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THE CHRISTIAN HERALD TAKES ITS PLACE IN THE HOMES OF ^AMERICA THE CHRISTIAN HERAI.D is doing something moro than merely placing interesting rcuding matter in iho homes of its renders. It is giving them n part in grent enterj rises. It is giving them spiritual and material helpfulness. It is the one mngarinc that represents in the most vita! wnv all nf the interests of Proteetant Christianity and of the onmnrehing Church of Christ. Week by week, the Christian Herald is giving its renders issues of aVsor'i ing inteii st. You should be a regular reader of the Christian Herald and enjoy these special features which are sow appearing: THE WITNESS. By Grace Livingston Hill Lutz The _ Witness, nn installment of which is appearing each week in the Christian Herald, is a truly notable story. It is big in its plot, vivid in characterizations, thrilling in episodes ami continuous action, rich in incident, color and feeling, intenselv inspiring in its moral motifs, and mellow with human interest. The Witness stretches all the way from thr most intinmtc college experiences to the mo*t convdex difficult situations of life. Through it all, illumining and vitalising it nil. runs a powerful current of sririttn 1 force. It is a virile showing of the si iiitual development of a young man's life through noble example. THE MILLENNIUM? WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE An additional series of arlicl-t on I rophecy by America '* ( rratrst l-.r ositor Prof. James M Gray Dean of thr Moo *y hible i mlitutr, Chicago "The Mountain Peaks of Prophecy," Prof Gray's first series of articles, which appeared recently in the Christian Herald, has brought forth such n numl>er of inquiries from students and Hible renders all over the country that this additional series has become n necessitv. Tens of thousands of Americans, of nl! de nominations, who have been deeplv interested in the first series, will welcome these addi tional articles with genuine satisfaction. Thev will be contributions of the most valuable character to the prophetic literature nf the times in which we are now living ? a Beriod which, in the opinion of nil of the best ible expositors, is one of tremendous pro phetic fulfilment. The new scries will bear the following titles: What Does the Bible Teach About Russia? What Does the Bible Teach About the Restoration of Bnbvlon? The Millennium ? What, When, and Where? The Present War and Coming Events. TRAVEL STORIES FROM RUSSIA. By Maynard Owen Williams Mr. Williams, whose stories of the Orient have ma<ie clear so many thing* before so half understood, is now in Russin, right at the center of the turmoil and ferment of revolu tionary piol and counter! lot . Mr. Williams' articles, which appear regularly in the Christian Herald, reveal the action of the forces within the 'nation which is to-day so wrapped in mystery. THE GREATER UNITED STATES. By Frtnlt G. Carpenter In every Chautauqua Association and in nearly every town and village of the l.'nited State* Frank G. Carpenter is known as the man who can come back from some place and till about it so that you think you have been there. After going into all the odd corners of the world' Mr. Carpenter has now turned his steps toward the farms and factories of his native land. Already he has told stories in the Christian Herald of stee! and of cotton, of sugnr and of sulphur, of oil and of luml er, and he has only just made a beginning. The balance of the series will appear in the Christian Hcrala. HOWARD CHASE. A New Novel by Rev. Charles M. Sheldcn, D. I). Dr. Sheldon, the famous Kansas clergyman, has established for himself wide and proving popularity as un author through such gripping and enduring books as "In His Stems' and "Jesus Is Here." "Howard Chase," Dr. Sheldon's new novel, seems to us to surpass all of his previous works in thrilling human interest and moral power. It is a story of a big man in a small town. It is a church story, but intensely human and dealing unsparingly with the follies and foibles of church members in their church, community and domestic lives. "Howard Chase" will be published serially in the Christian Herald. DRAWINGS AND POEMS. By Robert Riband Margaret E. Sanftster This remarkable series of full-page drawings with poems reincarnate the day dreams of youth. Where grown-ups see only ordinary trees, speckled ferns and dusty paths, the eye of childhood sees gnomes, fairies, goblins and enchantments.^ The pen of Hobt. Kiggs makes us young again, and Miss Gangster's verses open again the door to happy memories. In addition to these particular nrticles, there is the Weekly Sermon, Daily Meditations, a remarkable presentation of the Sunday School Lesson, n compact discussion of the topieg to be considered by the Young People's Societies and a careful review of the news of the week. Subscription, I year (52 Issues), $2.00. Sample copy on request. HALF PRICE INTRODUCTORY OFFER THREE MONTHS (THIRTEEN ISSUES) Christian Herald, 852 Bible House, New York, N. Y. Gentlemen: For the enclosed 25 cents send the Christian Herald for 13 weeks ns per your Half Price Introductory Offer to new subscribers. Name ... Address ..... ........ PRESBYTERIES. (Continued from page 13) sembly were elected as follows: Min isters, H. J. Williams, J. A. McCluer, O. E. Buchholz; alternates, William Megginson, G. A. Wilson, D. D., W. B. Mcllwaine; elders, W. S. Rhoads, J. S. Haw, H. P. Taylor, Jr.; alternates, O. J. F. Smith, S. B. Love, L. R. Curry. Rev. R. C. Gilmore preached the Presbyterial sermon on "Justification by Faith." The subject for the spring meeting is "Future Punishment," and Rev. O. E. Buchholz is to be the preacher, with Rev. C. R. Stribling, D. D., as alternate. Presbytery voted unanimously in the negative on the overture sent down by the Assembly in regard to changing paragraph 235 of the Book of Church Order. Rev. William B. Mcllwaine, Jr., was made chairman of the Committee on Sabbath Schools. The Home Mission Committee's re port showed that work to be in a very encouraging condition. The estab lishment of Camp Lee in the bounds of the Presbytery has given this com mittee a new problem to meet. It will do the best that it can to meet the needs there. The next stated meeting of Pres bvtery will be held in Blackstone, April 22, 1917, at 8 P. M. WEST HANOVER. The Presbytery of West Hanover met in the very old Rockfish church in the splendild Rockfish Valley, August 2Sth, and Dr. II. T. Graham preached the opening sermon on Family Religion, 1 Tim. 5:4. Dr. E. C. Caldwell was chosen moderator, and Rev. J. E. Cook clerk. Present, twelve ministers and seven elders. Candidate W. Graham Wood was re ceived from the Presbytery of Win chester, examined and licensed. An other church of twenty-eight members en Cox's Creek, in Nelson county, was reported as organized, and was en rolled as Harmony chur'-.h. The Home Mission Committee re ported that ten workers had been en gaged in summer worK in destitute mountain sections, and made an earnest appeal that every church should meet in full its appropriation for Home Missions, so that in a measure at least we may overtake the many providential openings in our destitute places. The next Presby terial sermon, on "Worldliness," Dr. W. W. Moore, principal; Rev. Plum mer F. Jones, alternate. To the great regret of the Presbytery Dr. Graham, president of Hampden-Sidney College, was dismissed to the Presbytery of Pedee, to become pastor of the church at Florence, S. C. Mr. Edison Stauf fer, of the Maysville church, was re ceived under the care of Presbytery as a candidate for the ministry. In the report on the state of religion in the churches, a note of optimism was sounded, which was refreshing and inspiring. Presbytery adjourned to meet in Charlottesville, April 23, 1918, 8 P. M. J. C. Painter, S. C. &tnong tfje ^olbterfi THE SOLDIERS' PRAYER. O Lord, help us to lealize that we are beginning a task so great and im portant that we shall eve** need the wisdom which God only can give. Help us to remember that the purest love and fondest hopes of the dear ones at home are centered in us, and we must not disappoint them in the least. We commit ourselves and them to Thy keeping, and pray that our hearts may be kept clean and our young man hood preserved without stain. To this end, grant that tbe Christ, our Elder Brother, may be our constant comrade and helper. In his name. Amen. CAMP LEE. Rev. Dr. Edward Mack, of Union Seminary, Richmond, will spend two weeks this month in Camp Lee at Petersburg, Va., organizing Bible study classes among tho soldiers. Dr. Mack is specially well qualified for this work. Rev. T. W. Hooper, Jr., pastor of the church at Mitchells, Va., took the course of training in the Officers' Re serve Camp at Fort Mycr, and is now captain of a company here. COIAMUIA, S. C. Rev. Dr. L. E. McNair, pastor of Moore Memorial church, Nashville, Tenn., and vice-chairman of the Exe cutive Committee on Foreign Missions of our Church, is now enlisted in Y. M. C. A. work in the camp near Colum bia. THE CLEAN ARMY. Larimore C. Denise, Assistant Super intendent National Reform Association. Soldiers everywhere! They are on the trains, in the stations, guarding bridges, camped on village green3, rid ing on the trolleys and walking the streets. This is a new experience for America. They sprang up like mush rooms in the night. An invisible hand sowed the dragon's teoth, and there sprang up a host of armed men. Fine fellows they are, too! The khaki uniform gives them a semi civilian air. They are more like work men than military men. There is no swagger, no braggadocio, no learing at women, no scorn of civilian men. They are young Americans who have heard the call of distress from Europe and who are going to war as they would go to business, "with malice toward none and with charity for all," but with "firmness of purpose to do the right as God gives them wisdom to see the right." They go forth as the cleanest army that ever marched. No booze! No vice! The government is determined that the boys who leave their mothers and their sweethearts and their wives clean and strong shall come home fit for the kisses of their loved ones ? clean and strong. Christians should rejoice at the statement of Secretary of War Baker when he sent his trenchant messages to the governors of the States: "We cannot allow these young men to be surrounded by a vicious and de moralizing environment, nor can we leave anything undone which will pro tect them from unhealthy influences and crude forms of temptation. I am determined that our new training camps as well as the surrounding zones, shall not be places of tempta tion and peril." Splendid words these, messages of promise for the future of America and the world. And even better, if that can be, are < the words of that master of English, the President of the United States, when he wrote his recent address to the soldiers of the national army: "The White House, Washington. "To the Soldiers of the National Army: "You are undertaking a great duty. The heart of the whole country is with you. Everything that you do will be watched with the deepest interest and with the deepest solicitude not only by those who are near and dear to you, but by the whole nation besides. For this great war draws us all to gether, makes us all comrades and brothers, as all true Americans felt themselves to be when we first made cood our national Independence. The eyeg of the world will be upon you, because you are in some special sense the soldiers of freedom. Let It be your pride, therefore, to show all men everywhere not only what good sol diers you are, but also what good men you are, keeping yourselves fit and straight in everything, and pure and clean through and through. Let us set for ourselves a standard so high that it will be a glory to live up to it, and then let us live up to \it and add a new laurel to the crown of America. My affectionate confidence goes with you in every battle and every test. God keep and guide >ou! "Woodrow Wilson." It is such words as these of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Baker which give heart to the reformer. This is to be a Christian army, please God ? Christian in the sense that it is to put good manhood before good fight ing, and that Christian standards are to float ever before it. The boys are going forward sing ing no hymns of hate, but rather sing ing, "Keep the Home Fires Burning." They are animated by no spirit* of revenge but they are rather filled with the spirit of self-sacrifice. And throughout America, but par ticularly in the West, if we interpret the spirit of America aright, the atti tude of the American people toward the war is this: "Wo did not want to fight. In fact, we hate war! It is wasteful, horri ble, silly! But we have to fight. If we do not fight and win now, we will have to fight when the winning may be more difficult. If we do not help the Allies, we will have to fight alone. It is dirty business, this war. We do rot like it. Neither do we like fires or fioods or epidemics. But when they come we stop them. Wo do not count the cost in money or in service. We stop them and we will stop Germany. It takes time and money and men, but we will defeat Germany. We will push her back as we do our rivers when they break their dikes, and we v ill build a dike so strong that never again can she flood this world with a deluge of blood. We want nothing for ourselves. We only want a peace that shall last. We take the sword of justice, not of unrighteousness, in our hands. And we go forth believing that they who took the sword of un righteousness will perish by the sword of justice." If we have interpreted aright the sentiment of the country, we need not fear for the future. A clean army going out with clean hands and a clear conscience to smite in equity cannot fail. May God bless the boys and bring them home safe, and soon! THE RED CROSS AND CIGARETTES. By Rev Thomas Mowbray We learn from secular papers that millions of cigarottes are being for warded to our soldier boys in Prance. It is not consistent to thwart the plans of the United States government. Very many of the young men conscripted for service have been rejected by army surgeons and physicians because of weak hearts and extreme nervousness brought about by being addicted to the cigarette habit. The general plan is that our soldier boys so far from home ought to have some comforts. By the same argument we had better forward them a few thousand boxes of poisoned candy. The Acts of the Apostles sheds light upon this zeal for the comfort of our soldier boys. Apts 19-25, "Sirs, ye know that by this 'craft' we have our wealth." In vestigate the results of artillery prac tice ta some of our camps, and you will find that many of the second-class gunners who ought to be first is due to the cigarette habit. If, after such Information, large quantities continue to be shipped to our soldier boys, the only Interpretation we can put on such nefarious traffic is that it is pro-Ger man, for that which incapacitates our soldiers under fire on the battlefield is so much gain for the enemy. riPiViom Vo