RESIGNATIONS.

Joel Clark Glover, '89, from the church of Ashland, Ohio.
Albert B. Judson, '90, from the church of Lodi, Wis.
Francis Carruthers '96, from the church of Marine City, Mich.

DEATHS.

Samuel Elbert Miner, '43, at Ridgway, Mo., June 26, 1904, aet. 88. George Dinsmore Horton, '60, at Bainbridge, N. Y., June 9, 1906, aet. 77.

George B. Peck, M. D., '68, Boston, Mass., Jan. 22, 1906, aet. 72.

DEGREES CONFERRED.

'68. Rev. D. W. Bigelow received the degree of D. D. from Hamilton College at its last commencement.

'79. S. E. Koons of Bronson, Ia., received the degree of D. D. from Coe College, at its recent commencement.

'87. Carroll College, Wisconsin, has conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity on Lewis F. Esselstyn, missionary to Teheran, Persia. '95. S. B. Linhart of Blairsville, Pa., has received the degree of D. D. from Wooster College, Ohio.

'55. "The Higher Criticism Out in the Open," by Walter V. Couch appeared in two installments in The Presbyterian.

'60. George D. Horton of Bainbridge, N. Y., was killed instantly June 9, by being thrown from his carriage.

'63. Every Auburn man will be interested to know that in The New York Observer of July 26, S. W. Pratt has an attractive article on "Views and Aims of Auburn Seminary." President Stewart's picture appears on the front cover and in connection with the article by Dr. Pratt is a fine half-tone of the Seminary campus.

'64. Professor Beecher gives some reasons for the falling off of candidates for the ministry in The New York Observer. It is a sane and thoughtful article.

'65. Thomas E. Davies receives the sympathy of all Auburn men in the recent death of his wife, Ella Smith Davies, at New Haven, Conn.

'66, '81. The committee of our church on union with the Cumberland Church contained three Auburn men: W. N. Page, '66; W. M. Smith, '81; and R. F. Coyle, '81.

'67. We take the following note from the Rochester Presbytery News: "Rev. Dr. Charles P. Coit was born in Hastings, N. Y., May 3, 1839. Graduated, Rochester University, 1867. Dr. Coit was pastor of North Church, Binghamton, 1870 to 1874; Hampden Church, Baltimore, Md., 1874 to 1875; Memorial Church, Rochester, 1875 to 1900; East Side Church, 1901 to 1905. Dr. Coit was a member of four General Assemblies: Detroit, Springfield, Philadelphia, ('88) and Minneapolis. His ancestors were of New England and of Puritan faith. We may say of Dr. Coit, that he is a staunch Auburnian and is held in high esteem by the Seminary.

'68. Two churches of Pueblo, Col., have united as a result of the "Cumberland Re-enforcement"-the Presbyterian Church, ministered unto for a year past by Dr. W. H. Bates as stated supply, and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The pastor of the latter church, Rev. J. H. Kirkpatrick, becomes pastor of the united church. Bates was the active force in securing this result.

'69. The Bible Society Record for August says:

Dr.

A Japanese paper describes with interesting detail a very pretty wedding ceremony at the home of the Rev. Henry Loomis, 223 Bluff Street, Tokyo-that of the Rev. Prof. James Everett Frame of Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and Miss Jean Herring Loomis, the youngest daughter of our esteemed Agent. Among the large company who gathered were the American Consul General and wife, the Japanese Consul and his wife, and a number of Japanese officials. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Loomis in a beautiful floral arbor of bamboo and white peonies erected on the lawn, and the bridal procession was preceded by two little Japanese tots, who unwound a white ribbon on either side of the procession as it advanced from the veranda to the arbor, strewing the path, at the same time, with showers of rose leaves. Altogether, the grace and beauty of flowery Japan seems to have been happily illustrated in this function. Prof. and Mrs. Frame, it is said, left in a perfect whirlwind of rose leaves.

'73. J. S. Root has closed his work at Norfolk, Neb. and will return to Rochester, N. Y.

'74. Edward C. Ray pays a high tribute to Dr. Hoyt's new book, The Work of Preaching," in the New York Observer of July 26. It is strictly speaking a review of this most excellent work.

George R. Smith has been installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Gillman, Ill., having removed from Urbana. He will con

tinue to act as stated clerk of Bloomington Presbytery, of which for the past five years he was pastor at large.

'75. At the late session of the Dutch Reformed General Synod, Dr. Edward P. Johnson, pastor of the historic First Reformed Church of Albany was elected Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Government in Rutgers Theological Seminary.

'77. Geo. W. Knox, D. D., acting president of Union Theological Seminary is The Interpreter" of the Philadelphia Westminster. '79. Willard K. Spencer edits the "mid-week meeting" department of the Michigan Presbyterian. It is work exceedingly well done.

Edward K. Strong writes from San Francisco, where he is pastor of Trinity Church: "The churches have been hit very hard. Were it not for the generous assistance from the outside I think that most of the churches of all denominations would have to close their doors, or else live at a dying rate. My church is getting on wonderfully well. We have cut out all expenses of every kind save the pastor and janitor and the lighting. We had made excellent provision for the coming year just before the disaster, and this has aided us greatly. But our resources have been seriously injured, and I do not know what the future has in store. We cannot tell until after October 1, just our condition, probably not then. A large proportion of the membership has gone for good. Many are away temporarily. This section of the city has so changed in its population that we are now confronted with the problems of the downtown church. We are not in the condition to meet these problems. Our best workers are gone, and our finances are crippled. The congregations are fairly good. The Bible School has not recovered from the shock, and the mid-week meetings are small. "

'80. The Homiletic Review for August contained contributions from Frederick Campbell, '80, Wm. S. Jerome, '83, and E. H. Byington, '87.

Ingleside Seminary, Burkeville, Va., was recently totally destroyed by fire; very little of the furniture of the building was saved, but no lives were lost. Rev. and Mrs. Graham C. Campbell have worked with head and heart in this school ever since their return from Africa, and they are acquainted with no field of endeavor where results are so speedy, so lasting and so fruitful of good to others.

'81. "The Church and the Times" is the title of a book of sermons by Robert F. Coyle of Denver, Colo. He has given in this book a number of his soul-stirring sermons. Dr. Coyle was the speaker at the union services held in Brooklyn, N. Y. He preached every Sabbath in August and the first Sabbath in September.

'82. R. A. Carnahan of the West Side Church, Beloit, Wis., has been very successful in his work the past year. There has been a large increase of members and only half as much home mission aid has been asked for the coming year.

Wm. E. Dodge has now charge of a mission church in North Pasadena, Calif.

'83. Albert R. Crawford and Mrs. Crawford, finding themselves worn with the steady work of the pastorate, have left Oakfield, N. Y. and settled for a year or two of rest in a home they have purchased at Ithaca, N. Y.

'84. The First Church of Cape May, N. J., A. W. Spooner, D. D., organized June 7, Chapter 1 of the Presbyterian Brotherhood. Dr. Spooner who was at the General Assembly lost no time upon his return in starting the ball a rolling.

The Immanuel Church, Los Angeles, Calif., Hugh Kelso Walker, pastor, received thirty members at its recent communion.

'85. C. D. Jacobs is the stated clerk of the Presbytery of Detroit. R. C. Townsend has entered heartily and cheerfully into his work as pastor of the new organization of Herrin, Ill.

'87. At the installation of Rev. J. F. Cocks, pastor of the church at Kasota, Minn., L. F. Badger gave the charge to the people.

'89. J. C. Glover resigned his pastorate on June 10, and has concluded his labors at Ashland, Ohio. During the three years of his work ninety members have been added to the church, making the membership now to equal 330. Extensive improvements, including a new $3,300 pipe organ, and amounting to a total of $6,000, have been made.

'90. Albert B. Judson leaves the church at Lodi, Wisconsin, to accept a call to Central City, Neb.

H. A. Manchester of Boston has for five years filled the position of "vacation pastor" for two Congregational churches in Middletown, Ct. He and his family spend their entire vacation in the parsonage and he takes entire charge of the work in both churches during the pastor's absence.

George C. Shaw of Oxford, N. C., received the degree of D. D., from Lincoln University at its recent commencement.

'91. On July 22, W. W. Cole completed his third year as stated supply of the Centenary Church in Milford, N. Y. He preached an anniversary sermon on the above date. During the three years the membership has doubled.

'93. On the cover of The Presbyterian Banner of August 2, there is an excellent portrait of Joseph Ernest McAfee. He has assumed his duties as Associate Secretary of the Board of Home Missions.

'94. J. N. McGinley, pastor of the Burton Boulevard Church, Kansas City, Mo., recently sustained a great loss in the death of his oldest child.

E. V. Ostrander has accepted a call to the South Butte Presbyterian Church of Butte, Montana. He leaves Painted Post to take up his work in the west the second week in September.

Charles Elbert Rhodes of Lafayette High School, Buffalo, has been chosen by Dr. Henry VanDyke of Princeton, general editor of the Gateway Series of English Classics, to edit the forthcoming edition of Mrs. Gaskell's "Cranford." Mr. Rhodes has entered into a contract with the American Book Company and will devote his summer leisure to the work. Cranford is one of the new requirements in the college entrance course and one of the new Regents' selections. '95. We are in possession of the outline of a lecture "How to Study the Bible" by Bailie Brown of Jersey City, N. J. He delivered this lecture before the Young Men's Christian Association in his city. All who heard Mr. Brown were greatly helped by his expounding the word. '96. Robert J. Diven and family left Oregon for the east recently for a well earned rest. Mr. Diven has the most difficult field in Pendleton Presbytery. He preaches in four different centers, involving long and wearisome drives, for his field is off the railroad. He has taken a ten-year contract, backed by a men's club in New Jersey. F. E. Hoyt has removed from Holcomb to Unadilla, N. Y.

J. W. Lowden, pastor of the Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church, has received a call from the Presbyterian Church of Hackensack, N. J.

'98. Tracy B. Griswold of Albany, Ore., with Mrs. Griswold and their two sons spent his August vacation with friends in the east. Не оссиpied the pulpit of the Westminster Church of Auburn, his first pastorate, on Sunday, August 12.

F. P. Knowles' address is No. 204 West Brown St., Iron Mountain, Mich.

J. S. Stubblefield was recently installed pastor over the East End Church, Kansas City, Kan. Since this congregation has been worshiping in its own building the work is very hopeful.

'99. Jackson K. Buchanan has resigned his position as stated supply of the church at Wallowa, Ore., to take effect at once.

J. Herbert MacConnell, Wichita, Kan., accepts call to Presbyterian Church of Hebron, Neb. Begins labor there Oct. 1, 1906.

James Elmer Russell had a well written article in the Westminster for July 21, on "How the Christian on Vacation can help the Summer Resort." He knows from experience whereof he speaks.