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^ March 31, 1909. TH
C., A. B. of Davidson College, and Mr.
William Twyman Williams, Jr., of Woodstock,
Va., M. A. of Hampden-Sidney
College. This is the highest distinction
within tire gift of the seminary and the
student who have won it in former years
have vindicated the wisdom of the selection
in a notable way by the work which
they have done since leaving the institution.
?Church of the Covenant: The sacramant
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tered in connection with the morning
service Sunday, March 14. Six persons
were received into the church, making
in all more than thirty received since
the last communion. The societies ot
this church are very active.
West Hanover Presbytery meets in
Gordonsville, Tuesday, April 20, 8 p. m.
All who expect to attend will please
send their names and the time they expect
to arrive to Rev. Hugh H. Hudson,
Gordonsville, Va., by April 5 if possible.
Christiansburg: Rev. A. H. Clarke, of
Lynchburg, filled most acceptably the
pulpit of this church in the absence of
the pastor on March 21.
Norfolk: On the evening of March 23
about 12o ministers, elders and deacons,
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Naval Y. M. C. A. by invitation of the
Home Mission Committee of the Presbytery,
and after enjoying a sumptuous
banquet discussed such subjects as the
past and present of home mission work,
the financial condition of the Presbytery,
the best means of doing the work. Those
present represented the clergy and laity
of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News,
Hampton, the Eastern Shore and other
localities in the Presbytery. The program
carried out was as follows: "Our
Home Mission Work: Its Past and Present,"
Rev. E. T. Wellf&rd, of Newport
News. "Our financial Condition," Mr.
George B. Crow, treasurer. "The Cohesiveness
of Presbyterianism in Theory
and Practice," Rev. Dr. Joseph Rennie,
oi i\orioiK. ine uesi Means or uoing
this Work,'' Rev. J. Ernest Thacker, Rev.
R. A. Robinson and Rev. Dr. E. B. Mc- *
Cluer, of Richmond.
?Park Avenue Church: On Sunday,
February 28, this church called Rev. V.
R. Gaston, of Chatham, Va., to its pulpit.
Mr. Gaston has accepted the call,
and expects to take charge of the work
on April 1. Rev. Mr. Gaston was educated
at Davidson College, North Caro- .
lina, and at Union Theological Semi
nary, Virginia. He was for about ten
years pastor at Sumter, S. C., and has
had charge of his work at Chatham for
about three years. t"he pulpit of Par*:
Avenue church has been vacant since
January 1, and the congregation is looking
forward with much interest* and
pleasure to the coming of the new pastor.
Woman's Missionary Union? There
will be a meeting of the Woman's Missionary
Union of Norfolk Presbytery at
Hampton, Virginia, on April 1 at 10:30
a. m. There will be reports from the
churches, and addresses by Mrs. C. K.
Cumming and others. A large attendance
Is hoped for, and each church is
urged tq have at least one representative
present.
Mrs. O. D. Heisenbuttel, Secretary.
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Chatham: The Rev. V. R. Gaston, for
nearly three years pastor of the Chatham
Presbyterian church, has tendered
his resignation, and a committee is appointed
to draft resolutions to presbytery,
severing his connection with the
church. Mr. Gaston goes to Park Avenue
church, Norfolk. During his stay
here he has ma^e a large circle of
friends, who very much regret his departure.
At the congregational meeting
Sunday night, March 21, J. L. Tredway,
W. B. Shepherd and W. M. Tredway,
Jr., were appointed a committee
10 secure a supply pasior lor tne cnurcn
until a regular pastor can be engaged.
Williamsville: Rev. R. E. Fultz, late
of Greenbank, has resigned the pastofate
of the church at Williamsville, Bath
county.
Fredericksburg: The pastor, Rev. J.
H. Henderlite, has been assisted by'the
Rev. D. H. Rolston, of Petersburg, in
a meeting for ten days, closing on Wednesday
night, March 24. These services
have accomplished much good, both th
the church and the town. Mr. Rolston's
strong and eloquent'preaching has made
a profound impression upon all his hearers,
and they were most reluctant to
have him go. There have been about
twenty professions of faith, and many
others have been interested. The services
have also strengthened the church,
which will feel their splendid influences
for a long time to come.
Monterey: The Rev. Henry Miller,
of Bethesda church, is holding a meeting
here, assisting the pastor, Rev. W.
S. Trimble.
First Church, Lynchburg: The annual
dinner of the Men's League, of the First
Church, was held on the evening of tht
twenty-ninth at seven-thirty o'clock. For
three years past this has been a feature
of the church and has come to be on*-;
ui me uiusl enjoyaoie occasions 01 me
year. The object of the gathering is to
give the men of the church an opportunity
to get acquainted with each other
and to bring strangers into closer fellowship
with the congregation. Moro
than a hundred men were present this
year, a large proportion of whom were
from the younger set. After an elegant
repast, served by the ladies of the
church, after-dinner speeches were made
by the pastor. Rev. James D. Paxton, D.
D., Mr. Sydnor Kirkpatrick, Mr. Benjamin
P. Kirkpatrick, and Mr. William H.
Snead. These speeches were in lighter
vein, replete with wit and local hits
and kept the audience in a ripple of merriment.
The principal address of the evening
was made hv Rev. f^harlps Wnnit n
D., of the Church of the Covenant, Washington,
D. C. Dr. Wood made a profound
impression on his hearers, calling to
their minds the importance of caring for
the men in the church, the necessity for
rallying to the support of their pastor
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day life and concluding his remarks by
alluding (o the need for close relationship
with the Great Head of the Church,
who has said, "Without me ye can do
nothing."
Rev. R. S. Brank, pastor of the Brank
Memorial church, St. Louis, Mo., has declined
the call extended to him by the
Ghent church, Norfolk, Va.
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PERSONALS.
Rev. T. R. Taggart has accepted the
call from the church at Lexington, N. C.
Rev. T. A. Hardin changes address
from Montell, Texas, to Uvalde, Texas.
Rev. J. Gilmore Smith, recently from
Washington State, has been elected as
evangelist of El Paso Presbytery. His
address is Colorado, Texas.
Rev. V. R. Gaston changes his address
from Chatham. Va. tn 3ni f: rMnii-Knmn
avenue, Norfolk, Va.
Rev. J. V. Logan has accepted the call
extended to hlni by the church at
Somerset, Ky., and expects to enter
upon his duties about April 1.
Rev. A. O. Browne, who has been for
nearly, six years superintendent of Sunday
schools in the southwest, has resigned
and on April 1 enters the service
of the Assembly's Home Mission Committee.
taking up the work of synodical
evangelist for Oklahoma. His headquarters
will likely be Oklahoma City,
but for some months Dr. Browne's ad.dress
will be 2424 Hazel street, Texarkana,
Texas!
Rev. J. M. W. Elder, changes his address
from Troy, Ala., to Concord Depot,
Va., R. F. D.
Rev. J. Dowell Fleming, the evangelist,
has his next engagement at Gough,
Ga., in Augusta Presbytery. He is now
engaged for five months ahead. Those
desiring his services for the fall may
address him at his home, 196 Pine street,
Memphis, Tenn.
Rev. H. W. Moffett changes his address
from Glenville, W. Va., to Leesburg,
Va.
Dr. John William Jones, who, by his
historical works and close association
with General Robert E. Lee and General
Stonewall Jackson, gained the title, "Historian
of the Confederacy," died March
17 at the home of his son. Dr. M. A.
Jones, in Columbus, Ga., and was buried
at Richmond, Va. Dr. Jones was born
at Louisa Court House, Va., September
25, 1836, educated at the University of
Virginia and the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, he was ordained to the
Baptist ministry in 1860. When the civil
war began he was under appointment to
go to China as a foreign missionary, but
instead enlisted in the GnnfedemfA nrmv
He was afterwards chaplain of A. P.
Hill's regiment, and then served under
General Stonewall Jackson, remaining in
the army until the surrender. He was
chaplain of Washington and Lee University
when General Lee was its president.
He was for years secretary of the
Southern Historical Society at Richmond,
and edited fourteen volumes of
the society papers, consisting of contributions
by Confederate generals, etc.
Among his books were "Christ in the
Camp" and "Life and Letters of Robert
Bdward Lee." He contributed more than
any other one man to raise money with
which Confederate Battle Abbey will be
established at Richmond, as a cost of
$250,000. For several years he was secretary
of the home mission board of the
soutnern Baptist Convention.