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July 17, 1912]
Value of Studying the CateohismB, and
How to Secure Best Results from Such
Study. Rev. S. 'M. Glasgow, Mercedes,
Texas. 10:30 A. M. Secondary Division:
1. Some Characteristics of the
'Teen Age. 2. A Description of the
Teacher for a Girl in Her TeenB, Mrs.
H. W. Hoon, Taylor. 8. The Big Boy
iir.d His Teacher. 11:30 A. M. Recognition
of Those Who Have Completed
the Teacher Training Course. Round
Table: Some Great Needs in Our Sun
day scnooi worn in Mexas.
"VIRGINIA.
Hirhmond: At the communion service
July 7, Mizpah Presbyterian
church. Highland Park, Rev. Wm.'E.
Hutchison, pastor, thirteen were received
into the church, four being girls
from the Sunday school.
?A Garden Felfc will be (held at the
residence of Mrs. F. W. Danner, near
Stop 21, Petersburg Electric Railway,
Thursday, July 25, 1912, at 8 o'clock
P. M., for the benefit of building fund
of Falling Creek Presbyterian church.
Hluekstone: The Presbyterian church
of this place, Rev. R. L. McNair pastor,
received on June 7th five additions to
its membership, one having been a Roman
Catholic.
Churehville, Loch "Willow: Rev. H.
P. McClintic, pastor of the Presbyteilan
church at Liberty, Mo., wil prenen
next Sabbath morning at Churchvllle for
the Rev. William C. White, who will
he in Highland taking part in the installation
services of Rev. N. A. Parker,
the new pastor of Monterey, Pisgah and
Crabbottom. Mr. 'McCl.'ntic has recently
returned frrvm a
m U0115UHU1 trip
through Egypt, (Palestine and other
Eastern countries and is summering
with his family at the Kalorama in
Staunton. Mr. McClintic is a brother
of Mts. Winfree, wife of the late Rev.
J. H. H. Winfree, who was for many
years pastor of Loch Willow church.
Monmouth: Quite an interesting
program has been arranged for the Lexington
district rally of the Young People's
Society of Christian Endeavor at
New Monmouth Presbyterian church,
Tuesday, July 1th.
The morning's service will open at
10 o'clock with praise service by F. tT
Snider. Rev. D. N. Yarbro will extend
greetings and William R. Kennedy will
respond. Dr. Jas. Lewis Howe will
speak on "Work Within Society," and
Rev. J. R. Edwards, "Work Without
??w rvev. u. m. Compher, of
Lynchburg, president of the State
Union, will deliver an address on Christian
Endeavor State work. In the
afternoon there will be praise service
by R. W. Morr/son; an address, "Christian
Endeavor As I Have Known Gt," by
Rev. E. W. McCorkle, D. D.; Young Peoples
Societies Testimonials and Question
Box led by Dr. Jas. Lewis Howe,
followed by address, "The Challenge of
.lesus," by Rev. C. M. Compher.
Lexington Presbytery met in the
Presbyterian lecture Toom Monday in
called session.
The session was moderated by Rev.
A. W. Wood, of Oxford church. The
principal business was the examining
and licensing of Mr. H. H. Leach, of
North Carolina, who is a former Washington
and Lee student. Mr. Leach has
had a call to Bethany church at Cralgsville,
which he expects to accept as soon
as ordained. The time for ordination
and installation will be set by th? nevt
regular session of Presbytery.
Rev. R. M. Firebaugh was dismissed
from Lexington Presbytery to the Indian
Presbytery of Oklahoma.
Mrs. C. C. Owen and her four children
of Kwangu, Korea, are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Spencer. Mrs.
Owen is the widow of Rev. C. C. Owen,
son ef Mrs. Spencer, who died in
Korea while engaged in missionary
THE PRESBYTER1
work under the Southern Presbyterian
Church. Sunday afternoon Mrs. Owen
addressed the missionary society of the
Presbyterian church at which time her
children appeared in native costumes.?
County News.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Lewisburg: Rev. Dr. and Mrs. T. R.
English, of the U. T. Seminary, have
just arrived here, after an enjoyable
motor car trip through the country
from Richmond, stopping at Churchville.
Warm Springs and other points
along the route. They are visiting their
daughter. Mrs. Wm. E. Hill, who is
here.
Montgomery: Within the past several
months this church has been favored
with visits from the Rev. J. B.
Mar tin, of Charleston, Rev. J. W. Carpenter,
of Maiden, and the Rev. J. E.
Healy, of Slab Fork. Their services
nave been greatly appreciated by all.
and It Is hoped we may have them with
us again within the near future.
Pastor.
Huntington, First Church: The regular
quarterly communion eervice was
observed July 7th. at which time the
names of thirty-eight new members
were announced, eight of whom were
received cn profession of faith in Christ
as their Saviour. Two of these were
baptized at the communion service and
four of them were baptized on previous
Sundays. Ten of these new members
are the result of the work that was done
at the Hlghlon chapel last winter under
Rev. E. W. McDonald, the Home Mission
Superintendent of Kanawha Presbvtery.
The pastor, Dr. Newton Donaldson, expects
to spend the month of August
camping with his family on the \'!eghany
river in I ear sylvanU.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Rer. H. II. Newman, for the summer,
from Key West, Fla., to Elkton Tcnn.
Mr. E. D. Torres from Cardenas to
Caibarieus, Cuba.
Rev. J. Frank Turner from Anniston,
Ala., to 1112 N- 28th Stmeit ni-niin?.
- , ?. ""?t
bam.
Rev. James I. Vance, D. D., for the
summer, from INashville. Tenn., to
Blowing Rock, N. C.
Rev. R. E. Fultz, of Plumtree, N. C.,
will be at Fincastle, Va., for the summer.
Rev. Win. E. Mcllwaine from Charlotte
to Brevard, N. C., where he Will
supply the pulpit of the Presbyterian
church for July and August.
Rev. J. J. Hill from ColumbuB, Miss.,
to Red Springs, N. C'.
Rev. J. W. Skinner from Brownsville
to Kingsville. Texas.
Rev. I. P. Osbomt's address is Carthage,
Ark., not Johnsvllle, as given
in the Assembly's minutes.
PER80VAE.
Rev. James Power Smith, D. D? hale
and hearty as he passes another
of life's milestones, is summeriDg with
his family, children and some grandchildren
at Yancey Mills, Va., where
corresDondents mav nrtrtr?m?
Ber. P. A. Boyd, pastor of the church
at Madison. Fla., is summering at Monteagle,
Tenn.
Rev. Hncrh R. Walker, 1). I)., of the
First church, Atlanta, has had the initials
IjL. D. added to his name, by
Occidental College, Los Angeles, Cal.
Rer. B. C. Bell. Cit 1,1
, w- u, ;uioo.,
is spending a few weeks visiting friends
at University of North Carolina. He
will go later to Montreat.
Dr. William Dinwiddle, Chancellor of
the Southwestern Presbyterian Universisy
at Clarksvllle, Tenn., will he at
Greenwood, Va., for the next few weeks.
The Rnral Life Conference, July 16Ulth,
this year will be held at the Universfty
of Virginia Summer School.
* f- j
an of the south
The influence of these conferences has
been so far-reaching that the demand
fcr copies of the proceedings has been
nation-wide and similar conferences
have been held in a score of other
States.
The purpose of the Conference is to
bring together rural life workers interested
in and having a knowledge of
every phase of country life: economic,
social, religious, sociological and educational,
in order that a more perfect
co-operation of all the forces looking
to the betterment of rural conditions
may be obtained.
The Conference, therefore, should appeal
to men and women of the farm,
rural community leaders of every sort,
whether it be press, pulpit, school, library.
bank or trade, and to nil nnrBn
izations Identified with rural life and
to each and ail of these an invitation
is extended to be present and to participate
in the proceedings.
An exhibit illustrating the work of
the various agencies for the betterment
of rural life will be made a special
feature of this conference.
All meetings will be held in Cabell
Hall except the afternoon meetings,
which Will be held on the lawn east
of the Rouss iPhysical Laboratory. The
night meetings will be illustrated with
stercopticon views.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts for June, 1012.
Specials.
Children's Day $ 4,859.69
Other Specials, 4,565.28
$ 9,424.97
Regular.
Debt Fund $ 908.48
Current Funds 25,791.49
t 26,699.97
Total Receipts June 1912, 36,124.94
R OPP nt a f r*v? Turirt 1Q11 ?1 0i r
..WVW|'VW ftWi ? UI1C OlfOJO.Ol
Gain for June 1912 $ 4,809.27
Hank Balances.
Special Account Credit in
Bank $ 12,969.86
Regular Account Overdraft, 3,211.56
Liabilities.
Due Missions $ 36,399.13
Bills Payable?Borrowed
Money, 77,652.00
Bills Payable?Accepted Drafts
of Mission Treasurers. 12.526 73
Funds on Deposit 2,400.00
Overdraft In Bank 3,211.56
$132,189.42
Less Advance Payments to
Missions 444.18
Net Liabilities July 1, 1912,$l3l,745.24
Total Receipts to July 1st
from Children's Day, % 5,797.71
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. Raymond,
Tre>asurer.
Nashville, Tenn., July 9, 1912.
APPALLING HAYOC OF LIQUOR.
a wave or degeneracy la sweeping
the land, and its development threatens
the physical vitality of the nation," declared
Dr. T. Alexander MacNIcholl, of
New York, former surgeon of the New
York Red Cross hospital, who was sent
abroad by President Roosevelt to Investigate
the subject of alcoholism and
narcotics.
"Within a 'period of fifty years the
population of the United "States Increased
330 per cent., while the number
of insane and feeble-minded increased
950 per cent., according to the recent
(853) 15
census, practically all of which is due
to the chronic and excessive use of alcohol
in one form or another, and narcotics,"
he said.
"Degeneracy is shown in the lessened
fertility of the nation. In five years the
birth rate In the United States fell off
33 1-3 per cent."
Back of all the causes for this alarming
condition, asserted the surgeon, who
was addressing the American Medical
Society, the study of alcohol and narcotics
show that alchol is the chief degenerative
factor.
"A degeneracy so appalling in magnitude."
Dr. MacNlcholl continued, "that
it staggers the mind and threatens to
destroy this republic, numbering more
victims than have been slain in all the
wars and in all the epidemics of acute
diseases that have swept the country
within 200 years.
"During the past five years the birth
rate in the United States has fallen off
33 1-3 per cent. This means the loss of
a million babies a year. Let this degeneracy
continue at the same rate for 100
years and there will not be a native-born
child five years old in the United
States.
""What is the cause of this degeneracy?
A hundred different intermediate
agencies may contribute to the undoing
of the race, but back of them all stands
alcohol as the chief degenerative factor.
Statistics compiled by the leading
insurance companies, and presented by
Sir T. P. Whitaker, In a report to the
British parliament, show that out of
every 1,000 deaths among the population
rt large. 440 are due to alcohol.
THb would menn a mortality from alcohol
in the United States of 680,000 a
year.
"Tn our studies anions school children
In New York City we And that 62 percentum
are the children of drinking
parents, and that 91 percentum of these
children of dTinking parents sufTer from
some functional or organic disease. In
one institution for the treatment of
physical defectives a recent study shows
that every patient is the child of drinking
parents.
"Three out of five school children are
afflicted with some functional or organic
disease. If this percentage holds
good over the entire country, there
are 13.000,000 children of a school age
that are afflicted with functional and
organic diseases, and less than two and
a half millions of these ere free from
hereditary alcohol taint. A nation half
diseased and half well ennnnt live hnf
here we show three-flfths of the rising
generation mentally and physically diseased."
THE BAR.
Written by a convict In Joliet Prison.
The saloon is sometimes called A
Bar?that's true:
A Ear to heaven, a door to hell,
Whoever named It, named it well;
A Bar to manliness and wealth,
A door to want and broken health;
A Far to honor, pride and fame,
A door to grief and sin and shame:
A Bar to hope, a Bar to prayer,
A door to darkness and despair;
A Bar to honored, useful life,
A door to brawling, senseless strife.
A Bar to all that true and brave,
A door to every drunkard's grave;
\ Par to 4nv* that ho trip ImnarfR.
A. door to tpars and aching hearts;
A "Bar to heaven, a door to hell,
Whoever named it, named it well.
Do not forget it: Every delinqrent !n
the Christian life makes it harder for
every other. No professor who is going
downward goes alone.
I can imagine nothing more deplorable
in Christian life than the child w^n
does not care to get in close communion
with his Fathsr.