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VOL. I.
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"Jehovah Jesus Christ"
Dr. Eliot's New Religion
The Best Every Timt
A Great Home Mission Field.
Sir Robert Hall and Chin<
Is It Right
Three Types of Preachers...
Wny Is It
How Do I Know I An
Erightside Letter
Editoria
We again call the atte
may have sons or daughu
number of schools and col
umns. rrom much car*
suaded that educators in o
proper prominence to bu
while training the mind
would be pleased to have
rian of the South.
The subject suggested f<
month of August is papal
difficult field for Protest;
In some countries, as in J
almost no religious tolcrati
and Italy, Romanism has 1
and atheism. The effort t<
free them from spiritual
and from utter rejection o
is a difficult task. But ii
faithful witnesses for who:
The reports and letters
the seas, in tlie August Mh
Ing. We hear of contini
of a new church establishe
the opening of Mr. Sammc
Lavras, Brazil. Everywh
before us an open door,
foreign field committed to
inforcements.
I
Most gratifying are the
in China of extended and
in the mission* churches ;
Kiangyin and Tungshianj
times of refreshing from th
c&llSWCI IU Cdl IlCal dllU COll
the Spirit was shown in co
mation and new obedienci
mission to the Church,
ment it must bring to all t
their many friends at home
SBYTERI
ATLANTA, OA.,
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l Notes
ntion of our readers, who
:rs to educate, to the large
leges advertised in our col
;ful inquiry we are perur
Southland are giving all
ilding Christian character,
and body. In writing we
you mention the Presbyte3r
mission meetings in this
Europe. This has been a
int and evangelical work,
spain and Austria, there is
on, and in others, as France
borne its fruits of infidelity
3 evangelize the people and
bondage on the one hand,
f all religion on the other,
1 all these lands there are
m we should pray.
from our missions beyond
ssionary, are all most cheerled
enlargement in Korea,
d at Placetai, Cuba, and of
mi's new school building at
ere, it seems, God has set
and from all parts of the
' us, comes the cry for retidings
from our missions
fruitful revivals of religion
and chapels. At Kashing,
our missionaries report
le presence of the Lord. In
tinned nraver the nnwer nf
nfession of sin, moral refore,
and many apply for adWhat
a great encouragehe
workers in the field, and
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AN OF THI
AUGUST 11, 1909.
A distinct and useful step i
zation in the home lands of
auxiliary to the work of Med
eign field. . In Great Britain ;
of the denominations have ta
thi* mt'fliral u-nrl- ?-?f
churches informed. It receiv
cal work in the field, studies
help and cheer. Christian p
do much for their brethren
has about twenty-two Medic
of whom are laymen, six are
also ministers and evangelists
We have been looking ovei
the Presbyterian Church (Noi
lished. The number of canc
drops from 1,105, last year,
that this apparent decrease i:
the Cumberland rolls. The
creases from 8,951 to 9,023.
inrrpacprl Kir
...vtvuuvu \J J IlllJ-aiA, clliu i
torate by eighty-seven. The :
nation is 82,053, numerically t
of that Church. But the perc
far below that of 1906. Then
a half per cent.; now, it is or
cent.
In the matter of contribut
Northern Church shows well,
and Foreign Missions, and fo
cept Church Erection, show a
there is a decrease, but it is
the home or local expenses of
The average per member of tl
large as before the Cumberl;
average was $18.33 per men
beginning of the year; in 190
The progress of temperanc*
creased Knowledge of the m<
of alcoholic stimulants, is ind
the employers in the recent
burg strike. Says the New Yc
cant as well as curious that t
the Pittsburg strikers did no
ployers was the abandonmeni
the men in the company's s
intoxicants, even when not <
demanded, on the ground ths
an unwarrantable infringenu
I nnrl cr\ if 1A ^? --?
- ?3W av tvwuui lldVC UCCU UU
a few years ago, but now the
minishing efficiency are bett<
merly were, and. the corporati
other point stuck firmly to tl
I SOUTH
NO. 32.
in advance is the organisocietics
or committees
irnl Missinns in flm TiVr
tnd in this country some
ken this step. It unifies
i missions, and keeps the
es report from the medi>
its wants and sends it
hysicians at home could
far away. Our church
al Missionaries, fourteen
ladies and two who are
r the annual statistics of
rth), which are just pub
lidates for the ministry
to 1,066. We suspect
s due to the purging of
number of ministers inThe
installations have
lissolutions of the pasnumber
added on examihe
largest in the history
:entage of conversions is
it was nearly seven and
ily six and one-third per
ions, this report of the
The receipts for Home
r other benevolence, exm
increase. In the total
due to retrenchment in
the individual churches,
le contributions is not so
md union. In 1907 the
nber on the roll at the
9 it is only $16.66.
; sentiment, based on in3ral
and physical effects
icatcd by the attitude of
adjustment of the Pitts>rk
Times: "It is signifihe
one concession which
obtain from thejr em.
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. U1 Lilt; 1CIJU1IC111C1II L11 el L
ervice should not drink
Dn duty. This the men
it such a regulation was
;nt on personal liberty,
iversally considered only
: effects of alcohol in di\r
known than they foron
that gave in on every
his one.'^