Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-07-18
THE new MINISTER
Is NOW IN CHARGE
Rev. W. ". ArrOwood Installed As
Pastor of Presbyterian Church.
A Naive of North Carolina.

For some unaccountable reason
the installation of the new Pres
byterian minister, Rev. Mr.. Ar
rowood, here, slipped by ths
News reporter of this paper last
week. The installation services
were of general as well as spec.
ial interest. Under the rules of
the Presbyterian church new
pastors are installed by a special
commission appointed by the
Presbytery. In this instance the
commission consisted of Rev.
DR.. Gilmer, Superintendent of
Home Missions in Abingdon
Presbytery; Rev. Messrs. Vizers,
pastors at Welch and Norton.
Neither of the two last named
ministers being present, the en-
tire work devolved upon DR.. Gil
mer.
The ceremony of installation
consisted of the installation ser
mon,which was delivered by DR..
Gilmer, from End Timothy, End
Chapter and Bird verse, and was
a strong presentation of the du-
ties, hardships and rewards of
the Christian soldier, and the
charge to the church and to the
people. These charges were also
delivered by DR.. Gilmer. Spec
ial music had been prepared for
the occasion, Il large crowd was
present and a fine feeling pre-
vailed. The new pastor begins
his work here under the most
favorable auspices. He has a
strong church back of him and
has already made a fine Impress
ion upon the town.
THE RECEPTION.
On Thursday afternoon follow
ing the installation service, an
informal reception was rendered
the new pastor and his wife, in
the church, from 3 80 to 5 o. o'clock.
Light refreshments were served
and the event was specially pleas
ant. A large number of people,
of all denominations called in to
get acquainted with the new
minister and give him cordial
welcome to the town and com
munity.
The church is in good condi-
ton in every way, and we'll
equipped for aggressive work.
Rev. Mr.. Hall, pastor here for
nearly ten years, added to its
strength in many ways turning.
over to his successor, not a
botched, half done piece of
work, but an organization of
compactness, conservation and
energy. And so, Mr.. Arrowood,
as well as the church, deserves
congratulations Upon the bright
prospects before them.
1t may not be generally re-
membered that Mr.. Arrowood
was ordained to the ministry in
Tazewell. He was ordained in
the Presbyterian church here, at
a called meeting of the Presby-
terry, in the month Of August,
1909. He graduated from Dav-
idson College in 1904, took a
post graduate course in 1904-'05,
and entered the Union Theologi-
cal Seminary from which he
graduated in 1908, and as stated
above, was ordained in 1909, and
went as pastor to Grundy il
Buchanan county, where he re-
mained until coming here. Con
sequently this is his second pas.
torate.
Rev. William Waddle Arrowoot
was born in North Carolina Just
thirty years ago. His father
Rev. w. B. Arrowood, is nov
pastor at Sharon, N. C. Hi
mother was Miss Pharr, also of
the Tar Heel State. Mr.. AFRO.
wood is an active young man
does not read his sermons, a clos,
student, and said to be popula,
with the masses of the people
This little sketch would bt
far from complete if mention
was omitted of the little woman
the "better half" of the pastor
She was Miss Florence Mcqueen
also of North Carolina. Hel
father, now deceased, was a
prominent merchant and farmer
in that state. She has a mother
and three sisters living, one o.
whom is a missionary in Korea
The wonder is that at least som,
of these good people should no
have been Virginians.
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