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last week of Rev. Dr. Dunbar H. Ogden,
of Atlanta, who. nceordinir to annnlnt
ment, has been conducting a service every
night in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium.
He has been speaking to a full house each
time and has attracted everybody more
and more as the evenings pass. \
At morning prayers, of which he has had
charge, in five or ten-minute talks he has
made forceful appeals to the students to
lead clean, upright, honest, noble lives.
Tuesday morning his text was the third
commandment, and the theme the sin
and folly of profanity. Wednesday the
text was: "The pure in heart shall see
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Thursday the selection from scripture
was: "Provide things honest in the sight
of all men." The subject discussed was
the sin of gambling. Friday morning the
Bible verse was: "Whatsoever a man
soweth that shall he also reap." The
* word of exhortation was for a life of temperance.
In all of these brief meetings
Dr. Ogden has spoken in a tactful and
persuasive way that takfes his message
straight to the heart and conscience,
while at the same time the appeal to the
intellect is no less strong and cogent.
OKLAHOMA.
Manitou: The Ladies' Aid Society
entertained on the evening of October 23,
with the congregations of the Christian,
Southern Methodist and Presbyterian
Churches in farewell to Rev. J. M. Kelly
and family on their departure for Shattuck,
their new field of labor, and in
welcome to Rev. A. M. Forgey who takes
up the work here. These three congregations
use the house of worship belonging
to the Christian Church, and are like
one people in the pastorate. Even though
it seems that one has taken up a burden
when home and relatives are left behind
for the mission field the realization finally
comes that home is where one makes it
and the Christian is at home anywhere
with God's people.
TENNES8EE.
Memphis: At the quarterly communion
the pastor, Rev. L. E. McNair announced
the names of eleven members recently
received. Five additional officers have
been elected.
Madison: On Sunday morning, October
10, Rev. B. H. Franklin was installed pastor
of this church and in the afternoon at
Hendersonville.
West Nashville: Rev. C. O'N. Martindale
and family removed from Brownsville,
to Nashville, September 20. On
October 24, Mr. Martindale was formally
installed pastor of this church. Rev.
William M. Anderson, D. D., preaching
the sernion on "Effectual Intercessory
Prayer"; presiding and propounding the
constitutional questions; Rev. Q. O. Bachman,
D. D., charging the pastor; and Rev.
C. R. Nisbet the people; Captain M. 8.
Cockrile, ruling elder completing the
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commission of Nashville Presbytery.
This church is now working for a new
house of worship, its Sunday school taxing
the utmost capacity of the present
building. The pastor also lills the chair
of Sunday school Pedagogy, Mission and
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school. The addresses at the installation
were of an interesting and edifying
order. To God we look for guidance and
blessings.
TEXAS.
Gainesville: At the quarterly communion
the first Sunday in October the pastor
announced the names of two persons
received during the past quarter, one
by letter and one by profession of faith.
Rally day showed an attendance of eightyseven
and a collection of $6.97 for Sunday
school missions.
Texarkana: The Texarkana Church has
extended a unanimous call to Rev. Dr.
W. Irving Carroll, recently of the Congregational
Church in Dallas, to fill the
vacancy caused by the recent resignation
of Rev. G. M. Matliis.
Roanoke: Rev. Jno. V. McCall, of
Gainesville, assisted Rev. Geo. C. Moore
in a nine days' meeting at this point in
September. There has been an unusual
degree of interest in religious things in
this village during the past summer, and
these meetings were greatly blessed of
God. Dr. T. S. Clyce, president of Austin
College, spent one day in the meeting and
gave two fine expositions of gospel truth.
The people of the community attended in
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miRc uuwuers ana sixteen persons were
added to the church, seven of these by
profession of faith in Christ. The little
band here is much strengthened and encouraged
in its work of faith and labor
of love. The congregation was exceedingly
generous in its treatment of the
visiting minister.
Calaveras: On the evening of September
17, the Rev. M. W. Doggett, D. D., the
Evangelist of the Presbytery of Western
Texas, in company with the Rev. Baxter
Oreer, D. D., the pastor of the Pine Street
Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, drove
from San Antonio twelve miles into the
country where a splendid gathering of
citizens of the neighborhood had assembln/1
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of the sermon which was preached by
Dr. Doggett, Mr. Greer read the names
of a list of petitioners asking for the organization
of a Presbyterian Church.
Following which the church was regularly
constituted. Mr. H. P. Russell was
elected, ordained and installed a ruling
elder. Mr. James Downman was elected,
ordained and installed a deacon. This is
the only church organization in that
neighborhood. The prospect for future
growth is excellent. Mr. Greer will supply
them with week-night preaching once
a month.
. Synod of Texas: The railroads of Texas
have granted the usual convention r?t??
to the Synod of Texas, available not only
to the members of the Synod, but to all
parties who wish to visit west Texas.
Date of sales are November 16 and 17 and
with flnaf limit November 27, 1909.
With reference to sleeper accommoda
UTH. November 3, 1909.
tions to the Synod, the Santa Fe Railroad
has arranged for the following extra
sleepers: One tourist sleeper to leave
(ialveston 6:45 p. ra.f November 16. This
sleeper will accommodate all parties
reaching our lines at any point south of
Temple. From San Antonio the I. & C.
iN. Kaiiroad will operate a sleeper on
their train No. 6, leaving San Antonio at
7:45 p. in., November 16, running through
to San Angelo. From Fort Worth we
have a regular sleeper, leaving that point
at 8:45 p. m., November 16, and in addition
to the regular sleeper, will have an
extra tourist sleeper. All these sleepers
will go into San Angelo on our train No.
77, arriving at San Angelo, November 17.
2:10 p. m. Arrangements will be made
at San Angelo for return sleepers. In
view of these splendid arrangements no
effort will be made to run sleepers on
any other road. Secure berths from
your nearest Santa Fe agent. Fare about
$1.25. J. D. Leslie, Stated Clerk.
Houston: First Church, W. States
Jacobs, D. D., pastor. When the present
pastorate beean about thriw> nnH ? son
years ago, the congregations were quite
small, and not much interest was manifest.
Now the membership has about
doubled, about nine hundred members'
being on the roll. The congregations
are about all the building can comfortably
accommodate. The building is one
of the largest and finest in the city. About
$4,000 has recently been spent on the
interior decoration. The church has established
a mission in Oaklawn addition,
and has undertaken the support of a
City Missionary. As to increase, twenty
names were reported as received on confession
of faith, since the last communion,
and ten by letter. About 400 have
been received on confession during the
period of the present pastorate and the
present rate of increase is about one hundred
a year, not to mention those received
by letter. Five lawyers have been
received on confession in the last five
weeks, a rather notable fact.
Notes from the Presbytery of Western
Texas: The report of the Rev. M. W.
Doggett, the Evangelist of the Presbytery
of Western Texas, made to the Presbytery
in session at Goliad last week, showed
that from the fifteenth of September
to the fifteenth of October, three new
churches had been organized, with a total
membership of forty-nine, two separate
congregations visited and congregational
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'cause presented to one of the leading
churches, a nine days' meeting held, and
thirty sermons preached.
The evangelist named twelve towns that
have organizations but recently effected.
Nine are ready for organization. Work
is being done at all these points. How
can the preacher succedd without a house
in which to do business? Six or eight
other points in .this Presbytery and all
important points, are ready for us to
enter. What is true of the Presbytery
of Western Texas is true of the Presbytery
of Dallas, and all that great
stretch of country lying between these
two Presbyteries, an area of country as
large as one-half the Southern Presby