The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-04-22
Ehenezar Preshy!ary.

ed. Rev. Harlan p. Corey, of Fall
mouth, was elected moderator, and
made an excellent presiding officer.
In the selection Of Commissioner
to the General Assembly which
meets in Los Angeles, Cal, next
month, Rev. Maurice Waller, d D..
OF Maysvlle, was ell, cted minister
commissioner with Rev. Jno. Bar
bour, d. D., of Maysville, as alter
nate. ElderHoward Van Antwerp,
of Mt. Sterling, was elected lay
com missioner with Elder Moses
Mcclure, of Dry Ridge, as alter
nate.
One of the pleasing features of
the Presbytery was the presence of
Rev Richard Valentine, now of
Huntington, W. Va, who is the old
est minister in the Psesbytery and
who gave very tender talk on
Wednesday morning Rev. Frank
j. Cheek, ID. d., now of Louisville,
but for many years at Paris and
Sharpsburg, was in attendance part
of the time. For over ten years he
had been Chairman of the Sunday
School Committee and was COM
mended for his faithfulness in
presenting his reports. The new
committee to take charge of tlis
work consists of Rev. Geo. A. Jop-
lin, chairman, with Elders L. F.
Rogers and l.. T. Chiles.
1t was the first time most of our
people had had the opportunity to
hear Rev. Robt. o. Kirkwood, of
Lexington, and ne MADE a fine i'm
preston as clear thinker, and
pleasing speaker.
Rev. j. F. Record, of Pikeville,
gave fan excellent account of his
work in Pikeville, both in the Col
legiate Institute and in connection
with the church. The church at
Mt: Sterling is very much interest
ed in this work, contributing to it
each year.
Rev. j. N. Erwin, D. D, of
Dayton, made one of the strongest
and most original addresses on
Foreign Missions ever heard, and
aroused new interest in this work
in all his hearers.
All of the delegates compliment
ed the local church upon the ap-
pearance of its building, and ex-
pressed great delight at the cordial
entertainment given them.
ADDRESS OF MRS. CARRIE G. VAN
ANTWERP.
Madame President and Ladies.
We all recognize that spring is
the most joyous season of the year
and although it comes with some
what monotonous regularity about
this particular time every year, yet
to the observant mind, it never
fails to bring new beauties with
each,new season. In like manner
comes Ebenezer Presbytery and
the Womans Board, bringing NO
new beauties tbs very true; but
knocking at our doors with the Cd
or of spring-BoNNETs and the bloom
and freshness of the latest things
in millinery. And as we would
welcome the advent of the vernal
spring-time, so would we welcome
you Its bright harbingers, and we
extent to you, not the frigid fin
gers of punctilIous ceremony but
the glad hand Of expectant hospi-
tality, for we were looking for you.
And you, house-keepers know what
that means. You can tell it in the
firmness of our hand clasp and the
soreness of our brows. For the UN-
EXPECTED guest can always detect
the faint fickering of the eyelids,
and if not horny handed son of
toll, readily discerns the slight
tremor that accompanies his some
what uncertain greeting. But we
meet you this morning without
flicker and without tremor, for
we are prepared for you, and only
the fatted chicken is sorry for your
coming. After the manner of the
grandiloquent Hidalgo. we declare
all that ahave ia vours. You are