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NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Miss Genie Solomon is quite sick now.
It seems that she has tuberculosis.
Rev. R. M. Hag'ler has accepted the call
to Philadelphia church, Union Association.
Willie Carpenter and Claude Rogei’s are
smiling from ear to ear. Each has a new
boy.
Mrs. G. W. Plyler, of West Albemarle,
has been quite sick, but is much improved
now.
Bi’other Noah Morton, a member of the
West Albemarle church, but now living in
Montgomery county, is seriously sick at
this writing. His daughter, Mrs. Watt
Burris has been called to his bedside.
There is some talk of organizinz a print
ing company at Wingate. We feel that it
will aid greatly if we can get a good, first-
class printing company started here.
Brother N. A. Teeter is suffering from
a severe nervous breakdowm. He has not
been able to look after his business for
several days. We trust that he may soon
be out again.
We closed our wmrk at Pleasant Grove
the first Sunday evening. How pleasant
have been'the years we spent with that
good people! They have not called our
successor yet.
It is with real sadness that we note the
death of Sister Howard of the Silver
Springs neighborhood. She was a faithful
Christian,
Brother E. M. Brooks has been called
to the Palmerville field to succeed Brother
C. E. Edwards. We feel that it is the right
man in the right place. Brother Brooks
is a safe pastor and a good sound gospel
preacher.
Sister Minnie Lightfoot, of West Albe-
■ marie, has been real sick for the past feW
days, but is somewhat improved at this
writing. She is a daughter of the late
James Hatley, one of the old stand-bys of
West Albemarle church.
We will preach our farewell sermon at
West x'^lbemarle the third Sunday evening
at 7 ;15. We also preach our farewell ser
mon at Canton in the afternoon of the
third Sunday at 2:S0 o’clock. Be with us
if you possibly can. We will be at West
Albemarle on Thursday night and will
preach the remaining nights of the week
before the third Sunday.
We are glad to have an encouraging
word from Brother Martin L. Tucker. He
is a fine business man we think a great
deal of.
Brother B. G. Whitley has been called
to succeed us at West Albemarle. We have
not heard whether he is going to accept
or not.
Don’t forget to get your church ready
for your association. See that your pas
tor is paid and that all of your mission
pledges are paid. Don’t fail.
Rev. R. P. Walker has taken charge of
the First Baptist church, Albemarle. He
is a splendid preacher and an excellent fel
low. We trust that he may do his great
est work there.
We had a very successful meeting with
Hopewell Baptist church, Mecklenburg,
last week. We did not have- many addi
tions as it was such a busy time the people
would not attend as they wished to.
We were glad to learn of the great meet
ing at Gold Hill. Brother T. C. Stallings
and Brother D. P. Morris did the preach
ing. We heard that they added twenty to
the church at that place. Good.
Bro. M. S. Humphrey has nine boarders
and a large family. But the remarkable
thing about it is that none of them drink
coffee. How fine! We wish everybody
would stop the dope habit. How much
better claim on health we could have.
The meeting at Peachland was a glori
ous success. Sixty-two have been baptized
and possibly others will follow. We trust
that the church may be on its job enough
to take care of them and train them into
useful members.
THE FUNERAL OF MISS HECK.
(By J. F. LOVE.)
Our Union Association meets next Wed
nesday. Let us trust and pray that we
may have the best one in many year’s. We
have fine reports to carry up this time.
May we not enjoy real fellowship togeth
er this time? About six hundred have
been baptized into the fellowship of the
churches 6f this association this year. Has
it ever had such an increase before ?
Sister E. W. Griffin, of Wingate, suffer
ed a partial stroke of paralysis the other
day. She has been very sick but we are
hoping that she will soon be herself once
more. She is one of the stand-bys, and
when they fall out of ranks we miss them
so much. May the Great Physician be
merciful and bring her back to vigorous
health again.
Rev. E. C. Snyder has been holding a
meeting at North Monroe church. We
have not heard what success he had but
trust that it was fine. This has been such
a wonderfill" yehr for revivals. Now',^we’'
can tell how far-reaching this work is by
the way our chruches pay their pastors,
and respond to the missionary calls.
In the First Baptist church, of Raleigh,
N. C., was conducted, Fi’iday aftenioon,
August. 27th, the funeral of Miss Fannie
E. S. Heck, the best known and most wide
ly and tenderly beloved Baptist woman of
the South. The following order of service
was observed under the direction of her
pastor. Dr. T. W. O’Kelley.
Reading, Twenty-third Psalm, by Dr.
Livingston Johnson.
Prayer, J. F. Love.
Reading, Scripture selected by Miss
Heck, Dr, O’Kelley.
Reading, poem entitled “Prayer,” writ
ten bv Miss Heck during her illness, Dr.
B. D. Gray:
“Lord, grant me if Thou wilt
To slip away
As slips the night
Into the dawning day.
So soft
That e’en the watchers, watching.
Cannot say
Here ends the night
And here begins the day,
But only know
The night’s Thy night.
The day, Thy day;”
A quartet sang several beautiful and ap
propriate-hymns, bpth^ in the church and
at the grave. The ’service was simple,
beautiful and impressive. Grief was evi
dent, but not exclamatory. The occasion
was marked bs? a deep and pervasive re
ligiousness fitting the obsequies of such a
life. Besides those who took part in the
service others present, representing the
denomination’s activities, were: Dr. R.
T. Vann, of North Carolina; Dr. C. J.
Thompson, PTeld Secretary of the Foreign
Mission Board; Miss Kathleen Mallory,
Corresponding Secretary of the Woman’s
Missionary Union; Mrs. Maud R. McClure,
Superintendent of the Woman’s Mission
ary Union Training School, at Louisville,
Kentucky; Mrs. J. D. Chapman, President
South Carolina, W. M. U.; Mrs. D. Rich,
of Winston-Salem, N. C.; Mrs. J. W. Neel,
President of the W. M. U. of Georgia; Mrs.
C. L. Haywood and Miss Sallie Riggsbee,
of Durham.
Miss Heck’s consecration to Christian
duty fixed for her ideals which are as far
above the empty vanities of “society” as
the stars are above the mists which hang
over the bogs of our lowlands. P’ollowing
these ideals her feet trod a path that
sloped heaj;enward and at last, all uncon
scious to herself, she stood famed and im
mortal above those who live for pleasure
and to please. Her womanhood was glori
fied in the rare atmosphere of her ideals.
She had birth, social position, culture,
talents, money and leisure, and she knew
how to invest them all to get the best div
idends on them. Among her wonderful
talents she had none greater than her wis
dom to make Christian use of the talents
she had. This generation has need and
place for the type of womanhood which
she exemplified. The Foreign Mission
Board has spread upon its minutes the fol
lowing expression of sympathy:
“The Foreign Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention hereby puts
on record and conveys to the mother and
family of Miss Fannie E. S. Heck and to
the Woman’s Missionary Union, this token
of Christian sympathy in the loss which
they have sustained. A beautiful and use
ful life has been consummated through
patient suffering and a triumphant death,
in which the reality of our holy religion
has been given a new and convincing sanc
tion. The name of Jesus and the cause of
Christian missions have a power over the
lives of many thousands, at home and
abroad, who had been ignorant, careless or
hostile had she not so faithfully exempli
fied them in her life, and compelled respect
and love for them by her intelligent devo
tion to them. This generation has not
been blessed with a better example of the
womanhood which the New Testament ex
alts, than was shown it in the life and
character of our sister. She exhibited a
rare harmony of piety and strength, pas
sion and fine sanity, delicate feminine
modesty and strong leadership. Many will
be under the spell of her life and devote
themselves to her ideals now that she is
promoted to higher service.
J. B. HUTSON, Pres.
■ W. A. HARRIS, Rec. Sec.”
IN THE DARK DAY.
If we could, righteously and effectively,
lift the dark cloud of war off the fair face
of the world how quickly and eagerly we
would do it. But we cannot, try as we
will, in fact, all our trying is to have very
little effect upon it. But there are some
thiitgs that we can do that will help a lit
tle. For instance, we can keep the dark
cloud of distrust and fear of the future
from settling upon our own heart and life.
We can cherish in our souls from day to
day the sure faith that cloud is going to be
lifted, we can, through the dark watches
of the night,: sjng. our song of hope and
make ready to greet the morning.—Chris
tian Guardian.
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