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meeting of Presbytery held at Seneca
recently Rev. C. D. Waller was received
from Lexington Presbytery and arrangements
made to install him pastor of
Lasley church.
Licentiate l'\ D. Vaughan was examined
for ordination, and u commission
appointed to ordain and install hun
pastor of Richland and hair Play
churches.
Rev. J. C. Bailey accepted a call to
the Pickens church in addition to his
present work, and arrangements were
made tor his installation.
Jfciusley: Rev. E. 1>. Waller, recently
culled to this church from Virginiu,
has arrived ou toe held with his family,
'the Presoytery of Piedmont met at
Seneca last week and received him and
took order for his installation the third
snnuay of July.
lricueus nas recently called Rev. J. C.
i>aiiey, Jr., as pastor. The PreBbytery
nas consented tor him to add this to his
present work at Hiberty, Central and
carrnol. He will be installed pastor
soon.
iuciiluud last spring called Mr. C. I).
\augiiau.of Columbia Seminary, to become
its pastor. The Presbytery of
Pieamont has examined him for ordination
and he is to be ordained and installed
early in July.
Wanted: Tne Fort Hill Presbyterian
churcn, Oleinson College, S. C., wishes
to puronuse good second-hand pews,
w.ik seating capacity from 250 to. 200.
Churcues uaving such pews are askeu
to correspond with
Prof. Hale Houston, Clerk of Session,
Clemson. College, S. C.
i'eudletou church: Five young persons
of the Sunday school recently united
with the church. There have been
11 any additions to the church during the
present pastorate of our three years
without auy protracted service except
one, conducted by the pastor. The olli
cers and pastor believe that as the peopie
have preaching every Sabbath and
a weekly prayer meeting, protracted
services are seldom necessary and that
when they are necessary, the pastor
should do the <preaching. An active
JLadies' Aid Society of fa any members
has recently been organized in this
church. The ladies are about to take
steps towards improving the yard ol
the manse, covering the church building,
and putting electric lights in both
the manse and church building. The
ladies of the church are very active in
churoh work. Most of them are members
of the Sabbath school. The work
of the church is prospering in every department.
Our Sabbath school has a
most excellent superintendent in the
person of Mr. M. M. Hunter and very
efficient teachers. The Sunday school
convention of Anderson county very recently
met in this church and was a
great blessing to the churches and town.
Our paBtor and his family are spending
the month of July in the mountains of
North Carolina.
Greenville: A service of special interest
was held on the night of July 7th
in the Second Presbyterian church,
Greenville, S. C., under the direction of
the Ladies' Missionary Society. Rev.
M. L,. Carlisle, D. D., pastor of the First
Methodist church, delivered an excellent
address on "The Master's Call to
Missions;" Rev. G. W. Quick, D. D.,
pastor of the First Baptist church spoke
on "Reasons for Praise," and read the
textB of ScrinturA that were enclosed in
the envelopes with the offerings and
Rev. E. S. Jones, pastor of St. Paul's M.
E. church presented the claims of the
Home held. It was the Annual Praise
Service. A large congregation was
present. Special music was rendered
by the choir and an offering of $32.00
was received for missions. The Ladies'
Missionary Society is active and never
suspends in the summer months.
THE PRfeSBYTERIi
Columbia: The twenty-fifth anniversary
of Dr. George A. Blackburn's pastorate
of the Arsenal Hill Presbyterian
church was observed last week when a
reception was given to all the Presbyterians
in Co'iumbia and pastors of all
the other churches. The guests gathered
on the lawn between uie church and
the manse where they were received by
Dr. and Mrs. Blackburn and the officers
of the Arsenal Hill church and their
wives.
A pleasant feature of the celebration,
wus the presentation of a handsome
silver loving cup to Dr. Blackburn by
the congregation of which he has been
pastor for twenty-live years. On ihe
cup was engraved: "Our beloved pastor,
George A. Blackburn, D. D., twentyhfth
anniversary pastorate of Arsenal
Hill Presbyterian church, Columbia, si.
C., 1912." The cup was presented to
Dr. Blackburn on behalf of the congregation
by A. B. Dangley. Mrs. Frances
B. Allen, R. Stuart Marks and C. W.
Suber, three of the twenty-two members
the church had, when it was organized,
who are still connected with it,
were given Bibles last night.
Brief addresses were made by several
paBtors of Columbia churches on
various phases of church work. Claude
H. Girardeau, the son of Dr. John C.
Girardeau, who wa* the lirst pastor
of Arsenal Hill church, acted as master
of ceremonies.
The evening on the lawn passed very
pleasantly. Dr. and Mrs. Blackburn received
many sincere congratulations
from the members of the Arsenal Hill
church and others. The church grew
out of a Sunday school class begun by
Thomas Klnkead and has grown rapidly
in membership and strength during the
quarter of a century since it was organized.?Stale.
TENNESSEE.
Lookout Mountain: Rev. Chas. R*
Hyde, recently pastor of the Second
and Central churches, of Little Rock,
Ark., will take charge of the Lookout
Mountain church, near Chattanooga.
urick church, in Columbia Presbytery,
has called Rev. Cochran PreBton,
of Spring Hill, to its pastorate, in connection
with the Cornersville church.
At u culled meeting, in Columbia,
Teun., on July 9th, 1912, the Presbytery
of Columbia dissolved the pastoral relation
between Rev. Cochrane Preston
and Spring Hill and Port Royal
churches and placed in his hands calls
from Brick church and Cornersville
churches. He accepted the calls. A
commission was appointed to install
Mr. Preston at a time convenient to all
parties.
J. D. Wallace, Stated Clerk.
A Successful Tent Meeting: Rev. A.
P. Gregory, Presbyterlal Evangelist of
Columbia Presbytery, has Just closed
a splendid tent meetmg at Wales Station,
Giles county, Tennessee, at which
meeting there were about seventy reclamations
and professions, seventeen
of whom joined the Presbyterian
church.
This godly man is doing a glorious
work planting the tent at places remote
from churches and giving the gospel
simply, plainly and effectively to those
who seldom hear it, In unoccupied territory.
Would to God that every Presbytery
in the General Assembly had
evangelists as consecrated and earnest
as Rev. A. P. Gregory, there would be
a great harvest reaped for the Master.
The tent used by our evangelist was
donated to the Presbytery by Mrs. Martha
Prlerson, of Mt. Pleasant and was
dedicated to the service of God on July
3d, 1912. The dedicatory sermon was
preached by Dr. J. C. Malloy, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of
Columbia, Tenn., in the presence of a
large congregation, and the prayer was
k- N OF THE SOUTH
offered by Elder W. S. Fleming, chairman
of the Home Mission Committee.
The good people of Wales spread a
bountiful dinner on the ground near
the tent, which was greatly enjoyed,
and all of those who had the pleasure
of attending bad both temporal and
spiritual feasts.
Is it not time for God's people to
wake up to the needs of the Home Mission
work? Then let every Presbytery
put a consecrated, earnest, live man
or men in the field. T. E. G.
Southwestern Presbyterian University
: Through the gift of churches and
individuals, funds hnvo hp?n aoniroH fnr
the partial refurnishing of all the
students' rooms on the campus. New
white enamel iron beds have been ordered
for every room, and other articles
will follow. The beds are in the new
Y. M. C. A. style, and are being made by
special order for the University by one
of the best tirms in the country.
Only three members of the faculty are
out of the city: Dr. Rosebro is visiting
in Virginia and elsewhere; Prof.
Deaderick is in New York; Prof. Darnall
is teaching in the University of
Tennessee Summer School.
Dr. Nicolassen will spend three weeks
at Montreat in July; Dr. and Prof. Lyon
are building houses opposite the campus
for occupancy in the fall; Prof. Fulton
is supplying Dr. Diehl's pulpit while he
is in New York under treatment for
some as yet undiagnosed throat trouble;
Drs. Sommerville and Price are at home
also Chancellor Dinwiddle, who will
spend a few weeks later in the summer
at Greenwood, Va.
TEXAS.
Tlie Hates for Woman's Work at the
Texas Presbyterian Encampment have
been changed from August 7th to. the
afternoons of July 31st and August 1st,
with evening addresses on the latter
date by Dr. R. E. Vinson, of Austin.
Mrs. Chris G. Dullnig.
San Antonio, Tex.
Gainesville: The Children's Day exercises
for Foreign Missions were given
the first Sunday night in June. The
excellent programme gotten out by our
Executive Comin.t.ee at Nashville was
used with a fjw additions, all under
the efficient leacieiship of our primary
superintendent, .Mrs. E. 3. Goodner.
The offeri.fi amounted to $10.55.
Central Texus Presbytery has received
Rev. Dr. G. H. Steen from the
Presbytery of Pine Bluff and has put
him into the evangelistic work.
Eust Dullas: The installation of Rev.
Herbert Springall into the pastorate of
this church occured at the evening service
JuJy According to the orders
of Dallas Presbytery, Rev. Robt. Hill,
D. D., presided. Rev. W. M. Anderson,
D. D., propounded the constitutional
questions to the minister and the congregation.
Rev. Wm. Fred. Galbraith
delivered the charge to the minister and
Ruling Elder W. N. Wiggins delivered
the charge to the congregation. Rev.
G. W. Penn, the capable retiring paBtor,
will act as alternate. At the request of
this congregation and by permission of
Presbytery, Rev. J. L. Bell, D. D.,
preached the sermon.
Dallas: On Thursday and Friday,
June zi-zs, the Sunday schools and
Young People's'Societies of Dallas Presbytery
held their annual Institute at
the Westminster church, Dallas. Thursday
was devoted to the interests.of the
Sunday school and Friday to the Young
People's Societies.
All the addresses on Thursday were
by ministers of the Presbytery and were
on topics of yltal Interest to the Sabbath
school. After each speaker had
finished his subject, a snort discussion
followed, and as practically all In attendance
were either pastors or active
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[July 17, 1912
Sunday school workers, these discussious
weic both very Interesting and exceedingly
helpful.
The program Friday was devoted to
Young People's work, and on these sub- K
jects not only ministers spoke, but several
of the most helpful talks were
made by young men who are actually I
doing the greater part of the work in
the.r lespectlve societies.
The organization of a Presbyterial I
Union of Young 'People's Societies was
pftotp thft ifnllnwlniy holr*er ?
? ? " ?o wcvicu
officers of same: President, Mr. Eugene
M. Ellison, Oak Cliff church, Dallas,
Tex.; Vice-Presidents, Mr. Herbert F.
Wager, College Park church, Sherman,
and Mrs. Phil Jones, Waxahachle; Secretary
and Treasurer, Miss Sallie B.
Long, Westminster church, Dallas.
Resolutions were adopted commending
the faithful and enthusiastic work
of Dr. S. A. McElroy and the Committee
cf which he is chairman, in arranging
for thiB Institute, which was one of the
most helpful we have ever had.
Vote of thanks was given the members
and officers of the Westminster
church for their cordial greeting and
genuine hospitality in which all who
attended the Institute were made to
feel so much at home.
Post Oak: Rev. Jno. A. Williams,
evangelist of Paris Presbytery, recently
held a week's meeting here, seven miles
in the country from Blossom. A few
Presbyterians live here, but there is no 1
organization. There were five professions
of faith, all men and youths.
Helton: There will be a Sunday
School Ilnsiitute of methods held in the
Second Presbyterian church, Waco, on
July S4-25, for Sunday school district
number one of Central Texas Presby
tery. This district comprises the following
counties: Coryell, Falls, McLennan,
Limestone, Freestope, Navarro,
Bosque and Hamilton. All the churches
and Sunday schools in these counties
are urged to elect and send delegates.
A fine program has been prepared of
live subjects and good speakers. Send
the names of delegates and the time
they expect to arrive to Rev. J. J. Grler
so entertainment can be provided.
William A. Rolle, Chairman.
Sunday School Program, Kerrville,
iexas, juiy za?August 1, taiz:
Monday, July 29: 8 P. M. The Modern
Sunday School Movement and its Message
to Men, Dr. Wm. Caldwell, Fort
Worth, Texas.
Tuesday, July 30: 10:00 A. M. Round
Table Conference; The One Best Thing
in My Sunday School and Why. 11:00 A.
M. How I prepare My Sunday School
Lesson, Garland H. Lang, Somervllle,
Texas. 11:15 A.M. How to'Make Music
in the Sunday School Count for Most,
W. M. Anderson, Jr., Dallas, Texas.
11:30 A. M. Practical Methods of Bible
Study for Sunday School Teachers,
Rev. S. A. McElroy, Lancaster, Texas.
8:00 P. M. How Our Church Meets the
Grading Problem, W. L. Hickman, Texarkana,
Texas. The Sunday School Missionary
and His Work, Rev. Brooks I.
Dickey, San Antonio, Tex.
Wednesday, July 31: 10:00 A. M.
Round Table Conference: The Adult
Class; Its Organization and Work. 10:30
A. M. Training for Personal Evangelism
with the Members of the Class, Rev.
S. A. McElroy, Lancaster, Texas. 11:00
A. M. Elementary Division: Reaching
the Home Through the Cradle Roll and
Beginners' Departments, Mrs. J. PRussell,
Honey Grove, Texas. An tfP"
to-Date Presbyterian Primary Department,
Mrs. W. L. Hickman, Texarkana,
Tex. Teaching Missions to the Juniors;
How? When? Why? 8:00 P. M. How
to Make Our Sunday Schools Recruiting
Grounds for the Ministry and the
Mission Fields, Dr. T. A. Wharton,
Sherman, Tex.
Thnrsdujr, August 1: 10:00 A. M. The