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The Presbvterian of the South
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REV. W M S CAMPBELL. D. D.
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REV. A. A. LITTLE. D. D.
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CHURCH NEWS
VIRGINIA.
Richmond : Pastors are arranging
for tlielr vacations and the churches
are arranging for supplies during the
absence of the pastors. At the Sec
ond church Rev. Dr. \V. T. Thomp
son, of Union Theological Seminary,
will preach the first three Sundays in
August, and Rev. Dr. H. T. Graham,
of Florence, S. C., will preach the
last Sunday of that month and the
first in September. At the Third
church Rev. Dr. R. V. Lancaster, of
Ashland. Va., will sirpply the pulpit
in August. Rev. Dr. Eitgene C. Cald
well will preach at Westminster dur
ing June and July. Rev. Dr. S. Ad
dison McElrov, of Idahell, Okla., will
preach at Grace-Covennnt church for
four Sundays. He began Inst Sunday
and pleased the peopl? grently.
The Men's Bible- Class of the First
church has been most fortunate in
securing for its teacher through the
summer months Rev. Dr. Theron H.
Rice, Professor of English Bible in
Union Theological Seminary. Dr.
Rice needs no introduction to Rich
mond or the Southern Presbyterian
Church. A most interesting series of
lectures has been mapped out by him,
and it is earnestly hoped that all men
as far as possible will avail therr;
selve.s of this great opportunity. The
class has enjoyed a steady and con
tinued growth, having found it neces
sary to tear out a partition in tho
Church House to seat its membership.
A most cordial invitation is extended
to all men to join the class.
East Hanover Presbylerj will hold
an adjourned meeting on Monday,
June 27th, at 10 A. M. in the Pres
byterian Publishing House in Rich
mond.
Alexandria: The pastor. Rev Dr.
John Lee Allison, occupied the pulpit
of the Central Presbyterian church,
Washington, IX C., oil a recent Sab
bath while the pastor. Rev. Dr. J. tines
H. Taylor, attended the General As
sembly in St. Louis, Mo. The local
Christian Endeavor Society had J. B.
Fowler and Malcolm Brenner as del
egates to the State Convention, which
met in Lynchburg, Va., recently. They
reported a tine conveution with 300
delegates present. The pastor. Rev
Dr. Allison, attended the Loudoun
County Sunday School Convention
near Leeshurg on June 7th and de
livered the main address. His sub
ject was the "Sabbath School and the
Kingdom of Christ." There was a
prood attendance and many vital
topics were considered by those who
took part in the discussions, llr. Al
lison, as chaplain of Alexandria- Wash
ington liOdpre of Masons, made a vis
itation with other officers of the lodge
to the William Ij. Flkins Lodge of
Philadelphia. Pa. Tt being their fif
teenth anniversary, a handsome copy
of the Holy Rible was presented. Br.
Allison made the presentation spcech.
Stnunton, Second Church: Our
church has the services of Miss T-il
lian McAlpine ns pastor's assistant
during vacation. Miss McAlpine is i
student at Agnes Scott College. Her
parents. Dr. and Mrs. R. K. McAlpine.
are missionaries in Japan. Miss Kath
eryn McPherson and Miss Chloe Peck
are now in charge of our Irish Creek
Mission at Cornwall, Va. Miss Eliza
Fawner, one of the girls of our local
church, spent a week with them. Sh.?
eives a glowing account of the won
derful work they are doing. In addi
tion to the three missionaries our
church supported last year, we will
have an interest in one in Mexico
and one in Africa.
Mrs. W. T. O'Connor.
T>an\ille, First Church: At the
Children's ay exercises the second
Sunday in June there were almost.
500 present, and the contributions
amounted to about $650. All collec
tions on this occasion go to Foreign
Missions. This year the Daily Vaca
tion Bible School is held in this
church in the Sunday school room:-,
jointly with the Mount Vernon Meth
odist Church, and there is an enroll
ment of 2 50 children, all eager to
attend. The school has proved to be
a wonderful success, and is to be a
permanent institution in this church.
A delegation of our young folks leave
this week for Montreat to attend thy
Young People's Conference there
J. W. C.
ALABAMA.
Montgomery. Prfsbjt eria 11 Paro
chial School Closing: The annual
sermon to the school was preached
by Rev .W. F. Witherspoon June 6th
at 4 P. M. Quite a large crowd was
out to hear him. On Thursday night,
June 9th. we had our annual concert.
The church could not hold the people.
We have enrolled over 200 pupils for
the year. One of the special features
this year was the teaching of the Sun
day school lesson each Thursday by
Miss Martha Bruce, a member of the
Trinity Presbyterian church. The
children were greatly helped by her
instruction. We made the Bible one
of our text books. They were taught
the Catechisms and to sing the gos
pel songs and negro melodies. Our
building is entirely too small.
I. C. H. Champney.
Auburn: Rev. R. W. Miles, Jr., as
sistant pastor of the First church,
Greensboro, N C., has accepted the
call to this church, and is expected
to begin his work here on July 1st.
One of the attractive features of this
field is that the University of Ala
bama is located here. Mr. Miles ha>
had much experience working among
students at Uavidson, N. C.f and is u
man well fitt"d to continue that work
successfully here.
APPAhACHIA.
Abingdon I'rexbyleiy met. pursuant
to adjournment, in Pulaski, Vh., June
f. 1921. Rev. Joseph W. Bell was
received from the Reformed Church
(Classis of North Carolina, Synod of
Potomac), and arrangements made
for his installation as pastor of Rock
Spring and Bethel churches. July 31st.
The installation commission is com
posed of Revs. C. R. I-acy, W. M
Walsh, J. E. Guthrie, and E'ders A.
11. Rvars and T. D. llutton. Camli
(I iIp W. B. Knox, of Concord Presby
tery, was received by transfer and
examined for licensure and ordina
tion, and lie was ordained as an evan
gelist. to labor in the North Fork
field, W. Va.
A second meeting was held in
Abingdon on June 13th. Rev. J. M
Sedgwick resigned the pastorate of
Royal Oak and Seven Mile Ford
chnrclios. The churches concurred in
the request for a dissolution of the
pastoral relation, and the resignation
was accepted and Mr. Sedgwick grant
ed a letter of dismissal to Fort Worth
Presbytery, that he might accept a
call to the First church, Itasca, Tex.
Mr. Sedgwick resigned as Stated Clerk
of the Presbytery, to take effect Sep
tember 1st. Presbytery adjourned to
meet in Bethesda church, Carroll
County, September 7, 1921, 2 P. M.
J. M. Sedgwick, S. C.
ARKANSAS.
Prescot t : The Revs. J. P. Kidd
and F. F. Fitch, Svnodical evangel
ists. concluded a fifteen days' evan
gelistic service with the Federated
church here, ending June 12th. Mr.
Kidd did the preaching and Mr. Fitch
led the singing. There was good in
terest from the beginning, and the
attendance was above the average.
For three Sunday nights the other
churches of the city closed and united
with the Presbyterians, and these au
diences were very large and extra
seats had to be provided. There were
thirty additions to the church, twen
ty-nine on profession, and sixteen
were baptized by the pastor. This
church has a very live Sunday school
and has a larger attendance of men
and boys than women and girls, and
of the thirty additions nineteen were
men and boys. In addition to local
expenses, the offering for Synod's
work amounted to $135.50. Others
are expected to unite with the church
in a short time.
FLORIDA.
Live Oak: Since Dr. A. R. Shaw
began his work as supply at Live Oak,
there have been fifteen additions to
the church. The Sabbath school re
cently had its picnic on the banks of
the celebrated Suwanee River.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta: The Gordon Street Pres
byterian church has experienced a de
lightful period of spiritual refreshing
through the preaching of that won
derful man of God, Rev. R. <?. Mc;
Lees, of Chatham, Va., who conduct
ed a series of evangelistic servlcej
during May. The services were ex
ceedingly well attended, and it was
greatly regretted that Dr. McLees
could not give us more of his valua
ble time. A large number made pro
fessions of faith and have united with
the church: also a number were re
ceived by letter, and there nre still
others yet to be received. A feature
of the meetings were the song ser
vices, conducted by Walter R. Buhler.
who also gave illustrated talks to the
children each afternoon. The effects
of the visit of Dr. and Mrs. McLeea
to the church will be long felt, and
our prayer to God is that they majf
continue to be used of Him In doing
His will in their very unusual way.
and which they themselves so greatly
enjoy. We esteem it a great privilege
to have had them with us, and trust
that they may repeat the v!frit at no
far distant date.
Carl R. Cunningham.
Jonetthoro: During our recent pro
tracted meeting the preaching was
done by Rev. J. Marion Stafford, of
Griffin. His sermons were clean-cut
logical presentations of gospel truth,
instructive and edifying, and much
good was accomplished.
MAUVLANI).
I'otoipac Presbytery : Rev. William
Cumming, 1>. D., Synodical Evangelist
of Kentucky, has been culled as Su
perintendent of Home Missions and
Sunday School Work in this Presby
tery. Dr. Cumming has signified hi*
acceptance of this call, and will be
gin his work in this field on July I,
1921. For the present tho scheduh
of evangelistic services will be ar
ranged for Dr. Cumming by the chair
man of Home Missions, Rev. W. J.
McMillan, D. D., 24 50 Maryland Av?
nue, Baltimore. Let the pastors and
churches interested in having the ser
vices of Dr. Cumming in special meet
ings write at once to the chairman of
the Home Mission Committee.
\V. J. McMillan.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Greensboro: The Church by th<>
Side of the Road, of which Rev. Wade
C. Smith is pastor, celebrated its first
anniversary on June 12tli. Mr. C.
A. Rowland, of Athens, Ga., and I)r.
J. P. McCallie, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
came to take part in these exercises,
and each made an address. During
the year this church has done a mosc
excellent work and has had a most
remarkable growth. On its four-acre
lot it is developing the social side of
the church in a very practical way.
It is also doing an excellent commu
nity work through a trained nurse,
who makes about 125 visits a week,
and has brought about a hundred new
members into the Sunday school dur
ing the year. A year ago the total
enrollment in the school was thirty.
Stinday before last there were 27ft
present. The Boys' Club has grown
from three to twenty-five, the Girls'
Club from five to forty-one, the Chris
tian Endeavor from eight to twenty
live, the Men's Club from six to nine
ty-two, the Woman's Work has shown
equal growth, the Auxiliary being now
organized into four circles.
Rev. Gypsy Smith, Jr., who WiU
conducting a series of meetings nt
Lexington, preached at the First
church in this city Sunday before last.
The pastor, Rev. Dr. C. F. Myers, was
preaching that day at Washington and
Lee University at Lexington, Va. On
Wednesday of this week more than
two hundred members of this con
gregation went to Brevard to spend a
two weeks' vacation at Camp Sap
phire.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Knoree Presbytery: Schedule for
the Summer Evangelistic Campaign:
Antioch, Kev. J. K. Roberts; Campa
hello, Rev. T. D. Johnston; Can?
Creek, Rev, Marshall Woodson; Cen
ter Point, Rev. W. A. Hafner; Clif
ton. Rev. R. M. Phillips; Enoree, Rev.
C. O'N. Martindale; Jonesville, Rev.
W. A. Hafner; Falrview, Rev. W. W.
Sprouse; Fulton. Rev. R. M. Phillip*:
Landrum, Rev. T. P. Burgees; Licfc
vllle, Rev. O. G. Gunn; Lock hart.
Rev. J. F. Matheson; Mt. Tahor, Rev.
J. F. Brown; Mt. Vernon, Rev. T. P
Burgess; McCarter, Rev. C. (J. Gunn;
New Harmony, Rev. J. G. Walker;
Pacolet, Rev. J. K. Roberts; Roebuck.
Rev. J. G. Walker; Wellford, Rev. J
K. Roberts.
J. K. Roberts, Supt.
Fountain Inn: The Ladies' Auxil
iary recently presented a Home Mi?*
slon pageant. Rev. J. K. Robert*
made an address on Home Mission
Work. He-conducted communion ser
vice the fourth Sunday in May. Two
members were received by letter.
Fountain Inn and New Harmony have
formed a new group, and have called