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Kev. A K. l'liillips, D. D. 1)
MolTatt presided.
Addresses were made by Kev. VV. M.
Anderson, U. D., ol Dallas; Kev. II. E.
Vinson, D. L>., ol' Austin Theological
Seminary; Kev*. Juo. V. MeL'all, and
Kev. K. i. .\lolIull The attendance was
[air and tae iuieicst was good Nearly
all those who uileudeu -ook some part
iu the round table couiereuces.
The statistical tables prepared for
the occasion showed that vhe Presbytery
of Port \\ 01 th was about on a par
with the other Presbyteries in additions,
and guts tor its own support, but below
many other Presbyteries in gifts for
benevolence.
The pastor of the church, Rev. Win.
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, hut aiso providing a
most bountiful luuch for the noon hour
u minominv 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 ctuugelhm and
htcwardsiiip 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 23-21. The courjuittees had all
worked together, and worked hard to
secure a good attendance. A spell of
very inclement weather came on the
* 1 * fhio lharp
opening Quy, uui ui oi?uc v/i tuia ?<*v*v
was quite a goodly number of earnest
uicn and women present from the southern
end of the presbytery. The conference
was conducted by.Rev. Lacy Moffett,
who delighted and inspired those
who heard him. Rev. Jno. V. McCall, of
Gainesville, was a speaker on the program
and entered into the conference
with his characteristic force and earnestness
i!f?v. nr. Vinson of Austin,
failed to reach Tyler in time for his
uddress, hut the other speaaers held the
interest of the audiences to the end.
Quite a large number, practically all
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.
J. O. VARXER.
Mr. Pleasant, Texas, February 12,
lyu.
COXFKREXCK OX EVANGELIS.U AXI>
STEWARDS II IF.
Western Texas Presbytery, Westminster
church, San Antonio, January
21-22, 1913. The Conference opened at
the tine announced and followed pretty
closely the printed program. Dr. Homer
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. G. Patton, of Decatur,
Ga.; Dr. E. C. Caldwell, of AusI
THE PRESBYTER1
OTHER MEMPHIS SPE
r. J. P. McC ullit- ln-v. Henry
tin Seminary, with. two local speakers
Honorable Vale llicks and llev. C. lv
vlr-Stavick, of the United Presbyterian
church. The talks and addresses were
stimulating and inspiring, while exceedingly
piactical. A coin men t frequently
ueaid was, "My, wasn't that fine! 1
wish all of my people could hear that!'
The unusual spell of bad weather ami
the great distances to be traversed cui
sbort the attendance.. However, fifteen
churches of the Presbytery were represented
anil 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 resepective
churches are doing toward*
the reclaiming of lost souls at home
and the sending of the gospel abroad is
we confidently believe, to result in an
awakening of tbe church.
Resolutions adopted by Western
Texas Presb)ferial Conference: "Be H
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
Conference that the present plan pro
posed by the General Assembly for the
linaucial support of the church's wori
is emminently wise and practical. W't
therefore adopt aud pledge our utmosi
endeavor to secure the following. 1. A
goal ot at least ten cents per week pei
member, or $5.29 per year per member
lor benevolences. This to include tlu
sixty-live cents per member asked foi
by the Synod for its educational work
2. An every member canvass in everj
church in the Presbytery on or befori
-March 31, 1913. Our goal then will bt
every church canvassed. Every meciibci
contributing an average contributior
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 cam
paign committee to do all that we cat
to assist them in this matter.
4. We promise to have a copy of this
resolution sent to every church not rep
resented iu this Conference, to be reai
from the pulpit." Texas.
Across an Ocean of Land in a <-ah
of Mind: From Happy in Swishe:
county, to Demmitt in Castro county
There are just two places the wind h
king?on the ocean of water, and ot
the "oceans of land." I^eft Happy Jan
uary 17th ip a gale straight from th<
west; wind 40 to 45 miles per hour
The worst dust storm I ever saw ii
Texas was on. "With goggles to pro
tect my eyes where the fields were cul
tivated, you could not see over tw<
buggy lengths ahead. After two and i
half miles out angling across a sectioi
of lon.l where the plow had neve
touched the soil and on the edge o
1he 'big pastures there was virtually n<
dust; but the ceaseless roar of tb
wind in one's ears and its ceaseles
]>usb had mashed the top of my bugg
as flat as possible; but the pressur
made the broncho pull as if he wer
pulling a loaded wagon. Made seve
and a half miles in two hours, the:
the pony got down to a dead walk an
the whip produced no effect. Throug
an of the south
AKERS AND WORKERS
H. Sweet, D. D. Dr. W. J. Martin.
d seven mile lau? straight as au arrow,
small, rugged posts with three strands
of par bed wire stretched, the lowest
M inches front the ground, the other
two at about au 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
ou 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
s>. ul > m itnlac on<l f rnm ctronHa i\f linubot
wire wired last to the post of the
fence on one side, the other held by
two wire loops fastened to the other
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
, "IS" square miles in the north and
t south pastures. Many, many trails and
5 as you get about the half 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 2->
, or more cattle trails about 14 inches
t wide, every particle of sod trodden out,
and about two Inches deep. One behind
. another they walk these paths to the
tank for water?the 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
r house to a most attentive little bunch.
Spent the night with Mr. Berhs and
away at 8:30 A. M., south and a little
west, for Dimmitt, 18 miles away. The
wind just fast enough to make things
feel fresh. Got there in three and a
half hours. Preached Saturday night.
Preacihod and held communion service
Sunday morning and at night ordained
3 and installed two elders?Judge Kerr
and Mr. Galley?before the preaching
1 service. In the night at 2 A. M. a stiff
norther set in and at 8 A. M., the dust
p blowing and it so very cold, I put off
r the trip home till after dinner. Had
, an easy trip home.
3 W. C. Hagan.
i Happy, Texas, Jan. 24.
e VIRGINIA.
Lexington* At the morning service
1 February 9th two students of Washing
ton and Lee University were received
- into the church mem'bership on profes0
pion of faith. Both also received the
a ordinance of baptism. A. H.
1 Union Theological Seminary: The
r new catalogue of the Seminary Just out
f shows a registration of 107 students,
o representing fifteen States of the Union
e and Canada and Cuba. The largest
s numbers, of course, are from North Cary
oHna and Virginia, these States having
e exactly the same number of representae
tives?34. . .
n Twenty-nine literary institutions are
n represented. Davidson College as usual
d leading the list with 43 representatives,
h Hampden-Sidney College has 10, Wash
iKti/ruary ia, iyia
\V. C. Smith.
I ii irtnn anH f I InU'nruit v l! find tlio
Southwestern 1'resbyterian University
5. The other 25 institutions are represented
by smaller numbers. There are
only 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 does 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 P.nf. mi nn v vionr nf flip mntfor
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 Last Hanover l'resbyterj
after a full examination licensed Dr.
Juan Orts Gonzalez. And on last Sunday
night he was ordained by a commission
appointed for that purpose. The
commission consisted of Rev. Dr. T. R.
English, Rev. Dr. C. C. Hersman, Rev
Dr T H Ttioe Itov At R t'nrtor Uov
Wm. S. Campbell, and Ruling Riders
Owsley Sanders, Edwin Pleasants and
D, D. Tallcy. 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
the sermon and propounded the constitutional
ciuestions. 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. Mr. Campbell.
Dr. Hersman offered 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
the Presbyterian Church.
Winchester I'resliytery's Conference
on Evangelism and Stewardship was
held at Martinsburg, W. Va., on January
21, 22, under the efFcient leader
ship of Dr. James I^ewls Howe, of
Washington and Lee University.
Dr. Emmett McCorkle, of Rockbridge
Baths, and D. Clay Lilly, of Richmond,
made strong inspirational addresses on
Personal C.cnsecration, Soul Winning
and Stewardship.
The attendance of over 130 was considered
good. The Infor.nel conferences
were particularly helpful, but It