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August 18, 1909. THE gations always large. Collections good and the church has been steadily climbing since its dedication. The pastor expects to preach here all of next week. A. J. P. Briery, Prince Edward County: The writer lias just returned from helping the pastor. Rev. Hugh Henry, in a Wfiolf'o onaotnl cnffinn T Va *-? * r? ! * !-??-* n VVlk O opwiui OVI TIVC, X llUUgll cue nun f week was raining and threatening, the faithfulness of Mr. Henry's people was an inspiration. The congregations, while necessarily small, were always attentive and earnest. Some six persons will no doubt unite with the church. Here is a clear example of the advantage of a long and faithful pastorate. Mr. Henry has been here sixteen years, and one has only to move around with him to see the devotion and respect due and freely given to a faithful man of God. It was good to be there, and we want to go back some time. May this grand old church (one of the oldest in Presbytery) long stand for the truth, and may nhun/lnniliF * viwu auuiiuaunj uicoo tut* lanuiui pttDlUl and .his devoted people. A. J. Porter. Lexington Presbyterial Union: At the recent meeting of the Union the following officers were elected to serve for two years: President, Mrs. H. C. Wise, Lexington; vice-presidents, Miss Camie Houston, Brownsburg; Miss Theresa Haislip, Staunton; Miss Josephine Stephenson, Monterey; Mrs. C. A. Funkhouser, Dayton; Mrs. Hill Arnold, Elkins; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Ethel G. Wade, Raphine; assistant secretary, Miss Julia Wilson, Raphine; sec retary of literature, Mrs. H. G. McGary, Middlebrook; secretary of Young People's Work, Mrs. Joseph Caldwell, Fisherville. Weal West Pittsylvania: On July 7 Pair P W Mnvnmll /v# ff iUUAYTtn, KJL OUUIU JJUOtUll| came to preach for us aud continued until July 16. As a direct result of his faithful preaching four united with the church, one mother, the head of a family, and three young ladies. The church seems to be revived and in good shape. We have hosts of young people here, and because of ultra Calvinistlc influences and rank fanaticism it '.s exceedingly hard to have a Sunday school. One of our great needs is a good secular school for the children in this field. A. J. P. Harpen Creek, West Pittsylvania: The work has been pressed here under great difficulties. Foes of the truth and pi W51 COO W 1 III 111 uuu WllUUUt kUC VUUitli have made a very hard road to travel. Rev. A. M. Linthecum, Baptist minister, is struggling on with the Sunday-school. On July 19 Rev. J. Harry Moore came and preached four days. He was kindly received by the people, and if he had continued a few days longer there might have been some results. This has always been the hardest part of the field. Draw a circle around Wpat Pitt. sylvania manse as a center, and in a radius of from three to four miles you will enclose quite three hundred young people, and children of school age in nearly every home. Is there a place : PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUTI anywhere that a good Christian school could do more good? 1 have just been working and praying for a good ordinary school, not a college. Why can't we have it? Must I sacrifice my own children for the work's sake? Pray for us. A. J. P. SYNOD OF VIRGINIA. The Synod of Virginia will meet in its One Hundred and wenty-Second Annual Session on Thursday, October 14, 1909, at 8 p. m. in the Davis Memorial Church, Elkins, West Virginia. James P. Smith, S. C. The chairman of the local committee of arrangement who may be addressed, and to whom members of the Synod should send notification of their purpose to attend, is J. C. Arons, M. D., Elkins, West Virginia. PERSONALS. Rev. Ivanhoe Robertson changes his address from Farmville, Va? to Saxe, Virginia. Rev. Dr. Alexander Sprunt, pastor of the First Church, Charleston, S. C., is at Montreat. ncv. *?. a. uoyie, <3i .Marion, Aia.f nas been called to the Westminster Church of Terra Haute, Ind. .. Rev. J. W. Atwood, of Augusta, Ky., has received a call from the church at Clarendon, Ark. Rev. C. A. McPheeters, of Fulton, Mo., has decided to rest a year from teaching and has gone to Leipsig, Germany, to take a course in philosophy in the university. Ferdinand S. Schenck, D. D., of the Reformed Seminary (Dutch) at New Brunswick, as announced from Princeton Theological Seminary, has been secured as professor-in-charge of homiletics for the coming year. Dr. Schenck is the author of an admirable hand-book on practical theology and has just sent from the press a comprehensive work on Biblical Sociology. He has had a wide experience as pastor and teacher and is an enthusiast in the training of young men to preach. He will give at Princeton full courses of instruction in homiletlcs to all the classes and will spend a great deal or time and effort in the practical training of the young men in the art of sermon composition and the actual practice of preaching. The seminary is to be congratulated on securing Dr. Schenck's services. Presbyterian Council in New York: The officers which were elected during this session to serve for the next four years were as follows: President of the Alliance, David J. Burrell, D. D., LL.D.; president of the Western section, Philip A. Howard; general treasurer, to be chosen; general secretary of the Eastern section the Rev Dr fien T> MotHiowa of the Western section, the Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts; chairman of the American section, Rev. Dr. Wallace RadcllfTe; vice-presidents, Hon. J. Hoge Tyler and Rev. Dr. T. P. Stevenson; recording secretary, Rev. J. C. Scouller, D. D. Some have asked if it is worth while to gather these Coun 3. 2A cils at the cost of the time and money which their convoking necessitates. The answer may be made that gatherings such as these, wheie men of brilliant intellects, pure hearts and earnest wills seen 10 discover and apply these influences wnich shall biess, uplift and sanctify humanity are eminently and forever "worth while." Such a gathering was the ninth meeting of the "PanPi esbyterian" Alliance.?Christian Intelligencer. New Church in India: A church recently dedicated at the Scotch Presbyterian Mission, Piploda, Rajputana, India, has a large paved court, capable of seating 600 or more worshippers. The enclosing walls are of stone, seven feet high, so arranged as to give a good appearance, as well as to prevent onlookers sitting on the walls. Texts of Scripture in Hindu have been inscribed on the walls, and the only furniture is a stone chair and table for the preacher. Any one is at liberty to bring a mat or cush ion. The Eastern custom of discarding shoes without and wearing the headdress has also been adopted. The entire cost of the building has been paid by the people who attend it. A CARD OF THANKS. To many friends, known and unknown, I send this. After seven months of lingering and fighting with disease, I had decided to seek a higher climate, and just as 1 had arranged to start for Tennessee and Kentucky we were overtaken with another calamity in the loss of our new manse at High Springs, Fla, as you saw in our papers. Then, I did not know what was my duty, hut my friends and physician said, "Go, for you can do no good by staying, and you may get well." So, in a few days I was in Nashville, fpplin? lilro Toooh "All fhaoA .vw..~0 All mcou 11111150 a I c against me." My way was at the sea fast shut up, but in a little while, through letters from my wife in Florida, I could say, "He led me by a way that I knew not of." She writes me that she has received many kind letters bearing sympathy and material help. You have caused songs in our night, and all at home are made to rejoice. I write this for the public, to express our heartfelt thanks to you all. My wife and daughters are answering all the letters having names or addresses, but some chose to keep their secret with the Master. You, I hope will see this, and he will not forget the reward. Pray for us that the chastisement may be sanctified to us and that our hearts may be suitably affected by the generosity of God's people. May our common Master reward you all an hundred fold for your great kindness, and will you ask that if it be best, to enable me to resume my work again sometime? Gratefully yours in his name, G. E. Thompson. Home Address, High Springs, Fla.