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The Presbyterian of the South
Published weekly by the Presbyterian Co.. Inc.
REV. WM. S. CAMPBELL. O. D.
Richmond, Va.
REV. A. A. LITTLE, D. D.
Meridian, Miss.
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VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Second Church: The
quarterly communion was held on last
Sabbath, June 25th, at which time
six connected themselves with the
church, four by letter, and two upon
profession of faith. This chuch is
preparing to hold a daily vacation
Bible school during the month of July,
beginning Wednesday, July 5th, and
continuing until August 3rd. The
neighborhood has been canvassed for
children, resulting in the enrollment
of nearly one hundred and fifty
scholars. Miss Irving Blanton, of the
Assembly's Training School is in
charge of the work, and under her
there will be superintendents for the
beginners, primary and junior depart
ments, assisted by competent teach
ears along various lines. There will
be the telling of Bible stories, songs
and calisthenics and instruction in
handiwork of different kinds.
Hain|Nlen-Sidney: June the 14th
marked the close of the one hundred
and forty-sixth session of Hampden
Sidney College, the most successful
in the history of the college. On
Sunday, the 1 1th, the Rev. Dr. Charles
L. King, of the Grace-Covenant Pres
byterian church, Richmond, Va., de
livered the baccalaureate sermon on
the subject, "Schooled in God's Great
University of L?ife." The church was
crowded and the message was of the
highest order. That evening Dr. King
preached the sermon before the Y. M.
C. A. Tuesday evening the Union
and Philanthropic Literary Societies
held their Joint celebration, and at
this tiime the athletic trophies were
presented.
Wednesday morning came the cli
max of the commencement season.
It was a large assembly which gath
ered in the old college church to hear
the commencement address by Profes
sor Oscar I.i. Shewmake, of William
and Mary College. It was ideal In
every particular, clear, practical, and
possessing a subtle force. It was
just the address that was best suited
to the occasion. Then came the pre
sentation of prizes and the conferring
of degreeB. The Halsey trophy for
debate went to the Unions, with
Messrs. F. T. McFaden, Jr., and W.
S. Evans as the representatives. It
was most fitting that -Rev. Dr. F. T.
McFaden, of Richmond, Va., should
make the formal presentation of this
prize. The George W. Bagby
prize for the best essay on some
topic of Virginia history went to Mr.
W. C. Morris, Darlington Heights, Va.
The Freshman-Sophomore Magazino
medal was won by Mr. B. S. Morgan,
Jr., of Charleston, W. Va., while the
poetry prize went to Mr. J. W. Ben
jamin. of Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
Scholarships were awarded as follows:
Tlio H. H. Houston Scholarship to
Mr. B. M. Peebles, of the Freshman
class; the George E. Tuckett Scholar
ship to Mr. M. H. Bittenger, of the
Sophomore class; the B. C. Bomlu
rant Scholarship to Mr. M. I. Wil
liams, of the Junior class; the S. P.
Lees Ministerial Scholarship to Mr.
H. Li. Reeves, of the Freshman class;
and the Percy Echols Memorial Min
isterial Scholarship to Mr. Abner Rob
ertson, of the Junior class. There
were sixteen members of the graduat
ing class, all of whom received their
diplomas. The following honorary
degrees were conferred: Doctor Di
vinity ? Rev. R. C. Gilmore, of the
First Presbyterian church, Fredericks
burg. Va.; Rev. Walter Q. Ilullihan,
of Trinity Episcopal church, Staun
ton, Va.; Rev. C. L. King, of Grace
Covenant Presbyterian church, Rich
mond, Va.; Rev. L. H. Paul, of the
First Presbyterian church, Clifton
Forge, Va.; Rev. J. M. Robeson, St.
Paul's Episcopal church, Lynchburg,
Va.; Rev. E. W. Simpson, of the
Northern Presbyterian Mission, India.
Litt. D. ? Hen. Rosewell Page, of Han
over County, Va. LL. D. ? Professor
T. P. Campbell, dean of the General
Faculty, Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute, Blacksburg, Va.; Professor W.
H. Whiting, Jr., of the Department
of Latin in Hampden-Sidney College.
The session has been one of great
progress. Even greater things are to
come. At this date there are more
than twice as many new students
signed up as there were at this time
last year. One notable thing about
the outgoing class Is that more than
one-third of them will go Immediate
ly to the seminary next fall. The next
session opens September 13th.
Winchester: Rev. S. W,. Moore, of
Blcefield, W. Va., has received a
unanimous call from the Loudoun
Street church.
Timber Ridge: Special services
have been carried on in this neigh
borhood for several weeks in the A.
R. P. church. Our own people also
were richly blessed by the tine Scrip
tural preaching of Rev. T. H. McDill,
of Little Rock, and of our own Rev.
O. M. Anderson, of Lexington Pres
bytery. We rejoiced to receive into
our membership eighteen upon pro
fession of faith and five by certifi
cate. The sacrament of baptism also
was administered to six infants and
to seven adults. The pastor's family
has Just lately moved to this place
from Crystal Springs, Miss. The la
dies of the church received them most
kindly, welcoming them to a spick
and span manse, with flowers In va
rious rooms, a nice supper on the
table, and the pantry crowded with
good things. The well-filled chicken
house also testifies to the kindness
of these true Virginians, whose loving
thoughtfulness seems unending.
Amelia: On Sunday morning, June
11th, the session of this church re
ceived four members representing
three generations of one family.
First, the aged parentB by a restate
ment of faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ; second, a daughter by letter
from the Methodist church, and third,
a fine little grandson, a child of the
covenant, on profession of faith.
Proponed Woman'* College: The
Synod of Virginia, at Its last meet
ing, appointed a committee of sixteen
on General Educational Work of the
Synod. It Is made up of one minis
ter and one elder from each of the
eight Presbyteries. Among the im
portant matters referred to this com*
mittee was the question of the loca
tion of a college for women of the
"A" class according to the classifica
tion of the Bureau of Education of
the United States. An oflicial offer of
Mary Baldwin Seminary for this pur
pose was considered during the Sy
nod's session at Petersburg, and un
official verbal propositions of a simi
lar sort from other quarters were also
discussed. All these propositions
were referred to this committee, and
it was instructed to inspect and in
vestigate such sites for the proposed
institution as seemed worthy of con
sideration, and to make a thorough
and detailed report to the next meet
ing of Synod. The committee met
recently, and, after full consideration,
a sub-committee, consisting of Rev.
Henry Wade DuRose, D. D., of Dan
ville; Rev. B. P. Wilson, D. !>., of
Harrisonburg, and Professor E. F.
Shannon, of Washington and Lee Uni
versity. Lexington, was appointed to
make full investigation of all offers
already made, or to be made, for the
location of this college, and to re
port back to the full committee at a
future meeting, to be called by the
convener.
ALABAMA.
Mobile Presbytery met in adjourned
session in Government Street church
June 8th. Rev. Alexander Sifton was
transferred to Atlanta Presbytery,
where he has assumed the pastorate
of Bethany church near Covington
Ga. Rev. J. W. Roseborough, Jr., of
Marianna, Fla., was to have been re
ceived from Florida Presbytery, but
sent a telegram stating that he was
just recovering from influenza. Mr.
Henry V. Lofquist, a licentiate of East
Hanover Presbytery, and Mr. George
P. Johnson, a candidate of Louisville
Presbytery, were received, examined
and ordained to the full work of the
ministry as evangelists. The ordina
tion prayer was offered by Rev. D.
A. Planck, D. D. The number of
ministers in Mobile Presbytery has
doubled in the last five years.
James W. Marshall, S. C.
Mobile: Children's Day was ob
served in the Government Street
Presbyterian church with appropriate
exercises. The attendance was 600
(and that despite an all-day rain),
while the offering was $1,400.
Riwt Alabama Presbytery met in
Montgomery on June 5th. Rev. W.
Bruce Doyle was received into the
Presbytery and a commission appoint
ed to install him as pastor of the
Opellka church as follows: Rev. A.
F. Laird to preside and propound the
constitutional questions; Rev. K. L.
Whittington to charge the pastor;
Rev. R. Miles to charge the con
gregation. and Elder E. A. Coley. The
commission was granted permission
to invite the Rev. E. B. Dobinson
to preach the sermon. The pastoral
relaations between the Rev. F. A.
Bosch and t-hd Union Springs church
were dissolved, and Mr. Bosch was
dismissed to Transylvania Presbytery.
Mr. James M. Glans, a member of the
Greenville church, was received un
der the care of Presbytery as candi
date for the ministry. He will enter
Davidson College in the fall. Evan
gelistic services will be held in the
following churches of the Presbytery
by the following ministers during the
months of June and July: Woods
church, by Rev. C. H. Rogers; Alex
ander City, by Rev. Robert Bell, D.
D.; Woodlawn church, by Rev. J. D.
McPhail; Pea River church, by Rev.
William Duncan; Calabee, Westmin
ster and Immanuel churches, by Rev.
E. L. Wilson.
W. S. Patterson,
Temporary Clerk.
Mobile: Dr. Dunbar H. Ogden, pas
tor of the Government Street Pres
byterian church, has started on an
extensive tour of Europe, Asia and
Africa. Accompanying him from Mo
bile are Mrs. Grover Taylor and Miss
Wesley Blacksher, both religious
workers in the Young People's De
partment of the church. This party,
with other tourists, compose the mem
bers of the intercollegiate Near East
tour, which will cover a period of
three months.
The annual Daily Vacation Bibla
School of this church opened June
15th, with an enrollment of ninety
eight, which will probably go far over
tlio one hundred mark. Sessions will
be held Trom 9:30 till 12 each school
day till July 15th. The course in
cludes Bible stories, memory work.
Kinging, health and habit talks, sew
ing, basket-making, and other hand
work for girls, with mutual training
for boys. About twenty-five teachers
are in charge of the work.
Mrs. A. S. Denny.
Aliceville: The Sabbath school on
June 14th went over the top in at
tendance. The Children's Day pro
gram, Sunrise Land, was carried out.
The committee worked very faithful
ly to make that day a great success
in carrying out the program as got
ten up by the Foreign Missionary
Committee. The offering amounted to
$21.
APPAI^ACHIA.
Abingdon Presbytery, at an ad
journed meeting held in Wytheville,
Va? June 15th, examined and licensed
Mr. Henry Guthrie Allen, and ap
pointed the following commission to
ordain and Install him at the Anchor
of-Hope church. Max Meadows, Va.,
on the first Sunday in" July: Rev.
Messrs. George H. Gilmer, W. N. Me
bane, W. B. Gold, and Ruling Elder
James M. Graham, of the Galena
church. Mr. Allen will serve the Ga
lena church as stated supply, and will
preach at the Girls' Industrial School,
Foster Falls, Va.
Rev. C. M. Chumbley was received
from the Presbytery of Athens, and
the following commission appointed
to install him at the Saltville, Rich
Valley and Chatham Hill churches on
Saturday night and Sunday morning
and afternoon of the third Sunday in
July: Rev. Messrs. G. A. Wilson, Jr..
George H. Gilmer, J. E. Guthrie, and
Ruling Elders J. W. Wfrlker, T. ~W.
Buchanan, T. B. Porterfield and J. M.
McCarty. Mr. Chumbley will serve
the North Holston church as stated
supply.
Thompson Valley and Liberty Hill
churches, Tazewell County, Va., have
called Rev. G. W. Nickell, of Clover,
S. C. Mr. Nickell was formerly pas
tor of the Glade Spring church, and
is highly esteemed throughout the
Presbytery ? Abingdon ? both as a
preacher and presbyter.
GEORGIA.
Macon: The East Macon church,
Rev. Carl Barth pastor, began spe
cial evangelistic services June 11th,
under the leadership of Rev. John
Golf, Presbyterial evangelist, and re
port at this writing very encouraging
results.
Tatenall Square church is still
seeking a successor to the Rev. M.
F. Daniels, who resigned In February
to become evangelist of Mecklenbur?
Presbytery, and expects very soon to
jreport that the right man has been
found.
Rev. John Goff, evangelist of Ma
con Presbytery, reported at a recent
meeting of the Home Missions Com
mittee most of the churches supplied
with ministers and new congregation*
forming at Shellman, Preston
"Richland, with material on th?