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Church News
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were received, nine pf the number on
proiession 01 raitn. The new church
has now a membership of three hundred
and seventy. The pastor and other ministers
are now actively engaged in preparing
for the meetings to be held, beginning
February 13, by Gypsy Smith.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Charlotte, Second Church: Dr. XlcGeachey's
pastorate is showing fruits
Forty members' names were announced
a Sunday or two ago.
Rev. G. W. Belk's address is Wilson, N.
C., in Albermarle Presbytery, of which
he is now the evangelist.
Synodical Home Missions: Rev. M.
McG. Shields, the new Superintendent,
is now in the work which has been transferred
to him by Rev. R. P. Smith. His
address is Greensboro, N. C.
..First Church, Charlotte: At the January
communion the names of forty-nine
new members wei'e announced,, thirty-tfour
of them having been received by letter
and fifteen on profession.
Davidson: On January 24 the first
communion service since Dr. Richard entered
on his pastorate here will be celebrated.
There will be a number of accessions
to the church.
Hickory: The Hickory church has provided
for itself and its pastor a most
convenient and attractive manse, and in
addition has helped to settle the pastor
and his family comfortably and plentifully
there.
First Church, Asheville: Ninety-seven
members were added to the First church
during the year just closed, thirty-five
of them by profession of faith. The
constituency of this church may be judged
from the fact that those who were
received by letter came from fifteen different
states, from Sweden, from England,
from Scotland, from Germany,
and from Italv.
Montreat: A very delightful reception
was given in the public hall at this
place on last Friday night to the new
minister," Rev. Dr. Scanlon and his family.
The social Intercourse of the evening
was much enriched by some splendid
music furnished by a quartet of
young ladies as well as some recitations
rendered by Miss Leeper, who is
a young lady of rare accomplishments
in this art. Dainty refreshments were
served to all present by the ladies of the
congregation and the climax of the evening
was reached only when an elder of
the church presented in a very appr>
priate speech the absolute need of a
manse at this place if they expected
to retain a minister. In a verv short
' while several hundred dollars were sub
scribed for this purpose by those present
and a committee was appointed to
endeavor to procure a suitable lot and
take steps toward getting all persons
who own lots here to make a slight contribution
at least, toward this valuable
and permanent asset of Montreat. Mr.
J. T. Miller was made chairman and
treasurer of this committee, and all
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persons who have a material or otherwise
interest in the sucess of Montreat
are requested to remit to him whatever
sum they may see proper. If the eight
hundred lot-holders would contribute
from one to five dollars apiece what a
help it would be to this local band of
faithful and zealous Christian workers,
who are doing so much good among the
adjacent native settlers.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Belton: Eight members were received
during the last month. Messrs. W. B.
Guy, J. B. Adger, and J. S. Adams have
been elected ruling elders and Messrs.
J. C. Putnam, A. R. Sharpe, and C. G.
Todd, deacons.
Jefferson: During the Christmas holidays
the members of the Jefferson Presbyterian
church, South Carolina, remembered
their pastor and family with many
tokens of their appreciation and affection;
among these being a purse of
twenty-two dollars for the pastor's special
benefit. May the Lord help us to
show our appreciation of all this kindness
by being true to our high mission
here in our prayer.
"Orphanage Notes," published by the
Connie Maxwell Orphanage, discontinued
after the December number. Instead of
this a monthly bulletin will be published
which will vary from month to month,
according to the needs of the Orphanage
at the time. This is a much more convoninnf
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new post-office rulings.
Greenville: The Second Sabbath in
this month was a day of unusual interest
in the Sabbath school of the Second Presbyterian
church at Greenville. Besides
being the largest Sabbath school this
winter, one hundred and forty-three being
present, the annual class in the
Catechisms graduated and appropriate
exercises were conducted by the pastor.
One had recited the Westminster Shorter
Catechism during the year; and seven
the Introduction to the Shorter Cate/-?V*
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uiiuu. v/ne received a tsiDie and a diploma
and seven a New Testament each
and a certificate. The Presbyterian Committee
of Publication is to be commended
for its donation of Bibles and Testaments
to those who memorize the catechisms.
Pendleton: Rev. a. H. Atkins was installed
pastor of Pendleton church on the
second Sabbath of January. Rev. M. R.
Kirkpatrick presided and preached the
* sermon. Rev. W. H. Mills charged the
pastor and Rev. T. D. Cartledge, the people.
The sermon and charge were excellent.
Tne pastor and his family feel
that their lot has been cast among a
generous and loyal people. They, in addition
to paying freight charges on cars
containing household goods and live
stock, sent to the manse many tokens
-of their kindness. Christmas day
brought to the manse many pleasant callers
and a ganerous old fashioned "pounding."
The outlook is promising as
shown by the large attendance on all
the services of the church. The prayer
meeting is especially encouraging. The
auendance has increased to such an ex
tent that the Sabbath school room will
scarcely hold the congregation.
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H. January 20, 1909.
TENNESSEE.
First Church, Nashville: During tho
last quarter twenty-six members were received
into the First church, Rev. Dr. W.
M. Anderson, pastor.
Rev. Lewis Collins' address is changed
from Lookout Mountain To 304 McCallie
avenue, Chatanooga, Tenn.
Eagan: Rev. Edgar Tufts, of Banner
Elk, N. C., will spend the next tnree
months at Eagan, a mining town in the
Cumberland Mountains, organizing a
church and school, if the way be clear.
Johnston City: It is announced that
Rev. J. Edmunds Brown has accepted the
call to the assistant pastorate of the
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The First Church of Memphis was acceptably
supplied on January 10 by Rev.
W. P. Price, pastor of the Files Valley
church of Texas.
At the Idlewild Church, Memphis, Rev.
W. C. Alexander, pastor, a large body of
communicants attended the Sacramental
service on January 3. Two members
previously received by the session were
publicly welcomed and three young people
from the Sunuay school were received
on profession, making thirty-one received
since the last communion. On
January 10 a lady was received on state
inent from the Episcopal church and publicly
welcomed.
Memphis: The Presbyterian churches
of Memphis observed the Week of Prayer
by union services from church to
church conducted by various pastors and
concluded with the annual communion
service in the Second church on Sunday
afternoon, January 10.
Pulaski: This church begins the new
year with encouraging conditions. The
roof has been repaired and steps are being
taken to thoroughly overhaul the interior
of the auditorium. Then the ladies
will put down a handsome carpet,
for which the funds are in hand. Congregations
are good, with increased attendance
at the evening service recently.
The first Sabbath of the year Whs marked
bv an addttlnn ? ?*-1?
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The Sabbath school is large and on the
increase. Our seating capacity was put
to the test on last Sunday morning. We
need a modern, improved Sabbath school
room with class accommodations. Here
is a good chance for some one to build
an ante-mortem memorial. Our annual
Christinas entertainment for the Sunday
school with the awarding of prizes for
regular attendance, recitation of the
Catechisms, etc., was creditable, as evidenced
in the following record: Two
young ladies have gone twelve and fifteen
years respectively, without missing
a Sabbath; oile young man ten years.
Quite a number of others range from
one to nine years in perfect attendance.
The pastor acknowledges many tokens
of kindness on the part ot his people,
who treat him like a prince and tolerate
him like an only child, for which he is
very grateful and wishes he could do
better work.
Knoxville: The Synod of Tennessee
at Its last meeting by a special resolution,
?ailed the attention of all. of Its
churches to the first general convention
of the Laymen's Missionary Movement
of our church to be held at Birmingham,
Ala., February 16-18, 1909, and urged that
each church be represented as far as