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edging une Saviour. The Spirit seemed
to be present In great power. The work
was very quiet and simple, and nothing
was used as a means of stirring interest
but the plainest gospel. The results
were the proof of the value of
faithful, persistent pastoral care. The
Covington church was established many
>ears <be!ore the war. It disappeared
during that strenuous period. Its fine
bell went into cannon. A little plantation
bell took its place, until the Sunday
school recently bought another one
of rich and sweet tone. In 1896 the
Presbytery of New Orleans put its mission
worker. Rev. J. M. Williams, into
the field. In 1898, the church was organized
afresh, after a disappearance
of thirty-five or more years, with nine
members. Now it numbers, with the accessions
just made, one hundred. Air.
Williams' work, first as evangelist and
later as pastor of the church, has been
faithful, solid, and fruitful. The meeting
just closed was simply a reaping
time. The years before it had been the
sowing and the tilling.
Tuiboduux: On January 26 a special
or "Jubilee Service," was held in the
Thibodauz church, Rev. W. H. Lelth,
pastor-evangelist, commemorative of
cbe fiftieth anniversary of the membership
in that cnuruh of Mrs. Azalie
Springer. The church was eloborately
decorated, and the music was suitable.
The minister spoke on the theme, "Fifty
Years of Consecrated Service," expressing
appreciation of the life and character
of this beloved believer of now
eigthy-three years of a most beautiful
and useful life. Mr. Ed. Smith wick conveyed
the congratulations of the congregation.
Mr. J. L. Ballard, of Bowie, gave
a part of the musical service, which
was under the direction of Mrs. John H.
Schrodt, the ohurch's organist.
The constitutional requirements hav
iug oeuu mei, me rresuyiery 01 Louisiana
is called to meet at 11 A. 11., February
11 In tbe Crowley First Presbylerian
church.
1. To dissolve the pastoral relationship
o? Kuv. W. H. Benton with the
Howard and Jackson churches if the
way be clear.
2. To dismiss the Rev. W. H. Benton
to the Presbytery of Central Mississippi,
that he may accept a call to the Central
Presbylerian church, oj Jackson, Miss.
2. To attend to any matters incident
%UV1civ.
C. O N. Martindale, Moderator.
KENTUCKY.
-Mayesvllle: At the January communion
ten persons were received on
profession of faith, making sixteen in
all received In the quarter then ending.
Rer. R. U Benn, the pastor, has bad
many tokens of God's favor in his work.
Mlllersburg: The commission appointed
by Presbytery to Install Rev
A. Sidney Venable as pastor of the
First Predbyterian church of Millersburg,
Ky., discharged this duty Sunday
mornlug, January 26th. Rev. Ben M.
8hive, D. D., of Paris, Ky., delivered s
strong and helpful sermon from Matt
12:24, and Rev. R. M. Caldwell, of Moorefield
gave an appropriate charge to the
pastor and people. The day was ideal
aDd the congregation was large and attentive,
and everything seems to Indicate
a pleasant and profitable pas
torate. The pastor and his family wish
to express their appreciation of th<
many tokens of kindness shown them
since coming into this field. Had w<
J oat our reckoning of the time, we could
have luptly decided that it was Xmai
week, judging from the "good things'
which continue to add to the comfort
of the Inner roan. These tokens o
kindness are accepted as an outwarc
expression of their love and loyalty tc
their psstor whom they have called tc
minister to them in spiritual things. Tc
the Lord be aU the praise. A.8. V.
THE PBESB Y TK&1A
MISSISSIPPI. <
.Meridian; Rev. J. H. Green, of Green- a
wood, a. C., has declined the call late- i
ly given him by the First church. i
Jackson: Rev. W. N. Benton, of Nor- i
wood, La., has been called to the paa- 1
torate of the Central Presbyterian
church here, which has been without j
the services of a nastor since the de
parture of Rev. W. H. Hill to take up j
missionary work. Mr. Benton has not j
been heard from since the call was ex- <
tended, but it is hoped that he will i
accept. ,
,
MISSOURI. t
Liberty: We receive many letters, ,
often three at a time, concerning the (
Talent Plan for raising the Foreign Mia- j
aion debt. It rejoices us to see that our
brethren have at last waked up on the
subject. We presented the matter to <
our people on the first call of the Com- (
mittee, raised our portion thereof and
had some in the hands of the Committee i
in a very short space of time. Brethren,
we wish you much success with your
Talent Pla^. We think well of It. Better
late than never.
By request, our missionary. Miss B_ ,
C. Wilson, sent us pictures of herself t
and work which we showed with our
Bslopticon and find it a very attractive
way to treat missions.
H. P. McC Untie.
Bismurk: In the year 1891 a Presbyterian
church was organized at Blain
ark. In the year 1895 it was dissolved
by order of the Presbytery of Potosi;
at the time of its dissolution there were
eighteen members. Some of the most
active members in other churches here
now, were formally Presbyterians. We
had some very unfavorable weather
during our meeting, but Interest and attendance
increased, until even with additional
seats, those who came could not
be accommodated. A Presbyterian
church was organized with twenty-five
members, all Of whom mam ailiillo ??
reseating sixteen families; six baptized
children were enrolled. Five officers
were elected, ordained and installed,
viz.: Elders, F. G. Cresham, W. L. Whlttlngton,
W. N. McClung; Deacons, A. P.
Grey and E. E. Evans.
There Is a union church building here,
the lots upon which It stands were
given by a Presbyterian. $150 were
* given to put this property In good condition.
$12.15 were given for Incidentals
and $32.53 for Synod's Home Mission
work. Organized a Ladles' Aid and
Missionary Society, also a Union Sunday
school Rev. Newton Smith, of Caledonia,
Mo., was with me and rendered
most efficient aid.
Win. H. Richardson.
NEBRASKA.
Mitchell: A word of cheerful news
for the churches. Dr. Smiley, of Den(
ver, and his singer are In the midst
of a very fruitful revival in Mitchell.
Nebraska. The first week the meetings
were held in the Fresbyterlan church.
t but we were crowded out into the
large auditorium of the hall. Ever/
night witnesses many conversions. The
town has received a great moral uplift
The evangelists go from here to
Morrill, Neb., for a union campaign for
righteousness February 3rd.
A. C. Ramsey,
t Pastor First Presbyterian Church.
NORTH CAROLINA.
i Charlotte: Beginning early In FebruI
arv. inerhl mrvloM will H? in u>.
i Second Presbyterian church, those for
* the first week to be conducted by the
t pastor, Iter. Dr. McGeachy, and those
f for the second week by Rev. Dr. James
1 1. Vance, of N'ashvllle, Tenn.
? Kunnitpolls: Concord Presbytery. The
> pastor of this church, Rev. O. Wilbur
i Shipley, has received within the laat
few days calls to the following church
M OF THS SOUTH
* : Greenville, Caunheruwi. JJbmuarie,
ind the Sharon, Car met and Matthew?
group near Charlotte. With the exception
of one negative vote at iaimbei ion,
they were all heady and uuan
imouB.
Davidson: Rer. C. E. Raynal, of
Statesvllle, filled the Presbyterian pulpit
here Sunday in the absence ot the
pastor, Rev. Dr. C. M. Richards. Mr
Raynal was heard with evident Lnter381
and pleasure by a large congregation.
The morning aermon was highly
effective in the presentation of the
thought that God throughout the Bible
and in the days since the giving of the
11 vine message has been wooing an inlifferent
and heedless world, admonishing
men and warning them that only in
obedience to his law is life and light.
The text was Ezeklel 33:31: And they
come unto thee as the people cometh,
unri thar Bit hpfnrp rhM SB mv nonnlo
and they bear tby word*, but they will
not do them.
Rev. Dr. Richards filled the pulpit of
the First church. Concord, Sunday and
in that city as in Salisbury, was successful
in his request to the oburch
officers to agree to be responsible for
the raising in the congregation of $1,000
for Statesvllle Female College, the
amount proportioned by Concord Presbytery.
Rev. Dr. Richards gave notice at the
mid-week prayer meeting that ho would
distribute mite boxes throughout the
congregation on Sunday, that subetitut
ins these for the Talent Plan, each individual
may contribute to the Miasionary
debt as liberally as possible. This
to bo over and above the regular
amounts subscribed in the annual budget.
Raleigh Conference, Albemarle Presbytery:
Albemarle Presbytery voted far
two Conferences on JEvangelism and
Stewardship, under the Assembly's Million
and a Half Campaign Plan. One
was held at Raleigh on January 6, 7, aud
one at Washington on January 7, 8, and
the following facts may be of interest in
connection witn the Raleigh Conference:
Thara ?/??-.<? ~ ? ? --
v.. 9UMWI VUkltUOt 1U UIO
Raleigh. District and o& per cent. oi
idem were represented; twenty-lour
delegates were present, and twentylour
signed pledges on the Evangelistic
piogram* sixteen signed tor an Every
Member Canvass. Tbese delegates in
tbis signing pledged six churches tor
dellnito Evangelistic and Financial
effort, or 38 per cent. o! tbe cliurches
lor tMs district.
While tbe attendance was small, tbe
spirit ot tbe Conference was good, and
at least twenty-tour delegates and three
preachers went homo "led and tired."
When men Like J. P. McCallie, of Cbat
tunooga; Rev. Geo. Atkinson, of Albemarle;
W. C Smith, of Richmond, and
Dr. W. McC. White, of Raleigh, present
><uch subjects as "The Assembly Campaign
ou Evangelism and Stewardship;"
"Personal Evangelism," "Consecrated
Possessions," rind "Fishing for Men,"
the churches that were represented are
sure to get a blessing, and the writer
who la pastor of the Oxford church has
already felt the power of the convention
In his own congregation. At the
closing hour the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
"In view of the facts presented to the
AlhAimtrl* ??- -
. . w. J tuivugll ICS r 111anclal
Statistic# Report for the year
J912, bo it resolved that -while this Conference
on Evangelism and Stewardship
lias no authority to lay any assessment
upon or make any assessment anions;
our churches, yet it feels deeply that
our churches ought to set as their goal
for 1913 for all Bonevolsnt Causes a
per capita of $9.00; $4.00 for Foreign
Missions, $2,00 for Assembly's Home
Causes and $3.00-tor Local Oausss, and
(109) lit
Ju ittetr wry L?**m u? start tula ctiurcu
! seal year with a well planned ami
completely executed tlrery Meiubei
Canvass for church liuancea, and this
conference requests Presbytery to take
uennite action on tills resolution and
contln .*- ? Campaign Comnrittee to follow
up litis program amoug our churches.
S. K. Phillips, Chairman;
J. E. Hemphill,*
W. McC. White
Otho A. Daniel.
To the Officers and churches of Con.
cord Presbytery that have not yet adopted
<be General Assembly's plan ot
c-burch finances.
Dear i-'reilvren: Allow me to gently
remind you that February is the last
month ol the ohurch year for contribu?
tions to Presbytery's Home Missions.
Do you know that a large majority of
your churches hare failed to pay up to
date one-half of the annual apportionments
and at least one-third of your
number has failed to send any contribution
to the Treasures since April
15, 1012? I beseech you, therefore,
brethren, not to allow any matter of a
secular character, whether important or
otherwise, or any urgent appeals for
charitable or religious causes to in
duce you not to provide for your own
Mission work at home, especially for
the workers in your own Presbytery
lest your church be like unto the man
described in God's Word as one who
"has denied the faith and is worse than
an infidel." See 1 Tim. 5:8.
Faithfully your fellow-worker in the
Kingdom of Our Lord,
C. A. Munroe.
OKLAHOMA.
Duncan: Ths Sunday school Christmas
entertainment was held on Monday
night before Christmas. No evergreens
grow in this vicinity, but a nice
black-jack oak was brought in and put
in position; then the snow (lint cotton)
began to fall and to be wrapped around
(he limbs until our oak was transformed
Into a white-jack. When the tinsel,
the colored streamers, the red and
green bags of candy, and the gaily
dressed dolls were attached, we agreed
again with Emerson that "if eyes were
made for seeing, then beauty is its
own excuse for being." The entertainment
was a glorification of the Christ.
One of the features was a class of boye
who repeated from memory some or
t hfi nr/>r?K/\rtlAo **V? ? T,,L 1 - 4 *%
*??. ^iwfuwibo ui iuu DIUI6 Q>OOUl LDt
Messiah, and a class of girls who responded
for history, showing how these
prophecies were fulfilled. The collection
was for the Executive Committee
on Christian Education and Ministerial
Relief, lit was not large?14?but it
was gratifying to see that nearly half
the Sunday school had brought in an
envelope each with an offering; even
a dime or a nickel from most of our
Sunday school children means a sacrifice.
Tho young folks have organized a
band of "Missionary Workers" (the
name is their own suggestion), which
meets every Sunday afternoon. In tho
meetings and In the work they do outside
(such as visiting the sick), they
are manifesting some of the spirit of
Him who said to begin at Jerusalem,
but not stop till the last man in the
farthest clrci* i>?? v.?> - -?
....... woo ucaru CUC BIUI7.
Recently a father and his son were
received Into the church on confession
of their faith lu our Saviour, bavin/
been converted during a Methodist re
vival in the town. The wife and mother
has been a Presbyterian for years
in Texas; she sent for her letter and
placed it in this church with her bushand
and her boy. Families in Oklahoma
are often divided denominationally;
we rejoice in another one altogether
Presbyterian.