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BETHEL PRESBYTERY. A NOTABLE ANN I VEILS AR1 OF TilE WEKTMINSTEIi ASSEMBLY. A Theological Symposium on (h Basic Principles ot* Cat v ill is i Ami on the Rood Which th Westminster Confession has At complishetl. Special to News anil Courier. Winnsboro. April 18.?Bethe Presbytery convened hero on th 13th instant. The Rev. W. Ci Neville preached a forcible ser mnn from 7.nobjirisib. 4flt ehiintpi 6th verse. The Rev. C. W Humphreys was elected inodera tor, and the Rev. J. J. Herndoi temporary clerk. The Rev. O. Moore was calle< to the church at Liberty Ilill, am the call was sustained. The Rev. J. C. Spann applie< tor admission to t ho Presbytery A request. from Richburg for tin services of the Rev. .1. 11. Wilsot as stated supply was granted. It was determined to erect ; manse at Kershaw. The pastoral relationship be tween the Rev. .lames Russel and his charges in Fairliehl wa dissolved on account of the il health of the pastor. The Presbytery arranged t< consummate the purchase ot tin Hock Hill High School. The invitation to have the tal meeting oi Presbytery at Kiehburj was accepted. The Rev. ,1. (i. Hall accepted i call to Ilebron Church. The pastoral relationship be tween the Itev. J. K. L. Wiencol and the churches Calvin am Woodlawn was dissolved, and tin right to labor outside the 1'resby tery was granted the Iiev. Mr Wieneoll'. J. M. McConnell and F. A Drennan appeared belore I'reshv tery as candidates lor the ministry Their names were enrolled afte examination. The following delegates wer elected to attend the (leneral As semhly : The Kev. J. K. Hall am the Kev. J.(l. llerndon ; alter nates, the Kev. C. W. Humphrey and the Kev. .1. K. Swann. Elders: James Hemphill am John Shillinglaw. Alternates <?. L. McXeal, J. C. Foster. The greatest interest has heei taken in the exercises l>y all de nominations of the town, and tin house was constantly crowded 4 V.. ^ 1* ^4 ---1 ' 1 111 < 1 ' mk; itr;t(urt? which auuoti greatm to t he occasion was the excel Ion sinking by tin? choir of the I'res byterian Chinch at this place Their music was inspiring, anc gave a soul-stirring effect to tie meeting which it otherwise wouh not have possessed. The choir i led by i'rof. "\\r. II. Witherow. Mr J. (I. McCants, whose voice i well cultivated, carries the teno part admirably. The bass is car ried by Messrs. .1. I,, and W. A Bcaty. Miss Klla B. Dotv, tin leader of the soprano, is an ac complishod singer, and ij ably as sisted by Misses Rebecca Buch annn and Lilla Beaty. The alto i: carried by Misses Nannie Thomp Americans are the most Inventive people 01 eurlti. To ihrm have l>een Issued nearly 00(1 OOP patents, or more than one-third of all tin nalents issued in the ??>rhl v.. modern yours has lii'ni of groater ben ell t ti mankind than Chamberlain's ( olle. Cholera an< Diarrhoea Remedy, or has done more to rellev< pain anil Huff' ritiK- J W Vaughn, of Oaklon Ky., nays: "t have used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in uiy family for several years, and IInd It to lie ibo lies medicine I ever used for cratnps in the slum nrh and howels. for sale by J. I*'. Maekey ? Co. and 11. C. liouglt & Co , Lancaster, 5j. C. son and Laura Gerig. The supra 110 singers are well sustained by I' Mrs. J. M. Ifeaty, Miss Mary Witherow presides at the organ, and Messrs .J. W. Seigler and C. M. Chandler performed their part e on the cornets. The entire com11 pleinent sustained their reputation on this occasion. The most instructive part ol the exercises were the addresses on Friday touching the origin, nail ture and bearing of the Weste minster Assembly and its work. To attempt to give a detailed re.. port of the subjects discussed under this head would be an imposition 011 your columns, but they . are all worthy of lull publication. ? Many, even elderly, members were edified and greatly enlight] ened 011 the ground work of their ] faith. The first speaker was Dr. W. T. 1 llall, of Columbia : "The West minster Assembly; the Causes ? which Led to it ; its Environ, ments/' The speaker prefaced his remarks by saying that the subt jeet was si matter of history, and. ; being such, he would simply read .'the history pertaining to it. He I recited the ordinance of the Lords II ^ and Commons in Parliament, call1 ing the Assembly together .June 1 "J, 1043, setting forth the causes , and reasons for such assembly, B stilting that the re;iding was necessary because the ordinance is ] inaccessible to many, and further , it suggests all the topics presented in the discourse. The body of the a I discourse was ii comprehensive recital of the causes which led to . j the calling *of the Assembly by ] ] Parliament. and the circumstances I j which surrounded the Assembly, gi Along with these was a cle.ar . | .-luucuifiii. 01 nif coilSl 11 III'III eie. J merits composing this body, and i an account of the mode of conducting its business and delibera; tions. Alter the address proper was J finished the speaker called atten i i lion to two chapters in the Confession of faith, which, he snid, were pertinent to the occasion I and not likely to be "tnornced under the subsequent an '.resses. The first, was that the Confession begins with a chapter on the 'Word of Cod. Protestantism in 'general, as well as Presbyterian ism, founds on the Scriptures. | Here it parts company with ra1 tionalism, mysticism an<l Roman i ism. The second was that the Con" lession has a chapter on the cove ' nants. The theology ol the (Jon' fession is federal in character. It may be held where the Covenants ' are not distinctly apprehended ; ' hut the covenants cannot he held and (dulvanism rejected. ' The matter being strictly liisj h torical, Dr. Hall made no effort ' at oratory, but the discourse was s clear, strong and instructive in a 1 high degree. The Rev. I >. S. McAllister had ' for discussion '-The Religious Re' suits of the Assembly," and con lined himself strictly to that f kit ocik At t ho ( llklioit I ?t* ?'?* | |/IIUOV wi UK OUUJUVIi 1IIVIO MS* IIUI Iff room to give even a synopsis of this discourse. hut it may bo said that tin; speaker showed the re, | suits to be wide and permanent. The Itov. Mr. McAllister is a f. pleasant speaker, with a clear, ' musical voice, and impressive de^ livery. His address, which was 1 good in substance as well as in 1 manner, held the attention of the ' audience to its close. Mr. J. W. Thompson, a teacher in the Graded School at Rock Hill, was the n.'xt speaker. Ilis subject was : "The Political and Civil Results of the Assembly." His address showed both great study and thought, was clear and comprehensive and delivered in handsome style, and was heard with pleasure by the large concourse present. "Our Calvinistic Theology," by the Rev. C. W. Humphreys, was the next topic under discussion. Dr. Humphreys was limited in time to fifteen minutes, during which he gave a strong statement of the fundamental principles underlying t his system. He spoke in a conversational tone and impressed the audience with his learning ami power. At an evening session of the Presbytery, beginning at 8:15, j three addresses were delivered, |eaeh being limited to fifteen minutes, bv Mr. A. I*. Brown,of Kershaw. on "The K fleet of CalvinI istic Theology upon the Political Life of Men;" the Rev. I). N. McLaughlin. "The Reviving Intlu jenes ol this Theology in the World ;" the Rev. \V. (J. Neville, uIts Influence on Personal Character." These addresses roused the enthusiasm of the audience land carried it to its highest point. Ami tin celebration closed amid the the congratulations of the hearers and the gladness of the ' Calviniste; that they were associated in the propagation and defence of principles which have accomplished so much in the world. 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