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worship had come. The pastor ot the
church. Rev. Francis J. Brooke, was
in charge of the devotlonals of the
whole session, and after a fitting song
and prayer service led by Dr. Brooke,
the father of the pastor, Mr. Brooke
introduced the speaker of the evening,
Dr. Egbert W. Smith, who gave a
talk on his recent visit to the Afri
can mission field, the needs out there,
the work being done, and the vast
opportunity and responsibility of the
Southern Presbyterian Church to meet
these needs. A wonderful speaker,
he brought a great message!
Wednesday was a day full of busi
ness, inspiration and true enjoyment.
The addresses of welcome from Mrs.
H. G. Robinson, representing the local
Auxiliary; from Mrs. Hassinger, rep
resenting the Presbyterial Auxiliary,
and the response by Mrs. R. C. An
derson, of Montreat, representing
Synodical, were all fitting and de
lightful. The reports were full and
oncouraging; the message from the
Summer School of Missions at Mon
treat inspiring; the Bible Hour, led
by Miss Janie W. McGaughey, instruc
tive and uplifting. Holy Communion
was administered at the mid-morning
hour by the pastor and his assistants,
and was spiritual and energizing.
The noon hour was the social oc
casion provided by the hostess church,
an attractive luncheon being served
at the Public Library, where not only
the delegates were entertained, but a
large number of visitors from near
by towns who had motored in for the
day, and the membership of the hos
tess church.
Tl\e afternoon session, after a hymn
and prayer and a short necessary bus
iness period, was given over to in
spirational addresses, and proved one
of the most delightful meetings. Mrs.
John L. Calloway, of Knoxville, Tenn..
gave a helpful talk on The Impor
tance of Mission Study; Miss Char
lotte Webb made a distinct impres
sion on the minds and hearts of her
hearers when she told of the work
being done at Foster's Falls School
for Wayward Girls from our moun
tains and their great needs; Dr. R.
D. Carson made a mighty appeal for
Home Missions in our Synod, which
must be productive of material
good: and Mrs. B. E. Copenhaver, of
Marion, Va., a prominent worker in
our sister Church, the Lutheran, gave
a masterly review of the two Inter
denominational Mission Study books
on the negro problem, The Vanguard
of the Race, written by a white woman
of the. South, and The Trend of the
Races, written by a colored man, a
graduate of Harvard University. She
was "tactful, fearless and practical"
in her handling of the books and the
subject, and withal a most interesting
speaker. The Bible Hour closed the
afternoon's program, one of the best
features of the entire program.
The Wednesday evening program
was very fine, both in the pageant.,
Christ in America, given by the local
church under the direction of Mrs.
F. J. Brooke and Mrs. H. O. Robin
son, with the help of the choir undet
the direction of Mrs. A. A. Camp
bell, and the address by the chair
man of Assembly's Stewardship Com
mittee, Dr. M. E. Melvin. Dr. Melvin
made many things clear by his talk,
and aroused the spirit of cooperation
in the women's organizations. The
pageant, with its varied costuming
and stirring appeal for more Riving
of Christianity to the foreign within
our own gates, was beautiful, and the
singing of the choir and Mrs. Sanders
Slmmerman's solo work added much
to Its effectiveness. Indeed, Wednes
day had proven a veritable "feast of
good things."
Thursday was given over to tho
necessary business, the reporting of
.committees, etc. An efficiency round
table, under the direction of Mrs. Gal*
Armstrong, of Rogersville, Tenn., the
President of Holston Presbyterial,
was participated in by herself and
the three other Presbyterial presi
dents, Mrs. J. H. Hassinger, of Abing
don, of Abingdon Presbyterial; Mrs.
John Calloway, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
of Knoxville Presbyterial, and Mrs.
Broadus Estes, of Hendersonville, N.
C., acting for Mrs. William McKay,
of Hendersonville, President of Ashe
ville Presbyterial, who was unable to
be present. This was a practical dem
onstration of the Presbyterial pro
gram, and what goes to make it
worth while. Our Young People, a
discussion of the work, was introduced
by the Synodical Secretary, Mrs. R. T.
Stephenson, who read an interesting
report of the Synodical Conference
for Young People held at Stonewall
Jackson College, Abingdon, Va? last
summer under the direction of the
Synod's Superintendent, Dr. J. J. Fix,
written for the Synodical by Mrs. A.
J. Moses, of Chattanooga, Presbyte
rial Secretary for Knoxville. A vital
feature of this young people's hour
was a report made by a young girl
of the local church who attended this
conference, giving her own impres
sions of its value. "I came home
feeling as if I wanted to go as a mis
sionary to Mexico," was her testimo
nial in substance. The reports of the
Presbyterial presidents were especial
ly encouraging and profitable. Two
of the Presbyterial Secretaries of
Young People's Work, Mrs. Broadus
Estes, of A8heville, and Mrs. W. M.
Walsh, of Abingdon, were present and
took part in the discussion of Young
People's Hour.
The report of the Nominating Com
mittee was accepted in full, the fol
lowing officers being elected: Mrs.
W. K. Armstrong, Rogersville, Tenn.,
was re-elected Presidetft; Recording
Secretary, Mrs. T. W. Simpson, of
Bristol, Tenn.; Corresponding Secre
tary, Mrs. Frank Hale, of Rogersville,
Tenn.; Treasurer, Mrs. C. C. Lincoln,
of Marion, Va.; Secretary of A. H.
Missions, Mrs. Henry Dendy, of Wea
verville, N. C.; Secretary of Foreign
Missions, Miss Lena Rollins, of Pine
ville, Ky.; Secretary of Y. P. Work,
Mrs. R. T. Stephenson, of Abingdon,
Va.; Secretary of S., P. & C. Home
Missions, Mtb. R. P. Smith, of Ashe
ville, N. C.; Secretary of Literature,
Mrs. F. B. Kegley, of Wytheville, Va.;
Secretary for Development of Spirit
ual Life, Mrs. Walter McCoy, Knox
ville, Tenn.; Historian, Mrs. Galo
Armstrong, of Rogersville, Tenn.
After the Bible Hour, led by Miss
McGaughey, the Synodical adjourned
to meet with Knoxville Presbytery
next October. A blessing and a bene
diction was this the eighth meeting
of Synodical Auxiliary of Appalachia
under the admiral leadership of Mrs.
W. K. Armstrong, our President.
Mrs. R. T. Stephenson.
ROANOKE PRESBYTERIAL.
The annual one-day district meet
ing of the First District of Roanoke
Presbyterial Auxiliary was held at
Burton Memorial church. Schoolfleld,
Va., October 20th, Mrs. W. T. Hughes
presiding. Devotional exercises were
conducted by Rev. L. P. McCullough,
followed by fitting words of welcome
from Miss Annie Walker, President of
the Burton Memorial Auxiliary. Mrs.
W. T. Hughes responded to same.
Mrs. C. M. Hutcheson, of Charlotte
Court House, Va., President of Roa
noke Presbyterial, was present and
gave a most interesting account of
the Woman's School of Missions at
Montreat, N. C. She also explained
fully the Standard of Excellence, and
there were beneficial discussions, led
by Mrs. Hutcheson. of many vital
points relating to the work. Mr*.
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Laymen and Their Work
FIK8T CHURCH, WILMINGTON, N. C.
The Men's Brotherhood of the
church held its annual supper in the
social hall on Thursday night. There
were present over a hundred and sixty
men. The program was excellently ar
ranged, resulting in a very enjoyable
evening for all.
In connection with the supper the
following officers of the class were
elected for the coming year: Presi
dent, Mr. Woodus Kellum; Vice-Pres
ident, Mr. R. G. Grady; Treasurer.
Mr. A. F. Nichol; Secretary, Mr. O.
C. Kelly; Assistant Secretary, Mr.
Laurence Everett.
TWO HEROES.
"Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for
his friends."
So said John, and ever since man
has glorified the hero who sacrificed
his own life for another. History Is
full of examples, and peace as weU
as war shows many heroes. Some
times the hero is not even a man, or
a human being, but a humble animal;
a dog, perhaps, whose love of his mas
ter is greater than his love of life.
A dog, so say the scientists, has
only instinct. A dog, say the wise
men, does not think or reason; ho
does but react to his environment.
Doubtless they know, but if a dog
does not think or reason, what hold-}
a dog to his master's side in the face
of certain and painful death?
Trapped in the plant of the Long
Island Waste Company, John Bracken,
watchman, died from fire and smoke.
By his side died his bull pup. When
they were found, after the smoke and
flame had stilled the dog's barks for
help, he was not at the barred door,
or at the blocked window; he was
found with his head upon his dead
master. To make this true story the
better one, let it be chronicled tha?
John Derrick, friend, was so severely
burned in a futile effort to rescue man
and dog that he, too, may die.
Probably dogs do not reason or
think; the scientists are usually right.
Probably John Derrick didn't think
of anything but his love for his friends
when he fought fire for their lives.
Would that more of us could learn
the lesson of brotherhood as these
have learned it, man and dog. Per
haps the little hero pup did not die
in vain, if his selfless heroism brings
home to us who read, the lesson which
John read to us so many years ago.
LABOR AND SUNDAY CLOSING.
Australia is admittedly a land of
democracy. We paid it the compli
ment some years ago of adopting the
form of ballot which it originated to
insure honest elections. It has long
enjoyed those eminently democratic
measures, the initiative, referendum,
recall and proportionate representa
tion. For a generation or more it hai
been ruled by "labor" governments.
These considerations give special
weight to a letter from Melbourne to
the World To-morrow, in which Sid
ney Strong, of Seattle, who had been
attending the Trade Union Congress
of Australia and New Zealand, writes:
"I am greatly impressed with cer
tain labor conditions here, amonx
them the universal forty-eight hour
week, Saturday afternoon closing of
all business, ditto on Sundays; no the
atres nor amusements on Sundays, no
street cars on Sunday forenoons ? all
of these from labor's demands."
This means that organized labor,
in the country In which it enjoys high
est development and is enthroned in
power, explicitly recognizes the im
portance of the- weekly rest day, with
its religious and economic sanctions,
to be in the interest of the workers.
The fact is a telling rebuff to the or
ganized interests in our own country
that are just now noisily agitating for
the destruction of the American Sab
bath under the palpably dishonest slo
gan of "Anti-Blue Law" and "Per
sonal Liberty" movements. ? Dearborn
Independent.
MIL BABSON SAYS.
"The tithing system, if adopted by
the churches, would give astounding
figures. A compilation shows that the
annual business turn-over in this coun
try amounts to over $500,000,000,
000. It is estimated that of this
amount four-fifths pass through the
hands of the Church people. One per
cent, of this amount would mean $5,
000,000,000 a year. Assuming that
there is a profit of 10 per cent, on
this turn-over, it would mean that
there is coming each year to the
Church people of this country an in
come amounting 'to $40,000,000,000.
If the tithing process were in opera
tion, this would give the Church in
tithes about $4,000,000,000 a year.
These figures seem very extraordinary,
but on checking them up no flaws
can be found. The facts are that the
Church people of the country are giv
ing less than 1 per cent, of their in
come to Church and missionary work.
If this were increased to 10 per cent,
the Church would become the most
powerful organization, and the won
derful results which have been indi
cated in this book could eventually
come to tfass. Then the Church could
come to its own in a great, big way
that heretofore it has been able only
to talk about."
PRESIDENT HARDING'S WORD
REVOLUTIONIZING ACTION,
WHICH WILL CHANGE THE
WORLD'S SHIPPING INTERESTS
AND STRENGTHEN THE
WORLD'S MORAL FORCES.
Epochal in world affairs to an ex
tent which no human mind can at
present mentally visualize is the mo
mentous decision of President Hard
ing, based on the interpretation of
our prohibition laws by Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty, that no American ship
can carry alcoholic liquors, and that
no foreign ship can bring them within
our three-mile coast limit.
Rightly interpreted, no other deci
sion could have been reached. The
scandal of American ships flaunting
our laws by their bar room activities
was too long winked at by the admin
istration. Such law violation by a
government agency put to shame
every effort to enforce our laws and
put a premium not only upon the
bootleggers, buyers and sellers alike,
but upon every other criminal activ
ity. "If the government will not en
force Its own laws upon its own ships,
why should we submit to any laws
contrary to our wishes?" was the nat
ural view of every criminal, of high
or low degree.
But now President Harding has re
deemed the situation and the law of
the land will be rigidly enforced upon
the sea as to our own shipping.
Going far beyond that measure,
however, is the decision that no for
eign ships can bring intoxicating li
quors within our three-mile coasi
limit.
Like the shot that was heard around
the world, which awakened into lifo
the long dormant world-wide longing
for liberty, was this shot whose rever
berations have startled every country
on ea-tV tYe heathen liquor in
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