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tended "The Challenge of Our Young
people," and led us to feel a greater
responsibility towards the youth of
our churches. Mrs. J. B. Stormont,
of our Files Valley Orphans, near
Itasca, Tex., was present and told us
much about the home and the splen
did Christian training the children
are receiving there.
The ladies of the church served
delicious luncheons. Mr. Hodgson and
his people were most cordial in their
hospitality and helpfulness. The re
turning delegates declared this to be
the best meeting we have had. Tho
next meeting will be held at Lawton,
April, 1923, with Central church,
Oklahoma City, as alternate.
BELMONT, N. C.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Bel
mont church held its May meeting in
the form of a birthday party at the
home of one of its members, Mrs. J.
Q. Hall, on Monday, May 22d. Pretty
invitations to this celebration of the
tenth anniversary of the Auxiliary
were sent to all the women of the
church, and a goodly number respond
ed. After the business of the month
ly meeting was disposed of the pres
ident came in bearing a large "an
Kel's food cake," the real birthday
cake. The ten candles were lighted
and then placed on the cake, one
by one, each bearer telling what her
candle represented in the birthday of
the Auxiliary. At the conclusion of
l he "cake and candles" pageant a so
cial hour was enjoyed. Ice tea and
sandwiches were served by the hos
tess, and the birthday cake was cut
and e\pry one present got a gener
ous slice of the delicious cake. The
birthday offering was $25.57. Inter
est was added to this happy occasion
by the presence of a missionary from
Hrazll, Mrs. Dorsey, of the M. E.
Church, South. She gave a most in
teresting talk on Brazil, its people
and their customs.
The Auxiliary held a "linen
shower" for the Woman's Building at
Karium Springs Orphanage, June
T.th, at the home of Mrs. S. P. Stowe,
from 4 to 6 P. M.
Rev. A. R. Bird, of Washington,
C., visited this church May 28th
and secured a contribution of more
'ban $1,000 for the Church of the
''ilgrima, of which he Is pastor.
Cor.
COLUMBIA, 8. O.
A delightful affair took place yes
terday afternoon at Sniith Memorial
f' lia pel of the First Presbyterian
?hurch, when the Woman's Auxiliary
celebrated the tenth anniversary of
?be organization of the Woman's Aux
iliary in the Southern Presbyterian
Church, and afterwards gave an in
formal reception in; honor of the for
mer pastor of the First church, the
ftev. Andrew Blackwood, D. D., now
Columbus, O. Dr. Blackwood Is
here to deliver commencement ad
'Iressea at Chicora College. Tha
"birthday" party took place at 5:30
o'clock, when an interesting program
W!?s carried out under the direction of
Mrs. Carl Frick. Upon a table beau
1 'fully decorated with white baskets
filled with daisies and tied with yel
'ow tulle was placed a great snowy
'?irthday cake with its ten candles.
lpn girls, representing the years of
tll? Auxiliary's life, recited the ac
complishments, year by year, of the
Organization, each one lighting a can
(llft upon the cake. The girls were
Elizabeth Nell, Wylhart Baylis, Saluda
1 'unbar, Frances Cardwell, Mignon
^ all, Elizabeth Dodenhoff, Sarah
spott, Essie Coleman, Margaret Ham
i,t(>n and Elizabeth Gary, and added
,0 these was an eleventh, Virginia
Fr'ck, who represented the future and
its opportunity.
To the reception the congregation
of the church were invited, and the
officers of the woman's auxiliaries of
the other Presbyterian churches in the
city.
Receiving informally were the of
ficers of the First Presbyterian Aux
iliary: Mrs. Wyatt A. Taylor, Presi
dent; Mrs. James Verner, Vice-Presi
dent; Mrs. Thad Coleman, Secretary;
Mrs. R. H. McDonald, Treasurer, as
sisted by Mrs. Thornwell Muller,
chairman of the Social Committee;
Mrs. Frick, chairman of the Program
Committee, and Miss Graham, secre
tary to the pastor.
It was regretted that the pastor
and his wife, Dr. and Mrs. Lapsley,
were prevented from attending, the
former being out of the city and the
latter kept at home by illness in the
family. ? Colmbia State.
KENBRIIKJB, VA.
On the afternoon of May 29th the
ladies of Ebenezer church celebrated
the tenth anniversary of the "Wom
an's Auxiliary." Invitations had been
sent to all of the members of the
church, and when the hour arrived
about fifty were in attendance.
Rev. Dr. E. D. Gammon, of Hamp
den-Sidney, gave a strong and help
ful address, giving the points essen
tial to good officers and helpful mem
bers, and the vital relationship to
Chri3t as the ground work of all.
A cake was then brought in by the
president, Miss Agnes Hatcliett, and
ten girls placed ten candles on the
cake, stating what each year stooa
for in the life of the Auxiliary; tlie*.
an extra candle was placed showing
what is expected of her during the
year to come.
The offering for Miss Dowd's School
was taken, which amounted to $2i.
The ladies are few in number, but
they are loyal, energetic and ever will
ing to "do," and they have placed
the church on the honor roll by plac
ing the Survey in the homes.
At the conclusion of the program
ice cream and cake were served.
It is needless to state that all wish
that the Auxiliary will soon have an
other birthday.
C. M. *
TROY, KY.
The Auxiliary of Troy church cele
brated with appropriate exercises at
the church Wednesday evening, May
31st, the tenth anniversary of the or
ganization of the Woman's Work in
our church under name of the Aux
iliary. Several of the young girls of
the church, Young People's Circle,
placed on a large white cakes candles
which by their length represented suc
cessively the ten years of growth of
the Auxiliary, and then told in an
interesting manner the history of
each year's work. The Auxiliary Bible
class, which meets each week, has six
teen members, with an average at
tendance of more than twenty.
SOUTH CAROLINA PRESBYTERIAIj.
The twenty-third annual meeting of
South Carolina Presbyterial Auxiliary
was held at Lebanon church, in Abbe
ville County, April 25 and 26, 1922.
with Mrs. J. B. Hillhouse presiding.
After a cordial welcome by Mrs.
C. B. Evans, the president gave her
message, and the recommendations of
the Executive Committee were read
and considered.
Reports, from local auxiliaries were
heard, and we note with gratitude a
decided improvement in local work,
more Bible study, prayer bands and
family altars, as well as increased
gifts.
Mrs. Calhoun, of Greenwood, gave
an instructive address on the "Near
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Laymen and Their Work
ROANOKE PRESBYTERY LAY
MEN'S OONVENTION.
The reporter ot' this splendid gath
ering of men at Brookneal, May 1 Ith,
inadvertently failed to give credit to
one of the principal speakers, Mr. VV*.
S. McClanahan, prominent business;
man of Roanoke, Va? who at consid
erable inconvenience and sacrifice at
tended the Convention and delivered
a deeply spiritual and inspiring mes
sage. This address was so timely
and thoughtful, and so many who
heard it have mentioned it, that the
reporter wishes to make this correc
tion in all fairness and justice to Mr.
McClanahan.
THK 9ULLION-EOLLAR CAMPAIGN
IN VIRGINIA.
A Grreit Success.
It is good news to report that the
total of subscriptions in the Synod
of Virginia up to June 1, 1922,
amounted to $1,281,000 gross. Some
few subscriptions are still coming in.
There is a place for all such. Too
much cannot be subscribed. If there
are any Presbyterians or friends of
the Presbyterian educational institu
tions who have been overlooked or
who have not yet had a part in the
great work, a cordial invitation is
extended to them to send their names
and the amounts that they desire to
pay, and when, and they will be en
rolled with the great host.
The total number of subscribers
was 13,000. In two instances it nas
been reported that these two people
had not been notified that their sub
scriptions were due. In one or two
instances the wrong statement has
been sent out. And in one or two
instances a statement was sent out
when the amount subscribed had been
paid. The chairman of the commit
tee bespeaks the patience of the sub
scribers. With thirteen thousand sub
scribers you can well understand that
some mistakes will be made.
These subscriptions were not bind
ing until the million had been sub
scribed. That was noi accomplished
until In April, just a little over a
month ago. You may well under
stand what a rush it is to get 13,000
notices or statements out. So do not
wait for a statement. Just send in
any amount of your pledge to Her
bert W. Jackson, 903 Chamber of
Commerce Building, Richmond, Va.
We thought we would be ahead and
show our smartness by getting out
some statements before the campaign
was ended, and before the million
had been raised and at once came
back the reply that these subscriptions
were not binding until the wholo
amount had been raised. So there it
is.
Three young women have been as
busy as bees in the office and are
now about catching up. Statements
are being sent out, checks will be ac
knowledged as speedily as possible.
But please be patient with the of
fice force. Do not think or imagine
if you do not get a reply to ^our let
ter the next mail that it has not been
received or appreciated. The com
mittee are grateful for all the hearty
work and co-operation and the fine
response. We are on the lookout for
a fine man to be the representative of
the work in the field and to look af
ter the office work, thus increasing
the gifts and looking out for others.
The campaign has been most suc
cessful, and we feel that really it is
but the beginning of things in tho
educational work and gifts of the Sy
nod.
F. T. McFaden, Chairman.
THE CHALLENGE UF FACTS.
By Rev. I. Cochrane Hunt, D. D.
The Lord's Day is being certainly
destroyed for the sake of gain by sor
did interests composed largely of
alien folks. This growing destruction
imperils, and unless checked will de
stroy, the home, the Church and the
Christian State alike. It cannot be
arrested by one body or class of peo
ple alone. Its defeat can be accom
plished only through the concerted
effort of all churches and citizens who
believe in the preservation of the di
vine fundamentals.
The Lord's Day Alliance is the ap
proved leader of this concerted de
fense of the Lord's Day ? so declared
by eighteen denominations. Under the
sanction and by the direction of our
Assembly, it seeks a free-will offer
ing from all of our churches on the
fourth Sunday in June for the sup
port of its work in the Southern
States.
In November last a similar appeal,
similarly authorized, was made to all
of our churches and Sabbath schools.
This appeal yielded only $250 more
than the cost of the necessary pub
licity required to make it. We do
not believe that this amount correct
ly measures the interest of our great
Church in this concerted Sabbath de
fense work.
Only 175 churches made any con
tribution at all to this work in No
vember, leaving 3,300 from which
nothing was received, despite the fact
that Presbyteries representing approx
imately 2,000 churches approved the
action of the Assembly and most ear
nestly commended the cause to their
churches for a liberal support. Had
these 2,000 churches made an aver
age contribution as large as the 175
which did contribute, we could hava.
by this time, had at least four of the
States in which the need is most
pressing fully organized.
The leadership of our Church in
constructive Christian work has been
imperiled and the action of other
churches has been delayed by this
failure on our part. A repetition of
last year's failure on the fourth Sun
day in June would prohr.Dly delay the
development of this organized i5ab
bath defense work for a decade, if
indeed it did not utterly destroy It.
We need a l'.beral offering from
every chjrch In the Assembly which
has not included our cause In Its bud
Ret. * ?
What shall we receivee? This chal
lenge Is up to you.
Chattanooga, Tenn.