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seutiug tlie great truths of the Gospel
w.iu exceptional power and impressiveuess.
autuouga so brief, uie results or una
-n.ta ot meetings nav e beeu exceuiitgij
gratifying. A>ive uuuits ga.ve tuemseives
<.0 uie ivoia, a summer of otaers deeply
.uipaxweu, aau our waoie congregauou
gieaay revived aud refreshed in spirit,
earnestly pieugaig tueaiseives to a more
tojai service lor tae Master.
JM ? aic piuiuunuij giaiClUl LU VJUU
lor tuis lnanuestation 01 me iioiy Spirits
power; ana we oeueve mat uiis re
me ueginniug of a new era, and larger
iiiiugb in tne me 01 our cnurcn.
i>viiuui: A most interesting and pieasurauie
occasion was the reception held
in tne a-ark Avenue Presbyterian cuurcb
on iuesday evening, .May Hist, in honor
of tne new members?about twenty in
number recently received from the * irst
Jt-resbyteriaa Church Uormerly the
Cnent rresoyterian Cnurcn.)
The church was profusely decorated
with beautiful jcut bowers and ferns,
and a very pieasmg program o? instrumental
and vocal numoers was renuered
betore a large and appreciative
audience.
A very appropriate and practical welcome
address was delivered by .\lr. C. A.
f ield, one of the charter members of
tue church, and a member of the Seskinil
A lun fnn Pav Nj'"? l_l n#/vVi _
inson, of tne J? irat Church, made a most
pleasing adaress of felicitation, an his
usual nappy and deligntlul manner.
At the conclus.on of the program refreshments,
consisting of cream and
...ne, were served by the young ladies
the church,
fuuiiu Church: On the first Sabbath
of -May two new members were announced
and after a strong and instructive
address on Foreign Missions by Judge
R. C. Jackson, of Roanoke, a large congregation
sat down to. the table of the
Lord's Supper.
xue luit.umai reporc :> ;ne paBiora.e
to which this church belongs, including
Dublin. New Dublin, an 1 Bell Spring,
vas very gratifying. The thiee churcn
es reported $1,439 given to all forms of
missions and $687 to foreign missions.
The New Dublin Church averaged $4.66
per number to foreign missions and
$21.23 per member for money raised
for all purposes. D. J. C.
McL'uskill's ( Impel: A meeting of
five days has recently been conducted
here m the new building erected as a
branch of Olivet church. 'Rev. J. 0.
Mann assisted the pastor in four services.
The sermons were deeply evangelical
and were delivered in an earnest
manner. The people attended the services
well and listened attentively. There
were four professions and two renewals
as a visible result and these Six
young persons will unite with Olivet
church. The people who attend the
chapel wish the pastor to hold services
there from time to time and by way of
remuneration they have subscribed $75
to the salary. The work recently begun
here promises much to the community.
We have never seen a more enthusiastic
people than these have been in this un
dertaking. The chapel has cost thus
far about $190, aud we need some $60
more to buy material with which to
complete it and get it ready for use
during the winter.
K. McC.
Hluckstoue: Kev. R. L. McNair was
Installed pastor of this church last
Sunday night by a commission of East
Hanover Presbytery. By special request
Dr. W. W. Moore of Union Theological
Seminary preached the sermon.
Rev. Wm. S. Campbell presided, propounded
the constitutional questions
and' delivered the charge to the people.
Rev. W. W. Bain delivered the charge
to the pastor. Ruling Elder J. P. Agnew
was the clerk of the commission.
The people have given Mr. McNair and
THE PRESBYTERI
tnere is every prospect of a useful pastorale
in liis new charge.
ur. Moore aiso preached iu this
cuurch in tue morning, and in the afternoon
ne prescued in the Episcopal
cnuich, of which Rev. Dr. T. H. Lacy
is the rector. An interesting feature of
tins service was the lact tnat besides
or. Moore and the rector there were
in tne pulpit two Presbyterian and one
Methodist preachers, to each of whom
was assigned a part in conducting the
worship of the congregation.
Lexington: Quite an addition was
made to the small congregation of
\voodside Presbyterian church, four
miles west of town, when twelve new
members were received. Of these eight
were added on profession of failh and
four by letter. Six adults and ten children
were baptized. Rev. S. B. Hannah
is pastor of this church in connection
witn his Oollierstown pastorate, and
held services there throughout last
week. Sunday afternoon. Rev. Dr. A.
T. Graham of the Liexington Presbyterian
church preached.?Rockbridge
County Mews.
Iter. Dr. John Allison, pastor of Second
church, Alexandria and former pastor
of Gunton-Temple Memorial Presbyterian
church, Washington, D. C., delivered
the address to the graduating
class of Belcourt Seminary, 12th and
Girard Streets, Washington, on last Friday.
Dr. Allison took as his theme
"Striving to Excel." He said one should
strive for two things, personal attainment
in character and a ministry of
personal usefulness in life. The exercises
were very inspiring. Among the
eleven graduates were Misses Martha
Gee and Laura McClure Allison, daughters
of Rev. Dr. Allison.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE STUDENT
BODY OF FREDERICKSBURG
COLLEGE.
May, 28, 1912.
Resolved First: That we the Students
of Fredericksburg College do hereby express
our Bincere regret at the resignation
of our honored and beloved President.
Mr. S. W. Sommerville.
Second: That we declare our esteem
for him as a Christian gentleman, and
our admiratiion for the ability with
which he has fulfilled the duties of a
difficult position.
Third: That we shall alweys remember
with gratitude tthe affectionate care
and sincere sympathy which have ever
been shown to us by our beloved friend
and revered instructor.
Fourth: That a copy of these resolutions
shall be sent to Mr. Sommervllle,
the local and church papers.
T>. C. Buchanan, Chairman.
W. C. Bltfeght.
Stuart "Williams
Rita Zord.
Anna R. Keim.
Committee.
UVDGAV I T
JL
Doctors of Divinity. Davidson College
durinj? its recent commencement
announced this honorary degree conferred
on Rev. D. M. Douglas, President
of the Presbyterian College of S. C.; Rev
J. S. Sibley, Louisville, Ky., and Rev.
Melton Clark, Greensboro N. C.
Rev. Dr. W. C. Clark, who has lately
taken charge of the Woodlawn Church,
Birmingham, changes his address from
Livingston, Ala., to 115 South Sixtieth
street, Birmingham, Ala.
Dr. W. J. Martin, professor of science
in Davidson CnMesre lias hepn elpetfld
president of that institution to succeed
Dr. Henry Louis Smith, who some time
ago was elected President of Washington
and Lee University.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Rev. W. A. Cleveland frtwn Charlotte
N. C. to Franklin Tenn.
Rev. Jno W. Orr accepts the call to
Steel Greek church, N. C.
AN OF THE SOUTH
THE JUNE OFFERING FOR HOME
MISSIONS.
ReY. T. A. Wharton, D. I).
Every Home Mission Committee dreads
the summer. It is the period of the
greatest evangelistit activity and of
church extension and the time when
our men on the firing line are busiest.
Unfortunately it is the one season when
the income of the Committee is always
minutest. The flood tide of our endeavor
coincides with the ebb tide of our
treasury. The summer city vacation?
church vacation?business demoralization
and money famine in the country
ohurcnes?a famine that continues until
the summer is ended and the harvest is
past are responsible in part. Our failure
to urge in all our churches the need
?simply awful need?of the June collection
for this cause?is the larger
fault.
We take no offering during the year
that approaches it in importance, for
it marks the crisas of the whole year's
work.
I 4- io a a. -i a.
? is |iciitvuj cuucm mm me viiurvii
does not understand.
It does not seem to know at all that
dependent upon the Assembly's Committee
alone four hundred missionaries,
ministers and teachers, representing our
church in Christian places among our
own people and the eleven non-English
speaking nationalities that have come
among us.
The church does not understand that
to conserve the work we are at present
doing without eveh the slightest advance,
requires an income at Atlanta of
$15,000.00 a month and the actual need
is $25,000.00 and further that which we
give in June must tide us over until
November.
In addition to all this, the Presbyterial
Committees are loaded with like
obligations and opportunities constantly
opening up here in the building cities
of the Southwest which we may not
seize.
The writer is giving two sons to the
foreign field and therefore he cannot
be charged with lack of interest in the
world work of the churoh, but it is hid
deliberate conviction that another Chattanooga
Convention which may fail to
give equal attention to the Home work
will be a misfortune. The supreme need
of the Southern Presbyterian Church today
is its arousing to the task that 'is
here and now. Brethren, let us read to
our people at once the sti'rring and appealing
leaflets that are sent us from Atlanta.
Let us make June count for
our Master's work at home. L<et us pray
fervently to (the Lord of the Harvest
for our home work and so loud that
all our people may be able to hear us
too'
Sherman, Texas.
I'OTOSI PRESBYTERY.
At an adjourned meeting of this
Presbytery, held in Cape Girardeau
May 10, 1912. (Rev. Frank L. Delaney
waB received from the Presbytery of
Norfolk and Rev. J. F. Law son from
the Presbytery of Pine BlufT.
They having accepted calls to the pastorate
of the Maiden and First Cape
Girardeau churches respectively, the
following arrangement was made for
their Installation, namely: Maiden,
May 22, 1912, at 8 P. M. Rev. J. F.
i/awBon 10 presiae ana constitute tne
pastoral relation, Rev. J. D. Harley, to
reach the sermon and deliver the
charge to the pastor, and Elder D. B.
Parkey to deliver the charge to the people.
First Cape Glradeau, Sunday, June
16, 1912, at 11 A. M. <Rev. W. W. Klllough
to preside and constitute the pastoral
relation, Rev. Lynn F. Ross to
prepch the sermon and deliver the
charge to the pastor and Elder M. G.
La Perre to deliver the charge to the
people.
[June 5, 1912
At the mutual request of pastor and
people Rev. J. E. Flow was released
from the pastoral charge of the Kennett
church and granted permission to labor
without .the bounds of Presbytery until
the next stated meeting In Clarkton, the
time of thiB meeting was changed from
September 24th to September 17th, 1912,
at 7:30 iP. M.
Geo. W. Harlan, S. C.
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Treasurer's Report.
I respectfully make the following report:
Receipts for April, 1912.
Specials.
Famine Fund, . ...$ 2,335.21
Other Specials, ... 3,068.03 $ 5,403.24
Regular.
Debt Fund $ 2,216.64
Current Funds, ... 23,304.53 25,521.17
Total Receipts for April, 1912, 30,924.41
Receipts for April, 1911 28,252.23
Gain for April, 1912 $ 2,672.18.
Rank Balances.
Special Account Credit in
Bank $ 5,976.49
Regular Account Overdraft,... 5,031.24
Liabilities.
Due Missions $18,882.94
Bills payable?Borrowed
money 59,652.00
Bills Payable?Accepted drafts
of Mission Treasurers 36,212.39
Funds on Deposit 2,400.00
Overdraft in Bank Regular
Account 5,031.24
$122,178.57
Less Advance Payments to
Missions 10,402.11
Net Liabilities April 30, 1912, $111,776.46
Respectfully submitted,
"W. H. Raymond, Treasurer.
All Treasurers of churches, societies,
etc., are urged to forward without delay
all funds coming into their hands.
COMMENCEMENT AT DAVIDSON.
It would be a long story in 'Its tell1
<? nr.tr wrrnnttttfa /I St lllfi
nig ciitii yyuuiu an axir uicaouio uu j
tlce to the fine commencement and the
splendid programme that has marked
the celebration of the 75th anniversary
of the Founding of Davidson College.
The limits of space allowed render such
a chronicle impossible and the bare recital
of events, with the briefest comemnt,
must suffice. To leap literally in
medias res and begin in the middle with
the hope of being able to work in due
time toward the front and then rearward,
let it be said that Prof. Thomas
W. Ongle and the other members of
the committtee deserve the warmest
thanks and the heartiest praise for having
first prepared and for then carrying
into execution a programme that In
variety, quality and all round excellence
must compare most favorably with
the more ambitious order of exercises
that have marked celebrations at some
of the great universities, such for example
as that held very recently at Princeton.
Wednesday,.the anniversary day. has
been rendered memorable by an intellectual
spread that was pronounced by
Kn
every observer as leaving little w
desired, rather, Jf possible, -there was
a surfeit of the best and the difficulty
lay only in the limitations of one's digestive
powers. The finest of the wheat,
the honey in the rock, wine that niaketh
glad the heart of man, the oil of the
olive, all In a scriptural and seml-scrlptural
sense, enriched and made Joyo?8
and profitable the occasion.
Bx-Governor Robt. B. Glenn presided
with a dignity endangered from time
to time only by hl^ love of a Joke and
his sallies of wtt that were ever and