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December 8, 1909. TH1
mond, Va. The pastor and the people are
very happy In their new relationship and
begin their work together under the most
auspicious circumstances.
OonaJdsonviile: The church here is
thriving nicely under the care of our
very efficient pastor, Dr. Togartle. We
also have a good and thriving Foreign
Missionary society and trust the work of
the church will be greatly improved from
now on.
nuwi\ opnny. inree were receivea into
the church Sunday by examination. Several
improvements have recently been
made on the church, four new Sunday
school rooms, and a vestibule built, the
church all newly calcimined. This adds
much to the efficiency of our plant for
Sunday school purposes. And one good
thing about it is, it has all been paid for
by our own people, and without lessening
our gifts to benevolences.
Dublin: At a meeting of the congregation
of the Henry Memorial church held
Sunday morning, Nov. 28, and moderated
by Rev. R. E. Douglas of Macon, a hearty
and unanimous call was extended Rev. C.
M. Chumbley, of East Hanover Presbytery.
Mr. Chumbley is now in the field
and has the call under consideration.
KENTUCKY.
Elizabethtown: The church here has
had the privilege of hearing its former
pastor, Rev. Geo. P. Robertson, now of
North Carolina. He has been assisting
the present pastor. Rev. L. O. Spencer.
Henderson: The Second Presbyterian
church, of which Rev. Llewellyn Humphreys
is pastor, rejoices in the tokens of
God's manifest blessing. During the
month of November seven have united
with the church. Three by letter and
four on profession of faith in Jesus Christ
Unto God be all the praise.
LOUISIANA.
Arcadia: Rev. W. A. Rolle, the pastor
of the Presbyterian church, was injured,
though not seriously, in a wreck a few
days ago, on the Louisiana and Northwestern
railroad, near Gibsland.
New Orleans: The Napoleon Avenue
church, in a congregational meeting held
on November 28, presided over by Dr!*W.
McFVi Alexander, agreed to concur with
Its pastor, Rev. H. W. Burweli, in an
application to the Presbytery of New Orleans
to dissolve the pastoral relation
between itself and Mr. Burweli, that the
latter might accept a call to the First
church, Paducah, Ky. The congregation
agreed to do this only on the urgent request
of its pastor, and adopted resolutions
expressing its extreme reluctance
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affection for Mr. Burwell and appreciation
of his earnest and effective work
during the five years of his pastorate.
?Flrat Church: On the evening of Nov.
28, in the presence of a very large congregation
and with Interesting services,
Rev. Dr. Geo. H. Cornelson, Jr., was installed
as pastor of First Church. All the
members of the commission appointed by
the Presbytery were present, including
Mr. F. E. Guedry ruling elder of the Memorial
church. The sermon was preachv
E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOI
by Dr. W. McF. Alexander, who presided,
from the text, "For 1 determined not to
Know anything among you, save Jesus
Christ, and him crucified." The charge
to the pastor was delivered by Dr. George
Summey, and the charge to the people by
xvc*. ?juu, w. i^aiaweii, jr. Tbe sermon
of Dr. Alexander was a most notable and
vigorous one on the subject of the cross
of Christ as the great central theme of
the pulpit. The following quotations
from it indicate its character: "The cross
always has been, is today, and always
will be, the heart and center of Christianity.
The world is tired of practical
preaching, of political preaching, and during
the next fifty years doctrinal preaching
will sweep the land. Men are crying
for Christ, are hungry for the Gospel.
Let us give them Christ and him crucified.
The Church has neglected the great
central theme of Christianity, the cross,
ior me past nrty years and as a result,
the world has questioned the Church.
This is but natural, for Just so long as
Protestantism keeps the cross of Christ
as the central figure so long will it prosper.
The Bible refuses to set Christ in the
light of a great teacher, of a great reformer
or a great philanthropist, although he
was all these, but insists on setting him
in the light of a great Redeemer, the Redeemer
of the world. Various interpretations
by mankind have placed him in one
light and then another, but interpretations
do not alter the fact. Christ, the
center of Christianity, stands as the great
Redeemer of his people."
New Orleans Presbytery met in the
First Church, in adjourned session, on
December 2. Nine ministers and seven
ruling elders were enrolled. The call
of the Third Church was placed in Dr.
Summev's hands and nrrnncomanta moHo
for his installation. The call of the First
Church, Paducah, Ky.t for the pastoral
services of Rev. H. W. Burwell was placed
in his hands, and on Mr. Burwell's acceptance
of the same and asking the dissolution
of his relation to the Napoleon
Avenue Church, the congregation concurring
most reluctantly in the same, the
present relation was dissolved, to take
effect January 1, 1910, and Mr. Burwell
was dismissed to the Presbytery of Paducah,
his dismissal to take effect at the
same time. Rev. Jacob Meier was dismissed
to the South Classis of Long Island,
Reformed Church of America. The
Commissions appointed to install Rev. Dr.
Geo. H. Cornelson, Jr., as pastor of the
r u t?t Vyuurcn, ana wev. j. is. Blackburn, as
pastor of the Houma Church, reported
their duties performed according to the
arrangements provided by the Presbytery.
Candidate Andrew Csontos, the supply of
the Hungarian Church, was placed under
the care of Rev. Louis Voss for hiB
theological studies.
MISSISSIPPI.
Presbytery of MlsaisaioDl: Tho cnnRtt
tutional requirements having been met,
I hereby call a meeting of the Presbytery
of Mississippi, to be held in the
Presbyterian Church of Brookhaven,.
Tuesday, December 14, at 11:30 a. m., to
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transact the following business. To dissolve
the pastoral relation now existing
between Rev. W. E. Phifer and the Brookhaven
Church, and to dismiss him to the
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x icou/ierjr 01 western District, if the
way be clear,
R. L. Walkup, Mod.
Port Gibson: Rev. R. L. Benn has been
received from the Presbytery of the West.
ern District into the Presbytery of Mississippi.
A call from the Port Gibson
church was placed in his hands and accepted.
A commission composed of Rev.
Dr. C. W. Grafton, Rev. H. H. Brownlee
and Ruling Elder John Frierson was an
pointed to install him pastor.
Brookhaven: Rev. W. E. Phifer, of this
place, has received a unanimous call to
the Presbyterian church of Brownsville,
Tenn. He has signified his willingness
to accept, and the Presbytery of Mississippi
is called to meet in Brookhaven,
Dec. 14, 1909, to hear his request for a
dissolution of the pastoral relation existing
between him and the Brookhaven
church.
S. C. Caldwell, S. C.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis: The Presbytery of SL Louis
has refused to dissolve the pastoral relation
between the Brank Memorial
Church and Rev. R. S. Brank, who was *
recently called by the Ghent Church, Norfolk,
Va.
Farmington: The simultaneous meetings
which have been held in this place
during the past fifteen days closed on
Sunday night, the 28th inst, with very
satisfactory results. Five churches co
uperaiea in mis movement, namely: the
Baptist, M. E., Christian, M. E. South, and
Presbyterian. At 3 p. m. each day a meeting
for conference and prayer, attended
by all, was held in one of the churches,
and so arranged that by rotation each
church was occupied. At night each pastor
preached in his own church. Many
cottage or group prayer meetings, attended
by the women, were held in different
parts of the town each morning. A great
interest in these services pervaded the
entire community, as was evinced by the
large attendance on them. Christians
were strengthened and encouraged and
labored together with great harmony and
zeal. The impenitent were arrested and
constrained to reflect on the sin and dan
ger or unbelief. Fifty-five yielded to the
Saviour's call and confessed him by uniting
with the several churches, of whom
sixteen were received into the Presbyterian
Church; previously as a result of
the usual services, twenty-two were added
to this church, making a total of thirtyeight
since the first of last March. Likewise,
all of these churches have been
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through the labors of their faithful pastors.
We render thanks to God and consecrate
ourselves anew to his privileged
service. We are much pleased with this
mode of conducting evangelistic services,
and commend it to the consideration of
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