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oyterlaa ladles waa handsome furniture
for the pastor's study. Just before the
conclusion the presiding officer in an
eloquent presentation speech handed
to the pastor and his wife a heavy silver
waiter on which were liberal heaps
of shining silver dollars, fresh from
the mint. This was a snnntanemm ex.
pression from the other denominations,
including Jews and Roman Lata
NORTH CAROLINA.
Kannapoils: Concord Presbytery?
Rev. a. Wilbur Shipley, pastor of the
church at this place, will, with the consent
of the Concord Presbytery, accept
the call to the church at Albemarle, N.
C., and wilt enter upon his work there
March 1st.
At the request of Rev. Q. W. Shipley,
Rev. Byron Clark and Ruling Elders S.
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call Concord Presbytery to meet In the
First Presbyterian church, Salisbury,
on Monday, February 24, 1913, at 12
o'clock, noon, for the transaction of the
following business, if the w% be olear.
1. To dissolve the pastoral relation
between Rev. Q. W. Shipley and the
Kaonapolis and Betbpage churches.
2. To dismiss Rev. Q. W. Shipley to
such Presbytery as he shall at that
time designate.
2. To act on any matter growing out
of the above.
J. E. Summers, Moderator.
Davidson: It is learned here that Mrs.
McClure, who died a few days ago at
Huutersville leaves In her will a valuable
bequest to Davidson, this being
farm lands and other property, the esti
mated value of which is $10,000.
Rev. D. H. ltolston, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, Charlotte,
has accepted the Invitation of the Association
to preach the Y. M. C. A. sermon
at commencement.
Ashevillc: d have been asked by Dr.
Egbert W. Smith to tell how the SelfDenial
Envelope Plan was introduced In
my Sunday school and church.
After the Session had adopted the
plan I prepared a circular letter to be
sent through the mail to every man,
woman and child in the congregation.
The Sunday before this letter was mailed,
I announced in the Sunday school
and in the church, that each one would
. receive it in a few days.
In leading up to this announcement I
asked the children, "Who is it that buys
the food that you eat, the clothes that
you wear," etc.? 'Many voices answered,
"Papa." "How does your papa make
the money?" "He's a lawyer;" "He's a
doctor;" "He's a store-keeper;" "He's a
a vaipcuier, eic. w?u now, sup|K>iu)
those who owe him should stop paying,
where would the money come from to
buy these things for you?" In this way
I tried to lead the children to put themselves
In the place of the children of
the missionaries whom we have sent
out and promised to support They
showed great Interest and sympathy,
and when I asked how many would try
to make and save every cent they could
to help pay the fathers of these children
what we owe them, they responded
with heartY assent
Almost every Sunday I go In to remind
them of the matter, and to ask
how they are getting along.
A mother told me the other day that
her little girl had been saving all her
money for the envelope, and when her
father brought her some candy she
said, "Papa, I am so sorry you bought
the candy. II wish you had given me
the nonev for mr Self-Denla.1 Enve
lope."
In presenting the plan to the congregation,
I told them of my talk with
the children, and of their eager Interest,
and appealed to them to encourage
and co-operate with the ohildren, "(A
little child shall lead them."
V am keeping the matter Bun day by
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Sunday bafora tummla i? th? ?* ?
era And by announcements in the
church Bulletin. About ten days ago
the first fruits came in, in the form
of a check for a considerable amount,
and without mentioning the name, I
published in the Bulletin the following
note which accompanied the contribution:
"I am afraid if I keep this check
until March 23rd, I'll not have it
(that's Irish, hilt vnn Vnn? who* T
mean); so r am sending It for the Mission
Debt ahead of time."
These facts are published, at the request
of Qur Executive Secretary of
Foreign Missions, in the hope that they
may prove suggestive and stimulating
to those who are using, or preparing to
use, the Self-Denial Envelopes.
R. F. Campbell.
The Equipping of Our Orphanage Imperative:
in the last 23 years there
has been spent on the Presbyterian Orphans'
Home, Darium Springs, N. C.,
about $70,000 for permanent improvements,
including 220 acres of land
owned by the Institution, together with
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>. <?. u?<>u>u6o unu uuier general equipment.
About $23,000 of this amount
was given by seven individuals, leaving
$17,000 which was given by all the other
Presbyterians in the Synod.
This year has been an average of,
say $2,''00 a year for this period of time.
This amount, $2,000, divided by more
than 400 churches in the Synod, would
make an average of less than $5.00 per
jear from each church during the lifetime
of the Institution. This is not a
good showing as compared with what
other denominations have done. The
Childrens' Home of the Western North
Carolina M. E. Conference at WinstonSalem
will have spent at the close of
this year, covering a period of five years,
practically $100,000. The Baptist Church
has spent on its Orphanage at Thomasville
for equipment, $159,979.33. This
includes their output for eleven dormitories,
school building, general dining
room, printing office, industrial building
(In which they have wood working
machinery and a shoe shop), laundry
building, general sewing room and a
most thoroughly equipped infirmary,
together with the usual out buildings,
a horse and cow barn and 450 acres of
land. Also water, sewerage and lights.
mis aoes not include the late gift of
the Kennedy land in Lenoir county, on
which they are now building two dormitories
to cost about |7,500 each.
Surely the Presbyterians of our State
desire to do their full share of the
Orphanage work, both In equipping the
Institution and in the amount spent in
maintaining the same annually.
The following Is a list of Improvements
adjudged to be necessary by the
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??v(ivti Ml VI will Iivuio XWI *10 tuuruup
equipment:
1. Two barns?one (or cows and one
for horses.
2. The erection of storage buildings.
3. Commodious and up-to-date school
building.
4. A thoroughly equipped infirmary.
6. Enlarging of the Industrial Building.
6 Install central heating plant.
7. Malting repairs on buildings.
8. Purchase adjacent lands.
9. Enclose land for pasturage.
During its sessions In Charlotte In
1911 the Synod visited the Home in a
L?oay and investigated the needs of the
Institution, and then heartily approved
of the report made by the Regents of
its needs and Instructed them to raise
the funds necessary for the improvements
above named. This Is the first
time thkt our Synod bas ever asked
its people to fully equip this Home, i
While It Is true that the Church Is
supporting its Orphanage, and caring ;
for nearly 200 children, and doing: it
wall so far as maintenance is con- i
in OF THSSOUTH
cerned, j?t our people have not pro
Tided the necessary equipment, and the
work of the Institution has been badly
hand-icapped on this aocount.
The Finance Committee of the Regents
have made several efforts to secure
a man to serve as financial agent
and raise this fund. They have recently
elected Rer. R. Murphy Williams.
Greensboro, N. C., to serve In this capacity.
He has entered upon the work
und is pushing It vigorously. Our people
are urged to co-operate with him
fully In the raising of the much needed
money for thoroughly manning our
Institution. We hope the doors of our
churches will be open to him and those
selected by him to present this cause,
and that our people will respond liberally
to the appeals made by him and
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lit is hoped that this leaflet ma7 be
read by many and that it may secure
liberal donations from Its readers for
the fund.
Contributions to this end should be
sent to Rev. W. T. Walker, Superintendent
and Treasurer, Barium Springs,
N. C.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Cniou: Rev. D. M. Douglas, D. D.,
president of the Presbyterian College
at Clinton, preached to the congregation
of the First Presbyterian church
of this city Sunday morning and evening.
Or. DouglaB is a gifted speaker,
and delivered two fine discourses.
Before the sermon on Sunday morning
Dr. Douglas gave an outline of the
work that he is doing in the College
at Clinton.
Dr. Douglas is a nephew of the Rev.
Mr. Douglas, who was the second pastor
of the Presbyterian church here.
who srved this church along In 1S40 or
'50, and who is remembered by the older
citizens of this city and county.?
Progress.
Iter. J. E. Coker, who has been pastor
of the Pacolet, the ML Tabor and
JoDesvllle and Lockh&rt churches for
the past year or so has resigned these
charges to accept the pastorate of a
church at Mt. Pleasant, S. C.
Mr. Coker is a well known Presbyterian.
minister in Enoree Presbytery
and his many friends in this section of
the state will regret to hear of his
leaving, which will be about the first of
March. Mr. Coker has been at the The
ologlcal Seminary for several months
taking a special course In Theology.?
Progress.
TENNESSEE.
ClarksTllle: Southwestern Presbyterian
University has recently had the
pleasure of hearing Rev. J. Ernest
Thacker and Mr. and Mrs. Fisher in a
very Impressive chapel service. During
Dr. Thacker's meeting at the First
church the students of the Divinity
School were able to render efficient
ServlCJ ES neraoml wnrlioro l- ??
ways. Dr. ThacRei's tun pie aud powerful
pre n[ the cross j?s left aa
abi l!n< improssiod tyon tie you >e
men.
iRey. W. D. Downing, of Baratow,
Texas, an alumnus of 1884, and Kev. S.
M. Erickson, of Tokomatsu, Japan, of
the class of 1903, lately visited the
University and addressed the nivinitv
students, telling them of fields at home
and abroad that are white unto the harvest.
Men are not at hand for the calls
that come. Most of the young men.
have accepted work and some r,f them
have an embarrassment cf openings.
The "tree doctors" are on the campus
seeking to prolong the life of the
greax oaks which make so attractive the
8. P. U. grounds. By the oaks are
younger trees set out, some of them by
Rev. C. C. Herman whtt he waa the
chancellor. The present chancellor !e
(U7) U
duluf what ha can lo yreaarva tha olJ
caka.
Cham. Win. Sommerrlll*.
Soil t tl u fulorn |ipi>Mh>n>l>. 1
sitj: llev. A. K. Shaw, D. D., of Charlotte,
N. C., pastor of the Tenth Avenue
church, has been unanimously elected
to the chair of Theology in Southwestern
Presbyterian University, and
has accepted. Dr. Shaw was educated
at the Ueiversity of North Carolina,
completed tue Junior and the Intermediate,
and with the Intermediate,
half the Senior year at Union Seminary,
Uichmond, Va. He went to Princeton
avuuuuo', alia graduated ttieie. While
at the University or North Carolina he
was assistant in the laboratory work
in Chemistry. During tne latter hair ol
Lis year at Princeton, Dr. Shaw was one
ol a committee or three seuiois to pass
criticism on the sermons preached by
the Senior Class. _
Dr. Shaw was licensed and ordained
by the Presbytery ot Payettevlile in
September, 1*37. He has held pastorates
in North Carolina, Vlrgiuia and
Texas, and has apent two years in
evangelistic work.
The decree of D. D. was conferred on
him by Davidson college. He bus been
Moderator of the Synod or Norm Carolina,
is uow Chairman of me Permanent
Committee of the Ueueral Assembly
on Sabbath and Family Keligion, Is
a trustee of me General Assembly,
President of me Ministerial Association
of Charlotte, also of me Presbyterial
Council of Charlotte, composed of me
Presbyterian pastors and church officers
of the city, is vice-president of me
Associated Charities of charlotte, and
a trustee of me Charlotte College for
Women.
ur. onaw is a lover of theological
studies, author of a book entitled,
"Theology for the People," which has
been widely commended, and has had
considerable practical experience in
giving private instruction in theology
to those unable to attend a seminary,
and as examiner In theology of applicants
for licensure. Southwestern is to
be congratulated In securing a man of
bis reputation and experience.
TEXAS.
The Presbytery of Central Texas will
meet in the First Presbyterian church.
Corsicana, Wednesday, April 16, 1913, at
8 P. M. Sessional blanks will be forwarded
In due time.
iM. C. Hutton, Stated Clerk.
Aastin College} The Board of Trustees
of Austin College, Sherman, will
meet Tuesday, February 11th, and will
likely take some order to rebuild the
administration building recently burned.
X. X. X. Sec'y.
College Park Church, Slier man: At
the morning service, February 9, Ave
energetic, consecrated young men were
ordained into the office of deacon: C. P.
Owen, Knox NVinebrenner, O. B. Hutchison,
Paul W. Tracy, AI. L. Corshlon.
Messrs. Owen and Hutchison had been
ordained deacons in other churches.
The Presbyterial Conference recently
held in Dallas showed this church to
have the second largest percentage of
members received on confession of
faith, one to five. Torrey and Gainesville
churches showed each one to four.
Tho
..ooouiui; d minimum limit is one
to twenty.
lire mi wood, First Church has had
her Preebyterlal Conference and muoh
zeal and Interest in church work has
been created. Have adopted Every
'Member Canvass Plan and Talent
Money, and big results are looked for.
Our efficient and able pastor Is Dr. .
P. H. McCurdy.
The Presbyterial Conference of the
Presbytery of Fort Worth was held In
the First Presbyterian church, Fort
Worth, February 4th and 6th. Rev. L, X.