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March 10, igog. TH
number of God's elect people, there is
nothing that will satisfy them except a
Church dogma to that effect; even though
such a dogma be not authorized either
by the express statements of Scripture,
or by good and necessary consequence
deduced from Scripture. For them it is
true. They believe it. It is highly expedient,
they also believe, dogmatically to
affirm it. The logical outcome of this
dogmatism, as has been proved in the
case of other hopes and belief not sustained
by God's word, is rationalism.
Lexington, Mo.
ANNUAL SUBSCRPTION OF A MILLION
DOLLARS
The most important of the series of
resolutions adopted by the great Laymen's
Missionary Conference at Birmingham
is the following:
'We recommend the thoroughly organized
canvass of the entire membership
of each church for individual subscriptions
on the weekly basis for the
work of Missions."
Why may not this result be reached
by the meeting of the General Assembly
in May, so that it may be reported to
that body as an accomplished fact? We
feel assured that the result of such a
canvass, carried out in the spirit of the
Birmingham Conference, would be a subscription
of uot. less than u million dollars
for our work. If all the men who
attended that great Conference, with the
co-operation of the pastors, the Missionary
Committees of the Laymen's Movement
and the Women's and Young People's
Missionary Societies, sec themselves
resolutely to the task, every member
of every church in our Assembly can
be reached and an individual subscription
secured from practically every member
within the next sixty days.
The four representatives of the For
naiu iiiuveuieui, Messrs. r. a. lirQWn, J.
H. Gruver, A. P. Hassell and Robert SicMullen,
will render all the assistance
within their power in organizing and conducting
this canvass. It will only be possible
for them, however, to reach a comparatively
small number of our 3,200
churches, and if the work is to be done
it must be done by the churches themselves.
We earnestly suggest that whenever
the work is completed in any one
church, that church shall immediately
come to the assistance of its nearest
neighbor. An enthusiasism in the work
will thus be generated and spread, which
will carry it to a triumphant success.
Subscription blanks and other literature
for making the canvass will be
promptly furnished on request from this
office. We also request that all subscriptions
as made be promptly reported to
the office, that they may be recorded
on our books at once.
Instead of making these subscriptions
to individual special objects, whieh would
require correspondence and involve delav
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directly to the Annual Million Dollar
Fund asked for by the General Assembly,
to enable us lo discharge the whole
responsibility that has been devolved
upon our Church as its share In the work
of World Evangelization.
S. H. Chester,
Jas. O. Reavia,
Secretaries.
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DURANT COLLEGE.
The Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian
College, of Durant, decided a few
months ago that it would be wise to divide
the college, changing the institution
at Durant into a high grade college
for girls, and locating a college for boys
in some other city of Oklahoma. The
city of Durant voted $20,000 worth of
bonds with which to purchase the present
college building and campus. This is
a good price for the property. Citizens
of Durant then purchased a site of about
thirty acres for the new college. This
site is beautiful for location, situated on
a fine eminence in West End Heights,
adjoining tne choice residence section
of Durani. It is the site selected by Dr.
S. L. Morris and the other members of
the Board of Trustees as the ideal
location. This campus of thirty acres,
with the residence lots surrounding It,
making ninety acres in all, cost the citizens
$27,000.
Durant citizens furthermore agreed to
take seventy-five scholarships in the college,
at fifty dollars a year, for ten years.
These scholarships are to be used only
by residents of Brvan conntv of whioW
Durant is the county seaO This guarantees
a local patronage worth $3,750
a year in tuition for a period of ten
years. In addition to these inducements
free water and sewerage are to be furnished
the college.. It will cost our citizens
about $4,000 te extend water and
sewerage to the college. Nearly all this
expense is being borne by residents of
Durant. A few citizens of other communities
in the county have helped.
The Sunday school of the First Presbyterian
church or Durant took one of
the scholarships with the purpose of annually
giving it to some worthy girl who
is unable to educate herself. The Baptist
Sunday school also took a scholarship.
Plans and SDeciflcatinnfl r?f tha moir.
building have been drawn, and wortc is
to begin when danger of cold ha9 passed;
in order that the new plant may be
ready for use by September next. Funds
enough are provided for erecting the
main building, but money is needed to
erect a dormitory costing between $10,000
and $15,000. Dr. Morris, our Secretary
of Home Missions, is calling upon the
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church to supply this money. This college
is owned?not by the Synod of Oklahoma?but
by our General Assembly,,
which, at its last meeting, authorized the
sale of the old property and an enlargement
of the work. The needs of our
church in this rapidly developing new
state demand this forward movement.
The Assembly acted wisely. Let the
church at large endorse the vote of their
representatives by promptly supplying
the money to enable this, their college,
to successfully compete with other denominational
colleges of Oklahoma, and
do its share in moulding Christian characters
under strong Fresbyterian influence.
John A. Williams.
A WRONG NOTION.
By Rev. James B. Converse.
Those who live in the cities have the
idea that the only children who do not
go to Sunday school are those who do
not care to go?"street arabs" and others
like them. They think that there are a
plenty of Sunday schools for all who care
to attend. They were surprised at the
statement made by Mr. Magill, our Sunday
school secretary, that there are two
and a half million white children in the
South out of Sunday school. They thought
me siaiement sensational or exaggerated.
I know it to be a fact.
I am personally acquainted with three
of the pictures in the article appealing
for contributions in March for Sunday
school extension. The picture entitled
"Mission Sunday school in the Allegheny
Mountains" is the picture of a Sunday
and day school taught by Mr. and Mrs.
Pavmalee, of the Soul Winners. Their
story is quite romantic, hut room is lacking
to print it. The picture entitled
"Soul Winners' School in the Mountains"
shows the Sunday school that grew out
of this day school. "A Mountain Mission
School," started by the Hame society,
suggests another interesting story
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The children in these many neighborhoods
that have no Sunday schools are
eager to attend one. Help Secretary
Magill, and after doing it generously,
send Dr. Querrant a donation.