RALEIGH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
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Page Three
February 21, 1918.
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. upon our life is oiten intense, ana every
riU(l has us uu i.o x-
its strain, its temptations to De resisted, us
nraH its difficulties tn hp nvpr-
Mals to ue euuu.,
Every man in every period ot nis lire
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turally ieels that he is more sorely tried tnan
vbody else, or than he ever was before. So
?t grown. ups are jji uue iu wi """" uuu
i is of the child as unworthy of notice. Wo
ink 01 them as mere trifles. They are not
fiiies to them, and they were not trifles to us
jitii we were pusiu& numti
tli children needs to remember this. We must
!ck upon their trials with a sympathetic eye. We
S. ... via; their temDtations from child's stand-
mt rather than from our own.
Training the child is a tremendously respon-
p WOl'K. me OUUgciLiuns ui iidicuiuuuu irai
foil heavily here. Father and mother cannot
lift this responsibility to somebody else; and,
' I other people would remember not to interfere
ith the training the parents give, it would make
I easier in many a home. What a pity that
Aery passer-by feels that he or she must con
tribute something toward spoiling the child! But
f the face of these cross currents that play
rjpon the life of their children from all the en
v' ronments that surround them, parents must
continuously, persistently, conscientiously, pray
erfully, give themselves to the tremendous task
( ! making men and women out of their boys and
Jirls. Not to do this is to betray the greatest
t'ust that was ever reposed in them. It is the
work of the home, and is vastly more important
tlan palatial residences and landed estates, or
distinguished public services. The home has the
fist and best chance at saving the child.
But this does not mean that other agencies
nay not be employed to nelp tne nome. in iaci
Were are some things needed that the home can.
upt supply. The home is the unit of social life,
tut it is not intended to be an isolated unit. The
ild cannot be brought to the best that is in it
without coming in contact with other children;
uul, however worshipful the home may be and
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God pity the home that has no sanctuary in it
J fit there is an element in the public worship
tSat cannot be brought into that home in isola
tion. So the Sunday-school and the Church, or
rtther the Church with its Sunday-school, its
lyworth League, and its other organizations, has
t important part to perform in this tremendous
tisk. We have been and are doing something
lw much indeed we cannot measure. What the
condition of this country would be had these
cfencies not been at work, it is impossible for us
ten to conjecture. The influence has been far
r caching and tremendously helpful; and yet we
tow sick at heart oftentimes when we see how
fir short they fall of what might be done.
Jlf every worker in the Sunday-school would
tve his work seriously, if he would only maite
ija real part of his life, if he would give to it
ue same thought and effort that he does to
r yke a success of his secular affairs, if he would
five as earnestly to equip himself for it as he
es for his profession, if the inherent forces of
manhood and womanhood of the Church
fdd only be brought with their full force un
(r the guidance of the Holy Spirit upon this
rk of the spiritual development of the rising
Iteration wVio i it
. .tiittt au uuspecuiuine impetus
?UI(1 jriVf: to tVlQ noun, 0 4.-. ,4.1. A '1,nnlia
"V mo VttUDO Ul 11 lilU ClUU llgUlOUUS.
ss in the earth! Every department of life
uld feel the thrill of it. The reflex influence
ul(i come back to the home with tremendous
?ver It would be felt in the realm of civil
e. t wauij i . . .
"uuui cieause and purity tne ousiness
11(1 S()Cial life would feel its uDlift. and the
blems that hantr about us. like weights
. ,
i UL our necks, would dissolve away like mists
' rre the rising sun. Why will we not put
lst really jn the centre o our life? why
will wo not rally t0 the Sunday-school to the
Church as one man, and do our part in bringing
ali men into that relation with Christ that will
make each man a brother to every other man?
This would do vastly more to solve our problems
than all the economic and social theories that
men are clamoring for today.
The Joint Commission Reports
The Joint Commission on the Unification of
American Methodism that held its third sitting
at Savannah, Ga., January 23-February 6, 1918,
has submitted its report to the Church. It is a
document of sixteen pages and, as reported last
week, is in an unfinised condition. It is so re
ported that the Church may know what has been
"tentatively" agreed upon and what has been
merely suggested but not yet acted upon by the
Commission. They propose to meet again on
April 10 in St. Louis, Mo., when action of some
sort will probably be had on the parts of the sug
gested plan that have not yet been acted on by
the Commission. We shall lay this report before
our readers as soon as our space will permit, for
it is a matter of vital interest to all of our mem
bership. We hope that our readers will study
it carefully and weigh the probable consequences
that they may come to a reasonable conclusion asr
to its merits or demerits. We have not yet had
sufficient opportunity to study it to give expres
sion to our own views upon its provisions. We
shall expect to do so in an early issue of the Ad.
vocate. a
Receipts for Purchase of Stock
Reported by Joseph G. Brown, Treas.
Fayetteville District: J. T. Gibbs, P. E.
Farkton Circuit $45.00
Duke Charge 25.00
Raleigh District: J. E. Underwood, P. E.
Granville Circuit 2.00
The above is cash, not subscriptions, and we
will be pleased to report other amounts as they
may be sent in. Nothing will be reported except
cash. Let each presiding elder remit to Jos. G.
Blown, Treas., Raleigh, N. C, as rapidly as it
can be collected.
Mostly Personal.
Rev. S. T. Moyle, Farmville, has been visiting
friends and relatives in Nashville N. C.
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Rev. J. W. Autry requests us to say that his
postoffice address is changed from Cove City to
Clarks, N. C.
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Rev. E. C. Few, pastor of our Church at
Roanoke Rapids, occupied the pulpit at Weldon
on a recent Sunday morning.
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Bishop James Atkins is giving much of his
time to the Methodist Missionary Centenary
Commission. For the next two months or more
his address will be 810 Broadway, Nashville,
Tenn.
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President W. P. Few has been elected a mem
ber of the Board of Trustees of the Jeanes
Foundation in New York City. Chancellor Bar
row, of the University of Georgia, is Chairman
of the Board.
W. I. Underwood, son of Rev. J. E. Under
wood, had a sinking spell the latter part of last,
week and his friends feared that the end was
near, but he was improved at the last report,
which was Monday of this week.
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The Methodists of Sanford have finished pay
ing for their new Church, and now we under
stand that they are moving to install a new pipe
organ soon. Rev. W. R. Royall is the enterpris.
ing pastor of our Church at that point.
The Maryland legislature hap ratified the
Federal Prohibition Constitutional Amendment.
This is the second "wet" State to ratify the
amendment, and the sixth State altogether that
has set its seal to it. The movement is moving.
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It is stated that work on the new Methodist
Church at Calypso will be resumed about March
1st. The Church at that place is much needed,
and we understand that this one when com
pleted will be one of the most beautiful in that
section of the State.
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The Methodist and Baptist Churches at. Ply
mouth have been holding union services on Sun
day evenings recently. Rev. E. N. Harrison rs
pastor of our Church at that point, and preached
at the union service in the Baptist Church on a
recent Sunday evening.
Rev. J. G. Johnson requests us to say that he
has moved from Selma to Smithfield. Those
who wish to address him will please do so at the
latter place. He has recently organized a new
Church at Carter's school house near Rains
Cross Roads. A new building will soon be erect
ed there.
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Rev. Andrew E. Clement, of Nashville, who
during the past few months has been engaged in
college campaign work, raising funds for schools
of our Church, has entered the war work ser
vice of the Y. M. C. A. He is Religious Work
Director of the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. at
Charleston, S. C.
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We regret to see that Dr. M. Bolton, of Rich
Square, has been unwell and found it necessary
to go to a Richmond hospital for treatment. We
are glad to report, however, that he is now much
improved and it is hoped that he will soon be
entirely well. Dr. Bolton is one of the most
faithful men in our Church.
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We feel a personal sense of loss in the going
of Prof. F. P. Wyche, who has been for several
years at the head of the Training School at
Spartanburg, S. C. Prof. Wyche gave his life
to the teaching profession, and during our pas
torate at Laurinburg from 1900.1904 he was
principal of a private school there. He was a
man of sterling worth, of unswerving integrity,
of loyalty to principle and duty, and was always
ready to render a service whenever it was in his
power to do so. To his wife and son who sur
vive him we extend our sincere sympathy.
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It is liard to get ahead of J)r. Gibbsi, presiding
elder of the Fayetteville District. The last ses
sion of our Conference voted to purcliaso the
stock of the Kaleigh Christian Advocate that
lias heretofore been privately owned. Tlie
amount was apportioned to the Districts and
the presiding elders were requested to raise the
money. Dr. Gibbs was the llrst to respond with
a payment on this fund as will be seen in an
other column. It is important tliat this money
be reported as rapidly as possible. Jjet us see
who will be the iirst to raise the full amount
apportioned liis district.
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Kev. James W. Lee, Chaplain of Barnes Hos
pital, has been invited by the McMillan Com
pany, Publishers, New York, to prepare a book
for them on the subject of Jerusalem. The vol
ume will, perhaps, be entitled, "The Romance
of Jerusalem." The McMillans are the most in
fluential publishers among English-speaking
people. They bring out all their books in ele
gant form. A book on Jerusalem at this time
will certainly have a great circulation. Dr. Lee
has written three books on Jerusalem already,
known as the "Footsteps of the Man of Galilee,"
"The Romance of Palestine," and "The History
of Jerusalem." The first named has had the
largest circulation of any book ever published
on Palestine. It was first brought out in port
folio form, and sent as premiums by one leading
aily paper in each of the great cities in the
United States and Great Britain, and thus the
circulation of the work has been without any
parallel on the subject of Palestine.