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May 8, 1912 ]
that we had the -money to send them
out!
This responsive period is sure to be
brief. The next fifteen years will probably
decide the future of China for.
centuries.
May God help us by this May offering
to lift our debt and enter these open
doors of unparalleled opportunity.
Fraternally your,
The Executive Committee of Foreign
Missions.
S. H. Chester,
Egbert W. Smith,
Secretaries.
EVELYN HOUSTON MISSIONARY
SOCIETY.
l'his Society, consisting of about one
hundred members, at a recent meeting
adapted the following resolutions by a
unanimous rising vote:
Whereas: A great effort is being
made by some of the women of our
church to obtain the consent of the
General Assembly to appoint a woman
as General Secretary of Woman's Work,
and
Whereas, We are opposed to said appointment
Tor the following reasons:
1st. That it is our belief that the
great majority of the women of the
Southern Presbyterian Church are op
posed 10 lue appointment. or said seccretary.
2nd. That the ^pointmeut of a
woman secretary would inevitably lead
to an independent organization (this
question already being voiced by the
Synodical Union of Missouri), or a woman's
board.
3rd. That if our present department
of Woman's Work in our Home and
Foreign Committees be developed and
used to the fullest and the Montreat
Conference rendered more- effective
there would be no need of a woman secretary.
.
4th. "That in view of the fact that
both the General Assembly and the
Synod of Virginia .have refused to endorse
such a request, we believe it
would be disrespectful to our church
courts to raise .the- question again.
5th. That in advocating this plan we
would be proving ourselves progressive
"beyond what is written."
uui. we Deneve tnat uoa asits us to
be "witnesses" and not "rulers." Also
that he tells us "obedience Is better than
sacrifice" (1 Sam'l 15:22), and again, "I
suffer not woman to usurp authority."
(1 Tim. 2:12.)
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Evelyn Houston Missionary Society of
the Waynesboro Presbyterian church,
1st. That we respectfully overture
the General Assembly through its
Systematic Beneficence Committee, not
to grant the reauest for a woman sec
retary.
2nd. That we respectfully overture
the Woman's Missionary Union of I*exington
Presbytery through Its Executive
Committee, not to grant the request
that it overture General Assembly in
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THE PRESBYTER 1.
favor of the appointment of a Woman's
Secretary.
3rd. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent the Presbytery of Lexington for
shell action as it may deem wise.
That a copy of these resolutions be
sent the Presbytery of Lexington for
such-action as it may doem wise.
4th. That copies of these resolutions
be sent tn thl? "Pronhvtnri a r? r.f tU
wttatl ML IUC
South," "The Christian Observer" and
"Ihe Standard" for publication.
Louisa J. Withrow, President;
Mrs. C. B. Hains, Secretary.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF CUIUSTIAN
EDUCATION AND MINISTERIAL
RELIEF.
Financial Statement.
Amount requested for the year from
April 1, 1911, to March 31, 1912, for all
causes, $129,000. Amount received, $3,324.23
(exclusive of $16,083.45 interest
from the Endowment Fund and $G,600.34
from rent, tuition and board Home and
a 1. - ? -
umuui;. aiuuuu; 01 uencit, $oo,o < o.bs.
There was added to the Endowment
Fund, $10,424.66, and to the SchoolB and
Colleges?Loan Fund, $1,714.54. Total
receipts for the year, $97,147.31?a decrease
of $9,460.42 as compared with
last year.
THE FAMINE IN CHINA.
The great famine, which is causing
great suti'ering and many deaths, affects
seven provinces and approximately 30,000
square miles. The number of those
wno need relief are as follows: Kiangsu
Province, 1,100,000; in Anhwei, 800,oou;
in Snantung, 100,000; in Chikiang,
30,000; in Kiangsi, 70,000; in Hunan,
100,000; in Llupeh, 500,000. The last
given ligures include also those who
were rendered homeless by the destruction
of Hankow. The Central China
Ueiief Committee, the Red Cross, and
several Church Hoards are making
heroic eflortB to relieve conditions
in the stricken provinces. (The Relief
Committee states that $15.00 will
save a family, $3.00 a life, and $1.00 will
keep one person alive a month. How
many will YOU save?) Relief works
building dykes to prevent future lioods.
aud other works have been opened. To
provide relief for the 600,000 families
would require at this rate over $5,000,000.
The famine will not end till the
middle of May. The following is taken
from a letter from a missionary in the
famine district in China: "I have been
in villages where half the houses were
unroofed?the timbers and straw sold
for food. Questions as to their condition
often receive pitiful answers, 'How
Hqo f V* o familir ? r> /vn J
"UO caai luiniij xuaiiagcu LU uavc giaiu
in their home at this late day?' I asked
one. 'Oh, he has sold his daughter the
other day and bought some grain!'
'What has become of that man's, wife?' 'I
asked another. 'He sold her. They
were both starving; a man at another
village had a little something, was a
widower, and offered, if she would come
to him, to feed her and give her husband
a little money present besides.' To
this breaking up of life-ties both parties
assented. Such instances can be multiplied.
They are the rule rather than exceptions."
All can help in this. Do what you can
yourself. Get all churches, Sunday
schools, missionary societies, Young
People's Societies, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A.. all schools, individuals, in fact, all
who can be Interested to give and also
get these to interest others. Write letters
to others and enlist tbeha. Get the
daily and weekly newspapers to take it
up and take subscriptions for the
famine sufferers NOW. Act to-day. Do
not delay. Send funds to your Mission?
arv Board or to the China Famine Relief
committee. ,
God employs no hired men; his work
-Is done by his sons.?Old Proverb.
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