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(he Presbyterian of the South
Thornton S. Wilson, Managing Editor.
Editors?Thos. B. Converse, James P
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Church News
APRIL COLLECTIONS.
The month of April is set apart in the
General Assembly's schedule for collections
for Education for the Ministry.
Remit to John Stites. Treasurer, Louisville,
Ky.
CHILDREN'S DAY FOR 1903.
The date appointed by the General Assembly
for Children's Day this year fs
May 23. An attractive program with
hymns, reading, recitations and mite boxes
will be ready by April 15. It will be
well for Snndav schools to nlnee their or
ders at once. All this literature is furnished
free, postage prepaid. In making
order be careful to give name of your
church and Presbytery; and say whether
you are near an express office.
Ex. Com. of For. Mission*
Nashville, Tenn.
MEXICO.
Mrs. S. L. Chestnut, of Rogersville,
Tenn., writes that, during a recent visit
to our mission station at Matamoros,
Mexico, the imperative need of better
equipment for the work there was forcibly
seen. There should be a suitable
building and an assistant for Miss Dysart,
who has labored so faithfully and
efficiently twenty-six years in this field.
There is also pressing need of a boys'
school. These people ere just at our
dror, and they are coming among us and
we must save them. We have a great
opprrtunity right here in Matamoros and
Brownsville, an opportunity we have
hardly appreciated in the past. Our pioneer
missionary. Rev. A. T. Graybill. and
ethers, did not have the help of the home
church to the extent they should haVe
had. Results would have been so much
greater if we had been more in accord
with the wishes and needs of our little
band of missionaries in that field nearest
our own door. Yet we must profit by the
mistakes of the past and bestir ourselves
co meet the demands of the present. The'
collection on Children's Day will be devoted
to the boys' school, the Graybill
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Memorial School it is called, and surely
in memory of the devoted efforts of Dr.
Graybill this fund will be made sufficient
to build and equip this our boys'
industrial school in Mexico. An attractive
program is being prepared for the
Children's Day exercises, and all of our
Sunday Schools should oDserve this day.
ALABAMA.
South' Highlands Church, Birmingham:
The pastor. Rev. Dr. Sterling J. Foster,
has announced to his people his intention
to accept the presidency of the Alabama
Synodical Colleee at Annistnn whtr-h
was recently tendered him.
Huntsville: At a congregational meeting
held recently the salary of Rev.
Francis Tappey, pastor, was increased
from $1,200 to $1,500.
ARKANSAS.
Texarkana: The First church, on the
Arkansas side, after being vacant since
August 1, 1908, has called Rev. D. M.
Mclver, of Charleston, S. C. He has signified
his willingness tb accept, and will
begin his ministry the first Sunday in
April. This is the church that was formerly
served by Rev. F. E. Maddox, who
was suspended from the ministry by the
Presbytery of Ouachita for erroneous and
heretical teachings.
Blytheville: In this little city of
3,000 population we find another illustration
of the rapid grow'th of a western
town whose development has been .in the
past five years, through the coming of
several railroads. A church was organized
in 1904. R?v. H. H. Patrick has
lately been chosen pastor for half of his
time. He took charge three- months ago,
but has not been installed. Thev have
no house of worship, but have secured
two lots centrally located and are planning
to build. The Indies' Aid Society
has two hundred and fifty dollars towards
this fund. During our meeting we
were permitted to use the church of the
Disciples. Three services were held
daily. The attendance was most encouraging
and the interest continually
increased. One elder was elected and
installed. When the meeting began
there were thirty-one members, but
twenty-eight new ones were received, an
adults except two, and twenty-three
children were baptized. The sum of $500
was collected to pay the balance on the
church lots, and nine hundred and fifty
dollars was subscribed for the new
church. Sixty dollars was given for
Synod's home mission wo?k. and forty
dollars fcr Presbyterial home missions.
The pastor and people are much encouraged.
Wm. H .Richardson.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Washington, at the Central Church:
Under the auspices of the brotherhood
of th!s church, a very instructive lecture
was given on .March 23 by Rev. W. K.
Clagett, field secretary of the Presbyterian
Churcn, U. S. A. The topic was,
"The Martyr Graves of Scotland." The
lecturer gave a historical account of thfe
development of Presbyterlanism in Scotland.
The stereopticon views were made
from photographs taken by Dr. Ciagett.
The amount of information packed into
the lecture and emphasized by the photographs
makes it Interesting and valuable.
rH. April 7, 1909.
FLORIDA.
Gainesville: The forty-second anniversary
01 the organization of the First
church was recently celebrated. The
pastor. Rev. T. P. Hay, congratulated the
congregation on their loyalty and work
they had accomplished. This church
last year undertook the support of a missionary
in China and is taking steps towards
grading the Sunday school and
the erection of a modern Sunday school
room.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Union of Florida Presbytery will meet
at DeFuniak Springs Tuesday, April 20,
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.. w hi. me srssiun win extend
through Thursday, April 22.
Mrs. Clyde Johnson, Cor. Sec. '
The Ladies' Missionary Union of St.
John's Presbytery will meet at Lakeland,
Wednesday, April 14, at 9: 30 a. ni. All
societies are urged to send representatives.
Miss Mattie Tate, of Korea, will
deliver the missionary address.
Mrs. J. C. Tims, President.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta, Central Church: The pulpit of
this church has been supplied by Dr. F.
H. Gaines, of Decatur, for several
mcnths, the engagement censing on Sunday,
March 29. The new pa3tor is expected
on April 1. Dr. Gaines' sermons
have been full cf Gospel force, and followed
by many expressions of approval
ana commendation. On Sunday a stranger
from a distant city, immediately
after the sermon approved of it so warmly
as to express a desire to see it published
for circulation, and volunteered to
head a subscription for that purpose.
Elder.
?West End Church: A series of meetings
have' recently been held in this
church lasting ten days. Dr. A. A. Little,
pastor of the Westminster church, and
Dr. J. G. Patton, of Decatur, did the
lirpfl fh i n or 1 I- * '
, uc.cku nave unnea with
the church by letter and others will do
so on profession of their faith in Christ.
The clear, forceful style of preaching
awakened the heart of the hearer and
strengthened the members for future
work.
?First Church: The communion of
the Lord's Supper was celebrated on
Sunday, April 4, and seven were added
to the membership. During the year fiftyfour
members have been received, twentv-flve
on profession and twenty-nine by
letter and thirteen have received the ordinnnce
of baptism. The Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society has undertaken
the support of Mrs. D. G. Armstrong, of
our Ftrazilian ^mission.
?Georgia Avenue Church: A series
of meetings will begin in this church on
April 18, conducted by Rev. E. D. Flrownlee,
of Rock Springs. The young people
of the Sunday school have taken charge
of the Pickert Street Mission, organized
by the Brotherhood of this church.
?Rev. H. Dunbar Ogden preached his
fl rot sermon as pastor of the Central
Church, last .Sunday morning. The church
was exceptionally well filled. His text
was "Thy kingdom come."
?At North Avenue Church last Sunday.
there were thirteen additions on'confession
of faith and three by letter. During
the year there have been more than a
hundred additions. The present member