Show MEETING OF presbytery geo D peacock is ordained to ministry important gathering of ministers at presbyterian church in this city the presbytery pre of southern utah met in the I 1 i ilch richfield field presbyterian Presby cenan church last thursday night with a good attendance after devotional exercises conducted by the resident les ies ident dent pastor J E hanks the retiring moderator dr martin of manti preached a 1 strong sermon on the t ie ric the glori of god is his Holi holiness nesi ia 6 63 3 holi holy holy jehovah of hosts ill all the earth is filled with thy glory following the sermon the moderator constituted the presbytery prayer the roll call showed the following ministers present rev G W martin adanti rev C H hamil ton mt alt pleasant rev J K mc perron rev E J hanks richfield Rich neld rev jo jobah bah iah mclain superintendent of synod of utah and the follo fol lowine winz were not present rev davis green river rev dodds Sunny bide rev gusseff panguitch rev clayton S rice kice st george rev E J hanks was elected moderator fol foi the next term by special request letters of dismissal were granted to rev J H bieter mets er to the presbytery of los angeles and to rev lawson gree to the presbytery of sacramento FRIDAY MORNING after morning devotional exercises the call for new business resulted in the fixing of two special orders for the afternoon the consideration ot geo D peacocks Pea rocks request foi ordinia ordination to the ministry and the relation of this new presbytery to the mission school the balance of the forenoon wis was taken up with committee reports the report of the committee on home missions wa wao made a special order for saturday m AFTERNOON at 2 the case of mr air peacock was taken up dr martin of manti presented a ic commendation from the adanti hurch church mr peacock was asked to S t 1 t C his ill S reasons r ea son for his request to be ordained orda ned afeei a lengthy discussion of the question the examination of the candidate an was set for 5 routine business Lon consisting of reports of committees commit teeb occupied the attention of the melting meeting until that time mr peacock OL was then examined in the following branches his knowledge of the christian religion through experience and his motives for entering the tha ministry theology english bible he fie showed a full knowledge of the word church government and the sacrament church history roll call showed that the eximina tion was satisfactory and the ordination services were fixed for 8 EVENING SESSION after the devotional exercises which were conducted by rev hanks the moderator the steps leading up to the present action were reviewed and the constitutional questions were presented to all of which the candidate gave a hearty assent he was then solemnly set apart to the gospel ministry by the imposition of hands of the presbytery dr martin offering the ordination prayer and supt bupt mclain giving the charge to the young man SATURDAY MORNING the presbytery met on saturday morning at 8 and the report of the committee on home missions was presented as the special order the following felds were recommended for occupancy for the year green river sunnyside Sunny side mt hit Pe lasant ephraim manti gunnison salina richfield Rich neld monroe panguitch cedar city parowan carowan Pa rowan st george and fillmore rill the place of the next meeting was fixed to be the same place as the meeting of the teachers association on september the presbytery adjourned to meet at the call of the moderator |