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one dollar will save one person a month.
'How many will you save today? Send
funds to Treasurer Executive Committee,
First National Bank Building, Nashville,
Tenn.
Mrs. Russell Sage has donated $6,000
to the Chinese Famine Fund.?Louisville
Times.
A CORRECTION.
Dear Presbyterian: Permit me to
thank you for the insertion of my card
and at the same time to call attention
to the fact that the types have introduced
a negative where it di.d not belong,
thus making me say just the opposite
from what 1 wrote. I explained
it to be one purpose of my treatise "to
make it clear that the Bible does afford
sufficient light for a credal declaration
of belief in the salvation of all who
die infants as well as other incapables."
The types by saying "does not afford,'etc.,
gives me credit for the opposite
views to those which I entertain, and
vitiates the whole purpose of my card,
for nobody will care to read a book
whose purpose is to support the common
idea of anti-revisionists that the
Bible does not afford sufficient light for
a profession of faith in infant salvation.
Yours truly,
Richland, Ga. Luther Link.
COM ME NCEME N T EXERCISES OF
AUSTIN PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY, AUSTIN.
TEXAS.
The closing exercises of the Austin
Theological Seminary were held May
5th to 9th, inclusive. The baccalaureate
sermon was preached by Rev. T. A.
Wharton, D. D., of Sherman, Texas.
There were five members of the Senior
Class, of which number three completed
the full course and received diplomas
and the degree of Bachelor of Divinity,
viz., MessrB. E. M. Munroe, Jr., J. G. M.
Ramsey, and T. C. Vinson. The address
to the class was delivered by Rev. Jno.
V. McCall, of Gainesville, Texas, a member
of the board.
In many respects the year just closing
has been the most successful in the history
of the institution. There have been
enrolled, in all departments, forty-eight
students, of which number twentythree
have been candidates for the ministry
in our Church, and 25 have been
taking special and partial courses,
the majority being students of the
University of Texas and received credits
in that institution for work done in the
Seminary. The regular Junion Class
for the past session has enrolled thirteen
students.
Special attention is called to the fact
that of the tweny-three regular students
of the past session, twenty were possessed
of the academic degree of B. A. or
B. S., and nine are candidates for the degree
of Master of Arts in the University
of Texas. The spirit of the student
body, their diligence, loyalty and devotion
to the work have been particularly
commendable. The six instructors
for tne seminary nave none ttielr work
with such thoroughness and fidelity as
to meet the especial commendation of
the Board of Trustees.
The Seminary has begun to reap the
fruits of the successful labors of the
Texas Synodical Executive Committee
of Schools and Colleges, and the prospect
is that this institution, together
with the other educational institutions
of the Synod, will be placed upon a sound
financial basis. The prospects for the
next, the eleventh, session are very
bright, and there is every reason to believe
that the number of both regular
and special students will be largely
I Increased.
This Seminary is under the control of
the Synods of Texas, Arkansas and
T-ouislaAa. The officers of the Board
for the ensuing year are as follows:
Rev. Arthur G. Jones, D. D., President:
THE PRESBYTERI
Rev. John V. McCall, Vice-President;
Rev. J. height on Read, Secretary, and
Mr. H. A. W roe, Treasurer.
J. heighten Read,
Secretary.
Albemarle Presbytery: May 1 ask
your attention? We are entering on
an active Summer Mission. Our vacant
churches are all to be supplied at least
for the summer, and some of them permanently.
(1) Rev. F. F. Jones is to
be installed at Olivet this month. He
also works at Pinetops and the Tarboro
.oissiuu. \?.) ivev. x". li. viarK nas accepted
a call to the church at Kxnston,
at LaGrange and Cobb Mills. (3) Rev.
Percy Pemberton has accepted work as
Stated Supply of the Belhaven and the
Payne Memorial churches, and contiguous
points. He is a recent graduate
of Union Seminary. (4) Rev. R. V. Lancaster
has accepted summer work at
Greenville and Farmville churches. He
is a member of the Senior Class at
Union Seminary. (5) Rev. W. U. Guerrant
has accepted work in his last summer's
field, Enfield, Nahalah, Joyner
Mission and Scotland Keck. He is also
a Senior. (6) Rev. John M. Millard has
accepted work in the Littleton, Weldon,
Roanoke Rapids and Young Memorial
churches. He is also a member of the
Senior Class. (7) Rev. James VV. Hassell,
also a Senior, has accepted work
at Falkland, Fountain and contguous
points. (8) The Synod's Evangelistic
Committee gives us for the coming
months the service of our efficient
young evangelist, Rev. Robert King,
who is to be assisted during the summer
months by Rev. H. F. Morton, of the
Senior Class at Union Seminary. These
young ministers are to be aided by the
evangelists in their work. Now let us
not forget to pray the Lord of the harvest
day by day to crown their labors
with abundant success in winning souls
for Christ! Let us remember that this
signal advance in our work demands a
large outlay for Home Missions. Let
us contribute generously and promptly.
The treasury needs a larger sum than
ever before. Please send funds with
dispatch to Mr. Leo D. Heartt, Treasurer.
Raleigh, N. C. These missionaries
should be paid every month.
"W. S. Morton,
Chairman Home Mission Committee
Albemarle Presbytery.
MACON PRESBYTERIAL UNION.
The Woman's Missionary Union of
.Macon Presbytery met at Quitman, Ga.,
April 16th, 17th, and 18th.
The delegation was not as large as
usual, but the meeting was considered
the most spiritual ever held.
Our prayer at the opening was for
a:i outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Rev. Homer McMillan was present
and gave a splendid address on the
work of the Home Mission Committee
among the immigrants.
Rev. W. H. Hudson, of Hashing,
China, gave a most helpful talk on the
cause of the revolution in China.'
We were very glad indeed to have
Miss 'Shadden, from Oklahoma, tell of
the work among the Indians in the
West.
Mrs. Coit, of Xacoochee, gave a most
tnteresting talk on the work among the
mountain children of Georgia. She also
gave some splendid methods of interesting
young people in church work.
The Union endorsed the overture to
General Assembly for a General Secretary
of Woman's Work.
Our motto for the coming years Is,
"Not by might nor by power, but by
my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts."
The banner for Young People's Work
was awarded to the McAlpine Band of
the Boston church.
Tt was a source of general regret that
Mrs. F. P. Morgan, the organizer of our
Union, was unable to attend on account
of illness.
AN OF THE SOUTH
Although our faithful President, Miss
Florence B. Wade, has been ill throughout
the entire year, It was a source of
gratilication to all that she was able
to preside over the meeting.
New officers elected for the next two
years. Mrs. Ben S. Russell, of Dublin,
was elected President.
The next meeting will be held in
Bainbridge, Ga. y
Mrs. H. k Sharp,
Coresponding 'Secretary.
PERSONAL.
I)r. ( lias. R. Hemphill and those im
mediately related to him will have the
sympathy of many friends in the sudden
death, on Friday, May 10, in Washington,
D. C., of his brother, Hon. John
J. Hemphill, formerly congressman
from the Chester District in South
Carolina.
Mr. I). C. CnrnUchael, Dothan, Ala.,
is still the treasurer and a member of
the Home Mission Committee of East
Alabama Presbytery. By an oversight
his name fails to appear in the printed
minutes.
>E. M. Craig, S. C.
Dr. James Park, of Knoxville, Tonn.,
is the oldest living graduate of Princeton
Seminary. The centennial of that
institution brings out this interesting
fact. He matriculated in the Seminary
in September, 1843, and graduated in
May, 1846. He has been in the ministry
three-score years. He has been for six
years the pastor-emeritus of the First
church, Knoxville, to which he had
riven the last forty years of his active
ministry. At the Seminary he sat at
the feet of Archibald Alexander, Samuel
Miller, Charles Hodge, and Joseph Ad
dison Alexander.
Dr. J. >V. Ayler is commissioner from
the Presbytery of Norfolk to the General
Assembly. In our published list
of commissioners the name appeared as
Oyler. We are requested to make the
correction which we cheerfully do in
justice to our genial friend. Our printer
may have thought that "oiler" was
a more appropriate name for a prominent
physician than "ailer."
Dr. F. T. McFaden, pastor of the First
church, Richmond, preached a special
sermon to the Supreme Council of the
Royal Arcanum last Sunday morning.
The Council Is holding its annual session
in Richmond, and the members,
with their visiting wives and daughters,
attended the service by special invitation.
Dr. McFaden holds the highest
omce, that of Supreme Regent, in the
Royal Arcanum fraternity.
PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL FOR CHRISTIAN
WORKERS.
The Committee of Home Missions for
the Synod of Mississippi has arranged
to have a "Training School for Christian
Workers" in the Belhaven College
buildings, Jackson, Miss., from June
18 to 30, and have secured a faculty
composed of experts in their departments.
The course of study will embrace
the geography, history and dictrlnes
of the Bible, Sunday school work,
Home and Foreign Missions, ministerial
leadership, duties of elders and deacons,
woman's work and personal work
In leading bouIb to Christ. We wish
to call thft JLttOTltlon of nil our nonnlo
to this school and ask an interest In
their prayers for God's blessings upon
it. We would urge all to attend who
may be able to do so.
It will be money and time well spent
to be under the leadership and Influence
of the good and strong men who
constitute the teaching force, aB well
as associating with each other. Your
own spiritual life will be quickened,
and you will be all the better equipped
in heart and head for serving others.
You will not only be able to render
more efficient service to your own lodal
congregation, but you can send out
power and helpfulness through your
[May 22. 1912
own people, that will be felt In every
department of our Church's work.
To reach the people of our day and
do them good, we must prepare ourselves
for whatever work we may attempt.
By attending this school and
applying ourselves, thoughtfully and
prayerfully, our minds will be refreshed
and brightened; our hearts so
warmed that our work will be more
joyous and less burdensome.
This is an opportunity that haB never
come to many of us before, and it is
one we should avail ourselves of if
possible. The expenses will be as small
as can be made. Any information will
be cheerfully furnished hv iRev r t.
Walkup, of Brookhaven, Miss.
Pray for the school. Pray for the
men who are in charge. Pray that
many may be led to attend. Be sure
to attend yourself.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
(Including extracts from the TimesDispatch.)
The enrollment of commissioners of
.the Assembly in session at Bristol
shows that almost 200 were present on
the Drat day of the fifty-second meeting
of the Assembly. Promptly at 11 o'clock
Rev. Russell Cecil, D. D., of Richmond,
retiring Moderator, called the Assembly
to order. The opening session began
with the singing of the doxology, followed
by the invocation, led by Rev.
C. C. Carson, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, in which this meeting
of the Assembly is being held. Dr.
Cecil read the tenth chapter of Luke as
the scripture lesson. After appropriate
exercises Dr. Cecil announced as his
text the words found in Luke 10:20,
"Nevertheless in this rejoice, not that
the spirits are subject unto you; but
rejoice that your names are written in
leaven." His subject was: "The Assurance
of Faith in Christian Work,"
and he treated It under the following
divisions:
1. The supremacy of Jesus in all
affairs of the kingdom.
2. The estimate of Jesus as to the
value of results.
3. The judgment of Jesus as to the
essential thing in the workers.
Depreciation of the spectacular in religious
work and sensational methods
in the pulpit, and an appeal for conservative
Christian activity by humble,
spiritually-minded men, were the keynotes
of the sermon. "What are known
as magnificent successes, the finest
effects of eloquence, temples overflowing
and thousands apparently converted,
are not always evidences of the
growth of the kingdom," Dr. Cecil declared.
"No doubt God's Spirit has
often been 'present in such scenes during
the past history of the church, and
great revivals are without question one
f > f fo rl luinnlu n^rvoan mo^V?r?/lo flo* Al*z?
x/1 UiiVOCU Ultiuuu o 1U1 tuc
enlargement of the kingdom. But such
manifestations are often deceptive and
need to be carefully scrutinized. * *
"We are living In an age which Is
clamorous for results at all hazards.
The humble, spiritually-minded man
wbo is not mad over new methods and
is reluctant to adopt the latest novelty
is regarded as too conservative and
reactionary and as an obstructionist in
the way of progress. Only the big
movement, the spectacular, the sensational
should claim serious attention.
Casting out demons and working other
miracles?that was the coveted power
in our Liord's day; that was what drew
the multitude together and filled the
m'nds of men with amazement. In the
exercise of such power the disciples
experienced much joy and satisfaction.
rney reit tnat tney were doing something,
they were accomplishing results,
hut Jesus perceived that they had the
wrong view of it. The speaker called
upon his hearers to recognize the supremacy
of Christ in all affairs of the
kingdom, and to observe the estimate
of the Head of the Church as to the
value of results. Christ did not encourage
the spectacular in religious
work, he said, and the power to perform
miracles was granted only temporarily
to only a few in the apostolic age.
Commissioners Enrolled.
After the close of the sermon, Rev.
T. H. Law, the Stated Clerk, announced
the number of commissioners enrolled
by the number of credentials that had
come to his hands.
The next business before the Asrembly,
and the principal business to
be transacted by every Assembly on the
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