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March 23, 1910. THE
noon from McAllen to Mission, preach
es and returns to McAllen for the night
service and this twice a month. Mission
is a town of 1,200 population and
scarcely yet a year old. They need help
to finish this church. Send an offering
to Rev. S. M. Glasgow, Mercedes, Tex.
M. W. D.
VIRGINIA.
Hicnmona: urace street Church is
looking for its pastor-elect, Rev. Dr. D.
Clay Lilly, the last of this month. Dr.
Lilly has been busily engaged in the
campaign of the Laymen's Missionary
Movement, having had charge of the arrangement
of the programs for all the
Southern cities, in addition to being a
speaker at many of them.
The Woman's Missionary Union ol
East Hanover Presbytery will hold its
annual meeting in the Third Presby
terian Church, Richmond, Va., April 5
and 6. All societies are urged to send
delegates, and leaders or Y. r*. societies
are specially invited to attend. Send
names of delegates to Mrs. T. C. Cunningham,
2903 East Broad street, Richmond,
Va.
Richmond: The Church of the Covenant
has enjoyed a profitable series of
meetings, in which the pastor, Dr. J.
Calvin Stewart, was assisted by Dr. W.
R. Laird, of Danville. Dr. Laird's
preaching was practical and evangelical.
It was therefore stimulating to faith and
Christian activity.
Staunton: The pastor, Dr. Wm. N.
Scott, of the Second Church, is engaged
in a series of evangelistic meetings, in
which he has had the assistance of Dr.
R. B. Eggleston, of Richmond, who is
preaching at each service.
Petersburg: Very much regret is expressed
here at the action of Lexington
Presbytery in refusing to dissolve the
pastoral relations of the Rev. Charles R.
Stribling with his church in Waynesboro,
to enable him to accept a unanimous
call to Tabb Street Presbyterian
Church, in Petersburg, This action of
the Lexington Presbytery is final, as far
as Mr. Stribling is concerned, and there
is no appeal from its decision. Tabb
Street Church will, therefore, have to
look elsewhere for a pastor. The
church was represented by a strong dele
gation at Lexington, and an earnest appeal
was made for Mr. Stribllng's pastoral
services Ln Petersburg, but without
effect.
Oak View: The following officers have
been elected in this new church: Ruling
Elders, R. P. Andrews, B. J. Atkins, and
J. D. Shelton. Deacons: R. T. Parsons,
and Claude Dodd. Six more members
have been received on profession of faith
and one by letter, making the total
membership thirty-five.
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Cub Creek: ac h cullslcgniiuutti
meeting March 13th, Mr. Luther P. Harvey
was elected, ordained and installed
Ruling Elder, and Messrs. Roy Adams
and Martin Harvey, deacons.
Lexington Presbytery: Met at Staunton
First Church on March 15th, 1910, in
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU
called meeting. After a long session
Presbytery declined to dissolve the pastoral
relation between Rev. C. R. Stribling
and Waynesboro Church in order
that he might accept a call to the Tabb
Street Church, Petersburg, which he had
accepted subject to the decision of the
Presbytery. A large commission was
present from Petersburg, consisting of
Messrs. W. H. Camp, Jas. P. Banks, A. D
Hamilton and Willis B. Smith, assisted
by Rev. F. T. Faden, D. D., pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church, Richmond,
who represented the Presbytery
on behalf of the church. The church
also had the following commissioners
Present: Messrs. R. G. Vance, Jas. A.
Fishburne, W. A. Rife and W. H. Mc.
Cormick assisted by Messrs. W. W. Glass
and James Bell, of Waynesboro, and by
a large representation of the church and
a delegation of the cadets from the Fishburn
School. The Waynesboro Church
has selected plans for a beautiful and
convenient building and will at once begin
the erection of this handanmo
suited to the needs of this growing
church. Mr. Stribling re-enters upon his
work here with great prospects of increasing
usefulness. At thjs session also
Rev. Kenneth McCaskill was received
from the Presbytery of Wilmington and
arrangements were made for his installation,
as follows: At Olivet (near Staunton)
March 20th, 3 p. m. Rev. C. D.
Waller to preside, preach, etc.; Rev. Wm.
N. Scott, D. D., charge the pastor; Rev.
A. M. Fraser, D. D., charge the people.
At Basic City, April 3rd at 8:00 p. m.,
Rev Wm. N. Scott, D. D., preside, preach,
etc.; Rev. C. R. Stribling, charge the
pastor, and Rev. C. D. Waller charge the
people. Wm. C. White,
Stated Clerk.
WtST VIRGINIA.
Romney: On March 13 we closed a
gracious meeting of three weeks. The
pastor was assisted by the Rev. Dr. Jas.
S. Webster, of Hancock, Md., and the
Rev. E. B. Druen, of Springfield, W. Va.,
both of whom preached sermons of un
usual power and directness. There were
twenty-five professions of faith and, so
far, twenty-one additions to our church
upon profession and four by letter.
Among those brought to Christ were
twelve blind young people, pupils of the
State School for the Deaf and Blind, lo
catea at tnis place. Most of the others
were young people. There have been
one hundred and three additions to this
church during the present pastorate of
about four years. The Holy Spirit's
presence was manifest and God's people
have been greatly revived, for all of
which we are praising God. B.
PERSONALS.
Rev. E. B. Witherspoon has taken up
his new work at Ellisville, Miss. Correspondents
will note the change.
Rev. C. S. Lingamfelter has been
elected clerk of Norfolk Presbytery. His
address Is 106 Main street (Berkley),
Norfolk, Va.
TH. 373
Rev. Dr. C. W. Sommerville, professorelect
In the Southwestern Presbyterian
University, changes his address from
Louisville, Ky., to Clarksville, Tenn.
Rev. Dr. Thornton Whaling changes his
address from Dallas, Texas, to Norfolk,
Va.
Rev. Dr. G. W. Painter spent several
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?j .u vncaua nisi weeK. ?ie addressed
the congregation of the Third
Church on Wednesday evening and of Lafayette
Church on Sunday morning and
evening.
NOTES OF INTEREST.
The next great Convention is that of the
World's Sunday-school Association, to be
held in Washington, in May, about the
same time as the General Assembly.
The Lutheran Church has about 2,200,000
communicants, owns property aggregating
over 955,600,000 and gave last year
more than $2,306,000.
The Dutch Reformed Church, which
has doubled its membership during the
last thirty years, now enrolls noorw rmn.
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000. It has also made great progress Id
its benevolences, having increased its
gifts one hundred per cent, in the last
ten years, and now giving over $450,000.
The newly appointed minister to China,
Hon. W. J. Calhoun, was entertained re*
cently at a luncheon at the University
Club of Chicago. His entertainers were
men of influence in several denominations
who wished to impress on him their personal
interest in American Christian missionaries
in China and to bespeak for
them a similar interest on his part. Mr.
Calhoun responded cordially that he
should count it a high privilege to associate
with men and women living such
lives of unselfishness, and acknowledged
that he had gained a much higher opin
ion than before of the character and
strength of the forces behind the American
missions in China. The relations between
foreign missionaries and the high
official representatives of their government
at home must necessarily be close,,
and it is a cause for the more rapid
spread of Christianity that in recent years
the friendly support extended to missionaries
by our ambassadors and ministers
has usually been intelligent and hearty*
MISSIONS.
In the non-Christian world, there is one
ordained missionary to every 183,675 people.
In the United States, there is one
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At the Siege of Delhi, during the Sepoy
rebellion of 1857, the British General
Hutchison, when counselled to delay and
moderation, exclaimed, "If we remain in
our entrenchments we are beaten. We
must advance, and at once." Such words
are applicable to the present state of the
Christian missionary campaign against
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IDEAL School for Boys, Marietta,
Ga.