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April 7, igog. TH
Minister's Place
A MILE-LONG SERMON.
The North China Mail recently re
lated the remarkable circumstances sur
rounding the last sermon on Sabbath OI>
servance preached by the founder of tho
China Inland Mission, J. Hudson Taylor.
He was under appointment to preach
at a chapel more than a mile distant
from his home. He was too feeble to
walk that distance without rest, and he
was unwilling to be carried in a sedan
chah", because he had labored long in
teaching the native Christians the sanctity
of the Sn.hhnth ho fenro/1 tho ovil
influence of what would have been?to
him?perfectly innocent. So he made his
journey on toot, with his son by his
side. The son carried a chair aud supported
him. Every few rods the chair
was placed and Mr. Tayior sat in it
and rested. The attention of the Chinese,
Christians and Confucianists alike, was
attracted. Every little while some one
would ask: "Why does not the old man
ride?" "Because it is the Sabbath day,
and God said, 'Remember the Sabbath
day, to keep it holy,' " was the answer.
It was an impressive sermon?"a sermon
a mile long," it has been called.
ELEVATING THE MINISTRY.
uievate the ministry and encourage
the best and brightest of our young
men to enter it. Estimate ministers by
what they are, rather than by where
they are, and by what they give, rather
than by what they get. Honor them
because they are ministers of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and doing his work in the
world. Let it be as great an honor, at
least, to be a minister of the church
as a "priest of the dKUrch." The culti'
vation of this sentiment will bring into
the ranks of the ministry many of our
best men. It should hf> rnnalHoi-nH o
great honor to be a minister, whether
one is a rich or a poor minister. Place
and price .are entirely too much emphasized
at the present moment even by
Christian people.?David Wylie, in the
Xew York Observer.
"The sermon that failed" ought to
receive especial attention from the
preacher. A? often as not he will find
that it is, like Ephraim, "a cake not
turned." It is over-baked on one side
and raw on the other. Take it back and
work it over. Bake it on the other side?
the congregation's side. Weigh everything
from the standpoint of their
knowledge, their views, and their needs.
Such treatment would so disguise some
sermons that the preacher himself would
hardly recognize them.
PREACHING TO CHILDREN.
Many of us ministers are not skilful in
speaking to children. It is a gift worth
much effort to acquire. The effective
speaker to children makes the most effective
speaker to adults. He is forced
to cultivate simplicity in language, directness,
brevity, picturesqueness. He
can tell at once by the looks on the children's
faces whether he is hitting or
[E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU
missing.?H. Sloane Coffin, D. D., in the
Honiiletic Review.
THE MINISTER'S CASE-BOOK.
No ministry is vital, effective, fruitful,
that merely lays down a general law;
prescr lies a general remedy; proclaims
a general salvation. The minister must
have his case-book, either written in his
pocket, cr engraved upon his heart. He
must have a clear idea of precisely what
is the matter with every individual, every
family, every social custom, every political
condition, every economic situation
with which he has to deal; and then
lie must search the Scriptures, secular
literature, sociology, history, biography,
the experience of his' fellow men "and
brother ministers, for specific treatment
of these specific sins.?President \V. DeWitt
Hyde, D. D., in the Homiletic Review.
OUR ANNUAL COLLECTIONS.
Month. Cause and Treasurer.
January?Assembly's Home Mission
Work. A. N. Sharp, Atlanta, Ga.
February?Local Home Mission Work.
Presbyterial or Synodical Treas.
March?Publication and S. S. Missions.
R. E. Magill, Richmond, Va.
March?Synodical Collection for Schools
and Colleges?Third Sabbath. Synodical
or Presbyterial Troas.
April?Education for the Ministry. John
Stites, Louisville, Ky.
May?Foreign Missions. Dr. 8. H. Chester,
Nashville, Tenn.
June?Local Home Missions. Presbyterial
or Synodicul Treas.
July?Ministerial Relief. John Stites.
Louisville, Ky.
August?Local Home Missions. Presbyterial
or Synodical Treas.
September?Assembly's Home Mission
Work. A. N. Sharp, Atlanta, Ga.
September?Assembly's Collection for
Schools and Colleges?Third Sabbath.
W. L. Lingle (chairman), Atlanta, Ga.
October?Foreign Missions. Dr. S. !H.
Chester, Nashville, Tenn.
October?Bible Cause?Third Sabbath.
Wm. Foulke, Treasurer, Bible House,
New York. N. Y.
October?Special Collections in Sunday
Schools, for Support of Sunday School
Missions?First Sabbath. R. E. Magill,
Richmond, Va.
November?Education for the Ministry.
John Stites, Louisville, Ky.
November?Endowment Fund for Ministerial
Relief?Third Sabbath. John
Ctltne TnulotrUU
OI.UVO, UUUIOTI1IC) XV/.
December?Work Among the Colored
People. Dr. John Little, Tuscaloosa,
Ala.
December?Assembly's Home and School
?Last Sabbath. S. W. Somenrllle,
Fredericksburg, Va.
Decernuer?Indian Schools and Evangelisation?Every
Review Sabbath (in
Sabbath Schools and Y. P. Societies).
A. N. Sharp. Atlanta, Oa.
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices
cr duties, but of little things in
which smiles, kindness and small obligations,
given habitually, are what win
and preserve the heart and secure comfort.
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TH. 27
TIME AND PLACE
Presbyterial Meetings.
The churches should send up to the spring
meetings of Presbyteries the following:
1. Sessional Records. 2. Statistical Report*.
3. Sabbath school reports. 4. Narrative. 5.
Presbyterial assessment (or Commissioner*'
Fund), genernlly 10 cents per member, 6. Report
on Systematic Beneficence. 7. Report*
from all Societies.
The General Assembly will meet In the First
church. Savannah, Ga., on Thursday, May 20,
at 11 a. m.
Synod of Alabama.
Central Alnhamn. Tuscaloosa, Ap. 15, 7:30 pm.
East Alnhamn. Dothan. April 13, 7:30 pm.
Mobile. Broad St. Ch., Mobile, Ap. 20, 7:30 pm.
North Alabama, ColllnsvlUe, April 13, 7:30 pm.
Tuscaloosa, Demopolis, April 13, 7:30 pm.
Synod of Arkansas.
nrivuiiMiN, oearcy, April iaj, < :.ju pin.
Onnchitn. El Dorado, April 7. 7:30 pm.
Pine Bluff, Warren, April 1, 7:30 pm.
Synod of Florida.
Florida, Montlcello, Tu., April 6, 7:30 pm.
St. Johns, Lakeland. Tue., April 13 7:90 pm.
Suwanee, Palutka, Frl., April 16, 7:30 pm.
Synod of Georgia.
Atlanta, Winder, Tue., April 13, 7:30 pm.
Augusta, Sparta, April 7, 7:30 pm.
Cherokee. Menlo, Tu., April 6, 7:30 pm.
Macon, Outhbert, April 6, 7:30 pm.
Savannah, Mt. Vernon, April 13, 7:30 pm.
Synod of Kentucky.
Ehenezer. Paris, April 6, 7:30 pm.
Louisville, Louisville, Tu., April 20. 7:30 pra.
Muhlenburg. Boiling Green, April 13. 9 am.
Tp? n?svl vn nin T .nwri?noi?hiiri7 A nr 90 7 *5lO nm
West Lexington. Versailles, Apr. 6, 7:30 pm.
Paducab. Henderson. April 13. 7:30 pro.
Synod of Louisiana.
New Orleans, Slldell, April 20, 7:30 pm.
Red River. Shreveport, A pril 13 7:30 pm.
Synod of Mississippi.
East Mississippi Nettleton. A nril 27. 7'30 pm.
Mississippi. Natchex, April 13, 7:30 pm.
North Mississippi, Sanatohla. Apr. 13, 7:30 pm.
Central Mississippi. Canton. April 6. 7:30 rm.
Synod of Missouri.
LaFayette?
Missouri, T.nddonla, April 13, 7:30 pm.
Palmyra, Palmyra, March 30. 7:30 pm.
St. Louis, St. Charles. April 20, 7:30 pm.
TTp. Missouri, Excelsior Sp'gs, Ap. 13, 7:30 pm.
Potosi, Potosi, April 20. 7:30 pm.
Svnod erf North Carolina.
Asheville, Mills River Cta., Ap. 27, A pm.
Concord, Mooresvllle, April 13, 7:30 pm.
Fayettevllle, Rowland, Apr. 27, 7:30 pm.
King's Mountain, Unity Ch., April 6, 8 pm.
Mecklenburg, Norwood. Aprl! 6, 7:30 pm.
Orange, Lexington, April 13. 8 pm.
Wilmington. Wilmington, April 8, 11 am.
Albermarle. Enfield, April20. 7:30 pm.
Synod of Oklahoma.
Indian, Old Bennington, Apr. 14, 7 pm.
Maugum, Erick, April 6, 8 pm.
Durant. Antlers, April 21, 8 pm.
Synod of South Carolina.
Bethel, Clover,' April 13, 8 pm.
Charleston, Johns Island, April 13, 11 am.
Enoree, Greenville, April 13, 8 pm.
Pee Dee, Hartsvllle, April 13, 8 pm.
South Carolina, Easley, April 13, 8 pm.
Synod of Tennessee.
Knoxvllle, Sweetwater, April 7, 7:30 pm.
Memphis, Memphis, April 13, 7:30 pm.
Nashville, Nashville, April 27, 7:30 pm.
Synod of Texas.
Brown wood, Brown wood, April IK, 8 pm.
Central Texas, Austin, April 15. 8 pm.
Dallas. Oak Cliff Ch., April 14, 8 pm.
Eastern Texas, San Augustine, Apr. 20, 8 pm.
Fort Worth, Graham,' April 28, 9 am.
Paris, Marshall, April 22,, 8 pm.
Western Texas, Sablnal, April 14, 8 pm.
Brazos. Nava?ota, April 22, 3 pm.
El Paso. Midland. April 22. 11:00 am.
Texas, Mexican, San. Antomo. April6, 8 pm.
8ynod of Virginia.
Chesapeake, Alexandria, Apr. 13, 8 pm.
Bast Hanover, Manchester, April 19, 8 pm.
OpMinhrlpr Hfntnn W Va Anr It 7-tn nm
Kanawha, Huntington, W. Va., Apr. 27, 8 pn?.
Islington, Harrisonburg, April 27, 8:80 pm.
Maryland, Maryland Are., Bait., Apr. 20, 8 pm.
Roanoke, Weal Ch., April 6, 8 pm.
West Hanover, Gordenavllle, April 20, 8 pm.
Abingdon. Tazewell. April 20. 8 om.
Montgomery. Christianabnrg. May 4, 8 pm.
Winchester, Woodstock, April 16, 8 pm.
Norfolk, Belle Haven, April 27, 8 pm.