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vine opinion The Christian .Nation will not netd
to sigh for more worlds to conquer.
Statesmen and politicians often assume, and
sometimes frankly declare, that the Ten Commandments
and the Sermon on the Mount have
nothing to do with policies or politics,, international
or national. This, of course, results in a
double standard of morals—one public, the otheprivate—and
grants an indulgence to the public
man to be a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The theory that a nation has no Christian obligations
and may live unto itself produces the
anomaly of a ruler, professing to be a Christian
and even claiming to be the especial representative
of God, while without scruple he
violates a solemn national obligation,, which he
knows will plunge nations into war, and doom
many tens of thousands to death. Such a conscience
can regard the twentieth chapter of
Exodus as ' only a scrap ot paper."
Our own Government was the firstto declare
itself bound by the Golden Rule in its dealin^^^s
with other nations; and who shall say in how
great a measure that declaration was due the
unremitting work of The Christian Xation It
has been "a voice crying in the wilderness"; but
it Is no longer alone. Rapidly increasing numbers
are declaring that nations, like individuals,
cannot serve two masters; and that a nation
which calls itself Christian, whose God is the
Lord, must make his law the rule of its lile.
Wishing The Christian Xation a success as unvarying
as its purpose,. I am with great esteem.
Yours faithfully,
JOSIAH
STROXG,
A VAL TABLE TESTIMOXY FOR PURITY OF
WORSHIP.
The enclosed letter, roceived from one who is
not a member of the Covenanter Church, is interesting
and should be read by the readers of
the Christian Nation.—Sincerely yours, James S
Tibby.
Vancouver, B. C, 7th August, 1914.
To the Sec. Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Dear Sir:—I was interested in a paragraph in
the "Xews Advertiser," I think it was, of here,
being an account of a meeting of your Church
at Bloomington, Ind., and the opinion therein
expressed of your opposition vto instrumental
music in worship. My trend of thought has been
the same and is expressed by the standpoint ot
the "Friends." You doubtless are acquainted with
the opinion of Dr. Adam Clark, the great Methodist
Commentator, which you will find in ms
Commentary under Amos Oth chap, verse 5:
"And invent to themselves instruments of music
like David." Clark says (I write from memory):
• I am an aged man and old minister and can
say that I never knew instruments of music productive
of good (in church of course), but on
the contrary, have reasons to believe them productive
of much harm." He quotes John Wesley,
whom he describes as a musician and lover
of music, as saying, (when approached by the
early Methodists about the introduction of
musical instruments), in his quaint but forcible
way: "I have no objection to instruments of
music in the house of the Lord provided they
are neither heard nor seen." Dr. Clark wittily
adds: "I say the same but I think the prelimary
expense of purchase might be spared."
Yours faithfully,
ALFRED J. CRAWFORD.
OPPORTUNITY.
They do me wrong who say I come no more.
When once I knock and fail to find you in,
For every day I stand outside your door.
And bid you wake, and rise to flght and win.
THE CHRISTIAN NATION. VoL 61.
A LETTER FRO.M MR. FRANK A. FERRIS.
[Of such as Mr.
Frank A. Ferris,
(head of the house
of F. A. Ferris &
Co., -V. Y.) this is
what is written in
the Word of God,
"Seest thou a man
diligent in his business
he shall stand
before kings: he
shall not stand before
mean men."
.\mong mer chant
princes, captains of
industry, or however
else we may group them, Mr. Ferris is a
notable figure of those who make their business
a means of Christian service. He is Oi Xew England
birth, and a family in which three generations
had their homes in Western Connecticut;
and who were of the real Xew England stock.
As a boy in Xew England, Mr. Ferris received
a common school and academy education, then
five years of practical training in a country bank
where he thoroughly learned bookkeeping, the
practice of accuracy, and promptness in correspondence.
Here also he imbibed that high commercial
ideal which marks all his dealings. In
1862 (in his twenty-second year) he came to New
York'and found employment in the establishment
founded by John J. Cape in 1836, where he has
had a continuous business experience for the past
fifty-two years. These have comprised a wonderful
succession of commercial and financialexperiences
beginning with the disruptions caused
by the War of the Rebellion, and yet it is said
that no man ever called twice at that office for
a check.
He set out to make the standard of his goods
the highest, and has ever adhered to that ideal,
and their reputation is established the world
round. Tribune Building, New York City.
My .Mr. Longtime Ferris has Friend: always been active in church
work; and for years he has been a Bible School
Thank you for your frank letter of the 2Gth.
Superintendent, a Deacon or an Elder. Like most
unusually You have prosperous done a good business work and men, you he have recognizes done
his it well stewardship and by all and the is judgments a tither, but of our a titner sense of all
of equitable whose possessions reward you he ought esteems to have as held all in the trust evidences
the of Lord.—Editor.]
a rich success. Your work has bee:i
from
ilr.
making
John
character
W. Pritchard,
job by job, but, however much
you have helped men, women and children along
this line, they are not apt to consider your
agency in it or to give you thanks, but you can
have the sweet satisfaction of opening up to un
told hundreds of people a new fountain of the
water of life and to everyone who drinks it is
well. I congratulate you. * * *
Again I congratulate you for the manly and
high-toned work you have done. Thank God for
it every night. If it has not brought you shekels
by the tens of thousands every year,, do not miss.
the satisfaction that you ought to have in the
reward. May all good things come to you.
Your sincere and affectionate friend,
FRANK A. FERRIS.
FAINT NOT, FIGHT ON, BE STRONG!
By Maltbie Babcock.
Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream, to drift;
We have hard work to do and loads to lift.
Shun not the struggle; face it; 'tis God's gift.
Be strong!
It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong.
How hard the battle goes, the day how long;
Faint not—fight on! Tomorrow comes the
song!
E D I T O R I A L
John W Pritchard, Editor.
DO YOU K.N'OW
1. When the Covenanter Church was organized
2. W'ho had most to do with the organization
3. What was its form of government and system
of doctrine
4. What was its original name
5. What relation does it have to all Presbyterian
bodies
6. Who was the great opponent of Knox
7 What was Queen .Mary trying to do
8. Who took the place of the Catholic priests
in opposing the Presbyterians
y. Who took the place of Knox in the strugglt
against the bishops
10. What ruler succeeded Queen Mary
11. What did he try to do with the Presbj'-
terians and why
12. What was the cause of the contest between
Charles First and his subjects and the
outcome
13. Why did Charles not allow the Assembly
to meet
14. What new form of worship did he try to
introduce
15. Why did the Scottish nobility join with
the people in opposition to Charles
16. What did Laud have to do with the matter
17. What revolt came in Scotland
IS. What was the .Xational Covenant and why
was it made
19. What name did it give to the Presbyterians
20. How did the contest between the king and
the Covenanters come out at this time
21. How long was England without a parliament,,
and what effect did this have on the temper
of the people
22. What was the Solemn League and Covenant,
and how did it get its name
23. Why did the Covenanters suffer on account
of it
24. Why was the Westminster .\ssembly called
together
25. What did it do
26. What separated the nobility from the real
Covenanters of Scotland in 1648
27. Why were four hundred ministers expelled
from their congregations in Scotland
28. What did God do with these four hundred
29. What were the coventicles
30. Why did people attend them
31. How did the struggle end which began in
the attendance on conventicles
32. What four stages should be noted in the
movement to revolution
33. Why did the conventicle people begin to
carry arms
34. How did the king try to keep the people
away from these meetings
35. What do you think of armed resistance
Did it help or hurt the Covenanter cause
36. What do you know about Cameron's Declaration
of Independence
37. How does it compare with the Americai
Declaration
38. Wat do you know about Cameron
39. Why were the Covenanters called Cameronians
*
40. How did Renwick organize the Covenanters
in Scotland
41. What was the importance of his work in
preparing the way for the English Revolution
42. What is your idea of the place ot ths
Covenanters in the history of this period