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December 6,1911]
liar publications have boon made by
your paper.
"1. The (act Is that Synod baa but one
female college. That college is the
MiBsiBBlppl Synodical College at Holly
Springs, Miss. 1 am president of that
college, by election of a board of trustees,
which board is annually elected
by the Synod of Mississippi in conjunction
with the Presbytery of Memphis
and western district of Tennessee.
Among toe stockholders ot this college
are Cyrus Garusey, E. B. Lamaster, H.
M. Neely, G. W. Macrae and others of
your city.
"2. The college at Jackson was established
by the union of two Presbyteries
of the Synod. There are Ave Presbyteries
that unite to form this Synod.
The Synod was never consulted when
the college was established in Jackson;
it has never been asked to take charge
of that college, nor has the Synod selected
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any of the allegiance that the Synod
believes it owes to its own Synodlcal
college.
"3. In refusing to sustain my complaint
and that of others the Synod decided
that the union of two Presbyteries
in creating a school of their own did not
make It a Synodlcal college or violate
Its contract to make the Mississippi
Synodlcal college its only Synodlcal
school for girls.
"4. On the other hand the Synod reIterated
Its loyalty to its own and only
Synodlcal college In clear and unmistakeable
terms and by a hearty and
unanimous vote appointed a large and
repre8e8tative committee, consistlug of
two from each Presbytery In the Synod,
to raise the scholarship endowment fund
which the Synod had agreed to raise
when the Synod established this college
at Holly Springs, Mlss>
"6. From the above you will see that,
if this be true, your paper, unintentionally,
no doubt,.has greatly erred, and
such grave misrepresentations, so widely
spread abroad over the world are
calculated to do great damage and hurt
to our Synodical college. Indeed the
damage Is now almost beyond repaalr
ag the readers of your great paper are
never the same from day to day. We
can only ask and expect of you to do all i
In your power to counteract the damage
that you have done our college.
"7. In view of the fact that the Synod
reiterated Its loyalty to our Synodical
college, and in view of the appointment
of a committee to raise the promised en.
dowment, the undersigned, while fully
confident of the Justice of his complaint, ,
withdrew the notice of appeal to the <
general assembly of the church, bellev- ;
ing that thereby the best interests of i
the Mississippi Synodical College at
Holly Springs would be conserved, and <
that it would promote the harmony and ]
unity of the church in this state.
(Signed) "T. W. Raymond, i
"President Mils. Synod leal College." t
MISSOURI. i
St. Lonh: Trinity cburch. Rev. Dr. <
Chaa. R. X Is bet, pastor, has bad under
consideration tbe question of uniting
With Central churcb. its first action has
been reconsidered, and while appreciating
tbe cordial invitation of Dr. Mauze'*
congregation It has finally resolved to
remain separate and go on with its own
work of locating and building. Tbe
three churches, therefore, Grnd Avenue,
Central, and Trinity, will continue, and
will all be quite near to one another
when the Grand avenue people build on
their new site.
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OKLAHOMA. t
E rick i The congregation at this d
place had the Joy of celebrating their 1
recent sacramental service In a church 1
building entirely free from debt, the
amount of the long standing obligation a
to She Central flammllfae baiaji raised a
THE FKESEYTEK1.
by special effort during the past six
months.
Five years ago this church was erected
in a pioneer community with so
small a membership that assistance
from the Moore fund was necessary in
order to finish the building. This substantial
and attractive house of worship
is another tangible argument in
favor of our semi-centennal Building
Fund.
NORTH CAROLINA.
uasiomu: Rev. H. W. Burwell, of
Paducah, Ky., has announced his decision
to accept the call of the First
church, if his Presbytery wilV-consent
to the dissolution of his present pastoral
relaton. '
Concord Presbytery ; 'At an adjourned
meeting held in the First church,
Mooresville, November 28, 1911, Presbytery
declined to accept the resignation
of Rev. R. W. Culbertson as pastor of
the Shearer church.
Adjourned to meet in the First
church, Salisbury, April 23, 1912, at
7:30 P. M.
J. E. Summers S. C.
Asheville: On the 26th of November
Rev. A. M. McLauchlin, who came to
this Presbytery from Arkansas Presbytery,
was installed pastor of Ora Street
uuuicd iu Asnevuie. rne cougregatiou
has given their pastor a hearty welcome
and will soon have a nice new manse
ready for him and his family to occupyGraham:
The work of Installing our
new pipe organ is progressing well. An
extension Is being built behind the pulpit,
and the choir and pulpit platforms
are being beautifully remodelled. A
class in music, Including our choir,
has been organized, conducted by Prof.
Blythe, organist and choir director of
the Burlington Episcopal church. A
junior choir also, composed of boys and
girls. Is being trained by Mrs. B. S.
Robertson, and they assist in our evening
services. Mrs. J. M. Turner has
organized a Miriam Chapter No. 2 of
very small boys and girls.
Datidson: Rev. Dr. C. M. Richards
preached a fine, practical sermon Sunday
morning on the text: "Our Father
who art In Heaven." On the preceding
Sunday in an excellelnt sermon from the
same text be had discussed the Father,
hood of God. in this latter discourse
his theme was Christian brotherhood as
involved in the thought "Our Father."
The sermon dealt largely with the obligations
resting upon Christians to live
in love and charity toward each other
and further the duty of service for the
crippled and weaker members, the inferior
and heathen races, the negro and
the nations of the great East. The appeal
for fatherless little ones in the
orphan homes of the Church was especially
effective.
Rev. A. W. Crawford, of Rowland, was
a visitor on the campus several days
ago, spending his rest days between the
neetings held in Wilson and one he waa
about to begin at Laurlnburg with his
:wo sons, students of the college.
.SOUTH CAROLINA.
Anderson, Central: The Brotherhood
>f the Church held the i?rbt quarterly
light service last Sunday e'.enlng, November
2Gth. The President of the
3rotherhood, Mayor J. L. Sherard, prodded
and introduced the speaker. Rev.
D. M. Ramsay, D. D., President of
Greenville Female College, who delivered
a masterly address to a large congregation
on "Wealth of Personality."
rhlB is the first of a series of addresses
o the men of the church. The Brother,
lood paper, "Men at Work," is being
llstributed among the men every month,
rhe President is an enthusiastic
brotherhood worker.
Midway: Rev. W. H. Fr&zer, D. D.,
iddressed the congregation last Sunday
idtenuMft ea Chelating ediinatlnn, Ik
A. W OF IDS1 SOUTH
was a strong address.' A committee was
appointed to canvass the congregation
to secure the apportionment of $400
made by the Joint Committee on Endowment.
The amount was raised the
first day and it will likely reach $500.
Euorte Presbytery: At a meeting of
Enoree Presbytery held in the Second
church; Greenville, S> C., December 1,
1911, the pastoral relations existing be.
tween Rev. R. E. Henderilte and Fairview
and Fountain Run churchoa were
dissolved and Kev. It. E. Heuderlile was,
at his own request, dismissed to
Roanoke Presbytery.
The Womau's Missionary Union of
Harmony Presbytery conducted Missionary
institutes the iirst of November
-in the following counties: Clarendon,
Lee, Sumpter, and Williamsburg. These
meetings were very instructive and interesting.
The institute for Sumter county was
held November 9th, in the Sumter
church. The speakers and their subjects
were: Rev. J; P. Marion, "BiLle
Study;" Rev. H. R. Murchison, "Prayer
Life;" Rev F. H. Wardlaw. Mis
sionary address; Miss Vandlver, Missions
in the Sabbath school;" Mrs. A. R.
"Woodson, "Conference on Methods."
The ladies of the local society served
lunch in the Sabbath school room of
the church. In their usual hospitable
manner they made all present feel that
it was good to be there.
TENAESSEE.
Gallatin: The Thacker meeting at
Gallatin closed November 12. It was
the most successful ever held in this
church. Forty members were received
just after it closed, all but three on
profession of their faith, and embracing
all ages.
Pulaski: A union meeting of two
weeks' duration in which four churches
co-operated closed here November 28.
Dr. J. Ernest Thacker did the preaching?clear,
forcible, convincing, helpful?stimulating
and comforting to
God's saints?a message of love to
sinners.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Fisher, Dr.
Thacker's co-workers, led the music and
trained the chorus choir. The messages
from the pulpit were aptly and forcibly
sustained by the power of the gospel
in Bong.
The spirit of unity and co-operative
fellowship among the churches was
beautiful and elicited a commendation
from Dr. Thacker.
The pastorB of the Methodist and
Presbyterian churches are brothers-inlaw
and their churches are sisters-inlaw.
In like relation are the Cumberlands
who fellowshipped with us, and
the Baptist cousins to ug all were faith,
ful in the work and with their genial
pastor attended even when it was pouring
and sprinkling.
The meeting was a great spiritual
uplift to the town. Large congrega
uuuo ancuueu una me courcQ was
sometimes taxed beyond Its capacity.
'Many church members .pledged themselves
to live more consecrated lives
(659). These were of all denominations.
Some, who held their membership
elsewhere, promised to put their
letters in the respective churches here
and become active members where their
means of grace, activities, and responsibilities
are (34).
A goodly number (62) made professions
of faith In Christ and will connect
themselves with the various
churches.
Dr. Thacker and the Fishers left us
November 28th for Abbeville, S. C.,
and they carry with them the prayers
and good wishes of the people of
Pulaski.
The Southern Presbjterlnn University
\ wuiiuuiuLj aoBciuuicu ici;cuiiy ill ine
T. M. C. A. parlors to attend tbs
ftrat wasting of tfcs Balmmkr CUak
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The meeting was a complete success
and . fully enjoyed, by tue famines of
tbe campus and tue students. Kev. Ur.
i-rice, Kev. J. Vv. Kcsebro, irrof. J. A_
L.J on, and Kev. Ur. (J. U. Uiebi, all
triuceiomans, were tne speakers, the
cbiet paper was by l>r. r-rice on "i-ersonai
Kecoliecuons of Kriuceton." lie
described bis journey of two weeks in
184b from Vicasburg, Miss., to i'lincetou,
by packet up tbe Mississippi to
Lairo, by auotuer to Ucuiavii.e
alter a day's delay by river 10 Cincinnati,
thence by bis hrst railroad ride
to tiie Great Lakes, tbeuce by boat to *
Luffaio aiid again by rail to Albany,
thence by boat down the Hudson to
New York aad anally by rail to Princeton.
Ibis was in 1840; in 1911 the
aviator Rogers, had down from New
York to Los Angeles, 4^200 and more
miles, in less tnan 4.9U0 minutes of
actual dying time. Dr. Price gave a
most interesting account of the giants
of those days at Princeton?Dr. Archibald
Alexander, Dr. Samuel Miller, Dr.
Green, Dr. Hodge and the other Alexanders.
Dr. Price was warmly congratulated
upon his paper as was Rev.
Dr. Rosebro, who in most enjoyable
style recalled his student life there under
Dr. McLane, surnamed "Johnny" by
the boys, and Dr. .McCosh. Dr. Rosebro
onto' * * "*"
.-vv.cu me cunege in i8bu when there
were 350 students enrolled; ind though
feeling was running high, he received
only the kindliest treatment. Dr. Rosebro
emphasized three conclusions: The
value of the literary society in college
life, the Value of the small college,
and the wisdom of selecting a college
in one's own section for the sake of
the friendships and later associations.
Dr. Lyon's father had gone to Princeton
from Washington county in 1833
on horseback and had been a devoted
Prlncetonian, and had sent all his sous
to his alma mater. Dr. Lyon graduated
in 1872. As he was talking some of
his friends were recalling that he had
won the $600 prize in mathematics and
had declined a tutorship, preferring to
travel in Europe. His love for Princeton
is very strong. Rev. C. E. Diehl,
of the Clarksville church, also a Prlncetonian
but of a much later day, had
personal reminiscences o? Purves and
Van Dyke, and Wilson, and Green, and
laid especial emphasis on the honor
system of the great school. A report on
current literature and current topics by
Dr. Sommerville and informal discus
sion thereof brought to a close an experlment
which proved to be a gratify- ?
ing success. Five other meetings of
the club will be held during the session.
Chancellor Dinwidde presided.
Holston Presbytery is called to meet
in special Bession in Johnson City, December
6th at 4 P. M., to receive Rev.
Gilbert Glass, to dismiss Rev. J. L.
Allison and to name time and place of '
spring meeting.
Clark grille: Rev. Motte Martin has
just visited Southwestern Pr?8hvtjri#n
University and mingled with the students.
Though asked to do so, he declined
to make any formal addresses to
the men of the college. His v sit was
greatly enjoyed and left u deep impression.
Mr. J. C. McQueen, of New Or.
leans, has asked to be sent to the
Congo. He is a member of the graduating
class of the Divinity School. *
Other men are interested. Dr. Rosebro
and Dr. Sommerville recently gave
readings to the Woman's Society of the
Inpal ohni-i?Ji
Presbytery of Colnmbln: The constitutional
requirements having been met,
the Presbytery of Columbia is called to
meet In Zlon church December 7th at
11 A. M. for the following purpose: To
receive Rev. D. B. Gregory from the
Presbytery of Louisville, Ky., and Install
him as pastor of Zlon church.
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