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December 15, 1909.
to New England took on
ism, and that which foun
had not sufficient vitality
the Episcopal Establishrr
We shall not be far asti
Presbyterians in South <
ago who deserve to be <
have any connection histc
cession with the Presbytei
the few Scotch and Scotcl
a lot of Congregationalist;
in small numbers over th
the communities adjacent
The total white popul<
hundred years ago, inclu
dren, was 4,080. Seven!
children, leaving the whit
is a liberal estimate to cm
as genuine, dyed-in-the-wc
stream of Presbyterianisn
wish, yet when compare*
fountain it does not sugg
Lest my motive be mi:
I sympathize with the fe<
he reviews the history of
ton Presbytery. Even the
ment was chilled in its ]
the mother county, whenc
it differed so materially ft
byterianism in this coun
with any other body of I
this day it lags far behin
at large. During the sixl
1906, the Southern Pre
forty-nine per cent, whil
creased only nineteen p<
therefore, be pardoned fc
if he can thereby startle (
its apparent apathy.
THE MINISTRY A
By Rev. Tho
The tollnwinrr wnrrle 1
" w.
death of a minister, come
appeal to the Church of c
"The testimony of a v
lieving generation is finis
withdrawn; an ambassa(
light of the world, which
have guided more, into tl
extinguished.
"It is not the death c
valued, or of a relative h(
soothed the sorrows of ti
i.1. ?
jja.ni 01 me; dux it is tne
itude watched for the sou
diffused, or aimed to defu
its eternal existence. \V
the greatness of ruch a c?
ing voice which, both by
and the still holier and i
prayer, often lifted the ra]
tured them for its gloriesthe
cold and silent mart
THE PRESBYTERIA
the form of Congregationald
its way to South Carolina
to survive the intolerance of
lent.
ray if we assert that the only
Carolina two hundred years
counted, the only ones who
)rically by continuity of sucrians
of the present day, were
h-Irfsh who were mixed with
> in Charleston, and scattered
e neighboring islands and in
to Charleston.
ition of South Carolina two
ding men, women and chil:een
hundred of these were
:e adult population 2,380. It
int ten per cent, 238, of these
>ol Presbyterians. While the
1 is not so large as we could
i with the smallness of the
rest "drying up."
sunderstood, let me say that
dings of brother Caldwell as
Presbyterianism in Charles;
Scotch and Scotch-Irish elerouth
by the moderatism of
e it drew its life. As a result
om the general type of Prestry
that it refused to unite
'resbyterians until 1811. To
d the growth of the Church
teen years between 1890 and
shyterian Church increased
e Charleston Presbytery in?r
cent. Dr. Caldwell may,
>r using desperate measures,
Charleston Presbyterv out of
ND THE CHURCHES,
s. P. Hay, D. D.
by J. Angcll James, on the
: with a solemn and pathetic
>ur times: witness
for God to an unbehed;
a herald of salvation is
lor of Christ is recalled; a
has guided many, and might
be haven of eternal peace, is
>f a friend merelv. however
>wever dear, whose affection
me and softened the rugged
removal of one whose solic1,
promoted its salvation and
se, a beneficial influence over
hat arithmetic can estimate
ilamity? Instead of that livthe
eloquence of preaching.
more elevating eloquence of
[>t hearers to heaven and ma?they
have nothing now but
)le, which perpetuated with
V'yjj
lN of the south.
his honored name their own
We who are ministers in
tinually to be reminded of 01
its sacred duties. Will our n
sentiments and sense of los;
when we pass away from the
ployments? Will immortal s<
rowing saints miss us sorel
eager for change, seeking foi
and large salaries, can never
4 1 x ?
iiuii3iu|js ciiiu icnacr ties wni
fulness possible, or command
people which feels the sense
decease.
If the Church thus honoi
bassadors, and appreciates tl
laments over "the cold and sil
tal remains, would she leave
to want, who are appointed
ing in old age before the Lo
Would she provide meagerly
widows of ambassadors ;vho?
as much a benediction to the
husbands?
And if ministers and churc
divine ideal, many evils would
ern ecclesiastical life. Paste
readily personae non gratae,
that they were dealing wit
These frequent heart-burning
many a useful pastorate woi
The dissolution of a pastoral
as sorrowful as the final eart
and beloved friend.. And
would be seeking ambassad<
some one has said?looking f
hand-shakers and will be mc
Mrs. Smith once a month.'
And this happy condition
very strong appeal to the p
men of the church to seek th
obstacle would be removed t
consecrated vouner man. who
his entire life to the service
received and treated as a "1
assurance that he will not be
arts of the candidate for oj
glorious gospel; or have a '
his course at the point whe
into his best proficiency, or 1
hireling if he does not succe<
or will not consent to be "mi
as an unwelcome pensioner i
his earthly life shall extend
bodily vigor and active serv
Gainesville, Florida.
The world ridicules the coi
ally occur between different
religious faiths, and then illus
to contentions and its aloofr
agog over the utterly useless
or Peary first reached the "j
world."
7
incalculable loss."
active service need conjr
sublime calling and of
linistry awaken any such
3 among God's people,
se earthly scenes and emduIs
and tempted and sory?
A restless ministry,
r the conspicuous pulpits
know those sacred relach
make the highest usethe
strong love of God's
of incalculable loss in the
-s and prizes God's am
leir priceless officers, and
lent marble" of their morthe
disabled ambassadors
to serve by patient waitrd
calls them up higher?
and grudgingly for those
5c lives have been almost
Church as those of their
lies thus answered to the
1 disappear from our modirs
would not become so
if congregations realized
;h Christ's ambassadors,
s and conflicts which end
ild be heard of no more.
rnlo f 1 AM 11 r/M? 1 y-4 ka ?"? 1
iviauull IYUU1U UC (11I1IU5V
hly farewell to a revered
our pastorless churches
Drs of God, and not?as
or men who are "the best
>st punctilious in visiting
of affairs would make a
ious and aspiring young
e sacred office. Many an
>y the assurance that the
devotes his best self and
of the Church, would be
lerald of salvation." The
asked to ply the political
>portunity to preach the
dead line" drawn across
re he will have matured
je treated like a common
?d in pleasing everybody,
uzzled"; or be considered
if his Lord appoints that
beyond the term of his
ice.
itentions which occasionclasses
of Christians or
trates its own superiority
less from it by being all
problem of whether Cook
pole" on the "top of the