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MEN: TODAY AND TOMORROW.
By A. L. Phillips, General Superintendent.
The wakening of men to the call of
?lod through the Church in all lands is
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at the present time. It does not seem to
be confined to any country, for from the
remotest mission fields we hear of the
good work. National boundaries do not
confine it. No one denomination can
claim it to the exclusion of others. It
is manifesting; itself most notably in two
directions. The great openings lor
Cliurch expansion at home and abroad
are railing forth the manly strength and
resources trom every walk in life. Men
are really beginning to attend to the
voice of God. Then there is in progress
a remarkable revival of interest in the
study of the Bible, l^arge men's classes
are to be found in a great many towns
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throughout North America.
In these movements there is hope that
men may give heed to the call of C.od for
a complete surrender, and that they will
enter vigorously into the prayer-life, into
the study of Church problems aud activities,
into a new sense of their responsibility
for the use of money, into a larger
vision of their social opportunities, into
a new degree of loyalty to the Church,
and into personal efforts for the salvation
of others.
Our Brotherhoods are doing great good
in the work of calling men out into deeper
consecration and larger service, and
in training them for better things. Some
pastors and churches have failed to use
this awakening as the occasion for bringing
their men forward but in many cases
the men have been made to see their opportunity
with new eyes. They have tak
en up in their Brotherhoods such activities
as hospital work, city missions, Sunday
schools, prayer meetings, visitation
of the sick, employment for those out of
work, the support of missionaries, and
evangelistic enterprises.
We are trying to make a new generation
of men by training the boys through
the Covenanter Companies. The growth
of this work is one of the most encouraging
facts in our recent Church life. There
are now 230 Companies which enrolled
3,106 charter members. They are engaged
in a great many forms of activity, the
"chief of which are perhaps missions and
.social worn. Hundreds of boys In almost
every direction have been brought into
a new appreciation of the Church's interest
in them and care for them. Here and
there both men and women have through
the Covenanter work been brought face
^ to face with God's call to service, and
have yielded themselves to Him for the
boys. A very large amount of information
in books, pamphlets, leaflets, papers
and letters has been sent abroad over
the whole Church, giving accurate facts
about the work for boys and its blessed
results.
Feeling the necessity of nurturing this
work for men of today and tomorrow.
i PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUT
the Executive Committee of Publication,
at the request of the Brotherhood Convention
and with the unanimous sanction
of the General Assembly, secured the
services of Mr. Robert W. Davis, of Ixniisville,
Ky., as its superintendent. He
entered on his work December t, 1908;
and, after spending some time in necessary
investigation and study, he began
active work in the field.
Here are some of the results secured
by him: He has worked in twenty-six
Presbyteries; visited fifty-six Covenanter
Companies and thirty-eight Brotherhoods,
and organized seven new Covenanter
Companies with ninety-four chapter mem)|pl'<
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eight charter members. He made ninetythree
addresses in all. and held 111 personal
interviews about various forms ot
work. During his period ot service thirtysix
Covenanter boys have been converted.
He traveled 9,677 miles. His average
traveling and incidental expenses have
been $61.17 per month, which has been
paid by the Committee of Publication
from its general funds. His salary was
secured by subscriptions lrom Brotherhoods,
Covenanter Companies and individuals.
One generous friend subscribed
a thousand dollars, but the number of
persons and organizations contributing
did not meet expectations. The last General
Assembly instructed the Publication
Committee to continue Mr. Davis' work,
provided the necessary funds could be secured
by special effort.
i ne statements made above show conclusively
that this work has been practical,
economical and highly effective.
Corresjiondence on file in my office from
pastors and from leaders of work for men
and boys testifies strongly to the practical
help and inspiration given. The work
done proves the desirablity of its indefinite
continuance. The work planned for
the men of our Church for the immediate
future in Missions at home and
abroad and in the Sunday schools makes
increased spiritual activity absolutely
ucvcnnai} lu |>ievein iinriiui reucuuus.
We must have at least fifteen hundred
dollars In cash and subscriptions by December
1, 1909, or this work will certainly
be stopped.
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TO THE COLLEGES AND PREPARATORY
SCHOOLS OF GEORGIA.
You have been asked by Prof. Charles
R. Foster, the president of Georgia Students'
Missionary League, to send delegates
to the next convention, which meets
with us the twelfth to Fourteenth of November.
As hostess, we write to welcome
any one who will come and affiliate with
us in this work. Mission study has done
so much for us that it becomes our greatest
desire to pass on the enthusiasm for
world-wide evangelization to every student
body in our state. May we not expect
at least a representation from your
school? Pray with us that every moment
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be used for God's glory, and that many
young lives may be dedicated to his service.
Yours in Christian fellowship,
Bessie Tift College Y. W. A.
H. November 3, 1909.
ON SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Action of the Synod of Virginia.
Report of the committee to respond t>;
the address of W. H. Hoggs, D. D., sec re
tary for schools and colleges.
The Synod has heard with much iiIcji
ure the uble address of the Rev. W. E.
Boggs, D. I)., secretary of schools and
colleges, and desires to express its hearty
sympathy with his committee in the work
entrusted to it by the General Assembly,
and its readiness to co-operate with the
Committee in its efforts to carry out the
policies of our church, touching the
matter of Christian education.
1. Therefore the Synod commends this
cause to the liberality of our people, and
urges all our churches to make generous
contributions to it in the months of
September and June, as appointed by the
assembly. The Synod favors the creation
of an Educational Loan Fund to be available
for worthv snirfontu of out
tion under such conditions as may be
determined by the executive committee.
2. The Synod hereby directs its own
Committee on Schools and Colleges to
carefully consider the best methods of
providing for the religious instruction
and pastoral care of Presbyterian students
in state universities, colleges, and
other undenominational schools. (See
action of (General Assembly Minutes
1906 pp 55, and 1907 pp 60.) as promotive
of this and, the Synod desires that its
committee shall make formal overtures
to the governing bodies of such institutions
to take into favorable consideration
the matter of providing optional courses
in mine siuay, wnicn being properly certified
to by their faculties, shall be recognized
in the degrees conferred by them as
on an equality with other literary
studies.
3. The Synod also expresses its sympathy
with the purpose of the Executive
Committee, acting under the instruction
of the assembly, to call in the near
future a convention of Presbyterian
educators to consider the state of Christian
education in our church, and to make
such recommendations as to them may
seem good.
4. The report of the Synods committee
on schools and colleges was referred to
us. We recommend that the resignation
of Rev. F. J. Brook D. D., as member and
chairman of the committee be accepted,
and that Hpv ri t* i-_
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appointed In his place, and that Rev. A.
T. Graham, Rev, A. M. Fraser, D. D., and
Mr. F. T. Glasgow be the committee.
o. We recommend that the collections
in September be sent to the General
Assembly's Executive Committee, and
that the collection in June go to Union
Seminary.
Respectfully submitted,
ftussell Cecil.
A. E. Johnson..
flow true it is that "the curse of your
lifts flnii mv llfo 1? 1*- .?? *
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views of life, large plans for my God,
large use of the means of grace, large
faith in our heavenly Father, large love
for the lo^t, will cure this hurse of littleness.