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March 13, 1912]
A registration fee of $1.00 will be
charged to defray expenses.
Free entertainment will be furnished
to all delegates, so that the only expense
necessary to incur will be rail,
road fare.
Ihe time is very near, so send application
at once. The firt session begins
on Fririav pvpninff. Mamh 2Q of 8
o'clock. All applications should be seut
at once, to Miss E. P. Wilson, 1004
Park Avenue, Richmond, Va.
Pastors, It is earnestly hoped that
you will see that any students who are
members of your congregation will be
communicated with, urging them to take
advantage of this opportunity to learn
of the needs of the Master's kingdom;
and that you will see that your young
people are represented in this Conference.
AN ERROR.
Allow me to call attention to a small
error in my article in your Issue of
March 6th. The paragraph reads:
"From the first of the same period
through 1910 Ministerial Relief suffered
the same rapid decline, and if we are not
mistaken, was only Baved in 1911 by an
individual memorial dft " Thin nhnnM
have read "Ministerial Education." Ministerial
Relief declined through this
whole period.
W. H. MILEY.
THE CHURCH YEAR CLOSES.
On March 31 the current year closes.
If any funds are to count on this year,
If any church wishes to get credit for its
contributions In our report to the Assembly,
these funds muBt reach A. N.
Sharp, Treasurer, Atlanta, Ga., by or
before March 31. After that date It will
be too late. The books must be balanced
promptly In order to be audited.
and cannot be changed afterwards,
as the report must go Into the hands of
the printer without delay.
In Home Mission work, receipts have
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.vuu luuuiug ouuicmuai uuuri oi mbL
year, but* brethren are promising that
delayed collections will be forwarded.
Many treasurers wait till the closing
month to forward offerings, which embarrasses
the work no little. Whether
we are to close without a debt depends
now entirely on some churches forwarding
promptly the funds which have
been already contributed, through the
Every Member Canvass, and on others
taking their offerings, who have hitherto
neglected the matter.
We are awaiting anxiously the reponses
between this and March 31st.
May we not confidently appeal to pastors,
sessions, and treasurers to make
sure that our percentage of the contributions
through the Every Member
Canvass, or Collections made directly to
Home Missions, be forwarded promptly.
It means either encouragement or embarassment
In the administration of the
work.
18. L. Morris, Secretary.
CHILDREN'S DAY FOR HOME MISSIONS.
For some years past the Assembly
has designated the last Sabbath of
March as Children's Day for Home Missions.
It accomplishes a threefold object:
1. If nroriArlv nhnsrvMl If ??m? fA
interest the children and to benefit the
, Sabbath school Itself; and It Is always
anticipated with pleasure by the children,
when superintendents properly
advertise It
2. It Is the most practical method of
Introducing missions In the Sabbath
schools, and of training the children
for leadership in the future missionary
enterprise and operations of the Church.
3. It allows the children an opportunity
of aiding other children In a sub tantlai
way, as we use these offerings
far our mission schools.
THE PEESBYTERIA
This year the sifts of tbo Sabbsth
school will so larsely to sstabllah the
Texas-Mexican Industrial School for
Mexican children In Texas. It is the
greatest need of our mission fields to
(lay. Six hundred acres of land have
been donated, and funds are being collected
for this worthy object. ItB opening
in the fall will depend entirely upon
the responses of the Sabbath schools,
societies, etc., in the next few months.
Will not superintendents and teachers
emphasize the importance of this
matter and encourage the children to
bring liberal offerings for this object.
Eternity alone will reveal the blessed
results of this noble enterprise for
educating and evangelizing the 350,000
Mexicans now living in Texas. Let ub
have one great splendid effort in their
behalf. S. L. Morris, Secretary.
AN OPEN LETTER
To the Women of the Southern Presbyterian
Church:
Dear Friends:?Feeling sure you
have all read In the Presbyterian of the
South of February 28th the account of
the Women's Conference held in Atlanta
February 9th, and that consequently
from this report and from data previously
sent out to the women's organizations,
you are both Interested and
informed as to the Overture, to be sent
up to our General Assembly in May, ^
asking for the appointment of a woman
General Secretary of Women's Work.
I come to you with all confidence asking
for financial aid to meet the expenses
incident to the educational work of this
movement. The committee chosen in
Atlanta desires and intends to reach by
leaflet and letter every society in each
Presbyterial Union of our entire Church,
thus reaching and informing every individual
member of these societies; you
can readily see that to accomplish this
there must necessarily be the expense
of nrlriMnfi' nnrt nnstnce* thorofnro ao
chairman of the finance committee, I
now appeal to you, as I did in times
past for Durant fund, asking for small,
Individual contributions from the many,
to meet the needs of this preparatory
work necessary to the proper presentation
to the Assembly of the Overture
asking for a General Secretary.
Please respond promptly to,
Mrs. A. M. Howison, Tr.
Staunton, Va.
Read 2 Cor. 7: 8.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONVEN. 1
TION.
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[It is probable that the convention
herein announced by Rev. Clyde Smith
is held in the interest of the radical
school of Biblical critics.?Editor.] <
No more purposeful meeting will be <
held in 1912 than the gathering of the j
Religious Education Association in St. 1
Louis, Mo., March 12-14. This meeting I
. will give tremendous expression to the i
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iuuviuliuu mm iensiuua euucauon must
be undertaken, not only seriously, but
scientifically. It will also make evident
tbe fact of the jnited purpose and effort
of a large number of forces, all of which
are vitally related to religious education,
but many of whom have, until very
recent years, been operating independently
toward the solution of this question
of fundamental Importance.
Religious education is the vital concern
of the church of God. The problem
is so vast and so complicated that it can
never be solved successfully by independent
denominational action. No.*, can it
be solved by concerted denominational
action as such. Ecclesiastical methods
uiin lucinueB are enicient, but influtfl. 1
clent. The Church of God must call to i
its aid every properly related agepcy. It !
must ask the assistance and secure the <
co-operation of every one who la con- i
cerned with education, In realizing Its <
finest Ideals. Consequently we have the 1
Religious Education Association. (
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from Royal Grap
in religious education, as in any undertaking
that affects the highest welare
of humanity, the most difficult question
1b that of leadership. Here, more
ladly than anywhere else, "If the blind
lead the blind they both fall into the
iitch." Leaders in the work of religious
education are seldom born,
rhose who have the faculties for leadership,
are more frequently than othervise,
untrained.
The coming convention of the Reli;ious
Education Association will examine
and discuss the problem of tralnng
religious leaders. The discussion
will call out the best thoughts of leadjrs
in the life and activity of the church,
>f the public school, of the college, the
iniversity, of the theological seminary,
;raining school for Sunday school workers,
and the Y. M. C. A. The gatherng
of such a company of men entourages
us by its revelation of the
vlde-spread Interest in religious educaInn
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,.vu. <uo vuuivu 10 uui lunger uiuue in
:hlB effort. Indeed if it could now
ihoose, it cannot now be permitted to
liBregard tbe earnest agencies which
ire at work upon one of its own problems.
HIE MEN AND RELIGION FORWARD
MOVEMENT.
It as been the writer's privilege, from
jarly childhood, to be a reader of one
>f the papers now represented by the
Presbyterian of the South, and seldom
aas he found anything In those columns
[hat has not been both he'pful and
itimulating. To this general statement,
aowever, exception must be taken to
die repeated criticisms which the Pres
byterlan of the South has made upon
the Men and Religion Forward Movement,
and this for at least two reasons.
1. "Why seek to hinder the movement,
sven though It may not accomplish as
much good as Its advocates hope for?
3uppose It does only reach "the old
?uard," Is It not something that they
;atch a fresh Inspiration and have their
seal quickened anew? None of us are
jo perfectly consecrated but what every
fresh move of religious enthusiasm can
iraw us nearer our Master and fit us
nore for his service. Certainly it would
seem that the least nositlvfl nnguinn
that a religious organ should take in
regard to this movement is to follow
^he advice given by Gamaliel to the
;ouncil of Israel: "Refrain from these
men and let them alone; for if this
-missel or their work he of men, it
sill come to nought. But if it be of
Jod, ye cannot overthrow it; lost haply
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ye be found even to fight against God."
(Acts 6: 38-9.)
2. This movement is designed to meet
the very criticism offered, that these
movements do not touch the small
towns and country districts. Let us
illustrate by Augusta county, Virginia.
The laymen of Staunton, the county
seat and a city of about 12.000 inhabitants,
have arranged for a convention
in that city on March 17, 18 and 19, to
consider the five divisions of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement, viz:
Bible Study, Boys' Work, Evangelism,
Social Service and Missions. Speakers
of prominence have been engaged to
speak on each of these topics and the
Staunton laymen have been lndefatlg- x
able in the efforts to reach every church
in Augusta connty and urge the atten.
dance of as many men as possible on
this convention. Thus the movement
has been brought akrost to the doors
of a considerable number of our largest
and most Important country churches.
It may seem to some, who live in
the centers of poDulatlon where InsDira
tlonal addresses of high order may be
heard at almost any time, that movements
of this nature are overdone; but
those pastors, who are not thus situated
and must depend almost entirely
upon themselves for keeping their people
In touch with religious progressive
movements, will gladly welcome all
movements that will assist them In
deepening their people's knowledge of
God's word and of the Interpreting It
for the supply of the needs of this
generation. D. K. Walthall.
Waynesboro, Va.
March #, 1912.
DR. JOWETT AND "NO ROOM* SIGNS.
According to the dally press, Dr.
Jowett has requested the ushers of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church not to
display the "No Room" signs at the
doors of the building on Sunday mornings.
He cannot deny that the signs are
true, but he thinks that they don't look
well on a church. As one paper points
out. thorn nra mnnv ttinn?onHa ??t"
ministers in the United States who
would enjoy the experience of discussing
this little question of propriety
with their church officers. At any rate,
nobody in New York is wondering now
whether Dr. Jowett can "hold his
crowd." It is reported that visitors,
unable to get inside the doors one Sunday,
arranged with the ushers to have
seats reserved for them the Sunday
after. .