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June 30, 1909. TH
toward relief from this chaotic state,
and which I am sure is in the direction
of unity and growth in our young people's
worn. A Synodical Young People's
Convention is to be held in Tuscaloosa
in connection with the Synodical Sunday
School Institute, June 28-30. Young people
from all our churches, whether from
Christian Endeavor Societies, Wesminster
leagues or no organization at all, are
invited to meet there in conference. There
they can talk over their own problems
and their own methods of work; and
if a good attendance on the rnnuontinn
is secured, they will find untold encouragement
and inspiration, and will learn
how good Presbyterian fellowship is. Let
us awake to the possibilities of our
young people's work, and let the churches
of the Synod of Alabama avail themselves
of the opportunity presented by
the Tuscaloosa Convention.
A. F. Carr.
Mobile.
THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL AND
TRAINING SCHOOL OF GEORGIA.
Is just now an object of great interest
in Presbyterian circles. A new impetus
has been given to it since the visit
of Dr. George Stuart. The Ministers'
Association of Atlanta has called all the
elders and deacons of the citv and vi
cinity to aid in an active canvass to
complete speedily the subscription of
the One Hundred Thousand Dollar fund
for a new plant, and hearty response
was made at a meeting of these officers
at the 1st Presbyterian Church, Monday
night, 14th inst.
A "whirlwind campaign" has been set
in motion and thirty or forty volunteers
have set to work. Bankers, lawyers, physicians
and others are giving their time
to this most worthy cause about ten of
them giving all their time for ten days.
With more than forty thousand dollars
already in sight the Greater Hospital is
a certainty. It remains only to remind
the Presbyterians of Georgia especially,
that a strong pull all together will do
great things for our beloved church in its
work for the blessed Master and His
"least of these my brethren" who are
sick.
We are making urgent appeals for the
building fund and we are meeting with
success, but we must sustain the work
of the present hospital. Its rooms are
full of the sick and suffering. We can
not believe that the church will forget
them.
Our ' Maintenance Fund" depends on
the smaller and larger gifts of churches,
Sunday-schools, ladies' societies and generous
individuals. Send what you can
to this fund.
The object of this short article is only
to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance.
In the name of Him for whose honor
the institution is established we ask you
tO 8en<1 - -
iu our present worK, to
farry It on your hearts and to pray
daily for its success.
S. R. Preston.
Superintendent.
?
[E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUT
DO YOU KNOW?
That there are dependent on the finds
of Ministerial Relief of our Church, 49
ministers, 143 widows and 15 orphans,
and in these homes are 94 little fatherless
children under 14 years of age?
That these ministers have reached the
average age of 67 years and th.it they
have served the Church an average
term Of 35 VPOra a Imnot "1 ?!? ?
? ? ~, cAviusiytiy in
the poor, mission fields of the Church,
with salary so small they could scarcely
live upon it, and had no opportunity to
lay by anything for "the rainy day"?
That these widows have shared the
privations of their self-denying husbands
in similar fields, where the uecessuries
of life and the education of the children
took all the meager salary and there
was not even enough left over to buy
life insurance?
That these little children aro yet too
young and small to provide for themselves
and to assist their lonely mothers,
but that as they grow to maturity many
of them are assuming the support of the
family and several of them are preparing
to take their fathers' places in the
depleted ranks of the ministry?
i nai tnese ministers of whom we are
now speaking were not weak men who
could not make a living for themselves
and their' families, but men strong in
their faith in God and their love for His
Church, who of their own accord, went
into the waste places to do the most
needed work and made themselves poor
for Christ's sake?
That for years they have labored faithfully
on, uncomplaining, often building
better than they knew, until sickness or
the infirmity of old age or death has
ended their earthly toil?
That these faithful servants of the
Most High God are in humiliating need
at this time, and while the Church is
caring for them far better than ever
before in her history, still large:* provision
must be made?
That the Church is under a most sacred
obligation to minister to their needs,
for when "by the laying on of the hands
of the Presbytery" she ordained them to
the ministry, she said to them, "Separate
yourselves from the sources of earthly
gain; you minister to others 8n
things and we provide for you the material
things in life" "and God said through
the Apostle Paul, 'Even so hath the Lord
ordained that they that preach the Gospel
shall live of the Gospel "?
That the General Assembly asl:c for
$50,000 for this Christlike work for the
present year?$15,000 of which may be
expected as. Interest from the Endowment
Fund and $35,000 must come from
Churches, societies, Sunday-schools and
individuals?
mat ir we would minister to Christ
in the person of these saints we nvist do
it now for last year 7 ministers and 10
widows on our rolls were called by the
King to His Beautiful Country and many
of those who remain are reported as dully
growing weaker?
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That the month of July has been set
apart for offerings to this cause and if
the collection should not be taken in.
your Church, Sabbath-school or society
you can send a contribution for this work
to Mr. John Stites, Treasurer, Louisville,
Ky.?
That if you want to interest tho members
of your Church, Sunday-school, society
or friends in this work, any information
and nplnfni --
...... ..iciaiuie can oc secured
from the Secretary of Ministerial
Relief, Rev. Henry H. Sweets, 112 Fourth
Avenue, Louisville, Ky.?
That while we can not minister to
Christ today in his bodily presence, yet
He will say to those on His right hand
in that Great Day, "Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto one of the least cf
these my brethren, ye have done it unto
me"?
That our divine Lord and Saviour, Jesus
Christ, after that last memorable
supper, taught His disciples by precept
and by His example in washing their
feet that they must minister tenderly to
one another, and added these important
words, "If ye know these things, happy
are ye if ye do them"?
MONTREAT NOTES.
By J. D. Murphy.
The temporary auditorium is being
erected between the two hotels. It >s
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iuv *. ao ieet and will have a seating capacity
of 1,500.
The high way from Black Mountain
station to Montreat is being macadamized,
and it is thought that this work will
be completed to the Montreat gates by
July first.
The southern Railway Company is
erecting a modern and commodious station
at Black Mountain.
The Young Men's Christian Association
will meet at Montreat from June
11 to 22.
The Young People's Missionary Movement
will meet here from July 2 to 11.
The Summer Conferences will begin
July 14 and last until August 31.
The question is often asked, Ts Montreat
worth while?" We say that this
question should be answered in the affirmative
with emphasis. What has Montreat
already accomplished?
First wo h<?"> ?* *
f ..cc occii raised mere nearly
$25,000 for Foreign Missions.
Second, Dr. Howard Agnew Johnson
delivered his lectures there last summer.
This great course of lectures by
reason of their delivery at Montreat were
delivered before the Union Theological
Seminary at Richmond.
Third, the great work of Governor
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u.cuu mi nome .Missions was inaugurated
at Montreat.
Fourth, thousands have received inspiration
here which will bear rich fruit in
the future.
Fifth, Montreat is a great coalesing
and cohesive force to unify and concentrate
the force and energy of the Southern
Presbyterian Church.