of our largest and most influential
churches of the South, and starts out auspiciously with Pastor Proctor,
as a self-supporting church.

The Second Church of Memphis, Tenn., which has been self-supporting for
a number of years, reports a year of prosperity under its new pastor,
Rev. George V. Clark. The building has been renovated, and over fifty
persons added to the church. The church at Chattanooga, Tenn., with Rev.
Jos. E. Smith as pastor, has made heroic struggles during these hard
times as a self-supporting plant. At times the struggle has seemed
greater than they could bear, but in the midst of all they have been
cheered and sustained by the Lord. The new parsonage at Marietta, Ga.,
gives Pastor Lane a pleasant home. Our church at this point is near the
Kenesaw Mountains, where Sherman shouted to his soldiers, "Hold the
fort, for I am coming."

The people at Louisville were glad to have the field missionary expound
our New Testament polity to them at the second anniversary of the
dedication of their chapel. Pastor Harris has some earnest workers in
his church. Dr. Whedbee, the superintendent of the Sunday-school and the
president of the Christian Endeavor, is a graduate from Howard
University. He has an excellent practice, and is a devoted Christian
worker.

I must close these notes with an example of church work that shows what
can be done in our Southern field when pastors and people have a wise
direction and a mind to work. I find the following record in the minutes
of the Tennessee Association for 1893. "Nashville, Howard Chapel. The
church is not prosperous. Services have been discontinued. An effort,
however, is to be made to revive and develop the life and power of the
church." This effort took form in the appointment by the Association of
Rev. J.E. Moorland, of Washington, D.C., as pastor last October. The
appointment was made for ten months, with a view of continuance if the
work proved fruitful. What has been the result of these ten months just
ended? The church has been revived, its membership increased to
seventy-five, congregations large and growing, a nourishing
Sunday-school and mission school, two preaching services on the Lord's
day, and a vigorous Y.P.S.C.E.; a wide-awake mid-week service, a woman's
missionary society, and a sewing-school for girls. The church edifice
has been renovated at a cost of three hundred dollars, and a parsonage
is being erected. For intelligence, Christian characte