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as the pastor returns committees will be
appointed to look after the interests of
the new Church building.
Carthage: The Sunday school of Ue
Carthage Presbyterian Church has an
average attendance of ninety-three per
cent of the' enrollment for the first sixmonths
of 1909.
St. Paul's Church, Charlotte, has reluctantly
consented to give up its pastor,
Rev. C. E. Raynal, who accepts the call
of the First Church, Statesville.
Elizabeth City: Rev. F. M. Hawley will
supply this church during the summer.
TEXAS.
Oak* Cliff, Dallas: At the morning ser
vice, Sunday, July 4, the pastor, uev.
Wm. Fred Galbralth, announced the
names of eight who were then publicly
received in the churcn, four by letter and
four on profession of faith.
Dallas: A farewell service was given
Miss Virginia Jones by the First Church,
who leaves soon to become a missionary
in Korea. Addresses were made by Mr.
J. D. Van Winkle, superintendent of the
Sunday-school, and by Rev. Thornton
Whaling, pastor. Miss Jones will be supported
by the First Church, of which
she is a member.
-?Westminster Church: On Saturday,
July 3, ground was broken for a new
bsuse of worship, to be erected on one
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The pastor, Rev. Robert Hill, gave a history
of the organization of the Church,
which took place on March 13, 1892, hy
a commission of Dallas Presbytery.
Prayer was then offered by Rev. W. F.
Galbralth, and the congregation adjourned
to the vacant lot where the first
spadeful of ground was turned over by
Mr. A. R. Phillips, secretary of the
board of trustees.
Leander: June 20 was a good day for
this Church. While this is a struggling
Church, and receives help from the
Home Mission Committee, the members
do not tmnn 01 1101 giviug iu mc v.??
of the Assembly. The children claimed
this day' as theirs. A contribution of
19.45 was made to the orphanage at Files
W.'ley, Tex., and $11.45 to the Boy's
Sc'iool in Mexico. Mr. Arthur M. Woolly.
a young man, is an elder in the
(jjurch and superintendent of the Sun.'^y-school.
Wherever one finds such a
worker there will be life in the church.
Caldwell: A few years ago the Presbyterian
Church at Caldwell, Burleson
County, was destroyed by fire. The members
were poor and discouraged because
of this loss, but, through the overtures
of Brazoa BresDytery, wnereuy iuu
Presbytery offered to invest with the
church dollar for dollar in rebuilding the
church, the new house of worship was
erected. For reasons generally following
such enterprises, the people were unable
to maintain public worship. The evangelist
of the presbytery visited the place
but was not able to secure co-operation
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and retired. By request of the evangelist,
a commission, consisting of Rev. G.
W. Story and Judge W. W. Searcy of
Brenham, was appointed to visit the
Church and do what seemed wise under
the circumstances. In carrying out these
instructions of the presbytery, the commission
sent the Sabbath school missionary
there to visit from house to
house, get the people together, organize
a Sab.bath school, if the way was clear,
SIlH ninlfp wnv fnr a visit nf (ho onmmlo.
sion. On Sunday, June 27, the commission
went to Caldwell, held services in the
morning, laid before them their mission,
defined terms, and called a regular congregational
meeting for the purpose of
getting the church to work, which meeting
was held after the evening service
and resulted in calling Mr. Smith, who
is serving the Sommerville group "of
churches, to assume the oversight of the
Caldwell Church for one service per
month, hold a revival meeting, and secure
complete co-operation of the congregation.
Mr. Smith has accepted the
work and will begin his work at once,
. thereby placing the Church in line for
usefulness in building up our Zlon in
that community. A Worker.
VIRGINIA.
Norfolk, Second Church: Sunday, July
4, was the regular communion service in
this church, and the pastor announced
the names of twenty-three new members
received since the last communion.
Accomac: As the result of a meeting
held at Clarks Chapel ten young people
have been received into this church and
two will go to other Churches. The
meeting was conducted by Mr. S. G.
Stukes, a Princeton student, who is supplying
the Makemie Church of Accomac
during the summer.
Richmond: On Rnndnv -Tnlv 4 tho
sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered
in the Mizpah Church, of
which Rev. D. K. Walthall is pastor.
Three persons were received by letter,
two of these being a ruling elder, Mr.
H. B. Lecke, and his wife, from the
Presbyterian Church at Monessen, Pa.
Very strong testimonials accompanied
the'letter dismissing these valued friends
to the Mizpah Church.
The Ministers' Association of the
Presbyterian Church adjourned on Monday,
June 28, for the summer, the sessions
to be resumed in September. Nearly
all of the ministers will take vacation
some time during July or August, but at
such time and in such a way as that
there will always be one or more pastors
present in case of need. Dr. Jere Witherspoon
will take his usual trip to New
York; Dr. Russell Cecil will spend part
of his vacation on Long Island; Dr. P.
T. McFaden will take a trip to Nova
Scotlrf, the Rev. D. K. Walthall will spend
a while at ML Elliott Springs; Dr. J. C.
Stuart will go <o Clifton Springn, and
the Rev. J. J. Fix will be In Waynesboro.
Fairfield: Mr. I. Cochran Hunt has
taken charge of this work and had a fine
welcome from the noble people of this
charge. Already there have been mark
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ed improvements in the various departments
of work. The attendance at public
worship has doubled within a few
weeks. The Sunday school now leads all
the Richmond churches in the percentage
of attendance. Extensive improvements
have been made on the interior of
the church, and the outlook is for a
steady growing and eventually a strong
organization.
Suffolk: Sunday, July 4, was a red
letter day in the history of this Church.
After a powerful sermon from Rev. J. P.
Smith, D.D., of Richmond, three elders,
Dr. J. M. Gibson, Mr. R. E. Jones and
Mr. J. B. Pinner, and three deacons, (
Messrs. R. L. Owen, J. W. Simmons and
Carl Metcalf, were ordained and installed.
At a congregational meeting held after
the morning service, a call was extended
Rev. F. L. Delaney, of Emporia, to
"become pastor of this church, Rev. R.
L. Walton, former pastor, having resigned
to take charge of the Williamsburg
Chuch.
Third Church, Richmond: Dr. Eggleston
has found it necessary to leave his
work perhaps for the remainder of the
summer because of the immediate danger
of a serious break down in heakn. His
physician has ordered him to take complete
rest. In addition to the regular
work of this pastorate, Dr. Eggleston has
held several series of evangelistic ser- \
vices in churches throuehout the PreR
bytery. His preaching upon these occasions
has been greatly blessed. In the
absence of the pastor, the church at the
morning service will be filled by various
ministers of the community.?The Richmond
Presbyterian.
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WEST VIRGINIA.
Keyser: Rev. M. B. Lambdin has returned
from a trip to Plumtree, W. C.,
where he gave three lectures on "Recent
Research in Bible Lands." The lectures
covered the remarkable and startling discoveries
made at Nineveh. Babylon, and
Egypt. He was also on the program for
addresses on other subjects at the "Bible
Conference," lately held in that place.
Rev. I. N. Campbell, of Berkely Springs,
W. Va., acceptably filled the pulpit on
the Sabbath that Mr. Lambdin was away.
PERSONALS.
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Rev. R. L. Walton changes his address
from Suffolk, Va., to Williamsburg. Va.
Rev. A. D. P. Gilmore changes his address
from Richmond, VA-, to Southport,
Conn.
Rev. W. A. Alexander, of Clarksvllle,
Tenn., will spend his vacation with his ,
family at Montreat, N. C.
Mr. I. Cochran Hunt, formerly president
of Young's College for Women at Thomasville,
Ga., will be at the head of the department
of history in the Woman's College,
Richmond, Va., for the coming year.
Rev. J. Stanley Thomas changes his address
from Garyville, La., to Auburn,
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new work as an inter-state Y. M. C. A.
secretary.
Miss AYinle V. Patton, of Tokuslllna,
Japan, is expected home about this time.
She was to sail on the "Asia," June 12.
Rev. T. H. Rice, D.D., of Richmond, Va.,
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