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November 24, 1909. THE
mission to commit any act during a speci
fled number of years, if a sum of money
be paid and pilgrimage made to a certain
shrine. And this is advertised in the
newspapers, in this twentieth century.
Many who listened to such a recital
wished we might send a score of mis
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successful labors of Mr. and Mrs. Porter.
The latter Is soon to return, his vacation
being only half elapsed, accompanying
Mrs. Porter, who came home first in failing
health.
Mrs. Robert Houston.
Meridian, Miss.
PRAYER AND MORE CANDIDATES.
If the people of God do not feel the
need of laborers enough to pray for them
they will certainly not receive them. The
best blessings we enjoy came to us in
answer to prayer. Each word of the command
to pray for laborers is full of meaning.
"Pray ye the Lord of the harvest."
Every servant should offer this prayer.
We may well fear that many professed
servants 01 uoa never offer it. We are
commanded to pray the Lord of the harvest
to send laborers into his harvest
If he gives them to us, they will be the
proper kind. Again, we are commanded
to pray for laborers. Some ministers,
by reason of their indolence, neglect the
people over whom they have been placed.
The church needs men who have a mind
to work. This prayer should be offered
in sincerity. People do not offer it then
when they do not faithfully use the
means that God places in their hands to
the end that it may be answered. However
often we may pray God to save the
soul of a person, if we do not faithfully
exert ourselves to lead him to the Saviour,
we can not expect our prayer to be answered.
If ministers do not preach to
young men on the claims of the ministry,
and do not personally direct their atten
tion to the matter, they pray in vain. If
the people of God do not give tbeir means
to the cause of ministerial education, to
the cause of ministerial relief, and if
they do not support the men who are
proclaiming to them the word of life, they
can not expect their prayers for more laborers
to be answered. Many parents
who are offering this prayer are unwilling
for their sons to preach. Many who offer
it are not bringing up their sons in the
nurture and admonition of the Lord. They
do not pray in the proper spirit. They
are like people who pray the Lord to restore
their loved ones to health and
strength, but fail to use the proper
means. Their prayers for laborers will
not be answered. When a preacher, after
making an appeal for volunteers for
the foreign field, saw his daughter coming
forward to offer herself, he exclaimed,
"My daughter, I did not mean you; I did
not mean you." He doubtless prayed for
volunteers, but his prayer was not offered
Id the right spirit Parents should offer
their sons to the Lord for the ministry,
and they should earnestly and constantly
pray Him to call them to preach the gospel.
The writer has heard Christian par
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOUT
ents say that they did not wish their
sons to enter the ministry. God will certainly
not answer their prayer to him for
more laborers. Nor will he answer such
a prayer, if they fail to give their children
the proper religious training. We
can not expect a tree to grow in a climate
to which it is not adapted. No
more could we expect ministers to come
from homes where family religion is neglected.
Some one argued that the falling
off in the number of our candidates for
the ministry was due to the low spirituality
of the church. But why was the
spirituality of the church at such a low
ebb? It was because family religion was
neglected in so many homes. If Zion
would put on her strength and her beautiful
garments, then would the prayer for
more laborers be answered.
Many of our godly young men who are
offering this prayer are unwilling to enter
the ministry. If God has not called
them to preach they would make a great
mistake if they should offer themselves
as candidates for the ministry. But how
do they know that God has not called
them to the ministry? Young men may
refuse to heed God's call to the ministry.
Many have done so. The fact that preachers
are so sadly needed is proof of this
Farmers do not prepare any more land
than they think they can cultivate. A
mill owner does not place any more machinery
in his mill than he can manage.
Then why should we think that God has
not called men tn nci>imv Hia ?
cant fields in our Church? Many of our
young men have refused to answer the
.call. They have brought guilt upon their
souls. And as long as they turn a deaf
ear to the call; they pray in vain for more
laborers. We can not expect ttieir prayers
to be answered, if they do not use the
means at hand.
A. H. Atkins.
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Home is the school (or teaching social
habits. They who do not learn In that
school the art of living with others are
very apt never to learn It anywhere. And
it is of prime importance that this school
be kept up to the highest degree of excellence.
And there needs to be a wide
recognition of the fact that no one does ,
a little thing who does anything to make
his home bright and good and lovely.
Rather he does a noble thing, an important
service. He is working upon the
foundations of the world's temple of prosperity
and happiness with honest work
that will endure. He can do no better
service than that of building a home
where character is constructed of justice,
honesty, purity and love. And this is a
sphere of service open to everybody. For
God hath set the solitary in families.?
Christian Intelligence.
Soberly and with clear eyes believe in
your own time and place. There is not
and there never has been a better time
vji a uen?r piace 10 live in.?Phillips
Brooks.
"No guise is too good for sin to appropriate."?Ram's
Horn.
All Physicians
Must prescribe some of the Ingredients
that are contained In
Hood's Sarsaparllla-for all troubles
of the blood* stomach* kidneys
and liver.
Thev include sarsanarilla rtiiUnm.
yellow dock, gentian, wild cherry bark)
mandrake, dandelion, juniper berries,
pipsissewa, etc.
The combination and proportions are
our own formula and give power to chre
beyond the reach of any other prescription
or substitute. That's why it is
wise to get Hood's and only Hood's.