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ltev. A. L. Phillips, D. D. D
MofTatt presided.
Addresses were made by Rev. W. M.
Anderson, D. D., of Dallas; Rev. R. ?.
Vinson, D. D., of Austin Theological
Seminary; Rev.' Juo. V. MoCall, and
Rev. L. 1. .Moitatt The attendance was
fair And the Interest was good Nearly
ail loose WHO aiieuueu .uun ouuc 1HUV
in the round table conferences.
The statistical tables prepared for
the occasion showed that vhe Presbytery
of Fort Worth was about on a par
with the other Presbyteries in additions,
und gifts for its owu support, but below
many other Presbyteries in gifts for
benevolence.
The pastor of the church. Rev. Wm.
Caldwell, Ph.D., the members of the
church and specially the ladies of the
church showed the visitors every courtesy
and attention, not only providing
entertainment, but also providing a
most bountiful lunch for the noon hour
on Wednesday. It Is the opinion of
those who attended that the conference
did much to stir up a deeper interest in
Evangelism and Stewardship.
Two conferences on evangelism and
stewardship were held in the Presbytery
of Paris. The first was in. Tyler,
on January 20-21, and these lines are
intended to give a brief account of this
conference. Doubtless some one who
was present will give some account of
the other conference, held in Paris on
January 23-24. The counmittees had all
worked together, and worked hard to
secure a good attendance. A spell of
very inclement weather came on the
opening day, but in spite of this there
was quite a goodly number of earnest
men and women present from the southern
end of the presbytery. The conference
was conducted by -Rev. Lacy Moffett,
who delighted and inspired those
who beard him. Rev. Jno. V. McCall, of
Qainesville, was a speaker on the program
and entered into the conference
with his characteristic force and earnestness.
Rev. Dr. Vinson of Austin,
follaH frt pflnnh Tvler in time for his
address, but the other speaaers held the
Interest of the audiences to the end.
Quite A large number, practically aK
present, signed the paper pledging
themselves to do all they could to secure
the every member canvass in their
local churches. Altogether it was a
pleasant and profitable conference and
undoubtedly laid the foundation for increased
effort and efficiency.
T O VARNER.
Mr. Pleasant, Texas, February 12,
1913.
COXFEREXCK OX EVANGELISM AND
STEWARDSHIP.
Western Texas Presbytery, Westminster
church, San Antonio, January
21-22, 1913. The Conference opened at
the time announced and followed pretty
Closely tne printed program, ut. nwiier
McMillan, of Atlanta, In the chair, as
the presiding officer throughout All
were pleased with his systematic and
proportionate" dispatch of business.
Other speakers were: Dr. W. M. Anderson,
of Dallas; Dr. J. O. Patton, of Decatur,
Ga?; Dr. EL C. Caldwell, of A usI
THE PRESBYTERI
OTHER MEMPHIS SPE<
AK
t. J. P. McCallle. itev. Henry I
tin Seminary, with two local speakers.
Honorable Yale Hicks and Rev. C. K
McStavick, of the United Presbyterian
church. The talks and addresses were
stimulating and inspiring, while exceedingly
practical. A comment frequently
ueard was, "My, wasn't that fine! 1
wish all of my people could hear that!"
The unusual spell of bad weather and
the great distances to be traversed cut
short the attendance.. However, fifteen
churches of the Presbytery were represented
and the Campaign Committee
is taking steps to induce every church
within the Presbytery to apply the recommendations
of the Conference.
To be confronted with the figures, in
hold type, showing how little our re
sepective churches are doing towards
the reclaiming of lost souls at home
and the sending of the gospel abroad is,
we confidently believe, to result in an
awakening of the church.
Resolutions adopted by Western
Texas rresbyterinl Conference: "Be It
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
Conference that the present plan proposed
by the General Assembly for the
linancial sup-putt of the church's work"
is emminently wise and practical. We
therefore adopt and pledge our utmost
endeavor to secure the following. 1. A
goal of at least ten cents per week per
niemiber, or $5.20 per year per member,
for benevolences. This to Include the
sixty-live cents per member asked for
-by the Synod for its educational work.
2. An every member canvass in every
church in the Presbytery on or before
March 31, 1913. Our goal then will be
every church canvassed. Every member
contributing an average contribution
of not less than ten cents per week.
3. We pledge our prayers and our ut
most endeavor to the realizing of this
goal and we further promise the campaign
committee to do all that we can
to assist them in this matter.
4. We promise to have a copy of this
resolution sent to every church not represented
in this Conference, to be read
from the pulpit." Tex.ts.
Across an Ocean of Land In a Gale
of Wind: From Happy in Swisher
county, to Demmltt in. Castro county.
Tkars OCA i..nt 4-V.. ?. I I 1.
iuvi? ui c juob unu j;iatco wic miiu 19
king?on the ocean of water, and on
the "oceans of land." Left Happy January
17th ip a gale straight from the
west; wind 40 to 45 miles per houT.
The worst dust storm I ever saw in
Texas was on. With goggles to protect
my eyes where the fields were cultivated,
you could not see over two
lengths ahead. After two and a
hnflf miles out angling across a section
of lan.1 where the plow had never
touched the soil and on the edge of
ihn (K<? tvqofii-ma thora woo tHwfiioll..
tMV w?6 v? v**v< w "WB ? ? UW
dust; but the ceaseless roar of the
wind in one's ears and Its ceaseless
push had mashed the top of my buggy
as flat as possible; 1>ut the pressure
made the broncho pull as if he were
pulling a loaded wagon. Made seven
and a half miilee in two hours, then
the ponv got down to a dead walk and
the whip produced no effect Through
an of the south
\KERS AND WORKERS
IMBPH
1. Sweet, D. D. Dr. W. J. Martin.
a seven mile lane straight as an arrow,
small, rugged posts with three strands
of barbed wire stretched, the lowest
14 inches from the ground, the other
two at about an equal space above.
On one side or the other a telephone
wire on top of a two-by-four bolted
to the posts, a little porcelain knob
on top for the wire. The telephone is
one of the luxuries of this country of
wide spaces. At the end of this lane,
through a Texas gate, made of two
cedar poles and from strands of basket
wire wuea lasr iu me JJUSI ui me
fence on one side, the other held (by
two wire ldops fastened to the other i
fence post at top and bottom; opened
by pulling towards the fence post and
slipping the end of the pole out of the
loops at top and bottom. Some are
not easy to handle, especially for a
woman or child. <1 carry a good claw
hammer in my buggy. There are just
"18" square miles in the north and
south pastures. 'Many, many trails and
as you gei uuuui me nan way point
across there is a wind mill and a
tank where the herds of cattle water.
In going the 5 miles across you see 25
or more cattle trails about 14 Inches
wide, every particle of sod trodden out,
and about two Inches deep. One behind
another they walk these pathe to the
tank for water?Che same track day
after day. It took me four and a half
hours to make 17 miles. Then the wind
died down until the moon, almost full,
and the quiet stars shone as bright
as if there was never either dust or
wind. Preached at 7:30 in Army school
house to a most attentive little hunch.
Spent the night -with Air. Berks and
away at 8:30 A. M., south and a little
west, for Dimmitt, 18 mllee away. The
wind just fast enough to make things
feel fresh. Got there in three and a
half hours. Preached Saturday night.
Preadhed and held communion service
Sunday morning and at night ordained
afid installed two elders?Judge Kerr
and Mr. Galley?before the preaching
service. In the night at 2 A M. a stiff
northar aet In and at 8 A \f._ tha Hunt
blowing and It bo very cold, I put off
the trip home till after dinner. Had
an easy trip home.
W. O. Hagan.
Happy. Texas, Jan. 24.
VIRGINIA.
Lexington: At the morning service
February 9th two students of Washington
and Lee University were received
into the church membership on orofea
pion of faith. Both also received the
ordinance of baptism. A. H.
Union Theological Seminary: The
new catalogue of the Seminary Just out
ahows a registration of 107 students,
representing fifteen States of the Union
and Canada and Cuba. The largest
numbers, of course, are from North Car
olina and Virginia, these States having
exactly the same number of representatives?34.
Twenty-nine literary institutions are
represented. Davidson College as usual
leading the list with 43 representatives.
Hampden-Sidney College has 10, Wash- .
(February lb, 1913
IKJ
W. C. Smith.
lngton and Lee University 6, and the
South-western Preshvterian University
5. The other 25 institutions are represented
by smaller numbers. There are
uuly six out of 107 who have not attended
any college.
There are 34 Presbyteries represented,
and the two which have the largest
number are Concord and East Hanover,
each of these having 11. As Davidson
College is situated within the
bounds of Concord, and as the Seminnary
is situated within the bounds of
East Hanover, students from other por- *
tions of the Church not Infrequently
place themselves under the care of
these Presbyteries after matriculation,
as a matter of convenience, so that the
large number of candidates credited to
these two Presbyteries docs not always
indicate greater faithfulness on the
part of the pastors in those Presbyteries
in presenting the claims of the
ministry to their young men and in
looking out for their own congregations
suitable and promsing youths for this
work. But, on any view of the matter,
it is a deeply gratifying thing to have
two of our Presbyteries, one in Virginia
and one in North Carolina, represented
by 11 candidates each in the
Seminary. Mecklenburg comes next
wth 8, then Fayetteville with 7, then
Abingdon with 6, then King's Mountain
with 4, all the other Presbyteries in
the Church being represented by smaller
numbers.
Last week East llauoTer Presbytery
after a full examination licensed Dr.
Juan Orts Gonzalez. And on last Sunday
night he was ordained by a com
mission appointed for that purpose. The
commission consisted of Rev. Dr. T. R.
English, Rev. Dr. C. C.-Hersman, Rev
Dr. T. H. Rice, Rev. M. B. Porter, Rev.
Wm. 8. Campbell, and Ruling Elders
Owsley Sanders, Edwin Pleasants and
D. D. Talley. Rev. Dr. Rice and Mr.
Porter were unable to be present.
The ordination service was held in
the Chapel of Union Theological Seminary.
Dr. English presided, preached
fhn OAwmAn nn/1
vuo BOI IUVU Ultu J/1 l/[/uuilUCU LUO CUli"
stltutional questions. Arfer laying on
of the hands of the commission and the
ordination prayer by Dr. English, a
charge to the newly ordained minister
was delivered by Rev. tMr. Campbell.
Dr. Ilersman ofTered a prayer commending
Dr. Orts to the grace of God.
Five years ago he came to this country,
and after much thought and deep study
he accepted Protestantism and joined
th?? Prenhvterlnn CPinroh'
Winchester Trcshjtery's Conference
on Evangelism and Stewardship was
held at 'Martlneburg, W. Va., on January
21, 22, under the efficient leader
ship of Dr. James Lewis Howe, of
Washington and Lee University.
Dr. Emmett McCorkle, of Rockbridge
Baths, and D. Clay Lilly, of Richmond,
made strong inspirational addresses on
Personal Consecration, Soul Winning
nnri CttAvnrrtatiln
The attendance of over 130 was considered
good. The Infor.val conference*
were particularly helpful, but it