FORM OF A PRESBYTERIAL REPORT. report to the Synod of that they consist of 8 members, and have under their care 11 Congre The Presbytery moreover report, that on day of 182 they ordained the Rev. ; that on the church at and that on they licensed J. K. to preach the gospel; that on ; that on they suspended that on they organized a church at ; and that on and installed him pastor of they dismissed R. M. from his pastoral charge of they received the Rev. P. S. from the Presbytery of the Rev. E. D E. departed this life. By order of the Presbytery, dated April 15th, 182. T. J. B. Stated Clerk. 7-2-17 NOTE. It is intended that the Sessional Report should exhibit, at one view, the state and exertions in the general cause of the Redeemer, of a particular church. If the Pastor, or one of the Elders of each church, will carefully prepare, in April of every year, or at some convenient time before the Spring session of the Presbytery under whose care the congregation may be, a full Report after the preceding form, we shall no longer have to lament that the actual numbers and condition of the Presbyterian church cannot be known; nor will the publication of our statistical tables hereafter delay the circulation of the Minutes of the Assembly for months after they are completed. It is desired that each church may set down, under the head of Missions, all monies collected by them, during the year, for domestic and foreign missions, whether by subscription or other contribution, and not merely the amount forwarded for the Board of Missions; that thus the whole pecuniary aid, brought by the Pr byterian church to the cause of missions, may appear. In like manner, it is expected that the churches will report all funds collected by them for any one of the Theological Seminaries under the care of the General Assembly, or under the care of any of her inferior judicatures. The Treasurer of the Trustees of the Assembly will, of course, be answerable for none of these monies, excepting those for which he shall give his receipt. Indeed, the greater part of the funds, heretofore reported in the Minutes, were never designed to reach his hands. The transcript of the Sessional Reports, with the addition of a column for the names of ministers, and another for congregations; will make the Presbyterial Report to a Synod, or the General Assembly. In addition to the above errata, the for expedient read inexpedient. for Alvelyn read Avelyn. for Newtown read Newton. Stated Clerk would remark, that the names of several ministers of our church do not appear in the Presbyterial Register, because they were in a state of transition from one Presbytery to another. The same is true of some Licentiates. Particularly he refers to the Reverend John M. Mason, D. D., W. C. New York. Philip Lindsley, D. D., President of Cumberland College, Nashville, Tenn. Isaac Van Doren, P. Hopewell, Ward's Bridge, Orange co. N. Y. Ministers. And to Mr. John M'Kinnie, and Mr. William F. Curry, Licentiates. * The Assembly elected Samuel Hudson, intending to elect David Hudson, Esq. and the mistake was not disclosed to the Clerk until the Minutes had been printed. |