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?al)le of Contents
.Now years sermon, Dy ne*. ??. i.
Fair, D. D 1
Revival o? au Old Movement, by
Rev. E. C. Gordon, D. D., .... v o
Will the Church Heed? 3
The Gray Man, by Rev. W. H.
Woods, D. D 4
The Homes Their Father Gave
Them, 7
My Guest. L Mendcnhall, 7
The lirie? Statement, by Rev. Geo.
L. Leyburn, D. D., 17
Commuting the Seutence, Rev. E.
E. Bane 17
Mid-China Mission, by Rev C. H.
Smith, 17
Evangelism and Stewardship, ... IS
Has the Church Host Its Con
Btraining Power? D. C. Harrison, 18
Oar Printing Press in the Congo, 22
FAMILY READINGS:
Christmas Courage, 4
As an Eagle, 4
Using the Hymns, u
Who Said It? I
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS:
The Brave Fisher Girl t
Criticising Father and Mother, t
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, Y. P. S.
AND PRAYER MEETING, 8
EDITORIAL:
Notes a
New Year, 'J
Adherents 10
Individualism in Church Work,... lu
The Old Testament Doctrine of the
Resurrection 11
CHURCH NEWS 12-10
SURVEY OF CURRENT EVENTS,.. 10
BOOKS, 10
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS 2 t
MISCELLANEOUS, 2\i
STORY CORNER 21
Ci)lU'dj US
ALABAMA.
Birmingham: The Presbyterians of
Birmingham will hold a union communion
service, in the First church, on
the last Sunday of the year, with Rev.
Dr. Thomas P. Hay as the speaker.
?The pnstor-elect of the Vine Street
church, Rev. J. C. Shlve, of North Carolina,
has been on a visit to the chureh,
spending several days and preaching,
and will soon decide tho matter of the
call.
Tuscaloosa Presbytery: At a called
THE PRESBYTERIA
meeting ot Tuscaloosa Presbytery, held
at Marion Junction, Alu., December lt?.
Rev. E. P. Craddock was received from
the Alabama Conference of the M. E.
Church, South, and Rev. S. D. Simpson
from the Presbytery of East Mississippi.
Calls for bis pastoral services from
Aliceville and Pleasant Ridge churches
were put Into the hands of the latter
and accepted by him, and a commission
appointed to install him at such time
ns may be agreed upon by the commission
and the congregations.
J. Q. P.
ARKANSAS.
tilenwood: All those who are interested
in the work in this section of the
Presbytery will be glad to know that
substantial progress is being made on
the church building at this place. It
will cniin Ho finichorl urn hnnn THn
little band of members contributed liberally
to the building fund, and the
community also responded well, but
this still left the fund short of the
necessary amount In order to help
the church and get the building started,
I volunteered to raise as much as $50.00
for this purpose. The money is now
needed, and '.I am printing this notice
in the hope that friends of the work
will contribute this amount immediately.
Please send all contributions to me
at Wombie. John T. Barr.
FLORIDA.
Bartow: The Ladies' Aid Society held
the usual Christmas bazaar, which it U
expected will net from $150 to $175. This
money is used to pay ofl the debt on the
manse, which will soon be unincumbered.
The Christmas celebration for the
Sunday school was held on Tuesda>
night, December 24th, and gave much
enjoyment to the children. No pastor
has been called as yet, but correspondence
is hein?r rnn.iiietea with that an.1
in view. .Meanwhile Rev. D. E. Frierson,
of W inter Haven, continues to serve the
church most acceptably.
i'ensjcolu, First Church: December
L'2nd was a cold rainy day, but this
congregation heard the gospel of Christmas
from our pastor, ltev. A. S. Moffett,
D. D., in the forceful beauty of simplicity.
Although there is no Scriptural
warrant for the Christmas celebration,
its observance is a fitting occasion
for Christians to pour forth their grateful
praises to the Most High for the
offer of a redeemer in the person of
Jesus Christ, who is the revelation of
the God-head bodily. Emphasis was
given to the special points in the
sacred record of the birth. The angelic
announcement to the shepherds,
the presentation in the temple and the
visit of t'ue wise men from the east with
their worship of heart and treasures.
During the previous week the children
of the Sunday school made and filled
Christmas stockings with fruits for 100
poor children of the city. The stockings
are to be distributed by the Salvation
Anny officers. The Thornweli
Orphanage Is to be remembered on the
day after Christmas, in the spirit of
Christ's teaching, "It is more bleseed
to give than to receive," which teaching
is continually kept before the Sunday
school, especially so in connection
with Christmas giving. Cor.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta: The Rev. H. J. Williams
has been called to Livingston, Ala. The
whole Presbytery would regret very
much to see him leave Georgia Avenue.
Me has not only done a fine work In
this church, but as Chairman of the
Committee of Sunday School Extension
nnd Publication has done much to
arouse an interest In Sunday school
work.
i N OF THE SOUTH
?Tlir lti>. L. 1). Urvwuloe baa resigned
the Rock Springs cburch to accept
a call to Sanford, Pla.
?Motth Avenue l'reslivterlnn (Ibun-li:
A protruded service will begin iu
North Avenue church on January 1st.
The nrst few days the meeting will be
conducted by the pastor, and on January
5th Rev. W. W. Orr, D. D., of
North Carolina, will come, remaining
through the 10th. Cottage prayer meetings
have been held at the homes of the
members during the past three weeks.
The Christmas entertainment at the
North Avenue Presbyterian Sabbath
school was a ""'Giving Entertainment"
for Naeoochee Institute.
On Sunday morning the classes
men tnto ui provisions una
money. At the close of the lesson the
school adjourned to the church audilunuin
oy classes and dciortmen's,
and as each class was called the gift
from that class was sent up to the pulpit.
As a result, five barrels and sever,
boxes, canned goods, cereals, oranges,
nuts, raisins, candy, toys, were sent to
Nacoochee early Monday morning; also
about $63.00 in money. In addition to
this gift, the plate collection at the
morning service, amounting to something
over $50.00, was seut to '"hornwell
Orphanage.
Siloum: The ladies of this church
have led the good work of thoroughly
renewing the interior of their house of
"uioui|i. iMJw cciung, carpet, paint,
etc., make It look like a new building,
und it is now the prettiest little church
ic be iound in many a mile. Ail was
done as an ottering of worship, and
revived interest, in spiritual things is
being nianiiested by this congregation.
liig Conference in Koine: The Deputation
Committee begs leave to announce,
again, the fact that a great conference,
in the interest of Home Missions
und Evangelism, wiil be held in Rome.
Ua., January 14th-15th, 1913, convening
at 7:30 on the evening of the 14th. N. B
Let every one take due and timely no
i.ec ioa; ius name mu^t In- sent in to
Rev. G. G. Syduor, D. D., Home, Ga.,
not later than January 5th. No promises
of entertainment made to those who
neglect this.
J. T. Wade, Chairman Dep. Com.
KEMUCK1.
Guthrie: Mr. Ruffner (a Virginian),
and Miss Myrtle Hooper maintain a
small Sunday school here. Recently
they had four boys and girls, Venna
Florence Hooper, Wm. Terrell White,
Keua Staion and Bettle Louise White to
recite the little Catechism and roceive
Testaments and certificates from our
Committee of Publication. Mr. Sommerville,
of the Clarksville Divinity
School, preaches fcr them monthly.
Two members united by letter lately.
Franklin: A mother and two children
received baptism at our last service by
Air. Sommerville. One lady was received
by letter. The Pastor's Aid Society
have adopted an orphan in the
home at Clay City, Ky., and have greatly
enjoyed packing a big box for her.
Elkton: The little church is now
closed and the remnants of the floch
worship with the Cumberland friends.
Presbyterian Theological Seminary oi
Kentucky: The December Missionary
Day, to which Friday, December 13th,
was given, was one of the most 1m
^iosoivc ever neiu at tiie Seminary,
The subject assigned for the day was
"The Foreign Missionary Motive." Mr,
James JaiTray, of Toronto, Canada, and
a member of the third year class, spoke
on "The Secret of Missionary Success,"
and Mr. H. H. Orr. of Covington, Ky.,
a second year student, discussed the
subject, "What Constitutes the Call ol
the Individual to the Foreign Field."
These addresses, brief and to the point,
[January 1, 1913
were followed by aa address by iiot
Calvin N. Caldwell, an alumnus of this
Seminary and lor the last twenty-three
\ears a missionary in China. Mr. Caldwell
presented "The Needs and tiie Opportunities
in ine China of To-day," a;>
ujiiung me motives tuat snouid impel
Hie church to the conquest oi that
teeming and important land for Curist.
Professor J. L. Cotton presided at these
exercises. Dr. Hemphill, the president
of the Seminary, called attention to the
fact that several of the foreign missionary
alumni of the Seminary aie now in
America on furlough. In addition to
Mr. Caldwell, the speaker of the mornin
ir ( horrv ? ?? I t-u?J
. ..0, .MV v ttic uvn 111 uic U111LCU ouiiea
Rev. Kugeue Beli (class of 188-1). now
at Norfolk, Va.; Rev. T. 13. Grafton
(Class of 1904), now in Louisville; Rev.
\V. B. Harfrison (class of 1895), now
at Lebanon, Ky.; and Rev. W. (M. Morrison,
D. D. (class of 1896), now at
Lexington, Va. Visits to the Seminar.)
of all these alumni are expected sometime
within the session.
At the December meeting of the Presbyterian
Ministers' Circle, held on the
evening of the lGth at the home of Rev.
VV. W. Akers, pastor of the Crescent
Hill Presbyterian church, Louisville,
me suuject 01 'Revelation, Inspiration
and the Record" was opened with a paper
on that topic by Prof. R. A. Webb,
of the School of Systematic Theology
in the Seminary; a clear and forceful
discussion of a most important subject.
Hoth Dr. Webb and Dr. Hawes, of the
Seminary faculty, are recovering from
attacks of grippe and could not be present.
The paper, whioh was read by
President Hemphill, is to be published
in an early issue of the "Union Sem
juuiy .vi agamic, tucnmona, Va.
liarrodshurg: The members of the
First Presbyterian church gave a most
delightful surprise party to their pastor
and his wife ou the evening of
December 2:id. They took the manse
oy storm, over 50 strong, in the midst
of the thickest snowstorm of the year,
tiach one tamo luden with good things
?'beautiful articles for the home, all
kinds of Christmas ce icacies, as wesi
as staple y rovisionj in abundance. The
uiuiug ;oom table uul pantry shelves
were soon oiled to overflowing, and the
question of "What shall we eat?" is
answered, in the amuse, lor weeks to
comc. A uelighu'i'l social evening was
bpout, thai will not soon be forgotten
by pastor and wife. They feel that
their "lines have fallen in pleasant
places,' and arc thankful that in the
providence of God, they have been called
to serve these good people, who
carry this beautiful Christmas into every
month of the year, aud every phase;
of church relationship.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans: The annual union
communion of all the churches will be
held in the First ohurrh nn
afternoon, January 5. The communion
address will be delivered by Rev. U. B..
Currie, pastor of the Memorial church.
The Presbyterians of New Orleans have
observed this annual custom for more
than forty years.
?Rev. F. IV. Thompson, of Hot
; Springs, Ark., occupied the pulpit of the
' First church on Sunday morning, Def
cember 15, and in the evening of the
' eame day preached in the St. Charles
, Avenue and State Street
?Arrangements liate been completed
(or the Million and a Half Conference
i of New Orleans Presbytery. The Conference
will be held In the First church,
1 Janvf&ry 16-17. Rev. Lacy I. Moffett Is
i in charge of the program.
' ?Re\. 1). II. Gregory, of Tennessee,
, is supplying the pulpit of the Napoleon
i Avenue church for two Sundays, in
' connection with a Christmas visit to
his father, Rev. E. H. Gregory, of Gary,
ville, near New Orleans.