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August 28, 1912 ]
er at Greenville, Tenn., alter which he
will hold a meeting at Dade City, tPla..
iiis former charge.
3iuhalalt Church* Halifax County:
Rev. W. U. Guerrant has served this
church during the past: two summers
with great acceptableness. iMr. Guer;ant
writes: "We have just closed a
:,ue meeting and the news is too good
u> keep. Rev. Robert King did the
preaching and I never sat under such
b.rnple, direct and logical preaohing.
and it was the opinion of ail that a
more consecrated and convincing
preacher had never come into their
midst. Rev. H. F. Morton led the singing,
and his services were most valuable
and ins hard, conscientious work
helped greatly to bring the blessing that
we reoeived. Miss Liucile Hassell came
down from Virginia to help us out at
the organ and 'by her untiring work at
ihe church and over the township she
won the praise and love of all. The
meeting lasted ten days, and the church
was crowded at every service. We four
spent the time tramping the roads visit
nig, pieaaing ana prayang wtith the
families. The start did not look so
bright, but when we went down to real,
agonizing prayer and threw the weight
of the burden on our Father, th e blessing
came rich, and sweet Several
ladies told me they spent all night in
prayer, and Clod never fails to reward
such. At the last service Mr. King received
thirty-three into, our church, and
most of these he baptized. God has
richly blessed us." This church desires
to secure a pastor soon.
OKLAHOMA.
uKiaiiuma tiij i After carefully readlug
the Lord's prayer, Attorney General
Charles West, of Oklahoma, has ooune
to the conclusion that it is proper that
tue public schools 'be permitted to. have
it read or recited In the schools. He
iiiade the announcement today when
giving out an opinion rendered at the
request of A. V. Hamilton, superintendent
of schools at Ooal Gate, Okla., where
a controversy has hinged on the question
of repeating the prayer in the
schools. t
"1 have been familiar with the prayer
all my life," declared the Attorney General,
"and have lately read it very carefully.
i find nothing in it intolerant
to the religious views of any one."
SOUTH CAHOJLLNA.
Greenville: In his absence on his
vacation, the pulpit of the Second PrenhvtArto*,
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which Rev. E. P. Davis is pastor, is
being supplied by Dr. O. O. Fletcher, of
Kurman University, and Dr. Frank
l'ressly, President of the Theological
Seminary at Due West, South Carolina.
lietfael Church: The pastor was assisted
by Rev. James Rusaell, of
Chester, S. C., in a five days' meeting,
closing Sunday morning, August 18th,
with the communion. All were delighted
with the forceful and earnest preaching
of the gospel, and the congregations
steadily increased until tho close
of the meeting, when only a part of the
congregation could be seated. God's
people were greatly helped, and eleven
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Lord Jesus Christ
Brother Russell has only one engagement
in the month, and any church
In this or other Presbyteries will do
well to get his services for evangelistic
services. He loves that kind of work, Is
at home when holding evangelistic services,
and Is dependent upon the people
where he serves In such capacity for
his support. Write him at Chester, 8.
and make a date with him; neither
you nor your people will regret It
D. M. C.
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T H is PRESS! T ? K I .
TENNESSEE.
Mont eagle: The great Sunday School
institute of the Monteagle Assembly,
August 11-18, w&b a complete success.
Ten lecturers and instructors, with five
assistants, guided the work. Of o<ur
church Dr. Sumrney and Rev. Messrs.
Caldwell and Booth, of 'New Orleans,
were members of the faculty, the first
named be<ng Director of the Institute.
Mrs. S. H. Askew, of Atlanta, was another
representative of our Church, in
the work. The enrollment was 460,
coming from 18 states and 3 foreign
countries, and representing 7 different
denominations, the Presbyterian numbering
88. 146 certificates were award
ed, for the required attendance. A special
feature of the Institute was the
demonstration work, in the Beginners,
Primary, and Junior Departments, conducted
by Mrs. ABkew and Misses Leather
wood and Juden. The rooms In which
thiB work was conducted were packed
all the time.
Cleveland Chapel: The first meeting;
in the new chapel was concluded on
August 18th. There bad been some inInrriimH/vn
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be a blessing to all. The Christian people
were very faithful and manifested
much earnestness. One young man, an
elder In the church decided to enter the
ministry. The non-Christian people
showed much Interest and there were
six persons to unite with the church on
profession of faith.
This chapel 1b an arm of the Green
Spring church and is situated near
the Tennessee line about half way between
the mother church and Oold
Spring church in Tennessee. The dedication
services were held on May 26th
at which time there were three sermons
by as many preachers. Rev. Allen
Jones, Jr., the former pastor,
preached in the morning in the chapel
while Rev. T. J. McConnell preached to
an overflow crowd in the school house.
In the afternoon Rev. J. M. MoChesney
preached the dedication sermon.
TEXAS.
Abilene: The pastor, Rev. J. A. Gray,
has accepted a call to the church at
Wytheville, Va.
jLcuiMuni nev, ur. w. irving Carroll,
of the First church, Tex&rkana, Is
supplying the pulpit of the Washington
and Compton Avenue church, St. Louis.
Synod of Texas: The Synod of Texas
will meet in the Highland University
church, Austin, Texas, Wednesday,
October 9th, 7:20 P. M.
The clerks will be in the church
Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of
enrolling members.
S. J. McMurry, Permanent Clerk;
J. D. Leslie, Stated Clerk.
Rev. W. R. Hill, post-graduate of
Union Seminary last session, began
work in May in Blessing, Texas. Mr.
Hill passed through this city last week
on his way to W. Va? where his family
has awaited his return for them. He
is much pleased with his work in Texas
and will soon return to it. We were
glad to welcome him in our office.
Goliad Presbyterian church has
granted its pastor, Rev. R. E. Porterfield
the month of September for a vacation.
which he will spend In Southeast
Missouri, with headquarters at
Kennett, Missouri.
East Dallas Church: During the
present pastorate of ten weeks, 25 have
been received Into the church. The
session has granted the pastor a
month's leave of absence which will he
spent in Kansas and Colorado. Arrangements
are being made for the Immediate
change of location of the
church and advance work. The outlook
is bright.
The Seventh Annual Presbyterian
Encampment was held at Kerrvllle,
seventy miles northwest of San Antonio
July 25th to August 13th. The
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Encampment is under the control of the
Synod of Texas, and Its grounds comprise
about 42 acres. On the grounds
are several buildings and equipment to
entertain about 400 people. All this is
practically free from debt. The attendance
this year was the largest in
its history, being about a third larger
than last year.
This is an ideal place for a gathering
of this kind. In the first place, it is
several degrees cooler than most places
in Texas. It is one of the most beautiful
places imaginable, with the Guadalupe
River, with its Immense cypress
trees bordering the grounds on one
side, and low mountains a short distance
away on all sides. No healthier
climate can be found anywhere. Besides
the regular city water from the
iown oi iverrville. a Hue artesian well ib
on the grounds.
The program this year was the best
we have ever had. First the Home
Mission Conference, lasting from July
26 to 29. This was In charge of Rev.
H. W. Hoon, of Taylor. At this conference
we had Rev. J. W. Skinner, of
Kingsville, who spoke of the Mexican
work; especially the work of the TexasMexican
Industrial Institute at Kingsville,
which expects to open this fall.
Rev. S. M. Glasgow, of Mercedes, told
of his work of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, and the wohderful opportunity
open to us. Rev. Win. Caldwell, of
Fort Worth, preached a Home Mission
sermon, and Rev R iM n?li rxo 1 -u-^o
ton, spoke on "The Incoming Thousands."
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The next two days were occupied with
Sunday school work. Rev. W. L?. Hickman,
of Texarkana, who had charge of
the display rooms of the Publication
House, also had charge of the Sunday
school program. He told espeoially of
the new Presbyterian literature and its
superiority over the present literature.
There were several round table discussions
at Sunday school methods and
management.
The next three days the womans'
work rras considered, with Mrs. C. Q.
Dullnlg, of San Antonio, in charge.
The womans' auxiliary, of which Mrs.
Dulling was president, has done good
work during the last three years. Several
hundred dollars have been collected,
which went toward making the
tents and tabernacle more comfortable.
The climax of the encampment was
reached on Sunday night, August 4th,
during the Foreign Mission Conference,
when three young people offered
themselves for the foreign field. There
were already eight volunteers on the
grounds, and these had been holding
daily prayer meetings asking for God's
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results were undoubtedly in answer to
these prayers. These eight were asked
to come forward and an opportunity
was given for others to openly volunteer.
These three came: Miss Jennie
Gribble, of Austin; Mise Julia McLean,
of Itaska; Miss Rowens Williamson,
of San Antonio. It was a glorious meet*
ing and every one there was deeply
moved. On the next nigbt Miss Katharine
McLean, of Itaska, volunteered.
The volunteers there were Miss Le
Nolr Ramsey, of San Antonio; Rowena
Williamson, of San Antomo; Roy Cleveland,
of San Antonio; Amelia Dalmwood
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man; Mlse Mary Kirkland, Dallas; Miss
Anna Greer, Anna; Katherine and Julia
McLean, of Itaska; Miss Jennie Grtbble,
of Austin; Wm, M. Anderson, Jr.,
Dallas; Prank McElroy, of Milford. Dr.
Doggett spoke for his daughter, who
was not there saying that she had recently
decided to-be a missionary.
The Young Peoples' Work was considered
August 9th to 13th, and was in
charge of Rev. T. O. Perrin, of Coleman.
Among the speakers were: Rev. s. A.
McElroy, of Lancaster, who gave splen
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did talks on personal work; Rev. B. D.
D. Greer, of Brownwood, who apoka on
the call of to-uay.
The Bible Class was ueld each morning
iridc ih-j %blo leadership of Rev.
R. K Vin-icn, pres:dent of lao Austin
Theological Seminary. This i& the
greatest attraction on the grounds and
to be able to attend this class Is worth
the trip to Kerrville. This year the
Book of Revelation was studied, the
class numbering about 150.
The vesper services were held each
evening: First by Rev. S. M. Glasgow,
of Mercedes, and then by Rev. Dr. T. C.
Johnston, of Houston, evangelist of
Brazos Presbytery.
We bad the pleasure of listening to
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Robb, of Kerrville,
returned missionaries from Boma,
Africa. They went out some fifteen
years ago under the Christian and Missionary
Alliance, of New York, but were
forced to return on aocount of health.
The music was exceptionally good.
Rev. T. F. Qallaher, of San Antonio,
having charge, and Miss Mary Patton,
of San Antonio, presiding at the piano.
They were assisted by the Austin College
quartet, by Miss Mattie Caldwell,
of Corpus Chrlsti, violin, by Tom Cunningham,
Eliasvllle, cornet; Miss Edleen
Begg. Austin, vocalist; and Miss
Herzog, Kerrville, and Miss Smith,
Kerrville, vocalists.
A great many improvements have
been planned for next year. Many
will put up summer cottages; the Austin
College plans a building, so does
Daniel Baker College. The women will
put up a building for their own use.
Some civic and sanitary improvements
are provided for. The equipment was
taxed to its utmost this year, and so
will have to be added to. More advertising
will be done than formerly, for
we feel that if people know of the delights
of the encampment, they will
oome.
The social feature is not to be overlooked.
This is a place where we all become
one large family and eaijoy to its
fullest extent the Christian fellowship
and the Southern cordiality. Boating,
tennis, baseball, Ashing, and other
forms of amusement are indulged; but
the directors plan to keep it primarily
and especially a religious gathering,
with the main object to promote the
work of the Lord and to glorify and
hallow his name.
We will have a change of management
next year made necessary by the
resignation of Mr. H. S. Anderson, who
has so successfully managed the camp
for the last three years. Prof. J. J. Delaney,
of Austin College, has been elected,
and has accepted this important
post. He is thoroughly conversant with
the work and we feel that his work will
be most satisfactory. Every thing
poiuis 10 a yet more successful encampment
next year, and we trust that wo
will have the co-operation of the people.
A Riverside Meeting: The Westminster
League program for August 11th
was, "God's Beautiful Out-doors, and
What It Teaches Me." At the Young
People's Conference during the Texas
Presbyterian Encampment at Kerrville,
this program was carried out in a most
unique manner. The League met down
on the bank of the beautiful Guadaloupe
River, with T. O. Perrln, of Coleman,
as its leader. The music was
led by T. P. Gallaher, of San Antonio,
assisted by Miss Mattle Caldwell, of
Corpus Christl, with her violin. One
hundred and twenty-five persons were
seated in the semi-circle on the river
bank and Joined heartily in singing
such appropriate songs as "Shall we
gather at the river," and "Day Is dying
in the west." Dr. Anderson, of Dallas,
made a short address bearing on the
topic, and one minute talks were made
by others on the sub-topics arranged