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March 12, 1913]
Harding filled his appointments the
past Sunday.
Dr. Richards gave way on Sunday,
for a report to the church of the proceedings
in Memphis at the recent Laymen's
Convention. Dr. Aiartia was the
speaker and gave an excellent address,
outlining as far as might be what was
seen and heard during these several
days. He was of course enthusiastic
in his Appreciation of the convention's
success and ils probable service to the
Church generally.
Rev. Dr. G. W. Painter, of Virginia,
who has spent so inauy years on the
mission fields of China, delivered an
address here in the Presbytorian
church. His visit, some half a dozen
years ago, is remembered with much
pleasure and 'his statesman-like discussion
of how the so-called Christian na
tious have treated, not to say exploited,
China and other nations of the East la
vividly recalled in view of liis address
along similar lines.
To the Ministers of Fajotteville Presbytery:
The Honor Roll of the Presbytery
for Presbyterial Home Missions is
composed of thoso churches which have
met their full apportionment for this
cause, or have done better, and is as
follows: Those churches which have
exceeded their apportionment?Aberdeen,
Bensalem, Comfort, Culdee, Elise.
Lilliantou, Lou Street, Maxton, Milton,
Alt. Vernou Springs, Oakland, Parkton,
Pembroke. Those, which have met their
full apportionment-?Bluff, Church of
Covenant, Euphronla, Hillside, Ida
Mills, Laurel Hill, Lebanon, Puckett,
Shiloh, West End, Wadesville. For
other apportionments, see the fall minutes
of Presbytery, pages 20-22. On
-March 25th the Honor Roll will again
be published; also a list of those
churches which have contributed less
than oO per cent, of their apportionment,
if there he ?mr?h vinriir o?o ??..?
- j bvb "'"I.
your church treasurer remits promptly
as my books must close the night of
March 31st.
Respectfully,
Lfc W. Curtis, Treaurer of Pres.
OKLAHOMA.
Coalgate: January 5th rounded out
eight years for the present pastor. To
celebrate the occasion a series of pleasant
surprises were sprung upon him by
the church and congregation. At the
conclusion of the morning sermon,
Judge Rails came lugging down the
aisle a beautiful pulpit chair which he
lifted upon the rostrum. Whereupon Mrs.
Al. M. Harwell, President of tho Ladies'
Aid, arose and in a neat little speech
presented the chair to the church and
pastor as a gift from the Ladies' Aid
in honor of the Anniversary. On Monday
evening the pastor returned from
prayer meeting to find his house full of
people. Tho ladles had taken charge
of the dining room and kitchen. Their
purpose was discovered later by all
guests present in a most happy faahion.
Before the pastor had time to
eitjiiuy ins nerves, 3ir. j. Addison
called the houso to order and Rev. Vick,
pastor of the Methodist church, led in
prayer. Following which Mr. Addison
drew from his pocket a bag of gold,
containing a five dollar gold pieco for
every year of the present pastorate and
in a highly colored speech presented It
to the pastor from the church and "out
slders" as a gift in honor of the an
niversary.
On the following Sunday, Just before
the sermon, Mastor Donald Murphy
(our prospective preacher), president
of the Junior C. E. Society, arose in
front of the pulpit and In well chosen
words presented the church and pastor
with a beautiful silver baptismal font
as a gift from the Junior C. E. Society
tn honor of the anniversary.
The pastor had been so well remembered
at the Christmas season Just be
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lilE P&H6B KTfiEli
(ore he was hardly able to take care at
hiwsell duriug taese anniversary ax
perieucts. luese gifts, uiouga valuable
in themselves are not to be compared
with tue treasures of affection in
the hearts of these dear people which
the pastor appreciates more than words
can oppress.
We have taken as our watch word
tor tue year, "Double." That is we are
going to strive with the Lord's help
u> double the work of last year, such as
doubling the number of accession to
the church, the offerings unto tho Lord,
tho number of family altars, the number
of tithers, the size of the congregation,
and so on down through all the
various organizations ot tiie church.
Then, too, we wish to double our general
ethclency in every line of work.
Active steps are already being taken to
realize our ideal and with God's help
we believe we are going to reach it.
12. H. Nioseley.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Salem (Cherokee): Notwithstanding
the weather was very cold, quite a large
congregation attended the preacning
services here on last third Sabbath,
an si Pav TV U A - " -
Huu WI, II. AJ. aitunuuu pieactltiU 21
very forceful sermou, from the text:
Judges 6:23, "Curse ye Memoz, said the
augel of the Lord; curse ye bitterly the
inhabitants thereof, because they come
not to the help of the Lord, to the help
of the Lord against the mighty." The
speaker laid special emphasis upon the
duty of the church members doing
something?what they can, even to
making a sacrihco for the advancement
of the Redeemer's Kingdom on earth,
it was a sound, stirring sermon, and
throughout the speaker had the best otf
attention.
At 4 o'clock P M .ho nroflptiivl /> ?
crowded bouse at Lbe Hopewell school
bouse, and again at 7:30 at Salem. His
text last night was from Genesis 3:15,
"And I will put enmity between thee
and the woman, and between thy seed
and her seed; It shall bruise thy head
and thou shalt bruise his heel." It
was a clear, logical sermon?full of
thought, and the speaker had good attention.
He said this was the beginning
of God's work to save lost men?
it was the first fcosnei nromis* Mr
Arrowood is beyond doubt a thoroughly
consecrated Christian; he feels what
he says and says what he feels, and his
preaching has endeared him not only
10 our people, but to those of other
denominations who are regular attendants
upon his preaching services.
People can be seen there regularly who
have never been accustomed to attend
jug preucniag services at Salem. Mr.
Arrowood has done more to educate our
people in the spirit of liberality than
uny minister we have ever had. He
emphasized the giving of tbelr substance
as an act of worship and they
are now beginning to realize It as true.
He spent last Saturday night with our
good Methodist brother, 'Mr. W. Q.
Fowler and his family.
We feel that the Lord Is wonderfully
blessing our work at S&lom.
I. L. 8.
TENNESSEE.
ITnmholdti Rev. Chas. E. Sullivan,
of Nashville. Tenn., Is assisting the
pastor, Rev. J. Marlon Stafford, In a
series of Bpeclal services. The meeting
began Sunday, March 2d, and we have
been having splendid church crowds.
uur cnurcb win put through the Every
Member Canvass and will try for an
increase o^ ten per cent In membership
this year.
TEXAS.
Rev. E. L. Stnrr, of Hlgglns, Texas,
oxpects to leave his present field about
the first of April. Before going to Higfcins
Mr. Story was, for somie years.
IN OF THE SOUTH
the teacher o? Philosophy and the English
Bihie in Daniel Baker College,
lie is a most excellent Cnristian man,
an earnest, faithful pastor and preacher
of sound doctrine. This is a good opnortUIllLv
for Konin (>hiirr>l> tn ">? ?
good pastor.
F. T. Charlton.
The Floydoda Academy Is having a
posperous year, all tilings considered,
this second year of its existence. This
school was established by the Panhandle
Presbytery; but it has ben found
a rather large undertaking for so
small a Presbytery. Taere are only
eight hundred and forty-live members
in the churches of the Presbytery, according
to the minutes of the last General
Assembly, and a large per cent
of our churches are so small and weak
that they cannot be depended on to do
Till h if nnufhino **-*? '?*
ivi luici cnuj iuui
lie outside their own bounds. In view
of this situation the members of our
PTesbylery were much relieved aud
greatly encouraged when Dr. R. E. Vinson,
chairman of the Synod's Committee
on Schools and Colleges, made the
proposal, at the Amanita Conference,
that his committee would take over the
Academy and render it assistance, provided
all of our churches would contiibute
to the committee an amount
equal to fifty cents a member. This
means a great deal to the school una
to our cause in the Panhandle. Therefore
our churches should atteud to
this matter at once. Since some ?*f th.?
weaker churches may fail to do anything,
it will be well for the stronger
ones to raise'more than their proportional
amounts.
?licv. E. 11. Moseley. of Coalgate,
Okla., recently made a visit to his brothers,
.Messrs. A. Aloseley and W. A. Alosoley,
of Quanah. Texas. He had beeu
assisting Rev. J. S. Johnson in a meeting
at Walter, Okla.; and, being near
Quanah, came over for a visit of a few
days. Air. Aloseley has been pastor of
our church at Coalgate for about eight
years, and has been very successful in
building up the church in that difficult
lield. Coalgate is a mining town with
a very heterogenous popuiaton. .Mr.
Moseley is popular with his people.
This is evidenced by the fact that they
refused to let him go when he decided
that a change was advisable and proposed
to leave them.
The rrcsbyterial Conference of the
1'anhaudle Presbytery on "Evangelism
and Stewardship" met in Amorillo Monday,
January 13, at 7:30 P. M., and
closed Tuesday night. Of course the attendance
was smaller than was desired.
That is almost invariably the case.
luxricen or tae entireties were represented
in some way, mostly by the ministers
tnat serve them. It is to be regretted
that so few laymen (and lay
women) were present. The Conference
was an excellent one, and would have
accomplished much more good if it had
come in touch with a satisfactory number
of the members of our churches.
Rev. Homer McMillan, D. D., of Atlanta,
Ua., was the leader of the Conference.
His presence and helpful words
were much enjoyed by all present Rev.
J. Q. Palton, D. D., of Decatur, Ga., delivered
two inspiring addresses, one on
"Evangelism," and one on "Life and
Leadership." Since Drs. Patton and
McMillan are both connected with the
General Assembly's Home Missions
Committee, we were especially glad to
have them with us. We wanted them to
see the great Home Mission fields of
Texas.
Another visitor whose presence was
highly appreciated was Rev. R. K. Tlmmons,
of Clinton, Oklahoma. His ad
dress on "Consecrated Possessions"
was excellent and valuable.
Rev. R. E. Vinson, D. D., president
of our Texas Theological Seminary,
was present throughout the Confer?
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ence, and added much to Its success.
He spoke ou "The Church at Work."
and on our Sy nodical Schools. In response
to this latter address the Conference
voted to call on all of the
churcueo of our Presbytery to contribute
an amount equal to sixty-live cents
per member to the cause of education
In our Synod.
Of our own men, Kev. S. Lb Hie vis,
our presbyterial evangelist, spoke on
"Stewardship," and He v. W. K. Johnston
on "Personal Work," both making
good and helpful addresses. Kev. J. N.
ivy, the Amarillo pastor, was present
all the time, meeting and greeting delegates
upon arrival, takiug part in the
proceedings of the Conference, and mak
ing himself useful and agreeable on
all hands.
All of the representatives present
pledged themselves to make an effort
to have their various churches carry
out the "Evangelistic Campaign" and
the "Every Member Canvass, for Beneficences,"
planned and recommended
by tho General Assembly.
In cnifo nP ?Ko ?* * * -
.r..v Uk uik small aneuuaace, LQ6
Conference will doubtless be helpful to
our inteiests and work in the bounds
of this Tresbytery, as well as to the
larger interests and work represented
by the S>nod and General Assembly.
Y1BGIMA
ltichmond, First: Last Sunday this
church made a free-will ottering to
Foreign Missions, amounting to $1,861.
This will be largely increased as the
Sunday school and the church societies
have not yet reported the amounts that
they have colleced.
iticuinoud: The congregation of the
Grace Street Presbyterian church has
authorized the sale of its church building
at Fourth and Grace Streets
for the sum of |D5,000, at the
same time clothing the building committee
with power to proceed with the
purchase of a site in the West End.
This committee will also secure architects'
plans and specifications for the
new church, and will award contracts.
It is understood that the purchaser
agrees not to demand possession of .
the Grace Sfrecf ?? '--?
? ?..j/ivj/ci ijr iur two years,
allowing the church lime to rebuild in
another section of the city.
Union Theological Seminary: The
undor-graduate students are all looking
forward eagerly to a feast of fat things
next session. There will be two series
of lectures on the James Sprunt Foundation
by two of the most illustrious
scholars in the world?one in October,
1913, by Sir William M. Ramsey, D. D.,
LL. D., D. C. L?., the eminent professor.
?Ai<:uicr una vinaicator of the evangelist,
Luke, on "The Bearing of Recent
Discovery on the Trustworthiness of
the New Testament"; and the other in
April, 1914, by Rov. Prof. James Stalker,
D. D., of Aberdeen, Scotland, on
"Religious Phychology." But not only
the students but also many of our ministers
will be making their plans to
hear one or both of these courses of
lectures by these world-renowned
scholars.
The students are delighted to know
that Prof. Sleeth will continue next
SeSSlOn his lncnl?ln? -- - a.
? i?5 us it leacnor
of the art of public speaking, and a
number of ministers who have dropped
in and heard him incidentally this session
are trying to arrange their work
ao as to get the benoflt of at least a
part of his course next session.
The speaker to the regular public
meeting of the Society of Missionary
Inquiry last week was Rev. Stuart Nye
Hutchison, of First church, Norfolk,
and the address was a very Interesting
and effective one.
Cralgsvllle: It was the pleasure of
our congregation at the morning service
to extend a unanimous call from
our church to Rev. C. H. Phlpps, who