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Published ill the interests o( the Prillciples allJ illstitutions of the General Synod of the Reformed Preshyterian Church
A Monthly Magazine for Christ's Crown and Covenant
JUNE 1911
Published At Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio. ~TerJns: $ ..00 per Year in AdvanceJ
From the Pres. of the Cedarville, Ohio, Herald
/ CONTENTS
Our Oollege ...... ~ ...... _ ...... Page 93 India Letter ...... 94 Oe.dar Day ...... 95 EditorIaL...... •• 96 Friends of C. C. and their Contribut.ions ...... " 98 Churoh New ...... " 97 Seminary ClIIsing...... " 97 Mid-Week PraY6r Meeting Topics ...... " 90 Ack.nowledgments...... " 99'" Notes on the International S. S. Lessons ...... "...... "100 Notes on the C. E. Topics ...... " 102 Current Secular ET'ents ...... "106 'P--ef0.,.med 1>re.rh'y t5 "e ADVOCATEl'e"'Q')
Stand fast In the faith, quit you trke men, be strong.
VOL. LI. NO.6.
OUR COLLEGE. contributed to the current expenses and gave generously. We are encour aged over the deep-felt interest in the During the recent meeting of Gen co ll ~ge throughout our church. eral Synod, Mr. James Adam, of New President McChessney preached in York City, gave, in the name of his the Third and Fifth churches of Phil esteemed aunt, Jemima Payne, as a adelphia during the Synod, May 20, memorial, the sum of $2,000 to the and presented the cause of the col permanent productive funds of Cedar lege to both congregations; and he was ville College. For years Mr. Adam delighted with the hearty encourage has been a liberal supporter of Cedar ment that was given him. The Phila ville College. In this recent gift he delphia Presbytery arranged a union sets a worthy example by bestowing it meeting of its congregations in the in his lif0time, and thereby making it Third church the e¥ening of May 20 sure to t he college. The Faculty, in the interest of the coilege. A large Board of Trustees, studynts, and entire audience, representing all our Phila church ~re grateful to Mr. Adam delphia churches and the members of , for this splendid contribution. The Synod, were present. At the close of Endowment Fund is now $102,000, and the services the audience contributed there are bequests and annuities $57 to the current funds of the col amounting to $25,000. Only $73,000 lege. It was a generous contribution of the $200,000 remain to be raised. and thankfully received. • Our desire and trust ate to have the The college closes the year without $73,000 raised by JuM, H)19, which a deficit and with a goodly balance. will be the 25th anniversary of the For this we are thankful to God and colleg'~ 1 to the kind people in all onr con'i.'re Practical1y all OUl' coi1o;re ~ 3ti<)li ,) g'at ions. (General SY1'!od past the us- 94 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE
ual resolution commending the college 352 copies of single Gospels, 12 com to the generpsity of our congregations plete New Testaments, and 35 small for a special contribution on some "bhajans" or Gospel Songs, so writ Sabbath before May, 1, 1918, most con- ten that any Hindustani, Christian or venient to each congregation; and in non-Christian, can fit a tune to them. addition thereto, General Synod re- In the .evening from 25 to 200 would quests an announcement of this con- gather around the pictures and hear tribution to be made from the pulpits the story of the Savior, who loves us at least two weeks before it is taken" all and came into the world to give and that on the day of the announce~ His life for the remission of sins-the ment the pastors preach on some phase thing that was most necessal'y for the of Christian education, and specifical- salvation of man, and the very thing ly present the needs and virtues of that none of the promulgators of any Cedarville College; and that the other religion had claimed to be able elders and the pastors of our churches to do, co-operate in calling the attention of One of the difficulties that we meet the youth of the church to the desira- in selling the New Testament to bility of securing their higher educa- these Mohammedans is that they tion in Cedarville College. ) claim that our New Testament is not The year just closing has been the the "asJi" or original; and those who best in spirit, diligence, and finances read are more or less acquainted with in the history of our college, and the both their tnd our translatioris; that best is y~t to come. is, they are acquainted with a few points in ours, and are therefore al INDIA LETTER. ways ready for an argument. If an indian is famous for anyone thing more than keenness in debate, I do' Rurki, India, March 15, 1917. not know what it is. This is one Dear Friends: great trouble that we have with most Fronm Jan. 5 to 10 I had the op of OUl' preachers; and the good tidings portunity of doing my I first Mela of God's Love to men are not com work. It consisted chiefly in selling monly given in a debate, no matter Gospels and portions of the Gospels, who the speaker is or where he is, during the day; and in displaying India or America. The chief differ magic lantern pictures of the life of ence that they speak of is that their Christ, in the evening. This was a translation contains a prophecy about Mohammedan Mela, and is held each Mohammed. They speak of Christ year in January at the time of the as the greatest prophet sent by God full moon. So next year please re up to that time. member us in a special manner in These Mohamedans often admit your prayers at this time. We sold that no man can live a right life of REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE himself, and that all men are sinners cepted. This year May 11 was the and do continually sin. Even after day set for the festivities; and, though the average Indian has been brought somewhat cool, the bright sun brought to this position, he only closes his the people out in crowds, and it is es eyes to the light that has been flashed timated that 1000 people were on the upon him; arid, owing to custom and campus in the morning. The different caste, he can do nothing. At least, classes gave their stunts, most of he says that he cannot, and he does them being a mimicry of some part of not. the Great War. The Cedar Day ora- l hope to go out to camp next week. tor was Mr. R. L. Hutchinson. His Mr. Waide has been hard at work oration, entitled "Our Land," was re but the warm weather is coming o~ ceived with much enthusiasm. The very rapidly now, and he will not be ' pageant in connection with the c]"own able to cover the field. So I will go ing of the May Queen was the most out with a few men and COV~l" the dis- elaborate that has yet been attempt trict where we expect to station Evan- ed by the students. The heralds of gelist F. S. Paul. the procession were Profs. Parker Mrs. Taylor's work is progressing- at and Wright. The queen, Miss Ruth a great rate. We have at last se- Ramsey, was seated in a gaily-rleck cured the services of two worth.y ed pony cart drawn by two ponies young ladies as doctor and compound- tandem fashion, driven by small boys er. They are sisters, Dayal by name. in white costume. She was' followed The compounder will come to us the h' th<" lords am\ ladies of the olden first of April, and the doctor the first time, the Highland lads and lassies. of May, and stay three !110nths, or the court jesters, the shepherds anrl most of the time that Mrs. Taylor is shepherdnesses and lambs, and thp in the hills. She (the doeto'.·) will fairies. Last year's qu<"en, Miss Doro then return to her post and give them thy C:ollins placed the crown on the six months' notice' of her intention to head of the new queen, amI the ~t u leave. After that she will cdme to u>; dents closed the program by singing" permanently. We are all well and "Cedarville's a College." ) very happy in the work. About 400 people partook of tIle Your in the service of the Master, picnic dinner in the Alford M"morirll JOHN C. TAYLOR. gymnasium, after which toasts we"p given by a number of visitors. In the afternoon the flag-raising took plac<" CEDAR DAY. on the campus in front of the coller;!'. where the Senior Class had erected / a large flag-pole. The flag was pre Cedar Day has come to b" the f:f>ntpd by Dr. Marsh and recpiverl hy greatest day of the year for Cpdal" Dr. Marsh and received by Dr. Mc ville College, commencement net ex· Chf'sney. 96 REF0RMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE
The, R. P. Advocate most prominent ministers. No loss in Published Monthly At . the ministerial force is to be record ed for the past year, while tw() young · Cedarville, Greene County, O. men are ready to step forth into the Terms: $1.00 Per Year. work of repairing the breaches of Zion. Our Foreign Mission staff is Single I Over ~ounter, ll)c. By Mal!...... 15c. better equipped than ever. The Home Mission work goes steadily on. And Entered a8 second-class matter March 3, 1910, last, but not least, the Cedarville Col at the post office at Cedarville, Ohio, under lege reports a healthy increase in its the Act of March 3, 1879. Endowment Fund. F. A. JURKAT, Editor and Publisher. Rev. W. R. McCFIESNEY, Ph. D., D. D ., As- FRIENDS OF CEDAR- sociate Editor. VILLE COLLEGE AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS. Any subscriber who fails to receive his paper by the t enth of the month will please notify the publisher and another copy will be Since the last report the following forwarded immediately. sums have been received: Marissa congregation ...... $ 10.00 Rev .. and Mrs. W. P. Harri- VOL. LI JUNE, 1917 NO. {\ man, Industry, Pa ...... 10.00 Cedarville congregation ... . 96.71 EDITORIAL. Beulah congregation, West Middlesex, Pa...... 40.00 As the material for each month's George Moore, Middlesex, Pa 5.00 Advocate is supposed to be handed in Darlington congregation ... . 25.00 to the printer on the 20th of each Darlington L. M. S ...... 60.00 preceding month, it will not be prac Rev. Alexander $avage, New ticable at this time to give an order Galilee, Pa...... 10.00 ed account of the meeting of General Third Church, Philadelphia .. 77.00 Synod. We' can say, however, that Martha McIlwain, Philadel- the sessions were harmonious and phia ...... 2.00 profitable, and that every delegate Rev. Wm. Hawthorne, Phila- returned home encouraged to resume delphia ...... 25.00 his labors with renewed zeal and en Fifth Church, Philadelphia . . 52.21 ergy. Providence is smiling upon us, Philadelphia Presbytery .... 57.00 and from every quarter come reports Seventh Church, Wm. Hemp- that indicate that our denominational ton's Bible Cla.s. s ...... 15.00 _, work is worth living for. Last year James L. Savage, Philadel- it was the sad duty of General SYnod phia .. ( ...... 5.00 to record the d"eath of three of' her Fourth Church congregation, •
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Philadelphia ...... 25.00 Mary Chesnut. Fourth Church Sabbath Miss Bertha Blair of Chicago and school, Philadelphia ...... 25.00 Miss Anna Blair, of Indianapolis are And for the Endowment Fund: visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Eliz James Adam, New York abeth Blair, Sr., and their au nts, Mrs. City ...... 2000.00 J. H. Creswell and Mrs. G. H .I Cres A. Y. Reid, Cincinnati, Ohio. 100.00 well. F . P. Hastings, Cedarville, 0 100.00 l\Iiss Julia Kendall suffered a para Clayton McMillan, Cedarville, lytic stroke on the morning of May Ohio .. .." ...... 10000 16. She fell to the floor, cutting and A. Friend, Cedarville, 0. . .. 30.00 brusing her face, and for some hou!'s N . L. Ram"ey, Cedarville. . . . 25.00 her recovery was doubtful ; but she Mrs. M. E. Harbison, Cedar- rallied, and at present is showing ville, 0 ...... - 25.00 much improvement. Mrs: Ida Stormont, Cedar- Miss Mary Bratton of Chicago is ville ...... 15.00 spending her vacation with her moth A. H. Cl'eRwell. Cedarville .. . 10.00 el',Ml·s. M. L. Bratton. Mrs. J. A. Bumgarner, Ce- Mothers' Day was observed by ou r darville, O...... 1.00 congregation on May 13. The pul Mrs. H. H. Stormont, Cedar- pit was decorated with red roses and ville ...... 5.00 while carnations in honor of the liv- John B. Wright, Jdavilj". in7,' mothers and those who had pass- Indiana 21)J10 ('0. beY0nd. 1\1iss FloJ:ence Som"!'» ,. rj(-· on "Mother, the Sweetest Word in the English Language." Mr. Paul CHURcrr NEWS Elwood contrasted the conclition of CEDARVILLE, OHIO mothers in America with those in wal'-stricken Europe. Prayer was of fered by the oldest mother in the en- Dr. J. L. Chesnut and nl. W. R. grcgation, Mrs. Elizabeth mail', Sr. McChesney left on May 15 for Philn- Miss Mary Taylor spoke of the moth delphia to attend Gen€l'al Synod. er's influence and the child's ohli They expected to visit W'J-,,11 i n.;-ton gation. Mi'. R. L. Hutchison told of· anrl Gettysburg before rrtu'-nin!". the child':" love for moth!'r ane! how During Dr. Chf'snut's abR"ncp his n'l- i""p:ll'Dtion makes it grow ~t"('ng-cr. pit was fillerl by Mr. Ralph Elrl",. ~t q:" l~"'ed t1,e s'udentf; to \vl'ite home the morning service and hy "\'Ir. D. L. often"]'. T'1is seemer! esprcially 1'.+ Doherty in the evening. Doth acquit- tin/;. l1S all l"ur of tlH'se f;tudpnts ted thf'msclves very creditably. ,'pre mVDY from home. After a Miss Norma Christoff <;>[ "incinna- few appropYi:1.'c l"pmarks bv Pro ti was the week-enrl guee.t of r·iis>; f"f;P~J' McChe'mey, in which he •
!)8 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE paid special tribute to . his moth Dr. Alvin Orr has had an acousti er, and to his mother-in-law, con installed in the church for the Mrs. J. F. Morton, the 23rd benefit of his father, who is hard of Psalm was sung. The pastor's mes hearing. Three others may also be sage came from over the sea, from benefited by the same instrument. his aged mother. She appreciated the On !\1ay 18 and 19 the editol' en message of love, sent her by the con joyed a visit from his old college gregation on her son's birthday; and roommate and classmate, R-v. W. B. in reply sent her love; and her prayer Gillespie, of Morgan Hill, Cal., who was that Dr. Chesnut and his people was on his way to the U. P. General might advance as never before in the Assembly at Boston. work of Christ's Kingdom. At the annual business meeting of Mr. R. L. Hutchinson and wife will the cO l1gregation, May 1, Dr. J. L. go to Marissa, Ill., the first of June, Chesnut was granted a vacation, to where he will supply for the summer. be taken when and where he chose, Mr. D. L. Doherty will have charge provided it included a rest from all of the Duanesburg, N. Y., congrega active work. tion. lily. J. B. Wright, of Idaville, Ind., Communion was held April 29, Rev. a tt ~m d e d communion here and visited A. S. Creswell, of Coulterville, IlL, as a few (lays with his son, Prof. S. C. sisting the pastor. The names of Miss ' '''right. Mr. John C. Wright has re Julia Kendall- and Mrs. Wm. Waide turned home after a winter spent were added to our roll. Three in- with his uncle in Nebraska. fants were baptized: Alice Rachel Creswell, Kathrina Ann Cro,,-, and SPARTA, ILLINOIS. Pierre Jay McCorkell. The W. M. S. held their regular Prof. C. C. Morton retires from the monthly rlleeting the last Wednesday principalship of the Cedarville of April. The devotional hour was schools after a service of twelve led by lVII'". Nettie Carr. The subject years. On the evening of May 15, ';-as: "Silent Forces of God." about 60 pupils of the high school Psalm 46:10, Isa. 2:10:18. surprised him at his home with a gift of a handsome library table with Mrs. Rev. W. J. Smiley has return combination secretary and book com ed from a visit with her son, Dr. partment. James Smiley, and wife, at Indian . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Conley are in apolis, Indiana. Pittsburg visiting their son, Robert, MI'S. D. C. Fullerton went to Car- who graduates from Carnegie Tech terville, Mo., the first of May, for a nical Institute in June. Mr. Ralph visit with Mr. Fullerton, who has em Hill will also graduate at the same ployment there. time. l\1iss Lavone Hanna, of Clay Cen- REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE 99 tel', Kans., made a short visit to her church, Philadelphia, Mr. Paul EI uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. wood, of Atlantic City, N. J ., and Mr. McMillan, the latter part of April. J. L. Chesnut, Jr., of Cedarville, each Rev. L. A. Benson was calling on delivering a ten-minute sermon, and old home friends and went on to Ma- acquitting himself creditably. One rissa to attend the meeting of West- other, Mr. Paul Duncan, of Darling ern Presbytery. ton, Pa., was laid aside with typhoid Rev. W. J. Smiley occilpied the pul- fever, but hopes to enter again in the pit at the Mound church May 13. fall. The Board, on recommendation McINTYRE-Elizabeth Jane, the of the Faculty, credited him with hav little daughter of Wm. N. am! Bessie ing finished the seminary studies that McIntyre, died Wednesday afternoon, he had been pursuing, and did the April 25, after an illness of almost 'saIne for the work done by Prof. S. two weeks. Funeral services were C. Wright during the first half of the held at the home Thursday afternoon, year. conducted by the pastor, Rev. W. ,1. Smiley, and the burial was in Cale- MID-WEEK PRAYER MEETING dania cemetery. The sympathy of the TOPICS. entire community goes out to the father and mother in their sore be- reavement. June 6-The Children in the Temple. Matt. 21 :15, 16. SEMINARY CLOSING. June 13-How Jesus Kept the Sab bath. Luke 4:31-43 . The R. P. Seminary clospc1 the yeal~ June 20-The Life Which is Christ. on May 9. The examinations were Phil. 1-21. conducted.. during the day before the June 27-A Cure f,or Worry. Phil. Board of Superintendents, composed 4:4-7. of Rev. L. A. Benson, of Clay " nt:>~· July 4-Patriotism and Piety. Kans., Rev. W. P. Hal'riman, of In- Luke 7:5. dustry, Pa., and Rev. Thomas Whyte, '?a. o. r. shflpj " ? ?fh-2 1 1 1 of Philadelphia. Two young men completed the course, Messrs. D. L. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Doherty and R. L. Hutchinisin, of the W. H. Creswell, Cedarville; 1\1rs. Third Church, Philadelphia. 'T'l, (~ ~, H. M. Cooper, Springfielcl, 0 .; H. H. will receive their diplomas on College Stormont, Xenia, 0.; H. D. Woml Commencement Day. ('O C!~ Waterside, Pa.; Mrs. Ella J. In the evening, sermons were de Harbison, New Galilee, Pa.; Rose Blair, Cutler, Ill.; Wm. Abbott, Chi livered by the graduates and also by cag'o ; Mrs. J . C. Boyle, Sparta, Ill.; the other seminary students, Mr. Mi.·s. J. L. Watterson, Darlington, Ralph S. Elder, of Dal'lington, Pa., Pa.; Thomas Get~, Philadelphia; Mr. R. N. Colman, Jr., of Fifth Eliza Parke, Recnancls, Ca. 100' REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE
NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL 19. The death warrant was one of SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS. treason. Christ as King has been By Rev. W. R. McChesney, and is rejected. The world never will Ph. D., D. ' D. have permanent peace until Jesus is given His rightful place as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 20. Written in the languages used LESSON FOR JUNE 10, 1917. at the time was the title that all Jesus Crucified - John 19:16-22, might read. Pilate wrote better than 25-30. he knew. By God's decree that titl(il Golden Text-"Christ died for our stands forever. sins." I Cor. 15 :3. 21. The Jewish leaders claimed Psalms-22, 70, 130. that Christ was an impostor. The Introduction-The trial of Jesus centuries since have proved their aw had been six-fold: three times befor e ful mistake. the Jewish authorities, and three 22. ' Had Pilate shown this deter times before Roman officials. The mination earlier in the proceedings, trials were before Annas, Caiaphas, the issue might have been different the Sanhedrin, Pilate, Herod, and with him at least. All men write in Pilate a second time. Jesus was cruc erasable records. ified on Friday, April 7, A. D. 30, be 25. The soldiers, utterly ignorant ing on the cross from 9 till 3 before of what they were doing, showed no death relieved His sufferings. The heart. The sword of which Simeon place is supposed to have been outside had prophesied was now piercing Jersusalem on the nort h side. Mary'S heart. 16, Our Lord was given up to 26. A mother rarely forsakes her wicked murderers and put to the mo st son. J ohn was well fitted to become horrible and outrageous death that a real son W Mary. the world has ever witnessed. Such 27. J'esus was a true son of the was the price paid to redeem us. mo·st favored mother that ever lived. 17. Jesus was roughly handled . .John 'R love for Jesus and Mary was No one offered to help Him, so de genuine and exemplary. spised was He. The place of execu 28. Jesus is the only one who ever tion was gruesome, and on every side finished His work. Death-thirst on reflected the tragedies of sin. the cross is said to be intense. 18. Between thieves! One was lost. 29. A sour bitter draught was The other was saved. Jesus forever given Jesus. The wounded Roman by His atonement separates the lost soldiers often partook of it. The from the saved. The cross of Christ ol'\ly campassion shown our Lord was is the dividing point of human dei» at the hands of heathen soldiers. tiny. :1 0. The work of the world's salva- REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE 101 tion was accomplised. Jesus died in 8. John was emboldened by Peter's triumph amid scenes of shame. conduct, and his faith was confirmed in the resurrection or Christ. LESSON FOR JUNE 17, 1917. 9. It was difficult to grasp the truth of the Scriptures pertaining to The Risen Lord-John 20:2-16. Christ's resurrection, just as it is clif Golden Text-"N,ow hath Christ ficult for most people to, grasp the been raised from the dead, the first truth of Chirist's sec.ond coming. fruits of them that are asleep." I Cor. 10. The disciples left the tomb be 15:20. PsiIJms-16,1l0. lieving. 1r. Her love kept her in sorrow Introduction-Jesus died on the for she had not seen what Peter anci cross Friday afternoon and arose Sab John hatol seen. bath morning. Jesus had been buried 12. Angels guard the places where by Joseph of Arimathea and Nico our hold dead lie. demus. Roman soldiers had securely 13. Ignorance often causes many sealed the t.omb and placed a guard a needless pang. by it. In the midst of a great earth 14. Jesus is frequently in our af quake, Jesus burst the bands of death fairs, but we fail to recognize Him and issued forth from the tomb the because He does not appear as we had Resurrection and the Life. expected Him to appear. 2. Mary Magdalene is distressed 15. Ardent affection and inten"e for the lost body, as she supposes, of sorrow sometimes rob us of discern her Lord. It is fatal to lose Christ. ment and judgment, yea, even blind How many ways Satan has to a1!ure us to our Lord. us from the Savio-l'! 16. There is a familiar tone, a fa 3. Peter and John became inter miliar touch, which, when g'iven, we ested and repair to the tomb. never mistake; but it awakes all our 4. Their interest was intense. John consciousness, and whelms our 80\118 outran Peter. Peter ran with a sad with the delights ciE our desires. heart. J·ohn's love gave wings to his feet. LESSON FOR JUNE 24, 1!H7. 5. Too sacred was the spot to John to enter. His faith was so true th:lt Review-The Purpose of John's he needed but to look. Gospel. Read John 21 :15-25. Golden Text-"These are written 6. Peter would make 8m-e. The that ye may believe tha~ J esus is th~ world owes much to sincel'e chub~·ers. Christ, the Son of God; and that be The cloths stood up just as they had lieving ye may have life in His name." bee~ about the body of Jesus. John 20:31. 7. Jesus rose calmly as one from Psalms.-2, 2!=l, 72, 145. sleep and left the place orderly. Lesson I-Jesus Gives Sig-ht to the lOll REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE
Blind. John 9:1-11, 35-38. Golden John 15:1-13. Golden Text-"I am Text-"I am th€! light of the world." the vine, ye are the branches." John -John '9:5. Jesus banishes ignorance 15:15. Union with Christ in fellow and leads men to a knowledge of the ship and activity with love as the bond truth. brings a life of fruit-bearing. Lesson II-Jesus Raises Lazarus Lesson VIII-The Importance of fI-om the Dead. John 11:17-27, 43, Self-Control. Isaiah 28:1-13. Golden 44. Golden Text-"Jesus said unto Text-'Every man that striveth in the her, I am the resurrection and the games exerciseth self-control in all life." John 11:25. Jesus has broug-ht things." I Cor. 9:25. Drunkenness immortality and life to light in the in the individual or the nation con gospel. sumes and destroys all worth while Lesson III-Jesus the Good Shep- that has been or might be attained. herd. John 10:7-18. Golden Text- Lesson IX-The Holy Spirit and "I am the good shepherd; the good His Work. John 15:26, 27; 16:7-14. shep1\erd layeth down his life for the Golden Text-"Re shall teach you all sheep. John 10:11. Jesus restores, thin)Ts." John 14:26. The Holy feeds, protects, and folds His people. Spirit is God, and He continues Lesson IV-Jesus Anointed at Beth- God's influence and work until thel'e any. John 12:1-11. Golden Text.- shall be a restitution of all things on "Shp hnth done what she could." earth to God. Mark 14:8. Love gives its best. Lesson X-Jesus Betrayed and De Jesus is most loved because He loves ,nied. John 18:11, 15-17. Golden most. Text-"He was despised and rejected Lesson V-Jesus Wplcomed as King-. of men." Isaiah 53:3. Men reject John 12:12-19. Golden Text- the best and choose the worst. God "Blessed is He that cometh in the casts out the worst and imparts the name of the Lord, even the KinD.," of best. Israel." John 12:13. .Jesus is KinO" of Kings, and the world must receiv; Him a3 such to enjoy its greatest NOTES ON THE CHRISTIAN EN- blessings. DEA VOR TOPICS. Lesson VI-Jesus the Servant of All. John 13 :3-15: Golden Text C. E. TOPIC FOR JUNE 10, 1917. "Whosoever would be first among- you Sins of the Mind-Romans 8:1-11. f
C. E. TOPIC FOR JUNE 24, 1917. Nothing but the Gospel of Christ can solve the question. For thousands Mission Work in Our Cities. P salm 87. of years other methods have been tried and have failed. But the Gospel To t hose who live in the country or of Christ has penetrated some of the in sm all towns the city appears as dark corners and has been a great a hotbed of iniquity. This is due part boon to those who have excited the ly t o the fact t hat the greatest crimes, pity of generations. as a rule, are committed there, and because there are so many better op C. E. TOPIC FOR JULY 1, 1917. portunities for a criminal to hide himself . In the country everybody Little Things that Make or Mar. knows everybody else, and it is diffi Canticles 2 :15. Provo 25 :11. cult if not impossible for wrongdoers N<.'.tural Philosophy tells us of the t o escape detection. Families and in atoms and molecules of which all mat dividuals are discussed all over the ter is composed. Thousands of them community, and any·,suspicious moves could be put on the point of a needle. are commented on. In the city you There could be no masses if there may pass thousands of people every were no molecules. The human body day, and you do not know their busi is made up of small cells, invisible to ness, nor do they know yours. the naked eye. City life was just becoming; promi Ethics tells us of the little defects nent when the 87th Psalm \\"as writ in 'character that will sooner or later ten. All the evils of present-flay city mar the soul, and if allowed to ~ro\V l.ife were in existence then, with fewer will destroy it. means of combating them. Anyone who has had even a small Today we are confronted by the e:{perienre of the world can give many problems of eradicating the sources of instancE'S of where small sins lead to evil, of ministering to the extremes of ""reat destruction. It is not necessary poverty that are so marked a feature tn rlwell upon them in detail. But of city life, and of starting spiritual tbere is cne little fox that spoils more life in places where it does not exist. vin('!; t1-<>n any other, ::md that is the Those of us who do not live in cities 011" na'ned "What-harm-is-there-in must not judge the city-dwellers too it." harshly. We do not have their point The story is told of a man who of view, and we do not really know wanted to hire a skilled coachman, the difficulties with which they con and to test their skill took the appli tend. To judge intelligently, we cants out to a road that ran along a would have to live in the city for some preCIpice. After dismissing two who ti!lle and study t he various problems claimed that they could run within carefully. twelve and six inches of the precipice> Rl:FORMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE 1011
he hired one who said that he would The next step in the vision is the Ser drive as far away from the precipice aphim. The seraphim had wings for as the road would let him. service. Their faces were covered in There are always people who try to prayer and humility. Their feet were see how near they can come to doing covered in reverence, and two wings wrong without actually stepping over were used in ministry. In their for the line. It is evident that they will ship of God they called Him thrice step over the line if they think that holy, declared Him L~d of all, and nobody is looking. showed that the whole earth was full Do not try'to see how lit tle you can of His glory. The next step is the do, but how much good you can do. temple. It shook at the voice of God, Be satisfied with nothing but the and was filled with the glory of His best. presence. The next step in the vision was Isaiah seeing himself. He sees THE REMAINING LESSONS FOR himself lost, helpless, unclean, and THE SECOND QUARTER ARE among wicked people. Then he be FOUND IN FULL IN THIS holds himself ministered to by a ser ISSUE OF THE AD aph, and cleansed by the word of God VACATE. and transformed. Would you have a saving vision? Then see God In His true station. See how His angels rev LESSON FOR JULY 1, 1917. erence and obey Him. See yourself as Isaiah's Call to Heroic Service. a sinner, and cry to God, and then Isaiah 6. you will behold your own salvation. Golden Text-HAnd I heard the The Call. Verses 8-13. God was voice of the Lord saying, whom shall calling servants for the redemption of I send, and who will g'o for us? Then Israel. Now that Isaiah is cleansed I said, Here I am; send me." Isaiah he is ready for service. He volun 6l8. teers to go, A hard task is given, a Psalms-19, 40, 67, 87. difficult message to deliver. A hope Introducti.OO1-Isaiah prophesied dur less work was to be undertaken, and ing the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, yet a remRant were to remain true. Ahaz and Hezekiah. He is supposed We are not ready for service until we to have been put to death by Manas have been clea~st!d from our sins and • seh by being sawn asunder. He was are w.illing to do whatever God bids. Judah's greatest pl:ophet. He is calling for ·the deliverence of The Vision. Verses 1-7, Isaiah's America today from almost countless transforming vision is associated with King Uzziah's death. It begins with perils. The task seems hopeless. Yet a vision of God on a throne, high, God has a remnant. Are you ready to lifted up, and followed by a train. help save our country? \ 106 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE
CURRENT SECULAR EVENTS out of war for three years surely would not lead us into war recklessly. This 'war is to be a bitter and hard The chief matter of world interest one. It is good lor at least two years, during the past month was as to what and possibly three. And America is Russia was going to do. The provi to be the deciding factor. $7,000,000,- sional government established by the 000 has already been voted, and that Duma proved unsatisfactory to the is only the beginning. It will be four Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' or five times that before we are Delegates, wh, demanded representa through. Many of our people who tion, which was finally granted. A have to have the news broken to them great many people in Russia cannot gently, and a little bit at a time, at see \\Thy they should continue a war first were willing that we should aid which was started by a government the Allies with our fleet, but to do no which they have overthrown, and it more than that. They did not like remains for the better informed men the idea of appropriating so much of Russia io teach the masses that money, and lending one third of it to deadly danger lies before Free Rus the Allies. Forsooth, that would be sia if they step out of the war with a cheap way for us to get through the Prussia:il autocracy unconquered. this war. But that will not be en The Russian Revolution is followin.!!; ough, and some of us knew it long in the same path that the French ago. Now an army is to be sent to Revolution did in 1789-1795. The France. Xnd whether we like it or moderates are being clisplaced by the not, that is absolutely necessary. radicals; and in each instance, the And it must be an enormous army. moderates stand for war and the radi The conscription bill is now a law, cals for peace. Only, in the French and on June 5 every male citizen be Revolution, the invaders of France tween 21 and. 31 years of age must were interested in restoring the king, register. Selective conscription from and thus forced the radicals finally to these will take place later on in the assume a war policy; while today, summer. It will be .September be German policy consists in lulling the fore there ~'ill be enough equipment Russians into a peace policy, so that on hand to equip 500,000 men, accord Germany may throw all her armies ing to a report from the War office. upon the French and British, and, aft This means, of course, that a large ter they have beeu demolished, to deal American fighting. force will not be with Russia as they please. on the French front befo1'e the spring America is in a queer state of mind. of 1918. The British authorities ap Of course, the popular cry is to prove our resolution to make haste "Stand by the President," for he slowly, but it will disillusion a large knows best, and the man who kept us body of Americans. REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN ADVOCATE 107
First are those who for the past uselessness of w,asting their resour three years have been yelling against ces unless there is a general attack all preparedness; claiming that we were along the line' !. And you can easily much better prepared than "most peo guess the sagacity of the man who ple suspected; that "A million men thinks that the war will be over be would spring up over night," all pre fore September, so that our men will sumably well equipped for a long war; not' have to fight. that we were in no danger; and that We expect the Allies to win, but the England and France would have Ger American people have yet to be many whipped before we could get waked up. there. The encouraging features are: The vast increase in manufactures, the de Taking the news in general, we do termination to raise vastly larger not hope for Russia to do much cam crops, and the fact that the States of paigning this sumer; and that means South America are beginning to range that the French and British will not themselves alongside of the United do-much either, for the events of the States in their attitude toward Ger- past three years have taught them the many.
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