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sen that the Scriptures "teach positively
and unequivocally that all incapables are
included in the list of the elect"? It
seems to me that anyone who doubts it,
has a narrow conception of the length
and breadth of Gcd's love and of the
value of the redemption of His Son,
Jesus Christ. There can be, there is,
no doubt about it.
3. Can anyone, who understands and
sympathies with the attitude of the Lord
Jesus while on earth, to "little children"
and "babes" (Mark 10: 13-14, Lukd
18: 15-16, R. V.) fail to draw the necessary
inference that each and every "infant
dying in infancy" is redeemed, sanctified
and saved?
Scores of other passages from Scripture
can be given, but "enough is as good
as a feast," and the foregoing are surely
enough. The truth is, this section, in its
present shape, ought never to have heen
inserted in our Standards. Its presence,
there has done the Presbyterian church
and the cause of Christ much damage,
and it ought to he modified or removed
at the earliest practicable moment. Our
Confession, while a remarkable hook for
the time in which it was prepared, is a
human composition and, of course, has
its defects. The sooner these are removed
the better it will be for the growth
of Zlon and the salvation of immortal
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Richmond, Va. R. M.
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN IN ATLANTA.
The Heme Mission Council was organized
March C. 1908. It had Its orierin in
the conviction, widely expressed, that we
had entered upon a new ern in home missions.
While the old phases remained in
all their cogency, while the great West
was still a vast field and needed mightier
forces for its evangelization, while incoming
populations from lakes to gulf and
river to sea called for mcral and spiritual
help?new problems, East and West,
North and South, presented such an appeal
for missionary thougnt and endeavor
as had never come to the nation before.
1'he congestion of cities, the perils ar.d
minnrhin itloa nf ImmJorrofiAn
? i'j'w* m*. nuuii^t avivu, LUC I IDllitj
socialism with its possible conflict of
clissc3, and the aggressions of fanaticism
and superstition all combine to give a
new scope, meaning and urgency to home
missions.
In response to the call for a federation
of mission interests, seventeen denominations
have already united, through
their Horne Mission Boards and Societies,
for counsel and co-operation.
For the purpose of bringing this federated
movement to the knowledge and
sympathies of Christian people, a Publicity
Campaign has been planned for
leading cities in the East, South and
West. The occasion and the themes are
great enough to inspire every minister,
church officer and church member Jti
those cities to set aside the appointed
days for his country, his church and his
God.
Some of these meetings have already
been held In the great centers of population.
The Campaign in Atlanta was a
notable sticcess. Many of the leading
representatives of the churches composing
the Council made addresses In Atlanta.
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The Central Presbyterian church, about
tfle largest auditorium in the city, was
crowded, and at night every seat in the
spacious galleries was occupied. It is the
general expression of opinion that these
were the greatest missionary addresses
ever heard in the city of Atlanta. A profound
impression was produced as to the
needs of our own country, and the urgent
necessity of the church arousing itself to
meet the enemy coming in like a flood,
and to win our land for Christ as a factor
in the world's evangelization
While not a speaker disappointed the
nuuicutf, n. 1a goiiciauy cunceuea mat
our own Governor Glenn, by bis resistless
eloqtience, captured the crowd. Surely
such a campaign will result in a great
awakening on the subject of Home .Missions.
Other cities of the South, such as Nashville,
St. Louis and Kansas City, are yet
to have the privilege of hearing these
men during the progress of the Publicity
Campaign. It would bo efTort and money
well spent if we could repeat these addresses
in every large city of our land
till the whole Church were aroused to the
supreme importance of Home Missions,
as the need of the times.
CHRIST ALONE.
The sorest hurt of human hearts,
The most Insufferable pain,
The hurt for which all human arts
Of healing have been tried in vain;
lae stricken world's great open sore,
Which gnaws and festers evermore.
Is still as has ever been,
Not toll, not poverty, but sin;
Christ died the sovereign cure to yield;
Why is His people's hurt not healed?
In Christ, in Christ alone, is life.
Life without faith is fleeting breath;
Life without hope is bootless strife;
Life without love is living death.
O heralds, haste! Redeem the time.
Delay is death; excuse is crime.
As you've received, go freely, give;
Go, bear men Christ, that they may live.
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WOMAN'S DEBT FUND.
Previously reported, $13,044.07; J. S.
P., Lewisburg, W. Va., $50; Mrs. John
W. Stout, Staunton, Va., $5; Mrs James
D. Mclver, $1; Mrs. John Cainpbelle. $1;
Mrs. W. R. Wilkins, $1; Mrs. D. A. McDonald,
$1; Mrs. Jane McLeod, $1; Mrs.
G. McLeod, 50c; Mrs. Mollle Person, oi
Carthage, N. C., 60c; Mrs. W. W. Condon,
Greensboro, N. C., (Add!.), $2.50; Green
St. Pres. Ch., Augusta, Ga., (Augusta
Pres. Union), $17; Mrs. Joel Watkine,
Vera, Va., $1; Mrs. Ryburn M. White,
Gladea Springs, Va., $1; Mrs. M- W.
Woods, Pedlar Mills, Va., $1; S. H. H.,
Red Springs, N. C., $2; Little Agnes Lacy
Woods, Charlottesville, Va., $1; Ladies of
Pres. Ch., Puyettevllle, Tenn., $9.50; Mrs.
H. P. Mizell, Waxahachie, Texas, $5;
Member of L. M. S. Union Presb. Ch.,
Clio, Ala., $1; Member Clearwater Preeb.
Ch., Florida, $2; The D. C. Rankin M. S ,
1st Presb. Ch., Winston-Salem. N. C .
(Orange Presby.), $6f).05; Mrs. J. W. pulton,
L. A. 3., New Providence Oh., Lexington
Presby., Virginia, (Add!.), $2.75;
The C. T. N. Soc., Greenville, Va., (Lexineton
Presby.), $10; Miss Lilah Thomas,
Bethel C'h., Lex. Presby., Virginia, $1;
Second Pre^b. Ch., Norfolk, Va.. (Addi.),
$2; Miss Mollie Thatcher, M. S. 1st Ch.,
Chattanooga, Tenn., $1; Mrs. Brook, M. 3.
1st Cn., Chattanooga, Tenn., $1; Two women.
1st Presb. Ch., Danville, Ky., $2,
Mrs. Dr. S. G. Taylor, $1; Miss Mary H.
Taylor, $1; Miss Jennie A. Taylor, of Oak
Grove Ch., W. Hanover Pres., Virginia,
$1; Mrs. S. M. McAfee, $2; Mr. John C.
McAfee, $1; Mr. Will Cunningham, $1;
Mips Willie Hope, $1; Miss Chaney Coleman,
of Mlzpah Ch., Chester, S. C., 50c;
Miss nertie Smith, Seneca. S. C., |1;
Mrs. D. P. Rodgers, Forest Depot, Virginia,
$1; Ladies of the North Kiangsu
Mission, China, (Addl.), $5; total, $13.243.37.
Mamie D. Smith, Treas.
Petersburg, Va.
The world will freely agree to be
Christian tomorrow, if Christ will permit
them to be worldly today.?Arnot.
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