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10, and proved very interesting and helpfuL
An offering of twenty-one dollars
was sent the committee for publication
and church extension. Will observe Rally
Day in the Mission Sunday school soon.
There have been fourteen additions to the
church during the past few weeks. Rev.
J. T. Sailes, of Delhi, Da., most acceptably
supplied this church during the vacation
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?Westminster: Work has now been
resumed on the new church and will
be pushed to completion. Because of the
long and continued dry weather it was
necessary to suspend the work until the
drouth was broken. When finished, this
will be one of the most beautiful and conveniently
arranged churches in the city.
Later it is planned to build a large and
attractive Sunday school building separate
from the church. Dr. Robert Hill
is the pastor.
Hillsboro: Rev. R. P. Walker the new
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
at this place, and his wife have found
their way into the hearts of the members
of the congregation and the people of
Hillsboro. They have just- moved into
the beautiful new manse that has been
built for them. It was not enough for
these good people to build a new home
for their beloved pastor and his excellent
family, but they thoroughly furnished the
pantries until all the shelves were full,
with all good things to satisfy the physical
wants. It was a great pounding, and
no one knows who was the happier, the
pounders or the poundees. Mr. Walker
starts his new pastorate under the most
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field of great promise. His heart has already
been greatly encouraged in seeing
fifteen valuable members received into
this church during the past few weeks.
Trouper The members of the Troupe
Church have about completed a beautiful
modern church, which is to be dedicated
the fifth Sabbath of this month. Rev.
J. Bell, D. D., pastor of the East Dallas
. Church, and a son of Troupe Church, will
preach the dedication sermon. The resuscitation
of the church is due to the
earnest labor of Rev. S. M. Tenney. When
the members learned that Presbytery requested
Mr. Tenney to remain in charge
of his present field, they were filled with
joy and manifested their happiness by
giving him and his good wife a most
generous pounding, supplying, them with
sufficient staple provisions to' last at least
a month. A description of the new
church will he furnished you after the
Tyler, First Church: The pastor and
people welcomed twenty-one members
October 3, our regular quarterly communion
service. All but one of these was result
of the recent meeting held In KaBt
Tyler. One, a mother of a family, came
forward at this service. The following
Sunday we were made to rejoice ever the
conversion of one of our leading business
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men, postmaster of the city, who united.
And last Sunday our hearts again rejoiced
when, after a sermon by the pastor,
two mature men responded and gave
themselves to the ministry. Truly the
Lord has been good to us of late and we
rejoice and praise him lor it. "Not unto
us, not unto us, O! Lord, but unto thy
name be all the glory and the honor." God
answers prayer?try it and see! We are
'tonfldently looking for others, some having
already promised thev will come.
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San Marcos: First Church. A recent
meeting of a week's duration conducted
by the pastor has somewhat rallied the
forces after the summer's vacation, besides
resulting in the occasion of the accession
of a young woman school teacher,
who came forward upon the last night
of the meeting to confess Christ as her
Saviour.
Rally Day in our Sunday school brought
out the largest attendance in the history
of our school. We must soon have better
accommodations for this department of
our work. We are also planning the organization
of a mission school in a neglected
part of the town. New officers have
been elected and installed in this church
as follows: Ruling elders: Charles Hutchings,
Peter Thompson (to be installed),
and D. E. Brown. Deacons: C. G. Mead,
Geo. A. McNoughton and W. D. Talniadge.
Thus giving us a full and efficient set of
officers. We desire our brethren to rejoice
with us in the evidences of God's
blessing.
H. L. P., Pastor.
Houston: First Church, Rev. Win.
States Jacobs, pastor, is a large, fine
church, perhaps the finest building in the
city. It has a roll of more than 900 members
and includes in its numbers the
wealth and luxury of the city. Rally Day
was observed Sunday, October 17. when
the Sunday school had 328 present as
against 305 last year. It was a communion
occasion and the padtor preached
an able sermon on the text, "A stone of
stumbling and a rock of offense." It was
a sermon that went to the heart. It would
not be fair to judge this church by a comparison
with other churches. However,
it has had a phenomenal growth and its
pastor and session are overtaking the
work with a commendable zeal and energy.
?Second Church: Three years ago this
church had eighty members. Rev. Frank
E. Fincher took pastoral charge and with
unusual zeal has labored and built it up
untjl now it has 550 members. It has a
Sunday school of between 300 and 400
members. Sunday. October 17. was ob
served as Rally Day, and about 450 were
present. The pastor reports an average
of two confessions each Sabbath, or about
one hundred during the year. As an evidence
of obedience to the command to
go out into the highways and hedges and
compel them to come in, this church has
established five missions in the outskirts
of the city, and the pastor makes an effort
to visit each one dtping Sabbath afternoon.
Since last communion this
church has received 21 members on con
UTH. October 27, 190?..
fession of faith and ten by 'letter. They
have a fine, commodious building of light
colored brick, a good choir and have good
congregational singing.
Missionary Christmas Boxes: The time
to do our "ChriBtmas Shopping" has
come. I want to help several of outMexican
Sunday schools in Texas to have
Christmas entertainments. I appeal ta>
our friends to send us clothing, toys,
bric-a-brac, pictures and games. These
things can be new or second-hand. Cloth
remnants are light and suitable for gifts.
We can use all the old Sunday school
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old periodicals. Small money gifta are
the easiest to send, especially from distant
points, and are most acceptable.
Please write before sending boxes.
Walter S. Scott, Evangelist.
San Antonio. Texas, 2807 W. Houston
St.
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New Monmouth: The Rev. D. N. Yarbro
of Monticello, Oa., to whom the congregation
of New Monmouth Church recently
extended a call to become pastor,
has written signifying his acceptance of
the call.
Mrs. John R. Sampson, who was recently
with the Greenbrier Presbyterial
Union, at Aldersnn is e-ivin?r two wootc
by their invitation and the commission
of the Secretaries at Nashville, to visiting
the churches beginning Oct. 19 with
Mount Pleasant and going to Ronceverte.
Lewisburg, Academy, Martinton, Green
bank and Hinton.
Loch Willow: The Rev. Wm. C. White
was installed as pastor of this church on
September 5, 1909, with very impressive
services. The Rev. A. M. Fraser, D. X).
presided and preached the sermon. Rev.
Holmes Rolston delivered the charge to
the pastor and Rev. J. B. Massey, the
charge to the people. Elders A. R. Gil- !
keson and John T. Bear.
Union: Rev. Wm. C. White was installed
at this church (about four miles from
Churchville), on September 19, and a
great day it was in the history of the
church. Rev. B. F. Wilson, D. D., of Har
nsonDurg, presided and preached the sermon.
Rev. C. L. Altfather delivered the
charge to the pastor; Rev. Charles R.
Stribling, the charge to the people. The
services at both churches were unusually
solemn and interesting to the large congregations
that were persent not only
from the communittap, but from the
churches surrounding. Rev. Mr. White
takes charge of these churches with
bright prospects of usefulness.
Churchville: The congregations of Union
and I>och Willow have given the new .
pastor, Rev. Wm. C. White, and family
a most cordial and hospitable welcome.
They have been very kind in every way;
-the manse was repapered.. The people
kindly planted the garden and took care
of it until the pastor came, and since he
came such generosity has manifested itself
in every way. Baskets and boxes of
good things have been sent by the different
families in and around Churchvllle
from both congregations?a whole ttagon
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