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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14,
MUTTHEWSjElAIGEUSTS
CITES FAULTS RAPPED IS
CF PASTORS SHIRKERS
3,000
Battle
Arrive for Great Presbyterian Assemblies
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Over Moderator Nearing Hot Climax DRIVES MANY
Ministers To-day Inclined To Be
Indolent, Declares Moderator
of Northern Church,
Rev. W. C. Crofts Arraigns the
ern Methods of Revival Work
at Pre-Assembly Meeting,
Atlanta Homes Thrown Open to
Thousands of Visitors From
All Over United States.
Mat-
state-
The Rev. l>r. Mark Allison Mat
thews, famous Georgian and pastor
of the largest Presbyterian church in
America, if not the world, will ar
rive in Atlanta Wednesday to take
charge as moderator of the General
Assembly of the Presbytery which
if. S. A. (Northern church) holds its
first formal session Thursday.
Dr. Matthew’s, who is at the head
of the church in Seattle, is a native
of Calhoun, Ga„ where he was born
September 24. 18«T. Since ordained
at Ringgold at the age of 19, his ca
reer has been meteoric.
Being of an analytical mind, Dr.
Matthews has devoted much of his
time to ascertaining the weaknesses
of his church and with the opening
of the present assembly it is ex
pected he will make strong recom
mendations which will tend to bring
about vast changes in the system of
work carried on by Presbyterian ec
clesiastics.
Ministers Fault* Cited.
In an extended interview published
in the New York Sun. the noted
preacher ascribes the following weak
nesses to his church:
"Ministers are indolent. They
haven’t bosses to see that they at
tend to business.
"40,000 elders of the Presbyterian
church neglect their duty.
"Ministers dictate two sermons
each week and throw them in the
fire once they are preached, having
decided years ago to have a ‘barrel.’
"Ministers have ‘doubts’ and at
times need advice.
"They do not teach love of work
at home and at school.
"Preachers should instruct, parents
how to bring up their children.”
The Sun article quotes Dr.
thews in explanation of the
nient as follows:
"‘A preacher gets Up in the morn
ing when he pleases and goes to bed
at night when he feels like it. No
whistle reminds him of his coming
tasks. One of my assistants one
time took four hours in which to at
tend a funeral. I attended one later
in 20 minutes though the distance
covered was just the same as the
other.”
” ‘We have 40.000 elders in the
church. Mostly they loaf. They
don’t do any ruling these days. If
a member is caught taking a cock
tail. we don’t haul him before the
ruling elders but we say: ^Brother
we ask you not to do it again ' In
this way the elders do not rule
"Elders Do Not Work.”
" ‘Presbyterianism would grow eas
ily if the elders worked. If the
20.000 teams brought in one mem
ber each week, even, the ctyurch would
grow at the rate of 80.000 converts
a month. In 1012 only 73,000 per
sons joined the Presbyterian church.
* ‘Preachers. I heard when I ■was
a boy, kept their sermons in a bar
rel. 1 have been afraid to trust
myself with a barrel. I knew that
I would dip into it occasionally and
later dipping would become a habit.
Before one knows it, sermon writing
becomes a hard labor and is shirked
whenever possible.’ ”
Dr Matthews declared it his opin
ion that the combination of all Chris
tians into a common church would
never be accomplished.
” The world is growing better. Hu
manity's sentiment is improving. 1
saw a United States judge impeach
ed a short time ago A few years
ago he would have gone unwhipped
for his crime. Yet I do not think
it would be a good idea for religious
.work to be combined. I thjnk that
all Presbyterian churches should
come together, though.’ ’’
Dr. Matthews is a man of giant
stature. His church in Seattle has
a membership of 7,000 persons. There
are fifty ushers on the main floor
and in the gallery of the building
Seventy-one singers are in the choir.
Among the membership of the con
gregation are included Japanese,
Chinese and Coreans. Since 1902,
the church Ijas paid off a debt of
$25,600. Dr. Matthews’ first congre
gation numbered 16 persons.
A scathing arraignment of the
modern methods of evangelistic work
was delivered by the Rev. W. C.
(Tofts before the joint meeting of
delegates to the General Assembly of
the Presbytery in the North Avenue
Presbyterian Church at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
The gathering formed the pre-as
sembly of the visitors to discuss
evangelism and was attended by
many other noted speakers. The
church was thronged.
The Rev. Mr. Crofts, who is from
Rock River, took the place of the
Rev. William Russell, of Pittsburg,
who was scheduled to deliver the
principal address, but failed to arrive
in Atlanta in time to be present at
the meeting. t
Charges Actual Shirking.
Mr. Crofts, on taking the pupit,
opened his address with a denuncia
tion of the half-hearted manner In
which evangelistic work was carried
on. He accused evangelists of lack
of energy in soul-saving and in some
instances charged actual shirking of
the duties which they had assumed.
Dr. Crofts then took up the work
of the Presbytery at its Rock River
conference, detailing the various
methods that assembly had pursued,
and ended in recommending that such
tactics be applied to the evangelistic
work throughout the country.
"The majority of evangelistic work
ers are half-hearted,” declared Dr.
Crofts "They do their work in a
makeshift manner and in some cases
1 have discovered downright shirking
of the duties which lay plainly before
them."
See* Room for Improvement.
"At present the majority of evan
gelistic committees, from what* work
they are now* doing, are accomplish
ing mighty little in comparison with j
the vast amount of good they could j
do if they really worked.
“At the Rock River conference an
effort was made to ameliorate these
conditions. For 27 weeks the meet
ing held forth and at the end of that
A spectacular contest for the mod-
eratorship of the Presbyterian As
sembly, U. S. A., will reach its cli
max at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon
when the forces behind Dr. Mait-
,and Alexander, of Pittsburg, and Dr.
S. S. Palmer, of Columbus, Ohio, meet
in the first test of strength. Dr.
William McKibbin, president of Lane
Theological Seminary, of Cincinnati,
has been put forward, but pro-con
vention gossip has it that the final
fight will be between Drs. Alexander
and Painter.
Members of the progressive wing
Rev. Charles
Scanlan.
temperance
lecturer and
prominent
figure in
the
Presbyterian
Assemblies
time plans for a veritable campaign
of soul-saving were inaugurated.
‘‘Schools for this purpose were cre
ated and the graduates are now be
ing sent all over the country to
churches that can not afford to se
cure evangelists in choir revival
meetings. Already the Rock River
conference is planning for greater
and far-reaching work to be done at
its meeting next year.
Others who spoke at the morning
meeting were Dr. C. W. McGuire, of
Indiana: Rev. George E. Raitt, of
Pittsburg, chairman of the commit-
ee of the United Presbytery of Pitts
burg, and the Rev. C. R. William
son, of Chester, Pa.
BLAST ROCKS COUNTRYSIDE.
CUMBERLAND, MD„ May 14.—A
great explosion of dynamite occurred
at Eckhart, near here, this' morning,
killing two persons, demolishing sev-
praJ houses and breaking windows in
houses within a radius of half a mile.
| DINGER IN MEAT EATING
*/
' Medical Report* Show That Peo
ple Who Eat Much Meat Are
Susceptible to Typhoid Fever.
The death rate of Typhoid has
been 10 per cent for many years.
Even if patient recovers, there is
danger — weakened constitution,
Ianguidness, loss of energy and
other after-effects.
In a majority of cases typhoid
fever Is directly traceable to an
Inactive liver which has refused to
clear away the masses of meat
particles left undigested in the
alimentary canal. This inass pu-
rvefles and sends out death-deal
ing poisons, to result in typhoid
fever.
JACOBS’ LIVER SALT is the
greatest known liver stimulant.
Its artion is gentle, yet effective.
It draws water to the alimentary
trai t, flushes the stomach . and
bowels, washes away the undi
gested meat particles and removi*
the danger of fermentation. The
blood is purified through the re
newed activity of the liver.
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cause nausea and vomiting, and
there are no dangerous after-ef
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26c. If your druggist can not sup
ply vou, we will mail full size jar
j ’ upon receipt of price, postage free.
1 Made and guaranteed by Jacobs’
Pharmacy Co., Atlanta.
F
HUMAN SIDELIGHTS ON
PRESBYTERIAN MEET
Radicals and Conservatives Getting Together, Says
Stelzle—No More Heresy Trials.
REV
Rev. H. T. Mitchelmore Declares
Church Faces Problem of Giv
ing Pastors Living Wage.
"Many minister** of Hi
while showing their Mock? the way I
into Heaven, are finding it mighty I
difficult to provide for themselves a
respectable existence here on eath
This was the manner in which the
ev. H. T. Mitchelmore commented |
Wednesday on the starvatj
Jhristian Education
Conference Is Begun
The pre-assembly conference on
education which is being held und^r
the direction of the executive com
mittee of Christian education and
ministerial relief, will continue in
session throughout Wednesday. The
conference is being held in the First
Baptist Church, but the closing ses
sion will be held Wednesday even
ing in Harris Presbyterian Church,
and in that session representatives of
the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.,
and of the United Presbyterian
Church will be present, as well as
those of the Southern Presbyterian
Church.
Rev. J.
president
Knox Montgomery. D.D.,
of Muskingum College.
New Concord. Ohio, and Rev. T. S.
Clyce. D.D.. of Sherman, Tex., pres
ident of Austin College, will be the
speakers. The subjects to be pre
sented in the addresses are “The Bi
ble in the College” and “Comity and
Co-operation."
The. two sessions of this conference
held on Tuesday were occupied with
the discussion of questions: "How
best to assist poor boys and girls
of the church to secure a higher ed
ucation” and "How to maintain
thdroughly Christian atmosphere in
the Christian (Church) College.”
Both sessions were occupied for
the most part with free, informa
discussion and open conference fea
tures in which many of the delegates
took part.
The principal emphasis was placed
upon the necessity for giving the
Bible and religious services promi
nence in all of me educational work
of the church, and also to secure men
of positive Christian character as
members of the faculty.
To Pay Fair Claims.
COLUMBUS.—To wind up the af
fairs of the Georgia-Alabama Fair
Association for the yast year Presi
dent Brooks, of the association, has
announced that he will pay all claims
against the association and begin
^reparations for the 1913 fair.
White City Park Now Open
Ponce DeLeon Rink Now
Open.
of the denomination are strong in
their contention that there is no rad
ical candidate for the moderatorship.
They charge that in violation of pre
cedent and the expressed rule of the
assembly, an organization has been
effected in support of Dr. Alexander
and that solicitations in his behalf
have been made for months past.
It has been made to appear, they
say. that Dr. Palmer is a radical,
and that he is lined up with Union
Seminary. Dr. Palmer’s friends
claim that while he is a progres
sive, he is riot a radical.
Foresee Doom of Radical.
No radical can win the moderator-
ship according to commissioners who
are already here and who are warmly
discussing the oncoming battle of bal
lots. No ultra-conservative can be
elected, they also agree.
Intense interest centers in the fight
for moderator, in that its result will
have a significant bearing on the fu
ture policy of the. church. It is slated
that the moderator appoints the exec
utive commission, a body with con
siderable power in the assembly, par
ticularly between meetings.
“The great question at issue in this
Atlanta meeting.” said a prominent
commissioner Wednesday, “is wheth
er or not the qjiurch will continue its
present progressive policies or return
to the methods in vogue 50 years
ago.”
The contest for moderator is, in
some respects, a fight between the
two great Presbyterian seminaries of
the country, Princeton and Union. It
is a recognized fact that Princeton is
the most conservative of conservative
theological institutions, and that
Union has adopted many of the mod
ern tendencies and has on its staff
numerous of the most advanced think
ers.
Schools Are Brought In.
It Is claimed that Dr. Alexander Is
closely allied with Princeton and
that he was offered a place on its
board some time ago. It has been
used against Dr. Palmer that he is
a Union Seminary graduate, but it is
stated authoritatively that he Is of
McCormick Seminary in Chicago,
whidh is regarded as one of the "safe
and sane” Presbyterian
of the country.
The progressives answer the charge
that Dr. Palmer Is a radical by citing
the fact that for years he has been
a member of the evangelistic com
mittee of the assembly, whose con
servatism is unquestioned.
As a result of the agitation between
the two forces of the assembly, the
work of the Home Mission Board will
come into review. For 50 years the
board acted as merely a distributing
agent for the churches’ funds to
needy mission fields. Ten . years ago
It adopted a progressive policy, in
stituting departmental \york, tack
ling all the big American questions
of the day. It extended its work to
the immigrants, the workingmen, th“
Indians, employing experts as field
secretaries. An effort will be made
to force the board to return to Its old
functions.
Sees Progressive Victory.
Speaking of the fight, a commis
sioner said:
‘‘There are no parties or divisions
actually. The so-called radicals or
Progressives, whichever they choose
to call them, «,re merely creatures of
the minds of that branch of the as
sembly which would keep in vogue
the practices of 50 Years ago. There
is not the slightest chance that the
work of our home board will be cur
tailed. and I look for a complete vic
tory of the Progressive, forces."
Dr. McKibbin Is regarded as strict
ly a conservative, being the head of
Lane Seminary, jpst as Dr. Alexan
der is regarded as an exponent of the
most conservative element, largely
because of his affiiliationF with
Princeton, and the fact that he is a
Princeton graduate*
There will be approximately 900
commissioners at the Baptist Tab'er-
iMtote Tuesday afternoon When the
balloting for moderator begins.
From every direction special trains
are rolling into Atlanta bearing dele
gates to the Presbyterian joint as
sembly. In addition to the special* 1 ,
each regular train carries $xtru
coaches to accommodate the heavy
travel Atlantaward. The delegates
come from every State in the Union
and practically every country in the
world.
Probably 200 delegates had reached
Atlanta by Wednesday morning. Be
fore night this number was expected
to have passed the 3,000 mark. Fully
4,000 delegates will bo in attendance
when the joint meeting begins Thurs
day morning.
To accommodate this influx of visi
tors the people of Atlanta have
thrown open the doors of their homes,
and every visitor will be accorded
true Southern hospitality. The local
committees, almost entirely laymen,
were worked day and night to pre
pare for the convention. Every d> -
nomination in Atlanta has joined with
the local Presbyterians, and delegates
are being entertained in the homes of
people of every doctrine.
When the pre-assembly con fere n
convened at 10 o’clock Wednesday
in the North Avenue Presbyterian
Church, the greatest convention in
the history of the Presbyterian
1’hurch began. This conference was
under the direction of the Evangel
istic Committees of the General As
semblies with chairman Rev. Charles
U. Huston, of the t U. S. A. Committee,
presiding.
AH-Day Conference.
The conference has no bearing at
all on the actual work of the assem
blies. and the discussions were to a
great degree informal. As only a
small number of the delegate? have
yet arrived in Atlanta, hut will be
reaching here on practically every
train during the day. this conference
is an all-day affair with both lunch
and dinner served in the church par
lors. A buffet luncheon was served
at noon. Dinner will lie at 6 o’clock
After dinner there will be a "free-
for-all” discussion.
Afternoon speakers were the Rev.
Robert R. Bigger. Presbytery of
Cleveland; Rev. W. R. Dobyns, U. F
Assembly, St. Joseph, Mo.; Rev.
George Gordon Mahy, recording sec
retary, U. S. A Assembly’s evan
gelistic committee, and the Rev. John
R. Davis, Presbytery of Philadelphia.
Tha conference is a get-together
meeting. While each speaker lias
been assigned a subject, still ea» h
subject has been selected with th*
idea of developing free discussion
along the lines of general church
work in connection with evangelis
tic. work.
The fact that the three great as
semblies of the Presbyterian Church
are meeting here at once has
caused a wave of talk relating to
the three branches uniting into one
compact body, and such a union in
the near future Is being freely pre
dicted by men high in the church.
Presbyterian Merger Likely.
“Union of the branc h of the Pres
byterian Church intf one huge body
is something which we may undoubt -
edly look for in the next few years,”
said the Rev. George Gordon Mahy,
recording secretary of the U. S. A
Assembly’s evangelistic committee
to a Georgian reporter "The fact
that we have gathered in Atlanta
gives reason for this belief. It illus
trates the fact that the various
branches of the church are getting
in closer touch with each other.
There are but a few of the very small
things that cause one branch to dif
fer from another at present. Two of
the branches sing hymns; the othc r
branch sings psalms. Undoubtedly
some agreement could be arrived it
in this regard, and I believe that ul
timately we will see the entire body
of Presbyterians working in unison
under the same organization.
"As a matter of fact. I believe we
are approaching the time when all
Protestant churches will be aligned.
In Canada the question of all Protes
tant churches uniting is being work-
ed out; the different ideas of faith are
being worked into one, and before
long we may look for one Protestant
church in Canada.
"Personally, 1 long to see the day
when all Protestant churches will be
combined into one huge body working
for the welfare of mankind ana the
progress of Christianity.”
Wife of Comer Doctor Dies.
COMER.—The funeral of Mrs. ' r .
W. Hinton, wife of Dr. T. W.
Hinton, one of Comer’s prominent
citizens, took plAefr here yesterday
afternoon.
u salaries
that are driving hundreds of voting
men from the ministry. Dr. Mitchei-
more is associate pastor of the Kir.-t
Presbyterian Church, of Tacoma,
Wash . the largest church of the city,
and is in Atlanta to attend the Pres
byterian Assemblies.
‘How can a minister support a
family on a salary of not more than
$8 or $10 a week?” he asked. "1?
it any wonder that many young men
are appalled by the prospect and fih-
lecide to enter some line of busi
ness where a living income is pos
sible?"
Questions Cry for Answer.
The questions asked by the West
ern minister are question that are
crying to-day with a particular Insist
ence for an answer. Not only does
the minuter hive the ecttial problem
of actually supporting his family on
the small-sum, out meanwhile he
must try to be absorbed in his work
although constantly discouraged by
debt and the hopelessness of the out
look.
Another serious Item is that while
grocery bills, general trade bills, etc.,
must be met and paid with some de
gree of regularity, many ministers
are compelled to wait patiently until
the church treasurer gets Hi*>und to
pay them.
And this $8 or $10 a week salary
is given a man after he has obtained
a professional education requiring
years of study.
"The solution must come in an ad
justment of salaries about thj* coun
try,” said Dr. Mitchelmore. "A
makeshift solution is afforded now by
the poorly paid ministers engaging
in some ‘side line.’ but this solution
i? obviously unsatisfactory. In some
instances, loyal wive? have pieced
out the slender salaries by raising
chickens or by adopting some simi
lar plan.
“These devices, however, bring us
no nearer the needed reform. The
church must awake to the fact that
it owes its ministry a decent living.
There must be a general awakening
about the country. I am not saying
that there lias been no improvement.
The reform has begun, but it must
be hastened.
“Neither as I saying that conditions
are bad everywhere. On the con
trary. in my part of the country the
ministers for the most part are fairly
well paid, but in other sections I
know that ihey get salaries that a
day laborer would not be expected to
live upon. And ,*et the minister is
compelled to dress better* and his
family is obliged to maintain a more
expensive social life than the day la
borer and his family.
Presbyterians Best Paid.
"The Presbyterian ministers prob
ably have less cause to complain
than those of any other denomination.
They are known as the highest paid
of any of the Protestant ministries.
Still 1 know of opportunities for im
provement.
"The trouble has been that while
the cost of the necessities of life
has been mounting steadily, the sala
ries of the nation’s preachers have re
mained at practically the same level
they were fifteen years ago. There
has been some increase, but not pro
portionate to the rise in the cost of
living.
‘‘My father got $700 or $800 as a
minister in his younger years, but
that was equivalent to $1,200 in 1913.
Starting more recently in our re
ligious life in the West, we have not
been so bound by the small salaries
of a half century ago as they have
in the East and Middle West. In spite
of this I have encountered many min
isters who were barely able to sup
port themselves and families.
“One of my ‘kicks’ is that I find In
so many rural communities that far
mers making the equivalent of $3,000
or $4,000 a year force their ministers
to live on $300 or $400 and can not
understand why the ministers, after
a few r years of futile endeavor, for
sake their calling in absolute despair
It is a crime and a disgrace!”
To Thrash Onion Out.
That the question of a union will
be proposed during the session is re
garded as an absolute absurdity. This.
H is expected, will first be suggested
in the Southern Presbyterian Assem
bly and committees appointed to
meet with committees from the other
two assemblies.
Whether it will be adopted at this
session is regarded as a bit doubtful,
many of the prominent ministers in
attendance believing it would be best
to go slowly in the matter, and. while
favoring union, to thoroughly thrash
the matter out and not perfect the
union until the next year or so. There
are many who favor an immediate
transforming into one body and of
thrashing out the various problems as
a body complete.
CHARLES STELZLE.
Dr. Mark A.
Matthews, na
tive Georgian,
now of Seattle,
"the tall pine of
the Sierras”—
he’s about six
feet 91x in
height. and
weighs not much
over, well, he
doesn’t weigh ns
much as a man
of his height is
supposed lo
weigh —retiring
Moderator o f
the Northern
P r e s b y t erian
Assembly, has
during the year
that he’s been
Moderator
aroused in I n-
gling emotions
in the minds of
the men of his denomination. Some
of them have come to the conclusion
that he’s a "common scold,” while
others believe him to be the greatest
Moderator that the church has ever
had—so take your choice.
But after the last word has been
said concerning him. everybody will
agree that Dr Matthews has gone
into more things and stirred up more
people than any other Moderator In
the memory of this generation This
may not be saving very much, but
most men will admit that his activity
has resulted in a good deal of serious
thinking on the part of the church
with regard to some pretty big prob
lems -and this has been worth while.
The solsolldation of the Southern
Presbyterian Assembly with the
years ago. was one of the big features
of this gathering of world leaders.
Thirty-five negro commissioners
are in the three assemblies. As 11
invitations have come to the hospital
ity committee from local people, ne
groes. of course, stating that they wish
to entertain "negro commissioners
only,” it relievas this committee of
some embarrassment, and it also
means that the negro commissioners
will be made comfort&bW.
There’s a very remarkable trans
formation taking place in the sub
jects being discussed at these As
sembly meetings. In former da/fi
considerable time was consumed m
the presentation of abstract theories,
concerning theological questions and
matters of law and procedure. Now
it must be admitted that theology
and law are perfectly proper sub
jects to be talked about in a church
convention, and those now in session
in Atlanta will spend some time in
discussing them.
But there's a disposition to de
part not only from these subjects,
but also from mere "inspirational
addresses.” “We’re tired of inspira
tional addresses—we want to know
how to get on the job,” was the way
a Presbyterian elder put it.
And this expresses precisely what
the Assemblies are doing. Ev n
some of the laymen and the trained
sociologists are being Jolted by the
way that committees and commis
sioners of the Assembly talk about
“efficiency experts," “purchasing
agents, “survey work,” “publicity
campaigns” and similar subjects.
The exhibits of the various boards*
of the Church at this Assembly equal
any and excel most of the purely so
ciological exhibitions of recent days
In any city In the United States.
They may not be so extorsive, al
though this is due entirely to the lack
■ they have
United Presbyterian Assembly seemSj of 8 P ace * but in quality
. .. ) not been beaten. The expert staff
to hinge very largely upon whether ^ men on these board8 t n charge of
the United Presbyterians can agree J special departments are recognized
upon some kind of a proposition with < ** the equal of men employed bv
reference ,o their attitude toward ^Ve^are
perts by these agencies.
All this 1s a hopeful sign of the
times. While warmly sympathetic
toward the more emotional side of
religion known as “evangelistic
work,” these men are demonstrating
that a religion which is concerned
about the hereafter may at the same-
time be interested in the affairs of
the here and now.
secret orders, the singing of Psalms
and “close communion.” There’s no
doubt that a way out will be found
by the fine big men who are serving
on th* committees representing the
two bodies.
It's a mighty interesting thing in
looking back upon the history of tha
church to note how the positions
which were at one time regarded a*
extremely radical by the church at
larjp were later Indorsed and fought
for by the conservatives—after the
progressives had gone on still fur
ther. the conservatives suffering and
sacrificing for these former radical
doctrines and practices, ns though
they themselves had originated them.
There’ll T>e no more heresy trials In
the Presbyterian Church—this may be
accepted as a foregone conclusion.
There may be and probably should be
differences of opinion among church
men with regard to theological ques
tions, but more and more these differ
ences are coming to be respected, so
long as the common belief of the en
tire group of churchmen leans them
to the Master whom they unitedly
serve. Some day, out of all tills dis
cussion. tlm church will accept as a
“Christian” the man or the woman
who "accepts the purpose of Jesus,
and seeks to bring in the kingdom of
God.” For, after all, this is the big
thing that must dominate every man
who r ails himself a “Christian,” and
it will take In a good many who are
now outside the church, and who will
not come into it, because they can not
accept some of the doctrines which
they fear will be forced upon them
by the church.
Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, of New
York, who speaks to-night at the
pre-assembly missionary conference
on “City Problems." Is one of the
most influential ministers of any de
nomination in the metropolis. He is
pastor of what would probably be
called “a rich man’s church,” but the.
fine thing a boat it is that Dr. Coffin
has got into it many of the kind of
folks who are called “working peo
ple." This has been done mostly
through the way that he has regard
ed these laborers as Just “folks.” He
hasn’t segregated them and patron
ized them and made them feel that
they were an Inferior lot of citizens
of different blood, but he has suc
ceeded In making them understand
that they were actually “brothers”
working in a common cause, and this,
by the way, is no small job. Dr. Cof
fin is also a professor at Union Theo
logical Seminary, in New York, where
he helps train the students to do his
kind of a Job in real man-fashion.
His seven-minute address on social
service at the great missionary con
ference in Edinburg, Scotland, two
“Law Brothers for Quality** 1
No Candidate for
Southern Moderator.
Everything is in readiness for the
opening session of the General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States, familiarly
called the Southern Presbyterian
Church, in North Avenue Church
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock.
The retiring moderator of the as
sembly, the Rev. L S. (’lyre, D.D., « f
Sherman, Tex . will preach the open
ing sermon. Following the sermon
the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
will be administered. The modera
tor and temporary clerk will then be
elected.
Several commissioners are promi
nently mentioned for moderator, but
there are no candidates. It is likely
that at least four commissioners will
he placed in nomination, and that
several ballots will be necessary.
Special interest centers about re
ports regarding the possibility of the
union of the churches and the basis
upon which this union might be ef
fected. Little more will be done by
this assembly. It is not likely that a
positive step toward a merger will
be taken at this time;
Awaiting the
Joyful Sound
The Wonderful Music That Bursts
Forth When the Stork Arrives.
That funny little brassy cry that
tchoes the arrival of the new baby Is
perhaps the most cherished remem
brance of our lives And thousands of
happy mothers owe their preservation to
health and strength to Mother’s Friend.
This is an external remedy that Is ap-
F ylied to the abdominal muscles. It re-
leves all the tension, prevents tender
ness and pain, enables the muscles to
expand gently, and. when baby comes,
the muscles relax naturally, the form Is
preserved without laceration or other
accident.
You will find Mother’s Friend on sale
at almost any drug store, as It is one of
the standard, reliable remedies that
grandmothers everywhere have relied
upon.
With its daily use during the period
of expectation, there is no weakness, no
nausea, no morning sickness, no pain,
distress or strain of any kind. Its in
fluence is truly remarkable, as It pene
trates the tissues and renders them
pliant and easily governed by the de
mands of nature. You will be surprised
at Its wonderful effect and what a
grateful relief it affords.
Especially to young women Mother a
Friend is one of the greatest of all help
ful influences.
You will find this wonderful remedy on
sale at the store where you trade, or
they will get 1t for you. It Is prepared
bv Brad field Regulator Company, 136
lAtnar Building, Atlanta, Ga. Write
them for a very valuable booj
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