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September 11, 1912 ]
fully cool even In mid-summer. We
found it especially so this year. If It
grows warm toward the middle of the
the afternoon rain, which is a part
0f the season "weather" during the
summer, sprinkles the streets and
makes everything fresh and cool again,
jo those of us who live in the warm
climate it was a rerreBning experience.
Too much cannot be said about the cliute
of .Mexico City. They 'have neither
rinter uor summer?one eternal spring,
fte fe't a pardonable sympathy for all
if those who have been trying and are
iovr trying to get into this city of invigorating
atmosphere.
The Synod is composed of four Prealyteries.
Three of these are occupied
fj the Northern Mission and one in the
erritory occupied by our Mission. It
,as been the policy since the organizaion
of the Synod in 1901 for the misjonaries
to belong to the Presbyteries
c Mexico. With Mexican ministers and
aissionaries there are about fifty minsters
in the Synod. On account of the
olitical conditions and some washouts
d the railroad, not anore than one-third
I that number was present this year,
till the meeting was of importance and
lany matters of interest were discussd.
Among these were, The need for
more evangelical spirit among the
astors; need for a larger realization
0 the part of our pastors of their high i
ailing; a crisis in our work on account <
1 lack of pastors; an adjustment of
he relations between the mission anu
he church courts in Mexico, need for a
reater interest by our ministers and
fficers in our publications. Many of
he reports presented to the Synod were
nil of interest. The most interesting of
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all perhaps were those from the seven
uoarding schools under Presbyterian
control in Mexico. Tnese scnoois are:
me Gins' School at Matamoroe, tut
boys' bcnool at Montemorelos. tine G.riB
.Normal at Aguascalients, die Clins'
.Normal at Aguascalients, tne Girls
.Normal at Sau Angel (suburb of Mexico
cuy), the Boys' School at Coyoacan.
and the Theological Seminary at Coyoacan.
The reports show that all of these
scnoole are doing; splendid work, the
value of which only eternity can reveal.
Report was made to the Synod
tnat three churches had gotten together
on a plan for the publication of outSunday
school literature. These
cnurcnes are the Methodist, Norta
and South, and the Presbyterians. The
Presbyterians publish the Monthly Magazine,
corresponding to the kaxnesi
Yvorker. The iNorthern Methodists publish
the quarterly and the Southern
.Methodists publish the Graded Lessons.
ikucu oi me tiiree ehurcnes using tat
publication of tbe other. The matter of
the Graded Lessons is giving us the
same grave concern that is felt in our
church at home. The system that is being
published is the same as that gotten
out by the so-called syndicate of the
"Big Four" at home. It will probably
be Bettled in our own Presbytery tne
same way that it 1b being settled by
our church at home, by not being used.
The Synod of Mexico is unique in
that it is the only ohurch in Mexico that
has its own Home Mission Agency. The
beginning of this work was very interesting.
At the close of the last century
during a centennial meeting of the
Evangelicals of the City of Mexico,
Borne one stated that there was only
one state in the Republic where there
was no evanglical work. Dr. Morales,
the "Moodv of Mailcn " ealrf- "Fkv tho
grace of God that statement shall never
be made again from a platform In
Mexico. He began at once to work for
the establishment of evangelizing
agencies in that state. The matter was
taken up In the Synod and the Home
Mission Board of the Synod was organized.
This board has been working
with good success for some years until
the last two or three. The greatest
hindrances to the work last year being
the internal wars. The state that the
board has as Its field has suffered greatly
and it has been almost impossible to
make advances. The board is out of
debt, has a fund of a few hundred dollars
on hands" and hopes with the return
of peace to go on with the work.
The Synod had the honor of hearing
an address by the General Secretary of
Sunday schools of Merlco. The General
Secretary of Young Peoples' Societies
was also present and gave an address.
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Both of these addresses were encouraging
and helpful.
The sad conrfiHnn nf iiio wmn^v
account of the continued uprisings in
different parts was talked of a great
deal. While work has In many parts
been hindered during the past eighteen
months, and while reports came to the
Synod of the death of some of out members
at the hand of the rebels, and
while there could but be anxiety expressed
as to the future of the republic
and of evangelical work, there was a
feeling of confidence erpressed on all
sides in the government of Madero and
a belief that the government will be
victorious and that during the next year
we may expect a larger work and more
quietness in which to do it. Will you
not pray that under the blessing of God
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HUMBUGS.
( Continued from Page 17.)
As a famous showman was once reported
to have said, "People love to be
humbugged." The crop of credulous
dupes never runs short. "A sucker is
born every minute," we are told.
And tbe dealers in humbugs, religious
and otherwise, can always figure on
a steady market for their wares.
But the Divine Word gives the main
reason?hostility to the truth on the
part of the unregenerate heart.
".And because they receive not the
love of the truth, that they might be
saved . . . God shall send them strong
delusions that they should believe a lie."
2 Thes. 2: 10, 11.
And there is no lie framed by the
"father of lies," the devil, so puerile
and ailly, ao glaring and preposterous,
but that you can find a certain clasB
of silly balanced and credulous people
who will clamor for it, and pay out
guoa money, too, ior 1U
Strange! Possibly Carlyle was not
far amiss of bis mark after all, when
he said with fine cynical scorn, that
most people were "mostly fools."
"Little children, let no man deceive
you."
Montgomery, W. Va.
THE OPTIMISM OF THE BIBLE.
The finest and purest expression of
optimism is that which may be called
Christian optimism. The warrant (for
it Is found in every part of the Bible.
The word of God, its general purpose,
and its scheme, are all constructed
upon the fundamental principle of giving
mankind that which is 'best. God's
word offers a substantial basis for the
most confident hope. It declares the
removal of the greatest obstacles to
happiness. It presents a never-falling
source of new and vigorous life. In
the foundation, the material, the agent,
the development, the support, and iJhe
crownng of life, its provision is both
complete and adaptable.
One of the strongest assertions of
this optimism is found in Paul's prayer
for the Romans: "Now the God of hope
fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that ye may abound In hope,
through the power of the Holy Ghost."
Here is a series of words which rise
one from the other, and In a splendidly
ascending scale, each one packed with
t.hft Vflru ihoaf *V?o* ?J M
? ? -?j WVHV uiai> 1UCU1 WU1U 1WA. iur,
and each rich by itself. "Hope," "fill,"
"joy," "peace," "believing," "abound,"
"power," "the Holy Ghost." As one
writer has put it, there are set forth
here the creative ministry, and the created
result, while strewed all along
between the two are the successive developments
in a glorious spiritual progression.
The source is God, the God
of hope. The instrumental means is
faith, "in believing." The agent Is "the
Holy Ghost." The measure is complete
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ness, "fill," "abound." The character
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nature, "through the power."
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"In believing" one has the right trust
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to rest In the confidence that Christ
will keep that which has been committed
to him, and that as one's day may
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there is glory to crown it all. Such
confidence will make him lift up his
glad songs even in the night of adversdty,
when all the world seems to be
against him and his feet fast in the
stocks.?Selected.
Am I to thank God for everything?
Am I to thank him for bereavement,
for pain, for poverty, foT toil? . . .
Be still, tmiy soul; thou hast misread
the message. It is not to give thanks
for everything, but to *ive thanks in
everything.?George Matheeon, D. D.
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