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The Presbyterian of the South
Thornton S. Wilson, Managing Editor.
Editors?Thos. E. Converse, James P.
Smith, E. B. McCluer, George Summey.
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JUNE COLLECTIONS.
The month of June is set apart by the
General Assembly for Local Home Missions.
Send remittances to the Synodi~al
or Presbyterial treasurer.
CHINA.
The First Gift to the New Church: Rev.
Hampden C. DuBose, D. D., of Soochow
China, writes: "We acknowledge with
thanksgiving from a venerable minister
in South Carolina, who is the triple clerk
of. Presbytery, Synod and the Assembly,
and his beloved wife and four sons, the
latter scattered from Philadelphia to
Austin, the gift of one hundred and
twenty-five dollars to pay for a lot adjoining
the present cnapel. These relatives
by ancestral ties are made doubly
dear by making us the recipients of their
uouniy wnicn is over ana aDove tneir
regular gifts to the cause of foreign missions.
Within the walls of the oTd chapel
during seven and thirty years nearly two
millions of the men and women of Sinim
have heard the preaching and the Word
The junior evangelist has now the charge
of the Sabbath congregation, while the
senior goes to the country churches. 1 ne
editorial secretary, Rev. H. F. Williams,
said last week, 'You certainly need a
new church.' As with the old sanctuary,
the new is to be opened daily. The
lighting of the city by electricity which
is soon to be, will uouble the evening
congregations."
Nanking Theological Seminary: I observe
that the start has been made toward
raising the $10,000.00 for the Nanking
Theological Seminary. So far it is
a very small start. It seems to me that
HID Onn fund rmcht tn he oneilv rnisr-d
and T have a suggestion to make. There
are about two hundred and sixty thousand
members of our church. There are
certainly, at least, one thousand of us
who could at once pay $10 eacji to raise
this money, ami that without Interfering
in the least with our contributions
to other funds.' I suggest that eVery one
who sees this will just simply write to
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: PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU1
you that he will give $10 to this fund,
and it ought to be raised in a week's
time. I will be one of the number. 1
wish those who are able to do it would
give some thought to this matter. Suggestion
No. 2. The General Assembly's
Home and School at Fredericksburg, Virginia,
is one of the most splendid institutions
of our Chjreh. As we all know, it
affords a home for the widows of deceased
ministers and an education for
the children of our ministers and missionaries.
Certainly we all ought to take
an interest in that; and that institution
ought to have at leect $100,000 as an
endowment. There is no doubt about It
that there are at least a thousand of
us who haven't in the past given to
. church purposes what we ought to have
given, who can well afford to give $100
a piece to such a splendid permanent
investment as this. Why not do it? I
will be one of that number. If each one
who can will just do it we will soon
have the number.
Elder.
ARKANSAS.
Batesville: The baccalaureate sermon
of the Arkansas College will be preached
by Rev. Robert E. ?inson, O. D., 01
.-\usuu, i exas, on June 13. un ine 101lowing
night the Inter-soclety Oratorical
contest will take place, and on June 15,
the seven members of the graduating
class will receive their degrees. ,
FLORIDA.
Suwanee Presbytery has accepted the
resignation of Rev. J. P. Ford as pastor
of the Live Oak Church, and granted him
a letter of dismission to the East Alabama
Presbyt'ery, where he has accepted
a call.
Palatka: Rev. L. R. Lynn, has resigned
the pastorate of this church and will be
installed as pastor of the Springfield
Church, Jacksonville, about the middle
of June. During the flfty-fhree years
of its history, Mr. Lynn's pastorate of
six yearsT is the longest the church has
ever had.
GEORGIA.
Diavniiiicai a vnj urai ana aiirscuve
invitation, from the faculty and graduating
class of the Presbyterial Institute,
has been received. The commencement
exercises began May 28. Rev. Lynn R.
Walker, of Atlanta, Is lo preach the baccalaureate
sermon.
Moultrie: The report to Presbytery
from this church contains the following:
Members received on examination, 19;
On certificate, 11; Making a total of 115.
All the causes were liberally remembered,
the total being $5,408. Rev. and
Mrs. Motte Martin, missionaries to Africa
are supported by this church.
Athens Presbytery: The constitutional
requirements having been met I hereby
.call a meeting of Athens Presbytery to
meet at Commerce, June 18, 1909, 11
a. m., to attend to the following business
if the way be clear: (1) To act upon the
irsi^iiniiun ui rwev. j. u. mcrnaii, as pastor
of the Commerce Church. (2) To
authorize the home mission committee of
Athens Presbytery to call the Rev. J. D.
MePhail as supervisor of home missions
in the Presbytery, if his pastoral relations
are dissolved. (3) to elect another member
of the home mission committee in
the place of Rev. J. D. McPhafl, if fk?~ is
rH. June 2, 1909.
called as supervisor of home missions.
(4) Anil to transact any other business
which might concern the hoane mission
work ol the Presbytery. I
W. L. Barber, Mod. I
The Presbyterians of Atlanta are hav- I
ing a week with John Calvin A
mittee appointed by the Presbyterian
Minister's Association has prepared a
most excellent program which we give
below. We have net seen anywiigre a
more interesting or stronger program.
All the services will be held in the Central
church. Monday, May 31, 8 p. in.
"The Times in Which Calvin Wrought."
Rev. Henry Alexander White, D. D.,
Columbia Theological Seminary. Tuesday,
June 1, 8. p. m.: "John Calvin and
American Liberty," Rev. R. C. Reed,
D. D., Columbia Theological Seminary.
Wednesday, June 2, S p. m., "The Life of
the Man Calvin," Rev. Henry E. Dosker,
D. D., LouisVille Theological Seminary.
Thursday, June 3, 8 p. in., "Calvin, Exegete,
and Theologian," Rev. R. A. Webb,
D. D., Louisville Theological Seminary
Friday, June 4, 8 p. m., "The Five Points
of Calvinism," Rev. G. 13. Stricter, D. D.,
Union Theological Seminary, Richmond,
Va.
Atlanta, Norm Avenue Church: At the
Close of the Sabbath school six children
were baptized. Dr. W. H. Venable, one
of our missionaries from china, preacued
in the morning and Rev. Homer McMillan
at night, Sunday 30th.
?First Church: On Sunday morning,
May 30, Dr. W. L. L.ingle, preached a
very instructive ferraon on the life of
John Calvin. Rev. J. L. Uachman, or
Sweetwater, Tenn., tilled the pulpit at
night.
?Barnett Church: Mr. G. R. Buford, a
recent graduate of the Kentucky Theological
Seminary, has declined the call
to this church.
?Inman Park: Children's day was observed
in this church on Sunday morning,
May 30. The pastor, Rev. J. B. Ficklen,
delivered an address to the children on
their influence, which he represented by
candles. It was a record-breaking day
with the Sunday school, 254 being present
out of 260 on the roll.
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KENTUCKY.
Morganfield: Rev. C. N. Wharton and
wifft XT aw V/v?% ?
, iion iui& uu muy io, returning
from their visit to the Holy Land
and various points in Europe. Their trip
was a very interesting one, though it
was shadowed by sad tidings from home
and the severe illness of Mr. Wharton in
Rome and Florence. They have gone
to his old home in North Carolina to
rest and recuperate and hope to return
to Kentucky about August 1, wliere they
will be warmly welcomed by their people
in Morganfleld.
A. B. M.
LOUISIANA.
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.??.?? viicmis. yjii iue lirst ouiiaay ot
June, Rev. J. Ernest Thacker, of Norfolk,
Va., will fill the pulpit of the First
Church, and on the three following Sabbaths,
Rev. D. Clay Lilly, D. "D., will" ba
the supply.
Minden: "Children's Day," was observed
by this Sabbath school on May
23. The interesting program prepared
by the committee was <arefully followed;
no little interest being manifested. A