The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-11-30
NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES.
Southern Churohes.-( Continued from Isl
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/ 6OuCu6Iu OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from Isl
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Mecklenburg Presbytery held an ad
journed meeting at Charlotte, n c., on the
18th. At this meeting it was resolved that the
Rev. VIM. E. McIlwain be appointed an evan
gelst for Haywood county, at salary of $3.50
per annum. Adopted.
Resotued, That the proposition of the First
and Second churches of Charlotte offering 800
for the support of Rev. William E McIlwain as
evangelist of Haywood county, and of Steel
Creek church offering $50 for the same be &C.
copied and that the two churches be released
from their evangelistic assessment, which amount
the churches of Hopewell, Mallard Creek,
AsheviHe, Huntersville Lincolnton, and other
churches have engaged to raise. Adopted
Resotvod, That the evangelist for Haywood
county be directed to go to Jackson county and
hold meeting at SCOTS Creek as soon as he
can do so conveniently.
Northern Presbyterian.
A Week of Preaching.-The Presbyte
rian churches of New York have been boldinp
a union meeting every Monday evening for
some six weeks past, to pray for the revival of
religion. Next week, beginning on Monday,
the 18th inst. there is to be preaching every
evening at o'clock in the Fourth Avenue
church, Or. Crosby's) corner of 22d street, and
meeting for prayer at o'clock P. M, in the
Lecture room of the same church.
These meetings are designed for the people
OF all and any of the churches, and they are
urged to go from house to house and wherever
the unconverted can be found, if possible to per-
suade men to hear the word every night next
week 1t is the time to work. If Christians in
New York would awake, as one man, and come
up to the help of the Lord, we would see sreat
things this winter. Now is the accepted time.
The Church expects every one to do his or her
duty now.
The Chassis of New York has appointed a
Committee of Church Visitation consisting of
ministers and elders 20 visit the churches during
December and January. Next Sunday, the
18th inst, has been designated as day of
special prayer for Gods blessing on the church
es.-N Y. Observer.
The First Presbyterian church in Oak
land Cal. is steadily growing in both numbers
and influence. On Sabbath November 9th,
nineteen members were received into the
church. This makes total of 45O new mem
bers received in the past two years under the
pastorate of DR.. Sprecher
VIC al SldC &c near OF any indications of
the presence and working of the spirit of God
IN the churches. The news comes that a verv
pleasant work of grace has been in progress for
some time in the Presbyterian church in CORY.
Pa. The Rev. DR.. Kittredge reports that in the
church, the Third Presbyterian church. Chi
cago, there is great interest in the subject of
religion, and there have been already more
than seventy conversions In the Eighth Pres
byterian church, Chicago, there is an Increase of
religious interest which is quite hopeful
Some interesting facts were brought out
concerning mission work of the Reformed Church
at Its recent Jubilee Missionary Conference at
Albany, N. Y. In 1882, the Reformed Dutch
Church had no foreign missions. Rev. John
Scudder, M. D., was in Ceylon, India, whittier
he had gone in 1919, and Rev David Abel was
IN China. where he had been since 1929. The
Annoy Mission, the first of the existing missions
of the Church, was begun in 1874; the Arcot
Mission, India. in 1851, and the mission to ia
pan in 1859. The growth of the missions will
be best seen by combining their statistics as fol-
lows: