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February 17, 1909. TI
appreciated, and gratefully received, yet
the father and mother felt even more
joy over the unexpected kindness which
had been shown their little daughter.
And before they went to rest that
night, they both prayed earnestly that
upon those little girls in that far-off Ohio
city might fall the blessing of him who
said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these my little ones,
ye have done it unto me "?Herald and
Presbyter.
STRANGE PRAYERS.
Stories of inappropriate and amusing
petitions are recounted by the Christian
World of London:
"The most frequent cause of inappropriate
petitions is, no doubt, the persistence
of habit. Certain phrases are
used again and again, until they come to
be repeated without any thought of their
immediate application. If a preacher *s
accustomed to introduce Scriptural quotations
in his prayers by reference to what
was said by 'Thy servant rf old,' he is *n
danger of sometimes employing the formula
grotesquely. I have myself heard
the belief expressed 'that some in thii
congregation tonight are saying in their
hearts, like thy servant of old, "Almost
thou persuadest me to be a Christian"';
and I have been told of an instan o in
which the petition was offered 'that we
may say, with thy servant of old,""Oh,
to be noth'rig, nothing!"' We may similarly
explain the stories of the workhouse
chaplain who prayed that those
present might not trust in uncertain riches,
and the prison chaplain who besought
the Lord that he would conduct the worshippers
in safety to the their respective
places of abode. At the Congregat'onal
Union meeting at Blackpool last year the
minister conducting the devotions at one
service so far forgot his surroundings as
to refer to the place of meeting?the
theater of the Winter Gardens?as 'this
hallowed spot.' The sense of humor must
surely have been lacking in the old man
of eighty, supported by crutches, who
regularly included among his petitions at
the weekly prayer-meeting the request
that he might be kept from runn'ng with
the giddy multitude to do evil. Not very
complimentary was the use of a wellknown
Scripture passage made by a
minister at a wedding: 'May these persons,
live together In such harmony In
this life that they may finally attain
unto that state of felicity where they
ne ther marry nor are given in marriage.'
As a concluding example of the thougutless
use of familiar language one may
ouote this remarkable amalgam: 'O Lord,
we praise thee that we are thine; we
feel that we are thine; we know that we
are thine; Lord, make us thine.' "
WOMAN'S DEBT FUND.
Previously reported, $12,440.76; "In
memory of a dear sister," "A Wellwisher,"
$3.50; Mrs. M. A. Yarbrough, 3rd
Pres. Ch.t Richmond, Va., 50c; Mrs. H.
L. Yarbrough, 3d Pres. Ch., Richmond,
Va., 50c; A Friend, Keysville, Va., $1;
"In His Name," New Orleans, La., $150;
Sale of pin given by trained nurse In
Abingdon Presby., Va., $2.50; Sale of pin
given by young lady of Ch. of the Covenant,
Richmond, Va., $2.50; Mrs. H. H.
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Indies, First Presb. Ch., Greenville, S. C.,
$2; ladies of Presb. Cr., Prescott, Ark.,
$8; L. A. and M. S. Presb. Cr., Talladega,
Ark., $38.46; Mr. W. M. Cumniing. Wilmington,
N. C., (C. O. Sub),. $2; Mrs. O.
A. Stephenson and S. S. class, Pisgah
Ch., Lexington, W. Va., $2.20; L. A. S.
Presb. Ch., Andalusia, Ala., $2.50; A
Friend from Mizpah Ch., Richmond, Va.,
$10; W. F. M. S., Second Ch., Little
Rock, Ark. Presby. (Ad.), $1; L. M. S.,
First Pres. Ch., Honey Grove. Pariu
Presby., Tex., $17.29; L. Y. Emerson M. S.,
Bethany Ch.. Lexington Presby., Va., $10;
Mission Study Class, Chase City, Va.,
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fm.wu , a iuuy 01 unase tJuy, va., 5t)c;
Miss Kate Bason, Hawfleld Ch., Orange
Tresby., N. C., $2; Mrs. M. E. White,
Temple, Texas, (Addi.), $2; L. H, M. S..
Derinott, Ark., (Pine Bluff P.), $10; W.
A. and M. S., Aimwell Ch., Ridgeway,
S. C., (Addi.), $3; M. and A. S., Westminster
Ch., Deniston, Tex., Dallas
Presby. (Addi.), $3; L. A. S., Presb. Ch .
Greenville, Ky., $5; Presbyterian Union
of Central Texas (additional): Cameron
Ch., $23; Highland Ch., Austin, $6.50;
Young People's C. E., Belton, $1; Mexia
Ch., $21.30; L. F. Jd. S., First Presb. Ch.,
Camden, Ark., $32; W. and Girls' M. Societies,
Pres. Ch., Lexington, Va., $17.50:
W. M. S., Second Presb. Cb., Lebanon,
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Mamie D. Smith, Treas.
Petersburg, Va.
$50,000 DEBT FUND.
Gifts received by the Foreign Mission
Committee at Nashville for the Debt
Fund in January, not passing through
the hands of Miss Mamie D. Smith, of
Petersburg, Va.:
Mrs. Homer King, Texlco, N. M., $1;
Mrs. H. W. White, Hsuchoufu, China,
$10; Ladies of North Kiangsu Mission,
China, $14; Miss C. E. Stirling, Redlands,
Cal., $5.
Alabama?Mrs. A. D. Sankey, Hatchechubbee,
$10. Mobile: Government St..
F. Woodcock F. M. S., $13. Tuscaloosa:
Tuscaloosa, L. M. S.t $5. .
Florida?DeFuniak Springs L. H. and
F. M. S., $51. St. John: Maltland Ch.,
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Georgia?Atlanta: Inman Park L. A.
S., $1; Rock Springs L. M. S., $5.50.
Kentucky?Louisville: Elizabethtown
L. M. S., $22.30. Paducah: Forest Grove
L. M. S.. $5.
Louisiana?New Orleans: Carrolton
L. H. and F. M. S., $1.50.
Mississippi?Port Gibson Y. W. M. Bd.,
$10.
Missouri?Mrs. B. E. Wallace, Warrensburg,
$10. Upper Missouri: Plattsburg
U M. S., $10.32; St. Joseph, 2nd W. M.
S., $6.
North Carolina?Mrs. J. A. Hamilton,
, Orange Pres., $2. Albemarle: Warren
iU;i v-..., fj. mecRienDurg: Charlotte
2nd L. M. S., $51; Sugar Creek Ch.; $7.
Wilmington: Elizabethtown Ch., $1.
South Carolina?Mrs. J. S. Mackorell,
Yorkville, $1; Mrs. J. N. Bratton, Guthriesville,
$5; M. W. H., Clemson College,
$1. Bethel: Beersheba Y. P. S., $3.25;
Beersheba L?. M. S., $2.25; Uriel L. A. S.,
$10. Harmony: Blshopville L. A. S., $18.
Tennessee?Miss Ida C. Lind, McMinnville.
$5. Holston: Bristol First Ch.,
$2.25. Memphis: Memphis Second L. M.
S., $2. Nashville: Hopewell Ch., $13;
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A. S.. $10; Smyrna L. M. S., $9.
Texas?Mrs. E. D. Junkin, Gatesville,
$2; Mrs. T. W. DeVane, Chattanooga, Ok.,
$5. Dallas: Bowie L. M. S., $3.
..Virginia?Lexington: Bethesda W. M.
S., $2.25; Dayton L. A. and M. S., $11.
Winchester: Gerrardstown Guild, $5.50.
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