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August ii, 1909. TH
Nine members were received into the
church, one of them being Willie Ching
Bing, a Chinese young man of Christian
parentage, who was baptized in infancy
in China. He has been in New Orleans
between three and four years, and has
been a regular attendant at the Lafayette
Church Sunday school. Three of
the other members were received on letters
from other churches and four on
profession of faith. Communion service
was conducted, and Dr. Barr's sermon
dwelt on the nature of the Lord's Sup
per.?Times-Democrat.
MISSISSIPPI.
Port Gibson: Miss Mabel Witherspoon,
a daughter of the late Dr. T. D. Witherspoon,
of Louisville, Ky., will be Housekeeper
for the Chamberlain-Hunt Academy.
Rev. M. E. Melvin, president of
the school and agent for the Synod, announces
that about $12,500 have been
subscribed for the $50,000 fund the Synod
is seeking to raise to get another
$50,000. This fund will be devoted to
the help of worthy boy3 unable to get an
education.
Jackson: The Central Pr&byterian
Church Sunday School, of Jackson, Rev.
W. H. Hill, pastor, and Dr. J. R. Dobyns,
superintendent, marshalled its forces on
the afternoon of August 1, proceeded to
the extreme west end'of the car line and
organized a mission Sunday School wLu
twenty-five charter members. The Central
Church is, itself, the outgrowth of a
little mission inaugurated and for a long
time maintained by the First Church. It
Is now a full-grown, progressive church,
doing a splendid work in a rapidly-growing
section of the city. It has a wideawake
Sabbath school. On August 1 it
"put out a shoot" and became a parent
stock. Dr. Dobyns was placed temporarily
in charge of the newly-organized
mission, as superintendent. Mr. A. E.
Smith, a charter member, was made secretary
and treasurer. Presbyterian literature
was adopted. Time for the meeting,
every Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The school was graded into five classe :
A men's Bible class, a woman's Bible
class, two intermediate classes, and a
primary class. Teachers were obtained
for all the classes. Ten members nf thr
Central Sunday school comprfsed the organizing
party. The meeting was most
enthusiastic and the start for this school
is auspicious. It took place in the home
of a lady who had especially requested
that her house might be thus honored.
However, the schoolhouse nearby ha?
been tendered and accepted for permanent
use.
Ridgeland Sunday School, encouraged
\by its success of the previous Sunday,
proceeded on the afternoon of August 1,
with nineteen of its members in wagons
and buggies to a point eight miles north
where some preliminary work had been
done, and organized the "Gluckstadt
^Sundav School" with ?*-?
? .,..u iiiciuuerB.
Sftx boys from the Intermediate DepartmWt
of the parent school took part in
theN^xercises with short, but very earnest
plovers for its success. One of them,
Fred fc^nt, was unanimously chosen for
superintaident. He is a faithful member
Of thp Rll?o1nni1 onhnnl rpl? "
iuo urgauizatlon
did not sail so easily. There was a
difficulty, a big difficulty. The new organization
had no home; this meeting was
held in an oat fleid, shaded from the aftV
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ernoon sun by an old three-room house
which we had expected to use, but Wn.ch
is now filled with the oats just threshed
out. The owner said as soon as the oats
were taken out he would need it for
hay; he might have arranged it for us if
!.e had wanted to do so, but, like Gallio,
he "cared for none of those things." He
was present at the meeting and made a
speech against the nriraniznMnn oavina
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it was ill-advised when there was not a
place in the whole community where the
meetings could be held. Another agreed
with him; the balance were non-committal.
'this was going uphill, but we organized
just the same, and asked the
Lord to help us get a home. And we are
going to have one! Win every reader
join us in prayer for the Gluckstadt Sunday
School? Mrs. John Law, of Gluckstadt,
was made secretary and treasurer.
Presbyterian literature was adopted.
Time for meeting 4 p. m., in the oat field
until something better. This is the only
Christian organization for white people
within a circle of fifteen miles diameter.
Reports from Garland Hill Sunday
School's meeting a' .is first regular meeting
after organization are very encouraging.
One new pupil was enrolled and all
the charter members were present, with
uut. exception, mis school numbers
twenty-four. The collection amounted to
$2.95. They made a special effort in order
to pay for their singing books.
Smith.
Moss Point: After a month's vacation
spent very pleasantly and profitably In
Tennessee and Kentucky, the pastor is
at home again, much improved in
health, and as we trust, better equipped
in every way, by rest and change of
climate for resuming the active work of
the pastorate. So far as our plant is
concerned, our people hope at an early
date to be much better prepared for
carrying forward the work of the
Church, especially In the important department
of the Sabbath School, as
plans for remodeling our present church
edifice have been adopted, and in all
probability will soon be in the hanas of
a capable contractor.
E. H. Gregory, Pastor.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis: Dr. J. P. Cannon, pastor of
the Grand Avenue Church, left last w^ek
for a month's vacation, to be spent a
Ocean Grove.
St. Louis: The St. Louis correspondent
of the Philadelphia Presbyterian says
that plans are on foot to dispose of the
fine stone building of the Grand Avenue
Church with a view to the erection of anotuer
house of worship on Union Boulevard.
Owing to the great growth of the
city and the encroachment of business,
the Grand Avenue site has become almo t
"down town."
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nun i n V/MHULIINA.
Carthage: Colonel M. H. Caldwell,
the superintendent, made an offer of a
motor car picnic to all the children who
would do a certain amount of work for
tne Sunday school library. He carried
eighteen children to High Falls on Saturday,
July 31, for an all-day picnic.
Rose Hill: At the first service held in
the new house of worship, ten persons
united with the church. Rev. Peter McEH
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Intyre assisted the pastor, Rev. W. P.
M. Currie, in a week's meeting recently.
Asheville: Rev. Dr. Campbell, of the
First Church, will spend his vacation at
Banner Elk, where he has a summer
home. Rev. L. R. Walker, of Atlanta,
Ga., will fill this pulpit, the second and
third Sabbaths of this month
Home Mission at Montreat: During the
Missionary Conference to be held at
Montreat, three whole days, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, August 23, 24
and 25, will be devoted to a discussion of
the various phases and problems of our
Home Mission work. The best possible
list of speakers has been secured, and a
most helpful and interesting conference
is expected. The following program has
been arranged: Monday, August 23, 9 to "
10 a. m., Bible Hour, Rev. D. C. Lilly, D.
D.; 10 to 11, Home Mission Study, Rev.
E. R. Leyburn; 11 to 12, "Are We Reaching
the Masses at Home," Rev. J. M.
Wells, D. D.; 8 p. m., "Some Home Mission
Ideals," Rev. D. C. Lilly, u. D. Tuesday,
August 24, 9 to 10 a. m., Bible Hour,
Rev. D. C. Lilly, D. D.; 10 to 11, Home
Mission Study, Rev. E. R. Leyburn; 11
to 12, "The Value of Our Present Opportunities,"
Rev. T. S. Clyce, D. D.; 8 p.
m., Stereopticon Lecture, Rev. S. L.
Morris, D. D. Wednesday, August 25, 9
to 10 a. m., Bible Hour, Rev. D. C. Lilly,
D. D.: 10 to ii **????
aaviuc midaiuii aiuay,
Rev. E. R. Leyburn; 11 to 12, "Our Country
and Home Missions," Rev. H. C. Hinton,
D. D.; 8 p. m., "Some Broader Aspects
of Home Missions," Rev. C. R.
Hemphill, D. D. In addition to these,
Rev. W. S. Scoti, of our Mexican work
in Texas, Rev. J. P. Hall, of our Mountain
work, and others will be present
and speak during the Conference.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Liberty Springs: An interesting meeting
began here Sunday, August 2, and
closed Friday night. Rev. C. F. Rankin,
of Laurens, assisted tne pastor, Rev. G.
M. Hollingsworth. Air. Rankin is forceful
and eloquent in the presentation of
Gospel truth. Good congregations attended
thn oovirlnoo ~J
auu eieven young people
united with the church on profession of
faith in Christ. Much interest was manifested
and though the weather was rainy
anil threatening, services were held eacn
day. i?lr. Hollingsworth, the pastor is
doing a good work here.
Hopewell Church, PeeDee Presbytery:
Recently I had the pleasure of visuing
Rev. A. E. Spencer's churches, Hopewell
and Effingham as a forward movement
representative.. At Hopewell I found a
congregation enthusiastic on tne subject
of Foreign Missions. Dr. Wilkinson is a
son of this church. I also found a young
man studying to be a medical missionary,
and two young lady volunteers, one
to be a trained nurse, another to be a
teacher. This church subscribed three
hundred dollars which is the four dollar
standard. The work is left in charge of
an ideal missionary committee.
J. H. Gruv?r
OKLAHOMA.
Our Oklahoma Evahgelist: Dr. A. O.
Browne, Texarkana, Tex., the Assembly's
Evangelist for Oklahoma, has just finished
his last quarter's work?holding flvb
meetings of ten days .to two weeks each.
As a partial result of these meetings at
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