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The Presbyterian of the South
Thornton S. Wilson, Managing Editor.
Editors?Thos. E. Converse, James P.
Smith, E. B. McCluer, George Summey.
Published weekly by The Presbyterian
Co. Incorporated in Georgia.
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Church News
FEBRUARY COLLECTIONS.
The Month of February is set apart,
in the General Assembly's schedule, for
collections for Local Home Missions. Remittances
are to be made to the Presbyterial
or Synodical Treasurer, as provided
for in each case.
AFRICA.
Missionaries in the Congo.
We find in our exchanges the following
dispatch:
"Secretary of State Bacon was today,
February 5, requested by Rev. S. H. Chester,
of Nashville, representing the missionary
department of the Southern Presbyterian
Church, to authorize an investigation,
through Consul General Handley,
at Boma, Congo Free State, into the
circumstances of the trial of American
missionaries charged with libel by the
authorities In co'nnection with their reports
on the condition of the natives. It
? has been alleged that the operations of
the labor tax imposed upon the natives
has reduced the Bukuba tribe to a con
<lition of famine, because it leaves them
so little time to devote to chop raising
for their sustenance. The libel suit is
not the first to be brought by the C.ongo
authorities for reports of afTairs in the
Congo. Edgar Stanard, a British missionary,
was tried and found guilty
some time ago. The missionaries stated
that certain evidence was suppressed in
order to give a basis for the verdict. It
is to forestall any action of this kind that
Dr. Chester has requested the State department
to keep the trial under observation.
ARKANSAS.
Little Rock: Flftj^seven new members
have been received into the Second
cuurcu, Lame kock, during tne nrst part
of this ecclesiastical year. The salary
of the pastor, Rev. Charles R. Hyde, has
recently been raised.
Mena: Rev. T. A. Park, of Mason,
Tenn., has accepted the call to the pastorate
of this church, and has entered
upon his duties.
Gurdon: This church has extended a
call to Rev. J. F. Forsyth, of Des Arc.
This group - composed of Gurdon, Dobyville
and i-irby.
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IE PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU'
GEORGIA.
Atlanta?rirst^Church: Rev. C. C. Carson,
D. D., of Bristol, Tenn., brother of
one of our deacons, occupied the pulpit
of this church on last Sunday morning.
A large and attentive congregation was
present. Five new members were received
into this church on Sunday, February
14.
..?Inman Park: The following five
new deacons were ordained and installed
at this church on Sunday evening. February
21: Messrs. R. L. Hollingsworth,
H. M. Sharpe, A. D. McCain, E. H.
i iiompson and A. J. Stitt. One member
was received on profession of faith.
?West End: The pastor, Rev. Lynn
R. Walker, attended the Laymen's Missionary
Conference, and on last Sunday
he gave an account of this great meeting
to his congregation. Two members
have recently been received by letter.
?Westminster: The past week has
Deen one or joy and sorrow for Westminster.
Death has entered one of our
homes, taking therefrom a lovely Christian
character and member of our
churcn. Miss Rosalie Chase. Much sympathy
is extended to the bereaved family
in tbeir nour of sorrow. Last Sunday
two of the little ones?Helen Rhorer and
Estelle Kitchens?united with the church
on profession of their faith. Much interest
is manifested in the coming prayer
meeting service, when our four return
delegates from Birmingham will give an
account of the missionary conference recently
held there. Westminster is eager
to learn of every forward movement
made in the great crusade to evangelize
tne world.
The Woman's Missionary Union of At
dnia r-resDytery: me annual meeting
of the Woman's Missionary Union of Atlanta
Presbytery will convene in Covington
A'pril 7, 1909. A most interesting
program has been arranged and a large
attendance is hoped for.
The Presbytery of Atlanta: The^
eighty-fifth stated meeting of the Presbytery
of Atlanta will be held at Winder,
Ga., beginning on Tuesday, April 13,
1909, at 7:30 p. m. Members of Presbytery
and all other persons concerned will
please be governed accordingly.
Jno. i. Armstrong, S. C.
Called meeting of Atlanta Presbytery:
The constitutional requirements having
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uu?u met, i ucicuy can a meeting ot Atlanta
Presbytery, to meet In First Presbyterian
Church of Atlanta, at 12 m..
Monday, March 1 to transact the following
business: To dismiss Rev. P. P.
\.inn, D. D., to the Presbytery of Asheville.
To grant the Central Presbyterian
Ohurch of Atlanta permission to prosecutfe
the call which the church has extended
to Rev. D. H. Ogden, before the
Presbytery of Knoxville.
J. B. Gordon, Moderator.
Savannah Presbytery will meet at Mt.
Vernon, Ga., April 13, 1909. Dr. James
Y. Fair will nreach the onpninc aermen
subject, "Calvinism the Scriptural Theology.''
Maj. J. O. Varnedo will follow
with an address on "Calvin the Man of
his Time," and Rev. A. L.. Patterson will
speak on "Influence of Calvin on the Religious
and Political World." Each
church Is expected to send a full record
of the year's work, with the Presbyterlal
assessment of ten cents per member.
The treasurer of the Presbytery urges a
rH. February 24, 1909.
prompt response and the full assessment
to meet a deficit and the extra expense
incurred this year by the Presbytery on
the Calvin celebration.
Rev. R. O. Brown, S. C.
Columbus: Dr. D. C. Lilly was with
the First Cnurch February 7. The large
auditorium wass filled with a splendid
congregation, and they heard a great
niPSSftBTP- VPQ two of thom
gregation ought, if possible, to hear Dr.
Lilly's sermon on "The Man and his
Money.'*. Governor Glenn would have
had a full house on Tuesday night, February
9, except for a rain storm of such
violence that no one could get out, and
the service was postponed until some
lay in April. There were nine additions
to this church at the January communion.
KENTUCKY.
Rev. J. W. Atwood has accepted the call
to the pastorate of the Carrollton Church,
after serving it for several months as
stated supply. Ho received petitions
from the Catholics and colored people
nf tho town as wall no tho nth or- Pro
testant churches, to remain with this
church.
First Church, Louisville: A Home
Mission Society for the young people ot
the Fh.it Church has been organized
with twenty charter members. Its ofject
is to carry on the mission work already
under the care of the church, ami
io organize new missions.
Louisville: A banquet has recently
been held at the Theological Seminary,
whose object was to arouse the interest
of the people in the colored mission,
which is in great need of larger and
more convenient buildings.
P.ri?Rr#?nt Hill P.hurrh I niikwilU?
celebrated the John Calvin day memorial
-services on Sunday, February 21.
The subjects discussed were: "America's
Debt to Calvin," "Calvin, the Scholar and
Writer," "Calvinism and Character/'
"What we as Calvinisis Owe to the
World," "Calvin the Teacher and Preacher/'
and "Calvin, the Statesman .and Reformer."
Speakers from the diff-irei.t
churches tool par;, It was a ri.??r . nformer."
Speakers from the different
churches took part. It was a most enjoyable
and profitable occasion. Rev. C.
Wm. Sommerville is pastor or this
church. *
The Presbytery of Louisville held an
adjourned meeting in the First Church,
Louisville, Tuesday, February 16, and received
the Northern Presbyterian Church
of Shelbyville, which was dismissed by
the Presbytery of Louisville, of the Northern
Church (U. S. A.) on the same date,
and united it with the Southern Presby
tcrian Church of Shelbyville. The transfer
was made with the utmost cordiality
and good will, having been requested by
the congregations of Jthe two churches
by a unanimous vote. The union .will become
effective April 1, when the present
pastorates will terminate. Rev. David
M. Sweets. D. D., has been pastor of the
Southern Church for nearly ten years
and resigned to become the editor of the
Christian Observer. Rev. J. 'Rockwell
Smith* has been pastor of the Northern
Church for almost two years. No stens
will be taken toward the calling of a
pastor by the unitel church until the
union becomes effective, April 1. A