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February g, 1910. THE
until the church is fully organized.
At the Monday morning ministers meeting
in Atlanta, Feb. 7, tho Rev. Dr. W.
C. Young made a clear and able address
on justification, as taught in the Scriptures,
and in the confession of faith. Dr.
Thos. W. Lingle presented the work of
Davidson College, and Dr. A. R. Holderby
presented a report on the percentage
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sembly's Executive Committee.
Fort Gaines: As First Church news of
1910, I am rejoiced to be able to report
the reception of three members since
2sTew Year. We also, according to our
usual custom each quarter, celebrated
the Lord's Supper on last Sabbath and'
received reports from the Board of
Deacons, Sabbath-school and the societies
of the church. These reports will
be read before the congregation next
Sabbath.
Thomson: After, or at the close of, a
series of sermons at Thomson, Ga., a
Presbyterian church was organized January
26. with Mr. J. R. Boswell, Jr.,
elder. Thomson is the county seat, with
3,000 population and only two churches,
ours making the third. I began a meeting
at the court house in Sylvania Sunday,
January 29tli, with very promising
outlook. J. D. Fleming,
Evangelist Augusta Presbytery.
KENTUCKY.
Richmond: Dr. D. H. Scanlon was installed
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Richmond, Sunday morning,
January 30. Rev. J. V. Logan, of Sodierset,
Ky., presided and propounded the
constitutional questions; Dr. J. Gray
McAllister, of the Presbyterian Theological
Seminary of Kentucky, Louisville,
an old friend of the new pastor, preached
the sermon; Judge James Denton, of
Somerset, Ky., charged the people, and
Rev. J. E. Ballou, of Middlesboro, Ky.,
charged the pastor. Dr. McAllister
preached also at the evening service to
a crowded house, hundreds of students
being present. L>r. Scanlon begins his
work under auspices the most favorable
and in a field of very great importance.
The church not only claims a loyal membership
in a progressive city; its influence
is greatly enlarged by the presence, in
Richmond, of the Eastern State Normal
School of Kentucky, with an enrollment
of 600 through nearly eleven months of
the year, and with a prospective enrollment
of at least twice that number. The
new pastor has already won all hearts.
LOUISIANA.
Centerville Field: The Home Mission
Committee of New Orleans Presbytery
Vioa rallod Ppv Piprrp narila nf volon
tine, Nebraska, a French-English speaking
minister, to the field adjacent to Centerville,
together with that church. Patterson,
Franklin, and Baldwin will be embraced
in the field.
Abbeville: At the last visit of Rev. M.
R. Paradis, French-English evangelist,
five Creoles were received into our
church on profession of faith. The outv
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU1
look of the work at this place is very
bright.
MISSISSIPPI.
Pass Christian: The work of restoring
the church building here is still going
on. It will takp ahnnt twn
lars to complete it. Any assistance that
may be given will certainly be appreciated.
MISSOURI.
Palmyra: The union meeting led by
the evangelist, Rev. R. A. Walton, D. D.,
of Owingsville, Ky., and the singers, Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Irwin, of Chicago, was a
great uplift to all of the churches participating.
Fourteen have united with the
Presbyterian Church on examination,
this number being about one-fourth of
the confessions. General satisfaction
was felt in regard to the methods used
and the expense of the meeting.
Shelbina: The Presbyterian Church
burned on Sunday night, January 30, and
it was a serious loss. This little congregation,
of which Rev. W. R. Henderson,
D. D., is pastor, decided immediately to
rebuild Anv pnntrihnHnno "
new Shelbina Church will be greatly appreciated.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Glen Alpine: Two more members added
to this church, making ten since
spring meeting of Presbytery, to the
great encouragement of the Church.
Bridgewater and Quaker Meadows, of
the same group, under the care of Rev.
Dugald Munroe, have also had encouraging
additions.
Synod's Orphans' Home: The Board
has elected Rev. W. T. Walker, superintendent,
to fill the vacancy made by the
recent death of Rev. J. W. Wakefield.
Mr. Walker at first declined the call, but
has reconsidered it and will take charge.
The election nnil re-election wore imoni.
mous
Edgcmc-nt Church, Durham: Rev. Carl
Barth was installed as pastor on January
23, by a commission of Orange Presbytery.
The church has prospered greatly
under his ministry of less than a year,
and has grown from a membership of
forthy-flve to more than one hundred.
Flat Branch: This church has recently
taken on new life and in addition to
increasing the pastor's salary from two
hundred to three hundred and fifty dollars
per year has increased the amount
contributed to all causes and the deacons
find the people both liberal and prompt.
Material has been donated to re-shingle
the roof and other improvements may be
made in a short time. Mr. William
Black was recently installed as elder
and Mr. William Knight as deacon. M:.
Edgar Smith was elected to succeed Mr.
Macon McLean as trustee of the Flora
McNeill legacy. Sixteen members were
received during the past year, one of
them a sturdy Scot of eighty-three, Mr.
Nevin Ray, who has since "fallen asleep."
Rev. C. Breckinridge Currie, pastor of
the Morven (N. C.) group of churches,
has accepted, subject to the action of
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Mecklenburg Presbytery, a call to East
Macon Churcn, Macon, Ga. He will
move to the held tne hrst week in February.
bavidson: Protracted services are
being held this week in the Methodist
church, in which tho
Rev. R. E. Atkinson, is assisted by Rev.
Dr. Steel, of Brownwood, Tex. Dr.
Brown has been preaching with great
power and earnestness, and people are
attracted to the church in large numbers.
It is understood that the meeting
will continue till about Wednesday,
the 9th.
The visit of Rev. Robert J. McMullen,
on Sunday, to the campus, and his work
both in the chapel, Y. M. C. A. and at
both services in the Presbyterian church
were productive of much good and a
great increase in the interest felt in foreign
missions. Young Mr. McMullen has
thrown his life into the cause of missions
and will sail for China in August.
Where a man "backs" his words with
actions like this and does not ask the
"other fellow" to do what he is not himself
willing to do, his words carry conviction,
and his appeal for money and
for men is usually fruitful in results attained.
Mr. McMullen, representing
more especially the "Forward Movement,"
spoke with fine effect both at the
chapel service and then at the 11 o'clock
meeting in the church.
An effort is being made to secure sub- f
scriptions among the students?20 cents
a month from each one?that will enable
Davidson College to support its own missionary.
Though the college has a number
of alumni in the foreign field, this
latest effort is confined to the student
body proper. It is confidently expected
that a volunteer in the near future will
be found among the students, who will
go to the field as the special representative
of his fellows.
Rev. Dr. T. W. Lingle, field representative
of the college, leaves tonight for
visits to Atlanta and to Jacksonville.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia: Rev. Geo. A. Blackburn, of
Arsenal Hill Church, has been given a
vacation, which he will spend in Florida.
His health again requires the change.
?The First Church will erect a
a Sunday-school and chapel as a memorial
to the late pastor, Rev. Samuel M.
Smith.
Bethesda Church, in Bethel Presbytery,
has called Rev. J. J. Harrell, of
Woodruff's, S. C., and he has accepted
the same.
Piedmont Presbytery: The constitutional
requirements having been complied
with, this Presbytery is hereby
called to meet in special session in the
Presbyterian church, Seneca, S. C., Monday,
February 14, 1910, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
for the purpose, if the way be clear, of
granting permission to Rev. J. G. Law,
D.D., to labor out of its bounds until the
next regular meeting.
Jno. Gordon Law, Moderator.
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