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some house of worship, at a cost of about
$20,000.
VIRGINIA.
Mt. Horeb: On November 28 Rev. C. B.
Ratchford was installed pastor of this
church. It was a day long to be remembered
by the people of this congregation
and community. By the appointment of
Lexington Presbytery, Rev. Chas. R.
Stribling preached and presided. Rev. J.
N. Van Devanter delivered the charge to
the pastor, and Rev. C. L. Altfather the
charge to the people. After two young
men had been publicly received into the
church, the Lord's Supper was celebrated.
The beautiful Sabbath morning, the devout
and reverent congregation, the solemn
and impressive service, all contributed
to make the day memorable In
the annals of this church. This is one
of the strong churches of Lexington
Presbytery. and under the leadership of
Rev. C. B. Ratchford ought to exert a yet
wider influence for God.
New Church at Louisa: Sunday, December
19, was a happy day for a little hand
of Presbyterians living at Louisa, Va. On
that day a commission or west Hanover
Presbytery met there and organized the
"Louisa Presbyterian Church". The organization
was effected immediately
after the morning service, with eight
charter members. The new congregation
proceeded at once to elect Messrs. J.
Reid Wills and T. W. Bittle elders, and
Messrs. Chas. W. Donnally and Philip B.
Porter deacons. These officers were ordained
and Installed at the evening service.
At the close of the night service
the session met and received five other
memuers ana ejeciea Mr. c.. w. L>onnauy
superintendent of their Sunday-school.
All of the members of this new church
were members of Wills Memorial, several
miles distant, and because of the distance
have long desired a church nearer. For
some time the pastor of Wills Memorial
Church, Rev. Hugh H. Hudson, has been
preaching at Louisa occasionally, and
found there a capable and zealous band
of Christians. They have already raised
something on a church building and will
organize a Sunday-school and Ladies' Aid
Society very soon.
Failing Spring: The Rev. W. Troyman
Williams, son of W. T. Williams, Esq., of
Woodstock, was ordained to the gospel
ministry on Sunday, December 12, and
installed pastor of this Church. Rev. R.
H. Fleming, D.D., of Lynchburg, presided
In the impressive service and preached
the sermon.
Lynchburg: Rev. P. Bernard Hill, for
three years pastor of the R1 Vermont Avenue
Presbyterian Church, has announced
from his pulpit that he had decided to
accept the call of the West End Church,
Roanoke. He has not decided when the
resignation will be effective. He will be
first pastor of this new Roanoke work.
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU
WEST VIRGINIA.
Keyser: The membership of the Presbyterian
Church had a great overflow of
goodness of heart Tuesday that was evidenced
in a large and valuable portion
of fami'y necessities bestowed upon their
popular pastor, Rev. M. B. Lambdln. The
delivery wagon of the Thompson Furniture
Company was pressed into service
for the occasion. In addition to this generous
"providing" by the membership of
the church, the Ladies' Aid Society has
recently installed a handsome and expensive
gas range in the mane kitchen.
PERSONALS.
Rev. C. B. Boyles has taken charge of
the Linden group.
Rev. W. E. Hutchinson is supplying
temporarily the church at Moundvllle,
Ala., in connection with his work in Tuscaloosa.
Rev. L. G. Hames accepts the call to
Cartersville, Ga.t subject to the action of
the Presbytery of Tuscaloosa.
Rev. H. C. Moon is supplying the Concord
Church for thp nrpspnt
Rev. Dr. Egbert W. Smith, of Louisville,
Ky., has been on a visit to his old
home, Greensboro, N. C. He preached ip
his former charge, the First Church,
Greensboro, at the last communion.
Rev. J. E. Summers, of Mecklenburg
Presbytery, has been dismissed to the
Presbytery of Concord, special resolutions
of appreciation being passed in connection
with his transfer. * He has been
the faithful and efficient stated clerk of
Mecklenburg Presbytery.
Rev. W. C. C. Foster chanees his ad
dress from Brownsville, Texas, to Gainesville,
Ala.
IMPORTANT.
The Men's Association of the Franklin
Street Presbyterian Church of Baltimore,
Rev. Harris E. Kirk, pastor, is desirous
of securing the co-operation of all pastors
and friends of young men who come
to Baltimore, either to engage in business
or to enter the various institutions
of learning in that city, and to that end
they ask that the names and addresses
of any of their friends who are now in
that pitv hp kpiiI In this #?Rnrl#ttnn Tha
association will take pleasure in looking
up these young men and Inviting them,
itot only to become a member of their
association, but also to ally themselves
with the work of the Franklin Street
Church during their stay in Baltimore.
Address Men's Association, Franftlln
Street Presbyterian Church, Baltimore,
Maryland.
THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF
NEW ORLEAN8.
This is an appeal to Christian men and
women to assist in the care and relief of
1 ho aif?\r on/1 on fforl *1 /? r\# o
and its surrounding country, and to do
so in the name of Jesus Christ, the Great
Physician. New Orleans is a city of at
least 300,000 inhabitants and lies at the
foot of the richest valley In the world;
at its wharves are to be seen ships of
all nations; its streets throng with peo0
TH December 29, 1909.
pie from all corners of the earth. New
Orleans is not only great In wealth and
growing in importance, but it is also, as
American cities go, old in years; it has
line schools and splendid charitable institutions
and many churches. But, until
last January, although there are in It
35,000 professed members of white Evangelical
churches, it had no distinctly
Christian (in the Protestant sense) institution
of healing. Our Presbyterian hospital
has been organized to supply this
uccu. omce us opening tne rresbyterian
hospital has gained an immediate place
in the life of the community. From the
first it has had the good wishes and
sympathy of our enlightened citizenship,
as was proven by the large and representative
gathering on the day of its inception,
January 14 1909. Month by month
the number of its patients has increased;
the good treatment of these has been
uniform, and a number of most satisfactory
cures have resulted. The hospital
is under the control of a Board of Man
?o..U| ?uuac iiauics me signea to tills
appeal. Although the Board of Managers
are required to be members of the Presbyterian
church, the institution is in all
other respects strictly undenominational;
patients of every creed and condition are
heartily received, and no discrimination
in their treatment is made. Among the
Medical Board are: Drs. John F. Oechsner,
Dr. C. Jeff Miller, Dr. D. L. Watson,
Dr. E. L. McGehee and twenty other of
the best physicians in the rltv 4? ??
our institution has been operated only as
a free clinic, but now there is tremendous
pressure upon us to secure larger
and more suitable quarters so that we
may not only meet the increasing demand
for more departments for the clinic, but
also that we may place beds for the
treatment of pay and charity patients
whom we are turning away almost daily
for lack of room. The board has therefore
Just contracted to purchase a fine,
well-located building suitable for our immediate
needs and surrounded by spacious
grounds. To make the first pay
m?ui. auu iui uocuusitry alterations we
need, at once, $6,000. Trusting in your
liberality, we appeal to you to help us
just at this crisis in one of the following
ways:
(1) By a monthly subscription for a
larger or smaller amount, as you may be
able; if so, please forward to Mr. Alfred
Raymond, treasurer, 1324 Nashville Ave..
New Orleans.
(2) By a memorial foundation, giving
any sum from $100 and up in memory
of some loved one to furnish equipment
or to support a room or department.
(3) By an outright donation.
Make all gifts to The Presbyterian Hospital
of New Orleans, and Bend checks
or cpsh to Mr. Alfred Raymond, treasurer,
1324 Nashville avenue, New Orleans.
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This whole movement Is projected on
faith; it has the formal approval of the
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. iui?/;vdi7 ui iiow uneuiiKj 11 18 Daptized
in daily prayer; its supreme purpose
is to glorify Jesus Christ and,
through healing done in his name, to