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FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
ORGAN OF THE NORTH CxOLINA CONFERENCE.
NUMBER 8
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1912.
UNDER HIS WINGS.
By E. H. Foss.
WHAT a refuge from sorrow and care,
III O what a shelter from storm and despair,
I II O what a cover from hate's chilly rage,
J O what a fortress when foemen engage!
There is none better in danger and dread,
There is none like it when dark shadows spread,
There is no rest where my burdened heart sings,
Like to the rest I find under His wings.
Beaten by tempest and drenched by the storm,
Bruised by hard toiling, and ragged and torn,
Wearied to fainting, all helpless I lie
Moaning in pain when no helper is nigh.
Then comes the peace that from earth never came,
Soothing the smarting, the hurt and the shame,
Like healing, balm, or a harp's golden strings;
How I am comforted under His wings!
Close may I lie in the rest I have found,
Where blessed fruits of the Spirit abound,
Without a sorrow and without a care,
Without an ache or a pain anywhere;
Cradled by Deity, wrapped in His love,
Held in the arms reaching down from above,
Blessed the refuge to which my soul clings,
Blessed the rest I find under His wings.
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania;
Pittsburgh Christian Advocate.
LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT A NOT
ABLE CONVENTION.
By C. F. Reid.
HE INTERDENOMINATIONAL Convention
of men, held at Winston-Salem, N. C, last
month, fully demonstrated that the Lay
men's Missionary Movement is by no means
a spent force, but on the contrary, is better
prepared than ever for its mission to the churches
and the world. Its power to grip the minds of
men with its great purpose is not one whit abated
and during its half decade of existence it has con
stantly grown in influence and has acquired vastly
greater skill in conserving the enthusiasm which
it creates.
The Convention was set up with great care by
L. B. Padgett, State Secretary of the General
Movement for North Carolina. The program was
unusually strong, presenting nearly a dozen
speakers, some of them men of international rep
utation. Beginning Sunday morning with special
services in all the churches of Winston-Salem and
closing Tuesday evening with addresses before a
great audience by J. Campbell White and Dr. J. O.
Reavis, the meetings were well attended from first
to last by the flower of Winston-Salem's manhood.
The writer remained during the week for follow-up
work among the Methodist churches of the
city and plans were laid for an immediate and
thorough Every-member Canvass in-each.
Among the most gratifying results of the Con
vention was the action taken by the members of
Centenary Church, expressing their growing inter
est in the work of world-evangelization, their
deeper feeling of obligation and their determined
purpose to undertake the program of Christ more
earnestly than ever before, including the special
support of one or more missionaries in China and
one in Cuba. The resolutions adopted, which are
reproduced in part herewith, were so fine in spirit
and so practical in their recommendations that
they will be of interest to the Church at large:
Centenary's Splendid Goal.
Whereas, we, the members of Centenary
Church, have come to see more clearly the need of
evangelizing the nations of the earth and do real
ize more keenly our obligation to God to perform
our part in this great task; and,
Whereas, we are aware that this cause is so
vital and fundamental that it should receive the
vigilance, courcil, prayer and endeavor of the lo
cal Church constantly in promoting its great ends
in following the program of Jesus; therefore, be it,
Resolved, 1. That a missionary committee of
nine, of which the Lay Leader and the Pastor
shall be members ex-officio, be elected to promote
all the missionary activities of the Church.
,2. That this committee at once inaugurate an
Every-member Canvass of the male members of
the church, having as a goal the support of one or
more missionaries in China, in addition to the one
already supported by this church in Cuba, and also
endeavoring to secure sufficient funds to relieve
the Board of Missions of the support of the wife
of Rev. H. W. Baker, our missionary in Cuba.
3. That we heartily endorse the Every-member
Canvass among the women now being conducted
by the woman's Missionary Society to secure new
members, and recommend that in their effort to
increase the contributions of the women to mis
sions, they set before them some task fully worthy
of the whole womanhood of Centenary Church.
4. That we cordially approve the action of our
Quarterly Conference in making our Sunday
school aggressively missionary by requesting that
one Sunday in each month be devoted to missions.
5. That we especially recommend to our Mis
sionary Committee the formation of Mission Study
Classes in our church.
6. That the missionary work of our church, or
some phase of it, be presented to the congregation
on one Sunday evening in each month.
THE DEPARTMENT OP MINISTERIAL SUPPLY
AND TRAINING.
A' JT THE Montgomery meeting in April, 1911,
the Board of Education appointed a special
committee to organize the Department of
' Ministerial Supply and Training. Early in
the year, the committee did its work. By
the new arrangement, the Correspondence School
becomes a part of the Department, and Professor
J. L. Cuninggim, the Director of the Correspond
ence School, was made Secretary of the Depart
ment. Professor Cuninggim has begun to push his
work with vigor and success.
The importance of the work committed to this
department cannot be over-estimated. The de
mand for an educated, as well as a consecrated
ministry is increasingly urgent. The high task
is upon us of seeking out high-minded, Godly
youth, called of God to preach the Gospel, and
helping them to get ready for this noble work. No
man can know, who is not in touch with the sit
uation, the number of young men who are seek
ing to equip themselves, and the earnestness of
their purpose in this desire. Many of them must
have financial help if they succeed. Requests to
the board for loans are being constantly and urg
ently made. To meet such demands, the board's
loan funds must be greatly increased. Professor
Cuninggim has recently sent out a call for help in
this direction. A number of our laymen have re
sponded promptly and liberally. Still, the funds
at hand are utterly inadequate to meet the grow
ing need. Will not others respond to the call of
Professor Cuninggim? These funds are loaned to
students, returned by them to the board, and re
loaned, and so on indefinitely. Is there a more
worthy cause to which one may contribute? How
could means be better invested for the advance
ment of the Kingdom of God? Send your contri
butions to Prof. J. L. Cuninggim, Vanderbilt Uni
versity, or to me, 810 Broadway, Nashville, Tenn.
Stonewall Anderson. Secretary of Education.
A great saint was once asked, "How can I live
the highest life " and he answered: "My child,
go and live the lower life, and God will teach you
the higher."
NOW AND THEN.
By Trojan.
A T .K" nlmiit tha Viitrh nnct 1 i v ! n fr rrt ihn
I I cost of high living, here is something apro
I I I pos. I felt like it would be good for me
I J and my folks to have a shad. I 'phoned
to the fish market and the man said: "R03
shad, $1.75; a good buck, 85 cents; pair of hick
ory shad, 50 cents; and a bunch of herring, 20
cents." The latter being so full of small bones, I
didn't care for, and hickory shad I didn't want
even gratis. The prices of the roe and buck cut
me out entirely. Consequently I told the butcher
to send us a pound of round steak at 15 cents, an 1
my wife, who is a preacher's daughter, took that
one pound of beef, cooked it right, made nico
gravy and hot biscuit, and who wanted anything
better? So we said, farewell shad; beefsteak is
just as good and doesn't cost so much.
Thinking of shad takes me back to other days
when my home was in Fayetteville and where I
was born, a little previous to John Hall.
"Take me back to the place where I first saw the
light,
To my own Sunny South, take me home;
Where the mocking bird sang me to rest every
night,
Oh, why was I tempted to roam?"
That's the idea exactly. We never paid any suc"i
price as that for shad. We never paid more than
50. or 60 cents for the best roe and 2 0 to 30 cent,
for bucks. As for hickory shad, you could gc1-.
them for 10 cents per pair. Don't think me a
kicker and wanting to go back to the old days,
am just remarking. Folks, generally, are muc'i
richer now than in those sweet days when the
mocking bird sang his delightful songs and shad
could be bought at reasonable figures. I am not
of the rich but I was raised with shad and can't
forget my raising. We got plenty of them in sea
son, right there at. Fayetteville, out of the dear
old Cape Fear River and nobody thought of charg
ing such outrageous prices. I never tired as a
boy and young man in eating shad, but from pres
ent indications, there is no more shad for me. It's
a shame. What are we coming to anyway? I
wonder if the Legislature wouldn't do something
for us in the way of relief as indicated in the com
plaint? Why it is much higher, comparatively,
than sweet sugar and kerosene oil, and they are
both handed out by wicked trusts. Good-bye shad.
But I don't want any more sausage this year,
thank you. A man called sometime ago and asked
if I wouldn't take a few pounds of his home-madi
at 17 1-2 cents per pound? That it was very nour
ishing. I suppose so, and especially for a man af
flicted with more or less uric acid and his entin
circulatory system out of gear. However, I agree 1
to take a pound and gave the man 18 cents; that
was too much but I couldn't make the change, ex
actly. .."You are not in very good health?" he said.
"No," was my reply. "You used to sorter preach,
didn't you?" he continued. "No; I preached!"
was the answer he got. "Well, I am a kinder
preacher myself," he went on, "but here lately I
have The Brown's-skeetis so bad that I don't
preach much." But according to my notion, if h
can eat that sausage and preach a litle bit, or
"sorter," he is a wonder and almost a miracle. Ni
surprise to me that he has the "Brown's-skeetis."
He says he makes a little home-made" every now
and then but he will not get any more of it on
me. I ate a small cake next morning for break
fast. It was tremendously lean meat and I look
ed at it with some fear and trepidation. Two
o'clock the next morning uric acid rheumatism ha 1
my right foot and it looked as if it was going to
tie it up in a knot. My good doctor had to come
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