The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-06-07

First Cumberland Presbyterian
church church membership 1875 Sun
day school enrolment 1876: average
attendance 10 3 out of 10 officers
attend regularly number of Sunday
school pupils members of the church.
90.
Baptist church members, 200; Sun
day school enrolment 1870; average
attendance, 81; 3 officers attend
regularly 40 pupils members of the
church
Q. p. Tabernacle: church member.
ship 54 Sunday-schoOl enrolment,
lO5 average attendance, 6S all officers
attend regularly; 30 pupils members
of the church
First PRESBYTERIAN church mem
bership, 34S; Sunday school enroll
mont, gig average attendance. 1913.
20 officers attend regularly III pupils
members of the church.
South Columbia Methodist: church
membership, 234 Sunday en-
rollment, 96; average attendance, 10,
u officers attend regularly 80 pupils
members of the church.
First Methodist church membership.
4I2; Sunday school enrolment Prs
average attendance, l07; rs officers
attend regularly 148 pupils members
of the chmch.
Total church membership of the six
d, 3OS; Sunday school, 195 average at
tendance 524
The Episcopal, Christian Second
Presbyterian, Baptist Mission, and
Advent Chapel were not heard from.
FROM the above statistics, the follow
ing deductions may be made: Inclu-
slve OF the five churches not reported
there are in round numbers, about
!, 800 white church members in the
city. The population of the city is
6,O52; about 1900 of this number
are negroes, and ZOO, approximately.
are children under ten years of age.
This shows, then, that of the remain
ing ., 900 about /, 800, or nearly two
thirds, are church members. What
| power this two thirds, banded together
and with one purpose in view, could
exert
At the business meeting of the South
Columbia Epworth League Tuesday
night the following officers were elected
for the next six months: Bruce Tucker,
president; G. F. Britain, lst vice -presi.
dent; Miss Addie Wood, End vice. presi-
dent; Mrs, w. ID. Cameron. Jr.. secre-
tary; Miss Sadie Grimes, treasurer: Miss
Matte Pinion, organist.
At the First Presbyterian church last
Sunday morning Rev. j. Ii. Peoples
occupied the pulpit, the pastor, Rev. f.
b. Webb, being absent in Franklin.
where he delivered the commencement
sermon of the Female College. At this
service Mr.. Peoples read the following
announcement; "At the request of the
pastor the session hereby calls a meet
ing of the communicates of this church,
to be held next Sabbath at II a. M, for
the purpose of considering request
from the pastor touching the pastoral.
relations" 1t is understood that DR..
webb has placed paper in the hands
OF friend, to be read on that occasion,
and street rumor has it that he will
tender his resignation as pastor.
Elder George A. Klingeman, who be-
gan series of meetings at the Chris
tlan church Monday night, is preaching
some interesting sermons, and good
sized crowds have been in attendance.
There will be Children's Day SER
vice at the South Columbia Methodist
church next Sunday night An inter-
estlng program has been arranged for
the occasion.
BY request OF the Retail Clerks Asso.
citation Rev. A. P McFerrin will preach
special sermon to The clerks of the
city Sunday morning.
The Tabernacle
South Main Street. Subject for Sun
day morning: docs the Bible teach
that Water Baptism is for the Remission
OF SINS, or Why are We Baptized at
All?'' At night, revival service; sub
ject, THE Record of Two Young Men
Given in the Bible-one succeeded and
the other failed Why?" All are in
Vlted. f. j. TYLER.
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