'CHAKLOTTi: DAILY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1911.
TUESYfafln'S TIimD DAY
TcContJoti-4 from paga On.) , .
eVt.dbXwlenC0f'T14
, Kt ?J Zr cent of the churches
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H . 1 1 mi 1 saiiiniiiw ii 1 a! iiiil 1 mfW W rni-mrn ,
fSi-lrlfs power are reported by $0
i Mrni i. h. .huMtiM i .W. .. -
' J ' Evengallatlo "work l. don. "by II
' .per cant outside thai own womx.
' rallnni v , , , w ....,. t.
' ; ,. About 31 par eant of our ministers
;,eeek to secure recruits .for the Gos
- pel ministry, -i ,,-, ?'':,'r f
; Eighty-one par cant of the ohuroh
t of the. synod, nave been .supplied
t 'With ' preaching: the ; pant 'it yaw in
.whole or In :tmtL'i'4- JVM .;'-.. r-.
f u frki. ...........
' man J. M. Roe-ars of Wlnston-Sal-
lara; O. W.'F. Harper. W. Daft, MM
acnarn, ,w w. Davanport. tu tr.
,MlVlrVntrli.lr T U ' Wtlli V W r-.a
. !Clrlrnr1V T M Walla V H Hu.
!. mZ7 f 7iW" ,
ton and J.,0. Garth.' .. ( . '
i i' lh Aomin MMrtoa of tha mrnod
Mini'Mftil 'en O A ' vk ! nlr , eaWft-f Uatf
IX t arlaavaa' a T lMAia.A m . awnJAj
; J Tf i alia inUaLVr DI LMUHUIUUfU. 1.1I9 U Lk(l
, ; rator, in the chain y Rr W Jl. ;P
, pldfe of Hocklnrham conduct. 4
l! -OAsi.)...! aaaValaal Tn -i Aa4 sawe. t Aft
,J'i j v vve'Mawa - Vva uibjvb, luwuvi
( t announced tha following committee on
" I nom.'natlona: Elders A. it Scale. W
A.Aydelette. A.' G Miller, J. H. Mc
: Lelland. O. P. Pettaraon. W H. Bulk
, and Revs. M. Roaa, D.D., C M.
- Til .a. i a. . . . . . . rt.
J.-M. Wells, D.D., F. IX JTonaa. 2.' JV
' vLeyburn and s.. u Cathay. v . .. k , :.
h want centennial meeting of
. 'V j : w - 8TNOD. ,
1 A apactal eommlttaa was appointai
Ho report as to. the, aoeaptanca of an
t Guilford oaunty, to tha synod to hold
vita centennial meeting; In that historic
. cnurcn two yean nance, me com
mittaa was constituted as follows:
Rev. B. M. Rankin, O. A. Ollmer.
W. R. Coppldra, J. M. Orler, A B.
Caldwell, W. E. Hodaln.
An overt ura from Fayettevllle pres.
! bytery was referred to the eommlttaa
oa Mils and overtures. Th overture
Wlnston-Salein. one of tbe moat able
and active members of the Presby
terian Synod. chairman- of the corn
.mlttee of Assembly's home miaalooa
and colored evancellxatlon.
was asking- that tha Synod be equally
divided Into 10 presbyteries instead of
8 as. how constituted.
The report of the committee on ed
ucstion and colored evangelisation
: was presented and affirmed. The 00m
- mittee waa continued as at preont.
The report of the committee on
Christian education and ministerial
relief was presented by the chairman.
Rev. Dr. J. B. Shearer, of Davidson
College. '
Rev. Dr. W. E. Bom of the Synod
Of Georgia, and the assembly's secre
tary of schools and colleges, was in
troduced and asked to sit as a cor
responding member
Pending tha consideration of lh re
port ofhristian education and re
lief, Dr. Boggs was heard for 1 5 min
utes in an earnest and forceful pre
Isentation of the cause he represents.
Rev. Dr. Shearer made the report
of the committee on the synod's
schools and colleges.
' Dr. A. W. Verner, of the Synod of
Pennsylvania, and Rev. M. B. Porter,
of the Synod of Virginia, were intro
duced and" invited to ait as corres
ponding members.
REPORT ON THE ORPHANAGE.
The hour having arrtvel for the re
port of the board of regents of the
Ornhans' TTnma : thi. 1
v - . 1 cumiiiK
under a special order, waa introduced
With devotional exercises, a hymn and
Scripture reading, conducted by Rev
;Pr. H. C- Hill, of Maxton, president
,of the board
The report was an exhaustive one,
covering the work of the year ending
October, , It reviewed tha work
of the past twelve months and then
proceeded to enlarge upon the needs
' of the institution.
There are now !00 children, in tha
home, including employes. Only on
death during the year has occurred.
.The home is being kept in good con
dltlon and a number of improvements
( are being planned that will make a
most moaei plant ior tne orphanage.
, The Presbyteries contributing to the
support of the orphanage have given
m over 120,000. The permanent fund
lias been Increased during the year by
' over . $7,634, and other valuable con
tributions of money and supplies have
.also been received from friends of tlh
institution during the past twelve
-.months. -5
I- The report, sets forth that the -pre as
Xfund has . coma -out several hundreeV
'dollar, to Its credit. There are 1.500
uhscKbers . to : Our ' Fatherless Ones,
"and the paper 4s thriving and grow
The disbursements - for the year
'were SSI, S02. 81, leaving a balance on
hand1ot'i83.10:Mf' "' ;
Tha. recants recommend that ' the
presbyteries or Albemarle, Asnevnw,
Concord, Fayettevllle, King's : Moun-
tain, Mecklenburg, Orange: and ' Wil
li, mingrton b assessed a total of $10,
. 000 for expenses' this current year.
' Mecklenburg's assessment being the
.largest,' amounting to 94,'t'.:'&.
,tIon. ofa central heating plant at the
Jiome, also a new building and an au
ditorium, and - a large barn for the
care of the stock used on theN farm
operated In connection with the or
phanage. -; ( ,
The terms of Rev , Geo. Atkinson
SOU 'MX. UVV.BW .Tt VTOttB OAK1 -
this session, and will have to be fill
edr:Ji :' -Cvf'.'": .:;; -.v: v'
MR. SCALES FOR THE ORPHANS.
j At the conclusion of this report on
the Barium Springs Orphans' Home,
former Moderator A. M.' Scales s of
Gceensboro made a vigorous' and ar
nest plea for th raising of $50.0)0
for this cause "within the next- twelve
tattthsay-:w&'!
Mr, Scales pronounced himself f
a i-stana-pauer- in an ; that ap
pertains to -the doctrines 'and polity
of his Church; hut 'that in eome of
Uva synod's admlnistraUve and flnan
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t-.,.
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Rev. Keal W Anderson. D. DM of
clal work h wai something of an ln
suntent. In whut ha said ha . was
speaking for 'himself end' he views
I were not necessarily those of . the
! board,, but declared the speaker;: "I
i. . m ...
. J." n.tir.nts'lor
Llama ItAa th. Annr ttt evnoil and
- ;D c"urches ltrepreaenta. And, wnySjpj. for the same period last yeur.
ime-eoaenoe or ecoomyr
in.ftti!&
- A,..b?iut. ": T!L VL'V?S
i iiima mill ir
synod has not given enough to pro
vide for ever-increasing wants., Toun?
children have not an abundance of
milk and they; should, have It, they
need- iL""u"' '":;. , i ':v vvv-'.;
V ('And yet If aoma one should give
the home a herd of cattle to-morrow
there. are not 'barns enough to, house
that cattle and if nature should' pour
forth a, bountiful harvest , there la no
place In which to . garner or store' C
I
,-"Ten thousand . dollars in Detter
ments and., general equipment along;
these agricultural and industrial lines
is urgently needed." ' r, J. r.
wments and-, general . equipment along
"Statistics shdw"thst out of a total
of 4 churches over lOO riva not a
cent HI less thah $100, i$0i ' leas
tnan szs . - .;
"Nor are; the Sunday schools, sap-
porting the home. One half of these
scnooia are not giving penny, '.-yi.
.., "The. needs of the Institution' are
not reany Knownr because tney nave
never been properly and systematical
ly presented, v There- should be a.
committee apolnted in every congre
gation -to look- after '-the Interests of
tne noma. We must arouse ourselves
and wake up to the demsnds of the
situation and ' raiv now bravely (o
the support of . the children -of the
Church. : Money , wU be forthoomlna
if asked . for, k Jet us aak.-
, tlS.000 PLEDGED.
Mr. fioalea cloaad hla eoarant and
eloquent appeal with the proposition
that the synod 1 pledge - Itself to raise
$$0,009 within the next II . months.
No sooner had he taken his sct than
uev. ur. c o. Varden of Red
Springs got the floor and In a ringing.
lnmaaslonad a.BBaa.1 nrnil th vmr(1
to proceed to the business of eecuring
the money asked' for. He said that
ne oeueveo in "Dread ana mousses '
and plenty of.lt, but that something
mora was needed. He was sure that
these children of tha home sometimes
went to bed both-old and hungry
ana wai u was a aname tnat tnis was
the case. He urged immediate and
enthusiastic action. .He was followed
by others and In response $11,000 of
tne desired. If O.000 was Immediately
pledged. ... ' . ;y
At the conclusion of the canvas of
the Synod in the interest of the
Barium Springs orphanage, when, $11,
00 had been pledged toward the
$$0,000 endowment asked for, an in
teresting; statement was made xpiaia
Ing the attitude of the Presbyterian
College and Charlotte Pre byte rlan
lara toward the orphanage in not
Joining In' this effort President J. I.
Caldwell read resolutions adopted by
the board of trustees of the college in
November of 1910 with reference
to the debt of $(0,000 which hanga
over the college.
Rev. A. A- McGeachy, pastor of the
Second church and president of the
board of trustees of the. college, made
a graceful explanatory speech. He
told how at one time two presby
teries were pledged jointly with the
peapla of Charlotte for tha support
of the college but both repudiated
their obligations and left, the Char
lotteans to bear the burden alone.
Though . feeling keenly tha necessity
for discharging the debt the local
neoole stood aside, when the appeal
was made for an endowment for
Davidson College and then later yield
ed again to assist Union Theological
Seminary. It has long since been
realised from experience that not a
particle of aid need be expected from
the outside. Neither to the North,
the South, th East or tha West may
assistance be expected. The money
must be raised by Charlotte people
sooner or later. It Is not merely a
sum that ta needed. Far more than
that is Deeded, but this ia a sum
that has actually been spent ana
since the . Christian Is enjoined to
Owe no man anything," the need for
discharging It at once is felt to be
more pressing than an eanaeavor to
do other work at this time. "I
am mortified, and humiliated and yet
not ashamed that this la the attitude
we must assume," said Dr. Mo- ,
OrfeAChy I
A member of the Kings Mountain
Presbytery rose to a point of personal
Privilege to say that while he did
not agree with them. his brethren of
that preabyteries were oneatly of the
opinion that they were neither legal
ly nor morally liable for any part
of the debt
ASSEMBLY HOME MISSIONS.
The report on assembly home mis
sions submitted by Rev. Dr. ,Neal An
derson of Wlnaton-Balem was as fol
lows: In making its report on assembly
home missions the synodical commit
tee desire to call , attention to the con
summation of the plana for the con
solidation of the assembly's executive
committees on home missions and
colored evangelisation.
For this work the committee of the
assemly represent as Its minimum re
quirements for tha current year, the
aum of $1$0,000. or 21 per, cent of
the total amount asked for by the
General Assembly for all of its causes.
To this sum should be added $100,009
askedfor as a semi-centennial church
building fund. . -
The purpose and soope of the work
of the consolidated committees is ad
mirably set forth in the following of
ficial statement:
"The executive committee of home'
missions Is the assembly's agency (for
looking after .the needs of the weaker
presbyteries; and the exceptional and
dependent, populations within our
borders." f''-:i:t; s '
; The field 'of " operations of the as
sembly's .committee has grown front
year to year Ur it reaches almost every
hynod in the Church, it embraces the
work In the mountains, 'among the
Indians;, the negroes, the people, of
foreign; speech and the unchurched
regions of the West 1
- This work Is divided Into, four greAt
department as follows: .
, Church erection, mission ' schools,
sustontatlon, evangelistic.
The apportionment of the Synod of
North Carolina 'for this cause, ex
clusive of. the building fund, for the
year 111.1$-Is ;$,!$$, and this
amount has been apportioned by your
committee to the several presbyteries,
but as ths -meeting, of the assembly
was held after the spring meetings of
presbyteries when the apportionments
for the current year were made up
this.. apportionment had to, be sub
mttted as the basis for aq apportionment-1st
the -fall meetings for the"
ansuir, ecclesiastical vear- .lBfl.tS
As will be seen from, the report of
the synodical committee on systematto
beneficence most of the presbyteries
hav accepted this apportlonmnt for.
the coming-year,.v;;sU 'trt:i-'i.?
i;: Ijast, year, - according to ; the mini
utes of i- the assembly of vlfti, i the
churchea of the Synod gave only ,$h.
.to this cause,, or only one-quarter
of the ? amountVaaked for j as a in1n
Imutn for- the - current year. ,;As the
amount riven last year was only one
and one-naif of the total amount rep
resented as a minimum, and as tha
amount asked ot the Synod for this
year Is only a trifle less than one
sixteenth of the total amount needed.
it will be seen, how vital it is to this
cause that the churches raisin' as
large a sum as possible for the pros
enfc year,;-.w j , ''i; ;f y v; f tv...' .,
Tour committee calls especial st-
tentlon to, the fact that the receipts
ior mis cause so rar .under ma new
scheme, of collections are bilow the
and. this notwlthatandinr tha further
fact that the executive torn mittee' iiss
by direction of the assembly utumxd
responsibility for the work of colortd
evangelisation, j - ? ( -('v
1 We recommend that the Synod urgs
upon . presbyterial , chairmen, foryjlhs
cause the Importance of seeing- to it
that the' congregations which hats
adopted the new schedule of coUeo-t
tlons set aside tor' this cause the' full
XX per, cent of tha total amount re-sj
ewivea for tne assembly . causes ;n
their; bounda v'ys . ..'Vy-:V3:1S-?
... .....wroi v iiuiu.joh vuu-vo-
; and newly ;organlsed eongregaUons
ate so Imperative that no more fitting
method,. of - . celebrating. . the fiftieth
anniversary or the founding ,ot. our
Church could be devised than in te
plan - for, raising a fund of. $109,000
forthis purpose,'' and we recomihend
thit the Synod heartily commend the
effort, put forth to raise this sum; to
the generosity of its people. f , ; .
. ' Perhaps the ' greatest 'of all netdl
connected with this great cause) is
represented by the call for the awakn.
lng of a spirit pi' evangelism, in the
Church at large. The facta Connected
with the Issuing of this call, are such
as to call for the most prayerful and
serious consideration of this Synod--
The 3 number of addltlone to our
Chyreh last year on profession of
glath , ' was lesa than . were re
ceived seventeen years ago,' and ' this
notwithstanding the large-Increase In
the total membership during this pe
riod. . n
The number of additions on profes
sion of faith last year was. lesa than
eight for every ordained minister of
the Gospel, only four for every or
ganised church, while over seventeen
hundred churches report not, a single
Dr. Charles R ' Fisher,, director of
moslo at the Presbyterian College.
who had charge of the program at the
delightful concert last night.
spiritual ' child as bom ' withtn their
bounds during the entire year.
our committee recommend that tne
presbyteries be directed to plan for
special evangelistic work within their
bounds. .
We regret to report than under. the
plan of consolidation of the home, mis
sion and colored evangelistic commit
tees, there seems to be no quickening
of interest on the part of the churches
In the latter cause. The most dis
couraging feature of this work is the
lack of fnnda for ka enlarsremont.
and the most encouraging elements of
the problem are tne splendid wora
done at the Stlllman institute, und
the successful fiundai school work
maintained In a few of the churches.
The work of Rev. John Little has
demonstrated the possibilities of this
feature of the efforts to evanzelle
the negroes, and we recommnd that
presbyteries be urged to put forth
special efforts to secure the founding
of such schools within their bounds.
DR. PORTER SPEAKS. 1
The closing address of the morning
session, which had now become an
afternoon meeting, was made by , Uev.
Dr. N. B. Porter of Richmond, Va,.
Southern representative of the Ameri
can Bible Society. He proceeded to
give gome reasons why the Southern
Presbyterians should support the so
ciety more liberally than ever before.
Last year 3,000,000 Biblea were cir
culated by it 1,000,000 of these being
placed In the western hemisphere.
The book has been translated In 70
languagea
Dr. Porter emphasized the funda
mental missionary nature of the work.
Throughout the world If you will go
among heathen nations you will find
that before the missionary has come
proclaiming the message there, has
come the man with tha book which
contains the message. By its charter
Ufa the American Bible Society Is not
allowed to make one penny of profit
on th booka It sells, it is dependent
therefore, for the expenses of mailing
and placing these Bibles on such
contributions as It receives. - Some
fceoplr Imagine that the society la so
heavily endowed as to need no aid.
What are the facts? It has an endow
ment of $2,000,000 only the Interest
of which, at the rate of about Ave and
a half per cent, Is available. The ex
penses are $55,000 a month.- The
Income from Its endowment Is there-.
fore sufficient to run the society about
two montha .' ?,
The total contributions last year
from all American churches and Bible
societies wag only $82,000. Dr. Por
ter thought this entirely inadequate
He' did not consider that the people
really put so low a value as that on
the' Bible, but the cause had 'merely
been 'overlooked - in the multiplicity of
others. This year the society is spend
ing within the territory of the South
ern Presbyterian Assembly; 60 per cent
more than was received from. this sec
tion last year. This, ought not. to ba.
vTHB "EVERY MEMBER PLAN.
After the-detailed : report of the
committee on systematic benevelenoes
bad i been ready in the afternoon , by
Rev, Dr. a Neal Anderson, the synod
heard an address by Mr. W. C. Smith
of Richmond, managing editor of The
Assembly's' Missionary. Review,' He
spoke on the merits of the "every
member'', system, 1' This provides for
the payment of S' stipulated amount
each Sunday by each member of. the
family who is a communicant He
stated that he realised that this, was
no 'new thing - to this synod.-,. It- has
been , tried by its members and has
apparently been distinctly successful,
judging ' by Its popularity.-' 'In; past
centuries,'! said he 'there was grants
ed to mankind the. greatest boon ,It
has ever known ; one which Is great
In its adaptability, to . the entire life of
man,, business, social, - domestic, -organised
and Individual life.'; Thia was
the Holy Scriptures as revealed ia th
Old and. New Testament The high
est recommendation for any plan is
-3. j t
ure J
the fact that it Is based on Script
and that can be truly said of this.
It is adaptable to city churches end
to country churches as well, w-. The
nrsi nan or tnat statement la general
ly admitted but the latter part Is often-denied,,
especially with reference
to a country church whose members
service only once or twice a month.
The speaker' related the case of a
family with, whose experience he . was
cognisant and narrated-how by this
system of allowing each 1 member of
me lamuy to give a lUted sum each
week 1 that family's contribution- was
Increased almost , without Its knowl
edge aad without any sUntlns of It-
self,: and the Interest of Its members
waa aroused in causes to which it had
ot previously J contributed anything.
He contended that the system pro
motes . fellowship and broadens the
Interests of the Church membora ' '.
!, Rev Dr. R. F. Campbell of Ashe
villa stated, that HendersonvlMe
church, 'which was the banner church
In this department of effort,' had had
thUi system for. several, years and -bad
doubled Its contributions. A .vote of
thanks was tendered to Mr. Smith for
hla addreaa '
i CHURCH -STATISTICS.
Aet
itatistlcal . report submitted and
accepted Showed that the . total
amount raised by all the churches 'In
"A
the synod for the ecclesiastical yea:
just closed was $589. 489. There are
$17 ministers, 4(8 churohes with 4$.
988'ommunlcanta, 4 licentiates, 137
candidates, 3,394 communicants added
on profession of faith and 1,843 by
certificate. : Twenty-eight , ministers
were received and twelve' were dis
missed. Six churches were organized
and none was dissolved. Three licen
tiates were received and three .dis
missed. Twenty-four candidates wer
received. ' Three ministers died, there
were 4 ordinations and St installa
tions. There are 324 Sunday schools.
209 young people's societies and $19
women's societies. The average salary
for the pastors In six presbyteries
heard from, two not having reported
on this point,, was $1,038. There are
120 mtTises valued at $848,800. There
are fifteen counties in North Carolina
In which there la no Presbyterian
church. There are 138 pastors and
368 churches supplied, and 151 minis
ters In charge of churches. There are
157 vacant churches. The 217 minis
ters reported are divided as follows
by Presbyteries: Orange 83, Concord
41. Fayettevllle 41, Wtlmlnrtdn 14.
Mecklenbur 39, Albemarle 18. Ashe-
villa 17 and Kings Mountain 17. The
report was made by Chairman E. D.
Brown.
SABBATH OBSERVANCE.
Rev. Dr. W. I. Morton of Rockr
Mount chairman of the committee on
Sabbath observance and family gov
ernment, took the chair at 4 o'olock.
Rev. J. C. Shlbe of Wilson made a
forceful address urging a stricter ob
servance of, the Sabbath. He took a
decided stand for a strict interpreta
tion of Sabbath privileges and apposed
witn vigor an work on Sunday not ab
solutely necessary.
Mr. Shlbe was followed by Rev. E.
R. Leyburn of Durham, who discussed
family religion In an interesting and
enlightening manner. He was follow
ed In turn by Rev. J. M. Rose of
Laurlnburg. Dr. Henry H. Sweets of
Louisville, Ky., was then presented.
He Is assembly secretary of Christian
education and ministers' relief. He
presented these causes pointedly.
Toward the latter moments of the
afternoon session It waa moved and
carried that the synod accept the in
vitation to meet In Raleigh next year.
Tha regular time is the Tuesday after
the fourth Sunday in October. This
may possibly be altered to make pos
sible a joint meeting for a day or two
with the Virginia synod in ceiebrAtion
Jof the centenary of the Union Theol
ogical seminary.
REV. W. M WHITE'S ADPRBSa
The feature of last night's session at
the Presbyterian College was an address
on home. missions by Rev. w. Mo. White,
pastor of the rim Presbyterian ohurch
of Raleigh, at the request of .the Synod's
home mission committee. He announced
hla Intention of discussing "The Need of
Building Up the Presbyterian Church in
the Country." After stating the object
of all borne mission work to be the glory
of Qod and the love "we bear to perish
ing souls." the speaker stated that the
first and nearest thought In connection
. with home missions is the building of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States.
This object is worthy frr "Ood bss given
our Church a great work to do. Twenty
five million heathen for whose evangelise,
tlon we are made responsible. How shall
we ever be able todo our part in the
world's evangelisation unless we make
and keep our Church strong for the work
it has to do? We look to our bis and
wealthy city churohes for the large gifts
to foreign missions, and the other cause.
But the strong city church has its roots
in and grows out of the churches In the
country. And. the denomination that
loks only to the city church, to the
neglect of the little country church, will
in course of time have no strong city
churches to look to. And hence, while
home mission work Is altogether, auxiliary
and subsidiary to foreign mission, as tha
means is merely subsidiary to the great
end in view, it is necessary as a means.
And it is the necessity of this means
we now stress.
DRIFT OF POPULATION. .
"The key to the whole question lies In
the drift of population from the country
into the city. Notwithstanding all the
cry, 'Back to the farm,' tha tide haa not
turned yet ' The labor problem becomes
acute and the farmer sella out and goes
to town. Or, the educational question
arises, and to town the family goes to
be near good schools. Or the boys grow
up, and the farm la not big enough to
furnish support for them all, and to the
city, 'the nearest city' and the one he
knows best, the country boy goes to
seek his fortuns. And there in that city
he lives and moves and has hla being un
til ha has become a leading cltlsen, and
(he prop and pillar of some church. Or
else the countryman grows "rich, and his
family begin to weary of the hardships
of country life, and hanker after the
bath-tubs and theaters of the city, these
flesh pots of Egypt, and the next thing
you knpw . the old home place in . the
country is closed up and another family
has gone to town. 80 It goes on all the
time, this gravitation ' of population .city,
ward; the city drawing upon .and drain
ing the surrounding Country, i :i"
"And aa the population of the city Is
renewed ' from the country, so the Member,
ship of the city church is recruited from
the country. And that denomination
Whloh has a good strong following out in
the country, wilt have Its city churches
full sad overflowing, and rich and strong.
While the church -without country, with
nobody to come In from the country. Is
doomed to languish, faint,, and die. 'Pre
pare thy work-wlthoutr and make It fit
for thyself In the field1 and afterwards
build thine housV,i,la-;.a proverb quite
applicable. . First prepare the country
without vend round about the city with
Presbytertanism. and then tulld' r your
city church. Otherwise your attempt will
be abortive. v .; , ,f v : w
V i- -5 .TAKE v ELIZABETH XftM&-
"Elisabeth City, in the northeast comer
of our State, is a eplendld city, with a
population of some ten thousand people.
Thfc Presbyterian chureb was started
there inVUSt, twenty-live years ago. ; It
has;- beettFttursed bjM-the. Presbytery,
Synod and Assembly also, we suppose and
is still being nursed. And yet after a
quarter of A century of faithful fostering
and diligent endeavor on the part of Ha
oastora. It has attained unto the nagnlfl.
cent proportions of thirty-six members!
Why? Isn't Elisabeth City a good city 7 !
rti. - - . ...A.nAw fh.M la!
Other churohes grow and prosper there, la
It the fault of the Presbyterian Chureb J
For the real reason look at the map and
you will find no leas than ten counties
banked up around Elisabeth City with
aot a Presbyterian church In them It
Is trying to make bricks without straw,
A '.-,!" 4 ON THE CONTRARY.,
"On the other hand Albemarle Presby.
tery-met lately In the church at Falk
land, Pitt county. It Is a little village ta
the midst of a thickly populated vicinage
round about it Dr. J, N. H. BummereU
visited It about ' ism It looked like' a
finished town. It had been there ever
since the Revolution. And he wasn't very
warmly welcomed. They didn't care 'much
for ' preaching and preachers any way.
But he preached Via. an "upper chamber'
over a store. And what did presbytery
find there? . A beautiful, little country
ohurch, nestled m the waving pines, and
behind It a neatly kept graveyard, with
not a vagrant spire of grass, net a briar
In It;, the house filled to oversowing at
every service; and as actual membership
considerably, ever ,' a hundred, , and em
bracing as autay live, wide-awake earnest
and active young men, and old men, too,
as you will find- la , any other hundred
Presbyterians 1 In short a church bearing
every mark of , a . growing, thrifty,
flourishing organisation, aad with a yet
brighter future before it . , .
; , THE CASE OF CHARLOTTE.
What better , illustration- of this idea
we would enforce Is to be found than the
eontrast between this fine city where we
now sit and that other capital city,
wherein your humble servant the speak
er, has hla homer The Pre by tartan
Church began in Raleigh in. 1808, before
any other church. When Dr. MQPheeters
came, be came' to be the 'pastor of the
cityhot of the Presbyterian church
and his salary was paid In part out: et
the . public 1 ' purse. The Presbyterian
ohurch began in Charlotte about 180, 30
years later. And yet in Charlotte, with
a population of 84,014, we now have 9
churches, with a membership of some five
thousand. Tat in Raleigh with a pop
ulation of 19,218 it la sUlt the 'first
Presbyterian church' the first aad only,
with about four hundred resident mem
bers. That is to say with 20 years the
start In Raleigh. Presby terianistn has
done only one-tenth as, much as it haa
In Charlotte. Now ia that to be attributed
to the Inactivity and Indolence and illib
arallty of the Raleigh church? la It due
the iHnrv. narniw ma&n neonla that
live down In Raleigh? Possibly that la
what some people have been saying, or
thinking, at least But on behalf Of the
good people of that fair city, I resent
all such talk as utterly uncalled for.
There are just aa fine and faithful and
willing and liberal people living over
there as In Charlotte or any other city
In the. State.
''For the real reason look to your
map again, and you find not another
Preabytertanvchurch in all Wake county,
and, but fert very few, In the sur
rounding counties. Study the map of
Albemarble Presbytery, and the striking
feature in It la thla, that in all, that vast
presbytery -with a score and a half ef
large oountles. there are almost no Pres
byterian churchea In the country. Strictly
speaking there ia only one complete coun
try pastorate, composed of four churohes,
the group in Granville county, with about
150 members all told. There are two
churches in Vance oeunty with 134, and
the church at Falkland, and one or two
others. And yet off of these 400 country
Presbyterians the churches in Raletgh,
Oxford, Henderson, Goldsboro, Newbent,
Washington, . Rocky Mount Elisabeth
City, and all the other. cities and towns
are supposed to live, thrive and grow
fat 'populeous and mighty.
BAPTISTS STRONG.
"Although there are, or have been un
til lately, no Presbyterian preachers and
no Presbyterian churches outside the olty
of Raleigh In the county around It, there
are three Methodist ministers for all their
time, with ten church buildings and over
1,000 members. . Ana what shall we say
of the Baptists? Will you believe it when 1
tell you that outside the city of Raleigh
and inside the boundary lines of Wake
county, there are twenty-seven Baptist
preachers at work, with 48 ohurch build
ings, and 8,416 members (or twice as many
members as we - have In -all Albemarle
Presbytery.) Js it any wonder if, as a
Baptist minister of Raleigh, said, 'every
fourth white man you meet on the street
In Raleigh la a .Baptlstr Is It strange
if there are six or seven strong Baptist
churches In the city, with new ones grow.
Ing like willow slips planted by the river,
side? Is it strange if Meredith College
is full to overflowing, that the Tabernacle
Baptist church should have a member
ship of a thousand, and a Sunday school
enrolment of fifteen hundred? The only
wonder Is that there are not mora of
them. And Mecklenburg county with Its
24 Presbyterian churches Is enough to
account for Presby tarlanism in Charlotte.
Indeed we are not qnlte sure the Pres
byterian church of Charlotte, great as it
is, can entirely justify Itself In view
of its surroundings and advantages. Cer
tainly it has no right to point the finger
at Raleigh.
NOT TOO LATE.
"But Is it possible to buUd up the
Presbyterian Church In the country?" Is
It not too late In the diy? Have we
not lost our opportunity? Is not the
oountry already covered and occupied by
other churohes? It is my belief that there
ia no State in the Union wider open to
just such word, and no state offering
larger promise of abundant and lasting re
turns from suoh work. We are told that
56 per cent of the adult white popula-'
tlon Is aa yet unchurched. Our people
are not the mixed and migratory multi
tude, as In so many parts of the coun
try. It is pure Anglo-Saxon stock, and
a stable population, - owning their own
farms and homes, and living there from
generation to generation. And they al
ready believe the Bible, every word of It..
It ia the finest sou possible to plant Pres
byterlanlsm In, and the best timber in
the world to make Presbyterians out of.
, WHAT TO DO.
"What must we do? We might crack
open a good deal ' wider that 'extraor
dinary case crack in our constitution.
The best piece of work In the country
I know, was done by an old farmer who
went to preaching after he was fifty
years old. And there was a great deal
ef ' dubiety in the minds of the presby
tery, about letting him. In through, that
crack at all. The next thing we may
dC, la for every , Presbyterian preacher
to spread and multiply , himself .as much
as he possibly can. Spread himself ever
all the ground he can possibly cover. He
may spread himself out till he is pretty
thin,' the bigger, tha slice of bread,' the
thinner the - butter spread on It But
be It so. And let every Presbyterian
preacher multiply himself through his of
ficers and-willing workers. -.,
-"And another, thing., we may do Is to
give our heartiest support to those men,
Bhleldsand Black, and Belk and others,
who are leading us on into this work.
Brother. Black came to our help In Wake
county.-- He ha, been used, to defending
the faith against ail comers, attacking
predestination. But there he was among
a people with whom predestination hid
run into fatalism. Ana It was , really
amusing to see bow that , redoubtable
man unllmbered and turned hie guns to
fire in the opposite direction. But he did
It and shelled the woods till he split wkie
open the twisted timber, and brought out
a number of the fatllsta into the Pres
byterian fold. "''.'''. , ,
. ''Whatever the obstacles, and whatever
the) difficulties, the Presbyterian Church
must find a way to Bo out in the country.
and -there do its first works. With the
rural districts peopled, tMck with Pres
byterians, our city churchea Wilt crowd,
and ' thrive and grow and prosper,. And
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