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April 7, 1909. Tito
the communion of the church, and tue
baptism of a number of children. The
services are interesting and large congregations
attend. The pastor is Rev. J.
Calvin Stewart.
?The Ministers' Association is considering
the location of a mission enterprise
at Woodland Heights, a residential
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Abingdon Presbytery will meet at Tazewell,
April 20. All who expect to attend
will please forward their names to one
of the following committee on entertainment.
A. P. Gillespie, Chairman,
Fredericksburg: Rev. D. H. Rolston, of
the Second church, Petersburg, preached
for us about ten days, beginning March
15. Twenty-four have been received into
the communion of the church, and it Is
hoped others.will do so soon. The church
was built up and strengthened.
J. H. Henderlite, Pastor.
Cumberland Church: Tae sessional reports
for the year are very encouraging.
The Sunday schools of this church (of
which there are three) snow an enrollment
of 197, being fifty more than the
church membership. The total contributions
from t.ie Sunday schools aggregate
$180, of which $52 was given to foreign
missions. Tne ladies' societies deserve
especial praise, in that they raised for
various purposes the large sum of $436.
A goouiy part of this sum went to benevolent
causes. The officers of the church
are now making an effort to increase the
salary of the pastor. Rev. J. H. Davis, by
ai least $200, in the hope of retaining his
services. More than one hundred dollars
of this increase has already been secured.
Warm Springs: Rev. Wm. C. White,
pastor, has been assisted in a week's
services by the Rev. R. E. Steele, pastor
of New Monmouth church. All the
services were greatly enjoyed and will
be productive of much good.
Tinkling Spring: Rev. G. W. Finley,
i). D., is expected to return this week
from an extended trip in the South. His
health has greatly improved.
Churchville: Ix>ch Willow and Union
church have extended hearty and unanimous
calls to Rev. Wm. C. White, pastor
of Warm Springs church.
Lexington Presbytery: At a called
meeting, held in the First Presbyterian
church, Staunton, Lexington Presbytery
(Ipriildfl tr> VinlH its novt stsitoH mpfttln?
Ion April 27, as previously agreed upon.
Roanoke, First Church: On Sunday,
March 28, twenty-two persons were publicly
received into this church. Of this
number twelve were baptized. During
the year the pastor has baptized twenty
infants, seventeen adults and twenty-nine
liave united on profession since the middie
of February. An Easter offering will
be taken for the new church, which is
boped to be completed soon.
Manchester: East Hanover Presbytery
Will moat In ihn rin.| Pknnnk A..nil 1(1
I"t 8 p. m. Delegates who are to be entertained
are requested to communicate
with Rev. J. J. Fix or Dr. S. J. Baker,
1302 Bainbridge street.
Hampton: The Woman's "Missionary
I nicn of Norfolk Presbytery convened
'n this church last week. There was a
large attendance and much enthusiasm
wag manifested. Addresses were ma'fffe
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by visiting ministers. The next meeting
will be held in the handsome new building
of the Female Institute, at Williamsburg,
which is the Presbyterial school.
Rev. W. M. Hunter is the principal.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Moorefield: This church. Rev. Chas.
D. Gilkeson, pastor, with two hundred
members, has given this year to foreign
missions, $800, and so has reached the
standard set by the General Assembly.
She supports Rev. H. D. McCallie, of Korea.
The church entered on the Forward
Movement two years ago and without tlie
aid of a renresentativf. of tho cv..-.,i
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Movement. An executive committee of
indies manage all the details of collecting
the moneys, etc.
Summersville: The record says that
"Suramersville church was organized by
the Rev. John McEiheney, Sept. 2, 1839,
when Jacob Kesler, Frederick Kesler, and
Henry Crist were ordained as elders, and
the names of twelve persons enrolled as
members. The territory embraced at
that time, and for y^ars afterward, included
the counties of Nicholas, Fayette
and Webster. From its organization, the
church was visited from time to time by
Rev. Messrs. John McEiheney, S. Robinson,
Joseph Brown, D. H. Cunningham,
J. M. Brown, J. H. Leps, J. C. Barr, .
Dunlap. J. C. Brown, and perhaps other
ministers until the fall of 1871, when Licentiate
J. H. Lewis took charge of the
rhurch as stated supply for one year. At
tnis time the membership numbered 40.
About the year 1875, Rev. Jas. Haynes became
stated supply, preaching once a
month until 1889, when the membership
reached 68?the "high water" mark. Durthe
years of Mr. Haynes' service, the
church was greatly assisted by the Home
Mission Committee. In 1889, Rev. E. E.
Patterson accepted a call to become pastor
for one-half of his time, and for a
time he was given one Sabbath In each
month at Rirhwnnri aa > mlcolnn
After a period of five years Bro. Patterson
resigned the only pastorate this old
church ever had. Since that time, the
church has been vacant, not being situated
so as to be grouped with any other
church or churches, and we have only
had occasional preaching by vFsiting
brethren". Our ranks have been, so depleted
by removals, going to other
churches and deaths, that we number
only eleven active, resident members, six
of whom are from seven to ten miles
from church; two, three to four miles,
leaving just three members jn the town.
We have a substantial frame church building
36x54 feet, on a beautiful location,
but is very much out of repair, damaging
fast, and cannot be used until re-roofed,
which the members are not able to do.
Thus it will be seen that a crisis is reached
by the feeble, discouraged little band
of this old organization, and the query of
the lone elder is, what shall be done?
May the Lord use this sketch to tne awakening
of interest and sympathy among our
brethren elsewhere. E. P. W.
FOREIGN MISSION RECEIPTS.
Our receipts for ?he month of March
were $98,295.55, a gain of $40,642.41 oit
the receipts of March, 1908. Receipts
tor the fiscal year were $412,156.63, a
gain of $83,277.99.
S. H. Chester, Secretary.
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HOME MISSION RECEIPTS.
The books of our Home Mission office
have just been balanced and closed.
The receipts have been the largest in the
history of the work, amounting to $90.641.29,
which is an increase over last
year of $19,507.71. Our greatest regret
is that this increase is due almost exclusively
to legacies, the increase in that
one item being $21,039.65. Leaving out
legacies, it is evident that the Church
has made but little effort to meet the
call of the General Assembly for an advance
movement. Still we are pleased
to recognize that there has been some
advance on the part of the churches.
Notwithstanding this, the Executive
Committee Iims tnlron inin
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.ne matter of enlarging our sphere of
operations so as to undertake an advance
movement in behalf of the increasing
number of foreigners crowding in upon
us, and the destitute of the mountains,
as will be seen by the following proposition,
submitted for the consideration of
the various Presbyteries: "Our Executive
Committee is arranging to enlarge
its operations at once in two directions.
Hitherto, we have been laying the em
pbasis on the West. Now, without relaxing
our energies in that direction, we
desire to make special effort in behalf
of the foreigners now crowding our
cities, and the mountaineers so largely
destitute. Will your Presbytery co-operate
with us in either direction? If you
have promising openings among either
class, will you ask Presbytery to consider
the question of co-operating with
our committee in undertaking special
mission work of this kind"? We trust
that this enlarged work will meet with
the approval of the whole Church; and
the Church will express its approval in
an unmistakable and substantial way.
S. L. Morris,
Homer McMillan,
Secretaries.
PERSONALS.
Dr. G. L. Leyburn changes his address
from Arlington, Cal., to 340 West avenue
53, Los Angeles, Cal.
Rev. Wm. Megginson has accepted the
call extended to him by the church at
Biloxi, Miss.
Rev. Wm. H. Richardson is to assist
Rev. R. H. Latham, pastor of the church
at Walnut Ridge, Ark., in a meeting.
Rev. J. McD. A. Lacy changes his address
from Marion, Va., to Norton, Va.
Rev. R. G. Newsome has been granted
a letter of dismission by Nashville Presbytery
to Macon Presbytery in order that
he might accept a call to the Tatnalt
Square church, Macon, Ga.
Rev. C. M. Hutton, after spending six
weeks visiting with his daughter in
Florida, may now be addressed at Fort
Worth, Tex.
Rev. John A. Williams, the newly
elected superintendent of missions, and
evangelist of Paris Presbytery, has entered
upon his work. His address is
Ivadonia, Tex.
riev. w. w. ARers, or Aiaysville, Ky.,
will spend a month in 'lennessee and
North Carolina recuperating after a serious
illness.