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ner of life they have to live, being
outcasts from the world. Truly this
young man has chosen the hard places
to carry the gospel to those whose
only hope in this world is in a Sa
viour. The Christian people of West
Point love to do honor to one of her
noble sons who can sacrifice himself
for the helpless and hopeless of this
world.
Elder.
Missonti.
Kansas City: Rev. W. I*. Ncilson,
I). I) , pastor of Hast minster church,
has declined a unanimous call to tlic
Lafayette Square Presbyterian church
tl*. s. A.). Baltimore, Md. The correct
mailing address of Dr. Ncilson and the
church is 210 Ftcnlon Boulevard.
NOItTII CAROLINA.
Charlotte: The Rev. .lohn K. Wool
was installed pastor of Pegram Street
church on Sabbath evening. June 22d,
by .1 commission of Mecklenburg Pres
bytery. The Rev. W. R. McCalla, of
Sugar Creek church, presided and
charged the pastor. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. C. H. Little, oJ
Sharon church, and the Rev. C. G.
Lynch, of St. Paul's church, Char
lotte, delivered the charge to the peo
ple.
Wilmington: Hev. John M. Wells,
D. 1J., pastor of the First church, was
in Jackson, Miss., last week delivering
a series of lectures at a Bible Confer
ence being held there. Rev. R. A.
Lapsley, Jr.. preached for him on Sun
day, June 22d.
Fayetteville Presbytery: Reports
from the districts give promise of a
successful Sunday school drive July
tith to lltli.
In District No 2 Scotland and Robe
son counties are well organized for
the drive. No report as yet has been
received from Hoke county; but we
know her work of faith in the Sunday
Schools of old, and that her workers
will not fall short of full success.
in District No 3, Moore, Lee and
Chatham counties, the plans for the
drive are well laid. Several laymen
will help on the speaking teams.
In District No 1, Cumberland coun
ty, is ready to go over the top. Noth
ing less could be expected of her
workers. The drive in Harnett and
Johnston counties has been postponed
until outside help can be brought in
to aid these hard pressed brethren
who have been laboring so faithfully
in this our greatest Home Mission ter
ritory.
The ultimate success of the drive
depends upon making the religious
survey. In answer to the question,
why make a religious survey in view
of the fact that the government takes
a census every ten years? we beg to
say that the government census and
our religious survey are not alike,
and the objects to be attained are not
the same. The government tabulates
certain data and gives the totals for
towns, counties States, etc., while our
religious survey separates the indi
vidual by name from the mass of pop
ulation for the purpose of enabling
the Church to reach him with the
gospel, and to bring him into t^ie
Sunday school in order that he, too,
may try to help win others in the com
munity which the survey reveals as
unsaved. Furthermore, Dr. Carroll's
Religious Statistics are not only use
less, but are worthless as a basis for
ascertaining the religious conditions
in the bounds of our congregation in
asmuch as he merely compiles the re
ports sumbitted to him by the pas
tors who ropy the same from the min
utes of their church courts.
Our survey classifies every person
in the community from infants to
grandparents as to church affiliation
and Sunday school attendance. It
gives the information necessary for
personal work, for the organization of
the Home Class and Cradle Roll De
partments, and for the gathering into
the Sunday school those as yet un
reached by the Church.
One country church has made its
survey. The boundary of this congre
gation is SxlO miles, or eighty square
miles. This survey did not cost this
church .$.">00. No, not r>0 cents. The
Sunday s<jliool workers of all pur
churches are ready to follow aggres
sive leadership. If the leadership fails
the survey will fail.
J. K. Roberts, Ch.
Davidson: Rev. C. E. Ervin will
have the profound sympathy of a large
circle of friends in the sorrow that has
come to him and his five children in
t lie death of his beloved wite, that
occurred bore suddenly Monday night.
Mrs. Edvin was a niece of the late Dr.
Dr. J. n. Shearer. Mrs. Ervin was
universally esteemed and loved by all
who know her. She was a woman of
fine character and beautiful Christian
spirit.
Mr. Robert Miles, accompanied by
Mrs. Miles, has returned to Davidson
from the Blue Ridge Conference to
take up his duties at once as secre
tary of the Greater Davidson Club.
Mr. Miles did a fine work during the
past session as war work secretary,
and that he is to return to Davidson
next year to devote his full time to
the Y. M. C. A. as secretary augurs
well for the association and its effi
ciency. Davidson is unique in having
such an officer. Thanks to Mr. Miles,
the students and their special friends
the association has secured the piano,
victrola, moving picture outfit and
other equipment used here last season
under the War Work Council's pro
vision.
Attractive folders containing excel
lent pictures of the campus and vari
ous buildings, some three or four in
number, are ready for distribution
from the president's office. Space in
the new dormitories has been taken
so rapidly that it looks as if the new
session is surely to see a very large
enrollment of students. The regis
trar's office so interprets conditions.
Dr. Martin and family leave in a
few days for Blowing Peak, where he
hopes to regain his strength complete
ly and be ready for work in the fall.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Florence: This church had several
services recently that were of very
unusual interest.
A "welcome meeting" was held for
those who had been in the service. The
church has forty-seven stars on its
flag, representing the army, navy and
one Red Cross nurse. Fortunately
every one of those who entered upon
this great adventure has returned in
safety. The welcome service was,
therefore, an occasion of special grati
tude to God for His protecting care.
Mr. R. B. Fulton spoke' for the armv
and Mr. M. R. McCown for the navy.
The pastor, Dr. H. Tucker Graham,
expressed the gratitude of the congre
gation as well as his own, in having
the boys safely home again. The
music was an especially interesting
feature to the great congregation
present.
On Wednesday evening a delightful
supper was served by the ladies on
the church lawn, primarily for "the
boys," and incidentally as a kind of
"get together" occasion for the whole
congregation. The weather was per
fect, the attendance large, the supper
delicious and abundant, and every one
went away grateful and happy.
The annual Children's Day exercises
were observed. Everything spectacu
lar was avoided and the service was
made impressive and instructive by
its very simplicity. The singing and
other participation on (he part of the
children was of special interest, and
excellence. An unusual feature of the
program consisted of brief addresses
delivered by young men just returned,
from the service ? Messrs. It. II. Ful
ton and T. It. Miller. An offering was
made for Foreign Missions.
Sunday, June ir?th. was observed ;is
"Home Coining Day" by this church.
A large congregation was present. The
Scripture readings, prayers, hymns
and special music were all woven into
the main thought of the service ?
church attendance. The theme of the
pastor. Dr. II. Tucker Graham, was
"The Ideal Church-doer," who was
none other than I lie blessed Master
himself, lie emphasized the reasons
why Jesus was always in the sanctu
ary, stated the excuses he might have
given for absenting himself, had he
chosen to stay away, and then made
pointed application of these various
reasons to his own congregation. The
service was deeply imprefssive and
helpful. All present greeted the pas
tor cordially and then passed out to
their homes, feeling that it was good
to have been there. B.
TENNESSEE.
Presbytery of Memphis, in ad
journed special session today, received
into its membership the Itev. W. L.
Carson upon certificate of dismission
from the Presbytery -of East Hanover.
J. H. Lumpkin, S. C.
Purdy, MeXairy County: The most
interesting thing in connection with
the work of this lield is the interest
that is being taken in studying the
liible. and the way in which a knowl
edge of Cod's word is being given to
the young people of this country is,
indirectly, Sunday school extension
work.
There are many communities in this
section of the country where no suc
cessful Sunday, school work has ever
been done, and a great many grown
up people have never been in a Sun
day school. The people of these com
munities really want the Sunday
schools, but on account of the lack of
Christian leadership it is impossible
to have them until leaders can be
trained. For twenty-five or thirty
years the county schools in the conn
try have only run from three to five
months during the year. The Bible
has never been taught in the home or
in the school. Very little gospel has
been preached. The people, for the
most part, are poor, and so many are
not Christians. ,
It seemed evident, from the condi
tions found here, that to do a perma
nent work further steps should be
taken to give these children a practi
cal education, and especially Bible
training. To solve this great problem
the Presbytery of Memphis, through
its workers, has established a school
at Old Purdy, once the county seat,
and from which roads run in every
direction through thickly settled com
munities, where for eight months dur
ing the year five Christian teachers
toil with all their might to give the
pupils j list what they need to^enter
college or for life work
The results of the past five sessions
are very gratifying, and prove that
the "project" is worth while. The
average enrollment for the five ses
sions is one hundred and three. The
pupils love the study of the Bible.
About thirty-five have given their
hearts to Ood, and almost all of these
have united with the Presbyterian
church. Several of the larger soys
and girls are thinking seriously of
studying for the ministry or preparing
for missionary work. A great change
has come over the whole community.
A number of young men and young
women from other communities have
gone hack home prepared to superin
tend or teach in Sunday schools. Two
churches have been organized, and an
other is expected to he organized this
summer. The time is not far in the
future when evergreen Sunday schools
can he found in all of the communi
ties reached hy this school and
churches can he organized with good
material for officers.
The expense of operation is surpris
ingly low ? loss than the salary of one
teacher in many schools. The current
expenses of the past session, includ
ing salaries for four teachers, board
for throe of these, and other necessary
expenses, amounted to only $l,016.fi3.
It. might ho interesting to note that
the board for eacli teacher, and for
each of the pupils who were with us.
was $7.03 per month, and one of our
girls gained over twenty pounds in
flesh while she was here, and had in
fluenza and pneumonia too during the
time.
The hearts of the workers will be
made to rejoice when about $.r>,000
can be raised, with which a dormitory,
that is sorely needed, can be built.
Then the hundreds of boys and girls
who are anxious for this training can
be reached.
Charles N. Ralston.
Bethel Springs, Tenn.
TEXAS.
Itasca: This church, of which Rev.
Dr. S. A. McKlroy is pastor, has just
received two new members. Mr. J. T.
Barton, the superintendent of the Sun
day school, attended the State Sunday
school Convention in Galveston last
week.
Presbytery of Western Texas met
in called session at Corpus Christi,
Tex., on June 17, 1919. Rev. M. 1\
Cain was received from the Presby
tery of Memphis and arrangements
made for his installation at Akansas
Pass, Tex. Rev. Herbert McDermott
was received from the Presbytery of
Philadelphia, North (IT. S. A.), and
will have charge of the church at Har
lingen, Tex.
Licentiate S. Brooks McLane was
received under the care of the Pres
bytery by transfer from Ft. Worth
Presbytery. Mr. McLane is assisting
in the work of the Texas Mexican In
dustrial Institute at Kingsville, Tex.
Rev. C. C. White was granted a let
ter of dismission to the Presbytery of
Aberdeen, S. D. (U. S. A.).
A call from the First Presbyterin
church of San Antonio, Tex., for the
services of Rev. Fred L. McFadden to
be the associate pastor to Rev. Arthur
G. Jones, D. D., was placed in Mr.
McFadden's hands and a commission
was appointed to install him at such
time as may be agreed upon by all
parties. J. Leighton Green, S. C.
PERSONAL.
Rev. Runynn McLeod: The Board
of Trustees of Park College, Missouri,
has conferred the degree of D. 1). on
Rev. Bunyan McLeod, Ph. I).. for a
number of years pastor of the Pres
byterian church at Harrpdsburg, Ky.,
and now pastor of Westminster Pres
byterian church, Charlotte, N. C.
NEW STEWARDSHIP SECRETARY.
As convener of the General Assem
bly's new Committee of Systematic
Beneficence and Stewardship, I wish
hereby to introduce to you the Rev.
W. R. Galbraith, D. D., the new sec
retary of stewardship of our Church.
Dr. Galbraith has been the pastor