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January 13, igog. T]
VIRGINIA.
Collierstown: The Sunday School of
(his church, had an enjoyable entertainment
on Wednesday afternoon, December
30, marking the beginning of the work
of their genial new pastor. Rev. G. B.
Hanrahan. There was a pleasant program
of exercises, a Christmas tree and
unlimited Christmas bounty of good
things. Elder Harry L. Morrison is superintendent
of the school.
Newport News: The series of evening
sermons which were delivered during
the fall months and closed December
27, were very largely attended. The
evening congregation was frequently
miirh lnrcpr than tho mnmlnc A* tVio
earnest request of many members of
the church another series was arranged
and the first sermon delivered Sunday
night, January 3. A large audience was
present in the morning but a much larger
at night. The gen ral subject ot
this series is "The Footprints of God
Upon the Highways of the Nations."
Second Church: Rev. Dr. J. E. Thacker
entered Sunday upon the tenth *year
of his pastorate with the Second Presbyterian
church and the services were
highly appropriate to the occasion. The
reports of the nine years' work of the
pastor showed a marvelous growth along
all lines of Christian endeavor and evidence
the lovaltv of the church to tneir
pastor. The total amount raised during
this period is $87,000. Total number of
members received into the church during
the nine years, 424, while there are
on the roll only 427. In addition to the
regular work at the Second church the
congregation conducts a Chinese Sunday
school in the afternoon, also a Sunday
school at the Fair grounds, a preaching
service there at 3 p. m. Sundays and a
prayer meeting every Thursday at 8 p.
m. at the same place. This church has
a representative in both the foreign and
home mission fields and also provides
for the support of a number, of children
in the State Presbyterian Orphans'
Home. This wonderful advance in the
work of the Second Presbyterian church
is due in a large measure to the earnest
zeal and indefatigable labors of Dr.
Thacker, who is "instant in season, out
of season."
The Charlottesville Presbyterian Sunday
school celebrated Christmas in a
unique and enjoyable way. They determined
to make Christmas an occasion
for giving rather than for receiving. A
service was held Sunday afternoon, December
27. After the exercises of worship.
an important part of which consisted
of singing and Scripture recitation
by the school, an offering was made
for the Synodical Orphanage at Lynchburg.
Each class brought its contribution
of good things for the orphans.
These gifts filled two large boxes and a
barrel, beside an amount of money. After
llnnlkn. *1 -
auiig, me seiioui inaue an
offering in money to purchase a steel
boat icr the Samuel N. Lapsley Mlssion'
ary boat on the Congo River in Africa.
This school had helped to build the first
Lapsley boat, and then again to build
the second Lapsley. Mr. Vass' letter
in The Missionary, telling of the great
need of a smaller boat to attend the
l^apsley, got hold on the heart of the Sunday
school, and they resolved to do what
they could to provide the boat. Dr.
3E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUT
Chester wrote, in answer to inquiry, that
the boat would cost, in its make and its
transportation, about six hundred dollars.
The Sunday school offering was
seventy-seven dollars and fifty-two cents.
Tazewell: We make an extract from
a pastoral letter of this cnarge of New
Year's day, which is go: d leaning for
all. Only by united efforts can we successfully
advance the Master's cause.
The hands of one held baca will retard
the work. While it is true, that under
the leadership of the determined Nehemiah,
the ruined wall around Jerusalem
was restored, yet much of the credit for
the success of the enterprise was due to
those who willinelv follnwpil htm "Tho
people had a mind to work." They said.
"Let us rise up and build." "Every one
wrought in the work." It is what you
yourself consider the weak points in our
church that I want you to use your abilities
in correcting. More people should
attend the preached word. But the pew
as well as the pulpit must draw. "Count
on your pastor's abilities as his chance;
count on his inabilities as your chance."
Does the Sunday school lag? That is
your chance. Is the prayer meeting dull?
'mat is your chance. Is there apparent
lack of sympathy among the brethren?
Is there need of more house-to-house visitation?
Is there need of more personal
work? Whatever you see in our ehurcn
that needs to be remedied gives you a
blessed opportunity for personal effort.
With God's help we have made some
progress in church work; but the future
beckons us to heights not yet attained,
to victories not yet achieved. May this
year witness larger and better results
in our church life. The past is the earnest
of what we may accomplish during
the coming year. "The best is yet to be."
"And the very God of peace sanctiiy
you wnouy; ana l pray Uod your whole
spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ." I am affectionately, your
pastor, S. O. Hall.
Richmond: The evangelistic campaign,
under the direction of Dr. J. Wilbur
Chapman and Mr. Chas. Alexander, began
on Wednesday night, January 6. Ministers
and people of sixty-seven churches
in the city and vicinity have united
heartily and the campaign is thoroughly
well organized. On the first night Dr.
Chapman preached to an assembly of
about 5,000 in the City Auditorium, and
simultaneous meetings were held in six
targe churches, and all were filled.
Thursday and Friday mornings Dr. Chapman
preached to full houses in the Centeneray
Methodist church, in the center
of the city. All the Protestant ministers,
including the Episcopal rectors of the
city, were active in the work of this
meeting. It is hoped a great blessing
will come upon all the peQple. Certainly
the brotherly love and affiliation is iiself
a blessing.
Bay View: The occupants of Holmes
church manse desire, through your columns,
to express their appreciation for
the many acts of kindness shown them
by the members of the congregation since
(heir arrival here last June. They were
also most generously remembered at the
Christmas season. Among the gifts received
was a handsome broadcloth suit
for the pastor and many good things for
the "inner man." The New Year was
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ushered in by the congregation giving us
a surprise party. Almost every family in
the congregation was represented. The
older people of this church and the young
people all came and overflowed the
manse. All spent a jolly, happy evening
together, and they left the pantry well
stocked for days to come. The New Year
also opened brightly for the work of the
church, as we had the pleasure cf receiving
two of our young people into the
communion of the church. And there are
others who expect to unite with us in the
near future. W. C. F.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Lewisburg: The Week of Prayer was
observed by the churches in a joint
meeting in the Methodist Enisconal
church. South, Dr. Daniel, Dr. M. L.
Lacy and Dr. R. L. Telford are taking
their part in the preaching.
Charleston: The Bream Memorial
church of this city, Rev. Chas. F. Myers,
pastor, publishes a montnly paper called
"The Covenanter." The church is now
well organized, with a Sunday school of
four hundred and fifty or more, a Covenanter
Band of fifty-five, an effective
ijrotherhood, a Indies' Aid Society, a
Indies' Missionary Society and a Girls'
Society. The congregation has so grown
that steps have been taken to enlarge
the church building. In December there
was an addition of fifty-six members.
This church and its great work are the
outgrowth of a mission begun twentyfive
years ago, by the Rev. Dr. J. C. Barr
of the First Presbyterian church of this
city.
PERSONALS.
Rev. J. Walter Cobb changes his street
address from 1872 Chester to 2420 Izard
Street, Little Rock, Ark.
Rev. T. P. Cleveland changes his address
from Atlanta, Ga., to Roswell, Ga.
Dr. Grenfell delivered at Princeton
last week a course of lectures on missions
and went thence to the University
of Virginia and Johns Hopkins at Baltimore.
The doors of the colleges as well
as of the churches ar? swin?Hnor
" IUOIJ
for him. His new book, "A Man and His
Faith," is this week published by the'
Pilgrim Press.
President H. L. Smith delivered an address
in Charlotte on Sunday, January
10, before the Y. M. C. A. of the city,
and on Friday, January 15, he is to lecture
at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Mrs. Thos. E. Peck, we learn, has sustained
serious injury from a fall at the ?
home of her son-in-law, Dr. Alexander
Sprunt, in Charleston, S. C., She is the
widow of Dr. Peck, so widely known and
highly esteemed as Professor of Church
History in Union Seminary for many
years. There is little hope of her recovery
from this accident as she has
now reached the age of eighty-nine. Mrs.
Ponlr Koo ? wU* ? -- * *
.iao a. muc ai-t|uaiuiaiice ana a nost
of friends in different parts of the South.
The Address of Rev. Dr. Alfred Jones
is changed from Fredericksburg, Va., to
Montgomery, W. Va. His family will
continue to reside for the present at
Fredericksburg.