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The Presbyterian of the South
Thornton S. Wilson, Managing Editor.
Editors?Thos. E. Converse, James P.
Smith, E.' B. McCluer, George Summey.
Published weekly by The Presbyterian Co.
Incorporated In Georgia.
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| Church News |
THE DECEMBER COLLECTION.
The General Assembly designates the
montn or December as the time for taking
a collection to support our missionary
work among the colored people. The
committee at Tuscaloosa is doing a fine
work, which might be enlarged indefinitely,
if they had the necessary funds. The
Assembly asks that a sum equal to 25c
per member be sent in from each church.
Remit to John Little, Treasurer, Tuscaloosa,
Ala.
NOTICE!
All monies for the Assembly's Committee
of Schools and Colleges should be
sent to Miss Eva Neal, Treasurer, 51 Inman
Bldg., Atlanta, and not te Rev. W.
L. Lingle D. D. Church Treasurer will
please remember!
THE YEAR BOOK OF PRAYER FOR
1910.
Issued by the Executive Committee of
Foreign Missions is a very attractive volume.
The cover is especially attractive
and unique. A full list of the missionaries
of the Southern Presbyterian
Church supplies topics for daily prayer.
The edition is limited and it is desirable
that those desiring to use the Year Book
-should send early orders. The price is
10 cents, postpaid. Send orders to the
Executive Committee of Foreign Missions,
Nashville, Tenn.
HOME MIS8ION LEAFLET8 AND ENwciAnco
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The Executive Committee is now ready
to furnish pastors, sessions, and Christian
workers with our January leaflets
and collection enevlopes to be used in
January, the month set apart for the Assembly's
Home Missions. Please let us
know at once how many of each will be
needed, and we will take pleasure in All
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU!
ing the order promptly. Have you seen
a copy of our new Prayer Calendar on
Home Missions for 1910? We will send
them at 10 cents each, or SI uer dozen.
This calendar will be found very valuable
in giving information on the various
phases of the work, the names of the
Missionaries, statistics, etc.
S. L. Morris, Secretary.
P LABAMA.
Demopolis: Rev. L. G. Hames, the
pastor of the Demopolis Church, has accepted
the call of the church at Cartersville,
Ga., and will remove to that place
about the first of the new year.
Mobile: The Presbyterians of this city
have invited Rev. Dr. J. Ernest Thacker,
the Assembly's evangelist, to conduct a
meeting in this city, and are gratified at
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uio uciug auic lu unaiigt; iu ue nere irom
the first to the fifteenth of March. It is
planned to have a union meeting of the
Presbyterian Churches of the city.
ARKANSAS.
Argentia, located across the river
from and connected by several bridges
with Little Rock, is a railroad town, with
railroad shops, many homes of railroad
people and largely dominated by railroad
interests. Much of its population is of a
floating character, which gives many opportunities
for Christian work, but makes
the work oftimes trying and somewhat
discouraging. Our church here, with Rev.
J. Z. Haney as pastor and a number of
vuuomaicu muin.cn}, m exerting a nne
influence among all classes, especially the
young. The membership is steadily increasing.
They have a fine Sunday school,
a Young People's Society, an efficient Ladies'
Aid Society, also a Ladies' Home
Mission Society just organized. One year
ago, I assisted these brethren in a meeting,
when fourteen members were received.
Our present meeting was greatly
blessed. Thirty members were received,
of whom twenty came in upon profession
of faith, a few by letter and the others
upon renewal of covenant vows. Nine
children were baptized and the sum of
$1,020 raised for the purpose of securing
a manse. The results of this meeting
clearly demonstrated the wisdom of having
frequent revival services. The pastor
and people are much encouraged. My
next meeting will be held at Newport,
Ark. W. H. R.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta: The session of the First
Church has issued an invitation to all
the Presbyterian Churches of the city to
unite in a Joint communion service in
January. It is hoped that this may become
an annual custom. Such services
are held in other cities and have resulted
in great good.
Or. W. L. Lingle gave an invitation on
last Monday to the Evangelical Ministers'
Association of Atlanta to be guests of the
First Presbyterian Church at a supper
on the evening of January 10. There are
over one hundred ministers of the evangelical
denominations in Atlanta, and this
will be a great gathering if all who can,
will attend. The purpose of this invitation
'H. December 15, 1909.
is to promote good fellowship and to
bring about a greater spirit^, of unity
among the Christian forces offcAtlanta.
Wallace Church: Four members have
been received into this Church. Another
will be as soon as the certificate arrives.
A large per cent, of the members and
many friends of the Church on December
3 met in a reunion and second anniversary
Of the nroaont nootnroln
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Church. There was a musical and literary
program and refreshments were
served. All announce a splendid hour of
social pleasure and spiritual uplift. We
are preparing for our annual Christmas
services.
McDonough: We have just closed an
eight days' meeting at Kelly's Church,
Rev. Frank D. Hunt, evangelist for Atlanta
Presbytery, doing the preaching. Bro.
Hunt preached God's Word faithfully to
our people, and God blessed it in reviving
the members of the Church, and in
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ouuiug iu me onurca twenty-one precious
souls. There were twenty-nine confessions
of Christ during the meeting. This
meeting proves conclusively that the
country churches can successfully conduct
protracted services at other times
than in July and August.
Millen: J. D. Fleming, evangelist for
Augusta Presbytery, organized a church
at Sandersville, Ga., November 21, 1909,
with four officers, viz.: Mr. T. C. Adamson,
Col. A. R. Wright, Mr. P. C. Thomas,
Elders, and Mr. C. F. Irvin deacons. On
December 8 he also organized a Presbyterian
Church at Millen, Ga., with thirteen
members, adults, three children, and following
male members: Mr. G. Middlethon,
Mr. R. G. Smith, Mr. E. H. Wood,
and Mr. Nicholson.
Summerville Church: The three churches
forming this group gave their pastor,
Rev. J. C. Hardin, a month's vacatiou dur
ing the summer just passed. The three
churches are, Summervllle, Bethel and
Milner Memorial. They continued the
salary in full and in addition to the salary
the Summervllle Church paid all the
pastor's expenses. Mr. and Mrs. B. R.
Brown were received into this church,
Sunday, December 5. Rev. J. H. Patton,
D. D., of Marietta, Ga., recently assisted
the pastor, Rev. J. C. Hardin, in a series
of services in Bethel Presbyterian
Church, Chattooga County, Ga., Cherokee
Presbytery. Dr. Patton's nreftchln?r w??
earnest, Scriptural, Impressive and showed
careful preparation. He made a profound
impression upon the community.
There were six professions of faith in
Christ, and three additions to Bethel
Church.
Commerce: Prom the nearby Presbyterian
Church, at Hebron, on the
line of Banks and Franklin counties, news
has Just reached here of a new and eminently
satisfactory way of Interesting the
ouauiiy ucnooi pupus in raising fund* for
the different causes of the church. Last
spring Mr. T. Neal Little, the worthy and
efficient superintendent of the Hebron
Sabbath school, offered to give each of
the pupils of that Sabbath school a quart
of cotton seed on the condition that they
would agree to plant, cultivate and gather
the same and donate the proceeds arising