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". . but a Sword." By T. M. Rees ... Our Local Preachers." The " Minutes of Conference"

Questions. By R. Pyke •.. ••• Louvain and ocher " Barbarities." From the German

Standpoint ... Things that are being Said ... United Methodist Table Talk ... Young People's Day. By T. Shawcross Prize-Day at Edgehill John- Gill, Optimist. By S. Horton ... Sunday Afternoon ... Pergamoe: The Church of Low Moral Ideas (C.E. Topic.)

By T. A. Jefferies... ••• 741 Our Deaconesses. By Henry Smith

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Ministering to Recruits 742 Notes by the Way ... ..• ••• ••• 743 Army and Navy Chaplains. By George Packer, D.D. ••• 743 Departed Friends ...

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744 For Our Teachers. By E. C. Urwin, B.A., B.D. ••• 744 For Our Boys and Girls ...

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745 A Missionary Fortnight. By W.R.C. ... 746 News of Our Churches

746, 747 Publishing House Committee .. 747

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IT would be strange, indeed in a way disappoint-ing, if some amongst us did not feel and put into words a scruple about England taking part in this war. For if, as the " Westminster Gazette " said, the war is an affliction -to the Liberal—and it is—much more is it an affliction to the Christian. The use of the sword is not a delight to either.

Some of us have dreamt of war as a thing of the past. And yet why, it were hard to say : remember-ing how many wars there have been since 1870. Perhaps an evening thought was father to the dream, the wish to the thought.

Jesus Christ did not dream like this. He knew there would be strife. He knew that He Himself would be the direct as well as the indirect cause of strife. And in. His forecast He put no term to that strife. It looks as though He thought the strife would go on until the end of all things came.

And so He said to His disciples as He sent them out into " the wide wide world," which they were never to fear, and upon which their first word was always to be "peace " : " I came not to send peace, but a sword."

We do quite right, of course, to think first that our Lord meant that His Spirit and teaching would provoke men, and provoke them so much that they would pluck their swords from the scabbard and use them against those who breathed His Spirit and followed His teaching. Nor would we, nor dare we, close our eyes to the fact that those who suffer from the passion of others for His sake are not to be "easily provoked." His teaching forbids. "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal."

Who then may set bounds to- the passive resist-ance of His disciple? None, surely. The Sermon on the Mount—that set of impossible precepts—still has authority other than that of "the Scribes." We keep our best for those who come closest to the letter of that Sermon, the letter as well as the spirit, and deny themselves most. The Tolstoyan—man and people—will last longer and bear a name more fragrant as long as they last, than the militant. "Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword."

And yet—but the paradox is not ours but His—He said " . . but a sword." The Son of Man came to "bring " a sword, to invoke it as well as to provoke it, and with as little shame and guilt in the invocation as in the provocation. That is to say, with none ever, but always as the Son of Man, the Pattern, the nearest Neighbour, the Champion of humanity.

The progress of humanity is bound up, is synony-

mous with the intercourse and mutual dealings of men and nations. And although in this intercourse "it must needs be that offences come," yet these "offences " can be turned to better account for humanity than isolation. The recluse—man or people

—cannot become more, and must become less, humari. We are brought together in the Son of Man. He died for all. And if we offend one another—whether in our varying interpretations of the ideal He has set before us, or because one or the other flouts and grieves that ideal—it is a healthy thing, the healthiest thing as far as we can judge, to chastise one another and so to defend the Ideal of the Son of Man.

He sometimes invokes the sword. But—and it is here that He compels us all to examine ourselves —He never invokes the sword in defence of Himself or for gain. And when He provokes it, it is not because He is self-seeking. The passion is never His, the patience always.

If this war can be shown to be in any degree a war in a passion on our part then we are so far in the wrong. And it is possible—for what man is there that sinneth not ?—it is possible that we shall find by and by that we have not undertaken this war With "clean , hands and a pure heart, a soul not lifted unto vanity, a tongue that hath not sworn deceitfully," as it is just possible that the enemy is not so black as he is painted. But at any rate there is a difference between fighting for our own ends and fighting to help our friend's, to protect the weaker, fighting in honour of our own word, a word disinterestedly, solemnly given. And so far as we have been told by those who have the secret, and as far as we can judge, we have invoked the sword this time in the cause of the Son of Man, and, as the Prime Minister argued at the Guildhall, for spiritual things.

It is not for any to push aside those who have scruples upon this point. They have an advocate in the heart of every other man who studies the spirit and teaching of the Son of Man, and would fain follow Him whithersoever He goes. When public men—and such men as they are—throw away place and power because they cannot support their fellows and follow their leaders and ours in this matter, it becomes us who know less than they do about it to maintain a respectful silence. Their character and their work claim this from us. Indeed, for aught we know, they may be found, after all, nearer the mind of the Son of Man than the majority. They may be, indeed they are, the seers. and har-bingers of a better day. Certainly—or else the teaching of the Son of Man is out of date—they who say we do wrong in going to war, even at this time, are easily better disciples of His than are they—whether they are for us or against us—who delight to use the sword.

If the tale of German atrocities were but a tale, and we knew that ; if Germany had taken a straight-forward course, however bluntly, in getting to the field of battle ; if there was good reason to think that England was doing anything from envy or fear to keep the people of Germany back from their due, their "place in the sun " ; if Germany, Kaiser and peasant, did not glory in war and seek to ride rough-shod over others in the will to Power, then our foe would be fully worthy of us ; for, after all, it is a noble people, and we owe it a great deal.

We could almost allow our scruples and our scrupulous ones the last word in this conflict of opinion, so much do we agree with them.

And they will agree with us so far as to pray God to give us the victory. For again we protest that we know but in part. But, so far as we know, we do no wrong in waging this war. Else we must not ask God to prosper our arms.

But when we. think of the spirit of our people at this time, of the tens of thousands of our young men going from Christian homes, many of them giving up very much from a sense of duty, and of the sacrifice made by all classes—not one of them thinking of gain, not one of them thinking of loss ; when we think of this, are we notbound to say that we do the best we knbw? And our scruples must patiently listen to us as we say that when we know better we will do other.

T. M. REES.

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THE UNITED METHODIST. October 15, 1914.

Our Local Preachers. THE " MINUTES OF CONFERENCE "

QUESTIONS. SOME very delightful replies have come in to the set

of questions which I gave a few weeks ago on the "Minutes of Conference." The first place must be ac= corded to Mr. James Watson, of the Bradford Park Cir-cuit. His remarks under Question 7 are not without humour, though it was by no means the kind of criti-cism I had in my mind. I was thinking rather of the delightful and touching confidence with which all men who live in London assume that they are really at the very heart of the universe, and that all the concerns of that great sprawling, lonely city are of universal in-terest. A week recently in a London suburb has con-vinced me once more that for sheer deadening dullness it cannot be surpassed. 'But that is neither -here nor there. Let me give Mr. Watson's excellent paper in full : •

Question No. 1 : What is the genius of Methodism? Answer, page 37, clause 6 : "That the strong should help the weak."

Question No. 2 : Who has the right to reply? Answer, page 5, clause 5, "Rules of Debate" : The mover of a substantive motion;

Question No. 3 : Where will you find-the Aldermanic Bench of our Church? Answer, page 119 : The List of Guardian Representatives..

Question No. 4 : What qualities are needed in the man who examines candidates? Answer, pages 56-57, Memoir of Rev. Ralph Abercrombie, M.A.I : He must realize "that he has to hold the balance evenly, graciously, and rigidly between the rights of the candidates and probationers on the one hand, and the needs and rights of the Con-nexion on the other." "To do it well it needs on the part of the . . . examiner many endowments ; heart, detachment, soundness of judgement, ample knowledge —technical and general, and not least psychological sympathy with youth."

Question No. 6 : What is the first note of a Church ? Answer, page 182 : "The first note of the Church, its first striking characteristic and its main qualification for usefulness, is separation from sin, holiness to the Lord. It is His presence there that gives it its vitality as the body 'of Christ, the organ whereby He accomplishes

His purposes, the authoritative expression of His Spirit." Question' No. 7 : (a) Where is the heart of the world,

and (b) who is the authority? Answer, page 231 : (a) "London is the heart of the world ; the quivering, beat-ing, pulsating heart, whose throb is felt at the ends of the earth." (b) The Committee of the London Church Extension Fund. Criticism : The simile of a "quiver-ing" heart is unfortunate, suggesting lack of stability, causing agitation, confusion, liability to collapse, hence, the least "heart flutter " spoils a Civil Service Medical Examination.

Question No. 7 : What criticism is passed on certain sermons Answer, page 300 : "That while some good sermons have been sent in the general type even of the best is not all that could be desired. There is lack of illustrations, and while some sermons are earnest and evangelical in tone it is doubtful whether they would capture the attention of an audience. They give little evidence of reading in the great poets and prose writers."

Mr. Edwin Blight's observation on Question 7 is neat enough. He says "The world would not stop though London ceased to be : this shows that London cannot be its heart." Mr. Frank G. Stafford, of St. Blazey, has also made a similar criticism. It is a great pleasure to send a book to all three of the brethren named ; and, to adopt the language of the schools, Mr. Watson has se-cured "the first prize." Other brethren have sent in re-plies which show them to have read the "Minutes " care-fully, and such an exercise is in itself a reward.

A friend recently submitted to me the following ques-tion : "Can we reasonably ask God to give victory to our Army and Navy, when we know that good Christian people in Germany are offering a similar prayer for their soldiers and sailors?" Now, it would be interesting to hear what our brethren have to say in reply to such a question. I shall be glad to give a book (not necessarily new, but certainly good) to the best reply which reaches me, written on one side of a post card, within a week.

R. PYKE. 14 Westcroft Terrace, Bideford.

Connexional Abstainers' League.

REV. JOHN THORNLEY, Sheffield, writes : Will you kindly allow me through your columns to

say how rejoiced I am that the Young People's Com-mittee has decided to launch an Abstainers' League for our churches, and that it is 'to have a junior and senior section? It is just what we have needed for years for the perfecting of our temperance machinery and work in our denomination. This step in advance will, I hope, result in a large augmentation of our temperance forces, and that with growing numbers we may have growing influence and growing success.

I have longed for a development of this kind for a considerable time, especially in the interests of our young people, so that they might still be linked with us even when they leave the Band of Hope ; for lack of such an organization we have lost large numbers of those who have been with us up to entering upon their teens, and so we have lost their labours and influence. I am glad the Conference has approved of this new movement and given it its blessing.

I hope "Foundation Day "—Temperance Sunday, November 8th, will be a great success as the beginning of a healthy, prosperous League for abstainers of all ages.

Louvain and other 66 Barbarities."

From the German Standpoint.

MR. POWELL, the correspondent of the "New York World" and "Daily Chronicle," in the French theatre of war, recently wrote for his papers on account of what he had heard and seen of the destruction and cruelties prac-tised by the Germans as they made their progress through France. That account came into the hands, of General von Boehn, the commander of the 9th German Army and he expressed a wish to see Mr. Powell and speak to him about his article. He invited Mr. Powell to dinner and offered him a safe conduct through the German lines. Mr. Powell accepted the invitation and tells of his ex-perience in an article in a recent issue of the "Daily Chronicle." By the special permission of the Editor we are permitted to reproduce the part of the article which refers to Mr. Powell's conversation with the General on the charges which he had made about atrocities com- mitted by the Germans. Readers will easily judge whether the General's answer is adequate

General von Boehn began by asserting that the ac-counts of the atrocities perpetrated on Belgian non-combatants were a tissue of lies.

"Look at these officers about you," he said "they are gentlemen like yourselves. Look at the soldiers marching past in the road out there. They are most of them the fathers of families. Surely you do not believe that they would do the things they have been accused of."

"Three days ago, General," I said, "I was in Aer- schot. The whole town is now but a ghastly, blackened, bloodstained ruin ! "

"When we entered Aerschot," he replied, "the son of the Burgomaster came into the room, drew a re-volver, and assassinated my Chief of Staff. What fol-lowed was only retribution. The townspeople only got what they deserved ! "

" But why wreak your vengeance on women and children?"

" None have been killed," the General asserted posi-tively.

" I'm sorry to contradict you, General," I asserted, with equal positiveness, "but I have myself seen their mutilated bodies. So has Mr. Gibson, secretary of the American Legation at Brussels, who was present dur-ing the destruction' of Louvain."

"at is War !" " Of course there is always danger of women and

children being killed during street fighting," said the General, "if they insist on coming into the street. It is unfortunate, but it is war." ,

"But how about the woman whose body I saw with the hands and feet cut off? How about the white-haired man and his son whom I helped to bury outside of Sempst, and who had been killed merely because the retreating Belgians had shot a German soldier out-side their house. There were 22 bayonet wounds in the old man's face. I counted them. How about the little girl, two years old, shot while in her mother's arms by a Uhlan, and whose funeral I attended' at Heyst-op-den-Berg? How about the old man that was hung from the rafters of his house by the hands and roasted to death by a bonfire being built under him? "

The General seemed somewhat taken aback by the amount and exactness of my data. "Such things are horrible if they are true," he said. "Of course, our soldiers, like soldiers in all armies, sometimes get out of hand, and do things which we would never tolerate if we knew it. At Louvain, for example, I sentenced two soldiers to 12 years' penal servitude apiece for as-&wiling 'a woman."

Why Louvain and Antwerp were Bombarded. "Apropros of Louvain," I remarked, "why did you

destroy the library? It was one of the literary store-houses of the world."

"We regretted that as much as anyone else," an-swered the General. "It caught fire from the burn-ing houses, and we could not save it."

"But why did you burn Louvain at all? " I asked. "Because the townspeople fired on our troops. We

actually found machine-guns in some of the houses; and," smashing his fist down upon the table, "when-ever civilians fire upon our troops we will teach them a lasting lesson. If the women and children insist on getting in the way of bullets, so much the worse for women and children."

" How do you explain the bombardment of Antwerp by Zeppelins?" I queried.

"The Zeppelins have orders to drop their bombs only on fortifications and soldiers," he answered.

"As a matter of fact," I remarked, "they destroyed only private houses and innocent civilians, several of them women. If one of those bombs had dropped 200 yards nearer my hotel I wouldn't be smoking one of your excellent cigars to-day."

"That is a calamity which, thank God, didn't happen," he replied.

If you feel for my safety as deeply as that, General," I said earnestly, "you can make quite sure of my coming to no harm by sending no more Zep-pelins."

"Well, Herr Powell," said he, laughing, "we will think about it, and," he continued gravely, I trust that you will' tell the American people through your great paper what I have told you to-day. Let them hear our side of this atrocity business. It is only. justice that they should be made familiar with both sides of the

question."

Things that are being Said. The Significant Flicker.

At one time of my life I was much bruised in spirit over the ease with which foreigners were shown over our arsenals and yards. Happening to meet the Head of the Naval Intelligence Department, I confided my troubles to him. It was •at a public banquet, where conversation was restricted, but he turned his head towards me, arm! his left eyes flickered for an instant. Since then I have never needed any reassurance on the subject.—SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.

What Dr. Jowett Has Seen. I have seen the Lord Jesus lay hold of a man who was

the bond' slave of sin, whose vice was clinging to him with all the awful tenacity of a skin, and I have seen the Lord Jesus break up the imprisonment and trans:. form him. I have seen his actions reversed. I have seen his power of volition restored. I have seen his thoughts changed as you would change the patterns in a loom. I have seen men who are dripping with uncleanness made sweet and pure again, converted into God's children, and moving about in the ways of men as children of light. "His skin became clean again as a little child."—DR. J. H. JowErr. Prussianism Must Go!

The summing up of the whole matter is : Prussianism must go! and its passing will be the best event that has yet happened to the German peoples. They will turn themselves to the nobler, cleaner patriotism of social de-velopment. They will awake to learn that war is a curse, and is not, and never can be, the greatest factor in the furtherance of culture and of power. They will learn that Might is not Right. They will be a new German Army, and it will be the Army of the Republic of the United States ofGermany.—CLAUDIUS CLEAR.

Liberation for the German People. One word also about the German nation. We are

fighting, let us say, five millions out of sixty-eight mil-lions. There 'are therefore sixty-three millions left who have as yet, so far as we know, committed no atrocities. I firmly believe that in beating thoroughly the five mil-lions we shall render an incalculable service to all the rest. The German people, as I have had abundant op-portunity of observing, are not happy under the military despotism of the Prussian officers. In the interests of the German people, in the service of a valuable civilization such as that of Germany, this despotism must, be finally overthrown. But we must not talk about the annihila-tion of Germany.—The Berlin correspondent of the "British Congregationalist."

Detaching the Spirit. The present period of severe chastening ought to bring

home the necessity of'detaching the spirit from the things of this world. That is one reason why God has held His hand. We are being sorely tried, but perhaps we shall come through a wiser and a nobler people. As a nation we had indeed succumbed to the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, and the Lord came and compelled us to visualize the facts of earthly experi-ence anew.—R. J. CAMPBELL.

Other Things Jesus Said. Christ said many things besides "Turn the other also."

He said that no man can be a Christian who is not ready to be shot. He said that no man need dream of following Him who would not take his life in his hand. He said that to die is often better than to live. He said that to lay down one's life is the highest holiness. He said that only by rendering to Cesar the things that are Caesar's can we render to God the things that are God's (no other interpretation can stand the tests of exegesis). But there are " worse " things than these. Many men there are who would like to remove the Kaiser from our midst; Jesus said that he never ought to have been born, and that it were well for him that a huge mill-stone were hung about his neck and that he were cast into the depths of the sea. (I apologise for the italics, but let them serve to point to the flashing eyes and the concen-trated tones of Him who spake so that man never for-got.) Moreover, I for one preach Christ and Him cruci-fied—the Christ who went down in the fight, and founded a new religion in His own blood. Who will follow in His train, and found a new world in . their own blood, and

-His?—F. WARBURtON LEWIS.

Still a Better Way. WE do not believe that Corsica has conquered Galilee.

We are not prepared to substitute a gospel of force for the Gospel of love, or an ethic of self-assertion for one of self-renunciation, nor will we take the blessing from the peacemaker, and hand it over to the man' of blood and iron. For the moment we have been forced to ac-cept the arbitrament of war as the only course open to a nation that loves honour, truth and righteousness more than life. . . . But we abate nothing of our con-viction that there is a better way, and that it is still the task of the Christian Church to prepare men for the reign of the Prince of Peace.—PRINCIPAL W. B. SELBIE.

The Prayer for To-day.

Are we fully alive to importance of prayer, and our obligation to offer it definitely, persistently, and with unfaltering faith in this grave and perilous time for our

nation and the world? If we fail in doing that in season and out of season, with fervour and devotion, with humility and consecration, we are omitting the prime factor in all that makes for good. Prayer i9 the spiritual cause of material effect. It is prayer that wins by faith, and there is no limit tol what it may ad" complish.—REV. R. J. CAMPBELL.

October 15, 1914.

THE UNITED METHODIST.

Young People's Day.

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United Methodist Table Talk.

interest in North Devon. She remembered a conversa-tion with Mr. Reed, their late Governor, before the Col- lege was started, as to the desirability of a school for girls, as well as the one at Shebbear for boys, and she rejoiced that it was established and had been so success- ful. Speaking to the girl prize-winners, she was sure that they would not rest on their oars. Life was no place for standing still. She liked one of the mottoes on their walls : "Beyond the best there is a better." She had great sympathy with those who had failed to win prizes, but she would like to remind them that they learnt more by their failures than by their successes. After all, there was something better even than winning the best prizes at school, and that was the certain know- ledge that they had done their very best. If they were to achieve the success to be desired they must keep high their ideals of thought, character, and conduct.

The Hon. John Wallop said that it was a pleasure to testify to the good work that they were doing in Devon- shire. They had made generous references to the interest that his family had taken in Shebbear and in Edgehill. He felt that he was there that day from a strong here- ditary instinct, which meant so much according 'to modern German philosophy. As a member of the County Education Committee he congratulated them upon what they had done. Although they had stood out- side the county system, he did not mind saying that he thought that they had done well to row their own boat— for it was evident that they had not suffered. They had done well—they had increased their numbers and im-proved in efficiency. He hoped that one of the results of this terrible war would be that they would all be- come enthusiasts in education, and be determined to give their boys and girls every advantage, for their own good and the good of the country. They must keep this idea before them, both at Edgehill and Shebbear, as indeed they had done.

There were a number of glees and songs rendered with perfect taste and effect by the-pupils and greatly enjoyed.

A vote of thanks was moved by the Mayor of Bideford, who remarked "as a representative of the town," that they were proud of having such a fine school ,for girls in their midst, and of the success which had attended its working for so many years past. Mr. John Rounsefell, M.A., Head Master of Shebbear College, remarked upon the extraordinary number of channels which were open to the girls of this generation. For them there would be an understanding and recognition of forces never be-fore known. For them there would be knowledge and an horizon and starry heights that those who went be-fore them had never dreamt of. But they must prepare themselves by hard work, and they would thereby be making valuable investments for the future. Rev. W. B. Reed spoke reminiscent and congratulatory words.

BY REV. T. SHAWCROSS.

NOTICE.—When' Articles or Letters are signed with the writers' names or initials, or with pseudonyms Me Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agree-ment with the views therein expressed or with the mode of expression. In such instances insertion only means that the matter or Me point of view is considered of sufficient interest and importance to warrant publication. The Denominational position on any subject can, of course be defined only by the Conference.

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MINISTERS CHANGING CIRCUITS. Our autumn list of Ministers changing Circuits was

published and sent out yesterday. Circuit and church stewards can have a copy on application to the Editor of the UNITED METHODIST, 188 Rye Lane Peckham, S.E. They cannot be obtained elsewhere and a. penny stamp must accompany every application or it cannot receive attention.

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ARMY AND NAVY CHAPLAINS. We call special attention to the important letter on this

subject found in another column (p. 743) from the pen of Dr. Packer, Secretary of .our General Connexional Com-mittee. It is written partly in reply to a letter from a United Methodist officer in the Army, who favoured us with a letter which we promised to send on to Dr. Packer last week.

Special attention is asked to the last paragraph which, under the later circumstances of the War, suggests that the names of United Methodists in the Army or entering the Army should be sent to Dr. Packer himself, as it seems convenient that the lists should be dealt with from one centre. Will our ministers and friends particularly note this?

* * * * * WHY IS THE WAR PERMITTED?

The Rev. C. B. Johnson, superintendent of the Roch-dale, Castlemere Circuit, has recently preached several interesting sermons on various features of the War. In one of the discourses he discussed the question. "Why has God permitted this War?" He said the- question opened up the whole subject of the origin of evil. No sane man could believe that it was God's will that the present world-tragedy should take place. They knew who engineered the war and made it inevitable, but there was no escape from the conclusion that the Almighty permitted it, though it was very well known that He hated and abhorred warfare. If by this war man could be taught the folly and futility orwar and the progress of the race be definitely assured, it might be in the Providence of God that this would be the last great struggle between civilized peoples, and if that proved to be the case, however great the anguish, how-ever awful the sacrifice, he believed that future ages would thank God that He was willing to pay this price and that the men Of this generation were willing to pay it with Him.

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VISITING RECRUITS. Rev. F. J. Jenkins, Yarmouth, I.W., writes : As there are now some thousands of regulars and new

recruits at the Freshwater Forts, near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, I should be glad to visit any ,-from United Methodist homes or churches whose- names, etc., are sent on to me.

* * * * * PERSONAL.

The Rev. George ,Eayrs arrived home from his tour in the United States and Canada on Friday, October 2nd. He has had a most delightful tour and speaks of the inspiration which it has brought to him. He has now taken up his work at Downham Market, where he has been most cordially received.

Rev. H. Cooke, 16, Hurle Crescent, Clifton, Bristol, writes under date October 12th :

"Will friends please accept my sincere thanks for letters of sympathy? Deeply grieved, - I cannot report any improvement in the condition of El Sie.' Further prayer is asked."

• • * A LINK WITH WESLEY.

Rev. Joseph Higman, Louth, writes : Associated with one of our village churches is an old

man who will be eighty-eight on November 5th. When I was visting him this week he told me that as a child he lived at Raithby, and that he had distinct recol-lections of Mrs. _Brackenbury, of Raithby Hall, a lady who several times entertained John Wesley. Probably there are very few people now living who have personal knowledge of any of the Wesley circle of friends. The last reference to Raithby in the "Journal " is very in-teresting. It forms a perfect picture of the tired but indomitable old warrior.

"Thence we- went on to Raithby, an earthly para-dise! How gladly would I rest here a few days ; but it is not my place. I am to be a wanderer upon earth. Only let me find rest in a better world.

"At six I preached in the church to such a congre-gation as I- never saw here before. But I do not won-der if all the•country should flock in hither, to a palace in the midst of a paradise."

Mr. Wesley was then in his eighty-fifth year. * * * * *

TO CORRESPONDENTS. D.B.—Sorry cannot possibly manage this week. Many

articles and communications.waiting insertion. W. H.—Sorry that pressure on our space delays and

prevents full use of your "copy."

MY esteemed colleague on the Young People's Com-mittee, Mr. James Maclaurin, has, through this journal, drawn the attention of our people to "Young People's Day." He has given a timely reminder of the help our Committee is able to give to our schools, in the shape of publications, etc., and of the help which may be re-turned to the Committee by our schools, and by friends of the schools..

o I appeal to our teachers and officials for a very special use of this year's anniversary.

While every legitimate means will be used for securing decisions for Christ, let this be the beginning of a definite campaign. We have been losing scholars almost wholesale. The loss has taken place at a vital age— from the early to the late "teens." Abundant proof exists that we know the seriousness of the position, in the almost deafening clamour for schemes.

Try this—a somewhat old one, but scarcely out of date :—Set yourselves, with patience, month after Month, to woo the scholars to Christ. There need be no worry about schemes for this. All you need is to be aflame with zeal and love.

And, withal, be militant. Figure it to yourselves! This great Christian institution, the Sunday School, is being defeated. Say to yourselves, "By the help of Christ this shall cease " ; and on. October 18th (and be-fore) begin—do not end—your efforts and prayers until you secure for Christ and the Church everyone who en-ters the Primary Department or Infant School and lives to adult life.

Prize-Day at Edgehill.

THE prizes were distributed at.Edgehill Girls' College on Wednesday, September 30th. There was a full attendance at the luncheon, over which Mr. C. R. Chope, Mayor of Bideford, presided.

Mrs. W. T. Thorne, of Australia, presided at the prize distribution, supported by her husband, the Mayoress of - Bideford (Mrs. Chope), the Mayoress of Torrington (Mrs. Webber), and others. The Hon. John Wallop dis-tributed the prizes.

Rev. W. Treffry, the Governor, introduced Mrs. Thorne and Mr. Wallop in commendatory terms. .

The report was presented by the Head Mistress (Miss E. 0. Johnson, B.A.), and showed that a good year's work had been done. The numbers were higher than ever before, and their successes at the public examina-tions had been very gratifying.

Public Examination Results, 1913-1914. University of London, Matriculation.—First division,

W. M. Stopard. Oxford Local Examinations.—Senior, 2nd class

honours, K. Lord. Pass, D. M. Bavin, P. S. Braddick, I. E. Friend, D. M. Gorvin, M. W. Heard, A. W. Rogers, E. M. Squire. Junior Pass, H. M. Billingham, D. A. Brett, I. G. Budd, E. M. Chipman, W. P. Friend-ship, W. P.- Goddard, K. M. Lee, A. J. Pawlyn, A. W. Rogers, 0. Thorn, N. M. Wilkinson. Preliminary Pass, F. L. Adams, 0. L. Austin, L. J. Blackmore, M. E. Oliver, E-. Pardon, M. Smith, C. E. Tovey.

Associated Board of the R.A.M. and R.C.M.—Local Centre : Piano, advanced grade—Pass, P. E. Culverwell. Harmony, intermediate grade—Pass, D. G. Randle. Rudiments of music—Pass, E. M. Chipman.

School Examinations.—Pianoforte : Elementary divi-sion—Pass, L. J. Blackmore, S. M. L. Green, B. Prouse, C. E. Tovey. Lower division—Pass, G. M. Brown, E. Pawlyn.. Higher division—Pass, E. Hall, K. Lord.

Trinity - College of . Music, - London.—Pianoforte.— " Finst steps" division—Pass

' R. M. Dymond, D. M.

Clapham, D. M. McCaulis. Preparatory division—Pass, M. C. M. Ashman, V. B. Sellwood. Junior division-Hons., 0. L. Austin; pass, D. E. Philp. Intermediate division—Hons., G. G. Randle. Senior division—Hons., I. E. Friend, G. M. James, D. I. M. Jolliffe ; pass, M. Hancock, J. Macintosh. Exhibitions in intermediate division, value six guineas, tenable for one year—H. K. Court, D. I. M. Jolliffe.

Royal Drawing Society.—Division VI.—Honours (with full certificate), D. A. Brett, M. W. Heard ; pass, A. N. Harris. Division V.—Honours, D. A. Brett, E. M. Squire ; pass, A. N. Harris'. Division IV.—Honours, S. M. L. Green, M. 0. Milton, A. W. Rogers, N. M. Wilkinson ; pass, D. M. Bavin, A. N. Harris. Division III.—Honours, I. E. Eardley, H. I. Pearse, A. W. Rogers, N. M. Wilkinson; pass, V. L. - Doe, S. M. L. Green, M, Smith. Division II.—Honours V. L. Doe, I. E. Eardley, S. M. L. Green, N. M. Wilkinson ; pass, L. J. Blackmore, G. M. Brown, A. Doe, E. Cooler, H. M. Jervis, H. I. Pearse, D. Stephens, C. E. Tovey; D. Wheeler. Division I.—Honours, G. M. Brown, 0. M. Copp, R. M. Dymond, J. E. Eardley, E. M. Hawken, W. Heywood, H. M. Jervis, C. E. Tovey, C. Wait, D. Wheeler, A. A. Wilson ; pass, E. Cooler, A. Doe, N. Jolliffe, D. M. McCaulis, N. F. Marley, G. Parry, E. G. A. Pope, A. F. M. Priscott,•B. R. Randall, H. A. A. Roberts, I. R. Tovey. Preparatory—Honours M. T. Barry ; pass, A. E. Adams, F. M. Faulkner, E. M. G. Radford.

Old Girls' Successes.—L.C.T.L., piano, K. G. Sim-monds. Certificate examination, D. M. Smith.

Mrs. Thorne, after complimenting the Head Mistress upon the admirable report she had presented, said that she felt that they intended to honour her in asking her to take the position she occupied, and also to pay a tribute to the name she bore—that she bore by accident— a name which was in the last generation known through- out North Devon for its interest in Education and all good works. She was glad to tell them that, although she had been in Australia for twenty-five years, and her husband a much longer period, they had never lost their

The R.T.S. and the Soldiers. To the Editor of THE UNITED METHODIST.

MY DEAR SIR,—One of the comforting thoughts of to-day, amid the strain and stress, is the care for others. And the Religious Tract Society, by their strenuous efforts to give large quantities of tracts and Gospel litera-ture to the soldiers and sailors will, by God's grace, not only bring balm and comfort, but also be the means of bringing eternal life, and joy to multitudes, and largely help to mould history Heavenward. Can we who have the comforts of home life realize what this good literature means to the soldiers and sailors? Let more and more friends and supporters to this noble cause beforth- coming. Yours very sincerely,

REST FOR THE WEARY. Norwich.

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THE UNITED METHODIST,. October 15, 1914.

John Gill, Optimist. "What a lot of our officials must have had influenza,"

laughed the minister. "I find a general disposition among the leaders in this circuit to do nothing lest they should be doing some one else's work. After the trustees meeting at Dunstone the other night, when every one wanted to help everybody else to do nothing I said, We will close the meeting by singing a verse you all know, but slightly altered,

BY S. HORTON.

Author of "The Invisible Shield," "Wheat and Chaff," "Roses and Thistles," "For King or Parliament," "Rags and Velvet," "Prince Charlie of the Canongate," etc., etc.

His somewhat hard mouth and long square jaw bespoke firmness and determination. He was possessed of tre-mendous driving power, but report said that his judge-ment was not always safe, or well balanced. He was constantly surprising his intimates by doing extraordin-ary things, and kept the gossips busy discussing his doipgs. For example, a fortnight after his arrival he was seen by Mrs. Crowther, the most wealthy member of his congregation, sitting hobnobbing with the navvies who were making the new railway, as they were eating their luncheon and smoking their short clay pipes. He lifted his hat to her as she passed, and she, having a friend with her, refused to recognise him.

He saw a drunken bully one Saturday night lifting his clogged foot to kick his wife, and the next moment the cowardly fellow was on his back in the street wondering what had hit him.

His landlady told how with a chunk of bread and cheese in his pocket he would start off at four o'clock in the morning and walk to the hills, twenty miles away, and come home at night whistling and singing, and telling of the splendid time he had -studying the rock strata and searching for fossils, and how he filled the house with curious stones he carried back with him. The most amazing of all was that he had bought a velocipede (as the bicycle was then called) the first that had ever come into the little town, and everybody would rush to the door to see him riding past on his high and rapid wheel, and wonder that he didn't fall off and break his neck. Into the little Methodist Church he brought an atmos-phere of vigorous and breezy activity. When (the first Sunday he was with them) they were droning through a long metre hymn in their usual very slow and lifeless manner, he stopped them and exclaimed, "If you are going to praise God, praise him joyfully. Singing like that is a direct incentive to profanity. Two more verses of that hymn will take all the preach out of me and frighten all the angels away."

Then when John McDougal, a Scotchman, prayed for five minutes at the Prayer Meeting, and everybody knew that he would go on for another five, the minister cut in with, "That will do for this time, brother. You have prayed for nearly everything. Suppose you give the Lord time to answer before you ask for anything more." He had caught Jimmy Gill trying to play marbles on the form in the middle of the sermon and he said, "Put those marbles in your pocket, my boy. To-morrow I'll have a game with you, and unless I've lost my skill for want of practice I'll clear you out." And he did, and after reduc-ing Jimmy to a state of bankruptcy in the matter of marbles, he had returned them all, on the distinct under-standing that he -would never bring marbles to chapel any more.

At the 'school treat, a few days after his arrival, he had played cricket and carried his bat through against the bowling of Ned Arkwright, the famous left-handed bowler who had played two seasons for the county. Altogether, he was an amazing personality to be dropped down in the little town. Among his flock he speedily singled out John Gill as the man most after his own heart, and they frequently had long talks together, and he had made John free of his library, which was an unusually good one—an unspeakable privilege to a man like Gill who was thirsting for knowledge, but had not the wherewithal to satisfy it. The sweet girlish face of Jemima had also attracted him, and he had called on two or three occasions at the house for no other purpose than to have a chat with her. She, truth to tell, was a bit afraid of the strong, dark, tall parson with his corn. manding ways and almost oppressive vitality. He ap-peared to dominate everybody and everything, and it seemed unthinkable to her that anyone could oppose that masterful spirit. And so now, though she felt some. thing like a protest rising to her lips against the manner in which he had come and taken possession of the house, it remained unuttered.

"Now, Miss Gill," he said, when Jimmy returned ladened with the spoil. "If you will cut the bread and butter I will toast the muffins. There is a capital toast.: ing fire, and I am quite an expert at making toast. It seems a simple thing, but nine women out of ten cannot make toast. They hurry it too much and just crisp the outside, leaving the inside soft and sodden. I'm a bilious man, and every time I've had an attack I take muffins and sardines by way of revenge. There, that is capital," he said when the tea was poured out and the toast piled six-fold high on the plate.

"Now, young man," he continued, addressing Jimmy, "your father will say grace, and then you and I will start fair. You must eat a whole muffin and then betake your-self to bread and butter and jam, and we will see who can give the best account of himself."

The minister kept the conversation going and soon the restraint which his presence had inspired was broken down and they were all laughing and joking, Jimmy run-ning constant risk of choking through trying to laugh and eat at the same time.

"It is a good thing I have not to preach to-night, Bro. Gill," said Mr. Anderson. "My old landlady at Liverpool used to say that always after muffins and sardines, and when a bilious attack was coming on I was like the Judgment Day and my language was sulphurous. Strange, but, I believe, the secretions of the liver have something to do with a man's power of declamation and denunciation. Have you found it so, Gill? "

"1 dunno know I have a liver," laughed John. "I had perfect health until the influenza took me, and that has left me with a kind of disposition to love hard work best when some one else is doing it. I'm good at eatin' and sleepin', but when I've to work I've a shrinkin' about the third button of my waistcoat."

We would be carried to the skies, On flowery beds of ease, While others fight to win the prize, And sail o'er stormy seas.'

But I had to sing it as a solo, for none of them would help."

"You must not be too hard on us, Mr. Anderson," said John. "We are slow, but we are sure."

"Sure of what? " asked the minister. "Sure to lock the door when the horse is stolen. Sure to let oppor- tunity go by and then whistle or cry for it to come back. Sure to get to heaven the day after the gate is shut."

"Oh.! I hope it is not as bad as that," answered Gill. "Quite," replied the minister, as his mouth closed with

a snap. "At Fisherton, where the super lives, we had ten years ago, 170 members and a debt of 4800. We have to-day 171 members and a. debt of 1;795. An addi-tion of one member and a reduction of' E,'5 in ten years. Here, a1 Sunfieet, you had, ten years ago, 80 members and you have to-day 67. That is progress. You had a debt of £100, you have it still ; and you have paid in in-terest just half as much as would have swept it off. At Cransbruck I pointed out the other week a spider's web ladened with dust and the remains of many flies. Evi-dently it had been there for months, and I asked if it might be removed, as I did not care for cobweb decora- tion. It was there when I went this week, and the chapel-keeper said she had been waiting for her husband to put a handle in her br=ush. That seems to me fairly typical of the way things have been done. However I'm not here to talk shop. All finished? Well, I acknow-ledge myself beaten, Jimmy, by one piece of bread and butter. I'm sorry. The will is good, but the capacity is exhausted. Here's a shilling my lad. When I was about your age I had one given me, and, being specially fond of figs, I spent it all in figs. Since then I never mention figs but I feel a turning of the stomach. I could not eat a fig for a fortune. Take warning, my boy, from your minister. I heard my super declare that all men are either examples or scarecrows. In, this any-how I am a scarecrow. Now then for business. You know," he said turning to John Gill, "Montford the car-rier, is dead?"

"Ay1 poor fellow. He was a decent chap till he took to the drink."

"So I understand," said the minister. "As it is he is another scarecrow. If I had my way I'd stick an empty coffin at every public-house door' with the inscription on it, Waiting for the next victim.' It is not Montford, however, but his business I came to see you about. I think you ought to buy it."

"I! " exclaimed John. "I wish I could. But horses and carts are not to be bought wi'oot money, and I be. lieve at the present time, Jimmy, there, is the one moneyed member of the family. I might borrow his capital, but a shilling would'na go far."

"I've seen the widow and she is willing to take x'120 for the whole thing ; the goodwill, a horse and cart, and certain other et ceteras. I think it is a reasonable offer" continued the minister, as though he had not heard what the other said.

"Very," replied John. "But it's all the same to me if she said twelve hundred pounds. I should be no nearer buying it."

"Well," replied Mr. Anderson, "I think it a shame that a man of your ability should spend his time hedging and ditching at twelve shillings a week. I have managed to save about a hundred and fifty pounds and if you like to borrow it free of interest for twelve months I shall be glad to lend it. After that you can pay off, or keep it at five per cent interest. What do you say? "

"Say exclaimed John. "1 dunno how to thank you enough. It's a great offer, but what if I should lose it?"

"You won't. If you do I will never ask you for it. I'm really bent on your having an opportunity, and I'm stile you will succeed.. What do you say, Miss Jemima?"

" I think dad will succeed in anything he takes up," she replied with heightened colour.

"She is a prejudiced witness," laughed John. "If I were only half as clever as she makes me out to be I ought to be Prime Minister. But I'm minded to take up this venture, and I'll promise you this, that if it does not succeed it will not be for want of trying on my part."

"Then that's settled," replied Mr. Anderson. "And I think you had better put your hat and coat on and we will go and see Mrs. Montford at once. There are others after it and I should 'be vexed if we found ourselves forestalled."

"It is raining very hard," said John. "I feel ashamed to take you out on a night like this on my business. Suppose I go dOwn myself and ask her to keep the offer open until to-morrow."

"I'm used to rain," said the minister. "I was wet through three times last week and the aggravating thing is every one thinks that ministers have a jolly time of it, and earn their money very easy."

In half an hour they returned. The fateful bargain had been struck, and John Gill had done with hedging and ditching for ever. If they had been half an hour later, or John had remained at his work it would have been sold to some one else.

(To be continued.)

REV. WILL REASON is at his best when dealing with the children, and a new volume of "Talks to Boys and Girls " will doubtless meet with a ready welcome. " The Knight and the Dragon " is the title of his latest work which is announced for immediate publication by Mr. Robert Scott.

CHAPTER XIV. " PROVIDENCE IN A WHITE CHOKER."

"Heaven helps them who help themselves." THE rain was pelting down pitilessly. The promise of

the early dawn for a fine day had passed into a heavy downpour in the afternoon. John Gill, driven from his work, was getting what shelter he could from a holly bush and singing because it was natural for him to sing. He possessed a rich baritone voice and though he had never received any special training, he sang very well.

"My God, the spring of all my joys." Heart and voice were in accord with the sentiments of the hymn, yet lying deeper than the feeling which found expression in the hymn was a subtle, and to him a very unusual sense of dissatisfaction with himself and things in general. He was suffering from what in other circles than the one in which he moved is called ennui.' The monotony of life was oppressing him. Something within him was calling for change and new experiences. The soul was sick within him at the prospect life held for him, stretching away into dreary days of ploughing and sow-- ing, hedging and ditching, and the workhouse at the end of it all. A strange restlessness was upon him. He wanted to see and hear something new. But he was tied like a donkey to a post. He must go on and on, until some day he could go on no longer, and then perchance after much weariness and pain the end would come, as it had to others of his rank in life. A pauper coffin, a grave paid for by the parish, and then, forgetting and forgotten, he would sleep in the corner of the churchyard allotted to those who could not afford to pay for their own little patch of earth. Life's distinctions follow men even into the graveyard and charnel house. His mind that afternoon was in revolt against it all. Why should he not have his recreations and time for leisure like other men ? Why should he toil from six in the morning until six at night for the paltry' twelve shillings that were his when he put in full timel These, and many -other ques-tions came upon him as he stood and pondered in the ditch. The rain beat through the bush under which he sheltered and his trousers were getting wet through at the knees. A chill was striking into his bones. He must be stirring and find a better and warmer shelter, or run great risk of being laid aside again.. But nowhere at hand was there better protection than in the ditch. He must go home, or remain and get wet through. To re-turn home meant to lose half a day's wages, and to lose half a day's wages meant the half pound of bacon for dinner on Sunday would be forfeited, and the family must dine off potatoes and salt. The children's wistful faces rose before him, and he determined. to " stick it out." Then there came to him a strange experience such as he could never explain, but it was the pivot on which his destiny turned. From somewhere within him, certainly it was not from anywhere around, there seemed to come the words, "Get thee up and I will be with thee," and an overwhelming desire came upon him to return home. It was characteristic of his simple, straightforward nature to obey at once. He laid his tools under some withered bracken, untied the wisp of hay from around his trousers, shook the rain from his hat and started homeward. By the time he arrived there he was wet to the skin. He changed into his "Meeting suit" as he called it, and then sat down to a hot cup of tea and some bread and dripping. Just as he and Mima and Jimmy were com-mencing. the meal there was a knock at the door, and in answer to his cry "Come in" the Methodist minister entered.

"How are you, Bro. Gill ? " he said. "I've called to beg a cup of tea if. I may, and to have a chat with you on a rather important matter." A more hospitable soul than Gill did not exist, but as his eyes swept the table on which there was just one plate of bread and dripping, and he remembered that Jemima had taken the last pinch of tea to colour the hot water, he felt himself in a quandary. His daughter blushed furiously, and went into the pantry to assure herself that there really was no more bread and butter, and partly to hide her confusion. But the minister at once relieved the situation by saying, "I'm as hungry as a hunter, for wet as it is I've been visit-ing all the afternoon. Here, Jimmy, just run to the shop and get a loaf of bread, some muffins and a tin of sardines. Ay ! and some jam—boys like jam, don't they? Let's see," he said to Jemima, who re-entered the room with a woebegone expression on his countenance, "is there anything else necessary for a really good feast, be-cause I'm a big eater, and Jimmy and I are going to have an eating match. I'm not going to take him on at drinking because I heard of his disposing of ten mug-fuls of tea at the school treat, but I think I can beat him at bread And better and jam. Oh, ay I butter, of course, we hadn't thought of that. Anything else? No, well off you go, Jimmy, and dodge between the rain drops so that you don't get wet." He placed half a sovereign in the boy's hand as he spoke, and Jimmy's face had brightened up at the very mention of these unwonted luxuries. " You must pardon me, Bro. Gill," he said, "for taking these liberties, but my landlady has gone out and I did not like going into a fireless room on a day like this, and so I determined to come and quarter myself on Miss Jemima. I ought really to apologise, but I thought you would not mind letting a poor, lone bachelor share your fireside."

Mr. Anderson had only recently come to take up the position of second minister in the Fisherton Circuit. He was a man nearly thirty years of age, of marked individu- ality and outstanding gifts. He had a large head, a leonine face, while his long hair was as black as a raven's wing. His eyes were small, dark and piercing.

that we may lose as little as possible of what our selfish hearts desire : what is it but holding with the hare and running with the hounds, what is it but the old spirit of the world trying to effect an outward comformity with the ways of Christ, what is it but the vain attempt to serve God and Mammon? It is not the new life that does this, but the old. Let us never consider for five seconds the question, "Can I do so-and-so and be a Christian? " The answer to that question always is, "No, I cannot." You must start by being a Christian and act always -to express that fact. Let the new life work ; and the new life ' is, first, love to God, and, second, love to your neighbour. That is the spirit which will not "hold the teaching of Balaam." It is the spirit of Jesus, a spirit so richly blessed that its joy can never be told ; no man knoweth the name but he that receiveth it.

Our Deaconesses. Our Special Appeal : A Cheering Response.

THE appeal for special help during the war and the strain which it is putting upon our funds is already meet-ing with most cheering response. Post cards, promising garments for the sales we purpose organizing, have al-ready arrived at the Institute, but we shall be glad of them in increasing numbers, especially as we are anxious to arrange one or two sales before Christmas.

Last week brought us a large and most welcome gift. Sister Constance, our Home and Deputation Sister, is at present pleading our cause in a series of meetings which have been made possible to us by the very kind co-operation of some of our churches and ministers. Through the very gracious and kindly offices of the officials of Halifax and Bradford District W.M.A., Sister Constance was permitted to speak for a few minutes at their district meeting in Bradford last week, about our work and our need, of help. At the conclusion of the meeting a lady who was present told Sister Constance that she would be pleased to send the Warden £20 for the Funds, and her cheque arrived last Saturday morn-ing. It is the largest individual gift I have received for our work since I became Warden—except in connection with the chairmanship of one of our recent annual meeet. ings, and it has filled the hearts of all of us at the Insti-tute with deep thankfulness to God and to the lady who has so generously helped us.

In connection with various churches she is visitrng Sister Constance is also receiving most ready promises from ladies of the congregations that they will help in connection with our war appeal. At the W.M.A. meet-ing mentioned above no less than three ladies promised help and also most kindly offered to seek help of the like kind from their friends and forward the garments to Mrs. Smith at the Institute. Such help is most cheering and valuable.

I expect I shall have detailed reports of the visits of Sister Constance to the various churches. Meanwhile, I may say that on the morning of the day when I am writing this I received a short note about her visit to Bethel, Hull, on Sunday last. It was written by one of the officials and ran, "We have just been listening to one of your deaconesses, Sister Constance. She was grand." I am not surprised to receive this note. Sister Constance has a remarkable story to tell and I shall be glad to Pear from ministers and churches who will give us the privilege and opportunity of sending her on a visit to their people. It will stimulate Home Mission work of the best kind in their churches.

Post cards from interested readers promising garments for our special effort to keep out of debt during the war time will be gratefully received by the Lady Superin-tendent at the address below.

HENRY SMITH.

War Notes. Twelve young men connected with our Downham

Church and Sunday School are at the war, or in barracks ready for call. The first Downham man killed in the war, Sergeant Charles Gromett (Royal East Yorks-hires), was a scholar of our Sunday School. A complete list of Downham men who have enlisted for war is being com-piled for public reference by Rev. George Eayrs. Letters are to be regularly sent to the soldiers associated with our church and school.

Our Washington Church, Sunderland, Thornhill Circuit, has a membership of 35, and out of this number no less than 23 have joined the King's service. The handful that remain are nobly carrying on the work, though hampered by exceptionally bad trade and very heavy financial responsibilities.

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BY REV. T. A. JEFFERIES.

REV. II. 12-17. (C.E. Topic for October 25th.)

PERGAMOS, or Pergamum, fifty miles north of Smyrna, and one hundred north of 'Ephesus was, during_the first century of the Christian era, the capital of the Roman province of Asia. It contained a temple dedicated to Rome and Augustus, and was the centre of the worship of the emperor, which is the meaning of the sentence, "Thou dwellest where Satan's throne is." To the Church in this city Christ speaks as a judge, "He that hath the sharp two-edged sword." The sword was the symbol of authority, and the passage implies that in this city, where the authority of the Roman empire was exercised, a greater power held sway and passed a more final judge-ment. The Church in Pergamum had experienced great trials, having passed through a period of persecution in which one at least of its members, Antipas by name, had died the martyr's death, and bequeathed to his Church the great memory and tradition of faithfulness unto death. Despite •this, however, the Church was not what it should have been. It contained, and seemingly was content to retain, some who held the teaching of Balaam and others who were of the Nicolaitans, names which appear to mean that some for the sake of gain were trading in evil things and others seeking some easy path 'whereby they might gain the blessings of 'the Gospel without sacrificing the ways of a corrupt society. Hence the sword of judgement is held over them. They are bidden to repent or face battle against Christ ; while the victors are promised the spiritual food, which shall 'sustain them in all the emergencies of a faithful dis-cipleship, and .the new name, signifying the new life of fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

The Two-Edged Sword. It is a striking figure that the Revelation here gives

us of Christ with the sword of Judgement flashing its stern warning, not at the pensecuting power of Rome, but at His own little band of followers, struggling for existence in the heart of a pagan. city. It is a figure that should give us pause and lead to earnest searching of our own hearts. For it makes us realize that our Lord finds His enemies within His Church as well as outside of it, and that His hand is lifted up against "those of His own household," as well as those who pre-secute Him. And what is the reason for this? Why should condemnation be uttered against this community which has already provided its martyr? The reason is not far to seek. "The teaching of Balaarn," "the teach-ing of the Nicolaitans "—these supply ample reason : for they spell the deepest treachery to the spirit of Jesus, and treachery is always worse than open. opposition. If our interpretation of these terms is correct, if they mean, in short, compromising conscience for the sake of gold or pleasure, they belonged to the very type of evil that nailed our Saviour to the Cross. The victory of sin is never gained by flagrant evil : it is always gained by evil masquerading in the form of good. Jesus was Mur-dered by .men who persuaded themselves that they were doing God service, who regarded it as part of their duty to their position and country, who were the respected and esteemed of their day. Their sin was not, to them, a flagrant sin : •they thought it a righteous act. They acted as all the servants of the devil have acted since, who have filled the world with misery and ruin : they have first persuaded themselves that a certain wrong was right, and then, looking through that distorted glass, every right has appeared to them a wrong. Let us never forget the high esteem in which the murderers of Christ were held, by others -as well as themselves. He was not done to death by robbers, thieves, drunkards and gaol-birds ; but by respectable people who had ruined their moral vision by compromising principle for selfish ends. "If the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness ! " Do we wonder then that Christ watches very carefully the temper and spirit of His followers? Shall we be surprised that He, who was stabbed to death by Compromise, draws the sword when-ever He sees His followers yielding to its subtle tempta-tions?

The New Name. The sword had not fallen. It was held up in warn-

ing, held up in love, that those who were wavering might recognize their peril and, ere it was too late, re-pent. Hence with the earnest words there goes the loving appeal and promise, "To him that overcometh, to him will I give . . . a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, 'which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it." The name is the important thing here and it symbolizes the new life, which is at once the greatest necessity and the greatest blessing of true goodness. This desire to pare down principle so

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Sunday Afternoon. One of the Sweet Old Chapters.

One of the sweet old chapters After a day like this;

The day brought tears and trouble, The evening brings no kiss.

No rest in the arms I long for— Rest and refuge and home ;

Grieved and lonely and weary, Unto the Book I come.

One of the sweet old chapters, The love that blossoms through

His care of the birds and lilies Out in the meadow dew.

His evening lies soft around them, Their faith is only to be ;

Oh, hushed by their tender lesson, My God, let me rest in Thee!

ALICE CARY. " In the "Vulgar Tongue."

No annual volume dealing with Christian work con-tains a more fascinating story than the illustrated shil-ling report of the work of the British and Foreign Bible Society prepared each year by the Rev. T. H. Darlow, its literary superintendent. - Mr. Darlow brings to its pre-paration an unrivalled literary skill and grace, fullness of knowledge and unfailing resource in illustration. He produces volumes which deserve to be kept, and are kept

✓by some of us, year by year for re-reading and reference. The last volume "In the Vulgar Tongue " (the _Bible House, Queen Victoria Street, London ; 1s. net) is quite up to the high standard Mr. Darlow has set up for him-self and for us, and it may be confidently commended to those who would see modern proofs of how the Word of God spreads and grows and still leads men to the crucified. For our Sunday afternoon meditation this week we give some extracts from this delightful book.

First Reading of the Gospel Among the Kopu. Here is an extract which will be of special interest to

United Methodists : - " During this past year the Bible Society has issued six

new versions of Holy Scripture for the first time. "St. Mark's Gospel has been printed in Kopu, for one

of the many aboriginal tribes in the mountains of South-West China. The Kopu are akin to the Hwa Miao, the Laka, and the Lisu, in whose dialects the Society has al-ready issued vernacular Gospels. Among these tribes-men, whose religion is mainly a worship of demons, the China Inland Missions and the United Methodist Mission have gathered many thousands of converts to Christ. Last autumn 10,000 copies of. St. Mark in Kopu were delivered in "six horse loads" to the Rev. A. G. Nicholls, of the C.I.M. Mr. Nicholls writes : It will be impos-sible to forget the first time the Gospel was read in public worship. We were at Great Water Well, and it was the harvest festival. In spite of the rain, about four hun-dred Kopu filled the chapel. Each had a copy of the Gospel, and word was given to find the first chapter. Then one of the readers read a sentence aloud ; afterwards all read in unison. It was inspiring to think that for the first time in Kopu history God's Word was being read in their own tongue If only the friends of the Bible Society could have witnessed these Kopu worhipping God and reading the first chapter of St. Mark, their hearts would have been cheered. They have the joy of provid-ing the Gospel ; we have the joy of teaching the book . . . I have just returned from a short journey visit- ing some villages. It was very encouraging to see the Kopu both young and old, poring over St. Mark The arrival of this Gospel will transform the people."

The Very Word He Wanted. The Rev. E. W. Smith, of the Primitive Methodist

Mission, is the chief translator of a version of the N.T. in use among 120,000 tribesmen north of the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi.

"Mr. Smith tells a vivid story of how he accidentally discovered the Ila equivalent for trust,' after he had asked for it hundreds of times in vain : One day I was working in my house, and had climbed up a very rickety old ladder, and as I stood there in an awkward position, reaching up with my hands above my head, I heard a boy say : "If I were the missionary I would not trust that ladder. He will fall down and break his neck." I was down the ladder with a rush to get that word "trust " from the boy at once ; it was the very. word I wanted."

Happy Discoveries. "One day our washerwoman, Maria," says Dr. Lind-

say, medical missionary in Paraguay, "came carrying a huge bundle of clean linen on her head. As she passed under. the low end of our verandah, the bundle knocked against the roof. Ndaiyai ape,' she said, i.e., ' I can- not pass here.' Her remark gave me the idea and the words for rendering It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. . . . I had doubts about the right Guarani word for temptation,' until one day I asked an educated Guarani for the best way in which to express the idea. He could not tell me, but called his aged mother-in-law, who immediately in reply to my question said : Temptation is nande pya raa, i.e., the testing of our hearts.'"

" Once My Heart Was -Very Black." ".In the street of a town in Spain a woman declared that

she had a copy of the Gospel already. Yes,' said her friend, thou hast the Gospel, but it is very old and dirty.' True,' replied the first, the book is very old and dirty ;

but the words inside the book are purer than the water from any spring.' Why does thou say so? ' Because once my heart was very black, but the reading of this book has made it as white as snow.' "

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THE UNITED METHODIST. October 16, 1914.

Ministering to Recruits. Sheerness-on-Sea.

REV. ALBERT F. DEIGHTON, 63 Berridge Road, Sheer-ness-on-Sea, writes :

May I make an earnest appeal through the columns of the UNITED METHODIST to the parents and ministers of those brave young men. of our Church who have re-cently enlisted and are now in training at the various centres?

At present in Sheerness there are about 10,000 soldiers of the new Army, who have been drafted here from all parts of the country. Possibly quite a large number of our own young fellows are among them. I have heard indirectly of 40. In not a single instance has word been sent to me by a minister or parent that his member or son is here.

Many subtle and strong temptations await the youths in barrack-room and street. Freedom is allowed them for the whole evening ; but there is nothing for them to do and nowhere to go except the public-house or the street. Our church in Alexandra Road has opened its school premises as a rest, recreation, and writing centre for the soldiers during the week, and we are doing our best to provide them with pleasant Sunday evenings after the usual service. But I would gladly throw open my own rooms to os many of our own young men as may happen to be here. Our ministers at other centres, I am sure, would willingly do likewise. Dear brethren, should any young man from your church or home be stationed just now at Sheerness, would you please, by the next post, furnish me with his name and the address to which you send his letters ; and in your next letter to your lad include my name and address and ask him to pay me an early visit?

If kindliness and comradeship will guard your, sons from peril and make their lot a little happier I will do all that lies in my power to ensure them both.

Cornwall. REV. E. HARRY SMITH, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, writes : The notes appearing in recent issues of the UNITED

METHODIST re Chaplains in the Army and 'Navy suggest one sphere where it may not be necessary to wait for official recognition before taking up a piece of work which seems to promise considerable use-fulness. In some cases the large camps of men now in training seem to be but indifferently provided for in the matter of religious opportunities, and for the agree-able and profitable spending of the men's spare time. The canteen is there, drunkenness has not to make its

first appearance, but I have not learned that the U.M. Church has got a pitch yet. Here is an extract from a letter I received this morning from the Sherrington Camp in Wiltshire, where 80,000 men are in training. " I am writing on my knee by the light of a halfpenny candle in a bell tent with thirteen others. We were com-plimented by the Colonel to-day for having the best-kept and quietest tent in the camp. There are three local preachers in the tent, but the swearing around is terrible." Could not our beloved Church take up the opportunity of ministering to these men? It seems one of the finest Home Mission opportunities that could oc-cur, possibly in a century. "There are 80,000 men just around here," says my correspondent, "no town, and a woman—well, I've only seen one since I've been here. It's just one heaving, sighing lot of England's manhood."

If Mr. Buttle's. tent is stout enough to stand the winds we could have a camp church and social rendez-vous up within a fortnight—a more substantial build-ing, say perhaps of corrugated iron, could be prepared against the coming of the winter, If a rota of minis-ters who could be released from their circuits for a term could be prepared to take charge, each with per-haps one or two young men of hands and brains to help, some of us who cannot join, the ranks would be glad of the chance to do something beyond our ordinary work to send to the front men in good heart and with the confidence that the churches at home care supremely for their welfare. I would ask my circuit to release me for a month ; I am confident they would do it, too ; and I am sure there are many who would do as cir-cuits what they are now doing as individuals—put ser-vice to the country before service to themselves. The cost would surely not be prohibitive, and could probably be raised without affecting Home Mission Funds, and the good to be done seems to be simply incalculable.

Hull. IN this neighbourhood a large number of soldiers be-

longing to the 3rd Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers are quartered, and for their benefit one of our large rooms at Bethel School has been opened as a soldiers' recreation room, and is used by large numbers of them every night in the week. Games are provided, also tables for correspondence, where pens, ink and notepaper, with envelopes, are placed for the soldiers' use. A table is also filled with literature, magazines, etc., also the daily

A newspapers. A letter-b has been- fixed in the room and stamps are sold upon the premises, the letters being cleared from the box twice each evening, and sometimes oftener, the number of letters being so numerous. The men are at liberty to enter and leave the room any time. Sometimes the room is full. One pleasing feature is the high esteem in which they hold the pastor, Rev. J. T. Brown, who, though not an Army Chaplain, is their man, joining in their games and a friend to them in every way.

Our large Bethel Schoolroom has been handed over to the City Authorities for use as a centre for feeding the children of the district. Breakfast and dinner are pro-vided for nearly three hundred children every day.

Guernsey. REV. G. R. GOODALL, 2 'Clifton Terrace, Guernsey,

writes : Will you permit me, through your columns, to invite

any of our people in North Staffordshire Circuits who have relatives and friends in the North Staffordshire Regiment, now quartered in Guernsey, to send me their names? My church (St. Paul's) is, anxious to do what it can for the welfare and comfort of these young fellows. That, indeed, is the spirit of all our churches, though some to whom I have written for names seem unaware of the fact. Will parents and friends of the soldiers please oblige me?

Grantham. REV. E. CRAINE, 5 Park Terrace, 'Grantham, writes : A large training camp has been formed at Belton

Park. Many thousand soldiers are under canvas, and will be for two or three weeks longer, until their perma-nent huts are finished. The Lecture-hall of our United Methodist Church is open to them every night in the week, except Tuesday, for refreshments, writing letters, playing games, music, etc., and has been largely used. Many of the men have gratefully spoken of the noble work done by the women of our church and other helpers.

If any reader of this letter knows of young men from United Methodist homes among the recruits, and will send the name, with regiment and company, to me, I shall be pleased to look them up.

" My Friends." By H. T. Burgess, LL.D. (C. H. Kelly ; Gd. net.)

A DAINTY little brochure about friendship with Christ. The "get-up " may tempt' purchasers, but the style and treatment will not excite enthusiasm in the reader. It is instructive, but rather prosy.

" Shaggy the Great." By H. L'Estrange Malone. (C. H. Kelly ; 3s. 6d. net.)

IT is in Wonderland. A mixture of Lewis Carroll and Maeterlinck. A little more eerie than the "Blue Bird " ; with something of the topsy-turvy humour of -' Alice," and written for children of all ages. In the form of a little girl, Iris, fancy roams freely through innumerable fields—familiar and unfamiliar—of imagination. For the lengthiest period Iris is away back in an enchanted forest of two thousand years ago, witnessing the doings of Shaggy the Great, the bear king of the forest, once a human prince, but for a time under a spell, and ulti-mately by a maiden's love restored to human form again.

The Church and the Coming Revival. BY REV. F. B. MEYER, B.A.

ONE of the most encouraging and satisfactory signs of the times, is the way in which the people are seeking the face of God. One can see it everywhere, and this spiritual feeling is finding expression in homes in all parts of the country. Those who have suffered personal loss or are in the throes of a great bereavement, find themselves looking for spiritual help at this time. People who have never given a thought to the House of God may be drawn into the Church in this time of national peril and anxiety.

The Churches up and down the country are welcoming into their midst ' new members, and increased congregations are the satisfactory- experience of most Churches.

It is too early perhaps to predict a great Spiritual Revival as one of the results of this dread war. But whatever may come the Church must be ready to gather in this harvest of God. In the meantime the Church must not remain idle ; she must take her share in the sowing, and show that in due time she will be ready to gather in the fruits. Whatever may be the inducements to relax effort at this time, this, above all, must be guarded against. Rather should the Church seek to extend her influence. The Church and her officers must strain every nerve to show their practical interest in the social and spiritual life of the people. There is a great work to be done in the direction of administering comfort to the afflicted, con-solation to the bereaved and help to the distressed. By this means the Church will be able to garner the results which must inevitably follow this momentous period in our national affairs.

In the judgment of our most experienced ministers there is nothing to compare with a localised magazine as a means of coming into actual contact with the people. Through the printed page the Church can give a circulation to the Gospel Message that would otherwise be denied it. Through such a magazine the minister is enabled to reach a mass of people that would be otherwise out of touch with the Church. By this means also the Church can demonstrate her sympathy with the people, and show them where to turn in their hour of need.

May I ask all who feel the need,of such a link between their Church and the people to write to me for further particulars. If you have a magazine that is not all that you could wish, I am sure that I can help you. If you are starting a magazine, let me assist you ; and if at any time you had a magazine which you have since dropped, let me co-operate with you in re-starting it. I will gladly send anybody interested in this question a copy of the pamphlet, "-How to Localise," if they will write to me at the offices of the National Free Church Council, Memorial Hall, E.C.

To MINISTERS AND CI-KU/RCM WORKERS.

IN THIS CRITICAL HOUR. The present crisis in the life of our country constitutes one of the greatest opportunities ever presented to the Church of Christ. In this hour of trial and affliction the hearts of the people are turning Christwards. Everywhere men and women are seeking repentance, and praying for Divine protection.

THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF THE CHURCH.

This national attitude constitutes the great opportunity of the Churches, but they must do their utmost to get into touch with the people, and endeavour to carry to them the Message of the Gospel. A localised magazine constitutes one of the most effective methods towards this end. Every church at this critical stage should have its own magazine, and to insure success it should use as an inset the " Free Churchman." This magazine is recognised as the one with the widest appeal. Where others have failed the "Free Churchman" has won success. All the leading religious writers of the day are contributors to this magazine. Remember that a church magazine should not be a drain on church funds. If the " Free Churchman" is used your magazine should make a profit of from £30 to £50 per annum.

WRITE TO REV. F. B. MEYER. Every church that uses a magazine or contemplates making the experiment or has at any time used a magazine should write at once to Rev. F. B. Meyer, Memorial Hall, E.C., for a free copy of the booklet, " How to localise," and specimen copies of the " Free Churchman." These will be sent by return of post, and every assistance will be afforded to churches in this work.

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Notes by the Way.

us all things ? " That Fatherly care is so minute that our Lord Jesus can teach us that though five sparrows be of such little significance that they are sold for two farthings "not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father." And- can add, as He turns to His disciples, " the very hairs of your head are all numbered."

THE vision of the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, His train filling the temple, the earth and the heavens, is one we always need if we are

to face life's mysteries with courage An Immanent. and its sufferings and privations Not an with patience. How otherwise can Absentee God. we "he anxious for nothing ; in

everything gives thanks," " rejoice evermore " ? How otherwise can we know the ful-- filment of that great word, "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus " ? But what we specially need in this time of war on a scale unprecedented in the history of humanity is the visualization of God's reign on a commensurate scale. We need to see that His hand is on all national and international and world affairs ; that it is dominating, all history, not less the history of England, Ger-many, France, Austria and Russia than the history of Israel, of Greece, of Rome, and of other nations in the olden times. We must refuse to believe in an Absentee God. We must as definitely refuse to believe in a God that merely " intervenes " in times of crisis—rushes to the helm, so to say, only when the ship is in some imminent peril of rock and whirl-wind and storm. We must believe that the trans-cendent God is the immanent God also, that He is always present ; that He is always working ; that He is never taken by surprise ; that He can never be thwarted or beaten, that in all and through all—darkness and light, war and peace, the blunder-ings of statesmen, the machinations of kings and rulers and the sad sufferings and endurance of the peoples—He is working out His good and accept-able and perfect Fatherly will.

"In history," as Dr. Orr taught, "things get beaten out to their true issues. The strands of thought that are incompatible with each other get separated ; conflicting tendencies at first unperceived, are brought to light ; oppoSite one-sidednesses correct each other; and the true consequences of theory reveal themselves with inexorable necessity."

If we can catch this superb vision and live day and night under its spell we shall sit calm on tumult's wheel, shall in quietness and confidence find strength and be able the better and the more effectively to be co-workers together with God in His holy and loving purposes concerning the affairs of the world and the lives of men and women about us.

OUR Lord not only said to Peter " Feed My sheep," but also "Feed My lambs," and He is still saying it to all pastors and teachers. We are giving

growing obedience to the latter corn- Young mand, but even yet we do not all People's realize its full and imperative signifi- Day. canoe. Yet, happily, every Sunday

is increasingly becoming a Young People's Day. It is only by way of pre-eminence that next Sunday, and Sunday, January 3rd, 1915, specially bear that significance. On those days special efforts are to be made to induce our young people to, make those decisions for Christ which will shape and colour all their after days. This work requires much attuning of the soul to spiritual things, much delicacy of speech and handling, much enrichment and in-spiration by the love of the Lprd Jesus. But all it demands can be had by us, if we apply to the great Source. And the utmost possible is worthy of this high, holy and blessed work to which we are called. We hope no minister, no local preacher, and no Sunday School worker will miss the opportunity or miss the preparation for the fuller use of next .Sun-day. May it • veritably be " a day of the Son of Man." At the same time it should be remembered that if there are decisions for Christ in our schools on that day, the holy task and the high duty of the lovers of the young people have only just begun. After that young disciple classes for training. in Christian knowledge and life should be started and be put under the skilful guidance of the best-gifted lovers of young people. Methodism has a great work yet to do in learning how to secure and keep within her borders the multitudinous and gifted young people that come within her influence in the Sunday School, and there is room for new device and re-source in this direction. "The best for our young, people, the best now and always," should be the motto of every school and church.

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THE eyes of all in this country have been turned wistfully towards. Antwerp during the last week, and all hearts have been touched with a sense of

the tragedy which, let us hope, has The at last culminated for the Belgian Tragedy people in the surrender of their of Belgium. capital. It is not easy for any man

with a heart to justify the horrors of war, but to the outsider the attack by Germany upon the capital of a country whose neutrality they had solemnly bound • themselves to respect and see respected is cruelty and heartlessness incarnated. The stories of the experiences of women and children in Antwerp during the last few days is- heart-break-ing and creates a feeling of indignation that a people claiming to be cultured, as the Germans do claim, and in some areas of their life justly claim, should yet inflict upon a civil population all the hor-rors that come with the firing of hundreds of massive guns, the exploding of thousands of devastating shells and the burning of homes and public build-ings which results. These things are etching them-selves as with a strong acid into the very heart of civilized peoples, and they will put a stain upon the fairest fame of Germany which not even the strong fingers of time can erase. We can quite understand that as men-and women in the British' Isles think of Germany's treatment of Belgium the ,lemental and powerful impulse of revenge seizes upon their hearts and almost overmasters their judgements. But we do hope that the Allies will put a strong restraint upon themselves, in the field and at home, and that whilst at the end of the war justice to the utmost farthing is exacted for the long-suffering Belgian people, anything in the nature of repriS'als or ven-geance will be, sternly repressed by statesmen, offi-cers, soldiers and peoples alike. We must show the strength and yet the self-restraint which becomes peoples who are waging what they regard as a just war, and we must see to it that the floods of war do not drown our civilization or submerge those Christian elements in it which have hitherto helped to keep it sweet and to give it elements of ennoble-ment. Meanwhile, in all the Christian Churches much prayer should be offered fora people so cruelly and heartlessly used as the Belgian people are this day, and generous gifts should flow forth from rich and poor to alleviate the terrible distress which has fallen upon the Belgian people.

" IN the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple." So runs Isaiah's

memorable record of his vision. Dr. The Vision George Adam Smith reminds us that which there had been no king like Uzziah Relieves since Solomon. '" Never, since the and Exalts. son of David brought the Queen of

Sheba to his feet, had the national pride stood so high or the nation's dream of sovereignty touched such remote borders. The people's admiration invested Uzziah with all the graces of the ideal monarch." And this man who counted for so much in Judah had died, died in a lazar house. As Isaiah thought of this sadly and perplexedly and with a deepening sense of the im-mense national loss it involved, a vision which henceforth illuminated for him all life, all events and all history broke before his eyes. Above the vacant throne of Judah the prophet saw another, the throne of God and it was occupied ; above Uzziah he saw the Lord, high and lifted up and His train filling the temple. The vision marked an epoch in Isaiah's life. It marks an epoch in the life of every man to whom it comes. And in these days of darkness, bewilderment and perplexity the vision is coming to devout souls still. The Rev. W. H. Findlay pub-lishes a letter which he has received from one to whom this vision has come. Here it is :

'" It may sound strange, but in a very real way I have been conscious of a sense of relief, and at times almost of exultation, since the war cloud burst upon us. We have for so long been toiling under an atmo-sphere heavy with worldliness—misapprehension of God—and wasted activity, we have been looking at form instead of life, at the seen and temporal instead of the unseen and eternal, that when the storm came it, at once cleared the air, lifted the mists, and, lo, we saw the Lord High and Lifted Up. This is not the first time. .we have seen Him; and away down among the shadows we still believed He was up there, the Most High ruling over all, and we knew there was some manifestation of His glory about to be revealed, We have known it ever since Edinburgh, 1910. We hoped it would come through the Church. But our hearts were too heavy, our ears too dull, and our eyes too dim. So He had to come in thunder.

"We shall all have to suffer, because we were so nearly dead. But is it not better to suffer than to be allowed to die, to have our dross purged, even though it is by fire, than to continue impure? God has arisen to shake mightily the earth, because it was the only way by which He could give us the kingdom which cannot be shaken. And He loved us too much to spare us the pain, and only through suffering would we learn."

ONE of the compensations for the agonized suffer-ings and devastating losses of these days is that the churches and all thoughtful people are being more

and more driven back to the contem-A Truth plation of the fundamental questions Essential to of life and thought. And funda- Religion. mental to all religion is the thought

of a Supreme Power holding, guiding and controlling the affairs of the world and the incidents and happenings of human life. And it is peculiarly essential to the Christian conception of God and the universe. St. Augustine in a classic passage in his De Civitate Dei gave memorable expression to some of the grounds upon which the Christian faith in God's rule of the world rests.

"The Maker and Creator of every soul, and of every body. . . . He, from whom is all being, beauty, form and order, number, weight, and measure ; He from whom- all nature, mean and excellent, all seeds of form, all forms of seed, all motion bath of forms and seeds derive and have being ; He that gave flesh the original beauty, strength, propagation, form and shape, health and symmetry ; He that gave the un-reasonable soul, sense, memory and appetite, the reasonable besides these, phantasy, understanding, and will : He (I say) having left neither heaven, nor earth, nor angel, nor man, no, nor the most base and contemptible creature, neither the bird's feather, nor the herb's flower, nor the tree's leaf, without the true harmony of their parts, and peaceful concord of com-position ; it is no way credible, that He would leave the kingdoms of men, and their bandages and free-' dams, loose. and uncomprised in the laws of His eternal providence."

But this thrilling and eloquent expositon does not cover the whole ground. The pivotal Christian idea of God is that He is " the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ," who " spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for us all," and of whom it is added, ." How shall He not also with Him freely give

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DEAR MR. EDITOR, The letter you kindly sent me is important, and though

for sufficient reason it is not signed, it is worthy of con- sideration. The writer, who is an officer, has, with Primitive Methodists, enrolled as Wesleyan, and very willingly testifies to the -excellence of the Wesleyan or-ganization. He is afraid that if the demand for chap-lains is put forward by every denomination it could only lead to confusion, and prefers that the Free Churches not represented should be content with the services of those that are. The reply is found in the ascertained fact that churches can only have such appointments on plain proof that they are required by sufficient numbers, and this, of course, is the reason we have appealed so often for proper registration.

Your correspondent's further question, "Do we intend to keep on after the war? " leads me to say that what we were aiming at before the war broke out was simply to minister to our own men in certain districts where we now have, and always have had, many soldiers and sailors in ordinary circumstances in peace time. It was thought probable that in several of the military com-mands we might not have sufficient men to entitle us to direct representation.

The outbreak of this terrible war, of which no sign was visible when our Conference concluded in July, has made a vast difference in the situation. 'From some of our cir-cuits, and from single churches, men in dozens and scores have offered for service. We are anxious to minister to these men during their training, and volunteer chaplains in many cases have been welcomed. My own point of view is that in circumstances so abnormal some prudence should be observed in claiming the official recognition to which we are entitled. With the authorities harassed by tasks greater than they can satisfactorily discharge, it is not wise to impose on them additional burdens. We ought not to be keen on making a mere denominational gain out of a great national calamity.

All the same systematic and careful registration should be made, and even where our own men have been led to register in some other name they should be advised to exercise their right to make a fresh and correct record. It would then be easy to see whether we ought not to ask for our own chaplains to accompany our men to the front.

Meantime we learn with pleasure that many of our ministers are rendering valuable volunteer service in hospitals, barracks, and training centres. Many minis-ters, too, are keeping in touch with their young men,

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as they are drafted from place to place, by writing to them occasional letters which are always welcomed. Our first and main anxiety in such times as the present must be to be useful, and to keep before the men the per-manent value of spiritual realities ; or second, to. obtain the denominational recognition for which we have a just claim.

Registration is therefore important ; and its importance may excuse a return to the request made over and over again that all who have been connected with our schools or churches should insist on being entered as United Methodists. Ultimately the formal appointment of chap-lain must be settled by the record then made.

The Conference requested that information should be sent direct to certain District Secretaries. In circum- stances so greatly altered it would perhaps be best for all lists to be sent to one centre. I am willing to act so far as I can, and am ready to distribute information re-ceived in the directions most likely to be useful. Names, regiments, places of training, etc., should be supplied, and whatever information reaches me shall be promptly forwarded to the quarters where it can be best used. While anxious for denominational interests, the main thing at present is to serve the highest interests of the men who have enlisted with such ready zeal, and in serving them to serve the country we love in this great crisis. Yours truly,

GEORGE PACKER. 3 Harehills Avenue,

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Departed Friends. Mrs. E. Langley, Barrow-in-Furness.

Storey Square Church, Barrow-in-Furness, has been called on to pass under a cloud, through the death of Mrs.. E. Langley, the beloved wife of our esteemed Bro. Langley, who has stood by the church in its adversity and prosperity, through evil report and through good report : shouldering the burden when workers were few. Born at Larling, in Norfolk, Mrs.- Langley was brought up with the Wesleyan Church with which both were con-nected, until they came to Barrow. Not herself a public worker, she heartily supported Mr. Langley, bearing with his absences and faithfully with him carrying out the resolution of their early marriage days that if ever they found a lad or a lass away from home there should always be a welcome for them, and many young people have thus been kept from the street temptations of Man- chester, Southport, Wigan, and Barrow. In fact hos- pitality might be the name of the house, as so many ministers know who have visited the circuit. Coming to Barrow in 1897 a cold welcome at their own church sent them to the U.M.F.C., which has been so near their hearts ever since. Bazaar work, relief work, Y.W.C.A., Ladies' Auxiliary, as well as individual cases commanded Mrs. Langley's fullest sympathy, but in the home she shed her sweetest radiance. For some years life has been, for her more or less a battle with ill-health. The week before she died, with an apparent improvement in strength a trip to Blackpool for a few days was -under-taken. Alas 1 by the third day she was prostrate, and only the lifeless form returned home. The esteem in which she and hers are held was seen at the interment, when, with the three circuit ministers and a large number of friends from the various churches, focal societies, employees of the Barrow Printing Company, of which Mr. Langley is manager, with many personal acquaintances gathered. The service was conducted by Rev. W. Gerry. It is a great joy to know that our brother whose greatest loss this is, still has the companionship of children who have so perfectly caught and so beautifully reproduce the mother's spirit and temperament.

Mr. Francis Jennings. Bedford Road Church, St. Ives, has suffered a severe

bereavement by the death of Mr. Francis Jennings, one of its oldest members. He was converted in boyhood, and has been connected with our Church during the whole of his life. His memories of the ministers who have been stationed in St. Ives go back to that distant period when the Rev. J. Swann Withington was the preacher here and the church was known as the Teetotal Methodist Church. Mr. Jennings was in his seventy-seventh year and has been the borough treasurer of his native town for more than forty years. His resignation of this office was only accepted by the town council about a week before he died, when, amid universal expressions of esteem, the Mayor, Mr. Alderman T. Uren, voiced the council's extreme regret that Mr. Jenning's long and trying ill-' ness had compelled him to seek relief from the duties of his office. He had patiently borne great pain during the last thirteen weeks—most of the time he had been con-fined to his bed by weakness. He died on Tuesday morn. ing, September 29th. He had been teacher or Sunday School superintendent for the long period of 56 years, and his activities within the church were manifold. Probably no man in St. Ives had done more sick visiting than our brother. As local preacher, church 'treasurer, cir-cuit treasurer, prayer leader, and class leader he has filled many offices at different times during the years. He was leader of two classes up to the last and retired from the circuit treasurership as recently as last January. A large concourse of mourners followed him to the grave, led by his worship the Mayor and all the members of the corporation. The funeral service was conducted by the circuit ministers, Rev. M. Langdale and Rev. A. Law.

Mrs. Foster, Scarborough. WE much regret to record the death of Mrs. Martha

Foster, wife of the Rev. Thomas Foster, of Scarborough. It was a remark of the late Bishop Westcott that "Life

is an opportunity for service ; not as little as we dare, but as much as we can." This was the view of life which inspired our sister, who dared to toil for her Master to the limits of her strength, unhasting and un-resting, happy and eager to be and to do for His Name's sake. Her life was one of love and good works, of gentle ministry and thoughtful kindness.

In earlier years, she was active in Sunday School work among women and senior girls, and throughout her life was sensitive and responsive to the call of duty, never sparing herself. Those who knew her best speak of her as an ideal wife, mother, and friend. She was eminently a minister's wife, thinking of him and with him, with a wisdom that greatly helped in the solution of many a problem, and with a fidelity that proved her to be a most worthy helpmeet during her husband's able and active ministry of forty-seven years. Her married life was up-wards of fifty-three years. Three children retain fragrant memories of her. Her patience, perseverance, hopeful-ness, self-sacrifice, high-toned principle, and devotion to the duties and responsibilities of home life, are treasured remembrances. She was held in the highest regard and affection for her character and work's sake in all the cir-cuits where her husband ministered. In these she was a splendid worker for the temporal and spiritual interests of the churches, and as many letters recently written show, is gratefully remembered as one who wrought without ceasing and without stint. She found all her ideals in the Word of God : it was her daily companion and treasure. Morning by morning she used to ask for her Bible and Red-Letter New Testament : in sickness, as in health, the Word of Life was her solace and stay. She entered into rest on Thursday, October 1st, after a long and at times painful illness, patiently borne, at the ripe age of seventy-eight ; and was interred in Scar-borough Cemetery, many members of Claremont Church, where she was much beloved, gathering to render kindly tribute to her memory. Revs. W. H. Lockley and R. Lloyd Lewis officiated. Many will join with us in tender-ing to our bereaved brother Foster and ,his family a deep and tender sympathy. W. H. L.

Mr. A. H. Beard, Hanley. We regret to report the death of Mr. Alfred Henry

Beard, who died at his residence, Jasper Street, Hanley, on Monday, October 5th. He was held in the very highest respect in the large circle in which he moved. He never took any prominent part in public life. Out-side, his profession, his interests centred in and around Bethesda Church. He had had an unbroken connection with that church for the very long period of eighty years. He was taken to the church when only two years of age. He associated himself closely with the Sunday Schools while still very young, and in the intervening years has filled every possible position in connection with the school and church. • It was his privilege to be closely associated with all the leading townsmen and ministers who had been connected with the cause at Bethesda and its mission churches, from early on in the second quarter of the last century down to the day of his decease. A few years back Mr. Beard collaborated with the then .superintendent minister of the circuit, Rev. Henry Smith, in the production of an interesting booklet containing the history of the church from its earliest times. To that work, Mr. Beard contributed some memories and appreciations. In the course of his re- view, he recalled incidents of a most entertaining nature in regard to the growth and consolidation of the cause ; to the men, lay and ministerial, who were most closely associated with the church he gave special heed, placing the history of a most important era of its upgrowth in a form which will be of immense service in the years to come. Mr. Beard's unique services to Bethesda Church and school were celebrated four years ago by the pre-sentation to him of a portrait album and address, which called to mind the offices which he had conspicuously adorned — teacher, superintendent, leader, society steward, circuit treasurer, and auditor—the duties of which offices had been discharged "with such faithfulness and graciousness of spirit as to win the admiration and affection of all." Mr. Beard had reached his eighty-third year. For some time he had been living in retirement.

The funeral service was held in Bethesda Church, and was attended by a large number of relatives and friends of the deceased. The service was conducted by Rev. E. F. H. Capey and Revs. J. Preshous, D. G. Elwood, and A. F. Reeves took part. The hymns, "0 God, our help in ages past " and "Peace, perfect peace," were sung, and the organist (Mr. T. Johnson) played "0 rest in the Lord" as the procession passed out of the church.

Rev. J. W. Walls, a former superintendent of the cir-cuit, delivered an address, in the course of which he pointed out that ,Mr. Beard was devoted to his business, his home, and to Bethesda Church and Schools. Those who knew him in connection with his business could speak of his faithfulness, his integrity, his steadfastness, and his loyalty ; and he thought he was right in claiming for Mr. Beard that he exercised a vast influence through his business relation with the Cauldron works. He had a profound love for that grand old church, and they all knew how loyal he was to it through a long series of years. Bethesda would miss him. He carried forward in a unique way the fine old traditions of the church. He was one of the last, if not the last, of the old school. He was gentle to a degree ; exceedingly accommodating up to a point, but when it became a matter of principle no man knew better how to say "Yes" or "No."

The interment took place in the Borough Cemetery, Hanley.

BENTLEY of the Congo, pioneer, and hero of many ad-ventures with savages, is the subject of a capital volume which the Religious Tract Society have just issued under the title of " A Congo Pathfinder: W. Holman Bentley among African Savages " ("Brave Deeds " Series ; 2s.). It should certainly be read by all our young people, who will find it both thrilling and stimulating.

For Our Teachers. BY REV. E. C. URWIN, B.A., B.D.

HINTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCTOBER 25th, 1914.

JESUS AND JUDAS.—Mt. xxvi. 14-25 ; 47-50 ; xxvii. 3-10.

THIS is a useful exercise in the study of character; but not an easy one, owing to the painful nature of the subject.

Hints for Teachers' Study. (1) For complete success, the career of Judas must be

followed as far as possible from start to finish. The question, an oft-debated one, immediately confronts us : Why did Jesus choose Judas, in the first place, to be an apostle? His name is given in all the lists of the Apostles' names except one (Mt. x. 4, Mk. 19, Lk. vi. 16, but not Ac. i. 13), and it would appear that he was numbered among them from the first, sharing all their enterprises ; although the fact that his name occurs in the last group of four suggests he may have been among the last of the disciples to become acquainted with Jesus. (The earliest were Andrew and John, James and Peter; see Jn. i. 25 ff.) If the name Iscariot is cor-rectly interpreted as "a man of Kerioth," he was a native of the place of that name in S. Judaea. Since the majority of the disciples were Galileans, local prejudices and provincial jealousies may have been an occasion of the lack of sympathy between Judas and the rest. Judans often looked down on Galileans. There is little in all this to show why Jesus chose Judas ; but it is quite apparent he stood on all-fours with the others. For the rest, we are thrown back on speculation. (a) Jesus probably knew quite well what sort of a man he was selecting. (See, for example, Jn. ii. 24, and especially vi. '70). That is, Jesus was quite well aware that Judas might eventually turn out badly ; but may it not equally imply that He thought there were chances of better things also in him? Among these latter we may suppose Jesus to have conceived that the practical ability and energy of Judas might become worthy qualities if directed to some high aim such as the development of the King-dom of God. (4) It is better to exclude entirely any such ideas as that Jesus was bound to select Judas in order to fulfil the purpose of God in His Death and Crucifixion. This fatalistic notion is much favoured in certain quarters, and has also a popular vogue amongst those influenced by some rabid forms of free thought. The notion shows the wide bearings of our first question, which thus "runs up into the insoluble problems of the origin of evil, and of divine omniscience combined with human free-will." But it is probably true to say that Jesus selected Judas because He knew he had that in him which could make him a worthy disciple, although quite well aware that there were terrible possibilities the other way.

(2) Why did, Judas betray Jesus ? This is another vexed question, to which very divergent answers are suggested. We can only notice two. (a) Judas' prac-tical qualities marked him out for administrative tasks, and when the little company began to possess funds, we learn that it was Judas who had control of the ex- chequer. (See Lk. viii. ; Jn. xiii. 29.) But Jn. 4-6 tells us that he had done this dishonestly, suggest. ing, most obviously, that he was a pilferer. It is con-sidered by many that the qualities of meanness and avarice which this petty habit reveal, are sufficient to account for. Judas' betrayal of his Master. It is note-worthy, too, as confirming this, that "the thirty pieces

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of silver " do loom largely in the story. "Note especially the question : What are ye willing to give me? (Mt. xxvi. 15.) If this be the true opinion, then the action of Judas was mean and sordid in the extreme, since it would mean that he betrayed Jesus for a sum (equal to

that was the market rate of a slave. But the grudging spirit of Judas as evinced at the Supper at Bethany (Jn. xii. 4-6), would tend to corroborate this reading of his character, and the whole conception gives a new point to the teaching of Jesus With regard to "laying up treasures on earth " (Mt. vi. 19-21, xiii. 22, Mk. x. 25 and Lk. xvi. 11-13), since Judas must have been among his hearers. (b) But disappointed ambition probably had something to do with it. The best description of the character of Judas is to call it "worldly"; and probably he erred, as most probably did all the disciples in part, in supposing that Jesus' King-dom was to be "of this world," with profits and honours for the Master's chosen followers. The inevitable dis-illusionment came—possibly Judas was the first to see it. Jn. vi. 70 is important in this connection, for it shows that it was after Jesus had refused to be made a king (Jn. vi. 15), that the "devilry " of Judas became apparent. Later, jealousy of favour shown to other dis-ciples, like Peter or John, may have added to his bitter-ness ; while the presence of Jesus revealing a goodness that made its appeal to him, but to which he'would not yield, must have eventually become as gall to him. And when at length he saw that Jesus would not avail Him-self of the opportunity that the feast gave of leading a popular movement, Judas' resentment reaches its height. Indeed, there is a plausible reading of his motives which suggests that it was by reason of his impatience with Jesus, because of the slow development of the Kingdom, and not from mean or jealous motives, that Judas be-trayed his Master, in order to make Him declare Himself.

(3) Two narratives (Mt. xxvii. 3-10, Ac. i. 16-20) are given of the end of Judas, very different and ultimately quite incompatible. In Mt. xxvii. 3-10 Judas commits suicide after hurling the price of betrayal into the Sanctuary, the part of the Temple where only the priests went, and the chief priests buy a field for a bury-ing-place for strangers. In Ac. i. 16-20, Judas' death is due to an accident ; and " the field of blood " is a field that the traitor had purchased with the proceeds of his faithlessness. It is not easy to see how these two stories can be reconciled, and there is a good reason why the disparity should arise. Amongst the remaining Apostles in the first generation of Christians, the career of Judas would be so painful a memory as to lead them to avoid ever mentioning the subject. By the time that inquisi-tive minds began to investigate the matter, the actual facts concerning the end of Judas had probably been lost sight of. On either showing, the end of the Betrayer was dismal enough. One rather leans to the story in Mt., because it suggests that Judas had sufficient soul left to suffer remorse. It seems better that he should hang himself for very shame than that he should calmly set out to materialize his ill-gotten gains in the purchase of land. That would have been shameless indeed !

Hints on Teaching. (a) Junior Classes.

(1) Make this a lesson on Greed and Selfishness ! Be-gin with a very brief talk about some of the disciples of Jesus. Recall the lesson on : A Quarrel among the

Disciples ! The disciples were not perfect men. Some of them had big faults : e.g., Peter very impulsive, not always to be depended on ; James and John very ambiti-ous. We are to learn now of one who was very greedy and avaricious, and of the terribly mean thing he did to Jesus.

(2) Came from a little town not far from Bethlehem where Jesus was born. Not like Peter and most of the others who came from Galilee. Hence perhaps not very friendly with them. But Jesus trusted him, and he was given charge of the money-bag. Jesus and His disciples shared and shared alike, and it was Judas who bought the food and paid for things. Sometimes Jesus sent him to help poor people. But at, length he developed a very bad habit—that of helping himself to the money that really belonged to .all. We do not know whether the other disciples knew this, but probably Jesus did. Yet the bag was not taken away from him.

(3) Then this disciple became very dissatisfied and dis-appointed with Jesus ; and when the enemies of Jesus wanted to know how they could get hold of Him to put Him to death, this man turned traitor. Perhaps he thought the enemies of Jesus must prevail, and there-fore he would be wise to gain their favour. It is more likely he had got so fond of money that he thought that he would be paid well for selling his Master. At any rate, some time early in the last week of Jesus' life he went to them and said, "What will ye give me ? " They arranged to give him thirty shekels, about the price of a slave. Then on the Thursday night during that last Supper we spoke of, Judas—for that was his name—slipped out. He knew Jesus was going to Gethsemane, a garden on the Mount of Olives, and there about mid-night he brought a crowd of guards from the Temple, who arrested.-Jesus! (Describes the scene briefly). And all for a little money I

(4) Very briefly allude to the end of Judas, hinting at the two things that people said happened to him. The worst of being greedy is that often we forget to be ashamed. This can be applied in homely fashion to some well-known childish faults.

(b) Senior Classes. (1) A brief allusion to the betrayal should begin the

lesson, leading up to the question : Why did Judas be-tray Jesus?

(2) The class should be led to discuss the character of. Judas, considering (a) why he was chosen to be an apostle, and (b) his motives in betraying Jesus. The teacher should be prepared for the fatalistic notion re-ferred to above, and for the question what would have happened if Judas had not betrayed Jesus.

(3) The moral effects of greed, avarice, and ambition upon the person concerned should be considered in the light of the stories of the end of Judas. The moral significance of remorse should be noted.

A Note on Literature. For the outline of the career of Judas sketched in the

Study Hints we are largely indebted to a careful article by Plummer in Hastings' Bible Diet., which teachers would do well to read. Judas Iscariot is not a favourite character in literature, but two writers have been bold enough to write verse about him—"The Ballad of Judas Iscariot," by Robert Buchanan, and "Judas Iscariot's Paradise," by Sebastian Evans. They chiefly concern themselves with the remorse of Judas. They can be

found in Miles' Standard Elocutionist. Matthew Arnold's poem, Saint Brandan, also deals with the fate of Judas, taking up an old legend that each year Judas was given an hour's respite from the torments to which his falseness had condemned him, on account of an act of kindness to a leper. - It would be most effective in Senior Classes.

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The one, with gay flags streaming out, The other, banners furled.

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She did not take her hands out of her muff to point the way ; and she spoke as she would to a small brother, in a pleasant, conversational voice.

Marco looked at her with his large eyes, then looked across the Common, wagging his tail slowly, as though he were thinking how pleasant it would be to go the rest of the way. Finally, he turned back to her again, and, with a movement of his head and eyes, asked as plainly as though the words had come from his mouth, "Please let me go a little farther."

" No, dear. I'm going shopping, you know," answered the girl, explaining the difficulty as if Marco were human. "There'll be crowds of people, and I shall not know what to do with you. But go along now, there's a good fel-low, and I'll be back soon."

Without another word Marco turned and walked across the gardens. He did not slink away, as some dogs do when sent back, but marched leisurely along with his head in the air, stopped a moment on the bridge to watch the children skating below, then trotted on toward Com-monwealth Avenue.—" Boston Evening Record."

A Missionary Fortnight.

IT is in the Channel Islands that the missionary cam-paign for the Connexional year usually begins. When the national outlook was so dark it was feared that the missionary meetings would suffer, but the policy of faith prevailed and the arrangements were completed for the usual fortnight in September.

Rev. A. H. Sharman, of Wenchow, served as the foreign missionary deputation. Rev. P. Cudmore, of Guernsey, chairman of the District, also rendered help in the Jersey meetings. The first meeting was in Great Union Road, Jersey, and was arranged by the local branch of the W.M.A. The chair was occupied by Mrs. Gallichan. In the report reference was made to the drawing-room meetings held during the year, when ad-dresses on the work of James Chalmers, J. G. Paton, Dan Crawford, Pastor Hsi, and others, had been given. By means of these meetings and a small' sale of work the Jersey W.M.A. raised £45 last year.

Missionary sermons and addresses were given in the five chapels of the circuit during missionary week. Good use was made of the local press. The weather was pro-pitious, and the interest in the meetings well sustained.

The Guernsey meetings immediately followed those of Jersey. The service rendered to Jersey by Rev. P. Cudmore's visit wais repaid by Rev. and Mrs. W. Rupert Clark assisting in the Guernsey meetings. Excellent ser-vices were held at L'Islet and Vale Avenue Churches, while the mass meetings in Salem were large and en-thusiastic. The racy addresses in which Rev. A. H. Sharman dealt with various phases of his work in China were keenly appreciated. Both in Jersey and in Guern, sey, despite the war-cloud, the financial results were nearly equal to those of last year.

A warm tribute ought to be paid to the hospitality of the friends in the two islands. It was an admirable be-ginning of the winter's missionary programme.

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Mrs. E. Pinkerton. On Saturday, October 3rd, the inhabitants of Ancoats

paid a remarkable tribute to the power of a saintly life. The occasion was the interment of Mrs. Eliza Pinkerton, who died on September 30th, aged 72. All her life she had been in fellowship with our churches. At the old Lever Street she was scholar and teacher, and for many years a most active member. When that church was closed she joined Oldham Road where until a few years ago she was a most valued teacher, and right to the last was present at morning service, excepting when illness prevented. For 25 years she was on the staff of the Manchester Girls' Institute as Biblewoman, where, in her own quiet way, she has done a great work for her Master. The funeral service was held in the Ancoats Institute and was conducted by Rev. J. A. Thompson. There was present a large group of old Lever Street members including Mr. John Kay, her former Sunday School teacher and life-long friend. Two hundred and twenty members of the Institute walked in procession to Ardwick Cemetery where a very large number had as-sembled. In the irnmediate neighbourhood where her in-fluence had been greatest the streets were lined with large crowds of people to whom she had been a helpful friend. The memorial service in Oldham Road Church was conducted by Rev. W. C. Jackson, B.A., on Sunday morning, and at the Institute on Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. A. Thompson presided, and Miss Browne, the Presi-dent, gave the address. Over 500 were present.

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MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS. Changes.

1915. Hopper, W. J., leaves Boston after three years' service. Wright, F., has been invited to remain as superintend-

ent of the York Circuit, but has decided to leave.

1916. Ellis, Alwyn J., has intimated his intention to leave

Park Chapel, Leeds, after four years' service. Percival, R., removes from Tamworth Circuit after

four years' service.

Engagements. 1915-16.

In the Leeds, Woodhouse Lane Circuit, Revs. W. Alex. Grist and Walter Hall remain a third and fifth eear respectively, but Mr. Hall has intimated that he will leave in 1916.

In the Stapleford Circuit Rev. G. G. Hornby and G. W. Potter remain a fourth and seventh year respectively, Mr. Potter intimating that he would leave in 1916.

In the Stockport Circuit Rev. W. Dewdney remains a third year, Rev. J. Wynn a fourth year, and Rev. A. L. Broadfield succeeds Rev. C. A. Davis.

Clarke, T. S., Consett Circuit, a fourth year ; but has intimated his intention to leave in 1916.

Davis, C. A., Nottingham, Redcliffe Road Circuit. Davis, J. W., Castleford Circuit, a third year. Dudley, J. Rochdale, Molesworth Street Circuit, a

fifth year. Dymond, A. E., Chichester Circuit a fifth year, after

which he will remove. Heard, S. C., Bodmin Circuit, a second year. Holroyde, W., Waterloo Circuit, Blyth, a third year. Ives, G. A., goes to Fenton in the Longton Circuit. Limb, C. W., becomes pastor of Trafalgar Church,

Ashton-under-Lyne Circuit. Nicholson, S. T., remains as pastor of the Normacot

Church, Longton, a fourth year. Preshous, John, remains in the Hanley Circuit a fifth

year. Rogers, T. L., remains in the Tiverton Circuit a fourth

year. Tonge, W. Lacon, goes to Manchester Road Church,

Southport. Walls, J. W., Cradley Heath Circuit, a fifth year.

1916-17. - In the Great Harwood Circuit Rev. T. Naylor remains

for a seventh year. Rev. F. H. J. Thornton was invited till • 1917, but has decided to leave.

HANLEY. THE Bethesda Popular Concerts have been resumed in

the Hanley Town Hall. The first two, held on Sept. 26th and Oct. 3rd, were crowded. Each concert is usually held under the presidency of Rev. E. F. H. Capey and is opened with singing and prayer. The proceeds of the first enabled the friends to hand over to the Mayor of Stoke's Relief Fund.

LIVERPOOL. THERE was a very good attendance at the meet-

ing of the United Methodist Council, held at our Grove Street Church. The friends were entertained to tea by Mr. and Mrs. Dell, who were warmly thanked. The retiring president, Rev. R. T. Rowley, welcomed the new president, Mr. W. Cunliffe. Mr. Cunliffe gave a very good presidential speech concerning the Churches and the present crisis. The new members were wel- comed, and the following appointments were made : vice-president, Rev. C. F. Bill ; • secretary, Mr. G. H. Bee-ston ; treasurer, Mr. R. M. Adams; ministerial secretary, Rev. J. Martin ; reporter, Rev. Leonard England. It was decided to hold a Young Peoples' Demonstration about the end of January. The meeting gave promise of good work during the coming year.

LUDDENDEN. THE opening of the organ at St. James's, Luddenden,

marks the completion of a scheme inaugurated twelve years ago. At that time a new church was erected ; but until now the organ chamber had stood empty. Meanwhile all trust debts have been liquidated. Then a great impetus was given to the scheme by the spon-taneous gift of ;50 by Mr. S. Dugdale, C.C., a noted Congregationalist who resides in the village. Some time later a grant of £150 was obtained from the Car-negie Trustees. Thus encouraged, the friends entered heartily into the project, with the result that a fine organ, with gas engine, etc. has been installed at a total cost of £400, the whole of which has been raised before the conclusion of the opening services. The open-ing ceremony, on Saturday, October 3rd, was well attended. Rev. H. G. Absalom presided. Mr. H. M. Greenwood presented a gold key to Mrs. Thompson, of Manchester, who opened the organ doors. Rev. S. Poad read the Scriptures. Rev. A. Wakelin (Congrega-tionalist), offered the dedicatory prayer. Rev. J. Naylor, Halifax, gave the dedicatory address, an address greatly

enjoyed by the people. Miss Gertrude Seed, Halifax, was the soloist. In the evening an organ recital was given by Mr. Shackleton Pollard, Mus.Bac., F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M. Mr. S. Murgatroyd, an old chorister and worker, presided. On the Sunday Rev. H. G. Absalom preached. In the afternoon the Cross Lanes U.M.C. Choir gave a greatly appreciated musical service. -All the services were well attended. Collections and sub-scriptions realized £40. The organ, erected by Messrs. P. Connacher and Co., Huddersfield, is one of their latest tubular instruments and is satisfactory in every way.

MANCHESTER. 'THERE was a large gathering of the brethren at Salem

for the first meeting of the Fraternal last Friday when a hearty welcome was given to the new brethren. The Secretary (Rev. W. S. Green) introduced the question of th4 spiritual care of United Methodist soldiers and sailors, and it was resolved that every minister in the district should forward full particulars of all serving in the Army and Navy to the secretary—he to forward same to our ministers at the ports. It was stated that at many as 60 and 30 of our members from one circuit or church are in training at Heaton Park here and these are to be invited to some of the local churches for a week-evening meeting. Rev. J. Wright then introduced the subject of Christ Awareness, and in a brilliant and helpful manner led our minds to the central thought in our faith. How may we become aware of Jesus, and, knowing Him, how may we lead others to be aware of Him ? A very helpful conversation followed, in which Revs. J. T. Brewis, E. D. Cornish, F. Marrs, T. Sher-wood, took part, and Mr. J. Wright was heartily thanked. It was good to leave the burning question of the hour a little while and to dwell on the deep things of grace and the brethren were grateful.

MANSFIELD. ON Wednesday, October 7th, the old church in Clerk-

son Street was opened as a hall in which the Sunday School and the P.S.E. are to be held. On Saturday, October 10th, the opening night of the Pleasant Satur-day Evening (P.S.E.) took place. There was a good attendance. On Sunday, October 11th, Rev. J. Moore, of Nottingham, paid us a visit and gave us two enjoyable sermons and conducted the sacramental services at night. One of our esteemed local preachers, Mr. J. C. Rose, of Fishpool, has died this week, and much sorrow prevails among the friends of Mr. Rose.

NOTTINGHAM. A PLEASANT time was spent by several of the Not-

tingham Churches last week-end, when the London Choir of the National Children's Home and Orphanage paid a week-end visit. On the Sunday morning Rev. H. J. Sugden, together with a party of twenty-six children, attended the service in the Alfred Street Church. Mr. Sugden preached to a good congregation and made an appeal on behalf of the Home.. In the afternoon the party 'visited the David Lane Church, where Mr. J. G. Hancock, M.P., presided over a very large congregation, the Choir rendering several items and -Mr. Sugden giving an address. In the evening Mr. Sugden and the Choir visited Parliament Street Church, where a large congre-gation listened with great interest to the singing of the Choir and the appeal of Mr. Sugden. Sister Jessie But-ton visited the Main Street, Bulwell, 'Church in the morning and gave an address, and in the evening the Redcliffe Road Church and also gave an address. All the collections above the average were given to the Chil-dren's Home, and were as follows : Alfred Street, 4'4 ; David Lane, 16s. 6d. ; • Parliament Street, £4 13s. 4d. ; Main Street, Redcliffe Road, 13s. 2d. On the Monday evening a grand musical entertainment was given in the Mechanics' Lecture-hall (seating. 500), which was packed, all the unreserved seats being filled half-an-hour before the concert commenced. The Official Re-ceiver, Mr. E. Wynne Humphreys, presided. The items by the Choir were greatly appreciated. Mr. Sugden again made an appeal for support. It is anticipated that the net proceeds of the week-end will be just over £30. The visit will greatly increase the knowledge and sym-'pithy of our United Methodist friends in the work of the Home, and it is expected that the indirect result of the visit will be a large number of annual subscriptions for the Home. Mr. Arnold Wheatley acted as secretary for the visit and Mr. F. B. Barnett as treasurer, and they were supported by a large committee and friends from various churches. It may be added that the United Methodists in Nottingham are taking a great interest in the Home and most of the Churches (together with the Wesleyans) are represented on the strong local com-mittee.

Harvest Festivals. Cleckheaton (Central).—Rev. W. Field preached morn-

ing and evening. The choir gave special music at both services. Mr. Bennett conducted, and the organist was Mr. L. Wood. In the afternoon 'about 50 Band of Hope

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General. Barnsley (Ardsley).—Rev. S. C. Challenger, Con-

nexional Young People's Secretary, gave us an instruct-ing and inspiring address on the subject, "Church, School and Scholar." He was listened to with marked attention. Several asked questions at the close of his address, and very satisfactory answers were given.

Driffield.—On Thanksgiving Day the pastor preached suitable sermons and made special reference to the good work done and the claims of the mission cause on all., We intend to raise our proportionate share of the money required this year.

Huddersfield (Shepley).—Rev. S. C.. Challenger on Monday, September 28th, met the Sunday School teachers (also a number from Shelley) and showed the necessity for the graded school. He afterwards lectured on "Tennyson." The visit of our Young People's Secre-tary haS been a great stimulus to both Shepley and Shelley Schools, and the teachers are now discussing ways and means of 'adopting modern teaching methods, and arranging for teachers' preparation classes.

The Publishing House Committee. THE Publishing House Committee met on Friday last

at the Westminster Central Buildings, London. The Emergency Committee met on the previous evening, and this committee was able to facilitate the business of the larger body meeting the next morning. In the absence of the President, who was fulfilling engagements in the West of England, the newly-appointed treasurer, Mr. J. K. Baker, of Sheffield, presided. The monthly auditors were re-appointed, viz., Rev. A. Crombie and Mr. E. S. Snell. The Emergency Committee for next year is to consist of Revs. A. Crombie, A. E. J. Cosson, Messrs. W. S. Skelton, E. S. Snell and the Publishing House officials. The war is seriously affecting the publishing trade, though in our own case the business done since Conference is of an encouraging nature. The steward reported that the Conference Bookstall had a record sale. The Minutes of the Redruth Conference are selling well. This valuable Year Book ought to find a place in every church_ vestry as well as every church official's home in the denomination. The Church Almanac had a good sale last year, and it is intended to issue an attractive one for 1915. A book on the Bible Christian Church Cen-tenary is to be issued, written by the Rev. R. Pyke. New editions of the Sunday School Hymnal are now on sale, an edition with tunes at a smaller price will, it is expected, have a large sale. It was reported that some churches are using the school book in addition to the ordinary church hymnal. The Sunday School Lesson Magazine is increasing in circulation. It was felt that when this magazine is known to a wider constituency its value will be more generally realized. No better "Lesson Helps" could possibly be used by our teachers. A good deal of business was done by the committee in an expeditious manner owing to the efficiency of the Book Steward and Editor, and the able chairmansTiip of Mr. Baker.

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much blessing has again resulted. The congregations have been good, the interest well sustained, and the visit has helped to establish the young converts.

Dulverton.—A special mission, conducted by Bro. R. T. Buttle, has resulted in three conversions and a fine spiritual uplifting of the church. A series of splendid open-air services has been a great blessing to the town and neighbourhood, even in spite of the war, for which sixty-one of our men have volunteered. We have never had so many to attend our week-night service. Sun-days also have shown an in ease in the congregation, so that we can truly say God has been with us and has wonderfully blessed us.

Newport, Mon. (Caldicot).—Miss Cowmeadow con-ducted a mission here eleven years ago, when many souls were bnough.t to a saving knowledge of truth as it is in Christ Jesus. We have during the fourteen days' mission, just concluded, again experienced a real time of refreshing. At the conclusion of the mission Miss Cowmeadow gave a lecture on her travels through Palestine, illustrated by post card views and Eastern costumes.

children, trained and conducted by Mr. Bennett, gave se-lections of recitations and songs (chairman, Mr. L. Ellis), and a short address was given by Mr. Barnes. On Monday evening there was a fruit banquet and coffee-supper, and the children of the Band of Hope had an erijoyable time. The chairman was Mr. Birkby, and

- prizes were distributed by Mr. Field. The collections at the morning and the afternoon services were for the Band of Hope funds.

Cradley Heath (Christ Church).—Rev. J. W. Walls preached, and Mr. Stevenson, of Birmingham, gave an address at the Brotherhood. The collections for the day amounted to over

Denton.—There were good attendances throughout the day, especially in the evening, when the chapel was filled to its utmost capacity. Rev. Arthur Bamforth was the preacher for the day. A cantata was given in the after-noon by the choir, who rendered special music also at morning and evening services.

Derby (Becket Street).—Conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. J. Absalom. Special music by the choir. Musical ser-vice in the afternoon.

Levenshulme.—The services were conducted by Rev. J. Wynn. Address in the afternoon by Rev. Charles Musk. Special music at each service. At week-day harvest social a capital programme was, provided. The fruit and flowers were sent to the wounded soldiers in the Manchester Military Hospital.

Loath.—Preacher, Rev. E. D. Cornish,-of Manchester. Mr. A. H. • Gale presided at the afternoon service of praise, which was of a special character, as was also the music of the-day. Rev. W. Wilby preached on . Monday afternoon. After tea the annual circuit gathering was held. Sir Francis S. Bennett presided, and addresses were delivered by him and Mr. Cornish. A cordial wel-come was accorded to Mr. Wilby on his appointment to, the circuit. Collections on Sunday and Monday, £32 3s.

Os. 6d. in.advance of last year. Mylor.—Services were celebrated at our pretty little

sanctuary. The preachers : morning, Mr. J. J. Collins ; afternoon and evening, Rev. H. Fry. 'On Monday after-noon Rev. D. Lewis preached. A public tea and meet-ing followed ; chairman, Mr. F. Coad ; speakers, Rev. H. Fry and Mr. E. R. Stephens (Perran).

Nantwich.---Rev. James Longden preached to crowded congregations. In the afternoon there was a musical service, Miss Lilian Moore, of Huddersfield, was soloist. Services throughout the day very successful.

Preston (Guttridge Memorial).—Had very satisfactory results. Rev. G. T. Checklin was the preacher. In the 'afternoon a musical service was held, presided over by Mr. L. Hayes and addressed by Rev. Piel Cooper. There was special music at all services. On the Monday Mr. and Mrs. Holden and the Colleens, gave a concert, with Mr, N. Blackledge as chairman. Proceeds about 10s.

Radstock.—The pastor, Rev. T. Tims. Waylett preached •the sermons. In the afternoon the choir gave a service of song, and-on the Monday there was a largely-attended public tea. Large congregations and good in-fluence. Proceeds over £5 in advance of last year, and the best for ten • years.

Sheffield (Firth Park).—Very successful services, con-ducted by Rev. Robert Noble and Rev. George Carver to good congregations. In the afternoon a young people's service was addressed by Mr. Alfred. Schofield. On the Monday night the choir gave a cantata, which was greatly enjoyed. Mr. James Wilkinson presided. Pro-ceeds 1-,14 18s. 8d.—an advance on last year.

Shrewsbury (Albert Street).—At the harvest services sermons were preached by Mr. Young and Mr. Taylor. In the afternoon a young people's service was presided over by Mr. Clark and addressed .by Rev. W. Madgen. On the Monday the harvest tea was a great success. The collections were in advance of last year.

Reception. • Hoxton (Jubilee).—A circuit welcome has been given to Rev. J. B. Booth, who has been appointed by the Home

'Mission Committee to take charge of the church in place of Rev. R. H. Osborne, recently transferred to Godes-ton. The gathering was representative of the whole of the churches in the circuit. Mr. R. Martyri (circuit steward) presided. Words of welcome and good wishes were given by the ministers of the circuit, supported by tile chairman and Mr. Stephen Gee, Mr. E. Widdowson, Mr. Muxworthy, and other •friends. Mr. Booth, in reply, thanked the gathering for the cordial reception he and his family had received. The tone of the gathering was hearty and sympathetic, and gave promise of a happy and useful ministry for the new pastor.

Presentation. Stalybridge (Newton).—!1 reunion of past and present

members of Miss Greenwood's class has been held. On account of ill,health 'Miss 'Greenwood recently retired, after having been the teacher of the Young Ladies' Class for the last twenty-five years. About sixty-four partook of an excellent tea, and afterwards Miss F. Rowland presided over the entertainment. During the evening Miss E. Fairbrother presented to Miss Green-wood, on behalf of her scholars, a Chesterfield easy-chair as a token of their appreciation of her unfailing devotion to 'the work of the Young Ladies' Class. Miss Greenwood expressed her regret at having to give up teaching, and thanked her old scholars ,very much for their beautiful present, their kind thoughts and good wishes. Four years ago Miss Greenwood was awarded a Diploma of Honour for long service by the Sunday School Union.

Anniversaries. Catford.---At the first anniversary of the new church

the pastor, Rev. C. H. Poppleton, was the preacher on the Sunday. On the Monday a public tea and meeting was held. The meeting was presided over by Mr. H. B. Ormerod (trust treasurer), and addresses were given by Revs. F. Galpin and E. Owen Evans. The tone of all the services was very good, and the hearts of the people

were cheered at the close of the public meeting, when the chairman announced that the amount aimed at (4'50) had been realized. A friend who has helped the church considerably will add because the .5.0 has been raised.

Leeds (Tempest Road).—In connection with the eighth school anniversary a tea and meeting were held on the Saturday, presided over by Rev. R. F. Bell, in place of Mr. Thos. Lax, who was indisposed. Revs. Joseph Ogden and R. J. Fletcher and Mr. Walderson gave ad-dresses. 'Mr. J. W. Burnell (school secretary) reported that the premises were now much too small, four classes having to meet weekly in 'the church. On the Sunday Rev. F. J. Lindley preached in the morning and Rev. R. F. Bell in the evening. In the afternoon a musical festival was held. Rev. E. Barrett gave an address. Mr. J. James Hirst presided. The scholars rendered' se. lections of music at all the services under the direction of Mr. N. S. Bell (choirmaster), with Mr. F. Lax at the organ. Crowded gatherings. Financial result, £58.

Poplar (Bath Street).—The 64th Sunday School anni-versary service preachers were Rev. Hy Hooks and Mr. C. H. Kemp. An afternoon address to scholars and friends was given by Mr. T. Arnold-Baker ; chairman, Mr. J. Caton. With the proceeds of an entertainment on Tuesday evening—chairman, Mr. Arthur Nicholls— the receipts, including subscriptions, totalled 18s., an increase of on the previous year.

Ripley (Birchwood).--Chapel anniversary preacher, Rev. J. W. Nield, morning and evening. Large congre-gations and a gracious spirit.

Stalybridge (Chapel Street).—One hundred and nine- teenth school anniversary. Mr. A. Crowther (Elland) preached afternoon and evening to large congregations. Special singing. Miss 'Hallworth was the soloist ; Mr. T. Goddard, conductor ; and Mr. H. Booth, organist. Collections over £27.

Todmorden (Bridge Street).—The annual trust sermons were preached by Rev. R. B. Shapland. Special music was rendered by the choir.

Quarterly Meetings. Cradley Heath.—Rev. J. W. Walls presided. Meet-

ing both happy and brief. A committee was appointed to secure a successor to Rev. J. B. Burman, who leaves next Conference.

Downham.—Rev. G. Eayrs presiding. Mr. J. B. Greenall, owing 'to intended removal, tendered his re- signation of the office of missioner in the circuit. It was accepted with regret, and he was thanked for his effective service. A resolution of sympathy with the rela-tives of the late Mr. R. Alflatt, a lay preacher in the circuit for many years, was passed. Financial statement showed greatly increased circuit income but a deficit on the circuit fund owing to special expenditure.

Great Harwood.--Rev. T. Naylor presided. Balance in hand, £2. Membership slightly less than at Confer-ence.

Leeds, Woodhouse Lane.—Rev. W. Alex Grist pre-siding. Hearty welcome given to Rev. F. J. Lindley, who is appointed to the Armley -Churches. The financial and numerical schedule satisfactory. It was suggested that steps might be taken by the Young People's Com-mittee so that the scholars' examination could be run in connection -with the Sunday School Union. A finan-cial saving might thus be effected.

Long 'Eaton and Stapleford.—Reports showed an increase of 6 members, and £9 6s. 11d. in hand. Re-presentatives of Breaston Church, now transferred from Derby Circuit, were welcomed. The 'meeting approved union of Beeston, Chapel Street Church, with the Wil-loughby Street Church, and the inclusion of the united church, in the Long Eaton Circuit. Mr. Edgar Annable received as a -fully-accredited local preacher. Welcome accorded to Rev. T. Scowby, who is taking up work at Breaston, and to Sister Rachel, who has been appointed to Stapleford, Nottingham Road Church.

Lostwithiel and Bodmin.—Rev. E. H. Smith pre-sided. Luncheon provided by the Millpool friends. Profit-able conversation at Quarterly meetings on the spiritual condition of the churches. A winter of real aggressive work is anticipated. Unanimous invitation given to the Rev. E. H. Smith and to the lay pastor, Mr. W. C. Harraway, to labour in the circuit for the third year. One of the local preachers has joined the Territorial Army.

Rochdale, Castlemere.—Rev. C. B. Johnson in the chair. The meeting agreed to co-operate heartily with the local authorities in any effort which they may make for the relief of distress occasioned by the war. It ex-pressed the hope that if any school building in the circuit is desired by the authorities its use may- be granted free of charge. If any church has not yet contributed to the National Relief Fund it is asked to try to arrange col- lections for the same at the earliest opportunity. De- crease of four members on the quarter, but an increase of seven on the year. 'Encouraging features in reports of spiritual condition of the churches. Income about £15 above the expenditure.

Rochdale, Milk Street.—Rev. T. Shawcross pre-sided. Financial statement showed balance in hand. In- crease of members reported. Spiritual condition of churches very encouraging. Home Mission Call for efforts' to deepen spiritual life and engage in aggressive work to win the young people for loyalty to Christianity commended. An impressive service was held publicly to recognize Mr. Alfred Whitworth as a local preacher.

Stockport.—Rev. H. Twyford in the chair. Slight decrease of adult members, but increases of 6 juniors and 21 on trial. Balances in hand of ,16 17s. 11d. Meeting overshadowed by the National crisis, many of the representatives having members of their families in "the ranks." They were not forgotten at the Throne of Grace.

Evangelistic Services. Camelford.—Messrs. Thompson and Rhodes, the well-

known evangelists, have recently paid a return visit, and

MISCELLANEOUS. BLACKPOOL. 11- House,

PILLING, Banks Street,

N.S. Public and Private Apartments. Sea view.

6 A -PAGE BOOK ABOUT HERBS AND HOW BLACKPOOL-Mrs. SCHOFIELD, Norfolk TO USE THEM, free. Send for one.- ■ House, 19 Banks Street.

Trimnell, The Herbalist, 144 Richmond Road, Public and Private Apartments. Sea view. N.S. Cardiff. Established 1879.

BRIDLINGTON-Public and Private Apart- • ments. Comfortable home.

Terms moderate. - Mrs. Firth, Bradford House, Marshall Avenue. U.M.

Maitland Temperance Hotel, • 33 Stiaandwick Place. Close

to Caledonian Station and West End of Princes Street. A cleanly, comfortable, well-managed hotel. Highly-recommended.-J. Robinson, Proprietor.

EDINBURGH

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Burial Service

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General Rules

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Showing Discounts varying from

25 to 75 per cent off Published Prices.

Historical Tales and Sea Stories, by many well-known Writers

2s. 6d. Splendid Series of Gift Books, by famous Authors

2s. Handsome bulky Volumes. fully illust?ated

5s.

Popular Biographies. Stirring S. 6d. Adventures, Charming Stories, and

Temperance Tales.

Many of the Old Favourites in new and up-to-date bindings Thick books and bright-coloured Cloth

boards

Delightful Story Books. handsome and attractive in appearance •

Large Assortment to satisfy and delight the little folks

TEACHERS' AND PRIZE BIBLES

AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Parcels of the value of .€3 net and upwards

sent, carriage free per Goods Train.

A separate Catalogue of Books suitable for MISSIONARY PRIZES

may also be had on application.

HENRY HOOKS UNITED METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE,

12 Farringdon Avenue, London, E.C.

Is.

9d.

LONDON. " Silence Room for Students."

WILLIAMS' HOTEL (TEMPERANCE),

2 and 3 Montague Street, Russell Square, W.C. Close to British Museum and 3 Tube Stations

Bed, Breakfast and Attendance (inclusive) 33. Eld. to 6e. Double, 68. :0 108.

Telegrams-"Faithful, West Cent., London." Telephone-9992 CENTRAL. T.M.

Cheap Chairs For Churches, Chapels, Missions & Schoolrooms,

FROM

s. 8d. EACH.

Buy from the Factory. Save Middle Profits.

EALING BROS. High Wycombe.

The

Positive

Organ.

Trade Mark. A real Pipe Organ, giving the effects of two manuals and pedals on its single keyboard. Price from /77. Over 900 supplied. Estimates given for Repairs. Rebuilds, Two and Three-Manual Organs. etc.

POSITIVE ORGAN CO., Ltd..e 44 Morning:on Crescent (Opposite Tube

Station), London, N.W. vianmsimasmonlmilm..

UNITED METHODIST COLLEGE, (BIBLE CHRISTIAN)

SHEBBEAR, NORTH DEVON. Governor: Rev. W. R. K. BAULKWILL.

HEAD MASTER : Mr. J. ROUNSEFELL, M.A., B.Sc. (Lond.),

First Class Honours in Latin, Teachers' Diploma. SIX ASSISTANT MASTERS.

PUPILS prepared for the Universities, the Public Examin- ations, and for Business at the option of parents.

Many successes in each department. Healthy situation. Playground 4} acres. Diet good and unlimited in supply. Abundance of Milk, etc., daily from

the College Farm-over 70 acres. TERMS, from 24 guineas per year : Music the only extra.

Apply to Rev. W. R. K. BAULKWILL,

748

ASHVILLE COLLEGE, HARROGATE.

UNITED METHODIST

BOARDING SCHOOL.

Chemical & Physical Laboratories. Carpenter's Shop. Gymnasium.

Playing Fields, etc.. Five Resident Graduates and Seven .

Visiting Masters. Inclusive Fees. Principal-

Rev. ALFRED SOOTHILL, B.A. (Lond.)

ADVERTISE

YOUR WANTS In the

UNITED

METHODIST.

25 words for

and one Halfpenny for each additional word.

Three Insertions for price of two.

FIFTY-FIRST YEAR of

STAFFORD COLLEGE Forest Hill, S.E. Established 1863.

Boarding & Day School for Boys. Healthy Situation. Eight Assistants. Modern

Equipment. Moderate inclusive Fees. Gymnasium, Playing Field for Football do Cricket.

At the College of Preceptors'Examinations (1897-1914) 3445 Stafford College Students were successful, taking several places in

honours and many distinctions. Prospectus on applicatiOn to

PRINCIPAL W. G. BOTIIERAS, . Stafford College,

12-14 Westbourn e Rd., Forest Hill, S.E.

Hoe Grammar School, Plymouth. ESTABLISHED 1867. .

Principal and Head Master : G. P. DYMOND, M.A. (Lond.),

Member of the Mosely Commission of Teachers to the United States and Canada, 1906-7.

Second Master : W. J. LUKE, B.A. (Lond.), L.C.P. Full Staff of Graduate and Trained Teachers.

. A Successful Home School in a Beautiful Neighbmirhood. Close to Sea. Mild Win-

- ter Climate in Riviera District. Tennis. Cricket, and Football Grounds. Safe

• Open - Sea Bathing. Successes include- Inter. Arts, London Matric:, Naval Clerkships, Medical and Law Exams., Eastern Telegraph, Civil Service (Admiralty, Taxes, etc.). First-

. C ass Honours Lecal Exams., and many minor successes.

All corninunicatIons respecting Advertisements should be addressed to the

ADVERTISEMENT

MANAGER, "United Methodist," 12 Farringdon Avenue, London, E.C.

THE UNITED METHODIST

Edgehill Girls' College, BIDEFORD, N. DEVON.

Governor : Rev. W. TREFFRY. HEAD MISTRESS :

Miss E. 0. JOHNSON, B.A. (Hons.) Lend.. Assisted by an Efficient Staff.

Beautiful situation ; large gardens ; good class-rooms ; laboratory : gymnasium ;

our own farm.

Great Successes in the last Oxford Locals. Terms, from 30 Guineas. -

For Prospectus apply to _Head Mistress, or Rev. W. TREFFRY, Governor.

THE UNITED METHODIST. October 15, 1914.

Geo. M. HAMMER & Co.,Ltd. Established 1858. 'Phone 4452 Central.

MANUFACTURF.RS of EVERY DESCRIPTION of

CHURCH TVnitCuhreairlsi,otreuelptnit:i, iZrhno,inraiSyttollz:dsCoaltuiencntloon.

FURNITURE

Plates and ITtdtinBgos.xeest.c.,Here..socks6atteonigutalfrelrasses,

NEW 430 STRAND W.V.(First Floor by R , SHOWOOMS Char'ng Cross Hospital)

HOTELS, HYDROS, BOARD RESIDENCES,

AND PRIVATE APARTMENTS.

" U.M." denotes that Advertisers are members and friends of the United Methodist Church.

PADDINGTON.,

CORY'S HOTEL, _ 7 and B SPRING STREET. VERY QUIET YET CENTRAL.

Two minutes to G.W.R., Metro, olitsn and Central London Railways. BEDROOM (including light and attendance): Single, from 2/6. Double. from 4/-.

Telephone: 2390 PAODISOTOR NIGHT PORTRR. Telegrams : ••COBY's RoTaL PAM" Proprietor, W. J. CORY.

Send for NEW CATALOGUE of

REQUISITES I REWARD CHURCH

BOOKS

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Particulars as to past experience and success, age and terms required, to Box 361, Judds, 5 Queen Victoria Street, London.

STEPHEN GEE 103 Newgate Street, London, . E.C.-Ladies' Costumes,

from 45s. Specialite. First-Class Tailor-made Cos! tome of Tailors' Cloth for 63s. Gentleman's Lounge Snit, from 38s. Rainproof Long Coat, from 80s. Write or call for Patterns and Fashion Plates. 5: Clerical Tailoring a speciality.

FOR A GARDEN • PARTY OR A PICNIC. -Delicious BOILED HAM. Tender and Sweet.

J. & T. Rothwell, Wholesale Provision Merchants, L_=- Cannon Street, Salford, Manchester. Prices on application.

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£ WANTED, at 4 per cent, on United ‘" Methodist Trust Property, East Cowes.

-Apply, Mr. Legg, Treasurer, Osborne Road, East :-=4- Cowes.

CHEAP POSTERS, Handwritten. Just TE: 1 im the thing for your meetings. 30 inches by

40 inches ; 20 words ; two colours. Order L1-= to-day.-Love, Exchange Street, Norwich. -...-f-

.77:

DEVERSIBLE AND FIXED-BACK SEATS I Its and all kinds of Church and School Furniture. ----.7: Send for lists from actual manufacturers. Buy of the Methodist Makers, William H. Adams and ..----; Sens, Daventry, Northants.

FOR SALE. AZAARS.-Barnstaple Rustic Baskets are very

popular, and sell well at good, profit. -Illus. trated price list from Blackwell and Son, WI Cross Et Street, Barnstaple.

SEVERAL exceptionally CHARMING SITES for Country residence, Rural surroundings. Healthy

high ground on porous sandstone subsoil. Company's water supply. Exceptional value.-Apply the Steward, Felbridge Estate, East Grinstead. L__

APPOINTMENT VACANT.

WANTED by a first-class Life Assurance Office, with exceptionally severe valuation and a

splendid bonus, ENERGETIC YOUNG MEN as -1--T-4 District Inspectors in London, Manchester, Leeds and Bristol. Must have successful Agency records , (not industrial) and be able to select and train agents. Those with good connections amongst Nonconformists =- and abstainers preferred. Excellent opening for young men of ability and energy. Applicants must give full

HARROGATE- Imperial Hydro, opposite ■ Royal Pump-room and Valley

Gardens, near all baths, Winter Garden, Kursaal ; Physician. Telephone 42 Tariff. Miss Hemingway, Manageress.

MORECAMBE -Mrs F. and Miss • Whittles, " Grangeville,"

10 Windsor Terrace, Heysham Road, W.E. Pubic and Private Appartments. Home comforts. Terms moderate. U.M.

- PRESTATYN-Mrs. PITCHFORD. Park • House, Board-residence or

Apartments. Sheltered position. Central. Terms = moderate. U.M.

,====== PRESTATYN N. WALES.-Misses MELLOR, , "Rosewood," Victoria Avenue.

Apartments. Hills, Sea. Bracing. Bathing, Coaching.. Tennis, Golf. U.M.

SOUTHPORT. 46 Promenade. Superioriss DAVIES, Baden House,. -Miss

• Apartments or Board. Best Central situation. Every-

= home comfort, U.M.

SOUTHPORT - SUNNYSIDE HYDRO, LTD. • Knowsley Road (wider es-

- tirely new management). One minute from Promen-ade. Within easy distance of golf links, Lord St., and the Park. Redecorated, Refurnished. New Electric Lift. First-class table. Moderate terms. Week-end Tariff. Highly recommended by well-known Methodists. Prospectus from Manageress.

WORTHING- lose to Sea Front. Comfort. • able homely Apartments, or

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Board-Residence, or Furnished House. Moderate inclusive terms.-J. Sainsbury, 12 Brunswick Esplan-

__ ade. Stamp for reply.

Two Sisters would share furnished house with lady or ladies. Sitting-room or bed-sitting-room.

single bedroom, use of scullery, gas-cooker, bath. ==== No attendance ; low rent,-Apply by letter, Chittenden,

Gilstead, Epping.

The Favourite Home in London for Abstainers.

EST CENTRAL HOTEL FIRST-CLASS HOTEL FOR LADIES & GENTLEMEN;

Accommodation for about 200 Guests. Pronounced by the Press the Best Temperance Hotel

in the Wilted Kingdom. Passenger Lifts. Convenient for City or West End-Business or Pleasure.

Highly commended by Sir William Hartley, Rev David Heath, Rev. John Thornley,Rev.Dlneclale T. You ng

and thousands of Guests from all parts of the world. Excellent Coffee, Drawing and Reading Rooms.

APARTMENTS, SERVICE AND TABLE D'HOTE BREAKFAST FROM - SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON.

Full tariff and Guide on application to FREDERIC RMITE & SONS.

!SERMONS FOR THE TIMES. Demy 8vo, paper 1/.. each ; by post, 1/1.

_ Each number contains four or five sermons. Number -1-=: four contains the Bishop of London's Sermon to the

Troops at Bisley. 1. Four Sermons on War. Now Ready. 2. Sermons In Time of War. Now Ready. 3. Sermons on Citizenship. Now Ready. 4. Sermons on the Holy War. October 2nd. 5. The Problem of Suffering.

September 29th. 6. Sermons on Patriotism.

September 30th. 7. The War and its Lessons. October 2nd.

FRANCIS GRIFFITHS, 34 MAIDEN LANE, LONDON, W.C.

BLACKPOOL.-Mrs. J. H. Ainley, Trafford House, 42 Charnley Road.

Public and Private Apartments. Piano. Near Central Station and Sea. U.M.

CHURCH

REQUISITES

Hymn Books for Choirs

Hymn Books for Presentation

Hymn Books for the Pulpit

Hymn Books for Visitors

Hymn Sheets for Missionary Services, Public Meetings, Harvest Festivals, and S.S Anniversaries

0 Illuminated Addresses

Individual Communion Services

Motto Cards

Notes of Removal

Primary Requisites

Pulpit Notice Book

Star Registers

Seat Rent Collectors' Book

Seat Rent Receipt Book

BUSINESS FOR SALE.

GROCERY AND DRAPERY.-For immediate Dis-posal, genuine old-established, mixed, Village

Business. In present hands 33 years. Owner retiring. Returns over 43,000 proof. Splendid opportunity for a man accustomed to village trade. Incoming low. No agents. - Particulars from J. W. B., Sunnyside Hugglescote, Leicester.

AN IDEAL HEALTH AND HOLIDAY HOME.

PENNINGTON, " FERN ROYD," HOLMFIELD ROAD, N.S., BLACKPOOL.

Splendidly situated, minute from seafront_ Two minutes from Gynn End, on North Promenade,

Public and Private Apartments. No Intoxicants. U.M.

KNITTED SOCKS AND HOSIERY for our

Soldiers. The " Griswold " Hand-knitting Machine is the

most popular and up-to-date machine for speedily knitting socks and hosiery. Goods pro-

duced are equal to hand knitted. Over 40.000 of these machines sold.-Prices and particulars on application to the Sole Proprie-

tors and Builders, I. L. Berridge and Co., Leicester,

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Printed at THE MAGNET PRESS, 188 Rye Lane, Peckham, S.E., and Published by HENRY HOOKS, 12 Farringdon Avenue, London, E.C., for the UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Thursday, October 15th, 1914.