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June 23, 1909. other year, the peoph away all dependence u directly contribute th< usual channels. They delighted with their st In five years the cl attendance at the praye ings for missionary woi cnrinKloe nrn <-4-111 1-* ^ 1 uwiauivo in V. Sllll UCIU i small expense connect* the annual budget, bill approved and paid by as any other legitim committees having th< with a view to the besl church, ability to. buy, oysters and pies in tl weight in their appoini There is a large blcs churches who have eno struggle of the res straight forward on th tian Intelligencer. "FORGIVE Which should it be? us our trespasses? Our answer is: Whic The Bible has its c Luke II. Here is an important pass and yet need forj forgiveness for we at 1 God. Without him we Let us hold to the prayer.?Ex. LOOKINf It was when John J tree" that his heart w penitence and faith fo that it was when Nicc< body of the Son of Gc service that his eyes w than when he had that the Master. When Ch up from the earth I v\ uttered a truth that co redemption. The upli cross, is the magnet th may be able to resist th may find defects in the have the power to resi logic, but when they re; are dumb with speechl slightly spoken of, neitl carries the force of at Therefore, the preachir most effectual way to unsaved. There is a break most any heart a will. No wonder then, mined to know nothing and him crucified." W THE PRESBYTERIA ? were asked plainly to throw pon commercial schemes and to e necessary funds through the !i. 1 iricu 11 ana were surprised and iccess. lurch membership doubled, the r meetings trebled and the offerk were largely increased. Church and they are real sociables. The ;d with them is made a part of Is for them being presented and the treasurer of the church just ate expense. Better still, the : socials in charge are selected t social and spiritual good Qf the beg and sell chickens, turkeys, lie name of religion having no tment. ising awaiting other pastors and ugh faith in God to abandon the taurarft business and to march e King's campaign.?The ChrisUS OUR DEBTS." Forgive us our debts, or forgive :h is it? lebts?sins. See Matthew 6 and : difference. . One may not tresjiveness. We all need constant best come short ol the glory of are altogether unclean, scripfural version of the model } UNTO CHRIST. tfewton "saw one hanging on a ras broken and he cried out in r mercy. And who knows but iemus looked upon the crucified trl 31 1lf> tnriL- nart in Vlic Knriol ? ? f?- " "* ere opened and he learned more famous interview by night with irist said, "And I, if I be lifted rill draw all men unto me," he ntains the philosophy of human fted Christ, hanging upon the at draws men unto him. They e ordinary Gospel message, they average sermon, and they may st the appeals of argument and alize that "he died for me," they essness. Such love can not be ler can it be easily set aside. It i argument that is irresistible, ig of the crucified Christ is the reach the hard-hearted and the pathos in dying love that will nd overcome most any obdurate , that Paul said: "I am deterX among you save Jesus Christ ith this he brought Asia Minor N OF THE SOUTH. and portions of Europe into We can never outlive this soi still needs it, and the world < its truth. Precious truth?C Texas Christian Advocate. SINCERITY NO It is more important to be A man may "be entirely since and when he is, his sincerity ! most that sincerity can do i moral responsibility for our I the effects of the blunders. 1 lieves in the soundness of th he lets himself down from the is not, perhaps, to be counte< breaks and the fall kills him; bring him back to life. A lit in examining the rope, might many people count sincerity 1 pride themselves so much on linf ncnir tr. tl.n? 1 '1 uvvui iu ukiii uiiii mey n or that, if they are, they may so pleased with their sincerity trouble to investigate its sour larly is this true in matters < Cometh, and now is, when itv in sincerity, but in truth: " seek to be his worshippers."? THE WORK O If only one were able to de that happen year after year ii the silent power of the Wore day Senor Morales, pastor oi of Mexico City, told of a rect little mountain town nestling petl, where is a company \ VllimKlo 1 ' . umauai uurner wno Bible a few years ago. He < tain home, studied it, read it pie learned to read in order 1 the Bible, and little by little t until, with the years, a churc Students of the Presbyter: have ministered to the growi other day, when Dr. Wallace there, they received thirty-t day and found there a most e tians, with their Sunday sc Society, and a society of won assist "in the work of the chui "And all this," said pastor reading of one Bible."?Bible Condemn no man for not tl every one enjoy the free and himself. Let every man use every man mu?? give an ac Abhor every approach, in ar spirit of persecution. If you c men into the truth, never att it. If love will not compel h God, tHe judge of all.?John 11 the fold of the kingdom, t of a Gospel. The world :an still be saved through hrist and him crucified!? SAFEGUARD. riglit than to be sincere, re, and wofullv mistaken; helps him very little. The is to mitigate a trifle our >lunders; it does not undo Ahe man who sincerely bee wornout rope by which : top of a burning building d a suicide when the rope but his sincerity does not tie more care, on his part, have saved his life. Too the supreme virtue. They their sincerity that it does uv. aiiicci Ciy 111lStQ KCll f get hurt by it. They are y that they won't take the idness and basis. Particu3f religion. But the hour en shall worship, not only for such doth the Father -S. S. Times. F A BIBLE. pict graphically the things i this country, illustrating I of God! Only the other f the Presbyterian church :nt visit he had made to a ; in the side of Popocatevhose first teacher was a obtained possession of a rarried it up to his mounto the people, other peothat they, too, might read he circle of believers grew h was organized, ian Theological Seminary ing congregation, and the and pastor Morales were wo new members in one nthusiastic body of Chrishool, Christian Endeavor len about to be formed to ch. Morales, "grew out of the Society Record. linking as you think. Let full liberty of thinking for his own judgment, since count of himself to God. ly kind or degree, to the an not reason or persuade empt to force a man into im to come, leave him to Wesley.