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the rest of the school year. Dr. Lowrauce's
present address is 199 Holliday
Avenue, San Antonio, Texas.
..Ml* 1'leu Mint: The members of this
church remembered their pastor at
the Christmas time with a very handsome
bank check, besides many personal
tokens of love and thoughtfulness.
This way of doing things has become a
kind of habit with this church. The
present pastorate of about nine years
has been a very pleasant and encouraging
one. The membership has more
than quadrupled and the benevolent
work has increased about tenfold The
Dadies' Aid Society is at present planning
to build a Sunday school room for
the Primary work. During the year a
very encouraging and helpful meeting
was held, in which the pastor was assisted
by Rev. E. W. Williams, of Bonham.
College Turk, Sherman: After almost
two weeks of "grip" the pastor, Rev.
S. J. McMurry, is up again and ready
for a good year's work. On Wednesday,
December 27th, after the prayer
service the congregation "pounded" the
paBtor and his family so liberally that
they haven't gotten over it yet. The
pastor being kept at home by extreme
hoarseness, Rev. Gary L. Smith, of
Bowie, Texas, conducted the service to
the pleasure of the congregation. After
cue service, me recepuon at me
manse was given. The Lord bless his
people for all such carefulness and
kindness to his servants, and inspire
the pastors to more faithful service.
We hope for a good year in the Lord's
work.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Church of the Covenant:
A service of very unusual interest and
impressiveness was held at the Church
of the Covenant Sabbath night, Januarv
7, 1912. it was the opening service of
the week of prayer, which has been for
years, among Richmond Presbyterians,
a joint communion, held in some one
of the churches on the night of the first
Sabbath in January. All the churches
of our Presbyterian faith had been
specially invited to convene at the
Church of the Covenant.
Special arrangements had been made
for the service. A beautifully printed
programme with the hymns to be sung
and with the order of service was distributed.
On the fourth page of the
programme was this sentence.
"1887?1912
"The Church of the Covenant welcomes
her sister churches with special
pleasure to this service. It is an occasion
of peculiar interest to this congregation,
as it markB the close of twentyfive
years of the pastorate of the Rev.
J. C> ?vin Stewart, D. D."
The sermon was preached by Rev.
Dr. Moore, president of Union Theological
Seminary, from 1 Cor. 6: 17, and
waws one of beauty and power.
Other ministers assisting Dr. Moore
in the service were Dr. Fair, Rev. J. J.
Fix and Dr. F. T. McFaden.
The Communion was then celebrated
with Drs. Cecil, Lilly and McFaden officiating.
A deeply spiritual impression
was made and the whole service will
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the cold, and ground covered with snow,
a very large congregation filled the
handsome auditorium of the new
church.
A feature of Special interest in the
service was the gathering by personal
invitation, the deacons, elders and ministers
of all the churches. Special seats
were set apart for deacons and elders.
These formed in line in the chapel of
the church and were conducted to their
seats, the two transcepts of the church
? being set apart for use of deacons and
elders, the ministers occupying seats
on the pulpit platform. Some 60 deacons
with sixty alders wars present
THE PRESBYTERI
and it waB an object lesson of no small
import for the churches to see the
great body of highly intelligent, consecrated
men as oilice bearers in the
church.
Beautiful music was rendered during
the service; and a generous collection
taken, to be sent to the Home Mission
work in. Grundy, Buchanan conuty, Va.
?The Spring Street Home: This Institution
was founded forty years ago,
and for many years has been a refuge
for unfortunate girls, many of whom
have been won by Christian care to
lives of purity aud usefulness.
The superintendent. Miss Mayes, and
the attendant physician, Dr. Grove Hagan,
are specially interested and eminently
fitted for this rescue work.
Recently a teacher has been engaged
to teach the girls the domestic arts.
The housework is done by the girls,
and the garden which supplies the
vegetables for the greater portion of
the year, is entirely worked by the
girls. The board of managers appeal
to the public for their co-operation in
this work and have appointed Thursday,
January 18th, as Donation Day.
Household articles, table and kitchen
ware, provisions, material for the sewing
class, garden seed and utensils
and supplies of every kind will be
gratefully received at the Home, 601
Spring Street Checks should he sent
to the aetinc nresirlenf mm tnh?. t
Anderson, 908 W. Franklin St.
Norfolk: It was announced at the
New Year service at Knox Presbyterian
church that during 1911, 73 new members
had been received into the church.
The membership three years since was
130; today it is exactly 300.
Richmond: The Presbyterians of this
city had a great time last week. For
many years it has been their custom to
observe the first week of January as a
week of prayer, in accordance with the
plans of the Evangelical Alliance. This
year, however, it was decided to adopt
a plan of their own, and the whole week
after Sunday was given up to a Sunday
School Institute in which all the Presbyterian
churches of the city united.
Each afternoon and night during the
remainder of the week a session of the
Sunday School Institute was held in
Grace Stieet church. This meeting was
under the direction of Rev. J. J. Fix,
who showed great wisdom and skill in
preparing and carrying out a program
that was exceedingly interesting and
helpful.
The exercises began at five o'clock,
> that busy men and women might be
able to attend. An hour was spent in
devotional services and in hearing an
address on some important subject connected
with Sunday school work. Then
an intermission was taken during which
the ladies of the various churches, served
delightful suppers.
After supper the Sunday school workers
broke up into groups, according to
the special deportment of work they
were engaged in and held conferences in
which the matters of special interest to
each group were discussed. These con
Terences were lonowed by addresses,
which were of more Interest, to the gen ral
public. During the five days almost
every phase of Sunday school work was
cussed.
The speakers who made the principal
ddresses on Sunday school work were
't.ev. Dr. W. Ij. Lingle, of Union Semi rry;
Mr. T. C. Diggs, who is at the
head of the interdenominational Sunday
school work for the State; Mr. W.
C. Smith, editor of the Missionary Survey;
Rev. R. A. Lapsley, editor of the
Earnest Worker; Mr. Robert Davis, circulation
manager of the Committee of
Publication; Rev. M. B. Porter, agent of
the American Bible Society. A number
of others took part in tl.e group
conferences. All the speakers were
Richmond man.
AN OF THE SOUTH
The principal address of each evening
was by Rev. Dr. Therou H. Rice, of
Lnion Seminary. He took the Gospel
according to Mark as his subject for tne
series, as the Sunday school lessons
this year are to be chietiy from that
book.
Among the tilings made clear by this
Institute are these: The Southern Presbyterian
Church has in its ministry and
membership those who are well fitted
for leading and teaching and inspiring
others in the great work of the Sunday
schools; that Sunday school workers
are anxious to improve and equip
themselves for better work; and that
there are many others who like to hear
about the work.
The weather was unusually bad even
for thi6 time of the year, but the attendance
was fine at every session. For
the afternoon meeting and supper the
attendance ran up as high as 150, and
for the night sessions it ran up to nearly
300.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Mooreiield: The senior "Covenanters"
of the Mooreiield church, an organization
for men and boys only, held on
the evening of June 7th their seventh
anniversary service. The pastor chose
for his text on this occasion Jno. 9: 4.
The "Covenanter Choir" led the music
and the service was closed with all
the members repeating in concert the
"Covenant" and the prayer which the
Covenanters use in closing their meetings.
Though the thermometer hovered
around the zero mark, a fine congregation
was present, the men largely
predominating.
The past year has been the most
successful in the history of the organization.
Mr. W. E. Finly, who served
as president during 1911, in recognition
of the acceptance and success with
which he tilled the office has been reelected
president for the ensuing six
months.
The Synod of Virginia at its last
meeting, in answer to overtures praying
for the appointment of "A Bureau
of Ministerial Supply," drew a paper
(see Minutes 1911, p. 129) constituting
the superintendents of Home Missions
in each Presbytery such a bureau.
A conference of the superintendents
was held on the last evening of the
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the election of the Rev. P. C. Clark,
Saleru, Va., chairman, and the undersigned,
in his absence, secretary. The
following is a part of the paper adopted:
"The secretary shall be the executive
of the committee between metings."
Between meetings of the committee,
ministers desiring a change of fields
or churches desiring pastors or supplys,
may apply to the secretary, who
shall use his best endeavors, by correspondence
with the superintendents
of Home Missions in the Presbyteries,
to settle such men or supply such
churches."
Chas. D. Gilkeson, Sec'y,
Moorefield, W. Va.
PERSOXAL.
Iter. C. B. Boyles changes bis address
from Marvell, Ark., to Nacogdoches,
Texas.
Rev. Chas. R. Nisbet, D. D., has assumed
the pastorate of the Central
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Mo. H1b address is The Claremont, cor.
Admiral Bou'd and The Paseo.
Hey. C G. Brown begins his work in
his new field of labor on the third
Sunday of this month and therefore is
to be addressed Clio, 8. C? instead of
Chester, S. C.
Miss Susie I). Adger, of Pendleton,
8. C., died December 16, 1911. She will
be remembered most affectionately by
many, not only as the daughter of the
late Rot. John B. Adger, but for her
[ January 17, 1912.
own kindness and generosity to many
in both the ministry and the membership
of the church.
Dr. George 11. Denny, until recently
president of the Washington and L>ee
University, has received a warm welcome
to his new position as president
of the Alabama State University. The
Birmingham News says of the distinguished
educator that, "He takes up
his work under the most auspicious circumstances
and the News believes that
under his guidance Alabama's chief institution
for the higher learning will
grow and prosper."
Tlio Administrative Force of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ
in America, has been re-organized by
tne executive Committee, by the election
of Rev. Charles S. Macfarland as
Acting Executive Secretary.
Dr. MacFarland has been for the past
eight months the executive secretary of
the Federal Council Commission on Social
Service and will also continue in
charge of that work.
Rev. E. B. Sanford, D. D., the father
of Church Federation in the nation,
continues as corresponding secretary.
The Church of England in Canada
has, at the request of the Protestant
Episcopal Commission, appointed the
following Commission to unite with the
other commissions in arranging for and
conducting a World Conference on
Faith and Order of the Church of
Christ:
The Most Rev. the Primate, the Most
Rev. the Archbishop of Ottawa, the Rt.
Rev. the Bishop of Algoma, the Rt. Rev.
the Bishop of Montreal, the Rt. Rev.
the Bishop of Ca'edonia, the Rt. Rev.
the Bishop of Huron, the Rt. Rev. the
Bishop of Nova Scotia, Very Rev. Dean
Bidwell, Ven. Archdeacon Cody, Ven.
Archdeacon Davidson, Ven. Archdeacon
Pentreath, Rev. Canon Murray, Rev.
Dr. Abbott Smith, Rev. Principal Parrock,
Mr. Chancellor Davidson, Mr.
( hancellor Campbell, Dr. N. W. Hoyles,
Mr. Charles Jenkins, Mr. W. S. Carter,
Mr. L. H Baldwin, and Mr. F. H. Glsborne.
The Presbytery of New York and the
Southern Presbyterian Church: A
friend in New York City has recently
sent me a copy of the Hand Book of
the Presbytery of New York. A careful
examination of its official figures reveals
the fact that the 31,681 members
of the churches In that Presbytery contributed
to the benovelent causes of the
General Assembly $2,040,830.00; being
$903,482.00 more than all the churches
in the Southern Assembly gave to all
the benevolent causes of the Church.
We have 286,174 members. But some of
the churches in New York City do not
seem to be large soul winners. Madison
Square has 711 members and received
only five by examination during
the year. Brick church has 1,023 communicants
and received six by examination
and the Fifth Avenue church has
2,281 members and added only seventyfive
to the role by examination. Prosperity
is not usually favorable to spirituality.
E. P. DaviB.
TO PASTORS.
By their appeal to the members or
the Southern Presbyterian Church
through the pastors, the First church of
Columbia, Tenn., has laid the burden
of the Foreign Mission debt on these
worthies.
It has long been my conviction that
the illibei ality of the Church must be
laid at the pastor's door. You are no*
faithful in instructing your people on
the duty of giving. Let this voice from
the pew urge you to turn over a new
leaf for 1912. Certainly it is trying tomeet
the uplifted eyes of stingy?but
dear?Brother A, and tell him he is
robbing God; it requires courage to
look wealthy, close-fisted Sister K
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