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February 26, 1913]
THE LIVIX'USTOXE CESTKXAKY.
A Proposed Great Foreign -Missionurj
Day.
H. F. Williams Educational Secretary.
The London Missionary- Society had
the honor of sending as a missionary
to Africa, David Livingstone, "missionary
explorer and philanthropist" Livingstone
was born 'March 19, 1813, and
me aoove society lias asked Christians
of all denominations throughout the
world to Join In the obesrvance of the
hundredth blrthdav anniversary, under
the title of "The Livingstone Centenary.'
This invitation of the London Missionary
Society has been heartily endorsed
by the Conference of the Secretaries
of the Foreign Mission Boards of
the United States and Canada, and a
recommendation has gone out from this
body that the Centenary shall be gen
craiiy oDserved by sermons to be
preached by tho pastors on the life and
work of Livingstone, programs in the
Sunday schools relating to his life, and
courses of reading.
A very instructive and beautifully
printed line of literature has been prepared
and Is placed at the disposal of
the denominational boards at a very
low price.
The Executive Committee of Foreign
Missions of the Presbyterian Church,
U. S., after fully considering the matter,
has heartily endorsed the observance
of the Livingstone Centenary.
Larare edltlnnn nf tho nrinto^
have heen ordered and will be sent
free to pastors of churches and superintendents
of Sunday schools on application.
The "Livingstone Centenary"
will be made the program for ,the
Church 'Monthly Missionary Meeting
THE COMMITTH
WORK OF
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Supplied 304 Sunday Schools i
HelpedSuppori 16 Sunday Sc
Handled &oohs,B/frles and I
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Of AGRA M SHOWING AGE A\
IF WE WOULD SAVE Tl
OF THE FUTURE, 5A
There are more (ban 3000,000whh
Our share is as B/C
3oe/y Church shoctet have ai A
THE SUNDAY SCI
/aus the foundation on whict
which in its turn contributes i
WHY NOT HAVE ONE
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FOR SUNDAYS
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to be held in March. The hundredth
anniversary of the birth of David Livingstone
Jails on Wednesday, March
mh. It is earnestly urged that pastors,
Sunday school superintendents,
and ofilcers of the Women's Missionary
societies arrange for the Livingstone
meetings not later In the month than
the birthday anniversary. Correspondence
in regard to the Centenary is
invited. This general announcement
will be followed by letters and circulars
giving further information relating
to the literature that will be sent
free on' application. It is important
that prompt replies should be made on
ho Tdf 11 vri ?AO?nl AAiwta A J T"*
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H. F. Williams, Educational Secretary,
Executive Committee of Foreign Missions,
Nashville, Tenn.
It is an Inspiring thought thai
throughout the Christian world there
will be services held calling attention
to the life of Livlngstoi s, the great Mis- ,
sionary, who, by his heroic work, opened
the way for the spread of the gospel ,
through the regions that before his daywere
unknown parts of the "Dark Continent."
Is it too large an expectation
that in thousands of our churches and
Sunday schools the "Livingstone Cen
tenary" will be observed in such form
as may be appropriate? It is the hope
of man} that in connection with this
great Foreign Mission day in the church
there will he the crowning joy of the
payment of fhe 'burdensome debt. A ,
special offering for this purpose is the
least that can be asked of a church
that has such gracious results from the .
gifts of life and money to our share of
world evangeWzation.
hy should any one grope in darkness
when the sun has risen?
: OF PUBLICATIOI
LAST YEAR
" Sunday School" Periodicals.
V/ll i^h'c L/lcra Is re.
600/ fil/ssionaries m 3Synods
Periodicals lo He value of'UJI6:
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IE CHURCH AHD THE NATIC
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' as WE MAKE IT.
'east one 7tlrssion Sunday
iOOL MISSIONARY
) is ha lit file Home Mission Nhut
to at'( deneuo/ent enterprises.
IN YOUR PRESBYTERY
f *30.000 A YEAR.
WOOL EXTENS
k n of t B s lOOifi
SELF-DENIAL AND FREE-WILL OFFE
RINGS.
There is reason to believe that the
"Talent-Money Plan" for raising the
debt on our fiaecutlve Committee of
Fbreign Missions has been adopted and
put Into operation by a number of our
churches, and there is no doubt that
where it is used in the proper spirit
and vigorously prosecuted, it will be
productive of good results. It affords to
young people, and others who have not
much money at their command, an opportunity
of giving their time and labor
to this great cause. I know of
many who have gladly availed themselves
of this opportunity, and who are
diligently applying themselves to the
use of the "talent" entrusted to them.
Id the purpose and hope of securing a
good offering against the 19th day of
March next. Some of them have already
increased their talent money tenfold.
The work of using the talent
money can be done, and is being done
as sacredly and as conscientiously as
any other service for Christ; it cannot
be done, however, without prayer, effort
and an immense amount of self-denial.
Some people, however, for one reason
or another, satisfactory to themselves,
have not been willing to adopt the
talent money plan. For them there
remains the plan of "Self-Denial and
Free Will Offering." It will be hard for
any real Christian to find a reasonable
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money for Foreign 'Missions; and those
who are not willing to employ their
time and labor In the use of talent
money, should be willing certainly to
exercise self-denial In the effort to
equnil in their offerings their brothers'
and sisters* who have chosen to work
the other way. It cannot be said of tails
plan, as it has been said of the
J former, that "it is well enough
for the women and children,
but it does not appeal to men."
All men and women both, who
love tne saviour, must yield to
the call of se<Y-denial In Ms
service. "Then said Jesus unto
his disciples (and mind you, he
is here talkln'g to men, If any
man -will come after me, let him
*. deny himself," which means
QO that If we propose to follow
Christ we must learn to deny
ourselves In some such sense
as he denied himself. Selfdenial
enters as a constituent
element into dledpleshlp. His
words mSffht he paraphrased as
follows* "(111 mn m?
who live in comfortable homes,
and some of you in palatial
residences, remember that "the
Son of man bath not where to
lay his head:" you who are
clothed in purple and linen,'
Mthat your Saviour was clad in
homespun; yon who 'fare sunrp |
tuouslv everv day,' that he lived
in great simplicity, and some^
times suffered the gnawings of
PTC/* hunger; you who ride in costly
equipages, that he wallced under
>N the burning sun and over the
ronght aad sandy ways of PalY
esrtine in the discharge of his
hnlv mtoirffvr, flio ??<<
\ooi that he tmB eatd, ff any man
wfli come after me, let htm den*
himself and take up his cross
fm and follow jne How can any
loyal disciple of oar Lord and
8avionr resist snch an appeal?
mA Tt ts to he feared ffliat somie
pastors and Sessions may he
wining to content theaelvpa
wtth dimply anTriny for a collection
In their ehorchea on the
JSpfl day of \fareh. Of coutpp
th1a trllf be a right and proper
thing to do, and It la to he
hoped that no ohorrh h> onr
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bounds will neglect it. But 1* for one,
do not believe that such & collection
alone, even II taken In all of our churches,
will raise a sufficient amount to discharge
the debt; and 1 earnestly hope
that our peoplb will not undertake to
satisfy the demands now made upon us
In that way alone. If we wish to succeed,
and I am sure that we all wish to
succeed, we must make large and persistent
preparations, by preaching, <by
prayer and by self-denial for that collection.
No hall-hearted effort will be
sufficient. Fvprv nuatnr avam
? ? , V ? V* J wvsoiuu,
every beard of deacons, every society,
every Sunday school should determine
to make a special effort, and should he
willing to practice some real self-denial
In order to secure the end we have
In view. What we need, and what we
must have in order to succeed, Is "a
long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all
together." If we can secure the hearty
co-operation of all of our people in this
great movement, we may confidently
hope that aot a vestage of the debt
upon our great Foreign (Mission Cause
will remain at the end of the present
fiscal year.
itusseu Cecil.
Richmond, Va.
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVEESITY.
"The Value of Public Speaking as an
Aid to Success" was the theme on which
President Henry Louis Smith today
addressed the students at the University
Assembly in the Lee Memorial
Chapel. In the world of to-day it is
mind, not muscle, that does the work,
fights the battles, wine the victories,
and receives the rewards; but a mind
unable to give clear and forceful expression
to its thoughts is imootent.
The road to leadership is the ability to
influence other minds, and only through
the spoken or written word can other
minds be influenced. The best time (or
ihe needed practice is one's college
days, because failing in a speech then
is of little importance, whereas in actual
life it may mean a great deal. The
present age is the age of the public
speaker, and Dr. Smith illustrated this
in various vocations in life. It is also
the age of moral suasion, and there is
the opportunity for the speaker who
can wield and weld human mlnde by
the power of thought expressed in
forceful language. Mln college, young
gentlemen, you can. win applause in
the field cf muscle; later on, it must
be in the field of intellect." A. H.
Western College for Women, at Oxford,
Ohio, has <been notified of a scholarship
of |6,000 left to the college by
the will of the late Mrs. Joseph I. Little,
of Connersvllle, Indiana. Mrs. Little
Teas a memlber of the olasa of '71,
the wife of Honorable Joseph I. Little,
the prominent Connersvllle lawyer, who
died three years ago.
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