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seal of baptism. These make a total
of iifty-eight (.58) new members received
in the past two years?six of
them being by letter; seven re-aflirmation
of faith from other churches
without letter; lifty-five on profesion
of faith.
Rev. R. D. Bediugcr, Bon of the pastor,
was with us also on the second Sabbath.
He sailed for Africa on the 19th.
The churches of Roanoke, Cub Creek
and the Phenix branch of Rough Creek,
contributed over $100 to his traveling
expenses?in addition to their regular
contribution to Foreign Missions.
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ing revival was conducted at Hermon
church by Rev. Wm. T. Doggett, of
Danville, Va. Commenced on the 28th
of July and lasted just eight nights,
and resulted in fourteen professed conversions
and eight additions to this
church. The church was crowded each
night and the audience was made up
of eager and ready listeners, drinking
in each word as it fell from the
preacher's lips. We haven't had any
pastor here since the resignation of
Rev. Ivanhoe Robertson in September,
1910. It seems to us a pity that the
regularly constituted authorities of the
church couldn't get together and send
a pastor to these people, who are so
eager to hear the word. Hermon was
once the church of the sainted and be
,oveu JL?r. nrown 01 oi<?>>sea memory,
and has been weak in numbers and
wealth, but we now have our iaces
to the morning and need the guiding
hand of a pastor to pilot us on. I
cannot close this note without one more
allusion to Mr. Doggett, to whom we
are so much Indebted. His sermous
were plain, logical and forcible, and
appealed directly to his audience.
His genial and affable manners while
in our homes will long be remembered
by the many whom he visited and the
pleasant impressions made here completely
endeared him to us.
P.
Tye Itiver, Nelson Comity: Participating
in the series of meetings held
last week at this church was both a
privilege and a pleasure. A marked
interest characterized the whole series.
Prayers were answered and the Spirit
was pourned out. Three youths, one
young man and one woman were received
on profession of their faith;
while one young woman renewed her
vows. Mr. .A. Graham Anderson, a
student of Union Seminary, has charge
of this church for the summer months.
The increasing interest ^and hearty
response at this and many other places
In the county do hut strengthen the
argument for a Presbyterial evangelist.
In this county there is much of religious
indifference, and during the past
few years there has been much lawlessness
and many crimes?four or
five unpunished murders in as many
years. But deep down in many hearts
there is a yearning after better things.
This great field needs an educated, live,
aggressive, and consecrated personal
worker who will fearlessly preach the
truth to wayward and wandering men
anu women. n.icn iruns await tne
gathering hand of the unwearying laborer.
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New Concord: Children's Day for
Foreign Missions was observed at this
church in connection with the annual
Sunday school picnic Saturday, August
12th. In the forenoon a most interesting
and Impressive program was carried
out, in which each member of the Sunday
school had a well-rendered part,
an excellent address was made by Ruling
Elder S. C. Goggin, of Rustburg.
At the close of the morning exercises
six children were baptized. A bountiful
basket dinner was then served in the
grove beside the church, and the afternoon
was spentin social intercourse and
I play. Between four and five hundred
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THE PRESB YTERI
people of all ages were preseat. The
children's offering for missions amounted
to $23.50.
->?oilntain Union: A very successful
and inspiring evangelistic meeting has
just been brought to a close at Mountain
Union church near Roanoke, conducted
under appointment of Montgomery
Presbytery by Rev. LieRoy Gresham,
of Salem, Va., assisted by Rev. C. H.
Phipps, of the graduating class of Union
'theological Sentfnary, who has had
charge of the church during the summer.
The meeting was originally intended
to last only a week, but the
congregations were so large and the
Interest so great that the elders of the
church urged Mr. Gresham to continue
his preaching until Wednesday of the
following week. The interest continued
unabated to the end, and ten young
people, live of ttiem young men, united
with tiie church on profession, while
several more were seriously impressed
and other professions will surely follow.
It was a rich blessing and the
church is rejoicing. Two very successful
Sunday schools are now conducted
by members of this church, and
the outlook for the future growth, of
the church is very encouraging. Unfortunately
the church will be left vacant
when Mr. Phipps leave in September
to complete his course of study
at Princeton Seminary. T.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Lewis burg: In the absence of the
pastor, Rev. D. P. McGeachy, Rev. J.
McD. A. Lacy, the young and popular
pastor of the Presbyterian Church at
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church August 13th, 'morning and evening,
delivering two earnest and impressive
sermons. Mr. Lacy is a grandson
of the well known Dr. Tucker Lacy,
many years prominent in the Synod of
Virginia, and on the mother's side, a
grandson of John H. Myers, who formerly
resided in Lewisburg, but who
moved to Lexington, Virginia before the
war.
Ueckiey: The congregation of this
church is now making an effort to raise
$2,000 for the purchase of a pipe organ.
About half of this amount has already
been subscribed, and more is being
added to the list daily. The plan is to
raise the money in time to have the
organ installed in time for the next
Christmas services, and "by a long pull,
and a strong pull, and a pull all
together" the members of the church
are seeking to accomplish this.
PERSONAL.
Dr. L. J. Coppcdge, one of our missionaries
to Africa, is visiting friends'
in Charlotte, N. C.
Rev. uud Mrs. A. 8. Caldwell, of High
Point, N. C., are spending a vacation at
Barium Springs.
ltev. J. W. drier, of Concord, N. C.,
has been visiting friends at Steele
Creek,
Rev. Leon T. Pressly, the popular
pastor for the past several years of
the Timber Ridge Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church in Rockbridge
county, Va., has accepted a call to a
church in South Carolina, and will leave
his present field September 1st.
Rev. Dr. 8. D. Hoggs changes hiB address
from Cattlettsburg to Danville,
Ky..
Rev. Alexander F. Laird, of Magnolia,
Miss, has been to Lexington, Va., on
a visit to his sister.
Her. A. A. McGeachy, D. D., and wife
have returned to Charlotte, N. C., from
their vacation, which was spent at Atlantic
City, N. J.
Rev. W. C. Fnrr, of Charlotte, N, C.,
has gone for a vacation trip to New
York, Atlantic City and Niagara Falls.
Rev. Henry W. Pratt and his wife,
of Abbeville, S. C., spent a part of his
AN OF THE SOUTH
vacatiou in Lexington, Va., visiting his
mother.
Rev. l>r. Thornton R. Sampson, president
of Austin Theological Seminary,
Sherman, Texas, has been visiting in
North Carolina. He visited relatives
at Davidson, spent some time at Mootreat,
and preached recently in Salisbury.
He preached last Sunday in
Charleston, S. C.
Rev. Dr. Therou H. Rice, of Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va.,
has been visiting in Atlanta, Ga. He
and his sister were given a delightful
reception by one of the members of
the Central church, of which Dr. Rice
was formerly pastor, at which the only
guests were the elders and deacons of
that church and their wives.
Rev. W. S. Trimble leaves Hampton,
Va., this week to begin his work as
pastor of the church at Summerton,
S. C.
Jrrof. ??'. M. Gray bill, who was for
many years president of the Synodical
college at Rcgersville, Teun., died suddenly
week before last, in Roanoke,
Va., of apoplexy. He was widely and
lavorably known in lennessee and Virginia.
He was a brother of the late
Dr. A. T. Graybill, missionary to Mexico.
Rev. S. E. Hodges, of Anniston, Ala.,
supplied the pulpit of the Second
church, Charlotte, N. C., during the
vacation of the pastor. Dr. McGeachy.
Rev. Dr. Geo. 11. Steen changes his
addresB from Clarendon, Ark., to Byhalia,
Miss.
The Rev. Farley E. Zartmann, D. D.,
of Jamaica, N. Y., so long associated
with Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman and the
Evangelistic Committee of the Presbyterian
Church, has accepted a call to
the Moody Bible Intsitute, of Chicago.
His nominal position at first is that of
assistant to the dean, Dr. James M.
Gray, hut it is understood that ultimately
he will become the executive head
of the Extension Department of the
Institute.
CHINA.
Letters from China bring the news
that Rev. W. F. Junkin, D. D., of
Suchien, has been very ill fo.r two or
three weeks, but on July 8th was said
to .have made the turn toward convalescense.
Following four or five
months of hardships and exposure in
the famine relief work, he developed a
case of typhoid fever. Dr. J. W. Bradley
treated and nursed him. Letters as
late as of the 14th of July reported
he wsb very slowly but steadily rePDVnrin
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MONTREAT ITEMS AND INTERESTS.
Montreat, Aug. 24.?The summer
assembly of Presbyterians at Montreat
is upon the eve of closing, but guests
are still arriving and the crowd here
remains large. The promise now is
that many guests will remain here until
the latter part of September, and there
is no month more desirable here than
is September. Every one is enjoyng
the atmosphere of autumn this early
in the season, and especially is this true
of the guests from the extreme parts of
the South.
The season just closing here is the
best, from every point of view, that
Montreat has ever known, and the
promise is that next summer, long
before the opening of the assembly,
there will be a large number of visi
tors here, and that the season of next
year will surpass the present. Montreat
never has been so well known sb at
the present time, and the fact that the
number of guests here this season has
been so large, and that they have come
from every State In the South, gives
promise of even a greater number next
year.
One evening of the present week was
devoted to the interest of Montreat and
[August 30, 1911
was known as "Montreat Evening."
The exercises were interesting and
unique. Many suggestions were made
regarding the needs of Montreat in
order that she may fulfill her largest
mission in the world and in thiB connection
the following resolutions were
adopted unanimously:
"Resolved first?That we, the people
of Montreat, undertake to raise $25,000
to be expended for improvements of the
Montreat property, the same to be
expended on sewerage, enlarging hotel
accommodations, electric light, and
roads, so far as this money will go in
this direction. This contribution is
made with the understanding that Rev.
R. C. Anderson will accept the presidency
of the association and devote his
time as such to the service of the association,
unless providentially hindered.
"Resolved second?That a committee
be appointed to carry out these suggestions
with Rev. R. C. Anderson as exofficio
chairman, he to name the other
members of the committee.
The following-named gentlemen were
appointed to constitute this committee:
Rev. R. C. Anderson, ex-offlcio chairman,
C. E'. Graham, W. J. Roddey, Rev. W.
L. Lingle, D. D., Rev. G. H. Cornelson,
Jr., W. C. Whitner, and Gen. S. R. Keesler.
This committee is already at work,
and a good part of the $25,000 mentioned
in the first resolution has been
subscribed. Additional to this, Rev. H.
G. Hill, D. D., has pledged $1,000 for
Fayetteville Presbytery, of which he is
a member, and has been for forty years.
Others have promised to secure certain
amounts in presbyteries and churches,
and it is believed that within a short
time individuals and churches throughout
the entire territorv of the Hnnthorn
Presbyterian Church will be contributing
willingly and gladly to this fund
which will grow until Montreat will
be fully equipped for their work.
'Ihe leading features of the assembly
this week are the Bible conference,
with which every day begins, and which
is conducted by Rev. Egbert W. Smith,
D. D., of Nashville, and the addresses
each morning, and two evenings, by
Rev. Howard Agnew Johnston, D. D,
of Stamford, Conn. The addresses of
Dr. Johnston have related especially to
the need of personal work, the surrendered
life, and the ministery of
intercession. Every address has been
heard by a large audience and the
closest attention has been given the
speaker. These addresses and the sermons
of Dr. Johnston have furnished
a climax to the assembly, and the com
mittee could not have found a more
effective climax than this. No speaker
on the program throughout the season
has been heard with more interest and
with more helpful result than Dr. Johnston,
and no man in his personality
has exerted an influence more uplifting
and helpful than has he over all who
have had the privilege of knowing him
and enjoying association with him.
How many strayed souls have been
won by sympathy and kindness! Referring
to a poor creature whom he had
picked up in one of the streets of London,
the truly noble Lord ShafteBbury
said: "One night I found a stranded bit
of driftwood. She seemed brokenhearted,
and I started her in business
with a cress and coffee stand. Her
nueiuy ana service of love among the
poor In the year since her reform have
made her a veritable angel of mercy
In the tenement district where she lives.
During a long life I have proved that
not one kind word ever spoken, not one kind
deed ever done, but sooner or later
returns to bless the giver and become
a chain binding men with golden bands
to the throne of Ood."?Sunday School
Journal.