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TABLE OF COME MS.
Page.
contributed:
Comforting Assurances of Holy
Scripture, Edwin A. Wilson, .... 1
New Light on An Accepted Fable,
Dr. Juan Orts Gonzalez 1
When you Come to Dark Places,
etc.. Rev. J. McC. Duckwall, .... 3
Why was Jesus Baptized?
Rev. W. I. Slnnott 3
Scripture Studies In Brief, 4
Like Him, Mrs. Auna L. Rice, .... 17
Questions Sent Down by tbe Last
Assembly, Rev. Luther Link, .. 17
A Ministers' Memorial Fund,
Rev. B. C. Bell 18
Lest We Forget, 18
The Lord's Generosity and Our
Parsimony In one Particular, .. 18
Who Knows Their Missionary
Survey, Mrs. L. W. Curtis 18
The Small Church and the Debt,
Mrs. C. S. Everts 19
A Plan to Pay the Debt,
Rev. C. L. Ewlng, 19
Notes from the Mexican Work In
Texas, 19
FAMILY READING:
Scotland's Historic Rock, 4
Religion and Education, 4
The Home Voice, 6
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS:
The Fairies' Tea, 6
The Quest of the Golden Heart, 6
TU A LVv ??/( D^KkU t*
auo rvA auu Uic nouuiif u
Letters from the Children 7
SUNDAY SCHOOL, Y. P. S. AND
PRAYER MEETING 8
EDITORIAL:
Notes 9
The Bible for all the World 10
A Dead Letter, 10
Immigrant Missionaries, 11
CHURCH NEWS 12-15
SURVEY OF CURRENT EVENTS, .. 16
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 20
BOOKS, 20
MISCELLANEOUS 22
STORY CORNER, 24
Cfjurri) Jletos
Financial Condition March 1,1912.
Executive Committee of Christian Education
and Ministerial Kellef.
Amount apportioned, $129,000; Due to
dato, $118,260; Amount received, $60, i
648.48; Amount unpaid, $67,706.94.
John Stitoa, Treasurer, Fifth & Market
fttreeta. Louiavilla, Kj.
THE PEESBYTEEIj
ALABAMA,
llirmingliuui: 1 ho Woodland church
has given a unanimous call to Rev. Dr.
W. C. Clark, of Livingston, Ala. Dr.
Clark has had a most useful and sue.
cessful ministry, and the Birmingham
district will lind him a splendid addition
to its force of active men.
Tuscaloosu; Dr. Geo. H. Denny,
President of the University of Alnhumn
was one of the speakers of the recent
Laymcn'B Convention in Chattanooga.
By special request he repeated his address,
on the last Sunday of February,
to an audience that tilled the First
Church. All were delighted with it,
as those who heard it in Chattanooga
may well believe.
FLORIDA.
Clearwater: Rev. W. Y. Davis, of
Louisville, Ky., is supplying the church
at Clearwater, Fla., for a few months.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta. Central Church: The city
of Atlanta has perhaps never experienced
a richer spiritual blessing than
was granted during the S-day campaign
nt Ihn ar>^ T? ,-.1! rri.... 1?^-...^ -.1 M
w*. ?uw .'?vu uuu l ui naiu *uu?C~
ment. The Protestant Church presents
today an absolutely united front to the
forces of evil, and already the power
of that unity is being felt.
On every hand men ar^ saying that
a breach of this peace and unity of
the Spirit would be treason against
God. There is a deep determination
among tbe ministers and laymen henceforth
to fight the common enemy with
a united force.
The men of our congregation are
taking an active part in this movement
in the place of leadership aB well as in
the rank and file. C. P.
Atlanta: The Bible Institute. At the
Saturday morning service Dr. Charles
iuwuuui oi ijuuaon, met tne ruil expectations
of a large audience in bis first
message to the conference. His theme
was "Prayer," the text being, "And
there is none that stirreth up himself to
take hold of thee."?isa. 64:7.
"To take hold" 'here means to take
fast hold of God and keep fast hold of
Him," he said. "It denotes not a wild
temporary clutch, but rather the grip of
a man mastered by a resolute purpose.
When God speaks of intercessory prayer
he uses the same word as his own hold
on his people."
Dr. Inwood discussed his theme under
three propositions:
1. All real prayer grips God. That
is the secret of power of prayer and the
measure of its power. 2. God grips
those who grip him. 3. God takes nold
w? unuufiu lueui luui lane noia 01
blm.
"We need," said the speaker, "to come
back to the old time belief and experience
of prayer, and then we will get the
old time answers. When we really pray
we are not clutching at a shadow nor
merely hearing the echo of our own
voices, but we are taking hold on God
the one supreme reality and power. We
have a God who can move mountains.
Isn't that the God we need? Oh, the
mountains that are blocking the way!
"There are a great many mountains
within ourselves that will not budge for
our own efforts, but God can remove
tbem. There are mountains of the hindrances
inside the church. The pulpit
Is one of theou ChurehfiB hnvn m mil.
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pits that throb with spiritual life and
power. Then there are mountains of
worldllness in church members."
He spoke also of tbe mountain outside
the church. Multitudes never think of
Qod from one year's end to another.
Many are atheists, many indifferent,
many absorbed in the pursuit of the
dollar and then not happy when they get
It. He told the story of St. Theresea,
who had It in her heart to build- a hospital.
but the had only three cents. 8he
k N OF THE SOUTH
said, "TheresBa and three cents can do
noiuing, but Ood and thiee cents can
accompiibii many tilings." He spoke
iuiiner oi how mountains of diiucuiues
had been moved in Uuua and oiner
heathen nations.
"la uruer to get a fast grip on God,"
be continued, "you must aave a bearty
hand, au empty hand, a cieap hand and
the whole hand must be in the grip,
'ine grip that moves God is not the grip
of sireugtn, but of weakness."
Culiibeit: Kev. Yvm. T. Vvailer, of the
Presbyterian cnurch, Bartow, Pia., will
occupy u*e pulpit of the Presbyterian
chuicn, this city, Maich loth. Mr. Vvailer
is visiting this church by Invitation
of tne omceis, with a view to a call, tne
pulpit having been vacant since tne Kev.
S. Yv. Dubose resigned to accept a call
to the 'loccoa church.
Jiacou Presbytery has changed the
date of its spring meeting fioiu April 23
to Tuesday, April lb, at 7:30 T. M.
The Presbytery of Athens will meet
in the Presbyterian church in blberton,
(la., on tue lbtn day of April, 1012, at
8 o'clock P. M.
Sessional reports in full, and PreBbyterial
assessments are required to be
sent up by all our churcbes without
fail. H. F. Hoyt, 8. C.
Washington: The VVasaington church
has renewed its call to Kev. S. J. Cartledge,
of Athens, da., to become its
pastor.
bruerton: The pastor. Rev. C. I.
Stacy, has returned from a week's absence.
in attendance upon the last illness
and death of his uncle, Kev. JameB
Stacy, D. D., of Newnan, Ga. By request
of the Synod of Georgia, Dr. Stacy
had hfipn emrncod fnf nuo. Hu? vamra
In the preparation of a complete "History
of the Presbyterian Church in
Georgia," and had nearly completed it.
This work has been left in tue handB
of hiB nephew, who has been assisting
him in its preparation, to be completed
and published, 'ihis he expects to do at
a very early date. Mr. Stacy is peculiarly
qualihed to do this work, since he
has been associated with his uncle In its
preparation, and had previously made
extensive studies In the same line of
the preparation of his own work, "The
Oldest Church In the Synod of Georgia."
published some years ago.
KEMUt'MY.
Midway: Rev. Dr. J. W. Taylor, who
was recently called to the church in
Moultr.e, Ga? has been dismissed by
the PreBbytery of West Lexington to
the Presbytery of Macon, and will at
once enter upon his new work.
Louisville Presbytery has changed the
date of Its spring meeting from April
16 to April 30.
jjuuistinni ireBDyienan r neoiogicai
Seminary of Kentucky: Dr. Joseph W.
Cochran, Secretary of the Board of Education
of the Presbyterian Church, y.
S. A., paid a flying visit to tbo Seminary
the 29th of February and spoke most
Impressively, at the morning chapel service,
on "Recruiting for the Ministry."
Professor JesBe Lee Cotton, who came
to Louisville from the Princeton Seminary
faculty, has been selec^d to represent
I-ouisvllle Seminary at the centennial
exercises of Princeton Seminary
in May.
Mr. N. O. Stevens, of the Senior Class
of the Seminary, has the sympathy of
the entire community in the loss of bis
father, Mr. James T. Stevens, who died
after a lingering illness at his home In
Clarkton, N. C., March 2nd.
In addition tr? th? rlevntlnnnl services
conducted In tbe chapel every morning
by tbe professors in turn, tbe service
each Wednesday morning Is extended
and one of the professors gives a devotional
treatment of some passage of
Scripture In Its bearing on Christian
experience. The First Epistle of Peter
has besn taken, in course, this session.
[March 13, 1912
with profit to professors and students
alike.
Mr. Henry Howard Thompson, of the
Senior Class, has been awarded the
Mutchmore Scholarship, whch Is under
the care of the Board of Education of
the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. The
scholarship affords quite a large in
cuwe, one mai win enaDie tue beneficiary
to pursue postgraduate studies in
any school or university either at home
or abroad for one year. Mr. Thompson,
whose home is at Ueir, Mississippi, is
an A. B. and A. M. graduate of the
Southwestern Presbyterian University,
Clarksville, Tenn., and is a candidate
under the care of the Presbytery of
Central Mississippi.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans: A weeks special services
were closed on the evening of
March 3 in the Esplanade Branch of the
Third Church. Rev. A. Oscar Browne,
who Ib In charge of "extension work"
for the Presbyterian Church in New Orleans,
was with the pastor and did the
preaching. The congregations were
>cij iat?o iuia ueeyiy interested. jjurIng
the week the Session received six
members into the church on profession
of their faith, all most valuable accessions.
Crowley: Rev. C. O'N. Martindale, of
NaBhville, Tenn., has accepted a call
to the pastorate of the Crowley church,
and the Presbytery of Nosnviile has
had a Bpecial meeting called to consider
his request for a dissolution of
his present pastoral relation.
Belcher: This church had the prlv.
liege of being represented at the Chattanooga
Laymen's Convention by one
of her elders, Mr. R. T. Glassell. He
came back with a stronger conviction
than ever that the laymen have a very
large share In the world's evangelization,
and he is not among those who fear
that the "Uprising of the Laymen means
that they will sit down again."' On
last Sunday morning Mr. Glassell gave
us a moat excellent report of the Convention,
and succeeded admirably in
bringing the congregation to a better
realization of the great work which the
Laymen have undertaken in the name
of the Master. Pastor.
MAUl'LASD.
Dickey Memorial Church, Hillsdale,
Maryland: A Men's Bible Class of
twenty-five members has recently been'
organized.
On Sunday, March 3, Rev. Dr. Henry
Branch filled the pulpit very acceptably.
The pastor, Dr. Robert H. Flem
ing. was confined to his room for a few
days.
MISSISSIPPI.
Presbytery of Mississippi will meet in
Magnolia, Miss., Tuesday. April 16, 1912,
at 7:30 P M. Opening sermon by Rev.
H. M. Wallace. Sessions will send up
written narratives and the following reports:
Statistical, Sunday Schools,
Young People's and Women's Societies,
Systematic Beneficence, also Commissioner's
Fund at rate of 10 cents per
member. S. C. Caldwell, S. C.
The Women's Presbyterian Missionary
Union, of East Mississippi Presbytery,
will hold Its annual meeting In Okolona,
Mississippi, April 24.
Miss Isabel Arnold and Miss Rlda
Jouralman will be present
T. m
*%J U^CIlliig DCDOIUU IUUTCUCO A UCBday,
April, 2, at 4 P. M.
Southbound trains arrive at 9:55 A. M.
and 2:56 P. M. Northbound trains arrive
at 12:20 P. M. and 6:15 P. M.
MISSOURI.
Kennett: The Presbyter'an church
lil 'its efforts to enlarge Its usefulness
has raised the money and let the contract
for tbe building of a Sunday
sohool chapel which. Is to fio*i $1,200 ?r