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THE PRESBYTERI,
THE PRE-ASSEMBLY MISSIONARY
CONFERENCE, AT LOUISVILLE,
MAY 15, 1912.
Tliis Conference, one of the most important
in connection with the General
Assembly, spent the time in most helpful
consideration of the questions arising
in the new arrangement of church
plans.
Missionary, educational, and financial
enterprises -were discussed. How to enlist
more volunteer workers, missions in
the Sunday school by Rev. Geo. H. Trull,
the Illinois Plan, by Dr. "W. S. Marquis,
a plan In ubo in the Synod of
Illinois, which is organized with an ex
ecunve committee on. benevolences In
the Synod, Presbytery, and local
church; these and other problems were
taken up and considered in an open,
and helpful manner. The program for
1912 was also considered, God willing.
This program proposes a series of
Synodlcal Institutes to secure and train
up leaders in Missionary work, also
Presbyterfal campaigns to secure a
visitation of every church In every
Presbytery during the year by a deputation
of those Interested In missionary
work, enlisting if necessary
new men for this work; also co-operation
with the brotherhoods and other
organizations in the church. Three great
Missionary Conventions were considered.
Those to be held during the year at
convenient points, one say at Nashville
for about 1,009 or 1,200 men; one at
Kansas City for some 1,200 or 1,500
men; and one in Texas for about the
same number, and thus endeavor to
reach the wholo South and Southwest in
the sropc of the Conventions. Co-operation
with the Tvaymen's Missionary
Movement which contemplates the holding
of some forty Institutes during the
year throughout the United States and
Canada, to secure leaders train them
In those institutes and then follow tills
up by an every member canvass in
every church in reach. Coming Missionary
Expositions at Baltimore and
elsewhere were also taken up. Testimony
to those held already was given
as to the increased interest In Missions
by those who attended, especially
the stewards who had studied missions
in order to hold their positions as stewards
in the Expositions. One pastor of
n church in Cincinnati, stated that two
of those from his church acting as
steward at the "World's Exposition in
Cincinnati, not Christians at the beginning,
have accepted our Ixird Jesus
Christ and had come to him and said
that they had decided to give their lives
to missionary work as a Tesult of the
needs as they had been brought to them
in the Exposition, and saying they wanted
to spend their lives where they would
count for most.
The Conference closed with a great
popular meeting at Warren Memorial
church. The World Work of the Presbyterian
Church; At Home, by Dr. P. T.
Fullerton, of St. 7x>ui6, and Abroad, by
Dr. J. Balcom Shaw, of Chicago.
Hundreds heard these fine, strong presentations
of the work and needs. The
needs and opportunity for work in the
home land were brought out by Dr. Fullerton,
and the Work Abroad, by Dr.
Shaw, who showed the very encouraging
prospects and results and the still
more imperative needs on the foreign
field now, China alone occuping the
marvellous position to-day of first Importance
in the missionary immediacy.
He also showed the great blessing that
had come to the home church from the
foreign field. He told of the love of the
native Christians for God's Word, their
prayer life, and liberality, and the
spiritual life of the converts from darkness.
He contrasted the gifts of the
noverty stricken foreign Christians, who
had given last year millions of dollars
at great self-denial .wl^h the gifts from
the rich home church. The way to In
A N Otr THE SOUTH
creas'o Christian liberality Is to deepen
the spiritual life of <the church at home.
He closed with a reference to the
mighty power of intercession in the
life of every Christian. This great gift
of God to his people should be used
more, "lord tench us to pray." Luke
2:1, is the prayer that should go from
every Christian. The evangelization of
the world awaits to-nifeht, he said, the
Intercession of the church.
ASSEMBLY'S HOME MISSIONS.
Onr Chnrcli nnd Others.
R?t. A. H. McArn.
The Southern Baptist Church has 2,268,708
members. The Southern Methodist
Church has 1,831,946. The Southern
Presbyterian Church has 286,174
members.
These statistics furnish a fine text for
a sermon on Home Missions. They present
a condition, and the condition demands
an explanation. Why have the
Baptists and Methodist Churches in the
South so many more members than the
Presbyterian Church? There must be a
cause, what is it?
It is not that the Presbyterian Church
does not appeal to the people. Whenever
the Presbyterian Church has had
equal opportunity and has used equal
effort, it has more than held its own.
It is not that the Presbyterians are
not a liberal people. It is universally
conceded that the Presbyterians not
only contribute most liberally to the
causes of their own church, but are the
most liberal supporters of the causes
which are common to all the churches.
The explanation Is not found in lack
of opportunity. No Church has ever
had a finer opportunity than the Presbyterian
Church has had in the South.
The Presbyterians brought on the Revolution
and carried It to a successful issue.
They had the preBtige, the men,
the means and the field. The Presbyterian
Church was the logical church for
America. And in spite of all these conditions
the other Churches have left us
far behind.
There is but one explanation?lack
of aggressive Home Mission Work. The
oilier nhnrolion In *1m fonn ,1 ~
? in cuv j iiv-v. vi cm t ci ots
conditions paid special attention to
Home Missions. Opportunity was turned
away from the door of the Presbyterian
Churcth. It then knocked at the
door of the other churcheB and was
promptly admitted, and has been a day
laborer and a night watchman for them
ever since.
But what about the future? In the
unsettled condition in the Southwest,
opportunity is knocking again. Will
history repeat itself? When conditions
have become settled and crystalized,
will it be found that the Presbyterian
Church has been asleep again, and that
other churches have been alert? The
press dispatches of May announce that
the Methodist Church, South, has built
a church and a half every day during
the past year. That the growth in the
past year has been phenomenal, and
that the application for loans and donations
before the board total nearly
$446,000. The Baptists, too, realize that
this is the psychological moment. The
press dispatches of May 12th state that
the two Mission Boards of the Southern
Baptist Churob will report to the Con
veniion to be held In Oklahoma Cflty,
$1,250,000 raised and expended In Home
and Foreign work during the past fiscal
year.
Those Churches have learned a lesson
from success. Will the Presbyterian
Church learn a lesson from failure?
One of tihe most prominent ministers
in the Southern Baptist Church
was discussing with the writer several
years ago the failure of the Presbyterian
Church to place Home Missions
on an equal footing with Foreign Mission*
in the Toymen's Movement. This
[May 29, 1912
led to a general discussion of Home
Mission work. He expressed regret
that the Presbyterian Church had not
laid greater emphasis on Home Missions.
He took the position that the
personel of the Presbyterian Church is
such that wherever there is a large
Presbyterian church Its members wield
a tremendous influence for every good
cause. For this reason he regretted
that there were not more and larger
Presbyterian churches in the South.
Others have seen our mistake. Why
should we ourselves not see it and cor
reot it?
Cheraw, S. C.
GEORGIA SYNODICAL UNION.
The fifth annual meeting of the
Woman's Synodlcal Conference of the
Synod of Georgia met In the First Presbyterian
church at Augusta* Ga., April
25, 2G, 1912. Delegates from the six Presbyterlal
Unions constituting the Conference
came together in prayer and consecration
to glean information from the
many reports for the help of the officers
of the several unions.
President Mrs. C. P. Crawford, of
Milledgeville, presided.
Secretary, Miss Kate C. Roberts, of
Atlanta.
Rev. Dr. Guille, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian church, led the opening
devotional exercises, setting forth the
object of all missionary work. The taking
out from the nations a people for
his name and hastening the second coming
of Christ.
Rev. Dr. Sevier, pastor of the Firs',
church, spoke the second morning from
Psalm 25-14, "Tho secret of the Led
is with them that fear him, and he will
show them his covenant." He commended
woman's devotion to church
and missionB.
The reports, in narrative, read by
the delega'es of the Unions, showed
mucn ;rood work done with splendid
results. Though many of the churches
have only a small membership belonging
to the Unions, yet the compiled reports
amounted to $27,466.00 raised by
3,188 union members for the year ending
April 1, 1912. This does not includo
work or contributions to home
churches.
Echoes from Montreat were read by
last year's delegate. Our President,
Mrs. C. P. Crawford, was chosen delegate
to Montreat this year. Every
Presbyterial Union also reported having
elected a deleeate for Montre.it
The Augusta Union presented to the
Conference a gavel made from "The
Big Poplar," in Washington, Ga., under
whose branches in 1790 the Rev. John
Spinger was ordained. So far as we
know, he was the first Presbyterian
minister ordained in the State. A gavel
made from a grand live oak in old Midway
Cemetery, Liberty county, was reported
by Savannah Union delegate as
given to their Union by Mr. R. H. Clay,
of -Savannah. These beautiful gifts
speak of the historic past, and will call
together annually future generations
of women who walk God's way.
Mrs. Archibald Davis, of Atlanta, related
in grandest story her loftiest
thoughts gathered from the Daymen's
meeting at Chattanooga, calling for
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WM.WIHVIVU ui ucau, uettll UIIU
for Christ to build right and stay in
work until His?kingdcm come.
This Synodical Conference voted
unanimously for the overture to the
General Assembly for a general secretary
to Woman's Work, praying and believing
thus to awaken greater
along all lines of woman's work in our
churches.
Officers, 1913.
President, Mrs. C. P. Crawford, Mllledgeville.
Secretary, Miss Kate C. Roberts,
Baltimore Place, Atlanta.
Treasurer, Mrs. George D. Thomas.
Athens. ^
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