Thursday, July 18, 1912.
who came and for many who did not come. We
thank Brother Stanford for ours at the parsonage
We never find better ones anywhere. Sometimes
we find them more luxuriously furnished and
sometimes the tables elsewhere are more heavily
burdened, but in these parsonages we have al
ways found a plenty and that which was good
enough for the physical man, and royal hearts to
hold fellowship with while we have feasted. May
God's blessings continue to abide on them, and
may the one at Maysville be no exception!
RALEIGH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
Page Three
Personals Otherwise
THE METHODIST ORPHANAGE.
plHIS is one of the youngest institutions of our
I I Church and one of the most flourishing. It
J I is indeed a dead heart to which the cry of
the orphan does not make an appeal, and
these orphans are abroad in the land. And we
have at the head of our Orphanage a wise man.
The people have confidence in his management
of the institution and in his leadership upon this
question; and this confidence is not misplaced.
His heart is in his work, and he knows how to en
list others. Through the year he has gone up and
down in the State, or this eastern section of it,
preaching the gospel of mercy and laying the
cause of the orphan child upon the hearts of our
people. They have responded liberally to his ap
peals, but none too liberally.
The Board of Trustees met in annual session on
last Friday at noon, and listened to the report of
the Superintendent. It was a great report. We
are publishing it in another column, and we trust
that every reader of the advocate will turn to it
and read it. It contains information that you
ought to know, and that will inspire you to do more
for the orphan child. There is one fact that ought to
stir every conscience the fact that the institution
has been compelled to turn away more applicants
during the year than we now have in the institu
tion. The latter number is 140. The average
cost for education and maintenance per child for
the past year has been $98.82, or $8.24 per
month. A comparison with other orphanages
shows this to be less than any other orphanage
in the State a fact which in itself speaks vol
umes for the economy of the administration.
Some noble gifts have come to the institution
the past year. Notable among these is the gift of
that noble woman, Mrs. Mary J. Jackson, Kinston,
N. C. While she yet lives to see the blessings of
her generous donation, she has set apart ten
thousand dollars to build a dormitory for girls,
similar to the building for boys now nearing com
pletion. Hon. and Mrs. F. A. Woodward, Wilson,
X. C, have beautifully furnished the library, the
cost of which has not been made public. Two be
quests have recently come to the Orphanage: One
by Mrs. Mary E. Lang, Farmville, N. C, of $500,
and the other by Mrs. Margaret C. Closs, Durham,
N. C, of $1,000.
Besides the building for jfirls to be erected by
Mrs. Mary J. Jackson another similar building for
girls was authorized by the Board of Trustees to
be built as the funds may be secured by subscrip
tion. The demand for enlarged facilities is made
clear by the large number of applicants for ad
mission to the institution who have to be turned
away for lack of room and sufficient income to
support them. But we shall get both as the years
go by. Our Orphanage is enjoying great prosper
ily under the wise management of Brother Cole,
and its growth is all that we could reasonably ex
pect. Our people are going to respond more and
more liberally to its support, and its beneficent
work will be an increasing one through the com
ing years.
Rev. T. N. Ivey, D.D., editor of the Christian
Advocate (Nashville,) passed through Raleigh re
cently and honored the Advocate office with a call.
Unfortunately for us we were out of the city in at
tendance upon a District Conference and missed
his visit. He has been spending sometime at
Morehead City for rest and recreation.
Bishop Kilgo held the Winston District Confer
ence last week. It convened in Lexington, N. C.
Rev. S. J. McConnell is holding revival services
at Shiloh Methodist Church on the Montgomery
Circuit this week.
Rev. W. R. Royall is spending a few days with
his wife and litle son, who are visiting Mrs. Roy
all's people in Troy.
Rev. C. C. Brothers called at the Advocate of
fice a few days ago. He is in the best of health
and is enjoying his work.
Mr. R. L. Brown called at the Advocate office
one day last week. We regret that our absence
prevented the pleasure of seeing him.
Dr. W. B. North was called to Durham last
week to see his son, Paul, who is quite sick in a
hospital there. Roanoke-Chowan Times.
Rev. A. D. Betts writes that Pastor Chaffin
preached one of the best sermons he ever heard at
Fuquay Springs last Sunday on Parental Respon
sibility. Elm Street, Goldsboro, is a new church, but it is
at work. They have organized an Epworth
League and a Bright Jewel Band, and are training
and using their young people.
Rev. N. H. D. Wilson requests us to state that
mail addressed to himself or Mrs. Wilson will
reach him more promptly through the summer
months at Chapel Hill, N. C.
Children's Day services at Central Cross on the
fifth Sunday in June were just delightful, and they
were attended by at least two hundred people.
Rev. J. W. Frank was present and preached in the
afternoon.; The Commonwealth.
Chancellor Kirkland, of Vanderbilt University,
has been tentatively offered the Presidency of the
University of Arkansas. We understand that he
has the matter under advisement, but has not yet
decided what he will do.
The Pastor's Helper, Vol. I., No. 1, has reached
our desk. It is published at Windsor in the inter
est, of Bertie Circuit, and is edited by the pastor,
Rev. J. G. Johnson. Its columns carry needed
information for the people on the Circuit, and we
wish the enterprise much success.
Last Sunday was Memorial Day at Cool Springs
Church. Regular funeral songs were used in the
service in the church and the pastor, Rev. E. E.
Rose, made remarks befitting the occasion, after
which all went to the grave yard and decorated
the resting places of the departed. Moore County
News.
Rev. R. F. Taylor, Jenkins Memorial and Apex,
writes: "We had a pleasant day at our church
yesterday, good congregations at both services. I
expect to start a canvass for the Advocate this
week." Brother Taylor is forging ahead on that
debt, and we trust that he will soon be relieved of
this extra burden.
Rev. C. B. Culbreth, Mangum Street Church,
Durham, writes: "Bro. G. F. Smith, pastor of
Memorial Church, Durham, is assisting us at Man
gum Street Church in a revival. We believe that
the revival spirit is already taking hold of the
Church, and the outlook te very promising. The
altar was neaily full at the Sunday morning ser
vice, and several were happily converted. At the
evening service there was one of the brightest
conversions we have seen during the whole meet
ing. We are expecting a great revival. Pray for
us."
Xiss Lily May McNeill, of Grace Church, Wil
mington, who recently graduated as a nurse at the
James Walker Memorial Hospital, has been ac
cepted as a missionary by the Board of Missions,
and has been assigned to Mexico. She will go to
her station in September.
The saddest feature of the Wilmington District
Conference was the serious illness of Bro. E. H.
Waters. Brother Waters is one of the most faith
ful officials of the Maysville Church and had look
ed forward to the coming of the Conference with
anticipations of great pleasure. He lies ill unto
death, his friends fear. Unceasing prayer was
made for him and his family.
The work on the new West dormitory at Trinity
College is progressing rapidly. The building is
now ready for the roofing, and as soon as it is
covered the plastering will be begun. This dormi
tory contains seventy-two rooms for students. The
rooms may be rented singly or in suites. The con
tractor promises that the building will be ready
for occupancy by September first.
Rev. C. W. Smith, Raeford Circuit, writes: "We
held our Children's Day services at. Bowman's yes
terday (July 7). The exercises were good and a
good collection was taken, $7.00. We have a line
Sunday-school at Raeford, have grown in the last
lew months from an enrollment of ninety to 14 8.
Children's Day was held the fourth Sunday in
June, and the collection was $20.00. Bro. J. W.
Moore is superintendent, of this school, and it
Mould be hard to find a better one anywhere."
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Rev. B. C. Thompson, Warren Circuit, writes:
' We are moving along nicely. Will begin a meet
ing at Areola third Sunday in July. Just had an
other pounding-this time from Sarepta and it
was a big one. Hams, sugar, and other grceries
too numerous to mention; and yesterday my horse
was pounded with a load of nice old fodder, and
I take the privilege of expressing his gratitude for
same. Those people at Sarepta are as good as
they know how to be, and at the other churches
also. Come to see us and spend a week in some
of our protracted meetings in July or August."
Bro. J. H. Hill, Folkstone, returning from the
Wilmington District Conference at Maysville,
writes: "I certainly enjoyed being with the breth
ren. The Holy Spirit was manifestly present in
the meeting. I could not. stay till Conference ad
journed, being called home to the bedside of my
sick wife. Pray with me that God will speedily re
store her to health that we may be about our duty.
.We can see very plainly the need of laborers in ihe
held. May God send us forth with a determina
tion that will conquer sin and Satan through the
power of the Christ."
The report of Mrs. J. F. Ray, District Secretary
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Rockingham District, for the second quarter shows
a total for the quarter of $!)3.r.90. The Society at
Laurinburg supports its own missionary. This in
addition to the church's missionary gives Brother
Bumble's people two special missionaries. Then
two elect ladies of that district support a mission
ary. This remarkable report results from the
wise methods of the consecrated secretary who
keeps first things first, emphasizing above all
things the spirit of prayer. Mrs. Ray is a daugh
ter of the late Rev. T. J. Gattis.
We regret to learn that the father of Reverends
Y. E. and J. M. Wright has suffered a second
stroke of paralysis and is steadily sinking.
Brother Wright's home is at Old Hundred, N. C,
but for some months he has been visiting his son,
Rev. Y. E. Wright, at Rose Hill. We travelled
lrom New Bern to Goldsboro with Rev. J. M.
Wright last Thursday morning. He had received
a telegram on the preceding night to the effect
that his father was in extremis and was not. ex
pected to survive many hours. We have watched
the papers, but have seen nor heard any further
news. Let the prayers of the Church rise for the
yufferer and for his stricken family.