Atlanta, Ga.--The first picture of the new Atlanta church
appears in the cut used on the first page of this paper. The trees
have been painted out, and the manse is seen on the right of the
church. This cut and one of the pastor are used on the church
calendar gotten out at the first of the year. The pastor, Rev.
Geo. H. Mack, reports that the work of the church is in a flourishing
condition. Prospects have not been brighter since its organization.
The annual report shows that the church gave for all purposes
last year over $3,000. A large part of this went into the new
building. Obligations on the indebtedness are being met promptly,
about $1,200 having been paid this month. The membership shows
a gain of fifty per cent for the year and now numbers 110. All
the organizations are prospering. The Sunday school has nearly
doubled its attendance during the year. The Young Ladies' Guild
is planning the purchase of an organ for the church. The ladies,
in their Aid Society, have raised over $300 for the building fund,
and are now contemplating the organization of a missionary society;
and, as a most encouraging feature, the men, as an outcome of
a banquet given them by the official board, are organizing themselves
into a club, to be known as the Cumberland Club. Energetic, united
effort is the watchword of the whole church, and progress is the
good result. The young church enjoys a good name, and is making
many friends in its community. Services are better attended than
ever before, and members are being received nearly every Sunday.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian,
January 26, 1905, page 118]
The Harris Street Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga. Organized in 1902 as the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, after a tent meeting, it became the first church of the PCUSA in Atlanta when union occurred in 1907. The name was later changed to the Covenant Presbyterian Church, in a new location.