The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-23

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towers of strength for Christianity"
THE church is constantly | sili
by death her ministers of marked in
tellectual ability Their places mus
be filed by men of learning, Of love
and OF faith. At no other age, to few
other people, has God given NOR,
problems to be solved, with brightei
prospects for their solution, than lie
has given to the South The waves
of infdelity and doubt. of ateria Is
and Indifference tha thaye swept over
Europe and many parts of tfe North
are beating more insistingly upon our
borders The hordes of fer igners
confined for years almost eXclrsif el i,
to the North and West, are now I'M
ing. in ever increasing hunters. into
the midst of rs The great negro
problem to which the first general as
sembly of the church. in the isc
and confusion of a terrible war, gave
her sympathetic and prayerful attea.
ton still calls for seli-denying ald
gifted men to assist these men of
God Dr. Snedecor and John Littla,
and few men and woen over the
church who have heard the sad appeal
of this poor, supersttous peop'e
Your committee has taken the
care to investigate the attendance of
young men and women from Presbr-
terian homes at our state Institutions
of higher learning. We have secured
reports from presidents of seventeen
of these in which there is an enroll
ment of 12,22S students, OF these i
| per cent, or 1894 are Presbyterians,
1873 young women and 1896 young
men.
While the committee of schools and
colleges are endcayoring to maintain
a pure, religious atmosphere in our
own institutions, and to commend
them to the sons and daughters of our
church, this large body or young men
should not be overlooked. The
synods of Alabama, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia have Sc,
lected men with peculiar gifts. have
supplemented their salaries and have
placed them as pastors at these ever
growing seats of learning.
In institutions where the scientific
course is much ore prominent than
the classical, the aim is apt to be
TO teach men to make living. rather
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this materialistic age, great cars
should be exercised in shaping tho
course of study.
Aid TO Candidates.
we are rendering aid to 2l0 can.
didates this year as against 223 last
The amount forwarded these was
$242G5 as against s22,077 last year
This is the largest amount, by more
than $4,000, that has been used In
This maximum amount of appropria-
ton continues at s100 per year to
each candidate who needs that
amount
"Of the 2i0 candidates enrolled. 95
are in the Theological seminaries and
AS in the colleges
The committee recommends that
it be granted by the general assembly
authority to loan money to cand'-
dates, as some of them express a d. |
sire to borrow rather than to accept
the money as a gift. Credits on these
notes may be given from time to time
to the mission work done by the can
didates for which they now receive
compensation.
Ministerial Relief.
Under the general head of min s.
terial Relief" the committee reports
that It has made great progress in
the last three years in relieving dis
tress of the homes of Presbyterian |
ministers. In the last year s25 ~ |
was sent to various beneficiaries in |
the performance of this work 1t is |
pointed out that many ministers of |
the church receive less in salary than |
thousands of day laborers IN our land. |
and yet on their meagre resources |
and serious calls are made |
On the roll of beneficiaries there are
Al ministers, 1i0 widows and 12 or
phans In these homes are SO father.
less children under Ii years of age.
i6 of whom are not ten years old. In
the past year three ministers and
five widows have been removed from
the roll by death. The average age of
ministers who are beneficiaries is G5
years and they nave served the
church an average Of sc years.
"The manual adopted by the as
sembly provides that any minister
over seventy years of age, who is in1
need, and who has served the church
for period in the aggregate not less
than thirty years, shall he entitled by
such service to draw from the Com
mittee of Ministerial Relief an an
nual sum for his support without the
of being annually recon-
mended therefor by the Presbytery.
We have on this Roll of Honor dur
ing this year, % ministers whose aver
age age is Il years, and who have
rendered an average term of service
Of AZ years OF this 25, three have
lied during the year
None of those whom we assist re
:eived more than s400 last year.
Financial Statement.
During the last year $31.451 was