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October 6, 1909. T]
NASHVILLE PRESBYTERY.
Nashville Presbytery had a delightful
session at Shelbyville, and the Church
and pastor won all hearts by the enter
ninmpnt
The retiring Moderator, Rev. D. McQueen,
called upon Rev. Chas. Dlehl to
preach the opening sermon.
Rev. A. S. Allen, of Nashville, was
chosen Moderator and R. M. Reams, of
McMinnvllle, Temporary Clerk.
Rev. D. D. Little, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
was present and made an inspiring ad
dress on the work among the Negroes.
Rev. W. H. Muirhead was dismissed to
the Presbytery of Memphis.
Candidate D. T. Ewell was dismissed
to the Presbytery of Mississippi.
Special prayers were offered for Rev.
Messrs. W. VV. Millard, and W. S. Barr,
the latter lying sick at the hospital, and
during his sickness, bereaved of his wife.
The half-day Conference on Sunday
Schools and Young People's Work, \vas
a very helpful feature of the meeting;
seven addresses on various phases of the
U'rtrlr olioitorl o ar rn O t <ino 1 n f inlnraot
The calls from the Madison and Hendersonville
churches were placed in the
hands of Rev. B. H. Franklin, which he
accepted, and a committee appointed to
install him.
The committee to whom was referred
the changes in the "elect infant" clause,
reported as follows, which was adopted:
"Being elect, infants, dying, etc."
Resolutions of regret concerning the
departure of Rev. G. H. Cornelson from
our midst, were adopted.
Rev. A. S. Allen addressed the Presbytery
on behalf of Monroe Harding Orphanage.
The Chairman on Colored Work reported'Ahat
the contract tor the building
of St. Andrews Church had been given,
and that a church costing $3,500 would
be erected.
The call of the Murfreesboro Church for
the services of Rev. J. Addison Smith
was found in order, and the Church given
the permission to prosecute the call
before the West Lexington Presbytery.
The preaching during the meeting
was exceptionally good. The gospel was
the theme of every sermon, and the
preachers were, C. E. Dtehl, Phil. 1:21;
C. R. Nisbet, Ps. 51:12; R. A. Webb, D.
D., John 14:8; W J. McMillan. Gal. 3:13.
Geo O. Buchanan.
Stated Clerk.
EROWNWOOD PRESBYTERY.
Presbytery of Brownwood met at
Bangs, Texas, at 8 p. m., September 23,
1909, and the opening sermon was
preached by Rev. C. L. Ewing.
Officers: Rev. A. H. P. McCurdy, D. D.,
moderator, and A. R. Nisbet, temporary
clerk.
Present: Eleven ministers and nine
ruling elders.
Rev. George R. Ratchford was received
from the Presbytery of Durant, and
Licentiate S. K. Dodson was dismissed
to the Presbytery of Washburn.
Presbytery gave an affirmative answer
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to the amendment to the Form of
Church Government as to the expenses
of commissioners to the General Assembly.
As to Change in the Confession of
Faith, Chapter X, Section 3, Presbytery
recommends that said section be changed
to read as follows: Of thos& whom God
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seed, such as are incapable of being outwardly
called by the ministry of the
Word, are regenerated and saved by
Christ through the Spirit, who worketh
when, where and how he pleaseth.
A Memorial of Rev. J. Q. Tanner was
adODted. Rev Malenm Rlnr-lr woe rn
elected stated clerk and treasurer for
three years.
The Stated Clerk was instructed to
have the Minutes of this meeting of
Presbytery published in pamphlet foim.
Rev. F. A. Barnes, of Sherwood, Texas,
was appointed to act as cor res pood** t
with the Assembly's Committee on Bv*igelistic
Work.
Rev. C. H. Dobbs, Sr., who has been
blind for several years, and who had
been for many years an evangelist of
Central Texas Presbytery and an active
worker in home mission territory, made
an able address before Presbytery upon
the great importance of pressing home
mission work in this rapidly developing
Western country.
Rev. J. D. Leslie, of Ballinger, Texas,
chairman of the Presbyterial Committee
on Schools and Colleges, reported that
this Presbytery had contributed during
the past year $518.85 to* the S. W. Presbyterian
Home and School for Orphans,
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children.
The Next Meeting of Presbytery will
be at Winters, Texas, in April, 1910.
On Sunday, after the close of Presbytery,
the Bangs Church was dedicated,
Rev. W. A. Gillon preaching the sermon.
Malcom Black, Stated Clerk.
USING BOOKS INTELLIGENTLY.
A letter was recently written to the
boys of Grand Rapids calling their attention
to the fact that there is in their city
an educational institution that has 15,000
students, or three times as many as the
great State university.
It Is the public library.
In this letter, which is from the public
nurunun, a ooy is aescriDed living in Baltimore
who, a few years ago, was earning
a few dollars a week and who now earns
several thousand dollars a year, and he
rose to this simply by his use of the books
and magazines upon electricity in the
public library. He further stated that
such opportunities to learn come to every
one. "They even break into Jail, for some
of the fellows in Jackson prison, with
only half a chance and with a record to
live down, are using books to fit themselves
successfully to do good work after
they get out."
When we are weak and wretched,
By our sins weighed down, distressed,
Then it is that God's great patience
Holds us closest, loves us best.
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THORNWELL ORPHANAGE NOTES.
Please let me use the first of these
notes to express my grateful appreciation
of your own kindness and that of hosts
of friends, whose expressions of sympathy
have.been a great comfort to me in
the matter of the accident that recently
befell me. It was of God's mercy that
I am alive and it is to Him that I give
thanks. I had a narrow and wonderful
escape and have rejoiced in God every
moment of these six weeks for His good
ness to me. I am pleased to say that
1 am at work again, though withal somewhat
bruised and battered.
The Orphanage school opened on the
first day of September with everybody in
place. The family, including teachers
and pupils, numbers about 300. The
annual report covers the year ending
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ocpiemoer 1, is a very interesting one
and reports the institution as owing no
man anything. We began the year with
a small balance in the treasury.
Although, for these six or eight weeks,
nothing has gone out from the institution
in the way of soliciting aid, yet timely
help has been received, and the day's
necessities have been met each day as
they arose, and we are still free of debt.
Now that the fall season has set in it
is to be hoped that the churches and
Sunday schools and societies and individuals,
will see to it that their many
wards at the Orphanage are cared for.
The greatest necessity now is for enlargement.
There is not a single vacancy
and yet there are many applications
with new ones being registered' daily.
A cottage for boys is specially needed
and $2,000 would build such a cottage.
The donor of that sum would have the
privilege of naming the house, making
it a memorial.
The health of the home is marvelously
good. No deaths among the children occurred
last year and none for many years
before.
A very"interesting.item of the month
was the organization of the Thornwell
Memorial Sunday School, made up solely
of the orphans and held in their own
Chapel. On the same day the boys reorganized
for the year their boy's prayer
meeting with twenty boys. And this
reminds us of the beautiful fact that
during the five weeks in which the
President was kept away from the Chapel
by his physical condition, the boys of
the institution conducted the morning
Chapel services, briefly, simply and acceptably
to the 300 of their fellows and
the teachers present. Pray for these
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uiai uuu niaj' pui some oi tnem into
the ministry.
* Wm. P. Jacobs.
Clinton, S. C.
Many a trusting child is cast down be
cause the littie love service which may
be required seems too small to be counted
for aught in the great harvest field, forgetting
that the dear Lord asks of his
children only so much as he gives them
ability to perform.?Augustus C. Thompson.