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The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1865., [Electronic resource], Meeting in Baltimore for the Benefit of Presbyterian ministers in the South. (search)
g of their pastors, with resolutions looking to the taking up of a collection and to appoint a committee to obtain contributions in aid of their brethren in the South. In support of the resolutions, Dr. Dickson, Hon. J. Morrison Harris, and Rev. Dr. Backus, of the First Presbyterian Church, delivered short addresses, concurring fully in the language of the preamble and resolutions, and setting forth in eloquent language the destitute condition of pastors of the different churches in the South, thirty-five thousand, hardly one of which could be supported by their congregation. A committee of ten from each church, to carry out the purpose of taking collections, was then appointed. The committee to obtain contributions consists of Rev. Dr. Backus, Rev. Dr. Bullock, Rev. Dr. Smith, and Messrs. Whitely and Mercer. A collection was then taken up, resulting in the realization of a handsome sum towards the furtherance of the object for which the meeting had been called.-- Baltimore Gazet