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December 15, 1909. THE
PRESBYTERY OF MONTGOMERY.
The PreBbytery of Montgomery held a
called meeting at Salem, Va., on Monday,
November 22, 1909, at 12 o'clock, noon.
There were present twelve ministers and
sixteen elders.
The Rev. LeRoy Gresham was received
from the Presbytery of Orange. \
call from the Salem Church was accepted
by him, and a committee was appointed
to install him on the second Sunday
in December. The committee consists
of Rev. W. C. Campbell, D. D., and Elder
W. M. Graybill. Rev. A. W. Pitzer,
D. D.t of the Presbytery of Chesapeake,
was requested to take part in the service.
The Rev. R. E. Redding was dismissed
to the Presbytery of Greenbrier.
A call from the Bluefleld Church for
the pastoral services of the Rev. u. J.
Woods was presented and found in order.
Mr. Woods made a statement in
regard to the matter, and asked the advice
of Presbytery as to accepting the
call. The churches were then heard from
through their special commissioners,
Blacksburg and Roanoke Valley, Mr.
Wood's present field of labor, protesting
very earnestly against the dissolution of
the pastoral relations. After careful consideration
Presbytery decided to place
the call in his hands with the advice that
he accept it. Mr. Woods announced his
acceptance of the call, and asked that
his present pastorate terminate January
1, 1910. He will be Installed at Bluefleld
on the second Sunday in January by a
committee consisting of Rev. E. E. Lane
and Elder E. Edmunds, Rev. F. M.
Woods, D. D., of the Presbytery^ of Winchester,
being requested to preach the
sermon and charge the pastor.
The Rev. L. W. Irwin ofTered his resignation
as pastor of Radford and Radford
Central Churches in order to accept
work under care of the Home Mission
committee in the rapidly devloping field
at Princeton, W. Va. After hearing all
parties, Presbytery accepted Mr. Irwin's
resignation, notwithstanding the earnest
protest of the Radford Church. His resignation
takes effect December 1, 1909.
Licentiate W. T. Williams was received
from the Presbytery of Winchester.
accepted calls from Falling Spring and
Glasgow, and, after a most satisfactory
examination, order was taken for bis ordination
and installation on the second
Sunday in December by a commission
consisting of Rev. R. H. Fleming, D. D.,
Rev. P. B. Hill, Rev. Thos. Mowbray and
Elders R. G. Paxton and W. M. McNutt.
Rev. Boiling Hobson and Rev. Arthur
Rowbotham were appointed alternates.
After a hearty vote of thanks to the
Saiem people for their hospitality, Presbytery
adjourned to meet in stated session
at Bluefleld on Tuesday, April 12,
1910, at 8 p. m.
J. A. McM, Stated Clerk.
NEWSY LETTER FROM VIRGINIA.
At the fall meeting of Abingdon Presbytery,
Walnut Grove church was grouped
with Bever Creek church. This almost
doubled the extent of ministerial la
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Soon after this new arrangement the
Walnut Grove people gave the preacher
and his family such a pounding that we
almost felt as if Christmas had come
too soon.
On Nov. 28, Rev. G. W. Nickell came
to help in Communion services. He
preached and visited incessantly until
the 5th Sabbath. His ministrations were
truly uplifting to us all.
At the Communion on Sabbath morning,
the sessions of both churches were
represented; we believe that great good
was accomplished. At 3 p. in., on the
same aay, nir. iNicKeu preacneu anotner
splendid sermon at Wyndale; at the
close ot the sermon one father of a family
came forward and united with the
church.
On the 26th of Nov., Communion services
began in the Walnut Grove church.
On Sabbath both congregations were
well represented again. There was present
at this Communion some who had
not communed together for many years,
and some who came for the drat time.
Dear old Grandma Leeter, a charter
member of Walnut Grove church, walked
several miles on Saturday to worship
once more in her family tp?w. Mrs.
Wright, from Damascus, was present to
take her former post at the organ and
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Thomas Haywood, from a far-away
northern state, was at the Communion?
his first?and we rejoiced with him and
wept with him, because he had not come
to Jesus years agon, when his greacher
father urged him to come. Did that
sainted father and mother see their once
wayward son weeping and rejoicing.
And good old Brother Clindenan, the
local preacher of the M. E. church, was
there, and we all forgot our different
names. And Miss Sarah Hall was there.
Oh, she Is only a renter's daughter; and
Sarah herself helps in the home, and
the family of the man from whom her
father rents! All true! But landlord
and tenants communed happily together,
and land-lord and land-lady are so glad,
that all those weeks and months preceding
the Communion, they remembered
that 16-year old Sarah had a soul' to save.
They did not let her forget or neglect
her work. This would have spoiled all.
i ney oiiiy rviueiuuereu 111 muiiy ways,
all the while, their mutual relatione and
the Heavenly Home. Surely, aome of
our moat troubleaome Issues arise because
we forget the Unseen!
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ADVICE TO BOYS.
The recent death of Edward P. Hatch,
head of the well-known New York firm
of Lord and Taylor, brings to mind a bit
of his shrewd philosophy. Only a few
months ago, in a talk to the boys of the
rural community in Vermont, where he
had his country place, Mr. Hatch said:
"To young men starting life, I would
say, find first the place where you desire
to live?then go there, no matter
where it is, go. Then select that work
which elves VOIl the prcotoot nlwrniM
and in which you are most interested,
and which is most absorbing to you?no
matter what that is. Do that, and do it
better than anyone has ever done it before.
Make it the supreme object. Never
let the thought of money enter your
mind. Give all thought to that work
which you are doing to perfect it and
make it accomplish more than it has ever
done before. The money will come, and
you will not have to give it one thought"
ADVICE FOR GIRLS.
Girls should be taught how absolutely
essential it for their own happiness and
protection that they exercise the utmost
circumspection in the their choice of
companions. Of the perils to which they
are exposed when they depart in the
slightest deerpo from Uio otonHonio ?
the selection of their friends of both
sexes, they should be frankly advised.
It is no exaggeration to say that American
girls are allowed a greater degree of
liberty now than their grandmothers,
were permitted to exercise in their recreations,
in making acquaintances and in
receiving attentions from men. There
was never a time when girls needed more
the counsels of parents, their wise and
tender and vigilant care and guidance,
than now. There was never a time when
for their own good there was greater ne
cessity than now for girls to surround
themselves with the safeguards of discriminating
exclusiveness, to make no
friendship until they are satisfied that
these associates are compatible with the
purest and highest standards of womanhood.?Sacred
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