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3 s int en- u«\l th*- Kan mt- Iat * j the D >ar- irch ting the be- dis- oan and / It > und of ided aro, >uth ni»- Will Rev. •ign. :rs ham dark hree fail - pt SHT Co. lughs ion? PIE" ally ns 0 /eak EVE ■eateit ys I IPSt hot are oak it, ding I oral ) f h M. NIHTTHE1NSEVANGELISTS CITES FAULTS RAPPED AS SHIRKERS Rev. W. C. Crofts Arraigns the ern Methods of Revival Work at Pre-Assembly Meeting. Ministers To-day Inclined To Be Indolent, Declares Moderator of Northern Church. 3,000 +•+ Battle THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANP NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1913. Arrive for Great Presbyterian AssembliesISTflRVflTION PS! Over Moderator Nearing Hot Climax DIMES The Rev. Dr. 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 a.s moderator of the General /Assembly of the Presbytery which U. S. A. (Northern church) holds its first formal session Thursday. Dr. Matthews, who is at the head of the church in Seattle, is a native' of Calhoun, Ga., w here he was born September 24 1867. 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 Faults 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 parepts how to bring up their'ciiildren.” The Sun article quotes Dr. Mat thews. in explanation of the state ment 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. Mostl> 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 £0,000 teams brought in one mem her each week, even, the clturch would grow at the rate of 80,000 converts a month. In 1912 only 73,000 per sons joined the Presbyterian church. “ ‘Preachers. I heard when I was a boy, kept their sermons in a bar rel. I have been afraid to trust myself with a barrel. 1 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 i.t would be a good idea for religious work to be combined. 1 think 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 mf 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 has paid off a debt of $25,600. Dr. Matthews’ first congre gatiot) numbered 16 persons. BLAST ROCKS COUNTRYSIDE. CUMBERLAND. MD., May 14.—A great explosion of dynamite occurred atEckhart. near here, this* morning, lulling two persons, demolishing sev- ,*V a i houses and breaking windows in houses within a radius of half a mile. A scathing arraignment of the modern methods of evangelistic work was delivered by the Rev. W. C. Crofts 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. 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 L have discovered downright shirking of the duties which lay plainly before them.” Sees 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 the vast amount of good they could 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 Atlanta Homes Thrown Open to Thousands of Visitors From All Over United States. A spectacular contest for the moii- eratorship of the Presbyterian As sembly, U. S. A., will reach its cii^ max at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon when the forces behind Dr. Mait land Alexander, of Pittsburg, and Dt S. S. Palmer, of Columbus, Ohio, meet in the first test of strength. Dr. William McKibbin, president of Dane Theological Seminary, of Cincinnati, has been put forward, but pre-con vention gossip has it that the final fight will be between Drs. Alexander and Palmer. 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- ted 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 onferenee is planning for greater nd 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 tee of the United Presbytery of Pitts burg. and the Rev. C. R. William son, of Chester. Pa. DINGER IN KENT EATING Medical Reports 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. Kven if patient rerovers, there is danger — weakened constitution, languidness, 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 awav I he masses ot meat particles teft undigested in the alimentary canal. This mass pu- r erics and sends out death-deal* lng ‘ p 0 i So ns, to result in typhoid w f ®JACOBS’ LIVER SALT is the *'great' .-t known liver stimulant. Its action is gentle, yet effective. It draws water to the alimentary tract, flushes the stomach and bowels washes away the undi gested meat particles and removes the danger of fermentation. The blood is purified through the re newed activity of the liver. JACOBS’ LIVER SALT does not oj,pse nausea and Vomiting, and there are no dangerous after-ef fects as with calomel. Don’t take an inferior substitute: many imi tate the name, but can not pro Sure the same natural, flushing action of the genuine JACOBS’ LIVER SALT. At all druggists, "5c If vour druggist can not sup ply you, we will mail full size jar upon receipt of price postage free? Made and guaranteed by Jacdbs Pharmacy Atlanta. HUMAN SIDELIGHTS ON PRESBYTERIAN MEET Radicals and Conservatives Getting Together, Says Stelzle—No More Heresy Trials. Rev. H. T, Mitchelmore Declares Church Faces Problem of Giv ing Pastors Living Wage. “Many minister.-' of the gospel, while showing their flocks the way into Heaven, are finding difficult to provide for th* respectable existence here This waS the manner in which the Rev. if. T. Mitchelmore commented Wednesday on the starvation salari* - s j that are driving hundreds of young men from the ministry. Dr. Miuht• - more is associate pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, <>f Tacoma, Wash', the largest church of the city, and is in Atlanta to attend the Pres byterian Assemblies. “Flow can a minister support a family on a salary of not more than $8 of $10 a week?’’ he asked. “1? it any wonder that many young men are appalled by the prospect and fin ally decide 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 rving to-day with a particular insist- Ihristian Education Conference Is Begun The pre-assembly conference on education which is being held under the direction of the executive com- Vnittee of Christian education and ministerial relief, will continue in ession thTtoughout Wednesday. The •onferenee ts being held in the First Baptist Church, but the closing ses- ion will be held Wednesday even ing in Harris Presbyterian Church, and in that session representatives of thn 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. Knox Montgomery, D.D., president of Muskingum College, New Concord. Ohio, and Rev. T. S. Olyce, 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 a thoroughly Christian atmosphere in the Christian (Church) College." Both sessions were occupied for the most part with free, informal 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 pf 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 Preai 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 m 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 not 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 stated 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 ommissioner Wednesday, “is wheth er or not the church 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. School* 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, which is regarded as one of the ‘ sale 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 work, tack ling all the big American questions of the day. It extended its work to the immigrants, the workingmen, tin* 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, n-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 affitliatlons with Princeton, and the fact that he is a Princeton graduate. There will be approximately 900 commissioners stVhe Baptist Taber nacle 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 specials, each regular train carries extra 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 be in attendance when the Joint meeting begins Thurs day morning. To accommodate this infiux of visi tors the people of Atlanta liave 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 <U - nomination in Atlanta has joined w ith the local Presbyterians, and delegates are being entertained in the homes of people of every doctrine. When the pre-assembly conference convened at 10 o’clock Wednesday in the North Avenue Presbyterian Church, the greatest, convention in the history of the Presbyterian Church began. This conference was under the direction of the Evangel istic Committees of the General As semblies with Chairman Rev. Charles L. Huston, of the U. S. A. Committee, presiding. All-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 delegates have yet arrived in Atlanta, but will he 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 be 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. P 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 The conference is a get-together meeting While each speaker has 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 evangclls- tic work. The fact that the three great as semblies of the Presbyterian Church are meeting here at once lias 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 mert high in the church. Presbyterian Merger Likely. “Union of the branch of the Pres byterian Church int# 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 committ to a Georgian reporter “The fact that we have gathered • in Atlantt gives reason for this belief. It Plus 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 other breach sings psalms. Undoubted y some agreement could be arrived n 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 whop 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, I long to see the day when all Protestant churches will be combined into one huge body working for the welfare of mankind and ♦he progress of Christianity.” ence for an answer. Not only does the minister have the actual problem f actually sunporting his family on the small sum, nut 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 bids, etc., must be met and paid with nome de gree of regularity, many ministers .ire compelled to wait patiently until the church treasurer gets around 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 th* coun try,” said l>r. Mitchelmore. “A makeshift solution is afforded now by the poorly paid ministers engaging in some ’side line.’ but this solution is obviously unsatisfactory In some instances, loyal wive. 1 -' 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 fa(*t that it owes its ministry a decent living. There must be a general awakening about the country. 1 am not saying that there has 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 we IP paid, but in other sections I know that they get salaries that a day laborer would jiot be expected to live upon. And yet the minister is compelled to dress better and hi family is obliged to fnaintain a mor 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 I 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 <913. 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 iso 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 few 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, it is expected, w’ill 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. By REV CHARLES STELZLE. Dr. Mark A. Matthew’s. na tive Georgian, now of Seattle, “the tall pine of the Sierras”— he’s about six feet six In height, and weighs not much over, well, he doesn’t weigh ns much as a man of his height i3 supposed :o weigh —retiring Moderator o t t h e Northern P r e s b y t erian Assembly, has during the year that he’s been Moderator aroused m I n- gllng 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. Etut 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 saying 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. years ago, was one of the big features of this gathering of world leaders. Thirty-five negro commissioners are in the three assemblies. As 4! 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 relieves this committee of some embarrassment, and it also means that the negro commissioners will be made comfortable. There’s a very remarkable trans formation taking place in the sub jects being discussed at these As sembly meetings. In former da,s considerable time was consumed in 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. Even 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 boar Is 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 extensive, al though this is due entirely to the lack The solsolidation of the Southern Presbyterian Assembly with the United Presbyterian Assembly seems,space,* but in quality they have v , . .. „ J not been beaten The expert stafi to hinge very largely upon whether , men on these boards in charge of the United Presbyterians can agree J special departments are recognized upon some kind of*a proposition with ias the equal of men employed by to H.e.r attitude toward *£ Mecret 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 n the committees representing the two. bodies. It's a mighty interesting thing in looking back upon the history of the church to note how the positions which were at one time regarded as xtremely radical by the church at large were later Indorsed and fought for by the conservatives—after the progressives had gone on sttll fur ther. the conservatives .suffering an«l sacriflcing for these former radical doctrines and practices, as though they themselves had originated them. There’ll be 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 ail this dis cussion. the church will accept a& 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 calls 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 about 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 Awaiting the Joyful Sound The Wonderful Music That Bursts Forth When the Stork Arrives. That funny little brassy cry that ichoes th»- arrival of the new baby i» perts by these agencies. All this is a hopeful sign of th» times. While warmly sympathetic toward the more emotional side of religion known as “evangelistic work,” these men are demonstrating that Ji religion which is concerned about the hereafter may at the sam** time be interested in the affairs of the here and now Wife of Comer Doctor Dies. COMER.—The funeral of Mrs. ' r . W. Hinton. wife of Dr. T. W. Hinton, one of Corner s prominent citizens, took place here yesterday afternoon. 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 Chu Thursday* morning at 11 o'clock. The retiring moderator of the seen bly, the Rev.* I. S. Clyce, D.D., Sherman. Tt x will preach t •*■ °i'* n- j (hf standard, reliable remedies that ing sermon. 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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 b5 this assembly. It Is not likely that a positive stef) toward a merger will be taken at this time. upon. With its daily use during the period of expectation, there is no weakness. n« nausea, no morning sickness, no pain, iistress 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 &e mand'S of nature. You will be surprised at Its wonderful effect and what grateful relief it affords. Especially to young women Mother s 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 it for you. It ts prepared by Brad field Regulator Company. 136 lamar Building. Atlanta, Ga. 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