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HE Presbyterian of the South has moved
L into a new home. It is Room 407 Park
Huilding, at the corner of Tenth anil Bank
nun-la. n is in many respects me oest nome
I lie paper has ever had. One of the attractive
features is its beautiful outlook upon the State
< 'apitol grounds. As we look out of our windows
we can almost persuade ourselves that
we are in the country, instead of being in the
hot and crowded city. The noble elms and
green turf are very restful to weary eyes.
The splashing fountains suggest coolness and
refreshment. The stately Capitol on the hill
reminds us that there the law-making power
of State has its abode; there in days gone by
I he Congress of the Confederacy met to deal
with mighty problems in the days that tried
men's souls; there the Governor and all the
executive officers have their headquarters.
Along the walks that wind beneath the trees
the great men of many generations have
walked. The signs, "Keep Off the Grass,"
have all been removed, and the children of today
are allowed* to frolic with the squirrels
on the green and shady hillsides. If inspiration
to greater thoughts and nobler deeds is
needed, one has but to look upon the statues
of great men of former days, which may be
seen amoirg the trees. There is Henry Clay,
Stonewall Jackson, Governor William Smith,
Dr. Hunter McGuire, and above all Washington
the Great 011 his magnificent horse, surrounded
by Marshall, Lewis, Henry, Madison.
We just hope our friends will come and see
tor themselves.
SEMINAR Y professors are sometimes
thought to have longer vacations than they
need. Any careful reader of the Church news
columns will find that nearly all of these men
are busily at work all through the summer. It
is very fortunate that men of such ability can
l>e heard in the pulpit and on the platform in
so many parts of the country. They preach in
many churches, nor do they confine their good
work to the strong city churches. The weaker
churches are also blest by their ministrations.
They do much to add to the strength of the
programs of the many conferences for the
study of the. Bible and the work of the Church,
which are becoming more numerous each year.
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' mm uieir useiuiness is not limited to tlie
training of the young men niuler their care,
hut they carry rich blessings to those who hear
them, while their work in the seminaries is
suspended for a time.
PROHIBITION is advancing in its mighty
march which is carrying victory for sobriety
like a great wave over the earth. Some
of its latest conquests are reported from Canada.
The province of Alberta, by a majority
vote of 15,000, has decreed that throughout its
whole domain the liquor traffic must come to
an end on July 1, 1916. We are told that for
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mer citizens of the United States who had
settled in this province gave much help to the
temperance forces. Nor is this the only part
of the Dominion whose people realize that
liquor is a great curse. In Prince Edward Island
a province-wide prohibitory law is in
operation. The same is true in Nova Scotia,
except the city of Halifax. The greater part
of New Brunswick is "dry" under a localoption
law. In Quebec 900, or about two-thirds
of the parishes, enjoy protection through local
option. Ontario has 828 municipalities, and
more than 535 are "dry" under a similar law.
Saskatchewan has substituted the government
dispensary for privately conducted business.
The mighty host is progressing. May it soon
sweep all foes.
OUR CHURCH'S WORK.
By Miw Carrie Lee Campbell.
(As sung at the Montreat Conferences to the tune
of Tipperary.)
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Up to Montreat women came with loving hearts
and true.
Where they'd find out how to live and what they
ought to do;
Learning who's who, what is what, and where their
money'd go,
But when they knew how great the work, some of
them said Oh! Oh!
Chorus:
Here's fifty-four to Doctor Cheater;
Twenty-seven to Atlanta go;
And Richmond we would remember;
And the "Sweet-s" man we know.
Good-bye, all our dollars,
For the Church's work four-square;
It's a long time we've been deciding;
But our heart's right there.
II.
How can we take all this home to those we've left
behind?
How can we make others see all things that here
we find?
Sisters, it is up to us to find a loving way,
To tell to all our stay-at-homes just what the Assemblies
say.
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III.
All our work at home must be built on a foursquare
plan,
So we'll be as little biased as ever we can;
Home Missions, and Foreign Missions, Publication,
too, .
For Louisville, Kentucky, we a fairer part must do.
A GERM AN"-American citizen said a few
days ago: "As between England and
the Fatherland I am a German always; as he
tween America and the Fatherland, I am an
American forever." We believe this is the
sentiment of a large part of the naturalized
Germans of this country. They left the Fatherland
of their own accord and came to this
country voluntarily. They received a cordial
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welcome, and they have cast in their lot with
ns. The vast majority of them have always
shown themselves to be loyal, law-abiding, liberal-minded
and industrious citizens. They
have given their pledge to the country of their
adoption, and we believe as a class they will
always be loyal and true. They have done
much for the prosperity and well-being of this
country, which is their own, in days gone by,
and we are sure they will continue to do so.
I AM superannuated, and am unable to
preach or do any work. I have no family
and no one 011 whom I can depend for help.
What the committee gives me barely pays my
hoard, and I have nothing left." So wrote
one of God's aged servants, who has given a
long life to the gospel ministry in the Southern
Presbyterian Church. There arc many others
who are practically in the same condition.
Many widows, too, and children' of those who
have fallen in the fight are just as unprovided
for. If anyone of these servants of God were
to come to the home of any Southern Presbyterian,
great hospitality would be shown him,
and every ett'ort would be put forth to make
him comfortable. Why may not our hospitality
go beyond our own doors and reach the
aged man, the widow and the child where they
are, and give to them more than a bare pittance
to keep soul and body together?
MINISTERS often seem to feel an unwillingness
or a hesitancy in presenting and
urging the claims of Ministerial Relief upon
the liberality of their people.. Sometimes they
say that they feel almost as though they were
begging for themselves, for it may be that they
may have need at some time in the future for
help from this fund. But ought they not to
realize that they cannot receive any part of
the money for which they plead? That is to
he used for the aged, the widow and the orphan
who needs it now. If in God's providence the
pastor of to-day should in the future need such
help, it will be the duty, and should be the
privilege of another to present his needs to the
people.
WTMfE Epistle of Christ." Does the ChrisX
tian realize just what lliis means? An
epistle, a letter, is the means of carrying the
thoughts, of expressing the will of the writer
to another. The Christian therefore is to carry
the thoughts of Christ to others; to show to
others what is Christ's will concerning men.
We are all "enist.lps vend nf nil mon " WW
do men rend in us? Do they find our lives a
clean sheet on which only the clearly written
message of Christ to the world is found? Or
do they see this message so interlined and overwritten
with the messages of Satan and so
blurred and smeared with the smut of sin that
i Christ's message cannot he read? Christian,
what kind of an epistle are you?