The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-11-04

Mr.. ]. H. II. winfree. licentiate of EaS
Hanover PreSbytery, has been invited to sup
ply Stony Run and New Bethany one year
and has entered upon his work with pleasing
auspices The friends of New Bethany church
have purchased house and twenty acres o
land for their ministers home.
Mr.. Winfree' Post office is Williamsville
Bath county, Virginia.
Call of Pastor-The High Bridge church
near the Natural Bridge, in ROckbridge Co.
Va, has recently extended call to Rev. p
b. Price, OF this city, to become their pastor
Revival in Unity Church, Miss.-Rev. JOSEPH
NJ. Mclean gives to the Presbyterian Lpdeo
an interesting account Of the recent reviva
there. He says:
In many respects this was the most re
markable work the writer ever witnessed
The anxious seat was not once reSOrted to; in
stead, after each sermon, sinners were exhOrteC
If they saw themselves 20 be sinners needing
a Saviour, TO come al once to Jesus. The
word spoken was clothed with power, lst IL
convince OF SIN and OF judgment, and I'd, &c
lead the distressed sinner at once, and direct
TO Christ, and IN him, TO I'M part comfort anC
peace After the first manifestation of The
SPIRIT presence, the meeting was character
lied by deep, yet perfectly orderly earnest
ness. By this meeting ;be little church of p
members was increased to 40, and greatly
strengthened, and a regular Sabbath service
for prayer and praise and exhortation insti.
tuted by the eldership.'
Death of Mrs. Juliet Wilson. of Atlanta, Ca
The wife of the venerable pastor of the First
Presbyterian church in this city, Rev. John
s. Wilson, ID D., entered into the rest that
remains for the people OF God, on last Sab
bath, the day of rest. A life that began with
the century, has closed in the triumphS Of the
faith which, for fifty years, .eheered and beau
tilted it. Across the lines parting denomina-
lions, her eminent piety shOne, and all Evan
geheal Christians who knew her. rejOiced in
its hight. A woman of many sorrows and of
mauy sutferlngs, she was remarkable for the
eheerfaLaeSS of her resignation. Debarred for
years from the privileges of public Worship
with nerves unstrung and shattered-her
'sOngs in the night" Of earthly trial made the
chamber where she met land cOnquered) her
fate, sanctuary, calm with 1.-The peace OF
God. and joyous through ''the comforts OF
the Holy Ghost.
Appropriate funeral services were held at
the church Of her husband, on Tuesday morn
ing Rev. Messrs. Ketehum, Porter, Mont
gomery, Brantly aud Burkhead, took part in
them; and we noticed in the congregation,
besides, Rev. Messrs Kimball, Crumley and
HaygoOd. The whole community sympathizes
with Dr. Wilson, who preached the first ser
mon ever delivered in our city, and still minis
tiers 10 holy things among US, as venerable foI
his excelencieS as for his years-in this sun
dering, for season, of the ties that joined
him to the partner of his griefS and joys for
nearly half century, C. Baptist
Rev VIM. A. semple's Post office address is
changed from Memphis, Tenn, to Fort Smith,
Ark. Mr.. Semple returns to his old charge
in Fort Smith.
Rev. George W. Finley, now laboring in
Berkeley county, Winchester Presbytery, has
received unanimous call from the church OF
Hebron, Augusta county, Va