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March 16, igio. THE
at Bowie, Texas, March 29-31. As this
will be the last meeting of the old Union
and the organization of the new presbyterial
unions, it is desired that there
be a full attendance. The Bowie ladies
are making preparations to entertain a
number of visitors and it is hoped that
each society will have its representatives.
Those attending will please notify
Mrs. FL A. Wills, Bowie, Texas, of
their intention and time of their arrival.
Mercedes: On Sunday, February 6, at
the 11 o'clock service, the Mercedes congregation
celebrated the sacrament of
the Lord's Supper. This was the first
service of the kind ever held in this new
organization of which the Rev. S. M.
Glasgow is the pastor. The four eldefs
of the church were all present and officiated
in the conduct of the service. Four
new members were admitted into the
church upon profession of faith in
Christ. At the evening service the congregation
was small on account of the
inclemency of the weather. There were
present, however, nine who were not professing
Christians. Before the service
closed eight of that number made pro
fessions of faith in Christ. Mr. Glasgow
has received, since he took up the work
at Mercedes, fourteen into the church.
Some of us are very thankful to the
Great Head of the Church for the presence
of Mr. Glasgow in this fertile valley
into which are coming every month
hundreds of new people.
M. W. D.
Presbytery of Paris: I hereby call the
Presbytery of Paris to convene at First
. Church, Honey Grove, March 22, at 3 p.
m., to transact the following business if
the way be olear: 1. To act upon request
of Rev. T. F. Gallaher, that the pastoral
relation existing between himself
and Sulphur Springs Church be dissolved,
and to attend to all matters of business
connected therewith. 2. To consider the
advisability of changing time of spring
meeting of Presbytery so as not to conflict
with Educational Conference to be
held at Dallas.
Edgar W. Williams, Mod.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond: Rev. Wm. R. Laird, D. D.,
of Danville, Va., has been assisting the
pastor in a series of services in the
Church of the Covenant, with large congregations
attending and much interest
x manifested.
Lynchburg: At a congregational meeting
March 6, of the Rivermont Presbyterian
Church, Rev. Allen Christian, of
Scottsville, was called to the pastorate
of that church, made vacant by the resignation
of Rev. P. Bernard Hill, now pastor
of the West End Presbyterian
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presided over by Rev. Robert H. Fleming,
D. D., of this city. Mr. Christian
has been pastor of a group of four
churches in lower Albemarle county for
three or four years, and the belief is expressed
here that he will accept the call.
He is about thirty years old and unmarried.
; PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOI
TO OUR CHURCH AND PRESBYTERIAL
TREASURERS.
March 31 will bring to a close the current
fiscal year. It will be impossible
for us to hold our books open later than
Saturday, April 2, for the credit of any
funds that the churches wish to have reported
on the contributions of the present
year. We earnestly request that all
funds in your hands for the cause of Foreign
Missions be remitted to us not later
than Wednesday, March 30. It will be
very much better if our treasurers in
Texas and Virginia and Maryland, especially,
would send their remittances early
in the week, beginning March 27, so
as to leave a comfortable margin for de
lay in the mails.
Last year our March receipts amounted
to over $80,000. We hope to see them
go beyond $100,000 for the present year.
S. H. Chester,
Secretary and Treasurer.
TO SYNODICAL CHAIRMEN OF
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES:
You have doubtless observed the very
important change made by the last Assembly
and properly recorded in its minutes
requiring that the Synodical collections
for schools and colleges shall be
taken on the First Sunday, in June, instead
of in March as hitherto We truet
that each chairman will take effective
measures to call'the attention of pastors,
church sessions, and deacons to this important
collection. Any assistance that
we can render, will be gladly given.
Wm. E. Boggs,
Secretary for Schools and Colleges.
51 Inman Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
PERSONALS.
Rev. W. T. Harris changes his address
from Wetumpka to Guntersville, Ala.
Rev. T. H. Newkirk has been called to
the Hartwell group of churches in Georgia,
and has the call under consideration.
Rev. R. W. Minter, of Lincolnton, is off
on a trip to Palestine. He will be from
home three or four months.
Rev. R. B. Eggleston, of Richmond, Va.,
has been called to the offire of Snnorin.
tendent of Home Missions of Winchester
Presbytery, Va. It is not known whether
or not he will accept.
Rev. W. T. McElroy, for six years past
the pastor of the Broad Street Church,
Mobile, Ala., died suddenly at his home
in Mobile on Monday, March 7. He was
eighty years of age. He had not been in
good health for several months, but his
condition was not regarded as alarmine
and his end came after only a few hours'
expectation. He is survived by his wife,
two sons and two daughters. One of
his sons is the pastor of the church
at Lancaster, Texas, the other is a professor
in Princeton University.
Rev. D. N. McLaughlin, D. D., of the
Free Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas,
has accepted the invitation of the
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college to preach the commencement sermon
on Sunday, June 5th. He will also
deliver the annual address before the
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. in the evening
of the same day. The senior class has invited
Rev. William States Jacobs, D. D.,
of Houston, Texas, to deliver the
commencement address on Wednesday
morning, the 8th of June, and he has accepted.
The Rev. Robert J. McMullen, of Kentucky,
a graduate of the Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary, who has
been engaged for some months in the
work of the Laymen's Missionary Movemnt,
expects to sail in August of this
year for mission work in Soochow, China.
Rev. Alexander B. Carrington died at
his home in Greenwich, Fanquir Co.,
Virginia, March 9, 1910, at the advanced
age of seventy-six years. After pastorates
at Berryville and at Greenwich,
Va., Mr. Carrington was compelled
to retire from the active ministry by impaired
health. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Sarah Ewell Carrington, by
three sons, A. B. Carrington, of Danville,
Va.; Dr. Chas. V. Carrington, of Richmond,
Va., and Gratton Cabell Carrington,
of New York, and one daughter, Mrs.
E. H. Vanisher, of London Co., Virginia.
A VERY DESIRABLE FIELD.
Four churches in a quadrangle, the
longest side of which is about eight
miles. Two of the churches, McCool and
Weir, are in growing towns. One, Bethsalem,
is about two miles from railroad.
Mt. Zion is about eight miles from one
and nine from another. These churches
are all in Presbytery of Central Mississippi.
They promise eight hundred and
fifty dollars and a home. No field in the
Presbytery offers better fruitage for
faithful labor. They think in another
year they can give $1,000. Address Mr.
H. M. Drane, Mc. Cool, Miss., or Rev. A.
H. Mecklin, French Camp, Choctaw Co.,
Mississippi.
A. H. Mecklin.
NOTES OF INTEREST.
On the exact geographical center of the
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oiaLca is locaiea a cnurch, the
First Methodist of Ellsworth, Kan., an interesting
symbol or religion at the heart
of the nation.
A Writer in Munsey's Magazine gives
statistics as to the average salary of ministers
in the various Protestant denominations.
Some of his figures are as follows:
Methodist, $480; Presbyterian, $700; Congregational,
$930; Episcopal, $600. The
average salary of Baptist ministers in the
United States is frequently given as about
$500 a year. In this (>nniio/.(Un ?? =
WwMUVv??vut u ia interesting
to note that the American
League of baseball players re-elected its
president at a salary of 125,000.
The Spraell School is mi
IDEAL School for Boys, Marietta,
Ga.