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~~ ~ § > .f § __ § i ' § In the . Morning, in the Old Seventh pay . ~.. § ~ , .' ~BaptistChurch, a Bronze Tablet' Dedicated. to ~. '~ = = = = ~ , '§ . the Memory of the Founders of the Church . ~ ~. :: :: 's ::

, ~ ", ~ , will be unveiled~ This w~ll be followed by a ~ ~ , ~ ~ Communion Service, in . which, the .old Com- ' ~ ~

, , , i i . munion Silver will be· used."" . i 1 - - - -:: :: :: -= I, 1 In the Afternoon, in the First B.aptist. Church, I, 1 ' - - - -~ . i lhere will be a series of 'addresses by representa- ~' i ' ~ § tives 'of the. State of Rhode. Isla~d, the City of . ' , § . ' § ii Newport, and the Baptists ·of. New ~ngland. i i i I These wil~ be preceded by an address of wel~ . 1 ! ,= ' = : ~ome'by the pastor of the' First Baptist Church~ = = i § i iO .- - - -§ § The Newport Sev.enth Day Baptist Church § §, ,I' ; " . sprang from the ~ ewport First Bapti.st ChUrch. ;, I \5 a § eo ~ ~ ,.The First Baptist·Chur~h held their Centen- . ~ ~

. i ~'niaL Celehration in the Seventh Day Baptist, i' ' . , ~ = = = = § § Church. § S

1 '1 ' The Seventh Day Baptists hold a part of I. i . - - ~. , - -i ~ >their 2S0th. Anniversary' Celebration in the' i ~ .' j J First Baptist Church. ··1 1 " itlllllU""/IIu""ffi"'''III'''''''''''/IIH''"I1I1''"~lImIIlIllHIIIIJ'''IIII1I1I1Il1I1I1''IIIIIIII'IIIIIII''""'1I111"lli"J/II"II1I11I11Il1I11"II"lIIi",,,j""'III,,,,,ill"'II/~"""""III"'""'~ = ..' t . = - ~ -= = - -- -

Be Sure ·to be at the General Conference . . -.' . . .

.. ':B{)th at.~shaway, ~nd .. at !Ve~port,

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A WATCHWORD FOR OURCIlURCHES:'

,cA.' J.>EEPE~' lif~ in, Cb~s! i. ,tbe remeclyfor all o~r eccl~i~.tiCa(.or· .' .n theological dl.. Religion goes deeper than, theoloQ. Toplacly,. , '. Calvinist, 'wrote "Rock , of' Ages,. Cleft for' Me", while ' ·Charle.

Wesley, an 'Arminian, wrote, .. Jesus~' Lov.-zo of· My Soul", and ·yet we linli them both· in the .. ~e meetia..~ ~Ddth~Dk 'not?f th~-th.e:olo.yof their .. authors, but of the .1017 and su.fti~I~ncy of the Cbnst ~ whom they' both trusted. How it's.ems to our r~derl we can not's.y,.but we are sure that many of them . fe4!1 'as we do~ tha.t no superficial' tYPe of

,Christianity, such as, we. lee' manifested all about· ·UI,' by' church mem­berl; caD meet tbe needs of .the 'human soul 'or' thec~1I of a: needy world. Tbe watchword in all, our local cburcbea should ·be"uCbrid· in ua the' bope~ of . glory", andtbe only .:h0p!~too,. of '~lIiD' .·ou~.~, ... iOD .a. a\

, religiOUS movement. We wo~der If, many ,w- profess loyal ,alle.~ance .­to the things for wh~ch' we i stand do Dot ~or.et. or have' fai18t1to lee,. that auch lofty aims 'and ,ideall ~ ,we profe •• , demand a faith ,.hich lees him who iainvisible, ,lift. ~h~ life out of· narrow sectaliaD: ~ta,.' widens ·the 'horizon, of Chri.ti.an f~llowsbip,. and : leek. , to exemplify 'that for which we plead.-J. H. Garrison, in Christian-Evangelist., '.'

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Edltorlal.-Unwise Quibbling' Robs Many. of the Real, Message.~teer- , ingl~Between the Rocks.-That Tele- '

. gram on ,Conference ,Rates .•. __ ·.193-~95. General 'Conference ' Program-Flage . . 'Sixteen ....••... ' •...• ~ ...... ' ..••• '1~~ Southeast~rnAssocfation •. '. . . . . . . .• 195 ,Th.e :CoDimJ •• lon'. page: . 00' •••••••• 196

'Railroad RateS to Conference ..••. 0 •• ' 196_ . Seven Sermonets •.•....• ; ••• ' •.. ' •• :.. 196 , North.western Associatl()~ ... ';;: •..•. '197 :. Mi..to.ti·;.;aBd'·t1le, 8abb8th..-" Mis~lon- " ·ary., Board Meeting.-, Commen¢ement ~ ~ " at, Shang:h&i.-, Open. Letter' No. 15.~

Semiannual Financial Report of the Seventh Day Baptist Mission, Shang- •. . ha.., Ch~na .•..••. ~ •••. ~.,.~ .• ~·.~, •. 198-204

THESEV'ENTH' DAY BAPTIST' .' MEMORIAL FUND'

. Pfe.rident-""'H. <M. Maxson; Plainfield,N. J. Vlc.·Prcsident-·William M. Stillman, Plainfield, N. J. Secrefary-\V. C. Hubbard, Plainfield, N. J.' ·Trea.sure"'-~"rank J. Hubbard, Plainfield. N. .I ..

.. {?ifts. or bequests for any d~n?minational ~pur;ose :Ire tnvtted, and. wlll be gladly admtnIstrated and; safeguarded folr the best interests of the benefiCiaries iri.· accordal:ce with the wishes of the donors. . . ". ... The Memorial Board acts as the Financial Agent: of the Denomination. '. . . . _.' ~: . .

. Wr-ite' the Treasurer for information as -to ways in which the 130ard can be of service. . '. < . .

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SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST HISTORiCAL . SOCIETY,

. . (INCORPORATED, 1916): Pr~sident-Cornss 1<":. Randolph, Newark, N. J. !

Recording Secretar~Asa ·F. Randolph,· Plainfield, N. J. Treasur~,.-Frank J. Hubbard, Plairifield, N. J.

~OMMlSSION Addsor;y . Committee-William L. Burdi~, Chairman. • . ~;[ Terms Expire in 1922-Frank J.' Hubbard, Plainfield. .. - .. --.iN. J.; Allen·B. West. Milton Junction, Wis.; Alfred E. SABUTHSCHOOL BOARD'

· .~Whitford, Milton,· Wis. . ' . ·President-Prof. Alfred ·E. Whitford, Milton, Wis. · .~ ~" Terms Ext,we" in 1923-Edgar P. Maxson, Westerly, Recording Secr.etary-Dr. A. Lovelle Burdick, Janes· . . ,. R. I. ; BeriJ amiil F. J ohansoil, Battle' Creek, Mich.; ville, Wis. . . '

. ·~tucianD. Lowther, Salem, W. Va. '. Treasur.,'-L. A. Babcock, Milton,. Wis. .. ' '~' Ter~,f' Expi" in 1924-Rev. Theodore J. Yan. Horn, Field S.cretary-E. M. Holston, Milton Junction, Wis .

. . '. ~Verona, N. Y.; Paul E. Titsworth, Alfred, N. Y.; M. Stated -meetings 'are held on the third First Day of ~ ~ardner D~vis, Salem, W. Va. ". " the' week in the months' of Sc;ptember, December and ~ March, and on. the first First Day of tre week in the

· ~ ~MEIt.ICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETY . month of June. in. the Whitford Memorial Hall, of Milton · ~l !J' .' . BOARD OF DIRECTORS ' '. College, M'Uton~ Wis..' .'

· ~ 7:·Presiden~orliss F; Randolph, Newark. N. J. YOUNG PEOPL£'S E' XECUTI E OAR ':; :~; Recording Secretary-Arthur: L. Titsworth, Plainfield, V B I) . N. J. . . President-Benjamin F. Johimson, Battle C,reek, Mi~h. .l; AsMant. Recording Secretary-Asa F. Randolph, Plain· Recording Secretary-Miss Marjorie Willis, Battle

· ; field, No' J. . ' Creek, Mich. . .... : :0: Cor. Secretary-Rev: Edwin Shaw, Plainfield, N. J. Correspondi~g Secretary-Mrs .. Franci's F. Babcock, l! Treasurer-' F. J .. Hubbard, Plainfield, N. J. . Battle Creek; Mich.. .. ", . I

.;: Regular meeting of the Board, at Plainfield, ·N. J., the' Fjeld Secretary-E.M. Holston, Milton Junction, Wis. : s.ecohd . First.day of each month, at 2 p. m; Treasurer-Elvin H. Clarke,' Battle Creek;' Mich; it-' THE:' SEVENTH ,DAY BAPT~STBatt?es't;~eJ!, l1ic~~d Societies-Benjamin F. Johans,on,

· J'; . MI$SIONARY SOCIETY Editor of Young People's Dep~rtment of SABBATH · , '. . RECORDER-Mrs. Ruby Coon Babcock, Battle Creek, Mich. '~l ;:[ Presidettt..:....Rev.- C. A. 'Burdick, Weste~)y. R. T. .' ].,nior Superintendent-Mrs. W. D.' Burdick; Dun-. ii.RC.cordlng'..l~ecrsetary-George B. Utter;, 'Westerly, R. I. ellen, :N~ J..' ',' . · j; o".espon{#mg. ecretary-Rev. Edwin Sh:t\v, Plainfield, Intermediate Superintendent-Miss Mary Lou Ogden,

i l!l. J.. '. .' , ..' . . Salem W Va , .:i ~Treasurer-S. H. Davis, Westerly, R; I. ' ,. . .

. 'F;The regular meetings of the Board of Managers are . ASSOCIATIONAL SECRETARIES ..... ~ ... , h.ee.ll(dobterhe.· third .Wednesdays in January, April, J. u. ly and Eastcrn---Marjorie Burdick, Dunellen,. N .. J .. . act CentraJ-Hazel Langworthy, Adams Center, N. Y.

.. . , . . Western-Clara . Lewis Alfred, N. Y. '~'~:SEVENTH . DAY . BAPTIST EDUCATION Northwestern-Doris Holston, Milton Junction, Wis. ~:; . SOCIETY . .' . Mrs. _ Isabella AllenLNorth Loup, Neb. 1~' '. Soutlaeastern-Alberta. Davis, Salem, W. Va.' I,: P".rid,,.f-Rev. W. C. Whitford, Alfred, N. V. Sou"lwestern-Margaret Stillman, Hammond,' La.

,r ~~ R~cording Secretary' and Treasurer-Ead P. Saunders, Pacific. Coast-Maleta Osborn, Riverside, Ca1. ,alfred. N •. Y. . . '. . . .

'.' "\; .Correspo"ding Secretary-Prof. Paul. E. Titsworth, AI- CONFERENCE AUXILIARY FOR LONE Ired. N. Y. .' . . . · ,·r. The regular meetings of the Board are held' in Feb- . SABBATH-KEEPERS

. ·ruary. May, August and November, at the call of the' General Field Secretary-G. M. Cottrell, Topeka, Kim. ·,resident. - AssiStant. Field Secretary---Mrs. Angeline Abbey, .1601

:. tWOMAN'S ~XECUTIVE BOARD OF THE 3rd Ave., S.,. Minneapoli~, Minn.

: ~ .';' GENERAL CONFERENCE SEVENTH· DAY . BAPTIST. VOCATIONAL . ;.~ Presideti,:"':'Mrs. A. n. West, Milton' Junction. Wis.

. .L 'R.cordi!'gS.cretary-Mrs. EdgarD. Van Horn. Mil_COMMITTEE . .. ".ton Junction, WIS. . . . . Chairman-Lucian D.:Lowther, Salem, 'V ... Va.;-Ekrl " ..• ~ .. f 0"..l/1ondingSecretar:y-;-Mrs. J. H.~ Babcock, Milton, W., Davis, Salem, W. Va.; Orla A.' Davis; Salem, W . . . . !WT:15. " Wh" . . • . Va.; .E. ·M. Randolph, Salem; W. Va.; D. Nelson'Ing\is.

: .:. ::~ . r~a.rtI"~.lY.lrs. Ai. ~.'. It ford, Mtlton. WIS. ~ . Milton, Wis:; .Paul E. Titsworth, Alfred, N. ·Y.; Orra ,5. ' .. !~. ~dl'or of Woman s. Work$ .SABBATH REcoRDER:-Mrs.: Rogers,. Plamfield, N. J.

..... ,George E. 'Crosley, Milton, WIS. . " -' '.' -_.' - -, ~-~....,------ """--:...... --,' ---'-, , .• .t t. ." ~ . - . . - - . ..... . , . ,+: " 'ASS~CIATIONAL 'SECRETARIES , THE'TWENTIETH . CENTURY ENDOW·

Shaw, Plainfield,N. J.- '- . MEN", FUND . Wardner Davis,. Salem, W. Va.

~Ull;~141U'''' ........ Brown. West Edmeston. N. Y. L. Greene,. Andover. N. Y., .. C

,-S,.,.UI.~";f~Jt--Mll'S. R., J. Mills, Hammond, La. .' . ·"·,.:."·.:· .... OrIII •• r.rf~~rR-:~.Nliss 'Phoebe' S.· CO,on.:,Walwortli; Wis.

. '~. 0., Moore,- .'River~ide,: Cal.' .

, Alfred; N. Y. ~ . - . . For. tife j6in~ b~n~fit :0£' . Salem and Milton .Colleges and Alfred.UDlversity. ..... .', .' '. ..... . .

~ The:· Seventh' Day 'Baptist;' Education S()Ciety. '~OiiCits . . gifts, a~d: bequests. fC?r" these Jlenomin~tional; collelleS ..

Th S l)i>' '"'-h"'" R'" d .. , ..... $ , • • ~t _ .' ' 1_

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. A Snenth Day Baptiit Weekly' Published by the American' Sabbath Tract -Society, PlIili6e1d. N.J. VOL. 93, NO·7· . ',. P~AINFIELD;' N . .].,AuGUST '14, 1922 . . WHOLE NO.4,04~

UnwileQuibbliDI We are deeply im- ' Now tl}e thing that 'we regret is this: Rob. MallY pressed with the feel- Instead' of magnifying the great and essen-'

'.Of the Real Mell.,e iilg that the severe tial religious truths taught in almost every criticisms . regarcling. litet:al and sYl1lbolical. . one of these Bible stories, so many writers' ~interpretations 'of certain Bible passages ~re .seem to take no notice of these; but invari­tending t<> unsettle faitl~ and to rob many aply. take:up the pen in controversy OV~ believers" of the teal messages. which 'said the . literal rendering or the historicity of .passages -'were designed ·'to bring to, the 'the story. . They quarr~l constantly about' world. . . ..' the vehicle that conveys the truth to h1]~n

Every 'one, so far as we know, accepts hearts and overlook· the real' truth the real. religious teachings ~esigne~· to ~e. conve~edo ' . tau~ht In the Jonah, and In t~e Darnel . I f one writer can not use e~act1y the s.tortes of th~ Btble. We ~ave said ~fore, same terms that another uses to express his. and repeat It here, that.tf any chtld .of 'appreciation oj the great truths t3:ught in a God can ~et mQre ~elp from these s~~rles Bible story, then that otherAfeels called upon· by regardlng- them as parables or rehgtous t °bbl nd fi ht . th h' t r' "ty of stories constructed for teaching purposes, . 0 .qui ea. g. ove~ e IS ~ let .

to make, vivid. a great missionary lesson, or ~he storr untd the !eal, VItal truth 1~ teclch~. a lesson' impressing ,God's care for his per-' IS practt~lly 19st Sight of. Quarrehng over secuted and oppressed children, we will ·have the shell . I~ almost s~re to ~ob -many souls no' quarrel with him.' We shall be glad if .of the spIritual me3:t It.contalns. . . in this way he can learn well the important Surely th~ shell IS a .goo? veh~c1e to· \>r«:-spiritual teachings.· serve the mea,t. and~ conve:y It to. us; but It IS

On the other hand we do not wish to not the meat ttself. Neither .ts the word­qui~ble wit~ any sou~' who gets more. good, form', . thei~lustrativ~.s~ory, in many cases! . or who beheves he does, by acceptIng as the real thtng. Thts IS to be found ~. literal . history the writings which another neath the word-symbols, of thought which ..... o~e may regard as : ~l1~gori~l; proyi~ing some child of God ~s' c?os.e~ as best he' thiS one, too, d.oes not m~ss the teal sp'l!T'~tual could, to express. dtvtn~, 'sptr~tual l~sso.ns~ lesson. . In any case, whether -the vehIcle brlngtng . I f we admit . that Jesus ,taught by' par- to us' a . vitalspiritua~ truth is in parable o~', ables-. a fav9rite way of teach.ing for many all~gory!' or 'actual ~lstO!"y, the tT?th .. to be ge~erations among th~ He~rews-why ta~ght IS tl1e .sa~e. It 15 the all-lmporla;nt: should we deny that the prc:>phets,. too, may thing. A~d It. IS s~d when m~n cont«:¥. supposedly . hav:e !ntend~d., sometimes to . over the l'l:terahty of a story unttl the SPl!"-t • teach by parables? ',"~. of contention robs ,many ~ouIs .0£ the reality

A religious parable ill the Old Testament, God designed. to convey to' hiS needy chfl-written by a good man for a worthy· spirit-. dren .. '. ". . ual 'purpose, need not seem out of place .- It IS reasonab~e to suppose that tHe H~ly . even when riot regarded as· strictly histor- Spirit may haveinspire~ some 91d -~~= icaI. A parable is just as true i~ its own ~ent- 'Yl'-it~rs . to make use of a religIous . sphere~ and "for its· o~ purposes, as if it . s~ory designe~,. as were .the parables. o~ '. wen~ real history. ' , Jesus, for r~h~o~s teachings. An~ . tf a

Even· the Psalmist in Old Testainent .1o~" conscielitiq~~, e~empla,ry' chtld i?f times 's~rig .6f . J eh.qv~h : ""I wi~ll. open .. my God ~lieves thi~~i!~ping ~e r~ spiri~ mouth In a· parable; I WIll utter dark .say- teachIngs of thC!-tjaTo~h ,and the D~el ings.of'old'."· '-In those' far;.awaY days, such· ~tori~~.· it " 4~~r?~9t,~' se~m reas?nabl~ '01':: t~achi~s'were; .rega~ded as:'~howing to tlle . Chiis!tike' to der?;.~~~~e suc~ abel~~er.~-'~ genetatlogs to come the pral~es of the L~rd here~c ~nd .sk. :\.~ .. ~~'J>e J ~ummarilY.'.~i

.and of·his strength/' .. -,.' out-of the<synag~e::··~·'·",>·C"". ',',')~.

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194 . . ];H~ S~~~ATH RE~9RDER . . 1r.<'.. ":~:~' :-". ' . .,.., '."'<: '~,:;,.>,. .' .,' '.v<"; '. -"L,.:' ......... ....... . .. ~} ... j: . . J' .;.~~.:> ';i.:~L .:: i

...... t~H~1iJ!t*~~~ .$I(~~IJ.~J('L}As.< th~ ;·"tQoi!·. ~:~f.~~* ~~~·:-stli~9~~~~t4: th~~i;¥~erni.~~s ~r . '. sruv~'Celfic hear~Clthe·····famous'···Stratts· ot'· ·wtth·,·those;"who 'belteye the 'enttre' Btble 1S

. '~es~ina" we: wer~. o,n· tAe t.ip toe ~f~pec7 the:word .. ?f~, G9d'.~. .·W t;.are ,frank, to. say tation for we knew we must steer between that we hke some of the modern Views 'Charybdis and Scylla, the . famous rocks better than sante views of the other side. of ancient story that proved so disastrous to Bible writers themselves do not attempt to

. mariners of long ago. The; even~ng shadows conceal the human authors~ipof its. :various

.'. were gatherhig.· The lights' along the ,Mes- parts. The Bible is indeed a matchless rec­sit;ta 'front were sending their rays across ord of th~ d~velopment of the plan of salva­'the waters, and over all, beamed the silver .tion in Jesus Christ its' central figure. It rays of a m'oon that was nearing its full. contains, a nlarvelousrevelation of God in

. ,., As we' approached the narrowest channel his only begotten Son .. It .is . the only 'Book , with, rugged, rocky headlands on either side, in the world that will bear full and perm;;. .remembering that underneath the swirling anent translation into human .life . . currents '·were the hidden rocks which must We believe that both sides' fully . accept 'be avoided, we were impelled to remain on this truth. . Bot~ are genuinely loyal to God

. .; the upper deck and watch carefully every and to. Christ; and the substance. of this . . movement of, the great ship. The first revelatio.n we' believe to be the safe chan;.

. ~thing was. t9 slow down and· move cautiously J;lel between the rocks... The. extreme views ',-through dangerous waters. Then, by the on, both sides over' the form, rather than

'aid of. ·careful watchmen, and faithful pilots . the teaching, ate lik~; dangerous rocks, and . :rand·,steersmen, the Celtic turned. almost at whether these 'roc~s b~~ong to the liberal or

' .. ,. _ <righf angles, wound, her ~ way almost from to. the . conseryative side, they are equally " -shore to 'shore, and passed safely through dang~rous.· .

into broader seas and fairer sailing. '. One' who ignores the sure revelations of science and ethical. study, revelations, that

. '\ Since writing the first editorial of this shed light. upon anCient scripture records . . ,issue .we have thought much of the rocks making them more ' clear,. may easily cause ' ,·on' both sides which . the 'church of today the shipwreck of otherw.ise loyal friends of 'shQttld carefully shun. We woulclgre8:tly God. The one who counts out of the fold . ,regret the saying of anything to shipwreck . everybody who does not subscribe .to his

, 0- ,:.the faith of any who ·are sailing life's sea own lit~ral explanations of Bible records, . '.in dang~rous w~ters.. We .3,:re be~een . and whose constant effort is tounchris-, :Charybdls and Scylla In the troubled' s~ of tianize every on~ who tries ·to read 'God's

. so-called modern thought and the persistent' message from his book· of na:ture, making ,:sticklers for . literal ,acceptance of many fig- it harmonize with his Book' of redemption, llrative and impressive didactic stories used endangers the _ fair sailing of. many con­,by 'the' Spirit to teach' and impress funda- scientious souls. mental truths needful in development of the On. the other hand there is danger of the 'plancif' salvation. ...' liberalist going too far with' his so-called " ,There are dangerous. rocks on both sIdes; liberal views. He ma)! be as fanatical and and it is 'difficult to discern which are most unreasonable as the so-called fundamental­-dangerous .. ' On the one hand arc: ,those ,who ist. There are· rocks on both sides. The seem to. treat the Bible as if it had been one is as dangerous as the oth~r. If' by 'struck o~ from stereotyped plates in heaven, quarreling over the rocks men.miss.thesafe : a book .of purely divine origin, making little" " channel of the real annunciation the words ,of: its evident and varied human authors. . w.ere . designed to. Iconvey, it matters· 'but

.' On- the other' hand ~re those who honestly little which rocks ~ause his shipwreck. : believe that, in· view of the progress in . Biblical reseafch -'of this -wonderful' age, there' is such a thing as reasonable, Biblical ~~criticism, 'by which. new light is obtained and. just"grounds given for restatement in ;mpdern forms of .' Bible doctrines and' reli-gious lcreeds. . ..'. .' . . - ' . A brother· demand~ an,.e~p.1auation as to

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Tilat Telegram " Our readers. found the on telegram concerning tour-

Confe.,ence .. Rates ists - rate~, '{()lded into their last RECORDERS. It .reachedus twen­ty~four hours after, Jhe last j)ages;of. the ~C;ORDER for<A~~st7 Jtad COl\1~ ~ro~, the press,' and while that issue:was ,~being. pre ...

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The trip ~ to Newport will rbe .. ta.k~Il".9ti

pared· for tlie' mailbags.:, 'The';only way by which it could be given "immediate publica­tion" was to have itprinted on the job pres,s and folded into the RECORDERS with~ut, com­ment. This we did,some of us turning in to help fold it'into the papers just ~fore mailing. . (

M6:[)day~Don't miss it." . .... ., .. "~ , Automobilists are requested to use every

care possible. Carefully observe, driving, . We ,hope it .did reach our readers in' time

to do some good.

GENERAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM­PAGE SIXTEEN '

and parking rules .. · f'. "

New England offers'. many· 'phces of at- ~ traction and interest. Delegates, visitors" an'd, residen.ts alike: are urged' tQ refrain , from all social or recreational functions that. , . will infringe upon the time, spirit 4lld ~pur-

GENERAL INFORMATION pose of the meetings of the Co~ference. \ All meetings of the Conference, except ,

as ,specified otherwise in the program, will . be held in . the church. On Sabbath Day and Sunday. botli the church and parish house will be used. Consult the program.

Daylight Saving Time will be used for

'SOUTHEASTERNAS~UON ..

The Southeastern Association 'is to con--vene with the Salemville Church, Salem- -ville, Pa .. August 31 to September 3. TIie church is hopefully looking forward to this , meeting and anticipating the attendance, of ' . a goodly number of delegates. Letters: ar.e· being sent to the churches of the Qssociation t requesting that the names bf those who ex-, pect to attend be sent to tJte chairman ot the

all appointments. Entertainment, registration and general

infonnation bureau will be found in the vestibule of. the <:hurch. ,

Delegates and visitors will use the trol­ley car betwee!1 Westerly an~ Ashaway • Trunks and' heavy baggage wdl be trans­ported to and from Westerly free at rea­. sonable hours.

Meals will be served cafeteria at -12.15 - ~

and 5.45p. m~ '. Delegates' . and visitors will, be .~enter­

tained 'for lodgings and breakfast tn the homes of the people. . . . .

A post office has been established in the basement of the church. .All mail for dele­gates will be distributed from this ·office.

The exhibits of the Young People's Board and the Woman's Boord will be i~ the high schoolb';1il~ing: . '.- ,

The rest room IS In the parish house. The writing room is in the church v~stry

( upstairs) . . -A checking room is provided in. the

chur~hbasement. It is for your ,conven-ience. Use it. ,_. '

The Confer.ence Guides are at yourserv­ice to act as guides' or carry your messages. See the boys w~th the, red badge. '. . .'

The children's service at three' o~c1ock each afternoon, will be on the first floor of the high schoQJ:, building,.. '

Special automobile trlp ,for delegates and visit()rsFriday ;lft~rnoonat4 o'clOck.' ~p.~ suIt' chaiI#lan of transportati~n. com~lttee, Harris·W. Taylor .

, Entertainment Committee as soon as pos-; , sible. Owing to certain local \ conditionS, ' . this is quite, necesSary, both for the COD"""

'yenience of the entertaining church and ~.' comfort of visiting delegates. _ Those c0tl1~. ing from West Virginia by tmin will be ·met.!, at Bedford, Pa., on Wednesday, Thursday~ and Friday, in the afternoon only. Thi~~'

. train leaves Cumberland, Md., at 2.10 p~-'ft1~ " land ari"ives at Bedford rat 3.48 p. m. Dele­gates coming from the N orth a~d East . should come by way of Altoona ~and Roar~; ing Spring, Pa. Leave- train' at Roaring'. Spring and take auto bus for :New Enrer- .' . prise, Pa., where' you will be met either .at' .' 'noon or in the evening. Bus leaves Roarillg- _, Spring twice each day-at 9.30 in .th~ m0m.~·': ing and at 6 o'clock in the evenln~~ It IS,

. eighteen miles from ~oaring Spring to S~... .:. emville, and twenty -miles from. Bedford ttL Salemville, thus th~ nece3sity. for advan~c"

; i'nformation as. to how many'and~ when you,. are, coming. Please·, se~d names_ pro~pt1, to Rev. R. R. Thorngate, Salemvill~~ Pa~",'

S alemville,Pa., A ugust 7~ 1922.

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,:'-C-:' , (i~ . 1.-' . TiM~.'. GEN ~ 1 :"14,' 18 '''::,' -" ;Tim~:"··is' ':a sac~ed, thing,';~ ".gift.' M.an tne~#res.'.it in., heart p.eats; th~ s~,' in,: tides,

, and' fhe sun,' in light" It is everywhere,-' i~ . the, prot.oplasm .Qf .. bird,.peast . and plant. .. 'VVithout it there could, be neither home nor Sabbath, neither 'song' nor prayer. God has put the :keeping of, it on the mys-terious :s~rs.; r' ':- "\ ' " ~ " :,:', "

How choice a :thing.it js., -Vast, countless worlds flame in wondrous, light for it. The ancient stars make their silent' rounds for it." .' Th~ 'sun,_guards.-,!t by ,day,' the, moon

,"by night~ Time is holy.' . It comes frOtn . the "star ,paths,' from the glories of God, is

.' . asperfecf as an angel o~ light. ,'. '

~".-: -,!"," __ ~_~ ________ ~. ~··II;-TH'E SABBATH. GEN. 2.3 . ~:'; EVE R Y C H U RC H IN L 1 N,E God IDlve t1:re Hebrews' gifts,-such as

,I ' 'EVlJRY 'MEMBER ,SUPPORTING the ': ark, the 'tablets, the ,tabernaCle, land .... . . '

n~l~itho%dme, ye ca~ don.oth;'ng.'~-John 15: 5.: l • I~Lo, I am. with you always, evet:' u»to, tile end,

,," . ,of the' world."-· Matt. 28: 20. '. r'

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, .. ,'. ,RAILROAD FARES, TO CONFERENCE , So' many of those who will attend, Con­

ference will make the journey by automo­bile that thete is no likelihood that ,a suffi~

.. ' Q,eht number will travel by rail'to make it , ' ~'J>Ossible' to secure any reduction in railroad

fares on the certificate plan. . "~PastorA: L. Davis has however learned­

, ,that . special excursion ,rates may possibly be secured in i~dividual cases on personal ap-

. , plication. to local ticket ' agents~ , .' ' .' , ... "The' best railrof,td connections -to ,Westerly can'be:made'via New York, City. : The steamer to W~terly via New, Lon­

, , don leaves New Y cirk ·from Pier 40, North ,. '~ver,foot of HoustQn Street at;. 4.3<YP. m., , ~, Eastern" Standard 'Tiine (5.30 p. m~, Day~'

'light . ~vihg ,Time). ' " ,I

oi"Trainsto' Westerly leave'the Grand Cen;. . 'tralTerminal;' New~York, at 7~33 a. m.,

9.b<> 'a.m.;'T2~63J p. 'm., 2.00 p. m., and, 4.02 . p., m., Eastern ,"'Stan~ard Time" arriving in Westerlya,bout three~nd one-hall hours later. , Trolleys run from Westerly' to Ashaway

" .. ".. every hour. ". ',','r' .-,.,~. :'< ! ..•. ; '" " ,A~~!C~~PE~, Y'l." YA~S~,'

, ;'~" ,':-; ·'~~,c...h,(#tnu})n;1'r.a1iS.por,tq"tio:n C omtl.i#tee.,~ . ..: , .~' ... .;~~'~' r ,r .. ;," .• '. :.~' •• ~... n".. ~; .... 'H.'.· ... ·~.· .. ·~~ ..

later the' temple.' To keep -them 'sacred, he flashed his' glory light, upon' them.' ,But 'neither. Sinai's flaming' splendor, nor the' lighted' house" -of God revealed a greater Qod than did the Holy' Sabbath in the garden" of" God,-' given to mankind. . 'There,' God . met man and gave 4im his own _dear name; there the suprenle gifts of religion were bestowed,-faith, hope and love. 'There

,manmade his first prayer . Like the garden of God, the Sabbath was'

a perfect gift. It was' made for man and wilCalways token his nobler sonship. .Jesus ch~rished it and claimed it as a privileg'e.

The spiritual will ever associate it with the '. recurring Sabbaths, regarding it 'the silent guardian of the fellowship of God on. earth., '

lit-THE EVERLASTING COVENANT. GEN.

. 9: 13 The rainbow curved from the lake, over

the . rain-clouds an~ 'd'own agctin" upon th~ wqoded hills,-a' perfect arch of wondrous colors .... T1;te, fieIg.· gra,sses ,and' the orchard blossoms 'glistened with th~ rain: . A miracle ,~sbeen wrought. ,'Tl1e bees, liCl<;l.'~cattere~ ~he .pollen~ : grait;ls ~nd, in, the:. sc~tited' blos­soms on' plant an5i. *~ee~, '~\l~··'ptsti1s and ~rv.ul~s:th!'illed,. fot~ with the .'g.qldeJ;J, pplJen, h~~~otii~ jh.e'ri~h,~.~a,i.!n'l\fe-"oi .-a' mHlipn s-~·o·' S:·'·i EYe " where' berieath"tne :rainbow '{>'; >.p.g, ,. ". ". ,· •.. rx ... ,' ",'.,. .. ... .... .."":'" '.," 'J ',' ,

, y6~tig" seedsr"were' fonnjpg,;-:;sheatlieg,:Jn' " .. ' ,.'" " ...... 4,. 0 ~;:. .... :' _ .... :.. •• ~."""'~ ~~ •

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,sepals and",nourishe~tby .. r09.t~aitd .. leaf. ': !\n- ,'w6U1d~:4~a.ve:::ri9ue::':,·:of.'.:him;:=::W:hat-=-m~, other'.,r~r'~ :.:harvest e~~losed ',in' ~ precIous ,urg~<\Thl~ ~~r-~tpr5n ,J~:~.J ~ E~~, J~~~;J~Wi bqf: , , seeds' " ·r ;~. '.,:.: ' .: .• , ',', ," , :'., ',', ' , thevdsaw :i.l;bt/: :.(, But bket;~Jttdelfd·ti- li~·· .'. " _ ' J";; l. " • 1£:.~I., .- .... , .~, .. _ - . ~'" .. \.1.-~'" .,t'

,God~s"riche's;cannQt be.:.told : His promise . ,~skedthe wealtn 6t' 'heaven's' mercy:' up~n 'had returned as wonderful' astever. ' them,::.praying~:-~~~Eather;:-:;forgive:theri1;::foi-

they know ,not' ,:wbat~, they : <lp/~:: And though ,IV.-UN.~O RIGHTEOUSNESS~,-' 1 JOHN 12: 29 .' ,the frenzy: drive:, :the~ till: Jhe ,_~~~k J)f

The' apple, orchard had leave~ and. blos- doom, he will be th~ King 'of Mercy; the " ' somed.. The old~r trees ~ere, rough-barked '-ric~~rdotr~so rl1anifest uJ?'oh'~the';Jew, shall, '" and dlsplaye<J crooked lImbs., The young never be withdrawn. . ". bea,rers ,showed ~pruning, sears. A few trees Dh, what graces; he -possessed·! <Greater' whrch had, weather~d ~stor~s bent ground- mercies' are ours both for the now' and the ward. But th~ sU,rge of. spring had thrilled golden 'Beyond. Som~day he' who .sai<f: the trees, causing even the suckers· t~ ·bud. "This' is' my . ,Beloved," shall.,lift the' veil' Though there was n~t a perfer:t tr.ee In the . Irom ~both Jew and- Gentile eyes and- grant .. orchard, ,th~y: all frUIted. How wonderful. all to see the King in his glories~ Plant food IS drawn unseen from earth and ,.,.' ".' sky and stored :in root, leaf, bud 'and fruit. VII.-. THE CITY OF GOD. HEB~ I I : ~ 10

Society is not 'perfect. Some are bent, :-',' Beyond' the pine' trees, the rain-clouds lay, . some crooked;, some scar.red,. and .. it~eems, stra.tified, .as far as, eye:, could see.'; They in the way. But there is the miracle of·thc' " lingered-:in masses,-some dark,: some: gray, new birth. The t:egcnerated, d.Q live.,· They and those higher Up were edged with light, are born of God,---notof 'f\esh" but of the for the sun had cast. broad rays upon:them. will of .God. rh,oughimperfect, they in And far' away,' towered' other' series of whom he dwells draw~ 'life frpm, ,uns,~en . clouds all aglow in sunset gold. There~be-, glories and: :inanifest·it in mercy·and ·love yond the pine trees and .rain~clouds fash-. and in the ~xtension' of his kingdom,; they ioned of air and' sea and light;:'poised the bear fruit unto ,righteousriess. golden· continent apd on it, .in \ won~ro~s

II ~ V.~JESUS. ¥AR.K 14:. 36 beauty 'flashed, the gr,eat; square city of God. ,'. " , ". ' "Th in Its . foundations. were ~leJ;l1ents as pure· a~d" .

Jesus ,said:, "Abba,Fathe\. " ';1s, eternal as light. . ., ,; ,. chil,dhood his mother had taught h1m to , j' pray and thus'he:pray~~i~ the ~arden. ~n ' ~ Verona, N. Y., ' i;:,l ,

the temple," the teachers told.lll.m to, say: ' Augu/t7, 1922 .. , , "El-elohe, Israel,-, God; -the God of Israel," as David before·him had' saidanct -so ·he cried, on' tlie'rugg~~ .C~9SS:' "El~,"Eli,',my God, my ,God." ,The ,Go.<;l o.f lov~, he called: "Abba,". the God of help; he, called; ·"E1." .

How sacred ::these terms' of:ehildhood :and , boyhood" prayers. The names of God, w~re

as de~r to .h~m as the .. gard~n of Goci where God was first named in prayer. He taught .

, his friends to" 'pray. -Supremely confide~t, h,e appr9ac4~d, siii, atlcl death; and GOd. \Vith these names upon hi~ ,lips, he'~a1ked,

,to his Father, with an endearment ~ore.per-feet than' that ,of the 'brightest· ang'eL "And wh~t ).1~ . (fs~~~', God 'gave :h.iqi: ': ' " " " "

. vi~-' TiiE ·KIN,t~f. JQ~N:,,:19: .I~)':', . -He~was~so ,pure ~and,trtie, ~sogifted~~~n­

ge.1s ·lQY~d .. ;'JJi1l1~.~,'~,'.sweeJ~r" th~ illc,~~se, .. :~jf heaven;' 'h¢ :;$a"cr:li.iced i~~bjw~lf .~:oli; ,t1i¢:, ,~q~ " cross. His::death,~so: .her.oic~should ;1;lave gained;' ;:.liim' ", the: . ::crown:; :~' ~ut;·~;the J tideans

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NORTHlWESTERN· ASSOCIAT~9N:' ,Delegates and' vi~itQrs . t~ t~~ N 6rthw~t~

ern Association at 'White Cloud, Mich~, Sep~' tember 14>-I7,J922, are' req1.1ested to' setld· . their names to the pastor, Rev. J ohti .C...' Branch, White Cloud, Mich., > .

. White Cloud'is located on the Pere Mar~' qu'ette. R~i1:w~y' to the' north' of,Gfand~.Rap~' ~~s" where ,~~,a~es a:remad~fro1i1,~roads. Boat corinectic>ns from La}{e., Michigan are also ~t!i~de ,at 'Gian~' Haven ,'~Q Mu~k¢g<?~, dire6t'to White Cloud. There are also'auto~ bu~ ·:accommoda6ons. :" c' .... ' ,.,.. ~ ,

·"IJJ.~::~p~pie9l_ Wh~te .. Clou~''';ate lootqtig- !,'

fQtW#4r,eage.tly t~ .t4e 'as~s~j3;tiGJj 1(lp.,4:'",~ i:i'

l~fg~ :~tt~J!c;1ati~e.; ~,~d,: they: Will' ~ be ~pleas~-' " . to 'knowhbwtilany are 'COtIung that_dtt(~c, p~~p~ratioQ.§ ~ may:._~_~ Il1~d.~~," S<;!!9J~~ts'. to . : ":" .: ;': Riw:'IoHN "C;:BRANCH,"" :;~, '

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THE· SABBATH' RECORDER

"~~·.'"IISSIONS· .~ SABBATH· .. . -"" .

REV. EDWIN SHAW,' PLAINFIELD, N. J.t , .. , .. . Contrlbutln8' Editor

MISSIONARY· BOARD ME£nNG

dick, :Mrs •. Paul,' S. ,BUrditk,:' Mrs ... Pt.. L Davis, Mrs. Allan.:C. Whitford~~.r$. WaI­ter D., Kenyon,: ¥rw .. ,_~;,~; ~urdick. Mrs. Oscar W~i,·ltfrs. John.. Lo~hhead,. Mrs .. John Ii;: Austin,.·Mrg~,·¥redfPalmer. Mrs. James A. Saunders, Mrs. Alexander

. C .. Kenyon, . Mrs. ,Orson ROgers, Mrs. Charles Palmer, Miss Gertrude Stillman,

'Amos Chester and Mrs. Charles H. Stanton. . I

At th~ quarterly meeting of the' Board .. ",'. -;'~~e I.quarter~y rep?rt of the. Corr~spo~d­of Managers of the Seventh Day . Baptist. Ing. Secretary In which. was hiS resignation Missionary Society, held in Westerly July" to ~t~ke effect. Se~tember I, was read by 19, . the resignation· of the Corresponding E~wln Shaw. ThiS was. approved and or-Secretary, Edwin Shaw, was accepted, to dered recorded. ,.' take effect September I. . Mr. Shaw has REPORT' OF' THE CORRESP9NDING SECRETARY QUARTER accepted an appointment on the faculty of . . ' . . E~iD~NG {JULY 1, 1922 '0

Milton College. An attempt was made to The beginning of ihe quarter, April 1, 1922, persuade him that he ought not 'give up his found the Secretary 'ih .. the midst of moving from

Room 319 of the Baboock ,Building, where the position but as hjs decision was final it was office has been for two years, to the new denomi-accepted.> Rev. William L. Burdick; gen- . national building, 510 Watchung Avenue, Plain-eral missionary, who has headquarters at field,' N. J. ~.' . Portville, N. Y.,was called to fill this posi-, . Up until the ninth of April, when the dedica-

tory exercises ,were held, he gave all his time to tion and he has accepted the appointment, the 'work of. helping settle in' the new quarters, the Board of Managers being notified on not only in' his own office and in the, room in' the August I ~ . basement where the stock of tracts is kept, but , Th· .' hit' t·· bef h' t· also in reference to the large accumulation of

, IS IS' teas mee Ing ore t e Sit Ing files of periodicals and unused stock of the pub-of the General Conference at Ashaway .lishing house. During a part of the quarter the

The proposed budget' is ,. considerably correspondence has been unusually active. A smaller than the one. of a year ago, and Monthly Letter, ranging from four to twenty

. amounts to an even ctl')o,ooo. Last ·year'$ pages of typewritten matter, is sent each· month 'fU' to' the members of the Commission, and there

budget was $25,120. Several economies were three editions in April, one in May, and were put into effect. two in J une. Considerabl~ extra work was done

The regular quarterly- meeting of the Board. of Managers' of the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society was held. in the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist church. at

'We"sterly; R. Il, Wednesday, July 19, 1922. The meeting opened at 9.40 a. m., with

. Rev. Clayton A. Burdick, ·President, in the .chair. • :e.rayer was offered by Mr. Robert

. L. Coon. . The me~bers present were: Rev. Clay­

ton' A. Burdick, Rev. Edwin Shaw, Rev. A. L~ Davis, Rev. Paul S. Butdick, Albert S. Babcock, Robert L. Coon, Walter D. Kenyon, Corliss F. Randolph, ·George B.

,Utter; Ira B. Crandall, Charles ~. Stanton, Mrs •. Elizabeth Clar:ke, Jatnes A. Saunders,

~. John H. Austin, ~rs. A. H. Langworthy, : . Samuel·H". Davis, AlIan·C. Whitford, .Frank

Hill; Dr. ·Ann,~. Waite and' Miss Amelia Potter. " . :.The 'guests present were: Mr~. Laverne

,Latigwortby,Mrs. Ellen Lewis, Mrs. ~uth Nasb~Mrs~ ADdrewPotter, Mrs; Dell Bur-

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in connection. with the dedicatory exercises in sending out invitations, and. in making. ilers'Onal replies to all letters from people and churches. that sent letters of congratulatiolJ.s.

The. preparation of the Sabbath Rally Day material and the distribution of. it to the Sabbath schools of the denomination 'was an'other item in' the work of the quarter. , -....:.....

The correspondence between the Advisory Com­mittee of the Tract Board and the Commission concerning the matter of securing a man to give all his time to the work of- Sabbath reform re-quired the work of several days. '. .

The detail tasks of the preparation of the pro- ' gram for the coming General Conference have fallen' for the most part within these three months. '. . ,

Late in the quarter the matter was' attended to, as authorized at the April meeting of the Board, in regard to. sending copies bf the resolutions of the, Board concerping football on the Sabbath by teams of· Alfred University to th~ churches and boards of the· denomination.

These are but .a few of the speci~l matters, outside of the routine of l'epbrts ,and us~lcor-, respondence, that. have occupied~. the' time .and

, attention of the' Secretary at the . o~ . , Outlme' of· work ;outSideth~( oftiCe:',: '

April 9, ,Tract ;Board .Meeting~.ftd D,1!catorv Services. at Plainfield." - . '.

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April ,!~-1~,~ at,Water(ord, Conn., p~ching Friday. nlgpt and S~bbath Day. , 'April 16-19, at W~terly and Ashaway at Board

and committee·· ,meetings.'· .' . A~ril 25,~26t' at ·,~tlantic ," City . attendl.~g:a meet­ing of repres~u1!ves. of the pn,>m<?tional~­des of the denomtn~tional t:orward ~~vements.

May 3, ~eW' Yor~, . attendmg meetmg of ?ffi­cers of national bodies of Protestant ,denomma-ti'Ons. " ...,.. . . . '.

May 13,. N, ew. Y ork, preac~ng and. ~onductmg annual roll call and commumon service for our church. ' ' , /'

IMay 14 Tract Board, meeting itf Plainfield. , May 17-20, at Middle)slartd, IW. ya., visiting the pastor and people and preaching Sabbath Day. . ' .

May 21-23, at :Salell}. working. on Conference. 'program, conferrmg· With ~r. Palmborg .co~ce~­ing work in China, and' makmg a speech In chapel at SalemC~llege~ '. ~ .. '" '

May 23-:25, at Be~ea, vIsIting pastor and people of Ritchie, Churc~.. . ~,. . ..'

M'ay 26-28"at Salemville, Pa., preachmg. Sab­bath Day and visiting pastor and people.. .

June 2-5, ·at Way'nes~ro, Pa., atte~dmg Ger­man Seventh. Day Baptist. General Conference and annual meeting of the Snow H~ll Congrega­tion preaching Sabbath afternoon, chalk-talk to Sabbath school and 'assisting in ~ther services.

June 8-11, at Adams Center, attending Cent~l Association as representative of Tract and M~s­sionary societies and, .th~ Southw~stern ASSOCia-tion. ' . '., '. .

June 12-14, at"Ashaway and, ,Westerly· on spe­cial committee work :for Missionary. Board.

June 15-18, at Berlin, attending Ea~ter? .As­sociation. as representative of Tract ~d .MlssIon­ary societies and Southwestern ASSOCIatIOn. .. . June 21-22, visiting Ge~eral Missi~nary,. Rev. W. L. Burdick, at Portville, and WIth him at Shinglehouse and Little Genesee.. .

J une 2~-25, at Andover attending W e~tern A:s­sociation as representative' of Tract and. ~IS­sionary societies and the Southwestern ASSOCIation. . ~ u,ne 26-28~rt 'DeRuyter~ Lincklaen and Otselic,

The nUnutes-o£, the :1a$t!~ ,were· ,r~d by Record~ng. S~cretary . ~org'e B. Utter and after corrections were made,; they

. were ac~p~ed':·aP.4 .ord~~d~ recorded~ .' . . A telegram .was received from Rev •. A.

. J. C. Bond, 'of Salem, W.Va., who.w~s ~~ .. . able to be preSent at the Bo.ardn;leebng on account of illness., '.

Reports from . workers were. read by the Corresponding Secretary... .' . . .

The Treasurer's quarterly report was read 'by Samuel H. Davis' and was voted to ~e accepted and reco~ded. The report follows:

S~' H. DAVIS, .Tre~u,.e,., ., . .- ... . In ,account with "

THE .. SEVENTH DAY' BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY July 1, 1922-August 1, '1922

. Dr. Bahinceon hand July '1, 1922 ... ~ H- ••••• $ 660 15 Conference Treasurer: -Georgetown Chapel ............ ~ p. • • • -SO 53

Boys' School ...... ' .... ~ . ~ . . . . . . . . . • . 322 ' 00 G· 1 ' S hi· . '322- 00 Ir S C 00 ' ••••••••••••••• ' ••• • ••••• Salary Increase ............ ~ . .. . • . • • . '163 40 'Missionary Society .... ~ .... ' •. # •••• ' ••.• 986 28

Cartwright Church: - , . Fouke ........................... ~ .. . 'Marie J ansz ........................ .

Marlboro Bible Readers Qass, Marie Jansz .............. ~ .............•

Collection at· Berlin, Missionary Society .• ,Rev. D. B. -Coon, Mission~ry Society., ... Use of. Salem ville Church, Missionary

. SocietY ..... ~ .. '. ~ .............. ~ .. ~ • -. ,Dr. W. H. T~ssell, Missionary S~cie~ .. One-third Collection of, Eastern ASSOCla-,

tion, Missionary Society ........ . :Mrs. Hawkins, Missionary. Society ..... . Washington Trust Company, Interest

'·10 '00 20·00

5 00.·· ..... 4$

. 1000

,'5750'" '1000

Credit·' ... : ................. : ..... ' Minneapolis Sabbath School, Missionary . ,

. Society .............. .. . '. . . . . . . . .. . 4- OO.'~ VISItIng past% and people. Income Permanent Fund, General Fund 1,000.00

Memorial Board, Missionary Society ... ,. 56159 ......

In this work: away from the office the Secretary has endeavored to set forth and to promote al~ the work of' the denomination, and in' particular . that 'of the boards which he· espeCially represents. !

.~ . $4,236" 06 .

. The Secretary after almost six years of-yel)!: /' -plectsant relations witn' the. Board has 4eclqed .- . Cr. . that it is best for the work of the denommatton Rev. T. L. M. Spencer, July salary ...... $ as a whole for him.to withdraw from his present Rev.G. Velthuysen, July-Septembersalary 225.00 positions, even as he suggested to the Board, at :Marie J ansz, W~rk in Java .•. "......... I 27,00, the January meeting; and he has accepted ~n Susie M. Burdick, June salary ........... 41 61 appointment as a member of the faculty .of' ,Mtl- Rev. D. Burdett Coon, June' salary and . ton College. Consequently he has deeme~ it w~se '. . expenses ..... ~ ..... '.' ........... ,. 147 13, to present to this meeting of the Board hIS reslg- Rev. Rolla J. Severance, June salary and nation as Corresponding Secretary bf. the Seventh traveling expenses " ........ -- .... . Day Baptist Missionary So.ety, the same to be.. . Rev. William L. Burdick, June salary and come effective September 1, 1922, at the·'dose. of· . traveling expenses .............. . the General Conference. This Board h~ author- " Rev. M. A.- Branch, June salary. and . ity to appoint some one to fill the vaca~cy thus traveling expenses .............. '. made until the time- of the annual' meeting Sep- C. C. VanHorn, June. salary .......... . tember 20, 1922, at .which dme' a~ ,successor can Rev. Robert B. St. ~ pair, J Wle, s~lary .. ,~ . ~ . be elected. Respectfully submltted, . Rev. George ·W. Hil~s, June salary ~ ...•.

. " ,," EnwINSUAW. Ray C. ~~rth, June, ~alary.~.~ ....•. :. , .. " W t I R ·'1 lul' . 19 1922 .' . . . ~Rev. Wilbam L .. -DaVIS, June· salary.:o, .. :~ ~. ' ese,,'Y,: iii .,:' y. ; ..• '

,Rev/ G~ li: F~' :Randolph, June salary .. ~ . '. c:'Rev. ~S •. S .. ;Powell, June salarY .:. ~ . ~ ... '.

41 66 The afternoon session was called', to order : .25:00' at. one o'clock with Mr. A. S.'''BallCock 'act-

,Ad~lbert . Branch, J une s~arx .......... . : ,Gharles ·W. Thorngate, Apnl-June salary

, " ,Ellis R.:, Lewis, April·,.] une salary.. -;; ... -: .. ,' :. ",' H'.R. 'Loofboro, April-June salary ..... .

~ ~ ing' as chaIrman, President Clayto1?-.:.:A. Bur.;. 5~ 00 dick being called away. 'Prayer ,~as offered 50 00 by J ohti H. Austi,n., . . ' '.

,'., Rev.R~ R.Thomgate, April-June s,alary , Mrs. Lena G. Crofoot, April-June salary' , Dr. Edwin'S. Maxson, April-June salary

James ,N.' Pope, April-June salary ...... . '. Jess.e G. Burdick, Italian Mission .. : ... .

~~ gg . It was voteq tbcontinue the - appropri-25, 00 ation to Brother Savarese to continue his 25 ()()' work at the New Era church' to September

'-29 16, 30, the same to terminate at that time. Mr's. J .. J. Kovats, Hungarian ·Mission .. . ,Mrs. Angeline P. Abbey, June appropria- 20 00 The report of the special budget com-

. .tioo ................•.....•....... Rev. ~dwin Shaw, June saJary' and ex-

penses ...................... ' .... ~

, 10 00 mittee was read by Mr. Charles, H. Stanton. 97 00 T~e report which 'follows was adopted:

Rev. George W~ Hills, April-June travel-• PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1922-1923.

" mg expenses ................... . This budget looks· first-to the sources' of income .!'reasurer's expenses ........ -. ~"' ........ .

20 15 21 00

--- . with estimates as . follows: . . , , ' ,$1,697 54

'::: Balailce 'On hand August 1, 19?2 .•.•...• 2,538 52 'Interest on permanent funds' ........ $ 6,100 00

$4,236 06 . .

.. ·;'Billspayable ~ August~ about ........ :$3,100 00 , -' .' '~-' u

"Special 'funds referred to in last month's re~ '. " .' port . now amount to $11,095.20 •. bank . balance } .• ": $2,538.52,. net indebtedness -$8,556.68. . ..... , S. H. DAVIS,

. ' Treasurer.

.. ' The Cor-responding Secretary and the ; .... '.Treasurer presented their reports f~r the

.'. yeat en~ing June' 30, 1922, which repo~ts '\Vere .adopted as the, An~ual Report of the

..• Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Board to

. tile Seventh" Day Baptist Missionary So-. ...... , dety. C9pies of the report .. "were ordered

prin,ted and distributed under' the direction .', 'Of ~Corresponding Secretary. Shaw .. ,,' .~ ',The i following resolution; prepared by

" Mr .. Albert S ... Babcock was adopted:

...... . At the end of six' years ·of ,taithful hard work , Rev .... Edwin Shaw, D.D., resigns' the position of

. :; .Corr.espOnding Secretary for the Seventh Day . : Baptist Missionary Society. The Board of Man­,.age~shereby records its' heartfelt' appreciatio'p

, , ' ~of the faithful, conscientious and eminently able s.ervice for this Society and for our denomination . that has filled these'years of constantly increasing

\ '~rk "in. our Master's name: . ' •. ~. It is w'ith ~treme reluctance that we releaSe ,Brother Shaw from the Secretaryship; and we

assure him 'that the interest' and prayers of this ",Board and its individual member,ship will follow

•. ·:him,as a member of the faculty of Milton (Wis~) ,'Coilege, and in his individual life and activities ~~as.a minister of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus ;Ghrist., '.

·····;'c .. .' The meeting then ~journed for .the noon ;":,'recess of one . hour. '. Rev. I Paul S .. Burdick, . ,/~'~f ;RocIrn.ll~, . offered· prayer.. "

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Memorial Board Income' ............ 1,500 00 From the IWoman's Board ........... 2,500 00 From the Young People's Board .... 500 00 From collectii>ns at Conference. etc. .. 200 00 Forward Movement (estimated on last

. year) .... : ................ ~t • • • • • • 9,200 00

. $20,000 00 . ,

The committee suggests the following general distribution of these expected funds:

. China Field .. ~ ............. -.......... $ 8,600 00 South America .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.000 00 Holland .......... J • .- ••••••••••• j ..• ~ 700 ()() Home. Field ............ ,' .-.. ' ... ' ... '.. . .... ~,200 00 Secretary and office ......... '. ... . . • . . 2,000 00 Debt ...... 0 •••••••••••••••••• °.......... 1,500 00

. ' . $20,000 00

,.

, ,:

~ C. H. .' STANTON', . S. H. DAVIS,

FRANK HILL, EDWIN SHAW, A. L. DAVIS ..

. Committee.

. It was voted that the President be' chair­man of a committee with five other members to recommend to the next Board' .u ............. ££~ on appropriations for the coming year , report at the October meeting. President Burdick appointed the following: Charles H. Stanton, . Fratik Hill, Rev. AlvaL. Davis, Samuel H. Davi~, the Corresponding Secretary., /' . .

Ira , B~ Crandall presented the following resolution and if was adopted: . ..

V'Oted: That the Corresponding Secretary write .~ .the China Seventh Day Baptist, Association, asking them if they could suggest any ,:means by which the appropriation to' the work in China could be lessened. 'for the year 1923:'

. . . .~

It was voted that Secretary Shaw write' to, Miss Susie ,Burdick,. asking·whaf she

~, .

TRE 'SA:B"AT.H. RECORDER'

COMMENCEMENT AT SHANGHAI· .. ·. ,",'" mightthi~ '. of "17em~nipg in this;cot1!1t ry for ail6~h~r year· wltq..OUt salary: thereby .. J.w./ C~: reducing :~he"expeIises of ~he .SOCIety; .' .: Each Jun~ there ar~; of course, score~ ~f,.,·. ". !twas ,vote9 !~at a ,nomlnattng commltt~e, commencements at Shanghai, including some.~:'­cO~lpos~d 'of AI~rt S .. Bahco~k, . CharlesH. in which hundreds of students are: vitally ,~

, Stanton and Frank· Htll ,rettre and report. interested, but readers. of the SABBATH; in twenty ~inutes. on· naming a, suc~essor to RECORDER may be pres.umed to be ·.more in~ Corresp01!dlng' ,Sec~etary Shaw., . teres ted in our own modest exercIses than

While tJ'tis comtt?ittee was out,. Cor~lss in any of the more pretentious ones-. .,.. .'. . F. Randolph, Pre~ldent· of ,~e. Hlst9rl~l. '- Our 'exercises this year were,-marked llY Society, gave a ve:rbal repotff of pla~s for an innovation, as this' is the first-·ti~\ that the trip to ,'~ewportc~ntempl~tedby the we have had a joint coinmencement of the General,C~pfere~~. , '" '. . .two Boarding Schools.' There ~ were 'two.

Albert S .. BabcQc~ ~e~d., t4e ~Ol1?,!lng boys who received diplomas from the high .' report for the, N OI~llnattpg Comt;tllttee school, five girls who recei~d diplomas, .. which, aft~r much dISCUSSIon . as ~ to. . the from' the eighth grade, two· boys w~o' 're­amount of salary stat~d, was unanImously ceived certificates from the . .....eighth grade, adopted: and three girls who ·receiveq certificates.'

from the fourth grade. As the courses in •....... Y olir committee 'to nominate a suitable person

for the office" of Corresponding Secretary. from the first day of September, 1922, respectfully

. reports, recommending' that t~e' Board extend ~o Rev. William L. Burdick, ,D. D.ta call ~o said {York at the, rate. of $1,600 .per year . . .' , .. . A S BABCOCK· : ' , ...,

FRANK HILL, . C ... H. STANTON,

,...0· , C ommiflee.

The Correspop.ding Secretary' gave .a· ver­bal report for .. the committee 011 supp~e.; menting pastors' salaries."' . "~. . .

It w.as voted ~h~t th~ Society gr~tefully accept ,the proposition of the· Los Ang~es Church, .volunteering to accept a reducti?n of $100 in the apport.ionment from'the MIS-sionary Society. . . . -

The committee on programs for Confer­ence made a ,'report which was adopted with the exception 6f the address by. Rev .. Rolla Sererance. The matter' of paytng hiS ex­penses was not deemed advisable and, it was left with the' same committee to' substitute another speaker. . , The matter. 6f . having a missionary ex­

, hibit at Conference was discussed~ but no action taken. ..

The· resolution' adopted by' the Otina Association was approved by the, Board~nd the Secretary was instructed to correspo~d with the . China,Associatiqp. in 'regard to the matter-.

The meetirtg ~djourned at 3.4s·p .. m .. . '. ' . GEORGE B. U'ITER,

, . ~eclWding S ecretMY.

the two schools differ" boys who finish' the: ....... ". eighth grade receive certificates, while girls : -who finish that, grade ,receive diplomas as ' graduates. Boys. receive certifi~tes on com-

. pleting the eighth grade~ a.nd 'girls r~eiv~' ; .. them 'at the·end of the . fourth. There IS not ..... " so rt1~ch 'difference in the co~rses, as 'this ..•.• would :imply k~wever, especiaUy i~.E~~lish,

, for the girls begin tQ study Enghsh 1~' t~e ' ... " first grade while. boys do not .be~n till ,nom~.' . inaliy . of the fourth grade, whic~' ~hey~r~x . supposed to have reached before enterIng ~ .... this school. ." , ., ... "'.""

'Commencement exercises are much ,the'~,: same everywhere,' inc1uding .. th~ ~xc~ll~llt·· advice given ~by the young .graduates ~o '~~ . public ~nd that given by th~ principal': of '. : ... the school 'to the graduates, but ou~~ ... i!ere' 'differ from'those .at home in that so': large. a part . of the .exercises are in a~<;)reign . languag~Engbsh .. Of course .the es~ys) .. of the graduates' are not understood b~ th~ audience, but they serve. to ~how ()~. th,~: accomplishments 'of '.the. students,ant;i.1sn:t that the object Df the affair anyh~w?, ...•.. '. The music this. year is dese~ng. of . spe:-:,. ci,ai mention, for' it was, I,belteve,. better, than we have ever had" before, thanks to .. 'Mrs. Davis' special efforts in th~s .Qirec~Qn.-;: ..

__ The principal address was. gIven by at}:: ..

old friend of ours, Mr. S. K.- TsaQ, ,Ge,~eral' Secretary '0£ th~ Shanghai Y: ·M. ,C~ A,!, . was "e.nthusiastically received' ~¥,eye~ .. . J'.",:"",,,,~ ~·',r

The program of the" ~e~er.C1ses follows: .. ' .

j:

." . .

TH'E'·SAllBATH· ImCORDER .

.. :: ": "P~oceSsidrial;~J'~·· of: oui ,F~the~~'n·,'rh~.% Sbliools ;Invocation - ' Rev. H. E. 'Davis

· Recitation, "The Battle of Blenheim",' , , . :. -, ' -- - . Toong Zung Zo ,R¢~i~tion) '~The Village Blacksmith" '.'. '.

". , ' ... ' . .,.' Zih, Tsing Yung .~. '. Mtiiic; "Trust 'iIi- the Lord" Mixed Chorus'

,.Es&ay, Why We Should Join the W. C. T.V. .,' '. . .,.' .. .: . Dzau Siang Kyoen " 'Essay, Women DOctors and. Nurses the. Need of

· , . ,. '. . China'" Tsang Ang Pau . Essay, The Possibilities of China' . .. '-. _ " . . "Waung Yoeh Fung

",...Music, (lA. National Hymn" . Old¢r Boys ". . 'Essay, 'The Right Kind· of Independence for

. ' '. , .... -:. " ." Women,'. . Tsiang Kwe Tsung <'.Essay, ;Women's' Place in Society 'Tsu Fok Di

.. ·Music, "The Twenty-third Psalm" Mixed Chorus ." :Oration, The Student's rime DOlO K walirig y <>elI

. Oration, Student Life Waung·Kyien 'Hyuin Music, "The Lost Chord" . Older Girls Address \>'... . ·Mr. S. K. 'Tsao Conferring of Diplomas and Certificates .

Mr. Crofoot Younger Girls :M usic, "Lullaby"

- Ben~ition, .

, , .] uly . 12, '1922. .' --

OPEN 'LETlER ·NO. ,15 .··My t)EAR FOLKS: .(

...... :·::',Our special meetings that began in the ',St9ne~ort, Ill., -Church July 1:5, closed last

night. It has seemed' tome a great many '. '~imes .. "during this ,ser~es of meetings_' that

, .'. 'had'] '. been just the right kind of a man we . might have' had ,a great sweeping revival

( .. ~ere. ~ would like to say- to you that there !. 'wer~ 173 glorious, conversions. But, instead, I

1 'must -confess -that 1 do not know that • .' ;th~re. has been even one. I have. preached ~ the· best I ktjow,' and tried to do the Mas- .

Jer':g will .. I' have delivered 32 sermons and .. ·~dd~~ses in thi~ time, and made : 60 visits' . • '3.nd 'Calls. Wea:th¢r has been very hot. Most o~ ~dr evening m,eetings we have held right 011t .6f doors j~st in front of the church. T,bechurch was too small and too hot. .

.. ';Attendance and attention have beeit most · ex('ellent.· I· do riot think that I have ever

~·.:sPQken:.to-people who' gave bet.ter att~ntion. "pi course, we aU feel depresse~ beca~se no. ",ori~opetily, . frankly, a11-d ,boldly ,responded

,. tp . the. f.requent an~ . urgent. il\vitatibns to : ,accept . Ch;ri~t a~ .their Savior. '. It is' not so

'··"Y~ry.niuch comfort to me' to be told, as I .,! "~~~ye ·,beentold- so ,many times here, that

:VV,'h,eh they 'had a good preache~ a1,1d"a, good . lent·.a~~ a good ,q~aitet of .sirt-gets for spe­Cial.\vork ,here ~ .'3.ttehdance and attention

never ,'be1:t~r .than they have been dur::.

ing:th,ese ·meetings1. ~and 'that'·theti'ihe'work,;. ers'~never got a Fesperise to' th~r iri:vttations. Of c0tlrse there ~ave been'ti'mes of religious awakening' and revival here or 'th~ .. church would",have been dead long ago.' There are' a lot of good folks here; a host of children; great hope for the' future.' Stonefort is in the midst of a good and prospeto~s coun­try. Our people own a .great deal of hind in this section. The church is.}ooking foro. W9rd with healthful hope and enthusiasm. . I am glad to report thaf during the meet­ings, to the -great encoumgemen~' of 'all, be­tween.' fifteen and twenty people asked for prayer that they ·might become Christians, Christian people. will continue to pray for them~ 'When) preached on the qu~stion of baptism eight people said by standing, they expect to b~ baptized. So there is muCh right a:t OOnQ for which to work.

1 am also very glad to state that during this time, to the very great satisfaction of the

. _. entire membership of the church and of the people of the community outside the church, Brother Ellis'R Lewis has been re-instated a~ pastor of the church. '

You will also be pleased to know that a few days ago a subscription . paper was started for securing funds' for a 'greatly needed new church building here. Already $809 has bee~ subscribed. The people are entering upon the enterprise with commend­able .. interest and enthusiasm. :May- th~

,Lord bless them in the undertaking. . Within' a cOuple of days. Pastor Lewis

has received calls for conducting special evangelistic work in three' communities about here. He 'begins' a series of meetings at Carrier' Mills tonight. ' .. Let us all, pray ,that souls may be converted, and the cause of.God advanced as·the'message goes forth fr~m. Brother Lewis. '

. Many good words are spoken by many people here concerni~g the [.ood work done

. by Missionary T." J~ Van Horn in these rarls many yeats ago. All southern Illinois· is . still a., great J open, inviting, ". promising field. for missionary' andeyangelistic- . work for our people .. , Pray the: Lord 'of the har~ vest to send' forth laborers. -.

. Sinc~rely yours;: . . . p. ,BuRD;ETT 'COON,

····Field Secretar:y. Stonefort 'Ill . ", .

. '" . , -August 7,' 19~2~ : :"

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!fHE SABBATH'RECORDER • '. • .... ' '.' • • ~. ,-. ~ J; .,' " ."

SEMIANNUAL FINANCIAL .REPOR~OF .' THE 'SEVENTH DAY, :BAPTIST

MIS$ION, SHANCHAI, CHINA' December 1, 1921~. to May 31, 1922 .,. .

. Evan,eliat and Inc~dental.Accou~t " •• - •• ' J

,I ,~ * ., iii

Receipts _ Dec. I-Balance on hand ..... " ..... 'o. • •• $641 90 :'~'J. W: CRO~T .. ".

. Bank Interest. to, December ~1 .. "" 17 50 ':- :-Grnce I~ ,'Ciartdall;:six :montbs:·;··

. Examined;:" and found: correct. • .... .. .' .' .' , ~ ., " ., - . '.' N M WEST •.

rent for Mr. Toong .. ~ . . ... . . . 19 80 Feb. 15-5. H.Davis, Treasurer! Gold

$125 for first. quarter ~...... . 236 39 May 15-, $~'H!~ I>.avis, Treasurer, '~ld

$125 -for second quarter ...... 21250 ld ' 100 Old .. painl cans so ... ;. ~ ..... .

. , {. , .

'". $1,129 09

. Expenses' . Co~sular£ee 'for- ,registerirtg, land pur~' .

. chase '.~ .~ ' ... ~ ..... \. .... ~ .. ' .. $' 37.63 Trip of Davis and Crofoot ~ Nanking. . . 67 80 Tong ,Tsing Ong, Evangehst, salary 5,

months ...... " ' . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 ':00 Tong Tsing' Ong,' house re~t,""" ',' . ~ _ 23 10' Woo Zien Nyok,' part salary for' 10

, ,-' m~nths ....... ". ~ ........ ~ ... ~ . 90 00 French Municip-~l taxes,'6 months' . ~ •. ,~ 67 25 Chinese land tax on· Cemetery ... ~ ... . . 5 72 Insurance, (;hurch, two schools and. two .. ,

,dwellings ............... ~ ~ ~ ..' 68 34 Repairs, Mason work and ~terials .... '. . 62 05 Repairs, Carpenter and materials .•.... ; 183 93 Repairs, Painter' and material~ ...•.... ' 160 83 Repairs, Tinner and 'materials ......... -. ,31 QO Repairs on fence .......... ~ .......... ,. . 2 ?O ,Ladder ..... . . .' . '. . . . .. ' . . .. . . • . . . . .. ': . . .. .. . 3' 00

$f,05355' . Balance' .'. ~ . ~ ......... .' ....... ;'. . . . . • 75, 54

$1,129: 09

GraCe HiKh School Account _.

, . Receipts • Balance, Decemberl, 1922 ...••..... : .. $ 905 81 Fees for tuition, board,. bo~ks, athletiCS, .

suits 'etc, ....... -. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,629 24 , .' ;.

$3,535 05

l , " .. Expenses Refunded to pupIls leaving ...•.•... -.. . 107 10 . Books, stationery etc.. ....• · .......• ··· . 18i 01 Athletic apparatus ~ ....• '. . . . . .. . . . • . . . 16 40 Teachers' salaries ....... : .....•...... ~ .. 1,067 00 Water and light ...........••......... . 61 00 Sund.r.y . supplieS •...... .- .. ~ .........•. ~ . 21 3~ Repa1rs. . .••...••..•.•..•...• ,............ J6 , . . 49 00' Coolte . ,!ages .................. . . • . . . . . 72 80 AdverttSlng ................• ,~ . . . .. • . .. 1 239 10 Board ....... .. ~ . -. . . . . . ... . . . .. ' ~ . • . . . . . . . ,. 7 00 NSt·egnw bobeall ..

d•··········••·•·•·•· ~ .. ' ... ~ ... '. . . 3 : 00

.I.' •••••• ' ....... , •. ~ ........ ~ ....... - •• a.'

f , .

"" a • , "

: Grace H.Il' Schoo" Buildi.D~ PU!1d Investments as follows: . . ..•. '. :. '.

American Oriental Bank, Savings"·, ........• . Account at 3 . per cent. ..•..... $ '313 ' .

,~_American Express", Company;, Sav~_ .. "" .. ·•·· '" .. ings Accoupt •• , .. ~ • . ' .•..•..•

,

Girls BoardinK and Day School Rec~Pts Mex. ,:.

Balance December 1, 1921 .," .. ~ ...... ,.$2,698' Tuition andboar<tfrom Boa..rding School 1,708t Tuition from Day Schools ...•.... ~' .... _186: ....... " ... ".",':", Remittances·. f!"Om . Missionary Society .• ·269 i Sale 'of books, work,' etc. '. .. . ..• .. .... . J3 'Gifts from U.S, A. and on ,field ....... . Bank Interest· a ••• a - •••••••• a ....... ~ a a

. . Total ..................... ' ... '. a •• oD.:J ... JUJ':

i ...... 'C.:. :,1 . Expenses ." M_~x~',.> .

Rent "for Day Schools -•. -. : .-:-......... ~ .$ 43, IWages for Day Schools ..•• . .•••....• Repairs, etc~, Qay' Schools .. ~ . . • . . • . • • ' .1 Boarding School: .'. '

. Rice, and provisions .............. ~ .. • Electdcity-and fuel .. ~ .. '.' .-~. " . ... . fW' ater .'............'..... .. . ). . .' ... ". " .. : "

.. -'&oks and supplies ......•. ~ ••.... Med

' . . . lClnes .•.• ..• • . .... • .... • • • • • • • • • • . " .', " .. ::: 't Furnishings and repairs ...•.... ' •... l09,:68: r,::, W · .. " 106020:: .ages ... ~ • ~. ':,. a.a ••••• a •. a

o

••• ••••• .', "., .",,: • '~, {"' :',,',.

Incidentals ............. ~ . . . .. . . . . . . '_5'.80.'." Balance on hand, May 31, 1922~ ... · •. 2,867':.:,

" ~

BuildinK Fund for· GraceSchool'io~,,' ",' ,!nyestmehts as 'follows:. , . . ... : .. ~ .. ' ·~ex~':ii,:: .

. American' Oriental: Bal1k, . Fi,xed De;-: > .. . . " : :~~~(~(6 .~r .. e~t.; ".;--.~ ...•.. ' .~$;,

.,-"

.....• ::Ho~gkong' "and Shanghaf Savings . . .. ''''.'~'~':~~t'.· . Bank at 3~' per' cent'~;."" .. ; . '830 95

~ ~>.~~ Q ~s at 10 per cent ..•• e •• e •••• e • e ,660 00 . :', _ c .~~,'

'" -2,331.95

1000

,Liberty Bond, Gold at 4}4 per cent •. $ 1 ()() 00 "Cash on ·hand r ;"ld' AI9 "

: .... 'V," ,. , , J. \l'U • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .,. 12

.. ~ .. , ... ,- .....•. -.... " ...... $ 149 12 .' .'. .' 'ANNA M. WEST. : . Exammed and found· correct.

·N. M. 'WEST.

FiD&Ilcial Report of G~c: •. HOlpital, Lieu-oo, . '.', .. , ChiD. .'

."~, ., . ' . < . ·~ecei"ts. . . Mex. •• Balance, December 1, 1922, in bank .... $ 223 87 ,. . Shares ....•.. e ~ ~ ' ••••••• e • • • • • • • • • • • 617 75 . ' .. cispeC~.:~ry' ••.• ;, .••• : .••• e eo· •••• : ••.•••• '. • • 542925 7077 . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . .

." .... In- t t· : .: _ ~a .. l~n :S, ·0. ,.: ••.•.•.•••.•.•.••••..••.• ". 834 41 .. Rentofland,gJft of Mn;.IWilliam Chow . 10 20

,- " Out-call s . ~ . . ' D-.' ~ ...... : ............. • e.. • • • • • • • • • 211 00 , . . Iv~dends and Interest .•..........•... 46 56 . .. Articl~s s~ld ~nd .refunds .............. ~. " 19 17 ~. SI~c~lr,~ Enghsh pupIl's tuition. . . . . 35 ()()

." . ~;~ftrds In Chma :.; .............•.. ~ . : . . 10 86 DUa of ceryam. people not. servmg

-hospItal ......•........... a • • . 95 '60

'. '," < • , .. :. .. '., $3,122 26

" , ,

'B":::- k" ,.' '.' .' , ;B~p~ras~s. Mex. .... -ouse eepmg', , ~'..' . .' . '$ 762' 9'7

'.' ....•.•.. New ,equipment· : :l.·· ...... o. .. ~. e ••.•.••••••

·.,sundry supplies" . . ...... , •.... ! • • ••. o. ••• '. • 66 01 R'. .' ... ' .. ~ ...... ~.' ... ' .....•.. ' 55 '29 E~:li~t;~ . ~~t··· ................. ~ . . . 68 35 . Medicines .: . . . . . . . . . .• . . . . ... . . . . . . 40191()(} 68' N Y ~,., ............ ~ .. ~ ....•..... New. ear Calendars ......... ~. . . . . . . . . . 18 00

. T' ew land, all expense~ .•........... ,... . 808 48 F::: f~~· ~~~ ·l~·~d· ................ ~ . . 9 55

, Brick hot water ran ................... .282 59 . TO'a ~han~hai: surg::n.·£6t. ·s~~·e·r~· ~p~~~: ~ 76 "" ., tlon ...... 100 00

.... , New Year gifts to he·ip~ ~~~ ..... ~........ 6' 50 ·Wa· . .. ................ .

, ges .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . . .. . .... .. .. • .. . . • .. . • . . .. .. . 136 54

BalaG~:hJu.~~ .1:/.~~~,. ~~ .. ~~~.:::::::: ::J~ ~~ . $3,122 26

GRAcE R: (!UNDALL, Treasurer.

UTlUZING THE JORDAN AT ,tAST =

. The' Jor~an riv~r,. which until no~ ha3 rolled on ItS. preclplt?US' way unhindered save by the Intervening hand· of Israel's God ~he~ his people ~tered the Land'of ~romts:, IS to' be harnessed and made to Yield ·}lght. and power for the' whole of ?alestine. .' The Jewish people of" Amer­Ica a~d Europe. are engaged in ~ campaign to ralse. $5,000,000. for the completion of the first phase .0flt~ls· enterprise, and nearly $.I,ooo;ooc:> has already. been pledged, Jus .. tlce LoUl~ D. Brandeis of·· the supreme court. haVing subscribed $25,000., The riv­er wdl be' dammed just below its outfall . f.rom. the.~~e of Galilee, making that beau- . ttf~! lake, 'where Jesus loved so much to be, . a great storage reservoir. The cur­r~nt generated ~y turbine~ will be conveyed at 66,<;>00 volts to the tmln centers of con· sumption, suc~ as Jaff~~Haifa, and Jerus- . ale,m. Work IS to be~n at once, and uIH.. . mate1! the Jewish woman will have her electnc washer ?nd her electric stove,' while her husband wtl.l· make the journey from I erusaJem to J encho over a road converted . Into a Great White Way where no Samari-. tan ~an .find. occasion for. charitY.":-'Thp. Bapt'tSt.

Lar hold' of thaJmore .a\lundant.life that the hfe of Jesus gives: It is a question whether you have the.hfe at all if you do not long .for 'the more abunda~t life. "1 am com,e.... .o.~ that they miglit have it more a.bundaritly. ", Ask Jesus to make him­s~lf ~eal 'to you through the Holy· Spirit; ask hIm to make himself known to you" so that he shall ,be .yqur constant CompanIon, you: personal !n~nd,~ so that your :life shall

. be .t~!lke~: ,to hIS, lIfe.' And fi~ally the Holy' SPlrtt wIll.so, ma~e you a mirror of Christ

" : <:;Old ,.'. C~rtificate, 'American Express to show hIm~elf ln, that 0 men and women '- .", -, Company '$ 216 83 who . tJ S L·b ' . . . . . . .. . . ... . . . .. . . ~ome-, 'In contact· with you shall

R· . I erty Bonds .................. 100 00 come. In contact· wI·th the -blessed Mas-aven Trust Company Shar s 700 00

•. . piYj;d~d-of above ......... e .. :::::: : : : . 'j 87 ~~\lllfself: That is what Jesus came for, . , In avtngs Bank .... : ........••.•..•... 118 99 l~, ~ ~r, h:ve~" for.. .Take fullness of . life

, .. :.:Ra.t;r.:tT:st6~1vi Cdenertid~~te .:. ~ .~-~ ·c·'; ~ /1084 ·~t ~!S ,~and.. He that hath the Son hath :. ,':,' .' •••••.•••••••••• 12 38 hfe. -C. A. -R. Janvier. .' .

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. EDUCATION SOCIErt'SPAGE DEAN PAUL .E. TITSWORTH. ALFRED, N. Y.,

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have the good' tls~e 'to futnish.' it 'and 1 ... "' .. '. ·a.AlW

it homelike~ .' Their souls were too . . . their costly' residence. . I . have' : , sometimes whether they did qat :feet<:. .' uneasy even in so good a place as the chen, whether really they ought not.'....,' ",-

. appropriately have taken ,up their Q'.1i 'j 12' ••. +_:.' in the woodshed.' .. '.' .', "

wHERE 00 YOU ,LIVE? 1 have seen a .few men who .. ooa.rmtlv:;'

Walking with a friend in a small city enjoy living in cellars, in. dank,unwhOle--' 'of New. York .State some years' ago, I· some,. bestial abodes." They _are hUllllUl" passed a large house, painted a gl~stering maggots who feed on corruption and f_,i··· white, with fluted columns and PIlasters on cynicism, -lasciviousness, malice, .. ~. supporting the porch, and ~th shiney con- hatred. They prefer to stick their'l19s1:i1; vex windows. Its suggestion of comfort in the mud of the .cellar bottom tolifting:,' and wealth of its.owner made me think that their heads into the light-and air of !tea,ve~;· .' f They devour the murder and scandal stories, ( possibly it was a. sUD?mer. home 0 some in the newsapers. If· there is:" anything :, American grandee. I Inq~lred' of my com- mean. or nasty abroad in the communitY,:, panion. At; my question .he" lau~dhedh· CIt they gloat over it. . ,.They, like to set People . "You would never guess, sal e, o· ~by the ~rs, for tkey are,. tale-sprea~~

whom the place belongs. It's the property extraOrdinary to his infernal'majesty.·They:'\' of Patrick Moran, the cabbage king. . And -never believe anything good' of any one. -~ To the funny part of i~. is, thaf~ wit~ all that· them, human nature is ~ hotlseof,corrUp­elegant house Moran and his wtfe -choose tiona Not o':lly do. they, revel in Ja~~~~' ., i

to live in th~ kitchen. They don't know conununity hatreds, but in the bigger . realms , . .' el)ough to occupy the' whole house." e • . of the nation and of. the world, they i(,is .' i:/

'That 'remark set me'se~iously to, thinking. . who foment inter-clas!i, .inter-church, inter:-,.':.} H~re is God's g~eat, rO~)lny, and. d~~ig~tful racial, and' inter-national hafreds. , .. "" .. world with its. countless opportunities for Some folks prefer' to live in the hospi~;' abundant Hving .. It' is true o~ earth as- of in an abode of f-ailure, dissolutioD:,::~ .. heaven that. in.theFath~r's house are marty death. Some men and wothen- there·:.are: mansions. Mansions, mind you, not hovels, who enjoy being miserable both ppysicany,' or dugouts, . or malo~orous tenements.. .In _ and spiritually. Perhaps they have 'been i

the .days before the great western prairies optimists but, having I!let def~t andha~ were all parcelled out into farr~s,' any · decent lost their spiritual nerve, they ~ve' g~J;i~ '.' citizen could stake out a· claim anywhere, . to life's infirmary or to its, homeforJh~

. Uncle . Sam guaranteeing his right to the incurables where they spend their :-'" . .' finest piece of. land the. settler co~ld find. lamenting the wickedness of man ~nd gn~- ,I ' ':

God's dO!-f1ain is illimita~le~.· .He invItesme~ ing over the futile .eiJorts o! thefe\V' ri~ll~-:;:I: to . estabhsh them§e1ves tn tt. 'He offers al- eous . who are _ wagtng a lqslng fight:., . :,.,:i, ways the. most delightf~~l rooms in his rna evil. There are few more pitiable' per:s9t!S./: .. :::::' sion. ' ' . '.' ," . '.' 'i - than those who dwell ill: ,the -hospital;,', >~;:"" .. "

. You would feel' highly honored-and' Other . men choose to live in the muse1lti1t:'" .. rightly so~should you 'receive by the 111:0.rn~· in an abode _ saturated' with the'd~~t ;~f_',,: . .,: ing's post an invitation from King George the past. Like spiritual ghosts theyl1a1lt!t,:·.:', to come and live in Buckingham ,Palace ,or the attics that are littered with,. the lum~·.:::· in Windsor (:astle: Andyet·martymen who, of dea~ ideas and decadent creedso.~~1.Ptll.!-';,:::\:, if they chose, could be; the welc~~e guests osophies.. They enjoy .. .' . . . ' of a kindlier and more resplendent poten- years that are dead and' gone becaus~;.,.', ,&',,-,&&'C,;

tate, . elect. :to live' in the dirtiest, dingiest, times represent an emasculated life, .... f' ',...." .~.,.. mo~t. unwholesome .quarters... of the rough and tumbl~ ,and .Y.J l~a. ... ,U.

Mr. and-Mrs. PatrIck lived in the kitchen. confusion of., today.. Such .. folks. . ". . ..... 1ifti.oaft'

of, their. delighifuJ hous~ because they· did -. mummies whose cry to-the~_ .•. .'. n.ot.know-..e.no~gh to make··the .rest,of .. th; 'i~g~ ·trav:liling world of the:no'W:-

. house a hvable place~.· because they dtdn t us alone!"

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THE SABBA.T~ ~CORDER . . ~ ',. . '.; , . '. . ~

;,:' .J\itd.'still'othe.r men live only in the count- ,egt-.d~y Uyillg'!, •. (i9Q~Jvan.ts. m~n:,~9,,~eep .,~tJg~house~ ',Th~y h~ve ta~stried the ~alls ,sound stomachs, willing muscles,' and steady

.• " ;9f~ their. mi.nqs'with ~op~r ~i~ls .. ,They wo:- ; neiy~s' ,f,~rt9d~y'~J~J.ngd.()m ;t~sk~'J".' , _ ,;,ship the ,god of the maIn chance, and theIr' ': God wants . men even'more' to bve' In the

-,::-,:~and:~ have' \>ecome 'like grappling-hooks to dr~wing-~oom"., the '" rooPl. 9f generous - Jay secure hold on eyerything thatpro~ises .dynamic emotions. What a man loves, he is.

JQrtune. . ,King Midas is their patron. ,saint, ~abbi Ben Ezra craved that the Recording . and Crresus their exemplar.!, 'No sanctities " Angel write him down as loving his fenow­

'restrain them from- grasping for power of men. T.he:~ Bible: asserts that· the sure test --'every kind-:-respectof their fellows, influ- of' a ,man's having' passed from death unto

- :ence, . plaudits, and- money. ,M,en do no~ life is this self";same love.. The drawing-. ,:need'even. to be millionaries to live in the room is the place where 1l1,en assemble to

, ~~nting hous~;-- - converse, to cultivate their sympathy for . ,;: -_' ,God pity us if we are living an empty, and understanding of the other fellow. The

Jiyster.cal, shrunken, cramped, diseased li~e! Conference on Disarmament at Washington God pity us if we are living in the cellar last November· was one of God's drawing-:­

- ',or in thebospital or in the museum, or in rooms where ~en of many ,races and creeds -. the -, counting house! ' ,met to learn to know each other better. If

" . ,. 'The Bible sagely remarks' that Judas shop-men and railroad executives, could but ".'went to his 'place". You can easily-im- , get together in one of God's mansions".the

, 'agine what that place was like. If you see want and peril facing" much of America ,'a man living in cramped and ridiculous and would disappear. Stripped of the generous rmea~ lodgipgs--:-spiritually, I mean-you .. emotions, men -become wooden, dry-as-dust,· ,may . be pretty sure $at, temporarily' at cynical, grouchy, even devilish.' And life "least, he is in his place. Probably he isn't, without joyous and sympathetic social give­

~ 'yet.' big enough 'to be graduated from the and-take, without friendship, without love, 'woodshed or the kitchen into the airy and would be a world without·light and heat.

'sunny'living-rooms of God's spacious man- ,·,God wants men to live in the library, ·,·sio,n. " I the symbol of the thoughtful ·life. There

'." "" ' ... What' are some of the mansions, the lie grave dangers in a development of the . rooms, in the Father's house to which he emotions· unguided 'by real thinking. The

invites men?' , sins of the, cold-blooded intellectual.' are ' ·God wants men -to live in the dining-room matched by those . of . well-intentioned folk

, '. ;and . the. gymnasium. '. Certainly ~o longer who have ploughed the seas of life without . 'aieemaciation and undernouri~hment a test a: rudder. Reason, too long a Cinderella.

. ,,:of,holiness, ,or flabby muscles and a wobbly among certain types· of religious people, is ':bOdy the hallmarks of sanctity, or a de- as divine a gift as emotion.. ., ·'ranged nervous· system the guarantee of' Fundamental ,brain;.work is as fatiguing

:, .· .• ·prophetic vision. ,Slowly men are catching as mixing concrete by hand .. I fancy that "the meaning of the old Latin dictum, M ens is why some· men shy at it. Men think, usu~ ,sana in corpore sano, a sound mind in a ally, readily enough . and ,-eagerly enough,

....... Sound body; gradually they are fathoming ab~ut their own personal welfare, yet do '. the ftill significance of- the Biblical saying . they think as zestfully and persistently of ,that they at;,e the temples of the living God. the 'welfare of the church, community, reli­

.. So inextricably bound up with highest use- gion, nation, and world? That's none of .... ' Iulne~I. 'glad~y admit the glory of the ,their business, they say.' All too 'much the ··~lieroic spirits who are rising above all bodily task of thinking has Deen handed over to '.-defects-is physical soundness t~t today pastors, priests, popes,' and political bosses.

.. '~"~~Y',, tho~San~s of men and women ~re . M~n have· frequently sold the~r birthright 'to ,.:g'1yt.-.g tbeJr bves, yes, even unto death, thInk fora mess of pottage. _And yet fun-'forthehea1th of the world. The modem dam ental brain-work alone has built what-;,~;m, e-yen rD()re than his grandfather, needs ever foundations hu~ariity is resting on '

"a"~ependable, body that his ~an's task may nOlY,.good-wiII an..d love being the cement ,c::'~',,?'Q~lI1dl:y d?ne and . that his ~erves may, whIch. holds the several parts of the struc­';SJiDdthe stra1t~,~f the double-quIck of. pres- ture together. God w.ants men to think .. ; '. '.' .... ' '. ... . .

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'more; he' has ,'.giv~n them' thei~ 'intelle~s, the .use of which IS' we~l pl~~tng ~o htt:n. In democratic Ameri<:a: every. ma1;l IS s~p-

shObld .', provid~-·:the·':n1o~tita~{op~;~:'.~' 'Tij' ~~Fl , panoram~:, of.' li~e jlnd~,a V1:S~. and the glory:- of, the' InfinIte ~''''.'''''' .•• p.'

not understand ho~. men ·.can .. ~~ow, e Im4e~ osedly his own king and, hts 'own prime

P ., ter yet he can· not long be ,so unless mInIS , f M' d more

hUrilariity;r or GOO WIthout a .'~ls10n." f or this reason that God' ~ontlnually .... ,. ...... men to dwell in his tower-r~m.. " " ' Not to the cell~r qr ,hosp}t~l Qr museu~},:,

'he thinks for himsel. ..' ore ~n thought.fulness, • mingled With equtal par~n £ love, toward God and man, a one WI

~ 'men's common life moving forward a~J u ward. Certainly ,one of 9od's gr~t­est as:ects is ,truth. ' -1 f, therefore,' m~nkin~ is some, -day to_ be ~ perfect a~d Godhke, tt

or counting-room of 'li!e, 'but '~6 thes"e ()tJ?e~;.'>,., several mansions of. hIS dwelh~ ~oes, ~:'c::

,invite men. In whIch do you ltve.

'must more and' more earnestly grub ,for THE-- GLoRY OF A HUMBLE 'LIFE" truth-and grubbing for' .t~th p~esupposes ,LIVED ' .,. ,': ,

. . orous intellects. So It IS eVIdent why "Great things" are not necessary .fo~ ~~d wishes men t~ l!ve in what I have attainnten~. of gr.eat character. ~hls IS. called the library of hIS, house. . . ingly manIfest In th~ pattern ,ltfl~~e

Yet still more he wishes men to. hve of our Lord. For thIrty. yea~s ~~at 1 e,~. in the tower-room. fie wish~s h~ma~ty to entirel:r uneve~tful, u!lhlstorlcal. He ltv~

not only. the truth whIch hes' 1tI?~e- in a Vlllage, mIxed .Wlth peasants, wroug s~e, b t them but 'to ~tch a VISIon at the bench, dwelt tn a cottage .. The~e was d~at:t ~~~ which lies at a distance ~nd no great trial, like .the t~pta:onr~n ::

.? the future that truth wI.Uch is yet to be wilderness;. no movlDg tn'n:~ di I ~" 1n . d" 0 f the prillclples' of hydraul- palm-strewIng; no ecstasy, 1 e e f ~ea1~!:btres ~~~ the tap can not be. higher. figuration; no ~umi~ation, like the cro~tb:~ .. ~~n the source. One of the prinCiples of" thorns; 1!0 gn,:f, ltke Gethsemane. ~~ intO •.

lity d religion declares ·-that .where out dazzltng ~plsodes . .,. !ie.gr hich~,' , mora. an . . . . . Ie erish. I have the fullness of that ~upreme chara~ter, w ..'" there IS no V1slo~f tt;!~~ll~S"-yeS, even . commands 'the admiration and: reverilice 't '". seen some men " d reachers, whose busi- mankind. It is most encouragtng to e, «? ' among teachers an Ph'· 'who '11' n to know that the. noblest, life ires them to ave VlSlon,- scure ~l 10 '. he tameSt nes~nd:'u me of showmen tob busy taking in attained its last complet~~e~s t ~ b any--;' r~m h at the door to Cast up acCounts to scenes,· unpro~pted, un ISZP Watk· y on c td' e cas, . t the end of any year whether or thing extraordlnary.-~ .. ' .ns., " ,: 1scover a . d k' the real

not they were getting ahea ,rna Ing d d , ro ress that their welfare deman e .' 'kJly to knQw where one is goi~ one MUst h wide-:spreading vision of hfe. any r::: ~o not see the celestial city for ~e houses. Now, a man's usefulness depen s

h· . '. ..' Too many men content upon IS VISIon. '. ' "1m f themselves, even in th~ hIgher . r;a ISO

. . . .ty' 'th being Splr1tua ma-relIgIOUS -actlvl , .WI 'h' b t chinists who after all know n,ot In~ a Of·, the finished product of the ~hop. w.ou.~

au entrust yourself to, a ratlroad train. 1 Y '. doubt whether or not the tratn·

~ ~~~ ~~~~:nwere on .the job ~ W QuId you tak~ . an ocean, 'Voyage unless that sleepless, man in the crow's-nest were always· scan­ning the horizon ~ :,-n~. yet men e~tru;! the~selves . .in . theIr ',ln~IVl~~~1 ,bar:J~ t~te;

erilous sea, often wlth?~t . ~n, q : look-out . 'This matter of :I,~Vll?g .1t~ tt:e t()wer­room: isa serious' business .. Thl~: room

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, Grace is .always the method o~ Goo.'"' m ' ' dealing with his wor1~. :'My fa~her .~s.~ , "', ,', king; not a merchant" saId a young .1atl~ , , i',

standing, at the gate of a .gard~, aa , i; filled the Cap of a little. lad Wlt~ fru~~ tow:ar~,.' , which she had seen hIm lo~klng wl~h. ,I"

ing eyes. Her ~ord~ were In answer . " ,. offer of penmes. 1n payment. I

she said, "M y fat~er" who owns ~~e ; . a king· he gIves,' he _ d~s not,

. An~ ,our God is a king. If takes the' ":'~ ' ........ 9-

and even the Chur~h, .tong to. learn. .... God so loves that he .. gIves,; U,...,. -.~"hl~'''E:-:::'::: his 'favor, often uriso~ght,. and' ye3"I ;,-:.;.;' .... ' ... ,,,:~.,," time of ma~'s need, ,It f~tls .not;, .:.,: brought· low , ~t:td he helped .m~,. ~'LJL"~':":""" te;s'timony of one who. knew m~~h>::" - , , ... God . Rev> . in~mte grace of, tlte~ gIVlng, '.; ~~:l::i':":":' ert' Johnston. ' ' . .

you. ~qOW~ ·'People; seldoin'knpw who; their n~t~door ~neighbor,' IS.'" . '. ." "", ,.

:"Ho.~/~Q yo~. know whether.o.r not they ," are, Chrl~tla!l~?', he ~sked. simply ~ '"

, , . . . , '. rpe m1mster s w1fe' looked up with a IIRS., GEORGE E. CROSLEY, MILTON,' WIS. sta,rt. She had n. eve!." gt·ven a. th,ought .'to .' ,. . CODtrlbutinc 'Editor . .

,!h~ther or nqt· her neighbor~ were' 'Chris-- .. ~,. ;

.; " ,'IS' THIS" THE LARKl .- 'h:this;,the lark

'I.Md $ha\tes~e he~rd . ",' .. Out· of the dark '. ' . ,~ .•• ···Q:E~'Dawn!. Is this the bird

,Tllat'stined . ; . ~,rd\$ha.Jtespear,e~s : bean ! "

" Is ,~isthe , bird'whose \ wi~g, ~9SC' rapturou~ :antheming,.

•. RC)se;~p; soared radiant, became . S ............. ftj' . . .... <'~I" ame ,

,".ToShelley listening .

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"" .', . . ..•.. Alid, made bimsing,' , ,,· .•.. ·.:\Throbbing alone,' aloof, feveredly apart,

:H,is '~rofu~e strains of u~pI:'emeditated.art!·

tla~s.' '.She had the responsibilities 'of' her , h~sb~nd's parish -and the presidency of the ,mISSl'Onary societY. Then too it was not

. , ~itstomary iri city apartments for people to caJI to find out ~~ether' or not. their 'neigh­bors . ~ere ' Chnsttans. Nevertheless the question 'lingered "in 'her mind., The' next 1ay. she found ,her father talking with the Jan1tor'.: The dear old man seemed to have 'no difficulty in finding a point of contact with anyone. ' . ""Who is 'the neighbor who lives just be­

low you on the first floor ?" he asked' when he,; came in later.

'.' •. To think that i should .hear him now . .'~,' Tdling' .that "single fiery rift of' ,heaven a" wild

, " ,.' lark comes! '. . . ,-'

~:~':." A retired: army officer a.nd his wi fe/' saId the daughter, "and I do know," she added proudly, "that they are EpiscOpa-lians:" . .···The, fresh:, cool" scent, of earth yearns at the

-. '~", "" '.. plough; . , ',' In ~short keen rapid flttlTies the woodpecker-.. ' drums: '. . . To, think that I . should "hear that mad thing : : ' sljding

'. '.. ' Along a smoking. opal ladder! 'H:~t that inevi!able deluge of music' riding

"Ij~,glad you found that out,", he said ,as he started olit to' walk. ' ,When he came back, he was walking beside the Colonel. They talked a few moments at the entrance.

... Then her father shook hands as if he were taking leave of an old friend. -I~to the ,sun', nclter now-fainter now-madder!

i'fo·'thinkthat. I· should hear and know Jhe ,'Song. tha~, Shelley heard, and Shakespeare,

:;.~. . . long ago! l .1 ;: ' -Jose"" AUslander ..

~ "Well, 'I see you met the Colonel," said . h1s daughter as she -took his bat\and coat.

"V JJ ·d h ' "b . ale . ~ es, . sal e,' ut you were mIst en. His wife is an Episcopalian but the Coionel does not· belong to· any church. He' has

'ARE WE OUIt NEIGHBOR'S.KEEPER7 never accepted Christ. ,You know he can .,' . Ii, ,rIte"young rttinister's Wife smiled indul- not be saved just because. his wife-- is a , ".' , '. mUy, 'at her ven,erable father as he lifted church member. . I know you are busy

. hi' h t f' h· h· h d d' ~ d~ughter, but I can't h~p ·feeling that Ood ' . '" ,S"~ ,rom IS w Ite ea. an stopped 10 wtll hold :>:ou responsibl~. 'lor not thinking.

"~Y:: good morning" to the neighbor who of your neIghbors and for not praying for '~ed t~e~ ,in the hall. Father had never them and talking, with them about the Sa-. ~'i~ ,a city apartment. In his little town vior." . , ~verybody spoke to everybqdy else and such The' daughter put her arm' ar~nd her ~~dlscqurtesy as ,not calling on, one's next- father and kissed his forehead. "It's true"

, door ,neighbor was not to be thought ot she said. "I never'realized---it before.';' T~t. ' '.' '"One of yOll{ n~igbbors?" he inq,nred} night when the' minist~r came in' his wife '. mterestedly. . poured out the .whole' story to him. ' :',

~&,a~, added. "So many "I 'am' ~shamed .of myself,"'_ she said. 1TInviM1(1i~td last September, I don't "I've been .so ~usywith my round o£.du#es

and orgaruzations. that I haven't said·. 'one see them?" , 'WOrd to' an unsaved soul for, months. . I

~'~i_~n't had time," she' thought father,was,queer and old-fashioned.' · . df· un- . T w~s ev:en~f.raid ~~e nei~hbors would'l~ug~

'.:a:l~~re]nt in the city , at hIm and gIve him a dlscourteous answer, , .

, THE SABBATH'REcORDER - '. " ... -... ~;,... "....... -:' .. ~.

. but, in .the f~" days ,he's .~~~n .he~e!.he.'s made, frlends. With. everybody and he~, made me think,as I never thought .before of my personal re~ponsibility -"'.'. . ,'. . .' , The:ne~t :day the mlntster and.,bIs .wlfe.

-called ,on the Colonel and' his wife. . The , army'. man's' heart w~s unu~~ally te~der, for his wife was very Ill. It, was eaSIer than they thought to talk of spiritUal ~hings . He seemed almost persuaded to .. accept Christ .

Eagerly- the minister's. wife called up the rector of -the, church to whic,h the Colonel's wife bel.onged.

. "\Von',t: you talk with ColQnel . ," she said. "We've been talking to, him ,and I, think he will become a Christian." She heard a deep sigh at the other 'end'.of the phone. ' ." " , .

"O'f course, I will," saiq the rector, "But I .am not veryhope£ul.. The Colonel is·a military man and he .is as. hard~s' nail~. The ' last time I gav:e hIS WIfe communIon he got up and left the room." ." . . '''It is different now," said the minister's

'wife. "He will. see 'you." A few weeks later the Colonel was' re­

<:eived into' the church and became an earn­est, faithful member.-Missionary Revie-zv~ of the WlWld. '

WORKERS'EXCHAMGE' The reports this week are from societie~ .

in the Central Associatio,n, and were furn:­ished for the program of that association. But the program had to be shortened an~ so

. these reports were not given at that time. They are so interesting that Mrs. J. S •. Brown, associational· secretary, has sent them on for publication that we all may enjoy them. ..

Irish and Yankee •. ' A,prggr&m in the>"'" UN;r;,

ning ,included 'a darkey ~.qua~et~.aIso'i . tations and farce. It,'has' '~ome, ", nual afi'airfor ,us to have;onJ~lectiotl, at,:r2. o'clock, ,';t New E~land ,mnnef·'·j·r'I1 tn

has been well attetlfied and a ,.' .. cess. ,We have 'held two sp~~al :. " . , .. '.' . also two day" socialS' Were '~eld' ',~un~g[ ..... witIter. ", "

We have helped in sewing an<:i in~: ,"'. cial way to clothe I a family, of, chil9r~n:' ..... ",' .. they co~ld attend-our services. 'Our' .' ·· .. ::i has. procured arug for the vestibul~:pt ... church, . also' helped in other , 10~1' ... Our society.,took c~arge of a: r~ept,ion,f:,"-~ft-;, tember 6,. for, our new pastor".,~nd . Mr. and '·Mrs. LoyaLF. H.u.dey. If" given ,iIi the church and ice. crea~ ang .•. ,".' ..c;I.n'~" served. " " .... , . We have met our apportiQnme~t,,~o ' .. Woman's .. Board by giving $1Q9, , al~o:;<l,. ,'0'' [le!·'),::,·

home work ·to the am~unt of $61,35.',\: We have lost during the."y~ ~ .',

our loyal workers. Therw~re.aJw,~y~.,&.,,, U~U:".{ ful to the church and 1ts'lnterests as as".they were ·able.

. Brooldield, .N. Y.... .. '

The Missionary Aid SocietY. ·of, :tb~· tJ., "''''!C .... ,.) ond Broold1eld Seventh DaY:,ijaptist_ .. July 1, 1922, w.o~ld r:eport thirty-four .~ ... ',"" 1 •• 4'"

members· and four associate members. .' We' have held ten sessions' during \;

year. . February and June· we held' no _'144,"'2::,:,\' .... '.\,

i~gs~ Mrs .. Sar~h Sp<)oner,:Mrs. Chesebro' and Mrs. EAl1~a ,J. \,;ram<1~Lll were present every session .. ' .",' "

,'Four of our faithful·members.~ha, us to join those who -have' gOlle N, ".+1\1 ... ":;:::,

:Mrs. Clara Burch, September 2, 1921 . Azelia B~ Todd, October 30, .. 1921,' ,', Damaris B .. Clarke,. December'4, 1921" ........... .JL" .... L'.-"'."":'

Mrs. Hattie Whitford, June II," . ..,' . Aclam. CeDter, N. ,Y., ~ . We have had five hundred .. ."... ........

Our 'annual meeting was held in July at . edition,' of. ,"The Tried Friend .. :. , ... ,. which time we had the election of officers. For benevolence we. have, p"atd$I This meeting was h~ld in the c~urch par- ,which. includes flowers, Ch~stmas l?ox~,. lor and was follpwed by a tea at 6 o'clock •. etc. For local work we paId ~~.77· , . One food sale was given in August. We Forward Movement $I50JJO; .fgr.'

. have" held six thimble socials at which time cook' b()()ks $170.00. ,We,receiy¢ , .' a short program was ,given.· At theSe so-' dinners and suppers $I63.9~ !we·,". :;, ,:,' cials' the -hostess has been assisted by two which c1eare,d us' $53.70; SOCIals: $15.15; .' other ladies~ The first" of December a na- sociate m~bers$I3.00; cook ~~ " . '" tional 'supper,' . and . sale - was h~l?', ~~. Itbe, "'. ;~~ctf~. '~~bmitt~d; church . parlor. Fournag9nabties were. '. .. .. : . : E¥}~A: J. ,,' , .... """~ .... represe~ted"by cosfume~African, Dutch,·

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DeRu7ter, N. 'v. I dinner was served after Which ari'inte're$tng (::("~h¢",~adies', B~nevolent Society of the program was given~ On~ numher' was 'a "" '" ' ' " , 'Day ,~~ptist Church of DeRuyt~r paper by' Mrs." Ida' Thaye~ on the past of ,<~re· glad to' retiott a ,good degree of inter~st - our Ladies' Aid. After listenirig to this

in all 'their meetings, which are held the first' , paper we feel that we have been of some ': ',Thursday afternoon of each month~, , ser.vice during: the thirty-five years of our , , ",~everal all .. day sessions have been held eX1stence.At the dose of the program Mrs.

for work meetings at which time dinner was Palmiter presented to Mrs. Van Horn a ",'.'provided by the members present at noon worsted quilt' on which was the names ~f , , arid all other members of their families in- every member of our society. " ,

"" "vited to, participate. , These have, indeed,' At our April meeting we Were fortunate ',I, "been very pleasal1t as' well ,as profitable in having Miss Susie Burdick with us. ' She

, meetings.'" told us ,about the work and workers in our , On December 7, 1921, a f.ood an4 fancy China Mission.

work sale, was held by the ladies. Two bed ',tv e hope and trust' that in 'the coming quilts were also' sold at this time. The year we may accomplish more than ever 'be-

, amount of the sale was about $70.00." fore ,in the Master's service. , ' The 'society also has voted the amount of . MRS. FLORA 'QA VIS,

'" ,',$50 •00 towards paying' ~or' the ,bathroom Secretary. " ,.' . soon ,to be ·put' in the parsonage. ,

" A sunshine committee under the direction of Mrs. W. ,We Ames, have been very active throughout the year in carrying' baskets of flowers and fruit' to the' shut-ins and those ilL" ' . '

Trusting in o~r heavenly Father 'for strength and guida~ce, we ~~e .hoping to see ou~ society grow in members~ip and added 'intet:est'in the',year to come.' ",' Respectfully submitted,

MRS. R: W. WING, Secretary.

VerOD., N., Y.

We.t.Ed~e.tcni~,N. Y. " The ,Ladies' Aid Society 'of the, West

Edmeston, N. Y., S~venth Day Baptist Church has only eighteen members, but they are faithful and loyal. The meetings which are held once in four weeks, are well at­tended and the collections are good, having totaled in the past year' $65.00. Fifty dol­lars has been given for the Forward Move­ment ..

Mrs. Crofoot is our president. . ' Respectfully submitted, . _' MRS. LAMONT STILLMANJ

'" Se~retary.'

. .'\,:~,;,Q~~r Ladies' Benevolent Society was or­ganized .in June, 1886, with seven members.

'The .membersh~p has' steadily' increased till Suppose oilr Lord ,had yielded to tempta~ :J:1ow we ha,ve forty-one members, the lar- 'tion 'in the' wilderness? His trial was even 'gest ~um1?er since our organization. Two, more real than, yours:' all -the pbins of cert­n~mes were added'this year and two have' turies, .all .the· sufferings and hardships of bee,n removed by d~ath. that m1ghty host of prophets and martyrs

;,' ·.·Twelve regular sessions, and five special would have been rendered useless. It was ipnesbave, beet:! held. At :Six·of the regular because he was his. Father's Son that he

~ •• ' .. '.'" ,.meetings our .,CountyHome Bureau agent remained true. And he :isboth our Lord . '.; '. was. present a!ld- gave demonstrations.' and our Example. As he helped God," so .' '. 'vVe hqve contributed to the Woman's' 'can we in' his strength .. Every prayer; e~ery .' .... , '"Board, pur.chase~ some £urnit~re and other word of ' testimony, ~very ear~est effort we

"th,ings n~eded at the par~onage and church. put forth is making it just so much easier . .' We fe~l that much cheer and comfort has 'for God to finish his work of love.-Harris :,.":b¢~n~ Q.rought , to our shut-in and absent ' E. Kirk. - ' '

metpbers. through the letters' written by, the -. ...• . •. I coirt~ittee for that', purpose. At Christmas If . God opens -the door, enter it .. ',' pon't

let· any ,p()w'er . pn. earth. ke~p . yOU bal~k. Ne~er miss an opportunity fot,service., It is a. great. honor to ~be a~ ~o~w.or~et:with. r-'d D L M-"'d ' ",,' ',' \.iU .- .' .- 00 y.".' '.' ' .. ' ',','

'. ,,' these, people were remembered. with cards. :'Eruitand flowers have been sent to the siCk. . .•. .O:tlI' :Oecemb~r meeting was held in the : church . parlors holiday week. A . bountiful

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THE SABBATH·' RECORDER',

YOUNG PEOPLE'S" WORK MRS. RUBY COON BABCOCK. .

R. F. D. 6, Box 73, Battle, Creek, Mich. ' " Contributing Editor

GOD'S OUT-OF-DOORS -ObristlaD Endeavor Topic, tor Sabbath Da,.., , . Augullt :6, 18:: '

DAILY READINGS

'Sunday-The first garden (Gen. 3: 1-7) Mlonday-Beneath the stars (Gen. 28': 10-17) Tuesday-By still waters. (Ps. 23: 1-6)" , Wednesday-What the flowers say (M,att. 6:,28-

34) <:: Thur~day-In a vineyard (John 15: 1-10) Friday-On the lake (John 6: 16-21) ,Sabbath Day-' Topic, Lessons from God's' out-of­

doors (Ps. 8: 1-9) , .

aroun~., me would" .ove.r.wheln{' it, ,"f~,'" fathoms deeD. ",,',' .. " "t:, C';', "

"1 am not tempted tO','sin wliile' I ~::in.i":":':' the woo~.s, or under the sol~triiista.rs~J·c'.By":,i:'::i"·:' a long walk or' along'. row I 'Can ,distance"'''' i ' i ~ny temp~tion .. A. day with~d~~obg;.:,; th~ mountall~s energ1zes me for, many'a"day:' With Satan In the city. ,',.' "< ,';,

. ' "But ma~ not God be fourid' ,in thedty and, under roofs? Assuredly; yes. And:','is God always' .found among the hills? ',. , ' '", suredly, no. The heart is Gbd'shome ,"'" ,not the ocean or the forest. Sin and' riot: 'a.:: ' brick wall separates us from God.',

"Examining my own life and the lives'oi ,others, , ,I find that the devil is seden~ry;<' He hates the open. ",He loves darkness:'", rather than light,' and rooms' rather than" sky. He ~loses. the windows.' He 'clog~';-th~ feet w1th lea~her, and binds ,the, lung~,,'

HELP FROM OUT-OF-DOORS 'With ~ steel and", sdk. ' :ae ': invents:~ gluttony' , Selectf-p1JS"from ((H~lp for the, :,Tempted", and sofas. Out-of-doors is too 'wide and':

. . by Amps', R. Wells ' ,- ' _ sweet for him. -, , "I-am writing this from a hilltop. There ,~'R~view your temptations, and your sins is spread ,before me a sunny expanse, of the past. "Have. you yielded and f~lleh"", ,stretching for' many miles, and crowded when pe~etrated w1th the cheery sunsliine;.' with the beauties of God. There is the near or was 1t .u.nder the' shallow, rays ,of: ,,' 'slope of grass, gay 'With aster and golden and electr1~lty ?' Has sin mastered. ..'

,rod. Below, ,there are trees and bushes, when your lungs were crammed' with the. tangles, of green hung with scarlet' berries ozone of ,~he shore, or; when th~y wer~:.:" 'and purple beach"plll:ms., Beyond, there is smothered.1n the heavy a1r of a ball.room?" the, sparkling 'blue of the ocean, broken up Have evil fancies made nests in your brain> by the da~ntiest of islands., Above, a flaw- after!ln hour of woodland rambles, amo.ng; , less heaven., ' the b~rds, or after' an hour's reading: of

'{Motion is here, th~ swaying branches, some Incestuous tale j) , , ": '

the bending gra~s. blades, 'the l?~ ~a~ching "Ho,! shall we. gain, for 0!lr struggl~ with of the waves, the1r bayonets ghtter1ng In the temptation, the aid of God In nature?' "',,' '( sun. Fragrance. is her~, of the pines and, . "Not without time. We must be content~' the .salt sea., ~olor is here, all the kaleidos- with shorter money getting, llrieferbootc"':." COp1C hues of autumn. Sound is here, the revels, fewer indoor' delights. We muSt;::::, ~hrill monoton~ of cric~ets, th~ varied greet- measur~. ou~ 'bed by ~ur needs, ~nd not,by:::::::::: . lngs of. the Winds, the dropping, notes of a our desires. ,We must plan for' Qut~f~'. ,<' song sparrow. Form is here, no two alike doors, reserve time for it, introduce .'. , of leaf or flower,or bird, Or wave.' And, and sYfitem, and count it a firstcl'a.itri·· .... , .... all-motion, fragrance, color, sound, and our ~enty:"'four hours.' ....." . . ....

. form---:--all are subdued .to a"Si~le harmony, ('Not Ivithout pains. Out:of~oors istigf,:,,~::::';:'" pervasive ~nd persuas1ve; whlch must "be', to-:-' be wooed from a rocking chair or .' ,.":,,: the thought of God. . ' landau. Out-of .. doors is otten cold and' : '::.:

"While I am here upon}his. hill of splen- B,efore the mountain top i~ the"; ". ..... . dor,.howfar from mY,m1nd IS ~he thoug~t. ascent, before the sunrise the leap: fr{)m'~~ of sin !, • The ~ean ~s w~shed It all a~ay, warm bed, be~ore the inn~r mysteries of "@. the sunltgh! has laughed It away, the birds forest are swamps and thickets. . ...':.' !mve sung It away, the breezes, have 'borne Not without patience. Nature does" '. 1t off on viewless ~pinions, and 1£ 'a hint of it blab her secrets to every" comer. " were left". the 'pure loveliness .that surges matlds long waJtings at. her shrine) "'--_.'-

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-·".'6tallY'if·one: comes : late to . her , with his .... ··{~~~s~sworn by the grinding of worldliness',

, ia 'she Joth to reveal her. deeper charms. '. . . ,~,.' "~~ut whoever, with' simple confidence in _ >.God· and the desire toktiow him better, with

...... absolute horror of sin and the desire to es- . ... '.f~ cape' from temptation into purity will live

. ,much out-of..;doors, into his life will come, ,:. koon . or -leite, a sturdy peace and a vital . • ; Ptlrity that' will renovate it wholly, and pre­·.:_·serit it clean. ap.d stt:ong for ·the indwelli~ · . p:f .. GOd •. " . . . .... "But I have said that one must go to

·~n3.ture iri the love of God. . One must see "in nature more than th~natural, or no help ;'.;Will· come for the supernatural conflict with

.•.. ,';· •• ·evit A tree is a dead thing; ~ tree with the .< .. t~9ught of Christ is a life-giving thing."

FOLLOWING AND' SETI1NG . GOOD . EX-'" - AMPLES

INA S-HAW POLAN

" :":~.~>~ .. .:, "A~' ::.': ~-"~. ::--,~ ,.' :: :.." •• "~.;-;~, ;~," ~.~,~:."::-~. :. ..... ·:~--i:;;;''''~'s··~ i·,,,~:~,t-i: ,:~.:,'~;- :,~ ~~ .. 'In order to set a ." . . , .. - .' 'E eeK - .

- 'd" I' . " h Id ver . , - i :gQO examp. e:we' s ou "'fli Sa' \ _ ;'. : .. " .... " '. :.~', "-I', '.:,;,' l ,': . " ' ,t •. :.e :,' ',' ,Vlor

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In order to follow in, . Lives· the best way we should Loyally

On Winning. souls

A' FEW !liJESTIONS ·poR· THOUGHT'

In what ways: can we' follow Christ's ex-ample? '. ,

In· what ways -do we follow the example of our best friends? ....

What sort of. an .example have.I been foll.wing? .

What sort have I been setting?' . ' Are the persons I copy worthy. examples? Think carefully of some one who' you feel

sure might. folloW something you do.

. EVANGELISM IN THE REUGiOUS DAY­SCHOOL

• ,;"cJ.dau •• E.dea~ Tople for Saltbatla Da7,MISS RUTH L. PHILLIPS .<,. Au .... .-t 19,. ~922 '. (In Conference -on Evangelism at Western Association)

" '. I" sat' , here reading over the topic and The subject of our symposium this after-'+wondering which we should do first, follow noon is of vital interest to all Christians;

"t·~··:"·:·······~::·.·:·::.or:,set a good example. But just a' second, evangelism, or ttte bringing of .man into :' . thought showed me that w~ can not set good- union with God is the object of all Christian

... ..·examples 'very' well, without ~rst following effort~ - That is the only reason for the ··:good examples to learn how. . existence of the church. today, and otily in "~How often we have all heard i'n the tes- so far as it is accomplishing· this purpose~

;'tirnorues' of our friends these words: "It is is . the church successful, no matter how ,my desire that I may set such an example great or, small its numbers, its 'wealth, its

:,:before those about me that th~y m~y know ~achinery and equipment, its prestige and .·.that I ,a~ striving to follow in the footsteps its, power ,to form public opinion. .' ~,'o~ mY Master." .' The chief evangelizing agency of the

:', :_-SupPOse YO'u start your meeting' with this church hasJor many centuries been the regu­',:>~entence ,repeated in cQncert with· ·silent lar 'praise, prayer" §lnd iIfstruction services

.• ' '" ",:prayer following. Follow' this with . short which areintendedcchiefly for adults and are , ... <Bible readings-instances of where gO'od 'conducted alinost entirely· according to' the

,:>examples was .. set an.dfollowed.· adult poi_nt of view. . -' "Previous'to the . meeting ask about five The Sab~ath school, or church school, as

· ,"persons, each to bring to the meeting an it- I shall caU'it, ~s established first of all to Justration of an example which people fol~' . keep ~he children 9ufofmischief on the

.' '. Jow' in doihg some. kind of· work,' or to be Sabbath, and secondlYl its f~nction was to ..',"able . to 'put upon the blackboard a drawing teach children t~efunqamentals of Christian, , .. ' ~.:of the. same.. Su'ggestions-dress pattern, faith.. This second lfunction, the" church

':. cat."Penter~s· blueprint, model-- i~ clay, old- school. contillues to' ,In-Ifill ~nd it. h(ls . the >Ja~h~9ned sample·r. You can think of better added task of pointing out to thech\ldren

ones. Then let each, tell h()w the workman and young people, the way to Christ as their JQl1Qws,the·patt,eril and resemble it· to oUr personal Savior and Frien~. ~ This evangel­

. ' ,':<;:hristian 'life. , ' ' '. ". izing function _is given to the chu~ch school ,,",. 'Sitlg, ._'~r,,~ll follow,·thee, my' 5ayior," -because. it was . found tnat.ordina.ry a9~lt , •. ;u.4J ..... ··':'WhereHe ~eads 1'11 follow." . .. ,evangelizjng agencies were not sufficit;nt for

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. children- 'ana: ~o~ng people; ?i!1ce the dis': school meeting the c:oDdif:iODl.!~y'~-':'~nd '.", .'::" covery that 'ch~ldr,en are not mlnlatu~e a~ul~s not, why not?" -, ' _ . ,,' but have quite diStinct characteristics in' iJn the first place, we. believe 'the ' . , ,. , their development, efforts. have. Qeen ~ade church;,school is' ina4equate' beCause . to more adequately mtet their ~eeds ill the not have time:enough' to teach'a~ l·r. .. ·lt1Ulen:o~.· church school. The importance ()~ doing ~o its young people.' Only half the. .'.,' is seen by .the fa~t' that evangelistic efforts chi1~ren at~end church' ~1!ool. half ,tlie .. ·" .. :::, are 'most'fruitful during early adolescence. and this for oruy an hour a 'week. 'We ar~ , ' More people make' Chr,istian decisions at the' falling short of our Jewish a:nd CatholiC- , , ages of 12, 14' and 16 than at any . other brethren in religious training for 'our thil~' " : .. periods-of .their lives. Doctor Athearn,' Dean. dren .. Whereas a,. Jewish' child' has 33S,:ii)' of . the Sehool of Religiou~ .. Education of. hours and the Catholic, child 2oo-hours. 8,;'. i\<\

Boston University, says: . year, ~he average. Protestant . e~i1d . h,~buti~:,:,.· , UNo child passes through the adolescent period 24 houts of religious ihstruciion. . . '.;

without being converted to something. It is . Another 'reason that . the, aver:age, chure!). not a question for the. church to discuss as. ~o school of today is inadequ~te is because"~h~ , whether the child will be converted. Nature wt11 church has 'not fully aw~kened to the tte~ , , take care ·'Of that. It is the 'question of to what mendous importance of Christian. ' ", .. ,'tt r-'" will he be converted· which should concern the church. He may seek. to find fulness of life by. for its youth., It does notca.re enough' choosing as his example some popular hero, some see that the teachers of the schoorare ~""'''''-' bandit or cowboy lionized in cheap literature, or pared for their task. ' It is· necessary .. i "

he P may seek to find ·the life abundant by ac- d f . · t h· l' 11' , t' '. cepting Christ as the Pilot of his life. Th~ church spen our years ,-In' a ec mea co . ~ge .Q:'\ .. ,.:" school- which fails to present the Christian life . learn to properly construct a locqmotiyes9' . in such vivid imagery that it begets a joyous that it will not cause- the loss of humaD response' in young. lives, has failed at the most lives; but we spend little or no. tim.e to'p~c;; critical point." pare, to handle a human soul and to ..

In' the early. days of the church schoc;>l, it for eternity; .' - .... ..; its training, "largely supplemented by the A recent survey of Indiana' shows .. religious education of. the ho~e, resulted in cqnditions' of religious training in tbat-lL~L.; .. :.L-'-.

the formation of strong Christi"~n c~r~cter. which' is believed to ,be typiCal of tlie" But times changed.. Life ran a' faster ditions, of the country. It wasfouri(r~'-, ' .. '7' '_,."

pace! and there were mo~e demands fr?m. the. average chutc~ s5~ool t~h~r" ha.4 ........ d'

outstde,the home for the time and attention -eleven years of publtc schooleducatloll,"'c, T:"":::.,,,

of 'bothparents and. children. -The religio~s less than the lowest standard of the S~te; . education of. the \ home diminished in quan- . its public school teachers:-; and .. 4ad no tr,a.1n.,. tity and quality, .. so as to become" almost ing for teac~ngreligion except that '" "," .. :,.4& .. & .... -

nothing. This left' practically all respon-' _ at _ brief conferences :and 'co~ve~tions; , .. ·.G -I..;,v.::./,:."

sibility for. religious development of the did. not spend mote. than', two hours .. a, ... ": .. ~.e ... Iek.::::'};~ . children ~pon" the church school. But the i~ preparatiori ?f the-lesson, and, ~his; ....... _y,,,

,same conditions' which affected the home, . ntght, or morning before the lesson, " . affected the church and church s~hool also. taught.· She, was--consecrated and .. .. Whereas the church had been-the chief social undertak~e the' task, but wasl!ot awakeJg. ~~ency' of a commu~ity, it came to be .con- inime~~ity, or impox:tance: ,'-- ".,-sldered 'merely one and. often ~ subordlnat~ .' Then. too, the lndlffer~n~ of the,,' .."11_" .• " .... ·.

community institution. Tht}s the eyes of . to -t~e 1!.DP9.rta~ce of- rehgt~~s ed'-4 .. ...u.~j'VlL£ the church and church school grew weaker marufested.tn the l~ck of, adequate ." and did not' see their duty, nor grasp thei,r and- of' suitable eqt1;ipment~nd wOlr~~OOlm~.:/~; opportunity . to meet the spiritual needs of The parents a~e _ n?t . sufficltmtly .' In.t. ,erestec]\: the chi1dr~n' and young people. ..,_ to see that their chtlc;lren .. attend. the, '-.,,-'-.--.:-.. --,'.""'.'"

In. the 'meantime, many" children, as we sc~ool regularly. . The. result IS that :.: .... , L&'-' .... :',·.,::

. ,know, have been' growing' up, .' unclernour~ ~htldre~ themselv~s l~k9?Wn upon.::-. .,-,~.~ '~'::-:"~~~' ished religiously, until today the' problems InstructIon as be~ng .1nf~q()r to thel~ reSUlting. from 'a generation of- spiritUal schoo~ work; whtle Just. th.e . wea.I~lingsare s~ aCute as to demand imme::. be the case and. u~uallYlS.·. ' . diate- attention. - , . " . and Jews. TheY_JD:slst t~t th,~, . "But,"weask ourselveS, "is not the church . contorm; to' their' cliurch '.0"1 t>l.12:cl·' t10tlS~';

,THESABBATlJ ,RE~ORDER~' . "

.. ' :;~'A,'o(~l't¥.r,,,: rea~pn;)tfflI.t Jp-e church, school bQar~s, a~d college e~trance 'committeeS'gi ve :,h~~ '~fteti;'i>r?veii < lnaaeqti!1te. "'is 'because its credit for, the courses of' the religious day ·\le$~.9n "-'rnatenaL :h,as ,not, In .all ,cases been s~hool~~ the. standar~s ~or t~chersare 'very

.:~q~t~dJ~. th~age~nd ri~~~ of the pupils", and high, In some, cases higher even than. for .'. ' .~~ Qften been disconnected and without a public school teachers. ' ". :',9~i#~e',~im~,the.nie, and well developed plan, ' A definite, 'systematic, 'unified ,fund of :,cQver~pg a: consld~rable period of time. . . r~igious k!l~\VI¢dge is acquired ~y the pupil '· ... ,.Another .~indrance . tot~e' evangelizing, of. the relIgtous day school, because' he 'as . ,.' .... p<>wer of :the church school is 'sometimes 'the w.elL as his teachers, has had to work to ':.~~~fr~st. of' • .the, 'parents. . They hav.e' 'seen make. ~t his. Thrqugh regula~ and frequent . young people,\Vho have been'induced to take repetItion, the pupilgains Christian habits' nf

. '. ast~n4 for. Christ, and who have''later lived' thought ,.fnd of. pract!ce,. and hisreIigious )~y~ ,which practically repudiated 'these . ob- ,~~owl~dge ~as, b~ apphcatIon, been ingrained ligations. They ,~ay 'our young people do Into hiS entire being. He has learned Christ .}lo~.~ktl.o!w~at th~y are doing; t~ey.do not I a~d, chur~h loyalty during that period when, ~eah~~ what It llleans. ·to ~e a ~hrlstIan, and hiS affectIons naturally, attach themselves to ·!h~y ~do nQt kn~w. eno~gh of. h~e to choose wha~ has been made admirable and familiar ~.ntel~ge~t1y~ .~~dln~ l~f~ pr~nClpl~s. Too' to hIin, and his loyalty is founded on.a rich

" p~ten, ~hls crl~lclsn:t IS Just. Too ofteri' our fund of· knowledge and trained thought. ' ~pung ,pe~ple do no~ kno,w what the .God- Becausel religious instruction is given on ~If~ ~eans.; .they d.o !lot up~~rstand what the week days as welL as on the Sabbath, the pnncI.ples of ,Chr1stIan, liVIng are and ho" Christian life is made a part of everyday'

, ,tij.ey may prov~ adequate for ,all the c~r- living,. not a matter for' Sabbath Day con-I" _ p~mstances of hfe: versation merely. The teacher' by a contact

. , ,We. can ~ot gtve too much' credit nor c1,9ser and mor~ frequent than the church , .' .·~pprecta~~ enoug~ ~he loyal,' whole-hearted S~9001 teacher, is able to more adequately

ang efficient service of .hundreds of church, ,7i *"ffect the 0 trend- of her pupils' lives. She ~chool , teachers nor estt~te the good that ",~eeks, a.1so to supplement' public school edu­"~~E!r,h:lv~ done; b,!t we slmp~ywant to recog-', cation, 'and, wherever possible, to correlate

"',~~e· the fact that for ~r age and genera- religious education with it. " . tl~~, .we_n~~d a more ~horough-gping sys- . :~~cause~ o£ the desirability of c01).necting

.' tem of, rehgtous education th~n w~ave at rel~gton With secular studies,. the· Catholics ~ .. :pre~~nt, ~anned by teachers and 4,lr~tors, choose to take their children out' of the

. , ,.,,:~ptop!y: cOl1se~~ated but thoroughly.'prepared public school and' in' Cath9li~ schools, inter-':~gr t1:l1S w~rk: .. fuse religion irito' every secUlar subject that ,,:;:fo;~eet this need, there are sprlngtng up the.'child studies. . '

.• . : :,~nrtpanyco~u~ties' religious day' sch?o!s, \ "The dignity and importance of a religious ,.~.9H~d.u~ted by traln~d teachers a~d ad~l.nls- day school of hig~ standards is recognized

. ..' J~ators: .. The~e .schools are h~ld In reltgt<?l!s ~Y the' parents and c;hildren; they, respect ,,:educa~l~n bUl~dlng~, construct~d by .and In .It and enter more whole-heartedlYI and earn-, ' .. ~:.~onnectlon WIth churches; and !hey carry~stty: into its work than they usually do:

01 ut .. ~:cat"efullY .planned, systematic, psy~ho- . Into the voluntary work of the semi-efficient

, Pgtcal and ~nlfied program of education. church school. " ' The, f(l~vantag~~ of s~ch schools in 'tr~ining' . We have proofs of the evangelistic power ' •.•. ~h.e, nunds, wills allP con~u~t of. ~hildren ,'. of. a. thorough ~nd ,systematic program, of,

... ' "~fldyoung people for ChristIan lIVIng, are rehgtous educatIon. I heard one of the . ; Ir1any, and. through. t~etIJ; an effort is made ~upervisors of the religious day schools of

,.~~ ,,~yangel~~e our ~t1dren and young peo- Malden, Massachusetts, tell her observations , pIe .In a thorough-gOing, steady, progressiv~, on this point., She said she and the teachers CUld permanent way.. . . . .,' had seen a decided change in the attitude

. ~o',::<~t thes~schools !1~e satI~factort1y meet- and conduct of -the children who ha\.l been '',1ng the ~e~' of. rehgtous Instruction and iIi .t~e .cla~ses there ~uring this past year.

.. ' .l~ JImversallr felt, ,because, fir~tThe chIldren showed they 'not only wete in- . •• , ...... , ~-•. ' t.r~ned ·lead:ership. The teachers In .terested ,in and under~t,ood the lessons they

,'.U~)C :re1igto~~ .. ?~y s~ools must ~~ve had had 'learned, bUt were carrying out volun­'Ote;SSI()tnal,)~cllt11pg~, Where publIc s~pool . ta~ily the r~ligious principles i~ their . daily

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lives~ :-'hes~idit \vas such a joy to watch' cepf as 'we:a:fe'(iead-t'O;,1lUf);. . . u.a.,~."'i them devel~p' day by:day. . .' "artd to ot}.r ,God-given oppo$pit~es~

We have seen. in our I Vacation Bible ~'li:,caref~lly,;thin}ci~g~'tbr~gJt,.:1.· :It.l ,e.·.~ ;tnaltteltl;);

Schools' last summer the'power that a care- ' of' providing adequate religious'" u·'~..c;I. ~~.' ,vaa'.

iul, systemati.~ religio~s training has to in- . feer. :sure', :'we':,Will-·'become eonyinced":.· .. ~.h~1""'"· fluence you~g people Jor Christ and church' there is no othe'r, d~tyof ~hechurcht(·\tt:t~UoJ'~'·;i. membership.' The results 'were very fruit..;" more important. 'We .' 'will therefore, .......... - .. ful . as we know. 'Hot/ever, these schools mine to suppo~ in a manner equal tOi . are so short.in durati9n that they' are riot '. need, our' religious insfructionwork~ It, .... , '.' ........ as permanent in their effects as they should for a time seem strange to give more ' .

· be. . pennies or. nickels each w~k for the: '-G" .&;:,'"

But to make our discussion very practical, but when we -'fully tealize how ,·.nec:e', ssam . what' can we do in the way ofa more ade- is' a thorough religious training to

.. quate religious' ins~ruction in our' church~s '" being of our children, we will c feel Gi311lQ.1U""",

· now? We live in small communities' where of the former methods of . nrulnC~lD2" it would be impossible' for one church to church schools. ' . ' '. . support a religious day school if other con-. And' in the. first place~ ,we can. dO, _ ... ';.. .. ditions: were favorable. ' more in our" homes byway· of . . . ..' ." ."

There are however a number' of definite training of our children.' Once. more;:}' things our people 'can ,do, I believe.. My parents can take.upon themselves the" I

jdealfor us is th~t we may be leaders in of giving their children the · . religious educatio,l1 work in our own tom- the church school cat,t not do., U_GU;;,'"

munities~ We must realize the need, catch limited time. Parentsneed.·to. -." .......... : .... 'the vision of our you~h "growing in know~- the development ,of their .children's A .. &"' ... ,.......,.,'

edge and stattJre and' favor· with God and and spiritual ,life as much as do tJtei~ "' .. & • .6 .... "' .....

man" ; we must have practical knowledge of school -teachers. . They can. carry, Qj LV.~'"'·" . ' how this vision may be 'realized, ,and then the home through th~ week the'

"should enlighten others and enthuse. them instruction of. the Sab~th.'" P~rents, 'with the' .same purpose. to give our young ~ppor~unities in the home to aid the ,.... .• &&U' .. ,"'"

· people better religious instruction. VJ.e may in applying Christian' principles' to , be leader's in' establishing community schools life that' no church school,or . ",' .. &10.& .... 1.6;;,.

among Protestant peoples whereby a splen- school teather could have... Parents, h ... _,..: •• · ..

did system of Christian training may be of their parental_love and' given the 'young people of our communities. should have greater power to

. If it is not possible now to have a religious mold the' lives of those whom .,., . day school with professional te~cher5, we in their. charge, than' any ,othe~sc6uld.'· . may inspire: our church school leaders with sibly ,have. . .". . .... ". a desir.e jor greater effi(:ienc~~or !heir task. Let us .not d~la!; . ~et us· not. ~be ;'. We Will not tell.them that theirs IS an easy by the difficu~ty o~ the task ; but ~;letr)i;tl

. 'task thaf anybody can 'do and that it ~o~s .fa~~ ?ur proble~· squarely .andWith not take much time or effort, but we wJ11 mlnatton, see to It that nothing shall ru·.r: •• rbt

. inspire, them Wi~, the supreme privlilege our children from possessing the~t, .... AA .. ~ •••

. which 'is' theirsJ to mold the immortal lives of -a life with G'od as its directing:·""" .nU1'~ri,:~;:::i' boy~. 'and gir1s; and as their leaders, t~ey ; deemed through Jesus' Christ;' 'I , :'

will want to fit themselves in every w~y pos- '. : . ,: . sible for this greatest· of all s,ervice.' ". '·'But ·the land wbither~-ye 'go to:;'\'

We can 's~dy th~. very best methods, of it, is 'a land of 'hills and valleys'':' ".' church schO(PI orgahizati,on, ofadmimstra- I I) • ' . To : stand' on the"hill.;.top:,.' ' .• tion; of supervision,of instruction; worship .quisite joy .. There is :visjou 'iil'it,' and' expr,¢ssion; we, can,investigate and' pro-" the birth· of.· song. And / to be: .;JLI.·".L~!·,"·J vide for our schools the best cotfrses of study 'vigorous, with a finn : grip" of' u.J Ll:~ :;;:)~J.'J;'"

,and an efficient;· unified' and' coherent, plan 'of nne's .wot:k, that .is ,like',' . ' for the entire"'church' schc)ol. 'There are Onlv rem'ember the day 6f the', plenty of'help's to 'be obtai~e4 on ".these, sub- ~othing, . and 'the .\yise :ni~~:, will, j ects, ~and. no r~sqn 'why· oUf: :c~u,tc~ . scho~ls .pz:eparing 'upon . the'" hl!ls "f '4-1.00"''4-'·';,,,

should . not grow':in pcr\\rer ana :irifluenc~~'~:k~." MMr.isoti: .... , .

TH~, SA~BA rH ,~COR])~R , ,

a, Barak '~to. the help ()f Jhe ,~rd, to the help of ~he Lo~d ag~inst the mighty",; every --l:P'uldah d~elhn~ ~ m a colle~e ,: ·of, young prophets and guiding them, With her coun­sels ; . every Mary sitting at the' feet -of

. TUClfME ] esus;, every Martha and Lazarus as well .'" . , (' as·;theMarys ,belovedof,'Jhe~ord Jesus;

'.~." .,. ,,~ARY: E. FILLy'AW. .".' every~cha~ias anc! ,Elizabeth walkin,.g 'in . richness of" the nineteenth Psalm all: the comma~dments and ordinances of

......~:;' dftep.'appealed to': ine; and 1 thinkr" 'the Lo~~. ~l~meless ;every' Dorc~s .making '.' 'oftener to it than to any. other one ga~ments fdr>the po~r; every grandmother

·~~ction of "Scripture, until I have come LoI?·and ·mother" .~tinice'. ~e.aching the, holy to Ptink that it contains the essence of ev,ery ~nptures to' their : offspring;. and. eve'ry

. book in' the Bible - ,'. ,one that endures . hardness, as. a good soldier .'. '. ',;'Thefirst verse ~f this psalm says, "Bless- of Jesus Christ, shall all be called Friends

.... ed . are the. undefiled (or perf.ect, or sincere) of ,God;. for ] esus himsei'f. said to. the eleven 'in .theway, who walk in the law of the' that remained with him, after ] udas ',had

:, ,L~td." . So in 'Genesis 7: 1 we heat the gone Qut, "Ye are. my·. fri~nd~, if ye do ;,: ,':" LOrd saying unto, Noah, "Come, thou and whatsoev:er I command you. . Henceforth I

..... 'i .': .. ~U thy·, house' into the ark ;.£or' thee have call you not servants; .for the servant know-• 1 • ,I:.s¢en righteous in this generation.'" In ,.eth not what his lord doeth; but I have,

." the ninth chapter we find a large 'blessing called you '"friends; for all.things that I have . ~., bestow~ upon Noah and his sons. ' And in heard .of ,my Father I have made. known

\, ··the'seventeenth chapter, first verse, we hear unto you", (]{)hn' 15 :.14, IS). And in Rev­. the ,Lord- saying to Abraham, "I am the elation 22;:.' 14 . is written,: "Blessed are"

,'almighty -God; . walk before me, arid be.' they that .<l? 'his commandments, that they ",~ou'p~rfect."Now with all the tempta- may ~av~ nght to the tree of1ije,. and may

:', :!10~sthat surrounded Abraham, and .the enter In.through the gates into the.city/' . ",' '.' .·l~:ward. weakness of his fl~h, how was The twelfth verse of the otie hundredth •. (: ".~ · .. ~braham to be perfect? . St. Paul in Ro- ~nd. nineteen ., Psalm contai,ns a 'petition, . .•.... . maqs' 4:'_3,[gives the answer:' "Abraham Blessed 'art thou, ,0 Lord: .teach ~e thy

.';. believed Gp'd, and it was counted unto him statutes/' 'And in eight of the o~her . verses . : ":>: '.fornghteousness.~ On another occasion' the words-teach me are found. Thus forci-.,,:: ·~';~e.·st3ggered·rtot at the promise 'ofGod bly would 'ou~ heavenly Father impress

'. t~rpughctitibelief; but was' strong' in' faith~ upon us, his children, out need of his teach-' '" gJ,v,lng glory to God; and" -being fully per- ing. In, P~alm 25:' 4, David prayed, "Shew

'suad~d that, what he had promised he 'wasm~ thy ways, 0 Lord; teach me thy patlls." •. a~lealsoto perform. 'And therefore it was Proverbs 4: 18,.says, "The path of the just· :.Jmp~ted:,. tq'~him for righteousness" (vv. 20- is as the shiniR8 light, that shineth more and

':: 22) .. i\iYalking with God is-possible only more unto the perfect day." On that path ; .. wh~::'one iI1a~es a complete surrender to which climbs upward, and still upward to .. ' <,God.,ofall'he holds dear, as Abmham did ward the city' that "liethfoursquare", and

',,'!V:hen:hesurrendered ~saac. St. J~es .~ays~, hath·. no need of the "sun, neither of the \.,,~as . not Abraham our father Justified moon, to shinein it: for the glory of God ". 9Y works, when he' had offered Isaac his did lighten it; and the Lamb is the light , son 'upon the altar? Seest thou how-faith thereof," there is· no wayside inn dark and' .' :~o~~~t '~th hi's works, and by ~orks was cold,. where t~e soul may enter' and sleep f~~ made J.>erfe~t? And the scnpture was awhtle expecting theLord of life and. glory .

.... ~Ulft!led, W~tch salth, Abra~am beh~ved God to come and wake it up in time. to. put on its : ~n~:lt. was tmputed unto. ,h1l11 for rtghteous- wedding garment and sit.down to eat and

:.> ",.~.~ss :. and he was called the Frie~d of God" . . ~rink with its Lord. Sleep i~plies 'il~rk~ , .. ,",:' (~~es:~2:21~23)! : See' also IS~l1ah 42: S; ness, fo.r if one sleep, in the d~ytime, his ...,~~::ChtO~.<20 :,7· .'. . . closed eyelids' shut out the light . It would'

',' .. E~ther :who, In ~UDl1hty fa$ts and be impossible fo.r. a 'sleeping soul to discern' . . ,>',,\!lt~··~d,~or .. ~~r kin; every~Deb,or~h . the' gr~wing brightness of the~ light that

:.,,·'·,..ltit'l'" ·.~unts'her war. steed, and. rl~es. Wt~ ! ushers In· "the perfect •. day','. Sl~ep'- also· .. , . ,-

" causes a lowering of vitalit)< th~s is most With the' mists that fall front,'an ... ' ............... _ ... .

.' rtbticeable: iti. .sic'!C. p.eople· and very ~ old p.eo- . And life 'to hini is a shadowy' a .rea.lm~:: As he onward glides o'er its C!f'r'IO'!!I_

pIe. :' On ' the other hand, "They that wait As the firefly lamps for a moment '. . .0nthe.LQrd shall renew their streQgth ; .. ~~y So the stars of hope as quick deC1ine~ '~,' shall mount up 'with,wings as eagles; the~ As on~he passes toward an angry sea,'.

J~ . When he sees! no rock .where he can "-', ... "~ shall tun',andtiot be weary;' ~nd they shall . Yet still not far standsth' Eternal ... "", ..... ;, walk and not faint" (Isa. 40: 3 I) . The soul With a rift so deep and wide, '. of one who, is climbing that shining path ' That each soul of. man may safely does ~ not get old and wrinkly, and withered, :Within the shelter, while the awful

Of eternal wrath is whirling past .. ,·. • and sleepy, but its "youth is renewed like 319 Betch Ave., the eagle's" ( P&a. 103: 5)· "For though Altoona, Pa.'

. ,our outward ~n .perish, let the inward . man is renewed day by day" (2 Cor. 4: 16). . 'No' fainting spells, nor slumbering in a way- HOME 'N':WS . . '

side1nn, for the inward ,man as 'it mounts WELTON, IOWA.-I have been" Q,:··.·~"'44jl~ up the shining path like an. eagle toward some ~inle for you to send" yout". __ ,....~ the snn. . , . S.O.S. call, but I believe your rl.""'.· ....•. ~'I:! nn"",,'..;;

. If. we could count the number of days. dents must be like . Iowa ,weather; "'""'11". from the new birth of ·any soul to the time agreeable in summer; at'3.liY rate of the first resurrection, we· could tell how some 'things of interest here at. Iowa .... .-.. ...... J.P.any . times that soul's strength would be re- should be reported newed. . And how is the inward man re- One thing that should be menHoned~ •. newed day by oay? Just like our outward abundance of all kinds of fruit;'·' ma~ is by eatirtgand drinking and resting. stock with which the Lord has.. ." While the outward man is ,sitting at a well- section of, Iowa. 1. wish youmighf: .. 'j', .. "",,,,,.' filled t~ble eating and drinking in the pres-on the hill where the parsonage is·. .. ence of family and friends it is t:esting. To and enjoy"the beautiful view. One the· converted soul there: is. always a full ,not accustomed to' the sight never '--.. --.,;".',~, .. table, to be found where a Bible, can' be' exclaim, ... "What a: beautiful view.' reached, and 'the grace to be said is "Blessed . ·here." . Corn fields, as fine' as you·· '; . art thou, 0 Lord: teach· me thy statutes. 1 anywhere in the w,orld (youkriow,' have ~declared my wa,ys,'and thou heardest com states, of the Union border ori::

. me: . teach me thy ,statutes. . Teach me, 0 oat, ~arley' and'clover fields, fruit· Lord, the way of thy statutes: and. I shall ,est trees, and· for variety the C.M, .. keep it unto the end. The earth, 0 Lord, is' Paul railroad system' stretchilJg':a ,,",Y'."··.L.

. full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. ward a needy world, over which we' .... Teach'·me good judgment and knowledge: fruits of the harvest.' At present. , .... for I have believed thy commandments. 'be able to see two" threshing ....... A'U ."' •• L44.44'~i:l Thou art 'go 09. , and doest good; teach me work.. So~e say the threshing ",,'.:-.~"".'.I''''j,;:.",.~~ thy statutes." Accept, I beseech thee, the be over this :week. I t looks now· .:.u. 'o;,:''''jL~~4JiO f~ewill' offerings of my mouth,. 0 LOrd;W elton' would equal. her reco.rd· of' and teach 'me 'thy judgtl1ents~ Deal with thy in'which she shipped more' carl .... 9,. I';:: $tQ~ servant according unto thy mercy, and teach than. any other pOint on. the C.M~· ". me thy statutes. Make thy. face to 'shiIte Paul'system in Iowa .. · ' . '.' . '. upon thy servants, and .teach me thy statutes There are other things of' .. (Psa. '119,: 12, 26, 33, 64, 66; 68, 108, .124, ever. In a social way we have " n'lT".,,",:':T8

135) .. Atld while the converted soul is eat- fine occasions at the homes of ing"~ngels' foo[1" (Psa~ 78: 25) it will re-,borQandU" ·S. Van Hom.~Ice t'''''Il~!:II''''t'.':;~ member the unconverted '. soldanQ' the profits are to go .' .

,." '. ,. . ./ .'. fence for the-church propertY~ • Man IS wand rlOg up and down, and to and fro, 'b·rthd· ,. .. " , .' ... , .... ' .. 'Neath clouds "·,of.darkness, through days of woe';' ., I . aY,~urp~se ,w,-asgtyetl~"'w, L4 ........... ,;,

While doubts arise, ,as, the... waters flow Mudge by the members' of ,the;',c ommtltl11t .~eneath his' f.ee!, . The ,surprise was completeal1d

, ~ Where the·, shifting sands ~ consternation upoIi her ., .. as ~ . -And the wddwaves meet,.. f '., '1' 1" 'd ; .

And he reaches fo~h hishelp]e~s .~ds' .. .orty.peo.p\ ~,a.~ge,a~, ~ :',. '. , , ". ~,-il4 .. "'....a.: •. "" .. To catch:·the straws that ~whlrl1Dg.by .. '.' the front room of liernome tOI'.t ne~~Jltt:

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~eltworihtheinconvenience, . heat ,and im- carry. on the work the First Day. Ladies' .,)p.#so#~enr'that·wejendttred· awaiting her 'Aid vote4. to organize aSurtd~y. school ":artivaI.. "A' ~ouqtlet of cut flowers was' pre- (several of the members had children iIi .our >sented'withwor4s'.of· appreciation fOF- the school) 50 Sunday,' July 23,' we organized

,", 'efficieritand sacrificial" service she has ren- with thirty-two present Last Sup,daywe , deted the~ommunity 'as . a nurse. : had thirty-eight with splendid interest.

::< •. Upon'the evening of the wedding anni- They .had·voted to. ask 'Welton'$ pastor to . ..', .versary of' brother and sister Horace Loof- act as superintendent, a position which he 0

. ·:,r;,.pO!O, some fifteen auto loads of people ;gath.: . gladly accepted a§,'a splendid opportunity , . ': ';',ered at their home to enjoy the occasion for ·service. Now we have 'another organi-. ·.··with them.. Brother Horace is of a very .zation with which to fight th~ devil in' this

,'~ retiring disposition and as soon as the cars IQcality. There is splendid Christian inter-. arrived . fled to the basement. I have not 'est manifest amo~g Protestant Christians in " 'looked'ltp the date.:of marriage but from his this locality. The Welton Church needs. the

, .··Jlctions. 'I~, s~ould.~. not be surprised to learn prayers of Christians th~t God may direct :',', '#la,t 'he was married. Leap' year.' However, in this field of such wonderful promise and ':i'Ji~, was,firially gotten before. the' guests and opportunity. . ,:'a~ter .. answering a few questions to the sat- The second Sabbath in June we observed :~ j$factlon" oflaU,· they. were presented with' Children's D,ay with. appropriate exercises. ;;·.::sqmepotted plants as a mark of friendship It was in some respects a comrilunity serV-

>.':i~\~~n:d;respect. . . .'. '. ice, . thirty-two children' taking part. In .. ·.:,.::"~,;".\·,:In. a. church way we have also been busy. many ways it was-one of the best that, . .! , ,,' ,," .... ;It·· seemed best as the weather came to a remember having attended., The graduation ,," ;;¢,()re settIe9: condition to undertake' union exercise was' entitled "Open the Gates",

,:,:Stindaynight meetings. Consequently, with. 'and as the two little girls walked t~rough the' .' .m.ucll'fear and trembling on the part of the gates to the platfo:-m decorate~ wIth flowers

... "pa,~tQr.·they were launched. We have had ,an? ferns fo~ whIch Wel~on IS ~amous,the ',.;: .•. :'.: .:~pl~1t .. did:att~ndance and interest. In this. re- 'chtldren receIved them wlt~ .. a. prayer so~g

:"':~$~ct;JheLord :has bl~ssedus wonderftdly. set to the tune of that famihar ?,ld song, I ,:~Mi§~:.Zinncam,.e :a~ our Religious Day' ,am s? glad ~hat Jesus 10v~s me .. ~ . It was.a •·· ... ;=.~~h9Q,l -,s.upervispr . ;anda very successful very tmpreSSIve httle exerCIse whIch touc;:hed

.J~!,ln.~w~s .. completed.: . Of . the thirty-four th~ .hearts o( allpresen!.. I am ~ur.e t~ere ;'~~t~d~p~~but'seven were from Seventh Day. were very few .dry. eye~ In the audIence" an9 '

.. :§.~Pt~st,h{;niJes.ln many respects itwaa a _.t~af' ~ll wer~ In~p!red to greater consecra-..i~Wiss.i.orl,-schoQI, many· of the students, in ~ton and h?her hVIng. , ", .' . ·· .. '."i{:tct.al1;,had never attended such a service. . Our choIr has been asslsttng In some re-

r~·.~li'hei"e <'~as deepinteresf from the start and vival services held in the old 'Baptist church , .~iii~.~chi1dreJ1. freq'uentl y. expressed the'v~sh . ,at' ~ewitt.· The revivalist. i~ a M~. Sin:~lS . ·.:tljat, itmigbt continue all summer~ The who was for ten years amlssl0nary In China.

":~Y~l1ing ()f the ~emonstration was rainy but He was acquainfed or, at least 111et several , ",)#:,spite 10£ that a crowded house greeted the times .Dr.·· Dayis, Miss Burdick and pro ····.',:W:qr¥ers .. ·.·A very creditable program was :~almborg, .and remembered well our .build-.

:'::g~vert : of. '~ongs," memory. wo~kand class tngs ~nd work, t~ere. " He spoke,. one ~ab-·.,demonstratIons.. The-· Welton Sabbath bath tn our serVIce and last Sabbath. flIght • ,.~S~oOl.voted>to, c~re, for afl~expens~if: nec- delive.red ,his lecture to a very interested

. 'ry,',but the, ,schopl proved to be nearly audience. We are thankful'for all these op:-,':stlpporting .. ~,'J1:1e .~upe1."visor and her .porhtnities of a~quaintance and service~ It is

1'1'\. .... "' .... . oLhelpers, j'Irs~ Cora Hill~. Miss Mae our prayer that God, may givestrehgth,wis­~.~,u.u..;::" ~:·J~~s,A.rtington and °Esther Ling, to- 'dam, courage,and Jwisely direct in alt our .,.."',.&",',1 .. · . .0: ··.withaItA'tose. wh,o:furnishedconvey- ,vays to the honor and. glory of his 'name, cu ..... ""..,· •.. ' '.' .;auto;and. teanr and: assisted, in vari- and, JO theadvanceinent.' of-: '~s kip.gdotn.

. ., . 'are. entitled :to ' ctedit for 'a' v~ry ': .. ' .. We' eire off ·next in goodly· numbers to at-su(:ce~;sI,l11'l and ,profitable school. ' tend the. yearly meeting at Garwin. We are

. . was anXious that the .. eff.ort so ' anti~ipating a splendid series of services. ;~'b~gtlll sh()ulc:l' not be' lost, and as. he there. . . .

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E. M. HOLSTON, MILTON JUNCTION, WIS., Contributing' Editor

THE HARVESttRS CLASS The Harvesters Class· of the First Hebron

Seventh Day.Baptist Church_recently won a second prize in the David C. Cook Publish­ing Comp~ny's Lesson Discussion Contest. The prize consisted of twenty dollars and a

. large pennant for classroom display. There were three' hundred forty-three competing,. classes .. The Harvesters were among the first fifteen' out of thirty-five prize-winning classes.. They recently. held a banquet t9 celebrate the unveiling of their Success Cer­tificate. The rest of the Sabbath school .and· the parents were invited ·guests.. . . The, C. D. Q., or Lession Discussion PJan

is a new and revolutiona'ry method in Bible­school work and is now being used in thou-

sands of classes throughout;·; .. '.' . States. The Harvesters:;ar:e~p~o~d~:,' f,~ ,,·lfei~

one of the pioneer C~. D~ 'Q."~I~~. land, and' heartily recommend: tne" ' _ ...... ')',' ...... other .classes. The class; is . '",""t ................ ,.:&L&.

the Sabbath' School Board, 'When the prize' was, won, Miss,.· ..... ~ll.a

Tompson was the president.·· F .' , our new officers : President, peo. . vice-president, Violet Pe~t; "'."" :a~ ... ', A~~ land Stearns; treasurer,' Roland KO~De:rtS' chairl11an Social Committee; John

L.ETA BURDICK,

REPORT' OF THE NEW MARKET.····., -~ BATH SCHOOL, .. SECOND QUARTER; . ".

Number of sessions held ~ ....•........ ~.~',;<i Number of officers 'present every Sabbath .•

• (Frank R.: Kellogg, Bernice Rogers, ,L,"I.JI~I.':·," Rogers, ·,Charles Kellogg, Marjor,-ie. "',' ....... _.J ".",.""'.,,.

Number of teachers present every Sabbath~' (Ethel Rogers,' C. E. .' ""

'N umber of scholars present every .' . (Roger Dunham, Clarence I<ellogg, "",".-." ....... )"c.,'.

Kellogg, Anna May Ryno, M:arjorie, . dick, Bernice R'Qgers,' Frank Kellogg"Il'~" Dunham, Austin Wilson, Mrs. H.L. ·.D . ham,.:!. F. Randolvh)

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Lesson' IX.-A:Ugust 26, 1922 . NEHEMIAR"S PRAYER

Neh. 1: 1-11 " ". ' G'Olden Te¥t.~"The supplication of a righteous

(:mati: ~vaileth' niuch in its working." James 5: 16."-'ji.~; '" -"-, ," -

:-: <.;.:.~: ::. ' .. ~;~~~ .... ' ri-Ari':READiNG'S':--': ·~~.'::,:,:.':"":·""'."'h"

:Aug. 7<h-:ti~h. rl.: .)-11 .. ;N.ehe~ah~s, ·Prayer. ·Aug .. ~t-tE~.·~ 9·:/ ~~ 15~ ' .. Eira~,s . ,:p,ray~~~: l .. :i-· :Aug:2t.:::...(ien: 18': 23-32.' Abraham's' Ptayer. ~l\1Jg.~ .. ~LYg~e§ .. <?:.l?-2~1 }~ ... ~i4~.on~s .. ~~yer. Aug~ '2~Eph:"':3-: '"-14;21.'· ·Paul'~· Prayer.. .. ·· Aug.2~Matt.·6': 9-15. Th~ Lord's Prayer .. Aug. 26-:--Psabn 42: 1-8. Encoura~ment to Pray.

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. ference,. I . remain. as ever" . . . C. ·L.· HILL.

. P. S.-· ·r neglected to mention that w~ 'liad 'the pleasure of having with us one of our abs'ent members, Mrs. Grac~ Renfrow; of Turtle Lake, N. D., daughter of Mr.-and Mrs. O.W. Babcock, and former resident of W e~ton. We were pleased to learn of her ~nterest in her school work and thC:tt through -it she is a.~tempting to lift young~people with whom she co~es in. contact. to higher planes of living. " . . . r .

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. OUR ... WEEKLY'" .SERMON: or churc4~s,: we ~an. :neyer p~lf out ', .. .'. . ' . .we. hav.~ made.·..,. .

. '/, . . . . . . .. .I could "npt think ot' al1Y . more' ~",!-~~.~: .. ~ .. '.', THE' CHURCH OF 'GOD . text or' subject fbrJhis oc~asioji' __ :-...."._.,trlese

. , ', wprds,. "The th~rch of ·.God" .. , ".A . . ,DEAN ARTHUR E. MAIN . it' duly organi~ed group of believ~rs,. "" .. "r .. ....

(Pr~ache4 at _the One-hundredth Annl~ersary ized.···for the purpose. of prom, otirig'" . .". .............. .. of the Adams Center,' N. Y., Seventh Day" Bap- . . tist Church, June. 10, 1922.) neSS and advancing 'the kingdom'"

Text: ((The' Church of God~" 2 Cor. I: 1. the earth.' . .' . , '1 b'· f . h' h d' d h The woni' church has at least f titif" ~.c.''l~:'';;

The ce e ratton 0 t ~ on~- un te t an- ing' s.·: ( I) The 10 c.' al' body: 0 .. f, believ. ers niversaty of the organiiation of a. ¢hurch call riot but be of real, interest to . ,everybody. The churches of a given d(!nominatiori .. -."'''''''".'''.'' But to myself, and without· doubt to others, i~ we ~ay speak of the. Baptist, .,.. " . this is a time of speCial. interest. Methodist, or Episcop,al Church, arid-.· ~,.' .. ~'.-..

My grandf.ather was a constituent mem- . (3) The. chtl'rches' of a given area. are. ber.· My' fat~er was born that ~s~me year. Church of that territory. Thus yie This village or.·a near by rural neighborh09d speak 'Of the church of Adams,. o'! ~ was my home for about .twenty.:.three years York;' .of Ame~iCa, or of 'the w.hole .

. of my earlier life. I was baptized h~re; and (4)·A fourth meaning ip t4a~ of "a,.: this church licensed me to preach the gdspel. victorious which shall one day .~e Of(·',·.!·s enl:~([;

There' are .many pleasant nlemoi"ies;' and to Christ, a .. glorious ~ church not .. M £~~_'.'."~W there are some. recollections that bring regret spof or ,wrinkle or'blemish or .. any.such ... ., .... .,.. .. ,., and sadness.. But it is not of such things I The church is both an organization .-~~'~ .. , .... '~. an1 here to speak.. . . organism. . An automobile is an \.J ... s;.U. ...... L~u.i

Your courtesy and· the honor given me in tion; that is an assembling .of parts inviting ·me to preach on· this great anniver- . to one another for a given end. \ A tree sary day are cordially appreciated. . . animal is both an organization "',' .. U ...... '4, ... ' ......... jii. •

There are a few boys and girls here Jhis. related parts, and an organisni be~a morning, and r wish there were ·more. For indwelling energy or f,orce that we .' .... ~- ... I read not long ago what a certain .man said or animal life. ' about his own boyhood days.· A part of his A church is. then an. organism work was to saw, wood for. the kitchen fire.: an inc;lwelling and energi~ing 'p~)'\yer Smooth arid small Jamarack trees were to he call .the Holy 'Spirit.' It is this that.· ........ u.n ..... ,,', •.

cut into'rig4t lengths. One day the saw did it'the chur.ch of God. . .' ' . not work well, and in anger he pushed and It. is: because the church' is. ~ri .

jerked it y.ntil he cut a 'great gash in one.of h~ld together by the.Spiritof.~od.~~.J L ....... ·· ........ , ....

his feet. His father said nothing at the time.; a unity. The apostle Paul wrote to ..... 4"'·· ......

b~t later when the. boy~s feeli~gs' were more inthians that the eyes and. hands calm the father said: John bring me a pine and ears' 0.£ the body need' one LIo •• JLU·JL ..... ~ .. board; and he did~ Then the father said, schism. in the body would mean i~s .c.~+·9'~t1' Get a nail and hammer; and of course the tioll. " ~:Thus ~y . .thy us~ of this Ja. ................. Li> ..

boy obeyed. ,Then'. the . .father ,s~id,.· Drive .. strikillg illusttati.on t~.e : apostle " . the nail into.the board' which of course he there .. be no, schIsm, In . the. church "," P.., .... ·..,

"did. Then' said the·. f~ther, Draw out the the .spiritual body of Chri~~. "Anq., . '. na~l. This was easily done. Now _ said :the. . ~ember .well how: J e~us pray~d., ',.' " ~.

father, . Pull out the, hole. J •• Why 'fat~er _I . ~ples .. ~lg~~ pe .,one, In" 'such~ J1~ty as ",e,x'''~s1ts can not do that. Then'the 'fathe~·said, Y()ti between t4~'Father ,and .. the .. Son,; .' , can not take back .your. a.ngry words.-;and ',.p.ess to .. _t~~ .h~aye~ly . ori~:~. :apct LJ.J.IL.".' .'~Y.J.~'" ac~ions qf. a few :hours .ago.·t4.ehole may :nll.ssion o!Jllm~elf... :.:, ~;'~ , .'. . be stopp¢d .:up but .. tl~.c::.b()~rd.: will .ti~v~rbe :. >.::,4, cQ.p~c~ u"l1te,~:~I1~ ,.,&""'.L,jii.

~<ttlY:.t4e;·~~~ a~1)..,: .. SQ,::~fter:,wrop.g feel~ ' .. ~¥; tbJ~'.' ~oly ... SplTl~ }~"; Ing~ o~ :~~qug1:lts;. qr ~or4s, o.r~ actIons, .'Y~ C3:n . P:~~~~ ~ ~~~J g,t:?u~d. pr, :s~a,¥:

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"1L&1L'.n'c,~., fe~lirig",' thought, ~ word, ,'or ~ction' ,ati~e" ~·~d~·red~~pti~e·ptll·p<)'s~ is '~l{ pth~~ed .' i"'," ",'".',;' .to fact~ in the given' case.; 'up 'ang. sho~. forth,inhisSo}L, .". 'i;;:' ,,' " 'that God man the world' sin How wilt:' this. Master --Builder build 'his ,:il~e~tio~, ,Christ, the, H~ly Spirit;' th~ Shu~ch ?, When on eartll ~e~~id to_his dis-;,:qt~~~h, and eternal life, are great religious cIph~'s' that· when the Holy Spirit ' :sh6tild I)r~ti~., AI~o that purity, the :f~i1y, so- come he would take of things that were his

",:~~ty, ~n?ustnes; commerce, national life, and ~n~ .sh?~ them to men., That is, the Holy >~trternatif?nal relati~ns are facts of inesti- SpirIt ~s In the; ~rl~ for t~e purpose' of in-"~~Ie. im~rtaiice. Truth' consists pf emo~ terpretll~g the', SignIficance of that. unique .it!on~,.Ideas,. speech, and actions that origin- personalIty, Jesus Christ our Lord. . ':e~~~n thesefa,cts and whose nature 'and sig- ' He convinces. men that they are sinners ,~ficanc~are dete~ined by them. The mis- because they do not believe in Jesus. .

,";$~9n' ~f the Church o~ God then is by its ~ He convinces men of the certainty' of ,;,t~a<:~lng and practice to exhort the world ngh!eousn.es~ and that a perfectly righteous "",·,;·tq',turn, from .. ignorance and all that is false Man has ,lIved on earth, the conviction being

.t,9thelove and obedience of the truth. based. on the fact that as a victor over death '<:;~What is the relation of Jesus Christ to the he went as he said 'to the Father~ ~,Church .of God? On one occasion he asked He convinces men of the need and nature . ,~}'[ris .disciples . w:hat men were thinking and of judgment, .. because' the' d~vil, called the

, ,',:,:',~.'" ylng .about him ... They' replied that there Prince of this ,world, has been judged. " Judgment means a just estimate of one's

!:,':~ere ~hfferenc~s of-opinion, some saying this char~cter, .which becomes to him a crisis,or . ·,.and some say1t~g that. Then the Master turn~ng pOInt.

... said, . What, do you: think' about me? And Suo ch a judgment of ev, il took place, for ", Peter answered; Thou art the Christ the

" " "';,',S" on . o~ . 'the living God. This was such' a exampl:, ,at: the time' of our Lord's great bl" temptation. - ' .

,:Sli l?Ie. confession "that Jesus said, This There are at least two imag' ined pictures . Itr,uth dId not' come to you from men but f h

~f,ro,. m.'my F"ather who is in heaven. And"'I 0 t.e temptati?n .. I~ ~ne t~e principal fig-. ure IS the deVIl WIth hIs' hideous face and

say unto thee, Thou art Peter the name' horns and forked tail. In the' other lour ~, ;. :.meanitigrock, arid upon this r~kfact that Savior is sitting on a grassy mound or 'moss

'. ""you have.confesse<:t, I will build) my church; covered rock with bowed head as if' in ." ':,'~ndthepowers of death shall not overthrow deepest meditation. Which is the rriostnat~

. : 1~. Wh ' , . . . . . .' ' '. .. ural it is not difficult to say. , ' ',:.:"b' ~ IS· t~IS Man that announces hl~self Perrpit ,me to paraphrase and interpret

~ •. ~.to .. et~e buIlder of the .Church of God? In reverently this wonderful story which re-.. '. ' .. '~nclent languages, and It ought pe the same . cords a crisis or turning point, in the 'history .

...... In mode~n speech, the. term wo~d means, of the Kingdom and Church of God. Our"

.;:~rst, an Idea, ~nd then Its expression. That Lord was determining what should be the , 'IS,,~?,~! ,an honest wor? IS thought and regulative principles 'of his life and labors

, ,:,' . ''-'''J; lng d~c:trn~te. 11 n the first chapter of a~ the ~xpected Savior and King of men. . ~, " 0 .n, .' nst ISC~ ed. th~ Word of qod. ~ am hungry after this long fasting, Jesus

.. rhl.s means that. In, hIS bfe and teach!ngs sald~ The tempter suggests 'that if I am . .: }l(~ tells us what ~ s thoughts and feelIngs really the Son ot God I ought to be able

> " are toward. the chil.dren ?f men. On one to turn these stones into bread. But it· is' ". ,: .. ·gi"eat oc~slonme':lttone~. In the eleventh J?f· written in our ancient scriptUres that' Irian

. • .... :~tthe~ , Jesus s~l1d, NeIther doth any .. ~~o~ ~hall not live by ·bread alone but by the words .....•.... >eF~ther . save t~e Son and he to. W~9~"" ~lwrt God speaks. ' .A!nd I think I will trust ...... ; . '" s~vheer th~ Son ·wdl~th to re,!~ him.,' !\t Jo my Father the provision of roy'needed ". ,:, ;lnot r tUl)~,~e said, to Philhp, H~'tbl~ ·f~od., ' , . , ' . i~ath seen· ~)~~h seen the Father. ~~J ,', Many people are' fond of display. The

tSha:t~stth,.hf~J us the Father? ,It'~ ,tempter suggests that if I should cast myself· en e, ·'0' esu that h . .~ r~'.. d" , '.. " , • , Rev ..:' ".' ti&t:' s e .lS;,~",! Yff.~ . own from the pInnacl~ of the temple In . hea:1,.PJ':' ' ; lo man .. An~ It l$. _~ ,'n . the, presence.of ~hecrowd -1 would. even then I

si .• ;~I'Ft Epistles-, to-~ be under my F~t~er's I?~otectingc:are. Hut' , ,. ans ..' .~8j~n~ that God s ,,-, "~ I recollect that 1t IS wlltten,-Thou'shaltnot. . ", . ."" .

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unnecessarily putto the test the gO'odness"of ~reat Example i~ whom it, took .its ri~e'; the .Lord ~9Uf ·GP<l. 1 mu.~t . not tpen yield holy traditiQns~.for pr~yer,for,'sa¢red rlI','" ·.nnr' -. .....

to this' specious temptatioit~ . . ',. , and for the "deepest exp~riel1ceso~lif~~' .. _Many--of 'mypeople:~are'looking,and ,long- pr~sse~ a!1' into her worship,andfhought ........... , ... """',,,":

ing fqr a temporal king arid,deliverer.- It her 'dqctrines, and thus provides for> is probable that' if I- should raise a standard esthetic and intellecttialnaturesi '~, of rebellion against the Roman yoke, thou- Church as a social organization'began' sands would follpw me. And the tempter spiritual ~ovement dQmiriated by a'1 .' . whispers that if I "will worship him, .,that is ,of ~uman solidarity;' arid ~o society ruts .... adopt his principles of action, he would see mctde so 'many ~nd great contributio~' that I become ~ world conqueror. But· I group life and ,relations.,_ She is ~ great 'can not forget that it is also. written in that ternational society iri which. a thousand'.

o gre~tbook of Deuteronomy, rhou 'shalt ~or- cial, national, sectarian, andaliena.ting'.' . ship the .Lord thy God and him only shalt ferences, ought to . lose much of their .' . thou serve. '. Get thee hence, Satan! posed significance and' value, and give ','" ',~...,.,:~,,~.

As the result of the convinCing power of to a univers~.l kingdoIJ:1 of God, a ... the Holy Spirit and of our Savior's victory ·of justice and righteousness .. For~ it'lll,l;"',L.L'>,: over the tempter, 'a victory, won in that ever' accept the prihciples of world ' pow~r, many men and women ,become peace, fellowship, and' co-operation, " ' through faith what Paul calls saints. Saint· cpmeby way of religion and the .~, .L.LW.L does not mean a perfect ·man or woman, but In ·conclusion let me read, with a ','" one who has intelligently and whole heart-. changes, from the Annual Address ,. ,', ',' '

,edly consecrated-oneself to' Christian' dis- gave befor.~ theConferenqe of 1907.: cipleship. 'A saintly man or woman, is trav-. In the sIxteenth chap~er of Marr

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eling ,in the right religious and moral direc- are· told how Christ said to' Eeter ' I . tio11. Professor ,'Peabody says that the iin- unto thee' the . keys ,of the , ' ,,' ' .. '

" portarit question is not how .fast we are .go- heaven; and whatsoever.. thou shalt. loose,;.', ing, but what way. ,In the, First Epistle of earth shall be loosed in heaven. :, ., ,'"

. Peter, in a' beautiful and impressive figure, The "key" symQ~lized a deputy's.au ,,' :':::' saints are calleq. living stones; stones that .ity over his "master's' affairs. The 'Li , .. ,.' " ' having come to Jesus Christ, the Liyi1!g , One in John's R.evelation had th~ , Stone are to be built into a spiritual house, death·and of Hades. It w:ashe that is:''''':V'''Jr,,,:', which is the Churcli 9f (;()d. he that is true, he that hath the key of: ,

Our Lord then had the right, to call this - he that openeth and none shall shut,:: his Church; and to declar~ that it would shutteth and none openeth., ' , never' die. .' ",., " To bind and loose is, to interpret ,,' , •

The Babylonian E~pire lasted' 'fpr about law in its application to religibu& l~fe ill'" . fifteen hundred years and then fell. Then Church and kingdom, of God. To bil1d,' ',' , '

the gates· of. Hades opened to receive one to foroid.as 'bei~g wrong; to loose Was("l~ "

after another the, kingdoms of Assyria" of allow as being right " And the ,action ,Or:' " Medo-Persia~ of Greece, and of world~ruling , Peter was to receive the indor . of~:' Rome. The selfish ambitions of other would-. heaven. .According to the eighteenth. ", be world conquerors p.ave, gone that way too. ter, of Matthew Chdst taught that one" But the Divine Carpenter of N az~reth said sins against his brother may' be under,

. that the Gates of Hades, should not prevail .gation to hear the ~hurch; that is, to" ,,' " ,,'. '. ' ,: " against the Church. of God. Here le.t me the counsels of ~he Christia~ congregat!<>n, ,:,::':::':>

,partly quote, partly paraphrase, ~ from Pro- And then he saId" What thIngS soe,:e~":, " , • fessor H6ffding, who· spe'aksnot as a theo- shall bind on earth shall be bound in h~v:e1l:;.,,· logian but as a philosophea-: The Church in and what thi~ soever ye, shall 100~~,.,Qp.<::,.:' her best forms represents lofty idealism in earth spall be loosed in heaven .. ' wh~t4~,r,. ' the midst of a burdened world.' : She has these words were spokep to agrQlip>:o~·,:, " helped millions to look up and" see the stars. ,apost1~s, ,Qras is probable, to apostles:,~n~,:: She~as openedlthe world of thorlght,,,poetry, other belieyers, ~not Wholly dear; a~4'Cl~,:;c':; and 'culture' to multitudes who' otherwise not matter ,much in this, discussion. ' ,would, have ki1ow~ the,dullness of defeat in ,',In ther tW,eti~et4 'cit J ohnit:Js .. 4 ... "" .. '"

'~he·battle·of·life .. '· 'The .ChurCh stands for the that'JesUs'Said. to' a,company of'd .~' ..

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. :the:ey~nirig :of the: First' Day after' his resur':' . ,-f;~~tion~;Peace' be' untO- you; as the Father

lias < sent 'm~ even so r send you. . Then he . ,breathed 'on .them, . in the act of a· new crea­

"',·'tion"of life, and said, Receive ye the Holy ',,', Spirit ; whose sins soever ye forgive they

. .... ,' ;': are forgiven unto' thell); whosoever sins ye "retain,they are retained. Here the disciples

",~r~: given the place of mediation between ",'<God and men,' and 'at least the right to de­. '.· ...• ·.'clare with authority when sins are pardoned · " " ,·.'arid when they must remain unforgiven. '

",.C Concerning these wonderful words of '-our, ',Lord Jet us say:' ',:,"',<r~ They s~,great things of the Church

. :", ~tGod,-greater \~hings than ·we can think or ·."::;teU. \

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•. :~-" 2. These words of ,promise and ,power are ~ nofarbitrary or based on mere ~ {external , . natne;~ office, or ordinance. The Church is 'i"':Chdst's'own possession; built by himself on

·rock,~the rock of truth and true disciple­'.'~hip ; and before it t~e gates C?f' Hades are ~·"powerless. They who are to bind and loose "~',\Vithheaven's approval must pray in accord; ·.~~n conscious . dependence on the heavenly

•. , •. "'¥ather, as they gather in loving and reverent 'loyalty·t9 the name of their Lord, and in

,,-the preset}Ce of his Spirit.· And they who ·.are to forgive or retain the sins of others '.:must 'first·· receive. the' Holy Spirit. .'. '. 3~ The Church built and, owned by Jesus i:Christ, the Son of the living God, founded' ,,"; on living ·rock and built of living stones; the

Church having the power of an endless life'; .~.#linisters. and people in'the spiritual presen~e ,:~''Of their Lord and unit~d in trustful prayer

"",··;tt) his Father and 'theirs; ministers and peo­.,"ple touched' by the divine breath and receiv­i jrig" the Holy Spirit,-shall we marvel that . ; "to, such there is promised more than human

'",p()we~ for the sake of the kingdom of God? ~May this congregation of saints, bishops,

<arid deacons, on this great anniversary day, 'itf .the presence of our ever-living Redeemer

., and ~ord, and for the glQry of his name, ...• ' l'SO 'engage in un~ted prayer and praise that . '~we .. may feel the touch of the heavenly .. ····~!br~th; 'receive anew the· 'fioly Spirit, and "~'sh9w' forth his creative, sanctifying, and lead­,',:ing'<grace ·atid pOwer; and "from this day ':, ':'and 'thisplnce '0,£ 'worship and supplication

....... "ilnd~~:baPfisrii"Qf the Spirit may there go ·':~:liying'streamsof· heavenly' peace aQd power .":':fQ:'aIl /members'of the'Clitirch o£ God in all :;c;~n~s~ ': > ~ '. ' .. "

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, , \. Edltorlid.-, General 'ConferEmce Week. . ~hall I Enter the Ministry? Have 'I Had a Call ?-' 'We' Are Seven."-

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