Christian Nation Vol. 18 1893 - Rparchives.org

T h e GhristiaD |atioDWEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1898.P. O. Box 2633, New Yobk,—>s^Star NotesThe Trustees of the Synod of the R. P. Church.Office of the Secretary,14:7 First Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.No'Hce is hereby given that at a •meeting ofthe Trustees of the Synod of the ReformedPresbyterian Church of N. A. held this day,Mr. John T. Morton was duly elected Treasurerto succeed James R. McKee, deceased.Letters and remittances for ihe Treasurershould hereafter be addressed to John T. Morton,Treas., 708 Penn Ave., Room 606, Pittsburg,Pa. By order of the Board,February 7,1893. D. Chesnut, Sec.*^* Eev. D. S. Faris has been elected vice-presidentof the ministers' association of Eandolph County, 111.*^* J. J. Dunlap, licentiate, who recently left ourchurch to enter the Presbyterian, was on February13th received into the Presbytery of New York.*^'' At a meeting ot the friends and also committeein charge ot the Boulevard Mission, New York, it wasresolved to continue the work and endeavor to supplypreaching until the meeting of Presby tery, in Boston,three months hence.*^* Tillie M. Edgar, Lockwood, Mo,, writes: "IGHRISTIAN NATION. Volume 18.trouble on the night of Sabbath, Dec. 18th. On thatday and evemng he was at ohurch as usual, but on thefollowing moruing when they called him to breakfasthe wz 8 cold in death with the arms of his litde daught­number of members of the Lodge, attended his lecture,and gave respectful attention.er Blanche around his neck.- ..,,-'.:/: y./.'..//.'.'.^r//..::///.'//,:v///.:////' y///////y/^^^^And now a word of warning to persons who contemplatecoming west to locate and secure for themselvesthiuk you would confer a favor on your subscribers if \ Iyou would please to publish the address of the Editorsof the Children's Corner. They ask the children ^ " Christian Nation," New York, has formally ac- ^ this bit of advice given, but I trust it will be of use•^ "We recognize with much pleasure that the | homes. I do not remember to have seen any whereto write to them. I have carefully looked over severalmonths ot back numbers, but fail to findout ^ position ofthe Covenanter Church; and Synod, real- ^ agents. There are men bere, and in every such place,] cepted and is faithfuUy upholding the true historic | to many, and that is when you come west avoid landwhere to address tbem." Address Mrs. R. J. George ^ izing the urgent need at this time of a lire weelcly ^ who live by fieecing persons who come to locate andat Beaver Falls, Pa., and Mrs. M. S. Gibson at New 4 church paper, heartily commends the ••'///M'//.mim/y/y/y//zyy///A'/,i*' Christian ^ invest The best way tor u, person to do is to rent orOastle, Pa. (See list of editors page six top firstcol.) Nation " NEW to the CONCORD, patronage and 0., support NOTES. of the mem- ,^*^* Contributions for Belle Centre, (Ohio,) parsonage: Miss Mary J. Campbell, Eochester, New York, ^J Pa.,JuntlQ, 1891- I;• hereof thechurch.—J.c(o/ R. P. Synod in Piitsbttrgh, ;1The revival among the students of MuskingumCollege is still in progress. Indications are that it$2, Wm. Boyd. 5, Mrs. Bev. Joseph Hunter, 10, John may be taken up by the churches. Our pastor, Eev.H. Ward, 5, all of Wilkinsburg, Pa. J. M and Annie J. M. Faris, has given us some timely thoughts onM. Swank, 5, E A. Hunter, .50o, John Hunter, 5, the revival of brotherly love in the churoh.Jobn Swank, 5, James Nelson, 5, S. M. Nelson, 5, allof Manchester congregatiou. Pa. J. F. Steele, Parnassus,Pa., 5, J. E. Huheey, 5, J. H. Finley, 1, MissM. J. Finley, 1, all of Cincinnati, O. Total $59 50.P. P. BOYB.*^* From a correspondent:Sometime ago the Chbistian Nation told of aBrooklyn D. D., who after the hymn " Sweet hour ofPrayer" had been sung, repeated the hues—"andshoutwhile passing through the air Farewell,Farewell,sweet hour of prayer,"—declaring " I never sing thatverse. I don't believe it. The Ohristian will neverbid farewell to prayer." I find the tollowing inagood old book: "Praying shah then be turned topraising, and there being no sin to contess, no wantsto seek the supply of, confession and petition shall beswallowed up in thanksgiving." Who ia orthodox—Dr. Meredith or Thos. Boston? *''^* The following brief but pointed report of Eev.D. S. Faris's address at the recent anti-secret conventionin Illinois, is taken from the Chicago Cynosure .Our convention was an agreeable surprise to us all.We had gloomy forebodings, but our tears were disappointed.It surpassed any anti-secret conventionthat we have ever had in this part of the State. Therewas a good attendance from the beginning, and increasingtill the end.I once heard a Methodist Episcopal minister saythat he "never thought a cause was doing any goodunless the devil got mad." Ihave reoent evidence tothis effect. Last evening I received an envelope containinga nameless,, printed paragrah, clipped fromsome paper, scurrilous in terms, and showing plainlythat oounty. In was the convention discussion particularly A member of had who damaging the hurt had resolutions somebody.hired to ths a a colored lodge fact come man In this out tocommit a crime was cleared by these Freemasons,while tbe colored wretch received a sentence of twentyfiveyears' imprisonment. A Freemason jurymansaved his neck, but could not save him from the penitentiary.This revelation alone demonstrates thevalue of the convention to the cause. Rev. J. E.Wylie, of Coulterville, and myself, have been ask dto deliver a series of lectures against the lodge in thisjuryman's neighborhood. At the time of the trialthere was a mist of suspicion in the air, but the publicdid not fix it on the lodge. Now we know whatturned the tide against the right.UTICA, OHIO, NEWS.The friends of elder James Watson will be glad toknow that he has received health.The Nation is looked for and read with increasinginterest.Our pastor, Rev. J. S. Thompson, is giving us veryearnest and able preaching. He is also doing much Jewell Co.,missionary work, preaching often in the schoolhouses of the neighborhood, to tull houses.Althongh the winter has been severe, yet preachingservice. Sabbath School, prayermeeting and OhristianEndeavor Society have been well attended. *IDANA, KANSAS, ITEMS.Rev. S. M. Stevenson moderated a call in Sterling,Kansas, February 6th 1893, whioh resulted in theunanimous choice of the Rev. T. J. Allen.The Clay Oo. W. 0. T. U. will boU their semi annualconvention Blaroh 2d and 3d, in the Tabor R. P.church.Eev. W. 0. Paden has been lecturing the past threeweeks in Clay Co., Kansas, on Secretism. He ismaster ot his subject, and no doubt has done good.He preached in the U. P. churoh, Tabor, on Sabbathevening, Jan. 22, to a well filledhouse. A goodlyMrs. Thompson, wife of deacon J. W. Thompson,is in a critical conditon with pleura pneumonia, developingon Friday, Feb. 10th, into fever. Hopes forher recovery are not at all flatteringat present.New Concord congregation was deeply affected bythe death of Mr. John Sterrett, of Olathe, Kan. Weare tor the most part not only acquainted with himbut also related. The bereaved family h ve our deepsympatby. * *L, M. S. OF HEBRON CONGREGATION.The annual report of tbe Hebron Ladies' MissionarySociety, Hebron, Kansas, is as follows : The ninthyear of our society has gone with its record before theJudge ofa.'l. The all-seeing eye of God has been n:-ticicg, and we hope guiding our work all through theyear. God bas dealt gently with us and we recordwith thankfulness that not one of our members hasbeen removed by death. Our society at present numbersthirty-six. We have held eight meetings duringthe year, with an average attendance of seven, whichwe think does pretty well in the country where theladies have so far to go. We have raised our moneyby fees, donations, making quilts and clothing.And now as we enter upon the work of a new year,may we consecrate ourselves anew, seek to be moreactive and willing to spend and be spent in the serviceof Christ, feeling that it is more blessed to givethan to receive. Aud may it be said of each one of usat the last " she hath done what she could."Lizzie Copeland, Sec.Treasurer's Report—b'eeB, $24.20 ; Donations, 6.50;amount received tor quilt, 13 15 ; amount in treasuryper last year's report, 3.75. Total, $47.60. Disbursements: paid to board of deacons, $7.85 ; to SouthernMission, 6.75 ; to Indian Mission, 6 20 ; to IndianMission, box of clothing valued at 7.05 ; to ForeignMission, 13.40; Chinese Mission, 7.35. Total $47.60.Mes. Lizzie Copeland. Sec.Mrs. Maria Kerb, Treas.We have preaching part of the time, wheu we havenot, we have prayermeeting and Sabbath Sohool,Mr. James Patton preached for us the last two Sabbathsot January. Eev. J. 0. K. Faris will preaohfor us the third Sabbath of the month. Wehope thatwe may soon receive a pastor so we can have preachingall the time. We have a good W. 0. T. U., and alive Young People's Christian Endeavor Sooiety here.My best wishes to the Christian Nation.Lizzie Copeland.SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA.This is a most beautiful country. On the south andacross the Eepublican river are the rolling prairies ofKansas, and on the north are those ofNuckolls Co,, Neb. The climate is truly delightfnland exhilarating, atmosphere rare and pure. Whenthe mercury here ranges below zero one does notshiver with the cold as he does in the raw, moist, chillyclimate of the east. This is a very desirable pointfor Covenanters who desire to come west and locatein or near a good sized town where there are goodschools for children. If they only had regular preaching,people would soon begin to move in, and m afew years we would see this congregation blossom agthe rose.The congregation has recently sustained a greatlass iu the death of Mr. Wm. Wright, the leadingdeacon, who died suddenly and unexpectedly of hearthire for a year or two, look about and choose for himself,and deal directly with the parties who have tosell. After one has been here a while he sees opportunitiessuch as laud agents carefully conceal from thestranger.THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,The session of the Theological Seminary for 1892-3will close on tbe 22d day of March. Written examinationswill be held during the week of March 12th,and the Board ot Superintendents will convene at 9A. M., March 21sfc,The work of the session has been pursued withontinterruption. None of the students have been ontthrough sickness, and their attendance has beenprompt and regular.There are five who complete the course—licentiatesEdwin H. Buck, John S. Duncan, I, T. Elmer Mc­Burney, Samuel McNaugher, jr., and James S. Martin.There are three candidates for licensure, GeorgeA. Edgar, Henry G. Foster, and Andrew Irvin Bobb.The church will thus be helped by the preaching ofeight young men in the vacancies and mission stations,this spring.The weekly prayer meeting and the monthly MissionarySociety have been very profitable.The students have given assistance, by clerical work,to the Oommittee on Testimony Bearing, in the disseminationof literature.The Sabbath movement has also received their attention,and besides aiding in canvassing for signaturesin opposition to the repeal or relaxing of the Sabbathlaws, they sent a delegate, John B. Gilmore, to themeeting of the Pennsylvania Sabbath Association »tHarrisburgh, Feb. 14, 15.It is gratifying to flnd an item like that from Ne*Concord, Ohio, in the paper of Feb. 8th, ot one in hi«0 allege course looking to the mmistry. May many 1»BO ledl