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A GREAT HON
Louisiana has fifty-ni
these twenty-eight hav
church, and eleven but
each. The population is
and a half inhabitants. <
represent Presbyterianis
here include some churc
ferred to the Synod of t
the numerical strength c
New Orleans alone. Tin
isters, outside of New
There are three hundrt
people and fifty thousam
perhaps, fifteen thousam
ians and others.
Here surely is a field i
should pour money and
The Methodists, Baptisl
funds nnnn tli#? wnrL- Tli
products, especially in si
oil and lumber, and its
are attracting people fro
ful if there is a natural
than all Southern Loui
thousand to eight thousa
up all through this sect
have no work whatever i
unto the harvest. Goo
where reap a surer han
The Home Mission spiri
them here.
THE WORKI1
A popular magazine \
man for a day of rest.
Not long ago public sen
words, "He's worked si:
enth," and as a result I
--i
UI1 uu II \MUC UJJCII, bdiu
theatres, and other bus
ment being in opera
as on any other d;
coming up from the w<
keep their traffic and w
to inquire just where he
is dawning upon him
other high sounding thir
arc at his expense. H
to make the holiday for
der, he is beginning to
that the circle of Sum
of late, to accommodate
4l.- -r tr ? ? ?
me in my ui ^unaay iaD
increased, in the last t
and enrolls now not fe
These will be heard fror
Falsehood is in mam
ments. And especially
sions which are mislead]
The very care and adroi
sions are made show th?
tated, and conscious dej
y r
THE PRESBYTERIA
IE MISSION FIELD.
11c parishes, or counties. Of
e not a single Presbyterian
one each, and eight but two
considerably above a million
Df these about seven thousand
m. The Assembly's statistics
hes in Mississippi, now trans1
i. C"_ x - XT 1 i ' *
iiai oiaie. .\ eariy one-nan ot
>f Presbyterianism is found in
ere are fewer than twenty minOrleans,
in the entire State.
;d thousand French speaking
i Italians in the State, besides,
I Spaniards, Hungarians, Syrnto
which the Church ;>< large
men. Others are doing this
ts and Disciples are lavishing
e richness of the soil, its many
igar, rice, cotton, salt, sulphur,
now recognized healthfulness,
in every quarter, it is dOUbtly
richer country in America
siana. Towns of from three
md people have rapidly sprung
ion, and in some of them we
in progress. The field is white
d men, faithful men, can nozest
or have a better support,
it, however, is needed to bring
NGMEN WANT IT.
-oices the plea of the workingIt
comes in a peculiar toi.u.
timent plead for him with the
s: ciays; let mm enjoy the sevSunday
was in many quarters
ons, ball games, excursions,
sinesses, work and employtion
as much on Sunday
iv. But now the cry is
orkingman who is used to
ork going. He is beginning
i comes in, in the game, and it
that the personal liberty and
lgs which the others indulge in
e is worked harder than ever
his neighbor. And so, no woncry
for his share. It is stated
day workingmen is widened
the liberty claiming class, thai
orers in the United States has
en years, fifty-eight per cent.
wer than four million people!
n before long..
7 things besides untrue stateis
it found in making impresing,
or not in accord with fact
tness with which such imprestt
they are deliberate, premediaartnre
from the truth.
N OF THE SOUTH.
THE ORDINATION
The facts concerning the
George E. Fitch, by the Pres
given in the "Presbyterian" o
in April last, Mr. Fitch aiv
Union Seminary (New York
tery of New York for license
vealed grave divergencies frt
matters, such as the fall of A<
fall was distinctly disavowed
In April the Presbytery refu
appointed a committee to co
stated meeting of Presbyten
vote, Presbytery granted to
close of that stated meeting,;
a motion was made to adjour
July 7. Only a few member
motion was made. No circul
the members of presbytery th
be held. On Wednesday eve
their mid-week prayer servi
meeting of Presbytery. Out
were present. Mr. Fitch app
der to accept an appointment
under the auspices of the Y.
10 to 7, this adjourned meeti
examination on theology; by
ing decided to ordain the y
dained, but six of the min
against the proceeding, refus
dination, and withdrew. The
no comment.
Mere intellectualism and i
to the reception of the gos
duee superciliousness rather
ing of Christ to the Greeks v
his great sermon on Mars' ]
forts which Paul doubtless n
Athens, nothing seems to
tllPTA Av/?orvt 4-1-* o 4- a ?'
v vmal a icWj dv
gite, and Damaris, clave to
Athens was that it was too c
and too self-satisfied intellecl
While worldliness and unl
strongholds of Christian fai
champions of that faith are !
hosts of heathenism and e
peace and righteousness. L
tributed by various organiza
to Foreign Missions was $9,
seven such organizations, hi
2,063 men an(l 3>?54 women,
mated at 27,319. Connectec
745 churches with 672,108 c
sides adherents and non-pi
Christian instruction. The c
natives in these foreign fiel
The offerings to-Foreign M
all lands last year was about
ble that this year American
one-half of the world's tota
of evangelizing and civilizir
earth.
* > F
/
August ix, 1909.
OF MR. FITCH.
recent ordination of Mr.
bytery of New York, are
f July 14. It appears that
d two other students of
:) applied to the Presbyire.
The examination re>m
the truth in doctrinal
iam. The doctrine of the
by some, or all of them,
ised to license them, but
mfer with them. At the
r in June, by a two-third
them a license. At the
ibout seven o'clock p. m.,
n to Wednesday evening,
s were present when this
ar was sent out to advise
lat such a meeting was to
ning the pastors were at
ces, in ignorance of the
of 240 ministers, only 19
lied for ordination in oras
a missionary to China,
M. C. A. By a vote of
ng declined to repeat the
a vote of 9 to 7, the meetoung
man. He was oristers
entered a protest
ed to take part in the or:
matter is one that needs
culture are not favorable
pel. The}' tend to prothan
faith. The preachi'as
"foolishness." Despite
Hill and the vigorous efnade
to plant a church in
have come of his work
> Dyonisius the Areopahim.
The trouble with
onfidcnt in its polytheism
utally.
>elief are bombarding the
th in the homeland, the
steadily advancing on the
xtending the domain of
ast year the amount editions
in the United States
[47.364. * There are thirtyiving
in the mission field
with native helpers esti1
with their work are 6,:ommuning
members, beofessors
who are under
uniriouiions maae Dy tne
ds amount to $1,564,981.
issions by Protestants in
$21,000,000. It is probachurches
will contribute
I gifts to the great work
ig all the peoples of the