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August 25, 1909. obey. His great efforts tagonism. But that die knew that much of his w ness. Gathering in con\ but God appoints His mil times. Paul was entirel light of seeing men comi that he was proclaiming .. I! J!. - f f iciwi^e me comiortmg iat to sow the seed, while ( increase. HORATIUS BONA At the Grange Church, last, there was a celebra eminent minister and h> On a week day a number < all churches spoke of hi: kingdom, especially in tt all English-speaking land called and incidents narr character. On Sunday preached by Dr. Roberts cessor of Mr. Bonar in a We have a Virginia st< forting and upholding mi known laymen. A few m of ladies were again and distress by the visitation of the Federal forces, vio ing could exceed the fear were placed, and the m< them. One day, when t deserted, one of the famil book, and in it the moth* ratius Bonar's hymn: "I heard the v Come unto To the troubled moth< message of inexpressible through all the grief and it came to them from the their losses and their fea is that after the war one < was a visitor in Edinburj shiper in Mr. Bonar's chi her in the home of a kinsv had found his hymn, and 1 their hearts, to his eviden i it- t yuu kiiuw me nyiin own hymn-book. Suppo: nial and read the hymns: "I heard the Voice of J "I lay my sins on Jesus "Thy way, not mine, C "Calm me, my God, an There is an earlier one which has a refrain: "Only remembered by i rutn is not a thing t lived. THE PRESBYTERIA sometimes only aroused an1 not discourage him. He ork must be in bearing witrerts is most pleasant work, listers for another end somey willing to forego the deng to Christ when he knew tne truth, tie seemed to :t that it was simply for him 7,od would take care of the R AND HIS HYMNS. , Edinburgh, during January tion of the centenary of the 'mn-writer, Horatius Bonar. af ministers and laymen from s service to Christ and His ic hymns which are sung in c- A,Tor.,. ,?oro loo o. i?i an Y IIIEIUUIICS VVCIC IC" ated illustrative of traits of a memorial sermon was on Nicoll, who was the sucpastorate at Kelso. Dry connected with the comnistry of one of Bonar's best iles from Richmond a family again thrown into alarm and of the place by detachments lent and threatening. Nothful conditions in which they :rcy of God alone protected he surrounding camps were y found in the camps a hymn ;r saw for the first time Ho oice of Jesus say, me and rest!" :r and her children it was a i comfort, and remained so fears of the war time. And camp of those who brought rs. The sequel of the story )f the daughters of that home *h for some time and a worlrch. When he called to see troman she told him how they low it comforted and cheered t and great pleasure, is of Bonar which ate in our ?e you remember his centen fesus Say." 99 ) Lord." d keep me calm." not in any of our collections, what I have done." o be told. It is a life to be N OF THE SOUTH. A SABBATH I suspect that sooner or 1; himself very much at sea on of us are often there. But n< myself actually upon the sea natn day. The experience wi the editor has requested me sional letter while I am spent land and Scotland, I will wr rience for my first letter. I had always thought of s of men, from the stoker wh furnace to the captain who \ this I was mistaken. Perhaj as they ought to be, but I fii piety among them, and that bath in a way that js just abo ?211 -it 1 ataiiec^ win auuw. ur at J Cunard Line, on which I am s We left New York on the morning, July 31st, at ten o'c officer called and asked me i the Church of England. Id< should have made that guess had already guessed that I ws inclining to the latter, as th< hopeful for a minister. I a guage. Of course I had to t not belong to the Church of ] of us know is the Episcopal when he heard that he passed bill. On every English passt held every Sunday morning a Church of England. I? a cl< is on board they press him in officer of the ship conducts minister will do. The Rev. I Mr. Rockefeller's Church in the Caronia on her last trip, him. He is a Baptist. When Sunday morning can there would be "divine servic ing room, and that there woul in the second-class dining roo was purely voluntary as a Ca priests are aboard I will c tempted to attend the Cathol attended one and as the bish my conscience was not exact knew there was going to be ; I filed into the first-class dinii hour. There are two hundn in the dining room. The m The best seats were reserved are about four hundred of tl boat. I was surprised to fir could leave their posts of di tend the service. They siern \ tract when they take a posi they have conscientious scru many could not leave their stops for a moment, day or n and Queenstown. But a goo At every seat there was a 5 AT SEA. iter every minister finds Sabbath morning. Some :ver before have I found i.u? iui liic wuucc ui a. otiuis brand new to me. As to send back an occading my holiday in Engite down this new expeeamen as a godless sort 10 shovels coal into the valks on the bridge. In is they are not as pious nd that there is no little : they observe the Sabut as reverent as circumleast that is true on the ailing. Caronia on Saturday lock. That afternoon an f I were a clergyman of 0 not know just why he My table companions is a minister or an actor, sy thought I looked too m using their own lan;ell the officer that I did England, which the most Church. And of course 1 on. I could not fill the mger ship there must be service according to the ergyman of that Church ito seryice. If not, some the service Nn other )r. C. F. Aked, pastor of New York, was aboard but they could not use le it was announced that :e" in the first-class dind be a "Catholic service" m. The Catholic service tholic bishop and several onfess that I was a bit ic service as I had never lop was to be there, but ly clear about it when I a Protestant service. So ig room at the appointed ;d and eighty-five chairs ost oi tnese were nuea. I for the seamen. There hese connected with the id that all of these who lty were required to atthat as a part of the contion on this line, unless pies. Of course a great posts, as the ship never ieht. between New York dly number was present, n Episcopal hymn book,