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
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pain anil Huff' ritiK- J W Vaughn, of Oaklon
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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.
The Presbytery remained in
i session until -:20 A. M. on Sat
urdav, in ordor to linisli its husi
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