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February 3, igog. TK
MISSIONARY ITINERARY.
We are often asked the question "How
may I secure the visit of a foreign missionary?"
Please send your address for
a missionary visit to the undersigned,
who is held responsible by the Executive
Committee for the arrangement of missionary
itineraries. A special record
will be made of your request. At the
earliest possible date an itinerary will
be arranged enabling a missionary to visit
you.
We are asked the question also, "Does
the Executive Committee pay the travel
ing expenses of the missionary?" Where
the Committee arranges and gives its
approval of the visit of the missionary
it holds itself responsible for the traveling
expenses. Otherwise, the traveling
expenses are borne by those arranging
with the missionary for a visit. It would
save confusion and would be an economy
of money, time and strength if all requests
for missionary visitation were
sent directly to the office.
It should be borne in mind that there
are only a few missionaries at home on
furlough at any one time. All of them
are nere primarily ior mucn neeaea rest.
I am sure we all in making our requests
will be considerate of our beloved missionaries'
physical strength, while they
are recuperating at home with the view
of returning to the great work to which
God has called them in the foreign land.
Jas. O. Reavis, Sec'y.
"NUMERICAL RESPONSIBILITIES."
Messrs. Editors:
I was somewhat grieved to see in the
first number of The Presbyterian of the
South, which has just reached me here,
in an editorial reader under the above
caption, the first unsympathetic criticism
I had seen or heard of the Missionary
Platform of our Church. Perhaps the
most notable Providential development
v?i uu: nine in connection wim world
evangelization s ine division of the territory
of the non-Christian world, not
marked by hard and fast lines, but sufficiently
definite for practical purposes,
among the different Christina denominations,
according to which each assumes a
definite responsibility for its own definite
field. Problems of comity that have
troubled the churches so long are all
practically settled by this one argument.
The greatest possible economy of avail
aDie resources Is secured. Above all, it
is now possible to present our missionary
appeal relieved of all the vagueness and
seeming inipracticability by which it was
formerly shorn of its power. We have
our two provinces in Cuba, our two states
in Mexico, our special territory in Brazil,
our field in Japan, our great field in
Airica, our two provinces in southern
Korea and a large part of two great provinces
in China, which no other church
will now attempt to evangelize, because
the chief responsibility for them has been
offered to-and accepted by us.
The estimated population of all this territory
has been about twenty-five millions.
This estimate was all along declared
tentative and approximate. That
is the only "numerical" feature thero is
in the whole matter. Our responsibility
will be for the same territory, even
[E PRESBva,TrT?TAN OF THE SOU'
though it might be found on more thorough
investigation to contain double the
population of our original estimate.
It was a great day in the history of
our Church when, two years ago at Birmingham,
our assembly without a dis
aiming voice adopted me Missionary
Platform accepting this offered responsibility,
and declaring it to be the duty
of the ohurch to begin at once a systematic
effort to bring our contributions up
to the point that \frould enable us to discharge
it. Going before the Church with
this great and definite appeal we have
made notable progress in these two years
towards the goal at which we are aiming.
In this work we have had the hearty and
effective aid of the three papers now combined
into The Presbyterian of the South,
and we shall expect that great paper to
continue the helpful policy of its predecessors.
With that help we have great
hopes that at the close of this fiscal year
we may be able to report a contribution
to the cause for our Church of not less
than $400,o00.
Cordially yours,
S. H. Chester.
FOREIGN MISSION DOTS AND
DASHES.
Though we are far behind with the
Missions with remittances for actual necessities,
instead of saying to us, "pay
that thou owest," the missionaries insist
on Helping to pay our debt. Fourteen dollars
has just come from the ladies of
the North Kiangsu Mission for the $50,000
debt. $14,978.71 is the total amount
received on the Debt Fund to date.
In China they "sell their possessions"
in order to give to the cause. Rev. H. M
Woods says "one of our inquirers is very
earnest and intelligent and seems to have
the right 'ring'. Without our saying any
ming uu'jui 11, sue buia ner Draceieis ttie
other day and brought Mrs. Wood3 $20
(Mexican) to help on the cause."
Our total receipts since April 1 amount
to $271,301. Our goal for this fiscal year
is $400,000. We hardly doubt that the
balance of $128,699 will be given. The
principal thing then is to see that it is
sent in before March 31. Our Church an.l
Presbvterial treasurers can assist very
materially in enabling us to reach our
goal.
Rev. B. C. Patterson writes in the "BiMonthly
Bulletin'' that among those who
have attended services for eight months
are two men over 70 years old that walk
the distance of twelve miles. One man
bought a catechism and hid it lest his
teacher should find it and destroy it. The
teacher found it and walked twenty-five
miles to Suchlen for more literature. The
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be had for forty cents. Remit to the Executive
Committee Foreign Missions,
Nashville, Tenn.
A letter from Kobe, Japan, says, "last
night a young man gave a ringing testimony
of repentance and salvation at our
little 'Nuncbiki chapel.' He is a student
in the Commercial college here and on
account of his drinking his older "* ???
cut off his support. He has started pulling
a jinrikisha at night to make his living
while attending school." What is it
that the gospel cannot do for men?
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Regarding Foreign Missions and literature,
address "Executive Committee Foreign
Missions," and regarding the Missionary
address "The Missionary," Nashville,
Tenn.
Avoid discontinuance of expired suoscriptions
to the Missionary, required by
the Postal Laws, by writing us. If you
cannot remit promptly we can extend
subscription and charge it to you.
The joy of the Christmas season was
increased, a home made happier, and a
new missionary added to our forces by
the arrival of a little girl in Cardenas,
Cuba, in the home of Rev. R. L. Wharton.
Requests come constantly for state
ments of accounts of churches showing
total gifts since April 1. We gladly furnish
these on request. However, if the
pastor had this information constantly at
hand it might be of considerable value
to him and his treasurer. The "Pass
Book" furnishes this statement, preserves
receipts, saves time, insures accuracy,
and costs nothing.
Among the speakers at the Men's Convention
at Birmingham, February 16-18,
will be Hon. S. B. Capen, Mr. J. Campbell
White, Hon. R. B. Glenn, Rev. JamesI.
Vance, Mr. Walton Williams, Mr. Wm.
T. Ellis, Rev. D. C. Lilly, Col. E. W. Halford,
Mr. John B. Slenton, Jr., Mr. L. H.
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severance, Mr. David McConaughy. It
promises to be the greatest men's meeting
held in our Assembly.
WOMAN'S DEBT FUND.
Previously reported $12,195.11
L M S., Second Paris, Ky.
(additional) 3.00
L. M. Soc., Marianna Ch., Fla.... 0.55
M. E. D. Lee, Spartanburg. S.C. 2.00
Maria Pratt Mis. Soc., Stanton,
Va. 5.00
ivirs. x\ewton Smith, College Hill,
Miss 1.00
W. F. M. S., Second Ch., Little
Itock, Ark 27.00
L. M. S., Keytesville, Mo 3.50
L. M. S., Pres. Ch., Palatka,
Fla 3.75
Mrs. Fletcher and daughters,
Accomac, Va 5.00
Miss Pattle Morris, Charlotte,
N. C. fl 1.00
Mrs. M. E. Glazner, Anson, Tex. 1.00
rueuos, inompson Valley
church, Va 7.00
Mis. Soc., Westminster church,
Lynchburg, Va 13.75
W. M. S., First Ch., Charleston 5.00
H. & F. Mis. Soc. Maryland Ave.
Pres. Church, Baltimore. . 1.00
Mis. Union, El Paso Pres., Tex.
(additional.) 22.00
Mallard Mis. Soc., Napoleon
Ave. Pres Ch., Baltimore.. 1.00
Total $12,308.36
Mamie D. Smith, Treas.
Petersburg, Va.
Love cannot remain silent. It is an active
principle as well as a passion. It
c?i/icotiuu in me. 11 sympaimzes,
sacrifices, serves. It is benevolent,,
-jighborly, pure, holy. Envy and hatred
and vanity are foreign to its nature. It
is hopeful and rejoices in the truth.?J.
C. Villiers.