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May 18, 1910.
NOTES IN
By
There is a good deal tod
ence of Elijah, when standi:
tli? Lord. A great and stro
and brake in pieces the roc
the wind. Then there folic
Lord was not in the earthc]
came a fire; but the Lord
lastly, a still, small voice,
cations.
There are many forces i
highest interests. They arc
Like the wind they would 1
our established faith in t
eartnquake tney wouia sna
moorings; like the fire the
but growing structure of tl
our hearts as a dwelling fo
a great price. But a far mig
is working from the heave
voice which needs not be lc
the Power and Presence of
filled with the sound of the
There is another sugges
istics of our religious life ii
Gore recently said that we
difficulties of thought in
Is he not very nearly right
our ministers today are so 1
of things that they have
it not also true, awkward
of them are immersed in
they do not want to thin
incapable of sustained, per
rendered so by neglect, p
ministry to ask itself seric
continue a course of runn
incapacity, and loss of spir
a change. There must be
and turmoil of many activi
nurture of mind and heart
ing to the noises of the wc
still, small voice.
A troublesome conscien
Conscience is prophecy,
on the future. No man \vl
a comino- iudmnent. As 1
CD J O .
lifts the veil of the horiz
danger just beyond, so do
phetic vision, warn us of
counting.
A sinner is one who can
There is no good in the \
evil.
Evil communications cc
God made the world in s
moment.
THE PRESBYTERIA
[ PASSING.
Bert.
ay suggestive of the expering
upon the mountain before
ng wind rent the mountains,
ks; but the Lord was not in
>wed an earthquake; but the
iuake. After the earthquake
was not in the fire. Then,
We can think of many applr
it work unfriendly to man's
loud, aggressive, destructive,
nake light of and blow away
he things of God; like the
ke us loose from our Gospel
y would burn up the small,
lie temple we are erecting: in
r the Lord who bought us at
htier, and a quite fairer force
nward side. The still, small
>ud for in it is infinite power,
the Infinite God. The heart
: still small voice is safe.
tion. One of the character1
these days is noise. Canon
were taking refuge from the
the opportunities of action.
? Is it not true that many of
busy about an infinite variety
not time to think? And is
as it may sound, that many
extraneous matters Decause
k, because indeed, they are
ictrating, and exact thought,
robably? It is time for the
msly whether it proposes to
ing inevitably to intellectual
itual power? There must be
a withdrawal from the noise
ties and a return to the quiet
. There must be less listened
and more heeding of the
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ce is a valuable auxiliary.
Conscience has its eye ever
: J
iu nas a (_uusi;iciice ca.ii ueiiy
the telescope of the mariner
on and reveals the granite
>es the conscience, with proa
certain and inevitable acsmile
at sin.
vorld to him who knows only
>rrupt the communicators,
ix days. Man unmade it in a
N THE SOUTH.
DR. McELHENNY AND
By John A. Mc
In your last two issues, under
to Lewisburg, and the meeting <
bly," Dr. James P. Smith writes
that have been rendered dear
writer of this sketch.
As a school boy, attending the
cmy, under the tutelage of the R
rer, in me scnooi year 01 iooo-;>/,
the acquaintance of Dr. John M
stone church of Lewisburg. D
time was in no way connected \
he taught every Sabbath evening
and young men, chiefly composec
ars, that was known as Dr. Mc
and as a member of that class
hennv. The class assembled in t
hand corner of the auditorium
church), next'to the pulpit.
In teaching us, Dr. McElhenn
of us, and time will never efface tl
earnest man, as he explained to
year of 1856, Dr. McElhenny >
very gray, but still very ere~t, wi
did not show tire.
In person, he was a very th
nearly always dressed in homes]
had the reputation of being a
rider, and sat a horse rcmarkabl
different from that of any otlu
heard; rather fine, clear, and co
in any part of an audience.
The continuous pastorate of
same church probably has no e
within the history of the Souther
In all my acquaintance in th
. Alleghanics, the writer has ne
does not respect the name and <
henny.
On the 12th day of April, 1838,
the boundary designated and 6
Lewisburg, in the old stone chi
Greenbrier Presbytery. Dr. M<
sermon and moderated the meeti
from the 20th Psalm and 5th ve
of our God we will set up our b
who met to form the Greenbric
as far north as Wheeling, and a
river, and well down towards
Two of the sons of Mary Moore,
Valley," were present and assisl
of the Presbytery. Reference is
Brown and the Rev. Joseph B
two of the five preacher brothers
i . i r '.I .i
ateci me year 01 ioou, witn tn
Washington College, the last thi
nel and William, and the fifth
Brown.
Fifty years afterwards, in the
Greenbrier Presbytery held a s<
sary, commemorating the forma
No man could have been mor
than Dr. McElhenny, and if the
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LEWISBURG.
Neel.
the caption "of goings
Df the General Assemof
persons and things
by association to the
: the Lewisburg Acadev.
Philander M. Cusyour
writer first made
cElhenny, and the old
r. McElhenny at that
vith the Academy, but
* a large class of boys
1 of Mr. Custer's scholElhenny's
Bible Class,.
I first met Dr. McElhe
church, in the right
(as you entered the
y stood down in front
he remembrance of this
us the Bible. In the
,vas 75 years old, and
th a keen blue eye, that
in man, and tall, and
:
[JU11 ji:<1113 LIUli lCo< 11C
wonderful horse-back
y well. His voice was
2r public speaker ever
uld be heard distinctly
sixty-two jears of the
qual in length of time
n Presbyterian Church,
e counties west of the
ver met any one who
rharacter of Dr. McElseven
ministers within
> ruling elders met at
irch and organized the
:Elhenny preached the
ing; his text was taken
:rse, "And in the name
anner." The ministers
;r Presbytery preached
s far west as the Ohio
the Kentucky border.
, "the Captives of Abbs
ted in the organization
made to Dr. James M.
rown, and these were
, three of whom gradu*
e degree of A. B., at
rec being Joseph, Sam-r ? ^
i preacher was Henry
I
i r\1r1 cfr?nn r?lnirol-? r?"
u..v, 4rjmi-centennial
anniver- j q
tion of the Presbytery. ' _ _
e zealous in his calling
; members of the Cien