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The .topic for the International Lesson on Sunday next being " Micah's Picture of Universal Peace," it is very desirable that teachers should seize the oppor-tunity of impressing upon the minds of my young people the terrible evils of war on the one hand, and the priceless blessings of peace on the other.

The twentieth century bids fair to outstrip all its predecessors in astonishing transformations. A greater miracle than many of those recorded in the New Testament is being wrought before our eyc,. The entire Anglo-Saxon race is entering into a solemn compact to live hereafter in peace and concord. How is this marvellous phenomenon, which has come upon us so snddenly, to be explained ? " Like most great things," says Mr. Bryce in another connection, " this great event is no sudden achievement of a group- of scholars, but the mature fruit of desires and purposes which have for long been ripening in the niinds of our ancestors."

As in other spheres so in this, there have for cen-turies been two competing forces operating in social and ,national life—one tending to war, the other mak-ing for peace. For ages it has seemed as though the forces working for Strife were irresistible. War has come down to us from a hoary antiquity. Man has been a veritable fighting animal. Whole milleniums have been filled with the clamour of moving hosts, the ferocious encounters of bowmen and spearmen, of horsemen and charioteers, and the siege and pillage of cities. The great world-empires of antiquity bled themselves to death. Napoleon said they " died of indigestion." They expanded beyond their power to control and organise, and so fell under the intoxication of their own limitless ambition. Feudalism, which rose upon the ruins of the Rothan empire, would have lasted longer but for the bloodletting of the Crusades. Buonaparte destroyed the stoutest manhood of France and several other European nations. " This modern Minotaur probably devoured five millions of human beings." We see no reason to question the caustic epitaph : " Napoleon was as great a man as can be without virtue." The American Civil War resulted in the sacrifice of one million of men and cost two thousand millions of pounds sterling. In the Franco-German War one hundred and ninety thousand men were killed or died of disease, and the vanquished nation paid an indemnity of two hundred millions of pounds. The Russo-Japanese campaign was still more disastrous, no fewer than two hundred thousand lives being lost. Sad to say, Great Britain has beaten many, if not all, records during the past sixty years. No fewer than forty Imperial wars or expeditions were undertaken in- the . reign of Victoria, who died amid the painful echoes from the South ,African battlefield, crying on her deathbed ' Oh, that peace may come ! " And though for the last decade we haVe had no conflict, we have been living in a state of armed peace, spending about one hundred millions a year, including the charges for interest on the National. Debt and its gradual reduction. . If to that be added the twenty-one millions for India and the Colonies, the huge total reaches not less than one hundred and twenty millions of pounds sterling for purposes of self-defence. But even these colossal. figures are not sufficient for some people. They would add a million of trained men to the army and double the navy. If these preachers of the " devil's gospel " had their own way.they would run up the -expenditure to two hundred millions annually. Now in the face of these terrible facts it might seem ridiculous and wild to write of peace; and yet. we believe we are using the words of truth and soberness when we predict that an - era of peace among civilised nations is surely and steadily approaching.

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What are the forces working for peace ? Paradoxi-cal' as it may seem, the frightful costliness of war is fast making war ithpossible. As Mr. Gladstone re-marked, " the devouring mischief of militarism is consuming the vitals of Europe." In the twentyiears following the navy scare of 1884 Great Britain spent four hundred and fifty millions in the effort to main-tain a two-power naval standard, but in 1905 the Admiralty scrapped one hundred and fifteen of those vessels. Since then another feet has become obsolete, though it cost as much as South African War. Indeed this vast sum is eAeeded in every triennial period. Well might Sir Edward Grey say thit unless the mad race in armaments be arrested it , must end either in national bankruptcy or revolution. A second force operating powerfully against the tendency to war is the growing interdependence of the world's trade and finance. It has become so interlaced and unified that any great disturbance amongst civilised nations seriqusly affects the money market of the world. It has become so extremely sensitive that war cannot pay. On the outbreak of hostilities all the securities of the belligerents fall in value, their mutual trade ceases, and vast sums are lost. British investments abroad . amount to three thousand millions, which is about one-third of the value of private property in the United Kingdom. On the other hand, the invest-ment of foreign capital in this country amounts to hundreds of millions. Fiance bolds about one-half of the Russian debt of one thousand millions. The instant effect of war on this vast network of finance is to shake the credit of the nations to its foundations ; there is not a section of the elaborate fabric which. is not affected. A third great force making for peace is the wonderful growth of the organised democracies of Europe and America. It is not the people who wage the wars ; they are rather the products of arrogant and unscrupulous monarchs or statesmen. But the reign of the people is coming. Labour is becoming better educated and more perfectly organised on an interna-tional scale. It has denounced war and demanded peace. It threatens even to strike against war, and when that stage is reached the warmongers will be paralysed.

Then to reinforce and inspire all there is the mighty Peace Movement in its manifold forms. The gospel of peace and goodwill has not been preached for cen, tunes in vain. The Society of Friends, too, have placed this and other countries under deep obligation by their long and consistent advocacy of peace. The

Peace' Society was formed in 1816, and had amongst its leading figures such distinguished men as Victor Hugo, Thomas Clarkson, Joseph Sturge, Richard Cobden, John Bright, and Henry Richards. Then followed various other societies, who urged the adop-tion of international arbitration. Another interesting development was the establishment of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which is composed of legislators of all civilised countries, and has assumed huge pro-portions. For much of this we are indebted to that single-minded apostle of peace, the late Sir John Randal Cremer, who dedicated both life and treasure to the sacred cause of peace. The late King also well earned the noblest of all distinctions—the Peace-maker. " Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."-

A great leap forward in the direction of the world's peace was taken when the Permanent Arbitration Court was established at The Hague in 1899. Striking progress has been made in relation to arbitration. From 1822 to 1900 there were, 125 arbitration treaties signed ; but in the subsequent decade no fewer than 180 international agreements, some of much larger scope, were effected. " The finest thing in the world to-day," says Mr. Herbert Samuel, " in mundane affairs is the international tribunal at The Hague, sitting there majestically dispensing justice between the nations. The voluntary obedience paid to that tribunal gives us the best hope of the future of man-kind." Then, to crown all, we have the glorious spectacle of the two greatest nations in the world saying, through their leading statesmen, that they are ready to enter into a definite, written, all-inclusive agreement to refer, if necessary, all disputes to arbi-tration. Surely, as Mr. Birrell says, " a peace wave is rolling across the Atlantic." President Taft and Sir Edward Grey have by their noble words and deeds greatly enhanced the hopefulness and joy of the Euman race. And it is for us, the servants of the Prince of Peace, to acclaim the proposal as one of the grandest triumphs of modern Christianity.

It is delightful to read of Mr. Andrew Carnegie saying that " this convention is not the product of partisan statesmen in Downing Street or Washington; it comes as a message from on High." Thus we have every encouragement to prosecute with increasing vigour the holy crusade of peace, and hasten the time when

-1 The war-drum shall throb n9 longer, And the battle flags be furled

In the Parliament of man, The federation of the world."

S. WHIM,

Bradford was a branch of Leeds Circuit in 1822; but so rapid was its progress that it entertained the Confer- ence in 1832, just ten years later. Hugh Bourne was so profoundly impressed by this Conference that he wrote of it : "Bradford Conference is likely to' be remembered as long as the present generation lasts, and we trust it will prove an eminent blessing to the Connexion in general ; which may God of His infinite mercy grant for the alone sake of Jesus Christ our Lord."

Perhaps no Conference better illustrates the distinguish-ing characteristics of Primitive Methodism in its primal poirer than this one. It should be note that it met in happy circumstances. The annual audit showed greab progress. A gloriwis increase of 4,105 members for the year was registered—amounting to over 11 per cent. A similar increase to-day would exceed the aggregate mem-bership of the Tunstall and Nottingham Districts. This was all the more gratifying, because the previous year the increase was small, and several painful disciplinary measures had to be taken to remove hindrances to progress.

What a fixed conviction our fathers had that the normal ' state of the Church was one of progress ! If they were not securing increase, then it must be because something hindered, and somehow that hindrance must be removed ; even if it required a surgical operation to do it. A lean harvest giving way to a plentiful one was sure to make Bourne happy, and though Clowes had some painful mental exercises at this Conference, an •increase of over four thousand was a wonderful tonic for him. It is in- evitable that the spiritual power of a Conference will be' largely governed by the persons who are members of it. With Bourne and Clowes, J. Bodrne and T. King, John Garner and S. Turner, S. Tsllottson and J. Petty together combining the wisdom of experience and the ardour of comparative youth, all fresh from victory and full of faith and the Holy Ghost, there was sure to be mighty signs and wonders wrought in the name of Jesus.

This Conference was held in May, and was fixed to commence on Friday, the 18th, at nine o'clock in. the fore- noon. Forenoon, not morning. They had preaching in the morning, and morning meant five o'clock. We might manage this for one morning now. But they had it every, morning, except Sunday ; and what happened then we will say presently. The preacher's yearly meeting was held on Thursday. True to their habits, they had a great open- air meeting on the Wednesday night previous. In respect to this meeting, Bourne says, "I had good liberty in speaking, and the praying services were powerful." On Thursday night there was a service in the chapel ; and simultaneously Bourne and others held an open-air meet-ing in another part of the town.• On Saturday night they had first a great meeting out of doors and then a fellow- ship meeting in the chapel, and at the same time a service for children in the chapel yard, with a sermon by J. Preston and an address by Bourne. The Bradford children quite won the heart of Bourne. He made the following references to them : " They departed in that orderly manner which marked their whole behaviour." "Multitudes of the children were so remarkably steady, serious, and attentive that some of 'the delegates observed that the children's behaviour did credit to their parents and Sunday-school teachers." " I took a solemn leave of these interesting and well-behaved. children, informing them that I must leave Bradford in the morning."

Conference Sunday in 1832 was a day of incessant labour, sweetened by gracious results. So many persons had arrived from a distance before six o'clock in the morn- ing that Bourne was called on to preach to them. There was no planned service till eight o'clock, apparently. But Bourne and his brethren evidently anticipated an early gathering, and were ready for it. People from a distance before six o'clock ! What time did they start? At eight o'clock the hosts met for prayer. This was followed by a procession through a number of streets, with occasional halts for prayer—on their knees, be it noted. The two Bournes and T. Sugden, of Manchester, were the appointed conductors. We quote Hugh Bourne : " The company was large, and we opened with a prayer- meeting, as usual. When preaching service opened, the first preacher expressed a wish to occupy only about twelve minutes. He spoke with power. , The next being almost as short, we requested Brother Petty, of. Sunder- land, to deliver a missionary speech. He spoke of the great work of God in Sunderland, and of their labours with the sick and dying when the cholera morbus was in the town. This speech -had a good effect." I It almost looks as if Brother Petty had to give this address in order to fill up the allotted time. " The praying companies then went out, and the praying service was powerful. We called up, and the two 'next preachers being very short, Brother J. Preston was requested to deliver a mis- sionary speech. He spoke of the work of God in the Cwm Circuit. This was encouraging and edifying. The con- gregation was exceedingly large. The praying companies went out, and laboured with great power and effect, and several were in distress. We then called up, and closed the important forenoon services." If we knew who these very brief preachers were we should be inclined to hazard a guess as to whether they were a bit afraid of the man who was known to be such a lover of short sermons, and who, no doubt, was mainly responsible for the exertions of the previous Conference " to cut off long preaching, long speechings, piece sermonings, and other troublesome things, or whether they determined to be equal with this spiritual martinet by being too brief,

What amazing endurance these early Primitives had 11 Not counting the long walk before six o'clock, and the extemporised service, they.had a prayer-meeting at eight

- o'clock ; a circuitous street procession, with several halts for prayer, kneeling ; lour sermons ; two missionary, addresses ; two other prayer-meetings, and some singing,; of course, though Bourne does not mention 'singing on the camp ground. It was the praying that attracted him., By this time it must have been nearly twelve o'clock,: but such a thing as dinner was far toe; trifling to be named. Probably many of the brethren had carried their dinner in their pockets, for our chronicler goes on to say : In the latter part of the noon hour we had worship with a number of children. John Garner preached for them, and I assisted in the service."

For some reason, the morning meeting was not in al field, but on an open space at the edge of the town. Our camp :meeting father notes that at noon a second, stand was fixed in a beautiful level grass field close Ultimately four stands were occupied. " The multitude was exceedingly great," and the sight of the praying hosts greatly stirred Bourne. Even though Clowes preached at the first stand, that calls for no comment. Great praya ing and great hearing by a great multitude attracted Bourne.. He loved to see the cornmeal man at work, exer-cising and enjoying his privileges. In some ways' as un-gainly as Abraham Lincoln, and perhaps more so, he was like him also in his intense respect and love for the ordi-nary man. Another man praying was a great fact to Bourne. Then he was a sort of spiritual thermometer. He" could not help gauging the amount of the heavenly rain-fall. A powerful unction rested upon the 'meeting during the day. The whole effect was great, and it appeared to increase to the last.. . . . The people retired with the same decorum that had marked their conduct through-out the day. The chapel was filled before the time announced for the lovefeast, so John Garner and others went out and held what Bourne quaintly calli a little camp meeting for about two hours. To avoid waste of time, Bourne himself read •the Scriptures, and spoke of 'faith and a present salvation to the crowded audience till the time came for the love-feast to commence. He was so exhilarated, that he felt no fatigue, which rather surprised him. After two hours at the love-feast, leaving Clowes in charge, he actually went with another delegate to hold an open-air service in another part of the town. Both children and adults were converted in the prayer-meeting, which was carried on till a late hour, and even after the meeting was closed some remained to seek salva-tion. And they hada service at five o'clock next morn-ing ! And these soldiers of God carried on this sort of incessant spiritual bombardment up to Thursday noon., when the Conference closed. •

Our opening quotation from Bourne clearly shows that he had a feeMng that a Conference might even affect the spiritual life of our entire Church in an eminent degree. Assuming this is true, we may well inquire: what sort of year followed the first Bradford Conference ? The answer is that in 1833 we reported far and away the largest pro-, portionate increase our Church has had since 1827. A similar increase to-day •would equal the aggregate mem-bership of the following five districts :—Hull, Norwich, Leeds, Bristol, and London Second ; and, indeed, it would exceed the- total membership of our Church in the year 1830. Is there any reason why all that was essential in the spirit and methods of 1832 should not be repeated in 19111 One of the sub-apostolic ' Primitive Methodist fathers used to say our fathers were wise men. " They knew the nearest way to God and to the hearts of sinners„" If'we do not know, we can learn, as they did. There is nothing to prevent us aiming as directly, at the conversion of sinners and the spiritual equipment of sonts as well as they did. Who will say that God is not as accessible to us as He was to our fathers? Evolution surely means more of all that is best for all that are willing to co-operate in the process. The streets are open to us as freely as in 18.32. Suppose the in addition to all we have of increased culture, social elegance, and influence, we had the old spirit of prevailing prayer, of courageous,, all-attempting, .all-expecting faith. What then?

May we make a prayer for ourselves out of Bourne'S devout desire in respect to the Conference of 1832? May God of his infinite mercy grant for the alone sake of Jesus Christ our Lord that the Bradford Conference of 1J11 may be remembered as long as.the present generation lasts, and may it prove an eminent blessing to the Con-nexion in general." Is there any reason against the sub-stance of this prayer being offered in every Primitive Methodist gathering between now and the Conference? In regard to 1832, Bourne says : " But no doubt the prayers of the SoCieties in general were ascending into heaven in behalf of the labours of this Conference." And the prayers were evidently answered, for a powerful unction attended all the religious sources.

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MAY 25, 1911 THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. 339

Table Talk. Minister of Education frequent allusions were made to Rev. A. T. Guttery's articles which appeared in the Leader on the subject of Education.

CENTENARY . COMMITTEE AT SHEFFIELD.

The crowded state of our columns last week prevented Itny allusion, in addition to the reports, to the May Missionary Meetings at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. The meetings contained many items of deepest interest. The two secretaries, Revs. A. T. Guttery and H. J. Taylor, were everywhere where they should be, all things were in order, the meetings proceeded with the greatest ease of arrangement, and a happy effect was produced. The Local Committee, too, under the guidance of several

• London ministers, were at the back pf all the proceedings and kept their hands upon the detail's. Much mote should be said in their praise. The catering both at the luncheon and tea was excellent, and it is literally true that both left an admirable flavour. Everything passed off well. Our London friends, through considerable experience, have learned how to arrange and control these functions well.

The morning meeting was hardly so well attended as rwe have seen it, but the speaking was good throughout. Mr. Pickering told his missionary story in a quiet and effective manner ; Mr. H. E. Judson delivered a thoroughly thought out address ; and the President of Conference was just himself. As a result the President held the meeting in his grips—who could be dull or list-less when the President is speaking 1—and his points, as sharp as ever, went home. All Northerners greatly re-joiced to hear their own tongue when the Chairman spoke. Not only these, but all present were grateful for his utter-ance. Will the time come when the morning meeting will more effectually capture the imagination of our Church? We are fully aware of the difficulty of a morning meeting, but we are quite equal to make the morning meeting more widely representative. Perhaps the Laymen's League, that Young but increasing for& that is g,rthering continual strength, will arise and do for the morning what the ladies are doing for the afternoon. The occasion is worthy the utmost the Church can do.

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The ladies in the afternoon acquitted themselves tplend idly. They carried the outward form of an organised body. Their platform was well supported, and compared to their advantage with that of the morning. The speaking gifts of Mrs. Elizabeth Adams and Mrs. Lewis were pleasing ; they spoke gracefully and to the point. Miss Fisher told her narrative with that ease that always wins its way to the heart of an audience. We were prepared for much—and no one can forecast how much in a meeting of ladies—but the address of Miss Mabel Annakin surpassed our highest anticipations! A gifted member of a gifted family we knew her to be—her address, however, broke upon us as a revelation. Clear, concise, fluent, pointed, just sufficiently self-possessed, and withal womanly, which quality graced the whole utterance. The eyes of her cultured intellect were around the vast horizons of world-wide missions, her heart and her tense pleading kept us at the centre—the Cross. As a speech it was about as perfect as anything we have heard, the manner of its utterance most effective, while its intellectual grasp of an abstract problem would have done credit to a matured mind of a high order. We can only congratulate the Committee on bringing. to the front one hitherto com-paratively unknown. Before Miss Annakin there lies a. great career, and the Church should take advantage of her gifts.

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The evening meeting will remain among the best ever held. The Chairman simply captured the audience. Once more it was made plain that our people enjoy a piece of homespun talk—talk quite natural and un-restrained. We hope to meet the Chairman again. In his brilliant address Rev. W. Younger came to his own. He needed but the great occasion ; he rose to it, as all who knew him expected he would, and henceforth he will wear the hall-mark of a Connexional reputation. We are pro-foundly thankful for the men who are making themselves a force in the Church to-day, particularly so as in this instance there is the insistence upon the old truths clothed ;,-r modern attire, and accompanied with the wel-come evangelic fervour that has been the distinctive note of our Church in all her progressive days. Dr. Wilson made us all his debtors by lifting into prominence some of the minor effects of the Gospel. He is now quite a veteran, and everybody was proud of him.

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A mighty reception was accorded to Rev. W. Christie, and he abundantly deserved it. It was the "Thank you " of Primitive Methodism for his heroic labours and self-denials in the mission field where he has witnessed such remarkable triumphs. The memory will live with the toiler when the sound of the greeting has long died away. The story Mr. Christie told gave to the audience what our people are eager to hear. Our people have an instinctive sense of what a missionary should tell them—Mr. Christie met their deep desire. Let this narrative be thus told, and added to, throughout the length and breadth of the Church during the autumn and winter, and the missionary interest cannot but deepen. The one universally felt regret was that Mr. Christie was not placed earlier on the programme. We sincerely hope that another year the Committee will arrange for three sneakers .only. The effect of three addresses is sufficient, the fourth is too fre-quently an anti-climax. The personality of Mr. Christie and the Church's estimate of his toil happily prevented the unhappy effect this year. The address of Rev. H. J. Taylor, who hurriedly supplied for ,Mr. Justice. Willis, ayes one of the most effective Mr. Taylor has ever given.

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In the speeches given by the members of the deputation of Free Church leaders who recently waited upon the

* * * ' Throughout the English-speaking countries on Sunday next, May 28th, the subject of the Sunday-school lesson is Micah's Picture of Universal Peace. The appropriate-ness of the subject at the present conjunction of happy circumstances between Great Britain and the United States of America has not escaped attention either here or there. Our American friends have enthusiastically called attention to the subject, and have requested all the schools in their great Inter-States Association to give prominence to the question of Peace in all their churches on that day. A similar request has been made known in our own country. As far as we have provided for them, it is desired that hymns bearing upon Peace should be sung. The article we print on our front page to-day on " The March of Peace," by Rev. J. S. White, will render great service to our teachers and preachers.

* * * Rev. G. Armstrong is pressing forward with the pre-

paration of the Centenary Fund returns for the forth-coming Conference. The enumeration of details for up-wards of seven hundred circuits is a task which involves severe labour and not a little overtime. - In order to lighten the work, and also for the purpose of greater fulness of information and accuracy, the ministers have been supplied with forms for circuit data. A large number of these have been duly returned, but considerable inconvenience is being experienced through the non-return of many others. If ministers faintly understood the trouble their oversight in the matter of these returns caused in the Centenary office, they would from sheer pity see that the figures went off by the next post. We are asked to remind brethren of the necessity of placing in the hands of the Centenary Secretary their circuit figures, some of which they alone can supply. The form, duly filled up, should be posted at once-to Rev. G. Armstrong.

Messrs. Hodder andStoughton will publish immediately " The People's Insurance," explained by the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, M.P. The aim of the book is to give, complete information with regard to the Bill as it affects all classes of the community, and to dispose of the various difficulties and objections already raised. The book will contain the corrected text of the Chancellor's speech in the House of Commons, the text of the Bill, together with the memoranda, and detailed explanations of a large number of special cases carefully arranged under headings and subjects, and a most elaborate index, which will be found invaluable to all who have to consult the Bill on any point.

LIVERPOOL CHURCH COUNCIL. ..■•■■••••■■

The quarterly meeting of the Council was held at Sea-combe on May 17th. The members were entertained to tea by the friends at Seacombe. Thanks were expressed by Rev. J. Burton and Mr. R. F. Whiteside, F.G.S. At the business session Rev. T. Kynaston presided. Mr. Morris Jones presented the report of the special com-mittee appointed to visit suitable centres with a view to a forward movement on the outskirts of the city. A long conversation ensued, in which Revs. G. Armitage, W. Green, J. H. Johnson, J. Burton, W. Spedding, T. Kynaston, Mrs. Colley, and Messrs. M. Jones, H. Fowler, A. Colley, 0. S: England, R. F. Whiteside, W. H. McClelland, and E. Davies took part. The committee was desired to prepare a detailed scheme and present it to the next meeting. Messrs. W. E. Woodhall and E. W. Thomas spoke to a proposal to form a Psalmody Associa-tion for our church choirs in and around Liverpool. Mr. A. Colley and Mr. N. Emberton moved and seconded that such en association be formed, and a working plan is to be prepared for the August meeting. In the autumn there is to be a huge house-to-house visitation throughout the city, and on the resolution of Rev. J. Burton, seconded by Miss Hunter, it was decided to recommend our churches to give whole-hearted support to the movement. Revs. T. Kynaston, J. Dodd Jackson, and R. W. Burnett, who leave the district this year, were heartily thanked for their services to the Council. Revs. G. Armitage, W. Spedding, and Mr. M: Jones spoke, and Rev. T. Kynaston responded. The public meeting was addressed by Mr. Ed. Davies on " The Building of Moral Character," and by Rev. G. Armitage on " The Importance of the Church."

MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES EXAMINING COMMITTEE.

The Candidates' Examining Committee met at Retford on Wednesday last, Rev. G. Parkin, B.D., in the chair. The results of the marks awarded for the oral and written examinations and the written and preached serrtions show that six of the candidates failed to reach the minimum, two won a place on the reserve list, and thirty-four gained a position on the college list. Eight of the candidates have matriculated or taken equivalent examinations, and one has taken his B.Sc. degree at the London University. In addition to the ordinary candidates the testimonial forms of two African preachers, products of our own missions, were received and recommended to Conference. A letter of sympathy was ordered to be sent to the family of the late W. Adams, Esq., J.P., of Birmingham. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Adams have borne the entire cost of providing refreshments for the candidates and examiners at the oral examinations. The present oral examiners were nominated for reappointment, and Rev. J. Welford as secretary.

Munificent Offer by Sir William P. Hartley.

History was made by the Centenary Committee, which met at John Street, Sheffield, on Tuesday, under the presidency of Rev. S. S. Henshaw and Alderman J. Brear-ley. The attendance was large, and the brethren gave themselves with serious purpose and excellent spirit to the unusually important agenda. Rev. G. Armstrong in-troduced resolutions dealing with districts and circuits specially forward or woefully backward in Centenary enterprise. Manchester district, he said, had followed the sagacious guidance of Rev. J. Yearsley and Mr. Joshua Longden and raised £39,000, of which £6,300 was for the CentralTund. Bradford and Halifax district also was about to complete an average of 10s. per member. Revs. J. M. Brown, C. Humble, R. W. Russell, M. P. Davison, A. Baldwin, and, others were thanked. for special service.

A general opinion was expressed in favour of the publi-cation of a brief commemoration volume recording the main facts of the celebration of the denominational Cen-tenary, and Rev. J. D. Thompson was requested to prepare the same.

£250,000 Exceeded, ••• The financial statement presented by the Organising

Secretary showed promises to a. total amount of £315,442 6s. 7d., raised for local purposes £215,647 8s. 8d., and remitted to the Central Fund £64,904 3s. 11d., making of cash received up to the present a grand total of £280,551 12s. 7d. The committee felt that a great result had been achieved, but gratification could not and did not conceal keen disappointment that the portion for the wider work had fallen so far below the sum of £100,003 the Church set out to secure. The committee interposed in the agenda to congratulate Rev. G. Armstrong upon the combined result, and to express the Church'i appre-ciation of what the President described as his energy, courtesy. and incessant toil. Rev. A. T. .Guttery said there was no more heroic figure in Primitive Methodism to-day than George Armstrong. Replying, Mr. Arm-strong characteristically and naively turned the tribute of praise on to his colleagues. In a beautiful passage he declared that he owed his love for the Church to his father, who in the home and in the fields filled his boyish mind. with stories of the early preachers. He was thank-ful to be permitted to do the work. The reply breathed the passionate devotion to Primitive Methodism, which, in his eloquent advocacy of the Fund, had been an example and education to the people.

Perpetual Endowment Vetoed. For the purpose of allocation it was assumed that the

Central Fund would rise to £70,000. With one modifi-cation the committee adopted the recommendation of the executive, the institutions to benefit including the Hart-ley College, missions, Friendly Society, and funds for worn-out ministers and lay preachers, the general chapel funds, Holborn Hall, and organisations for training local preachers, Sunday-school teachers, and sisters of the people. This part of the committee's work did not pro-ceed without most important questions arising, and whole-some fear was manifested of any approach to a perpetual endowment of any denominational institution. Each benefiting institution will invest its own portion, and possess the power to use and exhaust the capital under sanction of Conference. The distribution will be made in February, 1912.

The committee was keen on the proposed sisterhood. All agreed that the Connexion had new promise in the increasing activity of the ladies, especially as revealed in the new missionary auxiliaries. After considerable dis-cussion the initiation and methods of this branch of ser-vice were left with the Missionary Committee.

Sir William Hartley and Holborn.

A letter was read from Sir W. P. Hartley stating that he gladly gave £9,000, the sum due from him on the Church's contribution to the Central Fund. The com-mittee received with hearty cheers the announcement that as a further Centenary gift Sir William would give £7,500 towards the purchase of Holborn Hall. Rev. T. Mitchell followed up with a detailed statement concerning Holborn, which gratified the committee, and created assurance in some minds where caution and doubt had held sway. Sir William will retain control for one, or possible two, years longer, the transfer to take place not later than 1913. By Sir William's gift, and the sum allotted from the Cen-tenary Fund, the financial position of Holborn would not only be made amply secure, but there would be in addition the letting of two halls and forty-six offices, from which revenue might be drawn.

As this would be the final meeting of the committee, thanks were tendered to the officers. Generous reference was made to the fine spirit Rev. J. Welford had infused into the movement, and to the organising genius of Rev. J. Yearsley. Mr. Welford said he was a child of the Church, and whatever powers or gifts he possessed were consecrated to its service. He had found it an intense pleasure to be associated with his co-secretary (Mr. Arm-strong), and they had worked together in perfect accord. Thanks were tendered to Mrs. Elizabeth Ada.me, who entertained the visitors to lunch, to hosts and hostesses, and to Rev. J. Keightley for making excellent arrangements.

,340 THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. MAY 25, 1911

Our Church Leaders. SIR GEORGE GREEN.

A Physiognomical Sketch.

By PHIZ SECUNDUS.

Sir George Green.

at least successful. Others come slowly to their own by sheer weight of character and personal force. The latter has been the case with the Glasgow knight. He has a good head, firmly mounted on a pair of broad shoulders. The vital, the motive, and the mental are happily blended in his temperament. He -has driving force, but it never wastes itself on abortive schemes. He thinks before he acts. If he is an idealist his ideals are never fanciful. He will not, like Don Quixote, tilt at windmills. He will never throw away time, and money, in the pursuit of the impossible.

The perceptive organs are splendidly developed. He sees much, and speedily determines on the value of pro-jects. The eyes are deep set and indicate shrewdness. Order and calculation are large, giving him good business capabilities. These, with his very fine constructive facul-ties, make him an ideal organiser, and manager, of a large concern. He possesses the genius for managing men and getting the best out of them. The rounding of the head above the ears shows power to overcome obstacles—the determination to succeed in anything he takes in hand. Difficulties with him are things to be overcome. He never crosses a river before he comes to it ; but when he does come to its brink he crosses it though it be at flood tide. The love of leadership is shown by the transverse wrinkles about the root of the nose. The set purpose is clearly indicated by the contour and length of the jaw, and the way the upper lip falls on the lower. He does not like to be beaten, and will snatch success from between the very feet of defeat by determined effort.

His love of order is great—he is rendered miserable by things out of place. The nose shows a love of refinement, power of analysis, and a sense of personal dignity. He has also the courage of his convictions—he will not only take his side, but, having taken it, will fight its battles. His thinking will be definite and conclusive to himself, and he will have a fine contempt for the mere opportunist. He has a great pleasure in spending money—probably more in spending than in making7 and will back his con-victions with his cheque book. The face is broad, giving permanency rather than intensity of impressions. Once having decided he will not readily be moved. Love of justice is shows* .1sa,the perpendicular lines between the eyes ; he will always try to measure the punishment by

CHURCH AND STATE.

By Arthur T. Guttery.

A famous journalist, whose duty it has been to report most of the London May meetings, tells the writer that he has found many societies, guilds, and missions in a doleful mood. There has been a wail of depression, lamentation over deficits, and a lurking fear that Chris-tian organisations have entered upon days of darknces and difficulty. Far too much has been made of numerical decreases ; there has heen a pathetic eagerness to apologise for apparent failure ; and there has been too much attention paid to criticism, even when it has been cynical. All this is perplexing in face of the fact that the ethics and spirit of the Gospel prevail as neves before. These are good days in which to live, and it is evident to all observers that the morrows are full of promise of the very things in which the Church may well rejoice. It seems as though the Church does not know how to estimate her own work. She has not learned to garner the fruits of her toil ; she has not grown accus-tomed to the new conditions that are the creation of her own message. Society is being leavened by the genius of the New Testament, and many preachers are suspicious of the new spirit. The old contrast between life within and without the Church is not as tragic as it was, and we are slow to admit the change. There is a vast amount of life and service inspired by Christian motives outside ecclesiastical limits, and we are afraid to welcome this faot in which we should rejoice. Our foes become allies, and we refuse to admit that they can be any other than rivals. Our depression is a great seclusion. It is high time we ceased our denunciation of everything outside the Church and realised the new mood and purpose that haie captured the State. Let us rejoice when the will of Christ gets done, even when there is no occasion for ecclesiastical jubilation. We must think more of the Kingdom than the Church, more of the vast realms of human life than of "our little gardens, walled around."

Modern conditions create critical problems for the Church, but they can be solved by a living faith. It is our first duty to acknowledge facts as they are. We must accept the new policy of civilised Governments and admit that the State attempts to do much that was once the monopoly of the Church. We must adapt ourselves to the new conditions, we must rejoice in the co-operation of the politician and reformer, and we must devote our-selves with intensity of purpose to that supreme work which the State can never attempt. The tasks of the Church may grow less numerous, but its august and spiritual mission is still supreme, and was never needed more than to-day.

It is apparent to all thoughtful men that the State attempts duties that once were supposed to be reserved for the energies of the Church.

The State realises a new responsibility to lower and feeble nations. Colonisation has caught a new spirit. Imperialism has entered a new mood. Where we govern other nations we claim to do it for their advancement rather than for our gains We think more of the white

man's burden than of Imperial dividends. Our pro-consuls are expected to help the people to rise above shameful ignorance, cruel slavery, and degrading 'paganism. England feels called to extend her civilisa-tion, culture, and freedom throughout the world. Living- stone is more potent at the Colonial Office than Drake, and Moffatt than Rhodes. This 'temper was once a mono-poly of the missionary ; it was once the function cf the Church to watch and check the aims of adventurers who committed crimes in the name of Empire. We may well rejoice if the missionary spirit under another name has captured the Colonial Office. We may lose a few texts, but we have won a real victory.

The State has heard the call of Peace. The song of the angels has grown popular with the democracy. Presi- dent Taft and Sir Edward Grey are translating into inter-' national statecraft what was once the pathetic cry of the followers of Jesus. It is not long since the plea of the pulpit for peace was regarded as an impossible ideal or an unpatriotic sentiment. Preachers have lost their monopoly, but their cause has triumphed.

Our churches once championed temperance, in spite- of much opposition. Beer and Jingoism went together. Budgets demanded a swollen drink trade. To-day Chan-cellors of the Exchequer rejoice in a falling drink bill I drunkenness is treated as an offence; the drink trade is regarded'as a political foe, and the State gives to the children of the day schools instruction in the evils of alcohol. Bands of Hope have lost their monopoly, but their sacred cause makes headway.

Charity and social service have always been the pre-rogative of the Church. It has filled the role of the good Samaritan and rescued and healed those who have fallen among thieves. We now see the State moved 'by holy compassion, and with its mighty resources it protects little children and guards the old folk from despair and pauperism. It goes even further, for it comes to the help of the man who is brokeroand beaten ; it ministers to the woman in her hour of travail ; it wrestles with disease ; it fights consumption, and, even more, it chal-lenges the economic highwaymen who have stripped the victims the Church has tried to save. Charity was the credential of the Church, now it is the goal of 'statecraft ; only charity has become economic justice and social co-operation. It may be that many of the activities of the Church will soon be obsolete, but we may rejoice in that the Commonwealth has caught, something of Him who came to save the lost. We must recognise the revolution that has come to the State in its attitude to the Church. Once it was a relentless foe, then a wealthy but half-scorn-ful patron, and its patronage was as perilous as its hostility ; now it is an ally and must be feared as a rival. This change should not fill us with fear, we should rather rejoice to see the State pay an implicit and growing homage to Christ the Lord. We may have to share many duties that were once distinctively our own, but we dare not complain, if the will of Divine Love is done among men.

There is no cart for the Church to resign her place and surrender her calling. It is for her to fall back upon her essential and eternal mission, for her august and spiritual message is needed in spite of all economic change and social readjustment.

We must give to men the Word of Life, the gospel of moral energy ; and that is needed as much in the relaxa• tion of general comfort as in the tragedy of despair. We must protest against the reign of materialism, even when it is most genial. Men must live rather than exist. It is not enough for the people to be fed and nursed, clothed and housed. They are more than cattle, they must be restless with the energies that are divine. Man does not live by bread alone, and it is more than ever imperative that the Church should give its higher message.

We must declare the central truth that character is more than circumstance. The politician and reformer may do much to improve and sweeten the conditions of life, but his labour will be in vain unless character is cleansed and the heart is renewed. The secret of destiny is in the will rather than in environment. - What a man is is more important than what he has. The Church is called upon to give this sterner note to an age that may find enervation rather than renewal in the gosh l of mere comfort.

The Church must, more loudly than ever, call men to conquest over sin. The preacher, when released by the reformer from many other duties, most devote himself to the root curse, the central tragedy of life, and that is sin. The politician attacks suffering ; we go deeper, and attack sin. Our message must convict men of sin, it must smite the conscience. We must declare to all that sin can be forgiven in the might and mercy of our Lord, and we ought to assure all men that sin can be conquered in the power and love of God, as declared in the Cross. This prerogative will never be taken from the Church. Thisuils the greatest task of all, for it is the reform of the so that is the soul of all reform.

The ChurCh must give to men the truest vision cf holi-ness. The ideal of virtue has passed through many stages, but it finds its flower and crown in the Christian doctrine of holiness. The Greek idea of virtue is self-control, and thereby the beauty of harmonious development of self. The Hebrew ideal is righteousness, obedience to a great and imperative law outside self ; its harmony for life is unison with the power, not ourselves, that makes for righteous-ness. The Christian ideal of virtue is love ; love of God, of our fellows and of self, all blended into a devotion that makes life beautiful with a virtue that is not selfish, and krighteousness that is more than legal. This last -word in ethics, this final motive in religion, and this supreme coronation of character will always be the gift of the Christian Church. There can be no rivalry here, this is a monopoly that can never be taken from the Church. Politicians may prepare the way, they may revolutionise the conditions of.our labour, but we alone have the Divine Evangel that secures salvation for, the State and victory for the Church.

The student of physiognomy will find it fairly easy to discover the qualities which have given distinction and success to the career of the latest Primitive Methodist knight. Nature has been good to him in furnishing an' equipment, mental and physical, which could hardly fail to bring him ahead of many of his fellows in the race of life. Some owe success to one happy stroke of fortune—, they awake one morning to find themselves if not famous

the crime, but his large benevolence will lead him to err, if he errs at all, on the side of mercy. He will have a very sincere reverence for God, and all that pertains to religion ; and will seek, the highest sanctions for his daily life. To him religion will mean something more than ceremonies and outer observances—it will spell service. In serving men he will find outlet for his religious emotions. If I read him aright he will be conservative in theology and radical in politics—a not unusual blending of characteristics in business men.

Sir George is fond of •home and home associations, and yet also has a strong desire for travel. He will like to visit places with historic and religious associations. Old ties bind, and he will be especially tender towards old friends. The past is ever with him, and the days of yore are filled with hallowed memories. He will be kindly, generous, hospitable, and will never be happier than when surrounded by a host of old friends. His mind is strong rather than active. He will assimilate new ideas slowly, but when they have gripped him he will hold them tena-ciously. The blending of the practical and the imagina-tive forms the best basis of a successful, happy life, and in Sir George they find happy expression.

He will love to feel himself in touch with the thought and action of those who are making the history, of their times, and cannot be an idle spectator of the political game, but must take a hand in it. There will be plan and purpose in his speeches and sermons ; he will aim to con-vince rather than dazzle or entertain. To earn and win the approbation of the best and noblest men will be a con-stant motive for action. In short, the photograph of Sir George—with a few obvious limitations easily discernible to the expert physiognomist—reveal, a strong, reliable man, a capital friend, a magnanimous foe, a practical humanitarian, a beneficent giver, and an able administra-tor. He will wear very worthily the new honours that have come to him as the reward• of long service and un-stinted devotion to the Liberal cause.

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DR. A. S. PEAKS AND THE , HYMNAL SUPPLEMENT.

SIR,—In your issue of April 27th you printed a letter With reference to the Hymnal Supplement from Mr. C. K. Watkinson, of Grimsby. , The publication of this letter at that time calls for explanation. It was an appeal to the District Synods, ,issued at a time when no reply was posseibl The influence exerted on the Synods was no . doubt.greatly enhanced by such a course. I think that on cool reflection many of those who were influenced by it will wealiso that it would have been alike fairer and more courteous to give an opportunity for the other side to be stated before the Synods passed their resolutions. I believe that the resolutions of the Districts have been passed under misapprehensions, and that when the matter comes to be digcussed in Conference these will be largely dissipated. I suppose that we must not complain when a District which dislikes a proposal circularises the other Districts and gets them to adopt its resolutions as their own. But it may at least be pointed out that the resolutions which have been sent up by the District Synods are largely echoes of the resolutions, quoted by Mr. Watkinson,

I have no personal end to serve in pleading that the next Conference shall not stultify the action of its predecessor. I am not a, member of the Book Committee which intro-duced the proposal, nor was I a member of the Conference which.. passed it. I knew nothing either of the proposal, of its acceptance, or of my appointment on the Committee till it was all over. It is because I am convinced that the step which is now being urged upon us is disastrous and indefensible that I undertake the very uncongenial task of replying to Mr. Watkinson's letter. I do this on my own initiative, and without the knowledge of the Hymnal Committee, and the opinions I express must be taken as purely personal opinions.

One would imagine from the opening of his letter, in which he speaks of our work as " proceeding quietly and unknown to the rank and file of our Church members," that we were engaged in some stealthy enterprise which needed only to be brought to the light of day for the Church to put its foot on it. I cannot imagine why he supposes that his letter will disclose to our people gener-ally what they do not know already. I believe it is very widely known. The thing in the first instance was not done in a oorner, but in open Conference. Further, it was done at a Conference which from its connexion with the Mow Cop celebrations was exceptionally well attended, and there was a correspondence in the Leader, together with a series of articles by Mr. Jeffs, which brought the whole question very prominently before our people. My memory may be at fault, but I do not remember that Mr. Watkinson attacked the project at, that time. No, he waited till he could influence Synods without any counter influence being brought to bear. Nor can I understand why if he wishes to enlighten our people on something of which they are already ignorant, he should have chosen the Leader, which for many weeks gave great prominence to a correspondence on the subject.

In the next place, he says that the deliberations of the Committee have proceeded so far that they have decided upon the issuing of a Supplement of 250 hymns to our present already too large Hymnal." This •is a strange mistake. If he will refer to the Minutes of Conference, p. 222, he wit? find this resolution :—" That this Con-ference hereby instructs the General Book Committee to take steps to publish at the earliest date a supplement to the Connexional Hymnal, to contain 250 hymns, or there-abOuts, but not to exceed 300 hymns." The Committee has had no choice in the matter. We have acted, and shall continue to act, under the instructions of Con-ference, until Conference cancels our orders. The idea, which has, gone abroad in some quarters, that the Hymnal Committee has allowed itself to be deflected from its duty of preparing a Hymnal for publication " at the earliest date," by other suggestions, which have been made since Conference, has not a shred of truth in it. We have acted with the fullest possible loyalty to our instructions and have strained, and are straining, every nerve to carry out our commission. We shall be able to report to Conference that our selection of hymns is complete.

Mr. Watkinson, and those whom he represents, believe that the present Hymnal is quite adequate for our needs, and that a period of little more than twenty years is too short "to justify 'this premature meddling." As a matter of fact it will be more than a quarter of a century since the present Hymnal was issued before any Supplement can be published. I would commend to my readers the paragraph In the preface, in which it is said that " it can scarcely be expected that any Hymn Book, 'however carefully compiled, will continue to meet the wants of our Church for more than thirty years." I gather from this that the Com-mittee anticipated that within thirty years a new Hymnal would be required. We are proposing something much less drastic. I quite feel the strength of-the arguments for a new Hymnal altogether, but it has been my duty to weigh - the arguments on both sides, and although I should gladly see our present Hymnal greatly lightened, I have always come to the conclusion that the Supplement is the best solution of the problem. The example of other churches may be quoted in its favour. It means that the sale of the present Hymnal will be rehabilitated, whereas if a new Hymnal is contemplated the stock becomes largely unsaleable, and the plates might almost as well be

.pped. It is quite true that the Church does not exist to make money, but the financial aspect cannot be ignored, as Me. Watkinson himself fully recognises. And although

the new Hymn Book when it comes may be expected to pay well, I see no urgent reason why it should come for several years ira Supplement be provided. But that we can go on satisfactorily with the present Hymnal I do not believe. Its predecessor was so inexpressibly bad (it makes one's ears tingle to read the scathing but just judg-ment on it in Julian's " Dictionary of Hymnology") that our thankfulness to be rid of it caused us to put an almost exaggerated value on its successor. But, in common I do not doubt with many others, I have had for several years a growing sense of dissatisfaction with it. A Supplement cannot, it is true, rid us of its superfluities, but it may go far to make good its defects. I have"for a long time been interested in hymnology, but even with the very imperfect familiarity with the subject that I had I should have seriously hesitated a year ago to place so high an estimate on the Hymnal as Mr. Watkinson. But I have learnt very much in the interval ! I bought scores of Hymn Books and have gone through many thousands of hymns. And I have completed my work with no shadow of Mis-giving in my mind that the Supplement would be a most valuable addition to our services. Indeed, one has only to remember how constantly the compilers of handbooks for Conferences, District Synods, and other meetings have to go outside the Hymnal for their selection of hymns to realise that the sense of need for a Supplement is really widely felt. •

This need will certainly not be met by the revision of our Mission hymns. Of that Hymnal I am personally not at all enamoured. But it has a large sale, it is used not a little by Churches other than our own, and it seems to be meeting the needs of those who wish to use such a book. It is, however, utterly unfit for use in our ordinary public services. I have been hard put to it to get suffi-cient suitable hymns from it to carry me through a day's services. And although matters might be somewhat im-proved if a new edition was prepared, I believe that no Mission Hymnal, however much improved and expanded, could successfully be employed for this purpose without becoming far too little of a Mission Hymn Book to serve its proper purpose. Besides, a larger book means a larger price, and the objection that the time since publication has been too short to justify a change applies here much more strongly than in the case of the Supplement. More-over, if we took this course we should still be confronted with all the inconveniences of the Supplement to which the Grimsby and Lincoln resolutions refer. Of all the resolutions that I have seen or heard suggested, the idea that a new Mission Hymnal will meet the case seems to me the least hopeful.

The resolutions regret the action of the last Conference because the general feeling of the Connexion was not con-sulted. Whether this would or would not have been the wiser course to pursue I do not discuss. But I would point out that it is constantly the case that Conference adopts important proposals which have never been before the Connexion as a whole. The question of our present Hymnal itself, a far more important thing than a mere Supplement, was not sent to the lower courts for approval. I believe the same is true of the Sunday-school Hymnal. Why should a departure from Connexional usage be required in the case of a minor project which was not carried out in the major? As a matter of fact, the ques-tion wa• not sprung on the Conference during its sessions, it was printed in the Conference agenda as the recommen-dation of the Book Committee, and, if I remember riehtly. no opposition was offered to the pronnsal itself in the Conference, the discussion turned on the composition and functions of the Committee.

The definite grounds on which the Supplement is attacked are much less important. They are in fact so trivial that I can hardly imagine they would have been put forward but for the formal necessity of saying some-thing to justify the plea for reconsideration. In the fore-front is placed the confusion that will be caused between ministers, congregations and choirs. This is, I believe, purely hypothetical. I have constantly worshipped in churches in which two Hymn Books have been in use. I have never found that in practice any confusion of this kind arises. I have known confusion when the minister and the organist have waited for each other after the announcement of the number ; I have known it when the minister has directed that certain verses in the hymn shall be left out ; I have known it when the preacher has commenced to say and the choir has simultaneously begun to chant the Lord's Prayer. But confusion of the kind which has been solemnly put into this resolution I have never known and never expect to know. The second reason is that " it will divert attention from our present Hymnal which cannot be said to have yet been fully explored by the general hulk of our people." I confess that the line of argument amazes me. Will anyone on reflection maintain that a Church which has not explored our Hymnal during the Quarter of a century since it was completed is likely to explore it any more fully during the next quarter of a century? If out of 1,052 hymns so many churches " gyrate within a circle of about 150, as Mr. Watkinson assures us, I believe that so far as the present Hymnal is concerned they will continue to gyrate there. But I should have drawn precisely the opposite inference that in the interest of such churches it is very desirable that we should widen their scope by supplying them with a Supplement, in which the monotony that they refuse to diversify from the other 900 hymns in the Hymnal should be diversified by something entirely fresh. The third reason that the need, if it is to be met at all, may be better met by a new Mission Hymnal I have dealt with already.

On grounds such as these the District Committee " respectfully calls upon the Supplement Committee to' Proceed no further with its labours until the District Committees or District Meetings have had an opportunity to discuss the whole situation." Since when, may I ask, has it been the function of a District Committee to call upon a conferentially appointed Committee -to disobey ;its explicit instructions? The District Committee was Cer-tainly well within its legal rights in approaching the Conference and asking it to stay its hand ; but a reference

to the terms of our appointment in the Conference Minutes would at once have shown that we had no option but to proceed with our work. We should have laid ourselves open to the gravest censure from the Conference if, when directed by the supreme court of the Connexion to pre-pare the Supplement " at the earliest date," we had at the dictation of any inferior court, however august, sus-pended our labours. I think this meets all the points contained in the letter and the resolutions. But there is something more to be said. I do not wish to plead that in no circumstances should one Conference reverse the acts of its predecessor. But it ought to be done only for very grave reasons. We must secure continuity in policy, and it is an even more serious consideration that the Conference should act in such a way that its action can be counted upon. It is a thoroughly demoralising policy to get into the way of rescinding deliberate resolutions on which action has been already taken. And if the coming Conference gives its predecessor a slap in the face it does a very serious injustice to the members of the Committee and inflicts a heavy dead loss on the funds of the Book Room. The loss in money which has been incurred in paying the expenses of so large a committee is no trifling matter. But there is something far more precious than money, and that is time and strength, and th,...e have been poured out like water that the best possible collection of hymns may be made.

If I speak of my own work in this connection it is not because I put in any special claim for consideration, or am nursing a personal grievance, nor yet because I forget the work which has been lavished on the task by my colleagues. I speak of it simply because I know it best. From the time when I learnt' of my appointment on the Committee I have given up probably the equivalent of a full working day every week. For weeks I took my secretary almost entirely off my own work, from which she could ill be spared, that she might give her time to the Supplement. No one but one who has actually gone through a piece of labour of this kind can have any adequate idea of what it involves. This time and thought. have been given to it in a period of exceptional pressure in what is always a thronged and busy life. I have no feeling about it other than of thankfulness that I have been able to give it. But have our friends thought what it means to have work, undertaken in the conviction that Conference would keep faith with us, cast on the scrap-heap ? Let the delegates to Conference remember 11, 0;5 the Committee contains twenty men, many of them deno-minational leaders whose names are household words tit our churches, that these men are among the busiest and most hard-worked men in our Connexion, and then let them pause before they doom to futility labour so freely and abundantly given, or provoke the just resentment which such a policy would most certainly arouse.—Yours etc., ARTHUR. S. PEAKY:.

Whalley Range, Manchester, May 20th, 1911.

PRESENTATION AT BISHOP - AUCKLAND.

On Thursday, May 18th, an interesting social function was held at the Central Church, Bishop Auckland, when Mr. Anthony Heslop was presented with an illuminated address in recognition of strenuous services. rendered to the church throughout a period of thirty-six years. Rev. B. A. Barber presided, and paid a glowing tribute to the excellent work accomplished by Mr. and Mrs. Heslop and family. Mr. Heslop had filled the offices of class leader and Sunday-school teacher, and since the erection of the Central Church had also served as society steward and treasurer to the trustees. " It would be difficult," observed the Chairman, "to find a man who had served in so many capacities with greater devotion or willing-ness." The presentation was made by Mr. Edward Keen in a most appropriate speech, and brief appreciations were expressed by Rev. W. H. Campbell, Councillor B. C. Spoor, J.P., Messrs. W. Clemitson, W. H. Hamflett, J. W. Robson, M. Nattrass, J. Todd, J. G. Plumpton, H. Curtis, W. J. Williams, W. Bruce, J. Blanchard, and F. Robinson_ . Many letters of appreciation were also read. In felicitous phrases Mr. Heslop feelingly responded. Solos were sung by Miss Dora Spoor and Mr. F. Robinson, and musical selections were rendered by Miss Waters, Mr. Jacob. George, Messrs. W. T. Kirk, RA., and J. H. Brotherton, Mus.Bac. Refreshments were provided by Mr. Noah Holden, for many years co-steward with Mr. A. Heslop.

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CHAPTER XIX. (Continued). The RetUrn of a Wanderer.

The conversation in the " Lion" that night revolved round the return of Jack Crookworth, whom many remembered as a bright, frolicsome youth in the employ of Benson. He had gene to the door and made himself known to Alport the landlord, and requested permission to sleep in the outhouse that night.

This had been refused, and when he asked if he might come and sit down, Alport had not only refused, but threatened to set the dogs on him if he found him hang-ing about. He had trudged down to Harris' in the hope of seeing ,the old man ; but he was in bed with a cold, and the two young men in the shop had made game of him, and when he resented it had turned him into the street. He had been driven for refuge into the cottage of Widow Harrison ; who, when she knew who he was, wept over him, and made him promise to come back to tea, although she hadn't in the house more than half a loaf of bread and a bit of Cheese.

" You're as welcome as the flowers in May," she said, as she put three parts of the cheese on his plate.' I mind your mother when you were born, and I've spanked you many a time, lad, though I dunno think it did you much good. But I'm glad to see you, and I wish I'd better to lay before you." That was the only gleam of brightness

' the poor fellow met with, for old friends had no desire to renew an acquaintance which promised only to tax their pockets and cupboards, and to most of the villagers Jack gas only a name.

Just as the day was dying, a whitehaired woman, who was sitting looking into the fire, and thinking of what might have been, was brought back to the hard, crude realities of actual life by a quick rat-tat-tat on the door. Strange, it made her heart beat faster, for it was •the- kind of knock, quick and impetuous, that long ago an appren-tice of her father's always used when he brought the letters in the morning, and the memory of it lingered with her after many years.

She went to the door, and saw a beggar standing with-out, who said in a piteous whine, "Please, will you give me a crust of bread ?"

She was accustomed to such appeals, for many called, and none went away empty-handed. And straightway she went to the pantry and finding there a half loaf and a piece of cheese, she brought it out to give to the medicant.

She was startled to find that during her absence her visitor had stepped, inside the cottage, and was sitting warming his hands at the fire. He mumbled something about being starved. Her alarm increased when, thrust-ing the bread and cheese into his hands, he proceeded to pull out a large knife, and open the blade, which was four or five inches long, and looked very formidable as the light of the fire fell on it. Determined, however, not to show the alarm which was fast overcoming her, she reached the'damp, and was taking a match. to light it when in a gruff voice the stranger bade her not to mind the light, but be seated. Trembling in every limb she dropped the light to the floor. It was useless to cry out, and she realised the best thing was to obey. There was always the hope that some of the villagers might call, or she might hear them passing. So she sat on the opposite side to the tramp, who putting his hat further over his eyes, commenced munching his bread and cheese. There was silence for a few seconds, during which she was listen-ing intently in the hope of hearing footsteps. If she could only get past him to the door, she would make a rush for it.

At length he spoke again, this time asking for a drink. She again went into the pantry, and brought him a

cup of milk. Her hand trembled so much that she could hardly hold it, and spilt some on the hearthrug. For the first time he looked up, and seeing that she was greatly agitated said gruffly, '` Don't be frightened, missus. I mean you no harm. I only want a rest and a warm." Somewhat reassured, she again took her seat, when the stranger looked at her a second time, and said, " Your name is Benson isn't it ?"

",Yes," she replied. "So they told me in the village," he replied. "Any

relation to Enoch Benson, who thirty years ago .was builder hereaway?"

"His daughter," she answered, "but he's dead for four-teen years. Did you know him ?"

"I once met an apprentice of his that ran away. Stole some of his master's money, or something, I understood. The lad's name was Crookworth, and he was a bad lot."

Excuse me," said Mary, he was nothing of the kind. He was as honest as the day."

Then why did he run away ?" asked the tramp. " For nothing, lie had any need to be ashamed of.

When, and where, did you see him ?" She leaned eagerly forward, and just then the fire

blazed up, and either by accident or design the broad brimmed hat fell off. Then she gave a cry "Jack ! "

" At-, Mary " he said, " I've come back at last. It has been a long time, and now I'm here I'm not sure I shall be welcome. I'm not a very presentable looking object, and I've not a penny in my pocket. I've received so far, a very poor reception from everybody but Mr. Wentworth and old Widow Harrison. If I had come back with my pockets full of gold, my old cronies would have clustered

come in rags, and seeking a crust and a night's lodging, they have set their dogs on me, and laughed when the lads pelted me with mud."

"Shame! " said Mary, her eyes filling with tears. " Oh, J.ack, why have you been so long in coming I "

"Because I was not sure what had become of yen," he replied.

"But why did you not write as you promised " she asked.

Write! " he exclaimed. "Did I not write? Not once, but a dozen times, and never got any answer.

" I did not get your letters " she replied. "Not one ever came to me. To whom did you address them ? "

" To you. Care of the post-mistress, old Mrs. Allen, as we agreed."

" And I went again and again, and. she declared she had never received any."

"I wrote at intervals for more than two years. Your father must have bribed her not to hand them over to you. And the only reply I ever got was that short, curt reply of yours that you wished the correspondence to cease."

"From me, Jack ? I never wrote any such letter." The man ient forward towards the fire and gazed for

some minutes without speaking. Then he said, "Is the old woman living?"

"No, she died two years ago." " Ah," he said, "I am always too late. My God, if I

had but known. I might have been spared years of suffer-ing," and he fairly broke clown.

The next moment the woman's arms 'were round his neck, and her kiss touched his cheek. The pent up love found expression, as, again and again, she kissed him. 'She did not see the rags, the dishevelled beard, the worn out shoes, but the man whom she had enshrined in her heart for years. • She had often pictured his coming back, but always as a prosperous and happy man ; but now he had returned broken in fortune, dressed in rags, it made no difference to her, save that her love was touched with a pity which hallowed it.

It was Jack who first awakened apparently to the reali-ties of the situation. " Mary," he said, " I came back to see if you were still alive. My heart hungered for a sight of you. And now I have seen you I suppose I must go on the tramp again ; but I shall die happier because of one brief moment I have held you in my -arms."

"Go away! " she exclaimed. " What for, Jack ?" "Because," and he stopped, looked at his clothes and

lifted up his boot. "Nonsense," she said. " If you are poor, all the more

need why I should succour you. If you are sick. why should I not nurse you ? If you are friendless, why should I not be your friend ? I have enough to keep us in corn-fort, though not in luxury. No, no, Jack, don't talk of going away again."

" And what do you think the villagers would say if you took in such a poor miserable-looking wretch as I am ?

"Jack," she answered " if you had prospered and come back to find me starving, perhaps in the workhouse, what would you have done?'

"Before God," he said, " I would have married you, if yod would have had me. It was my dream for years to come back and say, 'Here, Mary, I kept to my promise, and I come to claim you as mine.' But when that letter came I lost hope, and for a time I did not care what became of me."

" Jack," she said, "I want to make amends for the in-justice my father did you. Here is my purse. Get your-self some decent clothes first of all, and then we will talk about the future."

For God's sake, Mary," he cried, " stop !" and he broke down like a child.

Next morning Mary sought an interview with the vicar, and greatly surprised him by asking him to publish the banns next Sunday between Jack Crookworth and herseV. As a comparative stranger of course, he did not know her history ; but he had heard hints which led him. to remon-strate in his gentle way with her. But he could see it only. pained her, so he let it go.

Soon the news was all over the countryside that Mary Benson was going to marry that ne'er do well, Jack Crook-worth, and already the gossips of the village saddled him with drunkenness, gambling, and other vices, none the less certainly because they knew nothing positively, judging only from appearances.

As for Jack, lie disappeared as he came, none knew where he went. All agreed in calling Mary a fool, and quite a number of women felt it incumbent upon them to go and remonstrate with her. She listened to all they had to say in silence, smiled, and woman-like went her own way.

" She will rue it by every hair of her head," said. Mrs. Wentworth to Rufus. "He's nothing but a common cad-ger, and will spend all she has ; and then she may go to the poorhouse. She is old enough to know better. For aught she can tell he's been in jail a score of times. And his hands and face were filthy dirty."

"He didn't look as though he used. many tooth pow- ders," Rufus replied, "or spent much in Scents or gold studs. Those shoes of his hadn't been blacked for a week of months ; and his hair looked• as though it had not been in curl papers lately. And yet I recollect he was a -smart lad, as sharp as a Sheffield razor. I remember him climb- ing the church steeple to get an owl's nest. Any other boy would have broken his neck, for there was only a bit of ivy to cling to, but he came through all right."

"He's-an impudent fellow," said his wife. "However Mary could consent to marry him surpasses my compre-

" Ay," said Rufils; " Mary is marrying not the man Ton saw, but the one she has had in her heart for years. Love is a wonderful thing. Sometimes it has eyes sharp as eagles, and sometimes it can see no better thstki a mole. The Apostle says, 'It . believeth all things as well ad beareth all things.' "

At this point Rufus had one of the attacks of hilarity which had seized him lately at odd moments, and he laughed till he chinked again.

" Rufus," said his wife. "You are hiding something., You know more than you say."

"My dear," he said, "you are sharper than a hornet's sting. It binna fair on a poor, slow-witted fellow like me to have a wife with eyes like these X-rays I've heard tell on. You just clap them on a man's back and you see all that's goin' on inside. I shall be afraid to do any thinkin' just now outside the greenhouse. It's kind o' awful to live in the same house with the Judgment Day in petticoats."

"Don't be ridiculous," she replied. " One does not need average perspicuity to read you, my man. You cans not deceive me.'

"No, I'm like a book in big print with illustrations," grinned Rufus. " But those who live longest will seal most. I tell you something's going to happen in the vile lage as will make the women's tongues wag like church bells when the ringers are tipsy, and it won't be forgotten for the next forty years."

"What is it?" asked his wife. "Ask me three weeks from to-clay," answered Rufus.

RECONCILED THROUGH CHRISTI

Endeavour Topic for Week beginning May 281 Romans v. 1-11.

I.—The Law-Aspect. The necessity for reconciliation suggests that estranges

ment exists. Parties are at variance. They require to be brought together. Here it is Go11 and man ; and both become reconciled through Jesus Christ. Bishop Moule traces the transaction in the light of its law-aspect, its' love-aspect and its life-aspect. This is suggestive. Man; is regarded as hostile to God, and God as aggrieved with man. Paul speaks of " when we were enemies." There fs more than drift from God ; there is defiance. This is what constitutes sin. It causes the cleavage. But is it consistent with God in His Fatherly relationship to be at variance with His creatures, under any circumstances? We have to remember that God is not only the great source of love,. but of righteousness. Sin, is rebellion against His holy law, of which He Himself is the embodi-ment. 'The moral order of the world centres in Him. Guilt and transgression must be dealt with in its legal

.aspect, or all would soon be confusion. The nation would soon crumble, if its laws were not strictly maintained. We are not let loose in a world over which a big, softy 'hearted Father has control. Sin is always grievous tal God, and it is perilous to make light of it.

11.—The Love-Aspect. "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." LOVE,

linked up again man and God, as only love could do, and that by sacrifice. Christ met the law's demands. He re-conciled God to man. But was not God always reconciled to man? How could He be? It is not inconsistent with love to exact penalty. Love is not immoral. For viola-tion of law, expiation must be made, and this may be vicarious. So Jesus came and offered Himself as as sacrifice for our sins. God's anger was turned away. It is no reflection on love that it manifests anger. It is the' moral quality of love. A father sees someone's child do wrong, but is not alarmed. He finds, however, that his own child has transgressed and he is angry, just because ' he loves. In Christ both legal and moral claims are met.. It has been regarded as a peculiar procedure that whilst God required expiation, He should Himself provide the means. But did He ? God gave His Son to us ; but the Son gave Himself for us. Here is the power of Christ's sacrifice in its manward ministry. His love for us wins our hearts and prompts our return. It reconciles us to God.

III.—The Life-Aspect. Reconciliation is restored communion with the highest..

It gives the best to life, and brings the best from life. It is the prodigal's return from a miserable existence to his glorious inheritance with its full, rich life, in God.. It imparts to life a power that creates peace (v. 1). This is not stagnancy. 'Not the still life of a mountain tarn, but the- full, brimming life of the river." It is like the river in its mighty flow, free from the irritations and mur-murings of the trickling stream. It gives not only health but hope (v. 6). It casteth away fear. It is a true sequence, "without. God and without hope.!' Life linked' to God has a hope that'bloometh with immortality. It is " Life that shall endless be." The reconciled life has the joyful ring (v. 14). It is exultant. There is more than mere happiness that depends on the passing circumstance.. We enter into the joy of the Lord. It is an immediate possession and perennial too.

Saviour, fulfil my deep desire, And let this blessed life be mine.

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MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATIONS.

The meetings of the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax and York and Scarborough Association were held at Nelson, May 10th, 11th and 12th. There was a good attendance, and the meetings were of a very high level of interest throughout. Rev. W. J. Robson read an interesting and informing paper on " Mark Rutherford." Rev. E. S. Emmitt contributed a valuable critique, and the discus-sion revealed considerable diversity of opinion. The speeches at the public meeting by Revs. E. W. Challenger and W. Younger on the subjects, respectively, "Romance of Nonconformity" and "Our Evangelistic Traditions," were of the very highest ord% Rev. H. Millward's paper on the subject "Christian Science" was excellent. Both this and Rev. J. Bennett's critique revealed careful study and knowledge of this strange cult. The address of the President was a straightforward talk to ministers, but touched withal with a breezy optimism and a fine spirit of generosity. Rev. G. Lucas gave a most suggestive paper on " Tendencies in English and American Society." Rev. E. H. Pittwood read the critique, and an excellent conversation followed. The discussion circled round the question of the Church's relation to politics, and inci-dentally provided an opportunity for advocacy of the claims of the Social Service Union. On Thursday night Rev. J. Walton preached an inspiring sermon. The ser-vice and the Communion service which followed were spiritually uplifting. Rev. H. Taylor gave the address at the latter meeting. The final paper was read by Rev. J. Morrison on the subject "Pluralism." It was an able and searching criticism of James's positions, and was thoroughly enjoyable. The critique by Rev. A. Smith was a valuable contribution to the debate. The meeting; were a spiritual stimulus to all.

LONDON LOCAL PREACHERS.

The monthly meeting of the South London Local Preachers was held at Kellaway Street Chapel on May 18th. The subject for consideration was " Echoes of the District Meeting," given by Messrs. Walker and Lynn. The two reports were full of interest. Much information was given, and the meeting was full of profit. Both speakers spoke of the good feeling that prevailed, but regretted that so little was said in the Synod on Local Preacher Training and that so little time was devoted to the work of God in the churches. For enthusiasm, numbers in attendance, the tone of the public services, the ordination service, and the outdoor meetings, little was left to be desired. Special allusion was made to Rev. J. Tolefree Parr's ordination charge, and to Rev. G. Trusler's address. Difference of opinion was expressed relative to the probationers who were finishing, but agreement was found in that though there were considerable differences, yet both probationers were excellent. Thanks were warmly accorded to Messrs. Walker and Lynn for their " echoes."

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Results of Examination.

The above Council had before it, at its meeting at the Holborn Hall, on May 15th, the results of the recent examination. The Secretary reported that there had been 136 examinees, this being an increase of 23 on last year. Of these, 56 had taken two or more subjects, the total number of papers dealt with being 212. Out of the Districts sending in examinees, Sunderland and New-castle District took the first place with 31, followed by Manchester District with 14. Only six of the Home Dis-tricts sent no examinees, and in some of these it was reported. that conferences had been held and good work done. The subjects and text-books which have consti-tuted the Correspondence Courses for the past year were re-adopted, and it was decided to make Practical Homi-letics an additional part of the Advanced Course, the general tutors in this subject to be Rev. J. Ritson and Mr. H. Jeffs. Arrangements were made to allow students who had won prizes to make their own selection of books, which, together with certificates, will be for-warded as speedily as possible to all who have earned them. The following are the detailed results of the examination, except that no announcement is here made in cases where an examinee has obtained fewer than 40 marks for a paper, the maximum being 100 :—

Primary Course.

Townsend's " Handbook of Christian Doctrine."—C. E. Bird, 62 ; D. Bone, 85 ; R. Browell, 64 ; W. E. Burkitt, 80 ; G. Clark, 87 ; J. Clark, 86 ; W. Clayton, 40 ; J. Daw-son, 44 ; D. Elliott, 56 ; F. Elliott, 89 ; J. Elliott, 73 ; G. T. Ganderton, 56 ; J. E. Grey, 82 ; W. H. Harrison, 66 ; A. D. Henderson; 90 ; N. H. Jenkins; 45 ; W. H. Mason, 58 ; W. McFarlane, 5&; H. Mills, 50 ; J. Naylor, 50 ; T. Paxton, 52 ; E. Randall, 55 ; J. Richmond, 50 ; John Staines, 41 ; Jos. Staines, 50 ; W. H. Taylor, 40 ; D. F. Wallace, 60.

Robertson's "Old Testament and its Contents." —D.' Beynon, 75 ; A. Chapman, 80 ; W. Chapman, 79 ; G. T. Ganderton, 59 ; J. E. Gin, 97 ; F. Hayden, 73 ; P. Holmes, 42 ; W. H. Ingram, 87 ; T. Mayhew, 67 ; T. Paxton, 50 ; W. Skelton, 85 ; A. G. Tanner, 89 ; F. Tanner, 93 ; A. Taylor, 54 ; W. Todd, 73 ; J. W. Whittock, 76.

Currie Martin's "Books of the New Testament."— D. Beynon, 85 ; J..T. Cooper, 58 ; R. Dobbin, 47 ; G. T. Ganderton, 83 ; • E. Grey, 92 ; P. Hannah, 65 ; F. Hayden, 63 ; 0. F. Horton, 77 ; R. J. G. Lloyd, 42 ; W. Rayner, 58 ; J. Rogers, 60 ; J. R. Smith, 70 ; A. G. Tanner, 81 ; W. West, 61.

Robertson's " Our Lord's Teaching."—G. Bedford, 50 ; A. Coulthard, ; J. Cutter, 80 ; • J. Forbes, 86 ; P. Hand- ley, 88 ; W. H. Harrison, 96 ; E. Hill, 72 ; W. Hince, 73 ; T. Howell, 83 ; J. Johnston, 70 ; J. A. Radley, 54 ; W. Rayner, 50 ; 0. W. Simpson, 48 ; C. 0. Smelt, 73 ; J. W. Soulsby, 62 ; C. Stanley, 70.

Clapperton's " Manual for Local Preachers."—R. E. Adams, 94 ; S. F. Armstrong, 100 ; J. W. Bairstow, 70 ; C. W. Belshaw, 88 ; J. Cawley, 76 ; J. Dawson, 84 ; Dinsdale, 56 ; P. Gargett, 80 ; • J. C. Hodgson, 91 ; E. B. Holtby, 68 ; L. Jones, 60 ; J. Naylor, 67 ; J. II. Roberts, 50 ; W. Tasker, 95 ; J. Tinsley, 68.

Kendall's " Primitive Methodist Church Principles, &c." —G. H, Beedham, 69 ; W. E. Burkitt, 86 ; • J. Cawley, 85 ; A. Chapman, 87 ; J. Coates, 74 ; J. Dinsdale, 71 ; T. Featherstone, 81 ; G. T. Ganderton, 85 ; J. W. Gibson, 77 ; J. Hall, 64 ; J. J. H. Hattrick, 84 ; F. Hayden, 74 ; E. B. Holtby, 78 ; G. H. Howells, 82 ; J. Jefferson, 83 ; J. T. Lyon, 71 ; H. Manley, 77 •, A. B. ltlatzer, 98 ; M. Middleton, 77 ; J. Monk, 83 ; A. Poulson, 96 ; S. Purnell, 72 ; R. S. Rack, 40 ; E. Randall, 91 ; A. H. Riddick, 65 ; R. F. Skinner, 78 ; J. W. Slack, 95 ; J. R. Smith, 84 ; C. Stanley, 87 ; • A. Taylor, 64 ; W. Trevivian, 74 ; E. Walden, 96 ; J. H. Walker, 70 ; J. W. Ring, 58.

Stewart's " Handbook of Christian Eridences."—R. E. Adams, 72 ; A Baxter, 69 ; D. Beynon, 68 ; L. Brice, 56 ; W. F. Carter, 74 ; C. II. Dawson, 57 ; E. B. Holtby, 63 ; W. Hutton, 52 ; J. T. Lyon, 52 ; H. Manley, 60 ; S. H. Pashley, 77 ; A. Poulson, 78 ; A. H. Riddick, 69 ; J. H. Roberts, 60 ; J. Rogers, 70 ; L. Smith, 54 ; J. H. Speak-man, 56 ; A. G. Tanner, 79 ; F. Tanner, 74 ; C. Wacey, 73.

Kilpatrick's " Christian Character."—L. Brice, 57 ; W. F. Carter, 80 ; E. Davidson, 79 ; D. Evans, 75 ; W. Hutton, 60 : A. F. Sheldrake, 81 ; C. 0. Smelt, 77 ; J. W. Soulsby, 64.

Mackie's " Bible Manners and Customs."—C. W. Bel-shaw, 78 ; G. M. Cairns, 77 ; A. Coulthard, 81 ; F. G. Creasey, 74 ; H. Davies, 77 ; W. Hince, 88 ; A. H. Rid-dick, 96 ; J. Smith, 92.

Meiklejohn's "Short English Grammar."—T. Beckwith, 60 ; C. E. Bird, 59 ; W. E. Burkitt, 80 ; J. Cawley, 65 ; W. Clayton, 55 ; J. Coates, 51 ; F. G. Creasey, 53 ; J. Dawson, 43 ; T. Featherstone, 72 ; G. T. Ganderton, 61 ; P. Hannah, 52 ; J. Jefferson, 73 ; N. H. Jenkins, 81 ; J. T. Lyon, 53 ; J. Naylor, 69 ; A. Poulson, 91 ; E. Randall, 98 ; J. H. Speakman, 60 ; J. Tinsley, 75 ; W. Trevivian, 57 ; E. A. Wagg, 73.

Advanced Course.

Clarke's " Outline of Christian Theology," Section A.— E. Davidson, 50 ; It. Dobbin, 50 ; P. Hannah, 82. Sec-tion B: F. H. Morgan, 86 ; F. Tanner, 73.

Garvie's " Romans."—A. Coulthard, 60 ; J. A. Millar, 83 ; F. H. Morgan, 89 ; E. Redhead, 74 ; J. Webb, 90.

Ruskin's "Crown of Wild Olive."—F, Brooker, 85 ; B. Chambers. 87 ; J. T. Dover, 86; G. Gleghorn, 81 ; E. Ingham, 84 ; W. McHugh, 85 ; R. Rawstorne, 88; M., Sanderson, 89.

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What our Readers Say.

A Connexional Increase Campaign. Sm,—Your readers have learned from your note in

'` Table Talk " that two of the Districts have resolved' upon a District Increase Campaign.

But may I ask : Is it not of God that a Connexional Increase Campaign should be at once inaugurated through-out all the Districts ? Is not the Bradford Increase Cam-paign and its blessed results God's own object-lesson held up, to the view of all our churches? -If in all the Districts of the Connexion the same spirit be found as at Bradford, and if similar steps be taken, then is it not clear that the results will be the same? In this way the Connexional Revival hoped for during the Centenary period will be realised. I am most glad, Mr. Editor, that you have already begun to advocate such a movement, and I hope the outcome will be that when the coming Conference assembles it will be predisposed to recommend all the Districts to adopt and foster the project of a Connexional Increase Campaign. There was a note, in one of the religious weeklies for May 4th, to the effect that the General Committee had recommended all the Districts, through the respective G.C.D.s, to follow the lead of Brad-ford. Unfortunately, this was not accurate. But it is not too late, if the Conference itself will issue the sug-gested recommendation and all the Districts will heartily act upon it and at at once.

It is a joy to read in this morning's Leader Rev. J. T. Goodacre's article upon the Liverpool District League of Increase. And on behalf of the Salisbury and South-ampton District Meeting I venture to outline its action. This District reports an increase, but the Connexional decrease lies, upon our hearts. And it was felt in the Synod that the whole question resolves itself into one of personal heart-searching and personal adjustment to the

-will of God ; and it was further realised that we must all devote ourselves with still more heart, energy, and hope to the distinct work of saving souls. To stimulate to this work a District Increase Campaign was resolved upon, and a minister appointed as secretary. -A circular signed by all the District secretaries is about to be issued to all the June Quarterly Meetings (in sufficient quantity for distribution among the officials) calling attention to the Divine object-lesson of the Bradford Increase Campaign and making suggestions. Rev. J. J. Reeves' article is to be reprinted on the fly-leaf of the circular (your permission having been obtained). At present we only make three suggestions for incorporation with what the circuits them-selves may resolve upon : (1) That with a view to the revival of the soul-saving 'spirit and work each circuit shall arrange for public meetings in connection with its different Societies, to be addressed by the circuit ministers, local preachers and officials ; (2) that a circuit gathering be arranged, to be addressed by ministers and laymen of the District ; and (3) that as far as practicable evangelistic missions be arranged to follow the meetings above recom-mended. The discussion in the Synod was enthusiastic, and expression was given to the hope that this movement may lead to our securing in a larger degree the salvation of souls in connection with the ordinary services.

I contribute this information hoping that the Districts will mutually stimulate each other and that the whole Connexion will respond. If this be the result, then great gladness will be given to the best friends of Primitive Methodism within and without our borders. Sir W. Robertson-Nicoll's sentences in the " British Weekly," penned after reading in your columns the article upon the Bradford Increase Campaign, is evidence of this. And possibly God may in this way use our beloved Church to give lead to the Churches of the land in securing that increase of membership for which all earnest Christians are so deeply longing.—Yours, etc.,

Bournemouth, May 18th, 1911. ARTHUR WARD.

The Missionary Funds. Sin,—On Tuesday Rev. A. T. Guttery made a spirited

.ppeal for more contributors to the missionary funds. In view of the urgent necessity of the case and the great era we believe we are entering upon, could we not at once begin to formulate some scheme that would have attrac-tions for all our members, Whether rich or poor ? I would suggest that on the next May Missionary Anniversary we leave a "Connexional Sale of Gifts." It might be a small beginning, but if properly worked and managed it would attain magnificent dimensions as the years go by. I simply throw out the idea, and will not enlarge upon it, but leave it for the "powers that be" to discuss. Money we must have if the open doors are to be, entered, and so additional means for raising it must be used. Trusting that other ideas may also come to hand, and that some-thing practical may be the outcome of them.—Yours, etc.,

MADELINA HADDOW.

Trades Union Labour. reading over the reports of our district meet-

ing I was pleased to see that one synod had passed a reso-lution recommending the Connexion to support trades union labour, and give out contracts under fair condi-tions, and I consider this a necessary step to take up. Some of our churches will always accept the lowest tender, and never inquire how the work is being produced, whether under the sweating principle, or other cut-throat methods, and considering we have so many local preachers and other Christian workers who are also engaged in the trades union movement, they should receive some en-couragement, and indeed they do from many churches, but not all. After all, what is a trades union ? It is an organisation, of men who are desirous of helping them-selves in the way of protecting their own trade and raising the status of that trade ; it also enables an employer, who is anxious to be just and honest, to pay a fair wage. It )helps a man to realise the brotherhood of man, helping

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Post Office Reforms. The annual statement of Mr. Herbert Samuel,

Postmaster-General, announced some very welcome reforms. Post cards and letter cards will in future be sold at their face value, which is certain to enormously increase their sale. We are glad to learn that our

stamps are to be better perforated, so that it will nc longer be necessary to exercise extreme care in tearing them asunder. The foreign parcels rate is to be re-duced 20 per cent., and it will be a boon to be able to register the posting of a letter for the sum of a halfpenny: This does not guarantee the safe passage of a letter, but will provide official evidence that a letter was posted. At present the only way of secur-ing that evidence is to register the letter in the ordinary way. The taking over of the National Tele-phone company's concern will occur on January 1st next, and- there is a prospect in the near future of this great boon being placed within the reach of masses of people who are • at present debarred from availing themselves of it. Half a dozen farmers will be able to use the telephone at a cost of £3, which will be of immense value in agricultural districts. The experi-ment made by the farmers of Brandsby, in Yorkshire, has been- a triumphant success, and is calculated to have saved them £100 in a few months.

The French Aviation Disaster. Fatal aviation disasters are of such frequent occur-

rence that they receive comparatively little attention ; but the terrible disaster in France has called forth the sympathy of the whole world. The accident, which struck down two of the most--famous statesmen of France, once more reminds us that the aeroplane may be as dangerous to the spectator as to the aviator. The death of the French War Minister and the serious injuries sustained by the French Premier may have, however, serious international consequences. The composition of the French Cabinet was a compromise by which one political force was balanced against an-other. The death of M. Berteaux upsets the balance, and if, as a result, the Cabinet is to be dominated by M. Delcasse, it will not only involve political com-plications in France, but, in view of the Moroccan adventure, may produce international complications of a serious character. If the injured Premier is able to retain office these dangers may be avoided, but at the moment everything is uncertain.

A Revolution in Cooking. Simple discoveries sometimes have far-reaching

consequences. M. Soyer has discovered that food of all kinds can be more easily, more quickly, more cheaply and more satisfactorily cooked in paper bags than by the usual methods. The bags are thick and waterproof. The food is prepared in the usual way, and then placed in the paper bag, which is folded over at the top and hermetically sealed by means of a small clip. Next, the bag is placed on an iron wire grid, already heated, and in a marvellously short time the cooking is complete. It is said the bags will cost less than the soap and soda now used for washing up cook-ing utensils, and that there is a saving in the gas bill of 40 per cent. Specimen bags are being distributed by the Daily News gratis, and where personal applica-tion cannot be made a letter accompanied by a penny stamp will secure the same object. A very little re-flection will reveal the enormous possibilities of this simple discovery.

The Mormon Propaganda. A reader is anxious that we should warn our people-

against the wiles of the Mormon missionaries. We are not disposed to think that any Primitive Methodists are in danger of being influenced in this way, but, lest we should be mistaken, we may assure our readers that people who leave this country for Utah under Mormon auspices run tremendous risks. We do not think Americans are in much danger of being beguiled in this way ; they are too near Utah and know too much. An Anti-Mormon demonstration at the Holborn Hall was said by. a certain evening paper which has been running this movement for all it is worth to have pronounced the doom of Mormonism in this country. We are afraid that this, like many other doomed things, will survive a good while. Bishop Welldon was in the chair, and declared himself heart and soul in sympathy with the object of the meeting. He quoted statements to the effect that polygamy has never been really abandoned by the Mormons, either in theory or in practice. A Liverpool vicar made some startling, allegations about young girls having, to his knowledge, been beguiled into leaving their homes and emigrating to Utah. It would be of great value if we could get reliable evidence of their subsequent history ; but this is just where the difficulty lies. Mr. W. T. Stead addressed a long and vehement letter to the paper which has been dealing with this question the other day, in which he denounced the whole anti-Mormon crusade as religious persecution, and " an outrage upon the fundamental principle of religious liberty." He declared that not one single case had been substantiated of an English girl who has been lured into polygamous relations here or in Utah by any Mormon emissary. We can only repeat that, apart from all this, those who allow themselves to emigrate under Mormon auspices run tremendous risks. As for the " missionaries," there has long been

The Imperial Conference. The Prime Minister opened the Imperial Con.:

ference on Tuesday, and delivered a fine oration on the meaning and the evolution of Empire. Centrali-sation he pronounced absurd, and disintegration in-creasingly impossible. Each section of the Empire is, and intends to remain, master in its own house-hold—units in a greater unity. We do not anticipate that the Conference will occupy itself with such grandiose scheme's as were vaguely shadowed forth by some of its predecessprs. As Sir Wilfrid Laurier says, its decisions will be " neither sensational nor dramatic, but will conduce to good results." Im- perial Defence will be one of the earliest subjects under consideration ; and all round we anticipate the democratic spirit of the great Dominions will exert a healthy influence on the political situation.

HARTLEY COLLEGE COMMITTEE.

There was a large attendance at this important Com-mittee, which was held in Rylands Library, Manchester, on Thursday last. Rev. J. Swinden presided, and the business was introduced by Rev. G. Armitage, College Secretary. Considerable time was spent in considering the case of an ex-student who, after spending a year in the College resigned on the ground that he feared he could. never reach, his high ideal of ministerial life. Since returning to his own circuit and labouring with gnat success, he has become fully convinced that his call is to the ministry. He therefore applied to be re-admitted as a student. The highest testimony was given of his high character and ability. A sub-committee had also interviewed him, and eventually it was decided to urge the Conference to alloy the applicant to enter as a first year's student, with the understanding that he shall remain three years in College if required to do so. The Principal reported that another student belonging to the first year lad volunteered to serve in Africa—making the fourth freshman to offer for work on the foreign field. The executors of the late Rev.. R. S. Blair had forwarded four oil paintings, which had been left by will to the College, and they intimated that after several payments had been made the College was the residuary legatee.

Rev. W. Barker, Secretary of Conference, and one of the College auditors, presented the balance-sheet for the past year. A long discussion followed 'on the financial requirements of the College. At the very least £3,800 will be required to meet the expenditure for next year. Con-sidering the state of the Connexional Fund, the greatest anxiety was manifested to reduce the application to Con-ference to its utmost limits. Eventually it was decided to apply for a grant of £1,700, but, in the opinion of the College Treasurer, this would not enable him to meet the outgo. The maintenance and education of each student now costs a little over £49 per year. In all likelihood all the third year's men and several of the second year will be called into active work by the coming Conference. The Committee decided to recommend that the same number of new students enter College next year as the number called out by. Conference. If this be done the College will have 75 students next year. Legislation was approved and ordered to be forwarded which, if adopted, will reduce the probationary term of all students who take an extended course and secure a degree in Arts or Divinity during their stay at the College. Six men are now attending the University, in additionjo their theo-logical work 'at the College. Four are studying for the B.D. degree, one for Honours B.A. (in Philosophy), and one has already taken the second examination as a Bachelor of Medicine. The officers and staff were re-appointed, and Revs. W. Barker, J. S. White, Dr. Booth, and Mr. A. E. Calvert were elected on the Committee as the College representatives. The nominations sent up from the District Synods were approved and accepted.

DIAMOND WEDDING. EVANS—FLETCHER. —On May 20th. 1851, at the Primitive

Methodist Chapel. Ludlow, by Rev. Joseph Mir'illeton, Joh' Evans to Sarah Fletcher. Springfield, Ashford, Ludlow, late of the Lodge Farm, Broneroft, Craven Arms,

The. Final Stage. In moving the second reading of the Parliament;

Bill in the Lords, Viscount Morley delivered a speech worthy of the occasion, informed from first to last by the historical spirit, and serving to reveal even to the House of Lords the fact that this Bill but marks a further stage in an inevitable process of evolution. In his fine defence of the Commons as against the Lords there was one dramatic touch, • when Lord Milner and Lord Lansdowne were reminded how they at a critical juncture wrote down their reputation, as statesmen by denouncing the grant of self-government to South Africa. Lord Midleton, in a speech on an altogether lower level, intimated that the second reading would not be opposed, but that grave amend-ments would be proposed in Committee. But the threat that the Tory party will, by and bye, tear up the Act, serves to indicate that there is no longer any hope of amending, still less of defeating, the Bill. That the Peers should pass the second reading of Lord Lansdowne's " Death-Blow Bill " without a division, and then do the same with the Parliament Bill, shows that their education is, after all, making progress. What a time the poor Backwoodsmen are having ! . -

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THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. MAY 25, 1911

THE CENTENARY 'FUND.

Lest We Forget.

Many friends during the four years have ardently ex-pressed their intention to " do something " before the close of the Centenary period. Some few have redeemed their promises, but we are persuaded that many still need to carry out their good intention. We should be glad to hear from these, either through the circuit treasurers or directly. Every sum sent before Conference adds to the weight and joy of the report to be presented to the assembly.

A Shower at Bradford.

While hoping for excellent weather for the Conference and the Coronation which immediately follows, a heavy shower would be very acceptable. We should like a shower of gifts during the sessions. The Central Fund would be materially aided by the receipt of numerous gifts just before and during the meetings. Bradford has done well with its membership campaign, more than succeeding in its specified aim and purpose. Why not cheer the hearts of the Bradford people and the Centenary officials by a shower of small gifts? Sovereigns, half-sovereigns, crowns and half-crowns in a steady downpour would be refreshing. Gifts may be sent to York, or, after the Conference opens. to " Centenary Office, Central Hall, Bradford, Yorks.' Circuits will be credited with all gifts sent direct.

The Centenary and Africa.

The letters that reach us show a deepening interest in African work, for which some of the Central Fund will be allocated. It is always pleasing to receive letters which show that people can see beyond the gift itself to what the gift may accomplish. The Centenary Fund stands for more work in Africa, where remarkable success is being realised. Every sovereign counts for a larger Primitive Methodism, a brighter Africa, or a better Eng-land. Here is a cheque from Mrs. Chapple, a lady of more than seventy, for purely African work. She has been recently reading of denominational activity in that continent, and this is the outcome. Really, we are a little curious to know if it is Mr. Gthapman's excellent volume " The Pathfinder" she has perused. At Easter £2 came from Rev. Jabez and Mr. Enoch Bell in memory of their mother, and now a further P.O. for £1 represents 10s. each from Dorothy and Renie Bell " in memory of grand-ma." These gifts are lust " a little more" added to larger sums. When letters like these come along, is it surpris-ing that we think it is quite in the hearts of Primitive Methodists to send us that Bradfoid shower, if only they got the idea? We will gladly devote other gifts to Africa,

'or church extension, or social service, or any other purpose comprehended in our great project.

Good Old Brinkworth:

Several Districts that come to acknowledge they could not possibly reach the 10s. standard are nevertheless reaching forward beyond present attainments. Among these, is Brinkworth and Swindon. A few weeks ago the average stood at 4s. 11d. per member for the Central Fund. Arising out of a discussion in District Committee, the matter was presented to the Synod by Alderman C. Hill, of Swindon, with the happy result that a pledge was given to lift the contribution to 6s. , That involves addi-tional income to the figure of £210. Confidence was felt that the circuits among them could manage that amount. Anyway. a "call" has gone out, and we know the Primi-tives of Wilts, Berks and Oxon well enough to feel sure that the response will be gratifying."

What a Circuit Can Do. Circuit influence is powerful, and Brinkworth example

will count in the District of which it stands at the head. It is the spirit of a circuit that tells. " An Old Brink-worthian " sends 2s. 10d. in memory of the glorious men who laboured in those parts. At the Synod, Mr. C. J. Iles felt sure his circuit would respond. It was at Brink-worth that the Centenary cattle sale took place, and last Conference Mr. Iles and Mr. Webb each promised another calf. The same spirit obtains elsewhere in the District. Rev. J. T. Stead, Alderman Hill, and Mr. C. Viner, of Walley. are anxious to reach the revised aim, and we hope they will have that joy.

What Delegates Can Do.

A delegate writes as though he would not feel comfort-able in the Conference if his circuit did not come up to the mark for the Central Fund. That feeling is not un-natural, and our friend who wants to bring the complet-ing gifts from his circuit has an ambition worth copying. How many more delegates could bring to the annual Parlia-ment gifts from their acquaintances to swell the Centenary exchequer ? It is to be expected that every man who sits in the Conference will have made his own contribution for the advance of the church of which he is for the time being a legislator and administrator. How many could bring donations from friends to swell the Central Fund ? In some cases a delegate could bring from his June Quarterly Meeting a pledge of £10, £25, or even £50, to lift the fund nearer the £100,000 mark. Will brethren honoured with election please ponder these things?

Two Words to the Ministers. (1) The Centenary returns, for which we have repeatedly,

asked, do not come to hand, and how serious the delin-quency is may be gathered from this :—In. Tunstall Dis-trict 11 circuits have neglected to report ; in Nottingham the number is 23, in Hull 9, Sunderland 14, and some others are even worse. Will all those concerned ask themselves how they would prepare a report if they had a similar experience?

(2) Letters are constantly reaching the Secretary from ministers in this strain : —" My predecessor promised so much ; has he paid?" Thi: discloses a real difficulty, which we are trying daily to meet. Many who have

removed before completing their payments have written us and the position is made clear, but many have not. Will all who- are in this negative list kindly communicate with us and tell us how and where they wish to pay? They would do us a real service if they would oblige.

GEORGE ARMSTRONG. TROMA.S GRA.HAEL

42, Monkgate, York.

THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION.

2,307 Payments. We talk of the " almighty dollar" and the " nimble

sixpence," but the Methodist penny still holds its own in popularity and power. When the Centenary Fund was launched, Miss Elsie Holroyd, of Ebenezer, Hull, initiated a penny scheme. Her plan was to get each member of Mrs. Tyler's class to contribute a penny a week. To secure the..promises involved a mdasure of persistent toil, but to collect the weekly pennies meant hard labour. Soon the contributors began to remove to distant parts of the city. Miss Holroyd felt. that, never-theless, the pennies should still flow in even if they had sometimes to come in copper cascades. At the end of three years her friends have contributed no less than £16 5s., and to reach'that total the fair and enterprising secretary has received no less than 2,307 payments.

By Juniors. It should not be overlooked that this sum has been

raised among juniors by a junior secretary. It is a tribute to Ebenezer that it has a class of young people willing to pay a weekly penny for so long a period, and a member who can stick to collecting so long. Mrs. Tyler must be proud of them, and also their minister, Rev. J. H. Hirst. When Miss Holroyd began she was quite a young lady, not more than sixteen, at any rate. Of course, by this time she will be three or four years older, and it is not surprising that she has become secretary to the class.

Primitive Pensioners. We have not met with any calculation as to the number

of Primitive Methodist pensioners, but thereseems to be an impressive number who wish to share in the Centenary Fund. These Primitive pensioners are proud Primitives. Sometimes the letters are not easy to decipher, the hand becomes shaky in the use of pens after three score years and ten, but the denominational spirit throbs in these brief epistles. The latest contribution is one of 2s. 5d. from one whose name and District are not to be named. " The Lord knoweth them that are His."

• The Secretary at Whitehaven.

Rev. G. Armstrong has recently visited Whitehaven and had a splendid week-end. For the Central Fund the week-day audience contributed £20 in cash, and -made promises to be realised later. These were nearly all new promises and gifts. Rev. J: Graham has done excellent work in this department since going to the station last July. T. G.

CLAPTON MISSION ANNIVERSARY.

Saturday and Monday, May 13th and 15th, were red-letter days at Clapton. They rank amongst the very best we have ever experienced in connection with the mission. At Southwold Road on the Saturday we celebrated the first anniversary of the stone-laying ceremony of the new church and schools. In the afternoon a bright service was held, when fine addresses were given by Mr. H. Chesney and Rev. D. Lindsey. Miss Thorne and Mr. H. Hornegold rendered excellent service as soloists, and Mr. R. Stather served us well as chairman. A public tea followed, when we had the joy of seeing the schoolroom crowded. Then the long-looked-for thanksgiving meeting' was held, when the church was well filled and the school-room almost full. The chairman (Alderman E. C. Rawlings. J.P.) and the speakers (Revs. H. J. Taylor, A. T. Guttery, and T. Jackson) all had a good time ; they gave us of their best, to the delight of the audience. Rev. J. K. Ellwood, in giving the financial report,. stated that a year and eight months ago, when it was decided to build the church and schools, they had not one penny towards the project. He was able, however, to report that during that short interval £702 had been raised, including £100 from the General Missionary Fund and £50 from the Hartley London Debt Reduction Fund. Grateful mention was made that a local Congregationalist (Mr. E. J. Carter, J.P.) had contributed £50. With these cheering facts in mind it was no wonder that the meeting was a good one. An anthem was rendered by the Clapton Park Choir, under the leadership of Mr. A. P. Burr. Mr. W. G. Hennell presided at the organ, and Miss Thorne sang with pleasing effect.

On the Monday the annual public meeting of the Clapton Park Tabernacle Social Agencies was held. Here again everything combined to make a good meeting. The Tabernacle was practically full, and the platform was one of the best we have ever had. Much to our regret, our popular friend, Mr. J. G. Marriott, whom we hoped to have with us as chairman again, was unable through illness to be present. Rev. T. Jackson, the founder of the mission, presided, and he was supported by Revs. G. Bennett and William Younger. Each speaker had a good time, and gave expression to thoughts that will contri-bute to the permanent enrichment of the church. And then we had the extra luxury of three solos from Mr. Tom Holland. Everybody was deeply moved as this prince of singers sang in his own whole-hearted fashion. Rev. J. K. Ellwood submitted a report of the year's work. He stated that an increasingly useful work had been done among the poor women and children of Lower Clanton ; that the Tabernacle and Southwold Road schoolrooms

were open all the year round as breakfast and dinner centres for poor children ; just on 100 poor women had been taken to Southend for a day's outing, and 250 children to the Epping Forest for their annual picnic. At Christmas a dinner had been given to 600 poor persons, 100 families one hundredweight of coals`each, a tea and entertainment to the poor children at each mission centre. In addition, crippled children and afflicted adults had been sent to the country and seaside homes for prolonged holidays. Over 500 grocery and bread tickets had been supplied to needy and deserving cases, articles of clothing to many of the most destitute. Friends were thanked for their continued interest in, and support of, the social agencies of the mission. The meeting altogether was a great success, and will live long in the memories of all who were present.

WHITECHAPEL MEDICAL MISSION

The annual meeting was held in Brunswick Hall on Monday, May 15th. The Vice-President of Conference presided, and was supported by Dr. Gittens, Revs. A. T. Guttery, H. J. Taylor, Mr. George Nokes, and others. The reports were submitted lay the Superintendent, Rev. Thomas Jackson, and Dr. Gittens, the Medical Officer. It was stated that the past year had been one of the most useful and successful since the dispensary was opened. The number of patients assisted during the year was 11,473, being an increase of 1,635 on the year. Those who are in needy circumstances are welcome at the dispensary, and, without respect of persons, are treated considerately and efficiently by the Medical Officer. The increase in the popularity of.the Medical Mission showed very clearly that it is meeting a need that neither the hospitals nor the poor-law infirmary are meeting. To many of the respectable poor the poor law is objectionable, and many prefer to suffer rather than have the stigma of pauperism attaching to them. On the other hand, the inconsiderate-ness of requiring out-patients to wait often for Inurs before receiving attention detracts seriously from the service the hospital might render to the sick poor. The total expenditure for the year, not including any charge for lighting and heating; was £276 17s. 6d. The income frdm the patients' fees, £160 14s. 4d. ; Mr. J. Calow's gift of drugs, £98 10s. 2d. ; making a total income of £268 4s. 6d., thus leaving a small deficit of £8 13s. The average cost per patient only amounted to 51(1., and towards this the patients have contributed an average of 3d. each. Very. appreciative addresses were given by the before-named gentlemen, who expressed admiration of the work Mr. Jackson and his co-workers were doing in Whitechapel. An interesting feature of the proceed-ings was the remarkable singing of the famous soloist, Mr. Tom Holland, from the North of England, who enrap-tured the crowded audience. - A collection was taken for the Medical Mission. It was the unanimous opinion that of the many successful gatherings held at Brunswick Hall this was the best.

ST. ANNES-ON-SEA.

. Gratitude demands acknowledgment of " helps " by the way. Scholes Circuit, where Rev. J. H. Robertshaw is doing excellent service in his native District, gave us gracious hospitality for a week-end and an encouraging lift. Heartsome folk and kindly we found them at every place. Kiveton Park, too, has been forward to assist, and Dinnington most generously offered for a second effort. Fine and fair we account such large-hearted sympathy. Rev. B. Arnfield has always stood by us in our enternrises, a generous and unfailing stay. He is leaving Kiveton after four years' ministry, and the circuit's recent record will be of special cheer in these days, when many of us are suffering defeat and set-back and " men's hearts aro failing them for fear." The latest achievement is the securing of a splendid gift of freehold land at Maltby, from the Maltby Main Colliery Company, 3,961 square yards, a grand site for new church and schools in this rapidly growing village, and a wholly new venture. A while since the Dinnington Main people gave the Dinnington site •about 3,300 yards, and during Mr. Arnfield's time the buildings there have been ex-tended at a cost of £700, but they still need their church. There is throbbing life and vigour at this absolutely new Primitive Methodist cause. The township is extending vastly, and we found local preachers enough to make a very timid " traveller" like ourselves tremble. But they are sympathetic folk, rare sermon-tasters, and ready for a glorious prayer-meeting, which, thank God, we hail.

At Kiveton Park a great Sunday-school extension at considerable cost has been effected. and hero again Mr. _ Arnfield's wide-awake alertness has been peculiarly advan-tageous as to light and law and other things, and here again the Colliery Company have liberally helped. A delightful feature, that might be adopted with great gain in many places, was the planting of the grounds in front with shrubs and trees, making the approach to the church a charm. The circuit membership in these four years has leapt from 280 to 405, an increase of 125. Missionary moneys have advanced commensurately, from £11 7s. 3d. in 1904 to £38 ls. 70. this year. For a tight corner in circuit work there are very few one would so soon choose as comrade in arms as our friend Arnfield. Our Sunday at Kiveton Park was a joy ; the officials were keenly interested in our work and genuinely sympathetic, the worship was inspiring, the music a delight, the prayer-meeting mighty and not without " signs following."

" Sunrise." St. Annes-on-the-Sea. G. BICHENO.

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THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. 347 • •

THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.

International Lesson for Sunday, June 4, 1911: John xiv. 15-27. G.T., John xiv. 16.

By Henry J. Pickett,

I.—Pentecost was the.feast introducing the happy, glori-ous harveSt time. Under the Christian dispensation it introduces the first and ever-increasing ingathering of the Saviour's work of teaching and suffering. It began the universal era of the Lord's mission, for which all the centuries of preparation—some part of which we have been lately examining—had been given. Whit-Sunday, or White-Sunday as it was known earlier, suggesting the purity of the spirit, is one of the most glorious festivals of the year. Its outlook is the world. Its watchword is expansion. Its consRicuous note is victory.

1L—But this vision, watchword, and joy of triumph can only be seen and understood by lovers. That is the key-note of this particular study. It is repeated many times over by the Master. "Spirit with spirit loth meet.' These words were spoken to disciples

, not to a mixed crowd.

They are the "secrets of the Lord," uttered to those who fear Him. And "belief " or "unquestioning faith" in Jesus had just been laid down as the condition of active participation in the new life of this wider dispensation (see v. 121. And out of such surrender—a cause and a fruit—comes the love and obedience referred to in the verses for study, and which are proved by the growing culture, strength, and beauty of the indwelling Spirit's

III.—Vv. 15, 17, 19, 21-24 are full of teaching as

To Whom the Spirit Comes. The Revised Version of v. 15 should be examined as re-vealing the quiet, glad confidence of the Master, in entrust-ing to the keeping and service of frail human nature so precious and so essential a gift as His Spirit, and it is important as giving the key to all that follows. " If ye love me, ye will," I know you will, "keep my command-ments," treasuring them as a precious keepsake, and doing all they ask, not as a duty, but as a gracious privilege. " The world cannot receive," neither the Spirit, nor the understanding that accompanies His entrance, because the world loves its own, seeks its own, is blind and deaf to any beauty or voice other than its own selfish set. 'That is the explanation of vv. 17, 19.

(a) Lovers, (b) lovers whose passion makes obedience easy, (c) lovers whose love and obedience secures growing insight (see v. 19, v. 21)—to all such the Spirit is given without measure or stint. -They become proficient, powerful; victorious. There is nothing here not true of other realms. Lovers of music, of nature, of any particular hobby, of ionic, of game—these find exercises a pleasure, practice a delight, even difficulty a spur to effort. They " will," spite of any antagonism or temptation, " keep the commandments" of their darling passion. That deter-mination guarantees unceasing obedience, and with such practice knowledge, insight, certainty—things entirely foreign and mysterious to others—become the increasing joy of life. We may become proficient in the lore of the Spirit precisely as proficiency is reached in any other pursuit.

IV.--V. 26 declares fully and directly

What the Spilt Does for those who have met the above conditions. The Spirit, even as Jesus in the days of His flesh, can only commune with lovers, with willing, whole-hearted friends. The teacher should point out that John only uses this term "Comforter" in describing ChrisI's larger ministry, and, that the term means much more than the old idea of consoling or soothing, as when a mother comforts her child in trouble. Its original use meant " one who is called to the aid of another," as an advocate in a court of law, one we can summon to our assistance.

(a) Our " Strengthener " would be an entirely correct interpretation. And this is what Christ in His Spiritual Presence really and constantly is to His own. What a glorious gospel is that for our weakness, our daily temp-tation, our home and business difficulties! Did we grasp that each day and all day, we should understand what it is to be " more than conquerors."

(b). Our Instructor and Prompter (see v. 26). Infallible, instantaneous, inseparable. What the Society of Friends call "the Inward Light " is really the indwelling Spirit of Truth. An entirely instructed conscience, an inward., remembrancer, reminding us of elementary words of Jesus otherwise buried and lost sight of under the pressure of life's calls. This constant ministry of instruction secures growing efficiency, and that again, in Christian life, means growing beauty. Such disciples present the picture described in Gal. v. 22, 23.

V.—But there is beyond all this, which works from within outward, a distinct impartation of blessing peculiar to Christ's school of disciples. V. 27 declares

What the Spirit Gives. (a) Security, (b) freedom from internal foes, (c) joy -un-affected by any external circumstance—all this is included in the closing bequest and invitation of this study.

And the reason for it all is not far to seek. Lovers of Jesus, obedient to His law, obtaining, through over-growing familiarity with Him, insight into His mind, are at peace with God, at peace with their own inner nature, and therefore free to spend all their energies in promoting the same happy conditions among others.

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• THE BABY LIONS.

A few days ago our newspapers told the story of a young lady who had travelled to Central Africa that she might visit the grave of her sweetheart, who had died out there. Her journey had taken her many thousands of miles, and on her return to this country she brought with her- two baby lions. I saw a. picture of these two animals, and they appeared to be very harmless things—for all the world like two big kittens. But if all goes well they will eat and sleep and grow, until one day they will be big and dangerous. A British officer in India had a baby tiger, which was playful as a kitten. He kept it in the house, just as some of you keep a cat. But the little tiger grew bigger and bigger, until it was full grown. Still the officer kept it as a pet, and played with it, and allowed it to run about the house. One day the wild tiger nature awoke, and while the officer and the tiger were playing together, suddenly the tiger gripped the man's arm with his teeth and began to bite through the flesh and bones. The officer knew his great danger, and that very soon lie might be killed ; so, speaking to the tiger in gentle and caressing tones, he called out for his servant and asked him to bring a rifle. This he did, and, putting the muzzle of the rifle close to the bloodthirsty tiger, he drew the trigger and the tiger tolled over—dead. Had the tiger not been killed, in a few minutes the officer would have been dead. He found out what a dangerous pet a tiger is, even though for a time it may give pleasure.

There are many things in the world which seem harm-less, yet they become very dangerous. A youth is offered a glass of wine or beer. He is thirsty, and there seems to be no harm in drinking this wine or beer. So he takes his first glass of intoxicating liquor. Another day comes, and he has another glass. By-and-by he gets to like this drink, and one day he has two glaSses. He continues taking intoxicants, until one night, for the first time, he goes home drunk. The next day he feels awfully ashamed of himself, and he says to himself : " I'll not let this drink master me again ! " But still he goes on drinking, until by-and-by his life is spoiled and his character ruined by drink. Now, listen ! If a boy never tastes intoxicating liquor he can never be a drunkard, or have his life spoiled by drink. So you bravely refuse to taste it, even though somebody may try to persuade you, telling you it will not do you any harm.

A boy, on leaving school, received a splendid testimonial from his schoolmaster, and his mother told him that he was starting out to work with a good character, and he must keep it at any cost. On the Monday morning he went to work wearing a new smock jacket. He had to have his dinner with the men, all of whom were having beer to drink. They wanted the boy to have some beer, but he bravely refused. They tried to persuade him, but he was very resolute ; and at last one of the men came to him, with a glass of beer in his hand, and said : "Now, youngster, you's got to drink this beer, or I'll throw it on you The boy hesitated but a moment, then he said : "I came to work this morning with a good character and a new smock. You may pour the beer on me and spoil my smock, but I will not drink it and spoil my character."

Thousands of men and women have had their character spoiled by drink. Don't you taste it, then it can never spoil yours.

Often I see a few boys playing at pitch and toss, and often I hear of men playing at games for money, and, besides these, there are many thousands of people who bet on horse races and football matches. It seems at first such a harmless thing to play a game for halfpennies, or to bet on a horse race or -a football match, but to begin with this habit is liko taking a baby tiger for a pet. It will grow stronger and stronger until- it becomes positively dangerous. Boys and girls, men and women, have been made thieves by gambling. Many have been sent to prison, some have had their homes sold, others have had their business ruined, and not-a few have been killed—or they have killed themselves—through this vicious thing. So never bet ! Never play any games for money!

There are other dangerous habits of which you should beware. To know them, listen to those who are older than yourselves, and especially listen to those who love you and want to help you to live a brave, good life. Hear what the preachers say, and what your teachers tell you ; above, all attend to the counsels of•your father and mother, who love you better than anybody else.

Can You Guess Why He Knew? A boy of eight said to his mother : " Well, there were

only three boys in school to-day who could answer one question that the teacher asked us." " And I hope my boy was one of the three," said the proud mother. ' You bet I was," answered the boy ; " and Sam Harris and Harry Stone were the other two." " I am very glad you proved yourself so good a scholar, my son ; it makes your mother proud of you. What'question did the teacher ask, Johnny?" " Who broke that grass in the back window ? "

Our Roll of Members.

We welcome 4382 Edwin Banks, 4383 Herbert J. Bond, 4384 Thomas Whiteside, 4385 Jonathan-Fenton, 4386 Miss Caldicott.

Do you wish to join the Guild of Kind Hearts ? Then send on name, age, and address, with a promise that you will be kind to dumb animals and to everybody. If over sixteen years of age you will be enrolled as a senior member. Beautiful badges are supplied for wearing on the coat or dress. To secure these, send one penny stamp for each badge required and another stamp (or stamped addresSed envelope) for return postage.

Mark letters " Guild," and send to Rev. ARTHUR JIIBB, Princes Avenue, Grimsby,,

THE ORPHAN HOMES ANNIVERSARY. • -

Notwithstanding the strain of the Missionary Anni• versary on Tuesday, a company of nearly fifty friends of the Orphanage gathered at Waterloo Station on Wednes-day morning for the 9.39 train for Alresford, picking up on our way other enthusiasts from Woking, Reading, and Aldershot., and joining earlier arrivals, who had come from Winchester, Basingstoke, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, and other neighbourhoods. The large company invaded and startled Alresford, and seized and carried away the excellent luncheon, splendidly prepared-in the culinary department of the Home, and generously paid for by Mr. John Coward, J.P., of Durham, by a gift of £20. The day was charming, and the face of the earth beautiful beyond description. After the luncheon a brief period was spent by the visitors in visiting the various departments of the Home, the garden and the play-ground. Everybody was delighted with the beauty of the well-kept garden, the arrangement and cleanliness of the Home, and the freedom, happiness, and healthful appear-ance of the children. The children's lockers, the entire absence of similarity in their clothing, and their happy familiarity with the Master, Matron, Secretary, and members of the Committee were matters of general praise.

The public meeting will never be forgotten. The Chairman, Mr. C. Viner, of Witney, a veteran in the work and struggles of our Church in his own Society and its neighbourhood, was, in the subject and delivery of his address and in his support of the anniversary, all that his friends predicted. What is said concerning the Chair-man can be said of the Vice-Chairman, Mr. F. Woolley, of Southampton, except that the Vice-Chairman is a com-paratively young man and his record is in process of being made ; but there is fair reason to expect from Mr. Woolley a Connexional as well as a local reputation. For upwards of two hours the public meeting continued, and there was not a dull moment. The reports, read by the General Secretary and amplified by the General Treasurer, were brimful of encouraging and inspiring facts. The recita-tions and songs of the children, and especially the recita-tion of Isaiah lii., were creditable to the children and their teachers. Nothing but a verbatim report could do justice to the addresses of Revs. S. S. Henshaw and W. Younger. They were a treat of the highest order. The singing of Mr. Tom Holland captured his audience, and so great was the place that he made for himself, that when he sang his last song, at the request of the children, in the tea tent, after the public meeting was over, the announce-ment that an effort would be made to secure his services for next year's anniversary was received with long and loud approval. The provisions for the tea were generously paid for by Alderman Tom Fletcher, J.P., of Silsolen, by the gift of £10.

Very great sorrew was expressed at the loss which has befallen the Orphanage by the decease of Mr. William Adams, J.P., and every reference made to his name was received with profoundest sympathy. For the first time since his entrance upon the rectorate of the parish of Alresford, Rev. C. 0. Pardee was unable, through personal affliction, to be present. Those who know the interest of Mr. Pardee in our Alresford Home know that this enforced absence was painfully felt by all. A resolution of sympathy with the Rector was ordered to be sent by the Secretary. Through the 120 miles return journey between Alresford and London, in every minute of the twelve hours which lay between the commence-ment of the day and its finish, gratitude to God for to beautiful day and holy pride for association a Church which cares so well for the children of its departed members were the dominant feelings. The parting songs, sung from the two sides of the platform at Alresford. Station, were a beautiful finish to a day of never-to-be-forgotten fellowship.

HADRIAN AS GREEK RULER.

In the days when Rome ruled Greece, one of the firs benefactors of the Greeks was Hadrian. He beautified Athens with temples and other fine buildings. He brought the pure, clean water of Cephissia to Athens, and that of Lake Stymphalus to Corinth. Still more, he let the Greeks enjoy the benefits of the Roman law, and gave the rights of Roman citizenship to the inhabitants of Greece. Hadrian was, according to the lights of those days, a wise man. He was impressed with the wonderful character of the Greeks. He considered it good policy to further their interests, and under his rule the industry of the country made rapid headway. So far back as those olden times, the wealth of Greece lay in itS soil. Things are little changed even at the present day.° Still does Greece exist very largely by the cultivation of the beauti-ful vine which yields the grape we receive in the form of Currants. No other country can compete with Greece in the production of the wonderful Currant, so full of nourishment, easily assimilated, and withal palatable and appetising. England is a benefactor to Greece in so far as large quantities of Currants are consumed in. these isles. But if the extraordinary food value of Currants were appreciated as it should be, even more of Ow delicious fruit would be eaten.

At the annual general meeting of the " Sanitas Company, held at their Limehouse Works on the 17th inst., the Chairman (Mr. C. T. Kingzett, F.I.C., F.C.S.) congratulated the shareholders upon record sales and profits. A diploma of honour was awarded to the com-pany's exhibit at Brussels, and the (only) grand prix for disinfectants was won at Buenos Ayres during the year under review. A final dividend of 5 per cent., making in all 7i per cent. for the year, was declared, £2,000 was added to the reserve fund, £3,000 to contingency account, and a balance of £2,978 8s. 6d. carried forward to next account.

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348 -THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. MAY 25, 1911

Services and Preachers.

SUNDAY, MAY 28th. BERMONDSEY, ST. GEORGE'S HALL, OLD KENT

ROAD, S.E., Rev. Joseph Johnson, at 11 and 7 ; Mr. H. S. White, at 3.15 (P.S.A.).

BLACKPOOL, Chapel Street (facing the Central Pier). Services—Rev. rhos. Mitchell, at 10.45 and 6.30. Thursday, 7.30 to 8.30, Devotional Hour. Visitors heartily invited.

BUXTON, Rev. H. L. Herod, at 10.30 and 6.30.

CALEDONIAN ROAD, N. (corner of Market Road).--Mr. Saunders, at 11 ; Rev. Metcalf, at 6.30.

CULLERCOATS, Rev. R. Laidler, at 10.30 and 6.30.

CUSTOM HOUSE, Services—Mr. H. Hills, at 11 i Rev. W. H. Richardson, at 6.30.

HARRINGAY, Mattison Road, Rev. J. Pickett, at 11 and 6.30.

HARROGATE, Rev. W. Younger, at 11 and 6.30.

MORECAMBE, Parliament Street, Rev. Isaac Cousin, at 10.30 and 6.30.

NEWCASTLE ON TYNE, Central Church, Rev. A. Lowe, at 10.30 and 6,30.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Maple Street Church, Rev. H. Davpnport, at 10.3) and 6.30.

NORTH SHIELDS, Rev. T. A. Thompson, B.Sc., at 10.45 and 6.

SOUTHPORT, Church Street, Services — Rev. J. T. Barkby, at 10.30 and 6.30.

SURREY CHAPEL, Central Mission, Blackfriars Road, S.E„ Rev. J. Tolefree Parr, at 11 and 7 ; 3.30. Brotherhood.

Evangelists' Engagements. MR. ALBERT SHAKESBY, Winton, Bournemouth,

May 27th to 31st.

LONDON PRIMITIVE METHODIST COUNCIL. — Primitive -Methodists removing !.C, London will be directed to the nearest P.M. Chum' if some official of the church will notify the Rev. F. Pickett, 13, St. Andrew's Road, Enfield, N. The full London address must be riven, which will be at once forwarded to the nearest minister of our Church.

• Births, Marriages, Deaths. NOTICES must reach the Office, 73, FarrIngdon Street, London, E.C., by

Tuesday morning. Terms, prepaid Under 30 words, ; each additional 10 words or less, Od. Memoirs, reports of marriages, etc., must be accompanied by A prepaid notice.

BIRTHS. BATTY.—May 18, to t.a Rev. Bernard and Mrs. Batty, 73,

Bush Street, Pembroke .7.2.-ck, S. Wales, a son. TENNANT.—May 22, t-o Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tennant, 51,

Garfield Road, Scarborote-f, , a son.

MARRIAGES. NLLMAN-JEPSON.On May 17 at City Temple, Chester, by

the Rev. George Lee, assisted by the Rev. H. S. Targett, George Allman, Sandbach, to Sarah Ellen Jepson, Chester.

GOLDTHORPE-SMITH.—On May 18, at Mayfield Grove Church, Nottingham, by Rev. J. Goldthorpe, father of the bridegroom, assisted by Revs. P. Nume, and A. Baldwin, Joseph Gold-thorpe to Nellie, daughter of Mr. John Smith, Wilford Cres-cent East, Nottingham.

MADDRELL-DavY.—On April 17, at Wellington Street, Gorton, by the Rev. B. Moore, Thomas Davidson Maddrell, to Florence Annie, eldest daughter of Councillor William Davy, of Gorton, Manchester.

SEAMAN—BARKER.—On the 11th inst., at Lady Lane Wes-leyan Church, Norwich, by Rev. H. J. Pickett, assisted by Rev. C. W. Martin, Ernest Benjamin Seaman, son of Mr. John Seaman, Norwich, to Lilian Emma Barker, fifth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Barker, of Barsham House, St. Giles, Norwich.

DEATHS. GrAss.—On May 18, at Wingate, suddenly, aged fifty-eight

years, Annie, the beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Glass, of Wood-ville, Wingate. Interred in Wingate churchyard.

HALL.—On May 14, at Murton Colliery, Hetton Circuit, in her seventy-first year, Margaret, wife of Mr. Joseph Hall. Deeply regretted by a large circle of friends.

LINDLEY.—On May 2, at 19, Wortley Avenue, Swinton, -Harriett, the beloved wife of Benjamin Lindley, aged fifty-three. " So long Thy power bath blest me, sure it still will lead me on."

SLINN.—At his residence, Peter Street, St. Helens, May 16, Henry Slinn, aged sixty-one years. An honoured and faithful servant of God. An official held in high esteem.

TAYLOR.—On May 17, at Quainton, Bucks, Esther Taylor, -widow of the late Joseph Taylor, passed away after a long illness, aged seventy yea's. Her end was peace.

IN MEMORIAM. BLACKSHAW.—In loving memory of the Rev. S. Blackshaw,

who entered into rest May 30, 1907. EVANS.—In loving remembrance of the Rev. William Evans,

who went to the homeland May 26, 1899. FAIRHALL.—On May 12, 1907, aged twenty-one years, Elsie,

dearly-loved daughter of Thos. H. and Emma Fairhall, and darling niece of Hannah Barmby. " There is sweetness in remembrance."

NEwEr.L.—In loving memory of the Rev. Thomas Newell, who departed this life at Silsden, May 24, 1906. Gone but not forgotten.

WENN.—Sacred to the memory of the late Rev. John Wenn, of Littleover, who passed to the higher life May 23, 1903. Death doth hide but not divide.

THANKS RETURNED. Rev. J. H. Saxton writes :—Mrs. Saxton and family desire

to express their appreciation of the many tokens of kindness shown to them in their bereavement. .

Ministerial Changes and Engagements.

Changes in 1912.

Rev. A. Marshall from Winsford. Rev. H. Percival Fell from Pillowell. Rev. W. H. Maxwell from Pocklington. • Rev. G. Rennisoo from Accrington. Rev. R. Gillender and Rev. J. Upright from Lowick. Rev. J. H. Howlett from Northampton Third. Rev. W. W. Goldstraw from Nantwich and Burland.

Engagements for 1912-13.

Rev. G. Standing to Aldershot for a fifth year. Rey. T. Parr, M.A., from Bolton Second to Bolton First. Rev. W. Green to Reading as second minister.

PERSONAL.

Rev. J. K. Ellwood's address is 65, Elderfield Road, Clapton, London, N.E., and not as in Conference Minutes.

Acting upon medical advice, Rev. R. J. Kirkland will leave the Bradford Fourth Station this year, and seeks a country circuit.

A portrait study by Mr. Arnold H. Mason has been accorded a place in the present exhibition of the New English Art Club, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall.

Mr. Oswald F. Davidson, son of Mr. T. E. Davidson, architect, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, has successfully passed the Professional Associate Examination of the Surveyors' Institution held in London in March.

Councillor C. W. Stormer, J.P.,

Mr. Henry Wedge-wood, and Mr. Richard Humble, all of Darlington Green-bank Church, have 'recently undergone serious opera-tions, but, happily, all are now convalescent.

Mrs. W. S. Howlett, Mrs. D. J. Jones, and Miss M. Pugh, all of Welshpool, were honoured with an invita-tion from the Prime Minister and Mrs. Asquith to a reception at Downing Street on the 23rd inst.

Mr. J. W. Stores, Fulwell, a local preacher and junior circuit steward of Sunderland Third Circuit, has been elected a member of the Fulwell Parish Council. The election is highly satisfactory to his many friends.

Rev. C. Longstaff, who, since his superannuation last year, has been residing in Darlington, has been seriously afflicted. Much sympathy has been evoked throughout the North, where Mr. Longstaff has spent his ministry.

Mrs. Tucker, the wife of the Loughborough Circuit steward, was among the delegates of the National Liberal Women's Federation who were invited to the Prime Minister's garden party at 10, Downing Street during this week.

Councillor M. G. Armstrong, one of the stewards rf Stanley Circuit, and Councillor William McClenning, a local preacher in the same circuit, have been re-elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of the Stanley Urban District Council.

Rev. W. Scruby is seriously ill. and has not been able to discharge his duties for the past six weeks. He and his family have been much comforted and cheered by the letters of sympathy from many friends. Mrs. Scruby desires, through this paper, to express heartfelt thanks for these kind expressions of sympathy, and requests an interest in the prayers of the church that the health of Mr. Scruby may be restored.

Mr. W. Boulton Barker, only son of the Secretary of Conference, has just been elected a member of the Council of the British Optical Association. He is one of the youngest members ever appointed to this important pcsition. Mr. F. J. Flanagan, eldest son of Rev. J. Flanagan, has also been elected on the Council for a second term. Both Mr. Barker and Mr. Flanagan are partners in the firm of Rowley and Co., eyesight specialists. This firm gratuitously tests the sight of all our African missionaries, and supplies glasses specially adapted for tropical countries.

Services in commemoration of the semi-jubilee of the Brierfield Schools, Burnley Second Circuit, were held on Saturday and' Sunday Last, when Rev. J. Pearce was special preacher. Brierfield, led by the late Alderman James Smith, was one of the first school authorities in the Connexion to move forward in providing modern school -premises. Happily, their example has been fol-lowed by a good few schools since, but to this day there are not many that surpass the Brierfield structure for con-venience and adaptability for the most up-to-date Sun-day-school methods. Fortunately, it has been manned by very capable officers, and so has made a splendid record. One feature of the celebration was a reunion of old scholars.

Mr. and Mrs. John Evans, pf Ashford, Ludlow Cipcuit, whose joint ages 'amount -to 171 years, celebrated, on May 20th, their• sixtieth wedding day. Children, grand-children, and great-grandchildren, relatives, and friends were gathered in a spacion-5 tent, and partook of a grateful cup of tea. Afterwards speeches of a heartily congratu-latory character were given by Revs. W. H, Mason, S. Rowley, A. T. Kelley, A. B. Poole, and others. Then the aged but bright couple spoke their words of grateful acknowledgment. They were the recipients of numerous presents. Mr. John Evans preached in Ashford Chapel some time ago, on his eighty-fifth birthday. We rejoice in our friends' long and useful lives and loyal help to our ohnrch, and wish them a peaceful eventide, and then the sunshine of the Father's home.

STONE-LAYING AT BARNES GREEN.

The old iron church at Barnes Green, Manchester Seventh Circuit, has had to give way for a better structure, of which Mr. Ernest Ackrill is the architect. The new building is to cost £560. The stone-laying took place on May 13th. Rev. J. T. Smith cdfiducted. Rev. W. E. Ferndale offered prayer, and an inspiring address was given by Rev. T. Parr, M.A. Mr. Parr has had a long acquaintance with the church, this being the third stone-laying ceremony he had attended. Of the twenty-one stones, eighteen were laid by scholars and workers in the Sunday-school. The little scholars were represented by Wilfrid Hodgkinson, Millie Oldfield, and Nellie Stephens, the bigger scholars by Annie Blears and Fred Blears, the elder scholars by Miss Blears, Miss Yarwood, and Miss Boulton. For the young men a stone was laid by Mr. Myatt, and for the young ladies by Miss Hackett. Miss Thorpe also laid a stone for her class. The parents of the scholars and others were represented by Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Houghton, Mrs. Tweedale, Mrs. Clarke, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Walker,' and Mr. Whitfield. Others who laid stones were Mr. Gibbon (Stretford, Manchester), Mrs., H. Kelly (New Islington, Manchester), and by Mr. Hirst, on behalf of Lightbourne Church and Sunday-school. At the conclusion an impressive address was given by Rev. John Swinden. This was followed by tea, which was well attended. Then a great public meeting was held, presided over by the circuit steward, Mr. William Bentley, a worthy son of a worthy sire, who contributed £5. The meeting. excellent throughout, was addressed by Rev. J. H. Doddrell and Rev. John Faichney, representing North Manchester Free Church Council, and Rev. T. Parr, M.A. Mr. Parr also preached on Sunday, May 14th, two intensely earnest sermons to appreciative congregations. In the afternoon a children's service was held, Mr. C. T. Gresham presiding, and Mr. Joseph Jackson gave an address.

The following donations of £1 and upwards have been received :—Lightbourne friends, £10 ; Sir F. Cawley, M.P., £5 ; Mr. W. Bentley, £5 ; Mr. G. K. Whitfield, £5 ; Young Men, £5 ; Young Ladies, £3 ; Miss E. Blears, £3 ; Miss A. Boulton, £3 ; Mr. Stephens, £3 ; Miss Old-field, £3 ; Miss Thorp's Class, £2 ; Miss Annie Blears, £2 10s. ; Mr. Sellars, £2 ; Mr. Rothwell, £1 ls. ; Mr. Varley, £1 is. ; Mr. Lomax, £1 ls. ; Mr. Windsor, £1 is. ; Mr. Meredith, £1 ; Mr. Boardman. £1 ; Mr. Long,den, £1 ; Mr. Mackinson, £1 15. ; Miss Yarwood, £1 1s. ; Mr. Walker, £1 ls. ; Mr. T. Gibbons, £1 ls. ; Master F. Blears, £1 ls. ; Mrs. Tweedale, £1 ls. ; Mrs. Houghton, £1 ls. ; Mrs. Harris, £1 6s. ; Miss N. Stephens, £1 -1s. ; Mrs. H. Kelly, £1 ls. ; Mrs. Clarke, £1 ls. ; Master Hodgkinson, £1 ls. ; Mr. Dales, £1 ls. ; other donations and collections, £33 8s., making a total of £105. Very great 'raise is due to the circuit minister, Rev. John T. Smith, Mr. F. Blears, Mr. W. Brundrett, and the school secretaries for their assiduous and energetic labours.

IN MEMORIAM.

Mrs. Thomas Glass.

By the death of Mrs..11". Glass our Wingate Church has lost a devoted worker and friend. The end came with tragic suddenness. Mrs. Glass, who for the last few years suffered from a heart affection, was apparently better than usual. On Thursday evening she went out with her sister to visit a friend, and as she was returning home took suddenly ill. She was assisted into a house near by, and medical aid summoned, but in a few moments she expired. Since coming to Wingate twenty-one years ago Mrs. Glass has taken a deep interest in the work of our church, and, with her devoted husband, delighted in -entertaining the preachers and special visitors who from time to time ministered in our church. Hers has been a preachers' home, and many will recall her hospitality. The funeral took place on Sunday. A large company of relatives and friends assembled at the house, where a short service was, conducted- by Rev. J. Charlton. The cortege then proCeeded to the parish church. By the courtesy-of the vicar, Rev. R. Simpson, our minister and choir were invited to take part in the church service. Owing to' domestic bereavement the vicar was unable to officiate, and Rev. F. G. J.-Robinson, vicar of Castle Eden, took the service in the church. Rev. J. Charlton read the lesson, and Rev. F. Robinson officiated at the grave.

Mr. Henry Slinn.

The Westfield Street Church, St. Helens, has again suffered serious loss in the death of a prominent and greatly respected official. Mr. Henry Shinn had rendered fine service, as a Sunday-school worker, class leader, trustee;etc. All his life he had been a devoted Primitive Methodist. He was born and led to Christ in his native circuit, Brierle:y Hill, Staffs. For the last thirty-eight years he had an honoured place in the Westfield Street Church, St. Helens. He was much beloved. Earnest, fervent, devout, generous to a fault, and of stainless character, he had an ever-increasing influence in the church and neighbourhood. God's house was indeed to him the gate of heaven. His constant attendance, often in feeble health. was an inspiration to many and to others a reproach. His death occurred at his residence, Peter Street, on May 16th, in his sixty-second year, and his widow, four sons, and a daughter mourn their loss. The attachment of the family to the church of their parents has been a joy to both. The funeral obsequies, conducted by. Rev. B. Fell, assisted by Rev. J. Gillender and Rev. F. Smith, Birkenhead, were impressive and memorable. Large numbers attended the service in the chapel and at the-grave. "He was a good man, full of the Holy.Ghost and-of faith."

MAY '25,- 1911 THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. . 349

Under the very shadow of the Cross, Jesus taught the iisciples the secrets of conquering prayer. Jesus with a word had blighted the fig tree. He had gone up to it in the hope of finding thereon a morning meal. Dis-appointed, He uttered the words of doom. Hostile critics have made much of this. How unworthy, they have said, of Jesus to show resentment towards an unconscious object! They have argued that the Master was petulant and irritable. The tree was a pretender. It showed great luxuriance of leafage. If it had been a healthy tree it would either have retained some of last year's fruit, or it would have brought to ripeness some early spring figs. It did neither. Jesus saw that the tree was hopelessly barren. Passing the following day. the disciples were amazed that already the tree was withered. Peter was the spokesman of their surprise. Jesus seized the word of wonder to teach the disciples the secrets of prayer. We sh5uld not have wondered if He had passed by the remark without comment. Had He not greater concerns on His mind I Did He not know that ere the week was out He would be hanging on the Cross ? How majestic was Jesus ! How self-composed and how solicitous for His friends ! " Have faith in God ! " He said. "Why marvel at this and why marvel at Me? Ye can do greater things than this. Ye can remove mountains if ye have faith. Desire and have! Pray and possess! The impossibilities may

achievements, if ye believe ! " Then, by a swift transi- tion, He passed from the divine side of prayer to the human side. "Remember," He said "that 'there is a condition of heart for prayer, a humanness of feeling, a sweetness of soul, a kindliness of temper. When ye pray, forgive!" Thus, incidentally, the Master revealed the secrets of the prayer that means the triumph.

It is the truth, that trust in God factualises petitions. If the Church had believed that, the world would have been converted ere this. We have never used the resources that are available to faith. Jesus specifically affirmed that His disciples would do "greater things " than He. Jesus was here referring to petitionary prayers. Petition forms a large part of prayer. We are needy and must be sup-pliants. We have others for whom we /bust plead. Life is vicarious. We plead for one another. Jesus assumed that we should have no selfish ends to serve in prayer. All our prayers much " touch" the Kingdom. All such prayers are the breathings of the Spirit of God. How can their fulfilment be uncertain? God is more willing to grant than we are:to plead. Coventry Passmore has this fine phrase. He says that we are " fashioned to believe the prophecies of pure desire." These prayers are the pressure of the Spirit of God within the soul. Kingsley affirmed that "Faith is reason exercised on the Invisible." Faith is not the shadow of things hoped for, but the sub-stance. Desires are really possessions. How unwork-able faith often seems in the spiritual sphere ! Yet faith is the commonplace of being. Jesus lived in faith. He knew the will divine, and He never doubted the sequel.

"Thou wert the end, the blessed rule Of Jesu's toils and tears, Thou wert the passion of His heart Those three and thirty years"—

And, living in the will of the Father, faith was vision and possession.

Loving-kindness is the condition of prayer and prayer's a,gument. L.. Swetenham says "Character is the basis of all prayer. As a man is, so he prays. He cannot be shallow and frivolous by nature and yet pray with depth and intensity ; he cannot with a torn and distracted per-sonality concentrate so as to generate force in prayer. All that is in him reacts on his praying—whether he will or no—vitally affecting every exercise of the spirit of prayer, and deciding the issues." We cannot pray unless we love. Anger chokes prayer. No one can really pray in a temper. If hard thoughts are cherished, if revenge or bitterness are secreted, how can we pray ! The soul must be suffused with love, if prayer is to be made. What a convicting power there is in prayer! Do we not know that? We feel our sins when we approach to God. Surely that was what Jesus meant when He said that if a man came to the altar bringing his gift and there remembered that his brother had something against him, he was to leave his gift at the altar, and be reconciled to his brother and then offer his gift. Jesus knew that the approach to the altar would be a self-revealment.

• Coleridge's lines are ever true :-

" He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small, For the dear God Who loveth us He made and loveth all."

The spirit we need in prayer is finely expressed in Whit-tier's ' The Prayer-Seeker." Loving-kindness is the spirit, the only spirit in which we truly pray.

"He prayeth best, who leaves unguessel The mystery of another's breast, Why cheeks grow pale, why eyes o'erflow, Or heads are white, thou need'st not know, Enough to note by many a sign, That every heart hath needs like thine."

We ask for forgiveness on the ground of our forgiveness of others. And the reflex is also true. "And be ye kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake, hath forgiven you." When the heart is suffused with love, when all bitterness and un-

- charity. and anger have been submerged, then indeed we are fit to pray and our prayers will be believing and pre veiling, grin ) and "The Wedding March ( 071 el ssoh

NATIONAL FREE CHURCH COUNCIL.

A still further instance of the King's kindly interest in his Nonconformist subjects; and of his persistent courtesy, is seen in a letter which the Free Church Council has just received from Sir Arthur Bigge. The Council has prepared a Free Church Coronation Service for use on Coronation Day, and a copy of this, in English and in Welsh, was sent to the King. In acknowledging these on behalf of His Majesty, Sir Arthur Bigge says " I have laid before the King the specially prepared copies, in English and Welsh, of the form of Coronation Service to be used throughout the Kingdom on June 22nd, and I am commanded by His Majesty to convey to you the expression of his best thanks for the .same.

The Free Churches having unanimously declared them-selves in favour of the peace proposals, efforts are now being made to see that this expression of opinion is con-veyed to the proper quarters both in . England and America. Rev. F. B. Meyer, who sails for America on the 27th of this month, is taking with him an illuminated address, which he will present to the President of the United States on behalf of the National Free Church Council.

MARRIAGES.

A very interesting wedding took place at the Baptist Church, Wellington Street, Gorton, on Monday, April 17th-, when Miss Florence Annie Davy, eldest daughter of Councillor William Davy, was married to Mr. Thomas Davidson Maddrell. The ceremony was per-formed by Rev. B. Moore, assisted by Rev T. Armstrong. The Misses Eva and Hilda Davy, Miss Bolvyer, and Miss A. Crossland acted as bridesmaids. Mr. D. Bird officiated as best man, and a large number of friends assembled in the church. Both bride and bridegroom have had a close and active connection with our cause in Gorton, and the bride is greatly appreciated both in her own and surround-ing circuits for her abilities as a vocalist as well as for her varied and gifted service to church, Sunday-school, GE.. and Band of Hope. Greater interest attached to the occasion because of Mr. and Mrs. Maddrell's approaching departure for Australia. This is greatly regretted, as it will mean a great loss to our church in Gorton, but the best wishes of many sincere and grateful friends will accompany the happy couple to their new home.

On May 17th, at the City Temple, Hunter Street, Chester, Mr. George Allman, Society Steward of our own church at Sandbach, was married to Miss Sarah Ellen Jepson, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Jepson, Chester, formerly of Sandbach Circuit. The ceremony was performed by Rev. George Lee, Sandbach, assisted by R317. H. S. Targett, Chester. The bride, who was given away by, her father, was attended by Miss N. Darby (Crewe), Miss N. Plant (Sandbach), and Miss Lily Jepson (niece) as bridesmaids. Mr. James H. Jepson and Mr. G. A. Jepson (brothers of the bride) were best man and groomsman. A large company of friends gathered in the church to witness the ceremony. Mr. A. H. Davies, organist of the City Temple, presided at the organ. After the marriage ceremony a_ reception was held at Mr. J. Williamson's, Brook Street, at which friends were present from Crewe, Sandbach, Tunstall, Macclesfield, a.nd Chester. Rev. George Lee and Mr. John Morris_ proposed the usual toasts, to which the bridegroom and father of the bride responded. The happy couple werethe recipients of many valuable presents, including a set of brass plant stands from the teachers of the Council School, Nantwich, where the bride had been stationed the last four years. Mr. and Mrs. Allman left for Prestatyn, where the honeymoon is being spent.

On May 18th a large company assembled at Mayfield Grove Church, Nottingham, to witness the wedding of Mr. Joseph Goldthorpe, Hull, and Miss Nellie Smith, Nottingham. Rev. J. Goldthorpe, father of the bride-groom, officiated, and was assisted by Revs. P. Nume and A. Baldwin, F.R.G.S. The service as fully choral, Mr. G. T. Bailey presiding at the organ. The bridesmaids were Miss Emily Smith and. Miss Lena Goldthorpe. Mr. A. E. Dudley was the best man. Amongst the relatives and friends present were Mrs. Goldthorpe, Mr. and Mrs. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. A. E. Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. C. Smith, jun.. Miss E. Smith, Miss manning, Miss Bramley, Miss Macarthur, Miss Beecroft, Miss Gott, the Misses Stephens, Mr. S. Kirkland,- Mrs. Nume, Mrs. A. Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Baker. and Mr. and Mrs. W. Bradley. After the ceremony the bride's parents held a reception at the house of her aunt Mrs. .Fisher, West Bridgford. The bride and the bridegroom.have both had a life-long association with our church, and are highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends.

A wedding was celebrated on Thursday, at the Wes-leyan Church,• Lady' Lane, Norwich, the contracting parties being Miss Lilian Barker (late Of Dereham Road Church, Norwich Second Circuit), fifth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Barker, of Barsham House, Norwich, and Mr. Ernest Seaman, second son of Mr. John Seaman, Norwich. The officiating minister was Rev. H. J. Pickett, of Northampton (an old friend of the family), assisted by Rev. C. W. Martin. The service was fully choral, the members of the Lady Lane choir being in attendance. Mr. Charles Barker, of the Temple Church, Yarmouth,

I presided at the organ, " The Bridal March " (" " M d

finely rendered. The bride was given away by her father. The bridesmaids were the Misses Ethel, Mildred, and Doris Barker and Miss Dorothy Coe, Mr. Herbert Seaman acting as best man. After the ceremony, a reception was held at Barsham House. The bride and bridegroom were the recipients of many useful and valuable precents. The honeymoon will be spent at Bournemouth.

IN MEMORIAM.

Mrs. J. Hall. Our Murton Church, in the Hetton Circuit, has

suffered a severe loss in the death of Mrs. Hall, wife of Mr. Joseph Hall, ex-circuit steward. She was led to decision at the age of fourteen, and was identified with our church for fifty-seven years. Her house has been for a great many years the minister's home. She was most regular in her attendance at the means of grace and are earnest worker in all the enterprises for the financial and spiritual well-being of the Society. All the members of her family are devoted to Primitive Methodism, her younger daughter being the wife of Rev. A. Ryder, of Jarrow Circuit. A large concourse of friends from various circuits attended the funeral on May 17th, which was conducted by Rev. W. Barton, and Rev. Matthew Johnson, of Hexham, gave an appropriate address, setting forth the leading features in the life and character of the deceased. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved husband, who is confined to the house through illness.

Mrs. H Lindley. The Swinton Church is to-day mourning the loss of one

who knew fellowship and service with its members for many years. Mrs. Lindley had been and was till quite recently among the most active of our church workers. A brief and painful affliction prepared us for her loss, but the cheerful greeting and kindly smile will be missed for many days. Her church membership dates from about her fifteenth year. The joy of heart that she knew in such early days found its way into her home life later and prompted the service rendered in connection with our cause at Swinton. It is a joy to note that the whole family are members of our church. We thank God for the bright example, the clear and beautiful testimony of one who loved her Lord and who knew no fear even in death. Our sympathy and prayers are constant for those who are left behind.

A touching memorial service was conducted on Sunday night by Rev. H. MacRow, and the funeral service, at which large numbers attended, was held on the 5th, conducted by Revs. H. Oliver and H. MacRow.

Mrs. Esther Taylor. The death, in her seventy-first year, of Esther Taylor,

widow of the late Joseph Taylor, of Quainton, Aylesbury, Bucks, revealed a very widespread and deep respect for our departed sister, who was the oldest member con-nected with our Quainton Church. She was born at Oving, Bucks. About 1870 she removed to Quainton, and with her husband greatly assisted our cause in that village. She rendered faithful service in school and church, and for many years assisted in the circuit mis-sion band. She was devoted to all the interests of our church, and in her declining years, when largely confined to her home, she seemed to delight in the memories of her work. Up to the last she was possessed of a sunny disposition. Her long and -painful illness was patiently borne. On May 17th she fell asleep. The interment was in Quainton Churchyard, the service having previously been conducted in our own church by Rev: T. Hunter, who also referred to her death on the following Sunday.

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FAITH AND FORGIVENESS IN PRAYER.

By Rev. J. G. Bowran.

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THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. MAY` 2,5, 1911

Church News. -

• Bolton First,

School anniversary at Halliwell was a decided. success. Four hundred and sixty- three scholars and friends took part in the morning procession. At the service in the chapel the address was given by Rev. J. Dudley, superintendent minister. In the afternoon and evening two sermons were preached by Rev. T. H. Hunt, of-Runcorn. Special hymns and anthems were given by the children and choir, under the leader- ship of Mr. A. Hamer, Mr. F. Hamer pre- siding at the organ. Crowded congrega- tions all day. Proceeds £101, being £13 increase on last year.

Bollington.

School anniversary held May 14th. The annual procession took place round the dis- trict in the morning, singing hymns en route, and Rev. Peter Kay, of London, gave an address to a good crowd. Rev. Peter Kay preached afternoon and evening to fine congregations. The choir and' scholars, under the leadership of Mr. H. Wardle Clarke, and with Mr. George Berry at the organ, sang well. Miss Nellie Holehouse rendered " The Dawn of Redemption" (HamiltonGray). The collections amounted to £49 10s.—£2 in advance of last year.

Bournemouth Second.

Winton C.E. Society held anniversary services on May 14th, when sermons were preached morning and evening by Rev. G. Standing (of Aldershot). In the afternoon a programme of. sacred music and :recite- tions was rendered by the choir and C.E. members. An address was also given by Rev. G. Standing, Mr. H. 0. Foster (presi- dent of the society) being in the chair. On Monday a public tea was held, followed by a well-attended meeting, presided over by Mr. J. R. Crichton (president of the Bournemouth and District C.E. Union). Addresses were delivered' by Rev. Howard P. James, Rev. G. Standeft, and the chairman. A satisfactory report was read by the Secretary, and an interesting funs- tion was the presentation to the trustees of the receipt for the cost of the church organ, by Mr. T. W. Ford on behalf of the C.E. Society. Financial proceeds very satisfactory.

Bow Mission. • On May 21st and 22nd school anniver-

sary services were held at London Fields,

when special sermons were delivered by Mr. Joseph Scarlett and Mr. C. E. Albon. A special service by the children was held in the afternoon, presided over by Mr. C. E. Albon. On Monday a public meeting was held, when Mr. F. Harrison presided. The anniversary proved a great success, last year's effort being eclipsed. Messrs. C. E. Albon, W. Williams, and F. G. Sudborough also addressed the meeting.

Burnley.

At Brierfield Church, on May 20th, 21st, and 22nd, a reunion of old scholars took place, and the forty-fifth chapel anniver- eery and semi-jubilee of Sunday-school was celebrated. The series of happy gather- ings commenced with a reception in the Primary Room by Mrs. Riddiough and Mr. C. Butson. Afterwards nearly 500 par- took of tea. Short service from 5.30 to

Hedges, 6.30 ; organ solos by Mr. W. Hedges son of a former minister ; solos by Miss Cun- life and Mr. E. Preston. Great meeting at night, Rev. Jos. `Pearce presided ; reminiscent addresses by old scholars ; a large choir of old members. On Sunday Rev. Jos. Pearce, of Creaky. Heath, Preached- two inspiring sermons, ami in the afternoon Messrs. Jos. Harper, Wm. Robinson, and James Harker (three veterans) gave some historical and literary incidents. Messrs. Jos. Rodwell and G. F. Newby also spoke. Lecture by Mr. Pearce, on Monday, closed a happy season.

Chester Third. • On May 17th the annual circuit gather-

ing was held at Tarvin. All the places were well represented, and there:were also many friends from neighbouring circuits. The preacher and lecturer was Rev. A. T. Guttery, of Landon. Chairman was Henry Speed, Esq., of Rock Ferry, who generously gave us a donation of £10. Total proceeds about £36.

Hitchin.

On May 17th we opened, free of debt, an excellent second-hand organ Stith six stops and eighteen pedal notes. The cost, inclusive of platform, is £25. In the afternoon Rev. R. W. Jackson, M.A., of Letchworth, preached an eloquent sermon to a large congregation. This was followed by a tea, kindly given. In the evening an organ recital was given, when the chapel was crowded to overflowing. MT. Fred. G.

Bristow, of West Ham, occupied the chair. Mr. Julius Bertram (late M.P. of Hitchin) gave several organ selections from the masters of music. Solos were also ren- dered by Miss Gertrude I. Cooper, A.Mus., Mrs. Robinson, and Mr. Len Holton. A large choir, under the leadership of Mr. Pellar, rendered an anthem. Brief ad- dresses were also delivered by Rev. R. W. Jackson and Rev. Jas. Cooper.

Highbury Vale. On May 12th a concert was given at the

Wortley Hall, Finsbury Park, in aid of the renovation fund, under the direction of Mr. F. B. Warren, when the various artistes did exceedingly well. Proceeds, £8 5e.

Hindley. . Whelley School anniversary was held cn

May 21st. In the morning teachers and scholars gathered in procession and paraded the principal street of the neigh- bourhood. Oct returning to the school, the annual address was given by Mr. H. D. ILA of Le h. In the afternoon and even-ing special sermons were preached by Rev. e. E. Leuty, of Preston. There were good congregations, and the collections amounted to £28 16s.

fling's Cross. We have just held our annual bazaar,

which has been a great success. All the people worked well, and the openers con- tributed liberally. Proceeds £60, which is £8 in advance of last year.

Leeds Eighth. The school anniversary services were

held at Cardigan Road on May 21st, when sermons were preached by Mr. T. Brown, of Otley. In the afternoon a children's service was held, resided over by Mr. E. A. Mann, and addressed by Rev. W. J. Tristram. On Saturday night we had a public tea and At Home, the host and hostess being our old friends Mr. and Mrs. F. Smith. Everyone spent a most enjoy- able evening. The services were well attended, and the entire effort was a great success.

- Liskeard.

Our mission van has visited Liskeard, Mr. Tyrrell being the missioner, who has also conducted special services at Hew

ficcrington.

The school sermons were preached on Sunday last by Rev. James Watkin (Liver- pool), who also lectured on the Monday evening evening ; subject, " Christmas Evans. The chair was taken by Mr. M. Stanesby, supported by Rev. G. Rennison. The scholars and choir sang special selections at each service. ' The congregations were large, and the collections realised £51 18s. 4Acl.

Auckland.

The quarterly conference of Sunday- school, Christian Endeavour, and temper- ante workers was held at Toronto on May 16th ; chairman, Rev. B. A. Barber.. Visitors' reports were given by Messrs. R. L. Clough, John W. Holden, Revs. Barber and Campbell. The secretary (Mr. W. H. Hamflett) reported a decrease of four teachers and an increase of twenty- eight scholars. A letter of sympathy was sent to Brother W. Blades, who is laying ill in the Royal Infirmary, Newcastle. A vote of thanks to Rev. W. H. Campbell for his valuable services during his four years' stay on this station was enthusiastic- ally carried. A public meeting followed the business session. Mr. J. R. Carrick presided. Speakers, Mr. W. H. Ham- fleit and Rev. W. H. Campbell (subject, " Teacher Training"). Rev. B. A. Bar- her, Messrs. John Clough, J. E. Eggle- stone, and John Mitchell took part in an interesting discussion.

Blackpool.

School anniversary wee. field at Wesham on May 14th, when sermons were delivered by the circuit minister (Rev. John Brad- bury). In the afternoon a service, entitled " Spring Flowers," was rendered by the children, under the presidency of Mr. James Ford. On Monday an excellent tea was provided, and in the evening Mr. W. Kirby presided over an entertainment ocn- tribute& by the children. An address was also given by Rev. John Bradbury ; sub- ject, " The Story of a White Lie." Pro- aeele amounting to £23 17s. 7d. were well in advance of previous years.

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SUPERANNUATED Minister wanted to reside at Droitwieh, to the Worcester Circuit--

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WANTED, by P.M. Local Preacher, position are Manager or Foreman in Poker's dre; wile attend shop ; life experience ; country preferred (southern); would accept any position of trust ; highest references='. W. H., care of T. St Brindley, 4, Liad. gate Qin..., E.Q.

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wood, where some conversions have taken place. It was a blessed time at the camp meeting ; about 150 gathered in the open air, and the singing was led by a brass band. Mr. Tyrrell and Rev. C. E. Buck gave stirring addresses, and in the evening service a gracious influence was realised.

Liverpool Fourth. The third day's sale at the Coronation

bazaar, Queen's Road Church, Bootle, took place on Saturday last, and was opened. by Edward Davies Esq., supported by Revs. W. Green, J. W. Normandhle, and. R. W. Burnett. It was scholars' day, and Elsie Turner, Eveline Haddock, and Masters Herbert Ball and A. Watson took part. Gifts were presented by several of the scholars. The total proceeds for the three days were £152 105., for which all con-cerned are heartily thanked.

Malton. • At Norton, in connection with the May Pay celebrations, on May 7th, sermons were preached by Mr. J. Headley, of Pickering. In the afternoon a service of song was rendered- by the Baptist Choir ; reader, Mr. D. S. Blair. On May 10th an

• excellent sermon_ was preached by Mr. J. Merryweather, followed by a tea. In the evening a splendid concert was given by the

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commend Egerton Lodge (Rev. G. Raines), board resi-dence, 3 minutes from the sea, for perfect comfort in arrangement and management.—Terms, Misses KAINES, Egerton Lodge, Rowlands Road, Worthing.

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Scarborough Jubilee P.M. Choir ; accom-panist, Mr. A. W. Raine ; chairman, Mr. E. Menneil. Proeeeds £5 2s. 6d., in aid of the Trust Fund.

Reading.

Cumberland Road School anniversary services were held on May 13th, 14th, and 15th. On Saturday a public tea was held, to which a large number sat down, followed by the annual prize distribution, when prizes were distributed by Mr. W. S. Stevens (junior circuit steward), chair-man. Special preacher was Rev.. J. Whitehead Clegg, from Wesley Church, Queen's Road. In the afternoon Mr. A. Taylor presided over a service of recitation and song by the scholars. On the Monday evening Rev. J. White-head Clegg gave his popultr lecture on "Life in the Potteries." The chair was taken by Mr. J. Tutty. Financial result, £29 5s., counting donations collected by our superintendent (Mr: W. J. Harnbling)' and his assistant (Mr. M. Timbrell). ,Miss G. Neale was organist, and Mr. James Kimber conducted the singing.

St. Helens.

A pretty little bazaar was held at Sutton for the reduction of debt an May 11th and 13th. Great credit is due 130 the lady workers, and to Mr. J. Swift, for the tasteful decorations, whiCh were neuch ad.- mired. There was an excellent display of goods. The opening ceremony on Thurs-day was gracefully performed by Miss Rigby (Carlton Villa), Mr. Samuel Glover presiding, Revs. W. Holroyd, J. Gillen-der, and B. Fell, Messrs. T. Hamblett, J.P., and A. H. P. Marston taking part. Mr. John Bryan (Crawford) operied on the second' day, Mr. C. IL Savage presiding. The amount realised, including donations, was £70.

Scotter.

Willoug,hion School anniversary was held on May 14th and 15th. Preacher, Mr. Hemshall. The children gave their reci-tations, etc., on Monday, Mr. Hemshall presiding. Tea was provided in Mr. T. Andrews' courtyard. A public meeting fol-lowed, presided over by Rev. A. Hayfield.

Skelmersdale.

On May 14th Roby Mill fiftieth anniver-sary was celebrated. In the morning the teachers, scholars, and friends pro-cessioned the village. At the chapel an address was given by Mr. Oates Rushton, J.P., of Wigan. The preacher for the afternoon and evening was Rev. T. A. Braday, of Bacup, a former minister. The place was crowded at the evening service, many people being unable to gain admis-sion. Special anthems were rendered by the choir, under the leadership of Mr. Caleb Smith. Proceeds for the day- were £20 ls. 10d,

Soham. • A successful sale of work was held on

May 9th to reduce the debt, on the trust premises (£660). The member for the con-stituency (Sir Chas. D. Rose, Bart.) had promised" to open, but, being detained at Westminster, sent a cheque for £5 ; also Lady Rose, £2. The sale was well at-tended throughout the day, with the result that mg. £80 will -be paid off the debt. This is the first attempt to reduce it for over twenty years.

Southport First.

We have just held a most successful bazaar at High Park Church to finish up our local Centenary effort. The bazaar was opened on May 10th, in absence of John Judson, Esq. (through domestic be-reavement), by Mrs. Peel, one of our oldest members. Alderman S. Ingham presided. Revs. J. T. Bark-by, T. Sowerby, J. Whittle, and T. Wilshaw took part in the opening. On the second day the children opened the bazaar, and Mrs. Sykes re-ceived the gifts. Mr. Isaac Dobson, of Denton, opened on the third day. Mr. T. Whittle, of Bolton presided. Rev. W. H. Lewis (Baptist), Rev. T. Davenport (United Methodist), and the vicar of the parish (Rev. W. Belden Morgan, M.A.) took part in the opening. The financial result was £368 '8s. 10d., which, with a generous promise made by Sir Wm. P. Hartley, of 10 per cent. on all we raised, will make a total of a little over £400. The Southport First Circuit has honoured its promise to the Centenary Fund, and sent a little more than 10s. per member. Marshside Road sent £120, High Park £40, Crossen.s Church of eight members £4 4s. ; total, £164 4s.

Stroud. Chalford Chapel anniversary was held on

May 14th and 17th. On Sunday sermons

were preached morning and evening by Mr. J. Pearse, of Gloucester. In the afternoon a service of song:was given, entitled. "The Golden Path," with connective readings by Mr. Pearse ; conductor, Mr. J. F. Williams ; organist, Miss Seal On Wed-nesday a well-attended tea was held, fol-lowed by a most successful meeting, pre-sided over by Miss Weaver. Addresses were given by Revs. R. Fairley and D. J. H. Carter, and the Chalford Amateur String Band rendered several selections. The income exceeded last year.

Tottenham.

At Northumberland Park a Coronation bazaar and musical festival were held 'on May 10th and 11th. Owing to a severe ill-ness, our minister was liftable to be present, and the circuit steward (Mr.. H. Skinner) superintended the whole. Miss Pedley opened the first day, and Mrs. Rix pre-sided. Miss Swainston was soloist, and Mr. Gensler accompanied. Twenty Sun-day-school scholars, trained by Mr. Edward Mills, opened on the second day, and their donation amounted to £8 Is. Mr. J. Cloudsley, J.P., presided, artoon-tribute& £3 3s, Miss Webb was the soloist, and Miss E. Webb accompanied. A musical programme was arranged for the second evening by the Misses Ethel and Gladys Steward. Mr. Bevis (the chairman) gave 10s. 6d. The total proceeds amounted to £54 8s.

At West Green a most successful "At Home" was given on April 1st by Mr. and Mrs. E. Timms. The refresh-ments were provided in a dainty and most generous manner. Miss Timms provided a most acceptable programme, and, with the aid of the " Rambling Concert Party," a very happy evening was spent. Mr. and Mrs. Hatchatal officiated as presidents, sup-ported by Mr. and Mrs. D. Odell, Rev. J. Mainwaring', and Rev. W. H. Wright. The financial result was £2 13s.

Walkden.

School anniversary services commenced on May 13th, when Rev. S: S. Renshaw delivered" his lecture on " My Visit to Palestine." Mr. Joseph Hall presided, sup-ported by Mr. J. Crompton. Mr. Renshaw was the preacher on May 14th, and Mr. R. Ramsay Clarke, of :Manchester, soloist. The choir sang at the afternoon service the anthem, "Rejoice in the Lord," the solo part being rendered by Miss Florrie Had-croft, and at the evening service " Hearken-unto Me, my People" (Sullivan) and " We Give Thee Thanks " (Macfarren). The sweet singing of the little children, led by Mr. John Hall, was greatly appreciated, and the organists were Messrs. J. Jones and J. Cousin. The collections realised £94 5s. 3d.

Woodberry.

On May 8th a social gathering was held, in celebration of the recent marriage of Mr. alid Mrs. W. J. Heley, the former having been treasurer of the church for many years. In the absence of Levi Newell, Esq., Rev. J. Hawkey (circuit minister) presided, and, having spoken of the many years of valuable service which Mr. Heley had rendered the church, congratulated him on his recent marriage, and', on behalf of the church, presented Mr. and Mrs. Heley with a eset of pearl-handled tea and butter knives- in case. Mr. Heley ably thanked the friends-for their gift and ex-pressions of congratulation. During the evening a further presentation of a purse was made from the young ladies of the church. Rev. Lionel B. Phillips (pastor of the church) also offered congratulations. An excellent programme was rendered during the evening by friends from neigh-bouring churches.

Women's Missionary Federation.

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The Hull ladies held an exceedingly suc-cessful afternoon missionary' meeting on May 17th, this being the first visit of the auxiliary to the Lamb Memorial Church, Lambert Street. Mrs. J. Cooper presided Miss Barnett sang. Rev. J. J. Cook offered' prayer. Rev. W. R. Wilkinson (Chesterfield) gave an excellent address. The crowded room indicated the great in-terest of the members in missionary work. The monthly letter was read by Mrs. S. B. Whitby. Afternoon tea was served and a collection taken for missionary fund's. Eleven new members joined the auxiliary.

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