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January 10, 19121
LOUISIANA.
New Orleuus: Rev. B. W. Benjamin
has accepted the invitation to take
charge of the Berean church, and ex.
pects to begin hiB work about the 18th
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The New Orleans Presbyterian Men's
Union met in the Prytania Street church
Sunday afternoon, December 31st. The
attendance was large and representative.
and brought together a body of
men that showed the strength of the
Presbyterian constituency of the cityinteresting
and practical addresses were
made, and a report given of the progress
of the year. A resolution was
unanimously passed, after full discussion.
that the Union undertake to raise
ten thousand dollars for Presbyterian
extension work in New Orleans during
the year 1912. StepB were taken for the
immediate subscription of funds to build
two churches, one to be located in the
Lakeview district, the other on or near
Gentilly Terrace, two rapidly developing
sections of the city.
The Woman's Missionary Union of
New Orleans Presbytery will hold its
ninth annual meeting in the Lafayette
church. Magazine Street, near Jackson
Avenue, on Friday, January 12. It will
be an all day meeting, beginning at ten
o'clock In the morning, with luncheon
served at 12:30, all being invited to
remain to the same. Reports will be
read from every department of the
Union's work. Mrs. Cosentino, the Italian
missionary, will tell of her work,
and there will be a report from the
Chinese and Syrian work, and a statement
from the board of managers of the
Presbyterian Hospital and its medical
board. Some of the reports will come
at the morning session, others in the
afternoon. The afternoon session will
begin at two o'clock, with an address
of welcome by the pastor of the Lafayette
church, Rev. Dr. J. C. Barr. There
will be musical selections and an address
by Dr. Oscar Browne, city missionary.
Rev. Juo. W. Caldwell, Jr.,
of the Carrollton church, will address
the Union on Home Missions, and Rev.
Franklin Talmage will tell of his work
at Amite. Kentwood and Areola. All
friends from every Presbyterian church
in the city are invited to attend the
meeting.
(Miss) Rowena McMillan. Secy.
MISSOURI.
Presbytery of St. Louis: At a meeting
January 1st this Presbytery dismissed
Rev. Chas. R. Nisbet, D. D., to
the Presbytery of Upper Missouri to
take the pastorate of the Central
church of Kansas City. He will take
charge immediately.
At the same time the Presbytery received
Rev. O. L. Byrnes from the Presbytery
of Durant. He is in charge of
the Festus church.
Walter M. Langtry. S. C.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington?St. Andrews: At the recent
winter quarterly communion seven
members were received. A collection
was taken for the debt of our Foreign
Mission Committee. Our Sabbath
school gave gifts valued at $113.00 to
our Barium Spring Orphan's Home at
their Christmas entertainment. The exercises
were held in the New Memorial
. Hall, which will soon be fully furnished
and dedicated.
Presbyterian Standard: The management
of the Presbyterian Standard has
arranged with Rev. Dr. J. R. Bridges,
of Charlotte, to take editorial charge of
that paper until a permanent successor
to the late Rev. Dr. P. R Law Is
elected.
TYadesboro: On December 20, 1911, a
Commission of Mecklenburg Presbytery
formally installed Rev. Bruce W. Doyle
as pastor of the Wadesboro church.
Evangelist. R?r. Robert King has
THE PRESBYTERI
been chosen as Synodlcal Evangelist,
to take the place of Rev. G. W. Belk.
who has accepted a call to the evangelistic
work In Muhlenburg Presby.
tery. Kentucky.
Durham: The last day of the old
year. December 31st. was the fortieth
anniversary of the organization of the
First Presbyterian church of DurhamDr.
E. R. Leyburn, the pastor, gave an
interesting sketch of the church, tracing
its development from those early days
when they had but eleven members, and
a minister cominir from n dlatnnpn *n
preach to them once a month, down to
the -present day, when they have three
organized churches and one suburban
mission chapel, with three ministers and
two lady workers giving their whole
time to the work in, and around Dur.
ham, and two ministers and their wives
supported by the church on the foreign
field. During these forty years, 1.431
members have been received into this
church and its suburban missions, and
the sum of $208,185 has been contributed
to all causes. The following minis,
ters have been pastors of this church:
Dr. Drury Lacy, 1872-73; Re>. P. H.
Dalton, 1874.75; Rev. J. H. Fitzgerald,
1876-80; Rev. H. T. Darnall, 1880-93;
Dr. L. B Turnbull, 1894-1901; Dr. E.
R. Leyburn, 1902.?.
On 1 v fho loo* * ?e -1,n
iuu lagi mu ui iueae tire mill
living. Dr. Leyburn has been pastor
of the church for nearly ten years. During
his pastorate 525 members have
been received into the church, and the
sum of $111,187 raised for all causes,
an average of $11,187 per year. The
contributions for all causes last year
amounted to $20,513.
Rev. and Mrs. R. L,. Wharton, of
Cardenas, Cuba, and Rev. and Mrs. Chas.
H. Pratt, under appointment for Korea,
are the foreign missionaries of this
church, and Rev. Carl Darth and Rev.
Jno. L. Yandell are the pastors of its
suburban missions.
Woodleuf: The work at all my
churches in this group is making some
progress. At the fall Communion one
member was received at Third Creek
on profession of faith, two at Franklin
in the same way and three children
baptized. At Unity six members were
received on profession of faith and eight
children baptizedSince
the 1st of December 1 have
also been preaching at Cleveland twice
a month at night. Dugald MonroeOKLAHOMA.
Clinton First Church: Rev. R- K. Tim.
mons. pastor. This is one of the Dutch
Reformed churches which in the spring
of 1911 on the advice of the Dutch
Reformed authorities and the secretaries
of our Home Mission Committee
made application to Mangum Presbytery
to be admitted as a Presbyterian
church. It was gladly received into
Mangum Presbytery. The present
pastor began his work as a supply the
first of June. The first of September a
congregational meeting was held and a
formal call was issued, which was accepted
on the approval of PresbyteryThe
installation exercises tnnir ninoo
the first Sunday In November. Rev. A. A.
McLean presided, preached the sermon,
and propounded the constitutional
questions; Rev. E. L. "Wilson delivered
the charge to the pastor, and Elder G.
W. Sims to the people. These exercises
were solemn and Impressive; pastor
and people were made to realize more
fully the responsibilities that rest upon
them In their relation to each other and
to their Qod. Then they were pointed
to him who is the source of all strength.
Officers and people have been earnestly
active in their efTorts to build up God's
kingdom In this community. As a visible
result of the past seven months'
work thirty-four members have been
added to our roll, sixteen on profession
of their faith and eighteen by letter.
AN OF THE SOUTH
Immediately upon our arrival the
people put pastor and wife in their
deb: by showering them with numerous
and varied utensilB for the kitchen, the
use of which every house-wife in this
country must know. Nor did this end
their deeds of kindness and generosity,
but they have Increasingly continued
since their beginning. During the
Christmas season many and useful were
the gifts, from parents and children,
that found their way to the manse.
This congregation already having
their own church building and manse
promises fair to become a strong, selfsupporting
church within the next few
years. It is located in a town which
must be prosperous if the country is
fruitful. Clinton is the distributing
point of Western Oklahoma, being the
junction of three great railroads and
the terminus of another. May God'B
kingdom grow in this section in full
proportion to material prosperity.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Harmony Presbytery met in called
session at the First Presbyterian church
of Sumter December 26th, at 11 A. M.
and transacted the following business:
The pastoral relation between Rev.
H. R- Murchison and the Bishopville
church was dissolved that he might
accept work In Bethel Presbytery, having
been called to the church of Lancaster,
this dissolution to take effect
with the end of the year.
The following committee appointments
were made to fill vacancies caused
by Brother Murchison's withdrawal:
Rev. J. P. Marion was elected chairman
of the Local Home Mission Committee,
and Rev. H. C. Hammond was
added to the committee.
Rev. A- C- Wnndsnn WHO roniinolo^ *-n
act as chairman of the Committee on
Systematic Beneficence 'till the spring
meeting of Presbytery.
H. C. Hammond, Clerk pio tern.
Smyth Lectures at Columbia Seminary:
A fund of $10,000 was left to the
Columbia Seminary by the distinguished
Charleston pastor. Dr. Thomas Smyth,
for the purpose of securing the ablest
scholars of the Christian world to lecture
before the Seminary upon some
theological topic of commanding importance.
This fund became available
last year when President Patton, of
Princeton, delivered the first series of
lectures on the Smyth Foundation. The
second series will be delivered by Dr.
Caspar Rene Gregory, Professor of the
University of Leipzi0- upon "German
Theology in the 19th Century." The
lectures, six in number, will begin on
February 25, 1912, and will be given
daily until completed. After their delivery
by Dr. Gregory, they will be published
as Smyth Lectures before the
Columbia Theological Seminary.
The purpose is through these lectures
to enrich our Christian literature
by such volumes as the addresses of
Drs. Patton and Gregory, and the Seminary
and Church are to be congratulated
that a scholar of the most signal and
world distinction has been secured this
year to discuss with the authority of a
first hand specialist a subject of the
profoundest interest.
The Joint Committee on Endowment.
ictiicsouuug nits euuctuionai insiiiir
tlons of South Carolina, ig preparing for
the third of the campaigns they are conducting,
by Presbyteries, for the pur.
pose of raising a fund of $200,000 for
the Presbyterian College of South Carolina,
Chicora College and Columbia
Theological Seminary.
This third campalgp is to be In
Enoree Presbytery, the second largest
in the Synod. Both the Presbyterian
College of South Carolina, and Chicora
College are in the hounds of the Presbytery.
The Presbytery also has a
number of the largest and most influential
ohurche* in the Synod. The
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Presbytery will b? asked to ralsa $56,
000 and this sum will be apportioned
among the 57 churches.
The eight day, simultaneous, canvass
to raise this amount will be conducted
following the third Sunday in February.
Meanwhile the individual churches
of the Presbytery will be visited In the
interest of the enterprise and helped
to plan its canvass. It is confidently
expected that Enoree Presbytery will
fully and promptly subscribe its quota.
TENNESSEE.
Jelllco: Rev. and Mrs. G. C. Alexander
were very liberally remembered dur
ing the Christmas season by the people
of this congregation, also some substantial
remembrances from persons,
who are neither members of the church
or congregation.
Recently the pastor of the church organized
a Westminster League with
twenty-two charter members. This Society
meets each Sabbath evening just
thirty minutes previous to the regular
preaching service. All other societies
cf the church are in a prosperous condition.
The Ladies Aid is preparing to
place new chairs in the choir stand.
Bristol: The sad news has been received
of the death, on December 30th.
of Dr. B. R. Smith, the president of
King College. President Smith had met
with unusual success in his administration
nf this iinofnl InctlfiiUnn u,~
.uub*wu?.tua> UUU uio
death is a serious blow to it.
Bethany: The pastor wishes to express
his thanks to the members of
Bethany and Young's Chapel churches
for the handsome present received on
December 25th?a typewriter. It is
greatly appreciated and his heart has
been made glad because of this token
of their love to him.
The ladies of Bethany have recently
bought n w pews for the church, at a
cost of $500, which adds very much to
the beauty as well as to the comfort of
the church They are to be commended
on their untiring efforts in this noble
work. May this good spirit of improvement
continue. Pastor.
Rev. W. W. Powell, of Oklahoma City,
Okla.. has accepted the call to become
an evangelist in the Western District
and Memphis Presbyteries. We have a
large field and one that needs workers
very bad. Rev. William Thorn will still
continue as our evangelist in the field
where he has worked so faithfully for a
long time. Rev. Mr. Powell will live
in Humboldt.
.Columbia: You perhaps remember
that I sent you by mail about three days
ago a copy of a letter which was sent
by the members of the First Presbyterian
church, of this place, to every
church in the Southern Assembly, urging
the immediate payment of the $100000.00
debt of the Foreign Missionary
Committee.
That letter was gotten up by one of
our youngest elders, and then approved
by our Session. In accordance with
that letter, it was read to our congregation
yesterday, our proportion of the
Foreign Missionary debt being $145.00.
nrVitAk It-J
nuivu auiuuui we eaueu oil me congrc
gation for, and they responded promptly
with $288.00, which will be remitted by
our church this week on that debt.
Now If all the churches will get busy
and get busy promptly, tha*- debt can
he paid off within twenty days.
J. P. S.
TEXAS.
Iowa Park: December 31, 1911, was
a good day with the church at this
place. Rev. E. S. Lowrance preached to
two unusually large congregations.
After the morning service a congregational
meeting was held and Mr. R. P.
Abernathy and Mr. Wallace Cornforth
were made elders, and Mr. W. Locke
Lowrance and Mr. Colin McFadyn were
made deacons. At the evening service