Newspaper Page Text
?tyr fJrrabytrrtatt of Qllyr
Published weekly by the Presbyterian Co., Inc.
REV. WM. 8. CAMPBELL.
Richmond. Va.; ?
REV. A. A. LITTLE. D. D..
Atlanta, Gk.
Editors.
Terms of Subscription.
Price. ? Two dollars a yar In advance. If pay
ment is del?y>'<! three months. Si. 50. Foreign
?oantries, one dollar additional.
Receipts. ? The label on the wrapper is a receipt
for payment. If label is not changed within two
weeks after your remittance please notify us.
Discontinuances. ? Wo find that a lar^e majority
of our subscribers prefer not to have their subscrip
tions interrupted and their files broken in case they
fail to remit before expiration. It is therefore
assumed, unless notification to discontinue is re
ceived, that the subscriber w shos no nterruption in
his series. Notification to discontinue can be sent
In at any time during the year, provided all arrcarags
is paid. If you wish the paper stopped, write ue
yourself ? don't ask the postmaster to do it.
Change of Address. ? Give the old as well as tha
n?w address, and full address in all correspondence.
Remittance*. ? Make all remittances to "The
Presbyterian of the South."
Obituaries. ? Notices of death, limited to fifty
words, are published free. Obituary notices and
resolutions of respect of Sessions. Societies, otc., are
charged for at the rate of one cent a word. Cor
respondents should aee that all names ars
written distinctly.
Address. ? The Presbyterian of the South, Room
308 Old Dominion Trust Building, 0th anil Mum
Sts., Richmond v'a.
Entered as second-class matter. June 15, 1910,
at the post-office at Richmond, Va., under the act
of March 3. 1879.
CJjurcf) iJetuS
VIRGINIA.
Richmond: Notwithstanding the
fact that the weather last Sunday was
very bad the Churches all reported
unusually good congregations. At a
number of them the Communion was
celebrated. At the First church, of
which Dr. F. T. McFaden, is pastor,
five were received on profession of
faith and ten by letter. At the Third
church, the pastor, Rev. H. J. Wil
liams, announced the names of ten
new members. At Westminster, of
which Dr. J. Y. Fair is pastor, one was
received on profession and sixteen by
letter. The newly ordained elders as
sisted in the Communion, thus adding
much interest to it. At the Grace
Covenant church Rev. S. P. Fulton,
of our Japan Mission, preached in the
morning. Dr. J. Calvin Stewart, the
pastor, announced the names of four
received during the quarter on pro
fession of faith and twelve by letter.
During this past quarter this church
has contributed $3,328 for benevolent
causes, $292 being given to the En
dowment Fund for Ministerial Relief.
This congregation is looking forward
with much interest to the coming of
Rev. Richard Orme Flynn, D. D., of
Atlanta, Ga., to begin a series of evan
gelistic services on February 28th.
By way of preparation for these ser
vices a series of home prayer meetings
is being arranged for and other plans
are being perfected to make the meet
ing a success. Granite is a church
organized a little over six months ago
on the suburbs of the city, and has
only eleven members. Its offering to
the Ministerial Relief Endowment
Fund was $11.50. At the Second
church the sacrament of the Lord's
Supper was observed. The pastor, Dr.
Cecil, from the wordt; "He that eateth
Me shall live by Me," directed the
thoughts of the congregation to
Christ: ? " the living bread which
came down from heaven" ? as the
food necessary for the life of the soul.
Three made a profession of their faith
in Christ and came to the Lord's Table
for the first time, while four were re
ceived by letters from other churches;
making, in all, seven additions to the
membership of this church at this
Commounlon.
Suffolk: Dr. Walter W. Moore,
president of Union Theological Semi
nary, Richmond, addressed the Inter
denominational Union of Men's Bible
classes of all the Protestant churches
of the city in the auditorium of the
Suffolk Christian church the last Sun
day of the old year. His subject was
"Teaching the Bible." In a scholarly
and finished lecture Dr. Moore review
ed the origin of the Bible and closed
his talk with an earnest appeal that it
be used in the public schools. The
large auditorium of the Christian
church, the most spacious in the city,
was crowded with men and the sing
ing was most inspiring. Dr. Moore
was introduced by Rev. W. A. Hall,
of the Presbyterian church, and Rev.
John P. Coleman, of St. Paul's P. E.
church, president of the Men's Bible
classes, presided. At 1 1 o'clock Dr.
Mooro preached to a representative
congregation at the Presbyterian
church, his subject being "The Oral
Method of Teaching." At the 7:30
service Dr. Mooro pre.ached again to
an overflowing congregation at the
Christian church, this heiug a union
meeting of the Christian and Presby
terian congregations. His subject
was "Paul's Cloak, Books and Parch
ment.
ReV. S. O. Hall, brother of Rev.
W. A. Hall, has been visiting his
brother in Suffolk for the past two
weeks, and during that time has
preached at the Suffolk Presbyterian
church two Sundays. Mr. Hall is an
eloquent and convincing speaker, and
at all of the services his sermons were
greatly enjoyed by the congregation.
He left Suffolk Monday for New Cas
tle, Craig county, Va? to join his
family, and will go from that place to
Staunton, Va. In Staunton Mr. Hall
will preach for Rev. Dr. Fraser, of the
First Presbyterian church of that
city, who has been ill.
Newport News, First: The regular
quarterly communion service was ob
served Sunday morning, January 14.
There were twenty-seven additions to
the church ? sixteen upon certificate
and eleven upon profession of faith.
Several delightful illustrated lectures
were given here last week by Mr.
George F. Tibbits, of Washington, D.
C. They were as follows: "The Bat
tle of the Strong," "The World Con
quest," "The West Indies and Mexico"
"and "The Healthful Life."
Lynchburg, Rivermont Avenue:
January 7 our pastor, Rev. Mr. De
laney, preached on the subject, "Do
You Rob God?" ? a fine sermon put
in a most tactful way; and then at
the close all the elders and deacons
stood around the pulpit and prayers
were offered by several for the suc
cess of the "every member canvass"
that was to be made that afternoon.
$1,905 was pledged, and not every
one was seen. On January 12 a re
ception was given in the church to the
pastor, the eldersl and their wives
standing in the receiving line with
Mr. Delaney and Mrs. Stanley Mar
tin, president Ladies' Aid Society, and
Mrs. Prltchett, president Missionary
Society. The deacons' wives and other
young ladies served the fruit punch
from a beautifully decorated bowl,
and deep pink carnations were also
on another table. Each elder and dea
con also wore one carnation on their
coats. After some delightful songs
and recitations, ice-cream and cake
was served by the Ladies' Aid 8ociety,
assisted by the young ladies.
Pamplin Group of CliurcheA: The
pastor wishes to make grateful ac
knowledgment of tokens received from
many Individuals, expressing their
love and esteem. All of the churches
were represented, and from far-away
Georgia a devoted membr of "Old
Buffalo" made glad the heart with a
check. Madisonville, Beal Memorial
and Davis Memorial each had Christ
mas entertainments for the Sunday
schools. The pastor was remembered
at each of these; Santa Claus did not
pass him by. The Sunday-schools are
very encouraging, and at Beale Me
morial Sunday morning a special offer
ing was made for the Endowment
Fund for Ministerial Relief. A spe
cial offering was also made at the
same time at Davis Memorial. We be
gin tho new year with grateful hearts
and looking to God with great hope
for the future. A. J. P.
Craigsville: We began tho year
here with a protracted meeting, con
tinuing for twelve days. Rev. J. E.
Cook, of Keswick, Va., preached for
us twice each day plain gospel mes
sages, spoken with great power and
earnestness. The people were delight
ed with Brother Cook's preaching and
were greatly helped and blessed in
their spiritual lives. There were
twenty-six professions of faith during
the meeting, and wo hope for many
others as a result of the preaching
and earnest prayers made. There
were eight additions to the Presby
terian church on last Sabbath, and we
hope for several more additions next
Sunday, and that there will bo sev
eral additions also to tho Methodist
and Baptist churches, whose pastors
took an active part in the meeting.
This church is now in fine working
condition and is planning several for
ward steps for this new >ear.
J. H. Davis.
Oak Grove, West Hanover Presby
tery: Though among the least of
the churches, we are holding our own
and we enter the year 1917 with a
clean sheet. We have had no re
vival services for several years, but
a new member is welcomed at inter
vals. During 1916 two young men
united with us ? one the head of a
family, whose wife already belonged
to our fold, and the other the princi
pal of our High School. A gentleman
and his wife, parents of a most in
teresting family, came to us from the
Christian church. Oak Grove and
Tye River, another of tho Amherst
group, pay the pastor's salary in
monthly installments and find that
plan easier and more satisfactory.
Our pastor, Rev. J. A. Thomas, is
much beloved by the community gen
erally, regardless of denomination.
T.
Williamsville: On Sunday, January
14, there were ordained and installed
in this church six new officers, as fol
lows: Mr. George W. Wallace, elder,
and Messrs. Olin Marshall, William C.
Marshall, Hugh Cawsey, Robert Ervin
and Warren Hupman, deacons. Mr.
Wallace had served several years as
deacon. The pastor was assisted in
this service by the Rev. William E.
Hudson, of Staunton, superintendent
Home Missions and Sunday-school
work in Lexington Presbytery, who
preached the sermon and charged the
new officers, after which the Lord's
Supper was celebrated.
A. P. Dickson, Jr.
APPALACHIA
Lee County, Va.: Rev. Frank D.
Hunt, Synodical evangelist of Appala
chian Synod, preached for us in Lee
county, Va., for fifteen days at Rose
Hill and Jeonesville, and, although the
weather interfered greatly with the
attendance of our people, we received
a rich blessing. There were fourteen
professions and the religious life of
the church greatly quickened.
I. S. Anderson, Pastor.
ARKANSAS.
Hat?*sviilc: The services at the
Presbyterian church Sunday, January
14, included one unique feature, tho
burning of the deed of trust on its
building and grounds.
When this neat and attractive build
ing was completed in January, 1911,
at a cost of $17,500, exclusive of the
organ and manse. It was necessary to
place a debt of $6,000 on the prop
erty, secured by a deed of trust on
the three lots covered by the church
building and the manse. Six notes of
$1,000 each, maturing severally on
January 19 of each of the six fol
lowing years, together with six other
notes for the interest on the prlnci
cal debt, were executed. Every note
has been paid promptly at maturity
heretofore. The last two notes, being
for $1,000 and $80, respectively, wefe
to mature on January 19, 1917, but
on Saturday last, six days before ma
turity, both notes were paid off by
the trustees of the church, the deed of
trust was surrendered and the record
thereof formally satisfied, and the
church was free of debt.
As stated above, the deed of trust
and the two notes as well were burned
Sunday in the presence of the assem
bled congregation, who were then led
in a prayer of thanksgiving to Al
mighty God by the pastor, after which
all joined in singing the long meter
doxology, "Praise God, from whom
all blessings flow."
Arrangements will be made later
for the formal dedication of the
church to the service of Almighty
God. ? Daily Guardian.
Blytheville: The church here has
just had a quiet campaign, without
fuss and feathers, to raise as much
of the debt on the church as possible.
As a result $1,002 has been subscrib
ed, with a few small amounts yet to
come in. This will enable the church
to bring her indebtedness down to
$1,400. Two years and a half ago, at
the beginning of the present pastorate,
there was a debt of $2,575 on the
church. In the meantime a manse
costing $2,600, and some repairs on
the church costing some $250, have
been provided. The church was at
that time on the rolls of the Home
Mission Committee, but is now 'en
tirely self-supporting.
FLORIDA.
llartmv: Rev. B. M. Shire, D. D.,
of Atlanta, agent of Oglethorpe Uni
versity, filled the pulpit morning and
evening, January 14. In the morn
ing he presented the cause of the Uni
versity, giving a history of the under
taking, with convincing arguments in
its favor, and showing how by the
terms of subscription the University
will be kept true to Presbyterjan ideals
and doctrine, since every member of
the Board of Directors must be a
member in good and regular standing
of a Presbyterian church. At the
next meeting of the General Assembly
the Board will offer the institution to
be placed under the Jurisdiction of
the Assembly.
In the afternoon a service v. as held
at Agricola, one of the phosphate
mines.
Dr. Shive's evening sermon was a
masterly exposition of God's sover
eignty and man's free agency, which
will stiffen the backbone of every
Calvinist who hears it. That sermon
alone was an event in the history of
this congregation, as it will be In the
record of every other congregation
that is fortunate enough to secure
him.
The Rev. Mr. Turpin has fully re
covered and is holding services as
usual. G.
"Lakeland: This church rejoices and
Is grateful that Sunday, January 14,
was the greatest day in its history. In
two respects: the attendance at Sun
day-school was the largest ever had.
lfil being present, and the largest
number of new members ever receiv
ed were welcomed at the morning ser
vice. After three days of preparatory
meetings, the quarterly communion
was observed, when twenty-four new
members were received into the
church. The pastor, Rev. C. I. Stacy,
has begun two series of sermons, or
Bible studies, which he Is delivering
to audiences that tax the capacity , of
the bulldinfe. For the morning wor
(Contimatd os out IT)