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THE PRESBYTERIi
THI PAT OF PRATER.
Bit. Henry H. Sneeti, D. D., Secretary.
The aecond Sabbath of February?
the eleventh day? has been appointed
a Day of Prayer for the youth In schools
and colleges. There are many reasons
why this day should be faithfully observed
in all our churches and in the
institutions of learning within our
boundB.
Historical Associations.
This Day of Prayer 1b hallowed by
long and universal observance. It was
first appointed for the last Thursday in
the Seventh Presbyterian church in
Philadelphia. Changes in the date have
been made at different timon tmt oi
most without exception the helpful custom
of united prayer for the schools
and colleges and for the youth assembled
In them, has been maintained.
At the organization of the Southern
Church In 1861, the first Wednesday In
December was selected as the Day of
Prayer, but in 1862 the old day, the
last Thursday In February, was designated
and the churches were called upon
to observe this as a "day of special
prayer for the youth assembled In our
various schools, colleges and seminaries,
and for the baptised children of
the Church?that he would be pleased
to pour out his Spirit upon them and
sanctify them to the blessed work of
making his way known upon the earth,
his saving health amongst all nations."
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Federation of the World has been setting
aside a Universal Day of Prayer
for Students, and In 1908 the General
Assembly changed the day to the
second Sabbath In February to co-operate
with them. Unfortunately the "Universal
Day" for this year has been
changed to the last Sabbath In February
Important Issues.
Without the benign Influences of religion
the colleges of our land must become
fountains of corruption and evil
Influences No human foresight or discipline
can hold these Institutions true
to the purpose of their founders without
the aid of religious principle.
The Influence of the institulons on
the church and the world make them
objects of deep concern to all who love
righteousness and truth. Here are being
trained the future ministers, physicians,
lawyers, statesmen, and thoBe
who are to become the leaders In every
department of the church and state. Dr.
Ellas Cornelius truthfully said: "A cor
rect moral and religious sentiment pervading
a college, is a well of water
springing up unto everlasting life?a
fountain, the streams of which grow
wider and deeper as they flow down
through society. But, if vice get the
ascendency, the exhalations of a stagnant
lake are not so much to be feared
and dreaded, as the moral contagion of
one of these Beats of learning upon the
surrounding population. Let the Spirit
of God dwell in our colleges, and his
influence be felt by all connected with
them, and righteousness will soon become
'the stability of our times.' The
institutions which have been formed by
the wisdom and toll of our ancestors
will stand amid the convulsions of the
world, for they will he founded upon a
rock: and we shall possess a literature
which a Christian neonle Tteurt nnt Miiah
to own."
Especially should our Church feel the
need of a gracious revival of religion
In the hearts of her youth In these Institutions.
We are In sad need of a
large Increase In the number of efficient
Housewi
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\ N OP THE SOUTH
mlnlstara. W? are unwllllnf to lay our
hands on uneducatad or halt-sducatad
men. A novice In human or divine
knowledge Is not the man to be invested
with the high dignity and responsibilities
that pertain to the ministry of the
Lord Jesus Christ. From these schools,
colleges and seminaries must come the
men to fill the places of our deceased
and disabled ministers and to help overtake
the vaBt destitution both at home
and abroad.
Spiritnnl Results.
When we recall what God has done
for our schools and colleges In the past
we should be encouraged the more faithfully
and believlngly to call upon him.
The PTfiflt rpvlvfll Vl o + ownnf
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Princeton in 1850 was In close connection
with the solemn keeping of the last
Thursday of February as a Day of Prayer.
Jefferson, Centre, Oglethorpe,
Hampden-Sidney, Yale, Amherst, Davidson
and other colleges early bore witness
to this gracious coincidence, which
has later been observed by many others.
In innumerable cases the immediate
answer recorded in the experience of the
prophet has come to the praying church,
"whilst they were speaking, and praying
and confessing their sin and the sin of
the people Israel, and presenting their
supplication before the Lord their God."
The presidents of many colleges have
given their testimony that on the very
even'ng of the Day of Prayer a gracious
work of Grace has begun in their institutions.
Without any doubt the fact
is clearly revealed that God has heard
and wonderfully answered the special,
united prayers of his people for the
cause of religion in the Institutions of
learning in the past.
Why should It be thought a thing Incredible
that God would now hear the'
private, social and public prayer of his
people united upon the one request that
he visit with seasons of refreshing these
schools and colleges in which are more
than twenty millions of the youth of our
land, and that he Bend forth strong and
able leaders In sufficient numbers to
hasten the coming of his kingdom in all
Its fullness and power?
Txjulsvllle, Ky.
the time limit for chttrch
officers.
"The Presbytery of Panhandle respectfully
overtures the General AsflomKlw
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..J tu mane oucil CliangCH in tne
Standards of our church as will permit
the Installation of church officers
to serve for a specified period Instead
of for lire."
The Louisville Assembly received the
above overture and referred It to an
ad Interim committee for consideration.
As th's question has not been discussed
at all In our church papers the probability
Is that the whole matter will receive
respectful burial at the hands of
the ad Interim committee.
The overture only asks that any
church that may desire to do so may be
permitted to elect and Install its own
officers to serve for a specified period.
According: to our Form of Government.
Par. 21: "The officers of a church are
the pastor, ruling elders, and deacons."
I am not sure that the author, or au
tnors, of this overture intended to in.
elude the pastor, but that is what: the
language means. With a church here
and there adopting this plan it would
evidently be unfair to the pastor. All.
of our churches would have to adopt a
uniform plan and have the same time
set to make it fair for the pastor to be
installed for a specified period. Some
of us would welcome a uniform system
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[February 7, 1911
with proper safeguards Instead of ear
present lack of system which so oftea
causeB embarrassment to the pastor and
injury to our churches.
Unless we are prepared to make some
radical change in our system, there are
several reasons why a pastor's time
should not be limited, which do not hold
in case of elders and deacons:
1. The pastor is under the jurisdiction
of the Presbytery and not of the
local church Session. If the people become
dissatisfied it is the duty of Presbytery
to investigate and advise the
pastor to make a change if they think
it wise. This can be done without any
strife or dissension in the church. The
responsibility, in other words, of a
pastor's position is lodged in an outside
court. The elders and deacons are
under the control of the church Session
ana action on their part against anyone
of their number, in the small
churches at least, leads to more or less
strife and dissension. Hence the almost
universal lack of discipline.
2d. The pastor's residence in the community
depends upon his position In the
church and he and his family are dependent
on the church for support, neither
of which is true of an elder or
deacon. The force of this is seen whe*
we consider that calls to other churches
do not have any reference to the calendar;
and in another fact that many of
ur church sessions are not willing to
disturb the existing happy relations of
a pastor and his people. And, in the absence
of any news to the contrary, the
natural supposition is that the existing
relations are happy. If the elders and
deacons are acceptable they will be reelected
and re-installed, and if not
their families will not be embarrassed
by any salary withdrawn, or their having
to move away on short notice.
3. The Pastor can more easily ascertain
his acceptability or want of It
than can an elder or deacon. He can
tell when the people delight in his ministrations
or when he is losing his grip
upon his own people.
As a matter of fact a pastor is installed
for an indefinite time, but only
in the rarest instance is it intended for
life, while elders and deacons are installed
for a lifetime, or until they move
out of the community. The old conception
of a pastor's call which moved him
to accept a call, buy a farm, and stay
there the rest of his life, and if the
people did not like it they would move
out, we have long ago departed from,
except in a few Isolated cases. But
this old conception Is formed in our
system of elders and deacons. Whatever
our theory may he, In practice we
have adopted the common sense view,
that the Spirit of God calls a pastor to
a definite work, and as soon as that
work is done he Is called elsewhere.
That work may take a lifetime, it may
take only a few years, or even a few
months, and his relation should not be
disturbed until his work Is done.
A careful study of Par. 113-115 shows
that while ordination is perpetual installation
Is not. Because a minister
ceases to be a pastor, he loses none of
his privileges in the courts of our
church above the rhureh fiomlnn Vo.?
his authority 1n a local church ceases
when his relation as pastor of a given
church Is dissolved. Once an elder Is
always an elder as far as ordination
goes, unless deposed for cause, but his
Installation vows cease as soon as he
moves outside the bounds of the particular
church.
We fully recognize that Jesus Christ
calls men by his Spirit to office in a
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