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CONTRIBUTED.
The Making of a Minister,
Rev. Russell Cecil, D. D., 1
Surely I Come Quickly, 2
The Miser's Soliloquy,
Carrie Primrose, 3
iA Word to Ministers ef the Gospel
and to Christian Workers, .... 11
Some 'Pertinent Questions,
Rev. E. C. Gordon, D. D., 11
Home and School,
Rev. D. M. Mclver. 21
FAMILY READINGS, 4
How, When, Where and Why, .. 4
The Courage of a Little Civilian, 4
The Ox and Hie Owner, 5
Christ's Yoke, 5
Encouraging the Child, 5
Maimonides' iPrayer for Physician^
f . - 5
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS, t
Five Little Brothers 6
Down in Mugg Alley, 7
The Dangerous Door, 7
.otters from the Children, 7
SUNDAY SCHOOL, Y, P. S. AND
PRAYER MIBET1NG, 8
EDITORIAL, 9
[Notes, 9
All at Once in a Hurry 10
Some ttign unucism, ju
The Use of Time, 10
The Law of Intelligent Faith, 10
A Line of Cleavage, 11
CHURCH NEWS, 12-15
SURVEY OF CURRENT EVENTS, 16
THE KiHRRVILLE ENCAMPMENT, 18
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, 20
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 22
MISCELLANEOUS, 24
STORY CORNER, 24
Ctiurd) Jletotf
ALABAMA.
?The Westminster Church has called
Rev. J. F. Turner, pastor of the Second
cnurcn, Anniaion, aih., ana u is announced
that Mr. Turner will accept
the call.
Birmingham: Rev. Dr. W. G.
Woodforldge, pastor of the Avondale
church for nearly nine years, has resigned
the pastorate there, and will
soon remove, for family reasons, to
Tacoma, Washington. The Gulf States
Presbyterian states that Dr. Woodbridge
will not sever his editorial connection
with that paper, and that he will re
THE PRESBYTERI
lXain in connection with the Southern
Church.
FLORIDA.
( learn ntcr: He v. Jan. T. McLean,
who has been the pastor of the churcn
at St. Petersburg, Fia., until quite recently,
has been called to tne Clearwater
church, and will take up his
work there at the beginning of next
month.
The Presbytery of St. John is called
to meet July 2, 1912, at 10:30 A. M. *n
the First Presbyterian church of Tampa
to transaot the following business, if
the way be clear:
1. To receive Candidate W. P. Chalmers
and examine him for licensure.
2. To consider and act upon the complaint
of Florida Presbytery, U. S. A.,
against the alleged activity of St. Johns
Presbytery in attempting to take over
some of their churches.
P. H. Hensley, Jr., S. C.
UFOliUlA.
Augusta, First: On June 16th the
following newly elected deacons were
uibcaueu: v uaries u. uari, iiiuwaiu o.
Johnson, Robert W. Winglield, and
Philip S. iNorth. These together with
the deacons already in service make
the diaconate of the First ohurch composed
of seventeen men. The eldership
of this church consists of seven
men.
Beginning Sunday, June 23d, open
air services will be held each Sunday
evening during the heated period. The
lawn in front of the church has been
lighted with festoons of electric Lights
clustered in among the trees, chairs
from the Sunday school being used to
seat the people. A large platform has
been erected against the church to accommodate
the chorus choir and the orchestra,
which lead the music.
The pastor, Rev. J. R. Sevier, has
arranged the following supply for the
church during his vacation: Rev. G. M.
ilowerton, the second and third SunHoufl
in A 11 cruet Rou _T A RimTvflon.
me fourth Sunday in August; and Dr.
R. C. Reed, of Columbia, the first Sunday
in September. The pastor and
hiB family will spend their vacation
at Plumtree, N. C., and Bristol, Tenn.
Dickey: The Whitney churcfh, of
this piace, feels much encouraged since
the Rev. Wm. T. Waller became pastor,
along with the Outhbert and Fort
Gaines churches. Some strong additions
to the membership, with prospect
of others to follow.
The church, in congregational meeting
last Sabbath, elected additional efhcers,
as follows: .Elders?Judge J. L
Boynton, Br. C. K. Sharpe and Mr. Arthur
Plowden; Deacons?-W. H. Plowden,
Lynn Davis, Herman Plowden and
Edward Harvin. The new ofllcers-elect
are full of enthusiasm. The ordination
and lnBtallation will occur later, and
will be an important event in the life
of the church.
Atlanta: You will no doubt be interested
to know of a movement among
the young people of Atlanta to raise
the Foreign Missionary debt. The plan
originated in the Christian Endeavor
'Sooiety of the Decatur Street church,
and is as follows:
It has been estimated that an avern
or a a# tWiwtv.fivn /*on+a a momho r> frAm
age Ul lUlii; V ^V?*vw M- MWiUWI
the members of the Southern Presbyterian
Church will pay this debt. The
young people in several of our churches
have organized themselves Into a 'collecting
agency," the purpose of which
is to personally call the attention of
the individual members of the church
to this debt and ask them for a contribution.
The plan followed in most of the
churches has been to choose a band
of willing young people and divide the
members of the church among them for
a thorough canvass. The result In
AN OF THE SOUTH
most of the churches where the young
people have been working is very encouraging
and proves conclusively the
feasibility of the plan.
The Decatur church has collected
$161; the Central church, $110; the
Inman Park church $76; the West End
church $25; the Georgia Avenue $16Total
collected to date, $387.
The young people of the First church
have just begun their canvass. Three
of these churches, the Central, West
End and Georgia Avenue, have not yet
completed the canvass. Several other
Atlanta churohes, which are not listed
here, have made recent contributions
to this cause before the movement was
started, and others not mentioned have
expressed their intention to take up
the matter in the fall when their congregations
return to the city.
You will notice in these reports chat
some of the churches have not come
up to the average of thirty-five cents
a member, but others have gone over
their average, so that the general average
when the canvass is completed
will probably come up to the required
amount.
KENTUCKY.
Thv Hlnnmlialil ?n ,1 til,.
Churches: These churches are in good
working condition. Bach has made
substantial development in recent
years. We have just celebrated the
fourth anniversary of Rev. S. B. Bander's
pastorate with a banquet to the
men's Bible class of seventy members,
of which he is teacher. It was one of
the most successful social affairs ever
given here.
During the past three years we have
erected a new manse, which compares
favorably with any residence in the
community. We have added other improvements
to our' other church property.
We have made a substantial increase
in our pastor's salary, and at
the same time increased our gifts to
the benevolent causes of the Assembly.
Our Sabbath Schools are in a flourishing
condition. The Dioomfleld school
in mo.intflin ina fhn roA_fAl A
~ bUC l^ilWV-lWJU mvi CODC iu
attendance registered last year, while
the attendance at Big Spring this year
is larger than for many years. It has
been our i us torn to give careful attention
to the teaching of our catechisms
as our fathers have done before
us here for the past century and a
quarter, but we are glad tx> report a
larger number of our young people
studying them now than for many
years. Twenty-five will soon be ready
for examination in the Shorter Cateshism
here, and about the same number
at Big Spring.
Our Ladies' Add and Missionary Societies
have organised a society of
twenty young ladles In the church who
are co-operating with them in all their
missionary and other enterprises. We
are seeking to induce every member
of our churches to become an active
worker, and we have met with gratifying
success in that direction.
We are expecting to have Dr. C. W.
Somervllle with us In a series of services
during July, and Dr. W. W. Akers
will assist the Big Spring congregation
during the month of August. We
are praying for a great ingathering from
these two special seasons of work and
prayer.
jr. a. unuw,
Supt. of 8. S.
LOUISIANA.
?New Orleans Presbytery has been
called to meet In special session on
Monday, July 1, at 2 P. M., In the lecture
room of the First church for the purpose
of attending to all business' connected
with tbe examination, licensure,
and ordination as a foreign evangelist
of Candidate J. C. McQueen, who has
been appointed as a missionary b
June 20, 1912]
Africa, and with the request of Rev.
Geo. D. Booth for a dissolution of the
pastoral (relation between himself and
the Napoleon Avenue church, with a
view to his accepting a call to the First
church of Laurel, Miss., and his dismission
to Meridian Presbytery.
? Sew Orleans' Eighteenth l'resbyte.
riau Church was organized on the afternoon
of Sunday, June 16. Ln the beau
tiful new suburb, within the city limits,
of UentLiy lerrace. This is an. outcome
of the work of Rev. A. Oscar
ilrowue, city missions *y. Forty-e'gtu
members were enrolled, fifteen of them
men, twenty-one women, and twelve
children. Eighteen families were represented
In the enrollment, with twemyflve
beads of families. Ten of the fortyeight
were received op profession of
faith, the rest by letter and re-affrmation,
twenty coming from other denominations.
Only seventeen wecre
from other Presbyterian churches of
New Orleans. Three ruling elders and
three deacons were elected, the elders
being Messrs. W. Al. Boothby, I. H. Vincent,
and E. J. Kesstler, and the deacons
ucuig aieHBiB. ?i. jli. ocuuiu, j. a. weaver
and S. i?. Rayncr. A large congregation
was present, filling the reception
iu.ll, parlor and back parlor of the
handsome home of Mr. David ft.
Graham, where the organization was
effected. Mr. Graham is an Dptscopaiian,
with .. great, big heart. Th? comnission
of the Presbytery, Rev a. Theo.
F. Hahn and A. O. Browne, and Ruling
Mlder J. A. Thomas, of the Third
church, conducted the exercises and ordained
and installed three of the new
officers, Dr. Browne presiding, Mr. Hahn
charging the officers, and Mr. Thomas
charging the people. The organization
sermon was preached, at the request
of the commission, by Dr. Summey.
Several young people were baptized.
Mr. Graham cordially invited the new
church to continue to use his home
until it shall have its house of worship.
For the latter two beautiful lots,
on Painters Street and facing the Ter
race fark, have already beeen purchased.
The church starts out with
the brightest promise and will gather
about itself much of the strength of ths
new section in which it is located.
Jiew Orleans: The pastor of the Prytania
Street ch.urch, Rev. Dr. W. McF.
Alexander, with his wife and daughter,
will sail by the Leland Line directly
from New Orleans to London July 2,
/or three months' tour of Europe.
Kew Orleans: The Executive Committee
of Eoreign Missions has accepted
Miss Urilda Rodd, a member of
ttue Prytania Street church, and
a sister of Mrs. (Leighton Stuart
and Mrs. Lacy Moffett, both of the
China Mlssiou, as a missionary to. Africa.
Thus Mr. John E. Rodd, one
of our most faithful and beloved rulib?
elders, will have four daughters in the
foreign field, Mirs. Hiarry Castle, of
Hangcbow, China, whose husband U a
mlu>lnnlii>v r*.f th. r>h...nk _? U>??rl<ind.
UUHV1VUCII J VI UUQ UUU1 vu U1
Leicg also his daughter. The marri^e
of Rev. J. C. McQueen, under appoln-*
rneut to the African Mission, and Miss
Urilda is announced for next month, a
j'-w days oefore the sailing oi idle
of fifteen "who expect ho leave this countiy
on July 27th for the Congo.
Madinoavlllei The Ladies Missionary
Society entertained at a delightfu'
meeting on June 12th. A number of
ladies from the Methodist and Presbj(nrlon
Cinr>4 nil aO In KIaIU Avlnflflfi had
i*ji inn buciowch iu iitjn v/a ?w?- ?
been invited to attend, but owing to tbe
inclement weather several were deterred
from coming.
There was a social gathering at the
hospitable home of the Misses Perk'"8,
where luncheon was served. The me6'"
ing was held in the Presbyterian
church with about 30 ladies prea*nt:
amongst them sqfreral ladles from tbe
9 Covington Society. ^