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May ig, igog. TH! God, atnl all this known by the Committee, and yet the Committee says that this book is recognized by all scholars as the greatest work of its kind ever published. 1 submit that a.l of these statements, not a part of them, should have gone together on that page of the advertisement. Only this would have been Keeping good faith with the reader of the advertisement. The Committee could nave done it, and only then have written what they believed to be true. As the matter stands, our Sunday School teachers who want a Bible Dictionary will be grossly /larAivmn w^hcn tVinv Knv thic hn/ib nnil they were led astray because the Committee said that it is ihe best. The Secretary's explanation, as to how the Committees name comes to be signed to this advertisement, doesn't explain. He says that the iuipr.nt circulars ot the Presbyterian Conmiittee ot Publication for such works are prepared by the publishers of the book. The question here arises, by what authority do the publishers of such books do these things and who grave them that authority? How can * they make the Committee say that a certain book is the best, and sign .*.e statement, when the Committee disagrees in toto with a great deal of (he book? To say that a book does not bear the imprint of the Committee but that the Ooni iiiuvw* anvno owiuc \Jklxr: riSHJ LU W ULC their imprint circulars, and they only sign them after they are written, comes dangerously near to putting tneir endorsement on it?so near that the laymen doesn't, see the difference. The publishers of the advertisement saw that when it had been signed by our Committee, it would carry their unqualified endorsement of the book. The ordinary Sunday School teacher would see the same thing. The wonder is where are the eyes of the Publication Committee. To say that the articles are signed by the autnors doesn't relieve the matter to a great many. Our Committee told them that that nook was the best?and it could oniy De so by these authors having written the best articles on these subjects. Now, tnis means mat our Committee In Richmond is active In scattering knowingly the teachings of the Radical critics in our Church. 1 do not know who compose the Presbyterian committee of Publication. I know who compose the Assembly's Exexcutive Committee of Publication. I can't believe that such men as Drs Strickler, Johnson, Smith and many otners intenn to be a party to any such business. Let the Committee sell that book, and others of its kind, let our people and teachers become innoculated with their teachings, and we will boon have no use for any publishing house or Church. Our Assembly In Savannah, when it handles the report of the Exexcutive Committee of Publication, might have something to say to that Committee for the protection of our people from imprinted circulars of book publishers. J. G. A. TO SUPERINTENDENTS OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS. Dear Brethren: The Executive Committee of Foreign Missions has ordered that the topic for Children's Day be Mexico and that the contributions of that day be used in the establishment of the E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU' "Graybill Memorial School." There has been prepared an interesting program, which may be secured for the asking by writing to the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions, Chamber of Commerce building, Nashville, Tennessee. We respectfully and earnestly ask that 6.11 who nave not done so write at once to Executive Committee of Foreign Missions for programs; that ail make use of these programs; and that all earnestly pray to the Head of the Church f ri~ 1.1 J * " iv.-? n is uiwssiuK'i on mo exercise tnat they may be used of God upon those ccntrihuting, that God may give them rich Spiritual returns, and upon those who are to have charge of the establishment of the school, that they may have the special wisdom and leadership of the Holy Spirit. lours for Christ's cause in Mexico. Jas. O. Shelby, Mission Sec., the Mexico Mi3. C. Victoria, Tamaulipaa, Mexico. AT UNION SEMINAR/. Closing Exercises of the Ninety-Seventh Year. After a year of hard work, professors and students have come 10 the close of the session and enter upon the relaxations of the vacatiion season. With the opening spring, the grounds were nevei mere beautiful and attractive. A distinguished guest is the Rev. Charles AI fillip IV A nhi crn n 13 r> *1 .au vi i ai is, r i auvc llic son of Dr. J. H. Merle D'Aubigne, author of the History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth century. On Saturday night, in the First Presbyterian church of Richmond to a large assembly, Dr. D'Aubigne delivered a lecture on tne "Life of Calvin," finely illustrated by rich steropticion views of the great men and notable places connected with the story of the great reformer of Geneva. On Sunday morning in the Seminary chapel, he delivered a scholarly and most interesting discourse on "John Calvin and bis Times," this discourse taking the place of a baccalaureate sermon. And on ounaay nignt, in tne Church of the Covenant, Dr. J. C. Stewart pastor, Dr. D'Aubigne delivered the annual sermon before the society of missionary inquiry of the Seminary, the president Mr. R. D. Dickson, conducting the service. This address wa3 on Present Conditions in France, and the work of evangelization the Protestant churches are undertaking to do. President Moore, in introducing the speaKer, paid a tribute to the virtues of the French Huguenots, and closed by enumerating the many families of French extraction that have figured specially in building up the commonwealth, and in advancing the ideals of the present dav Virginia. Dr. D'Aublane's mission in America is to arouse the churches to a realization of the great need for workers in France, by showing exactly what is being done there in *-ie cause of Christianity in its tight against-atheism. on Monday night, Richmond Hall, the large new building which is the gift of the Presbyterians of Richmond, was formally presented and accepted. The building committee, reprecenting the churches of Richmond is as follows: Messrs. S. H. Hawes, Chairman; Robert Lecky, Jr., G. R. Cannon, Owsley Sanders, C. E. Borden and j. S. Munce. Mr. Hawes, in d brief speech, spoke for the committer th. 17 and the churcnes and Mr. Watts, ot Dur ham, N. C., president, accepted the build ing for the board. Mr. Munce made r statement of the finances and Mr. Borden followed with an appeal to the Presbyter ians of tne city to be prompt in paying the rest or the amount or the $43,000 which the completed building cost, $26,000 uas been paid. The reception wuicb followed, closing the exercises of the evening, was a most enjoyable affair. Refreshments were server! after ih? ing had been inspected. On Tuesday at eleven another large assembly filled the chapel. Dr. A. (J. Hopkins presided, and the Rev. Dr. K. F. Campbell, of Ashville, N. C., gave the charge to Dr. Theron Rice, inaugurated professor of the English Bible and Fas (oral Theology. The address of Dr. Rice was on "The Ideal Bible Course," its. scope, method, spirit and its practical results. It was an admirable discourse, clear, reverent and faithful, and was heard with the deepest interest by the assembly. The reception on Tuesday night, given by the students of the middle and junior classes to the members of the graduating class, \v:s largely attended and of a mo6t delightful character. The commencement exercises proper were held in the Watts Chapel, at eleven a. m., on Wednesday, May 12, Dr. A. C. Hopkins presiding in the absence of Mr. G. W. Watts, president of the board. The Rev. Dr. C. M. Richards, of David son v C., addressed me graduating class on the responsibilities now to rest upon the young men as ministers of the gospel. They were to be standard bearers going to the front with a standard placed in their hands by the Master; and watchmen warning of danger; and custodians to keep those committed to their care, that no one be lost; and charged to invite and compel men to come in, in the pulpit and out of it, in the homes and with a contact and appeal so close that it would be compelling. Beneath the heavy weight of their responsibility, they would And that underneath are "the everlasting arms.'' Under pressure the grape yields the rich wine, and the charcoal becomes the diamond. By such responsibility patiently and faithfully borne, they would yet be jewels to be worn forever in the Master's crown. Of the twenty-one who now leave the Seminary for the field, two are post graduates who have held the Moses D. Hoge Fellowship for the past year, Messrs. W. W. Arrow ood and S. M. Glasgow. Twelve members of the class receive the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, and two receive the certificate of graduation. >he Moses D. Hoge Fellowships have been awarded to Messrs. Wm. L. Thompson, Jr.. of Washington, D. C., and Wm. Twyman Williams, Jr., of Woodstock, Va. Dr. Russell Cecil, for the Committee of Publication, presented a book to eacb member of the graduating class, and President Moore addressed the class in terms of very tender affection, asking for them a rich ble&3ing through long years to come, and a happy and faithful service for the Lord who hnri mild and now sent them out with his great commission, emphasizing its universality. "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature: and lo! I am with you alway even unto the end of the world."