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tKafale of Contents
Centennial nf FSmf Vi-cK.,
? ? **?fc * * v,ouj ici iau
Church?Address by
Dr. McFaden, the Pastor, 1
A Crucial TeBt of Rome's Weakness,
Dr. Ort8 Gonzalez, 3
A View of Death, Mrs. Barnett, 3
If J Had Known, B. C. Moomaw, 4
Queen of the Sea,
Mrs. Helen Perdew, B
A Few Personal Recollections,
Rev. Wm. T. Price, D. D., 18
Preabyterian Education in Texas,
Rev. R. E. Vinson, D. D. 20
FAMILY READINGS.
"The Lord's Leisure," 4
The Secrets of Repose, 6
OCR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Russian Soldier that was a Christian,
6
The Carroll Twins 1
Letters from the Children 7
SUNDAY SCHOOL, Y. P. S. AND
PRAYER MEETING.
EDITORIAL.
Notes, 9
The Proposed Brief Statement, .. 9
Enduring Lives, 10
In Touch with Home, 10
Our Fellowship 10
Is This Universalism? 11
Recovery or Jewels, 11
CHURCH NEWS, 12-15
SURVEY OF CURRENT EVENTS,.. 16
OPEN LETTER TO THE CHURCH,
By Rev. Wim. M. Morrison and ale, 17
SE3IjF-SUPPORTING MISSIONARIES
.IN THE FIELD. 17
ORGANIZATION OF FOREIGN MISSION
COMMITTEE 17
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE
HOME AND SCHOOL, 18
SECOND WORLDS CHRISTIAN
CITIZENSHIP CONVENTION, ... 19
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS 20
Home Health Club 22
The Pennsylvania Railroad and Its
Employees, 23
Cburcl ) J?etotf
ALABAMA.
Birmingham, Westminster: The congregation
of the Westminster church
has called Rev. J. C. Turner, who has
signified hie willingness to accept the
call, and if Presbytery sees fit will enter
upon duties the first of July.
?Handley Memorial: The Christian
Endeavor of this church is fast be
THE PRESBYTERI,
coming a factor in the church work.
* ue young people are becoming greatly
..uere&ieu, and adding uew members,
and hiiiug theii pledges fco stand by tue
church work, ilt is adding nuite a large
uumoer to the evening services.
**iiuiiugnuui: l'luus lor tne new house
of worship of the Woodiawn church,
Kev. Dr. W. (J. dark pastor, has been
adopted, and work is expected to begin
very soon.
ayuudicul College: Dr. .McDougan,
tue president, regards the outlook for
uie coming year as very hne. He is
uunseti in uie Held lor the summer,
doing tine work.
Presbyterian Fucunipmeut: Good
Presbyterians are aBked not lo forget
cue Presbyterian Hucainpnieut, to be
held Juiy 18-30, at Shocco Springs. A
tine program has been made, and it will
help every one wno ib preseat. Kev. H. F.
Yvilliams, of NaBhville, will be on hand
and will present the Foreign Missionary
claims and development. Special attention
will be paid to Sunday school
methods and ideals, and Home Missions
win nave a large piace.
AKkAxNSAS.
Arkansas Freshjtery met in called
meeting in Newport, June 2t>tn, at J
F. M. Present, four ministers and three
luiing elders. Presbytery dissolved the
pastoral relation between Kev. A F.
Cunningham and Batesville church, and
between Kev. M. S. Smith and Searcy
and Sylvania churches.
Presbytery refused to dismiss Kev.
M. S. Smith to Cisco Presbytery as the
church at BatesTille has called him
the pastorate.
At his own request Rev. A. iF. Cunningham
was dismissed to Central Texas
Trcsbytery, and Presbytery by a rising
vote expressed its appreciation 01
him and the splendid work he did at
Batesville.
R. H. Latham, 23. c.
KEMLCkl.
Covington: The call of the Madison
Avenue church to Rev. Herbert M.
Moore, of Illinois, has been approved
by Hbenezer Presbytery, Mr. Moore
has been received, and provision made
for his installation.
The Uloowiield Church: We have just
completed the improvement to our
manse property. The work done represents
an aggregate expenditure of
more than $2,000, and was finished last
week with the erection of an iron fence
in front of the manse.
. Our congregation is small. Its mem
beretup is less than a hundred. The
work done has been made possible by
ihe consecration and self-denial of our
people.
After the morning service on tho
fourth Sabbath our pastor made an appeal
to the congregation on behalf of
the Session to pay the balance of six
hundred dollars which remained unpaid
on our improvements. The response
was exceedingly gratifying to all
of us, for in twenty minutes the debt
was wiped out, leaving a balance of
nearly a hundred dollars to the credit
of the improvement fund.
The extensive improvements we have
made do not represent alone the generosity
of a few, but the Christian liberality
of all. Bach gave as God had
prospered him.
The repaperlng and painting of the
Big Spring church building has been
finished also. The bill for all the improvements
made there has been paid
in full. The church property of both
congregations is In good repair, and
both congregations are free of debt.
God has abundantly and graciously
blessed us.
LUU19IA1I A.
New Orleans: The pastor of the
Napoleon Avenue church, Rev. Qeo. D.
AN OF THE SOUTH
Booth, resigned that charge on Sunday,
June 23, and requested the congregation
to unite with him In a request to
the Presbytery, called to meet July 1,
for a dissolution of the pastoral relation,
that he may accept a call to the
church at Laurel, Miss. Mr. Booth will
be missed in -New Orleans, where during
two years' ministry he has greatly
endeared himself to great numbers of
people, in every denomination, and especially
to his brethern in the ministry.
His tlrelessness as a worker, his readiness
and heartiness in co-operation with
all others, and his delightful Christian
spirit and geniality have made him be
luveu ui an wao nave come in contact
with him. He has had a most useful
and successful ministry and carries with
him into his new field the sincere regard
and affection of a host of friends.
Prytaula Street Church?During the
first month of the absence of the pastor,
Rev. W. McF. Alexander, who will spend
about three months in a European trip,
the pulpit of the Prytanla Street Church
will be supplied by Rev. J. E. Hobson,
of Water Valley, MIsb.
MARYLAND.
iialti'mere: The new church at Owings
Mills, near McDonogh, was dedicated recently.
Rev. Dr. Robert H. Fleming
preached the sermon, and Rev. Dr. W. H.
v? oods made the prayer. The little
band of Presbyterians deserve praise for
persistent enort to ouild and to offer to
God and a building free from debt.
It is a neat structure. Rev. H. G.
Richardson is serving the congregation
acceptably.
Rev. W. J. McMillan, D. 1)., has won
the hearts, and has the ready co-operation
of the people of Maryland Avenue
congregation. The people are encouraged
and hopeful. Dr. McMillan preached
the sermon at the commencement of
Williamsburg Female Institute, Virginia.
The 9th anniversary of the pastorate
of Rev. Dr. Robert P. Kerr, at Northuiinster
church was quietly but happily
celebrated recently. Dr. Kerr, while
nominally in the church in U. S. A., belongs
to the whole church. His manyfriends
South will be glad to know of
the steady growth of the church under
his leadership. He will soon seek rest
and refreshment in Canada.
Iter. Dr. Robert II. Fleming, of
Dickey Memorial church, has been in
demand for addresses. He has spoken
to the Women's Missionary Society of
(.nesapeake Presbytery at Leesburg,
and at the annual praise meeting of the
Missionary Society of the Central
church, Washington, D. C. He will go
in July to Highland county, Virginia, to
deliver an address at the seventy-fifth
anniversary nf P.rah RnHnm />hnr/ih
While the minister of Dickey Memorial
church and his daughter were
spending a pleasant evening at the home
of one of the elders, the manse was
entered through a window. A kind
neighbor sent a message by phone,
which quickened the steps of the minister
homeward. To his surprise, he
found the house lighted throughout,
ua.pa.uBse lanterns Detween tne trees on
the lawn, and a merry company in possesaion.
The Methodist minister and
some of his dock were among the merriest.
With song and story, with refreshments
for mind and body a rare
evening was spent. There was a substantial
recognition of the daughter's
recent graduation in the medical department
of Johns Hopkins Unlver/ity.
This was but a single instance of the
continued kindness, not only of the
members of his flock, but of the whole
community since the present pastorate
of Dr. Fleming began.
Rev. Dr. Harris E. Kirk, of Baltimore,
and Rev. James H. Taylor, of Washington
have gone to Europe to recuperate
and to return laden with spoil from
1
[July 3, 1912
Bergson and others to be used in the
campaign next winter.
MISSISSIPPI.
Columbus: Our pulpit was filled Sunday,
June 28, 1912, by the Rev. Q. E.
Moorehouse, Ph. D., pastor of the
church at Axtell, Kansas. Dr. Moorehouse
Is a native of Scotland, and hie
charming accent enhances the value of
his excellent discourses.
J. F. Neilson.
Jackson: Rev. W. T. Hill haB been re
leased from the pastorate of the Central
Church, Jackson, and will remove
to Magnolia, Miss. He will give onehalf
of his time to the church 111 Magnolia
and the other half to home mission
service In the Presbytery of (Mississippi.
?Brandon and Forest: These two
churches are being supplied during the
summer by candidate Paul Crane, who
is a student at Union Theological Seminary,
Virginia.
Yokena: We have just closed a fine
day's meetlag. One of the most successful
and pleasant meetings we have
enjoyed for many years. Rev. W . F.
< reson, of Port Gibson, assisted the
pastor, Rev. C. P. Colmery in the meeting.
Mr. Creson did all of the preaching.
giving ten sermons with gTeat
earnestness and power. Four of our
young hoys were received into the
church upon confession of faith?baptized
In infancy and reared in the Sabbath
school. Not only the members of
the church, but the entire community
feel greitly refreshed and strengthened.
Laurel: The Laurel church, of which
Rev. W. D. Spurlln has until recently
hppn nnntor ha B ffisan a huorln wall
to Rev. Geo. D. Booth, the pastor of
the Napoleon Avenue church of New
Orleans. It is not yet known what Mr.
Booth will do with the call.
Jackson: The pastoral relation of
Rev. W. H. Hjll to the Central churoh,
Jackson, a as been dissolved, and Mr.
Hill has been dismissed to the ! rtilbytery
of Mississippi, where he will
serve the Magnola church in connection
with the superintendency of Home
Missions.
WOMAN'S SYNODICAL CONFERENCE
OF MISSISSIPPI.
On June 19-20 delegates from the
Woman's Preebyterial Missionary Unions
of Mississippi met at Belhaven
College, Jackson, Miss., in connection
with the School for Christian Workers,
held at same time and place; to organize
a Woman's Synodical Conference.
The first session, June 18th, at 7:30
P. M., was purely informal, in which
delegates and visitors joined in the devotional
exercises in sweet communion
with each other, as a preparation fbr
the work to. follow. There waa an informal
talk on Personal Responsibility,
by Mrs. C. S. Everts, Illustrated by a
Missionary -Map of the World. Mrs.
H. M. Street, of Arkansas, talked on
Synodlcal Organization.
On June 19th Rev. C. T. Thomsoa,
D. D., Kosciusko, chairman of Synodical
Committee on Woman's Work, presided
during temporary organization,
whJ4h resulted in election of Mrs. W.
Brlstow Qray, Greenville, chairman, and
Mrs. Everts, secretary. This was fol
lowed by a conference on duties and responsibilities
of executive Committee,
led by Mrs. Gray. Work of the Visitor,
led by Miss L. Lee Orutcher, Natchez,
a Conference on Young People's Work,
and a Presidents' Conference, led hy
Mrs. J. W. Caldwell, of Senatobla.
Strong and weak points of each Union
were listed on the board, discussed,
and definite prayer offered for each.
Mrs. H. M. Sydenstrloker, West Point,
was elected president, and Mrs. C SOvert*,
Rldgeland, secretary. Alio ^rfe
vice-presidents in charge of the foil
ing departments: Foreign Missions, Assembly's
Home Missions, Synodlcal