The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-07-21
VOL. 15---NO. 81

Chrlst.
This church is steadily growing. The Sab
bath School has increased very much in the last
few months. few weeks ago Sunday school
was organized about two miles from the church
1t is very prosperous. / preach to this school,
and other persons who come in from the neigh
borhood, every first Sabbath, in the afternoon
The session of Mebanevlle church released me
from any obligation to preach at night when I
preach at other points in the afternoon. Such
preaching is appreciated more than ministers
have any idea of. 1t is carrying the gospel to
them; it is going out into the highways and the
hedges and compelling them to come in.
Brethren let us branch out more and make
our church aggressive as well as conservative.
Let the churches send out their pastors often to
build up the waste places and enlarge the bor-
dors of our Zion. T. ]. ALLISON.
July Sth. ". C. Presbvtertan
Carrollton, Ky.-Rev ]. w. Graybill who
is in Carrollton, awaiting the readiness of the
church to send him to his chosen field of work
IN Mexico tells us of blessing on his present
work. We hope it may be but foretaste of his
future reaping. He writes under the date of
July 9Th: I'VE have had glorious meeting in
our church in Carrollton. Rev Mr.. Helm
preached every night and twice in the day.
His sermons were very pointed, earnest and i'm
pressiye. The audiences were very large and
the last night, with its aisles filed, persons were
compelled to leave for want of room in the
house. Our little band is revived Eleven
were added-nearly one-third Of its original
number Of members. Many others are inter
ested.- Mr.. Helm was too sick and broken
down to preach longer" = Christian Observer.
Owensboro. Ky.-Rev. j. c. Molloy writes
to us July 9Th: Yesterday was the day for
our summer sacramental service, and the SER
vices were of a very interesting character.
There were four additions on profession of faith
reported since the first of May Since that time.
we have also forwarded to Baltimore for For
eign Mission about one hundred and ten dol
lars "-T6.
Northern Presbyterian.
The Rev. w. II. Weaver was installed
pastor of the Madison Street Presbyterian
church, Baltimore, Nd, June 81. Rev. DR.. I.
M. Kendall, President of Lincoln University.
preached the sermon Mr.. Weaver was a.
student in the University, and goes at once to
his work.
Shiloh Presbyterian church, Knoxville
Tenn, (colored(, under the guidance of Rev. G.
W. lie We're, organized about the close of the
war, has grown from twelve members to one
hundred and twenty. 1t has large and -four
ishing Sunday School, and very good edifce.
The congregation of the First Presby-
terian church, Baltimore, (Dr. Leftwich) have
determined to build a. parsonage on Park street
in the rear of the church, The amount neces
"a N of he bui loo IL
contributed and the work will be commenced
very soon.
The Rev. John McC. Holmes, D. D..
of the State Street Presbyterian church Albany,
N. Y, preached his third anniversary sermon
on the first Sabbath in June. During the wear
81 members have been received The roll of
the Sunday School has contained the names Of
! l,037 members, and II of the scholars have
professed their faith in Christ During the
year the exterior Of the church edifce and the
adjoining grounds have been put in order, at
an expense of over ST. 700.
The Rev John s. Sands, of the Eighth
United Presbyterian church, Pittsburgh, Pa has
accepted call from the Arch Street Presbv-
terian church. Philadelphia. Mr. Sands ex-
poets to enter upon his duties about the 1st of
Installation-The Rev. Edward NJ. Deems
was installed as pastor of the Westminster Pres.
byterian church in Twenty y-second street New
York, on the afternoon of July 11th. The Rev
Charles F Deems, father of the incoming pastor.
preached the sermon in which he said he could
bear witness now that every hour spent in his
forty years of ministry, which had been spent in
thorough fidelity to the demands of conscience,
had been an hour marked by the conscious pres
ence of his Divine Lord. DR.. Howard Crosby
delivered the charge to the pastor, and the Rev
DR.. Erskine N. White the charge to the people.
Presbyterian.
other Churches
Jonathan Edwards The Rev Dr. Tryon
Edwards in letter to the Boston Transcript
says "All the collected manuscripts Of DR.
Edwards were many years ago placed in my
possession by all the then living grandchildren
Of President Edwards. At the request Of
large publishing house in Edinburgh, Scotland,
II began not corrected but an enlarged edi-
tion of the works Of Dr. Edwards, as it was be
lieved that perhaps two volumes Of valuable
matter might be prepared from the manuscripts
hitherto unpublished. The Rev. DR.. Dwight of