The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01
MEANS \ NOTES.

tist foreign missionary u India. Rev.
Dr.. William Carey. IS now visiting in
guished namesake, he is a British
missionary in India. His purpose in
comm" to America is an endeavor 1,
raise one-tenth of a ten million dollar
endowment fund for SeramDore Col
lege. in the province of Bengal. In
dia, which Mr.. Carey founded.
After p~rotracted negotiations. TIL
Pope has abolished the power of Yer.
which certain Catholic powers have
en7oAed n the conc!aNe OF cardinals
met for the election of a pope. This
is an act of great Importance. It Will
be remembered that Austria's veto Of
Cardinal Rampona was responsible
for the present incumbent of thu
Vatican. Pins y
The Church Congress which was
held by members of the Protestant
Fpisconal Church II Boston. durin9
the middle Of May. was notable alika
for the DISTINGUISHED speakers on its
program and for the special attention
given to the social aspects of Chris
tianity.
Two Scotch theologians have lately
died-Rev. DR.. Marcus Dods n Rev.
DR.. j. Marshall Lang.
The New York Board of Education
has granted the use of its four ath-
letic fields for games of school chill
oren on Sundays. betWeen one and SIX
o'clock. The it is said. in
this innovation with respect to Sun
day observance is to provide recrea-
ton grounds for the boys where they
may be kept from corner %lounging.
The sermon which Rev. DIR. VII
liam T. Manning. Of Trinity Church.
recently preached in answer to nu-
merous attacks on Trinity corporation
has been issued in pamphlet form for
general distribution.
There were thirty-nine graduates al
the May commencement of the Prince
ton Theological Seminary. 1t is ru-
that owing to the difficulties a
the institution a number Of the stu
dents Will not return next fall.
Four representatives of the Internal
tional Sunday-school Association are
now making a tour of Great Brlta II
in the interests Of Sunday-school
work for the Worlds Convention.
May, 1910. The deputation consists
of Marion Lawrence, General Score
tary Of the international Association;
Philip Z. Howard, publisher of the
Peloubet, of Auburndale. and W. n.
HartshOrn, Of Boston
A layman, Mr.. Henry P. CrOWell.
Of Chicago, has agreed to finance .
campaign for the Presbyterian Synod
of Illinois whereby every member Of
the synod shall be reached with thu
special claims of foreign missions, IN
an endeayor to bring the churches up
to the standard of five dollars a mem
Der.
Several English Quaker oco nam
have agreed to buy no
more cocoa from certain POrtugue~e
settlements. because they have learn
ed, after investigation, that enforced
labor is still in vogue there.
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
Sometimes ~providences, like h
letters. must be read backwards.
F.avel.
No great deed is done by falterera
ask for certainty.-George Eliot,
is no place where earth's s0r-
Are more felt than up in heaven:
There is no place where earth's fail
ings
Have such kindly judgment given:
For the love of God is broader
Than the measures of mans mind.
And the Heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
-Faber.
God will fairly flood your life with
all the power he can trust you to use
wholly for him.-S. Z. Gordon.
There is one road
peace and that is truth, which fol
low We. -Sneile%.
:
Go to your work and be strong. halt
ing not in your ways
Baking the end half won for an an
instant dole of praise.
Stand to your work and be wise-cer~
tain of sword and pen.
are neither children nor gods,
but men in a world of men.
-kipling.
It is a question whether all our
searching criticism has ever done 50
much to produce efficient work ana
o. bring our neighbor to his best. as
words Of genuine and hearty encour-
agement-John Watson.