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CHURCH NEWS.
(Continued from page 9.)
January 7th to the 21st. Under the
leadership of its pastor, Rev. J. W.
Hickman, the church is making every
preparation for his coming and for the
success of the meeting. Dr. Torrey
will be assisted by Rev. C. P. Curry,
who will have charge of the sing
ing.
Columbia: Rev. W. H. Boggs, pas
tor of the Arsenal Hill Church of this
city has declined the call from the
Central Church, Mobile, Ala. This is
because of special work which he now
has under way in his present pastor
ate.
I^ake City Church is planning to
call a pastor for full time. At the
last meeting of the Presbytery, the
church petitioned the Presbytery to
be allowed to withdraw from the
group, in which it was at that time,
in order to secure a pastor for full
time. The request was granted and
the pastoral relation was dissolved to
take effect January 1. This church
has been for some years ministered
to by Rev. W. I. Sinnott as its pastor,
and under his ministrations has
grown to the point where it feels able
to stand alone. The other churches
of this group, Union and Central, will
? with the help of the Presbytery ?
take the full time of the pastor.
TEXAS.
Presbytery of Eastern Texas met In
the Westminster church of Beaumont
recently. Ruling Elder George W.
Curtis, of Orange, was elected Mod
erator. Rev. S. K. Markley, late
of Wyoming, was received from the
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., and ar
rangements made for his installation
as pastor of the Silshee church. Rev.
J. T. Shawman, of the Baptist Church,
was received after a very thorough
examination which proved most sat
isfactory. The Rev. J. C. Oehler, D.
D., who has not thoroughly recovered
from the nerve shock received last
June, when he was run over by a
railroad locomotive, presented his
resignation as chairman of the Stew
ardship Committee, and an entirely
new committee was constituted, con
sisting of Rev. S. M. Tenney, chair
man; Rev. J. L. Davis and Elder L.
F. Gerlach.
There is in Polk County, in the
bounds of this Presbytery, a colony
of 212 Indians, which have been cared
for religiously, exclusively by the Pres
byterian Church for forty years. . Rev.
C. W. Chambers has lived in their
midst, served them as pastor and med
ical nurse for nearly twenty years, and
his wife has been their teacher. The
Federal Government made them a
grant of about 1,200 acres some years
since, but this is very poor land and
Insufficient .to provide a proper sus*
tenance for them, so that they are
under-nourished. The Presbyterian
Church feels the responsibility for
these Indians, and after a very inter
esting discussion took steps to seek
through the Federal Government a
better provision for their material in
terest. Charlie Thompson, elder of
the Indian church, appeared and made
a talk. Two Indian girls from this
colony are being educated by the
Woman's Presbyterial of Eastern
Texas Presbytery in Durant College.
Wednesday night Rev. E. T. Drake,
chairman of the Home Mission Com
mittee, exhibited on the Bcreen pic
tures of almost all the church build
ings in our Presbytery, many pictures
of the Indian colony, of the oil-fields,
also presented schedules showing the
strength, forces and needs of the Pres
bytery. The Presbytery now has thir
teen ministers and thlrty-flve
churches. Nine of these churches
bare preaching every Sunday, eleven
have preaching only once a month,
and the remainder are being cared
for by the pastor at large. We have
twenty-three church buildings, four of
which are good, modern brick build
ings. and seven of our churches have
manses. The Presbytery has three
women from its churches in the for
eign field, and another now preparing
to go. Three foreign missionaries are
supported by churches in our bounds
and one mountain missionary.
The Home Mission Committee took
a long step forward and presented a
new and very definite program obli
gating the Presbytery to a better sup
port of what interest it has before
undertaking more. The entire Pres
bytery felt greatly encouraged and
will enter the approaching Steward
ship Campaign with energy and hope.
Rev. Dr. Homer McMillan was pres
ent throughout the entire session of
the Presbytery, taking much interest
in all its work, and delivered a splen
did address, which was well received.
The Presbytery has a most valua
ble accession to its ministry in Rev.
Brook Smith, who was received and #
ordained recently, and is to supply
the Lufkin church.
Dr. Hunter and his people cared
for the Presbytery most liberally and
kindly. Dr. Hunter is proving a splen
did leader to the church in Beaumont,
and is taking a most effective part in
the work of the entire Presbytery.
S. M. Tenney, S. C.
WKST VIRGINIA.
Tygart's Valley Presbytery, at a
called meeting at Richwood, Decem
ber 6, received Rev. H. L. Cathey from
Montgomery Presbytery and Rev. F.
M. Ryburn from Roanoke Presbytery.
Mr. Cathey accepted a call to Rich
wood Church and was installed pas
tor. Rev. Dr. P. H. Barron, the mod
erator, presided and preached the ser
mon. Rev. W. C. Williams, the for
mer pastor, delivered the charge to
the pastor. Rev. George H. Rector
delivered the charge to the people.
Mr. Ryburn received a call from the
Gassaway Church and he was granted
the privilege of holding the call until
the spring meeting of the Presbytery.
Gassaway: We arrived on the field
two weeks ago. We were received
into the open arms of a faithful and
loyal people. Under the auspices of
the Woman's Auxiliary a reception was
tendered the new pastor and family
Thursday evening, November 9, 1922.
It was a delightful occasion. The pros
pects for growth and development in
this field are encouraging.
F. M. Ryburn, Pastor.
CHANGE OF ADDRE8S.
Rev. T. D. Johnston from Woodruff,
S. C., to Greensboro, Ga.
Rev. James A. Satterfleld from
Oriskany to Oakboro, N. C.
Rev. B. D. I>. Greer from Sansala
to 304 North Seventh Street, Temple,
Tex.
Rev. E. M. Delaney from -Lynch
burg to S. Columbus St., Alexandria,
Va.
PERSONAL.
Rev. Dr. R. C. Reed has the sympa
thy of his many friends in the death
of his wife on December 17th at Co
lumbia, S. C., after a brief illness. Mrs.
Reed was before her marriage. Miss
Cdntey Venable, of Prince Edward
County, Virginia. She was a very at
tractive and lovable woman. Dr. Reed
is the Moderator of the General As
sembly of our Church.
WEEK OF PRAYER.
Topics for universal and united
prayer for the week of January 7 to
January 13, celebrated throughout the
United States as "The Week of
Prayer," have been suggested by the
Federal Council of the Churches of
Christ in America:
Sunday, January 7 ? Special ser
mons and addresses.
Monday, January 8 ? Thanksgiving
and Confession. Scripture Readings:
Psalm 11; Matthew 17:1-21; II Co
rinthians 4.
Tuesday, January 9 ? The Church
Universal ? The "One Body" of which
Christ is the Head. Scripture Read
ings: Isaiah 42:1-12; Luke 22:17-30;
I Corinthians 13; Ephesians 4:1-16.
Wednesday, January 10 ? Nations
and Their Rulers. Scripture Read
ings: Psalm 33; Psalm 72; Zecha
riah 2:1-5; Ephesians 2:13-22.
Thursday, January 11 ? Foreign
Missions. Scripture Readings: Isaiah
35; Acts 4:5-12; Romans 10:11-21.
Friday, January 12 ? Families,
Schools, Colleges, and the Young.
Scripture Readings: Matthew 19:13
22; Proverbs 3:1-17; Psalm 119:9-16,
33-40.
Saturday, January 13 ? Home Mis
sions. Scripture Readings: Isaiah
60:1-5, 18-22; John 15:1-17; Ephe
sians 3:14-21; I Corinthians 1:18-31.
Complete list of topics and sug
gestions may be secured by writing to
the Federal Council of Churches, 105
E. Twenty-second Street, New York.
REV. D. M. HAWTHORNE.
Rev. D. M. Hawthorne, pastor of
Weir, McCool, Mt. Zion and Bethsa
lem churches, came to the hospital in
Jackson, Miss., some two weeks ago
for treatment. The doctor found, af
ter an exploratory operation, that his
malady would not yield to a surgical
operation.
On November 30, 1922, he quietly
passed away. At his own request he
was buried in the cemetery at Beth
salem Church, which is in the coun
try about six miles from Ackerman,
MIsb.; Rev. J. C. Watson, W. F.
Tims and J. B. Hutton conducted the
services. The church was filled with
representatives from the churches of
which he was pastor and with people
from all the country side. This sor
rowing concourse of people bore si
lent testimony of the tender affec
tion they bore to him and of the high
esteem in which they held him. It
was an impressive scene when, at the
conclusion of the services in the
chureh, a number of negroes, who had
been standing at the door and windows
of the ch\irch, requested that they
might look upon his silent form, and
filed into the church and stood with
bowed head and tear-bedimmed eyes
in the presence of him who held their
confidence and their love.
Mr. Hawthorne was born on Indian
Run, about Ave miles from Glade
Springs, Virginia, on January 3, 1858.
His father died when he was scarcely
able to remember, and when he was
some twelve years old his mother died,
leaving him an orphan boy without
means.
His college course was taken at
King College and at Hampden-Sidney.
This course was prolonged by reason
of the fact that he had to stay out
and teach in order to get money to
pay his expenses. His theological
course was taken at Union Seminary,
Hampden-Sidney, Va. He graduated
in the class of 1889-90. He was li
censed to preach by Abingdon Presby
tery. He was ordained by Central
Mississippi Presbytery in 1893, having
accepted calls to the Goodman Group
o* Churches. *
His chief characteristics were hu
mility, self-forgetfulness, fidelity, loy
alty ? in short Christ-likeness. His
sermons were well wrought and sound,
his speech was seasoned with sympa
thy, his acts were prompted by love?
principles were his motives and truth
was his guide. As a friend he was
loyal, as a presbyter he was true,
as a pastor he followed the example
and went in the spirit of the Great
Shepherd. One of his last sayings
was that the Lord had been good to
him in the friends He had given him.
Men of affairs trusted in him, little
children confided in him. The unani
mous verdict of all the people was,
that he was "good."
He carried but little in the show
window, but much behind the coun
ter. The Home Missionary life is for
the most part spent far removed from
the public paze, it is hidden away in
the hearts of the common people. Is
he not like "the corn of wheat,"
which falls in the furrow to die alone
and then live multiplied in the har
vest?
For thirty-one years he has faith
fully nown that life in the furrows of
the home mission field, and hath now
gone to receive the well done of the
Lord of the harvest, and his works,
shall they not follow him?
J. B. Hutton.
NEW 1>KPARTMENT OP CHURCH
EFFICIENCY IN LOlIISVILIiE
THEOIX>GICAL. SEMINARY.
By Rev. J. M. Vander Meulen, D. D.,
President.
The thought of this Department in
our Seminary was first suggested to
us two years ago by that great friend
and benefactor of our institution, Mr.
W. Q. Duncan, of Greenville, Ky. It
had impressed him that students for
the ministry heeded more training In
two things especially. The first is in
Sunday-school Work. Mr. Duncan
felt that every young minister should
come forth from the Seminary with
definite psychological and pedagogical
information on the subject of religious
education and a clear understanding
of the most approved ways of organ
izing and conducting a Sunday School.
In order tp back up this suggestion he
agreed to endow a chair in these sub
jects to be kntfwn as The Mary Ham
ilton Duncan Chair of Sunday-school
Work. This chair is being tempor
arily occupied by the president.
But there was, Mr. Duncan felt, a
second phase of a minister's profes
sional training that needed to be aug
mented. It was in the knowledge of
Church Efficiency with especial em
phasis on Church Finance, the rais
ing of the money for the local and
benevolent budgets, etc. In Mr. Dun
can's gift, therefore, this object was
likewise included.
It is the great pleasure of the Sem
inary to announce that this Depart
ment has now been constituted. And
in looking over the field for the right
man to place at the head of this De
partment we feel ourselves singularly
fortunate to have obtained the ac
ceptance to it of one of our own
alumni, the Rev. S. Waters McOill,
of the Synod of Tennessee, U, S.
There will be four especial sub
jects included in the instruction given
in this Department. The first will be
Church Finance. This will include
the method of raising the budget of
the church. The second will be
Church Publicity. Tuts will embrace
the best methods of advertising the
church and its work, both to its own
members and to the outside world.
The third will be Church Organisa
tion with especial reference to other
organizations than the Sunday School.
And the fourth will be Evangelism
with especial reference to the beat
plans for conducting protracted Oos
pel services.
This Department will be a rather
novel and unique one in the devalop
ment of theological education. An 4
Mr, M^Olll Is unloue In tb# natural
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