i on p resen ted
the fo l low in g repor t , wh ich was adop ted :
I . For the in te re sts o f sound Chr is t ian educa t ion , i t i s in th e highes t degree im
portan t that th e Svnod o f N ew York b e , as far as poss ible , connec ted by ove rs igh tand corre sponden ce w i th the col lege s and academie s wi th in i ts bounds tha t . are
de si rous of p lac ing themse lves in such connec t ion .
2 . That the connect ion thus desi red shall , as far as poss ible , be such as now
exists between our theological Semin ar ies and the Gen eral Assembly—the Synod an
nual ly appoin t ing v is i tors to such in s t i tu t ion s , an d rece iv ing reports from them , and
suggest ing such po in ts as may lead to the i r advan ce an d improvemen t .
3 . The Synod sugges ts to th e Trustee s and Man agers o f al l such in st itution s ,tha t they exerc i se spec ial care to see that th e cou rse of in s t ruct ion pu rsued in them bein ful l accordan ce with evange l ical Chri s t ian views , and also w i th ou r own denomination al v iews of church orde r an d doc t rin e .
4 . That th is commi ttee be con t inued during th e.
ses sion s o f the Syn od,tha t it
may n omin a te V is i to rs to any in s t itu t ion s that may ask the i r appoin tmen t .
Th e spec ia l commi t tee t o wh i ch was re ferred the reso l u t i on con
cern in g th e F reedom of Wor sh ip B i l l , rep orted th e fol low in g m inu te,
wh ich was adop ted
Inasmuch as adhe ren ts o f the Church of Rome,known as the Cathol ic Un ion
,
have for years pas t repeatedly and pers i s ten t ly urged , in th e legislature of th is S tate ,the en actmen t o f a b i l l un de r the spec iou s and mislead ing t i t le ,
Freedom of Worsh ip ,
" which,i f made l aw
,would open the way to al l forms of d iv is ive and p rose
lyt ing measu res , to the imperi l ing of c iv il an d rel igious freedom ;
R esolved,That the Syn od earnest ly appeals to our people to resi s t an d oppose , by
al l righ t and feasible mean s , en croachmen ts upon th e spi ri t and admin i strat ion of ou rfree in st i tut ion s by an organ i zat ion which has eve r refused to o the rs that freedom of“
worsh ip which i t deman ds fo r i t se l f.
A reso l u t ion con ce rn in g Re l i g ion an d -"
Pub l ic E duca t i on was pre
sen ted,and re fer red t o a commi t tee con s i s t in g of th e R ev . Mes s rs .
Geo rge S . Payson,Char le s S . R i chard son an d Dan ie l A . Fergu son , and
E l der s Ro swe l l G . Pe t t ibone an d Warn e r Van Norden .
O n the recommen da t i on o f th e comm i t tee appo in ted to n om inate
T ru s tee s an d E xaminer s fo r E lm i ra Col lege, the fol low ing per son s
we re e lec ted
Tr ustees— R ev . W i l s on Ph ran er , D . D . ,R ev . Charle s S . Rob in son ,
D . D . ,J oh n T . Ra t hbun
,John I . N i ck s , Newton P . Fas se t t
,and Sey
mou r Dex te r,t o serve fo r th ree year s ; and t o fi l l the vacan cy occa
sion ed by th e decease of R ev . Ben j amin M . Gold sm i th , D . D . ,R ev . J .
Lovej oy Rober t son,t o serve for on e year .
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 2 1
E x aminer s—R ev . Samue l D unham ,R ev . John S . Bacon ,
and R ev .
F reder ick B . Savage , D . D . ,t o serve fo r th ree year s .
Th e Commi t tee on F inance'
presen ted the fo l l ow in g rep or t , wh ich
w as adop ted
The commi t tee has examined th e accoun t s of th e Treasure r,an d compared them
w i th the accompany ing vouche rs , and i t fin ds th e same correc t . The amoun t in the
t reasury , appl icable to the expen ses o f th e curren t year,i s
I t recommen ds the repaymen t to the Pre sbyte ry o f Nassau o f twelve dollars and
thi rty-s ix cen t s , be ing th e amoun t overpai d by that Pre sby te ry in 1883 .
’
I t al so recommen ds tha t the rate o f apport ionmen t fo r th e coming year be one
h al f cen t fo r each commun i can t .
A reces s was taken fo r fi f teen m in u tes .
After the rece s s,the Sac ramen t o f the Lord ’s Supper was adm in is
t ered,in accordan ce wi th the p rev i ou s a r ran gemen t .
A reces s was taken un t i l ha l f-pa s t seven o’c l o ck
,P . M .
Closed w i th p raye r .
WEDNESDAY,O c t obe r 2 1
,o
’
c l ock,P . M .
After th e reces s,pu rsuan t t o appo in t men t
,devo t ion al se rv ices were
hel d , and add re s ses on th e s ubj ec t o f Fo re i gn M iss ion s were made,th e
R ev. J ohn D . We l l s,D . D . ,
tak in g the place o f the R ev . An drew P
Happe r,D . D .
Adj ou rned un t i l t o-morrow at n ine o’
c l o ck,A . M .
Closed w i th p raye r .
THURSDAY,O c t ob er 2 2
, 9 o’c lock
,A . M .
Th e Syn od m et,and Sp en t th e fi r s t h al f h o u r in devo t i ona l se rv ice s .
The ro l l was cal led,and th e fo l low in g add i t i ona l de legates were
repor ted as be in g p re sen t :
P resby tery of Gen eva : Min i s ter—J. Je rmain Porte r , D . D .
W este/iester : Min i ster—Man fred P . \Ve l ch er .
2 2 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [O c t . z ad ,
The min u tes o f ye s terday’s se s s ion s we re read an d app roved .
The R ev . M es s r s . H en ry Ken da l l , D . D .
,R i chard H . Allen ,
D . D .,
Dan ie l W . Poo r,D . D .
,an d W i l l iam C . Ca t te l l
,D . D .
,of th e Syn od o f
Pen n sy lvan ia,be in g p re sen t
,w ere in v i ted t o Sit as Correspon d in g
,
m ember s .
Th e Comm i t tee o f Arran gemen t s p re sen ted th e fol l ow in g recom
m en d ation s,wh i ch were adop ted :
Tha t the R ev . Mart in Luthe r Be rger,represen t ing the McAl l M ISSIon In F ran ce ,
b e heard for fi fteen m inutes a t th e fi rs t unoccupied hou r t o-d ay ;Th a t a t the mee ting for Hom e Miss ion s
, on Thu rsday even ing , th e Moderato r
p res id e ,and addres ses be de l ivered by th e R ev . M essrs . Addison D . Made i ra , D . D .
,
Hen ry A . Newel l,Hen ry Ken da l l , D . D o f th e Board of Home Mission s , an d R ichard
H . Allen , D . D . ,of the Board o f Miss ion s fo r F reedmen .
The c omm i t tee app o in ted las t yea r to prepa re a Plan o f S u s ten ta t i on
for th e feebl e ch u rches w i th in th e boun d s O f th e Syn od , p re sen ted a
rep or t,wh ich was accep ted .
Pen d in g i t s con s iderat i on,a reces s was tak en un t i l h a l f-pas t two .
O’cl ock
,P
'
. M .
Cl o sed wi th p rayer .
THURSDAY,O c t ober 2 2 , o
’
cl ock P . M .
The Syn od m et,an d was opened wi t h p raye r .
Th e un fin i sh ed bu sin es s was resum ed ,and i t was
R esolved,Tha t the farthe r con s idera t ion of th e Report on Sus ten ta t ion be postponed
un t i l the merit mee t ing of the Syn od , and that the report be prin ted in the Appendix
to th e Min utes .
Th e R ev . J ames Gardn e r , D . D . ,an d E l de rs Warn er Van Norden
an d Thomas T . F lagler we re appo in ted a comm i t tee t o d raf t by-laws
(as p rov i ded fo r in S ec t i on 5 O f th e Ac t un der wh i ch th e Syn od i s
in corp ora ted) , wh ich shal l gove rn the appo in tmen t o f‘
o fficers t o c on
t ro l th e affa i r s an d p rope r ty of th i s co rpora t ion ; an d t o n om in ate
Tru s tee s,in clud in g th e Mod era t o r , th e S tat ed an d Perm an en t Clerk s ,
an d th e Treasu re r,ex ofi eio.
Th e R ev . Dan ie l W . Poor , D . D . ,add re s sed th e Syn od in behal f o f
th e Board of E duca t i on .
A . D . 1 885 ] SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 2 3
The R ev . T imo thy G . Dar l ing,D . D . ,
addre s sed the Synod in beh al f
o f the B oard o f A id fo r Col lege s an d Academ ies .
T he Comm it tee on th e E n d owmen t o f Hami l t on Col lege p re sen ted
a repor t,wh ich was accep ted ; an d addre s se s on th e s ubj ec t were m ade
by th e R ev . Hen ry Da r l in g,D . D .
,LL . D .
,th e Pres iden t o f the co l lege
,
and th e R ev . H en ry Kenda l l , D . D .
The report i s as fo l l ows
The pas t year has been on e of in ac t ion as re spects th e en dowm en t of Hamil ton
Col lege . The in te rnal affairs o f th e in st i tu t ion have been in such a s ta te tha t n o thing could be unde r taken successful ly in the way o f outward e ffort . As a con sequen ce ,
the movemen t to secure has b een arres ted,an d remain s whe re i t was a
twe lvemon th s in ce . No r can i t s fo rme r momen tum be regain ed , excep t as in every
port ion of th e Synod there shal l b e a quicken ed sen se o f our obl igat ion as a church
to educate our son s in our own in st i tu t ion s .
That th i s p r inc iple should assert i t se l f , th ere can be no ques t ion . I t has passed
in to a proverb tha t th e chu rch wh ich educate s mos t w i l l be the church of the fu tu re .
True , a col lege ,to command pa t ron age ,
mus t posse ss in t r in si c exce l len ce as wel l as
denomina t ion al endorsem en t . An d th is requi res a large expen d i tu re o f money . Bu t ,con s ide ring the imm en se re source s o f the Presby te rian Church in the Empire S ta te ,
i ti s certain ly wi th in our power , as i t is w ith in our p rov ince , to -endow a col legiate i n st itution that shal l be every way worthy o f our den omin a t ion al charac ter an d posi t ion .
I f Ham il ton Col lege i s no t th e prope r objec t upon which to bes tow ou r g if ts,l e t us
,as
a Synod,frankly say so , and aban don th e movemen t wh ich , in good fa i th , we inaugu
rated three years ago . But i f i t i s a col lege wh ich mee ts the growing demands of ourchurch
,o r wh ich , wi th i ncreased expendi tu re , may be made to mee t them ,
l et us re
sume our opera t ion s in the mat te r o f th e en dowmen t , and place the i n s t i tu tion ,forth
wi th,upon a sol id fi nanc i al bas i s .
Impre ssed wi th the con v ic t ion that Hami l ton Col lege shoul d rece ive th e symp athy
an d support of th e Presbyte rian C hurch in th is S ta te, and tha t i ts projec ted en dow
men t Should b e accompl ished a t no dis tan t day , your commi t tee recommends th e
adop t ion of th e fol lowing resol u t ion
R esolved, Tha t a commi t tee con s is t ing of seven min i s te rs and five el de rs , to take
the place of th e p rese n t commit tee , be appo in ted to devise and put in operat ion some
effic ien t p lan fo r comple t ing th e en dowm en t of H ami l ton Col lege in th e sum of five
hundred thousand dol lars .
Th e recommenda t i on was adop ted,and th e commi t tee was appo in t ed
as fo l l ows :'
R'
ev . M e s s r s . J ohn H . E cob,D . D . ,
Hen ry H . S tebb in s , D . D .
,
J . W i lfo rd J ack s,T . Ral s t on Sm i th
,D . D . ,
Charles E . Rob in son ,D . D .
,
E dward G . Thu rbe r,D . D .
,Hen ry Kenda l l
,D . D .
,and E lde r s
Charle s A . Ha ey, Horace B . S i l l iman,Theodore S . H ubbard ,
Thomas T . F lagle r an d W i l l iam F . L ee .
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The Commi t tee on the E ndowmen t o f E lm i ra Col lege p re sen ted the
fo l l owin g repor t,wh ic h was accep ted
The commi t tee has had the Objec t of i ts appoin tmen t in mind , and one mee t ing hasbeen cal led , a t the col lege in Jun e l as t . \Vhile , upon con fe ren ce , the pre sen t d id not
seem to be a favorable t ime fo r a gen e ral effort toward increased endowmen t , yet
pl an s have been maturing by which i t i s hoped that thi s des i rable re su l t m ay be se
cured . Th e recen t movemen t , in spi red by the gene rous offe r of D . W . Mcw i l l iams,
E sq ,as execu tor o f the Marquan d e s ta te , to give the sum of on condi t ion
tha t a l ike sum be raised by the frien ds of th e col lege , has been comple ted , and the
sum o f added to the avai lable funds o f the in s t i tut ion . A large port ion ofth is amoun t
,howeve r
,has been expended upon the n ecessary en largemen t and im
provemen t of the col lege bui ld ings . These are now in exce l len t o rder,and furn i sh
accommodat ion s fo r an in creased n umber o f s tuden ts . With improved con ven ien ces
an d apparatus for study , th e college i s s tead ily pursuing i ts course and doing exce l len tand effec t ive work . The curriculum of study has been en l arged an d . rais,ed , so as to
be on a leve l wi th the s tan dard of the bes t co llege s fo r women in th e coun t ry . The
Facul ty is composed of able an d compe ten t Pro fesso rs and In s t ruc tors , who are
earnes t , even to en thus iasm,in the i r work . The Pres iden t , a gen t leman o f l ong e x
perien ce ,and
,by spec ial cu l ture , pecul iarly adapted to h is pos i t ion , devotes h is whole
t ime and en ergies , and i s indefat igable in hi s e fforts on behal f Of the in s t i tu t ion . The
col lege has an honorable reco rd , an d both the hi s to ry of th e past and the presen t cond it ion and work of the col lege are such as to give i t c la im to th e apprec iat ion ,
confi
den ce and pat ronage of the members o f the Presbyter ian Church in th i s s ta te .
I t i s n o longe r a ques t ion fo r d iscussion whe ther women Shal l be as wel l educa tedas m en . I t i s a se t t led and accep ted fac t , that the average woman i s as capable ofprofi t ing by a l iberal educat ion as the average m an . I t i s also Obvious that a womanm ay so u t i l ize a superio r ed ucat ion as to make i t mos t des i rable , both for herse l f and
for her family,even though Sh e do n o t en te r upon a l i te rary caree r or profe ss ion al
l i fe . A we l l-educated Chris t ian mothe r may , perchance , do as much for the church
and th e coming of Chri s t’s k ingdom as those in a more publ ic,pos i t ion
,such as that
o f the physic ian,the l awye r o r the author . Ce rtain ly n o o ne wil l que st ion that
,for
those who choose to devo te the i r l ives to th e profe ss ion o f teaching , which i s more
and more coming in to the han ds o f women ,a tho rough collegiate educa t ion i s as es
sen tia l as a col legiate t ra in ing i s fo r any o f the learn ed pro fession s among m en .
'
A
superio r educat ion i s o ften,al so
,the ch ief re l iance of able and t alen ted young women
for honorable sel f-support in those prov iden t i a l c i rcumstan ces in which se l f-suppor t is
a n ecessi ty .
Y et more , woman’s spec ial work in miss ion fie lds and various aspec ts o f soc ial
re form ,and her gove rn ing in fluen ce in the Ope rat ion s o f the church and Sunday
school , grea tly emphasize the u rgen t demand for wel l-t ra ined and highly educated
Chri s t ian women ,—women educated n ot fo r admira t ion o r exh ib i t ion ,
bu t for sober ,e arnest Chris t ian in fluen ce an d re l ig ious work .
This i s th e type of educat ion which the Chris t ian col lege should give ,and such i s
the t rain ing which i t has been the one a im o f E lmi ra Col lege to secure fo r i tss tuden ts . With ve ry l imi ted resou rce s
,der ived chiefly from local sources, an d from
those who have bes t known the college and apprec iated th e value and importan ce of
i t s work , i t has gon e on fo r th i rty years , s tead i ly , though slow ly ,~ iii creasing i ts reputa
t ion and extending i ts influen ce . Mean t ime'
i t s pecun ia ry resource s have been
gradually accumulat ing during these yea rs,as augmen ted by se l f-support , and from
t ime to t ime by small donat ion s . Th is has requi red mos t careful fi nanc ial adm inis
2 6 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Oc t . 2 2 d,
the beginn ing . I t s aim has been to educate n o t simply the in te l lec t , bu t a l so the
hear t , to deve lop the re l igious affec t ion s an d characte r,and so to qual ify in the
highes t degree for Chri st ian in fluen ce an d use fu l serv ice . I t i s located most el igiblywi th in our own boun ds , an d i ts affai rs are en t i rely unde r th e con tro l of th e Syn od .
A prope r un de rs tanding o f i t s n eeds , an d a becoming apprec i at ion of i t s value ,-ought
to lead to gen erous prov is ion for i t s in te res t s . With a smal l amoun t compared wi th
th e expen se of founding a n ew in st i tu t ion ,the Synod may make E lm ira College j us t
wha t the Presby te rian Church of the S tate n eeds for the educat ion o f it s daughte rsmake i t indeed the fi t t ing ally and crown o f the n oble group of colleges an d semin a
ries of learn ing with in our boun ds.
Th e commi t tee appo in ted las t yea r t o defen d the ac t i on o f the Syn od'
b efo re the Gen era l As sembly again s t th e app eal o f M r . Wa l ter B rad
Sh aw,in J ud ic ia l Case No . 2
,p re sen ted the fo l l ow in g repo r t
,wh ich
w as accep ted
The comm i t tee respec tful ly repo r ts that i t was in a t tendan ce upon th e du tyass igned i t ; tha t th e Comm i t tee on Jud ic ial Busin ess o f the Gene ra l Assembly recom
m ended tha t th e appeal and complain t o f M r . Bradshaw again s t the ac t ion of th e
Synod o f N ew Yo rk be n o t e n te r tained and tha t th is recommen dat ion was adop ted
un an imously. [Min u tes o f the Gen e ral Assembly , 1885 , pp . 593 ,
T he Comm it tee o f V i s i t o rs t o Union Theo log ica l Seminary pre
sen ted th e fo l low ing rep ort,wh ich was accep ted
O f the four min i s ters appo in ted on th i s commi t tee , th ree at ten ded , and o f the
three e lders , bu t on e .
As th e Semin ary is no t under the con t ro l o f th e Syn od , the commit tee d es i res to
emphasize the courtesy o f al l the examiners . Every fac i l i ty in i nquiring in to theme thods and in te rn al d isc ip l ine o f th e Semin ary, as we l l as in ques t ion ing the student s in the process o f examinat ion ,
was mos t free ly accorded .
The schedule o f exam inat ion s is such tha t a l l th e c lasses are unde r exam in at ion a tth e same hou r. The comm i t te e could n o t
,there fo re ,
in a body,s i t ou t each e x am in
at i on ; but some membe r of th e commit tee was p resen t a t some t ime during th e
progre ss o f each exam in a t ion, excep t on Mon day . The examina t ion in Church H is
to ry had b een p rev iously he l d to en able th e R ev. D r . H itchcock to be presen t a tEd inburgh an d rece ive an honorary degree from the U n ive rs i ty in tha t c i ty . This
U n ive rs i ty , in celebrat ing i ts an n iversary , accorded grace ful recogn i t ion to the
scholarsh ip o f o the r lan ds by con ferr ing degrees on a few o f the i r mos t d ist inguished
scholars . T he friends o f th e S em inary take n o l i t t le p ride in remark ing tha t two o f
the d iv ines se lec ted fo r such recogn i t ion in our own coun t ry are Pro fe sso rs in th e ln
stitution ; an emin en t d ist in c t ion ,which may be accepted as a guaran tee o f the scholar
sh ip o f th e Seminary .
The Sp ir i t o f research an d severe appl icat ion charac te riz ing th e Facul ty , and tes t ified to by the n um e rous publ icat ion s in wh ich they have made th e church the i r deb tor,i s n o t , the commi t tee bel ieves , l os t upon th e s tuden t s , and is a happy promise fo r the
scholarly qual ifi cat ion s o f these fu ture de fen de rs of th e fa i th . O f the fi rs t six incum
b en ts o f th e fe l lowsh ips founded by D r . Adams so recen tly as 187 7 ,each i s al ready
hold ing a place of d is t in c t ion,four in semin aries and two in col leges , some O f them
a t th e outset o f thei r career m en of au thori ty in the i r departmen t s . The success at
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 2 7 ,
tend ing these fel lowships , and th e advan t age en su ing to the cause o f sound learn
ing,may we l l s t imulate our m en of weal th to make l arge r prov is ion fo r the prosecu
t ion o f spec ia l st ud ies .
The examin at ion s were main l y o ral . In the H ebrew departmen t exeget ical papers .
were al so requ i red , some of wh ich were of a h igh o rde r o f meri t . An exce l len tave rage was observed in the gen e ral class work . There we re , of course , a few ex
ceptions to th is commendat ion ; and th e commit tee be l ieves that the re should be sucha correspon den ce between the Presby ter ies and Semin ar ies as would promp tly b ring
de l inquen t s tuden t s to accoun t befo re the Presbyter ies .I t i s
,n everthe less , be l ieved that
i
in th e l as t few years there has been a dec ided ad
van ce in the qual i ty of work requ ired by th e semin aries,an advan ce qui te as far as i s
l ikely to rece ive th e coOperation o f th e Presbyter ies , which , in some few in s t an ces , a tleast , have been known to l icen se s tuden ts n o t
-
ful ly sus ta in ed in the i r Seminary work
even before the comple t ion of a th ree years’
course . A more careful presby te r ialsupe rv isi on o f the d il igen ce o f the i r s tuden ts an d a more act ive sympathy in every
effo rt to ra ise th e s tan dard of m in i s te ria l scholarsh ip are to bedes i red .
I t should also be remarked that n o t a few of th e de fec ts n o t iceab le in th e min orityrefe rred to
,were a t tributable to a defi c ien t t ra in ing prio r to th e Seminary , i f n ot to
th e Col lege ,course . The c rowded curric ul um of the Semin ary , and the ove rp ressure
o f work upon in struc tors,afford l i t t le op por tun i ty to remedy the de fec ts o f p repara
tory t ra in ing ; de fec t s always more gl aring in popu lar e s t imat ion than fai lure in the
n ice r po in ts o f scholarsh ip , making i t in cumben t o n th e Pre sby te r ies to see care fu l ly
to the rudimen tary t rain ing o f can didates fo r the min i s t ry . This cr i t ic i sm m igh t be
ex tended farthe r to impress upon al l our s tuden t s the n ece ss i ty o f be ing able to quo te
.the proof-tex ts fo r th e more importan t doct r in es in th e exac t words of Scr ipture .
The marked reve ren ce fo r th e au thor i ty of the Sc rip tu res , and th e con stan t appealto them as final in al l mat ters o f doc t rine
,no t mere ly in th e examinat ion in Dog
matics , bu t wherever th e subj ec t t rea ted warran ted Scrip tu ral refe ren ce , was a mos tgratefu l feature , and an exce l len t foundat ion fo r confiden ce in the soun dness of th e
c lass-room in s t ruc t ion . Whe re Chris t i s the cen ter an d th e Word of God the c ircum
fe ren ce in al l au thor itat ive u t te ran ce , n o fear n eed be en ter ta in ed o f in st ruc t ion incon s is ten t w i th soun d and saving doc t r ine .
The commit tee cord ial ly commends the Semin ary to th e confiden ce of th e Synod
and to the generous support and sympathy of the church .
Th e occas ion was memo rable as be ing th e fi rs t fin a l examin a t ion he ld in th e
n ew bui ld ings . The chu rch Should hold in grate ful memory the n ames o f Morgan
and Marquand , o f Jessup and James , by whose l i beral i ty th i s group o f bu i ld ings has
been e rec ted , and o f James B rown ,whose n oble gif t o f so en l arged an d
s t rengthened the in s t i tu t ion . For th e beau ty and conven ien ce o f the bui ld ings,and
the fac i l i t ie s afforded fo r heal th and comfor t by these des i rable s t ruc tu re s,th e church ,
in grate ful p ride a t th e lov ing rem embran ce o f her son s,may we l l g ive God thanks .
The tes t imony of the Pro fessors i s that these improved fac i l i t ie s have n o t on ly
reac ted favorably upon the heal th and s tudiousn ess o f the young m en,bu t tha t n o
year has wi tn essed a more earne s t devo t ion to Spiri tual in te res ts . All tha t your com
m ittee wi tnessed bore ou t the te st imony o f th e Facul ty to the Christ i an tempe r , thegene ral d i l igen ce , and th e promise of usefulness , o f these young se rvan t s o f the
Maste r .
In spi te of the n oble and cos t ly pi le o f bui ld ings and th e l arge endowmen t , the
commi t tee would remind th e Syn od tha t the pecun i ary n eeds of the Semin ary are
urgen t . The build ings are un produc t ive ,no ren t be ing charged th e s tuden ts , and th e
2 8 SYNOD OF N E w YORK . [O c t . 2 2 d ,
m ain tenan ce o f so large a prope r ty i s a burden . The income from al l sources ,reported to the las t Assembly , was and th e expen di ture was There
i s also a n eed of scholarships , that th e poorer s tuden ts may n ot b e dive rted so l arge l y
from the i r s tud ies in orde r to p rocure the mean s of support , or be compel led to impa i rthe heal th of bo th body and min d by an unwise , yet unavoidable , economy . I t i s al soto be n oted tha t i f our Professors are to lead in o rig in al inves t igat ion
,and keep the
church in th e advan ce of mode rn schol arship, wi thou t break ing down physical ly in
the at tempt , provi sion shoul d b e made fo r a further subd iv is ion of labor .
F inal ly,and above all
,the in s t i tu t ion ,
and the young m en a t th is in terest ing stagewhich must so great ly affec t the i r fu ture worth to God and m an
, are commen ded to
the con s tan t praye rs of God’s people , that we may have a min i s t ry emin en t n o t me re lyfor learn ing an d soun d doctr ine ,
bu t for v ital godl in ess and good works,—m en whose
l ive s an d l abors Shal l b e the highe s t earthly commendat ion o f th e doctrine preached .
T he Comm i t tee on J ud ic ia l Bu s ine s s p resen ted the fo l l ow in g repor t ,wh ich was accep ted
,an d i t s recommen da t i on was adop ted
The commi t tee has had befo re i t but one case , n ame ly,that of the R ev . George
N . Smith aga in s t the Presbytery of Gen eva . I t i s a th ree-fold compla in t , as fo l lows
I . A complain t rece ived by the Presby tery , June 10,1885 , in which M r . Smith
complain s tha t th e Pre sby tery arra ign ed him the secon d t ime on charges fo r which he
had al ready “ rece ived pun i shmen t . " F rom the Record i t appears that he had no tbeen previously t ried
,bu t that , charges having been made , an agreemen t look ing to
a frien dly se t tlemen t of th e difficul ty was en te red in to,and al l th e papers were re
tu rned to the o rigin al part ies . Moreover , th e charge s a t th i s t ime,in form at leas t ,
we re new .
2 . A compla in t received June 26,1885 . This con s i sts o f me re al legat ions con
cern ing mat ters quite outs ide of the Record ; so tha t here there i s no cause of act ion .
3 . A complain t rece ived O ctober 2,1885 , in which th e Pre sby tery i s charged
wi th tampe ringwith i ts Record by mak ing cer ta in e rasures . These erasures we re
m e re emendat ion s , and we re n o t of such a n ature as in any way to affec t the charge s
brough t by Pre sbyte ry again st Mr . Smith . Moreover , even upon these charges , t rialwas arres ted by a mutual arrangemen t
,unde r wh ich the accused was to make , and
d id make , a ful l con fess ion ,cove ring the charge s made again s t h im ; and this agree
men t was accepted by al l th e part ies .
You r commi t tee , the re fore ,fin ds tha t there i s no ground of ac t ion in th is case ,
and recommen ds tha t th e complain t b e d Ism Issed and that th e compla in an t have leave
to wi thdraw h i s papers .
I t was made th e fi rs t o rde r o f bu s in es s fo r F r iday morn in g to hear
th e R ev . W i l l iam C . Ca t tel l,D . D . ,
the S ec re tary of the B oard of
M in i s te r ia l Re l ief .
The commi t tees appo in ted t o examin e the Record s o f th e fo l low in g
Pre sby te r ie s repor ted,recomm en d in g tha t th e reco rd s severa l l y be
app roved,as far as wri t t en
,n am e l y : Alban y
,B in ghamton
,B os ton ,
B rookly n,B uffa l o
,Cayuga
,Champla in
,Chemun g
,Col umb ia
,Gen esee,
Gen e see Va l ley,Gen eva
,Hud son
,Lon g
,
I s lan d,Nas sau , N iagara,
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 2 9
Nor t h R i ve r , O room iah,O t sego , Roche s te r, S t . Lawren ce , S teuben ,
Syracu se,Troy
,U t i ca an d We s tch es ter .
The rep o rt s were adop ted .
The Commi t tee on th e Reco rd s of the Pre sby te ry o f Lyon s reported,
recommen d in g tha t they be app roved,as far as wr i t ten
,w i th th e e x c ep
t i on t ha t in re spec t t o the rep or t o f the Commi t tee on Feeble Chu rches,
the reco rd (p . 47 1 ) fa i l s t o s tate th e ac t i on o f th e Presby te ry .
The repor t was adop ted .
The Comm i t tee on th e Record s o f th e Presby tery o f N ew Y ork
repor ted,recommen d in g the i r app rova l
,as far as wr i t ten
,wi t h th e
excep t ion t ha t fu l l n ame s are n o t always g iven .
The repor t was adop ted .
T he Commi t tee on th e Record s of th e Presby tery o f S iam repor ted,
recommen d in g th e i r app rova l , as far as wri t ten,w i th the excep t i on tha t
th e n ame of the R ev . J ohn M . Cu lb e r t s on i s d ropped from th e ro l l
wi thou t any reas on be in g a s s i gn ed .
“
Th e repor t was adop ted .
The Comm i t tees on the Reco rd s o f th e Pre sby ter ies o f Ch i le and
N or th Lao s repo r ted tha t th e record s h ad n o t been p resen ted .
The rep or t s we re accep ted,an d th e comm i t tees were d i scharged .
The Commi t tee on S un day-S choo l Work p resen ted the fo l l owingrepor t
,wh i ch was adop ted
Tha t n o pape rs requ i ring ac tion have been placed in i ts hand s . I t con ten t s i tselfwith re ferr ing to the exce l len t an d exh aust ive ac t ion of l ast year , foun d on page 42of th e Minu tes o f 1884 , and recommen ds tha t the a t ten t ion o f al l the churche s be
ren ewedly drawn to th i s mos t hopefu l fie ld of re l igious work as there exhib i ted .
O n th e recommen da t ion of th e N om in a t in g Commi t tee th e fo l l ow
ing we re app o in ted V i s i t o r s t o th e Theol ogica l S emin ar ie s
AU BURN SEM INARY : M inister s—Rufu s S . Green ,D . D .
,J o s iah E .
K i t t redge , D . D . ,George B . Spau ld in g, D . D .
,Cha rl e s C . Wa l lace
,D . D . ;
E l der s—W i l l iam H . Ken t,J o seph H . Plumb
,S im on G . Vissch er .
UN ION SEM INARY : M inister s— L . Me rr i l l M i l le r,D . D . ,
Rober t
Cour t,D . D . ,
Joseph E . Nas sau , D . D .
,W i l son Ph ran er , D . D . ;
E l der s— Merr i t t B ro ok s,Wa l te r Car ter
,E dward We l l s .
A reces s was taken un t i l h al f-pas t seven o’c lock
,P . M .
Closed w i th p rayer .
3 0 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [O c t . 2 3d
THURSDAY,O c t ober 2 2
,o
’
clock,P . M .
After the reces s d evo t iona l serv i ce s were h e l d , an d addre s ses we re
d e l i vered on Home Mis s i on s , and Miss i on s Amon g th e F reedmen , in
accordan ce w i t h appo in tm en t .
Adj ou rn ed un t i l t o-morrow at n ine o ’clock,A . M .
Closed w i th p raye r .
FR IDAY,O c tobe r 2 3 , 9 O
’c lo ck,A . M .
The Synod me t,and spen t th e fi rs t ha l f h ou r in devo t i ona l serv i ces .
The ca l l in g of the rol l was di spen sed w i th .
The min u te s o f yes te rday’s se s s ion s were read and app roved .
T he R ev . W i l l iam C . Ca t te l l , D . D . ,add res sed th e Synod in beha l f
o f the B oard o f M in i s te r ia l Re l ie f .
T he commi t tee appo in ted la s t year t o se lec t an d empl oy a Syn od ica l
S uper in tenden t , p resen ted the fo l l ow in g repor t,wh i ch was accep ted
E igh t Presbyte ries,n ame ly , Albany , Champlain ,
Columb ia,Lyon s
,Otsego , S t .
Lawren ce,Troy and U t ica , having indicated to the S tated Clerk the i r des i re to se
cure th e se rvices of a Synodical Supe r in ten den t , you r commit tee fel t warran ted inemploying a su i tab le pe rson to act in that capacity . The n ames o f several earnes tan d eflcicien t min i s ters o f our church we re pre sen ted to the committee
,but after a care
ful can vass o f them all,th e cho ice of the commit tee fel l upon R ev. James N . Crocker ,
of Saratoga Springs . Mr. Crocke r had fi l led,wi th grea t abil i ty an d success , a s imi lar
pos i t ion in the forme r Syn od o f Albany ; had al ready labo red in mos t o f the Presby te riesexpre ssing a des i re to cooperate in the prese n t plan o f synod ical superin ten den ce ; andhad so commended himsel f and h is wo rk to the members o f these Presbyteries that thereques t for hi s appoin tmen t was we l l-n igh un iversal . Acco rdingly
,he was employed
by the commit tee to se rve as Synodical Superin tenden t , at a salary of per year ,a n d expen ses whi le on the fie l d . Mr . Crocke r en te red upon his work on January I ,1885 , and has s ince been prosecu t ing i t wi th great Vigor an d success . Many pulp itsh i the rto vacan t have been suppl ied wi th pasto rs , and th e gene ral resul t s have con
fi rmed the ac t ion o f the Synod in sanc tion ing syn odical superin tenden ce , and the
ac t ion of the commit tee in appoin t ing Mr . 'Crocker .
The fo l low in g comm i t tee was appo in ted on the E n dowmen t o f
E lm i ra Col lege : The R ev . Mes s r s . Tryon E dward s , D . D . ,Na than iel
W . Conkl in g,D . D . ,
W i l l iam A . N i le s,D . D . , George D . Me i g s
, J . Jer
main Por ter,D . D .
, J . Lovej oy R obe r t son,G . Par son s N i cho l s , D . D .
A . D . 1 885 ] SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 3 1
and E lders Dan ie l W . Mcwi l l iams an d Thompson C . M axwel l , t oge t he r
w i th the fol l ow in g lad ies : M is s Sarah M . Van V leck , Mrs . Robe rt J .
Swan ,an d Mrs . W i l l iam Al l in g .
The Commi t tee on the Con d i t i on of th e Chu rche s , and Mis s ion
W o rk w i th in th e boun d s o f the S ynod , p resen ted the fo l l ow in g rep or t ,wh ich was accep ted
,an d th e recommen dat i on s t h ere in were adop ted
The commi ttee has rece ived commun i cat ion s from al l the Presby te r ies , not in cluding those in the Foreign Miss ion field , excep t fou r ; and comb in ing the i r in fo rmat ionwi th that in the publ ished M in utes , i t finds abundan t reason for grat i t ude and
t hanksgivin g to God , in v iew o f th e en l argemen t an d prosper i ty o f th e churche s in
the Synod . No twiths tan ding dea ths an d removals , we have the same number of m in
isters who are pas to rs and s ta ted suppl ie s in the field as l as t year , and 784 churches ,an increase o f five . Ten l i cen t iates more than we had las t year are reported
,and
twen ty-four more can dida tes . To our chu rches have been added , l arge l y by examin a
t ion ,be ing more than in 1884 ,
and in creas ing the to tal o f our commun i
c an t s
Beyon d th e 93 marked“ H . R an d 1 1 0 engaged as Chapla in s , Church M is
s ion ar ies , Pre s iden t s o f Col lege s and Seminarie s , Profe ssors , Teachers an d Ed itors,
we find 6 2 evangel is ts and 9 5 withou t charge . Are the re n one o f these tha t can be
employed'
to mee t th e n eeds o f our 136 vacan t churches ? A large n umbe r o f these
c hurches en rol l from 40 up to n early 20 0 commun i can ts . Sure ly,these are fie lds
whe re good t i l lage may be expec ted to produce good fru i ts .
To fi nd wha t can be done in th is s ta te o f th ings , in agreemen t wi th the recom
m en d atio n s of th i s comm i t tee made in e labora te reports the pas t two years,the Syn od
has appoin ted two commi t tee s fo r spec ific work an d a Synod ical Superin tenden t : andhas recommended to Presbyte ries , fi rs t , to en courage the bui ld ing of man se s
, and
s econ d , t o appo in t commit tees of the i r own n umber to look afte r local evange l i zat ion
and the supply o f the i r vacan t chu rches , as far as poss ib le ask ing from the i r churches
s pec ia l con t r ibut ion s to carry foward th is work .
What has been don e un de r th i s gen eral plan as ide from]the commi t tees ? Ourreports from th e churche s Show
I . That several new man ses have been secured , an d m easu res are in p rogress for
o the rs .
2 . Several P resbyteries have in operat ion the plan for caring for the i r m iss ionfi e lds unde r the guidance o f e ffi c ien t commi t tees . A n oble work is success fully done
by the Presbyte rie s o f Brooklyn ,Gen eva , N ew Yo rk and We stches te r
,in which dis
t ricts weal th and worke rs aboun d . N ew en terprise s have been undertaken an d
mission chape l s bu i l t . Evangel is t ic mee t ings are projec ted in N ew York . For a'
la rge part .of th e Syn od,we can adopt th e language o f a r eport from on e of th e Pres
byteries : There i s an advan ce al l al ong the l ine,o f fin an c ial and spi ri tual en deavor .
3 . The Synod ical Super in ten den t has been succe ssfu l ly employed in e igh t Presby7 teries
,—Albany , Champlain ,
Columbia,Lyon s
,O t sego , S t . Lawren ce , Troy and
'
U t ica . The re exis ted in these Presbyte ries many vacan c ies . In two of them, every
church is suppl ied . I n th ree,al l are fi l led excep t o ne in each . And in the th ree
o thers , n early al l are suppl ied . O ne n ew church has been organ ized in one Presbywtery , and in ano the r a chape l has been bu i l t fo r a de s t i tu te dis t ric t . In some place s
l aymen have main ta in ed se rv ices . O ne Presby tery reports tha t for many years i t hasmot been so thoroughly man n ed wi th min is te rs as at p resen t .
3 2 SYNOD OF N E w YORK . [O c t . 2 3d ,
Your comm ittee has no addi t ion al measures to sugges t . I t on ly ask s for and urges
a good work ing ou t o f th e plan thus fa i rly befo re the Syn od . F rom what al readyappears
,i t i s persuaded that the happie s t resul ts wil l fol low the i r d i l igen t un fold ing .
Our Superin ten den t can ass is t in doing S im i lar work in other Pre sby terie s . As h is.
salary i s fixed,the more nume rous the fie lds occupied by h im ,
th e less wil l each
Presbytery be requi red to pay . This w il l he lp the weake r Presbyte ries . An d i f, on
th e gospe l p r in c ip le tha t th e st rong Sh al l he l p th e weak , the Syn od i tsel f should at
la s t see fi t to assess i t se l f fo r h is suppo rt , send ing h im whe reve r , in the s ta te, hi s work
Shal l b e most needed , th en the pro ra ta of expen ses would be on ly a l i t t le ove r one
cen t to each commun ican t , a ve ry smal l bu t a ve ry p rod uct ive in ves tmen t .Th e chai rmen o f th e Presby te rial Commit tee s on Home Mission s con s t i tu te the
Synod ’s Commi t tee on th e Con d it ion o f the Churches . I t i s e ssen t ial to the success .wh ich the Syn od de si re s , that i t Should be know n who they are . No way is p rov idednow fo r th i s in format ion . I t is recommen ded , therefo re , t o effec t th i s purpose
,and
for o the r ends use ful an d des i rable ,
That th e Presbyter ies p rin t l is t s o f the i r Permanen t Comm i t tees , an d send copies .
to the chairman o f the Syn od ’s Commi t tee and th e Secre taries o f the Boards , an d ih
terch ange t hem among th e S tated Cle rks o f th e Presbyteries .
I t is also recomm en ded, tha t in n eedy d is t ri ct s where the gospe l i s no t preached ,
Presby teries en courage the i r e l ders an d Chri s t ian laym en to hold Sabbath-schools
an d m ain tain rel igious serv ices .
In con clus ion,the Presbyte ries repor t in creasing zeal
,both in the churches an d in
the women’s socie t ies , for ou r grea t miss ion ary work . This i s apparen t from th e fac t
that the Syn od gave for th e work of the Board more th i s year th an in 1884,
wh ich lat ter year was in advan ce o f p revious years . L et us,howeve r , no t fo rge t that
th e Board of Home M ission s is s t i l l m aking appropria t ion s to ass is t 94 churches in
th e Syn od to support th e mean s o f grace : This fact em ph asizes the n eed o f a vigorous
prosecu t ion o f th e plan s al ready adopted . Such fa i thfu l and earne s t work wil l ce rta in ly :
reduce the n umbe r o f m en commission ed w i th in our boun ds , and re lease much aid
for o the r fields burdened w i th p ress ing n eeds . The word come s to th e m in i sters ande lde rs th roughou t th e Syn od , as i t came t o the people of God in olden t im e , Speak
un to the ch i ldren of Is rae l tha t they go forward .
"
Th e Syn od i cal Super in ten d en t,th e R ev . Jam es N . Crocker, and
th e R ev . J o seph W . San der son,Super in ten den t o f Mis s ion Work in
N ew E n glan d,addre s sed th e Syn od in referen ce t o th ei r fie l d s and
labor s .
Th e Commi t tee on Sys tem a t i c B en eficen ce an d the Work o f the
Chu rch p resen ted th e fol low in g repor t,wh ich was accep ted
,an d the
recomm en dat i on s th ere in were adop ted
Our 7 7 2 churches , no t coun t ing those in fo re ign Presbyte r ies , have mem
be rs . Our to tal g i f t s,as repor ted in the l as t M in u tes o f th e Gen e ral Assembly , were
an ave rage of per member , as again st an average of
per membe r , the year p reced ing . Deduc t ing th e amoun t pa id for congrega
tion al expen se s , ou r gi ft s to ben evolen t objec t s were an average o f
a ga in of ove r th e prev ious year,with th e same average per m embe r . Again
deduct ing th e amoun t s in the Gen e ral Assembly " and Misce l l an eous " column s ,
our con t r ibut ion s to th e Obj ec t s repre sen ted by our Boards are found to be
34 SYNOD O F NEW Y O RK . [O c t . 2 3 d ,
Encouraging as th i s in crease i s , le t us not forge t the sad fac t that con tribu
t ion s (39 per cen t . ) due to our Boards we re n o t made . In fa i rn ess i t ough t to be ad
m itted tha t the re i s a part ial excuse fo r such a showing . Some'
of our churches have
l i t t le more than a name . No t a few are moribund . O the rs are without the preached\Yord . O n e has bu t a s ingle membe r ; two report bu t two members ; _ three , bu t three ,
"
one,but four ; an d two , but five . W e have 53 churche s w i th a rol l o f 2 0 o r less ; 38
more number be tween 20 and 30 membe rs ; 3 2 , be tween 30 and 40 ; an d 36 ,be tween
40 an d 50 members . Here are 1 59 chu rches , ranging in n umbe r from I to 50 souls .
Ten more,no t in cluded in the above , are s tarred . To the c red i t '
o f some o f these
churches i t should be said tha t eve ry blank has been fi l led,thus showing what may be
don e ; wh i le man y of them have con tr ibu ted to on e o r more,
obj ects . Toge ther they
have made 348 con t r ibu t ion s , a fac t wh ich , con s ide ring the i r ab i l i ty , impl ie s as much ,and probably greate r
,sac rifi ce
,than in the case o f la rge r an d r i che r churches .
Bu t the excuse i s on ly part i al . I f we d educ t the fa il ure s to con t ribute on
the part o f these 1 69 churches , there s t i l l remain blanks again s t the 60 3 churche s
which n umber upward o f fi fty members , an ample fiel d s t i l l for th e work o f your
commit tee .
There i s a yet wide r fie l d to cul t ivate ,an d that i s , propor tion a te giving on tbc pa r t
“
of ibe in dividua l . Twe l ve mon ths ago the Synod reso lved to s t rive to con t ribute
to the t reasur ies o f our Boards during the curren t year the sum of o n e mil l ion do l lars . "
In sp i te of the hard t imes thi s migh t have been don e with case , had the re been , on
the part o f our members,a giving at al l commen surate wi th the Scrip tural
rule ,“as God hath prospe red them . An ave rage o f two cen ts a day per member
would have been suffic ien t . Who can bel ieve tha t the Lord has no t prospe red hi s
people to a greate r exten t than th is ? Suppose we gave the ten th requi red o f the Jew
in th e old d ispen sat ion . Who wil l cl aim that w e,with a world to evange l ize
,ought
to g ive less ? Then an in come of woul d y iel d the n ecessary m il l ion
fo r the Lord’s work . But such a n in come would be an average o f on l y a
year, per membe r . Many o f our m embers , i t i s t rue ,
are dependen t upon o the rs fo r
the i r support . L et u s suppose tha t on ly on e-fifth are remun e ra t ive ly employed .
Then the ave rage per membe r would be on ly -a l i t t le over on e dol lar a day .
In othe r words , i f on ly a fi f th of our church membe rs rece ived bu t an ave rage in come
o f on e dol lar a day , an d o f this income should g ive on e-ten th to the agen c ies e s tab
l ished by our church fo r evange l iz ing the world,the resu l t would be on e mil l ion
dollars . A re any words more appl ic ab le to such a condi t ion o f things than those of
th e Almigh ty h imse l f to h is an c ien t people ? Y e have robbed m e in t i the s an d
o fferings .
Can a m il l ion dol lars be ra ised for ou r Board by th e r ich Syn od of N ew York?I t would b e ten mil l ion s in s tead of one mi ll ion , were there any approach to proport ion
a te giv ing on the par t o f our people .
Ste rn fac ts fo rce you r commi t tee to th e con cl usion that pr in c ipled giv ing i s as yet
bu t l i t t le more than a theory in our congregat ion s , i f , indeed , i t has reached that van
t age-groun d . Our chu rches do n o t prac t i se i t . The Sess ion s , as a rule ,are in differen t
to i t . Even our m in i s ters,to a shame ful exten t , pay i t n o at ten t ion , at leas t so far as
the in s t ruc t ion o f the i r people i s con ce rn ed . Y e t on n o subj ec t o f Chris t ian du ty are
th e Scrip tu res more c lear or more emphat ic .
Your commit tee has n o ted wi th p leasu re the fa i th and zeal wh ich have charac terizedthe work of our women fo r the Boards o f the church f an d while: bidd ing them ahearty Godspeed
,i t would impress upon ou r Irfen th e t ru th that th e evange l i za t ion of
th e world is no t a dist inc t ively femin in e work .
A.D . SYNOD OF N E W YORK . 3 5
At ten t ion i s cal led al so to the la rge sum of given during th e year to mis
ce l lan eous objec ts . While th i s indicates the un sectarian Spiri t which always has beencharac te ris t ic o f Pre sby terian s , and i s accord ingly wor thy o f commendat ion ,
the
quest ion sugges t s i t se l f , whe the r we ough t n o t , in view of the press ing n eeds o f ou r
Boards,laboring as they are unde r the in cubus of c rush ing deb ts , t o do more fo r
them , even though we may thereby be obl iged to do less fo r ou tside objec ts .
By your act ion on e year ago th is committee was appoin ted , with a View to con
tinuous work from year to year a t the pleasure o f Synod ,
" to the end that in teres t inth is great subj ec t m igh t be in c reased , and proport ionate g iving be deve l oped amon g
,
our people . I t i s prope r to say tha t your commi t tee has l abored to the exten t o f i t s
ab i l i ty toward these en ds , n ame ly , by mean s of correspon dence wi th the chai rmen of
Presby te rial Commi t tee s on Sys tematic B eneficen ce an d on th e Board s of the church,
by commun icat ion s to al l o f our Sess ion s , by a rtic les in th e re l igious pape rs , an d by
cooperat ion wi th the Assembly ’s Commit tee o n Sys tematic B en eficen ce . The e x
pen se of th i s work has been born e by th e commit tee .
The commit tee recommen ds
1 . That the gi fts of th e Syn od to ‘ the Boards of the church,fo r the curren t
year , ought n o t to b e less than on e mill ion dol lars .
2 . That each Presbyte ry be direc ted to se lec t an efficien t Committee on Sys
tematic B eneficence,and to send ,
th rough i ts S ta ted Clerk , as soon as poss ib le a fte r
such selec t ion ,the n ames o f i ts chai rmen o f Commi t tees onSys temat ic B eneficen ce
and on th e Boards o f the church to the chai rmen o f the General Assembly ’s and
Syn od’s Commi t tee s on Sys temati c B eneficen ce ; also to each Board the n ames o f thechai rmen of the Commit tee on Sys temat i c B en eficen ce an d the Commi t tee on that
Board .
3 . That Sess ion s,and e spec ial ly pasto rs , be charged wi th th e duty of in s t ruc t ing
the i r people in the prin c iple s o f Scrip tural beneficen ce ; of giv ing them an oppor tun i ty
o f con tribu t ing to each of th e Boards , and of adop ting some plan of weekly offe rings
as a par t o f th e regular worship o f God’s holy day . Upon the fi rs t day of the week ,
let eve ry on e of you lay by him in sto re ,as God hath prospered him .
4 . That the membe rs o f our churches be exhorted to con s ide r con sc ien t iou sly andprayerfully the c la ims of God upon the i r money
,as wel l as upon the i r t ime and l i fe ;
an d to adop t some plan ,founded on prin c iple
,of giving to the Lord a fai r proport ion
of al l tha t He has given to them .
5 . That the women,in churches where i t has no t al ready been don e
, be urged toform themse lve s in to soc ie t ies fo r m i ss ion ary wo rk .
6 . That the ch i ld ren be t rain ed,in the home and in th e Sun day-school
,to con
t r ibute to our Boards , wi th the spec ial end in view tha t these great agen cies may fi nda secure place in the i r a ffec t ion s and in the i r habi t s o f ben eficen ce .
A pape r from the Board of Fore ign Miss ion s has been placed in the han ds of you r
commit tee , Showing that whi le have been rece ived towards i ts deb t,the re
has been a dec l ine of in rece ip t s fo r the regular work . In v iew of th i s
fac t th e commit tee proposes th e fol lowing
R esolved, That ou r churches b e urged to con t ribu te toward s th e l iqu ida t i on o f the
deb ts o f the Fo re ign an d Home Boards , withou t in ter fe r ing wi th , or lessen ing the i r
g i fts for the regula r work of these Boards .
The commi t tee t o whom was refe r red a re so lu t ion concern ing R e
l igion and Publ ic E duca t i on p re sen ted a rep o r t,wh ich was accep ted
3 6 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [O c t . 2 3d ,
an d refe rred to th e fo l l ow in g comm i t tee , t o rep or t at the n ex t mee t in g
o f th e Syn od : R ev . M es s rs . David G . Wyl ie,Lean der T . Chamber
la in,D . D .
,Abraham S . Gard in e r , Geo rge S . Payson ,
an d E l der s
Warn er Van Norden an d E dward F . P ier s on .
Th e commi t tee app o in ted t o d raft by-laws , in acco rdan ce w i th the
Ac t un de r wh ich the Synod i s in co rp o ra ted , p re sen ted th e fo l l ow in g
repo r t,wh ich was adop ted
The Synod o f N ew York , in acco rdan ce with the Ac t of In corporat ion o f the
Synod (Minutes of 1884 ,p . es tabl ishes the fol lowing
B Y -LAW S .
I . The Trustees o f th is corpo rat i on shal l con s is t of the Moderator , Stated Clerk ,Pe rman en t Cle rk and Treasu rer , al l ex ofi cio,
‘
and,in add i t ion
,s ix min i s ters an d s ix
e lde rs,a maj or ity of whom shal l l ive in or n ea r N ew York C i ty , to con s t itute three
c lasses , to hold office one,two and three years respec t ive ly , thei r successors to be
e lec ted by the Synod , and to hold office for th ree years each .
I I . At leas t e igh t Trus tees shal l con st itu te a quorum .
I I I . These Trus tees shal l mee t in N ew York C i ty , in th e Lecture Room o f theFourth Aven ue Presby te rian Church
,a t four o ’c lock
,P . M . ,
on the secon d Tuesday o f
November , 1885, o r l as soon thereafter as a quorum may b e secured , in said place of
meet ing,an d Shal l o rgan ize by appoin t ing such officers as they may deem n ecessary .
IV . They shall commun icate the fac t o f the comple t ion o f the i r organ iza t ion ,
with its de tai l s , to theStated Clerk of each Presbytery , and shal l publ ish the same inthe N ew York O bser ver an d N ew Yo rk E vangel ist .
V . They shal l report to th e Synod nex t year any further by-laws which they may
d eem n ece ssary to promo te the obj ects of the ac t of in corporat ion .
The fo l l ow in g were appo in ted Tru s tee s :
For on e y ear : Lean der T . Chamberla in ,D . D . ,
Geo rge Alexan der ,D . D .
,Morri s K . J e sup , Warn er Van N orden .
Fo r two year s : Char les S . Robin s on ,D . D . ,
Samu e l M . Hami l t on ,
D . D . ,W i l l iam A . Wh ee l ock
,Hen ry D ay
Fo r th ree year s : Howard Crosby,D . D . ,
Hen ry M . MacCracken ,
D . D . ,Wil l iam Al len B u t le r
,D . W i l l i s James .
Th e Commit tee on th e Re la t i on s of the Syn od to th e Cau se o f
Academic and Col legiate E duca t i on reported,recommen d in g -the ap
po in tmen t o f V i s i t o rs t o the fol l ow in g in s t i tu t i on s , f rom wh ich requ es t s
fo r s uch appo in tmen t had been rece i ved
To th e D epar tmen t o f Ar t s an d S c ien ces in th e Un i ve rs i t y of the
Ci ty o f N ew York : R ev . Me s s rs . Lean der T . Chamberl ain ,D . D . ,
Sam ue l T . Ca r ter , Theodo re F . B u rn ham,Abraham S . Gard in er , J ohn
Rei d , an d E lde r W i l l iam F . L ee .
A . D . 1 885 ] SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 3 7
To Adams Col legia te In s t i t u te : R ev . Mes s r s . H en ry Darl ing,D . D .
,
LL . D . ,Augus t u s W . Cowle s , D . D . ,
Hen ry M . MacCracken,D . D
The recommen da t i on was adop ted .
The Commi t tee on the Min u tes o f th e Gen e ra l As sembly presen ted
th e fo l lowing repor t,wh ich was accep ted :
The a t ten t ion of the Syn od is cal led to th e fol lowing i tems
1 . The Assembly adopted the usual recommen dat ions as to the Day of Prayer fo rcol leges and th e Week of Praye r fo r the con vers ion of the world .
2 . The Revis ion o f th e Book o f D isc ipl in e and part of the D i rectory o f Worsh iphas been comple ted , an d i s now p rin ted an d p re sen ted to the chu rche s .
3 . The Assembly app roved o f th e in ten t ion o f th e Board o f Publ icat ion to pub
li sh a n ew ed i t ion of Moore’
s D iges t o f the Ac ts and D el ive ran ces o f th e Genera l
Assembly , and recommended the same to the church .
4 . The Assembly recommended th e Observan ce o f th e on e hund red th ann ive rsary
o f the mee t ing of th e Gen era l Assembly,to occur in 1888.
5 . The Assembly advised Presbyte r ies (p . 604) to u rge those min i s te rs who have
iden t ified themse lves w i th o the r den omina t ion s to -t ake regu lar d i smi ss ion s .
6 . The Assembly in s t ruc ted the Synods to appoin t commi t tees on each of the
Boards of the church,and
_al so Commi t tee s O II Systemat ic B en eficen ce .
7 . Owing to ac tion t aken by this Synod at the presen t sess ion , your'
comm ittee
deems i t respec tfu l to th e Assembly an d the Syn od to remin d thi s body tha t th e Gene ra lAssembly of 1884 favored the adopt ion o f pl an s o f Synodical susten ta t ion su i table
to the condit ion of weak churches wi th in th e l im i ts o f the O lde r an d s t ronger Syn ods .
8. Each Syn od has powe r to appo in t a J ud ic ial Commiss ion con s is t ing o f m in i s te rsand e lde rs in numbe r n ot less than a quorum of th e Synod .
9 . Atten t ion i s d i rec ted to the ac t ion o f the Gen era l Assembly o n ReducedRepre sen t a t ion ,
pages 629 ,630 :
10 . Also,to the rule tha t perman en t o ffice rs o f a j ud ica tory shal l have the r igh ts
of Corresponding members in m at te rs touching the i r seve ral offices .
The ac t i on on th e repo r t o f th e Commi t tee t o p ropo se a Plan o f
S us ten ta t i on was recon s idered an d i t was
R esolved,That the report be recommi t ted to the same comm i t tee , wi th the addi
t ion o f th e R ev . Me ssrs . Charles S . Rob in son ,D . D . ,
Leande r T . Chamberla in , D . Dand Asa S . F i ske
,wi th in s t ruc t ion s to report a t the n ext mee t ing of the Syn od ; and
tha t th e commi t tee b e authorized to prin t i t s report , and furn i sh cop ies to the churche s
for the i r in fo rmat ion .
The Commi ttee on B i l l s and O ver t u re s p resen ted th e fol l ow in g re
por t,wh ich was adop ted
Three papers have been placed in the hands of th e commi t tee
1 . An ove rture from the Presby tery of Buffalo , reques t ing an an swe r to the fo l
lowing ques t ion I s th e pas to r o f a church , by virtue o f h i s o ffi ce , the mode rato r o f
a mee t ing of the commun ican t s o f th e church cal led to e lec t rul ing e lders an d d ea
con s ; an d wil l the an swe r to th is ques t ion al so apply to regularly appo in ted mode ra
tors of Sess ion s who are not pastors ?"
SYNOD OF NEW YOR K . [Oc t . 2 3d
The comm i t tee recommends that th is over ture be referred to the nex t Gene ral AS
sem b ly .
2 . A paper propound ing th e fol lowing ques t ion Have the Trustees of a Pres
bytery th e legal and eccl es iast ical r igh t to make abso lu te and final d i spos i t ion o f th e
fun ds ra ised from the sale of the proper ty of a de func t chu rch , without con su l ta t ionw i th
,or in s t ruc t ion from
,or vote o f , the Pre sby tery ?
"
The fol lowing an swe r i s recommended : The Trus tee s o f a Presby tery are i t s
servan t s and no t i t s maste rs . The powe r to ac t , in case s l ike the one con templatedin the paper p re sen ted ,
i s n ot inhe ren t , bu t de legated . The Trustees o f a Presbyte ry
can make fin al d ispos i t ion of funds en t rus ted to the i r care on ly as they are empow
e red by Presby tery to do so .
3 . An ove rture f rom the Presby tery o f Bal t imore recommen ding that al l ourm in is ters make a spec ia l pe rson al con t r ibu t ion to the funds o f the Board of Re l ie fbe fore the c lose of the presen t fi scal year ; and sugges t ing that th i s con t r ibution betwo per cen t . o f the respec t ive salarie s rece ived , to th e end tha t th e ave rage sum of
$20 be ing given by th e five thousan d m in i s te rs o f th e Church, the aggregate o f
may be raised .
Your commi t tee i s in hearty sympathy wi th th e Board of M in i s te ria l Re l ie f , anddes i res tha t i ts . t reasu ry may be en riched to the u tmos t poss ible ex ten t . But i t regards
the plan proposed as imprac t icable , and recommends tha t no ac t ion on th is ove rturebe taken by the Syn od .
The Commi t tee on th e Place of th e Nex t Mee t in g p re sen ted the
fo l low ing repo r t,wh ich was accep ted
In Jun e l as t the pastof of th e F i rs t Chu rch of E lm i ra expressed to the commi t tee ast rong desi re tha t the n ex t sess ion of th e Synod should be he ld in tha t church . Earlyin Sep tembe r a mos t cord ial le t te r was rece ived from the Session in vi t i ng the Syn od
to accep t th e use o f i t s edifice,an d the hosp i tal i ty of i t s membe rs , fo r the annual
mee t ing in 1 886 . Th is invi tat ion was seco nded by the Pre s i den t of E lmi ra Col lege ,
and farthe r emphasized by th e ac t ion of the Pre sbyte ry o f Chemung , in s t ruct ing its
de legates to th i s body ea rnes tly to urge that th e n ex t meet ing o f the Sy n od be held inthe F i rs t Church of E lm ira . Ind iv idual membe rs o f the Chemung Pre sbytery have
also wri t ten to the commi t tee u rg ing tha t the mee t ing be held in that church .
Early In the pre sen t mon th,a t a jo in t mee t ing of the Sess io n s o f th e se veral
churches in Auburn,a reso l u t ion was unan imously ad op ted inv it ing the Synod to hold
i t s n ex t mee t ing in the F i rs t Pre sby te r ian Church o f that c i ty . The i nv i ta t ion e x
tended pursuan t to th is re solu t ion i s couched in the m os t hearty l anguage and
expresses earn es t de s i re .
S in ce the open ing o f the p re sen t sess ion s the R ev . George B . Spaulding , D . D . ,
pasto r o f the F i rs t Church of Syracuse ,expressed ve rbally to the commi t tee a request
on behalf of h imse l f and his Sess ion that the next mee t ing o f the Syn od be hel d in
the i r chu rch . This invi ta t ion,l ike the o the rs , was exceed ingly cord ial and earnes t .
Your commi t tee was n o t empowe red to name the place o f the n ex t meet ing , buts imply to report inv i ta t ion s rece ived . Indeed
,with th ree such e l ig ible proff e rs o f hos
pita lity , i t i s d iffi cu l t t o elec t be tween them .
T he commit tee , the refore ,submi ts i t s report to the Svnod ,
fo r such act ion as i t
may see fi t to t ake .
The inv i ta t i on of the F i r s t Chu rch o f E lm i ra was accep ted , and
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 3 9
tha t chu rch was d es igna ted as the p lace o f th e n ex t mee t ing o f the
Syn od .
The Pa s t o rs an d E l de r s o f the severa l P re sby ter ian chu rche s o f
E l m i ra,an d th e R ev . Augu s tu s W . Cowle s
,D . D .
,we re appo in ted a
Commi t tee o f Arran gemen ts, wi t h th e R ev . I saac Jen n in gs , Jr . ,as
c ha i rman .
The spec ia l th an k s o f the Syn od were p re sen ted to th e chu rch es o f
Aubu rn,and th e F i r s t Chu rch of Syrac u se
,fo r th e i r co rd ia l in v i ta t i on s .
Th e Commi t tee of Cor re spon den ce wi th th e Pre sby te ry of O roo
miah,p resen ted the fo l low in g rep o r t
,wh ich was accep ted
,and the
recommen da t i on s th ere in we re adop ted :
The commi ttee appo in ted in 1883 to con s ider a Memorial from th e Presbyte ry of
O room iah,touch ing the re l a t ion s o f tha t body to the S yn od
,reported last year as
follows
The commi t tee,to whom was re fe rred a M emorial from the Presbyte ry o f O roo
m iah,touch ing the re la t ion s o f tha t body to the Syn od
,an d especial ly touch ing cer
t ain de fe c t s in i t s con s t i tu t ion,respec t fu l ly reports , tha t i t has con sidered care ful ly
the s tatemen t s and ques t ion s in the Memorial , and has had con side rable con sultat ionand correspon den ce wi th bre th ren in Pe rs ia and in th i s coun t ry .
In v iew o f al l the fact s in the case,i t does n o t seem strange tha t our bre th ren in
Pe rs ia find it imprac t i cable to pu t in to immed iate use and operat ion al l the prov i s ion so f our Fo rm of Governmen t . AS near an approx imat ion to th is as they fin d practic able should , the commi ttee th inks , be accepted by th e Synod , in the hope that e x
’
perience and advan c ing Chri st i an in te l l igen ce,un de r the gu idan ce of the Holy Sp ir i t ,
w i l l gradual ly b ring th e Pe rs ian bre th ren t o a cordial accep tan ce o f al l the essen t i al
and charac te ri s t ic provi s ion s o f ou r Fo rm of Governmen t .I t therefo re recommen ds tha t th e Synod express i t s approval of th e plan ou t l ined
in th e Memorial , as fol lows :‘That the Pre sby te rian Church recogn i ze the Nes tor ian
Presby ter ies as a part o f.
the whole church,rece iv ing them on th e basi s o f essen t i al
agreemen t , while allowing the i rregulari t ies tha t a ri se from the i r deve lopmen t Out ofthe O ld Ne s to r ian Church .
’
I t farthe r recommen ds tha t the O roomiah Presbytery be reques ted to formulate ,as dis t in ctly as possible , a Con s t itu t ion o f Presbyte ry (K nooshya) , which e i the r al ready
exis ts o r which the Nesto rian brethren would accep t as the basi s of e ssen t i al agree
men t , on which the Syn od can ask the Gene ra l Assemb ly to recogn i ze them ‘ as a
part of the whole church .
’
“ I t also recommen ds tha t t ime be a l lowed for con t inued con sul ta t ion and corre
spondence , to the end that the ‘ i rregulari t ie s' which the chu rch i s asked to al low
may be reduced to th e sma l le s t possib le amoun t . "
Th is report was adop ted by the S ynod , and the comm i t tee was con t i nued , for th e
purpose expressed in th e fin al recommen dat i on .
The Synod was also in fo rmed tha t a member o f the commit tee had been appo in ted
to vis i t the Weste rn Pe rs ia M iss ion as autho rized by th e Syn od a t i t s mee t ing in 1883 .
The commi t tee now respec tful ly repor ts that its de legate [R ev . Hen ry A . Ne l son ,
D . arrived in Tabriz, on the l 6 th day of Oc tobe r , 1884 ,
and was in tha t c i ty wi thour mission aries un t i l Oc tobe r 2 3 . O n that day , while the Synod was in se ss ion in
40 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [O c t . 2 3d ,
Buffalo,he s tarted
,in compan y wi th mos t of the miss ionaries o f the Tabriz s tat ion
, on
a horseback jou rney o f five days , to a t ten d the an n ual mee t ing o f the Weste rn Pe rs iaM iss ion , a t O room iah .
I t was high ly grat i fy ing to your de legate to find tha t th e expec tat ion of such av is i t from a represen tat ive o f the Synod was n ot only most brothe rly among th e
missionaries,bu t widespread and eage r among the people . Pleasing eviden ce of th i s
fi rs t m et him in T iflis,in Russ ia , 2 50 miles n orth of the n orthern l im i t of Pe rs ia ,
whe re he had th e pleasure of mee t ing a l i t t le company of evange l ica l Nes tor ian sfrom O room iah , an d speak in g to them through an in te rp re te r . They we re poor work
ingm en,m echan ics , who absen ted themse lves so far from the i r homes in orde r to
make be t te r prov is ion fo r the i r famil ies by the h ighe r wages which they could earn
in the me t ropol is o f t ran s-Caucassian Russia . I t was no smal l j oy to mee t this l i t t leban d of humble Chris t ian bre th ren ,
convened on the Sabbath fo r worship , in the i r
week-day workshop ; to l isten to the i r p rayers an d songs , an d Script ure r eading,an d
an earnes t address from on e of the i r n umber— al l in the i r Syriac language ; t o re
ceive , through an in te rprete r , their cordial wel come ,accompan ied wi th the dec lara
t ion that the i r Syriac n ewspape r had given them to expec t such a vis i t f rom on e
represen t ing Chr is t ’s people in happy Amer ica,the l an d from which mi ssi onarie s had
brough t the pure gospe l to them .
More abun dan t and emphat ic was the we lcome which awai ted him in Pers ia . Two
missionary bre thren k in dly met h im upon the fron t ier and accompan ied him thence ,a
four d ays ’ j ourney,to Tabriz ;
Ou tside th e walls o f Tab riz , an hour’s r ide d istan t , they were m et by o the r m is
sion aries , m en an d women,on horseback , accompan ied by some of the i r n a t ive
frien ds , j o in ing th em in th is o rien t al we l come . As the Tabriz miss ion ar ies and your
de legate drew near to O room iah . the we l come became s t i l l more demon s tra t ive .
Miss ion aries , n at ive evangel ic al pastors and teachers , an d even some Moslems rode ou t
to we lcome them . Some m e t them as many as ten or twe l ve miles away , and o thers
a t var ious d is tan ces,un t i l the cavalcade of horsemen so demon s t ra t ive ly we l com ing
them amoun ted to more than fi f ty . This b ro the rly we l come o f m iss i onarie s t o the i rfel low-missionaries o f an other s ta tion , and of bo th to bre thren from Amer ica , was
mos t re fresh ing to weary t rave lers ;-
and the j oy o f i t was grea t ly in ten s ified by the
fac t that the people fo r whom our mission aries have labored so fa ithfully , so j ust lyapprec iate the i r l abor of love as to be eage r to j o in them in demon s t ra t ion s o f wel
come to an Ame ric an s t ranger , o f whom they on ly knew that he was a coun t ryman of
the i r ben efac tors,and an au thorized repre sen ta t ive of th e Syn od to wh ich the ir
ben efactors be long .
Ou tside the wal ls o f O room iah,s ixty young m en s tood in l in e to g ree t you r de le
gate and his son accompany ing him . These we re the s tuden t s o f ou r miss ion col lege ;an d w i th in th e miss ion compoun d s tood in s im ila r array the young lad ies , pup i ls of
the Female Semin ary,wi th which th e n ame of F ide l i a F i sk i s so honorably
remembered .
Your de legate remain ed in O room iah fi fteen days . Within thi s t ime,he n o t on ly
had an Opportun i ty of obse rving th e o rd inary work of the mission and i ts happyresul t s in O room iah and the n e ighboring vil lages ,
‘
but of a tten ding the an n ual mee ting of the mission ,
of the Presby te ry of O room iah,an d of the Gen e ra l K nooshya of the
Nes to rian Evange l ical Church . Thi s body con ta in s thirty-one ordain ed Kashas ,"
i . e . , Pre sby te rs , an d has unde r i t s care s ixty-five congregat ion s . I t embraces four
d is t ri c t K nooshyas , rel a ted to i t much as our'
Pre sby te ries to the i r Syn od .
The me thods of busin ess in th is body,the orde rl in ess o f i t s procedure, the d ign i ty
4 2 SYNOD OF NEW Y O R K . [O c t . 2 3d ,
o f O room iah its app roval and high apprec iat ion of the i r con side rate and wise en deavors
to commen d to our Nestor ian brethren th e prin c iples and sp i ri t o f our Presby terian
pol ity ; tha t i t sen d to the K nooshya i ts bro the rly salu tat ion ; that i t expre ss to tha tbody i ts appreciat ion of i t s great kindness to our delegate and to our missionaries
tha t i t assu re th e K nooshya an d i ts people of our affect ion ate praye rs fo r the i rsp i ri tual p rosperi ty , and our purpose to con t inue our aid
,so long as i t shal l be
needed,to th e miss ionary work in the i r l an d
,remember ing the d is t ingu ished mis
s ion ary en te rpr i se of the early Nes to r ian Church, and hop ing tha t , in the no t dis tan t
fu tu re , that people wil l again have large and hon orabl e part in th e work which i s toissue in the evangel i za t ion Of the whole world .
The commi ttee also recommen ds that i t , o r a s im ilar commi ttee ,be cont in ued , to
cooperate pat ien tly an d fratern al ly wi th the Presbytery o f O room iah in i t s endeavor
to perfec t the un ion of th e K nooshyas an d Presby teries , on prin ciples and in an organ
ization sat i sfac tory to both .
T he Comm i t tee o f Corre sp on den ce w i th th e Pre sby tery of O room iah
was con t in ued,as fo l lows : R ev . T . Ral s ton Smi th
,D . D . ,
R ev . Charles
A . B r iggs,D . D .
,and E l de rs S tephen M . Clemen t an d K il iaen
Van Ren s se lae r ; the fo rme r ch a i rman,the R ev . H en ry A . Ne l s on ,
D . D . ,
hav in g removed beyon d the b oun ds o f th e Syn od .
Th e Presbytery'
o f Gen eva was d irec ted to p lace upon i t s records
the dec i s ion of the S yn od in th e ma t ter o f th e compla in t of th e R ev .
G eorge N . Smi th .
The S ta ted Clerk in fo rm ed the Syn od that n o repo r t h ad been
rece ived from th e Pe rman en t Comm i t tee on Tempe ran ce .
O n the recommen da t i on of th e N om ina t in g Commit tee , the fo l l ow ing ,
we re appo in ted th e Pe rman en t Commi t tee on T emperan ce :
The R ev . Messrs . J ohn H . E cob , D . D . , G . Parson s N ichol s , D . D . , Charles C .
Wallace , D . D . ,Lean de r T . Chamberlain ,
D . D . ,John P . Egber t , Charles C . H emen
way , Joseph Gamble ,George D . Me igs , George A . Howard , D . D Will iam Swan ,
David McL eod, J . Jermain Porter , D . D H en ry A . Harlow , Joseph W . Earn
shaw , Luther A . Os t rander , Alexan der G . Russe l l , John Hall , D . D I saac P . Smi th ,Will i am K . Hall , D . D . ,
I rv ing E . Whi te ,Geo rge Patton , L . Merri l l M il le r , D . D . ,
Wil l iam A . N i les , D . D . ,Alexander Me A ; Thorburn , N in i an B . Remick , Dan a W .
B ige low , Rol l in A . Sawyer , D . D .
I t was far ther recomm en ded tha t R ev. J ohn Hal l ,'
D . D . , b e th e
cha i rman o f th e comm i t tee .
The recommen da t i on was adop ted .
The Commi t tee on Sy s temat i c B eneficence was re-appo in ted , wi th
th e fol low ing chan ges : R ev . J o seph E . Nas sau,D . D .
,in p lace o f R ev .
Hen ry A . Ne l s on,D . D . , and R ev . Hugh W . Torren ce in p lace of R ev .
Herman C . R i gg s,D . D .
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. 1 885 ] SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 43
The R ev . Samu el J e s su p , D . D . ,was app o in ted cha i rman of th e
Commi t tee on th e Con d i t ion of th e Chu rch es an d Mis s i on Wo rk w i th in
th e boun d s o f th e Syn od .
Th e Woman’s S yn od ica l Commi t tee on Home Miss i on s p resen ted
th e fol l ow ing repor t , wh i ch was accep ted '
The commi t tee report s a year of sys temat i c work among th e women o f the Presbyteries , with resu l ts tha t are en couraging. The respon ses have been hearty , an d in ter
e st in our work i s eviden t ly on the in crease in n early al l parts o f th e Syn od . W e
n o te an advan ce of in the g i ft s o f auxi l iary soc ie t ies,and , in members , a
.gain of
Through the summe r mon ths th e in crease in con tr ibu t ion s over the correspon d ingmon ths o f last year has b een very marked ; f rom wh ich un usual fac t we augu r
more an d s t i l l be t te r th ings in the t ime to come .
A mon th ly p raye r-mee t ing has been estab l i shed in N ew Yo rk,to wh ich women
from al l parts o f the coun t ry are we l comed . A Presbyterial Soc iety al so has beeno rgan i zed in th at c ity ; an d in two more Pre sby teries s teps are be ing taken towards thes ame en d . When thi s has been accomp l i shed , the re wil l remain on ly on e Presbyte rywi thou t such an organ i za t ion .
The to ta l rece ip t s, s ince October I 7 , 1 884 , are in c lud ing
con tributed for the d eb t of th e Board .
O n the recommen da t i on of the Nom in at ing Comm i t tee ,th e fo l l ow
ing we re app o in ted,fo r th e en s u in g year
,
THE \VO MAN'
S SYNODICAL COMMITTEE O N H OME M I S S I ONS .
P reséy tery of A lbany—Mrs . H en ry March , M rs . B . F rank Pot te r , Mrs . I sabe l la
McGil l .
B z’
ng/zam ton—Mrs . John Chatfiel d , Mrs . E . Hawley , Mrs . Howard E lme r , Mrs .
A . F ran ce s Ibbo tson,Miss Ida S to rrs .
B os ton—Mrs . Charles C . Wallace ,Miss E l i zabe th M . K imball , Mrs . An drew Bur
rows,Mrs . Valen t ine A . Lewis .
B rookly n—Mrs . Darwin R . James
,Mrs . James M . Ham ,
Mrs . Dav id M . Miller ,Mrs . F . E . H . Hain es , Mrs . Oscar E . Boyd , Mrs . Hiram B . Jackson , Mrs . J . Sample ,Miss Grace E . Cook , M iss Helen M . Wel ls .
B uf a/o- Mrs . Hen ry Child s,Mrs . Louis M . K imbal l , Mrs . Mart in D . Knee land ,
Mrs . Wil l iam H . Walke r , Miss Harrie t C . Bue l l .
Cay uga—Mrs . Ez ra A . Hun t ington ,
Mrs . Lev i T . Hamil ton .
Ckampla in—Mrs . Joseph Gamble ,Mrs . Chan dler N . Thomas .
Clze; zzung— \ I rs . F rankl in S . Howe ,
Mrs . Alex . 0 . Pe loubet .
Columbia—Mrs . George A . Howard , Mrs . George C . Ye i s ley .
Genesee- Mrs . Cass ius H . D ibble ,Mrs . Wil l iam W . To theroh .
Genesee Va l ley—Mrs . Wil l iam F . Whee le r , Mrs . Thomas Chattle , Mrs . R . O .
Smi th , Mrs . F . R . Eaton .
Gen eva—Mrs . Thompson C . Maxwe l l , Miss He len Hawley .
Hudson—Mrs . Charles Beatt ie,Mrs . Charles W . Coope r , Mrs . F . Markoc Cum
min s .
L ong I s land—Mrs . Epher W hi take r , Mrs . Samue l Hun tting, M iss Mary H .
Howel l , Mrs . P . R . Re i l ley , Miss Amel ia Smi th .
SYNOD OF N E W YORK . [Oc t . 2 3d ,
Ly on s—Mrs . Horace Ea ton ,
Mrs . A . Parke Burge ss .
N assau—M rsL Lewis Lampman , Mrs . J . R . Mowbray , Mrs . A . M . Given , Mrs .
Pe te r B . Oakey , Mrs . W . A . M . Grie r .
N ew Y ork— Mrs . S ilas B . Browne l l , Mrs . John S in cla i r , Mrs . Will iam F . L ee ,
Mrs . Geo rge D . Phelps , Mrs . Mary F . C . S t rong , M iss F . A . Dye r , Mrs . EdwardN . Crosby , Mrs . Wil l iam H . Wickham .
N iagara— Mrs . Dan ie l C larke ,
Mrs . Robert No rton , Mrs . C . H . Fowler .N ar i/z [fiver—Mrs . Hecto r C raig , Mrs . Charles J . Howel l .
O tsego—Mrs . Pl iny F . Sanborn e ,
Mrs . Horace H . Allen ,Miss Catharine Rose
boom .
R oc/zes ter—Mrs . Joseph R . Page , Mrs . Wil l i am All ing , Mrs . Sarah J . N ichols ,Mrs . Jos iah E . K i t t redge
,Miss F ran ces E . Laude rdale
,Mrs . H e rman C . R iggs .
St . L aw ren re—Mrs . L . M erri l l M il le r , Mrs . Charles An thony , Miss P . T . Hubbard .
Steuben—Mrs . Will iam A . N i le s , Mrs . F ran c is A . Will iams , Mrs . Wil l iam H . R i ce.
Sy racuse—Mrs . M . C . Arms t rong
,Mrs . Gilbe rt Mol l ison , Mrs . Chaun cey Bron son ,
Mrs . Allen Butle r,Mrs . B . S . S ton e .
Troy—Mrs . E . N . D auchy , Miss E l izabe th A . S . Eddy , Mrs . R . H . McCl el lan
U l ica—Mrs . John C . Gallup , Mrs . F rede rick A . M . Brown , Miss Sarah Gilbert ,Mrs . Geo rge Curran .
W estcfierter— Mrs . Thorn ton M . N iven , J r Mrs . Stan ton Cady , Mrs . Edgar L .
Hee rm an ce,Miss O l iv ia B . Walsh
,Miss E l izabe th C ris ty , Mrs . San fo rd R . Kn app ,
Mrs . F . A . Walke r .
T he S tated C lerk p resen ted a min u te adop ted by th e Presby te ry o f
O room iah tes t i fy in g i t s app rec iat ion o f th e ‘recen t v i s i t o f the R ev.
H en ry A . Ne l son ,D . D .
,as a de lega te from th i s Syn od
,and of the
deep in te res t in the we l fare of t ha t Presby tery exp res sed by h i s ap
po in tm en t .
The S tated Clerk was au tho r i zed to send a co rd ial ackn owledgmen t .
O ffic ia l in forma t i on was p re sen ted of th e o rgan i za t ion of th e Pres
by tery o f Nor t h Lao s , on Wedn esday,J une 1 7 , 1 885 , when th e R ev.
Dan ie l McGilvary , D . D . ,p reached the sermon
,an d the R ev . Samue l
C . Peop les was e lec ted Modera to r and S tated C le rk .
The ann ua l repor t o f th e B oard o f Trus tee s o f E lm i ra Co l lege was
p resen ted,accep ted
,an d orde red t o be p r in ted in th e Appen d ix t o the
Min u te s .
Th e fol l ow in g m inu te was adop ted un an imou s l y
The Syn od expresse s to M r . an d Mrs . James A . Burden i t s gra te ful sen se o f the i r
k indness in th e soc ial recep tion given on Thursday , a t Woods i de Homes tead , to the
members o f the Syn od , and i t s hearty apprec iat ion o f the i r mos t grace fu l hosp i tal ity .
Cord ial thanks are ex te nded al so to the Hon . Wil l iam Kemp , Pre s iden t o f theStree t Rai lway Company , fo r h i s though tful k in dness in providing t ran spo rtat ion forthe guest s .
The fo l lowin g mes sage was d i rec ted t o be sen t to the In ter-Sem
in ary Al l ian ce , in ses s ion in Roche s ter
A.D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 45
l e Syn oa’of N ew Yorb sena
’s greeting
—Read Deu teronomy xxx i 6 , and E ph e
s ian s vi . , 2 3 .
The R ev . M es s r s . T . Ra l s t on Smith,D . D .
,Asa S . F i ske an d Lean
d er T . Chamberla in ,D . D . ,
were appo in ted a comm i t tee t o con s ide r th e
bu s ines s m e thod s o f the Syn od , an d t o rep o rt at th e n ex t mee t in g .
Au thor i t y was given t o th e Sta ted Clerk t o keep the offic ia l Record s
o f the Synod in p r in ted fo rm ,in acc ordan ce wi th the pe rm i s s ion of the
Gen eral As sembl‘
y,
—M in u tes o f 1 884 , page 7 5 .
Th e Comm i t tee on Leave of Absence p re sen ted th e fo l l ow in g re
p or t,wh ich was accep ted '
The commi t tee adop ted unan imously th e fol lowing prin ciples,as defin ing it s
powers and dut ies , n amely :
E lec t ion to a sea t in th is body ca rries wi th i t a solemn t rust , bes ides con fe rr ing a
sacred privilege . In accep t ing the i r appoin tmen t , delegates have p laced themselvesunder obl igat ion to atten d the sess ion s o f the Synod from the open ing to the close ,un less p reven ted from doing so by c i rcumstan ces wh ich were no t fo reseen when they
a ccepted the t rus t .
For th e fai thful d i scharge of the i r duties they are respon s ible , primari ly , to the i rrespect ive Presbyte ries . The Synod
'
s commi ttee i s empowered , the re fore ,to gran t
l eave o f ab sence to de legates , in v iew on l y o f c ircumstan ces which make the i r w ithd rawal n ecessary , an d which have arisen subsequen t ly to the assumpt ion of the i r re
spon sibil ities as membe rs o f th is body .
With these princ iple s fo r i ts gu idan ce , the commi ttee has gran ted leave of absen ce
to the fol lowing person s
P resby tery of A l bany : E lders—Arch ibald McClure , John C . Allen ,Amos Hoch
s trasse r .
B ing/zam ton Min i s te rs— Sab in McK inn ey , George M . Janes ; E lder—Abe lS towel l .
B rookly n : Min i ste rs—John D . We l l s , D . D Louis R ulner, J . Win throp Hage
m an,Arcturus Z . Con rad ; E lde rs—Rober t H en derson , Jr . , J . Arthur Burr
,Dan ie l
w . F i sh .
B ufi a lo Min i ster—John McL ach lan ; E lde r— James S . Fowle r .Champlain Min i s ter—Charles S . R ichardson .
Columbia : E lde rs— Schuyler B . Coe . Mil ford L . Bate s , M . D .
Gen esee : M in i ste r— Samue l Bowden ,
Gen esee Va l ley Min i s ter— John Burrows .
Gen eva : Min i s te r—Hugh W . Torren ce ; E lde rs—Cheney P . Whi tney , J amesMead.
Hudson Min i s ters—Amasa S . F reeman ,D . D . ,
Charles W . Coope r , John Turner ;E lder—George Buchen au .
L ong I s la n d : Min i s te r—Will iam H . Li t te l l .
N assau ; E lde rs—Gugy S . Taylor , N ichol as Evere t t .N ew Y ork : Min i s te rs—Hen ry M . MacCracken ,
D . D . , An son P . At terbury ,Hen ry G . B irchby ; E lders—Warn er Van Norden ,
Will iam C . Mart in , Will iam
F . L ee .
[ saga ra M i n i s te r—Corn el i us S . Stowitts ; E lde r—Thomas T . F l agler .
46 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [O c t . 2 3d ,
N ar i/z R iver : Min i s te rs—Geo rge P . Noble , F rederick B . Savage , D . D Thomas
C . S traus , David B . McMurdy .
O tsego Min i s ter -F rank H . Co ffran ; E lde r—George N . Bisse l l .
R oe/zesz‘
er : M in i s ters—Hen ry Wickes , v ran t Nel son , Newton J.Conkl in ; E lderF rank M . E l le ry .
S t . L aw ren ce : E lde r—Roswe l l G . Pet t ibon e .
Steuben : E lde r—F ran c i s A . Will iams .
Sy racuse : Min i s ter—S . E dwin Koon s ; E lders—George V . N . Relyea , Ben j amin
J . Dye r .Troy E lde r—Will iam P . Bl iss .
Utica : Min i s te r—N icholas W . Goertner , D . D . ; E lders—Timo thy Parker , E dward No rth , Simon G . Visscher .
W es lebester : E lder—Enos L ee .
The Treasu re r was au thor i zed to pay the.
b i l l s fo r the in c iden tal
expen ses o f th e Syn od .
Th e severa l S tan d in g Comm it tee s , hav in g no far ther repor t s t o pre
sen t,were d i scharged .
The fo l l ow in g m in ut e was adop ted,un an imou sl y
The Syn od of N ew Yo rk expresses its mos t grate fu l ackn owledgmen t of the cor
d ial w elcome extended to i ts m embe rs by the congregat ion s and c itizens of Troy .
I ts thanks are due e spec ial ly , and are ten de red warmly , to the mos t effi c ien t Comm ittee of Arrangemen ts , whose labo rs have been abundan t , wise ly d irected , _
and fru itful in all that could promote th e comfort of the Synod , and serve the needs of i ts .
we igh ty busin ess ;To the famil ies wh ich have extended to th e delegates a mos t charm ing hosp i tal i ty ;To th e ladies W hose generous labor has been so help fu l in prov id ing the daily re
pasts fo r the members loca ted a t a d is tan ce ;To the organ i st and choi r fo r the i r devo ted and capable a t ten t ion to the several
even ing se rvices he ld by the Synod , and to the organ i s t , Mr . S . Burt Saxton,fo r the.
very enj oyable rec i tal g iven on Thursday even ing .
Th e Syn od ’s thanks are rende red , al so , with cord ial i ty , to the ra ilway compan ies .which have accorded i ts delegates spec ia l priv i leges over the i r roads , to the hotels forthe i r gene rous favors , and t o the dail y press o f T roy fo r the Space given to the reports.
of th e Synod ical bus in ess .
B r ief re sp on ses were made by member s of th e Commi t tee of Ar
ran gemen t s .
The ro l l was ca l led,and the fo l l ow ing member s were recorded as
havin g w i thd rawn from th e s e s s ion s o f the S yn od Wi th ou t‘
i t s .
perm i s s i on :
P resby tery of A lbany : Min is te r Rober t A . Dav ison E lder—Darius SO r ton
,M . D .
B ing/mut ton : E lde r—George F . Han d , M . D .
B uj’
a lo: E lders—Joseph T . Hoole ,Joseph H . Plumb .
Cay uga : Min is ter—Jun ius J . Cowles ; E lde r -Ran dolph R . Weed .
Champla in : M in i s te r—Ch an dler N . Thomas .
A. D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 4 7
C/zem ung: E lde r—Garwood J . Mead .
Gen esee: E lde r—Will iam Bradley .
Genesee Va l ley : Min is ter—Rober t R . Watk in s .
Hudson : E lder—Edward F . P ierson .
O tsego ,
: Min i ster—Pl iny F . Sanborne ; E lder—Ferd in and Shaw .
Troy : E lder— Jame s McF arl and .
I/Vestekester : E lde r— Joseph Barre t t .
The min u tes o f the p re sen t ses s ion were read and app roved .
The S yn od adj ou rn ed to mee t in the F i r s t Ch u rch,in the Ci ty
E lm i ra,on th e t h i rd Tuesday (th e roth d ay ) of Oc t obe r , A . D .
,1 886
,
ha l f-pas t seven O’c lock
,P . M .
Closed w i th p raye r , prai se and th e Apos to l i c B en ed ic t ion .
J. WILFORD JACKS,
P ermanen t Cl erk .
T . RALSTON SM ITH,
S la l ea’ Clerk .
5 0 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Append ix ,
o f the Presbyterian Church , there i s reason for loyal ty to i t . That farmer does mostfo r his commun i ty who cul t ivate s h i s own farm rathe r than that of h is n e ighbor . The
merchan t o r manufac turer who makes a success o f h i s own busin e ss does fa r more for
the finan cial p rospe ri ty o f the c i ty in which h e l ives than h e who expends h is energ ies
in bu i ld ing up the bus in e s s o f o the rs . The bes t tha t you can do for th e Church un i
versal i s to en large an d s t rengthen the Presby te rian Church . This i s n ot sectar ian i sm
and n arrown ess . I t i s rathe r cathol ic i ty o f spi ri t . I t i s san c t ified common-sen se .
This subjec t has many bear ings . I t has to do wi th the con duc t o f th e mee t ingsand business o f Pre sbyteries , wi th the act iv i t ie s o f in dividual churches , wi th th e cord i al support of the agenc ies e s tabl ished by th e Gene ral Assembly for the prosecut ion of
the Lord ’s work,wi th the al lowing of our own Boards to su ffe r the burden s o f c rush
ing debt , while mun ificen t sums are given to un den omin a t ional en te rpri ses . With al l
s e riousn es s the Syn od would declare i ts conv ic t ion that the t ime has come when Presbyterian s ough t to take a deepe r and wiser in teres t in the prosper i ty o f the i r own Z ion .
With st i l l g reate r emphas i s wou ld the Syn od exhort i ts Presbyte ries an d churchesfo be loyal to the grea t H ead o f th e Church . Th e march ing orders of Chri s t are
,
Go , d isc ip le al l n a t ion s ."
The force of tha t comman d rests upon every fol lowe r
O f Je sus . And yet our grea t m iss ion ary Boards are hampered an d c rippled_
by
empty t reasur ie s . The Lord has given us too m uch success . He has open ed doors
wh ich w e are unwil l ing to en ter . The bus iness m an expec t s in creased expen se s wi then larged prospe r i ty . The Church i s n o t ready fo r the en la rgemen t which God hasb rough t to i t .
Y et how easi ly migh t th e n eeded funds be provided" An average o f one cen t a
day per member measures the exten t of our gi fts for the evange l izat ion o f the world .
How few the re are who have r isen to the concept ion tha t God has a deman d upon
the i r money,— that they are the Lord ’s s tewards" L et th i s subj ec t rece ive from our
Presbyteries th e at ten t ion which i ts importan ce deman ds . L et them prayer fully dev ise
such methods as w i l l st imulate the ir churches an d people in the grace of giv ing, and
lead them to real ize that as God demands a certain port ion O f the i r t ime as pecul iarly
h is,so He demand s for h is work a j us t p ropor t ion o f the mon ey wi th which He has
en t ru sted them .
The Synod also en j o in s upon Sess ion s th e du ty o f in s t ruc t ing the i r peop le On thissubj ec t
,and of making th e giv ing of mon ey a .p ar t o f the so lemn worship of th e Lord
’s
h ouse . Our praye rs and our alms have been j o ined by th e Lord in holy un ion . And“ what God hath j o in ed toge ther
,l et n o t m an pu t asun der .
F in ally,bre thren ,
whatsoeve r th ings are t rue , whatsoeve r th ings are hon es t ,whatsoeve r things are j us t
,whatsoeve r th ings are pure , whatsoeve r things are love ly,
whatsoever th ings are of good report ; i f there b e any v i r tue ,and i f there be any
p ra ise,th ink on these th ings . " Giving al l d il igen ce ,
add to your fai th v i r tue ; and“ t o v i rtue , kn owledge ; an d to kn owledge ,
temperan ce ; an d to temperan ce , pat ience ;and to pa t ien ce , godl in ess ; an d to godl iness , bro therly kin dn ess ; an d to b rotherlyk in dn e ss , chari ty . For
,i f these th ings be in you , and aboun d , they make you that ye
sh al l ne i the r be barren nor un fru i t ful in th e kn owledge o f our Lord Jesus Chri s t ."
Th e grace of th e Lord Jesus Chri s t , an d the l ove of God , an d the commun ion
of the Holy Ghost , be with you al l . Amen .
"
L . MERR ILL M ILLER ,M odera lor .
T . RALSTON SMITH ,
Sta led Clerk .
A . D . SYNOD OF N E W YORK . 5 1
11. RE PORTS O F THE PRE SBY’
TE R IE S .
I . THE PRESBYTERY O F ALBANY con sis ts o f fi fty-two min i s te rs and fo r ty-n in echurches , an d has unde r i t s care four l icen t ia tes and n ine can didates .
Licen t ia te rece ived
Decembe r 30 , 1 884 , John J . Henn ing , from the Presbytery of Argyle , U . P .
Licen sed
April 2 2,1885 , H erbert C . Hin ds , George N . Makely , Hen ry M . Tyndal l and
George K . F raserJune 9 ,
Charles Edward Fay .
Candidate t aken unde r the care of the Presbyte ry
Apri l 2 3 , 1885 , Walte r H . Haygood .
Pastoral re l at ion s d isso lved
Decem ber 30 ,1884 ,
be tween R ev. John F . Becker and th e Church of Ren sse laerv i l le
Apri l 2 1 , 1885 , be tween R ev . Wil l iam E . Faulkne r and th e Church o f Beth lehem ;Apri l 2 2
,be tween R ev . Will iam J . Blai r and the Church of E speran ce ,
to take
e ffec t Oc tober ISep tembe r 1 5 , be tween R ev . Dav id H erron and the Church o f Jefferson , to take
e ffec t November 30 .
O rd in at ion
January 20 , 1885 , John J . H enn ing .
In s tal l at ion
January 20 , 1885 , R ev. John J . Henn ing , over the Church of Prince town .
Min is te rs d ism issed
December 30 ,1884 , R ev. Charles S . She rman , to the Hartfo rd Sou th Assoc ia t i on
O f Congregational Churche s
Apr i l 2 1 , 1885 , R ev . Wil l iam E . Faulkne r , to the Classi s o f Albany .
Licen t ia tes d ism issed
June 9 ,1 885 , Charle s Edward Fay , to th e Presby tery of Champla in ,
and Charles
H . Tyndal l to the Pre sbyte ry of Lake Super io r .
M in is te rs deceased
R ev. Gaius M . B lodge t t , at Coope rstown ,November I 7 , 1884 ,
aged 69 years
R ev . Joseph Alden , D . D . , LL . D . ,in N ew York , August 30 , 1885 , aged 7 8
years .
Churches organ ized
The,Jermain Memorial
,We s t T roy , May I I , 1885 ;
The F i rs t Church , Voorheesv i l le , J une 2 5 .
Church declared extinc t
Amsterdam,F i rs t , June 10
,1885 .
I I . THE PRESBYTERY O F B INGHAMTON con s ists o f twen ty-e igh t min i sterstwen ty-n in e churches
,and has under i t s care one l icen t iate and two can didates .
5 2 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Appen d ix
Min i s ters rece ived
Apri l 2 1,1885 , R ev . John Ru therfo rd , from the Presbytery o f Philadelph ia North
May 5 , R ev . G . F lavel Humphrey , from th e Presbytery of O t sego,an d R ev .
J ames M . Wilson ,M . D . ,
from th e Presby te ry of Lackawan n a
Sep tembe r 16 ,R ev . Horace T . Chadsey , from the Presbytery of Genesee .
Licen sed
Apri l 2 2,1885 , Rol lo Bran ch .
D issolu t ion of pas toral re la t ion
Sep tember 16 , 1885 , be tween R ev. Will iam H . Gill and th e Church in Owego .
O rdin a t ion
May 5 , 1 885 , John D e Peu .
M in is te rs d ismissed
December 1 5 , 1884 , R ev . Wil l i am A . Beeche r , to the Presby tery o f N iagara ;Apri l 2 1
,1885 , R ev . Charle s S . Dewin g , to the Presby tery of H un t ington
Sep tember 1 5 , R ev . John F . McL aury , to the Presbytery of Genesee .
Licen t i ate tran sferred
Apri l 2 2 ,1885 , Rol lo Bran ch , to th e Presbytery of Lyon s .
I I I . THE PRESBYTERY O F BO STON con s i s t s of forty-on e min i s te rs and twen ty-threechurches , an d has un der i ts care five candidates .
Min is ters recei ved :
Apri l 1 5 , 1885 , R ev. H en ry C . Rob in son , from the Lin coln Wes t Assoc ia t ion of
Congregat iona l Churches , Main e ; an d R ev . Dan ie l W . Came ron ,from th e Nova Sco tia
and N ew Brun swick Congregat ional Un ion,
July 30 ,R ev . Don ald B . MacL eod , from the Presby te ry o f C in c in n at i ;
October 7 , R ev . Joseph W . San derson ,from the Presby te ry of M i lwaukee ; and
R ev. Rockwood Macquesten ,from th e Presbytery of S t . Paul .
Licen t ia te rece ived :
November 3 , 1884 , John Mon tgomery , fromth e Presbytery of VVestch ester .
Licen sed
O c tober 7 , 1885 , John R . Crosse r .
Can dida tes taken un de r th e care of th e Presby te ry
May 1 8,1885 , D an ie l G . MacK innon ;
Octobe r 7 , John R . Crosse r , from th e Pfesby tery of Steubenvi l le .
D i ssolu t ion s o f pastoral rel at ion s
February 9 ,1 885 , be tween R ev . F rede r ick E rhard t an d the German Church at
Man ches te r ;July 2 7 , be tween R ev. Ferd in an d O . Z esch and th e Ge rman Church at Lawren ce .
O rd in at ion
November 3 , 1 884 , John Mon tgome ry .
In stal lat ion s
Novembe r 3 , 1884 , R ev . John Mon tgome ry,over the Church at Lon sdale
,R . I . ;
July 30 ,1885 , R ev . Donald B . MacL eod
,ove r th e Church a t "u in cy .
A . D . 1 885 ] SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 5 3
Min i s te rs d ismissed
Novembe r 3 , 1884 ,R ev . I saac Whi te ,
to the Presbyte ry of Sacramen to ;February 9 ,
1885 , R ev . F rederick E rhard t , to the N ew York Class is o f theRe formed Church ;July 2 7 , R ev. Ferd in an d O . Z esch , to the C in c inn at i Cl ass is o f the Re fo rmed
Chu rch .
Death
R ev . Will iam Guth rie Barnes , a t F rede r icksburg , Ohio , Decembe r 9 ,1884 ,
aged
43 years .
Churche s o rgan ized
October 28, 1884 ,th e Secon d Church o f Man ches te r , N . H an d the Church at
"uin cy , Mass . ;Novembe r 3 , the Church at Lon sdale ,
R . I . ;
May I,1885 , th e Church a t Por tland , Main e ;
June 16 , th e Church at Fal l R i ve r , Mass .The re has been an in crease o f seven churches s in ce 1881 .
IV . THE PRESBYTERY O F BRO OK LYN con s is t s o f fi f ty min iste rs an d twen ty-fourchurche s
,and has unde r i t s care on e l icen t i a te
,an d e leven cand idate s .
Min i s te rs rece ived
Apri l 2 0,1885 , R ev . Lou is E ulner
,f rom the Presby te ry of Nassau ;
October 5 , R ev. S . Ingraham H ickey,from th e Presby te ry of Wes tm in s te r .
Licen t ia te rece ived
Apri l 20,1885 , Arc tu rus Z . Con rad
,from th e Presbytery o f Mankato .
Licen sed
Apri l 2 0 , 1 885 , Charles H . Jon e s .
Candidates taken un de r the care of the Pre sbytery
Apri l 2 0,1885 , O scar R . Ebe l ;
October 5 , Geo rge C . Muel ler an d H en ry Hausman .
Pastoral re la t ion s di ssolved
Decembe r 3 , 1884 , between R ev . Joseph G . Will iamson , Jr . ,and th e Ain sl ie‘
S tree t Church
Apri l 20,1 885 , be tween R ev . Jame s M . Ludlow ,
D . D . , an d the Wes tmin s ter
Church ;Octobe r 5 , be tween R ev . Amos N . F reeman and th e Si loam Church .
O rdin at ion s
Oc tobe r 2 8,1884 ,
Phi l l ipp Vol lme r ;Jun e 2
, 1885 , Arc turus Z . Con rad .
In s talla t ion s
October 28,1834 ,
R ev . Phil l ipp Vol lmer,over F rieden ’s K i rche ;
Novembe r 3 ,R ev . D avid S teven son ,
D . D . ,over the F irst Church ,
Brooklyn , E . D . ;
Jun e 2,1885 , R ev . Arcturus Z . Con rad , ove r the Ain s l ie-S tree t Chu rch .
Min i s ter di smissed
December 3 ,‘
1884 ,R ev. Joseph G . Will iamson , J r to the Presby te ry of Det ro i t .
54 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Appen d ix
Licen t ia te dismissed
O c tober 5 , 1885 , Charles H . Jones to th e Class i s of Newark .
Demit ted th e Min i s t ry
Apri l 20,1885 , R ev . Dan iel M . Wooley .
Death s
December 8, 1 884 , R ev . Dav id M . Hal l iday , M . D D . D in his 78th year ;March 28
, 1885 , R ev . Lyman Gilbe r t , D . D . ,in h i s 87 th year .
Church formed
Oc tobe r 2 1 , 1 884 , F rieden’s K i rche .
Church rece ived
Apri l 20 , 1 885 , the F i rs t German Church , East Will iamsburg , from the PresbyteryNassau .
V . THE PRESBYTERY O F BUFFALO cons ists of forty-four m in i sters'
and th ir ty
th ree churches , and has un de r i t s care on e l i cen t i ate and five candidates .
Min isters rece ived
January 19 , 1885 , R ev . John McL ach l an , from th e Presbytery of Geneva ;Oc tobe r 6
,R ev . Will iam Mart in
,from the E rie Annual Con feren ce of the Meth
odis t Episcopal Church .
Licen t iates rece ived
Apri l I4 ,1885 , Edwin P . Rob in son ,
from th e Presby tery o f Carl isle
July 6 , I saac P . Smi th , from the Presbyte ry of Cayuga .
Can d idates taken unde r the care o f th e Presbytery :
J anuary 1 9 , 1885 , Wil l iam H . Ke l ly ;May 4 ,
John Gi lmore Sm ith
Jun e 9 , Joseph A . Milburn .
Pastora l rel at ion s dissolved
Novembe r 10 , 1884 ,be tween Rev . J . Joseph Rankin an d the Church in Clarence
Oc tober 6 , 1885 , be tween R ev. Charles D . Barrows and the Church in Jame stown .
O rd in a t ion s
Apri l 30 , 1885 , Edwin P . Robin sonJuly 14 ,
I saac P . Sm i th .
In s tal la t ion s
Jan uary 19 , 1885 , R ev . John McL ach lan , as pastor o f the Cen tral Church , BuffaloApri l 30 ,
R ev . Edwin P . Robin son ,as pas to r o f the Church in Claren ce
July 14 , R ev. I saac P . Smi th , as pas to r o f th e Church in Ton awan da .
Licen t i ate d ism issed
Oc tober 5 , 1885 , Silas’
E . Pe rson s , to th e Presbytery of Boulder.
VI . THE PRESBYTERY O F CAYUGA con sis ts o f th ir ty min i sters and twen ty-threechurches
,and has un de r i t s care e igh t l icen t iate s and five candidates.
Min i ste rs rece ived
Oc tober 28,1884 , R ev. Charle s 0 . Hanmer , from the Presbytery of Chemung ;
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 5 5
Apri l 1 5 , 1885 , R ev . Will iam Hart,from th e Lin coln Wes t Congregat ion al
Assoc iat ion o f Ma in e ;May 8, R ev . R escum Hart Dexter , from the Pre sbyte ry of Genesee ;Sep tembe r 1 5 , R ev . S ilas M cK inn ey, from the Presby tery of Roche ster .
Licen t iate rece ived
May 8,1 885 , Mr . F rank H . Hinman ,
from the Presbyte ry o f B ingham ton .
Licen sed
Apri l 1 6 , 1885 , Angus H . Cameron , Will iam Hart Dexter , R ichard S . Holmes,
R ichard C . Town sen d .
Candidate s taken un der the care of the Presbytery
Oc tobe r 2 8,1884 ,
James R . Breaks , Angus°
H. Cameron,Melancthon J . Getman ,
A . Came ron McK en zie,John S . W il ld ridge
Apri l 14 , 1885 , R ichard S . Holmes ; and R icha rd C . Town send , from the Pre sby tery
of Solomon .
Pas toral rela t ion s d issolved
December 10 , 1884 , be tween R ev . George B . S tewart an d the Calvary Church,
Auburn ;Apri l 14 ,
1885 , be tween R ev. Alfred E . Myers and the Chu rch o f Owasco ;July 1 3 , be tween R ev . Charles T . Burn ley and the Church of Senn e t t .
O rdained :
May 8,1885 , F rank H . H inman ,
Charles H . Phil l ip s .
In s tal led
May 8, 1885 , R ev . F rank H . H inman , over the Calvary Church , Auburn .
Min i s te rs d i sm issed
Decembe r 10 ,1884 , R ev . George B . S tewart , to the Presbyte ry of C arl is le , R ev .
Rober t C . All ison ,to the Congregat iona l Assoc ia t ion of Ru tlan d
,Ve rmon t ;
Apri l 14 ,1885 , R ev . Al fred E . Mye rs , an d R ev . O va H . Seymour , to th e
Presbytery of Syracuse ;July 1 3 , R ev . Charles T . Burn ley , to the Presby tery o f S t . Paul .
Licen t ia tes d ismi ssed
February 2 3 , 1885 , Charles S . Hoyt , to the Presbyte ry o f Chicago ;April 1 5 , James R . Rob in son ,
to the Presbytery of Chemung ;Jun e 2 2 , I saac P . Sm i th , to th e Pre sbytery of Buffalo ;September 1 5 , R ichard C . Town send to th e Presby te ry of Al ton .
Deceased
R ev . O l iver S . Taylor , M . D . ,in Auburn ,
Apri l 19 , 1885 , in h is I o I St year .
Can d idate s tran sfgrred
February 2 3 , 1885 , Jame s R . Breaks to the Presbyte ry o f Crawfo rdsv i l le ;May 8
,John S . W il ld ridge , to the Presbyte ry of Chemung .
The Reformed Church o f Ca to was Organ ized as a Presby ter ian Church , an d
rece ived in to the Pre sby tery , Decembe r 2 , 1884 .
VI I . THE PRESBYTERY O F CHAMPLAIN con s i s ts o f n in eteen min i s ters and seventeen churches , an d has unde r i t s care one l icen t iate.
5 6 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Appen d ix ,
Licen t i ate rece ived
July 29 , 1885 , Charle s Edward Fay , from the Presbytery of Albany .
Licen sed
Jun e 1 7 , 1 885 , Edward P . Morse .
Pastoral re l a t ion dissolved
February 1 8,1885 , be tween R ev. H en ry H . Lipes and th e Church a t Min evi l le .
In s tal lat ion s
Jun e 1 7 , 1885 , R ev . Dan ie l Mackay , ove r the Church at For t Covington .
July 29 ,Charles Edward Fay was orda in ed and in s ta l led pasto r o f the Church
M in ev i l le .
D i smissed
February 1 8, 1 885 , R ev . Hen ry H . Lipes , to th e Presby te ry o f St . Lawren ce
Apri l 4 ,R ev . Thorn ton A . Mil ls , to the Pre sbytery O f Morris an d O range
Apri l 14 ,R ev . Don ald MacD ougal l , t o the Presby tery of Boston .
VI I I . THE PRESBYTERY O F CHEMUNG con s is t s o f twen ty-two m in i s ters and
twen ty-three churche s and has unde r i t s care two l icen t ia tes and two can d idates .
Min i ster rece i ved
September 2 2 , 1885 , R ev. Alv in Cooper , from the Pre sby tery of Steuben .
Licen t iate rece ived
April 2 2,1885 , James R . Robin son ,
f rom th e Presbyte ry o f Cayuga .
Licen sed
Apri l 2 1,1885 , George V . Re i che l , John C . Mead and Bryce K . Douglas .
O rdi nat ion
Apri l 2 2,1885 , James R . Robin son ,
s in e titulo.
O rda in ed and in stal led
Apri l 29 ,1885 , Bryce K . Douglas was ordain ed , an d in s tal led pas to r o f the Church
O f N ewfie ld .
Can didate taken unde r th e care of the Pre sby te ry
Apri l 2 1,1885 , Geo rge A . White .
M in i s te rs d ism issed
November 2 5 , 1884 ,R ev . Josiah G . Schaeffer , to the Presbytery of Gun n ison
Septem ber 2 2,1 885 , R ev . Timothy B . Je rvis , to the Pre sby te ry of U t ica , R ev.
John McMaster ,
’
to the Presby tery of Lyon s , an d R ev . James B . Umbe rger to the
Presbyte ry o f N ew Cast le .
Deceased
February 1 2,1885 , Jacob K . Warne r , a t Burde t t , aged 6 1 years ;
Septembe r I 7 , R ev . Stephe n Vo rh is , a t Spen ce r , aged 7 2 years .
IX . PRESBYTERY O F CHILE . [No report .]
X . THE PRESBYTERY O F CO LUM BIA con s i s ts o f fi fteen min i s ters an d n ine teen
churches,and has unde r i ts care on e l icen t ia te .
58 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Append ix ,
Oc tober 7 , 1 885 , be tween R ev . F ren ch W . F i she r and the Church of Portv il le .
In stalla t ion
Decembe r 1 1,1 884 , R ev . John Burrows , ove r the Church of O lean .
Min i ste r d ism issed
D ecembe r 1 1,1884 ,
R ev . Dwight K . Stee le to’
the Pre sbyte ry of Ozark .
XI I I . THE PRESBYTERY O F GENEVA con si s ts o f th i rty-one min is te rs an d twen tytwo churches , and has unde r i t s care two l icen t ia te s and e igh t can didates .
I
Min i s ters rece ived .
Apri l 2 1,1885 , R ev . Eugene G . Chee seman ,
from the Presby te ry of Sagin aw ; R ev .
Wil l iam S . Carte r,from the Presby tery of W el l sborough ,
and R ev. John P . R ichardson ,
from th e Presby te ry o f Lyon s .
Cand ida te s taken und e r the care of the Presby tery :
Octobe r 28,1884 ,
Theodore G . Mal chefl'
;
Apri l 2 1,1885 , Kos ta Ivan off ;
Jun e 2,H en ry B radley Sayre ;
Septembe r 2 2,Charle s F rede ri c Porter ;
Oc tobe r 5 , F rederick W . Palmer .
D i sso lu t ion s o f pas to ral rel a t ion s
December 1 1 , 1884 ,be tween R ev. John McL achlan and the Church o fWaterloo ;
Sep tembe r 2 2,1885 , between R ev . Hen ry A . Nel son ,
D . D . ,an d the F i rs t Church
of Gen eva ; and be tween R ev. Ches te r C . Thorne an d the Church Of Man chester .I
In s ta l la t ion
Oc tober 28, 1884 , R ev . Will iam A . R i ce ,ove r th e Church of Canand aigua .
Min i s te rs d i smissed :
December 1 1,1884 , R ev . John M cL ach l an to the Presby te ry of Buffalo ;
January 29 , 1 885 , R ev. Edgar P . Salmon ,to the Presby te ry of N iagara ;
Septembe r 2 2,R ev . Hen ry A . Ne l son ,
D . D to th e Pre sbyte ry o f O sage ;R ev . E . Woodward Brown ,
to the Pre sbyte ry of B ingham ton .
Licen t iates t ran s ferred
O c tober 28, 1884 , Charles E . Bron son ,to the Presbyte ry of Nor th R iver ;
Apri l 2 1 , 1885 , L . Mason Clarke,to th e Presbytery o f Lyon s .
Deceased
March 1 3 , 1885 , R ev . John B . R ichardson , in the 81 5 t year of hi s age ;Augus t 9 , R ev . Ben j amin M . Goldsmi th , D . D . , in the 69th year of h is age ;October 1 , R ev. Samue l H . Gridley
,D . D . ,
in the 83d yea r of hi s age .
XIV . THE PRESBYTERY O F HUD SON con sis t s of forty m in i sters an d fo rty-fourchurches , an d has un der its care one can didate .
Min i ste rs rece ived :
Septembe r 2 2 ,1885 , R ev . George T . Galbra i th , from the
'
Un ited Presby te rian
Presbyte ry o f Ve rmon t .
Licen sed
April 23 , 1 885 ,James A . Mcw i l l i ams .
A . D . 1 885] SYNOD’
O F NEW YORK . 5 9
Pastoral re lat ion s d issolved
Apri l 2 1, 1885 , be tween R ev . Thomas F i tzgeral d and th e Church of Moun t Hope
May 5 , be tween R ev . John N . Husted and the Church of L iber ty ;Sep tember 2 2 ,
between R ev . John R . Lewis and the F i rst Church of M iddle town .
O rdinat ion
Jun e 16,1885 ,
-James A . McW il l iam s .
In s tal l at ion s
Oc tober 2 7 , 1884 , R ev . Abraham S . Gardiner , over the Church of M il fo rd , Pa . ;
Novembe r 19 , R ev . John Se rv ice , over the Church of O.t isv il le
June 16,1 885 , R ev . James A . McW il l iam s , over th e Church o f Port Jerv i s ;
July 28, R ev. Thomas F i t zgerald , over the Ch urch of Ami ty
D i sm iss ion s
Apri l 20,1885 , R ev. James No rris , to the Presbyte ry o f Lackawanna
Septembe r 2 2 , Asahe l L . Clark ,to the Hart ford Cen t ral Assoc iat i on ,
an d R ev .
L ee W . Beat t ie , to the Pre sby tery o f Troy .
Can didate t ran sferred
Sep tember 2 2,1885 , James A . Norr i s , to the Presbytery o f North R iver .
Deceased
January 18, 1885 , R ev . Dan ie l 0 . Tim low ,in his 6 7 th year .
XV . THE PRESBYTERY O F LONG I SLAND con s i s t s o f n in eteen m in i s ters and
twen ty-two churches , and has un de r i t s care three can d idates .
Min i s ters rece ived
Apri l 2 2 , 1885 , R ev . Allen Page Bissel l , Ph . D D . D . ,from the Presbytery of
C in c inn at iSep tembe r 24 , R ev . Edward Dun can Ke l sey , from th e Eastern Congregat ional
Associ a t ion of M ichigan .
Licen t ia te rece ived
September 24, 1885 , F red eri ck V. F r isbie , from the Presby tery of Lackawanna .
Pastoral re lat ion s di ssolved
June 23 , 1885 , between R ev . Will iam S . C . Webs ter and the Church of Port Jefferson
Sep tember 24 , be tween the R ev . Will i am B . Reeve , M . D . ,and the Church o f
Wes thamp ton .
O rdin at ion
September 29 , 1885 , R ev . F rederi ck V . F ri sb ie .
In stal lat ion
September 29 , 1885, R ev . F rederi ck V . F risb ie , over the Churche s of Bel lport andSouth Haven .
Min i s ters d ismissed
March 16,1 885 , R ev . S ilas H . Thompson ,
to the Presbytery of Nebraska Ci ty ;Apri l 23 , R ev . Wil l iam Hedges , to the Congregat ion al Assoc iat ion of Long I slan d ;June 2 3, R ev . Will iam S . C . Webste r
,to the Presbytery of Nassau .
6 0 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Appendix ,
XVI . THE PRESBYTERY O F LYONS con s ists o f s ixteen min i s te rs and e ighteen
churche s , an d has un de r i t s care th ree can d ida tes .
Min i s te rs rece ived
Apri l 14 ,1885 , R ev . Howard Corn el l , from the Presby tery of Lackawanna ;
Sep tembe r 29 ,R ev. John McMaster , from th e Presbytery o f Chemung .
Licen t i ates rece ived
Jun e 2 3 ,1885 , L . Mason Clarke , ,
from the Presby te ry o f Geneva,
an d Rol loBran ch
,from the Presbytery o f B inghamton .
Cand id ate s taken un der the care Of th e Presbytery
Sep tembe r 2 9 , 1885 , Arthur Vosburg .
O rdained
Jun e 2 3 , 1885 , L . Mason Clarke ;Septembe r 29 , Rol lo Bran ch .
In s tal led
Jun e 2 3 , 1885 , R ev . L . Mason Clarke , over the Church o f Wolcott F i rs t .
D ism issed
April 14 ,1885 , R ev . Will iam G . Hubbard , to the Presbytery of N iagara
, R ev .
John P . R ichardson , to th e Presbytery o f Gen eva , and R ev . F . Gordon S tuart,to the
Presbytery of T ran sy lvan i a .
XVII . THE PRESBYTERY O F NAS SAU cons is t s of twen ty-three min is te rs and
twen ty-th ree chu rches .
Min i s te r rece ived
July 2 2,1885 , R ev. Will iam S . C . Webs te r
,from th e Presby te ry o f Long I slan d .
Pas toral re la t ion s d isso lved
Jan uary 9 , 1885 ,be tween R ev . Arthur H . Allen an d th e Church of I s l ip ;
Apri l 14, be tween R ev. Lewis C . Lockwood and th e Me lv i l le Church ;July 2 2
,be tween R ev . John F . Shaw and the Church of Northpor t ;
Octobe r 6,be tween R ev . Chr ist ian W . Winn ie and the Church o f Bel lmore .
I n st al la t ion
July 29 , 1 885 , R ev . Will iam S . C . Webs te r , ove r th e Church of I sl ip .
Min i s ters dismissed
Oc tober 3 1 , 1884 , R ev. Louis E ulner , to th e Presby tery o f Brooklyn ;Jan uary 9 , 1885 , R ev . Arthur H . Allen , to the Presbytery of T roy ;O c tober 6
,R ev. F rede rick E . Hopkin s , to th e F airfiel d East Con soc ia t ion o f Con
necticut , and R ev. John F . Shaw ,to the Class is o f Poughkeeps ie .
Deceased
R ev . Charle s S turges,M . D a t Hun t ington ,
Long I sl and,May 2 , 1885 , in the
81 5 t year of h is age .
The n ame of R ev . Christopher R . Brown was p laced on th e rol l upon th e re turn
o f a le t te r o f d ismission prev iously gran ted h im .
The German Church of Eas t Will iamsburg was t ran sfe rred to th e Presbytery of
B rooklyn,by di rec t ion of the Synod , Oc tober 24 ,
1885 .
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK .
XVI I I . THE PRESBYTERY O F N E W YORK con s is t s of on e hundred an d twen tyseven min i s te rs , and has un der its care forty-on e churches , th i rteen l icen t iates , and tencand idates .
Min i s te rs rece ived
November I O , 1884 ,R ev . An drew Sh ilan d , D . D . ,
from the Presby tery of Brook
lyn ,and R ev . Hen ry M . MacCracken , D . D from the Presbytery of Pi t t sburgh ;Decembe r 8, R ev . Spen cer L . H il l ie r , from the Presby te ry o f C leveland ;May 1 1 , 1 885 , R ev . H en ry G . B irchby, an d June 8, R ev . John I rwin
,from the
Presbytery of S t . Paul ;October 1 2
,R ev . John C . Bl i s s , D . D . ,
from the Presbyte ry of E l izabeth .
Licen sed
May 1 1 ,
“
1885 , James Carte r , F rank H . Wrigh t , J . Garlan d Hamner,An drew C .
Armstrong, Jr . ,
and Ve rn on M . O lyphan t , we re l icen sed as probat ioners .
Candidates taken un de r th e care of the P resbyte ry
Decembe r 8, 1884 , F rank .H. Wright ;February 9 ,
1885 , Guido Bossard ;Apr i l 1 3 , Wil l iam M . Langdon and Geo rge E . W oodhul l .
Pasto ral re lat ion s d issolved :
Decembe r 8,1 884 ,
be tween R ev . Read ing B . John s and Sh i loh Church ;Jan uary 1 2
,1885 , be tween R ev . Al fred H . Momen t an d the East 7 7 th S tree t
Church ;Mar ch 9 , be tween R ev . Ph ilemon R . Day and the Seven th Church ;Apri l 1 3 , be tween R ev . Allen F . D eCamp and the Washington He igh ts Church
,
and R ev . Samue l D . Burchard , D . D . , and th e Murray H il l Church .
O rdained and in s tal led
Oc tobe r 26 , 1884 ,Licen t iate David G . Wyl ie was orda ined , and in s tal led pastor of
the Canal S t ree t Church .
Min i s te rs d i sm issed
January 1 2,1885 , R ev . An drew Colv i l le to the Pre sbytery o f Jersey Ci ty , and R ev .
Alfred H . Momen t to the Manhat tan Assoc iat ion of Congregat ion al M in is ters ;March 9 ,
R ev . Charles P . Fagn an i t o th e Presby te ry o f Wes tches ter , and R ev .
Jame s F . Garv in to the Presbytery O f Chile ,S . A . ;
May 1 1,R ev . Read ing B . John s , to the N ew Je rsey Con feren ce of the African
M e thodis t Ep iscopal Church .
Licen t i a te s t ran sfe rred
May 14 ,1885 , F rank H . Wright , to the Presby tery of Indian Te rri to ry ;
Jun e 8, S . H . Russel l to th e Pre sbytery o f Nassau ;Augus t 28
,Jame s Carter
,to the Presby tery of Morri s and O range .
Licen t ia te rece ived
Oc tober 1 2,1885 , John T . Wilds , from th e Presby te ry o f N ew Brun swick .
Deceased :
O n the 18th of July,at Man chester , Vt . , the R ev . Samuel I renaeus Pr ime , D . D .
,
en tered in to res t , in the 7 3d year of hi s age .
6 2 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Append ix ,
XIX . THE PRESBYTERY O F N IAGAR A con s is t s o f twen ty-five min i ste rs and
e ighteen churches , and has unde r its care three candidates .
Min i s ters rece ived
Apri l 2 7 , 1 885 , R ev . Edgar P . Salmon , from the Presbyte ry of Geneva,and R ev .
Wil l iam G . Hubbard ,from th e Presbytery of Roches ter ;
April 28, R ev. Will i am A . Beeche r , from the Pre sbyte ry of B inghamton ;Septembe r 2 1 , R ev . Theodo re B . Wil l iams , from the Presbytery of Rochester .
Can didates taken un de r the care of th e Presbyte ry
Apri l 2 7 , 1885 , Lowe l l C . Sm ith ;April 28, Jay T . Badgley ;Sep tember 2 1 , F rank C . Carl ton .
Min i sters in s tal led
May 1 2 , 1 885 , R ev. Will iam A . Beecher , ove r the Barre Cen tre Church ;Jun e 30 ,
R ev. Edgar P . Salmon , over the Kn owlesv il le Church .
M in i ste r d ismissed
Apri l 28, 1885 , R ev. Wil l iam C . Macbeth , to the Presbytery of Hun t ington .
XX . THE PRESBYTERY O F NO RTH LAOS con s ists of four m in i sters and four
churches .
XXI . THE PRESBYTERY O F N O RTH R I VER cons i sts of forty-four m in i sters and
th ir ty churches , and has under it s care one l icen t iate and one can didate .
Licen sed :
October 6 , 1885 , James A . Norri s , rece ived as a can didate from the Presbytery ofHudson .
Pastoral re la t ion s d i sso lved
Novembe r 6 ,1884 , between R ev . J . Cowles An drus and the Church of Lloyd ;
February 2 7 , 1885 , be tween R ev. Augus tus H . See ley and the Church of Smithfiel d , and be tween R ev . James G . Rodger and the Church o f Wappinger’s Creek .
O rd in at ion
November Charles E . Bron son .
In stal lat ion s
October 16,1 884 , R ev. F rank E . Kavan agh
,as pastor of the Church o f Wap
p inge r’s Falls ;November 6 ,
R ev . Charles E . Bron son , as pastor of the Church at Marlborough .
Min i ster d ism i ssed
Oc tober 5 , 1 885 , R ev. Wil l iam B . D arrach , to the Classi s of O range .
Dea ths
R ev. Jonathan Si l l iman ,a t Cornwall , N . Y . , May 1 3 ,
1885 , aged 93 ;R ev . Louis P . Ledoux , D . D . , a t Cornwal l , N . Y . ,
September 30 , aged 63 .
The church at F i shk i l l was d issolved October 5 , 1885 .
The proper name of th e church h i therto kn own as “N ew Hamburgh , i
Wappinger ’s Creek .
"
A.D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 63
XXI I. THE PRESBYTERY O F O R O O MIAH con s i sts o f fo rty-two min i s te rs , th i rty
O ne o f whom are n at ive , and has un de r its care th i rty-n ine l icen t i ates .
XXI I I. THE PRESBYTERY O F OTSEGO con s i st s o f twen ty-four m in i sters and
twen ty-s ix churches .
Min i s te rs rece ived
Apri l 28,1885 , R ev . John L . Jones , from th e Presbytery o f Syracuse ;
May 10,R ev . Theoph i lu s B eaizl ey ,
from th e Presby tery of San Jose'
;
September 9 , R ev . Nathan B . Kn app , from th e Presbytery of R ochester , and R ev .
Hen ry T . Scholl , from th e Presbyte ry of We l lsboro .
Min i ste rs d ism issed
December 8,1884 , R ev . John V . C . Nel l i s , Ph . D . , to the Presbytery o f
Roche s te r ;March 9 , 1885 , R ev . Charles H udson Smi th , to th e Presby tery of Syracuse ;Apri l 29 , R ev. G . F lavel Humphreys , to the Presbyte ry of Bingham ton .
Death
Septembe r 24 , 1884 , R ev. Jame s H . Parson s , aged 58 years .
XXIV . THE PRESBYTERY O F ROCHESTER con s ists of s ixty-five min i s te rs andforty-th ree churches , an d has under i t s care two l icen t ia tes an d five can dida tes .
Min i s ters rece ived :
April 14 ,1 885 , R ev . Jame s S . Roo t , from the Pre sbyte ry O f S t . Lawren ce
,and
R ev . John V . C . N el l is,Ph . D from the Presbyte ry of O t sego ;
Sep tembe r 2 3 , R ev. John M . Wolcot t , from the On e ida , Chenango and De l aware Associa t ion of Congregat ion al M in i ste rs an d Churches .
Licen sed
January 5 , 1885 , F rank P . Gilman .
Licen t iate received
September 2 2 , 1885 , Gerard B . F . Hal lock , from the Presby te ry o f S teubenvi l le.
Can didate rece ived
May 1 2,1885 , Albert S . Bacon .
Pastoral re la t ion s d i sso lved
February 2 3 , 1 885 , be tween R ev . Dav id H . Lave r ty , an d the Church of Wheatl and ;June 2 2 , be tween R ev . Theodore B . Wil l iams and the Church of Charlo t te ;Septembe r 2 2
, be tween R ev . He rman C . R iggs,D . D . ,
and S t . Pe te r’s Church,
Rocheste r .
Ordina t ion s
September 2 9 , 1885 , F rank P . Gilman ,as an evangel i st
,un de r appoin tmen t o f the
Foreign Board as a miss ion ary to Chin a ;October 1 2
,Ge rard B . F . Hal lock .
Installat ion s
May 1 2 , 1885 , R ev . James S . Root , as pastor of th e Church of Brighton ;May 14 , R ev . Peter Lindsay , as pastor o f th e No rth Church , Roches te r ;Jun e 30 , R ev . John V . C . Ne l l i s
, Ph . D . ,as pas to r o f the Church a t Nunda ;
October 1 2 ,R ev . Ge ra rd B . F . Hallock , as pasto r o f the Church of Wheat land .
64 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Appen d ix
M in i s te rs d ism issed
Apri l 14 ,1885 , R ev. Jame s W . White , to the Milwaukee Conven t ion of Congre
gation al Churches and Min i ste rs ;Jun e 2 2
,R ev . Theodore B . Will iams , to the Presby tery of N iagara ;
Sep tember 8,R ev . S ilas McK in n ey to th e Presbyte ry o f Cayuga ;
Septembe r 2 2 , R ev. Wil l iam F . Mil l ikan,to th e Presby tery of Neosho .
Licen t ia te tran sferred
Oc tober 1 2 , 1 885 , F rank Gaylord Weeks,to the Presbytery of Win on a .
Decease d
December 1 7 , 1884 ,R ev . Joseph R . Page
,D . D .
,a t Roches te r , aged. 67 years ;
afte r a m in i s t ry o f abou t forty-six years— twen ty-seven o f wh ich were Spen t at Perry ,five a t East Aurora ,
an d ten a t B righ ton ,N . Y .
XXV . THE PRESBYTERY O F ST . LAWRENCE con s is t s o f th i r ty m inisters and
th i r ty churches,and has unde r i ts care two can d idates .
Min i s ters rece ived
Apri l 14 , 1885 , R ev . H en ry H . Lipes,from the Presbyte ry o f Champlain
,R ev .
Rol la G . Bugbee from th e Hartford Un ion Cong regation al Assoc iat ion of Connec t icu t,
and R ev . H en ry Lan cashi re,from th e L itchfie l d South Congregat ion al Assoc ia t ion ;
Jun e 18,R ev . George W . S . Wen ri ck
,from th e Presbytery o f Troy ;
Sep tember 29 , R ev . George W . Mackie , from th e Pre sbyte ry of Chicago ;Sep tembe r 30 ,
R ev . E l i as B . F i sher, from the Presbyte ry of Lyon s .
Licen t iate rece ived
Jun e 18,1885 , O l iver C . Morse , from the Presby tery of Cleveland .
Pastoral rel at ion s d issolved
Decembe r 30 ,1 884 , be tween R ev . James S . Roo t an d the Church of Adams ;
April 14, 1 885 , been R ev . Joseph A . Canfield and the Church of Theresa .
O rd in at ion
Jun e 18,1885 , O l iver C . Morse , as an evange l i s t .
In s tal lat ion
June 18,1885 , R ev. George W . S . Wen rick
,over the Church in Theresa.
Min i s te rs d ism issed
D ec . 30 ,1884 , R ev . James S . Roo t , to the Presby tery of Roches ter ;
Sept . 29 , 1 885 , R ev . John E . Beeche r, to the Presbytery Of Lyon s .
Licen t ia te dismissed
Apri l 1 3 , 1885 , Charles H . Leste r , to the Presbytery o f Troy .
M iscel lan eous
Apri l 1 5 , 1885 , Mr . Jermain G . Porter surren dered his l icen se .
XXVI . THE PRESBYTERY O F S IAM con s i s t s o f s ix m in i s te rs and five churches ,an d has un der i ts care four l i cen t ia te s and two candidates .
66 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Appen d ix ,
August 1 2,R ev . Douglas P . B irn ie, as pas tor O f the Church of Cazen ovia ;
October 1,R ev . George B . Spauld ing , D . D . , as pasto r of th e F i rs t Church of
Syracuse .
Min i s te rs d ismissed
November 24 ,1884 , R ev . Marcus N . Pres ton , to th e Presby tery of S teuben ;
April 13 , 1885 , R ev . Granv i l le R . P ike ,to the Presby te ry o f U t ica
,and R ev . John
L . Jon e s , to th e Presbyte ry o f O tsego ;Apri l 14 , R ev . John J . Mun ro , to the S t . Lawren ce and Black R ive r Assoc iat ion
o f Congregat ion al Churche s ;Apri l 2 8, R ev . Norman Seave r, D . D to the Congregat ion al Assoc iat ion o f
M inneapol is ;May 26
,R ev . George Hardy , to th e Presby te ry of U t ica ;
Oc tobe r 1,R ev . David I . Biggar , to the Pre sbyte ry o f Cayuga .
Licen t iate d ism i ssed
Novembe r 24 , 1884 , Robe r t J . Thompson ,to the Presby te ry o f Winona .
Deceased
March 28, 1885 , a t West Mon roe , N . Y . ,R ev . Samue l W . Leonard , aged 85 years.
XXIX . THE PRESBYTERY O F TRO Y con s i st s o f fi f ty m in i s te rs and forty-threechurches
,and has unde r i ts care two l icen t i a tes and five can didates .
Min i sters rece ived
February 1 2 ,1885 , R ev. ArthurHun t ington Allen
,from th e Presbytery of Nassau ;
Oc tober 13 , R ev. L ee W . Bea t t ie , from the Presby te ry of H udson .
Licen t ia te rece ived
Apri l 2 1 , 1885 , Charles Hen ry Lester , from the Presby tery of S t . Lawren ce .
Licen ses con ferred
Apri l 2 1,1885 , upon Thomas Blatch ford Bough ton and Mark Aust in Denman ;
September 2 2,upon Geo rge Will i am Shie lds .
Can d idates taken un der care of the Presbytery
April 2 1 , 1885 , Mark Aust in Denman ,from the Presbyte ry of Wash ington ;
Sep tember 2 2 , Geo rge Wil l iam Shie ld s .
D i ssolu t ion of pastoral relat ion s
Jan uary 7 , 1885 , be tween R ev . Hen ry W . Tel ler and the Cambridge Church ;Apri l 2 1 , between R ev . George W . S . Wen rick an d the Hebron Church ;July 2 , be tween R ev. Albe rt W . D icken s an d the Argyle Church ;July 2 7 , between R ev . Charles E . Haven s and the Green I slan d ChurCh .
O rdin at ion s
Apri l 2 1 , 1885 , Mark Aust in Denman ,and John D immick Warren ;
Apri l 2 7 , Charles Hen ry Les te r ;Septembe r 29 , George Will iam Shie lds .
In sta l la t ion s
Apri l 2 7 , 1885 , R ev. Charles H en ry Les te r , over the Mechan i cvi l le Church ;September 2 9 , R ev. Geo rge Will iam Shie lds , ove r th e Whitehal l Church ;Oc tobe r 1 3 , R ev . L ee W . Bea t t ie , ove r th e Cambridge Church .
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 6 7
Min i s ters di sm issed
January 7 , 1885 , R ev. German H . Chatte rton , to the Presbytery of Cedar Rapids ;February 1 2 ,
R ev. Joseph P . Dysart , to the Presby tery o f S t . Paul , and R ev .
Hen ry W . Te l le r to the Class is of Passa ic ;Apri l 2 1
,R ev . George Edwin McL ean , Ph . D . ,
to the Presbytery of S t . Paul , an d
R ev . George W . S . Wen r ick,to the Pre sbytery of St . Lawren ce ;
July 2 7 , R ev . O rv i lle Reed , to th e Hampden Eas t Congregat ion al Assoc i at ion ;September 2 2 , R ev . John P . Cushman , to the Han cock Congregat ion al Assoc ia
t i on ,R ev . Thomas B ickfo rd , to the Suffolk North Congregation al Assoc iat ion ,
and
R ev . Mark Aust in Denman , to the Presby te ry o f N ew Brun swick .
Licen t i ates d ism issed
September 2 2,1885 , Thomas B latch ford Boughton ,
to th e Pre sbytery o f Sou thern
Dako ta .
D ied
At Troy,N . Y Decembe r 4 , 1884, R ev. Jacob A . Prime ,
in the 78th year o f his
At Albany,N . Y . ,
Apri l 23 , 1885 , R ev . Giles Parme le Hawley,in the 3 7 th year
of h is age .
Candidate d ropped
Apri l 22,1885 , the n ame of James C . McIn tyre was dropped from the ro l l o f can
d idates for the min i st ry .
XXX . THE PRESBYTERY O F UT I CA con si sts o f fi fty-five min i s te rs and forty-twochurches , and has un der i ts care s ix l icen t ia tes and twe lve can didates .
Min i sters rece ived
Apri l 14 , 1885 , R ev. Granv i l le R . Pike , from the Presby tery of Syracuse ; R ev .
Mart in E . Gran t , from the Presbytery of S t . Lawrence ; and R ev. Cheste r W . Hawley ,from the Cen t ral South Congregat ional Assoc iat ion ;June 4 , R ev . George Hardy
,from the Presby tery o f Syracuse ;
Sep tembe r 1 5 , R ev . George 0 . Phelps , f rom the Presbytery of Columbia .
Licen sed
Apri l 1 5 , 1885 , Albert J . Abeel , Geo rge W . Luther and Dan ie l J . Many .
Cand idates taken under the care of the Presbytery
Apri l 14 ,1885 , Albe rt D octater ;
September 1 5 , Joseph L . Spurlark ,Sherman G . Parke r, David G . Sm i th and Edgar
W . Nash .
D i ssolut ion o f pastoral rel at ion
January 1 2 , 1885 , between R ev . Charle s F . Goss and the Bethany Church o f U t ica .
In s tal l at ion s
May 1 2 , 1885 , R ev. Granvil le R . Pike ,over the Church of Clayvi lle ;
May 14 , R ev. Dwigh t Scove l , over the Church o f K i rkland ;Jun e 4 , R ev . George Hardy , over the Church of Saquoit .
Min i sters d ismissed
April 14 , 1885 , R ev . Archibald M . Shaw ,to the Presby tery of Northe rn Texas ,
and R ev. Charle s F . Goss , to the Presby tery o f Chicago .
68 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Append i x ,
D ied
November 26,1884 ,
at Clin ton,N . Y R ev . F rank l in A . Spen ce r , born Decem
ber 24 ,181 1 .
XXXI . THE PRESBYTERY O F WESTCHESTER con s i st s o f fifty-six m in i sters and
th i r ty-n ine churches , and has unde r i t s care three l icen t iates and five candidates .
Min i s te rs rece ived
Jan uary 2 0,1885 , R ev . Charles E . Upson , from the Presbytery Of Champlain ;
March 9, R ev . Charles P . Fagn an i , from the Presby tery of N ew York ;Apri l 2 1 , R ev.Robe rt P . Gibson , from the Presby te ry o f Boulder ;Oc tobe r 7 , R ev . Charles P . Mallery , from th e Presbytery of N ew Castle .
O rdin at ion s
Apri l 2 1,1885 , E l i j ah W . Green ;
July 2 2,John H . Hobbs .
D issolu t ion of pastoral re la t ion s
July 7 , 1885 , be tween R ev . John D . Long and the Church at Wes t Farms ;O c tober 7 , be tween R ev . Wilson Ph raner , D . D . ,
and the Church a t S ing S in g .
In stalla t ion s
November 6 , 1884, R ev . Addison D . Made i ra, D . D . ,over the Church at Moun t
K isco ;March 18, 1885 , R ev. Charles P . Fagn an i , over the Wes tmin s ter Church at
Yonkers ;May 26
,R ev . Rol l in A . Sawye r , D . D over the Gilead Church ;
July 2 2 , R ev . John H . Hobbs , over th e Church at Greenwich .
Min i s ters dism is sed
January 20 ,1 885 , R ev. Charles H . Burr , to the Manhat tan Congregat ion al
Assoc iat ion ;April 2 1 , R ev . R i chard B . Matt ice , to the Presbyte ry of East F lor ida ;Oc tobe r 6
,R ev:John D . Long , to th e Presby tery of Chicago .
SUMMARY .
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785
111. TRUSTE E S O F THE SY NOD .
[F or a comple te l is t of th e nam es see page
P residen t: Will iam Al len But le r , E sq . ,Trin i ty Build ing , N ew York .
Secretary : R ev. T . Rals ton Sm i th , D . D B ufi'
alo .
Treasurer : Mr . Warne r Van Norden,2 3 Nassau St. , N ew York .
L ega l Committee: Will iam Al len Butler , E sq . , and Hen ry Day , E sq .
A . D . SYN OD OF NEW YORK . 69
IV . E LM IRA COLLE GE .
I . STATEMENT OF THE BO A R D OF TRU STEES,JU LY 1
,1 885 .
I . ASSETS .
Est imated Value o f Col lege Groun ds and Bu ild ings
Pres iden t ’s House and Groun ds
TW O Vacan t LotsObservatory Bu i ld ings
,Grounds and In s t rumen ts
Educat ion al Col lec t ion sLibrary
Mus ical In st rumen tsArt Depar tmen t , Pain t ings , Stud ies , &0Furn i ture
Total
Amoun t inves ted
Corpora te Bonds
Bonds and Mortgages on Real E state
Total $ 109 ,
I I . LIABILIT IES .
Bond and Mortgage to Prat t E stateCol lege Bon ds held by th e En dowmen t Fun d
Total
F loat ing Deb t
Treasure r’s No te sOutstand ing—Curren t Expen sesIn teres t D ue Endowmen t Fun d
I I I . RESO URCES .
Term Bill s ou tstan d ingIn teres t due an d to fal l due to July 1Uncollected Subscrip t ion sCollected Subscr ipt ion s in BankBalan ce in Bank
Total
7 0 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Appen d ix ,
IV. REVEN UE O F THE COLLEGE .
F rom Board and Tui t ion col lec ted
outs tan din gIn te res t collected
un col lec tedBalan ce in Bank
Total .
V . E XPENSES.
Actual ly paid
In curred and not pa id
To tal
V I . EXPENSE S EXTRAO RD INARY .
For Bu i lding Obse rvatory Hal l adj o in ing the Observa tory
RECAPITULAT ION.
O rd in ary Expen ses for the Col lege YearLes s Cos t of Observatory Hal lReven ue
Defic ien cy
F loat ing Deb tResources to apply on th e same
Balan ce unprovided fo r
NEWTON P . FASSETT ,Treasurer
2 . BOARD O F TRU STEES .
Term E x pir ing in 1 886 .
Alexande r S . D iven , R ev . J . Love joy Rober t son ,
Dan ie l R . Pratt , Jack son R i chardson,
Fran c is Hall , .H. Boardman Sm ith .
Term E x pir ing in 1 887 .
R ev . Augus tus W . Cowle s , -D . D . , R ev . Eve rt Van S lyke ,‘D . D
R ev . George C .
’
Curtis , D . D . ,R ev. Will iam A . N i le s , D . D
R ev . Wil l i am Hogarth,D . D R ev . I saac Jen n ing
’
s, Jr . ,
Dan ie l W . Mcw i l l iams .
A . D . SYNOD OF NEW YORK . 7 1
Term E xpiring in 1 888.
John T . Rathbun , R ev . Wilson Phraner , D . D . ,
John I . N icks , Seymour Dexte r,Newton P . Fassett , R ev. Charles S . Robin son , D . D .
3 . B OARD OF E XAM INERS .
Term E x pir ing in 1 886.—R ev . Charles C . Carr , R ev . F rankl in S . Howe , R ev.
George D . Me igs .
Term E xpiring in 1 887 .— R ev . Hugh W . Torrence , R ev . Charles C . H emenway
,
R ev . S tan ley D . Jewel l .
Term E x piring in 1 888.—R ev . Samue l Dunham ,
R ev . John S . Bacon , R ev .
F rede rick B . Savage, D . D .
V. STAND ING RULE S .
The Annual M ee t ing of th e Syn od shal l begin on th e Third Tuesday O f Octobe r ,at hal f-pas t seven o ’c lock , P . M .
The place of the next meet ing shall be de s ign ated pr io r t o th e adj ournmen t yearly .
A Commi t tee O f Arrangemen t s shall be appoin ted , who shal l p rovide su i table ac
comm odation s fo r the Syn od an d en terta inmen t fo r i t s membe rs , recomm en d th e
l imi ts of the dai ly sess ion s , an d propose arrangemen t s fo r devo tional serv ices ; prov ided ,
however,that the morn ing session s shal l always be begun with devo tional serv ices , to
be con t in ued ordin ar i ly for hal f an hour.
The Moderato r and the S tated an d Pe rman en t C lerks Shal l be a S tan ding Committee
,to report
,from year to year
,on the place of the n ex t mee t ing of the Synod .
Each Presbytery shal l,at i t s s ta ted meet ing n ex t p reced ing the mee t ing O f the
Synod,an d
,i f possible
,n o t late r than two weeks be fo re such mee t ing
,e l ec t the num
ber of delegates t o which i t i s en t itled,togethe r wi th an equal n umbe r O f al ternates , as
p rescribed by the organ ic rule unde r which the Syn od is con s t i tu ted,n ame ly :
The Syn od of N ew York shal l be composed of equal delegat ion s o f min i s ters andrul ing elders from each Presbyte ry in the fo l lowing proport ion : each Presbytery
,th e
n umber of whose min is ters an d churches taken toge the r i s n o t more than 14 , shal l sen d
one min is ter and on e e lder ; each Presbyte ry , con ta in ing more than 14 and n o t more
than 28 min i s ters and churches taken toge the r,Shal l sen d two min i s te rs an d two
e lde rs ; and so in l ike proport ion for eve ry addi t ion al n umbe r o f 14 min iste rs and
churches taken toge ther, o r for t he fract ion thereof ; provided ,tha t no Presby te ry shal l
be en t it led to sen d more than ten min i sters and ten e lde rs . "
7 2 SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Appen d ix ,
The S tated Clerk of each Presby te ry shal l“ send to the S tated Clerk o f the Synod,
at leas t one week befo re the ann ual mee t ing o f the Synod , an offi c ial report of thede legates and al te rnate delegates e lec ted by the Presbyte ry to represen t i t at the Synod ;and frOm such report shal l be made up the offic ial rol l of the Synod .
A t th e cal l ing of the rol l o f the Syn od a t its fi rs t sess ion , the n ames of al l de le
gates who have been offi c ial ly reported to represen t the Presby teries shal l be cal led,
and those not respon ding , e i the r person al ly'
O r by al ternates Offic ial ly reported , Shallbe marked as absen t .When al tern ate de legates appear in place o f the i r prin c ipals regularly appoin ted ,
such delegates shal l report in person to the S tated Clerk O f the Syn od , and the i rn ame s shal l be subs t i tuted upon the Offic i al rol l fo r those of the i r prin c ipal s .Dupl icate l i sts o f de legate s shall be sen t by the Stated Clerks of the Presbyteries
to the Chai rman of the Commi ttee of Arrangemen ts .
VI .
The Stated and Permanen t Clerks , and the Chairmen o f Committee s appoin ted ata prev ious sess ion to repor t to th e Syn od , shal l have the pr iv i lege s of the floo r.
Min i s ters o f othe r Syn ods , and O f bodies in regular correspon den ce with the
Gen era l Assembly,may be e lec ted co rresponding membe rs , and th e membe rs n omi
n at ing them shall report immediate ly to the S tated Cle rk ,in wri t ing
, the names o f
such m in i s ters , in fu l l , the i r Synodical o r equ ivalen t ecc lesias t ical re l at ion s , and the i rpos t-office addresses .
In the case of the fa ilu re of the Moderato r , the ann ual meet ing Shal l be openedwi th a sermon by a m in i s te r o f the Syn od de signated by the Commi ttee O f Arrange
men t s .V I I I .
A comple te rol l O f the min i ste rs and churches of each Presbytery sh al l be sen t byi ts S tated Clerk to the S tated Clerk of the Synod , a t leas t ten days befo re the ann ual
meet ing .
Each Presby te ry shal l presen t , in wri ting , early in the sess ion s o f the Syn od , a
S tat i s t ical Report and His tory o f i t s Ac ts and Changes,for th e year p receding
,as
required by the Form of Gove rnmen t , Chap . X .,Sec . 9 . These reports shal l be prin ted
in the Appendix to the Minute s .
The fol lowing S tan d ing Committees shal l be appoin ted by the Mode rator at everyannual mee t ing
1 . Bil l s an d Ove rtures ; to con s ist of s ix min i s ters an d five e lde rs .
Judic ia l Bus ine ss ; to con s is t o f si x m in is ters and five e lde rs .
3 . Minutes of the Gen eral Assembly ; to con s i s t of three min i ste rs and two e lders .
4 . F inan ce ; to con si st o f five e lde rs .
5 . Sun day-School Work ; to con s is t of s ix min is te rs and five e lders .
6 . Leave o f Absen ce ; to con si s t o f three min i ste rs and two e lders .
7 . To Nomin ate Commit tees to at tend the examin a t ion s in Auburn an d Un ion
Theological Seminaries ; to con s i s t o f four m in is te rs and th ree e lders .
74“
SYNOD OF NEW YORK . [Appen dix , A . D . 1 885 ]
These sums shal l be due and payable to the Treasurer on the fi rst of Octobe r ,when the Synod’s fi scal year shall term in ate .
XVI .
The Treasurer shal l be authorized to pay the sal arie s , th e trave l ing expen ses Of th e
Stated and Permanen t Cle rks in a t tendin g the sess ion s of the Synod , and al l charges
in curred unde r the s tanding orde rs o r spec ial re sol u t ion s o f the Synod , upon th e cer
tificate o f the S tated Cle rk ; and h is accoun t s and vouchers Shall be presen ted a t theannual meet ing , and shal l be audited by th e Comm itee on F inan ce .
XVI I .
Vacan c ies occurr ing,between the ann ual sess ion s of the Synod , in any Commi t tees
whose members have been appoin ted to represen t the Presby te ries , may be fi l led,
ad in terim , by th e Presbyter ies con ce rned .
XVI I I .
The M inutes Of th e Synod shal l be prin ted,unde r the direc t ion o f th e Stated Clerk
,
as soon as prac t i cable after th e adj ournmen t ; an d a copy shal l be sen t to eve ry min i ste rin the Synod
,to every e l der whose name i s on the ro l l , and to the Sess ion O f each
vacan t church .
V I . PE RMANE NT OFF ICE RS OF THE PRE SBY TE R IE S .
Clianges , Addition s , an d N ew Addresses .
B INGHAMTON: R ev . I saac G . Ogden ,S . C Conkl in Stat ion .
CAYUGA : R ev. Charles C . H emenway , S . C .,Auburn .
CHEMUNG : R ev . Charles C . Carr, S . C. ,North E lm i ra .
COLUMBIA: R ev . George C . Ye i sley , S . C . ,Hudson .
GENESEE : R ev . Will iam W . To theroh , Treas. , L e Roy .
GENESEE VALLEY : R ev . David McL eod ,S . C . an d Treas Ange l ica .
GENEVA : R ev . J . Wilford Jacks,S . C . ,
Romulus.R ev. Lewis H . Morey , Treas . , Seneca Fal l s .
NORTH LAO S : R ev . Samue l C . Peoples , S . C Cheung Mai .
I N D E XTO THE
P R I N CIPAL TO P I CS IN THE I SS UE S O F THE M IN U TE S
F R O"" 1882 TO 1885 ,I N CL USIVE .
[The Roman numerals indicate th e y ears , th e Arab ic th e pages .]
Absen ce , Reason s forAbsen t De legatesAbsen tees without leaveAc t of In corporat ionAdams Co l legiate In st i tu te
,V i s i to rs to
Ai d for Col leges,Board of
Appeal of Wal te r BradshawReport on Assembly ’s Ac t ion
Appeal of Jon athan Chamberlain
Appeal of Alfred F . Vedde r .
Arrangemen t s,Committee o f I . ,
24 : I I . , 47 : I I I . , 44: IV . ,
Report o f I 11,14 : I I . , 14 , 2 5 , 28, 3 5 : I I I .8
2 5 : IV. , 9 , 1 5 , 2 2 .
Auburn Sem inary , V i s itors to I I . , 29 , 48: I I I . , 43 : IV . . 29 .
Report of I I I . , 34 : IV. ,16 .
Benevolen ce , Committee on
Report o fBible Work in the Levan tBill s and Ove rtures, Report ou . .
Bil l s o rde red to be paid
Boards Of the Church,Min ute on
Brooklyn Presbyte ry , Report on Except ion to RecordsBusiness Me thods , Commi ttee on .
By-Laws , Commit tee to draft .
En acted
Change of Place of M ee t ing of Presbyte ry legal ized I I . , 40
Church E rect ion . I I . , 4 1 : I I I . , 1 5 .
Church Work , Addre sses on
Churches T ran s fe rred I I . , 40 : I I I 28.
Cle rk , Permanen t , e lec ted . I . , 1 5 .
Clerk,Sta ted , e lected .
Clerks appo in tedCle rks Temporary , chosen I . ,
1 5 : I I 14: I I I . , 8: IV . , 9 .
Commission of Synod of Gen eva .
Compen sat ion o f Clerks
I I I . , 45 : IV . ,
I I I . , 45 : IV
I . , 36 : I I . , 56 : I I I . , 47 : IV . ,
I I I . ,IV
I I 50 : I I I . , 24, 36 : IV. ,
I I I . , 3 1 ,
t IV
I I . , 30 : I I I . ,
I 28: I I . ,I I . ,
1,
I I . , 2 7 , 40 , 46 : I I I . , 2 7 : IV . ,
I . , 36 : I I . , 54 : I I I . , 45 : IV . ,
I I I . ,I I . ,IV .
76 INDEX .
Compl ain t o f R ev . George N . Smith i IV 28.
Condit ion of the Churches and Miss ion Work , Committee on . . I . ,I 4, 26 : I I . , 34,
48: I I I . , 43 : IV . , 43 .
Condit ion of th e Churches and Miss ion Work , Reports on I I . , 3 1 , 47 : I I I . , 2 2
IV . , 3 1 .
Con st itu t ion o f the Synod I . ,20 , 2 1 : I I . , 46 : I I I . , 9 .
Corresponding Members I . ,19 : I I . , 19 , 28, 34 , 3 5 , 41: IV . , 1 7 , 2 2 .
Decl arat ion of Moderator con ce rn ing Con s t i tut ion of the Syn od
Desecrat ion of the Lord ’s DayD i rec t ion s to PresbyteriesDe legated Body , The Synod to be a
Educat ion for the Min i s t ry I . ,2 5 : I I I . , 1 5 : IV . ,
2 2 .
Educat ion ,Report of S tan ding Commi t tee I 26 .
E lm ira Col lege I . ,2 7 .
Report of Commission I, 2 1 .
Commit tee on En dowmen t I , 2 3 : I I . I I I . 3 7 . IV . , 30 .
Examin e rs I . ,24 , 5 5 : I I . , 41 , 7 7 : I I I . , 30 ,
69 : IV . ,2 1
, 7 1 .
Legal Commi ttee I . ,23 : I I . , 5 1 , 54 : I I I . , 42 ,
Trustee s . I I . , I I I . , IV . ,
Report on En dowmen t I . , 23 : I I . , 3 7 : I I I . , 2 9 : IV . ,24 .
Report o f Examiners . . I . , 23 : I I ., 3 7 : I I I . ,
24 : IV. , 19 .
Report o f Trustee s . 2 3 , 54: I I . , 3 7 , 78: I I I . , 29 ,68: IV. , 44 , 69 .
En abl ing Ac t of Genera l Assembly . 1 2 .
Evange l i s t ic Work , Plan s fo r I I I . 2 2 : IV. 18.
Commit tee on I I I . 29 .
Report on IV 18.
Evangel iza t ion of th e Masse s . I I . , 47Except ion s to Records Of Pre sby ter ies . . See Presby te ries .
F in an ce,Repor t o f Committee on I . , 34 : I I . , 45 : I I I . , 34: IV . , 2 1 .
Fore ign Miss ion s I . , 1 5 : I I . , 2 5 , 29 : I I I 28: IV. ,2 1 .
F reedmen I . ,2 5: I I . , 35 ; I I I . , 24 : IV . , 30 .
F reedom of Worsh ip Bil l IV . , 1 7 , 2 0 .
Ful l Names requi red in Records IV . ,16 .
Fun ds of the fo rmer Synods I . , 24 , 34 .
General Assembly , Report on M in utes of I ., 34 : I I . , 49 : I I I . , 3 5 : IV. , 37 .
Gen eva Presby te ry , D i rect ion to IV. , 42 .
Gree t ings rece ived I . ,1 5 : IV . ,
18.
Gree t ings sen t I . ,16: IV
’
16, 44.
Hamilton Col legeCol lec t ion s fo r
Commi t tee on En dowmen tReport on Endowmen t
H ebrew Correspon den ce School .
Home Miss ion s
Woman’
5 Synodica l Commi t tee
I 2 7 .
I . ,28: I I . , 45.
I 2 7 : I I . , 45 : I I I ., 2 7 : IV . ,
23 .
I I ., 42 : I I I . , 26 : IV . ,
23 .
I I I . ,16 .
I . , I I . ,2 9: I I I . , 2 1 : IV. , 30 .
D
See “Woman 5 , etc.
INDEX . 7 7
In corpo rat ion of Syn od , Act of
Ingham Un ivers ity
Join t Commi ttee on O rgan ization , Report of I . , 1 3 , 20 , 2 1 .
Judic ial Bus iness,Repor t of Comm it tee on I . , 35 : I I . , 30 : I I I . , 30 : IV . ,
28.
Judic i a l Commiss i on s I I . 30 , 5 5 .
Report of I I . , 45 , 54 : I I I ,
Judi c ial Dec i s ion ,Comm ittee to defend I I I . , 33 .
Ladies’ Synodical Commi t tee on Home M ission s : See Woman ’s Synodi cal Com
m ittee ,"etc .
Leave o f Absen ce , Repor t onLegal S teps , Commi ttee on
Report O fLe tter of R ev . H en ry A . Ne l son , D . DLord’s Day , Dese c rat ion ofLord’s Suppe r
Lu ther Memorial Obse rvance .
Meet ing , Place of I . , 24° I I . , 47 : I I I . , 44 : IV . ,
‘
38.
Min i sterial Re l ief . IV ., 30 , 38.
Miss ion Work in the Syn od , Add resses on IV . , 3 2 .
Moderato r e lec ted I . , 1 2 : I I . , 14: I I I . ,8: IV . , 9 .
Moderator of Church Meet ings 3 7 .
'Narrat ive I . , 34 , 39 : I I 5 1 , 59 .
N ew Englan d , i t s Spec i a l Needs I I . , 34 , 47 .
'North Laos,Presbytery of, e rected I I I . ,
28.
R eport of O rgan i zat ion IV . , 44.
O bl igat ion s of Church Members
O ffi c ial Records of Synod in p rin ted fo rm‘O room iah Presbytery , Memoria l o f
Commi ttee on M emorial
Report o fCommi ttee o f Corresponden ce withReport of Committee of Corresponden ceMinu te adopted by
Overtu re on Con st i tu t ion of the Synod
D i rect ion s con cern ingAdop tedWhen Ope rat ive
Pasto ral Lette r of Roman Cathol ic Prov in ce o f N ew York I I . , 19 , 40 .
of the Syn od I I I . ,2 1
, 49 ; IV . , I 7 , 49 .
Pe rman en t Clerk e lec ted . 1 5 .
Permanen t O fiicers , Commi ttee on I . , 1 2 .
E lec ted . 1 5 .
Term o f Serv ice I . , 1 5 .
I . , 3 5 : I I . , 5 5 : I I I . , 46 : IV . , 45 .
I I . , 5 1 , 54 .
I I I . , 40 .
I I I " 38.
I I I . , 2 7 : IV .,18.
I 2 1 : I I . , 26 : I I I . , 16 : IV . , 2 1 .
I I .
, 19 .
I I . , 2 7 ,
I I I . ,I I I . , 38: IV . ,
IV . ,
IV . , 41 ,
I I . ,
I I . ,
I I I . ,
I I . ,
78 INDEX .
Pe rsian M iss ion , De legat ion to I I
Pl ace of Mee t ing I . ,24 : I I . , 47 ; I I I . , 44 : IV. ,
Pre sbyter ial Superv i s ion o f Cong regat ion s . . . I
Report on I I
Presby ter ie s , Commi t tee s on Records I 18: I I 1 7 : I I I . , 1 2 : IV . ,
D i rec t ion s t o .
Excep t ion s to Reco rds I . , 20 : I I . , 39 : I I I . , 2 5 , 2 6 : IV
Permanen t O ffi ce rs o f I . , 5 5 : I I . , 79 : I I I . , 7 2 : IV
Records of,approved I .
,20 : I I . , 36 , 46 , 54 : I I I . , 2 5 , 26 :
n ot pre sen ted I 28: I I . , 56 : IV . ,
S ta t is t ica l Repo rts o f I . , 42 : I I . , 6 1 : I I I . , 5 1 : IV . ,
Presbyte ry , Adjourn ed Mee t ing o f a
Pro tes t again s t t ran s fe r o f a Church .
Records o f the La te Synods , O rder con cern ing I . ,
Records of Presby terie s See Presbyte ries .Re l at ion s o f the Synod to Educa t ion IV 1 5 , 16 , 20 , 36 .
Rel ig ion and Publ ic Educat ion IV . ,20
, 35 .
Roches ter Pre sbytery , Records O f I I . , 5 1 : I I I 2 5 .
Rol l I . , 3 : I I . , 3 : I I I . , 3 : IV. , 3 .
Rule s o f Business adoptedRules
,S tan ding I . , 3 1 : I I . , 5 1 : I I I . , 69 : IV 7 1 .
Amen ded I I I . , 44.
Sabbath School s,Report of Committee on I . , 3 1 : I I . , 49 : I I I . , 42 : IV . ,
29 .
Seminaries , Theological , V i s i tors to I . ,28: I I . , 29 , 48: I I I . , 43 : IV. , 29 .
S tan ding Commi ttees I . , 16 : I I . , 16 : I I I 10 : IV 1 1 .
Rules See“ Rules . "
S tated Clerk e lected . I . ,1 5 .
au thor ized to procure books , e tc I . , 36 .
Summary o f S tat is t i cs o f Pre sby te r ie s I . , 53 : I I . , 7 7 : I I I . , 67 : IV. ,68.
Sun day Newspapers IV. , 1 7 , 18.
Superin ten den t,Synod ical I I . , 34: I I I . , 24: IV . , 30 .
Susten ta t ion . I . , 26 : I I . , 19 , 32 : I I I . , 23 .
Commi ttee on Plan o f I I I . , 29.
Repo rt of IV 2 2 , 37 .
Synodical Fun ds, O rder con ce rn ing I . ,
24 , 32 , 34.
Systemat ic B en eficen ce and Work of the Church ,C0mm ittee on : I I . , 54 : I I I . ,29: IV . , 42 .
Report on I I I . , 1 5 , 32 .
Temperan ce,Perman en t Committee on I . , 33 : I I . , 48: I I I .
, 37 : IV . , 42 .
Report o f: I . , 33 : I I . , I I I . , 36 : IV . , 42
Temporary Clerks chosen See Clerks .
Thanks,Re so lu t ion s of I . , 36 : I I . , 56 : I I I 45 : IV . , 44, 46
Theolog ical Seminarie s , Visi tors to See Seminaries .
T itles , Civi c and Academic I I I4.
‘
Trac t Socie ty,Ame ric an I I . , 50 : I I I . , 40 .
Treasurer e lec ted, .
pro tempore I . ,19.
Report and Accoun t s o f I I . , 45 : I I I . , 34: IV. ,16 , 2 1 .
INDEX .
Treasurers o f the fo rmer Syn ods , Accoun t s o f .
Trustee s o f a P resbyte ry , Powers O fthe Synod
Un ion Theological Semin ary , Visitors .to . . I 28: I I . , 48: I I I . , 43 : IV . , 29 .
Report o f Vis i to rs I I 2 7 : I I I . , 33 : IV . , 2 6 .
Un ivers i ty of C i ty o f N ew York , Vis i tors to IV . , 36 .
Vacan c ies in Woman ’s Committee on Hom e M iss ion s , how to be fi l led
Woman ’s Syn odical Commi t tee on Home Miss ion s . I . , 2 1 , 3 2 : II 39: I I I . , 39 : IV . , 43 .
u u u u u u Report O f I I I . , 39 . 1V. , 43
Woman ’s Work,Commi t tee of Con feren ce on . I . , 3 1 .
a ; ( 6 u Report O f I I " 2 3 .
Women ’s M iss ion ar Boards I 2 1 2 .y 9
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