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To .Mother is a booklet of poems,
by Marjorle Benton Cooke, in which the
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Herself is the title of a series of confidential
talks with women about their
physical welfare and that of their children
It discusses health, morals and
happiness. Instruction in this department
of intelligence is much neglected
and much needed. The author is Dr. C.
B. Ix)wry. who has written on kindred
subjects. Forbes & Company, publishers,
Chicago.
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?a record of many "strange scenes,
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The Presbyterian Churches. Divisions
and Unions in Scotland, Ireland,
and America, by Rev. John Vant
Stephens, D. D., published by the Presbvtprinn
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The sub-title indicates the purpose the
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Dr. Stephens presents to hlB readers
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He presents the subject in a way that
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the ordinary reader and to the student
of church history. If this book is carefully
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the ordinary reader, where he
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The Undesirable Riches. By Malcolm
.Inmoa Mi<T xnH mlnl.t? r'-1
uiiuioici U1 VyUllegiate
Church of St. Nicholas, of New
York. Published by Fleming H. Revell
Co. For sale by the Presbyterian Committee
of Publication, Richmond, Va.
Pp. 235. Price $1-25. The table of
contents shows the richness of the subjects
treated in this volume. The various
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Grace, of the messenger, of the message,
of forgiveness, of experience, of
power, of trust, of encouragement, of
refuge, of influence, of rest. This book
is a series of discourses on some of the
great texts and great themes of God's
Word, in which the author provides a
feast of fat things for mind and heart.
It is a book that will be inspiring and
helpful to any child of God who may
read it in the proper spirit.
"The Story of the Biblo From Gene,
sis to Rei elation." By Charles Foster,
704 pages; 300 illustrations. Fine cloth,
stamped in three colors, $1.50. Philadelphia:
Charles Foster Publishing Co.,
716 Sansom St., 1911.
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"Story of the Bible," its clearness, simplicity,
completeness. For thirty-eight
years it has held its unique place, as the
best work of its kind for the young people.
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light or instruction.
"The Hymnal"?Published in 1895 and
Revised in 1911 by authority of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America.
Philadelphia: The Presbyterian Board
of Publication and Sabbath School
Work, 1911.
The features which mark the revision
of the familiar Hymnal are the removal
or gome nymns anu runes wnicn in sixteen
years of practical use of the book
have failed to establish themselves in
popular favor; the setting, of some tunes
In keys or changes in harmony better
adapted to congregational singing; a
more complete arrangement of the main
body of the hymns under the subject
of the Apostles' Creed; the bringing of
the book abreast of the latest development
of hymnody, and especially up to
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of certain new tunes which have had t
pronounced acceptability; and the resto- I
ration of a few familiar tunes. The
hymnal may be justly regarded as 1
the highest and best expression of hym- I
nody for this decade. In this unchanical 1
features, and its classification and ar- 1
rangement it is well nigh perfect.
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The Contagion of Character. By New. j
ell Dwight Hillis. Published by Flem. ^
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In this day when so much is written
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diseases, is so contagious that it is likely a
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omer lives ana cnaracters the better, t
The gospel of optimism is well worth 1'
the preaching, and in presenting this
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Our Big Boys and the Sunday Schol,
by A. H. McKinsey, Ph. D. Published
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Vision and Service*. By John Balcom t
Shaw, D. D., LL. D. Published by g
American Tract Society, New York. For d
sale by Presbyterian Committee of Pub. d
lication, Richmond Va. Price 75 cts. f
Pp. 159. This volume is a series of ten h
short discourses on some of the familiar t
passages of God's word. It will prove
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THE FORWARD MOVEMENT AND B
MISSIONARIES. ,<
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to nippr tho nhanliiU *1?
v~w hwwviuiq U^VCOOIUCH UL LllU
present situation is an offering trom
the churches at least twice as large
as your usual October offering. 1 his
will not suffice to pay off the debt anu
meet other urgent needs. We have t
other plans in operation for raising a 8
special fund tP I)a>' off all past obliga- ii
tlons and provide for the enlargement of *
the work. The contribution that we aro v
calling for is for the relief of immedi- a
ate needs to tide us over while the n
other plans referred to are being grad- ?
ually worked out. n
Three things will relieve the pres.
,ent burdensome situation. 1^ Thte 1;
payments of the amounts due on past 8
pledges. 2. The increase in the October
offering as called for. 3. Prompt
remittance of all Foreign Mission funds a
on hand and that will be collected this d
month, to W. H. Raymond, treasurer, n
These three conditions met would send f
a thrill of joy all the way from the 8
contributors to the Executive Committee
and on to every station where the
Southern Presbyterian church has a o
missionary. th<
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Oue of our missionaries, who is in
Ireland ou home furlough, expresses
sympathy for the treasurer in these
imes of burdensome debt, as follows:
'Sure, an' It's our poor treasurer that
mist be havin' the sore heart this weaher.
Tell him to cheer up; that we are
ill his friends and will see him
*- mu
iiiuugn. i nai is tne way I would write
t if he were au Irishman." Surely,
lympathy for the Executive Committee
s nowhere more deeply felt than by
he missionaries, notwithstanding they
ire bearing the heavier part of the
lurden.
STONEWALL JACKSON:
(Continued from page 17.)
lurches of all denominations with satsfaction
and comfort, and he gladly
issisted the chaplains from all the
hurches in their work. He was neither
dgot nor fanatic. He was personally
nterested in securing a Catholic chapain
for a Louisiana reirimont i? ?
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omposed of men of Roman Catholic
aith. His religion made him not aus.
ere and severe, but gentle and catholic
a spirit and generous in conduct.
He wag in a marked degree sensiive
to the wants and troubles of those
a any distress. He was deeply conerned
for the suffering people of Fred,
ricksburg under bombardment and the
estruction of battle. To the colored
eople of Lexington he gave his per.
onal ministry and effort. For a man
pndemned for desertion to the enemy
e was much grieved and himself di.
ected the ministration of a godly chap,
ain. In all this religious life there
v&a nothing abnormal or forbidding.
)n the contrary, it deeply and winning,
y impressed those who were about
iim, and by his example some were
ed to a new and happier life.
One cannot but wonder from what
tource the author of "The Long Roll"
lerived her conceptions of the great
nan of whom she writes. It was not
rom Dr. Dabney or Dr. McGuire, mem>ers
of his staff and his trusted and inornate
friends. Nor is it the picture
;iven by the accomplished English sol.
lier and author. Colonel G. R. F. H?n.
lerson; and very far removed is it
rom the noble and gentle man of whom
lis wife writes in her intimate and atractive
memoirs.
It will be a wrong to him who so
reely gave his great abilities and his
irilliant services to the Confederacy
f the South and then gave his life to
is country to consent without protest
o this most unfortunate picture of the
pirit and career of this great man.
ind it will be an unmeasured loss to
;eneratlons to come if a picture bo
narred be retained in the thought and
nemory of our people.
DOING AND GROWING.
In n..- Hnlt.
uuiw *ioiuu we onen seem to
hink that the main, if not the only reaon
why one should do church work
3 to keep up the church, so if a few
/ill give all of the money and if a few
/ill do all of the work, we think we
re doing our full duty. How badly
listaken we are! God does not need
ur money or our work, his Church does
ot need them, but we need to give and
o do in order to grow. Activity is the
aw of growth, spiritual as well as phyical!?E.
A. Pox.
There is a frankness which is brutal,
nd T Hotnot v 1 -L *- ?
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liscreet, and I fear it; a foolish frankiess
and I pity it. There is also a
rankness which is opportune, delicate,
;ood. Honor to it.?Joeph Roux.
It is good for us to keep some account
if our prayers, that we may not unsay
em in our practice.?Henry.