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) THE GRAVEST DECIS Last Spring' there app< ?>i New \ ork three you 11 Seminary in New Yorkapplicants for licensure. < * we speak from memory) the inspiration of the llibl < icnesis as historical, did the fall of man and douht Ami yet! And yet tli licensed these young mc Presbytery ordained two At the time, our tliougl tion of one Presbytery: ai Presbyterian Church as a to review the matter and demnation upon so gross < iod. Dr. John Fox, Dr. I). 1 formal complaint to the 1 this licensure and this orci heard by the Synod of ? report that we find in the sustained the Presbytery ordaining them! ! That "The presbytery's course > while the synod's committe< sidered that the first examini lied the protests of the conu agreed?that the second exan and made it the plain duty t done. The complainants re comfort in a mild censure pa ing the minority a chance to < his ordination, and for proce the appeal to synod was pe criticised for lack of courtesy The matter as it appes trenie. The Synod of Ne sentative body. It has a Presbyterian Church Nor seems to have sustained throwing down the barrie in destroying the barrier I'or "if Christ be not ris And if the sin of Adam 1 our whole trust in the Mil dermined. And if the fa there is no need of a divii Is it possible that the will sustain such a brea forbid. And yet, accordi ?f New York has sustain With the deepest .eonc come. Surely the noble, Church, and there arc the to bring this matter to tl cral Assembly. And wt The Westminster we complishment is steadinc: Waste comes from pause in the week, evcrv wcrl- i ' ~ J " comes once more. They c as follows: c-e-a-s-e-l-e-s THE PRESBYTERIAT ION OF THIS CENTURY Mired before the Presbytery g men?graduates ??f I'nion -Black. Fitch atul Stein?as 1 >n examination it was found that they did not recognize c. did not accept the bonk of not accept the teaching of ed the resurrection of Jesus, e Presbytery of Xew York n to preach! ! Later, the of them to the ministry! ! ! lit was that this was the ac ml that shortly the Northern whole would he called upon that it would place its coni a violation of the truth of S. Gregory and others made Synod of New York against lination. The complaint was Cew York last month. The "Interior" is that the Synod in its action in licensing and paper says: vas found perfectly regular, and i investigating the subject conition of the candidates had justidainants. it held?and the synod lination was entirely satisfactory of presbytery to proceed as was tceived only a slight crumb of ssed on the presbytery for refus?xaniine Mr. Black again, nendine eding with that ordination while ending. But these actions were and not for violation of law." irs to us is grave in the exw York is a large and rcprei powerful influence in the th. And from this report, it the Presbytery, not only in rs of Calvinistic teaching, hut s of evangelical Christianity, en, then is your faith vain." >c denounced as a fable, then l)le as the word of Ciod is until of man be only a legend, lie Redeemer Presbyterian Church, North, eh of Bible teaching? God ng to this report, the Synod ed it! ! ern do we look for the outthc evangelical men in that msands of them, will not fail le attention of the next Genhope for a differ err* decision. II says that "the secret of acss. l.rcaks come from jerks. Ten hours a day, six days n the year, until the vacation :ount. Success is best spelled s-n-e-s-s." Si OF THE SOUTH. AFTER THE R/ "Rally Day" has been held i and Sunday-schools. It is stil to most of us in this section, the VOLUte to diMimnd tl aney and practical use. Espe ied in its relation to what slum of the day. "Rally Day" ought to l?e what ought to he is not hv an There arc seasons, it is true, cumstances it seems more prj effort. At the end of the sum the end of the winter in the he a time when new service The chief tiling in connecti is t?? have a work, and a peri which to rally, "What shall problem. Naturally the first i will be an increased devotion ercises of the church. The ! Sunday services, of the pray< bath-schools, and of the you there lie such organizations, mind and heart. In every community and 1 be found many who arc not services. A quiet and persist out, even if one has to go for to be a deliberate part of each an effort has the approval of he directed his servants to and hedges and compel them There arc those about all c want, or who need sympath o,.,..? ...i ?i ? munc \miu aic mcu, who are ] tive, because of ad verses or pc and friendless. Loving atten results in winning souls for < rying comfort and sunshine hearts. It is not a question not seek the church rather tha seek them. The neglect of ; not excuse the negligence of ; In permanent "rallying" al be laid aside. It will take t personal work. It will often will always demand faith. I and will not forget one's labo est in the work will be the be 111 KAOM n?i?tnr n r\ * ... uvgiiuiiiig aim (IIUSCCIUIII keeps the goal in sight forgets runs it with patience, laying a lie a helper. Do not feel 1 ways be to your own person; ceives the glory, be willing to just how the ca?e stands, and is better than the praises of m done in the name and in the Spirit is*promised to help wi fear of failure with such divi Before one can preach an must have an evangelistic h< November 3, 1909. iLLY DAY. in many of our Churches 1 somewhat of a novelty but has become enough lought as to its signific ciallv should it be studild follow the observance every day. Unhappily y means always what is. when from outward ciricticable to make special imer in the cities, and at country, there seems to can be undertaken, on with a rally to work uanent kind of work, to 1 do?" is sometimes the form of renewed activity to the usual public exsupport of the Church's er-meetings, of the Sabng people's meetings, it will have first place in leighborhood there may going to any of these ent effort to bring them them for a while, ought one's "rally" work. Such the Master's word, when ;o out into the highways to come in." )f us who are sick or in y and help. There are jerplexed, who are sensi>verty, who are strangers tion to them oftentimes Christ as well as in carlo troubled or darkened of whether they should n that the church should i duty on one side does a duty on the other side. II self-indulgence should ime and patience to do involve self-denial. It >ut God will be faithful, r of love. Intense interst clement, next to faith, g it. The runner who > the toil of the race, and iside every weight, that your work must alJ . i. n ' il honor. If another re ? have it s6. God knows an approving conscience en. The work should be strength of Christ. The thai. There need he no ne aid. evangelistic sermon, he/ ?art. i