Christmas church doings span towns in West Virginia
Reports from White Sulphur Springs Lewisburg and Keyser describe Christmas services and generous giving. Rev. R L Telford from Richmond preached in Greenbrier County. Keyser celebrates a new Presbyterian mission chapel with Sunday school and Bible Society support. Thornwell Orphanage fund contributions and Fredericksburg orphans receive gifts.
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White Sulphur Springs
Christ's
Lynchburg
Lewisburg
R. L. Telford
Richmond
Old Stone Church
Telford
Greenbrier Independent
Keyser
First Presbyterian Church
8. M. Kuykendall
American Bible Society
J. C. Siler
Duffields Church
Winchester
Thornwell Orphanage
Fredericksburg
A. N. Perryman
Reverend Hudson Accepts Lexington Presbytery Superintendency
Reverend William KE Hudson, recently superintendent of mountain work for the General Assembly's Committee of Home Missions, has accepted the superintendency of Home Missions and Sabbath school extension in Lexington Presbytery and will begin work in Staunton on January 1. Hon. W. Calvin Wells, prominent Jackson Mississippi citizen, died at his home December 15. He was a leading figure in his city.
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William KE. Hudson
General Assembly
Committee of Home Missions
Lexington
Staunton
W. Calvin Wells
Jackson
Miss
Lawyer and cleric Wells noted as church leader
The lawyer of the State was zealous for religion and served as a ruling elder in the First Presbyterian church where Dr. J B Hutton was pastor. He fathered Rev Dr J M Wells, pastor of the First church in Wilmington North Carolina.
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Wells
First Presbyterian Church
J. B. Hutton
J. M. Wells
First Church
Wilmington
North Carolina
Dormitories Furnished for Highland Mission Girls
Thanks to nationwide gifts, three new dormitories at Stuart Robinson College Beechwood Seminary and Highland College provide housing for about 150 Highland girls. The year brought generous donations totaling 14022.16 dollars from supporters in the United States Canada and beyond aiding Mountain Department missions and local schools. Dr Pennel shifts to the Orphans Home Hospital role as Dr Bach departs, with renewed hope for Christian education and mission work in Wilmore Kentucky.
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United States
Mary Rose
Stuart Robinson College
Carrie Reaves
Beechwood Seminary
Leona Blake
Highland College
Cumberland Mountains
Canada
Mountain Department
Home Mission
General Assembly
Highland Hospital
Pennel
South Carolina
Bach
Virginia Synod Home Missions Christmas Cheer Success
The Virginia Synod reports a successful Christmas Cheer drive lifting funds for home missionaries. By December 24, advanced checks reached missionaries and receipts followed by December 31. January prayers for renewed support urge churches to remit promptly to cover January salaries.
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Virginia
Rev George S Webster Elected Secretary of Seamen's Friend Society
The Rev George S Webster D D former pastor of the Church of the Covenant New York City has been chosen secretary of the American Seamen's Friend Society succeeding Rev George McPherson Hunter who resigned Webster is active in religious and social welfare work and has supported the society's efforts among seamen for years The society is the oldest non sectarian sailors aid group in the United States.
Samuel Johnson Quote on Contentment and Mercy
A Johnson aphorism notes that no rational basis for discontent exists except trust in God's mercy through Jesus Christ, emphasizing salvation as remedy for inner unrest. The remark frames Christian devotion as the path to peace beyond reason.
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God
Jesus Christ
Samuel Johnson
Cure Sick Headache and Constipation With Cascarets
A Crock sales copy promotes Cascarets as a candy cathartic that cleanses and regulates the stomach and bowels. It claims to remove sour foods and foul gases, reduce bile, and carry off waste and poison. A five cent box keeps liver and bowels clean while you sleep.
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West Virginia
Edward O. Guerrant
Wilmore, Ky
Virginia Synod’'S Home Missions
Home
Union Seminary
P. S
States
Sailors' Home
West Street
American Seamen's Friend Society
George
Webster
Brownsburg
A. B. Griswold & Co., Limited
Emer Am
Jones Bros. & Co
Main Street
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