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August 30, 1911] THE PRESBYTiSR.1
CONVERSE COLLEGE Spartanburg, S. C.
f Comprises: 1. Schools of ths Li.eial Arts anil
Sciences?conferring degrees of A. B. and A. M.
J 1 2. Schools of the Fine Arts?conferring- degreo of
IEm? B. Muc. and diploma in Drawing and Painting.
Near the Blue Kidge Mountains.
' f? _ Ideal winter climate. No malaria.
I /"C* ? ROBERT P. PELL, Lift. D , President |
The Presbyterial Institute
Blackshear, Pierce County, Georgia.
A healthy, happy preparatory school for boys and girls where body, mind
and moral* receive equal attention. The best school of Its kind In the State.
Thorough Literary, Bible, Musical and Military training. Music department Includes
voice, piano and violin. Positive Christian Influence. Modern equipment
Including separate dormitories for boys and girls. Teachers live with students.
Expenses are moderate. Fall term begins September 13th. N\imber boarding
students limited. Applications for admission should be made at once. Address
for Illustrated catalogue giving full particulars.
ROBF.HT M. MANN. A. B.. Principal.
? *11 _ Founded In 1819 by the Synod of Tennessee.
lflarVVlIIe LOllCPC Courses leading to B. A. and B. S. degrees. Fifteen
units required for admission to Freshman Class.
Four-year preparatory department. Bible TrainIn*
department. Earhets Christian atmosphere. Property $775,000. Eleven large
buildings. Thirty-nine Instructors and 658 students. Coeducational. Tuition $18
a year. Board In the Co-operative Club. $1.70 a week. Text-books rented. Write
for catalogue to Rev. Clinton H. Gllllngh.im Registrar, Marvvllle. Tennessee.
UTamJ P FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN
warfl Seminary Nashville, Tennessee
Literary Department of the highest order. Seminary *nd Special Courses. French and
German spoken. Certification to Weliealey, Vassar, Goucher, Randolph -Macon.
In Music opportunities unsurpassed?nine teachers, eight with the best European training?
WmxLxa, Director, Piano; Caspobkllo, Voice; Be us its, violin. School Orchestra and Chorus.
Expression, Art, Domestic Science?all in charge of specialists.
City advantages. Accessible to leading churches, libraries, lecture and concert halls. Outdoor
sports, Tennis, Basket Ball, etc., also beautiful Ward Place campus for recreation.
47th year begins Sept. 21. 175 boarding pupils. Early application ia advised
For Catalogue and Other Circular*, Address J. D. BLANTON, LL.D., Prest.
Alabama Brenau College
Union College?Conservatory, Eufaula, Ala.
High-Grade College for Girls. Number stndentn atri?riw
j tiM? i.ww, vilijr CIKIU
gins 10 teacher. A case of fever never known on College Hill. Graduate trained
nurse lives in building and has charge of the girls. Session begins September
13th. For catalogue address THOS. G. WILKINSON, President.
MISS N. W. McVEIGH, Lady Principal.
PALMER COLLEGE (Co-educational)
Named In honor of l>r. II. M. Palmer.
DePVMAK SPRINGS, FLORIDA.
Altitude highest point in the State, delightful climate, seat of Florida Winter
Chatauqua, ideal environment. Consider the advantage* of educating your children
In a climate that permit* of out-door life and out-door *port*, avoiding for
them the rlgora of winter and clone confinement. .Christian school, Presbyterian
control, strong faculty, new athletic field. Fall term begins September 27th.
Terms very moderate. Send for illustrated catalogue.
Rev. LYNN R. WALKER. Preadent.
WESTERN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN*
Oxford, Ohio, has a waiting list. The reasons for this are: The WESTERN
provides finest culture, gives best care to health, and is also most practical.
Practical?Tiaia* fat efficiency. Special courses la eon ma the strongest, refined aodal life, a Chriadaa
Dctneadc Sdenoa, Ait Crafta. Mutlc and Art. collere.
Healthful?<Good board, fruia, vegetables and milk Location?One hoar from Cincinnati,
always fresh (rata college farm perfect sanitation| physical
culture, beautiful lurroondlng*. Wrae for Illustrated bulletin, .catalog, or ether hhe
Cultural?Able faculty, numbering IS, regular college mation.
w Oman's College
1854 Richmond, Va. 1911
Located in the beautiful, historic and cultured city of the
South. Large and able faculties, trained in the best Universities
and Conservatories of this country and Europe.
Specialists in their departments. 8 men, 18 women. Carefully
arranged courses of study lead to the degrees of B.
Litt., B. A., M. A., and B. Mus. Health record remarkable.
Accommodations first class. Early application important.
Next session begins September 27th. Terms moderate.
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I "Students of the Woman's College from Presbyterian j
Presbyterian Church and Sunday School and are under m
SELL CECIL, Pastor Second Presbyterian Church.
For catalogue and other information, addres
JAMES NELSON, M. A., LL.
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AN OF THE SOUTH
tion, it was easy to run men into the
opposite extreme of infidelity. The wily
skeptic and bold blasphemer thought
to reason or shame religion from the
earth. The God of retributive justice
was mocked. His word a forgery; his
ministers deceivers; and his people
hypocrites. Revelation was a dream,
and reason was God. Christian logicians,
mighty men of God, and mighty
in the Scriptures, joined issue, and the
enemy was defeated. Infidelity ran
mad, and Christianity prevailed.
But the arch enemy, thought cast
down, was not destroyed. His next
nvioiagcui nao a UIOBLBI H liuiie. in ID6
dark ages, paganism had served his
purpose well; In an age of light, he
saw the need of something more Bubtlle.
Paganism had fallen when opposed
to the Church, but had well-nigh
prevailed, when embraced In her
bosom; so infidelity, though defeated
without, yet when intrenched within
her pale, might prove her ruin. He
baptized paganism then; now he resolves
to baptize infidelity. The great
agents by whom he would vex and
destroy the Church are infidel theologians
and commentators on the Scriptures.
In the former case he took
away the Word of God; now he would
mangle and pervert It. The worst enemies
of the truth and of the Church
are professed friends within her own
pale, theological professors and preachers,
at heart infidels, doing what they
can to undermine the foundations of
raun, to unsettle the canon or Scripture
and the Interpretation thereof. The
critical interpreter of the Scriptures,
therefore, under the great Head of the
Church, who has always given the victory,
must sustain the brunt of the
present conflict."
Then follows a brief discussion by
Dr. Sampson of what he deems essential
qualifications of the critical Interpreter
of God's word:
1. "That we have a thorough conviction
that the Scriptures are Indeed the
Word of God; that he be a firm believer
in the plenary inspiration of the
Sacred Scriptures. Not that every
word of the text is now Just what It
was as the text came from the hands
of Inspired prophets and apostles, hut
that the text, as It came from them
originally, contained the very matter,
and in the very words which God designed
to constitute the Revelation,
and rule of our faith and duty."
2. "That he be truly enlightened and
regenerated by the Spirit which gave
the Sacred Scriptures. It is not to he
expected or believed that a man, who
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is prejudiced at heart against any system
of truths, shall be able fully to
understand them, or fairly expound
them. The unsanctlQed mind, 'the natural
man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God, for they are foolishness
unto him; neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned."
3. "A thorough and comprehensive
acquaintance with the Scriptures themselves.
Not only as acquaintance with
the general scope of the Sacred Volume,
but a minute acquaintance with
the whole; so that In the consideration
of any passage or phrase that needs
elucidation, he may be ah1? ?? ????
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collect the light that streams from various
other parts of the harmonious
whole."
4. "That he possess correct principles
of interpretation, and have the
skill and judgment to apply them."
Warren, Ark. J. F. Lawson.
SCOTTISH CHURCH STATISTICS.
In recent years, the Presbyterian
churches of Scotland have adopted the
laudable practice of publishing the several
statistical and other reports intended
to be submitted to their respective
General Assemblies. Thin AnnKi?=
those attending to go over them prior
thereto, and give them full consideration,
as well as save most valuable tliae,
and doubtless a good deal of profitless
discussion. The press is also thereby
enabled to give a good deal of valuable
information regarding the membership
and finances of the churches.
The report of the Established Church
gives its present membership at 714,039,
which is an increase during the past
year of 2,828. That of the United Free
Church gives its membership now at
606,693, which is a decrease during the
year of 715. In the latter report, it is
stated that this is the first time since
the "Union that the United Free Church
has had to report a decrease, and it attributes
it now as due in a large measure
to emigration." In the report of the
Free Church?the "Wee Frees"?the
present membership is not stated, but
merely that the Church now possesses
146 "sanctioned congregations," and If
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iuo average or tne united Free Church
be struck (though perhaps that Is an
outside figure), we should have to add
about 44,000 to the 1,220,000 persons adhering
to the larger bodies. Owing to
local unions, the number of United Free
congregations has diminished by ten
during the year. It has now 1,625 separate
congregations and congregational
missions, against 1,707 possessed by the
Established Church. The great cry in
Scotland, however, is for an amalgamation
of the several Churches, and to do
away with all superfluous churches,
whether Established or Dls-established,
that are not urgently needed to meet the
spiritual needs of the local population.
Formerly, the practice seemed to be to
erect a Dls-established Church, although
one church more than sufficed. Soon, it
is to be hoped, that all will be amalgamated
and known by the common name
of the Scottish Presbyterian Church.
There are nineteen quicksilver mines
producing in the United States, of which
fifteen are located in California, two in
Nevada and two in Texas. The combined
production in 1910 was worth
$958,153. Spain is the largest producer
of quicksilver in the world, furnishing
one-third of the total output.
It is thought by many that the vice
of small drinking is increasing among
women. If this be true, God pity the
home whose queen is tainted. It lies
with mothers to do more tham all
others in checking the evil and especially
in its beginnings. God help them
to be true to this great cause of humanity
and the home!
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