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THE PKESBYTER1/
The Semi-Centenial (
ADVANTAGES OF A BUILDING FUND.
Rev. M. McN. McKey, D. D.
It was the homely but shrewd saying
>f some countryman, when the matter
>f denominational church building in
lew towns was under discussion that,
'The man who puts up the martin poles
would get the birds." This witness is
;rue. The denomination that builds in
i new town the first adequate church
luilding will gain an advantage that it
will be hard for their competitors to
ivercome. They will not only secure
heir own people who have moved into
he communitv ru t others upon whom
lenominational 1?.*> { .r.- sits lightly, and
ret who are good people. This latter
act is not sufficiently reckoned with
n the older and more settled communiies.
We Presbyterians ought to know
t by this time, when we can see so
nany of the leaders of other commulions
bearing good old Scotch Prebsyteian
names. I had occasion recently to
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ists in Texas, and his name was so
icotchy and so Presbyterian that it was
lainful to write it as to a Baptist minster.
I know a gentleman in my city
rho adorns the CampbelUte communion,
nd if I should write it one would think
hat he had surely come from the
icotch Irish of Western North Carolina,
r even from the highlands of Cumberand
or Robison counties. These people
ave generally a pride in their Presbyerian
traditions, but it is only a mater
of tradition. Their personal assoInHnnc
tViniv* foaltir f-Vi olr foo too
heir faith are connected with other
ommunions. There was no church of
heir own communion when their an:estors
moved into the "West and they
oined the most convenient one. The
nartin poles and the goards got the
>irds.
Now if we have an Assembly Building
fund this could for the future be largey
remedied. The little church could
ay out the borrowed money in a few
ears?an amount too that they could
ever have raised in the beginning. In
h? beginning they probably numbered
fteen or twenty members, all new in
he community, all having moved there
ot because they were rich hut because
hey were poor. In four or five years
he fifteen or twenty have grown to one
undred and fifty. And the men, whose
love into the new country waB a ventre.
have now a settled business. The
hurch is established, and the loan fund
aved the situation.
The time for building shacks and
hells has passed. If In the town of
ted Chief two years old with two thou.
and inhabitants, the Southern Presbysrlans
build their twelve hundred dolir
building, and at about the same time
tie Northern Church should, out of
leir great loan fund put up a $5,000
tructure, our people will be greatY
handicapped. A good deal will deend
upon a decent looking house as
rell as on a good "stand." Some perons
who read this article may recall
tie fact that in two instances in Georia
the Presbyterians bought the old
[lapidated buildings of the thrifty Methtiists,
who were moving up town, and in
UlII VttOCD LI1C UUUIUUCD ncio uu uuo
3ge of town in the graveyard.
Fort Smith, Ark.
Had he been happy and faultless, 1
ould not have loved him as I did.
here is a degree of pity in all our :
iendships. Misfortune has an attracon
for certain bouIs. The cement of
ar heart is mixed with tears, and near'
all our deep affections have their beInning
in some sorrowful emotion.?
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i R OF THE SOOTH
Church Building Fundj
A SEMI-CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE.
On?r n iv n
net. w, ri. Drunnen, 11. v.
An Imperial opportunity has issued its
challenge to the Southern Presbyterian
Church. It is a challenge that appeals
to our business acumen, to the love we
bear to our Church, to the sympathy we
have for the weak, to the admiration we
cherish for those who are breasting the
billows of difficulty in the nam? of our
King. This challenge is to raise $100,000
as a T^oan Fund for Home Missions. This
fund will be loaned to new and weak
churches to erect new buildings, at a
nominal rate of interest.
Such a fund at the present time is
vital to the growth of our Church. No
ecclesiastical organization can be considered
permanent that has not a church
home. No community recognizes such
an organization as an integral part of
its life until it is properly housed. Hundreds
of churcheB in our Assembly have
fl aim nl v hononoA +V? A ,1J
ing.
The Executive Committee of Home
Missions cannot now aid a tithe of those
who appeal to it for a loan, however
great the necessity and urgency. But
with a fund of $100,000 our committee
can keep pace with the numerical
growth of our Church, enabling each
new organization to possess "a local
habitation and a name."
Here is an opportunity for an Investment
for those of large meanB and of
small means, the returns from which
will be incalculable. Multitudes of new
and weak churches are looking to our
committee to aid them in erecting buildings.
Through that committee they are
appealing to you, the reader of this. It
is the appeal of Christ for "His little
ones." It is the appeal of a greater
Church, as she expands to meet expanding
needs. It is the appeal of economy,
O a f Vi ft Intornol oowa/? V ?
uo tuc micicoi aaTcu IU wean UUlircUCB
every year through this fund will
amount up Into thousands. It is the appeal
of the child to Its mother for a
chance to live. It is the appeal of a
great twentieth century need to twentieth
century Presbyterian men. Will
the greatness of the spirit of theBe men
rise to fulfill the greatness of the need?
Mllledvevllle, Qa.
A DAY'S WORK IN ONE OF THE
. GREAT HOME MISSION FIELDS OF
KENTUCKY AND WHAT WAS
FOUND THERE.
It having been clearly Indicated that
T ought to spend one day In ministering
to the spiritual needs of the coal miners
oi tne Mingo vauey, Saturday night
found me In Mlddleeboro, -weary and covered
with dust and cinders. A very
prosy Imagination will find no trouble
in picturing the relief and comfort of
resigning oneself to the kindly care of
the "Rash House," conducted by a Presbyterian
family from Central Kentucky.
Early In the Sabbath morning, a horse
and vehicle having been secured, In the
pleasant company of Mr. Price as companion
and volunteer guide, the somewhat
trying trip was begun. And hard- '
ly had we gotten beyond the streets of
the town before we entered the Valley,
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Interest Allowed ea Battafi DatwiteA
[October 11, 1911
and were among the cottages of the
miners employed by one or the other of
the ten mining companies that are operating
in the Mingo Valley. And as we
pushed our way along the banks of the
"Bennett's Branrh " ?-v>? ?' ?
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River for ten miles, scarcely for three
minutes at a time did we lose sight of
the clusters of the miners' cottages?
white, yellow, green, gray or red, as
mining company or the fancy of the occupants
might dictate.
On every side were indications of the
work done in the Valley; black openings
indicated the tunnels bored into the
coalbeds; huge heaps of coal and slate;
streams of the waste poured down the
steeps, like streams of lava; railroad
sidings and coal cars.
But my business being with "the sons
of men," on them attention was fixed.
And they were "much in evidence."
Some in holiday attire were paying visits
to neighbors; some strolling among the
trees or lolling on the grass or seated
on the boulders of limestone; more
were lounging on their piazzas, clustered
about the doors, or leaning on the
fences, many being in soiled garments,
unkempt, unshaven and unwashed.
These last plainly, and others less clearlv,
seemed to intimate by their appearance
and manner, "If you think I'm gohig
to church today, you're badly mistaken."
And alas! their lookB did not
deceive us in this respect. Again and
again they declined invitations, and remained
unconcerned within a stone's
cast of our services.
The church-going habit has been lost,
I should say, for the majority of this
people by long neglect. And the feeble
efforts as yet made to persuade them,
serve to recall the Master's words:
"This kind goeth not out but by fasting
and prayer." 'Let this fatal condition
continue much longer, my honored
brethren of the Synod, and especially
or tile Transylvania Presbytery, and
large areas of hardened heathenism will
have been formed within your bounds,
destined to become a growing menace to
political institutions and to Christian
civilization.
But we had completed th? first stage
of our journey?"Bryson" was at hand,
where the first service was to be held,
something like seven or eight miles from
our starting point. A commodious and
attractive building stood before us answering
the purpose of a "Lodge" for
the miners' fraternities in the week,
and of the Sunday school on the Lord's
Day. As for preaching, it is so infrequent,
I suppose, that nobody of those
who talked to me on the spot even
made mention of preaching at all!
The Sunday school had about con- $
eluded its exercises for the day. And
at my request the children, 35 or 40 In
number, were brought close together
that a short address might be made.
Bright eyes and smiling faces spoke
their welcome tr? mv ho?rt
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five or six minutes they listened eagerly
to that beautiful story of "Jesus
blessing the little children." To the
preacher at least It was the service of
the day. And never before did he realize
so fully the force of that saying:
"In the child lies the fate of the nation."
Aye, and also the opportunity of
the Church! For was It not of just such
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scraggly, rough hair? Ayer*s
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your own doctor.
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