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CHURCH NEWS.
(Continued from page 9.)
ly favored by two visits of the Spar
tanburg Billy Sunday Club, repre
sentatives, and sent one delegate to
the Synodical Young People's Con
ference.
Ht'lliwila Church, York County:
Rev. F. H. Wardlaw, the pastor, was
aided in a series of eight services by
Rev. C. O'N. Martindale, of Reid
ville, at the spring communion season,
two promising lads and mother being
received on profession of faith.
TEXAS.
Itiiwra: We have just passed
through a great revival and God hath
richly blessed the whole community,
and to Him we give glory. Dr. Trigg
Thomas, Assembly evangelist camo
to us May 2 8th and preached twice
daily through two weeks. All stores
closed for the morning services, and
unheard of crowds came to all ser
vices. Old-time religion was pre
sented in an attractive way, gripping
hearts of men. Clean living for God
was urged in powerful messages.
Great prayer meetings were held by
men in the church and by women in
the homes. This, together with per
sonal work on the streets, has told
for most unusual results. There were
recorded 187 conversions, 940 recon
secrations, and 14 to move church
membership. Thirty-nine were pub
licly received last Sunday into the
Presbyterian church. It was a sight
never witnessed here before, and long
to tbe remembered, to see this godly
company take the vows of member
ship ? 22 receiving baptism. Most
of these were adults, prominent in
the community. We thank Dr.
Thomas for his earnest, faithful work.
J. M. Sedgwick, Pastor.
Toxas-Mevicnn Advance Field:
"Blessed be the name of our Lord!"
It was fully one year in April's last
meeting of the Presbytery of Central
Texas, when I was. enrolled in that
body's membership and was assigned
to take charge of the Taylor field,
composed of the Taylor and San Ga
briel Mexican churches.
The task was undertaken in the
spirit and faith which bears the best
of hopes for success, and because I
had been in the field a little over
four months previous to the meeting
of Presbytery plans were set in ad
vance for the year's work.
? Taylor, the pioneer church, con
tributed some ninety-six of her mem
bers to the newly organized churches,
lost a few more and gained twenty
two new ones, built her chapel and
contributed some $400 for all pur
poses. This I consider a very fair
record.
? San Gabriel: This church was
two months old when put under my
evangelistic care, April, 1921. Four
months later she gained 100 per cent,
in membership and as many candi
dates in the days of our last camp
meeting held within the bounds of
this little church. She went on doing
a very good work until September
9th, when she lost seventeen of her
members in the flood of that day.
Still this heroic church has striven
for a higher record.
? Kboneeor: It was scarcely a month
after I had been to my first Presby
tery's meeting when I was called to
organize the Ebenezer church of
Hutto with forty-three members,
three ruling elders and two deacons.
This church has kept a splendid rec
ord. We had set our goal to reach
a membership up to seventy-flve, and
by the time that they were to cele
brate their anniversary they kad gone
over the top, and had gained in mem
bership over a hundred. This chCMrch
gained forty-two entirety new memr
bers; tho others joined from the Tay
lor church. But what is more, this
church is working on the building of
their chapel.
? Calvert: On the 26th day of
June, 1921, I organized the Calve-t
church, called "Del Divino Renden
tor," with seventeen members, two
ruling elders and one deacon. t>he
kept the faith and came very near
doubling her membership in the en
tire year's work. Her two Sunday
school branches are doing a very ef
fective and sound work.
? Resuming: There are four organ
ized churches in the Taylor Held at
present. But we have nine preach
ing places beside the regular church
work.
The entire gain for the year end
ing the 17th day of April, 1922, was
104 new members on examination, 27
infants baptized, and about $1,000
raised by all means.
Our plans for the future are still
better than ever. We are on the basis
of retaining what we have gained up
to the present, and struggle to gain
as much more as possible. We know
that we are going to hit a very hard
task, although we have the hope and
the faith in our beloved Master Jesus,
and in His name we are in the field
for business.
So may we say again: "Blessed
be the name of our Lord!"
Rev. Alfred R. Penn.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Woodland Chapel is one of the mis
sion points of the Spring Creek
church, with Rev. J. T. Pharr, pastor.
Rev. Douglad Monroe recently as
sisted the pastor in a series of meet
ings. He preached the gospel with
earnestness and effectiveness with the
visible results that 53 people recon
secrated themselves to Christ, 33 made
a profession of their faith in Christ,
and 13 were baptized during the meet
ing. They have a large Sunday school
that has been conducted for years by
one of the elders of the Spring Creek
church and the membership has been
increased in the last few months
from 6 to 27. It is hoped that the
way will soon be clear for a organ
ized church. Two or three years ago
the Laurel Hill church was organized
out of one of the missions of the
Spring Creek church. In a radius of
two miles from Woodland chapel
there are eight different denomina
tions represented. It is a large Held
with wonderful prospects for growth
and development, and the pastor is
doing a great work in the field.
Chairman of Evangelism.
J. E. Flow,
Greenbrier Presbytery: At an ad
journed meeting in Lewlsburg, W. Va?
on June 13th, the Presbytery received
Mr. John W. Byrd, a deacon in the
Spring Creek church, as a candidate
for the ministry. Rev. P. W. Philips
was released from the Richlands
church that he may devote all his
time to the Clifton church and the
mission points connected with it. A
special committee was appointed, at
the request of the Assembly's Com
mittee, to confer with the Assembly's
Committee and to receive and make
suggestions as to the Revision of the
Book of Church Order, consisting of
Revs. f. P. Sydenstricker, John I.
Armstrong, and J. E. Plow. This
committee will welcome any sugges
tions from any of the brethren In the
Presbytery.
October 10, 1922, at 7:30 P. M.
was set for the fall meeting of Pres
bytery at Richlands church, carrying
out the request of the Assembly that
the Presbyteries meet after the Sy
nod. The Synod of West Virginia
meets in Hinton, W. Va., on Septem
ber 19, 1922. Presbytery adjourned
to meet on the afternoon of the first
day of the Elders' and Deacons' Con
ference at Clifton church, in the early
part of August.
J. E. Flow, S. C.
ASSEMBLY'S TRAINING SCHOOIi.
Having been elected to the presi
dency of the General Assembly's
Training School for Lay Workers I
shall assume the duties of that office
on July 1st. Believing firmly in the
work of the school and the principles
for which it stands, I have answered
the call of duty and of privilege, re
signed one of the most delightful
pastorates that a pastor could desire,
and shall give the best that I have
for the continued growth and pros
perity of this wonderful school. I
ask for the hearty co-operation of the
whole Church to which the school be
longs. It will be of great assistance
to have sent the names of young peo
ple who desire to be trained for the
work of the Church or who may be
in any way interested in that direc
tion.
With a most excellent faculty, a
wise and judicious Board of Trustees
thoroughly consecrated to the welfare
of His kingdom, and such a large con
stituency as the whole Southern Gen
eral Assembly, there is no reason why
this school should not 'become one of
the largest and most valuable institu
tions of our Church.
It will be of interest to the Church
to know that on June 17th, ground
was broken in one of the most beauti
ful and desirable sections of Ginter
Park, the most attractve suburb of
Richmond, for dormitory and dining
hall buildings. Ground was broken
by Alonzo Phillips Burruss, Mabel
Coteworth, Elizabeth Burruss, grand
children of the late Dr. A. L. Phillips,
the founder of the school. It was a
source of regret that Miss Louise
Moore, the youngest daughter of Dr.
W. W. Moore, could not be present to
take part in the exercises, as Dr.
Moore was instrumental in having
Richmond chosen aa the location for
the school.
It will be a pleasure and privilege
to respond to any calls to present the
claims of the school to individuals,
churches, Presbyterials, Synodicals,
Presbyteries, and Synods, or in any
manner to assist in the work of the
Church.
Deeply appreciating the honor be
jtowed upon me in this great branch
of the work and craving the prayers
of God's people, I am your servant in
His name,
Most cordially and fraternally,
F. T. McFaden.
MONTREATS NEW AUDITORIUM.
Except the Lord build the house,
they labor in vain that build it: ex
cept the Lord keep the city, the
watchman waketh but In vain." ? Ps.
127:1.
That was Rev. R. C. Anderson's
text in the initial service in the new
auditorium at Montreat on Sunday
morning, June 4th, and he handled
it in a masterly way, a? he applied
it to the development of this great
enterprise, of which he has been the
leader for a dozen years or more.
His leadership has been energetical
ly and ably sustained by Mr. Bauman
and Miss Hudson, to whom he tender
ly referred in his sermon. It was a
forceful and Impressive sermon, em
bodying many interesting facts, in
connection with the history of Mon
treat, not possessed by the Church
at large; and it has been suggested
that its repetition during one of the
conferences would have a wholesome
and profitable influence.
If asked to give a title to this dis
course, your correspondent would
write over it, "Montreat, God-made
and Home-made."
God built the mountains, like He
did about Jerusalem, and he fash
ioned the stone, the steel, the wood,
the sand, every element in all the
material used, for its specific place
in this beautiful building. And Ho
gave genius and skill to the work
men, whom He "endured with under
standing" (2 Chron. 2:13), like "the
son of a woman of the daughters of
Dan, and his father was a man of
Tyre." He raised up these men of
the mountains and qualified them for
the great work; so that no workman
was needed or employed outside a
radius of a few miles from the great
auditorium. To say that it is a gem
is to speak in moderation. It stands
a monument to the God-given work
manship of the men who built It.
They were out in full force Sunday
morning, in a congregation of about
four hundred, to participate in these
first services, and to hear Mr. An
derson, their leader, who was assist
ed In the services by Dr. G. W. Belk,
the pastor of Montreat church, and
Dr. S. R. Preston, a cottager. This
was virtually a dedication (though
the formal dedication is to come
later) of the most attractive and
unique auditorium your correspon
dent, in a wide range of observation,
has ever beheld.
Montreat is God-made and home
made.
The preacher could only Judge the
future by the past, and therefore could
easily predict, with God standing sen
tinel at her gates, an increasing en
largement of this center of spiritual
power. So may it be!
It is said that the Church It rep
resents stands now first In additions
on confession and in per capita con
tributions. For years her clans have
gathered here, consulted and planned;
representatives from all the foreign
and all the executive agencies
of her varied activities. And the Gen
eral Assembly will meet here, in the
midst of this inspiring environment,
in May, 1923. Think of what all
this means; and pray for Montreat.
Those who know him best believe
that Rev. R. C. Anderson, the presi
dent, is the right man in the right
place ? a place hard to fill, requiring
peculiar gifts. He possesses indomi
table courage, industry and persever
ance. Moreover ,and best of all, he
has a vision and implicit faith in God.
Prom his viewpoint no obstacles are
Insurmountable, no enemies uncon
querable. 2 His motto, doubtless, in
the light of a decade la, "I will go
In the strength of the Lord God; I
will make mention of Thy righteous
ness, even of Thine only."
Correspondent.
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