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May 12, 1909. THE
vote to adopt the individual communion
service. The action of the session was
in reply to a written offer from the
Ladies' Aid society to present to the
church a service, should the session see
its way clear to adopt it.,
Mercy Seat: According to appointment
of Roanoke Presbytery the following
wuuiiiaoivnt iiioio-UVU Iiev. J. \J. JLiffpB
pastor of this church, on Sunday, May
2: Rev. Messrs. C. W. Maxwell, W. P.
McCorkle, B. F. Bedinger and Elder
Henry Easley. This is one of the old
churches of the county. It was organized
in 1834, with five white and twentyeight
colored members. Lt was served
at first by the pastor of the Danville
church.
Millboro Springs: At the communion
service on Sunday, May 2, two young men
were received upon profession of their
faith. The Pre3byterial reports were
read by the pastor, Rev. J. A. Thomas.
The" Sunday school, while small, is encouraging
and the young neonie arc com
ing into the kingdom.
At an Adjourned Meeting of Lexington
Presbytery a unanimous call from
the Falling Spring and Glasgow churehes
for the services of Rev. W. S. Trimble
was placed in his hands.
The Hampton Church has extended a
most hearty and unanimous call to Rev.
W. S. Trimble, of Monterey, to become
its pastor. He has the call under consideration.
The Woman's Missionary Union of Lexington
Presbytery will meet at New Providence
church, Rockbridge county, June
2. at ten o'clock. All societies are urcrod
to send delegates. Those who expect to
attend will please notify Mrs. Rufus Patterson,
Browneburg, Va., as to time and
manner of arrival. Those coming by rail
will be met at Raphine.
New Concord Church celebrated the
Lord's Supper on the first Sunday of
May, at which time four members were
received by letter.
Bethesda: Work on the church at the
Dalhs Is progressing nicely. The maiu
auditorium will be ready for occupancy
in nhnnt turn waoVq Thia will Ko
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the handsomest churches in the valley
when completed. Rev. Henry Miller is
pastor.
Danville: At a meeting of the congregation
of the First Church it was decided
to begin the canvass for funds for"
Ithe erection of a pew and handsome
church building on the corner of Main
Street and Sutherlin Avenue. The
Church has purchased the property on
which is the residence of Mrs. James
A. Henderson, at a cost of $13,500. The
I residence win De torn down and a church
erected which will be a credit to the city
.and the Presbyterians. The present
quarters of the church on Jefferson
Street are not suitable in point of convenience
and arrangements for the growing
congregation.' The churcn, of wmcn
Dr. W. R. Laird has been pastor for
thirteen years, has a targe and influen
tiai memDership and Is In a flourishing
condition.
8taunton: Rev. Dr. Wm. N. Soott, tne
beloved pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church, and his daughter, reached
home last week from a delightful three
months' trip through Europe and Palestine.
Dr. Soott is looking remarkably
well after his vacation. On Sunday, May
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU'
2, the pastor filled the pulpit. It wa?
an occasion of much happiness to pastor
and people to be united again. Great
improvements have been mode upon the
church and nlanj rvunnlotoil ?u?
liquidating of the debt during Dr.
White's absence.
At Lexington Presbytery and H&rrlssonburg
last week, Mr. P. T. Glasgow
was Moderator. He delivered a strong
address on "Calvin's Influence on the
Political Development of the World."
Rev. Dr. W. N. Scott, who has just returned
from a trip through the Holy
ivanu, presented the Presbytery with a
gavel made of olive wood in Jerusalem,
it was stated that quite recently a $4,009
bequest was received which would be
sufficient to wipe out the remainder of
the $20,000 debt which was on the
orphanage up to the last year. An overture
favoring the changing of the wording
of the Confession of Faith in regard
to infants dying in infancy was adopieu
30 to 18. After discussion in which five
on each side took part it was decided
to favor a change in the wording, but
not in the doctrine or the teaching.
Richmond, Union Seminary: The following
gentlemen will finish their studies
at the seminarv this snrtnir
out to their respective llelds of labor:
Simon Casabianca Akers, A. B.. Concord
Depot; T. B. Anderson, Danville; Walter
Stephens Cain, Asheville, N. C.; James
Franklin Coleman, B. S., Soddy, Tenn.;
Simeon Oliver Dickson, A. B., Raeford,
N. C ; William Wesley Grovcr, A. B.,
Richmond; Andrew Pitrson Hassell, A.
B., Fredericksburg; Samuel Hamilton McBride,
A. B., Oxford, Miss.; Dudley Wil
nam Aiciver. Jr., Montgomery, Ala.;
Martin Alexander Ray, A. B., Raeford. N.
C.; William Alexander Reveley, A B., Lexington;
James Hoge Smith, A. B., Danville,
William Taliaferro Thompson. Jr., A. B.,
Washington; Raymond Chester White,
Ph. B., Clinton, N. Y.; William Twyman
Williams, Jr., M. A., Woodstock; Leander
Mc. Williams, A. B., Newport News;
John Ambrose Wood, A. B., Johnson City,
Tenn.; John Zaidan, Sidon, Syria. Most
of these are finishing the regular three
years' course and will receive the degree
of bachelor of divinity. In addition to
those just named, there are two postgraduate
students, or fellows, W. W. ArmwnnH
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S. M. Glasgow, A. B., B. D., Lexington,
a., who also take up regular ministerial
work this spring.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Beckley, Raleigh County: The dedication
of the new church which was to
have taken place on the third Sundav of
May, has been postponed owing to the
failure of the Arm supplying the seats
to comply with their contract as to the
time of delivery. Rev. W. S. Patterson
is the pastor, and has a field of
interest and promise.
Kearneysville: * The Installation of
Rev. Charles Ghiselln, D. D., as pastor
of this church, took place on Sunday
afternoon. May 2. According to the appointment
of Presbytery, Rev. Dr. Woods,
of Martinsburg, presided, preached the
sermon and propounded the constitutional
questions. Rev. R A. White charged the
pastor and Rev. A. C. Hopkins, D. D.,
of Charlestown, charged the people.
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PERSONALS.
Rev. T. M. Stribling changes his address
from Big Springs to Grandvlew,
Texas.
Rev. J. E. Wylie, who has for two
years served as superintendent of home
missions and evangelist for Washburn
Presbytery, has accepted similar work
in Central Texas Presbytery, subject to
the action of Washburn Presbytery.
Rev. Wm. E. Mcilwain, changes his
address from Anniston, Ala., to Columbia,
S. C., care Theological Seminary.
Rev. L. C. Vass, who has arrived from
the Congo, may be addressed at 1033
State street, Schenectady, N. Y.
Rev. E. L. Wilson, of Waterford, London
county, Va., who suffered a stroke
of paralysis sometime ago, is reported
as improving. We are sincerely glad to
hear this.
Mr. John a?rp? r.larLr -?
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Spring, Va., a member of the junior
class, of Union Seminary, died at St.
Luke's Hospital, Richmond, on Wednesday,
May 5, 1909. Mr. Clark was .a
graduate of King College, Bristol, and a
candidate uiider the care of Abingdon
Presbytery. He has had a long and painful
illness, borne with Christian patience,
having the sympathy and care of his
fellow students, whose expression of affectionate
regard is found elsewhere in
this paper.
nc? oaliica i. vance, u. u., oi .Newark,
N. J., is to preach the baccalaureate
sermon of Agnes Scott College, Decatur,
Gn., on Sunday, May 23.
Rev. E. B. Druen changes his address
from Basic City, Va., to Springfield, West
Virginia.
Rev. H. G. Hill, D. D., of Maxton, N. C.,
will preach the commencement sermon
of the High Point school. May ?.
Rev. J. K. Coit will succeed Rev. J.
T. Wade as president of Nacoochee
Institute, Ga. Mr. Wade will engage
in evangelistic work.
Rev. S. J. Foster, D. D., of Birmingham,
Ala., has recently been elected
president of tne Anniston Synodical
College.
Rev. Triggs Thomas, has been granted
by the Eastminster Church, Mo., a four
months' vacation beginning the middle
of May.
Rev. Howard Agnew Johnston, D. D.,
of Colorado Springs, and associate Justice
Harlan, of the United States su
preme court, are among those -who have
been nominated by the papers for
moderator of tne Northern General Assembly,
which meets at Denver.
Pres. W. W. Moore, of Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond, is the
author of one of a series of Y. M. C. A.
booklets on the "Claims of the .Gospel
Ministery," by Dr. Woodrow Wilson, Dr.
G. A. Gordon, Bishop McDowell and
others. Dr. Moore treats the educational
nreDaratlon that a ??- 4V -
ministry ought to seek.
Rev. Jere Witherspoon, D. D., pastor
of the Grace Street Presbyterian Church,
Richmond, Va., has been invited to take
part in the ceremonies attending tbe
unveiling of the statue of Rev. John
Witherspoon, D. D., signer of the Declaration
of Independence, member of the
Continental Congress and president of
Princeton College, on May 20, in Washington.