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to establish the Joseph Bingham Mack
Ministerial Scholarship, paying perpetually
to the college the tuition of one
candidate for the ministry. This scholarship
is in honor of his father, for a number
of years in the past and again in recent
years a trustee of Davidson. Rev.
Dr. Mack is now a pastor in Georgia;
four of his sons have been students at Davidson,
and all evidencing the talent that
was characteristic of both sides of the
house. Another gift, pleasant to mention,
is one from Mr. William H. Williamson,
class of *86, now of Raleigh, who makes a
contribution of $500 to the endowment.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Clinton: The following is the order of
exercises for the commencement of the
Presbyterian College of South Carolina:
Sunday, June 5, 11 o'clock a. m., Baccalaureate
sermon by Rev. E. Gillespie,
Yorkville, S. C.; Sunday, June 5, 8:30
o'clock p. m., sermon before the Y. M.
C. A. by Rev. W. A. Hafner, Fort Mill, S.
C.; Monday, June 6, 3 o'clock p. m., meeting
of Executive Committee of Board of
Trustees; Monday, June 6, 8:30 o'clock
p. m., Orators' Contest; Tuesday, June
7, 3 o'clock p. m., meeting of Board of
Trustees; Tuesday, June 7, 8:30 o'clock
p. m., Declaiiners' Contest; Wednesday
June 8, 10 o'clock a. m., Graduating Exercises.
Commencement address by Rev.
J. B. Green, of Greenwood, S. C.
TENNESSEE.
The Holston Presbytery has declined to
sever the relations of Rev. Asa D. Watkins
to Windsor Avenue Church, Bristol,
which hp hflQ cptvpH sic nsictnr for cpvpt.
al years. He had resigned to go to Raleigh,
N. C., but his congregation here
protested. Mr. Watkins and D. M. Coile
were named as delegates to the General
Assembly, which meets in Lewisburg, Va.,
on the 19th instant.
The Jellico Church gave $23.59 per
capita for the year ending March 31, 1910.
To the Presbytery of Memphis: The
Constitutional requirements having been
complied with, I, in the absence of the
moderator, hereby call a special meeting
of the Presbytery of Memphis, to be held
in the Second. Presbyterian Church,
Memphis, Tenn., Monday, June 6, 1910,
at 2:30 p. m., to act upon the following
requests: 1. Of the Rev. H. R. Taylor
for a dissolution of his pastoral relations
with the Dancyville and Stanton
churches. 2. Of the Rev. H. R. Taylor
for a letter of dismission to the Presbytery
of Ebenezer. 3. Of the Lauderdale
Street Presbyterian Church, Memphis,
Tenn., for permission to change its name.
Joseph H. Lumpkin. S. C.
TEXAS.
Cameron: The Cameron Church has
called Rev. Edgar W. Williams, of Bontam,
Texas, to its pastorate.
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East Dallas: The East Dallas Church
has given a call to Rev. Dr. J. M. Wells,
pastor of the First Church, Wilmington,
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Dallas: Dr. William M. Anderson, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church of
Nashville, Tenn., has accepted the call of
the First Presbyterian Church at Dallas.
The resignation from the Nashville
church is to become effective June 1 and
it is expected that Dr. Anderson will be
in Dallas to begin his work by June 10.
Daniel Baker College: At Chapel exercises
of the college on the 14th inst.,
twenty-five students, eleven girls and
fourteen boys, made a public profession
of their faith in Jesus Christ, standing
to their feet before their fellow students
and saying that they had heretofore been
on the wrong side, that from that time
on they expected to follow the Savior of
mankind. There had been no special
iiicciiiig, iiu opecmi pr?avauig or any
kind in the city, there was no preacher
present, there was no sermon. It was a
simple talk about Christ as a personal
friend and Savior and an opportunity given
to confess Him. Every student in
college was present and only those who
have experienced such student meetings
can picture the universal rejoicing. It
was a most natural outgrowth of the
Christian living of both student and faculty
during the college year, but the logical
fruit of a daily life of simple, consistent
service. It was a day long to be
remembered in Daniel Baker.
Paris: Fourteen members were receiv
ed into this church on the second Sabbath
of May. Ten on profession of faith
and four by letter. The pastor, Rev. J. P.
Robertson, preached in the morning, on:
"Hitting the Mark in the Dark," to a
congregation mainly composed of young
people. He showed that the arrows of
Prophecy in the Old Testament had hit
the mark with such marvelous precision
in New Testament and modern times that
it proves the Bible to be from God. Our
people are more encouraged than they
have been in years. Within about two
months, Mr. C. N. Allen has built up a
Ladies' Bible Class of 40 members.
Neyland: Six members joined this
church May 8, when Superintendent of
Home Missions Jno. A. Williams, visited
this church. All were adults. Neyland
is to be grouped with Ladonia and Fairlie
in the support of a pastor, and has
subscribed the amount asked of her for
pastor's support. The pastor will live at
Ladonia and preach there two Sundays
a month. The salary will be at least
$800 and manse. Any minister wishing
to consider the work may write Rev. Jno.
A. Williams, Ladonia, Texas.
VIRGINIA.
Scottsville: Rev. J. Allen Christian
has declined the second call extended
him by the Rivermont Church, of Lynchburg,
Va.
Mt. Carmel: Rev. A. H. Hamilton, the
pastor, has been much gratified by the results
of a series of meetings recently
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held. There were ten accessions to the
membership of the church, and an unusually
large congregation assembled at the
communion service.
Roanoke: It is a pleasure to note the
splendid work of the old First Church,
under the leadership of its beloved pastor,
Rev. W. C. Campbell. This church
has given freely of her strength to the
formation of other churches in the city,
and yet it makes a most handsome ex
hibit of her fruitfulness in all good
works. With its splendid equipment and
its great zeal, this church will continue,
to do great things for the Lord.
Richmond: The dedication of the new
Y. M. C. A. building of this city will occur
on May 22, as a part of public exercises
continuing from May 17-22. The
building has been finished at a cost
for construction and furnishing of about
$250,000. The enterprise was enthusiastically
supported by the late Mr. Joseph
Bryan, who subscribed $20,000 to the
building fund. The structure is imposing
in appearance and supplied with a complete
modern equipment for the purposes
for which is was designed.
Norfolk Presbytery: At adjourned
meeting, held April 26, in First Church
of Norfolk, the following action was taken:
1. The Proof Texts, sent down by
the General Assembly, were approved. 2.
A proposition of the Trustees of Williamsburg
Female Institute to issue
bonds, to the amount of S2n nnn no
the benefit of that institution was commended,
and pastors, sessions and Sabbath-schools
requested to co-operate with
the Educational Board of the Presbytery
in providing the annual interest for the
same. 3. Dr. Thornton Whaling was
made chairman of the Committee on Union
Seminary, and Rev. S. Nye Hutchison
and Elder A. B. Broughton were added to
the Presbyterial Committee on Home
Missions. A gratifying fact was brought
out; that nearly two thirds of our
churches have, this year, raised more
tnan their apportionments to the cause
of Foreign Missions.
C. S. Linaamf?n*f
.w | s^vav-cu VICTK.
To Every Minister, Eider and Deacon,
and Member of the Presbyterian Church
in the Synod of Virginia. My dear
Brother: Please allow me to call your
attention to the fact that the Synod of
Virginia at its meeting in October, 1909,
at Elkins, W. Va., passed a resolution
that, the collections in June for Schools
and Colleges go to Union Theological
Seminary. The money that comes to us
from this collection we shall use for current
expenses and not for endowment
purposes. It will not constitute a part of
our Centennial Fund. In behalf of the
Seminarv mow t "
, u.i?j j iiul leapeciiuuy and urgently
request that every church In the
Synod of Virginia take this collection for
our Seminary sometime in June or, if
not during that month, as soon afterwards
as possible and that the treasurers
of thPQO * *
? ~ vuuivuca lorwara promptly the
money collected for this purpose to President
W. W. Moore, D. D., Union Theo
logical Seminary, Richmond, Va. Trust