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CHURCH NEWS.
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Evangelist. The preaching was ex
cellent and the congregations were
good. There were two additions on
profession and one by restatement.
Seventy dollars was contributed to Sy
nodical home missions.
A very helpful Sunday-school Insti
tute was held in this church by Mr.
Thomas B. Talbot and Rev. W. A. Hop
kins.
Hazard: Rev. R. M. Pegram, the
pastor of this church, has offered his
resignation that he may accept a call
to a church in Louisville. The church
very unwillingly gives him up, as it
has prospered greatly under his lead
ership.
Eminence Churcn: A ten days' re
vival meeting was recently conducted
by the Rev. I. W. Wilcox, of the South
Frankfort Church. The meeting was
well attended and much good was
done. There were two additions, one
by statement and one by profession
of faith.
Pleasureville Church: A ten days'
revival meeting was recently con
ducted by the pastor. The interest
shown in the whole community was
very good, indeed. There was two
added to the church by letter and five
by profession of faith and baptism.
Four of the seven are adults.
llloonificid and Big Spring, Louis
ville Presbytery: These churches
took the paper canvass during church
paper week and are thankful for the
results. Twenty new subscribers were
received, meaning that a good church
paper will enter that many more
homes this year to bless and edify
them. The most of the members of
these congregations take a church
paper now. The Sunday School of the
Bloomfield Church sent out Orphan's
Home at Anchorage twenty-five dollars
Thanksgiving week, and the Big
Spring congregation sent them a large
coop of chickens to add to their
Thanksgiving dinner.
Louisville Seminary: It is a great
satisfaction that in connection with
the promised endowment for a ne*
chair in homiletics announced, last
week, the Louisville Seminary can now
announce the endowment of a depart
ment of public speaking This sum
needed for the endowment was $20,
000. The honor of providing this be
longs to the Highland Presbyterian
Church of Louisville. The church is
giving it in honor of their former pas
tor, Dr. Thompson McDonald Hawes.
It is to be called the Dr. T. M. Hawes
Department of Public Speaking on the
Foundation of the Highland Presby
terian Church.
The singular appropriateness of
thus naming this department by the
name of Dr. Hawes is that for many
years Dr. Hawes was the teacher of
this department, while at the same
time holding the pastorate of the
Highland Church. He had had train
ing in elocution and experience ii}
platform entertainment before he
came to this department and so
brought to it expert knowledge and
art even apart from his pulpit achieve
ments in his own church. He was a
most genial and lovable and whole
some personality and through this as
through his splendid Instruction
deeply impressed himself on his stu
dents. The Highland Church has
greatly honored the Seminary, not
only by this magnificent gift, but also
by indelibly stamping Dr. Hawes'
name as well as her own upon our
institution and Its life.
It goes without argument that our
students need thta training In the
proper use of their voices and their
postures and geatnres In the delivery
of their sermon*. The profesaor of
homlletteft tn?r teach tfcem how to
write a sermon, but may not know
much of the technique of voice and
dramatic gesture. The average pro
fessor of homiletics does not. This
department, therefore, which will be
devoted to training our young men
ia the grace and force of the exter
nals of speech will be a wonderful ad
junct to the new chair of homiletics to
which previous reference has been
made in the columns of this paper.
John M. Vander Meulen,
President.
Ixmisvilte: The recent campaign
in this city in the Presbyterian Edu
cational Movement was splendidly suc
cessful. Of the million dollar fund
being raised throughout the State
Louisville was apportioned $300,000,
and raised $328,000. In the cam
paign the Second Presbyterian Church
subscribed $86,000 to endow the
Chair of New Testament Exegesis in
honor of Rev. Charles R. Hemphill,
D. D., for so long the pastor of the
Second Church and for a number of
years Professor of this School in the
Seminary. The Highland Presbyter
ian Church endowed the Department
of Public Speaking in memory of Rev.
T. M. Hawes, D. D., for so long both
the pastor of this church and the Pro
fessor of Public Speaking in the Semi
nary. Mrs. Herrick Johnson, by the
gift of $50,000, endows the Chair of
Homiletics in the Seminary, in mem
ory of -her distinguished husband.
Mrs. Johnson is the sister of Mr. W.
G. Duncan, another large benefactor
of the Seminary. President John M.
Vander Meulen will fill this chair.
MISSISSIPPI.
Kast Mlwiwilppl Presbytery: Home
Mission Day in East Mississippi Pres
bytery was observed on a recent Sab
bath. Some one was assigned
to eacb church in the Pres
bytery to tell the story of Home Work.
There has been a hearty response, and
a healthful stimulus to the work.
Many churches responded with liberal
offerings over and above their regu
lar offering.
Starkville: Our church has recently
passed through a week of preaching
services led by the Rev. Dunbar H.
Ogden, D. D., of Mobile. Each morn
ing he preached in the church and
in the evenings services were held in
the great chapel of the State A. and
M. College, under the auspices of the
Y. M. .'C. A. and churches of Stark
ville. Great congregations of stu
dents and townspeople came to hear
the gripping messages of truth which
he brought. The hearts of. the T. M.
C. Al force and the Christians of
Starkville are rejoicing is the results.
Tweuiy-six men signed cards confess
ing Christ as Saviour, eighteen men
signed cards giving their lives to full
time Christian service, and besides
these several hundred cards of recon
serration were signed. Hearty co
operation was given these services by
the college president and faculty who
attended every night service and ren
dered valuable aid.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Charlotte: A Father's and Son's
meeting was held in Caldwell Memo
rial Church on December 8. The
Men's Club of the church arranged for
this gathering. A delightful turkey
dinner was served by the ladies of the
church. Several entertaining features
together with an inspirational address
by Rev. M. P. Daniels, made the occa
sion most enjoyable and long to be
remembered. Almost one hundred
men fend boys were present.
Will 14ms' Memorial Church: Since
the resignation of Rev. A. C. Car
michael In November this church has
be?n supplied by Dr. A. ft. ihaw.
MnIIhhI <Bnm* ClNHvfct fMNM tha
resignation of Rev. L. W. Wells, who
has gone ot Jacksonville, Fla., this
church has several different ministers
supplying their pulpit. At present Dr.
W. H. Frazer is serving it.
WauKhtown Church: Rev. J. M.
Clark, D. D., of Statesville, Superin
tendent of Home Missions and evan
gelist in Concord Presbytery, came to
ub on the first Sabbath in November
and preached for a week. There were
added to the church on profession of
faith twenty-three, and eleven by let
ter. More than one hundred recon
secrated themselves to God and de
clared it was their purpose to enter
upon a larger and better service for
Christ. Ten young people, some of
them from the new converts, dedi
cated themselves to God and prom
ised to take up some definite work
for Christ, whatever He might indi
cate to them. Ten promised to erect
the family altar and some of these
had Just come to Christ. Dr. Clark
came to us under the auspices of
Synod's committee, and at the con
clusion of the services an offering was
taken for Synodical work, which
amounted to $60. The membership
of the church has been revived and
the spiritual life deepened, and both
pastor and people feel that the
church has entered upon a larger ser
vice. Mrs. W. P. Lemberton, our Sun
day school worker, is a valuable asset
to the work. Just before the meet
ing she took a religious census of this
section of the city, which proved a
great help in the way of concentrated
efforts. She rendered splendid service
throughout the meeting.
T. F. Haney.
St: Paul's, Fayettevlile Presbytery:
We have enjoyed three workful, wor
shipful weeks, with gracious results.
The Women's Auxiliary and Senior
Endeavorer's Home Mission Study
Classes, the session's weekly meetings
for conference and prayer, and our
series of evangelistic services con
ducted by Rev. R. Murphy Williams,
of Greensboro, have all been inspir
ing and reviving. Twenty-three new
members have been received, five on
profession, fifteen Presbyterians by
letter, and three from other churches,
with more expected soon. Our mem
bership for the first time has passed
the 400 mark, being now 413. We ?re
planning to build a large "hut" in our
beautiful'pine grove for the accommo
dation of the Brotherhood class, the
Auxiliary and Endeavorers, prayer
meetings and social gatherings.
OKLAHOMA.
Idabel: We received four new
members into our church on Decem
ber 10 th.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia: The congregation of the
Arsenal Hill Church is making stren
uous effort to induce Rev. W. H.
Boggs to remain its pastor. He has
recently been called to the Central
Church, Mobile. Strong resolutions
on the subject 'have been adopted on
the subject by the Arsenal Hill peo-^
pie. Mr. Boggs ha? not announced
his decision in the matter.
ftlenvale: The pastor, Rev. J. M.
Dallas, has recently been assisted in
a meet!ng In this criurch by Rev.
George M. Telford. Two children were
received into the church, in addition
to four received a short time before.
Three Infants were baptized. The
Sunday School is larger than it has
ever been in the 160 years of the his
tory of the church. A good offering
was made to Thornwell Orphanage on
Thanksgiving Day. Nine children
have received Testaments and three
Bibles for reciting the catechisms, The
Woman's Auxiliary is doing splendid
under the leadership nf Mrs. W, O.
Brownlee.
Greenwood: The new pastor of this
church. Rev. J. A. Macean, Jr., and
Mrs. MacLean, have been most cord
ially and hospitably received in Green
wood. The manse was painted and
repaired, and the pantry generously
stocked. Attendance upon church ser
vices and prayer meetings has been
large and inspiring. One evening the
Men's Brotherhood Class gave a re
ception to Mr. and Mrs. Macl^ean,
when an interesting program was en
joyed by several hundreds of church
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REVIEW.
December 31, 1922.
On the first of October we began
a six months' course in the story of
the life of Christ as given by Luke.
He does not undertake to give a com
plete story of His life, but only re
cords what is necessary to show the
character of Jesus, what His work
was and how He accomplished it. In
this course of lessons we only touch
upon the most important points in this
narrative. In a review of the studies
of the quarter we cannot go into de*
tails, but can only take a general sur
vey of the outstanding events.
The story of the birth of Jesus
is so familiar that its historic events
are well known. We must not over
look the great lessons that are taught
by the events connected with the birth
of Jesus. Here are some of the things
to be recalled: Jesus came in ful
filment of the prophecies of the Old
Testament. He was born of a hiu
man mother, but of a divine Father.
HIb divine nature and His mission are
announced by the angels. He came
as the Saviour of sinner^
John the Baptist had been sent of
God to announce the coming of the
Messiah; he preached that the time
had arrived for His coming, and
urged the people to prepare for the
coming of their King by repentance
and baptism. Jesus came to John to
be baptized, because He did not want
any one to say that he was not mak
ing the same preparation for the set
ting up of the Kingdom that was re
quired.
When Jesus had been baptized He
went into the wilderness, where He
was tempted by the devil. It is to be
noticed that two of the temptations
had reference to doing things that
were not wrong in themselves, mak
ing bread and trusting in God. The
sin was in the condition, under which
it was proposed that these acts should
be performed. So it is with many of
our temptations. In fighting the devil
Jesus used the sword of the Spirit.
One of the ways in which Jesus
worked was as the Great Physician.
He healed many who were afflicted
with various diseases. These miracles
were worked to give comfort to those
who were suffering, but more espe
cially to show that He was what He
claimed to be, the Saviour of sinners
and that He had power to forgive sins.
One of the offices which He tilled
was that of Teacher. He taught the
character of a Christian and what he
should do in connection with the rest
of the human race. He emphasises
our duty to our fellowmen, taking an
enemy as an extreme case. Love Is
to be the guiding principal of our lives
in all of our dealings with others.
Jesus is the best friend any sinnor
ever had. He hates the sin, but He
lo\f8 the sinner, and because of that
love, He it ready to forgive any sin
ner who cotftes repenting of his sins
and asking' tar fnfglvanap*. Th?