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tEDable of Contents!
CONTRIBUTED:
The Appeal Irresistible, Rev. G.
H. Cornelscm, D. D., 1
The I'eace-Muker, Edna A. Plgeman,
2
The Financiering of Faith, Rev.
Win. P. McCorkle 3
A "Great Awakening" in a City,
Rev. P. D. Stevenson, D. D...... 3
An Enduring Influence, by L. S.
iMarye, 4
The Livingston Centenary, Rev.
H. F. Williams, D. D 17
Self-Denial and Free Will Offerings,
Rev. Russell Cecil, D. D., 17
Tbreo Vital Suggestions on the
Evangelistic Campaign, 18
Questionaire for Presbyterials,
Mrs. W. C. Winsboroueh 19
Lift That Debt, Rev. G. H. Cornclson,
D. D., 20
That Debt, Rev. W. R. Anderson, 20
The Assembly Minutes, Rev. T. H.
Law, D. D 21
FAMILY READINGS:
A Layman's Sermon, Vice-Presdeni
Thos. R. 'Marshall, 4
St. John the Aged, 5
OR BOYS AND GIRLS:
(Betty Rugh, a Hero, 6
Just In Time C
An Evening With the Jacks, .... 7
The Revised Failure 7
(Letters from the Children, 7
SUNDAY SCHOOL. Y. P. S., AND
PRAYER MEETING 8
EDITORIAL:
Notes 9
A People's Victory, 9
Europeanizing America 10
Some Church Statistics, 10
An Over-Conventloned Church, 10
The Railroads* Courtesies Again, 11
Notes In Passing, Bert 11
CHURCH NEWS 12-15
SURVEY OP CURRENT EVENTS, 16
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS 20
HOME HEALTH CLUB, . 22
LARGE YIELDS OF CORN 23
STORY CORNER, 24
Cfmrcf) iletojs
ALABAMA.
Bay MInette: This newly-made town Is
the county seat of Baldwin county, and
this county seems to be about 200 miles
Ions and is filling up fast with families
from the North. We have a neat
church building, and manse. The music
Is what you folks would call up-to-date.
THE PRESBYTER1
A good organ, a cornet, two vlollua,
und ail the congregation taking part in
singing. 1 liud a good JSabbatn school,
io cuudren. i gave a talk to the cbilareu,
and found quite u number over
twelve years not in the cuurcn. The
icacneis are looking alter tnein. The
liev. W. F. Harris is the pastor o( this
church, is much liked, and is doing a
hue work, iu liie morning 1 had a
good congregation; at night the house
was tilled.
This week 1 go to Bromley and
Sepeltou, two towns, new places, that
have no church. 1 hope to organize a
Sabbath school and preach in some private
house till we can get ground. The
Church of ltome has buildings at all
these new points, as the towns grow
they work to hold them.
James Itussell.
ARKANSAS.
Rorrilltoii: The Nlorrillton church,
low made up of the Southern Church,
the Northern Church, and the Cumberland
Church, the new congregation being
in the Southern Church, has called
Rev. J. P. Anderson, of Gadsden, Ala.,
to its pastorate.
Little Rock: The two "First" Presbyterian
churches, one of the Southern,
the other of the Northern Church, have
resolved to unite, in connection with
the Southern Assembly. The officers ol
both tne churches will constitute the
oihclal bodies of the new combination.
All the property of the Northern Church
win be transierrea 10 uie southern
The present site of the Southern
Church, -which has enhanced much Id
value will be sold and a new and handsome
house of worship will be built on
another lot
GEORGIA.
Atlanta: Rev. W. H. Chapman will
terminate his relationship to the Gordon
St. church the last of February.
Rev. John D. Keith has resigned the
Conyers and Smyrna churches to accept
a call to Alabama.
Savannah Presbytery meets at Tifton,
Ga., April 15th, 7:30 P. M.
L. A. McLaurin, S. C.
The requirements of the Book ol
Church Order having been fully complied
with, Atlanta Pesbytery is called
to meet at 11:30 o'clock A. M, on .Monday,
March 3rd, 1913, at the First Presbyterian
church, in the city of Atlanta
to take action upon the following business:
(1) To act upon the resignation ol
the Rev. J. D. Keith as pastor of Conyers
and Smyrna churches.
(2) To grant Rev. J. D. Keith a letter
of dismission from Atlanta Presbytery,
if tho way be clear.
(3) To act upon the call of Kocfe
Springs church for the pastoral services
of Rev. Linton Johnson and arrange
for his Installation.
R. W. Miller, Moderator.
W. A. Murray, Clerk.
KENTUCKY.
Louisville: On the first Sunday
twenty members were received by th?
Highland church, Rev. Dr. T. M
nawcs, pastor.
Augnsta: Rev. Dr. W. O. Cochrane
has been installed as pastor by a commission
of Ebeuezer Vjesbytery." compered
of Revs. Herbert Moore and A. D
T.idlock.
Rev. R. L. Kinnard writes: "I reached
here on the 12th and have met witb
a most cordial reception from the
members of this church. Friday evening
quite a number of the friends and
members of the church called at the
mft riQO O n st Kr/tnevKf twUK ^om va?i* anK
...mmmv ?uu ut >'uqu w n ii>u hi vr iu ivi/ duu
srantial tokens of their good-will. Th?
prospects of good work and plenty ol
It look bright and we are entering upon
the pastorate of this flock with much
encouragement." ^ ?
AN OF T H ? BOOTH
LOUISIANA.
.New Orleans: Of the xiilulatera ox
.ww Orleans, Itev. (Messrs. Barr,
Browne, Caidwell, Carrie, and Sumwey
aiienuea tne great Home Mission Conference.
Kuung Klder Kobert W. Alar
bliuil, ot the Memorial church, also attended.
?I'lie raster-elect of the hapoleou
A venue Church, He v. Dr. V. D. Alooney,
whose gelation with tne Second church,
Birmingham, Ala., has been dissolved,
took one week s rest at Puss Christian,
Miss., und entered upon his work In
i\ew Orleans last week.
?-At the annual meeting of the Board
of Aluuiigers of the Presbyterian Hospital
those present were: Dr. J. <J.
Hair, A. Lt. Meyer, George K. Kgdorl,
W. O. Hart, R. R. Hyanis, Walter G.
Weiss, Andrew btewart, and Revs. J.
W. Caldwell and C. S. Sholl.
Tiie superintendent's report showed
' that during January 151 new patients
' ;iad been received into the hospital,
138 patients had been discharged, and
that there were 44 patients remaining
[ in the hospital February 1. There were
1 4 deaths, 110 operations, 11 charity
operations, 632 clinic patients, 7 operations
in the free clinic for the poor
' and 830 prescriptions tilled in the drug
1 room, of which 240 were free to the
L poor. During January 73 physicians
' had patients in the hospital.
This is the best January report in the
history of the institution.
Dr. J. C. Barr, R. P. Hyams and
George E. Egdorf were elected to serve
on the Board of Managers until the annual
meeting in February, 1917.
Dr. J. C. Barr was elected president;
Rev. J. "W. Caldwell, secretary, and
Geo. E. Edgorf, treasurer.
An executive committee, composed of
A. E. 'Meyer, A. Stewart and P. G. Veith
was chosen.
The devotional committee comprises'
Revs. C. S. Sholl and J. W. Caldwell.
' There was much satisfaction in the
hoard over the splendid progress the
hospital is making, and the prosperity
' which it is at present enjoying. 'Much
credit for this is due Dr. J. M. Batchelor,
the chairman of the medical ad;
visory committee, and his painstaking
and effective associates on the commit'
tee and on the staff.
The Synod's Committee of Home Mis*
sions had a very large and interesting
> Home Missionary map prepared for the
Memphis Conference, with much information
on it. The map was relegated
to the rear and was little seen.
Baton Rouge: The First church,
Baton Rouge, probably sent the largest
single delegation to the Memphis Con'
ference from any distant State. The
pastor, Dr. Hunter, had with him seventeen
delegates from his church.
ItayHlles Rev. T. H. McBrlde, recently
of Hill'sville, Carroll county, Va.,
lias been called to the Rayvllle field, in
Red River Presbytery, and entered upon
his new work last week.
MISSISSIPPI.
Brookliarcn: The pastor-elect, Rev.
( W. H. Hill, has moved from Magnolia
to his new home. He and bis family
received a warm welcome, abundant
i nrArialnno nroro nnt In th A h aiiaa Ia
J pi vi laivug ncic it* tuo uuuso iu
. last for a long time, and then some of
. the members generously sent him to
. the Memphis Conference, air. Hill will
be Installed at seme early date by Revs.
R. L. Walkup and S. C. Caldwell, and
l Ruling Elder J. S. Rea, a commission of
t the Presbytery of (Mississippi.
Natchez: I write a few lines to urge
I nil nnr minister* nnd' momhert In 1an?t
) n hand and push the excellent plan
. proposed by Dr. Smith for relieving
> the debt on our Foreign Mission Comr
mittee.
i The Talent-Money feature Is vrorki
lng finely among ourpeopl# and the
Self-Denlal feature -will also (be put in
I February 26, 1916
operation shortly.
'With the Free-Wlll Offering at the
close of the time set there Is a place
on this rope, which Is let down before
us by our worthy Secretary, for every
body to take hold. And If there be only
a willing mind, this load of debt which
has so long hampered the progress ot
our world-wide campaign, will be lifted.
The time is short, hut I predict success!
Jam. J. Chisolm, Pastor.
MISSOURI.
>'ew Madrid: Our meeting here was
begun under very unfavorable conditions;
continuous rains and another
threatened overflow of the Mississippi.
Last year the homes and public buildings
here were under water for six weeks?
from one to four feet, all over the town.
A quarantine against meningitis was
raised a few days before our meeting
began. The church had lately lost one
of the elders, by removal; the other two
elders had to be away much of the time.
The Christian women came to my help.
House to house work and two services
a day gave us increased attendance and
interest. Fourteen members were received,
twelve of whom were adults and
heads of households and representing
eleven now families brought into our
church. Five little children were baptized.
There were ten baptisms in all.
a vvuficKBuuusi meeting was neia ana
Rev. P. Lonsdale, of St. Louis, was called
for one half of his time. The reports
made from the various departments of
church work were encouraging, and the
reading of the church's history proved
of much interest The sum of $39.21
was given for Synod's Home Mission
work and $17.95 for incidentals. The
the members and friends feel greatly
encouraged. My next meeting will be
at Carathersville, Mo.
Win. H. Richardson.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Charlotte: The pastor of the Tenth
Avenue church has agreed to accept a
call to the Chair of Theology In Southwestern
Preabyterian University recently
made vacant by the death of Dr.
Rosebro.
?Dr. James I Vance came to Charlotte
on February 11th, and he has
preached twice dally ever since, besides
addresses at odd times. The congregations
have steadily grown larger till
they taxed the capacity of the large
church and lecture room. The morning
audiences have been remarkably
large, and the attention has been fine
Only those who have beard Dr. Vance
can realize his pulpit power, and any
attempt to describe it is bound to be a
failure. His sentences are short and
epigrammatic, his voice clear and pleasant,
at times ringing out like a trumpet
blast; his presence is striking and
graceful; and above all he seems on
lire with his subject, and is full of the
Holy Ghost.
We have rarelv heard finer nreaeh
lng; fine because it appeals to the head
and heart, and we, in common with all
who have heard him, thank God for his
visit.?Standard.
Mecklenburg Presbytery: Rev. Leonard
GUI reports for the current year
an Ingathering of three hundred and
fifty souis; the organization of five
"churches with a total membership of
one hundred and forty-eight; three
church buildings erected at & total coat
of six thousand and five hundred dolla
re, and that all the fields are regularly
supplied with preaching except
one
Cornelius t Last 8unday, the 16th, we
held our winter communion at Cornelias.
One person was received on
profession and four by letter, making
ten who have been received on profession
and six by letter as the results of