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THE PRESBYTERIi
electricity tliat lights our hotpes and
drives our locomotives is very silent in
its workings. So this great silent influence
of woman as we And it in the
home life and by the side of sick beds is
a power in the church; but is it not
better that this great power in the
church known as woman's influence
should be directed and protected by
man's superior strength? For those
great broad shoulders were given man
not to jostle and shove, but to shield and
shelter woman. Upon that superior wisdom,
thought, and foresight, and upon
those broad shoulders must depend the
future welfare of God's church, then let
the men continue to lead, and we n
hand maidens will And a plenty to do.
Let men reap the harvest, while we,
with devotion and womanly modesty,
will continue to glean the fields. Let
the men with crowbar and pick dig deep
for the glittering gold, and we be content
to gather up the nuggets on the
surface. I jet us look to the home side
of life, care for the women and children.
hike Hannah of old, let us dedicate and
train our children for the Lord; with the
Shunamite woman keep ever in readiness
a prophet's chamber; with the jealous
Vashti stand for tie right and defy
many, if by so doing we ourselves are
ostracised; and like the beautiful Queen
1 Esther, use our personal charms and
gifts for the saving of the household of
Israel. With Mary the mother of our
lx)rd "ponder all these things" in our
hearts, and like Mary Magdalene s't
humbly at Jesus' feet, and yet serve him
as faithfully as Martha did. With Lydia
and the other women gather ourselves
together in Bweet communion and prayer,
and as did Ix>is and Eunice leave to
our children's children the inheritance
of a ereat fnihh T ,?* iin mirso tho ol#>L
feed the hungry, and like him whom we
serve, go about doing good; for did not
lie whom John saw holding the seven
stars in his right hand, girt tihe coarse
towel about his loins, and, stoop to
wash the earth-stained feet of sinners!
STIMULI FOB ASSEMBLIES.
The writer has been strongly impressed
with the Chattanooga Convention
report, by Dr. T. C. Johnson, and
especially, with his remarks as to the
need of a "developed inspirational educative
and simulative feature in our
1 Assemblies. His remarks not only rei
veal the presence of gray matter in his
brain, but are so vital to the life and
power of every church court, from the
Assembly down, that the writer ventures
to accent them.
It is very encouraging to ministers,
who have realized this need, to have
this strong and clear note sounded b>
cne of our influential seminary brethren.
The necessity is imperious for several
I reasons.
1st. For the sake of the spiritual life
ui line cnurcn. rne presence or the
Spirit of God, all will agree, is the
necessity of necessities in all our church
courts and work. And the prayer power
is the real power in it all. Is not the
Spirit grieved, therefore, by the hurry
of our meetings and the exclusive attention
to what we are pleased to call "the
business," to the minimization, if no;
implied depreciation, of prayer and the
prayer spirit. With our eyes on the
maohinery are we not losing sight of the
power to run it? Must not God be
? pained at heart when he looks In our devotional
services and hears the few devout
souls sing, "Dear I/>rd and shall
we ever live, At this poor dying rate?"
i Is not that the reason that with all our
outward prosperity we are in danger of
i what the apple men call the dry rot.
, What plans are made among us for that
L prayer? And how much thought A given
to this, tihe acknowledged power behind
it all, beforehand? Is not that, too,
i often an afterthought given as to a
buvviiu?i ; v,uumuBrRiiun r
\N OF THE SOUTH
Nor docs this writer lose sight of the
fact that we must be occupied with details
of administration and the proper
execution of the best policies. But
these matters should never cause us to
lose sight of the dynamo so essential to
the generation of all spiritual resultB.
The prayer note, we all agree, should
be the dominant note. But is it? Nor
do we forget that as a lubricator and
for dispatoh of business there is nothing
that can be compared with prayer. It
is not by might, nor by power, but by
my Spirit, said Jehovah of Hosts. Right
there is the secret of all real stimulation
as well as. all real inspiration. If
the Convention at Chattanooga had any
power that is where it got it. In spite
of all that is said of Keswick, the prayer
spirit is there. The same thing is true
of Northfield. And Cod grant that it
may be more and more true of our
Assembly as indeed &f all our courts.
2d. This necessity is just as urgent
for educative reasons. The secret need
now is to know. Our people want to
know the true mission of the church,
her most urgent needs and the best way
to meet them. ThiB situation cannot be
met without facts. If these great facts
ire presented, with honesty, ability,
earnestness and enthusiasm, our courts
will become tremendous educative
forces. To this end the facts should
have a large place in our meetings.
They should be placed in a slendid setting
of prayer, address and sermon.
Arrayed thus before the eyes of our
astonished church courts they would
send us all home, with our blood tingling
to our finger tips, and fired with a
genuine enthusiasm. This .educative
force is so important for all of our men.
Give them a chance not only to get the
facts but also an opportunity to use
them. Put him at the head of the committee
and not at the tail. "Let hint
make the report and address. Induce
him to become a factor in dealing with
the facts. Have conferences for elders
and deacons. Impart to them the educative
impulse, interest them, enthuse
them, and send them home resolved to
do something themselves. In this way
the man becomes the Columbus of his
own life and ll'/irV Thin nrnnt/1 J ?
educate and stimulate the men and
vitalize our whole constituency and,
. with our present unified work, will give
a mighty Impetus to the on-coming of
Ood's kingdom in the world.
Emmett W. McCorkle.
Rockbridge Baths, Va.
CALVINISM OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT.
(( ontinued from Page 17.)
down to the Presbyteries. That Amendment
reads as follows: "Infants, dying
in Infancy, are regenerated and saved
by Christ through the Spirit, who workerth
when and how he pleaseth. So also
are all others, who are included in the
election of grace and who are incapable
of being outwardly called by the
ministry of the Word." Two classes of
persons are here placed in opposition:
1. Infants, dying in infancy. 2. Others
included in the election of grace yet not
capable of being called by the outward
ministry of the Word. The criticism has
been made on this proposed amendment
that, while It grounds the salvation
of the second class spoken of In
their election, it grounds the salvation
of the first class otherwise and that
therefore the first part of It is not
Calvinistic. I^et. us observe, however,
that the first sentence gives the matter
of the salvation of both classes, while
the second sentence gives the ground
of the salvation of both. "Infants, dy^
ing in infancy, are regenerated and
saved by Christ, through the Spirit. . . .
So also are all others." That is the
manner of salvation. It is the same
for both classes. "Others Included in
(381) 19
the election of grace." That ia the
ground of the salvation. That it alBo
is the same for both classes named, the
word "others" necessarily implies. If
it were not meant that infants, dying in
infancy, are included in the election
of grace, the word others would not be
Shore 1W? 1 ? - -
auc lau^uuKu wouia tnen properly
be: "So also are persons who are
included In the election of grace." The
phrase "others included" implies that
some included have already been mentioned.
You cannot have "others" until
you have first had "some." And the
only ones already mentioned are infants
dying in infancy. The proposed amendment
then grounds the salvation of infants
dying in infancy clearly and
definitely in "the election of grace."
Tills is not only a possible meaning of
the language; it is the natural meaning
and the only possible meaning, that
a foU
.. ...icipie^anon can give it. And
not only so. The Amendment emphasizes
its Calvinism by the use of the
phrase "the election of grace." The
Calvinism as it now stands simply says
"other elect persons." In expanding
this into "others included in the election
of grace" the doctrine of election is
certainly made more prominent and emphatic.
And finally, even without that emphasis
in the second sentence of the
Amendment, the first sentence in itself
is sufficiently Calvlnistic. The declaration,
that infants dying in infancy are
regenerated through the Sjririt, teaches
original sin and monergistic regeneration,
and such is the consistency of
Calvinism that the assertion of one point
is the assertion of all. The Amendment
is thus clearly, thoroughly and emphatically
Calvlnistic, even more emphatically
so than the original and the
charge of Armlnianism is absolutely
groundless.
Numerous reasons of a most convincing
nature may he given for loving our
Lord with our whole heart. It will be
profitable for us In onr devotional Bible
study to enumerate many of them,
though if we would count them they
ate more than can he numbered.
HARD TO I)ROT
Kut Many Drop It.
A young Calif, wife talks about coffee:
"It was hard to drop Mocha and Java
and give Postum a trial, but ray nerves
were so shattered that I was a nervous
wreck and of course that means all
kinds of ills.
"At first 1 thought bicycle riding
caused it and 1 gave it up, but ray condition
remained unchanged. I did not
want to acknowledge cofTee caused the
trouble for I was very fond of It.
"About that time a friend earao to
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not drink his coffee any more. I asked
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and so he returned to Postum, convinced
that the coffee was an enemy,
instead of a friend, and he is troubled
no more by insomnia.
"I, myself, have gained 8 pounds In
weight, and my nerves have ceased to
quiver. It seems so easy now to quit
the old coffee that caused our aohcs
and ails and take up Postum." Name
given by Postum Oo., Battle Crerk,
Mich.
Kver mid the ubo\e letter! A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.