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Woman's Work
SUGGESTIONS.
By Miss Carrie Lee Campbell.
Pray Il'o the Lord of the Harvest.
1. That he may send forth labor
ers into his harvest.
2. That he may enable us to enlist
the attention and interest of uninter
ested women.
3. That he may grant unto us a
deeper appreciation of our manifold
blessings through Jesus Christ.
4. For a full consecration of our
lives to his service.
5. For a great harvest of souls in
non-Christian lands.
6. For a blessing on our efforts in
this winter work, and for wisdom in
all our preparations, that they may
honor our Lord.
7. For all men of our Church in
the country's service.
8. Thanksgiving for all that God
has wrought through our women's so
cieties and prayer that His Spirit may
lead us into far greater work for
Him.
Could you not open your meeting
with a circle of prayer, giving the
subjects to eight women?
Stewardship Defined.
1. Define what it is to be a Stew
ard. A Steward is a person intrust
ed with the management of an estate
not his own. Luke 16:1-13.
2. State the principal duty of a
Steward. It is required in Stewards
that a man be found faithful. 1 Cor.
4:2; 1 Pet. 4:10.
3. What is involved in the lofty
service of Stewardship? Possession
and control, responsibility, freedom of
action and accountability. Luke 19:
12-27.
4. What is the one great Steward
ship committed to all believers? A
Stewardship of the gospel is commit
ted unto me. 1 Cor. 9:17.
5. State some specific kinds of
Stewardship. The Stewardship of the
gospel Is inclusive, it takes in all we
are, all we do, all we have, and all
we acquire. 1 Chron. 29:11-17.
6. What is the pivot-point in our
Stewardship? Our faithfulness in
Stewardship hinges at the money
point. The man who is true to God
as His Steward in the acquisition and
use of money will be faithful in his
Stewardship along all lines. Luke 16:
10-13.
7. What is the fundamental truth
in the Stewardship of wealth? The
recognition of God as the absolute
owner of all things. Gen. 14:22; 1
Chron. 29:11-14; Psalms 50:10, 24:1;
Hag. 2:8; Mark 12:1-9.
8. In what sense are men owners?
We may have rights and titles to cer
tain estates, to which no one else has
rights or titles. But these rights and
titles are simply an earthly, human
arrangement between man and man.
Between us and God, He Is the owner.
Matt. 25:14, 15.
9. What follows from the fact that
God owns us? Since God is the own
er. we can never be more than Stew
ards, and we can never be less. This
fact Christians everywhere need to
study. 1 Cor. 4:2.
10. What bearing should these facts
have on life? God's ownership and
men's Stewardship are truths which
have a most direct and solemn bear
ing upon the entire realm of human
life and action. The recognition of
this takes out all hint of drudgery
and bitterness, and the practice of it
Immediately becomes the will of the
Father. Matt. 25:19-29.
? * ? *
Questions are asked by the leader.
Have one member give the answer,
and other women give the Scripture
references, having found them be
forehand; sad things happen some
times when a reference is found (?)
at the last moment.
This is only a part of our exercise
on Stewardship which you can secure
from Rev. R. L. Walkup, Montreat,
N. C.
If you are interested, write him
about it.
An Experience of Wu Ting Fung.
The Rev. Huie Kin, a Chinese
Christian pastor in New York, was
reading a daily paper. Seeing that a
distinguished countryman of his was
to be in New York over Sunday, he
telephoned him at his hotel, inviting
him to attend the Sunday service at
his church.
The invitation was promptly accept
ed. After the service was over the
guest said to the pastor:
"When I was a boy in China I was
acquainted with some Christian peo
ple, and I thought highly of Christian
ity. I had never identified myself
with it, but, when I was appointed
to America, I decided I wanted to
throw in my lot with Christian peo
ple there, and made up my mind that
I would accept the first invitation
which was given me to attend a Chris
tian service."
There was a pause, which was
scarcely perceptible, then he contin
ued: t
"This is the first invitation I have
had!"
The man who spoke was Wu Ting
Fang.
This was not his first but his last
Sunday in America. Before another
Sunday had dawned this man, who
had been minister from China to
Christian America, was on his way
home.
Who can say what would have
been the results if the invitation to
go to a Chrintian service had been
given him on his first instead of his
last Sunday in America? ? Woman's
Work.
Facts About the Bible.
The Bible holds the distinction of
being the first printed book and the
King James or Authorized Version of
the Bible is today the best selling
book in the world.
The Bible contains 3,536,489 let
ters, 773,693 words, 31,173 verses,
1,189 chapters and 66 books.
The word "and" occurs 46,277
times and the word "reverend" but
once.
Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters
of the alphabet except "J."
The 19th chapter of 2 Kings and
the 37th chapter of Isaiah are alike.
The middle verse of the Bible is
Psalm 97:8.
The first book printed from mova
ble metal types was the Latin Bible
in the year 1455.
The King James or Authorized Ver
sion of the Bible was first printed in
1611 by Robert Barker. The Cam
bridge University press ? the earliest
of existing presses to produce a Bible
? issued the King James or Author
ized Version first in 1629.
The first Bible printed in this coun
try was in the Indian language in
1663 by John Eliot.
The first English Bible printed in
this country was in 1782.
To all Red Cross Workers and
Mothers.
Soldiers are fed and clothed by the
Government. Officers buy their own
clothing and provide their own food.
The food for the Army during the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, coat
$425,000,000.
The feeding of the soldier from the
time he leaves home until he embarks
for Europe is a subject by itself. His
feeding on shipboard and overseas,
both in camp and on the firing line,
is another.
A soldiers' food for one day is called
a ration. This ration consists of
twenty-seven different articles, which
must be ready daily, and they are
ready. General Pershing reports that
no man in France has had to wait
for a meal when that meal was due.
The materials in the soldier'B ra
tion will stand the acid test. Nothing
second grade is bought; only the best
meat is procured, and it is handled
in a central place in each camp by
butchers. The cuts are thus used to
the beat advantage, and waste of bone
and surplus fats avoided.
Paekers are required to can the
very best variety of fruits and vege
tables, and the department has gone
into those States where the finest to
matoes, corn, onions, peas and beans
are grown, and has taken such por
tion of the crop as was needed for
army use. During last October 27,
527,500 pounds of potatoes and onions
were furnished camps and canton
ments in this country, and during the
eight months prior to June 3, 1918,
about 75,000,000 cans of tomatoes
were used, enough to reach from the
battle front on the Marne to Linda,
Cal., if they were lined up end to
end.
Dried and evaporated fruits form
an important part of the army ration.
Approximately 80,000,000 pounds of
prunes, dried apples and peaches,
mostly from California, will be pur
chased from this year's crop, and Cal
ifornia will also supply about 70,000,
000 cans of apricots, peaches, cher
ries and pears. The cherry seeds will
be saved for use in the manufacture
of gas masks. Prunes have an hon
orable place on the soldiers' bill of
fare. It has been proven that the
prune has food value, fruit value, tonic
value, and value as a confection.
Moreover, it has been recommended
by the Surgeon General of the Army.
Lemon drops are the soldiers' fa
vorite candy and are made of pure
granulated sugar flavored with an
emulsion from lemon rind. About
200,000 pounds have been furnished
the Army up to last August, and this
constitutes 15 per cent, of the Army
candy supply.
At present the Army is using 1,
250,000 pounds of butter and 700,
000 pounds of oleomargarine. As the
season advances and butter becomes
scarce, the quantity of oleomargarine
will be increased until the quantities
are about even.
From the first of January until the
first of August more than 500,000,
000 pounds of flour have been fur
nished for Army use. There has never
been a meal when the soldiers did
not have bread, plenty of it. Our
men In service have used a greater
amount of substitute than the Food
Administration has asked of the civil
ian trade. *
Soldiers love coffee and want it
strong and fresh. Sixteen schools are
in operation here and in France teach
ing how to roast it, and it is served
fresh each day. Also by this method
there is a saving to Uncle Sam of
two cents on each pound. During
the first seven months of the war 1,
612,383 cans of condensed milk were
used, and up to August 10, 1918, 225,
000,000 pounds ot sugar have been
supplied.
It costs the Government 45 cents
a day to feed a soldier. The officer's
meals cost him about $1 a day. The
difference between the two lies most
ly in linen, china and service.
Here is a day's ration taken at ran
dom from Camp Grant, 111.:
Breakfast: Corn flakes with milk,
coffee with sugar and milk, scrambled
eggs, fried potatoes and a sauce.
Dinner: Coffee with milk and
sugar, beef tongue, baked potatoes,
peas, bread and butter, raisin sauce
and pineapple cobbler.
Supper: Iced tea, bread and but
ter, cold roast beef, fried potatoes,
radishes, onions and corn. ? From
Headquarters in Washington, D. C.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
ABRAHAM GIVING ISAAC TO GOI).
Golden Text: "I will give him unto
the Lord all the days of his life."
1 Sam. 1:11.
Devotional Reading: Luke 14:25
35.
Additional Material for Teachers:
Gen. 15:1-6; 18:9-15; 21:1-12.
Primary and Junior Topic: Abram
Helping Lot.
Lesson Material: Gen. 14:11-24.
Primary Memory Verse: "As ye
would that men should do to you,
do ye also to them likewise." ? Luke
6:31.
Junior Memory Verse: 1 Cor. 13:
4, 5.
Intermediate Topic: Giving Our
Best to God.
Additional Materiul: Matt. 10:37
39.
Senior and Adult Topic: The High
er Conception of Sacrifice.
Additional Material: 1 Sam. 1:9
23; Matt. 10:34-39; 2 Tim. 3:14, 15.
Many interesting events have taken
place since our last lesson. Among
them was the promise of Isaac and
his birth, and the change of Abram's
name to Abraham, and of Saral to
Sarah. The Lord and two angels had
visited Abraham, and told him of the
destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Lot was saved by the angels and the
city was destroyed.
In this lesson we have one of the
most remarkable incidents In all
Biblical history. To understand it we
must try to put ourselves in the place
of Abraham or at least try to under
stand his feelings and motives.
The desire to leave posterity is nat
ural to all men. But In the East this
desire rises to a passion, and the man
who comes to the end of life and
realizes that he has no one to per
petuate his name and family feels
that he has a great curse resting upon
him. For a hundred years this de
sire on the part of Abraham had no
prospect of fulfilment. Then in an
swer to his prayer God gave him a
son. We can well believe that his
love for this son ot his old age was
Intense and deep.
In addition to the gift of this son,
God had made Abraham two promises,
both of which were exceedingly grati
fying to him. He promised that
through Isaac he should have a great
posterity, that he was to be the fath
er of a great nation. God promised
also that from this posterity there
should come the Saviour of the world.
Think then what this son meant to
him. Notice how God describes him:
"Thy son, thine only son, whom thou
lovest, even Isaac." He loved him
not only for what he was, but also
for what he was to be and for what
he would mean to the world.
God told Abraham to take his son
(Continued on pace 10)