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CHURCH NEWS.
(Continued from page 9)
tative. Mr. Garth is a graduate of
the Southwestern Presbyterian Uni
versity at Clarksville, Teun., having
taken the Master of Arts degree there
in 1S94 and the degree of Bachelor
of Divinity the following year. He
has held four pastorates, all in promi
nent churches: Humboldt. Tenn., six
and a half years; Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
four years; New Bern, N. C., two and
a half years, and for the past ten
years he has served the First Presby
terian church of Hickory, N. C. In
scholarship, in experience, in natural
gifts, in strength of character, and in
the graces of Christian manhood, Mr.
Garth seems to be specially fitted for
the work into which he is now en
tering, and his coining to us gives
Westminster an unusually strong
faculty as out. other teachers, true and
tried, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Bartlett,
will also remain with us.
T. E. P. Woods.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Presbytery of South Carolina will
meet in the First church of Laurens,
April 22, 1919, at S P. M.
Presbyterian College of South Caro
lina: The baccalaureate sermon at
the Presbyterian College of South
Carolina, Clinton, will be delivered by
Rev. Dr. H. Tucker Graham, of Flor
ence, S. C., Sunday morning, June 1st,
in the First Presbyterian church. The
sermon before the Y. M. C. A. will
be delivered in the evening by Rev.
J. P. Marion, of Sumter, S. C. Major
Frederick J. deRohan is now on the
grounds organizing the R. O. T. C.
Dr. William E. Hoy, a Ph. D. of
Princeton University, has been elected
professor of biology, and will take up
his work next September.
C'hicora College for Women: On
May the 27th Chicora College for
Women will close one of the most
successful years it has enjoyed. The
enrollment for the session has been
three hundred and nineteen. The
Rev. H. Waddell Pratt, Abbeville, S.
C., will preach the baccalaureate ser
mon, and the Rev. C. A. Freed, D. D?
Columbia, S. C., the Y. W. C. A. ser
mon. United States Senator William
P. Pollock has been secured to de
liver the annual literary address.
TEXAS.
Paris Presbytery: The work of the
superintendent of Home Missions is
given in the following items: One hun
dred and seventy-three sermons
preached, 9,334 miles traveled, 610
pastoral visits made with these re
sults: four home missionaries in field,
thirteen persons received upon certifi
cate and four by profession, four
adult baptisms and four infant bap
tisms, $617.41 secured for presby
terial Home Missions and $175.21 for
Assembly causes. The prospects of
the Presbytery seem considerably
brighter.
Taylor: The Mexiian Presbyterian
church of Taylor had a very precious
day Sunday, the 6th of this month.
It marked the close of the Presby
?terlal year and also the close of a six
day protracted meeting. Three ser
vices were held, morning, afternoon
and night. At the afternoon service
there were one hundred and fifty peo
ple present, and we had the great joy
of welcoming twelve hew members,
nine of whom were received on exami
nation. Eight children were baptized,
and the Lord's Supper was celebrated
lmpressibly. These twelve members
make seventy new members this
church has received during the year,
fifty-three on profession, and seven
teen by certificate, or renewal of their
vows. Ten candidates from out of
the city failed to come, but they will
be received soon. During the year
this church gave thirty-five members
to form the Waco Mexican church. It
lost five by death, and nine others
were stricken from the roll. . Its pres
ent membership is two hundred and
twenty-eight. Ten services were held
during the protracted meeting. Rev.
Reynaldo Avila, of Waco, doing the
preaching. One of these services was
held at a branch mission seven and
a half miles from town in the after
noon, and we had seventy-seven pres
ent. Our student leaves to-day for
the Tex.-Mex. Institute at Kingsville.
The Waco church is only six months
old. It can't talk yet, but we will
hear from it very soon.
W. S. S.
Houston: Dr. William States Ja
cobs, pastor of the First church,
preached his farewell sernflon April
6th to his congregation, prior to his
leaving for France on a war mission.
Dr. Frank Fincher, who recently
resigned his post as pastor of the
Second church to engage in evangelis
tic work, was present at the services.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Huntington, Firs>t Church: The
Every Member Canvass has been com
pleted and the full amount of the
budget. $33,800, has been subscribed.
Twenty-six new members were re
ceived into the fellowship and service
of the church on the first Sunday in
April. The contract for a new
$10,000 organ for the church audi
torium has been awarded. The pres
ent organ will he rebuilt in the Sun
day-school auditorium.
? Second Presbyterian Church: At
the Christian Endeavor Rally, Hunt
ington District, held at the First
United Brethren church on Friday
evening, March 28th, the Christian
Endeavor Society of this church won
the banner for the largest attendance,
which was twenty-eight, and also for
the largest percentage of attendance
according to enrollment of society.
Our .society has an enrollment of
thirty-four. Only one banner, how
ever, according to the rules, can be
awarded any one society, so the next
society, the First United Brethren, re
ceived the second banner. Our presi
dent, Mr. Frank Vanderau, made a
very neat speech of acceptance when
the banner was presented.
Our Sunday-school v has a very
unique record for scholars holding
pins for attendance. Pins are only
given for consecutive attendance. No
excuse, not even sickness, is accepted.
The names of the holders of pins
showing the number of years of con
secutive Sunday attendance follows:
Mr. Harold Pannell, seventeen years
old, eleven years without missing a
Sunday; Mrs. C. E. Surbaugh, teacher,
seven years; Eldon Surbaugh, nine
years; Allen Surbaugh, seven yearn;
Mary Frances Surbaugh, seven years;
Howard Wylie, six years; Ruth Put
huff, six years; Charlotte Arthur, five
years; Chloe Edith Wylie, five years;
James Jones, five years: Mayme Belle
Kinney, five years; Earl Gallaher.
four years; Ernest Gallaher, four
years; Lawrence Kinney, four years;
Virginia Kinney, four years; Ethel
Gallaher, three years; Ethel Taylor
Jones, three years; Grace Puthuff,
four years; Mrs. Lillian Surbaugh,
teacher, three years; Paul Allen, two
years; Phoebe Kinney, two years;
Charles T. Surbaugh, two year*;
Aubrey Bryan, -one year; Ernest Mfd
kiff, one years; William Boggess, one
year. C. R. G.
Davis and Elkiiis College: A spe
cial meeting of the trustees of Davis
& Elklns College was held in Elkins
March 2f*th to consider the ad
visability of proceeding to break
ground at once for a new building to
be known as a Science Hall and
Library. This building will provide
ample facilities for the three depart
ments of science as well as for the
library, and in addition will have a
few class rooms, a large auditorium
and a modern gymnasium. The build
ing will probably cost not less than
$60,000. The Board unanimously de
cided to proceed at once to arrange
for the erection of this building dur
ing the summer and fall by accept
ing the plans of the architect of the
present Administration Hall and
men's dormitory. Notwithstanding the
adverse influences of the war, the pres
ent report showed that the college had
weathered the storm very satisfac
torily and that the annual deficit this
year would not be in excess of that of
former years, in fact there may be no
deficit at all. By reason of the in
creased enrollment of young ladies
the loss in the attendance of boys due
? o the war was largely offset. A
building formerly used for hospital
purposes has been leased for two
years -for dormitory purposes for
young women which will enable the
president to return to his home at
the close of the present session.
Keyser: This church has asked for
bids for erecting a new Sunday school
building, which they hope to begin
work on very soon.
Dann, Putney Memorial Church:
On Sunday, April 6th, this church cel
ebrated its quarterly communion, at
which time six members were wel
comed into the church. Two were
received on profession of faith, two
on reinstatement of their faith and
two by letter. The church Is looking
forward to the coming of L)r. Hall
for a series of meetings beginning
Easter Sunday. The first E. M. C.
of the church has just been concluded
with thirty pledges for local expenses
and thirteen pledges for benevolences.
Four hundred and thirty-four dollars
and fifty cents were pledged for the
local budget and $152.80 for bener?v
lences. This, including what will be
raised by special collections in the
Sabbath Bchool, will carry this church
forward in its support of the general
work of the church.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Rev. R. Q. Riley, from Milton,
Tenn., to Hubbard, Tex., where he be
comes the pastor of the Presbyterian
church, U. S. A.
Rev. E. P. Paisley, from San An
tonio to McAllen, Tex.
Rov. Frank D. Hunt, from De
Funiak, Fla., to Albany, Ga. He will
be evangelist of Macon Presbytery.
Rev. C. M. Chumbley, from Waynes
boro to 1109 Green Street, Augusta,
Ga.
Rev. George H. Rector, from Corn
wall, Va., to Sutton. W. Va.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The fifty-ninth General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the United
States will convene in the Napoleon
Avenue church, New Orleans, Thurs
day, May 15th, 11 A. M., and be
opened with a sermon by the Rev.
James I. Vance, D. D., the Moderator
of the last Assembly, to be followed
by the sacrament of t^e Lord's Sup
per.
The clerks will be In the church
Wednesday afternoon and evening,
and Thursday morning from 9 to 11,
for the purpose of enrolling the com
missioners, who are requested to re
port with their commissions as
promptly as practicable after their
arrival.
By appointment of the last Assem
bly the first evening will be devoted
to addresses in commemoration of the
centennial of the organized work of
education.
The Federal authorities in control
of the railroads of the country have
declined to grant special rates to those
attending the Assembly. But the
ministerial commissioners can use
their clergy certificates and thus se
cure tickets through to New Orleans
at half rates. If any have not pro
cured these certificates they are urged
to get them at once and use them on
this trip.
Thos. H. Law,
Stated Clerk.
J. D. Leslie,
Permanent Clerk
REFORMATION DAY.
October 20tli.
The committee appointed by the
General Assembly to suggest a sub
ject for presentation to our people on
Reformation Day, which Ms the last
Sunday in October, will recommend
that the Assembly select, as the topic
for this 'year. The Edict of Nantes.
The story of the issuance of this edict
by Henry IV and its revokation by
Louis XIV will bring up the whole
history of the heroic Huguenot Church
and the present condition and pros
pects of Protestantism in France, a
subject of peculiar and urgent interest
at this time. m
There are still more than half a
million Protestants in France. When
the war began in 1914, the old
Huguenot Church was a body of con
siderable size. Its strength was
largely in Northern France in the ter
ritory overrun by the German in
vaders. Here were its largest and
wealthiest congregations. They have
suffered tremendous losses; many of
their churches and manses have been
destroyed, many of their members
have been slain in battle, nearly one
hundred of their ministers and theo
logical students lost their lives in
action or from sickness while serving
In the French army, and many others
returned home severely wounded and
permanently disabled. Yet these deci
mated and impoverished churches
have continued their work as best they
could through the storm of war,
preaching the gospel to their stricken
people in their shell-torn towns and
ruined villages and circulating the
Scriptures among their soldiers in the
camps and trenches. They emerge
from the war stripped of property and
diminished in numbers, but with the
hearty respect and full confidence of
their countrymen, many of whom see
in Protestantfsm the only religion
consistent with democracy. It is this
that gives them their coign of van
tage and their great opportunity.
But in their poverty they need our
help. The Interchurch Committee for
Christian Relief asks the evangelical
churches of the United States for $3,
000,000.00 for this work in Northern
France and Belgium. Our Southern
Presbyterian Church is asked to give
$100,000.00 of this amount. Our
War Work Council has added this to
its budget, and it Is earnestly hoped
that all our people will help to raise
it. Let us remind ourselvei of our
debt to the martyr church of France,
and let us come to her help in this
day of her sore need and her great
opportunity.
In view of the participation of our
Church in this movement for the re
lief of our brethren in France, the
history of French Protestantism is a
specially suitable and timely subject
for consideration In our own obser
vance of Reformation Day this year.
W. W. Moore.
Russell Cecil,
Committee.
The door which swings between
here and hereafter may be dark on
its earthly side. Its heavenly side is
bright.