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the Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchison to
charge the people, with Elder Barbour
of the Park Avenue church, on the
Commission.
Rev. Harry L. Walton, who has been
serving the churches of Milden and
Campbell Memorial, was dismissed to
the Presbytery of Red River, where he
goeB into evangelistic work. A called
meeting of the Norfolk Presbytery was
held in the Hampton church on August
8th, and dissolved the pastoral relation
between Rev. W. S. Trimble and the
Hampton church and dismissed him to
the Presbytery of Harmony, that he
might accept a call to the Summerton
church.
Robert Campbell Gilmore, S. C.
Hampton: The following was adopted:
Whereas, this meeting of the congregation
of the Hampton Presbyterian
church has been called to take action on
the resignation of our pastor, Rev. Wm.
S. Trimble;
Resolved, that this church learns with
deep regret, of this resignation, and deplores
all the local circumstances leading
to the same;
That Mr. Trimble is a man of high
character, a consecrated Christian, a
fine preacher, and a devoted and faithful
ipastor, who has served this church
faithfully and earnestly during the period
of his pastorate here, giving his
best efforts to advancing the interests of
Christ's kingdom through this church,
and has done much to unify the church
and increase its strength. He has secured
the esteem and high regard of
the community, and removal would
hp n aorimiR ln?s tn hntli thia phnrnh nnri
community and create a vacancy difficult
to fill.
Resolved, 2d, that while we regard
the changing of a pastor of a church,
as at all times, a serious matter, and
that this church is in no condition to be
subjected to such a strain, yet in view
of the earnest desire of our pastor to
accept a call to another field, and of
existing circumstances in the church
we reluctantly accept the tendered resignation
of our pastor and join with
him in asking the Presbytery to dissolve
the pastoral relations to this church;
Resolved, 3rd, that it is the earnest
desire and prayer of this church that
God's presence and blessing shall go
with him to and in his new field of
labor, and that he and his family may be
abundantly blessed.
Hermon:An early service this morning
in this old church, closed a series
of services which have been conducted
by the Rev. Doctor Doggett, of Danville.
The Church was opened for divine worship
the night of the 28th of July, and
has been crowded to its limit for the
past week by earnest worshipers and
appreciative listeners. Two services
were held on Sunday, one in the morning,
which was also a sacramental occasion
and the other at night, the fine
moonlight adding to the pleasure of the
anve. several persons in tne neignoorhood
have professed conversion, which
testifies to the faithfulness of the minister,
and the presence of God's spirit.
Hermon church has been without a
pastor since the Rev. Mr. Robertson resigned
his chargo a year ago. An effort
was made to secure the services of
a Seminary student for the summer,
but all plans had been made before the
overture went up.
A Sunday school is in session every
Sabbath morning due to the efforts of
Miss Brown, the devoted daughter of the
faithful pastor of that name, and her
efficient assistant, Mr. Wilfred Hammersley,
who takes charge of the Bible
class. Other earnest workers realize the
importance of a Bible school for the rising
generation.
A tablet has been put on the walls of
the church in memory of Doctor Brown
THE PRESBYTERI/
who spent his life for the service of
church and people. S. L. B. 1
3
WEST VIRGINIA, 3
Gerardstown: Rev. R, A. White, left
last week for a month's trip to the 1
far West. He expected when he left
here to visit friends in Utah, Denver, 1
the Yellowstone Park and to go on to (
the Pacific coast. Rev. Dr. W. C. Campbell,
of Roanoke, preached in this 1
church on last Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. There was no preaching at ]
Shanghai in the afternoon owing to (
the absence of Mr. White. 1
CHANGE OF ADDRESS. ]
Rev. Cliag. E. Wildman from Greenville,
S. C.f to Cedartown, Ga. ]
Rev. Herbert Sprlngall, temporarily
from Corpus Christ! to Fort Davis, Tex. ]
Rev. C. B. Yeargan from Robbinsville
to R. 1, Franklin, N. C. ]
PERSONAL.
Rev. ,T. G. Garth, of Hickory, N. C., is
enjoying a month's vacation in Tennessee
and Lake Winona.
Rev. W. B. Gray, pastor of the First
Church, Greenville, Miss, is spending |
this month in Elizabeth town, Ky. j
Rev. J. L. Brownlee, of Albany, Ga., is ,
spending his vacation at Montreat, N. C. j
D X XV 1 _ V - -
xvcr. ,i. (i. jinuerson cnanges nis address
from Orlando, Fla., to 11 Charlton
St., West., Savannah, Ga.
Iter. Geo. N. Thomas, of Lenoir, N. C.,
has accepted a call to the Cannonvllle
church of Concord, N. C., and Is expected
to begin his work with this congregation
the third Sunday in September.
Bishop 0. P. Fitzgerald, of the Methodist
Episcopal church South, died last
week, lacking but a few days of reaching
his eighty-second year. He was much
k\tu by all denominations for his
ability, sweetness of spirit, geniality,
and active work as pastor, editor and
bishop.
Rev. John II. Davis, of Farmville,
Va.. has acefiutprl. suhloot tr? tho PrM.
bytery's approval, the superlntendency
of Stillman Institute. The committee
and the church have reason to rejoice
in this announcement. Mr. Davis is
the son of godly parents, a cultivated
gentleman, a painstaking and diligent
student, q>n earnest and consecrated
Christian. He has a fund of good,
common sense and has shown remarkable
gifts as a teacher. He is richly
endowed for the arduous duties of this
great work. Besides he was the warm
personal friend, through many years,
of the lamented Oscar B. "Wilson and
will enter upon and prosecute the work
of this faithful servant of the Lord with
peculiar zest. We bespeak for him the
earnest prayers of the whole church.
WILL YOU SAY THIS?
"If God will show me anything that
I can do for the redemption of the
world that I have not yet undertaken,
by His grace I desire to undertake It at
once" for, "I cannot, I dare not, go up
to judgment until I have done the utmost
God enables me to do, to diffuse
His Glory throughout the whole wide
world." Campbell White.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord
saying "Whom shall we send and who
will go for us? Then said I: Here am I
send me."
RECEIPTS FOR "AFRICAN RELIEF
EXPEDITION"
The following amounts have been
received designated aB for the "African
Relief Expedition." By request, we are
asking our church papers to publish the
list:
Church.
Friends $ 25 00
Ohrlstlanburg, Jr., Miriams,
Montgomery Presbytery .... 1 00
Mrs. N. D. McCool and Miss
i N OF THE SOUTH
Rebecca Talbot, Keyser, Va., 2 00
Mrs. K. H. Beard, Kingston, La., 2 00
diss Ruth Price, Seattle, Wash., 10 00
Mrs. C. S. Everts, Ridgeland,
Miss., 1 00
Mew Providence Gh., Transylvania
Presbytery " 2 00
P. J. Hay, Farm School, Va., .. 3 00
Jhristiansburg, Jr., Miriams,
Montgomery Presbytery .... 11 39
diss Cynthia Stevens, Christiansburg,
Va 10 00
Friend, Commerce, Texas 2 00
Ihent Ch., Norfolk Presbytery. 5 00
Mrs. A. L. McClaran, Marshall,
Texas 1 00
Miss Bertha Everts, Central
Miss., PreBbytery 6 00
tligginsville Ch., Lafayette
Presbytery 42 10
Mr. T. H. Maxwell, Tuscaloosa,
Ala 25 00
Mrs. McFain, Dandridge, Tenn. 20 00
$167 49
H. R. Raymond, Treas.
BIBLE DAY.
The first Sabbath in September has
been appointed by the General Assembly
to be observed as "Bible Day in
the Sabbath schools." I would theretore
call the special attention of all
3ur Sabbath schools to this fact, and
earnestly urge that they have some
special exercises that day, exalting the
Bible as our great text-book, commending
its constant use and circulation,
and making an offering for its distribution.
I would also remind all those
jhurches which are still using the provisional
plan of monthly collections for
the Assembly's causes, that September
is the month designated for collection
tor the Bible Cause. We greatly prefer
the use of the new Every-MemberCanvass
Plan in all our congregations,
this cause being included with the other
objects named by the Assembly. But
where an annual collection is taken up,
please give the Bible Cause a worthy
offering.
The Assembly asks for $10,000 for
this object the present year. "While this
is more than our Church has ever raised
in the past, it seems a small amount
for so great a work. And the American
Bible Society needs every dollar of it.
True, the Society has received some
large gifts of late; yet the opportunities
and demands of the work have also
increased so rapidly that the means at
hand appear more inadequate than ever.
The destitution in our own land is still
appalling, the number of immigrants absolutely
ignorant of God's word is not
decreasing, and the foreign fields are
more and more "white unto the harvest.
Let us then, in devout gratitude
to God for the priceless blessing we enjoy
of having the Bible in our hands,
and with proper concern for our benighted
fellow men who look to us for
the word of life, contribute liberally to
so noble a cause.
Thos. H. Law,
Chairman Permanent Committee.
THE WESTERN PRESBYTERIAN
VVJJL?U?.
For several years the reformed
Church in America conducted a high
grade school at Cordell, Okla., In connection
with its work in that State.
When the reformed churches in Oklahoma
were transferred to the Preeby.
terian Church and the Classis of Oklalioma
was dissolved it left this school
without a Reformed constituency. The
Reformed Board of Education overtured
the Southern Church to take over this
school and make it a part of our work
in that new country. Cordell is located
in the western part of the State in
the Presbytery of Mangum. One of the
best of the Reformed churches in Okla
[August 16, 1911
homa was at this place. The school
property consists of a fine two story,
steam heated, brick building fully equipped
and furnished, and a beautiful campus
of twenty-one acres in the city limits
of Cordell. Arrangements have been
made by the Executive Committee of
Home Missions with the citizens of
Cordell to conduct the school this year
as the Western Presbyterian College.
Prof. C. E. Grady, a fine Christian gentleman,
has been elected president and
a faculty of competent instructors has
been secured. The fall session will
begin September 12, and a large attendance
is expected.
OUR FOREIGN MISSION DEBT.
By Rev. S. H. Chester, D. D.
One of our missionaries now at home
on furlough says in a recent letter, "I
think there is needed a statement from
the Committee in regard to the debt,
how it came about, and how the situation
is going to be met." From several
other sources communications have
come to us which seem to Indicate the
necessity of such a statement. As a
matter of fact a full, detailed and itemmized
statement on this matter was
made in the Committee's Annual Report
to the General Assembly, which report
was published in full in the May
number of the Missionary and In all our
church papers. We trust that this statement
will meet with a different fate
from that one, which evidently failed
of being read by many of those who are
most Interested in our Foreign Missionary
work.
First of all let it be understood that
this debt upon our foreign missionary
work is no new thing. It began in the
year 1906 and has been gradually increasing
ever since.
In the year 1907, the debt reported to
the General Assembly was $27,618. In
the year 1908 the debt had Increased
to $40,687. In 1909 the amount reported
was $46,109. In 1910 the debt was
$86,951, and in 1911 it was $121,871.
In the year y908 the noble women
oi me unurcn raised tne sum or about
$20,000 on the debt of that year, but for
which the debt reported to the General
Assembly at Louisville would have been
Increased by Just that amount.
During this period of five years, the
annual receipts for the foreign mission
cause increased from $276,000 to $462,
000. With such a large Increase of income
as this, how are we to account for
the increase of our debt from $27,000 to
$121,000?
In answer to this question let me say
in general that there Is no mystery
whatever in regard to the accumulation
of this debt. Surely it is unnecessary
to say that it has not come about
through any misappropriation or diversion
of funds given to the cause of
foreign missions to any other purpose
whatsoever. The financial reports
submitted to the General Assembly by
the Executive Committee each year have
been thoroughly examined and approved
by expert auditors employed for that
purpose, and have been passed upon and
approved by a special auditing commit
tee at each General Assembly. The only
cause for the deht is the fact that
work has been undertaken and prosecuted
In our different mission fields
which has proved to be more costly than
the contributions sent in by the
churches were sufficient to provide for.
First under this head Is the fact that
during the five years under review
180 new missionaries have been added
to onr roll. If the personal support of
these missionaries had been the only
additional cost involved in Bending them
out, the increase In contributions would
have been far more than sufficient to
meet this cost The general policy pur