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The Presbyterian of the South
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VIRGINIA.
East Hanover Presbytery met at
Burkeville on October 10th. The op
ening sermon was preached by the
retiring moderator, Rev. J. M. Alex
ander.
Rev. J. E. Cook was elected mod
erator and Rev. J. M. Alexander per
manent clerk. An interesting fact,
discovered after Mr. Cook's nomina
tion, was that he had been moderator
?
of the Presbytery in the same church
twenty-five years ago. Candidate A.
W. Hoeny was received from Kana
wha Presbytery and was licensed. Rev.
T. K. Currie was received from Macon
Presbytery. A call from Hopewell
church for Rev. J. E. Cook was placed
in his hands, and he asked the privi
lege of holding it for a time.
Rev. Dr. R. A. Lapsley watf ap
pointed to prepare a memorial of Rev.
Dr. Theron H. Rice. Rev. W. S.
Golden preached the Presbyterial ser
mon on "The Sin-Forgiving Love of
God." Rev. Dr. J. D. Keith was ap
pointed to preach at next spring meet
ing on "The Fulness of Christ."
Rev. Dr. Samuel Small made an
excellent address before the Presby
tery on the work of the National Re
form Association and was given a ris
ing vote of thanks.
The committee on Sunday Schools
was instructed to arrange for a spe
cial meeting in the interest of ban
day Schools for Tuesday evening ot
the spring meeting.
All of the departments of the work
of the Church were given careful con
sideration. The work in the Presby
tery was found to be in good condi
tion.
The spring meeting will be held on
April 23, 1923, in Tabb Street church,
Petersburg. An adjourned meeting
will be held in the Presbyterian Pub
lishing House, Richmond, on Tuesday,
October 24, 1922, at 10 A. M.
Iti dim on <1 Hocond Church: At the
Quarterly Communion on October 8th,
there were seven new members re
ceived into the church. Little Lucy
Carter Call was also baptized at the
Sunday-morning service. It being the
Golden Wedding Day of her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Call,
honored members of this Church, the
occasion proved one of unusual in
terest. On Wednesday evening, Dr.
Cecil being absent at Presbytery, the
prayer meeting service was conducted
by Rev. J. E. Bear, the Hoge Fellow
ship student' at the Seminary this
year.
? ttrace-Covonant church, last Sun
day elected the following additional
elders: George Bryan, Colonel Charles
A. Dempsey, H. L. Granger, Sr., J. B.
Gray, R. A. Lancaster, Jr., Dr. H.
Stuart MacLean, Dr. C. B. Pearson
and Robert Schaefer.
? Grove Avenue Church: On last
Friday afternoon ground was broken
for the Sunday school auditorium of
this church. This will be the first
part of the church building to be erect
ed and will cost about $30,000. It
is situated on the corner of Grove
Avenue and Roseneath Road in one
of the best and most rapidly growing
residential sections of the city. The
first ground was broken by Veteran
L. P. Thompson, of Lee Camp Sol
diers' Home, the oldest member of
the church. Each charter member of
the church followed him in using the
pick. Mrs. J. Maclin Smith lifted the
first shovel full of dirt. Addresses
were made by Miss Carolyn Schaefer
on "What the New Building Will Mean
to the Christian Endeavor Society";
by Mrs. A. W. Clarke, Jr., on "What
It Will Mean to the Woman's Auxil
iary"; by Mr. R. Massie Nolting on
"What It Will Mean to the Sunday
School," of which he is superinten
dent. Rev. Dr. J. Y. Fair brought
the greetings of the Presbyterian pas
tors of the city, and Rev. Dr. F. T.
McFaden those of the Presbyterian
League. Rev. L. W. Curtis expected
to present the greetings of the Pres
bytery's Home Mission Committee, but
was prevented from being present.
Both the league and the committee
are aiding in establishing this new
church. Rev. O. E. Buchholz, the for
mer pastor, gave a history of the or
ganization of the church. Rev. J. M.
Alexander is the active young pastor,
who is proving a most efficient leader
of this growing church.
Staunton: The Third church closed
a two-weeks' evangelistic meeting on
Sunday night, October the 8th. There
were eleven professions of faith, and
quite a number of reconsecrations.
Nine of them will join the Third
church, and three others will join by
letter and restatement. The pastor,
the Rev. W. W. Sprouse, did the
preaching, and the congregation gave
the "free-will offering" that would
have ordinarily gone to a visiting
minister to the church debt fund. It
amounted to fifty-one dollars. A
friend of the Third church has made
a proposition to the church, that if the
church would pay four hundred of the
six hundred still due on the church
property, by April the 1st, 1923, he
would give the other two hundred.
The members are very jubilant over
tho proposition, and fully expect to
meet their quota of the six hundred.
The fifty-one received during the meet
ing counts on the four hundred.
APPALACHIA.
Synod of Appalacliia will convene
In the First Presbyterian church,
Johnson City, November 7th at 7:30
P. M., one week ahead of the regular
time of meeting. This change Is ne
cessitated by an error In the printed
minutes which led the entertaining
church to make arrangements to par
ticipate in a city-wide evangelistic
campaign which begins the 12th of
November. Notice will be sent to
pastors and churches.
ARKANSAS.
Pine Bluff Presbytery met at Der
mott, Ark., October 3. Ruling R. C.
Knox was elected moderator.
Received Rev. R. Excell Fry from
Presbytery of Mobile. Dismissed Rev.
J. L. Stitt to Central Texas Presby
tery. Pastoral relations were dis
solved between Rev. J. L. Stitt and
Princeton, Tulp and Carthage
churches. Overtures to Synod: to
hold hereafter fall meeting of Pres
bytery in conjunction with Synod.
Next stated meeting, Star City,
April, 1922; Adjourned meeting No
vember 14 at Synod.
J. H. Morrison, S. C.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta Ininan Park Cliurcli: Rally
Day was observed in our Sunday
school October 1st, with an attend
ance of 311. The program arranged
by our Richmond Committee was ef
fectively carried out. The school has
doubled its attendance in one month
by a campaign of preparation. A spe
cial feature was the taking of the
picture of the entire Sunday school
for the photogravure section of one
of Atlanta's daily newspapers. On
Friday, October 13th, a welcoming
social was held for sixty new mem
bers, which have recently united with
the church. The president of each
organization In the church told the
new members why they should join
their society.
KENTUCKY.
Educational Campaign: Reports re
ceived on the Presbyterian Movement
for Christian Education in Kentucky
indicate that considerably over one
fifth of the $1,000,000 has been
pledged by the Northern and South
ern Presbyterians so far. The cities
of Paris, Henderson, Owensboro, Pa
ducah and Frankfort have subscribed
their quotas and in several instances
have exceeded the amount as fixed by
the local committees. In Henderson
quite a record was established in that
every team reported something sub
scribed every day and the campaign
was finished two days ahead of sched
ule. Arrangements are now being
made to open the campaign in Dan
ville, where Centre College is located,
and in Ashland. The city campaigns
will close in Louisville with the in
tensive canvass from November 10th
to the 20th. Preliminary work is
now being done in Louisville and local
committees will be appointed shortly.
The church sessions in every instance
are endorsing this movement.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans: In view of the state
ment by the pastor of the First
church, which is to be the host of the
Presbytery, that he finds it difficult,
owing to the convention of the Amer
ican Legion in New Orleans October
16 to 20, to provide entertainment
for the Presbytery during that week,
and in accordance with a formal re
quest from the Presbyterian Minis
ters Association, notice is hereby
given that the regular fall meeting of
the Presbytery will be postponed two
weeks, and will be held on Tuesday,
October 31, 1922, at 8 P. M., In the
First Presbyterian church. New Or
leans.
J. W. Haggard, Moderator.
Louifliana Presbytery met in the La
fayette church October 3d.
Rev. E. M. Stewart was elected
Moderator. The survey of the Home
Mission fields revealed encouraging
progress. Evangelistic services have
been held In most of tire churches
during the year, which resulted
in happy growth and progress.
Presbytery overtured the next Gen
eral Assembly to direct Its Execu
tive Committee of Foreign Missions
that in making out its annual appro
priation, not to exceed 90 per cent
of its actual annul receipts until such
time as it has liquidated all Its out
standing deficits. The next meeting
will be held in Norwood, La., on the
2nd Tuesday of April, 1923. There
will be an adjourned meeting in Alex
andria during Synod.
D. F. Wilkinson, S. C.
MISSISSIPPI.
Oxford: Rally Day was appropri
ately observed in our Sabbath school
on October first. An offering, amount
ing to sixty-five dollars, was taken
for Sabbath-school extension. The
annual banquet for the Presbyterian
students of the University was given
in the annex of the church on Octo?
ber sixth. Dr. J. C. Culley acted as
toastmaster and responses to the
toasts were made by Mr. E. W. Lyon
and Miss Ida Wiseman of the student
body. Mr. Malcolm Guess, Student
Y. M. C. A. secretary, and Prof. H. M.
Faser. The out-of-town speaker was
Dr. Vander Meulen, of Louisville, Ky.
The message that he brought the stud
ents gripped their hearts, and made
such a deep impression that we are
confidently expecting them to show in
creased interest in the work of the
church.
Lauderdale: We have just passed
through a very successful revival
meeting at Lauderdale, Miss., which
was conducted by Rev. O. G. Jones,
D. D., regional evangelist for Missis
sippi. He preaches the pure Gospel
with simplicity and force, denounces
sin and exalts the Saviour. We be
lieve the meeting has done great good.
The school came in a body every day,
but one, and the house was well filled
at night. There were nineteen to
unite with the church and two more
are to follow.
H. M. Jenkins, Pastor.
Enterprise: The Enterprise church
has recently welcomed two new mem
bers, one by letter and the other by
profession.
MISSOURI.
Lawson: Our people are looking
forward with prayerful interest to the
coming of Dr. I. F. Swallow, to assist
our pastor, Rev. Johnston Robertson,
in a series of meetings, to begin Oc
tober 29.
NORTH CAROLINA.
North Carolina Synod will meet in
the First Presbyterian church, Lin
colnton, N. C., October 24th, at 8
o'clock P. M. All ministers, members
of Synod, and representatives of the
different churches who expect to at
tend, are earnestly requested to send
their names into Mr. R. S. Abernathy
at once, if they have not already done
so, in order that your assignment to
a home may be made srior to your ar
rival.
Morganton: Rev. J. A. MacLean,
Jr., has resigned as pastor of Morgan
ton and Quaker Meadows churches,
and has accepted the call to the pas
torate of the First Presbyterian
church, of Greenwood, S. C. The
chairman of the pulpit supply com*
mittee for this church is Dr. "E. W.
Phifer.
OKLAHOMA.
Caddo: A commission appointed by
Durant Presbytery, composed of Dr.
S. A. McBlroy, of Idabel; Rev. D. B.
Gregory and Mr. H&good, of Duran*,
and Rev. J. R. Finley, of Coalgate.
installed Rev. L. W. Moore pastor of
the church at Caddo Sunday evening,.
October 8th. Dr. McEroy preached
the sermon. Mr. Gregory charged the
pastor and Mr. Finley charged the peo
ple. A large audience was present and
all were greatly impressed by the en
tire service.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
Synod: One of the subjects that
specially occupied the attention of Sy
nod and caused considerable debate