The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-05-05
Newborn Church, NJ ca series

| by Rev. L. ii. Johnston, who preached two ex-
cellent sermons. After several days services by
the pastor, Rev. b. F. Marable Joined in the
services, and preached a number of most at
tractive and powerful sermons to large.congre-
cations, embracing many who were not regular
attendants on the preaching of the gospel Sew
eral persons have been baptized and received
into the church, and others have professed con-
version, and will be received soon. The seed
faithfully sown cannot be lost.-N c. Presbvte-
| RAN
The church in Dallas, Texas under the
pastorate of Rev. A. P Smith, d. D., is prosper
ing finely. Their church building has long been
too straltened for their increasing numbers. The
deacons accordingly made a proposition to the
| session that if the elders would build new
church, the deacons would become responsible
for parsonage. The proposition las we under
stand it was that the parsonage should cost not
less than about $500, and the church not less
$4,000. The elders manfully accepted the pro-
position. We are glad to say that the parson
age has progressed so well under the deacons
that it is already rooted in And the elders.
who were unavoidably delayed, are laying the
foundations of the church. Their church, when
completed, will be one of the finest in northern
Texas. 1t will easily be inferred that the church
where such things can be done, is working
church.-S. ". Presbyterian
The Dry Creek church, at Mt Carmel
KY, little over year ago had only twenty
odd members it now has on the roll the names
of sixty five. We have two elders. On the
fourth Sunday in March we had fine sermon
from our pastor, Rev G. T. Storey. He preached
on the Office of the Deacon" On the third
Sunday in March two deacons were elected
and Immediately after the sermon on the fourth
Sunday in March, the session met, ordained and
Installed them to the office of deacons in the Dry
Creek church. The day they were elected we
had fine sermon from Rev. James M. Smith.
who had Just returned from Hampden Sidney,
Va. We have fine Sunday School; our schol
airs number about forty Christian Observer
Northern Presbyterian.
Death of DR.. Junkin.-Dr. David X
Junkin, the oldest member of the Presbyterv of
Shenango, died last week at Martinsburg. West
Virginia, where he had been residing for few
months with his son-in-law, Rev Mr. Woods.
He was born at Hope Mills, Mercer county, Pa,
in the year 1903. He graduated at Jefferson
College in 1881, and was educated in theology
IN Princeton For time he was teacher of
languages in the Germantown Labor Acad
envy" of which his brother, Dr. George Junkin.
was President, and which was the germ out of
which Lafayette College has grown. He began
his ministry as pastor of the Greenwich Presby-
terrain church, N. j., in the Presbytery of New
ton, where he was ordained and installed March
oath, 1885, the pastoral relation being dissolved
April 3d. 1851. He was pastor there over six
teen years. A part of this time he was Professor
of BellesLe in Lafayette College. From
Greenwich he went to Washington CITY. where
he was pastor of what is now the New York
Avenue church. He was called from this post to
the large and important church in Holidays
burgh, Pa
DIR. Junkin was one of the leading ministers
of the Presbyterian Church, man of pronounced
opinions, of convictions which were mature and
settled ready to utter them and to defend them
earnestly and promptly. He was also man of
fine literary culture, an accurate scholar, with
Poetical tastes, of extensive reading, and full
command of all his requirements Phaadelphia
Presbyterian
DR.. Junkin was the uncle of the Rev.
William F. Junkin of Charleston, S. c.,
and of the Rev. DR.. E. D. Junkin. late of
Lexington Presbytery, and of Mrs. Mar
garet j. Preston of this State.-EDs.l
Chancellor Crosby referring to the dis
pute in Yale College over the text books. saws
There is no doubt that Herbert Spencer is q
very powerful writer, and a man of very power
full mind, but then so is the Devil. The Devil
is far more powerful than either you or I. and
can do ten thousand times more harm. do
not think that the doctrine of evolution as
taught by Spencer and Darwin can do any man
any good, either morally or spiritually"
Good work has been done in the Presbv-
terrain church at San Buenaventura, Cal. Twelve
persons have joined during the past year. The
church building has been very greatly improved,
and debt of over 81 800 has been lifted.
| Seventeen members were received on
Sabbath, April 18th, at the Hollond Memorial
Chapel, Philadelphia, J. Henry Sharpe pastor.
all of them but three being heads of families.
AT the previous communion eighteen Of the per-
sons received were heads of families.
At the communion on Sabbath. April 18th
the Presbyterian church of Wakeeney, Kansas.
of which the Rev. D. X. Campbell is pastor. re-
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