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The Blunder of the British Weekly 2
Some Religious Statistics 2
A Sabbath in Edinburgh 3
Religious Freedom vs. Erratic Teachers 6
Educational Wcrk in Korea 6
Entertaining the Minister 7
Baptism from the Point of View of Intelligence 14
Books About Preaching and Preachers i5
Family Prayer f 15
A Call to a Conference of Lay Evangelism 22
Editorial Notes
We learn with sincere regret, of the destruction by
fire on Friday, Sept. io, of Westminster Hall, Fulton,
.Mo. A great and terrible loss that will bring pain to
many hearts.
Dr. Kerr announces that ample arrangements have
been made to care for all the work of the college and
that there will be no delay in the opening?nor inconvenience
to any students.
Uur warmest sympathies are extended to Dr. T. R.
English, of Union Theological Seminary, and his family,
on account of the recent death at Lenoir, N. C., of
his son, T. R. English. Jr. Mr. English was about
twenty-six years of age, a young man of attractive
personality and Christian character. He died at the
home of his sister, and others of the family were with
him in his illness. The body was taken to Richmond
and buried in Hollywood Cemetery. "Them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him."
Mr. E. H. Harriman was reputed as being worth a
hundred million dollars. Last week he died! Was his
death hastened by his zeal for making money? Is
there not in life that which is worth far more than
money?
Most men long for wealth, and pray for it. But
wealth is not the greatest of blessings. If any man is
competent to testify as to its value, Andrew Carnegie
surely is. Listen to his testimony, given in his own
words: "I was born in poverty, and would
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not exchange its sacred memories with the richest
millionaire's son who ever breathed. What does he
know about mother or father? These are mere names
to him. Give me the life of the boy whose mother is
nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel
and saint all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar
and friend. No servants to come between.
These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.
Some men think that poverty is a dreadful burden and
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about it ? They know only one side; they imagine
the other. I have lived both, and I know there is very
little in wealth that can add to human happiness beyond
the small comforts of life. Millionaires who
laugh are rare. My experience is that wealth is apt to
take the smiles away."
It is gratifying to read the testimony to the Christian
faith, of so able and prominent a man as Hon.
John Goode, the Virginia statesman, who recently died
at an srlvanrprt oorp Hp io nun+o/l hcIix.
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words: "I will fight it out on the old lines?the Bible
as my mother taught me, and Christ as the Rock of
Ages." When men think seriously and intelligently
about their relation to God and the unseen world and
eternity they will humble themselves and find genuine
comfort alone in the light of the unfailing Bible and
completed redemption through the Infinite Saviour of
helpless souls.
The tenth annual convention of the Gideons, the
organization of Christian commercial traveling men,
met in tne city ot i>t. Louis, Mo., July ZZ-Z5. In ten
years this association has grown to a membership of
eight thousand, outspoken Christian men, who confess
Christ wherever they go, and endeavor to reach their
traveling brethren in every part of the land. Like
the ancient Gideon's band, few in number comparatively,
they have spiritual power, and are doing a
good work. They undertake to place a Bible in every
guest-room of every hotel, and have so placed about
ten thousand Bibles. They are thoroughly sound in
the faith. At this convention, by a unanimous vote, a
belief in the Deity of Jesus Christ was placed, in the
constitution as a test of eligibility for membership.
Each member wears on the lapel of the coat a little
button with blue background, the white pitcher and the
flaming torch, proclaiming to the world that back of
this button is a Christian man.
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