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presence of a large congregation. The
services were conducted by a commission
of East Hanover Presbytery, consisting
of Rev. Russell Cecil, D. D.,
Rev. F. T. McFadeu, D. D., Rev. J. Calvin
Stewart, D. D., Charles Lorraine
and John S. Munce.
Dr. Cecil presided and preached the
installation sermon. The charge to
the new pastor was delivered by Dr.
Stewart, and that to the people of the
congregation by Dr. McFadenMr.
Phillips was graduated this year
from Union Theological Seminary with
honors. He has been for some years
a practicing lawyer, ana was tor a
time judge of one of the courts at
Des Moines, Iowa.
This church, located at Nineteenth
and Franklin Streets, is an outgrowth
of misison work started many years
ago by Rev. Moses D. Hoge, D. D., then
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church, who for years preached each
Sunday night in Old Market Hall to
large gatherings of all sorts of men and
women of the under world. Later the
work was put on a more permanent
basis, a church organization being formed
and a building erected, named after
the founder.
?l'orter Street: This church, of
which Rev. J. J. Fix is pastor, has
adopted the plan of holding its night
services on the church lawn during the
hot weather, much to the delight of
those who attend.
Roanoke: The thirtieth anniversary
of the pastorate of Rev. William Creighton
Campbell, D. D., as pastor of the
I First church of Roanoke, Va., was celebrated
with appropriate exercises the
11 brat Sabbath of July. An artistic booklet,
published by the congregation, describes
by statistics and photographic
illustrations, the progress of the church
from a modest beginning to its present
prosperity and importance. Dr.
Campbell's administrative and pulpit
services have been of a high order and
he is to be congratulated on what has
been accomplished under God's favor,
and on the outlook for the future. His
noble people worthily share his honors
and the consciousness of service cheerfully
rendered.
Mercy Seat Church: The Covenanter
Co. of this church celebrated the occas
ion of the annual installation of officers
with a delightful lawn party on the
evening of the Fourth of July. The
church could not accommodate the large
crowd who attended, but the order was
perfect. After the installation of the officers,
a number of the young men read
papers. Rev. C. W. Maxwell delivered a
lecture on "Spiders," and the evening
was given over to games and the serving
of refreshments on the lawn.
Waynesboro: The sacrament of the
Lord's Supper was administered in this
church on the first Sabbath in July,
and the pastor, Rev. Dr. D. K. Walthall,
announced the names of ten new
members received since the last communion.
This makes a total of 45
received in the last six months. The
new church building is rapidly nearing
completion, and when finished, will be
one of the most spacious and beautiful
churches in the Valley of Virginia. The
dedicatory exercises are expected to
tolre nlnoe nn the second Snhhnth In
I October.
Monterey: The dedication of the new
Presbyterian church at this place has
been postponed from July 9 to the second
Sunday in September. The change
was made at the request of Rev. Mr.
Mitchell, who has just accepted a call
to the pastorate of the Monterey, Pisgah
and Crabbottom churches. Dr.
Wilson, of Harrisonburg, will preach
the sermon.
Opequon: Dr. Alfred Jones, of Montgomery,
W. Va., who recently was extended
a call to become pastor of the
TflE PRESBYTERI
group of Presbyterian churches at
Kernstown, Hound Hill and Cedar Cliff,
has accepted, and will begin his work
here early next month. He succeeds
the late Dr. Henry M. White. Dr. Jones
was moderator of the Virginia Synod
some years ago, and is well known in
this State.
Diamond Hill and llustburg: On the
morning of the first Sunday in May
Rev. D. M. Stockard was installed as
pastor of Diamond Hill church by a
pnmmiHoa rvf T? nonn
w.uM?m?vvv v/l ivv/tliiuac X 1C3U^ ICI7. ntJ v.
J. M. W. Elder presided and preached
the sermon, Rev. A. J. Ponton charged
the pastor, and Ruling Elder S- C. Goggin
charged the people.
The night of the same day Mr. Stockard
was installed at Rustburg, Mr. Ponton
preaching the sermon and Mr. Elder
presiding and delivering both the
charges.
Bro. Stockard has already gained a
strong hold on the people of his new
charge, and has a line prospect for a
useful and fruitful ministry in both
these churches.
New Concord: The regular quarterly
communion services were held at
New Concord church on Sunday, July
2d. Since the April communion four
new members had been received, two
.by examination and two on certificate.
The same day Messrs. W. F. Wood
and T. D. Thompson, both of whom
had rendered very efficient service
as deacon for a number of years,
were ordained and installed as ruling
elders, giving the church a session
consisting 01 six ruling elders. Rev. J.
M. "W. Elder is pastor of this church.
Chatham: At the quarterly communion
services on last Sunday, a goodly
number of communicants were present
and two members were received by
letter. During the pastorate of Rev.
R. G. McLees, the work of this church
has been enlarged and the congregations
have taxed the seating capacity
of the church. In fact, on some occasions,
there have been persons turned
away from the building. In order to
meet this situation, the congregation
decided to enlarge the present building
and add a Sunday school room.
More than five thousand dollars have
been subscribed, plans have been adopted
and the contract for the building
given out. We hope to be in the new
building by the first of October. Our
prayer meetings are attended by some
fifty per cent of the membership and
the congregations at the evening services
are large.
The pastor will conduct a meeting
for a week, at Crews' school house, 3
miles from Chatham, next week. At
this point Mr. Thomas A. Watkins, an
elder in Chatham church, has for two
summers conducted an interesting afternoon
Sunday BChool and Mr. McLees
has preached there about once a month.
The Chatham church has called Mr.
McLees for all of his time and he will
at an early date begin his labors for
that church exclusively.
James L. Tredway.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Huntington, First Church: The
names of fourteen new members were
announced July 2d in connection with
the mid-summer communion. The attendance
of communicants was unusually
large for this time of year.
union Sunday night services will be
held by the churches in the central
part of the city during July and August.
These began July 2d in the Fifth Avenue
Baptist church when Dr. Newton
Donaldson preached the sermon, which
was patriotic in tone, from the topic:
"Shall we exchange gods with the
heathen ?"
The young people of this church will
attend the C. E. Convention in Atlantic
AN OF THE SOUTH
City July 6-12. Others will go from
the Second church.
Appointments for Evangelistic .Meeting?,
of at least one week each, In the
Home Mission Field of Greenbrier
Presbytery. The following appointments
were made by Presbytery:
Rev. J. M. Sloan at Fire Creek; Rev.
Ben Harrop at Kesler Memorial; Rev.
J. C. Johnson at Big Spring; Rev.
-T Moll I JIPV nt T ji ti rnl f
J. L. Liineweaver at McElhenny and
Rainville; Rev. R. S. Eskridge at Sumnierville;
Rev. R. E. Redding at Anthony's
Creek; Rev. J. M. Sedgwick at
McDonald; Rev. J. S. Kennison at Winterburn;
Rev. D. P. McGeachy at Fayettevllle,
Rev. J. T. McConnell at Keller.
These appointments were directed to
be filled, if possible, before the fall
meeting of Presbytery. In each case
the minister is expected to take the
initiative and make the offer. The
church visited is expected to pay the
expenses of the visiting minister. It
was ordered that in every such meeting
a collection should be taken for
Presbyterial Home Missions an.l that
each minister should, at the close of
each meeting, report in waiting on the
results of the meeting, together with
the condition and prospects of the field
visited, to the chairman of the Committee
of Home Missions.
Brethren, please take notice thereof,
and govern yourselves accordingly.
Rob. B. Hudson, Chairman.
Kanawha Presbytery j The constitutional
requirements having been met,
I hereby call a meeting of the Presbytery
of Kanawha to convene in the
First church of Charleston, W. Va.,
July 17, 1911, at 10 o'clock A. M., to
transact the following business, viz:
1. If the way be clear, to dissolve
the pastoral relation between the Rev.
Alfred Jones, D. D., and the Montgomery
church, and dismiss him to the
Winchester Presbytery,
2. If the way be clear, to dissolve
the pastoral relation between the Rev.
G. Wilbur Shipley and the St. Albans
church, and dismiss him to the Presbytery
of Concord.
3. To attend to any matters arisinz
from action on the above.
Respectfully,
Newton Donaldson, Mod.
Huntington, W. Va., July 7, 1911.
PERSONAL.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Rev. Geo. A. Grill from Jackson, Ky.,
to Valegrand, Ala.
Rev. Thornton Whaling, D. D., from
Norfolk, Va., to 13C2 Pickens St.,
Columbia, S- C.
Rev. J. 11. Taylor, of Washington, D.
C., street address from 304 Rhode
Island Ave to 52 S. Street N. W.
Rev. W. McC. Miller, from Richwood,
Ky., to Ingleside, Ga.
Rev. W. F. Tims from Dermott to
Gurdon, Ark.
Rev. S. M. Tenney from Troup to
Rush, Texas.
Rev. Edgar L. Storey from Brownwood
to Higgins, Texas, where he has
just taken charge of the church.
Rev. J. W. Rosebro, D. D., from Whitmire,
S. C., to 171 Main Street, Norfolk,
Va.
Rev. H. H. Patrick from Hardin to
Branson, Mo.
Rev. Charles Kingsley from Leesburg,
Fla., to Pineville, N. C.
Rev. R. A. Webb, D. D-, Louisville,
Ky., to Montreal, N. C.
Iter. Dr. William Irvine, pastor of the
church at Greenwood, Miss., for the
past three years, died after several
weeks' illness, on Friday evening, June
30. He was a native of Kentucky, a
graduate of Centre College and Union
Seminary, Va., and until his recent com
m
[ July 12, 1911
ing to Mississippi gave his entire ministry
to his native State, as pastor of
the Mulberry, Christiansburg and Bowling
Green churches.
Iter. A. II. Hamilton, pastor of Mt.
Carinel church in Rockbridge county,
Va., has recently been to a hospital in
Harrisonburg for treatment for a trouble
from which he has been suffering
for some time. It is hoped that he
will soon be entirely relieved.
Iter, and Mrs. Hunyan McLeod, of
Anderson, will sail August 1st, from
Boston, Mass., for England. During
August and September their address
will be "Care Thos. Cook & Son. T^>n
don, England;" during October, Whycocomagh,
Nova Scotia. The pulpit of
Central Presbyterian Church will be ,
fllled by Rev. J. D. Crout, a prominent
Methodist minister of S. C.
Dr. A. C. Dixon, late of Chicago,
preached his opening sermon as pastor
of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London,
on Sunday, June 18th. A welcome
meeting was held June 26th,
which was presided over by Lord Kinnaird.
Dr. Dixon thus succeeds to the
famous pulpit once occupied by Charles
Spurgeon. He is a native of North
Carolina and is a thoroughly evangelical
preacher, as well as a gifted speaker
and scholar.
SOUL WINNERS SOCIETY.
Lest some of our friends may imagine
that the proposed incorporation of the
Soul Winners Society with the Home
Mission work of our church, will feed
the orphan children in the Highland
Home, and support all our faithful missionaries,
and build chapels and mission
houses, etc., etc., we beg permission
to say that it is a vain imagination.
Somebody must feed the orphans as
before, and support our workers, who
ask only a bare living, and build the
chapels and mission houses so much
needed, etc., etc. Unless somebody helps,
some fifty faithful evangelists will go
without their daily bread, which has
never occurred in fourteen years, and
xore than a score of orphans w?ll go
supperless to bed.
They do not need much rloihing at
this season, and could not live on it if
they had it. They need food as well a3
raimentMany
new workers are going into the
field now, where they undergo many
privations and hardships for His sake, i
who owns all the gold and silver. Is
some of It in your keeping? Will you
withhold it from his service, or give It
end prove that it is "more blessed to
give than to receive?"
Your fellow servant,
Wilmore, Ky. Edward O. Guerrant.
UNION SEMINARY CALLS DR LINOLE.
The election of Rev. Walter L L.ingle,
D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Atlanta, Ga., to the new professorship
which the trustees of the
Seminary at Richmond have so long
wished to establish and which is now
made possible by one of the recent
generous gifts to the endowment of the
Institution, is an event of the first order
of interest and importance to the
Church. The new professior, If he accepts
the appointment, will have charge
of the Sunday School Extension work
to which the Seminary proposes to
give special attention In the future as
well as the instruction in the language
and literature of the Old Testament.
Dr. Moore continues the work In Hebrew
Exegesis which he has been doing
heretofore, thus relieving the new professor
in that department and enabling
him to devote the requisite time to
the work of the new course.
No selection for this important position
could have given greater satisfaction
to the whole Church. Dr. Din