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Closing Hymn.
(Asa prayer. Sung with bowed heady.)
Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to thee;
Take my moments and my days,
L?et them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would 1 withhold;
Take my Intellect, and use
Every power as thou shalt choose.
Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At thy feet its treasure-store;
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for thee.
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"MISSION COURT."
Homo for Missionaries oil Furlough.
The question has been asked: "Is
this Home to be only for the use of
the missionaries who went out from
Union Seminary?"
No, indeed; It is for all our South
ern Presbyterian missionaries. But it
. is believed that, very soon, Columbia,
Louisville and Austin will each feel
the need of a similar Home.
Send all gifts to Mrs. G. Randolph
, Cannon. 306 West Grace Street, Rich
mond, Va.
TYGART8 V ALLEY PRESBYTE
RIAL.
Away over In the heart of the
Cheat Mountains lies the attractive
little town of Evenwood, W. Va.,
made up of a large lumber plant and
saw-mill. There It was the privilege
of our Presbyterial to meet May 27th
29th, with the interesting and inter
ested Missionary Society of Alpena
and Evenwood. A short train ride
from Elklns, then the beautiful and
picturesque ride over the mountain
in automobiles, gave our delegation
even more' pleasure and enthi^siasm
than we started with, and this was
heightened by the cordial welcome of
our hostesses and their delight at hav
ing us.
Dr. R. S. Leadingh&m. of Makpo,
Korea, was the Foreign Missionary so
kindly sent, to give us a wider vision
of our duty aAd obedience to the
Great Commission. And this he did
most convincingly, and also gave us
a far better knowledge of the bene
fits and blessings of medical missibns,
of how the soul is touched and saved
through ministrations to the- suffering
body.
Dr. F. H. Barron entertained the
audience the second evening with an
account of his -experience as camp
pastor. He gave many interesting In
stances of the religious, as well as
Irreligious spirit among "our boys."
We were also indebted to Dr. Bar
ron for a most helpful devotional the
next morning.
The pastor and his wife, Rev. and
Mrs. J. A. Cook, were always ready
to lend a helping hand.
Mr.* J. M. Raines made us all feel
at home with his address of welcome
and happy remarks.
Our leaders at home are awakening
to their personal responsibility for the
snccess of our Presbyterial, so each
one showed a willingness to contri
bute her share towards helping along
the Master's great work.
But our mainstay and chief helper
? was Mrs. Ernest Thompson, of
Charleston, who is Our Synodical
president, and to her we are greatly
Indebted for presenting so attractive
ly "Best Methods" fdr our Missionary
Societies, best plan of mission study
and other wise suggestions. She also
presented the claims of our new moun
tain school.
West Virginia's record in a reli
gious way has been placed alongside
that of the Dark Continent, with the
odds a little in favor of the latter
place. So our women are aroused to
"change the map" and give the future
generations a better chance. There
fore the Presbyterial most enthusias
tically endorsed and pledged their'
support to our Mountain Mission
School, now in course of erection at
Madison, Boone County, and is for
the Christian education of the desti
tute children of the State, and is to
be called "The Synodical School of
West Virginia" in honor of Its chief
supporters.
The Presbyterial adjourned to meet
at Sutton, W. Va., in the spring of
1920.
AUXILIARY LEAFLETS FOR
1918-1919.
1. Constitution for Local Auxiliary.
2. Approvals of Auxiliary Plan. ?
3. The Auxiliary Plan of Organiza
tion.
4. The Year Book of Programs,
Mrs. R. S. Sanders.
5. Seventh Annual Report.
6. The Service Card.
7. How to use the Service Card.
8. The Model Society.
9. The Third Annual Conference
for Colored Women.
10. Tuscaloosa .Conference. Pro
gram.
11. Some Results of the Tuscaloosa
Conference.
12: Advance Statement of the Third
Annual Tuscaloosa Conference.
13. The Proposed School for 3^egro
Girls.
14. Devotionals ? Stewardship ? The
Studies in Mark? What Christmas
Means to Me, Mrs. B. R. Thornbury.
15. Program for Day of Prayer for
Colleges.
16. Program for Foreign Mission
Week.
17. A Spell Down on Our China
Mission, Mrs. R. S. Sanders.
18. The Stewardship Campaign.
19. "The Trial" of Christian Edu
cation.
20. "Watch Out."
21. How Can We Increase Our Bud
get? ?
? 22. Are You Going to Montreat?
23. Program of Summer School of
Missions.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
REVIEW ? RESPONSE TO GOD'S
LOVE. >
Golden Text: "I will praise tl^e,
O Lord my God, with all my heart."
? -Ps. 86:12.
Primary Topic: Showing Our Love
to Our Heavenly Father.
Memory Verse: If ye love me. y,e
will keep my commandments. John
14:15.
Junior Topic: Some Things We
Have Learned About God.
Memory Verse:" John 3:16.
Intermediate Topic: The Marks of
a Christian.
. Senior and Adnlt Topic: Some Fun
damentals of Faith and Practice.
During the past quarter we have
been studying some of "The Great
Teachings of the Bible." In our re
view, of these twelve lessons we can
only touch upon these v?ry briefly.
I. God Our Heavenly Father: Our
religion is the only one that suggests
the idea of the fatherhood of God.
There is today a very common mis
take In regard to the meaning of that
term. There are some who claim that
God is the Father of all the human
race. The Soriptures represent him
as the Father of His chosen children,
those Who are His, because they have
been redeemed by the precious blood
of Christ.
II. Christ" Our Saviour: Jesus our
Savi6ur came to help those who need
ed his service, to rausom the prisoners
of Satan, to take away the sin of the
world, to save those who believe in
him. He is ever ready to help all
those who are attacked by Satan, and
his help is so efficacious that no one
can prevail against the sinner who
bas his help.
III. Our Risen Ixml : Our Saviour
based his claim to being the promised
Messiah of Israel upon his rising from
the dead. His resurrection also proved
that his death had been accepted of
God in payment of the sinner's debt.
Let us think more of the risen Sa
,viour, instead of thinking of him only
as a crucified Saviour.
IV. The Holy Spirit Our Helper:
Christ sends the Holy Spirit to be
our Comforter, in time of troublo and
distress. He is the preacher of God's
will to men. He is ready at any timo
?to give help and power to those who
are ready to serVf God.
V. Man Made in the Image of God:
God made man in his own image as
a person, having a spiritual nature
that is Immortal. Slnoe man is im
mortal It behooves him to use the
means God has given him to fit him
self for an eternal life. This is done
by trusting and serving the Saviour.
It also behooves him to use his en
deavors to aid others in fitting them
selves for the life eternal.
VI. Sin and Its Cons(M|u*>nci>s: Sin
shuts the soul out from God. This
of itself would be terrible enough,
but God has said, "The soul that sin
neth, it shall die"; that is, it shall
be cast into hell.
VII. The Grace of God: Grace is
the, bestowing of some blessing or
favor upon one who is not entitled to
it. Salvation is the free gift of God.
We can do nothing that will entitle
us to It, but when we receive it it is
our duty to Ree that others have like
opportunity.
VIIP. Nineveh Repented: Repent
ance is sorrow for sin because it is
displeasing to God, grief because we
have been guilty of it, turning froiii
it, turning to God, with a determina
tion to obey God and do His will. '.See
Shorter Catechism answer.
IX. Faith : Wliat It Is and What It
Hoes: Faith ifi trust in God. It is
seeing with the heart what cannot be
seen with the eyes. Faith is the gift
of God. He expects us to cherlsTl it,
to nourish it, to cultivate it, and to
exercise it. Under these conditions
faith will grow.
X. Obedience: This is doing cheer
fully, willingly, promptly and thor
oughly whatever we are commanded
to do by one who has the right to ex
ercise authyity over us.
XI. Prayer: Prayer is the means
of approach to God. In prayer there
should be adoration of God's infinite
nature, confession of our sins, thanks
for all God's goodness to us, and sup
plications for the blessings that we
need.
X. Love is the greatest experience
of the heart. It is the noblest of the
graces. It is that which makes man
receive the blessings of salvation. It
is that which makes a man willing to
serve his God and his fellowmen ?
"God is Love:"
THE PRAYER MEETING
PRAYER MEETING TOPIC.
Week Beginning Juno 22, 1919.
Gen. 6:5-17.
The world had become so wicked
that God could not stand it any long
er, and so determined to destroy all
living creatures except a few with
which to start over again. In the
midst of all this wickedness there was
still one man who remained true to
God. That man was Noah. He is
classed among the' heroes of the faith
in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews,
and well he deserves that title. It is
hard for U9 to realize the conditions
by which he was surrounded, but we
are very sure that the most vivid
imagination cannot picture conditions
any worse than they were. When we
realize how wicked the world is now
and has been at other times, and
know that God could put up with the
world no longer as it was then, we
may be able to form some conception
of the conditions which surrounded
Noah. God by His grace has kept
Noah true to Himself. When He de
termined to destroy the world by flood ,
He told Noah to build the ark, and
no doubt also told him to warn the
people of tile threatened danger, for
he is called the preacher of righteous
ness. The faith which he manifested
was certainly as great a3 we can con
ceive of. He had had no experience,
nor had' the world ever had any expe
rience of a flood such as that which
was predicted. He took God at His
word and went to work to build the
ark in accordance wRh God's instruc
tions. He might have raised many
objections and made many excuses, but
he did not do so. We find that he
obeyed God at once and carried out
His instructions to tho letter. ^
The building, of the ark was a tre
mendous undertaking for him. So far
as we know, no large ship had ever
been built up to that time. We have
no evidence that Noah had any famil
iarity with nautical matters, and It
must have seemed a very strange Idea
to build a ship away back in the heart
of the country.
Great perseverance was required on
Noah's part. We can well believe that
he got no help from anybody else than
possibly from his own sons. Year af
ter year he worked. He seems to
have taken a hundred and twenty
years for the building of the ark, and
no doubt he had many obstacles to
overcome and many difficulties to deal
with.
But through it all he manifested
great patience. He had to wait a long
time for the fulfilment of God's pre
diction about the flood and for the
completion of the ark, and when the
ark was completed he still had to pro
vide food of every kind to take care
of himself and his family and all the
living creatures that were to be In the
ark with him.
Another characteristic of Noah was
his courage. We may feel very sure
that in the midst of such surround
ings of his and among people as
wicked as were the rest of the world,
he must have met with much discour
agement and opposition. We can well
believe that he was for many years
the laughing stock of his whole com
munity. One of the hardest things
that one has to endure is to be
laughed at by others In regard to
something that he is doing, especially
if what he is doing may sfeem peculiar
and unreasonable. The^fact that he
knows he is right might give him
courage to proceed, but It does not
prevent the discomfort caused by those
who do not understand or appreciate
his motives.
God calls upon His people today to
exercise just the same characteristic
which we find in Noah. He gives
them a great work to do, and the
doing of this work requires faith on
their part. They must believe that
the work Is necessary and that it can
be done, although they recognize their
own weakness. They must trust God
for help and for guidance. He de
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