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?Brown.Canterbury: At the home of
the br le, on Morris Creek, W. Va.,
August 31, 1912, by the Rev. M. B.
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Elmer Brown and Miss Joanna Canterbury.
Laird-Moore: At the home of the
bride's mother in Lexington, Va., August
22, by Dr. A. T. Graham, assisted
by Dr. W. R. Laird, Mr. David Laird, of
Savannah, Ga., to Miss Mary Preston
Moore, daughter of the late Captain
John Preston Moore.
llopkins-Firebaugh: In the Bethesda
church, Rockbridge Baths, Va., by
Rev. Dmmett W. McOorkle, Miss Anna
Price Firebaugh, the daughter of Mr.
R. D. Firebaugh, of Rockbridge Baths,
Va., to Mr. Abner Kilpatrick Hopkins,
from Harrisonburg, Va.
Sadler-Canterbury: At the home of
the bride, Morris Creek, W. Va., August
24, 1912, by the Rev. ML B. Lambdin,
of Montgomery, "W. Va., Mr. George
Sadler and Miss Ida Canterbury.
smun-jnassey: ax tne nome 01 tne
bride, on Morris Creek, W. Va., near
Montgomery, W. Va., August 6, 1912,
by the Rev. M. B. LAmbdin, Mr. Charlea
E. Smith and Miss Emma A. Massey.
Tully-Larew: At the home of the
bride's parents at Han's Creek, W. Va.,
August 6, 1912, >by Rev. T. J. MoConnell,
Mr. lAwrence T. Tully, of Mt.
Hope, W. Va., and Miss Anna Larew,
of Han's Creek, W. Va.
Washington. Jack son: In 'Mexico,
Mo., August 14, 1912, at the residence
of the bride's mother, Mrs. Mary Jack
Bon, by Hev. Walter M. Langtry, Mr.
John L. Washington and Miss Mary H.
Jackson.
Beatfjti
Rinker: July 20, 1912, In a sanatarium
near Washington, D. G'., of brain
fever, Prof. C. P. C. Pinker, of Martinsburg,
W. Va., in the 47th year of his
age. He was a successful teacher at
the head of a business school and will
be greatly missed. He united with the
Presbyterian church at Bunker Hill, W.
' Va., when a youth of sixteen years.
Smith: August 18, 1912, at her home
in Middleway, W. Va., Mrs. Lydia Ann
Smith, widow of the late Lafayette
Smith, at an advanced age. She leaves
a large family of children and grandchildren
to mourn the loss of a good
mother. She -was a life-long member of
the Presbyterian, church.
THINKING AS AN ABT.
AH rational beings think. Consecutive
and concentrated thinking Is an art as
well as experience. It Is not the
amount of reading that strengthens
thought, as much as mental digestion of
that which is read. Information is not
necessarily educative. There is a vast
difference between readers and thinkers.
The capacity for thinking admits of development
and can be replenished and
greatly strengthened by practice, by discipline,
by unrelenting effort. Assimilating
what one reads greatly aids in de
v el oping thought capacity, especially
when one absorbs what he reads and
runs it through his own thought mold.
? Evangelical Messenger.
It is never too late to oome back?to
return to God. But there is such a thing
as going so far that the Holy Spirit will
cease to strive. And there is such a
thing as striking a bargain with Satan
or the world that cuts off the Holy
Spirit. It is when the Spirit ceases to
warn, reprove, rebuke or call that
danger Is Imminent?the fatal line has
been crossed.
7 B 1K1B17TI1U
NOTES ON MEXICO.
Rev. A. Ross.
In spite -of all changes Mexico
City has grown into a modern city of
nearly one-half a million people, with
handsome public buildings, splendid
boulevards, spacious public parks,
statutes on every thoroughfare; educaHrmn
1 nf avaw Kasa
is Chepultepec, the home of the president,
which compares most favorably
with the home of the head of any nation
in the world; here is a Y. M. C. A.
building costing some two hundred
thousand dollars, and every thing else
that goes to make up a modern city.
Among these half million people are to
be found those of every class: government
officials, merchant princes, heads
of manufacturing establishments, owners
and directors of Tail roads and
mines, living in palatial residences of
splendid avenues or in suburban homes;
the well-to-do as clerks, mechanics,
small merchants, etc., in less pretentiousT
but comfortable homes, the great
number of the poorer classes of all
grades, the laboring people, the ihdolent,
the unfortunate, living in humble
and often in miserable homes; the In.
dians from the nearby mountains that
are to be seen constantly on the streets
selling their wares, or begging a penny.
Here are mingled gaiety and sorrow,
poverty and riches, luxury and misery.
Beyond a doubt Mexico City is a city
modern, magnificent, terrible!
After visiting the City of Mexico one
understands why throughout the republic
it is called "Mexico." One has
hardly seen Mexico until he has seen
her capital. Here is the center of
everything in Mexico. All of the important
railroads lead into the city; the
great mining and smeltering companies
have main offices here; Waters-Pierce
Oil Company has captured the city; the
Oliver Typewriter Company occupies its
own large building; a multitude of for
eign enterprises of all kinds have headquarters
here, and for things purely
Mexican, we have here the National
Museum, the National Theatre, the
National School of Agriculture; the National
Conservatory of Music, the National
School of L<aw) the National
School of Medicine, the National School
of Engineering, the National School of
Mines, the National Preparatory School,
the National Palace, the Palace of Archbishoips,
the Holy Metropolitan Church
of Mexico, Guadelupe( the holiest shrine
in all Mexico. Mexico City is Mexico.
Being a center of such easy access
an,d of suoh importance many of the
Protestant denominations working in
Mexico have made the city their center
of operations. The Methodists, both
North and South, have schools, colleges,
printing presses and churches here; the
Baptists have a splendid work here, and
our brethren of the Northern Presbyterian
Church, following the example of
the government of mining companies,
of railroads and of other churches, has
made this the largest center for their
work.? Here Is the printing press from
which there constantly goes a stream of
Christian literature to all parts of the
republic, an important part being the
? /m-i? rr A(1W01
PjI ran) line uikuiuuukj, uur u?n,ini
organ of the Synod of Mexico. In San
Angel, a near suburt. la one of their
three Girls' Normal Schools, whoso
buildings and grounds are among the
moat beautiful of that of any Protestant
institution in Mexico. In Ooyooan. another
suburb, is situated .the college
and seminary for male students.
It Is in this latter institution that we
as Southern Preefbyterians are especially
interested. It is here that our young
ministers are educated. Coyoacan is on
i er hi in ia
the inter urban car Line, thirty minutes
from the city, and is "older t/han the
city Itself since it was here that Cortcz
established the neat of his govern in nt
and -from here laid out the plans and
directed the founding of the city." Only
two diocks rrom the seminary Is pointed
out the house in which Cortez lived his
coat of armB belig over the door way.
It is in this ancient and rapdly growing
town that the Presbyterian Theological
Seminary is situated. Through
the kindness of God and in answer to
prayer the main building was the gift
of the late large-hearted princely man
of God, Mr. John H. Converse, of 'Philadelphia.
A short time after the Presbyterians
had bought the grounds at
Coyoacan and had begun the work of
training ministerial students in the few
small buildings that were at that time
on the campus, they began praying for
funds for a larger equipment. They
made a list of well known Presbyterians
whose hearts God might open to contribute
the funds needed. Heading the
list was the name of Mr. Converse. The
prayers continued, when one day they
read in the Mexican Herald that Mr.
Converse was in the city. They called
on him, took him to the seminary
grounds, told him of their needs and
plans for the enlargement of the work,
and then and there God touched his
heart and he promised them the needed
building. This building, with the Memorial
Chapel, the "home of the President
and the buildings that were on
the grounds at the time of the purchase
make a very handsome group. The
three new buldings being of grey stone,
quarried from the lava beds. The trimmings
are of red brick. Converse Hall,
for this the main building is called, has
not Deen completed yet. i ney oniy neea
the auditorium to make the building a
thins of beauty. We have a very fellow
feeling as they -tell us of their
needs for larger builddngs when we rememfber
our own pathetic needs for
buildings for the Gray bill Memorial at
Montemorelos. The College and Seminary
are under separate management.
Dr. William Wallace being president of
the Seminary and Prof. Robert A.
Brown being president of the College.
They are assisted by a competent corps
of professors?American and Mexican.
There are seventy students in all departments,
two of them being students
for the ministry from our Presbyterv
and three others being students for the
ministry from the Texas-Mexican Presbytery.
The Protestant churches in Mexico
are facing the same problems that confronts
those in the states as to an in
adequate supply of ministers. While
It Is perhaps true "that considering the
present stage of "Protestant work in
Mexico and the number of Christian
families, our boys and young men are
more easily turned to the ministry than
they are in our churches at home; stiill
the opportunities that are offered to
young men In secular pursuits on account
of the material progress in Mexico,
makes a call that is hard to resist.
We all. both at home and abroad,
need to make our prayer unceasingly
to the Lord of the harvest that be would
mtire 1o0>r*rorfl tTio hflrvAfl^
Out ohuTch Is greatly indebted to the
Northern Church for the help that we
are receiving, both in the printing press
and in the Seminary. I^ast year in a
graduating class of four ministerial
students our Presbytery received three
of tbem." The matter of in some wsv
more effectively reoavlng the Northern
Mission for the services thus rendered
**? been seriously and is being seriously
discussed by us.
The geographical position and ac
[ SeptemDer 11, 1912
cessibility of Mexico City makes it a I
popular city for conventions and gath- H
erlngs of all kinds. The first week in I
July was the regular time for the hi- I
ennial meeting of Synod. The political H
condition of the country made us won- I
der whether or not we could have the I
meeting, hut at last it was decided to fl
have it. Although the meeting two I
years ago was held in Mexico City, yet H
because of its accessibility and con- H
venience and because of the disturbed I
political conditions limits the available I
places, and perhaps, because it ira? I
thought wise to get as near as possible 1
to the seat of government so as bo en- 1
joy its protection, it was decided to I
meet In the city again this year. The I
date was July 3-8. The over seven I
thousand feet altitude makes it delight- I
YOU ABE IYYITED.
The advertising manager of the Pre?- I
bvterian of the South cordiallv invites I
you to investigate the attractive ofTer I
of the Presbyterian of the South Piano I
Club. The club has proven, to the en- I
tire satisfaction and delight of its mem- I
hers, every claim that was made for it. I
It was founded on the pmclple that I
"what Ib impossible for one is easy for I
one hundred." The tremendous pur- I
chasing power of an army of one hun- I
dred niano buyers solves perfectly the I
otherwise difficult problem of securlne
a piano of highest artistic standard at
a price and on terms which put it within
reach of practically every subscriber.
The new club booklet and catalogue,
beautifully illustrated and fully describing
the club nlans and pianos are
now ready for distribution. We have
a copy for you. Won't you write for
it today Address Tvudden & Bates,
Presbyterian of the South Piano Club
Dept., Atlanta, Ga.
GUTTSTON HALL
190S Florid* Ave.. N. W.
Washington. D. O.
A SCHOOL FOIi fllRM.
Mr?. Beverley R. Mason, Principal:
T'o. v. M ru?rlt. T.. T. A.. Aaao. Prln
STEPHENSON SEMINARY
FOR GIRLS,
Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. .Va.,
ICnters her 30th session September 17,
1912. With the assets?electric lighted,
steam heated brick buildings; gymnasium
and athletic courts; suburban
location, high and healthful?combining
advantages of town and country; a faculty
of cultured Christian women; mostly
college graduates, this Institution Is
well equipped for her work, and ever
maintains her record for thoroughness.
The number of boarding pupils, limited
to Si, makes possible that friendly intercourse
between teacher and pupil which
characterizes Stephenson Seminary as a
Christian Home School.
For references or further Information,
applv to
MRS. C. N. CAM I'llK 1,1,, Principal, or to
REV. H. M. MOFFET, Charles Tovrn.^
Richmond
ft- College
i A Standard American College \
j The College grows steadily In resources and stu- I
dent*. In recent years the eAdo*me it l\as more than
g doubled, and attendance has increased 100-per cent,
All present buildings thoroughly renovated this sum- *
? mer. Strain heat and electric lights. New buildings I
1 to^cost f600.000. in curse ol erection. .5
B- ' -K? ? prvparia IIIMMU coraiaiiy WM- I
corned. At Richmond Collage the Individual 5
n ' lo?* I" tho crowd.
Session opens Sept. 19. For catalogue and Infor
w mall on, address
5 President F. W. BOATWRICHT, Richmond, Va.
a?RWH1IBIHR|?IBIBIBI?IRll
Mary Baldwin
Seminary
For Young Ladies : Staunton, Va.
Term begins Sept. 12th, 1212.
cated In the Shennandeah Valley ?*
Virginia, unsurpassed climates, pea"'
tlful grounds and modern appointmentsStudents
past session from 81 9tat?*Terme
moderate. Pupils miter any
time. Send for catalogue.
MISS E. C. WEIMAR, Principal
Vanderbilt University
1124 STUDENTS 125 TEACHERS i
CAMPUS OF 70 ACRES, ALSO
N?w cuapet far departments ( Medicine and Dc.ti.trr
Fgnoaeee low. Literary coureee (or graduatea and
andertraduatea. Proleuionad coareea in Engipeeiins,
Lnw, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy,Theology.
Send lor catalorua, naming department.
J. E. HART. Secretary, Nashville, Tonn.
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