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July 31, 1912]
national singing good?giving an inspirational
effect to the institute.
The institute opened Wednesday
night with the welcome addresB by
Hon. T. w. Harrington, which was
responded to. by Rev. A. R. McQueen.
The devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. C. D. Bragaw, D. M. McDonald,
the vice-moderator, presided over
the sessions of the institute.
Rev. J. K. Roberts gave an address
0:1 "The Object of the Sabbath School,"
tracing its functions through the Hebrew
and Christian churches down to
its organization as a definite work of
the church. He then defined the objects,
tho church membership meeting
together to Btudy God's word for the
purpose of bringing the unsaved to
thrist, training its members in the
word of God for service, thereupon
giving them something to do in Ills
service.
The devotional exercises Thursday
morning, were conducted by Mr. C. O.
i'ardo, Sanford, N. C.; "The Relation of
the Child to the Church," was discussed
effectively by Rev. J. K. Hall. He emphasized
the child's place in the church
as taught in the Scriptures. No less interesting
was the address of Rev. D. M.
McDonald, on "The Relation of the
Adult to the Church." He dwelt at
length on its gracious privileges. The
relation of the officers of the church to
the Sabbath school," was discussed by
Rev. J. K. Roberts.
The devotional exercises of the afternoon
were conducted by Mr. R. M.
Phillips, of Buffalo church. The first
topic of the session. "Duties of Officers
and Teachers," was lead by Rev. A. R.
McQueen. After defining these duties
he made a heart to heart talk with them
which was very impressive. "Lesson
Helps" was discussed by Rev. J. K.
Roberts. He first gave the place of
the Shorter Catechism in the Sabbath
"W.IW1,?oireBBiuB no eueci in. forming
the mental, moral and religious character
of the Scotch people. "Teaching
with Authority" was lead by Rev. J.
K. Hall, who emphasized the fact that
all teaching is valueless whlcli does not
use God's word as "Thus saith the
Lord." Open conference was held on
all the topics, and lively discussions
brought out many points" of interest.
The afternoon service was closed with
a song by Messrs. Roberts, Pardo,
Charles and Allie McDonald.
Devotional exercises Thursday night,
were conducted by C. W. Shaw, Esq.,
Southern Pines, N. C. Rev. A. R. McQueen
preached an Impressive sermon
?n "Presbyterian Polity." Mr. C. O.
Pardo sang a beautiful solo.
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"D.uLiouai .exerciser u"riaay morning
were conducted by Mr. McQ. Bailey,
of Union church. Rev. A. W. Shaw'B
sermon on Foreign Missions made a
deep impression. He gave a graphic
survey of the countries wherein live
the 25.000,000 of people given our
church to evangelize. He then earnestly
pled with his hearers to do their
P^rt of the work "Local Home Missions"
were discussed by Rev. T>. M. McDonald,
who presented the needs and
opportunities of Harnett County.
Some Missionary Results" were flmn
b>- Mr. C. O. Pardo, who spoke touchIngly
of the change In the llvee of men
and women he had seen in the rescue
work in the slums of Philadelphia.
The last tODlC. "The Sahhnth Sehnnln'
Opportunity," was discussed 'by Rev.
K. Roberts. "He emphasized the
commission which Christ laid upon the
church to preach the Gospel to every
creature, and that the Sabbath school
should be used to educate and train men
an<l women for missionary work at
heme and abroad. Following this a
?"Rl male Quartette sang a beautiful
??ng, "On the Border IJne."
X H JS PEESBYTEE1,
The old officers were re-elected.
H&rnet County goes back to the Bastem
District which will hold an instit
nto OAAn o* XT f
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After singing "Blest be the Tie," the
Institute adjourned to meet at Jackson
Springs, N. C., in June, 1913.
TO THE ALMUM OF DAVIDSON
COLLEGE.
My Brethren: Among the greater assets
of any institution is the body of
Alumni. They are the fruits of its work
ttuu uy mein is tne college Judged.
Davidson College is exceedingly proud,
as she has every right to be, of the
men she has tralne| for fie great service
of life. Let it be understood that
her destiny Is closely knit to yours.
Your success glorifies her. Your failure
causeB her loss and pain. Every
man that has been here for one year
under her Instruction, the old college
countB as a son and an alumnus. As
such you are cordially welcomed to all
the rights and privileges, all the enjoyments
and Bervlce of the Alumni Association.
The Alumni are scattered over our
whole country, and can be of immense
service to the college in their own communities.
By her training she may have
assisted you In acquiring wealth. <If so,
do not forget her. She has been long
hampered by her meagre resources, and
a doubling or her endowment would
double her efficiency to the Church and
the young men of our country. But
whether you are rich or poor you can
push the interest of your Alma Mater
with others. Money can be had for
such work as she is doing and many
cf her sons can secure it for her. You
could not Berve the college or your
younger brothers better.
Every one of you can be watchful for
younger men preparing for college, telling
them of Davidson, and telling us of
them
You know as well as I the character
of students we want?well-prepared,
clean, manly, true?the kind it is worth
while fitting for the best service In
life. You know from experience, that
whatever the life work is to be, professional.
mechanical, mercantile, etc., the
best foundation is Buch a thorough
training as Davidson gives and that the
time and money spent here is well worth
while.
If the "old boys" will do these things
for the college individually and in
Alumni Associations, the college will
prosper in men and means as never before.
"You can do it if you will." I
am strong to believe that "You can do
It and you will."
Send to us for a catalogue and literature
to post yourself afresh and then
get to work. No Alumnus Is too old and
no one too young to help and many are
doing It.
I promise you that we will to the
utmost of our strength, as President
and Faculty, do all we possibly can to
maintain and advance the already high
vrade of work done, and the fine Influence
that has always surrounded the
students here. If you will supply the
sinewB or war," and the material of
youns lives to be trained for the Master,
we, will prive onr lives to a faithful
stewardship.
I call on you for this help and for
suftpfestlone for the ftood of the work.
Fraternally yours,
"TIT 1?- ? -
ttiii. j. .Yiarun, 'rrenoeot.
MONTREAT NOTES.
An address that Is regarded as one
of the most forceful and one of the most
tt*rely of the addresses heard at the
Summer Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian
phureh, was delivered Monday
evening by*Rev. W. McC. White, D.D.,
tcr of the First Presbyterla,n Church,
of Raleigh. The eubject of Mr. White's
A N OF THE SOUTH
address was "The Country Church: Its
Vital Relation to the Whole Church,"
ana it constituted a prominent factor
in the program of the conference in the
interest of the Country Church?its
problems and work?which 1b claiming
the attention of the Assembly this
week.
Dr. White is pastor of a city church,
but he has made a careful study of the
problem and work of the country church,
and of the duty of the city church to
the country church, as well. He be
&au aaio auui cbd wua strong argumeiit
in favor of the statement "as goes the
country church, so goes the church as
a whole." In support of this argument
he showed that the denomination that
cares for the country church Is the denomination
that Is going to accomplish
the great things of the future; and that
denomination that neglects the country
church will soon reach the time when
it will have no strong city church to
claim as its stronghold.
"What has made Charlotte the stronghold
for PresbyterlaniBm that it is?"
he asked. Answering the question he
said that it was due to the fact that so
many strong Presbyterian Churches arc
to be found in the country of MecklenKnrcr
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WUI Q VWUULJ . i iuo IttC^ iiC DaiU| llidUC
it possible for Charlotte to possess eight
or more healthy, growing Presbyterian
Churches with a membership of five or
six thousand.
He spoke next of the two strong Presbyterian
churches In Wilmington?the
First Church and St. Andrew's Church,
both of which are so well known on account
of the large amounts which their
congregations contribute annually to
missions and for the general missionary
activity of the membership Dr. White
buuwca inai xnese conaixions are aue
to previous work done In the cultivation
of country churches In the county of
New Hanover.
Dr. White then called attention to
Presbyterianism in Raleigh an 1 Wake
county, and In the thirty contiguous
counties which constitute Albemarle
Presbytery. He showed that in this
territory the Methodist and Baptist
churches are much more numerous and
much stronger than is true of the Presbyterian
church and he said this condition
existed because of the large number
of strong country churches which
the Methodists have established and
maintained in this territory and which
the Presbyterians have failed to do. He
showed that in the thirty counties included
in Albemarle Presbytery there
are 130 Methodist churches, with a total
membership of 12.100, while the Presbyterians
have only 34 churches, with a
total membership of 1,078, and of this
number the Presbyterians have only 400
members in the country. He showed
also In this connection that In this same
territory the Methodists have 8,000 Sunday
school scholars, while the Presbyterians
have only 367 1b thevxCOuntry
Sunday schools.
Speaking of Wake county especially.
Dr. White showed that in that county
there are 27 Baptist and 10 Methodist
churches and only one Presbyterian
church, that being in Raleigh. He emphasized
the point again that the
city churches of no denomination can
grow without the support of countrv
churches and that city churches finally
die of "dry rot" unless country churches
are cultivated.
Dr. White paid high tribute to the
Methodist and Baptist denominations
for the -work they are doing In the
country. He said: "They have endured
hardness and now they have
entered Into their reward, and we have
no right to say anything. All honor to
them, for they deserve It."
Several other speakers Rre belnv
heard with special interest during the
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conference in the interest of the country
church, among them being President D.
H. Hill, of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College. Raleigh; Rev. fc. Fred Eastman
and Miss Anna B. Taft, of the Department
of Church and Country Life
of the Presbyterian Board of Home Mis
sions, New York City, and Rev. Andrew
Allan, who haa recently come to this
country from Scotland. Mr. Ailan conducts
a Bible study each day during this
conference, and he is being heard with
pleasure and profit.
The increase of visitors to Montreat
has been so great this week that the
other hotel has been opened and every
train to Black Mountain is bringing additional
guests. The Indications are
that wtbin ten days hotels, boarding
houses, and private homes will be so
flllod wl f V* cnionfD a *
? .... mai euieruiiuuieiix
will be at a premium. Mamie Bays.
JAPAN.
Extracts from a personal letter,
written by Miss Annie Dowd. principal
of the Rescue Training School for Girls
in Kochl, Japan, to a friend, a member
of the Memphis Presbyterial Union.
"Again you have been led by his
Spirit to be a messenger to me. He has
cent us so many girls, that it is a
question how to support them. At
present we hare many more girls than
we have sales for their work. We have
45 now, and several others wanting to
come as soon as we have sleeping room.
We really have more now than we can
sleep comfortably, or even what is good
for their health, hut when we ire sure
that Ood sends a soul asking for salvation,
how can we say no, and let them
go back to certain ruin? We have not
sought the girls. God has led them
and so we are absolutely certain that he
would provide for them. He did it
when he led the Children's Society of
your church to send me their money and
(he ladies of the Memphis Preshyterial
Union to send me thirty-one dollars.
Please thank them and tell them that
when they were denying themselves to
send it the same Spirit was also leading
these little girls to us. that this selfdenial
on. their part means the salvation
of souls. He also led Mary Whitfeld.
of Aberdeen. Miss., now Mrs. P.
H. Eager, of Clinton, Miss., to pray and
work earnestly for a new building for
the girls. She. a Baptist, is raising
the money. She has written a book,
"That Pongee Dress," the on? your cook
did up for me.
The book is sold at fifty cents and all
the proceeds are to be used for our
home. If you would like to see or sell
any copies write to Mrs. P. H. Eager.
P. O. box 73, Clinton, M1ss. I have not
seen the look. She asked me about the
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the Jubilee. I answered her questions,
never dreaming of a publication. I want
to tell you the new building is going
up. and he will send the money before
it is finished. Please pray especially for
us. AH our teachers are Christians. I
would not have any others, but we need
more spirituality among them. Some
are not as consecrated as I am praying
for. Lovingly, your friend,
Annie Dowd.
What we are is worth more as a
business asset than what we have.
The heroism of his bare-footed soldiers
made possible the revelation of the
greatness of Washington.
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*v ?iv uj luc jiici v/i me ex Liu oce it run
to waste,
To eat of the tree of heaven while th?
To taste the full salvation?the only
one to taste?
To live While the rest aTe lost?oh,
"better by far be dead,
nations go unfed,