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Address i The Presbyterian of the South
920 E. Main St., Richmond, Va.
Entered as second-class matter. June
16, 1910, at the post-office at Richmond,
Va., under the act of March 3, 1879.
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ALABAMA.
>ortli Alabama Presbytery: At a called
meeting of North Alabama Presbytery
on September 11, 1911, Rev. Prank
Marston resigned the pastorate of Westminster
church and waB dismissed to
uincinnau rresuyiery. ttev. j. Rharr
was diBmissed to Columbia Presbytery,
and Rev. J. W. Stagg, D. D-, was dismissed
to St Johns Presbytery. Rev.
G. T. Bourne resigned the pastorate of
North Birmingham church. Rev. W. L.
Bedinger was received from Greenbrier
Presbytery and arrangements were
made to install him pastor of Pratt
City. Presbytery adjourned to meet in
Bessemer, Tuesday, October 24, 1911.
W. I. Sinnott, S. C.
ARKANSAS.
Arkansas Presbytery: At the recent
I called meeting the pastoral relation was
dissolved between Rev. A. M. Mac.
L>augklin and the Blythevllle church
and he was dismissed to Asheville Presbytery.
Rev. W. 8. Lacy was dismissed
tn Kinjra Vlnnntaln Pro?hv(or?
R. H. Latham, S- C.
Mctiee: Rev. A. C. Maury was appointed
by Presbytery to organize a
Presbyterian church at MeOee. Haturday
he left home, preached Monday, organized
a church of IS members. Ordained
deacons and eiders. The church
is now busy getting up money to pay the
preacher.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBA.
Washington] The session of the Second
Presbyterian Church Southern As
sembly of Washington, cordially Invites
I i all Presbyterians of the South who Intend
to make their home in Washington,
or to spend the winter in the Capital,
to attend the services of the Second
Church and to make themselves kncrwn
to the minister, Rev, Andrew R, Bird.
The clerk of the Session, Dr. Henry C.
Macatee, (address, The Second Presbyterian
church, 22d Street near Q St., N.
W.), will be glad to receive from ministers
and session clerks in the South,
the names and addresses of members of
Southern churches who shall move, or
have moved to Washington. The church
extends a hearty welcome to all Southrn
students.
FLORIDA.
Orlando t Rev. Dr. J. W. Stagg has accepted
the call of the Orlando church
and will begin his work there at once.
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THE PEESBYTKEIA
.Saniurd: On the recommendation of
tire Commissioners of Orange County,
tne Governor has appointed Rev. J. F.
.ucKinnon to be supterictendent of
Public Schools of Orange county.
Lakelanu: Licentiate W. P. Chalmers
is supplying tne Lakeland church dur.
ing September.
M. Petersburg: Tne church building
at St. Petersburg being too small to
accommodate tne large winter congiegations,
work has begun on the enlarge.
n.^nt _ 4 Y,r. Inr. T
LUCUI {ji iuc ac?. ood. i . .'lav,lean
is tne faithful an efficient pastor.
tieamattr: This church, made vacant
by the aeath ol Kev. K. \v. Hines,
is at present being supplied by visiting
ministers. iLe session will seek to
obtain suitable supply for the next six
months, thus giving time for the selection
of a regular pastor.
Gainesville: Rev. Dr. Thos. P. Hay
announced to hiB people last Sabbath
his purpose of accepting the call from
the Easley church in North Alabama
Presbytery and requested them to unite
with him in the request to Presbytery
to dissolve the existing pastoral relation.
Brookesville and Bade City: Licentiate
C. E. Wildman is temporarily supplying
this Home Mission field.
The Synod of Florida will meet in the
Presbyterian church at Gainesville on
Tuesday, the lt4h of November, at 8
P. M.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta, North Avenue: On Sabbath
evening, September 3d, there was no
service in this church, the congregation
having been invited to the Central Presbyterian
church to hear Dr. Walter L.
Lingle's farewell sermon.
On September 10th Rev. Chas L.
Crane, son of one of our elders, preached
for us at night.
The North Avenue Day School opened
on Monday, the 11th, with an enrollment
of 120 scholars.
Savannah Presbytery: Will meet in
Brunswick, October 9th at 7:30 P. M.
Rev. R. A. Brown, S. C.
Augusta, First: Rev. Thornton Whaling,
president of Columbia Seminary,
preacueu tor uie pastor auuuaj, September
11. The death of Mrs. Geo. R. Sibley,
widow of one of our ruling elders,
called our pastor home a week before he
expected to return. He was at Alexandria,
Va., with his family visiting friends
in his old congregation when he received
the summons home.
Dr. J. T. Plunkett, the former beloved
pastor, came from Birmingham to assist
in the funeral service. He spent
several days in our city meeting his old
friends.
KENTUCKY.
Franklin: Mr. William Roark, a
deacon in this church, has procured
from the Presbyterian Committee of
Publication a number ot tracts lor use
In the congregation. He has placed some
on a table near the church door, and
announced that they are for distribute .
It Is interesting to note the readiness
with which they are taken; especially
Dr. King's Five Points on Calvinism. Dr.
Dabney's on the Five Points, and others
/vn 4k a riknt?nk on/1 In 1 TVvo4l<(n AO Ml*
uu tut? vuuitu auu iu ito jyuvu iucd.
Roark stamps all of the tracts -with the
name of the church and the announcement
of the services. All Sunday school
literature leaving the church bears the
same stamp. Cards of Invitation similarly
stamped are posted occasionally.
This kind of advertising has been satisfactory.
The Sunday-school is encouraging,
and the congregations at the
monthly services, are excellent The
Sabbath and the Hymns of the Church
were the themes of Mr. Sommervllle's
last sermons.
Muhlenburg Presbytery Is to meet
here October 9. Tercentenary of our
Bible will be observed according to the
following program:
Monday, 3:00 P. M.?Our Bible, why
L N OF THE SOUTH
we believe It. The Moderator.
. :3u P. M.?Our Bible, How We Got It.
Rev. Or. Henderson, Greenville, Ky.
iuesaay 10:30 A. M.?Our Bible, It's
Cuief Message to Men of Today. Rev.
K. t. Smith, Owensboro, Ky.
7:30 P. M?Home Missions and the
Bibie. Our Bible and What our Presbytery
Is Doing With It. Rev. R H. JltLasjin,
D. D., Bowling Green, Ky.
Our Bible and What Our Presbytery
Ought to Do with It. Charles E. Barker,
Ruling Elder at Lester Memorial,
Ky
LOLISIA.NA.
>ew Orleans: It is announced that
Dr. Burwell, of Paduc^h, finds it imUracticahle
tn Kiinnlv the nnlnit nf thu
First Church, Dr. Cornelson's, during
October, and thereiore other arrangements
will be made. Dr. Robert Hill,
of Dallas, Tex., is tilling the pulpit this
month most acceptably.
Amite: At a congregational meeting
of the Amite church, held on the evening
of September 14th, a unanimous
call was given to Licentiate Franklin
C. Talmage, of New Orleans, to become
the pastor of the church. Mr. Talmage
completed his course at Clarksville last
May. He has been assistant to the pastor
of the Canal Street church. New
Orleans, during the past summer.
MISSOURI.
The Synod of Missouri: Stands adjourned
to meet in tastminster church,
corner of Anderson Avenue and Ben.
10 uouievard, Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday,
October 3, 1911, at 8 o'clock P. M.
Franc Mitchell, Stated Clerk.
MlHSIPFirPL
(omnibus: A conference for the Sunday
school workers of East Mississippi
Presbytery will be held at Pontotoc, Oct.
2d and 3rd. It will open at 2 P. M., on
Monday, the 2nd, and close Tuesday
morning the 3rd. Pastors, Superintendents,
Teachers and Workers are requested
to attend. The hour for ope- ning
has been changed since the circular
announcement was sent out.
J. J. Hill, Chairman.
Collins and He mi nary: The writer
began a tent meeting in Collins, Miss.,
Wednesday night, August 10th, and continued
the same with two services almoBt
every day till Friday night, the 26.
During the time there was a great
deal of rain and much political excitement,
owing to a second contest between
some of the candidates for district and
county oiiices. We feel that the Lord
was in the meeting and hope much good
was done. There were eleven additions
to the church membership?all on profession
of faith and baptism except oneDuring
the meeting the people, regardless
of denomination, responded liberally
in paying for the tent, which Is
a large, handsome one, forty by sixty
feet, made of the best material, by The
BaDtiste Tent and Awninar Comnanv of
St. Louis, Mo. Before any other steps
were taken for Its purchase the president
of a large lumber company, which
works several hundred hands, said if
the writer would purchase the tent he
would give $25 and all the blocks and
lumber for the seats, which he did, and
in addition to this he sent one of his
foremen and several hands to help erect
the tent when it came.
A banker said he would give $20, and
i? I wished to purchase the tent, send
for it, and the check would be paid, and
it was paid, and in about two weeks
the tent was received.
On Saturday, the 26th, the tent was
carried to Seminary, where the writer
began another meeting on Sunday,
which was continued till Sunday, September
3d, when three services were
held?one in the afternoon for children.
As a result of this meeting quite a number
of the Christians renewed their
vows of devotion to God's service, seven
additions to the church, two by letter
September 20, 1911 J
and live by profession of their faith.
Two children were consecrated to God
in baptism. Forty dollars were sub.
scribed by the people of ail denominations
to the tent fund, and a Sabbath
school of more than thirty members
was organized- Up to two months ago
our people worshipped in the M. E.
church, when a move was made to go
into our own new building with seats
or no seats, and up to this meeting no
Sabbath of their own. If any church
has some good second hand seats to
dispose of at a bargain a sale might
be made with the Seminary church.
Now, as to the tent. It was bought
o 4/\ cwrmA oti/1
nuu a uudiic iw uu guuu auu iu icai;u
some who might not attend a house
of worship. It was purchased, believing
that the full amount would be
reached in two Bersons. But to our
delight, with the contributions of two
brethren outside of the two congregations,
the full amount, with the excepttion
of about $20, will soon be paidTo
God be all the praise.
J. W. Allen.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Gagtonia: Having determined to accept
the call of the Mountain Retreat
Association to take the general superintendence
of all Montreat affairs, Rev.
R. C. Anderson, the pastor of the First
Church, Gastonla, has resigned the
charge of that church.
Wilmington Presbytery: Dear Brothers,
Pastors, Elders, Deacons, and all
the members of the churches of Wilmington
Presbytery: The month of October
is the time to do our best for the
cause of Foreign Missions. As chairman
of the committee of Foreign Missions in
Wilmington Presbytery, I desire to call
your attention to this fact, and ask you
to seriously, earnestly and zealously
present It to the people, that they may
have an opportunity to give to the
cause at this time. We have seen the
statement of the Treasurer of our Executive
Committee, and we know the great
need of each person doing his or her
part. Let us rally to the support of our
Missionaries. (Rev.) J. S. Crowley.
Wilmington: Dr. J. L. Coppedge, of
the Congo Free State, West Central Africa,
has been in this city for some days.
Dr. Coppedge made many interesting
addresses while here and endeared himself
to all the people with whom he
came in contact. He is a very interesting
man and tells the story of the work
and its needs most charmingly. He is
very earnest in his efforts to give the
needs of the field to his hearers and to
impress any who may have an idea of
doing missionary work, either as a medical
Missionary, ordained minister, or
lady worker. Dr. Coppedge has good
congregations every place he has made
an address, but one, and then there was
a downpour of rain. Yet there were a
few ministers and elders and deacons In
attendance who appreciated his remarks
and listened with gladness, for more
than an hour.
Sunday morning, Sept.10 , Dr. Coppedge
addressed the congregation of the
First Presbyterain Church, and in the
afternoon he spoke to the children of the
colored mission, at 4 o'clock, in the nice
new church recently erected by the First
Presbyterain Church for work among
the neglected colored people In the
southeastern portion of the city. At 6
o'clock he spoke in the colored Presbyterian
church, U. S. A., to a very Intelligent
and cultured audience. At night,
at 8 o'clock, he addressed a large congregation,
in the Immamiel Presbyterian
church, and with an address to the mem
berg of the First Presbyterian church
Sunday school in the morning, he worked
faithfully all day, thus making five
addresses. In other words, he spoke five
hours that Sunday.
On Monday night he made an address
in Saint Stephens M. E. Church, colored,
but there were only a few present on