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November 3, 1909. TK
terian Church exclusive of Texas. Who
can solve this problem? Will not the
laymen of our great church rally to the
rescue of this phenominal opportunity?
VIRGINIA.
Greenwich: Rev. J. R. Sevier, of the
Second Church, Alexandria, is assisting
Rev. J. Royal Cook in a meeting.
Oak Level Church: The fall communion
was held in this church on the fourth
Sabbath in October. Six young people
were received into the full communion
and one infant baptized. We have recently
enjoyed a week's most earnest,
practical and scriptural preaching by
Rev. Micheaux Raine, of Danville.
Staunton: Dr. A. M. Fraser, for sixteen
years pastor of the First Church, tendered
his resignation on Sunday, October
24, to take effect in December. After
repeated calls, he has accepted the presidency
of Columbia Theological Seminary,
Columbia, S. C. He formerly preached
in South Carolina. Dr. Fraser is one
of the best-known and most influential
preachers in the Southern Presbyterian
Church.
Woodstock: The following officers were
ordained, Sunday, October 16: Elders,
D. Lichliter, J. W. Magruder and J. C.
Paxton; Deacons, M. W. Magruder, P. S.
Magruder and Herbert Trotter. This
church has granted a leave of absence
to its pastor, Dr. P. S. Stephenson, for
one year on account of his health, and is
looking for a suitable supply during Dr.
Stephenson's absence.
Graham: On Sabbath, October 24, Rev.
C. M. Chumbley pastor-elect of this
church, announced the reception of seven
members into the fellowship. After the
service, a meeting for the election of
officers was held, resulting in choice of
Messrs. R. J. Cohen and C. W. Keister,
as elders and Messrs. E. E. Williams and
Harry W. Biggs, as deacons.
Richmond: On Sunday morning, October
24, Rev. T. R. English, announced
to the congregation his intention of severing
his connection with the Westminster
Church at the end of the present
year. Dr. English believes the church
should have the full time of a pastor.
He is a member of the faculty of Union
Seminary and has been able only to give
part of his time. The session will take
necessary action towards securing a pastor.
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Honaker: At the request of Rev. R. D.
Carson, superintendent of Home Missions
in Abingdon Presbytery, I spent a day
last week at this place looking up the
situation. The town is located on the
Clinch Valley Division of the N. & W.
railway, about fifty miles west of Bluefield,
W. Va. There is a population of
about 1,000, and the place is Just coming
into prominence by means of a large
lumber plant now under construction.
Pennsylvania capitalists are behind the
enterprise and more than a million dollars
are invested. The comDany will em
ploy some three hundred and fifty men
and is erecting houses for about fifty
families. Mr. A. P. Pearly, Jr., is an earnest
Christian and ..his wife a blue-stocking >
Presbyterian; and the company is ready
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to encourage a work of our Church in
their midst I found about a dozen Presbyterians,
including Prof. R. E. Hamlett,
principal of the public high school, and
his assistant in the high school, Mr. H.
Bischof, a candidate for the ministry in
our Church. Here is a field wide open;
shall we not go in and possess the land?
C. M. Chumbley.
Lexington Presbytery: An adjourned
meeting of Lexington Presbytery will be
held at Staunton, First Church, November
10, 1909, at 11 a. m. Rev. Charles
13. Ratchford, pastor-elect of Mt. Horeb
Church, will present his letter of dismission
and ask to be received. Rev.
A. M. Fraser, D. D., pastor of the First
Church, Staunton, will ask to be allowed
to resign in order that he may accept
the presidency of Columbia Theological
Seminary. Other matters will come before
the Presbytery and it will be a
very important meeting. The members of
Presbytery are requested to attend as far
as possible and the churches are requested
to be represented.
Wm. C. White, Stated Clerk.
Grottoes: The people of Mt. Horeb
Church have given a generous welcome
to their pastor-elect and his family. On
the afternoon of the first day that we
were in the manse the members and
others began "pounding" until the pantry,
cupboard, and smoke-house contained
all kinds of good things. Our horse was
provided for with an abundance of hay,
corn, and oats. There is also an ample
supply of wood to keep us comfortable
during the winter. The manse has recently
been extensively improved?an upto-date
bath room, porch extension, new
range in kitchen and other conveniences.
The entire house is lighted with gas.
There was a large and attentive congregation
to greet the pastor at his first
service, on last Sabbath. We feel that
our lot has been cast among a generous
and kind people, who are not only ready
to do what they can, for our comfort.
but also ready to uphold their pastor by
their prayers and words of encouragement.
Charles B. Ratchford.
Adjourned Meeting: Winchester Presbytery
at Elkins, W. A., during the meeting
of Synod. Present, five ministers and
three ruling elders. Llcenciate W. T.
Williams was dismissed to unite with
the Presbytery of Montgomery. Presbytery
adjourned to meet in Petersburg,
W. Va., November 16, 1909, at 7:30 p. m.
It was ordered that if the way be clear
for the ordination of installation of Lir
centlate J. Hoee Smith that tho
tor, the Rev. W. W. Edge, preach and
preside. Rev. C. D. Gilkestm and Rev. J.
P. Leeper delivered the charges to the
pastor and people respectively. The Rev.
F. J. Brooke, alternate to each.
A. G. Link.
Alexandria: Sunday night, October 24,
a beautiful and- inspiring Rally Service
was held by the Sunday school of the
Second Presbyterian Church. Every seat
in the gallery, as well as the body of the
church, was filled with those who had
come to enjoy the services. A ten foot
lighthouse with a great red light, adorned
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the left of the platform, while on the
other end, riding the waves, was a perfect
and graceful model of a steam sailing
vessel, some six feet long. The program
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?, n..auKeu wun rererence to the voyage
of life over a dangerous and often
stormy sea. The songs were arranged
to represent the journey, the need of a
chart, which is the Bible; a compass, conscience;
a pilot, Jesus; a port, heaven:
dangers of the journey, temptations. Just
as the journey began the ship's rigging
was suddenly illuminated with many tiny
colored electric lights, and the stars and
stripes fluttered out in a breeze, which
swept across the deck. At another point
in the program, with dim lights in the
church, a male quartette in the lecture
room, sang: "Let the Lower Lights Be
Burning," and suHHoniv ??*> ? *
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light in the lighthouse flashed its warning
rays across the dark waters. The
superintendent made some very happy
remarks, and spoke of the need of a new
Sunday school building. The offering was
taken, which amounted to $230.
PERSONALS.
Rev. J. M. Kelly, changes his address
from Manitou, Okla., to Shuttuck, Okla.
Rev. J. R. Best, of Millersburg, Ky., has
been called to the Pickens county group
of churches, Alabama
Rev. W. H. Neel, D. D., changes his address
from Memphis, Tenn., to 4 Ninetyfirst
street, New York.
Dr. A. O. Browne, of Texarkana, Tex.,
has declined the call extended him by
the Grace Church, U. S. A., of Austin,
Tex.
Rev. M. M. McFerrin changes his address
from Cameron, Tex., to Marion, Va.
Rev. A. N. Wolff changes his address
nuui i^ouisvuie, Ky., to Buechel, Ky.
Rev. C. L. Cleveland changes his address
from Cotulla, Tex., to Pierce, Tex.
Rev. W. N. Sholl's address is changed
to Jasper, Ala.
Rev. C. E. Raynal, of the First Church,
Statesville, N. C., was married to Miss
Mary Graham Morrison, of Charlotte,
week before last. We tender the happy .
couple our congratulations and , best
wishes.
Dr. James H. Carlisle, president for *
twenty-seven years of WofTord. College.
Spartanburg, S. C., and since 1902 president
emeritus, died on October 21, aged
eighty-four years. He was connected with
WofTord College from its organization. He
was one of the first laymen to be put at
the head of a church college. He was
a citizen of the first rank, as well as a
scholar and educator. His counsel was
sought in the most important measures in
questions of state. He was one of the
signers of South Carolina's ordinance of
secession, only one other of that distinguished
company being now left He was
a member of the state legislature, also,
from 1bft2 tn ibck ?
auuv. iu buuruu ana spinltual
life he was a man of tire loftiest
type revered, trusted and beloved of all.
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