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WOMAN'S WORK
Conducted by Mia* Carrie Lee Campbell.
PRAYER.
The Place.
Hebrews 4:14-16.
There is a place where thou canst
touch the eyes
Of blinded men to instant, perfect
sight;
There is a place where thou canst
say, "Arise!"
To dying captives, bound in chains
of night;
There is a place where thou canst
reach the store
Of hoarded gold and free it for the
Lord;
There is a place ? upon some distant
shore ?
Where thou canst send the worker
or the Word.
There is a place where Heaven's
resistless power
Responsive moves to thine insistent
plea;
There is a place ? a silent, trusting
hour ?
Where God Himself descends and
fights for thee.
Where is that blessed place ? dost
thou ask "Where?"
O, Soul, it is the secret place of
prayer.
? Adelaide A. Pollard.
SOME HINTS ON HOW TO STUDY A
PSALM.
1. Base your selection for the study
of a Psalm on the following points;
(a) Teaching about God.
(b) Personal need, i.e., for comfort
guidance, etc.
(c) Universal appeal.
(d) Reflection of the writer's mind.
(e) Beauty of expression.
(f) Power of thought.
(g) Appeal to the imagination.
(h) Expression of worship.
2. Read the Psalm aloud, if possi
ble, re-read and list how many of
the above points are found.
3. Study the words and phrases.
Note and list the repetition of thought,
of phrases.
4. Make a more detailed study of
verbs, nouns and pronouns. List
these. Note use or absence or adjec
tives.
5. After the above study, name the
Psalm. For example, the 4 2nd Psalm
is called "The Water Brook's Psalm."
Why?
6. Put the thought of the Psalm in
your own words.
7. Outline the Psalm; show devel
opment of thought.
8. What is the nature of the Psalm?
Is it historical? Penetential? Mes
sianic? or a nature Psalm? ? a prayer
or a song, or both?
9. Note the persons, places and
times mentioned.
10. What is the teaching about
God, His character and work?
11. What is the teaching about sin,
and its efTect upon the soul?
12. What Is the teaching about
prayer, and the need for it?
13. What is the teaching about the
soul's dependence upon God?
14. What is the teaching about our
civic duties?
15. What is the teaching about our
duties to others?
16. What is the most outstanding
feature of the Psalm r
17. Select and memorize a key
verse.
18. Use the revised version of th
Bible for your study. Have a note
book ready for use.
19. Keep a list of all questions
which come to you as you study, and
hold these for further study.
20. Pray as you read that the Holy
Spirit may teach you.
Grace H. Hamilton.
1112 West Lafayette Ave.,
Baltimore, Md.
HKLP8 FOR HOMK MISSION STUI>Y
Origin of the Appalachian Mountain
eer.
The Southern mountaineers are a
distinct type in this kaleidoscopic
land of ours and represent the purest
racial stock in America. To learn
their origin, we must go back to 1607,
when James I of England began col
onizing the province of Ulster in
Northern Ireland with Scotch and
Northern English Protestants, in or
der to offset and overcome if possible
the Catholic influence in Ireland.
Within forty years 300,000 of these
people had been located in Ulster, and
in less than a century they numbered
a million. Though they had sprung
mostly from middle classes, there were
probably no people in Europe among
whom education was so prevalent.
At the beginning of the eighteenth
century many of the Ulsterites, dis
satisfied because of religious troubles
and parliamentary laws detrimental
to their linen and woolen industries,
were emigrating in increasing num
bers to America. During one week in
1727 six shiploads landed on our
shores. It is estimated that between
1730 and 1740 half a million of these
English-Scotch Irish came over to
America. During the Revolution
Fiske says that they constituted one
sixth of our entire population.
The largest numbers of them
landed at Philadelphia and Charles
ton. From these points they spread
up through the sea-board states into
the Piedmont Country. When Daniel
Boone, who was one of these colon
ists, led the way across tno Appa
lachian barrier towards the promised
lands beyond, these sturdy eighteenth
century commoners, only a generation
or two removed from their British
born forbears, but already saturated
with the westward urgo and. the lust
for battle with the wilderness, took
up their handfuls of household chat
tels and began their marcn up
through the foothills. When they had
climbed the steep trails, some of
which they made themselves as they
went along, they were so charmed
by the green and blue mountains, the
rugged cliffs, and foaming torrents
about them, which reminded them so
vividly of their own Inverness and
Cumberland and Doneaal of Ben Nevis
and Scaw Fell, that many settled down
In the narrow valleys and on the fer
tile slopes, there to spend the rest of
their lives.
There were other reasons for the
stoppage of some of these pioneers ? -
perhaps a wagon broke down, a horse
died, or some one of the family fell
ill. When the trouble was past, they
remained, intrigued by the fascina
tion of the mountains. These Ulster
ites were the. forefathers of a great
majority of the mountain peopIS. ?
Travel.
The Mountaineer Resourceful.
The Southern mountaineer is his
own carpenter, wheelwright, black
e smith, cobbler, cooper, doctor, dentist.
veterinary surgeon, and undertaker.
Strikes, lockouts, and boycotts, trou
ble him not ? he is independent ot
them. .He is tho most self-reliant citi
zen of the world. ? Travel.
Three Classes of Mountaineers.
The mountaineers who inhabit that
section of highland country just back
of Old Colonial America are admir
able Americans. They may be
schooled in simplicity, but are not
lacking in courage, vigor or patriot
ism. Their struggles with the In
dians proved their courage; tho part
they took in the Revolution evidenced
their patriotism; their part on both
sides in the Confederate War showed
their love and devotion to duty, and
their part in the late war indicated
their ideals and loyalty to humanity.
The people of this section of the Caro
linas, West Virginia, Tennessee and
Kentucky might be divided into three
classes. First there are the original
holders of the land in the valleys,
who, with fertile land and improved
machinery, are lacking in nothing.
A second class was hit by the re
cession of slavery and had to take
the upper parts of the valleys and has
been only partially successful.
The third class are the inhabitants
of the upper hillsides. They usually
possess a single room log cabin, the
doors of which are open all day, for
hospitality is a cardinal virtue. A big
fireplace at one end completes their
domestic possessions. There may be
a "glnky black iron contraption" (a
stove), but it is not a frequent pos
session. Cooking is done in the "Bake
Kettle" (Dutch oven). Tou have
never eaten corn pone 'till, from one
of these methods, you have tasted it
as made from pure white corn meal.
? The Missionary Review of the
World.
HOME MISSION ITEMS.
Of the population of the United
States, 15,762,493 are Roman, Greek
and Orthodox Catholics. 23,092,399
are Protestant church members. 53,
400,000 over ten years of age are out
side of any church.
The church membership has been
increasing at the rate of 600,000 each
year. Last year the increase was
667,007.
Mormonism, a religio-political or
ganization, i& an aggressive, growing,
anti-Christian factor to be reckoned
with. In 1820 there were six Mor
mons. In 1920 there were 620,000.
The daughter of a Presbyterian
minister is now priestess in a temple
in Chicago, erected for the worship
of the sun-god Krishna.
In a single high school, one-third
of the students believed that the po
litical institutions of our country
should be overthrown and an eco
nomic socialist government be set up
in Washington. In the hands of these
boys was the Soviet catechism, writ
ten by a thoroughly discredited Amer
ican correspondent who spent a few
weeks in Petrograd and Moscow.
"If these enemies of society succeed
in drilling their anarchistic principles
into our boys and girls, the future
will be lost before the battle begins."
?Newell Dwight Hillis.
105,000,000 people dwell in Amer
ica.
11,000,000 belong to the Negro
race.
36,000,000 are of foreign birth or
parentage.
10,000,000 are aliens.
The population of the country is
increasing at the rate of 1.600,000
each year, according to estimates
given by the United States Census.
The Department of Justice has
warned the American people that
there are in our country at least 300,
000 people who hate the Republic and
are seeking to over-throw its free in
stitutions.
27,000,000, according to the Inter
church World Movement, under
twenty-five years of age, are un
touched by any religious training.
There are 1,500 newspapers pub
lished in forty foreign languages.
Most of the editors are positively anti
Christian.
An anarchistic paper startled the
citizens of New York and Brooklyn
with the announcement that halls and
private homes were engaged for 3,000
Sunday afternoon Bolshevistic and
Anarchistic schools.
In New York City anarchistic liter
ature is placed in the hands of chil
dren as they leave public schools.
Romanism is constantly gaining in
creased political power, and is strongly
anti-Protestant.
Note: With these fourteen items
use fourteen women in your Home
Mission program or in your Study
Class. _ Editor.
SYNODICAIi QUESTIONNAIRE.
Number Two. w
1. Name the Synods In the General
Assembly.
2. What is the Snedecor Memorial
Synod?
3. How many Presbyteries in the
General Assembly?
4. When and where was the Synod
of West Virginia formed?
5. When and where was the Wom
an's Auxiliary of the Synod of West
Virginia organized? Who was the
first president?
6. Where are the Assembly's Sum
mer Conferences held?
7. What is the meaning of Pres
byterian Church, U. S., <?nd Presby
terian Church, U. S. A.?
8. Who is the president of the As
sembly's Training School?
9. Where is Mission Court and
what is its object?
10. Name the Theological Seminar
ies in the Assembly.
11. What is the goal for the Equip
ment Drive this year?
12. In what countries does our
Church have mission stations?
13. Name the Church papers.
14. Who are the Editors for the
Woman's Department of the different
Church papers?
1 5. Name the officers of the W. A.
C.
16. Who are the members of the
supervisory Committee of the Wom
an's Auxiliary?
17. Name the departments of the
Progressive Program.
18. What name is to be used in
stead Secretary of Spiritual Re
sources, and why?
19. What was the amount of West
Virginia's Birthday Gift?
20. What per cent of the Auxiliar
ies in the Synod have adopted the cir
cle plan?
21. Name the Evangelists for the
General Assembly.
22. What do you consider the great
est need of the Auxiliary in West Vir
ginia?
23. What has been the outstanding
work of the Auxiliary the past year?
24. Have you rendered any sacrifi
cial service?
The above questionnaire which I pre
pared for the West Virginia Synodlcal
Auxiliary may be adapted for the use
of any Synodical or Presbyterial Aux
iliary. It does not contain any of the
quesgons in questionnaire number one
which was published some time ago.
Emma Wysor Dunlap.
Hinton, West Virginia.