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Address. ? The Presbyterian of ths South, Room
806 Old Dominion Trust Building, 9th and Main
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Entered as second-class master. June IS, 1B10,
at the post-office at Richmond, Va., under ths act
of March 3. 1879.
Cfjurcf) iietos
BENEVOLENT CAUSES.
Contributions to the benevolent
causes of the General Assembly should
be sent to the treasurer of each cause
as here indicated:
Foreign Missions: Mr. Edwin F.
Willis, 154 Fifth Avenue, Norm
Nashville, Tenn.
Assembly's Home Missions: Mr. A.
N. Sharp, 1522 Hurt Building, At
lanta, Ga.
Christian Education and Ministerial
Relief: Mr. John Stites, 122 South
Fourth Avenue, Louisville. Ky.
Publication and Sabbath-School
Work: Mr. R. E. Magill, 6 North
Sixth Street. Richmond, Va.
Assembly's Training School: Rev.
William Megginson, 6 North Sixth
Street, Richmond, Va.
Bible Cause: American Bible So
ciety, Bible House, New York, N. Y.
Synodical Home Missions: Send to
treasurer of Home Missions of the
Synod to which the church or indi
vidual contributor belongs.
Presbyterial Home Missions: Send
to treasurer of Home Missions of the
Presbytery to which church or indi
vidual contributor belongs.
VIRGINIA.
Richmond: Fulton church entered
heartily into the simultaneous evan
gelistic meetings of Richmond. Rev.
Martin A. Hopkins, of St. Joseph, Mo.,
waB secured as evangelist. He prov
ed to be an enthusiastic speaker and
preached with great power. The
congregations were good, and many
of the members and officers did effec
tive personal work. This church was
organized November 5, 1916, with
fifty-seven members on roll. During
these recent evangelistic meetings
thirty profusions of faith were made;
about twenty of these joined this
church April 1, 1917. From present
indications we think we will have at
least 50 per cent Increase In mem
bership from these meetings.
? Kir*t Church. ? On last Sunday at
this church, of which Kev. Dr. F. T.
McFaden is pastor, eight new mem
berfs were received on profession of
faith and nineteen by letter.
? Second Church. ? The quarterly
Communion was observed in this
<hurch on last Sabbath. The pastor,
Dr. Cecil, preached from Luke 24:21:'
"We trusted that It had been he
which should have redeemed Israel."
He showed that the cherished hope of
these disciples, though apparently dis
appointed, was gloriously realised ?
not in their way, but in God's way?
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through the sacrifice of the Re
deemer; said sacrifices being commem
orated in the sacrament of the Lord's
Supper. Nineteen new members were
welcomed into the fellowship of the
church, ten by certificate, and fourteen
upon confession of faith, nearly all of
whom came from the Sabbath-school.
? Westminster Church, of which
Rev. Dr. J. Y. Fair is pastor, received
last Sunday eighteen on profession of
faith and ten by letter. At the night
service *Rev. Dr. Edward Mack, of
Union Seminary, gave a lecture on
the origin and history of the English
Bible, illustrated by stereopticon
views, which was very much enjoyed
by a large congregation.
CJrace-Covenant Church: Sabbath,
April 8, was the quarterly communion
season at this church. A congregation
that taxed the seating capacity of the
church to its fullest, save the gallery,
was present. And a more deeply in
terested congregation was rarely ever
in the church. Intense interest had
been developed throughout the
church by the evangelistic services
held by Dr. Flinn, of Atlanta, Feb
ruary 1 to 14. The whole church felt
the power of this preaching and gave
itself to much prayer and personal
work. At the communion the names
of nineteen person were announced
as received on profession of faith and
ten by letter, with five more last Sab
bath. All hearts are full of grati
tude and thanksgiving to God.
The Pastor.
Kast Hanover Presbytery will meet
at Amelia on Monday, the 23d. As
the moderator. Rev. A. P. Hassell,
is engaged in work for the Foreign
Mission Committee, he cannot be pres
ent at this meeting. Rev. J. Calvin
Stewart, D. D., pastor of the Grace
Covenant church, Richmond, has been
asked to preach the opening sermon.
Newport News, First: March 31
closed one of the most successful years
in the history of the church, as many
having been added on profession as
on certificate and profession the year
before. The every-member canvass
report was most encouraging, a great
many having Increased their weekly
subscriptions to the church for the
year 1917-18. Dr. E. T. Wellford, the
pastor, who feels the need as never
before of Christians being loyal to
their Lord and kingdom, has deliv
ered recently some of the moBt elo
quent sermons ever heard in this city.
"Christian ' Patriotism," the subject
the first Sunday of the new church
year, was indeed inspiring and was
felt as a message direct from God.
Cor.
Lexington: Sunday morning, April
8, the session met after church and
received on profession of faith a mar
ried woman from one of our branch
Sunday-schools. She is to be re
ceived and baptized hereafter. The
deacons' quarterly report was in the
pews that morning, showing a total
collection for "benevolent funds" of
$2,155. The Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society contribu
ted $G85 of this amount ? $119 for
Home Missions, $153 for Foreign
Missions, plus $4 43 as the self-denial
offering. The Young Woman's Mis
sionary Society gave $366, of which
$340 went to our treasurer, Mr. Wil
lis. For the fiscal year just ended
this church gave $2,827 to Foreign
Missions. Its total for Its own ex
penses was $5,222; and for all out
side causes, $5.898 ? a total for all
purposes of $11,120. A. H.
Danville, FlrMt: At (he morning
services last Sunday the annual re
port of the session to Presbytery was
read to the <-ongregation, and show
ed contributions to the various causes
as follows; Foreign Missions, $2,
383; Home Missions and other benevo
lent causes, $6,201; current expenses,
$6,661 ; making a total for *11 causes
$J*?607. The total enrollment of
the Sunday-school is 514. There was
a net gain of twenty-three new
church members within the year. The
young people's societies have been
*ery active, and have recently given
nZ? ?S^Cially '"testing entertain
lents The Brotherhood has a mem
bership of eighty, and these men are
closely identified with all the activi
ties of the church. At the annual
leeting in March a bountiful supper
w? .erved by th6 ladle8
lightful evening of fellowship was
spent together. The recently elected
elders and deacons were ordained and
nstalled the last Sunday in March.
,,, ? J. W. C.
bat ham: This church observed
the communion last Sunday, when It
was announced that five members had
Suri'rt reCe,!V!d by letter' and a few
Sundays before two other members
were received by letter. Rev J Er
nest Thacker, D. D? vlU hold a meet_
ion t r thiS church- beginning on
AUtii of June.
Cape Charles: At the conclusion of
he service on Easter Sunday the fol
lowing were ordained and installed as
elders in this church: L. E. Mumford.
J. H. Stevens, B. N. McCully, E. C.
oung and J. G. Waddell. Additional
deacons will be elected immediately.
Our church year closed with the larg
est membership and the largest per
toP ^ g!ftS t0 Sl1 cau9es in Its his
??- c J- s- M.
Warm Springs: That was a fine ex
pression of appreciation of their pas
?h? ?' W" Keed' when on last
Sabbath. April 1, the congregation at
the close of service asked the pastor
s?i on ?re'i^nd by unanlmous vote added
SI 00 to his salary. With the tremen
dous increase in living expenses such
expressions of loyalty and apprecia
tion from a congregation are to be
Highly commended.
Union, ( Church ville) : This church
has been undergoing extensive Im
provements at cost of over ? 1,000
during the winter and was reopened
on last Sabbath, to the delight of the
congregation. The pastor, Rev Wil
am C. White, has been preaching at
the morning service at Loch Willow
for several months while the church
was closed. ^ The services are held
alternatively in these churches, morn
"J a"d afternoon, during the wln
n w are lookinS forward with de
light to having with us again this
ummer, for the' third summer, Rev
W. Emmet Davis, of South Carolina,
aft pnHi a8s^tant* Mr. Davis has been
attending Columbia Seminary and has
one more year there. He is very popu
lar with these churches.
Waddell Memorial: During the past
year this church, with an enrollment
of sixty-two resident members gave
for pastor's salary and expenses $710
and for the benevolent work of the
urch $871. Of this amount, $358
was for Foreign Missions, so the
church is now on the honor roll, hav
ng given $5.77 per member to this
cause. The Sunday-school, with an
enrollment of ninety-two. gave $157
o the benevolences. $65 of which was
to Foreign Missions. This is a coun
ry church and the above exhibit
shows that they are not all dead.
Keysvllle: Rev. B. F. Bedinger con
c uded a series of meetings at Keys
v He Presbyterian church Sunday
Ight last. His sermons wero replete
with force and power. The meeting
Increased In Interest and attendance
ftu n,?ht ""til the close. Eleven
pupils Of the Junior class In Crab
orchard mission Sunday-school have
perfectly recited the Child's Cato
ch sm to the teacher. Miss Susan Rid
dell. at one sitting, and received the
Testaments from the Presbyterian
Committee of Publication, Richmond
Va. There are many others to follow
this excellent example,
Norton: The past year has been
the best year in the history of the
church in both a spiritual and finan
cial way. At a recent communion ser
vice there were twenty-four to join
the church on confession 6t faith. At
a congregational meeting there was
an election of an elder and four dea
cons. Mr. A. P. Miller was elected
the elder and John Roberts, F. B.
Kline, Rudolph Swank and J. G. Wood
were elected deacons. These men are
strong Christian men and will do a
great work for the church. They will
be ordained next Sunday by the pas
tor, Dr. S. D. Bartle.
ALABAMA.
Synod of Alabama: The constitp
tional requirements having been com
plied with, I hereby call the Synod of
Alabama to meet in special session
in the First Presbyterian church of
Birmingham, April 24, at 12 o'clock,
for the following purposes:
1. To hear a report from the Ex
ecutive Committee of Education.
2. To take any action therowith
that may be necessary.
3. To consider the educatidnal in
terests of the Synod and to take any
action therewith that may be neces
sary. Charles S. McDowell, Jr.,
Moderator.
APPALiACHIA.
Black Mountain Church adopted
the following resolutions:
"In light of the fact that our be
loved pastor, Rev. E. L. Siler, desires
to accept a call to another field of
labor and believes that it is the Di
vine will that he should do so; be It
"Resolved, 1. That at his urgent
request we, the Black Mountain
church, unite with him in asking the
Presbytery of Asheville to dissolve the
existing pastoral relation.
"2. That It Is with Borrow that we
take this action and to know that we
are to lose the services of Mr. Siler.
"3. We would hereby express to Mr.
and Mrs. Slier our sincere affection
for them and full confidence in them
and our high appreciation of the ex
cellent selfvlce they have rendered
and the great work they have done
in the church and community since
they have been with us.
"4. We would bear witness to Mr.
Siler as a strong, faithful and efficient
minister of the word of God and as a
tender, patient and devoted pastor.
We would also express to Mrs. Slier
our high appreciation of the faithful
and efficient services which she has
rendered to the church.
"5. That a copy of these resolutions
be placed in the minutes of this meet
ing, be sent to the church papers, and
be presented to Asheville Presbytery
in Its called meeting April 3, 1917.
"6. That Major J. P. Wilson, W.
H. McMurray and E. E. White be ap
pointed as a committer to repersent
the Black Mountain church before
Asheville Presbytery In all matters
relative to the dissolution of the ex
isting pastoral relation.
"7. That we assure Mr. and Mrs.
Slier of our prayers and all good will
and wishes In their new field of labor."
Knoxville Presbytery adopted the
following resolutions at a recent meet
ing:
"1. Whereas, the Presbytery of
Knoxville has Just released Rev. Le
Roy G. Henderson, D. D., at his re
quest, with the consent of his congre
gation, from the pastorate of the
Fifth Avenue church; therefore, be It
"Resolved by Presbytery, That
while we are sure we are guided
bjj the Hand of Providence in our ac
tion, yet individually our hearts are
deeply pained at even the temporary
breaking of the ties which have bound
us so long and to lovingly to Dr. Hen
derson as a mail and as a fellow
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