Newspaper Page Text
October 11, 1911]
alienated and heathenized populations,
whom he typefled by the ferocious wild
beasts, that Isaiah wrote: "And a little
child shall lead them." The children
are there by the hundred surely. They
are "The poor man's riches," you know
And, blessed be God! children are children
all the world over, and also the
best agents on earth to capture those
hiirilfAil- j ?
vjl v;unureu are easily found.
They are our consecrated, Christian
women, who have said, or are ready to
say, "Here am I, send me." One such
was found already at work?Miss
Gwynn, the representative of the Middleboro
church. But there should not
be less than six of them. They can be
had, if wanted. Let them be comfortably
provided with cottages at strategic
points, well supported and prayed for.
Let them go to this work "two by two,"
as the Master planned. Let Christian
schools be opened with "The Book of
books" as chief text-book. Let the very
words of God be read and memorized?
Psalms, "Beatitudes," and its incom
parable stories from Abel to the Child
Jesus. With these let the great "Hymns
of the Ages" be learned by heart. Plant
the seed deep down in the soul of the
child, where neither sin nor satan can
destroy it. And when we have the children,
we have the future; both for God
and country. Let us win the child and
we shall have the mother too. Win
these, and we have access to the harder
nature of the husband and father. In
the child is the solution of this problem.
And so at both ends of the social ladder
it is true that tbe battle for God and
hiB church is to be founght and won In
the school room.
Time and space do not permit me to
tell of the brief sermon to perhaps fifteen
adults at Bryson; of our dinner
in a hospitable home in the mountains',
of a second service at Sterling, the last
settlement of miners in Mingo Valley,
of our return, hastened by the necessity
of getting over the worst part of
the mush rnad heforp darkness should
make It too dangerous; of the comfortable
bed which could not bring sleep to
a mind filled with thoughts of the 8,000
needy, perishing souls, and of the hundreds
of bright children, waiting to be
led to their great friend and saviour.
Dear and honored brethren of the
Synod and of Transylvania Presbytery
especially, will you not summon your
people "to the help of the Lord, to the
help of the Lord against the mighty?"
Are there not five other churches that
can, and will, send a lady teacher to
those children? Is there not even one
Christian woman, or one Woman's Society,
that will do this for little ones so
dear to Christ? Look at your darlings
with all their advantages, and think of
those words: "Feed my lambs."
Wm. E. Boggs.
P. S.?What is true of the coal miners
nf Kentucky Tennessee. Alabama, Ok
lahoma and Virginia is true also of mill
settlements in Virginia, the Carolinas,
Georgia and Alabama. And what is true
of these is also true with emphasis of
the "tenement distrcts" of our larger
towns and cities. In one and In all of
these "infected centers" there is a fatal
poison at work, destined, if not counteracted,
to work ruin and demoralization
everywhere. W. S. B.
Never mind where your work u;
never mind whether it is visible or not;
never mind whether your name is associated
with it. You may never see the
issue of your toils. You are working
for eternity. If you cannot see results
here in the hot working day, the cool
evening hours are drawing near, when
you may rest from your labors, and
then they may follow you. So do your
duty and trust Ood to give the seed to
sow "a body as it hath pleased him."?
Alexander Maclaren.
THE PRES8YTJRIJ
THE MEXICAN PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO,
TEXAS.
The Mexican Presbyterian church of
San Antonio, Texas, has been endeavoring
for the last five years to secure a
!/>? a. - ' *
oiiu eieti ti suuauie DUiiamg.
In three years, with the help of Dr.
Morris, the secretary of Home Missions,
and a contribution at Montreat, funds
were secured with which to purchase
a very desirable property for $1,600.00,
which is now worth $4,000.00.
A temporary pavilion was built and
other improvements made on the premises
at a cost of $400.00.
Less than $400.00 have been raised
for the church building, which should
not cost less than $3,000.00 and which
should be built at the earliest possible
day.
I earnestly appeal to the friends of
our Mexican work in Texas to give us
the funds with which to erect this
building speedily. One-third of what we
need will be raised in San Antonio. We
cannot call on the Church Erection
Fund for a dollar. Our Mexican members
In Texas are also contributing.
We have a good church of 130 members,
with two branch missions In the
city and two out of town. There are
20,000 Mexicans In San Antonio, with
at least B.000 In the county and out of
the city. We can do a great work here
with suitable equipment. L<et us have
your help.
The undersigned is an evangelist of
the Texas-Mexican Presbytery and
teasurer of the Building Fund.
Walter S. Scott.
Sta. A, 2819 W. Houston St.,
San Antonio, Texas.
PRF.SRYTFRTAY FIHTPATTftv re
TEXAS.
On Wednesday, September 27th, presidents
of four institutions In the Synod
of Texas met In Dallas for a conference
In the Interests of their work. There
were many encouraging features about
this meeting. It evinced in a practical
wav the union of the interests which has
been brought about in the Synod, and
showed the head of each institution
to be working for the benefit of all the
rest. Plans were laid for an aggressive
campaign through the coming winter in
behalf of this work. Among those plans
are the following:
First, to request the Synod to give
one afternoon and evening session at
the coming meeting at Galveston to the
consideration of this branch of its work.
A suitable program will be printed and
presented at that time, and a strong
effort will be made to enlist the hearty
interest and co-operation of every minister
and elder present.
Second, it was decided to issue a bulletin
from th? office of the chairman of
the Committee of Ten in the interest of
VV. ?- '
tuo cuuvaiiuuni yvui ft uts a WIIOIC. 11118
bulletin will appear about four times
during the year, and will go Into every
Presbyterian home In the State. A circular
letter' to' the pastors of Texas
will be Issued In a few days asking for
a covnplete mailing list of their members
and others who may be Interested.
We trust that this letter will meet with
an Immediate and hearty response.
Third, It was the unanimous belief
of the presidents that a series of conferences
of our pieople should be held
this winter, one at each of the Institutions
concerned, In order that our people
may see on the ground the work
that Is being done. These conferences
will be held as follows: At Mllford In
the interest of the Texas Presbvterlan
College for Girls on November 29. 1911
At Austin, fn the Interest of the Theo.
logical Seminary on December 8. 1911.
At Sherman. In the Interest of Austin
College, In February, 1912. At Brownwood,
in the Interest of Daniel Baker
College, In March, 1912. Invitations to
V N OF THE SOUTH
these conferences will be sent out from
this ofhce, and it !b hoped that many
of our people will make it convenient
to attend
The Committee of Ten will render
Its final report to the Synod this fall,
and ask for the appointment of an Executive
Committee of Schoools and Colleges
to carry on its work. This committee
has already been Instrumental in
rplipvin or tn a r?r?r?
o ?v M vvu0iu?tauic UC51CO IUO
embarrassment of our Institutions.
Nearly $30,000 have been applied to
their indebtedness in the collections for
the first year, and other money will
come soon. We earnestly desire to
press this work until the situation has
been cared for, and appeal to our people
for their hearty interest and support.
Robert E. Vinson,
Chairman of Synodical Schools and
Colleges.
THE MIDNIGHT MUMMER.
By Rev. D. W. Brannen, D. D.
Tho Vnlno tK of alnfffl "a AU
fvtvo luut oiUfiO LV/ UD UUt UL IUU
pages of this little volume is original,
clear, musical.
More than two score poems find a
place here, and every one of them is
worthy of the place it occupies. It is
the judgment of the writer that more
than one is destined to live.
The gifted author has touched many
chords, and at his touch, in every instance,
the music has come forth. At
one time there is a reminiscence of
Lanier, as in the Midnight Mummer,
that gives the title to the book.
"But anon in the shadowed valley; a
reverent veery wakes,
A thrill with the vision-music the master
mummer makes;
A-flll with Hermlsian music, in vaster
summer brakes,
The sweeter, meeter music by fair Elysian
lakes,
And the silent bush and the swaying
rush are a dream of the wonder
iOUU
To one fair bird who, listening, heard
the song of the ultra-band."
Again, however, as we turn the pages,
there is a faint suggestion of Wordsworth,
as in "The Song of the Rain:"
"Our eyes are set to the center of things,
To the rock wherein we die,
Tho' we linger long while the veery
sings
By the deeps where the brook trout
lie;
And we lend ourselves to cows and
kings
Till the river bed is dry."
Then there comes the virile1 rush, as
of Kipling, in "The South-Bound Mail:"
"Blood-flecked her guard with careless
blood,
Who loitered on her path;
Rude threats of death from blackened
breath
Of elemental wrath.
The howl of the rail on her trembling
trail
And the Bhout of the bridge amazed?
'Tis the thing to be read?what matter
the dead,
With the hurricane outpaced?"
u
Everywhere there is the distinct optimistic,
wholesome note. There Is the
brave outlook on the future. There Is
an uiiouancll UUSl 111 UUQ HI1U gOOQneSS.
Taken as a whole, this unpretentious
volume is a most valuable contribution
to the literature of our country, not only
because of what It Is in Itself, but because
1t gives evidence of what the
gifted author has yet In his treasury.
It Is a book whose contents will be read,
pondered, memorized, cherished.
(979) 19
Presbyteries
Lexington Presbytery met at Union
church, near Churchville, Va., on
Sept. 5, 1911, at 3:30 P. M., and was
opened with a sermon by Rev. J. A.
Trostle (at the reauest of tho mnHoroMr
Rev. F. H. Barron, who was delayed a
short while on the way) on the text:
Mark 19:23 last clause.
Officers: Rev. S. T. Ruffner, D. D.,
moderator, and Rev. Q. B Hanrahan, and
Rev. A. W. Wood, clerkB.
Present: Ministers 37, Ruling Eld.
ers 28.
Fall Roll: Ministers 63, churches 80,
licentiates 2, candidates 12.
Death: Rev. C. R. Vaughan, D. D, at
Roanoke, Va., August 27, 1911.
Visiting Bro. Rev. Q. D. Moses, of the
M. E. Church, South
Corresponding Members: Rev. F. 0.
Hartman, of the Presbytery of East
Alabama, Rev. J. W. Rosebro, D. D? of
the Presbytery of Nashville, Rev. Ivanhoe
Robertson, of the Presbytery of Roanoke,
Rev. E. W. McCorkle. D. D., of the
Presbytery of West Liexington.
Received: Licentiates S. B. Hannah,
from the Presbytery of Greenbrier, Rev.
E. W. McCorkle, D. D., from the Presbytery
of West Lexington, Rev. G. D.
Moses from the M. E. Church, South
Ordained: Since last meeting, and installed
as pastors as follows: Rev. Wm.
Denham, at Bethel, on June 26, 1911.
Rev. N. W. Kuykendall, at Beverlv and
Midland, W. Va.. July 2, 1911. Rev. E.
G. Gammon, at Clarksburg, "Central,"
W. Va., July 16, 1911. Rev. S Dwlght
Winn, as evangelist In the Foreign
Field' August 27, 1911.
Examined for Ordination: Rev. S. B.
Hannah, called to Colllerstown.
Installations Reported: Rev. J. A.
Norrls, at Hot Springs, Va., June 4, 1911.
Installations to Be: Rev. E. W. McCorkle,
D. D., at Bethesda, Rockbridge
Baths, Va.. on October 15, 1911.
Rev. A. M. Fraser, D. D., to pres'de
preach, &c.
Rev. H. W. McLaughlin to charge the
pastor '
Rev. A. H. Hamilton to charge the
people.
Prof. W. S. Currell.
Alternates: Rev. A. T. Graham, D. D.t
Rev. Wm. C. White, Rev. A. C. Hopkins,
Jr., and Prof. Addison Hoeup.
Rev S B Hannah, at Colllerstown, Va.t
Oct. 22, 1911, 11 A. M. Rev. A. T. Graham,
D. D., to preside, propound the
questions, offer the prayer at Ordination.
Rev. H. W. Mc Laughlin to preach
(Continued on Page 21.)
A FINE NIGHT-CAP.
Tbe Best Thing in the World to go to
Bed and Sleep on.
"My wife and I find that 4 teaspoonfuls
of Grape-Nuts and a cup of hot
milk, or some cream, with it, makes
the finest night-cap in the world," says
an Alleghany, Pa., man.
"We go to sleep as soon as we strike
the bed, and Blumber like babies till
rising time in the morning.
"It is about 3 years now since we
began to use Grape-Nuts food, and we
always have it for breakfast and before
retiring and sometimes for lunch. I
was so sick from what the doctors
called acute indigestion and brain fag
before I began to use Grape-Nuts that
T no.tlil 1
? V.UU1U uciiuci cat, bleep uui" wui'b Willi
any comfort.
"I was afflicted at the same time with
the most intense pains, accompanied by
a racking headache and backache, every
time I tried to eat anything. Notwithstanding
an unusual pressure from my
professional duties, I was compelled for
a time to give up my work altogether.
"Then I put myself on a diet of GrapeNuts
and cream alone, with an occasional
cup of Postum as a runner-up, and
sometimes a little dry toast. T assure
you that in less than a week I felt like
a new man; I had gained six pounds
in weight could sleep well and think
well.
"The good work went on, and I was
soon ready to return to business, and
have been hard at it, and enjoying it
ever since.
"Command me at any time any one
enquires as to tne merits or urape-iNins.
You will find me alwavs ready to testify."
Name ariven by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book. "The Road to
Wellvllle," 'n pkps. "There's a. Reason."
Ever read tliA above letter? A new
one annears from time to time. They
are crennine, trne, and fall.of hamun
interest.
1