The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-04
CUMBERLAND PRfSBYTERIANS.
THE NISETIErH ANNIVERSARY OF
THIS CHURCH IN AMERICA
Organized in the Cumberland NOM
tnins In isfn-Anniversary OBJ
served Today.
faY REV. ]. NJ. HALsELLl

1 Today at IL a. m the Cumberland Pres
byterians. In their chapel on Fnpnine and
! pesse, Will observe the nineiieth annlyer-
sary of their church in the United States
I BY order of the general assembly all the
churches OF this denomination observe the
ath OF February each year. or the nearess
/ Sabbath TO that day as anniversary day.
and q sermon on the origin and doctrines
OF the church is preached by all the min
listers Of that denomination. The anni-
versary comes this year on the day OF the
month Attn OF February. the same day
Of the month when the church was Or
gained The date OF the Organization ~
February 4, 1910. This churco may De re-
earded as the outgrowth OF the revival oil
1850. The country In Kentucky and Ten
nessee west OF the Cumberland mountains
( was called the Cumberland Country,
with tho Cumberland river running
through IT, This was a beautiful and fer
tile country and many families moved into
II from the Carolinas and Virginia. Many
OF these people were Presbytorians ana
Rev. James MeGready came among them
from North Carolina. He had commenced
preaching before he himself was converted.
Being led providential!y to see that he was
lot save1 he begun by earnest prayer to
seek his salvation and he became then
man of great spiritual power, He found
that many or ms churches at Gospel
river and Little Muddy" and RED riy
err were relying on d false hope. There
was great spiritual dearth and he had
his churches to sign covenant TO pray
every Sunday morning and one whole Sab
bath for year Tor the outpourng OF tho
spirit AZ Gospel river, in Logan county,
KY at sacramental meeting 10 1897 the
grand work began, Many who were NOM
bers Of the church found that they were
resting on a false hope and were saved ut
this meeting. The first camp msetiag
ever held was at Gospel river IN July, 1900
This was the origin OF camp meetings Rev
David Rice called this great work Re
viyal OF the Spirit and Power of Chris
tlanity Mutitpdes of the pe1,le were
saved and the church took on new life.
Cumberland Presbytery was the name of
the Presbytery embracing this country
and when in 1910 FINS Ewing, Samuel
King and Samuel McAdam organized the
church, on February 4, 1910 In Dickson
county Tenn, 1t was called the Cumber-
land PRESBYTERIAN church, from the name
given by the Presbyterian ancestry to their
Preshytery. There are now 2tO, 900 mem
bers OF this church, 10000 OF whom are
IN the state OF Texas This church has
also mission In China Japan and Mexico.
~ mas always been a missionary church
III has always been an earnest patron of
education and OF an educated ministry. It's
i'aainS institutions Of learning ars Cum
berland university OF Lebanon Tenn, with
ITS law school and the theological school;
|. 'ncoln university of Lincoln, Ill; Missouri
valley college. and Waynesbrrg college OF
pennsylvania and Trinity university at
Tehuacana,. Texas.
An effort, commencing on the 1yt M
January OF this year is being made 10 Sc
cure $1,000, 0O0f endowment for these i've
institutions OF learning. and it Is evpscted
lnae TINS money VIII be raised before the
centennial year In 1910. This movement
IS calling forth much interest ana en-.
lhusiasm throughout the whole church.
Dr. %. e. Mclean of San Antonio Il now
In the field In Texas as a leader In this
educational movement to raise si30 600 for
Trinity university. While other schools ga
being literally endowed this church feels
me necessity Of largely increasing tho on
iowment Of It's schools. Its condition has
never been more encouraging than atsths
present. The government OF this church
3 PRESBYTERIAN, The various courts Of
This church are the session, the presbytery
The synod and the general assembly. fine
after being the highest court In tina
church This church emphasizes the doe
.i1ne OF general atonement, believing
mat Christ died in the same sense for
every man of tho world and that all ang
be saved II thew will accept Christ
Cumberland Presbyterians believe In the |
preservation OF believers. Thov believe In .
'prinkling or pouring IN baptism, though
the validity OF baptism bv i'm
nersion. This church was not divided
during the war It has always been un-
sectional. II knows no North no South.
10 East. no West. They meet together in
heir general assembly from Pennsylvsn!a
o Texas.
what q vast movement between the two
lates OF 1910 and 1900 what hath cod {
Nrousht?" The little church organized IN
little log house In Dickson county, Ten
lessee, and consisting nj three men. Inns
preed all over the South and West. This
'Hndinl OF corn upon the ton OF the noun 4
am has produced fruits that shake like
he eedars OF Lebanon.