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VIRGINIA.
Richmond, First. Church: Last Sun
day night the pastor. Rev. Dr. F. T.
McFaden, preached in this church the
commencement sermon of the Medical
College of Virginia.
? Second Church: The morning
service last Sunday was devoted to
the interests of the Sunday school and
to inform the congregation of the
work In the various departments and
to show the important part it lias in
the work of the church. An interest
ing program was rendered, comprising
exercises by the Primary children, re
ports from the various departments,
showing encouraging progress along
all lines. The superintendent, Mr.
John S. Munce, presented his annual
report, and an address was made by
the pastor, Rev. Dr. Russell Cecil.
The exercises were interspersed with
choruses and congregational singing.
Hanipden-Sidney College: At the
meeting of the Board of Trustees last
week this college received a very val
uable gift from Mr. J. R. Lupton, of
Harrisonburg. It consists of the Mas
sanetta Springs property near Harri
sonburg. It comprises forty acres of
valuable land, a large recently built
hotel, and the famous Massanetta
Mineral Springs. The property Is said
to be worth about $125,000. It is to
be xised for the establishment of a
preparatory boys' school, which will
be a feeder to Hampden-Sidney.
The Board conferred the degree of
Doctor of Divinity upon Rev. Thomas
K. Young, pastor of the church at
Lexington, Va.
Tn recognition of the faithful and
efficient work of Professor A. W. Mc
Whorter as acting president for the
past two sessions, the Board adopted
suitable resolutions and presented him
with a handsome gold watch.
Dr. J. D. Fggleston, the newly elect
ed president, will assume the duties
of his office on the first of July. The
prospects for the coming session are
very encouraging.
Lynchburg, Rlvormont A v e n 11 o
Church: At n congregational meet
Ins: held April 30th, the following ad
ditional officers were electe: Elders ?
C.eorge V. Venable and O. G. Bailey.
Deacons ? W. F. Amonette, M. C.
Slaughter, IT. F. Gilliam and J. W.
T.imton. all of whom were ordained
nnd Installed on May 11th. While our
rastor. Rev. F. M. Delaney, has been
In France in Y. M. C. A. war work
since last fall, we have been regular
lv sunnlted by Rev. William Meggin
?on, Superintendent Presbyterian Or
phans' Home. While we have only
morning service. Mr. Megginson
teaches the Men's Bible Class and con
ducts the mid-week prayer service
Our congregation has not only been
held together, but has gradually
Krown in numbers and enthusiasm.
During a Red and Blue Campaign put
on in the Sunday school by Mr. Meg
ginson. we added 100 scholars to our
roll in about eight weeks. The Men's
Rible Class has increased more than
300 per cent., the Sunday school of.
forings almost doubled. Last year we
raised for benevolences and other
causes $4,056. In our Every Member
Canvass for this year we "went over
the top. ? Mr. Megginson is a "live
wire ; he holds a warm place in the
hearts of our people, and wo foel wo
were very fortunate in being able to
secure him as supply during the ab
sence of our pastor. C. H. E
Hopewell: Rev. A. W. Honey, who
was sent by East Hanover Presbytery
In May to take charge of this church!
UP?n hiS Work wlth com.
a ) e zeal and earnestness. He
has had good congregations from the
s art and the Sunday school has been
well attended. On Sunday. June 1st.
I ***? an evangelistic
meeting which seems to be striking
the heart of Hopewell. The meetings
r: naTd ,n the Ch,,rch' but on
the following night were moved to the
fenr^an,,Theater- ?00(1 cr?wds at
ended all the meetings last week
and a choir of good voices assisted
In the services. On Friday night there
\ conversions, followed on
Saturday night by six others. The
services were held again at the church
Dan pnd?y' In the morning Rev.
Dan Graham preached and adminis
te red communion, about fifty persons
being present. There were four ad
thi ? thB ChUrCh at that tIme- At
the night service at the church Rev.
Mr. Honey filled his own pulpit. There
was a great outpouring of the people
of the place, taxing to Its capacity
a IS6 CbUrCh bu,,d,n?- a"d it was
" ?eet "g never before observed in
vadeTfh t SPlr,t ?f earnestness per
d the whole congregation. There
wer. profM?lona, and
twenty former church members came
licl^H V?,Untar?r renewed pub
licly their vows. Mr. Honey asked for
vote as to continuing the meeting.
and it was carried by an overwhelm^
the ma3?rUy' so he announced that
the services will be continued In the
American Theater. It would be of
interest to readers to know that this
uTz ?rd,ng bMn
Tirnth * SSrv,ces hy the Ameen
Mr Ho"' t:? SyHan merchant8 here.
!h? n ? nt>t yet Kraduated from
the Union Theological Seminary, but
Preaches with a power unlual. He is
doing a splendid work hers.
Norfolk, Armstrong Memorial: Sun
day, .T?ne ist. was Children's Day in
the Sunday school, and a most inter
esting program was rendered by the
members of the school before one of
J! iTgG8[ congreBations ever seen in
the church. A very liberal offering
f "V " ^ the C,?Re ?f the service
for Foreign Missions. One important
tfon rf?Kthe Pr?*ram was the recep
bers offh !.'Sm ?f ?"e ?f the
^n Sontl v Cr?^' ?Ur m,8S,?n 8cho?l
v fnT, v? k 18 pro*ressing nlce
and looking forward to doing even
better work in the future than it has
L Tf Pre?bytery purchased for
the mission a nice new home, and
also has secured Miss Tolan. a grad
uate of our Training School, to give
her entire time to this work. flo we
I?n bee!y 'l*' hop?f"1 Miss To
lan begins h~ work here in July. The
hristian Endtcvor Society recently
organized t? dote*
""?*? 'roni ... Plan,
tor our new Suede,- ?hoo, room, >re
rapidly developing, and the pastor had
the pleasure of announcing last Sab
bath the first gift of a thousand dol
lars towards this building. At the
rate our Sunday school is growing we
will soon be forced to have additional
.room. Last Sabbath we had present
three more than were on our roll. The
pastor's salary has been raised again
recently, which makes an increase of
nine hundred dollars since the first of
April. Thq pastor now gives all his
time to this field. For God's rich
blessings we are deeply grateful.
Abingdon, VuM Sinking Spring:
There are three chapels in connection
with Sinking Spring church, in each
of which is a good Sunday school.
Preaching services arc held twice a
month in each of the chapels by Rev.
Wesley Baker and Professor Stephen
son. Beginning with Jime a record
will be made the first of each month
in the Sinking Spring Bulletin of the
four Prosbyterian Sunday schools in
Abingdon. The enrollment, average
attendance and percentage will be
given. It is hoped by a little friend
ly rivalry interest may be so stirred
as to lead to a greatly increased at
tendance. There are now enrolled in
the four schools 381 scholars, and the
average attendance irt May was 289.
Miss Victoria Hudson, of Mooresville,
N. C., and a student in the Assembly
Training School at Richmond, Va.,
last winter, has been secured to as
sist in the missionary activities of
this church. She has already com
menced her work with eager and ear
nest purpose. Following is a brief
summary of work done May 17th to
June 7th:
Visits made, 70; services and meet
ings attended, 27; conferences held in
connection with work of church, 5.
A Young People's Society has been
started at. Lancaster chapel with a
view to organizing a Christian Endea
vor Society. Cor.
APPAIiACHIA.
Bristol, King College : At their an
nual meeting on June 3d, the Board
of Trustees of King College, Bristol,
Tenn., conferred the degree of Doctor
of Divinity upon Rev. Thomas S. Mc
Callie, pastor of the Central Presby
terian church, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and upon Rev. J. A. Bryan, pastor of
the Third Presbyterian church, Bir
mingham, Ala.
ARKANSAS.
Synodicnl Evangelism: Dr. W. M.
Scott has been delayed by sickness in
his family, but has made appoint
ments for three evangelistic meetfngs
as^follows: Prescott, June 15th-25th;
Paragould, June 29th-July 6th; Wom
ble, July 20th- 27th. He expects to
make his home in Batesville and will
remove his family here in the near
future.
Rev. R. A. Brown has been in Okla
homa in several meetings, and expects
to return to Arkansas for evangelistic
wo^k in July.
liittle Rock, Central Prcsbyterlnn
Church: At a congregational meet
ing following the morning worship on
Sabbath, June 8th, the pastor's salary
was increased from $2,400 to $3,000,
said increase to begin with June 1st.
At the same time the congregation
directed the Board Qf Deacons to pur
chase and Install a motion picture and
stereopticon 'machine for use in the
mid-week services. The work of Cen
tral church la encouraging along all
lines; the Interest In the prayer ser
vices is deepening; there have been
fifteen accessions to the church since
the communion services in April, and
the congregations are growing. At
times we have to bring chairs and
place them in the aisles. The con
gregation Is seriously considering the
erection of a new building. This 1?
sadly needed too, as we have no ac
commodations for the Sunday school.
Cor.
FLORIDA.
Ocala: Rov. John R. Herndon, who
has been pastor of?the First Presby
terian church for the last four years,
has accepted a call to the Waugh
town Presbyterian church, of Win
ston-Salem, N. C., and expects to move
to his new field the first of August.
A call meeting of Suwanee Presbytery
will be called for July 1st to act upon
'his resignation.
GEORGIA.
Evangelistic Notes: The work of
Rov. A. M. Thomas, D. D.t one of the
Assembly's general evangelists, is
meeting with increasing favor. Dr.
Thomas recently conducted a most
successful meeting at Forrest City,
Ark., at which there were eighty-five
professions of faith, and $50,000 was
subscribed for a new church building.
There was also an offering of $1,100
for the expenses of the meeting, be
sides a liberal purse for Dr. Thomas.
This insures the largest and best
equipped church building for Presby
terians in all Eastern Arkansas, and
at the same time our Own church has
been wonderfully revived and the en
tire community greatly helped.
At the recent meeting of the Execu
tive Committee, plans were adopted
with great heartiness for a Church
wide Campaign on Evangelism to be
inaugurated this fall under the lead
ership of the Department of Evangel
ism, and carried on through the va
rious Presbyteries of the Assembly.
Our Church stands foremost among all
the churches in America in soul-win
ning, but it is the desire of the com
mittee to largely increase the.Church's
activities in this direction.
The committee also authorized the
Department of Evangelism to secure
and place in the field as. rapidly as
possible additional evangelists. This
step has been made necessary by the
increased calls that have come to the
Department for Evangelistic Services.
Atlanta, West End Church: The
Men's Association of this church is
making splendid progress and doing
a really great work. - On Sunday night.
May 25th, the men* took charge of
the evening service and conducted a
wonderful meeting in the presence of
a large congregation. The following
Sunday about twenty, of them went
out -to a mission point just beyond
the city limits and conducted a gospel
service there with great acceptance.
They propose now to conduct at least
one Sunday .evening service each
month and two of the prayer meet
ings, in addition to any other reli
gious service that they may be called
upon for at other places. At a recent
congregational meeting Messrs. J. S.
Boardman, R. M. Clayton, L. A. Hol
llngsworth and George H. Seal were
unanimously elected as deacons, and
on the following Sabbath were or
dained and installed.
? Westminster Church: Thfys con
gregation Is rejoicing in the coming
of their new pastor. Rev. John W.
Caldwell, Jr., D. D. Dr. Caldwell has
been greeted by large audiences and
has entered upon his pastorate here
with great acceptance.
? ? College Park Church: On Sal
bath, June 1st, this congregation
called Dr. John H. Elliott, of Phila
delphia, to be its pastor, and they
have every assurance" that Dr. Elliott %
will accept. Dr. Elliott has been sup
plying the North Avenue church in
the absence of Dr. Flynn, who la in
'Europe at present. This church feels
that it will be very fortunate to se
cure his services.
? Inman Park. Church: Mr. Nor
man Johnson, of the recent gradua
tion class of Union Theological Sem
inary, has accepted the hearty call