The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-12-06
NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES.
Southern PresbYterian.


has been changed from Point Pleasant, West
Va, to Brunswick, Mo.
Rev. r. G. Railey, of Liberty Va, has
been invited to the pastoral charge of Messy
Creek church, Lexington Presbytery.
The Presbytery of Mississippi has re-
fused to place the call from Maysville, Ky, in
the hands of Rev D. A. Plank, who will, con-
sequently, remain at Port Gibson, Miss.
Floyd Court House. va.-The pastor of
Bethel church (Rev. w. R. Coppedge) who is
also pastor at Sinking Greek and Catawba,
spent ten days preaching at this place, covering
the second and third Sabbaths of November,
and received into church FIVE members
Rev. DR.. E. P. Palmer President of Aus
tin College, Texas, has been visiting the church.
es in Texas and presenting the claims of the
college, and is meeting with good degree of
success. The object is to extinguish debt
which has been burden to the college and also
to add to the endowment fund.
Church organized.-The commission ap
pointed by Winchester Presbytery to visit the
"Alleghany field, met at Mt Storm Grant cour-
ty, West Va, November 18th, and organized q
church, to be known as the Allegheny church.
Eighteen communicant members were enrolled.
Mr.. Dugald C. Tabb, who had been for several
years a ruling elder in another church, and Mr.
Jacob ldleman were elected Mr. Idleman was
ordained, and both of them were duly installed
as ruling elders of the new church To this
church others will shortly be added, largely in
creasing the number of its members.
The field occupied by this church is the one
In which the earnest and devoted young minis
ter, William F. Cosner, commenced and finished
his labors. His name is still cherished in CRATE
ful remembrance and the fruits of his labor still
remain.
Early in the summer Mr. F. w. T. Pitman,
under the direction of the Home Missions COM
mittee of Presbytery, took charge of the work
which had been interrupted by Mr. Cosner's
death, and at the stated fall meeting of Presby-
terry he was ordained to the full work of the
ministry and sent to labor as an evangelist in
that held. In that field, traversed on the one
side by the N. W. Va. Turnpike, and on the
other by the W. Va. C. & P. R. R. now in pro-
cess OF construction in a country abounding in
mineral wSelth, and rapidly filling up with peo-
ple' and where, too, the supply OF the means of
grace is altogether inadequate to meet the wants
NN PSOPA0 oIleduy lueIe IllS new cnurch Is
established; and if ministers and people are
earnest and faithful, grand future opens before
1t. May 1t be literally as handful of corn
IN the ealth upon the top of the mountains the
fruit therof shall shake like Lebanon" W.
1.-THE Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Charleston, S. c.-Within the last year two
OF the Presbyterian Churches of this city, the
Glebe steet and the Central, agreed upon a
union, and were by the Charleston Presbytery
combined, under the temporary name of the
United Glebe street and Central Church. One
OF the terms of the agreement was that so soon
as all ProE erty interests should be adjusted the
united congregation would select permanent
name by which it should be known on the
ecclesiastical rolls and by the general public
The Glebe street building has been sold and the
Central Church in Meeting street has been
thoroughly re6tted and is now one of the hand
soonest churches in the city On last Sunday
week the congregation of this church selected its
permanent name The Westminster Presbvte-
ian Church OF Charleston-a singularly ar-
Propriate title for Presbyterian Church. 1t is
the ultimate intention of this congregation to
erect somewhere N the western part of the citv
new church building as soon as the wav
shall be clear" For this purpose they have set
aside the proceeds of the sale of the Glebe
Street Church, and will carry out the intention
when they shall make sale of the Central build
ing. This church, with its thoroughly united
people, seems to be entering upon new career
Of susefulness.-Nc and Courier.
Benton City, Mo.-It was nv pleasant
privilege to preach last Sabbath November
l9th) in neat new school house in Benton
City, Audrain county, on the line of the
Wabash, St i. & Pacific railroad, seven miles
east OF Mexico and to help a few Presbyterians
there to organize temporarily, which they did
by enrolling eleven names and electing one
elder and two deacons. The organization will
be completed hereafter Lesson papers have
been sent for, and Sunday School will be or.
ganized there next Sabbath. Regular monthly
preaching was provided for Immediately. and
the use of the handsome new school house So
cured 1t is believed the number of members
may be doubled in a very few weeks. 1t is the
first church in the town Of fifteen or eighteen
families w T. p,e,.
81. Louis Presbytcrian
Westport, Ky-A new Presbyterian
church was organized, November 11th. bv
commission Of the Presbytery Of Louisville