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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10
The Mission Field.
DR.. Washburn Upon Rusian Religion.

Kew. Dr. Washburr whose long residence at Con-
Stahtlnople brought him into close contact with all
the Eastern churches writes in The MisSonorv Re
O'eo that the best thing that can be said for the
Russian Church is that it has not forbidden the use
OF the Bible to the common people Not only Is
there the Russian Bible Society but Bible culporteurs
and their books carried free on all government
railways. The priests married and live in close
relation to their focks but the higher clergy are UNI
married and noted rather for political zeal than evan
gelcal piety. The official catechism of the Church
is one which commends itself to most American Pro
estants although certain passages in its would not
he accepted by them. 1t is published In DR.. Philip
"chdil Creeds OF Chrlstendom." The Russian
people are sincerely religious according this writ
err and even amng the nobility, deeply tnctured with
French lnhdelity and German ratIonasm there are
some mobiles of a pure, religious life, and these take
pains to teach their servants and peasants Bible
truth. While in this country hear much of Tol-
stol, Dr. Washbun insists that there are not a few
Russian mobiles who share Tolsos faith in the Bible
without accepting his theories of communism-Thc
INTERIOR
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10

The Board of Visitors of William and Mary Col
ege VIII ask lie passage of bill by the Legislature
approprlatlng annually the of $4,000 to in
crease the facilities of the college for educating teach
ers Tor the public schools. The same bill proposos
TO turn the college to the State in its entirety
Inc collegiate feature of the college is to be main
tanned and In case of withdrawal diminishing tho
annual appropriation, the property is to revert TO
the present authorities 1t provides that the present
Board shall continue for four years after which the
governor shall appoint ten members to compose
new Board. The original charter and name shall bo
retained under the bill.
Under the auspices of the Cooperative Association
of Virginia. and by invitation of its committee tbo
representatives, of the State Institutions were
brought into conference last week as to the ammo
Prlations for which they will ask the LEGISLATURE
1t was entirely harmonious and the appropriations
asked for moderate, and made with due consideration
OF each others claims. 1t a great step in ad-
vance The increase of appropriations for the pub
lie schools quite ably presented
The friends of Statesville Female COLLEGE will no
glad to know that offer has been made to tbe
college by one of its supporters that he will build for
IT the music hall and auditorium. on condition that
the trustees of the college Concord Presbvterv
take steps to free the college from all mortgage in
clmbrance. This readily be done bv deter
mined effort of the friends of the college for tho
whole debt is only about SO 600
Presidents of sixteen Presbyterian COLLEGES have
Joined the fight to reform football At a meetino
held last week in Chicago, the PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
Union of the Middle West adopted a resolution that
the rules must be radically changed ELIMINATING NOT
only the danger to life and limb but also the serio
evils growing out of professionalism
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10

Bishop Hartzell says 81 plead for Africa the
land of sunshine and shadow; the continent on which
God puts more sunlight every day than upon anv
other and yet whose people for centuries and cen
turtles have been peeled and murdered and enslaved
and who, in the blaze of Christian day. sit in
midnight darkness. 1 plead for Africa where tbe
early Christian Church had its greatest triumphs;
the land of Saint Mark, of Tertullian of Cvpian and
Saint Augustine; the land whose Christian bishops
at the Council of Nicea gave the Church and the
world the Apostolic Greed; the land that gave the
world its law givers, that held the infant Jesus in
its bosom from his murderers and whose son car
RED the cross for my ainting Saviour he went to
Calvary"
Just previous to the Boxer outbreak in China the
statistics of Protestant missions in China repored
ZfS5 foreign missionaries, 6,3SS alive workers and
lIZoOS communicates Late reports should that
IN the beginning of the year 1905, Notwithstanding
that thousands of Christians suffered martvrdom and
mission work was greatly nterfered with during the
hve years that elapsed since the severe persecution
the numbers had increased to 80 missionaries g.
BIB native workers, and I3I 4O4 COMMITMENTS
these figures were considerably increased by the first
of 1906
y school is being organized at Kuling. China
Tor the education of the missionarys children The
location is a beautiful mountain resort 1t is in
tended that the school shall be INSTRUMENTATION
an" will prepare the pupils for college. IT is to be
opened by April l. 1906 Directors have been elect
ed and sufficient fund already raised to Justify thc
opening of the school. This WILL no doubt prove to
oe great help to the missionary, who is often puz-
Ned to know where and how he shall educate his
PhiIadeIphia Presbyterian
Eight Protestant societies are at work in the Kon-
20 Valley with I79 missionaries They maintain
forty main stations with 3Ol out-stations with to-
,a church membership of SSH and 1886 in classes
being taught for church membership. There are 81
native teachers and evangeliss 100 Sabbath-school
scholars and 1850 day school pupils, and $50
IN young peoples societies.
1t certainly reads like that a Presbyter-
ian Synod has been meeting in Erromango, the is
land where John Williams was martyred More re-
markable still, an elder named Usno who offered
prayer on the occasion, and has long maintained q
nigh Christian character, is son of the savage who
murdered John Williams. And yet we told by
certain globe-trotters that missions are failure
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10
Story Corner.

Inns little story comes from the South: The first
slice OF goose had been cut, ard the negro minister
VINO had been invited to dine looked at if with =,
Keen anticipation displayed in the faces
around him.
Oats as fine a goose I ever saw. Brudder VIII
llams'0 he said to his host. "Where did YOU get
such fine %" e0
well, now, Mstah Rawley." said the carver of
the goose, with sudden access of dignity "vben o,
preach special good I never axes Won where
you got 1t. Seems to me dat's a trivial matter
-PHiadelphia Ledger
When President Hadey succeeded the learned and
witty Timothy Dwight president of Yale TTnivor-
Sl'F' the exercises were married by heavy rain r.
came down Just as President Dwight and Professor
Hadley were crossing the campus Some one hand
ed an umbrella. and Professor HadIev was about 70
open IT. when the older man took it from him saw
ing as ne unfolded it: "Lct me carry it, professor
Your reign will begin tomorrow York Times
Treasurer Noyes of the Newburvport Va ator vvorL
sent out his annual bills this wear bv mail In tb
corner OF the envelope the customary request
After five days return to Newburvport Water
Works. Newburyport, Mass" What was his SIR
PRISE to have woman come into his Office five DAYS
aterward and pass him empty envelope with tho
remark: "Here is your envelope but what Won want
of 1T is more than I see"
young policeman, fresh from Scotland was On
duty. and had instructions TO stop tbe traffic in Ton
don as Royalty was expected 4 lady who ,,,s mn
tremendously "held up" on her way to the opor,
put her head out Of the window and called to the
constable to let her carriage past 81 Gamma do IL
ma am the policeman said. "But I'm the wife ot
Cabinet Minister" 81 Gamma help that ma am
could not let you pass if you were the wife Of
Presbyterian minister"
Telescope ProPrietor.-"step up. ladies and gents
and view the planet Mars. One penny mum
Old Lady-"Oh lori Haint it round and
smooth"
Telescope Proprietor-"Win the boldheaded gent
Tit Bits.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10

religious newspaper has an advertisement call
ing Tor "a good, strong horse to do the work of
country minister" We hope the horse was forth
coming and did the minister's work. The adver-
t1sement reminds Of the sermon of the rector who
preached the lack of cooperation of the aitv with
pastors from the text: "The oxen we're blowing in the
field, and the feeding beside them The
Congregohonalst
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10

mat wehknown minister, the Rev. F. B. Meyer
says Of Evan Roberts the Welsh evangelist. "He is
pure, transparent soul he is as humble as a LITTLE
child never thought anyone could keep so unso.
phisticated and pure amidst all the homage which il
rendered to him"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10
Book Notices.

THE FOURSQUARE CHRISTIAN.-Or the Fourfod
Doctrine of the First and Great Commandment
by Rev E. p Whallon, Phi. d.. ID. ID. Monfort Il
Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Christian Life 1.-The best and happiest that
can be lived on EARTH" is exhibited a series of
short papers of erse and vigorous style. These ex-
celent papers are given under the fourfod heading
of Christian Experience, Christian Worship Chris
tan Faith and Christian Service
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10

V.
I9Oo. Some notable changes have been made in the
make up and they are for the better. With larger
page and double column it closely resembles the
other hlghclass magazines. The opening pages are
devoted TO paragraphs relating to "Signs of the
lines as seen In current events. This month thew
refer to revival movements at home and abroad Co
operation In Missions the coming Student Volunteer
convention, Korean rumbngs Bolivia Mormons
Crlsls In Japan, etc Exceptionally valuable az
tlcles are on the missionary Enterprise in 1908, nv,
IT. H. o. Dwight and 'The Progress of American
forelgn Missions" by Robert E. Speer But nerbans
the star article of interest is that by Rev J. II pot
tee In which he tells of the prominent Jananese who
are strong intelligent Christians professors static
men, business men, mayors, government officials pbv
S'clans army and navy officers and prominent women
Nothing of the kind comes to us at tbe Now Y.
naI Is more carefully prepared and more beautifulI,
printed than the Year Book for 1906 of the Berr,.
VILE Stones Chapel and Clear Brook Presbvtoriap
Churches This is group of churches in Clark conn
w. virginia, OF which the Rev. David Howard Scan
ION Is the pastor, Mr.. Scanon is both wise and
tasteful IN his use of printing as means of buiIdin,
up his people in intelligence loyalty and zeal Thee
are pictures of the Covenanters and of the Little Mis-
sion workers The Pastors Greeting Some I'm
proVements, past and prospective Notes of Interest
the Roll OF COMMITMENTS. the Elders and Deacone
ana other matters make valuable and attractive
pamphlet In the best of taste. Mr. ScanIon will Lo
abundantly rewarded for his labors and tbe MONEY,
cost of his Year Book. His work is constantly CROW
ing
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10

1"c Southern Planter for January 1906 has
nc" ana attractive cover 1t is an Annual HolidaI
Issue and is more than full of reading matter
that no farmer afford to do without with all
the literature we have about us the Southern Planter
Is always interesting reading, and attracts MS away
from things that ought to be of more concern TO rs
The american honHly Revew of Repicrs. Janu-
ary 1906 Edited by Albert Shaw This is q f,,II
number. Among special features arc papers on
British Literature and It's Problem" Strikes and
Lockouts of Year Shall Football he Endcd mr.
M'nded? Making the Northwest Passage: Farming
as Business Enterprise, Revolution by Strike i'm
Russia. $500 a year Review of Reviews Cor,ra,,
l3 Astor Place New York
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10

nv ANGELISM, Old AND NEW.-Gods search for
Man in all Ages. BY A. c. Dixon author of Heaven
on Earth" etc. American Tract Society, New
York.
1t is very striking way to express Gods gift of
his gospel and the bidding to preach it to every crea
ture. to say that it is Goods search for man i'm all
ages Dr. Dixon is one of the most vigorous Cos
pei preachers in America. His book is sound to the
core, strong and well illustrated from the history
the progress of Christian truth in all the world
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-10

The Homiletic ReUieo-January 1906 is indeed
the ministers monthly, "an international Magazine
There is an excellent portrait rontispiece of Dr.
Alexander Maclaren of Manchester. In the review
section are papers by DR.. Bradford, Marcus Dod~
PROFESSOR BOVINE President McCracken and Dr. Geo
Frederick Wright. DR.. f. b. Beattie is one of the
contributors to emporium "Present-D Day
Preaching in the Light of Modern Biblical Criticism
The first number of the year quite full and attrao-
tive.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

titled, therefore. by ller coming to him
to consult about procuring monu-
ment to place over the remains of ber
husband.
Il wish something to be set as soon
as the spring opens; something plain,
yet rich and elegant"
"But-ah-is it quite sure that yyrlr
lamented husband is dead, Mrs. Ham
ilton?"
There is no doubt of it. sir; noue
whatever"
Mr.. Allen without word placed be-
fore her some cuts representing the
different styles in Scotch granite and
Italian marble, and she finally chose
one of the finest marble with granite
base.
81 wish the inscription to be very
simple" she said. Just his name.
Vane Hamilton
Very chaste. madam, both the
monument and inscription. 1t shall be
cut as soon as possible, and set up in
the spring as soon as the frost is out
of the ground"
"Thank you." she said. "Oh, Vane.
vane!" was the cry of her heart. as
she walked home. Il may not put the
inscription on the marble. but on my
heart are engraved a million loving
words"
Mrs. Hamilton and her two children
always attended the Congregational
church.
Constance took very strong inter
est in religious matters: indeed. re-
ligion and love for her children were
the only subjects unimpaired by her
trouble. and these were more intense.
Therefore she never entered the
church without glancing in the direc-
tion of the mill peoples pew to see If
they were as well filled or better than
usual. On the occasion of which
write. the one following the day when
she had chosen her monument, as she
entered she glanced that way as usual.
and for a moment her heart stood still.
Then it gave a tempestuous bound.
Constance never paused, but, with
flushed cheeks and startled eyes,
walked up the aisle to her own seat
and the minister laid open the big
Bible, adjusted the long velvet book
mark laden with Maltese and Roman
crosses (Mrs. Hamilton's gift to the
church,, and began reading with we'll
modulated voice the morning lesson
But he could not prevent his heart
from recognizing the pink flush on
one woman's face and the fact that II
made her marvelously beautiful.
And what occasioned it? Only a
pair of shoulders in the mill people S
pew; a pair of shoulders of square
cut. yet peculiar mould, that remind
ed her instantly of her husband. Moth
ing else. less than nothing else, for
the head above them was covered
with dark, almost black hair. and her
husbands was golden brown OF
light shade.
Go be continued)
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

1t is a lamentable fact-but one not
wholly devoid of humorous possibility
that spotless rectitude, through
some wantou trick or irresponsible
chance, sometimes finds itself sailing
under false colcrs.
There is an elderly gentleman, pro-
fessor in Western university, who
is a paragon of all virtues. great and
small. Even in such matter as diet
rigid absteminousness is observed by
him. His achievements in his line of
work. excellent in themselves, are the
more noteworthy by having been ac-
complished notwithstanding his deli
cate eyesight. To his intimates 1t is
also well known that the professor. in
earlier years, displayed remarkable
will power in overcoming defect OF
speech, which recurs now only in
moments of extreme perturbation.
The excellent professor was return
irr home at early dawn one day. soon
s..er college opened, from the bedside
Z a sick friend. AS he proceeded hast
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
HOT TAR FOR HIGHWAYS

France is already endowed with
good roads, whereas in the United
States the automobile has come as an
instrument to awaken interest in the
subject of highway building, 1t is re-
garded by the French road engineer as
a destructive agent of roads already
good. Moving with great velocity and
with closely adhering and sometimes
metalshod tires, the automobile
scrapes the fine, hard surfaces like
file, surfaces which would resist years
of ordinary wagon traffic.
To combat these destructive iniiu-
ences many of the French engineers
employ the tarring process, which aids
powerfully to prevent the disintegra-
tion caused by traffic and which, un-
less arrested, makes the dust nuis-
ance acute.
1t has settled down to a positive con
viction in France that hot tar applica-
tions are valuable in proportion to the
excellence of the surfaces upon which
they are laid When well done the
tarrirg gives the effect of an asphalt
pavement and the foothold on mac
adamized surface is, of course. much
better than on asphalt. In ? previous
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
ALL "PO' SINNERS" TOGETHER

dat we turn dis into n fergibness meet.
in, an ev'body in dis great comp'ny
dat is willin' to fergib come up now.
while we sing one oh our deah ole
hymns. an shake ma han"
Then he started one of the powerful
revival tunes and they began TO come,
first those who had not given anything
to the collection and were not much
interested in the matter anyway, then
those who had not lost much, and then
the others. Finally they had all
passed before him except one old lady.
she stuck to her seat. Then he said:
"Dar's one po' mis'abe sinner still
lef' dat won't fergib, she won't fer
gib!"
She was the old lady who had con-
tributed the largest sum.
Now | sugges' he went on in a
gentle, reasonable voice, that we hab
a season OBJ prayer an glib dis po' mis-
able sinner one mo- chance"
So after they had prayed and sung
another hymn the old lady came up.
too.-Contemporary Review.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
casteI SAINT Angelo Doomed.

It is too true, correspondent
writes from Rome. that part of the
Castel SAINT Angelo is to be sliced
away by orders of the municipality.
This is a power that works without
any kind of haste, but in a certain
number of months the pickaXe, which
has altered the face of Rome, will
break the first stone of the formidable
fortress, Though a part of the mole,
however. the condemned bastion is
not an integral or an antique part 1t
is the work of Pope Urban VIII, and
therefore early seventeenth century;
ard upon the Rome of the pontiffs the
Italy of to-day has no mercy. More
than sieses and sacks the pickaxe of
the sixteenth century destroyed me-
Gieval Rome and a beauty of architec-
ture we can only guess at, and the sub
stituted Rome of the Renascence has
now had to bear many a blow.-LOn-
don Chronicle.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT

lily across the campus, his thoughts
busy with his friend. he stumbled;
although he managed 70 recover him
sell, his spectacles became detached
and fell.
Quite helpless without these aids
to vision, he got down on hands and
knees and began to feel carefully in
the grass.
While the search went on there ap-
preached a young man, freshman
not yet acquainted with all the fac
ulty. To him the disturbed professor
appealed for aid.
Young man." he said nervously,
will you have the k'kindness to help
me locate my g-glasses?"
The youth gazed Indignantly down
at the scandalizing spectacle of red
faced, elderly party violently pawning
at the earth.
"It appears to me, my elderly
friend" he said severely, that you've
already located about all the glasses
you need!"
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

report mention was made of city
boulevard in Marseilles first macadam-
iZed and then tarred. The tar was
by no means smeared over the sur
face like a coat of paint. The work
was done in the midst of the dry sea-
son, after the road had been carefully
swept and the hot liquid was worked
with stiff brushes into the road joints,
penetrating to a considerable depth.
The traffic over this boulevard Is
intense and consists largely of auto
mobiles moving at their highest speed.
After two years wear no more dust
Is observable than would be the case
with an ordinary asphalt pavement re-
ceiving the traffic of innumerable un-
paved streets. The surface is intact
and the sides. where washing gener-
ally occurs, look as fresh and clean
after rain as an asphalt pavement.
It is doubtful whether anything short
of a hard pavement can give perma-
uent satisfaction in "A large city, but IL
such as was performed in Marseilles
could be undertaken in the open coun-
try the road surfaces so treated ought
to last for years with reasonable at
tention.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07
MIND SIX MONTHS BLANK

Six months passed as single night.
dropping to sleep in California, awak-
ening in a foreign land. thousands of
miles across the sea; retiring. in af-
fluent circumstances. arising a beg
gar; passing into the death of each
days life" a happy married man. re-
turning to consciousness a widower-
these are the strange experiences un-
dergone by William S, Smith, special
organizer of the American Federation
of Labor in California. who has just
arrived in this city on the liner ST.
IBERIA, says the San Francisco CORE
spondent of the Detroit News.
One night last June Smith dropped
to sleep in a railway car on the "owl
train" en- route from Los Angeles to
San Francisco. The next morning. as
he thought. he awoke in a strange
room. Rubbing his eyes, he gazed
about him. 1t was a sordid room, un-
like any he was accustomed to inhab'
it. He arose and lifted the curtain.
The country he looked on was unlike
anything he had seen in California.
Descending the stairs he found him
self among people as unfamiliar as
his surroundings. They talked Eng
lish, but with a foreign accent.
Where am II" asked Smith, ad
dressing one of the men.
The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

A story which has bearing CON
siderably broader than the mere facts
of the case; for the negro who is the
central figure was possessed of quail
ity not infreqGent in white offenders.
too-the ability to magnify the mote
in his neighbors eye until the whole
community forgets that he has beam
in his own.
He had stolen the proceeds OF col
lection that had been made for the
benefit of :he minister, and the church
had decided 10 try him. The meeting
was crowded. The preacher presided.
After a statement of the charges the
accused man had a chance to be heard.
He went forward and took the place
of the preacher on the platform.
81 amt got muffin to say fo' myself
he began in a penitent voice. rs a
po' mis'able sinner. But bredren, so
is we all mis'able sinners. An de
gread boo:1 says we must fergib. How
many times. bredren? Till seben
times? No, till sebenty times seben.
Now amt sinned no sebenty
times seben, an Is jes' go to sugges'