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ASS KM ItliV'S STEWARDSHIP
COMMITTEE. ?
(Continued from page 9)
on men's work in the church, the per
sonnel of which committee is as fol
lows: Dr. J. P. McCallie, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Dr. W. J. Martin, Davidson, N.
C.; Mr. Rhodes Baker, Dallas Texas;
Dr. Alfred Hume, University, Miss.;
Rev. VV. 11. Dobyns, Birmingham,
Ala.; Rev. J. L. Mauze, Huntington,
W. Va. Dr. McCallie was named con
vener of this committee.
A resolution was adopted request
ing the Assembly to change its rule
regarding the Stewardship Commit
tee so as to add by the election of tho
Assembly one representative from
each of the executive committees to
membership on this committee, these
representatives to be others than the
executive secretaries and those in the
employ of these respective com
mittees.
The general secretary addressed
the commitee on the subject, "The
Three Points of the Presbyterian
Progressive Program."
Rev. T. P. Allen of Huntington, W.
Va., presented an outline of the
Manual, entitled "The What and the
How of Presbyterianism," which is to
be used in the next campaign, and he
was requested by the committee to
complete the same.
The visitors present at this meet
ing of the committee included three
of the executive secretaries, Rev. Dr.
S. L. Morris, Rev. Dr. Henry 11.
Sweets and Mr. R. E. Magili. and Rev.
J. R. Bridges, editor of the Presby
terian Standard, and all of these were
heard during the discussion of dif
ferent questions before the commit
tee for consideration.
The next meeting of the committee
will be held at New Orleans, La.,
Wednesday, December 6, next.
Montreat, N. C.
AGNES SCOTT RECEIVES PINE
GIFT.
In the will of Miss Jane Walker
Inman, Atlanta, Ga., Agnes Scott Col
lege receives $100,000; and $50,000
more is left for the college eventually,
being held in trust for a sister of Miss
Inman for the present. This splendid
gift is to be used for the establish
ment of the "Samuel M. Inman En
dowment Fund." The income alone
will be used, the principal being a
perpetual memorial for the brother
of Miss Inman.
It was characteristic of the gentle
unselfishness of this generous woman
that she did not include her own
name in any way in the memorial,
but it will always be linked with that
of her brother in the foundation thus
established.
Mr. S. M. Inman was for many
years chairman of the Board of
Trustees of Agnes Scott, and he gave
largely to the institution both of his
money and his own energies. It was
through his leadership that the insti
tution emerged from a seminary and
became a standard college, and it was
also under him that the first great
campaign for the college was success
fully prosecuted in 1909.
The gift is a great encouragement
to Agnes Scott and will assist most
effectively in helping the college ren
der a still larger service for the young
women of the South.
ROUGH CREEK PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, VA., 1822-1022.
Introduction.
The first church at Hough Creek
was erected by the Church of Eng
land. After the American Revolu
tion, the church was supplied by
preachers of different denominations
It Is believed that the first organiza
tion was by the Methodists.
However, when John Holt Rice was
licensed to preach by Hanover Pres
bytery in 1803, one of the points to
which he was sent to preach ( accord
ing to the Memoirs of him by Dr.
Maxwell) was Rough Creek. It would
seem, therefore, that the Presby
terians must have had slated services
here at that time, although there was
no Presbyterian organization, and the
I resbyterian families were connected
probably with Cub Creek church.
In the year (date omitted) Mr.
Robinson, and a majority of the
Rough Creek Society, in conjunction
with several other ministers and
societies, determining to have writ
ton rules of church government, or
cgnized themselves into a separate
church, and took the name of ??Re
publican Methodist." Another and
larger parly, with James O'Kelly at
their head, rejected all written rules
of church government, independent of
the Scriptures, and called themselves
Christians."
Rev. Mr. Robinson continued to
serve the congregation until his
death. In 1818 he was succeeded by
Rev. Samuel Armistead.
In the year 1822 Rev Samuel
Armistead, with a majority of his
members, connected themselves with
the Presbytery of Hanover. The
record leading to that change is as
follows:
On September 14, 1822, the church
with Samuel Armistead as pastor
elected two oflicers from its num
ber, namely, josiah Jackson and
James Madison.
Whereupon, they proceeded to take
into consideration the resolution of
the district meeting of August last,
to-wit, to ascertain whether the dif
ferent churches belonging to the Re
publican Methodist church, would
consent to appoint a committee to
wait on the Presbytery of Hanover,
at its next meeting, to ascertain on
what terms the Republican Metho
dist church could unite with it. Af
ter due consideration the church
agreed to appoint a committee for
that purpose.
Rev. Samuel Armistead, James
Madison, Josiah Jackson were then
appointed a committee to wait on the
Presbytery of Hanover.
The application made in confor
mity with the preceding record, was
met, on the part of Hanover Pres
bytery, by the folic wing resolution:
Charlotte C. H., Oct. 19, 1822.
Your committee entertain the ex
pectation that the memorialists, with
the churches represented by them,
will see their way clear to adopt our
system, in mode prescribed, and they
recommend that Henderson Lee. John
Davidson, Samuel Armistead and
Matthew Jackson, ministers of the
gospel, be received as members of the
Presbytery of Hanover, and that the
several congregations, known by the
names of Rough Creek, Chaney
church, and Old Court House church
be received under the care of said
Presbytery, and that Samuel Armi
stead be continued pastor of Rough
Creek church, and that Henderson
Lee be continued pastor of Chaney
and Old Court House churches.
Signed: John Holt Rice, Clk. Han
over Presbytery.
Mr. Armlste&d and the majority of
his members retained the house of
worship and became the Rouigh Creek
Presbyterian church.
One Hundred Years of Illustrious
History.
Rev. Samuel Armistead continued
pastor of the church until 1836 On
October first of that year he offered
his resignation, which was accepted
"but not without reluctance, having
faithfully served us for many years."
In* the meantime, assistants to Mr.
Armi8tead had at times been em
ployed. Mr. Henry Smith, a licen
tiate, served in this capacity during
1828-29, and Rev. Hugh Carlisle in
1834.
In 1829 Itev. James M. Douglas, an
evangelist, conducted a protracted
meeting, which resulted in the addi
tion of twenty-five to the church upon
examination in, the autumn of that
year. In 1831. another distinguished
evangelist, Rev. Daniel Baker, held
a meeting as the fruits of which nine
were received upon examination. One
of these was a young man named
Brice A. Martin, who afterwards en
tered the ministry, and was stricken
with paralysis while preaching at
Patrick Court House in 1864, and
died a few days afterwards.
On the 20th of April, 1836, Rev.
Geo. A. Baxter, D. D., then a profes
sor in Union Theological Seminary at
Hampden-Sidney, was invited to sup
ply the pulpit twice a month. He ac
cepted the invitation and continued to
serve the congregation in this capa
city for about four years.
Rough Creek; Presbyterian church
began to worship in 1822 in the house
of worship erected by the Church of
England in the colonial days. The
church continued to use that house
of worship until 1838 when the pres
ent commodious and substantial
church took the place of the old one.
For about two years, 1841-1842,
there appears to have been no one
who supplied the pulpit for any lengtt
of time. Rev. Clement Read, Rev. D
M. Cunningham and Rev. M. \V. Jack
son supplied the pulpit occasionally
in December, 1842, Rev. Wm. Hani
mersley was installed pastor. H<
served the church faithfully tor sever
years. He died in October, 1860. Tin
church was very prosperous under his
pastorate. He was succeeded in 186C
by Rev. J no. A. Moore. This pastor
ate lasted for three years.
After Mr. Moore's death, Februarj
7, 1863, the church had no installs
pastor until 1899, when Rev. N. B
Campbell was called and installed
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