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October 25, 1911 ]
LOUISIANA.
The Presbytery of Red Rirer met in
the Presbyterian church, Plain Dealing.
La., October 3, at 7:30 P. M. In the absence
of the retiring moderator, Rev. W.
P. O'Kelly preached th? opening sermon
from 1 Cor. 9:27. There were nine mln
lsierH uuu eigai ruling eiaers present.
..Officers: Rev. W. F. O'Kelly, moderator,
and Elder R. T. Glassell, of the Belcher
church, temporary clerk.
Received: Rev. Harry L. Walton, from
the Presbytery of Norfolk. Rev. F. L.
Banks, of the Presbytery of Pine Bluff,
was Invited to sit as a corresponding
member.
Dismissed: Rev. W. C. Tenny^ to the
Presbytery of Paris.
Co motto loners to Assembly Nominated:
Pinclpal: Rev. J. B. Carpenter and
Elder Robert Wylie, of the Dunlap Memorial
church, Shreveport. Alternates:
Rev. C. S Newman, D. D., and Elder R.
T. Glassell, of Ihe Belcher church.
State of Religion: Reports from twentwo-churches
Indicate steady growth
in spirituality, and an increasing regard
for the outward forms of religion.
Home Missions: Interest in Home
Mission Work continues to Increase. All
(ho Hnmo Mlairlnn ornimo oro ni">o
ent, supplied. Rev. Harry L. Walton
was called to the work of pastor-evangelist,
and was granted evangelistic powers
to be exercised under direction of
the Home Mission Committee.
Presbyterlal Address: Rev. C. S. Newman,
D. D., preached the Presbyterlal
Sermon on the subject: "The Office of
Ruling Elder."
Rev. Harry L. Walton was appointed
to preach the Presbyterlal sermon at
the next meeting, on the subject: "Local
Home Missions."
Systematic Beneficence: Definite action
was postponed.
Assembly Matters: All the questions
sent down by the Assembly were answered
in the negative.
Candidate for the Ministry: Mr. I. Dt
Holt, of the Plain Dealing church, was
received under the care of Presbytery.
Adjourned Meeting: During the meet,
ing of Synod at Ruston, at the call of
the moderator.
A hearty vote of thanks was tendered
the pastor and people of Plain Dealing
for their generous hospitality.
Next Meeting: First Church, Monroe,
April 16, 1912, at 8 P. M.
H. M. McLean, S. C.
Sunday School Institute: Under the
auspices of the Louisiana Sunday
School Association, the Teacher Training
Department will hold Institutes beginning
October 15, in Shreveport, Monroe,
Lake Charles, Alexandria, Baton
Rouge and New Orleans, closing in the
latter city October 26. A number of
1a?/l in v Avnarfa r\f tha onvaml P.nOTTl 1 _
V^arxt Ml v/i- VUV ov . w? ?
nations of Louisiana and other states
and the "field force" of the State Sunday
School Association will participate
In the programs. This Is the second
annual tour of institutes under the direction
of the Teacher Training Department.
The Shreveport and Monroe
Institutes, the first to be held, will
be conducted simultaneously October
15-18. The Lake Charles and Alexandria
Institutes will be held October 19?2,
and the Baton Rouge and New Orleans
Institutes October 23-26.
Central Mississippi: Met at Greenville,
Miss., Oct. 3, 1911, 7:30 P. M. At
the request of the retiring moderator,
Rev. W. B. Gray, the opening sermon
was preached by Rev. J. B. Hutton,
D. D.
Officers: Rev. J. C. McMullan, moderator
Elder Wm, McBride, temporary
clerk. fflf fMwffP SBEBm
Corresponding Members: Rev. W. E.
Boggs, D. D., of Atlanta Presbytery;
Rev. W. A. Ross, Tamaulipas Presbyter
(Mexico.) Et
THE PBE8BYTEBIi
Dr. Boggs presented the cause ot
schools and colleges and the plan of
SystemaJilte Beneficence.
Foreign Missions: Rev. W. A. Ross
told of the work In Mexico. In view of
the debt on the work, the churches
were urged to maintain their gfts up to
the amounts usually made and also to
make special offerings to pay the debt.
Education: The Presbytery has two
Schools at French r.'nmn ? ?!?.
Academy and th? female institute. The
report from each was encouraging.
The new Bchool at Jackson, Fellhaven
Institute, had made a remarkable open,
ing, 88 boarders and a good attendance
of day pupils.
Minutes of Assembly: The Presbytery
disapproved (1) The Elect Infant
amendment, (2) the Change in Book of
Church Order, (3) the Judicial Tribunal.
The question of making the Synod a
court in graded procedure was deferred
to the spring meeting.
Od'nations: Licentiate A. S. Crowell
and licentiate O. M. Anderson were examined
for ordination and commissions
were appointed to ordain and install
them at Leland and Ittabena respect
ively.
Sermons: Rev. W. H. Hill preached
the Presbyterlal sermon on "Evangelism."
For the next meeting Rev. W.
"R HrflV will nroo r?V* '"Hia W/v*<L a#
the Holy Spirft In Salvation." The
next regular meeting will be held at
West, April 1912.
Home Missions: A spflendid report
was made during the summer, aome
students were employed in various fields
and good work was done. Evangelistic
meetings were held in several
churches. Rev. W, B. Gray was added
to the committee 1n place of Mr. W. C.
Smith, who removed from the Presbytery
Trustees: For the schools at French
rami), Presbytery appointed Rev. Wm.
H. Irvine and Elder S. R. Houghston
to fill the vacancies made by the death
of Dr. Wm. Irvine and the removal of
Mr. W. C. Smith.
F. L McCuc, S. C.
Presbytery of Dallas met at Forney, Tex.
October 3rd, and was opened with a sermon
by Rev. W. P. Dickey. There were
present ten ministers and ten elders.
Elder H. A. Anderson was elected moderator,
and Rev. Wm. H. Anderson, D.
D., and Dr. Albert Wilkinson were elected
clerks. Rev. J. L. Bell, D. D, was
dismissed to th? Presbytery of Central
Texas. The Midlothian church was dismissed
to Pesbytery of Waco, U. S. A.
The churches of Lone Elm, Palmer
and Woods' Chapel were dissolved.
Minutes of the General Assembly:
1. Presbytery, by a large majority,
gave its advice and consent to the pro.
u. j iv A ~ #
posed auiviiuiuouui ui mo Vyuuicnsiuu ui
Faith In the "Elect Infant" Clause .
2. Presbytery voted "no" on the
proposed change In Book of Church Order
Paragraph 235.
3. Presbytery gave Its advice and
consent to the poposed change for a
"Judicial Trfbunal."
4. Presbytery unanimously voted
against any change in the Synods relations.
Presbytery adopted an overture to Synod,
asking Synod to consider favorably
the overture from Sherman Presbytery,
asking that the Presbyterians of Sherman
and Dallas be united into one Pres.
bytery to be known as Dallas Presbytery.
A. popular meeting was held In the Interest
of Foreign Missions?addresses
were made by Rev. W. F. Qalbraith and
Mr. C. I. Cane. An offering was made
amounting to $36.45. An adjourned meeting
will be held at Galveston during the
meeting of Synod.
Next stated meeting will be in the
ist Dallas church.
V N OF T H ? SOUTH
Presbytery adjourned to meet in the
First Church, Dallas, Saturday, October
21st, at 11 A. M.
E. M. Monroe, Stated Clerk.
The Presbytery of Augusta met at
Union Point, October 4, at 7:30 P. M.
The opening sermon waa preached by
Dr. Jas. L. Martin.
Organization: Rev. Joseph R. Sevier,
Elder H A. Flisch, Temporary Clerk.
Assembly's Overtures: The report of
the Committee on Bills and Overtures,
recommending action on these was
docketted for consideration at the spring
meeting.
Home Missions; The report of the
Committe showed the work in the Pres.
bytery to be in a prosperous condition,
all the churches except two (and these
have no buildings), being regularly sup.
plied with preaching.
Historical Society: A committee of
five was appointed to gather Historical
Data worthy of preservation and to cooperate
with the Historical Mpmnrioi
Committee of the Presbyterian Historical
Society in America. The Committee
consists of W. M. Rowland, John A.
North, J. H. Sibley, W. D. Ellington,
Geo. E. Gullle.
Systematic Beneficence: Only five
churches have adopted the new plan, but
all are Interested and will take it up
soon.
Dissolution: The pastoral relation be.
tween Rev. A. M. Lewis and the Sibley
Church was dissolved to take effect Dec.
1st.
Next Meeting: Crawfordvllle.
Geo. E. Guille, Stated Clerk.
CONFERENCE ON EVANGELISM HELD
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
PRESBYTERY OF WESTERN
TEXAS.
The Presbytery of Western Texas at
its stated Spring meeting resolved to
hold a Conference on Evangelism the
day before the stated Fall session. The
program for this meeting was arranged
by the Committee on Home Missions and
the meeting proved to be one of the
most interesting and helpful ever held
by the Presbytery.
The opening sermon was preached
by Rev. Arthur G. Jones, D. D., pastor
jf the First Presbyterian Church of
San Antonio, and it made a profound impression
on all who were privileged to
hear it. The theme was the "Ministry
of the Holy Spirit in Evangelism," and
it struck the keynote of the Conference
The session of Thursday was opened
with a very precious season of prayer
led by Rev. G. W. Plack,, of Laredo.
Pastoral Evangelism was discussed
by Rev. J. H. Bellott, of Yoakum, in
its relation to the privilege and duty
and opportunity of the pastor to do the
work of an evangelist in his own congregation.
H. S. Springall, of Corpus
C.hristi, discussed the possibilities of the
pastor in doing the evangelistic work
J n DwAakif*A?? ? ? ~ *
>" ? icoujicij, <ta it supplement to
the work to be done by the Presbyterlal
Evangelist.
This was followed by a discussion of
the T^aymen ag a factor in an evangelis.
tic campaign, led by Rev. Thomas F.
Gallagher, of Utlca, Church, San Anto.
n'o. This discussion was participated
in by quite a number and proved very
interesting.
Sunday School Evangelism was discussed
by Rev. J. R. Jacobs, of Alice
pnd others. The discussion developed
some exceedingly helpful suggestions
with reference to the possibilities of this
branch of the church's activity.
In the absence of Rev. J. M. Hudson,
rf Vlctonla. who was providentially called
home, the theme of Personal Evan
priiaiu wns uidcuHneu uy ur. .tones in
an eminently practical manner.
The afternoon session was devoted to
a consideration of the results that might
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be expected to follow If our church
would undertake and carry out an ade.
quate evangelistic campaign. Rev. M.
W. Doggett, D. D., Presbyterial Evan.
geliBt, spoke from the viewpoint of the
work of Home Missions, Rev. Chas. H.
Dobbs, Jr., of Gonzales, from the view,
point of the work of Foreign Missions,
and Rev. J. M. Purcell, Presbyterial
nastnr fmm ?' *
. ?me viewpoint or securing
an edequate number of candidates for
the gospel ministry and workers in
the Foreign field. The vision presented
by these brethren was one to thrill the
heart and inspire the zeal of the whole
Presbytery.
At the close of the Conference the fol.
lowing recommendations presented by
the Committee on Resolutions were
adopted: D
1. That the ministry of our Presbytery
be urged to make the evangelistic
note the dominant note in all their activities.
2. That particular attention be directed
to the Evangelistic possibilities
in and with our Sunday School forces.
3. That Presbytery address a pastoral
letter on Personal Evangelism to all
the churches within its bounds; that
this letter be written by Rev. Arthur G.
Jones, D. D., and ordered read in every
pulpit of Presbytery.
4. That the special attenbion of all
tbe ministers, and church officers and
leading laymen of our Presbytery be
called to the "Men and Religion Forward
Movement Convention" to be held in
San Antonio, Texas, next March, and
that diligent efforts be made to secure
large attendance upon this meeting and
that after meetings be held wherever it
is possible.
5. That Presbytery determine upon
an annual Evangelistic Campaign to be
held in our Home Mission fields urging
the brethren to set ??ide ten days for
service in points designated and plans
arranged under the direction of the
Committee on Home Missions.
These resolutions were afterward incorporated
in the report of the Commit
tee on Home Missions and were adopted
by the Presbytery.
The attendance upon the sessions of
the Conference was good, the addresses
timely and Inspirational and the whole
meeting abundant of promise for a sane
and aggressive Evangelism In our
bounds.
Brooks I. Dickey, Stated Clerk.
SHIFT
If Yonr Food Falls to Sustain Yon,
Change.
One sort of diet may make a person
despondent, depressed and blue and a
change to the kind of food the body demands
will change the whole thing.
A young woman from Phila. says:
"For several years I kept in a rundown,
miserable sort of condition, was
depressed and apprehensive of trouble.
I lost flesh in a distressing way and
seemed in a perpetual ort of dreamy
nightmare. No one serious disease
showed, but the 'all-over' sickness was
enough.
"Finally, between the doctor and
father, I was put on Grape-Nuts and
cream, as it was decided I fust have
nourishing food that the body could
make use of.
"The wonderful change that came
over me was not, like Johah's gourd,
the growth of a slngl? night, and yet
it came with a rapidity that astonished
me.
"During the first week I gained in
weight, my spirits improved, and the
world began to look brighter and more
worth while.
"And this continued steadily, till
nnw offA* ""A A' ^ ?? - - KT?A? ?
iuv udc ul urupe-nuiB tor
only a few weeks, I am perfectly well,
feel splendidly, take a lively Interest
In everything, and am a changed per.
son In every way." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellvllle," In pkgs. "Theer's a reason."
Ever rend the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine, true, and fall of haman
Interest.