The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-26
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
A brief outline of the doings of the differ
.ent Christian organizations through
out our State and country-Per-
sonal points, etc.

Rev. DIR. j. j. Hail anu 1&mlIy 6L0
having a joyous time with former
friends and brethren at Old Orchard
Beach, Me.-Bj6ltcal Recorder.
Rev. A. G. Wilcox has closed an
interesting meeting at Fishing Greek
this week with many converts and &C,
cessions to the church.-DemOcrat.
Rev. Ms. Jones cl, sed a meeting
with the church at Wake Union re
Gently. Eight new members r
added by baptism. -Bl6l'cal Recorder.
Rev. O. C. Horton spent last week
in a gracious series of meetings with
the church at Clayton, aided by Rev.
J. S. Cottingham.-Bi6 Biblical Recorder.
Work on the Baptist church is pro
crossing well. Expenses are about
500 per week. 1t will look like a
new house when completed We5ster's
Weekly
Rev. Mr.. Curtis, who held ameet-
ing at Mullens, assisted by Rev. MI.
Peele. closed last week. There were
several conversions .-Scotand Neck
Democrat,
Rev. Dr.. P. H. Hoge, Of the First
PRESBYTERIAN church Of Wilmington,
and who had a severe attack Of fever
at Saratoga, n. Y, is said to be i'm
proving very rapidly.
Rev. G. F. Reid, of China, has re
turned broken down in health, but
hopes to be we'll in a few months. He
is to be at his home, Florence Boone
county, Ky Christina Ad0ocate.
Oar Meghodism has made consider
able progress this year in S.. Joseph.
1t has added 400 to lis membership,
Increased It's spirituality, and made
very gratifying material progress
ST. Louis AdU,cate
Rev. George A. Sowen has settled
in Karshaw. S. c., and is principal Of
the Kershaw High S:hool and pastor
o. two good churches. His CORES
pondeDts will address him at Kershaw,
S. C.-BiJlical Recorder,
Rev. C. j. Thompson, Of Lumber,
ton, n. c., who has been spending his
vacation at Buffalo Springs, preached
for Pastor Hardaway, Of Oxford, on
the lO,h, and greatly pleased his
hearers-Bibi2cal Recorder.
Rev. J K. FAINT, Of Wadesboro,
thinks his Association has solved the
problem as to the wisdom Of employ
ing a Sunday school evangelist. His
reasons for this conclusion will appear
next week.-Bl6l5cQL Recar Ter.
Fayetteville P~res0ytery meets in
the Presby terrain church here on the
18th of September. Already our cIti-
zens are beginning to make prepare
tons for the entertainment Of visitors
or that occasion.--CaTthag Blade.
Rev. NJ. M. Landrum, Of Marion,
N. c., will conduct a series of meet.
ings in the Baptist church at this
place, commencing on next Tuesday
night, the 10Th. All are cordially
invited to acknowledgement Herald.
The Oxford Daily says: "Rev. Will
bur F. Tillett, D. D., of the Wander.
bilt University, preached at Mt.
Titzah last Sunday. Several Oxford
gentlemen heard him, and were per.
fectly carried away with his sermon"
The Concord Standard says: A
meeting has just closed at Arlington
Baptist church, in Mecklenburg coun-
ty. Sixty-two persons were baptized
by immersion on last Sunday, and
about ten more will be immersed
soon.
The plan for the new A. R. P.
church, which is to be built on the
corner of Tryon and Third street, on
the west side, was received yesterday
and laid before the building com nit
tee last night, says the Char otte
Chronicle.
There are 800 Baptists in Norway
and the church at Tarso is nearer the
North Pole than any other. Yet Bap.
fists there have no trouble in being
baptized, nor have any yet died from
the effects of the ordinance Western
Recorder.
Rev. A. w. Crabtree, of Longford,
closed a meeting at Hopewell church,
Aug. 4th, that resulted in the addition
of eight new members. He has also
just held a meeting at a mission sta,
ton and baptized twenty eight persons.
Biblical Recorder.
The venerable Rev, T. N. Ralston,
D. d., says the Central Methodist, is
very feeble, by reason of advanced
age and physical prostration. DR..
Ralston is the author of that great
book "Ralston's Elements of Divinity"
= Christian Advocate.
Information has been received in
New York of the murder, in Soudan,
by Arabs, of F. M. Gates, E. King.
man and John E. ~Jardequist, PresbY.
teriaa missionaries loft tho TTo;+o1