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Presbyterian Church in the '

U.S.A. Synod of New York, j
Minutes of the . . . annual

session of the Synod of Nev

MINUTES

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION

SYNOD OF NEW YORK,

HELD IN THE CITY OF BROOKLYN,

October 20-23, ^- D. 1896,

WITH AM APPENDIX.

PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SYNOD UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF THE STATED CLERK.

NEW YORK:

CHARLES FRANCIS, PRINTER,

30-32 West Thirteenth St.

THE OFFICERS OF THE SYNOD.

MOD ERA TOR.
Ruling Elder Ralph E. Prime, Yonkers.

VICE.MODERA TOR.
Rev. William Reed, D. D., Troy.

STATED CLERK AND TREASURER.

Rev. T. Ralston Smith, D. D.,
The Presbyterian Building, New York.

PERMANENT CLERK.
Rev. J. WiLFORD Jacks, Romulus.

TEMPORARY CLERKS.

Rev. Murray H. Gardner, Horseheads.

Rev. Horace T. Chadsey, Mapleton vStation.

SYNODICAL SUPERINTENDENT.
Rev. James Norton Crocker, D. D., Saratoga Springs.

THE

SYNOD OF NEW YORK

A. D. 1896.

The Synod of New York met, agreeably to appointment, in
the First Church in the City of Brooklyn, on Tuesday, the 20th
day of October, A. D. 1896, at half-past seven o'clock p. m., and
was opened with a sermon prepared by the Moderator, the Rev.
Howard Duffikld, D. D., of the Presbytery of New York, on
Colossians i: 28, "Whom we preach." In the absence of the
Moderator, and at his request, the sermon was delivered by the
Stated Clerk, the Rev. T. Ralston Smith, D. D.

After the sermon, the Synod was organized with prayer by
the Vice-Moderator, Ruling Elder Ralph E. Prime, of the
Presbytery of Westchester.

The roll was called, and the following Ministers and Ruling
Elders were found to be present, as duly appointed delegates
from the Presbyteries:

THE ROLL OF THE SYNOD.

I. PRESBYTERY OF ALBANY.
Ministers. Ruling Elders.

James Gardner, D. D. Oliver S. Kline.

James N. Crocker, D. D. James Rodgers.

Alfonso R. Olney, D. D. Walter Bradshaw.

William Durant, D. D. George Lasher.

Lewis R. Webber. Walter Stevens.

Edward C. Wiley. Arthur M. Peck.

Leslie R. Groves. Peter C. Don.
John G. Lovell.

SYNOD OF NEW ^ORK.

[Oct. 20th,

II. PRESBYTERY OF

/)/ inisters.

J. Lovejoy Robertson.
Peter R. Ross.

A. Cameron Mackenzie, D. D
Frederick Perkins.

BINGHAMTON.

Ruling Elders.

Alburn S. Parmelee.
Daniel E. Whitmore (2).

III. PRESBYTERY OF BOSTON.
Charles S. Dewing, D. D. James Burke.

Robert Court, D. D. Donald J. Lamond (2).

John E. Wildey. John Gilchrist.

Lewis V. Price.

IV. PRESBYTERY OF BROOKLYN.

Donald McLaren, D. D.
Charles Cuthbert Hall, D.
Louis Wolferz (2).
James N. Grace.
William H. Hudnut.

James M, Ham.
D. Robert Henderson.
George H. Southard.
Augustus W. Sexton (2).
William Mc Carroll (2).
Marvin Briggs.
Charles Henderson.

V. PRESBYTERY OF BUFFALO.

Horace Briggs.
John Hamilton.
John E. Myer.
Joseph C. Batchelor.

Samuel T. Clarke (2).
William S. Hubbell, D. D.
James S. Moore.
George H. Marsh.
Henry W. Tolson (2).
John D. Campbell.

VI. PRESBYTERY OF CAYUGA.
Almon R. Hewitt. Richard H. Bloom.

Wallace B. Lucas, D. D. Edward P. Gilbert.

Henry Schlosser.
Edward H. Adriance.

VII, PRESBYTERY OF CHAMPLAIN.
Richard G. McCarthy. Elijah B. Hedding.

Joseph Gamble, D. D.
William Armitage Beardslee (2).
Norman McLeod.

A. D. 1896. I SYNOD OF NEW YORK.

VIII. PRESBYTERY OF CHEMUNG.
Ministers. Rtiliitg Elders.

Isaac Jennings, D. D. Orlando R. Borthwick (2).

Charles H. Kilmer. Matthew H. Gray (2).

Murray H. Gardner. George M. Welles.

IX. PRESBYTERY OF CHILE.

X. PRESBYTERY OF COLUMBIA.
George LeFevre (3). L. Carlton Austin.

XI. PRESBYTERY OF EASTERN PERSIA.

XII. PRESBYTERY OF GENESEE.

Hon. Edward C. Walker.
Harwood A. Dudley.

XIII. PRESBYTERY OF GENEVA.
William H. Webb, D. D. Cassius N. McFarren.
N. Beall Remick, D. D. Aurelius M. Dickerson.
William W. Weller. Lyman E. Jacobus.

J. Jones Lawrence. Joseph F. Kaul.

XIV. PRESBYTERY OF HUDSON.
Thomas Nichols (3). Henry M. Reynolds.
David F. Bonner, D. D. John W. Vervalen.
Thomas B. Thomas. George H. King.
Robert H. McCready, Ph. D. Charles B. Roe.
James R. Mann. Joseph W. Young.
Adolf F. Pape.

XV. PRESBYTERY OF LONG ISLAND.
James B. Finch. Orrin F. Payne.

Clarence H. Wilson. William J. Post.

Frederick G. Beebe. Jesse D. Hawkins.

XVI. PRESBYTERY OF LYONS.
A. Parke Burgess, D. D. (2). E. Kingsley Hitchcock.
George W. Newman. John W. Atwood.

Herman B. Mayo.

XVII. PRESBYTERY OF NASSAU.
Joshua J. Wolf. John Hanson.

William H. Hendrickson. Isaac C. Hendrickson.

Frank M. Kerr (2). Nicholas Everitt.

Edward J. Lloyd (2).

6 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 20th,

XVIII. PRESBYTERY OF NEW YORK.

Ministers. Ruling Elders.

Henry B. Elliott, D. D. George R. Lockwood (2).

Andrew Shiland, D. D. Richard Drummond (2).

Joseph Sanderson, D. D. E. Francis Hyde (2).

Alexander McLean, D. D. William E. Magie.

George Nixon. John G. Bogert (2).

James G. Patterson, D. D. Henry W. Jessup.

Horace G. Miller. James Tompkins.

Henry M. Tyndall (2). John Stewart.

Abbott L. R. Waite. Frederick Blume.

Jacob J. Vreeland.

XIX. PRESBYTERY OF NIAGARA.
Erastus W. Twichell. - Christopher M. Young (2).

Horace T. Chadsey.
Albert S. Bacon (2).

XX. PRESBYTERY OF NORTH LAOS.

XXI. PRESBYTERY OF NORTH RIVER.

Julius Straus. Charles E. Bingham.

Wallace W. Thorpe. Benjamin P. Wayne.

Plato T. Jones. Charles B, Warring.

Alexander R. Barron. John Dales.

XXII. PRESBYTERY OF OTSEGO.

Albro L. Greene (2). William E. Miller.

Robert I. MacBride.
Eugene V. Ostrander.

XXIII. PRESBYTERY OF ROCHESTER.

Levi Parsons, D. D. William A. Hubbard.

Horace P. V. Bogue, D. D. George W. Davis.

Henry H. Stebbins, D. D. John R. Strang.

Gerard B. F. Hallock, D. D. (3). Edgar Benedict (3).
George V. Reichel.
Arthur M. Smith.
Frank E. Bancroft.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK.

XXIV. PRESBYTERY OF ST. LAWRENCE.

Ministers. Ruling Elders.

L. Merrill Miller, D. D. James M. Thrall.

John Jay Crane, W. Webster Leonard.

Allen Macy Dulles, D. D. (3).
James Robertson.

XXV. PRESBYTERY OF SIAM.

XXVI. PRESBYTERY OF STEUBEN.

Edward M. Deems, Ph. D. John Knox Miller.

Frank S. Swan. James Craig.

George W. Warren. Josiah W. Owens.

Robert Clements. Clinton H. Miner.

XXVII. PRESBYTERY OF SYRACUSE.

George B. Spalding,D.D.,LL.D. Gilbert Mollison.

Albert R. Walker.
D. Burr Giddings (2).
Hon. George G. French.
James W. Eager (2).
Israel Parsons, M. D.

XXVIII. PRESBYTERY OF TROY.

Theophilus P. Sawin, D. D. (2). Aaron H. Graves.
Donald MacGregor (2). William H, Wilcox.

William Reed, D. D. Mallory D. Schoonmaker.

John J. Henning. Alexander Williamson.

Charles H. Walker. Frederick T. Piatt.

John O. Wing.

John H.Traver.

XXIX. PRESBYTERY OF UTICA.

Jeremiah Petrie. Gilbert J. Caldwell.

Horace H. Allen. James Stark.

Dana W. Bigelow. William S. Armstrong.

Richard Abbott.

Joseph D. Ibbotson, Jr.

8 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 20th,

XXX. PRESBYTERY OF WESTCHESTER.

Ministers. Ruling Elders.

John T. Wills, D. D. Edward F. Parsons, M.D.

Richard P. H. Vail, D. D. Henry White.

Henry A. Davenport. Henry Parsons.

George William Knox, D. D. Ralph E. Prime.

Charles S. Lane. Thomas G. Ritch (2).

Arthur Requa. A. Noel Blakeman.

George R. Cutting. Hezekiah King.

XXXI. PRESBYTERY OF WESTERN PERSIA.

The Rev. James Gardner, D. D., of the Presbytery of Albany,
the last Moderator present, was called to the chair, and presided
during the election of a Moderator.

Ruling Elder Ralph E. Prime, of the Presbytery of Westchester,
was elected Moderator by a unanimous vqte, and was duly inducted
into office.

The Rev. Murray H. Gardner, of the Presbytery of Chemung,
and the Rev. Horace T. Chadsey, of the Presbytery of Niagara,
were chosen Temporary Clerks.

The Rev. Chas. Cuthbert Hall, D. D., Chairman of the Com-
mittee of Arrangements, extended a cordial welcome to the Synod,
and was followed by the Moderator in a suitable response.

The Committee of Arrangements presented the following re-
commendations, which were adopted :

1. That the daily sessions be from half-past nine o'clock a. m. until
twelve o'clock noon, and from two o'clock p. m. until five o'clock p. m.

2. That the daily devotional services, at half -past nine o'clock a. m., be
held in the Lecture-room of the Church, to continue for half an hour, and to
be conducted on Wednesday by the Rev. William S. Hubbell, D.D., on Thurs-
day by the Rev. Joseph Gamble, D. D., and on Friday by the Rev. Theophi-
lus P. Sawin, D. D.

3. That the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper be administered in the
Church on Wednesday, at two o'clock p. m. , the service to be conducted by
the Rev. Henry H. Stebbins, D. D. , and the Rev. Richard P. H. Vail, D. D. ,
assisted by Ruling Elders Charles Henderson, Henry Ide, Horatio P. Dyer,
Edwin Packer, George R. Lockwood, John Dales, Mallory D. Schoonmaker
and Hezekiah King; and that the members of the Woman's Committee on
Home Missions be invited to unite in the service.

A. D. 1896 ] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 9

4. That delegates be requested to present their railway certificates on
Thursday, in order to obtain reduced rates for return tickets, as a member of
the Committee, and a representative of the Trunk Line Association will be in
attendance on that day only.

5. That on the invitation of the Committee of Arrangements, the mem-
bers of the Synod visit and mspect the City Park Branch of the First Church
on Wednesday, between the hours of twelve and two, special arrangements to
be made for transportation to the City Park Branch, where a luncheon will
be served.

6. That on Wednesday, at half-past four o'clock p. m. , the Rev. Edward

C. Ray, D. D., be heard on behalf of the Board of Aid for Colleges and
Academies.

7. That on Wednesday, at half-past seven p. m. , a popular meeting in the
interest of Foreign Missions be held, in the Church; Darwin R. James, Esq.,
to preside, and addresses to be delivered by the Rev. Frank F. Ellinwood,

D. D., of the Board, the Rev. William S. Bannerman, of Africa, and the Rev.
George Alexander, D. D. , of New York.

8. That on Thursday, at half-past eleven A. m., the Rev. David J. Satter-
field, D. D. , be heard in behalf of the Board of Missions for Freedmen.

9. That on Thursday, at half-past seven p. m. , a popular meeting in the
interest of Home Missions be held in the Church; John Crosby Brown, Esq., to
preside, and addresses to be made by the Rev. William C. Roberts, D. D., of
the Board, the Rev. Robert M. Donaldson, of Wooster, Ohio, and the Rev.
John Hall, D. D. , of New York.

10. That a communication from the Woman's National Sabbath Alliance
be heard at the convenience of the Synod.

11. That in view of the mteresting fact that the Rev. Richard S. Storrs,
D. D., LL, D. , is about to complete fifty ^^ears of pastoral service in the
neighboring Church of the Pilgrims ; and in view of the wide and rich useful-
ness of Dr. Storrs as a Minister of the Lord Jesus Christ, and his eminence in
missionary affairs as the President of the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions, the Synod invite the Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D. D. ,
LL. D., to sit as a corresponding member; that it appoint a Committee to
prepare a suitable expression of congratulation and affection to be addressed
to Dr. Storrs ; and that the presentation of this address be made the order of
the day at half- past ten o'clock a. m. on Thursday.

Adjourned until Wednesday, at half-past nine o'clock a. m.

Concluded with prayer.

lO SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 2ISt,

Wednesday, October 21, 9:30 o'clock a. m.

The Synod met and spent half an hour in devotional services.

Prayer was offered by the Moderator.

The roll was called, and delegates not previously enrolled,
(marked 2), were reported as being present.

The minutes of Tuesday's session were read and approved.

The Moderator announced the appointment of the Rev. William
Reed, D. D., of the Presbytery of Troy, as Vice-Moderator, and
also the following

STANDING COMMITTEES:

1. Bills and Overtures:

Ministers — Charles Cuthbert Hall, Alfonso R. Olney, Charles S.
Lane, Joseph Gamble, William W. Weller, George B. Spalding, J.
Lovejoy Robertson, William Durant, James G. Patterson, James
N. Crocker, Edward M. Deems.

Elders — Horace Briggs, Edward C. Walker, Gilbert Mollison,
Henry Parsons, L. Carlton Austin, John Gilchrist, James M.
Thrall, John Stewart, Heaekiah King.

2. Judicial Business:

Ministers — James Gardner, Levi Parsons, L. Merrill Miller,
William S. Hubbell, A. Cameron Mackenzie, George R. Cutting,
Glarence H. Wilson, Charles S. Dewing.

Elders — Edward P. Gilbert, Lyman E. Jacobus, John R.
Strang, A. Noel Blakeman, James Stark, Robert Henderson,
Aaron H. Graves, Frederick Blume.

3. Minutes of the General Assembly:

Ministers — Almon R. Hewitt, George H. Marsh, Plato T.
Jones.

Elders — Israel Parsons, Joseph C. Batchelor.

a. d. 1896.] synod of new york. ii

4. Finance:

Elders — Mallory D. Schoonmaker, Cassius N. McFarren,
Charles Henderson, John Dales, E, Kingsley Hitchcock.

5. Leave of Absence:

Ministers — George Nixon, Norman McLeod, Arthur M. Smith.
Elders — William E. Miller, W. Webster Leonard.

6. Nomination of Visitors to Colleges, etc.:

Ministers — N. Beall Remick, David F. Bonner, William Reed,
Joshua J. Wolf, Wallace W. Thorpe.

Elders — John E. Myer, Clinton H. Miner, Henry W. Jessup,
William A. Hubbard.

7. Nomination of Woman's Committee on Home Missions:

Ministers — Isaac Jennings, Eugene V. Ostrander, Charles H.
Walker, George W. Newman, John E. Wildey.

Elders — James Tompkins, Josiah W. Owens, Albert R. Walker,
Joseph F. Kaul.

8. Nomination of Trustees of the Synod, etc. :

Ministers — Richard P. H. Vail, Horace P. V. Bogue, Richard G.
McCarthy, Horace H. Allen, Abbott L. R. W^aite.

Elder s^-hVowxw S. Parmelee, Richard H. Bloom, George M.
Welles, Peter C. Don.

9. To Collaie the Reports on the Records of the Pres-
byteries:

Ministers — Robert Court, Dana W. Bigelow, Henry Schlosser.
Elders— George G. French, Gilbert J. Caldwell.

ON THE RECORDS OF THE PRESBYTERIES:

1. Albany: Ministers — George W. Knox, Herman B. Mayo;
Elder — Jesse D. Hawkins.

2. Binghamton: Ministers — Henry A. Davenport, Julius
Straus; Elder — Henry White.

3. Boston: Ministers — Wallace B. Lucas, James vS. Moore ;
Elder — Aurelius M. Dickerson.

12 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 2ISt,

4. Brooklyn: Ministers — William H. Webb, John D.Camp-
bell; ^/^<?r— Elijah B. Hedding.

5. Buffalo: Ministers — William Durant, J.Jones Lawrence;
Elder — George Lasher.

6. Cayuga: Ministers— Yj^s^d^xdi C Wiley, Frederick Perkins;
Elder — James Burke.

7. Champlain: Ministers — Leslie R. Groves, James B. Finch;
iff/^/^fr— Matthew H. Gray.

8. Chemung: Ministers — Alexander R. Barron, John G. Lov-
ell; Elder — George W. Davis.

9. Chile: [No Records.]

10. Qo\.v^\^\K•. Ministers — John J. Henning, Richard Abbott;
Elder — John O. Wing.

11. Eastern Persia: Ministers — Richard Abbott, Peter R.
Ross; Elder — Frederick Blume.

12. Genesee: Ministers — Robert Clements, Frank E. Ban-
croft ; Elder — Walter Bradshaw.

13. Geneva: Ministers — Erastiis W. Twichell, Albro L.
Greene; Elder — James Rodgers.

14. Hudson: Ministers — Frederick G. Beebe, Robert I.Mac
Bride; Elder — William E. Magie.

15. Long Island: Ministers — Joseph Sanderson, James Rob-
ertson; Elder — John Hanson.

16. Lyons: Ministers — Lewis V. Price, William H. Hudnut;
Elder — Marvin Briggs.

17. Nassau: Ministers — Edward H. Adriance, Charles H.
Kilmer; Elder— hrthnr M. Peck.

18. New York: Ministers — Samuel T. Clarke, Arthur Requa;
Elder — Henry White.

19. Niagara: Ministers — John T. Wills, James S. Moore;
Elder — James M. Ham.

20. North Laos: Ministers — Horace T. Chadsey, James Rob-
ertson ; Elder — Israel Parsons.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. I3

2 1. North River: Ministers — Alexander McLean, David F.
Bonner; Elder — John Hamilton.

22. Otsego: Ministers — John G. Lovell, Adolf F. Pape;
Elder — Joseph W. Young.

23. Rochester : Ministers — Lewis R. Webber, Jeremiah
Petrie; Elder — Oliver S. Kline.

24. St. Lawrence: Ministers — George V. Reichel, Frank vS.
Swan ; Elder — Walter Bradshaw.

25. Siam: [No Records.]

26. Steuben: Ministers — Albert S. Bacon, John J. Crane;
Elder — George M. Davis.

27. Syracuse: Ministers — Joseph D. Ibbotson, Jr., John C.
Wildey; Elder — James Burke.

28. Troy: Ministers — Robert H. McCready, James N. Grace;
Elder — John W. Vervalen.

29. Utica : Ministers — William H. Hendrickson, Andrew Shi-
land; Elder — Nicholas Everitt.

30. Westchester: Ministers—l^Qnry B. Elliott, Horace G,
Miller; Elder — Benjamin P. Wayne.

31. Western Persia : [No Records.]

Overtures, Memorials, Appeals and Complaints were called for,
and the papers presented were placed in the hands of the Stated
Clerk.

The Committee to prepare a congratulatory address to the
Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D. D., LL.D., was appointed as follows:
Ministers — Henry H. Stebbins, Charles Cuthbert Hall, William
S. Hubbell ; ^A/^frj— Edward C. Walker, Edward P. Gilbert.

The Moderator was added to the Committee.

The following message was received:

The South Classis of Long Island, of the Reformed Church in America,
in session in Brooklyn, sends greeting to the Synod of New York, and bids it
God-speed in every good word and work.

The Stated Clerk was requested to send an appropriate re-
sponse.

14 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 2ISt.

Papers were reported by the Stated Clerk, and referred, as
follows:

To the Committee on Bills and Overtures :

1. A Petition of the Church of Jefferson to be transferred from the
Presbytery of Albany to the Presbytery of Otsego.

2. A communication from the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly,
calling the attention of the Synod to the Assembly's instructions regarding
Synodical care for the religious welfare of Presbyterian students in secular
Institutions.

3. 4, 5. Overtures from tne Presbyteries of Albany, Geneva and Utica in
regard to the time and place of the meetings of the Missionary Congress.

6, 7, 8. Overtures from the Presbyteries of Albany, Nassau and Steuben
asking for changes in the Plan of Sustentation or Synodical Aid.

9. A Petition from the churches of Holyoke and Springfield, in the Pres-
bytery of Boston, for a change in the boundary between the Presbyteries of
Boston and Westchester.

To the Committee on Judicial Business :

1. A Petition purporting to be from Mr. Charles E. Cochrane, submit-
ting a question of discipline to the Synod, and praying for certain instructions
to the Presbytery of New York.

2. A Complaint of Rev. J. Ford Sutton, D.D., and others, against the Pres-
bytery of New York, for its action in adopting, April 27, 1896, a certain
answer to a deliverance of the General Assembly passed May 23, 1895.

The Permanent Committee on Systematic Beneficence pre-
sented the following report, which was accepted and amended,
and its recommendations were adopted:

Despite the business depression of the past year, we are able to report
substantial gains in gifts to church objects, and we believe that the giving has
been more general. We submit the following tables:

A. D. 1896. J SYNOD OF NEW YORK.

/. A Comparative View of the Total Gifts of the Synod.

Boards, etc.

Home Missions

oreign Missions

Education

Sunday School Work.

Church Erection

Relief Fund

Freedmen

Sustentation

Aid for Colleges

Total

General Assembly

Congregational

Anniversary Reunion Fund.
Miscellaneous

Grand Total.

1895.

176,601
16,980

32, 70^
22,106
22,982
23,423
13,537
20,230

$638,730

15,553

2,1 [0,086

243,944

$3,008,313

$303,302

ig4,o6g
i7.9'7
31,440
22,540
23,360
24,473

I2,2fo

13,963

$643,324

■6,393

2,310,367

92,243

219,635

$3,281,962

Loss.

$1,263

1,277

i5»267

f [7,807

24,309

$42,116

Gain.

P2,'34

.7,468

937

434

378
,050

$22,40 1

840

200,281

92,243

$315,765

//. Comparison of the A dual Receipts €>f the Boards.

BO.'VRDS.

Home Missions

Foreign Missions

Education

Sunday School Work

Church Erection

Relief Fund

Freedmen

Sustentation

Aid for Colleges

Total

$145,680
98,503
I 348
17,798
13-572
24,548
23,068
11,100
9,522

$359,139

Loss.

$134,202
94,875
12,560
15.482

21,218
12.260
7,104

$331,680

$11,478
3,628
2,788
2.316
703
3,438
1,850

,418

$28,619

Gain.

$r,i6o

$1, 160

///. Comparison of Payments by the Boards to the Synod.

Boards.

1895.

1896.

Decrease.

Increase.

$37,299
6.568
3,100
19,560

$36,391
6,374
6, 50 J
18,710

$908
194

Education

Church Erection

$3,400

Relief Fund

850

Total

$66,527

975

$1,952

$3,400

IV. Comparison of Rates per Member.

Objects.

1895.

1896.

Loss

Gain.

Entire
Church
in 1895.

Entire
Church
in 1896.

To all objects.

$17.40

12 29
5 10
2.08

$.853

13 d8
5-39
2-39

$1.13

•79
•31

$14.79

10 85
3-94

$14.99

To Congregational Expenses and

To Benevolence at Large

To the Boards of the Church

II. 13

3.86

.90

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3
3

0
0

4
3

3
8

7
9
2

6
8
15
'7
7
7
20

19
17
8

278

4
2

10
6
7
4

5
5
2

156

8
8

15
16

I
24
15
16

295

9
6
18
'5
M
4

250

b
4
12

9
7
9
15
16
13
7

249

7
12
16

7
10

19
14
17

337

9
10

19
19
13
10
22
20
22
II

7
6

4
13
5
7
16
8
9
9

254

54
50
107

'6l

157
120

125
60

2344

189

261

243
423

279

396

405

342

7659

135

North River

211

Otsego

136

Rochester

310

213

Steuben.... .

171

Syracuse

130

Troy

249

Utica

280

Westchester

282

Total

531S

From the above tables we may set down as encouragements :

1. There has been a gain in gifts to all objects of $273,649, an average
per member of $1.13.

2. To objects represented b\- the Boards, exclusive of the Anniversary
Reunion Fund, there has been a gain of $4,594, and, including the Reunion
Fund, of $96,837.

3. This Synod still leads the Church in every department of Beneficence.
The whole Church in 1896 gave an average of $14.99 P^^ member to all ob-
jects, and this Synod, $18.53; to Beneficence at large, the whole Church, $3.86,
and this Synod, $5.39.

4. The number of offerings shows an encouraging increase, four hun-
dred and nineteen more offerings having been made this year than last.

On the other hand, we may note the following as discouragements:

I. Not counting the Retmion Fund, there continues to be a falling off in
actual gifts to the Boards. Except a trifling gain of $r,i6o to Sustentation,
every Board reports a loss, the total being $27,459.

A. D. 1896. J SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 17

2. We have drawn from the Boards this year $1,448 more than last year.

The one fact that makes us especially anxious is the falling off in the gifts
to the Boards. There is a dismal monotony in the returns for the past eight
years. With the exception of a gain in 1891, and a very slight one in 1895, there
has been a steady decrease in these gifts. In 1889 the Synod sent directly to
the Boards $389,293 ; in 1896, $331,680. In the meantime the Synod has grown
from about 160,000 communicants to 177,000. That is to say, while the Synod
has increased in numbers ten per cent, in eight years, it has fallen off over
sixteen per cent, in gifts to the Boards. Moreover, the Synod has not only
failed to advance proportionately to its increase in strength, it has given
actually less ; and at the same time congregational expenses have steadily in-
creased. Thus it has been spending every year more upon itself and less
upon the Benevolence of the Church. This must mean, either that the
Churches are somewhat indifferent to the Benevolent work of the Church, or
that they lack confidence in the management of the Boards. We do not
believe it can be the latter, although there is always criticism to be heard.
But much of such criticism is based upon misinformation, and much is the
outcome of a fault-finding temperament. We are sure that on the whole the
Churches have full confidence in the Boards, and believe that the Benevolent
work of the Church is administered wisely and economically. The trouble,
then, must be indifference ; and the responsibility for this rests not so much
upon the people themselves, as upon those who are supposed to instruct and
lead them. It is our deliberate judgment, that the reason why the Churches
do not support the Boards more generously is that the Ministers are not as
faithful or as earnest as they should be in urging the claims of the Boards
upon their people. We find a large number of strong and influential Churches
that have failed in contributions to one or more of the Boards. Some of these
are among the largest in the Synod, and most of them return this kind of a
report year after year. They have fallen into the habit of not giving, and it
is hard to shake it off. They have been under the control of men who have
managed them carelessly or unwisely.

How shall we get these Churches out of this bad habit ? By arousing
their leaders, Ministers and Elders, to a deeper interest and a warmer enthusi-
asm. Does any one suppose that if these Churches were appealed to, in the name
of Christ and for the honor of His Church, to support and stand by the work
of the Church, they would fail to respond ? Here are Home Missionaries
doing the hardest work of the Church, sacrificing, struggling, suffering, trying
to bring up families of children on $600 or $700 a year, and this salary often
in arrears six months, and in many cases actually reduced. The most dishon-
orable thing the Church can do, is to refuse or neglect to stand by the men
who are toiling in the Home and Foreign fields, and in other departments of
Church work. Heresy hurts the Church, but indifference hurts it more; and
while we do not care for heresy trials, we should be glad to see any ministers,
who neglect or refuse to support to their utmost the Benevolent work of the
Church, brought to trial and condemned as practically heretics. We ought to
pay the servants of the Church well, — more instead of less, — and pay them

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promptly. To accomplish this, we must all do our just share. We do not ask
the Churches to submit to any hard or grinding sacrifice; only that everj'
Church shall give systematically and conscientiously, according to its ability,
to every Board. If every Minister in this Synod should make it his business
to i^ress this matter upon his people, not once or twice, but as often as shall
be necessary to make them feel the need and importance of it, there can be
little doubt that the Boards would have more than they ask for.

Last year we recommended " That the Presbyteries be instructed to keep
a roll of the Churches which have failed to make a contribution to every Board,
and to inquire into the reason of such failure." How faithfully the Presbyteries
have lived up to this we do not know, but we believe the plan is working well.
Last year we had 2, 509 blanks in the Assembly columns ; this year there are
but 2,090; a gain of nearly twenty per cent, in one year.

We have spoken thus frankly because something must be done to stop the
downward movement which has been going on for some years ; and because
we feel sure that the defect will be remedied as soon as it is clearly under-
stood. We want to excite a noble pride and a generous rivalry among our
Churches, as to which shall be the most forward in this good work. It is not
an occasional burst of generosity that tells, but steady, systematic, conscien-
tious giving. Reunion funds and the like are good things for an emergency ;
but the regular work of the Church can be sustained only by regular gifts.
The Boards will not be lifted out of debt, and kept out, until the principle of
systematic and proportionate giving becomes a recognized and active principle
in all our Churches and all our homes. We must hammer on this one nail
vmtil the nail be driven in. We must harp on this one string until the dullest
ear in the Synod hears the sound.

It is recommended:

1. That Presbyteries be urged to observe the recommendation of the
Synod with respect to inquiring into the reason of neglect on the part of
Churches to make offerings to the Boards.

2. That we urge the active co-operation of our Presbyteries, in carrying
out the recommendation of the Assembly in the matter of the apportionment
of sums to be raised from regular Church offerings for the various Boards;
with the understanding that this apportionment represents the minimum of
offerings expected from each Presbytery.

3. That as information concerning the Benevolent work of the Church is
the only true basis for intelligent giving, an effort be made to place the
Assembly Herald m the homes of all our people.

4. That the Synod direct every Session to give an opportunity to the
■congregation tinder its charge to make an offering for each Board of the
Church at least once a year.

5. That the Synod's Committee be directed to forward to the Pastors and
Sessions of all our Chtirches such a letter as will bring before them their duty
and privilege in this most important work of Systematic Beneficence.

A. D. 1896.

SYNOD OF NEW VORK..

6. That the Treasurer of the Synod be authorized to pay the Committee
twenty dollars for its necessary expenses during the year.

The Rev. John E. Wheeler, D.D., of the Synod of CaUfornia,
being present, was invited to sit as a corresponding member.

The Permanent Committee on Synodical Aid presented its re-
port, which was accepted, and action upon its recommendations
was deferred.

The Synodical Superintendent, Rev. James N. Crocker, D. D.,
addressed the Synod, and presented his report, which was accepted,
and is as follows :

Report of the year's work is lierewith siiV)mitted, as far as figures can ex-
press it :

Aided in installations, - - - 2

Received members, - - 14

Funerals, ....

Miles traveled,

Visits to congregations,

Sermons,

127

Baptisms, . - - -

Lord's Supper,

Letters and cards,

- 2.377

Visits to Presbyteries,

Expenses, including bal.of last year $653 50
Received, - - - ' - $517.25

Public addresses, and conferences with congregations, Sessions and trust-
ees, have been frequent. In addition, the work has involved the usual duties
of the pastorate, visiting families, ministering to the aged and sick in congre-
gations where there has been no pastor, and aiding in the vSabbath Schools,
Christian Endeavor meetings, and prayer meetings. Old Churches that have
been closed have been visited and, in some cases, resuscitated. Communities
that were unsupplied have been visited and canvassed, and, in a few instances,
measures have been taken to organize churches. A diligent effort has been
made so to maintain and prosecute the work of oru- Church throughout the
State, that we may not come behind the standard of sister denominations in
loyalty to the Great Head of the Church, and diligence in doing the work
which He has assigned us.

A large degree of attention has been given to imparting information to
ministers and Churches with reference to pulpit supply. A close correspond-
ence has been conducted with Stated Clerks, chairmen of committees. Sessions,
and Ministers, to the end that Ministers and Churches may be aided in arrang-
ing with reference to the pastorate, and for the protection of Churches against
unworthy men who seek the pastorate to fleece the flock. It has been painful
often that, in the stringency of the times, help could not be given to struggling
Churches and worthy men as the heart desired. But a strong effort has been
made to make effective the Presbyterian polity through the Presbyterial
agency which we believe to be much better than any other.

There have been many things to encourage ; the cordial sympathy and
helpfulness of Presbyteries, chairmen of committees and Ministers; the favor
of the strong Churches in opening their pulpits for supply, and the warm
greetings of the weaker Churches to which we especially minister. The labors

20 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. ^ [Oct. 2 1st,

have been arduous, the miles traveled many and not always in pleasant sun-
shine, but the greetings of co-workers, and a warm Christian hospitality, with
God's continuous blessing, have rested all weariness, and left only a delightful
retrospect.

The things to be regretted, and to be overcome if possible, are financial
depression and the failure of the Churches to raise their whole quota, other
causes having pressed hard, because of debts, and the special effort for the
million-dollar fund diverting attention from the Synodical Aid Fund. There-
fore we have to say again that Churches are now closed for want of funds to
support the ministrations of grace.

With thanks for Christian greetings, and brotherly co-operation and help,
to the chairman and members of the Permanent Committee, and above all to
God for His care, this report is respectfully submitted.

A recess was taken until half past two o'clock p. m.
Concluded with prayer.

Wednesday, October 21, 2:30 o'clock p. m.

The Synod met, and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was
administered according to arrangement.

Prayer was offered by the Moderator.

The Committee on the Observance of the Lord's Day presented
the following report, which was accepted, and its recommenda-
tions were adopted :

It is fair to presume that the Synod is sufficiently well established in its con-
victions of the sacredness of the Lord's Day, to need no special glorification
of its character, or official recognition of its obligations. What this report
proposes is to present a practical statement of what the Church has done, and
can do legitimately in the way of securing a better observance of the day of
worship and of rest.

I. What has been done? The following resolution was referred last year to
your committee: "Resolved, that we call attention to the fact that the American
Presbyterian Church is an historic and standing protest against the prevalent
Sabbath desecration." Documentary evidence might be multiplied, from de-
liverances of Assemblies, that our Church, from its organization, has been a
staunch advocate of the obligations of the Christian Sabbath, and its ex-
pediency as the divinely-appointed day for holy service and human rest. We
commend to the careful, studious attention, alike of the clergy and the laity,
the summary of those deliverances, as contained in Dr. Moore's Digest, under
Chapter I of the Directory for Worship, " On the sanctification of the Lord's
Day." Our Church, moreover, has taken no second place in its co-operation
with Societies, Unions, and Leagues, which have come with power, to sustain

A. D. 1896.J SYNOD OK NEW YORK. 21

the divine authority and universal and perpetual obligation of the Sabbath.
If the practice of our people at large were consistent with the principles ad-
vocated by the standards and enjoined by the ecclesiastical courts, there would
be little need of the continuance of a committee, from year to year, to put
them in remembrance of these things. And even though there is great need
of reform in this matter, your committee questions the expediency and utihty
of the annual appointment of such a committee, to effect that which can be
achieved only by the Church acting as a committee of the whole.

Observation and experience testify that if our people at large know these
things, they are far from being established in the present truth ; that the Lord's
Day is often "more honored in the breach, than in the obser^^ance ; " and that
consequently there is a deplorable disregard of the requirements of the day,
both as to the duty of divine worship, and of cessation from the ordmary avo-
cations and occupations of secular days. It therefore lies legitimately withm
the prerogative of the Church to make the documentary legislation, which
abounds in her standards and deliverances, to be not only an historic, standing
protest against prevalent Sabbath desecration, but a present, positive, and
active influence toward the better observance of the day.

2. How can this best be done ? It appears useless to utter wholesale denun-
ciations and hopeless expostulations against specific forms of Sabbath desecra-
tion, which are simply narratives of what the world will always run after, and
which serve as advertisements of its schemes. While we should be ready
always to co-operate in the enforcement of laws for the preservation of the
Sabbath, and for securing better legislation, our higher aim should be to lay
the foundation for a voluntary defence of its sacred institutions, by raising up
a generation grounded in religious principles, which shall love the Sabbath,
and prefer its being sacredly kept, because it finds pleasure in its holy and
prayerful occupations, "Calling the Sabbath a deUght, the holy of the Lord,
honorable." Our ministers should make it their steady effort to lead the
people to an intelligent appreciation of the connection between the Sabbath
and the prosperity of the nation, and the inestimable blessings to the individ-
ual, the family, and the Church which hang on it as a day of religious ob-
servance.

How far certain recreations and other practices interfere with the due
worship and reverence of God, is a most difficult matter to determine. A
wholesale veto is easy, but hardly wise. We must recognize the fact that
while principles never change, the application of them may be modified by
altered conditions. The observance of the Sabbath, according to the concep-
tion and practice of our Lord, was not the same as prevailed in the simple life
of the desert; and an age and civilization like ours, with their highly artificial
life, especially in cities, may make it impossible or inexpedient to apply rules,
or insist upon ideals, which to our forefathers seemed essential. We must be
guided by a Christian conscience, enlightened by the example of Christ and
the teachings of His word. '"I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day' seems to
be the soul of the Christian Sabbath" (Cecil). What we most need in order to
preserve the holv integritv of the Lord's Day is a "renewing of the Holy

22 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. . [Oct. 2 1 St.

Ghost, which He sheds on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour."
To accomplish the end it will be wise to insist, not so much on the obligations
of the Fourth Commandment, however binding, as upon the requirements of
the new commandment of love for the Redeemer, and of loyalty to the Lord
of the Sabbath. The Resurrection of Christ, with its concomitant grace and
blessing, is the only ground upon which the Church can intelligently base the
requirements of the Lord's Day. And as the Gospel is brighter with hope and
prophecies of liberty than the Law, as redemption by the blood of His Son is
a greater work of God than creation by the word of His power^ as the Resurrec-
tion of Christ is fuller of comfort and promise than the memories of Genesis,
so the Lord's Day, which signalizes and seals the pri\nleges and liberties of
the New Covenant (Calvin calls it the " Sacrament of Regeneration"), should
be held more sacred in its privileges, more binding in its obligations, more
beneficent in its influence than the Sabbath of the old dispensation. And
whatever conduces to the spiritual worship and service of God, whatever con-
duces to the truest rest in body and mind of the whole man, for whom the
Sabbath was made, to the refreshment and re-creation of his spirit, is within
the law of Christ, who "^vill have mercy and not sacrifice" alwaj's. It is re-
commended :

1. That the attention of our people be called to the deliverances of the
General Assembly on the Sanctification of the Lord's Day, with an earnest
exhortation to obey the injunctions of them that are over them in the Lord.

2. That as a Church we pledge our hearty co-operation, as far as legiti-
mately lies within our prerogative, with all efforts to influence state legislation,
and to enforce the laws already enacted looking toward better Sabbath
observance.

3. That in connection with the scientific temperance teaching required
by law in the schools of the State, we encourage popular instruction on the
hygienic necessity of the Sabbath as a day of rest.

4. That as the Saturday half-holiday has been found to be conducive to
a better Sabbath observance, by giving the wearied bodies of men and wom.en
an opportunity for the recreation which otherwise they would take on the
Lord's Day ; and as a replenished purse on Saturday, with an empty heart
and a thirsty mouth on Sunday, are fertile sources of Sabbath desecration,
we commend the Saturday half-holiday and the Monday pay-day as valuable
adjuncts to better Sabbath observance.

5. That we urge Pastors and Sessions, by precept and by example, to
lead the people to a more intelligent understanding of the claims of the Lord's
Day to a worshipful attendance on the ser\-ices of the Sanctuary, and to a
conscientious observance of the day as a day of rest.

Additional papers were reported by the Stated Clerk, and
referred as follows :

A. D. 1896. I SYNOIi OK NEW YORK, 23

To the Committee on Bills and Overtures :

10. A paper relating to immediate efforts for the Evanj^elization of the
World.

11. A Communication from the American Anti-Saloon League.

12. A Commvmication frtjm a Committee of the Presbytery of North
River.

The Special Committee on the Relation, under the State laws,
of the Trustees of our Congregations to the Church Sessions,
was discharged, as the subject is under consideration in the General
Assembly.

The Committee appointed last year to submit to the Legislature
an amendment of the Statutes of New York relating to the tem-
poralities of the Church, presented the following report, which
was accepted:

Your Committee, instructed to prepare a Memorial to the Legislature of
the State of New York, for an amendment of the Statutes, so that Presbyterian
Churches shall have the option which several other denominations had, of
placing the care of their temporalities in the hands of Spiritual Officers as
Trustees, instead of having them administered by Trustees elected who may
or may not be persons in the communion and fellowship of the Church, respect-
fully reports that it has discharged the duty assigned to it, and has been
entirely successful in procuring the change in the laws as desired by the Synod.

It was

Resolved, That the Committee be continued, and be requested to report,
during these sessions, the relation of the Presbyterian Church to the govern-
ment of the State of New York, and what amendments are necessary to the
maintenance of the rights and privileges of the Presbyterian Church in that
State.

The Committee on Services at Summer Resorts reported
progress, and was continued.

The Committee on the Place of the Next Meeting reported that
an invitation had been received from the Westminster Church of
Utica, to hold the meeting of the Synod in 1897 in that Church,
and recommended that the invitation be accepted, with the thanks
of the Synod.

The recommendation was adopted, and the Pastor and Elders
of the Church were appointed the Committee of Arrangements,
with power to add to its number.

24 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 2ist,

The Rev. Edward C. Ray, D. D., Secretary of the Board of Aid
for Colleges and Academies, addressed the Synod.

The Committee of Visitors to Auburn Theological Seminary
presented the following report, which was accepted :

In the condition of Auburn Seminary we marked much that merits com-
mendation. The serviceable suites for study and sleep in Morgan Hall, the
facilities of the Dodge-Morgan Library, the sightly Willard Chapel, and the
admirable class rooms in the Welch Memorial building, have won warm praise
from many lips.

Better than the buildings are the honored clergy that make up the faculty ;
men of well-developed brain and tender heart ; men whom students honor and
love. Professor Riggs evokes enthusiasm in Greek exegesis. Professor
Beecher buttresses belief in traditional orthodoxy. Professor Darling deals
in doctrine of indigo dye. Professor Hoyt, by lip and life, helps men to an
efficient ministry of the word. And President Booth, saint, scholar and
gentleman, is rightly reckoned among the best investments ever made by the
Seminary Boards. During the past year the Rev. Edward W. Miller served
as Instructor in Church History; and so acceptably filled the chair that he has
been promoted to the full professorship.

The enrollment of students was 123, including 15 from Hamilton and 11
from Princeton; 100 received scholarship aid, the maximum being $180, and
the total grants, from the Seminary and Board of Education, $17,682. The
oral examinations were well up to the average of previous years ; and those
in Church History were exceptionally satisfactory. Reports on written exam-
inations rated the men, with some exceptions, commendably. There has been
a noticeable gain in the number of students. In 1891, the total was 51; in
1892, 57; in 1893, 66; in 1894, 94; in 1895, 112; and in 1896, 123.

The Seminary merits commendation, and it needs funds. The deficit last
year was $4, 798. With the increasing enrollment of students comes a demand
for enlarged dormitories. The students desire also a room for social and busi-
ness meetings. That they may be sound in body, as well as in the faith, a
well-equipped gymnasium is required. For the adequate endowment of Pro-
fessorships, $130,000 are needed. The General Fund is now $58,300; it should
be $150,000. The Library Fund is $18,315, while $50,000 is the sum wanted.

What of the prospect? That depends largely upon the help the Seminary
gets from Presbyterian purses and prayers. The more than goo living alumni
of Auburn can, presumably, be relied upon to love their fl/wa mater \n deed
and in truth. What of the more than 177,000 communicants of the Synod?
What of the Clergy and Elders, within hearing of this report? Possibly this
is a providential opportunity to do good and communicate, and to please God
with self-sacrificing and cheerful contributions.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OK NEW YORK. 2,

The Permanent Committee on Education presented its report,
which was accepted and amended, and its recommendations were
adopted. It is as follows:

Your Committee is forced to report two sad facts : First, that the Board,
for lack of offerings from the Churches, has found it necessary to cut do\vn its
allowance, to the more than one thousand students receiving aid, to the piti-
fully small sum of sixty dollars for the coming year; second, that the Board
has found no warrant in promised support for accepting any new cases under
its care. The falling off in contributions has been slight; but there has not
been any increase over the amount received a dozen years ago, while the num-
ber of candidates in that time has increased from 619 to 1,037. No increase
of income, and a doubling of the number of students, have cut down the appro-
priation to each man to about half of what it formerly was.

Last year the amount received from the Churches was $47,597- The re-
ceipts from legacies for current uses, from interest on investments, from
amounts refunded, and from miscellaneous sources, increased the total t<.
$75 706. If this sum had been divided equally among the 1,037 candidates, it
would have given but $73 to each, leaving only $105 for the necessary expenses
of administration. In these circumstances the Board felt compelled to incur
the debt reported to the last Assembly. The hope is cherished that there will
be an increase in the amount received from the Churches the present year;
but, in existing circumstances, common prudence forbids the making of esti-
mates upon the basis of any larger receipts than in 1895-96- In the bounds
of our Synod, out of 929 Churches, only 535 contributed to this object, leaving
394 non-contributing Churches. The Board appeals to all Churches which
have not contributed, and also to the Sunday Schools and Young People's Soci-
eties of Christian Endeavor, and has prepared special leaflets applicable to
each These leaflets can be had on application, in quantities, without charge.
It ought'to be widely known that the scholarships of the Board are not
indiscriminately given, but are reserved for carefully selected men, who are
narrowly watched through every stage of their educational career. It cannot
be said that no mistakes are made. The watch and care of candidates is ac-
complished bv many agents, and sometimes these agents are not as careful as
could be wished. There is need undoubtedly of more care on the part of Pres-
byterial Committees on Education, and especially on the part of their Chair-
men If they will keep in close correspondence with the candidates whom
they recommend, and know them personally, they will be able, in almost every
case to prevent the mistakes which, unfortunately, sometimes occur.

But the mistakes are few and far between; while the complaints heard
may be mostly from the over-critical. "Why is it, Doctor," inquired one of
these critical friends, " that we have so many ordinary men in the ministry .
.'Well you see," he answered, "we do the best we can with the material we
have to draw from. We do not select the ministry from the angels, but from
men " There never has been, and never can be, a perfect ministry; but no
church seeks to have a nobler and better ministry than our own, or takes more
pains to insure this desirable result. Over against the few cases of failure we

26 SYNOD OK NEW YORK. | Oct. 2 I St,

set the thousands of useful and successful men who have filled posts of honor
among our best missionaries at home and abroad, our ablest Pastors, our most
distinguished presidents of Colleges, professors, secretaries, editors, etc. Our
candidates are carefully selected, carefully watched, carefully trained,
schooled by self-denial and the stern necessity of providing with toilsome zeal
for the greater part of their own. support. Is it any wonder that they gen-
erally turn out well ?

Let us bear in mind also that our Lord has never countermanded His in-
junction that we should pray for an increase of the ministry. He gave it
when His heart was moved by the sight of human misery. Circumstances now
are such as to enhance the necessity of that command. Such a view of world-
wide want, such a wealth of means and opportunities for bringing the grace
of the Gospel to its relief, never met human vision before. It is most inter-
esting, also, to observe how, evidently, God, by His Holy Spirit, is calling the
sons of the Church into the ministry. On every side, in increasing numbers,
they are presenting themselves in answer to His call, sayingi " Here am I !
Send me." Concerning many of these we can entertain no reasonable doubt
that they are indeed called of God ; and the Church would be recreant to one
of its most sacred trusts, if it did not take measures for their complete equip-
ment, and for sending them prompth' into the field.

It is recommended:

T. That Presbyterial Committees on Education be asked to trace the men
recommended dxiring the past ten j^ears or more, and ascertain who among
them have turned aside to other work, or to the ministry of other denomina-
tions, and seek to get from them all money granted by the Board for their
education, which, in their judgment, ought to be refunded.

2. That we urge anew the claims of this Board upon all our Churches, and
request Pastors to give the fullest possible information to the people in regard
to its work, and an opportunity to contribute for its furtherance.

The Committee on Judicial Business reported:

Case No. i. A Petition purporting to be from Mr. Charles E. Cochrane,
submitting a question for the decision of the Synod, and asking for certain
instructions to the Presbytery of New York. As the paper is entirely in-
formal, and is without signature, it is recommended that no action be taken.

Case No. 2. A Complaint of Rev. J. Ford Sutton, D. D. , and others,
against the Presbytery of New York, for its action in adopting, April 27, 1896,
a certain answer to a deliverance of the General Assembly passed May 23,
1895, The Committee reports the Case as in order and ready for trial.

The report was adopted, and the Committee was instructed to
prepare and present an order of procedure for the trial of Case
No. 2.

A resolution in regard to the planting and sustaining of Churches
in the Adirondack region of the State of New York, was presented,

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and referred to a Special Committee, as follows: Ministers —
Samuel T. Clarke, David F. Bonner; Elder — Charles Henderson.

Adjourned until Thursday, at half-past nine o'clock a. m.

Concluded with prayer.

Wednesday, October 21, 7:30 o'clock p. m.

A popular meeting was held in the interest of Foreign Missions.
Elder Darwin R. James presided, and addresses were made by
Rev. Frank F. Ellinwood, D. D., Rev. William S. Bannerman, and
Rev. George Alexander. D. D.

Thursday, October 22, 9:30 o'clock a. m.

The Synod met and spent half an hour in devotional services.

Prayer was offered by the Moderator.

The roll was called, and delegates not previously enrolled,
(marked 3), were reported as being present.

The minutes of Wednesday's sessions were read and approved.

The Committee on Judicial Business reported, recommending
that the Moderator appoint a Committee of three to nominate a
Judicial Commission of eight Ministers and seven Elders, which
shall proceed at once to the trial of the Complaint in Judicial Case

No. 2.

The recommendation was adopted.

Pursuant to the special order of the day, the Rkv. Richard
Salter Storrs, D. D., LL. D., was conducted to the platform,
and was cordially welcomed by the Moderator.

The following congratulatory address was read by the Rev.
Henry H. Stebbins, D. D., Chairman of the Committee, and was
approved by the Synod, and presented to Dr. Storrs, who feel-
ingly and felicitously responded to the sentiments expressed:

28 SYNOD OK NEW YORK. [Oct. 22d,

By a most felicitous coincidence the Synod of New York is in session at
the time when the Church of the Pilgrims, the cities of Brooklyn and New
York, the Congregational denomination, the Church of Christ in all our land,
aye, and the country, on one or another of many accounts, are rising up to call
him blessed, who, as pastor, preacher and ecclesiastic; as civilian and patriot;
as student, scholar and writer; above all, as friend and godlj^ man, has, for
fifty years enjoyed an eminence as rare as it is deserved. As a Synod, we are
glad and grateful to put on record our keen appreciation of, and our sincere
gratittide for, what God hath wrought through this brilliantly endowed man.

Fifty years ago Richard Salter Storrs, descended from a long, unbroken
line of clerical ancestry extending to colonial times, in response to the call of
the Church of the Pilgrims, came to the City of Brooklyn. It was " a little city,
and few men within it." The young minister modestly took the place where,
ever since, he has been " steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord."

For fifty unbroken years the loving and beloved, the first and only Pastor
of the one Church ! What an eloquent example of patient and unwearied
continuance in well-doing! What volumes it speaks of the remarkable versa-
tility of Dr. Storrs' s mind and heart, that, amid the vast changes of a half-
century, when so many have come and gone ; when manners and methods
and ideas of worship have so materially changed ; when the times have been
marked by such diversities of operation, covering war and peace; when that
which was then so new is now so old, he should not only have held his own,
but that his career should have grown brighter unto this fiftieth year! What
an identity of interest between Minister and people, what continuity of per-
sonal influence, what mutual knowledge, confidence and affection, what a pre-
cedence of the professional by the personal, what an aggregate of fruitful co-
operation must those two score and ten years have afforded! A word is due,
an emphatic one, to the quality of Dr. Storrs's preaching; its matter so sub-
stantial, scriptural, timely and practical ; its manner revealed in its faultless
rhetoric ; its exuberant thought clothed in matchless diction ! all of which is
the mildest praise when we realize that he ranks foremost among extempore
preachers and orators. Blessed are the ears that have heard, and the hearts
that have been thrilled by the thought of his soul and the word of his mouth !
Blessed the sorrowing who have been comforted, the docile who have been
instructed, the receptive who have been filled, the lives that have been edified
by that singularly long, able, happy and holy ministrj^ ! Verily he has planted
"a tree that will not rot." Strength and beauty have been in the Sanctuary
where he has been God's minister. God has been well pleased to establish the
work of his hands upon him.

But the city is impatient to lift her voice in praise of him, who, for these
years, has walked her streets, mingled with her citizens, stimulated her
growth, expanded and enriched her life. Her beautiful parks, her Historical
Society, with its fine building, the completion of her marvellous bridge, numer-
ous other interests and institutions, educational and charitable, together with
many public occasions when his fluent, graceful and eloquent utterance has
been the spell and charm of the hour. — all witness to the superlative value of

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his civic service. The City of New York, as she recalls his prayer at the
unveiling of the statue of Washington, or his wonderful address in her Acad-
emy on Wyckliffe, or his occasional sermons in her most influential pulpits,
will realize her obligation to his great mind and great heart whose signal and
multiform services we take such delight in calling to mind. New York and
Boston would have been glad to have had Dr. Storrs for citizen and Minister ;
but Brooklyn answered that he was with her to stay.

The great denomination in which, largely owing to its Pastor's power.
the Church of the Pilgrims has been so influential, will not miss the oppor-
tunity to lay its tribute of thankful acknowledgment at the feet of him who
has contributed so vitally and at such critical periods to her progress ; whose
voice has been heard in so many of her Churches; whose counsels, and wise,
convincing words have been so helpful to her organized beneficence ; who has
rendered such aid to her -educational institutions, and who has wrought so
herpically, judicially and judiciously in connection with the American Board,
the history of which is intertwined with Presbyterians as well as with Con-
gregationalists.

Dr. Storrs has been the Christian first and the Congregationalist after-
wards. In the sermon he preached on the fortieth anniversary of his settle-
ment over the Church, he says: "This Church was constituted in the love of
Christ and for the furtherance of His earthly kingdom by men who not only
believed His teachings, rejoiced in His offices, and worshipped His Person,
but who had a tender and reverent sense of the sacredness of the Church as
essentially related to the manifestation of His Life in the world." As Chris-
tian man and minister Dr. Storrs has stood in helpful touch with the whole
Church and with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. They
remember the words he has spoken among them, and the man who spoke
them. They have sat under the spell of his golden-mouthed speech ; they
honor him for his maintenance of the faith once delivered to the saints, and
for his having stood four-square against all the winds of adverse doctrine.

The platform that has been repeatedly graced by his presence and his
beautiful diction; the world of letters to which, in spite of exacting pulpit
and parish duties, he has made invaluable and permanent contributions, are
swift to recall and to recognize Dr. Storrs' s vast power. Indeed, the eye of
the country will be turned to Dr. Storrs at the anticipated commemoration.
For he has, and justly, a national reputation, occasioned by the pulse of
patriotism he has quickened; by the duties to God and man and country he
has inculcated ; by his words (such as his remarkable address on Abraham
Lincoln, and his lectures on the Ottoman and the Muscovite), which have
gone out into all the land; and by the lines of influence that have extended
unto the ends thereof. While Brooklyn has been Dr. Storrs' s cherished home,
and the Church of the Pilgrims the base of his work and labor of love, the
city and the Church have been a radiating centre of an influence diversified,
intense, sweet, refined, beautiful, holy; an influence that has taken its rise
in, and has been fed by, a sanctified heart.

We bless God that His servant is alive and has remained unto this present,
We are here to say: "Servant of God, well done!" But not: "Rest from

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thy loved employ." We say, in concert with all who shall join in the com-
TTiemoration of the approaching notable anniversary: "Hail, but not fare-
well!"

"The Lord bless thee, and keep thee; the Lord make His face shine upon
thee, and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace!"

Dr. Storrs spoke as follows:

Moderator afid Brethren of the Synod :

I some time ago passed the point at which I used to say, more easily,
' ' Fathers and Brothers " — you do me honor overmuch. While this paper was
being read, so strong and tender in feeling and expression, I asked myself if
I could recognize the person concerning whom it had been written and was
being read ; and I honestly say that I do not think I ever personally met him.
It has been my happiness to live in Brooklyn all these years, because I have
loved my work in the city; because themes came pressing upon me, from the
Scriptures, and from the experience of those to whom I was ministering, and
from my own experience, more rapidly, and abundantly, than I could find
time in which to treat them ; and because my relations with the Churches
around me have been so delightful.

It is an agreeable reminiscence to me that the first time I ever heard the
name of the city of Brooklyn spoken in public was at a meeting of the Ameri-
can Board, in Worcester, in 1844, by Dr. Cox, then the Pastor of this Church.
I can see him, as if it were at this moment, as he arose and straightened him-
self, with that gesture which will be familiar to all who ever saw him, with
his magnificent crown of white hair, and said: " Mr. President, I wish to have
the American Board appoint its next meeting in the city in which I reside. If
in nothing else I am like the Apostle Paul, I am certainly like him in this,
that I can say that I am 'a citizen of no mean city,' the city of Brooklyn."
I thought then that with such a man as the figurehead of Brooklyn, and with
the apostolic example quoted by him, Brooklyn must be a fine place to live in.
And when I came here to live, I found it indeed a delightful and social com-
munity, to a great extent, as I trust it will always remain, imless it shall be
swallowed up in the tumultuous whirlpool of New York society and politics!
And here we have lived and have wrought together, ever since, in great har-
mony and with great gladness.

In the Council by which I was installed, 1 love to remember that there
were two Presbyterian clergymen present, Dr. Spencer of the Second Church,
and Dr. William Adams of the Central Church in New York City, who took
part in the services. Dr. Cox was then in Europe ; otherwise he also would
have been present, as was an Elder from this Church, with an Elder from the
Central Church in New York.

I rejoice to remember the affectionate, and at times the intimate, relations
which have existed between my.self and this particular congregation. In the
intervals between their successive pastorates, the people here have done me
the great honor, and tonferred upon me the great privilege, of asking me, not

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infrequently, to officiate in services in which the)' were interested; sometimes
to visit the sick; sometimes to bury the dead; and I have always responded
with readiness to such requests. With every minister here my relations have
been delightful ; never with any one more delightful than with him who is now,
under Christ, the head of this congregation ; so full of courtesy and kindness ;
so full of vigorous power ; so effective as an adrhinistrator of Church affairs,
and putting the reach and richness of his thought into such admirable form in
sermons and in books. So, also, with all the ministers in your great Church,
whom I have known here, who are now so many of them gone, I havelovedto
dwell in fraternal, and often in intimate relations. How many are gone! Dr.
Spencer, Dr. Cox, Dr. Jacobus, Dr. Duffield, Dr. McLane, who were here when
I came, Dr. Van Dyke, and Dr. Spear. Dr. Van Dyke came a little later, but
he was as a brother to my heart for many years. On the other side of the
river, too, I recall the faces and the forms of those with whom some of you
were familiar, whom some of you can hardly have known well: Dr. Spring,
Dr. Skinner, Dr. Fatten, Dr. White, Dr. Erskine Mason. Dr. William Adams,
Dr. Phillips, Dr. Krebs, and I know not how many more whom always it was
a pleasure, when I came to Brooklyn, to meet in the general convocations for
missionary work, and whom it was always delightful and instructive to hear.
All of these have passed on into the unseen realm ; and we who tarry a little
behind might be excused if, on purely human grounds, we were to count our-
selves as being gradually left lonesome. We are never lonesome; the Master
is always with those who try to serve Him, and (iod is not the God of the
dead, but of the living, and they are all living unto (iod.

So, Fathers and Brothers, I thank you, with all my heart, for this most
gracious word which you have spoken to me : even though I cannot recognize
the words as simply appropriate to the facts. How beautiful it is to be helped
and animated, sometimes, by words which one recognizes as surpassing any
conscious merit on his part! You give me an impulse for further work, dur-
ing whatever time may be permitted to me for the service of Christ upon
earth ; and you give me higher expectation of that perfect fellowship of the
Saints on high, when all minor differences shall be utterly forgotten ; when
terms of service, and times of service, shall have been lost to sight; when we
shall all unite in the final triumphant gladness, and adore and worship before
Him who came as the Babe of Bethlehem ; who walked on the earth the Man
of sorrows ; who died on the cross for our salvation ; who arose from the dead
and ascended into heaven, having overcome the sharpness of death, that He
might open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. He animates us still; in-
structs us still ; and with those bleeding and royal hands He turns the gates of
empire on the earth for the incoming of His kingdom and glory. Brethren,
beloved, what a victory of spirit it is to feel that He is with us. that He is with-
in us! and what exultation, not possible to be articulated in human speech,
only to be uttered in the celestial language and with the accompaniment of
heavenly harps, will be in our hearts when at last we see Him glorified and
crowned, with a diadem for every thorn mark on that royal and immortal
brow.

32 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 22d,

The Board of Examiners of Elmira College presented the fol-
lowing report, which was accepted:

The Examining Committee visited Elmira College twice during the year,
and found evidences of duty faithfullj^ discharged in every department. The
(juality of work done was superior, and the quantity sufficient to make the
College course compare favorably with that of any institution of its kind in
the country. The fidelity of its teachers and the loyalty of the students were
in the highest degree satisfactory. The religious instruction given is a marked
characteristic of the course. The moral, spiritual and social atmosphere per-
vading the Institution gives it a sweet and home-like tone, where the most
solicitous parents may feel perfectly safe m sending their daughters. The
freshman class is larger than the one of last year, and is made up of young
women well prepared for their work. The sophomore and junior classes are
not as large as in some former years, but the senior class is the largest in the
history of the College.

The Rev. Rufus S. Green, D.D. , for some years the efficient President,
resigned January i.

In April last the Committee held a conference with the Trustees in regard
to the financial condition of the College, which was ascertained to be as
follows :

Buildings $132,000

Interest-bearing investments 76,000

Grounds 50,000

Apparatus 25,000

Furniture 10,000

Library 5, 000

Museum 5,000

Total $303,000

Indebtedness 76,000

Net assets $227,000

To this it was proposed to add an endowment of $100,000, the people of
Elmira to be asked to subscribe one-half the amount, and friends throughout
the Synod the remainder. At the request of the Conference, the Rev. A. C.
Mackenzie, D. D., of Owego, one of the Examiners, began about the first of
June calling on citizens of Elmira. His success was remarkable. In about seven
weeks he secured signed pledges for $38,000 within the city and, incidentally,
for $15,000 from three friends outside, making $53,000, the subscribers being
in all cases fully responsible. Had not a severe illness prevented Dr. Macken-
zie from continuing his work during July, August and September, there is
little doubt that a much larger amount would by this time have been secured.
He is so far recovered as to be able to begin the effort anew, which the Com-
mittee believes will, with the wise sympathy and practical co-operation of the
.Synod, result not only in securing the $100,000, but a much larger sum.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD ()!• NEW YORK. 33

At a union meeting of Trustees, Examiners, graduates and teaehers of
the College, held May 12, a resolution was passed, unanimously, recommend-
ing the Board of Trustees not only to interest Dr. Mackenzie in the endowment
fund, but, if the way were clear, to call him to the Presidency. In response
to this, such a call was extended, which Dr. Mackenzie is seriously considering.
The revived and greatly increased interest in the College which has appeared
during the last few months in Elmira, may assure the Synod of better days
dawning on the Institution, and should awaken general enthusiasm in its
behalf.

The Rev. A. Cameron Mackenzie, D.D., President-elect, and
Miss Catharine Jones, of Englewood, N. J., addressed the Synod
on the subject of Elmira College.

The following Minute was adopted:

1. The Synod, having heard with satisfaction the encouraging financial
report of Elmira College, expresses its approval of the plan tidopted by the
authorities of tlpat Institution, for raising $100,000 to meet its pressing needs.

2. The Synod expresses its appreciation of the generosity of those citi-
zens of Elmira who have responded so willingh'- to the call for $50,000 from
that cit}^

3. The Board of Trustees of Elmira College, together with Rev. A.
Cameron Mackenzie, D. D., is constituted a Committee to have in charge the
raising of funds for the Endowment.

4. Local Committees to co-operate with the Endowment Committee, shall
be appointed by the Moderator, the Stated Clerk and Dr. Mackenzie.

The Permanent Committee on Foreign Missions presented the
following report, which was accepted, and its recommendations
were adopted:

The past year has been to your Committee one of continued activity,
and, to some degree at least, of real prosperity. Immediately upon the ad-
journment of the Synod last year plans were laid for an energetic and com-
prehensive campaign, and we have the satisfaction of reporting that none of
those plans have failed of fulfillment.

Our first effort has been to hold ourselves in communication and co-opera-
tion with the Presbyterial Committees. This, in many cases, is an easy thing
to do, and your Committee acknowledges the cordial and helpful responses
received from some of the Presbyteries. From other Chairmen, however, we
never can get so much as recognition. They will not even answer our per-
sonal letters; and our suggestions, modestly made, our offers of assistance
our appeals for advice and co-operation, fall as upon deaf ears or indifferent

34 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. fOct. 22d,

hearts. We have long ago reached the conclusion that what is most needed
in some of our Presbyteries, in order to bring the Foreign Mission cause up
to its proper level of interest, is a revolution that shall remove time-honored
but energy-wanting members from the Standing Committees, and replace
these with Ministers and Elders who have a warm and living interest in the
object, and sufficient inspiration and ingenuity to communicate it to others.

The second order has been to bring the Committee's influence to bear per-
sonally and dynamically upon the meetings of the Presbyteries. In some
cases members of the Committee have addressed these meetings, and, when
this has not been possible, able substitutes have been sent to represent them.
We renew the offer to secure, as far as practicable, speakers for Presbyterial
Missionary meetings anywhere in the Synod, and to co-operate with the
Standing Committees in every other way in their endeavor to make their pub-
lic functions attractive and successful.

Your Committee has found that, when all dependent Churches which
were evidently unable to contribute had been excepted, more than one hun-
dred and fifty remained which had not made a stated offering the previous
year to Foreign Missions; and a majority of these had also failed to give
through their Sunday Schools or Women's Societies. It seemed our plain
duty to address a kind and fraternal letter, personally signed, to the Pastors
and Sessions t)f these Churches. What results may have come from these
appeals we have no means of knowing, save as letters of protest, explanation,
and occasionally of repentance, came back to us. It is our purpose to repeat
this work the coming year.

By far the most important and fruitful activity of the year has been the
missionary tours which your Committee had the pleasure of organizmg in
some of the Presbyteries. Our plan was to have every Church visited and
addressed by a Missionary at home on a furlough, the Churches to provide en-
tertainment, and to contribute one cent per member for the expense of the tour.
Several Presbyteries found it inconvenient to accept our offer ; six responded
favorably: Binghamton, Long Island, Lyons, Nassau, St. Lawrence and
Utica, and these were visited, respectively, by Rev. W. S. Bannerman of Af-
rica, Rev. J. H. Judson and Rev. Dr. B. C. Henry of China, Rev. George P.
Pierson of Japan, Rev. F. S. Chalfant of China, and Mrs. Wellington White,
formerly of Hainau. Over seventy-five Churches were thus visited, and
nearly one hundred meetings held. The Missionaries returned enthusiasti-
cally encouraged, testifying to the cordiality of their reception, and the deep-
ening of missionary intei'est in all the Churches visited ; and the Presbyterial
Committees were equally positive and commendatory in their judgment of
these visitations. So successful was this method of work, that we are already
organizing a similar series of missionary tours in other Presbyteries, and we
invite the sympathy and support, not only of the Committees, but of the Pas-
tors and Elders of these Presbyteries.

Mr. William Dulles, Jr. ,the honored Treasurer of our Board, whose services
have been most valuable to us, has found it necessary, because of his removal
beyond the bounds of the Synod, to resign his membership on the Committee,
.and we have reluctantly accepted his resignation.

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We make the following recommendations:

1. That Elder Neilson Olcott, of the Presbytery of New York, be elected
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. William Dulles, Jr.

2. That the Synod appeal to all Churches within its bounds, not contrib-
uting the past year to Foreign Missions, to give their people an opportunity at
least once annually to make an offering on the Sabbath for the work of the
Board.

3. That the Sessions of our Churches be urged to organize their male
members in the interest of Missions, and not be content, as is now almost uni-
versally the case, with Missionary Societies for the women ; and also to enlist
their Sunday Schools and Young People's Societies in the support of our foreign
work.

4. That Pastors be exhorted to address their people mcjre frequently on
the subject of Missions, and seek not only to increase their interest in the
world's evangelization, but also to make that interest more intelligent and
spiritual.

5. That the Synod appeal to the Presbyteries to give more practical atten-
tion to the direction of Foreign Mission interests within their bounds ; that
they hold more frequent Missionary meetings, give greater care to the selec-
tion of the Foreign Mission Committees, and require semi-annual reports from
such Committees, to be distributed generally and generously throughout the
Churches under their care.

The Rev. David J. Satterfield, D. D., President of Scotia Sem-
inary, addressed the Synod in behalf of the Board of Missions for
Freedmen.

The report of the Committee on Judicial Business, in reference
to Judicial Case No. 2, was reconsidered, and the matter was re-
ferred back to the Committee, with instructions to report an order
for the trial of the case on the floor of the Synod.

A recess was taken until two o'clock p. m.

Concluded with prayer.

Thursday, October 22, 2 o'clock p. m.
The Synod met and was opened with prayer.
The following Minute was adopted :

Whereas, The New York Press Association, at its fortieth Annual Con-
vention, July I, 1896, unanimously reaffirmed a declaration made at the
National Editorial Convention last year, as follows :

36 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 22d,

" We earnestly sympathize with the woman's movement for the promotion
of purity in literature and art, as tending to maintain the moral standard and
endeavoring to realize the prime object of the press, — the elevation and better-
ment of humanit3^ intellectually, morally and socially ; for the suppression of
sensationalism, cruel personalities and immoral details in the reports of vice
and crime, which tend only to degrade the moral standard of the community,
often inciting to the re-enactment of the horrors thus depicted ; and that we
will further endeavor to make the press one of the truest and best friends of
humanity by refusing space to all questionable and impure advertising, also
excluding from our writings and doings the untruths and half truths which are
often more dangerous and often have more of poison than unmasked vice be-
cause of the pure alloy which promotes their circulation."

And whereas. There is an effort being made to have the Legislature of
New York amend the penal code in order "to better protect public morals,
defend the health and integrity of youth, prevent the degrading of women
and girls, and preserve the honor and respect due to woman ; " therefore.

Resolved, That we favor all efforts to promote proper legislation for the
better protection of public morals; that we urge upon the law-makers at
Albany, at the next session of the Legislature, to pass laws that are in har-
mony with the spirit and the recommendations of the New York Press Associa-
tion ; and that we exhort our members to do all that they can to secure the
passage of such laws.

The Committee on the Indian Industrial School presented the
following report, which was accepted, and its recommendations
were adopted:

At the last meeting of the Synod, it was hoped that your Committee had
completed its task. The failure of many to redeem the pledges there made,
and the fact that no additional subscriptions have been received toward the
$4,000 unprovided for, have prevented the Home Mission Board from accepting
the trust offered it, and have compelled those in charge of the enterprise to
continue their work, and to ask the Synod to extend the time of their service.

At former sessions, the Synod has carefully considered the industrial and
Christian education of the thousand or more Indian youth of school age
within its borders. After mature deliberation extending over three years, it
reached the climax of its plans at Binghamton, one year ago. At that time we
had secured pledges and contributions amounting to $6,000, a legacy of
$10,000, and a site at Portville with land and buildings valued at $5,000, the
whole conditioned on the raising of $4,000 more, to complete the endowment
of $20,000, besides the real-estate. It was expected that this sum would be
subscribed and mostly paid by the first of January, 1896, in which case it was
understood that our Board of Home Missions would accept the School, and its
chairman would serve as one of the Trustees.

Owing to the financial distress everywhere prevalent, our efforts have been
unavailing, and less than $2,000 has be^n received, while the need of the

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School isgreater than ever, and Indian parents on the New York Reservations
are begging for this opportunity to educate their children.

The trustee of the $10,000 legacy, the Rev. Dr. Egbert of St. Paul, despite
the long and trying delay, agrees to give the Synod one more chance to prove
its earnestness in regard to this scheme. A few weeks, at the longest, must
finally decide the question. It is therefore recommended:

1. That the present Committee be continued.

2. That, if necessary, the Committee be authorized to employ some one
of high standing and character to solicit contributions for this object.

3. That with the above assistance a final and determined effort be made
to establish this long-considered blessing for the Indian youth in our own
borders.

4. That the Committee be enlarged by the addition of one member from
each home Presbytery of the Synod as follows :

Albany: Rev. C. Alex. Richmond.
Binghamton: Rev. J. Lovejoy Robertson.
Bostoit: Rev. Chas. S. Dewing, D. D.
Brooklyn: Rev. Chas. Cuthbert Hall, D. D.
Cayuga: Rev. Wallace B. Lucas, D. D.
Champlain: Rev. Joseph Gamble, D. D.
Chemung: Rev. Isaac Jennings, D. D.
Columbia: Rev. Edward Stratton.
Gettesee: Elder Edward C. Walker.
Geneva: Rev. J. Wilford Jacks.
Hudson: Rev. Thomas Nichols.
Long Island: Rev. James B. Finch.
Lyons: Rev. A. Parke Bixrgess, D. D.
Nassau: Rev. Joshua J. Wolf.
New York: Elder Kiliaen Van Rensselaer.
Niagara: Rev. Albert S. Bacon.
N'orih River: Elder Chas. E. Bingham.
Otsego: Rev. Henry U. Swinnerton, Ph. D.
Rochester: Rev. Henry H. Stebbins, D. D.
St. Laiurence: Rev. James Robertson.
Steuben: Rev. Edward M. Deems, Ph. D.
Syracuse: Rev. George B. Spalding, D. D.
Troy: Rev. Theophilus P. Sawin. D. D.
Utica: Rev. Thomas J. Brown, D. D.
Westchester: Elder Ralph E. Prime.

The Committee on Judicial Business presented a report, pre-
scribing an order of procedure for the trial of Judicial Case No. 2.

The report was accepted, and the following substitute was
adopted:

38 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 22d,

That the Moderator appoint a Committee oi three to nominate a Judicial
Commission of eight Ministers and seven Elders, to issue and try the said case.

The following were appointed the Committee of Nomination:
Ministers — A. Cameron Mackenzie, Henry A. Davenport; Elder —
Horace Briggs.

The Rev. Messrs. Archibald A. Cameron, Elijah E. Chivers,
D. D. , and Henry J. Guller were introduced by Rev. Chas.
Cuthbert Hall, D. D., as representatives of the Long Island Baptist
Association in session in Brooklyn, and were welcomed by the
Moderator. They addressed the Synod, and presented the follow-
ing action of the Association :

Resolved, That the Long Island Baptist Association send to the Synod of
New York our fraternal greeting in Christian fellowship, as an expression of
our cordial appreciation of their noble body, with its honorable history and
presentlabors in the kingdom of God, (See i Thess.i. 2, 3 and Heb. xiii. 20, 21.)

The Moderator cordially responded to the salutation.

The Permanent Committee on Young People's Societies pre-
sented the following report which was accepted, and its recom-
mendations were adopted :

Persistent efforts have been made to collect full statistics of the Young
People's Societies in the Synod, with little success. The only Presbyteries
which have given full reports of their work are Binghamton, Brooklyn,
Champlain, Columbia, Genesee, Hudson, Rochester, Steuben and Utica. It
is encouraging to learn that Committees on Young People's Societies have
been appointed in fifteen others. In some of those reporting, every Church
has a Christian Endeavor Society, and many sustain Junior Societies. We
are indebted to Mr. A. E, Dewhurst, Secretary of the State Christian En-
deavor Union, for the number of Societies in the Presbyterian Church in the
State, which is, of Senior Societies, 739, and of Junior, 323; in all 1,062, with
over 50,000 members. Of our S40 Churches in the State, all but 106 have
Christian Endeavor Societies; and, deducting Churches almost extinct, there
are probably not over 50 without such organization. Besides these are
reported Young People's Societies, Boys' Brigades, and other organizations
for men, boys and girls. These Societies outnumber the 865 Sunday Schools
in the State by 197, Thus it appears that the flower of our youth, the seed
and hope of the Church, are in our Christian Endeavor Societies. They
hold the same relation to the Church as the Sunday School, the one being a
teachmg organization, the other for training. Whatever relation they hold to
other bodies is fraternal and not organic.

The relation of the individual Society to the Church was most satisfac-
torily set forth by the last General Assembly:

A. 1). 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 39

" The Church in her courts owes it to her young people to take account
ot their aspirations and activities, and to provide proper media for the exer-
cise of these; and the young people, on their part, as members of the Church,
have a duty of recognizing fully her spiritual authority, implying, as this does,
her right to advise with them, and to direct their movements. It is this
authority which unites together all Presbyterian Churches into one common
body, and it must reach to all of its organizations. Such being the case,
the Assembly deems it unnecessary to prescribe any specific form of organiza-
tion for individual Young People's Societies, while it expects them to conform
to certain acknowledged principles, both general and particular, as follows:

" In general, these Societies are to be organized and to work in conform-
ity with the historic position of the Church as expressed in her standards and
interpreted by her Courts. * * * *

' ' The particular relations of all our Young People's Societies to the Church
are sustained, in the first instance, to the Session of a particular Church,
and thence, through the Session, to the Church at large. Each such Society
is under the immediate direction, control, and oversight of the Session of that
Church in which it is formed, and that oversight is not merely general, but
applies to (a) The Constitution of the Society, (b) The schedule of its services,
(c) The election of its officers, (d) The distribution of its funds."

The Assembly required the Presbyteries to have the full statement read
in all their Societies, to gather statistics concerning the names, numbers, and
forms of Young People's organizations in their Churches, and to state whether
the Presbyter}^ has a Presbyterial organization, and what is its plan. Conced-
ing the vital importance of these vSocieties to the life and work of the Churches,
full statistics are necessary to any true report of the life and work of the
Church at large.

The Societies gave to the Board of Home Missions during the last year
$5,320.76. and to Foreign Missions $5,695.86; and from the reports presented
they must have contributed tens of thousands for the benefit of the Churches.

Your Committee conducted the opening session of the Synodical Congress
at Buffalo, in the interests of Young People's work. It is recommended:

1. That Presbyteries be required to appoint Standing Committees on
Young People's Societies, if it has not already been done.

2. That these Committees gather full statistics as to the names, members,
condition and contributions of these Societies, with the names of Lheir Cor-
responding Secretaries, and report the same to the Chairman of the Synod's
Committee.

3. That these Societies be trained to contribute systematically to the
Mission Boards of the Church, and that the two-cents-a-week plan be com-
mended.

4. That Presbyterial Conferences of Young People's Societies beheld for
mutual encouragement and fellowship; or that Presbyteries arrange for a visi-
tation of their S'jcieties, as has been done with great profit by the Presbytery

40 SVNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 22d,

f)f Steuben, holding simultaneous meetings for several evenings, two mem-
bers visiting each Society, wherever practicable.

5. That for convenience of meeting, the Synod's Committee consist of;
Ministers — Samuel W. Pratt, Edward M. Deems, Alfred J. Hutton, Warren D.
More and Louis F. Ruf ; Elders— Philip M. Hull, Richard H. Bloom, Harry
C. Heermans and Herbert J. Hunn.

The Committee appointed to consider the question of a change
in the name of the Synod, presented the following report, which
was adopted :

The Committee respectfully reports, that after having had the subject under
consideration for two years, and having lately received information that the
Presbytery of Boston, by a unanimous vote, has expressed its desire for such
a change, it recommends:

That the Synod respectfully overture the General Assembly to change the
name " Synod of New York" to " Synod of New York and New England."

The Committee appointed to collate the reports of the Examin-
ing Committees on the Records of the Presbyteries presented the
following recommendations which were adopted:

I. That the Records of the following Presbyteries be approved as far as
written: Albany, Bmghamton, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Cayuga, Champlain,
Chemung, Columbia, Eastern Persia, Geneva, Hudson, Long Island, Lyons,
Nassau, New York, Niagara, North Laos, Otsego, Rochester, St. Lawrence,
Syracuse, Troy, Utica, Westchester.

2 That the Records of the Presbytery of Boston be approved as far as
written, with the following exceptions:

(i.) On p. 369 it appears that a Minister was invited to sit as a corre-
sponding member, without stating his ecclesiastical connection.

(2.) On p. 388 is recorded the adoption of the report of a Committee on
Ministers without charge, that each Mmister without charge should pay to
the treasury of the Presbytery each year one dollar, and if this rule be violated
for two years by any brother he shall be dropped from the roll.

3. That the Records of the Presbj-ter)- of (jcnesee be approved as far as
written, with the following exceptions:

(i. ) On p. 154, a Special Meeting was held, and the Moderator's call for
said meeting is not inserted in the Minutes.

(2. j The Minutes of the Stated Meeting were read and approved at this
Special Meeting.

(3. ) The Minutes of the Stated Meeting of April 17. i3<)('', are not stated
to have been read and approved.

A. I). 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 41

4. That the Records of the Presbytery of North River be approved as
far as written, with the following exceptions :

(i.) On p. 124 a resolution ruled out by the Moderator is recorded.
(2. ) There is not any part of the Narrative of the State of Religion placed
on record, although it is stated to have been adopted, p. 128.
(3.) Blanks for names are not filled up, pp. 132, 133, 156.

5. That the Records of the Presbytery of Steuben be approved as far as
written, with the following exceptions:

(i.) The record on pp. 39S and 400, regarding the reception of Rev.
Albert R. Crawford on a certificate to the Presbytery of Cayuga, is contrary
to the Book of Discipline, Section 115.

(2.) On p. 415, a Lutheran Church was received, and there is no record
of the acceptance of the Form of Government.

The Records of the Presbyteries of Chile, Siam and Western
Persia were not presented.

The Special Committee on Work in the Adirondack Region
presented the following report, which was adopted:

Whereas. The work of planting and sustaining new Churches m the
Adirondack region of the State of New York has been successfully carried on
by contributions of Presbyterians and other Christians interested in that region,
and resorting to it in the summer season, therefore

ResolTed, That the Synod commends the work done under the super-
vision of Rev. Richard G. McCarthy, and approves its farther prosecution by
the Presbyteries of that region especially interested in it.

The Committee of Visitors to the Xew York University pre-
sented the following report, which was accepted:

Your Committee met, by mvitation of the Chancellor, at University
Heights in May last, and was shown every courtesy, and given every oppor-
tunity to see the work done, as well as that planned. We were shown over
the grounds, and had explained to us the scheme of the new buildings. We
saw the athletic fields, the gymnasium, the laboratories, the library, and the
recitation rooms, where we heard several recitations. We saw the young men
in their dormitories, at their exercise, in their recitations and at prayer, and
were enabled to form a very good idea of the work done by this great Uni-
versity. Your Committee was impressed with the importance and value of
this work. Its tone was good, its ideal high, its scholarship abreast of the
time, and its religious atmosphere wholesome. It seems to us to offer peculiar
advantages to students from our Church, not only in the vicinity, but from

42 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 22(3,

abroad. The especial provision made for needy and worthy students should
attract men of this class. Its nearness to the great city of New York does not
seem to destroy the scholastic atmosphere which traditionally belongs to such
an institution, while at the same time it affords advantages denied to more
suburban institutions.

Through the indefatigable effort of its scholarly Chancellor and other
friends, it has, of late, come into the possession of funds warranting the
somewhat extensive building now in process. The new Residence Hall,
known as East Hall, is approaching completion, at a cost of $180,000, an
anonymous gift. The chief building, which is to combine Library, Museum,
Auditorium and admmistration offices, to cost over half a million dollars, is in
progress. But professorship endowments are seriously lacking in amount and
scope, a most discouraging drawback. The new year opens prosperously,
however, and we believe the progress and usefulness of this institution
which, in its past more confined environment, has starred its rolls with great
names, will in the future be enhanced, and be an object of pride to the great
Church whose watch and care it first sought a decade ago. We bespeak for
it the enthusiastic interest, confidence and gifts, as well as patronage, of any
seeking a place of progressive and scholarly education.

The Permanent Committee on Home Missions presented the
following report, which was accepted :

Although at not half the meetings of Synod during the last ten years
has any report been presented to the Synod on the subject of Home Missions,
and this Synod's relation to it, yet your Committee does not feel justified in
following this precedent of silence, and it respectfully a.sks attention to a brief
report.

While we must recognize, with gratitude, that in many Churches this
great object is duly presented and honored, yet the status of the Synod as a
whole hardly permits us to indulge in self-congratulatiou. We are com-
pelled to call attention to the fact that this Synod is steadily declining in its
payments toward the support of our Church work, as conducted by the Board
of Home Missions. In 1S85-6 it gave $165,660; in 1895-6, $134,202; a de-
crease in ten years of $31,458. The amount given last year to the Home
Board is less than the largest past gift by $35,926.

We must notice another fact, which also seems to indicate a failure to
meet our responsibilities, namely, that as our gifts have decreased, so our de-
mands on the Board have increased, from $23,461 to $36,391, an increase of
fifty per cent. Putting these figures together, the actual decrease is about
$48,000, What shall we say as to this decrease in giving and increase in re-
ceiving ?

It would seem that our Synod, despite its constantly increasing wealth,
and growth in numbers, is coming little by little to be a Mission field. Can
we ascribe this condition of affairs to any causes which will be an excuse
and justification ? Your Committee is compelled to conclude, all allowance
being made, that the loss is due chiefly to a lack of that spirit which

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 43

sanctifies wealth and ability to the point of sacrifice. It also seems that
the deficiency in interest is largely due to a want of acquaintance with the
needs of the country as a whole.

Your Committee has no resolutions to offer, inasmuch as the interests of
this cause are under consideration in other ways. But we suggest^ that the
Church at Home and Abroad does not take the place of a first-class Home Mis-
sion magazine; and, farther, that the publication in the Assembly Min-
utes of figures of benevolence made up by Clerks of Sessions, rather than
the statement of the actual amount received by the Treasurer of the Board,
tends to cover over the apparent neglect to give directly to this branch of the
Church work.

The Committee to nominate Visitors to Colleges and Seminaries
reported, recommending the following appointments:

Auburn Seminary: Ministers— Gt. Parsons Nichols, William K. Hall,
James C. Forsythe, Herman C. Riggs, Thomas J. Brown; Elders — Ralph E.
Prime, William S. Doughty, John E. Myer, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer.

Hamilton College: Ministers — Wallace W.Thorpe, Charles A. Richmond,
Robert Clements, Charles S. Richardson, J.Wilford Jacks; Elders — William A.
Hubbard, Elijah B. Hedding, James W^, Eager, Benjamin P. Wayne.

New York University: Ministers — J Howard Hobbs, T. Ralston Smith,
N. Beall Remick, David F. Bonner, Henry H. Stebbins; Elders — Percy A.
Bromfield, George H. Southard, Henry W. Jessup, Henry VV. Derby.

The recommendation was adopted.

The Committee to nominate a Judicial Commission for the trial
of Case No. 2 reported, recommending the following names:

Ministers — Donald McLaren, James N. Crocker, Almon R.
Hewitt, Joseph Gamble, A. Parke Burgess, Horace P. V. Bogue,
George B. Spalding, Charles S. Lane; Elders — John R. Strang,
Alburn S. Parmelee, Richard H. Bloom, George M. Welles,
Cassius N. McFarren, Orrin F. Payne, Mallory D. Schoonmaker.

The report was adopted.

The Treasurer's Report was presented and referred to the
Committee on Finance.

Adjourned until Friday at half-past nine o'clock \. .m.

Concluded with prayer.

44 SVNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 23d,

Thursday, October 22, 7:30 o'clock p. m.
A popular meeting was held in the interest of Home Missions.
Elder John Crosby Brown presided, and addresses were delivered
by Rev. William C. Roberts, D. D., Secretary of the Board, Rev.
Robert M. Donaldson, and Rev. John Hall, D. D.

Friday, October 23, 9:30 o'clock a. m.

The Synod met and spent half an hour in devotional services.

Prayer was offered.

The calling of the roll was dispensed with.

The minutes of Thursday's sessions were read and approved.

The Committee on Bills and Overtures reported on papers re-
ferred to it, as follows, and its recommendations were adopted :

No. I. A Petition of the First Church of Jefferson to be transferred from
the Presbytery of Albany to the Presbytery of Otsego.

It is recommended that no action be taken, inasmuch as the petition is dated
March 7, while at the meeting of the Presbytery of Albany in September last
the Church withdrew its request, and certified its preference to remain in con-
nection with the Presbytery of Aibanj-.

No. 9. A Petition from the Churches of Holyoke and Springfield, in the
Presbytery of Boston, for a change in the boundary between the Presbyteries
of Boston and Westchester.

It IS recommended that action be deferred for the present, and that the
Presbytery of Westchester be requested to report to the Synod, next year, its
desire in the premises.

Nos. 6, 7, 8. Overtures from the Presbyteries of Albany, Nassau and
Steuben asking for changes in the Plan of Sustentation.

It is recommended that the following be adopted:

IV/iereas, This Synod is determined in its belief that it ought to provide
for all home missionary work within its own borders, and thereby relieve the
Board of Home Missions, (except that the Presbytery of Boston should con-
tinue in direct relation with the Board,) and

IV/iereas, The present plan of Synodical Aid has failed to i)rovide sufficient
funds for this purpose, therefore

Resolved, That a Committee of nine be appointed by the Moderator to re-
port to the Synod next year a plan for Synodical Aid, especial attention being
given to what is known as the New Jersey Plan, and that, in the meantime,

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 45

the Presbyteries be urged to attempt self-support, as recommended bj' the
General Assembly.

Nos. 3, 4, 5. Overtures from the Presbyteriesof Albany, Geneva and Utica,
in regard to a change in the time of holding the Missionary Congress.

It is recommended, that it be considered inexpedient at this time to make
any change in the date of holding the Missionary Congress.

Other papers entrusted to the Committee do not come within its province ;
and it is recommended that they be referred as follows:

No. 2. A communication from the Stated Clerk of the Assembly, to the
Permanent Committee on Education.

No. 10. Regarding the Evangelization of the world, to the Permanent
Committee on Foreign Missions.

No. II. From the American Anti-Saloon League, to the Committee on
Temperance.

In relation to No. 12, embracing certain letters from individual members
of the Presbytery of North River, it is recommended that no action be taken.

The report of the Fourth Missionary Congress was presented
and accepted, and its recommendations were adopted, as follows:

The Missionary Congress of the Synod is no longer an experiment. Four
have been held, — at Saratoga in the First Church in 1893; at Rochester in the
Brick Church in 1894; at Oneida in the First Church in 1895; and in Calvary
Church, Buffalo, in 1896. Each year large gatherings have listened to the
clear, vigorous presentation of the claims of our beloved Church, expressed
through the several Boards. We have discussed the vital, practical questions
growing out of the work of each Board. We have brought face to face with
those not often accustomed to hear and meet them, God's heroes and heroines
from our Home and Foreign Mission fields. We have awakened in many
hearts new interest, and called out from many purses increased offerings.
Through the Synod's Committee similar Committees in the Presbyteries have
been aroused to accomplish more systematic, effective work, notably the
aggressive Foreign Missionary gatherings in New York, Westchester and other
Presbyteries. These and many other things have been wrought at the minimum
of expense and machinery, and with absolutely no expense to the Synod ; and
best of all, as a result of our Buffalo Congress last June, there is a balance in
the Treasury of over one hundred dollars.

As the pioneer Synod in this great movement, several others of our strong-
est Synods have followed ours, n9tably, New Jersey, Ohio and Illinois, with
others still to come. Many in our own Synod who have hitherto been indiffer-
ent, have united with the Committee, and many others, including all the
Secretaries of the Boards, in the firm conviction that the Synod has here an
agency for mighty power and far-reaching blessings. Hearty co-operation on
the part of all Pastors and Churches can easily make these annual gatherings

46 SYNOD OK NEW YORK. [Oct. 23d,

of unlimited value, under God, to our denominational work, and to the
upbuilding and coming of the Kingdom of God upon the earth.

The Fourth Congress met in Calvary Church, Buffalo, Rev. William J.
McKittrick, Pastor, June 8, 9, 10, 1896. The departments of Christian Endeavor,
Sunday School, Missions to Freedmen, Church Erection, and Home Missions
including Synodical Aid, were discussed. Able speakers, including some of
our Home Missionaries, were secured from all parts of our country. We
record with gratitude the marked welcome and free hospitality accorded us by
the loyal Presbyterians of Buffalo, and especially the Pastor, officers and
people of Calvary Church, through whose efficient and generous sub-commit-
tees the work was so smoothly carried on.

In the last General Assembly the Standing Committee on Foreign Missions
reported regarding one phase of the Congress Committee work, as follows: —
" Your Committee most cordially endorses this movement in its object and in
the methods employed, and urges it upon the attention of all the Synods and
Presbyteries of our Church." And the Assembly reiterated its action of 1894,
(Minutes of 1894, p. 157,) heartily endorsing these Congresses.

It is recommended:

1. That a Fifth Missionary Congress be held during the coming year, the
time, place and arrangements to be left to the Executive Committee.

2. That this Congress, if the Executive Committee can so arrange, in-
clude in its programme the work of all the Boards of the Church, giving
special place to Home and Foreign Missions.

3. That the following Chairmen of the Committees on the Boards of the
Church, etc., constitute the Committee for the coming year: Rev. John Balcom
Shaw, D.D., Chairman ; Rev. Samuel T. Clarke, Secretary ; Rev. Gerard B.
F. Hallock, D.D., Treasurer ; Rev. Edward Huntting Rudd, Rev. George
C. Yeisley, D.D., Rev. Allen Macy Dulles, D.D., Rev. A. Woodruff Halsey,
Rev. Martin D. Kneeland, D.D., Rev. L. Merrill Miller, D.D., Rev. Charles
A. Richmond, Rev. Samuel W. Pratt.

4. ' That the Committee have power to fill all vacancies in their number.

The following Minute was adopted relating to Turkish perse-
cutions of Armenians:

Resolved, That the Synod of New York, of the Presbyterian Church in the
United vStates of America, moved not only hy the spirit of our Christian re-
ligion, but also by that spirit of compassion which is the heritage of our com-
mon humanity, desires to utter its protest against the long-continued perse-
cution and slaughter of the Armenian subjects of the Sultan of Turkey, as a
reproach to both civilization and religion, and as a crime against human na-
ture. As the representatives of a large body of the disciples of Jesus, we ex-
tend to those of our Armenian brethren and sisters who have survived these
l>ersecutions our sympathy in the terrible ordeal through which they are pass-
ing, and in the privations and sufferings and bereavements that they are now

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 47

enduring. As loyal citizens of the United States, we wish to assure our Chief
Executive that we shall give him our sympathy and our support in any action
that he may deem wise to secure protection for the lives and property of
American missionaries now laboring on Turkish soil, and to demand and ob-
tain from the Turkish Government prompt and full redress for the loss of
property that American missionaries and missionary societies have sus-
tained.

Resolved, That we urge Pastors and Sessions of our Churches to place this
matter before their congregations in the sanctuary service, that public senti-
ment may be aroused and manifested so strongly as to cause this terrible per-
secution to cease ; that earnest and sustained prayer as part of the sanctuary
service, be made to our God that He may be pleased to place over His af-
flicted, down-trodden and oppressed people His protecting hand, and provide
for them a great deliverance, and that He will remove out of the way all ob-
stacles which stand in the way of human efforts to the same end; and that
the Synod designate the Sabbath preceding next Thanksgiving Day as the
time for all our congregations simultaneously to meet for such purpose of
prayer, and for otherwise considering the matter in the sanctuary.

Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolutions, duly attested, be trans-
mitted to the President of the United States.

Elder John R. Strang was excused from serving on the Ju-
dicial Commission, and Elder Christopher M. Young, on the recom-
mendation of the Nominating Committee, was appointed in his
place.

The consideration of the report on Synodical Aid was re-
sumed, and its recommendations were adopted. The report is
as follows:

Immediately after the adjournment of the Synod last year, the appor-
tionments were duly signified to the Presbyteries, and the demands of our
needy Churches were urged upon their immediate notice. The Committee
has been called together, for consultation, three times. Extensive correspond-
ence has been held; and forcible addresses in regard to the work were made
by Rev. Dr. Charles H. Baldwin and others in the Missionary Congress in
Buffalo.

The Committee has been encouraged by three thmgs. First, fault has
been found, that so little, compared with what had been expected,
has been accomplished financially; while it is acknowledged that the
work in the feeble Churches has not been in better shape than it is now.
Second, inquiry and action have been instituted in quarters where we feared
little or nothing would be done. And third, plans have been suggested, from
different parts of the State, whereby there is reason to hope the desired re-
sults will be accomplished. It is not, therefore, too much to expect that the

SYNOD OF NEW YORK.

[Oct. 23d,

entire Synod will be stirred with anxiety, and to earnest effort to place the
Home Missionary work in this State on a basis of successful operation.

Now what is wanted to sustain our feeble Churches? With $32,000 paid
into the treasury promptly, all needs would be met, and a small margin
would be left. Instead of this, a Ifttle over $15,000 is the largest amount
raised directly for the Synodical Aid Fund, in any one year. The difference
has been paid from the funds of the Board. Evidently some Churches, rely-
ing upon the Board, have failed to give anything directly to this fund. It is
also plain that every dollar given is so much relief and help to our over-
burdened Home Mission treasury. The purpose is to help sustain entirely
the needs at our own doors, without diminishing the resources of the Board.
Yet while the number of Churches requiring aid is about the same as last
year, the number of Churches giving is not as large and the amounts given
are less. The depressed condition of trade, and the stringency of money in
part account for this; but the needs of these dependent Churches remain
the same, and pinching times have come to the faithful Pastors who have
supplied these scattered flocks. From these same Churches, too, the drain
of their best material is great towards the cities, and they supply some of our
best and most promising Pastors.

The table submitted shows the financial results of the year ; but the amount
received would be largely increased if we should add to it the sums directly
given to their needy Churches by the Presbyteries of Buffalo, Binghamton,
Long Island and New York.

Presbyteries.

Albany

Binghamton

Boston

Brooklyn

Buffalo

Cayuga

Champlain.

Chemung

Columbia

Genesee

Geneva

Hudson

Long Island

Lyons

Nassau

New York

Niagara

North River

Otsego

Rochester

St. Lawrence

Steuben

Syracuse

Troy

Utica

Westchester

Miscellaneous

Synodical Missionary

Total

Contributions.

.538-07

35685

8.00

179.66

93-5°
278 4g
172.87

251-31
223.44
112. 71
276.27
338.08

12.00
109.69
164 00
,093.44
105-93
192.16
211.62
378-35
166.23
15858
332-37
470.06
667 12
578.34

37.00

$8,506.14

Appro-
priations.

81,850.00
1,506.24

800.00

2,252.02

1,137.50

1,625.83

55000

1,037.50

112.50

305-55

856.25

800.00
1,087.50
4,672.72

337- 50

865 00

1,^95 00

850.00

876.25

1.376-25

1,420.83

1,180 39

207 50

2,000 00

$29,002.33

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OK NEW YORK. 49

The Committee is constrained to say, more emphatically than ever, that
the object of Synodical Aid commands our sincerest efforts to make it effectual.
In all the action taken, year by year, the Synod has cordially approved the
work, and enjoined it upon the Churches, asking for special collections with-
out diminishing the amounts given to the Board for its general operations.
We believe that we have had the fullest sympathy of the Board. And its beloved
and faithful treasurer, and ours, Mr. Oliver D. Eaton, lately gone to his re-
ward, was ever ready to assist and encourage the Committee in its work.
The feeble Churches, also, in many instances, show their appreciation of the
plan, by faithfully taking collections for its support, besides giving something
to the Home Board.

We have only to add that the present scheme is an easy one, and would be
entirely efficient if the Presbyteries should respond, to the full measure of the
apportionment. AVe know the number of the needy Churches and the extent
of their wants. If the whole amount asked for from the Synod is paid, the
full proportion for each needy Church will be immediately forwarded to it.
The desire of the Committee is that the Synod should fully appreciate the sit-
uation, and promptly meet the conditions. Should any better plan be form-
ulated, the Committee will be glad to step aside, or to co-operate as the way
may be opened. It is recommended :

i'. That the Rev. James N. Crocker, D. D., be continued as the Synodical
Superintendent for the State of New York, with the same salary as last year.

2. That the sum of $30,000 be apportioned among the Presbyteries and
Churches for carrying on this work during the coming year.

3. That the Permanent Committee be continued until otherwise ordered.

The Permanent Committee on the Board of Aid for Colleges and
Academies presented the following report, which was accepted,
and its recommendations were adopted :

"Attempt great things for God; expect great things from God." This
motto of the Cobbler Missionary Carey has seemingly serv^ed as the motto of
this the Benjamin of the Boards. In our great West the cause and work of
Christian Education is at once the beginning and the end of all true, abiding
growth. The splendid work of the public educational system has wrought great
results, but it was and is unequal to solve the whole problem. The remark-
able work of this Board supplements and complements the public system.
Recall its aim emphasized last year: " It seeks to aid in founding and main-
taining the work of Christian Education. It urges the systematic study of the
Bible as a text-book, and it makes no apology for this policy." Some of the
Eastern Colleges and Universities are only now beginning to realize the need
of this as an accepted part of the curriculum.

The figures of this ever-increasing, expanding and deepening work are
significant. Thirt3'-four Colleges were aided during the year. One hundred
and fifty students accepted and believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. Two hun-
dred and fifteen young men are ]>lanningto enter the Christian Ministiy.

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Wisdom and economy have been so apparent in all the administrative
work, that we again express hearty endorsement of the secretarial work of that
efficient, fearless man of God, Rev. Edward C. Ray, D.D. , and the work of all
associated with him in responsibility. We desire them to have the assurance
of the Synod's grateful appreciation of what they are doing amidst so many
obstacles. And we must not fail to recognize the self-denial and heroism
practised during the year by faithful teachers, unable to secure present or past
salary due. It is recommended:

1. That we cordially reaffirm the resolutions passed by the last General
Assembly, commending this Board to the increased generosity of the Church.

2. That each Pastor place this matter before his people through the
printed page, and by special appeals.

3. That, as far as possible, the Churches observe the last Thursday of Jan-
uary as a Day of Prayer for Colleges and all Christian Education, and that
on the preceding or succeeding Lord's Day the claims of this Board be pre-
sented by the Pastor, and a liberal offering urged.

4. That Elders Horace Briggs and Frank M. Ellery be appointed mem-
l:)ers of the Committee in place of Elders George H. Sickels and Joshua S.
Helmer ; and that the Committee be authorized to fill vacancies that may occur.

I
The special Committee on imperfectly organized Churches pre-
sented the following report, which was accepted, and its recom-
mendations were adopted :

The Committee appointed last year " to take into consideration the rela-
tion to the Synod of imperfectly organized Churches within its bounds," re-
spectfully reports :

1. Inasmuch as the relation to the Presbyterian Church, of those Churches
which retain in part the Congregational form of government was established
by the General Assembly prior to the division in 1837, and was further recog-
nized and provided for in the compact which resulted in the reunion of the
two Assemblies in 1870, it is the prerogative of the Assembly rather than the
Synod to continue, modify or terminate said relation. At the same time, as
the few Churches of this description which remain are mostly if not entirely
within the bounds of this Synod, it is proper that this body should present the
subject to the Assembly, provided it shall be deemed expedient that any action
be taken.

2. By reference to the Mmutes of 1896, we find within the bounds of this
Synod only fourteen Churches reporting no Elders and therefore imperfectly
organized, which belong to the five Presbyteries of Binghamton, Champlain,
Otsego, Rochester and Syracuse.

Of these Churches five have pastors, eight stated supplies, and one is
vacant. All but one have paid the Assembly apportionment. They have 53
deacons, and 1,747 communicants, and have contributed to the Boards $2,155,

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and for self-support $16,788. As far as can be traced from the Report of the
Board of Home Missions for 1895, only two of these Churches have received
aid from that source.

There has been correspondence with the Stated Clerks of the Presby-
teries named asking whether these Churches were giving trouble to the
Presbyteries, and inviting the fullest disclosure of facts and opinions respect-
ing them.

In determining all questions having to do with the Churches under con-
sideration, we should never be forgetful of their early history as associated
with that of Central and Western New York. These few Churches stand as
monuments of the truly Catholic spirit which actuated the fathers to yield
somewhat of denominational preference in order that the infant Churches
might be all the stronger as the result of union.

Presbyterians from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and Congregationalists
from New England, were as sheep scattered in the wilderness a hundred years
ago; and the missionaries from the General Assembly, and the Congregational
Associations, who gathered them into Churches, did a work which for self-
denying piety and practical wisdom can hardly be excelled.

Your Committee, therefore, considering the small and constantly decreas-
ing number of these imperfectly organized Churches, the peaceful relations
which they have sustained to their several Presbyteries, the peculiar embar-
rassments which have prevented them from electing elders, and the loyalt}^
which they have manifested towards our Boards and the higher courts of our
Church, recommends:

1. That the Synod commend its Presbyteries for the judicious course
which they have pursued towards these Churches in the past, in itself an
assurance that as Presbyteries they need no specific directions for their guid-
ance in the future.

2. That the Synod deprecate any movement which shall invite discussion
as to the relation of these Churches to our Presbyterian body, or their rights
as constituent parts of the same, and therefore consider it inexpedient to give
a specific deliverance on the subject which the Committee was appointed to
consider.

3. That if any Church or any Presbytery have grievances which demand
redress, the Synod advise that the same, as specific cases in proper judicial
form, be presented to the courts of the Church for authoritative decision.

The Committee appointed last year to defend the action of the
Synod against any appeals or complaints before the General As-
sembly, reported that it had discharged the duty assigned it, and
that the Appeal and Complaint of Mr. Charles E. Cochrane had
been dismissed by the Assembly. The report was accepted.

C2 SYNOD OF NEW Y(JRK. [Oct. 23d,

The Permanent Committee on Ministerial Relief presented the
following report, which was accepted, and its recommendations
were adopted:

That the work of the Board of Ministerial Relief is very dear to the heart
of the Church is made manifest by the fact that during the past fiscal year,
so famous for its financial failures, the receipts of this treasury were greater
than in the previous j-ear. The report of this Board to the Assembly, in con-
trast with other reports, was like a patch of sunshine in a shaded and sombre
wood. It said but little of debt, and much of a faithful, economical adminis-
tration of an important trust; and indicated diligent and successful efforts in
maintaining current receipts on a level with its expenditures. The chief re-
liance of the Board in meeting its increasing needs has been the active interest
of the faithful elders and Pastors of the Churches. The gifts obtained through
the yearly presentation of the claims of this Board, have, even during these
stringent times, kept the permanent fund intact, and not a dollar of this fund
has ever been lost through poor investments.

The total income from contributions of Churches, Sabbath Schools and
individuals, and from investments, for the year ending in April last, was $171,-
557. This Synod gave $21,110 of this sum, s^i oi its Churches being repre-
sented in this beneficence, while 339 manifested a cool indifference to the
needs and claims of the 315 disabled and aged ministers, and the hundreds
of widows and orphans, cared for by the Board. It is difficult to understand
the cause of such apathy. A contribution needs not to be a large one to indicate
proper sympathy with a good object. Had all the non-contributing congrega-
tions in the Church given last year but $3 each on an average, the funds of
the Board would have been increased by over $11,000. Nearly $19,000 of
the $21,000 given by the Churches of this Synod, have been drawn out in aid
of those recommended by its Presbyteries. It is recommended:

1. That the Presbyteries be instructed to urge upon all non-contributing
Churches the claims of this Board.

2. That the Elders of the Synod be commended for their interest in this
object in the past, and be urged to continued fidelity in presenting its needs.

The Permanent Committee on Missions for Freedmen pre-
sented the following report, which was adopted :

At this late hour in the session, the Committee simply recommends that
the Synod express its con\nction that the method pursued lately to some extent
by the Board, of sending the heads of its colleges to inform our congregations
of its work, seems to be most successful in creating deep interest in Missions
among the Freedmen, and is both wise and profitable.

The Woman's Synodical Committee on Home Missions pre-
sented the following report, which was accepted :

The contributions for the year ending April i were $65,355, a decrease of
about $4,000 since last year. This loss is from our Societies, Bands and Sab-

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bath Schools, the Christian Endeavor Societies showing a small gain. Inter-
est in the Freedmen's work has continued to increase, a gain of over $2,000
having been made there. Fifty Missionary Superintendents and Teachers are
supported by our Auxiliary vSocieties, besides many pupils in annual and per-
petual scholarships. These are represented in each of the six fields in which
the work of our Societies is carried on among the Freedmen, Indians, Mexi-
cans, Alaskans, Mountain Whites and Mormons. From all these fields come
such reports of increased needs, and of a longing for teaching and help, mental
and spiritual, that the need for retrenchment seems cruel. Pupils are clamor-
ing to be taken into our Schools, in all these fields. The self-denial of our
teachers in prosecuting their work under such pressing difficulties cannot be
too highly commended.

Among the laborers in the different Presbyterial Societies there have
been great awakening and activity. New organizations are reported, and in
some cases the revival of old ones has followed. Visitation by Presbyterial
Officers and members of the Synodical Committee has been particularly help-
ful here. Three of our Presbyterial Societies report that the action of the
Presbyteries recommending the formation of Societies in all their Churches
has proved most helpful in entering new fields. Quarterly payments are being
urged in all our Auxiliaries, and an effort is made to secure more nearly the
full quota of the year's amount in the first three quarters of the year, to avoid
the great deficit in the summer contributions.

Acknowledging with devout thankfulness the continued blessing of God
upon our work, in the patient continuance in well-doing of our workers both
on Mission fields and at home, and in the outpouring of His Holy Spirit upon
our schools in so marked a degree, we respectfully submit this report.

The Committee to nominate Trustees of the Synod, and Trustees
and Examiners of Elmira College, presented its report, which was
accepted, and the following persons were duly elected :

Trustees of the Synod: Rev. Charles S. Robinson, D.D., Rev.' Robert F.
Sample, D.D., William A. Wheelock, John J. McCook, for the term expiring
m 1899; Charles Henderson, in place of Edward Wells, deceased, for the
term expiring in 1898; and Thomas G. Ritch, in place of James Baj-les, de-
ceased, for the term expiring in 1897.

Trustees of Elmira College: Rev. Augustus W. Cowles, D.D., Rev. Isaac
Jennings, D.D., Rev. A. Cameron Mackenzie, D.D., Mallory D. Schoonmaker,
H. Austin Clark, Hubert C. Mandeville, Mrs. Helen M. McWilliams, for the
term expiring in 1899; and John S. Bussing, in place of Alexander S. Diven,
deceased, for the term expiring in 1898.

Examiuers: Rev. James Gardner, D.D., Rev. Peter R. Ross, Prof. Ezra
J. Peck, for the term expiring in 1S99.

The following Minute, in reference to Armenian refugees,
was adopted, after an address by Elder Kiliaen Van Rensselaer,

54 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 23d,

who was invited to speak on the subject, and also commissioned
to present this action at a public meeting to be held in Carnegie
Hall, New York :

The Synod of New York, representing in its commvinion some 200,000,
and a following of about 500,000 through the State, deprecates the action
of the Federal Immigration authorities, whereby the spirit of the law
is seemingly violated regarding the exclusion of Armenian refugees from
our country. In connection with the arrival of a large number of these
refugees, men, women and children, who escaped from the recent Con-
stantinople massacre, the Synod is pained to learn that Dr. Senner, who is at
the head of the Immigration Board at the port of New York, contemplates
sending back to Turkish ports these refugees, who are not to become a public
charge. Therefore,

Resolved^ That the Synod protests against such action, and beseeches the
authorities, in the name of our common humanity, to extend to these Ar-
menians every facility for entering our cities of refuge.

Resolved, That a copy of this action be sent through the Moderator to Dr.
Senner at Ellis Island, and a copy to the President of the United States.

The Permanent Committee on Publication and Sabbath School
work presented the following report, which was accepted, and its
recommendations were adopted:

The last Annual Report of the Board is an encouraging one. Notwith-
standing the continued financial depression, the Business Department reports
sales amounting to nearly $300,000. We should gratefully recognize the serv-
ice rendered to our Church and cotjintry by so large an issue of sound relig-
ious and denominational literature, amounting to 1,936,326 copies of books
and tracts, and 21,414,364 copies of periodicals. It should be remembered,
moreover, that this department of our Church work, instead of involving any
expense, yielded last year a net profit of $31,146. Two-thirds of this, equal
to $20,764, was contributed to the support of Sabbath School Mission work;
and out of the remainder was paid two-thirds of the salary of the Secretary,
and all the expenses of the Editorial Department.

The Sabbath School and Mission Department, for the first time, reports a
decline in its receipts, as compared with those of the previous year ; the total
decrease being $10,821. Of this amount $2,030 is due to a falling off in the
contribution of the Churches and Sabbath Schools. We regret to note that
all of this sum and more may be charged to diminished contributions in our
own Synod; our Churches and Schools having given $2,315 less than during
the previous year. In view of the vast field in which our Sabbath School
Missionaries are called to labor, and the multitude of children and youth
throughout our land who are destitute of religious instruction, is it too much
to ask that an earnest effort be made at least to double the contribution of last
year? This great Sj-nod gave then only $15,482. Should we advance this

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to $30,000, we should still fall below otir proportionate share of the $200,000
which the Assembly has recommended the Churches to raise this year.

Notwithstanding decreased contributions, the Missionary work of the
Board has been pushed with vigor. The number of Missionaries employed
during the year was 107, of whom 15 were summer auxiliaries. The number
of Synodical and Presbyterial Missionaries is 80, three less than were re-
ported last year. These have labored in 29 States and Territories, have or-
ganized 1,030 new schools, reorganized 363, and gathered into the schools 51,-
890 teachers and pupils. It is a significant and encouraging fact that through
Sabbath Schools organized in 1894-95, thirty-eight Presbyterian Churches
have been developed. The number of Churches which, during five years,
have grown out of schools established by our Missionaries, is 367. It is
recommended:

1. That the Synod earnestly call upon all the Churches, Sabbath Schools,
Young People's Societies, and individual members within its bounds, to give
promptly and liberally to our Sabbath School Missions, and thus do their
share towards raising, during the coming year, the $200,000 recommended by
the Assembly for this work.

2. That every Sabbath School be urged to observe Children's Day, mak-
ing a generous offering to Sabbath School Missions ; and also Rallying Day,
combining an effort to gather in the Sabbath School members scattered by the
vacation, with a systematic effort to gather the neglected youth of the neigh-
borhood, and to begin a persistent movement towards the improvement of the
School ; and that a Ralljnng Day in the spring be recommended for rural
Sabbath Schools.

3. That, rejoicing in the high character and success of the Westminster
Lesson Helps and Papers provided by the Board, the Synod recommend all
its Schools to use them in preference to all others.

4. That the Synod recommend the new Hymnal, published by this Board,
for adoption in all our Churches, as, in the language of the General Assembly,
"the best obtainable manual of praise."

5. That in order to increase the efficiency of our Synodical Sabbath
School work, the Committee be authorized to divide its work into four depart-
ments, and that a member of the Committee be placed in special charge of
each.

(i.) The Sabbath School and Missionary Department, with these two
objects, first, to bring into the Sabbath Schools of the Synod all within their
neighborhood yet unreached, by a thorough, sj^stematic canvass made by
teachers and pupils ; and second, to increase the offerings of the Churches,
Sabbath Schools and Young People's Societies to Presbyterian Sabbath School
Missions.

(2.) The Home Department, with the object of inducing every Sabbath
School of the Synod to organize and maintain, as an integral part of its work,
a Home Department.

56 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 23d,

(3.) The Primary Department, with the object of placing within the
reach of all primary workers the most improved methods of teaching.

(4. ) The Normal Class Department, with the object of inducing all the
Sabbath Schools, as far as practicable, to organize and conduct normal
classes for the thorough preparation of Sabbath School teachers.

6. That the Presbyteries be recommended to divide the work of their
Committees on Publication and Sabbath vSchool Work into the four departments
above specified, giving the special charge of each to a member of the Com-
mittee, the Chairman having supervision over all the departments.

7. That the vSynod affectionately urge all officers and teachers of its
Sabbath Schools to keep steadily in mind the great object of this work, the
conversion to Christ, and the upbuilding in Christ, of all our scholars.

8. That Rev. Daniel H. Overton and Elder William McCarroll be
appointed members of the Committee in place of Rev. Donald McLaren,
D.D., and Elder Charles M. Jesup, resigned, and that Rev. A. Woodruff
Halsey be appointed Chairman.

A recess was taken until 2 o'clock p. m.

Concluded with prayer.

Friday, October 23, 2 o'clock p.m.

The vSynod met, and was opened with prayer by the Vice-
Moderator.

The Committee of Visitors to Hamilton College presented the
following report, which was accepted :

Onl}' the Chairman of the Committee reached the College on the day
appointed for the visit, October 9. He was received most cordially by Pres-
ident Stryker, and welcomed with every courtesy by other members of the
Faculty. It was a pleasure to find Professor North in the chair which he has
adorned for more than half a century; and to meet some of his junior associ-
ates just entering upon work in the class-room with enthusiasm kindled during
research in foreign lands. There was opportunity for admiring again the
beautiful situation of the campus, and the charming view over the historic
valleys. The College buildings stand pleasantly related. The ample grounds,
all neatly kept, are pushing westward, and to the edge of the groves. Well-
prepared space is devoted to open air athletics. Though 900 feet above the
sea, the College has an ample supply of running water, giving added con-
veniences in the main buildings and the gymnasium, and increased protection
against fire.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 57

The students were seen in the Chapel, in the hearty song and reverent
attention found at morning prayers. They were heard in the class-rooms,
where, divided into small sections, they came close to the several instructors
in frequent recitation, and each student became an individual problem for the
teacher. They were visited in their rooms, where the atmosphere seemed
cheerful and wholesome.

The College is not under ecclesiastical supervision or denominational
control. The students are of many creeds. But the visitor cannot fail to dis-
cover that the spirit of the College is thoroughly Christian. Attendance at
daily prayers, in the Chapel, and at Sunday services in the same place, is re-
quired. Devotional meetings, at which presence is voluntary, are held by the
students on Sunday afternoon and Thursday evening. There is systematic
Biblical insti'uction during the four years of study. Silliman Hall, with its
handsome parlors, spacious readmg-rooms, and kindred conveniences, offers
a choice home for the Young Men's Christian Association, and stimulus and
strength for a religious life. Students having the ministry in view appreciate
the elective course in Hebrew which is offered in the Senior year.

The Committee does not hesitate to commend Hamilton College. It is
the home of diligent study and peerless oratory. Its search, in sky or strata,
has been fearless. Its inductions have been honest. Its charity has been
broad. Its piety has been vi-sible, vital, valiant. Hamilton College deserves
praise and rewards confidence.

The Committee on Temperance presented an oral report,
which was accepted, and it was

Resolved, That the Synod records its gratitude that the necessary legisla-
tion has been secured in regard to scientific temperance instruction in our
public schools, and expresses the hope that the school authorities will secure
its thorough working in every public school in the State.

The Permanent Committee on Church Erection presented the
following report, which was accepted, and its recommendations
were adopted :

The vital work of Home Missions would be inferior and transitory were
it not followed and completed by that promoter of Christian civilization, the
local Church building. The Board of Church Erection gives a home to Pas-
tor and people. It may be called the Home Department of the Church, and
it lies very near to its heart. Into its hands are committed three funds. Gen-
eral, Loan and Manse, which require delicate and faithful administration. We
summarize a few facts, figures and results of this administration, for the
past year:

I. The Genkrai, Flnd:

Permanent Investments Si 50.000

Appropriations, General and Special 80,699

Churches helped in 39 States and Territories 172

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2. The Loan" Fund:

Invested Capital $245,000

Annual Income 40,000

Grants to Applicants for Loans 38,000

Applications rejected for lack of funds 50,000

3. The Manse Fund:

Capital $S6,ooo

Loans to 170 Manses 52,500

Loans granted during the year 47

Considering these three funds as one, we have this summary for the 3'ear:

Churches Aided 224

Churches and Manses completed 193

Value of the same $573,280

Receipts from the Churches 49,831

Receipts from all sources 118,092

Disbursements and Expenses 165,582

No debt rests upon the Board. This, however, results from the fact that
many applications for aid were rejected for lack of funds. Less than $50,000
has been given, by the whole Church, the past year, to the treasury of this
Board.

Let us now glean a few statistics from the reports of our Synod. The
number of contributing Churches, 460, shows a slight increase the past j^ear;
still it is less than one-half the number on our roll, while other facts are still
less encouraging.

The total receipts from our Churches were $12,842, and the total grants to
our Churches $5,600, so that this gi-eat and rich Synod received back, in aid
of its weak Churches, almost one-half of what all its Churches gave.

Comparing this summary with that of the previous year, we see that the
receipts are smaller, and the grants larger. This fact becomes more startling,
when we notice a steady decline in receipts from year to year. In 1893, our
Synod reported, for Church Erection, more than thrice the amount given in
1S96. This may have been due partly to exceptional causes, but these will
not account for the fact that while the Church has increased in numbers, it
has largeh' decreased in its offerings to this object. Let not the Churches at-
tribute their deficiencies entirely to the general depression in business. In
some instances, there seems to be a marked narrowing of vision to local needs,
while the weak and needy Churches at a distance are forgotten.

Commending the faithfulness and ability with which the affairs of this
Board have been administered, we offer the following recommendations :

I . That it be urged upon all the Churches of this Synod to contribute
toward this Board the coming year.

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2. That this Synod seek to raise, the coming year, $18,000 toward this
important and growing work.

3. That the Synod call the attention of the Churches to the needy fields
in her own bovmds, especially in New England.

The Committee on Church Temporalities presented the follow-
ing additional report, which was accepted and its recommendation
was adopted :

Your Committee has been charged with reporting the relation of the
Presbyterian Church to the Government of the State of New York, and what
amendments are necessary to maintain the rights and privileges of the Church
in that State. In the midst of the busy work of the session no such examina-
tion and report can be made. From the examination before made, however,
and from the discussion of the subject before the Synod, the Committee is ot
opinion that there should be no delay in taking the steps necessary to direct,
in the name of the Synod, the proposal of such further amendments of the
statutes of the State of New York as will put the holding of meetings of our
Churches and congregations in the hands of the Churches and congregations as
nearly as may be as it existed prior to the statute of 1895.

It recommends the adoption of the following:

Resolved That the Committee on Temporalities, appointed by the Synod
in 1S05. to consider the Statutes of the State of New York relating to the tem-
poralities of the Church, be continued, and be directed to prepare and present
a memorial to the Legislature of the State of New York which shall be signed
by its officers in the name of the Synod, and to cause the same to be presented
to the Legislature of the State of New York, praying such amendments of the
statutes as shall remove all statutory restriction or direction as to the call of.
the notice for, the presiding officer of, the manner of conducting, and the quali-
fications of voters at, all meetings of the Church or congregation, except at
such meetings as shall be called for the election of Trustees not spiritual
officers.

The Judicial Commission in Case No. 2 presented the follow-
ing report of its finding, which was ordered to be entered in the

minutes:

The Judicial Commission appointed to issue the complaint against the
Presbytery of New York reports, that it h&s dismissed the case on the ground
that the General Assembly has already given an answer in the matter in-
volved, in its deliverance of 1S96, Minutes, p. 161.

Exception was taken to the ruling of the Moderator in per-
mitting the members of the Presbyter>- of New York to vote
during the proceedings in this case.

6o SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct, 23d.

The Moderator and Stated Clerk were authorized to appoint a
member of the Synod to defend its action in Judicial Case No. 2,
in case any complaint or appeal shall be carried to the General
Assembly.

The following Protest was entered against the action of the
Synod:

The undersigned respectfully protests against the partial record, as made
by the Synod of New York, in reference to the complaint against the Presby-
tery of New York, because

1. In order to maintain the full integrity of the record in judicial cases, each
decision of the Moderator and of the Court, whether in the affirmative or neg-
ative, should go on record.

2. Negative action or decision may involve great injustice.

3. Failure to record may exclude from consideration in the higher Court
most vital issues, inasmuch as the higher Court, sitting as a court of review,
can review only what is contained in the record.

4. Many things were omitted ; but this we especially mention — the omis-
sion to record the vote taken yesterday to dismiss the complaint, and the vote
taken to reconsider this dismissal.

James G. Patterson.

The Rev. Messrs. L. Merrill Miller, D.D., James Gardner,
D.D., T. Ralston Smith, D.D., and Elder Henry White were
appointed a Committee to report an answer to the Protest.

The Committee on Finance presented the following report,
which was accepted and approved :

The Committee on Finance reports, that the accounts of the Treasurer of
the Synod have been examined, compared with the accompanjnng vouchers,
and found to be correct. All of the Presbyteries have paid their apportionments
for the past year. It also finds that the amount in the treasury, applicable to
the payment of outstanding claims, and the expenses of the current year, is
$1,152.98.

The Treasurer was authorized to pay the usual salaries, and
the bills for the expenses of the Synod.

The Committee on the Minutes of the General Assembly re-
ported that there seems to be nothing in the INIinutes requiring
the action of the Synod, and the report was accepted.

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The Committee on the Observance of the Lord's Day was re-
appointed.

The following were appointed the Special Committee on a Plan
of Synodical Aid : Ministers — J. McCiellan Holmes, Henry Ward,
George Alexander, G. Parsons Nichols, Richard D. Harlan;
Elders — Ralph E. Prime, Darwin R. James, Horace B. Silliman,
Henry C. Hooker, John H. Osborne.

Elder Charles S. Allen, a delegate appointed by the Presbytery
of Albany, sent reasons for his absence, which were sustained.

The Committee to nominate the Woman's Synodical Committee
on Home Missions presented a report, which was accepted, and
the persons nominated were duly appointed. ( See Appendix.)

The following Minute was adopted by unanimous vote ;

The Synod of New York, in closing its sessions in the First Church of
Brooklyn, records its profound sense of obligation to the beloved Pastor of the
Church and his able associates on the Committee of Arrangements, to the Trus-
tees of the Congregation, to the families of the Church and of other Churches,
who have so charmingly entertained the members of the body, to the choir-
master and the choir of the Church, who have most efficiently, and to the
great edification of the Synod, directed the worship of song, and to all who
have contribtited, by their care, kindness and courtesy, to the comfort of the
Synod and the facilitation of its business. The delightful memories of the
session will long abide in the hearts of the delegates, who, severalh- as well
as^coUectively, have warmly appreciated the attentions of their most obliging
and painstaking hosts.

Cordial thanks are tendered, also, to the Press of Brooklyn for its full
reports of the proceedings of the Synod, and to the Railway Companies of
the Trunk Line Association for their courtesy in granting a reduction of
fares.

The Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall, D. D., responded for the
Committee of Arrangements, and the Moderator made an appro-
priate address.

The Committee on Leave of Absence reported that the follow-
ing members had received permission to withdraw before the close
of the sessions :

62 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 23d,

Presbytery of Albany : ^Minister — Leslie R. Groves; Elder — Oliver S.
Kline.

Binghaviton : Ministers — J. Lovejoy Robertson, Peter R, Ross.
Boston: Ministers — John E. Wildey, Louis V. Price ; Elders — James
Burke, John Gilchrist,

Brooklyn : Elder — Robert Henderson.

Bufalo : Minister— William S. Hubbell ; Elder— John E. Myer.

Champlain : Minister — Joseph Gamble.

Chcnitini^ : Ministers — Isaac Jennings, Charles H. Kilmer ; Elders — Or-
lando R. Borthwick, Matthew H. Gray.

Columbia : Elder — L. Carlton Austin.

Genesee : Elder — Edward C. Walker.

Geneva: Mmisters— William H. Webb, N. Beall Remick, William W.
Weller, J.Jones Lawrence; Elders — Cassius N. McFarren, Aurelius M. Dick-
erson, Lyman E, Jacobus. 1

Htidso7i : Ministers — Thomas B. Thomas, James R. Mann ; Elders —
Henry M. Reynolds, John W, Vervalen, Joseph W. Young.

Long Island : Ministers — James B. Finch, Fredei"ick G. Beebe ; Elder —
Orrin F. Payne,

Lyons : Minister — George W. Newman ; Elders — E. Kingsley Hitchcock,
John W. Atwood.

yew York: Ministers — Alexander McLean, Horace G, Miller, Henry M.
Tyndall ; Elder — Henry W. Jessup.

North River : Ministers — Julius Straus, Wallace W. Thorpe, Alexander
R. Barron ; Elder — John Dales.

Otsego : Minister — Eugene V. Ostrander ; Elder — William E. Miller.

Rochester : Ministers — Henry H. Stebbins, Gerard B. F. Hallock, George
V. Reichel.

St. Laiorenee : Minister — Allen Macy Dulles.

Steuben : Minister — Frank S. Swan ; Elders — John Knox Miller, Josiuh
W. Owens, Clinton H. Miner.

Syracuse : Ministers — George B. Spalding ; Elders — Albert R. Walker,
James W. Eager.

Troy: Minister — Theophilus P. Sawin ; Elders — Aaron H. Graves, Alex-
ander Williamson, Frederick T. Piatt.

Utica : Elder — William S. Armstrong.

Westchester : Ministers — Henry A. Davenport, George R. Cutting.

The report was accepted.

A. D. 1896. J SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 63

The several Standing Committees were called, and, on report-
ing that they had no further business to present, were discharged.

The following answer to the Protest of Dr. Patterson was re-
ported by the Committee, and adopted:

T. That in matters pertaining to the first ground of protest, the Synod
was engaged, not in judicial, but in parliamentary business.

2. As to the second ground of protest, the negative action was in favor
of the complainants, and therefore could not work any injustice.

3. As to the third ground of objection, it is the judgment of the Synod,
that in these preliminary proceedings no vital issues were involved.

4. As to the fourth ground of protest, the Synod did not vote to dismiss
the complaint, but simply amended a motion which on final vote was lost.

The roll was called, and the following meinbers were found to
be absent without leave :

Presbytery of Albany: Elders— Walter Bradshaw, Walter Stevens.

Brooklyn: Ministers— Louis Wolferz, William H. Hudnut; Elder-
Augustus W. Sexton.

Biiffalo: Ministers— Samuel T. Clarke, John D. Campbell.

Champlain: Minister— William A. Beardslee.

Hudson: Elder— George H. King.

Long Island: Elders— William J. Post, Jesse D. Hawkms.

Lyons: Minister— Herman B. ]\Iayo.

Nassau: Elders— John Hanson, Isaac C. Hendrickson.

Xew York: Elders— George R. Lockwood, John G. Bogert, Jacob J. Vree-
land.

Aorth River: Elder— Charles E. Bingham,

Rochester: Elder— Edgar Benedict.

:>t. Lawrence: Elders— James M. Thrall, W. Webster Leonard.

Syracuse: Elders— Gilbert Mollison, D. Burr (biddings.

y roy: Elder— John O. Wing.

Itica: Elder— Gilbert J. Caldwell.

Uesichester: Minister— Richard P. H. Vail ; Elders— Edward F. Parsons.
Thomas G. Ritch, A. Noel Blakeman.

The minutes of the day's sessions were rer.d and approved.

64 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Oct. 23d, A. D. 1 896.]

The business having been completed, the Synod adjourned to
meet in Westminster Church, Utica, on the third Tuesday, the
nineteenth day of October, A. D. eighteen-hundred-and-ninety-

seven, at half-past seven o'clock p. m.

Concluded with devotional services.

J. WILFORD JACKS,

Perinanent Clerk.
Attest:

T. RALSTON SMITH,

Stated Clerk.

(^ppmU)c.

I. REPORTS OF THE PRESBYTERIES.

I. The Presbytery of Albany consists of sixty-five ministers and fifty-
churches, and has under its care eight candidates.

Ministers received:

December lo, 1895, Rev. William E. Harden, from the Presbytery of Phil-
adelphia North ; Rev, Sanford H. Cobb, from the Presbytery of Grand
Rapids ; and Rev. Edward C. Wiley, from the Presbytery of Utica ;

December ig, Rev. David O. Hears, D. D., from the Presbytery of Cleve-
land;

April 19, 1896, Rev. Jonathan Greenleaf, from the Presbytery of Nassau,,
and Rev. Arthur Dracas, from the Presbytery of Syracuse.

Candidates received:
December 10, 1895, Irving W. Ketcham and Dann L. Wood;
June 16, 1896, D. Howard Craven and James A. Collins;
September 15, Henry Clements.

Candidate licensed:
April 21, 1896, Samuel G. Parent.

Licentiate received :
June 16, 1896, Jeremiah V. Wemple, from the Classis of Schenectady.

Pastoral relation dissolved:
December 3, 1895, between Rev. Charles E. Dunn and the Third Church,
Albany.

Grained :
July I, 1896, Jeremiah V. Wemple.

Installed :
December 19, 1895, Rev. William E. Harden, over the Churches of Voor-

heesville and Bethlehem ;
June 17, 1896, Rev. Jonathan Greenleaf, over the Church at Princetown;
July I, Rev. Jeremiah V. Wemple, oyer the Church at Ballston Center;
July 7, Rev. Arthur Dracas, over the Church at Northville.

66 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix,

Ministers dismissed:

December lo, 1S95, Rev. William R. Terrett, D.D.. to the Presbytery of
Utica;

January 14, 1896, Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D.D., to the Presbytery of
Philadelphia;

April 21, Rev. Isaac O. Rankin, to the Suffolk West Association of Con-
gregational Ministers; Rev. DeWitt G. Rockefeller, to the Classis of
Schoharie ; Rev. Archibald McLean, to the Presbytery of Steubenville ;

June 16, Rev. Walter Quincy Scott, D.D., to the Presbytery of Lacka-
wanna.

Licentiates transferred :

April 21, 1896, J. Wilson Brainard, to the Presbytery of Cayuga;
June 16, Samuel G. Parent, to the Presbytery of Lyons.

II. The Presbytery of Binghamton consists of thirty-four ministers and
thirty churches, and has under its care two licentiates, two local evangelists,
and three candidates.

Minister received:

April 20, 1896, Rev. Arthur Spaulding, from the Classis of Paramus.

Licentiates received :

September 22, 1896, James D. Cameron, ivom the Presbytery of New
Brunswick, and John W. Lowden, from the Presbyter}- of Cayuga.

Pastoral relations dissolved:

September 22, 1896, between Rev. J. Lovejoy Robertson and the Church
in Cortland, and between Rev. Benjamin B. Knapp and the Church in
Marathon.

Installations :

May 5, 1896, Rev. William A. George, over the Church at Windsor;
June ir. Rev. Arthur Spaulding, over the Church at Bainbridge.

Ministers dismissed:

April 21, 1896, Rev. Raymond H. Stearns, to the Presbytery of Chicago;
September 22, Rev. Fred E. Walton, to the Presbytery of Steuben, and
Rev. Josiah Still, to the Presbytery of Albany.

Licentiate transferred :

April 21, 1896, Wilson A. Eisenhart, to the Presbytery of Chicago.
Deceased:

July 10, 1896, at Binghamton, Rev. Sabin McKinney, in the 8ist year of
his age.

Miscellaneous:

September 5, 1896, Church at Lordville dedicated.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 67

III. The Presbytery of Boston consists of sixty-three ministers and
forty-two churches, and has under its care two licentiates and four candi-
dates.

Ministers received :

April 21, i8g6, Rev. James H. Turnbull, from the Presbytery of Pictou,
N. S., and Rev. James B. Dunn, D.D., from the Presbyteiy of Phila-
delphia ;

June 8, Rev. Alexander Laird, from the Presbytery of Redstone;

October 7, Rev. Arthur W. Remington, from the Presbytery of Columbia,
and Rev, William C. Lindsay, from the Presbytery of Montgomerj'.

Licentiates received:

January 22, 1896, George L. Robinson, Ph.D., from the Presbytery of

New Brunswick;
June 8, Charles A. Campbell, from the Presbytery of Utica.

Pastoral relations dissolved :

December 10, 1895, between Rev. James A. F. McBain, D.D. , and the

First Church, Providence ;
April 21, 1896, between Rev. William E. Westervelt and the Church at

Windham ;
April 21, between Rev. Minot Shaw Hartwell and the South Boston

Church ;
October 0, between Rev. George L. Robinson, Ph.D., and the Church at

Roxbury ;
October 7, between Rev. Alexander P. Logan and the Church at Woon-

socket.

Ordained:

January 22, 1S96, George L. Robinson, Ph.D. ;
June 8, Charles A. Campbell.

Installations :
October 29, 1895, Rev, Lewis V. Price, over the Church at Brockton;
January 22, 1896, Rev. George L. Robinson, Ph.D., over the Church at

Roxbury ;
June 23, Rev. Alexander Laird, over the Church at New Bedford;
June 25, Rev. Charles A. Campbell, over the First Church, Providence.

Ministers dismissed:

April 21, 1896, Rev. Isaac White, to the Presbytery of Los Angeles, and
Rev. Edward C. Winslow, to the Hampshire East Association of Con-
gregational Ministers ;

October 6, Rev. George L. Robinson, Ph.D., to the Presbytery of Toronto,
Ont. ;

October 7, Rev. Alexander P. Logan, to the South Worcester Association
of Congregational Ministers.

68 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix,

Deceased :

January 12, 1895, at Brookfield, Mass., Rev. Charles P. Blanchard, in the

52d year of his age ;
July 13, 1896, in Boston, Rev. Peter M. Macdonald, D.D., Ph.D., in the

50th year of his age.

IV. The Presbytery of Brooklyn consists of sixty-one ministers and
thirty-four churches, and has under its care four licentiates and fourteen
candidates.

Ministers received :
April 27, 1896, Rev. William A. Alexander, from the Presbyterj'- of Eliza-
beth;
October 5, Rev. Frederick J. Pohl, from the Presbytery of Columbia.

Candidates taken under care of Presbytery :

December 2, 1895, William B. Frith, from the Presbytery of Nashville ;
April 20, 1896, William J. Hutchins and William Carson, Jr.

Candidates licensed:
April 21, 1896, William S. Crane, Kenneth Brown and William J. Hutch-
ins;
July 6, John G. Addy.

Licentiate received:

December 11, 1895, Morris Frank, from the Presbytery of New York.

Pastoral relations dissolved:

December 2, 1895, between Rev. George E. Gillespie and the Bedford

Church ;
April 27, 1896, between Rev. George N. Makely and the Cumberland
Street Church.

Ordinations:

December 11, 1895, Morris Frank;
February 4, 1896, John Jay Bridges;
June 16, William J. Hutchins;
June 25, Kenneth Brown.

Installations:
December 11, 1895, Rev. Morris Frank, over the First East Williamsburgh

Church ;
April 27, 1896, Rev. William A. Alexander, over Siloam Church.

Ministers dismissed :

December 2, 1895, Rev. George E. Gillespie, to the Presbytery of Hudson;
July 6, 1896, Rev. Emmanuel Tealdo, to the Presbytery of Lehigh;
October 5, Rev. Kenneth Brown, to the Presbytery of Olympia.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 69

Candidate and licentiate transferred:
December 2, 1895, Charles Stelzle, to the Presbytery of Minneapolis;
October 5, 1896, William S. Crane, to the Presbytery of Geneva.

Church enrolled:
April 20, 1896, Bay Ridge.

Churches dissolved :
April 27, 1896, Cumberland Street;
June 2, Trinity.

Miscellaneous :
April 27, 1896, Cumberland Street Church became a mission of Lafayette

Avenue Church ;
June 2, Central and Trinity Churches were consolidated.

V. The Presbytery of Buffalo consists of fifty-seven ministers and
forty-seven churches, and has under its care one licentiate and four candi-
dates.

Ministers received:
April 14, 1896, Rev. Corliss B. Gardner, D.D., from the Presbytery of

Rochester, and Rev. William R. M. Baird, from the Presbytery of

Toronto ;
September 22, Rev. J. Emory Fisher, from the Presbytery of Kalamazoo,

and Rev. Louis M. Lawrence, from the Congregational Association of

Western New York.

Candidates taken under care of Presbytery :
October 22, 1895, John W. Ross and Philip Hedrick.

Candidate licensed :
July 21, 1896, Alton H. Cowles, received from the Presbytery of Cayuga,

Pastoral relations dissolved:
March 12, 1896, between Rev. Charles Simpson and the Church in Sherman;
June 30, between Rev. William C. McGarvey and West Avenue Church ;
September 22, between Rev. Nelson B. Chester and Bethlehem Church.

Ordinations:
April 14, 1896, John W. Ross;
July 21, Alton H. Cowles.

Installations :
October 22, 1895, Rev. Joseph K. Griffis, over the South Church, Buffalo;
July 21, 1896, Rev. Alton H. Cowles, over the Church in Akron.

70 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix,

Ministers dismissed:

October 22, 1895, Rev. Thomas H, Peatchell, to the Presbytery of St.

Lawrence ;
March 12, 1896, Rev. James Millar, to the Presbytery of Glasgow, and

Rev. William A. Reid, to the Presbytery of Steuben.

Deceased :
July 31, 1896, at Jamestown, N. Y., Rev. William L. Hyde, in the 76th
year of his age.

Church enrolled:

April 14, 1896, Pine Woods, organized November 18, 1895.

Change in name of church:

vSeptember 22, 1S96, "La Fayette Street" changed to "La Fayette
Avenue."

Church dissolved:

September 22, 1896, Panama.

VL The Presbytery of Cayuga consists of thirty-five ministers and
twenty-three churches, and has under its care eleven licentiates and thirteen
candidates.

Ministers received:

November 19, 1895, Rev. Henry M. Booth, D.D., LL.D., from the Pres-
bytery of Jersey City;
April 14, 1896, Rev. S. Seymour Phelps, from the Presbytery of Niagara;
• September 29, Rev. Louis M. Sweet, from the Presbytery of Geneva.

Candidates taken under the care of Presbytery:

November 19, 1895, Wm. Tatlock 2nd, from the Presbytery of Newark;

John F. Graham and Thomas B. Gay, from the Presbytery of St.

Clairsville; Wm. H. Mitchell, Wm. B. McCallam, Francis Carruthers,

Henry G. Gunn, Percy B. Wightman, John B. Funnell and Herbert

R. Burgess;
April 14, 1896, James R. Birchfield;

May 4, Stephen Momchiloff, from the Presbytery of Platte ;
May 8, Kosta J. Pachejieff ;
September 29, Ernest J. Wright, from the Presbytery of Zanesville.

Candidates licensed:
November 19, 1895, J. K. Lyon Caughey and John W. Lowden ;
April 14, 1896, Hugh Ivey, Percy B. Wightman, Francis Carruthers,
Wm. H. Mitchell, Dikran H. Rejebian, Thomas A. Fenton, Wm. Tat-
lock 2nd and Abbott Y. Wilcox ;
May 4, Stephen Momchiloff.

A. D. 1896. J SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 7?

Licentiates received:

November 19, 1S95, Irving W. Street, from the Presbytery of Chicago ;
May 4, 1896, J. Wilson Bramard, from the Presbytery of Albany, and
Edward Lloyd Jones, from the Presbytery of Utica.

Pastoral relations dissolved:
June 10, 1896, between Rev, Asa S. Fiske, D.D., and the Church at

Ithaca ;
July 8, between Rev. Edward Snyder and the Churches at Scipio and
Scipioville.

Ordinations :

May 4, 1896, Francis Carruthers, J. K. Lyon Caughey, Thomas A.

Fenton, Allan M. Mcintosh, Donald M. Mcintosh, Irving W. Street,

Percy B. Wightman and Stephen Momchiloff ;
May 8, J. Wilson Brainard ;
June 10, Edward Lloyd Jones.

Installations :
May 8, 1896, Rev. J. Wilson Brainard, over the Second Church of Auburn :
June 10, Rev. Edward Lloyd Jones, over the Church at Cayuga ;
September 30, Rev. Wallace B. Lucas, D.D., over the Church at Meridian.

Ministers dismissed :
April 14, 1896, Rev. S. Seymour Phelps, to the Presbytery of Geneva;
September 29, Rev. Allan M. Mcintosh, to the Presbytery of St. Lawrence.

Licentiates and candidates transferred:

April 13, 1896, Robert Ivey, to the Presbytery of Syracuse;

April 14, Herbert W. Knox, to the Presbytery of Steuben ;

May 4, Albert E. Fitch, candidate, to the Oneida, Chenango and Dela-
ware Congregational Association ;

June 10, Kirby S. Miller, to the Presbytery of Baltimore, Charles T.
Henry, to the Presbytery of Geneva, and Abbott Y. Wilcox, to the Sus-
quehanna Congregational Association ;

July 7, John W. Lowden, to the Presbytery of Binghamton ;

September 23, John H. Stewart, candidate, to the Presbytery of Calgaiy.
Alberta, Dominion of Canada;

September 29, George E.Jackson, to the Presbytery of St. Lawrence, and
John F. Graham, candidate, to the Presbyterv of St. Clairsville.

Name dropped from the roll :

April 15, 1896, Candidate John W. Wilson.

VII. The Presbytery of Chami'lain consists of twenty-three ministers
and twenty-five churches, and has under its care one licentiate.

Minister received :

April 14, 1896, Rev, Henry G. Dean, from the Presbytery of Niagara.

72 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix.

Licensed :
April 15, 1896, Albert C. Sails.

Pastoral relation dissolved :

September 16, 1896, between Rev. John Dunlap ;and the Church at Port
Henry.

Ordination :

April 15, 1896, Esta E. Grosh.

Deceased :

August 22, 1896, at Malone, N. Y., Rev. Andrew M. Millar, aged 77 years
and 9 days.

Churches enrolled :
April 15, 1896, Waverly, N. Y. ;
September 16, Calvary, Lake Clear Junction, N. Y.

Vin. The Presbytery of Chemung consists of twenty-four ministers
and twenty-three churches, and has under its care one candidate.

Ministers received:

December 26, 1895, Rev. Frederick L, Benedict, from the Presbytery of

Troy;
April 21, 1896, Rev. Charles W. Rice, from the Presbytery of Utica.

Ordination :
April 21, 1896, Thaddeus C. Henderson.

Installation :

December 26, 1895, Rev. Frederick L. Benedict, over the Franklin Street
Church, Elmira.

Ministers dismissed:

September 15, 1896, Rev. Thaddeus C. Henderson, to the Presbytery of

Utica;
September 16, Rev. Hiram H. Kellogg, to the Presbytery of Rochester.

Deceased :

November 21, 1895, at Watkins, N. Y. , Rev. Benjamin Russell, aged 85
years.

IX. The Presbytery of Chile consists of twelve ministers and nine
churches, and has under its care one licentiate. [Minutes of General As-
sembly, 1896.]

X. The Presbytery of Columbia consists of eighteen ministers and nine-
teen churches, and has under its care one candidate and one local evangelist.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 73

Candidate taken under care of Presbytery:
April 22, 1896, Harold C, Harmon.

Local evangelist licensed:
September 16, 1896, S. W. Studley.

Ministers dismissed:
April 21, 1896, Rev. Arthur W. Remington, to the Presbytery of Boston ;
September 15, Rev. Frederick J. Pohl, to the Presbytery of Brooklyn.

XI. The Presbytery of Eastern Persia consists of seven ministers and
four churches, and has under its care three licentiates. [Minutes of General
Assembly, i8g6.]

XII. The Presbytery of Genesee consists of nineteen ministers and
twenty churches, and has under its care one local evangelist, one licentiate,
and three candidates.

Candidate taken under care of Presbytery:
November 19, 1895, Fred. J. Van Hosen.

Licentiate received :
September 29, 1896, William Hay, M.D., from the Presbytery of St.
Lawrence.

Minister dismissed :
September 29, 1896, Rev. Nathaniel B. Andrews, to the Presbytery of
Rochester.

Licentiate transferred :
September 29, 1896, Fred. B. Andrews, to the Presbytery of Washington
City.

XIII. The Presbytery of Geneva consists of twenty-seven mmistersand
twenty churches, and has under its care six candidates.

Ministers received:

December 19, 1895, Rev. John Jones Laurence, from the Primitive Meth-
odist Church of England, after the year of probation required by the
General Assembly;

April) 20, 1896, Rev. Andrew McC. Brown, from the Presbytery of
Steuben, and Rev. S. Seymour Phelps, from the Presbytery of Cayuga;

September 29, Rev. Henry H. Lipes, from the Classis of Schoharie.

Candidate taken under care of Presbytery :
April 20, 1896, Frank Murray Weston.

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Licentiate received:
June 23, 1896, Charles T. Henry, from the Presbytery of Cayuga.

Ordination :
June 23, 1896, Charles T. Henry.

Installations:

December 18, 1895, Rev. J. Jones Laurence, over the Church at Canan-

daigua ;
April 20, 1896, Rev. John S. Niles, over the Church at Trumansburg;
June 23, Rev. Charles T. Henry, over the Church at Canoga.

Ministers dismissed;

May 30, 1896, Rev. William H. Bates, D.D., to the Presbytery of St.

Louis ;
September 28, Rev. Louis M. Sweet, to the Presbytery of Cayuga.

Church dissolved:

April 21, i8g6, Hopewell.

XIV. The Presbytery of Hudson consists of forty-eight ministers and
forty-three churches, and has under its care two candidates.

Ministers received:

January 2, 1896, Rev. George E. Gillespie, from the Presbytery of Brook-
lyn, and Rev. Alexander Gilmore, from the Presbytery of New Castle;

April 21, Rev. John H. Jensen, from the South Classis of Long Island;

September 21, Rev. John P. Scott, D.D., from the Presbytery of Cin-
cinnati ;

October 19, Rev. Alexander Dunlop King, from the Presbytery of New
York.

Candidate licensed:

(September 22, 1896, Fred. T. Steele.

Licentiate received:
April 21, 1896, Robert J. Diven, from the Presbytery of Kittanning.

Pastoral relation dissolved :

April 21, 1896, between Rev. John Kamm and the Jeffersonville German
Church.

Ordinations:

May 19, 1896, Robert J. Diven;

September 22, Fred. T. Steele as an evangelist.

Installations:
January 16, 1896, Rev. George E. Gillespie, over the Port Jervis Church ;

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March 10, Rev. Alexander Gilmore, over the Hamptonburgh Church;
May 6, Rev. John H. Jensen, over the Clarkstown German Church;
May 19, Rev. Robert J. Diven, over the Otisville Church.

Minister dismissed;
September 15, 1896, Rev. James A. McGowan, to the Presbytery of North
River.

Deceased:
March 13, 1896, at Westtown, N, Y., Rev. Horace Fraser, aged 38 years;
August 17, at Middletown, N. Y., Rev. Robert A. Blackford, aged 64
years.

Name of church changed:

"Rockland Second" to " Roscoe."

XV. The Presbytery of Long Island consists of twenty-four ministers
and twenty-four churches, and has under its care one candidate.

Minister received:

January 21, 1896, Rev, Jacob E. Mallmann, from the Presbytery of Nassau.

Installation:
January 21, 1S96, Rev. Jacob E. Mallmann, over the Shelter Island Church.

Deceased:

April 5, 1896, at Miller's Place, L. I., Rev. Morse Rowell, aged 32 years.

Change in name of church :

April 21, 1896, "Speonk" to " Remsenburg."

XVI. The Presbytery of Lyons consists of twenty-one ministers and
eighteen churches, and has under its care two licentiates and two candidates.

Ministers received:

December 20, 1895, Rev. Smith Ordway, from the Presbytery of Syracuse;
April 21, 1896, Rev. Vernon N. Yergin, from the Presbytery of Syracuse;
June 12, Rev. Frank E. Hoyt, from the Presbytery of Rochester.

Candidates received and licensed :

April 22, 1896, Herman" B. Mayo and Benj, J. Morgan, from the Presby-
teries of Platte and Baltimore.

Licentiate received :
September 15, 1896, Samuel G. Parent, from the Presbytery of Albany.

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Pastoral relations dissolved:

December 9, 1895, between Rev. Alexander D. Mcintosh and the Church

of Sodus;
December 20, between Rev. J. Calvin Mead and the Church of Galen.

Ordinations:

June 12, 1896, Herman B. Mayo;
September 15, Samuel G. Parent.

Installations:

December 20, 1895, Rev. Smith Ordway, over Church of Sodus;
June 12, 1896, Rev. Herman B. Mayo, over the Williamson Church.

Ministers dismissed:

December 9, 1895, Rev. Alexander D. Mcintosh, to the Presbytery of

Wallace, Nova Scotia;
December 20, Rev. J. Calvin Mead, to the Presbytery of Syracuse;
June 12, 1896, Rev. Nathan B. Knapp, to the Presbytery of Syracuse;
September 16, Rev, William L. Page, to the Presbytery of Rochester, and

Rev. Charles F, Kent, to the Rhode Island Congregational Association.

XVII. The Presbytery of Nassau consists of twenty-six ministers and
twenty-six churches, and has under its care five candidates.

Minister received:

June 16, 1896, Rev. Edward J. Lloyd, from the Presbytery of Newark.

Candidates taken under care of Presbytery:

October 6, 1896, Hermann W. J. Schutz and Albert A. Jagnow.

Licentiates received:

December 17, 1895, Frank Voorhees, from the Presbytery of Morris and

Orange ;
June 16, 1896, Robert D. Merrill, from the Presbytery of Morris and

Orange.

Pastoral relations dissolved:

October 22, 1895, between Rev. Jacob E. Mallmann and the Newtown
Church;

April 14, 1896, between Rev. Jonathan Greenleaf and the Church of
Whitestone ;

June 22, between Rev. William H. Hendrickson and the Ravenswood
Church ;

September i, between Rev. Edward B, French and the Church of Bell-
more.

Ordinations:
January 28, 1896, Frank Voorhees;
June 23, Robert D. Merrill.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 77

Installations:
January 28, 1896, Rev. Frank Voorhees, over the Green Lawn Church;
June 23, Rev. Robert D. Merrill, over the Brentwood Church;
June 24, Rev. William H. Hendrickson, over the Newtown Church;
July I, Rev, Edward J. Lloyd, over the Whitestone Church.

Ministers dismissed:

December 17, 1895, Rev. Jacob E. Mallmann, to the Presbytery of Long

Island ;
April 3, 1896, Rev. Joseph Speers, to Washington Presbytery;
April 14, Rev. Jonathan Greenleaf, to the Presbytery of Albany.

Licentiate transferred:

April 14, 1896, Orville T. Fletcher, to the Presbytery of Jersey City.

XVIII. The Presbytery of New York consists of one hundred and
sixty-eight ministers and fifty-four churches, and has under its care twelve
licentiates and seven candidates.

Ministers received:

November 11, 1895, Rev. Anthony H. Evans, from the Presbytery of

Niagara, and Rev. Alexander J. Kerr, from the Presbytery of Vincennes;
December 9, Rev. J. C. Hume, Ph. D., from the South Classis (L. I.) of

the Reformed Church ;
January 13, i8g6, Rev. George H. Wallace, from the Presbytery of

Detroit, and Rev. George S. Avery, from the Berkeley Congregational

Church, Boston, Mass.;
February 10, Rev. Alexander Alison, D. D., from the Presbytery of

Puget Sound ;
April 13, Rev. Charles I. Junkin, from the Presbytery of Lackawanna;
May II, Rev. Isaac G. Ogden, from the Classis of Saratoga, Reformed

Church.

Candidates taken under care of Presbytery:
April 13, 1896, Isaac Woodbridge Riley;
May II, Walter Craven.

Candidate received:

November 11, 1895, E. J. Baird, from the Presbytery of Louisville.

Licensed:

May 18, 1896, Henry W. Bainton, Herman P. Faust, Charles F. Taylor,

and George Douglas Young;
June 8, Isaac Woodbridge Riley.

Dissolution of pastoral relations:

November ii, 1895, between Rev. Alexander Dunlop King and the West
Fifty-first Street Church ;

yS SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix,

December g, between Rev. Robert Russell Booth, D.D., LL. D., and the

Rutgers Riverside Church; and between the Rev. Joseph J. Lampe,

Ph.D., D.D., and Christ Church ;
February lo, 1896, between Rev. James H. Mcllvaine, D.D., and the

Brick Church ;
April 13, between Rev. George J. Mingins and the Union Tabernacle

Church.

Installations:

November 24, 1895, Rev. Pierce B. Tompkins, over St. James Church;
December i. Rev. Anthony H. Evans, over the West Church ;
January 12, 1896, Rev. William Hughes, over the Knox Church ;
March i, Rev. Thomas Douglas, Ph.D., over the West Fifty-first Street
Church.

Ministers dismissed ;

February 10, 1896, Rev. Franklin Gaylord, to the Manhattan Association

of Congregational Ministers ;
March 9, Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, Ph.D., to the Presbytery of Washington

City;
March 31, Rev. Joseph J. Lampe, Ph.D., D.D., to the Presbyterj' of

Omaha ;
May II, Rev. Edward L. Chichester, to the Presbytery of Otsego ;
October 5, Rev. Joseph H. Robinson, to the Presbytery of Westchester,

and Rev. Alexander D. King, to the Presbytery of Hudson.

Licentiates transferred:

November 11, 1895, Joseph D. Ibbotson, Jr., to the Presbytery of Utica;
December 9, Morris Frank to the Presbytery of Brooklyn ;
May 19, 1896, Henry W. Bainton and Charles F. Taylor, to the Presbytery
of Jersey City.

Church dissolved;
May II, 1896, Union Tabernacle.

Deceased :

October 11, 1895, in Tokio, japan. Rev. George E. Woodhull, aged 35 years;
June 16, 1896, at Bloomfield, N. J., Rev. Joseph Paul Lestrade, in the 8oth

year of his age ;
August 22, at Hawthorne, N. J., Rev. John M. Stevenson, D.D., aged 84

years ;
September 11, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Rev. James Marshall, aged 65 years.

October 5, 1896, Rev. George W. F. Birch, D.D., was elected Treasurer, to
succeed Mr. Anson D. F. Randolph, deceased.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 79

XIX. The Preskviekv ok Niagara consists of twenty-one ministers
and twenty-one churches, and has under its care two candidates.

Ministers received :

April 20, 1896, Rev. Samuel A. Freeman, D.D., from the Aurora Associa-
tion of Congregational Churches, and Rev. Benjamin M. Nyce, from
the Presbytery of Fort Wayne ;

September 14, Rev. Alpheus P. Meeker, Ph. D., from the Presbytejy of
Syracuse, and Rev. Samuel R. Warrender, from the Presbytery of
Otsego.

Candidates taken under care of Presbytery :
April 20, 1896, Dorland N. Morden;
September 15, Harry J. Thayer.

Candidate licensed :

April 21, 1896, Dorland N. Morden.

Pastoral relation dissolved :

March 20, 1896, between Rev. George Nicholls and the Pierce Avenue
Church, Niagara Falls.

Installations :

May 12, 1896, Rev. Benjamin M. Nyce, over the First Church, Lockport ;
May 19, Rev. Samuel A. Freeman, D.D., over the Church of Lyndon-
ville.

Ministers dismissed :

April CO, i?96. Rev. Henry G. Dean, to the Presbytery of Champlain :
September 14, Rev. George Nicholls, to the Presbytery of Syracuse;
September 15, Rev. Samuel Murdock, to the Presbytery of Lackawanna.

Name dropped from the roll ;

Rev. Daniel W. Cameron, Ph.D.

Change in name of church :

April 21, 1896, Lockport, Second Ward, to Lockport, Second.

XX. The Presbytery of North Laos consists of twenty-two ministers
and fourteen churches, and has under its care three licentiates and five candi-
dates. [Minutes of General Assembly, 1896.]

XXI. The Presbytery of North River consists of forty-four minis-
ters and thirty churches, and has under its care three candidates for the min-
istry.

8o SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix,

Ministers received :
April 20, 1896, Rev. Charles O." Hanmer, from the Presbytery of Che-
mung ;
April 21, Rev. William P. Swartz, from the Presbytery of Newcastle ;
June 5, Rev. William B. Darrach, from the Presbytery of Lackawanna ;
October 5, Rev. James A. McGowan, from the Presbytery of Hudson.

Candidates taken under care and licensed :
December 12, 1S95, George Allen;
October 6, 1896, William H. Salmon.

Ordination :

December 18, 1895, George Allen.

Dissolution of pastoral relations :

April 21, 1896, between Rev. James Wyckoff and the Pine Plains Church,

and between Rev. Louis H. Bahler and the Church of Maiden ;
June 5, between Rev. Thomas C. Straus and the Church of Cold Spring.

Installation :
December 18, 1895, Rev. George Allen, over the Church of Milton ;
May 20, 1896, Rev. WilUam P. Swartz, over the First Church, Pough-
keepsie.

Ministers dismissed :

April 20, 1896, Rev. James Thomas, to the Presbytery of Albemarle;

Rev. James Wyckoff, to the Classis of Hackensack, and Rev. Louis H.

Bahler, to the Classis of Ulster ;
June 5, Rev. Thomas C. Straus, to the Presbytery of Westchester;
July 13, Rev. Calvin Wight, to the Presbytery of Shantung, China.

Deceased:

December 27, 1895, at Poughkeepsie, Rev. Francis Brown Wheeler, D.D.,
aged 76 years.

XXII. The Presbytery of Otsego consists of twenty-seven ministers
and twenty-seven churches, and has under its care five candidates.

Ministers received:

April 29, 1896, Rev. Nestor Light, from the Susquehanna Association of
Congregational Ministers, New York; Rev. Daniel I. Morrison, from the
Presbytery of Troy; Rev. William H. Kelley, from the Presbytery of
Fort Dodge; Rev. John T. Crumrine, from the Presbytery of Washing-
ton; Rev. Edward L. Chichester, from the Presbytery of New York,
and Rev. Charles C. Meek, from the Presbytery of Furrukhabad.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. » 81

Candidates taken under care of Presbytery:
October 15, 1895, James Edward Austin;
September 9, 1896, John Chalmers.

Pastoral relation dissolved:

April 29, 1896, between Rev. Thomas C. Sterling and the Church of
Hamden.

Ordinations:

October 3, 1895, Ernest L. Tiffany, IVl. D.
April 29, 1896, Frank B. Seeley.

Installations :

October 3, 1895, Rev. Ernest L. Tiffany, M. D., over the Church of East

Guilford, and, October 15, over the Church of Guilford Center ;
May 19, 1896, Rev. Daniel I. Morrison, over the Church of East Meredith.

Ministers dismissed:
April 29, 1896, Rev. Thomas C. Sterling, Ph. D., to the Presbytery of

Flint; Rev. James Otis Denniston, to the Presbytery of Huntingdon,.

and Rev. C. Edward Fay, to the Orleans Association of Congregational,

Ministers, Vermont;
September 9, Rev. Samuel R. Warrender, to the Presbytery of Niagara,,

and Rev. John T. Crumrine, to the Presbytery of Springfield.

Name dropped from the roll:

November 26, 1895, Rev. James C. Stinson.
Church dropped from the roll:

April 29, 1896, North Guilford.

XXIII. The Presbytery of Rochester consists of sixty-seven ministers
and forty-seven churches, and has under its care six candidates.

Ministers received:

October ID, 1895, Rev. Joseph H. Hunsberger, from the Presbytery of

Genesee;
April 28, 1896. Rev. Charles W. Maccarthy, from the Presbytery of

Steuben ;
May 18, Rev. Albert Evans, from the Presbytery of Baltimore;
September 22, Rev. Hiram H. Kellogg, from the Presbytery of Chemung.

Licentiate received:

April 14, 1896, Henry F. EUinwood, from the Presbytery of Boston.
Pastoral relations dissolved:

March i, 1896, between Rev. C. Noble Frost and the Church of Victor;

September 27, between Rev. George C. Frost and the Church of Honeoye
Falls.

82 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix,

Ordination :
May 8, 1896, Henry F. EUinwood,

Installation :
May 8, 1896, Rev. Henry F. EUinwood, over the Church of Victor.

Ministers dismissed:

March i, 1896, Rev. C. Noble Frost, to the Presbytery of Steuben;
April 13, Rev. Corliss B. Gardner, D. D., to the Presbytery of Buffalo;
April 13, Rev. Kingsley F. Norris, to the Central Association of Hartford;
May 18, Rev. Frank E. Hoyt, to the Presbytery of Lyons.

Deceased :

May 30, 1896, at Lakeville, N. Y., Rev. John Mitchell, in the 68th year of
his age.

XXIV. The Presbytery of St. Lawrence consists of thirty-five min-
isters and thirty-one churches, and has under its care three licentiates and six
candidates.

Ministers received:
November 12, 1895, Rev. John H. Pollock, from the Presbytery of Utica,

and Rev. Thomas H. Peatchell, from the Presbytery of Buffalo;
April 14, 1896, Rev. Leonard T. Cole, from the M. E. Church, and Rev.
J. Rosser Jones, from the St. Lawrence and Black River Congrega-
_ tional Association.

September 29, Rev. Alfred Fitzpatrick, from the Presbytery of Montreal,
Canada, and Rev. W. Courtland Robinson, from the Presbytery of Utica.

Candidate taken under care of Presbytery:
September 29, 1896, William Russ Lee.

Candidate licensed:

October 25, 1895, Mr. F. A. Ingraham,

Licentiate received:
September 29, 1896, George E. Jackson, from the Presbytery of Cayuga.

Pastoral relations dissolved:

October 25, 1895, between Rev. Thomas A. Sanson and the Church at

Oxbow ;
April 14, 1896, between Rev. William N, Cleveland and the Church at

Chaumont ;
May 29, between Rev. George O. Phelps and the Church of Potsdam.

Installation :

October n, 1895, Rev. Ward C. Peabody, over the Church at Brownville.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 83

Ministers dismissed :

December 3, 1895, Rev. German H. Chatterton, to the Presbytery of

Utica ;
April 15, 1896, Rev. John A. Rodger, to the Classis of Montgomery ; Rev.

R. J. Hutchson, to the Presbytery of Kingston, Canada, and Rev.

Thomas A. Sanson, to the Presbytery of Sequoyah.

Licentiate transferred :

May I, 1896, William Hay, M.D., to the Presbytery of Genesee.

Deceased :
April 10, 1896, at Potsdam, N. Y., Rev. Enos Wood, aged 86 years.

XXV. The Presbvtkry ok Siam consists of ten ministers and eight
churches, and has under its care two licentiates and two local evangelists.
[Minutes of General Assembly, 1896.]

XXVI. The Presbytery of Steuben consists of twenty-nine ministers
and twenty-seven churches, and has under its care one local evangelist and
six candidates.

Ministers received :

April 22, 1896, Rev. Charles Noble Frost, from the Presbytery of Roch-
ester ; Rev. William A. Reid, Ph.D., from the Presbytery of Buffalo,
and Rev. Albert R. Crawford, from the Presbytery of Willamette ;

October 7, Rev. Fred. E. Walton, from the Presbytery of Binghamton.

Candidate received :
April 22, 1896, Jay Forbes Robinson, from the Presbytery of Chemung.

Candidate licensed :
April 22, 1896, Jay Forbes Robinson, as a local evangelist, for one year.

Licentiate received :
April 21, 1896, Herbert W. Knox, from Presbytery of Cayuga.

Ordination :

May II, 1896, Herbert W. Knox.
Installations :

May II, 1896, Rev. Herbert W. Knox, over the Church of Belmont;

June 4, Rev. Charles Noble Frost, over the Church of Bath.

Ministers dismissed :

March 30, 1896, Rev. Andrew McC. Brown, to the Presbytery of Geneva ;

April 22, Rev. Marcus N. Preston, to the Chicago Congregational Asso-
ciation ; Rev. Charles W. Maccarthy, to the Presbytery of Rochester,
and Rev. D. Albert Blose, to the Cleveland Congregational Conference.

S4 SYNOD OF NEW YORK, [Appendix,

Church enrolled :
July 30, 1896, Avoca.

Miscellaneous :

April 22, i8q6, Rev. James A, ^Miller, Ph.D., was elected Stated Clerk and
Treasurer, to succeed Rev. Marcus N. Preston, removed beyond the
bounds of the Presbytery.

XXVII. The Presbytery of Syracuse consists of forty-five ministers and
forty-four churches, and has under its care two licentiates and five candidates.

Ministers received :

November 18, 1895, Rev. Vernon N. Yergin, from the Fargo Association

of Congregational Churches;
January 6, 1896, Rev. John C. Mead, from the Presbytery of Lyons ; Rev.

Grenville P. Sewall, from the Presbytery of Lackawanna; Rev. James

B. King, from the Hudson River Association of Congregational

Churches, and Rev. Frederick Hebard, from the New York Central.As-

sociation of Congregational Churches ;
September 21, Rev. George Nichols, from the Presbytery of Niagara, and

Rev. John Burkhardt, from the Presbytery of Utica;
October 9, Rev. Raymond H. Stearns, from the Presbytery of Chicago,

and Rev. Nathan B. Knapp, from the Presbytery of Lyons.

Candidates taken under care of Presbytery:

October 9, 1896, Robert B. Adams and Melanchthon M. Hamilton.

Candidate licensed:
April 14, 1896, Allen F. Emery.

Licentiates received:

April 14, 1896, Robert Ivey, from the Presbytery of Utica.

Pastoral relations dissolved:

November 16, 1895, between||Rev. Smith Ordway and the Westminster

Church, Syracuse;
September 21, 1896, between Rev. Fred H. Watkins and the Churches of
'' Parish and Hastings.

Ordinations:

June 17, 1896, Robert Ivey;
October 9, Joseph Brooks Ferguson.

Installations :
January 4, 1896, Rev. James B.^King, over the Elm wood Church, [Syracuse ;
January 20, Rev. Grenville P, Sewall, over ^the East Genesee Church,
Syracuse ;

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. ' S$.

January 21, Rev, John C. Mead, over the First Church, Oswego;
June 1 7, Rev. Robert Ivey, over the Church of Amboy ;
October 9, Rev. Joseph B. Ferguson, over the Church of Jordan.

Ministers dismissed:

November 18, 1895, Rev. Smith Ordway, to the Presbytery of Lyons;
April 6, 1896, Rev. Vernon N. Yergin, to the Presbytery of Lyons;
May 4, Rev. Arthur Dracas, to the Presbytery of Albany ;
September 21, Rev. Alpheus P. Meeker. Ph.D., to the Presbytery of

Niagara ;
September 22, Rev, Fred H. Watkins, to the Presbytery of Lackawanna.

Name dropped from the roll :

October 9, 1896, Rev. Wallace I. Coburn.

Deceased:

May 20, 1896, at Syracuse, N. Y., Rev. Frederick Hebard, aged 75 years.

XXVIIL The Presbytery of Troy consists of forty-seven ministers and
forty-one churches, and has under its care one licentiate, one local evangelist,
and four candidates for the ministry.

Ministers received :

October 28, 1895, Rev. George T. Berry, from the Presbytery of Newark,

and Rev. Edward P. Sprague, Ph.D. , D.D. , from the Presbytery of

Cayuga ;
September 22, 1896, Rev. James B. Cody, ordained by the Ontario Baptist

Association.

Candidates taken under care of Presbytery :
April 21, 1896, James Harvey Dunham and Rev. James B. Cody;
July 22, Frederick Alonzo Alden.

Licentiate received:
April 20, 1896, Edward P. Berry, from the Presbytery of Newark.

Pastoral relations dissolved:

December 23, 1895, between Rev. George W. Plack and the Church of

Hoosick Falls;
July 22, 1896, between Rev. Harmon H. Boone and the Liberty Street
Church of Troy.

Ordination :

May 14, 1896, Edward P. Berry.

Installations:

November 7, 1895, Rev. George T. Berry, over the Second Street Church
of Troy;

86 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix.

November S, Rev. Edward P. Sprague. Ph.D., D.D.. over the Church of

Salem ;
May 14, 1S96. Rev. Edward P. Berry, over the Church of Hoosick Falls.

Ministers dismissed:

December 9, 1895, Rev. Fred L. Benedict, to the Presbyterj- of Chemung,
and Rev. Daniel I. Morrison, to the Presbytery of Otsego.

Candidate transferred:

October 2S, 1895, George Allan, to the care of the Presbytery- of North
River.

Deceased:

October 18, 1895, at Glens Falls, N. Y. . Rev. Andrew J. Fennel, D.D.,

P.Em., in the 8ist year of his age :
January 18, 1896, at Lansingburgh, X. Y. , Rev. George P. Tyler, D.D..

in the 87th year of his age;
April 26, at Perth Amboy, X. J.. Rev. Jonathan H. Noble. D.D., in the

92d year of his age :
July 15, at Waterford, X". Y.. Rev. Stephen Bush. D.D., in the 79th year

of his age ;
September 9, at Poultney, Vt., Rev. Isaac X. Sprague. D.D. , in the 96th

year of his age.

XXIX. The Presbytery of Utic.a consists of forty-seven ministers and
forty-five churches, and has under its care three licentiates and sixteen
candidates.

Ministers received :

January 22, 1396, Rev. William R. Terrett, D.D.. from the Presbj'tery of
Albany ;

April 14, Rev. German H. Chatterton, from the Presbytery of St. Law-
rence, and Rev. John R. Lewis, from the Presbytery of Genesee ;

September 29, Rev. Thaddeus C. Henderson, from the Presbytery of
Chemung.

Candidates taken under the care of Presbyten,- :
October 2, 1895, Selden L. Haynes ;

April 14, 1S96, Benjamin R. Bourne, Sherman W. Haven and Herbert R.
Burgess.

Candidates licensed :
November i3, 1S95, Clarence M. Mason, and, as a local evangelist, Robert

P. Roberts ;.
April 15, 1896, E. Lloyd Jones, Charles A. Campbell, Da\nd L. Roberts,
T. Clinton Brockwav.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 87

Licentiate received :

July 16, 1896, William C. Spicer, from the Presbytery of Carlisle.
Pastoral relations dissolved :

February 25, 1896, between Rev. Henry M. Dodd and the Church at

Augusta ;
April 14, between Rev. William P. F. Ferguson and the Church at Whites-

boro;
September 7, between Rev. W. Courtland Robinson and the Church at

Clinton, and between Rev. Robert L. Bachman, D.D., and the First

Church of Utica ;
September 29, between Rev. J. Westby Earnshaw and the Church at

Lowville ;
October 14, between Rev. John T. Stone and the Olivet Church of Utica.

Ordinations ;
January 22, 1896, Joseph D. Ibbotson, Jr. ;
July 16, William C. Spicer ;
October 3, Starr Cadwallader ;
October 14, T. Clinton Brockway.

Installation :

July 16, 1896, Rev. William C. Spicer, over the Church at Lyons Falls;
October 14, 1896, Rev. T. Clinton Brockway, over the Church at Vernon.

Ministers dismissed:

February 25, 1S96, Rev. Henry M. Dodd, to the Presbytery of Columbia;
July 31, Rev. John Burkhardt, to the Presbytery of Syracuse;
September 7, Rev. W. Courtland Robinson, to the Presbytery of St. Law-
rence, and Rev. Robert L. Bachman, D. D. , to the Presbytery of Union;
September 29, Rev. Theodore B. Williams, to the Presbytery of Detroit;
October 14, Rev. John T. Stone, to the Presbytery of Binghamton.

Licentiates transferred:

November 18, 1S95, Charles M. Mason, to the Oneida, Chenango and Del-
aware Congfregational Association ;
April 15, 1896, E. Lloyd Jones, to the Presbytery of Cayuga ;
May 27, Charles A. Campbell, to the Presbytery of Boston.

Deceased :

March i, 1896, at Lyons Falls, N. Y. , Rev. Walter Fry, aged 50 years.

XXX. The Presbytery of Westchester consists of sixty-two ministers
and thirty-eight churches, and has under its care eight licentiates, ten candi-
dates, and one local evangelist.

Ministers received :
January- 21, 1896, Rev. Daniel N. Freeland, from the Presbytery of East
Florida ;

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June i6, Rev. Thomas C. Straus, from the Presbytery of North River;
October 6, Rev. Joseph H. Robinson, from the Presbytery of New York.

Candidate received :

April 21, 1896, James H. Rankin.

Licensed :
April 21, 1896, James H. Rankin, John B. Appel and William H. John-
son.

Licentiate received :

October 24, 1895, John Alison, from the Presbytery of Puget Sound.

Pastoral relations dissolved :

October 31, 1895, between Rev. John Reid, D.D., and the First Church,

Yonkers ;
April 26, 1896, between Rev. Irving E. White and the Second Church,

Peekskill ;
October 31, between Rev. Alexander Miller and the Mahopac Falls

Church.

Ordinations :

October 27, 1895, John Alison, as an evangelist ;

May 20, 1896, John B. Appel;

June 23, James H. Rankin ;

July 12, Norman C. Whittemore, as an evangelist.

Installations :

December 4, 1895, Rev. George William Knox, D.D., over the Rye

Church ;
December 5, Rev. Frank A. Wales, over the Pound Ridge Church ;
May 20, 1896, Rev. John B. Appel, over the Gilead Church, Carmel ;
June 23, Rev. James H. Rankin, over the Bedford Church.

Minister dismissed :

November 7, 1895, Rev. John Reid, D.D., to the Presbytery of Detroit.

Licentiate transferred :

September 4, 1896, William Edgar Plumley, to the Presbytery of Lacka-

Name omitted from the roll :

January 21, 1896, Rev. Robert B. Mattice, transferred by act of the Synod
to the Presbytery of New York.

Deceased :

March 3, 1896, at Hartford, Conn., Rev. William G.Jenkins, aged 46
years.

A. D. 1896. J SYNOD OF NEW YORK. ^9

Church omitted from the roll :
January 21, 1896, Throggs Neck, transferred by act of the Synod to the
Presbytery of New York.

XXXI. The Presbytery of Western Persia consists of two ministers,
with six others on a supplementary roll. [[Minutes of General Assembly. 1896.]

SUMMARY.

Ministers 1,196 Licentiates. 7i

Churches 884 Candidates '42

[The Local Evangelists are included with the Licentiates.]

II. LAWS RELATING TO RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS.

[Chapter 723, Laws of 1895, has been amended by Chapter 190, Laws of
1896. The amendments, especially applicable to Presbyterian churches, are
here given in full. They should be read, however, in connection with the
provisions of law printed in the Appendix to the Minutes of 1895, p. 78.]

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows :

Section i. The title of article 4 of chapter 723, of the laws of 1895, en-
titled "An act in relation to religious corporations, constituting chapter 42 of
the general laws," is hereby amended to read as follows: Special provisions
for the incorporation and government of Reformed Dutch, Presbyterian, Re-
formed Presbyterian and Lutheran churches.

Section 2. Section 61 of such law is hereby amended to read as follows :
Section 61.— Decision by Lutheran and Presbyterian churches as to sys-
tem of incorporation and government. -A meeting for the purpose of incor-
porating an unincorporated Evangelical Lutheran church, or an unmcorpo-
rated Presbyterian church in connection with the Presbyterian Church m the
United States of America, must be called and held in pursuance of the pro-
visions of the next article of this chapter, except that the first busmess of
such meeting after its organization, shall be to determine whether such
church shall be incorporated and governed in pursuance of this article, or in
pursuance of the next article of this chapter. If such meeting determines
that such church shall be incorporated and governed in pursuance of this
article, then no further proceeding shall be taken in pursuance of the next
article, and such church may be incorporated and shall be governed after its
incorporation in pursuance of the provisions of the following sections of this
article except such provisions as are applicable only to churches of a differ-

90 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix.

ent denomination ; and the certificate of incorporation shall recite such de-
termination of such meeting. If such church is an unincorporated Presby-
terian church in connection with the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, and such meeting determine that it shall be incorporated
and governed in pursuance of this article, then the meeting shall also deter-
mine whether by virtue of their office, the deacons only of such church, or
the "pastor, elders and deacons of such church, or the pastor and elders of
such church, shall be the trustees of such corporation ; and the certificate of
the incorporation shall recite such determination of such meeting. If such
meeting determine that such church shall be incorporated and governed in
pursuance of the next article of this chapter, then this article shall not be ap-
plicable thereto, but such church may be incorporated and shall be governed
after its incorporation in pursuance of the provisions of the next article of
this chapter, except such provisions as are applicable to churches of a single
religious denomination only.

Section 3. Section 62 of such law is hereby amended to read as follows :

Section 62. Incorporation of Reformed Dutch, Presbyterian, Reformed
Presbyterian and Evangelical Lutheran churches under this article.— If an
unincorporated church in connection with the Reformed Church in America,
the true Reformed Dutch Church in the^United States of America, the Re-
formed Presbyterian Church, or with the Evangelical Lutheran Church, de-
termine to incorporate in pursuance of this article, the minister or ministers
and the elders and deacons thereof, or if a Presbyterian church in connec-
tion with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, the offi-
cers determined upon as the trustees thereof by the meeting for incorpora-
tion or such of them as may be in office, shall execute, acknowledge and
cause to be filed and recorded, a certificate in pursuance of this article. The
deacons of a Reformed Presbyterian church may alone sign such certificate
if authorized so to do by such church. Such certificate of incorporation shall
state the name of the proposed corporation, the county and town, city or vil-
lage where its principal place of worship is or is intended to be located, and, if
it be an Evangelical Lutheran church, or a Presbyterian church in connec-
tion with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, the fact
that a meeting of such church duly called decided that it be incorporated un-
der this article. If it be signed by the deacons of a Reformed Presbyterian
church, it shall state that they were authorized so to do by such church. If
it be the certificate of a Presbyterian church in connection with the Presby-
terian Church in the United States of America, it shall recite that the officers
signing such certificate were determined upon by the meeting for incorpora-
tion to be the trustees of such corporation. On filing such certificate such
church shall be a corporation by the name stated therein, and the minister or
ministers, if any, and the elders and deacons of such church shall, by virtue
of their offices, be the trustees of such corporation, except that if it be a Re-
formed Presbyterian church, the certificate of incorporation of which shall
have been, in pursuance of law, signed by its deacons only, the deacons of
such church shall, by virtue of their offices, be the trustees of such corpora-

A. D. 1896. J SYNOD OF NEW YORK. • 9c

tion ; and except that if it be a Presbyterian church in connection with the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, the officers determined
upon, by the meeting for incorporation shall, by virtue of their offices, be the
trustees of such corporation.

Section 4. Section 66 of such law is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 66. Evangelical Lutheran and Presbyterian churches, changing
system of electing trustees.— If the trustees of an incorporated Evangelical
Lutheran church, or an incorporated Presbyterian church in connection with
the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, shall at any time
be elective in pursuance of the next article of this chapter, the church may,
at an annual corporate meeting, if notice thereof be given with the notice of
such meeting, determine, if an Evangelical Lutheran church, that the min-
ister or ministers [and elders and deacons thereof, or, if a Presbyterian
church in connection with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America, that the deacons thereof, or the pastor and the elders and the dea-
cons thereof, or the pastor and the elders thereof, shall thereafter constitute the
trustees thereof, and thereon the trustees of such church shall sign, acknowl-
edge and cause to be filed and recorded, a certificate stating the fact of such
determination, and, if an Evangelical Lutheran church, the names of the
minister or ministers, if any, and of the elders and deacons of such church,
or if a Presbyterian church in connection with the Presbyterian Church in
the United States of America, the names of the officers determined upon to
be the ex-officio trustees thereof; and thereon the terms of office of such
elective trustees shall cease, and the minister or ministers, and the elders
and deacons of such church, it an Evangelical Lutheran church, or the officers
determined upon by such corporate meeting, if a Presbyterian church in con-
nection with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, and their
successors in office shall, by virtue of their respective offices, be the trustees
of such church. If, at any time, the officers of an incorporated Evangelical
Lutheran church, or an incorporated Presbyterian church in connection with
the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, which officers by
virtue of their offices constitute the trustees thereof, shall determine to sub-
mit to a meeting of such church corporation , the question whether the trus-
tees of such church shall be thereafter elective in pursuance of the next arti-
cle of this chapter, they shall cause a corporate meeting of such church to
be called and held in the manner provided in sections 84 and 85 of this chap-
ter, and such corporate meeting shall determine, whether the trustees of such
church shall thereafter be elective in pursuance of the next article of this
chapter, and also whether the number of such trustees shall be three, six or
nine, and the date of the annual corporate meeting of the church. If such
meeting shall determine that such trustees shall thereafter be elective, the
presiding officer thereof and at least two other persons present and voting
thereat, shall sign, acknowledge and cause to be filed and recorded in the
ofiBce of the clerk of the county in which the certificate of incorporation of
such church is filed, a certificate of such determination of such meeting; and
thereafter the trustees of such church shall be elective in pursuance of the

92 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix,

next article of this chapter. At the next annual corporate meeting after the
filing of such certificate, one-third of the number of trustees so determined
on shall be elected to hold office for one year, one-third for two years, and-
one-third for three years, and the officers of such church who by virtue of
their offices have been trustees of such church, shall then cease to be such
trustees, and thereafter article five of this chapter shall apply to such church.
At each subsequent annual corporate meeting of such church, one-third of the
number of trustees so determined on shall be elected to hold office for three
years.

Section 5. Section 80 of such law is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 80. Application of this article. — This article is not applicable to
a Protestant Episcopal church, a Roman Catholic church, or to a Christian
Orthodox Catholic church of the Eastern Confession. No provision of this
article is applicable to a Reformed church in America, a true Reformed
Dutch church in the United States of America, a Presbyterian church in
connection with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, a
Reformed Presbyterian church or to an Evangelical Lutheran church, incor-
porated after October i, 1895, except as declared to be so applicable by the
next preceding article of this chapter; this article is applicable to such a
church incorporated before October i, 1895, if the trustees thereof were then
elective as such, and so long as they continue to be elective as such. The
next preceding article of this chapter is applicable to such a church incorpo-
rated before October i, 1S95, if its trustees were not then elective as such and
so long as its trustees continue not to be elective as such. This article is ap-
plicable to churches of all other denominations.

Section 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Became a law April i, 1896, by the approval of the Governor.]

III. ELMIRA COLLEGE.
I. Board of Trustees.

Term Expiring iti iSg^.

John I. Nicks. Seymour Dexter,

J. Sloat Fassett, Mrs. Howard Elmer,

Rev. Wilson Phraner, D. D., Louis G. Rathbun.

Term Expiring in i8g8.

Francis Hall, Rev. George H. McKnight, D. D.

William R. Rathbun, John S. Bussing,

Rev. William T. Henry, D. D., Mrs. Helen B. Turner, A. B.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. 93

Term Expiritig in j8gg.

Rev. Augustus W. Cowles, D. D. , Mallory D. Schoonmaker,
Rev, Isaac Jennings, D. D., H. Austin Clark,

Rev. A. Cameron Mackenzie, D. D., Hubert C. Mandeville,
Mrs. Helen M. McWilliams.

2. Board of Examiners.

Term Expiring in i8gy. — Rev. Samuel Dunham, Rev. J. Wilford Jacks,
Prof. Philip M. Hull.

Term Expiring in iSgS.—Rev. Alfred J. Hutton, D. D., Rev. Allen F. De
Camp, Rev. Samuel W. Pratt.

Term Expiring in iSgg. — Rev. James Gardner. D. D. , Rev. Peter R. Ross,
Prof. Ezra J. Peck.

IV. THE WOMAN'S COMMITTEE ON HOME MISSIONS.

Presbytery of Albany — Mrs. Isaac V. W. Grant, Mrs. Willard Heacock,
Mrs. Lucy C. Lester, Mrs. William J. Milne, Mrs. James Hyde Pratt, Mrs.
Andrew V. V. Raymond, Mrs. Stephen Sanford, Mrs. William N. Strong.

Binghamton — Mrs. Junius J. Cowles, Mrs. Charles Gale, Mrs. Josiah S.
Leverett, Mrs. G. Parsons Nichols, Miss Editha Stephens.

Boston — Mrs. T. F. Hershey, Mrs. Martin D. Kneeland, Mrs. James A.
F. McBain, Mrs. Kenneth McKay, Mrs. Eben M. McPherson, Mrs. John P.
Newell.

Brooklyn— Mr?,. James Cruikshank, Mrs. Delos E. Finks, Mrs. Lewis R.
Foote, Mrs. William A. M. Grier. Mrs. James M. Ham, Mrs. Diirwin R, James,
Miss Ella McKee, Mrs. David M. Miller, Mrs. Grace N. Thatcher.

Buffalo— Mrs,. John C. Bryant, Mrs. Henry Childs, Mrs. Fred. R. Eaton,
Mrs. Alfred Haines, Mrs. J. F. Miner, Mrs. Williani H. Walker, Mrs. William
F. Wheeler.

Cayuga— Mrs. Edward H. Adriance, Mrs. Arthur S. Hoyt, Mrs. Ezra A.
Huntington, Mrs. James Seymour, Mrs. Lydia B. Welch, Mrs. Henry G.Wise.

C/iamplain— Miss Williamine Childs, Mrs. Charles S. Judd, Mrs. Charles
L. Knapp, Mrs. Laura M. Nye, Miss Mary E. Whiteside.

C/temung-Mrs. Allen F. DeCamp, Mrs. H. B. Jackson, Mrs. William
Pellett, Mrs. Alexander O. Peloubet.

Columbia— Mrs. Truman Johnson, Mrs. George C. Yeisley.

Genesee— M\ss Fanny J. Buxton, Mrs. Augustus Frank, Mrs. Gardner
Fuller, Mrs. Butler Ward.

Geneva — Mrs. Howard Cornell, Mrs. Edwin H. Dickinson, Mrs. Nahum
Grimes, Mrs. Anna Herendeen, Mrs. Thompson C. Maxwell.

94 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix,

Hudson — Mrs. Frances V. Boak, Mrs. David F. Bonner, Mrs. Mary S.
Marsh, Mrs. Thomas Nichols, Mrs. Alexander Thompson, Mrs. Mary Wood.

Long Islafid — Miss Sara J. Adams, Miss Mary H. Howell, Mrs. H. M.
Howell, Mrs. William H. Littell.

Lyo7ts — Mrs. A. Parke Burgess, Mrs. Horace Eaton, Mrs. Russell F. Stod-
dard, Mrs. Phebe A. Vary.

Nassau — Miss Florence N. McCormick, Mrs. Ellen L. Mowbray, Mrs.
Peter D. Oakey, Mrs. Alexander G. Russell.

Neiv York — Mrs. Oscar E. Boyd, Mrs. Silas B. Brownell, Mrs. Edward N.
Crosby, Mrs. William F. Lee, Miss S. F. Lincoln, Mrs. John C. Martin, Mrs.
John Sinclair, Mrs. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Mrs. W. H. Wickham.

Aiagara — Mrs. Daniel Clark, Mrs. Joshua S. Helmer, Mrs. Claudius L.
Hoag, Mrs. Robert Norton, Mrs. Edward H. Rudd.

North River — Miss Fannie Blakes, Mrs. Myra V. W. Brinkerhoflf, Mrs. Leroy
C. Cooley, Miss Anna S. Ludlum, Miss Mary F. Mackie.

Otsego— M.i?,s, Mary L. Abell, Miss Sarah Crandall, Mrs. Elihu P. Phinne\',
Mrs. Leonard F. Richards.

Rochester — Mrs. Helen Bristol, Mrs. Louis Chapin, Mrs. Thomas Chester,
Mrs. Julia M. Davis, Mrs. Josiah E. Kittredge, Miss Frances H. Lauderdale,
Mrs. Helen S. Sylvester, Mrs. Carrie E. West.

St. Lawrence .—M.x<i. Charles Anthony, Mrs. D. C. Griffith. Miss Parnell F.
Hubbard, Mrs. L. Merrill Miller, Mrs. Alonzo A. Smith.

Steuben— Mrs. Joel D. Gillett, Mrs. George W. Nichols, Mrs. Stanley C.
Swift, Mrs. Russell M. Tuttle, Mrs. Francis A. Williams.

Syracuse — Mrs. James O. Bennett, Mrs. Margaret R. Cowan, Mrs. Nancy
E. Dow, Mrs. De Witt Gardner, Mrs. I. B. Poucher, Mrs. William M. Smith,
Mrs. Orson L. White.

Troy — Mrs. William V. Baker, Mrs. Norman Cole, Mrs. B. F. McNitt.
Miss Lucy H. Sherman, Mrs. Robert B. Stiles, Mrs. R. Halstead Ward.

(Jtica — Miss Helen C. Blue, Mrs. Anna L. Greenman, Mrs. Jonathan B.
Morse, Mrs. M. Woolsey Stryker, Mrs. William R. Terrett, Mrs. L N. Terry.

Westchester — Mrs. Thornton M. Niven, Mrs. Helen C. Parsons, Mrs. J. F.
Pingry, Mrs. Daniel E. Provost, Mrs. John H. Randall, Miss Olivia B. Walsh,
Miss Cornelia B. Wheeler.

A. D. 1896.] SVNOD OF NEW YORK. 95

V. OFFICERS OF THE PRESBYTERIES.

Changes in A'awes and Addresses.

New York: Rev. George W. F. Birch, D. D., Treasurer, 677 East 136th
St., New York.

Rochester: Mr. Frank M. Ellery, Ireusurer, Security Trust Co.,
Rochester.

Steuben; Rev. James A. Miller, Ph. D., Stated Cleri- and 7 reasurer,
Angelica.

VI. TRUSTEES OF THE SYNOD.

President: William Allen Butler, Esq., New York.

Secretary : Rev. T. Ralston Smith, D. D., New York.

Term Expiring in i8g7 : Rev. Henry M. MacCracken, D. !>., Rev. Charles
L. Thompson, D. D., William Allen Butler, Thomas G. Ritch.

Term Expiring in i8g8 : Rev. George Alexander, D. D., Rev. Charles
Cuthbert Hall, D. D., James H. Yereance, Charles Henderson.

Term Expiring in 1 8gg: Rev. Charles S. Robinson, D. D., Rev. Robert
F. Sample, D. D., William A. Wheelock, John J. McCook.

Ex-officio: Ralph E. Prime, Rev. T. Ralston Smith, D. D., Rev. J.
Wilford Jacks.

VII. SUCCESSION OF MODERATORS OF THE SYNOD.

1882.

1884-
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.

Name. Presbytery. Place.

Henry A. Nelson, D. D., Convener Geneva Utica

Howard Crosby, D. D New York Utica

James McLeod, D. D Buffalo New York

John McC. Holmes, D. D Albany Buffalo

L. Merrill Miller, D. D St. Lawrence Troy

Joseph E. Nassau, D. D Genesee Elmira

Charles C. Wallace, D. D Boston Auburn

T. Ralston Smith, D. D Buffalo Syracuse

Samuel Jessup, D. D Utica Poughkeepsie

Andrew V. V. Raymond, D. D Albany Lockport

Asa S. Fiske, D. D Cayuga Watertown

Levi Parsons, D. D Rochester Albany

James Gardner, D. D Albany Rochester

George C. Yeisley, D, D Columbia New York

Howard Duffield, D. D New York Binghamton

Ralph E. Prime (Elder) Westchester Brooklyn

96 SYNOD OF NEW YORK. [Appendix,

VIII. EXTRACTS FROM THE STANDING RULES.

The Annual Meeting of the Synod shall begin on the third Tuesday of
October, at half-past seven o'clock p. m.

Each Presbytery shall, at its stated meeting next preceding the meeting of
the Synod, and if possible not later than two weeks before such meeting, elect
the number of delegates to which it is entitled, together with an equal num-
ber of alternates, as prescribed by the organic rule under which the Synod is
constituted, namely:

"The Synod of New York shall be composed of equal delegations of
ministers and ruling elders from each Presbytery in the following proportion:
each Presbytery, the number of whose ministers and churches taken together
is not more than 14, shall send one minister and one elder; each Presbytery
containing more than 14 and not more than 28 ministers and churches taken
together, shall send two ministers and two elders; and so in like proportion
for every additional number of 14 ministers and churches taken together, or
for the fraction thereof; provided, that no Presbytery shall be entitled to send
more than ten ministers and ten elders."

The Stated Clerk of each Presbytery, immediately after the election, shall
send to the Stated Clerk of the Synod a certified list of the delegates and
alternate delegates chosen by the Presbytery to represent it at the Synod;
and from these lists shall be made up the official roll.

At the calling of the roll at the opening session, the names of the princi-
pals who have thus been reported, or of alternates duly substituted, shall be
included; but when alternate delegates appear in place of their principals,
such delegates shall report in person privately to the Stated Clerk of the
Synod, before their names shall be substituted upon the roll for those of their
principals.

Duplicate lists of delegates and alternates shall be sent promptly by the
Stated Clerks of the Presbyteries to the Chairman of the Committee of Ar-
rangements.

VII.

A complete roll of the ministers and churches of each Presbytery shall be
sent by its Stated Clerk to the Stated Clerk of the Synod, at least ten days be-
fore the annual meeting.

VIII.

Each Presbytery, immediately after its Fall Stated Meeting, shall forward
to the Stated Clerk of the Synod a Statistical Report and History of its
Acts and Changes, for the year preceding, as required by the Form of Govern-
ment, Chap. X., Sec. 9. These reports shall be printed in the Appendix to
the Minutes.

A. D. 1896.] SYNOD OF NEW YORK. y7

To provide for the necessary expenses of the Synod, the several Presby-
teries shall furnish, annually, amounts proportioned respectively to the num-
ber of their communicants, according to a rate per capita determined at
the previous meeting of the Synod. And if no action has been taken, the
rate shall be six mills for each commimicant. This sum shall be due and
payable to the Treasurer on the first of October, when the Synod's fiscal year
shall terminate.

The Minutes of the Synod shall be printed, under the direction of the
Stated Clerk, as soon as practicable after the adjournment; and a copy shall
be sent to every minister, to every elder whose name is on the roll of the
Synod, and to the Session of each vacant church, within the bounds, severally,
of those Presbyteries whose apportionments for Synodical expenses have
been paid.

IX. PERMANENT COMMITTEES.

I. Synodicai, Aid.

Ministers— L,. Merrill Miller, John McC. Holmes, Asa S. Fiske, T. Ralston
Smith, George Alexander, William H. Littell ; Elders — Theodore S. Hubbard,
Horace B. Silliman, Joseph C. Batchelor, Albert P. Stevens.

II. Sy'stematic Beneficence.
Ministers — Charles A. Richmond, William S. Hubbell, George C. Yeisley,
Samuel V. V. Holmes; Elders— ?x2cac\s A. Board, John H. Osborne.

III. Boards of the Church, Etc.

I. Home Missions: Ministers — Allen Macy Dulles, Charles H. Baldwin,
William F. Whitaker, A. Russell Stevenson; /'.'A/^nf— Edward N. Dauchy,
Louis W. Pratt, Orrin Day.

II. Foreign Missions: Ministers — J. Balcom Shaw, J. Ritchie Smith.
Newell Woolsey Wells, John E. Adams, George S. Webster, Henry T, McEwen ;

Elders John F. Winslow, A. Noel Blakeman, Theodore Oilman, Henry M.

Lester, James Yereance, Neilson Olcott.

III. Education: Ministers— G^xoxd B. F. Ilallock, George B. Spalding,
Willis J. Beecher, J. Lovejoy Robertson; Elders— ]o\\n E. Meyer, Henry
Hooker, James W. Eager.

IV. Publication and Sabbath School Work : Ministers — A. Woodruff
Halsey, John T. Wilds, John E. Adams, Daniel H. Overton ; Elders — William
R. Worrall, Russell W. McKee, William ISIcCarroll.

98 SYNOD OF NEW VORR. [Appendix, A. D. 1896.]

V. Church Erkction: Ministers — Martin D. Kneeland, Warren R.Coch-
rane, Charles S. Dewing, James M. Craig; Elders — John Gilchrist, Ebenezer
M. McPherson, Oliver O. Jones.

VI. MiNisTEuiAi. Rf.liki': Ministers — George C. Yeisley, Cornelius S.
Stowitts, Alfonso R. Olney, William M. Johnson; Elders — James B. Jermain,
William H. Doughty, T. Romeyn Bunn.

VII. Fkeedmkn : Ministers — Samuel T. Clarke, William Burnett Wright,
Anthon)^ H. Evans, Duncan Cameron; Elders — Edward C. Warner, Marcus
A. G. Meads, Edward W. Skinner.

VIII. Aid for Coi.i.kges : Ministers — E. Huntting Rudd, Asa S. Fiske,
Henry H. Stebbins, William R. Taylor ; Elders — Charles F. Pond, Horace
Briggs, Frank M. EUery.

IX. Young People's Societies; Ministers — Samuel W. Pratt, Edward M.
Deems, Alfred J. Hutton, Warren D. More, Louis F. Ruf ; Elders — Philip M,
Hull, Richard H. Bloom, Harry C. Heermans, Herbert J. Hunn.

X. CHAIRMEN OF OTHER COMMITTEES.

1. Arrangements: Minister — Thomas J. Brown, p. 23.

2. Place ok Meeting in I'^rjS: The Moderator.

3. Servh;es at Scmmek Resorts : Elder — Ralph E. Prime, p. 23.

4. Indian Industriai. School: Minister— \<!\\\\SiVL\ vS. Hubbell, p. 37.

5. Albi RN Seminary : Minister — G. Parsons Nichols, p. 43.

6. Hamilton College: Minister — Wallace W. Thorpe, p. 43.

7. New York Universilv: Mi/iister — J. Howard llobbs, p. 43.

8. Cmucii Temi'oralhtes: Eliler — Ralph E. Prime, p. 59.

(). Lord's Day ( )iiser\ ance: Minister — Joseph Gamble, p. 6i.

10. Plan of Synodical Aid: A/iinster — J. MeClellan Holmes, pp. 44, 61.

INDEX.

Absence, Report on Leave of ....

" Reasons for, sustained ....

Absent at Adjournment without leave

Acts and Changes of Presbyteries ....

Adirondack Region, Work in ....

Aid for Colleges, Address, and Report on

Approval of Records of Presbyteries .

Armenian Refugees .......

Armenians, Persecution of . . .
Arrangements, Report of Committee of .

Committee of, for 1897
Auburn Theological Seminary, Report of Visitors .

" " " Visitors to, appointed

Baptist Association, L. I., Delegates from
Beneficence, Report on .

Bills and Overtures, Report of Committee on .
Bills ordered to be paid . . . . •

Chairmen of Committees to report in 1897

Change of Name of Synod, Report of Committee on

Church Erection, Report on .... .

Classis of Long Island, Message from .

Clerks, Temporary, elected .....

Cochrane, Charles E., Petition of .

Committees, Permanent ......

" Standing ......

Complaint agamst Presbytery of New York
Congress, Missionary, Report of .
Corporations, Laws Relating to Religious
Corresponding Member ......

Defense of Synod in the Assembly .

P.KGB

. 61
Oi

■ 63
65

26, 41

24. 4')
. 40

. 46

• 23

24
. 43

3?
14

44
. 60

. 40

• 13

8
14, 26

97
10

•4. 5<)

• 45
89

• 19

51, 60

Education, Report on . .
Elmira College, Board of Trustees

lOO INDEX

PAGE

Elmira College, Endowment of ......... 33

" Examiners . , , , . . - 53. 93

" " " Report of ........ '32

Exceptions to Records of Presbyteries ..,..,. 40, 41

Finance Committee, Report of . . . • . . , . .60
Foreign Missions, Report on . .... .... 33

Freedmen, Address and Report on Missions for . . . . . 35, 52

General Assembly, Report on Minutes of . . . ' . . . . 60

Hamilton College, Report of Visitors ........ 56

" " Visitors to, appointed ...... 43

Home Missions, Report on . . . . , . . . . -42
" " Woman's Committee on . , . . . . .61, 93
" " " " " Report of 52

Imperfectly Organized Churches, Report on ...... 50

Indian Industrial School, Report on ........ 36

Judicial Business, Repoi'ts of Committee on . . . . 26, 27, 35, 37

Commission appointed . 38, 43, 47

" " Report of ........ 59

Laws Relating to Religious Corporations ....... 89

Leave of Absence, Rejiort on . , . . . . . 61

Long Island Bajitist Association 38

]>ord's Day, Committee on Observance of ...... 61

" " Report on Observance of . . . . . . .20

Lord's Supper 20

Ministerial Relief, Report on 52

Minutes of General Assembly, Report on 60

Missionary Congress, Fourth Report of ....... 45

Moderator elected ........... 8

" Sermon of ........... 3

Moderators, Succession of ... 95

Name of Synod, Report of Committee on ....... 40

Next Meeting, Report on Place of ........ 23

Officers of the Synod 2

" of Presbyteries, Changes in ■ 95

INDEX

Papers reported and referred
Permanent Committees
Persecution of Armenians
Place of Meeting in 1897, Report on
Popular Meetings for Missions
Presbyteries, Approval of Records of
" Changes in Officers of

" Committees on Records of

Exceptions to Records of
Records of, not presented
Statistical Reports of
Press Association, New York
Protest of Dr. James G. Patterson

" Answer to ... .
Public Morals, Legislation on
Publication, Report on . . .
Purity in Literature and Art

PAGE
14, 27, 23

97
. 46
23

27. 44
40

• 05
1 1

40, 41
41

• 65
35

. 60

• 60, 63

■ 36

35, 36

Records of Presbyteries, see " Presbj'teries."
Roll of the Synod

Sabbath School Work, Report on ....

Sermon of the Moderator ......

Sessions and Trustees, Relations of ,

Standing Committees .......

" " discharged ....

Standing Rules ........

Statistical Reports of Presbyteries ....

Storrs, Rev. Richard S. , D. D., LL. D., Reception of
Succession of Moderators ......

Summary of Statistical Reports

Summer Resorts, Services at .... .

Superintendent, Synodical ......

" • ' Report of . . .

Synodical Aid, Committee on Plan of .

'' " Report on ..... .

Systematic Beneficence, Report on ... .

. 10

. 96

• 27
95

. 89

2, 4')

I')

44. Ai

19. 47

• 14

Temperance, Report of Committee on

Temporal Affairs of the Churches, Reports on

Temporary Clerks elected

Thanks, Resolution of .

Treasurer's Rei)ort .....

23, 59

61
43

I02 INDEX

PAGE

Trustees and Sessions, Committee on Relation of 23

Trustees of the Synod . . . . . . . . . • 53. 95

University of New York, Visitors to, appointed -43

" " " " Visitors, Report of . . . . . . 41

Vice-Moderator aj^poiuted . . . . . . . , .10

Woman's Committee on Home Missions . . . . . . . 61, 93

" " " " Report of . . . . -52

Young- People's Societies, Committee on . 40

" " " Report on ........ 38

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