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QUALIFY.
There are on hand only about two dozen copies
of "The Covenanter Pastor," by Dr. R. J. George,
out of an issue of 500, and in a very short time
there will be none. If you are a subscriber for
the Christian Nation, and will send us $6.00,
your subscription will be advanced three years
beyond its present date. If you are not a subscriber,
and will send us $3.00, your name will
be entered as a subscriber and marked paid to
January 1, 1916. In either case, we will make
you an outright gift of a copy of Dr. R. J.
George's volume, "The Covenanter Pastor," and
the 2-vol. edition of Ida M. Tarbell's "Life of
Abraham Lincoln," all charges prepaid to your
very door, wherever in the world you live: Six
dollars and thirty-five cents ($6.35) worth of
most valuable books as an absolute gift to you.
We have tried to put these facts so plain that
there will be no possible chance of any one misunderstanding
us. Several persons have written
to us saying that they did not see how it was
possible for us to give away these books and
So feared they did not rightly understand the
offer. But we are actually giving them away.
If you are at present a Christian Nation subscriber,
just send us $6 to pay for your paper for
three years in advance; and the books will be
sent prepaid to any address given, in fact "The
Covenanter Pastor" may be sent to one address,
and the two Lincoln books to another address,
if preferred. Or, if you are not a Christian Nation
subscriber, send us $3 to pay for the paper
to your address from July 1, 1914, to January 1,
1916; and all the books will be sent prepaid;
indeed the paper can go to one address, "The
Covenanter Pastor" to another address, and the
Lincoln books to still another address: or all
rriay go to the same address—suit yourself aboit
that.
But do not misunderstand our ofer:
And qualify for these books by sending us
your Christian Nation subscription money today-
Mr. C .C. White, of Steubenville, Ohio, writes
under date of July 4, that he was at the late
Ohio Christian Endeavor Convention there, and
was a local reporter. Rev. John W. Day of
Columbus, was president, and Daniel Poling the
general secretary. Mr. White submitted the following
resolution:
"Resolved, That we believe in the moral responsibility
and accountability of the State, and
we, as Christian Endeavorers, do hereby endorse
the efforts for a Christian amendment to the National
Constitution which w.ll declare tbat God
is the source of all legitimate power; that He
has instituted civil government for his own glory
and the good of man; that He has appointed His
Son, thei Mediator, to Headship over Nations, and
that the Bible is the supreme law and rule in
National as in all other things. We therefore
maintain the rightful dominion of Jesus Christ
over the Commonwealth and the obligation oE
Nations to legislate in conformity with the written,
inspired word.
"That we will pray and labor for the peace
and welfare of our country and for its reformation
by such constitutional recognition."
This was not reported back to the Convention
from the Committee on Resolutions. Mr. White
writes that it did not reach that commttee, after
it was given into the hands of the Executive
Committee.
THE CHRISTIAN NATION. Vol. 61.
GOOD READING.
Prof. Wm. M. Sloane, of Columbia University,
wrote to the Century Co. at one
time and said: "I believe the Covenanters to
be a very intelligent body, serious in mind,
strong in purpose, and true to their convictions.
Proportionately, I THINK THEY
ARE GREATER READERS OF GOOD
BOOKS THAN MOST OTHERS." And naturally
we Covenanters agree with him. For
that reason the Christian Nation has been
most careful in the selection of publishers'
business for its advertising columns. We
seek only the best. This week we have on
our front cover a notice of Scribner's Magazine
for August. We can heartily recommend
this publication as containing only the
best literature. Buy the August issue coming
out this week and slip it in your suit
case when going on your vacation, or take it
home. It will prove a recreation for your
brain, full of interest and highly educational.
Seeking, as you do, a permanent supply
of literature, your name should be on their
yearly subscription list.
VACATION DAYS.
Vacation days should be spent in building
up the body, and changing the surroundings
so as to give the brain a rest from business.
Any change will give the brain a chance, but
the body itself needs good nourishment in
the way of food, comfortable surroundings,
and cool rooms at night in which to sleep,
Two years ago we spent a few weeks at the
Fountain Hotel, Ocean Grove, N. J., and
found ourselves so completely satisfied in all
these particulars that we have not ceased
to speak of it yet. It is called the coolest
house on the Eastern Coast, and for comfortable
rooms and good eating—well, just
try it.
ORGANIZING AT WLNNIPEG, CANADA.
We expect a congregation to be organized here
in August. As the present place of meeting is
altogether unsuitable for mission work, we are
trying to raise funds in order to erect a house
of worship of our own.
Rev. D. B. Elsey has been with us for the past
four Sabbaths, and will remain until the 1st
of August, at which date he expects to leave
in order to take up the work at Content. He is
giving us good preaching and is doing a splendid
work looking up and visiting ex-Covenanters. The
members and friends of the mission are delighted
at the prospect of having constant preaching this
year. We desire to express our appreciation ot
the kind and generous way in which the mission
has been treated, by the Mission Conference,
the Central Board, and the Pacific Coast. Presbytery.
On the THE firstinstant FORWARD we MOVEMENT.
held our first picnic.
The weather By the was Rev. all J. that C. McFeeters, could be desired, D.D. the
members The Forward turned Movement; out in full what force, does and it a mean most
enjoyable to the Covenanter time was Church spent. We know thatit is
the battle-cry of the day, the shout of myriad
voices, an outburst of enthusiasm in Christ's service,
reverberating around the world. May it be
that we are merely catching the fever Possibly
our little ship is simply feeling the rocking of
the popular waves. But even that is most desirable,
if the waves are stirred by the Holy
Spirit.
The Forward Movement programme, sent out
by authority of Synod, indicates the spirit and
purpose of our church. ' This is a programme
of prayer. Prayer, personal consecration, taking
hold on the covenant, close dealings with God
abiding in Christ's presence, viewing life as he
views it, catching inspiration from his plan of
work; this is recommended as the beginning of
the Forward Mpvement in the Covenanter
Church. Surely a prayer programme has a rightful
place at the beginning of any forward movement.
The desire for a forward movement indicates a-
consciousness of power not yet in use.
The Covenanter Church has forged ahead of
most churches in .proportionate support of jni.-
sions. But such a comparison is not wise; the
credit is a snare; the sweetness sickens. Better
compare what we have done, with what we could
have done, had we wrought according to our
means. As God views us he may see the bulk
of service left undone. How few are up, and at
God's work with all their might! How few bring
their powers to bear on Christ's Kingdom as
they do upon the world! How few avail themselves
of their privileges in Christ, that they
may grow strong in faith, and do exploits! The
prayer programme is to awaken the church, and
call her reserve forces into action. Many are
still hibernating; the torpor of a long winter
sleep is upon them. The Lord now calls them,
saying, "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come
away; for, lo, the winter is past." Will we not,
every one, for the !Lord's sake, arise, and enter
his service with all we possess But one will
say, "I have only two mites." Bring your mites,
and mak© the silver and gold blush. Another
says, "I have no wisdom." Then bring on your
foolishness; God needs it to confound the wise.
Another, "I am nothing." Come with your nothing;
God needs even that to overthrow things
that are. Personal consecration is the one thing
needful. Give yourself to the Lord, and he will
see that you become useful to the greatest possible
degree. Your abilites will grow beyond the
most sanguine expectation.
The intention of Synod in the Forward Movement
is to occupy unconquered territory with all
possible speed.
The Covenanter Church has an immense mission
work on hand. The Southern, Indian and
Jewish Missions at home, and her Missions in
Turkey and €hina, make fearful demands on her
strength and means. In our foreign fields we
have only crossed the borders. We have hardly
gotten beyond Jericho; the interior, with its millions,
is almost solidly a region of darkness and
death. To cover with the light of the Lord the
land for which we are accountable, and fillthose
homes with joy, and everlasting life, and Psalms
of praise, in reasonable time, Covenanters must
arise in unity, and throw the very last ounce of
their strength into the work. Let Achan be
eliminated, »the man who appropriates the gold
and the garments, and let all the people go forward,
and Ai will soon be taken, and the cities
of the plains, and the fortresses of the mountains;
Satan and his forces will be driven from
the field, and the people, redeemed through,
the blood of Christ, will join themselves;
to the Lord in an everlasting Covenant, while,
the hills echo their glad response of loyalty i^'
Jesus Cnrist, their glorious King.
At the present rate ot progress, and degree o.
devotedness, our grandchildren will be grey, and
the third generation in the mission fields will
be laid in their graves, while we have reached
merely our thousands, and the millions have perished.
Who is satisfied with present efforts Review
makes the heart sick. Our annual reports
beget ennui. How long shall it be thus Whe"
shall we see thousands born in a day, three