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Presbyterian  Church  in  the 

U.S.A.  Presbytery  of 
Minutes  of  the  Presbytery  oj 

Westchester  


ABSTRACTS  OF  THE  MINUTES 


Presbytery  of  Westchester, 


FROM   ITS   ORGANIZATION,    OCTOBER,    1870. 


PREFACED     WITH 

A    HISTORICAL   ACCOUNT    OF    PRESBYTERIANISM    IN   THE 
FIELD  EMBRACED  BY  THE  PRESBYTERY. 


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Printed  by  order  of  the  Presbytery,  under  the  direction  of  the  Stated  Clerk. 


NEW  YORK: 
PRINTED    BY    EDWARD    O.    JENKINS, 

20   NORTH    WILLIAM    STREET. 
1876. 


NOTE. 

The  Historical  Account  here  presented  has  been  prepared  by  the 
Rev.  Charles  W.  Baird.  The  Abstracts  have  been  prepared  by  the  Stated 
Clerk. 


HISTORICAL  ACCOUNT. 


The  Presbytery  of  "Westchester  was  organized  on  the  fourth 
day  of  October,  1870,  having  under  its  care  all  the  congrega- 
tions of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  County  of  Westchester,* 
New  York,  together  with  all  the  congregations  save  one  in  the 
adjoining  County  of  Putnam  on  the  north,  and  those  in  the  State 
of  Connecticut  on  the  east. 

It  is  but  a  little  more  than  a  century  since  the  first  ecclesiasti- 
cal body  on  this  ground  was  constituted.  Before  its  establish- 
ment, in  1762,  the  few  churches  in  this  region  either  sustained  no 
definite  relations  to  Presbytery  or  Synod,  or  else  were  connected 
with  bodies  that  observed  no  precise  geographical  bounds.  Of  the 
latter  class,  one  church  was  for  a  season  under  the  care  of  New 
Brunswick  Presbytery,  in  New  Jersey,  another  under  that  of 
Suffolk  Presbytery,  Long  Island,  and  a  third  under  that  of  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York.f  Several  of  the  churches  had  been 
gathered  by  ministers  of  the  Congregational  Associations  of  Con- 
necticut, but  lying  outside  of  the  limits  of  that  colony  they  could 
sustain  no  formal  relations  to  them.  South  Salem  in  1752  "be- 
longed not  to  any  presbytery  or  association."  "  The  churches 
under  our  watch  and  care,''  said  the  pastors  of  South  East,  South 
Salem  and  Patterson  ten  years  later,  "  are  not  under  any  eccle- 
siastical judicatory." 

Most  of  these  congregations  originated  about  the  middle  of 

*  At  the  time  of  the  reconstruction  of  this  Presbytery  (in  1870),  Westchester 
County  still  retained  its  original  limits,  as  defined  by  the  "  Act  to  divide  the 
province  of  New  York  into  counties,"  etc.,  in  the  year  1683.  But  on  the  23d  of 
May,  1873,  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York  passed  an  Act  by  which 
"  all  that  territory  now  comprised  within  the  limits  of  the  towns  of  Morris- 
ania,  West  Farms,  and  Kings  Bridge,  in  the  County  of  Westchester,''  was  "  set 
off  from  "  that  county,  "  and  annexed  to,  merged  in,  and  made  part  of  the  city 
and  county  of  New  York." — Laws  of  the  State  of  NeiD  York,  passed  at  the 
ninety  sixth  session  of  the  Legislature.    Albany,  1873.  Chapter  613,  pp.928-936. 

f  Samuel  Sackett  when  at  Bedford  was  a  member  of  New  Brunswick  Presby- 
tery. In  1751  he  joined  the  Presbytery  of  Suffolk,  with  which  he  remained 
connected  while  at  Yorktown,  until  the  formation  of  Dutchess  County  Presby- 
tery. Br.  Smith,  pastor  of  Rye  and  White  Plains,  belonged  to  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York. 


IV  HISTORICAL    ACCOUNT. 

the  century.  Those  of  Rye  and  Bedford,  indeed,  had  existed 
from  the  early  settlement  of  these  towns  in  1660  and  1681;  and 
the  congregation  of  New  Rochelle,  founded  by  French  refugees 
of  the  same  faith  and  order,  dated  from  the  origin  of  that  colony 
in  1688.  But  farther  inland  the  country  was  at  that  day  a  wil- 
derness, and  for  a  long  time  its  population  continued  to  be  very 
sparse.  In  1712  Westchester  County  contained,  outside  of  the 
four  lower  towns  (East  and  West  Chester,  New  Rochelle,  and 
Rye),  only  eleven  hundred  inhabitants. 

The  earliest  efforts  to  evangelize  this  region,  of  which  we 
have  any  authentic  account,  were  those  of  the  celebrated  Wil- 
liam Tennent,  who  spent  some  months  in  East  Chester  and 
Bedford,  between  the  years  1718  and  1721. 

Twenty  years  later  Samuel  Sackett,  a  minister  of  New  Bruns- 
wick Presbytery,  was  sent  to  preach  in  various  destitute  parts  of 
Westchester  County  ;  and  his  long  and  successful  ministry 
(1742-1784)  was  discharged  principally  in  Yorktown  and  Bed- 
ford.* 

A  third  name  not  unworthy  to  be  joined  with  these  is  that  of 
Dr.  John  Smith  (1742-1771),  pastor  of  Rye  and  White  Plains, 
and  of  Sing  Sing.  Tradition  represents  him  as  a  man  of  apos- 
tolic zeal,  whose  labors  extended  over  a  large  portion  of  the 
county. 

In  the  northern  part  of  our  present  territory  there  were  at  that 
time  four  congregations.  Elisha  Kent,  grandfather  of  Chan- 
cellor Kent,  was  settled  in  1743  as  the  first  pastor  of  the  "  First 
Church  in  Phillips'  Precinct " — now  South  East,  Putnam  County. 
Elnathan  Gregory  had  succeeded  Ebenezer  Knibloe  as  pastor  of 
West  Philippi — now  Carmel.  The  esteem  in  which  these  neigh- 
boring ministers  were  held  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that 
the  districts  in  which  they  labored  were  popularly  known,  long 
after  their  day,  as  "  Kent's  Parish  "  and  "  Gregory's  Parish." 
In  Patterson — then  Fredericksburgh — Joseph  Peck  was  pastor  of 


*  Among  the  places  where  Sackett  labored,  "  Cortland  Manor  "  is  mentioned. 
It  has  been  thought  that  Peekskill,in  the  present  town  of  Cortlandt,  may  have 
been  referred  to  under  this  name.  (Webster,  "  History  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,"  p.  546;  Gillett,  "  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,"  vol.  i.,  pp. 
95,  150  ;  "  Memorial  of  a  Twenty -four  Years'  Pastorate  "  ;  etc.)  But  "  Cortland 
Manor  "  and  "  Hanover  "  were  early  names  of  Yorktown.  There  are  no  indi- 
cations of  the  existence  of  a  congregation  at  Peekskill  until  much  later  in  the 
century. 


HISTORICAL    ACCOUNT.  V 

the  "  Second  Church  in  Phillips'  Precinct ;  "  and  at  Salem — now 
South  Salem — a  church  had  just  been  gathered  when  Solomou 
Mead,  in  1752,  was  ordained  its  pastor. 

It  was  here,  among  these  northern  pastors  and  congregations, 
that  steps  were  first  taken  to  form  an  ecclesiastical  organization. 
On  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  October,  1702,  three  ministers — 
Kent,  Mead,  and  Peck — met  in  the  parsonage  at  South  East  and 
constituted  themselves  a  Presbytery.  The  other  churches,  pre- 
viously connected  as  we  have  seen  with  Presbyteries  at  a  dis- 
tance, came  promptly  under  its  care.  Indeed  there  is  every 
reason  to  believe  that  the  organization  was  effected  with  their 
full  concurrence.  At  an  adjourned  meeting  held  in  Salem  a  few 
weeks  later,  Sackett,  of  Yorktown,  and  Eliphalet  Ball,  of  Bed- 
ford, joined  as  corresponding  members  ;  and  to  these  were  added 
Chauncey  Graham,  of  Rumbout,  near  Fishkill,  and  John  Smith, 
of  Rye,  when  in  May  of  the  following  year  the  Sjmod  of  New 
York  and  Philadelphia  admitted  the  newly-formed  body,  under 
the  name  of 

DUTCHESS  COUNTY  PRESBYTERY.* 

Thus  at  the  outset  this  Presbytery  had  the  charge  of  six  con- 
gregations— within  our  present  boundsf — those  of  South  East, 
South  Salem,  Patterson,  Yorktown,  Bedford,  and  Rye,:}:  or  White 
Plains.  To  these,  live  more  were  added  during  the  forty-three 
years  of  its  existence.  The  congregation  of  Sing  Sing  is  first 
mentioned  in  1763,  and  that  of  North  Salem  in  1765.  The 
church  of  Poundridge  was  organized  in  1771  ;  and  in  1774  the 
church  of  Carmel  was  received  under  the  Presbyteiy's  care. 
Mention  is  made  in  lt87  of  preaching  at  Red  Mills;  and  in 
1702  a  congregation  had  been  gathered  there. 

The  period,  however,  of  this  Presbytery's  existence  was  one 
most  unfavorable  to  the  stability  and  growth  of  the  churches.    It 

*  Dutchess  County,  previous  to  the  year  1812,  included  what  is  now  Putnam 
County — originally  called  the  South  Precinct,  or  the  Fredericksburgh  Pre- 
cinct, of  Dutchess  County. 

t  North  of  these  bounds  the  congregations  of  Eumbout,  Poughkeepsie, 
Pleasant  Valley,  Albany,  and  others,  were  under  the  care  of  the  eame  Presby- 
tery. 

f  Rye  and  White  Plains  formed  one  congregation,  under  the  ministry  of  Dr. 
Smith.  The  latter  name  prevails  after  the  organization  of  Dutcbess  County 
Presbytery. 


VI  HISTORICAL   ACCOUNT. 

embraced  the  years  immediately  preceding  and  following  the 
war  of  the  Revolution.  By  the  end  of  this  term  the  congrega- 
tions were  greatly  enfeebled.  Those  in  Westchester  County 
especially  had  suffered,  and  some  of  them  were  nearly  destroyed. 
Their  relations  to  the  Presbytery  had  also  become  disturbed.  In 
1792  a  body  styled  "  The  Associated  Presbytery  of  Westchester  " 
was  formed.  The  most  active  member  of  this  Association,  which 
was  Congregational  in  character,  was  Silas  Constant,  who  had 
united  with  Dutchess  County  Presbytery  some  years  before,  and 
was  then  pastor  of  the  church  of  Yorktown.  The  "Associated 
Presbytery  "  drew  off  the  congregations  of  Sing  Sing,  Yorktown, 
Red  Mills,  Carmel,  North  Salem,  and  Poundridge.  Only  four 
congregations  continued  with  the  Presbytery  of  Dutchess •;*  and 
in  view  of  its  weakness,  the  Synod  in  1795  dissolved  it,  and 
placed  the  remaining  churches  under  the  care  of  the  new 

PRESBYTERY  OF  HTJDSOKf 

These  four  churches  were  South  East,  Patterson,  South  Salem, 
and  Bedford.  Three  of  them  remained  in  this  connection,  but 
South  East,  upon  the  death  of  its  pastor,  Jehu  Minor,  left  the 
Presbytery,  and  in  1809  joined  the  Eastern  Association  of  Fair- 
field, Connecticut.  In  1806  the  name  of  Yorktown  was  restored 
to  the  roll.  A  division  had  taken  place  among  that  people,  part 
of  whom  claimed  to  represent  the  church  as  organized  in  the 
days  of  Samuel  Sackett,  while  the  other  portion  had  become  a 
Congregational  society.:}: 

The  other  three  churches  continued  under  the  oversight  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Hudson  until  the  year  1819.  Meanwhile  the  "As- 
sociated Presbytery  of  Westchester"  had  declined,  and  in  1820 
it  was  formally   dissolved.§     To  the  six  congregations  drawn 

*  la  1790  tlie  Synod  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  at  the  request  of  the 
Presbytery,  changed  its  name  to  that  of  the  Presbytery  of  Dutchess. 

\  The  Presbytery  of  Hudson  consisted  of  "  all  the  ministers  belonging  to  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York  "  within  certain  designated  limits,  "  and  all  the  min- 
isters of  Dutchess  Presbytery,  together  with  all  the  churches  within  their 
bounds." 

\  The  Congregational  church  of  Yorktown  was  admitted  to  the  East  Consoci- 
ation of  Fairfield  County,  Connecticut,  September  24th,  1833.  It  was  dis- 
missed October  8,  1850,  and  remained  under  the  care  of  the  North  River  Pres- 
bytery, N.  S.,  until  merged  with  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Yorktown. 

§  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States,  by  E.  H.  Gillett, 
D.D.,  vol.  i.,  p.  215. 


HISTORICAL   ACCOUNT.  VU 

away  by  this  body  in  1792,  three  more  had  been  added — Green- 
burgh,  formed  about  the  year  1792,*  Peekskill  about  1800,  and 
Somers  in  1806.  Sing  Sing,  however,  had  left  the  "  Associated 
Presbytery"  in  1814,  to  join  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 

In  the  lower  part  of  Westchester  County  the  congregations  of 
Whites  Plains  and  New  "Rochelle  had  become  greatly  reduced. 
The  state  of  religion  in  this  whole  region  was  very  low.  In  1812 
Dr.  Dwight  found  "  but  two  settled  ministers  [of  any  denomina 
tion]  in  the  six  townships  "  lying  along  the  Sound  ;  and  he  men- 
tions the  fact  as  significant  that  the  Missionary  Society  of  New 
York  had  lately  declared  "Westchester  County  to  be  il  proper 
missionary  ground,"  and  had  "accordingly  directed  one  of  their 
missionaries  to  appropriate  his  labors  to  these  people  only." 
"  No  person,  acquainted  with  this  County,"  adds  Dr.  Dwight, 
"will  hesitate  to  acknowledge"  the  wisdom  of  the  decision. f 
At  White  Plains,  religious  services  were  held  from  time  to  time 
during  the  period  of  which  we  are  now  speaking.  And  at  New 
Rochelle  the  remnant  of  the  Huguenot  congregation  which  had 
remained  steadfast  to  its  Presbyterian  faith  until  the  Revolu- 
tion, was  incorporated  on  the  twenty-third  day  of 'February, 
1808,  as  "  the  French  Church  in  New  Rochelle,"  and  was  reor- 
ganized on  the  thirtieth  day  of  March,  1812,  by  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  NORTH  RIYER. 

In  1819,  the  Presbytery  of  Hudson  wras  divided,  and  the 
churches  of  Patterson,  Salem,  Yorktown,  and  Bedford  were  set 
off  with  others,;}:  to  form  the  new  Presbytery  of  North  River. 
They  were  joined  by  Poundridge  in  1822,  and  by  South  East  in 
1825.  New  Rochelle  remained  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery 
of  "New  York,  which  also  reorganized  the  church  of  Peekskill 
in  1826,  and  the  church  of  Rye  in  1829.     And  in  1828  the 

*  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  Unittd  States,  by  E.  II. 
Gillett,  D.D.  :  vol.  i.,  p.  215. 

f  Travels  in  New  England  and  New  York,  by  Timothy  Dwight,  vol.  iii., 
p.  490. 

\  The  other  congregations  were  those  of  New  Windsor,  Newburgh,  Marl- 
borough, New  Paltz,  Pleasant  Valley  West,  Pittsburgh,  Wappinger's  Creek, 
Fi^hkill,  Pine  Plains,  Amenia  North  and  South,  Smithfield,  Pleasant  Valley 
and  Poughkeepsie. 


Vlll  HISTORICAL    ACCOUNT. 

Second  Presbytery  of  New  York  reorganized  the  church   of 
Eed  Mills. 

It  is  not  to  be  "understood  that  in  every  congregation  thus 
"  reorganized "  all  traces  of  the  previous  existence  of  a  church 
had  disappeared.  On  the  contrary,  there  seems  to  have  been 
left,  in  almost  every  instance,  a  remnant  of  the  original  body. 
And  it  may  be  questioned  whether  the  course  adopted  in  1795 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Hudson,  in  the  case  of  the  church  of  Patter- 
son,*— recognising  the  few  survivors  of  the  old  flock  as  contin- 
uing the  former  organization— was  not  wiser  than  that  pursued 
at  a  later  day,  in  reorganizing  churches  whose  historic  continuity 
was  really  unbroken. 


PKESBYTEPY  OF  BEDFOED. 

Another  presbyterial  division  was  made  in  1829,  when  the 
Presbytery  of  Bedford  was  erected,  having  the  care  of  all  the 
congregations  within  the  Counties  of  Westchester  and  Put- 
nam, excepting  the  church  of  Cold  Spring.  Fifteen  congre- 
gations appear  on  the  roll  for  the  next  year.  These  were  Sonth 
East,  Bedford,  South  Salem,  "White  Plains,  New  Rochelle, 
Greenburgh,  South  Greenburgh,  Yorktown,  Patterson,  Mount 
Pleasant  [or  Sing  Sing],  West  Farms,  Kye,  Peekskill,  Pound- 
rido-e,  and  Red  Mills.  To  these  were  added,  North  Salem  in 
1832,  Somers    in    1S33,  f    Gilead  or  Carmel  in   1835,  Mount 


*  Nov.  17,  1795. — "  The  trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  congregation 
in  the  village  of  Fredericksburgh  .  .  .  laid  the  following  question  before  the 
Presbytery,  namely  :  '  Is  it  the  opinion  of  the  Presbytery  that  the  church  which 
was  in  this  place  during  the  ministry  of  the  Eevd.  David  Close,  deceased,  does 
still  exist  ? '  In  answer,  the  Presbytery  gave  it  as  their  opinion  that, '  as  it 
appears  the  corporation  of  said  church  and  congregation  was  founded  on  the 
consideration  of  the  existence  of  the  church  which  was  formerly  under  the 
care  of  the  Revd.  David  Close,'  and  '  tho'  the  said  church  has  for  some  years 
past  been  in  a  broken  state,  yet  as  there  are  still  living  in  this  congregation 
several  members  of  the  said  church  who  were  under  the  ministry  of  Mr.  Close : 
Therefore  the  Presbytery  did  judge  that  the  said  church  does  still  exist.'" — 
[Extract  from  the  Records  of  the  Presbytery  of  Hudson,  kindly  furnished  by 
Rev  H.  A.  Harlow,  Stated  Clerk.] 

f  The  name  of  this  congregation  was  changed  in  1846  from  Somers  to 
Croton  Falls.  The  Congregational  church  of  Somers,  formed  in  1806,  had  come 
under  the  care  of  the  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York  in  1839,  as  the  Presby- 
terian church  of  Somers. 


HISTORICAL    ACCOUNT.  IX 

Kisco  and   Port  Chester   in    1852,  and   South   East  Centre  in 
1853. 

The  bounds  of  Bedford  Presbytery  were  precisely  those  now 
assigned  (within  the  limits  of  the  State  of  New  York)  to  the 
Presbytery  of  "Westchester.  They  included  all  the  churches  in 
"Westchester  County,  and  all  save  one  in  the  County  of  Putnam. 
But  this  geographical  division  was  not  long  left  undisturbed. 
The  church  of  Peekskill  soon  sought  permission  to  join  the  Pres- 
bytery of  New  York.  That  of  West  Farms  was  released,  in 
183G,  to  join  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York.  In  1S39, 
New  Rochelle  united  with  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York 
(New  School).  In  1849,  Mount  Pleasant  was  transferred  to  the 
care  of  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York  ;  and  Greenburgh  was 
received  by  the  Reformed  Dutch  Classis  of  New  York.  In  process 
of  time,  also,  several  churches  were  formed  within  these  bounds, 
which  sustained  no  relations  to  Bedford  Presbytery.  In  1S41, 
the  Presbytery  of  North  River  (New  School)  organized  the 
Second  church  of  Peekskill.  In  1852,  the  Third  Presbytery  of 
New  York  organized  the  First  church  of  Yonkers.  In  1853, 
the  same  Presbytery  organized  the  church  of  Irvington.  In 
1854,  the  Second  Presbytery  of  New  York  organized  the  church 
ofTremont.  In  1855  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  organized 
the  church  of  Throgs  Neck.  And  in  1858,  the  Third  Presby- 
tery of  New  York  organized  "Westminster  church,  Yonkers. 
Thus,  at  the  close  of  the  period  of  its  existence,  Bedford  Presby- 
tery had  under  its  care  but  seventeen  of  the  twenty-seven 
churches  within  its  proper  territory,  whilst  ten  were  connect- 
ed with  five  other  bodies. 


PRESBYTERY  OF  CONNECTICUT. 

In  1860,  the  churches  of  Rye,  Port  Chester,  South  East,  and 
South  East  Centre,  were  set  off  by  the  Synod  of  New  York 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Bedford  to  that  of  Connecticut.  This 
Presbytery  had  been  erected  in  1850.  It  embraced  the  churches 
of  Thompsonville  (organized  in  1839,  by  the  Presbytery  of  New 
York),  TarifFville  (organized  in  18-14),  Hartford  (organized  in 
1851),  Providence  (received  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  in 
1857),  and  Deep  River  (organized  in  1856).*  It  was  with  the  de- 
sign to  increase  the  strength  and  efficiency  of  this  body,  that  the 

*  The  churches  of  Tariffville  and  Providence  are  now  extinct. 


X  JI8TOEICAL    ACCOUNT. 

four  congregations  which  have  been  named,  two  of  which, 
lay  near  the  border  of  Connecticut,  were  added  to  it.  The  Synod 
at  the  same  time  set  off  the  church  of  Bridgeport  (organized  in 
1851),  from  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  to  that  of  Connecticut. 

Three  years  later — on  the  twenty-first  of  April,  1863 — the 
Presbyteries  of  Bedford  and  Connecticut  were  united,  by  order 
ot  the  Synod  of  .New  York,  in  one  presbytery,  under  the  name 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Connecticut.  This  body  was  composed  of 
twenty-four  ministers,  and  had  under  its  care  twenty  churches : 
namely,  those  of  South  East,  Gilead,  Patterson,  South  East  Cen- 
tre, South  Salem,  Poundridge,  Croton  Falls,  Yorktown,  Bedford, 
North  Salem,  Red  Mills,  Mount  Kisco,  White  Plains,  Upper 
Greenburgh,  Eye,  Port  Chester,  Bridgeport,  Hartford,  Thomp- 
sonville,  and  Deep  River.* 

The  Presbytery  of  Connecticut  as  thus  constituted,  lasted  for 
seven  years,  or  until  the  reconstruction  of  the  Synods  and  Pres- 
byteries following  upon  the  happy  re-union  of  our  Church  in  1869. 
At  this  time  there  were  within  its  bounds  six  congregations  be- 
longing to  the  New  School  branch  of  the  Church  :  namely,  the 
Second  church  of  Peekskill,  and  the  churches  of  Irvington  and 
New  Rochelle  ;  the  church  of  Riverdale,  organized  in  1863  by 
the  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York;  and  the  churches  of  Stam- 
ford (organized  in  1853,  by  the  Third  Presbytery  of  New  York), 
and  Darien  (organized  in  1863,  by  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of 
New  York). 

On  the  fourth  day  of  October,  1870,  the  Presbytery  of  "West- 
chester, erected  by  the  Synod  of  New  York,  met  in  the  Pres- 
byterian church  of  Sing  Sing.  For  the  first  time  the  object 
sought  in  the  formation  of  successive  ecclesiastical  bodies  was  now 
attained,  and  all  "  the  churches  with  their  pastors,"  within  the 
bounds  so  often  described,  were  brought  under  the  same  presby- 
terial  supervision.  Earnestly  would  we  hope  that  this  relation 
may  long  be  preserved  unbroken,  contributing,  as  it  manifestly 
does  and  must  do,  to  the  efficiency  of  our  churches  in  their  com- 
mon work  of  diffusing  the  Gospel  throughout  the  field  which  the 
Redeemer  has  committed  to  their  care. 


*  In    1865,  the  First  German  church  of  Bridgeport  was  organized  by  the 
Fresbytery  of  Connecticut.     It  was  dissolved  in  1869. 


ABSTRACTS. 


Extract  from  the  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  York  relative 
>  the  formation  of  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester.  (Minutes, 
June  21,  1870,  page  10.) 

It  is  ordered,  "  That  the  churches  with  their  pastors,  and  all 
the  ministers  resident  or  in  active  work  in  the  counties  of  West- 
chester and  Putnam  (except  the  church  at  Cold  Spring),  and  in 
the  State  of  Connecticut,  be  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester,  to 
meet  in  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Sing  Sing  on  the  fourth  day 
of  October  next  at  3  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  to  be  opened  with  a 
sermon  by  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Baird,  or  in  his  absence  by  the 
Rev.  John  N.  Freeman  ;  and  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester  is 
hereby  declared  to  be  the  successor  of  the  Presbytery  of  Con- 
necticut, and  as  such  entitled  to  the  possession  and  enjoyment 
of  all  the  rights  and  franchises,  and  liable  to  the  performance  of 
all  the  duties  of  the  said  Presbytery." 

The  Presbytery  of  Westchester  met  pursuant  to  the  direction 
of  the  Synod  of  New  York,  in  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Sing 
Sing,  on  Tuesday,  Oct.  4th,  at  three  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  was  open- 
ed with  a  sermon  by  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Baird  on  the  words, 
"  The  communion  of  the  Holy  Ghost  be  with  you  all.  "  (2  Cor. 
xiii.  14).     The  roll  of  Presbytery  which  was  called  is  as  follows  :* 

MINISTERS.  CHURCHES.  ELDERS. 

Samuel  H.  Cox, 

Chauncey  G.  Lee, 

Daniel  W.  Lathrop,  P., 

James  Ely, 

William  Patterson,  Poundridge, 

Dwighl  M.  Seward., 

David  M.  Halliday,  P., 

Robert  D.  Gardner, 

William  Huntting, 

Peter  B.  Heroy,  P.,  Bedford,  Seth  Lyon. 

Andrew  Sbiland,  P.,  ] 

Charles  E.  Lindsley,  , 

Wilson  Phrancr,  P.,  Sing  Sing,  D.  E.  Provost. 

*  Ministers  present  marked  P. 


ABSTRACTS. 


MINISTERS. 

Carson  W.  Adams,  P., 
Charles  W.  Baird,  P., 
James  Baird,  P., 
William  Life, 
Horace  G.  Hinsdale,  P., 
Thomas  M.  Gray, 
Ezra  F.  Mundy,  P., 
Talmon  C.  Perry,  P., 
J.  Aspinwall  Hodge,  P., 
Charles  H.  Holloway,  P., 
E.  Bailey  Smith,  !]     ' 
George  Nixon,  P., 
Alexander  S.  Twombly, 
James  McDougall,  Jr., 
Charles  B.  Dye, 
Anthony  R.  Macoubrey,  P., 
Henry  P.  Lee,  P., 
Daniel  S.  Gregory,  P., 
Nelson  Mihard,  P., 
Thornton  M.  Niven,  Jr.,  P., 
Alexander  Nesbitt,  P., 
George  M.  Boynton, 
James  W.  Coleman,  P., 
RosweTl  D.  Smith,  P., 
Robert  A.  Davison,  P, 
David  A.  Holbrook, 
Arthur  Potts,  P., 
James  W.  Johnston, 
Homer  S.  Newcomb,  P., 
Lewis  W.  Mudge,  P., 
John  N.  Freeman,  P., 
Henry  H.  Stebbins,  P., 
William  J.  Thompson,  P., 
Anson  Sheldon, 


CHURCHES. 

Carmel  First, 

Rye, 

Patterson, 

Bridgeport, 

Port  Chester, 

Hartford,1 
North  Salem, 

West  Farms, 
Stamford, 


South  E.  Centre, 
Thompsonville, 
South  Salem, 
Peekskill  Second, 
South  Greenburg, 
Tremont, 

Darien, 

Throg's  Neck, 

Potts  Memorial, 
Yorktown, 

Westminster,  Yonkers, 
Peekskill  First, 
Riverdale,  1 
Croton  Falls, 

Greenburg  Second, 
White  Plains, 
Mount  Kisco, 
Gilead, 
Somers, 
New  Rochelle, 
Deep  River, 
Yonkers  First, 
South  East, 


Edward  Crosby. 
Wm.  H.  Parsons. 
W.  C.  Weed. 


John  Miller. 

J.  Watson. 

J.  O.  Eggleston. 


John  Clark. 


W.  S.  Paddock. 

J.  Webster. 
Edward  Wells, 
J.  Wilde,  Jr. 


B.  Weed. 

M.  R.  Baxter. 

W.  M.  Thorburn. 
Enos  Lee. 

J.  H.  Brown. 

F.  Briggs. 
W.  B.  Sage. 

A.  Chainberlin. 

J.  T.  Terry. 
W.  Fisher. 
J.  Teller. 
W.  H.  Foster. 

G.  B.  Sarles. 
W.  L.  Cowdrey. 

W.  C.  Foote. 
T.  S.  Lawrence. 


Total  Ministers,  47 ;  Churches,  35. 
Present,  Ministers,  29 ;  Elders,  29. 


ABSTRACTS.  o 

Rev.  Daniel  W.  Lathrop  was  chosen  Moderator,  and  Eev.  E. 
F.  Mundy  was  elected  Stated  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

The  general  rules  for  Judicatories  contained  in  the  appendix 
to  the  Confession  of  Faith  were  adopted. 

The  following  licentiates  were  enrolled :  Albert  Chamberlin, 
Cyrus  B.  Whitcomb,  and  Thomas  C.  Steele. 

The  following  persons  were  enrolled  as  candidates  for  the 
ministry : 

Frank    A.   Wood,    of  the  church  of  West  Farms  ; 

Alexander  Scotland,     "  "      Westminster,  Yonkers ; 

George  W.  Gallagher,  "  "  "  " 

Frederick  Johnston,      "  "      Yorktown ; 

Henry  J.  Owen,  "  "     Mount  Kisco. 

J.  De  Witt  Hull,  of  the  church  of  South  Salem,  was  examined 
and  his  name  enrolled  as  a  candidate. 

Rev.  Rollin  A.  Sawyer  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Dayton,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation  as 
pastor  of  the  Second  church  of  Greenburgh  (Irvington),  Oct. 
13th ;  and  Rev.  John  Hancock  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Brooklyn,  and  arrangements  were  made  to  install  him 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Mount  Kisco,  Oct.  16th. 

Rev.  Faber  Byllesby  was,  on  examination,  received  from  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

The  following  committees  were  appointed  : 

On  Standing  Rules — Ministers  C.  W.  Baird,  Coleman,  and 
Elder  Wells. 

To  Nominate  Standing  Committees — Ministers  Adams,  Davi- 
son, Nixon,  Stebbins,  and  Elders  Foote  and  Briggs. 

Committees  were  also  appointed  to  examine  the  minutes  of 
the  General  Assembly,  on  records  of  Sessions,  and  to  audit  the 
accounts  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Presbytery  of  Connecticut. 

Rev.  Mr.  Hinsdale  was  appointed  to  draft  the  Narrative  of 
the  state  of  religion  in  our  bounds. 

The  churches  of  White  Plains  and  Yonkers  First  obtained 
leave  to  supply  their  own  pulpits  until  the  next  stated  meeting. 

Mr.  E.  R.  Burkhalter  was  received  as  a  licentiate  from  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York  Fourth,  and  arrangements  were  made 
to  ordain  and  install  him  pastor  of  the  church  of  New  Rochelle, 
Oct.  26th. 

Stamford  was  chosen  as  the  place  of  the  next  stated  meeting. 


4  ABSTRACTS. 

The  Presbytery  voted  yea  on  the  overtures  sent  down  by  the 
General  Assembly  of  1870  (see  Minutes,  p.  89). 
The  following  Standing  Committees  were  appointed  : 

.  On  Examination : 

1.  To  examine  on  religious  experience  and  views  in  seeking 

the  ministry  :  the  Moderator ; 

2.  On  Church  History,  Church  Government,  and  the  Sacra- 

ments: Revs.  Heroy,  Davison,  and  Nesbitt ; 

3.  On  Systematic  Theology :  Revs.  Phraner,  Hodge,  and 

Lathrop ; 

4.  On  Languages  :  Revs.  Hinsdale,  Mudge,  and  Millard  ; 

5.  On    Natural    Philosophy,    Astronomy,   and   Rhetoric : 

Revs.  Gregory,  Potts,  and  Freeman. 

II.  On  the  Boards  of  the  Church : 

1.  Foreign  Missions  :  Revs.  Freeman,  Coleman,  and  Elder 

Foote ; 

2.  Education  :  Revs.  Lee,  ISTiven,  and  Elder  Hubbell ; 

3.  Sabbath-schools :    Revs.   Mudge,    Stebbins,  and  Elder 

Knapp  ; 

4.  On   Home   Missions:    Revs.    C.  W.   Baird,   Twombly, 

Macoubrey,  Potts,  Millard,  Sawyer ;  Elders  Sarles, 
Banks,  and  Sage. 

The  accounts  of  E.  F.  Mundy,  Treasurer  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Connecticut,  were  approved,  showing  a  balance  in  hand  of  $39 
and  37  cents. 

The  Commissioners  from  the  same  Presbytery  reported  their 
attendance  on  the  sessions  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  their 
fidelity  was  approved. 

The  salary  of  the  Stated  Clerk  was  fixed  at  forty  dollars  per 
annum. 

The  Stated  Clerk  was  instructed  to  prepare  and  report  at  the 
next  stated  meeting  standing  dockets  for  the  meetings  of  Pres- 
bytery. 

The  Presbytery  adopted  Standing  Rules. 

(JNL  B.  These  were  subsequently  amended  and  may  be  found 
on  p.  12.) 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Newburgh,  during  the  intervals  of 
Synod,  on  call  of  the  Moderator. 


ABSTRACTS.  » 

ADJOURNED  MEETINGS. 

No.  1.     Newbur&h,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  19,  1870. 
Present — 19  ministers  and  IS  elders. 

The  death  of  Rev.  E.  P.  Benedict,  lately  a  member  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Connecticut,  was  announced,  and  Ministers  Pat- 
terson, Ileroy,  and  Elder  Seth  Lyon  were  appointed  to  draft  a 
suitable  minute. 

The  following  persons  were  appointed  Moderators  of  the  Ses- 
sions of  Vacant  Churches  : 

Rev.  Mr.  Macoubrey,  for  Gilead. 
"      J.  Baird,  "   South  East. 

"       Mr.  Thompson,    "    Somers. 
"        "    Mundy,         "    White  Plaius. 
"        "    Mudge,  "   Yonkers  First. 

"        "    Hodge,         "  Deep  River. 

Rev.  II.  H.  Stebbins,  and  Rev.  Geo.  Nixon  alternate,  were 
appointed  to  draft  the  Narrative  for  the  next  stated  meeting. 

Rev.  R.  D.  Smith  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Jersey 
City. 

Revs.  E.  F.  Mundy,  C.  "W.  Baird,  and  Elder  Parsons  were 
appointed  a  Committee  on  Ministerial  Relief. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  New  Rochelle,  Oct.  26th. 


No.  2.     New  Rochelle,  N.  T.,  Oct.  26,  1870. 

Present — 12  ministers  and  5  elders. 

Augustus  Frederick,  a  member  of  the  church  of  Port  Chester, 
was  received  as  a  candidate  under  our  care  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Cleveland.  - 

Mr.  E.  R.  Burkhalter  was  examined  for  ordination,  and  his 
examination  was  sustained.  He  was  ordained,  and  installed 
pastor  of  the  church  of  New  Rochelle. 

The  minute  in  relation  to  the  death  of  Rev.  E.  P.  Benedict 
•;as  reported  and  adopted. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Stamford,  Ct.,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of 
April,  1871. 

SPECIAL  MEETING. 

Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  23,  1871. 
Present — 15  ministers  and  7  elders. 
The  Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 


ABSTRACTS. 


of  New  York,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation 
as  pastor  of  the  First  church  of  Yonkers,  March  1st. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Adams  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Utica, 
and  Kev.  Andrew  S Inland  to  the  Presbytery  of  Long  Island. 


STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Stamford,  Con^.,  April  18,  1871. 

Present — 38  ministers  and  27  elders. 

Rev.  Wilson  Phraner  was  elected  Moderator. 

Rev.  James  McDougal,  Jr.,  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery 
of  Nassau. 

Rev.  Joseph  Greenleaf  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Monmouth. 

Th3  death  of  Rev.  Chauncey  G.  Lee  was  announced,  and  a  suit- 
able minute  was  subsequently  adopted. 

Rev.  D.  D.  Sahler  was  received  from  the  Berkshire  South 
Association  of  Congregational  Ministers,  and  arrangements  were 
made  for  his  installation  as  pastor  of  the  church  of  Gilead, 
May  2d. 

Messrs.  Frank  A.  "Wood  and  Henry  J.  Owen  were  licensed  to 
preach  the  Gospel. 

The  name  of  the  church  of  Greenburgh  Second  was  changed 
to  Irvington. 

The  Home  Mission  Committee  were  authorized  to  employ  a 
missionary  to  labor  in  our  bounds,  at  an  expense  not  to  exceed 
$1,800  per  year,  which  amount  is  to  be  assessed  on  the  Church 
in  proportion  to  the  salaries  of  pastors. 

This  committee  were  authorized  to  obtain  a  charter  of  incor- 
poration for  the  Presbytery  from  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  following  were  elected  Commissioners  to  the  General 
Assembly : 

MINISTERS.  ELDERS.  CHURCHES. 

Daniel  S.  Gregory,  J.  Clark,  Stamford. 

John  N.  Freeman,  S.  G.  Howe,  Sing  Sing. 

A.  R.  Macoubrey,  E.  Wells,  Peekskill  Second. 

It  was  ordered  that  the  following  ministers,  resident  in  our 
bounds,  be  added  to  our  roll,  viz :  Revs.  La  Fayette  Dudley, 
George  Tomlinson,  Daniel  Gibbs,  Alexander  B.  Bullions,  James 


ABSTRACTS.  < 

B.  Bonar,  George  A.  Bowman,  William  Tracy,  and  Oliver  W. 
Mather. 

The  application  of  the  church  ot  Hartford  for  aid  to  the 
amount  of  $5,000  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  was 
granted,  and  David  F.  Hollister,  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  is 
appointed  the  attorney  of  Presbytery,  in  compliance  with  the 
rules  of  said  Board. 

The  church  of  North  Salem  was  recommended  to  the  Board 
of  Home  Missions  for  aid  to  the  amount  of  $250,  for  one  year 
from  July  1st. 

Rev.  Mr.  Johnston  was  appointed  Moderator  of  the  Session  of 
the  church  of  Carmel  First,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Macoubrey,  of  the 
Session  of  South  East. 

The  Second  church  of  Peekskill  was  chosen  as  the  place  for 
holding  the  next  stated  meeting,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Sahler,  and  Mr. 
Twombly  alternate,  were  appointed  to  draft  the  Narrative. 

Adjourned. 


SPECIAL  MEETINGS. 

No.  1.   White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  June  20, 1871. 

Present — 16  ministers  and  10  elders. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Wallace  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  New 
York,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation,  July 
11th,  as  pastor  of  the  church  of  Carmel  First. 

The  church  of  White  Plains  presented  a  call  for  the  services 
of  Thomas  C.  Steele,  a  licentiate  under  our  care,  and  the  call 
was  approved. 

Mr.  Steele  was  examined,  ordained,  and  installed  pastor  of 
this  church. 


No.  2.    Mount  Kisco,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  5,  1871. 

Present — 8  ministers  and  2  elders. 

The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  D.  S.  Gregory  to  the  church 
of  South  ^3alem  was  dissolved,  and  Rev.  T.  M.  Gray  was  ap- 
pointed to  preach  in  that  church  on  next  Sabbath,  and  declare 
the  pulpit  vacant. 


y  ABSTRACTS. 

STATED  FALL  MEETING. 

Peekskill  (Second  Church),  N.  Y.,  Oct.  3,   1871. 
Present — 26  ministers  and  26  elders. 
Rev.  H.  G.  Hinsdale  was  elected  Moderator. 
On  report  of  the  Committee  on  Sabbath-schools  the  following 
resolutions  were  adopted : 

1.  That  the  religious  training  of  the  young  in  the  Sabbath- 
school  is  a  trust  committed  to  the  church  in  her  organized  capa- 
city, and  for  its  fulfillment  she  is  held  solemnly  responsible. 

2.  Presbytery  recommends  that  all  pastors  and  elders  be 
officially  identified  with  their  Sabbath-schools,  to  direct  and  co- 
operate in  the  work,  and  to  develop  practically  the  idea  that 
the  Sabbath-school  is  an  integral  part  of  the  church. 

3.  That  our  Sabbath-schools  adopt  uniform  lessons,  and  that 
teachers'  meetings  be  held. 

4.  That  special  attention  be  paid  to  the  cultivation  of  system- 
atic giving  by  our  Sabbath-schools. 

5.  That  at  every  stated  meeting  of  Presbytery  there  be  held 
one  session  in  the  interests  of  the  Sabbath-school  work,  and  the 
subjects  for  consideration  at  these  meetings  shall  be  determined 
by  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  in  correspondence  with  the 
Standing  Committee  on  Sabbath-schools. 

Rev.  Edward  B.  Allen  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Albany,  and  arrangements  were  made  to  install  him  pastor  of 
the  church  of  South  East,  Nov.  14th. 

Rev.  Robert  D.  Gardner  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Long  Island,  and  licentiate  Henry  J.  Owen  to  the  care  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  Central. 

Isaac  Baird,  from  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  and 
Charles  Wood,  a  member  of  the  church  of  Mount  Kiscp,  were 
received  as  candidates  for  the  ministry. 

The  church  of  South  Salem  presented  a  call  for  the  pastoral 
services  of  Rev.  T.  M.  Gray. 

On  report  of  the  Committee  of  Home  Missions,  the  minimum 
of  a  pastor's  salary  was  fixed  at  one  thousand  dollars  and  the 
use  of  a  parsonage. 

The  following  minute  was  adopted  :  * 

Whereas,  It  appears  that  in  many  of  our  churches  the  office  of  Deacon 
has  fallen  into  disuse ;   therefore  it  is 


ABSTRACTS.  9 

i 

Resolved,  That  those  churches  in  which  thi3  office  does  not  exist  be 
instructed  to  elect  persons  to  fill  this  office. 

Rev.  Henry  M.  Baird  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York. 

Presbytery  adopted  rules  for  the  guidance  of  church  sessions 
in  the  keeping  of  their  records.     (See  page  28). 

The  following  additional  standing  committees  were  appointed. 

(P-  *)'  -,     ^ 

On  Sustentation — Eevs.    T.  K.  Smith,   J".  N.  Freeman,  and 

Elder  TV.  C.  Foote. 

On  Benevolence — Eevs.  TV.  J.  Thompson,  J.  TV.  Johnston, 
and  Elder  Sours. 

On  Manses— Elders  S.  G.  Howe,  J.  TVilde,  Jr.,  and  S.  K. 
Knapp. 

Rev.  C.  B.  Dye  was  appointed  Moderator  of  the  chnrch  of 
South  Salem. 

The  new  rules  for  judicatories  (see  Assembly's  Minutes,  1871, 
p.  491,)  were  unanimously  adopted.     (Digest,  p.  205.) 

An  assessment  of  $480  was  laid  upon  the  churches  to  meet 
the  current  annual  expenses  of  the  Presbytery. 

Mount  Kisco  was  chosen  to  hold  the  next  stated  meeting. 


ADJOURNED  MEETINGS,  1871. 

New  York,  Oct.  17th. 

Present — 36  ministers  and  23  elders. 

Arrangements  were  provided  for  the  installation  of  Mr.  Gray  at 
South  Salem,  Nov.  8th. 

The  names  of  Revs.  Anson  Sheldon  and  Oliver  N.  Mather  were 
dropped  from  our  roll,  their  place  of  residence  being  unknown. 

The  church  of  Deep  River,  Conn.,  having  a  merely  nominal 
existence,  was  dissolved,  and  its  members  placed  under  the  care 
of  the  Session  of  the  church  of  Hartford. 


TVest   Fakms,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  2Uh. 
Present — 7  ministers  and  2  elders. 

Mr.  Frank  A.  TVood,  under  appointment  of  the  Board  of  For- 
eign Missions,  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist. 


10  ABSTRACTS. 

SPECIAL  MEETING. 

Croton  Falls,  N.  T.,  Dec.  12,  1871. 
Present — 12  ministers  and  4  elders. 

The  Rev.  William  J.  Thompson  was  released  from  the  pastoral 
charge  of  the  church  of  Croton  Falls. 


STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Mount  Kisco,  N.  Y.,  April  16,  1872. 

Present — 33  ministers  and  23  elders. 

Rev.  T.  R.  Smith  was  chosen  Moderator. 

Rev.  Faber  Byllesby  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Lack- 
awanna, and  Rev.  C.  H.  Holloway  to  the  Presbytery  of  Mon- 
mouth. 

Candidates  Isaac  Baird  and  Charles  Wood  were  licensed  to 
preach  the  Gospel. 

The  Rev.  A.  S.  Twombly  was  released  from  the  pastorate  of 
the  church  of  Stamford. 

Mr.  William  R.  Terrett  and  Mr.  William  Smith  were  received 
as  candidates  for  the  ministry. 

The  name  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Carmel  was 
changed  to  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Mahopac  Falls. 

The  Committee  of  Home  Missions  presented  a  very  full  report, 
of  which  the  following  is  a  brief  abstract : 

1.  They  recommend  that  the  churches  of  South  East  and 
North  Salem  be  encouraged  to  preserve  separate  organizations. 

2.  The  churches  of  Somers  and  Croton  Falls  are  to  be  united 
under  one  pastorate. 

3.  The  villages  of  Purdy's  Station,  Brewster's,  and  Lake  Ma- 
hopac were  favorably  spoken  of  as  points  at  which  preaching 
services  may  be  held,  while  at  Ivatonah  and  North  New  York 
the  Committee  have  taken  steps  to  commence  mission  work. 

Rev.  Mr.  Phraner  and  Elder  Petrie  were  appointed  to  fill  the 
places  of  Rev.  Mr.  Twombly  and  Elder  Sage  in  this  Committee. 
r  The  following  were  elected  Commissioners  to  the  General 
Assembly : 

MINISTERS.  ELDERS.  CHURCHES. 

Arthur  Potts,  A.  Milne,  Stamford. 

T.  R.  Smith,  G.  B.  Sarles,  Somers. 

L.  "W.  Mudge,  W.  Mathews,  Rye. 


ABSTRACTS.  11 

The  Stated  Clerk  is  empowered  to  give  letters  of  dismission  to 
licentiates  and  candidates  in  the  intervals  of  the  meetings  of 
Presbytery. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  revise  the  Standing  Rules. 
Moderators  for  sessions  of  vacant  churches  : 
Rev.  Mr.  Coleman  for  Stamford. 
Rev.  Mr.  Johnaton  for  Somer3. 
Rev.  Mr.  Sahler  for  Croton  Falls. 
Rev.  Mr.  Hazeltine  for  North  Salem. 
The  church  of  Darien  was  recommended  to  receive  aid  from 
the  Committee  of  Sustentation  to  the  amount  of  $300  per  annum. 
Hartford  was  chosen  as  the  place  for  the  next  meeting.* 


SPECIAL  MEETING. 

Peekskill  (Second  Church),  July  2,  1872. 

Present — 8  ministers  and  1  elders. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Rev.  Mr.  Millard  and  the  Second 
church  of  Peekskill  was  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Millard  was  dismissed 
to  the  Presbytery  of  Syracuse. 


STATED   FALL  MEETING. 

TlIOMPSONVILLE,  CONN.,   Oct.    1,  1872. 

Present — ministers  22  and  elders  15. 

Rev.  J.  Hancock  was  elected  Moderator. 

Rav.  Joseph  Beers  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Long 
Island,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation  over 
the  (united)  churches  of  Somers  and  Croton  Falls,  Nov.  11th. 

A  call  of  the  Second  church  of  Peekskill  for  the  pastoral  serv- 
ices of  Rev.  James  Demarest,  Jr.,  of  the  Reformed  Church, 
was  presented  and  put  upon  the  Docket. 

The  Home  Mission  Committee  reported  that,  under  their  di- 
rections, a  missionary  had  commenced  labors  at  North  New  York. 
An  act  of  incorporation  had  been  procured  from  the  Legislature. 

The  Committee  were  authorized  to  raise  for  annual  expenses 
the  sum  of  $1,800,  by  assessment  upon  the  churches. 


*  It  being  not  convenient  for  the  church  of  Hartford  to  receive  the 
Presbytery,  the  Stated  Clerk  made  arrangements  for  the  meeting  at 
Thompsonville.  The  Presbytery  met  first  at  Hartford,  and  then  adjourned 
to  Thompsonville. 


12  ABSTRACTS. 

The  act  of  incorporation  is  as  follows  : 

"AN  ACT  to  incorporate  the  Trustees  of  the  Presbytery  of  West- 
chester. 

Section  1.  The  Presbytery  of  Westchester,  in  connection  with  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  tbeTresbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, having  designated  from  its  membership  the  following  persons, 
to  wit :  Charles  W.  Baird,  Rollin  A.  Sawyer,  Nelson  Millard,  Anthony 
R.  Macoubrey,  Alexander  S.  Twombly,  Eliphalet  Wood,  Gilbert  B.  Sarles, 
Joseph  Banks,  and  Edward  Wells,  citizens  of  the  United  States,  to  be 
Trustees  in  their  behalf,  the  said  persons  and  their  successors  to  be  from 
time  to  time  appointed  by  said  Presbytery,  are  hereby  created  a  body  pol- 
itic and  corporate  by  the  name  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Presbytery  of  West- 
chester. 

Section  2.  The  said  corporation  shall,  in  law,  be  capable  of  taking  for 
religious  and  charitable  purposes,  by  gift,  devise,  bequest,  grant,  or  pur- 
chase, and  of  holding,  conveying,  and  otherwise  disposing  of  the  same, 
from  time  to  time,  all  real  and  personal  estate  now  held  fur  the  benefit  of 
said  Presbytery,  or  which  hath  been,  or  may  hereafter,  for  the  purposes 
of  said  Presbytery,  and  in  the  protection  of  its  charitable  or  religious  pur- 
poses, be'  given,  devised,  bequeathed,  or  granted  to  the  said  corporation 
by  its  name,  or  to  the  said  Presbytery,  or  for  charitable  and  religious  uses 
thereof,  or  which  may,  in  any  manner,  have  accrued,  or  shall  accrue  from 
the  interest,  income,  or  use  of  such  real  and  personal  estate,  provided  that 
the  yearly  income  received  from  the  property  of  the  said  corporation  shall 
not  exceed  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000). 

Section  3.  The  management  and  disposal  of  the  affairs  and  property  of 
the  said  corporation  shall  be  in  the  hands  of  the  said  Trustees,  and  their 
successors  in  office  from  time  to  time;  and  which  Trustees  shall  hold  their 
offices  at  the  pleasure  of  the  said  Presbytery,  and  all  vacancies  shall  be 
filled  by  the  said  Presbytery. 

Section  4.  The  said  corporation  shall  possess  the  general  powers,  rights, 
and  privileges,  and  be  subject  to  the  liabilities  and  provisions  contained 
in  the  18th  chapter  of  First  Part  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  so  far  as  the 
same  are  applicable,  and  also  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Chapter  360  of 
the  Laws  of  1860. 

Section  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 
'  (Passed  May  11,  1872;  ch.  644,   Laws  of  State  of  New  York,  vol.  3, 
page  1528.) 

Rev.  Henry  M.  Hazeltine  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Rochester. 

On  report  of  the  committee  appointed  at  the  last  meeting,  the 
following  list  of  Standing  Rules  was  adopted  : 

Standing  Pules  of  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester. 

OF    MEETINGS. 

1.  The  stated  meetings  of  Presbytery  shall  beheld  on  the  third  Tuesday 
of  April,  and  the  first  Tuesday  of  October  in  each  year,  at  o'clock. 


ABSTRACTS. 


13 


2.  At  each  stated  meeting,  the  Presbytery  will  speud  half  an  hour  every 
morning  in  devotional  exercises. 

3.  A  Committee  on  the  Narrative  shall  be  appointed  at  each  stated 
meeting  of  the  Presbytery,  and  each  Session  is  required  to  forward  to  said 
Committee  their  Narrative  on  the  state  of  religion  in  their  churches,  at 
least  ten  days  before  the  meeting  of  Presbytery. 

OP   MINISTERS. 

4.  Every  minister  coming  to  this  Presbytery  on  certificate  from  another 
Presbytery,  may,  in  the  discretion  of  Presbytery,  be  examined  on  experi- 
mental religion,  theology,  and  church  government;  and  every  ordained 
minister,  coining  from  a  denomination  in  correspondence  with  the  General 
Assembly,  shall  be  required  to  answer,  affirmatively,  the  first  seven  ques- 
tions in  Chapter  XV.  of  our  Form  of  Government,  which  are  put  to  our 
own  licentiates  when  about  to  be  ordained. 

OP   LICENTIATES. 

5.  Every  licentiate  coming  to  this  Presbytery  on  certificate  from  another 
Presbytery,  may,  in  the  discretion  of  Presbytery,  be  examined  as  to  his 
religious  experience,  and  on  theology  and  church  government ;  and  every 
licentiate  coming  to  this  Presbytery  from  any  denomination  in  correspond- 
ence with  the  General  Assembly,  shall  be  required  to  answer,  in  the 
affirmative,  the  questions  in  Chapter  XIV.  of  our  Form  of  Government, 
which  aie  put  to  our  own  candidates  for  licensure. 

OP     CANDIDATES. 

6.  When  a  person  is  introduced  to  the  Presbytery,  to  be  taken  under 
its  care  as  a  candidate  for  the  Ministry,  a  committee  shall  be  appointed 
to  converse  privately  with  him  on  the  subject  of  his  application,  and  report 
to  the  Presbytery  their  opinion  of  the  case. 

7.  Every  candidate  shall  be  placed  under  the  superintendence  of  a  com- 
mittee, who  shall  carefully  attend  to  his  moral  and  intellectual  improve- 
ment, and  make  a  report  of  the  same  at  every  stated  meeting  of  the 
Presbytery. 

8.  Committees  for  examining  candidates  shall  be  appointed  once  in  two 
years,  at  the  Fall  session. 

9.  When  Presbytery  decide  on  the  trials  of  candidates,  they  shall  sit 
with  closed  doors. 

10.  Every  Latin  Exegesis  read  by  candidates  shall  be  put  in  the  hands 
of  the  Committee  on  Languages,  who  shall  examine  it,  and  report  thereon 
to  the  Presbytery. 

OF   THE    STATED    CLERK. 

11.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Stated  Clerk  to  give  such  notices  as  are 
necessary  to  carry  the  orders  of  the  Presbytery  into  effect. 

12.  Whenever  the  Presbytery  shall  m:ike  a  special  adjournment,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Stated  Clerk  to  inform  absent  members  of  the  time, 
place,  and  object  of  said  meeting. 

13.  The  disbursements  of  Stated  Clerk  for  blanks,  stationery,  postage, 


14  ABSTRACTS. 

etc.,  and  his  personal  expenses  in  attending  special  meetings  of  Presbytery, 
shall  be  audited  and  paid  out  of  the  Presbyterial  Fund. 

14.  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  give  to  members  in  good  and  regular  stand- 
ing, testimonials  to  that  effect  when  required. 

OP   COMMITTEES. 

15.  A  committee  to  examine  the  minutes  of  the  General  Assembly  shall 
be  appointed  at  the  Fall  meeting. 

I    16.  The  Committee  on  Missions  shall  report  at  each  stated  meeting. 

17.  The  Treasurer's  account  shall  be  examined  at  each  meeting  in  the 
Fall. 

18.  Sessional  records  shall  be  examined  at  the  Fall  meeting. 

OP   COMMISSIONERS. 

19.  Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly  shall  be  appointed  by  ballot 
at  the  Spring  meeting,  on  the  second  day;  the  nominations  having  been 
made  at  least  one  session  before  the  election. 

20.  The  pulpits  of  Commissioners,  during  their  attendance  at  the  Assem- 
bly, shall,  on  request  of  Session,  be^supplied  by  Presbytery. 

21.  The  Presbytery  shall  inquire  of  their  Commissioners  to  the  General 
Assembly,  at  the  Fall  meeting,  whether  they  faithfully  attended  the  ses- 
sions of  that  body. 

OP   VACANT   CHURCHES. 

22.  Vacant  churches  should  pay  supplies  a  suitable  compensation. 

23.  It  shall  be  considered  disorderly  for  any  vacant  congregation  to 
employ  itinerant  preachers  whose  credentials  have  not  been  submitted  to 
some  member  of  the  Presbytery,  or  for  any  minister  to  labor  statedly  in 
any  of  our  churches,  who  does  not  come  under  our  jurisdiction,  unless  by 
special  permission  of  the  Presbytery  at  each  stated  meeting. 

24.  At  each  stated  meeting  of  Presbytery,  the  list  of  vacant  churches 
shall  be  read,  and  a  minister  shall  be  appointed  to  act  as  Moderator  of  the 
Session  of  each  of  the  said  churches,  until  the  next  meeting  of  Pres- 
bytery. 

In  case  any  church  become  vacant  between  the  stated  meetings  of  Presby- 
tery, its  Session  shall  call  upon  a  neighboring  minister  to  act  as  Moderator 
until  the  next  meeting  of  Presbytery,  except  in  the  cases  provided  for  in 
the  Form  of  Government. 

OP   ASSESSMENTS. 

25.  Each  congregation  shall  be  required  to  pay  annually  at  the  Spring 
meeting  such  a  sum,  for  the  expenses  of  Presbytery,  Synod,  and  General 
Assembly,  as  shall  be  apportioned  by  Presbytery  at  the  preceding  Fall 
meeting. 

OP    STATISTICAL    REPORTS. 

26.  Statistical  reports  from  the  churches  shall  be  called  for  at  each 
stated  meeting  in  the  Spring. 

OP   ORGANIZATION   OP   CHURCHES. 

27.  The  organization  of  churches  within  our  bounds  shall  be  done 
under  the  direction  of  Presbytery. 


ABSTRACTS. 


15 


OP   SYSTEMATIC   BENEFICENCE. 

28.  At  each  Spring  meeting  of  Presbytery,  the  following  questions  shall 
be  put  to  each  minister: 

(1.)  Have  you  given  to  your  people  an  opportunity  to  contribute  intelli- 
gently to  the  General  Assembly's  scheme  of  benevolence,  as  well  as  to  other 
objects  approved  by  you  ? 

(2.)  Do  you  raise  contributions  methodically  ?  and  what  is  yoor  method  ? 

(3.)  Do  you  take  pains,  as  a  steward  of  God,  to  instruct  your  people  in 
the  duty  of  systematic  contributions  to  the  cause  of  Christ  ? 

OF   SALARIES. 

29.  At  each  Fall  meeting  of  the  Presbytery,  the  Elder,  or,  in  case  of 
his  absence,  the  minister  of  each  church,  shall  be  called  upon  to  answer 
whether  the  pastor's  salary  is  promptly  paid;  whether  there  is  a  defi- 
ciency; and,  if  so,  what  is  the  cause  of  it? 

OF    APPLICATIONS. 

30.  In  case  of  any  and  every  application  for  aid  from  any  of  the  Boards 
or  Committees,  the  vote  thereon,  both  as  to  the  application  and  as  to  the 
amount,  shall  be  taken  by  ballot — excepting  the  Committee  on  Ministerial 
Relief,  and  those  cases  where  the  matfer  is  legally  in  the  hands  of  a  Pres- 
byterial  Committee. 

OF   ALTERATIONS   OF    RULES. 

31.  These  rules  maybe  altered  or  amended  by  a  majority  vote  at  any 
stated  meeting;  such  alterations  or  amendments  having  been  proposed  in 
writing  at  a  previous  stated  meeting  of  Presbytery. 

The  following;  Standing  Committees  were  appointed : 

COMMITTEES    FOR    EXAMINATION. 

1.  On  Religious  Experience  and  Views  in  Seeking  the  Minis- 
try— The  Moderator. 

2.  On  Church  History,  Government,  and  Sacraments— Eevs. 
Heroy,  Davison,  and  Stebbins. 

3.  On  Systematic  Theology— Revs.  Hodge,  Lathrop,  and  C. 
W.  Baird. 

4.  On  Natural  Philosophy,  Astronomy,  and  Rhetoric — Revs. 
Potts,  Freeman,  and  Nixon. 

5.  On  Languages— Revs.  Hinsdale,  Mudge,  and  Burkhalter. 

STANDING    COMMITTEES. 

1.  Home  Missions— Ministers  :  C.  W.  Baird,  Phraner,  Macou- 

brey,   Potts,   T.  R.    Smith,    Sawyer,    and   Hinsdale.      Elders : 
Sarles,  Banks,  Petrie,  and  Wells. 

2.  Foreign  Missions — Ministers :  Coleman,  Gray,  and  Elder 
Foote. 

3.  Education— Ministers :  Lee,  Niven,  and  Elder  Hubbell. 


16  ABSTRACTS. 

4.  Ministerial  Relief — Ministers:  Mundy,  Sahler,  and  Elder 
Parsons. 

5.  Sustentation — Ministers  :  T.  R.  Smith,  Freeman,  and  Elder 
Wells. 

6.  Benevolence  and  Finance — Ministers :  Wallace,  Johnston, 
Elder  Sours  ;   and  the  Stated  Clerk,  ex  officio,  Secretary. 

7.  Manses — Elders :  S.  G.  Howe,  Wilde,  and  Knapp. 

8.  Freedmen — Ministers :  Davison,  Steele,  and  Elder  Weed. 

9.  Sabbath-schools  and  Colportage — Ministers :  Mudge,  Steb- 
bins,  Hinsdale,  and  Elders  Knapp  and  Milne. 

On  report  of  the  Committee  on  Benevolence  and.  Finance,  the 
following  were  adopted : 

1.  That  Presbytery  urge  all  our  churches  to  contribute  to  each 
of  the  Boards. 

2.  This  committee  is  instructed  to  write  to  delinquent  churches 
earnestly  requesting  them  to  nil  all  the  columns  the  present 
year. 

Edward  W.  Fisher,  licentiate,  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Jersey  City. 

William  Smith  was  licensed  to  preach. 

In  accordance  with  the  action  of  General  Assembly,  licensures 
are  to  expire  at  the  end  of  four  years,  but,  in  the  discretion  of 
Presbytery,  they  may  be  extended  for  one  year  longer. 

Rye  was  chosen  as  the  place  of  the  next  stated  meeting. 

The  Potts  Memorial  church  was  recommended  to  receive  aid 
from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  for  $500  for  one  year. 

Adjourned  to  meet  during  the  intervals  of  the  meeting  of 
Synod. 


ADJOURNED  MEETINGS. 

No.  1.    Yonkers,  Oct.  16,  1872. 

Present — 25  ministers  and  21  elders. 

Rev.  Hugh  A.  McKelvey  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 
■f  Cairo. 

Rev.  James  Demarest  was  received  from  the  Classis  of  Illi- 
nois of  the  Reformed  Church,  and  arrangements  were  made  for 
his  installation  as  pastor  of  the  Second  church  of  Peekskill, 
Oct.  22d. 


ABSTRACTS. 


17 


Rev.  II.  M.  Hazeltine  is  to  be  installed  pastor  of  the  church 
of  North  Salem,  Nov.  6th. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  report  in  full  respecting  an 
application  of  the  South  Reformed  church  of  New  Haven  to 
be  received  under  our  care. 

The  Stated  Clerk  reported  that  it  was  credibly  rumored  that 
E.  Bailey  Smith,  one  of  our  ministers,  had  united  with  the 
Catholic  Apostolic  Church,  and  the  Clerk  was  instructed  to  cor- 
respond with  Mr.  Smith  in  regard  to  this  report. 

Adjourned  to  meet  on  call  of  the  Moderator. 


No.  2.     New  York,  Dec.  10,  1872. 

Present — 19  ministers  and  5  elders. 

Rev.  George  M.  Boynton  was  dismissed  to  the  General  Asso- 
ciation of  Congregational  Churches  of  New  Jersey. 

Mr.  Israel  N.  Terry  was  taken  under  our  care  as  a  candidate 
for  the  ministry. 

In  the  matter  of  the  application  of  the  South  Reformed 
church,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  confer  with  their  Board 
of  Missions  in  regard  to  the  proposed  transfer  of  this  church, 
and  to  ascertain  what  amount  of  help  may  be  obtained  from  our 
Board  of  Home  Missions  in  case  this  church  is  received,  and, 
also,  to  find  what  methods,  if  any,  can  be  devised  to  relieve 
said  church  from  its  indebtedness. 

A  minute  was  adopted  expressing  the  sense  of  Presbytery  in 
view  of  the  recent  decease  of  Elder  W.  P.  Van  Rensselaer. 

Adjourned  to  meet  on  call  of  the  Moderator. 


No.  3.    New  York,  Feb.  24,  1873. 

Present — 20  ministers  and  6  elders. 

Rev.  A.  S.  Twombly  was  dismissed  to  the  Suffolk  North  Con- 
ference of  Congregational  Ministers  of  Massachusetts. 

Rev.  Evert  Van  Slyke  was  received  from  the  Chassis  of 
Albany,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation  as 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Stamford,  April  23d. 

The  church  known  as  the  South  Reformed  church  of  New 
Haven  was  received  and  enrolled  as  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  New  Haven.     Said  church  obtained  leave  to  prose- 


18  ABSTRACTS. 

cute  a  call  for  the  services  of  Rev.  Edward  B.  Hodge  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Monmouth. 

Licentiate  Isaac  Baird,  having  received  an  appointment  from ' 
the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  applied  for  ordination,  and  his 
application  was  granted. 

Presbytery,  having  satisfactory  evidence  that  E.  Bailey  Smith 
has  united  with  the  Catholic  Apostolic  Church,  ordered  his  name 
tc  be  dropped  from  the  roll. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y. 

No.  4.     Sing:  Sing,  N.  Y.,  March  3,  1873. 
Present — 4  ministers  and  1  elder. 

Rev.  Valentine  A.  Lewis  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Monroe. 

Mr.  Isaac  Baird  was  ordained  as  an  Evangelist. 
Ad  "our.  ed. 


STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Rye,  N.  Y.,  April  15,  1873. 

Present — 40  ministers  and  25  elders. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Wallace  was  chosen  Moderator. 

The  Committee  of  Home  Missions  reported  the  organization- 
of  a  church  at  Katonah,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  17,  1872. 

Presbytery  answered  the  overture  in  relation  to  the  Demission 
of  the  Ministry  in  the  negative. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  defend  the  action  of  Presby- 
tery against  the  appeal  of  E.  B.  Smith  by  which  his  name  was 
dropped  from  the  roll. 

Mr.  William  R.  Terrett  was  licensed. 

Commissioners  were  elected  to  the  General  Assembly  as  fol- 
lows : 

MINISTERS.  ELDERS.  CnURCHES. 

R.  A..  Sawyer,  G.  D.  Cragin,  Eye. 

H.  F.  Lee,  J.  J.  Wood,  Mount  Kisco. 

J.  Hancock,  G.  H.  Petrie,*  Riverdale. 

Rev.  Isaac  Baird  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Lake 
Superior. 

Bedford  was  chosen  for  holding  the  next  stated  mseting  ;  and 
in   view  of  the  meeting   of  the   Evangelical   Alliance  early  in 

*  Charles  Lockvvood,  of  Yonkers,  attended  as  alternate. 


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19 


October,  it  was  ordered  that  Presbytery  bold  its  Fall  meeting 
two  weeks  prior  to  the  usual  .time. 

Rev.  Mr.  Latbrop  was  appointed  Moderator  for  the  Session  of 
the  church  at  New  Haven,  and  Mr.  Hazeltine  for  Katonah. 

The  following  was  adopted  : 

Whereas,  Presbytery,  in  accepting  the  South  Reformed 
church  cf  New  Haven  as  a  religious  body,  did  not  understand 
that  they  were  thereby  assuming,  or  made  liable  to,  the  debts 
and  claims  that  are  against  the  church  ; 

Resolved,  1st,  That  this  church  are  informed  that  they  must 
negotiate  with  the  parties  who  hold  claims  against  themselves 
or  their  property,  the  Presbytery  declining  to  become  in  any 
way  legally  responsible. 

Resolved,  2d,'  That  we  do  most  heartily  sympathize  with  this 
congregation,  and  in  the  event  of  its  assuming  the  responsibili- 
ties referred  to,  we  will  commend  it  to  the  generosity  of  our 
churches. 

The  church  at  Darien  was  recommended  to  the  Sustentation 
Committee  for  aid  to  the  amount  of  $300  per  annum ;  the 
church  of  North  Salem  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  for  $300  ; 
and  the  church  of  South  East  for  $200  per  annum. 

Power  was  given  the  Home  Mission  Committee  to  organize  a 
church  at  North  New  York. 


SPECIAL  MEETING. 

New  York,  June  10,  1873. 

Present — 20  ministers  and  10  elders. 

The  Home  Mission  Committee  reported  the  organization  of 
a  church  at  North  New  York,  May  12th. 

This  action  was  approved,  and  the  Elder  from  that  church 
was  enrolled. 

A  call  of  this  church  for  the  pastoral  services  of  Donald 
Fletcher,  a  licentiate  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  Chi- 
cago, was  approved  and  put  on  the  Docket. 

The  First  Presbyterian  church  of  New  Haven  presented  a 
call  for  the  services  of  Rev.  J.  W.  Coleman,  of  Darien.  In 
view  of  the  financial  condition  of  this  church  the  call  was  re- 
tained in  the  hands  of  Presbytery. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  New  York,  July  15th. 


20  ABSTRACTS. 

New  York,  July   15,  1873. 

Present — 12  ministers  and  6  elders. 

Mr.  Donald  Fletcher  was  received  as  a  licentiate  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Fletcher  accepted  the  call  of  the  church  of  North  New 
York,  and  he  was  examined  for  ordination. 

Eesolved  to  meet  in  North  New  York  on  Tuesday,  July  22d. 

The  church  of  New  ITaven  had  leave  to  withdraw  their  call. 


North  New  York,  July  22,  1873. 
Present — 5  ministers  and  2  elders. 

Mr.  Donald  Fletcher  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  this 
church. 


STATED  FALL  MEETING. 

Bedford,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  23,  1873. 

Present — 31  ministers  and  27  elders. 

Rev.  R.  A.  Sawyer  was  elected  Moderator. 

At  their  request,  the  Committee  of  Home  Missions  is  to  be 
called  the  Presbyterial  Committee  of  Church  Extension.  It 
was  ordered,  that  when  the  experimental  efforts  in  church  exten- 
sion have  resulted  in  the  formation  of  churches,  and  these 
churches  are  provided  with  pastors,  they,  as  soon  as  practicable, 
be  referred  for  their  support  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions. 

On  report  of  the  Committee  of  Church  Extension,  it  was 
adopted  : 

1.  That  our  churches  be  requested  to  take  collections  annually 
for  the  purposes  of  this  Committee,  and  delinquent  churches  are 
directed  to  forward  their  collections  at  the  earliest  practicable 
day. 

2.  That  this  Committee  be  empowered  to  indicate  to  each 
church  the  minimum  amount  it  should  contribute  to  their  funds 
on  a  basis  of  an  aggregate  sum  of  $2,000  per  annum. 

It  was  ordered,  that  there  be  printed  an  abstract  of  the  pro- 
ceedings of  this  Presbytery  from  its  organization,  prefaced  with 
a  brief  historic  summary  of  Presbyterianism  in  our  territory, 
and  that  hereafter  the  Stated  Clerk  cause  to  be'  printed  and  dis- 
tributed brief  abstracts  of  our  proceedings  after  each  meeting. 

A  committee   was  appointed  to  arrange   for  a  presbyterial 


ABSTRACTS.  21 

visitation  of  our  churches  by  committees  during  the  coming 
season,  with  a  view  to  increase  the  religious  interests  in  our 
bounds. 

A  resolution  was  passed  that  it  is  binding  on  our  churches  to 
observe  the  recommendations  of  the  Assembly  in  the  matter  of 
benevolent  contributions.  ' 

Stamford  was  appointed  as  the  place  for  holding  the  next 
stated  meeting. 

Adjourned  to  meet  on  call  of  the  Moderator. 


ADJOUKNED  MEETINGS. 

No.  1.     New  York,    Oct.  22,  1873. 

Present — 32  ministers  and  26  elders. 

The  Stated  Clerk  reported  that  licentiate  Edward  ~W.  Fisher 
had  been  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  St.  Lawrence,  and 
Charles  Wood  to  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  Buffalo. 

By  direction  of  the  Synod  of  New  York  (minutes  1873,  p. 
13,)  the  name  of  E.  B.  Smith  was  again  put  on  the  roll,  and  a 
committee  was  appointed  to  report  at  the  next  adjourned  meet- 
ing whether  his  relations  to  the  Catholic  Apostolic  Church  are 
compatible  with  his  good  and  regular  standing  in  Presbytery. 

The  Potts  Memorial  church  was  recommended  for  aid  from 
the  Board  of  Home  Missions  for  $500  for  the  coming  year. 

For  the  visitation  of  our  churches  the  following  plan  was 
adopted : 

1.  Each  pastor  is  to  share  in  the  work  ;  and  the  several  com- 
mittees, who  are  to  be  appointed  by  the  Committee  of  Visita- 
tion, are  to  consist  of  two  ministers  and  one  elder. 

2.  The  length  of  service  is  left  to  be  fixed  by  each  congrega- 
tion, who  are  to  meet  the  traveling  expenses  of  their  committee. 

Presbytery  endorsed  the  request  of  the  church  at  North  New 
York  for  leave  to  apply  to  our  pastors  to  ask  them  to  appeal  to 
those  in  their  congregations  who  may  be  willing  to  contribute 
towards  raising  the  sum  of  $600  to  enable  this  new  enterprise 
to  .complete  their  chapel. 

Adjourned  to  meet  Nov.  17th. 


22 


ABSTRACTS. 


No.  2.     New  York,  Nov.  17,  1873. 
i    Present — 26  ministers  and  10  elders. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Eev.  Mr.  Steele  and  the  church 
of  White  Plains  was  dissolved. 

Rev.  H.  F.  Lee  was  released  from  the  pastorate  of  the  church 
of.  Thompsonville,  and  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia North. 

Rev.  Mr.  Mundy  was  appointed  Moderator  of  the  Session  of 
White  Plains,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Hodge  for  that  of  Thompsonville. 

The  committee  appointed  in  the  matter  of  Rev.  E.  Bailey 
Smith  reported,  and  Presbytery  took  the  following  action  : 

That  his  relation  to  the  so-called  Catholic  Apostolic  Church 
is  incompatible  with,  and  antagonistic  to,  his  good  and  regular 
standing  as  a  Presbyterian  minister,  and  that  a  committee  be 
appointed  to  table  charges  against  him  for  judicial  process. 

This  committee  are :  Ministers  Mudge,  Hodge,  and  T.  R. 
Smith  ;  Elders  Wells,  Corning,  and  Petrie. 

Adjourned  to  meet  Dec.  9th. 


No.  3.     New  York,  Deo.  9,  1873. 

Present — 9  ministers  and  3  elders. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Rev.  H.  H.  Stebbins  and  the 
church  of  Riverdale  was  dissolved,  and  he  was  dismissed  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Syracuse. 

Rev.  Mr.  Mudge  was  appointed  Moderator  of  the  Session  of 
this  church. 

A  charge  with  four  specifications  was  reported  by  the  com- 
mittee, appointed  at  the  last  meeting,  declaring  that  E.  Bailey 
Smith  is  guilty  of  holding  heretical  and  schismatical  views  in- 
compatible with'  his  standing  as  a  Presbyterian  minister,  and 
antagonistic  to  the  standards  of  our  church — these  views  em- 
bracing such  doctrines  as  the  possibility  of  the  loss  of  the  regen- 
erate, that  the  writings  of  the  so-called  apostles  are  of  co-ordinate 
authority  with  the  Word  of  God,  that  Christ  assumed  the 
fallen  nature  of  Adam,  etc.,  etc. 

Presbytery  took  formal  action  required  to  proceed  with  the 
trial  of  Mr.  Smith  in  accordance  with  our  Discipline. 

The  call  of  the  church  of  New  Haven  was  renewed,  and^it 
was  ordered  that  the  pastor  and  church  of  Darien  be  cited  to 


ABSTRACTS.  23 

appear  at  our  next  meeting  to   show  cause,   if  any  they  have, 
why  their  pastoral  relation  should  not  be  dissolved. 
Adjourned  to  meet  Jan.  20th. 


No.  4.     New  York,  Jam,.  20,  1874. 

Present — 25  ministers  and  10  elders. 

Peter  M.  Macdonald  was  taken  under  our  care  as  a  candi- 
date for  the  ministry. 

The  Rev.  J.  W.  Coleman  was  released  from  the  pastorate  of 
the  church  of  Darien,  and  having  accepted  the  call  of  the 
church  of  New  Haven,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  report 
arrangements  for  his  installation. 

The  church  of  White  Plains  presented  a  call  for  the  services 
of  Rev.  E.  L.  Heermance,  of  the  Reformed  Church,  and  leave 
was  given  them  to  prosecute  the  call. 

Presbytery  proceeded  with  the  judicial  process  against  Rev. 
E.  Bailey  Smith. 

The  case  was  conducted  by  the  Committee  of  Prosecution 
(p.  22)  for  the  Presbytery,  and  the  defence  by  Mr.  Smith, 
assisted  by  Rev.  Mr.  Davison. 

Pending  the  trial,  Presbytery  adjourned  to  meet  on  the  26th. 


No.  5.     New  York,  Jan.  26,  1874. 

Present — 21  ministers  and  6  elders. 

The  judicial  case  was  resumed,  and  both  sides  having  been 
fully  heard,  Presbytery  gave  its   decision  by   calling  the  roll. 

The  vote  is  as  follows : 

To  sustain  the  charge  as  a  whole — Ministers,  Lathrop,  Phra- 
ner,  C.  W.  Baird,  Demarest,  Mundy,' Sawyer,  Hazeltine,  Niven, 
Nesbitt,  Potts,  Freeman,  Steele  ;  Elders,  Belden,  Wood,  and 
Knapp — 17.  Absent  at  the  time  of  calling  the  roll — Ministers, 
Hinsdale,  Coleman,  and  Fletcher — 3.  Not  voting — Ministers, 
Mudge,  Hodge,  T.  R.  Smith ;  Elders,  Wells,  Corning,  and 
Petrie,  the  Committee  of  Prosecution,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Davison, 
counsel  for  Mr.  Smith — 7. 

Presbytery  resolved,  That  E.  B.  Smith  be  admonished  of  the 
errors  of  which  he  stands  convicted,  and  that  he  be  deposed 
from  the  ministry. 

The  sentence  was  immediately  pronounced,  accompanied  with 
admonition  and  prayer. 


24  ABSTRACTS. 

Rev.  D.  M.  Halliday  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick. 


SPECIAL  MEETING. 

Riverdale,  March  5,  1874. 

Present — 12  ministers  and  2  elders. 

Rev.  Edgar  L.  Heermance  was  received  from  the  Classis  ot 
Rensselaer  of  the  Reformed  Church. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Burr,  Jr.,  was  received  as  a  licentiate  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Nassau,  and  having  accepted  the  call  of  the 
church  of  Riverdale,  he  was  examined  for  ordination. 

Mr.  Burr  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the  church  of 
Riverdale. 


STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Stamford,  Conn.,  April  21,  18T4. 

Present — 38  ministers  and  25  elders. 

Rev.  L.  W.  Mudge  was  chosen  Moderator. 

Rev.  Y.  A.  Lewis  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Cayuga. 

Mr.  E.  B.  Smith's  notice  of  his  intention  to  appeal  to  the 
Synod  of  New  York,  from  the  decision  of  Presbytery,  Jan.  26, 
ult.,  deposing  him  from  the  ministry,  was  read,  and  the  Com- 
mittee of  Prosecution  were  appointed  to  defend  our  action. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  installation  of  Rev.  E.  L. 
Heermance  (page  23),  pastor  of  the  church  of  White  Plains, 
May  13th. 

Messrs.  Israel  N.  Terry  and  P.  M.  Macdonald  were  licensed 
to  preach. 

The  following  were  elected  as  Commissioners  to  the  General 
Assembly  : 

MINISTERS.  ELDERS.  CHURCHES. 

R.  A.  Davison,  T.  G.  Ritch,  Stamford. 

E.  F.  Mundy,  S.  R.  Knapp,  Peekskill,  1st. 

C.  C.  Wallace,  E.  Wells,*  Peekskill,  2d. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Rev.  J.  Beers  and  the  united 
churches  of  Somers  and  Croton  Falls  was  dissolved. 


W.  H.  Foster,  of  Gilead,  attended  as  Mr.  Wells'  alternate. 


ABSTRACTS. 


25 


On  report  of  the  Committee  of  Church  Extension,  the  follow- 
ing were  passed : 

1.  That  our  churches  be  recommended  to  make  collections  to 
lift  the  debt  on  the  chapel  at  North  New  York. 

2.  That  each  congregation  be  requested  hereafter  to  make  an 
annual  collection  for  this  Committee. 

3.  That  the  financial  year  of  the  Committee  be  understood  to 
begin  with  the  first  of  April,  and  that  the  names  of  churches 
contributing,  and  not  contributing,  be  reported,  with  the 
amounts  given,  at  our  Spring  meetings. 

The  church  of  Katonah  is  requested  to  call  Rev.  Mr.  Hazel- 
tine,  and  with  North  Salem  form  one  pastorate,  and  the  amount 
of  salary  be  $1,200  per  annum.  The  following  churches  were 
recommended  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions : 

New  Haven,  for  five  hundred  dollars  for  six  months ;  North 
Salem,  for  three  hundred  dollars  for  one  year  ;  South  East  for 
two  hundred  dollars  for  one  year. 

The  name  of  the  South  Presbyterian  church  of  Greenburgh 
was  changed  to  Greenburgh. 

By  voluntary  contributions  from  ministers  and  churches,  the 
amount  required  to  free  the  North  New  York  chapel  from 
debt  was  raised. 

The  salary  of  the  Stated  Clerk  was  fixed  at  $100  per  annum. 

Rev.  Frederick  S.  Barnum  was  received  from -the  New  York 
Conference  of  the  M.  E.  Church. 

Peekskill  First  church  was  appointed  as  the  place  for  holding 
the  next  stated  meeting. 

Moderators  of  Sessions  were  appointed  ;  for  Somers,  Rev.  Mr. 
Wallace ;  for  Croton  Falls,  Rev.  Mr.  Sahler. 

The  churches  of  Thompsonville  and  Darien  were  permitted 
to  supply  their  own  pulpits  until  the  next  stated  meeting,  and 
the  supply  of  Somers  and  Croton  Falls  was  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee of  Church  Extension.  Rev.  Messrs.  Macoubrey,  Smith, 
Hodge,  and  Elders  Milne  and  Wells  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  report  a  paper  containing  plans  for  bringing  our  Sessions  into 
more  consistent  and  effective  relations  to  the  baptized  children 
of  our  Church. 

An  overture  to  the  General  Assembly  was  adopted,  request- 
ing the  Assembly — 

1.  To  determine  how  the   limitation  contained  in  the  action 


26  ABSTRACTS. 

of  the  Assembly  of  1872  (see  Digest,  p.  401,)  is  to  apply  to  those 
licensed  prior  to  that  action. 

2.  To  determine  the  meaning  of  the  words  "extraordinary 
cases"  in  the  action  of  the  Assembly  of  1873  on  this  subject. 

3.  To  make  an  explicit  deliverance  as  to  the  powers  of  the 
General  Assembly  over  the  functions  of  the  Presbytery  in  grant- 
ing and  continuing  licenses. 

Also  an  overture  asking  the  Assembly  to  appoint  a  committee 
to  prepare  formulas  for  the  reception  of  members  into  the  church, 
for  baptism,  marriage,  and  funeral  occasions. 

The  Treasurer  reported  that  it  would  be  necessary  for  the 
Presbytery  to  raise  a  larger  sum  to  meet  its  expenses.  A  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  report  an  increased  assessment  on  our 
churches  (p.  30). 

SPECIAL  MEETING. 

Thompsonville,  Conn.,  July  20,  1874. 

Present — 8  ministers  and  4  elders. 

The  call  of  the  church  of  Thompsonville  to  the  Rev.  F.  S. 
Barnum  to  become  their  pastor  was  approved,  and  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  his  installation  this  evening. 

Rev.  J.  Demarest  resigned  charge  of  the  Second  church  of 
Peekskill,  and  was  dismissed  to  the  Classis  of  Kingston.  The 
Session  of  this  church  have  leave  to  supply  their  own  pulpit,  and 
Rev.  Mr.  Freeman  is  appointed  their  Moderator. 


STATED  FALL  MEETING. 

Peekskill  (First  Church),  N.  Y.,  Oct.  6,  1874. 

Present — 31  ministers  and  26  ruling  elders. 

Rev.  A.  R.  Macoubrey  was  elected  Moderator. 

The  Stated  Clerk  reported  that  be  had  given  licentiate  W.  R. 
Terrett  a  letter  of  dismission  to  the  Presbytery  of  North  River, 
and  "William  Smith  to  the  New  York  Central  Congregational 
Association. 

In  addition  to  the  Committees  on  Sessional  Records,  the  Mod- 
erator announced  the  following  committees : 

To  Examine  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly — Messrs. 
"Wallace,  Mundy,  and  Davison. 


ABSTRACTS.  27 

On  Bills  and  Overtures — Messrs.  Smith,  Burkhalter,  Yan 
Slyke,  and  Elders  Soars  and  Bouton. 

To  Examine  tlie  Accounts  of  the  Treasurer — Elders  Parsons 
and  Beach. 

On  the  Reorganization  of  the  Standing  Committees — Messrs. 
Mudge,  Heroy,  Johnston,  and  Elders  Cowdrey  and  Clark. 

Committees  reported  the  installation  of  Rev.  Mr.  Ileermance 
at  White  Plains,  and  of  Rev.  Mr.  Barn  urn  at  Thompson  ville. 

On  the  report  of  the  committee,  the  attention  of  the  Presbytery 
is  called  to  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  as  follows  : 

On  pp.  44,  45,  to  the  consolidation  of  the  Boards ;  p.  44,  to 
pledges  to  liquidate  the  joint  debt  of  Home  Missions  and  Sus 
tentation  ;  p.  51,  to  resolution  relating  to  Foreign  Board  ;  p.  61, 
overture  on  the  eldership  ;  p.  66,  resolution  on  temperance,  and 
to  action  on  woman's  right  to  speak  and  pray  in  the  prayer- 
meeting;  p.  79,  to  Sabbath  observance;  p.  80,  resolution  as  to 
the  formation  of  woman's  mission  circles  ;  p.  81,  action  on  over- 
ture No.  2,  from  the  Presbytery  of  Newton  ;  No.  3,  from  this 
Presbytery;  pp.  82,  83,  84,  85,  overtures  Nos.  14,  15,  21,  24, 
25,  26,  29,  30  ;  p.  85,  resolution  on  worldly  conformity,  and  on 
the  mortality  of  our  ministers  ;  p.  90,  on  the  observance  of  the 
week  of  prayer  and  prayer  for  colleges.  Special  attention  is 
called  to  the  "Narrative,"  pp.  93-97;  also,  to  the  Reports  on 
Consolidation,  on  the  Final  Court  of  Appeals,  and  on  Voluntary 
Societies,  pp.  161-167. 

The  Presbytery,  by  a  vote  of  ayes  24,  noes  31,  rejected  the 
overture  on  the  eldership. 

Messrs.  Barnum,  Heroy,  and  Elder  Wood  were  appointed  to 
consider  the  subject  of  the  observance  of  the  Sabbath. 

On  their  report,  it  was  ordered  that  pastors  and  stated  supplies 
preach  upon  this  subject,  on  or  before  the  first  Sabbath  in  De- 
cember, and  the  Sessions  of  our  churches  are  enjoined  to  give 
special  attention  to  the  duty  of  elevating  the  standard  of  Sabbath 
observance. 

licentiate  C.  B.  Whitcomb  was  granted  a  dismission  to  the 
New  Haven  West  Association. 

The  Stated  Clerk  was  directed  to  notify  Church  Sessions  to  re- 
tain the  names  of  members  on  the  roll  until  informed  of  their 
reception  by  the  return  certificate  ;  also,  to  send  to  each  Session 


28  ABSTRACTS. 

a  copy  of  the  rules  for  their  guidance  in  the  keeping  of  their 
records. 

These  Rules  are  as  follows : 

1.  Record  the  fact  and  place  of  meeting,  and  in  the  margin  put  the  full 
date — day,  month,  and  year. 

2.  Record  the  names  of  the  Moderator  and  Elders  who  are  present,  and 
also  the  names  of  the  absentees. 

3.  Record  the  opening  and  the  closing  of  the  meeting  with  prayer,  and 
the  reading  and  approval  of  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting. 

4.  Unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Session,  record  only  the  motions 
that  are  carried. 

5.  Make  no  entry  in  the  record  of  a  meeting  of  any  matter  not  embraced 
in  the  transactions  of  that  meeting,  except  by  special  order  of  the  Session, 
of  which  order  record  should  be  made. 

6.  The  annual  statistical  report  to  the  General  Assembly  is  to  be  recorded 
in  the  minutes  by  order  of  the  Session,  and  a  record  of  the  administration 
of  the  Lord's  Supper  is  to  be  made. 

7.  In  recording  the  names  of  applicants  received  into  membership,  state 
the  fact  of  examination  ;  in  each  case  enter  the  full  name,  and  if  wife  or 
widow,  the  Christian  name  of  husband. 

8.  Dismissions  are  to  be  regularly  reported  and  recorded. 

9.  In  cases  of  discipline,  every  step  in  the  process,  as  provided  by  the 
Book  of  Discipline,  is  to  be  distinctly  recorded,  and  also  the  testimony 
given  by  the  respective  witnesses. 

10.  When  reference  is  made  in  any  minute  to  previous  action  of  the 
Session,  the  page  or  pages  on  which  it  is  recorded  should  be  distinctly 
noted. 

11.  The  record  of  each  meeting  is  to  be  duly  attested  by  the  signature 
of  the  Clerk  or  Moderator. 

12.  The  records  are  to  be  carefully  paged,  and  kept  with  as  much  neat- 
ness as  possible,  without  erasures  or  interlineations. 

13.  The  Book  is  to  be  submitted,  according  to  the  standing  rule  of  the 
Presbytery  (No.  18),  at  each  stated  meeting  in  the  Fall.     (See  p.  14.) 

The  churches  of  Darien,  Croton  Falls,  Somers,  and  Feekskill 
Second  have  leave  to  supply  their  own  pulpits  until  the  next 
stated  meeting. 

The  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  were  approved. 

The  Committee  on  Presbyterial  Visitation  (Rev.  A.  R.  Macou- 
brey,  Chairman,)  recommended  that  it  be  performed  triennially, 
but  that  such  churches  as  may  request  it,  have  preaching  serv- 
ices conducted  by  committees  during  the  coming  Winter. 

New  Rochelle  was  chosen   as  the  place  for  the  next  stated 


ABSTRACTS.  29 

meeting,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Salilcr  is  appointed  to  draft  the  "  Narra- 
tive."    Presbytery   also  decided  to  hold  regular  intermediate 
meetings  on  the  third  Tuesdays  of  January  and  June. 
The  Standing  Committees  are  as  follows : 

I. — FOR     EXAMINATION. 

1.  On  Religious  Experience  and  Views  in  Seeking  the  Minis- 
istry :     The  Moderator. 

2.  On  Languages:     Revs.  Hinsdale,  Burkhalter,  and  Mudge. 

3.  On  Church  History,  Government,  and  Sacraments  :  Revs. 
C.  W.  Baird,  Davison,  and  Hancock. 

4.  On  Systematic  Theology  :  Revs.  Hodge,  Sahler,  and  Heroy 

5.  On  Philosophy,  Astronomy,  and  Rhetoric  :  Revs.  Nixon, 
Burr,  and  Heermance. 

To  the  Committee  on  Languages  is  to  be  assigned  the  Latin 
pieces  of  candidates ;  and  their  critical  exercises,  lectures,  and 
sermons  to  the  Committee  on  Philosophy,  etc. 

U. — STANDING    COMMITTEES. 

1.  Church  Extension  :  Revs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Phraner.  Macou- 
brey,  Potts,  Smith,  Sawyer,  Van  Slyke,  Elders  Sarles,  Petrie, 
and  Wells. 

2.  Foreign  Missions :  Revs.  Coleman,  Gray,  and  Elder 
Foote. 

3.  Education :     Revs.  Niven,  Sawyer,  and  Elder  Brown. 

4.  Ministerial  Relief:  Revs.  Hazeltine,  Patterson,  and  Elder 
Parsons. 

5.  Benevolence  and  Finance  :  Revs.  Wallace,  Johnston, 
Elder  Sours,  and  the  Stated  Clerk,  ex-officio  Secretary. 

6.  On  Manses :     Elders  S.  G.  Howe,  Wilde,  and  Milne. 

7.  On  Freedmen  :  Revs.  Freeman,  Allen,  and  Elder  Cham- 
berlin. 

8.  Sabbath-schools  and  Colportage :  Revs.  Mudge,  Barnum, 
Nesbitt,  and  Elders  Knapp  and  J.  J.  Wood. 

9.  Presbyterial  Visitation  :  Revs.  Macoubrey,  Sawyer,  C. 
W.  Baird,  and  Elders  Crosby  and  Cruikshank. 

The  "Narrative"  makes  special  mention  of  revivals  in 
Thompson ville,  Westminster  (Youkers),  and  Port  Ciie.-ter  ;  of 
quiet  gatherings-in  of  the  young  at  Hartford,  Yonkers  First, 
Sing  Sing,  and  North  Salem ;  of  encouraging  mission  work  by 
the  churches  of  Yonkers,  Hartford,  Sing  Sing,  and   Irvington. 


30 


ABSTRACTS. 


Bridgeport  and  Port  Chester  report  the  building  of  chapels  for 
Sunday-school  and  other  purposes,  and.  Katonah  the  near  com- 
pletion of  a  new  church. 

Candidates  Johnston,  Frederick,  Scotland,  Gallagher,  Terry, 
and  Macdonald  were  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Education. 

The  church  of  New  Haven  was  commended  to  receive  aid 
from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  to  the  amount  of  $500  for 
six  months,  from  August  1,  1874:.  The  church  of  Katonah  re- 
ceived the  sanction  of  Presbytery  to  send  among  our  churches, 
with  the  consent  of  the  pastors,  a  committee  to  solicit  aid  in  the 
erection  of  their  new  church. 


The  Committee  on  Print 
tinned. 

By   order   of    Presbytery 
upon  the  churches 
Bedford,      . 
Bridgeport,     . 
Croton  Falls, 
Darien,     . 
Gilead, 

Greenburgb,    . 
Hartford.     . 
Irvington, 
Katonah,     . 
Mount  Kisco,  . 
New  Rochelle,     . 
North  New  York,     . 
North  Salem, 
Paterson, 
Peekskill,  1st, 
2d, 
Port  Chester, 
Potts  Memorial, 
Poundridge, 

Total, 


ng  reported  progress,  and  were  con- 


the    following  sums  are   assessed 


$12  Mahopac  Falls,    . 
18  Riverdale, 

7  Rye,     . 

5  Sing  Sing, 
12  Somers, 
25  South  East,      . 
20  South  East  Centre, 
40  South  Salem,  . 

2  Stamford,    . 
12  Tbompsonvflle, 
16  Tbrog's  Neck,     . 


Tremont, 
West  Farms, 
White  Plains, 
Youkers,  1st, 
Y.  Westminster, 
Yorktown,  . 
New  Haven,     . 


$12 
25 
30 
30 
6 
7 
14 
14 
30 
15 
10 
20 
18 
16 
50 
18 
10 
'  3 

$580 

Also,  ministers  employed  in  teaching,  or  as  pastors  of  Con- 
gregational churches,  are  to  pay  annually  to  the  Presbytery  the 
sum  of  one  dollar  each — all  these  amounts  to  be  paid  at  the 
Spring  meeting. 

The  Committee  on  Sabbath-schools  (No.  8)  are  authorized  to 
have  under  their  care  a  missionary  for  colportage  work,. if  one 
should  be  commissioned  by  the  Board  of  Publication. 

The  Presbytery  decided  that  the  term  of  elders  elected  for 
an  unlimited  number  of  years,  cannot  be  altered,  except  with 
their  consent,  or  resignation ;  and  that  Sessions  have  the  right 
to  record  the  late  attendance  of  members. 


ABSTRACTS.  31 

The  Committees  on  Church  Extension  and  Presbyterial  Visit- 
ation asked  leave  to  report  at  the  adjourned  meeting  to  he  held 
during  the  intervals  of  Synod. 

The  roll  was  called  before  the  adjournment,  and  the  Clerk  was 
directed  to  record  the  names  of  members  who  have  absented 
themselves  without  permission. 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Boston,  Oct.  22,  1874. 

Present — 21  ministers  and  12  elders. 

The  application  of  Rev.  R.  J.  Cone  was  deferred  until  the 
next  stated  meeting. 

Synod  is  requested  to  transfer  Narragansett  Pier,  R.  I.,  to  our 
boundB. 

The  Committee  of  Church  Extension  received  discretionary 
power  to  act  with  reference  to  the  afiairs  of  the  churches  of 
Katonah,  Somers,  and  Croton  Falls,  until  the  next  meeting  of 
Presbytery. 

Churches  which  have  not  taken  collections  for  the  work  of  the 
above  committee  are  urged  to  do  so  before  the  first   of  January. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  West  Farms  the  third  Tuesday  of  Jan- 
nary,  1875. 


INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

West  Farms,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  19, 1875. 

Opened  with  devotional  exercises. 

There  were  present  22  jninisters  and  14  elders. 

The  Stated  Clerk  reported  the  death  of  Rev.  A.  Nesbitt, 
which  occurred  Jan.  7,  1875,  and  Revs.  Nixon,  Wallace,  and 
Elder  Baxter  were  appointed  to  bring  in  a  minute  expressive  of 
the  sense  of  Presbytery  in  view  of  this  bereavement. 

Rev.  J.  Beers  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Nassau,  and 
Rev.  EL  S.  Newcomb  to  the  Presbytery  of  Lehigh. 

The  church  of  Tretnont  obtained  leave  to  supply  their  own 
pulpit  until  the  next  stated  meeting,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Nixon  was 
appointed  the  Moderator  of  that  Session. 

Rev.  Mr.  Mudge  and  Elder  E.  Wood  were  appointed  to  solicit 
pledges   from  the  churches  which   had  not  contributed  to  the 


32  ABSTEACTS. 

funds  of  the  Church  Extension  Committee  during  the  present 
year. 

Rev.  Revilo  J.  Cone,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore,  was  re- 
ceived. 

The  church  of  North  Salem  having  asked  Presbytery  to  re- 
lease them  from  the  obligation  to  pay  a  certain  proportion  of 
the  amount  pledged  for  the  support  of  their  pastor,  on  the 
ground  that  one  of  the  congregation  declined  to  pay  his  sub- 
scription, the  Presbytery  declined  to  take  any  action,  but  re- 
ferred the  matter  to  the  church,  with  the  recommendation  that 
prompt  measures  be  taken  by  them  to  meet  their  obligation  to 
their  pastor. 

Their  request  for  a  reduction  of  the  amount  hereafter  to  be 
paid  annually  to  their  pastor  was  referred  to  the  Church  Exten- 
sion Committee. 

The  church  of  New  Haven  was  disbanded,  to  date  from 
March  1st  ensuing,  until  which  time  the  Session  are  to  continue 
to  dismiss  members  to  other  churches,  and  after  that  date  the 
records  are  to  be  placed  in  the  possession  of  the  Stated  Clerk,, 
who  shall  have  power  to  grant  letters  of  dismission  to  such  mem- 
bers as  may  thereafter  apply  for  them. 

The  Presbytery  passed  a  resolution  sustaining  the  course  of 
Rev.  J.  "W".  Coleman,  the  pastor  elect  of  the  above  church. 

An  appropriate  minute  was  adopted  in  relation  to  the  decease 
of  Rev.  A.  Nesbitt. 

The  thanks  of  Presbytery  were  tendered  to  Mr.  F.  A.  Pal- 
mer for  his  liberality  to  the  church  at  Katonah. 


STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  April  20-22,  1875. 

Present — 36  ministers  and  24  elders. 

On  the  first  evening  a  service  in  the  interests  of  Sabbath- 
schools  was  held,  and  on  the  second  evening  a  conference  and 
prayer-meeting. 

Rev.  R.  A.  Blackford,  of  the  Presbytery  of  "West  Virginia, 
was  received. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Smith's  application  for  admission  was  laid  over 
until  his  appearance  in  Presbytery. 

Revs.  T.  R.  Smith,  C.  W.  Baird,  and  Elder  Milne  were  ap- 


AB8TEACTS.  33 

pointed  to  consider  and  recommend  what  action,  if  any,  is 
required  in  view  of  a  communication  received  from  members  of 
the  church  of  Hartford. 

It  was  subsequently  reported  and  recommended  that  a  com- 
mission, consisting  of  ministers  Smith,  C.  W.  Baird,  Hinsdale, 
Elders  Wells,  Milne,  and  Gibson,  be  appointed,  with  power,  to 
visit  and  confer  with  that  congregation  on  the  matters  embodied 
in  said  communication ; 

And  further,  that  the  Jnne  intermediate  meeting  be  held  in 
Hartford. 

Both  recommendations  were  adopted. 

Reports  from  the  Standing  Committees  as  follows  : 

Church  Extension  reported,  and  it  was  ordered  that  churches 
which  have  failed  to  contribute  to  this  work,  be  recommended 
to  send  their  gifts  as  soon  as  possible ;  also,  that  the  sum  of 
$1,500  be  apportioned  among  the  churches,  on  the  basis  of 
ministers'  salaries,  for  the  work  of  this  committee  this  year ;  and 
that  Messrs.  Macoubrey,  Mudge,  and  Sours  be  appointed  to 
secure  the  liquidation  0f  the  present  debt  of  this  committee. 

On  Sabbath-schools — Reported  the  performance  of  duty  con- 
nected with  these  sessions  of  Presbytery. 

On  Visitation — That  only  one  application  for  such  committee 
had  been  received. 

On  Ministerial  Relief — One  application  for  relief,  and  the 
committee  are  authorized  to  sanction  the  application. 

The  church  of  Greenburgh  is  chosen  as  the  place  for  the  Fall 
meeting,  and  its  Session  and  that  of  Irviugton  are  appointed  the 
Committee  of  Arrangements. 

Rev.  G.  Nixon,  Rev.  E.  L.  Heermance,  alternate,  are  ap- 
pointed to  draft  the  Narrative. 

Rev.  Mr.  Sahler  is  appointed  to  fill  the  place  of  Brother  Nes- 
bitt,  in  the  Committee  on  Sabbath-schools. 

The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  Mr.  Fletcher  to  the  church  at 
North  JSew  York  was  dissolved,  and  Mr.  F.  was  dismissed  to 
the  Presbytery  of  Detroit. 

Darien,  Croton  Falls,  Peekskill  Second,  Tremont,  and  North 
New  York  have  leave  to  supply  their  own  pulpits  until  the 
Fall  meeting. 

Rev.  A.  Potts  is  appointed  Moderator  for  the  Session  of 
North  New  York. 


34  ABSTRACTS. 

The  Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly  are : 

MINISTERS.  ELDERS.  CHURCHES. 

D.  D.  Sahler,  George  H.  Petrie,*  Riverdale. 
George  Nixon,              J.  E.  Corning,t  Rye. 

E.  R.  Burkhalter,         S.  G.  Howe,  Sing  Sing. 

The  subject  of  the  "  Relation  of  baptized  children  to  the 
church''  was  considered,  and  it  was  ordered — 

1.  That  the  paper  of  the  committee  be  distributed  in  connec- 
tion with  the  printed  abstracts. 

2.  That  Messrs.  Phraner,  Sawyer,  and  Hancock  prepare  a 
paper  on  this  subject,  and  report  at  the  next  intermediate 
meeting. 

Rev.  Mr.  Sahler  read  the  Narrative  of  the  state  of  religion, 
which  mentions  the  death  of  Rev.  A.  Nesbitt ;  the  depressing 
effects  of  the  times  on  our  ecclesiastical  and  benevolent  work  ; 
and  the  damaging  influence  of  intemperance  in  some  parts  of 
our  bounds.  A  few  churches  speak  of  spiritual  dearth ;  about 
one-third  report  special  influences  of  the  Spirit.  Patterson 
church  reports  a  remarkable  revival  as  still  in  progress. 

Over  250  additions  to  our  churches  on  profession.  The  study 
of  the  international  series  of  lessons  seems  to  be  producing  good 
results. 

The  large  church  edifice  at  Bridgeport,  with  its  new  chapel 
and  organ,  has  been  destroyed  by  fire. 

Thursday. 

A  letter  from  Rev.  Mr.  Wood,  missionary,  was  read,  to  which 
the  Stated  Clerk  was  directed  to  reply. 

Church  of  North  Salem  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Mis- 
sions for  $300,  and  South  East  for  $200  each  per  annum. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Freeman,  Phraner,  and  Sawyer  are  appointed 
to  .ascertain  and  report  the  methods  of  collection  and  disburse- 
ment of  the  moneys  entrusted  by  our  churches  to  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions;  also,  concerning  the  propriety  of  churches 
selecting  specific  Mission  Stations  and  persons  to  whom  their 
contributions  are  to  be  given. 

Compliance  with  Rule  No.  28  was  omitted. 


*  Not  in  attendance. 

f  E.  Crosby,  M.D.,  of  Maliopac  Falls,  present  as  alternate. 


ABSTRACTS.  35 

INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Hartford,  June  15,  1875. 

Present — 20  ministers  and  9  elders. 

A  call  from  the  church  of  Katonah  for  the  ministerial  services 
of  Mr.  J.  H.  Eastman  was  approved,  and  after  his  reception  as  a 
licentiate  from  the  Presbytery  of  Binghamton,  the  call  was 
placed  in  his  hands  and  accepted. 

Mr.  Eastman  was  then  examined  for  ordination,  and  his  ex- 
amination was  sustained ;  and  Presbytery  resolved  to  meet  in 
Katonah  on  July  8th,  at  11  o'clock  a.  m.,  to  ordain  and  install 
him,  if  the  way  be  clear,  pastor  of  that  church. 

The  following  appointments  were  made  for  these  services : 

To  preside  and  offer  the  ordaining  prayer,  the  Moderator. 

To  preach  the  sermon  ; 

Rev.  Mr.  MAeorBREY, 
Alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  Gray. 

To  charge  the  pastor ; 

Rev.  Mr.  Wallace, 
Alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  Allen. 

To  charge  the  people  ; 

Rev.  Mr.  Hazeltine, 
Alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  Heroy. 

The  report  on  the  Relation  of  Baptized  Children  to  the  Church 
was  postponed  until  the  Fall  meeting. 

The  report  of  the  commission  to  visit  the  church  in  Hartford 
was  read,  and  its  decisions  were  unanimously  approved. 

It  is  ordered  that  committees  shall  present,  in  connection  with 
their  reports,  brief  abstracts  of  the  same,  which  are  to  be  spread 
upon  the  records  of  Presbytery. 

The  call  from  the  church  of  Tremont  for  the  pastoral  services 
of  Rev.  G.  Nixon  was  approved,  and  he  expressed  his  desire  to 
accept  it. 

It  was  thereupon  ordered  that  his  pastorate  at  "West  Farms 
shall  terminate  July  1st,  next  ensuing,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Hazeltine 
is  appointed  to  preach  in  that  church  on  the  first  Sabbath  in 
July,  and  declare  the  pulpit  vacant. 

Rev.  Mr.  Potts  is  appointed  the  Moderator  of  its  Session,  and 


36  ABSTRACTS. 

they  have  leave  to  supply  their  own  pulpit  until  the  next  stated 
meeting  of  Presbytery.  « 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  installation  of  Brother  Nixon 
at  Tremont,  on  Thursday,  July  8th. 

The  church  of  Katonah  is  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Mis- 
sions for  aid  to  the  amount  of  $500  per  annum. 

Vacant  churches  and  unemployed  ministers  are  referred  to 
the  Committee  of  Church  Extension. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Smith  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Schuyler. 

On  the  petition  of  certain  persons  connected  with  the  church 
in  Hartford,  the  Presbytery  made  the  following  decision  : 

That  all  books  and  papers  pertaining  to  the  financial  affairs 
of  the  church  should  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  its  Treasurer. 

Presbytery  directed  that  abstracts  of  intermediate  meetings  be 
printed. 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Katonah,  N.  Y.,  July  8,  1875. 
Present — 9  ministers  and  5  elders. 

Mr.  John  H.  Eastman  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of 
this  church. 


SPECIAL  MEETING. 

New  York  City,  Sept.  9,  1875. 

Present — 19  ministers  and  5  elders. 

Rev.  A.  Potts  was  released  from  the  church  at  Morrisania 
(Potts  Memorial)  and  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Utica. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Baird  was  appointed  Moderator  of  the  Session  of 
this  church. 


STATED  FALL  MEETING. 

Gkeenbuegh,  N.  Y.,  Oct  5-7,  1875. 

Present — 29  ministers  and  25  elders. 

Rev.  F.  S.  Barnum  was  elected  Moderator. 

On  the  first  evening  a  meeting  in  the  interest  of  Sabbath- 


ABSTRACTS.  37 

schools  was  held,  and  Messrs.  Freeman,  Sahler,  and  Burr  de- 
livered addresses. 

Kev.  W.  II.  Smith  was  dismissed  to  the  Classis  of  Bergen,  and 
licentiate  P.  M.  Macdonald  to  the  Presbytery  of  Boston. 

The  committee  to  soliet  funds  for  the  new  church  at  Katonah 
reported  that  a  statement  of  particulars  had  been  given  to  the 
Church  Extension  Committee,  and  to  them  churches  were  re- 
quested to  send  their  donations. 

The  pastoral  relations  between  Rev.  J.  W.  Johnston  and  the 
church  of  Yorktown,  and  Rev.  E.  Van  Slyke  and  the  church  of 
Stamford,  were  dissolved. 

Resolutions  of  regret  at  parting  with  these  brethren  were 
passed. 

The  Stated  Clerk  is  empowered  to  dismiss  Mr.  Johnston  during 
the  interval  between  the  meetings  of  Presbytery. 

The  committee  appointed  to  apportion  the  arrears  of  the  Church 
Extension  Committee  upon  delinquent  churches  reported  that  the 
apportionments  had  been  sent  to  those  churches,  and  a  list  of 
amounts  and  churches  forwarded  to  the  above  committee. 

The  Committee  on  Education  reported  favorably  concerning 
the  progress  in  study  of  candidates  Scotland,  Gallagher,  John- 
ston, and  Frederick,  and  their  recommendation  to  the  Board  was 
renewed. 

Trial  pieces  were  assigned  to  Mr.  Scotland. 

The  "  narrative"  of  the  state  of  religion  makes  mention  of  the 
large  number  of  vacancies  (eight),  of  the  general  expectation  of  an 
outpouring  of  the  Spirit,  and  of  the  financial  stringency  of  the 
times  affecting  seriously  the  prosperity  of  our  churches.  Bridge- 
port is  completing  a  new  edifice  of  worship  ;  Thompsonville  have 
adopted  plans  for  enlarging  ;  Mahopac  Falls  is  about  to  enlarge 
their  church  ;  and  a  neat  chapel  for  mission  work  has  been  donated 
to  Irvington.  Favorable  mention  is  made  of  the  use  of  the  Inter- 
national Sabbath -school  Lessons,  and  of  increased  attention  to  the 
study  of  the  catechism. 

Sessional  records  were  examined,  and  the  accounts  of  the 
Treasurer  approved.  Received,  including  balance  last  year,  six 
hundred  and  fifteen  dollars  and  twenty-seven  cents ;  expended, 
five  hundred  and  eighty-nine  dollars  and  twenty  cents.  Balance 
to  new  account,  twenty-six  dollars  and  seven  cents. 

Tho  report  of  the  Committee  on  Baptized  Children  ("Abstracts," 


38  ABSTRACTS. 

April  20th,  p.  34)  was  presented,  and  after  discussion,  it  was 
ordered  that  the  report  be  printed  with  these  abstracts,  and  its 
consideration  be  postponed  until  the  intermediate  meeting. 

Rev.  Dr.  Hodge  reported  the  names  of  persons  elected  as 
trustees  of  the  congregation  at  Karragansett  Pier,  R.  I.,  whose 
election,  according  to  the  charter  recently  obtained  from  the 
State,  Presbytery  is  asked  to  approve  ;  and  it  was  done. 

On  report  of  the  Committee  to  Examine  the  Minutes  of  the 
General  Assembly,  special  attention  is  called  to  the  following 
items  : 

Minutes,  p.  474  ;  Resolution  4,  the  "Wants  of  the  Freed  men's 
Cause  ;  p.  499,  Resolutions  Three  and  Four,  as  to  the  formation 
of  societies  auxiliary  to  the  Woman's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions, 
and  enlisting  our  Sabbath-schools  in  a  deeper  interest  in  the 
foreign  work ;  p.  504,  Infant  Baptism  ;  p.  515,  Resolution  2, 
Temperance  ;  p.  525,  Overture  on  Representation  :  p.  527,  Mile- 
age ;  p.  533,  Change  in  statistical  tables,  viz.,  only  donations  to 
the  Boards  to  be  reported  in  the  columns  representing  these  ob- 
jects, other  charities  to  be  put  under  "Miscellaneous." 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  Spring  meeting  to  confer  with 
the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  (page  34)  reported  that,  after 
careful  inquiry,  they  found  no  reason  to  doubt  the  wisdom  or 
fidelity  of  the  Board  in  collecting  and  disbursing  their  funds. 
While  granting  the  privilege  of  making  gifts  to  specific  objects, 
the  Board  claim  the  right  to  regulate  all  matters  of  detail.  It  is 
recommended — 1.  That  churches  and  Sabbath-schools  be  kept 
well  posted  in  mission  work,  and  trained  to  give  chiefly  out  of 
love  to  Christ  and  His  cause.  2.  That  special  gifts  should  not  be 
made  at  the  expense  of  the  general  fund,  and  so  far  as  possible  be 
sent  through  the  channels  and  within  the  limits  fixed  by  the 
Board. 

The  Committee  on  Benevolence  and  Finance  reported,  calling 
attention  of  pastors  and  churches  to  discrepancies  in  reports  of  con- 
tributions, between  the  amounts  published  in  the  tables  and  in 
the  reports  of  the  Boards,  for  which  the  explanation  is,  (1)  amounts 
are  given  to  the  same  objects  outside  of  the  several  Boards  ;  (2) 
in  some  instances  contributions  were  made  to  these  Boards  after 
the  close  of  their  fiscal  year. 

Presbytery  adopted  the  following  resolutions : 


ABSTRACTS.  39 

1.  That  in  view  of  the  present  financial  stringency,  our  church- 
es be  urged  to  enlarge  their  gifts  to  the  Boards. 

2.  Sessions  are  to  see  that  their  congregations  have  opportunity 
to  contribute  to  them,  and  pastors  are  to  educate  their  people  as 
to  the  particular  work  of  these  Boards. 

This  Committee  is  directed  to  report  an  overture  to  the  General 
Assembly,  respecting  the  change  in  the  (see  Minutes  1875,  p. 
533,  Res.  5)  columns  of  contributions  of  moneys  given  to  objects 
embraced  by  the  Boards. 

To  draft  the  narrative  for  next  meeting,  Rev.  Mr.  Ileermauce  ; 
alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  Eastman. 

The  Stated  Clerk  read  the  following  summary  statement  of  the 
acts  and  proceedings  of  the  Presbytery  since  its  organization, 
and  it  was  ordered  that  it  be  spread  upon  our  records. 

The  Presbytery  of  Westchester,  organized  by  order  of  the 
Synod  of  New  York,  after  the  reunion,  held  its  first  meeting 
October,  1870,  in  the  church  of  Sing  Sing.  It  then  consisted  of 
55  ministers"-'  and  35  churches.  Of  the  ministers,  22  had  previously 
belonged  to  the  Presbytery  of  Connecticut ;  3  to  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York  ;  6  to  New  York  Second ;  5  to  New  York  Third  ; 
5  to  New  York  Fourth  ;  and  1  from  each  of  the  Presbyteries  of 
North  River,  Elizabethtown,  Philadelphia  Second,  Nassau, 
Watertown,  Steuben,  Burlington,  Buffalo  City,  Tioga,  Troy, 
Londonderry,  Harrisburgh,  Long  Island  of  the  Synod  of  New 
York,  and  Long  Island  of  the  Synod  of  New  York  and  New 
Jersey. 

Of  the  churches,19  had  previously  belonged  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Connecticut ;  2  to  New  York  ;  5  to  New  York  Second  ;  5  to  New 
York  Third ;  3  to  New  York  Fourth  ;  1  to  North  River. 

Geographically  it  embraced  all  the  Presbyterian  ministers 
and  churches  in  the  comities  of  AVestchester  and  Putnam  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  excepting  the  church  at  Cold  Spring,  and  all 
in  the  State  of  Connecticut. 

By  act  of  Synod  in  i  874,  that  part  of  Rhode  Island  called 
Narragansett  Pier  wTas  placed  under  the  care  of  this  Presbytery  ; 
and  although  by  act  of  the  New  York  Legislature  a  portion  of 
the  southern  part  of  Westchester  County  is  now  annexed  to  the 


This  number  includes  8  names  enrolled  April,  1871.     (See  p.  6.) 


40  ABSTRACTS. 

city  and  County  of  New  York,  the  churches  in  that  portion  still 
remain  in  our  jurisdiction.' 

Since  its  organization  13  ministers  have  been  received  from 
Presbyteries  ;  3  from  Classes  of  the  Reformed  (Dutch)  Church  : 
one  from  the  Episcopal  Church  ;  one  from  the  Methodist  Church  ; 
and  one  from  the  Congregationalists. 

Twenty-one  have  been  dismissed  ;  one  has  been  deposed  ;  and 
3  have  died.  Two  churches  have  been  organized ;  one  dissolved ; 
and  one  church,  received  from  the  Classis  of  New  York,  has 
also  been  disbanded.  Presbytery  has  held  38  meetings,  viz. :  10 
stated  meetings  ;  15  adjourned ;  11  special;  and  2  intermediate 
meetings. 

It  has  had  under  its  care  17  licentiates  ;  of  these,  7  have  been 
ordained  ;  6  have  been  dismissed ;  and  4  remain. 

Fourteen  candidates  have  been  taken  under  its  care ;  of  these,  8 
have  been  licensed  ;  one  has  been  dropped  from  the  roll ;  one  has 
died  ;  and  4  remain. 

Presbytery  has  ordained  7  ministers ;  it  has  constituted  17 
pastoral  relations ;  and  13  have  been  dissolved. 

The  number  of  communicants  reported  for  1871  was  4,538  ;  for 
1875,  it  was  5,010  ;  increase,  472. 

The  largest  number  of  additions  on  profession  was  316,  reported 
in  1874  ;  the  smallest  was  163,  reported  in  1873 ;  the  average 
yearly  addition  for  the  five  years  is  272. 

The  largest  number  present  at  one  meeting  has  been  65,  and 
this  number  has  been  present  twice,  viz. :  at  Stamford  in  April, 
1871,  there  were  present  38  ministers  and  27  elders,  and  at  Rye 
in  April,  1873,  present  40  ministers  and  25  elders.  The  largest 
number  of  ministers  present  at  one  time  has  been  40,  viz.,  at  Rye 
in  1873  ;  the1  largest  number  of  elders  present  at  one  meeting 
was  29,  at  Sing  Sing  in  Oct.,  1870.  The  average  attendance  at 
stated  meetings  has  been  33  ministers  and  24  elders ;  total,  57 
members. 

The  whole  number  of  ministers  who  have  been  on  the  roll  is 
80.  The  number  now  on  the  roll  is  56,  and  the  number  of 
churches,  36.     Number  of  elders  in  the  Presbytery  about  150. 

Revs.  T.  R.  Smith,  C.  "W.  Baird,  and  Elder  Mathews  were 
appointed  to  confer  with  Rev.  Dr.  Cox,  in  respect  to  his  proposal 
to  donate  a  portion  of  his  library  to  this  Presbytery. 


ABSTRACTS.  41 

Yonkers  (First  Church)  was  selected  as  the  place  for  the  next 
stated  meeting,  and  Tremont  for  the  next  intermediate  meeting. 
Moderators  of  vacant  church  Sessions  are  as  follows : 

Peekskill,  2d 

Somers 

Yorktown 

Stamford  and  Darien  - 

"West  Farms  and  North  New  York 

Potts  Memorial  - 

Pastors  are  enjoined  to  instruct  their  congregations  as  to  the 
nature  and  needs  of  the  mission  field  within  the  bounds  of  our 
Presbytery,  and  urge  liberal  collections  for  this  object. 

Action  on  the  overture  on  Representation  is  deferred  until  the 
Spring  meeting ;  and  Rev.  Mr.  Mudge  is  appointed  to  present 
reasons  for,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Smith  those  against,  its  adoption. 

Number  present  at  close,  23  ministers  and  11  elders. 

Adjourned  to  meet  during  the  intervals  of  Synod. 


Rev. 

Mr. 

Freeman. 

a 

a 

Blackfokd, 

u 

a 

Wallace. 

u 

a 

Hinsdale. 

it 

a 

Davison. 

a 

a 

Baird. 

ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  20,  1875. 

Present — 22  ministers  and  18  elders. 

A  call  of  the  Second  church  of  Peekskill  for  the  services  of 
Mr.  Roderick  Terry  was  approved,  and  Mr.  Terry  having  been 
received  as  a  licentiate,  by  letter  of  dismission  from  the  Andover 
Association,  Mass.,  the  following  arrangements  were  provided  for 
his  ordination  and  installation  : 

That  it  take  place  on  Tuesday,  Nov.  9th,  at  7.30  oclock  p.  m.  ; 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Hall  be  invited  to  preach  the  sermon;  Rev.  Mr. 
Phraner,  his  alternate ;  to  charge  the  pastor,  Rev.  Dr.  Sawyer ; 
his  alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  Freeman;  to  charge  the  people,  Rev.  Dr. 
Smith  ;  his  alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  Niven. 

The  Standing  Committee  on  Visitations  is  empowered  to  make 
arrangements  for  the  visitation  of  our  churches  by  committees 
during  the  coming  winter. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  9th. 


42  ABSTRACTS. 

ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Peekskill,  N.  Y.5  Nod.  9,  1875. 

Present — 9  ministers  and  5  elders. 

Mr.  Roderick  Terry  was  examined  for  ordination,  and  his  ex- 
amination was  sustained. 

Rev.  Gordon  Mitchell  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation 
at  North  New  York,  November  11th. 

Rev.  Lawrence  P.  Cummings  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  New  York,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  install- 
ation as  pastor  of  the  Potts  Memorial  church,  November  30th. 

A  minute  was  adopted  expressing  sympathy  with  the  church 
at  Throg's  Neck,  in  view  of  the  loss  of  their  house  of  worship, 
and  cordially  commending  them  to  the  liberality  of  our  churches 
and  those  of  the  Synod  in  the  vicinity,  suggesting  that  pastors 
give  from  their  pulpits  a  statement  of  the  case  with  a  fraternal 
commendation  of  aid. 

In  the  evening  Mr.  Terry  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor 
of  the  Second  church  of  Peekskill,  the  sermon  being  preached 
by  Rev.  W.  Phraner,  in  the  absence  of  Dr.  Hall,  (p.  4L). 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Tremont,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  18,  1876. 


INTERMEDIATE   MEETING. 

Tremont,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  18,  1876. 

Present — 23  ministers  and  12  elders. 

At  the  request  of  the  pastor,  the  church  consenting,  the  pas- 
toral relation  of  Rev.  Mr.  Freeman  to  the  First  church  of  Peeks- 
kill  was  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Freeman  was  dismissed  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Niagara. 

Rev.  Mr.  Macoubrey  was  appointed  to  declare  the  pulpit  of 
the  above  church  vacant  on  Sabbath,  January  23d  ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Terry  is  appointed  Moderator  of  its  Session,  and  they  have  leave 
to  supply  their  own  pnlpit  until  the  Spring  meeting. 

Rev.  James  Morton  was  received  by  letter  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  New  York,  and  the  Rev.  James  W.  Coleman  was  dis- 
missed to  the  Presbytery  of  East  Florida. 

Mr.  Arthur  G.  Rogers,  a  student  in  Union  Theological  Semi- 
nary, was  taken  under  our  care  and  recommended  to  the  Board 
of  Education   for  the   usual  appropriation.     His   pastor,   Mr. 


ABSTRACTS.  43 

Nixon,  is  appointed  to  have  supervision  of  his  studies,  and  trial 
pieces  were  assigned  to  Mr.  Rogers. 

At  their  request  the  name  of  the  church  of  North  New  York 
was  changed  to  the  "Bethany  Presbyterian  Church,"  and  they 
were  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  for  aid  to  the 
amount  of  $500  for  one  year. 

At  the  request  of  both  parties,  the  pastoral  relation  between 
Rev.  T.  M.  Gray  and  the  church  of  South  Salem  was  dissolved, 
to  take  effect  March  loth  next,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Dye  is  appointed 
to  preach  in  that  church  the  next  Sabbath  thereafter  and  declare 
the  pulpit  vacant.  This  church  obtained  leave  to  supply  its  own 
pulpit  until  the  Spring  meeting  of  Presbytery,  and  Rev.  Mr. 
Patterson  is  appointed  Mod.rator  of  the  Session. 

The  application  of  the  church  of  North  Salem  for  aid  from 
the  Board  of  Home  Missions  to  the  amount  of  $300  per  annum 
was  sanctioned. 

A  call  of  the  church  of  West  Farms  for  the  pastoral  services 
of  Rev.  C.  "W.  Adams  was  read  and  put  on  the  docket  until  Mr. 
Adams  is  able  to  obtain  his  letter  of  dismission  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Utica. 

The  Church  Extension  Committee  is  authorized  to  engage,  if 
they  see  tit,  Rev.  Mr.  Hazel  tine  for  general  missionary  work  in 
the  northern  section  of  "Westchester  County,  for  one-half  of  his 
time. 

The  reports  on  the  relation  of  baptized  children  to  the  Church 
were  considered,  and  the  following  is  the  minute  adopted : 

I.  Presbytery  hereby  enjoins  upon  its  pastors — 

1st.  That  they  shall  frequently  preach,  both  directly  and  in- 
cidentally, 

a.  Upon  the  duty  and  privilege  of  Christian  parents  presenting 
their  children  early  for  baptism  ; 

o.  To  Christian  parents  and  the  baptized  youth,  urging  the 
motives  growing  out  of  the  covenant  relation  and  its  seal,  es- 
pecially instructing  the  baptized  children  in  their  duty  to  ratify 
their  baptismal  vows,  by  an  early  profession  of  faith  and  attend- 
ance at  the  Lord's  table,  and  an  active  participation  in  Church 
work  and  the  other  duties  of  the  Christian  life. 

2d.  That  in  the  administration  of  the  ordinance  of  baptism  to 


44  ABSTRACTS. 

children,  they  shall  so  address  the  parents  as  to  impress  them  with 
the  solemnity  and  spiritual  significance  of  the  rite  ;  and  the  con- 
gregation, that  they  shall  know  that  these  children  are  thereafter 
under  the  inspection  and  government  of  the  Church  through  the 
Session. 

3d.  That  in  the  public  profession  of  individual  faith,  those 
who  have  not  been  baptized  in  childhood  shall  be  admitted  to 
membership  in  the  Church,  while  those  baptized  in  childhood,  as 
already  members  of  the  Church,  shall  be  admitted  to  the  Lord's 
supper. 

4th.  That  pastors  gather  the  youth  of  their  congregations  into 
catechetical  classes  for  instruction  in  the  spiritual  life,  seeking 
to  win  them  early  to  the  Saviour,  and  especially  enforcing  upon 
baptized  youth  the  peculiar  and  solemn  obligations  which  are 
upon  them  growing  out  of  their  covenant  relations  to  God  and 
to  His  Church,  and  urging  them  with  all  fidelity  to  walk  con- 
sistently and  orderly  in  the  house  of  God. 

II.  The  Sessions  of  our  churches  are  instructed  to  see  that 
through  the  family,  or  the  Sabbath-school,  or  in  some  appropriate 
way,  the  youth  of  our  congregations,  and  especially  the  baptized 
children  of  our  churches,  are  "  taught  to  read  and  repeat  the  cat- 
echism, the  Apostles'  creed,  and  the  Lord's  Prayer ;  that  they  are 
taught  to  pray,  to  abhor  sin,  to  fear  God,  and  to  obey  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ." 

III.  Presbytery  shall  inquire  of  its  pastors  at  the  Spring 
meeting  of  each  alternate  year,  as  to  the  fulfillment  of  these  re- 
quirements. 

The  committees  to  install  Rev.  Messrs.  Mitchell  and  Cum- 
mings  reported  the  fulfillment  of  these  duties,  (p.  42). 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Yonkers 
on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April. 

E.  F.  MOTDY, 
Stated  Clerk. 


STATED  SPRING   MEETING. 
Voxkkks  (First  Church),  April  18-20,  1876. 

Present — 36  ministers  and  27  elders. 

Rev.  E.  F.  Mundy  was  elected  Moderator,  and  Revs.  .Xixon 
and  Mudge  clerks,  the  latter  to  act  as  Stated  Clerk  pro  tempore. 

The  sermon  of  Rev.  F.  S.  Barnum,  the  retiring  Moderate!-. 
was  preached  on  the  first  evening,  and  a  praise  and  prayer  meet- 
ing was  held  on  the  second  evening. 

A  communication  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection  was 
referred  to  the  Committee"  of  Church  Extension,  and  a  commu- 
nication from  the  Presbyterian  Historical  Society  was  referred 
to  a  special  committee,  consisting  of  Revs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Hins- 
dale, and  Elder  Lee. 

The  Moderator  appointed  the  following  committees : 

To  examine  the  Minutes  of  Synod — Revs.  Heroy,  Hodge,  and 
Elder  Teller. 

( )n  Bills  and  Overtures — Revs.  Barnum,  Burkhalter,  and 
Elder  Williamson. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Adams  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Ctica-j  and  Rev.  Richard  P.  H.  Vail  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Troy. 

Arrangements  were  made  to  install  Rev.  Mr.  Adams  at  West 
Farms,  May  2d,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Vail  at  Stamford,  May  11th. 

An  overture,  requesting  the  General  Assembly  to  return  to 
the  former  mode  of  reporting  contributions  to  the  benevolent 
work  of  the  church,  was  adopted. 

The  narrative,  which  was  adopted  and  ordered  to  be  sent  to 
the  General  Assembly,  speaks  of  unusual  religious  interest  in 
most  of  our  churche8,  additions  on  profession  reported  to  lie  over 
400,  <>f  two  congregations  (Thompsonville  and  Mahopac  Falls) 
enlarging  their  buildings,  and  one  (Bridgeport)  having  a  new 
edifice  nearly  completed,  of  the  prosperous  condition  of  our 
Sabbath-schools,  and  of  good  effected  by  the  several  Committees 
of  Visitation. 

The  Committee  on  Ministerial  Relief  reported  that  two  per- 
sons, one  an  aged  minister,  the  other  the  widow  of  a  minister, 
had  received  aid  the  past  year;  and  their  application  for  aid  for 
the  coiniiiii'  vear  was  endorsed. 


46 

Katonahwas  appointed  as  the  place  for  the  June  intermediate 
meeting,  and  Mahopac  Falls  for  the  stated  Fall  meeting.  Eev. 
Mr.  Eastman,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Allen,  alternate,  are  appointed  to 
draft  the  narrative. 

A  call  of  the  First  church  of  Peekskill,  tor  the  services  of 
Mr.  J.  Ritchie  Smith,  was  approved  and  put  on  the  docket. 

The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  Mr.  Hazeltine  to  the  church  of 
North  Salem  was  dissolved,  to  take  effect  on  the  last  Sabbath  of 
April,  and  Mr.  Hazeltine  is  to  declare  the  pulpit  vacant. 

A  committee,  consisting  of  Revs.  Smith,  Mudge,  the  Stated 
Clerk,  and  Elder  Rockwell,  were  appointed  to  confer  with  those 
members  of  Presbytery  resident  without  our  bounds,  and  those 
who  are  pastors  of  Congregational  churches,  who  never  or  seldom 
attend  our  meetings,  with  reference  to  their  future  relation  to 
Presbytery. 

It  is  recommended  that  pastors  preach  sermons,  embracing 
the  history  of  their  churches,  on  or  near  to  the  first  Sabbath  of 
July,  and  send  copies  of  these  discourses  to  the  Presbyterian 
Historical  Society  ;  and  that  churches  contribute  towards  provid- 
ing a  fire-proof  building  for  the  safe  keeping  of  the  property  of 
this  Society  ;  and  also,  Rev.  Charles  W.  Baird  is  appointed  to 
preach  at  the  next  stated  meeting,  a  sermon  embracing  a  histor- 
ical account  of  Presbyterianism  in  this  country,  especially  in  the 
territory  covered  by  Presbytery. 

Trial  pieces  were  assigned  to  candidate  Frederick. 

Moderators  were  appointed  for  vacant  church  Sessions  as 
follows  : 

Yorktown,  -  -  -       Rev.  Mr.    WalLxVce. 

South  Salem,         -  -  "      "      Patterson. 

Darien,  -  "      "      Vail. 

North  Salem,         -  -  _..««•      Macoubkey. 

Somers,     -  -  -  -  «      "     Blackford. 

These  churches  have  leave  to  supply  their  own  pulpits  until 
the  next  stated  meeting. 

The  Commissioners  to  the  next  General  Assembly  are  as 
follows  : 

MINISTERS.  ELDERS.  CHURCHES. 

W.  Phraner,  H.  A.  Lee,  Potts  Memorial. 

T.  M.  Gray,  W.  A.  Gibson,  First  Yonkers. 

S.  H.  Cox,  James  Wilde,  Jr.       Greenburgh. 


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ALTERNATES. 

J.  II.  Eastman,  A.  Trowbridge,  Bethany. 

T.  M.  Niven,  Jr.,        C.  T.  Pudney,  Patterson. 

James  Baird,  J.  H.  Badeau,  Mahopac  Falls. 

The  report  of  the  Church  Extension  Committee  was  adopted, 
renewing  the  application  of  the  Bethany  church  for  aid  from 
the  Board  of  Home  Missions  (p.  43),  recommending  the  church 
of  Katonah  to  same  Board  for  $300  per  year,  and  also  recom- 
mending- that  Presbytery  proceed  to  provide  for  the  immediate 
payment  of  the  indebtedness  of  this  committee. 

The  churches  which  had  wholly  or  partially  failed  to  contribute 
to  this  committee  were  called  upon,  and  gave  pledges  to  con- 
tribute, in  whole  or  in  part,  the  amounts  asked  of  them,  and 
churches  not  represented  are  to  report  to  the  above  committee 
before  the  meeting  of  the  General  Assembly. 

The  following  papers  were  adopted  : 

1.  Presbytery,  by  resolution  passed  April,  1872  (Records,  p. 
98),  requested  the  Board  of  Missions  to  respect  the  recommen- 
dations made  in  behalf  ot'  our  churches,  yet  that  since  that  time 
some  of  our  applications  have  not  been  granted;  therefore,  Pres- 
bytery does  now  insist  upon  its  right  to  expect  the  Board  to  grant 
the  amounts  asked,  without  unnecessary  modification. 

2.  That  the  Church  Extension  Committee,  in  its  expenditures 
and  in  its  incurring  obligations,  has  acted  as  the  agent  of  Pres- 
bytery, and  in  its  name,  and  has  a  right  to  expect  that  the  churches 
will  provide  the  money  to  meet  these  obligations,  as  of  their  own 
creation,  and  not  that  of  the  committee. 

The  Presbytery  authorizes  this  committee  to  promise  all  the 
money  that  may  be  necessary  lor  its  work  during  the  coming  year, 
and  Revs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Mudge,  Burkhalter,  Elders  Lee  and 
Parsons,  are  to  report  at  the  intermediate  meeting  the  be>t  means 
for  securing  funds  for  its  use. 

The  Potts  Memorial  church  was  recommended  to  the  Board  of 
Missions  for  s:;m>  for  one  year. 

The  overture  on  Synodical  Representation  was  answered  in 
the  negative — Ayes,  7;  Noes,  2'.» ;   Nbn  liquet,  1. 

On  report  of  the  (  ommitteeon  Bills  and  <  )\  ertures.  Presbytery 
made  the  following  decisions  : 

1.  That  if  a  member  has  been   found  guilty   of  drunkenness, 


48 

but  upon  his  coming  before  Session,  has  been  simply  admonished  ; 
if  he  afterward  continues  his  habits  of  intemperance,  the  Session 
may  proceed  to  suspend  or  excommunicate  him,  without  a  new 
trial. 

2.  That  the  name  of  a  church-member  cannot  be  simply 
dropped  from  the  roll.     See  Rule  in  Digest,  p.  625. 

3.  That  it  is  the  duty  of  Session,  in  the  case  of  members  who 
are  habitually  non-attendant  upon  divine  worship,  if  kind  and 
patient  labor  with  them  does  not  avail,  to  proceed  to  discipline 
them  by  formal  complaint  and  trial. 

Number  present  at  the  close — 24  ministers  and  11  elders. 
Adjourned  to  meet  in  Katonah,  N.  Y.,  on  the  third  Tuesday 
in  June. 

E.  F.  MUJSTDY, 
Stated  Clerk. 


ABSTRACTS.  53 

STATED  FALL  MEETING. 
Mahopao  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  3  and  4,  1876. 
Present — 30  ministers  and  25  elders. 
Rev.  Mr.  Sahler  elected  Moderator. 

On  the  first  evening  a  prayer  and  praise  meeting  was  held, 
and  on  the  second  evening  Rev.  Dr.  Baird  preached,  by  pre- 
vious appointment  (Abstracts  p.  46),  a  Presbyterial  historical 
discourse,  and  it  was  requested  for  publication. 
Reports  were  made  of  our  candidates  as  follows : 
That  Messrs.  Scotland,  Gallagher,  and  Frederick  were  dili- 
gently prosecuting  their  theological  course,  and  they  were  re- 
commended to  the  Board  of  Education  ;  Mr.  Johnston  was 
temporarily  engaged  in  teaching  ;  Mr.  Rogers  was  pursuing  his 
studies  in  Union  Seminary,  and,  permission  being  asked  that  he 
might,  during  his  studies,  supply  the  Darien  church,  a  com- 
mittee consisting  of  Revs.  Vail,  Niven,  and  Nixon  was  appointed 
to  confer  with  Mr.  Rogers  and  report  to  Presbytery. 

Mr.  James  Fitzpatrick  was  received  as  a  candidate  on  dismis- 
sion from  the  Presbytery  of  Picton,  Canada,  and  his  pastor, 
Rev.  Mr.  Mudge,  was  appointed  to  supervise  his  studies,  and  to 
report  trial  pieces  for  Messrs.  Gallagher  and  Fitzpatrick,  which 
was  done. 

The  Overtures  sent  down  from  the  General  Assembly  (Min- 
utes, pp.  69  and  73)  were  both  answered  in  the  negative. 

Presbytery  having  been  petitioned  to  organize  a  church  at 
Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y.,  appointed  Revs.  C.  W.  Baird,  T.  R. 
Smith,  Mtindy,  Davison,  Lindsley,  and  Mudge  to  organize  a 
church  there  if  the  way  be  clear. 

The  death  of  Rev.  George  W.  Tomlinson  was  reported,  and 
Messrs.  Hodge  and  Barnum  were  appointed  to  bring  in  a  suit- 
able minute. 

The  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  were  approved.  Received,  in- 
cluding balance  on  hand  last  year,  $627.07  ;  expended  591.55  ; 
Leaving  balance  on  hand  ,s:'>."i.52. 

The  report  of  the  special  committee,  postponed  from  the  June 
meeting,  on  a  plan  to  secure  funds  for  the  work  of  church  ex- 
tension  (p.  49)  was  adopted,  and  is  as  follows: 

1st.  Greater  fidelity  on  the  part  of  our  pastors  in  keeping  this  Presby- 
terial  work  before  ilie  minds  of  their  people.  The  simple  call  for  a  collec- 
tion is  not  enough.  Our  people  should  he  made  familiar  with  the  work, 
so  that  they  feel  themselves  to  be  identified  with  it. 


54  ABSTRACTS. 

2d.  There  is  another  aspect  of  this  subject  which  it  devolves  upon  our 
pastors  and  elders  to  impress  upon  the  people  of  their  several  charges. 
The  Church  Extension  Commi'tee  is  only  the  agent  of  the  Presbytery  in 
doing  its  al'otted  work.  Whatever  responsibilities  and  obligations,  there- 
fore, are  incurred  by  the  committee  in  doing  the  work  which  the  Presby- 
tery authorizes  it  to  do,  ret  not  upon  the  committee,  but  upon  the 
Presbytery,  and  when  we  say  the  Presbytery,  we  mean,  of  course,  the 
churches  which  compose  the  Presbytery.  It  is  for  these  churches  to  meet 
these  responsibilities  which  they  have  laid  upon  the  shoulders  of  their 
committee.  We  recommend,  therefore,  greater  fidelity  on  the  part  of  our 
pastors  and  elders  in  presenting  to  their  people  the  sense  of  their  obliga- 
tions 

3d.  And  more  specifically  as  a  pi  in  of  action  for  the  future,  we  recom- 
mend that  at  the  Spring  meeting  Presbytery  shall  decide  how  much 
money  will  be  needed  to  prosecute  the  work  in  the  ensuing  year,  and  that 
a  sub-committee  of  the  Church  Extension  Committee  shall  confer  with  the 
representatives  of  each  church  in  the  Presbytery,  during  the  interval 
between  the  Spring  and  Fall  meetings,  and  sh  ill  agree  with  them  as 
to  the  amount  which  may  be  expected  from  their  churches  during  the 
Church  year,  which  then  ojjens.  At  the  Fall  meeting  this  report  shall  be 
received,  and  the  aggregate  of  these  amounts  shall  form  the  basis  for  that 
committee's  work  during  the  ensuing  year. 

The  Church  Extension  Committee  is  directed  to  confer  with 
the  Sessions  of  the  churches,  and  the  amounts  definitely  prom- 
ised, and  the  encouragements  given,  shall  form  the  basis  for  their 
work  this  year. 

The  Commissioners  to  the  last  General  Assembly  reported 
their  attendance,  and  their  fidelity  wTas  approved. 

Revs.  D wight  M.  Seward  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York,  Daniel  S.  Gregory  to  the  Presbytery  of  Wooster,  A. 
B.  Bullions  to  the  Litchfield  North  Association  of  Connecticut, 
and  E.  Van  Slyke  to  the  Classis  of  Cayuga. 

The  Stated  Clerk  reported  that  he  had  dismissed  licentiate 
I.  N.  Terry  to  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  Utica,  and  this  act 
was  approved. 

On  report  of  the  Committee  of  Benevolence  and  Finance 
is  was  ordered :  1.  That  our  churches  carefully  attend  to  the 
recommendations  of  the  last  Assembly  (Minutes,  p.  87),  and  pas- 
tors and  elders  shall  see  that  the  claims  of  our  Boards  are  not 
neglected.  2.  That  in  view  of  the  state  of  the  times  our  churches 
ought  to  practice  self-denial,  and  make  sacrifices  to  increase 
their  gifts.  3.  Ministers  and  elders  are  urged  to  increased 
faithfulness,  both  in  precept  and  example,  in  this  department  of 
church  work. 

Our  Sessions  are  directed  to  appoint  one  of  their  number  a 
committee  to  be  in  correspondence  with  the  Committee  of  Pres- 
bytery, and  report  his  name  to  the  latter  committee. 


ABSTRACTS.  55 

The  Chairman  of  each  of  our  Committees  on  the  Boards  of 
the  Church  is  directed  to  correspond  with  every  non-contribut- 
ing: church,  and  use  diligent  efforts  to  secure  a  collection  for  the 
cause  be  represents. 

The  Standing  Committees  were  reconstructed,  and  are  as  fol- 
lows : 

STANDING   COMMITTEES. 

I.—FOR   EXAMINATION. 

1.  On  Religious  Experience  and  Views  in  seeking  the  Ministry :  The 
Moderator. 

2.  On  Languages  :   Rev.-:.  Mudge,  C.  W.  Baird,  and  Heermance. 

3.  On  Church  History:  Revs.  Hodge,  Davison,  and  Barnum. 

4.  On  Systematic  Theology  :  Revs.  Phraner,  Wallace,  and  Vail. 

5.  On  Philosophy,  Astronomy,  and  Rhetoric  :  Revs.  Burr,  Cummings, 
and  Eastman. 

6.  On  Constitution,  Government,  and  Discipline  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  :  Revs.  T.  R.  Smith.  Sawyer,  an  1  Sahler. 

To  the  Committee  on  Languages  is  to  be  assigned  the  Latin  piec3s  of 
candidates;  and  to  the  Committee  on  Philosophy,  etc.,  their  critical  exer- 
cises, lectures,  and  sermons. 

II.— STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

1.  Church  Extension  :  Revs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Phraner,  Macoubrey,  Vail,  Dr. 
Smith,  Sawyer,  Mudge :  Elders,  Sarles,  Petrie,  and  Wells. 

2.  Foreign  Missions  :  Revs.  Niven.  Heermance,  and  Elder  Knapp. 

3.  Education  :  Hodge,  Camming,  and  Elder  Skinner. 

4.  Ministerial  Relief:  Heroy,  Adams,  and  Elder  J.  J.  Wood. 

5.  Benevolence  and  Finance  :  Wallace.  Sahler,  and  Elder  Sours. 

6.  Manses  :  Elders  Wells,  Elder,  and  Cowdrey. 

7.  Freedmen :  Revs.  Allen,  Perry,  and  Elder  Curtice. 

8.  Sabbath  -  schools  and  Colportage :  Revs.  Mudge,  Davison.  Barnum, 
and  Elders  Petrie,  and  H.  A.  Lee. 

9.  Presbyterial  Visitation  :  Revs.  Macoubrey,  Cummings,  Mitchell,  and 
Elders  Trowbridge,  and  Baxter. 

10.  On  Minutes  of  General  Assembly  and  Synod  :  the  delegates  to  the 
Assembly  for  each  year. 

These  committees  are  to  report  in  writing  at  each  stated  meeting,  and 
confer  with  churches  which  do  not  contribute  to  the  Boards. 

Moderators  of  vacant  Church  Sessions  are  as  follows  : 

For  Darien, Eev.  Mr.  Vail. 

"    Mount  Kisco, "       "      Eastman. 

"    South  Salem,         ....  "       "      Patterson. 

"    North  Salem,  "       "      Gray. 

11    Somers, "       "      Blackford. 

"    New  Rochelle,  .         .         .         .      "       "      Lindsley. 

These  Sessions  have  leave  to  supply  their  pulpits  until  our 
Spring  Meeting. 

Rev.   Messrs.  Wallace,  Cumming,  and    Elder  George  Elder 


56  ABSTRACTS. 

were  appointed  a  committee  to  report  whether  the  church  of 
Somers  should  be  disbanded. 

The  installations  of  Mr.  Adams  at  West  Farms,  N.  Y.,  and 
of  Mr.  Vail  at  Stamford,  Conn.,  were  reported  ;  and  Rev.  Mr. 
Mundy  reported  that  he  had  preached  in  the  church  of  Mount 
Kisco  and  declared  the  pulpit  vacant,  and  Rev.  C.  "W.  Bnird 
that  he  had  performed  a  similar  duty  at  New  Rochelle,  both  on 
the  day  appointed. 

The  Narrative  of  the  state  of  religion  was  adopted. 

The  Presbytery  approved  a  call  of  the  church  of  New  Roch- 
elle for  the  pastoral  services  of  Rev.  A.  R  Macoubrey,  pastor 
of  the  church  of  South  East  Centre,  and  ordered  that  the  min- 
ister and  his  congregation  be  cited  to  appear  at  the  next  meeting. 

The  Committees  on  Sessional  Records  in  those  cases  in  which 
no  book  had  been  put  into  their  hands  were  continued  for  a 
further  report. 

Churches  desiring  a  Committee  of  Visitation  are  directed  to 
apply  to  the  Committee  of  Presbytery. 

Communications  were  received  from  Hartford  and  Port  Ches- 
ter, which  were  referred  to  committees. 

Revs.  Messrs.  Mudge,  Hodge,  and  Mauoubrey  aie  appointed 
to  report  an  Overture  to  the  General  Assembly  on  the  subject 
contained  in  Overture  5,  found  on  p.  74  of  the  printed  Minutes 
of  the  last  Assembly. 

The  following  Overture  to  the  General  Assembly  was  adopted  : 

Is  the  action  taken  by  the  Assembly  of  1874,  p.  84,  Overture 
25,  to  be  interpreted  as  directing  that  the  serving  of  the  ele- 
ments at  the  Lord's  Supper  belongs  indifferently  to  the  elders 
and  deacons  ? 

The  application  of  the  Bethany  church  to  the  Board  of  Home 
Missions  for  the  sum  of  $400  for  one  year  from  date  was  sanc- 
tioned. 

The  next  Intermediate  Meeting  is  appointed  to  be  held  in  the 
Potts  Memorial  Church,  and  the  Stated  Spring  Meeting  at 
Bridgeport,  and  the  Sessions  of  these  churches  are  to  be  respect- 
ively the  Committee  of  Arrangements. 

Rev.  Mr.  Allen,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Vail,  alternate,  are  appointed 
to  draft  the  Annual  Narrative  for  the  Spring  Meeting. 

Minutes  approved. 

Present  at  the  last  calling  of  the  roll,  24  ministers  and  16  elders- 
Adjourned  to  meet  during  the  intervals  of  Synod. 


ABSTRACTS.  57 

ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  18,  1876. 

Present — 24  ministers  and  17  elders. 

Mr.  William  K.  Eddy,  a  member  of  the  church  of  Sing  Sing 
was  taken  under  care  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry,  and  his 
pastor  was  appointed  to  supervise  his  studies. 

The  committee  appointed  (p.  53)  to  organize  a  church  at  Pel- 
ham  Manor,  N.  Y.,  reported  that  they  had  organized  a  church 
at  that  place,  to  be  called  "  The  First  Presbyterian  Huguenot 
Memorial  Forest  Church." 

Commissioners  from  the  church  of  South  East  Centre  appeared 
and  gave  their  reasons  against  the  dissolution  of  their  pastoral 
relation. 

After  deliberation,  Presbytery  resolved  that  this  pastoral  re- 
lation be  dissolved,  and  that  Rev.  Mr.  Gray  preach  in  that 
church  on  the  first  Sabbath  in  December,  and  declare  the  pulpit 
vacant. 

Rev.  Mr.  Sahler  is  appointed  Moderator  of  the  Se-sion,  and 
they  have  leave  to  supply  their  own  pulpit  until  our  next  stated 
meeting. 

Revs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Macoubrey,  and  the  Session  of  the  church 
of  New  Rochelle,  were  appointed  to  report  arrangements  for  the 
installation  of  Mr.  Macoubrey. 

In  relation  to  the  transfer  of  Rev.  Mr.  Macoubrey,  Presbytery 
passed  a  minute  stating  that  they  deemed  it  most  for  the  peace 
and  edification  of  the  church  that  the  transfer  of  this  brother  be 
made,  and  that  we  do  most  highly  appreciate  the  motives  of  an 
attached  people  in  seeking  to  prevent  the  removal  of  their  pastor. 
Presbytery  would  assure  the  church  of  South  East  Centre  that 
we  have  sought,  in  this  action,  the  best  interests  of  the  three 
parties  affected  by  it — Rev.  Mr.  Macoubrey  and  the  churches  of 
South  East  Centre  and  New  Rochelle. 

Rev.  Mr.  AVallace  was  appointed  to  communicate  this  minute 
to  the  church  of  South  East  Centre  next  Sabbath. 

Presbytery  then  adjourned  to  meet  in  Morrisania.  N.  V..  Jan. 
16.  1877. 


58  ABSTRACTS . 

INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Mokkisania,  N.  Y.,  Jon.  16,  18?7. 

Opened  with  devotional  exercises. 

Present — 24  ministers  and  12  elders. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Bonar  was  dismissed  to  the  Litchfield  South  Asso 
ciation. 

The  election  of  certain  persons  as  Trustees  at  Narragansett 
Pier,  R.  I.,  was  approved. 

A  communication  received  from  the  church  of  South  East 
Centre  was  referred  to  Messrs.  Phraner,  Nixon,  and  elder  Wells. 

A  communication  from  the  Second  Church  of  Peekskill  was 
referred  to  Messrs.  Mudge,  T.  R.  Smith,  and  elder  Corning. 

The  Presbytery  decided  that  the  congregation  of  Port  Chester 
were  bound  to  pay  their  pastor  the  amount  of  the  salary  prom- 
ised in  his  call,  and  the  rental  of  the  house  occupied  by  the 
pastor  in  lieu  of  a  parsonage. 

The  following  minute  was  passed  : 

Presbytery  hereby  distinctly  announces  as  the  established  law 
of  our  Presbyterian  polity,  that  congregations  having  the  services 
of  regularly  installed  pastors,  are  holden  by  the  terms  of  their 
calls,  pledging  temporal  support  to  their  pastor,  until  released 
therefrom  by  the  action  of  Presbytery. 

Candidate  Rogers  was  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion to  the  amount  of  $50  for  the  present  year. 

The  assessment  on  the  church  of  West  Farms  was  reduced  to 
twelve  dollars. 

The  matter  of  the  payment  of  the  assessment  due  from  the 
Somers   Church  was  referred  to  the  committee  on  that  church. 

Rev.  Mr.  Mundy  having  asked  leave  to  resign  his  pastoral 
charge,  it  was  ordered  that  the  congregation  of  Port  Chester  be 
cited  to  appear  at  our  next  meeting. 

The  committee  to  consider  the  communication  from  the  Second 
Church  of  Peekskill,  made  their  report,  which  was  adopted,  and 
is  in  substance  as  follows: 

1 .  The  matters  noted  were  first  reported  as  exceptions  to  your 
records,  but  Presbytery,  in  view  of  your  misunderstanding  of 
the  new  rule  of  term  eldership,  deemed  it  better  to  communicate 
through  the  Stated  Clerk. 


JJJ8TRAOTS  59 

2.  Presbytery  acknowledges  the  evident  confusion  in  the  ap- 
plication of  the  new  rule,  and  appointed  a  committee  to  draft  an 
Overture  to  the  Assembly  to  deiine  it  more  explicitly. 

3.  Presbytery  understands  that  there  were  clerical  omissions 
in  your  records  of  the  resignation  of  the  old  Session  and  of  their 
reelection,  which  removes  the  main  difficulty  and  error  that  were 
before  Presbytery  at  the  time  of  its  action. 

!.   Under  the  term  service,  the  elders  are  to  be  classified  for 
one,  two,  and  three  years  at  the  time  of  their  election. 
•  In  reply  to  questions,  Presbytery  answers  : 

1.  A>  to  the  di  visit  n  of  elders  into  classes,  Presbytery  contiders 
division  by  lot  not  advisable. 

2.  The  ordination  of  the  elders  elected  is  valid. 
(See  Digest,  p.  342.      Pi,  a.) 

3.  Church  may  rescind  its  action  to  adopt  term  eldership,  and 
the  same  elders ;  reordination  not  necessary. 

f.  Presbytery  appreciates  the  difficulties  in  the  case,  and  ex- 
pects these  difficulties  to  be  set  forth  in  the  Overture,  but  these 
difficulties  rendered  it  all  the  more  necessary  that  Presbytery 
should  give  its  decision. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  New  York  city  Jan.  29,  at  2  p.m. 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Nkw  Yokk  City,  Jan.  29,  1877. 

Present — 19  ministers  and  5  elders. 

( 'ommissioners  fronj  the  congregation  of  Port  Chester  appeared 
and  stated  that  the  church  agreed  to  unite  with  their  pastor  in 
asking  for  a  dissolution  of  the  pastoral  relation. 

Presbytery  decided  that  this  relation  shall  terminate  on  the 
Last  day  of  March  next,  and  that  Rev.  Mr.  Lindsley  preach  in 
that  church  on  the  first  Sabbath  of  April,  and  declare  the  pulpit 
vacant. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Baird  is  appointed  Moderator  of  the  Session,  and 
leave  is  given  them  to  supply  their  pulpit  until  the  next  stated 
meeting. 


60  ABSTRACTS. 

Revs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Sawyer,  T.  R.  Smith,  Phraner,  and  elders 
Cowdrey  and  Cady,  are  appointed  to  draft  a  minute  expressive  of 
the  sense  of  Presbytery  in  view  of  the  above  dissolution. 

The  Committee  on  Manses  are  directed  to  report  the  condition 
of  Manses  in  the  bounds  of  Presbytery. 

Arrangements  were  reported  for  the  installation  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Macoubrey  at  New  Rochelle,  February  1st ;  the  Moderator  to 
preside ;  Rev.  Dr.  Hall  by  invitation  preach  the  sermon,  Rev. 
Dr.  Sawyer,  alternate;  Rev.  Dr.  0.  W.  Baird  give  the  charge 
to  the  pastor,  and  Rev.  Dr.  T.  R.  Smith  the  charge  to  the 
people. 

Adjourned,  with  prayer  and  the  benediction. 

E.  F.  MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk. 


ABSTRACTS.  61 

STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Bridgeport,  Conn.,  April  17-19,  1877. 

Present — 38  ministers  and  24  elders. 

Rev.  Mr.  Nixon  elected  Moderator. 

On  the  first  evening  the  Sabbath-school  work  was  considered, 
and  on  the  second  evening  a  prayer  and  conference  meeting  was 
held. 

The  following  committees  were  appointed  : 

Bills  and  Overtures — Revs.  Saliler,  T.  R.  Smith,  dim- 
ming, Elders  Parsons,  and  Gary. 

On  the  death  of  Rev.  Mr.  Steele — Revs.  Wallace,  Barnum, 
and  Elder  Clark. 

The  committee  on  the  Somers  chnrch  reported  that  for  two 
years  services  have  been  discontinued  in  consequence  of  a  divi- 
sion among  the  membership,  springing  out  of  the  continuance  of 
a  stated  supply,  and  the  purchase  of  a  building  for  worship  at 
Purdy's  Station  involving  a  debt  of  two  thousand  dollars.  Their 
church  and  manse  are  without  debt.  The  report  was  accepted, 
and  the  committee  was  continued  with  a  view  to  advise  with 
the  church  in  order  to  settle  these  difficulties ;  and,  being  recon- 
structed, the  committee  now  is  as  follows :  Revs.  Wallace, 
Cumming,  Saliler,  and  Elders  Wood  and  Eggleston. 

The  following  minute  was  adopted  in  answer  to  a  late  com- 
munication from  the  church  of  South  East  Centre  :  That  in  view 
of  the  great  excellence  of  the  mode  prescribed  in  our  Constitu- 
tion for  the  translation  of  pastors,  and  also  of  the  difficulty  of 
devising  and  securing  the  adoption  of  a  wiser  plan,  Presbytery 
does  not  feel  called  to  overture  the  General  Assembly  on  this 
subject;  and  secondly,  That  Presbytery  sought,  in  releasing  the 
pastor  of  this  church,  to  secure  the  greatest  good,  and  to  sub- 
serve the  highest  interests  of  all  the  parties  concerned. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Rev.  Mr.  Mudge  and  the  West- 
minster church  of  Yonkers,  was  dissolved  to  go  into  effect  on  the 
6th  of  May  next;  Rev.  Mr.  Mundy  was  appointed  to  preach  in 
that  church  the  following  Sabbath,  and  declare  the  pulpit 
vacant. 

Delegates  to  the  Assembly  are  as  follows : 

Ministers.  Elders.  Git  arches. 

P.  B.  Hekoy,  Alvah  Trowbridge,  Bethany. 

J.  H.  Eastman,  Uriah  Hil,l,  Jit.,  Peekskill  1st. 

F.  8.  Barnum,  Stanton  Cady,  Sing  Sing. 


62  ABSTRACTS. 

ALTERNATES. 

C.  H.  Borr,  E.  Eotjton,  South  Salem. 

J.  Baird,  G.  A.  Chamberlin,  Irvingtcn. 

E.  L.  Heekmance,  C.  B.  Gary,  Trernont. 

Revs.  J.  H.  Frazee,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  and  S. 
G.  Law,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Nassau,  were  received. 

Mr.  Frazee  accepted  the  call  of  the  church  of  Mount  Kisco, 
and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation  on  Wednesdaj'', 
June  20th,  at  10.30  o'clock  a.m.,  by  the  following  committee: 

To  preside  etc.,  The  Moderator. 

To  preach,  Rev.  C.  W.  Baird. 

Alternate,  Rev.  R.  A.  Sawyer, 

To  charge  the  pastor,  Rev.  C.  W.  Adams. 

Alternate,  Rev.  C.  C.  Wallace. 

To  charge  the  people,  Rev.  T.  R,  Smith. 

Alternate,  Rev.   D.  D.  Sahler. 

Minutes  were  passed  in  reference  to  work  among  our  German 
people  and  the  training  of  pastors  to  labor  among  them,  and  in 
view  of  the  deaths  of  two  of  our  ministers,  Revs.  Tomlinson  and 
Steele. 

The  Stated  Clerk  is  empowered  to  dismiss  Rev.  Mr.  Hazeltinc 
to  the  Congregational  Association  of  Berkshire  South,  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Mndge  to  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick. 

Inquiry  was  made  as  to  pastors  preparing  the  histories  of  their 
churches,  and  as  to  collections  to  aid  the  Presbyterian  Historical 
Society  to  erect  a  fire-proof  building. 

The  standing  committees  reported  as  follows: 
Church  Extension.  That  $800  had  been  pledged  by  the 
churches,  of  which  $300  are  received ;  that  the  committee  are 
able,  for  want  of  sufficient  funds,  only  to  continue  to  aid  enter- 
prizes  already  begun,  and  cannot  enlarge  their  wrork  at  points 
which  seem  to  demand  it. 

Churches  recommended  to  receive,  aid  from  the  Board  of 
Missions  are,  North  Salem  (200),  Potts  Memorial  (200),  Kato- 
nah  (300). 

Foreign  Missions.  That  only  three  of  our  churches  failed  to 
contribute  last  year  ;  each  church  is  urged  to  give  to  this  cause, 
and  pastors  to  preach  upon  the  subject,  before  taking  collec- 
tions. 

Ministerial  Relief.  That  great  demands  were  made  upon 
this  Board,  and  the  receipts  were  small.     An  aged  minister,  and 


ABSTRACTS.  63 

an  aged  widow  of  a  deceased  minister,  were  recommended  for 
relief. 

Freedmcn.  That  our  non-contributing  churches  had  been 
written  to,  among  which  were  some  of  our  largest  and  most 
liberal  ones,  and  that  there  was  a  great  falling  off  in  the  amount 
given  by  this  Presbytery  as  compared  with  previous  years. 

Mantes.  That  32  of  our  37  churches  had  reported,  of  which 
20  have  Manses,  11  of  them  have  from  one  to  sixteen  acres  of 
land  attached,  in  all  79  acres. 

Estima'cd  Value  of  Manse?, $97.038  00 

':  "        Land, 43,200  CO 

Indebtedness, 27,400  00 

Amount  of  Insurance, 62,200  00 

Two  other  of  the  churches  have  the  use  of  houses  for  their 
ministers,  while  ten  are  without  them. 

tfalbaiJi-schools  and  CoVportagc.  Had  arranged  for  a  meet- 
ing in  the  interests  of  Sabbath-schools  at  these  sessions  of  Pres- 
bytery. 

Education.     To  report  at  the  Intermediate  meeting. 
An  Overture  was  adopted  asking  the  Assembly  for  an  inter- 
pretation of  the  law  relating  to  the  election  and  service  of  elders 
who  are  to  serve  for  terms  of  years. 

En  answer  to  Overture  from  the  Session  of  the  church  of 
Mount  Kisco  on  the  subject  of  dancing,  Presbytery  referred 
them  to  the  deliverances  of  the  General  Assembly. 

The  narrative  referred  to  the  financial  stringency  of  the  times 
as  affecting  some  departments  of  church  work,  but  it  had  not 
interfered  with  the  general  spiritual  prosperity  of  our  churches, 
rather  in  a  few  instances  had  promoted  it ;  the  churches  of 
Thompsonville,  Stamford,  South  Salem,  Croton  Falls,  Green- 
burgh,  and  Bethany  have  been  revived.  Two  new  churches, 
(Bridgeport  and  Throgg's  Neck)  have  been  built,  and  old  debts 
have  been  cancelled  in  two  or  three  instances. 

Rev.  Mr.  Adams,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Davison  alternate,  were 
appointed  to  draft  the  narrative  for  the  fall  meeting. 

A  minute  was  passed  counseling  our  churches  to  follow  tho 
mode  laid  down  in  our  Constitution  to  obtain  the  dissolution  of 
the  pastorate,  and  to  exercise  forbearance,  and  advising  that  any 
official  action  on   the  part  of  the  congregation  to  compel  the 


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64  ABSTRACTS. 

resignation  of  the  pastor  by  any  such  method  as  the  reduction  of 
his  salary  is  entirely  unnecessary  and  inexpedient. 

The  next  stated  meeting  is  to  be  held  at  White  Plains,  and 
the  June  Intermediate  meeting  in  the  church  of  Croton  Falls. 

Moderators  for  Sessions  of  vacant  churches  are  as  follows  : 

For  North  Salem,    . 

"  South  Salem, 

41  South  E.  Centre, 

"  Croton  Falls, 

"  Somers,    . 

"  Huguenot  M., 

"  Port  Chester,    ■ 

"  Westminster, 

"  Darien,     , 

The  churches  of  Darien,  South  Salem,  and  Westminster 
obtained  leave  to  supply  their  own  pulpits  until  next  stated 
meeting. 

To  supply  pulpit  of  Rev.  Mr.  Eastman  during  his  absence  at 
the  General  Assembly, 

May  20th,  Rev.  Mr.  Mudge ;  May  27th,  Rav.  Mr.  Burr  ; 
June  3d,  Rev.  Prof.  Baird. 

The  assessment  on  the  church  of  Somers  was  reduced  to  two 
dollars,  and  that  on  the  church  of  Hartford  to  ten  dollars. 

A  motion  was  made  that  the  time  of  our  Spring  meeting  be 
changed  from  the  3d  to  the  1st  Tuesday  in  April,  which  lies  on 
the  table  until  the  next  meeting. 

Revs.  T.  R.  Smith,  Phraner,  and  Elder  Cowdrey  are  appointed 
to  report  whether  any  change  in  the  method  of  examinations  is 
advisable,  and,  if  so,  to  propose  a  plan  for  adoption. 

The  churches  are  required  to  pay  the  full  assessment  levied 
upon  them  by  the  Presbytery. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  New  York  city,  on  Wednesday,  April 
25th. 

Closed  with  singing,  prayer,  and  the  benediction. 

E.  F.  MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk. 


ABSTRACTS.  65 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

New  York  City,  April  25,  1877. 

Present — 13  ministers  and  2  elders. 

Rev.  George  A.  Bowman  was  dismissed  to  the  Hartford 
Union  Association. 

Messrs.  A.  Scotland,  G.  W.  Gallagher,  and  J.  Fitzpatrick  were 
examined,  and  licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel. 

Mr.  Eddy  was  also  examined  in  the  branches  of  learning  re- 
quired by  our  Form  of  Government,  and  received  permission  to 
engage  in  mis-ion  work  during  his  vacation. 

The  vote  at  the  last  meeting,  to  recommend  the  church  of 
North  Salem  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  was  reconsidered, 
and  the  amount  asked  for  was  reduced  to  two  hundred  dollars. 

A  minute  expressing  the  views  of  Presbytery  on  the  dissolution 
of  Mr.  fudge's  pastoral  relation  was  unanimously  passed. 

The  assessment  on  the  Hartford  church  was  reduced  to  ten 
dollars. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Croton  Falls  in  June. 

(  Hosed  with  prayer. 


INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Croton  Falls,  N.  Y.,  June  19,  1877. 

Opened  with  devotional  exercises. 
Present — 22  ministers  and  15  elders. 


66  ABSTRACTS. 

Elder  Trowbridge  having  stated  that  his  pastor  was,  by  reason 
of  serious  illness,  prevented  from  his  duties,  Messrs.  Wallace, 
Davison,  and  elder  Hill  were  appointed  to  confer  with  him  in 
regard  to  the  supply  of  the  pulpit. 

The  committee  subsequently  reported,  and  recommended  that 
members  of  Presbytery  volunteer  to  supply  the  pulpit.  The  re- 
port was  adopted. 

The  complaints  of  Messrs.  R.  and  A.  Harbison  against  the 
Session  of  the  church  of  Hartford  for  suspending  Mr.  Hugh  Har- 
bison for  contumacy,  were  presented,  and  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee, consisting  of  Revs.  Phraner,  Adams,  and  elder  Wells. 

On  report  of  this  committee  these  complaints  were  referred  to 
the  next  meeting  of  Presbytery. 

In  place  of  Rev.  Mr.  Mudge,  Rev.  Mr.  Frazee  was  put  on  the 
Committee  of  Church  Extension ;  and  Rev.  Mr.  Hinsdale  was 
added  to  the  Committee  on  Sabbath-schools  and  Colportage  ;  and 
Rev.  Mr.  Vail  was  added  to  the  Committee  on  Languages. 

(See  Abstracts,  p.  55). 

The  Standing  Committee  on  Education  (p.  63)  reported  that 
seven  students  have  been  under  our  care  during  the  past  year ; 
that  the  Board  was  compelled  to  borrow  funds  to  meet  the 
March  appropriations,  and  to  decline  those  due  in  May.  Thir- 
teen of  our  churches  failed  to  contribute  last  year. 

It  was  resolved — 

1.  Our  pastors  are  requested  to  present  the  claims  of  this 
Board  to  their  people,  and  urge  them  to  increase  their  contribu- 
tions. 

2.  Delinquent  churches  are  urged  to  unite  with  the  rest  of 
Presbytery  in  the  support  of  this  cause. 

3.  That  it  is  the  duty  of  Sessions  to  give  their  congregations 
an  opportunity  to  contribute  to  this  Board. 

Mr.  William  K.  Eddy  (p.  65)  was  licensed  to  preach. 
Candidate  Augustus  Frederick  was  dismissed  to  the  care  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Cayuga. 


ABSTRACTS.  67 

Rev.  R.  A.  Sawyer  was  appointed  to  present  the  salutations  of 
Presbytery  to  the  church  of  Mount  Kisco  at  the  celebration  of 
its  twenty-fifth  anniversary. 

The  committee  on  the  church  of  Somers  (p.  61)  reported  that 
they  were  unable  to  reconcile  its  difficulties,  and  were  discharged  ; 
and  Revs.  Heermance,  Sahler,  and  Nixon  were  appointed  to  con- 
fer with  the  Session  in  reference  to  the  holding  of  religious  ser- 
vices. 

The  minutes  were  read  and  approved. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  White  Plains  on  the  first  Tuesday  of 
October. 

E.  F.  MUNDY, 

Stated  Cleric. 


68 


ABSTRACTS. 


The  Presbytery  of  Westchester  was  organized  October,  1870, 
with  55  ministers  and  36  churches.  Since  that  time  39  ministers 
have  been  received,  and  33  dismissed.  Five  have  died,  and  one 
has  been  deposed.  Four  churches  have  been  organized,  and 
three  have  been  dissolved. 

The  following  table  presents  the  statistical  reports  of  Pres- 
bytery during  the  seven  years  of  its  existence. 


!  !  I 

1871  1872  1873  1874  1875  1876  1877 


Number  of  Ministers 57 

"         "Churches 35 

"         "  Licentiates 6 

"          '  Candidates 6 

"         "Licensures 2 

"         "Ordinations 1 

"         "Installations 3 

Pastoral  Relations  Dissolved  . .   .,..  2 

Added  on  Examination 310 

Added  on  Certificate  234 

Total  of  Members 4,E38 

Baptized  Adults 113 

Infants 164 

Sabbarh-school  Membership 4,660 

Contributed  to  Home  Missions 8,036 

"           "   Foreign  Missions 6,4T3 

"           "   Education 4,942 

"           "   Publication 615 

"           "   Church  Erection  ...  745 

"   Ministerial  Relief. ...  1,160 

"           "  Preedmen 536 

"           "   Sustentation 

Presbytery,  Syuod,  and  Assembly.  . .  387 

Congregational  Expenses 103,1155 

Miscellaneous  Objects 11,189 


58 

34 

5 

8 

2 

2 

4 

1 

293 

•215 

4,740 

114 

180 

4,703 

7,629 

7,077 

2,394 

793 

2,339 

1,156 

691 


54S 


59 

36 

7 

6 

2 

1 

4 

1 

1S3 

1S2 

4,895 

42 

K9 

5,081 

7,901 

5,882 

4,363 

914 

3,467 

1,131 

574 

859 

560 


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316! 


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2 
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277 

208         126 

I     5,015;     5,010 

82         108 

ISO I        16S 

i     5,460!     4,833 

,     9,008      9,S02 

8,199     7,745 

4,212     3,C46 

802,     2,649 

2,574     6,254 

1,154      1,340 

632        7S5 

853 '        67S 

Ii04         615 

V  2,227  108,516 

13,491    1 2,153 


36 
3 

5 

0 

2 

5 

7 

438 

218 

5,276 

131 

175 


54 

37 

5 

4 

3 

2 

5 

5 

458 

183 

5,327 

139 

148 


5,203  5,560 

3,555  8,681 

5,153  7,908 

667  1,311 

490  752 


C80 
685 
401 
477 
627 


852 
8  2 
639 
481 
£96 


136.518  1C0,291 
2:,016  10,094 


ABSTRACTS.  69 


STATED   FALL  MEETING. 

White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  October  2-4,  1877. 

Present — 35  ministers  and  30  elders. 

Rev.  Mr.  Davison  elected  Moderator. 

On  the  first  evening  topics  relating  to  Sabbath-school  work, 
and  on  the  second  evening  topics  relating  to  the  Christian's  Re- 
lationship, were  considered. 

Rev.  John  Dixon  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Bos- 
ton, and  arrangements  made  for  his  installation  over  the  West- 
minster church,  October  11th,  by  the  following  Committee : 

The  Moderator  to  preside ;  to  preach  the  sermon,  Rev.  T.  R. 
Smith;  alternate,  Rev.  R.  A.  Sawyer;  to  charge  the  pastor. 
Rev.  S.  T.  Carter ;  alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  JSfiven ;  to  charge  the 
people,  Rev.  Mr.  Mudge;  alternate.  Rev.  Mr.  Phraner. 

Installation  of  Rev.  Mr.  Blackford,  at  Croton  Falls,  Octoler 
11th.  by  the  following: 

To  preside,  the  Moderator ;  to  preach  the  sermon,  Rev.  Mr. 
Wallace;  alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  Gray;  to  charge  the  pastor.  Rev. 
Mr.  Cray;  alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  Wallace;  to  charge  the  people, 
Rev.  Mr.  Eastman;  alternate.  Rev.  Mr.  Sahler. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Rev.  A.  R.  Maeoubrey  and  the 
church  of  New  Rochelle  was  dissolved,  and  Rev.  T.  R.  Smith 
was  appointed  to  preach  in  that  church,  and  declare  the  pulpit 
vacant. 

Also,  between  Uev.  II .  (I.  Hinsdale  and  the  church  of  Bridge- 
port, November  1st.  and  Mr.  Hinsdale  appointed  to  declare  the 
pulpit  vacant. 

COMMITTEES    APPOINTED. 

On  Bill*  and  Overtures — Revs.  Nixon.  Phraner,  Niven,  and 
Elder  Wells. 

Judicial  Committee  —  Revs.  T.  R.  Smith,  Phraner,  and 
Elder  Wells. 


70  ABSTRACTS. 

On  Accounts  of  Treasurer — Elders  Teller  and  Crosby. 

W.  H.  Sybrandt  was  taken  under  care  of  Presbytery,  his  trial 
pieces  assigned,  and  his  pastor  appointed  to  have  supervision  of 
his  studies. 

The  Treasurer  reported  money  received,     .         .     $598  52 
Expended, 507  03 


Balance  on  hand,       ....       $91  49 

The  accounts  were  approved. 

The  complaints  of  Messrs.  Harbison  against  the  church  of 
Hartford  for  suspending  Mr.  Hugh  Harbison,  were  not  sus- 
tained, by  vote  of  23  not  sustain,  13  sustain  in  part,  2  excused 
from  voting. 

The  Eev.  Mr.  Johnston  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Colorado,  Rev.  C.  E.  Lord  to  Brooklyn,  Rev.  Mr.  Hinsdale  to 
New  Brunswick,  and  licentiate  Scotland  to  the  care  of  West 
Jersey. 

The  Session  of  Bethany  church  were  referred  to  the  Commit- 
tee of  Church  Extension  for  counsel  in  view  of  the  illness  of 
their  pastor. 

Resolutions,  promising  encouragement  to  the  Huguenot  Me- 
morial church,  and  thanking  Mr.  Silas  H.  Witherbee  for  his  in- 
terest in  this  church,  were  passed. 

The  churches  of  New  Rochelle,  S.  E.  Centre,  South  Salem, 
Darien,  Port  Chester,  North  Salem,  and  Bridgeport  received 
permission  to  supply  their  own  pulpits. 

The  Narrative  of  the  state  of  religion  mentions  the  steady 
progress  of  the  churches  notwithstanding  the  "  hard  times  ; " 
the  dedication  free  of  debt  of  the  church  at  Throg's  Neck ;  the 
enlargement  of  the  church  at  Stamford,  and  the  removal  of  the 
debt  on  the  Katonah  church ;  the  prosperity  of  Sabbath-school 
work,  and  of  continued  interest  of  the  churches  in  the  causes  of 
benevolence. 

Standing  Committees  reported  as  follows : 

Church  Extension:  Recommended  Croton  Falls  to  the  Board 

of  Sustentation  for  $350 ;  Bethany  for  $400 ;  and  North  Salem 
$100  additional  from  Home  Missions. 


ABSTRACTS.  71 

Education :  Recommended  candidates  Johnston,  Gallagher,  and 
Sybrandt  to  the  Board  of  Education. 

Benevolence  and -Finance :  1.  Churches  urged  to  give  liberally 
to  all  the  Boards ; 

2.  Generous  self-sacrifice  on  the  part  of  our  churches,  that  the 
further  prosecution  of  the  work  be  not  imperiled  by  curtailment ; 

3.  Sessions  to  heed  the  injunctions  of  General  Assembly  as  to 
the  regular  presentation  of  the  various  causes ; 

4.  Greater  interest  in  the  development  of  Ladies'  Boards,  and 
in  enlisting  Sabbath-schools  in  making  contributions. 

Minutes  of  Assembly :  Calling  attention  to  printed  minutes  us 
follows  :  Page  506,  Observance  of  Week  of  Prayer  and  day  of 
prayer  for  colleges;  p.  507,  Pastors  to  send  historical  sermons  to 
libraries  of  Theological  seminaries  ;  pp.  516  and  548,  Replies  to 
overtures  from  this  Presbytery;  p.  548,  Narrative  to  be  read 
from  the  pulpit;  p.  549,  Ministers  must  unite  with  the  Pres- 
bytery to  which  they  are  dismissed;  p.  517,  Annual  collections 
for  Bible  Society  recommended ;  p.  522,  Ministers  and  elders  to 
present  cause  of  Foreign  Missions  to  their  churches,  and  Pres- 
byteries to  require  of  churches  written  reasons  for  failing  to 
contribute  to  Home  and  Foreign  Missions,  and  record  them  ;  p. 
528,  Commends  the  literature  of  the  Board  of  Publication:  p. 
535,  Recommends  Presbyteries  to  require  candidates  to  commit 
the  Assembly's  Catechism,  more  careful  attention  in  the  re- 
ception and  recommendation  of  candidates,  the  necessity  of  in- 
creased contributions,  and  churches  to  state  whether  an  opportu- 
nity has  been  given  to  contribute  to  this  cause;  p.  542,  Recom- 
mendation as  to  communion  wine;  pp.  545  and  57'),  Assessment 
of  two  cents  per  member  for  an  Entertainment  Fund;  p.  5.;7, 
As  to  historical  discourses  and  collections  for  Library  building; 
p.  ">47,  Commends  the  Board  of  Church  Erection,  and  collec- 
tions from  all  our  churches;  p.  552,  To  the  two  overtures;  p. 
558,  Resolutions  on  temperance,  liquor  venders  to  be  excluded 
from  church  membership;  |>.  575,  Not  to  omit  closing  church 
courts  with  prayer;  p.  689,  Commends  anew  German  Theolog- 
ical Seminaries. 

On  report  of  Committee  on   Bills  and  Overtures,  Presbytery 

decided,  that  the  Session  has  no   original    or   direct   control    over 

the  management  and  distribution  of  the"  Poor  Fund,"  but  ma\ 


72  ABSTRACTS. 

advise  respecting  it.     The  church  alone  at  a  regularly  constituted 
meeting  can  require  a  report  from  the  deacons.— Digest,  p.  119. 

The  next  Intermediate  Meeting  is  to  be  held  in  the  West- 
minster church. 

The  items  of  business  unfinished  postponed  until  that  meeting. 

(Among:  these  are  :  Place  for  Spring  Meeting,  change  of  time  for  that  meet- 
ing, Overtures  as  to  Representation,  fix  assessments,  etc.) 

Present  at  the  close — ministers,  23;  elders,  11. 
Adjourned  to  meet  at  Newburgh  on  call  of  the  Moderator. 

E.  F.  MUNDY, 

/Stated  Clerk. 


ABSTRACTS.  73 

ADJOURNED  MEETINGS. 

No.  1.     Newburgr,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  17,  1877. 

Present — 24  ministers  and  17  elders. 

The  letter  dismissing  Kev.  C.  H.  Riggs  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Boston  was  laid  on  the  table  until  his  appearance  in  Presby- 
tery. 

Candidate  Rogers  was  recommended  for  aid  to  the  Board  of 
Education. 

On  reference  from  the  Session  of  the  church  of  Hartford. 
Presbytery  decided  that  the  apology  ottered  by  Mr.  Harbison  tc 
that  body  is  not  sufficient. 

The  Trustees  elected  by  the  church  enterprise  at  Narragan- 
sett  Pier,  R.  I.,  were  approved. 

The  application  of  the  Huguenot  Memorial  Church  for  aid 
from  the  Board  of  Sustentation  was  approved. 

The  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions  reported  that  only  two  of 
our  churches  had  failed,  owing  to  heavy  financial  burdens,  to 
contribute  to  this  cause  last  year.  The  cause  is  heartily  com- 
mended to  our  churches  and  Sabbath-schools. 

The  Stated  Clerk  is  directed  to  send  printed  notices  of  the 
stated  meetings  to  members  of  Presbytery,  advising  them  that 
these  meetings  will  probably  continue  three  days,  and  urging 
members  to  come  prepared  to  stay  until  the  close. 

Adjourned  to  meet  at  Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y.,  at  such  time  as 
may  be  designated  by  the  Church  Extension  Committee. 


No.  2.     Pelham  Manok,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  1,  1877. 

Present— 7  ministers  and  3  elders. 

Rev.  Henry  R.  Waite  was  received  by  dismission  from  the 
Black  River  and  St.  Lawrence  Association. 

The  call  of  the  Huguenot  Memorial  Church,  being  approved, 
was  accepted  by  Mr.  Waite,  and  the  following  arrangements 
were  made  for  his  installation  : 


74  ABSTRACTS. 

Time — to-day,  at  a  quarter  to  2  o'clock  p.m. 

To  preside,  the  Moderator. 

To  preach  the  sermon,  by  invitation,  Rev.  W.  J.  Tucker,  D.  D. 

To  charge  the  pastor,  Rev.  W.  Phraner. 

To  charge  the  people,  Rev.  R.  A.  Sawyer. 

Recess  was  taken  until  a  quarter  to  2  o'clock,  when  Presbytery 
ittended  to  the  services  of  installation. 
Closed  with  prayer. 


INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Yonkees,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  15,  1878. 

Present — 25  ministers  and  12  elders. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Eastman  was  appointed  temporary  clerk. 

Rev.  Thomas  S.  Childs  was  received  from  the  Hartford  Union 
Association,  and  Rev.  Henry  A.  Davenport  from  the  Fairfield 
^est  Association. 

The  death  of  Rev.  William  Tracy  was  announced,  and  Revs. 
Ohilds  and  Phraner  were  appointed  a  committee  to  report  a 
suitable  minute. 

Presbytery  decided  not  to  change  the  time  of  the  stated  spring 
meeting,  p.  64. 

The  committee  appointed  (p.  67)  with  reference  to  holding 
services  at  Somers,  reported,  recommending  that  the  church  be 
dissolved.  The  congregation  is  therefore  cited  to  appear  at  the 
next  stated  meeting,  and  the  committee  is  continued,  to  whom 
the  church  may  refer  for  counsel. 

The  call  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Bridgeport  was 
accepted  by  Rev.  Mr.  Davenport,  and  the  following  arrange- 
ments are  made  for  his  installation  : 

Time — second  Thursday  of  February,  at  7  o'clock  p.m. 
To  preside,  the  Moderator. 

Alternate,  Rev.  C.  W.  Adams. 
To  preach  the  sermon,  by  invitation,  Rev.  John  Hall,  D.D. 

Alternate,  Rev.  T.  R.  Smith. 


ABSTRACTS . 


75 


To  charge  the  pastor,  Rev.  R.  P.  H.  Vail. 

Alternate,  Rev.  C.  H.  Burr. 
To  charge  the  people,  by  invitation,  Rev.  H.  G.  Hinsdale. 

Alternate,  Rev.  C.  W.  Adams. 

In  view  of  the  illness  of  Rev.  Mr.  Frazee,  supplies  were  ap- 
pointed for  the  church  of  Mount  Kisco  as  follows  : 

Feb.    3d,  -------  Rev.  Mr.  Eastman. 

"    10th,  -------       «       "    Wallace. 

'*    17th,  -------       "       "    Cumming. 

«    24th,  -------       "       «    J.  R.  Smith. 

The  Committee  on  Education  called  attention  to  the  present 
pressing  needs  of  that  cause. 

The  following  apportionment  of  money  for  the  expenses  of 
Presbytery,  Synod,  and  General  Assembly  was  approved  : 


From  the  church  of 

Bedford,  .     .     . 

$.12. 

Potts   Memorial, 

$12. 

Bethany, .     .     . 

5. 

Poundridge, 

6. 

Bridgeport,  .     . 

18. 

Riverdale,    . 

25. 

Croton  Falls,    .     . 

— 

Rye,  .... 

35. 

Darien,    . 

5. 

Sing  Sing,   . 

30. 

Gilead,    .     .     . 

12. 

Somers,  .     .     . 

2. 

Greenburgh,     .     . 

25. 

South  East,  .     . 

7. 

Huguenot,    .     .     . 

2. 

S.  E.  Centre,    . 

14. 

Hartford,      .     .     . 

12. 

South  Salem,    . 

11. 

Irvington,     .     . 

40. 

Stamford,    . 

35. 

Katonah, 

4. 

Thompson  ville, 

15. 

Mahopac  Falls, 

12. 

Throg's  Neck,  . 

10. 

Mount  Kisco,    . 

12. 

Tremont,     .     . 

L5. 

New  Rochelle, . 

20. 

West  Farms,    . 

12. 

North  Salem,    . 

5. 

White  Plains,  . 

i<;. 

Patterson,    .     . 

12. 

Yonkers,  1st,    . 

50. 

Peekskill,  1st.  . 

.      is. 

Westminster,  . 

15. 

2d,  . 

14. 

Yorktown,  . 

L2. 

Port  Chester,   . 

10. 

Total. 

$570. 

76  ABSTRACTS. 

The  Second  church  of  Peekskill  was  chosen  for  holding  the 
spring  meeting,  and  the  Sessions  of  the  First  and  Second 
churches  are  the  Committee  of  Arrangements.  Rev.  Mr.  Niven 
is  appointed  to  draft  the  narrative,  and  Rev.  J.  R.  Smith, 
alternate. 

Mr.  Arthur  G.  Rogers  was  examined  and  licensed  to  preach 
the  Gospel. 

The  report  of  the  committee  to  report  on  method  of  exami- 
nations (p.  64)  and  action  on  the  General  Assembly's  Overtures 
were  deferred  until  next  meeting:. 

Adjourned,  with  prayer. 

E.  F.  MUNDY, 

Stated  Cleric. 


(N.B. — The  attention  of  committees  is  called  to  the  order  passed 
June,  1875,  with  reference  to  preparing  brief  abstracts  of  reports  for 
record.     See  p.  35. ) 

tap33  These  Abstracts  are  printed  for  distribution  to  pastors  and 
elders.  Clerks  of  Sessions  are  requested  to  file  a  copy  for  preserva- 
tion and  reference.     The  Stated  Clerk  can  supply  back  numbers. 


ABSTRACTS.  77 

STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  (Second  Churcii)  April  16-18,  1878. 

Present — 32  ministers  and  27  elders. 

Rev.  E.  L.  Heermance  elected  Moderator. 

On  the  first  evening,  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  Second  Church 
when  the  subject  of  Church  Mission  work  was  considered,  and 
on  the  second  evening  in  the  First  Church  the  subject  of  Sab- 
bath-school work  was  discussed. 

Dr.  Todd  of  the  Classis  of  Westchester  appeared  and  pre- 
sented the  fraternal  salutations  of  that  body,  and  the  Moderator 
responded. 

Rev.  E.  T.  Broomfield  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York. 

A  call  of  the  Church  of  Port  Chester  to  Rev.  W.  W.  Dowd 
was  placed  on  the  docket,  and  Presbytery  resolved  that  when  it 
adjourn,  it  be  to  meet  in  that  Church,  on  May  8th,  at  7  o'clock, 
P.  M.,  and  the  following  arrangements  were  made  to  install  the 
pastor  elect  if  the  way  be  clear  : 

Time— May  8th,  at  1%  V.  M. 

To  preside,  Thr  Moderator. 

To  preach  the  sermon,  Rkv.  Mr.  Vail. 

To  charge  the  pastor,  Rkv.  Mh.  PBCRANER. 

To  charge  the  people,  Rev.  C.  W.  Baird. 

A  communication  was  received  from  Mr.  Hugh  Harbison,  and 
the  following,  on  report  of  Committee,  was  passed  : 

They  find  nothing  which  calls  for  the  action  of  Presbytery  at 
the  present  stage  of  affairs,  expecting  that  the  Hartford  Church 
will  prosecute  the  case  with  all  possible  diligence,  and  with  due 
consideration  to  Mr.  Harbison's  wishes  and  convenience. 

To  the  communication  of  Rev.  Frank  A.  Wood,  the  Stated 
Clerk  and  Mr.  Phraner  were  appointed  to  respond. 

The  following  Committees  were  appointed  : 

On  Bills  ami  Overtures — Revs.  Davison,  T.  R.  Smith,  Heroy, 
Elders,  Garey  and  Knapp. 

On  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Gordon  Mitchell — Revs.  Nixon,  Da- 
venport, and  Elder  Trowbridge. 


78  ABSTRACTS. 

On  Vacant  Churches  and  Unemployed  Ministers. — Revs.  Perry, 
Davenport,  Law,  Elders  Chaiuberlin,  and  Hollister. 

The  Stated  Clerk,  Revs.  Waite,  Adams  and  Elder  Willis  were 
appointed  to  prepare  for  the  use  of  Presbytery  a  list  of  bio- 
graphical questions,  to  be  printed,  and  answered  by  each  of  our 
ministers. 

Revs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Wallace,  and  Elder  Teller,  to  examine 
the  condition  of  the  Church  of  North  Salem. 

Presbytery  negatived  the  first  Overture  of  the  General  As- 
sembly on  Representation,  by  a  vote  of  11  Ayes,  31  Noes,  and 
the  second,  by  a  unanimous  vote. 

Delegates  to  the  Assembly  are  as  follows  : 
Ministers.  Elders. 

T.  R.  Smith,  H.  Teller,  of  Mount  Kisco. 

R.  Tkhby,  C.  E.  Gakky,  "  Tremont. 

R.  A.  Blackford,  J.  G.  Clark,  "  Bedford. 

ALTERNATES. 

T.  M.  Niden,  S.  R.  Knapp,  of  Peekskill  1st. 

R.  P.  H.  Vail,  *G.  P.  Rkevs,  "   Yonkers  1st. 

D.  W.  Lathrop,  E.  "W.  Lou.nsbury,  "   Mahopoc  Falls. 

Thomsonville  was  chosen  as  the  place  for  the  next  Stated 
meeting,  and  Throg's  Neck  Church  for  the  next  Intermediate 
meeting. 

Rev.  J.  R.  Smith,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Burr,  alternate,  are  appointed 
to  draft  the  narrative. 

The  consideration  of  the  dissolution  of  Somers  Church,  p.  74, 
is  deferred  until  the  June  Intermediate  meeting,  and  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee,  to  which  Rev.  Mr.  Heroy  and  Elder 
Mathews  are  added,  p.  67,  is  appointed  to  preach  there,  on  a 
convenient  Sabbath,  and  cite  the  congregation  to  appear. 

The  Committee  to  report  on  Method  of  Examinations,  p.  64, 
presented  a  plan.  It  was  ordered  that  a  synopsis  of  it  be 
printed,  and  it  be  considered  at  the  next  stated  meeting. 

Minutes,  expressive  of  the  sense  of  Presbytery  in  view  of  the 
deaths  of  Revs.  William  Tracy,  and  Gordon  Mitchell,  were 
adopted. 

*  Attended  in  place  of  Mr.  Garey, 


ABSTRACTS.  79 

Reports  of  Standing  Committees  are  as  follows  : 

Frcerfmen : — Number  of  our  churches  contributing  and  amount 
greater  than  last  year.     Attention  is  called, 

1st.  To  the  success  of  the  work  : — ministers  engaged  48  ; 
catechists,  23;  churches,  123  ;  communicants,  9,8S9  ;  added  on 
examination,  SS6  ;  average  to  each  minister,  18  ;  average  in 
whole  church,  only  8. 

2d.  To  the  wants  of  the  field  ;  enlargement  hindered  ;  two- 
thirds  of  churches  fail  to  contribute. 

3d.  To  the  work  of  Romanism  among  them :  spends  yearly 
$600,000  ;  lias  150  in  her  schools  ;  nearly  10,000  young  men 
in  her  higher  schools  ;  500,000  in  lower  schools.  The  formative 
period  among  Freed  men  rapidly  passing. 

Ministerial  Relief: — Committee  have  corresponded  with  delin- 
quent churches;  have  endorsed  applications  of  Mrs.  Steele  for 
$200,  Mrs.  Green  for  $150,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Gibbs  for  $125. 

Church  Extension  : — Recommended  Potts  Memorial  Church 
for  $200,  and  Katonah  for  $300;  approved  by  Presbytery. 

Verbal  reports  from  Committees  on  Education,  Sabbath  Schools 
and  Benevolence  and  Finance. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Sybrandt  was  examined  and  licensed  to  preach. 

Resolutions  of  sympathy  for  Brother  Macoubrey  were  adopted, 
and  Revs  Sahler,  Terry,  Baird  of  Rye,  Davison,  Heermance, 
and  Nixon,  were  appointed  to  supply  his  pulpit  from  April  21st 
to  May  2Gth,  inclusive. 

The  Narrative  speaks  of  earnest  work,  and  steady  growth,  al- 
though no  general  revival  has  occurred.  Eleven  churches  report 
a  quiet  work  of  grace,  only  two  of  large  ingatherings  of  souls. 
Prayer  meeting  interest  is  spoken  of,  and  increasingly  good  re- 
sults from  Sabbath-school  labors.  One  Church  has  paid  a  debt 
of  §28,000  ;  another  Church  costing  $15,000,  all  paid  for  at  the 
time  of  dedication,  another  has  $1500  as  a  building  fund,  and 
another  enlarged  at  an  outlay  of  $10,000  all  paid  for. 

Contributions  in  most  Churches  regular,  in  some  cases  an  in- 
crease of  gifts. 


80  ABSTRACTS. 

Moderators  for  Sessions  of  vacant  Churches  as  follows  i 

For  North  Salem,             ....        Rev.  Mr.  Blackford, 

"  South  Salem,  -             -             -            -                 "  "  Patterson. 

"  Darien,           -            -             -            -             .           «  «  Vail. 

"  New  Rochelle,  -             -             -             -             »    "  "  Lindsley. 

"  S.  E.  Centro,                                       *                         "  "  Macoubrey. 

"  Somers,   -  -             -             ■«             -             *     "  "  Heermance. 

"  Bethany,        -             -             -             -                       '"  "  Cummings. 

The  dissolution  of  the  pastoral  relation  between  Rev,  James 
Baird  and  the  Church  of  Paterson  is  to  go  into  effect  within  one 
year  from  this  time. 

Subjects  for  trial  pieces  were  assigned  to  candidate  Johnston. 

The  following  additional  rule,  proposed.,  is  laid  over  until  the 
next  stated  meeting  : 

At  each  stated  Spring  meeting,  all  ministers  of  this  Presbytery 
who  are  not  pastors  of  Churches  under  our  care,  shall  make  re- 
port of  their  labors  during  the  past  year. 

General  Assembly  mileage  and  entertainment  quotas  were  or- 
dered to  be  paid. 

Present  at  adjournment,  29  ministers  and  16  elders* 

E.  F,  MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk, 


ABSTRACTS.  81 


SPECIAL   MEETING. 

Yonkkks  (Westminster  Church),  May  6,  1378. 

Present — 6  ministers  and  4  elders. 

Mr.  George  "W.  Gallagher,  a  licentiate  under  our  care,  was, 
after  examination,  ordained  as  an  Evangelist. 

The  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith,  and  the 
charge  was  delivered,  by  invitation  of  Presbytery,  by  Rev.  Lewis 
\V.  Mudge,  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick. 

Adjourned  sine  die. 


ADJOURNED   MEETING. 

Port  Chester.  N.  Y.,  May  8,  1878. 

Present — 7  ministers  and  2  elders. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Willis  W.  Dowd,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Troy, 
Spencer  L.  Finney  and  Charles  H.  Riggs,  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Boston,  were  received. 

The  call  of  the  church  of  Port  (1  tester  was  approved,  and  ac- 
cepted by  Rev.  Mr.  Dowd.  and  he  was  installed  pastor,  agreeably 
to  the  previous  arrangement  (p.  77). 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  the  church  of  Throg's  Xeck,  June  18th. 


INTERMEDIATE   MEETING. 

Westchester,  N.  Y.,  June  18,  1878. 

Present — 21  ministers  and  1<»  elders. 

The  subject  of  the  dissolution  of  the  Somers  church  (pp.  74, 
78)  was  considered. 

Rev.  Messrs.  William  J.  Cumniing,  T.  Ralston  Smith,  and  Elder 
Edward  Welle  were  appointed  a  committee  to  confer  with  the 


82  ABSTRACTS. 

trustees  of  the  church,  to  investigate  all  the  legal  points  that  may 
be  affected  by  the  dissolution  of  the  church,  and  report  at  our 
next  stated  meeting;. 

Rev.  Robert  A.  Blackford  is  appointed  to  hold  occasional 
services  at  Somers. 

On  report  of  the  Church  Extension  Committee,  the  Bethany 
church  is  recommended  to  receive  an  appropriation  of  one 
thousand  dollars  from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection,  and  from 
the  Board  of  Home  Missions  five  hundred  dollars,  for  the  pres- 
ent year,  in  aid  of  the  support  of  their  pastor-elect. 

Rev.  Wilson  Phraner  is  appointed  to  confer  with  the  latter 
Board  to  obtain  in  full  this  appropriation. 

Candidate  Erederick  Johnston  obtained  leave  to  "  exercise  his 
gifts  "  during  his  present  vacation. 

Licentiate  William  K.  Eddy,  under  appointment  of  the  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions,  was  examined  with  a  view  to  his  ordination. 

It  was  ordered  that  Presbytery  ordain  him,  in  the  church 
of  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  July  11th,  at  7.15  p.m.,  and  the  following- 
appointments  are  made  for  this  service: 

To  preside,  etc.,  the  Moderator. 
To  preach  the  sermon,  Rev.  J.  Ritchie  Smith. 
To  deliver  the  charge,  Rev.  Wilson  Phraner. 
To  offer  prayer,  Rev.  R.  A.  Sawyer. 
Alternate,  Rev.  T.  M.  Niven,  Jr. 

The  Presbytery  directed  that  the  pastoral  relation  between 
Rev.  Charles  H.  Burr  and  the  church  of  Riverdale  be  dissolved 
the  first  of  August  next,  and  appointed  Rev.  E.  F.  Mundy  to 
preach  in  that  church  and  declare  the  pulpit  vacant. 

Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith  is  appointed  Moderator  of  the  Session, 
and  Rev.  R.  A.  Blackford,  in  place  of  Rev.  E.  L.  Heermance, 
resigned,  for  that  of  Somers. 

A  resolution  was  passed  that  pastors  be  instructed  to  urge  the 
formation  among  the  ladies  of  their  congregations,  of  societies  in 
aid  of  the  work  of  spreading  the  Gospel  in  home  and  foreign 
lands. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  July  11th. 


ABSTRACTS.  "s3 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  July  11,  18Y8. 
Present — 8  ministers  and  3  elders. 

Mr.  William  K.  Eddy  was  ordained  as  Evangelist,  according 
to  previous  arrangement. 

In  view  of  the  illness  of  Rev.  Mr.  Herov,  Rev.  J.  II.  Frazee 
was  appointed  to  preach  at  Bedford  next  Sabbath,  and  adminis- 
ter the  Lord's  Supper. 

Adjourned. 

E.  F.  MITNDY, 

Stated  Clerk. 


A  Table  showing  the  summation  of  the  statistical  report  of 
Presbytery  as  compared  with  the  highest,  lowest,  and 
average  of  previous  reports.     (See  p.  68). 


Number  of  ministers 
"  churches 

"  licentiates. 

"  candidates 

"  licensures. 

"  ordinations. 

"  installations. 

Pastoral  relations  dissolved. 
Added  on  examination. 

"         certificate 
Total  of  members 
Adults  baptized 
Infants         " 

Sabbath-school  membership. 
Given  to  Home  Missions . 
"        Foreign 
"       Education. 
"        Publication. 
"       Church  Erection. 
"        Ministerial  Relief. 
"       Freedmen's  Cause , 

"        Sustentation 

Presbyter}',  Synod,  and  Assembly 

Congregational  expenses ,  133,852 

Miscellaneous  objects j      8,876 


ABSTRACTS.  *>;j 


STATED    FALL   MEETING. 

Thompsonville,  Ct.,  October  1-4,  1878. 
Present — 27  ministers  and  18  elders. 

Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith  elected  Moderator. 

Rev.  George  W.  F.  Birch,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Indianapolis, 
was  received. 

On  the  first  evening  the  Moderator's  sermon  was  preached, 
and  public  religious  services  were  held  on  the  second  and  third 
evening's. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Nixon,  Adams,  Mundy,  and  Elders  Curtice  and 
Bouton,  were  appointed  to  draft  a  minute  on  the  death  of  Rev. 
Frank  A.  Wood. 

Rev.  Mr.  Mundy  is  appointed  to  declare  the  pulpit  of  Patter- 
son vacant  at  the  termination  of  the  pastoral  relation. 

Committees  were  appointed  as  follows : 

On  Bills  and  Overtures — Revs.  Heermance,  Wallace,  Phra- 
ner,  Dixon  ;  Elders  Wells,  Corning,  and  Cady. 

Judicial  Committee — Revs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Davison,  Sahler,  J. 
R.  Smith  ;  Elders  Rockwell,  Trowbridge,  and  Knapp. 

Accounts  of  Treasurer — Elders  Garey  and  John  Clark. 

Special  Cmnmittee  on  Minutes  of  General  Assembly — Revs. 
Eastman,  Cumming,  and  Elder  John  G.  Clark. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  was  accepted  and  referred  to  the 
Auditing  Committee.  Amount  received,  including  balance, 
$651.49.  Disbursed,  $591.82.  Balance  on  hand,  $62.67.  Due 
from  Churches,  $7.00;  Stated  Clerk's  bill  for  stationery,  postage, 
etc.,  $14.14. 

Report  was  approved. 

Method  for  Examination,  p.  78,  was  considered  and  referred 
to  the  Committee,  to  whom  were  added  Revs.  Wallace,  Waite, 
and  Elder  Wells. 

The  Narrative  of  the  state  of  Religion  speaks  of  few  revivals  or  large 
additions  the  past  year;  of  the  illness  of  several  pastors  as  interfering 


86  ABSTRACTS. 

with  their  labors;  of  increased  attendance  on  worship  in  many  places; 
of  greater  interest  in  prayer-meetings  and  Sabbath-schools;  of  the  times  as 
affecting  contributions,  in  one  case  causing  dissolution,  of  pastoral  rela- 
tion ;  of  the  enlargement  and  prosperity  of  the  Stamford  church ;  of  addi- 
tions to  membership  at  Hartford ;  of  good  effected  by  the  temperance  re- 
form ;  and  of  new  churches  to  be  erected  by  Bethany  and  Westminster.. 

The  January  Intermediate  meeting  is  to  be  held  in  the  Beth- 
any church,  the  spring  meeting  at  Stamford,  and  Rev.  Mr. 
Gumming  and  Rev.  Mr.  Davenport,  alternate,  are  appointed  to 
draft  the  Narrative. 

The  Stated  Clerk  is  authorized  to  print  a  list  of  questions  to 
be  used  in  collecting  biographical  information  concerning  the- 
ministers  of  this  Presbytery. 

In  view  of  the  illness  of  Rev.  Mr.  Heroy,  supplies  were  ap- 
pointed for  his  pulpit  as  follows : 

October  Oth,  Rev.  C.  W.  Baird  ;  13th,  Rev.  Mr.  Dixon  ;  20th, 
Rev.  Mr.  Cumming;  27th,  Rev.  Mr.  Sahler;  November  3d, 
Rev.  Mr.  Dowd;  10th,  Rev.  Mr.  Macoubrey ;  24th,  Rev.  Mr. 
Wallace. 

REPORTS    OF    COMMITTEES. 

On  Minutes  of  Qei>erul  Assembly — Calling  attention  to  p.  19,  Observance 
of  day  and  week  of  prayer;  pp.  25,  26,  Resolutions  1  to  6„  relating  to 
Board  of  Education  ;  p.  29,  Third  Sabbath  of  each  June,  day  of  special 
services  for  Sabbath-schools ;  p.  30,  Overture  No.  8,  in  regard  to  contribu- 
tions for  church  at  Jacksonville ;  p.  35,  Collection  for  missionary  fund  of 
Board  of  Publication ;  p.  39,  Resolution  3,  Presbyteries  enjoined  to  exer- 
cise greater  care  in  recommending  churches  to  the  Board  of  Church  Erec- 
tion ;  p.  42,  Answer  to  Overture  5,  as  to  use  of  Lesson  Leaves  ;  p.  56,  An- 
swers to  Overtures  12  and  13,  relating  to  contributions  to  the  Boards  and 
observance  of  Sabbath  ;  p.  57,  Overture  4,  Clerks  to  report  number  of  El- 
ders and  Deacons  ;  p.  65,  Overture  on  Reduced  Representation ;  p.  68, 
Resolutions  as  to  contribuiions  to  the  Commissioners  and  contingent 
funds;  p.  69,  Answer  to  Overture  14,  as  to  representation  of  elders  in 
Presbytery  and  Synod;  p.  72,  Resolution  in  regard  to  collections  for  Sua- 
tentation  Pastorates;  pp.  95,  96,  97,  Pastoral  letter  as  to  Sabbath-schools 
and  training  of  youth  ;  p.  Ill,  Resolution  4,  in  regard  to  Home  Missions, 

Freedmen — Churches  transferred  back  to  this  Committee, 
and  churches  urged  to  increase  their  contributions  to  this  cause. 


ABSTRACTS.  87 

Foreign  Missions — Three  non-contributing  churches,  same 
as  last  year;  13  have  increased,  and  20  have  decreased  their 
collections  as  compared  with  previous  year ;  total  increase, 
$738 ;  larger  amount  given  by  Sabbath-schools.  Increase  of 
deaths  among  missionaries. 

Education — One  licentiate,  Mr.  Sybrandt,  and  one  candidate, 
Mr.  Johnston,  pursuing  their  studies.  Both  recommended  to 
the  Board. 

Benevolence  and  Finance — Following  the  Assembly's  Minutes,  -we  find 
that  the  amount  contributed  by  our  churches  under  the  head  of  benevo- 
lence, is  $-27,149,  or  about  five  dollars  per  member. 

From  the  annual  reports  of  the  several  Boards,  we  learn  that  the  amount 
received  by  the  Boards  from  the  Presbytery  is  $10,905,  or  a  little  less  than 
two  dollars  per  member.  This  shows  a  decrease  over  last  year  of  $950. 
And  tlds  decrea-e  is  mainly  in  contributions  to  the  most  prominent  ob- 
jects. The  falling  off  to  Home  Missions  is  $74G ;  to  Foreign  Missions  is 
S239;  to  Education  is  $113.  To  several  other  of  the  Boards  there  was  a 
slight  increase. 

The  following  indicates  the  number  out  of  our  thirty -seven  churches 
which  made  no  contributions  to  the  respective  Boards  :  To  Home  Missions. 
6;  Foreign  Missions,  5 ;  Education,  13 ;  Publication.  12;  Church  Erec- 
tion, 15;  Ministerial  Relief,  12;  Freedmen,  15;  Sustentation,  16.  Mak- 
ing a  total  of  94  omissions  as  against  10:5  last  year.  Following  the  Assem- 
bly's Minutes,  we  find  that  16  churches  contributed  to  all  the  Boards. 

In  conclusion,  presuming  that  the  Standing  Committees  or  the  several 
Boards  will  press  their  individual  needs,  we  make  no  recommendations  at 
this  time. 

We  regret  that  no  method  has  yet  been  devised  which  will  secure  an 
offering  from  each  of  our  churches  to  the  several  Boards.  Recommenda- 
tions have  been  made  in  previous  reports,  but  they  have  not  secured  the 
end.  Attention  is  called  to  the  large  number  of  churches  which  neglect 
contributions  to  the  several  Boards. 

[t  is  recommended  that  this  report  be  printed  in  the  abstract  of  .the 
minutes,  as  furnishing  data  for  comparative  estimates  in  future  reports, 
and  providing  our  churches  with  a  brief  summary  of  their  benevolent,  work. 

It  was  ordered  that  Sessional   Records  not  in  the  house  be 
sent  up  for  examination  at  the  next  Intermediate  meeting. 
Moderators  for  the  Sessions  of  vacant  churches  are  as  follow?  : 

North  Salem Rev.  Mr.  Blackford. 


88  ABSTRACTS. 

Somers Rev.  Mr.  Blackford. 

South  Salem ''  Patterson. 

South  East  Centre "  Macoubrey. 

Darien "  Vail. 

Riverdale "  T.  R.  Smith. 

New  Rochelle >k  Lindsley. 

,      Bethany "  Birch. 

The  Sessions  of  South  Salem,  Darien,  and  Riverdale  have 
leave  to  supply  their  pulpits  until  the  next  Stated  meeting,  sub- 
ject to  the  following  action  : 

That  all  the  vacant  churches  confer  with  the  Church  Exten- 
sion Committee  in  reference  to  the  supply  of  their  pulpits; 
said  Committee  is  authorized  to  supply  the  pulpits  of  these 
churches  for  four  Sabbaths  between  this  and  the  next  stated 
meeting,  if  the  way  be  clear ;  and  of  this  action  the  Committee 
is  to  inform  these  churches. 

Presbytery  declined  to  entertain  the  complaints  of  Messrs.  R. 
and  A.  Harbison  against  the  action  of  the  Hartford  Session  ; 
also  the  request  of  that  Session  referring  to  Presbytery  the  de- 
cision in  the  trial  of  H.  Harbison,  and  instructed  the  Session  to 
issue  the  case  without  unnecessary  delay. 

The  appeal  of  Hugh  Harbison  from  a  decision  of  the  Hart- 
ford Session  was  put  on  the  docket. 

Rev.  T.  S.  Childs  gave  notice  of  complaint  to  the  Synod 
against  the  action  of  Presbytery  declining  to  entertain  the 
complaints  of  the  Messrs.  Harbison,  and  the  Rev.  T.  R.  Smith 
and  Elder  Wells  were  appointed  to  defend  our  action. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Phraner,  Mundy,  Wallace,  T.  R.  Smith,  Elders 
Wells  and  Garey,  were  appointed  to  revise  Rules  for  the  keep- 
ing of  Sessional  Records,  p.  28. 

The  following  Standing  Rule  was  adopted  : 

Ministers  of  this  Presbytery  who  are  not  pastors  of  churches 
under  our  care  shall  make  report,  at  each  Stated  Spring  meeting, 
of  their  labors  during  the  past  year. 

Action  on  the  Overture  on  Reduced  Representation,  inquiries 
as  to  the  reasons  why  churches  have  failed  to  contribute  to  Home 
and   Foreign   Missions,  and  the  appointment  of  Trustees,  was 


ABSTRACTS.  89 

postponed  until  the  Intermediate  meeting,  and  action  on  the 
report  of  the  Committee  on  Somers  church,  p.  81,  was  postponed 
until  the  Spring  meeting. 

Standing  Committees  were  reappointed  as  follows: 

I. — On  Missionary  and  Benevolent  Work. 

1 .  Church  Extension— -Revs.  T.  R.  Smith,  C.  W.  Baird,  Phra- 
ner,  Macoubrev,  Vail,  Sawyer,  F  razee;  Elders  Sarles,  Petrie,  and 
Wells. 

2.  Foreign  Missions — Revs.  Niven,  Heermance,  and  Elder 
Knapp. 

3.  Education — Revs.  Hodge,  Cummings,  Dixon,  and  Elder 
Skinner. 

4.  Ministerial  Relief — Revs.  Heroy,  Adams,  Davenport,  and 
Elder  Cady. 

5.  Benevolence  and  Finance — Revs.  Wallace,  Sahler,  and 
Elder  Sours. 

6.  Freedmen — Revs.  Allen,  Perry,  and  Elder  Curtice. 

7.  Sabbath-schools  and  Colportage — Revs.  Davison,  Barnum, 
Eastman  ;  Elders  Petrie,  and  Corning. 

8.  Presbyterial  Visitation— Revs.  Macoubrey,  Dowd,  Terry  ; 
Elders  Trowbridge,  and  Horton. 

0.  Manses — Elders  Wells,  Elder,  and  Cowdrey. 

10.  Minutes  of  General  Assembly  and  Synod — Delegates  to 
the  Assembly  for  that  year. 

These  Committees  to  report  in  writing  at  the  Stated  Fall 
meeting,  and  at  such  other  meetings  as  their  business  may 
require. 

IT. — For  Examination. 

1.  Religious  Experience  and  Views  m  Seeking  the  Ministry 
— The  Moderator. 

2.  Languages — Revs.  J.  R.  Smith,  Heermance,  dimming,  and 
Prof.  Baird. 

3.  Philosophy,  Astronomy,  and  Rhetoric — Revs.  Waite,  Cum- 
ming,  and  Eastman. 


90  ABSTRACTS. 

4.  Systematic  Theology — Revs.  Phraner,  Wallace,  and  Vail. 

5.  Church  History,  Government,  and  Sacraments — Revs. 
Hodge,  Davison,  and  Childs. 

6.  Constitution,  Government,  and  Discipline  of  the  Pi^esby- 
terian  Church — Revs.  T.  R.  Smith,  Sawyer,  and  Sahler. 

To  the  Committee  on  Languages  are  to  be  assigned  the  Latin 
Exegeses  and  Critical  Exercises  of  candidates,  and  their  Lectures 
and  Sermons  to  the  Committee  on  Philosophy,  Astronomy,  and 
Rhetoric. 

Adjourned  to  meet  on  call  of  the  Moderator  during  the  meet- 
ing of  Synod. 

E.  F.  MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk. 


ABSTRACTS.  91 


ADJOURNED   MEETING. 

New  York  City,  October  16,  1878. 
Present — 33  ministers  and  18  elders. 

The  license  of  Arthur  G.  Rogers  was  recalled. 

The  church  of  Croton  Falls  was  recommended  to  the  Board 
of  Sustentation  for  $300  for  the  current  year. 

The  election  of  Trustees  of  the  church  enterprise  at  Narragan- 
sett  Pier,  R.  L,  was  approved. 

The  appeal  of  Mr.  Harbison,  p.  88,  was  postponed  until  the 
Intermediate  meeting. 

A  minute  expressive  of  the  sense  of  Presbytery  in  view  of 
the  death  of  brother  Heroy,  was  adopted,  and  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  attend  his  funeral. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  the  Bethany  church,  January  21,  1879. 


SPECIAL   MEETING. 

New  Rochelle,  N".  Y.,  Nov.  21,  1878. 
Present — 15  ministers  and  5  elders. 

Rev.  R.  Randall  Hoes  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Monmouth. 

The  call  of  the  church  of  New  Rochelle  was  accepted  by  Mr. 
Hoes,  and  the  following  arrangements  made  for  his  installation 
this  evening: 

The  Moderator  to  preside,  etc. ; 

To  preach  the  sermon,  by  invitation,  Rev.  James  McCosh, 
D.D.,  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  ; 

To  give  charge  to  the  pastor,  Rev.  C.  W.  Baird ; 

To  give  charge  to  the  people,  Rev.  Mr.  Heermance; 

To  read  the  Scriptures,  Rev.  Mr.  Lindslev  : 

To  offer  the  prayer  of  Installation,  Rev.  J.  C.  F.  Hoes,  D.D., 
of  the  Classis  of  Kingston,  by  invitation. 


92  ABSTRACTS. 

Agreeably  to  these  arrangements,  Rev.  R.  Randall   Hoes  was 
installed  pastor  of  the  church  of  New  Rochelle. 

Adjourned. 


INTERMEDIATE   MEETING. 

North  New  York,  January  21,  1879. 
Present — 25  ministers  and  15  elders. 

A  minute  in  reference  to  the  death  of  Rev.  Frank  A.  Wood 
was  adopted. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  installation  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Birch,  pastor  of  the  Bethany  church,  February  5th,  as  follows : 

To  preside  and  preach  the  sermon,  the  Moderator ; 

Alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  Adams  ; 
To  charge  the  pastor,  "       "    Wallace ; 

Alternate,     "       "   Eastman ; 
To  charge  the  people,  "       "   Dixon  ; 

Alternate,     "       "    Cummings. 

The  application  of  the  Huguenot  Memorial  church  to  the 
Board  of  Sustentation  for  $300  per  annum. 

Record  was  made  of  the  reasons  why  delinquent  churches 
failed  to  contribute  last  year  to  the  Boards  of  Home  and  Foreign 
Missions,  p.  71. 

Rev.  Mr.  Yail  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  Board  of 
the  Trustees  of  Presbytery. 

The  call  of  the  church  of  South  Salem  to  the  Rev.  George  M. 
McCampbell  was  approved. 

The  Session  of  the  church  of  Bedford  obtained  leave  to  supply 
their  pulpit  until  our  next  stated  meeting,  and  Rev.  Mr.  East- 
man was  appointed  their  Moderator. 

The  Committee  on  Vacant  Churches  and  Unemployed  Minis- 
ters presented  a  report,  and  its  consideration  was  deferred  until 
the  next  stated  meeting. 


ABSTRACTS.  93 

The  records  of  Church  Sessions,  which  had  not  been  sent  up  to 
the  Fall  meeting,  were  examined. 

The  Committee  on  the  Condition  of  the  Church  of  North  Sa- 
lem, p.  78,  reported  progress,  and,  at  their  request,  Eev.  Mr. 
Macoubrey  was  placed  on  this  committee. 

The  apportionment,  p.  75,  on  this  church  is  reduced  to  three 
dollars. 

The  Judicial  Committee  reported,  recommending  that  the 
Appeal  of  Mr.  Harbison  be  now  heard  in  the  mode  prescribed 
in  our  book  of  Discipline.  The  report  was  accepted,  and  action 
on  it  was  postponed  until  the  next  stated  meeting. 

Action  on  the  Overture  on  Representation  was  also  postponed. 

Adjourned  to  meet  on  call  of  the  Moderator. 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

New  York  City,  February  25,  1879. 

Met  on  call  of  the  Moderator. 

Present — 25  ministers  and  13  elders. 

Rev.  George  M.  McCampbell  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation  at 
South  Salem,  March  1 2th,  at  2  p.m.,  as  follows : 

To  preside,  etc.,  The  Moderator; 

To  preach  the  sermon,  Rev.  Mr.  Birch; 

Alternate, 
To  charge  the  pastor, 

Alternate, 
To  charge  the  people. 

Alternate, 

The  Committee  on  the  Church  of  Somers,  p.  81,  presented  a 
verbal  report  and  were  continued. 

The  Presbytery  directed  that  the  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  T. 
lialston  Smith  to  the  First  church  of  Yonkers  shall  terminate  on 
the  last  day  of  next  March. 


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Davison. 

94  ABSTRACTS. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Baird  is  appointed  to  preach  in  that  church  on  the 
following  Sabbath  and  declare  the  pulpit  vacant. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Wallace,  Nixon,  Law,  and  Elder  Rich  were  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  a  minute  in  view  of  the  above  action  and  of 
the  removal  of  Dr.  Smith  to  another  field  of  labor. 

The  Committee  of  Church  Extension  were  directed  to  commu- 
nicate with  the  Board,  and  endeavor  to  secure  the  full  amount 
voted  in  aid  of  the  Huguenot  Memorial  church  from  the  Susten- 
tation  department,  p.  92. 

Records  of  Mount  Kisco  were  approved. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Stamford  on  the  third  Tuesday  of 
April. 

E.  F.  MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk. 


A  MS' I  WAITS. 


STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Stamford,  Ct.,  April  15-17,  1879, 
Present — 38  ministers  and  28  elders. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Wallace  was  elected  Moderator. 

Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith,  retiring  Moderator,  preached  on  the 
first  evening  ;  and  a  meeting  in  the  interest  of  Sabbath-schools 
was  held  on  the  second  evening. 

Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures. — Revs.  T.  Ralston  Smith, 
Phraner,  and  Frazee  ;  Elders  Milne  and  Cady. 

The  Overture  on  Reduced  Representation  was  unanimously 
rejected. 

The  Stated  Clerk  reported  that  Licentiate  Sybrandt  (p.  79")  had 
been  dismissed  to  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  Boston. 

Rev.  La  Fayette  Dudley  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Osage,  Rev.  Sidney  G.  Law  to  New  York,  and  Rev.  T.  Ralston 
Smith  to  Buffalo. 

The  Stated  Clerk  was  empowered  to  [dismiss  Rev.  T.  C.  Perry 
to  the  Presbytery  of  Montreal. 

The  appeal  of  Mr.  Harbison  (pp.  88,  91,93)  was  taken  up, 
and  after  consideration,  it  was  recommended  by  Presbytery  that 
the  Session  of  the  church  of  HartforTS  give  Mr.  Harbison  a  let- 
ter of  dismission  to  another  church  ;  and  the  parties  consenting 
to  this,  the  prosecution  of  the  appeal  was  dropped. 

Commissioners  to  the  Assembly  are  : 

Ministers.  Elders. 

R.  P.  II.  Vail,  E.  Wells,  of  Peekskill,  2d. 

T.  M.  Niven,  1).  F.  Kollister,  of  Bridgeport. 

W.  Phraner,  A.  Trowbridge,  of  Bethany. 

Alternates. 

E.  L.  Ilcermance,         M.  R.  Baxter,  of  Throg's  Neck. 
G.  Nixon,  W.  C.  Foote,  of  Yonkers,  1st. 

E.  V.  Mundy,  C.  E.  Lee,  M.D.,  of  Croton  Falls. 


96  ABSTRACTS. 

Rye  was  selected  as  the  place  for  the  next  Stated  meeting, 
and  Riverdale  for  the  next  Intermediate  meeting. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Davenport,  and  Birch  as  alternate,  are  appointed 
to  draft  the  Narrative. 

Licentiate  William  R.  Lord  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Newark,  and  examined  for  ordination. 

The  call  of  the  church  of  Riverdale  for  the  pastoral  services 
of  Mr.  Lord  was  approved,  and  the  following  arrangements  were 
made  for  ordination  : 

Time,  Wednesday,  April  30th,  at  2  p.m.  The  Moderator  to 
preside  and  offer  the  ordaining  prayer : 

To  preach  the  sermon,  Rev.  Dr.   Dnryea  ; 

Alternate,        "      "     Tucker; 
Charge  to  the  pastor,        "     Mr.  Burr  ; 

Alternate,        "       "     Davenport; 
Charge  to  the  people,       "       "    Adams ; 

Alternate,        "       "    Eastman. 

The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  R.  A.  Saw}rer  to  the  church  at 
Irvington  was  dissolved,  and  Rev.  W.  Pliraner  was  appointed  to 
preach  in  that  church  next  Sabbath,  and  declare  the  pulpit 
vacant. 

The  time  for  declaring  the  Patterson  pulpit  vacant  was 
changed  from  the  third  Sabbath  in  April  until  the  first  Sabbath 
in  May. 

Minutes  were  adopted  in  view  of  the  release  of  Rev.  R.  A. 
Sawyer,  and  the  removal  of  Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith  to  a  distant 
field. 

Moderators  for  vacant  Church  Sessions  are  as  follows : 

Irvington,     -----  Rev.  Phraner, 

Yonkers,  1st,     -     -     -     -  Prof.  Baird, 

North  Salem,    -     -     -     -  Rev.  Gray, 

Riverdale,     -----         "     Dixon, 

i  Bedford,       -----        "     Eastman, 

Somers,    ------        "     Blackford, 

Darien,    ------        "     Vail, 


ABSTRACTS.  9? 

South  E.  Centre,   -    -     -     Rev.  Macoubrey, 
Patterson,    -----        «  " 

Patterson,  Yonkers  1st,  Irvington,  Bedford,  North  Salem,  and 
Darien  received  permission  to  supply  their  pulpits  until  the  next 
Stated  meeting,  subject  to  the  Rule  adopted  at  Thompson ville 
(see  p.  88). 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Gallagher  presented  the  work  of  Home  Mis- 
sions in  Utah,  and  he  was  cordially  commended  to  our  churches. 

The  Committees  appointed  to  install  Rev.  Mr.  Birch  (p.  92), 
and  Rev.  Mr.  McCampbell  (p.  93),  reported  the  discharge  of 
these  duties. 

The  Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures  reported  two  papers : 
One  asking  the  Assembly  to  carry  out  the  consolidation  of  the 
work  of  the  Freedmen's  Committee  with  the  Board  of  Home 
Missions,  and  reverse  the  action  of  the  last  Assembly,  p.  81  ;  the 
second  asking  Presbytery  to  overture  the  General  Assembly  to 
a] 'point  a  Committee  to  report  on  the  propriety  of  having  the 
temporalities  of  churches  in  the  care  of  the  officers  who  manage 
their  spiritual  affiiirs. 

The  Committee  recommend,  as  to  both  of  these  papers,  no 
action  be  adopted,  and  it  was  so  ordered. 

Repokts  of  Standing  Committees. 

On  Minutes  of  Synod. — Calling  attention  to  action  on  pp.  10, 
1 1,  as  to  Unemployed  Ministers;  to  pp.  11,  12,  14,  15,  to  action 
on  Historical  Papers  ;  pp.  L6  and  22,  commending  the  Histori- 
cal Society ;  to  p.  20,  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Benevo- 
lent Work  of  the  Church,  which  bears  witness  to  the  fidelity  of 
our  churches,  and  we  urge  upon  them  to  seek  a  yet  higher 
standard;  to  the  appointment  of  the  Committee  to  represent 
Woman's  work  in  the  bounds  of  Synod  in  the  interest  of  Mis- 
sions ;  also,  to  the  fact  that  a  number  of  the  members  of  this 
Presbytery  left  Synod  without  permission  ;  that  fourteen  minis- 
ters were  absent,  and  eight  churches  not  represented  ;  and  it  is 
recommended  that  Presbytery  urge  its  ministers  to  punctually 
attend  Synod,  and  its  churches  to  send  a  ruling  elder. 

The  report  was  adopted. 


98  ABSTRACTS. 

Church  Extension. — Culled  attention  to  the  lack  of  funds  for 
its  work,  and  reported  an  application  of  the  church  of  Katonah 
for  aid  from  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  for  $250  per  year, 
which  was  endorsed. 

Ministerial  Relief. — On  report  of  the  Committee  the  follow- 
ing; persons  were  recommended  for  aid  :  Mrs.  T.  C.  Steele,  $200  ; 
Rev.  D.  Gibbs,  $125;  Mrs.  J.  Green,  $100;  Mrs.  Wood- 
ruff, $150. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  fact  that  the  amounts  thus  voted  are 
in  excess  of  the  sum  contributed. 

The  following;  was  put  on  the  docket : 

Resolved,  That  in  future  no  person  shall  be  recommended  for 
aid  from  Ministerial  Relief  who  does  not  reside  in  our  bounds, 
excepting  those  who  are  now  recommended. 

Sabhath-Sehools.  —  Reported  the  printing  and  distribution 
throughout  Presbytery  of  a  table  embracing  statistics  of  our 
Sabbath-schools. 

Education. — Reported  in  relation  to  the  candidates  who  had 
been  under  our  care  during  the  year. 

The  Narrative  reports  no  general  outpouring  of  the  Spirit? 
but  a  few  additions  to  most  of  the  churches  ;  while  the  churches 
of  Sing  Sing,  Westminster,  Hartford,  Bridgeport,  Port  Chester, 
and  Katonah,  speak  of  special  works  of  grace.  In  a  few  cases 
full  prayer-meetings  are  reported,  and  nearly  all  our  Sabbath- 
schools  are  in  a  prosperous  condition. 

In  most  of  the  churches  there  has  been  a  decline  in  contri- 
butions. 

Mr.  Allan  D.  Draper  was  received  as  a  candidate  for  the 
ministry  from  the  Presbytery  of  Waterloo,  and,  after  examina- 
tion, Messrs.  Frederick  Johnston  and  Draper  were  licensed  to 
preach. 

The  Committee  to  Revise  Rules  for  the  keeping  of  Sessional 
Records  (p.  88),  reported  that  Rule  V.  be  amended  by  striking 
out  all  after  the  word  "  Session,"  and  insert  the  words,  "  which 


ABSTRACTS.  99 

order  shall  be  recorded  as  the  authority  for  that  particular 
minute." 

That  the  following  new  rule  be  adopted : 

That  Sessions  keep  and  record  in  a  separate  book  from  their 
own  records  the  proceedings  of  Church  and  Congregational 
meetings. 

These  changes  were  adopted. 

The  consideration  of  the  following  rules  was  deferred  until 
the  Intermediate  meeting : 

1.  That  an  abstract  of  the  reports  to  Presbytery  on  the  state 
of  religion  be  entered  on  the  records  of  Sessions ; 

2.  The  application  of  parents  for  the  baptism  of  their  chil- 
dren shall  be  acted  on  by  the  Session,  and  recorded. 

The  consideration  of  the  report  on  Unemployed  Ministers,  etc., 
reports  of  ministers  not  pastors  of  Presbyterian  churches ;  in- 
quiry as  to  pastors  preaching  on  Infant  Baptism,  etc.,  and  the 
consideration  of  the  following  resolution,  were  deferred  until  the 
Intermediate  meeting: 

Resohed,  That  the  several  Committees  for  examination  be  re- 
quired to  prepare  a  list  of  questions  to  be  put  to  candidates, 
which  shall  be  printed  under  direction  of  the  Stated  Clerk. 

The  Committees  on  the  Churches  of  Somers  (p.  93)  and 
North  Salem  (p.  93)  presented  verbal  reports  and  were  continued. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Baird  was  appointed  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Church  Extension,  in  place  of  Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith,  removed 
to  another  Presbytery  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Birch  was  added  to  the  Commit- 
tee on  Ministerial  Relief;  and  Rev.  J.  A.  Hodge,  transferred  from 
the  Committee  to  Examine  on  Church  History,  etc.,  to  rill  the 
place  of  Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith  on  the  Committee  to  Examine  on 
the  Constitution,  Government,  and  Discipline  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Riverdale,  April  30th,  at  10  o'clock  a.m. 

E.  F.  MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk. 


100  ABSTRACTS. 


ADJOURNED   MEETING. 

Riverdale,  N.  Y.j  April  30,  1879. 
Present — 9  ministers  and  3  elders. 

The  Church  Extension  Committee  reported  that  in  virtue 
of  the  authority  committed  to  them  by  Presbytery  at  its  last 
meeting,  they  had  organized  a  church  in  the  city  of  Yonkers, 
composed  of  94  members,  to  be  called  the  Day  Spring  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  ordained  three  deacons,  and  three  elders, 
viz. :  Messrs.  William  Bates,  Thomas  Moore,  and  Hugh  H. 
Ferguson. 

The  report  was  accepted,  the  name  of  the  Day  Spring  Church 
was  put  on  the  roll,  and  Elder  Ferguson  being  present,  took  his 
seat  in  Presbytery. 

Mr.  Charles  E.  Allison  was  received  as  a  licentiate  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Hudson. 

The  call  of  the  Day  Spring  Church  was  accepted  by  him, 
and  after  he  had  been  examined,  it  was  ordered  that  Presbytery 
meet  this  evening  in  Yonkers,  for  the  purpose  of  ordaining  and 
installing  him,  and  that  the  order  of  service  be  as  follows : 

The  Moderator  to  preside,  etc. 

To  preach  the  sermon,  Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith ; 

Alternate,         "      W.  Phraner ; 
To  offer  the  ordaining  prayer,  Rev.  Mr.  Dixon  ; 
To  charge  the  pastor,  Rev.  R.  A.  Sawyer ; 
To  charge  the  people,     "     J.  R.  Smith. 

Presbytery  took  a  recess  until  two  o'clock  this  afternoon,  at 
which  time  Mr.  William  R.  Lord  was  ordained  and  installed 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Riverdale. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Yonkers  this  evening,  at  a  quarter  to  eight  o'clock. 


ABSTRACTS.  101 

SECOND    ADJOURNED   MEETING. 

Yonkers  (First  Church),  April  30,  1879. 

Present — 8  ministers  and  3  elders. 

Mr.  Charles  E.  Allison  was  ordained,  and  installed  pastor  of 
the  Day  Spring  Presbyterian  Church. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Riverdale,  N.  Y.,  on  the  third  Tuesday 
of  June. 


INTERMEDIATE   MEETING. 

Eiverdale,  N.  Y.,  June  17,  1870. 

Present — 22  ministers  and  9  elders. 

Mr.  Hugh  Harbison  presented  a  communication,  stating  that 
the  Session  of  the  Hartford  Church,  in  sending  him  his  letter 
of  dismission,  anuexed  to  it  a  copy  of  their  record,  to  which  he 
objected.    See  Abstracts,  page  95. 

It  was  referred  to  the  following  Judicial  Committee:  Rev. 
Messrs.  Macoubrey,  Birch,  Phraner  ;  Elders  Fowler  and  Crosby. 

The  Committee  subsequently  reported,  and  the  following 
minute  was  adopted : 

That  the  paper  of  Mr.  Harbison  be  returned  as  informal  and 
out  of  order.  But  in  view  of  all  the  circumstances,  and  in  the 
hope  of  avoiding  controversy,  it  be  recommended  that  the 
Session  so  amend  their  record,  that  after  the  incorporation  of 
the  resolution  of  Presbytery,  it  read  as  follows :  Session  accept- 
ing this  advice  of  Presbytery,  and  in  view  of  the  reasons  given 
by  Presbytery,  we  hereby  remove  the  sentence  of  suspension 
from  Mr.  Harbison,  and  direct  the  Clerk  to  give  him  a  certificate 
of  dismission,  in  the  form  advised  by  Presbytery. 


102  ABSTRACTS. 

The  following  Standing  Rule  was  proposed : 

Examinations  for  licensure  and  ordination,  at  the  stated  meet- 
ings of  Presbytery,  shall  be  the  first  order  on  the  second  day 
of  the  sessions. 

This  item,  and  the  resolution  on  page  98,  in  relation  to  aid 
from  the  Relief  Fund,  proposed  changes  in  the  rules  for  the 
keeping  of  sessional  records,  the  report  on  Unemployed  Minis- 
ters and  vacant  churches,  Inquiry  as  to  pastors  preaching  on 
Infant  Baptism  (see  Abstracts,  pages  43,  44),  and  the  resolution 
on  page  99,  were  postponed  until  the  next  stated  meeting. 

Reports  were  heard  from  ministers  not  in  charge  of  Presby- 
terian churches. 

Mr.  James  Jamieson,  of  the  church  of  Port  Chester,  was  re- 
ceived as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry,  and  his  pastor  and  Rev. 
C.  W.  Baird  were  appointed  to  have  supervision  of  his  studies, 
and  to  assign  him  subjects  for  trial  exercises. 

The  Committees  appointed  to  declare  the  pulpits  of  Irvington 
and  Patterson  vacant,  reported  that  the  service  had  been  dis- 
charged. 

The  Bethany  Church  was  recommended  to  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions  for  $500  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Adjourned  te  meet  in  Rye  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  October. 

E.  F.  MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk. 


ABSTRACTS.  103 


The  following  is  the  summation  of  the  Statistical  Report  of 

Presbytery    for    this    year.      For    comparison,    see  Abstracts, 
page  84. 

Number  of  Ministers 58 

"          Churches 88 

"         organized 1 

' '          Licentiates 4 

Candidates 0 

Licensures .  2 

Ordinations 3 

"  Installations 5 

Pastoral  relations  dissolved 4 

Added  on  Examination 229 

Certificate 159 

Total  membership 5,683 

Adults  baptized 72 

Infants         "       180 

Sabbath  School  membership 5,648 

Given  to  Home  Missions $6,647 

Foreign      "       5,529 

"        Education 705 

Publication 413 

Church  Erection , .  582 

"        Ministerial  relief 609 

"        Freedmen's  cause 460 

"        Sustentation 371 

Presbytery,  Synod,  and  Assembly 562 

"        Congregational  expenses 91,973 

Miscellaneous  objects 11,403 


ABSTRACTS.  104 

STATED  FALL  MEETING. 

Eye,  N.  ¥.;  October  7-9,  1879. 

Present — 37  ministers  and  28  elders. 

Rev.  Mr.  Smith  was  elected  Moderator. 

Rev.  James  IT.  Hoyt  was  received  from  the  Classis  of  Westches- 
ter, and  Rev.  C.  B.  Dye  wras  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Albany. 

A  request  for  the  organization  of  a  church  at  Pleasantville, 
JSf.  Y.,  was  referred,  with  power,  to  the  Church  Extension  Com- 
mittee. 

The  Stated  Clerk  reported  that  dismissions  had  been  given  to 
Rev.  Henry  M.  Hazeltine,  to  the  Berkshire  South  Association, 
and  to  licentiates  Johnston  and  Draper,  to  place  themselves  re- 
spectively under  the  care  of  the  Presbyteries  of  Kearney  and 
Lyons. 

The  name  of  licentiate  James  Fitzpatriek,  who  had  bee,n  or- 
dained by  a  Presbytery  in  Nova  Scotia,  was  dropped  from  the 
roll. 

The  following  addition  wras  made  to  Rule  6  of  Rules  for  the 
keeping  of  Records  of  Sessions,  viz. :  "  That  an  abstract  of  the 
reports  to  Presbytery,  on  the  state  of  religion,  be  entered  on  the 
minutes.'' 

Committees  were  appointed  as  follows : 

On  Bills  and  Overtures,  Revs.  Wallace,  Barnum,  Dixon, 
Elders  Wells,  and  Cady. 

On  Accounts  of  Treasurer,  Elders  Foster  and  Cragin. 

Revs.  Sahler,  C.  W.  Baird,  and  Waite  were  appointed  to 
report  a  plan  by  which  Presbytery  may  aid  vacant  churches  to 
obtain  pastors. 

The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  C.  W.  Adams  to  the  Church  of 
West  Farms  is  to  cease  on  the  30th  Oct.,  and  the  pastor  is  ap- 
pointed to  declare  the  pulpit  vacant. 

Rev.  Mr.  Terry  is  released  from  the  Second  Church  of  Peek- 
skill,  Nov.  17th,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Vail  is  to  declare  the  pulpit 
vacant. 

Rev.  Mr.  Blackford's  pastorate  is  to  close  Jan.  1,  1880,  and 
Mr.  Sahler  is  appointed  to  declare  the  pulpit  vacant. 

The  following  was  put  on  the  docket : 

Resolved:  That  in  forming  the  Standing  Committees,  new 
chairmen  shall  be  elected  for  two  years  from  those,  if  possible, 


105  ABSTRACTS. 

who  Lave  served  at  least  one  year  on  the  committee,  and  one- 
third  of  each  committee  is  to  be  retired,  and  their  places  filled 
by  other  members  of  Presbytery. 

The  Treasurer  presented  his  report,  showing  cash  received, 
$621.67;  paid  out,  $604.19;  balance  on  hand,  $20.48. 

Revs.  Mundy,  Lord,  and  Elder  Knapp  are  a  Committee  to 
bring  in  a  report  in  relation  to  the  finances  of  Presbytery. 

The  call  of  the  church  of  Bedford  was  returned  to  the  church 
as  unconstitutional,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Macoubrey  was  appointed  to 
explain  to  the  church  the  grounds  of  this  action. 

In  answer  to  a  request  from  the  Bethany  Church,  to  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  Presbytery  would  state 
that  this  power  belongs  to  the  Synod,  and  would  express  their 
strong  desire  to  have  the  church  remain  with  us. 

It  was  ordered  that  the  following  Sessions  send  their  records 
to  the, next  intermediate  meeting,  viz.:  Croton  Falls,  Huguenot 
Memorial,  Irvington,  New  Rochelle,  Somers,  and  South  East 
Centre. 

The  church  of  Tremont  was  commended  to  the  sister  churches 
of  this  and  New  York  Presbyteries,  for  aid  in  the  liquidation  of 
its  debt. 

REPORTS    OF    STANDING    COMMITTEES  : 

Chu?'ch  Extension. — Received  from  the  churches,  $367.83 ; 
paid  to  Katonah,  $100,  to  Huguenot  Memorial,  $250.  Balance; 
deducting  expenses,  $14.58. 

Many  churches  have  failed  to  contribute,  while  some  have  not 
redeemed  their  pledges.  Churches  are  to  inform  the  Committee 
between  the  spring  and  fall  meetings  of  the  amounts  they  will 
give. 

Foreign  Missions. — Only  one  chinch  has  failed  to  contribute  ; 
aggregate  smaller  than  last  year ;  churches  urged  to  use  means 
to  increase  their  gifts,  and  to  observe  the  Monthly  Concert. 

Sabbath-schools. — Report  speaks  of  the  desirability  of  holding 
among  the  churches  Sabbath-school  conventions;  2d  Sabbath  of 
May,  day  of  special  prayer  and  services  for  Sunday-schools  ;  pub- 
lications of  our  Board  commended;  statistics  to  be  gathered  by 
this  Committee,  and  pastors  and  superintendents  are  to  promptly 
fill  up  and  return  blanks  sent  for  this  purpose. 

Visilation—Fvesbyterial  visitation  of  churches  to  be  carried 
out  during  the  coming  six  months. 


ABSTRACTS.  106 

Benevolence.— According  to  tables  in  the  Assembly's  Minutes, 
our  churches  have  given  to  the  Boards  five  thousand  dollars 
more  than  is  credited  in  the  several  reports,  and  to  miscellane- 
ous objects  over  $1,000  more  than  to  our  own  Boards,  although 
three  of  the  Boards  (Home,  Foreign,  Education),  began  the  year 
with  a  debt.  Ordered  that  the  following  part  of  the  report  be 
printed  entire : 

Following  the  Minutes  of  the  Assembly  our  churches  have  contributed  to  benevo- 
lence of  all  kinds  $26,718,  being  at  the  rate  of  $4.77  per  member. 

The  contributions  given  directly  to  our  Boards  are  $10,303.43,  being  a  decrease  of 
$603  over  the  last  year,  and  of  $1,553  over  the  report  of  two  years  ago.  Must  we 
continue  to  decline  from  year  to  year?  Are  the  churches  growing  poorer,  or  is  the 
spirit  of  benevolence  decaying? 

On  the  other  hand,  there  are  one  or  two  encouraging  facts — twenty-two  out  of  our 
thirty-six  contributing  churches  have  filled  up  all  the  blanks.  Last  year,  76  collec- 
tion'; went  by  default,  this  year  only  49.  A  less  number  than  we  have  ever  before 
readied. 

It  is  stated  in  Assembly's  Minutes  for  this  year,  p.  621,  "  That  in  the  list  of  our  38 
Synods,  New  York  stands  first,  giving  $6.68  for  each  church-member."  In  the  last 
Minutes  of  Synod,  p.  20,  it  is  stated  that  our  Presbytery  "  bears  off  the  palm  "  for 
showing  the  fewest  deficiencies  in  the  benvolent  columns  of  auy  Presbytery  in  the 
Synod.  Forming  a  part  of  the  most  liberal  Synod  in  our  denomination,  and  having 
gained  such  favorable  commendation,  shall  we  not  be  stimulated  to  do  still  greater 
things  for  the  honor  of  the  Master,  and  to  maintain  the  distinction  we  have  so  hon- 
orably achieved? 

In  order  to  this,  we  recommend  to  the  churches  that  each  one  adopt  some  proper 
Scriptural  system  of  giving,  and  that  a  contribution  be  taken  for  all  the  Boards. 

Inasmuch,  as  in  many  instances,  when  churches  become  vacant,  contributions  for 
Benevolence  are  discontinued,  and  this  is  one  cause  which  leads  to  so  many  blanks 
in  our  columns,  resolved  that  the  Sessions  are  urged  to  do  their  duty  in  continuing 
the  benevolent  contributions  at  such  times. 

Aud  we  call  especial  attention  to  the  last  two  resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly 
as  embraced  in  the  Assembly's  Committee  on  Benevolence,  on  p.  623  of  the  Minutes. 

Resolved,  That  in  view  of  the  fact  that  so  many  of  our  churches  fail  to  contribute 
to  all  the  Boards  of  our  Church,  in  the  judgment  of  this  Assembly,  the  members  of 
all  our  congregations  have  a  right  to  an  opportunity  to  contribute,  at  least,  once  a 
year,  to  each  of  the  Boards,  as  required  by  the  highest  authority  of  the  Church,  and 
the  Sessions  of  the  churches  have  no  right  to  withhold  the  opportunity. 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  duty  of  each  minister  in  charge  to  give  information,  set 
forth  the  privilege  of  giving,  and  urge  the  claims  of  each  Board  in  connection  with 
the  annual  collection. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

On  Minutes  of  Assembly. — Call  attention  to  the  following- 
items  : 

Page  559,  Literature  of  our  Board  ;  p.  563,  To  care  in  recom- 
mendation of  candidates,  and  as  to  securing  for  them  remuner- 
ative employment  during  vacation  ;  pp.  573,  585,  Observance  of 
Monthly  Concert;  pp.  574,  575,  Resolutions  1,  2,  5,  6  ;  p.  604, 
Resolutions  as  to  Board  of  Education  ;  p.  618,  Day  of  prayer  and 


107  ABSTRACTS. 

services  for  Sabbath-schools ;  p.  625,  Minute  relative  to  the  the- 
atre ;  p.  627,  Observance  of  the  Sabbath;  p.  627,  In  relation  to 
the  reading  of  secular  papers  on  the  Sabbath  by  church  members. 

The  call  of  the  First  Church  of  Yonkers,  to  the  Rev.  John 
Reid  was  approved,  and  retained  until  Mr.  Reid's  reception. 

Revs.  Hodge,  Dowd,  and  Macoubrey  were  appointed  to  confer 
with  candidate  Jamieson. 

Presbytery  took  action  to  co-operate  with  the  plans  proposed 
by  the  last  General  Assembly's  Committee  on  Systematic  Bene- 
ficence, and  Revs.  Niven,  Dowd,  and  Elder  Cady  are  to  nomin- 
ate persons  to  serve  on  our  Committee  of  Benevolence. 

Moderators  for  sessions  of  vacant  churches  : 

For  IrvingtoD Rev.  Phraner, 

"  North   Salem "  Gray, 

"  Bedford "  Hoyt, 

"  Soiners "  Blackford, 

"  Darien "  Vail, 

"  West  Farms "  C.  W.  Baird, 

"  Crotou  Falls "  Sahler, 

"  Peekskill  Secoud "  Smith, 

"  South  E.  Centre "  Macoubrey, 

"  Patterson "                " 

The  churches  of  West  Farms,  Peekskill  Second,  Croton  Falls, 
Patterson,  North  Salem,  and  Darien  have  leave  to  supply  their 
own  pulpit?,  subject  to  action  of  Presbytery  (Abstracts,  p.  88), 
until  the  next  Stated  Meeting. 

The  next  Stated  Meeting  is  to  be  held  at  Bridgeport,  and  the 
Intermediate  Meeting,  in  the  Huguenot  Memorial  Church. 

Rev.  Mr.  Birch,  with  Rev.  Mr.  Dixon  as  alternate,  are  to  draft 
the  Narrative. 

The  appeal  of  Mr.  Harbison,  p.  95,  was  dismissed  from  the 
docket. 

The  Narrative  speaks  of  regular,  faithful  ministrations,  good 
attendance,  and  hopeful  attention.  The  majority  of  the  churches 
report  absence  of  spiritual  enthusiasm,  only  a  few  seasons  of  re- 
freshing.    Need  of,  and  ardent  desire  for,  a  revival  keenly  felt. 

Inquiry  as  to  pastors  preaching  on  infant  baptism,  p.  44,  was 
postponed  until  the  spring  meeting. 

Adjourned,  to  meet  at  Middletown,  N".  Y.,  during  the  meeting 
of  Synod.  E.   F.   MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk. 


ABSTRACTS.  108 

ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Middletotvn,  N.  Y.,  October  21,  1879. 

Present — 21  ministers  and  9  elders. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Rev.  J.  Hatfield  Frazee  and 
the  church  of  Mount  Kisco  was  dissolved,  to  take  effect  Nov. 
1st,  and  Mr.  Frazee  was  dismissed  to  the  Oneida,  Chenango, 
and  Delaware  Association. 

Rev.  Mr.  Eastman  is  appointed  Moderator  of  the  Session  of 
Mount  Kisco  church. 

The  Rev.  Dwight  M.  Seward  having  returned  the  certificate 
■dismissing  him  to  the  Presbytery  of  NewT  York,  p.  54,  obtained 
a  dismission  to  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth. 

Mr.  James  Jamieson,  p.  102,  obtained  leave  to  have  his  name 
dropped  from  the  roll  of  candidates. 

On  report  of  the  Committee  on  Presbyterial  Visitation,  it  was 
ordered  that  before  the  work  of  the  several  Committees  is  com- 
menced, there  be  observed — 

1st.  A  day  of  special  prayer  as  pastors  in  our  homes ;  and 

2d.  A  day  when  the  pastors  shall  meet  in  devotional  confer- 
ence and  prayer  in  fervent  supplication  for  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  on  our  churches. 

The  Committee  were  empowered  to  arrange  for  these  days. 

Rev.  John  Reid  wTas  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Jersey 
City. 

The  call  of  the  First  Church  of  Yonkers,  p.  107,  was  accepted 
by  him,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  his  installation  as  fol- 
lows : 

Time,  Thursday,  Nov.  6,  at  7.30  p.m. 

To  preside,  etc.  The  Moderator. 

To  preach  the  sermon,  Rev.  T.  Ralston  Smith. 

Alternate,  "     Charles  W.  Baird. 

To  charge  the  pastor,  "     J.  Dixon. 

Alternate,  "     T.  M.  Niven. 

To  charge  the  people,  "     D.  M.  Seward. 

Alternate,  "     W.  Phraner. 

The  election  of  certain  persons  as  Trustees  of  the  enterprise 
at  Narragansett  Pier,  R.  I.,  was  approved. 

The  following  persons  were  chosen  as  a  Committee  on  Benev- 
olence in  place  of  the  one  previously  appointed,  p.  89 : 


109 


ABSTRACTS. 

Kev. 

Mr 

Wallace, 

Chairman. 

u 

a 

Niven, 

To 

represent  Foreign  Missions. 

tt 

a 

Pliraner, 

"           Home  Missions. 

a 

a 

Hodge, 

"           Education. 

u 

a 

Childs, 

"           Church  Erection. 

u 

a 

Adams, 

"           Ministerial  Relief. 

(t 

u 

Allen, 

"           Freedmen. 

a 

a 

Sahler, 

"           Publication. 

u 

b< 

Davenport, 

"           Sustentation. 

It  was  resolved  to  appoint  a  Standing  Committee  on  Home 
Missions,  p.  110. 

The  application  of  the  Huguenot  Memorial  Church  for  aid 
from  Home  Missions  for  $500  per  annum  was  approved. 

Adjourned  to  meet  at  Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  20,  1880. 


INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Pelham  Manok,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  20,  1880. 

Present — 27  ministers  and  14  elders. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate  was  received  from  the  Manhattan 
Congregational  Association,  and  Rev.  Willard  Scott  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Jersey  City. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  installation  of  Mr.  Scott  at 
West  Farms,  as  follows  : 

Time,  January  26,  at  7.45  p.m. 


To  preside,  etc. 

The  Moderator. 

To  preach  the  sermon, 

Rev.  Charles  W.  Baird 

Alternate, 

"     Mr.  Yail. 

To  charge  the  pastor, 

"       "    Macoubrey. 

Alternate, 

"       "    Terry. 

To  charge  the  people, 

"       "    Adams. 

Alternate, 

"       "    Reid. 

Arrangements  were  made  to  install  Rev.   James   H. 
pastor  of  the  Bedford  Church,  pp.  104,  105,  as  follows : 
To  preside,  etc.,  The  Moderator. 

To  preach  the  sermon,  Rev.  J.  D.  Wilson 

(of  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  be  invited). 
Alternate,  Rev.  Mr.  Davison. 

To  charge  the  pastor,  "       "     Dixon. 

Alternate,  "       "     Wallace. 


Hoyt 


ABSTRACTS.  110 

To  charge  the  people,  Rev.  Mr.  Phraner. 

Alternate,  "       "     Heermance. 

The  following  persons  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  co-oper- 
ate with  the  church  of  Bedford  in  preparing  for  the  celebra- 
tion of  their  Two  Hundredth  Anniversary :  Rev.  Messrs.  C.  W. 
Baird,  Eastman,  Wallace,  Phraner,  and  Elders  Foster  and 
Pudney. 

It  was  also  resolved  that  a  Committee  (to  consist  of  those 
members  of  Presbytery  who  are  present)  be  appointed  to  attend 
the  above  anniversary  services,  as  representative  of  the  inter- 
est of  Presbytery  in  said  church. 

The  following  were  appointed  to  serve  as  a  Standing  Com- 
mittee on  Home  Missions:  Rev.  Messrs.  Phraner,  Allison,  and 
Elder  Brown. 

The  organization  of  a  church  at  Pleasantville,  K.  Y.,  by  the 
Committee  of  Church  Extension,  p.  104,  was  approved. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Phraner,  Baird,  and  Terry  are  appointed  to  con- 
fer with  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  as  to  granting  in  full  the 
application  of  the  Bethany  Church,  p.  109. 

The  attention  of  the  Home  Mission  Committee  is  called  to 
the  nature  of  the  composition  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions? 
and  to  the  proposal  to  have  some  of  the  rural  Presbyteries  of 
this  Synod  represented  in  said  Board. 

The  Committee  on  Ministerial  Relief  were  instructed  to  con- 
sider and  report  upon  the  plans  of  the  Clergy  and  Teachers' 
Provident  Society. 

The  Stated  Clerk  was  directed  to  correspond  with  Rev.  James 
Baird  with  reference  to  his  ecclesiastical  relations. 

The  apportionment  of  money  due  from  the  church  of  South 
East  is  reduced  from  seven  to  five  dollars. 

The  church  of  Somers  is  excused  from  the  payment  of  the 
sums  due  from  them  for  the  last  two  years. 

The  amount  annually  required  to  meet  the  expenses  of  the 
Presbytery,  Synod,  and  General  Assembly,  is  apportioned  among 
the  several  churches  as  follows,  these  sums  to  be  paid  in  at  the 
Spring  Meeting: 

Bedford, $20 !  Darien, $6 

Bethany, 10!  Day  Spring, 5 

Bridgeport, 30  ,  Gilead,       12 

Croton  Falls, 7  |  Greenburgh, 25 


Ill 


ABSTRACTS. 


Sing  Sing, 
Somers, 


....  $35 

....  2 

South  East, 5 

South  E.  Center,      ...  15 

South  Salem, 18 

Stamford, 45 

Thompson ville,    ....  20 

Throgg's  Neck,   .     .     .     .  12 

Tremont, 12 

West  Farms, 12 

White  Plains,      ....  16 

Westminster, 20 

Yonkers,  1st, 45 


14 


Hartford $22 

Huguenot, 3 

Irvington, 30 

Katonah, 6 

Mahopac  Falls,  ....  14 
Mount  Kisco,  .  .  .  .  15 
New  Rochelle,  ....  25 
North  Salem,       ....       3 

Patterson, 12 

Peekskill,  1st,  ....  22 
Peekskill,  2d,  ....  12 
Port  Chester,  ....  12 
Potts  Memorial,  ....     12 

Poundridge, 8    Yorktown, 

Riverdale, 22 

Eye, 45  Total, $649 

The  Sessions  of  our  churches  are  directed  to  carefully  revise 
their  rolls  of  members  at  least  once  a  year  ;  to  keep  on  a  separate 
list  the  names  of  those  who  have  been  absent  for  more  than  two 
years,  and  whose  residence  is  unknown,  and  to  omit  names  thus 
recorded  from  their  statistical  reports.    (See  Digest,  pp.  627,  628). 

It  was  also  ordered  that  the  time  to  be  included  in  these 
statistical  reports  shall  be  from  the  first  day  of  April  of  one 
year  until  the  first  day  of  April  of  the  next  year,  and  Sessions 
are  instructed  to  complete  their  reports  and  to  hand  them  in  at 
or  before  the  Spring  Meeting  of  Presbytery. 

It  was  resolved  that  the  records  of  churches  dissolved  by 
Presbytery  be  placed  in  the  possession  of  the  Stated  Clerk. 

The  Committee  to  propose  a  plan  to  aid  vacant  churches  to 
secure  pastors,  p.  104,  reported  progress  and  are  continued. 

The  resolution  offered  at  the  last  Stated  Meeting,  p.  104,  as 
to  the  formation  of  the  Standing  Committees,  was  deferred  until 
the  next  Stated  Meeting. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Bridgeport  on  the  third  Tuesday  of 
April.  E.  F.  MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk. 

N.  B. — The  following  rule  was  adopted  at  the  last  Stated 
Meeting : 

Examinations  for  licensure  and  ordination,  at  the  Stated  Meet- 
ings, shall  be  the  first  order  on  the  second  day  of  the  sessions. 


ABSTRACTS.  113 


STATED   SPRING  MEETING. 

Bridgeport,  Conn.,  April  20-22,  1880. 

Present — 85  ministers  and  20  elders. 

Rev.  Mr.  Dixon  was  elected  Moderator. 

A  communication  from  the  Synod  of  Pittsburgh  in  relation 
to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions,  was  referred  to  the  Committee 
on  Home  Missions,  and  on  the  recommendation  of  this  Commit- 
tee, no  action  was  taken  upon  it. 

Attention  was  called  to  the  importance  of  securing  a  wider 
circulation  of  the  foreign,  Missionary. 

The  Stated  Clerk  presented  the  correspondence  of  Bev.  James 
Baird.  See  Abstracts,  p.  110.  It  was  subsequently  ordered  that 
in  view  of  his  having  applied  for  orders  in  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church,  his  name  be  dropped  from  our  roll. 

The  following  Committees  were  appointed  : 

On  Bills  and  Overtures — Messrs.  Hodge,  Eastman,  and 
Elder  Fowler. 

Judicial  Committee — Messrs.  Wallace,  Allison,  and  Elder  J. 
H.  Trowbridge. 

The  Committee  on  Home  Missions  reported  that  the  Board 
had  consented  to  increase  the  appropriation  to  the  Huguenot 
Memorial  Church  to  $100.     Abstracts,  pp.  109-110.* 

The  Committees  appointed  to  install  Rev.  Messrs.  Scott  and 
Hoyt,  p.  109,  reported  that  the  duty  had  been  performed. 

Yorktown  was  selected  for  the  Stated  Fall  Meeting,  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Dixon,  with  Rev.  Mr.  Scott  as  alternate,  was  appointed  to 
draft  the  Annual  Narrative  for  Synod. 

The  Westminster  Church  of  Yonkers  was  chosen  for  the  next 
Intermediate  Meeting.  It  was  resolved  that  this  meeting  con- 
tinue two  days,  and  in  connection  with  it  there  be  held  a  Sab- 
bath-school Convention,  beginning  on  the  evening  of  the  first 
day.  The  Standing  Committee  on  Sabbath-schools,  and  the 
pastors  of  the  three  churches  in  Yonkers,  are  to  make  arrange- 
ments for  this  convention. 

*  Erratum.— On  page  110,  line  19  from  top,  for  "Bethany,"  read  "Huguenot 
Memorial." 


114  ABSTRACTS. 

Inquiry  was  made  of  pastors  as  to  preaching  on  Infant 
Baptism,  p.  44. 

The  Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly  are  : 

Ministers.  Elders. 

H.  A.  Davenport.  A.  Chamberlin,  of  Croton  Falls. 

J.  R.  Smith.  J.  O.  Eggleston,  of  North  Salem. 

C.  W.  Adams.  S.  R.  Knapp,  of  Peekskill,  1st. 

Alternates. 

R.  A.  Sawyer.  E.  Bon  ton,  of  South  Salem. 

A.  R.  Maeoubrey.  H.  A.  Lee,  of  Potts  Memorial. 

D.  D.  Sahler.  W.  H.  Foster,  of  GKlead. 

It  was  resolved, 

That  in  the  conviction  of  the  increasing  value  of  the  devo- 
tional services  at  the  regular  meetings  of  Presbytery,  a  Commit- 
tee consisting  of  Messrs.  Maeoubrey,  Davenport,  and  Elder 
Mathews,  be  appointed  to  report  if  any  greater  advantage  can 
be  secured  in  this  regard. 

The  following  minute  was  also  adopted  : 

1.  In  view  of  the  importance  of  prompt  action  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  Presbyterian  service  at  Brewster's,  it  is  enjoined  upon 
the  church  at  South  East  Centre  to  take  immediate  steps  for 
the  occupation  of  that  field. 

2.  That  it  is  the  judgment  of  Presbytery  that  the  removal  of 
South  East  Centre  church  to  the  station  would  be  eminently 
wise,  and  we  recommend  that  they  endeavor  to  accomplish  this 
removal. 

3.  That  a  Commission  of  three  ministers,  Messrs.  Sawyer, 
Baird,  and  Phraner,  and  two  elders,  Messrs.  Wells  and  Ma- 
thews, be  appointed  to  convey  these  resolutions  to  the  above 
church  with  power  to  act. 

The  subject  of  the  transfer  of  the  Bethany  Church,  Minutes 
of  Synod,  1879,  p.  22,  was  referred  to  the  Standing  Committee 
on  the  Minutes  of  Synod. 

Reports  were  received  from  ministers  not  in  charge  of  Presby- 
terian churches,  in  regard  to  their  labors  during  the  past  year. 

The  Narrative  of  the  state  of  religion  was  presented,  showing 
that  the  ordinances  have  been  regularly  maintained,  churches 


ABSTRACTS.  115 

are  united,  the  Sabbath-school  work  prosperous,  but  lamenting 
the  absence  of  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost  in  the  degree  that 
was  so  greatly  desired,  and  which  alone  can  make  church  ma- 
chinery effective  for  the  end  for  which  God  hath  ordained  it. 

The  General  Assembly  is  overtured  to  require  Presbyteries 
to  report  annually — 

1.  The  number  of  vacant  churches,  and  how  many  of  these 
are  dependent  on  the  Board  of  Home  Missions. 

2.  The  number  of  ministers  without  charge  who  are  able  and 
willing  to  engage  in  the  active  work  of  the  ministry. 

Rev.  Robert  A.  Blackford  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Hudson,  and  Rev.  Spencer  L.  Finney  to  the  Presbytery  of  Red- 
stone. 

The  call  of  the  church  of  Croton  Falls  for  the  services  of  Mr. 
Finney  was  returned. 

Rev.  George  W.  Morrill  was  received  from  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church. 

Moderators  for  the  Sessions  of  vacant  churches  are  as  follows  : 
For  Croton  Falls,  Rev.  Sahler. 

"     Irvington,  "    Choate. 

"     North  Salem,  "    Gray. 

"     Soiners,  "    Cumming. 

"     Darien,  "    Vail. 

"     Peekskill,  2d,  "    Smith. 

"     South  E.  Centre,  "    Macoubrey. 

"     Patterson,  "  " 

"     Mount  Kisco,  "    Eastman. 

"     Pleasantville,  «    Mundy. 

The  churches  of  Mount  Kisco,  Irvington,  Patterson,  and 
Peekskill,  2d,  received  permission  to  supply  their  pulpits  until  the 
next  stated  meeting,  subject  to  the  action  passed  at  Thompson- 
ville,  October,  1878. 

The  Committee  on  Church  Extension  reported,  recommend- 
ing that  the  church  at  Katonah  receive  aid  from  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions  to  the  amount  of  $200,  and  this  recommenda- 
tion was  approved.  The  Committee  urges  a  more  liberal  sup- 
port from  the  churches,  only  about  one-third  of  which  have  con- 
tributed to  this  work  of  Church  Extension  in  our  own  bounds. 


116  ABSTRACTS. 

The  Committee  on  Education  reported  the  tact  that  at  present 
we  have  no  candidates  for  the  ministry  on  our  roll,  that  the  Board 
was  in  pressing  need  of  funds,  and  that  several  of  our  churches 
did  not  contribute  to  this  cause  the  past  year. 

The  Stated  Clerk  was  appointed  Committee  on  Supplies  for 
the  pulpits  of  Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly. 

Present  at  the  close — 27  ministers  and  15  elders. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Westminster  Church,  June  15th. 

E.  F.  MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk. 


The  following  is  the  summation  of  the  Statistical  Report  of 

Presbytery   for    this   year.      For    comparison,    see  Abstracts, 
pp.  84  and  103. 

Number  of  Ministers 55 

Churches 39 

"                  "        Organized   1 

"           Licentiates 2 

"          Candidates 0 

"           Licensures 0 

"           Ordinations 0 

"           Installations 3 

"           Pastoral   relations  dissolved 4 

Added  on  Examination 216 

Certificate 211 

Total  Membership 5,753 

Adults  baptized 70 

Infants       "        . .- 169 

Sabbath-school  membership 6,118 

Given  to  Home  Missions $6,940 

"          Foreign     "      5,550 

"          Education .' 615 

"          Publication 519 

"          Church  Erection 592 

"          Ministerial  relief 873 

"          Freedmen's  cause 561 

"          Sustentatlon 378 

"         Presbytery,  Synod,  and   Assembly 647 

"          Congregational  expenses 95,661 

"         Miscellaneous  objects 9,273 


ABSTRACTS.  117 


INTERMEDIATE   MEETING. 
Fonkers,  N.  Y.  (Westminster  Church),  June  15,  16,  1880. 

Present — 27  ministers  and  17  elders. 

Rev.  James  W.  Johnston  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Colorado,  and  Rev.  Lewis  II.  Reid  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Chicago. 

The  Standing  Committee  on  Sabbath-schools  reported  a  pro- 
gramme of  exercises  for  the  Sabbath-school  Convention,  which 
was  adopted. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  installation  of  Mr.  Johnston 
at  Mount  Kisco,  as  follows: 

Time — Tuesday,  June  29th,  7§  p.m. 

To  preside,  The  Moderator. 

To  preach,  Rev.  Mr.  dimming. 

Alternate,     "       "     Heermance. 

To  charge  the  pastor,  "       "     Wallace. 

Alternate,     "       "     Macoubrey. 

To  charge  the  people,  "       "     Eastman. 

Alternate,     "       "     Hoyt. 

Miss  Fanny  A.  Lee,  a  member  of  the  church  of  Thompson- 
ville,  was  recommended  as  a  suitable  person  to  be  employed  in 
the  mission  work  of  the  Ladies'  Executive  Committee  of  Home 
Missions. 

A  minute  was  adopted  expressing  approval  of  the  formation 
of  Women's  Missionary  Societies  in  our  churches,  and  Revs. 
John  Reid  and  Thornton  A.  Niven  were  appointed  to  express 
to  the  ladies  at  their  proposed  meeting  for  organization  in  the 
fall,  the  interest  and  approval  of  Presbytery. 

The  call  of  the  church  of  Pleasant vi lie  for  the  services  of 
Licentiate  M.  P.  Welcher  was  approved,  and  is  retained  by 
Presbytery,  awaiting  his  dismission  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Lyons. 

Addresses  were  delivered  by  Rev.  Willard  Parsons,  on  the 
Fresh  Air  Fund  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  children  of  New 


118  ABSTRACTS. 

York,  and  by  Riv.  Antonio  Arrighi,  on  the  work  of  the  Free 
Christian  Church  of  Italy. 

The  Bethany  church  was  recommended  to  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions  for  aid  to  the  amount  of  $500. 

The  matter  of  the  transfer  of  this  church  to  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York,  was  committed  to  the  Trustees  of  Presbytery, 
p.  114. 

Rev.  Charles  W.  Baird  and  Elder  Mathews  were  appointed 
to  examine  the  records  of  the  church  of  New  Rochelle. 

The  Sabbath-school  Convention  was  held,  agreeably  to  previ- 
ous order,  pp.  113,  117. 

A  minute  expressing  approval  of  the  action  of  the  General 
Assembly,  in  appointing  Rev.  J.  A.  Worden  Secretary  of  the 
Sabbath-school  Department  was  unanimously  adopted. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Yorktown,  October  5th. 

E.   F.   MUNDY, 

Stated  Clerk.    , 


ABSTRACTS.  119 


Decennial  Statement  of  the  Work  of  the  Presbytery  Pre- 
pared by  Tns  Stated  Clerk.     See  p.  39. 


The  Presbytery  of  Westchester  was  organized  October,  1870. 
It  then  embraced  55  ministers  and  35  churches. 

It  has  since  received  61  ministers,  organized  6  churches,  dis- 
missed 59  ministers,  and  disbanded  2  churches. 

One  minister  lias  been  deposed,  the  name  of  one  dropped 
from  the  roll,  and  9  have  died. 

It  has  constituted  14  ordinations,  40  installations,  licensed  16 
candidates,  and  dissolved  33  pastoral  relations. 

It  has  held  76  meetings,  of  which  20  were  stated,  31  adjourned, 
12  intermediate,  and  13  special  meetings. 

The  number  of  communicants  reported  in  1S71  was  4,538, 
and  the  number  in  18S0  was  5,753. 

The  present  number  of  ministers  on  the  roll  is  57,  churches 
39,  and  the  total  eldership  in  these  churches  is  about  155. 

The  stated  meetings  of  Presbytery  have  been  held  by  invita- 
tion in  the  following  churches:  Sing  Sing,  Stamford  (1871"), 
Peekskill  2d  (1871),  Mount  Kisco,  Thompsonville  (1872),  Eye 
(1873),  Bedford,  Stamford  (1874),  Peekskill  1st,  New  Eochel'le, 
Greenburgh,  Yonkers  1st,  Mabopae  Falls,  Bridgeport  (1877), 
White  Plains,  Peekskill  2d  (1878),  Thompsonville  (1878),  Stam- 
ford (1879),  Eye  (1879),  and  Bridgeport  (1880). 

The  intermediate  meetings,  instituted  in  1875,  in  the  follow- 
ing churches :  West  Farms,  Hartford,  Tremont,  Katonah,  Potts 
Memorial,  Croton   Falls,  Westminster  (1878),  Throgg's   Neck, 


120  ABSTRACTS. 

Bethany,  Riverdale,  Huguenot  Memorial,  and  Westminster 
(1880). 

The  Moderators  of  Presbytery  have  been  Messrs.  C.  W.  Baird, 
Lathrop,  Phraner,  Hinsdale,  T.  It.  Smith,  Hancock,  Wallace, 
Sawyer,  Mudge,  Macoubrey,  Hodge,  Barnum,  Mundy,  Sahler, 
Nixon,  Davison,  Heermance,  T.  R.  Smith,  Wallace,  J.  R.  Smith, 
and  Dixon. 

The  Presbytery  was  incorporated  May  11,  1872.  Its  Trus- 
tees are  Messrs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Sawyer,  Macoubrey,  Yail,  and. 
Elders  Eliphalet  Wood,  Sarles,  Joseph  Banks,  Wells,  and  Hill. 


ABSTRACTS.  121 


STATED    FALL   MEETING. 

Yokktown,  K  Y.,  Oct.  5-6,  1880. 

Present — 32  ministers  and  24  eldeis. 

Rev.  Mr.  Eastman  was  elected  Moderator. 

Rev.  Julius  L.  Danner  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Morris  and  Orange,  and  Licentiate  Manfred  P.  Welcher  from 
the  Presbytery  of  Lyons. 

The  death  of  Rev.  Samuel  II.  Cox  was  announced,  and  a 
suitable  minute  was  adopted;  and  at  the  hour  of  his  funeral 
Presbytery  spent  a  season  in  devotional  and  memorial  services. 

The  Moderator  appointed  the  following  committees: 

On  Bills  and  Overtures — Ministers  Dixon,  Jolmstoiij  and 
Elder  Decatur. 

Judicial  Committee — Ministers  Yail,  J.  Reid,  and  Elder 
Parsons. 

Auditing  Committee — Elders  White  and  Milne. 

To  nominate  the  Standing  Committees — Ministers  Mundy, 
Smith,  and  Elder  Otis. 

The  Treasurer  reported  as  follows : 

Amount  received,  $672.48.  Amount  disbursed,  $629.86. 
Balance  on  hand,  Oct.  1st,  $42.62. 

White  Plains  was  chosen  as  the  place  for  the  next  Intermedi- 
ate meeting,  and  Sing  Sing  for  the  next  Stated  meeting. 

Rev.  Mr.  Scott  and  Rev.  Mr.  Mc Campbell,  alternate,  are  ap- 
pointed to  draft  the  Narrative. 

Attention  was  given  to  Rule  29,  and  the  Stated  Clerk  was  di- 
rected to  correspond  with  the  churches  which  are  delinquent  as 
to  pastors'  salaries,  and  with  those  not  responding,  and  report  at 
the  next  Intermediate  meeting. 

On  Tuesday  evening  the  retiring  Moderator  preached  his  ser- 
mon, and  on  Wednesday  evening  the  subject  of  Systematic  Be- 
nevolence was  considered. 


122  ABSTRACTS. 

It  was  ordered  that  Sessional  records  not  in  the  house  be  pre- 
sented at  the  Intermediate  meeting. 

It  was  announced  that  a  Ladies'  Missionary  Society  had  been 
formed  within  our  bounds,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Yail  was  appointed  to 
express  to  the  ladies,  at  their  meeting  in  Stamford  next  spring, 
the  interest  and  approval  of  Presbytery. 

The  following  action  was  taken  in  relation  to  the  Somers 
Church : 

1st.  That  the  Union  Church  of  Somers  be  dissolved  from  this 
date. 

2d.  That  the  records  of  the  church  be  placed  in  the  hands  of 
the  Stated  Clerk,  who  has  power  to  dismiss  the  remaining  mem- 
bers. 

3d.  The  disposition  of  the  church  edifice  is  referred  to  the 
Trustees  of  Presbytery  to  make  such  arrangements  with  the  So- 
ciety as  may  be  deemed  best,  and  to  take  such  control  of  the 
property  as  they  may  be  authorized  by  law  to  do. 

Presbytery  adopted  a  minute  recording  their  sense  of  gratitude 
to  God  for  His  goodness  as  manifested  toward  its  ministers  and 
churches  during  the  first  ten  years  of  its  history. 

The  work  of  Protestant  evangelization  in  France  and  other 
parts  of  Europe  was  noticed,  and  the  Rev.  W.  W.  Newell,  Jr., 
who  represents  this  movement,  was  commended  to  the  favor  of 
our  churches. 

REPORTS   OF   STANDING   COMMITTEES. 

I  Church  Extension — Twenty-two  churches  have  contributed  during  the  year, 
and  for  the  year  now  beginning,  pledges  of  money  have  been  received  from 
sixteen  churches.  The  application  of  the  church  of  South  East  for  aid  from 
the  Board  of  Home  Missions  for  $200  per  annum  from  June  1st  was  approved. 

Foreign  Missions — Only  four  churches  have  failed  to  contribute,  one  of  which 
is  now  dissolved,  one  has  been  recently  organized,  and  one  has  faithfully  prom- 
ised a  contribution  this  year. 

Attention  of  pastors  and  churches  is  earnestly  called  to  the  great  opening  in 
foreign  lands,  and  to  the  pressing  need  of  funds  for  enlargement. 

Ministerial  Relief- -Contributed,  $704  ;  amount  drawn  out,  $42o.  Number  of 
churches  contributing,  28  ;  non-contributing,  10. 

Minutes  of  Assembly — Attention  is  called,  in  addition  to  the  Reorganization 


ABSTRACTS.  1 23 

of  Synods,  p.  73;  p.  23,  to  action  on  the  Overture  from  this  Presbytery  ;  p.  27, 
to  the  minute  requiring  Presbyteries  to  assign  a  portion  of  time  to  the  con- 
sideration of  the  Sabbath-school  work,  ami  commending  to  churches  the  publi- 
cations of  our  own  Board  ;  p.  51,  to  list  of  topics  for  week  of  prayer  and  the 
observance  of  day  of  prayer  for  colleges,  etc.;  p.  77,  to  the  minute  in  regard  to 
the  frequent  dissolution  of  the  pastoral  relation,  enjoining  Presbyteries  to  give 
clear  and  full  instruction  on  this  subject  at  the  time  of  installation  ;  p.  85,  to 
exercise  care  in  the  reception  of  ministers  from  other  denominations,  that  evi- 
dence of  thorough  collegiate  and  theological  training  be  required,  with  a  par- 
ticular examination  in  Theology  ;  p.  173,  to  Recommendations  4  and  5. 

Benevolence — In  addition  to  the  following  abridgment,  it  was  ordered  that 
there  be  printed  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  of  the  report  in  full,  to  place  one 
copy  in  each  uf  our  families. 

The  Report  embraces  37  churches — omits  Somers  and  Fleasantville. 

Total  of  contributions  as  taken  from  Assembly's  minutes,  $25,295,  a  decrease  of 
$1,423  from  last  year.  Contributed  directly  to  the  Boards,  $11,502,  an  increase 
of  $1,200  over  last  year,  lifting  us  back  to  the  ratio  of  1876. 

Sixteen  churches  contributed  to  every  cause,  viz:  Sing  Sing,  Rye,  Mahopac 
Falls,  South  East,  Bethany,  Thompsonville,  Stamford,  Huguenot  Memorial, 
Yonkers  1st,  Yonkers  Westminster,  Peekskill  1st,  Bedford,  Yorktown,  River- 
dale,  West  Farms,  and  Darien. 

Contributed  to  all  the  Boards  but  one :  Bridgeport,  Mt.  Kiaco,  South  Salem, 
Patterson,  and  South  East  Centre. 

To  all  but  two :  Gilead,  Hartford,  Pound  Ridge,  and  New  Rochelle. 

Yonkers  Day  Spring,  Katonah,  Greenburg,  and  Croton  Falls,  failed  to  three 
Boards. 

Potts  Memorial  to  four. 

Tremont,  White  Flains,  Portchester,  and  Irvington  gave  only  to  Home  and 
Foreign  Missions. 

Throgg's  Neck  to  Home  Missions  alone. 

Peekskill  2d  and  North  Salem  made  contributions  to  none. 

1.  The  report  calls  attention  to  the  action  of  Presbytery  last  year,  and  in- 
quires why  one-third  of  our  churches  should  continue  delinquent  from  year  to 
year,  and  urges  the  support  of  all  the  Boards. 

2.  Argues  the  need  of  each  church  to  give  from  system  and  with  New  Testa- 
ment liberality. 

3.  Urges  the  responsibility  of  ministers  and  elders  to  overcome  difficulties 
and  develop  the  churches  in  giving.  The  want  of  faith  and  courage  on  the  part 
of  Pastors  and  Sessions  has  often  operated  to  hinder  growth  in  benevolence. 

4.  Emphasizes  the  training  of  the  young  in  benevolence  and  the  appropria- 
tion of  the  missionary  funds  of  the  Sabbath-schools  to  our  own  Mission  Boards. 

5.  Commends  the  formation  of  Women's  Boards  in  all  the  churches  and 
the  good  work  already  done. 

0.  In  order  to  overcome  the  spirit  of  covetousness  and  avoid  running  into 
the  form  instead  of  the  true  spirit  of  Christian  giving,  urges  a  constant  super- 
vision of  methods  and  prayerful  fidelity  in  instruction. 


124  ABSTRACTS. 

Home  Missions — Only  two  churches  have  not  contributed  to  this  cause,  which 
is  c  unmended  to  the  prayerful  consideration  of  the  churches. 

Education  -  To  the  fact  that  we  have  no  candidates  for  the  ministry,  that  the 
Board  began  the  year  with  a  debt  of  $900,  and  is  now  in  need  of  funds  to  meet 
the  appropriations  now  due. 

Action  on  the  Overture  on  the  Reorganization  of  Synods  was 
deferred  until  next  spring. 

It  was  ordered  that  the  first  hour  of  the  second  day  of  the 
Slated  meetings  be  assigned  to  devotional  exercises. 

The  Committee  on  Presbyterial  Visitation  is  empowered  to 
arrange  for  special  devotional  services,  after  the  plan  observed 
last  fall.     Abstracts,  p.  108. 

On  report  of  the  Commission,  p.  Ill,  the  following  was 
adopted  :  While  Presbytery  would  greatly  prefer  that  the  South 
East  Centre  Church  would  assume  the  conduct  of  service  at 
Brewster's  Station,  in  accordance  wTith  our  action  last  spring, 
and  the  subsequent  action  of  the  congregation,  yet  under  a  tense 
of  its  own  duty,  and  convinced  that  the  interests  of  religion 
would  suffer  from  further  delay,  Presbytery  directs  the  Commit- 
tee of  Church  Extension  to  institute  services  at  the  Station,  in 
case  the  Centre  Church  fails  to  initiate  them  by  the  time  of  our 
next  Intermediate  meeting,  and  Rev.  C.  W.  Adams  is  appointed 
to  communicate  this  action  to  that  church. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  installation  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Choate  at  Irvington,  October  13th,  as  follows  : 

To  preside,  etc The  Moderator. 

To  preach  the  sermon Prof.  Hitchcock. 

Alternate Rev.  J.  Reid. 

To  charge  the  pastor Rev.  Mr.  Terry. 

Alternata Rev.  Mr.  Niven. 

To  cl  arge  the  people Rev.  Mr.  Sawyer. 

Alternate Rev.  Mr.  Phraner. 

Licentiate  Welcher  was  examined,  and  the  following  arrange- 
ments made  for  his  ordination  and  installation  at  Pleasautville, 
December  2d  (p.  117),  at  T  o'clock  p.m. 

To  preside,  etc The  Moderator. 

To  preach  the  sermon Rev.  Mr.  Vail. 

Alternate Rev.  Mr.  Eastman. ' 


ABSTRACTS.  125 

To  give  charge  to  the  pastor Rev.  Mr.  Phraner. 

Alternate Rev.  Mr.  Johnston. 

To  give  charge  to  the  people Rev.  Mr.  Mundy. 

Alternate Rev.  C.  W.  Baird. 

Moderators  for  vacant  Church  Sessions  are : 

For  North  Salem Rev.  G ray. 

For  Darien Rev.  Vail. 

For  Peekskill,  2d Rev.  Danner. 

For  South  East  Centre Rev.  Macouhrey. 

For  Patterson Rev.  Macoubrey. 

For  Croton  Falls Rev.  Sahler. 

For  Plea&antville Rev.  Johnston. 

North  Salem  is  permitted  to  supply  its  own  pulpit  for  the 
next  six  months,  subject  to  action  passed  at  Thompsonville, 
October,  1878,  p.  88. 

Standing  Committees  were  appointed  as  follows  : 

I. — On  Missionary  and  Benevolent  Work. 

1.  Church  Extension — Ministers  C.  W.  Baird,  Phraner, 
Macoubrey,  Vail,  J.  Beid,  Eastman  ;  Elders  Petrie,  Wells, 
Ban  dell. 

2.  Home  Illusions  and  Sustentation — Ministers  Heermance 
Allison,  Morrill,  and  Elder  Brown. 

3.  Foreign  Missions — Ministers  Niven,  Heermance,  Gray, 
and  Elder  Knapp. 

4.  Education — Ministers  Hodge,  Cummings,  Dixon,  and  Elder 
Skinner. 

5.  Publication — Ministers  Sahler,  Hoes,  Cumming,  and  El- 
der Cady. 

6.  Church  Erection—  Ministers  Hoyt,  Dowd,  Choate,  and  El- 
der W.  II.  Parsons. 

7.  Ministerial  Relief— Ministers  Adams,  Davenport,  Birch, 
and  Elder  Otis. 

8.  Freedmen — Ministers  Allen,  Scott,  Danner,  and  Elder 
l!iggerstaff. 

9.  Sahlath-schools  and  Colportage — Ministers  Davison,  Bar- 
mim,  McCampbell,  and  Elders  Corning  and  White. 


12G  ABSTRACTS. 

10.  Presbyterial  Visitation — Ministers  Macoubrey,  C.  W. 
Baird,  Lord,  and  Elders  Willis  and  Milne. 

11.  Manses — Elders  Cady,  John  Clark,  and  Wheeler. 

12.  Minutes  of  General  Assembly  and  Synod — The  delegates 
to  the  Assembly  each  year. 

13.  Benevolence — Rev.  Mr.  Wallace  and  the  chairmen  of  Com- 
mittees Nos.  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  and.  8. 

These  Committees  to  report  in  writing  at  the  Stated  Fall 
Meeting,  and  at  such  other  meetings  as  their  business  may 
require. 

II. — Foe  Examination. 

1.  Religious  Experience  and  Views  in  Seeking  the  Ministry 
— The  Moderator. 

2.  Zanguages—~Messr&.  Smith,  Cumming,  and  Hoes. 

3.  Philosophy,  Astronomy,  and  Rhetoric — Messrs.  Nixon, 
Allison,  and  Choate. 

4.  Systematic  Theology — Messrs.  Phraner,  Heermance,  and 
Vail. 

5.  Church  History,  Church  Government,  and  Sacraments — 
Messrs.  Hodge,  Davison,  and  J.  Reid. 

6.  Constitution,  Government,  and  Discipline  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church — Mundy,  Sahler,  and  Niven. 

To  the  Committee  on  Languages  are  to  be  assigned  the  Latin 
Exegeses  and  Critical  Exercises  of  candidates,  and  their  lectures 
and  sermons  to  the  Committee  on  Philosophy,  Astronomy,  and 
Rhetoric. 

The  committee  on  the  North  Salem  Church,  p.  78,  is 
continued. 

Elders  W.  H.  Parsons,  Milne,  and  Townsend  were  appointed 
to  provide  ways  and.  means  to  procure  a  safe  for  the  preservation 
of  records  of  Presbytery. 

Present  at  adjournment,  2G  ministers  and  14  elders. 

Adjourned  to  meet  on  call  of  the  Moderator  during  the  meet- 
ing of  Synod. 

.     E.  F.  MUNDY,  Stated  Cleric. 


ABSTRACTS.  127 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  20th,  1880. 

Present— 26  ministers  and  20  elders. 

Rev.  Chauncey  D.  Rice  was  received  from  the  Classis  of 
Poughkeepsie,  and  Rev.  Robert  B.  Mattice  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Hudson. 

Application  of  Croton  Falls  for  aid  from  the  Board  of  Home 
Missions  for  $-50,  approved. 

The  churches  of  Tremont  and  Potts  Memorial,  notified  Pres- 
bytery of  their  intention  to  ask  Synod  to  transfer  them  to  the 
Presbytery  of  New  York,  and  Presbytery  respectfully  declined 
to  agree  to  the  transfer. 

Adjourned  to  meet  at  Pleasantville,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  2d,  at  7  p.m. 


SECOND  ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Pleasantville,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  2d,  1880. 

Present — -1  ministers  and  1  elder. 

Mr.  Manfred  P.  Welcher  was  ordained,  and  installed  pastor 
of  the  church. 

Adjourned  to  meet  at  White  Plains,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of 
Januarv,  1S81. 


128  ABSTRACTS. 


INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  18th,  1881. 

Present — 31  ministers  and  19  elders. 

Rev.  Isaac  L.  Kip  was  received  from  the  Classis  of  Westches- 
ter, and  candidate  William  S.  Kelsey  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Geneva. 

Mr.  Kelsey  received  permission  to  pursue  his  studies  at  Hart- 
ford Seminary,  and  was  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Education. 
His  pastor,  Rev.  J.  A.  Hodge,  was  appointed  to  supervise  his 
studies,  and  to  assign  him  subjects  for  his  trial  exercises. 

With  reference  to  service  at  Brewster's  Station  (pp.  114,  124), 
the  following  minute  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  Presbytery  approve  the  report  of  the  Church 
Extension  Committee,  and  that  they  be  directed,  in  connection 
with  the  Centre  church,  to  institute  services  at  Brewster's  im- 
mediately, with  the  view  of  the  speedy  establishment  of  a  Pres- 
byterian church  at  that  village. 

Rev.  E.  E.  Mundy  resigned  the  offices  of  Stated  Clerk  and 
Treasurer,  and  Rev.  Carson  W.  Adams  was  elected  to  supply 
his  place. 

Rev.  H.  Randall  Waite  was  released  from  the  Huguenot  Me- 
morial church,  and  he  was  appointed  to  preach  and  declare  the 
pulpit  vacant. 

Rev.  Charles  C.  Wallace  was  released  from  the  church  of  Ma- 
hopac  Falls,  and  Rev.  C.  W.  Adams  was  appointed  to  preach  in 
that  church  on  the  first  Sabbath  of  February,  and  declare  the 
pulpit  vacant. 

The  above  churches  have  permission  to  supply  their  own  pul- 
pits until  the  next  Stated  meeting;  and  Moderators  of  Sessions 
were  appointed  as  follows: 

For  Huguenot  Memorial,         .         .     Rev.  Mr.  Dixon. 
"     Mahopac  Falls,         .         .  "      "     Sahler. 

"     Patterson,        .         .         .  "       "     Kip. 


ABSTRACTS.  129 

Rev.  E.  F.  Mjndy  is  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick,  and  Rev.  C.  C.  Wallace  to  that  of  Boston. 

Adjourned  to  meet  in  Bedford  on  the  occasion  of  the  celebration 
of  the  two  hundredth  anniversary  of  that  church,  March  22d,  at 
11  o'clock  A.M. 

E.  F.  MITNDY,  Stated  Clerk. 


N.  B. — The  following  Standing  "Rules,  having  been  adopted 
since  the  Rules  were  printed  (see  Abstracts,  pp.  12,  13,  etc.),  are 
here  appended  for  information  of  members  of  Presbytery. 

The  page  given  indicates  the  page  in  the  volume  of  Records 
where  the  Rule  is  engrossed. 

Rule  No.  1  to  read  as  follows  : 

The  Stated  meetings  of  Presbytery  shall  be  held  on  the  third 
Tuesdays  of  April,  and  the  first  Tuesdays  of  October  in  each 
year,  and  regular  Intermediate  meetings  on  the  third  Tuesdays 
of  January  and  June.     Vol.  1,  p.  862. 

No.  32. — That  committees  in  connection  with  their  full  re- 
ports shall  present  abstracts  that  may  be  entered  upon  the  rec- 
ords of  Presbytery  as  the  substance  of  their  deliverances,  and  a 
copy  of  all  recommendations  adopted  shall  by  these  committees  be 
given  to  the  Clerk,     p.  397. 

No.  33. — The  Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly  each 
year,  shall  be  a  committee  to  report  in  writing  at  the  Fall  meet- 
ing on  the  minutes  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  at  the  Spring 
meeting  on  the  minutes  of  Synod,     p.  473. 

No.  34. — Ministers  not  pastors  of  churches  under  our  care  are 
to  make  report,  at  each  Spring  meeting,  of  their  labors  during 
the  past  year.     p.  664. 

No.  35. — That  all  the  vacant  churches  confer  with  the  Church 
Extension  Committee  in  reference  to  the  supply  of  their  pulpits ; 
and  this  committee  is  authorized  to  supply  these  pulpits  for  four 


130  ABSTRACTS. 

Sabbaths  between  the  Stated  meetings  of  Presbytery,  if  the  way 
be  clear,     p.  666. 

No.  36. — Examinations  for  licensure  and  for  ordination  at  our 
Stated  meetings,  shall  be  the  first  order  on  the  second  day  of  the 
Session.     Abstracts,  p.  102. 


Special  Orders. 

Inquiry  as  to  Baptism  of  infants,  etc.,  to  be  made  at  each  alter- 
nate Spring  meeting.     Abstracts,  p.  43. 

As  to  the  constitution  of  the  Committee  on  Benevolence,  and 
the  consideration  of  this  subject  at  our  Stated  meetings,  see  Ab- 
stracts, pp.  107,  109 ;  Eecords,  Yol.  2,  p.  30. 

Sessions  are  carefully  to  revise  their  roll  of  members  at  least 
once  a  year ;  keep  on  a  separate  list  those  who  have  been  absent 
for  more  than  two  years  and  whose  residence  is  unknown,  and 
to  omit  these  names  in  their  statistical  reports.  The  time  in- 
cluded in  these  reports  to  be  from  April  1st  of  one  year  until 
April  1st  of  the  next  year.     Abstracts,  p.  111. 

Total  of  ministers  on  roll  117,  of  whom  59  remain.  Of  those 
who  attended  the  first  meeting  at  Sing  Sing  1870,  only  16  re- 
main. 

E.  F.  MILNDY,  Stated  Clerk, 


ABSTRACTS.  131 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Bedford,  March  22,  1881. 

Presbytery  met  according  to  adjournment. 

Opened  with  prayer  by  Moderator. 

Rev.  L.  II.  Reid  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  North 
River. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Baird,  D.D.,  Rev.  W.  Phraner,  D.D.,  and  Elder 
W.  II.  Parsons  were  appointed  to  examine  the  Session  Book  of 
the  New  Rochelle  church,  and  report  at  the  Spring  Meeting  of 
Presbytery. 

The  Presbytery  adjourned  to  take  part  in  the  Bicentennial 
of  the  Bedford  church. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk, 

228  West  49th  St.,  New  York. 


STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  April  10-21,  1881. 

Present — 39  ministers  and  20  elders. 

Rev.  T.  M.  Niven,  Jr.,  was  elected  Moderator. 

Rev.  J.  II.  Eastmau,  retiring  Moderator,  preached  on  the  first 
evening,  and  a  meeting  in  the  interest  of  Sabbath-schools  was 
held  on  the  second  evening. 

Committee  on  Bills  ami  Overtures — Rev.  Messrs.  J.  II. 
Eastman,  E.  L.  Ileennance,  and  Elder  Garey. 

The  Overtures  sent  down  from  the  Assembly  were  answered 
in  the  affirmative. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Colver  was  received  from  Iowa  Presbytery. 
Rev.  ( '.  -I.  Collins  was  received  from  t lie  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick. 


132  ABSTRACTS. 

Mr.  H.  R.  Schenck  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia. 

Mr.  E.  P.  Cleaveland  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Erie. 

Mr.  E.  W.  Lyttle  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Utica. 

Messrs.  Schenck  and  Cleaveland  were  examined  with  a  view 
to  ordination.     The  examination  was  unanimously  sustained. 

Arrangements  for  Ordinations  and  Installations  were  made 
as  follows  : 

Rev.  I.  L.  Kipp  to  be  installed  at  Patterson  22d  June,  7:30 

P.M. 

Rev.  F.  M.  Kip  to  preach  the  sermon ; 
Rev.  George  Nixon  to  charge  the  pastor  ; 
Rev.  A.  R.  Macoubrey  to  charge  the  people. 

Mr.  H.  P.  Schenck  to  be  ordained  and  installed  at  Mahopac 
Falls,  7th  June,  at  2  p.m. 

Pev.  ~W.  E.  Schenck,  D.D.,  to  preach  the  sermon; 
Pev.  A.  R.  Macoubrey  to  charge  the  pastor ; 
Rev.  C.  W.  Adams,  D.D.,  to  charge  the  people. 

Mr.  E.  P.  Cleaveland  to  be  ordained  and  installed  at  Darien, 
7th  July,  8  p.m. 

Rev.  C.  W.  Baird,  D.D.,to  preach  the  sermon  : 
Rev.  R.  A.  Sawyer,  D.D.,  to  charge  the  pastor  ; 
Rev.  R.  P.  II.  Vail,  to  charge  the  people. 

The  Rev.  the  Moderator  was  appointed  to  preside,  and  pro- 
pose the  Constitutional  questions  at  all  the  above  ordinations 
and  installations. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  thirty-one  members  of  the 
Second  Congregational  church  of  Greenwich,  Conn.,  asking  to 
be  organized  into  a  Presbyterian  church. 

This  petition  was  referred  to  the  Church  Extension  Com- 
mittee, with  power  to  organize  a  church  at  Greenwich,  if  the 
way  be  clear. 

The  Intermediate  Meeting  will  be  held  at  Port  Chester  on 
the  third  Tuesday  of  June. 


ABSTRACTS.  133 

The  Fall  Stated  Meeting  will  be  held  in  Hartford  on  the  first 
Tuesday  of  October. 

The  Commissioners  to  the  Assembly  are : 

Ministers.  Elders. 

J.  A.  Hodge,  D.D.,  A.  Milne, 

A.  R.  Macoubrey,  E.  Bouton, 

W.  E.  Lord.  W.  H.  Foster. 

Rev.  George  McCampell  was  appointed  to  prepare  the  Nar- 
rative for  the  next  Stated  Meeting.  Rev.  J.  "W.  Johnstone, 
alternate. 

Rev.  G.  "W.  F.  Birch  was  appointed  chairman  of  Committee 
of  Relief  in  place  of  Dr.  Adams,  resigned. 

Mr.  Birch  was  also  appointed  chairman  of  Committee  on 
Benevolence. 

The  Committee  on  Sabbath-schools  presented  a  report  full  of 
encouragement. 

Moderators  of  Sessions  appointed  as  follows  : 
Mr.  Danner,  Peekskill  Second  ; 
Mr.  Mattice,  Croton  Falls  ; 
Mr.  Dixon,  Huguenot  Memorial. 

The  church  at  Katonah  was  recommended  to  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions  for  $200. 

The  church  at  West  Farms  recommended  to  same  Board  for 
$400. 

The  committee  appointed  to  represent  the  Presbytery  at  the 
bicentennial  celebration  of  the  Bedford  church  reported  attend- 
ance to  that  duty. 

The  following  resolution  was  ordered  to  be  printed  in  the 
Abstract  ;  action  to  be  taken  on  it  at  the  Intermediate  Meeting  : 

Resolved,  "Presbytery  shall  add  to  the  Moderator  of  the 
Sessions  of  vacant  churches  two  or  more  ministers,  any  one  of 
whom  shall  act  in  place  of  the  Moderator  in  his  absence,  and 
who,  together  with   him,  representing  the  Presbytery,  shall  ap- 


13  J:  ABSTRACTS. 

prove  candidates  before  they  are  presented  to  the  people  as  such, 
and  shall  Further  give  all  aid  and  counsel  in  their  power  to  the 
session  and  church  to  secure  the  speedy  settlement  of  a  suitable 
pastor,  making  also  a  report  of  the  discharge  of  their  duties  to 
Presbytery." 

Presbytery  adjourned,  to  meet  at  Mahopac  Falls  Tuesday, 
7th  June,  at  2  p.m. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk, 

228  West  49th  St.,  New  York. 


\::-TKACTS.  130 

ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Haelem,  October  19, 1881. 

Present — 22  ministers  and  11  elders. 

Rev.  G.  AY.  Morrill  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  New 
York. 

Rev.  D.  N.  Freeland  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Hudson. 

Mr.  Freeland,  having  received  and  accepted  a  call  from  the 
Huguenot  Memorial  Church,  arrangements  were  made  for  his 
installation,  as  follows:  Time,  Nov.  13th,  at  3  o'clock  r.M.,  the 
Moderator  to  preside  and  propose  the  constitutional  questions. 

Rev.  ( '.  W.  Baird.  1  ).!>.,  to  preach  the  sermon. 

Rev.  John  Dixon  to  charge  the  Pastor. 

Rev.  R.  A.  Davison  to  charge  the  people. 

The  Church  Extension  Committee  was  authorized  to  make 
application  to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  for  a  sum  not  to  ex- 
ceed two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  the  church  at  Croton 
Falls. 

Adjourned. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk 


SPECIAL  MEETING. 

Youkees,  Deeerpber  12,  1S81. 
Present — 12  ministers  and  2  elders. 

Rev.  William  R.  Lord  was  released  from  his  pastoral  relation 
to  the  church  at  Riverdale. 

Rev.  John  Dixon  was  appointed  Moderator  of  the  Session  of 
the  church  at  Riverdale. 

Adjourned. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Cterk 


[INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 
RivriiAxv  Chuech,  N.  T.,  January 17,  18^*2. 
Present — 24  ministers  and  13  ciders. 


140 


ABSTRACTS. 


Action  was  taken  in  reference  to  the  new  Synod,  and  is  as 
follows :  * 

1.  The  Presbytery  of  Westchester  agrees  that  the  Synod  of 
New  York  he  a  delegated  body. 

2.  That  we  consent  to  be  represented  at  the  ensuing  meeting 
of  the  Synod,  by  1  minister  and  1  elder  for  every  10  ministers 
and  fraction  of  ten  exceeding  one-half. 

3.  That  the  delegates  of  this  Presbytery  be  authorized  to  ac- 
cept for  this  Presbytery  the  representation  of  1  in  10,  should 
the  Synod  of  New  York,  when  convened  at  Utica,  see  fit  to 
adopt  that  as  the  permanent  representation  of  the  Synod. 

The  church  at  Pelham  Manor  was  recommended  to  the  Board 
of  Home  Missions  (Sustentatiou  Department)  for  $300. 
Adjourned. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Staled  Clerk. 


STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Yoxkees  (First  Church),  April  18-20,  1882. 

Present — 11  ministers  and  27  elders. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate  was  chosen  Moderator. 

Rev.  M.  P.  Welcher  and  Elder  S.  R.  Knapp  were  elected 
temporary  clerks. 

Moderator  appointed  the  following  committees: 

Bills  and  Overtures — Rev.  Messrs.  dimming,  Baird,  Dixon. 
Elders,  Gil  man  and  Law. 

Judicial  Committee  —  Rev.  Messrs.  Hodge,  Ileermance, 
Sahler.     Elders,  Lewis  and  Hull. 

Committee  on  Leave  of  Aim' nee — Rev.  Messrs.  Barnum,  Scott, 
and,  Elder  Eggleston. 

Committee  on  Minutes  of  Synod — Rev.  Messrs.  Davison  and 
Niven. 

Appropriations  were  voted  to  the  following  churches: 

Katonah,  $200;   West  Farms,  $350;  Pleasantville,  $100. 

Tuesday  evening  the  retiring  Moderator  preached  from  .John, 
chapter  7,  verse  17  (new  version). 


\i-IKA(TS.  141 

Wednesday  evening  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  interests  of 
Sabbath-schools.  Addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  Messrs.  Bar- 
niini  and  1  lavison. 

The  pastoral  relation  of  the  Rev.  E.  I*.  Gleaveland  with  the 
church  oi  Darien  was  dissolved. 

Rev.  David  Murdoch,  D.D.,  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Albany,  and  arrangements  were  made  to  install  Dr.  Murdoch 
pastor  »»1  the  Second  Church,  Peekskill,  as  follows:  Time,  May 
2dj  at  7:30  p.m. 

The  Rev.  the  Moderator  to  preside. 

Dr.  Win.  M.  Taylor  to  preach;  alternate.  Rev.  R.  P.  II.  Vail. 

Rev.  Washington  Choate  to  charge  the  Pastor  ;  alternate,  Rev. 
II.  R.  Schenck. 

Rev.  John  Eastman  to  charge  the  people  ;  alternate,  Rev.  John 
Dixon. 

The  following  were  elected  Commissioners  to  the  Assembly  : 

Principals — Rev.  Messrs.  Phraner,  Birch,  Dixon;  Elders, 
Wheeler,  Law,  Otis. 

Alternates — Rev.  Messrs.  Dowd,  Davison,  McCampbell ;  El- 
der.-, Teller,  S.  R.  Knapp,  Ammerman. 

The  next  Intermediate  Meeting  will  be  held  in  Greenwich, 
(  t.,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  June. 

The  next  Stated  Meeting  will  bo  held  in  Bedford  on  the  first 
Tuesday  in  October. 

Moderators  of  Sessions  of  vacant  churches  were  appointed  as 
follows  : 

New  Rochelle, Dr.  0.  W.  Baird. 

Riverdale, Rev.  John  Dixon. 

Darien, Rev.  R.  P.  II.  Yail. 

The  narrative  reported  'prosperity,  both  spiritual  and  financial, 
in  the  churches.  Four  churches  report  revivals,  vi^.,  Bridgeport, 
Westminster  (Yonkers),  Yorktown,  West  Farms. 

Licentiate  Joseph  F.  Flindt  was  received  from  the  Andov'er 
Association. 

The  following  were  licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel:  Eugene 
W.  Lyttle,  Frank  II.  Hays,  William  S.  Kebrv. 


142  ABSTRACTS. 

The  report  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  Presbyterial  Visita- 
tion was  read,  accepted,  and  made  the  first  order  of  the  day  for 
the  Intermediate  Meeting.  The  following  abstract  is  made  by 
the  Committee  that  the  important  parts  of  the  report  may  be  for 
the  thought  of  our  Sessions  meanwhile  : 

1.  The  design  of  the  Committees  of  Visitation  to  the  individual 
churches  is : 

(a).  By  preaching  and  prayer-meeting  services  to  render  such 
aid  as  may  be  hoped  shall  issue,  through  the  Divine  blessing,  in 
the  conversion  of  souls  and  the  increase  of  the  Church's  spiritual 
life. 

(b).  To  hold  conference  with  the  Session,  inquiring  as  to  the 
ways  wherein  the  elders  are  aiding  the  pastor,  and  taking 
spiritual  oversight  of  the  people;  imparting  any  information 
they  can  to  the  Session  as  to  the  effective  meeting  of  their  re- 
sponsibilities ;  conferring  prayerfully  upon  questions  that  have 
been  matters  of  solicitude  to  them,  etc.  This  association  with 
the  Session  is  not  to  be  inquisitorial,  but  fraternal,  the  imparta- 
tion  of  the  advice  and  stimulation  of  Christian  brethren. 

It  is  legitimate,  however,  for  a  committee  to  make  formally  to 
the  Session  visited  the  suggestions  as  to  special  features  of  the 
Session's  or  the  congregation's  work  or  life  that  unanimously 
commend  themselves  to  the  committee's  judgment.  But  these 
are  only  the  suggestions  of  Christian  brethren  of  the  weight  of 
their  intrinsic  importance  and  of  the  character  of  the  brethren 
from  whom  they  emanate. 

It  is  legitimate,  also,  for  a  committee  to  bring  any  matter  of 
importance  in  the  community  they  have  visited  after  they  have 
conferred  thereon  with  the  Session  of  the  church. 

2.  In  the  earlier  years  the  committees  reported  of  their  offices 
to  our  churches  at  the  spring  meeting  of  Presbytery  succeeding 
the  triennial  visitation.  This  has  fallen  into  desuetude,  and  it  is 
for  Presbytery  to  order  its  observance  or  omission. 

3.  Each  committee  consists  of  two  ministers  and  an  elder  se- 
lected from  an  extensive  list  presented  by  the  individual  church, 


ABSTRACTS.  1'43 

in  the  order  of  their  mentioning:,  following  the!  b'£st  judgment  of 
the  Standing  Committee  considering  the  Interests  df  all  the 
churches  under  our  care.  No  minister,  so  far  as  it  can  be  avoid- 
ed, is  to  serve  upon  more  than  two  committees  in  the  same  year. 
In  this  delicate  and  important  work,  the  committee  can  recog- 
nize no  better  plan  than  that  hitherto  observed. 

4.  We  are  impressed  with  the  benefit  that  has  accrued  through 
the  visitation  in  many  instances ;  not  the  least,  in  addition  to 
what  we  would  the  more  readily  expect,  that  important  matters 
have  been  brought  to  the  front  of  the  church's  attention  that 
had  probably  been  considered  in  no  other  way.  Congregations, 
even  the  smallest,  have  been  impressed  with  a  strong  sense  of 
the  vital  relation  of  Presbytery  to  its  churches.  Our  Church,  in 
its  ecclesiastical  organization,  its  Presbyterianism,  has  been  made 
to  come  into  clearer  recognition  with  the  people. 

5.  The  more  decidedly  the  official  character  of  its  committee 
is  recognized  by  each  church,  the  better.  Let  it  be  announced 
beforehand  that  the  brethren  are  not  coming  in  their  personal  re- 
lationships, but  as  the  appointed  representatives  of  Presbytery, 
carrying  its  greetings,  speaking  by  the  authority  of  the  Church 
at  large.  Let  them  at  the  appointed  time  be  formally  received 
by  the  pastor,  and  the  church  made  to  feel  that  for  the  time,  in 
subordination  to  the  constituted  authorities,  the  Presbytery  is 
taking  the  pulpit  more  especially  to  itself.  If  the  visit  is  made 
little  of,  and  its  official  character  ignored,  it  will  quite  likely  issue 
in  little. 

0.  Of  late  years  there  has  been  added  to  the  committee's  work 
the  arrangement  of  a  day  of  prayer  for  our  Presbytery.  While 
this  is  of  annual  appointment,  yet  because  of  the  prob- 
able recurrence  of  these  seasons,  we  ask  instruction  as  to 
the  method  of  this  observance — place,  hours,  constituency, 
themes,  etc. 

7.  In  the  ensuing  winter  occurs  the  period  for  the  general 
visitation  of  all  our  churches.  We  ask,  therefore,  that  the  entire 
subject  be  now  thoroughly  considered  by  Presbytery,  that  if 
there  are  changes  of  the  plan  as  hitherto  practiced,  or  any  new 
features  to   be  suggested,  they  be  now  faithfully  debated,  that 


ABSTRACTS. 


the  committee  receive  due  authorization  as  to  any  further  office 
Presbytery  would  have  it  fill." 

Presbytery  adjourned,  to  meet  in  Westminster  church  (Yonlc- 
ers),  on  Thursday,  April  27th,  at  6:30  p.m. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Olerk, 
625  Broadway,  New  York. 


The  following-  is  a  summary  of  the   Stat 

istical 

Report  of  the 

Presbytery  for  the  year  1881-82.     One  chi 

ireh  has  not  reported  : 

Number  of  ministers,  . 

60 

"          elders, 

151 

"          deacons,    . 

50 

il          churches,  . 

39 

"          licentiates, 

6 

"          candidates, 

3 

"          licensures, 

3 

1'          installations, 

2 

"          pastoral  relations  dissolvec 

\ 

8 

Added  on  examination, 

339 

"         certificate,  . 

. 

223 

Total  membership, 

6,014 

Adults  baptized, 

61 

Infants         " 

149 

Sabbath-school  membership,    . 

6,219 

Given  to  home  missions, 

$11,882 

u         foreign     " 

6,397 

u         education, 

.     12,470 

publication, 

482 

"         church  erection, 

f  1,315 

ministerial  relief, 

1,072 

"         freed  men, 

541 

"         sustentation, 

378 

Presbytery,  Synod,  Assembly, 

633 

Congregational  expenses, 

104,278 

Miscellaneous, 

.     12,909 

I   I 


ABSTRACTS.  145 


INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Greenwich,  Ct.,  June  20,  1882. 

Present — 22  ministers  and  10  elders. 

Rev.  Edward  T.  Bromfield  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York. 

Rev.  Henry  C.  Baskerville  was  (after  examination)  received 
from  the  Troy  Annual  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church. 

Rev.  George  M.  McCampbell  was  released  from  his  pastoral 
relation  to  the  church  of  South  Salem. 

The  church  at  Pleasantville  was  recommended  to  the  Board 
of  Church  Erection  for  an  appropriation  of  $800. 

The  church  at  Pleasantville  was  also  commended  to  the 
churches  of  the  Presbytery  for  aid  in  removing  the  debt  from 
which  it  is  at  present  suffering. 

Adjourned. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk. 


146  ABSTRACTS. 


STATED  FALL  MEETING. 

Bedford,  K  Y.,  October  3,  1882. 

Present — 32  ministers  and  27  elders. 

Presbytery  opened  with  sermon  by  tlie  retiring  Moderator 
upon  John  iii.  30. 

Rev.  H.  A.  Davenport  was  elected  Moderator. 

Rev.  H.  R.  Schenck  and  Elder  S.  R.  Knapp  were  chosen 
temporary  clerks. 

Moderator  appointed  the  following  committees: 

Bills  and  Overtures — Rev.  Messrs.  Choate,  Niven,  and 
Elder  C.  G.  Miller. 

Judicial  Committee — Rev.  Messrs.  Reid,  Hodge,  and  Elder 
Ilollister. 

Committee  on  Leave  of  Absence — Rev.  Messrs.  Barn um,  Mat- 
tice,  and  Elder  Lounsbnry. 

Committee  on  Treasurer's  Account — Elders  Cady  and  Cragin. 

On  Wednesday  evening  a  popular  meeting  was  held  in  the 
interests  of  missions  and  benevolence.  Addresses  were  made  by 
Rev.  Messrs.  Kendall,  Phraner,  and  Hodge. 

Rev.  F.  V.  Mills  was  received  from  the  Windsor  Congrega- 
tional Council. 

Rev.  H.  C.  Baskerville  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Red  River  ; 

Rev.  E.  P.  Cleaveland  to  the  Presbytery  of  Cleveland  ; 

Rev.  F.  Y.  Mills  to  the  Presbytery  of  Emgpo ; 

Licentiate  F.  H.  Hays  to  the  Presbytery  of  Omaha; 

Licentiate  H.  H.  Kelsey  to  the  Suffolk  West  Conference. 

J.  H.  Hobbs  was  received  as  a  candidate. 

The  church  at  Croton  Falls  was  recommended  to  the  Home 
Mission  Board  for  $250.  The.  Pelham  Manor' church  was  rec- 
ommended to  the  same  Board  (Sustentation  department)  for 
$250. 

The  church  at  Brewsters  was  recommended  to  the  Board  of 
Church  Erection  for  $1,200. 

Bethany  Church  was  commended  as  follows  :  "  The  Presbytery 
expresses  its  sympathy  with  Bethany  Church  in  its  efforts  to 


ABSTRACTS.  147 

minister  to  the  needs  of  the  community  in  which  it  is  situated. 
Especially  do  we  commend  them  in  their. efforts  to  meet  in- 
creased demands  by  a  new  and  greatly  enlarged  church  building." 

The  present  Moderators  of  Sessions  of  vacant  churches  were 
continued. 

The  attention  of  Sessions  of  vacant  churches  is  called  to  the 
order  of  Presbytery  remitting  the  supervision  of  such  churches 
to  the  Church  Extension  Committee. 

By  order  of  Presbytery,  the  special  attention  of  church  Sessions 
is  called  to  the  following  resolutions : 

1.  That  to  ends  of  Christian  nurture  and  usefulness  we  ask  the 
Sessions  of  all  our  churches  to  endeavor  to  arrange  to  have  a 
copy  of  Presbyterian  Home  Missions  and  a  copy  of  The  For- 
eign Missionary  placed  each  month  in  each  of  the  families 
under  their  care. 

2.  That  where  no  better  way  of  making  the  circulation  of 
these  organs  of  our  Mission  Boards  to  be  commensurate  with  the 
number  of  our  families  is  devised,  we  recommend  that  the  Ses- 
sions of  our  churches  divide  their  congregations  into  districts, 
and  appoint  canvassers,  male  or  female,  for  said  districts,  to  the 
end  that  the  work  of  increasing  the  circulation  of  the  news  so 
important  for  our  people  to  possess  may  be  thoroughly  attended 
to. 

Standing  Committees  were  appointed  as  follows: 


I. — On  Mission  and  Benevolent  Work. 

1.  Chwch  Extension — Ministers:  C.  W.  Baird,  Phraner,  Ma- 
coubrey,  Vail,  Reid,  Eastman ;  Elders:  Petrie,  Wells,  Randell, 
Hollister. 

2.  Ilono-  Missions  and  Sustentation — Ministers  :  ITeermance, 
Johnston,  Davenport;  Elder  J.  H.  Brown. 

:'..  Foreign  Missions — Ministers:  Niven,  Murdoch,  Choate ; 
Elder  S.  R.  Knapp. 

4.  Education — Ministers:  Hodge,  J.  R.  Smith,  Dixon;  Elder 
Skinner. 

."».  Piiblication  —  Ministers:  Freeland,  Sahler,  Chimming  ; 
Elder  Cady. 


148  ABSTRACTS. 

6.  Church  Erection — Ministers :  Hoyt,  Dowel,  Mattice ;  Elder 
W.  H.  Parsons. 

7.  Ministerial  Relief — Ministers:  Reid,  Allison,  Schenck; 
Elder  Otis. 

8.  Freedmen  —  Ministers  :  Scott,  dimming,  Welcher ;  Elder 
Trowbridge. 

9.  Sabbath-schools  and  Col/portage — Ministers :  Davison,  Bar- 
nnm,  Kip;  Elders:  White,  J.  CI.  Clark. 

10.  Presbyter! al  Visitation — Ministers:  Macoubrey,  C.  W. 
Baird,  Sawyer;  Elders:  Willis,  Milne. 

11.  Manses — Elders  Cady,  Teller,  Wheeler. 

12.  Minutes  of  General  Assembly  and,  Synod — The  delegates 
to  the  Assembly  each  year. 

13.  Benevolence — Minister  G.  W.  F.  Birch  and  the  Chairmen 
of  Committees  Nos.  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8. 

These  committees  to  report  in  writing  at  the  Stated  Fall  Meet- 
ing, and  at  snch  other  meetings  as  their  business  may  require. 

II. — For  Examination. 

1.  Religious  Experience  and  Yiews'  in  Seeking  the  Ministry 
— The  Moderator. 

2.  Languages — Rev.  Messrs.  J.  R.  Smith,  Gumming,  Schenck. 

3.  Philosophy,  Astronomy,  Rhetoric — Rev.  Messrs.  Nixon, 
Allison,  Dowd. 

4.  Systematic  Theology — Rev.  Messrs.  Phraner,  Heermance, 
Vail,  Dixon. 

5.  Church  History,  Church  Government,  and  Sacraments — 
Rev.  Messrs.  Hodge,  Reid,  Scott. 

6.  Constitution,  Government,  and  Discipline  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church — Rev.  Messrs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Niven,  Macoubrey. 

To  the  Committee  on  Languages  are  to  be  assigned  the  Latin 
exegeses  and  critical  exercises  of  candidates.  The  lectures  and 
sermons  of  candidates  are  to  be  assigned  to  the  Committee  on 
Philosophy,  Astronomy,  and  Rhetoric. 

The  Presbytery  ordered  the  printing  of  the  following  extracts 
from  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Benevolence : 


ABSTKACTS.  149 

I.  "Our  pulpits  must  instruct,  persuade,  exhort,  and  rebuke  in  the 
matter  of  Christian  liberality  until  our  congregations  abound  in  the 
grace  of  giving. 

II.  "  Each  Board  of  the  Church  has  a  right  to  all  the  help  that 
each  member  of  the  Church  can  give  it. 

III.  "Special  attention  should  be  given  to  the  training  of  the 
youth  in  our  Sabbath-schools  in  the  duty  of  systematic  giving. 

IV.  "  It  is  safe  to  say  that  the  churches,  as  a  whole,  have  not  given 
during  the  past  year  as  God  has  prospered  them. 

V.  "The  Presbytery  of  Westchester,  in  view  of  the  pressing  de- 
mands of  the  work  of  Christ,  requests  the  churches  under  its  care  to 
increase  their  contributions  during  the  present  presbyterial  year 
over  those  of  last  year  in  the  following  proportion:  Home  Missions 
and  Sustentation,  14  per  cent.;  Foreign  Missions,  9  per  cent.;  Edu- 
cation, 50  percent.;  Publication,  50  per  cent.;  Church  Erection,  50 
per  cent.;  Ministerial  Relief,  100  per  cent.;  Freedmen,  100  per  cent." 

For  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Church  Visitation,  see  the 
printed  report  sent  out  by  the  Committee. 

The  committee  to  examine  the  treasurer's  account  reported  it 
correct,  and  recommended  that  it  be  approved. 

Messrs.  Kelsey,  Mead,  Montgomery,  and  Ilobbs,  students  in 
the  Hartford  Seminary,  under  care  of  Presbytery,  were  recom- 
mended to  the  Board  of  Education,  on  condition  that  they  take 
a  course  of  study  in  church  polity  under  Dr.  Hodge. 

.  Presbytery  ordered  that  records  of  Session  not  presented  for 
examination  at  this  meeting  be  produced  for  examination  at  the 
intermediate  Meeting  at  Mt.  Kisco. 

The  following  minute  in  regard  to  Sessional  records  was 
adopted : 

"That,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Presbytery,  no  record  should  be 
made  by  the  clerk  of  the  Session  in  permanent  Sessional  records 
until  the  minutes  of  meetings  kept  in  a  separate  way  may  have  been 
approved  by  the  Session.  And  we  recommend  to  the  Sessions  when 
there  is  any  doubt  as  to  the  propriety  of  a  record,  the  Session  hesi- 
i.i i e  to  make  a  permanent  record  till  the  advice  of  Presbytery  is  ob- 
tained." 

The  Committee  on  Manses  reported  that  25  of  our  •".'.,  churches 
possessed  manses;  the  aggregate  value  of  the  same,  si 62,000. 


150  ABSTRACTS. 


The  next  Intermediate  Meeting  of  Presbytery  will   be   at 
Mount  Kisco,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  January. 

The   next   Stated  Meeting  will  be  in  Westminster  Church, 
Yonkers,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April. 

Adjourned.  Q  w  ^^  ^^  ^ 

625  Broadway,  New  York. 


ABSTRACTS.  151 

SPECIAL  MEETING. 

New  York,  November  10,  1S82. 

Presbytery  met  pursuant  to  the  call  of  the  Moderator,  in  the 
Bible  House  at  10:30  a.m. 

Present — 9  ministers  and  4  elders. 

A  Commissioner  from  the  congregation  of  the  church  of  New 
Rochelle  asked  leave  of  Presbytery  to  prosecute  a  call  for  the 
pastoral  services  of  Rev.  William  B.  Waller,  now  a  settled  minis- 
ter within  the  limits  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lackawanna. 

Voted  :  That  the  call  be  found  in  order,  and  that  the  church 
of  New  Rochelle  have  leave  to  prosecute  said  call  before  the 
Presbytery  of  Lackawanna. 

Adjourned. 

SPECIAL  MEETING. 

New  York,  November  20,  1882. 
Presbytery  met  at  1:10  in  the  Fourth  Avenue  church. 
Present — 15  ministers. 

The  Rev.  George  M.  McCampbell  was,   at  his  own  request, 
dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Brooklyn. 
Adjourned. 

INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Mount  Kisco,  January  16,  1883. 

Presbytery  met  at  10:15  a.m. 

Present — 24  ministers  and  IT  elders. 

Rev.  William  B.  Waller  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Lackawanna.  Arrangements  were  made  for  the  installation  of 
Mr.  Waller  at  New  Rochelle,  as  follows: 

The  Moderator  to  preside  and  ask  the  constitutional  questions. 

Rev.  John  Hall,  or  his  alternate,  Rev.  Henry  A.  Daven- 
port, to  preach  the  sermon. 

Rev.  John  Reid,  or  his  alternate,  Rev.  John  Dixon,  to  charge 
the  pastor. 

Rev.  A.  R.  Macoubrey,  or  his  alternate,  Rev.  C.  W.  Baird,  to 
charge  the  people. 

Elder  Sanford  R.  Knapp,  principal,  and  Rev.  W.  W.  Dowd, 
alternate,  were  appointed  to  draft  the  narrative. 

Rev.  T.  S.  Guilds  was  dismissed   to   the   Presbvterv  of  Wash- 


152  ABSTRACTS. 

ington  City.  Rev.  R.  J.  Cone  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery 
of  New  York.  Rev.  Willard  Scott  was  released  from  his  pas- 
toral charge  at  West  Farms,  and  dismissed  to  the  Omaha  Con- 
gregational Association. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Baird  and  Eastman  were  appointed  to  prepare  a 
minute  in  reference  to  Rev.  D.  D.  Schler,  who  had  departed 
this  life  since  the  last  meeting  of  Presbytery. 

A  paper  presented  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Hodge  in  reference  to  the 
legal  status  of  our  churches  in  Connecticut  was  referred  to  Rev. 
Messrs.  Baird,  Phraner,  and  Elder  Cowdrey.  They  recommend- 
ed its  approval,  and  their  report  was  adopted. 

Presbytery  then  spent  thirty  minutes  in  devotional  exercises. 

Adjourned. 

SPECIAL  MEETING. 

New  York,  February  20,  1883. 

Presbytery  met  in  Association  Hall. 

Present — 11  ministers  and  7  elders. 

Rev.  A.  R.  Maconbrey  requested  a  letter  of  dismission  to  the 
Presbytery  of  Chemung.  Yoted,  that  the  request  be  granted, 
and  the  Stated  Clerk  was  ordered  to  furnish  the  proper  creden- 
tials. 

Adjourned.  C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk. 


STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Yonkers,  April  17,  1883—8  p.m. 

Presbytery  met  in  Westminster  church,  and  was  opened  with 
a  sermon  by  the  retiring  Moderator,  from  Jude  20-21.  After 
sermon  Presbytery  was  constituted  by  prayer. 

Present — 34  ministers  and  30  elders. 

Rev.  R.  P.  H.  Vail  was  elected  Moderator.  Rev.  J.  H.  East- 
man and  Elder  Z.  E.  Lewis,  M.D.,  were  chosen  temporary 
clerks. 

The  first  hour  of  each  morning  session  was  spent  in  devotional 
exercises.  At  the  public  meeting  on  Wednesday  evening,  Rev. 
J.  H.  Eastman  read  a  paper  on  the  question  :  "  How  far  is  the 
minister  responsible  for  the  results  of  his  work  1 "  After  the 
reading  of  the  paper,  the  subject  was  discussed  in  five-minutes 
speeches  by  members  of  Presbytery. 


ABSTRACTS.  153 

The  minutes  of  the  Stated  Fall  meeting  at  Bedford,  and  of 
the  Intermediate  meeting-  at  Mount  Kisco,  and  three  special 
meetings,  were  read. 

The  Stated  Clerk  announced  that  the  Rev.  Daniel  W.  La- 
throp  had  departed  this  life.  Rev.  Drs.  Hodge  and  C.  W.  Baird 
were  appointed  to  prepare  an  appropriate  minute  in  reference  to 
Mr.  Lathrop. 

Rev.  Win,  R.  Lord  was  dismissed  to  the  Suffolk  South  Asso- 
ciation of  Massachusetts. 

Rev.  Ira  S.  Dodd  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of  Man- 
kato ;  and  Rev.  I.  S.  Davison  from  Brooklyn  Presbytery. 

C<  >.MMITTEES. 

Bills  a/nd  Overtures — Rev.  Messrs.  Davenport,  Phraner,  and 
Elder  Trowbridge. 

Judicial — Rev.  Messrs.  C.  W.  Baird,  Reid,  and  Elder  Wells. 

Leave  of  Absence  —  Rev.  Messrs.  Allison,  Welcher,  and 
Elder  Crosby. 

To  Examine  Minutes  of  Synod — Rev.  Messrs.  Choate,  dim- 
ming, and  Elder  Cady. 

Rev.  Ira  S.  Dodd  having  accepted  a  call  from  the  Riverdale 
church,  arrangements  for  his  installation  were  made  as  follows; 
Time,  June  12,  7:30  p.m.  Sermon  by  Rev.  Dr.  Fewsmith,  or  his 
alternate,  Rev.  J.  Ritchie  Smith.  Charge  to  pastor,  Rev.  W". 
Choate,  or  his  alternate,  Rev.  John  Reid.  Charge  to  the  people, 
Rev.  John  Dixon,  or  his  alternate,  Rev.  T.  R.  Niven,  D.D. 

The  Moderator  to  preside  and  propose  the  constitutional 
questions. 

The  narrative  presented  by  Elder  Knapp  was  adopted. 

Commissioners  to  the.  Assembly — Ministers :  R.  A.  Sawyer, 
D.D.,  E.  L.  Heermance,  M.  P.  Welcher.  Elders:  S.  Cady, 
E.  Wells,  W.  II.  Parsons. 

Alternates  —  Rev.  Messrs.  Schenck,  Davison,  Kip.  Elders: 
Messrs.  Tyers,  Dey,    Pond. 

Mr.  Matoou,  Mr.  Curtis,  and  Mr.  John  Montgomery  were 
licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel. 

Standing  Rule  No.  28  was  attended  to. 

The  next  Intermediate  meeting  will  be  held  at  Throgres  Neck 
on  the  third  Tuesday  of  June. 


154 


ABSTRACTS. 


The  next  Stated  meeting  will  be  held  at  Mahopac  Falls  on 
the  first  Tuesday  of  October. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  :  "  Resolved,  That  the 
Church  Extension  Committee  be  instructed  to  urge  upon  the 
Board  of  Church  Erection  the  appropriation  of  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars  to  the  church  at  Brewsters,  and  to  pledge  the 
special  efforts  of  Presbytery  to  reimburse  the  Board  to  that 
amount  during  the  current  year." 

The  Committee  to  examine  the  Minutes  of  Synod,  call  at- 
tention to  page  25,  regarding  the  necessity  of  the  maintenance 
of  a  high  Christian  character  by  the  members  of  the  churches  ; 
(page  28) — in  reference  to  Hamilton  College. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Dowd  was  appointed  to  draft  the  narrative  for 
the  Fall  meeting.     Rev.  E.  B.  Allen,  alternate. 

The  church,  at  Pleasantville  was  recommended  to  the  Board 
of  Home  Missions  (sustentation  department)  for  $400.  The 
church  at  Katonah  was  recommended  for  $200. 

Moderators  of  Sessions  of  vacant  churches : — South-East  Cen- 
tre, Dr.  Adams ;  "West  Farms,  Gr.  W.  F.  Birch ;  South  Salem,  J. 
H.  Hoyt ;  Darien,  E.  T.  Bromfield ;  Gilead,  H.  R.  Schenck. 

Adjourned  with  singing,  prayer,  and  benediction. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk, 
625  Broadway,  New  York. 


The  following  is  a  summar 
Presbytery  for  the  year  1882- 

y  of  the  Statistical 
-1883. 

Report  of  the 

Number  of  churches, 

. 

39 

"            ministers, 
u           elders, 

• 

55 
164 

"            deacons, 
Communicants  added  on 

examination, 

54 

180 

Whole  number, 

certificate, 

184 
6,112 

Baptisms ;    adults, 

. 

59 

"            infants, 

. 

165 

Sunday-school  membership, 
Given  to  home  missions, 

"      foreign     " 

"      education, 

6,168 

$10,163 

6,703 

1,180 

LBS1  I 

SACTS. 

155 

Given 
a 

to 

publication, 

church  erection, 

• 

$435 
1,674 

u 

relief  fund, 

969 

a 

freed  men, 

629 

u 

siistentation, 

312 

u 

General  Asseml 

ly,      • 

PAS 

Congregational  expenses,    . 

113,055 

MisceUane 

JUS, 

11,056 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Cleric, 

625  T>  load  way,  New  York. 


RULING    ELDERS    IN    THE    PRESBYTERY    OF 
WESTCHESTER. 


John  G.  Clark, 
St.  John  Owen, 
Albert  Williamson, 

William  Hannah, 
George  M.  Jaques, 

David  F.  ELollister, 

Alexander  Wheeler, 

Albert  Chamberlain, 
George  W.  Abrams, 

Benjamin  Weed, 
Lewis  E.  Clock, 

William  Smith, 

Harrison  II.  Travis, 

Benjamin  Lvnt, 
Edmund  S.  Mills, 


Bedford. 

James  II.  Trowbridge, 
David  Travis, 
1  hmiel  B.  Finch. 

Bethany. 

Alvah  Trowbridge, 
Benjamin  L.  Ammerman. 

Bridgeport. 

Richard  II.  Townsend. 

Croton  Falls. 

Jared  G.  Wood,  M.D. 

Dakikn. 

.lames  C.  Jones. 

I )  \  vsimm.\<;. 

Thomas  Moore. 

GlLEAD. 

William  II.  Foster. 

(  rKEENBUKGH. 

'Richard  R.  Tyers, 
Campyon  Cutter. 


156 


ABSTRACTS. 


Greenwich. 
Shadrach  M.  Brush,  Edwin  A.  Knapp, 

Timothy  S.  Pinneo,  Moses  Cristy. 

Hartford. 
Alexander  Spence,  John  Watson. 

Alexander  Curry, 

Huguenot  Memorial. 
Joseph  K.  Johnston,  Nathan  Johnston. 

John  H.  Dey, 

Irvington. 
John  I.  Terry,  George  A.  Chamberlain. 

Christopher  Prince. 

Katonah. 

James  F.  Chapman,  M.D.,  Joseph  Barrett. 

Mahopac  Falls. 


John  H.  Badeau, 
Joshua  L.  Dean, 
Robert  W.  Lounsbury, 

John  Jay  Wood, 
John  II.  Johnston, 
William  Banks, 

Simeon  Lester, 
Elbert  J.  Roosevelt, 
Charles  G.  Miller, 

G.  Charles  Benedict, 
James  O.  Eggleston, 

Cornelius  T.  Puduey, 
William  C.  Weed,  ' 
Eleazer  Gaining, 

Uriah  Hill, 
Francis  Briggs, 
San  ford  R.  Knapp, 


Samuel  A.  Appel, 
Samuel  M.  Lounsbury, 
James  F.  Kennard. 

Mount  Kisco. 

Lewis  Beach, 
Harrison  Teller,  M.D., 
Edward  Crosby,  M.D. 

New  Rochelle. 

David  E.  Renoud, 
William  L.  Cowdrey. 

North  Salem. 

Daniel  D.  Smith. 

Patterson. 

James  C.  Gerow, 
James  A.  Merritt, 
Orson  W.  Sloat. 

Peekskell  First. 

Isaac  Yarian, 
Seth  11.  Mead, 
Cornelius  A.  Pugsley. 


ABSTRACTS. 


157 


Peekskill  Second. 
Edward  Wells,  Milton  Frost, 

Morris  E.  Clinton,  Ephraim  D.  Fuller,  M.D., 

Jacob  R.  Decatur,  Cortland  Baxter. 

Charles  C.  Knight,  M.D., 

Port  Gin  ster. 

Nathan  C.  Pond, 
A.  M.  Drummond. 
Potts  Memorial. 

James  D.  Roe. 


John  Miller, 
William  H.  Scofield, 


Herbert  A.  Lee, 
Henry  W.  Shaw, 

Pleasantville. 
Henry  G.  V.  De  Hart,  M.D.,    C.  Curtis  Hammond. 

Pound-Ridge. 

Augustus  Dixon. 


William  L.  Smith, 
Joseph  Scofield, 

Warren  JB.  Sage, 
George  H.  Petrie, 

George  D.  Cragin, 
William  H.  Parsons, 

Russel  Barnura, 
Charles  F.  Maurice, 
John  F.  Miller, 

Thomas  S.  Lawrence, 
Joseph  Gilbert, 

South  East  Centre. 
George  Cole,  ,      Alexander  Lobdell, 

J.  Horner  Smith,  M.D.,  James  C.  Weed. 

Warren  S.  Paddock, 

South  Salem. 
John  Bouton,  Webster  B.  Hull, 

Edwin  Ponton,  Thomas  Gilbert, 

Jacob  Webster,  Leonard  B.  Todd, 


Riverdale. 

Henry  W.  Law. 

Rye. 

Jasper  E.  Corning. 

Sing  Sing. 

Gaylord  B.  Hubbell, 
Daniel  E.  Prevost, 
Stanton  Cady. 

South  East. 

J.  Hawley  Hayt. 


158 


ABSTRACTS. 


George  Elder, 
Alexander  Miln, 
Wells  K.  Eitch, 


Stamford. 

John  Clark, 
Thomas  CI.  Ritch, 
William  G.  Betts. 

Thompson  ville. 


Andrew  Sloane, 

Edward  F.  Parsons,  M.D., 

David  Brainard, 


John  Law, 
Shubael  Parsons. 


TnROGGS  Neck. 

Charles  H.  Randall. 
Tremont. 

Andrew  McKinstry, 
Michael  Bailey. 


Mervin  R.  Baxter, 

Caleb  E.  Garey, 
Sereno  D.  Bonfils, 
C.  L.  Balch, 

West  Farms. 
Z.  Edwards  Lewis,  M.D.,  James  S.  Bolton. 

White  Plains. 
Francis  Secor,  Orrin  D.  Kingsley,  M.D., 

Oliver  R.  Willis,  Ph.D.,  Ezra  M.  Frost, 

Lewis  M.  Fisher,  Elijah  C.  Sniuin. 

Yonkers  First. 
Samuel  D.  Rockwell,  Lucius  E.  Clark, 


William  C.  Foote, 
John  W.  Skinner, 

Josiah  Rich, 
John  II.  Brown, 
Ebenezer  Curtice, 

Enos  Lee, 
Elijah  Lee, 
Daniel  H.  Knapp, 


Theodore  Gilman, 
G.  Livino-stone  Morse. 

Yonkers,  Westminster. 

James  Biggerstaff, 
Charles  R.  Otis, 
John  T.  Sproull. 

YoRKTOWN. 

Henry  White, 
William  L.  Mead. 


ArBSTRACTB.  159 


INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Association  Buildings,     ) 
New  York,  June  19,  18S3.  ) 

Present — 25  ministers  and  16  elders. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  the  public  exercises  at 
the  fall  meeting  of  Presbytery  were  requested  to  provide  at  one 
of  the  evening  meetings  for  the  commemoration  of  the  four 
hundredth  birthday  of  Martin  Luther. 

The  consideration  of  the  revised  Book  of  Discipline  was  made 
the  second  order  of  the  day  of  the  second  day  of  the  fall  meet- 
ing. 

Sundry  matters  relating  to  the  church  at  Throggs  Neck  were 
heard  and  determined  by  Presbytery. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk. 


STATED   FALL   MEETING. 

Mahopac  Falls,  N.  Y.,  October  2,  1883. 

Present — 28  ministers  and  25  elders. 
Rev.  George  W.  F.  Birch  was  elected  Moderator. 
Rev.  T.  M.  Niven,  D.D.,  and  Elder    Francis    Briggs  were 
chosen  Temporary  Clerks. 

Moderator  appointed  the  following 

COMMITTEES  : 

Bills  and  Overtures — Rev.  Messrs.  R.  P.  IT.  Vail,  Wilson 
Phraner,  J.  Aspinwall  Hodge;  Elders  George  M.  Jaques,  Mer- 
vin  R.  Baxter. 

Judicial  Committee — Rev.  Messrs.  John  Dixon,  Edgar  L. 
Heer usance,  Frederick  8.  Barnum;  Elders  Alex.  Wheeler,  Alex. 
Milne. 

Committee  on  Leave  of  Absence— Rev.  Ira  S.  Dodd  ;  Elder 
Lewis  Beach. 

Committee  to  Examine  the  Treasurer's  Accounts — Elders 
Henry  M.  Lester,  Geo.  M.  Jaques. 


1(50  ABSTRACTS. 

The  first  hour  of  the  morning  session  was  spent  in  devotional 
exercises. 

Tuesday  evening  the  retiring  Moderator,  Rev.  R.  P.  H.  Yail, 
preached  from  Acts  v.  38,  39.  The  subject  of  the  sermon  was 
"  The  Life,  Character,  and  Work  of  Martin  Luther." 

The  thanks  of  Presbytery  were  voted  to  Mr.  Vail  for  the 
sermon. 

"Wednesday  evening  Rev.  W.  B.  Waller  read  a  paper  on  the 
conditions  of  church  membership,  after  which  the  subject  of  the 
paper  was  discussed  by  members  of  Presbytery  in  five-minute 
speeches. 

The  next  Intermediate  Meeting  will  be  held  at  White  Plains 
on  the  third  Tuesday  of  January,  1884. 

The  next  Stated  Meeting  will  be  held  in  Stamford  on  the 
third  Tuesday  of  April,  1881. 

The  Moderator  and  Stated  Clerk  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  select  time  and  place  for  the  Presb  yterial  prayer-meet- 
ing. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Rev.  J.  W.  Johnston  and  the 
church  at  Mt.  Kisco  was  dissolved.  Rev.  J.  H.  Eastman  was 
appointed  to  declare  the  pulpit  vacant. 

Mr.  Eastman  was  appointed  Moderator  of  the  Mt.  Kisco  Ses- 
sion. 

Rev.  Homer  S.  Newcomb  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Lehigh. 

Rev.  William  11  untting  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Long  Island. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Johnston  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Albany. 

In  response  to  the  question  propounded  in  Rule  29,  viz. :  "  Is 
the  pastor's  salary  promptly  paid  '( "  the  answer  was,  with  two 
exceptions,  "Promptly  paid." 

The  present  Moderators  of  the  Sessions  of  vacant  churches 
were  continued. 

Mr.  Sawyer  and  Mr.  Miller  were  received  as  candidates. 

Church  Sessions  will  please  remember  that  Presbytery  requires 
the  presentation  of  all  books  at  the  Intermediate  Meeting  that 
were  not  presented  at  the  Fall  Meeting. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Adams,  Hodge,  and  Barnum  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  revise  the  rules  applyiug  to  Sessional  records,  and 


ABSTRACTS.  101 

bring  them  into  harmony  with  the  decisions  of  the  General  As- 
sembly. 

The  Narrative  was  read,  adopted,  and  ordered  to  be  sent  to 
Synod. 

Rev.'C.  W.  Baird  resigned  his  place  on  the  Committee  of 
Church  Extension. 

Rev.  AV.  B.  Waller  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Committee 
of  Church  Extension. 

Rev.  J.  R.  Smith  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Committee  on 
Freed  men. 

Rev.  W.  AV.  Dowd  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Committee 
on  Home  Missions. 

Elder  Alex.  Wheeler,  principal,  and  Elder  Stanton  Cady,  al- 
ternate, were  appointed  to  draft  Narrative  for  the  next  Stated 
Meeting. 

The  overture  of  the  General  Assembly,  in  reference  to  repre- 
sentation, was  answered  in  the  negative. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Hodge,  Dixon,  and  Elder  Wells  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  defend  before  Synod  the  action  of  Presbytery 
complained  of  by  certain  members  of  the  congregation  at 
Tliroggs  Neck. 

The  Committee  to  examine  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  re- 
ported that  they  had  examined  said  accounts,  found  them  cor- 
rect, and  recommended  their  approval. 

The  Committee  on  Home  Missions  reported  that  all  the 
churches,  with  one  exception,  had  contributed  to  this  cause. 

The  resolutions  passed  last  year  were  reaffirmed  (see  Ab- 
stracts, p.  14:7),  and  the  following  were  also  adopted  : 

3.  That  we  suggest  to  our  Sessions  to  make  the  arrangement 
that  Home  Mission  work  receive  attention  in  like  manner  as  the 
work  of  Foreign  Missions  in  the  Monthly  Concert,  of  Prayer,  or 
in  some  other  way  as  in  each  church  may  be  found  to  be 
best. 

4.  That  we  request  the  representatives  of  Sessions  now  in 
Presbytery — Pastors  and  Elders — to  report  this  action  of  Pres- 
bytery to  their  Sessions,  and  urge  them  to  see  that  it  has  the 
earliest  possible  fulfillment. 

Foreign  Missions. — Churches  gave  $300  more  this  year  than 
last  year — all  the  churches  contributing,  with  one  exception. 
Increased  contributions  are  asked.     Attention  is  called  to  the 


162  ABSTRACTS. 

importance  of  giving  a  wide  circulation  to  the  periodicals  of  the 
Board. 

Education. — A  larger  number  of  our  churches  have  con- 
tributed than  formerly.  Seven  churches  made  no  contributions. 
A  lack  of  interest  in  this  important  work  is  deplored  by  the 
Committee. 

Candidates. — Montgomery,  Hobbs,  Greene,  Sawyer,  and  Mil- 
ler were  recommended  to  Board  of  Education  for  the  usual  ap- 
propriation. 

Publication. — Deacon  Jackson  Wright  was  recommended  to 
the  Board  as  a  colporteur. 

Ministerial  Relief. — Three  applications  have  been  made  to  the 
Board,  which  were  granted.  The  number  of  churches  contrib- 
uting, and  the  gross  amount  of  contributions,  are  greater  than 
last  year.  The  Committee  call  for  a  large  increase  of  funds 
from  the  churches. 

Systematic  Benevolence.  —  The  following  resolutions  were 
adopted : 

Resolved,  That,  in  view  of  the  needs  of  the  various  causes 
as  presented  by  the  General  Assembly,  the  Presbytery  of  West- 
chester will  make  earnest  efforts  to  send  to  the  Treasurers  of  the 
several  Boards  as  follows  during  the  year  ending  April  1,  1S84: 
Home  Missions,  $6,000 :  Foreign  Missions,  $7,000;  Education, 
$1,000  ;  Publication,  $500  ;  Church  Erection,  $1,500  ;  Minis- 
terial Eel  ief,  $1,500  ;  Freedmen,  $1,000;  Sustentation,  $400. 

Resolwed,  That  the  Standing  Committee  of  each  Board  is 
directed  to  inaugurate  such  steps  as  in  its  discretion  will  bring 
about  the  result  sought  in  the  foreo-oin^  resolution. 

The  thanks  of  Presbytery  were  voted  to  the  congregation  at 
Mahopac  Falls  for  their  hearty  and  abundant  hospitality. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Staled  Clerk. 


ABSTRACTS.  1(57 

INTERMEDIATE   MEETING. 

Pleasaxtville,  N.  Y.,  June  17,  1881. 

Present — 18  ministers  and  14  elders. 

A  minute,  in  reference  to  the  late  Rev.  T.  M.  Gray,  was 
adopted,  and  it  was  ordered  that  a  copy  of  the  same  be  sent  to 
the  family  of  Mr.  Gray.    The  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  Presbytery  pay  the  necessary  expenses  of  the 
commissioners  to  the  Synod. 

In  view  of  the  increased  expenses  of  Presbytery  consequent 
upon  the  payment  of  the  expenses  of  commissioners  to  Synod, 
Rev.  Messrs.  C.  W.  Adams,  II.  R.  Schenck,  F.  S.  Barnum,  and 
Elders  S.  Cady,  E.  Wells,  A.  Trowbridge,  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  rearrange  the  assessments  of  the  churches. 

Thanks  of  Presbytery  were  voted  to  the  people  of  Pleasant- 
ville  for  their  generous  hospitality. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk. 


SPECIAL  MEETING. 

New  York,  July  18,  1884. 
Present — 15  ministers  and  5  elders. 

Rev.  John  Dixon  was  released  from  his  pastoral  relation  to 
the  Westminster  Church,  Yonkers,  and  was  dismissed  to  the 
Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick. 

C.  W.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk. 


STATED   FALL   MEETING. 

Pour  Chester,  N.  Y.,  October  7,  1884. 
Present — 35  ministers  and  30  elders. 

Rev.  Wm.  B.   Waller  was  elected   Moderator.     Rev.  J.  D. 
Long  and  Elder  S.  R.  Knapp  were  chosen  temporary  clerks. 
The  Moderator  appointed  the  following 


168  -  ABSTRACTS. 


Commit' 


Bills  and  Overtures. — Minister's:  Daniel  JN.  Freeland,  John 
H.Eastman,  Kiehard  P.  H.  Yail ;  Elders:  William  C.  Foote, 
Timothy  S.  Pinneo. 

Judicial. — Ministers:  Charles  W.  Baird,  J.  Ritchie  Smith, 
Charles  E.  Allison;  Elders:  Edward  Wells,  Edward  P.  Whitte- 
more. 

Leave  of  Absence. — Minister,  Ira  W.  Dodd ;  Elder,  Stanton 
Cady. 

Examim-i  Treasurer's  Account. — Elders,  Henry  M.  Lester, 
Stanton  Cady. 

Examine  Minutes  of  General  Assembly. — The  Commission- 
ers to  last  Assembly. 

To  report  Standing  Committees  for  the  next  Two  Years.  — 
Ministers,  Carson  W.  Adams,  Edgar  L.  Heerraance ;  Elder,  Ed- 
ward Wells. 

Commissioners  tq  Synod. 

Ministers  :  Carson  W.  Adams,  Willis  W.  Dowd,  Wilson 
Phraner,  Henry  A.  Davenport,  Thornton  M.  Niven,  J.  Aspin- 
wall  Hodge,  George  W.  F.  Birch. 

Alternates:  Eolliu  A.  Sawyer,  Frederick  S.  Barnum,  J. 
Ritchie  Smith,  Daniel  N.  Freeland,  Harris  R.  Schenck,  James 
H.  Hoyt,  Ira  W.  Dodd. 

Elders :  William  H.  Parsons,  Edward  Wells,  Stanton  Cady, 
Sanford  R.  Knapp,  Thomas  G.  Ritch,  Edmund  S.  Mills,  William 
H.  Foster. 

Alternates:  Lewis  Beach,  John  Watson,  John  H.  Dey,  Her- 
bert A.  Lee,  Albert  Chamberlain,  Joseph  H.  Crane,  Charles  G. 
Miller. 

Standing  Committees  for  the  next  two  years  were  appointed 
as  follows : 

Mission  and  Benevolent  Work. 

1.  Church  Extension.— Ministers:  Wilson  Phraner,  Richard 
P.  H.  Vail,  John  Reid,  John  H.  Eastmun,  William  B.  Waller, 


ABSTRACTS.  169 

Carson  W.  Adams;  Elders:  Edward  Wells,  David  F.  Hollister, 
William  H.  Parsons,  Alvah  Trowbridge. 

2.  Home  Missions  and  Sustentation. — Ministers :  Edgar  L. 
Heermanee,  Henry  A.  Davenport,  Willis  W.  Dowd  ;  Elders: 
John  II.  Brown,  Sanford  R.  Knapp. 

3.  Foreign  Missions. — Ministers:  Thornton  M.  Niven,  David 
Murdoch,  Washington  Choate  ;  Elders  :  Sanford  R.  Knapp,  Har- 
rison Teller. 

4.  Education. — Ministers  :  J.  Aspinwall  Hodge,  J.  Ritchie 
Smith,  Lyman  D.  Calkins  ;  Elder  :  John  W.  Skinner. 

5.  Publication. — Ministers:  Daniel  X.  Freeland,  William  J. 
dimming,  John  D.  Long  ;  Elder :  Stanton  Cacly. 

6.  Church  Erection. — Ministers:  James  H.  Hovt,  Willis  W. 
Dowd,  Lawrence  P.  Cummings;  Elder:  William  H.  Parsons. 

7.  Ministerial  Relief. — Ministers :  John  Reid,  Charles  E. 
Allison,  Harris  R.  Sehenck ;  Elder :  Charles  R.  Otis. 

8.  Freedmen. — Ministers  :  William  J.  Camming,  J.  Ritchie 
Smith,  Manfred  P.  Welclier;  Elder:  Alvah  Trowbridge. 

9.  Sabbath-schools  and  Colportage. — Ministers:  Frederick  S. 
Barnum,  Isaac  L.  Kip,  Washington  Choate:  Elders:  Henry 
White,  John  G.  Clark. 

10.  Presbyterial  Visitation.- — Ministers:  John  II.  Eastman, 
Rollin  A.  Sawyer,  Ira  S.  Dodd  ;  Elders:  Oliver  R.  Willis,  Alex. 
Milne. 

11.  Manses. — Elders:  Stanton  Cady,  Harrison  Teller.  Alex. 
Wheeler. 

L2.  Minutes  of   ■  '. — Delegates  of 

each  year  to  the  General  Assembly  and  Synod. 

13.  Benevolence. — Minister:  George  W.  ..  irch,  and  Chair- 
men of  Committees  No-,  i  7.  8. 

14.  Temperance. — Ministers :  Lawrence  P.  I  uni- 
fied P.  Welcher;  Elder:  Stanton 

These  Standing  Committees  are  required  by  rule  to  report  in 


1  TO  ABSTRACTS. 

writing  at  each  Stated  Fall  Meeting,  and  at  such  other  meetings 
as  their  business  may  require. 

Trustees  of  Presbytery. — Charles  W.  Baird,  Rollin  A.  Sawyer, 
Anthony  R.  Macoubrey,  Eliphalet  Wood,  Gilbert  B.  Sarles, 
Joseph  Banks,  Edward  Wells,  Uriah  Hill,  Richard  P.  H.  Vail. 

Nelson  1ST.  Millard  and  Alexander  S.  Twombly,  named  in  the 
act  of  incorporation,  have  long  since  removed  from  the  bounds 
of  tbe  Presbytery. 

Rev.  H.  R.  Waite  and  Licentiate  John  Montgomery  were  dis- 
missed to  the  Presbytery  of  Boston. 

Rev.  Addison  D.  Maderia  was  received  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Upper  Missouri  (of  the  Church  South).  A  call  for  the  pas- 
toral services  of  Dr.  Maderia  was  presented  from  the  church  at 
Mount  Kisco.  The  call  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Pastor 
elect,  and  accepted  by  him.  Arrangements  for  the  installation 
at  Mount  Kisco  were  made  as  follows :  Time,  Thursday,  No- 
vember 6,  at  7 :  30  p.m.  Moderator  to  preside  and  propose  the 
constitutional  questions.  Rev.  J.  M.  Worrell  be  invited  to 
preach  the  sermon.  Alternate,  Wilson  Phraner.  Charge  to  the 
Pastor,  Rev.  C.  W.  Adams.  Alternate,  Rev.  E.  L.  Heermance. 
Charge  to  the  people,  Rev.  J.  H.  Eastman.  Alternate,  Rev.  J. 
H.  Hoyt. 

Public  Meetings. 

Tuesday  evening  the  retiring  Moderator  preached  a  sermon. 
— Text,  Ephesians  iv.  16.  After  sermon,  Rev.  Wm.  Y.  Brown 
addressed  the  Presbytery  on  Temperance. 

Wednesday  evening,  addresses  were  heard  from  Rev.  F.  S. 
Barnum,  Rev.  J.  H.  Eastman,  Rev.  R.  P.  H.  Vail,  on  the  Sab- 
bath-school work,  and  from   Rev.    Wilson   Phraner   on   Home 

Missions. 

Places  of  Next  Meetings. 

Intermediate  Meeting,  at  Potts  Memorial  Church,  Morrisania, 
on  the  third  Tuesday  of  January  next. 

Stated  Spring  Meeting,  at  the  First  Church,  Peekskill,  on  the 
third  Tuesday  of  April,  18S5. 


abstracts.  171 

Appropriations  Voted  to  Churches.    . 

Pelham  Manor,  $200;  North  Salem,  $100;  West  Farms, 
$250.  Presbytery  voted  to  apply  to  the  Board  of  Home  Mis- 
sions for  one-half  of  the  above  appropriations;  the  other  half  to 
be  paid  by  the  Church  Extension  Committee. 

Moderators  of  Sessions  of  Vacant  Churches. 

Gilead,  Rev.  H.  It.  Sehenek ;  South  East  Centre,  Rev.  A.  R. 
Maconbrey;  North  Salem,  Rev.  L.  D.  Calkins;  Croton  Falls, 
Rev.  J.  IT.  Eastman  ;  Darien,  Rev.  E.  T.  Bromfield ;  Green- 
wich, Rev.  R.  P.  II.  Vail;  "Westminster,  Rev.  A.  R.  Davison  ; 

Throggs  Neck,  Rev.  D.  N.  Freeland. 

The  narrative  was  read  and  approved.  Rev.  John  D.  Long 
was  appointed  to  draft  the  narrative  for  the  next  stated  meet- 
ing.   Rev.  L.  D.  Calkins,  alternate. 

The  committee  appointed  to  examine  the  accounts  of  the 
Treasurer,  reported  that  they  had  examined  the  same,  found 
them  correct,  and  recommended  that  they  be  approved.  Adopted. 

The  selection  of  time  and  place  for  a  day  of  prayer  by  Pres- 
bytery was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Church  Visitation. 

It  was  ordered  that  all  Records  of  Session  not  presented  at 
this  meeting  be  presented  for  examination  at  the  next  intermedi- 
ate meeting. 

Presbytery  voted  to  pay  the  necessary  travelling  expenses  of 
delegates  to  Synod. 

The  amount  annually  required  to  meet  the  expenses  of  Pres- 
bytery, Synod,  and  General  Assembly  is  apportioned  by  vote 
among  the  several  elm  relies,  as  follows,  to  be  paid  at  the  Spring 
Meeting  of  Presbytery  : 


Bedford,        ....  $25  00 

Bethany 35  00 

Bridgeport 40  00 


Greenwich 10  00 

Hartford 27  00 

Huguenot,      .         .         .  5  00 


Croton  Falls,      .         .         .  7  00    Irvington,.  .         .         .         35  00 


Darien,           .  .         .                7  00 

Day  Spring,  .         .         .         10  00 

Gilead,            .  .         .         .     10  00 

Greenburgh,  .         .         .         31  00 


Katonah,  .        .        .      8  00 

Mahopac  Falls,  .  .         .         19  00 

Mount   KiBCO,  .         .         .     20  00 

New  Rochelle,    .  .         .         35  00 


172 


ABSTRACTS. 


North  Salem, 
Patterson,. 
Peekskill,  1st, 
Peekskill,  2d,    . 
Port  Chester, 
Potts  Memorial, 
Poundridge,  . 
Pleasantville, 
Riverdale, 
Rye,    . 

Sing  Sing,    . 
South  East, 


.       3 

00 

13 

00 

.     27  00 

13 

00 

.     15 

00 

15 

00 

.       9 

00; 

3 

00  i 

.     23 

00 

47 

00 

.     45 

00 

5 

00 

South  East  Centre,  "      . 

.     15  00 

South  Salem, 

20  00 

Stamford, 

.     50  00 

Thompsonville,  . 

26  00 

Throgg°  Neck, 

.     12  00 

Tremout,    . 

16  00 

West  Farms, 

.     12  00 

White  Plains,    . 

20  00 

Westminster, 

.     40  00 

Yonkers,  1st, 

50  00 

Yorktown,     . 

.     17  00 

$800  00 


The  Committee  of  Church  Extension  reported  that  all  the 
churches  in  the  Presbytery  were  regularly  supplied  with  the 
ordinance  of  the  Gospel. 

The  Committee  on  Home  Missions  reported  that  all  the 
churches  had  contributed  $12,508  in  all.  Attention  is  called  to 
the  importance  of  securing  a  large  circulation  of  the  Home  Mis- 
sionary in  all  our  congregations. 

Committee  on  Foreign  Missions  report  that  all  the  churches, 
except  three,  have  contributed — whole  amount,  $9,704.  The 
following  recommendations  were  adopted  : 

1.  That  every  pastor  preach  at  least  once  each  year  on  Foreign 
Missions. 

2.  That  earnest  effort  be  made  to  increase  the  circulation  of 
The  Foreign  Missionary. 

3.  That  one  portion  of  the  money  contributed  by  the  scholars 
in  the  Sabbath-schools  should  be  given  to  this  cause. 

Committee  on  Education  reported  that  ten  of  our  churches 
made  no  contribution  to  this  cause — whole  contribution,  $704. 

John  H.  Hobbs,  Elijah  W.  Green,  William  J.  Millar,  Bollin 
A.  Sawyer,  Jr.,  were  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Education 
for  aid. 

Committee  on  Publication  reported  that  twelve  of  our  ch arc-has 
made  no  contribution  to  this  Board — $555  whole  amount. 

1.  Each  pastor  is  urged  to  preach  upon  this  subject. 

2.  Sessions  and  pastors  are  urged  to  commend  the  publications 


ABSTRACTS.  1?3 

of  the  Board  for  the  use  of  Sunday-schools;  especially  the 
Westminster  Teacher,  Quarterly  Lesson  Leaf,  and  Primary. 

3.  Undiminished  confidence  is  expressed  in  the  general  pub- 
lications of  the  Board,  and  they  are  recommended  to  our  people. 

Committee  on  Church  Erection  report  that  six  of  the  churches 
have  not  contributed  to  this  Board — whole  amount  contributed, 
$850. 

Committee  on  Ministerial  Relief  reported  that  six  of  the 
churches  made  no  contribution  to  this  cause — whole  amount  con- 
tribute!], $932.  A  large  increase  of  the  funds  of  this  Board  is 
imperative. 

Committee  on  Freedmen  report  that  eight  of  the  churches 
made  no  contribution  to  this  cause — whole  amount  contributed, 
$699.  Increased  interest  in  this  work  is  urged  by  the  com- 
mittee. 

Committee  on  Sunday-schools  report  that  children's  day  was 
generally  observed.  Attention  is  urged  to  the  deliverances  of 
the  Assembly  on  the  subject  of  Sunday-schools.  The  holding  of 
Sunday-school  conventions  in  individual  churches  is  recom- 
mended. 

The  following  recommendations  were  adopted  : 

1.  Pastors  are  urged  to  send  the  Sunday -school  statistics  to  the 
Chairman  of  the  Sunday-school  Committee  of  Presbytery  on  or 
before  the  time  of  the  Spring  Meeting. 

2.  That  collections  be  taken  for  the  missionary  work  of  the 
Board  of  Publication  on  children's  day. 

3.  That  an  annual  collection  be  taken  in  the  Sunday-schools 
for  the  Freedmen's  work. 

Committee  on  Manses  report  that  the  First  Church,  Yonkers, 
has  built  a  new  manse  at  a  cost  of  $10,000.  Mahopac  Falls  has 
rebuilt  its  manse  at  a  cost  of  $2,000.  Bedford  is  now  engaged 
in  improvements  upon  its  manse. 

The  Committee  on  Systematic  Benevolence  reported  that  the 
net  increase  of  expenditure  for  church  work  over  the  former 
year  is  $78,368. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  : 

1.  Resolved,  That  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester  will  make 


174  ABSTRACTS. 

earnest  efforts  to  make  the  following  sums  the  minimum  amount 
of  its  contributions  to  the  various  causes  recommended  by  the 
General  Assembly  :  Home  Missions,  $13,000  ;  Foreign  Missions, 
$10,000;  Education,  $1,000;  Publication,  $500 ;  Church  Erec- 
tion, $1,500;  Ministerial  Relief,  $1,500;  Ereedmen,  $1,000; 
Aid  for  Colleges,  $500  ;  Sustentation,  $400  ;  Temperance,  $200. 

2.  Resolved,  That  as  Pastors  and  Killing  Elders,  we  will  do 
all  in  our  power  to  enable  the  Standing  Committee  on  each  cause 
to  bring  about  the  result  sought  in  the  foregoing  resolution. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  the  congregation  at  Port  Chester  for  their 
cordial  and  bountiful  entertainment  of  Presbytery. 

C.  W.  Adams, 

Stated  Clerk. 

The  Post-office  address  of  the  Stated  Clerk  is  566  Broadway, 
New  York. 


ABSTRACTS.  175 

INTERMEDIATE    MEETING. 

Morris ania,  Jan.  20,  1885. 

Present — 29  Ministers,  24  Elders. 

Re,v.  Charles  E.  Upson  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Champlain. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Burr  was  dismissed  to  the  Manhattan  Congre- 
gational Association. 

The  services  of  a  Synodical  Superintendent  of  Missions  were 
declined. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  consider  the  action  of  the  last 
Genera]  Assembly  in  regard  to  ministers  of  other  denominations 
(see  page  76  Assembly  minutes),  and  report  at  the  next  stated 
meeting. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  report  arrangements  (if  deemed 
expedient)  for  some  suitable  celebration  of  the  fiftieth  anni- 
versary of  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  William  Patterson,  at  Pound- 
ridge,  said  committee  to  report  at  the  next  stated  meeting. 

The  committee  appointed  to  install  Rev.  A.  D.  Madeira,  pastor 
of  the  church  at  Mount  Kisco,  reported  that  the  installation  took 
place  according  to  the  direction  of  Presbytery. 

Delegates  to  Synod  reported ;  report  accepted  and  their  dili- 
gence approved. 

The  consideration  of  the  overtures  from  the  Assembly  re- 
sulted as  follows  : 

Overture  No.  1  was  answered  in  the  negative.  Overtures  Nos. 
2 ,3,  4.  5,  6  were  answered  in  the  affirmative.  ( 'onsideration  of  the 
remaining  overtures  was  postponed  until  the  next  stated  meeting. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  the  congregation  of  the  Potts  Memorial 
church  for  the  generous  entertainment  of  Presbytery. 

C.  W.  Adams, 
Stated  Clerk. 

SPECIAL    MEETING. 

New  York,  March  9,  1885. 

Fifteen  Ministers  and  three  Elders  present. 

Rev.  Charles  P.  Fagnani  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York.  A  call  from  the  Westminster  church,  Yonkers, 
was  placed  in  the  hands  of   Mr.  Fagnani  and  accepted  by  him. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  installation  of  the  pastor- 
elect  a-  follows : 

Time,  L8th  of  March,  at  7.30  o'clock  p.m.,  in  the  Westminster 
church,  Yonkers.     Rev.  Howard  Crosby  to  preach  the  sermon; 


176  ABSTRACTS. 

Rev.  S.  T.  Carter  alternate.  Charge  to  the  pastor,  Rev.  L.  W. 
Mudge;  alternate,  Rev.  C.  E.  Allison.  Charge  to  people,  Rev. 
John  Dixon ;  alternate,  Rev.  John  Reid.  Rev.  R.  A.  Sawyer  to 
otter  the  prayer  of  installation.     Rev.  J.  Reid  to  preside. 

C.  W.  Adams, 
Stated  Clerk. 

STATED    SPRING    MEETING. 

Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  April  21,  1885. 

Present— 33  Ministers,  26  Elders. 

Rev.  H.  R.  Schenck  was  elected  Moderator. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Colver  and  Elder  S.  R.  Knapp  were  chosen  tem- 
porary clerks. 

Rev.  Robert  P.  Gibson  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Boulder. 

Rev.  R.  B.  Mattice  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  East 
Florida. 

Licentiate  E.  W.  Green  was  ordained. 

COMMITTEES. 

Bills  mid  Overtures.  Ministers — Wm.  B.  Waller,  C.  W. 
Baird,  John  Reid ;    Elders— Edward  Wells,  W.  B.  Hull. 

Judicial.  Ministers — A.  D.  Madeira,  H.  A.  Davenport,  W. 
J.  dimming;    Elders — H.  M.  Lester,  R.  E.  Prime. 

Leave  of  Absence.     Elders — Edward  Crosby,  J.  W.  Skinner. 

Standing  Committees  for  the  examination  of  candidates: 

I.  Religious  experience  and  views  in  seeking  the  ministry — 
the  Moderator. 

II.  Languages — Rev.  Messrs.  J.  R.  Smith,  W.  J.  dimming, 
H.  R.  Schenck. 

III.  Philosophy,  Astronomy,  and  Rhetoric — Rev.  Messrs. 
Geo.  Nixon,  C.  E.  Allison,  W.W.  Dowd. 

IY.  Systematic  Theology — Rev.  Messrs.  Wilson  Phraner,  E. 
L.  Heermanee,  R.  P.  II.  Vail,  J.  R.  Smith. 

Y.  Church  History,  Government,  and  Sacraments — Rev. 
Messrs.  J.  A.  Hodge,  John  Reid,  C.  E.  Lindsley. 

VI.  Constitution,  Government,  and  Discipline  of  Presbyterian 
Church — Rev.  Messrs.  J.  A.  Hodge,  John  Reid,  C.  E.  Lindsley. 

Commissioners  to  General  Assembly.  Ministers — J.  II.  Hoyt, 
J.  II.  Eastman,  W.  J.  dimming;  Elders — Edward  Wells,  E.  S. 
Mills.  R.  E.  Prime. 

Alternates.      Ministers — R.   P.    II.   Vail,    L.  P.   Cummings, 


ABSTRACTS. 


177 


David  Murdoch;    Elders — Edward  Crosby,  J.  L.  Dean,  H.  A. 
Lee. 

PUBLIC     MEETINGS. 

Tuesday  evening  the  retiring  Moderator  preached  a  sermon- 
Text:  Jeremiah  xxvi.  23,  32.  After  sermon  Mr.  E.  W.  Green 
was  ordained.  Rev.  J.  A.  Hodge  delivered  the  charge  to  the 
evangelist. 

AVednesday  evening  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  interest  of 
Missions.  Addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  Messrs.  R.  P.  II.  Vail 
and  Wilson  Phraner. 

PLACES    OF    NEXT    MEETINGS. 

Intermediate  Meeting  at  Poundridge,  on  Tuesday,  July  7, 
1885. 

Stated  Fall  Meeting  at  Rye,  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  October, 
1885. 

The  church  at  Pleasantville  was  recommended  to  the  Board  of 
Home  Missions  for  $400. 

Overtures  from  the  Assembly  respecting  Judicial  Commis- 
sions, and  Reduced  Representation,  and  Amendment  of  Section 
11")  of  the  Revised  Book  of  Discipline,  were  answered  in  the 
affirmative. 

The  following  overtures  were  ordered  to  be  sent  up  to  the 
General  Assembly  : 

I.  Asking  the  Assembly  to  rescind  so  much  of  the  first  part 
of  the  action  of  the  last  Assembly,  touching  Presbyterian  min- 
isters in  charge  of  non-Presbyterian  churches (Min.  of  Assembly, 
p.  76),  as  would  seem  to  lie  beyond  the  constitutional  provision 
for  such  cases,  in  Chap.  VII.,  Sec.  53  of  the  Book  of  Discipline. 

II.  Requesting  the  General  Assembly  to  send  down  to  the 
Presbyteries  an  overture,  proposing  a  change  in  the  form  of  gov- 
ernment, which  shall  recognize  the  right  of  Presbyteries,  as  well 
as  of  the  higher  courts,  to  appoint  Judicial  Commissions;  and 
which  shall  authorize  all  Judicial  Commissions  to  meet  at  such 
times  and  places  as  they,  or  the  court  appointing  them,  may 
deem  best. 

Arrangements  for  the  installation  of  Rev.  R.  A.  Sawyer  at 
Carmel.  Time:  May  26th,  T.30  p.m.  Moderator  to  preside. 
Rev.  E.  N.  White  to  preach;  Rev.  Wilson  Phraner  alternate. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Hodge  to  charge  the  pa-tor;  Rev.  I.  L.  Kip  alternate. 
Rev.  A.  R.  Maeoubrey  to  charge  the  people ;  Rev.  II.  R.  Schenck 
alternate. 

Rev.  John  Reid  and  Elders  W.  II.  Parsons  and  Edward  Wells 


178  ABSTRACTS. 

were  appointed  a  committee  with  power  to  visit  the  South-East 
Centre  church. 

Moderators  of  Sessions  of  vacant  churches  were  appointed  as 
follows :  Greenwich,  Rev.  R.  P.  H.  Vail.  Croton  Falls  and 
North  Salem,  Rev.  R.  P.  Gibson.  Throggs  Neck,  Rev.  D.  N. 
Freeland. 

A  resolution  was  passed  recommending  the  combination  of 
the  periodicals  of  the  Church. 

The  committee  appointed  to  install  Rev.  C.  P.  Fagnani  pastor 
of  Westminster  church,  reported  that  the  pastor-elect  was  in- 
stalled according  to  the  directions  of  Presbytery. 

The  Narrative  recorded  general  prosperity,  and  an  increase  of 
the  benevolence  of  the  churches,  and  also  an  increase  in  the 
number  of  additions  to  the  churches. 

Arrangements  for  the  celebration  of  the  fiftieth  anniversary 
of  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  William  Patterson  were  made  as 
follows  :  Time,  July  7th,  at  two  o'clock  p.m.  Rev.  W.  Phraner 
to  preside.  Rev.  C.  W.  Baird  to  read  a  historical  paper.  Rev. 
C.  W.  Adams  to  present  the  salutations  and  congratulations  of 
the  Presbytery.  Rev.  J.  H.  Hoyt  and  L.  D.  Calkins  to  voice 
the  neighborly  greetings.  Response  by  Rev.  Mr.  Patterson  and 
others. 

A  resolution  thanking  the  congregation  at  Peekskill  for  the 
generous  entertainment  of   Presbytery  was  passed  unanimously. 

Adjourned.  C.  W.  Adams, 

Stated  Cleric. 

[The  Post-office  address  of  the  Stated  Clerk  is  5*50  Broadway, 
New  York.] 

Summary  of  the  Statistical  Report  of  Presbytery  for  the 

Year  1884-85. 

Churches 39       Added  on  Certificate 174 

Ministers 55 

Elders 151 

Deacons 47 

Added  on  Examination  . . .       259 


Whole  Number (5,063 

Adults  Baptized 75 

Infants  Baptized 184 

Sunday-school  Membership  6,218 


CONTRIBUTIONS. 

Home  Missions $10,055.00       Sustentation $356.00 

Foreign  Missions 7,308.00       Aid  for  Colleges 359.00 

Education 841.00  General  Assembly. . .  424.41 

Publication 576.00       Congregational 111,225.00 

Church  Erection 2,491.00       Miscellaneous 9,945.00 

Relief   Fund 1,351.00  ■                                            


Freedmen 1,237.00    i   Total  Contributions,    $146,168.41 


ABSTRACTS.  179 


INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Poundridge,  N.  Y.,  Jul  if  T,  1885. 

Present — 2(5  Ministers  and  12  Elders. 

Rev.  Elijah  W.  Green  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Utah. 

A  call  was  presented  from  the  church  at  Greenwich  for  the 
pastoral  services  of  Licentiate  John  II.  Hobbs.  The  call  was 
found  in  order.  Presbytery  voted  to  hold  an  adjourned  meet- 
ing at  Greenwich  on  July  22d,  to  ordain  and  install  Mr.  Hobbs. 

Rev.  John  D.  Long  was  released  from  his  pastoral  charge  over 
the  West  Farms  church. 

The  entire  afternoon  session  was  spent  in  celebrating  the  fif- 
tieth anniversary  of  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  William  Patter- 
sou  over  the  church  at  Poundridge.  The  arrangements  deter- 
mined by  Presbytery  [see  Abstracts,  p.  178]  were  carried  out; 
and  in  addition  Rev.  A.  R.  Lindsley,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Ore- 
gon ;  Rev.  Henry  S.  Butler,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Newton  ;  Rev. 
A.  R.  Macoubrey,  of  Presbytery  of  Westchester,  and  William 
(t.  Brownson,  M.D.,  of  New  Canaan,  Conn.,  took  part. 

C.  W.  Adam.. 

Stated  Clerk. 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Greenwich,  Conn.,  July  22,  1885. 

Present — <>  Ministers  and  3  Elders. 

Licentiate  John  H.  Hobbs  was  ordained  to  the  Gospel  minis- 
try, and  installed  pastor  over  the  church  at  Greenwich. 

C.  W.  Adams, 

Stated  Clerk. 


STATED  FALL  MEETING. 

Rye,  N.  Y.,  October  6,  1885. 

Present — 38  Ministers  and  31  Elders. 
Rev.  Willis  W.  Dowd  was  elected  Moderator. 
Iiev.  Charles  E.  Allison  and   Elder  Samuel  A.   Appel  were 
chosen  temporary  clerks. 


180  ABSTRACTS. 


COMMITTEES. 


Bills  and  Overtures.  Ministers — Harris  R.  Schenck,  Geo. 
W.  F.  Birch,  J.  Ritchie  Smith  ;  Elders— Edward  P.  Whitte- 
more,  Edmund  S.  Mills. 

Judicial.  Ministers— Frederick  S.  Barnnm,  John  Reid, 
William  J.  dimming;  Elders— Uriah  Hill,  Edmund  S.  Mills. 

Leave  of  Absence.  Elders — Edward  Crosby,  Daniel  B.  Rock- 
well. 

Examine  Treasurer's  Accounts.  Elders — Edward  Wells,  Alex. 
Wheeler. 

Delegates  to  Synod.  Ministers — Wilson  Phraner,  Lawrence 
P.  Cummings,  Washington  Choate,  Lyman  D.  Calkins,  Harris 
R.  Schenck,  Manfred  P.  Welcher,  Addison  D.  Mideria  ;  Elders 
— Joseph  Barrett,  Stanton  Cady,  Enos  Lee,  Edward  Crosby, 
Edwin  Bouton,  James  Biggerstaff,  John  Law. 

Alternates.  Ministers— Ira  S.  Dodd,  Daniel  N.  Freeland, 
Robert  P.  Gibson,  David  Murdock,  J.  Aspinwall  Hodge,  Rol- 
lin  A.  Sawyer,  Joseph  Greenleaf ;  Elders — William  H.  Foster, 
George  W.  Abrams,  San  ford  R.  Knapp,  John  G.  Clark,  James 
Meyers,  Charles  F.  Maurice,  George  W.  Carpenter. 

Rev.  Charles  P.  Mallery  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
New  Castle. 

Rev.  John  D.  Long  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Chi- 
cago. 

Rev.  Charles  J.  Collins  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York. 

The  pastoral  relation  of  Rev.  Wilson  Phraner  to  the  church 
at  Sing  Sing  was  dissolved  ;  said  dissolution  to  take  effect  at 
such  time  as  the  pastor  and  Session  may  designate. 

Dr.  Phraner  was  appointed  to  declare  the  pulpit  vacant. 

PUBLIC  MEETINGS. 

Tuesday  afternoon  the  Moderator  preached  from  Genesis  iv.  7. 

Tuesday  evening  Rev.  F.  S.  Barnum  and  H.  A.  Davenport 
made  addresses  on  the  "Religious  Training  of  the  Young,"  and 
Rev.  Messrs.  John  Reid  and  J.  R.  Smith  made  addresses  on  the 
observance  of  the  Sabbath. 

Wednesday  evening  Rev.  Wilson  Phraner  made  an  address 
on  Home  Missions,  and  Rev.  J.  Aspinwall  Hodge  made  an  ad- 
dress on  Foreign  Missions. 


ABSTRACTS.  181 

PLACES    OF    NEXT    MEETINGS. 

Intermediate  Meeting  at  White  Plains  on  the  third  Tuesday 
of  January  next. 

Stated  Meeting  at  Bridgeport  on  third  Tuesday  of  April  next. 

APPROPRIATIONS    VOTED    TO    CHURCHES. 

West  Farms,  $250.     Pleasant ville,  $50. 

MODERATORS    OF    SESSIONS    OF    VACANT    CHURCHES. 

Throgg's  Neck,  Rev.  Daniel  N.  Freeland  ;  North  Salem,  Rev. 
Robert  R.  Gibson  ;  South  East  Centre,  Rev.  Isaac  L.  Kip. 

Rev.  Messrs.  A.  I).  Madera,  EL  R.  Schenck,  It.  P.  Gibson,  J. 
II.  Eastman,  were  appointed  to  visit  the  Central  Church  of  South 
East  on  October  11th,  18th,  25th,  Nov.  1st.  Each  member  of 
the  committee  to  spend  one  Sabbath  with  said  church. 

A  call  was  presented  from  the  West  Farms  church  for  the 
pastoral  services  of  Rev.  C.  P.  Mallery.  Yoted  that  the  call  be 
found  in  order,  and  that  further  action  upon  it  be  postponed. 

Rev.  J.  Aspinwall  Hodge,  principal,  Rev.  John  II.  Eastman, 
alternate,  were  appointed  to  draft  the  next  narrative. 

Rule  in  respect  to  the  election  of  Commissioners  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  and  Delegates  to  Synod  :  "  That  no  principal  or 
alternate  be  elected  as  Commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly 
or  1  delegate  to  Synod  except  by  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast." 

William  Gardner  and  Robert  R.  White  were  taken  under  the 
care  <>f  Presbytery  as  candidates.  Candidates  Gardner,  White, 
Sawyer,  and  Millar  were  recommended  to  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion. 

All  records  of  Session  not  presented  for  examination  at  this 
meeting,  must  be  presented  at  the  Intermediate  meeting  at 
White  Plains. 

The  Committee  on  Church  Extension  were  directed  to  ex- 
amine two  new  fields  within  the  bounds  of  Presbytery  and  re- 
porl  at  the  next  meeting. 

The  committee  to  examine  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  re- 
ported that  they  had  examined  the  sum',  found  them  correct, 
and  recommended  their  approval.      Report  adopted. 

The  Committee  on  Presbyterial  Visitation  recommended  that 
arrangements  be  made  at  once  for  the  visitation  of  our  churches 


182  ABSTRACTS. 

in  accordance  with  the  existing  plan.  This  recommendation 
was  adopted.  Rev.  John  li.  Eastman,  of  Katonah,  is  chairman 
of  this  committee,  who  will  give  all  information  desired  by  the 
churches  concerning  this  matter. 

"  Resolved,  That  Presbytery  recognize  the  recommendation 
of  the  General  Assembly  as  to  the  observance  of  the  anniversary 
of  the  revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  and  call  the  attention 
of  pastors  thereto." 

The  Standing  Committees  on  the  Boards  of  the  Church  all 
reported. 

All  these  reports  urge  the  necessity  of  an  increase  in  the  gifts 
of  the  churches,  that  the  work  to  which  God  calls  our  Church 
may  be  overtaken.  The  churches  are  urged  to  increase  the  cir- 
culation of  the  Missionary  publications  of  the  Boards. 

The  Committee  on  Systematic  Beneficence  say:  "  That  the 
reports  of  the  churches  for  1884  show  what  may  be  designated 
as  extraordinary  expenditures  of  at  least  $83,000.  This  taken 
into  the  account  in  the  comparison  of  results,  makes  the  Presby- 
tery of  Westchester  during  the  year  ending  April  1st,  1885,  ex- 
ceed the  contributions  of  the  previous  year  by  the  sum  of 
$5, 172.05." 

All  our  churches  but  two  contributed  to  Home  Missions ;  all 
but  four  to  Foreign  Missions. 

Voted :  That  the  Committee  on  Systematic  Beneficence  ap- 
portion to  the  several  Standing  Committees  the  visitation  of 
our  churches  in  prosecution  of  the  work  of  benevolence  in  the 
Presbytery. 

The  thanks  of  Presbytery  were  unanimously  voted  to  the 
members  of  the  congregation  at  Rye  for  their  cheerful  and 
abundant  hospitality. 

C.  W.  Adams, 

Stated  Clerk. 

[The  P.  O.  address  of  the  Stated  Clerk  is  566  Broadway,  New 

York.] 


kBBTRAl  P8.  183 

INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

White  Plains,  N.  V.,  Jan.  L9,  IS86 

Present — 23  Ministers  and  !o  Elders, 

Rev.  James  G.  Rodger  was  received  from  Presbytery  of  North 
River. 

A  petition  of  certain  residents  of  Now  Haven,  Ct.,  asking  for 
the  organization  of  a  Presbyterian  church  in  that  city  was  pre- 
sented. The  prayer  of  the  petitioners,  was  granted,  and  a  com- 
mittee consisting  of  Rev.  Messrs.  J.  AspinWall  Hodge,  Henry  A 
Davenport,  Richard  P.  H.  Vail  and  Elders  Alexander  Milne 
and  Alexander  Wheeler,  appointed  for  the  purpose. 

Pulpit  of  Sing  Sing  church  was  declared  vacant  on  December 
27,  1885. 

An  appropriate  resolution  was  passed  in  view  of  the  sixtieth 
anniversary  of  the  ordination  of  Eider  Simeon  Lester,  of  New 
Rochelle  church,  soon  to  be  celebrated. 

APPROPRIATION. 

Huguenot  Memorial,  #200. 

A  vote  of  thanks  to  the  congregation  at  White  Plains  for  their 
generous  hospitality. 

Carson  W.  Ad^ms, 

Stated   Clerk. 


STATED  SPRING  MEETING. 

Bridgeport,  Conn.,  April  20-22,  1886. 

Present — 39  Ministers  and  29  Elders. 

Rev.  Charles  E.  Allison  was  elected  Moderator. 

Rev.  J.  Ritchie  Smith  and  Elder  W.  Howard  Stock  well  were 
chosen  temporary  clerks.*] 

Rev.  Carson  W.  Adams,  Stated  Clerk  and  Treasurer,  tendered 
his  resignation  on  account  of  a  proposed  visit  to  Europe.  The 
resignation  was  accepted  and  an  appropriate  minute  adopted. 

Rev.  William  J.  Gumming  was  elected  Stated  Clerk  and  Rev. 
George  W.  F.  BirchjPermanent  Clerk  and  Treasurer.  The  sala- 
ries of  these  officers  are  $75  and  $30  respectively. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Marcus  Burr  from  the  Presbytery  of  Nassau, 
Rev.  Marcellus  Bowcn  from  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth,  and 
Rev.  Franklin  B.  Dwight  from  the  Presbytery  of  New  York, 
were  received.) 

Messrs.  John  S.|Allen,  a  licentiate  of  the  Presbytery  of  New 
York,  and  William  H.  Dexter,  a  licentiate  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Cayuga,  were  received. 

The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  was 
Organized  February  19. 


184  ABSTRACTS. 


COMMITTEES. 

Bills  and  Overtures.  Ministers — Willis  W.  Dowd,  J.  Aspin- 
wall  Hodge,  Daniel  N.  Freeland ;  Elders— Uriah  Hill,  David  F. 
Hollister. 

Judicial.  Ministers — Frederick  S.  Barnurn,  William  J.  Cam- 
ming, Henry  A.  Davenport;  Elders — Ralph  E.  Prime,  Edward 
P.  Whittemore. 

Leave  of  Absence.  Ministers — George  W.  F.  Birch,  Edgar 
L.  Heermance  ;    Elder — Alexander  Wheeler. 

Committee  on  Minutes  of  Synod  Ministers  —  Wilson 
Phraner,  Manfred  P.  Welcher  ;  Elders — Joseph  Barrett,  Enos 
Lee. 

Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly.  Ministers — Edgar 
L.  Heermance,  Ira  IS.  Dodd:  Elders — Harrison  Teller,  M.D., 
Ralph    E.  Prime. 

Alternates.  Ministers — Henry  A  Davenport,  Frederick  8. 
Barnum  ;    Elders — Frank  N.  Horton,  Albert  Chamberlain. 

Messrs.  John  S.  Allen  and  William  H.  Dexter  were  examined 
for  ordination  ;  Messrs.  William  Gardner  and  Arthur  Reqna  for 
licensure,  and  Messrs.  O.  Edward  Loe,  William  J.  Millar,  John 
Dnnlap  and  James  K.  Phillips  with  view  to  being  taken. under 
care  of  Presbytery  as  candidates  for  the  ministry.  The  examin- 
ations were  sustained. 

Messrs.  William  Gardner  and  Arthur  Reqna  were  licensed  to 
preach  the  Gospel. 

Messrs.  O.  Edward  Loe,  William  J  Millar,  John  Dnnlap  and 
James  K.  Phillips  were  received  under  the  care  of  the  Presby- 
tery as  candidates. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Rev.  David  Murdoch  and  the 
Second  Church  of  Peekskill  was  dissolved  and  Rev.  Joseph 
Greenleat  was  appointed  to  declare  the  pulpit  vacant  on  April  25. 

The  pastoral  relation  between  Rev.  Lyman  D.  Calkins  and 
the  South  Salem  church  was  dissolved  and  the  Rev.  Wilson 
Phraner  appointed  to  declare  the  pulpit  vacant  on  April  25. 
Mr.  Calkins  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of  Brooklyn. 

Calls  from  the  Sing  Sing  church  to  Rev.  Franklin  B.  Lt  wight. 
South  East  Centre  church  to  Mr.  William  H.  Dexter,  and 
Throgg's  Neck  church  to  Mr.  John  S.  Allen  were  placed  in  the 
hands  of  the  persons  named  and  by  them  accepted. 

A  call  from  the  West  Farms  church  to  Rev.  C.  P.  Mallory 
was  placed  in  his  hands  and  he  was  granted  leave  to  hold  it 
under  consideration. 

ARRANGEMENTS    FOR    ORDINATIONS    AND     'N8TALLATION8. 


Rev.  Franklin  B.  Dwight,  at  Sing  Sing: 
Date  April  27,  7:30  p.  m. 
To  preside — Moderator. 


ABSTRACTS.  185 

Sermon — Rev.  John  Reid  ;  alternate  — Rev.  Thornton  M. 
Niven,  Jr. 

Charge  to  pastor — Rev.  Wilson  Phraner ;  alternate  Rev.  D. 
A.  Holbrook. 

Charge  to  people — Rev.  Charles  W.  Baird;  alternate — Rev. 
J.  Ritchie  Smith. 

Mr   John  S.  Allen,  at  Throgg's  Neck: 

Date  May  13,  7:30  p.  if. 

To  preside  and  offer  ordaining  prayer — Moderator. 

Sermon — Rev.  John  R.  Paxton  ;  alternate — Rev.  George 
W.  F.  Birch. 

Charge  to  pastor — Rev.  Wilson  Phraner ;  alternate — Rev. 
Washington  Choate. 

Charge  to  people — Rev.  Dan'l  N.  Freeland;  alternate — Rev. 
William  B.  Waller. 

Mr.  William  H.  Dexter,  at  Brewsters: 

Date  Jnne  15,  2  p.  m. 

To  preside — Moderator. 

Sermon — Rev.  Wilson  Phraner  ;  alternate — Rev.  Charles  W. 
Baird. 

Charge  to  pastor — Rev.  John  Reid  ;  alternate — Rev.  James 
H.  rioyt. 

Charge  to  people — Rev.  Isaac  L.  Kip;  alternate — Rev.  John 
H.  Eastman. 

Ordaining  prayer — Rev.  Mr.  Dexter. 

Rev.  J  times  G.  Rodger  at  New  Haven: 

Date  not  fixed. 

To  preside — Moderator;   alternate — Rev.  Charles  W.  Baird. 

Sermon — Rev.  Henry  A.  Davenport;  alternate — Rev.  Richard 
P.  H.  Vail. 

Charge  to  pastor — Rev.  Wilson  Phraner;  alternate — Rev. 
Frederick  S.  Barnnm. 

Charge  to  people — Rev.  J.  Aspinwall  Hodg-e;  alternate — Rev. 
John  H.  Eastman. 

Rev.  John  H.  Eastman  was  appointed  to  draft  the  narrative — 
Rev.  Thornton  M.  Niven,  Jr.,  alternate. 

The  overtures  sent  down  by  the  General  Assembly  on  the 
Directory  for  Worship  were  answered  in  the  negative. 

The  overture  on  Term  Service  for  Deacons  was  answered  in 
the  negative. 

An  overture,  asking  that  the  passages  of  Scripture  constituting 
the  Sabbath  school  lessons  he  omitted  from  the  lesson  helps  and 
lesson  leaves  published  by  Board  of  Publication,  was  ordered 
to  be  sent  to  the  General  Assembly. 

MODERATORS    OF    SESSIONS    OF    VACANT    CHURCHE-. 

Peekskill,  Second — Rev.  J.  Ritchie  Smith. 

South   Salem — Rev.  John  H.  Eastman. 

The  narrative  showed  faithful  service,  increased  liberality,  and 


180 


ABSTRACTS. 


an  increase  of  133  in  number  of  additions  as  compared  witli  last 
year. 

An  appropriate  resolution  was  passed  with  respect  to  the  dissolu- 
tion of  the  pastoral  relation  of  thirty-five  years  duration  between 
Rev.  Wilson  Phraner  and  the  church  dt  Sing  Sing. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

Throgg's  Neck,  $200  for  six  months. 

South  East  Centre,  $500  toward  debt,  provided  the  remainder 
is  raised. 

The  churches  at  Pleasantviile  and  New  Haven  were  recom- 
mended to  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  for  $300  and  $500  re- 
spectively. 

PUBLIC    MEETINGS. 

Tuesday  evening  the  retiring  Moderator  preached  on  Heb. 
x,  23.     , 

Wednesday  evening  addresses  on  Systematic  Beneficence 
were  delivered  by  Rev.  Messrs.  George  W.  F.  Birch,  William 
J.   dimming,  and  Addison  D.  Madeira. 

PLACES    OF    NEXT    MEETING. 

Intermediate  Meeting  at  Brewsters  on  third  Tuesday  of  June. 

Stated  Meeting  at  Bedford  on  first  Tuesday  of  October. 

The  Sessions  of  these  churches  are  the  Committees  of  Ar- 
rangements. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  passed  to  the  congregation  of  Bridge- 
port for  generous  hospitality. 

Presbytery  adjourned  to  meet  at  Throgg's  Neck  May  13. 
7:30  p.  m.  W.  J.  Cumming. 

Stated  Clerk, 

Yorktown,  N.  Y. 
(  Rev.  George  W.  F.  Birch, 
<r  Permanent  Clerk  and  Treasurer, 

(  184  Willis  ave.,  New  York  City, 

SUMMARY    of    the    statistical    report   of    presbytery  for  the 
year  1885-1886. 


Ohuicbes 40 

Ministers 59 

Elders    153 

Deacons 46 

Added  on  Examination 356 


Added  on  Ortifloate 216 

Whole  Number 6  137 

Adults  Baptiz  d 87 

Infanta  B  tptized 165 

Sunday  school  Membership.  .  .  .6  313 


CONTRIBUTIONS, 


Home  Mission'! $11,211 

Foreign  Missions 9.163 

Education 1,209 

Publication 509 

Church  Erection 1,687 

Belief  Fund 1,521 


Freed  men 


955 


Susteutation  .....    

Aid  for  Colleges 307 

(general  Assembly 786 

Congregational 102  895 

Miscellaneous 9.458 


Total  Contributions $140,003 


ABSTRACTS.  187 

ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Westchester,  N.  Y.,  May  13,  1886. 

Present — 5  Ministers  and  1  Elder. 

Licentiate  John  S.  Allen  was  ordained  to  the  gospel  minis- 
try and  installed  pastor  of  ths  church  at  Westchester. 

W.    J.    CUMMING, 

Stated   Clerk. 

INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Brewsters,   N.   Y.,    June  15,   18S6. 

Present— iS  Ministers  and  1 1  Elders. 

Rev.  Irving  E.  White  was  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Otsego. 

Rev.  Marcus  Burr  was  dismissed  to  the  Middlesex  Associ- 
ation of  Congregational  Ministers  of  Connecticut. 

The  morning  was  devoted  to  the  dedicatory  services  of  the 
new  church  edifice,  and  in  the  afternoon  licentiate  William 
Hart  Dexter  was  ordained  to  the  gospel  ministry  and  installed 
as  pastor  of  the  South  East  Centre  church,  agreeably  to  the 
order  prescribed  by  the  Presbytery,  with  the  exception  that 
in  absence  of  both  Principal  and  Alternate,  Rev.  J.  Aspin- 
wall  Hodge  charged  the  people. 

Rev.  Messrs.  J.  Ritchie  Smith,  George  Nixon  and  Man- 
fred P.  Welcher  and  Elders  Uriah  Hill,  Jr.,  Charles  R.  Otis 
and  David  F.  Hollister  were  appointed  a  committee  to  visit 
the  church  at  Portchester. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  installation  of  Rev. 
Irving  E.  White  as  pastor  Second  Church  of  Peekskill, 
on  June  29,  7  145  p.  m.  The  Moderator  to  preside  and  pro- 
pound the  constitutional  questions.  Sermon  by  Rev.  L.  E. 
Richards  ;  alternate.  Rev.  Franklin  B.  Dwight.  Charge  to 
the  pastor  by  Rev.  Manfred  P.  Welcher;  alternate,  Rev. 
Harris  R.  Schenck.  Charge  to  the  people  by  Rev.  J.  Ritchie 
Smith:  alternate,  Rev.  William  J.  dimming. 

W.  J.  CUMMING, 

Stair, I  Clerk. 


FALL  STATED  MEETING. 

Bedford,  N.  Y.,   Oct.  5-7,   1886. 

Present — 37  Ministers  and  26  Elders. 

Rev.  Manfred  P.  Welcher  was  elected  Moderator  and  Rev. 
Messrs.  Claries  P.  Mallery  and  William  Hart  Dexter,  Tem- 
porary Clerk. 


1 88  ABSTRACTS. 

Rev.  Christopher  R.  Brown  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Nassau  and  Rev.  Edward  C.  Moore  from  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Columbus. 

Rev.  Chas.  E.  Upson  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Chicago,  and  the  Stated  Clerk  was  directed  to  give  a  letter  of 
dismissal  to  Rev.  Anthony  R.  Macoubrey  to  the  Presbytery 
of  West  Florida,  whenever  he  might  ask  for  it. 

COMMITTEES. 

Bills  and  Overtures  Ministers  —  Charles  E.  Allison, 
Henry  A.  Davenport,  John  H.  Eastman;  Elders — Benj. 
Weed.  Daniel  H.  Knapp. 

'Judicial.  Ministers— Thornton  M.  Niven,  Jr.,  Washing- 
ton  Choate,  Irving  E.  White;  Elders—Richard  R.  Tyers, 
John   W.  Skinner. 

To  Examine  Treasurer  s  Account*.  Elders—Richard  R. 
Tyers,  Garrick  S.  Scorleld. 

To  Nominate  Standing  Committees.  Ministers — William 
J.  Gumming,  James  G.  Rodger  ;    Elder— Stanton  Cady. 

Leave  of  Absence  Minister — John  H.  Hobbs  ;  Elder- 
Orson  W.  Slont. 

STANDING    COMMITTEES. 

Term  of  service,  two  years. 

I.       MISSION    AND    BENEVOLENT    WORK. 

1.  Church  Extension.  Ministers — Wilson  Phraner,  Rich- 
ard  P.  H.  Vail,  John  Reid,  John  H.  Eastman,  William  B. 
Waller,  Carson  W.  Adams;  Elders— Edward  Wells,  David 
F.  Holister,  William  H.  Parsons,  Richard  R.  Tylers. 

2.  Home  Missions  and.  Zsustentation.  Ministers — Edgar 
L.  Heermance,  Henry  A.  Davenport,  Willis  W.  Dowd  ; 
Elders — Sanford  R.  Kmapp,  Ralph  E.  Prime. 

3.  Foreign  Missions.  Ministers — Thornton  M.  Niven,  Jr., 
Washington  Choate,  Irving  E.  White  ;  Elders — Harrison 
Teller,  Alexander  Wheeler. 

4.  Education.  Ministers — J.  Aspinwall  Hodge,  J.  Ritchie 
Smith,  John  S.  Allen  ;   Eider— John  W.  Skinner. 

5.  Publication.  Ministers — Daniel  N.  Freeland,  Ira  S. 
Dodd,  Charles  P.  Mallery  ;  Elder— Stanton  Cady. 

6.  Church  Erection.  Ministers — William  Hart  Dexter, 
Willis  W.  Dowd,  Lawrence  P.  Cummings  ;  Elder — Wi  liarn 
C.  Foote. 

7.  Ministerial  Relief.  Minister — Harris  R.  Schenck  ; 
Elders— Ralph  E.  Prime,  Edward  Wells,  John  H.  Dey,  Alex- 
ander Wheeler,  Richard  R.  Tvers. 


ABSTRACTS.  1S9 

8.  Freedmen.  Ministers — Manfred  P.  Welcher,  J.  Ritchie 
Smith,  James  G.  Rodger;  Elder — Rdmund  S.  Mills. 

9.  Temperance.  Ministers — J.  Ritchie  Smith,  Manfred  P. 
Welcher;  Elder — Stanton  Cady. 

10.  Aid  Jnr  ColleQ.es  and  Academies.  Ministers — Wilson 
Phraner,  Charles  W.  Baird  ;  Elder— Oliver  R.  Willis. 

11.  Systematic  Beneficence.  Ministers — George  W.  F. 
Birch  and  Chairmen  of  Committees  No.  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8, 
10. 

n.  Sabbath  Schools  and  Col-portage.  Ministers — Freder- 
ick y.  Barnum,  Isaac  L.  Kip,  Washington  Choate  ;  Elders — 
Henry  White,  John  G.  Clark. 

13.  Prcsbytcrial  Visitation.  Ministers — John  H.  Eastman, 
Ira  S.  Dodd,  Charles  E.  Allison  ;  Elders— Oliver  R.  Willis, 
Alexander  Milne. 

14.  Manses.  Elders — Stanton  Cady,  Harrison  Teller, 
Alexander  Wheeler. 

15.  Minutes  of  Synod  and  General  Assembly.  Delegates 
to  those  bodies. 

II.       EXAMINATIONS. 

I  Religious  Experience  and,  Views  in  Seeking  the  Ministry. 
The  Moderator. 

2.  Languages.  Ministers — J.  Ritchie  Smith,  Harris  R. 
Schenck,  John  H.  Eastman, 

3.  Philosopity,  Astronomy  and  Rhetoric.  Ministers — 
George  Nixon,  Charles  E.  Allison,  Willis  W.  Dowd. 

4.  Systematic  Theology.  Ministers — Wilson  Phraner,  Ed- 
gar L.  Heermance,  Richard  P.  H.  Vail,  J.  Ritchie  Smith. 

5.  Church  History,  Church  Government  and  Sacraments. 
Ministers — J.  Aspinwall  Hodge,  John  Reid,  Charles  E. 
Lindsley. 

6.  Constitution ,  Government  and  Discipline  of  the  Presby- 
terian  Church.  Ministers — J.  Aspinwall  Hodge,  John  Reid, 
Charles  E.  Linclsley. 

DELEGATES    TO    THE    SYNOD. 

Ministers — Principals:  James  H.  Hoyt,  Henry  A.  Daven- 
port, William  J.  dimming,  Charles  E.  Allison,  Wilson 
Phraner,  Frederick  S.  Barnum,  Harris  R.  Schenck,  Thorn- 
ton M.  Niven,  Jr.  ;  alternates — William  Hart  Dexter,  Daniel 
N.  Freeland,  George  Nixon,  Irving  E.White,  Edgar  L.  Heer- 
mance, Edward  F.  Bromrield,  John  H.  Hobbs,  John  S.  Allen. 

Elders — Principals  :  Alexander  Wheeler,  Ralph  E.  Prime, 
John  G.  Clark,  Stanton  Cady,  Sanford  R.  Knapp,  Edward 
F.  Parsons,  Tohn  W.  Skinner,  Robert  W.  Lounsbury  ;  alter- 
nates— John  H.  Dey,  G.  Charles  Benedict,  Caleb  E.  Garey, 
Richard  R.  Tyers,  Charles  H.  Randall,  John  Watson,  John 
Callan,  Albert  Chamberlain. 


1  HO  AU8TKAOTS, 

SPECIAL    COMMITTEES. 

Committee  to  Advise  with  the,  Church  at  Portchester.  (Ab- 
stracts, p.   187.) 

Committee,  to  Prepare  a  History  of  the  Presbytery.  Min- 
isters— Charles  \V.  Baird,  Wilson  Phraner,  Edgar  L.  He  r- 
mance. 

Committee  on  Change  of  Name  of  Potts  Memorial  Church. 
Minister — Wilson  Phraner;  Elders—Edward  Wells,  David 
F.  Hollister.  Ralph  E.  Prime. 

Committee  to  Examine  the  Records  of  the  Presbytery  and 
Re-codify  the  by-laws.  Ministers — William  f.  Cumming, 
George  W.  F.  Birch,  Charles  W.  Baird  ;  Elder— Ralph  E. 
Prime. 

Committee  on  Abstracts.  Ministers — William  J.  Cumming. 
J.  Ritchie  Smith  ;   Elder— Edward  Wells. 

PUBLIC    MEETINGS. 

Tuesday  evening  the  retiring  Moderator,  Rev.  Charles  E. 
Allison,  preached  from  Luke  4:  16-22,  on  Chirst  at  Church. 

Wednesday  evening,  Rev.  Harris  R.  Schenck  and  Elder 
Ralph  E.  Prime  delivered  addresses  on  Ministerial  Relief, 
and  Rev.  J.  Aspinwall  Hodge  on  "The  Catechism  in  the  Sun- 
dav  School."  A  discussion  of  the  methods  of  securing  the 
study  <>f  the  International  Lessons  by  church  members  gen- 
erally followed. 

REPORTS    OF    COMMITTEES. 

The  Committee  on  Church  Extention  reported — 
That  they  had  rendered  financial  assistance  to  three  churches,  viz.  :  South 
East  Center,  $500,  towards  the  payment  of  debt ;    West   Farms,  $250.  and 
Huguenot  Memorial,  $200,  and  that,  by  the  direction  of  the  Presbytery,  they 
had  promised  $200  to  the  church  at  Throgg's  Neck.     Expenditures  during  the 
past  year,  $1,028;  21  of  our  40  churches  contributed  $744.44.     The  treasury 
has  been  overdrawn  to  the  extent  of  $48.37.     The  Committee  was  authorized 
to  appropriate  $100  to  maintain  a  service  in  the  church  at  Somerstown  Plains. 
The  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions  reported  — 
That  the  churches  of  this  Presbytery  had  increased  their  contributions  to 
Foreign  Missions  by  $2,974.  making  a  total  of  $10,282,     Of  40  churches  there 
are  but  two  delinquents.     The  Committee  recommend  the  development  of  the 
habit  of  systematic  giving,  and  call  attention  to  the  action  of  the  General  As- 
sembly.    Resolutions  7,  8  and  10.    (Minutes  p.   55J 
The  Committee  on  Education  reported — 

That  9  churches  contributed  nothing  to  education.  Amount  contributed. 
$736.51,  an  increase  of  $97.99  as  compared  with  last  year.  The  Committee 
called  attention  to  the  action  of  the  General  Assembly.  Resolutions  3  and  4. 
(Minutes  p.  71  and  72. )  Messrs.  William  Gardner.  Robert  R.  White,  Wil- 
liam J.  Millar,  O.  Edward  Loe  and  James  K.  Phillips  were  recommended  to 
the  Board  of  Education  for  aid. 

The  Committee  on  Publication  called  attention 
To  the  falling  off  in  contributions  to  the  extent  of  $67.     The  non-contribu- 
ting churches  number    12.     The  Committee    commend   to   our   ministers  and 
elders  the  publications  of  the  Board,  especially  those  for  Sunday  schools. 


ARSTRACT8.  101 

The  Committee  on  Ministerial  Relief  roported — 
A  contribution  from  the  churches  of  this  Presbytery  of  $1,521,  the  largest  in 
our   history.     There   are   7    non-contributing   churches.     The  following  was 
adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  sessions  within  the  bounds  of  this  Presbytery  be  earn- 
estly urged,  both  through  their  pastors  and  elders,  to  make  presentation  of  the 
claims  of  this  cause  before  their  respective  congregations,  taking  up  for  it  at 
least  one  collection  in  each  year. 

The  Committee  on  Freedmen  reported — 

#955  contributed,  a  decrease  of  #282  as  compared  with  last  year.  There 
are  6  non-contributing  churches.     The  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved.  \ .  That  every  session  should  give  the  congregation  under  its 
care  an  opportunity  to  contribute  to  every  Board.  Every  church  should  bear 
its  part,  however  small,  in  the  work  among  the  Freedmen. 

2.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  pastors  to  bring  before  their  people,  from  time  to 
time,  the  various  Boards  of  the  church,  the  nature  of  their  work,  their  condi- 
tions and  their  needs,  The  cause  of  the  Freedmen  should  be  presented  to 
every  congregation. 

3.  The  benevolence  of  our  Sabbath  schools,  the  claims  of  the  Boards  of  our 
own  church  should  be  first  considered.  It  is  not  seemly  that  large  sums 
should  be  given  to  other  agencies,  while  our  own  work  is  in  great  need.  We 
remind  our  Sabbath  schools  that  multitudes  of  colored  children  need  the  Bible 
and  the  school. 

4.  Upon  all  who  have  at  heart  the  interests  of  the  nation  and  the  church  we 
urge  the  claims  of  this  people,  who  sorely  need  the  gifts,  the  prayers,  the 
labors  of  the  church  of  God. 

The  Committee  on  Sabbath  Schools  reported — 

An  increase  of  16  officers,  27  teachers,  but  a  decrease  of  552  scholars  and 
93  in  attendance.  They  call  attention  to  the  following  action  of  the  last  Gen- 
eral Assembly.     (Minutes  p.  66)  : 

"7.  *     *     *     And  we  especially   request    Presbyteries   and  sessions, 

*  *  *  *  to  particularly  enjoin  the  observance  or  Children's  Day  on  the 
second  Sabbath  in  June. 

'•  8.  We  again  emphasize  the  importance  of  the  supervision  of  the  Sabbath 
school  work  and  the  selection  of  officers  and  teachers  and  the  general  conduct 
of  the  school  by  sessions  of  the  respective  churches,  and  particularlv  enjoin 
careful  instruction  in  the  distinctive  denominational  features  of  our'  church 
government." 

The  Committee  on  Presbyterial  Visitation  made  the  follow- 
ing recommedations,  which  weie  adopted  : 

1.  That  the  system  of  a  triennial  visitation  of  our  churches  be  continued, 
and  that  in  order  to  the  more  thorough  working  of  the  system,  the  churches  be 
divided  into  three  groups,  one  group  to  be  visited  each  vear. 

2.  That  the  Day  of  Prayer  be  observed  this  season,  as  in  former  years,  and 
that  the  Lord's  Supper  be  observed  in  connection  with  the  services  of  the  day. 

The  Committee  on  Manses  reported — 

Repairs  to  the  manses  of  the  Bridgeport,  Croton  Falls,  Gilead,  Peekskill, 
First.  Rye  and  Sing  Sing  churches. 

The  Committee  on  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly 
call  attention 

i.  To  report  of  Permanent  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  the  One  Hun- 
dredth General  Assembly       (Minutes  p.  16  and  17.) 

2.  To  action  respecting  new  consolidated  magazine,  (p.  37 ',  lor  and  102). 

3.  To  the  recommendation  respecting  infant  baptism  (p.  38). 

4.  To  resolutions  respecting  pastor-elect  and  stated  supplies  (p.  56). 

5.  To  a  recommendation  connected  with  the  Chinese  question  (p.  82,  sec.  3). 
6    To  recommendations  from  the  Standing  Committee  on   Benevolence  (p. 

91,92.    112). 


192 


ABSTRACTS. 


7.  To  recommendations  of  Special  Committee  on  Concert  of  Prayer  (p.  94 
and  95). 

8.  To  the  adoption  of  two  overtures  :  (1)  Of  the  Worship  of  God  by  Offer- 
ings (p.  104  and  106),  and  (2)  As  to  Term-service  of  Deacons  (p.  108). 

9.  To  overtures  sent  down  to  the  Presbyteries  (p.  .38  and  80). 

10.  To  action  about  Suuday  newspapers  (p.  114). 

On  recommendation,  the  following  action  was  taken :  We  urge  upon  our 
pastors,  elders  and  families  to  make  special  effort  to  place  a  copy  of  the  new 
magazine  in  each  household  of  the  Presbytery. 

The  Committee  on  Systematic  Beneficence  reported — 

An  increase  of  $2,316  in  contributions  to  the  Boards,  a  decrease  of  $8,330 
aud  $487  in  congregational  and  miscellaneous,  respectively.  The  total  for 
1885  and  1886  are  $146, 168  and  $139,667.  The  statistical  reports  for  1886 
show  91  blanks      The  following  recommendations  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  1.  That  the  churches  are  hereby  recommened  to  set  apart  the  first 
Sabbath  of  December  as  the  time  for  service  in  the  interest  of  systematic  and 
proportionate  giving. 

3.  That  this  Presbytery  recommends  the  formation  of  organizations  in  the 
churches  in  the  interest  of  proportionate  giving. 

3.  That  this  Presbytery  will  make  an  earnest  endeavor  to  raise  the  amount 
of  its  offerings  to  the  Board  at  least  10  per  cent   above  those  of  last  year. 
The  Committee  on  Temperance  recommended — 

That  the  Presbytery  adopt  as  its  own  the  following  action  of  the  General 
Assembly.     Resolutions  6,  7,  9  and  10.     {Minutes  p.  236.) 

The  reports  given  above  were  adopted. 

The  Retiring  Committee  on  Bill  and  Overture?  reported   as 

follows  : 

The  Committee  report  the  following  proposed  assessment  to  meet  the  ex- 
penses of  Presbytery  and  its  portion  of  that  higher  higher  courts — one-third  of 
the  amount  needed  being  distributed  among  the  churches  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  communicants  and  two-thirds  according  to  the  amount  contributed  for 
congregational  purposes,  exclusive  of  that  raised  for  extensive  repairs  or  new 
buildings : 


Bedford $20 

Bethany 20 

Bridgeport       40 

Croton  Falls 7 

Darien   5 

Dayspring . .  10 

Gilead 9 

Greenburgh 30 

Greenwich 10 

Hartford 27 

Huguenot   Memorial   5 

Irvington    35 

Katonah     10 

Mahopac  Falls 18 

Mt.  Kisco 16 

New  Rochelle   35 

New  Haven .... 7 

North  Salem 3 

Patterson 13 

Peekskill,  First 40 


Peekskill.  Second.        15 

Pleasantville 5 

Portchester.  .          16 

Potts1  Memorial   18 

Poundridge 7 

Riverdale     15 

Rye 45 

Sing  Sing 47 

South  East    6 

South  East  Centre    ...  12 

South  Salem 16 

Stamford 50 

Thompsonville 28 

Throgg's  Neck 10 

Tremont,      16 

Westminster 40 

White  Plains 20 

Yonkers,  First 60 

Yorktown 15 

West   Farms . 10 


It  was  ordered  that  the  report  be  printed  for  information, 
and  action  thereon   be  deferred  until  the  next  stated  meeting-. 


ABSTRACTS.  1 93 

The  Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures  reported — 

Recommending  that  the  first  of  the  two  overtures  be  answered  in  the  affirm- 
ative and  that  no  answer  was  required  to  the  second.     Adopted. 

The  special  Committee  to  visit  the  church  at  Portchester 
(Abstract  p.  1S7)  reported — 

To  sum  up  in  few  words  the  conclusion  to  which  we  have  come  : 

First  -The  the  difficulty  has  no  substantial  basis.  It  has  sprung  from  mis- 
representation and  misunderstanding,  and  Christian  brethren  should  not  al- 
low these  to  keep  them  apart. 

Second — In  the  course  of  our  examination,  nothing  has  been  developed  that 
reflects  upon  the  Christian  character  or  good  name  of  any  one  of  the  parties 
concerned. 

We  now  offer  the  following  suggestions  : 

First  -  It  is  essential  that  first  the  session  be  at  peace  with  themselves. 

Second — It  is  further  of  high  importance  that  harmony  thus  restored  to  the 
session,  should  prevail,  likewise,  among  the  people. 

Third  We  recommend  that  at  a  meeting  called  for  the  purpose,  or  better, 
at  the  weekly  prayer  service,  the  thoughts  of  the  people  should  be  turned 
toward  the  need  <f  harmony  and  brotherly  love. 

The  report  was  adopted  and  the  Committee  continued. 

PLACES    OF    MEETINGS. 

Intermediate  Meeting  at  Dobb's  Ferry  on  third  Tuesday  of 
January. 

Spring  Stated  Meeting  at  Peekskill  (Second  Church)  on 
third   Tuesday  of  April. 

The  Sessions  of  the  churches  were  appointed  Committess  of 
Arrangements. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

Somerstown  Plains,  $100. 

MODERATORS  OF  VACANT  CHURCHES. 

North  Salem — Rev.  Robert  P.  Gibson. 
South  Salem — Rev.  John  H.  Eastman. 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Rule  29  was  postponed  until  the  intermediate  Meeting. 

Consideration  of  overtures  from  General  Assembly  was 
postponed  until  the  Intermediate  Meeting,  and  Rev.  Messrs. 
J.  Aspinwall  Hodge  and  Wilson  Phraner  were  appointed  to 
open  the  discussion  on  the  first.  (Minutes  of  General  As- 
sembly, p.  38.  ) 

The  following  standing  rule  was  proposed  : 

The  Stated  Clerk  shall  now  and  every  three  years  hereafter,  procure  a  list  of 
ruling  elders  of  all  the  churches  in  this  Presbytery,  and  that  he  print  said  list 
with  the  abstracts  of  the  minutes,  and  that  their  names  lie  arranged  in  alpha*' 
betical  order  under  the  respective  names  of  the  several  churches. 

Records  of  Sessions,  not  examined  at  Fall  Stated  Meeting, 
are  to  be  presented  at  the  Intermediate   Meeting. 

Report  of  Committee  on  Church  Erection  was  postponed 
until  the  Intermediate  Meeting. 


104  ABSTRACTS. 

Report  of  Committee  on    Home   Missions   was   returned   to 
the  Committee  for  amendment. 

W.  J.  Cumming, 

Stated   Clerk, 

Yorktown,  N.  Y. 
Rev.  George  VV.  F.  Birch, 

Permanent   Clerk  and   Treasurer, 
184  Willis  ave.,  New  York  City. 


RULING  ELDERS  IN  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF 
WESTCHESTER. 

BEDFORD. 

John  G.  Clark,  David  Travis, 

Daniel  B.  Finch,  James  H.  Trowbridge, 

St.  John  Owen,  Albert  Williamson. 

BETHANY. 

George  M.  Jacques,  Clerk,        Ira  G.  Lane. 

BRIDGEPORT. 

David   pr.  Hollister,  Alexander  Wheeler. 

Richard  H.  Townsend,  Clerk, 

CROTON     FALLS. 

George  W.  Abrams.  Jabez  Moses. 

Albert  Chamberlain, 

DARIEN. 

Lewis  E.  Clock,  Benj.  Weed,  Clerk. 

James  C.  Jones, 

DAYSPKING. 

John  H.  Cutbill,  William  Smith,  Clerk. 

Thomas  Hope, 

.GILEAD 

William  H.  Foster,  Clerk.         Harrison  Travis. 

GREENBURGH. 

Campyon  Cutter,  Edmund  S.  Mills, 

Benjamin  Lynt,  Richard  R.  Tyers. 

GREENWICH. 

Shadrach  M    Brush,  Clerk,      Timothy  S.  Pinneo,  M.D., 
Edward  B.  Christy,  Garrick  S.  Scofield. 

HARTFORD. 
George  W.  Carpenter,  Alexander  Spence, 

Alexander  Curry,  W.  Howard  Stockwell, 

Joseph  Parks,  John  Watson. 


ABSTRACTS.  195 

HUGUENOT    MEMORIAL. 

John  H.  Dey,  Joseph  K.  Johnson. 

Nathan  Johnson, 

IRVINGTON. 

George  A.  Chamberlain,  John  T.  Terry. 

Christopher  Prince,  M.D., 

KATONAH. 

Joseph  Barrett,  J.   Francis  Chapman,  M.D., 

Clerk. 

MAHOPAC    FALLS. 

Samual  A.  Appel,  James  F.  Kennard, 

John  H.  Badeau,  Robert  W.  Lounsbury, 

Joshua  L.  Dean,  Samuel  M.  Lounsbury. 

MT.    KISCO. 

Joseph  H.  Crane,  Harrison  Teller,  M.D.,  Clerk. 

Edward  Crosby,  M.D., 

NEW    HAVEN. 

Archibald  Gardner,  George  Petrie,  Clerk. 

Alexander  Gibson, 

NEW    ROCHELLE. 

Henry  M.  Lester,  David  E.  Renoud, 

James  Meyers,  John  G.  Ross. 

NORTH    SALEM. 

G.  Charles  Benenict,  Clerk,     Daniel  D.  Smith. 
James  O.  Eggleston, 

PATTERSON. 

James  G.  Gerow,  Orson  W.  Sloat. 

James  A.  Merritt,  Clerk. 

PEEKSKILL,    FIRST. 

Uriah  Hill,  Cornelius  A.  Pugsley, 

Sanford  R.  Knapp,  Clerk,        Isaac  Varian. 
Seth  H.    Mead, 

PEEKSKILL,    SECOND. 

Morris  E.  Clinton,  Charles  C.  Knight.  M.D., 

Milton  Frost,  Clerk,  Joseph  H.  McDonald, 

Ephraim  D.  Fuller,  M.D.,        Henry  A.  Purdy. 

PORTCHESTlili. 

A.  M.  Drummond,  Nathan  C.  Pond, 

John  Miller,  Jr.,  William  H.  Scofield. 

POTT'S    MEMORIAL. 

Alexander  Eraser,  Herbert  A.  Lee, 

Joseph  IS.  Ives,  Henry  W.  Shaw. 


1'96  ABSTRACTS. 

PLEASANTVILLE. 

Willet  C.  Brown,  William  H.  Gates. 

POUNDRIDGE. 

Frank  N.  Morton,  Joseph  Scofield. 

Daniel  B.  Rockwell,  Clerk, 

RIVRRDALE. 

Henry  W.  Law,  Clerk,  Warren  B.  Sage. 

RYE. 

George  D.  Cragin,  Edward  P.  Whittemore. 

William  H.  Parsons,  Clerk, 

SING    SING. 

Stanton  Cady,  Clerk,  John  F.  Miller, 

David  A.  Holbrook,  Daniel  E.  Provost. 

Charles  F„  Maurice, 

SOUTH    EAST. 

J   Hawley  Hayt,  Thomas  S.  Lawrence,  Clerk. 

SOUTH    EAST    CENTRE. 

(reorge  M.  Cole,  James  O.  Weed, 

Alexander  F.  Lobdell,  Warren  S.  Paddock,  Clerk. 

SOUTH    SALEM. 

Edwin  Bouton,  Webster  B.  Hull,  Clerk. 

Tnomas  Gilbert, 

STAMFORD. 

Louis  S.  Begent,  Clarence  L.  Reid, 

John  Clark,  Thomas  G.  Ritch,  Clerk, 

Moses  M.  Hobby,  Wells  R.  Ritch. 
Alexander  Milne, 

THOMPSON  VILLE. 

David  Brainard,  Shubael  Parsons, 

John  Law,  Andrew  Sloane. 

Edw.  F.  Parsons,  M.D.,  Clerk, 

throgg's  neck. 
Marvin  R.  Baxter,  Charles  H.  Randall. 

TREMONT. 

Michael  Bailey,  Theodore  E.  Thomson. 

Caleb  E.  Garey,  Clerk, 

WEST    FARMS- 

John  Callan,  (4eorge  Edmiston. 

WHITE    PLAINS. 

Lewis  M.  Fisher,  Edwin  A.  Slosson, 

Ezra  M.  Frost,  Oliver  R.  Willis, 

Orrin  D.  Kingsley,  Samuel  II.  Wilson. 


ABSTRACTS.  197 

Y0NKER8,    FIRST. 

Lucius  E.  Clark,  Walter  Graves, 

William  C   Foote,  Clerk,  Samuel  D.  Rockwell, 

Theodore  Gilman,  J°hn  W.  Skinner. 

YONKERS,    WKS.TMIN.STKU . 

James  Biggerstaft*,  Charles  R.  Otis, 

John  11.  Brown,  Ralph  E.  Prime, 

William  McKim,  John  T.  Sproull,  Clerk. 
James  R.  McWilliam, 

V  (IRK  TOWN. 

Daniel  H.  Knapp,  William  L.  Mead, 

Elijah  Lee,  Henry  White. 

Enos  Lee,  Clerk, 

W.  J.  CUMMING, 

Stated  Clerk, 

Yorktown,  N.  V. 


ABSTRACTS.  1 99 

INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y..  January  18,  1887. 

Present — 22  Ministers  and  15  Elders.  % 

Rev.  Joseph  Greenleaf  was  dismissed  to  the    Presbytery   of 

Hudson. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the   ordination   and   installa- 

lion  of  Licentiate  Arthur  Requa  us  pastor  of  the  Darien  church. 

Time,  January  24th,  7:30  v.  M.  The  Moderator  to  preside  and  propound 
the  constitutional  questions.  Sermon — Rev.  Isaac  L.  Kip;  alternate,  Rev. 
Henry  A.  Davenport.  Ordaining  prayer — The  Moderator.  Charge  to  the 
pastor— Rev.  D.  Requa  Foster,  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  ;  alternate, 
Rev.  J.  Aspinwall  Hodge.  Charge  to  the  people — Rev.  J.  Ritchie  Smith; 
alternate.  Rev.  Charles  E.  Allison. 

Arrangements     were    made    lor    the    installation    of    Rev. 

Robert  P.  Gibson  at  Croton  Kails. 

Time  February  3rd,  7  i'.  M.  Sermon — Rev.  John  H.  Eastman;  alternate, 
Rev.  William  Hart  Dexter.  Charge  to  pastor — Rev.  Wilson  Phraner ;  alter- 
nate, Rev.  Edgar  S.  Heermance.  Charge  to  the  people — Rev.  James  H. 
Hoyt;  alternate,  Rev.  Isaac  L.  Kip 

The  preparation  of  a  History  of  the  Presbytery  was  referred 
to  Rev.  Charles  VV.  Baird,  Historian  of  the   Presbytery. 

The  Elder-Moderator  overtures  (Minutes  of  General 
Assembly,  1886,  p.  80)  were  answered  in  the  affirmative. 

Committee  on  Home  Missions  repotted  as  follows  : 

Resolved.  1.  That  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester  heartily  commends  to 
the  patronage  of  the  churches  within  its  bounds  the  new  united  magazine  of 
the  church  and  requires  the  session  of  each  church  to  see  to  it,  that  the 
claims  of  the  church  to  have  this  magazine  in  every  Presbyterian  household, 
arc  duly  presented  to  the  end  that  the  people  may  have  an  opportunity  to  sub- 
scribe for  and  obtain  the  magazine,  and  thereby  become  fully  informed  of  and 
interested  in  not  one  only,  but  all  the  forms  of  our  church  work  and  benevo- 
lence. 

Resolved.  2.  That  the  Presbytery  of  Westchester  commends  its  Church 
Extension  Committee  and  the  Board  of  Home  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  for  their  work  respectively  in  founding  new  Presbyterian  Churches  in 
any  part  of  our  land,  and  as  well  in  New  England,  wherever  a  reasonable 
number  of  Presbyterians  in  the  Providence  of  God  are  called  to  settle  and  live 
and  make  their  homes  in  places  where  they  find  not  the  privileges  for  them- 
selves and  their  children  of  Presbyterian  sanctuaries,  preaching,  order,  and 
government 

The  Stated  Clerk  was  directed  to  have  prepared  a  new 
register,  properly  ruled  and  headed,  which  shall  contain 
rolls  of  Ministers,  Licentiates,  Candidates,  Churches,  Trus- 
tees of  Presbytery,  Permanent  Officers  and  Installations. 

A  convention  of  Elders  of  this  Presbytery  was  appointed  to 
be  held  in  the  Westminster  church,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  on  Feb- 
ruary 24th,  at  1  p.  m.,  in  the  interest  of  Ministerial  Relief,  to 
Hj  addressed  by  Rev.  William  C.  Cattell,  Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Ministerial  Relief. 

Rev.  Messrs.  Thornton  M.  Niven,  Ira  S.  Dodd,  Charles 
E.  Allison  and   Elders    Richard    R.    Tyers,    Milton  J.    Frost, 


200  ABSTRACTS. 

Harrison  Teller,  M.  D.,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  visit 
the  church  at  Mahopac  Falls. 

The  matter  of  change  of  name  of  the  churches  at  Brevvsters 
and  Westchester  was  referred  to  the   Trustees  of  Presbytery. 

appropriation, 

Pelham  Manor— $150    from  treasury  of  Church  Extention 
Committee. 

W.  J.  Cumminc;, 

Stated  Clerk. 
George  W.  F.  Bikch, 

Permanent  Clerk. 


ADJOURNED    MEETING. 

NoiiOTON,  Conn.,  January  24,  1S87. 

Present — 5  Ministers  and  2  Elders. 

Licentiate  Arthur  Requa  was  ordained  to  the   Gospel  min* 
istry  and  installed  pastor  of  the  Darien  church. 

W.J.  Cum  Ming, 

Stated  Clerk. 
George  W.  F.  Birch, 

Permanent  Clerk, 


SPECIAL    MEETING. 

Mount  Kisco,  N.  Y.,  March  1,  18S7. 

Present— 17  Ministers  and  9  Elders. 

Pastoral  relation  existing  between  Rev,  Addison  D.  Ma- 
deira and  the  church  at  Mt.  Kisco  was  dissolved,  to  take 
effect  March  13,  1887. 

Rev.  Messrs.  J.  Aspinwall  Hodge,  Wilson  Phraner,  John 
Reid,  Irving  E.  White  and  Elder  Edward  P.  Whittemore 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  prepare  an  appropriate  minute 
and  to  arrange  ior  a  memorial  service  of  Rev.  Charles  W. 
Baird,  deceased. 

M   .DERATORS    OF    VACANT    CHURCHES, 

Mount  Kisco— Rev.  John  H.  Eastman. 
Rye — Rev.  William  Life. 

W.  J.  Gumming, 

Stated  Clerk. 
George  W.  F.  Birch, 

Permanent   Clt  rk  ■ 


ABSTRACTS.  201 

SPRING  STATED  MEETING. 

Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  April  19-21,  1887. 

Present — 3  j.  Ministers  and  26  Elders. 

Rev.  William  Hart  Dexter  was  elected  Moderator  and  Rev. 
Edward  C.  Moore  and  Elder  Sanford  R.  Knapp  Temporary 
Clerks. 

Rev.  Andrew  B.  Morse  received  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Lyons. 

COMMITTEE-. 

Bills  and  Overture*.  Ministers — Manfred  P.  Welcher, 
John  H.  Eastman,  Charles  E.  Allison  ;  Elders — Frank  N. 
Horton,  Thomas  S.  Lawrence. 

Judicial  Business.  Ministers — Henry  A.  Davenport,  J. 
Aspinwall  Hodge,  Ira  S.  Dodd  ;  Elders— Milton  Frost, 
Charles  R.  Otis. 

Leave  of  Absence.  Minister — Arthur  Requa  ;  Elder — 
Edward  Crosby. 

Finance.     Elders — Richard  H.  Townsend,  John    Watson. 

Committee  on  Narrative.  Minister — Thornton  M.  Niven  ; 
alternate,  Irving  E.  White. 

COMMISSIONERS    TO    THE    GENERAL    ASSEMBLY. 

Ministers.  Principals — Wilson  Phraner,  William  B. 
Waller,  Willis  N.  Dowd  ;  alternates — Charles  E.  Allison, 
J.  Ritchie  Smith,  Daniel  N    Freeland. 

Elders.  Principals — Frank  N.  Horton,  Milton  Frost, 
Henry  White  :  alternates — Stanton  Cady,  Richard  R.  Tyers, 
Harrison  Travis. 

TMUSTEE8    OF    PRESBYTERY. 

Ministers— Rollin  A.  Sawyer,  Richard  P.  II.  Vail,  Thorn- 
ton M.  Niven,  Isaac  L.  Kipp ;  Elders — Edward  Wells, 
Uriah  Hill,  William  H.  Parsons,  Thomas  Gr.  Ritch,  Benjamin 
Weed. 

Historian  of  Presbytery — Rev.    William  J.  dimming. 
PUBLIC    MEETINGS. 

Tuesday  evening  the  retiring  Moderator,  Rev.  Manfred  P. 
Welcher,  preached  from  Acts  13:36 — "For  David,  after  he 
had  served  his  own  generation  by  the  will  of  God,  fell  on 
sleep." 

Wednesday  evening  Rev.  Henry  Kendall,  Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Home  Missions,  delivered  an  address  on  Home- 
Missions. 

MEMORIAL     SERVICE. 

A  memorial  service  of  the  late  Rev.  Charles  W.  Baird,  D. 
D.,  was  held  on  Wednesday  afternoon  at  3  p.  m.      Rev.  Wil- 


202  ABSTRACTS. 

son  Phraner  presided  and  read  the  following  resolutions:  — 

"  Whereas,  God,  in  His  Providence,  has  taken  from  us  our  beloved  brother 
and  fellow  Presbyter,  Rev.  Charles  W.  Baird,  D.  D.  The  Presbytery  of 
Westchester  desires  to  place  upon  record  its  deep  sense  of  affliction  and  loss 
in  the  removal  of  this  brother  beloved.     Therefore 

Resolved.  I.  That  in  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Baird.  the  members  of 
this  Presbytery  experience  individually  the  grief  of  a  personal  affliction  and  a 
profound  sense  of  loss  in  the  removal  of  one  who  occupied  a  central  place  in 
our  hearts  and  whose  loving  christian  fellowship  has  ever  been  to  us  an 
inspiration  and  benediction. 

Resolved.  2.  That  Presbytery  takes  pleasure  in  recording  not  only  its 
high  appreciation  of  the  qualities  of  personal  character — the  marked  conscien- 
tiousness and  fidelity  as  well  as  the  Christian  gentleness,  courtesy,  and 
urbanity  which  in  so  eminent  a  degree  characterized  our  brother,  but  also  of 
his  faithfulness  aud  value  of  his  influence,  the  wisdom  of  his  counsels  and  the 
fervor  of  his  prayers,  by  which  he  contributed  so  much  to  the  satisfaction  and 
profit  of  our  meetings  of  Presbytery. 

Resolved.  3.  That  the  Presbytery  desires  to  express  its  sincere  and  heart- 
felt sympathy  with  the  afflicted  family  circle,  from  which  the  beloved  husband 
and  father  and  brother  has  been  taken,  and  also  with  the  bereaved  session  and 
church  and  congregation,  from  whom  one  of  the  best  of  friends  and  wisest  of 
counselors,  as  also  one  of  the  most  laborious  and  faithful  and  efficient  of 
pastors  has  been  taken  away. 

Resolved.  4.  That  in  the  death  of  Rev.  Dr.  Baird  the  community  and 
church  at  large  have  occasion  to  mourn  the  loss  of  one  whose  eminent  and 
exact  scholarship  and  whose  indefatigable  diligence  and  industry  have  accom- 
plished much  in  the  way  of  investigating  and  preserving  important  historical 
facts,  not  only  as  pertaining  to  the  churches  of  our  own  Presbytery  and  of  our 
county,  but  whose  investigations  have  been  of  great  value  to  the  church  and 
country  at  large  and  whose  reputation  and  work  as  an  historian  has  been  not 
only  an  honor  to  the  Presbytery,  but  of  important  service  to  the  cause  and 
kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour. 

Resolved.  5  That  these  resolutions  be  placed  upon  the  minutes  of  the 
Presbytery  and  a  copy  of  them  be  sent  to  the  family  of  our   deceased   brother. 

Papers  were  read  by  Rev.  Messrs.  J.  Aspinwall  Hpdg-e 
and  John  Reid,  and  an  address  delivered  by  Rev.  Richard  P. 
H.  Vail. 

LICENSURES. 

Messrs.  James  K.  Phillips,  James  \V.  Dow,  and  John  Dun- 
lap  after  examination  were  licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel. 

Licentiate  James  K.  Phillips  was  dismissed  to  the  Presbytery 
of  Cayuga. 

REPORTS    OF    COMMITTEES. 

Committee  on  Finance  reported — 

That  they  had  examined  the  Treasurer's  account  and  had  found  it  correct. 
Adopted. 

The  Committee  to  visit  Mahopac  Falls  reported — 
That  they  had  performed  the  duty  assigned  them  on  February  2nd   and  3rd 
and,  after  a  conference  with  the  parties  interested,  had  made  to  them  follow- 
ing reccommendations  which  had  been  accepted  by  the  Session  unanimously  : 

1.  That  all  charges  and  the  pending  appeal  should  be  withdrawn  and 
records  expunged. 

2.  That  the  Session  take  Constitutional  steps  by  which  the  present  Elders 
may  cease  to  act  as  Ruling  Elders  in  this  congregation  on  the  election  and 
installation  of  new  EldeiS, 


ABSTRACTS.  2CV} 

3.  That  the  congregation  at  once  proceed  to  the  election  of  a  new  bench  of 
Elders, 

4.  That  no  person  ai  cept  the  office  of  Elder,  unless  he  shall  obtain  the  suf- 
frages of  at  least  two-thirds  of  the  electors. 

5.  Th;it  the  congregation  consider  the  adoption  of  the  rotary  or  term  ser- 
vice Ol    Elders,      Adopted. 

Committee  on  Church  Extention  report  recommending — 

1.  That  the  petition  for  the  organization  of  a  church  at  Oscawana  bake  be 
not  granted 

2.  That  the  matter  of  a  church  service  at  Oscawana  Lake  be  referred  to  the 
Commiitee  on  Church  Extention. 

3.  That  the  Preybytery  endorse  the  Synod's  plan  of  sustentation,  and  that 
the  Presbytery  recommend  it  to  our  churches  and  urge  them  to  liberal  contri- 
butions to  the  Synodical  Aid  Fund,  in  as  much  as  this  takes  the  place  of  two 
collections,  those  for  Sustentation  and  Presbyterial  Church  Extention. 

4.  This  Presbytery  most  heartily  commends  the  churches  at  New  Haven 
and  Greenwich  to  the  Christian  sympathy  and  generous  assistance  of  those 
whom  God  has  made  stewards  of  His  substance.     Adopted 

Committee  on  Narrative  reported- 
Reports  have  been  received  from  all  our  forty  churches.     Thirty-four  of  these 
churches  have  pastors,  two   have   recently  chosen  pastors,  two   have   recently 
become  vacant  by  the  resignation  and  one  by  the  death  of  the  pastor,  and  one 
only  (North  Salem)  has  been  vacant  for  any  length  of  time. 

I.  Public  Worship— All  have  been  regularly  and  fully  supplied  with  preach- 
ing during  the  year,  except  North  Salem.  Attendance  upon  worship  is  re- 
ported as  stationary  by  fourteen  of  our  churches.  Only  three  speak  of  smaller 
1  congregations,  the  rest  rejoice  in  increasing  audiences.  There  is  no  marked 
neglect  of  the  means  of  Grace  by  communicants.  A  large  proportion  of  the 
children  aud  youth  in  most  of  our  congregations  attend  public  worship.  In 
very  few  ef  our  churches  is  there  a  larger  proportion  than  one-third  of  nOn  • 
professors  of  religion 

II.  Sunday  Schools — Sunday  schools  are  maintained  in  connection  with  all 
our  churches  and,  with  two  exceptions,  are  maintained  during  the  entire  year. 
In  the  great  majority  of  our  communities  most  of  the  children  are  brought  into 
the  Sunday  school,  but  many  youth  and  adults  are  not  reached.  The  Shorter 
Catechism  is  taught  in  three-fourth  of  our  schools  and  the  Westminster  Lesson 
Helps  are  used  in  all  but  six  or  seven.  Nine  mission  schools  are  maintained 
beside  the  church  schools. 

III.  Meetings  for  Prayer — These  meetings  seem  to  be  in  a  "normal"  condi- 
tion. Attendance  of  church  members  from  one-sixth  to  one-half.  About  half 
our  churches  have  a  regular  service  in  the  interest  of  mission  work.  Young 
people's  meetings  are  maintained  by  ten  churches.  Two  societies  of  "  Chris- 
tian Endeavour11  have  been  organized,  and  pastors  are  enthusiastic  over  the 
results.  Ladies'  prayer  meetings  are  sustained  in  a  few  instances.  With 
many  indications  of  deepening  interest,  the  reports,  as  a  whole,  lead  to  a  con- 
viction that  the  Sessions  of  about  half  of  our  churches  may  well  inquire 
whether  the  prayer  meeting  is  what  it  might  and  ought  to  be. 

IV.  Family  II  'orship—Thz  condition  of  things  is  not  at  all  different  from  last 
year.  The  reports  are  expressed  in  very  general  terms  and  do  not  indicate 
any  definite  knowledge  about  the  matter.  Christian  parents  seem  to  be  faith- 
ful in  presenting  their  children  for  baptism,  and  these  family  duties  are  urged 
with  <.\\w  fidelity.  There  is  a  good  supply  of  Christian  literature  in  our  homes, 
but  an  evident  lack  of  systematic  religious  instruction.  The  Lord's  covenant 
is  honored. 

v .  Benevolence — This  department  of  church  work  furnishes  abundant  occa- 
sion for  encouragement,  owing  no  doubt  to  the  earnest  and  faithful  efforts  ol 
our  Presbyterial  Committee  on  Systematic  Beneficence.  The  great  majority 
ol  our  churches  contribute  l>y  established   methods  to  all  our   Hoards,  and 


2C»4  ABSTRACTS. 

growth  is  manifested  in  larger  giving.     The  women  are  thoroughly  organized 
and  there  is  encouragement  all  along  the  line. 

VI.  Revivals — No  marked  religious  interest  with  the  exception  of  our 
churches  tn  the  city  of  Yonkers.  Yet  there  have  not  been  wanting  many  signs 
of  healthful  spiritual  condition  and  wholesome  advance.  In  Yonkers  all  three 
of  our  churches  have  been  greatly  blessed. 

VII.  Watch  and  Care — The  Sessions  of  our  churches  have  been  usually 
faithful.  In  several  instances  heavy  responsibilities  have  developed  upon 
them,  owing  to  the  absence  of  pastors,  and  they  are  deserving  of  hearty  com- 
mendation for  fidelity.  Only  two  cases  of  discipline  are  reported,  and  in  one 
of  these  the  Session  report  that  the  effect,  both  upon  the  individual  and  the 
congregation,  has  been  most  beneficial. 

VIII.  Miscellaneous  -The  financial  obligations  of  our  congregation  with  but 
few  exceptions  are  met  promptly  and  cheerfully.  Sabbath  desecration, 
worldly  amusements,  the  fashionable  follies  of  the  day,  sbsorbtion  in  business, 
religion  in  form  but  not  in  power,  church  controversies,  intemperance  are 
mentioned  as  obstructing  church  work.  The  cause  of  temperance  attracts 
increasing  attention  in  nearly  all  our  congregations.  Gospel  methods  of 
advancing  it  are  used  with  good  effect.  The  church  by  many  is  considered  a 
sufficient  organization  to  help  forward  this  and  all  other  moral  reforms.  But 
the  women  in  many  ot  our  churches  co-operate  heartly  in  the  works  of  the  W. 
T.  C.  U.,  and  it  receives  warm  commendation  from  many  of  our  pastors.  In 
some  of  our  Sunday  schools  the  children  have  been  organized  into  temperance 
bands  with  good  effect.     Adopted. 

Committee  on  Judicial  Business  reported — 

i.  That  the  reported  election  of  an  Elder  by  the  Session  of  Mahopac  Falls 
church  is  not  valid  and  there  is  no  such  representative. 

2.  That  the  recommendations  of  the  Committee  to  visit  Mahopac  Falls,  which 
were  acceded  to  by  the  existing  Session  and  by  Elders  severally,  be  fully  car- 
ried out— to  the  effect  that  those  persons  elected  to  the  eldership  by  two-thirds 
majority  be  the  Elders  in  said  church  and  be  duly  installed. 

3.  That  Rev.  Harris  R.  Schenck  remain  as  pastor  of  the  church  at  Mahopac 
Falls   for  the  present. 

Recommendations  Nos.  1  and  2  were  adopted,  and  as  a 
substitute  for  No.  3  the  following  was  adopted  : — 

That  Presbytery  advise  Mr.  Schenck  to  accept  the  call  to  Mt.  Kisco. 

Committee  on  Abstracts  reported — 

1  That  the  minutes  be  printed  in  full  and  that  a  copy  be  sent  to  each  Min- 
ister and  Elder,  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery. 

2.  That  one  printed  copy,  duly  authenticated  by  the  signature  of  the  Stated 
Clerk,  be  preserved  as  the  permanent  records  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Presbytery. 

3.  That  such  copy  be  sent  to  the  Higher  Court  for  review.     Adopted. 

Committee  on  Standing  Rules  reported  the  following  rules  : 
PROPOSED  STANDING   RULES. 

OF   MEETINGS. 

1 .  The  Stated  Meetings  of  the  Presbytery  shall  be  held  on  the  third  Tues- 
day of  April  and  the  first  Tuesday  of  October  in  each  year.  The  Intermediate 
Meetings  shall  be  held  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  January  and  the  third  Tuesday 
of  June  in  each  year. 

2.  The  Session  of  the  church,  in  which  the  meeting  is  to  be  held,  shall  con- 
stitute a  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  that  meeting 

3.  At  every  Stated  meeting  the  Presbytery  shall  spend  the  first  hour  of  each 
morning  Session  in  devotional  exercises. 

OF     MINISTERS. 

4.  Every  Minister,  coming  to  this  Presbytery  on  certificate  from  another 
Presbvterv.  may,  in  the  discretion    of  the  Presbytery,  be  examined  on  experi- 


ABSTRACTS.  205 

mental  religion,  theology  and  church  government:  and  every  ordained  Minis- 
ter,coming  from  a  denomination  in  correspondence  with  the  General  Assembly, 
shall  he  required  to  answer  affirmatively  the  first  seven  questions  in  the  Form 
of  Government,  Chap.  XV,  which  are  put  to  our  own  Licentiates,  when  about 
to  be  ordained. 

OK    LICENTIATES. 

5.  Every  Licentiate,  coming  to  this  Presbytery  on  certificate  from  another 
Presbytery,  may  in  the  discretion  of  the  Presbytery  be  examined  as  to  his 
religious  experience,  and  on  theology  and  church  government,  and  every 
Licentiate  coming  to  this  Presbytery  from  any  denomination  in  correspondence 
with  the  General  Assembly,  shall  be  required  to  answer  affirmatively  the  ques- 
tions in  the  Form  of  G<  vernment,  Chap.  XIV,  which  are  put  to  our  candidates 
for  licensure. 

(it-'   CANDIDATES 

6.  When  a  person  shall  be  introduced  to  the  Presbytery  to  be  taken  under 
its  tare  as  a  Candidate  for  the  ministry,  his  application  shall  be  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Education. 

7.  Every  Candidate  shall  be  placed  under  the  superintendence  of  a  commit- 
tee, who  shall  carefully  attend  to  his  moral  and  intellectual  improvement,  and 
make  a  report  of  the  same  at  every  Fall  Stated  Meeting  of  Presbytery. 

X.  Examination  for  licensure  or  ordination  at  a  Stated  Meeting  shall  be  the 
second  order  of  the  second  day. 

9.  When  Presbytery  shall  decide  the  trials  of  Candidates  and  Licentiates, 
they  shall  sit  with  closed  doors. 

10.  The  Latin  Exegesis  and  Critical  Exercise  of  Candidates  shall  be  put  into 
the  hands  of  the  Committee  on  Languages,  and  the  other  parts  of  trial  into 
those  of  the  Committee  on  Philosophy,  Astronomy  and  Rhetoric,  who  shall 
examine  them  and  report  thereon  to  the  Presbytery. 

oi-"  OFFICERS 

it.  The  officers  of  the  Presbytery  shall  be  a  Moderator,  who  shall  be 
elected  at  each  Stated  Meeting,  a  Stated  Clerk,  a  Permanent  Clerk,  and  a 
Treasurer,  who  shall  hold  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Presbytery  :  but 
the  Presbytery  may  assign  the  duties  of  the  Treasurer  to  either  of  the  Clerks. 
Besides  these  officers.  Temporary  Clerks  may  be  appointed  to  serve  at  any  of 
the  meetings. 

12.  The  Stated  Clerk  shall  form  and  call  the  roll  of  each  meeting,  shall 
give  notices  of  all  meetings  and  the  object,  when  special,  to  all  Ministers  and 
to  the  Clerks  of  Session  of  all  vacant  churches,  shall  receive  all  overtures  and 
papers  addressed  to  the  Presbytery  and  present  the  same  to  the  Presbytery  for 
its  action  or  for  reference,  shall  make  up  a  docket  of  business  for  each  meet- 
ing, give  all  necessary  notices  to  carry  orders  of  Presbytery  into  effect,  shall 
perform  such  duties  as  bj  rule  or  usage  of  Presbytery,  Synod  or  General 
Assembly  are  performed  by  the  Stated  Clerk,  and  such  other  duties  as  the 
l'i( isb)  t  ery  shall  prescribe.  He  shall  index  the  minutes,  make  such  perma- 
nent record  of  them,  and  from  time  to  time  print  them  or  an  abstract  of  them 
as  the  Presbytery  may  direct,  and  deliver  a  copy  to  each  Minister  in  the  Pres- 
bytery and  to  each  Elder  of  the  churches  under  its  care.  He  shall  also  pre- 
pare, print,  and  deliver  in  like  manner  in  every  third  year  beginning  with  1886, 
a  list  of  all  the  Elders  of  the  churches  arranged  in  alphabetical  order,  but  under 
tha  names  of  ther  respective  churches. 

13.  The  Permanent  Clerk  shall  himself  keep  or  cause  to  be  kept  by  a  Tem- 
pory  Clerk,  if  the  Presbytery  appoint  such  clerk,  a  correct  record  and  minute 
of  all  business  transacted  by  the  Presbytery  and  shall,  within  seven  days,  after 
tin-  close  oi  each  meeting,  deliver  such  record  to  the  Stated  Clerk. 

14.  The  Treasurer,  or  the  clerk  acting  as  Treasurer,  shall  receive  the 
moneys  ot  the  Presbyter)  and  disburse  the  same  as  directed  by  the  Presbytery 
or  by  the  Standing  Rules  of  the  Presbytery.  At  each  Fall  Stated  Meeting  he 
shall  present,  in    writing,  a    report    of   receipts    and    disbursements   during  the 


206  ABSTRACTS. 

year  ending,  with  the  vouchers  for  all  payments  made  by  him,  and  the  same 
shall  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

15.  The  salaries  of  the  Stated  and  Permanent  Clerks  and  Treasurer  and 
their  disbursements  for  blanks,  stationery,  postage,  etc.,  and  also  personal  ex- 
penses of  the  Stated  Clerk  in  attending  special  meetings  of  the  Presbytery 
shall  he  audited  and  paid  by  the  Treasurer  out  of  the  moneys  belonging  to  the 
Presbytery. 

OF    COMMITTERS. 

16.  At  each  Stated  Meeting  there  shall  be  appointed  committees — 

(1.)   On  Bills  and  Overtures. 
(2.)   On  Judicial  Business. 
(3.)   On  Leave  of  absence. 

17.  At  the  Fall  Stated  Meeting  there  shall  also  be  appointed  committees  : 

( 1 .)   On  Finance. 

(2.)   On  the  Narrative. 

(3.)   On  the  Sessional  Records  of  each  Church. 

18.  At  the  Fall  Stated  Meeting  of  every  even  numbered  year  there  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Presbytery,  on  the  nomination  of  a  committee  appointed 
at  the   previous  Intermediate  Meeting,  the  following  standing  committees — 

FOR    EXAMINATIONS. 
(I.)  Religious  Experience  and  Views 
in  Seeking  the  Ministry. 


ON  THE  WORK  OK  THR  CHURCH. 

(1.)   Home  Missions. 

(2.)   Foreign  Missions. 

(3.)  Education. 

(4.)   Church  Erection. 

(5.)   Ministerial  Relief. 

(6.)   Freedmen. 

(7.)   Sabbath  Schools. 

(8.)   Temperance. 

(9.)   Aid  for  Colleges. 

(10.)   Publication. 

(11.)  Systematic  i5eneneence. 

(12.)   Church  Extention. 

(23.)   Presbyterial  Visitation. 

(14.)   Manses. 


(2.)   Languages. 

(3.)  Philosophy,  Astronomy,  and 
Rhetoric. 

(4.)   Systematic  Theology. 

(5.)  Church  History,  Church  Gov- 
ernment, and  Sacraments. 

(5.)  Constitution,  Government,  and 
Discipline  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

19.  The  Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly  and  the  Delegates  to  the 
Synod  shall  be  committees  on  the  minutes  of  those  judicatories  for  the  ses- 
sions, for  which  they  are  respectively  elected. 

20.  The  standing  committees  on  the  work  of  the  church  shall  always  report 
in  writing  at  the  Fall  Stated  Meeting,  and  at  such  other  times  as  their  busi- 
ness may  require  or  the  Presbytery  may  direct.  Such  committees  severally 
shall  bring  to  the  attention  of  the  churches,  their  pastors  and  sessions,  all  the 
deliverances  of  the  General  Assembly,  Synod,  and  Presbytery,  concerning  the 
department  of  church  work  cared  for  by  the  respective  committees,  and  shall, 
at  suitable  seasons,  communicate  with  and  obtain  from  the  Session  of  each 
church  information  after  what  manner  each  church  is  forwarding  department 
work. 

21.  The  Committee  on  the  Narrative  shall  present  a  report  at  the  Spring 
Stated  Meeting. 

22.  The  Committee  on  Church  Extention  shall  present  an  itemized  state- 
ment of  the  receipts  and  disbursements  at  the  Fall  Stated  Meeting. 

23.  Each  member  of  a  committee  shall  be  entitled  to  the  privileges  of  the 
floor  when  any  report  of  his  committee  or  matter  touching  the  work  ot  the 
committee   shall  be  under  consideration. 

24.  All  committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Moderator,  unless  herein  or 
otherwise  directed  by  the  Presbytery. 

OK    COMMISSIONERS    AND    DELEGATES. 

25.  Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly  and  Delegates  to  the  Synod, 
and  their  alternates  shall  be  elected  by  ballot  at  the  Stated  Meeting  next  pre- 
ceding  the    meeting   of  die  judicatory  to  which  they  are  respectively  commis- 


ABSTRACTS.  207 

sioned,  .1  ma  I  all  the  votes  cast  b<  ing  necessar}  to  an  election.     Nomi- 

nation therefor  shall  be  the  first  order  of  the  morning  session   of  the  second 
day,  and  election  the  first  order  of  the  afti  the  same  day. 

■<        ,:  1  I    -  to  the  Synod  after  the  adoption  of  this 

rule,  the  whole  number  ol         egates  to  which  Presbytery  shall  be  entitled, 

shall  be  chosen.     Ofthose  so  chosen,  the  halfin  number  of  the  Ministers  and  the 

the  Ruling- Elders,  who  shall  have  received  the  greatest  number 

of  votes,  shall  be  Dele  two  years,  and   die  other  half  of  each  shall  be 

tes  for  om   pea d  thereafter  at  each  Fall  Staled  .Meeting  an  equal 

number  of  Minister  and  Rul  rs  shall  be  elected  Delegates  to  the  Synod 

forafull  term  61  two  111  the  place  of  those  whose  term  as  Del 

will  then  expire.     Whenever  the  number  of  Delegates  to  the  Synod  from  the 

terj    shall    increase   01    diminish   or  vacancies    shall    occur.    Presbytery 

ku  the  two  classes  ol  Delegates,  whose  term  shall  expire  in 

rent     ars,  shall  be  as  nearly  as  possible  of  equal  numbers  and  each  class 

oi  an  equal  number  of  Ministers  and  Ruling  Elders. 

(  (F    (in  RCH    SESSIONS. 

27.  The  Session  of  each  church  shall,  at  least  ten  days  before  each  Spring 
Slated  Meeting  of  the  Pre&bytery,  send  to  the  Committee  on  the  Narrative  a 
narrative  of  the  state  of  religion  in  their  church. 

28.  The  Session  of  each  church  shall  send  to  the  Stated  Clerk  of  the  Pres- 
bytery, on  or  before  the  Spring  Stated  Meeting  of  the  Presbytery,  their  statis- 
tical report. 

29.  The  Session  of  each  church  shall,  at  the  Fall  Stated  Meeting  of  the 
Presbytery,  presenl  theii  records  for 'examination. 

OF    VACANT    CHURCHES. 

30.  Vacant  churches  shall  pay  supplies  a  suitable  compensation. 

31.  it  shall  be  disorderly  lor  any  vacant  church  to  employ  itinejant 
preachers,  whose  credentials  shall  not  have  been  submitted  to  some  member 
of  the  Presbytery,  or  for  any  Minister  to  labor  statedly  in  any  of  our  churches, 
who  does  no)  come  under  our  jurisdiction,  unless  by  special  permission  of  the 
Presbytery  at  each  Stated  Meeting. 

32. 'At  each  Stated  Meeting  of  the  Presbytery  the  list  of  vacant  churches 
shall  be  lead,  and  a  Minister  shall  lie  appointed  to  act  as  Moderator  of  the 
Session  of  each  ol  the  said  churches,  until  the  next  Stated  Meeting  of  the 
Presbytery. 

33.  In  case  am  church  becomes  vacanl  between  the  Stated  Meetings  oi  the 
Presbytery,  the  Session  ol  such  church  shall  call  upon  a  neighboring  Minister 
to  act  as  Moderator  until  the  next  meeting  oi  the  Presbytery,  except  in  cases 
provided  in  the  F  01  m  of  ( ;,  >\  <  rnm<  ni . 

OF    ASSESSMENTS. 

34.  Each   church   shall   paj  annually  at  the   Spring   Stated  Meeting  to  the 
urer  <>i  the  Presbytery,  for  expenses  of  the  Presbytery,  Synod,  and  Gen- 
eral   Assembly,  the  sum    that  shall    have   been  apportioned    to  such  church  by 
the  Presbytery. 

\t  each  Spring  Stated  Meeting,  all    Ministers,  not  Pastors,  shall    be   in- 
jated  .ind  shall  make  answer  cone,  ruin-    their  labor  during  the  year  past. 

oi'    RULES. 

36.  These  rules  may  be  altered  or  amended  by  a  majorit)  vote  at  any  Staled 
Meeting;  su<  h  alt<  rations  or  amendments  having  been  proposed  in  writing  .a 
.1  previous  Stated  Meeting  of  Presbyter} 

37.  These  rules  may  be  suspended  at  anj  time  b)  a  two-thirds  vote  ot  those 

pre  sent. 

Action  was   postponed   until    th,     next    Stated    Meeting   in 
accordance  with  Rule  31 . 


2oS  ABSTRACT'S. 

OVERTURES. 

Overture  from  General  Assembly  (Minutes,  1886,  p.  38)  to 
strike  out  from  Confession  of  Faith,  Chapter  xxiv,  Section  4, 
the  words —  'The  man  may  not  marry  any  oi  his  wite's  kin- 
dred nearer  in  blood  than  be  may  of  his  own,  nor  the  woman 
of  her  husband's  kindred  nearer  in  blood  chan  of  her  own  " — 
was  answered  in  the  affimative. 

Presbytery  made  objection  to  the  payment  of  the  deficiency 
of  $2,100  of  the  late  Permanent  Committee  on  Temperance, 
from  the  Contingent  Fund  of  the  Assembly  of  1887  (Minutes 
of  General  Assembly,  18S6,  p.  235). 

PLACES    OF    MEETINGS. 

Intermediate,  Tuesday,  June  21 — Irvington,  N.  Y. 
Fall  .Stated,  Tuesday,  October  4 — Sing  Sing  Sing,   N.    Y. 
Sessions  of   the   churches    were    appointed    Committees   of 
Arrangements. 

DISSOLUTIONS. 

Rev.  Charles  P.  Fagnani — Westminster,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. — 
April  24,  1887. 

Rev.  Harris  R.  Schenck— Mahopac  Falls,  N.  Y.— May  8, 
1887. 

INSTAI  LATION. 

Rev.  Harris  R.  Schenck  at  Mount  Kisco,  N.  Y. 
Time — Thursday,  May  12,  7:30  P.  M. 
To  Preside — The  Moderator. 

Sermon — Rev.  William  B.  Waller;  alternate,  Rev.  Irving  E.  White. 
Charge  to  Pastor — Rev.  Ira  S.  Dodd  ;  alternate,  Rev.  James  H.  Hoyt. 
Charge  to  People — Rev.  Charles  E.  Allison  ;   alternate.  Rev.  Manfred  P. 
Welcher. 

APPR0PRIA7 ION. 

Pleasantville,  $300  from  Sy nodical  Aid  Fund. 

ASSESSMENT. 

New  Haven,  $3. 

MODERATORS    OF    SESSIONS    OF    VACANT    CHURCHES. 

North  Salem — Rev.  Robert  P.  Gibson. 
South  Salem — Rev.  John  H.  Eastman. 
Rye — Rev.  William  Life. 
Westminster — Rev.  Edward  C.  Moore. 
Mahopac  Falls — Rev.  Robert  P.  Gibson. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

The  request  of  the  Potts  Memorial  church  that  its  name  be 
changed  to  that  of  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Morrisania, 
was  not  granted. 

Rev.  Willis  W.  Dowd  made  request  lor  the  dissolution  of 
the  pastoral  relation  existing  between  himself  and  the  Port 
Chester  church. 


M'.sTKACTS. 


209 


It  was  ordered  that  the  Port  Chester  church  be  cited  to 
appear  at  the  Intermediate  Meeting,  to  he  held   at  Irvington, 

on  June  2I8t,  to  show   cntl.se  why    the    request   should   not   he 

granted. 

W. J,  Cummins, 

St  a  tcil  Ckrk, 

Ynrktnwn.  N.  V. 
George  W.  F.  Birch, 

Permanent  Clerk  an<1  Treasurer,* 

184  Willis  Ave,,  New  York  City. 


STATISTICAL    REPORT 


Churches 

Miniates 

I  il<  entlates  

I  andidates ,, 

Elders  .... 

i  beacons  .......... 


OK  PRESftYTERV   FOR  THIS  YEAR  ENWNfJ 
MARCH  31,  1S87. 

I  1  Added  "i,  Examination 


60 

6 

13 
141 
46 


Added  on  Certifii  ate 
1  otal  Communicants 
Adults  Baptised  ... 
Infanta  Baptised  . . 
Sundaj  School  Membership, 


CONTRIBUTIONS. 


Missions, . 
Foreign  Missions 

EdUcadon 

Publication 

Church  Erection 
Relief  Fund  .... 
I  reedmen  ... 


$15,708 
8,886 

90I 

637 

3,341 

1,536 

1,117 


320 

38$ 

6.187 
84 

5.9S' 


Sustentation $423 

Aid  t"i  <  Colleges ........  666 

General  Assemblj  7^3 

I  ongregational  ■ 105,358 

Miscellaneous 13,995 


otal 


$iS».3*3 


ABSTRACTS.  2IO 

INTERMEDIATE  MEETING. 

Irvington,  N.  Y.  June  21,  1887. 

Present — 24  Ministers  and  17  Ruling  Elders. 

Rev.  John  H.  Eastman  and  Ruling  Elder  Sanford  R. 
Knapp    were  elected  Temporary  Clerks. 

Rev.  William  VV.  Whipple  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Schuyler. 

Licentitate  John  S.  Penman  was  received  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  New  York. 

Messrs  William  W.  Ewing,  Jr.,  Hugh  L.  Hodge,  and 
Richard  M.  Hodge  were  received  under  the  care  of  the  Pres- 
byter}' as  candidates  for  the  ministry. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  organization  of  a  church 
at  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

Time — June  23rd,  1887,  8  p  m.  Place— Union  Hall,  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 
Committee — Ministers — John  H.  Eastman,  William  B.  Waller,  Charles  E. 
Lindsley,  John  Reid,  Daniel  N.  Freeland  :  Ruling  Elders — William  H.  Par- 
sons, Henry  M.  Lester.  Sermon — Rev.  John  H,  Eastman;  Rev.  Charles  E. 
Lindsley,  alternate.  To  preside  at  the  election  of  Ruling  Elders  and  Deacons 
—  Rev.  William  B  Waller ;  Rev-  John  Reid,  alternate 

Arrangements  were  made    for  the    ordination  of  Licentiate 

John  S.  Penman. 

Time — June  29th,  1887,  7.30  p.  m.  Place — First  Presbyterian  church, 
Yonkers,  N,  Y.  To  preside  and  propound  the  constitutional  question — The 
Moderator.  Sermon — Rev.  Lawrence  P.  Cumming;  Rev.  Henry  M.  Baird, 
alternate  Charge — Rev.  Erski'ne  N.  White;  Rev.  Isaac  S.  Davison,  alter- 
nate. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  installation  of  Rev. 
Edward  C.   Moo.e.  at   Wesiminst  r  church,    Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Time — June  30th,  1887.  To  preside  and  propound  the  constitutional 
questions — The  Moderator.  Sermon — Rev.  George  F.  Moore;  Rev.  Samuel 
T.  Carter,  alternate.  Charge  to  the  Pastor — ReV.  William  E.Moore;  Rev. 
John  Reid,  alternate.  Charge  to  the  People — Rev.  John  Dixon;  Rev.  Rollin 
A.  Sawyer,  alternate. 

Rev.  Willis  W.  Dowd  was  granted  permission  to  withdraw 
request  for  the  dissolution  of  the  pastoral  relation  made  at  the 
Spring  Stated  Meeting. 

The  Committee  on  Publication    made    a    report  which  was 

accepted,  adopted,  and  is  as   follows: 

We  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution: 
Resolved,  That  this  Presbytery  commend  "  The  Church  at  Home  and 
Abroad"  to  all  our  families  and  urge  upon  our  pastors  and  elders  to  make 
special  effort  to  induce  a  larger  subscription  to  it,  as  calculated  to  disseminate 
information  most  needed  by  all  and  to  promote  the  desired  grace  of  systematic 
beneficence. 


211  ABSTRACTS. 

Rev.  Messrs.  William  J.  Cumming  and  Harris  R.  Schenck 
and  Ruling  Elder  Stanton  Cady  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  draft  a  plan  for  collecting  the  Presbytery's  share  of  the 
Centenary  Fund,  recommended  by  the  General  Assembly. 

appropriations  . 

North  Salem,  $125  for  six  months  from  Synodical  Aid 
Fund. 

Rev.  Robert  P.  Gibson,  $100  for  one  year  for  services  held 
at  Somers,  from  Synodical  Aid  Fund. 

W.  J.  Cumming, 
Stated  Clerk. 
George  W.  F.  Birch, 
Permanent  Clerk. 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

Yonkers,  N.  Y.,   June  29,  1887. 

Present — 8  Ministers  and  1  Ruling  Elder. 
Rev.  Charles  E.  Allison  was  elected  Clerk  pro  tern. 
Licentiate  John  S.   Penman  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist 
according  to  the  direction  of  Presbytery. 

W.  J.  Cumming, 

Stated  Clerk, 

Yorktown,  N.  Y. 
George  W.  F.  Birch, 

Permanent  Clerk  and  Treasurer, 

184  Willis  Ave.,  New  York  City.