The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-16
NEWS.
A brier outline of the doings of the differ
ent Christian organizations through
out our State and country--Per-
sonaI points, etc.

sonaI points, etc.
Concord Presbytery will meet at
Prospect Church, September l7tb, at
II a. m.
The Missionary Board of the Meth
odist Church meets next year in WI.
mington.
The Presbytery of Fayetteville will
convene in Carthage, September 23d,
1890, at 1870 P. m.
There have been fifty accessions to
the churches of Mt. Airy circuit since
the first of January.
The great tabernacle in which Rev.
Sam Jones is to preach in Whining
ton is progressing rapidly.
The Presbytery of Wilmington will
meet at Oakplain at II m. on Thurs
day the 10th day of October.
The Presbytery of Orange will meet
in Winston, N. c., on Wednesday,
October 9Th, at 8 o'clock p. m.
The Presbytery OF Paris will meet
in Greenville, Texas, on Thursday,
September 25th, at 8 o'clock p. m.
An Episcopal residence for the
Bishop of Central Pennsylvania is
about to be erected at q cost of $4,000.
Aspecial convention for the election
of an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese
of Alabama will probably be held
early in October.
At Aberdeen, in Mississippi, Bishop
Thompson lately confirmed % persons,
presented by the Rev. Mr.. Edwards,
rector.-PacJfc Chwchman.
Rev. O. L. SPRINGFIELD baptized six
teen at Whitestone on Sunday morn
ing and preached to an immense con
! gregation.-Bt6!lcal Recorder.
Work has been commenced on the
knew building of the Associate Re
formed Church, corner of Tryon and
Third Streets Charlotte NewS.
Rev. Joseph Evans wants the
churches of Fayetteville Presbytery
to give the c~olportaye cause which is
in his charge one collection at an
early day.
At meetings held recently in Enon
Bethany, Mt. Zion, and Mountain
Greek Baptist churches all in one
charge there YER eighty professions.
--Ro6esOnGGn.
The plans for the First Presbyterian
Church of Greensboro have been
drawn and the church $ 80 be a beau
tiful building of the Queen Anne style,
to cost $40, 1000.
The S. S. Conference of the Mount
| Airy district will conven at German
ton Friday before the fourth Sunday
in September and continue two days.
Christian Advocate.
St. Johns Church, Leavenworth,
Kansas, is being enlarged at an ex
pense of So, 5 O.. 1t will have q seat
ing capacity of six hundred, and will
be lighted by electricity.
Rev. H. NJ. Wharton, senior editor
of the Baltimore Bapti t, has started a
Baptist orphanage for Maryland. One
by one the States fall into line and
start this good work for the homeless
and the helpless.
Rev. J. B. Richardson and his peo-
pie at Matthews Station have decided
to build a fine twenty-five hundred
dollar brick church house. Most of
the money was raised at one effort
Biblical Recorder.
A special meeting of the House of
Bishops is to be held at Pittsburg, Pa,
on the 23d of October. The election
of a Missionary Bishop for Japan will
probably form an important part of
the work to be done -Pacifc Church.
man..
Rev. Thos. Dixon, of New York,
has been invited to speak at the Wei.
don Fair. He has consented to be
there and will speak on October Both.
He will draw more people to hear him
than any man in the United States
Scotland Neck Democrat
There is II minister more beloved
by the people of Greenville than DR..
Hufham, and they always rejoice at
an opportunity of hearing him. His
sermon Sunday night on "the crown
that fadeth not away" was an inspir
ing one.-EaSterm Reflector.
We learn that the new Baptis
church in Z. City will be dedicated on
Thanksgiving day. This has been a
hard struggle for Pastor Thomas and
his people, and they deserve universal
praise. They need some more help,
however.-BsblSeoI Recorder.
Rev. VIM, Wallace, the young man
who has offered himself to 20 as a
Missionary to China, and who is be.
ing educated by our church in Viii.
son, N. c., for this purpose, passed
through Raleigh last week on route for
Trinity College Christian Advosate.
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