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The Presbyterian of the South
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REV. WM 8. CAMPBELL. D. D.
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REV. A. A. LITTLE, D. D.
Meridian, Miss.
Editor*
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VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Mi/pah Church: Novem
ber 1st, one year ago, Rev. Dr. J. D.
Keith came as pastor of this church
from Westminster church, Washing
ton, D. C. Taking up the work, suc
cess has marked the progress of the
passing months, with increased activ
ity organically, numerically and
spiritually. Since Dr. Keith came
ninety-three members have come into
this church, and forty-three into other
churches in meetings held by the pas
tor as follows: Grove Avenue, Over
brook and Hoge Memorial in Rich
mond; and at Bon Air, Manassas.
Profflt and Jetersville, Va. In the
year the pastor has made nine hun
dred and thirty-nine pastoral calls,
preached one hundred and fifty-seven
sermons,- officiated in six baptisms, six
weddings and six funerals, and held
seven outside evangelistic services.
Mizpah overpays its quota for orphans
and Home Missions, and considering
membership and environment, is one
of the most liberal contributors in
Synod. One-half support of Mrs. M.
B. Grier, Hsuchoufu, China, is main
tained, while out-station Sunday
school and city missionary work are
carried on. Young People's Leagues,
senior and Junior, are maintained,
and the Woman's Auxiliary is going
forward quite successfully. A build
ing lot eight blocks north and two
west of the present location, on
Brookland Boulevard, has been pur
chased. and plans for building a mod
ern plant and equipment are under
consideration, our present plant space
often being overrun.
Kant Hanover Presbytery. at an ad
journed meeting in Richmond last
week, received Rev. G. W. Hurlbut,
an ordained minister of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church, after the usual
examination for such cases. Mr. Hurl
but has been a minister of the Epis
copal church for a number of years,
and was a member of the Diocese of
Washington, D. C. For the past two
years he has been laboring in Virginia.
The Presbytery authorized the Sam
uel Davles church, in Hanover County,
to employ Mr. R. P. Richardson, a
senior student in Union Theological
Seminary, as stated supply, until it
ca<i secure a pastor.
Wm. S. Campbell, 8. C.
Danville: Rev. Dr. H. W. DuBose
has offered his resignation as pastor
of the First church of this city, In
order that he may accept a call from
the First church of Spartanburg, 8. C.
Dr. DuBose has been very successful
In his work here, and the church has
grown under his leadership.
liynrhbnrff: Rer. E. M. Delanay,
pastor of Rivermont Avenue church,
has offered his resignation as pastor,
in order that he might accept a call
from the church at Alexandria. This
church was made vacant recently by
the resignation of Rev. Dr. J. L. Al
lison. Mr. Delaney has been at the
Lynchburg church ever since his grad
uation from Union Seminary.
ALABAMA.
Marion: This city has just passed
through a refreshing spiritual expe
rience, which has been a great help
to the whole community. Rev. Trigg
A. M. Thomas, D. D., of Kansas City,
preached the old gospel fearlessly,
earnestly and with great power for
two weeks. Mr. Adlai Loudy, of John
son City, Tenn., sang the old gospel
hymns with great beauty and led the
congregational singing. The business
houses closed from 9:45 to 10:30
each morning and gave the business
men and their employees a chance
to attend the services. During the
latter part of the services the church
was unable to seat those who wished
to attend. The Baptist church re
ceived 4 3 applications for member
ship, the Methodist 22, the Presbyte
rian 7, the Christian 3, and the Epis
copalian 2. More than 800 members
of the church reconsecrated them
selves. Sixteen non-resident church
members promised to place their let
ters in the Marion churches.
HuntMviile, First Church: On Wed
nesday evening, November 15th, Rev.
N. G. Stevens was installed pastor of
this church by order of North Ala
bama Presbytery. Rev. A. S. Doak
presided and propounded the consti
tutional questions, Rev. W. C. Clark,
D. D., preached the sermon, Rev. W.
L. Bedinger charged the pastor, and
Judge R. T. Simpson, of Florence,
Ala., charged the congregation. Mr.
Stevens was recently received by the
Presbytery of North Alabama from
the Presbytery of Louisville.
APPALACHIA.
Abingdon, Va.: Rev. J. McD. Lacy,
Assembly's evangelist, has been with
this church for a special meeting. Two
services were held daily. During the
greater part of the first week in both
services, and in the afternoons of the
second week, Mr. Lacy spoke in par
ticular to the church members in mes
sages that were strong and Scriptural.
He laid repeated emphasis upon
prayer and personal work in a way
that enriched the spiritual lives of
many, giving them a new vision of
the possibilities of serVice. In his
appeals to the unsaved he was faith
ful in holding out the certain doom
of those who do not repent, and in
declaring Jesus Christ as the only Sa
viour of men. There were more than
thirty professions of faith, nine of
these being students of Stonewall
Jackson College, and one a man be
yond three-score and ten. Fifteen
have united with the Presbyterian
church by examinttion, two by letter,
while others are expected to come in.
The song services were under the ef
ficient leadership of Mr. Charles E.
Patch, of King College, who had ex
perience in this work before entering
college. Our people gave $235 to As
sembly's Home Missions, besides pay
ing the song leader, and meeting all
expenses during the two weeks. We
heartily commend Mr. Lacy as a true
evangelist, whose pulpit work is of u
high order, and whose personal efforts
outside of the pulpit in reaching the
unsaved are altogether consistent with
what he enjoins upon others.
AHKAXHAH.
Camden, Flint: Twenty new mem
bers have been welcomed into this
church by the pastor, Rev. Charles
Haddon Nabers, since the first Sun
day In October. This congregation
was greatly blessed by a visit from
Dr. S. H. Chester, of the Foreign Mis
sion Cpmmittee, who delivered a great
address on Mexico of To-day. On the
same Sabbath the congregation had
as its guest Mr. J. E. Watt, presi
dent of the Southwestern Home and
School for Orphans at Itasca, Tex.
Mr. Watts graphically described the
work of the orphanage before the Sun
day school and the Christian Endea
vor societies of the church.
Synodic*! Home Mission Commit
toe: The Synod has added three lay
men to the Home Mission Committee,
and as the meetings are held in Lit
tle Rock all were selected from that
city. The following were elected:
Messrs. Charles McKee, Central
church; J. R. Hampton, First church,
and A. B. Ranks, of the Second
church. I)r. John C. Williams for the
twentieth time was elected by the
Synod Chairman and Treasurer. There
has never been a correction of his
books nor has one missionary of evan
gelist gone without prompt payment
during the nineteen years of service.
The other members are: Presbytery
of Arkansas, Rev. J. F. Ross, North
Little Rock; Ouachita Presbytery.
Rev. C. E. Hickok, Hot Springs; Pine
Bluff Presbytery, Rev. David Shepper
son, Lake Village, and the Presbyterv
of Washburn, Dr. W. W. Harrison,
Fort Smith.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Central Presbyterian Church: Home
Mission Week was observed in this
church by cottage prayer meetings,
two each evening, held in the homes
of the members in different sections
of the city. At the regular Thursday
evening prayer service Rev. Edgar
Tugts, in charge of the school at Ban
ner Elk, N. C., brought an inspiring
message on the mountain work in that
section. The annual praise service in
the interests of Home Missions was
held on Sunday evening, November
19th, under the auspices of the Wom
an's Auxiliary, the speaker of the
evening being Rev. F. E. Clark, head
of the school at Grundy, in the moun
tains of Virginia. The Central church
has for a number of years taken an
active interest in this work, and it
was with great pleasure that the large
congregation listened to Mr. Clark's
fine address, covering the history of
this mountain school in the past, its
condition in the present and its pros
pects for the future.
GKOROIA.
Darien: A community service has
been held in the churches of Darlen.
The aim was to reach all the churches
and everybody in the town. The meet
ing continued through fifteen days.
The preaching was done by the Rev
Duncan Thomas, of Fitzgerald, Ga.
The interest was good from the first
and grew as the work progressed. The
last night the house was filled with
people, chairs in the aisles, many
standing about the walls, and others
turned away for lack of room. There
were at least a score of conversion *
and several times as many reconse
crations. It was the greatest spirit
ual uplift Darien has had in years.
Mr. Thomas does nothing sensational.
Just preaching Jesus, God's remedy
for sin and faallure. But his testi
mony is in the power of the Spirit
and is owned of the Lord to the sal
vation of the lost and the upbuilding
of the saved. Being a man full of
the Holy Ghost and of faith, results
follow his preaching. He in a solo
singer and always precedes the ser
mon with a song appropriate to his
theme. This paves the way for th?^
message and adds to its effect. Last
Sunday was the first Sunday that th<*
pastor of our church was able to bo
on the ground since the service closed.
At a meeting of the session four wiTO
received Into our church on profes
sion of their faith in Christ, and three
of them were baptized. Among these
were a grandmother and her grand
daughter. In the afternoon a Chris
tian Endeavor Society was organized
of young people from our church and
the Methodist church. It is to meet
for six months in the Methodist Epis
copal church and then for the next
six months in our church. This and
two Bible classes meeting during the
week are an outcome of the meet
ings. The Methodist Episcopal church
and our church are working together
in delightful harmony. Sunday morn
ing the service was a union one held
at our church for the reception of
members, and at night we had a
union service with our Methodist
brothers, as they received into their
church their share of the harvest of
the community meetings. The Lord
has been very good to us, wheieof
we are glad.
F. M. Baldwin, Pastor.
Savannah Prwbytcry met in the
First church, Savannah, November
14th. Rev. Fritz Rauschenberg was
elected Moderator. Rev. Duncan
Thomas and Rev. H. G. Kenne.v were
received into the Presbytevy. Mr.
Thomas will serve the Fitzgerald
church and Mr. Kenney the States
boro church. Orders were taken to
install these brethren at an early data
and also Rev. F. M. Baldwin as pas
tor of the Uarien church. The Gen
eral Assembly was overtured to elect
a Superintendent of Young People's
Work, who shall give all his time to
this work. Rev. A. Linton Johnson
was appointed to preach the Presby
terial sermon at the next meeting,
which will be held in Brunswick, No
vember 13, 1923. The reports on the
various causes were very encouraging.
The Presbytery now has six candi
dates for the ministry, and one young
woman has applied fo> work on the
foreign field. The Presbytery took
the following action relative to the
"Protest" and Overture of Dr. T. S.
Clay presented to the last Assembly:
"Your Committee on the Minutes of
the Assembly find nothing requiring
action on the part of Presbytery.
Though this be true, there are seve
ral matters to which the attention of
Presbytery should be called, viz. page
55. Judicial business. We call at
tention to this report, but find no rec
ommendation concerning necessary as
the Presbytery is endeavoring to con
form its actions with the laws of the
Church as found in the Book of
Church Order and Manual of Presby
tery."
A. L. Patterson, S. C.
KENTUCKY.
Danville: This little community,
with a population of less than 8,000,
undertook to raise $175,000 for
Christian Education. Danville actual
ly subscribed $184,350. Centre Col
lege Athletic Association gave $25,
000 in cash which belonged to the
Athletic Association. The student
body, in response to the appeal of
Rev. S. W. McGlll, subscribed 100 per
cent., the total subscription being over
$6,000. The students of Kentucky
Woman's College gave over $4,000.
MayHvllle: The local committee In
Maysville accepted a quota of $15,000
for the cause of Christian Education.
In four days members of thls*church
subscribed over $16,000.
Anhland and Catletsburg: These
churches were asked for $30,000 for
the cause of Christian Education and
over-subscribed the amount. The by
products of the campaign include a
larger Interest In every cause of the
Church and the recruiting of a larger
number of new workers.
Lexington: The three churches In
this city, one of them without a pas
tor, entered enthusiastically into th?