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December 20, 1911]
pastor of the church. Rev. J. D. Harley,
ol .u&iueu, preacued and presided. Kev.
T. H. viautius, of iiarutuersviile, delivered
tue charges to the pastor aud
peopie. 'their addresses were very appropriate
aud tue services made a profound
impression, 'these good peopie,
on aeveiai occasions, especially at
Thanksgiving, have given substantial
tokens of tneir appreciation of their
new pastor and his family, for which
WP iiro wo"" - *-1
? ..v ?!} gramiui, ana leel encouraged
in the work of the Lord before
us.
St. Louis: Word was received from
Kansas City yesterday that Central
Presbyterian church of Kansas City has
called Rev. Dr. Charles R. Nlsbet,
pastor of Trinity Presbyterian church,
Vernon, and Academy avenues, St.
Louis, to its pastorate. The present
pastor. Rev. Dr. S. M. Xeel. is retiring
because of old age, it is reported. Dr.
Keel has been pastor of the church for
twenty years.
Central Presbyterian churcb, of
Kansas City is the largest church in
the Missouri Synod of the Presbyterian
Church, U. S., having 800 members.
When asked last night if he would accept
the pastorate, Dr. Kisbet said he
had received no call, and would be unable
to say whether he would accept
uuui omciany notified of a call. Should
Dr. Nisbet go to Kansas City, it is probable
Trinity church and Central Presbyterian
church. Delmar and Clara avenues.
will unite. The churches voted to
consolidate several months ago, members
agreeing the pastors of the two
churches should be co-pastors of the
single church. Dr. Nisbet did not favor
the agreement, and Trinity church reconsidered
its action and withdrew
from the union.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Charlotte: At the First Presbyterian
church on last Friday morning at 11
o'clock, the hrst session of the Woman's
Foreign Mission Jubilee was held.
These services were attended by women
of many denominations and were opened
with devotional exercises by Mrs.
Elizabeth Preston Allan. Following an
address of welcome from Rev. D. H.
Rolston, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, there were talks from
Misses Florence Miller and Daisy
uavies. who came to the city for the
purpose of taking part in the exercises.
At the conclusion of the morning session
there was a luncheon In the Masonic
temple at 1.30 P. M.? which attracted
about 350 women. In the after
noon took place the denominational rallies
in a number of churches of the
city, which was followed by a mass
meeting at the Second Presbyterian
church.
StiitesvUle: A large concourse of
people gathered at the First church
yesterday to attend the funeral ser
rices of the late Mrs. C. E. Raynal, and
was a beautiful testimony to the sympathy
with the bereaved husband and
loved ones. The floral offerlnus were
many and beautiful in design, and the
pulpit platform was banked with these
lovely flowers.
The funeral service was conducted by
Revs. C. M. Richards, of Davidson, and
Dr. J. A. Scott. Mr. W. P. Bell was at
the organ and the choir rendered sev.
eral selections softly and beautifully.
The ministers of the town and visiting
ministers attended In a body. The
elders of the Presbyterian church and
the Eclectic Book Club, of which MrsRaynal
was a member, also attended In
a body. The service at the grave was
brief and after the casket was lowered
iu us jubw rexruug piaue. me eann was
transformed as It were, Into a bed of
beautiful flowers, tributes of love from
sorrowing loved ones and friends.
Albemarlet The members of the
Presbyterian church here will calibrate
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the semii-centennial ol the organization <
of tne bouuieru rreeoyteuan cuurcn on J
v?eonet>uay evening, ueceuioer bin, at J
7:ay ouock. on December 6, lsbi. tne i
boutnern riesu>ienan cuurcn was or- t
gauizeu in tne historic hirst Jrresby- i
lenau cuurch of bavaunah, Ga., and t
since that date nas made many wonder- \
tui Blriues of prcgieBS and has figured i
niignuiy lor tne good of humanity, and t
tue local f-resbjteiians here desire to t
commemorate ihis important event with e
eiiuitaore exercises. f
The principal address of the evening '
was delivered by Rev. H. G. Hill, 1
JJ. P., of .Viaxton. This minister will be c
received with open arms by the peo- *
pie of Aibemane and listened to by a *
large congregation of not only Fresby- c
terians, but all other denominations of 8
the city. *
The members of the local Presbyterians
are bestirring themselves un- 0
der the pastorate of Rev. George H. 1
Atkinson. Possibly no cburch in Aleck- c
lenburg Presbytery has made more 1
rapid progress in the iast two years 1
than the Albemarle church. Two years
ago the church was uuder the home c
mission board and only had services e
every two weeks. Today it is not only *
enjoying the blessings of every Sundav 1
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morning and evening sermons by its
own pastor, but she is supporting its 1
own pastor without the aid of home 1
missions. Besides this, thlB church is 1
paying a large sum to the orphanage at *
Barium Spring as well as its part in c
home and foreign missions.?Charlotte
Observer.
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OKLAHOMA.
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Coalgate: Rev. Richard W. Lewis, v
of Cumberland, N. M., an evangelist in c
the U. S. A. Church, closed a meeting *
extending through two weeks December }
6th. During the last ten dayB of the
meeting Mr. Roger M. Hickman, of independence.
Mo., was with him to con.
duct the singing. Very strenuous ef- t
forts were put forth from first to last t
to reach the unsaved in Coalgate. Rev. (
Lewis preached from three to four t
times & day, 38 times in all during the
meeting. He gave at 8 A. M. Bible readings
in a vacant store down in town, A
which were of a very high order. He
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in the church every day. He is the finest ^
talker to children we have ever heardHe
not only entertains but instructs
them in the fundamentals of religion.
He spoke to the masses at 7:30 P. M. 1
The Bchools were all visited and ad. r
dressed through the courtesy of the ?
teachers. Besides all this a dally paper n
was issued for ten days during the
meeting; 1,000 copies dally were sent ^
out, being distributed by the boys, who
were paid for it. This took the gospel
message and reports of the meeting
into many homes who do not ordinarily
attend church. About 90 made profes- t
slon, mostly children. A number of s
these have already joined the church I
and there are many to follow. We 11
believe that the effects of this meet- s
ing will last for a long time to come, s
Bro. Lewis Is not a sensational preach- A
er. but one whose soul Is on fire for o
souls and he preaches the gospel with Isuch
fire and earnestness and purity r
and boldness that results are bound to v
follow. Though a U. S. A. man, he v
does not confine his work to that de- d
nomination alone. I hope that many n
of our churches may be able to secure t
his valuable services. n
E. H. Mosely. r
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SOUTH TAnOLrVA- a
Abbeville: Dr. J. Ernest Thacker and a
Mrs. Geo. A. Fisher came to us on a
Thanksgiving night and conducted a B
series of evangelistic services for fifteen fl
days and nights. As a preparation for ?
meeting, the ladles of the community
kal4 * weakly woman's prayer msating, o
* Of THE SOUIE
tnd much, special prayer was made. <
>rom tue very start Lue sealing capacity
ot the church wag ta*ed to the
luuost to hold tue crowds woo came
.o hear the word. L?r. 'teacher's
preaching was with power aud persuativeneBB,
aud the siugiug of the fishers
vas bo appealing aud stirriug that
nany were led to Christ through the
vmuiucu apiJccu- mis appeal was
uade to the common sense, reason, coutcieuce
and judgment, and tne decisions
or Christ were intelligently made,
there were during the days of the
neeting one hundied and twenty inlividuals
who accepted Christ, 'lhirtyour
church members agreed to secure
heir letters of transfer to the churches
>f the community and hve hundred and
leventy church members reconsecrated
heir lives to the Master.
Of the 120 on profession of faith, fiftyne
united with the Presbyterian church
n Abbeville, and the rest with the
ihurches of the other denominations in
own and county and with the Presbyerian
churches in the county.
It is the unanimous opinion of the
:ommunity that there has never been <
iuch an outpouring of the Spirit of God
n <?- V. V. it. a
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auch smaller, some of the oldest in.
labit&nta remember a similar blessing
inder the ministry of Rev. Dr. Baker in
.854. But there has been nothing like 1
t since the war. The number of adults,
leads of families, old men and nonhurch
goers reached was extremely <
argeOne
of the best features of the work i
vas that the church members did en- i
rrgetic daily woik, and many for the
irst time formed the habit of personal
rork. This was greatly helped by the
ueinod usea which we think la the best <
hat we have ever seen in any evange- i
istic service.
Ihe appreciation of the people was
dearly shown in the handsome gift
nade to the work of Dr. 'l hacker, more
han **76, and a Christmas gitt of *40
o Mr. and Mrs. hisher, besides all the
>ther expenses, including salaries of
he musicians, incident to the meeting.
if any church in our connection will
irepare for their coming, and if the
tner denominations will co-operate as
hey did in Abbeville, the community
annot fail to receive a great blessing j
rom such preaching and such singing.
H. Waddell Pratt.
Marion. The Presbyterians recently 1
uaugurated a two weeks' campaign to
aise money sufficient to pay off a debt 1
f *1,600.00 that remained over their
lanse. Notwithstanding their memberhip
is small, they have just completed '
he two weeks with every dollar in
and.
TENNESSEE.
Memphis: An event of unusual inerest
In Memphis was the Home Mision
Rally held on the 3d and 4th Inst,
t was the conception of Dr. C. H. Wiliamson.
presbyterial chairman of Asembly's
Home Missions. Our three
ecretaries. Drs. Morris, Snedecor and
lcMillan, filled six of the city pulpiU
n Sabbath, thus getting the claims 01
lome Missions before the Presbytolans
of Memphis in a most effec'ivo
ray- They met in helpful conference
rith the Presbyterian pastors on Moilay
morning, and this was followed at
oon by a luncheon at the Qayoso Hoel
with a room full of laymen and
ilnl8ters from the various Presbyteian
churches of the city and frmi tna
earby country churches. Inspiring ,
ddresseg were made by the secretaries ,
nd others; questions were ashed and ,
nswered. It Is felt that the rally did (
reat good, the Impression made was
ne, and the plan Is commended to
ther centers.
Zion: Rev. D. B. Gregory, recently J
f Louisville was Installed as pastor <
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of Zlon church on December 7th by
a commission appointed by COiuinUia
hresbytery. Kev. J. c. Aioiioy, u. v.,
presided, propounded the constitutional
queouons ana p?eacned me soimou on
the Uospei Aiiuistry. Hon W. fc>. Fleming,
an eider of the Columbia hirst
church delivered the cuaige to tue
pastor aud Kev. J. D. Vvauace the
charge to the Mnni? a iu?o?
_ , , ? iui bu V.UU510gation
was present. Au elegaut umuer
was served by tne Zioa peopie 10 the
congregation and visitors.
Liarnsvine, 'the second meeting of
the linlveisity Club was ueid last night.
Promptly at 7:45 o'clock Chuucelior
Dinwiddie opened the exercises by announcing
as the principal item of tne
eveniug a paper by rrof. Dai nail, "industrialism
and Liteiature." 'the pur
pose of the paper was to show that
there is not necessarily a conbict between
these two greut lines of activity;
on the other hand, tney supplement
and assist each other. Literature
is the reflection of life. Industrialism
is the body; literature the soul. Ihe
author illustrated his theme by refer
ence to four periods in English history
in which great industrial activity had
been accompanied by literary work of
a high order. Ihe age of Elizabeth
produced Shakespeare, and was noted
for its discoveries in the new world.
The period from 1770 to 1803 was the
age of invention, and in literature the
names of Wordsworth and otners stand
out prominent. The first part of the
reign of Queen Victoria was marked by
the coming of the railroad and the telegraph,
and the names of Tennyson,
Browning, and others come to mind,
and this activity in both lines has continued
into the present age. In our
own land the literary activiity begins
to appear in the third of these periods.
The discussion of the paper was led
by Dr. Nicolassen. He stated that he
had heard the poet Sidney Lanier express
the decided conviction that poetry
had nothing to fear from industrial
activity. He then showed the bearing
of the age of Pericles and the time of
Augustus on the subject, and went into
some details in the case of German
literature.
In the general discussion Dr. Somer.
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> 411V vaucu aiLCULIUU IU ?.WO [acts WQ1CI1
still further shed light on the subject.
The most liberal promotor of literature,
Mr. Carnegie, acquired his wealth by
the manufacture of steel; and the invention
of printing in the hanJs of
Suthenberg, was financed by a gold
merchant
Under the head of "Current Topics
ind Recent Literature," Dr. Lyons mentioned
a number of items. First, as a
matter of interest to the University,
Rev. Dr. Harris E. Kirk, an alumnus of
this institution, and now pastor of a
large church In Baltimore, had declined
a call to a church in Philadelphia,
tvhere he was offered double his present
salary. He then commented on the
recent movetiient in China, the war between
Italy and Turkey, the case of the
McNamaras, the renewed prominence of
?x-PresIdent Roosevelt, and the Panama
Canal. Under the head of "Recent
l^uiuvuiv, uicuiiuu wan iiiuuu OI
Judge Tyler's new book. "The Scout,"
md of an article by Mr. Lacy Lockert
In a Princeton magazine, and of some
sther recont publications. Prof Fulton
?alled attention to a new paper in
Mississippi, "The Mississippi Visitor,"
in which some of our former students
ire engaged as editors or writers.
After the close of the formal program
some time was spent in social
ihatting. There were about eighty persons
present, who evidently enjoyed the
svening's exercises.
TEXAS.
Presbytery of Rrarost At an adlourned
meeting Rev- T. J. Caugbley
** dlamlaMd to the Praahytery of
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