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five years ago, no one can i
tion as to increase in numl
tied.
This investigation will b
1905-8, as the minutes of
this year have not yet bee:
were enrolled in the Sunt
21,188 officers and teachers
1908 there were reported .
and 189,086 scholars; or an
of 9.7 per cent of officers a
cent of scholars.
^ But during these four y<
Church increased from 24<
cent. This shows that the
of the Sunday schools is ju
ally be expected from the
of the churches. The inert
was eight tenths of one |
crease in the membership c
the scholars was one-tentl
This shows that the cor
not claim much in the ma
number of scholars broug
Church.
The question very natui
penditure during these five
tributed by the churches,
profits of the Publishing I
in this work, or a total o
the results that the church
In their report for 1906
tion to the need of this woi
following figures: The pi
States is 30,488,629, the <
denominations in these St;
20,325,753 out of the Chur
of these States, that is, tho:
ty-one years of age, is 8,9
Sunday-schools of all dene
304. Making allowance fo
in the Sunday-schools, th
5,000,000 children in our S<
are not now reached by tin
THE BEST
All the departments of
profess that they could a<
if they were provided wil
the one method which I a
funds was brought before
ceivea not the slightest att<
There were two reports
minority, and there was p
tween them. The majorit
was to give according as til
is what the tithers preachtheir
income when so mud
the tithe doubles, etc. L
recommend the tithe becau
deprecate a haphazard, slip
one thing they seevm to fea
be as liberal in results as th
who think so have had litt
THE PRESBYTERIA
lossibly tell. But the queslers
can very easily be sete
limited to the four years,
the General Assembly for
11 published. In 1905 there
lay schools of our Church
, ^ 171 on i i T
> diiu scnoiars. in
23,063 officers and teachers
increase for the four years
md teachers, and of 8.8 per
?ars the membership of the
5,769 to 268,733, or 8.9 per
growth in the membership
st about what would naturgrowth
in the membership
?ase of officers and teachers
>er cent more than the in?f
the church, whilst that of
\ of one per cent less.
nmittee and its agents can
itter of the increase in the
lit into the schools of our
rally rises whether the exyears
of the $84,162.77 conand
the $31,569.35 of the
4ouse that have been used
f $115,732.12, has produced
had a right to expect,
the committee calls attenrk
in our bounds, giving the
opulation of the Southern
Church membership of all
ites is 10,162,876, leaving
ch. The school population
5e between seven and twen46,497.
Enrolled in all the
iminations therp arp X _
r the adults and the infants
is would leave more than
outhland of school age who
s Sunday-school.
Sunday School Worker.
' METHOD.
beneficence of our church
:complish very much more
h more funds. Yet when
m sure would double their
: the late Assembly, it reention.
made, the majority and the
radically no difference bey
thought the true method
le Lord prospered us. That
-and practice; one tenth ot
1; when the income doubles
ater in the document they
se it is systematic and they
shod manner of giving. The
r is that the tithers will not
le non-tithers. Surely those
le experience in the matter.
N OF THE SOUTH.
The tithers are invariably the
church. If there are any largei
that they began by giving the tit
We have frequently seen
churches in which the sum of all
tions amounted to $12 or $15, ar
or $300 were raised toward the e
yet there were members of the
gate income was $15,000 to $25,(
one-hall of the mission church*
porting could we but teach the p
A Baptist brother in Virginia
pastor came to his church who
and in the course of a few year
of his people to practice it?and si
$7,000 a year as easily as before
When will we use the Lord's c
tVll the church's treasury?
WAS NOT CALVIh
By Rev. D. W. Bi
There is one apparent stain t
Calvin that would s^eni to conn
itre, much of the favorable judgrr
. and achievements should engend
at which the enemies of Calvii
their shafts of hatred and ridicul
the friends of Calvin broach wi
Even our well-equipped Doctor ]
ticle, says that "Calvin never si
thetically human as in his treatn
burning of Servetus at the staki
stain upon the fair fame of our
Vet, I think a patient, fair and t
will save Calvin from the need c
of an apology. What are the h
uvi who waa tuuuciuiicu duu I
Geneva, on October 27, 155
which he was condemned was hi
cient church a blasphemer was <
sies, who fell away during perse
heat of passion, spoke irreverentl
In the middle ages the punishmt
vere. It was either imprisoni
death, therre de l'Etoile, an ei
who taught Calvin law in his y
for the position that blasphemy 1
murder or robbery. He taught
nations depends upon obedience
sisted that if they punished outra
of men, much more ought the;
against the rights of God. "Wh
rist, "Shall the law protect a i
goods, and not in his soul and in
eternal inheritance?" We may i
while nations have outgrown
French jurist, his logic is unan
there was a law against blaspher
sympathy with it, if not the auth
law Servetus grossly offended.
Who was Servetus? Michael
iard, who in his youth, obtained
ing, and who had some natural {
his study of the Bible, he becam
July 28, 1909.
largest givers in the
givers you will fm?.l
he.
reports oi country
the benevolent donaid
with difficulty $200
cangelist's salary, and
church whose prrfrre
XX). We believe that
;s would be self-supeople
to pay the tithe.,
told the writer that a
believed in the tithe,
s brought a majority
lid he, "We now raise
we raised $1,800."
ommanded method to
Eider.
I RIGHT?
rannen.
ipon the character of
teract, in great measlent
that his character
er. There is one event
1 and Calvinism aim
e, and which many of
th words of apology.
Dosker, in a recent arhowed
himself so palent
of Servetus." The
e is the one apparent
illustrious Reformer,
horough investigation
>f even the semblance
icts in the case?
burned at the stake in
3. The crime for
lasphemy. In the anone
who taueht here
cution, or who, in the
y of God or of Christ.
;nt for heresy was senent,
banishment or
minent French jurist, outh,
was responsible
ivas worse than either
that the prosperity of
to the laws, and inges
against the rights
y to punish outrages
at!" said the great ju
nan in his body and
his most precious and
notice in passing, that
this opinion of the ?
swerable. In Geneva
ny, and Calvin was in
or of it. Against this
Servetus was a Spansome
desultory trainjifts
of reasoning. In
e possessed of the be