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March 24, 1909. TI
MISS JULIA A. DUPUY.
On March 3, 1909, at the home of the
widow of her brother, the late Dr. J. J.
Dupuy, at Davidson, N. C., Miss Julia
A. Dupuy.
Miss Dupuy was born in Petersburg,
July 10, 1S32, so that at the time of her
death she was nearly seventy-seven
years of age. Her name suggests that
she came out of the very best spiritual
and social precedents, and her lovely,
pure life gave proof of the value she
u(iuu in*i" iiit;ii uirmrignt.
Her parents were Dr. W. J. and Jane
Rufiln Dupuy. When her brother married.
in 1S65, Miss Mary Sampson, of
Hampden-Sidney, Miss Dupuy became a
member of his family circle, and made
her home with him until his death. After
her brother's decease, she continued
to be an inmate of that charming home,
herself the object of the most tender
affection, and, in her latter years especially,
of the most unwearying ministry
of sympathy and care of her brother's
widow and of the large group of children
in the home. They all rise up and
can ner messed, ror sne was Hod's ministering
angel in the family life for fortyfour
years. No aunt ever gave herself
more lovingly to' the child life of a home
than Miss Dupuy uiu to these children,
and even to the grandchildren, of her
dearly beloved brother. She taught
them all to Yead; but she did more, for
during all these years she wisely and
affectionately worked with the faithful
mother for the spiritual well-being of her
kindred, whom she lived to see adorn
so truly the doctrine of the Lord, her
Savior.
Miss Dupuy was always frail and so
was shut off from many of the active
forms of Christian service to which she
would so gladly have given herself. She
taught with much success in the Sunday
school, but always found the task beyond
the measure of her strength. Her
sphere of service was in the quiet home
life not only of her kindred, but of her
neighbors, especially where there was
old age or sickness. Her visits to the
sick and aged were constant benedictions?with
their kindly sympathy and
helpful message either from her own
lips or from the book, or paper, or clipping
which she invariably carried with
her 011 such occasions.
Her deepest interest was awakened
by the story of the "Soul Winners'"
work in the mountains of North Carolina
and Kentuckv. She fnllnweH it with
her prayers and her generous contributions.
From childhood she had been a
member of the Presbyterian church, the
church of her fathers, and she loved, with
a peculiar devotion, its worship and its
praise. When the feebleness of advancWashington
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ing years came upon her, and infirmities
and sickness increased, she longed for
Zion with a fervent affection, but for
many years before her decease she never
stood within its gates. But her invalid's
chamber was the place of much
prayer and many found it a heavenly
place in Christ Jesus; and her pastor of
those days felt sure that he was given
many blessings through the prayers of
this devoted servant of Christ.
Her Bible was her best friend and
her constant companion. With this book
upon her lap she lived through the years
of failing health a beautiful, quiet life of
trust?her faith never faltering, even
when in her extreme weakness she was
subject to the depression which so often
is the physical accompaniment of decreasing
vitality. She had a great longing
for the joys of salvation, and though
these were sometimes denied her, she
always clung, in the darkness, to her
Savior's hand. She had no doubt of his
love and power, her only doubt concerned
her own sufficient love for him, but, little
by little, she learned that it "was not
faith in her faith, but faith in Christ"
which was the sole foundation of her
hope.
She was very patient during all these
months of waiting for death to release her
wearied spirit. Her thoughts were full of
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for the people of God." And when
the call came to go up higher?to see the
King in his beauty?to rejoin the loved
ones gone before, one feels that upon her
tomb may be truly written the holy legend:
"Blessed are the dead which die
in the Lord, from henceforth; yea, saith
the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labours and their works do follow them."
She "being dead yet speaketh."
NOTES OF INTEREST.
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by Rev. Victor Herbert Lukens and Rev.
James Elmer Russell, published by the
Westminster Press, Philadelphia, is a
little sixteen page pamphlet dealing with
a number of the practical questions
which come to the church members and
candidates for church membership, such
as the significance of church membership,
who may become members, how
one may become a member, the significance
of the sacraments, church members'
relations to amusements, and the
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of many of the questions and of the proper
answers to them.
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TIME AND PLACE
Presbyterial Meetings.
The churches should send up to the spring
meetings of Tresbyterles the following:
1. Sessional Records. 2. Statistical Reports.
3. Sabbath school reports. 4. Narrative. 5.
Presbyterial assessment (or Commissioners'
Fund), generally 10 cents per member. 6. Report
on Systematic Beneficence. 7. Reports
from all Societies.
The General Assembly will meet In the First
church, Savnnnah, Ga., on Thursday, May 20,
at 11 a. m.
Synod of Alabama.
Central Alabama. Tuscaloosa. Ap. 15, 7:30 pro.
Ensl Alabamn, Dothan. April 13, 7:30 pm.
Mobile. Broad St. Ch., Mobile. Ap. 20. 7:30 pro.
North Alabama. Colllnsvllle, April 13, 7:30 pm.
Tuscaloosa, Demopolts, April 13, 7:30 pm.
Synod of Arkansas.
Arkansas, Searcy, April 20, 7:30 pm.
Ouachita. El Dorado, April 7. 7:30 pm.
Pine Bluff, Warren, April 1, 7:30 pm.
Washburn, Prairie Grove. ?'ar. at. 2 pm.
Synod of Florida.
Florida, Montleello, Tu? April 6, 7:30 pm.
St. Johns, Lakeland. Tue., April 13 7:30 pm.
Siiwanee, Pnlatka, Fri., April 16, 7:30 pm.
Synod of Georgia.
Athens, Mizpnh, March 30, 8 pm.
Atlanta, Winder, Tue., April 13. 7:30 pm.
Augusta, Sparta, April 7, 7:30 pm.
Cherokee. Menlo, Tu? April 6. 7:30 pm.
Macon, Cutlibert, April 6. 7:30 pm.
Savannah, Mt. Vernon, April 13. 7:30 pm.
Synod of Kentucky.
Ebenezer, Purls, April C, 7:30 pm.
Louisville, Louisville, Tu., April 20. 7:30 pm.
Muhlenburg, Boiling Green. April 13. 0 am.
Transylvania, Lawrencehurg, Apr. 20, 7:30 pm.
West Lexington, Versailles, Apr. 6, 7:30 pm.
Paduach. Herderson. April 13. ":30 p?-.
Synod of Louisiana.
New Orleans. Slidell, April 20, 7:30 pm.
Rod River, Shreveport. Tu., Mnr. 30, 7:30 pm.
Synod of Mississippi.
Knot Mississippi. Nettleton. Moh. 30, 7:30 pn?.
Meridian. Hattlesburg. Moh. 30, 11 am.
Mississippi. Notches, April 13, 7:30 pm.
North Mississippi, Sanatohla, Apr. 13, 7:30 pm.
Central Mississippi. Captrp. *T?ril 6. 7:30 | m.
Synod of Missouri.
l.nFayette?
Missouri, T.nddonia, April 13, 7:30 pm.
Palmyra. Palmyra, March 30. 7:30 pm.
St. I,oula, St. Charles, April 20. 7:30 pm.
Tip. Missouri, Excelsior Sp'gs, Ap. 13, 7:30 pm.
Potosi, Potosi. April 20. 7:30 pm.
Synod of North Carolina.
Ashevllle, Mills River Ch., Ap. 27, 8 pm.
Concord, Mooresvllle, April 13, 7:30 pm.
Fayettevllle, Rowland, Apr. 27, 7:30 pm.
trinc's Mountain. TInltv Ch.. Anrll R. 8 nn.
Mecklenburg, Norwood, Aprt! 6, 7:30 pro.
Orange, Lexington, April 13, 8 pm.
Wilmington, Wilmington, April tf, 11 am.
Albermale, Enfield, April 20. 7:30 pm.
Synod of Oklahoma.
Indian, Old Bennington, Apr. 14, 7 pro.
Mangum, Erlck, April 6, 8 pm.
Durant, Antler*. April 21. 8 pm.
Synod of South Carolina.
Bethel, Clover, April 13, 8 pm.
Charleston, Johns Island, April 13, 11 aro.
Enoree, Greenville, April 13. 8 pm.
Harmony, BIshopvllle, March 23, 11 am.
Pee Dee, Hartsvllle, April 13, 8 pm.
South Carolina, Eaaley, April 13, 8 pro.
Synod of Tennessee.
Holston, Morrlstown, March 81, 7:30 pm.
Knoxvllle, Sweetwater, April 7, 7:30 pm.
Memphis, Memphis, April 13. 7:30 pm.
Nashville. Nashville, April 27, 7:30 pm.
West'n District, Union City, Mar. 30, 7:30 pm.
Columbia, Culleoka. March SO 7:80 pm.
Synod of Texas.
Brownwood, Brownwood, April 15, 8 pm.
Central Texas. Austin, April 15. 8 pm.
Dallas, Oak Cliff Ch., April 14, 8 pm.
Eastern Texas. San Augnstlne. Apr. 20, 8 pm.
Fort Worth, Graham, April 28, 0 am.
Paris, Marshall, April 22., 8 pm.
Western Texas, Sablnal, April 14, 8 pm.
Brazos, Nava?ota. April 22 3 pm.
ElPaso. Midland. April 22. 7:30 r m.
Texas. Mexican. San. Anlomo. April 6. 8 pm.
Synod of Virginia.
Chesapeake, Alexandria, Apr. 13, 8 pm.
East Hanover, Manchester, April 10, 8 pm.
Oreenbrler, Illnton, W. Va., Apr. 13, 7:30 pm.
Kanawha, Huntington, W. Va., Apr. 27, 8 pm.
T<exlngton, Harrlsonhnrg, April 27, 3:30 pm.
Maryland, Maryland Ave., Rait., Apr. 20, 8 pm.
Roanoke, Weal Ch., April 6, 8 pm.
West Haaover, Oordensvllle, April 20, 8 pm.
Abingdon, Tazewell. April 20. 8 pm. / I
Montgomery. Chriitiansbrrg. May 4. 8 pan.
Winchester, Wood.tcck, Apiil 16, 8rm.