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June 2, 1909. THE
PERSONALS.
Rev. C. C. Hoffmeister has resigned the
pastorate of the church at Forney, Tex.,
on account of poor health.
Rev. J. i>. McRee changes lus address
from Cnattdnooga, Tenn., to Carlsbad,
N. M.
Rev. E. J. Durham has been called to
the pastorate of the Bridgeport and Chlco
churches, Texas.
Rev. F. D. 1 homas changes his address
from Newberne, N. C., to 609 George
Street, Brunswick, Ga.
Rev. George L. Bitner has accepted a
unanimous call from the church at \aldosta,
Ga. He expects to enter upon
his work by July 1.
Rev. Dr. Clarence K. Crawford has resigned
his professorship in the Kentucky
Theological Seminary, or Louisville, Ky.,
after twenty years service in teaching
Hebrew. It is announced he is considering
taking up a business career, possibly
in Louisville.
Rev. R. A. Webb, of Louslville, Ky.,
will spend the summer in Montreat.
N. C.
Rev. C. E. Raynal, of Charlotte, N. C.,
has been called to the pastorate of the
church at Statesville, N. C.
Rev. I. F. Coleman, of tho oradnoHno
class of Union Seminary will take charge
of the group of churches composed of
Grassy Creek, Geneva, Oak Hill* and
Shlloh, N. C.
Rev. W. E. Boggs, has accepted the
position as secretary of the committee on
Scnools and Colleges.
Rev. W. A. Cleveland changes his address
from Cartersville, Ga., to Charlotte,
N. C., R. F. D. 3.
Rev. Robert Hill, of Dallas, Tex., who
has been seriously ill, we are glad to
note is improving. Our readers may hope
soon to enjoy reading some more notes
by "Bert."
Mrs. Anna Lotz Koelle, the widow of
Rev. F. D. Koelle, for thirty-six years
pastor of the Second German Church.
New Orleans, died on Saturday after
noon, jviay zz. sue devoted a large part
of her life to charity and benevolent
undertakings. In 1889 she and her husband
founded the German Protestant
Betuany Home, and she continued to be
the president of Its board to her death.
She was born in Kruspls Hessen-Kassel,
Germany, in 1838, and came to New
Orleans in 1869. Devoted to her native
tongue, she rarely used any other. She
was greatly esteemed for her strong
religious character and good works. Her
two sons and daughter have the sympathy
of a large circle of friends in the
afTliction* which has thus come to their
hearts and homes a second lime.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Presbyterian Church U. S. A.
The number of commissioners in attendance
on the Denver Assembly, was
860. The visitors in attendance were
estimated to be about twice that number.
Of the moderator, Dr. Barkley, It is
said that he was prompt, clear and decided?one
who knows not only rules, but
men.
Three g&vels were presented to the
Assembly, one by Judge McLcod, of
Leadvllle, one by Dr. Coyle, of Idaho
Springs, and one by Dr. Major, of Whitman
College.
The contributions asked for the various
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boards of the Church, amounted to
>4,568,053.
The celebration of the four hundredth
anniversary of the birth of John Calvin,
was celebrated by appropriate public
.exercises, including five addresses as
follows:
'The Youth- and Conversion of Calvin,"
Rev. Henry E. Dosker, D. D.
"Calvin as a Man," Rev. Edgar F.
Hill, D. D.
"Calvin as a Theologian," Rev. William
McKlbbln, D. D., LL. D.
"Calvin as a Liberator," Rev. D. Schley
Sehaff, D. D.
"Calvin and the Twentieth Century,"
Rev. William J. Darby, D. D.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
The General Assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church convened r.t
Bentonville, Arkansas, May HO, with 135
commissioners answering the first roll
call. A number of others have since arrived
and 79 of the 81 Presbyteries are
represented.
The retiring Moderator. Judge P. H.
Pendergast, of Marshall, Texas, addressed
the Assembly in lieu of a sermon. His
address was based upon the text, "Knowledge
is Power," and he urged larger in
terest in education.
Rev. J. T. Barbee, of Kentucky, was
elected moderator by a decided majority.
Routine business occupied the sessions
Friday. Reports from the boards of ministerial
relief and publication show very
good gains for the year.
Much attention is being given to the
property question. The prevailing spirit
is that they should not yield anything
to the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.,
maintaining that all the property of the
Cumberland Church properly belongs to
the "loyalists" and plans are being perfected
to push actively their claims.
A large number of visitors, probably
outnumbering the commissioners, watch
with great interest the proceedings.
DONATIONS TO SOUTHERN SCHOOLS.
Among the appropriations announced
uy we gtsutsrai eaucauon Doara, i\ew
Yoric, we notice Agne3 Scott College,
Decatur, Ga., gets 1100,000; Davidson
College, Davidson, N. C., *75,000; University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.,
$50,000. The colored scflools, Tuskegee
Institute, gets *10,000; Calhoun, *2,t>25,
and opelman Seminary, *10,000.
NOTES OF INTEREST.
An Important meeting representing all
Presbyterian bodies in the world?which
means a constituency of thirty millions
of persons?will be held in New York
City, June 15-25, 1909. This is the ninth
council of the "Alliance of Reformed
Churches throughout the world holding
the Presbyterian system." Meetings will
be held in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church.
Ninety-three ministers from other denominations
went over to the Protestant
Episcopal church in the year 1908, says
the Southern Churchman. Of these the
Methodist Episcopal church furnished the .
largest number, twenty-eight; the Presbyterian
denomination was next, with
nineteen; Congregationalism, thirteen;
Baptist churches, twelve, and the Roman
Catholic church, eight.
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