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she-re where he coold see ?ueen Mary and the royalty
r*ass every cay. I was shown all through the house.
Hi is full! of historic interest. John Knox has come to
his own in Edinburgh. There are numbers of monu
see paintings oi him in the galleries. He is really the
first citizen oi Edinburgh. Even the cabmen can tell
yon a22 about him. I hope it is not amiss to put in
here a Tecent squib from Punch. A Scottish cabman
was showing an American visitor about Edinburgh.
I be cat*man had a good deal to say about John Knox.
At length he said: "Yon's the house in which John
Knox lived." "Well, who was this John Knox, anyway?"
queried the uninformed visitor. . "Mon. do ye
m read yer Bible?" was the reply. So deeply is John
Kik x imbedded in the hearts of the Scotch people.
My next letter will be from London.
Walter L. Lingle.
lumiDurgli. Scotland. August 1/. 1 \*JJ.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VS. ERRATIC
TEACHERS.
The comment ot "The Advance" on the case of Professor
Foster is so eminently judicious and conclusive
that it should be commended to that large class of
secular papers that raise the cry of persecution whenever
an erratic religious teacher is called to account
for betraying the faith which he is pledged to maintain.
Articles of belief constitute a covenant between
those who subscribe to them and the man who abandom#
these is unfaithful to his vows and false to his
brethren with whom he has entered into covenant.
So long as that covenant continues, they must share
the reproach of his unfaithfulness. He may prefer
to profit by having the covenant continue, but they
have a right to require that for the sake of their good
name and their witness to truth, the covenant shall be
annulled. Says "The Advance":
"The question of religious freedom has become somewhat
one-sided, Professor Foster, as we understand
hiui, thinks that he should be free to hold and teach
such beliefs as he chooses and still remain in the Baptist
denomination and also a member of such an organization
a- the Baptist ministers' meeting of Chicago,
Those who oppose Professor Foster concede his
freedom to hold and teach such views as he prefers,
provided he goes out into the open to do it. But they
maintain trii? it.r IIO--:? *' "
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right to remain in the Baptist body while advocating
doctrine* or opinion* which they regard an destrucfive
and which the religious public generally views in
the same way is to misrepresent the Baptist name and
to make the I*Ay responsible for his peculiar opinion*,
And there is no escaping the fact that they arc
justified in taking this view of the matter. The only
way in which Professor Foster can stand alone in the
matter of responsibility for his teaching is to separate
himself from others and go by himself. When he is
o(/OS OS* ? ? - . " '
m,-?.. ?n ui*>?vif>uiii inr re*pon*H>mty i* h?* alone,
hut not before, And a* a /juration of religion* free*U/m
the l>apti*t* have the right to he free from re*pon*ibility
for hi* teaching. The failure on hi* fart
to recognize thi* right give* a one-tided appearance
to hi* idea* of freedom,"
[AN OF THE SOUTH. September 15, 1909.
Contributed
I
WISDOM.
He gathered countless myriads of gold;
"Twould be a weariness to wish for more;
And 'tis a story that is often told
How fortune lavished her redundant store,
And how his palaces on every hand
Arose in grandeur; or in beauty dressed,
Became the wonder of his native land.
But seldom to their lord a place of rest.
He died?for Death is painfully unkind
Unto the great and to the rich?he died,
And, for a wonder, left them all behind,
The trappings of his glory and his pride.
They say he left it all behind; and more,
He left behind a heritage of scorn,
The tribute which his generation bore
Unto the genius that a world had shorn.
He left behind a sneer, perhaps a course.
Far better is the modest competence
When Wisdom makes us scorn the guilty purse.
And win the wealth that we may carry hence.
He rose at lenath tn univeranl fnm??
As a great soldier; or the brilliant rays
Which genius kindles to a dazzling flame
Glowed on bis brow and glorified his days.
Even the lingering centuries essayed
in vain in all the world to And his peers,
And yet he left bis fame behind to fade
As a dim memory in the distant years.
Far better is the wisdom to devise
A way of life whose nobler diligence
Shall And a record in the radiant skies
And win the fame that we may carry hence.
Ben, Va. ?Benjamin C. Moomaw.
EDUCATIONAL MISSIONARY WORK IN
KOREA.
By Rev. J. F. Preston, Mission Secretary.
J he first school building erected by our Mission in
Korea is the John VVatkins Academy at Mokpo. It
is of stone, substantially built throughout, and was
completed last fall at a cost of $2,000, including
the grading of the site and playground. Its dimensions
are 40x42 feet, comprising a main study hall, two
recitation rooms, and a hallway, and is amply large
for academy purposes at this point. The school
is named for Rev. J. S. VVatkins, I). 1)., pastor of
the First Church, Spartanburg, S. C, which is backing
the enterprise, one fric'nd giving $4(X) for the
equipment.
TU- _ .-.-i 1"? '
11 vi c m <t hii <?i enrollment 01 aoout miK'ty pupils
at present, chiefly hoys resident at Mokpo, and all hut
ahout ten are Christian*. Ik-ginning with the fall
a system of scholarships .will he inaugurated, so as
to enable the hoys front the country churches to
come in and enjoy educational advantages, and get
training for Christian leadership. About seventyfivc
centa a month will make it possible, with selfhelp,
for* an outside boy to study throughout the
session.
The superintendent of the academy* is Mr. W. A.