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is earnestly 'hoped that every minister
will heed this appeal of the Preebytery
and help the committee to carry
on the Lord's work in the weak places.
Home Mission Committee,
llooks: The church at Hooks was
organized two years ago and is the only
church in this little town, which
is situated fourteen miles west of
Texarkana. The 'members and citizens
with $268 aid from the building
. -^ouniiiGu of the Presbytery have built
a pretty little church on a surpassingly
beautiful lot 200 x 140 feet. After
painting and partly seating and lighting
the church there was a balance of
17 cents in. the treasury. On July 14,
at the close of a meeting held by Mr.
Tom Cunningham, candidate in charg*
assisted by Rev. Jno. A. Williams, the
church was dedicated. Dr. W. I. Carroll,
of Texarkana, preached the dedication
sermon. There were two additions
to the church.
Centre: Rev. Rudolph Miller and
Reiv. Jno. A. Williams, held a meeting
here which closed July 21st. A feature
of the meeting was the efficiency of
Rev. Miller, the pastor, in training the
children to memorize Bible verses.
This church appears <to be in healthy
condition. It is self-supporting and
made a good offering for Home Missions.
They are looking forward to having
the fall meeting of Paris Presbytery
with them. Two boys Joined the church
upon profession.
Evangelist Frank M. Wells, formerly
chaplain U. S. A., who became famous
some years ago because of his efforts
to nave tne canteen removed irom the
United StateB Army, has been for nearly
two years laboring In Texas. Perhaps
be has created as much prohibition
sentiment as any man in the State. He
has lectured on prohibition and preached
the Gospel in more than 300 towns.
Large audiences have attended his meetings.
Several thousand sinners have
been converted, and many men have
quit the use of strong drink. Chaplain
Wells believes in and preaches as high
standard of morals for men as for women,
and he presents Christ as the only
way of salvation. It is said of Chaplain
Wells that he has been in more
places to lecture and preach than any
man of his age in the world. He is
known everywhere as a prohibitionist
and a great preacher of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. Just what Judge Ben
Lindsey has been to evil doers In Denver,
Chaplain Wells has been to bootleggers
wherever he has labored. It
may be of interest to the public to know
that these two famous men were class
mates for three years in the University
of Jackson, Tenn. The South never produced
two truer men than Chaplain
Wells and Judge Ldndsey. It will be
still more interesting to all prohibitionists
and evangelistic workers to know
that on June 16, at Trinity, Tex., Chaplain
Wells while giving his great lecture
"Jerusalem Under the Turks,"
in the Baptist church, Sunday 3 P. M.,
became over-heated and will not be able
to do regular work either as an evangelist
or prohibitionist until next fall.
He will rest in Houston until October
1st
VIRGINIA.
Finc&stle: Sunday, July 28th, was
a good day for this church. It was a
communion, service and a large congregation
were In attendance to participate
and to hear the eloquent and
Impressive sermon on the subject by
the venerable Rev. R. R. Houston, who
was for many years pastor of this
, church.
Chatham Church: The pastor of this
church, Rev. R. G. McLees, has Just concluded
a series of services at Crew's
School, some two and a half mile* from
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THE PRESBYTERIA
Chatham. These services were large- 3
ly attended and much interest was s
manifested. There were some twenty ?
professions and eight persons united t
with this church. A Sunday school has t
been conducted at this school house for c
several years by Mr. Thomas A. Wat- i
kins, a ruling elder in Chatham church c
for several years with a good attend- I
ance. Mr. McLees will take his vacation
in August and will supply for that t
month First Presbyterian Church of f
Staunton, Va. i
The Presbytery of West Hanover-will i
meet at the Klrko'Cliff Church on Au- t
trust 27 (TuprAbvI. s p m ?
J. C. Painter, S. C. t
Charlottesville: An editorial In the I
August number of the Home Mission c
Messenger of West Hanover Presbytery, v
just out, states that seventeen of the 1
forty-six churches of the Presbytery *
have no pastor or permanent supply; e
that only two of these churches sup- 0
port pastors tor all of their time with- *
out assistance; that with approximately a
175,000 persons within the bounds of the f
Presbytery there are, according to the '
last report, only 2,370 Presbyterians, 1
and that West Hanover Presbytery has a
made but a very slight advance in membership
during the past ten years. c
In an effort to remedy these conditions ?
the Presbytery has employed a Presby- a
terial evangelist, and an effort is also
being made more adequately to sup- h
port the pastors of the Presbytery. The a
Presbytery has directed that no less 1
than 12,600 be raised during the year for 1
Presbyterial home mission work, as fol- C
lows: Churchs, $1,700; societies, $700; c
Sunday scholia, $200. I
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WEST VIRGINIA. w
Lewisburg: Rev. W. E. Hill, of the 0
West End Church, Atlanta, Ga., who v
with his wife and children 1b spending v
a few weeks of the summer here with 1
his brother-in-law, Rev. D. P. M/Q- '
Geachy, occupied the latter's pulpit last 1
Sunday morning and evening, deliver- 1
lng two admirable and impressive ser- 1
mons. Mr. Hill has a fine command 1
of his mother tongue, speaks with great 11
fluency, and is regarded as a young 11
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preacuer 01 unusual promise.?mde- v
pendent. *
Hluine-Uoriuania-Bayard: This field
situated in one of the mining sections L
of West Virginia, on the Western Mary- 1
land Railway, had when the present a
pastor came, been without a pastor for t
nearly six years; much of this time h
they had been entirely without preach- c
ing services, but tho' they have had no c
pastor, and tho' they are few in num- a
hers?the membership of the entire field s
being only sixty-nine; yet they have 1
held together, have kept up the Sun- 8
day schools, have Improved the church k
property, and tho' they ha,ve lost mem- 1
bers by removal and deaths, yet today
the churches have as large a mem- r
bership as they did nearly six years 1
a.en when their former nastor left Thin 1
we think, is a remarkably good history I
for the churches, especially when we I
consider the facts, -that the other 1
churches have through all these years a
been supplied with pastors, that with I
few exceptions our members were not c
raised Presbyterians, but have come i
to us from families who were affiliated i
with no churches or with some other <
rton/vmtnoHnn AtiAfhnr *?omoi?lr?K1o V
thing is the fact that with one exception,
none of our members have left us
to unite with another denomination in t
these communities, notwithstanding c
the fact of their lack of training, and <
that this country is afflicted with many i
religious montro?itie8, who preach (
second blessing, divine healing, per- i
feet sanctlflcatlon. direct revelation i
through visions and trances, and many t
other strange and unprofitable things. 1
N OF THE SOUTH
duch of the success of 'these churches
ire in no little part due to consecrated
tamest interest of the momh<?rs f?r
he majority of the members in this
ield are alive, wide-awake, and full
>f Interest in and zeal for the work,
nd are doing their best to see the
hurches grow both in spirituality and
n membership.
At Blaine where we have preaching
ervices, morning and evening every
irs^ anH third SunHovo ni*Q\no?? nvoof_
n* every Wednesday night, we have
n all only about eighteen members,
hey are showing their interest in the
vork by raising $400 dollars for pasors
salary, are keeping up the church
>roperty, and are contributing to the
auses of the church; there are no
wealthy members at Blaine. The
Uaine church has a mission point at
)odson, Md., where they have organizd,
and are conducting a Sunday school
in the Sundays they have services; they
lave their pastor go to Dodson in the
.fternoon and preach there. The prospects
for growth at Blaine are exceedngly
bright. The people at Blaine have
>een very kind to the pastor since his
.rrival.
At Gorm&nia we have about forty
aennbers who like those at Blaine and
layard are working earnestly for the
idvancement of the Kingdom of Christ,
ere in our midst, they have preaching
tere morning and evening of the second
nd fourth. Sundays, with prayer on
'hursday and Bible class on Friday
lights. A striking thing about the
irayer meeting is that with a church
nembership of about forty, there are at
>rayer meeting from thirty-five to fifty
>eople. We have here quite a number
rho are members of either the Lutheran
>r M. E. South church, these worship
vith us and take an active part in the
vork of the church. We appreciate
heir interest and help very highly, and
t is a great pleasure to have them with
is. Just before the arrival of thepasor's
family the ladies of the community
ook possession of the manse and left
here new carpets and mattings on the
loor, new curtains at the windows, and
aany other tokens of kindness and
houghtfulness as well as a well filled
arder.
At Bayard we have only eleven members,
but what they lack in numbers
hey make up in faith and work; they
,re making their lives tell the story of
he gospel to all that community. They
ave services at Bayard in the afternoon
>f the Sundays there is preaching at
iormania. The Sunday school at Bayird
grows each Sunday. The first
Shorter Catechism recited since the
astor has been in the field was recited
ut Bayard. The entire field holds out
right prospects for a steady and conlnued
growth.
On July 28th there were held at Gornania
and Bayard instalatlon services,
^he Rev. F. J. Brooke. D. D., of Romney,
V. Va., and the Rev. J. Hoge Smith, of
'etersburg, W. Va., were with us; they
reached for us at Gormania twice and
n Mia nftA-rnrwvn nt Rftvnr/l moa.
ages were the pure simple Gospel
treached in an earnest way; their
charges were apt and full of good
wholesome thoughts. Both the churches
md the communities enjoyed the presence
of these brethren and feel that we
?ave been benefited by them.
Pastor.
Green Springs: This church, one of
,he oidest In South West Virginia, concluded
a splendid meeting on the night
>f July 28th.* There had been a feeling
imong the Christian people that a
genuine revival -was greatly needed. We
low feel that our prayers have been
lchly answered. We have again seen
hat God Is anxious to visit his people
f they wjll but pray in sincerity. Rev.
[August 7, 1912
M. M. MoFerrin, the pastor at Marlon,
Va., preached the Word to us with aim
plicity, 'but with earneBt power. We had
no special music, but with the arrival
of the Assembly Songs the congregational
singing took on new life. It had
been the hope and prayer,, primarily,
that the Christian graces should be revived
among the church members, but
with the rekindling of their zeal others
were led to accept ChriBt. At the communion
service on Sunday twentv-fivu
persons united with the church, twenty,0
of whom came in on. profession of
their faith.
PERSONALS.
Rev. J. C. McQueen and his wife, for
merly Miss Urllda Rodd, both ol New
Orleans, sailed for their foreign field,
Africa, from Philadelphia, on July 27,
in company with several other missionaries.
Rev. J. H. Carpenter's address is
changed from Ruston, La., tx> Oklahoma
City, Okla. His departure from Louisiana
is greatly regreted by everybody.
He did a fine work at Ruston.
Rev. W. C. C. Foster, recently of Alabama,
wll make his home at Davidson,
N. C., for the next scholastic year.
Mrs. John R? Sampson, formerly of
Pantops, Charlottesville, Virginia, has
m/vvAf1
icutuu; uiuvcu kvi/iju^uani, nuureuci
daughter is at college. She will be very
glad to hear from any Presbyterian girls
or others who are coming to Bryn Mawr
College, and to advise and help them in
any way she can. Her address li 14
Elliott Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Educational Institute Committee Meeting:
The Committee authorized by the
last General Assembly to consider the
qustion of establishing an Institute for
training lay workers will hold its first
meeting at Montreat, N. C., August 14th.
Propositions for the establishing of the
proposed institution should be presented
in writing to. the Committee and oral
statements will be heard from representatives
of committees or institutions
desiring to have their claims considered.
X? " I? \* o rvtl 1 'I'nm wir C e% ? i?m o t?
xv. u. .iiagui, x cuipuiai j v^axcvia hwii.
Important Meeting at Montreat August
12-13: The Assembly's Campaign
Committee having In charge the raising
of $1,500,000 for the Benevolent
Work of the Assembly during 1913-14
will hold a meeting to perfect plane at
Montreat on August 12-13. The chairmen
and members of all Synodical and
Presbyterial Committees of Systematic
Beneficence are urged to be present and
take part in this Conference. Plane for
arousing a new interest in evangelistic
work will be considered and the conference
will mark the beginning of the
greatest enterprise ever undertaken by
our Church and should be largely attended.
JULY OFFERING.
The following offerings were received
?# T?1n. TTn^nfllomfltlMl
UUI lllg tuc 1UUUVU ui O U1J . UUUCS*ew""v
Fund,$2,012.08; Educaton for the Ministry.
$745.75; Ministerial Relief. $2,71988;
Assembly's Home and School, $336.37;
Schools and colleges, $93.79. Total,
$6,907.87. Total for July, i911, $6,394.90.
Increase over last year, $512.97.
Endowment Fund .of Ministerial Relief.
July, 1912, $238.85; July, 1911, $627.07.
Decrease $388.22. Schools and Colleges,
loan fund, July. 1912, $78.43; July, 1911.
$176.53. Decrease, $98.10.
THE EVANGELISTIC MOVEMENT.
In connection with the proposed Altogether
Campaign, the Executive Committee
of Home Missions Is planning a
wide-spread evangelistic effort covering
every section of the church, with the
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