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Presbyterian Church in the
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Minutes of the ... annual '
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MINUTES
OF THE
TWENTIETH ANNUAL SESSION
OF THE
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SYNOD OF NEW YORK,
HELD IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO,
October 15-17, A. D. 1901,
WITH AN APPENDIX.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SYNOD UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF THE STATED CLERK.
NEW YORK :
Styles & Cash, Printers and Stationers, 77 Eighth Avenue.
THE OFFICERS OF THE SYNOD.
MOD ERA TOR.
Rev. William Waith, Ph.D., Lancaster.
VICE-MOD ERA TOR.
Rev. George F. Pentecost, D. D., Yonkers.
STATED CLERK AND TREASURER.
Rev. T. Ralston Smith, D. D.,
The Presbyterian Building-, New York.
PERMANENT CLERK.
Rev. J. WiLFORD Jacks, D. D., Geneva.
TEMPORARY CLERKS.
Rev. George N. Karner, Albany.
Rev. James A. Miller, Ph.D., Elmira.
SVPERINTENDENT OhSYNODICAL MISSIONS,
Rev. J. Wuj'ORD Jacks, D. D., 48 Elmwood Avenue, Geneva.
TREASURER OF SYNODICAL MISSIONS.
Henry Airu, Esq., 411 River Street, Troy.
THE
SYNOD OF NEW YORK.
A. D. 1901 . *
Thk Synod of New York met agreeably to appointment, in the
North Church, Buffalo, October 15th, A. D. 1901, at half-past seven
o'clock p. M., and was opened with a sermon by the Moderator, the
Rev. David G. Wylie, D. D., of the Presbytery of New York, on
" What Christianity Offers to the World," Luke 2; 10, 11 : "And
the angel said unto them, Fear not : for, behold, I bring yon good
tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is
born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the
Lord."
The vSynod was organized with prayer by the Moderator.
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. PRESBYTE RY O F ALBANY.
Ministers. Ruling Elders.
Walter S. Brown, James Rodgers,
Henry T. McEwen, D. D , Edgar C. Leonard (2),
George N. Karner, James T. Sweetman, M. D.
Frederick N. Rutan, Frederick Carr,
Charles A. Richmond, William M. Ackroyd.
Edward J. Abbott,
Jeremiah V. Wemple.
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II. PRESBYTERY OF BINGHAMTON.
Ministers. - Ruling Elders.
A. Cameron MacKenzie, D. D., George F. Hand, M. D. (2),
William J. Gregory (2), Henry C. Knight.
Arthur Spaulding,
Charles L. Luther.
III. PRESBYTERY OF BOSTON.
Samuel C. Gunn, D. D., James Frame,
Scott F. Hershey, Ph. D., LL.D., Robert Stanfield,
David B. McMurdy, Martin V. B. Knox,
John Montgomery, Oliver O. Jones,
Joseph F. Langton, Frederick B. Thomson.
Alexander Laird (2).
IV. PRESBYTERY OF BROOKLYN.
William N. Steele (2), Jens F. Bidstrup,
Charles T. Berry, Edgar T. Reid,
Arnold W. Fismer, Charles B. Pearson,
Frederick Campbell, Theodore Van Duzee,
Daniel H. Overton, Charles P. Oakley,
William J. Hutchins, Richard D. Dodge,
Walter R. Ferris, William A. Blauvelt (2).
Orrin G. Cocks.
V. PRESBYTERY OF BUFFALO.
William Waith, Ph.D., Henry H. Bingham,
Henry Ward, D. D., William W. Parsons,
Samuel T. Clarke, H. Osgood Holland,
Edwin H. Dickinson, D. D., Thomas Shaw (2),
Newton L. Reed, Henry Lapp, M. D. (3).
William Y. Chapman,
Samuel Colgate (2).
VI. PRESBYTERY OF CAYUGA.
George B. Stewart, D. D. (3), Samuel C. Fessenden.
William C. Brass,
Frederick W. Palmer,
James S. Stubblefield.
VII. PRESBYTERY OF CHAMPLAIN.
Joseph Gamble, D. D.,
Norman McLeod.
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VIII. PRESBYTERY OF CHEMUNG.
Ah'm's/ers. Ruling Elders.
Edward W. Abbey (2), Clarence T. Mabie,
John Knox, WilHam E. Farr,
James A. Miller, Ph.D., Eugene H. Ribble.
Hiram D. Bacon.
IX. PRESBYTERY OF CHILE.
X. PRESBYTERY OF COLUMBIA.
Henry P. Bake, D. D., Willis Baldwin,
Christopher G. Hazard, Edward J. Loughran.
Albert C. Wyckofif.
XI. PRESBYTERY OF EASTERN PERSIA.
XII. PRESBYTERY OF GENESEE.
James A. Anderson, D. Corwin Holmes,
Louis M. Sweet, Eugene P. Norton.
Arthur T. Young.
XIII. PRESBYTERY OF GENEVA.
Howard Cornell, William H. Foster,
John Quincy Adams, Isaac L. Seely (2),
John S. Niles, Eli M. Maynard.
H. Grant Person.
XIV. PRESBYTERY OF HUDSON.
L. William Hones, Charles McKinney (2),
John W. Keller, William H. Puff,
George E. Gillespie, Ezekiel S. Anderson,
Henry McGilvray, Frederick B. Post,
John R. Wilkie. Nathaniel J. Kelsey (2).
XV. PRESBYTERY OF LONG ISLAND.
William H. Littell, Edward H. Foster,
James M. Denton, Joseph S. Osborne,
Jacob E. Mailman, Byron Griffing.
William C. McKnight.
XVI. PRESBYTERY OF LYONS.
Luther A. Ostrander, D.D., Marvin C. Welcher,
John C. Ball, William Fries.
Frank H. Bisbee.
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XVII. PRESBYTERY OF NASSAU.
Ah'nisters. ^ Ruling Elders.
William H. Hendrickson (2).
XVIII. PRESBYTERY OF NEW YORK.
Frederick E. Shearer. D.D., Henry W. Jessup,
Jesse F. Forbes, Ph. D., James Yereaiice,
John J. Munro, Homer Lee,
Alexander J. Kerr, William Irwin,
Horace G. Miller (2), John Stewart,
Walter D. Buchanan, D. D., Frederick Blnme.
David G. Wylie, D. D., John H. MacDonald,
Arthur C. McMillan (2), Frederick Bruchbauer,
Frederick B. Richards, James Tompkins.
Daniel Russell, Jr.
XIX. PRESBYTERY OF NIAGARA.
Erastus W. Twichell, Edwin K. Beckwith,
Duncan Cameron, Herbert A. French,
Daniel H. Rohrabaugh, Ely H. Cook.
S. Dwight Waterbury.
XX. PRESBYTERY OF NORTH LAOS.
XXI. PRESBYTERY OF NORTH RIVER.
William K. Hall, D. D., Joseph N. Badeau,
George H. Wallace, Charles J. Howell,
William P. vSwartz, Lambert J. DuBois,
Irving Maxwell, George P. DuBois,
John A. Terhune. James Winne.
XXII. PRESBYTERY OF OTSEGO.
Leonard E. Richards, W. E. Miller (2),
Charles W. Kinney, David H. McMaster,
Sidney S. Conger, S. Adelbert Seward.
Eugene V. Ostrander (2).
XXIII. PRESBYTERY OF ROCHESTER.
Charles P. Coit, D. D., Frank M. Ellery,
Peter Lindsay, D. D., Andrew Warren,
Frank G. Weeks, Robert Paviour,
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Ministers. Ruling Elders.
George C. Frost, Herbert S. Wilbur,
Dvvight L. Parsons, Benjamin F. Bowen,
George D. Miller (2), Charles Hotelling,
John B. White, Bowker Hinkley,
Seymour C. Ferris, William F. Parry,
Joseph B. Ferguson. Samuel L. Rockfellow.
XXIV. PRESBYTERY OF ST. LAWRENCE.
Albro L. Green, Charles N. Conkey,
William E. Kimball, Y). D., William R. Rodger.
James Robertson,
Almon T. Fuller,
Charles G. Cady.
XXV. PRESBYTERY OF SIAM.
XXVI. PRESBYTERY OF STEUBEN.
Hezekiah Webster, Hon. Hyatt C. Hatch (2),
Daniel McKay, Charles E. Clark,
Fred E. Walton, Harry C. Heermans (2),
Thomas F. Archibald. John B. Ferry (2).
XXVII. PRESBYTERY OF SYRACUSE.
George Bayless, Israel Parsons, M. D.,
David Wilis, Jr., Julius W. Hoyt,
John G. Truair. Eugene F. Whiting,
Joseph B. Lathrop.
XXVIII. PRESBYTERY OF TROY.
William M. Johnson, D. D., Aaron H. Graves,
Charles H. Van Wie (2), Edward W. Arms,
George Fairlee, Daniel C. Farr, Ph. D.,
George' W. Plack (2), Henry Aird.
John R. Mackay (2),
George Dugan.
XXIX. PRESBYTERY OF UTICA.
Dwight Scovel, Jacob Winnie,
Ralph W. Brokaw, J. Theo Knox,
George B. Van Dyke (2), James Stark,
Charles F. Kittredge. William M. Keene.
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XXX. PRESBYTERY OF WESTCHESTER.
Ministers. Ruling Elders.
George F. Pentecost, D. D., William H. Parsons,
Frederick A. M. Brown, D. D., Ebenezer G. Piatt,
Oliver S. Dean, D. D., Frank Requa,
Robert P. Gibson, Ralph E. Prime, LL.D.,
Cornelius S. Stowitts, D. D., Edwin A. Knapp,
Irving E. White, William E. Peck,
John A. Ingham, James J. Mead,
Joseph H. Robinson. William W. Scofield,
Robert Denniston, M. D.
The Rev. William Waith, Ph. D., of the Presbytery of Buf-
falo, was unanimously elected Moderator, and was duly inducted
into office.
The Rev. George N. Karner, of the Presbytery of Albany,
and the Rev. James A. Miller, Ph. D., of the Presbytery of Che-
mung, were elected Temporary Clerks.
The Rev. Edwin H. Dickinson, D.D., Chairman of the Com-
mittee of Arrangements, heartily welcomed the members of the
Synod, and reported the following recommendations, which were
adopted :
1. That the 'devotional services on Wednesday morning be led by Rev.
William Young Chapman, and on Thursday by Rev. George F. Pentecost, D.D.
2. That on Wednesday morning reports of Special Committees be heard,
and the subject of Systematic Beneficence be considered at 11. 15.
3. That at 2 p. m. the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper be administered by
the Rev. William Burnet Wright, D. D., and Rev. Samuel Van V. Holmes,
assisted by Ruling Elders J. Theodore Knox, William W. Parsons, C. S. Cad-
wallader, W. D. Holland, James Yereance, William Irwin, Charles G. Wal-
bridge, S. McDugald, James T. Sweetman, William H. Parsons, William H.
Foster, Willis Baldwin.
4. That at the close of the service the subject of Synodical Missions be
considered, to be followed at 3.20 by Church Erection, at 3.40 b}^ Sabbath
School work, and at 4 by the report on the Observance of the Lord's Daj-.
5. That a popular meeting in behalf of Home Missions and Missions for
Freedmen be held at 7.30 r. m.
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6. That on Thursday, Aid for Colleges be considered at 10 a.m., Education
at 10.20, Temperance .at 10.40., Ministerial Relief at 11, and Young People's
Societies at 11.20, and that at 3 p. m. an address on Evangelization be heard
from Rev. George B. Stewart, D. D.
7. That at 7.30 r. m. a popular meeting be held in behalf of Foreign Mis-
sions and the Twentieth Century Fund.
It was also announced that luncheon would be served by the ladies of the
several Presbyterian Churches on Wednesday and ^ Thursday at the Central
and Calvary churches.
Adjourned until Wednesday at nine o'clock a. m.
Concluded with prayer.
Wednesday, October 16, 9 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.
George F. Pentecost, D. D., as Vice-Moderator, and also the fol-
lowing
STANDING COMMITTEES.
1. Bills and Overtures :
Ministers — David G. Wylie, William K. Hall, Samuel C. Gunn,
Frederick Campbell, Henry Ward, Frederick W. Palmer, Henry
P. Bake, Howard Cornell.
Elders — Frank M. EUery, Ralph E. Prime, Israel Parsons,
Henry Aird, H. Osgood Holland, James Rodgers, Robert vStanfield.
2. Judicial Business :
Ministers — Henry T. McEwen, Joseph Gamble, Christopher
G. Hazard, John Q. Adams, William H. Littell, John C. Ball,
A. Cameron MacKenzie, Walter D. Buchanan.
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Elders — William H. Parsons, John Stewart, James T. Sweet-
man, Oliver O. Jones, Charles B. Pearson, Eugene H. Ribble,
William H. Foster.
3. Minutes of the General Assembly :
Ministers — James Robertson, Newton L. Reed, Arthur C.
McMillan.
Elders —^\\\.\s, Baldwin, Lambert J. Du Bois.
4. Finance :
Elders — James Yereance, William H. Parsons, Edward W.
Arms.
5. Leave of Absence :
Ministers — Duncan Cameron, George H. Wallace, Joseph B.
Ferguson, Charles G. Cady, Fred. E. Walton, David Wills, Jr.
Elders— \y2i\f\^ H. McMaSter, Bowker Hinkley, Charles E.
Clark, Julius W. Hoyt, Frank Requa.
6. Nomination of Visitors to Colleges, Etc.:
Ministers — William P. Swartz, Leonard E. Richards, Daniel
McKa}^ Oliver S. Dean, Charles A. Richmond.
Elders — Henry W. Jessup, Edwin K. Beckwith, Herbert S.
Wilbur, Charles N. Conkey.
7. Nomination of Women's Committee on Home Missions:
Ministers — Luther A. Ostrander, James A. Anderson, L. Wil-
liam Hones, James M. Denton, Jesse F. Forbes.
Elders — Ely H. Cook, Joseph B. Lathrop, Aaron H. Graves,
Jacob Winnie.
8. Nomination of Trustees of the Synod, Etc, :
Ministers — Peter Lindsay, Alexander J. Kerr, Sidney S.
Conger, John S. Niles, George Bayless, William M. Johnson.
Elders — Henry C. Knight, Henry H. Bingham, Samuel C.
Fessenden, D. Corwin Holmes, Frederick B. Post.
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9. To Collate the Reports on the Records op- the Pres-
byteries :
Ministers — John A. Ingham, George Fairlee, Ralph W. Brokaw.
Elders — Charles J. Howell, Frederick Blume.
ON THE RECORDS OF THE PRESBYTERIES :
1. Albany: Ministers — Irving E. White, John G. Truair.
Elder — Robert Denniston.
2. BiNGHAMTON : Miiiisters — Joseph H. Robinson, Frederick
N. Riitan. Elder — James J. Mead.
3. Boston : Ministers — Frederick A. M. Brown, Jeremiah V.
Wemple. Elder — Ebenezer G. Piatt.
4. Brooklyn : Ministers — Edward J. Abbott, Loiiis M. Sweet.
Elder — Frederick Carr. .
5. Buffalo : Ministers — Cornelius S. vStowitts, Arthur T.
Young. Elder — William W. Scofield.
6. Cayuga : Ministers — William Y. Chapman, Arthur Spauld-
ing. Elder — Clarence T. Mabee.
7. Champlain : Ministers — H. Grant Person, James S. vStub-
blefield. Elder — Charles Hotelling.
8. Chemung : Ministers— C\\2iX\Q^ P. Coit, Almon T. Fuller.
Elder — William R. Rodger.
9. Chile : [No Records].
10. Columbia : Ministers — Charles G. Cady, Thomas F. Archi-
bald. Elder — Charles E. Clark.
11. Eastern Persia: Ministers — William H. Hendrickson,
Frank E. Weeks. Elder — Homer Lee.
12. Genesee : Ministers — Charles L. Luther, Fred E. Walton.
Elder — Joseph B. Lathrop. ■
13. Geneva : Ministers — Albro L. Greene, Erastus W.
Twichell. Elder — James Stark.
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14. Hudson : Ministers — Scott F. Hershey, Joseph F. Lang-
ton. Elder — John H. McDonald.
15. Long Island : Ministers — David B. McMurdy, Frederick
B. Richards. Eleier — Frederick Bruchbauer.
16. Lyons : Ministers — John J. Munro, John Montgomery.
Eleier — Martin V. B. Knox.
17. Nassau : Ministers — Daniel Russell, Jr., Arnold W. Fismer.
Eleier — William Irwin.
18. New York : Ministers — Daniel H. Overton, S. D wight
Waterbury. iT/rt'rr— Herbert A. French.
19. Niagara : Ministers — Charles A. Richmond, Albert C.
Wyckoff. Eleier — Edward J. Loughran.
20. North Laos : Ministers — Eugene V. Ostrander, Frederick
N. Rutan. Eleier — Isaac L. Seely.
21. North Riyek : Ministers — Sidney S. Conger, John B.
White. Elder — Andrew Warren,
22. Otsego : Ministers — George C. Frost, Hezekiah Webster.
Elder — Ralph E. Prime.
23. Rochester : Ministers — William J. Hutchins, Walter R.
Ferris Elder — Williain W. Parsons.
24. St. Lawrence : Ministers — Dwight L. Parsons, George
Dugan. Elder — Samuel L. Rockfellow.
25. SiAM : [No Records].
26. Steuben : Ministers — William E. Kimball, Charles F. Kit-
tredge. Elder — William E. Peck.
27. vSyracuse: 7l//;i/jr/r;'i-— Dwight Scovel, Seymour C. Ferris
Elder—]. Theo Knox.
28. Troy : Ministers— Charles W. Kinney, John A. Terhune.
Elder — S. Adelbert Seward.
29. Utica : Ministers— Charles T. Berry, Norman McLeod.
Elder — Jens F. Bidstrup.
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30. Westchester : Ministers — Samuel T. Clarke, Orrin G.
Cocks. Elder— Wa M. Maynard.
Overtures and other documents, and the Records of the Pres-
byteries, were called for, and placed in the hands of the vStated
Clerk.
In view of the decease, during the past year, of a number of
prominent ministers of the Synod, the following Committee was
appointed to present an appropriate Minute to be placed upon
the records :
Ministers— Yi^xixy T. McEwen, Charles P. Coit, Scott F. Her-
shey. Elders — Frank M. Ellery, George F. Hand.
A Committee was also appointed, as follows, to report a suit-
able resolution in view of the assassination of the late Presi-
dent of the United States, William McKinley :
Ministers — William Y. Chapman, William M. Johnson, Fred-
erick E. Shearer ; Elders — Henry W. Jessup, Herbert S. Wilbur.
A resolution proposing an overture to the General Assembly
asking an interpretation of the Form of Government in the
matter of declaring pulpits vacant, was presented, and referred
to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
The Special Committee on the revision of the Standing Rules
reported, recommending that the following overture be sent down
to the Presbyteries for their approval :
Shall the organic rule under which the Synod is constituted be amended
so as to read as follows :
" The Synod of New York shall be composed of equal delegations of
Ministers and Ruling Elders from the several Presbyteries in the following-
proportion : Each Presbytery, the number of whose Ministers and Churches
added together is not more than twenty, shall send one Minister and one
Elder ; and so in like proportion for every twenty Ministers and Churches
added together, or for any remaining fraction thereof, not less than one-half :
Provided, that no Presbytery shall be entitled to send more than ten Ministers
and ten Elders."
It was also recommended that the Presbyteries of the Synod be directed
to act on the foregoing overture not later than their next ensuing stated
meetings ; and that their Stated Clerks send authenticated copies of the
action taken to the Stated Clerk of the Synod without delay. The votes shall
be canvassed by the Moderator and Stated and Permanent Clerks, and if it
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appear that a majorit}' of the Presbyteries has approved the overture, the
Stated Clerk shall notify the Presbyteries that they are directed by the Synod
to elect delegates to the next meeting of the Synod on the basis defined by the
amended rule.
The report was adopted.
The Committee also reported certain amendments to the
Standing Rules, which were severally adopted, and the Standing-
Rules as thus amended were adopted as a whole, and ordered to
take effect at the close of the present sessions of the Synod. (See
Appendix.)
Elder Ralph E. Prime, appointed last year to codif}^ the laws
of New York pertaining to the Presbyterian Church, presented
the following report, which was accepted :
A codification of the laws of the State of New York, applicable to ordinary
and year after year acts m the Presbyterian Churches in that State, has been
prepared by direction of the Synod. In this Code (so called for convenience of
reference) it is not attempted to set forth all the laws applicable to our
churches ; as for instance those relating to the purposes for which property
may be acquired ; the correction of mistakes in deeds ; the sale and mortgage
of land ; the consolidation of incorporated churches ; the property of extinct
churches ; and other matters which only occasionally claim attention. In all
such cases it is best to consult some one learned in the law, lest errors be com-
mitted. It is believed that the work now done will meet the demand of those
upon whom rests the responsibility for rightly conducting ordinary church
business and congregational corporate meetings.
In the Statute commonly called the Religious Incorporation Law, special
provisions in separate articles are made which relate to specified churches.
Article II. relates only to Protestant Episcopal churches; Article HI. to Roman
Catholic and Greek churches; Article IV. origmally related only to Reformed
Dutch, Reformed Presbyterian and Evangelical Lutheran chtirches; Article V.
relates only to Baptist churches; and Article VT. relates only to Congrega-
tional and Independent churches. Our church comes under the general
provisions of Article VII. relating to other denominations, except as certain
special legislation in our interest has been from time to time inserted in other
articles.
I beg to submit whether our great church and its nearly one thousand
congregations would not be better served by having another article inserted in
the general law which should relate particularly and only to our own churches,
to which reference could easily be made, so that we should find in one place all
there is upon the subjects which interest us. Should this view be approved it
will be unnecessary to print the Code herewith presented, and it is recommended
that a committee be appointed authorized to apply to the Legislature for the
enactment of provisions applicable to Presbyterian churches only, in a separate
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article of the General Religious Corporations Law, making the Code herewith
reported the basis of such new Article.
The recommendation was adopted, and the Committee was
appointed as follows: Elders Ralph E. Prime and John J. Mc-
Cook and Rev. David G. Wylie.
The report of the Examiners of Elmira College was presented
and accepted, and after an address by President MacKenzie its
recommendations were adopted:
According to the provisions of the charter, your Committee has visited the
college cwice during the year, attended its Commencement, and "examined
into the manageinent, course of instruction, finances and affairs generally of
the College." It finds that it has been successfully managed, and that the
President and Trustees have looked carefully after its property and kept its
finances on a good footing. Repairs have been made to the buildings as
extensively as the funds would allow ; and for their age the buildings are as
nearly up to the times as could be expected. But after fifty years quite a large
sum could be profitably expended for imiDrovements.
As to the instruction given, one of the Committee, an Examiner of the
Regents of the State, who has made a thorough examination of the College in
all departments, writes: "Elmira College deserves high rank among the
colleges of the country for its thorough and efficient instruction and the
earnest and devoted spirit of the Professors. It deserves the loyal support of
the church." A full curriculum is demanded with a desirable range of elective
studies. Dr. Harris, the new Dean, comes with the highest recommendations
and a ripe experience, and has already won the confidence of the students
and added enthusiasm to their work. Two other teachers with doctorates
from Johns Hopkins and Yale have further strengthened the faculty.
The Freshman class, numbering 35, is exceptionally well prepared. Fully
twenty have been turned away who might have entered had there been
sufficient endowment to grant them scholarships or remission of tuition fees.
The introduction of student government promises success in promoting
the best deportment with the largest liberty, and brings the faculty into closer
relations with the students. The social life of the College is almost ideal, and
brings the whole student body into communion with the faculty, continually
favoring the highest social culture, a very important addition to the literary
culture of the class room, and necessary to the training for ideal womanhood.
A distinguished college President has said that the women's colleges
alone are giving a full literary training, and are the hope of the land for high
literary culture, in contradistinction to the divided and special courses of men's
colleges.
The dormitory system at Elmira we believe is necessary to the socializa-
tion of young ladies in college. The daily contact in such conditions is an
important factor in self-education, and prepares for practical life as isolation
cannot do. Our observation of the alumnae shows that the College graduates
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young women not only well equipped for teaching, but for leadership in all
departments of life. Into whatever community they enter they at once prove
a power for good. One has said that it would be better to have an Elmira
graduate come into a place than a man with a million.
Nor has the religious element been relegated to an inferior place. The
Bible is still the first text-book. Social, literary and spiritual instruction go
together in harmonious proportions.
In addition to these advantages we note also the unusual health conditions
of Elmira, which outranks every other city in the State in this respect. And
your Committee heartily commends the College to the confidence and support
of the Synod and to the patronage of ils constituency.
Since the last meeting of the Synod we have been called to mourn the loss
of the Rev. James Gardner, D.D., whohas entered into his rest and reward. Dr.
Gardner was a strong friend of the college, giving much of his time to its
interests ; and was a valuable adviser and faithful member of the Committee.
We recommend,
1. That the friends of collegiate education for women in the Synod be
urged to increase largely the endowment of the College.
2. That individuals be urged to contribute funds for personal scholarships
to be granted to students designated by the President.
3. That the attention of the friends of the College be called to the need of
a large addition to the repan- fund, that the buildings may in all respects be
brought up to modern standards.
The Moderator was authorized to appoint a Committee of nine
in the Eastern part, and nine in the Western part of the Synod,
to cooperate with the President in securing- an additional endow-
ment for Elmira College of |ioo,ooo.
The Committee of Visitors to the New York University pre-
sented the following report, which was accepted, and the recom-
mendation adopted:
Your Committee visited the University, made examination of the grounds
and buildings, and discussed with the Chancellor the condition and prospects
of the University and its work.
The Committee expresses its appreciation of the advances the University
has made in recent years in its facilities for educational service and in material
prosperity. These advances could only have been gained by good work done
in the class rooms both by students and instructors, and by thrifty care of the
finances and wise management of the instruction by the Chancellor and
Council.
The new site at University Heights forundergraduate work is beyond praise,
and for beauty of situation and fitness for use and growth leaves nothing to be
desired. It gives promise of being for ages a seat of sound learning, which
shall be a benefit to our State and nation, and advance the civilization of the
world. The post-graduate and professional schools at their sites in the city
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are also well adapted to their design and purposes. The attendance of
students is constantly increasing, and the work done by the students and their
instructors is improving.
The Committee commends to the thanks of the Synod the Chancellor
and Council of the University under whose fostering care so much has been
accomplished, and recommends members of the Synod to follow the example
of the Committee and visit the University for themselves.
The Committee appointed to represent the Synod at the ser-
vices in May last, held in commemoration of the completion of
Dr. L. Merrill Miller's fiftieth year as pastor of the First Church
of Ogdensburg, presented the following report, which was
accepted :
On account of sickness and other reasons, the Rev. Levi Parsons, D. D.,
and the Rev. James H. Robinson, D. D., were unable to attend the anniversary.
This was a source of regret to all concerned.
The services in connection with the anniversary were highly successful.
Everything possible had been done by the officers, the congregation and the
citizens of Ogdensburg to make the occasion memorable. The chtirch itself
was a bower of beauty and Spring loveliness, fine skill having been displayed
in the decorations. The music was of a high order, the church choir having
been supplemented by singers from a distance. The arrangements extended
over the greater part of a week, and many persons participated. One evening
was given to the greetings of neighboring pastors of all denominations. A
special meeting of the Presbytery of St. LaAvrence was held, able addresses
were delivered, and congratulatory resolutions presented to Dr. Miller. Then
there was a reception given by the Sunday School and other church organiza-
tions. The writer of this report had the pleasure of attending the closing
night of the celebration, and sharing the evening with President Stryker of
Hamilton College in addressing the vast concourse of people. Seemingly the
whole city turned out to this closing service and attended the reception to Dr.
Miller which followed the addresses. It was a truly great occasion, and it was
" good to be there."
It is a matter of hearty congratulation that an aged and faithful servant of
Jesus Christ was thus honored by a Church and community where he had lived
and labored for half a century. Dr. Miller had the affection and love of the
city in which he resided, and the esteem and confidence of the whole
Church. The anniversary was virtually the close of his long and distinguished
career. Since last May he has preached, however, and was present at the
General Assembly in Philadelphia, where we heard from his own lips how
much he enjoyed the anniversary occasion in his own church. Only a few
days ago God called him home. He is gone, but not dead, for such a man can
never die. He was a familiar figure on the floor of this Synod, and occupied
places of trust in the Church. He was the Moderator of the Synod at Troy in
1S85. We miss him to-dav, but thank God for his life of usefulness, faithful-
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[Oct. i6th,
ness, and honorable and distinguished service. Thus it is that our Christian
brothers, one by one. are entering into the eternal city whose gates are open
night and day.
" From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast.
Through gates of pearl streams in the" countless host.
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia ! "
The Permanent Committee on Systematic Beneficence pre-
sented a report, of which the following- is an abstract. The
report was accepted, and the recommendations were adopted.
The long-expected year of plenty has at length come. We hasten to con-
vey the grateful intelligence that the report this year is to be optimistic in its
tone. Not for eight years, since your present Chairman began these reports,
has the record been so creditable or the prospect so encouraging. The story
is told in the following tables-
/. A Comparative View of the Total Gifts of the Synod.
BOARDS.
1900. ,
1901.
$458,586
220.255
11,582
24,545
25,094
21,074
27,531
26,528
15.131
Gain.
Loss.
Home Missions
$304,530
187.271
15,689
22.001
20,553
22,438
29,199
25.439
$154,056
32,9*4
2,544
4,541
1,089
Foreig-n Missions
Education
$4,107
Sunday-School Work
Church Erection
Relief
Freedmen
Synodical Missions
1,364
1.6f.8
Aid for Colleges ■ 16,905
1.774
Total to Boards
General Assembly
$644,025
13,905
2,398,227
215.700
$830,326
13.535
2,509,842
297,623
$195,214
' 111^615
81,915
$8,913
370
Grand Total
$3,271,857
$3,651',326
$388,752
$9,283
//. A Comparison of Actual Receipts by the Boards.
Boards.
11)00.
1901.
Gain.
Loss.
$133,032
101,976
10,776
14.723
12,450
21,690
25,439
27,118
5,692
$130,983
117,923
10.737
16,461
13.893
22.296
26,528
26,340
6,.301
"$15,947
i',758
1,443
606
1,089
603
$2,049
Education
39
Relief
Synodical Missions
Freedmen
College Board
778
Total
$352,902
$371,482
$21,446
$2,869
Net Gain, $18,580.
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///. Comparison 0/ Payments by the Boards to the Synod.
19
Boards.
1!)00.
1901 .
Decrease.
Increase.
Home Missions
$6.7;-i0
3,765
20,747
5.100
$5,815
3,695
22,586
3.700
915
70
" l'.466
Relief
$1,839
Total . ...
$36,342
$35,796
$2,385
$1,839
Net Decrease, $546.
IV. Compari'»on Rate per Member,
OBJECTS.
To all objects
To Congregational and (ieneral As
sembly
To Benevolence at Large
To Hoards of the Church
1900.
$18 05
13 31
4 74
1 94
1901.
$19 88
13 74
6 14
2 02
Gain.
$1 83
43
1 40
Whole
Church
in 1900.
$14 93
11 36
3 57
Whole
Church
in 1901.
$15 93
11 92
4 01
The whole church gained per member to all objects, $1.00 ; to benevolence, 44 cents.
The Synod of New York gained per member to all obiects. $1.83 ; to benevolence, $1.40.
SUMMARY.
Gain to all objects, igei over 1900 $379,469 00
Gain in Congregational Expenses, 1901 over 1900 111,615 00
Gain in General Benevolence, 1901 over igoo 186,301 00
Gain in Miscellaneous Contributions, igoi over igoo 8i,g23 00
Gain in Gifts to the Boards, igoi over igoo 18, 5S0 00
Gain per Member, igoi over igoo, to all objects i 83
Gain per Member, igoi over 1900, to Congregational Expenses. ... 43
Gain per Member, igoi over igoo, to Benevolence i 40
Gain per Member, igoi over igoo, to Boards 08
Decrease in amount drawn by Synod from Boards, igoi from igoo, 546 00
Increase in number of contributions from the Churches, igoi
over igoo 83
In Ten Years.
The number of members has increased 18,457.
The contributions to the Board of Home Missions have decreased $39,188.
The contributions to all the Boards have decreased $33,465.
In igoi the Synod gave to the Boards .4g less per member than in 1891.
At the same rate per member as in i8gi, we should give to the Boards in
1901 $459,041 instead of $371,482.
An analysis of these figures shows that, as compared with igoo, we have
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made very large gains in contributions to Benevolence at large and to congre-
gational expenses. We have given more to the Boards of the Church, and have
drawn less for our own weak Churches. We have gained ground also in the
number of contributions from the chiirches; to Home Missions a gain of lo
offerings; to Foreign Missions, 24; to Education,^23 ; to Sunday School Work,
24; to Church Erection, i; to the Relief Fund, 10; to the College Board, 16;
but to Freedmen a loss of 25, leaving a net gain of 83 offerings. In this
respect we lead the whole Church in progress for the past year. The one
really significant loss is in Home Missions, to which we gave about $2,000 less
than in igoo, and less than in any year since 1885. The comparison \vith 1891
is not so pleasant. With an increase of 18,000 members in ten years, of $4.00,-
000 to Congregational Expenses, of Sirs, 000 to General Benevolence, and
nearly §200,000 in miscellaneous contributions, there has been a decrease in
contributions to the Boards of nearly $34,000.
There has been a steady decrease in the amount drawn by the Synod from
the Boards, which means that we are more and more assuming the support of
the weak Churches within our borders ; but we have also been diminishing the
stream of our gifts. Despite the gain of last year, we gave to the Boards . 49
per member less than we did in 1 8g i . So that we are not supporting the
Boards as well now as then by about twenty per cent. Even the gains of the
past year, encouraging as they are, tell of a certain indifference to the work of
the Boards which is not to our credit. We gained .43 per member in Congre-
gational Expenses, $1.40 in General Beneficence, but only 8 cents in gifts to
the Boards. The gain in General Beneficence was $17.50 to every dollar of
gain to the Boards of the Church. By General Beneficence we do not mean
the money given to charities of various kinds, hospitals, social settlements,
colleges, and the like. The amount of such gifts is many times larger, and
there is no way of ascertaining the sum of them. We mean, rather, gifts
under the head of Home Missions, Foreign Missions, and the rest reported to
the General Assembly. The total of such gifts from this Synod last year was
$630,000, but the Boards received only $371,000; $458,000 was given to Home
Missions, but the Board handled only $130,000, less than one-third of the
whole. We cannot escape the conviction that, while the Presbyterians of this
Synod are becoming more and more open-handed to the call of general charity,
they are giving less and less heed to the needs of our own Presbyterian work.
We want, therefore, to put the accent of this report upon the one crying
need in our Beneficence, namely, loyalty to the Boards. Diffuse giving falls
short of its end. A million dollars devoted to a single object may do much
good, but distributed among a hundi-ed million people at a cent apiece would
do no good. When a Presbyterian has the spirit of giving, and wants to give,
it is our business as ministers to do our best to get him to give to Presbyterian
objects. Without such concentration our beneficence fails of its object. The
water that is diverted to the power-house at Niagara has no effect upon the
majestic flood that goes plunging over the falls; but that water pouring down
those pipes, and concentrated upon the turbines, generates a power that turns
thousands of wheels of industrv, carries multittides on their wav, and bursts
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into a million glowing bulbs illuminating temple and tower, and sending
abroad over the city of light a far-shining radiance. That is precisely so with
beneficence concentrated. It does not affect the general flow of giving, but,
narrowed and confined to Presbyterian channels, it will turn more wheels and
turn them more swiftly ; it will do more vvork and do it better ; it will give
more light, shooting its rays up higher and sending them farther abroad, than
beneficence allowed to flow diffusely or directed in any other channel we can
name. Money given through Presbyterian agencies, and administered by
Presbyterian wisdom, this, it becomes not only our privilege but our duty to
secure from our people by all the tact and ingenuity, the earnestness and per-
sistency that right conviction can awaken. Happily, we have reason to hope
and believe that we are at the opening of a new era of loyalty and liberality
to the work of our beloved Church, and so we thank God and take courage.
Your Committee recommends:
1. That the ministers and elders of the Synod be urged to call the atten-
tion of their respective Churches to the fact that only a relatively small pro-
portion of their gifts to Benevolence finds its way into the treasury of the
Boards.
2. That a strong effort be made to have Church contributions to Missions
sent directly to the Boards.
3. That the Pledge System, as recommended by the General Assembly, be
heartily endorsed by this Synod.
Communications from the General Assembly, and one from the
American Bible Society were presented by the Stated Clerk, and
referred to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
A letter from Rev. M. Woolsey Stryker, D.D., President of
Hamilton College, in reply to a communication from the vSynod
last year, was presented and referred to a comtnittee consisting of
Rev. Messrs. William K. Hall and David Wills, Jr., and Elder
Ralph E. Prime.
A recess was taken until 2 o'clock P. M.
Concluded with prayer.
Wednesday, October 16, 2 o'clock P. M.
The Synod met, and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was
administered according to the arrangement.
Rev. George C. Yeisley, D.D., and Rev. Christopher G. Hazard
addressed the Synod in behalf of Systematic Beneficence.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures presented the following-
report, and its recommendations were adopted :
22 Synod of New York. [Oct. i6th,
1. A resolution referred by the Synod to this Committee :
Resolved, That the General Assembly be respectfully overtured to make a
deliverance, for the guidance of the Presbyteries of the church, as to whether
the form or ceremony of declaring a pulpit vacant is a part of a judicial act, or
is to be observed in every case of the dissolution or a pastoral relation.
It is recommended that the overture be adopted and sent to the next
Assembly.
2. A communication from the Anti-Saloon League. It is recommended
that no action be taken.
3. The General Assembly's letter on Vacancy and Supply. It is recom-
mended that the plan be adopted, and that the Stated Clerk of the Synod be
the secretary of its committee on this subject.
4. It is recommended that Presbyteries call attention to changes in the
Book of Discipline.
The Treasurer of Synodical Home Missions presented his re-
port, which was accepted, and his accounts and vouchers were
referred for audit to the Executive Committee :
In the Presbyteries co-operating during the past year, under the plan
adopted, there are 593 Churches. Of these, 469 have contributed to our funds
during the year, fifteen less than the previous year. Other Presbyteries not in
active co-operation under the plan have given small sums from individual
Churches, and Westchester Presbytery has contributed as a Presbytery.
Buffalo and Cayuga Presbyteries have contributed towards the salary of the
Superintendent. A statement of such contributions by Presbyteries and by
individual Churches accompanies this report.
Aggregate contributions for the year were $21,491 81
Balance on hand, October 1, 1900 8,704 25
Total $24,196 06
Commissions paid in full to May 1, 1900 (New York to August 1) $19,409 44
Salary of Superintendent and expenses of the Permanent and E.xecuiive Committees. . 1,780 80
Balance on hand October 1, 1901 3,005 82
Total $24,196 06
Salaries due August 1, 1901, unpaid, about $5,300 00
Salaries due November 1, 1901 , about 5,300 00
Salaries due to Missionaries in New York Presbytery November 1, 1901 1,075 00
$11,075 00
Borrowed from Home Mission Board $3,000 00
$14,675 00
Balance in Treasury, October 1, 1901 $3,(X)5 82
Deficiency $11,669 18
Contributions received too late to include in the report, but which the
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Churches desire credited to them for the year ending October i , amount to
$216.51, increasing the balance to $3,222.33.
The fourth annual report of the Superintendent of Synodical
Missions was presented and accepted, as follows :
At the outset it is fitting to note that our honored President Stevens has
been ill a considerable portion of the year, and New York Presbytery's Chair-
man, Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D.D., was also laid aside from duty during
the Summer from a similar cause. Two of our most efficient Chairmen, Rev.
Richard D. Harlan and Rev. Warren D. More, have been called to important
spheres of usefulness in other States. But notwithstanding these unforeseen
contingencies, the work has gone steadily on and we "thank God and take
courage." This has been a year of serious material losses in extensive rural
portions of our State, from failure of the soil to produce its usual quota of grain
and fruit, on which the agriculturist so largely depends. This has much dimin-
ished the ability of the smaller Churches to care for themselves, and renders
their appeal to their city brethren for aid the more eloquent and irresistible.
Our larger churches, rich in men and means, are generously sending their bene-
factions all over the world. We beseech you not to overlook the needy at your
own doois — those who are one with you in the household of faith. Do not
send them away empty when they appeal to you to assist them in securing
and retaining the bread of life.
Some of our Presbyteries are working under plans differing somewhat
from the Synodical idea. But all are working toward the same end, and all
have aided the Superintendent in securing the needed information to com-
plete his report. Every Presbytery of our State is represented in the schedule
of this report. During the year 128 commissions have been issued by the
Synodical Committee, and 35 missionaries more have been laboring under
Presbyterial commissions.
The following report summarizes the year's work :
Missionaries reporting 163
Pastors '''3
Stated supplies 91
Churciies served 184
Stations supplied at regular intervals 60
Annual amount granted $33,fi49
Amount decrease possible 1,300
Additions on profession of faith 753
Additions by certificate 390
Total membership 11,741
Total average attendance. 11,517
Baptism, adults 253
Baptism, infants 355
Number of Sabbath Schools 203
Number of Sabbath Schools organized. 10
Membersof Sabbath Schools 15,989
Members of Society of Christian En-
deavor 4,041
Church edifices (value $633,750) 175
Church edifices built (at cost of $11,870) 5
Church edifices repaired (at cost of
$7,807) 33
Church debts canceled $5,578
Number of manses (value $123,100).. 101
With exceeding gratification we announce that the churches of Prospect
Heights, Brooklyn ; Westminster, Auburn ; Belmont in Champlain Presby-
tery ; Pleasantville, East Meredith, Clarkstown German, and Westminster,
Hornellsville, have become self-sustaining. The last has made especially
commendable advance, increasing its members during the past five j'ears
from 46 to 256, nearly sixfold, and September ist it entered its new church
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edifice, costing $12,000, one of the best appointed buildings in the State for
Church work on modern lines. During the year East Side Church, Rochester,
South Church, Syracuse, and Blaisdell, Buffalo, have been organized. We
have enrolled two churches which were formerly Congregational, Sound
Beach Church, in the Presbytery of WestchesteV and Tannersville First.
Columbia. The following churches have enjoyed special manifestations of
the Holy Spirit, Mayfield, Ross Memorial and Floral Avenue. Binghamton ;
Prospect Heights and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn ; Allegany, Orangeville, West
Fayette, Wassaic, Middle Granville, Westminster, Hornellsville and Spring-
field, Mass. Home Crest, Brooklyn, Benson Mines and Austerlitz have
been or are erecting new houses of worship. Elmira South, Ravenswood,
Brunswick, Junius, Wrights Corners, and others are rejoicing over improved
and renovated church edifices. Old Forge has secured a fine chapel at the head
of Fourth Lake, Fulton Chain. Borough Park, Brooklyn, needs a church
building. Chili and Salt Point have secured suitable manses. The same are
greatly needed at Gulf Summit, Masonville and Brookfield. Many pastors
and weak congregations feel the need of better appliances for prosecuting
their work. One lacks a suitable communion service, another a Sabbath
School library ; here a church bell and there an organ would encourage and
strengthen many faithful toilers in the Lord's service. By such kindly remem-
brances, some thoughtful and wealthy children of the King have sent gleams
of sunshine into many half-discouraged hearts, and stimulated them to devise
and achieve even greater things for the Master's Kingdom. " For the poor
always ye have with you " will doubtless be true till time shall end. ' ' Blessed
is he that considereth the poor."
We can never call the work complete. Faithful workers are called to
glory or are transferred to other spheres of usefulness, but the Church
remains and must seek to reach and assimilate the new material which shall
enter in and perpetuate its life. Constant, untiring cultivation of the field
must precede the harvest. The plea of many a country as well as city flock is
for faithful, sympathetic, earnest men as pastors. House-to-house work is as
essential as pulpit ministrations. Some Churches, while commending the
faithfulness of the few, lament the faithlessness of the many. Practical, sys-
tematic beneficence would solve many financial problems among the weak
Churches. Some Churches forget the great benevolent boards, centering all
their gifts on home interests. Other Churches lack willing material for elders
and Sunday School workers. The influx of foreigners in some places has
weakened our numbers and material resources.
From every part of the State come fervent petitions for the special
manifestation of the Holy Spirit, the awakening of the careless, the reclaiming
of those who have gone out of the way, having forgotten their first love, and
the quickening of the entire Church, prompting it to renewed zeal and
constancy in the Master's service. Thankful for the evident Divine favor
enjoyed by our dependent Churches during last year, may we not confidently
believe that the Great Head of the Church inspires this petition, being about
to grant to His faithful ones rich spiritual blessings ?
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The work in our State is appealing more and more to Christian people as
they become more familiar with its methods and results. Not only are its
methods simple, but practical and inexpensive. Perhaps no benevolent work
of the Church expends less for administrative purposes or produces larger
spiritual results. Each year witnesses an increase in gifts for this object, and
the work of the Church in the State is being extended in the planting of new
Churches and the firmer establishing of the old by combining fields under
one pastor. To-day there are very few vacant dependent churches. Church
property is being greatly improved and rendered more useful, attractive and
better adapted to worship. Best of all, each year marks an mcrease in the
number of those added to the dependent Churches on profession of faith, this
year touching the highest mark yet attained — 752 souls. It is the cultivated
and not the abandoned field from which such harvests may be reaped. Can
we not feel that God is honoring the work with His own peculiar blessing ?
These pastors and people engaged in this honorable, often self-sacrificing
work are your brethren in the Lord, and they deserve your hearty sympathy,
your most fervent prayers and your most liberal gifts. Intercourse with
them will fully attest their worth. They are laying foundation.s in Church
and State which will endure. By providing promptly and fully for their temporal
necessities, by words of encouragement and Christian sympathy, by remem-
bering them fervently at the throne of grace, will you not manifest your
appreciation of their efforts and enable them to feel that their " labor is not
in vain in the Lord," and the blessing of heaven shall rest upon and
abide with you all forever.
The following items of personal service are herewith mentioned :
Visits to congregations 91 I Presbyteries visited 9
Sermons and addresses 161 Churches supplied with pastors 40
Lord's Supper administered 6 j Installations aUended 2
Marriages solemnized 1 I Letters written 2,460
Funerals attended 14 | Miles traveled 19,133
Elder ordained 1 I Salary and expenses $1,533.75
The Report of the Permanent Committee on Synodical Home
Missions was presented and accepted, and its recommendations
were adopted as follows :
Your committee is unable to present the customary statistical report
which has usually prefaced this report, owing to the removal of the Secretary,
Rev. Richard D. Harlan. The following recommendations are submitted :
1. We recommend the approval of the budget, and the apportionment of
the amount of $30,895 among the Presbyteries according to Art. XH of
the Plan.
2. That the Synod extend its thanks and express its sympathy to Mr. A.
P. Stevens, Chairman of the Executive Committee, praying for his speedy
recovery to health.
26 Synod of New York. [Oct. i6th,
3. That the thanks of the Synod be tendered to Mr. Henry Aird, Treas-
urer, for his prompt and faithful discharge of the many exacting duties of
his office.
4. That the Synod calls upon the Presbyteries to see that the following
instruction of the Plan be obeyed: — "The Session of each Presbyterian
Church shall give the congregation an opportunity to contribute to the cause
of Synodical Missions each year," and that delinquent churches be called to
account for failure to contribute.
5. Since many Sessions have failed to comply with the recommendation
adopted last year which is essential to the success of Synodical Missions, we
would again call attention to the recommendation, which is as follows :
"That, inasmuch as the Committee is entirely dependent upon the gifts of
the Churches, and has no means whatever of bridging over a portion of the
year without funds, it is imperative that the offerings for this cause be taken
soon after the meeting of Synod, and if possible before January first, or
where Churches apportion their benevolent funds according to recommenda-
tion of General Assembly that a generous percentage be set aside for Synod-
ical Missions."
6. That the attention of Churches be called to the following instructions
in sending their contributions, (a) That the name of the Presbytery as well
as that of the Church be distinctly given, (d) That the word "Treasurer"
be added to that officer's name on the cheques.
7. That Art. IX., Sec. 2, of the Plan, be amended to read : "Whenever
a Presbytery becomes delinquent in the payment of its apportionment, the
Treasurer and Synodical Superintendent shall withhold an amount pro-
portionate to the deficiency."
Grateful for the hearty co-operation of the loyal Presbyteries which have
persistently aided in this work, and confidently relying upon even a greater
unanimity on the part of all our Churches, Presbytei'ies and Presbyterial
Committees for the year to come, we hope that the motto of last year, " For
Christ and the Church," will be grandly realized.
The Rev. Messrs. George Fairlee, William H. Littelland James
Robertson were appointed a committee to nominate five Elders to
serve for the ensuing year on the Permanent Committee on
Synodical Home Missions.
The Report of the Committee on the Observance of the Lord's
Day was presented and accepted. Addresses were made by Rev.
Howard Duffield, D. D., Commander A". V. Wadhams, U. S. N.,
and Rev. William S. Hubbell, D. D., and further action was post-
poned until Thursday.
Adjourned imtil Thursday at nine o'clock a. m.
Concluded with prayer.
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Wednesday, October 16, 7.30 o'clock p. m.
A Popular Meeting was held in the interest of Home and
Foreign Missions and Missions for Freedmen. Reports were read,
and addresses were made by Elders Henry W. Jessup and John
Willis Baer, Rev. J. Balcom Shaw, D. D., Rev. Samuel T. Clarke
and Rev. William H. Weaver, D. D.
Thursday, October 17, 9 o'clock a. m.
The Synod met and spent half an hour in devotional services.
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 Report on Home Missions, presented Wednesday
evening, was accepted, and its recommendations were adopted, as
follows :
Through our Board of Home Missions the Synod has an experienced
and effective agent for evangelizing America. We have not as yet come
adequately to appreciate this fact or to avail ourselves wholly of our
splendid privileges. Our progress has not been what we should have made
it. Indeed, if money talks, we have hardly held our own, for during the
fiscal year of iSgg-igoo the Home Board received from our Churches, and
various organizations within the Synod, $75,531. The last year we have sent
the Board $74,686, a decrease of nearly $1,000. The largest amount,
$32,982, was given by the New York Presbytery, the next by Brooklyn,
$5,987; Westchester, third, $5,789; Rochester, fourth, $3,243; Geneva, fifth,
$2,313; Troy, $2,155; Buffalo, $2,138, and so on through the list, the
smallest amount given by one Presbytery being $190. Out of 876 Churches
in the Synod, 247 failed to send an offering to the Board; and of the
629 Churches that did, only 63 gave as much as one cent a week per
member.
In the year 1890-91, a decade ago, our Churches contributed $115,165
to the Home Board. Contrast this with the amount given last year, and
we find the decrease is $40,479. True, that in the earlier years of the
decade the Synod sent all its money for Home work through the Board,
and within a few years has successfully cared for its own Synodical work,
but we still find that the total amount is $106,672 during the last year, as
against $115,165 ten years ago.
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In fairness, it ought to be stated that our Churches have given during
the last year $56,297 to the Women's Board of Home Missions, but in 1890
they gave $55,005: so that when we take the money contributed directly to
the Board — and that is all that is available to the Bo^rd for evangelization
— and the amount given for Synodical work and the work done by the
Women's Board, the review of the decade is not one to make us proud of
our achievements.
Your Committee, however, calls attention to progress made in another
and important direction. Ten years ago the Board paid $42,811 for work
within the bounds of the Synod. Last year the figure was $5,815. As has
been intimated, the fact that in later years the Synod has cared for its own
local work accounts largely for this reduction. Let it be further known,
however, that the only payments made last year within the Synod by the
Home Board was $2,486 for the work among the Iroquois Indians m Buffalo
Presbytery, and $3,328 given to needy Churches in the Presbytery of Boston.
In view of the fact that it is only within the bounds of Boston Presbytery
that the Home Board makes payments, let us remember that in 1891 the
amount paid by the Board was $10,939; in 1895, $7,542, and during the
last year $3,328. In 1891 the Board contributed toward the support of
twenty Churches in New England, and also paid the salary of the Presby-
terial Missionary. This last year but twelve Churches have required the
Board's assistance. Thus there has been some progress made in Boston
Presbytery, and surely, though may be all too slowly, it is pressing its
way toward self-support.
"America has become the wardrobe of the earth, the wheat-bin of the
hemispheres, the com-crib of all nations, the purveyor of meats to all markets,
the successful competitor in the commercial trade of the globe, and the head
banker of the world." What an enviable record! Would it not be well to be
able to add that America is equally interested in having the cross of Christ
upheld in every square mile over which wave the Stars and Stripes ? Let us
rally around our Board of Home Missions with a newborn desire for service
and a deeper spirit of consecration. Generally speaking, " Missionary treas-
uries are low because many are satisfied with the thought that they are giving
as much as the average church member. Average and ideal are far from
meaning the same ; they are not synonymous. As ministers and elders and
churches, our self-preservation is conditioned on our obedience to the great
commission. Now, it is preach or perish. Evangelize or fossilize. Let ours
be a saving church with girded loins and btirning lamp." To that end permit
the following suggestions :
I. That two congregational offerings be made a year to the Home Board,
and the money sent promptly to the treasurer, thus helping the Board to save
a large annual interest on borrowed money. At the same time let the Synod
urge all Churches to adopt some systematic plan for contributing to Home
Missions, and thus avoid depending wholly upon these two congregational
offerings proposed.
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2. That on the Sabbath preceding Thanksgiving Day, the Sunday-schools
be invited to make an offering to Mission School work, and the Sabbath nearest
Washington's birthday be observed by an offering for the general work of the
Board.
3. That the Synod urge the appointment of a Home Mission Committee
in every Church famiHar with the methods and motives of the Home Board,
and that the name of the chairman be sent to the Home Board for enrolment.
4. That Churches, families and individuals be encouraged to siipport a
missionary through the Board on the Home field.
5. That the Synod express its sympathy with the last Assembly's sug-
gestion that the centennial year of Home Missions be signalized by an effort
to secure $850,000 for the work of the Board, and pledge its hearty co-operation
and renewed interest in the forthcoming celebration of the Centennial year.
The Report on Foreign Missions, presented Wednesday even-
ing, was accepted, and is as follows :
Since the last meeting of the Synod the country has enjoyed unprecedented
prosperity, and the territor)- embraced in our jurisdiction has been more
highly favored, perhaps, than any other. Our offerings for World Evangelism
should have doubled. Instead, the increase has been but slight, and the
progress of the Kingdom is still seriously retarded. That this indicates a
failure to realize the responsibilities and privileges of Christian stewardship
there can be no doubt. America is the richest nation on the globe ; and its
financial center lies within our own ecclesiastical bounds. Yet luxury of
living, extravagance in dress, profligate pleasure-seeking, reckless self-
indulgence, characterize the age. Many of our people have so much money
that they have difficulty in investing it advantageously. Five years ago,
when we were in the midst of what were ludicrously known as hard times,
for they were but relatively such, our church members, including our poor-
est mission people, and the hundreds who were beneficiaries of our Deacons'
Boards, or other benevolent agencies, were laying aside in savings an average
of not less than $500 a year. This must have increased in geometrical pro-
gression since then ; and yet the Church withholds its tithes, and, by thus
virtually robbing God, is proclaiming its disloyalty and limiting its blessing.
We are accustomed to charge the responsibility chiefly upon Pastors ; and
there the bulk of the blame must be located. For one leading the strenuous
life of a pastor, burdened with the duties of leadership and organization, sub-
ject to interruptions and incessant strain, with the demands of the pulpit and
of the parish each clamoring for ascendancy, it is easy to overlook claims and
interests that lie without his local circle ; yet only as the minister keeps the
mission flame burning in his own heart is his leadership likely to be either
aggressive or commanding. But your Committee, after more than a decade's
superintendence, has come to feel that yet greater responsibility must be
thrown upon the Sessions. These must first awake from their stupor before
30 Synod of New York. [Oct. 17th,
our Churches can be awakened. No forward movement will be possible until
our Elders join in its leadership. Could a good, stiff breeze of enthusiasm
blow for a few days this Fall through the Board rooms of some of our Churches
it would do more than anything else to advance the work of the Lord abroad
or at home.
Then there are perfunctory Presbyterial committees, made up of members
who never do Foreign Mission work in their own Churches, or who regard the
position as more an honor than anything else, or who are averse to letter
writing, or who are fearful of doing an aggressive thing lest they offend a
fellow minister or incur the ill-will of a neighboring Church, who, in a word,
are more interested in themselves than in the Kingdom of God. All our
Presbyterial Committees do not answer to such a description, but not a few do,
and their control is a reflection upon the Presbyteries they represent, and
is the primal secret ot the slow advance these Presbyteries are making in this
branch of church benevolence.
Your Committee, desiring to be an example to those with whom it is co-
operating, has given itself to an active campaign during the past year. It
undertook, early, to organize mission mass meetings in the largest centers of
population. In view of the then recent uprising in China, it was thought \vise
to make the Chinese persecutions the subject of these meetings, and two of
our ablest China missionaries. Rev. Albert A. Fulton and Rev. George Corn-
well, kindly put themselves at the service of the Committee. It proved im-
practicable to organize meetings in New York, Brooklyn, Utica, Albany,
Poughkeepsie, Binghamton, Elmira, Watertown and Plattsburg, owing, in
most cases, to the fact that missionary gatherings had recently been held at
those centers, though m a few cases the pastors appealed to expressed serious
doubt as to the wisdom of the plan. Of the twelve cities in the original list,
but three, Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse, responded. The meetings at
these points were largely attended, and left impressions that must prove
abiding.
But the work which perhaps proved the most fruitful was that of Pres-
byterial visitation, in which every Church in certain Presbyteries was
addi-essed upon Foreign Missions and stirred, we believe, to new zeal and better
organization. These itineraries were conducted by the Field Secretary of the
Foreign Board, ^Rev. Dr. Thomas Marshall, who rendered a service whose
results ai-e incalculable. Bringing to it ripe experience, practical knowledge,
and a heart burning with a passion for souls and for the extension of the
Kingdom, his visitation became a blessing to the Churches, and their uni-
versal testimony was that he had made a deep impression, and planted seed
that will yield abundant harvest. The Committee acknowledges its indebted-
ness to Dr. Marshall, and hopes that he may find it possible in the near future
to return to this Synod and give it more of his masterful service. His
itinerary embraced the Presbyteries of Troy, Genesee and Albany. The
expense has been borne in part by the Churches, but chiefly by the treasury
of the committee, which has been kept i-eplenished by interested persons.
We close the year with a balance of $115.01.
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Your committee pledges itself to continue the work committed to its
care, and to do it, if possible, with greater intelligence, devotion and zeal
than ever. But is that enough ? Heavy, indeed, is the burden of responsi-
bility which falls upon this foremost, Synod of the Church. Never have
the doors of heathendom swung wider open than now ; never have our
missionaries been the picked men and women, intellectually, physically or
spiritually, that they are to-day ; never has our Board been better organized ;
never has the voice of Providence spoken more clearly or loudly to the
Church than at this moment. Will the churches, then, outdo their past,
or will they, by prolonged indifference, prevent the advance to which the
Spirit calls, and which were otherwise so easily possible ? The time has
come for our great ecclesiastical bodies to step out into a strong, aggressive
leadership, and bid the Church to follow. Shall not this Synod be the first
to move, and send down to every minister. Presbytery, Presbyterial Com-
mittee, and particularly every Session, a call to a forward movement that
shall be not merely a resolution, a sentiment, an ecclesiastical deliverance,
but a spiritual challenge, a holy command, the giving of marching orders
in the name of the Captain of our salvation ? Because this seems to your
committee the need of the hour, we refrain from offering the usual formal
recommendations, but, pledging ourselves to new endeavor and renewed
enterprise, we beg the Synod to sound forth such a summons to the
Presbyteries, and the Churches under their care, as shall command imme-
diate attention and challenge full response ; and we bespeak from every
Minister and Elder attending this session a consecration to this movement
and a co-operation with it that shall be profound, sincere and entire.
A resolution concerning a digest of the Laws of the Assembly
and Synod affecting our vacant missionary churches was pre-
sented and referred to the Cominittee on Finance.
The consideration of the report on the Observance of the
Lord's Day was resumed, and its recommendations were adopted.
The report is as follows :
There are not wanting evidences that the Church is beginning to realize
the importance of pressing home upon men's consciences the obligation, the
privileges and the blessings of ' ' remembering the Sabbath day to keep it
holy.'" Undoubtedly it is awakening to the seriousness of the situation. For
railroads and newspapers, trade and pleasure have been tempting even mem-
bers of the Church to forget that the Lord's Day is sacred to God and holy
things. A spirit of so-called liberalism decries the narrowness of any con-
scientious regard for the Sabbath, and the Sabbath-desecrating secular press is
a willing megaphone for the sounding forth of such sentiments. The customs
of society have changed seriously, and not for the better, as is plainly seen on
every hand. But Presbyteries, Synods and General Assemblies, Councils,
Conferences and Convocations are pushing this question to the front, and are
33 Synod of New York.. [Oct. lyth,
uttering their voice with no uncertain sound. The time is come when, not so
much in its legal as in its social, philanthropic and spiritual aspects, it must
be given a most important place in our deliberations, because of the peril
which has arisen and of the transcendent importance of preserving the day
and maintaining its religious observance. More fundamentally important is it
to the purity and well-being of the Church and to the efficiency of its v/ork of
salvation that all men shall be free to keep the day holy, and that all Christians
shall keep it holy, than is either home or foreign missions, or, for that matter,
any object to which we give our prayers and offerings. The maintenance of a
regular and general church attendance, the strength of the spiritual life, steady
growth in grace, the vigorous prosecution of the Church's philanthropic and
missionary operations, all depend upon improving the opportunities which
come to our work-burdened, world-weary humanity only in the right use of
the Lord's Day. Said President Timothy Dwight, of Yale, "Take this day
from the Christian's calendar and all that remains will be cloudy and cheerless ;
religion will instantly decay; ignorance, error and vice will immediately
triumph, the sense of duty vanish, morals fade away, the acknowledgment
and even the remembrance of God be far removed from mankind, the glad-
tidings of salvation cease to sound, and the communioation between earth and
heaven cut off forever." While Bishop Peck pithily says : " The Sabbath is
the lungs by which the Christian religion breathes. Destroy it, and Chris-
tianity dies of consumption."
Patriotism not less demands a well and universally kept Sabbath. Sir
Charles Reed is right in declaring that "the defence of the Sabbath is a
patriotic duty." De Tocqueville once said to an American, when our Sabbath-
keeping was much better than it is now : ' ' France must have your Sabbath or
she is ruined." It is of intense interest to note the vigorous struggle now
waging in that land to regain what we must be alert not to lose. May
God prosper the issue in both lands ! This nation can not permit its great
industries, its expositions, its gigantic corporations, its seekers after pleasure,
or those covetous of gain to violate the laws of God or of the State for the
weekly rest day without sowing seeds which shall imperil the security of
property and the safety of human life. The great tragedy enacted so recently
in Buffalo not only plunged the civilized world into mourning, but has also had
the more blessed result of quickening the public conscience to demand a
deeper and more general regard for sacred things.
We record with mingled grief and indignation that the Pan-American
Exposition has been .opened each Lord's Day in spite of petitions signed bv
about 2,000,000 citizens, and in opposition to the protests of churches and labor
organizations of the State. In the language of the General Assembly, this is
"opposed to the best traditions and interests of American institutions and
civilization." It is significant that on Sundays — though the charge for admis-
sion is but half that of other days, and though this is the day when shops, stores
and offices are closed, and toiling multitudes are free — the attendance has
averaged only one-half of that on week days. The hearts of the masses
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are still right ; they desire no breaking down of holy things. May the God
of all righteousness ever keep them so !
The Sunday law has been strengthened in the State since our last
meeting. Many places of trade which were then legally open on Sunday
must now be closed. This is the work of the better elements in these
shops. Christians should encourage further action in the same line. There
is absolutely no valid reason for the opening of groceries and confectioners'
and tobacco shops. The open tobacco shop is especially objectionable, as
it becomes an idling place for many men and boys who ought to be either
with their families at home or at church, or else in the fresh air, and not
in the little back room of the cigar store, thick with smoke, and often vile
with impure story and lewd jest, where the best things that are offered
are the Sunday newspaper and games of chance. Your Committee recom-
mends:
1. That we again place on record our deep conviction of the impera-
tive importance and duty (i) of maintaining the institution of the American
Christian Sabbath, and (2) of remembering the day to keep it holy. To
this end we warn all the members of our churches against its many in-
sidious foes ; and we charge them to be particularly watchful of themselves,
that by both word and deed they honor the day and keep it for holy and
spiritual things.
2. We call the attention of all our ministers and Sessions to the action
of the Assembly recommending that in every church during the month of
April, 1902, there be preached a sermon upon this subject, and that an
offering be taken at that service for the American Sabbath Union.
3. The Synod frankly records its appreciation of the fact that, by
closing the Midway and stopping the machinery, the Directors have made
the Sunday opening of the Pan-American Fair as unobjectionable as possible.
Nevertheless, it profoundly deprecates the fact that in disregard of the
best sentiment in the State, and the direct petitions of so large a number
of its people, and insensible to the command of God to keep the Sabbath
holy, they have seen fit to prosecute a secular business upon the Lord's
Day, and have opened the gates of the Exposition from one to eleven
o'clock r. M. each Sunday ; whereas, to borrow the words of the Assembly,
' ' they should have closed the said gates to visitors all the hours of each
Sunday during the continuance of the said Exposition." At the same time
we would remember with honor such directors of the Exposition as fi-om
first to last fought against this pernicious action.
4. That all the Presbyteries connected with this Synod be requested
to apjDoint Committees on Sabbath Observance.
5. That the Synod again commend to the churches the American Sab-
bath Union, the Woman's National Sabbath Alliance, the New York Sab-
bath Committee, and the New England Sabbath Association.
34 Synod of New York. [Oct. 17th,
A resolution respecting- the observance of the Lord's Day was
presented and referred to the Committee on Bills and Overtures,
and a communication from the National Federation of Churches
and Christian Workers was referred to the same committee.
The Permanent Committee on Ministerial Relief presented
the following report, which was accepted, and after an address by
Rev. Benjamin L. Agnew, D.D., Secretary of the Board, the
recommendations were adopted :
The appeal made by the Board is pathetic, because the conditions on
which it is based make it so. These conditions briefly are that the Board is
charged by the Church with the duty of pro\nding for the veterans of its
service no longer able to do so for themselves, and the Presbyterian Church
neglects or fails to furnish the means. Stated with some specification, the
facts are that on the roll of the Board for the year ending March 31, igoi,
there are 931 families ; twenty-eight more than in any previous year. Those of .
this number on the Honorably Retired roll — 136 aged ministers — received an
average annuity of $258.47, the maximum allowance being but $300, while
the remainder obtained but $180 per annum. This latter meagre amount was
a little less than paid the previous year, the lamentable fact being that the
addition of any to the number under the Board's care is not provided for by
additional contributions, but necessitates a deduction from the already
inadequate sum apportioned to those previously on the roll. And the increase
in numbers continues, this year the proportion of annuitants being in the
startling ratio of one in every eight ministers on the roll of the Assembly.
Thus, unless the Churches come to its help, the Board will be compelled still
further and continuously to cut down the annuities, now all too small. This
in face of the fact that the average contribution per member of the Church
at large is less than ten cents per year.
How stands the Synod of the Empire State, with a Church membership of,
say, 185,000? There is some gratification in being able to report even a few
encouraging features. More churches of the Synod have contributed than the
previous year, the number being 602 as against 594 ; but with the increase in
the number of churches, that of those not contributing to the Board is larger,
namely, 253 as against 249 the previous year. The contributions have been
larger, reaching a total of $22,296.33 as against $21,690.50 for the year ending
1900, yet an average of about only twelve cents per church member for the
Synod. But to offset the enlarged contributions there is the discouraging fact
that, for the first time in the record, the Presbyteries of the Synod drew from
the Board more than was contributed, to the amount of nearly $300. Ten
years ago this Synod gave to the Board $28,140.96 as against $22,296.33 last
year, and drew out then $16,792, as against $22,586.67 this year, a difference
against the Board of $11,639.30 as compared with ten years ago, notwithstand-
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ing the interest in members and the vast increase in the wealth of our churches.
No other of the great Synods shows so gi-eat falling off.
Coming to the Presbyteries, we find that during last year 9 increased
their contributions as against 13 the previous year; that of New York leads
with an enlargement of $1,373, or 15 percent; Buffalo, Niagara, Rochester,
St. Lawrence, Long Island, Utica, Boston and Cayuga follow, some in larger
and some in smaller proportions. The remainder of the Presbyteries either
contribute substantially as before, or decreasing somewhat. Much more
might be said, but enough is indicated to make it evident that our churches
are not doing what they should or could. Is it that the Christian people will
not heed the urgent necessities of those who are in a special sense our
Lord's brethren, of whom certainly he would have said: "Inasmuch as
ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done
it unto me " ? Surely it cannot be. Shall we not rather believe that they
do not know ? It was with this latter view that your Committee undertook
the work in accordance with the recommendation made by the Synod at
its last meeting. A plan was elaborated by which it was expected
to reach every Church in the Synod through the Presbyterial Committee,
and, if possible, secure the appointment of a Committee in each to
promote interest in this Board. Correspondence was opened with the
Clerks of Presbyteries, and a letter was addressed to each Chairman ex-
plaining the purposes of your Committee, and arranging for a scheme for
carrying on the work, as well as offering co-operation to the fullest extent.
The plan embodied a report to be returned to your Committee by the
Presbyterial Chairmen as to the work in the churches under their care.
For sufficient reasons, the plan was not put into operation until the Spring,
perhaps partly because it was then late. Returns have been made to us
thus far only in a very few cases. Notwithstanding, we have reason to
believe that in the Presbyteries, at least, a number of them — but how
many we regret to be unable to say — the method was adopted and sup-
ported. Your Committee, therefore, indulges a hope that it has been, and
majr yet be, productive of helpful results, and that the same may be shown
in the next report. In any event, it is evident that patient and specific
effort, persistently followed up, is needed on the part of Synods and Pres-
byteries to inform pastors and people, and impress them with their duties,
and the needs in connection with this work. Your Committee heartily
accords with the remark in the Report of the Board to the last Assembly
that ' ' nothing will or can take the place of an earnest, warm-hearted pre-
sentation of this sacred cause from the pulpit by pastors and supplies of
churches," and also in the further observation that "If every Session
would appoint a Standing Committee as General Assemblies have recom-
mended, such a Committee could devise ways and means to raise more
money than is generally raised."
Your Committee also most urgently commends this object to the Elders
of our Churches, whose special interest should be enlisted. It is particu-
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larly appropriate and gracious that they should largely relieve the pastors
in this matter.
In view of what has been stated, and of much more that might be re-
cited, shall not this Synod, its Pastors and Elders, be stimulated to renewed
effort for the coming year ? Your Committee recommends :
1. That in view of the pressing and ever-increasing needs of the Board of
Relief, the Synod earnestly renews its enjoinder that every Church on its roll
take up a collection, at least once annually, for this object, and recommends
that on the Sabbath previous to the collection, or as nearly so as circumstances
will permit, a sernion be preached bearing on the subject, and urging these
claims; also that on the same occasion the leaflets issued by the Board giving
information regarding it should be distributed among the people.
2. That the Synod urges Presbyteries to give a prominent place to the
work of the Board, and through their chairmen to specially call for the co-
operation of the Elders, so that by the appointment of a Committee in each
Church as repeatedly recommended by the Assembly, and the continued en-
couragement of their active efforts, the interest of the people may be stimu-
lated.
3. That the Permanent Committee of the Synod should be diligent in
communication and co-operation with the Presbyteries looking to the carrying
out of these recommendations, and in such other direction as may be deemed
helpful and desirable.
4. That the Synod notes with great interest the action taken by the last
Assembly through its Committee on Ministerial Relief and the subsequent
attitude of the Elders of that Assembly in popular meeting assembled. It
welcomes the special Committee appointed by the Assembly to consider, in
connection with the Board of Relief, the whole question of the support of
honorably retired ministers and their families, and hopes earnestly that some
plan may be presented by it to the next Assembly which may commend
itself to the churches and be urged by them in the interest of an adequate
provision for the object named.
The interests of the American Bible Society were presented
by Rev. John Fox, D.D., one of the Secretaries.
The Permanent Committee on Church Erection presented the
following report, which was accepted, and its recommendations
were adopted :
In order of seniority, the work of this Board stands midway between
Home Missions, just rounding out a full century, and Aid for Colleges, still in
its teens. At this first meeting in the new century we look back and ask,
what has been accomplished since the Old School Assembly inaugurated this
work in 1844, under the name of Church Extension ? In the first year there
were 42 appropriations, and the modest sum of $2,730 was paid out. Nearly
threescore years have elapsed, and some four million dollars have been
paid out in aid of over 6,500 churches, about ten percent, (in number) of
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these appropriations being for manses. The bare statement of even this
large sum gives but little idea of the extent of this work. The property
benefited must exceed fifteen million dollars in value. The churches aided
in securing permanent homes are located all the way from San Juan to
Skaguay. One is well named "Northern Light," while another looks out
toward the tropical seas. Men of various hues and kindreds and tribes and
tongues gather to worship the common Father under roofs which this agency
has helped to rear. In round numbers, $2,000 has been granted for Porto
Rico, to be followed we trust by many other grants ; $7,000 in aid of 13
churches in Alaska ; $65,000 in Indian Territory ; $34,000 in Montana. For
convenience let us take $25,000 as a unit. This sum (approximately) has
been spent in aid of churches in Oklahoma, West Virginia and Florida;
twice as much in Oregon, Tennessee and Te.xas ; three times in Colorado and
each of the Dakotas ; four times in the State of Washington ; six times in
Nebraska and California ; eight times in Minnesota and Missouri ; more than
ten times in Kansas, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Iowa. In our own Synod
nearly $200,000 has been spent in aid of more than 300 churches, benefiting
property worth a million dollars.
The work has grown in variety and complexity. Special needs have
given rise to a half-dozen funds in place of the one general fund of the early
days. The church offerings go, as always heretofore, for the grants that are
made in modest sums to assist the feebler congregations. The Loan Fund is
for stronger churches, building more costly structures, for which they are
able to pay by distributing the payments over a series of years. Such loans
bear interest, of course. Two funds also give help for manse building. The
" Manse Fund " proper is loaned in small sums without interest, to be returned
usually in three annual payments. The new " Raynolds Fund" offers help
for churches erecting more expensive manses, desiring loans upon which a
moderate rate of interest is paid. The Stuart and the Barber Funds are. for
special purposes, designated by the donors.
In our own Synod we rejoice to find that in 1901, as in igoo, the number
of contributing churches has stood well above 500. The total contribution
for 1 901, $13,893, gives an average of about $25.00 for each contributing
church. This in itself seems fairly satisfactory. But examination of the
Board's report shows that the few do by far the larger part. In this case,
eighteen of our churches, giving $100 or more each, have contributed over
$8,000. The others, more than 500 in number, have given less than $6,000.
On the honor roll of eighteen are two churches each in Brooklyn, Buffalo and
Cayuga Presbyteries, nine in New York, and one each in Otsego, Ro-
chester and Westchester. It is a typical fact that the one church in Rochester
gives fully a third as much to this object as its thirty sisters together, the two
churches in Buffalo give almost the same sum as their twenty contributing
sisters, the two in Cayuga give nearly three times as much as their ten
contributing sisters, while the nine in New York give more than nineteen
times as much as their twenty-three contributing sisters. Observe that we
are not speaking of the churches which give nothing at all. In short, and in
38 Synod of New York. [Oct. 17th,
round numbers, eighteen churches give over $8,000, where the other 500 odd
give less than $6,000.
In contributions to this object our Synod has fallen far below the level of
ten years ago. In 1890 we gave more than half as much as all the other
Synods together, and nearly twice as much as Pennsylvania. Now we give
scarcely more than a third of the gifts of the other Synods, and but little more
than Pennsylvania. Indeed, New York fell behind Pennsylvania in 1899 and
1900, but has now regained her lead. Her gifts to this object are doubly im-
portant, for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are the Synods by
which, in a very real sense, the Board lives. Some Synods regularly give less
than they draw out, a few give sometimes less and sometimes more, while the
three named are the ones which regularly give more than they ask for.
A close study reveals the following facts concerning the Presbyteries:
Three, Binghamton, Columbia and Troy, show a considerable decrease in
offerings. Buffalo is irregular in its gifts, and shows a considerable decrease
in 1901 as compared with 1900. Fourteen may be classified as fairly steady in
gifts of recent years, in no case showing any considerable gain, although in
some cases falling far below the standard of 1 890 or 1 891 . Albany, Champlain and
Steuben have been fairly uniform in their gifts. Chemung, Genesee, Geneva,
Hudson, Long Island, North River, Rochester and Syracuse have been fairly
uniform in recent years, but have not reached the level of ten years ago.
Lyons shows quite a decrease in 1901, and Nassau and Otsego for two years
past. Three Presbyteries, New York, St. Lawrence and Westchester, show
recent growth, though still not up to the older standard. In two cases, Boston
and Brooklyn, recent growth has brought them up practically to the older
standard, though Brooklyn has not reached the figm-e of 1890. Three Presby-
teries show good growth, Cayuga, Niagara and Utica. Cayuga has practi-
cally reached and Niagara and Utica have far surpassed the best previous
record under review. Will not the other Presbyteries emulate the good ex-
ample ? It is recommended :
1. That chairmen of Presbyterial Committees on Church Erection be re-
quested to help in securing increased offerings from our churches, especially
where contributions have diminished in recent years .
2. That the attention of the Presbyteries and chairmen of Presbyterial
Committees be called to the action of the last Assembly as follows : That it
be incorporated in the Standing Rulss of Presbyteries that the chairmen of all
Presbyterial Committees on Church Erection shall report to the Board as early
information as possible in regard to any church which has been dissolved or
which has practically abandoned for religious services its church building.
3. That Elder Orrin Day, at his own reqviest, be excused from serving on
this committee, and that Elder Walter McEwan be substituted.
Rev. Henry C. Minton, D. D., of the Synod of California, and
Rev. Richard S. Holmes, D. D., of .the Synod of Pennsylvania,
being- present, were invited to sit as Corresponding Members.
The Committee to collate the reports of the Committees on
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the Records of the Presbyteries reported, recommending that the
Records of the following Presbyteries be approved without ex-
ception: Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Cayuga, Champlain, Chemung,
Columbia, Genesee, Geneva, Eastern Persia, Hudson, Long
Island, Lyons, Nassau, New York, Niagara, North River, North
Laos, Rochester, Steuben, Syracuse, Troy, Utica and Westchester,
and the report was adopted.
The Committee on Forms of Worship reported progress and
was continued.
The Committee on the Minutes of the General Assembly
reported that they had found nothing calling for the action of the
Synod, and the report was accepted.
The Committee to nominate five elders to serve on the per-
manent Committee on Synodical Home Missions reported, recom-
mending that the following be appointed : Albert P. Stevens,
Horace B. Silliman, Benjamin PP. Wayne, W. L. Amerman and
Rufus L. Sisson. The report was adopted.
The Permanent Committee on Publication and Sabbath-school
work presented its report, which was accepted.
A recess was taken until 2 o'clock, p. m.
Concluded with prayer.
Thursday, October 17, 2 o'clock p. m.
The Synod met and was opened with prayer.
The Committee to nominate Trustees of the Synod and Trus-
tees and Examiners of Elmira College, reported, and the following
persons recommended were duly elected for the term expiring
in 1904:
Trustees of the Synod : Rev. George Alexander, D. D., Rev. Charles
Cuthbert Hall, D. D., James Yereance, James M. Ham.
Trustees of Elmira College : F'rancis Pall, William R. Rathbun,
Thomas Cochrane, Henry G. Merriam, A. B., Rev. David J. Burrell, D. D.,
Mrs. Helen B. Turner, A. B.
40 Synod of Nf.w York. [Oct. 17th,
Examiners : Rev. Edward M. Deems, Ph.D., Rev. Daniel MacKay, Rev.
Samuel W. Pratt ; and Rev. Newton L. Reed in place of Rev. James Gardner,
D. D., deceased, for the term expiring in 1902.
The report on Publication and Sabbath-school work, previ-
ously presented, was considered, and after addresses by Rev-
Elijah R. Craven, D. D., Secretary of the Board, and Rev. Arthur
C. McMillan, the recommendations were adopted:
Amid the discouragement of our work among adults, it is a comfort to
know that childhood is all-defenseless against Christian truth. As some one
says, "Childhood is the open door ; youth the closing gateway ; manhood the
barricaded entrance. "
In a great Sunday-school meeting in New York, ten years ago, when the
Metropolitan Opera House was crowded with friends of the cause, a speaker
asked that those who had been converted before the age of twenty should rise,
and the audience seemed to rise en masse. The greatest work the Church has
done, will do and can do is among the children. Hence this Board has a'
strategic importance that Assemblies and Synods utterly fail to give it. If
fourteen out of the twenty-two million of children in the land are out of Sunday-
school, and if the land is ever to be won entirely for Christ, here alone is the
hopeful point of attack. It is a question whether any other Board of the
Church, with all its magnificent work, has the importance of this work, if
wisely and vigorously prosecuted. This Board is establishing Sunday-schools
at the rate of three a day, and its ninety-three missionaries are visiting seventy
thousand neglected homes every year, and fifteen hundred converts are added
to the Church every year through its ministry.
It also, through its publications, is ministering as no other Board is min-
istering, to the unchurched classes. No more powerful preaching of the gospel
than in its little paper, "Forward," with its 175,000 circulation ; or in its
45,000,000 of copies of lesson helps and papers. The literature of the Board
travels everywhere ; and both in its publication department and in its estab-
lishing of Sunday-schools on the frontier it is doing the most aggressive and,
in some ways, the most important work to which the Church is committed.
Its business department is magnificently run, and has a profit this year of
$23,881, of which $15,920 has been given to missionary work ; and its mission-
ary department, which is in truth the scouting work of the Church, is showing
increasing fruits constantly.
From the work of this Board over a thousand churches have grown, of
which 594 are Presbyterian ; and out of the 109 Presbyterian churches that
were founded last year, 54 are the direct result of the work of this Board.
If any cause in our beloved Church has a right to ask for increased con-
tributions, this cause has ; and we are persuaded, if the members of this Synod
realize the stupendous importance of this work, the paltry $22,000 the Synod
gave our Board last j-ear will be very greatly increased. We a.sk special
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attention to the appended facts concerning the Normal and Home Depart-
ments in the Sunday-school, and submit the following recommendations :
1. That every Sunday-school be urged to establish both a Normal and a
Home Department, and to use the graded lesson helps of this Board.
2. That every pastor be urged to present the cause at least once a year,
and to call for a generous offering from the Church.
3. That every Sunday-school be urged to observe Children's Day and
Rallying Day by contributing to the work of this Board.
4. That every Christian Endeavor Society be urged to give each year to
this important work.
President George B. Stewart, D. D., addressed the Synod in
behalf of Auburn Theological Seminary.
The Committee on Finance presented the following report
which was adopted :
1. The Committee has audited the annual report of the Treasurer, and
compared the same with the vouchers, and finds the same correct. The
balance available for the expenses of the current year is $1,040.92, All the
Presbyteries paid their apportionments to October ist.
2. In view of the small income of the Synod, insufficient this year to meet
the fixed charges of administration, the Committee feels the necessity of
caution in making appropriations, unless a substantial advance is to be made
in the annual assessments on the Presbyteries ; and the Committee urges the
Synod to enjoin its committees not to involve the Synod in any pecuniary
pledges in anticipation of its possible action.
3. As to the publication of the Laws of the Assembly and Synod affecting
vacant missionary churches, the Committee finds that there are no available
funds in the treasury for the purpose.
4. It is recommended that an appropriation of $30 for the current year be
made to the Committee on Systematic Beneficence for its necessary disburse-
ments, and $2.50 for expenses incurred by the Committee on Church Erection.
Rev. Richard S. Holmes, D.D., addressed the Synod in behalf
of the Twentieth Century Fund, and the " Presbyterian Building,"
New York.
The Committee appointed to prepare a memorial minute in
view of the assassination of the lamented President of the United
States, William McKinley, reported the following, which was
unanimously adopted by a rising vote, and it was ordered that a
certified copy be sent to Mrs. McKinley :
42 Synod of New York. [Oct. 17th,
Assembled under the lingering shadow of the foul tragedy that carried
away the beloved and honored President of our country, among the citizens
whose Exposition he came to honor, who looked one day upon his noble,
kindly face and almost the next upon his "chill, changeless brow," we
recognize the fitness of giving expression to the sentiment that rises unbidden
in our hearts ; not only because he was President of the United States, and
filled his great office as few have filled it, not only because we happen to be
in the place of the last sad scenes, but because of the Christian integrity
and nobility of his life, and the patient, Christiike beauty of his triumphant
death.
We, therefore, the members of the Synod of New York, record our
appreciation of the rare Christian qualities of William McKinley, and the
profound sense of sorrow and loss we feel in his tragic death. We register
our thanks to God, that during one of the most serious and momentous
periods of American history He gave us a Chief Magistrate who, though
highly gifted as a statesman and supported by the wisest and ablest counsel he
could choose, yet, like the great martyr-President of the Civil War, sought his
ultimate guidance from the God of nations. He sought to follow, as best he^
could, the "kindly light amid the encircling gloom," and it shone brightly
round him at the last, till he saw " the distant scene."
We thank God that in these days when the holy bonds of matrimony have
become so shamefully loose, and laws cravenly accommodate themselves to
the lust of men, we have had in the most conspicuous place in the country
the benign spectacle of a man who adorned that holy estate by his patient,
constant, tireless, loving devotion to his frail, sweet wife.
We are thankful for yet one other example of those who, by patient
industry and consecrated talents, rise steadily up from the cominon ranks of
society to the highest position in the gift of the nation. We rejoice in the
honesty, integrity, simplicity, purity and beauty of the character of William
McKinley, during his cai'eer of public life. We declare our unspeakable
abhoiTence of the dastardly act, one of the worst in the annals of crime, which
robbed the country of her chief in the very zenith of his power and usefulness.
The blood of William McKinley " like sacrificing Abel's, cries even from the
deep and tongueless caverns of the earth," to God and man for righteous deal-
ing with the mad anarchical ravings of tongue and pen, of which the work of
the assassin is but the natural culmination.
We express our profound sympathy with the widow in her uncommon
loneliness, when he, upon whom she leaned, returns no more. We assert our
sympathy with President Roosevelt, who has been elevated to the Presidential
chair by means far other than those he would have chosen, and we pledge him
our best wishes and prayers while he endeavors to execute the great office to
which he has been called by an inscrutable Providence.
The Committee to prepare a minute in view of the death of
many of the ministerial brethren of the Synod dtirinjj the past
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year reported the following, which was adopted by a rising vote,
and prayer was offered by the Rev. John Q. Adams :
The death list of the Synod for the past j^ear is exceptional for its
length and for the distinction of its members. The contemplation of it
stirs the heart with profound sorrow because of our bereavement, while at
the same time we are reminded of the way in which God has honored and
enriched our Church in the gift of such men and of stich service. Tried
veterans like Ezra A. Huntington, George W. Wood, John C. Lowrie, L.
Merrill Miller, Levi Parsons, James Gardner, J. Jermain Porter and A.
Parke Burgess remind us of spotless characters and life-long as well as
distinguished ser\'ice. Whilst their final summons saddens us, we cannot
be stu'prised. Upon the veteran's brow has been placed the victor's wreath.
They have entered into rest, and their works do follow them.
Maltbie D. Babcock and George T. Purves, at a remarkably early
period of their lives, had not only attained the highest positions as pasfors
and preachers, they had also given prophecy of many years of even longer
and richer service. To the Presbytery of New York, and to the Churches
of which they were the beloved pastors, the Synod expresses its pro-
foundest sympathy. These leaders were bearing the full heat and burden
of the day with such marked ability and fidelity in their commanding po-
sitions as to render their translation a deep and widespread loss. Re-
signed, but sorrowing, we bow to the unquestioned and unchallenged
wisdom of God, saying "Thy will be done!"
The name of Walter Lowrie, at once sacred and historic in the
Presbyterian Church, recalls one whose brief ministry gave full promise of
his being worthy in every way of his illustrious ancestry. By those whose
privilege it was to know him, he will be remembered as one in whom the
fruits of the Spirit were ever manifest. And to this list of faithful and
lamented brethren we add the name of George D. Meigs, whose memory
will be held in affectionate esteem by all who knew his gentle spirit and
exemplary life.
The Stated and Permanent clerks were appointed a Permanent
Committee on Necrology.
The Rev. J. Wilford Jacks, D. D., was re-elected Synodical
Superintendent for the ensuing year.
The Committee on the Board of Aid for Colleges and Acade-
mies presented an informal report which was accepted.
The Permanent Committee on Education presented the follow-
ing report, which was accepted, and after an address by Rev.
44 Synod of Nkw York. [Oct. 17th,
Edward B. Hodge, D. D., Secretary of the Board, the recom-
mendation was adopted:
The receipts of the Board of Education during the past year were
$75,253.12. The contributions from our Synod were $10,737, a slight falling
off from last year. The number of students within the Synod receiving aid
was 47. The number of churches contributing was 495, and those failing to
contribute, 399. The number of candidates enrolled the past year under the
care of the Board was 600, being 116 fewer than during the j)revious year.
This is a remarkable falling off, and a great reduction in the number a few
5'^ears ago. In 1896 the Board had under its care 1,037. Since that date the
number has steadily declined — in 1S98 to 814; in 1900 to 716, and in the year
closing March, 1901, to the very low mark of 600, a decrease of over 40 per
cent, in five years. If any one thinks there is danger of our soon having too
many mi.-iisters, let him consider these facts and see what appears to be the
prospect. There certainly seems to be need yet for our obeying the Saviour's
command, ' ' Pray ye the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth laborers
into his harvest."
It is certain that the churches have, to a large degree, lost their old-time
interest and zeal in the multiplication of the ministry, and are not feeling as
keenly as of old the responsibility which rests upon them to seek its replen-
ishing, by prayer to Him who gives the secret call of the Spirit by which our
young men are inclined and constrained to volunteer. And with respect
to the young men themselves, we must not forget how persistently
they have been told of late that there is no room for them in the ministry.
It is greatly overcrowded, they are told, and they have therefore
been tempted to devote themselves to teaching, to business, to the natural
sciences, to law and to medicine, notwithstanding the real and almost
startling overcrowding of some of these professions and pursuits. Our Lord
has not countermanded His injunction. He gave it when his heart was moved
by the sight of human misery. Circumstances now are such as to enhance
the necessity of obedience to that command. Such a view of world-wide
spiritual need, and such a wealth of physical means and opportunities for
bringing the grace of the Gospel to its relief, never met human vision before.
The cry now is for more men to carry forward the work.
It must be plain how much depends upon those already filling the sacred
office. The minister is the leader of the people at the time of public prayer,
and it is within his power to revive the old-fashioned habit of praying for an
increase of the ministry at the Sabbath services and the weekly prayer meet-
ing, to encoiu-age by his example and influence a similar prayer in families
and in the closet, and also to awaken a disposition on the part of parents to
dedicate then- children to the holy office.
Your Committee recommends, that the claims of the Gospel Ministry be
emphasized afresh by our ministers and elders ; and also that they give the
fullest possible information regarding the object of the Board of Education,
and an opportunity in every Church to contribute toward its work.
A. D. 1901.] Synod of New York.
45
The Permanent Committee on Temperance presented the fol-
lowing report, which was accepted, and Mr. William C. Lilley,
Treasurer of the Assembly's Committee, addressed the Synod :
The Presbyterian Church, from the beginning of the Temperance move-
ment in America, has been at the front in its testimony for total abstinence
and the condemnation of the liquor traffic. But in fifty years there has been
no marked advance in the position and activity of the Church. It may even
be asserted that there is less preaching, less zeal in pressing the duty of total
abstinence, and less earnest effort by the Church to abolish the liquor business.
Outside of the Church the movements for this reform and against it have been
very great. On the one hand, the corporate, industrial and fraternal organiza-
tions of society for mutual advantage in commercial and material gain have
steadily advanced in the commendation and requirement of total abstinence.
Investigations in physical science, the practice ef medicine, hygienic instruc-
tion m schools, with increased attention to physical training, having regard to
the development and continuance of bodily and mental health and endurance,
increased intelligence in dealing with social problems of poverty and vice and
crime, a wider and clearer vision of the essentials in all the relations and
responsibilities of men, and the observation and study of all phases of this
question embodied in a literature that is even now a marvel of learning in
research and testimony, have made great advances to enforce the position that
abstinence from intoxicating drinks is essential to man's well-being. And the
Church has not freshened and enforced her testimony by any corresponding-
advance in the application of the principles of her spiritual warfare to hold
her rightful place in the front of all the forces that make for righteousness in
this warfare.
The temperance reform had its origin and impulse in the awakened con-
science of the Church, the pillar and ground of the truth, for this reform as in
every good work ; and it becomes the Church to awaken to the responsibili-
ties and privileges of her high calling. On the other hand, the forces of evil
to hold back the temperance movement and to fortify against successful
assault the sale and use of drink have been immensely strengthened.
Witness the enormous increase in the production and use of native wines and
fermented liquor; the national. State and municipal organizations of distillers,
brewers and liquor dealers, with their unscrupulous domination over political
machinery and official position, their direct and indirect control of legislation,
and the systematic disregard and defiance of law, suborning all the machinery of
law enforcement; especially the power for mischief of the revenue system, by
which the National Government is made an active and interested partner to
receive from this business more than $100,000,000 a year; and to protect and
promote this revenue, this price of blood, making the government at Washing-
ton careful not to be hostile but rather to foster this organized robbery of the
people in this gigantic crime of crimes, the manufacture and sale of drink.
Hence the spectacle of internal revenue tax receipts, where the people have
made the traffic an outlaw, arraying the Federal power against the 2:)eople, and
46 Synod of New York. [Oct. 17th,
on the side of the law-breaker. Hence the shameful and disastrous flooding
of the islands acquired from Spain with the products of American distil-
leries and breweries. Hence the delay in joining with other nations to exclude
drink from the lands where missionaries are pleading to have the people saved
from the devastation of this evil thing. Hence the studied effort to re-establish
the official canteen or army saloon. Hence a department of the Government
year after year in consultation with the liquor barons on the ways and means
to increase their business and magnify their power. The revenue which the
Government receives is a hideous bribe which blinds the moral sense of the
nation and paralyzes righteous action.
In New York, the Raines law for revenue and political control legalizes
the traffic on the Lord's Day, stimulates and inflames the vices which thrive
about the drinking-place, and with devilish subtlety makes every town and
county where the traffic is thus legalized an active and interested participant
with the State in the liquor business, blinds the conscience, and stupefies the
indignation which should drive out the wickedness. Revenue from the manu-
facture and sale of intoxicating drink is wrong in principle and hm-tful in
practice, and gives the enemies a position in the avarice of men that defies,
any assault that is less than the power of God. Here again the Church is
ordained to make manifest the power of God for the overthrow and destruction
of the kingdom of darkness. Shame and loss must attend the neglect or
refusal of the Church to bear faithful witness against this great iniquity, in
partaking of the fruits of this sinful lust. There is great need of an awakening
in the Church to an aroused moral sentiment which shall enforce the destruc-
tion of this masterpiece of Satan — the drinking habit and the liquor traffic.
Ministers and members of the Church should be intelligent and consistent in
testimony and practice in every way, to promote total abstinence. Teachers
of the young, especially, should be faithful in teaching temperance. Use
should be made of every agency to counteract indifference to the temptation
as it exists in the drink traffic. Temperance literature in books, periodicals
and leaflets should be freely distributed. Particularly in the Presbyterian
Church, the admirable reports of the Assembly's Permanent Committee, and
its other publications, should be circulated in all our congregations, and all
our people should contribute moral and material support to the Avork of our
Church represented by that Committee.
The Committee to collate the reports on the Records of the
Presbyteries, reported recommending that the Records of the
Presbytery of Ringhamton be approved with the following
exception:
P. 513. The Presbytery recommended certain action directly to Sunday
Schools, instead of to Church Sessions for Sunday Schools.
The Committee also recommended that the Records of the
Presbytery of Brooklyn be approved, with the following exceptions:
A. D. 1901.] Synod of New York. 47
1. P. 21. The item pertaining to the sentence of Rev. Alfred H.
Moment, D.D., tried, found g^uilty, and suspended for six months. The
action suspending for a definite time was contrary to Chapter XI. of the
Directory for Worship ; and, considering the actrocious nature of the crimes of
which the accused was found guilty, if the suspension for six months, and not
until he gave satisfactory evidence of repentance, had been authorized by our
standards, it was not wise, equitable, or for the edification of the Church.
2. The record on p. 83, where Dr. Moment was restored to the ministry
in virtue of a denial of that of which he had been declared guilty, such action
being not wise nor for the edification of the Church.
It further recommended the approval of the Records of the
Presbytery of St. Lawrence, with the following exception:
That the minutes of the last Fall meeting are faintly typewritten on pages
loosely pasted in the Record book ; and it is recommended that the minutes be
written with the pen as heretofore.
The report was adopted.
The Records of the Presbyteries of Chile and Siam were not
presented.
The Committee to which was referred a letter to the Stated
Clerk from President Stryker of Hamilton College presented
a report which was accepted, and the following substitute was
adopted: That in view of the President's letter a Committee of
Visitors to Hamilton College be appointed as heretofore, to con-
sist of two ministers and one elder.
The following Committees were appointed to co-operate with
President MacKenzie in promoting the interests of Elmira
College:
Eastern,: Henry M. Flagler, Louis H. Severance, Samuel Q. Brown,
John J. McCook, D. Willis James, William H. H. Moore, William H. Parsons,
Daniel W. Mc Williams, Rev. John F. Carson, D. D. Western : John J.
Albright, John G. Milburn, Charles E. Walbridge, Josiah Letchworth, Frank
E. Sickels, James C. Hart, Harold C. Kimball, Rev. William H. Hubbard, Rev.
George B. Spalding, D. D.
The action of the last General Assembly, pp. 130, 131, in ref-
erence to the American Tract Society, was adopted as the action
of the Synod.
48 Synod of New York. [Oct. 17th,
The Nineteenth Annual report of the Woman's Synodical
Committee on Home Missions was presented and accepted, and is
as follows:
The contributions of our Woman's Societies exceed those of a year ago,
by nearly $1,800, and our gifts to the Freedmen show an increase of more than
$1,400. The gifts from Churches, which were necessarily credited to our
Synodical Society last year, were for some special objects, which the Woman's
Board of Home Missions represented. This year no such donations were called
forth, and our Society has received from Chtirches only $355 against $3,126.
Notwithstanding this deficit, we are able to report from Churches $335,
Woman's Societies $4o, 602. 60, Young Ladies' Societies and Bands $5,753-64,
Christian Endeavor Societies $4,546. 12, Sabbath Schools $5,060.25, Freedmen
$12,261.39, ^ total of $68,559, and an increase of $219.64 over the year 1899-1900.
In box valuation. $39,609.13, there is a gain of $578-38, an encouraging fact,
when w^e realize that these boxes are essential to our Ministers and Mission-
aries in the West, and even in New York State, to eke out inadequate and
often delayed salaries. The boxes have been a boon also to many schools to
which they brought not alone comfort but Christmas cheer and happiness.
Through our Synodical Society 76 teachers are supported whoUj' or in
part, and the number of scholarships, 332 full scholarships and 21 shares, re-
mains unchanged.
Subscriptions to the " Home Mission Monthly" have increased from 4.023
to 4,084 copies, and decreased to "Over Sea and Land" from 2,660 to
-•353-
The tabulated record, generally unreliable, of members and meetings
would indicate a diminution in the numbers of both.
There are now 653 woman's organizations in our Synodical Society.
Of the Senior and Junior Christian Endeavor Societies, 473 contributed
last year to Home Missions. There is a numerical gain in the Woman's
and Endeavor Societies. The number of Bands has decreased, due in
some instances to their having been merged into Endeavor Societies. Only
173 are reported; and Sabbath Schools contributing to Home Missions are
261, a less number also than that given twelve months ago. These state-
ments indicate that earnest efforts should be put forth to ascertain the
reason for this retrogressive movement, and measures taken by which it
shall be overcome.
Successes and failures both have their lessons. As we profit by them
are our hopes and plans to be measured as we enter upon a new year,
and look forward to it with courage and faith.
The Committee to nominate the members of the Woman's
Synodical Committee on Home Missions presented its report,
which was accepted, and the persons named were duly appointed.
A. D. 1901.] Synod of New York. . 49
The Committee to collate the reports on the Records of the
Presbyteries recommended that the Records of the Presbytery of
Otsego be approved, with the following exception, and the report
was adopted :
That the Presbytery, in ordaining and installing a candidate without the
presence of a quorum, acted unconstitutionally ; but this exception is not to be
interpreted as invalidating the ordination and installation.
The Permanent Committee on Young People's Societies pre-
sented the following report, which was accepted, and after an
address by Rev. Henry T. McEwen, D. D., the recommendations
were adopted :
Reports from all the Presbyteries, except New York, show that almost all
the Churches have young people's societies of some kind. With the exception
of a few Westminster Leagues and similar organizations, these are Christian
Endeavor Societies. Good work for Christ and the Church has been accom-
plished; and the offerings to benevolent objects have been generous, although
a little smaller than last year. The total gifts were about $25,000, of which
about $10,000 were given to Home Missions, and the rest to Foreign Missions
and other objects.
Not including New York Presbytery, Senior Christian Endeavor Societies
number 627; Junior Societies, 230; Mission Bands, 273; total, 1,130. It is
recommended :
1. That the Committee be authorized to procure, during the present year,
blanks for statistics, at a cost not exceeding $20.
2. That Presbyteries be urged to encourage Presbyterial Conventions, or
Institutes of young people, for the study of our denominational history and
polity, and the promotion of loyalty to Christ and the Church.
3. That Sessions be reminded that they are ex-ojfficio members of the
young people's societies, and as such be urged to attend their devotional and
business meetings, in order to give counsel and render all other assistance
possible.
4. That Rev. Louis F. Ruf be made Chairman of this Committee, and
Rev. Thomas F. Archibald be appointed in place of Rev. Warren D. More,
removed from the Synod.
The Visitors to Auburn Theological Seminary presented the
following report, which was accepted :
The Synod may justly take pride in this excellent institution, its work
and its equipment. It has attractive buildings in admirable order, and needs
only a gymnasium, but that very positively and at once.
50 Synod of New York. [Oct. 17th,
Under its new leader the Seminary is pressing even more rapidly and
boldly forward. Its professors are doing fine work, and the standing which
its graduates have taken and are taking is the bqst proof of the spirit and
training of their Alma Mater. The increased demands of the Church upon
its ministers is a demand for new lines of instruction and new professorships.
Auburn's great requirement is money for the endowment of these professor-
ships : Modern Ecclesiolog3^ which would take up all the lines of modem
church work; Evangelization, which would cover all training in pulpit and
parish work for Evangelization : Vocal Culture and Church Music ; Sacred
Pedagogy ; Apologetics and ' Philosophy ; Sociology, which is now grouped
with Homiletics . Fifty thousand dollars for each of these foundations would
do the Seminary and Church perpetual good. There is great need also of a
Librarian, and there should be a foundation for this purpose.
Several features of the Seminary life and control should be generally
known : i. The system of student self-government has had new tests, and
vindicates itself as most wise and efficient. 2. The rule that no one should
be admitted from another Seminary if under any conditions has been auto-
matically applied. It has excluded five applicants. But it guards Auburn,
and secures to it students who, in the excellence of their preparation and
their natural gifts, are choice men.
The Committee records the passing to their reward of Prof. Ezra A.
Huntington, D.D., LL.D., after 50 years of noble service, and of Rev. Levi
Parsons, D.D., LL.D., President of the Board of Trustees and son of a
Trustee and President of the Board. The Seminary, however, is heir to their
good works, and still feels the sweetness and strength of their Christian
personality.
A resolution in regard to the report on Temperance was pre-
sented and referred to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
The Committee to nominate Visitors to Colleges and Semi-
naries presented the following report, which was adopted :
Auburti Seminary : Ministers — Henry T. McEwen, Charles A. Rich-
mond, Edwin H. Dickinson, George H. Wallace; Elders — Charles W. Darling,
David Keller, J. T. D. Blackburn, Charles S. Butler.
Hamilton College : Ministers— Henry Ward, Arthur C. McMillan ;
Elder — James Yereance.
Ne%v York Utiiversity : Ministers — William K. Hall, Christopher G.
Hazard, Anthony H. Evans, David Gregg ; Elders — John Stewart, James
Winne, Henry W. Jessup, William McCarroll.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures reported the foUowmg
recommendations, which were adopted :
No. 5. Evangelistic Work: It is recommended that all our Presbyteries
and Churches heed the call of the General Assembly's committee on this
A. D. 1901.J Synod of New York. 51
work, and, for the purpose of reaching the great multitude of the unsaved, in-
augurate within their respective bounds such evangelistic efforts as may be
deemed wise, and promising genuine and lasting results.
No. 6. A resolution as to defining what is necessary to the observance of
the Lord's Day. It is recommended that no action be taken.
No. 7. A communication from the New York State Federation of
Churches. It is recommended that the Synod appoint no delegates to the
convention to be held at Rochester in November, but that it express its ap-
proval of all wisely directed efforts looking toward the union of Evangelical
Churches.
No. 8. As to a proposed amendment to the Constitution of New York, the
following action is recommended :
Whereas, An amendment to the Constitution of this State will, at the
coming general election, be submitted to the people for approval, by which
amendment the power of the Legislature to exempt from taxation the real and
personal property of speciiac religious, charitable, educational or benevolent
societies or corporations would be abrogated, and Whereas, If enacted, it
might work serious loss to our institutions.
We hereby request attention to and serious consideration of this amend-
ment by the members and adherents of our Churches.
No. 9. A resolution regarding the Report on Temperance. It is recom-
mended that no action be taken, except as to the printing of the report, which
is left to the Chairman of the Permanent Committee, with power, but without
expense to the Synod.
A recess was taken until 7.30 o'clock p. m.
Concluded with prayer.
Thursday, October 17, 7.30 o'clock p. m.
A Popular Meeting was held in accordance with the ar-
rangement. Addresses were made by Rev. Courtenay H. Fenn,
of China, on the Siege of Peking, Rev. George B. Stewart, D. D.,
on Evangelization, and Rev. Henry C. Minton, D. D., Moderator
of the General Assembly, on the Twentieth Century Fund.
The Synod resumed its business, after the devotional services,
and was addressed by Rev. Robert F. Sample, D. D., in behalf of
Lincoln University.
The Committee on the place of meeting in 1902 reported an
52 Synod of New York. [Oct. 17th,
invitation from the Second Church of Albany, and recommended
its acceptance with the thanks of the Syjiod. The report was
adopted.
The Session of the Church was appointed the Committee of
Arrangements, with power to add to their number.
The Treasurer was authorized to pay the usual salaries and
the bills for the expenses of the Synod.
The Chairmen of the several Presbyterial committees on
evangelistic work were constituted the Synod's committee, with
power to choose its Chairman ; and the Synodical Committee on
the Twentieth Century Fund was continued, consisting of the
Chairmen of the Presbyterial committees on this subject, and with
like power.
The following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That the Moderator appoint two Ministers and two Elders, who,
with the Stated Clerk, shall be a committee to study, and if possible formulate
plans for a more expeditious and orderly conduct of the business of the Synod,
and report its suggestions at the next meeting.
The committee was appointed as follows : Ministers — T.
Ralston Smith, Stated Clerk, Robert F. Sample, George Alex-
ander ; Elders — Ralph E. Prime, James Yereance.
The Committee on Leave of Absence reported that the follow-
ing members had been permitted to withdraw before the close of
the session, and the report was accepted.
Presbytery of Binghamton : Minister — Arthur Spaulding.
Brooklyn : Elder — Theodore Van Duzee.
Buffalo : Ministers — Samuel T. Clarke, Newton L. Reed, Samuel Col-
gate.
Cayuga : Minister — Frederick W. Palmer.
Chaviplain : Minister — Joseph Gamble.
Chemting : Elder— William E. Farr.
Genesee : Minister— Arthur T. Young ; Elder— D. Corwin Holmes.
Geneva : Minister — H. Grant Person ; Elders — Isaac L. Seely, Eli M.
Maynard.
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Hudson: Elder— William H. Puff.
Long Island : Minister — William C. McKnight ; Elder — Joseph S. Os-
borne.
Lyons : Minister — John C. Ball ; Elders — Marvin C. Welcher, William
Fries.
New York : Ministers — Frederick E. Shearer, Walter D. Buchanan,
Frederick B. Richards ; Elders — Henry W. Jessup, Homer Lee, John Stewart.
Niagara : Elder — Herbert A. French.
North River : Elders — Charles J. Howell, Lambert J. DuBois, George
P. DuBois.
Otsego: Minister — Charles W. Kinney; Elder — W. E. Miller.
Rochester : Ministers — Charles P. Coit, George C. Frost ; Elders — An-
drew Warren, Bowker Hinkley.
Steuben : Elder — Hyatt C. Hatch.
Syracuse : Minister — David Wills, Jr. ; Elder— Joseph B. Lathrop.
Troy: Ministers — William M. Johnson. George Fairlee; Elder — Henry
Aird.
Utica : Minister — Ralph W. Brokaw. *
Westchester : Elder — Robert Denniston.
The several Standing Committees were called, and, having no
business to present, were discharged.
The following Minute was adopted unanimously :
The Synod of New York expresses its warmest thanks to the Pastor, Elders
and Trustees of the North Church, Buffalo, for the cordial welcome extended
to the delegates, and for the admirable provision made in church and chapel,
for the business of the Synod and the convenience and comfort of its
members.
Grateful recognition is given to the Pastors and Elders of other churches
who have cheerfully acted as helpers of the efficient Committee of AiTange-
ments ; and to the families which, entertaining amid the difficulties and
embarrassments due to the Pan-American Exposition, have given singular
proof of their generous interest in this body.
Hearty thanks are extended, also, to the ladies of the several congrega-
tions, for the luncheons provided, and the social privilege enjoyed, at the
Central and Calvary churches ; to the organist and choir of the North
54 Synod of New York. ]Oct. 17th,
Church for their able and acceptable services ; and to all who have contributed
by personal courtesies and kindnesses to render these sessions of the Synod
memorable among the many delightful recollections which it is our privilege
to cherish.
Acknowledgments are likewise due to the Daily Press of the city for its
reports of the proceedings.
And the Synod finally tenders its thanks to the Moderator, the Rev.
William Waith, Ph.D., for his fidelity and courtesy; affectionately con-
gratulates him on the attainment of the golden jubilee of his pastorate ; and
assures him, as one whom it delights to honor, of its fraternal wishes and
earnest prayers for his health, happiness and prosperity.
The Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, Rev.
Edwin H. Dickinson, D.D., cordially acknowledged the action of
the Synod, and the Moderator appropriately responded.
The roll was called, and the following members were recorded
as absent without the permission of the Synod :
Presbytery of Albany : Minister — Frederick N. Rutan.
Binghajiiton : Minister — Charles L. Luther ; Elder — George F. Hand.
Boston : Ministers— Scott F. Hershey, Alexander Laird ; Elder— Martin
V. B. Knox.
Brooklyn : Elder — Richard D. Dodge.
Buffalo : Elders — Henry H. Bingham, Thomas Shaw, Henry Lapp.
Cayuga : Minister — James S. Stubblefield.
Chemimg : Ministers — Edward W. Abbey, Hiram D. Bacon.
Genesee : Elder — Eugene P. Norton.
Hudson : Ministers— L. William Hones, John W. Keller, George E.
Gillespie ; Elders— Frederick B. Post, Nathaniel J. Kelsey.
Lyons : Minister — Frank H. Bisbee.
New York : Elder — John H. MacDonald.
Niagara : Elder — Edwin K. Beckwith.
North River : Elder— Joseph N. Badeau.
Otsego : Minister— Sidney S. Conger ; Elders— David H. McMaster, S.
Adelbert Seward.
Rochester : Ministers— Peter Lindsay, Joseph B. Ferguson ; Elders-
Robert Paviour, William F. Parry, Samuel L. Rockfellow.
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5/. Lawrence : Minister — Albro L. Greene.
Steuben : Minister— Fred E. Walton ; Elder — John B. Ferr^^
Troy : Ministers — George W. Dugan, George W. Plack ; Elders — Aaron
H. Graves, Edward W. Arms.
Westchester : Minister — Joseph H. Robinson.
The Minutes of the day's sessions were read and approved.
The business having been completed, the Sjmod adjourned to
meet in the Second Church, Albany, on Tuesday, the twenty-first
day of October, A. D. 1902, at half-past seven o'clock p. m.
Concluded with prayer and the Apostolic Benediction.
J. WILFORD JACKS,
J Permanent Clerk.
Attest :
T. RALSTON SMITH,
Stated Clerk.
APPENDIX
I. REPORTS OF THE PRESBYTERIES.
I. The Presbytery of Albany consists of sixty-five ministers and fifty-
one churches, and has under its care five licentiates and four candidates.
Ministers received:
December ii, igoo, Rev. James B. Rogers, from the Presbytery of Rio
de Janeiro;
April i6, igoi, Rev. Henry G. Dean, from the Presbytery of Champlain;
June II, Rev. Edward R. James, from the Presbytery of New Brunswick.
Candidates licensed:
April i6, 1901. Charles B. Mitchell;
June II, Morgan S. Post, Irving W. Ketchum and Fred A. Gates.
Licentiate received:
September 17, 1901, Daniel M. Geddes, from the Presbytery of St. Law-
rence.
Pastoral relations dissolved:
December 11, 1900, between Rev. James P. Bryant and the Church at
Rensselaerville ;
December 24, between Rev. George S. Allen and the Church at Carlisle.
Ordinations:
June II, 1901, Charles H. Mattison;
June 20, Charles B. Mitchell.
Installations :
May 9, 1901, Rev. John H. Pollock, over the Church in Jefferson;
June 18, Rev. Henry W. Maier, over the Union Church, Schenectady;
June 9, Rev. Edward R. James, over the Church in Charlton.
Ministers dismissed:
December 11, 1900, Rev. Sanford H. Cobb, to the Presbytery of West-
chester; and Rev. Lewis R. Webber, to the Presbytery of Rochester;
April 16, 1901, Rev. Isaac O. Best, to the Presbytery of Rochester;
September 17, Rev. Charles B. Mitchell, to the Presbytery of Newark.
58 Synod of New York. [Appendix,
Deceased :
December 3, 1899, at Mechanicville, N.Y., Rev. John Campbell, aged
71 years;
February i, 1901, at Brooklyn, N. Y., Rev. Laurell W. Demeritt, aged
25 years;
August 2, at Horseheads, N. Y., Rev. James Gardner, D. D., aged 72
years ;
August 29, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Rev. Zera T. Iloyt, aged 8g years.
Church enrolled:
September 21, 1900, Union Church, Schenectady.
II. The Presbytery of Binghamton consists of thirty-nine ministers
and thirty-two churches, and has under its care one licentiate and one candi-
date.
Ministers received :
November 9, 1900, Rev. John Alison, from the Presbytery of Westchester,
and Rev. John F. Jones, from the Wyoming M. E. Conference ;
April 16, 1901, Rev. George R. Merrill, from the Presbytery of Lacka-
wanna, Rev. Frank W. West, from the Presbytery of Utica, and Rev.
John C. Langford, from the Orleans Association of Congregational
Churches ;
September 16, Rev. Charles L. Luther, from the Presbytery of Steuben.
Ordinations :
November 9, 1900, Wendell Prime Keeler;
September 17, 1901, Edward J. Noble.
Candidate taken under care of Presbytery, and licensed :
April 16, 1 901, Robert Hastings Nichols.
Pastoral relations dissolved :
October 30, 1900, between Rev. William A. George and the Church at
Windsor ;
November 9, between Rev. Frederick Perkins and the Broad Avenue
Church, Binghamton ;
January 7, 1901, between Rev. William T. Parsons and the Church at
Union ;
January 28, between Rev. Frank W. Kirwan and the Church at Can-
nonsville ;
February 18, between Rev. Junius J. Cowles and the Church at McGraw-
ville.
Installation :
February 5, 1901, Rev. William T. Parsons, over the Broad Avenue
Church, Binghamton.
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Ministers dismissed :
February 18, 1901, Rev. Junius J. Cowles, to the Presbytery of North River;
April 16, Rev. Thomas J. Hedges, to the Presbytery of Boulder.
I
Licentiate dismissed :
April 16, 1901, George Christopher Kersten, to the Presbytery of Lamed.
Dropped from the roll :
April 15, igoi, Rev. Frank W. Kirwan.
Miscellaneous :
April 15, 1901, Rev. John McVey, D. D., resigned as Stated Clerk, and
Rev. Daniel N. Grummon was elected his successor.
in. The Presbytery of Boston consists of sixty-one ministers and forty
churches, and has under its care six candidates.
Ministers received :
October 25, 1900, Rev. Francis W. Beidler, from the Presbytery of Phila-
delphia, North ;
February 27, I901, Rev. Herbert A. Manchester, from the Congregational
Association of New York ;
April 16, Rev. John Kirkpatrick, from the Presbytery of New York, and
Rev. John Kamm, from the Presbytery of Jersey City ;
October i, Rev. Simeon B. Dunn, from the Old Colony Congregational
Association.
Candidates taken under care of Presbytery :
April 16, 1901, Adolphus N. Krug and Malcolm McPhail.
Pastoral relations dissolved ;
October 17, 1900, between Rev. Charles J. Cameron and the South Boston
Church ;
October 2, 1901, between Rev. John Montgomery and the Lonsdale Church ;
November r, between Rev. Clare W. Nicol and the Globe Church.
Installations :
November 8, 1900, Rev. James Todd, D. D., over the Quincy Church ;
February 27, 1901, Rev. Herbert A. Manchester, over the East Boston
Church ;
April 30, Rev. Francis W. Beidler, over the Worcester Church ;
May 8, Rev. John Kamm, over the Manchester German Church ;
October i, Rev. Simeon B. Dunn, over the Woonsocket Church.
Honorably retired :
October 2, 1901, Rev. Wilham J. Wright, D. D., L.L. D.
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Minister dismissed :
April i6, 1901, Rev. Charles S. Dewing, D. D.,Ho the Presbytery of San
Jose.
Deceased :
December 10, 1900, at Quincy, Rev. Calvin Terry, aged 83.
IV. The Presbytery of Brooklyn consists of seventy-six ministers
and forty churches, and has under its care eight licentiates and ten candi-
dates.
Ministers received :
November 26, 1900, Rev. Andrew J. Brucklacher, from the Presbytery
of Boston ;
December 24, Rev. Lynn P. Armstrong, from the Congregational
Church ;
April 22, 1901, Rev. Arthur C. Watkins, from the Cayuga Baptist
Association ;
May 27, Rev. Orrin G. Cocks, from the Presbytery of Troy;
September 23, Rev. Josiah A. Wood, from the Presbytery of Freeport.
Candidates taken under care of Presbytery:
February 25, 1901, Arthur B. Churchman;
March 25, Alfred E. Barrows, Charles G. Burd and Neil A. Gilchrist;
April 22, George R. Lunn and Theodore Collier;
September 23, Alexander Berg.
Candidates licensed:
April 23, 1901, Neil A. Gilchrist, Charles G. Burd, Arthur B. Church-
man, Alfred E. Barrows, George R. Lunn, Eliphalet B. Terry and
Harry Leeds;
May 27, Louis F. Sauerbrunn.
Licentiate received:
November 26, 1900, James A. McCague, from the Presbytery of New
York.
Ordinations :
December 14, 1900, James A. McCague;
April 28, 1901, Alfred E. Barrows;
June 13, Arthur B. Churchman.
Installations:
May 10, 1901, Rev. Arthur C. Watkins, over the First Woodhaven
Church ;
June 4, Rev. Joseph G. Snyder, over Olivet Church.
A. D. 1901.J Synod of New York. 61
Ministers dismissed:
December 24, 1900, Rev. Theodore M. Carlisle, to the Presbytery of
Steuben ;
May 27, 1901, Rev. Emanuel Tealdo, to the Presbytery of New York;
September 23, Rev. William B. Frith, to the Presbytery of St. Law-
rence,
Licentiates transferred :
April 23, 1901. Harry Leeds, to the Presbytery of New Brunswick, and
Charles G. Burd, to the Presbytery of Buffalo.
Minister suspended:
November 19, 1900, Rev. Alfred H. Moment, D. D. Restored June 24,
1901.
Name dropped:
April 22, 1901, Rev. Henry C. Briggs.
Church enrolled:
March 25, 1901, Olivet.
V. The Presbytery of Buffalo consists of fifty-one ministers and
forty-eight churches, and has under its care three licentiates and three candi-
dates.
Ministers received :
Novmber i, 1900, Rev. Charles H. Jones from the Classis of South Bergen;
April 9, 1901, Rev. Robert P. Byers from the Presbytery of Montreal ;
June 4, Rev. William Y. Chapman, from the Presbytery of Erie, and Rev.
William H. Hoole, from the Presbytery of St. Lawrence,
Candidates taken under care of Presbytery :
August 30, 19CI, Joseph J. Weber and Charles Alexander.
Licentiate received :
June 4, 1901, Charles D. Burd, from the Presbytery of Brooklyn.
Pastoral relations dissolved :
November i, igoo, between Rev. Joseph K. Griffis and South Church,
Buffalo ;
December 21, between Rev. William Burnet Wright, D.D., and La Fayette
Avenue Church, Buffalo;
June 17, 1901, between Rev. Joseph H. Ralston, and the Church in
Sherman ;
August 30, between Rev. Robert R. Watkins and the Church in Frank-
linville, and between Rev. G. Murray Colville, D.D., and the Church in
Jamestown.
62 Synod of New York. [Appendix,
Ministers dismissed ;
December 21, 1900. Rev. Frank W. Hill, to the^Presbytery of Rochester:
April 9, 1901, Rev. J. Emory Fisher, to the Presbytery of Niagara, and
Rev. Joseph K. Griffis, to the Presbyterj^ of Cimarron;
August 30, Rev. Edward M. Sharp, to the Presbytery of Portland ;
September 17, Rev. Robert R. Watkins, to the Presbytery of Steuben.
Ministers installed:
Jime 4, 1901, Rev. William Y. Chapman, over the La Fayette Avenue
Church, Buffalo;
April 23, Rev. John W. Stitt, over the Church of the Covenant, Buffalo.
Candidate licensed:
April 9, 1901, Andrew J. Purdy.
Dropped from the roll :
December 21, 1900, Rev. Fred. J. Van Hoesen.
Deceased:
February 2, 1901, at Kansas City, Rev. George Ford, in the 82d year of
his age ;
1894, Rev. Edward Howard, in the 82d year of his age.
VI. The Presbytery of Cayuga consists of thirty-five ministers and
twenty-three churches, and has under its care eleven licentiates and one
candidate.
Ministers received :
April 9, 1 901, Rev. James R. Robinson, from the Presbytery of Wells-
borough, and Rev. Grenville P. Sewall, from the Presbytery of
Syracuse.
Candidates taken under care of Presbytery :
November 20, [1900, William A. Aiken, Henry H. Riggs, and Elijah J.
Gregg from the Presbytery of Chester ;
April 9, 190T, Edwin Huyler, James A. Cowan, from the Presbytery of
Clarion, Samuel D. MacPhie ;
October i, A. A. McKay.
Candidates licensed :
April 9, 1901, William A. Aiken, James A. Cowan, Elijah J. Gregg, Daniel
A. MacLeod, Samuel D. MacPhie, Henry H. Riggs.
Pastoral relations dissolved :
November 20, r900, between Rev. Wallace B. Lucas, D. D., and the
Church of Meridian ;
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December 17, between Rev. Nathaniel McGiffin and the Church of Fair
Haven ;
December 24, between Rev. Aaron C. Stuart and the Church of Owasco ;
March 25, 1901, between Rev. Orlando B. Pershing and the Church
of Cato ;
April 9, between Rev. Louis M. Sweet and the Church of Union Springs ;
October 14, between Rev. Edward H. Adriance and Calvary Church,
Auburn.
Ordinations :
April 23, igoT, Harry G. Romig ;
June 4, Willis P. Hume ;
October 9, Frederick S. Campbell.
Installations :
May 21, 1901, Rev. Grenville P. Sewall, over the Church of Aurora ;
June 4, Rev. Willis P. Hume, over the Church of Meridian ;
October 9, Rev. William H. Kelley, over the Church of Fair Haven, and
Rev. Frederick S. Campbell, over the Church of Cato.
Ministers dismissed :
November 20, 1900, Rev. J. K. Lyon Caughey, to the Presbytery of
Rochester ;
December 17, Rev. Nathaniel McGiffin, to the Presbytery of Erie ;
December 24, Rev. Aaron C. Stuart, to the Presbytery of Wellsborough ;
March 4, 1901, Rev. H. Roswell Bates, to the Presbytery of New York ;
March 25, Rev. Orlando B. Pershing, to the Classis of Saratoga ;
April 9, Rev. Louis M. Sweet, to the Presbytery of Genesee ;
October i. Rev. Wallace B. Lucas, D. D., to the Presbytery of Kingston ;
October 14, Rev. Edward H. Adriance, to the Presbytery of Belief ontaine.
Licentiates and candidates transferred :
March 27, 1901, Licentiate Myron J. Crocker, to the Presbytery of
Rochester ;
April 9, Candidate Edwin Huyler, to the Presbytery of Emporia ;
April 12, Candidate Kenneth J. Maclnnes, to the Presbytery of
Minnewaukon ;
April 23, Licentiate Oliver P. Devin, to the Presbyterj^ of Utica.
Deceased :
July 14, igoi, at Auburn, Rev. Ezra A. Huntington, D. D., LL. D.,
aged 88 years.
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VII. The Presbytery of Champlain consists of twenty-five ministers
and twenty-six churches.
Ministers received:
April 9, 1901, Rev. William H. Kershaw, from the Manhattan Congre-
gational Association ;
June 28, Rev. Philip N. Moore, from the Essex Congregational Asso-
ciation.
Candidate taken under care of Presbytery:
April 9, iQOi, Samuel Lundie.
Candidate licensed:
April 10, 1901, Samuel Lundie.
Ordination and installation:
April 18, 1901, Samuel Lundie, over the Church of Chateaugay.
VIII. The Presbytery of Chemung consists of twenty-nine ministers
and twenty-three churches, and has under its care one licentiate and one
candidate.
Ministers received:
March 22, 1901, Rev. William C. McCormack. Ph. D., from the Presby-
tery of Wellsboro;
September 17, Rev. George N. Macdonald, from the Presbytery of
Niagara; Rev. Abbott T. Wilcox, from the Susquehanna Association
of Congregational Ministers, and Rev. George W. Warren, from the
Presbytery of Steuben.
Licentiate received:
September 17, 1901, Frederick A. Alden, from the Presbytery of Troy.
Ordination :
September 27, igoi, Frederick A. Alden.
Installations:
October 25, 1900, Rev. R. Lew Williams, over the Lake Street Church,
Elmira ;
March 22, 1901, Rev. William C. McCormack, Ph. D., over the Big
Flats Church;
June 4, Rev. Charles T. Henry, over the Newfield Church;
September 27, Rev. Frederick A. Alden, over the Montour Falls Church.
Pastoral relations dissolved:
November 30, igoo, between Rev. John F. Shaw and the Newfield
Church ;
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January 7, 1901, between Rev. Augustus Frederick and the Dundee
Church ;
June 17, between Rev. Warren D. More and the North Church, Elmira.
Dismissed:
November 30, 1900, Rev. John F. Shaw, to the Presbytery of Niagara;
June 17, 1901, Rev. Warren D. More, to the Presbytery of Santa
Barbara ;
September 17, Rev. Ira E. Leonard, to the Presbytery of Los Angeles.
IX. The Presbytery of Chile consists of twelve ministers and ten
Chuches, and has under its care two licentiates and seven local evangelists.
X. The Presbytery ok Coliimbi.\ consists of eighteen ministers and
eighteen churches, and has under its care one local evangelist, one licentiate
and two candidates.
Candidate received:
April 24, 1901, Charles Moody Ruland.
Licentiate received:
September 18, 1901, Charles S. Tator.
Deceased :
January 14, 1901, at Cairo, N. Y., Rev. Rufus King, in the 8oth year of
his age ;
January 18, in New York, Rev. James Bain, in the 49th year of his age.
XL The Presbytery of Eastern Persia consists of twelve ministers and
five churches.
XII. The Presbytery of Genesee consists of twenty-three ministers
and twenty churches, and has under its care one local evangelist.
Ministers received;
April 10, 1901, Rev. James Snow Root and Rev. Louis A. Pierson, from
the Presbytery of Rochester; and Rev. William H. P. Smith, from the
Presbytery of Westminster ;
May 28, Rev. Louis M. Sweet, from the Presbytery of Cayuga.
Pastoral relation dissolved:
December 14, 1900, between Rev. George D. Miller and the Church at
Warsaw.
Ministers dismissed:
December 14, 1900, Rev. George D. Miller, to the Presbytery of Rochester;
April 10, 1901, Rev. Leonard W. A. Luckey, Ph.D., to the Presbytery
of Indianapolis.
66 Synod of New York. [Appendix,
Ordination :
May 28, 1901, Rev. Louis M. Sweet, over the Church at Warsaw.
Minister deceased:
June 6, 1901, at Attica, N. Y., Rev. John Wickes, aged 78 yeai'S.
XIII. The Prksbvtery of Geneva consists of twenty-six ministers and
twenty-two churches, and has under its care one licentiate and three candidates.
Ministers received •
February 5, 1901, Rev. Peter McKenzie, from the Presbytery of Steuben;
April 17, Rev. Frank C. Shultis, from the Presbytery of Chemung.
Candidate licensed :
September 24, 1901, John McLaren Richardson.
Ordination and Installation :
October 24, 1900, Charles W. Hanson, over the Church of Romulus.
Minister dismissed:
April 17, 1901, Rev. Andrew McC. Brown, to the Presbytery of North
River.
Deceased :
Api'il 10, 1901, at Geneva, N. Y., Rev. George Duffield Meigs, in the 57th
year of his age.
XIV. The Preskvtery of Hudson consists of fifty ministers and
forty-four churches.
Ministers received:
February 11, 1901, Rev. John E. Parmley, from the Presbytery of Mon-
mouth; and Rev. Benjamin J. Morgan, Ph.D., was restored to the
roll on returning his certificate of dismission ;
April 16, Rev. Wallace W. Thorpe, from the Presbytery of North River,
and Rev. Frederick J. Kraushaar, from the Presbytery of Jersey- City.
Pastoral relations dissolved:
February 11, 1901, between Rev. Alexander Gilmore and the Hampton-
burgh Church ;
April 16, between Rev. James R. Mann and the Scotchtown Church;
June 24, between Rev. Thomas B. Thomas, LL.D., and the Church at
Monroe ;
September 17, between Rev, Thomas Nichols and the Church at Milford, Pa.
Installations:
May I, 1901, Rev. Wallace W. Thorpe, over the Hempstead Church;
May 8, Rev. William M. Grant, over the Church at Circleville ;
A. D. 1901.] SvNOD OF New York. 67
May 16, Rev. Frederick J. Kraushaar, over the Jefferson ville German
Church.
Ministers dismissed:
February 11, 1901, Rev. Alexander Gihiiore, to the Presbytery of Sioux
City, and Rev. John Kamm, to the Presbytery of Boston ;
June 20, Rev. Benjamin J. Morgan, Ph.D., to the Presbytery of Newton;
vSeptember 16, Rev. John W. Lowden, to the Presbytery of Morris and
Oi'ange.
Minister deceased:
April 25, 1901, at (J)tisville, N. Y., Rev. Charles Hopkins Park, in the 71st
year of his age.
XV. The Presbytekv of Lom; Isl.^iND consists of twenty ministers and
twenty-four churches, and has under its care one candidate.
Ministers received:
April 3, igoi. Rev. James M. Simonton, from the Presbyterj' of Cincinnati ;
April 22, Rev. Samuel R. Warrender, from the Presbytei'y of Niagara.
Dissolution of pastoral relation :
September 24, 1901, to take effect November, between Rev. Egbert C.
Lawrence, Ph.D., and the Church of Westhampton.
XVI. The Presi!Vikrv of Lyons consists of twenty-six ministers and
eighteen churches.
Ministers received:
September 18, 1901, Rev. Robert J. Lockhart from the Presbytery of
Nebraska City, and Rev. Theodore J. vSearls from the Presbytery of
Black Hills.
Licentiate received :
Sejatember iS, 1901, Clarence E. Woodward from the Presbytery of Steuben.
Ordinations :
June 4, 1901, Clarence E. Woodward;
June 14, Leroy F. Ostrander.
Installation:
June 4, 1901, Rev. Clarence E. AVoodward, over the Church of Huron.
Deceased :
August 30, 1901, at Newark, N. Y., Rev. A. Parke Burgess, D. D., aged 65.
Miscellaneous :
April 17, igoi. Rev. Smith Ordway was elected Stated Clerk and Treas-
urer, to succeed Rev. Charles Ray, resigned.
68 Synod of New York. [Appendix,
XVII. The Presbytery of Nassau consists of twenty-seven ministers
and twenty-six churches, and has under its care threq candidates.
Ministers received:
December ii, 1900, Rev. Charles E. Clist, from the Classis of Bergen;
October 8, 1901, Rev. Jacob Schmitt, from the Presbytery of Newark, and
Rev. Minot C. Morgan from the Presbytery of Philadelphia.
Candidate licensed and transferred:
April 9, 1901, William Kliefkin, and transferred to the Classis of Phila-
delphia.
Pastoral relations dissolved:
May 6, 1901, between Rev. Julius Symanski and the German Church at
Jamaica ;
June 2, between Rev. Lyman D. Calkins and the Far Rockaway Church;
August 4, between Rev. Charles Rutherford and the Springland Church ;
October S, between Rev. Samuel T. Carter, D. D., and the First Church
of Huntington.
Installation :
October 17, 1901, Rev. Jacob Schmitt, over the German Church of Jamaica.
Ministers dismissed :
May 6, 1901, Rev. Julius Symanski, to the Presbytery of West Jersey;
June 15, Rev. Charles L. Clist, to the Classis of Kingston.
XVIII. The Presbytery of New York consists of one hundred and
sixty-one ministers and fifty-three churches, and has under its care 11 licentiates
and 15 candidates.
"^linisters received:
November 12, 1900, Rev. George H. Simonson, from the Presbytery of
Kolhapur ;
December 10, Rev. Ernest F. Hall, from the Presbytery of Monmouth ;
January 14, 1901, Rev. Robert R. White, from the Presbytery of Macon
(Southern Church) ; Rev. Willis D. Sexton, from the Presbytery of
Detroit, and Rev. John Lloyd Lee, Ph.D., from the Presbytery of
Philadelphia, North;
February 11, Rev. Donald MacDougall, from the Presbytery of Phila-
delphia, and Rev. Ernest L.Walz, from the Presbytery of French Broad;
March 11, Rev. H. Roswell Bates, from the Presbyter^' of Cajmga;
April 8, Rev. Frank B. Everitt, from the Presbytery of New Brunswick ;
May 13, Rev. Murray S. Howland, from the Presbytery of Newcastle;
Rev. Emanuel Tealdo, from the Presbytei*y of Brooklyn ; Rev. Edward
J. Hamilton, D. D., LL.D., from the Presbytery of Puget Sound, and
Rev. A. Clay Orndorff, from the Presbytery of East Florida.
A. D. 1901.] Synod of Nf.w York. 69
Candidates taken under care of Presbytery :
January 14, 1901, Dudley Hayes Ferrell;
May 13, Archibald S. Van Orden, Jr.
Candidates licensed:
April 8, 1901, Joseph F. Jones, as a local Evangelist.
May 13, Dudley Hayes Ferrell and Archibald S. Van Orden, Jr.
Candidate transferred :
May 13, iqoi, Godfrey Chobot, to the Presbytery of Utica.
Licentiates received :
December 10, 1900, Calvin W. Laufer, from the German Reformed Classes
of Pennsylvania;
September 30, 1901, George A. Armstrong, from the Presbytery of New
Brunswick.
Pastoral relations dissolved :
November 12, 1900, between Rev. James H. Hoadley, D. D., and Faith
Church, and between Rev. Richard R. Wightman and Christ Church.
Ordination :
December 10, 1900, Calvin W. Laufer, as an Evangelist.
Installations :
November 22, 1900, Rev. James H. Hoadley, D. D., over the Thirteenth
Street Church ;
January 21, 1901, Rev. R. R. White, over Faith Church ;
January 22, Rev. John Lloyd Lee, Ph. D., over Westminster Church ;
Januarj' 24, Rev. James M. Farr, Jr., over Christ Church ;
January 30, Rev. Wilson D. Sexton, over the North Church ;
February 21, Rev. Henry Sloane Coffin, over the Bedford Park Chm-ch ;
March 14, Rev. H. Roswell Bates, over the Spring Street Church.
Name dropped from roll at his own request :
December 10, 1900, Rev. Frank Edge Kavanagh.
Permitted to demit the ministry :
December 10, 1900, Rev. Richard R. Wightman.
Ministers dismissed :
January 14, 1901, Rev. John E. Bushnell, to the Presbytery of Minneapolis ;
February 11, Rev. John Kirkpatrick, to the Presbytery of Boston;
March 11, Rev. Isaac H. Polhemus, to the Presbytery of French Broad, and
Rev. Edward Hunting Rudd, to the Suffolk South Association, Mass. ;
April 8, Rev. Arthur C. Dill, to the Western New York Association of
Congregational Churches ;
70 Synod of New York. [Appendix,
May 13, Rev. Daniel Redmond, to the Presbytery of Steuben ; Rev. Minot
S. Morgan, to the Presbytery of West Jerse>3% and Rev. Albert Dale
Gantz, to the Presbytery of Walla Walla.
Deceased :
January 10, 1901, in New York, Rev. Andrew Shiland, D. D., aged 80 years;
February 3, at Port Chester, N. Y., Rev. Francis H. Marling, D. D.,
aged 76 years ;
May 17, at Naples, Italy, Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock, D. D., aged 43
years ;
July 3, in New York, Rev. Aaron Peck, aged 65 years ;
July 17, at Geneseo, N. Y., Rev. George W. Wood, D. D., in his 88th
year ;
August 29, at Newport, R. I., Rev. Walter Lowrie, in his 34th year ;
September 17, at Saratoga, N. Y., Rev. Edward W. Hitchcock, D. D., •
aged 65 years ;
September 24, in New York, Rev. George T. Piu'ves, D. D., LL. D.,
aged 49 years.
XIX. The Pkeskyterv of Niac.vr.x consists of twenty-five ministers and
twenty-one churches, and has under its care one candidate.
Ministers received:
February 25, 1901, Rev. Ernest L. Tiffany, M. D., from the Presbytery of
Champlain, and Rev. John F. Shaw, from the Presbytery of Chemxmg;
May 29, Rev. J. Emory Fisher, from the Presley tery of Buffalo.
Pastoral relations dissolved:
February 25, 1901, between Rev. William H. Cornett and the Church at
Albion ;
June 6, between Rev. George N. Macdonald and the Church at Somerset.
Ministers dismissed:
April 15, 1901, Rev. vSamuel R. Warrender, to the Presbytery of Long
Island;
September 2, Rev. George N. Macdonald, to the Presbytery of Chemung;
September 17, Rev. Joseph Hogg, to the Northern ^Minnesota Conference
of the M. E. Church.
XX. The Pkeshv 1 ekVoe NoKiMf Laos consists of twenty-two ministers
and fifteen churches, and has under its care one licentiate.
XXI. The Preshytekv ok Nokiii Rivek cf)nsists of forty-six ministers
and thirtv-two churches, and has under its care one licentiate.
A. D. 1 90 1.] Synod ok New York. ' 71
Ministers received :
January 28, 1901, Rev. Daniel G. Lawson, from the Presbytery of Otsego;
May 28, Rev. Julius J. Cowles, from the Presbytery of Binghamton;
June 18, Rev. Andrew McCulley Brown, from the Presbytery of Syracuse;
September 30, Rev. Albert S. Stewart, from the Presbytery of Clarion ;
October 1st, Rev. James H. Matheson, from the Presbytery of Monmouth,
and Rev. C. L. Baringer, from the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
New York and New Jersey.
Candidate received and licensed :
October i, 1901, Frank Werner, from the Presbytery of Philadelphia.
Pastoral relations dissolved :
January 28, 1901, between Rev. Edgar Beckwith and the Church of
Pleasant Valley, and between Rev. Samuel B. Nelson, D.D., and the
Rondout Church ;
February 11, between Rev. John A. Terhune and the Hughsonville
Church ;
March 11, between Rev. Robert J. Diven and the New Hamburgh Church ;
April T5, between Rev. George Allen and the Milton Church;
October i, between Rev. Frederick B. Savage, D.D., and the Union
Church, Newburgh.
Installations:
May 7, 1901, Rev. Daniel G. Lawson, over the Lloyd Church;
May 28, Rev. John A. Terhune, over the Millerton Church ;
May 29, Rev. Julius J. Cowles, over the Anienia Church;
June 10, Rev. Andrew M. Brown, over the New Hamburgh Cliurch.
Ministers dismissed :
December 5, 1900, Rev. John S. Ellsworth, to the Classis of Paramus;
January, 28, 1901, Rev. Edgar Beckwith, to the Presbytery of Chica.go,
and Rev. Samuel B. Nelson, D.D., to the Presbytery of Rochester;
March 11, Rev. Robert J. Diven, to the Presbytery of East Oregon;
April 18, Rev. Frank E. Hoyt, to the Presbytery of Fort Dodge, and
Rev. Charles W. E. Chapin, to the Presbytery of Utica ;
September 30, Rev. John F. Williamson, to the Presbytery of Elizabeth.
Minister deceased :
November 8, 1901, at Valatie, N. Y., Rev. Irving Magee, D.D., aged 69
years.
XXII. The Presbytery of Otseco consists of twenty-six ministers and
twenty-eight churches, and has under its care four candidates and one local
evangelist.
72 Synod of New York. [Appendix,
Pastoral relation dissolved:
September 25, 1901, between Rev. George B. Swinnerton and the Church
of New Berlin.
Ordination and Installation:
July 18, 1900, J. Valdemar Moldenhaur, over the Church of Margaretville.
Minister dismissed:
September 25, 1901, Rev. George B. Swinnerton to the Presbytery of
Lackawanna.
XXIII. The Presbytery of Rochester consists of seventy-two ministers
and forty-eight churches, and has under its care one licentiate and three can-
didates.
Ministers received:
Januarys, 1901, Rev. Frank W. Hill, from the Presbytery of Buffalo, and
Rev. J. Lyon Caughey, from the Presbytery of Cayuga ;
April 9, Rev. George D. Miller, from the Presbytery of Genesee ; Rev.
Samuel Banks Nelson, D. D., from the Presbytery of North River ;^Rev.
Lewis R. Webber, from the Presbytery of Albany ;
June 6, Rev. Isaac O. Best, from the Presbytery of Albany ;
September 24, Rev. Charles W. Wood, from the Presbytery of Morris and
Orange.
Candidates taken under care of Presbytery:
April 9. 1901, Douglass H. Cornell;
September 24. Robert William Astels.
Licentiate received:
April 9, 1901, Myron J. Crocker, from the Presbytery of Cayuga.
Pastoral relations dissolved :
November 5. 1900, between Rev. Nelson Millard, D. D., and the First
Church, Rochester;
June 24, 1901, between Rev. Richard D. Harlan and the Third Church,
Rochester ;
September 24, between Rev. Borland N. Morden and Grace Chvu-ch,
Rochester.
Ordination :
June 6, 1 901, Myron J. Crocker.
Installations:
January 3, 1901, Rev. J. Lyon Caughey, over the Memorial Church,
Rochester ;
Feb. 5, Rev. Frank W. Hill, over the Church of Victor;
April 23, Rev. William A. Hallock, over Immauuel Church, Rochester ;
A. D. 1901.] SvNon OF New York. 73
April 25, 1901, Rev. Harry H. Barstow, over the Church of Caledonia;
May 3, Rev. George D. Miller, over the First Church, Rochester;
May 9, Rev. Samuel B. Nelson, D. D., over St. Peter's Church, Rochester;
June 6, Rev. Myron J. Crocker, over the Church of Livonia ;
May 27, Rev. Charles P. Coit, D. D., over the East Side Church, Rochester.
Ministers dismissed:
January 3, 1901, Rev. Louis A. Pierson, to the Presbytery of Genesee;
April 9, Rev. James S. Root, to the Presbytery of Genesee, and Rev. O.
P. Allen, to West Suffolk Conference of Congregational Churches ;
June 24, Rev. Richard D. Harlan, to the Presbytery of Chicago;
September 24, Rev. Johnson A. Henderson, to the Presbytery of Chicago,
and Rev. Frederick A. Hamilton, to the Presbytery of Buffalo.
Ministers deceased:
March 31, 1901, at Rochester, Rev. T. Morey Hodgman, aged 82 years;
May 30, at Mt. Morris, N. Y., Rev. Levi Parsons, D. D., Stated Clerk of
the Presbytery, aged 72 years.
Stated Clerk elected:
September 24, 1901, Rev. Gerard B. F. Hallock, D. D.
Church organized:
April 22, 1901, East Side, Rochester.
XXIV. The Presbytery ok St. Lawrence consists of forty-three min-
isters and thirty-six churches, and has under its care one licentiate and two
candidates.
Ministers received:
April 16, 1 901, Rev. Charles M. Dodge, from the Presbytery of Utica ;
October i, Rev. J. J. Cameron, from the Presbytery of Brockville, On-
tario, and Rev. William B. Frith, from the Presbytery of Brooklyn.
Candidates licensed:
April 16, 1901, Daniel Marshall Geddes and Cassius J. Sargeant.
Ordination:
October 30, 1900, George Louis Engler.
Licentiates dismissed:
April 16, 1901, Cassius Jay Sargeant, to the Presbytery of Syracuse ;
September 12, Daniel M. Geddes to the Presbytery of Albany.
Installations:
October 30, 1900, Rev. George Louis Engler, over the Church of Brown-
ville ;
May t4th, 1901, Rev. Charles M. Dodge, over the Church of Canhage.
74 SvNOD OF New York. [Appendix,
Pastoral relations dissolved:
December 31, igoo, between Rev. Donald A. McLean and the Church at
Heuvelton ;
April 16, igoi, between Rev. George Louis Engler and the Church at
Rrownville.
Ministers dismissed:
April 16, 1901, Rev. George Louis Engler to the Presbj^tery of Kansas
City ;
April 17, Rev. William H. Hoole, to the Presbytery of Buffalo.
Deceased:
September 7, 1901, at Watertown, Rev. J. Jermain Porter, D. D., aged So
years.
October 7, at Ogdensburg, Rev. Linus Merrill Miller, D. D., Stated
Clerk of the Presbytery, aged 02 years.
XXV. TiiK Prkskyikrv of Siam consists of eleven ministers and nine
churches, and has under its care one local evangelist.
■/■
XXVI. TiiK Pkfsbvtery ok Steuben consists of twenty-five ministers
and twenty-six churches, and has under its care three candidates.
Ministers received:
January 22, 1901, Rev. Theodore M. Carlisle, from the Presbytery of
Brooklyn ;
April 17 Rev. William J. Mitchell, from the Presbytery of Duluth ;
May 16, Rev. Daniel Redmond, Ph.D., from the Presbytery of New York ;
September 17, Rev. Robert R. Watkins, from the Presbytery of Buffalo.
Candidate taken under care of Presbytery:
September 17, 1901, Eugene Knapp De Witt.
Pastoral relations dissolved:
November 9, 1900, between Rev. Peter McKenzie and the Avoca Church.
vSeptember 17, 1901, between Rev. George W. Warren and the Pratts-
burgh Church.
Installations:
January 22, 1901, Rev. Theodore M. Carlisle, over the Hammondsport
Church ;
April 17, Rev. Fred E. Walton, over the Westminster Church, Hornells-
ville ;
May t6. Rev. Daniel Redmond, Ph.D., over the Avoca Church;
Oct. Q, 1901, Rev. Robert R. Watkins, over the Campbell Church.
Ministers dismissed:
November 9, 1900, Rev. Peter McKenzie, to the Pre.sbvterv of Geneva;
A. D. 1901.] Synod of New York. 75
Maj^ 16, igor, Rev. Charles L. Luther, to the Presbytery of Binghamton ;
September 16, Rev. Benjamin B. Knapp, to the Susquehanna Congrega-
tional Association ;
September 17, Rev. George W. Warren, to the Presbytery of Chemung.
Church organized:
November 10, 1900, Centreville.
License revoked at his own request:
April 16, igor, Hoffman T. Baumgarten.
Licentiate transferred:
April 15. 1901, Clarence E. Woodward, to the Presbytery of Lyons.
Demitted the ministry:
September 17, 1901, Rev. Edward G. W. Crist.
Deceased:
March 20, 1901, at East Pharsalia, Rev. Henry W. H. Watkins, aged 70
years.
XXVn. The Presbytery of S^•KACUSE consists of forty-one ministers
and forty-four churches, and has under its care one licentiate and two can-
didates.
Ministers received :
January 7, 1901. Rev. Alexander Wouters, from the Presbytery of
Detroit ;
September 17, Rev. Sipko Rederus, from the Classis of Rochester.
Candidates taken under care of Presbytery:
January 7, 1901, Darwin F. Pickard ;
September 16, James Oastler ;
September 17, Earnest Marion Churchill and Harry Vary Bonner.
Licentiate received :
July I, igor, Cassius Jay Sargeant, from the Presbytery of St. Lawrence.
Candidates licensed :
April 9, 1901, Darwin F. Pickard ;
September 17, James Oastler.
Pastoral relations dissolved :
January 7. 1901, between Rev. Emory L. Evans and the Church of
Manlius ;
April 9, between Rev. Edward F. Greene and the Churches of Parish and
Hastings ;
September 17, betwean Rev. J. Herbert MacConnell and the Church of
Jamesville.
76 Synod of New York. [Appendix,
Ordinations :
November 9. 1900, Robert Stillman Wightman," as an evangelist ;
January 7, 1901, John G. Truairand George B. Spalding, Jr.;
July II, George Wales King and Cassius Jay Sargeant.
Installations :
January 24, 1901, Rev. Alexander Wouters, over the Memorial Church,
Syracuse ;
July II, Rev. Cassius Jay Sargeant, over the Church of CoUamer.
Ministers dismissed :
April 8, 1901, Rev. Grenville P. Sewall, to the Presbytery of Cayuga ;
April 9, Rev. Edward F. Greene, to the Presbj^tery of Utica ;
September i6, Rev. George Wales King, to the Presbytery of St. Louis.
Licentiate transferred :
September 16, 1901, Darwin F. Pickard, to the Presbytery of Carlisle.
Church organized :
May 17, 1901, South Church, Syracuse.
Deceased :
December 15, 1900, at Orange, N. J., Rev. Charles D. Barrows, aged 53
years.
Honorably retired :
September 17, 1901, Rev. Legh R. Janes.
XXVI IL The Presbytery of Troy consists of forty-four ministers and
forty-one churches, and has under its care one licentiate, two local evangelists
and two candidates.
Ministers received :
November 5, 1900, Rev. Wilmont A. Carrington, from the Presbytery of
Lackawanna ;
January 30, 1901, Rev. Albert C. Sewall, D.D., from the Reformed Classis
of Schenectady ;
September 16, Rev. Chauncy B. Magill, from the Presbytery of Maumee.
Candidate taken under care of Presbytery :
September 17, 1901, John McNab.
Candidates licensed :
April 16, 1901, Frederick Alonzo Alden and Orrin G. Cocks.
Local Evangelists' licenses renewed :
April 15, 1901, Dr. Charles A. Ingrahani ;
September 17, John S. Laing.
A. D. 1901.] Synod of New York. 77
Pastoral relations dissolved :
January 30, 1901, between Rev. William Reed, D.D., and the Memorial
Church, Troy ;
Julj?- I, between Rev. Arthur H. Allen and the Woodside Church, Troy.
Ordinations :
April 18, 1901, Orrin G. Cocks ;
July 10, Clarence W. Dunham.
Installations :
December 4, 1900, Rev. Wilmont A. Carrington, over the Church at
Middle Granville ;
January 22, 1901, Rev. J. Harvey Dunham, over the Church at Fort
Edward ;
February 12, Rev. Albert C. Sewall, D.D., over the Second Street Church,
Troy;
July 10, Rev. Clarence W. Dunham, over the Church at Warrensburgh.
Ministers dismissed :
April 18, iQOi, Rev. Orrin G. Cocks, to the Presbytery of Brooklyn ;
July 22, Rev. Obadiah C. Auringer, to the Presbytery of Utica, and Rev.
Lester M. Conrow, to the Presbytery of Elizabeth.
Licentiate transferred :
July 22, 1901, Frederick Alonzo Alden, to the Presbytery of Chemung.
Miscellaneous :
April 15, 1901, Rev. John Anderson and Rev. Albert C. Reed were
honorably retired.
September 16, Rev. Arthur H. Allen resigned as Stated Clerk on account
of removal, and Rev. George Fairlee was elected his successor.
XXIX. The Presbytery of Utica consists of sixty-one ministers and
forty-four churches, and has under its care three licentiates and seven candi-
dates.
Ministers received:
April 9, 1901, Rev. Edward F. Green, from the Presbytery of Syracuse;
October i, Rev. Charles W. E. Chapin, from, the Presbytery of North
River, and Rev. Obadiah C. Auringer, from the Presbytery of Troy.
Candidates taken under care of Presbytery:
April g, 1901, John B. Whitehill, Ernest G. Hildner ;
June 18, Godfrey Chobot, from the Presbytery of New York ;
October i, Samuel R. Brown, from the Presbytery of Lima.
7^ Synod of New York. [Appendix,
Candidates licensed:
April 9, 1901, John B. Whitehill, and Ernest G^ Hildner;
June 18, Godfrey Chobot.
Candidate transferred;
April 9, 190 1, Zelotus W. Commerford, to the Prezbytery of Chippewa.
Licentiate received:
June 18, igot, Oliver P. Devin, from the Presbyterj^ of Cayuga.
Pastoral relation dissolved:
July 16, 1901, between Rev. James G. Clark and the Church at Redfield.
Ordinations:
June 18, 1901, Godfrey Chobot and Arther J, Dean ;
June ig, Oliver P. Devin.
Installations:
June 18, 1901, Rev. Arthur J. Dean, over Olivet Church, Utica ;
June 19, Rev. Oliver P. Devin, over the Church at Verona.
Ministers dismissed:
November 21, 1900, Rev. John C. Ball, to the Presbytery of Lyons, and
Rev. Charles M. Dodge, to the Presbytery of St. Lawrence ;
April 9, igor. Rev. Frank W. West, to the Presbytery of Binghamton ;
October i. Rev. James G. Clark, to the Presbytery of Bo.k Butte, and Rev.
Adney W. Hallock, to the Presbytery of Long Island.
XXX. The Pkesbvtkkv oe Westchester consists of seventy-five ministers
and forty churches, and has under its care eight licentiates and four candidates.
Ministers received.
January 15, igoi. Rev. Charles N. Cate, fi'om the Presbytery of Alton,
Rev. Edward L. Chichester, from the Presbytery of Otsego, and Rev.
Sanford H. Cobb, from the Presbytery of Albany ;
April 16, Rev. J. Lovejoy Robertson, D.D., from the Presbytery of Austin;
June 18, Rev. Edward R. Perry, from the Presbytery of Lehigh.
Candidate taken under care of Presbytery:
June 18, 1 901, Harry Davenport.
Candidates licensed:
April 16, igoi, Edwin A. McAlpin, Jr., and A. Edward Harvey.
Pastoral relations dissolved:
June 23, igoi, between Rev. William B. Waller and the New Rochelle
Church ;
A. D. 1901.] Synod of New York. 79
November i, between Rev. George F. Pentecost, D. D., and the First
Church of Yonkers.
Installations:
October g, igoo, Rev. Robert F. Graham over Mahopac Falls Church ;
October 12, Rev. Cornelius S. Stowitts, D. D., over Southeast Center
Church ;
June 30, igoi. Rev. William B. Waller, over the First Church of Green-
wich, Conn.
Minister dismissed:
April 15, igoi, Rev. Robert L. Jackson, to the Presbytery of Winona.
Licentiates transferred:
April 15, I go I, John H. W. Cooper, to the Presbytery of Dubuque ;
October 8, Edwin P. Essick, to the Presbytery of Hudson.
Name dropped:
October 7, igoi. Licentiate J. Robert Beale.
Church enrolled:
April 16, igoi, First Church of Sound Beach, Conn.
Change in name of Church:
October 8, 1901, Sing Sing to First Church of Ossining.
SUMMARY.
Ministers. . 1,247 Licentiates and Local Evangelists 74
Churches 907 Candidates 78
II. ELMIRA COLLEGE.
I. Board of Trustees.
Term Expiring in igo2.
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, A. B.,
Mrs. Helen M. McWilliams, A. B.
Term Expiring in igoj.
Seymour Dexter, Ph. D., Harmon H. Fulton,
Mrs. Howard Elmer, A. B., Arthur Clinton.
William S. Truman, Alexander Davidson.
Term Expiring in igo4.
Francis Hall, Henry G. Merriam, A. B.,
William R. Rathbun, Rev. David J. Burrell, D. D.
Thomas Cochrane, Mrs. Helen B. Turner, A. B.
8o Synod of New York. [Appendix,
2. Board of Examiners.
Term Expiring in jgo2. — Rev. Newton L. Reed, Rev. Peter R. Ross,
D. D., Ezra J. Peck, LL. D.
Term Expiring in /^oj-.— Rev. Samuel Dunham, Rev. J. Wilford Jacks,
D. D., Rev. Edwin H. Dickinson, D. D.
Term Expiring in /g04 — Rev. Edward M. Deems, Ph. D., Rev. Daniel
MacKav, Rev. Samuel W. Pratt.
III. WOMAN'S COMMITTEE ON HOME MISSIONS.
Presbytery of Albany — Mrs. Isaac V. V. Grant, Mrs. Willard J. Heacock,
Mrs. Lucy C. Lester, Mrs. William J. Milne, Mrs. x\ndrew V. V. Raymond,
Mrs. William N. Strong, Mrs. Henry T. McEwen, Mrs. Alfonso R. Olney.
Binghamton — Mrs. Howard Elmer, Mrs. Charles Gale, Mrs. Josiah S.
Leverett, Mrs. G. Parsons Nichols, Miss Editha Stephens, Miss Ida F. Storrs.
Boston— Wx?,. Scott E. Hershey, Mrs. Kenneth McKay, Mrs. Eben M.
McPherson, Mrs. James J. Dunlop, Mrs. F. S. LeBosquet.
Brooklyn — Mrs. William A. M. Grier, Mrs. James M. Ham, Mrs. Darwin
R. James, Mrs. H. E. Hendrickson, Mrs. H. R. Mayette, Mrs. Fred Campbell,
Mrs. D. E. Ward.
Btiffalo — Mrs. John C. Bryant, Mrs. Fred R. Eaton, Mrs. Alfred Haines,
Mrs. Louis M. Kimball, Mrs. J. F. Miner, Mrs. William H. Walker, Mrs.
William F. Wheeler, Mrs. Charles Townsend.
Cayuga— Mrs. Arthur S. Hoyt, Mrs. Ezra A. Huntington, Mrs. James
Seymour, Jr., Mrs. R. B. Welch, Mrs. Henry G. Wise, Mrs. J. S. Monroe.
C^amplain— Miss Williamine Childs, Mrs. Charles S. Judd, Mrs. Charles
L. Knapp, Mrs. Laura M. Nye, Miss Mary E. Whiteside.
Che7nung — Mrs. H. B. Jackson, Mrs. William Pellett, Mrs. Alexander O.
Peloubet, Mrs. Courtland F. Carrier.
Cohimbia — Mrs. Truman Johnson, Mrs. George C. Yeisley, Mrs. Charles
E. Hoyt.
Geneste—Wiss Fanny J. Buxton, Mrs. Gardner Fuller, Mrs. Butler Ward,
Mrs. Arthur E. Brigden.
Geneva — Mrs. Anna Herendeen, Mrs. Thompson C. Maxwell, Mrs. Ben-
jamin F. Pritchard, Mrs. H. G. Person.
Hudson — Mrs. David F. Bonner, Mrs. Mary S. Marsh, Mrs. Alexander
Thompson, Mrs. Mary Wood, Miss Carrie Duiland, Mrs. H. McGilvray.
Long Island— W\ss Sara J. Adams, Miss Mary H. Howell, Mrs. William
H. Littell, Mrs. Epher Whitaker.
A. D. 1901.] Synod ok New York. 81
Lyons — Mrs. Horace Eaton, Mrs. Phebe A. Vary, Mrs. S. S. Pierson, Mrs.
Russell F. Stoddard, Miss Jennie Brownson.
Nassau — Miss Florence N. McCormick, Mrs. Ellen L. Mowbray, Mrs.
Peter D. Oakey, Mrs. Alexander G. Russell.
Ne%u York — Mrs. Silas B. Brownvvell, Mrs. Edward N. Crosby, Mrs. W.
E. Damon, Miss S. F. Lincoln, Mrs. John C. Martin, Mrs. John Sinclair, Mrs.
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Charles \j. Thompson.
Niagara— "islx-A. Daniel Clark, Mrs. Claudius L. Hoag, Mrs. Robert
Norton, Mrs. Ruth A. Frost.
North Rii'er — Mrs. LeRoy C. Cooley, Miss Anna S. Ludlum, Mrs. Morgan
Carpenter.
Otsego— Wvf.'i, Mary L. Abell, Miss Sarah Crandall, Mrs. EHhu P. Phinney,
Mrs. Leonard F. Richards, Mrs. James H. Robinson.
Rochester — Mrs. Helen Bristol, Mrs. Louis Chapin, Mrs. Thomas Chester,
Mrs. Julia M. Davis, Mrs. Levi Parsons, Miss Frances E. Lauderdale, Mrs.
Helen S. Sylvester, Mrs. Carrie E. West, Mrs. J. B. Adams.
St. Lawrence— M.T?.. Charles Anthony, Mrs. D. C. Griffith, Mrs. Allen
Macy Dulles, Mrs. Alonzo A. Smith, Mrs. H. C. Deane.
Stettben — Mrs. George VV. Nichols, Mrs. Stanley C. Swift, Mrs. Russell
M. Tuttle, Mrs. Francis A. Williams.
Syracuse — Mrs. James O. Bennett, Mrs. Nancy E. Dow, Mrs. DeWitt
Gardner, Mrs. Orson L. White, Mrs. Irving G. Vann, Mrs. Donald Dey, Mrs.
Parker O. Wright.
Troy — Mrs. William V. Baker, Mrs. Norman Cole, Miss J. M. Qua, Miss
Lucy H. Sherman, Mrs. Robert B. Stiles, Mrs. R. Halstead Ward, Mrs.
Edward P. Sprague, Mrs. Edward N. Dauchy.
6^//f<?— Mrs. Anna L. Greenman, Mi-s. William R. Terrett, Mrs. Ralph W.
Brokaw, Mrs. Timothy Parker, Mrs. Charles S. Richardson, Mrs. J. P.
Babcock, Mrs. Theodore F. Knox.
Westchester— Wv^. Daniel E. Provost, Mrs. James Gibson, Jr., Miss
Olivia B. Walsh, Miss Mary Parsons, Mrs.- A. F. Avery, Mrs. F. A. Wales,
Miss M. K. Truesdell, Miss M. C. Foster, Mrs. R. P. Gibson, Mrs. P. P. Van
Vleet, Miss Elizabeth Lawrence, Mrs. Sanford R. Knapp, Miss J. Sanders.
IV. CHANGES IN OFFICERS OF PRESBYTERIES.
Hi,n(;hamton : Rev. Daniel N. (irummon, Stated Cler/;, Binghamton.
Champlain: Rev. Norman McLeod, Stated Clerk, Mineville.
Lyo.ns : Rev. Smith Ordway, Stated Clerk and Treasurer, Sodus.
Rochester: Rev. Gerard B. F. Hallock, D.D., Stated Clerk, Rochester.
St. Lawrknci. ; Rev. Daniel A. Ferguson, Stated Clerk an^ Treasurer,
Hammond.
Troy : Rev. George Fairlee, Stated Clerk, Troy.
82 Synod of New York. [Appendix,
V. TRUSTEES OF THE SYNOD.
President : William Allen Bntler, Esq., New York.
Secretary : Rev. T. Ralston Smith, D.D., New York.
Term Expiring in igo2 : Rev. Robert F. Sample, D.D., Rev. David G.
Wylie, D.D., William A. Wheelock, John J. iMcCook.
Term Expiring in igoj: Rev. Henry M. MacCracken, U.D., Rev.
Charle.s L. Thompson, U.D., William Allen Butler, Thomas G. Ritch.
Term Expiring in /go^: Rev. George Alexander, D.I)., Rev. Charles
Cuthbert Hall, D.D., James Yereance, James M. Ham.
Ex-Officio: Rev. William Waith, Ph.D., Rev. T. Ralston Smith, D.D.,
Rev. J. Wilford Jacks, D.D.
VI. SUCCESSION OF MODERATORS.
Name. Presbytery. Place.
1SS2. Henry A. Nki.son, D.D., Con7'ener Geneva Utica
1SS2. How.'Vkd Crosky, D.D New York Utica
18S3. James McLeou, D.D Buffalo New York
1S84. John McC. Holmes, D.D Albany Buffalo
JSS5. L. Mknkh.i, Mii.i.KR, D.D St. Lawrence Troy
1S86. JosKi'ii E. Nassau, D.D Genesee Elmira
1887. CiiARi.Ks C. Waliack, D.D Boston Auburn
18S8. T. Rai.spon Smiim, D.D Buffalo Syracuse
1S89. Samiki. Jkssui', n.D Utica Poughkeepsie
1890. Andrew V. V. Raymond, D.D Albany Lockport
1891. Asa S. Fiske, D.D Cayuga Watertown
1892. Levi Parsons, D.D Rochester Albany
1S93. James Gardner, D.D Albany Rochester
1894. (iEORi;E C. Yeisi.ey, D.D Columbia New York
1895. Howard DiEEiEi.D, D.D New York Binghamton
1896. Ralph E. PRnn:, LL. D., (I'^lder) Westchester Brooklyn
1897. JosEi'ii Ga:iiili;, D.D Champlain U^tica
1898. A. C^amekon MacKen/.ie, D.D Binghamton Elmira
1899. James IL Robinson, D.D Otsego Ti-oy
igoo. Da\id(t. Wvlm., D.D New York Geneva
1901. Wii.i.iA.M WAnii, Ph.D Buffalo Buffalo
A. D. 1901.] Synod of New York. 83
VII. STANDING RULES.
I.
The Annual Meetings of the Synod shall begin on the third Tuesday of
October, at half-past seven o'clock v. m.
II.
The Moderator and the Stated and Permanent Clerks shall be a Standing
Comrnittee to report, from year to year, on the place of the next meeting,
which shall be designated prior to the adjournment. And a Committee of
Arrangements shall be appointed, who shall provide suitable accommodations
for the Synod and e itertainment for its members, recommend the limits
of the daily sessions, and propose arrangements for popular meetings.
The Stated Clerk shall be a member of the Committee of Arrangements ;
and, unless the Synod shall otherwise order, the Chairmen of the Permanent
Committees shall, at each session, choose one of their number to serve on the
committee for the next meeting.
III.
The morning sessions of the Synod shall be opened with devotional services,
to be continued not less than half an hour.
IV.
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
number of alternates, as prescribed by the organic rule under which the
Synod is constituted.
[An overture proposing a change in the organic rule is pending before
the Presbyteries.]
V.
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.
When alternate delegates appear in place of their principals, such delegates
shall report in person to the Clerks of the Synod before their names shall be
substituted upon the roll.
Duplicate lists of delegates and alternates shall be sent promptly by the
Stated Clerks of the Presbyteries to the Chairman of the Committee of
Arrangements.
VI.
The Stated and Permanent Clerks shall have the privileges of the floor ;
and the chairmen of committees, appointed at a previous session to report to
the Synod, shall be entitled to participate in debate when their reports are
under consideration.
84 Synod ok New York. [Appendix,
Ministers of other Synods, and of bodies in correspondence with the
General Assembly, may be elected corresponding qiembers, and the members
nominating them shall report immediately to the Stated Clerk, in writing, the
names of such ministers in full, their Synodical or equivalent ecclesiastical
relations, and their post-office address.
VII.
In case of the failure of the Moderator, the Annual Meeting shall be
opened, with a sermon b}' a Minister of the Synod designated by the Committee
of Arrangements.
VIII.
A complete roll of the ministers and churches of each Presb5'^tery, and a
Statistical Report and History of its Acts and Changes for the year preceding,
as required by the Form of Government, Chap. X, Sec. 9, shall be sent by its
Stated Clerk to the Stated Clerk of the Synod, as soon as practicable after the
Fall Stated Meeting of the Presbytery ; and the statistical reports shall be
printed in the Appendix to the Minutes.
IX.
The following Standing Committees shall be ajipointed by the Moderator
at every annual meeting:
1. Bills and Overtures.
2. Judical Business.
3. Minutes of the General Assembly.
4. Finance.
5. Leave of Absence.
6. To nominatie Visitors to Theological and other educational insti-
tutions.
7. To nominate the Woman's Synodical Committee on Home Missions.
8. To nominate Trustees of the Synod, and Trustees and Examiners of
Elmira College.
9. On the Records of the several Presbyteries.
10. To collate the Reports on Presbyterial Records.
11. In every year of even number a Committee to nominate the Permanent
Committees for the ensuing two years, as follows : I. Systematic Beneficence.
II. Home Missions. III. Foreign Missions. IV. Education. V. Publication
and Sabbath School Work. VI. Church Erection. VII. Ministerial Relief.
VIII. Missions to Freedmen. IX. Aid for Colleges. X. Young People's
Societies. XI. Sabbath Observance. XII. Temperance. Such permanent
committees to consist each of four ministers and three ruling elders.
X.
I. At every annual meeting, one of the three classes of Trustees of
Elmira College, consisting of six or seven members, as the case may be, shall
A. D. 1901.] Synod of New York. 85
be elected for a period of three years ; and an}' vacancy which may have
occurred in any class shall be filled.
2. The Reformed (Dutch), the Congregational, the Methodist Episcopal,
the Protestant Episcopal and the Baptist denominations shall be represented,
each by one member of the Board of Trustees, to be chosen by the Synod, as
reqviired by the charter.
3. Three ministers shall likewise be chosen for a period of three years,
as members of a Board of nine Examiners, whose duty it shall be to visit the
College and examine its methods of instruction and discipline, as well as the
general condition of the institution, and present a written report to the Synod.
XI.
In all cases not otherwise provided for by its own regulations, the Synod
shall be governed in its proceedings by the General Rules for Judicatories
appended to the Form of Government, as amended by the General Assembly.
XII.
All papers intended for the Synod or its Committees shall be delivered to
the Stated Clerk, and reported by him before being referred.
XIII.
The Stated Clerk shall have authority to print in the minutes abstracts of
extended reports, excepting those portions which contain resolutions or recom-
mendations adopted by the Sjmod.
XIV.
To provide for the necessary expenses of the Synod, the several Presby-
teries shall furnish, annually, amounts proportioned to the number 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
seven mills for each communicant.
These sums shall be due and payable to the Treasurer on the first of
October, when the Synod's fiscal year shall terminate.
XV.
The Treasurer shall be authorized to pay the salaries and the traveling
expenses of the Stated and Permanent Clerks in attending the sessions of the
Synod ; and all charges incurred under the standing orders or special resolu-
tions of the Synod, upon the certificate of the Stated Clerk. His accounts
and vouchers shall be presented at the annual meeting, and shall be audited
by the Committee on Finance
No appropriation shall be made from the Synodical funds without first
being referred to the Committee on Finance, and reported upon by that com-
mittee. And all appropriations shall lapse if not called for before the close
of the .Synodical year.
86
Synod of New York.
[Appendix,
XVI.
Vacancies occurring between the annual session.s of the Synod in any of
its committees may be filled ad interim by the Moderator.
XVII.
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 on the roll, and to the Session of each
vacant church, within the bounds, severally, of those Presbyteries whose ap-
portionments for Synodical expenses have been paid.
VIII. TREASURER'S REPORT.
For tlie Year Ending October /, igoi.
Dr. j Cr.
To By
Public Worship Committee. . $25 00 Balance from Old Account. .$1,213 63
Salaries of Temporary Clerks 40 00 : Receipts from Presbyteries. i.oSo 72
Trunk Line Agent 11 00
Storage 6 00
Printing Minutes and Blanks 225 00
Rent of Office 225 00 \
Envelopes for Minutes 3 38
Permanent Clerk's Salary '
and Expenses 152 00 |
Elmira Examiners 30 16
Stated Clerk's Salary 400 00
Mailing, Postage, Stationery I
and Incidentals 136 19
Balance to New Account. . . . 1,040 62
$2,294 35 I $2,294 35
IX. PERMANENT COMMITTEEwS.
I. Synodicai. Missions : Hon. William H. Parsons, Chairman, Rye ;
Rev. George Fairlee, Secretary, Troy; Henry Aird, Esq., Trcas7<rer, 411
River St., Troy.
II. Systemaiic Benekicf.nce : Ministers— QXvaxX^?, A. Richmond, Hector
llall, George C. Veisley, William P. Swartz. holders — Francis A. Board, S.
Merrill Clement.
III. Home Missions: Eld.r — John Willis Baer. Ministers— Martm D.
Kneeland, Warren R. Cochrane, James J. Dunlop, (Jeorge W. ]\Iead. Elders
— John Gilchrist, Ebenezer M. McPherson.
A. D. 1901.J Synod of New York. 87
IV. Foreign Missions : Ministers—]. Balcom Shaw, Alvali G. Fessen-
den, Newell Woolsey Wells, John E. Adams, George S. Webster, Milton S.
Littlefield. Elders— W^wxy M. Lester, John J. Tower, Edmund P. Piatt,
John Siewart, Charles W. Hand, J. W. Allen.
V. Education : Ministers — Gerard B. F. Hallock, Josiah E. Kittredge,
Willis J. Beecher, William W. Weller. Elders — Frank M. EUery, Henry
Hooker, Gambel Wilson.
VI. PuBMCATioN AND Sabijath Schoui. Work : Miuistcrs — Wilton Merle
Smith, David G. Wylie, John T. Wilds, John E. Adams, Daniel H. Overton.
Elders— V>2iXi\&\ W. McWilliams, Russell W. McKee, William McCarroll, J. R.
Brown.
VII. Church Erection : Ministers — John A. Ingham, David O. Mears,
A. Russell Stevenson. Elders — Edward N. Dauchy, Edgar C. Leonard,
Walter McEwan.
VIII. Ministerial Relief ; Elder — William McCarroll. Ministers —
George C. Yeisley, Alfonso R. Olney, William M. Johnson. Elders — William
H. Doughty, John I. Piatt.
IX. Freedmen ; Ministers — Samuel T. Clarke, William S. Carter,
Anthony H. Evans, Duncan Cameron, Newton L. Reed. Elders — Edward
C. Warner, Marcus A. G. Meads, Edward W. Skinner.
X. Aid for Colleges : Ministers — Henry T. McEwen, (ieorge Alex-
ander, George R. Cutting, Howard A. Johnston. iT/rtVri^— William E. Stiger,
George H. Southard, James Talcott.
XI. Young People's Societies : Ministers — Louis F. Ruf, Edward M.
Deems, Robert Clements, Thomas F. Archibald. Elders— Yiaxxy Q. Heermans,
Alexander Davidson, W. L. Ammerman.
XII. Temperance : Ministers— Yi^r^ry Ward, G. Parsons Nichols, John
S. Ellsworth. Elders— Henry W. Jessup, George H. Southard, James H.
Loomis.
XIII. Sabbath Observance : Ministers — William P. Swartz, Allen
Macy Dulles, George T. Berry. Elders — ^James Yereance, Rush Taggart,
William W. Smith.
X. CHAIRMEN OF OTHER COMMITTEES,
TO REPORT IN I902.
Arrangements: p. 52.
Place of Meetini; in 1903 : Rev. William Waith, Ph. D.
Relu;ious Corporations Law: Elder Ralph E. Prime, p. 15.
Forms of Worship: Rev. David G. Wylie, D. D., p. 39.
Auburn Seminary: Rev. Henry T. McEwen, D. I)., p. 50.
Hamilton College: Rev. Henry Ward, D. D., p. 50.
New York University : Rev. William K. Hall, D. 1)., p. 50.
Expediting Synodical Business : Rev. T. Ralston Smith, D. I)., p. 5:
INDEX.
PAGE.
Absence, Report on Leave of . 52
Absent at Adjournment without leave .. 54
Aid for Colleges, Report on ^. 43
Arrangements, Report of Committee of 8
" Committee of, for 1 9u-,' 52
Auburn Theological Seminary, Report of Visitors 49
" " ■' Visitors appointed 50
Bible Society, American 36
Bills and Overtures, Report ol Committee on , 21, 50
Bills ordered to be paid 53
Business of Synod, Committee on Expediting 52
(Chairmen of Committees to report in 1902 87
China, Address on Siet,e of Peking • 51
Church Erection. Report <m 36
Clerks, Temporary, elected 8
Codification of Laws 14
Committees, Permanent 86
" Standing 9
Corresponding Members 38
Deceased iVlinisters, Committee and Report on 13, 42
Education, Address and Report on "43
" Committees on Endowment 16, 47
Elmira College, Examiners ... 40, 80
" '■ " Report of 15
Trustees 39,79
Evangelistic Work, Committee on 52
Evangelization, Address on 51
Finance Committee, Report of 41
Foreign Missions, Report on • • ~7. 29
Freedmen, Address on Missions for "7
General Assembly, Report on Minutes of 39
Hamilton College, Letter from President i.f 21, 47
" " Visitors appointed 50
Home Missions, Report and Addresses on 27
" " Woman's Committee on 48, 80
Laws relating to Presbyterian Church 14
Leave of Absence, Report on 53
Lincoln University • ^^
Lord's Day. Report on Observance of, and Addresses 26, 31
Lord's Supper ^^
.Miller, Dr. L. Merrill, Semi-Centennial of 1'
Ministerial Relief, Address and Report on ^^4
Minutes of General Assembly, Report on ^''^
Moderator elected °
" Sermon of ^
Moderators, Succession of
82
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PAGE.
Necrology, Committee on 43
Next Meeting, Report on Place of 51
Officers of the Synod 2
Overture to General Assembly 22
Overture to Presbyterians on Representation 13
Permanent Committees 86
Place of Meeting in 1903, Report on 51
Presbyterian Building, New York 41
Presbyteries, Approval of Records of 38
" Changes in Officers of 81
" Commiitees on Records of 11
" Exceptions to Records of 46, 47, 49
" Records not Presented 47
" Statistical Reports of 57
President McKinley, Assassination of 13, 41
Publication and Sabbath Schools, Report and Address on 39, 40
Resolutions and Papers Referred 13, 31 , 31, 34. 50
Roll of Ihe Synod 3
Sabbath Observance, Report and Addresses on 26,31
Standing Committees 9
" " discharged 53
Standing Rules, Revised 13,14.83
Statistical R eports of Presbyter ies 57
Succession of Moderators 82
Summary of Statistical Reports 79
Synodical Missions, Committee on 29, 39
" " Report on 25
" Superintendent of 2. 23, 43
" " Treasurer's Report 22
Systematic Beneficence, Report and Address on 18, 21
Temperance, Report and Address on 45
Temporary Clerks elected 8
Thanks, Resolution of 53
Iract Society, American 47
Treasurer of Synodical Missions 2
Treasurer of Synod, Report of 41, 86
Trustees of the Synod 39, 82
Twentieth Century Fund, Addresses and Cjmmitiee on 41, 51, 52
University of New York, Report of Visitors 16
" " " Visitors appointed 50
Vice-Moderator appointed 9
Woman's Committee on Home Missions 48, 80
" " " Report of 48
Worship, Committee on Forms of 39
Young People's Societies, Address and Report on 49
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