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March 30, 1910. THE I
PERSONALS.
Rev. J. N. McFarlane, D.D., changes
his address from Navasota, Texas, to
Jackson, Mo.
Rev. J. C. McMullen, from Alexander
City, Ala., to Winona, Miss.
Rev. H. L. Ross is now located at
Montemoreles, Mexico, where he may
be addressed hereafter.
Rev. George A. Blackburn has returned
to his work in Columbia, S. C., in the
Arsenal Hill Church, much improved by
his stay in Florida.
The Rev. and Mrs. James P. Smith are
spending a week in Barnesville, after
which they will return to Virginia. From
April 10th, they may be addressed at
their home, Ginter Park, Richmond, Va.
Miss Emma Boardman, of our Hangchow,
China, Mission, has been ordered
home on account of health. A cablegram
dated Shanghai, March 22, announced
that she was to return at once on the
S. S. Manchuria.
Rev. and Mrs. J. T. McCutchan, of
Chinkiang, China, have heen compelled
to return home on account of the health
of Mrs. McCutchan. Physicians pronounced
her ailment incurable while she
remained in China. All of these friends
will deeply regret the circumstances
which will compel them to relinquish
their work in which they have invested
their lives.
Mrs. Sarah C. Bird, of Baltimore, a notice
of whose death appears elsewhere in
our columns, was for many years the Corresponding
Secretary of the Benevolent
Society of Franklin Street Church and
well known to many ministers of our
Church.
Rev. J. K. Harris, of Floyd C. H.,
Va., died at the age of seventy-five on
last Monday. He was for ten years at
the head of the Oxford Academy and
most universally beloved throughout that
section and by his brethren in the
Synod.
THE COUNCIL OF REFORMED
CHURCHES.
The Council of the Reformed Churches
Holding the Presbyterian System met in
Louisville on Tuesday, March 15, in the
chapel of the Theological Seminary.
Thirty-one members were present, twelve
of these representing the Northern Presbyterian
Church and ten representing
the Southern Presbyterian Church. The
other churches represented were the
Dutch Reformed Church, the United
Brethren Church and the German Reformed
Church. Rev. Dr. J. R. Howerton
was elected president, to succeed
Rev. Dr. J. Preston Searle. The mem^
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selves at the Seelbach Hotel. A luncheon
was tendered them on one day by
the Seminary.
The subjects that attracted special interest
were "Christian Education" and
the "Work Among the Negroes." It was
determined to take steps looking to the
preparation and use of literature connected
with Bible study which will
counteract the pernicious effects of such
literature as is now becoming very com
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUT]
mon, and especially emanating from the 1
Chicago University, treating the Bible 1
from the advanced critical standpoint. '
It was reported that the efforts looking I
toward the co-operation in Negro Work i
and with the expectation of organizing 1
a separate Negro Church were not, as 1
yet, accomplishing anything. The Pitts- t
burg Board is not renriv to phnmro Ua <
methods. A recommendation was made
to the supreme judicatories of the several
churches touching co-operation in
Presbyteries, Synods and Classes in contiguous
territory.
The next meeting will be held in <
Pittsburg, in March, 1912. The commit- :
tees appointed by the President, Dr. i
Howerton, for the next two years, are as ]
follows: i
Christian Education?Rev. J. Preston ]
Searle, D.D.; Rev. T. W. Beardslee, i
D.D.; Rev. William McKibbin, D.D.; i
Hon. Robert N. Willson, Rev. W. T. 1
Hall, D.D.; Rev. Frank Grether, D.D.,
ajid Rev. A. E. Dahlman, D.D. .
Correspondence?Rev. T. H. McKen- i
zie, D.D.; Rev. Wallace RadclifTe, D.D.; <
Rev. Cyrus Cort, D.D., and Judge R. T. j
Simpson. ,
Committee on Finance?E. R. Perkins, ,
Rev. John B. Laird, D.D.; George W. (
Poole and H. O. Fulton.
Foreign Missions?Rev. .Tnhn w
Prugh, D.D.; Rev. W. McF. Alexander,
D.D.; Rev. John B. Shaw, D.D.; Rev. J.
F. Cannon, D.D., and William Hill.
Home Missions?Rev. Russell Cecil, ,
D.D.; Rev. J. G. Bolton, D.D.; Hon. T. C. j
McRae, Rev. J. H. Karsten, D.D.; Rev.
James I. Good, D.D., and Rev. William (
H. Black, D.D.
Work Among the Colored People? j
Rev. William J. Darby, D.D.; Rev. J. S.
Lyons, D.D.; J. L. Twaddell, Gen. John
E. Roller, Joseph L. Mundy, J. H. Somerville,
LL.D., and Rev. D. F. McGill, D.D.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE AFRICAN j
MISSION IN ACCEPTING THE
RESIGNATION OF DR. AND
MRS. SHEPPARD.
In view of the fact that Dr. Sheppard
has offered his resignation to the Mis- ^
sion, be it resolved. That we. the mem
bers of the Mission, do hereby wish to '
express our sincerest and deepest regret
at Dr. Sheppard's prospective retirement
from the Mission. This is felt by us all
the more keenly because of his being
one of the founders of the Mission; because
of his close personal friendship
with us; because of his remarkable hold j
upon the native people, and especially
because we feel that our work among ^
the Bakuba will be much crippled, for
he has been an apostle among them for .
so long. Be it resolved, That we must ,
also express equal regret at losing from
the Mission his noble wife, whose long ^
service, sincere devotion to duty and
beautiful Christian character have en- 1
deared her to us and to all the native
people. And resolved, That we can only
wish for Dr. and Mrs. Sheppard that
mey may nave oeen guinea ny tne
Spirit in their decision, and we pray '
that, in retiring from the work, though 1
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they will be greatly missed, they may
lave the richest blessing of God abiding
jpon them wherever, in His providence,
;hey may be called to labor. Resolved
'urther, That it is our belief that their
mited labors of love during these years
BViil be for ages to come a blessing to
hese people of Congoland. Members of
.he k. P. C. M., in session.
J. McC. Sieg, Secretary.
Luebo, December 2, 1909.
GETS MILLION DOLLARS.
The $500,000 fund which the American
Bible Society has for more than a
year past been seeking to raise to secure
an equal amount, the gift of Mrs.
Russell Sage, has been completed. Anaouncement
of the completion of this
fund, the securing of which will place
i round million dollars in the hands of
the society for its uses, was made at
the society offices recently.
The $500,000 is in the hands of the
society in the shape of good and reliaOle
subscriptions upon which more than
$280,000 has already been paid. ThouJflnHfi
Af noM"""
? IIGIBUIU 1U ail pans OI tlie
world and in every state of the United
States have contributed to the fund in
amounts ranging from 10 cents to $25,000.
CATHOLIC INTOLERANCE IN SOUTH
AMERICA.
A dispatch from Caracas, Venezuela,
says: The Rev. Gerard A. Bailly, a missionary
of the Christian Missionary Alliance,
and agent for the American Bible
Society, while holding services at
Uuarenas, was attacked by the Catholic
populace, but escaped uninjured. An
Italian convert was thrown into a ditch.,
rhe Bibles used at the' service were de-3troyed
by the assailants. The Italian
minister has asked for an investigation
Df the incident. American Minister, Russell,
also has demanded that the foreign
Dffice investigate the assault upon Ballly
ind that reparation be made.
THE GIDEONS.
Gatherings of the Gideons, the Christian
Commercial Traveling Men's Asso
nation, will be held in Atlanta Sunday,
\pril 10, in a church yet to be decided
upon and in the Young Men's Christian
\ssociation building.
The dxercises will be held under the
auspices of Atlanta Camp No. 1, the occasion
being the visit of W. E. Henderson,
of Chicago, national secretary and
Held worker.
The Gideons now have a membership
throughout the United States, and one
jf the interesting points they are worknp'
tn OPPnmnllot A1? ?' ? *
...D ?w awviutmou is kiitj placing oi a
Bible in every hotel room in the county.
Last year 15,474 Bibles were placed
in hotels, and of this number 287 were
>laced in Georgia.
There are in the Atlanta camp 75
nembers.
The Spruell School is mi
[DEAL School for Boys, Ma'ietta,
Ga.