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February 24, 1909. TH1 reported five on profession. Dr. Walthall, of Mizpah church, reported fourteen on profession and three by letter. Rev. Tilden Scherer, of Hoge Memorial, reported thirteen on profession. Dr. McFaden, of the First church, received four on profession. The following resolutions were adopted and forwarded to Messrs. Chapman and Alexander: The Presbyterian Ministers' Association of Richmond, Manchester, and vicinity take pleasure in expressing their high appreciation of the series of meetings held in our city from January 6-24, 1909, by Messrs. Chapman and Alexander and their assistants. In the services conducted by these brethren, " and attended by thousands of our people, the truth of the Holy Scriptures was magnified, the Gospel of the crtffcified Savior was proclaimed in simplicity and power, the Holy Spirit was honored, the ministry was exalted, and the Church of God was mightily presented before the community and greatly strengthened. We feel that untold good has come to our city in the salvation of the ungodly, in the confirmation of saints, in the elevation of the tone of piety, in the quickening of moral sentiment, in the demonstration r?f tnp nrnpHpnl nnitv nf hnliowm-o in Christ, and the development of the latent energies of the Church. God has heard the prayers of his people and blessed their united efforts under the leadership of his honored servants who came to us in the love of the Spirit and wrought so industriously for our spiritual welfare. We believe that their labors will prove to be a benediction to any community, and we earnestly invoke the blessing of God upon them as they go everywhere preaching the Gospel of his Son. WEST VIRGINIA. Romney: , Dr. F. J. Brooke, the pastor, has been assisted in a series of meetings by Dr. F. M. Woods, of Martinsburg, the services continuing through Sunday, February 14. Kanawha Presbytery: The spring meeting is to be held this year at Holden, W. Va., in the church of which Rev. M. ii. .tiansel is pustor. Time, Tuesday night, 8 o'clock, April 27, 1909. The opening sermon is to be preached by Rev. J. W. Carpenter, pa'stor of the Kanawha-Salines Church, Maiden, W. Va. The following is the Presbyterial tax on each church; Charleston First, $72.30; Huntington, First, $53.40; Buffalo, $2.5u; Lyle Kirk, $3.a.,; Bream Memorial, $18.70; Logan-Holden, $3.40; Milton, $1.90; Kanawha-Sallnes, $5.50; Brown Memorial, $3; St Albans, $13.10; Lick Branch, $4.50; Kenova First, $1.80; Central City, $1.90; Williamson 115 Mnntmrnnrv t19 9.A Mt. Carbon, $2; Point Pleasant, $15.10. In view of the fact that this Presbytery will be without a stated clerk and treasurer after March 1, It Is requested that remittances for the Presbyterial assessments be made payable to Rev. J. W. Carpenter, Moderator, Maiden, W. Va. Carl Barth, Retiring 8. C. TO WHOM JT MAY CONCERN. , We have been informed that & person calling himself Rev. Charles Mohammed Is visiting our ministers and churches and representing himself to be a mis*? E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUT1 sionary of our Church in Africa, or of having some kind of official connection with our African mission. This is to state that said Rev. Charles Mohammed is entirely unknown to us and has no such connection with our work in Africa or elsewhere as would entitle him to any special consideration from any of our churches or any of our Christian people. S. H. Chester, Secretary. NORTHERN PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. Charles A. Richmond, pastor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian church, of Albany, has been elected president of Union College, Schenectady. The college has been without a president since 1907, when Dr. A. V. V. Raymond resigned, to accept a call as pastor of the tMrst Presbyterian church, of Buffalo. The Chambers-Wylie Church, of Philadelphia, has extended a unanimo:.s call to the Rev. A. Edwin Keigwin, D. D., pastor of the West End church of New York, at a salary of $7,000. Philadelphia: At a meeting of the Presbyterian Ministers' Association, held on a recent Monday, a resolution was presented and unanimously adopted protesting against the production of the opera of "Salome" in Philadelphia. MISSIONARY NUGGETS FROM THE BIRMINGHAM CONVENTION. "Unless Jesus Christ is Lord of all, he is not Lord at all.''?Speer. "It is the mission of the Churca to give tne whole Gospel to the whole world." . . "Jesus Christ alone can save the world, but Jesus Christ cannot save the world 'alone." "We cannot serve God and mammon, but we can serve God with mammon.''? Speer. "The yellow peril may become a golden opportunity." "No interest In missions? The only PTnlanatlnn {a QW *u wavMW lUtACUOOUlC IgllUI" ance or willful disobedience." "We are leading a crusade, not to take a sepulchre, but to take a world.'' "Steam generated here (in this Convention) ought not to go into whistle, but' into the driving wheel." "If you want a big bucket of milk go to a cow that is accustomed to give that much." "The kingdom of God is waiting for the hard-earned leisure of the business man/' "This Is a lost world to be saved, and not simply an ignorant world to be educated."?oapen. "The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not only a Gospel for all men, but it is a Gospel for the whole man."?Capen. "We need the men of the South who have their homes and their Church to * i x help us in the North, where lawlessness is overrunning our cities.''?Capen. "The day of formal praying and petty giving is over and the day of big things has come. ?Capen. "We need to save the world in order to save America spiritually."?Capen. "The Church that forgets Itself in its passion for others will in that forgetfulness find itself.''?Capen. "The man who does not believe in Foreign Missions had better burn up his New Testament, for it is*a record of Foreign Missions."?Capen. "The echoes of this Convention will be heard around the world."?White. "We have no apology .for being in earnest about this work of foreign missions and wllf make none until Jesus Christ tells us that he made a mistake in coming to the world as a missionary.''? Capen. "We have given the Orient warships and telephones, and steam cars and sewing machines, and silk hats, but they are none the better for these, and except the rtl A mor? Ko ?>.??-11 *1 -J viu Minu uu vuaugcu nuuiil, till IUCSL* HQ" ventitious trappings make_ him a more potent force for evil."?nulls. "That life is most worth living whose work is the most worth while."?White. "If we have not enough in our religion to drive us to share it with all the worldr it is doomed here at home.*'?Speer. "Other people are talking brotherhood, the missionary is exemplifying it.''? Speer. "This work of missions is the biggest, most far-reaching, most divine task that confronts the twentieth century man."? Ellis. "The message for the hour Is for the main body to come np to the firing line.'' ?Ellis. "Because your representative (Dr. H. C. DuBose) had faith and perseverance and Southern doggedness and courage, opium has been outlawed in China."? Ellis. "The curse of your life and my life Is its littleness."?Ellis. "The best remedy for a sick church Is to put it on a missionary diet.''?Vance. "They call us fanatics, but I had rather be a fanatic than a corpse."?Vance. rflvor QolrM v*/\nr ?.? i -* - ?W uo<v? Mono uuw UJUUU III US I i UO, but how much can I do?'?White. "The dynamic that is to save the world Is a heart motor/'?Vance. "You might as well try to cure the smallpox by scenery as to try to save the world by the improvement of environment."?Vance.