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ARKANSAS.
Morillton: Rev. T. R. Best has been
called by the Morrillton church, the recently
united Southern and Northern
churches, and w.ll be installed by Washburn
I'resbytery June 12.
GEORGIA.
Savannah: During the recent eccle
Dioouuai jear >.ue r irsi cnurcn, Kev.
W. Moore Scott, pastor, received fortyone
members, twenty-live of the number
on profession of faith.
Augusta, Greene Street church: Rev.
Geo. ?. Guille resigned the pastorate of
this church on Sunday, May 12, to take
effect July 1st. Mr. Guille has accepted
a crll from the Moody Bible Institute
of Ch.cago, to give all his time to Bible
teaching under the direction of its Extension
Department.
Atlanta: Prior Street church has
called Rev. Dr. S. R. Preston, who has
teen supplying it for some months, as
pastor.
KENTUCKY.
Louisville: Rev. Dr. J. U. Van der
Muellen, of New York, has indicated his
acceptance of the call of the Second
church. DmiiRviMp- nnd win ni?hohi?
take charge In September.
Howling Green: The First church of
Bowling Green, Ky., has among Its
members an honored and "elect lady,"
who in her girlhood days in Glasgow,
Scotland, was a member of a Bible
class which was taught by David
Livingston, the famous African Missionary.
She remembers quite well Mr. Livingston
and speaks interestingly as to
how he used to gather the children into
a large vacant room where he conducted
his Bible class. The favorite hymn
which he nearly always used at the
meeting of the class was the old Scotch
hymn, "All people that on earth do
aweii, sing to the Lord with songful
voice, Him serve with mirth, his praise
forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice."
The name of this good woman is Mrs.
Margaret Brown Wood. She was about
twelve, years old when a member of Mr.
Livingston's Bible Class. She remembers
quite well the day he sailed from
Glasgow to Africa to become a Missionary,
and delights in speaking of the
services held prior to his leaving and
THE PRESBYTERI
of the happy associations and recollections
of this great man.
Mrs. Wood is one of the seventeen
members belonging to this church whc
is over SO years of age.
lluruside: The trumpet-blasts of the
Men and Religion Forward Movement
that have been so widely calling men tc
service, have awakened an echo in the
hills that surround thiB busy little
town on the Cumberland river. Rev
W. H. Hopper, the alert pastor of the
church at this place, determined thai
his people should share in the benefits
of every advancement, inaugurated s
Forward Movement of his own and the
resultB have been most gratifying. He
gathered together a few men from the
different churches, put before them the
need, the duty and the prlviledge o!
service, and won their interest. This
meeting was followed by a banquet al
which Btimulhting addresses were made
by several men. Other men's meeting
followed, and to-day there is a most
marked spirit of deep religious interest
among the men of the town. A numbei
of business men of the various churches
who have heretofore been largely indifferent,
have developed into earnest
personal workers and dependable leaders,
conducting prayer meeting in the
pastor's absence, and ready to serve
Anlt.J TV..
nacucvci caucu upuu. uuiuig revival
services held recently in the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches men's prayer
meetings were held each day at noon,
and there were special meetings foi
men on Sunday afternoon. These were
all well attended and pervaded by a
spirit of quiet earnestness that was inspiring
to an unusual degree. Men who
had never spoken in public before made
a deep impression as they talked quietly
of their own religious experiences, or ol
different phases of Christian life and
service in Burnside. Many have been
added to the churches, and the fruits
of this work, just now in its inciplency
and already working great changes in
the religious life of the community, will
count for untold good in years to come.
Mr. Hopper, supported by the pastors
and men of the churches, has begun a
similar movement among the boys,
which gives promise of equally good results.
His sterling qualities, his tact
and his love for souls have given him
a large hold upon the entire community,
and God is using him to give his church
an influence out of all nroDortion to its
size.
Richmond, First Church: This church
enjoyed a rare treat on last Sabbath
in having Dr. G. W. Painter, of China,
to deliver two splendid addresses to
large congregations on "Conditions in
the Far East."
The night service was a Union Service
and the whole city was moved by his
masterly addresses. He is both a patriarch
and prince among missionaries.
LOUISIANA.
Belcher: The pastor, Rev. H. U. McCain,
has been advised by h<s physician
to take a season of rest and recuperation,
his health demanding it. His loya]
congregation has provided well for his
doing bo, and he is now for a time in
Clarksville, Tenn.
New Orleans: Representatives of the
New Orleans churches are plentiful in
Bristol this week. Rev. Geo. D. Booth,
of the Napoleon Avenue church, goes as
a commissioner to the Assembly, together
with Ruling Elders Geo. B. Matthews
and Jno. S. Talmage. Rev. Dr. J. C.
Barr goes to carry his apipeal from the
action of the Synod of Louisiana at its
last meeting. Rev. Dr. W. McF. Alexander
goes as respondent for the defendant
in this judicial case. Dr. Summey goes
as the editorial representative of The
Presbyterian of the South. Rev. Wm,
T. Hardle goes as a member of the Assembly's
Committee of Systematic Beneficence.
AN OF THE SOUTH
?Tlio Womun's Homo Missionary
Union of the Presbytery of New Orleans
i held its semi-annual meeting Friday
, afternoon, May 10, in the First Street
German church. Rev. Louis Voss, the
5 pastor of the church, gave the welcome
to the Union, and delivered an ad(
dress on the subject of the attitude of
, the Southern Presbyterian Church
, towards the American 'feible Society. A
request was made by the Union for the
, publication of this address. Rev. A.
t Oscar Browne, city missionary, also dej
livered an address and sang a solo. He
t gave some accounts of the advance
, n?ove~ent now going on and which will
, result in the organization of two new
It. T. i
?. uiuc VT Line, m two 01 me
outiy'?.g districts of the city. The annual
report showed funds received and
distributed through the treasurer of the
Union, $380.15; through the hospital
committee, $745.55; by the societies
through their respective treasurers, $3,583.66.
?The pastor of the Xapoleon Avenue
church, Rev. Geo. D. Booth, will be the
supply of the First church, Nashville,
Tenn., for six weeks this summer. He
will probably take his family to Monteagle
and make that his headquarters
during August and parts of July and
September.
?The "Lake View Presbyterian church
was organized on Sunday afternoon,
May 12. A large congregation was
present. Twenty-one members were
enrolled, six received by letter and the
others on profession or reaffirmation of
faith. Two ruling elders, Messrs. Geo.
E. Fitcher and William A. Porteus, and
two deacons, Messrs. Horace L. Pitcher
and John Wirth, were elected, ordained,
and installed. All the members of the
Presbytery's commission took part In
[ the interesting exercises. The church
building will be started soon, on the
twn nnlonHIH 1 nf a nrhlnK "
I v?uvu n uivu uavc uccii av;quired.
Dr. L. J. Coppedge, of our African
Mission, has spent several months of
the past fall and -winter in New Ori
leans, taking a special course of study
in Tulane University, in the Tropical
Diseases Department of the University's
Medical School. Various societies and
churches of the city have given him a
fund of $200 with which to equip himself
with proper instruments for his
special work.
MISSISSIPPI.
Corinth: The pastor, Rev. Jas. W.
Orr, who has been much in demand, has
been called to the great Steele Creek
, ehujeh, near Charlotte, N. C.
Natchez: An effort was made to have
a Sunday baseball gaxe between a local
team and a team from the visiting warship
Nebraska two weeks ago. Our
Firtt church pastor. Dr. J. J. Chisolm,
and a Methodist pastor opposed it vlgoroi
sly, as a violation of law and de
morei'zir.g in Us effect. The captain of
the worship at once recognized the pro'
priety of these pastors' position and
1 promptly stopped the matter from his
' side, and refusing to permit his men to
1 violete the law and the courtesies cf
1 guest and host. Some hot heads of
1 course denounced the pastors, but the
sober second thought of many, and the
i general judgment of the community sustained
them.
nigging: Kev. Wm. B. Wlorrell has
i been received by Meridan Presbytery,
and will be In charge of the Home Mlsi
sions work with Wiggins as a centre.
Jackson: The whole church has
i suffered grievous loss in the sudden
i death on Wednesday, May 15, of Hon.
Charlton H. Alexander, a ruling elder
cf the First church, and one of the most
eminent cftfens of Mississippi. He was
a son of the late Rev. Dr. J. H. Alexander,
and a brother of the late Rev.* Dr.
W. A. Alexander, Stated Clerk of the
General Assembly.
Columbus: The Men's Bible Class of
1
[May 22, 1912
this church was organized Sunday, May
12, 1912, with the following officers:
Charles H. Hale, President; Homer Kilpatrick,
Vice-President; Otto M. Lawrence,
Secretary; Edward H. Childers,
Jr., Treasurer.
With the Rev. Dr. Hill as teacher and
a select body of members, the class
promises to become one of the best in
the Sunday school. May God enable
cttuu ui u? 10 De launiui in toe performance
of his duties.
J. P. Neilson.
Mississippi Prcftbyteriul Union: The
fifth annual meeting of the Women's
Missionary Union of Mississippi Presbytery
was held in Centerville, April 1718.
Fourteen societies were represented.
Mrs. E. L<. Russell, of Mobile, Ala.,
Presbyterial visitor, representing the
committee of Foreign Missions at Nashville,
attended this meeting. Mrs. Russell
ably presented the cause of the
committee, and with her helpful talks
greatly added to the success of this
meeting. Miss Isabel Arnold, another
Presbyterial visitor representing the
Nashville committee, and Miss Rida
Jourolman, of Knoxville, Tenn., a missionary
to China who is on furlough,
were other guests of the Union.
Sacrifice banks were opened at this
meeting. They contained $78.74. The
Union voted this money to the cause of
Jewish missions.
Officers elected were: Miss Lee
Crutcher, of Natchez, Miss., President
of the Union, and Mrs. R. H. Meyerkort,
of Port Gibson, Miss., Corresponding
Secretary.
The Union took no action on the
question of a General Secretary of
Women's Work.
The Union favored making the state
organization a conference rather than
a union. Delegates elected to attend the
conference from this union are: Mrs.
O. W. Grafton, of Union church, the retiring
president; Miss Lee Crutcher, of
'Natchez, the newly elected president,
and Mrs. H. B. Myers, of McComb, the
Vice-President of the Union.
Rev. M. B. Shaw, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Centreville, preached
on the evening of April 17.
The Union received a most cordial reception
in Centreville, and the hospitality
extended was acknowledged with a
rising vote of thanks.
Mrs. J. C. McNair,
Recording Secretary.
MISSOURI.
The Clayton Presbyterian church
Thursday evening, May 9th, celebrated
the 20th anniversary of its organization.
The church began Its existence on May
8, 1892, by a commission of the St.
T/Mila ?
"uuio i ichujicij, consisting 01 !*?*
T. Peyton Walton, Rev. J. P. Cannon, D.
D., and J. M. Spencer, with Elders B. S. j
Edmonds and T. M. Barron. Mr. Edmonds
not being present, Elder W. M.
MoPheeters served In his place. There
are eight out of the original twentyone
members now living. Pour of them
are still members of this church: Mrs.
Hattle Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. B. Olderworth,
of Clayton, and Miss Margaret
Black, now living in Rolla, Mo. The
three others are Mrs. Hutton, of Ohio;
Mrs. iDr. Rouse, of Georgia, and Mis3
Rebecca McKnight, of Texas, and Miss
Henrietta Barron, of Webster Groves.
Rev. Dr. J. P. Cannon, the only member
of the commission now in the state, was
present and delivered the address to a
large and Interested congregation. The
ladles of the church served elegant refreshments
after the servce and every
one enjoyed the social time, renewing
old acquaintances and making new onesIt
was a glad time and one that will be
long remembered. The church has
bought a lot at the corner of Forsyth
boulevard and Hanley road and will 'n
the near future begin the erection oi a
new and modern house of worship.
W. M. L.
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