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the Lord is blessing their efforts. The
membership of this church has more
than doubled in the last two years, anu
the prospects are fine for continued
growth, for which we thank God and
taae courage. Pastor.
D'Hanis: The .Rev. M. W. Doggett,
D. D., the eVangelist of the Presbytery
of Western Texas, on February 14, organized
a church at D'Hanis, consisting
of sixteen members. Mr. H. Sheffy Roller
and Mr. ... E. Saathoff were elected rulinc
elders. Mr. J. M. McLeese and Mr An
gustus Saatnoff were elected deacons.
This town is on the outskirts of an old
German Catholic settlement. The Catholic
opposition to the work here is of the
sixteenth century type. On Saturday
morning Dr. Doggett had some dodgers
printed announcing sevices to be held in
the school house on the following Sabbath.
ihese were scattered in the stores
and posted along the streets. Late Saturday
afternoon the old priest entered
the printing office, and with the vilest
epithets denounced the printer. He next
hunted up some of the school board and?
anathamatized them for allowing the
uci cuts lu uau iiic aciiuui iiuusu, nimseil
forbidding that it should be desecrated
by such use. Entering a store he saw
some of the dodgers on the counter. He
ordered a younjj salesman to gather them
up and burn them. The merchant, however,
though a Catholic, protected the
cards. There is no one locality under
the sun in greater need of the Gospel of
the Lord Jesus Christ than this one.
i.iany, many people are tired of this situation,
and want something better. We
may any day be cut off from the use of
the public school house. Then what shall
we do? With only fGOO in addition to
what can be done in the community, we
could put up a neat little chapel that
would clear the way for a great work.
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a Sunday school was organized. The Lord
hath opened wide the door at this point.
This opened door has laid it upon somebody
to furnish the money for this chap
el. Can not some Christian nian or
Christian woman at once make the way
clear for us to go ahead and erect this
little building? One dollar from each of
six hundred people, and the way is
cleared. "Come over and help us.'' Address
Rev. M. W. Doggett, San Antonio,
Texas, Lock Box 854.
VIRGINIA.
Petersburg: At a meeting of the laymen
of Tabb Street Presbyterian Chnrr.h
held after the morning service, February
14, a brotnerhood of that church was organized
with a membership -roll of over
forty. Oftlcers were elected. The purpose
of the organization, as its name
implies, is to actively Interest the laymen
in all the departments of church
work, to aid in the work of church extension
and in the advancement generally
of religion and Christian usefulness.
Norfolk: On Sunday, February 14, Rev.
D. W. Hollingsworth, of Hinton, W. Va.,
supplied the pulpit of the Second Church,
Rev. Rockwell S. Brank, of St. Louis,
! PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUT
Mo., preached at the Ghent Church, and
Rev. John V. Logan, of Louisville, Ky..
preached at (he Park Avenue Church.
The last two churches mentioned are at
present without pastors.
Wythev.de: Rev. S. O. Hall, of Tazewell,
Va., recently visited his brother,
Rev. W. A. Hall, remaining two weeks
and preaching the last Sunday in January
and the first Sunday in February.
His preaching is always highly enjoyed
and appreciated by the people of Wytheville,
to whom he has often preached,
having conducted two protracted services
for his brother here. Recently the Wytheville
church unanimously voted to Increase
tne salary to 51,000 per annum, to
begin in the first of the year. This sub
sianuai increase, togeuier with many
kind remembrances at Christmas and at
other times, makes the pastor know he
is living and laboring for a people who
love and care for him in a most substantial
and practical manner.
W. A, H.
High Bridge: Mr. L. M. Williams, of
bnion Theological Seminary, preached
Sunday morning and night, February 14,
at High Bridge. The congregations were
very much pleased with the sermons.
Lexington: The illustrated lecture in
the Presbyterian lecture room Thursday
evening, February 11, on "A Trip to Viking
Land," by Rev. Robert E. Steele, pastor
of New Monmouth church, was a
most interesting and instructive one. A
large and appreciative audience was
present. Mr. Steele was formerly for
some years a chaplain in the United
States navy, and spent one summer in
tne Scandinavian peninsula, ?.nd the
views presented were personally taken
by Mr. Steele.
Keysville: Rev. C. K. Cumming, of
our Japan mission, is still visiting
churches in this section of Virginia in
the interest of the general work. On last
Friday night he addressed an interested
congregation in the Keysville church, and
on Sunday morning he spoke in Briery
church to one of the largest congregations
we have seen gathered there for
a long time. In the afternoon he and the
pastor drove to a school-house, through
a driving snow, where about thirty persons
were gathered to hear of the coming
kingdom. At night we had an
iuicicauug iuik ai me manse to an audience
composed of the pastor's family
and some young people of the neighborhood.
On Monday a contingent of the
Meherrin congregation heard of the crying
need (a knowledge of the true God
and Savior) of the fast developing and
progressive countries of the far East.
Why will some brethren say to this servant
of God, the season is unpropitious,
and decline to have him visit their people?
If not too late, reconsider. A live
missionary of twenty years' experience In
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me num. Lcniue ui tne progress or toe
Master's kingdom abroad from the forceful
point of an eye-witness, affords a
privilege which few country congregations
can enjoy in the course of a lifetime.
Union Seminary, Richmond: The work
of the seminary during the present session
proceeds very pleasantly, and is
H. February 24, 1909.
characterized by many highly satisfac- ,
tory features.
The attendance shows a gratifying increase
over that of last session, and indicates
that the additional dormitories
afforded by Richmond Hall were not provided
too soon.
This building is a very valuable addition
to the seminary's plant. The first
floor will contain a parlor, an office, a
spacious dining-room and the kitchen.
The second and third stories contain
more tnan forty dormitories. In the basement
will be a gymnasium and bowling
alley.
Dr. Rice's course in the English Bible
is being enthusiastically received by the
students, and it is already evident that
it is going to become one of the most attractive
and helpful features of the seminary
course.
The seminary was deeply interested in
the Chapman-Alexander meetings held in
Richmond, January 6-24. Class-room
work was lightened in order that the students
might attend and participate freely;
and it is believed that both practically
and spiritually the meetings were
of great value to them. On the morning
of January 14 Dr. Chapman and Mr. Alexander"
conducted a service at the seminary
that was both enjoyable and helpful.
Dr. Chapman made a stirring ad
aress on me "Evangelistic Pastor," in
which he took occasion to emphasize
strongly the value of seminary training.
The course that was inaygurated last
year for unordained workers under the
auspices of ine seminary has already enrolled
a number of students and evidently
meets a real demand.
President W. W. Moore was the
preacher at the University of Virginia on
Sunday, January 24. K.
Richmond: Rev. W. S. P. Bryan, D. D.,
of Chicago, preached on Sunday, February
14, in two of our churches. In the
morning at the First Church, Dr. McFaden
pastor, the church of. which his
distinguished grandfather, Dr. Wm. S.
Plumer, was for many years the pastor.
At night Dr. Bryan filled the pulpit of the
Grace Street Church, of which Dr. Witherspoon
is pastor. At both services he
was heard with great pleasure by large
congregations.
?The Students of Union Theological
Seminary are doing effective service of
a practical character in the city and adjacent
communities, as is indicated by
the number of points at which they are
working. They conduct religious services
regularly at the State penitentiary, the
State farm, the State Reformatory, the
Soldiers' Home, the Chesapeake and
Ohio shops, the Southern shops, the
American Locomotive Works, the Medical
College of Virginia, Chaos (a Sunday
school for negroes), Fulton, Brook Road
and Syrian missions; besides assisting
in the Sabbath schools of the various
churches of the city and their missions,
and supplying many of the mission
churches In ?ho vlr>ini?? J ?*
x.j ut ibiuuuiuuu <^na
Petersburg and vacant pulpits.
?At the Ministers' Meeting held Monday,
February 8, a number of pastors reported
additional accessions received as
follows: Dr. Cecil, of the Second church,