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attended all the year. There is also a
prayer meeting every Sabbath evening.
This church contributed twelve dollars for
evangelistic work in Macon Presbytery.
Camilla: The meeting conducted by
our evangelist, Dr. J. W. Rot-.eborough,
began January 19th, and closed January
30th. Four joined the Presbyterian
Church under the faithful preaching of
our evangelist. Had preaching twice each
<lay to good congregations. Christians
were strengthened and some who are not
Christians by profession, now expect to
join some church soon. Our Bro. Roseborough
is a faithful preacher of the
Word in public, and also in private.
Many visits were made to the homes
and offices of the unconverted and the
duty and privilege of accepting Christ
was earnestly urged upon individuals.
This work will bear fruit in God's own
time. The church contributed fifty-six
dollars to the evangelistic work of the
Presbytery. On February 2nd and 3rd
Rev. Yosip Benjamin, a native of Persia,
and licentiate of South Carolina
Presbytery, delivered two instructive nfl
dresses on the customs and religion of
Persia. Twenty-six dollars were contributed
for his work and expenses. The
Camilla Presbyterians expect to begin
their new brick church building about the
first of April. The building is to be modern
in style, with Sunday school room.
The funds are nearly all in bank or in
sight, and the future is bright for Presbyterianism.
A. McL.
KENTUCKY.
Louisville: The two weeks' meeting
in Second Church, in which the pastor,
Rev. Egbert W. Smith, D.D., was assisted
by Jlev. Dr. J. E. Thacker, secretary of
the General Assembly's Evangelistic
Committee, closed last Sunday night.
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^i/.uuuiu tuugicgauuiis were in anenaance
and the interest was sustained
throughout, in spite of the unfavorable
weather conditions. Dr. Thacker's splendid
sermons have made a deep impression
on the congregation and on the city,
and his kindly, sympathetic personality
and intense earnestness have endeared
him to all. Quite a number have made
professions of faith, and the doors of the
church will be opened next Sunday to
receive those who desire to unite with
this church. More than four hundred
persons signed cards expressing their
"desire to live more for God's glory and
the good of His church." Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. A. Fisher added greatly to the
success of the meeting by their skillful
conduct of the music and the training of
the chorus choir. Mr. Fisher is a magnificent
leader in song, and Mrs. Fisher's
accomnaniment ft!) tho ninnn -araa
one of the features of the meeting.?
Christian Observer.
LOUISIANA.
Bogalusa: The attractive church is
"nearing completion. It will be ready for
dedication on March 20th. It will add
greatly to the effectiveness of our work
in this growing town.
New Orleans: By a change in plans at
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the last moment. Dr. Painter did not
supply the Napoleon Avenue Church, as
was announced last week. Instead, he
spent the day in Morgan City.
New Orleans: The French Presbyterian
Church is enjoying a handsome hardwood
pulpit just presented to it by Mr.
C. H. Muller, a liberal Methodist of New
Orleans, who lives near the church and
sends his children to its Sunday-school.
MISSISSIPPI.
Booneville: Rev. Geo. F. Robertson, of
North Carolina, is expected here soon to
hold an evangelistic meeting.
Correction: To the Churches of East
Mississippi Presbytery: The reports on
Sabbath-schools, Young People's and Women's
Societies and Narrative, are to be
sent to Rev. J. J. Hill, Columbus, Miss.,
and not to Rev. J. W. Orr, Corinth, Miss.
J. W. Allen, S. C.
Ackerman: U. S. A. Presbyterian
Church in Ackerman, Miss., after long
deliberating ,and having fully canvassed
the situation, beforehand, on the first
Sabbath In February, 1910, at a Congregational
meeting called by their Session,
Rev. R. C. Hutchinson, their Stated Supply,
being Moderator, voted unanimously
to form a union with the Presbyterian
Church, U. S., in said town. Then,
on the fourth Sabbath in February, 1910,
both congregations being assembled in
the Presbyterian Church, U. S., and Rev.
R. W. Mecklin moderating, the Union
was consummated and ratified. In taking
this step, both congregations understand
that their action is subject to the
approval of their respective Presbyteries.
There is general rejoicing within
the ranks of both Communions; and,
from this time, they will work and worship
together as one people, for all of
which we give thanks to the Gredt Head
of the Church.
MISSOURI.
Kansas City Laymen's Convention:
Eighteen hundred and forty men sat
down to the opening banquet of the Lay
meii s Missionary Convention at Kansas
City Wednesday evening, February 23,
and at the close of the dinner heard the
splendid addresses of J. Campbell White,
General Secretary of the Movement, Homer
C. Stuntz, Missionary Secretary of the
M. E. Church, Bishop Tuttle, of St. Louis,
and others. . The Convention, which continued
until Friday night, was attended
by something over sixteen hundred men
from the two Kansas cities, and the adjacent
territory in Missouri and Kansas.
Stirring addresses were heard from missionaries
representing almost every field
in the world, men whose devotion to
their work is attested by their eloquence
on behalf of the regions beyond; from the
able secretaries of various Church Boards
hailing with joy the rising of the Laymen
to aid them in the burden which for
years has rested on their shoulders;
rrom Business men of calm judgment
coupled with earnest Christian love for
the brother who has need of our compassion.
There were valuable discussions
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of practical questions of policy in the local
church, in which the men present
joined with great interest. At the closing
session on Friday night, reports
were heard from the Denominational Rallies
held in the afternoon, as to what
the various churches would try to give
for Foreign Missions during the next
year; when these reports were all in, it
was found that the churches of "Greater
Kansas City" have set for their goal the
amount of $105,160; the figures compiled
for the Convention and kept conatantiv
before the eyes of all by a chart displayed
across the front of the Church, showed
that the churches of this same territory
gave last year $45,736. Thus the
plans for the coming year anticipate
more than doubling the past year's offerings.
The entire session of the Convention
was pervaded by an intense
spirit of prayer and a consciousness of
God's presence. The effect upon the
men who were present is incalculable as
a force in the world's evangelization in
this generation. Southern Presbyterians
had a good lead of all others in per capita
offerings to Foreign Missions.
MARYLAND.
Ddinmore: At ttte regular meeting of
the Minister's Association of Baltimore,
Md., held on February 7, 1910, at LaFayette
Square Church, the paper of that
day on "The Religious Value of the Exile"
was read by Rev. J. A. Nesbitt. After
the reading of this paper and during
the discussion of it by several ministers,
Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D. D., pastor of
Brown Memorial Church, in speaking
about the Jews and the subject under
discussion, related the following: "At
our Communion Service yesterday,
among some of those who came in on
profession of their faith, one of them
was a Russian Hebrew, whom I had the
pleasure of baptizing and who was lead
to find Jesus as his Saviour throueh th?
Mission which is being carried on by Mr.
Philip Sidersky. I was greatly impressed
with some of the statements this
young Hebrew made while examining
him of how he was led to accept Jesus
as his Saviour, and among some of the
things he told me was, that after coming
to the Mission he asked his Father
why the Jews did not study the Old Testament
although they believe it, and
the answer he gave him was, 'that if any
one studies the Old Testament through,
he is liable to be led astray into Christianity,'
and therefore I was impressed
with the importance of endeavoring to
get the Jews to study the Old Testament
in their own language, and as soon as
this is done many Jews will be led to
study the New Testament and find Jesus
as their Savour."
NORTH CAROLINA.
Davidson College: Commencement Day
has been changed for this year from the
last Wednesday In May to the first
Wednesday in June.
?President Smith returned from Atlanta
last week. On Sunday both
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