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the efforts of Miss Link of Georgia,
who came there first as a representative
of the "Society of Soul Winners,"
and has for four years made the place
her home- Her praise is in all the
community, and there is much regret
at her absence, which it is hoped is
only temporary. 1 preached at Hays
on the Monday night following the Sunday
in Jackson. Prof. Leonard helps
this church also. Good congregations
marked all these meetings except the
preparatory services at Jackson, where
the notice was very short. But even
these were quite as good as we have
seen at such services in churches of
*ne same size in the towns of the Blue
On Tuesday Mr. Cockenrbam
Tackson and rode to Hunting
v. "' -'oksand. The postoflke
is cu. * t't to readers
of the "Soul Wln^ vnown
as the home of Danlei - he
"Galax Gatherers" tells how iu immer
of 1904 Dr. Guerrant pitched his
'big tent* on the waters of Quicksand
Creek and after several days' preaching
organized the Rousseau church.
Mr. Cockerham, then a college student,
was of the party.
We held three services here with good
congregations considering that our
coining was announced only a day or
two before we arrived. A good church
building is here. For several years the
church has been vacant. The "Society
of Soul Winners" has had this summer
and last at this place Mr. H. S. Henderson,
a student of the Southwestern
PrnnKirtnrl on TTndwftrHl+v on/1 O non/11.
date for our ministry. He conducts
two Sunday schools in the vicinity.
Under his direction the "Society of Soul
Winners" is building a small residence
close by the church.
W?e can report no additions as a result
of these meetings- Two things
are to be considered in relation to this.
One is that our stay in any one place
was short. The other is that that while
invitations to confess Christ were repeatedly
given, our object was not
mere additions to the churches. An
innovation was practiced wherever more
than a single service was held. We
took a public collection. Hazard gavo
$25; Jackson $7; Cannel City $6, and
Rousseau $3.16. This makes a total of
$41 in cash. None of tne cnurcnes
asked, except Jackson, is accustomed
to such collections; and Rousseau hat!
its very first experience of this sort.
Its collection came from a small cougregrtlon,
and $2.15 was given hy local
people. Besides this the transportation
and board given, not including a good
part of our entertainment made a total
gift to the Home Mission work from
four churches of over $52. The mountain
people aro not without money, and
they will give it if asked in the right
way.
A change is passing over the section
through which wd traveled. It is in
various spheres. But the one that is
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THE PEESBVTJRI.
just now most noticeable is the industrial
one. Everywhere business is
brisk; killings are still all too frequent,
but Hazard especially has redeemed its
refutation of the bloody past. There
has been in it only one killing in seventeen
years. How many other county
seats in Kentucky can show so clean
a record?
Pisgah, Ky. W. O. Shewmaker.
MONTREAT NOTES.
By Mamie Bays.
Great interest was maintained in the
Summer Assembly at Montreat throughout
every session; there was no decline
of Interest and attendance at any time,
and without doubt the climax was
reached in the last period, which was
devoted entirely to Bible study and the
consideration of Christian Work. Never
before in the history of Montreat has
the number of visitors been so large as
during the season just closed, and
never has the proportion remaining until
the close of the Assembly been so
large. There were almost, if not quite,
one thousand people in the auditorium
when Rev. Howard Agnew Johnson, D.
D., of Stamford, Conn., delivered the
. closing address of the Assembly.
During the first week of the third and
last period of the Assembly, Rev. R.
i G. Pearson, D. D., conducted the Bible
Hour and delivered an able series of
addresses on the Acts of the Apostles.
During the remaining days of the pepin/1
thaf Vi r\ii r woo A nrnto/l f o
Conference, Rev- Robert W. Smith, D.
D., leading the same.
Dr. Henry Louis Smith, of DavidBon
College delivered two scholarly, instructive
lectures during this period;
one on Thursday evening, when his subject
was "The Life and Death of a
World," and another on Friday evening,
when "The Cultural Value of Scientific
Training" was his subject.
Dr. Howard Agnew Johnson was the
only othi.r s ranker on the program of
this period, and his sermon and addresses
will live as the expressions of a man
of that thorough consecration to God
that reveals iho wholly unselfish life
and the one great desire of the heart
to lead the uosavel to Jesus Christ,
ana to leaa those who have acknowiedged
Him as Savlr?u- into the joys of t'.o
highest plane of Christian living. He
is a man of greatness in intellectual
and spirited power, and his greatness
is not revealed more forcibly on the
platform than in his daily influence over
those with whom he comes in contact,
for he possesses in a marked degree
that simplicity and earnestness of
faith, that power in prayer, and that
Christian like humility which are
found always in the man of real earnestness,
the man who commands and
holds the confidence of others, in intellectual
and spiritual power. It is not
extravagance to say that Dr. Johnson
i exemplifies in his life the great amount
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of power for good God will entrust to
the keeping and use of the man of Burrendered
will and heart He will be
remembered by the men and women
who composed the large audiences that
heard him at Montneat for his addresses
and sermons of spiritual unllft,
and he will be remembered no less on
account of the spiritual strength which
he gave through personal contact to
those who had the privilege of associating
with him. A more fitting close
for a great religious assembly could
not have been secured than that of the
address of Dr. Johnston in his presentation
of the subject, "Mountain Tops
and Lower Levels," in which he emphasized
so forcibly the fact that mountain
tops of spiritual privilege and blessings
are given for inspiration and the valley
is given for service; that while it is
good for Christians to come to mountain
tops to get spiritual strength, but
would not be best to remain there because
their active service is needed in
the valley below.
One of the most Interesting features
of the progTam at Montreat during the
season of this year was the "Montreat
Evening," at which time Montreat, past,
present and future was represented, and
the needs to be met for her to realize
her largest usefulness was suggested
and emphasized. Just previous to this
meeting the Managing Committee had
held an important session, at which time
an advanced policy for the Mountain
Rertreat Association had been outlined.
This advanced policy will make it necessary
for the President of the Association
to devote his entire time to the
work of the Association, and the professional
duties of Judge J- D. Murphy
being such that he could not do
that, he resigned as president, and Rev.
R. C. Anderson, of Gasbonia, was elected
president, the committee being directed
to him at once, on account of the
peculiar fitness he has shown for the
place. The Managing Committee feels
that he will be a potent factor in the
further development of Montreat. The
resignation of Judge Murphy, as President,
will not take effect until Mr.
Anderson signifies his acceptance of
the office. Judge Murphy was elected
Vice-President of the Association, and
Mr. P. L. Jackson was re-elected secretary-treasurer,
and general manager.
During the history of the Association
for the past several years and in the
development of Montreat, no two men
have been more actively and effectively
Identified with the work than Judge
Murphy and Mr. Jackson, and none have
given more unselfishly of their time and
interest to this work. That both are
to remain In this relation will be received
with pleasure wherever the work
or tne Mountain ttetreat Association
and Montrcat are known.
The residents and visitors at Montrcat
have pledged the sum of $25,000
to be used in improvements to be made
here before the opening of the season
of next year, provided Mr. Anderson
accepts the presidency of the Association.
Already $13,000 of this amount has
been subscribed. This money will be
used in enlarging the hotel accommodation,
providing additional light and
sewerage systems, and hi making other
needed improvementst The season
just closed has proven beyond all doubt
the necessity for additional rooms for
the entertainment of guests before another
season shall begin, and steps will
be taken immediately to meet this need.
' The service which Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
A. Fisher rendered in adding to the success
of the Assembly cannot be appreciated
too much. Their work in directing
the music was eminently successful
AAnfdYtufAil 1 nrornlv IA fVl A
of every session of the entire season.
The talent which tltey possess Is enhanced
by the Christian personality
which accompanies It
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One of the most important resolutions
adopted by the Assembly was that endorsing
the appeal of the Evangelist of
the General Assembly for the church to
labor and pray earnestly for the addition
of least 50,000 members to the
church, on profession of faith during
the present year, and as many more as
possible, this figure not being intended
as a limit to the power and blessing of
God desired.
During the season just closed at
Montreat, not only was the attendance
of visitors the largest in the history of
the Association, not only was every
State in the South represented, but
another feature which contributed
largely to the enjoyment and success of
me ABBemDiy wag tne ract tnat several
denominations were represented among
the visitors and program speakers, and
the cordial and interdenominational
fellowship enjoyed was most helpful.
The season Just closed will be remembered
as the most successful from
every point of view In the history of
Montreat to the* present time, and every
indication that the future holds yet
larger success to be attained.
Along the shores of Labrador, with
no towns, no roads, no polieemen, one
meets during the months of open water,
only the crews of fishing vessels from
the south, and the almost pre-historic
native Eskimo. But for the fact that
trade and the gospel have gone hand in
hand, these Eskimo would have been
blotted out long ago. Only around the
stations of the brethren of the Moravian
Church are there left any number of
this interesting people. By tabooing
liquor and cheap gewgawB, by fair dealing,
by Inculcating simple religion, and
by a paternal surveillance of morals,
they have almost prevented any decrease
of fifty years, during which only
nas any census neen Kept. Meanwniie
the Eskimo have elsewhere virtually
vanished.?Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell, In
"Down to the Sea."
Belief that makes character noble,
strong, pure, and life sweet, trustful,
helpful is worth while. Is such belief
possible? Ask at the door of Christian
biography. Do not expect an answer
from Inquiries at the door of a blind
philosophy or a destructive criticism
of the Bible.
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A lady lecturer writes from Philadelphia
concerning the use of right food
and how she is enabled to withstand the
train and wear and tear of her arduous
occupation. She says:
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"Almost Immediately afiter beginning
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changfe in my condition. The terrible
weakness that formerly prostrated
me after a few hours of work, was
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"Ten days after beg in In g on GrapeNuts
I experienced a wonderful Increase
in mental rigor and physical energy, and
continued use has entirely freed me from
th\? miserable Insomnia and nervousness
from which I used to suffer so
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"I And Grape-Nuts very palatable and
would not be without the crisp, delicious
food for even a day on any consideration.
Indeed, I always carry it with me on
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Etw read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full of human '
Interest.