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By Prof. A. S. Peake, M.A., D.D. IT wee one of the numerous plans of John Wilhelm Rowntree, which his premature death prevented him from carrying into effect, to write the history of Quaker. ism. This work was not intended merely as an end in itself, but as part of a larger plan. It is good to know that this purpose is not to be thwarted by Mr. Rown-tree's death. A series of historical volumes is to be written on the history of the Society of Friends. As an introduction to that series, to which he will himself contribute, Dr. Rufus Jones has written a volume, en-titled Studies in Mystical Religion (Macmillan and Co. Price 12s. net). He was an intimate friend of Mr. Rown-tree, and they had talked much of their literary pro-jects. Quite independently of the special enterprise to which this volume is designed to contribute, the author had fixed upon Mysticism as his special subject. In writing it he has had the advantage of criticism from some eminent authorities. But it is obvious that his own personal studies must have been long continued for him to have written such a work. The volume tells the story simply to the end of the Commonwealth period, from which point it is to be taken up in the series on Quakerism. Whether, however, the later mys-ticism outside Quakerism is to be discussed in another volume, I do not know. There is no chapter on Jakob Boehme inasmuch as Dr. Jones intends to devote a special volume to him. There ie no discussion of Eastern Mysticism. Apart from a chapter on ' The Roots of Mysticism in Classical Literature,' it is with Mysticism in Christendom that the book ie exclusively concerned.

For such a work Dr. Jones is admirably fitted. I have previously called attention to his books on 'Spirit-ual Law in the Natural World' and 'The Double Search.' The present volume, however, is much the most considerable that he has given us, and it will greatly enhance his reputation as well ae create high expectations for those which are to follow. Years of research must have lain behind it, research conducted often in obscure and little-trodden fields. He has delved assiduously in the records of obscure mots, he has tracked the intricate windings of underground streams of speculation and experience. The width of his range has enabled him to use the comparative method with great effect. Again and again we find the same trains of thought re-appearing, and the same phenomena reproduced. And this is one of the features which makes the book so useful at the present time. It might seem that many of those whose views are here discussed might have been suffered still to sleep in their obscurity, with the duet of ages undisturbed. Of what concern to us in the Twentieth Century, it may be asked, is it to turn from the urgent duties which lie all about us to busy ourselves with long extinct contro-versies and speculations which centuries since have been relegated to limbo? The value of such a study lies in tins—that these controversies are by no means extinct, but are matters of pressing moment. There is much in our present religious situation to recall the pantheistic mysticism which was in danger of denying the gravity, and even the reality, of sin. The old forms may have perished, the old phraseology may have be- come obsolete, but the speculative impulse abides, the essential theory continually tends to reappear. One of the perils of religious life at the present time lies just here, that people are constantly captured by what they take to be fresh and illuminating conceptions, which the student of the History of Doctrine recognises as old acquaintances in a new dress. Of (mum, the fact that

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a theory has been rejected in the past after a prolonged discussion does not necessarily imply that it has lost a claim on our attention. Very much the reverse is often true ; we constantly meet with cases where it is some lonely thinker, some despised and harried sect, that has been far in advance of the age, and uttered truths al-most universally rejected then but cordially accepted by us to-day. But while this is true, it is also true that many views were tested on their merits, and found to be false, and that our judgment cordially concurs in the verdict. Moreover, acquaintance with the history of thought enables a man to keep his balance; he is not so easily swept off his feet, his judgment is not warped by the fascination of novelty on the one side, or by conservative prejudice on the other. He has also the advantage of knowing what his predecessors had to say with reference to suoh theories. Again and again, in reading Dr. Jones' volume, I have been struck with the inextinguishable oharaoter which attaches to many of the speculations and practices he discusses. Frowned on by ecclesiastical authorities, or suppressed by brutal persecution, they have shown their vitality by their constant reappearance. - Among the writer's qualifications for his work I should

mention not simply his prolonged investigations. It is quite possible for wide and accurate knowledge to be combined with coldness or even contempt. Mysticism might be studied as an aberration of the human intel-lect. From such a disqualification it is needless to say that Dr. Jones is free. And yet he does not fall into the opposite danger of an undiscriminating enthusiasm. He is always sympathetic and wishful to believe the best, but he is also fully alive to the weaknesses and mistakes which have been only too characteristic of many types of mysticism. His familiarity with psycho-logy has been especially helpful to him in his apprecia-tion of myatic It states. It is no doubt true that there has often bean ED -r ()thing abnormal in the constitution of mystics, sometimes physical, sometimes psychical, often both. We can hardly doubt that some of their experiences were the outcome of hysteria or hallucina-tion. But we must beware of drawing the wrong in-ference from this unquestionable fact. They must be judged by their work. We do not think of Julius Cesar merely as a victim of epilepsy. - We judge him by the tremendous impact of his personality on the history of the world. It is certainly true that the pres-ence of some abnormality in body or mind has been frequently found in persons who have profoundly in-fluenced their contemporaries. It may have made them more sensitive than their fellows to suggestion from a higher sphere. Bat it is remarkable how of ten such men have exhibited a sanity of judgment combined with great executive ability. It is true that there is something to be said on the other side. Too often the mystic has been a recluse, selfishly absorbed in the cul-ture of his own spiritual life and indifferent to the needs of his fellows, building tabernacles on the Mount of Transfignation when he ought to have been with the crowd at its foot, strengthening the weak faith of his brethren and driving demons out of the possessed. But it is only the barest justice to say that there have been many mystics who have been fired with a zeal for social service and for whom religion has been no luxurious emotion but a passion to win the best for their fellows. Yet it cannot be doubted that we are confronted here with one of the great perils against which the mystic needs to guard. He may turn his eyes inward till he has no sense for the want and misery and sin about him. And the practice of introspection is itself beset with peril to the soul. There is something morbid in a constant preoccupation with our own spiritual states ; it is not good for us to be alway feeling our pulse and taking our temperature. Ours is to be a hidden life ; we must suffer it to grow in stillness and seclusion without that unremitting probing and analysis which is so unhealthy a feature in many lives. There are religious diaries which remind one of the clinical charts kept by nurses to show the progress of their patient. All the fluctuations of temperature are carefully noted and described. There is, however, this important dif-ference that in this case the patient keeps his own chart and with all due recognition of the place for self-exami-nation in the Christian life this dangerously errs on the side of excess. Everyone recognises that it is bad for the sick person to dwell upon his symptoms. We can-not argue unreservedly from one ease to the other but it is surely better to leave the Great Physician to do His work without hampering Him over much by our own interference.

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722 THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. OCTOBER ;28, 1909

WORK AND WARFARE.

Notes on Local Preachers' Sermonettes.

IT was very interesting to note in the Sermonettes submitted by local preachers on Characters in John's Gospel ' the fav-ourite characters. These, in the order given, were Peter, Andrew, Nicodemue, Thomas, and the woman of Samaria. Single choices fell on Joseph, of Arimathea, Philip, Mary Mag-delene, and John the Baptist. One competitor took ' The Christ of St. John the Divine ' as his subject; anothor, mis-taking the Gospel given, sent in an excellent character sketch of John the Baptist from Luke's Gospel.

Those with whom Peter was first favourite lay stress on the apostle's courage, impulsiveness, and simplicity of char-acter. Mr. R. S. Pritchett, of Boscombe, gives a series of

flash lights' from the Gospel, as revealing Peter's states of soul. Peter was not a perfect character, but Mr. Pritchett says Peter was intensely human. Fierce battles raged in his soul between fear and faith, impulse and affection. Life is not long E nough for the maturing of a character like that of Peter. The very incompleteness of the world's best men leads us to expect the ' stages of progress in the life beyond.'

There is some difference of opinion as to the character of Nicodemue. In the sermonettes sent in by Mr. Thomas Thomp-son, 4 Clifton Street, Old Hill, Staffordshire, and Mr. George F. Horton, 5 Beavers Villas, Farnham Mr. Thompson rather exaggerated the timidity and the 'spiritual darkness ' of Nico-demos; but he rather contradicts his own accusation of spirit-ual darkness by dwelling on Nicodemue's 'respect for Christ,' and his recognition of Christ's discrimination. Mr. Horton points out that while Nicodemue was a Pharisee, he had eman-cipated himself from the prejudices, the pride and the narrow-ness of the sect, and was also a man—a very human man and a man with a soul. He says ' His coming to Jesus. Many have stigmatized Nicodemue as a coward, because he came at night, but that he came at all disproves this. That he was cautious—timid, sensitive, is evident. He had a great deal to lose, very much at stake, and it must have needed real cour-age and determination for this man, holding the position he did, to eeek this interview. We may dame him for his caution, but we have in fairness to remember the circumstances. It matters not when or how he came, the great thing to me is that he did come, and coming received a rich reward.'

I like the note accompanying the sermonette on the woman of Samaria sent by Mr. John Dibbin, North Cottage, Leyburn, Lyndhurst, Hants. The trouble,' he says, has been to know what to include and what to exclude, of which I have had to do a great deal.' Mr. Dibbin, who is only 25, has got a glimpse of the secret which, if solved, goes far to make an acceptable preacher. He knows how to lay out a sermon, for asking, Why did Jesus go through Samaria ? ' he gives the reasons and makes them his points. (1) To correct a prejudice; (2) To proclaim the truth; (3) To set an example; (4) To prepare the way for his disciples. He makes a great point of the glad abandon with which the woman constituted herself Christ's messenger. for ' she left her water pot and went into the City, and said to the men, Come and see a man who told me all things that ever I did." And this is the application: Meta-phorically speaking, we shall have to leave our water-pots and go into the city. Look on the fields,' etc. We must put Christ first. Temporal interests must come last. We must leave our petty concerns for the larger and fuller Hoof Christ. We must lose our life if we would gain it.'

It was particularly interesting to receive a sermonette on the Woman of Samaria from a lady local preacher, Mre. Aaron Slack, High Street, Tydeswell, nr. Buckden. Mrs. Slack is ingenious, for she gets a harvest festival sermon out of the incident. She sees in the woman an instance of 'Christ's successful method of spiritual harvesting.' Sinned against and sinning, she has become hardened, sarcastic, de-fiant. Jesus commenced digging down deep by asking a favour of her. She wonders at his condescension, for by His accent and dress she recognised the Jew, whilst is she not a Samaritan ? Jesus goes on probing deeper still. ' If Thou knoweet,' etc., and scattering the precious seed, Thou wouldst have asked of Me.' Her curiosity and wonder is aroused. Jesus labours on unfolding and revealing treasure after treasure to the woman of Samaria. A beautiful illustration is told of the green room at Dresden, where precious treasures are kept. An egg is there, beautiful to look upon. Each Spring reveals a golden yolk, again a chicken within which is concealing a golden crown, and yet again a diamond ring, treasure within treasure. Thus Jesus dealt with this woman, uprooting, and overturning all her callousness, her indiffer-ence, her superstitions, sowing the seeds of wonder, awe, ad-miration, desire and faith.'

A sermonette by Mr. Jelin Henry Kaye, of Oseett, York-shire, bristles almost too thickly with points. Mr. Kaye needs to practice the art of leaving out. I can only just give a taste from other character sketches, each of which should make good preaching if delivered in developed form. The first is from Philip,' by Mr. Arthur Bloore, 152 High Street, Quarry Bank, nr. Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. It refers to Philip's invitation to Nathaniel to come and see' Jesus. 'Come and see.' This was a proper way to call, and what every true dis-ciple should give to the man possessed with incredulity or with prejudice concerning Christ's claims. In this invitation Philip showed his knowledgo of human nature. To argue is all very well, but an appeal to personal experience is fax bet-ter. Many a man will draw a just inference for himself, which he will not allow another man to draw for him.'

A second suggestion is from a richly-suggested sermonette by Mr. G. Herbert Louth, 18 West Park Avenue, Jersey, on ' Joseph of Arimathea.' May I farther suggest that he was a man of stability ? This contention is contrary to the prev-alent idea concerning Joseph. We have already stated suffi-cient to discount the idea that he was a hesitant, fearful, shrinking weakling, and by adopting the same process (assum-ing from the record) we shall arrive at our present conclusion, He was an honourable Councillor.' His word could be trust-

ed. Unostentatious, of retiring habits, cultured, refined, some-thing of a recluse, but trustworthy, faithful, constant, depend-able, a quiet man, but to the front in a crisis. Not a great talker, but always acting with care, discrimination, and com-

mon sense, he was ready for service in the end because he was always ready. While the other disciples were mourning, he was working; while they were praying, he was acting.' of

the time between Calvary and the tomb, it may be said, Thar all forsook Him, and fled,' except Joseph of Arimathea. frre was as expectant at the end as at the beginning. A man of fibre, who slackens not till everything that can be done

ie done. Where was Peter ? Where was James ? The end is the proof, not the beginning. It is better to appear lead, and do most, than to appear most and do least. Our real strength is'only discovered by the crisis.'

The next quotation is from a sermonette on Andrew, by Mr. S. J. Morris, 46 Evelyn Road, Spark Hill, Birmingham; 'He was not distinguished, but he was devout; he was not prominent, but he was plodding and persevering. If there was a bit of service to render, a bit of humdrum drudgery that needed doing, which would be unaccompanied 11 flying banners, or the brass band, Andrew was the man for rt. we owe a good deal to the Andrews. The memory of Charles Haddon Spurgeon will linger with us long after the humble preacher, under whom he was converted, has been forgotten. John Bunyan is known the wide world over, but not the three humble women of Bedford, who were instrumental in leading him into the larger light. Lord Shaftesbury will long be re. membered by the people of England for his chivalrous service on behalf of the factory operations of our land; but surely some credit should go to his nurse, who instructed him when he was a child in the first principles of Godliness.'

The last quotation is from the sermonette by Mr. S. Gale, 53 Dixon Street, Swindon, on Thomas the Doubter,' and wee the character dealt with in the sermonette placed first.

' Faith ie the sense of the unseen, the instinct of spiritual world. Thomas wanted to say ' I believe,' meaning assent of mind. Jesus taught him to say ' I believe,' in sense of treat. Thomas wanted evidence of fact, Jesus opened up new ex. perience in the life,' My Lord and My God.' Thomas doubted miracle of the Resurrection. Says a scientist, The ultimate explanation of simplest fact is apparently unattainable.' If the atom baffles explanation, so does the miracle. But what of the man behind the miracle ? The higher the type of per-sonality the greater the power over nature. The native's boomerang, traveller's gun, aviator's aeroplane, scientist's ra-dium, an ascending scale of wonders and more wonderful personalities. Above all stands Jesus, His miracles astonish-ing, Himself the soul's miracle. Why doubt His power to heal bodies when He can heal souls ? '

It is evident that the contemplation of John's splendid por-trait gallery has been very inspiring to the local preachers. I hope they will all get a good dozen of ' Character Sermons' that will give themselves the beet of good times and send flaming arrows to the hearts of their hearers.—ZETA.

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OCTOBAfk 2$, TItg PRIMITIVE mnirttonisT LEADER. 723

Table Talk. Tee arrangements for the Conference next year at lnnets11

ere now taking deffnite,form. The 13apreeentative Committee bee again met, and several important decisions were reached.

The style and price of the tombieed Mow Cop (1910) Sou-venir and Conference Handbook were under consideration, and the edited for each section were appointed. The contract for the use of the original Movreop site, as used in 1907, has been acquired, and a great demonstration will take place on the ground on Saturdayevening,'J'une 18th. The Rev. Geo. ',mirage and Rev. Geo. Lee will again serve as secretaries for the Mow Cop celebration. The Rev. T. H. Hunt is chair-man of the committee. The most important evening meet-ings of the Conference will , be held in the large Victoria Ham, Hanley, and in the spacious Jubilee Chapel in Tunstall, and they give promise of being of exceptional importance. Great and deepening interest is being taken throughout the Pottery Towns in this • coming historic Conference.

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&nee and progressive forces to the side of Labour, especially as the Labour candidates in that Ward are all men of charac-ter and capacity, in whose hands the interests of sobriety and religious freedom will be perfectly safe.

.• • • Rev. Joust Benteerr, of 'Speen r

' hat spent several

terms in Durham Gaol as the penalty. of his conscientious re-sistance to the Education Act, 1902. He was again before the magistrates a few weeks ago, when an order for distraint was made. Ae there are no goods for that-order, he was again before the Bench at Bishop Auckland on Wednesday of last week. To hie, and also general amazement, the case was then', withdrawn without any payment by any one in any voluntary or compulsory form. At this Mr. Bennett was dis-appointed, but he has the honour of havingtddeated the law in a new way. We heartily congratulate him on his victory.

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Jr many of our villages the need for the provision of some alternative to the Public House has long been felt. At Hack-ney, in the Matlock circuit, a handsome new village church was opened a year ago and the old building was retained for Sunday School and Institute. The Institute was handed over for the week-nights to a Committee of working men who made their own arrangements. The experiment was a com-plete success. One or two of the regular attenders confessed it meant a saving to them of le. 9d. per night and the landlady of a neighbouring Public House said, ' If this goes on we shall be demmed ' (i e., starved). This season the Institute is as popular as last year.

• • • nut-annual convention of the Holiness Union at John Street,

Sheffield, has been a Beason of remarkable spiritual power, an experience appropriate to the history and genius of the ag-gressive church under whose auspices the meetings have been held. Officials and members testify to an uplift, and some of the speakers have gone hack to their circuits under a new baptism of power. 'I he climax came on the last day, when Rev. J. Wilkinson preached in the Convention church. Each service was marked by power, but the afternoon gathering will he memorable to those who were present. The Men's and Women's Institutes met together to hear an address from Mr. Wilkinson. At the close about forty young men and women came out for consecration and conversion, In the evening service others followed. These included some of the most promising young people in the church.

• • • IT will doubilers he new to many to learn that Mr. Hall

Caine' whose ' White Prophet ' has just appeared, was connect-

ed in his bo3 hood with our denomination. But so it appears from a speech be male recently. He said,' I was born and bap-tized into the Established Church and am therefore legally a Churchman, but my father, a strong Protestant, thinking he could find no sufficient standing. ground for his Protestantism in the Establishment, went over to Nonconformity. Then from Primitive Methodism to Wesleyan Methodism,and finally from Congregationalism to the community of the Baptists, accord-ing as my father's restless intellect determined, I passed dur-iug my boyhood.' In his opeech he referred to his' boyhood in Liverpool when a fearful epidemic of cholera broke out and the whole tewn was swept ae by the awful wing of death,' and he mentioned' how simple-hearted religions folk," particu-larly the PrimitiVe Methodists, held camp meetings in the fields to call on God to stay the dreadful scourge. Mr. Hall Caine declared lie had seen similar gatherings amongst the Jews in Russia.

• • • THE case of the delegation of the Grimsby and Lincoln

District to the next Conference again engaged the attention of the last District Committee, and the General Committee is again being appealed to, and asked to alter it for next Con- ference.

• • • THE Centenary movement is going ahead in a most gratify-

ing fashion in the Nottingham Fourth Station under the vig-orous lead of the Revs. P. Name and A. Baldwin. Of the £725 due from this circuit, about £300 has been raised for local objects, and £130 has been promised for connexional purposes. It is hoped that the whole sum will be guaranteed before the next Conference.

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THE Rev. Geo Bicheno, of St. Armes, paid a visit recently to 'the North British District. He went with the idea of a brief rest after a strenuous season's work, but the opportunity of utilising his services was evidently too good to be missed. He preached the first Sabbath at Greenock, and on the second at three of the places in Glasgow Second. Lectures on be-half of Bt. Annes were arranged at Motherwell, Greenock, and at Parkhead, Burnbank, and Tellcroes in Glasgow Second. Most of these churches are working at high pressure for schemes of their own, but Mr. Bicheno was able to create a delightful interest in the new progress in Lancashire.

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THE Local Preachers' Training Scheme is steadily gaMing ground. A Branch of organisation was formed in Oxford circuit on Friday, October 22nd. This is but one of the good results of the meeting in Oxford of the Training Council.

• • • Tea Sheffield Ministers' Fraternal is a real brotherhood, and

owes much of its success to the genius of the Rev. T. Campey. For thirteen years he has rendered unstinted service to the Fraternal first as Treasurer, and latterly as secretary. In the hospitable home of the Rev. and Mrs. S. Minaher, on Friday last, the Rev. C. Dudley, on behalf of the ministers, presented Mr. Campey nith a fountain pen as a slight recognition of his splendid service. In a characteristic speech Mr. Campey thanked the brethren, and hoped the Pen would be a good

speller. . o 0 Ties' 'Missionary Round' season has once more arrived,

and increaser; are geneeellY anticipated. We are glad to

hear-that the first and second 'rounds' of the Durham cir-cuit hate been most successful.. There have been better audi-ences, And 'an increase of nearly 110. The deputations were the Re*: O.' F. Gill, a magnificent missionary advocate, and Rev J, Pinchen, who was once a local preacher in the circuit,

Birmingham Fifth Extension..

Local Preachers' Conference. A LOCAL Preachers' Conference of the Grimsby and Lincoln District was held on October 16th at High Street, Lincoln, presided over by Mr. C. Todd. The District was well repre-sented. In the afternoon the Rev. T. II. Kedward introduced a discussion on The 'Secret of Effective Preaching.' no preacher, he said, to be effective as a soul-winner, which was his first duty must have the power of intense conviction, the power of self sacrificing love, and a determined will. These were essentials. Several brethren took part in the discussion who displayed intellectual and spiritual gifts which augur well for the future of the church. A publio meeting was hold in the evening; chairman, Mr. W. II. Warren; vice-chairman, Mr. H. T. Spencer. Mr. T. R. Watkinson, J.P., spoke ou • The Essential Characteristics of a Preacher,' which he said should be atirling Christian character, a decently-informed mind, a lofty conception of his work, enthusiasm, and power in prayer. The Rev. T. H. Kedward spoke on ' Power of Purpose.' 1 he preacher must have a determined purpose; he must not be daunted if success did not come at first. He gave instances of men who, in spite of great difficulties, had risen to success. Saved men, he said, were the Church's best apolo-getics.

A resolution expressing detestation of the murder of Senor Ferrer, also one of sympathy with the natives of the Congo, were passed. This is the third Conference of the District, each of which has been of great stimulus to those who have attended. Thanks of the Conference were presented to the local ministers and to hosts and hostesses.

Spurgeon's Monumental Work. How great a part the Psalms have played in shaping human life no one can estimate. Readers of Rowland E. Prothero's charming book on ' The Psalms of Human Life ' obtain glints of the place the Psalms have always had in the home and how they have directly affected national movements. No one was more conscious of the value of the Psalms than the late revered pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, C. H. Spurgeon. At the time the prince of preachers published his monumental work volume by volume the religions world eagerly sought the great preacher's wonderful expositions, for truly wonderful they were. The goodly volumes of this Treasury of David' were subsequently circulated by Mrs. C.

H. Spurgeon, and the library shelves of hundreds of minis-ters are still enriched by the presence of the books. We have used the books for more than a quarter of a century, and to-day for practical use, for homiletical suggestiveness

' there is

nothing like them. Spurgeon knew the key words of the. Psalms, he knew how to make the apparently commonplace yield up priceless contents. For full twenty years Spurgeon worked on the production of these volumes, for in addition to his own Commentary on the pealms he has collated and in-cluded all the beet sayings that had ever been written thereon. Thus the volumes are Spurgeon at his best plus the best of other ages on the same theme. The work is therefore aeon-rately styled the Treasury of David.'

These seven portly volumes are now being offered at a prise that will tempt our readers. The books were originally pub-, lished at Me. Now, however, that Messrs. Fasemore and Ile/ baster have parted with their entire business to Messrs. Marti shall Bros , the new publishers are offering the complete set eft seven handsome volumes, bound in cloth, as originally pub-limbed, at the marvellously low price of 16s. 6d. There is no doubt that the complete edition will soon be exhausted. In-tending purchasers should therefore avail themselves of the earliest opportunity to secure the book. The volumes contain over 3,300 pages. In addition to their great offer the Pub-lishers make the additionally tempting announcement that even the 16s. 6d. can be paid by instalments. For full par-ticulars we direct our readers to the announcement on smother

Tint Budget is having far-reaching consequences. It is not only the Dukes who are withholding their subscriptions from charitable objects but others equally' honest' are copy-ing their example. in his laudable effort to reduce the debt upon the Guildford church the Rev. T. Stones has issued an appeal a copy of which he has sent to some of the local gen-try. in some instances he has received encouragement, in others he has had a curt refusal We have had the pleasure of scanning one envelope returned to Mr. Stones across which was written Cannot afford to give anything on account of the Radical Budget.' Our brave minister at Guildford has therefore to be penalised for the sins of Mr. Lloyd George. The Budget undoubtedly covers a multitude of excuses. Mr. Stones informs us that he is receiving many paltry snubs from local aristocrats. It is well known in the locality for what moral and social ideals he and his brave little church stand, and this appeal is the occasion of iebuffe. Gentlemen should, however, be gentlemen, and would-be gentlemen act as if they were gentlemen. Surrey is not Methodist ground,but our church there must be nourished by those who know how great-ly the witness of our church is needed in the locality. Our own friends must the more readily rally to Mr. Stones' appeal. He must have one thousand pounds by February, and if all who can will send him one shilling he is sanguine of success.

• o Jr undertaking the responsibility of an additional minister

at the last Conference, the Coventry Second circuit entertain-ed high hopes of the development of OUT church in the rising village of Bedworth. We are glad to learn that the hopes are returning. It was a venturesome 'step but as in many other walks of life the boldest. policy is proving the safest. It is sow contemplated to erect modern and suitable premises for the church, and an_aggreesive policy is being. followed. A stirring mission. has just been held, and now very soon the brothers E. J. and J. Pickett are to pay special visits, and then in December there is to be a bazaar for the new building fund. More than anything elee the tone, temper, and spirit of the people determine the destiny of the church.

• • • A TABLET is shortly to be placed in the Brougham Street

chapel, Hartlepool, to the memory of the late Rev. John At-kinson. Amongst those who have contributed to it are—Sir William Hartley, several ex-Presidents and ex-Vice-Preei-dents of Conference, also Mrs. Gilmore and family of Aus-tralia. The fund is already a worthy tribute to the character and memory of the late Mr. Atkinson. If any interested friends in any part of the country wish to participate in it, they may do so by communicating with Rev. C. Humble, of Darlington, who, is treasurer to the fund. Mr. Nelson, of Darlington, who designed and supplied the tablet in Darling-ton Greenbank chapel to the memory of the late Rev. Hugh Gilmore, is also supplying this one. It is to be the best marble.

`le • • Tim London Committee that has charge of the May Mis-

sionary meeting met at the Book Room on Friday last, and provisionally fixed up a list of speakers for the morning and evening meetings. We understand that the President of the Conference, Sir. W. P. Hartley, will preside at the evening meeting, and that Ernest Adams, Esq., of Sheffield, will be the preeident of the morning gathering. As an initial step these arrangements are exceedingly gratifying. The Mis-'denary anniversary next May should create "a new precedent.

• e • • A Vela piquant situation for Primitive Methodists has

arisen in connection with the municipal elections at Gorton. Gorton has recently been included in the Manchester City boundaries, and the 'election of its first representatives to the City Council has occasioned the liveliest interest. In the South Ward the Liberal standard bearer is Mr. G. A. Genney, J.P., the honoured steward of our Ardwick circuit, whose' name is a household word throughout the length,and breadth of the connexion. In the same Ward the Independent candidate is Mr. T. R. Day, who though a member of the Society of Friends, has been an occasional worshipper and a generous aZPPorter of our Wellington Street church. In the North W'e'd Mr. We Davy, -one of the-ablest and • mostaespected local preachers in the Stockport Second circuit, is fighting in the Labour interest. Gorton Primitive Methodists are mans aging to take an active interest in all three candidatures and wish them all well.- All three candidates have given great Prominence to the provision of new Council schools. The school accommodation in Gorton is so scandalously inadequate that Protestant parents, including Primitive Methodist pai-r, are compelled to send their children to Catholic schools. ,_any Nonconformist families have left certain neighbottr-M, in Gorton becanse of the ainister influences to which """ children were-subjected in the sectarian schools.

o! the feature of the contest is the strenuous activity r_Ase liquor interest. The Trade opposed amalgamation, JZTIS the strider -police administration of Manchester city. ota"1.2, Present contest there are Tiedecandidates ' candidates tor five seats

Warn tae Unfortunately the Liberal dawns in the North pen—„""_ betrayed its indifference to the education and H.

-74 =nee by running as its "dutyy only candidate, a Catholio, This egregiond selection shbald rally the temper-

SATURDAY last, as Prof.' Humphries said, was not only an in-teresting, but an epoch-making day, in the history of Primi-tive Methodism in Birmingham. In connection with the for-ward movement of the Fifth circuit, the new schools and institute were opened at Tyeeley in the presence of a large and representative gathering. At 2 o'clock about seventy guests arrived at the institute for luncheon, the host and hostess be-ing Mr. and Mrs. W. Adams. Much regret was felt in con-sequence of the enforced absence of Sir W. P. Hartley, but his place was admirably filled by the Rev. T. Mitchell- The host proposed the toast of Sir W. P. Hartley, and expressed his joy and pride that Sir Wiliam, who had been Vice-President, was now President of the Conference. The Rev. T. Mitchell replied for the President, and also proposed the toast, of the host and hostess. At 4 o'clock a large crowd assembled in front of the new schools, and the door was opened by the Rev. T. Mitchell on behalf of the President. He 'also handed over a cheque for £100. About 400 sat down to tea, after which a public meeting was held under the presi-dency of Mr. E. C. tiawiings, J.P. The speakers were the Revs. A. L. Humphries, M.A., and H. J. Taylor, and Dr. Puke. Prayer was offered by the Rev. J. Reid (Presbyteriau).

During the evening a presentation was made to Mr. and Mrs. Adams, on behalf of the trustees, by the Rev. J. H. Sex-ton. The gift consisted of a plaque of silver and oak, with figures in repoinee, and representing the school, institute, and church. Mr. Saxton paid a well deserved tribute to the large heartednese of Mr. and Mrs. Adams, whose sifts had made the great enterprise possible. Mr. Adams, in replying, in-sisted that the leading officials of the church should euoour-age extension and be liberal with their gifts. To wait till all the members of a church or circuit were ready was in his opinion fatal to progress. The icon who saw the need and heard the call umet go forma d Sparkhill choir en- dezed very efficient eawice riming the evening. The proceed-loge of the day wu a great success, and all who rallied to the banner are et iordial.y thanked. Opening sermons were prow bed on Sunday by um hey. H. J. Taylor and Prof. Humphries, M A.

GREAT DEBT REDUCTION AT WAI,SALL.

Over £1,500 Raised.

Rev. E. Shepherd.

724 THE 'PRilVIITIVE METHODIST LEADER, OCTOBEtt 28, 1909

I THE CONSCIENCE OF THE CROWD.'

By Rev. A. T. Gutters,: THE uprising of democracy, and the resolve that the people shall be invested with all the prerogatives of self-government, is at the back of the social unrest that is moving all nations, making all aristocracies and autocracies to tremble and com-pelling Alphonso of'Spain to hide in his palace, and the Czar of Russia to travel through close lines of troops that are his guard and at the same time the confession of an awful panic that holds him prisoner. This modem movement fills many with terror because it threatens their luxury or rank, their privilege or power. They refuse to live the life and admit the comradeship of their fellows. We can have no argument with such antagonists; their conviction and their salvation can only come through their defeat. All we can do is to have them face to face with the people and await the issues of battle, confident that liberty and right will prevail.

There are others who dread the sovereignty of the people from motives that are worthy even when mistaken. They sincerely believe that the rise of the crowd to power will in-volve the shattering of social order, the dethronement of jus-tice, the weakening of moral restraint and the letting loose of forces that spell anarchy and strife. They tell us of the pas-sion and brutality of the mob; they would alarm us by pic-tures of the crowd running loose in excess of riot or lust for blood. They see all the u vile of the individual intensified and aggravated in the multitude; they fear humanity more when corporate than when individual; they admit that misrule by tyrant or an arrogant class is bad, but to make the crowd sovereign is to net a misrule and tyranny infinitely worse. If these fears were well-grounded, and if they were prophe-cies we must ace then our faith in democracy would be shattered, all those who love virtue and value order would be compelled to join in opposition to the modern movement, and we should be grateful for kings and aristocracies to rule, and should accept the wrongs they might inflict upon us rather than flee to worse evils and darker woes.

This alarm is unfounded. When it is not a pretence it is a delusion. We welcome the advent of democracy, we hail every victory it wins and rejoice in every power it gains, because we do believe that the conscience of the crowd makes for righteousness; the heart of the people is sound. The old saying, that the voice of the people is the voice of God, is not literally correct; but history declares with won-derful force that the cry of the crowd, the passion of the people, is usually found on the side of righteousness.

This popular passion is at times deceived, perverted, misled, and betrayed; this conscience may be inflamed, drugged, and poisoned, but there is something fine in the almost unerring in-stinct with which the people, if free to choose, will cling with chivalrous devotion to causes that are sacred and true. The psychology of the crowd is not a mournful study; it uplifts and strengthens one's faith in humanity, and instead of the crowd being worse than the individual, it is better, capable of higher enthusiasms, ready for nobler devotion, and eager for a larger self-sacrifice. This has been seen again and again in those great reform and revival movements that have been the redemption of history. They who pose as superior persons and dread the growing power of the crowd as sub-versive of all that is high and gracious, only confess their own ignorance and their misreading of the finest history of nations. The prophets and reformers of every age have found it of little avail to make their plea in palaces and lordly halls; but have triumphed when they have gone direct to the com-mon folk.

The writer may be pointed to the excesses of the French Revolution, the madness of London crowds when seized with the war fever, and the fury shown by mobs all over the world at the murder of Senor Ferrer in Spain. It will be said, this is what the crowd would do in every capital if it were allowed to reign. If any man will look beneath the surface of inci-dents that are merged in a pitiless condemnation of the peo-ple, he will find some noble ideal that in spite of perversion was noble still and there could be no finer testimony to the conscience of the crowd than the anger that has swept through all free peoples at the crime of Spain. In this anger of the populace is declared a faith that may be instinctive, untrained, and almost unconscious, but that will prove to be the truest salvation of the Twentieth Century. The crowds of Paris, Rome, London, and New York, believe that the modern state must rest on justice; the rude methods of dealing with men that sufficed for autocracies and aristocracies cannot be toler-ated to-day; to bribe witnesses, to manufacture evidence, to pack courts of justice might do for the olden times, but for an age in which the people claim to rule, the State must rest on justice, it must rule in justice or incur the condemnation of the world. The people believe, too, that moral sympathies are international; they have little patience with pedantries that would forbid conscience making itself heard across imaginary frontiers, and who can say that in this they are not nobler than those who would limit a nation's concern to things that are material and s )rdid ? The people are convinced of the unity of Labour, that the workers of all nations have common deeds, aye, and common foes; to this gracious fact we pin much of our faith for the coming abolition of war and uni-versality of peace. The people believe that the worst tyranny of all is that which persecutes ideas, and they hate tyranny not because it curbs disorder but because it is the surest pro-vocative to anarchy. Good Government is necessary to the Peace of the cottage, and the people know it.

They who dread the uprising of the people have no moral *arrant for their fear. All the noblest causes of Temperance, Education. Freedom and Peace are safe in the people's hands. Let those who fear lest the power of peers in England should be curbed find some hope in the fact that righteousness is safe it the people's hands, and let them take warning in the truth that reaction is the surest road to revolution.

Tag numerous friends of the Rev. B. T. Yaxley will learn with pleasure that he has just retured home from the hos-pital, where he made rapid progress after his recent operation. It is now hoped that the worst of this trying case is past, and that in two or three months he may be well on the way to complete recovery.

A FEW years ago the handsome and well-appointed church and school were built at a cost of £5,000, but a crushing debt remained. Under the inspiration of the magnificent promise of Sir W. P. Hartley of 25 per cent., and the equally noble promise of £200 by Mr. T. Mayer, it was decided eighteen months ago to hold a bazaar in the Town Hall to raise £1,500. Every section of the school and church worked with the utmost enthusiasm. Members of other churches rendered willing help. The whole scheme has been carried through in a manner that has brought satisfaction to all concerned, and has given to our Church a prestige it has not had before. We are proud of all the workers. It has meant unceasing toil and astonishing self-sacrifice on the part of all.

The bazaar was opened on October 12th by the Hon. Mrs Dunne, wife of Major Dunne, M.P. for the borough. Mrs. J. A. Leckie presided, and upon the platform were Major Dunne, M.P., the Revs. Dr. Nicholson, J. Philips, W. Riley, and E. J. How, Alderman Brownhill, Councillors Slater and Venablee, Messrs. J. J. Brownhill, S. Carter, C. Heap, G. Beech (Wol-verhampton), W. Chalton Wyke, etc. A large number were present, and a rapid sale took place. The bazaar was re-opened on Wednesday by Councillor C. C. Walker, who gen-erously gave £100. His Worship the Mayor (Councillor Millerchip) presided. The Rev. E. Shepherd announced that the receipts on the previous day had been £474, exclusive of Sir W. P. Hartley'e gift. The last day was observed as chil-dren's day, and the young people were present in full force. The re-opening ceremony was performed by Mrs. Gardiner, of Birmingham, who handsomely contributed £110. Miss Mayer received the children's purses containing contributions which they had collected. She gave as her personal donation £5 5s. Miss Gladys Shepherd collected £210e. in halfpennies. There were so many goods left that the bazaar was continued on the Friday. About eleven o'clock there was the most eager desire to know the total result. When it was an-nounced that £1,496 had been realised and that there was more to come in, the excitement was unbounded. Messrs. W. R. Cusworth and P. L. Mayer provided high-class concerts for each night. The large hall was delightfully decorated. All the people deserve the highest praise.

The Rev. E. Shepherd devoted himself to organising and carrying the scheme through with tireless energy, and was seconded by his excellent wife. The following is the list of donations:—Sir W P Hartley, 25 per cent.; Mr T Mayer, £200; Councillor Walker, £100; Councillor Williams, £25; Rev E Shepherd, £10; Mrs Gardner, £10; Mr E Danko, £10; Messrs Enoch Evans, J A Leckie, P Wyke, T H E vane, J J Brown-hill, E E Cooper, Mies Meyer, each £5 5e.; Major Dunne, Alderman Sir E T Holden, Messrs J Scott, W Jones, een., E Price, Mrs E W White, Messrs S Carter, C Hoap, W Charl-ton, each £5; Mr M D Miner, £3 55; Messrs F E Miner, D Jones, W Jones, jun, Whitworth, Mr and Mrs F Heap, Mrs E Turner, each £3 3s; Messrs J R Cooper, H R Rathbone, T H Jones, A T Plant, J Beddowee, jun., Mrs W Smith (Not-tingham), Messrs W J Porrit, J Turner, J Marsh (Dudley), L Groutage, each £2 2s; Councillor Belford, Messrs Kirk-patrick, R Edge, each £2; Miss James, £1 5s; Mrs E Miner

J Mrs G Warner, Mr D Etchells, Councillor Venables, Mrs Chidley, Mrs 8 Parker, Mr G Gwillam, Dr Oliver, Mr F Danko, Mr Burdekin, Mrs Burdekin, Mr J Chidley, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Baker, Messrs Kitson, A Dewsbury, G and R Thomas, Miss Mason, Alderman Dean, Mr W Rowley, Mr J Vincent, Miss K Brownhill, Miss Brace, Councillor Slater, Mrs E Marsh, Messrs S Skelton, J J Smith, each £1 ls; Mre Stokes, Messrs C Hughes, T Davies, R Jones, Dr Macdonald, A Friend, Messrs W Neville, J Fox, T Carter, T Horton, each £1. By trading—Misses Sarah and Nellie Jodes, £10; Miss Williams, £9; Miss May White, £8; Miss Florry Jones, £5 10e; Miss F Heap, £5 ls; Miss Maud Shepherd, £2 10s; and Mr John Shaw, £1 7s. The foregoing, with many smaller sums be-low a sovereign, and with Sir W. P. Hartley's gift of 26 per cent., make a grand total income of £1,613.

COMPASSION: THE STORY OF THE SOUTH-EAST LONDON

MISSION, 1909.

A Tribute to the Work,

By R. W. Keightley.

THE annual report of the above, just to hand contains 64 pages of most interesting and suggestive information of ' something attempted and something done ' for the bodies and souls of the denizens of the slums. Rev. J. Johnson and his staff of heroic workers are to be congratulated on the boldness manysidedness, and success of their work. In the Foreword ' Sir W. P. Hartley says, ' If the ideal ministry of any Chris-tian man or any Christian community is to seek and to save that which is lost, to help those whose need is the greatest, and to give one's self and one' resources in self-sacrificing s

for the weal of others, then few of the institutions of our day more fully realise this highest ministry than those of the devoted workers of the South-East London Mission.' Thie is high praise, but it is well deserved.

The agencies and institutions of the Mission are many and various. The programme of meetings for any and every week of the year is enough to shock and startle people whose conception of religious privilege and responsibility never rises much beyond one service per week. At St. George's Hall the weekly programme contains over sixty gatherings of one kind or another, and at East Street over thirty, and to these a few ' specials' have to be added. In view of each a multifarious work we are not surprised to learn that additional premises are urgently required in the form of a Sisters' Set-tlement and Training Home, a Social Institute for Women and Girls, ditto for Working Men and Youths, a Hall for work among Crippled Children, and Club Rooms for Friendly Socie-ties eto. Those who are familiar with St. George's Hall and its adjoining rooms can but wonder how all the machinery is kept going within such comparatively narrow limits. But this congestion is to be relieved at a cost of £6,700. Toward this amount £1,300 has been received. The President of the Conference has generously promised £1,700, the General Mis-sionary Committee £500, the General Chapel Committee £50, and the Superintendent of the Mission a year's salary, on con-dition the whole amount is raised. A little over £3,000 is still required, and ought to be quickly supplied.

The work of the Mission cannot be represented by statistics, significant as these may be. They challenge the imagination to give them their true and full meaning. During last year the Sisters visited 16,453 alum homes, 2,077 sick men, women, and children were attended to, and 2.271 cases received medi-cal aid. During the past eight years the Women's Settlement without any guaranteed income visited 112,314 homes, attend. ed upon 16,456 cases of sickness. and 10,818 persons received gratuitous medical help. The Cripples' Seaside Home ' has received 495 sick, deformed, blind and crippled children since it was opened. During the last year over 7,000 attendances were made at the meeting of the Guild of Poor Cripples. By free meals to hungry children, the annual festival for Waits and Strays, Christmas dinners for the Crippled and Needy, a day in the country for the Friendless, and the Children's Nur-sery over 40,000 children have been blessed. The Social In-stitute for men and youths, the Guild for Girls, the Women s Own, the Unemployed and Destitute Class, the Employment and Advice Bureau, the Legal Bureau, and many other agencies are always at work.

While the philanthropic work consumes so much energy, time, and money, the evangelistic and the spiritual are by no means neglected. ' During the year we have seen hundredsof men and women converted,' says Mr. Johnson. Conversion often means their gain to the Church and their lose to the mission. Change of heart soon means change of circum-stances.' Leaving sin soon spells leaving slums. During last year 160 members left the locality for more inviting neigh-bourhoods. Some of these go into our Colonies and outer lands beyond the seas. To evangelise London means sending out Christian men and women to the ends of the earth.

Yet foolish people ask what are the churches doing for the submerged classes ? Who but the Churches is doing for them what they most need ? is a mu.% more sensible enquiry. The reformation which begins in the man and in the woman a the most effectual and far reaching of all. To hearths body, to brighten the home, to remove hurtful and unjust conditions of life and toil, are included in the programme of Chrietiancy. But the healing of the soul is the greatest work of all. The South East London Mission is accomplishing all theeet.r° we bespeak for the devoted workers the prayers, the gale, and co-operation of the whole of our Church.

Mayoral Party at Leicester.

Teems was an unique gathering in the Mayor's Roome, seam Buildings, Leicester, on Thursday last. The Mayor (Mat C. Lakin) had invited his colleagues on the Belgrave Uate Trust and Chapel Committee, with their wives, the Leade ' and their wives, and the choir to a social evening. There we a large company present. The surprise of the night wee

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when the Mayor, after referring to the splendid service ren

ter a handsome Baton bearing the following dared to the Church by the choir, presented to the choir-ruse'

sented to Mr. G. H. Smith, as a mark of appreciation, by kfi;

Chas. Lakin, Mayor of Leicester, Oct. 216;1909: Mr.8nus.

suitably acknowledged the gift. Mies Blackwell, 11111:

inscription, P .03,"

Rogers, Messrs. G. H. Smith, H. Billedon, and others, by tile J.

songs, contributed to the pleasure of the company- libel Holland, and Messrs. W. Rogers and J. W. Barker

voiced Dr.

hearty thanks of the guests to the Mayor and Mayore:- ,„t

Lakin, in replying, said what a joy it was to have tb eh rei.

night for many

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OCTOBER 28, 1909 THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. 725

' our Estee into Hunan.' BY Rev, C. W. Allan, Robert Colley. ns,6d Huns, in the heart of the Chinese Empire, was the last of the provinces to open its door to the foreigner. 'As Rasa to Thibet, so Hunan became to China the sacred soil to be left inviolate from the defiling foot of the man from the Western Ocean.' Dr. Griffiths John has told the story of the e ffotte of the L.M P. to enter this stronghold of heathenism. Thisbook interestingly relates how the agents of the Wesleyan Mils-incliery Society, in face of terrible opposition, sometimes as-'Pining the form of sullen contempt, sometimes passive re-eistance, but most often violence, essayed evangelistic week amongst these 'proud, conservative, disdainful' people; sod L''11, their holy daring end perseverance ultimately triumphed. There are twenty illustrations, but no map. The 'Foreign Field' fey September, 1907, gives the photo on page In as Of Pr. TatobeU.--A Da

THE CENTENARY FUND.

Promised to date, ammo.

The President's Campaign.

MEETINGS have already been held at Blackburn, Liverpool, and London. The arrangements for the immediate future are as under:-

PRESTON, October 30th. Revs. T. Mitchell and J. Wat--. kin to speak along with the President.

KING'S LYNN, Monday, Nov. 1st. District Convention attended by the President. Rev. G. Armstrong. and the local officials. Sermon at 3 by Bev. B. Bell. of Wiebech. Rev. G. Armstrong will preach twice in London Road church on Sunday, Oct. 31st, and address a young people's demonstration in the afternoon.

NORWICH DISTRICT CENTENARY RALLY. Tuesday. Nov. 2nd, in the Temple, Great Yarmouth. Sermon at 4 by the Vice-President. Tea and Tea-table Conference. Public meeting addressed by Sir W. P. Hartley and Rev. J. Welford. Mr. Welford will preach at Queen's Road, Norwich, on Sunday, October 31st.

LEICESTER, CENTRAL UNITED MEETINGS in Hinckley Road church, Wednesday, Nov. 3rd. Sermon at 3 by Rev. James Travis, reception by President of the Conference at 6. Public Meeting at 8, chairman, Mr. T. Lawrence. Speakers. Sir W. P. Hartley, Revs. J. Travis and M. Knowlson, Rev. J. Travis will preach at Belgrave Gate and Hinckley Road churches on Sunday, Oot. 31st.

NOTTINGHAM, Centenary demonstration at Canaan Street, Thursday, Nov. 4th, attended by the President and Rev. J. Travis.

Ministers' Promises.

Total to date. £8,681 8s.

New promises:- Rev. J. Peart El 5e. Od. Rev. J. Axson ... 2 2s. Od. (additional).

GEORGE ARMSTRONG THOMAS GRAHAM.

42 Monkgate, York.

Norwich District Convention. THE visit of the General Sunday School Secretary to the Nor-wich District was made the occasion for a District Convention at Wymondham from October 15th to 18th. Saturday was de- voted to the consideration of our Sunday school work. The sessions were opened with a paper from the District S.S. Secretary (Rev. T. H. Champion) on The State of the Sun-day Schools in the District as Revealed by the Special En-quiry.' While the returns were incomplete they indicated that 45 per cent. of the schools have no premises distinct from the church in which to carry on their work; that a con-siderable number of buildings are unsuitable; and that there is a woeful lack of classrooms. The enquiry also revealed the fact that practically nothing was being done for teacher training. While decreases amongst the scholars were con-tinually accounted for by ' removals,' very few schools cre-dential scholars leaving for new neighbourhoods, or adopt any special means to secure new scholars, or have any real sys-tem of visitation for absentees, and little is done for our young people between Sunday and Sunday. Instead of hav-ing papers on the ' Art of Teaching,' we bad what was better, actual demonstrations. The sand-tray lesson given to a class of infants by Miss Ransome was a revelation to many of the delegates of the inexpensiveness, and attractiveness, and utility of one of the newer methods. It was difficult to say whether the children or the delegates were the more in-terested. Miss Grimble followed with an exhaustive and really illustrative paper on Illustrating Lessons.' Sand and clay modelling, paper folding, scrap pictures, rough sketch. ing were all dealt with in fine fashion. Then, after an inter-val, in which we discussed the question of 'How to Improve our School Anniversaries,' led by Mr. E. C. Stringer, Miss E. Ramm gave a good blackboard lesson to a large mixed class.

Monday was devoted to Temperance and C.E. topics. Mr. Grix, of East Dereharu circuit, admirably summarised the book of Drs. Horsley and Sturge Alcohol and the Human Body,' and the Rev. J. C. Mantripp opened a discussion on ' The Place of Temperance Teaching in the Sunday School and C.E.' Then we opened the Question Box, and the General

S. Secretary gave us generously of the stores of his know-ledge. The question of the official status of our teachers came specially under our consideration. It ought to be lifted in the Church as it has been in the State. In the C E. Session we had a fine paper on ' Christian Endeavour and Christian Missions' from the Rev. A. Wood, and discussions on The Pledge: Is it adhered to?' opened by Mr. Whall, of Great Yarmouth; and 'The C.E. and the Class Meeting,' opened by the Rev. 0. E. Brown. During the latter we had a delight- fully youthful speech from a member of the Deed Poll who is in his 90th year, Mr. Spooner, who is still so young that he is a member of the Y P.S C.E., and so revolutionary that he is actually anticipating the possibility of some necessary changes in the Constitution.

Good as were the sessions the public meetings and devo-tional services were better. Fine addresses were given by Rev. W. S. Barrett, the District Temperance secretary, and Rev. A. Wood, the District C.E. secretary. In the pouring rain on Sunday morning many turned out for the open-air service, after attending an early morning sacramental service. Of the Sunday evening service one can hardly write. The deepest notes were touched. Humbled by the vision of God youn; and old pleaded for strength to live a better life. Grateful as we are to Mr. Bennett for hie speeches, we are more grateful to him for helping us to see his and our Lord in our public worship.

PROGRESSIVE GAINSBOROUGH.

Corringham New Church and School.

CRAWFORD VILLAGE, ST. HELENS CIRCUIT.

Memorial Stonelaying Ceremony.

FOR some years past the friends at Crawford have felt the need for better accommodation for their church and Sunday school, and about a year ago they decided, in connection with the Centenary celebration, to adopt a plan which provided for the enlargement of the church, and the provision of four class rooms; also taking up a bit more land, and building a kitchen and other offices, at a cost of about £600. Messrs. Thorneley Bros., of Wigan, are the architects, and the con-tract has been let to Mr. T. Taylor, of Ormekirk. On Satur-day, the 16th, the memorial stones were laid in the presence of a large and interested gathering. Rev. J. Bradley, circuit minister, presided, and gave an address, briefly sketching the history of our connexion and the object of the day's proceed-ings. Rev. J. A. Wales, of Skelmersdale, and Rev. W. Pandy Thomas, of Rainford, took part. A special feature of interest was the presence on the platform of the Hon. Arthur Stanley, M.P. (brother of the Earl of Derby), who had kindly con-sented to lay one of the stones. Thirteen stones were laid and over seventy bricks. The ceremony excited great interest, especially the right of the mothers bringing their babies, and guiding their hands while they pushed the bricks into posi-tion. Very touching also was it to see eo many of our mem-bers and scholars coming forward with a generosity worthy of the occasion, and laying their gifts upon the stones. About 200 sat down to tea, and an enthusiastic public meeting was held afterwards in the chapel, presided over by Mr. T. Taylor. Mr. J. Clare acted as vice- president. Revs. J. A. Wales and W. P. Thomas gave appropriate addresses. Rev. J. Bradley made the following financial statement :-Stonelayers and donations-The Hon. Arthur Stanley, M.P., £10; Mr. Wm. Bryan, £10 10e.; Mr. R. Bryan, £10 10s.; Mr. L. Glover, 110;. Mrs. John Brown, £5 5s.; Mr. T. Glover, £5 5..; Mr. P. Lomax, £5; Mr. W. H. Simmons, £5; Mr. J. J. Diggle, £5; Mr. R. Hodson, Lb; Mr. H. Smallshaw, £5; Mr. John Bryan, £5; Mr.W. Marsh, £5; and Mr. H. Shun, £5. Donors: Mr. John Brown, £2 2s.; Mr. C. Green, £2; Mr. Grimshaw, £2; Mr. J. Clare, £1; Mr. J. Hughes, £1; Mr. W. Howard, £1; Mr. John Lowe, 5s.; Mr. Hockenhul, 5e.; Proceeds of Bricklaying, £15 10s.; Collections, £11 2s. 3d.; Tea, £3 16s. ld. Total £131 10s. 4d., which, with £76 18e. 3d. pre-viously raised, makes £208 8s. 7d. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to all who had assisted in achieving so splendid a result.

Ingathering at Leeds 6th. Foe the Centenary Young People's Mission the Southfield, Silver Royd Hill and Branch Road Churches of the Leeds Sixth circuit decided to unite and hold special services in Southfield church from Sunday, October 10th to 21st. The success which has crowned the efforts put forth has fully justified this de-cision. The Rev. W. Swalee, of Pudsey, conducted the services and has been a man sent from God with a message to the people. Nearly forty persons have knelt at the penitent form during the mission and yielded their lives to God. Most of them were young people, both young men and maidens, but some who were older, some indeed far advanced in years, have been led to acknowledge their Lord. Many too have been quickened into new life and the result of this mission will be seen in greater earnestness in the work of our schools and churches. It has been a time of refreshing and of joy. This has been the beet mission held for some years. Open-air ser-vices were held each night and well sustained by a band of workers. The circuit ministate, Revs. W. M. Kelley and H. Pickup, and the officials of the circuit have loyally given their help. The chcirs of the three churches have attended and led the singing under the guidance of Mr. W. Briggs. At the close of the last service Mr. Briggs, on behalf of the Leaders, presented Mr. Swale. with a copy of ' The Life of St. Frauds 91 Abai,ai; Oa a IllaRleal0 of the days of fellaWal3iP and blaming.

Demonstration at Burton. The Rev. R. N. Wycherley is to be congratulated on the

success of the demonstration in the Town Hall as well as upon the enterprise which projected it. On the Sunday the children held their festival and the following evening the Mayor (Aid. C. Tresise) presided over a magnificent gathering. Rev. T. Mitchell, who acted as deputy for Sir William P. Hartley, gave a splendid speech and Mr. Wycherley recalled his hear-ers to the evangelistic mission of the denomination. Before the meeting, Mies Brearley gave an organ recital, and excellent music was contributed by an orchestral band. The Burton First circuit has decided to raise £1,000, the local portion being devoted to the liquidation of church debts.

The Secretary In Berks. The Rev. G. Armstrong was on historic ground at Hunger-

ford, where he spent a fruitful week-end. He preached on Sunday, and was genuinely interested in the society steward, Mr. G. T. Phelps, whose knowledge of Primitive Methodism goes back to the first camp meeting held in the county. Public meetings were held at Hungerford, under the presidency of Mr. C. Neate, and at Ramebnry, where Mr. J. Rosier took the chair. The circuit during the past five years has been working under high financial pressure owing to several building schemes, but there is a hearty sympathy with the Centenary movement. The quarterly meeting has not adopted an assessment, but the visit of the secretary will make this possible in the near future. The minister, Rev. T. K. Upright, and his officials are desirous of making the utmost possible response to the Centenary appeal.

A Mayoral Reception. The Rev. G. Armstrong visited Newbury on October 19th.

A special drawing-room meeting was arranged by the kind-ness of the Mayor and Mayoress (Councillor and Mrs. T. W. Turner), and invitations were given to all the members at Newbury and to several friends connected with the village societies. The Mayor presided. Reports were given by the circuit treaenrer, Mr. G. Griffin, and by the Newbury treasurer, Mr. J. H. Thompson which showed about £200 already re-ceived. It is expected that the £600 aimed at will be easily accomplished. Several now promises were made in response to the earnest appeals of the Organising Secretary. Music and refreshments were provided. Thanks were expressed to the Mayor and Mayoress for their kind hospitality. Mr. Arm-strong's visit will greatly help forward the movement.

Local Preachers' Training Council. THE half-yearly meeting of the Local Preachers' General Training Council was held at Pembroke Street chapel, Oxford, on October 18th. There was a very good attendance, and much interest was evinced in the progress of the movement. Mr. Moses Bourne presided, and the business was in the hands of the Secretary, Rev. H. Yooll. It was shown that the num-ber of students who had joined this year's Correspondence Classes was very much in advance of any previous year. The financial statement given by the Treasurer, Mr. M. T. Wigham, was found satisfactory. Arrangements were also made to promote propaganda work. The public presentation of book prizes and certificates to those who were successful students at the last general examination had, in different districts, given a great stimulus to the movement, and the work of reading circles, together with local preacher conferences, was proceed-ing with growing eucceRs. The question of the revision of the list of ' Correspondence Classes ' text books was consider-ed, and the matter will be taken in hand in time for the studies of next year. Legislation to secure uniformity and efficiency of method in the studies of candidates for the plan will be proceeded with, and it was felt that visits to District Committees by manhole of the Council might result in a quicken-ed interest in the general work of local preacher equipment.

A social tea followed, at whica a goodly number of friends joined the members of the Council. At the close the Rev. D. Sheen presided over a table conference, which was opened in an interesting speech by Mr. H. Jeffs, the Co-Secretary. Revs. H. Yooll, M. P. Davison, Peter McPhail, F. Pickett, Messrs. Bourne, Vyner, Clifford, Gerrard, Smart and Woodcock (Die-trict Training Committee Secretary), together with the chair- man, continued the discussion, and several questions were asked by local friends. A new impetus was given to the work in the District by the genial interchange of thought. In the evening a public meeting, which was largely attended, was presided over by Mr. M. Bourne, who gave a vigorous speech. Effective addresses were delivered by Mr. J. Long-staff, Professor Humphries, and the Rev. H. Yooll. A fine spiritual glow pervaded the service, and a strong evangelical note was struck. On the following day certain members of the Council visited Banbury. Mr. C. H. Wyld, of West Hartle-pool, gave an instructive paper in the afternoon on ' The Demands of the Congregation, and how they may be met.' A public meeting in the evening was addressed by the Rev. Peter McPhail and Mr. C. H. Wyld. This visit of the Council to Oxford and the locality has been attended with good re-sults and i ffords etcourageu ant to prosecute the aims of the movement ip like centres. 'Ile Council will held its next goers' ineetieg in 1.40erloo ill May.

THE new church and school at Corringham, Gainsborough cir-cuit, were opened on Wednesday, October 13th, amid great rejoicings. The total outlay is £12,000. The site is the best in the village and consists of about 900 square yards. The proportions of the building are good. It is faced with pressed bricks, having Anteater stone dressings, and the roof is cover-ed with Welsh green slates and has Boyle's patent ventilators. A projecting porch is at the east end, facing the roadway, with recessed doors opening outwards. Internally the church is 22 feet high to the ceiling. The floor is of wood blocks on concrete. Seating is provided for 200 people, but a larger number could easily be accommodated. A high pressure hot water system is provided by Messrs. Truswell, of Sheffield. The schoolroom will accommodate 150 scholars. The open-ing ceremony was conducted by the Rev. J. Burkitt. Miss Dora Smith performed the ceremony of unlocking the doors, and was presented with a beautiful key as a souvenir.

The Rev. J. W. Bowden offered the dedicatory prayer, and the Rev. John Hall, of Lincoln, preached the opening sermon. A pulpit Bible was presented by Mr. W. Keyworth, of Shef-field. Tea was provided, to which over 200 eat down. After tea a calf, presented by Mr. Bishell, of Blyton, was sold by auction and knocked down to Mr. B. Anyan, of Sturgate, for £2. The church was filled again for the public meeting when Mr. H. Dorrington presided, and addresses were given by the Revs. J. Hall and J. W. Bowden. Rev. J. Burkitt referred to the presence of Sir Hickman Bacon, who, conjointly with Miss Beckitt, has done so much for the scheme, having given the land, paid legal and architects' fees, given £55 in money, and promised to buy the old chapel. The Rev. F. Rudd preached the first Sunday's sermons, and lectured on the Mon-day. Revs. T. Store and E. Aston follow on successive Sun-days. The debt left on the property will be comparatively small.

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726 THE PRIMITIVE METHODISII4 LEADER. OOTOUER 28;1909

PAUL A PRISONER—THE WRECK.

International Lesson for Sunday, November 7th. Acts xxvii. 27 to xxviii. 10. (Selection for teaching, Acts

xxvii. 39 to xxviii. 10). G.T., Psalm xxxiv. 22.

By Henry J. Pickett.

CONNECTING LINKS.—The sea of Adria denotes the central basin of the Mediterranean between Italy and Greece, extending as far southwards as the coast of Africa. Reilia, or Malta, now one of the most important of oar British possessions, is about 200 miles from the African coast, it being interesting to remember that the part of Africa from which the Maltese came is still called Barbary (see ch. eneviii., v. 2). Very interesting, too, are the con-firmations of this exciting and wonderfully accurate chap-ter from quite independent sources. Experienced naval officers, calculating the rate at which a ship would drive before a N.B. gale, such as that described in our last lesson, agree that on the fourteenth or fifteenth day after leaving Crete, a vessel would be precisely where this ship was when our lesson opens. Another interesting confirmation of this narrative is supplied by Conybeare and Howson. They tell us that in the battle of Copenhagen the English ships of war were anchored by the stern (see v. 29), and not, as is usual, by the prow, or bow, and that Lord Nelson stated after the battle that he was led to adopt that plan because he had just been reading this twenty-seventh chapter of Acts. I.—The teachers will find the most effective key to this

exciting story of shipwreck and deliverance by regarding it as a study and revelation of character. Every partioular em-phasing the supremacy of the Christian's outlook upon life's stormy sea, the Christian's behaviour, advice, service, and re-sale. In all this the study of to-day is as fresh as it is excit-ing. The Christian'a faith and hope does not promise escape from storm, but it does supply what we cannot find elsewhere, wise counsel, true courage, real deliverance, final benediction.

II.—Tv. 27-$6 are most suggestive in supplying

A Contrast due to Character. a. What a combination of selfishness, cowardice, and mean-

ness is the attempt of the sailors, finding that they were near land, to ' scuttle the ship,' caring only for their own safety, careless of the claims of their employers, the value of the cargo, and beyond all, the lives of the passengers. And it is all done under the cloak of deception—for one vice harbours others—they have lowered the boat under the pretence of anxiety for the ship's safety, dropping anchor from the prow as well as the stern. This is always the policy of wickedness. Cowardice and selfishness, deceit and cunning are inseparable from a life of sin. In many a business house young men and women are easily betrayed into disloyalty to parents, to the Sabbath, to purity; when the dreadful consequences come on, when the bill has to be paid the tempters and betrayers have scuttled the ship; it is not convenient for them to be in eight.

b. In noble contrast mark the penetration, foresight, faith-fulness, consideration, devoutness of this prisoner. Not for his own safety is he concerned, for he is sure of deliverance, but for theirs, for officers and passengers, yet but for Paul, the sailors' meanness would have succeeded. It is our business to impose wrong, because it is wrong, and because wrong endan-gers the health and life of others. Having fearlessly saved these sailors from themselves, Paul immediately concerns himself for their well-being, thus revealing the entire onset-*beefs and tenderness of his nature. Beyond all, mark his natural, unforced, reverent recognition of God, as exhibiting the habit of his life. He has not spoken religion to them, yet, added to his practical help, what a sermon that upturned glance contained. Is it likely those sailors would ever forget it? Even so, our advice, faithfulness, readiness to help, our viriiiia/hy should always declare our union with God.

III.—Equally suggestive, vv. 37-44, as supplying

A Deliverance due to Character. - 'By this time, having left the anchors in the sea, having dis-covered what is now known as St. Paul's Bay on the north-west extremity of Malta, they drove into clay of extraordi-nary tenacity, and, fastened as in a vice, where two seas met, there was nothing for it but an entire break-up. Now it is the turn of the Roman soldiers responsible for the prisoners to copy the meanness and selfishness of the sailors (v. 42). Therein their character stands revealed. This wholesale mur der is prevented by the centurion's order, and he, in turn, is influenced by the conspicuous character of Paul, being afraid to injure one so good. How modern it all ial Evil is noisy, bat it dreads the light. It lives in fear of the rebuking wit-ness of one true Christian. The family is saved for the sake of the Christian in it. The intercession of Abraham for Sodom is true in our country and land. The thorough Christian in a busine.ss is looked up to, and what would otherwise be sanc-tioned is forbidden, for his sake. What would become of our villages, towns, and cities, if the light of our sanctuaries was put out? All this is a testimony to character.

TV.—Coming into the last chapter, and into utterly heathen territory, we meet the same troth. Vv. 1-9 reveal

A Power due to Character. Paul, foremost in service, should receive attention. A Roman citizen, he does not think it beneath him to gather sticks, and assist the comfort of the drenched and perishing fellow trav-ellers. As the shipwreck had probably taken place in Novem-ber, this viper had curled itself up for its winter sleep, and had been hastily enfolded in the rapidly gathered bundle of wood.

What a tribute to the universal instinct of right and wrong is the reasoning of these ignorant barbarians? (v. 4.) That it is impossible to escape the punishment of wrong-doing. If we ever forget that truth, the heathen will condemn us. Then,

finding.What they expected did not taktyplace, they said with the same unerring instinct, ' This must be a god.' Do we possess this porter l Can wa throw of the vipetous fling of insult, impure suggestion, unclean surroundings, the unholy compromises of trade, work, pleasure, companionship Are we constantly demonstrating to others our divine union? our superior companionship? This power only belongs to the character eminently Christian.

V.—V. 10 declares, what is always true, there is

A Benediction due to Character. Whether those we serve are bad or good, the outcast or our own household, while some may not return to give thanks, nor should we look for it, yet others will lift the heart to the Great Giver. We cannot faithfully do our work, or serve, however humbly, but some God bless you,' some Thank God,' will arise upon the air. Nor will heaven fail to say,

Ye did it unto me.'

THE PROBLEM OF THE SLUMS.

(Home Mission Topic.)

Luke xiv. 13-24.

Endeavour Topic for Week Beginning Oct. 31st.

What the alum means. Hundreds of thousands of our peo-ple are herded in slums or overcrowded in tenements. The broad streets of some of our cities blind us to the poverty of the back streets. Beautiful Edinburgh is said to have half its families living in tenements of one or two: rooms. All our cities have their alum areas. What do they mean to their inhabitants and to the community ? The mere decencies of life are impossible. The unadorned descriptions found in Rowntree's study of York life are proof enough of that. Mary C. Tabor, writing in Booth's 'Labour and Life of Lon-don,' on the homes of the children who attend the special diffioulty ' schools, says that in a spaoe that would •hardly suffice for the graves of a household, .father, mother, and children, sometimes a lodger, too, work out the problem of domestic life. Modesty, refinement, and purity are made ex-ceedingly difficult. And it is not in the city alone that the problem presses. Mr. George Edwards, a Norfolk Primitive Methodist local preacher and reformer, has given village cases almost equally bad. One small room occupied by six per-sons, including daughter aged 15 and three boys aged 11, 7, and 3." Cottage, one living room, and two attics occupied by 13 persons.' Can there be decent home life under those conditions ?

Slumdom means disease and death. The poor are robbed of life itself. In Hampstead a babe may be expected to reach the age of 50.8 years; in Southwark only 36 5 years. In Bournville the rate of infant mortality in 1904 was 6.9 per 1,000; in Birmingham it wan 19.3. Slum areas mean that our fellows are being stunted and deformed in body, mind, and soul,

Who is responsible? Every citizen, and especially every Christian citizen in some measure. Were we in deadly earn-est for the coming of the ideal city, slum areas would be more quickly transformed than they are now. There is a sin of the community against a part of itself. Wages are so in-sufficient in many cases that families cannot afford sufficient room in which to live. But special responsibilities rest on special classes. The slums are dotted thick with the public houses. Secondary poverty, i.e., poverty which cannot be traced directly to insufficient wages and is largely caused by our drinking habits. The landlord and the slumlord have both special responsibilities. I visited a six-roomed oottage inhabited by five families. The floors were rotten, the walls dirty and paperless, the stench was abominable, the place full of children. It was formed by a woman living in the same row who got tenpence a room per day for the hovel.

What can be done? Councils can clear away the worst areas. But they should not unhouse people without rehous-ing in some way an equal number. Thousands have been left to crowd other slums after some clearance schemes. Some slum property can be transformed as suggested in Nettleford'a ' Housing,' or in the work of Miss Octavio Hill in London. Bournville and Letchworth have pointed the way to better things through town planning. The problem is complex; the solution will not be simple. But meanwhile the Christian Church must not neglect the slums. They are soul-destroy-ing. Their children have little chance to reach their full stature either physical or spiritual. We talk about the ne-cessity of following our members to the suburbs. Translat-ed into plain speech, does not that often mean leaving the more difficult work at the centre for the less difficult at the ciroumference? Let us help the greathearts and emulate them who keep our down town' churches and missions going by their faith in the power of God and the redeemablenees of man.

T. H. CHAMPION.

HOW MUCH BETTER ARE YOU? IN a big book which I read years ago there was told a little story about two bantam fowls. They were cook and he and they were very fond of each other, and—of earwigs, i suppose you all know what earwigs are They will climb on flowers and plants and trees, in order to eat the sweet pew, of the flowers and the ripe fruit on trees. fio gardeners

set traps for them. On the top of a stick, to which dahlias are t tied, they will put a flower-pot, inside which is placed some hay. The earwigs climb up the plant or the stick, and they bide away during the day-time in the flower-pot, coming out in the evening to eat the flowers. The man who wrote this big book used to get these flower-pots, and shake out the ear-wigs for his bantam fowls. If there were a lot both the little fowls would have a big feed, but if there were only a fete, the cock would stand aside and let his mate eat up all the ear. wigs. And all the time he would be looking at her with a proud glad look in his eyes, as if he was so pleased to see her enjoying the feast. It was quite evident that he enjoyed go. ing without the earwigs, because it left more for his mate.

That story makes me think, and I want to ask you two or three questions. You need not send me the answers, but if you would like to, you may. Our Lord Jesus once talked about birds, which he called the fowls of the air, and Re asked the people, ' Are ye not much better than they?' Now, when I think about the unselfishness of this little bantam, i wonder if all the boys and girls are better than he was. Just think a moment. . . . When there is only one apple for two of you, do you eat it all, or do you share it? And who get. the bigger half? When you get a packet of sweets or a piece of rock or chocolate, do you ever think of sharing it? Does it please you to see somebody else enjoying your apple, or your chocolate? And when you and your little brother or sister both want the last bit of pudding, or the last bit of pie, do you ever say, Oh, mother, let sister have it, she likes it so much, and I will do without to-day.' . . Because nolees you act like this, you are not so good as the fowls, are you?

Animals often show a fine spirit of usefulness. Once there were five of us riding in a carriage along the valley of Laster-btannen, hi Switzerland. All at once we caught sight of two men, with guns in their hands, stalking chamois. They were trying to get near enough to the chamois so they might shoot them. Away up on the mountain side we saw the chamois family. There was father, and mother, and ohild—the young one not being half as big as either of his parents. But what care they were taking of himl They had seen the hunters and were trying to get away as fast as they could. First of all went the father, choosing the path, and stopping every now and then to look at the hunters, and to encourage their child to run faster. The little chamois came second, and be-hind him came the mother, taking care that her baby kept in the path, and urging him to run as swiftly as he could. Both father and mother seemed to be thinking a great deal more about their little one than about themselves, and we felt glad when we saw that they were getting quite out of the reach of the guns of the hunters. The unselfishness of the parents saved their child.

How mach better is a man than a sheep!' said Jesus one day. But if all men were as unselfish as these chamois, what a bright world this would be! There would be no children starved because their parents will have drink, or because they will gamble and bet. Let us learn a lesson from our friends —the birds and the animals—and resolve that we will show ourselves unselfish and kind. There are plenty of opportu-pities, all we need is to look out for them, and to pray God to put His own unselfish loving Spirit in our hearts. Then we shall find that by kind words and kind deeds we can give joy and blessing to others.

Little words of kindness: How they cheer the heart!

What a world of gladness Will a smile impart!

How a gentle accent Calms the troubled soul,

When the waves of passion O'er it wildly roll.

Little acts of kindness: Nothing do they cost;

Yet when they are wanting Life's best charm is lost.

Little acts of kindness, Richest gems of earth,

Though they seem but trifles, Priceless is their worth.'

Posers. Wby is a cherry like the P.M. Leader? Because it is read

(red). Who was the first that bore arms? Adam.

' Who was the Adam; bec4a6 fasteat runner in the world? he was first in the human race.

Why should a man always wear a watch when he travel

i in the desert? Because every watch has a spring in it

What sort of young woman would you like to swallow so

a cold day? A little milk made (milkmaid) hot. , Which is the best land for young children? Lapland.

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Current Events. By Joseph Ritson.

NEVER perhaps in the history of Still in the this country has the fate of a

Balance. great measure hung so long in the balance as the Budget. The pen-

dulum of public opinion has oscillated now to one side and now to the other for months, and even now when the scope of the Bill has been practically settled in the House of Commons no man can say for certain what will be its fate in the House of Lords. The keenest ob-servers and the most authoritative publicists seem alike unable to decide what course the Peers will take. Lord Milner and Lord Curzon are both working for rejection. Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Balfour have apparently agreed to lie low and say nothing. This is their ideal of leadership. Perhaps they have discovered that they have called into existence forces they cannot control, and so have decided to abstain from the appearance of leadership where the reality has been gambled away.

ON the question of principle and A Humiliating consistency the Opposition pre-

sents a humiliating spectacle. Nearly every man of prominence

has agreed to turn his back on the most cherished principles of his life. Lord Milner frankly admits that he has thrown over his early Liberalism and his Free Trade theories. Lord Curzon was understood to be a Free Trader when he left India, but he is now a blatant Protectionist ; and both these gentlemen are en-deavouring to square the circle by building up specious theories in support of the right of the peers to reject the Budget. Lord Hugh Cecil has practically agreed to abandon his Free Trade principles to the wolves. be-cause he hates what he calls Socialism worse that Pro-tection. Lord Robert Cecil, another champion of Free Food, has done the same thing, and done it for nothing. Mr. Balfour has, during the last six years, been gradu. ally boxing the compass, and when 'the proper time Domes' will no doubt become an Apostle of Protection. And so with many lesser men. The greed of money is debauching the whole Tory party. Every pledge must he broken and every principle abandoned to bring in Protection.

IT is no exaggeration to say that Lord Milner's argument is drivel. Having come within an ace of destroying the Empire by his

bureaucratic methods and his hatred of freedom in South Africa he is now trying to destroy the keystone of our constitutional system at home. He supports the right of the peers to reject the Finance Bill on the plea that the Bill contains four or five other Bills. He ridicules the idea that the Lords represent nobody but themselves. The Budget will make no poor man richer, and Tariff Reform is just as fair to the poor as to the rich because rich men consume food as well as poor

no's. But if a tax on bread means nothing to the Duke of Norfolk it means everything to the labourer with lees than a pound a week and several children to feed. The (rem of the speech, however, is the statement that RoPposing a General Election went against the Govern-ment it would prove that they were wrong, but if it Went for them it would not prove that the Lords had not been right. And Lord Milner is supposed to be a clever man, a very Solomon of wisdom. The surpris-thething is that, with Lord Milner in charge of South Africa for years, a square foot of it remains to us.

SIR WILLIAM ANSON is another A Turning

gentleman who is painfully turn. ing his back on his former state-ments. Having discovered that

his sound exomitions of Constitutional practice in rola. t* b t0 the Budget are- being quoted effeotively against

hi Party, he now onnetructs a flimsy case for the inter. .._eruoo of the Peers. A frontal attack on the Budget me r '11430Plilleil ie uselese, e84 po he attempts to devise

flanking movement. He has conclusively shown that a money Bill is under the entire control of the House of Commons, but now seeks to make out that the present Budget is not a money Bill, it contains the elements of a Land Transfer Bill, a Land Valnation Bill, and a Licensing Bill. On this principle the Commons would henceforth be warned off a large area of taxation. This is the old plea of ' tacking ' which Mr. Balfour has used more than once in the House of Commons. There is no real justification for the plea, but if the Lords want an excuse, it will serve as well as any other. The principle would destroy all chance of Liberal finance, and if the Peers insist on referring this to the electors, the country must make its choice.

THE next few weeks, it is evident, Not Conservative will be momentous in the history but Reactionary of this country. Men like Lord

Milner and Lord Curzon, both of whom have held high office, are apparently prepared to throw the Constitution into the melting pot. Perhaps we ought not to be surprised at this in view of the re-word of Lord Curzon in India and the unrest and dis-affection he there provoked, or the still more disastrous record of Lord Milner in South Africa. But men like Sir William Anson and Lord Rosebery are in a different category, and even Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Balfour are widely separated in knowledge and in regard for Constitutionalism from our prancing Pro-Consuls. But the Opposition as a whole has ceased to be Conserva-tive: it is a party of wild reaction hurrying swiftly down the slippery slope to Revolution.

LORD CURZON takes much the Lord Curzon and same ground as Sir William An.

Gladstone. son, basing his argument on a speech of Mr. Gladstone's deliv-

ered on the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill of 1861. It is singular that Lord Curzon should have ignored the fact that the right of the Lords 'to reject a money Bill was at that date for ever set aside. But it is illus• trative of the topsy-turvydom of the Tory re-aotionary mind, that a speech delivered by the Minister in charge of the Bill by which the undivided responsibility of the House of Commons was finally asserted, should now be solemnly put forth in defence of the present claim of the House of Lords. Gladetone's contention was, as Mr. Massingham shows, that the House of Lords have never by any corporate and formal act of their own abandoned the right of amendment, but that the highest authorities in the House of Lords have abandoned it, which is amply proved by the emphatic statements of such men as Lord Salisbury and Lord Rosebery. With that intellectual subtlety so character-istic of Mr. Gladstone he pointed out that the Lords had been wise in not making any record of this limita tion of their powers since it was within the bounds of possibility that improper attempts might be made to incorporate with a Money Bill elements not financial. But it must be borne in mind that at that very moment he was himself accused of ' tacking ' and he conclusive-ly showed in self-defence that there is nothing relevant to finance which may not be included in a Finance Bill.

THE Chancellor of the Exchequer The Budget and made an important statement on

Trade. Friday in the House of Commons on his revised Estimates. We have

often had revised Estimates, but never before a state-ment made midway in the financial year covering the whole field. The entire procedure is characteristic of Mr. Lloyd.George. He is so sure of his own case, and so entirely frank and above board that be is prepared in this unusual way to take the House and the nation into his confidence. We are constantly told that the Budget has damaged trade. Yet every section of the revenue is doing well except whisky. All the taxes whioh form an index of national prosperity refute conclusively the contention that this Budget has been injurious to trade. The decline in whisky ie one which Chancellors of the Exchequer contemplate with mingled feelings, and it ie evident that Mr. Lloyd-George is at once glad and sorry that less whisky is being consumed. The readiness of the Chancellor to make concessions has been abundantly illustrated during the passage of the Budget through the House of Commons. This has been made an argu-ment against him on the ground that he had not made up his mind at the outset, or that his Bill had been badly drafted. But the same thing has happened when-ever proposals have been made of a novel obaracter for raising revenue ; and since the Budget includes so many principles entirely new, it was inevitable that changes would be required in the course of its passage through the Commons.

THE Bermondsey contest proceeds merrily, and we have the usual attempts of the Tariff Reformers to make capital out of the sup-

posed decline of local industries. In Bermondsey there is nothing like leather. In one sentence we are told that a tax on imported leather would make work for thousands of the unemployed in that industry, and in the next that ono4 a tax would raise revepne for the

country. Trade for the unemployed is to be found by keeping out imported leather and at the same time revenue to be raised by letting it in, which, as Euclid would say, is absurd. A leading boot manufacturer of Leicester points out how a Protectionist Tariff on tanned leather, which is his raw material, would af-fect his business: he would have to pay more for the first necessity of his business; the price of his manu-factured goods would have to be advanced; his output would be less; and his workpeeple would suffer as a direct consequence of the reduced output. But when an ex-Indian Viceroy like Lord Curzon announces that we import £150,000,000 worth of manufactured goods, is it surprising that lesser people indulge in fallacious nonsense? The Times correspondent himself em-phatically states 'that it seems very doubtful if any-thing short of a penal Act of Parliament, forbidding leather tanners to carry on their work in any place but Bermondsey, could restore the old industry to its earli-est English home.'

VAST numbers of people at Black-A Hundred Miles pool and Doncaster have assembled

an Hour. during the week to witness the greet aviation trials. Fortunately

there has been no fatal mishap and some of the achieve-ments have been simply astonishing. Farman, Paul-hen, and Rougier have been awarded first, second and third places in the speed competition, but Latham's feat, achieved in the midst of a storm, has been un-rivalled in its way. He attained a speed of 100 miles an hour and this in the midst of a gale which might have been expected to have hurried him and his machine to destruction. With the wind behind him he flew like a great albatross over the Band Dunes and towards the sea at the terrific speed of 100 miles an hour, 1.300 yards being covered in exactly half a minute. Latham then piloted the monoplane over St. Annes, drifted towards Blackpool once more, and making an-other bold curve, came racing back to the post. Than he flew twice round the course battling with the storm, and on completing his fourth mile round the flying track, stopped his motor at a height of 60 feet and float-ed down gently to the ground.

THE latest result of the murder of A Rule and its Senor Ferrer is the destruction of

Exceptions. the Spanish Government. After a plain hint from the Liberal Leader,

Senor Morel, that his continuance in office threatened the Monarchy, Senor Mama has resigned. Senator Moret has formed an Administration, and will probably aim at the termination of the war in Morocco by grace-ful stages and the general appeasement of the country. Never has such a spontaneous and violent outburst of indignation been witnessed in the course of European history in regard to any single event. Riots, stormy meetings of indignant protest, boycotts, and savage de-nunciation of clericalism and despotism have occurred not only in Europe but in America. Even in distant Uruguay there has been a sympathetic strike. In the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey, in reply to Mr. Henderson, stated that the Ministry cannot depart from the rule not to interfere with or express opinions on the internal adminietration of other European countries while neither British subjects nor Treaty rights were involved. But surely there are circumstances which would justify a departure even from this sound rule. Did Queen Elizabeth act on this principle after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, or the Courts of France and England after Mr. Gladstone's eloquent exposure of Neapolitan prisons ? Every rule has its exceptions, and we hope that notwithstanding his statement, Sir Edward Grey may have violated the rule himself.

The Review Reviewed.

'The Quarterly Review.' (Primitive Metbodist.) October.

Tuts is quite an interesting number. It opens with a sue-d, ct article by Mr. W. Ernest Beet upon Dr. Mackinnon's

History of Liberty.' The style is almost pure Saxon, a fea-ture pleasing to find in days when other languages are so deeply colouring our own. A very delightful article IS con-tributed by a Lincolnshire vicar upon' The Tonnyson Brothers,' in which there is much local colouring. We are told of the Laureate's two brothers, Frederic and Charles, who certainly possessed the true poetic gift, and who, if they had not been overshadowed by their brother would probably have been much better known. They differed from him and from each other, but had a similar outlock upon Life, Death, and Im-mortality.

The Rev. J. Pearce's paper on 'The Paucity of Converainne ' coming as it does in the middle of articles of a different kid, is very refreshing, and will do good to many readers of the

Review' who dwell in the academic atmosphere rather than in the fervently religi, Its. The Hartley Lecture' is review-ed by Mr. McPhail. Iu ' The Poor Law ProMern ' Mr. Potter has a question after his own heart, and Mr. Younper is at home in his analysis and criticism of Mr. Maeterman'e 'Con dition of England.' Space forbids any reference to several other articles. Dr. Peake gives the reader a valuable peep into many books and estimates them broadly aid sanely. The Editor's digest of several volomee is helpful, while Mr. B. Moor's review of Mr. Tennant's Evoluticn and the Sense of Sin ' is ably done.

Spectacle.

A Daniel to Judgment.

Fallacies on Leather.

THE PRIMITIVE IVIETHODIST LEADER. OCTOBER 28, 1909 730

METHODISM has never undervalued the thibietty of its women. It would be unpa-donable if it did. For Methodism of all the Churches-unless, indeed, it be the claimable Sa- piety of Friends—has from the first been most indebted to them; and, perhaps it ebould be added, has been foremost in giving them place and opportunity. And we marmot afford in this day to forget that, in the persons of Susanuah Wesley and Barbara Heck, women were tho vir uul founders of Methodism on both sides of the Atlantic. It is noteworthy, too, that twelve years before Robert Raikee was led of Clod to initiate his great crusade, Hannah Ball, a devout Metho- dist, had formed the first Sunday school in England. In this, as in many another feature, Methodism correctly caugLt the genius of Apostolic days. 'Women have ever had their own place in the work of the kingdom, though sometimes that place has been challenged and strangely cautracted. Women were foremost in their gracious ministries to our metchlas Lord, specially in the day of His greatest need; and, in pro- portion as the eyes of the Churches have been opened to see the variety, as well as the value, of the great work prescribed for them, they have ungrudgingly cleared the way for the winsome and genial work. of saintly womanhood. Iu view of the fact that at least two-thirds of the membership of the Churches are of her sex, it would, indeed, b3 singular if it were not so. And in the regeneration of the world, woman will surely play a noble, a sacrificial, and a much larger part than heretofore.

Strangely enough, however, it is not until comparatively recent days that even Methodism has adopted a truly scientific practice, and set itself to the training of this enormously potential part of its varied ministries; and even now it is being done on altogether too timorous a scale, and with a earprising lack of courage. Happily, a beginning has been made, and the fine attempt, followed by very great success, initiated by Dr. Bowman Stephenson, one of the most hon-oured of Wesleyan Methodi,ts, more than thirty years ago, and the work on a more modest scale by the Primitive Methodists at St. George's Hall, and the United Methodists at Bowran House, all show that Methodism has discernment of the times. Perhaps Methodism has been, and is being, powerfully effect- ed by the Time-spirit. Perhaps, too-eand this is far more likely—Methodism has intensely contributed to its creation and growth. Undeniably, astounding change has taken place in the popular estimate of the part woman is to take in the great work, and especially the great reforms of the world. Fifty years ago woman had practically no occupation but marriage, and, for long, prejudice and selfishness were success-ful in blocking her way. Even in the churches, with one or two significant exceptions, her work lay almost exclusively in the Sunday School, the Class Room, the Dorcas Society, and the distribution of Tracts. Now, however, there is in progress a revolution in conception as to the place and status of woman in the Church and in the State, in the Market, and in the Professions alike. A new passion is also possessing woman herself. She now has a sense of capacity and of responsi bility, which in the earlier days was but faintly present, if it existed at all. She is swayed by an intense and extensive desire to take her fair share in promoting the finest growth of the race. Moreover, she is more than ever anxious to be independent and self-reliant, and she is dominated by the conception that the world is more than a place to play in, or in which to suffer.

Think what we will of it, the change has come, and it will inevitably lead to greater change; and if the women, built to be influential, and having the genius of leadership, are saga- ciously selected and well-trained, then the hosts they lead will be marshalled, not to the hurt, but to the benison of the whole world. Maybe, the revolution will be too swift, too extravagant, too costly, leading to craziness, not to say vio-lence and immodesty. But surely that makes it the more im- perative that into it the Christian spirit should be infused, and over it the Christian temper should preside. How far Metho-dism has wrought for the provocation of this change in the conception of the place and function of woman is an arguable point. Certainly it has greatly assisted in the creation of conditions which have made such change easy and natural. Beyond question Methodism, with its elasticity and power of adaptation to new surroundings, should take full advantage of this enormous change in sentiment, and press these emanci- pated forces into the beet channels and to the loftiest ends. Fortunately, Methodism has shown, and is likely to more clearly show, that in this matter she is open eyed and sensi- tively susceptible. It is significant that women for years past have had their place—and have both graced and honoured it—on the floor of the Primitive Methodist Conference. Nor does it seem unlikely that she may shortly be welcomed in the councils of the greatest Conference—the Conference of that Methodism which is the mother of us all.'

Then the socialisation of the church—and this is here cited simply as a matter of fact—is undoubtedly giving birth to new needs, ae it is creating at once new opportunities and new machinery. Besides this, the growing call for unusual, as well as very varied, skill in dealing with the complicated needs of the great cities is making the more urgent demand that the churches should secure the most manifold and the best equipped ministries that are possible to them; and amongst these, women must have a large and increasing place. Clearly, we have come to a time when the most careful and scientific appointment of all the forces at the disposal of the Churches is made more and more imperative; but we shall be grievously short-handed and imperfectly equipped if well-prepared women do not, more and more, swell our ranks and immensely add to our ability. A new spirit has come into our civilisation, and it is operative both inside and outside of our Churches. Beyond the bounds of the Churches, indeed, there are significant but delightful facts. In great industrial centres all over the land womeninspectors of labour are assist-ing to effect much-needed change in the condition of female

tellers, while the great teadaing rofesd is leans so ,de more and more effective because of the increasiug forted of well- trained young women. The medical domaal, too, i r being steadily but surely invaded by eager and cultured womanhood, and even Royal Cemmissione are being strengthened and made the more effsc:ive, because on these C .mmissions places are being allotted to well-tried women. These facts—and many others that are oegnate—are full of significant meanings, and the sentiments and convictions out of which they spring are all to the good. The work of woman is immensely growing both in its range and value. Only a few doors are now shut to her because she is a woman, and these *ill Barely open ere long. And as women as workers come to be better under-stood, and their power and ingenuity are the more completely appraised, the area will be extended rather than contracted, and the whole populace and the entire land will reap the bene-fit. Woman is still queen in the home, but she is now almost everywhere outside the home; the arta the professions, the world of commerce, the platform, and the pulpit are increas-ingly unlocked to her, and be, indeed, must be courageous who ventures now on a precise definition of the proper and exclu-sive sphere of woman. Certainly, her gifts will prescibe her sphere; her aptitudes will indicate and declare her work] and her undoubted susceptibility to the best training will show her fitness for many-sided activities in well-nigh every do-main.

Now, of this new temper, and the changes it is making inevitable, Methodists should be the readiest to make the full-est use. There are great reaches of wealthy but latent fem-inine capacity in all our Churches; but for its evoking and leadership we must fit many of our womein for the mar-shalling and guidance of these forces is of first-class impor-tance. We need, as never before, women to initiate, to con-trol, to inspire their fellows to new types of service, and for all this these women mast have their fullest chance by being well-trained. To reach the great masses of the unreached, especially of her own sex, we shall need her; and she will re-quire the fitness which will guarantee success. In the old and well tested areas of service woman will still have her place, but that place will now be the more adequately and successfully filled in proportion as ate is well-equipped. Why should not a great and growing host of saintly Methodist women be distinctly and carefully trained for the high func-tion of Class leadership? for the vital e ork of Bible class management? for the abounding and increasing service as Christian workers, for which women are so singularly fitted both by sex, and temperament, and intuition? And in these days, when, less and less, it is considered ' shameful for a woman to speak in the church,' why should not training of the best and most complete kind be possible to those at least, who by gifts and grace, have demonstrated significant apti-tude for the work of a speaking and expository ministry? That they would profit by such training, ac readily and thor-oughly as their brothers, is hardly open to question; tied Methodism of all the Churches should ho quickest, bot h be-cause of its history and its genius, to give them ungrudging opportunity. Certainly, so long as all this is controlled and checked by the spirit and temper which will avoid the danger which ever attends the sense of separation from ordinary womanhood, it is fraught with nothing but good; and to make the agencies operative in these great domains most effective and fruitful, it is indisputable that they must be well-trained. Never was there so large a sphere waiting to be filled by sagacious and devout womanhood; and how to prepare women to reap for the whole church the rich harvest of that sphere, is one of the urgent and vital problems modern eccle-siastical statesmanship has to face.

The Church, however, has now learned, as others in other realms have learnt, the great value, as well as the imperative need, of specialization in its programmes and operations, and it is when we come to consider specific channels into which the labour of women should be turned that the demand for training and organized effort, in the interest of female work-ers, becomes the more obvious and pressing. The Deaconess has never yet had her fair and full chancy is Methodism. This is not in the faintest sense to under-rate the groat worth of the work of those Institutions in Ilkley and London and other places to which tribute has already been paid. The debt we owe to them is enormous, and is too slightly recognised. But why should these training grounds for the best ' Sisterhoods' not be immensely increased and multiplied, and this not alone for the Home Field, but for Foreign lands as well? Maybe that in this matter, Methodism, as well as otherChurches, has been paralysed by a fear of apeing the Papal Church. But why should not any good in Romanism be imitated and in corporated into our freer church ? Besides, it should never be forgotten that between the Sisterhoods' of the Papacy and of Protestantism, and especially Methodism, there is a great gulf fixed; and the features which curse the one will never be allowed to poison the other. Certainly, we must not be affrighted by either a word or an idea. The specific training of women as Deaconesses is but a reversion to the early type of the New Testament church. Women were de- finitely set apart then to care for the poor and those who were sick; and the need for their operations, urgent then, is tenfold more acute now. To care for bodily and social neces- sities is consonant with the best New Teatament ideals; but this can never be satisfactorily done without the fullest co• operation of well-fitted women. They can exercise a ministry peculiar to themselves; and for them there are great possi-bilities and activities never open to the sterner sex. Where-ever there are women and little children they are peculiarly needed; and wherever the exercise of that tact and sympathy, and gentleness, and grace, which so adorn womankind is pos-sible, she should have the fullest opportunity, and for meet-ing it should be most completely trained.

The work for an order of deaconesses by whatever name they may be known, is almost bewildering in its variety ; and

the need for it, clamant. tie *kit/Stain of their oft ,_, especially of the sick; the nursing of the diseased, and less, the instruction in nursing of those who have tee aa a,"" and tend the sick ; the ministry of the aged and the also to little children, in their own scant habitation:* the and leadership of women and particularly of young gisl

s,71: organisation of Girls' Clubs, of Women's Hours, of -]tinta„:* Meetings, of Lodging House Meetings, of Cottage itiee -". of Children's Services, especially of Reece° work, of Beal, work, and a host of unnameable but very real and fraithaaa

ti vi ties—all these afford scope for exactly those types of ludo for which women should be specially schooled, and in aae keen and intense sisterliness is one of the dominant de whiaga To speak, lint More, to illustrate the Gospel, to help, to emaansi comfort, to strengthen, to befriend their own sex, eepee"eaf; in the tragic and momentous periods of their history; to abet ter girlhood, to help their sisters to realise the high deadani of motherhood, and to correctly apprehend the true idea o

f home, is to fulfil a gracious ministry which must

be well, pleasing in the sight of Him in Whose great name we work, and to contribute enormously to the bringing in of the better time for which He waits, Happily, a vast number are now thus toiling; toiling for the oleic, the suffering, the orphan, and the helplIss; and in Hospitals, Orphanages, Creches, Slums and in varied philanthropies, women are now prosecuting, wild a devotion that is winsome, this gracious task: the one fact that is condemnatory being. that they are so few. And tee work will never be worthily done until there has been ee. tablished great Settlements, in which not only pool' though apt and consecrated, women shall find the most

poor,

equipment, but wealthier and, therefore, self-supporting, women also will be glad to live their life, amongst the indigent, the distressed, and the grievously sinful of their own sex.

to induce tender, sensitive, quick-witted, courageous and cultured women to speed their days and their strength amongst the less fortunate of their sisters would be to make portable untold successes. To secure women of quick insight, of abounding sympathy, of clear-eyed sagacity, and, especially, intensely spiritually devoted, whether rich or poor, to give them the finest possible training, and then place them in the midst of the populations which swarm in congested areas, that they may instruct the women and girls in such necessary acquirements as cooking, naming, dress making, and laundry work, would be a demonstration of practical religion as would be incalculable in its influence, and untold in its value. And, what is of vital moment, also, the ministry of well-cultured and specially trained women, may be mote and more required to directly influence towards personal salvation and service, the women of the leisured classes.

Nor is the need for finely fitted women the less, but more urgent if we consider the requirements and possibilities in foreign lands, and particularly on some foreign fields. It in a fact of ominous moment that at least two thirds of the mothers of the race are secluded women, almost wholly, if not entirely, unreachable by men. And, remembering that as the mothers are, so will the race be, that makes the fact the more momentous. These women are only accessible to wo- men, and, even if it were not so, women alone can influence them on the great question of Motherhood, and all that die peuds upon it. Amongst the backward races of the world, what immense areas of usefulness are now open to well-fur-nished womanhood I Nor can these areas be, in any sense covered, or the need adequately met by the ministries of the wives of missionaries, gracious and beneficent though those ministries have been; there must be a great host of specially prepared unmarried women, who, with the fruits of a good training, can enter into the opportunities and utilize them for the God of Missions. What still wants to be done by women in Zenana work, in influencing the women who are prohibited from attendance at open meetings, in teaching Native Day Schools, in but to but visitation, in the preparation of verna-cular literature, in the training of Native Agents who shall themselves become Nursing Sisters and Teachers as well as in distinctly evangelistic and soul-saving work! In this con-nec'ion it should be noted, with much appreciation, that at least rix Wesleyan Methodist High Schools in West Africa alone are officered by deaconesses sent out from institutions in this country, and happily Primitive Methodists are follow-ing in their wake.

No phase of the many sided toil, however, is quite egos' in importance and influence to that of the Woman Medical Mission work, specially amongst the poor, the women and the children, in heathen lands. All the arguments which are urgable in the plea for the training of medical men for the foreign field, apply with more than equal force to the &A-dam equipment of medical women. Happily, a fair propor-tion of the women whose names are on the Medical Register of this country are miseionaries in foreign lands, and the Chinch should see that their number is speedily and enormously in' creased. And it must not grudge the time, or the labour, or the money, involved in the beet and fullest type of medical training. The vocation is high, its value immeasarale The woman medical missionary needs a better training thbaea the ordinary practitioner. She, like other medical missionariar! will have to act as a specialist, as well as an ordinary Mil ter to the sick and diseased, often absolutely alone, and wholly dependent on her own knowledge and judgment;

i being, in many instances, the only one for scores, may hundreds, of miles. Then, she will often work in what,ts,......tn her, a most enervating and decimating clime: and these mule: combine to make the best conceivable training more urlaa

t than that for the homeland. In all the great mission0.117 we should have, at least, one medical missionary %IT,' with two or three lady practitioners, whose business, it should be to train native young women to become nurses alone, but medical women as well.

It is undeniable that in these and other ways whicheen tribute to the recovery of the race, woman will have more

more to bear her own unique share. Great tasks, asalreiero opportunities, demanding stupendous sacrifice and c optt.. ingenuity, are more and more pressing themselves the and for their discharge and fulfilment, we shall need tl nyaaa, qualified agencies. Methodism has been in the van Vat

winning and saving of the daughters as well as the e one the great family; nor will she now relinquish her ) labour; but to do it, under present conditions, relee,eal growing success, she will requirelthe gracious but

areal

growing of well-selected and highly trained women

The Organised Service of Women. By REV. JAMES PICKETT.

OCTOBER 28,1909 THB PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. 731

betters to the Editor. An Appeal from Mow Cop.

you please permit me to present an appeal to our numerous readers? The trustees and, members of our March at Mow Cop desire to substitute their present mueical estrument by a pipe organ, the estimated cost of which is go,

Such an instrument would be more compatible with

the size of the church and the requirements of the congrega-tion. Our friends desire to put the organ in without increas-

ing their existing liabilities, and, if possible, to achieve their

norpose before the date of the great gathering on the ' Mount

of Beginnings ' next June. This, howevdr, cannot be accom-ii hed without the assistanoe of interested friends. Our church

P it Mow Cop consists largely of miners, who, though exceed-ingly generoust are unable to contribute as they would like. A good beginning has, however, been made, and if a hearty and generous response be given to this public appeal the new organ will be in its place by the time of the Camp Meeting, which event we are eagerly anticipating, and which, we trust, will be an unbounded succour. Contributions, great or small, will be gratefully received and acknowledged by Mr. H. Brown, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent, or mself

Youre b, y eto ,

y T.. FLETCHER.

Sonrne Villa, Park Lane, Congleton, Cheshire.

Stepney Green Tabernacle. Sin—Kindly allow me to state that owing to a recent

throat operation and nervous breakdown I have been com-pelled to cancel all mission engagements to the end of the year, and to give up my work at the Tabernacle The opera-tion has proved successful and, though I may be prevented from preaching for a few months, yet with special treatment and rest I hope to regain my nerve force and physical strength picker, and thus get back to the important work at the Tabernacle. In the meantime all communications for me personally, and those concerning the Tabernacle, may be sent to the Tabernacle Secretary, Mr Alfred Hart, 33 Rectory Square, Stepney, E , or to Rev. Thomas Jackson, Working Lads' Institute, Whitechapel, who has kindly promised per-sonal oversight during my absence. I shall greatly value the prayers of your readers for a quick and complete re-covery; also that God may graciously sustain the work at the Tabernacle. I gratefully acknowledge from A Friend,' per Rev. Gregory Mantle, £10.

Leicester. Yours, etc., HERBERT P. ELLIS.

About the Amen. Sm.—Your correspondent, S. J. B., asks if our hymns

would not be more beautiful and add more reverence to our services if the Amen was sung at the close of each hymn. Now, Sir, I beg to submit that although these might result yet there are many more much weightier matters to take into consideration. I will mention the lesser first. Its introduc-tion would cause Church dissensions and I am personally cog-nisant of many such oases. In the next place are all our hymns suitable for such an ending? and when it is borne in mind that frequently the whole of the hymn is not sung, the discord-will a_ppear as it so happens when an unsuitable tune is selected. But these matters are to myself as only the tithe-ing of the Mint and the cummine to what can be further urged in this matter, such as these: Do the people really un-derstand the meaning of the term ? I venture to assert they do not or they would be more careful and reverential in its use—for is it not an oath? Is it not a personal avowal before God? A declaration of allegiance and a calling of God to witness of our sincerity and consecrated service. But I have another reason and this appeals strongly as the cause of our little effectiveness in winning men to Christ, viz., Is not the Church already overweighted with the unreal and the epee-

About the Amen. SIR.—In reply to the letter in the Leader, I admit that

many Nonconformists are very formal in their services, and that Amens are being used at the end of the hymns in many churches. But from all such formality I would say, Good Lord deliver us as Primitive Methodists. If we could only find again the Amens that were used so earnestly by our fathers, and could use them at the right time as they did, we should find it much more helpful in our services, and I believe it would bring much mom glory to the name of our God.

Yours, eto , S. R.

Ourselves and the Bible. Sta.—May I be permitted apace to make some reference to

the article of the Rev. J. D. Jackson of last week on ' Our-selves and the Bible.' It seems to mo that there is in it a sinister reflection on the tendency of modern preaching, which, if regarded in close connection with the earlier para-graphs, brings in the young preacher, as well as the young people of our Church, for condemnation, not only for absence of knowledge of the Bible, but for lack of reverence sequent upon a lack of appreciation of its worth. It is not my in-tention here to indicate where some of us think the weak-ness lies, and to give reasons for the widespread disregard of the great Book; that would require an article for which, probably, there would be no space in your Leader. My pur-pose is rather to point out how grave is the condemnation resting upon the older ministers and lay-workers of our Church implied in the article to which I refer. If the Church is poverty stricken to day in its knowledge of the Bible, who is to blame? Are we not reaping the harvest of the in-adequacy or indifference of the last generation of workers? I am bound to confeee that neither in boyhood nor youth do I remember any attempt being made by the ministers of the church I attended to give biblical instruction to the teachers of the school. If on the ground of manifold duties in other directions they are to be absolved from blame, so be it, but in the name of all that is just and true let them refrain from putting the onus of responsibility on those who would willingly have sat at their feet to learn. The rising generation is not indifferent to learning, nor much reading, as our vice-editor admits, and eo the efficiency in Bible know-ledge can only be due to the paucity of influence of past teachers, for he says, ' Give the Bible a chance, and it will take its old place among us once again.' Mr. Jackson is not alone in these unfair and unpleasant allusions to the work of the younger ministry, and our literature lends itself too readily to those who have learned the art of grumbling better than the nobler art of application of a remedy.

Quarry Bank. Yours, etc., S. DODD.

Centres of Work.

The Centenary Fund.

THE Nottingham District Committee was held at Belgrave Gate, Leicester, on Wednesday, the Rev. J Holland presid-ing. Sanction was given to the authorities of the Batton and Kirby Station to purchase a house for the minister at East Kirby at a cost of £350. The District Centenary Secretary reported that since the last meeting new promises, amounting to £370 9s , had been received, bringing the total amount promised in the District to £8,441 17s. 2d. Arrangements were completed for the Central Centenary Meetings to be held at Leicester and Nottingham on November 3rd and 4th. The principal speakers are to be Sir W. P. Hartley and Rev. J. Travis. An application from Sleaford Station for a grant from Sustentation Fund was recommended. It was decided to hold a Temperance and C.E. Rally at Leicester on February 12th, when the Rev. J. Pearce, Connexional Temperance Sec-retary, will be the speaker.

To Sell a Village Chapel. Tux Committees of the Brinkworth and Swindon District were held at Newbury on October 11th, and were largely attended. The business was undertaken under the chairman-ehip and vice-chairmanship of Rev. E. J. French and Conn. T. W. Turner. The missionary business was introduced by Rev. Harry M. Hull. Help was afforded to Hungerford, Far-ingdon, and Chinnor from the District Evangelistic Fund. An application was received from the Faringdon circuit to sell Westcott chapel. The services of Rev. G. Bennett in July next were allocated to Chipping Norton and Chinnor. A sumptuous luncheon was provided by the Newbury church. The Master of the feast' was His Worship the Mayor of Newbury (Coon. T. W. Turner). The Mayor's words of greeting were warmly received. Mr. Turner's year of office has been an outstanding success.

The President's Visit to South Wales.

Trig monthly meeting of the South Wales District Com-mittees was held at Newport on October 8th. The meeting closed early so that all might attend the funeral of the Rev. E. Ball This sad event, together with the death of the Rev. J. P. Bellingham, which had occurred since the September meeting of the Committees, caused a feeling of sadness to pervade the meeting. Both ministers for many years ren-dered great service to the District. A suitable resolution was passed on each case. Wednesday, February 9th, 1910, has been fixed for the visit of the President of the Conference. Sir William P. Hartley will be accompanied by Rev. Thos. Mitchell.

teenier ? Do we not sometimes sing that we may live more nearly ae we pray ? and I would like to add that we should strive to live more nearly as we sing, and when this desirable consummation has been attained then I shall gladly join with an aggressive and prosperous church in singing Amen.

Yours, etc., GERVABE INSLEY. 46 Thornley Lane, Reddish, Stockport.

About the Amen.' Sta.—No I More reverence would not be added to cur ser-

vices or our hymns made more beautiful if' Amen' was sung at the end of each one. We have gone quite far enough when we get to organ worship; when the organ is almost looked upon as a sacred thing. If S. J. B. likes the ejacula-tion ' Amen,' then let him shout it out while we are actually singing the hymns, not when we have finished. If only the Glory I Hallelujah I praise the Lord ! I I spirit of our fore-fathers was now manifest in our services, I do not think we should be deploring the decline in chapel membership.

Yours, etc., NOT A SNOB.

New Project at Worcester.

THE West Midland committees met at Craven Arms, Oct. 11th, Alderman Pugh, J.P., in the chair. The balance sheet of new schools, Walsall Wood, Lichfield, was received. Total cost £1,084, raised £434. Two requests came from Coven-try Second, one for sanction to erect new vestries, and the other to repair and renovate a chapel, a gentleman promis-ing £30 towards the cost. An application was received from Worcester for sanction to appoint trustees with a view to purchase a site in a new part of the city. A bold aggressive policy is a necessity, and the time opportune. Rev. T. A. Kelley, of Leominster, made an interesting statement respect-ing Ivington new chapel. A lady member of the Church of England was so pleased with the appearance of the build-ing that she decided to give shares, value £100 for the up-keep of the place. A letter of sympathy was ordered to be sent to the family of the late Rev. Enoch Ball. As Centen-ary meetings are arranged to be held at Bristol Hall, Birming-ham, November 17th, when the President and Vioe-President will be present, it was decided to hold the District Committees on that date at 1.30 instead of November 8th.

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Services and Preachers. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 31st.

BERMONDSEY. ST. GEORGE'S HALL. OLD KENT ROAD, S.E., Rev. Joseph Johnson at 11; Musical Service at 3.15 r.P.S A.); Rev. J. Day Thompson at 7.

BLACKPOOL. Chapel Street (facing the Central Pier). Rev. J. Gibson at 10.45 and Rev. T. Ashcroft at 6.30. Thurs-day, 7.30 to 8.30. Quiet Hour. Visitors heartily invited.

BUXTON, London Road Church, at 10.30, 2.30 and 6.30. CALEDONIAN ROAD. N. (corner of Market Road), Rev. J.

D. Thompson at 11 and Rev W. Roberts at 6.30. CULLERCOATS, Missionary Services. Mr. J. G. Marriott at

10.80; Rev. N. Bocock at 2.30; and Rev. J. T. Ridley at 6.30. CUSTOM HOUSE, Mr. F. T. E. Forsey at 11 and Mr. R.

Forney at 6.30. HARRINGAY Mattison Road, Mr. W. H. Tucker at 11 and

Rev. J. E. Flower, M.A., at 6.30. HARROGATE Dragon Parade, Rev. W. Younger at 11 and

6.30. MATI OCK Matlook Bank, Student from Hartley College at

10.30 and 6.30. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. Central Church, Rev. T. Sykes

at 10.30 and Rev. A. Lowe at 8.80. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. Maple Street Church, Rev. J.

Alderson at 10.30 and 6.30 SHE FFIFI D, Central Mission, Cambridge Street, at 10.45

and 6.80. SOUTHEND, Pleasant Road, at 11 and 6.30. SOUTHPORT, Church Street, Rev. J. Watkin at 10.80 and

6.30. SURREY CHAPEL. Central Mission. BLACKPRIARS

ROAD 4 E (ten minutes' walk from Ludgate Circus), at 11 end 7. 3 30, Men's Meeting.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS. Rev. W. Potter at 11 and 6.30.

Connexions) Evangelists' Engagements. MR. J. B. B AYLIFFE Presteign, October 31st to Nov. 7th. REV. J. ODELL, Stewkley October 23rd to 31st. MISS PERRETT, Ripon, October 24th to November 5th.

Evangelists' Engagements, MRS. lrYISON, Midsomer Norton, October 10th to December

17th. MR. ANTHONY DODDS, Bradshaw,Ootober 16th to 27th. MR. ALBION SHAKESBY, Donisthorpe, Oct. 30th to

Nov. 3rd.

CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS.

Organizing Secretary's Engagements.

Sunday and Monday, October 31st and November 1st, King's Lynn ; Tuesday, November 2nd, Ely ; Wednes-day, November 3rd, Soham ; Thursday, November 4th, Ten Mile Bank ; Friday, November 5th, Fakenham ; Sat-urday, November 6th, Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Births, Marriages. Deaths. MOTIONS of Births, Marriages, Deaths, in memoriam Notices, Thanks

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MARRIAGES. ATDVI—Hrevoiv.—On Wednesday, September 15th, at Pr'mitive

Methodist Church. Brentford, by Rev. T. Saunders, Joseph Paxton Hyde to May S. Hinton, both of Brentford.

ILLINGWOBTH—ENGLAND —On Wednesday, Oct. 20th, 1909, by Rev. W. S. Spencer, in the Primitive Methodist Church, Heck-mondwike. Mr. Harry Illingworth to Miss Charlotte England both of Heckmondwike.

SOIITHALL—LEPCN.— On October 20th, at Stublev, Primitive Methodist Chapel, Littleborough, by Rev. John Southall Joshua. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Southall, to Sarah Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. Leech, of Meadow View, Stockport.

WArycnisnw—BrArors.— On October 12th, at Ebenezer Church, Grimsby. by Rev. Jopling, assisted by Rev. G. Meadely (Pon- typool). George P. Watkinson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. K Watkinson, Fairy Croft. Grimohv Road. New Cleethorpes. to Miss Rose Reales, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Beales, Kingeway, Cleethorpes.

DEATHS. MARSHLAND.—On October 19th, after three days' illness, Evelyn

(Eviel. youngest and dearly loved daughter of Robert Thomas and Clara Marshland, of Pyes Hall Cottage, Wrentham, Suffolk, WW1 6 yeere.

Mon-rm.—At 38 Powis Square, London, W., Sept. 26th, 1909, Annie, eldest daughter of John and Eva Mound, of Knowbury, Ludlow, aged 24 years. Interred at Caynham, Shropshire.

JUDSON.-On Oct. 17th, at Winslev Farm, Burnt Yates. Thomas Judson, aged 65 years. (11 years Pately Bridge circuit steward.)

STAFFORD.—At Grantham, on September 22nd, 1909 (suddenly), Elizabeth, widow of the late Samuel Stafford, Aged 86.

Wm:Rms.—On Oct. 19th, Edith Mildred May (Mildred). the wife of Mr. J. E Williams, and eldest daughter of Rev. J. Tolefree and Mre. Parr, leaving an infant daughter, Mildred Msry.

IN MEMORIAM. Lists.—In loving memory of Edna. the much beloved daughter

of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Lisle. who passed to the Homeland on Oct. 29th, 1901. " Safe with the Love Eternal."

Swnenze.—In loving memory of John Francis (Frank), the be-loved and only child of Rev. and Mrs. John Swind n, of Stretford, who passed away Oct. 30th, 1906, in his sixth ear. " For ever with the Lord."

ST. ANPIES-ON-.THE — SEA. Os Sunday next at grand George Street,

Of Chester, so well-known, A 1,000 friends we hope to meet

On our Quest of a Splendid Stone. Three times George Street, and Wednesday, too,

And Tarvin Monday night, Tuesday the Temple ; Thursday, lo

At lloaght0n wakes all right.

Ministerial Changes and Engagements. — —

The Rev. J. A. Kershaw removes to Middleton in 1910. The Rev J. A. Lucas removes to Barrowford in 1910. Rev. J. T. Smith removes to Manchester Seventh in 1910 The Rev. W. A. Eyre removes to Stafford in 1910. The Rev. W. Welford removes to Hull Sixth in 1910. Rev. J. Bowles removes to Peterborough First next Jaly. The Rev. W. Mainnriza removes to Scotter next July. Rev. A Smith, of Swindon First circuit, will remove in July

next, and is seeking a station with lees physical labour. Rev. H. Lancaster has accepted an invitation to superintend

Bt. Tver circuit, Hunts, in 1910. The Rev. A. Walliker will return to Buxton for a second

term as successor to Rev. H L. Herod. The Rev. W. E. Lead received a unanimous invitation to

eunerintend Preston Third circuit for a fourth veer, 1910-1911. The Revs J. Jopling, T. H. Kedward, and J. J. Alderson

remain at Grimsby Second until 1911. The Revs J. Hall G H. Wilson, and J. Grant remain at

Lincoln First until 1911. The Revs. A. R. Waleham and W. E. Robson remain at

Louth until 1911. The Revs. Phillip Gibbon and Harold Woodward go to

Crowle after next Conference as super and second minister. The Rev George Preece, of Horncaetle, who finishes his

probation in 1910, has accepted an invitation to Patrington, subject to the approval of Conference.

Scholastic and Professional.

Ma. THEO. Jos. PARR, son of Rev. T. Parr, M.A., having com-pleted the term of two years at the Bolton Training College, has passed the Teachers' Certificate Examination. Having gained two distinctions, Mathematics and Physics, and passed in two optional subjects (with one distinction), he has come out practically at the head of the college of a hundred students.

Personal. THE Rev. W. Lee, B.A., has removed to 11 Scott Park Rd.

Burnley. REV. J. H. AirmsnALL has been appointed President of the

Ilkeston Free Church Council for the present year. THE Rev. T. G. Gardner has been elected president of the

Gloucester and District Endeavour Union, and Mr. H. A. Wall, a local preacher, has been chosen as vioe-president.

Os Thursday, last week, the remains of Mr. Faulkner, cir-cuit steward of Rrotton Station, were interred in the Brotton Cemetery. Mr. Faulkner had held almost all official positions in Bolton church, and was a very generous supporter.

THE Rev. Joseph Beal, who was superannuated at the last Conference after forty-one years' ministry, has taken up his residence at the Croft, Oweton Ferry, in the Scotter circuit, and has been accorded a hearty welcome into the Grimsby and Lincoln District.

MR. AUGUSTUS HARWOOD has been honoured by a fine pres• entation on his removal from Shildon to Wearhead in Wear-dale Mr. Harwood is an excellent local preacher, but at Sbildon be has rendered some of his best service as the con-ductor of a valuable Bible Class. For this he has great and special qualifications.

THE Rev. James Prouton, of Alford, has had a serious nervous breakdown, as the result of heavy circuit work, three chapel building projects, and a neglected cold. The case is exciting wide sympathy. Rev. J. Jopling, 8 Sidney Terrace, Grimsby, will be glad to receive any help friends can render to ease his mind, and to secure him the requisite medical advice and change.

THERE has just passed away in the death of Mr. Joseph Kewley, Laxey Glen, Isle of Man. one of the oldest Primitive Methodists in the Island. Mr. Kewley, who had been con-fined to his room for four years, was in his 90th year and for a great many years had been a member of our church. For a number of years his house was a regular home for the min-isters, and he and his good wife, who died four years ago, were well known to a large number of ministers by whom they were very highly esteemed. He was the father of Mrs. Spedding, wife of Rev. W. Soedding.

CAPTAIN W. PRICE, ;TUNA., R.N. R., son of Captain Price, of Mount Tabor Church, Birkenhead,and himself a member of our congregation, has just taken his ' extra' master certificate at Liverpool. He has also pot in the necessary service and passed the examinations on H.M.S. Illustrious,' qualifying him for the Naval Reserve. Captain Price is only 22 years of age, and has had a rapid and brilliant career at sea from his cadet-ship eight years ago. At 20 years he passed for second offi-cer, and in that position spent two years in the Australian and Japan and China service. In May last he secured the first officer's certificate, and has now secured the ' extra' master's certificate. He is as unassuming as he is clever, and merits the heartiest congratulations on his achievement.

Manchester Ladies' Missionary

Association.

IN connection with the above, a meeting was held in the Barnes Green church, Manchester Seventh circuit, on Tuesday, Oct. 19th. In the afternoon Mre. Lenty gave a very interesting address on the work of the Federation. Mrs. Ball presided and gave a welcome to Mrs. Leuty on behalf of the ladies. Tea was served in the schoolroom to which about 80 friends eat down. In the evening a public meeting was held presided over by Mr. John MacKinnell, and addressed by Mrs. Leuty and Rev. W. Barker. Solos were rendered by Mrs Hill, of Urmston. A little over 14 was taken for the Missionary Funds. Not many meetings have been held during the sum-mer, but in July Mrs. Judson, of Heaton Mersey, invited the Association to a Garden Party when a very enjoyable evening was spent. The offerings taken were banded over to the treasurer. The ladies are looking forward to a good winter's wok and hoping for great encoom

Rev. A. T. Guttery in Barnsley. IN connection with the Barnsley Free Church Council. th

e Rev. A. T. Glittery paid his long expected visit. To the a f - noon and evening meetings great companies gathered Tt

sermon in the afternoon was a most helpful utterance. The church and nation had drifted into superficiality. The gold had been beaten out so thin till it had gilded all the e0e4-- of life. He pleaded with his usual vigour for a deeper life God, and a deeper knowledge of things eternal. In the eve ing he gave an address not to be forgotten. His clear think. ing, strong conviction, his soul that throbbed in his imps, sioued words, inspired the audience to great enthnsieno„ Such words make for the new democracy that reonlde th

e coming of the kingdom of Christ. Before the afternoon meeting Mr. Guttery met the lath"

of the Barnsley circuits and spoke to them on the Women.. Missionary Auxiliary. An inaugural meeting is arranged for November 18th, when it is hoped to have the presence of the Rev. H. Scalper, of Wakefield, and Mrs. Leuty, to addreft the gathering.

South London Local Preachers'

Association.

THE Quarterly Meeting of the above was held at New Bold, Battersea, on Oct 23rd. At 4 o'clock the few brethren pre,ent enjoyed listening to a splendid paper on the last eight chap. tere of Romans written by Mr. H. Jeffs, and in his ahsee read by Mre. Jeffs. After tea, kindly served by Mrs. ,p:;' for and Mrs. Sharman, the evening meeting presided over by Mr, Francis was held. The subject for this meeting vise Review of Rev. J. Ritson's Book, Romance of Primitive Methodism.'

Our president, Mr. J. Walker, gave this review, and called attention to the great hardships and self-denying efforts those early preachers had to contend with. He also spoke of their gift of prayer, and suggested that this was one of the reams for the great successes that attended their labours. He conclud-ed by appealing to the brethren to copy the example of these men. and go in for Sanctification, Consecration, and Permit sacrifice. A discussion followed, in which everyone spoke, We regret that more brethren were not able to attend this meeting. Before the meeting closed the secretary, on the motion of Mr. Walker, was instructed to write and assure Mr. Rowland of our sympathy and prayers in the serious films he is now undergoing.

Wedding.

EBENEZER church, Grimsby Second circuit, on October 12th, was the scene of a very pretty wedding, which aroused the interest of the circuit and local Primitive Methodism. The contracting parties were Mr. George P. Watkinson, eldest eon of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Watkinson, of Fairy Croft, Grimsby Road, New Cleethorpes, and Miss Rose Bealee, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Bealee, of Kingeway, Cleethorpes. The officiating ministers were Rev. J. Jopling (Pastor) and Rev. G. Meadly (Pontypool). Owing to the position of the Wet. 'Limon family in Grimsby Primitive Methodism, and especially at Ebenezer, where some twenty-four of them are members and many of them leading officials, of which Rev. C. K. Wet k-inson is the head, being circuit steward, Sunday school super-intendent, along with Mr. W. S. Watkinson, trust treasure, class leader, choir master, and indeed one of the strongest mes of the entire church, and also owing to the position of the bridegroom and bride in the church, both being members of the choir, and the former assistant organist and assistant Sao-day school secretary, the church was fall and the choir was in attendance. The organist, Mr. Watson, played the March from Lohengrin ' as the bride entered the church, leaning open the arm of her father, who gave her away, and Mendelsohn 's 5 Wedding March' was given as the bridal party left the church. The bridesmaids were Miss Dorothy Bealee, a cousin of the bride, and Miss Chriesie Watkinson, sister of the bridegroom, the bridegroom being supported by his brother, Mr. Charlie Watkinson, as best man. The bride's dress was of ivory cash-

mere de solo with sontache trimming and Brussels net. She wore a hat of moire antique with French mount. The brides-

maids wore rose Pondree poplin de chene, trimmed with Foe-tache and silk net and large picture hats of rose Pond's(' coarbe velvet with French flowers to"match. After the ceremoal the relatives of the bride and bridegroom were entertained td

luncheon. Rev. J. Joplin proposed the health of the bride

and bridegroom; Mr. G S. Watkinson as the oldest of tat

family tendered to the Beeler, family a very hearty well: into the Clan; Mr. T. R. Watkinson, J,P., proposed the bes1 of the visitors, and responses were given by the bridegre!" the Mayor of Burton (Aid. Trezie. J.P , uncle of the bride-

groom), and Mr. C. K. Watkineon. In the evening the terser

and officers of the school, and indeed nearly all connected ■P'

Ebenezer church, were entertained to supper by Mr. ea r"

C. K. Watkineon. During the afternoon the bridal cool* left for London en route for Torquay where the honer.e:

is being spent. Amongst a profusion of costly preee'l a magnificent cake and fruit stand from the teachers and at Ebenezer.

Mrs. James Roberts.

Owl Dawley and Madeley circuit has suffered a great late logbi

the death of Mrs. James Roberta, whose husband for a

time has been the respected steward of Dawley circuit. .1::1

the loss will be most keenly felt by the sorrowing ha so. and nine children who have lost the beet of mothers.

Roberts was born in 1860 at Tatterehall Lanes in Whitch 7.5

circuit, and had been a consistent member of our conli; for about 35 years, sustaining many important positil'creo credit. After spending some time at Ash Magna ana Hd Hall she joined our Horsehay Society some 19 years 410;i0 attachment to the Church was most deep, her kindness so plary, and her place will be difficult to fill. Ebe has Re so acute sufferer but bore it all with great patience.. T. 10,

interred in Little Wenleek cburebyard by our mil5Voito

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THE SIMULTANEOUS MISSION.

8011111010W The simultaneous Mission was held October

to 20tb, and was very successful. The conducted by Rev. C. T. Bishell,

by Bros. J. Allen, T. Gleave, A. E. 8,3.—spe, J. Carline, W. Barnfold, and J. S. Chatterton, and were well attended. We had

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r. Ma fold rendered gospels ospel solos, and

the cid Methodist hymns went with a rare swing' The whole church has been quicken-

ed end blessed, and we are arranging other

special services to be held during the winter

months. Bolton

The mission at Higher Bridge Street has been rich in blessing. The Rev. John Dudley (mis-sioeer) has preached nightly; to increasing congregations, the choir rendering good ser-vice. On Mission Sunday Mr. Dudley preach-ed the C E. annivereary sermon in the morn-leg, conducted a big rally of Sunday echool scholars and teachers in the afternoon, and give a gospel address to a full audience in the evening. The church has been greatly revived and several conversions witnessed. The mission was preceded by a week's prayer meetings. well sustained, and a popular ser-vice, at which Miss. Eleanor Dudley sang, with sweet and telling effect, '0 Divine Redeem-er,' the consecration meeting on the Salm-cloy evening was conducted by Rev. T. Bram-an, of Birkenhead, and largely attended.

Cullercoats What a time we had with Mr. A. Shakeeby, and what marvellous results I When it wee found that the time arranged for the Simul-taneous Mission coincided with the visit (pre-vionely arranged) of this God-inspired man, it wee felt that the hand of God was in the arrangement. Great were our expectations, and the ohuroh was ready, yea, anxious for a mighty move among the people. The breth-ren were assured of it, the prayers of the pre-vious week rang with the note of assurance, and at the first meeting Mr. Shakeeby said that he had not come to sow the seed, he had come as a helper to gather in the harvest. And what a harvest 1 From the b.syr and girl in their early teens to the grown men and women of mature age. We have been com-pelled to exclaim, ' What hath God wrought I' The mission by our brother was short, but the place has been moved in an astounding manner. We are sure that the Lord will carry on the work, as the harvest is not yet fully reaped. We rejoice in over fifty souls having =secreted themselves to God.

Hull In connection with the Centenary Simultane-our Mission, the Hull churches have their work well in hand. Special services have been held in every church daring the week from October 17th to 24th, which have been very impressive and successful. During this week united services will be held in three dif-ferent centres, and great things are expected. The mission was inaugurated by a united sacramental service held at Jarratt Street, con-ducted by the Rev. R. W. Keightley. The Rev. W. Smith delivered a powerful address, and several of the local ministers took part. Nw Mills

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Mills circuit has loyally joined the Simul-taneous Mission, and though the work has spread over the whole circuit, so that there has not been much time given to either of its churches, yet at each the answer has been given to the multitudes of prayers ascending to the throne of grace. The spirit has rested an all the meetings, and children and adults have entered the Kingdom. At Brookbottom, where only one service was possible, seven adults decided for Christ.

Stevikley The Simultaneous Mission held here this past week has been of a most anocessful character. It has been conducted by Mr. Stanley E. Buck-ley, the son of our minister. Three services were held on Sunday, October 17th, the large sad beautiful church being well filled in the evening, and what is of more importance, three yourmen surrendered to Jesus Christ. The schoolroom was crowded each week-eight, and other conversions took place. It hiAl been a week of special power and bless-ing,

The &he Simultaneous Mission was begun in real 'truest on Friday evening, 15th Oot., with a times meeting, and all through the week

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The annual harvest services at Aiskew have been very successful this year. On Thursday, Ootober 14th, we had a grand tutored mewed with the beet local singers and special soloists from distant places. The chapel was quite full. On Sunday, October 17th, harvest ser-mons were preached by the Rev. Geo. Feaver, B.A., to good congregations. Total proceeds £10.

Congleton Harvest services were held on Sunday, Octo-ber 17th, morning and evening. Preacher, the Rev. Thos. Fletcher. The choir rendered in the afternoon a service of song, entitled, ' True to his Conscience.' Organist, Mr. B. H. Morris; reader, Mrs. Fletcher; chairman, Mr. E. Colley. On the Monday after, the harvest tea and sale was held. Proceeds £5 15e. 6d. Very swain-f al services.

Halstead and Great Bardfield The harvest services were held at our High. Garrett church, October 17th and 18th. Ex-cellent sermons were preached on the Sunday by Rev. E. Newsome. On Monday we had a public meeting, presided over by Mr. W. Sim-mer. The speakers were. Rev. E. Newsome and Mr. W. N. Parnaby. Financially the effort was a success.

Helmsley Galling East has been able to hold another very successful harvest thanksgiving. Mr. S. Reek, Hartlepool, preached to good oom. panics. Rev. Jas. Foster gave an address on the 11th. Mr. E. Todd took the chair. At Os-waldkirk a small cause has been opened by the above mummy, the squire having pat a good room at our disposal and furnished it with chairs and platform tree. W e had our first attempt at harvest thanksgiving here in the afternoon on the 17th. Mr. fiummerson, Tyne Dook, was the preacher. On the 18th Mr. Summerson lectured on Abe Lockwood Rev. Jas. Foster took the chair. On eneeda) night, at Amplefortn, Rev. Jas. Foster lec-tured. Mr. Summerson took the chair. On the 20th Mr. Summerson arranged a musical service and gave en address.

North CaVe We have just concluded a very suooeseful round of harvest festivals. The meetings have all been very hearty and of a high spiritual tone, and the thankofferinge of our people have been very encouraging, the financial result being better than for several years. North Cave ze Os. 6d.. South Cave £9 3e. 2d , Eilerker £7 13s. 6d., Elloughton £5, Welton 13 3.. 9d., Hotham £3 lls. 3d., Gritierdike £3 2s. 10d., Newport £4 14s. 3d. Newbald £1 4e. 6d., Broomasin £1 4s. 6d., Total £42 18e. 4d. All for circuit tend.

Preston Third Harvest thanksgiving services have been held at each plum in the circuit. Preachers: Eldon Street, Rev. W. E. Lead; Catfortn, Rev. J. Prestwion; Freckleton, Rev. ti. W. ()Milo, of St. Amuse. The services were very successful and the proceeds in advance of last year. At Freokleton the effort extended until Wednes-day last, when the Rev. J. Prestwich deliver-ed his second lecture on Voices from the Prison Celle.' Chairman, Mr. J. Iddon.

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Washington On October 10th harvest services were held. Preacher, Conn. Harvey, of Jarrow. In the afternoon the choir, under the leadership of Mr. A. Engle by, rendered a cantata, entitled ' From Manger to Cross.' Conn. Harvey pre-sided. On Monday night a public meeting was held. Mr. F. Jones presided. Proceeds in aid of trust fund.

Weobley Thursday, Oct. 7th, harvest services were held in the Weobley Recreation Room. Rev. G. Windram, of 'Aston, was the preacher. Tea was provided in the chapel, nearly 200 sitting down. Public meeting presided over by Mr. W. Thomas. Revs. W. Swinnerton and G. Windram delivered speeches. Rev. C. Dun-ham read the report. Net proceeds £12.

West Hartlepool Harvest sermons preached Oot. 10th by Rev. R. Shields. Service of song, ' Reaping the Whirlwind,' was well rendered by the choir, under the leadership of Mr. W. E. Wood-house. Mr. J. J. Peel presided at the organ. Over 60 persons sat down to a shilling tea. Rev. and Mrs. H Carden worked the gold and silver tree, which added much interest and &andel value to the effort. This was fol-lowed by a concert, at which choruses were rendered by the Lyric Male Voice Choir. Mr. Herbert Usher presided. Financial result, £17 18s.

Wrexham Harvest services were held at Caergwrle, Oct. 3rd. Two sermons were preached by Mrs. Hirst. The services were continued on Tues-day, October 5th, when the Rev. Joseph Grain-ger preached an excellent sermon,

Ynysddu Harvest services were held on' Oat. 10th. Mr. W. Leech preached morning and evening. There were good congregations. In the after-noon a service of praise was held, when anthems, solos, recitations, etc., were given. Mr. Leech gave a short address. Oa Monday evening there was a short concert given and Mr. Hughes made a capital chairman. Pro-ceeds over 18, which is more than double the amount raised last year.

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ST. GROBOE'S HALL, Old Kent Road, head-quarters of the booth-East London Mission, was the scent hf much activity on the morn-ing of September 30th, when a large congre-gation assembled to witness the marriage of dies Florrie Moseley, only daughter of Mr. John Moseley, to Mr. John Walter Dale, of Bradford. Tne superintendent missioner, Rev. Joseph Johnson, officiated, and Mr. Albert Moseley acted as beet man. The urideemaio,, were Miss Dale, sister of the oridegroom, Miss Cotterell and Mine Moore, cousins of the bride. After the ceremony a number of relatives and friends of the two families assembled for lunch at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Moseley, 144 Old Kent Road, and wer iu the day the happy couple left for Sandown, Isle of Vv ight, for their honeymoon.

wedding presents were numerous and in-cluded a handsome dinner and toilet service trom the office staff and employees at Sir William Hartley's London works, where the ores had been employed for the past eight vv ars, and a cheque from Mr. W. J. Hartley. The removal of Mies Moseley from the East Street Branch is a distinct loss to the mission, but as the bridegroom is a Wesleyan, it will be a great gain• to the Wesleyan church in Bradford, where they are purposing to reside.

ON September 15th, at the Primitive Metho-dist church, New Road, Brentford, a large number of friends gathered to witness the marriage of Joseph Paxton Hyde, to May S. Hinton, who are both members of the above church. The bride was attended by four bridesmaids and the ceremony was concluded cry the Rev. T. Saunders. The service was a choral one, and Mr. C. S. King presided at the organ. During the day the bride and bride-groom left for Worthing amid the hearty and sincere wishes of many friends. Amongst the many presents were a marble cloak from the members of the church, Sunday school, and Christian Endeavour Society, and silver spoons from the scholars of the Sunday school. These were presented at a social evening on October 5th.

Coalville In connection with the Hugglescote P.M. Church Band of Hope anniversary services were held on October 16th and 17th; preacher, Miss Bott, the Leicestershire Evangelist and Recitet. On Saturday a tea was held at which a good number were present. In the evening Mies Bott gave a series of recitals from Ian McLaren and other authors. Musical items were contributed by Miss Edith Bott and oth-er friends. On Saturday Miss Bott preached in the afternoon and evening to large congre-gations. Miss Edith Bott was the soloist. Collections in aid of Band of Hope Funds. Financially and spiritually the effort was a great success.

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A very successful three days' mission has been conducted at Crane Moor by the girl preacher, Miss Ruth E. Story, of Upper Denby, near Huddersfield, and large companies gath-ered. The mission began last Saturday and finished on the Monday with a public tea. After tea a large audience listened to Miss Storr and we finished up with 25 souls.

Battersea and Brixton A circuit bazaar was held at New Road on 20th and 21st for the circuit deficiency. The churches had heartily co-operated and a large stock of goods was provided. There was a good attendance at the opening each day, which was performed on Wednesday by Percy W. Thornton, Req., M.P., and on Thursday by Mr. Henry Arding. Proceeds £35 8e. 6d. Rev. J. Buck expressed hearty thanks to all who had assisted.

Birmingham Third On Wednesday last on the occasion of their silver wedding Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Short gave a tea and At Home on behalf of the Centen-ary Fund of Morville Street Society. The chapel was most beautifully decorated and tea was served up in a very attractive manner. During the evening congratulations were off-ered on behalf of the company by the Rev. T. Herbert Barlow. Mr. Short has been circuit secretary for a number of years and has given much sincere and faithful servioe for nearly thirty years at Morville Street. On behalf of the musty Mr. E. Machin presented Mr. and Mrs. Short with a silver tea and coffee service, after which Mr. Short very suitably responded. As the result of this effort several pounds will be added to the Centenary Fund.

Bolton The chapel anniversary at Folds was celebrat-ed Oct. 17th and 18th. On Saturday Mr. Charlfe Beighton, of Liverpool, gave an in-teresting lecture on The Wonders of the Ocean,' the Rev. J. Dudley presiding. Solos were rendered by Mr. Tarkard andMr.Beighton. On the Sunday Mr. Beighton preached morn-ing and evening, and a service of praise was rendered in the afternoon, Mr. E. W. Pendle-bury presiding. Good congregations, and col-lections in advance of last year.

Bradford Fifth The church anniversary rermons at Dudley Hill were preached by Rev, J. J. Reeves. In the afternoon an address was given by Rev. J. Malawi on ' The Note of Expectancy.' The day was crowned by the glad surrender of a bright young woman to the Master's holy ser-vice, and the whole services brightened by special music from the choir.

Brentford The seventh anniversary of the Christian Endeavour Society was celebrated on Sunday, October 17th. Rev. A. Walliker preached morning and evening, and in the afternoon gave a young people's address, Mr. J. Read presiding. On Monday a public meeting was presided over by Mr. E. M. Grew, Rev. T. Saunders, A. Walliker, and Mr. H. Matthews giving addressee. The report given by the secretary showed a year of progress. A coffee supper followed, to which a large number sat down, and this concluded one of the best an-niversary services held.

Bristol First The Simultaneous Minion started well. Twen-ty-three persons have decided for Christ at Whitehall church, nearly all being between 14 and 17 years old. The Rev. A. A. Kidwell submitted a resolution condeming the Spanish Government for murdering Francisco Ferrer, and lamenting the fact. that our Government

....,,tv and Royal Family should be on terms of eloss diplomatic and personal relationship with tilt Government of any country capable of cot, witting such a crime. The people stood t, in determined-manner and carried the reeehir. lion unanimously. The resolution ham hem, forwarded to the Spanish Ambassador, g;,Edward Grey, the Rt. Hon. C. E. Hobhone, and the Bristol papers.

The Sixtieth anniversary services of Eberle, zer church were held on Oct. 10th. Preacher Rev. A. A. Kidwell. On Monday evening Re,: A. A. Kidwell lectured on' Dwight L. Moody.' The attendance at each of the services was good.

Bristol Fifth At Bucklechurch on Saturday, October 9t1; foundation stones of class rooms and offices were laid by Mr. T. Frankoom on behalf of the Sunday school, Mr. - H. G. Hooper, Mit W. Radnor, Mrs. W. H. Williams, Mrs. Bum, merit!, Miss Hunt for Mr. S. Hunt, bleu, W. Nicholls, A. Matthews, H. Baker, A. Boni. ton, S. J. Hopes, G. Canard, and G. Hopes The service was conducted by Mr. Hoop. er, of Moorend (who was formerly a echo!, ar and teaoher in the Sunday school). en address on ' The History of our Church and Banday School Work,' was given by Rev. Pe, Radnor. Proceeds £25. A largely-attended tea meeting followed, the provisions being given by ladies of the society. The public meeting was ably addressed by Meears. Fish-lock, Ewe., and Hooper. Quartettes were well rendered by the male voice party, and the people had a memorable time. The total outlay will be about £130.

Canning Town In connection with the church at Mary Street the young men organised a special effort to celebrate the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Barnes. The sermons last Sunday were preached by the Rev. F. S. Clulow in the morn-ing and Rev. J. F. Porter in the evening. There were good companies and special singing at the afternoon musical service, at which Mr. G. Fox presided, and his brother, Mr. C. Fox, took the vice-chair. Oar choir, which holds the premier position in this district, gave an excellent concert on Monday evening at which the chair was taken by Mr. P. Challis. Mr, Smart ably accompanied. On the Tuesday a monster tea, entirely given by Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, was attended by a very large number, who gave a warm welcome to the Rev. H. J. Taylor, after his absence from the circuit for 20 years. The tea was followed by a platform meeting under the presidency of Coon. Fred Thorne and Mr. W. H. Challis, and in a bril-liant speech Mr. Taylor spoke on cur Church life and its Centenary. Mr. E. Richardson gave a financial statement and Melees. G. Barnes (junior) and J. Mikeno followed with brief addresses of appreciation to all who had co-operated. Mr. Barnes (senior) responded, and related his conversion in that church and wedding, when Rev. Taylor had officiated. An interesting episode in the meeting was the presentation of framed diplomas for long ser-vice as Sunday school teachers to Miss H. Everett and Mr. J. Seaman.

Coventry Second A ton days' mission has been conducted by Mies Bott, Evangelist, at Alderman. Green church, On Oct. 2nd there was a circuit gath. ering. Tea at five o'clock. Public meeting at seven p m. Speakers, Revs. J. E. Thorp, F. Cohen, Mies Bott, and others. Chairman, Mr. G. Worthington. All the services were marked by spirituel power, and many Borth were born anew. On Oot. 9th Mimi Butt gave recitals for about an hour and a half which were immensely enjoyed.

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es tamed than in his own church and circuit for his sterling charat,ter, passionate fidelity to Primitive Methodism, end his many gener-ous gifts to her institutions. Damien

Redearth Road Society.--On Sunday after-noon, Oct. 17th, the juvenile missionary meet-

ing was held. Mr. John W. Day presided over a crowded audience, the following schol-ars giving addresses, viz., Wallace Snape and Edith Smith. A dialogue was given by John Kerr, Jonathan Merriehaw, and J. Taylor, and Hiss E. Bury. Proceeds £17 63. 10f d. an ad-vance of £5 49. 2id. on last year, and the highest figure yet reached. Rev. J. Wright paid a well deserved tribute to the excellent work of the secretary, Miss Townsend, and Miss Hodson, the treasurer.

Durham The annual O.E. convention was held at Dur-ham on Oct.16th. A splendid oompany gath-ered in the afternoon, with Mr. J. C. Stead in the chair, to hear a paper by Rev. G. W. Wellborn, B.A., on Christian Endeavour and Citizenship.' A brief discussion followed. After tea the Rally was held, presided over by Rev. E. Phillipson. Addresses were de-livered by Mr. W. H. Hamflett, Bishop Auok-land, and the Rev. G. Wellborn, B.A. At the Boll Call Rev. J. W. Clifford, M.A., pleaded for a re-dedication of their powers to the ser-vice of winning men to Christ, especially in this united effort, the Simultaneous Mission. The soloists were Miss Nellie Dobson, Miss Connie Gibson, Durham, and Mr. W. Barker, of Langley Park, Miss Carriline presiding at the organ. Hull Fifth

A bazaar in the interests of our Centenary and Debt Reduction Scheme was held at St. George's Road church, Hull, Out. 6th to 8th. It was opened on the first day by Mrs. G. F. Wakes, with Mies Newbert ae president; the second day by Mrs. Gunnill; president, Mr. A. Parkinson; the third day by a group of chil-dren, with a special musical programme, ar-ranged by Mrs. Mathieon. President, Miss L. Dowell, one of our. B.S. teachers. Gocd com-panies patronised the bazaar on each of the days. Financial result nearly £220. The church is now concentrating its thoughts on the Simultaneous Mission. We are anticipating great prosperity.

Kelsale For some years there has been a desire to alter the rather archaic interior of our Snape chapel. The necessary alterations have now been made, which give the building a pleasing appearance. In front of the pulpit a choir platform has been placed, in three heights, the chapel has been re-seated and the floor boarded, besides ether alterations, at a cost of £125. The re-opening services extended over three Sundays, Oct. 3rd, 10th, and 17tb, the preachers being A. Adam', Egg , J.P., of Lowestoft, Mr. G. Crisp, of London (an old scholar), and Mr. H. A. Pipe, of Middleton. On Mondey, Oct. 18tb, an entertainment was given by local and other friends. Mr. G. Emmy, of Saxmundbam, presid-ed, and an address was delivered by Rev. F. J. Harper. During the evening the Silver

Rte was stripped, over £18 being gathered. report, given by the secretary, W. H.

"cuiton, chewed that the total amount raised was £24. Till recently our Theberton friends had no copper-house attached to the chapel. OA this account they were greatly incenven-4°', eed at times A good sized room has now been built which remedies this need, and will lee serve for small meetings. The chapel Ong, too, has been matchboarded. Total • /51 10e. The H F. and C.A. sermons _W ire Preached by Mr. H. A. Pipe, and the pro-°Ms went towards defraying the cost of the

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oil an outspoken and interesting lecture on ' Shame.' Mr. J. Eagle preei•led, and Revs. S. Windram, J. Holland, AId Lakin (Mayor), and Mr. C. Smith took part in tho mee iog. Last S today the Rev. J. T. Bi'kby paid his annual visit to our church and preached two able discourses to large congregations. The choir gave a musical service in the afternoon. Chairman, Mr. J. Barker. On Monday Light a public meeting was held which was addressed by Revs. J. T. Barkby and J. Holland. Finan-cial results very satisfactory.

Manchester Manchester Primitive Methodist Temperance Council held their fourth conference in the Higher Ardwick church. In the afternoon an address was given by Rev. J. Upright, of Oldham. Discussion open by Rev. J. A. Ker-shaw, presided over by Rev. F. 0. Challice. The evening meeting was presided over by Mr, D. Elam, who introduced Mr. D. J. Shackleton, M.P. In opening he wished to make a few observations on his favourite subjec's. The Temperance party were not satisfied with the results of their efforts dur-ing the last fifteen years. The House of Lords had done a great social wrong in over-throwing the Licensing Bill last year. He impressed his audience not to be satisfied while the curie of strong drink is in our midst. He spoke of the change of medical opinion on the Temperance question. Daring the last 25 years leading medical men were on the side of Temperance, and the using of intoxicants as a medicine was decreasing and coming into disfavour. He also dwelt on statistics, showing how much more was spent on strong drink than other commodities; also spoke of Trade Union meetings being hold in other please than public-houses, and the Tem-perance teaching in the dsy schools was in-creasing. The Rev. A. Rippiner (Queen's Park Congregational) showed that we had nothing to fear as to the results of our la-bours if God was with us. We should win. A report of the year's workings was given by our hon. secretary, Mr, R. E. Elliott.

Nottingham Second At Mayfield Grove Rev. A. Baldwin preached special sermons on Oct. 17th, the special soloist being Madame Jessie Strathearne, of London, who also gave an address and sing at the P S. A . and again on Monday evening, Mrs. Nome presiding on the latter occasion. There were good congregations, and Madame Btrathearne's rendering of selections from the 'Messiah,' etc., were enthusiastically received. The services were very successful.

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open for 1810. Write for Item Opinions and Teed-morals to 105 Bt. Stephens Road, bradford.

AZAAR PENCIL with name of Church and date of Bazaar. Free Sample, 3&-Basse

and Co., Greta Works, He:mink, Cumberland.

LIGHT, Pleasant, and exceedingly interest-ing workior Primitive Methodists. 5e. upwards

offered for a few hours weekly. Address—P.M. o/o Balloon, Stationers Liverpool Bead, Stoke-ea-Tree(.

BLACKPOOL.—Mre. Dodman (P.M.), 42 Dickson Road. Newly Furnished Apartments,,

with or without board. Piano. Near Talbot Bond Station.

BLACKPOOL.—Mrs. W. S. Cordingley, of Bradford. Adelaide House, 94 Palatine Road,

Bbu3irpoo4 off Central Drive, near Central station. Comfortable apartments, bath, piano, splendid accom-modation for syolista.

BOURNEMOUTH -At the Bournemouth Hydro on airy West Cliff , overlook-

ing bay, every hotel comfort, at moderate terms, will be found. Excureions arranged, Send for new tariff. 100 room..

[DEAL HOLIDAY RESORT.—Morecambe -aim Laden, the Maples, 17 Bea View 1=

West En& Public and Private Apartments. optional. Near Promenade. Home comforts. Bath and Piano. SSA VISA.

MABLETHORPE. —Mrs. H. Summers. Apartments or board residence. Every home

comfort. ' Weetboarne: Victoria Road, Mablethorpe.

SOUTHPORT. — Mrs. Greenhalgh Thorn-hill House, 12 Victoria Street, od Promenade.

Comfortable Apartments. Bath and Piano. Sea view.

QOUTHPOBT.—Apartmenta, near Promen-L7 ode. Lord Street, stations, and P.M. ohnroh. • home from home.—Mre. Sraraae. 20 Sealant Road, Southport.

ilLOUTHPORT.—Apartments. Bath ; Piano Bunny and Central. Terms moderate. Near P.M

Church.-Mre. HORS, Sunny Bank, 1 Marlborough Road.

SOUTHPORT. UNWORTHY'S HYDRO Telephone 80. Telegrams Kenworthy's."

SITUATION AC GuM ODAI ION ..mead., SU N o !EST ASP. CT Neared Pier and Lord Street. Lounge, Lift, WrAing

ra Dwing, Smoke, Billiard, and 120 Bear, omit Turkiah and all Hydro Baths and Treatment. High Frequently, Statist Sinusoidal Electricity. Patronised by leading P.M. and Free Church laymen and Ministere.

Terme from 42/- weekly, 7s. daily. I Prospects. from Mauer's or Ds. Kaiwoarar.

SPECIAL

SEASIDE AND DOUNTRY.

SOUTHPORT, LYTHAM, BLACKPOOL, ISLE OF MAN,

-OF- N.W. COAST.

CHILTERN HILLS and SHAKESPEARE'S COUNTRY,

— B Y—

GREAT CENTRAL RLT. From LONDON (Marytebone).

A.B.C. PROORAMMB of Tourist and Excursion Facilities to over 600 Seaside and Inland Health Resorts for Week-End and longer periods can be obtained free at Maryleboae Station, and Company's Town Ofileee, or by poet from Publicity Dept., 216 Maxylebone Road, N.W.

SABI FAY. General Manager.

GOOD SERVICE. CHEAP FARES. RESTAURANT CARS. TO THE

{ lteiY Ni tETrg'0igtiPE

RACING N.E. COAST.

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OTHERS

My Price (net cash) - -

Carriage Paid.

£12 5. 0.

Easy Terms arranged.

736 /lin PRIMITIVE MEV-161:4ST LEADER, 0C1013ilt 28, nos

STATHER LEADS, FUL°W TWO WONDERS of the High-Class, Artistic Production,

Maximum Quality. Minimum Price.

Triumphs of British Energy, Skill and Industry. ORGAN WORLD, The 'Edward' Organ.

Height 73 inches.

The 'Kensington' Organ. Height 76 inches.

Quite a new design, with all latest improvements. Mouse-proof Pedals, High Gallery Top (with Mirror), 4 Sets of Reeds, 11 Stops, Bass and Treble Coupler, Vox Humana, etc. 22 Guineas.

A fine toned organ. Elegant Walnut Case, with Mirror top, beautifully finished, all improvements, 4 Sets of Reeds, 11 Stops, Coupler and Vox Humana, etc. 27 Guineas.

My Cash Price (net) - - £13 13. 0. Carriage Paid.

Particulars on applloation.

L.--1 Piano by BrOadwood. Rosewood ease, panel front, splendid tone ... ... 2 Piano by D'Almaine. Walnut ease, panel front, brass sconces, sweet tone

il 8 Piano by Cramer. Burr walnut case, check action, panel front, great bargain 2„,4 Piano, overstrung, latest style case, splendid toned instrument. Special to clear

5 Piano by Collard. Very fine Burr walnut case, check notion, etc. Baer' out on hire. Good as new. Grand tone. 63 guineas, reduced to "6 Organ by Malcolm. Mirror top, 4 sets of reeds, 12 stops. Grand value ...

7 Organ by Ball. Gallery top, 4 sets of reeds, 11 stops. Splendid tone ... k 8 Organ by Bell. Diaiem model, low top, 4 sets of reeds, 11 stops. Good as new

9 Organ by Kimball. Gallery top, 6 sets of reeds. Very fine tone. To clear

10 Cottage Harmonium. 5 octaves, good as new. Suit small school or vestry SOS SOO

11 Harmonium, in Oak case, 2 rows of reeds, 9 stops. In every way good as new. Splendid tone ... ... ... 12 Harmonium by Cesarine. Burr walnut case, 10 sets of reeds (4 in bass and 6 in treble).. Perfe3t condition. Splendid instrument

for chapel use. Good leading tone ... . . ... ... ... ... ... ...

Complete Catalogue of Pianos and Organs Post -Free to any address. NEW PIANOS from £14. NEW ORGANS from 4i Guineas, etc.

Write Now for Lists to

ROBE RT STATHER The Premier P.M. Piano and Organ Maker,

3 187 Seven Sietere Road,

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Printed by F. H, Hard, Bedford Street, Oeinutereiel Bead, S, Timothy, October 28th, 1908,

SPECIAL BARGAINS.. Second-hand and returned from hire. Every Instrument in perfecta condition. net. Cge Paid.

10 Guineas 11 Guineas. 12 Guineas. 20 Guineas. 33 Guineas. 10 Guineas. 10 Guineas. 11 Guineas. 11 Guineas. 31 Guineas. 10 Guineas.

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