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without reserve to the discharge of its
sacred duties. His ministry was memorable
and blessed, not because he excelled
m learning, orthodoxy, and eloquence?though
in neither was he deficient?but
because of his exalted conception
of the nature of his office, hiB
single-hearted devotion to its demands,
am. wis itusuiute uepeuuence upon aivino
grace. His unquestioning acceptance
of the Scriptures never wavered.
His liible, from beginning to end, was
to him "the Word of God which liveth
and abideth forever." No higher criticism,
with its brazen assumption of
"assured results," could shake his faith
in its inerrancy. No new theology, with
its cunningly devised fables, could lure
hint from the "old paths," in which the
ransomed and sanctified of all ages
havo joyfully and safely walked. His
pulpit never gave an uncertain sound;
and his godly life was a living exemplification
of the Gospel he preached.
Eminently conservative himself, he
regarded with grave suspicion anany of
the "movements" now clamoring for
recognition in the Church. "He hoHnv?ri
that the oracles and ordinances given in
Scripture by the Head of the Church,
are a suillcient rule of faith and practice.
Yet he was no reactionary; but
was always in hearty accord with all
measures for quickening Christian activity
along Scriptural lines. iNor was
he a sectarian. Bigotry he had none.
It is true, his warmest love and untiring
labors were given to his own Church.
Her CalvlniBtic Creed, her historic
Presbytery, and her simple worship appealed
to his judgment and satisfied his
heart; but he waB Catholic in spirit,
and lived in cordial fellowship with
Christians of every name, in whom he
discovered the image of his Divine
Lord.
Iu the fulness of his useful manhood,
and fruitful ministry our brother has
ueen called to his reward; leaving behind
him a record, from lirst to last, of
duty well perfoimed, and of obligations
faithfully met. The memory of bis
noble life will remain fresh and green
in the hearts of the people whom, with
intense devotion, he served so long; and
in the hcartB of his brethren whom he
loved so well.
J. R. Graham,
iF. M. "Woods,
Charles Ghiselin.
keurville encampment.
(Continued from Page 17.)
Hey. \y. L. Hickman, in charge of the
depository of our Committee of Pub
lication, Texarkana, Tex.-Ark., has
charge of the section on Sunday school
work. Four days are devoted, under
his leadership, to a conference on
methods and ideals in Sunday school
work.
Kev. T. 0. Perrin, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Coleman, Texas,
has charge of the section on Young
People's Societies. Three days are
given to a careful consideration of this
Phase of the Church's activity and responsibility.
^r?. Chris. G. Dnllnig, of San Anton'o,
Texas, president of the Synodical
Conference, has charge of the section
?n Women's Work.
Uev. Tlios. F. Gallalier, pastor of the
Ptica Presbyterian church of San Antonio,
Texas, has charge of the music,
'fading the devotional singing and arranging
for concerts.
H. S. Anderson, Dallas, Texas,
*ho has been business manaeer nf the
"-ncampment for two years, will have
charge again this year.
Whs Thomnsine Walker, of Dallas,
r?xa8, will again have charge of the1
dining hall.
For further information, write Rev.
Br?oks I. Dickey, San Antonio, Texas.
A ^?lc? in the Night and Other Stories.
fi>' Frederick Hall. Published by the
THE PRESBYTERIj
Sunday School Times Oo., Philadelphia.
This is a collection of ten short
stories, filling 194 pages. The stones
are founded upon Bible Incidents. They
are told in an interesting way. The
language is beautiful, simple and clear.
One or two of the stones are perfect
gems. No one can read "The Boy with
the Lunch" without being highly entertained
and receiving a new spiritual
ImnptllR Intn Vila Ufa TVia
4*LV(> AUO uvun
ought to. be in every Sunday school
library.
World Wide Bible Study. By C. S.
Cooper. Published by The Sunday
School Times Co., Philadelphia.
The author of this book is the Secretary
of Bible Study for the Student Y.
M. C. A. and is well fitted to do his
work.
He declares the object of the book to
be "First, to show the reasons for the
world-wide interest in the Bible;
second, to point out how people may become
interested in the Bible; third, to
reveal the modern opportunity of the
Bible in relation to the state, the
school, the home and the church." It
was jokingly related of one who. regularly
sleeps during the process of the
cormnn o*- u- ?
u.i. viuit iits was very
wide awake while reading this book. It
tells interestly of Bible study throughout
the world, and abounds In many
illustrations showing Bible classes in
many lands.
The l'ellow Fearl. By Adeline M.
Teskey. Published by Hodder and
Stoughton, N. Y.
This is a novel, the heroine of which
is a Chinese girl sojourning in America.
The writer is an Iconoclast upon
American society, and certain phases
of the Christian church. It is a novel
with a purpose, and stimulates thought.
There is a rich vein of humor running
through it. It is an interesting and
helpful book.
Laughter. By Henri Bergson. Pubished
by Macmillan, N. Y.
j. ma iB an essay on the philosophy of
the comic By the much discussed professor
of Pans. It has run. through
seven editions in France, and has been
translated into Russian, Polish,
Swedish, German, Hungarian and English.
He professes no definition of
the comic, and yet gives one. As he
discusses the comic, in forms, movements,
situations, words, and character
we find him at the end of each
finding the comic in each "in a certain
rigidity," in "mechanization of life.".
LI? tl J ~ i-t- -
iic u-uuB we comic only in the human.
HJs study is written in that popular
style of his school of philosophy.
Probably, the most quoted section of
the book is that in pages 160 and 162,
in which the author outlines a general
theory of art.
Other Books Received.
An Interpretation of Genesis. By F. P.
Ramsey. Published by Neale Pub.
Co.: Philadelphia.
The Buried Nations of the Infant
Dead. By H. B. Pratt Pub. by G.
B. Pratt Co., Hachensack, N. J.
Men Wanted. By F. B. Smith. Published
by The Associated Press, N. Y.
(3od*s Onth. By Ford O. Ottman. Published
by Bodder and Stoughton, N. Y.
The Call of Christ. By R. H. Crozler.
Published by Whlttet & Shepperson,
Richmond, Va. r
Tf you want to be gloomy, there's
gloom enough to keep you glum! If
you want to be glad, there's gleam
enough to keep you glad.
pl n of the sou t*h
"">Yestmorelund County, Virginia, A
Short and Bright Day in Its History."
Compiled by T. R, B. Wright.
It is said that there is no county in
America that has produced as many
great men as has Westmoreland County,
Virginia. Among the leaders of the
nation whom this country has given to
the world are George Washington,
Cawrence Washington, President James
.nuiiiuu, x-rebiueni jam.es Madison,
Richard Henry .Lee, Francis Lightfoot
Lee, Light Horse Harry Lee, Robert E.
Lee. This phaniplet of 154 pages is
composed of addresses and papers
giving much valuable historical information
as to thiB county and its
great men. One interesting point
brought out, and which may be a surprise
to many, is that the first declaration
of independence of and resistance
to the British crown to be adopted by
a formal compact of a body of citizens,
was adopted in this county. This it is
claimed antedated the Mecklenourg
Declaration by nine years and the Philadelphia
'by ten years.
iue autnor has done a great service
to state aiid country as well as to his
own county in collecting and putting
into permanent form. so much, valuable
miormation. Tne book is illustrateu
witb many pdctures of the great men
ana historic places referred to.
"The Mission of Our Nation," By
James Franklin Love, D. D. Published
by Fleming H. Reveil Co., New
York. For sale by the Presbyterian
Committee of Publication, Richmond,
Va. Pages 240. Price $1.00.
A book full of food for thought. It
shows in a forceful manner that God
has a special mission for thiB nation.
Here are some among the many
thoughts developed by the author:
America is destined to. be the seat of
empire of the Anglo-Saxon race, and
this race through its influence will
eventually rule the world. The mission
of the Anglo-Saxon people, as they are
saved, is to save the evangelical
gospel," and so be able to give it to
others.
me amazing weauu ana unequaiiea
material resources of this nation should
be used for the accomplishing of God's
purpose concerning it. "God has given
us great means, because He has given
us a great mission." "Christianity
never had in any land or age so many
well equipped and capable men and
women for the conduct of a work like
this," as America has. "America for
Christ is our Home Mission motto." We
have the heathen at our door, the nonChristian
foreigners who are flooding
our country in an ever increasing
stream. These immigrants, Americanized
and Christianized, often become the
best missionaries to carry the Gospel
to their native lands.
"The public school is falling In the
task of making public citizens."
'There must 'be a deeper personal
consecration to the saving Individuals,"
so that America, and through it, the
world may be saved.
Infant Salvation and Confession Revision
is the title of a volume of about
one hundred pages, by Rev. Luther
Link, minister of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States. The contents
of thds volume probably constitute
the most thorough discussion of the
subject of the salvation of infants who
die in infancy that has ever been pub1
{a Vi a/1 T*Vi a oufti/vw 4 a A olu/I* o?r1
scholar of unusual attainments, endowed
with a logical mind and power
of clear and forceful statement. He
has Intense zeal for his convictions
and is willing to expend laborious reBH
If You Heed a Tea!
a|3nO ant, Music, Art, Elocut
MflNHiii DEWBERRY SCHOOL
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search In this Bubjeot, which haa of
late been prominently before the
church. Readers will find this the moBt
comprehensive discussion tJaat has appeared.
HOME AND SCHOOL.
The last Assembly, perhaps unwittingly,
did a grave injustice to the
fatherless. The church is asked for
and will give about $1,000,000 for all
benevolent cauBes. It is a pity that the
only place where thev choa? tn
economize noticeably was to smite the
widow and fatherless, and economize
at their expense. Mrs. Browning says
"the sob of a child in the dark curses
deeper than the strong man in his
wrath." Was the Assembly so interested
in discussing dead Infants that
when aBked for bread for the living infants
of dead ministers they came
perilously near giving them a stone?
This doeB not fall so heavily on the
children of Foreign Missionaries, since
the church very justly and generously
allows $200 per annum for each one
of their children at any boarding school
in America.
But no such provision is made for
the fatherless of the Home missionary.
It seems to 'be assumed that each Home
missionary owns a home in the city
where his widow could live and educate
her fatherless ones. I doubt if
one in a hundred owns such a home.
Unless I receive light which 1 do not
now have, it is my purpose to have an
overture sent to the next Assembly
to appoint a competent committee, composed
of Dr. Sweets for Relief Committee,
Dr. Smith lor Foreign Missions.
Dr. Morris, for Home Missions and
four others, and let them devise a just
and adequate plan for dealing with the
whole question.
D. M. Mclver.
Texarkana, June 12.
TOO BUST.
"I sometimes think we are in danger
of being too busy to be really useful."
said an old lady, thoughtfully. "We
hear so much about making every minute
count, and always haying some
work or course of study for spare hours,
and bavins: our activities all svsteme
tized, that there is no place left for
small wayside kindnesses. We go to
see the sick neighbor, and relieve the
poor neighbor, but for the copamon,
every-day neighbor, who has not fallen
by the way, so far as we can see, we
haven't a minute to spare. But everybody
who needs a cup of cold water
Isn't calling the fact out to. the world,
and there are a great many little pauses
by the way which are no waste of
time."?Selected.
BEWARE OF PRIDE.
Let us beware of pride. Some are
Droud of t-hAlr 1ju?a. nrthnrra nt moo
others of place, others of their face,
others of grace. I have met: people who
were proud of their humility; and I
rather think I was proud once of a sermon
on the "Grace of Lowliness." Nothing
shows more truly when a nature is
out of union with Christ than the oh- .
trusion of the self-life, and the boast
of vainglory.
For such a state of mind chastisement
is inevitable, and who would not
rather trust himself to God than man?
David knew that God's mercies were
many and tender, and cast himself nn
iu ui? nan<j?. way ao we oread uod
so much as not to trust him> with our
lives, that he may do according to hJs
good pleasure??IP. B. Meyer.
God holds us responsible for the light
we have, yes, and what we might have.
kkav for any department of school work?
" Principal, Superintendent, Assist,ion,
Governess, Matron, etc. Write us
AGENCY :: Birmingham, Ala.