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July 10, 1912]
Ing ub his servant and we take fresh
courage and go forward in the work of
t ie Master In this dear old church. We
had three accessions on profession of
olr faith, and one hy letter; all children
of the covenant?all members of
the Sabbath school. The congregation
elected two new ruling elders: Messrs.
W. E. Brumby and John Carter, and one
deacon, Mr. A. S. Brumby, who were ordained
and installed. It certainly is a
pleasure to see the son and grandson of
i)r. Brumby, who was the father of the
ioodman church, and its first elder,
thus coming up to the help of the
church, and taking their places for service.
To God be all the praise.
Pastor.
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phis, Tenn., assisted Rev. J. W. Allen In
a meeting from June 20th till June 30th.
He preached the Word with power to
the edification of the Christians and to
the salvation of sinners. In addition to
the four young men who united with the
church one night this week, there will
be several others who will join. More
than one hundred and thirty of the members
of the different churches signed
cards expressing a desire and determination
to live a more consecrated life.
On the last Sabbath he held a meeting
in the afternoon for men and boys,
while the ladies held a prayer meeting
at the Presbyterian church and poured
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....i won ouuio i.o uoa xor His blessings
upon the meeting. At the close of the
service, nearly every one came forward
and gave their hand as an endorsement,
as a promise to stand by him in his
position on higher ideals.
At the close of 'the last service on
Sunday night, there were several professions,
while the great majority of the
large audience arose and agreed to live
a more consecrated life.
On Sundays the audiences were so
large that we had to use the Baptist
i hurch, which was tendered to us for
our use all the time. The pd&tors and
members of the other churches coopered
with us in the great work. It
was beautiful -to behold the sweet spirit
of co-operation, manifested by these
brethren and sisters of the other
churches. May what has been done be
only a foretaste of a greater work of
hi ace wmcn vioa may accomplish here
In the churches.
MISSOURI.
Troy: Have JuBt been with the brethren
at Troy In another meeting. I was
with them last year, when we were
greatly blessed, receiving twenty-eight
members, adding ten to the baptized
non-communicating membership and received
an offering of $130.71 for Synod's
Home Mission work. Our meeting this
time was in the midst of the harvest
season and the excitement of a national
political convention; yet. our attendance
upon the whole was very encouraging.
We held three daily services, one
of them a business men's prayer meeting
in front of one of the stores, ai
which the attendance was large and the
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communion service on the last Sabbath,
reports from all deparments of tbe
church were read. Pastor's salary reported
fully paid and all financial obliKations
met The ladles have lately had
the main auditorium of the church recarpeted,
the walls frescoed and the
windows screened. Many reconsecrated
themselves to better lives; six children
were baptized; three adult members
were received; the sum of $87.40 was
given for Synod's Home Mission work
and $21.90 for incidental purposes. I
go next to St. Geneieve, Mo., to hold a
meetng. ,
Wm. H. Richardson.
H K PRESBYTERI
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington?St. Andrews: At the
communion in June twenty-two new
members were welcomed as received
since the communion in March. The
pastor completed twenty-one years in
this church on the last Sabbath in
June. In that time 884 members have
been received. The contributions to all
causes Tiave grown from $4,000 to
$16,000. The contribution to Foreign
Missions from nearly $400 to nearly
$4,000.
Morgantown: During a severe electrical
storm the Presbyterian church
was struck by lightning and greatly
damaged by Are, the steeple being burn
ed away and the interior of the church
being badly damaged.
The church has just recently been
remodeled at a cost of $8,000 and the
pastor. Rev. Mr. Gregory, has been here
only two weeks.
Albemarle Presbytery: Installation
services at Apex church. This little
congregation is one of the youngest
daughters in Albemarle Presbytery. It
is located in Wake county, N. C., some
15 miles southwest of Raleigh. Its organization
and effectiveness 1b largely
due to the missionary zeal of Dr. W.
MoC. White. The congregation has acquired
an attractive building neBtled in
a group of shady oaks. On June the 3d
by order of Presbytery Rev. J. E. Hemphill,
assistant pastor of the Raleigh
nao mmdiiea pasior. ur. White,
one of the committee, was prevented
by a brief attack of sickness, from attending.
Dr. W. D. Morton presided,
preached the sermon, propounded the
constitutional questions and charged
the pastor. Mr. Samuel Watkins delivered
an earnest and appropriate charge
to the people. Mr. 'Watkins is a zealous
elder of the Henderson church. There
was a line congregation present. The
people are much attached to their
young pastor.
Davidson: It can be easily guessed
that the news of the nomination of
jovernor Woodrow Wilson in Baltimore
this week was received here at Davidsond
and by all loyal Davidsonians
everywhere witih unqualified pleasure
and delight.
It is well known that while Governor
Wilson is not a graduate of the college
he is an alumnus of Davidson, having
eiuereu nere as a freshman in September
'73, and being therefore a member
of the cI&bs of '77. In thiB class among
others that graduated were Rev. R. S.
Arrowood of Fayetteville Presbytery.
Rev. Dr. F. J. Brooke, of Romney, W.
Va., Thomas W. Dixon of Charlotte,
Rev. Dr. R. A. Laps ley of Richmond,
W. C. Pease of Columbus, Ga., Rev. C.
L. Stewart of Pelzer, S. C. Some of
the matriculates of the class were Milton
S. Brown, of Salisbury, Rev. D. B.
Brierson, Winter Haven, Fla., William
B. Phillips, Ph. D., of the University
of Alabama, Rev. Dr. Thornton Whaling,
Columbia. S. C.. Henrv F Wllmn
of Sumter.
The college records show that while
i'.son, then, a youth of 17, had not developed
Into the hard student that he
subsequently became, his grades averaged
nearly 90, his deportment being
rated at 100, and his work In English
and English composition being 95 and
more.
In an article in the Davidson College
Magazine. November 1911, by W. S.
Golden class of *13, the writer reviews
at length his record in the Eumeneau
literary Society which he Joined at an
early date. The article closes with th.s
summary: Whether or not a recent writer
(in World's Work), was correct in
v lng that Wllsom received no intellectual
lmpulse at Davidson, we have documentary
evidence that he was a falth*Ml
and orderly attendant upon the exercise*'
ofc. the literary society; that he
AN OF THE SOUTH
was praised for the acceptable performance
of tasks assigned to him and that
reforms which he strove for at Prince1
were based on principles in active
operation at Davidson when he was a
LUdent here in the moBt plastic period
of his life.
A preceding paragraph will explain
the reference to "reforms at Princeton,"
says Mr. Golden: "The society as well
as the faculty in those days enforced
a system of strict discipline. Members
were tried for profanity and drinking
and the society exercises a strong moral
control over its members. Wilson was
receiving in those days his first im
pressions of the world. Ho was then
in the formative period. In later life
as president of Princeton he began to
declare his convictions that the excess
of freedom in our modern universities
is harmful, and to labor for more direct
control over the daily life of the students.
It seems worthy of note that the
principle of close and constant supervision
of students which was applied
at Davidson when Wilson was here is
essentially the same principle as that
for which the president of Princeton
has taken his stand."
tit is stated on good authority that
Wilson has a monument standing on
the Davidson campus today, if not in the
person, at least in the form of a fine
stately elm that graces the approach
to the main building as one comes up
the centre walk.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Ureemille?Second Church: At a recent
congregational meeting Professor
George Brnst, Mr. R. A. Means and Mr.
R. L. Simpson wert elected ruling elders
in the Second Presbyterian church
of Greenville, South Carolina.
Chester: It was my privilege to worship
in Purity Presbyterian church,
which is the First church, Chester.
The pastor, Rev. A. D. P. Gilmore, D.
D., occupied the pulpit both morning and
night, third Sabbath in June. His subject
in the morning was "The Person
and Character of the Holy Ghost."
At the night service his talk was on
the "'Holy Ghost His Part in the Plan
of Redemption, His Drawinsr Influence
on the Hearts of Sinners, and the Danger
of Our Grieving that Spirit" Both
services left a deep impression on the
hearts and minds of his hearers, for
many on Monday were talking of the
Gospel feast they had on the Sabbath.
His Wednesday evening lectures are
much like those I have enjoyed at
Nbrthfleld and also at St. Andrew's,
Scotland. Truly this town is greatly
blessed In having such a man In their
midst.
James Russell
TENNESSEE.
Memphis: Mr. James P. Finnle, u
ruling elder of the Second church, (Lad
suddenly on June 26, aged seventyeight
years. He and his wife celebrated
the fifty-fifth anniversary of their marraige
just two days before his death,
lie lived a life of great usefulness, and
was full of loyalty to his church. He
left two daughters, one of them being
me wire or Kev. J. H. Lumpkin, of
Memphis.
The pulpit of the Second chnrch, Dr.
A. B. Curry, pastor, will be supplied
from the middle of August to the middle
of September by Rev. E. H. Gregory,
of Garyville, La.
?Westminster Chnrch, Rev. C. O.
Groves, pastor. On the fourth Sabbath
of June Messrs. Wm. MeCleary, Russell
Smith, G, P. Douglas, Guy Clark and
Robert Hall were ordained an'd installed
as deacons. And on June 30th Dr.
Frazer Hood and Mr. Walter F. Scruggs
were ordained and installed as ruling
elders. The new cross-town car line
which passes the church is a great con
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venience to the congregation. In fact
Westminster is now the most accessible
Presbyterian church to the residence
section of Memphis.
Mr. J. C. Stewart, of S. P. U. Divinity
School, is preaching at Belfast, Tenn.,
in Columbia Presbytery. Dr. Nicholassen
is at Montreat conducting classes
in New Testament Greek. Prof. T. O.
Deadrlck, Mrs. Deadrlck, and Miss Edith
are studying a few months in New
York.
Pranklint Rev. W. A. Cleveland was
installed pastor of this church on Sabbath
morning, June 30. Rev. W. L.
Caldwell, D. D., of the Woodland Street
church, Nashville, preached the sermon
and delivered the charges. The new
pastor and his family have been most
smuiuuBiy received by this excellent
people, everything possible was done
by them to make house-keeping a delight
in the splendid new manse. Indications
point to a happy and successful
pastorate.
Cl&rksville (Nashville Presbytery):
Prof. Ndcbolassen leaves this week for
Montreat, where he will give a course
of Instruction in the Sunday school lessons
m Greek. Prof. Dornell Is in Knoxville
as one of the English faculty of
the Summer School of the South. Dr.
Hosebro and Mrs. Rosebro. are at Nantucket,
Mass. Prof. Fulton Is supplying
for Rev. Dr. Diehl, who is In New York
undergoing treatment. The Clarksville
people have generously aided their pastor
in his affliction.
The people of Trenton have Just concluded
a splendid two weeks' meeting
here, which was conducted by Rev. J.
Ernest Thacker, D. D., the Assembly's
evangelist, who was assisted by his able
co-workers, Prof, and Mrs. Geo. A. Fisher.
This was a union meeting, in which
Baptist, Cumberland Presbyterian,
Methodist, and Southern Presbyterian
churches took part.
For one week previous to Dr. Thacker's
coming prayer services were held
each night, which greatly prepared the
people for the gospel message as it was
so sweetly, so clearly, so simply delivered
morning after morning and night
after night by Dr. Thacker.
These meetings were held in the
court-house auditorium, which has a
seating capacity of about 1,000, and the
house was well filled at each service,
and many times the people could not
all be seated, the crowd belne so erpat
especially at the Sunday services, and
many of the night services.
The singing was another good feature,
as a chorus choir of some 50 or
fiO voices ahd been in training for a
week prior to Prof, and Mrs. Fisher's
coming, and they brought out of the
choir all the music that was possible,
and the chorus did good work. The
junior choir was composed of about 50
children, who were in attendance at
all the services as well as the senior
chorus, and under Prof. Fisher's leadership
some wonderful results were manifested.
The working of the revival was In the
hands of the pastors of the four churches
above named, also five committees,
made up of members of each of the
four churches. They did their work
well, and it was largely due to their
good work that so much good was accomplished.
Dr. Thacker's method of conducting
the meetings is heartily approved of
by each of those who had it in charge,
and the card system used is so quiet,
so earnest and yet so impressive, that <
many were reached who probably might
not have been reached in any other way.
The Spirit of God was manifested in
each o< the services. Dr. Thacker's
appeals were so strong, yet so plain and
simple that even the smallest child was
able to grasp the meanings of his uplifting
and Inspiring sermons. Many