Henry A. Parsons, Jr. Editor
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18 1875
Treslsytery aal Its Vacant Churchis.
An abstract of a sermon delivered be
fore the Presbytery of Clarion In session
at P ligo, September 29, 1875. by Uc. 1).
VI. Ca"st. and requested lor ublicalion
in the papers within the bound of Frosty,
tery:
'But when he saw the multitudes, he
wns moved wilh coinpru'aion on them, be
cause they fainted, and were ecattered
abroad ns elitcp liavitg no shepard."
Wait, ti; 80.
The figure of our text is one Hist would
enlist the sympathies of every Jew.
Scarcely any thingwould be more expressive
to an orientiil mind of exposure to certain
destruction than a flock of sheep scattered
over the mountains without, a shepherd to
defend them from the wild beusts. its well
as tie thieves md robbers which tbonuded
in that lnnd. Such tliotiglits filled the
nind of out compassionate Savior as he
saw the multitudes of people surround him
on the hills of Galilei, and knew the cer
tain and awful destruction awaiting them
unless brought into the true fold. As this
Bight of men. with no one to care for their
touls, torched the heart of our Savior, so
(lie spiritual Uesti'ution which exists in
ottr own land and all around us should
move us to compassion- if we have the spirit
tf Christ, and if not, we are -none of His."
This thoueht- leads very natuial'y to the
suriecl which Piesbvterv has assigned for
a sermon at this time viz: "The Duty of
Tresbytery towards the Vacant Churches
under its care."
This subject is one of great importance
on account of tin growing tendency
towards Congregationalism in many of our
churches. It is a question which involves
some of the fundamental principles of
Prechyterianism,
Our 'Turin of Government" gives the
following as the rensons for the existence
of the Presbytery as a church court, that,
"The church being divided into mnny
seperate congregations, these need mutial
cainsel nnd assistance, in order to preserve
soundness or doctrine and regularity ol
discipline, and to enter !nto common
measures for promoting knowle lue and re
ligion. and for preventing infidelity, error
and immorality.
w If all the churches "nerd miiti"! rountfl
and attittance." surely the vacant churches
thoc that have no pastor to look nfier
their interests flocks without a shepherd
have an especial claim on Preabytety for
aid and assistance, just as a weak or in.
valid member of a family lias on that ac
count stronger clal p on the other mem
bers for care and protection
1. In what docs the duty which Pros
bytery owes to these vacant churches enn
tiiij Every vacant congregation has cer
tain duties to prefo -m fur itself, and being.
when vacant directly un-ter the care of
Presbytery, it is the first 1 n t y of Prcsby
tery, to tee that then churches prttorm their
own duties which are t li tic set iortu in our
'Form of Government."
"Considering the great imporlarcc of
weekly assembling thepeople fur the public
worship of Hod, in older tlierchy to im
prove their knowledge, to confirm t'icir
habits of whrship and their desire of the
public ordinances: to augment their rcver
ence for the most hijrli Coil, nnd In promote
the charitable afiections which uui'e man
nioft firmilv in society, il is recommended
that every vacant congicg ition meet to
gether, on the Lord's day, ut on? or more
places, for the purpose of prayer, singing
praises, and reading the holy Scriptures,
togetherwith the works of such approved
divines as the Presbytery within whose
bounds Ihey nre nriy recommend and thev
be able to procure, and th.it iheeldnrsor
deacons be the persons who sli ill preside
and select the pu: lions of i-cripture and of
the other cooks to be lend, and too pee
that ihe whale be conducted in a becoming
ajd orderly manner."
The 0. S. General Assembly of 1847. de
clared il to be the duty of Presbytery to in
terrogate t ie ruling elders representing
such congregation concerning the obser
vnnce of t liis recommendation.
This decision makes the duty of Pres
bytery clear on this important ma-ler
The elders representing these vacant
chu:ches Bhould be require to report at
every regular meeting of Presbytery
whether their churches inset for woraliip us
recommended, and in case any vjcint
church fails to send a representative fur
one year "rcsbyirry should, by committee
or otherwise ascertain the reason of such
faili r.-s as well i s its genual c iiiliti.in.
11 1! Jl in the next place it is the duly
of Presbytery to furnish is much preaching
IS possible to these vucniit t-hui Hies, MM
seeihatlhe oidii.uiices of the gospel are
regularly administered. In rder in ac
ciimplish I his in the best way Presnyicry
Bhould appoint a standing commitice on
Vacant Churches, who sliuulu have control
of the whole hunter, w ith power to act in
the interim of the Meetings of Presbytery
and report in full at each regular meeting
This committee would take the puce of tiie
eonnnitiee iipcinicd "on supplies" at each
meeting, and bo able to Uischar-e thoii
duties tar more efficiently As hitherto
managed the matter of supplies by Preshy
tery 18 very unsatisfactory Jl savors tar
more ol Congregationalism that Presbyter
ianisni. Nominally, they go to I'rcohy.
tery but practically, they control the mat
ter themselves -The majority of vacant
churches tli-it apply to fleshy 'ery simply
ask leave to supply themselves, aud their
request is grauted. usually, jvithout asking
any questions VNhcn asked lo report ai
the iji it meeting if they have dona so.
there will probatily be no representative
present, or if there is Presbytery ia s-ilis
tied with a simple iiltirmalivo answer Willi
eut ii.quiring by whom or to what extern
they have been tuipplied Put tlm-e are
some churches that do nut honor P esliy
tery eveu with the formality ol asking per
mission They wtli employ whoever ihey
please without reeogu-aing 1 10 right ol
Presbytery lo know who is supply in them
This is nol consistei.t wilh t lie principles
of jurchurcb polity We should eiiher g vu
up some of our Presbyterian prtiiu. pies, or
enforce the rifclit of Presbytery having ihe
oversight of nil ihe churches under it care
If the standing cotnaiitlee suggested
above were appoiuted it would ihsu be the
duty of every church as soon as it would
become vaca.,1 to upply to this committee
staling how often they w.thed to be sup
plied, and how much Ihey were willing to
pay for such service They should ul m
nave tht privilege of suggesting the
name of any unemployed minister or
student whom they wished to supply them
On the other hand all ministers und licen.
tiatea that wish to preach in any of uui
vacant churches shou.d apply lo this cum
niiliee for work, stating their preference
for any particular church If mis plan
was cordially adopted, it would secure
loyality lo Presbytery from both ministers
and churches, wbica in itself would be a
most important point, liut the great ob
ject is to furnish the means of grace, so far
us possible, to ail liie vacant diuretics, aud
at the same time assist these ohuichei iu
obtaining pastor lor theiuteivej.
We believe ibis plan, which is substan
tially the same as tliat reuoiuuieuied by the
General Assembly, would secure both these
objects as well as any that could be adop
ted. A minister brought before a church
through a judicious couiiu-.fiee, U accept
ble to the people, would be mora likely to
Drove a successful pastor than one wbo
would apply oo bis own authority! or be in
induced bra friend, If haw not accepta
ble lo the people he would not be mortified
by tbeirrejectiou. for be was simply sent as
a supply to the church. It would, in a great
measure, do away with the whole bus! .
ness of eandidatiug, which is a most un
pleasant and severe ordeal to every modest
minister old or young IT a church that
pays a good salary becomes vacant the ses
sion soon have plenty of offers, and are
perplexed to decide whom they should he.ir
and if there was a enm nines of Prebytery
on whom they could throw the responsi
hilly of rejecting men they would gladly
do so
Hrethern should be willing lo seek their
fields through Presbytery They should say,
as did one lately, whose ability is equal to
his loyally, "I would nut become a candi
date upon my own motion before any
church, but I should feel bound by my or
dination vows to go to any church which
Presbytery might direot mo tj supply"
In brief we would say that the duty of
Presbytery towards the vacant churches
under its care consists in seeing that these
churches faithfully perform their own
duties as set forth in our Form of Govern
ment," in furnishing them wilh the preach
ing of the word so far as possible, and iu
affording them iho best facilities for secur
ing pastors
II Consider briefly in the second place
the ireat need for the performance of this
duty, nnd the exercise of this care by Prea
by I ery
It is well known that there is quite a
number of small vrcant churches in our
Presbytery tnat arc not able to support a
pastor, nnd the most of them being off the
line of railrotd communication, find it dif
ficult to secure supplies for themselves
The territory in which some of these
churches are situated is destitute of evau
gelicn! preaching by any denomination
This ia emphatically the case in a large
portion of Elk county With ihe exception
of St Marys which docs not belong to
our Presbytery wo have but one Bruall.
rhiircb Klkton with a membership of
sixteen scattered ovei a district of country
having a ralius of eight or nine mile
This organiz ition has been neglected until
it has scarcely an existance, and the whole
region of country was for a considerable
leuztu of time acs'ituie oi tne gospel
This year a loctl Methodist minister his
been preicliiug there part of the time Bil
there are many persons there who are
anxious lo have Presbyterian preaching
and it is our duty to give it lo them if it
cni be done The whole county, having a
population of at leasl!),0U0 is destitute, so
far a our denomination is concerned ex
cept St Marys At- Wilcox a Dutch lie
formed Presbyterian courc.i has occupied
the ground The great majority of Ihe
dcodIo da not belong lo any church It s
as truly missionary ground as any of ou
Western territories, and the fields are
white already to the harvest would tuat
there were reapers sufficient 'lo gather it.
It is undoubtedly the first duty of Presby
tery to fister and nourish the churches al
ready organized, but it is a. so a duty to
furnish 'lie gospel 'o other destitute places
which desire it, or wh.ch may grow intti
charches
In Forest county, wilh a pipulation ol
probably o.OO'J. we have one little church
oi twenty-three members, and the other
dent munitions are not strong The count,)
is sparsely settled, but f.om the num
ber of iiihatiitants m my of them must be
without (lie means of grace. In that pun
of t In inn county north of the pike, with
an estimated po.iulatiou of 10,001), we have
only four little churches who-e cotnbiued
membership is but eighty-seven, and only
one of these Mill Creek is regularly
supplied. The churches of ihe other evan
zelic il denomil it'ous are also small li
the part of Vei ango cnuuty bcloogiug iu
our I resbytery lie distil utton sue tii to bd
nearly as great.
As we see these small flocks scattered
over Ihe uiounta'tis i f Bin nnd wickedness,
without any shtpherds to protect, guide
and fee 1 them, our compassiou should be
aroused in their behalf
III. This leais us to notice in the
third place so.n' of the Methods in which
Presl.ytery can best furnish tue gospel to
these destitme fields.
Here wo should le-iru alcssiu from our
Saviour, and priy the Lord of the h:u-vest
lo send forth laborers into his harvest.
Hut wo must unite works with faith and
in order to accomplish this work m ist. suc
cessfully, we should have a Presbyterian
Missionary lo preach iu the we-tK churches
and destitute places, to visit the je ple,
and do Ihe general w.rk of an evangelist.
The means to sustain Biu-li a missionary
hesidj what could be raised uu the fieid,
could be easily provided if 1 1 1 - ruling elders
in our Preshytery would undertake it.
If this tnat'nl is not deemed dracticnb'e
at present, ihen it is t he duty uf our pastors
to g ) forth. two by two.and visit these de-ti-'iik
fields trusting thai the Great Ss-jp-herd
cf the t-licep will abundantly bless
lucir labors n their etf iris to gither into
t .e true fold ihuse that are scattered abroad
After the above d.scourse uu earnest and
delightful Conference w is held on Ilia same
topic. A deep interest wts iiianifestcd in
the prosperity of our vacant 0 lurches aud
missioaary field. .-1 Standing Committee
on Vuuant Churches and Presbyteria
Missions was ordered to bo appouiiet to
have control of I he vacant churches, mis
sion fields and supplies i:i Presbytery. The
ruiing elders in all our churches were re
sp-etfully requested to contribute five dol
inii each, or see that it be providsd, fo.
the support of a Presby tenal Missionary
for six months; .nidtlii t the ministry he re
sponsible for furnishing an equivalent ser
vice fur sii nmuths more, i'ne following
paper, defining some of the duties of the
committee on Vacant Churches and tVea
byteriai M scions wui adopted:
1. That the committee have supervis
ion nnd couirol of all missionary work
within our bounis, including vacant
churches and missionary fields of lab jT not
yet organized as cliu.'ches.
2 Thai in answer lo request from va
cmt cliurjhes and with ruferen e to
churches that have ma, lo no requests for
supplies, appointments be unde by said
C'Uiiuiiiu-c for their supply with preaching
taking :are to so group these churches ami
iiii-siunary field logethei, as to lorin cou
vcuiciit fields of labor.
1! That il shall be their duly lo stir r.p
these vacant churches and missionary
fields, lo raise by subscription as u.uch ne
hey cau to pusiniti the preaching of the
gospel a.-Bong them; and having ascertained
what amount can be raised fur the support
of a Pifsliyteriau missionary to secure the
services of such a missionary as in their
judgment will most successfully proscute
tiie wcrk,
4 That the committee Bhall have charge
of the matter of raising funds for mission
atywoik as provided by lesoluiiou of Dr.
Colbert and Hev. Fields and adopted by
Presbytery.
0 That the present standing committee
on Home Missions constitute said ooui
m it lee
caid commit ico shall report to Presby
tery at each sta'sd meeting.
T his committee, at a meeting in Brook
ville during the sessions of h'yuol, pre
vented the following report ou he appoint
ment of comuulicus to visit vacant
churches and missionary points, which was
udopted.
Uidgwsy, Klkton, aud Brandy Cain p.
Kev. Mes ,rs, Leasou and Filsou
Maysvilte aud Hichardsvilie Kev. Mes
srs Fields aud Cussat
bhiloh, Greeuwood' Seolob. Hill and
Tylarsbuig Rev. Messrs Elder and Mo
f.'urdy Si. Petersburg, Fozburg and Ricblaud
Rev. Messr Stevenson and Elliott.
Callous-burg and Perry ville Rev. Mes
srs, Hencb and Caldwell
Eait Biady and adjacent points Kev.
Vessrs. Mcllherrin and Hawk.
Each committee to spend onl week or
more in preaching and visiting; time to be
arranged by committee and session or resi
dents on the field, and that each committee
report fully at the next meeting.
Presbytery also adopted the following
rule: That the session of each vacant
ohuroh be urged to select some neighbor
ing ninister lo act as moderator of the
session of said church while the same re
mains vacant; and further, if any session
negleot to do this, that Presbytery proceed
to appoint a moderator over such sessions
J. a. tSLDttt, stated tiers-
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