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February 3, 1909. TIvoices
rendered Mendelssohn's "St.
Paul."
Westminster Church: Notwithstanding
the cold weather last Sabbath, Westminster
had a goodly number present at
both the Sunday School and morning
services. The choir of trained musicians
who have so delighted our concrocntinn
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er with Mr. H. AV. B. Barnes, organist,
from Cincinnati, were also faithful in
attendance. During the morning Mr.
Ostrom, of the Forward Volunteer Movement,
spoke to the people inviting them
to make a selection of delegates in the
near future, to represent our church at
the Birmingham Conference.
..Fort Gaines: Our church on last
Sabbath pursuant to call of the session
some time previously for a congregational
meeting,, elected four new officers:
Deacons J. E. Peterson and Dr. W. C.
Wimberly, to the eldership, and Messrs.
R. C. McAllister and Robert A. Dobbins
to (he diaconate. These brethren are
all in the prime of life, deserving members,
and men of decided and strong
characters, and the church feels that
they have done the right thing, and will
greatly increase their usefulness by putting
them in these offices. We have
from their ministration, great hopes for
the church, and the glory of the Master.
Atlanta?Mopre Memorial Church:
The ladies of this church, gave a delightful
reception to their pastor on Monday
evening, January 25. The special occasion
of the reception was the nineteenth
anniversary of Dr. Holderby's pastorate,
and also the anniversary of his birth. A
large audience was present to do honor
to the occasion, and the exercises were
of unusual interest. The Presbyterian
ministry was well represented. Rev. Dr.
W. L. Linglo, pastor of the First Presby
terian church, made a brief but a very
interesting talk in which he congratulated
pastor and people upon the long
and happy pastorate. The Atlanta Orchestra
added much to the pleasure of
the evening, as did also the ladies, who
served delightful refreshments.
Tallapoosa: A series of meetings, extending
through eight days ended at
Tallapoosa, Sunday, January 24. Rev.
Frank D. Hunt, evangelist of Atlanta
Presbytery, a clear forcible, and consecrated
ambassador af the word, assisted
the minister in this work. The churches
of the city were largely represented in
th congregations, the Methodists aud
South Methodfst Churchesc uniting heartily
In the entire series. The popular
meetings wbre held in the South Methodist
Church, which has the largest auditorium
in the city. Ten professed converson.
A blessed anid abiding work was
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upi.Duea m me fresoyterian Church
by the afternoon meetings held. Mr.
Hunt gave a series of seven Bible studies
on, "The Church the Bride of the
Lamb." These were largely attended by
the earnest spirits of the place. , The
interest was intense. All were bound
together in Christian fellowship, built up
in faith, and filled with devotion to the
work of the Gospel. Mr. Hunt proved
the teacher of unperverted truth especially
needed at this time in Tallapoosa.
He is a careful and devout student of
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the Bible, has a fine insight into its
deeper meanings, which he sets forth
with great clearness, strong appeal, and
telling illustration. His sincerity, wellbalanced
judgment, and manifest love
of men, win all to the cause he represents.
His exposition of the Gospel met
with hearty approval on all sides. The
work he did in this place will endure and
will bring forth results increasingly.
Birmingham: The work of the Presbyterian
churches in the Birmingham district
for the year 1908 was both fruitful and
promising. Plans have been arranged for
the VPflr 1 QOQ U'h ir?V? nnniA?r.?>U*? ?
? .wvv ,.M.vu vuuiciuiiiaic even
greater things. Perhaps the most significant
step for the immediate future is the
appointment of a sub-committee of the
Home Mission Committee, whose special
purpose is church extension in this district.
The members of this committee
are: Rev. H. C. Kegley, chairman; Rev.
S. J. Foster, Rev. U. D. Mooney, Rev. S.
F. Swallow (Bessemer), and Elder F. W.
Dixon. This committee will seek to organize
Sunday schools, and to be watchful
for opportunities to establish the
Presbyterian church in needy fields.
Those who are familiar with the situation
here, will understand how effective
this committee can be. There are many
suburbs already, and every year adds
more, and we are therefore properly interested
in bringing our church to them.
Besides the usual work in which they
would necessarily be interested, this subcommittee
will undertake to give every
consideration to our large and growing
foreign population. There are several
thousand foreigners who do not speak
English, to whom we hope to give the
Gcspel. This work will be undertaken
in co-operation with the Atlanta commit
tee. ine fastors' Union recently had a
discussion on the parity of Presbyterys,
led by Rev. Dr. Woodbridge, of Avondale.
The leader supported the present attitude
of the Church on the question of lis
.church officers, and in the discussion
which followed had the unanimous support
of the brethren. A motion was carried
asking that the leader's address be
given to the Church papers.
Moultrie: Sunday, January 24, was
given up to the Laymen's Movement in
Moultrie. An executive committee, com
posed of fifteen men from the evangelical
churches represented In the city, had
formed a permanent organization and
had laid plans for a series of mass meetings
for men. This was the first of the
series, with Mr. Charles H. Pratt of our
own church as the speaker. In the
morning he filled the pulpit of the Presbyterian
church, delivering a most thrilling
address on "The devotion to Christ
that Is demanded of those who call themselves
Christians." His text was Luke
6: 46, "Why call ye me. Lord, Lord, and
do not the things which I say?" It was
well fitted to prepare the congregation
for the other messages of the day. In the
afternoon at the Methodist church three
hundred and fifty women gathered in a
mass meeting for women only, and at
night five hundred men came toeether In
the Baptist church to hear one of the
clearest calls to duty in world-wide missions.
The daily paper says, "It was a
meeting for men only?a single exception
being made by unanimous consent to
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have the organist present. Old-time singing
was a feature of the meeting, and the
laymen proved their ability to conduct an
enthusiastic religious service without the
lead of a minister. The pastors were
present, but were accorded amen corner
privileges only. Mr. Pratt, a young man
with impressive personality, presented
strongly, earnestly and effectively the
cause of foreign missions. He appealed
to the love, the gratitude, the pride, and
the patriotism of Christians. It was
shown that there were money enough, men
and women enough, open doors enough,
and the awakening of the great body of
Christians to a willingness to do the
work remaining." The meeting was in
every respect a success, and its effect is
already being felt. The question of systematic
giving is being discussed on the
streets. It is confidently expected that
there will be a marked increase, not only
in the amount of the offerings to Foreign
Missions, but in denominational loyally
and loyalty to Christ in both life and
means. The statistics of the churches
of the city for 1908 showed that the per
capita to Foreign Missions is three dollars
and thirty cents. The statistics for
the Presbyterian Church showed the following
per capita: To church expenses,
nineteen dollars; to benevolent causes
in the home field, twenty dollars; to
Foreign Missions, eight dollars. The Interdenominational
Committee of Laymen
have plans for another mass meeting of
men to be held in the near future, and
to be addressed by a prominent man
from the Baptist church, and then another,
when the speaker will be a Methodist.
And it is the intention, in the
meantime, to press the work along every
line in the individual churches. The pastors
are rejoicing in the fact that the
men are awake and at work, for they
know what this thing means
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Catlettsburg: A meeting of much intrest
was held in this church from
January 5 to January 18, in which
the pastor, Rev. W. J. Garrison, was as
sisted by the Rev. William Black, and
his singer, Mr. A. Burr. There were
over fifty professions, and all the
churches received members. But the
greatest god was in the reviving of professing
Christians. The work in the
Church is quite encouraging. Plans are
on foot for a new manse and for the
enlargement of the Church building.
Morganfield: The fourth Sunday waa
one of unusual interest in our church for
several reasons. The pastor, Rev. C.
N. Wharton, preached at night for the
last time before leaving us for his trip
to Europe and the Holy Land. He and
his wife expect to start from New York
on the steamer Arabic, February 4, as
members of the Clark's Tourist Party.
While we all rejoice that they will have
such a delightful trip, they will be great1
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mj mioocu ac uume. i wo new enters
were ordained and installed in the morning,
Professor M. L. Girton, and Judge
C. H. Skinner. An excellent sermon
was preached by Rev. Rudolph Miller,
late of Searcy, Ark., who will supply
our church during Mr. Wharton's obsence.
.A. B. M.
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