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THE PRESBYTERIA
"LEiT 1YE FORGET.*
W? would again remind tha Church
that this is the fiftieth anniversary of
the organization of our Assembly, and
direct attention to the recommendation
that the occasion be marked by the
creation of a Geml-Centennial Building
Fund of $100,000 to assist needy and de
serving congregations to secure houses
of worship. It is a matter of great regret
that a cause so fundamental to denominational
growth and efficiency
should have been so generally overlooked.
Many of the 250 homeless congregations
have been looking to this fund
for a little help, and have been disappointed.
Many of the 276 places that
are asking for the organization of c
Presbyterian church were encouraged
to hope that the Committee would hav<
the means and that their request would
now be granted.
Thus far only 115 of our 3,375
churches have made an offering to th?
Semi-Centennial Fund. Contributions
have varied in amount from 25c. to $165.
Even if this nvprneo hnri hoon main
tained by the other 3,260 churches, the
Home Mission Committee would have
to-day a fund of $60,000, and numbers of
feeble congregations could have been
aided in securing a suitable building.
While $100,000 is a large amount in the
aggregate, it represents an average contribution
of only about 35c. for each
member in our church. This is less
than lc. per year for each year of our
church's history*. Surely there is not a
church in the Assembly that would not
gladly contribute this amount, if its purpose
were explained, and an opportunity
given. The pastor of a small church,
struggling with a heavy local debt, sent
a contribution with the statement, "It
is expected that every church will make
a Semi-Centennlal Thankoffering, and
we are glad to send our share of the
$100,000 asked for by the Assembly."
Doubtless many churches have taken
the offering and It has not been forwarded
to the Treasurer, and others
intend to make an offering before the
church year ends. A Building Fund is
the greatest need of our Church to-day.
We will never have another Semi-Centennlal.
May we not ask every congregation
that has not already done so.
to use this occasion for providing larger
things for the Church's future?
It is gratifying that many individuals
whom God has blessed, have manifested
an interest in the Seml-Centennlal
Fund. The generous offer of
Mr. Henry Moore, an honored and
worthy elder of Texarkana, Ark., to be
one of fifty to give $1,000, and one f
fifty to give $500 should bring a response
from many persons who love
their church and are interested in it?
growth. There may be some who would
like to join Mr. Moore in this offer, but
are not In a position to pay the amount
immediately. It has been suggested
that pledges be given by these persons
to be paid at some future time. Mr.'
Mtore and those who have united with
him no aoubt would gladly accept these
promises as fulfilling the condition of
their offer, and in this way the full
benefit of the Fund would be speedily
attained.
THE LORD'S GENEROSITY AND OUB
OPR PARSIMONY IN ONE PARTICULAR.
April will soon oe here. Our last
opportunity to aid our candidates for
the ministry this year will then bo gone.
,ivai uui ma a 1111 u in upprupriarion
to aid candidates was $82.50. This year,
as we have been warned, the amount
promises to be even less. Twenty five
years ago it was customary for our
candidates to receive fifty per cent more
than this maximum sum. This state of
affairs Is not due to our giving lees In
lN of the south
proportion to this huh than others do.
t least our proportionate contributions
are very little lass than in the Northern
church. Last year they secured 1157,000
from their 1,340,000 members; and we,
$28,000 from our 286,000 members. But
they can assist their candidates twice
as liberally as we can assist ours, because
they have only 1152-i. e. one for
every 1,200 church members and we
have 463-i. e. one for every 600. They
are giving a little more per capita and
have only half as many candidates per
capita. The Lord is "thrusting forth"
twice as many "laborers into his harvest,"
among us, than our Northern
Presbyterian brethren. We may think
and rightly too that this is because
Higher Criticism of the destructive sort
has not so much sapped away the vitality
of our faith and hence more of our
young men can place the spiritual and
eternal above the temporal. But the
fact remains, like a certain "ghost that
would not down," that our growth In the
grace of assisting the young men has
not been commensurate with the Lord's
response to our cry for laborers. And
T A ?1*1 * ? ?
i. bUian UUl AOOClilUiy LI it O WllUUUw 1Utent
it is true, been robbing young Timothy
for the sake of aged Paul. It is
grand to pension the scarred veterans,
when they have hobbled home from the
wars, but we must not push this work
so fast as to cut ofT needed food and
raiment from the ruddy-faced youngsters,
drilling laborously every day, as
they push on toward the firing line. It
might curtail the number of volunteers.
We have a neat endowment fund for the
aged ministers and their widows and
orphans and are asked to give 75,000
for them. Only $50,000 are asked for
Min'sterlal Education. It was in view
of this fact, last fall, that the Synod of
Texas overtured the Assembly to "assign
as large percentage to Ministerial Education
as to Ministerial Relief in divl
uiug uie uuueaignaiea iunas. uur reasons
for urging this are that Ministerial
Relief now has an endowment fund of
upwards of $300,000, in addition to an.
nual contributions, the maximum of aid
to candidates is $82.50 and to aged ministers
is $410.00; and we must be more
generous than we have been to our
needy and deserving young men as they
struggle through our long course of
training toward the conveted goal of
"enduring the loss" of all earthy prospects
in order to preach Christ to a lost
world".
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Fruit crops take plant foods frc
tobacco, wheat, oats, vegetables, ric
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WHO KNOWS THEIR MISSIONARY
SURVEYI
Mrs. L. W. Curtis.
(In our society we often vary our
meetings by having questions and answers
upon the subject matter of the
last missionary magazines. The answers
are written upon separate slips
and passed to the members. The leader
reads the question, and the lady who
replies. It is surprising bow one has ?
to keep their witB about them to be sure
to do this at the right time. Frequently
a great deal of merriment Is caused, and
always the exercise Is Instructive and
enjoyable. The following brief one is
from the current issue of our new combined
mpgazlne:)
1. What alarming statistics show the
great need of Home Missions In the U.
8.T
Of the 92,000,000 population between
50,000,000 and 60,000,000 adults are to be
reached for Christ. Page 247. 1
2. Who has served for more than 40
years as a Chairman of Home Missions
In one of our Presbyteries?
Rev. H. Q. Hill, D. D., of Fayetteville
Presbytery, Maxton, N. C. 248.
3. In what great city of our South- *
land have we two German PreBbyterian
churches that are now self-supporting?
In New Orleans. One was organized
In the fifties and the other in the sixties
of the last century. These vigorous
churches are a dally testimony to the
practical value of Home Missions. 256.
4. Where have we an Italian kintergarten
with sixty pupils?
In Kansas City, Mo. Rev. Henry
Sartorlo is making our work a wonderful
power In Little Italy of this great
city. 259.
5. What race of people is largely dependent
upon the Christian people of
our Southland for their salvation.
The colored neoDle. Proximity, friend
ship, self-interest and gratitude should
all prompt us to do our utmost for them.
248.
6. Where In "Christian America" was
a seminary student the only m'nlster of
any kind In a town of more than 3,000
people?
At Osceola, Ark. Mr. Murphy was the
minister and that he Is again at the
seminary, Osceola Is without a minister.
Facts are surely stranger than fiction.
261.
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