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THE PRESBYTERIAN
Of The South
Thornton S. Wilson, Managing Editor.
EDITORS:
THOMAS E. CONVERSE.
JAS. P. SMITH
E. B. McCLUER.
GEORGE SUMMEY.
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OUR ANNUAL COLLECTIONS.
Month. Cause and Treasurer.
January?Assembly's Home Mission
Work. A. N. Sharp, Atlanta, Ga.
February?Local Home Mission Work.
Prpshvfprlnl or SvnrwUpnl Train
March?Publication and S. S. Missions.
R. E. Magill, Richmond, Va.
March?Synodical Collection for Schools
and Colleges?Third Sabbath. Synodical
or Presbyterial Treas.
April?Education for the Ministry. John
Stites, Louisville, Ky.
May?Foreign Missions. Dr. S. H. Chester,
Nashville, Tenn.
June?Local Home Missions. Presbyterial
or Synodical Treas.
July?Ministerial Relief. John Stites,
Louisville, Ky.
August?Local Home Missions. Presbyterial
or Synodical Treas.
September?Assembly's Home Mission
Work. A. N. Sharp, Atlanta, Ga.
September?Assembly's Collection fojSchools
and Colleges?Third Sabbath.
Yir i i t?i?iA A n
??. ii. iJiu^ic ^tuaiiiuau/, Aiiauia, ua.
October?Foreign Missions. Dr. S. H.
Chester, Nashville, Tenn.
October?Pible Cause?Third Sabbath.
Wm. Foulke, Treasurer, Bible House,
New York, N. Y.
October?Special Collections in Sunday
Schools, (or Support of Sunday School
Missions?First Sabbath. R. E. Magill,
Richmond, Va.
November?Education (or the Ministry.
John Stites, Louisville, Ky.
November?Endowment Fund (or Ministerial
Relief?Third Sabbath. John
Stites, Louisville, Ky.
December?Work Among the- Colored
People. Dr. John Little, Tuscaloosa,
Ala.
December?Assembly's Home and School
?Last Sabbath. S. W. Somervllle,
Fredericksburg, Va.
December?Indian Schools and Evangelization?Every
Review Sabbath (In
Sabbath Schools and T. P. Societies).
A. N. Sharp, Atlanta, Ga.
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iE PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU'
Church News
ALABAMA.
North Alabama Presbytery: The constitution
having been complied with, I
hereby call a meeting of North Alabama
Presbytery to convene in the First Presbyterian
church of Birmingham, Ala., on
Monday, January 18, 1909, at 2 p. m., for
the following purposes: 1. To act on the
resignation oi Rev. John Milner of the
pastorate of Sylatauga church. 2. Tj
take such steps as may be necessary to
effect a sale and a legal transfer of the
ui me mie *jave creek Presbyterian
church.
R. T. Simpson, Moderator.
ARKANSAS.
The Presbytery of Arkansas is called
to meet in special session in the Central
church. Little Rock, at two o'clock, Friday,
January 8, 1909, to consider and
act upon the requests that the pastoral
relation between Rev. Rudolph Miller
and Searcy and Sylvania churches be
dissolved and that Mr. Miller be' dismissed
to Paducah Presbytery.
J. Walter Cobb, Moderator.
Clarendon: We have the following dispatch:
Rev. R. B. Cavet, one of the best
known Presbyterian ministers in the
state, died at Clarendon suddenly of
heart failure. He had just arisen and.
utter building a fire, had started toward
his wife's bedroom to awaken her. Before
he reached there he fell dead. Rev.
Cavet had lived here for the past eighteen
years and was universally admired
and respected. Mr. Cavet was pastor of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church at
Clarendon for about fifteen years, and
when the Cumberland and U. S. A.
united he came to the southern church
and was called to the pastorate of the
Southern Presbyterian church at ClurenJon.
Has served very acceptably. Accepted
that call in 1906.
FLORIDA.
Lakeland: The Rev. James T. MacLean
has resigned his charge of the First
Presbyterian church of Lakeland. Fla.,
to take effect February 1, 1909. The
church is free of ail indebtedness, and
has a membership of ninety-five in one
of the best fields of South Florida. Our
city population in 1900 was 1,180, in 1905,
3,299, and now the beginning of 1909 we
have fully 5,000 people living here. Correspondence
for the vacancy solicited.
T. J. Williams, Clerk.
Pensacola: At the communion on the
first Sabbath of this month the pastor.
Rev. Julian S. Sibley, announced the
names of twenty who had been received
during ttte past quarter. During the four
years and tive months of the present
pastorate two hundred and seventy members
have been received and the membership
has Increased from three hundred
and fifty nine to five hundred and
seventeen. The church is active In all
departments. Rev. Dr. Wm. M. Anderson,
of the First church of Nashville,
Tenn., wwl conduct a series of services
in this church from January 26 to February
7.
TH. January 13, 1909.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta?The Westminster Church: The
Sunday school of the church decided it
would prove the statement of our Lord,
that "It is more blessed to give than to
receive": so each class found some poor,
Christmas-less family, and on Thursday
before Christmas carried toys and provisions
and clothing to them. In this
ChrioH" '
v/....ol,-iiivr wity nunureds of hearts were
made happy. The primary rconi filled
thirty-two stockings and tied toys on the
outside of each one for the Frei Kindergarten
at the Atlanta Woolen Mills. The
Baraca Class furnished reading matter
for the year for the Home of the Incurables.
In this way not only were many
hearts filled with joy, but the Gospel wa3
commended, and the givers found a peculiar
joy in the Christmas time. The'
Pastor's Bible Class has undertaken the
support of an orphan at Clinteu. The
communion was preceded by a week of
prayer. The services were well attended
and worn wco ' *
..w.v ?v?j liciicnuiiti. ai ine
communion season the pastor announced
that thirty persons had been received
since the last communion in October.
Since July ninety-three have been received
into the church, and every department
of work has shown a remarkable
improvement. The congregations flli the
house to its capacity, and often are as
good at night as in the morning. The
young people's meeting at 6:30 o'clock in
well attended and the young people liavo
had the pleasure and profit for themselves
of hearing a number of interesting
speakers from other churches.
Savannah ? Westminster: Fourteen
names were announced last Sabbath at a
delightful communion service, received
since the October communion in the
Westminster church. Our officers and
members are active and faithful. The
church is in excellent condition. This
year, upon which we are just entering,
promises to be the best in the history of
the church.
Atlanta?North Avenue Church: .The
tenth anniversary of the North Avenue
Church was celebrated last Wednesday
evening. Instead of the usual prayer
meeting, a special service was held, at
which three addresses were made by officers
of the church?a History, by Dr. M.
McH. Hull, a Financial History, by Mr.
J. K. Orr. and "The <>
^ WM?.?rva tUl IUC r U*
ture," by Dr. Kenneth 0. Mathesin. After
the service was over, the congregation
adjourned to the Sunday school room,
where a very enjoyable reception was
held. This church has Just added two
new missionaries to the long list already
supported by it, the expenses of these to
be met by individuals. At present the
missionaries are secretaries of the Laymen's
Missionary Movement of the Southern
Presbyterian Church. Four new members
have recently been received into
this church.
KENTUCKY.
Louisville: The T1 " " ?
v.ov.v.111. mil jrreauyterian
is a very neat and well-prepared
civirch paper, of which Dr, C. W. Soiumeiville
is the editor. Crescent Hill church
is a veritable beehive, and the king bee
is the zealous and faithful pastor. "For
Christ and the Church" is a good motto
for the new year.