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sees that they tithed the mint, anise and
cummuin, but left undone the weightier
matters of the law, adding, "These ought
ve to have dono, but not left the other
tihdone. Because the express command
was not given, many think that they
are under no obligation to give except
as they choose; and then that What little
they choose to give is a fa-Tor and
not a debt. Wby not rather infer that
r.o express command on the subject was
given because we ought to want to do
more, with the love of Ohriat oftn>tr?in
ing us, than was required under the old
law? The ten commandments were not
abrogated, although Christ said, "A new
commandment give t unto you! that ye
love one another.'* Real love to God or
man expresses Itself In willing giving
to the object of that love. Christ's law
Is an expanding, not a contracting of
the old law. But so much of what we
do give Is selfish giving after all. One
denomination vies with another in building
handsome church edifices. In having
fine choirs, etc., and spends on self
enough to erect a dozen or more mission
fthtirches and colleges, They excuse
CttlttRTttAS tt COttrVG.
ttete i? a Christmas suggestion for
the family that does not already possess
a high grade piano. If your old piano
is cut of date or If your home has
never known tlhe delights of owning a
sweet toned Instrument, why not do
away with the giving of useless, perishable
trinkets. Just this once and let
every member of the family unite In
presenting one big Christmas present
to the entire family?a high grade piano
that will last a life time and be a joy
and a blessing to young and old alike.
No home Is right without music and
the piano Is the king of all musical
Instruments.
"Don't wait until Christmas is upon
you. Write today for your copy of the
beautiful new catalog of the Presbyterian
of the South Piano Club that makes
p'ano buying so easy. Address Dudden
ft PateB. Presbyterian of the South
Pla.no Club Department, Atlanta, Ga.
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1 H E PRE8BHBJII
themselves by referring to the elegance
of Solomon's temple, the one place of
worship for the whole nation. How
about the synagogues? Recently a $300,000
church was dedicated In one city and
money given for Its maintenance. The
Foreign Mission Board was over $100,000
In debt; the Home Mission 'Board
neatly as much so. But we do the same
thittg oh a smaller scale. The proportion
of what we spend on self in our
churches is far too large, as a rule.
when we compare It with what we give
to Home and Foreign Missions.
Recently a member of the Chines?
(Inland Mission referring to a criticism
of the amount necessary for the conversion
of a heathen asked that we take i
an accurate account of everything spent
on one of our own churches and divide
it by the number of accessions to that
church on profession of faith, during
the year, and see how the figures compared.
There is an article In a recent
issue of one of our church papers commenting
with great concern upon the
number of churches in which there are
very few and even absolutely no conversions.
What is the mattet? There is
material, ample material around ub.
4re these churches mission churches
If not, there is no reason for their existence.
Are the members upholding
and helping their pastors? Are they
over-organized? Sometimes we find
members of a church so busy with the
machinery of the church that they have
no time to care for souls. Are we in
that danger? Do our Aid Societies, our
Missionary Societies (run too often for
money-making only), and even our Sunday
schools, in which we sometimes (
merely cover ground with the children
of Christian parents (who are too often
giving up the blessed privilege and duty
of home training, and throwing the responsibility
of their children's instruction
In sacred things entirely upon the
Sunday school), do these things, with
attendance upon the church services
that we may ourselves be uplifted, or
may feel a certain complacency about
doing our duty, really take the place
of soul-seeking? All these things are <
right, if rightly done, and all honor to
the faithful Sabbath school teacher; i
but if the Master should suddenly come
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in or the sou i ft
into our churches would he say to all
of ub who are thus engaged: "Well
done, good and faithful servant?" Would
he not rather lead ub just a little way
to some home where vice has always
reigned supreme, where the children are
totally ignorant, incapable of understanding
the regular lessons of our
Sunday schools until some of the very
first truths have been taught them, and
they have some little Idea of what pray
er means?I say, would not Christ point
us to these and sadly say, "Thou art
weighed in the balance and art found
wanting?" i
And now, as this address is to the
women of our Union, and as we are
discussing the subject of practical Christianity,
a very personal practical talk
will Burely not he out of place; a talk
on one remedy for the above condi- i
tlons. Can we not make our societies
more spiritual in their character? A
church aid society should mean cot a i
number of women banded together to
make money for the church; but women
remembering that where two or three
are gathered together in his name, they
have the right to expect him to be with
them, and to make them aid in every
branch of the church work. To do this
Intelligently they should know the
needs of the church; not Just their
own church building; but of the kingdom,
and of that branch of it particularly
to which they belong. How many
of us fail to take the Missionary Survey, i
that excellent little magazine that would l
Weep us well informed on this subject,
if we would care enough for the Lord's <
work to read it? And the prayer calen- <
iars; ought not the Lord's army at home i
to keep In touch by prayer with those i
on the firing line? to know at least
who are doing our work in other parts <
of the kingdom Do we know of the in- l
flux of heathendom into our own country.
Is it nothing to us that since the I
congress of the World's Religions in
Chicago ten years aeo Hindninm hoo
enrolled 50,000 American converts to ?
the faith of Swamls? that temples, mos- (
ques and all sorts of buildings, are 1
erected In our large cities and through l
the country for heathen worship, and ;
ere attended not only by immigrants '
from heathendom, but by .many converts
made among our native population
?
Is it nothing to us that where u^e
Lord opens wide the doors of oppor
:unity for us in bringing thesa people 1
to our country we neglect them and
illow them to corrupt our own?
What Can We Do? j
We can pray. We are not doing It. <
iVe can give. We are not doing It. We '
?an work. We are not doing It. 1 !
nean we are not doing those things j
iccording to our responsibility and i
jpportunity; not beginning to come up <
o our duty. We have our missionary f
someiies. Are we missionaries? We j
should be. Material is all around us.
fn every little village as well as in the
large cities, and oftentimes out in the
country there are souls in dense ignorance
and degradation that our ministers
oannot reach. There are obvious reasons
why they cannot go to these homes;
and they have not the time to give them
that is needed even if it were prudent.
Let me tell you of one case. A woman
that was a sinner lay dying. A Christian
woman was asked to go and give
her food. She found that woman total- (
ly unconscious of her sinfulness. She
was fifty three years old, had lived all t
her life in the heart of a Christian 1
town. She had been a good worker. She
had been told by several employers that
she ought not to live as she did, and <
ought to go to church. Some gave her
clothes to go, and she went three times
In her life. She told this lady who
visited her that they certainly acted
curiously at the churches; the man |
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shut his eyes and talked to somebody,
and everybody knelt over, but she
couldn't make out what the man was
talking about, ft took three weeks of
constant Instruction and praying with
that woman to teach her the simplest
truths of our beautiful faith; but at
last she grasped them; and the praying
with her and teaching her to pray was
what enabled her to do so. If you went
among them, you would be surprised to
see how ignorant they are; how many
children and large boys and girlB do
not know anything about the Saviour
uu ivuuw me name or Uod only In profanity.
Christ went out after them. Ho
did not say there were synagogues to
which they could come If they wanted.
And if they came to church or to
Sunday school they would not understand,
very often, for they do not know
what has been taught our little tots
long before they are ready for Sunday
Bchool. What they need iB individual
work in the home, that parents (too
often the product of generations of
ignorance and vice), as well as their
children may be reached; then after a
little ground work, the work of the
Sunday school and of the church could
be appreciated.
This work requires patience, a patience
not our own, but granted with
the other necessary requisites to one
who feels the need of being about the
Father's business and prays for guidance.
We may have to find out first
that we haven't learned to pray. In
many of our societies we haven't We
do not ask Cod for specific things and
expect an answer. Even, when we repeat
the Lord's prayer in concert is it
not too often merely a form? "Thy
Kingdom come." Do we mean that
enough to try to bring some soul into
the kingdom? "Thy will be done." Do
we mean that enough to let God have
his will with our lives and use us for
his glory: Are we reaching out the
kindly hand of sympathy to the lost
ones right around us, and letting the
Christ-light shine through us into their
hearts, or are we oontent if we send a
Tew cents or dollars to help some one
io this work in China or Africa. Oh the
'Inasmuches!"
I jet us hear thiB message from the be(Continued
on P?" **
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RIGHT HOME
Doctor Recommends Postnm from Personal
Test.
No one is better able to realize the injurious
action of caffeine?the drug in
:offee?on the heart, than the doctor.
Tea is just as harmful as ooffee because
t, too, contains the drug caffeine.
When the dootor himself has been releved
by simply leaving off cofTee and
islng Postum, he can refer with full
mnvictlon to his own case.
A Mo. physician prescribes Postum
or many of his patients because he was
>enefitted by it. He says:
"I wish to add my testimony in regard
o that excellent preparation?'Postum.
have had functional or nervous heart
rouble for over 15 years, and a part
>f the time was unable to attend to my
justness.
"I was a moderate user of coffee and
liH jhl.b j-i-vi ' ? ?
? ?vri Liiiuiv uiiu&iug it uun me. tiut
>n stopping It and using Postum instead,
my heart has god all right, and 1
iscribe it to the change from coffee to
Postum.
"I am prescribing it now in cases of
sickness, especially when coffee does
not agree, or affects the heart, nerves
>r stomach.
"When made right it has a much better
flavour than cofTee, and is a vital
sustalner of the sysem. I shall continue
to recommend it to our people,
and I have my own case to refer to."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the little hook, "The
Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a
reason."
Ever read the above letter I A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, tree, and fall of human
Interest.