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February 7, 1912]
belief, but e*7* that Christ 1* to bs preferred
to Confucius, and that the new
republican China will welcome as many
Christian missionaries as may choose
to come.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS IN
GREEK.
As the International Sunday School
Lessons are to be for some time in the
Life of Christ, the suggestion Is made
to teachers of Greek and others to form
classes for reading the lessons In the
Greek Testament. Such a class has
been organized at Clarksvllle. Tenn.,
and has aroused a good deal of Interest
among ladies and gentlemen. We meet
on Saturday afternoon and study the
lesson for the next day. The most
wuicmcui uuuk 10 use i? wesicoit ana
Hort's Greek Testament?students' edition;
this contains a lexicon that Is
sufficient for ordinary purposes. No
learned exegesis Is attempted, nor an
exhaustive study of the lesson; the
Idea Is to read the Greek, explaining
the forms and syntax. After the lesson
is finished and the most of the class
have retired, a few who have never
studied Greek remain and receive some
Instruction. At the first lesson three
nouns, one from each declension, were
written on the board and copied by the
members of the clasB on their tablets;
this can readily be done with a little
help from the teacher. At the second
lesson some of the indicatives of luo
were studied; the next time a synopsis
of some of the tenses. Then came the
rules for contract verbs, and so on.
Ministers might find it pleasant and
profitable to form such classes, for
their own benefit and for the good they
might do to others.
Q. P. Nlcholassen.
RELIGION ON A CREDIT.
It takes capital to do business, ana
nearly all the commercial disasters that
come in this world are caused by doing
too large a business on credit. When
a firm iB known to be enlarging their
commercial operations beyond their
means, business men watch such an
enterprise and 1f any considerable
amount cf that firm's paper is being
sold on the street, down goes their commercial
rating. We grant that a sagacious
business firm may sometimes risk
straining their credit to gain a certain
very profitable good, but we are here
to say that the men and women who
undertake to do business for the Lord
*U8 Christ have no right to run his
business in debt. We are not saying
that our Foreign and Home Mission
Boards ought not to have sent out to
th? field those Godly men and women,
for whose expenses they now owe. But
we do say, that God's people should
have supplied our Boards with the
money in advance.
Now if the Church of God did not
have the money to undertake these
things, there would be some excuse for
a little debt to meet, perhaps an emergency.
But, friends, the Church has
the money. God has blessed individual
members of the Presbyter'an churca
with vast wealth, it is one of the wealthiest
churches in the world.
Now has not the cause of Jesus Christ
a first claim upon this garnered
wealth?
What very wealthy Presbyterian has
in the past year denied himBelf or his
family any luxury or Indulgence for
the sake of Missions, or to help to pay
this debt?
Many of the wealthy have wants and
Indulgences to increase so fast, they
have Httle to spare for the cause of the
Kingdom. <
Greed and avarice have crept Into the
church as well as the state, and while
many of the wealthy are doing nohly?
It la quite evident that there are thous- *
ands of men of large Income In our
churches that are holding hack "the
THE PRESBYTERIi
Lord's money," and thus they are creating
a debt on the work of bla church.
Let ua wake up to the fact that no
work, whether religious or secular, Is a
success when hampered by debt, and
when the pocketbooks of the rich are
plethoric with the Lord's money at becomes
a blot and a shame on the men
who are responsible for this condition
of things. We look for a great awakening
at the Laymen's Meeting at Chattanooga,
and may this gathering of the
hosts presage a mighty inflow of
means into the Lord's treasury.
Wm. Laurie Hill.
Barium Springs, N. C.
Jan. 31, 1912.
ITEMS FROM TIIE TIIORNWELL ORPHANAGE?JANUARY.
Good and evil have come together
into the checkered life of this institu
tion. Out of the evil good may come.
At midnight thirty-two of our orphan
girls were turned out of bed into
the freezing night, thermometer not far
above zero. The Home of Peace, the
oldest home of the institution was on
fire. But Clinton has a fine fire company
and the flames were soon extinguished
and a building worth $10,000
was saved at a loss of not more than
$500, all of which was covered with
insurance and not a child was injured.
Other homeB of the Orphanage took
care of the houseless' ones until the
damage was repaired sufficiently to al- "
low them to go back to their own. The
fire emphasized the need of a water
supply throughout the grounds, for at
leaBt fifteen of the buildings cannot be
reached from the city ma'ns. Our city
fathers are willing for the Orphanage
water mains to he connected with
theirs, just as soon as they are put ,
down. It will take $1,500 to lay down
this pipe. The friends of the Orphanage
ought to rush that sum at once to ]
the rescue of the Home. There are no ,
funds that can be used for the purpose.
Almost as severe as the loss by fire 5
was the less spectacular loss caused (
by the night's freeze of water pipes In^ ,
some 20 buildings. We are repairing ,
this damage as best we can, but plumber's
bilIs make another draft on the
treasury.
Our little city is suffering from an (
epidemic of measles. The lower grades
of the city graded school had to close
because of some sixty to eighty cases
among the little ones. The Thornwell
Orphanage is located entirely within
the corporate limits. Every effort was
made *o prevet the disease from reaching
the orphans, but there are many
persons passing through the grounds,
both white and black, and today two
cases appeared among the very little ^
children who had not been permitted A
off the grounds for months. The cases
were removed to the Infirmary where j
other sick children must go for treat- t
ment. All are greatly concerned about ^
the spread of the infection in the ^
school. This trouble emphasizes our f
very great need for a long-time-talked- f
of separate ward for children with in- ^
fectious diseases. It is easy to see that
the Thornwell Orphanage is not yet
finished. ^
Send all gifts to Rev. W. P. Jacobs.
Clinton, S C. All gifts not specified for
some other need is placed to our support
fund.
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KOREA. s
Dr. K. S. Oh, the bright young Korean
Chr'stlan, who returned to America t
with Dr. A. J. A. Alexander, of Ken. a
tucky, and who gtud'ed at Central Unl- r
verslty at Danville and graduated high yi
In his class In the Medical Department c
at Doulsvllle. and returned to Korea has r
had a very busy -fnd effective life as f
a Medical Missionary In that land. For f
some time he was the only doctor at f|
Kunsan station, having the care of the *
missionaries at that! station, as well c
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as carrying on two largo cllnlco, ono
at Kung Mai and one In tba Port of
Kunsan. and in addition, helping in tho
training of young men desirous to study
medicine, as well as giving Bome time
to evangelistic work; also visiting the
other stations as the calls for him came.
From a letter written about the time
of the annual meeting of the mission at
Chunju, news is gathered that he had
been sent to Kwangju, in order that
some of the missionaries there might attend
the meeting at Chunju. Mrs. Nam
Goong. the Bible woman who had served
so faithfully at Mokpo, in the dispensary
there and in the towns and villages
muuuu uuu uiuvea 10 rvwangju to help
Dr. Wilson in the work there. He reports
a large Sunday school In Kwangju,
about four hundred in attendance.
Dr. Oh speaks of the opening of the
new station at Soon Chun, about
seventy miles from Kwangju. toward
the southern coast. This Is in a very
populous part, of Korea, and already
the work there Is prospering, though
hardly begun. Dr. Oh says he believes
one year's work for Christianity In
Korea now Is worth ten years work
later. "It is time for the Christians
In Korea (and In America, too.), to do
their duty. Pray for It," he says.
Dr. Oh writes of the new home for
lepers made possible by the Mission to
Lepers In India and the East with headquarters
in Edinburg, Scotland. Dr.
Wllsoh had been authorized to build this
home at Kwanju. Dr. Oh says: "This
Is another way In which God has blessed
our Korea and had mercy for the
homeless and wandering lepers. Let us
praise him for it.
The new church at Mokpo had not yet
been finished for lack of money, although
the Christians there were
anxious to have it done that they might
worship there. Dr. Oh had both medical
and school work at Mokpo because
there is no one to take the educational
work. He says, "I can do them by God
belpng me. ... I want to do what
Sod tells me to do. and want to go
where he wants me to go. Pray for
me."
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The work that our Church Is now
loing during the summer months at
Montreat is of great importance and
nore far-reaching in its influence than
s known by those who have not come
in actual contact with it. I regard it
is the most potent agency within the
jounds of our Church to give unity,
snthusiasm, spiritual vitality and efTectveness
In the practical workings of the
''hurch Just at this time.
Dr. Henry Louis Smith, president of
3avidson College, writes: "From Its
'ery beginning I have been thoroughly
icqualnted with the Montreat enter>rise,
having been most of the time on
he Committee of Directors. T have
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Istened to the speeches, have watched
he unfolding and develonment of the
irlelnal plan, and am well acquainted
vlth those who are at the head of this
rreat church enterprise.
"I have become convinced that there
b hardly any other single agency In
iur Church which means more to the
inltv, enthus'asm, and efficiency of the
rnrk of our denomination than these
wonderful annual gatherings during the
ummer at Montreat.
"The assured financial basis on which
he enterprise now rests. Its remarkvu
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uic outremi in me phbi, ana t.ne char?
cter of the men now directing the
novement mnVe Its fntnre usefulness
ertsln. I consider !t one of the hest
rtnoes for the 'nvestment of Christian
unds now onen to anv nhPsnthrontr
*hr1stlsn river snd cordlsllv commend
t to those who de?lre to advance the
est Interests of onr Church sod the
Ihrlitl&n civilization of the South.'
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Or. Richard Ormto Fllnn, pastor of
th? North Avonu? Pr?sbyt?rlan church,
Atlanta, Ga., writes: "1 consider Montreat
on? of the most important agen.
cies we have for advancing the various
causes of our Assembly, and for the
furtherance of Christian fellowship and
spirituality among our constituency.
Indeed, I do not see how in the past we
managed to get along without it It
is certain that the whole denomination
would feel the loss should anything imperil
this clearing house of information,
this meeting place for those who are
interested in the various phases of our
Church's activities, this delightful reBort
for those who are seeking recreation
and spiritual refreshment."
Rev. James I. Vance, D. D., pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, Nashville,
Tenn., writes: "I was strongly
Impressed this summer with the tremendous
and far-reaching influence of
Montreat as a Presbyter'an center.
Church workers, Christian laymen
and ministers, missionaries from the
home field and the foreign field, church
people of all ages, gathered there In
large numbers, and listened to leaders
in the various departments of our
Church work. It seems to me that at
Montreat during these summer months,
as much as at our Church courts, the
future policy and life of our Church Is
to be determined. Montreat is no longer
an experiment. It Is a power. Its
opportunities are large and Its responsibilities
are great"
We hold many other letters of similar
character bearing testimony as to the
wonderful work and possibilities of
Mon treat.
The Association owns, apart from the
private lots owned bv Individuals, about
3.000 acres of land, situated IS miles
from Asheville, and two miles over a
fine macadamized road from Black
Mountain. The entire property counting
pr'vate residences and all public
buildings and Improvements Is worth
not less than about a quarter of a million
dollars, and the Association Is
practically out of debt. This Is largely
the work of 500 good people scattered
throughout the South, who purchased
the property five years ago, together
with $24,000 donated by the late John
S. Huyler, of New York. We now wish
500 more of the good Presbyterians of
the South to Join this movement and
add their strength to the further development
of this work. The common
stock of the Association has a book
value (I do not say market value), of
about $150. Any one In sympathy with
this great work, wishing to lend a helping
hand, can become a member of this
Association by donating $150, and a certificate
of common stock will be Issued
to him, which will give him his equitable
representation In the Association
and ownership of Its property. If 500
have done what has been accomplished,
why should not another 500 come forward
now with their assistance a
push the work on to a splendid comi
tlon? All money thus received will
towards much needed Improvements,
which will open up other avenues of
revenue and thus make the institution
abundantly self-sustaining. The annual
Income Is now sufficient to pay
running expenses, but not suffic'ent to
moV* *
iinv-conu i y improvements. We
cannot Incur debt for this Is perilous.
We have our plans made and we are
anxious to let contracts as soon as possible
for Improvements that oupht to he
made before next summer. May the
good Presbyterians of the South tl?spond
promptly that we may carry on
this prre?t work In a manner worthy
of our Church and most effective In Its
operations.
Send donations to me addressed to
Montreat, N. C., end one cert'flcate of
common stock will he Issued to the
donor of every $160 thus received.