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(January 10, 1912]
PERSONAL.
Mr. John H. Kinnier, an elder of the
First church, and a prominent citizen
of Lynchburg, Va., through many years,
died at his home in that city January
4 th. I
Ber. James P- McMillan, I>. has (
changed his address from Athens to 216
Fort Wood Street. Chattanooga. Tenn.
The move Ib made on account of his
health.
Miss Bessie Hoge, daughter of the
late Dr. Moses Hoge, died at her home
in Richmond, Va., on December 29. She
had long been an invalid, but maintain,
ed a cheerful and happy spirit, inter- (
ested in Christian enterprise and enjoying
the fellowship of a large circle
oi aevoiea tnenas. Two brothers, Dr.
Moses D. Hoge, Jr., of Richmond, and
Mr. Hampden Hoge, of New York, survive.
Rev. J. B. Waller is pastor of the
church at Kenova, W. Va. We have
received New Year's greetings in the
form of photo-engraving of the beautiful
church building and the pastor.
Both 0ive the impression of being in a
flourishing conditionRev.
B. F. licdinger should be ad- ,
addressed at Catawba, Va. This devoted
and always faithful worker in the Lord's
vineyard is temporarily "laid aside" by
sickness; but we are cheered with the
news, for which many will render
thanks, that his physicians are promising
him a return to work in the course
of a few months.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH:
Greeting! ,
This message comes to you as in the ;
language of John the Baptist, "The ]
voice of one crying in the wilderness.' ,
for it is only the heart of God's un- (
known laymen crying to like hearts in ,
the King's army of soldiers, fighting for ,
the glories of the Cross. ,
Our Foreign Mission Committee is j
behind in its work by about $100,000. <
This, in our opinion, is the result of
some of us failing to meet pledges made
to this cause. A "pledge" is the
Church's authority and instructions to i
the Board to spend the amount pledged, j
and of course the inevitable result of ]
failure to pay tnese pledges, is a Board j
debt. 1
?$e tniB surmise true or not. the' facta
are that our Church is humiliated, and
the courage and power of the Board is
weakened because of this debt, and this
in the face of a change in our system of
finances.
While this debt Is a large amount and
heavy burden on our brethren of the
Committee. It is to the body of '.aymen.
as a whole, a hindrance without a
difficulty. To us it means a debt of
35 cents each.
Now, as we enter the Christmas season,
let us make a New Year's gift of
this amount to the great God "who
loved and gave himself for us," and let
us send it to our Secretar., Dr. S. H.
Chester. NaBhville, Tenn.. during the
month of January, and thus start the
New Year and the New System with a
clean slate.
Of course some of our members cannot
do so much, but they will do more
praying while the stronger ones do the
paying, in other words, some or us fl
must pay $50.00 to $100.00, and others t
$5.00 to $50.00 so as to make up the a
average of 35 cents per member c
throughout the Church. r
Will your church?for the pittance
due from It?fall to do Its part and j
cause failure of the whole plan? It
may, but we know God's own too well ?
to believe IS. With our heart's-thanks. j,
we are, to
Yours In his service, C
THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST t
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. ti
w Columbia. Tenn. n
THE PRESBYTERI
&1CBE ATI03! DTFORMATION! CI.
SPIBATIOK!
By Her. A. L. Phillips, General Super.
; intendent Young People' Work.
Is not that a fine combination indeed?
They are good when taken separately,
and in combination they have a won.
derful influence on any life. They
sound far off. but they are nigh; costly,
but not so; visionary, but easily turned
into reality. Just see how it can be
done.
Many of us have short vacations,
and we are obliged to plan for them
months in advance. We have to set
the time, and then save and save. Plan
to put all these three ideas into one vacaton
period of ten days. "Can 1 do
it?" O, yes! "Where?' At many
places. For example, you can plan to
go to the Missionary Education Move,
ment's Conference June 25-July 4. 1912,
for training missionary leaders at the
maenificeilf- nnnforonno ffrnnn^o
Blue Ridge Association very near Black
Mountain, N- C., sixteen miles east of
Asheville on the Southern Railway.
This used to be the conference of the
"Young People's Missionary Movement,"
whose name has been changed
to the "Missionary Education Movement."
Blue Ridge 1b the new permanent
home of thi3 conference, and <t is most
beautiful in every way. Huge masses
of mountains invite the distant view or
near Trees and flowers and rythmic
brooks and rare ferns will welcome
you. The new buildings, specially designed
and beautiful, will shelter you
3omfortably. A program of varied Interest
and most practical bearing will
Instruct you. Trained teachers will
show you a better way. Strong speakers
will inspire you. Sweet fellowship
will charm you. Prepare for new
strength, broader and deeper knowlsdge,
and for a glorious Inspiration for
i mil surrender xo uoq ror (termite service
In your home church.
THE IICDSOJT FUND.
I have been designated as one to receive
funds which are intended to reimburse
our missionary, Rev. W. H.
fludson. for the loss of hiB home and
lousehold effects when his house was
turned some week3 ago. I think it
veil to make a statement to the church
it large with reference to the loss and
:he amounts so far received, and I will
lppreclate it if you will give it room
n your next issue.
As regards loss, practically every
hing they had was burned. It was as
dean a sweep of home, furniture, clotting,
silver ware?everything as I ever
law. Only through heroic service on
he part of Mrs. Hudson and the eldest
ion, George, were all the children
escued. And these two sustained more
?r less severe burns. Even the bicycle
?n the front porch was burned. After a
:areful estimate. Mr. Hudson tells me
uits nis nei loss win De In the neighborlood
of $2,750.00. The gross loss Is
greater than this, but the difference Is
nade up by Insurance.
To date there has been received for
his fund $1,525.13, still leaving them
marly $1,200.00 loss.
I make thia statement for two reaons.
That none may Imagine that
here has been any excess above the
ictual loss received, and that the
hurch .at large may know Just the
iresent status of the matter.
Other amounts will yet be received,
am sure, and it is the writer's hope
hat the church will replace this home
nd make the entire loss good, and do
t at once. Mr. Hudson expects to re.
uild this spring before he return? to
hina. Hi? field 1? calling for hi? renrn
at this critical time, and It Is hard
a go and leave his* large family with
o home. I guess we will all take a
AN OF THE SOUTH
band in replacing that home and do 11
Now.
Win. J. Martin.
Davidson. N. C.
THE UEOBGIA SYNODIC AX. CON FEB.
ENCE.
So many questions have been asked
about the Synodical Conference that we
take this means of answering them.
The Georgia Synodical Conference held
its first meeting last: April, and thoBe
who attended expressed themselves as
feeling that this form of organization
was the most helpful one we could
have.
The special points of this Conference
are as follows:
1. It is a small body, there beine onlv
two delegates from each Union (prefer,
ably officers) besides the officers of the
Synodlcal Conference. By invitation of
the Executive Committee, such others
as may be desired also attendOn
account of this limited number,
the delegates may come into closer
touch with each other.
2. This Conference makes no provision
for platform meetings, its object
being to consider informally their mutual
problems, and by comparison of
methods to help each other. Having
no platform meetings, it does not take
away from the Presbyterlal Union meetings,
but instead helps to make their
programs more attractive and in the
end reaches a larger number of people.
3. The special object of this Conference,
besides receiving the reports from
the Unions and the discussions of vital
problems, is to arrange rotation of
meetings for the Unions, to procure the
speakers, and to transmit to the Unions
any suggestions or information that
may result from the deliberations of
the Conference. An efTort is made to
bring the various Unions to the highest
point of efficiency.
As the Conference is limited to dele.
gate3 and specially invited guests mat.
ters of importance may be considered
with far more frankness and Informality
than in a larger assemblage.
4. The only money handled Is for the
expenses of the outside speakers for
the Presbyterial Unions, which amount
the Treasurer of the Union sends to the
Treasurer of the Conference?and small
incidental expenses, such as postage,
printing, etc. This amount is pro rated
among the Unions according to their
financial strength. Thus the strong
Unions can help the weak ones, and all
have a share in the good things. (For
instance, last year Atlanta Union gave
$35.00, and Cherokee $10.00, hut both
had the same speakers. The speakers
whose expenses we paid were those on
young people's work, and any special
speaker not sent by the Executive Committees.)
5. The Conference considers all
phases of woman's work in the church;
and world-wide missions and the work
at the front are given as great emphasis
as ever, but are considered in
connection with the home base6.
The five vice-presidents are officers
with special work to do, to keep
in touch with the Union officers, gath
eriiiK ana aisseminatmg Information,
etc.
The Unions of Georgia have adopted
rotation meetings?the Conference to
meet with the last Unions. This necessitates
a change In their order of meetings
each year, but all come within the
last three weeks of April. The delegates
to each Conference are urged to
attend the meeting of the Union which
precedes the Conference, during which
meeting they are given the privileges
of the floor. In this way each Union
In turn receives the stimulus and counsel
of chosen representatives from the
other Unions: while the delegates themselves
receive the Inspiration to be
(M) 1? i
gained from such attendance upon the
different meetings of tbe Unions.
We trust that this outline may be
of help to all who are considering the
organization of State work.
Kate C. Roberts.
Secretary Synodlcal Conference of
GeorgiaBIBLE
WORK IN PERSIA.
The American Bible Society has been
at work in northern Persia for seventy
years. For seventeen years prior to
1896 it had Its own Agent, but since
that time has worked through the missionaries
of the Presbyterian Church In
Urumia, Tabriz, Teheran. Hamadan.
and Resht. The political disturbances
there have, of course, Interfered with
the progress of the work, and still further,
the Importation of Persian and
Turkish Scriptures has at times been
prohibited. Yet the circulation of the
Scriptures has been continued, and the
last atfnual report shows 773 copies distributed
at Resht and Teheran. This
report contained an interesting letter
from the Rev. Mr. Doomboorajian. reporting
that during the last ten years
he has been able to sell 5,400 copies of
the Scriptures in seventeen different
languages, the greater part in Persian. ,
traveling more than 2,500 miles, and
meeting in each year a thousand different
persons with whom he has had religious
conversations.
On behalf of the Board of Managers,
John Fox,
William I. Haven.
Corresponding Secretaries.
WORLB CONFERENCE ON FAITH
AND ORDER.
The Commission of the Protestant
Episcopal Church on the World Confer
ence on Faith and Order of the Church
of Christ has circulated nearly 150,000
copies of the Report of Progress in the
preparations for the Conference published
last August by its Committee on
Plan and Scope. These have gone all
over the world- Thousands of cordial
and sympathetic replies have already
been received showing a deep and widespread
interest in this effort to approach
the unity of the Christian
Church.
The resolutions of the General Convention
of the Protestant Episcopal
Church suggesting the Conference, with
the report recommending that resolution
and outlining the purpose and
scope of the Conference, has been printed
in English, French, Italian, Swedish,
Latin, Greek, Russian and Dutch.
Copies of these publications may be
had free by applying to the Secretary.
Robert H Gardiner, Gardiner. Maine, U.
S. A.
KOREA.
The first edition of the booklet
rvorea naving been exhausted, a
second edition has been prepared. This
Is a beautiful little booklet giving Interesting
Information about tbe Korea
Missionary field and service. Mr.
Campbell White, General Secretary of
the Laymen's Missionary Movement, Is j
quoted as saying that this Is one of the
most Interesting books for men yet
published by any Church. Be sure and
send for a full supply for church, Sunday
school, and missionary SocietyThe
price is about the actual cost of
publishing the booklet. In orders of
one hundred or more, four dollars a
hundred, In less amounts accordingly.
Address The Laymen's Missionary
Movement. Athens, Georgia.
"A man's attitude toward God may
be told by the restfulness of his Inner
spirit, his ability to rest- And more,
a man's attitude toward God's rest-day
tells us men his attitude toward God."
?S. D. Gordon.