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July 21, 1909. TH
Committee hereby reminds you that
August is the month when our churches
are asked for offerings to our Presbyterial
Home Mission work. We need $700
to cover pledges made for this fiscal
year, and additional contributions to
occupy territory within our bounds
where the need for Gospel work is great
and the oppoitunity abundant. We ask
for $400 as the minimum from the
August collection. This will be easily
raised if every church will do its part.
You will be notified of your apportionment.
Brethren, in the name of the Master,
whose is the work and whoso is the
money required to prosecute it, we appeal
to you to see that your.amount is
raised and promptly sent to the treasurer.
In behalf of the committee.
W. T. Doggett, Treasurer.
Danville, Va.
To the Churches of Montgomery Presbytery:
. While the outlook for Home
Missions within the bounds of Montgomery
Presbylery is in many respects
brighter than it has been for solne time
past, this very fact admonishes us that
our offering for this cause in August
should be larger than ever before. Several
paBtors have been settled recently
in hitherto vacant fields. These men
must be sustained. Your Presbytery instructed
the Committee of Home Missions
to place a man in the field to succeed
Rev. Rf H. Fleming, D. D., as
superintendent of Home Missions at the
earliest possible time, * which means
more money with which to pay such a
man an adequate salary. The prospect
for development throughout our territory,
especially along the line of the Virginian
railroad, is making a loud call
upon us for increased activity. We must
be wide-awake and aggressive if we are
to make an effective response to this
call. If you will give a little thought to
tue work and the opportunities just now
before us, you will not be content to
make an offering barely sufficient to sustain
tne work already begun. You are
not going to allow your Presbytery to
fall behind in its Home Mission .work
for the lack of your sympathy and support.
Brethren, see to it that a liberal
offering is made in all your churches in
August, and that sufficient funds are
promptly put into the hands of the treasurer,
Rev. L. W. Irwin. Radford, Va., to
enable your committee to do the work
which you have laid upon it, and remember
the work and the workers.
P. C. Clark, Chalrrrftm.
Richmond: The close of the Summer
School for Christian Workers was followed
by something of p. scattering of
the ministers connected with the Seminary
to other work, Dr. Strickler going
to Southwfest Virginia to take part in
the Calvin celebrations at Glade Spring
and Abingdon, Rev. R. P. Kirkpatrick
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to canvass the churches In that
region for the Centennial Endowment
Fund of the Seminary, Dr. Moore to New
York to preach In the Brick Church for
a Sunday or two, Dr. Rice to East Tennessee,
and Dr. Oilmour to Connecticut.
IE PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU1
Dr. English remains with his rapidly
growing church in the West End of
Richmond and has wisely adopted the
plan of holding the evening service out
of doors on the lawn. Dr. Johnson also
remains to continue his work as acting
pastor of the wide awake Ginter Park
Church at the Seminary. The Sunday
school of this church, which is now the
banner school of the city, having the
largest per centage of attendance, is of
the "Evergreen" order. It runs the year
round, and has if anything, a larger attendance
in summer, when other city
6ciiciuujr iuii on, man in winter.
The pastors of the other Richmond
churches are still at their posts with the
exception of Dr. Wltherspoon and Dr.
Eggleston, both of whom, on account of
temporarily impaired health, have been
sent away for the summer by their physicians.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Hinton: At a recent congregational
meeting the following additional officers
were elected: Elder, Dr. C. W. Albert;
Deacons, Messrs. R. R. Flanagan. Wm. H.
Garnett, J. H. Allen, H. H. F'redeking,
and W. F. Bush. These gentlemen are
prominent in professional and business
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...v>va, uuu uuu luuiunuiiy 10 ine ontcial
force of the church.
Rev. E. B. Drjen was installed pastor
of the Springfield, Burlington, Patterson's
Creek arid Mt. Bethel group of
churches, on June 27, and 28, by a commission
of Winchester Presbytery. This
is a large and important field and Mr.
Druen begins his pastorate to the great
delight of his people in the whole field.
The Presbytery of Wheeling, West
Virginia, at its meeting in the Third
Church of Wheeling, on June 28, received
Candidate Joseph Zaidan, a student of
tne Union Theological Seminary of Richmond,
from tho Presbytei% of Lexington
of the Southern Church, and licensed
him to have charge of the Syrian congregation
in this city.
Montgomery: The installation of Rev.
Alfred Jones as pastor of this church
took place on June 27. Rev. J. B.
Walker, of Kenova, W. Va., preached
both morning and night and delivered
the charge to the pastor, and Elder J. M.
Payne, of Charleston, the charge to the
people. The services were most satisfactory
and enjoyable. The only regret
was that Rev. C. F. Myers, of Charleston,
was debarred by temporary sickness
from taking part.
Huntington: A precious baptismal service
was held on Sunday, July 11, in the
First Church, when eight dear little children
received the sign and seal of the
covenant relation with Christ through
the faith of their parents. This service
was at 5 p. m., and, ' attended principally
by the friends .. the families interested.
A quartette of young ladles
sang "By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill" as
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v..o u|tcuius uyiun, ana "Around the
Throne of God In Heaven Thousands of
Children Stand" as the closing song.
The baptismal service was read by the
pastor and the parents responded in their
pews by holding up the right hand.
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Then each child was brought forward
and received the baptismal sign. A certificate
of baptism, setting forth the
parents' part and God's part iu the covenant,
was given to each child. On Friday
evening, July }), another child was
baptized at the home of its great-grandmother.
Its certificate bore the names
of its parents as parties to the covenant,
and of its grandmother and great-grand
mother as witnesses. Thus four generations
were represented on the one certificate.
PERSONALS.
Rev. A. F. Laird's address is changed
from \JcComb, Miss., to Magnolia. Miss.
Mis field of labor is unchanged.
Rev. George F. Mason changes his address
from Athens, Tenn., to Marion, Ky.
Rev. J. T. Plunket, D. D., changes his
address from Augusta, Ga., to Birmingham,
Ala.
Rev. F. L. Delaney, of Emnorla. V?
has declined the call recently extended
to him by a group of churches tn Louisiana.
Dr. A. O. Browne, Texarkana, Texas,
Synodical evangelist for Oklahoma, declined
the call to Newport, Ark., which
church was formerly served by Rev. R.
R. Willis, D. D., now of Fayetteville, Ark.
Rev. S. S. Oliver, of Plttsboro, N. C.,
goes to the King's Mountain group of
churches about the first of August.
Rev. W. Bruce Doyle, of Marion. Ala.,
will spend his vacation in Terre Haute,
Ind., where he will supply one of the
churches.
Rev. J. H. Taylor, D. D., of Washington,
D. C., sailed for Labrador on July 10.
Rev. J. B. Morton, of Plant City, Fla.,
has been granted a vacation of two
months, which he will spend in Virginia.
Rev. W. A. Davis, of Shattuck, Okla..
has beep called to the pastorate of the
church at Altus.
Rev. A. R. Holderby, D. D., with his
family, is most pleasantly "summering"
at Marietta. Ga., in reach of his churc^i,
which he will supply regularly, as usual,
and of his people. Correspondents will
note his address.
Rev. Bunyan McLeod changes his ad
dress from Anderson, S. C., to Whycocomagh,
Xova Scotia. He goes to Montreal
where he preaches the second Sunday of
August in Calvin Presbyterian church,
then to Nova Scotia.
Rev. Dr. W. P. Bone, has accepted the
presidency of Cumberland University,
Lebanon, Tenn., which has been vacant
for two years. He nas been connected
with the institution for fifteen years. He
is a graduate of Trinity University,
Texas, and of Union Theological Semi
iiiiry, i\ew YorK.
DONALD FRASER HIGH 3CHOOL.
The next session of "Donald Fraser
High School for Boys," at Decatur, 6a.,
will open September 8. S. P. McElroy
has been selected as principal of the
school for the next year. A limited
number of boarders can be accommodated
In private homes. The prospects
for the enlargement of the school are
encouraging.