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Hannah-Moore: On September the
14th, 1911, in Baxter Presbyterian
Church, Dunmore W. Ya., Miss Carrie A.
Moore and the Rev. Samuel B. Hannah
were united in marriage by the Rev.
Henrv W. McLaughlin. Rev. and Mrs.
Hannah are from two of the oldest and
most favorably known families of
Pocahontas Co., W. Va.
Harrison-Campbell: At the home of
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Campbell, Jr., in Fayette, .Miss., September
27. 1911, by Rev. J. G. Johnson,
Mr. P. D. Harrison and Miss Carrie
Campbell.
I'eerj-Tlioinpsoii: At the residence of
the bride's parents in Thompson Valley,
Va., on Wednesday, Sept. 26. 1911, by
Rev. W. W. Carson. Dr. Paul Peery and
Miss Alice Thompson.
Steenbergen?Fitch: At the home of the
Dimes parents, ur. aiiu .mis. james
Plummet- Fitch, Morgantown, W. Va.,
on Wednesday, September 20th 1911, by
Rev. Clyde Johnson, Dr. John H.
Steenbergen, of Huntington, W. Va., and
Miss Jessie Johnson Fitch.
Sessions-Myers: In New Orleans, La.,
October 3, 1911, by Rev. Dr. George
Summey. pastor of the Third Presbyterian
Church, Mr. Sumter Sessions, of
Columbia, Miss., and Mrs. Elizabth Sea
Meyers, of Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Mrs. Sarah Ann Jones died at Chipley,
Fla., August 29th, 1911, being nearly
eighty-one years of age. She was a con
sistent and interested member of the
Presbyterian church. She leaves a son,
a brother, and a number of relatives and
friends to mourn her death.
SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF VACANT
CHURCHES.
In "Editorial Notes" of September
27th you say: "There are 10,903 ruling
elders in our churches. What a magnificent
army it would be if hut half
of these could be enlisted in the work
of maintaining the ordinances in vacant
churches." * * What that "if"
means is not very clear, as taken in
connection with "could be enlisted in
the work of maintaining," etc.; but it
seems pertinent to ask, What about the
work that the one-half of the elders
are now doing? And again, what would
the ministers in charge of the churches
have to say of it, if one-half the elders
were absent from the services of their
home churches on Sabbaths? Again, if
eiders aevoie uieir ume iu uoiuiiig services,
what about their own edification
through the privileges of worship in
the great congregation? What compliance
could the elders make with the
urgent exhortations to look diligently
to the religious training of their own
children, if they are engaged in work
away from home?
Observation makes it supposable that
a large number of elders might turn
their attenion to evangelistic, or missionary
work, as nothing is seen of their
now doing anything 1n their own congregations.
But remembering that the
Master said, "Judge not, that ye be not
Judged," this had better be passed over.
That the elders who would be efficient
are already engaged in Sabbath school,
or some other work, in their churches,
la a reasonable supposition. Surely
this is what ordination means, and bv
Installation the primary bounds ar+v
fixed. Cor.
To take up the Cross of Christ Is no
great action done once for all: It consists
in the continual practice of small
dntfes which are distasteful to us?J.
H. Newman.
THE PRESBYTERI#
FOREIGN MISSIONS IN OCTOBER.
Dear Brethren:?We are asking that
the October collection for Foreign Missions
be taken this year on the second
Sabbath of the month, instead of on the
first Sabbath as has heretofore been customary.
The first reason for this is
in hi, i iic uioi oauuuLii ui me luumn nas
been set apart by the Assembly as Rally
Day for our Sunday Schools, and the
work which we have in hand this year of
trying to meet the current expenses of
our Foreign Missionary work and pay
off a large debt at the same time, is one
that calls for the earnest cooperation
of every man, woman, and child in our
church.
In the second place our missionaries
have asked the church to observe the
two days preceding the second Sabbath
as days of special prayer and study of
the situation, and we deem it appropri
ate that these days of prayer should
precede the offering which our people
are called upon to make for the relief
of the work.
And now. dear brethren what we ask
of you, and what we must have to meet
the absolute necessities of the present
situation, is an offering from the churches
at least twiec as large as your usual
October offering. This will not suffice
to pay off the debt and meet urgent
current needs. We have other plans
in operation for raising a special fund
to pay off all past obligations and provide
for the enlargement of the work
which we must make in order to overtake
the obligations we have assumed.
This contribution that we are calling
for is for the relief of immediate
needs, to tide us over while the other
plans referred to are being gradually
worked out.
After you have read and prayed over
the Open T^etter of the missionaries we
cannot feel that any further appeal
from us is necessary. Those who will
not answer that appeal are beyond the
reach of appeals. Those who undertake
to answer it as it should be answered
have the work of years, or it may
be of a life-time before them. What
we are asking you to do, is to begin the
answer which you propose to make to
that appeal by the largest possible contribution,
which shall also be immediately
forwarded to our treasury.
Will you not place us in a position to
cable our mission treasurers o" the 31st
day of October that a worthy response
has been made to this call, and that the
money will be immediately placed in
their hands?
Fraternally yours.
Executive Committee,
Foreign Missions.
S. H. Chester,
"Egbert W, Smith.
Secretaries.
Keport of the Treasurer Executive Com.
mlttee of Foreign Missions.
The following financial report was
submitted by the treasurer at the meeting
of ,the Ejtecutlve Committee 'of
Foreign Missions October 3rd, and 1s
published in accordance with the direction
of the committee.
"Your treasurer would report that
the total receipts for September, 1911,
were $23,916 against $19,919 for corresponding
month last year, being a gain
of $3,997. The total receipts for the
year iu uam as cumparea wun i?iu
show a loss of $14,697.
The receipts for September were designated
for the following objects:
SPECIAL.
African Relief Fund $399.97
Outgoing Missionaries
* 1,669.77
Miscellaneous specials
496.91 $2,666.66
REGITIAR
Debt Fund 7,801.00
LN OF THE sooth
Other Receipts 13,548.35 21,349.35 t:
s
Total Receipts $23,916.00
On October first our Liabilities were
as follows:
Due Missions on First Quarter
277.00
Due Missions on Second
Quarter 57,585.00 A
Due Mission on Third
Quarter 84,307.00 \
Bills Payable 01,148.00
Overdraft Regular account 3,601.00
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Total Liabilities $206,918.00
The balance in bank on September
30th to the credit of the special fund, *
which is kept separate from the General
Fund, was $4,365.97.
While on account of the small receipts
during the summer months, our
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season of the year than any other, still, j
unless we receive in the next few
months not less than $100,000 in addition
to our ordinary receipts, our indebtedness
reported to the General Assembly
will not be very materially reduced.
In assuming the office of Treasurer
in .May, 1 found that on account of our i
inability to remit promptly that the "
Mission Treasurers were compelled to
make drafts on us, and consequently
had acquired the "draft habit" to such
an extent that it was impossible for us
to know exactly how we stood with
the various missions, or to maintain a
balance in bank to meet these drafts
which came to us without notice. In
addition to this, it was impossible to
divide our receipts equitably amongst
the different missions, because some
mission treasurers drew more frequently
than others and for larger amounts.
Realiizing the seriousness of our flnan.
c.ial condition, I requested the Mission
Treasurers to make no drafts except as
authorized by us. If the drafts had
rnntinnoH tn onmo In no thou HI/1 Hun
ing the months of May, June and July, '
it would have required a line of credit
at the bank of not less than $150,000 to
have met these drafts. The instructions
to make no drafts naturally caused
some complaint on the part of the <
Mission Treasurers and resulted in no l
little inconvenience to those on the 3
Reld, but drastic and prompt act'on was
necessary in order to maintain our ~
credit. Since that time I have been able
to arrange with the treasurers of all
of the larger missions for them to
make drafts at 60 days' sight upon us
for stated amounts at intervals of ten
days. These authorized drafts will
amount each month to about what we i
can expect from our ordinary receipts, <
Any additional receipts will be dlvld- I
ed equitably, and immediately remit- i
fed to the missions. Tn some instances
we have round that the missionaries ,
could not only use 60 day drafts with !
their bank without Inconvenience, but at
a less rate of Interest than the lowest
rate we pay our bank.
While th? above arrangement provides
for the actual necessities of
those on the field, It will not pay the
full amount of the appropriations as
they fall due, and does not provld? for
the large past due indebtedness to the ;
Mlssicns. I again wish to emphasize i
the fact and urgently impress upon the
committee, that 1n my opinion we must
receive between now and January first
not less than $100,000 over and above
our ordinary receipts in order that
the work on the field may not be seriously
Impaired and perhaps some of
it abandoned. Many of our self-sacrificing
missionaries are actually suffer- i
ing great privations themselves in or.
der that they may provide for the na. i
[ October 18, 1911.
i\e workers who look to tlieiu for
upport.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. Raymond,
Treasurer."
lod sometimes shuts the door and shuts
us in,
That He may speak, perchance
through grief or pain,
aid softly, heart to heart, above the
din,
lay tell some precious thoughts to us
again.
lod sometimes shuts the door and keeps
us still,
That so our feverish haste, our deep
unrest,
leneath His gfntle touch may quiet, till
He whispers what our weary hearts
love best.
"L<ove rests at the bottom of every
iure soul, like a drop of dew in the
alyx of a flower. Oh, if you knew what
t is to love.!"
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