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SU WAN EE PRESBYTERY.
Met at Mcintosh, Fla., October 25. Rev.
Thomas P. Hay, D. D., preached the opening
sermon at the request of the retiring
moderator, and was elected moderator.
ThPl'P WPl'P r!y Til \ 11 ictorc nnrl nine ol.
dors present. Rev. Messrs. H. H. Newman
and E. W. Way were elected clerks.
Rev. J. B. Branch, of Thornwell Orphanage,
was present as a corresponding
member and presented the claims of the
institution. He was commended to the
churches in the special work which he is
undertaking.
Candidate E. H. Norwood was received
from Orange Presbytery and licensed to
preach as a probationer.
Rev. E. W. Way preached the Presbyterial
sermon on the "Church, its Origin
and Development." Rev. H. H. Newman
was made chairman of a committee to
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sermon.
The report of Foreign Missions seems
to indicate a growing interest.
The Home Mission Committee is hopeful
that a new work is opening at St.
John^ Park, a colony settlement in St.
John county.
Presbytery's one candidate was dropped
from the roll at his own request.
Rev. Thos P. Hay and Elder C. Matheson
were appointed a committee on
"Proof Texts."
Rev. I. W. Waddell, D. D., was appointed
to preach next Presbyterial sermon on
"The Christian Sabbath."
Next meeting will be in Springfield
church, Jacksonville.
One day of Presbytery was devoted to
a Sunday School Institute, good in every
respect except in attendance. Except by
the representatives at Presbytery very
few schools were represented. The lay
men led in five of the seven discussions,
and did it well.
L. R. Lynn, S. C.
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
The meeting of the Presbytery of Central
Mississippi was held in Greenville on
October 26-28. Others will furnish facts
and figures relating to business disposed
of, the names of those in attendance, etc.
In the meantime the features and the
fancies, called forth by the assembling
together of professing disciples, will be
considered.
Those in attendance were assigned to
homes according to their preference,
friend entertaining friend, and the high
privilege of a closer acquaintance with
prominent members of the august body
of ministers and presbyters, was appreciated
and improved.
Bat there were strangers among the
membership, those who had never attended
a meetinsr in Greenville or elsewhere
perhaps this was their first experience;
the injunction of the Great Apostle to
"not forget to show love unto strangers,
for thereby some have entertained angels
unawares" was observed by many who
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUTH
received the stranger into the midst of
the family circle.
A meeting of l'resbytery falls far short
of its complete good to both the resident
and the visitor, unless a member, either
minister or elder, is received into the
home and heart of the householder, for
it is a blessing to have the godly sit at
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daily blessing on the meals and to conduct
family worship; such seasons of
blessing are showers of spiritual refreshing
and are reverted to by the young in
after years who may, in this way, be led
to follow in the footsteps of their seniors.
EAST ALABAMA PRESBYTERY.
East Alabama Presbytery met at Geneva,
Ala., October 19-21. Rev. D. J. Blackwell,
the last moderator present, preached
the opening sermon.
Officers.?Rev. R. S. Burwell, moderator;
Rev. J. W. Marshall and Rev. G. F.
Bell, clerk.
Roll.?Present eleven ministers and
twelve elders.
Commissioners Nominated.?Rev. J. E.
Ward and Rev. H. M. Edmonds with Rev.
W. D. Bulkhead and Rev. G. F. Bell alternates.
Elders T. G. Wilkinson, of Eufaula,
and R. M. Boyd, of Tuskegee, with V.
C. Griffin, Montgomery, first, and J. G.
Wilkinson, of Dothan, alternates.
Proof Texts.?Ad interim committee on
same, Rev. Mander M. Woods, D. D., Rev.
H. M. Edmonds, and Rev. W. D. Burkhead.
Elect Infant Clause.?A change urged.
Installation Ordered.?1. Rev. J. W.
Marshall at Calebee by Rev. Messrs. D. J.
Blackwell, H. M. Edmonds, R. L. Bell and
Elder J. L. Dean. 2. Rev. C. H. Rogers at
Verbena, by Rev. Messrs. E. M. Craig and
W. F. Harris and Elder J. P. Johnson. 3.
Rev. C. H. Rogers at Gabbett, by Rev.
Messrs. E. D. Kerr, J. W. Marshall and
Elder J. L. Dean.
Commissioners' Expenses.?The overture
of the Assembly thereon was approved.
Permanent Judicial ?Tha
Assembly was overtured for its adoption.
Home Missions.?The Home Mission report
revealed the work in excellent condition.
The churches contributed about
$500 more during the last six months than
during the corresponding months last
year. There is but one vacancy in the
Presbytery and it is hoped to have it supplied
soon.
Spring Meeting.?Prattville, April 19,
1910, 7:30 p. m.
E. M. Craig, Stated Clerk.
FAYETTEVILLE PRESBYTERY.
Aujournea meeting at tted Springs during
Synod, October 27-28. Present: Twenty-seven
ministers, twenty-two elders.
Presiding Moderator: Rev. R. W. Jopling,
last moderator present. Received: Rev.
A. W. Shaw from Maryland Presbytery.
Dismissed: Licentiate R. D. Dixon to
Presbytery of Western Texas. Pastoral
relations dissolved: Rockingham and
Cameronian, Rev. F. B. Rankin; Parkton,
Big Rockflsh, Hope Mills, Rev. J. M.
Forbis. Declined to dissolve pastoral relotlnno
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pedge, Aberdeen; Rev. J. H. Dixon. Calls
accepted: Hamlet for whole time; Rev. F.
B. Rankin, Rockingham, Cameronian,
Brainerd; Rev. J. M. Forbis. Calls placed
in hands: Allowed to hold?Mt. Carmel;
Rev. W. R. Coppedge. Calls declined:
Barbecue, Broadway, Salem, Mt. Pisgah;
Rev. C. V. Cavitt. Richmond CountV
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the Rev. W. R. Coppedge, except Brainerd.
Barbecue Church: Call for Rev.
Charles L. Bragaw returned to church
for completion of terms. He is instructed
to supply. Mt. Pisgah Church: Rev.
A. E. Grover appointed moderator of session.
Davidson College endowment: Rev.
W. M. Fairley appointed acting chairman
of committee.
Southern Presbyterian College and Conservatory
of Music: The following resolution
was adopted: That the Presbytery
of Fayetteville appoint one member to act
with one nvember from the Presbytery of
Orange and one member of the hnnrri nf
trustees of the Southern Presbyterian
College and Conservatory of Music, as a
joint committee to confer with the Presbytery
of Wilmington at its spring meeting
and if the way be clear, to invite Wilmington
Presbytery to Join Fayetteville
and Orange Presbyteries in the ownership
and control of the college. Rev. C.
G. Vardell, D. D., was appointed to act
for this Presbytery. Adjourned to meet
at Pittsboro, N. C., April 11, 1910, 7:45
p. m. A. W. C.f S. C.
SOME HARD KNOCKS.
Woman Gets Rid of "Coffee Heart."
The injurious action of Coffee on the
heart of many persons is well known by
physicians to be caused by cafTeine. This
is the drug found by chemists in coffee
and tea.
A WOllian siifTer?H a I/ ** ?'*l
severe heart trouble and Anally her doctor
told her she must give up coffee, as
that was the principal cause of the trouble.
She writes:
"My heart was so weak it could not
do its work properly. My husband would
sometimes have to carry me from the
able, and it would seem that I won1'1
never breathe again.
"The doctor told me that coffee was
causing the weakness of my heart. He
said I must stop it, but it seemed I could
not give it up until I was down in bed
with nervous prostration.
"For eleven weeks I lay there and
suffered. Finally Husband brought home
some Postum and I quit coffee and started
new and rierht. Slnwiv i /*ii
Now I do not have any headaches, nor
those spells with weak heart. We know
It is Postum that helped me. The Dr.
said the other day, 'I never thought
you would be what you are." I used to
weigh 92 pounds and now I weigh 158.
"Postum has done much for me and 1
would not go back to coffee again for
any money, for I believe it would kill me
if I kept at it. Postum must be well
boiled according to directions on pkgs.,
then it has a rich flavor and with cream
is fine." *
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in pkg8. "There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.