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August 4, 1909. TH
will spend the month of August near
Kerrville, Tex. ,
Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick, of Seneca,
C., will spend his vacation at Montreat,
Maxton and Davidson. N. C.
Rev. Charles Kingsley, of Leesburg,
Fla., will upend the month of August at
Montreat, N. C. His address will be Al
anama Hotel, Montreat, N. C.
Rev. A. L. Whitfield will be installed
pastor of the church at Henderson, Tex.,
on September 5.
Rev. H. W. Burwell, of New Orleans,
leaves this week for his summer rest.
He will join his wife at Montreat, where
Mrs. Burwell has been spending some
time.
?>r. George Petrie, of Auburn, Ala.,
who has been quite ill, we are glad to
report, is convalescent.
Dr. A. G. Wallace, of the United Presbyterian
Church, has been elected chairman
of the executive section of the PanPresbyterian
Alliance. He has served
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much of the time as the chairman of
the committee on home mission work.
Tne next meeting of the executive commission
will be ...... next winter in Chicago.
Rev. John W. Caldwell, Jr., of the Carrollton
Church, New Orleans, has started
on his vacation. He makes Montreal uis
first place of rest, and after a short time
there will make himself useful in pulpits
which have called upon him for
needed supply.
Dr. George Johnston Ross has told his
friends in England that he is accepting
the call to Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania,
only for a temporary term; that he has
no intention of becoming a citizen of tne
United States, but expects after a few
years of service in this delightful parish
to open for a return call to the "tight
little island" of his nativity. Presbyterians
on this side the ocean had been
rejoicing in the belief that Dr. Ross was
coming across the seas to stay.
CONFERENCE OF MINISTERIAL EDUCATION
AND MINISTERIAL
RELIEF.
Rev. Henry H. Sweets, Secretary.
The Missionary Conference which is
to be held at Montreat, N. C., from
August 17 to August 31 has been subdivided
as follows: Woman's Work,
August 17-18; Colored Evangelization,
19-20; Ministerial Education and Ministerial
Relief. 20-22: Home Missions 23.
26; Foreign Missions, 27-31. The following
program has been arranged on
the causes of Ministerial Education and
Ministerial Relief. Addresses are being
prepared by those whose names are
given. ind it is hoped that a lively discussion
will be had upon all of these
theroee
August 20, 7:30 p. m.?"The Character
of Ma?t Desired for the Ministry," Rev.
T. S t-7yce, D. D.
August 21, 10 a. m.?"The Movement
svmuiig otuuBuu) ior necrumng tne Ministry,"
Rev. S. W. McGill.
Auifist 21, 11 A. M.?"Our Ministerial
8upply? and the Church College," Dr.
Henry Louis Smith.
August 22, 11 a. m.?"The Church
and Her Enfeebled Ministers," Rev. J.
M. Wells, D. D.
E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUT
August 22, 7:30 p. m.?"Our Ministerial
Supply and the Home and Sunday
School," Rev. Henry Collin Minton, D. D.
After the first three of these addresses
there will be held a conference
on the theme discussed.
PROOF TEXT REVISION.
The last General Assembly approved,
with a single amendment, the work of
vuuiuniicc au luiemu on me revision
of the citation of proof texts to our doctrinal
standards. It also directed me
Committee of Publication "to print a sufficient
number of copies of the report,
thu3 amended, for distrioution among the
Presbyteries," and to send the report
down to the Presbyteries "for their answers
as to its adoption." See Minutes
for 1909, pp. 28, 29.
The report contains the changes suggested
as well as the results of the
changes. To print the whole report for
the sake of one or two hundred copies
would be very expensive and needless.
The object of the General Assembly in
sending the report to the Presbyteries
is to give them an opportunity, after examination,
to adopt or reject the results
as these will appear in a new edition of
the standards. Moreover, the Presbyteries
will find it much easier and more
satisfactory to examine these results if
jji tocmcu iu Lwt'iii in connection
with the text of the standards.
Hence the Committee of Publication
propose to print together the text and
revised citations, and to hold the type
forms until the action of the Presbyteries;
when, if the revision is approved,
the work will be stereotyped and a new
edition printed.
It will be impracticable to get the
whole of this work in the hands of the
Presbyteries at the approaching fall
meeting. It may be that the Shorter
Catechism can be so placed. In view
of the situation all around, and in order
to prevent needless expense and delay,
I beg leave to suggest that you appoint
at your fall meeting a committee ad interim
to examine this work and report
to the spring meeting.
If the Stated Clerk of each Preshvtprv
will send the name of the chairman of
this committee to the Committee of Publication
at Richmond, Va., with the number
composing the committee, copies of
the work will be sent to the committees
in time for them to examine it and report
at- the next stated meeting.
E. C. Gordon,
Chairman Proof Text Commltee.
Lexington, Mo.
The Presbyterian Missionary School of
Louisville.
The Woman's Missionary Training
School at Louisville, Ky., will open for the
second annual session on the first Wednesday
in October. The attendance upon
the various classes last year was thirtyeight.
It included Sabbath school teach?
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?.?, uuuio kuu roreign missionaries, and
young women preparing for some field
of active Christian work.
The course tor the present year will be
even more comprehensive and attractive
than the course offered last year. It will
eihbrace Outlines of Biblical Doctrine
(Dr. R. A. Webb), Church History (Dr.
Doekev), English Bible courses hi the Om
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and New Testaments (Dr. Marquess),The
History of the Sunday-school (Dr. Hemphill),
Studies in Forms and Fields cf
Women's Work (Dr. Lyons), and Sunday
School Problems and Methods (Dr. A. L.
Phillips, Secretary of Sabbath Schools
and Young People's Societies). We hope
also to have a second series of Studies in
Personal Work by Rev. Dr. Egbert W.
Smith, a course that proved so helpful
and attractive last year. Dr. Marquess
will give a special course in The
Gospel of Matthew, adantpa tn tho r.
of Sunday school teachers and conducted
in such a way as to show how to
make a personal study of a book. Arrangements
will be made for lectures or
conferences on practical problems, as
there may be occasion. President F. W.
Hinitt will give a valuable course of
lectures on Psychology as the basis of
Pedagogy.
Tuition is free. Beard can be had as
cheaply as in any city. We believe that
women desiring to fit themselves for
Christian work can secure the training
that will meet their needs, a preparation
especially suited to those who expect to
labor in connection with the Presbyterian
Church.
The Board of Directors of the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary of Kentucky
has authorized the use of their beautiful
building and the service of the professors
in this movement to train the young wo
men of our Church for greater efficiency
and usefulness.
Any who desire further or fuller information
are invited to correspond with
either of the undersigned. Remember the
date of opening?October 6, 1909.
Chas. R. Hemphill,
W. H. Marquess.
109 E. Broadway, Louisville, Ky.
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WESLEYAN
COLLEGE ' ???
Oldest College for Women in America!
The Ltrgest in the Sosdi! Grade "A" of
Educational Commission; The Recognized
Standard of Excellence Throughout the
South!
The College occupies an eminence
In the best residential district of Macon?the
soennil ?< ?
?..v. v.i./ 111 mo uniun in
health record. Buildings of brick
and stone, wltn all modern accessories.
$50,000 recently spent In improvements.
Thirty-nine officers and
teachers?larger than any other in
this section. Fourteen in the Conservatory
of Music. Schools of Art,
Expression and Physical Culture.
Special attention given to the comfort
and happiness ef the home life
by the President, whs lives in the
College. Rates positively lower than
those of any other college of the high
classification. Reservations are now
being rapidly taken for the opening
on September 16th.
Catalogue* or lay iafoimation in detail will
be furnbbed on application to
W. N. A INS WORTH, D. 6. Pres.