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26 THE REPORT ON FOREIGN MISSIONS. (Continued from Page 25.) have attained is due in a large measure to the prayers and labors and liberality of our good women who never seem to grow weary in their efforts to extend the kingdom of our Lord unto the uttermost parts of the earth. So prompt was their response and so effective their labors that the debt which two years ago gave some concern, has been so far reduced that the Executive Committee is now asking them to turn their energies to other special objects, included under the general term of equipment. These objects include houses and hospitals and school buildings. For the providing of these four thousand shares of $50, each are offered to all who wish to aid in this oirecuon and especially to our missionary societies and Presbyterial unions. We are pleased to know that there is now a union in almost every Presbytery in our Assembly. We recommend the following resolutions: 1. That the missionary platform adopted by our General Assembly of 1907 is reasonable and practicable and therefore the session of every Church of this Synod is urged to appoint a Mlesionsry Committee that shall make a thorough canvass of the entire membership for individual subscriptions to this great cause on the weekly basis. 2. That the efforts of our Executive Committee to secure our thousand shares of $50, each for the equipment of our work on the foreign field is commended to our churches and missionary societies and Presbyterial unions. 3. That our ministers and sessions are urged to use earnest efforts to secure the attendance of the men of the respective churches on the conference of the i^aymen's Movement, to be held in Macon next Januar 21 to 23. 4. That the evening of the second day of the Synod of 1910 be set apart for a popular meeting in the interest of For eign Missions. 5. That the Synod has heard with pleasure and profit the instructive and stirring addresses of the Rev. J. W. Bachman, L). D. and the Rev". L. C. Vass and Mr. H. C. Ostrom. I. S. McElroy, D. W. Brannen, J. H. Patton, J. G. Herndon, W. A. Nesbit. The Presbyterian Calendar: Successful as was the Presbyterian Calendar of 1909, the edition for 1910 eclipses it in beauty, utility and completeness. It is a unique combination of "engagement spaces," quotations from Presbyterians ] of four centuries selected from original < sources; applied Bible texts and condens- I ed information on the history and government of the Presbyterian Church. Beau- t tlfully printed in two colors; artistic cover with sketch of Knox House. 1 EDITION LIMITED. PRICE 70 cts. i POSTPAID. i Issued for the benefit of charities and < I PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SO 8-f8+8+8*8*848+8*8-f848+8+848+ 8 | JUST PI IA Valuable Hoi! 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He has pictured in rich detail the transition of the West from the early days of the sparse settlement to the modern conditions of vast agriculture and business enternrlse and powerful transportation systems. The story begins in the little village of Sycamore Ridge and traces the lives of its inhabitants with great accumulation of anecdote and reminiscence, until the reader becomes thoroughly familiar with the many characters which he is to meet again and again to the end of the story. The "Certain Rich Man" is one John Barclay, who from the beginning shows marked aptitude for devising money-making schemes, and at the same time extraordinary freedom from scruple as to his methods. Balclay becomes each year richer and more powerful. He does not hoaUofo fn ?rln/1 AU~ 1 1.U 611UU IUC |JUU1 anu IUB 11**1 1>less; even his friends suffer when he must choose betwen friendship and money. The author describes with realistic power the evolution of the unscrupulous man of wealth from the mean and grasping boy, and gives a striking, but extremely unattractive portrait of the modern millionaire. John's mother, a woman of independent strength and integrity, has suffered much during these rears of his progress and her prayers go up constantly that he may give up his mad fight for money. The-story of John's ncreasing love of power and his final defeat and repentance is well told and UTH. December i, 1909. UB?JSHED | day Gift Volume! THE BIBLE | well-known author, who holds first characteristic studies of birds. Hrl of the Llmberlost," etc. 2 $ book. The lover of birds will welcome It as >ages. That Is what makes It the most re n birds In the Bible, describes the location, and 8 It is Illustrated with over elehtv p*nni?i??i? ?, ? jj s of birds, over fifty of which were made + | BOOK DEALERS. 8 STAGE 25c ADDITIONAL. $ \HAM, Publishers | Lansas City?San Francisco. 8 { K+8+8+8+8-f8+8+.-f8+8>8*8+848+8+8 will be read with interest by a wide circle of readers. Every man has felt that awful pull of the Old Adam. He can pull us toward himself so powerfully because there is part of himself in each of us. The only safety from him is to get another and a better self?"put on Christ, the second Adam."?Selected. SECRET WORKER The Plan Upon Which Coffee Operates. Coffee is such a secret worker that it is not suspected as the cause of sickness or disease, but there is a very sure way to find out the truth. A lady in Memphis gives an interesting experience her husband had with coffee. It seems that he had been using it for some time and was an invalid. The physician in charge shrewdly suspected that coffee was the "Worm at the root of the tree " and ordered it discontinued with instructions to use Postum regularly in its place. The wife says: "We found that was the true remedy for his stomach and heart trouble and we would have gladly Daid a hundred times the nmnnnt nf th? doctor's charge when we found how wise his Judgment was. "The use of Postum Instead of coffee was begun about a year ago, and It has made my husband a strong, well man. He has gained thirty-five pounds in that time and his stomach and heart trouble have all disappeared. "The first time I prepared it I did not boil it long enough and he said there was something wrong with it. Sure enough it did taste very flat, but the next morning I followed directions carefully, boiling it for fifteen minutes, and he remarked 'this is better than any of the old cofTee.' 4 "W A 11QO Pnahim ronrnln-lA ? .. v m vovuiu ? vguiai ij umu ut;vci tiro of telling our friends of the benefit we have received from leaving ofT cofTee." Look for the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest.