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8THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.April 3,Cbe Central Presbyterian.Richmond, Va., Wednesday, April 3, 1901. JAMES P. SMITH, .... Editor.rwo DOLLARS A YBAK IN ADVANCE.SPECIAL KATES TO PASTORS' CLUB8.Subscription, are understood ns continuing from yenr to ye»r. unit,, orders nro given to the contrnry. Tills Is In aocord-anoo with tli© gonoral winh of tho aub8crlber».The Printed Address Label on each paper contains iidate, which Indicates the ttoo up to which payment hiut boon madeIn OhanKin^ an Address, it Is necessary to send the former a« woll as tho ntto addre**. and always give your name exactly aa It appears on your label. In order u* prevent mistakes.Orders to Discontinue should always be sent direct to us by letter or jiostal card. Accompany the order with payment of arrearages at live cents a wook.Receipts. Don't ask us to send you a receipt when you send your renewal. Within two weeks after the receipt of subsorli*-tlon your mailing label will be changed showing to what date your subscription has boon paid. This will show that the remittance was received.Checks and Money Orders should be made payable to Tint t.'KNTK AI. PKK8BYTKKIANThe Twentieth Century Fund.The most important event in the affairs of our church during the past week was the conference held in Lynchburg on Thursday afternoon and evening, March 28th. by the call of the Synod’s Committee. This committee, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Iknry Alexander White, of Washington and Lee University ; the Rev. I'. I’. Me Laden, of Lynchburg, and the Rev. Dr. F. J. Brooke, of Alexandria, invited a conference of the Presbyterial Committees throughout tile Synod, and a few other brethren. I here were present, of the Committee of the General Assembly, Mr. G. E. Caskie, of Lynchburg, the members of the Synod’s Committee mentioned above, and from Abingdon l’resbyterv, Judge F. B. Hutton, Dr. Alfred Jones, Rev. 1\ II. Cwinn and Rev. C. D. Waller; from East Hanover, Dr. J. P. Smith; from Greenbrier, Dr. .M. L. Lacy and Dr. R. L. Telford; from Lexington, Dr. Thornton Whaling; from Montgomery, Dr. W. C. Campbell, Dr. R. H. Fleming and Rev. D. J. Woods; from Roanoke, Dr. Thornton S. Wilson; from West Hanover, Dr. (I. L. Petrie and Dr. Daniel Plain, and from Winchester, Dr. Charles Gliise-Ii 11 and Dr. E. I). Washburn.Dr. II. A. White, chairman of the Svnod's Committee, presented to the conference the draft of a report to be submitted to the Synod at its next meeting. It was considered in all its parts, and fully and freely discussed. A number of changes and amendments were made until the paper was brought into the form in which it was approved with unanimity, and is published in this paper. This important paper lias been carefully prepared with the assistance and sanction of this large conference from all sections of the Synod, and is now published that the Presbyteries before the Spring meetings may know what it is proposed to do. Nearly all of the Presbyteries of this Synod have appointed committees, which will probably wish to report at the approaching meetings, and enter upon the work as soon as possible.It will be remembered that our last General Assembly, in answer to overtures from Louisville Presbytery, Dr. L. H. Blanton. Dr. James T. \ ance and others, adopted a plan by which it is undertaken to raise a Twentieth Century Fund for Christian Education of $1,000,non Dr. W. W. Moore was made the chairman and Dr. C. R. Hemphill the vice-chairman, with a committee of two from each Synod. The members from the Synod of Virginia are the Rev. Dr. R. P Kerr and George E. Caskic. Esq.I he Assembly’s plan is on page 639 of the Minutes.The Synod of Virginia at its last meeting approved the action of the Assembly “in calling for a thank-offering of one million dollars from our people for the work of Christian Education (Minutes of Synod of Virginia, page 163), and directed the Moderator to appoint a committee of three to co-operate with the Assembly's Committee on the Twentieth Century Fund. It was further ordered that the Presbyteries of the Synod be urged to prosecute with vigor and as promptly as possible the work of raising the million dollar fund. ( Page 215.)Some of the Synods have already taken up this work with enthusiasm and vigor. The Synod of North Carolina, for example, lias set 011 foot its own plan for raising $300,000 of the One Million Dollar Twentieth Century Fund. The Synod of Virginia, through its committee, has set before it as the amount which should be raised the sum of $330,000. This amount seems to lie needed in the increased endowment of Union Theological Seminary, in the relief and enlargement of Presbyterian colleges, in the equipment of two female seminaries in the West, which are under the fostering care of Presbyteries, and of the lloge Academy in the Last, and in the establishment lt;f academies by the Presbyteries where they are needed.It is not proposed to ask the churches for the immediate contribution of this large sum: hut it is proposed that the Presbyteries adopt some scheme by which tile grea: cause shall he placed before the consecration and intelligence of all the people in all the churches, to the end that by one or two contributions in cacli year the whole amount shall be gathered in the period of five years. Without the employment of a salaried agent, and perhaps without any expense to the committee or the cause, one or two persons can be sent to visit the churches to present the necessity of a revived interest in an education of the young which shall be Christian, and the need of enlarged and well-equipped institutions for the nurture of Christian youth, male and female. It was the concurrent opinion of the strong Lynchburg conference, that the movement is a necessity laid upon the churches by the Providence of God, that it should he fully and plainly set forth in all the churches, and that the funds which are needed can and will he given by the people in the years proposed, if the movement lie so presented.I UK city of Pia Ting Fu. in China, will always he regarded with peculiar and sad interest by \mcrican Christians because of the martyrdom there of some most precious Christian men, women and little children. Already a number of missionaries are at work in that place. Du a late Sabbath, one of them publicly baptized ten Chinese converts. The work here and elsewhere in the places of bloodshed and cruelty has the greatest interest, and is now giving hope of large extension.Until the management of the Buffalo Exposition gives a definite reply as to the Stindav closing of the Exposition it will be well for Christian people and all who believe in the protection 'if the weekly day of rest, to withhold their participation in the exhibitions and their plans for visiting. If it he made plain to tin Buffalo Board of Managers that the American people intend to support the protection of the first day from utter secularization and desecration. there can lie 110 doubt as to their decision Certainly a great number will stay away if the Sabbath law of the land is to be disregarded.The Takamatsu Manse.Just one year ago, in the Providence of God, as we believe, there was presented to the members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Union of East Man-over Presbytery, the great need of a manse in Takamatsu, Japan, to tic occupied by our missionaries stationed there; the one then in use, being unhealthy and uncomfortable in the extreme.An organization was at once formed, consisting of a committee from each Presbyterian Church in the city, with the president of their respective missionary societies as chairmen. A meeting of these various committees was held at the home of Rev. J. Calvin Stewart, and Mrs. Stewart was elected chairman; Mrs. R. P. Kerr, treasurer; Mrs. William Campbell, corresponding secretary, and Miss Wilson recording secretary. At this meeting it was decided that the building of this manse should be undertaken, and that the other churches in the Union should be asked to assist. It was also unanimously decided that the manse should be named in loving memory of Mrs. Sarah Milnor Price, the beloved and honored founder of the Union. These committees have worked faithfully, and in their own quiet way; sen I-ing from time to time donations to Mrs. Kerr, treasurer. who at once forwarded them to Dr, Chester.Donations have. also, been received from many of the churches in the Union, which have all been kindly acknowledged through the Central. The success of this organization has suYpassed our most sanguine expectations, over one-half the required amount ($1,200) having already been forwarded to the Board of Foreign Missions at Nashville.So great is the faith of the Board in this organization that with only $625 in band, the manse is being built, and will be completed in a few months. Wc now feel bound to complete this work as speedily as possible, and we. therefore, most earnestly appeal to the churches, as well as the kind friends who have contributed to (bis good work in the past year, to renew their gifts. This work was undertaken in the name of the Union, and goes as its gift to the cause of Foreign Missions. We trust, therefore, that each church, as well as each individual, who loves the cause of missions, will feel it a privilege to contribute to this work, which, when completed, must he an, unspeakable joy to all who have assisted in its accomplishment. The sweet influence which will go out from this’Christian home in that heathen land, and the good that may be accomplished through i-, is inestimable. Besides it will stand for years to come as a testimony of the love and labor of the women of the Union, for the advancement of Christ's kingdom in Japan, as well as in loving memory of its honored founder, Mrs. S. M. Price, As these noble and faithful women try to raise the balance of this money, are there not some generous, big-hearted men who will conic to their aid? Melp them to complete this work that they may take ■ p another for the advancement of Christ's kingdom. There will lie a special contribution made for this cause at the annual meeting of the Union, April gilt.Owing to the troubles in China the treasury of the Committee of Foreign Missions is in such a depicted condition that it cannot advance the amount needed for the completion o( the manse. If. therefore, it is not at once sent the building must stop, and our beloved missionaries live in discomfort another year.The Sarah Milnor Price Manse.Ladies' Missionary Society. San Marino. Va..(additional)........................... $5 noMr. M. J, Gilkeson. Bealton, Va.............. 1 00Young Ladies' Missionary Band, ThirdChurch, Richmond..................... 5 00Total to date.........................$642 35Mrs. R, P. Kkrk, Treasurer,414 W. Grace St., Richmond. Va.A Card.The Rev. G. W. Butler. M. D.. of the Brazilian mission, will be in Virginia during the month of May. If there are any ministers who wish to have a visit from him in that month or in June, if they will notify me of it and of the time they wish to have him. I will try to make an appointment with them for him. The persecutions Dr. Butler has endured and the results attending his work commend him It the special interest of the church.A. M. Fraser, Staunton, Va
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