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The Presbyterian of the South
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VIRGINIA.
Hampden-Sidney College: H amp
den-Sidney College has just entered
upon what promises to be the very
best session of her history. Faculty
and students have entered upon their
work with enthusiasm. On the first
Sunday in October almost the entire
student body joined in the commu
nion service in the College church.
Several people remarked, after the
service was over, on the wonderful
reverence which seemed to pervade
the whole student body as they took
part in that service. Reverence for
sacred things is one of the traits
which marks the Hampden-Sidney stu
dent of to-day.
The attendance has fully come up
to all expectations. The college bras
been under church control for four
years. The first year the attendance
was 127, the second year there were
143, the third year 180, and this ses
sion 214 have matriculated, and there
are others to come. Of these 214,
there are 20iJ who are members of
some evangelical cbrurch. There are
oved 100 freshmen. This breaks the
record for an incoming class.
All the college organizations have
started off with a fine spirit of push
and pluck. The Y. M. C. A. and lit
erary societies gave their receptions
right at the start, and enlisted the
interest of the new men. Under the
ausyices of the Y. M. C. A. there are
a number of Bible study groups and
Sunday school classes which meet at
the regular Sunday school hour.
One of the most effective organiza
tions at Hampden-Cidney College Is
the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Y. M. C.
A. These ladies do their work quiet
ly, but they are always on the alert,
and they do just the right tiring.
The ministerial band is constantly
active. In Sunday school, in rural
mission work, and personal work they
take a most active part. They have
caught this: the minister's first equip
ment must be a deep spirituality.
There are 24 members of the band,
and that in face of the fact that at
tire close of last session 8 of the
members of the band left to enter
the Seminary this fall. The first year
that Hampden-Sidney was under
church control 1 student out of every
21 was a ministerial student, the sec
ond year 1 in 13, and this year 1 in
9 is a candidate for the ministry,
and a number of others are seriously
considering either the ministry or
medical missions.
The finest thing about Hampden
Sidney College la the wonderful
change iu her moral and spiritual at
mosphere since coming under the con
trol of the Church. It is often re
marked that she has made more thun
100 per cent. Improvement in this
particular.
Parents who have boys at Hamp
den-Sidney may be assured that their
sons will be tenderly cared for in time
of Illness. The infirmary has been
enlarged, and hras been thoroughly
equipped, and a trained nurse is on
duty all the time.
Suffolk Church, Rev. R. B. Eggles
ton, D. D., pastor, celebrated the fifth
anniversary of their pastor's work by
special services Sunday morning and
evening, followed by a reception at tho
church Tuesday night. All debt has
been lifted from the church, which
debt of several thousand dollars has
?been hanging over the church for
sixteen years. The church member
ship has more than doubled. The
gifts to benevolence quadrupled. The
Sunday school is four times as large.
The church is harmonious in every
quarter with a bright future. The
members expect soon to put up a new
church building on a corner lot at
Bank and Franklin Streets.
Diamond Hill: Rev. A. Sidney
Venable closed a meeting here on
Sunday night, which resulted in four
teen members added on profession.
Eleven of them were baptized. Six
others have signified their intention
of joining the Presbyterian church
One other preferred the Methodist
church and one the Baptist church.
Mr. Venable's preaching was with
much power and waa enjoyed greatly
by large audiences. The members of
the church were revived and strength
ened. Diamond Hill is one of the
most promising country churches In
the Presbytery for development. The
paator, Rev. R. L. McNair, D. D., Is
very much encouraged. He has re
ceived twenty-four members into the
churches of his present pastorate dur
ing the past three months.
Aldie: Rev. Dr. William Cumming,
Presbyterial evangelist of the Pres
bytery of the Potomac, reached here
Friday, September 22d, for the pur
pose of conducting an evangelistic ser
vice in our church. He opened oh
Saturday evening with a brief intro
ductory and preparatory service. Sun
day morning a congregation taxing
the fun capacity of the church greet
ed him; his sermon fully Justified the
favorable reports preceding him. At
2:30 o'clock a committee from the
Presbytery, consisting of Rev. Wil
I'am Cummings, of Baltimore; Rev
w J. King and Eder C. p. Janney,'
f the Leesburg church; Rev. J. Mac
Seig an* Elder j T McGavock, of
the Catoctin church, and Elder J E
Douglass, of the Aldie church, met
for the purpose of ordaining and in
stalling Mr. T. R. Alexander, of North
Carolina, a recent Seminary gradu
ate, who had accepted a call to the
pastorate of this church.
This service, which was new to
most of those present, was solemnly
and Impressively administered, receiv
ing the most marked attention from
ftmn '"I? con?reKatIon present.
mong whom we noticed the rector
of the Episcopal church and the pas
tor of the Methodist church, each of
whom had with a truly brotherly
spirit closed his church for the day
["J6" that th^ People might a?
tend this service.
Dr. Cumming preached again at
* '? ? 1?r*e ?ambly. .ho ?er,
evidently impressed with his earnest
2 1)81,108 and his familiarity
with the Scriptures. This meeting
wfth *?nftl"Ued for ten la?* longer,
vil n n attendance each ser
J'* Cui""??ng giving a short talk
at 3:30 each afternoon to the school
children and other young people and
preaching at 7:30, closing on Tues
day night.
There were happy conversions ol
four young persons who boldly caiuo
out on the Lord's side, two of whom
united with our clrurch, the Haptist
and Methodist each receiving one.
The church was revived, the spiritual
pulse quickened, and wo have fai-tli to
believe that the seed sown by this
Godly servant will in the Master's own
time bring forth much fruit to llis
honor and glory.
Layman.
ALABAMA.
Talladega: Following tho sugges
tion of tho Systematic Beneficence
Committee, this church, under tho
leadership of the pastor, put on tho
Every Member Visitation, on Sunday
afternoon, September 24th, with much
enthusiasm and most satisfactory re
sults. The church was divided into
groups and a group was assigned to
a church officer and his wife, who
visited their group and made a report
of their visits. Sunday, October 1st,
was rally day in Sunday school and
church. The Sunday school put on a
fine program, and gathered a liberal
offering for the extension work. Sun
day morning the church observed the
communion, at which time thirteen
new members were received. Sun
day afternoon the choir, assisted by
local talent, rendered an excellent
musical program, in a rally day song
service, to a large congregation. In
the evening the new officers of the
Christian Endeavor were installed and
plans for new work were made.
East Alabama Presbytery: Rev.
E. L. Wilson, who for the past several
years has been the supervisor of Home
Missions In this Presbytery, has ten
dered his resignation to accept a simi
lar position with the Home Missis
Committee in Kanawha Presbytery.
Marbury: Rev. C. H. Rogers, the
pastor of the Marbury group has ac
cepted a call to the Goodwater group
of churches in North Alabama Pres
bytery.
Prattville: Rev. W. S. Patterson
has been elected stated clerk of East
Alabama Presbytery.
Montgomery: October the 15 th
marks the ninth anniversary of the
pastorate of Dr. Robert H. McCaslin
in the First church. During this
time 2,033 new members have been
received into the church. The total
membership has increased from 550
to 1,712; the Sunday-school enroll
ment has increased from 457 to 2,376,
and the annual contributions have in
creased from $10,172 to approximately
$40,000. During this time three new
mission Sunday schools have been
opened; a new and splendid school
building has been erected; three
Christian Endeavor societies organ
ized; the church completely re
modeled with a seating capacity of
1,000. Tho last year of the church's
work was the best in its history. 37^2
new members were received during
the year. At the service October 1st,
Dr. McCaslin welcomed fifty new
members into the church. Dr. McCas
lin has accepted a call to the pastorate
of the Riverside church in Jackson
ville, and expects to begin his new
work there November 1st.
Gadsden, First Church: September
24th-October 1st witnessed a remark
able week In Gadsden when 10 Pro
testant churches united in a city-wide
simultaneous evangelistic campaign
with each pastor doing his own preach
ing. All the churches report a great
blessing and a readiness to enter a
similar undertaking in the futm-e.
The Lord in a remarkable way blessed
the Presbyterian church In this cam
paign. The members had a mind to
work, and it was clear that their
hearts were aglow with earnestness
and zeal to walk closer to the Master
and be used in winning lost souls tor
Him. Quite a group did effective per
sonal work. A junior choir drew many
children to the night services, and
one of the ladies made an appealing
evangelistic talk to them each evening
before the regular sermon. During
the meeting 13 took Christ as their
Saviour; 12 of whom have united with
the Presbyterian church. One was
received on a restatement of faith.
To the pastor and congregation has
come a deepening of religious exper
ience and love for tlio Lord. Wo are
praising God for what the Holy Spirit
has done in our midst.
APPALACHIA.
KnoxviUr, TYiinosHce: Tho Little
Brick church can look forward to a
strong Sunday school when its doors
are opened in December, to combine
the forces of the Little Grey Mission
and the Washington Avenue mission
of the First Presbytrian church.
Washington Avenue had 40 at its Rally
Day service and its growth in the next
two months is expected to be strong.
The Little Grey mission on Rally Day,
October 1st, had 233 present, with 61
in the Men's Bible Class. Their set
tled policy was pressing an invitation
on non-Sunday school goers. Mr. D.
Brantley Burns, gifted young busi
ness man of Knoxville, is the capable
and constructive Sunday school Su
perintendent and Rev. Cecil H. Lang,
formerly of Ft. Stockton, Texas, now
completing his first year in Kuoxvillo
is the pastor in charge of this un
usually strong and growing work. It
is confidently expected that The Lit
tle Brick church will be open for wor
ship early in December. Tho mother
Church (Frst Presbyterian) register
ed 581 on Rally Day morning and
lidence.
ARKANSAS.
Basset t : A church of 28 members
was organized here September 22nd
by a commission of Arkansas Presby
tery, consisting of Rev. W. Moore
Scott, D. D., of Little Rock, superin
tendent of Synod's Home Missions and
Evangelism, and Rev. J. Walter Cobb,
pastor of the Blytheville church. The
organization took place in the Chris
tian church. This building was form
erly owned by Presbyterians of the
community, and was sold to the Chris
tians almost for a song. The Pres
byterians now desire to buy It back,
but the Disciples are not disposed to
sell. Mr. Lee Wilson, who at one
time lived in Bassett. has offered to
donate a couple of lots anywhere in
the town that may be selected for the
erection of a building. Bassett is lo
cated on the main line of the Frisco
R. R., between Memphis and St. Louis,
and in Mississippi County, the county
sometimes spoken of as "the richest
county in the state." Mississippi now
has three Presbyterian organizations,
one at Oscopla, one at Blytheville, and
this one at Bassett.
Cnnulen First Church: The pastor,
Rev. Charles Haddon Nabers, receiv
ed eleven new members into this
church, nine of whom were adults.
Rally Day was observed on the 4ast
Sunday of September with a varied
program which was arranged by the
organized classes of tho Sunday
school. The largest offering ever
given by this school for Sunday-school
Extension was taken during the ex
ercises. One interesting feature of
the morning was the presentation to
the church of a large number of new
Bibles by the members of the Busi
ness Men's Bible Class. Mr. Nabera
assisted Rev. J. L. Stitt with a revival
meeting at Carthage church of Pin*