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July 28, 1909.
Contrib
"FOR HIS NAN
1 John t
"For His name's sake!" Father,
The only one which I can offer
The only one Thou wilt receive 1
"For His name's sake!" Thou
Shut out the dark and shed the
And perfect peace, which we "in
"For His name's sake" let me n<
To earthly props, but bid me to,
A will, not mine, but Thine, in ?
"For His name's sake" cast ev
The wayward heart would raise
Oh, may Christ reign supreme, a
"For His name's sake" we e'en i
A path of pain the Master's foots
Let us but follow on, it leads to
"For His name's sake!" How s\
Our Lord is everything, and we i
The day draws near, we'll serv<
'For His name's sake" a radian
To meet their King and Saviour
With hallelujahs born of paradit
"For His name's sake" myriads
To myriads, blood-washed, whitt
His name, our glory here, our g
"For His name's sake," when ti
They'll sing the song they could
The new, sweet song they've lea
"For His name's sake" all glori
A ransomed, crowned and trlum
The Father's love-gift to the Soi
DOES THE CHURCH D
ITS FOUNE
"To our utter amazemen
ment, the total offering was
raises the question?Does th<
indicate a desire to narrow tl
rests her future development,
carrying out of the great ent
definitely committed herself:
This is ail extract from th<
Committee of Publication at
as given in the June Earnest
t It does not seem to have o
that the failure of the Churcl
bution is not due to "a desire
upon which rest her* future <
may be due to a realization c
that the committee, through
agents and agencies, is not
broadening the "foundation."
The appeal is made to the
THE PRESBYTBRL
u ted
lE'S SAKE."
5:12.
, It is my plea,
thee,
!rom me.
wilt blot out the sin,
new light in.
Him" do win.
|
> longer cling
Thee bring
everything.
ery Dragon down " #
and there enthrone?
nd Christ alone!
can bless the rod;
teps trod:
God.
reet, how sweet the thought!
are nought;
i Him as we ougfrtt
throng shall rise
in the skies
je.
shall declare
s and fair,
lory there.
me shall be no more,
not sing before?
irnt upon that shore.
lously we'll stand,
iphant band,
i'b pierced hand.
E. Cruickshank.
tRTPP TO MAPPHU;
NATION?
t and great disappointless
than last year. This
e church by this response
le foundation upon which
and make impossible the
erprises to which she has
e report of the Executive
id Sunday School- Work,
Worker, page 283.
ccurred to the committee
1 to make a larger contrito
narrow the foundation
development," but that it
>n the part of the Church
its numerous and costly
doing very much towajrd
Church often and loudly
\N OF THE SOUTH.
for money to carry on Sunda
In response to this appeal tli
$17,131 for this cause.
Just what is meant by "ext<
ly set forth. It would seem t
least the attempt to organic
there are none, either direct!
would seem that, with all the
money that the committee 1
should be made to do this kin
is so much needed. If any S
organized by the paid agents
the past year, no reference is
report as published, and appj
made to present all the work
Looking over the reports <
last five years, we find that tw
did report the organization
In 1905 they reported 12 and
So far as the committee's r<
1905-9, show, these are all t
the direct efforts of the agei
The committee reports ha^
weak schools by donations
been the means of doing mu
how much of this was paid fo
made by the Church.
During these five years th
tions of books and papers to
But this was not all given t
included several thousand dol
to ministers and others, wl
found unsalable. Of this a
tions $31,569.35 was a part c
and periodical business. So
contributions of the Church \
tion work during the five yez
during these five years the C
tee $84,162.77 The balance
to the committee's reports, v
expenses of field workers, Sui
printing.
A great many institutes art
held, and great and increas
Sunday schools and in Sunda
That during this time there
ment in many Sunday school
How much of this improvemt
agents and agencies of the co
possible for any one to say.
that the whole religious atmc
especially of this country, is
that Sunday schools must be
cies than those of the commi
the country, and they are exe
Our Sunday schools are rej
tutes with which our commi
tion, and have received much
the improvement can not he <;
committee's agents. Such g;
in improvements in two dire
increased efficiency in the wo:
then be found increased num
Just how much better wo
Reaching in the Sunday schc
7
y school extension work,
le Church gave last year
Mision work" is not clearhat
it ought to include at
i Sabbath schools where
ly or indirectly. And it
equipment, workers, and
las, some direct effort
d of mission work, which
unday schools have been
of the committee, during
> made to the fact in the
ircntlv special effort was
done.
of the committee for the
rice during that time they
of new Sunday schools.
[ 16 are reported in 1907.
rports for the five years,
he schools organized by
tits of the committee.
,ing helped a number of
of literature. This has
ch good. But let us see
r out of the contributions
e committee made donathe
amount of $41,987.35.
o Sunday schools, for it
lars worth of books given
lich the Committee had
mount charged to dona?f
the profits of the book
that the amount of the
vhich was used for donairs
was $10,418, although
Church gave the commit
of $73,744.77, 'according
yas used for salaries and
iday school institutes and
; reported as having been
ed interest awakened in
y school work.
: has been great improves,
there can be no doubt.
;nt can be credited to the
mmittee, it would be irait
must be borne in mind
>sphere of the world, and
permeated with the idea
improved. Other agenttee
are at work all over
:rting a helpful influence.
>resented in many instill...
i i?i ?
nee nas nau no conneci
help from them. So all
redited to the work of the
itherings ought to result
ctions. There should be
rk done, and there should
bers in the schools,
rk is being done in the
>ols now than was done