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obligation. It is doing
them do unto you.
God knew there was i
get intensely interested
workers, and so he ma
priesthood under the ol
was entering upon her
and again, "Take heed
for he hath no parttnoi
under the new dispens
the Lord ordained tha
shall live of the gospel.
Surely our sessions o
that has bound them,
called upon the elders
cause. If the pastor f
matter see that some el
speak out about the ne
spent their lives in the 1
Whenever the cause i
upon the people, and t
Christ and our church
ready and liberal respo
If better salaries vver
would be less need in tw
i t> _i: t i
> niisici uii iveuei. i na
parts of our church sa
creased more than thi
years." And yet. how
have been increased!
possessed either by oui
Think of ministers on i
man on a railroad trail
for their library, educa
contributing to the mai
man of God, living as
gospel, and always brii
ment to others. What
old age? What hope li
dren should he first be <
Some may think he di
severe, but those of us
work of telief upon us
Tator whetvhe savs nf
are now in need: "Mar
others receive today, co
'and that you may be
avocations we pledge o
monthly payments the
per annum.' " In some
three hundred, five hum
the four hundred dollar
you may be free from v
irony? It is neither.
If we can not. or will i
we have, why do we
millions of Christians oi
indicted of the crime ol
of righteous justice,
found in the tears, hi
clothes of ministers' fan
This is the month wl
the South is called upoi
Ministerial Relief. We
ter things for our old r
go on.
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THE PRESBYTERL
unto others as you would have
i danger here?that men would
in the work and yet forget the
de abundant provision for the
Id economy. And when Israel
wars of conquest He said once
that ye forsake not the Levite
inheritance with thee." And
ntmn \\'P rpnrl 4<1^
mv.wii .? v i vavi, l^Vtil 3U 1 Id LI 1
t they that preach the gospel
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ught to shake off the lethargy
The last General Assembly
1 to assist in presenting this
eels that it is too personal a
der is selected to stand up and
?ed of the ministers who have
lard mission fields,
s presented, the obligation laid
he needs of these servants of
mentioned, there is always a
nse.
e furnished our workers there
renty-five years for the work of
ive heard business men in all
y, "Living expenses have inrty
per cent in the past ten
few of our ministers' salaries
What business sense must be
r ministers or by their wives!
i salary less than a negro firei,
buying the necessary books
ting their sons and daughters,
ly calls that ever come to the
becometh the minister of the
nging comfort and encourageprovision
can he make for his
as he for the widow and chil:alled
home?
raws the indictment a little too
; who have the burden of the
will be ready to pardon Mr.
the self-denying ministers who
ly of them have received, and
ntracts from churches reading,
free from worldly cares and
urselves to pay you in regular
sum of four hundred dollars
cases substitute two hundred,
dred or six hundred dollars for
s, but in every case read "that
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vunuiy cares. is it humor or
It is pathos. It is a disgrace,
not, take care of the ministers
multiply our churches? The
: the United States today stand
wilful neglect, before the bar
The evidence offered is to be
eartaches, hunger, threadbare
nilies.
len the Presbyterian church in
n to contribute to the cause of
are beginnng to do much betninisters.
Let the good work
AN OF THE SOUTH.
LIMIT ATM
(II Cor. 12:
The stream when on the
Moves quickly along,
But when 'tis buttressed i
With hanks rnflf.rihhoil
Then it becomes the torre:
That subtle agency called
When left to freely rise
Would be most powerful,
Hut no; in young Watt'i
'Twas when confined, and
Man's faithful servant it >
So human life, shut in by
Of which this flesh is he
Develops strength of mind
To nobly do and da
And wondrous deeds, or s
Into creations new are wi
in iiuiiiuiious, men, 01 lire
Not liberty, is found
That which wins best in d
And makes the man abi
In alt that's Godlike, nobl<
That greatest love an
JOHN MARK, THE
By Rev. T. M. 1
He didn't desert, he simply
away secretly under the cover
deliberately stopped and refu
He doubtless told Paul and
reasons for not being willing I
see fit to record them in his his
to conjecture. He was perha
sionary life. The glamour c
away in the presence of real tri
gers. A missionary's pathwa
through flower gardens, and 1
and this case was no exceptior
difficulties in it, but dangers, r
imaginary ones, as the scenes
at Iconium and Lystra very
may be he had grown w
possibly seasick, or at
and anxious to enjoy onci
and conveniences of city
he had become "disgruntled"
had occupied the place.of leat
had been superseded by Paul,
that he may have had some lit
which.Paul, as the now leadc
approve, and in a "fit of sulks,
he returned to Jerusalem." B
were, they were not satis-facto
found him unreliably once, wa
a second time.
He doubtless believed, then,
that a Christian ought to "end
soldier of Jesus Christ," and
difficulties and dangers to turr,
of duty. He remembered that
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July 21, igog.
DNS.
5.)
plain spread ont
ill about
and strong,
nt fierce.
8 team,
'twould seem;
i eyes
not when free,
vould be.
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Ills :
sir,
that wills
re;
ubtle thought
ought.
t,
ally strife
ound
e, grand,
d praise comnjand.
?Exchange.
"QUITTER."
McConnell.
quit. He didn't steal
of darkness, but he just
sed to go .any farther,
his uncle Barnabas his
to go, but Luke did not
5tory, and so we are left
ps disappointed in mis>f
romance soon faded
ials, difficulties and dany
does not usually run
beside babbling brooks,
Tlioro 1 ?
?. lliviv WC1C 11UL UUiy
eal dangers, not merely
witnessed a little later
clearly proved. Or it
eary of the journey,
any rate homesick,
e more the comforts
life. Or perhaps
because his uncle, who
lership up to that time,
Or it is barely possible
tie pet plan of his own,
:r, failed to sanction or
" "departing from them
ut whatever his reasons
ry to Paul, who having
o _:-i- i- ?
,o unwiniu^ iu^i isk mm
as he afterward taught,
lure hardness as a good
so ought not to allow
i him from the pathway
the Master "though he
j-2alm tfteT iWil