The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1892-05-25

of the latter and one infant were baptized.
An eligible lot has been secured. and in
few weeks Fairfax Mission will remove
from its present crowded quarters into a
commOdious chapel.-.St. Lou& PreS5yte-
riaH
Westminster College, Fulton-Rev.
DR.. c. G. Hersman, of Union Theological
Seminary Va, will preach the Baccalau-
reate sermon TO the graduating class on
Sunday, May Goth.
Rev. DR.. j. A Quarles, of Lexington, Va.
will deliver the address before the Liter
airy Societies, Wednesday, June LIST. The
the commencement exercises of the college
will take place Thursday morning June 3D.
MISSISSIPPI
Starkville.-On account of the removal
of Mr.. Albion Ames, long useful elder in
this church, to Brook. ton, East Texas, Mr..
VIM. Baiken has recently been added to
the session. The enior elder, Mr. Cecil
Bardwell only brother of Joseph Bardwell,
d. d.. was in his seat at church last Sab
bath for the first time since painful injury
received about two months ago. r.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Warsaw.-The dedication of the new
Presbyterian church building will take
place next Sunday, May goth Rev. A. D.
McCluer of Wilmington will preach the ser
mon
Rev. O. Miller's post-office address has
been changed from Woodleaf to Cutler,
Stokes county, N. c. The latter place is
more favorable base for Mr. Miller's evan.
gelistic work
TENNESSEE.
Clarksville.-Rev DR.. R. Q. NIallard
of New Orleans will preach the Baccalau
reate sermon to the graduates of the South
western Presbyterian Univer. ity, Sunday
morning, June 9TH
Rev. Thomas Cummins, of Henderson.
KY. will preach the sermon for the Y. NJ
c. A., in the evening of the same day.
The commencement exercises will take
place, Wednesday, June Sth.
TEXAS.
Among the Saw NIills.-It is difficult
for our brethren in "the States" to realize
the magnitude of this Texas work and our
utter inability to overtake the restitution.
There are two railroads, the Sabine and
East Texas and the Trinity and Sabine
running through this great lumber belt
There is a saw-mill every three or four
miles with daily capacity of from twenty
thousand to hundred and fifty thousand
feet of lumber. There are not less than
twenty thousand people living along these
two railroads. We hope to put student
from GAINESVILLE, Tenn, on each road dur
ing the summer months. This is only one
step in the right direction. We need two
evangelists to be put in these fields as soon
as these young brethren return to their
studies Who will come?
THOs. w. WHITE,
New Birmingham, Texas.
Texarkana The Rev. E. Thompson
was installed pastor of the First church
on the 1st inst, the Rev J. Il. Skinner. and
the Rev. DR.. J. H. Virgins officiating.
Northern Presbyterian.
Rev. John Lyle Martyr, D. D., aged
eighty years, and nearly sixty years in the
Presbyterian ministry in Kentucky, Indi-
ana, Illinois, and Iowa, died at Oxford,
Iowa, May Sd. 1892.
The Rev. VIM Durant has given no.
tice of his intention to resign the pastor
ate of the Boundary Avenue church. Bal
timore, Md
The General Assembly Committee
on German Theological Seminaries have
decided that it is not well to transfer the
Dubuque Seminary to Bloomfield, N. j..
and will recommend that an endowment of
from $4,000 to 500, 900 be secured for the
Seminary.
Methodist.
There are 1S denominations of Method
lists in the United States, having total
number of communicates of a little over
100000. OF these, nearly one half belong
to the Methodist Episcopal Church, North.