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" EVIL is wrought by want of thotight as well as want of heart." The explanation of the con-tinuance of some of the social evils of our times is

no doubt sometimes "want of A. Seething heart " ; in the larger number of Social World. cases it is often "want of thought."

We are all of us more or less the slaves of the accustomed and the, usual. Such and such a condition of things was there when we were born and has been accepted by us as belonging to the established order of things. Nothing has hap-pened to lead us to question their fitness or to chal-lenge their righteousness. We have not thought about them, so they are allowed to continue. What we need is that something should break in upon the routine of our ideas and customs, challenging their soundness and claiming that they shall vindicate themselves and prove themselves worthy of con-tinuance or be thrust aside as among the things out-worn or out-grown. The strikes through which 'the industrial world has been passing promise to do at least this good service for thousands upon thou-sands of the servitors of the customary and usual. The complacency of those who have imagined that we are living in the best of all possible industrial worlds has been greatly disturbed. Questions that go to the very roots of the relations of capital and labour are being asked in most unexpected quarters. A soul-shaking suspicion that it is not well with us industrially is taking possession of thousands and thousands of observers. Thought is being stirred, questions are being asked, information is being sought, the passive acceptance of things as they are is becoming impossible. In a word, we are in the midst of a seething social world. Thought, con-science and humane,feeling are coming into play—with results which no one can at present foresee or estimate.

Tx's all means that the leaders and members of the churches in this country have such an oppor-tunity of proving themselves socially helpful as they

have not had for many years. Men The will differ as to the functions of Opportunity of churches in this direction or in that, the Christian but surely none can disagree with Citizen. the assertion that it is at least part

of their function to quicken thought, to sensitize conscience, to insist upon right-doing everywhere, always, in all relationships, and at all cost, and to foster supremely the humane, sympa-thetic and brotherly feeling, between man and man, master- and servant, employee and shareholder. As little, surely, is it debatable that where Christian people see evils which are spoiling men and women and children, the "flowers" of. God's heart, and making the Christ-like character difficult if not im-possible of attainment, they should speak out against the evils and attack them until they are null and void and until where wrong was right is, and where social- injustice was social right and brother-

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Gospel has in it all that men need, that it is profit-able for the life that now is as well as for that which is to come, that in it Jesus offers bread that will satisfy man's deepest hunger and water that will slake his intensest thirst, surely we should do all we can to induce them to receive the God-given message. One thing is certain—if we are disposed to leave the people alone they are more than dis-posed to leave us alone. If the autumn and winter were given to patient, painstaking and loving efforts of this kind, not so much to bring the people into our churches as to bring the glad tidings of great joy to the people, the effects in many of our churches would be marvellous and most blessed.

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of Methodism

an article by that gifted and stimulating writer

The- Problem

" on "The Problem of Orthodoxy." He ap-

IN last week's "Christian World " there appears

pears to think that this problem

Methodism. Indeed, were it not reaches its acute form in Wesleyan

as Orthodox. known that " J.B." is of Methodist ancestry and would, as he has him-

self said, be the last to disparage Methodism, one would think that he had selected Wesleyan Methodism as, in a special sense, "the - awful example " which illustrates his theme. But " J.B." makes it clear that it is his intense admiration of Methodism and his keen recognition of its, past ser-vices and of its future possibilities which makes him concentrate almost the whole force of his article upon it. He affirms that we cannot afford to let such a power as Methodism has proved itself to be pass out of the country's life or to-see it weakened. Yet something, he says, is wrong with Methodism to-day. What is it? One part of the answer is that • it possesses no outstanding personality like that of John Wesley. Another is that though the Methodist pulpit is occupied by "men of irreproach-able character, of sound attainments, who put con-science into their work, and many of whom work very hard," they are yet, as compared with their early predecessors, "fatally hampered."

* * * PRESENT-DAY Methodist preachers are, it appears,

"fatally hampered " in two directions. They are hampered, J.l3." says, by the fact that whereas

their predecessors "found everything Is Methodism to do and to devise, they find every- " Fatally thing already devised, and, ing, a Hampered " I sense everything done. What room

for initiative, for bold resolves, in a system where all is cut and squared to their hand ; where the daily, weekly, yearly business is already marked out for them ; where the activity is perforce largely that of the treadmill, of the mill-horse on its -round ? To preach so many times in so many places ; to attend so many meetings ; to fill up so many schedules ; to complete, with the precision of a machine, so many circuit and Connexional require-ments. A man may do forty years of this work with never once an old-time dash at the enemy ! " No doubt Methodism is an elaborately organized system, but it must never be forgotten that its organization has sprung out of the needs created by its life and activity : the machine was made to serve the church not the church to serve the machine. And Connexionalism, as distinguished from Con- • gregationalism, needs and must have a rather elaborate organization, as even the early Methodist preachers found. But, really, if " J.B." knew Methodism from the inside, he would not speak of it as if it necessarily forbade initiative and made aggressive activity impossible. Were not Hugh Price Hughes and Thomas Champness Methodist ministers ? But did that fact prevent initiative? Was not Mr. Hughes virtually the father of Central Missions and of the modern Institutional Church, and Mr. Champness the founder of the " Joyful News " Mission, with its fresh and effective appeal to village Methodism? And Dr. Stephenson, the founder of the Children's Home and Orphanage and the father of the modern Deaconess movement in Methodism, and S. F. Collier, the head of the finest Christian social organization in the city of Manchester, if not in England, and Thomas Cooke, the founder of the Cliff College movement for educating local preachers—are not these Methodist preachers? Yet all these virile and influential move-ments have sprung up in the midst of the system which " J.B." thinks leaves to those who work it no room for initiative and bold resolves. We ven-ture to say that there is as much room for initiative in the Methodist ministry as in any ministry, though, of course, there is also the temptation for a man whose soul is not in his work to become a creature of ,routine. But that temptation would menace such a man whatever ministry he was in.

* * * * *

BUT the "more fatal " hampering for Methodism, it appears, is in its orthodoxy. "The really vital difference between the earlier time and the present is that the first preachers wholly believed in their message, and the people who listened to them. believed in it too. They believed in an in

fallible Scripture ; in a creation in six days ; in the

Does its universal condemnation of the race through Adam's fall ; in an everlast-

" Orthodoxy ing hell of physical torture. The Hinder It I 'immense fact of to-day is that these

things, and a great many others be-longing to the creed of that time, have ceased to be believed in by the educated mind of to-day, and will soon have ceased to be believed in by anybody at all. We 'are in a new universe as compared with that of .a hundred and fifty years ago." The im-plication is that Methodist preachers stand theolo-gically where their predecessors stood a hundred and fifty, years ago and have been unaffected, or only a little affected, by modern movements. It is a bold thing to say of a man of such encyclopaedic knowledge,,and we say it again with diffidence, but it is nevertheless true, that if " J.B." knew Methodism from the inside he would not have presented his pOint in the phrasing used above. Has " J.B." ever read the statement 'of doctrines held in the United Methodist Church ? It is accepted, so far- as we know, without demur on the part of United Method-ist ministers, and we imagine that there are few Wesleyan Methodist ministers who would decline to accept it as sufficiently adequate. Yet, speaking again so far -as we know, there is nothing in this doctrinal statement which runs atilt of that assured modern knowledge and growth in truth upon which "J. so strenuously lays emphasis. Modern knowledge, 'he says, leaves untouched the vital part of Christianity.

"All the conquering force, all the saving doctrines of Christianity are still there." "All that made the force of the early evangelical teaching, the doctrine of man's sin and need, of his helplessness as-of himself, of the reality of grace, of the possibility of his con-version, of his transformation by spiritual power—all this remains, its evidence founded on solid experience, and added to by all that is being learned of thq con-stituents of man's nature and his relation to the' spiritual world. The tidings of salvation by God's grace in Christ Jesus, by the work in him of God's gracious Spirit, are there to be 'preached as Wesley and his helpers preached them, and with the same assurance of their transforming power, We can to-day define salvation as Wesley defined it : ' And by salvation I mean not merely _deliverance from hell, but a present deliverance from sin, a restoration of the soul to its primitive health, a recovery of the divine nature.' "

But it is precisely these saving truths that Methodist preachers are laying emphasis upon and expound-ing in the phrases that seem to them truest and nearest to the facts, as those come to them after reading, thought and observation. The present writer can say that the more confidently because, being free from pastoral claims, he has the privilege of hearing many sermons in Methodist pulpits.

-* METHODISM must see to it that its machinery does

not become its Frankenstein ; it must keep its eyes and its heart open to all the light and truth which,

as good John Robinson said, God What Ensures has yet to break forth - from His Success. Word, in the story of His world and

in His dealings with the- children of men ; but we are persuaded that it is not its machinery nor what " J.B." calls its orthodoxy, that retards its progress. There are churches which have not so much machinery and, if we may so put it, not so much "orthodoxy," but nevertheless they have precisely the same kind of decreases which " J.B." laments in Methodism. We would not be-understood for a moment as meaning that this points to the unimportance of accuracy and truth of thought about Divine things : we must serve - the Lord our God and humanity with all our mind as well as with all our strength. It is a vital thing what a man believes, but it is a more vital thing how he believes it and how it leads him to behave. Speaking of the early Methodist preachers, our author says they were remarkable men of the com-pelling victorious sort.

"They were full of faith, .not that, travesty of the noble word which means mere acceptance of a dogma, but a faith which, in the religious sphere, was such as a Mazzini had in his Italy, as a Lincoln had in liberty ; the faith which masters and consumes you, which lifts you above petty personal interests, which must out at whatever cost, which, if needs be, makes a martyr of you. They believed wholly in their mes-sage, and were bent on making other people believe it. They, too, were full of initiative. They were in a realm of things at the farthest remove from routine; where a thousand new difficulties required a thousand new resolutions, a wholly fluid condition where nothing was fixed and everything was to be done. They were warriors on a campaign, who took a soldier's risks, a soldier's hardships; and who won because they meant to win." That they were of that spirit is the secret of their

victories. If Modern Methodists were but baptized into that they would enter on a new time of triumph of the highest kind and a new era of magnificent service for God and man. And this is -possible to present Methodist preachers, as it was possible to their earlier predecessors, spite of Methodism's "machinery " and "orthodoxy."

attention of our readers to the President's Autumnal Letter, found on another page. Like Mr. Packer's Presidential Address, it deserves attention as a whole, but we especially ask the reader to ponder over the paragraphs headed "The Unrest among Workers " and "A Question." One of the, workers in our Connexional printing establishment in hand-ing us proofs of the President's Letter a day or two ago,,said : "A copy of that Letter ought to be given to every member of every congregation in United Methodism : it could do nothing but good." We unreservedly agree.

* * * * THE problem and the spirit in which to face it

were indicated in a frank and stimulating address delivered by Mr. Lloyd George a few days ago at

the stone-laying of a Baptist Church. Facing the He thinks that "the first function of Problem. a church is a spiritual one, but it

has another duty in the material welfare of its members."

"There are multitudes of people in this country to- day who, in spite of grinding toil, 'do not earn enough to keep body and soul together. On the other hand, .there are others who toil not neither do they spin, yet have a superabundance. It will be said that I am setting class against class. That is just a parrot screech of every barren scribbler and tattler who does not possess enough imagination even to invent a new phase of invective. If it is a criminal offence against society to call attention to the inequality whichi exists to=day and every day in life, then all I can say is that social conditions and organization call for im-mediate readjustment. We have members of Christian Churches, men who are well off and never missed a delicacy, yet who are angry when an effort is made by any class of the popdlation to ameliorate its con-ditions. I say let them examine the conditions under which hundreds of thousands—nay, millions—of peo-ple seek to earn a living for themselves and their -wives and children, and if they think that these con-ditions are satisfactory I would advise them to follow the penance of the Catholic practice for six months and live on the wages of the people of this country, and try to keep their families on the pittance millions of our workers are compelled to live upon. It would cure them of one of the worst sins—the sin of un-charitableness."

* * * MR. LLOYD GEORGE said that if the Christian

Churches did not assist in remedying the conditions spoken of, they would be left behind, and he ap-

pealed to his hearers to realize their How Can the responsibilities and lift the people up Churches Help I to a higher level of life. How can

the Churches help ? They can, help immensely through their ministers and teachers by creating the intensified social sentiment, the enthusiastic moral conviction and the true ideal of Christianized human relationships which are the only adequate and ultimate dynamics of effective social reform. They can show that there is nothing so priceless in their estimation as men and women and that conditions which hamper the development of manhood and womanhood evoke their indigna-tion, disapproval and resentment. As things now are the President is doubtless right when he says that he would not suggest that in the pulpit we should have advocacy of particular schemes of legis-lation or social or party politics of any kind. But is he not utterly right when' he goes on to say that the Gospel is surely preached in vain if it does not set people to right-thinking, expressed and proved in right living ? And is there not too much ground for the further statement to which he calls attention—that with a greater proportion of artisans outside our churches than in them "there cannot have been in our congregations a sufficient acting out of the Gospel in daily life and conduct "? This is the next and instantly pressing duty of Christian people—to give thought to social subjects ; to recognize clearly that the Gospel they profess to receive demands applications in social, commercial and industrial life, and to confess that this has been all too im-perfectly achieved in the past. As soon as we can bring individual Christians to see these things, the difficulties in the way of organized and concerted action in the working out of the social question by the churches as churches will have mostly vanished. The duty of the moment is to make every member of our churches and congregations absolutely certain that the Gospel has social con-tents and that he is not a true Christian who refuses to acknowledge this and to work it out in his daily life and behaviour.

- * * * * NOT less pertinent as a message for to-day is the

President's insistence upon our duty, as churches and individuals, to take the Gospel to those who

are without. It is not enough to Go to those open the doors of our sanctuaries, to that Need You. provide for more or less effective

services and to think that our duty ends there. Tradesmen have long since abandoned the "Take-it-or-leave-it " policy. They do all they can to induce people to "take " things and to make it impossible to "leave " them. And if they do this about earthly things,- how much more should we do it about heavenly ! If we really believe that the

September 7, 1911. THE UNITED METHODIST. 699

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

The Editor's address is 188 Rye Lane Peckham, S.E.

* * * * * MINISTERS CHANGING CIRCUITS.

Our private 'list of Ministers changing Circuits in 1912, 1913, 1914, will be in the hands of the President and Secretary of Conference, of the Secre-taries of Connexional Departments, of the chairmen and secretaries of Districts, and of all who have sent us stamped and addressed envelope for the same this morning (Thursday). We shall -be glad to forward a: copy to any circuit or church steward if the application is addressed to 188 Rye Lane, Peckham, London, S.E., and accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope.

* * * * * CHANGE OF ADDRESS.

Rev. P. H. Thomas, 66 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury.

Rev. J. K.- Jackling, 31 Beaconsfield Street, Blyth, Northumberland.

Rev. J. W. Hall, 8 Queen's Avenue, Chester. Rev. 5. Mills, 18 High Street, Portland. Rev. W. Penryn 1E11,108 Scorer Street, Lincoln. Rev. Geo. A. Ives, Saner Street, Hull. Rev. W. Wilson Craig, Rose View, Whitwell,

Derbyshire. Rev. S. Edwyn Harper, Barnstone House, Sun-

flower Road, Barnstaple. * * * *

PRINCIPAL SHERWOOD. We very much regret to hear that the Rev. T.

Sherwood, the beloved Principal of our Manchester College is unwell. He was present at the College Committee last Wednesday, also at the Inaugural Meeting in the evening at Hanover Chapel, Shef-field, where he took some part., but he was not well and only got home to Manchester with much diffi-culty. He has been confined to bed since then,. and during the week-end he went into a Nursing Home for trearment. This means that he will be some weeks away from the College and his beloved work there. His many friends will think of him sympa-thetically and prayerfully and wish for him a speedy and complete recovery.

* * * * * PERSONAL.

The numerous friends of the Rev. Charles Hibbert, of Rochdale, late of Whitworth, will be pleased to learn that he is almost restored to good health again. Mr. Hibbert has taken lately several preaching appointments. On Sunday week he preached at the Congregational Church, Hallfold, with much acceptance.

Rev. J. Patchett Burt's friends will hear with sympathetic regret that Mrs. Burt passed away at '13 Zion Terrace, Newcastle Road, Sunderland, on August 29th, and will pray that in this time of sorrow our brother may be abundantly comforted.

Mr. Edward Parker, an old. attached friend of our St. Domingo Church, Liverpool, has given through the Rev. E. Cato £50 in aid of the funds of the church.

At the. recent London University examinations Mr. H. L. Mann successfully passed the Inter-mediate Examination for the B.Sc. degree, while Miss Ethel Mockeridge and Miss May Ellis matriculated. Mr. Mann is .a devoted member and willing worker in our Herbert Road Church, Plum-stead, and our two young friends are in the same class in the Sunday School.

An outstanding feature of the Rev. J. Wallett's ministry at Westcliff-on-Sea has been an Adult Bible School conducted by him every Tuesday at eight ceclock. The attendances have ranged be-.

tween a •hundred and a hundred and seventy weekly, and over sixty per week were in attendance during the extremely hot weather. The school closed down for September but recommences in October.

Mr. M. Mordey, Mrs. Mordey, and Miss Mordey, sail for New York, from Liverpool, in the s. s. "Campania," on September 16th, to attend the CEcumenical Conference at Toronto, October 4th.

Mr. A. B. Shorney, of Weston-super-Mare, grand-son of the late Rev. W. Boyden, has just passed the Senior Oxford Examination with Honours ; he has also recently passed the examinations of the Board of Education in Theoretical and "Practical Inorganic Chemistry.

[We offer congratulations,—ED. "U.M."]

REV. HENRY CODLING. We learn: with sincere regret that the Rev. Henry

Codling, late of Crewe, and now resident in London, has seriously declined in health since the Manchester Conference. Mr. Codling is now in the Richmond Ward of the London Hospital, that he may have every care and every. facility -for obtaining the best medical advice and the most careful nursing in his present weak condition. We are sure that his large circle of attached friends will sincerely sym-pathise with him and with his family in this serious affliction. We hope to have better news to report later, but at present Mr. Codling's condition is exceedingly critical.

As these sheets pass through the press we have received a message to the effect that the Rev. Henry Codling passed away at 12.15 on the morning of Wednesday, September 6th. A fuller report will be given in our next issue.

* * * * * THERE CAME A SONG.

In my heart were many fears, As press'd on the fleeting.years. Why must life for ever be Shrouded in such mystery? Whither are its forces tending? What the future? What the ending? What is certain? What abiding? Who in this blind strife is guiding? Can there be, beyond our ken, Some great good in store for men?

As press'd on the fleeting years, In my heart were many fears.

To my heart there came a song, Haunting me the whole day long : Heart, rejoice ! Rejoice I Rejoice! Ever echoed some sweet voice. Should thine altar fires burn low? Is it best to see and knoW? Mystery must shroud the source Of all elemental force; God, in all this strife of man, Is but working out His plan ' • And beyond is something real Answering thy best ideal. Heart, rejoice ! Rejoice ! Rejoice! Ever echoed that clear voice.

Haunting me the whole day long, To my heart there came a song.

—DARLEY TERRY. * * * * *

A MAN OF GRIT. "The Presbyterian " of last week has the follow-

ing paragraph : It is said that a Scotsman should be born perfect,

for once he has taken up a notion he never turns back, whether right or wrong. Be that as it may in the abstract, in the concrete there is an instance of pertinacity which has been reckoned worthy of special space in the "Express " and of a leading article in the "Evening Standard." Mr. Ewen MacDonald twenty years ago was in a good position in a bank, but seized with a desire to construct a thorough and complete Gaelic dictionary, he threw up his position, and securing enough to live upoh in a humble way by becoming pipe-major to the 1st Ross, he settled in Ross-shire to perfect his Gaelic, and for twenty years worked thirteen hours a day at his beloved dictionary. For eleven of these years he had to wheel the printing formes; weighing a hundredweight and a half, in a wheel-barrow up and down a hill to be stereotyped, but in the re-maining nine years managed to get them printed at home. And now the work is done—an etymological dictionary of over a million words. Nothing but the love of the task for its own sake could have made this possible ; there was no "money in it." Let us hope there may be some now, but no amount of it could tarnish the glory of this achievement. There is only one instance on record of a like achievement—Dr. Johnson's ; but Johnson lived in London, and had many pleasant forms of re-reation and intercourse, but The only "play " Ewen Mac-Donald indulged in was an odd skirl with the bag- pipes. *

The first meeting of the London Ministers' Fraternal will be held at the Sunday School Union, Old Bailey, E.C., on Friday, September 22nd, when

FENNINGS'

a welcome will be given fo the new minsters of the District, and the Rev. E. C. Urwin. B.D., will open a conversation on "The Clash of the Historic Faiths, and the Future of Religion." Will all London ministers rally that day?

Our London Letter.

(Alone have the Trade Mark: "A Baby in a Cradle.")

Teething!

POWDERS

United Methodist Table Talk.

Nijmegen. FOUR sermons every Sunday, two of them in the

park or street, a ,big strike involving one's own people, the autumn campaign to face on a shortened holiday, and a feeling of being "spent "—so let's away to Hol-land, the land of calm.

Monday saw me on "Batavier No. V." with a second- class D. return to Rotterdam—like John Burns, amongst the people, and for a second good reason also, the difference between 20s and 30s. At Rotterdam at 7 a.m. I found an early market café, had a penny cup of coffee with the others, and good it was—and then away to the Rhine boat, booking to Nijmegen, an all-day ride in a delightful deck steamer from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for 2s. 7d. first class. Nijmegen is the place for a rest—situated in and on seven hills, requiring one's lowest cycling gear to get up them, but one rejoices at the top in superb views and charming woods. Baedeker is again my friend, and' he found me a good hotel, Hotel Bonte Os, bed and breakfast 2s. 6d., C.T.C., though 5d. extra to others.

Sad, very sad, Elijah-sad, I wandered down by the Rhine in the dark. I knew it was all physical sadness, the gloom would go when I felt well again, but it was gloom. Crossing by the ferry, I sat in the dark and quiet, watching the town and the river with the reflec-tions of the arc lights, and telling myself not to talk, as it was not "me" that felt so despondent, only an unfair, overjaded me, and I resolved to let the present "me" have no innings. But the question would insist on coming, "Does God care?" and my head involuntarily looked right up to ask Him point-blank—What a star ! The Star of Bethlehem to me ! for "it led me up to God." How inferior earth's electrics looked ! I never so felt the poverty of glaring lights before—pretty, no doubt, as they stood reflected in the water—but that starlight seemed a living travelling thing that had come from God. So I turned back into the night and found that I might have seen stars instead of local standards—which things were a parable to me. But the spring was in my step again, and I climbed' the hill that led to bed with a glad heart, and slept as the children sleep.

To-day I am cycling slowly round—slowly, for I am giving a lesson to the "why-don't-you-get-on?" spirit within me. Ah ! here is a waterfall and a seat. Now I'll just write this piece of my London Letter—and here you have it.

* * * Zutphen ! Yes ! I'll finish off here. Nijmegen. was

great. Arnhem- on the Rhine (Lek) was greater—and God painted a wonderful sunset in quiet tones of old gold, with grey and liquid blues and greens for those who looked twice, and He gave a tired man the quiet-

..ness of spirit that could and did sit still a whole hour' to receive its preachment. Nijmegen and Arnhem could easily fill a week between them, but Zutphen !—that was my Mecca this trip ! Whatever else I missed, I would not miss Zutphen. For in one of those fields over there Sir Philip Sidney died—and in his dying lived. Mortally stricken in battle and agonized with the thirst of his pain, they brought him water. As he raised him-self to drink it, he saw a wounded man of the rank and file, to whom the water might mean life, casting eyes at the precious cup. Passing it to him Sir Philip Sidney said : "Drink ! friend, thy need is greater than mine! " Saying which he laid down to die in his pain—and let us hope the other passed back into life.

Zutphen, as it first broke into view to-day, was a very Jerusalem to my soul—a holy city ! Yes, in commercial value only one of ten hundred others but a good man did a great deed of mercy here, and the town is redeemed from the mediocrity of its brethren. Such is the human interest ! A good man sanctifies the earth ! That Groote Kerk—Sir Philip Sidney worshipped there ! This Nieuw-stads Poort—out of its vaulted shadow marched Sir Philip to do his greatest workl What the battle was about, or how it went, who remembers? But the "cup of cold water" given in the Master's Spirit—that is history 1 Ride on ! W. KAYE DUNN.

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Chapter X. (Continued). " MR. WENTWORTH," replied the vicar, " I have had it on

my conscience to come and see you for some weeks past. There are many stories afloat -about you buying and selling cattle on a Sunday, which I hope, for your credit's sake, and that of the parish, are not true."

"Ain't there an old proverb which says The better the day the better the deed '? " asked Joe.

"There is a commandment which says Thou shalt remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy,'" sternly replied the clergyman.

"I'll try and remember it in future," said Joe. "But don't believe all the stories you hear, sir, because some of them are lies, and some are half lies, and most of them are only three-quarters of the truth. I cannot help folks comin' squintin' round at my cattle on a Sunday, and I never bargained on a Sunday but once, and that was when I sold your coachman the nag you ride.".

"You don't mean to say that John bought it on the Sabbath ? I shall dismiss him in the morning."

"Na-ay," said Joe, "he didn't bargain exactly for it on the Sunday. He came on Saturday and offered me a price for the nag, and said you were set on havin' the hoss ; but I didn't particular want to part wi' him and I just clapped five pound's on the price. Well, we couldn't agree, tut I promised to come and hear you preach on the Sunday. It was just after you came to Summerton. And I'll say this, you took my fancy that morning. It was like a change from winter to spring after your predecessor. But I suspect that was the best sermon in the box. You so worked on my feelings that when I got to the door I sees John and I says, He shall have the hoss at his own price,' and he says, I'll come for it on the morrow,' and so we fixed it. Now, who was to blame, sir—me for offering the tit, or John for jumping at the offer? Anyhow, it wouldn't be right for John to get it all, would it? "

"Mr. Wentworth," the vicar said, smiling, "really I can never- understand you."

"La', sir," said Joe, "that's nowt. I cannot under-stand myself. There's bits o' me that are first-rate stuff, and there are considerable patches that ain't any better than they should be, and I never know which will come uppermost. But I'm not as bad as some make out, and not nearly as good as I might be. I once heard an old preacher say there were some folks too good for hell and not good enough for heaven, and I think he had his eye on me. But I might as well own up now I'm here. I took your coat, sir."

"You 1 " exclaimed the vicar. "Ay," said Joe ; "and I confess I thought you'd be a

trifle mad when I took you at your word. But, seeing it ain't ruffled your plumes a bit, all the fun has gone out of it. Queenie has promised to bring it back in the morning. And here's a couple of guineas for the poor fund, but don't tell anybody I've given 'em. Good neet, vicar, I've enjoyed my supper."

As he trudged home the farmer muttered to himself, " Joe Wentworth, this parish wonno' be worth livin' in soon, wi' a vicar that isn't content wi' sayin' you mon follow. the light, and not the lantern, but is a light as big as a haystack on fire on a dark night ; all the fun will be gone, what wi' him and Rufe—there won't be work enuff to keep the devil warm. It will be too much like the Garden o' Eden for a poor sinner like me. I shall have either to mend or flit; and it's not easy to mend, and I dunno' want to flit."

CHAPTER XI. "AND HE SPAKE TO THEM IN PARABLES."

"How far that little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world."

—Shakespeare. "Chuck I Chuck ! Chuck 1 " Joe Wentworth stood leaning over his farm gate,

counting the black Spanish fowls, which were greedily picking up some corn scrapings he had thrown them. Having assured himself that their number was correct, he very closely scrutinized the fifty hens, one by one.

"Seems to me," he said, "when all are black, it's very difficult to tell the thief from the honest hens, but I'll catch her yet. No less' than thirteen eggs eaten, or broken yesterday. A hen that eats eggs I regard as a kind of cannibal, and a cannibal binna fit to live. If I can find her out I'll boil the eggs inside of her. Our Rufe is great on sending missionaries to the cannibals, but my way would be to send the hangman. It mayn't be quite Christian, but it is the more sartin."

"Chuck ! Chuck ! Chuck 1 " "Ay, what is that? " A hen was running round the group to get a better

chance at the 'corn, and the farmer caught sight of a small speck , of white on her beak. After she had settled to her feeding, he went quietly up to her, and laid his hands on her. She fluttered and flustered in protest, but was helpless, and he carefully examined her beak.

"Thought so," he said. "Sorry to disturb you at lunch, but justice will not wait. Circumstantial evi-dence is decidedly agin you. Bit of egg-shell on your beak. Pity you didn't wash your mouth after eating. Small feathers all stuck together. That means egg for breakfast. 'Anything to say in self-defence? Then good-bye," and the next moment the hen lay dead on the ground with a dislocated neck.

"That's an object-lesson," he said, addressing the other fowls, as if they were human beings, "again developing an appetite for egg. Next as does it gets same sauce. It's a sure way to the pot. Hullo ! why yen's our Rufe comin'. Guess he's got a collectin' book, or a prick-this-for-a-penny card, or a shillin' block for sale, whereby be takes your silver, and gives you

a bit o' fancy cardboard; if you are fool enuff. Grand ideas Rufe has for clothin' savages in gingham and alpaca—as if sunshine wasn't good enuff. Or else he's on for buildin' a little Bethel' for somebody who wants to go to heaven, and makes other folks pay for it,; or otherwise he's beggin' for preacher's salary from those who never go to hear him preach. Rum fellow, is. Rufe. I guess if there's any House o' Lords in heaven Rufe Il be on the Front Bench. Anyhow, he'd get my vote."

"Hallo, Rufe, lad, what art thee up to this morning? And how's the missus and the princess? "

"Toppin'' Joe," replied his brother. "They are enter-

ing into a kind of conspiracy against you just now, so keep your peepers open."

"What's in the wind, eh? Going to marry me to a widow with fourteen kids, or send me as a delegate to the Methody Conference? Ha, ha! "

"Na'ay," replied Rufus, joining his brother's laughter; "but they're going to have you up to our house on Gwen's birthday, and are for giving you chronic in-digestion by stuffing you with birthday cake. Maybe you'll be glad of a widow to nurse you after that."

"Right," said Joe, "I'm their man. I'll take a little stuffin' I guess before the crisis comes, and if the wuss comes to the wust, I'll die a martyr in a good cause. When does it come off? "

"Next Tuesday, and -I've come to bring the invitation."

"Oh," said Joe, "I thought you'd come beggin' for a ruined chimney pot for some chapel, or buying Beecham's pills for the natives of Africa, or maybe a motor-car for a Methody parson. I've got a bad three-penny bit, paid me by a churchwarden, and I was tryin' to find it directly I saw you."

"Why," said his brother, screwing up his face, "now you mention it, it does go agirythe grain not to increase your chances o' gettin' into heaven, by dtaking some of your money for a good cause. You owe a lot to the Lord for your prosperity."

"Prosperity," exclaimed the farmer. "I'd a cow died last week, and a horse lamed the week before, and a pig died an unnatural death just a week before that, and wi' a Liberal Government in power, wheat's koin' down, and labour up, the forriner is gettin' all the cream off the milk, and we get what's left. Call that prosperity, eh?"

"Bosh, said Rufus. "Gi' me a farmer for grumbling, all the world over. The cow that was staked was cer-tainly a loss, but the horse that was lamed was better in three days, and is now working on the land. And that pig that died an unnatural death is now being salted in your cellar. Is that so?"

"Guess," said Joe,"he did run up against a sharp knife and cut himself:"

"Thought so," said Rufus, "and as for the Liberal Government, and the forriner,s and the cream, that is not your honest opinion, and you know it. See what a season you had last year. Two hay crops, splendid barley, wheat capital, roots superb."

'" It was a bad year for mushrooms though," growled.

Joe. "Ay," replied Rufus, "An! for crabs and sloes. If

you told the truth, in these bad times you are saving not a penny less than five hundred a year."

Joe shook his head. "Shake away," said Rufus, "you'd shake it off before

you'd make me believe that your profits were less than that. And here you are grumbling -at the rate of a thousand a year loss, and giving a few shillings away and posing as very generous for doing that." _

"Well, what is it you want? Name the sum, and done with it. If a man's to be hung, it's no use keepin' him in misery wi' the rope round his neck."

"Well, I want five pounds for the foundation-stone laying at Heystone next week."

Joe pulled his face into various shapes, and then said, "Humph, I'll give you a guinea."

"No," said Rufus, "a guinea's nowt for-you." "Two, then." " No." "Hang it, man, do you want to send me to the work-

house? I tell you I have no end of losses., Why I've had to kill this hen this morning—as fine a fowl as ever stepped."

"What have you killed it for? asked his brother. "Eatin' its eggs," said his brother. 'When a fowl

eats all it produces, and shares the good corn given to others, it's time it was taught not to be greedy."

"Ay," said Rufus, his eyes twinkling, and what is good law for chickens is surely not very bad for farmers. Mind you don't get your neck screwed if you keep all you produce."

"Gad," said Joe, "that's kind o' gettin' your shins cut with your own scythe. I'll give you no more than a •

shilling towards your foundation stone, and I'll give you the other four pounds nineteen to keep it quiet. If I gave five pounds,. I should have the place thick wi' trampin' parsons, and missionary collectors and hospital men, and orphans, and asylums, and societies for the Promotion of Wooden-Legged Men, or for puttin' down organ grinding, and Anti-spitting Societies, and Hatters' Leagues, and Women's Rights, and there will be murder done before I'm through with it. Put it down as a donation from the old black hen, for I'll have saved something this morning by shortening the earthly exist-ence of this one, who has been eatin" eggs, price a shil-ling a dozen, for weeks. But come in and have a bite o' bread and cheese, and a drink of ale."

"Bread and cheese, yes. For your cheese is always worth eatin', but no ale for me."

"Oh, I forgot," said Joe, "that you drink water like a beast."

"That's so," said Rufus. "I don't want to go below

the level of beasts in my drinking. They kind of turn their noses up at your drink."

"Pooh I." said Joe, "they drink water because they have no better sense." --

" It agrees with them remarkably well," rejoined Rufus. "Those horses of yours wouldn't look so well on whisky."

"Dunno," said-Joe. "I once knew a donkey that was wonderfully fond of porter. He'd take it three_ or four times a day, and enjoy it."

"Likely," said Rufus, "'I've always thought if the beasts ever got demoralized, the donkeys would lead the

way Gad " said Joe, "I wish I had been a preacher, it would have helped me wonderfully in sellin' horses. .

Answers come so ready when you're used to pattering. It's a great gift is that of the gab. But come in and have a feed, or the next time you are preachin on the parable of the good Samaritan you'll be sayin' I'm like the priest who paSsed by on the other side.

"Not I," said Rufus, "I'd never be so. foolish as to liken you to either priest or Levite. I should, rather liken you to another character in the parable."

"What, the man who had been robbed?, Ay, I never thought of that. Capital ! "

"No," replied Rufus, "but if I- bought horses of you, the man who robbed. You should hear what" young Markham says of you."

"Why," said Joe, with a laugh, "I reckon I did young Markham a good turn by takin' the conceit out of him. He was boastin' nobody ever had or could get the top-side of him in hoss buyin', and that what he did not know about hosses wasn't worth knowin'. He allowed I knew a thing or two, but accordin' to him, mine was second-hand goods compared with his. Well, I sold him a hoss that had fits, and charged him five sovereigns extra for the fits. You see, he didn't have them often, and when he was all right there wasn't anything the matter- with him. Do his work, eat his vittals, and was as quiet as a larrib, and was the fastest goer in the stables. But about once a month that hoss seemed to go right down mad, and them he would kick his shoes off his feet. I'll tell ye he made matchwood of his stall in one fit, and in another nearly killed a young.. colt. The men were afraid of him, and nobody could do aught wi' him but me. But if I was about and went and spoke to him, he'd kind o' cool down in a few minutes. Well, Markham fell in love wi' him one day when he was comin' from market. He tried wi' his big bay, which never lets mushrooms grow under his feet, to keep ahead of me. My hoss didn't like the dust, and made up his mind to give the other a turn behind, and, in spite of all Markham could do, he slipped past him on the common, and I asked him if he had any message to send, as I was going to trot..on. I tell you he didn't like it, and the bay got more long oats than he cared for. Markham came up next day and wanted to deal. I held off, and told him the hoss was, a rotter, and that he was not good enuff for him, and I named a stiff price to choke him off. But he wouldn't be said nay, and so I parted. Next week he had a fit and he kicked Mark-ham's new gig into splits, and ran into a shop window, and upset the bottles, and Markham had to come down handsome. Well, six weeks passed, and he had another, and this time he upset the whole show, and was so mad they sent for a gun to shoot him. But I happened to be passing, and_I bought him back to please Markham, for about as much as I could sell him for to make sausages. Markham's been kind o' shy wi' me ever since."

"There don't seem to be too much of the_goklen rule in horse buying," said Rufus.

"Dunno," said his brother. "It's my rule, Do as you are done by,' and a decent rule it is. I never cheat unless I. see the other chap at the game, and then its diamond cut diamond. I don't wait to be bitten, I get furst bite."

"That isn't the golden rule," replied Rufus. "It' is to do as you would be done by."

"Ay, that's all right for growing cauliflowers, and roses, but it wouldn't do for hosses. There's more rascality in the hoss business than any other, and the man that wouldn't come out of it as bare as a pig's back is of wool, must be up to the dodges."

"Then I would be out of it," said Rufus. "I wouldn't have dirty money at any price."

"'Cept for foundation stones," said-his brother with a chuckle. "But here's the bread and cheese. I suppose you won't refuse that because my cows got into Rob-bin's pastures and ate his grass. That milk wasn't quite honestly come by, and the receiver is as bad as the thief."

"Well," replied Rufus, "I'll run the. •risk this time. If Robbins lets his fences down he deserves to suffer. Anyway, the cows didn't know they were doing wrong."

"Trust a Methody to find a way out of a difficulty," said Joe. "But how's the roses? Good show this year? "

"There's' a fine promise," said Rufus. "The stocks are good, and the buddin's all I could wish. A little more rain is desirable."

(To be continued.)

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Joy. By Rkv. T. A. JEFFERIES, Huddersfield.

NEH. VIII. 9-18. (Christian Endeavour Topic for September 17th.)

"MOURN not nor weep." "Hold your peace, for the day is holy ; neither be ye grieved," A protest against . sadness ! and raised, too, in the name of religion by earnest reformers ! From men who might have been expected to call for national repentance in sackcloth and ashes came a call to joy. And well might it be so, for the day was a day of rejoicing. The walls of Jerusalem were restored. Her reproach was - wiped out. Her. tattered garment had been replaced by a new one. The heap of ruins had becoine a fenced city. All the faith-ful sons of Israel, after weeks of heroic toil and cease-less peril, had been called together to rejoice and praise God for the. success of their labours. It-was a great opportunity for. introducing them to "the law of the Lord," ,but it was not a time for tears. Though the law-awakened them to many shortcomings and appealed mightily to conscience, they must not spoil the service for which they had met. It was meet that they should make merry and be glad, and it is one more proof.. of the sterling worth and tact of Nehemiah that he refused to let the smile be driven_ from the face of that glad day of thanksgiving.

There seems also to have been in this plea for freedom from mourning something deeper than the mere wish not to spoil a happy celebration. There is what we may call a faith in joy. Notice that sentence in verse 10, "the joy of the Lord is your strength " or your stronghold," as the margin of the Revised .Version puts it. They conceived their joy as something existing apart from themselves and having life and power, of its own. It was Jehovah's -joy they, were sharing, as it was His city whose walls had been restored. And as they entered into the joy of the Lord, as into a temple where peace falls upon weary spirits, or into a strong-hold where the pursued find safety. There is a mes-sage here which this age needs to learn. We hear much of the suffering God, let us remember That God has His joys also. Was not that the original message of the Parable of the Prodigal Son? God has His joys, and it is our privilege to enter into them and feel their warm beams giving new zest to life. There- is both strength and protection in sharing the joy of our Lord. It is our strength, our stronghold.

Joy is one of the notes of every true life. The heart of things is good, and consequently the nearer we get to the heart of things, the more we know things as they really are, the more joy shall we experience. Is it not an amazing thing that, in spite of all He had to endure and perform, ,Christ should have given so many signs of a deep-seated joy? His parables are full of it. His teaching flashes it forth at almost every point. His manner contained it, else He could hardly have been so attractive even to little children. He found it neces= sary_ to defend His disciples from the gloomy Pharisees for being so joyful. He talked to them about "My joy," and'promised them a share of that also. How can you account for this? Christ's life was in some respects the saddest ever lived, and yet it was one of the glad-dest. The explanation lies in His hold on 'the- truth. He was in touch with reality. He was not misled by shams. He saw good where many saw only a vile sin-ner. No selfishness created for Him the thousand and one disappointments from which most people suffer. No pride exposed Him to annoyance. His sympathetic spirit enabled- Him to enter into everything that was beautiful in human character and 'physical nature. His trust in God freed Him from anxiety. His faith in love filled Him with hope even amid the darkness of His last days. Here was joy which no reverse could spoil,. which no man could take away. He at least has demonstrated IIis right to say to the labouring and heavy-laden sons of men, "Come unto Me, and I will give you rest."

And it is the purpose of the Gospel of Jesus to lead' men into this joy. In His great prayer for the disciples one of the ruling desires is, "that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves." In fact, it may be truly said that the Gospel aims at giving joy to life. I suppose every vendor of amusements, both public and private, would claim the same purpose. But there is a very radical distinction between the methods employed. Places of amusement try to provide joy ready-made ; the Gospel.. makes joy spring up spontaneously all along life's pathway. Amusements surround us for the moment with a joyous environment ; the Gospel provides 'us for all time with .a joyful spirit. We may go deeper and recognize the fundamental fallacy of all amusements which is the notion that you can satisfy a man by pro-viding him with joy, whereas joy is not the cause of satisfaction but satisfaction is the cause of joy. It is like trying to get rid of a hungry man's bad temper by telling him good stories. You may succeed, but if you do it will only be for a short time. A much better way is to give him a good meal. When man is satis-fied he is a joyful being, and wherever he goes he is discovering and creating joy. So the Gospel aims at giving joy to life by satisfying men, by giving them rest from selfishness, rest from a guilty conscience, rest from pride and false ambition, rest from anxiety con-cerning the future. It takes away the hunger and gets rid, of the fever. It makes us whole.

Is there such a thing as a melancholy Christian? Yes, for there were moments when Christ Himself was sad. But the permanent gloominess which has too often given Christianity a bad name is not due to Christianity but to the want of it.

While in the last-named circuit his health broke down and he felt compelled to ask to be placed on the list of supernumeraries. This was in 1888. After release from the anxieties of circuit life his health soon showed signs of improvement which, on the whole, was well-maintained for years. In 1875, while resident in Burn-ley, he was appointed Corresponding Secretary to the Assembly ; in 1876 and 1877 Connexional Secretary ; and in 1878 President of the Annual Assembly, and for many year he sat on our chief Connexional Committees. 'He was joint Editor with myself of the two editions of the Free Methodist Handbook. His various circuit and official duties generally were performed with fidelity and ability. More, as his special friend, I ought not, per-haps, to say, less I cannot say. His devotion to Con-nexional projects was almost unique. 'One marked feature of his character was his intolerance of crooked-ness, meanness and dishonour. His outbursts of in-dignation were not pleasant either to those who per-petrated these evils or to their friends. Throughout his life he took a deep interest in public questions, political, educational, social. Abuses of every kind were un-sparingly and effectively denounced.

As a hobby he diligently and successfully collected autographs and portraits. In this task he and, such Men as Dr. Punshon and the Rev. W. L. Watkinson aided each other. His collection of these things is a very remarkable one. It is doubtful if any man in. Methodism has as fine a collection of portraits and autographs of presidents,. kings, statesmen and other Pnen of 'note. But for the fact that he was the very embodiment of neatness and order, these things would have brought terror to home authorities.

I have only to add that my dear friend was sin-. gularly happy in his family life. The Mrs. Boyden that I knew was a good and gifted woman, and his four living sons and three daughters are all of the strong and capable sort ; and their father was justly proud of them ; and 'his sentiments were warmly reciprocated.

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IT seems but yesterday that the Conference was held in Oxford Road Chat-eh, Manchester, yet before us lies the "Minutes of the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, 1911."* The Connexional Editor and the Publishing House officials have lost no time, and great praise is due to them for the dispatch with which this bulky volume has been produced.

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The Late Rev. William Boyden.

WE very much regret to announce that the venerable Rev. W. Boyden passed away on Tuesday morning, August 29th, at nine a.m. He had been ill for a fort-night, but was sufficiently well to read the "Daily News " on the Friday preceding his death. On the Sunday and Monday following, however, he was more or less unconscious. One of his sons writes : "I am thankful he has been spared much suffering, and that I can think of him alert and vigorous mentally to the end."

Mr. Boyden was born on February 27th, 1825, at Cambridge, so at the time of his death he was in his eighty-seventh year. He received his early education in a penny school, called at that time a Lancastrian School. At eleven years of age he was compelled to leave school and go to work. His first attempt at preaching was at a Young Men's Improvement Class, held at six o'clock on Sunday morning, and presided over by the young minister of the circuit, the late Rev. W. 0. Aldom. The opportunity was much prized, for in those days young men in Mr. Boyden's walk of life had to work from six a.m. to eight p.m. He corn-menced as a local preacher in 1842. Although as an apprentice he worked the hours already named, he rose often at five o'clock, or before, and spent an hour in reading and study before going to work. He qualified himself as a candidate for the Borough Road College, London, which he entered in 1846. That year he took his first ride on a railway : it was from Ely to London. He was a member of the Lambeth Wesleyan Circuit, but he oftener attended Great Queen Street and City Road, where he heard famous preachers like Dr. Beau-mont, Jacob Stanley, jun., John Rattenbury, Dr. B. Gregory, and others. He also frequently heard the renowned Dr. John Cumming of the Scotch Church.

After leaving the College he opened .a school in the Wisbech Circuit, but the Methodist Disruption of 1849 brought it to a close. Just at that time a village church in Lincolnshire was without a pastor. The members heard of Mr. Boyden preaching in their village in the Methodist chapel, and they invited him to supply their pulpit, which he did until he was engaged by the Reformers of the Swaffham Circuit. He went there in 1851 at the salary of ..60 per annum. In 1851 Mr. Boyden was appointed to East Dereham. The circuits he subsequently travelled in are named in Mr. Askew's appreciation below. He was elected President of the Conference in 1878, during the time he was stationed in the Burnley Circuit. In 1888 he was declared a supernumerary minister and subsequently resided at Weston-super-Mare, at Bristol, and again at -Weston-super-Mare, where he died as stated above.

Mr. Boyden's later years have been full of activity, and he devoted himself to public life in various ways. For six years he was a member of the Urban District Council and Board of Guardians, and a member of the Weston Free Libraries' Committee from its commence-ment in 1887.

He was an ardent politician, and took a keen interest in all social movements for the welfare of the people. From the time of the Crimean War he was an enthu-siast for the Peace Movement. He was a passive re-sister, and an earnest advocate for the Liberation Move-ment. He was a well-known figure in Weston and a frequent contributor to the press. At the time of the cotton famine he was residing in Preston, and the relief work brought him into contact with Charles Garrett with whom he formed a life-long friendship. The Funeral.

Mr. Boyden's remains were interred by the side of those of his wife, and of his eldest son, in the cemetery at Weston-super-Mare, on Sept. 1st. Previous to the interment a memorial service was held in our Boulevard Church. Rev. F. Clements (of whose church at Worle deceased was a member) conducted the service, assisted by Rev. Charles Pye (chairman of Bristol and South Wales District), Rev. W. F. Newnham and Rev. H. Crisp. There were present : Mr. F. Boyden, Manches-ter ; Mr. A. Boyden, Bury ; Rev. A. H. Boyden, B.A., B.Sc., B.D., Cleckheaton (sons)

' Mr. W. H. Shorney

(son-in-law) ; Mr. A. Boyden and Mr. A. Shorney (grand-sons). There were also representatives of the Weston Urban District Council and Axbridge Board of Guar-dians, members and officers of the Weston Free Church Council and Ministers' Fraternal, and many members and friends from the churches of the Weston and Work Circuits.

Rev. F. Clements, in speaking of deceased, said that Mr. Boyden's name had been a familiar one to him from his youth, but it was not till eight -years ago, on coming to the Worle Circuit, that he became personally acquainted with him, and had learned to respect and reverence him as "a father in Israel." He was a just man who-hated meanness of all kinds. With, him right was right, since God is God. He was a courageous man. In his faith he supplied courage. "He stedfastly set his face against any odds, and when necessary would push the battle to the gate." Next to his love for Christ was his affection for the Church of his choice. For it he laboured with voice and pen, for it he made sacrifices. That Church recognized and hon-oured his work by electing him as President of its Annual Assembly in 1878. He loved all the churches. He was an ardent advocate of Methodist Union, and he looked forward to a still more embracing one; .that of the whole Free Churches. His wise discipline and careful training had been blessed in his childern, all of whom were members of Christian Churches, and tak-ing some part in Christian work. With him at evening time it was light. He had laid down' the sword' of the church militant, and had taken up the palm of the church triumphant. He would hear from the Master the words : "Well done, good and faithful servant." At the close the hymn, "Peace, perfect peace," was sung.

The Union Jack was hoisted half-mast on the flag-staff of Weston Town Hall out of respect for our de-parted friend. ,

We offer very respectful sympathy to the members of Mr. Boyden's family in their season of sorrow.

An Appreciation. BY REV. EDWIN ASKEW.

By the death of Mr. Boyden I have lost my oldest and closest ministerial friend. This event occurred at his home in Weston-super-Mare on Tuesday, August 29th, after a fortnight's illness. He was in his eighty-seventh year, being born on February 27th, 1825. He was the oldest of four children of William and Mary Boyden, of March, Cambridgeshire. His parents were highly respectable people in a lowly position in life, , doing their utmost to promote the welfare of the several members of their family. Mr. Boyden and I first met in August, 1859, at Spalding, to which circuit I was then appointed as one of his colleagues. A friendship was at once formed, which time matured and strength-ened. It has now covered fifty-two years without a break. We were, in our regard for each other, as David and Jonathan, and as such we were often greeted by the brethren who saw us together at our Annual Assemblies.

My old friend owed but little to fortune or circum-stance. His schooling was limited, and at the early age of eleven he began work- so that he might add a trifle to the scanty family income. In after life he did not forget or make light of his filial obligations. When about seventeen years of age he became the subject of the spiritual change 'known as conversion. With this came the quickening of his mental powers and new

The late Rev. W Boyden with his grandchild. [From photograph taken in 1908.

aspirations. He found that unskilled labour was not the highest for which he was capable and he sought something -better. At eighteen he, apprenticed himself to a trade at which he diligently wrought until the completion of his three years' term. Meanwhile he had become an active and acceptable Wesleyan local 'preacher. His efforts in the direction of self-improve-ment were unremitting. Every opportunity was seized for this purpose, and he frequently rose at four or five o'clock in the morning to get an hour or two for read-ing and study before his ordinary day's work began at six. With increasing knowledge and culture came an increasing desire for a sphere of mental rather than physical activity. By the time he came of iage he had qualified himself for admission into the British and Foreign School Society's College, Borough_ Road, London, as a prospective schoolmaster. His old master showed his appreciation of his apprentice by kindly offering a loan to enable him to pay his fees and meet other inevitable expenses. This loan was gratefully accepted and duly repaid within two years from the termination of his College career. In 1847 he became master of a Wesleyan School in one of the villages in the Wisbech Circuit. All went well here until the never-to-be-forgotten agitation of 1849, 1850, and 1851 set in. His sympathy with Reform and his participa-tion in Reform work were followed by the withdrawal of financial support and the ultimate breaking up of the school, with other unpleasant experiences which need not be cited here. In the formation of the Wisbech Circuit he took a prominent part. The old theatre was taken by him and another, local preacher for separate services, and he preached twice on the first Sunday to crowded congregations, whereas the congregation at the Wesleyan chapel numbered nine. Without his school he officiated for the Baptists in a neighbouring village for several Sundays in succession ; and had his views on Baptism and his inclinations gone in that direction he might have entered the ministry amongst the Bap-tists. His first appointment amongst the Reformers was at Swaffham, now known as the East Dereham Circuit, in 1851 ; it will thus be seen that he lived to complete sixty years in the Methodist ministry. His subsequent circuits were Holt, Wellingborough, Spald-ing, Preston First, Kingswood, Bristol North, Ripley, London Second, Burnley, Louth, Grimsby, Hudders-field (Brunswick), Darlington and Weston .super-Mare.

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September 7, 1911. THE UNITED METHODIST. 703

The Magic of Morning. A HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE.

Pennon, Anglesey, Thursday, August 31st, 1911.

4.40 a.m. It is -dawn: The sun has not yet risen to view, but the reflection of his light is in the Eastern sky; a glow unspeakable, its tints of orange and amber and purest blue. The Menai Straits are still as a sea of glass, and the mountain range on the hither side is in dimness, Snowdon -peak and its sister heights hidden in billowy masses of white cloud. As I step upon the Park which runs almost to Anglesey's northern shore, where is the lighthouse guarding the narrow passage between the mainland and solitary Puffin, three deer lift their startled heads from amidst the bracken, their wonder at my intrusion at this sacred hour scarcely less than the wonder which fills, my heart at the glory of the breaking day. Rabbits are at play on the mossy paths, and birds of many voices ,are calling to each other in the covers close by. While I have been writing these lines the deer have gathered courage, and now they are feeding on the paths, the timidest lifting his head every few seconds, to assure himself that the stranger has not moved, and that all is well. The sun has risen above the sea-line• to the left of Llandudno's Great Orme, but his face is not clear, the clouds, changing slowly and' silently to deeper amber and richer red, permit only the veiled outline of the orb to break through. At this moment a steam-yacht appears, the only sign of man and his works, apart from the empty quarry, in all the glorious scene. Overhead the sky is as pure and pale as the sea, the clouds rim the horizon and rest upon the hills. Is the sun about to appear? There is a quickened breath in the air, a flock of gulls wheel past with curious cries, and the lowing of kine comes from distant fields. The point of intensity in the heavens seems to have moved a dozen handbreadths towards the right, as though the sun had sought the shelter of the Orme and had refused to rise unclothed out of the waves. And thus it is, for now his face is being lifted above the centre of the far headland, and after looking for a moment into the heart of •the glory, the bracken and the trees and the blue mirror-like surface of the sea seem smitten with gleaming glory, too. A sweet wee robin, its breast a more living red than any sun-touched cloud, comes hopping to my feet. I would give much to know what thoughts are busy behind its quick, bright eyes. Among the rabbits at play one, more trusting than the rest, dumps along the path and sits demurely almost within reach of my hand. Perhaps my friendship with the robin has encouraged this approach. I am comforted and honoured, and scarcely dare to move my pencil over the page lest fears should end the silent colloquy. Most wonderful of all, the deer file slowly past, crossing from the lower side of the Park_to the higher, without so much as a lift of the head towards me. I like to think that robin has told them that the man with the book loves God and His beautiful world. A step crunches the loose stones in the roadway, the first of the quarry-Men, a greybeard, is shuffling his feet—for how many ,years?—along the ground, muttering to himself as he walks; a whiff of tobacco scents the air ; bunny lifts his ears and hurries away. The magic of the morning has. gone.

The labourer mounts the stone steps into the Park, still muttering, telling out his thoughts, perhaps his prayers, in Welsh, an unknown tongue to me, and I cough discreetly now that Bunny has gone, to apprise the old man that he is not alone. "Good morning, sir," say I. "Good morning," returns the Ancient, astonish-ment as clearly in his tone as it had been earlier in the face of the deer. "What time do you start?" " Half-past six." "You give -yourself plenty of time," I ven-ture, "it's only just half-past five." "Yes, sir, old men must have plenty of time." An interval of ten minutes and a second man appears, also old, and every few minutes others follow, singly and in groups, and all greet me with a cheery word and dome with an ill-concealed and amused smile. The moment the whistle sounds the men are. to be seen in the quarry bottom moving towards their places, to appearance, like ants upon a hill. They have all, young men and old men, given themselves plenty of time. Thanks for this lesson, friend Greybeard and comrades all. What folly it is to stint ourselves, as we so persistently do, in this precious legacy of which Eternity is made I

Only -two men, so far as I have seen, passed into the quarry after the whistle had blown, and these two late-comers were on bikes I

ERNEST F. H. CAPEY.

NEW MILLS (Hayfield).—The annual special services in aid of the organ fund have just been held. Good con-gregations assembled, and able sermons were preached by Rev. F. B. Dutton, circuit minister. -The choir, under the skilful direction of Mr. T.. H. Bowden, ren-dered special music. Mr. S. Bowden presided at the organ. Mr. Dutton, in paying a well-deserved tribute to the choir and organist, mentioned that that was the fortieth anniversary of the organ, and that for thirty-five of these forty years Mr. S. Bowden had officiated at the instrument. The service concluded with the singing of the hymn, "The God of Abraham praise," which was sung at the opening of the organ in 1871.

Talks With Young Men.

ON PROGRESS. ONE word looms large upon the horizon of this, our

day, and that word is "Progress:" We are indeed mak-ing history, and such as our children will not be ashamed to read. Go where you will, think of any realm thdt suits your fancy and "Pro-gress" is the word. You may choose economics or In-dustry or politics or religion : it is all the same, and all of one piece. Portugal at the present moment is spelling out that great word. If kings attempt to thwart the movement, then even kings must get out of the way. Spain also is about ripe for bursting her bands. In this country the word besets us behind and before. It is in the air. Nay, more, it dominates all our institutions. Man is getting to himself the victory. He is learning the truth, and the truth is making him free. The new spirit which has possessed democracy is of God. No man, or set of men, can arrest the chariot of the Lord.-England is shaping a heritage for the next generation the like of which ciilization has not beheld in any day. Man is destined not to live in a cage, but to possess a kingdom, which is righteousness and peace. He was not meant to be kept behind bars or under pressure. But I want here to say two things of some importance. The first is this : True progress is always gradual. You cannot unduly force the pace. God won't be pushed. When it is otherwise you have anarchy not progress. Some blessings have followed in the train of revolution, but evolution is God's word. "First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear." We must avoid short cuts ; take the long road, the high road, the royal road.

"There is no Chance, no Destiny, no Fate, But Fortune smiles on those who work and wait,

In the long run."

We are "marching on," and one step at a time. It is always best it should be so. Let all impatient ones learn to labour and to wait. The fruit is assured.

The other thing is this : We must pay for it. Pro-gress is not something got for nothing ; it will have its price, and its full price. The legacy that is ours was secured for us at the price of blood and tears, nor will we let it go from our hands. "Without shedding of blood (giving of life) there is no "—what? He said "remis-sion of sins." But it applies not only to redemption but to all things that make for good. "Wine costs the clusters, furniture costs the forest." Nobody is richer until somebody is poorer. This truth is the soul and dynamic of all lasting good. The recent strike is a case in point. Said a London merchant to me the other day : "I am in full sympathy with the working classes. They are cruelly treated by capital. This strike will uplift them and mean betterment all round." Then it did not come in vain ; it is the price of progress. It will mean a fuller life, a richer manhood, and, there-fore, a more enriching civilization. Out of that ill some good will come.- It is in this spirit we are to read history, and understand the movements of to-day. If that strike result in less friction between masters and

men, and also a better lot for the poor it won't have come in vain. The man who has more than he needs may have to "draw in " one or two luxuries, but that will do him no harm, but rather good, whilst his poor brother—brother get better fare. There is every reason why the gulf between Dives and Lazarus should be lessened. Moreover to close that gulf now will mean no gulf hereafter.

Let me quote, even at some length, those massive lines of J. A. Symonds:—

These things shall be ! A loftier race Than e'er the world hath known shall rise

With flame of freedom in their souls, And light of knowledge in their eyes.

They shall be gentle, brave and strong To spill no drop of blood, but dare

All that may plant man's lordship firm On earth, and fire, and sea, and air.

Nation with nation, land with land, Unarmed shall live as comrades free :

In every heart and brain shall throb The pulse of our Fraternity.

Man shall love man with heart as pure And fervent as the young-eyed throng,

Who chant their heavenly psalm before God's face with undiscordant song.

New arts shall bloom with loftier mould, And mightier music thrill the skies,

And every life shall be a song, When all the earth is paradise.

There shall be no more sin nor shame, Though pain and passion may not die;

For man shall be at one with God In bonds of firm necessity.

T. NIGHTINGALE.

A Subject for Debating Societies to Discuss.

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The production of this 'Young People's Hymnal has been eagerly awaited. It is the production of the Wesleyan and United MothodiXt Confer-ences, and has been compiled by a joint com-mittee representing these Churches. Those who knew the hymnals in use in the schools of these Churches must have felt for a long time that a new_compilation and a more adequate selection of hymns was strongly desirable. We have much sympathy-indeed, we might say full sym-pathy-with the idea embodied in this book, of a joint production. For whatever may be the disadvantage of a joint compilation of hymns for Methodists generally, that is reduced to a minimum in hymns for young people. Out of the 600 hymns there are about 300 that have not been in the collections of those Churches before. This means the opening out to the young people of new, rare, and rich poetical treasures. The hymns take a wide_ range, wider and more liberal than has been the custom hitherto in these Churches, and in thus making a wide choice the compilers have done wisely.

We are dad to find the Primary Department is provided for. Here are hymns for the very

little ones, action songs, cradle roll songs, and musical expressions -such as are to be found in the most up-to-date productions. Beyond this every other section of young life and Christian work has provision made for it. With one great leap without doubt our Wesleyan and United Methodist Churches have placed themselves in the forefront of hymnal provision for young people. This by no means includes the idea that every hymn is the most suitable or prefer-able to some hymns omitte,4 but the book more nearly reaches the goal of a hymn-book for young people than any other book we know.

Although the hymnal will not be used in our schools, we are grateful to have seen it, and warmly commend it to our school officials. Many tunes are included which it will be well for our own schools to know, and there are many gem-like hymns, which, appearing here for the time, will undoubtedly henceforth find a place in future compilations of our own Church. Our congratula-tions are due to the young people who will have the book to use and to the Churches who have produced the kind of book most needed.

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appearance of the boy of seven who puts on his grandfather's big overcoat and top hat. We are new people in a new time, and God will work by new plans and new forces. This at any rate we may rightly crave, the strong outgoing love called by our fathers the "passion for souls," and we shall find it as they did in emotions strongly stirred. Wesley received his impulse to evangelistic toil in a heart "strangely warmed." This passion for souls will mean that men must give time as well as money : it is time and thought and care and 'holy purpose that are wanted more than money ; these given, no church will lack money for its upkeep and for its beneficence.

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Our President's Autumnal Letter. TO THE MINISTERS, OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE SEPTEMBER

QUARTERLY MEETINGS. DEAR BRETHREN,

You will doubtless feel its you meet this month for the transaction of circuit business a peculiar sense of responsibility. What is done, and the spirit in which it is done, at the first official gathering of the Connexional year, will largely colour .and shape the rxt twelve months. The decrease in membership reported to the late Confer-ence should arouse all responsible leaders to inquire into the cause, and to addpt means which, by the blessing of God, shall end the years of leanness, and inaugurate a new and triumphal era.

The Arrested Progress of the. Church." A phrase of unhappy significance has been in

common use of late, "the arrested progress of the Church," but it- can only be regarded as a somewhat euphemistic gloss for positive and actual decline. The causes of this decline are doubtless many, and different conditions may operate in different places. But our present position is one of danger, and it behoves us to make earnest inquiry, and, whatever be the remedy, to apply it forthwith. I do not mean the Church of Christ is in danger : it has a patent of immortality ; the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, and a congregation of faithful men will always be found. But particular Churches may fail ; they have done in Syria and Africa and Greece —and they may in England.

The Unrest among Workers. The unrest that has long been manifest in local

"strikes here and there, and which culminated last month in the great Railway strike that paralysed the business, of the whole country, indicates much. No one can justify rioting or looting of property, or open and undisguised violence—largely doubtless the work of the distressful hooligan class—and all will agree that such action should be put down by the strong hand of the law. But the mention of-the law suggests the pertinent enquiry, "Does the law protect the capital of the working man as well as it protects that of the wealthy?" The working man's capital is found in skilled or unskilled' labour, and this is as important to him as their hundreds or thousands are to those better off. Important to him ? It is important to everybody : the whole structure of society depends upon it, and without it land, houses, factories, mines, machinery, are absolutely valuelesS. That any man should be dis-satisfied with a mere subsistence wage tkat barely keeps soul and body together is natural ; it is not merely natural, it is to be expected in force when he can read in the daily papers of how the wealth of the country advances in leaps and bounds. That he should be fully free to make the best possible terms for his services is as much a principle of justice as that the merchant should be free to act up to his favourite axiom of buying in the cheapest Market and selling in the dearest ; and if the workers can only do this by combination, and in the last resort by active operation on a national scale, creating universal alarm and inconvenience and loss, it is likely enough we are entering upon stormy and eventful times.

A = Question. Have the Christian Churches done what they

could, and what they should, for working men, who are now, it is to be feared, with happily numerous exceptions, largely outside their pale? Is there just reason for the suspicion, with some the convic-tion, that the Churches are against them, or at best hold aloof from all attempts to better their condi-tions ? Is it not one of the saddest facts that they regard the Churches with indifference or distrust, or even _positive hatred?

I would- not invite a circuit meeting to a discus-sion of the thorny subject of political economy, nor would I suggest that in the pulpit we should have advocacy of particular schemes of legislation, or social or party politics of any kind. The only proper theme in the pulpit is the Gospel, but it is surely preached in vain if it does not set people to right thinking, expressed and proved in right living. The point to' which I call attention is that with a greater proportion of artisans outside our Churches than in them, there cannot have been in our con-gregations a sufficient acting out of the Gospel in daily life- and conduo,t. How to save ourselves is

an important question, but it can never be properly answered except we proceed with the further ques-tion, the fruit, of which the other is the flower, How to save others?

It is well enough that we should have comfortable chapels in which we can worship, sitting under our own vine and figtree, none daring to make us afraid ; well enough that we should have fellowship afforded in the means of grace to encourage and help each other. But what if it merely ends in, such a description as that given- by Mrs. Browning?

Good easy Christians who sit still in easy chairs, And blame the general world for standing up.

Taking our Message to those Without. The Church, which is the executive of Christ,

appointed and ordained to make His will effective in the world, has, it is to be feared, thought more of its own ease and its own privileges, than of sallying forth with the Master's message and lovingly pressing it, as the first and most urgent of all things, on- the attention of men. Mahomet, it is said, in order to give proof of his power, com-manded the mountain to come to him, and when his followers were startled by - failure, cut the Gordian knot by saying, " If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain." If people will not come to us, at any rate we can go to them. It is satisfactory to know that even where pew-rents exist (and no panacea can be lightly created by their universal abolition) there is no parade or manifestation of proprietorship, and virtually there is the open door in all our church edifices. But more, much more, is necessary. Preaching, however eloquent, can have but little ,result when it is addressed to empty, pews ; a beg-garly array of empty boxes. How can we get the people to enter? is the question forced on the attention of quarterly meetings and leaders' meet-ings. The problem is before us, serious, urgent, clamant, unescapable : we must solve it or perish.

Our Real Need. It is to this grave question—a Thing above

quarterages,- assessments, allocation of ministers' services, etc., however important these matters may be—you are respectfully invited to address your careful attention. The stated preaching of the Gospel is not of itself filling our churches. Various auxiliary means have been devised, Brotherhoods, Sisterhoods, P.S.A.'s, Institutional work, special missions ; and they have been helpful in many places. But is not the real want, the one thing that will be permanently effective, a higher degree of holiness characteristic of our people generally? We are called to be saints, and saints are what the world ever needs. Under the controlling influence of a motive entirely new in their experience, or a motive deriving fresh power from fuller consecration, and a closer intercourse with God, is it not possible for the whole of our membership to act up to the com-mand of Christ ? " As ye go, preach, saying, The Kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils freely ye have received, freely give." Is the advice of St. James superseded by something better? Is it not worth while trying it on a more wholesale scale than ever before? "Pure. religion and undefiled before God our Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."

Visitation of Outsiders. Visitation of outsiders to bring them under the

influence of the Gospel cannot be done by the minister alone. The whole church at work is the true idea ; the pyramid resting on its base, and not poised on its apex. Or, as St. Paul puts it, "the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth " : which clearly means that none is to receive only, but every mem-ber is to be an active organ for strengthening and building up the rest, exercising his own special function in maintaining the whole body in health and strength.

The backward look is dear to many who sigh for the reappearance of old times and old methods. And truly in the early days of Methodism there were giants, giants in prayer and testimony, but mere imitation might cause us to present the grotesque

We Must get in Touch with the People. In the visitation of an assigned or understood area

for which a church makes itself responsible, care should be taken to allot to each worker a task not too great for his strength and opportunity, and which he might be expected to maintain notwith-standing the discouragements sure to attend his early efforts. A card simply giving the name of the Church and the hours of worship and of the Sunday School is useful as an introduction ; a book should be kept noting removals, cases of sickness or destitution requiring the personal attention of the minister, houses of other Church members where it is not necessary to call again, etc. A visit now and another six months hence is no good : visits should be paid weekly : it is the constant dropping that wears away the stone. Persistence, above all else, is essential, and to long persistence, rebuff will change into toleration, toleration into friendliness, and friendliness end in accepting the invitation given. In some way or other we MUST get into touch with the people around our sanctuaries, and personal and individual sympathy in the bread-and-butter difficulties of the daily struggle will be a means of leading some to realize the deeper cravings of the soul and to seek the bread of eternal life.

Considering Our Immediate Duty. I am not writing this letter with any expectation

or desire that it should be read at the Circuit Meeting. It is too long for that, and, possibly, some may think it contains debateable matter, the discussion of which could only waste time. I am not afraid to argue when there is a needs-be, but I never knew much to be got from logical encounters beyond each contestant being more firmly convinced he was right.. As to my main purpose there can be no division of opinion, and all I ask is that a fair proportion of time shall be given -to the serious consideration of immediate duty in -the present crisis. As leaders we cannot shift the burden of responsibility : it may be ours, if faithful, to be instrumental in saving the Churches that they may save the people. Who knows what might follow thoughtful consideration and insistent prayer ? "Wilt Thou not revive us again that Thy people may rejoice in Thee? Shew us Thy mercy, 0 Lord, and grant us Thy salvation." "0 Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years, in they midst of the years make known ; in wrath remember mercy."

Yours in the Service of the Master, GEORGE PACKER,

President.

Letters of Christopher Hunt.

THE EDDY—OR THE MID-STREAM ? -To the Editor of THE UNITED METHODIST.

DEAR SIR,—Along the banks of a river you will sometimes see a current of water moving in a circular direction. This is caused by a rock, or the root of a tree, or by weeds. This eddy is distinguished. from the main stream by the fact that while there is movement there is little progress.

What is to be the condition of United Methodism in the new Connexional year? Are we to move in an eddy, or in the mid-stream?

I.

This is largely a question of attitude. What is our attitude in relation to the present situation ? In view of the condition of England, in view of the world con-dition as it is regarded "under the aspect of Eternity," what do we propose? What do we regard as our im-mediate duty? We are like a general and his staff considering what is to be done with the enemy at the ga te:

There are three possible courses. We can rest and be thankful. We can resolve to do nothing, thankful that our defences are so strong. The clamour beyond the gate shall not disturb us. Like those • of whom Luther speaks, "We will enjoy God all by ourselves in a corner." Or we may give ourselves up to a feeling almott of despair. It is only a question of time, and then we shall be forced to submit. Or there is a thilid

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course : we can go out and rout the enemy, and fix our standard firm in his stronghold.

Mr. Masterman argued, in the much-discussed book he published some time ago, that things must go on pretty much as they are. The superficiality, hollowness and corruption which invade every section of society will continue. We have entered upon a reign of practi-cal materialism against which it is almost folly to con-tend. But this is not the faith of Christianity. It is not the faith of Methodisrn. The Methodist people are the last people in the world to yield to a craven spirit of submission to things as they are. If any people under the sun have the instinct and genius for going out and fighting Satan in his very seat it is the Methodist people.

We cannot, therefore, be in two minds as to our atti-tude. The present situation will not warrant content-ment. This is not a time for taking all the solemn and blessed things of the house of the Lord as ends in themselves. It certainly is not the time—it never is th,e time—for despair. But it is the set time to throw the entire weight and force of Methodism into the work of making England as the City of Light.

II.

To return to the figure of speech with which this letter began, everything depends upon getting out of the eddy into the mid-stream. In a recently-published address given at a Scottish Students' Conference, Mr. D. S. Cairns remarks that every age has in it -a mid-stream of progress. "On either side are great eddies and rushing backwaters, but the deep central stream of God's purpose flows steadily on. The great problem of life for the individual and for the nation and for the race is to get into that mid-stream." Mr. Cairns holds that Scotland has to face this problem at the present time. Scotland is making a momentous choice. She is` to_take decisive action in the immediate future. In the great days of the Reformation Scotland plunged into the mid-stream of the Spirit of God with the resule .that the whole race was blessed. Once more she has to make her choice.

Methodism has to make the seine choice. "There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High." It is in, the mid-stream of this river, and no-where else, that men can be cleansed and redeemed. It is here that humanity is saved. In view of our noble past, can Methodism possibly make any other choice than that of the mid-stream? With all that Methodism represents, with all that it stands for in the estimation of the world, with all that has been most characteristic in it for nearly two hundred years we dare not be content with an eddy or the backwater.

I have said that our past should determine our choice for us. What are the features of that past which should settle this matter for us to-day? What is it that is peculiar in Methodist history which should lead modern Methodists to choose the Victorious way? Mr. Cairns appeals td three great ideals in the religious history of Scotland : the Kingdom of God ; the vital importance of the Church ; and the need for a strong theology. If Scotland will only be true to these ideals her place in the religious life of this critical century will be assured.

What of Methodism's vocation in view of her heritage? Methodism has a strong theology; but, with all respect to other communities, Methodism's theology is unique in this : it comes red hot from the heart. Methodism's theology is rather of the heart than the head. It is a theology that is terribly real to those whc believe it. It has not much in common with metaphysics and philo-sophy, but has very much in common with the struggles of al soul for light and liberty and salvation. It is not a science but an experience. It' is a glorious study for those who know they have been delivered from jeopardy, and those who enjoy a continuous sense of deliverance. For the mere dialectician and word fencer it gives little scope. Training has something to do with it, though not much ; a vital experience is the school where it is learned.

It would be folly to say that it is only in Methodist pulpits that such a theology is preached. But it is true to say that this theology has been the glory of Methodism throughout its history. To poor blind cap-tives there has been preached a Gospel of instantaneous sight and liberty. To bruised and broken lives there has been offered an immediate healing. To homes of wretchedness and misery there has been promised mira-culous transformation. To men dead in trespasses and sins there has been declared the glorious possibility of immediate fellowship with God.

When Methodist theology loses this note, Methodism gets into an eddy. To keep in the mid-stream we must preach these great truths, we must hold forth this blessed Gospel. Our history is definite enough here. We are poor purblind creatures if we misread this chapter of Methodism.

IV. A converting theology must be missionary in its

method of propagation. What has struck the imagina-tion of the churches respecting Methodism is the spirit of aggressiveness which has marked it. It has been venturesome, audacious, militant. It ha's not hesitated

to take the plunge. It has torn timid counsels to shreds. It has had a daring boldness in its methods which has commended it to the most active spirits of the churches everywhere.

We have a great opportunity at the present moment to get into the swiftest current of the mid-stream. If we will but resolve to preach a converting Gospel, des-pairing of no man, not even the most Gospel-hardened, and if we will carry on our work in a spirit of desperate earnestness, then we shall enjoy the mid-stream of blessing which our fathers knew and rejoiced in, and which God waits to give unto their children.—Yours, etc., CHRISTOPHER HUNT.

Old Clarendon.

Our Provincial Letter.

The cargo one brings home from these trips on and in the deeps of the soul varied greatly. Sometimes it consists of things of heaviness, so much sickness, sorrow and 'sin gather up their burdens of prayer and pity and pain:, At other times one gets things of brightness and beauty, the charms of the soul' put into unforgettable pictures of memory for after days to view when skies go dark. And again one gets a bit of apprehensive and appreciating self-revelation by'a host of his deeper needs and tastes. When It called in to see my cmtributor of the lines below he was just finishing the repair of an old glass and wood frame for nursing cuttings. Said his wife : "I tell him if they want td manage him up yonder, nails and a hammer will do it I say seine-times they will have to go into his coffin, t'wood will be there. Nowt suits him better than nailing and hammer-ing." The genial smile with which these' words were uttered showed how little of anything but loving fellow-ship underlay these two true mates and understanding hearts. Hetring such words.an outsider might suppose that taps'and watermains, nails and a hammer, measure my friend. Not at all. During our talk, as the gloam-ing deepened, and the lovely little garden in that trim backyard was hidden in the coming dark, my host picked up , "The Vineyard" for May, and turned to' a little poem by W. H. Davies. "That's what we all need nowadays," said he, "rich and poor alike. Yet lots o' folk think we require now't at soo'art." I agreed as I read this':—

LEISURE. "What is- this life if, full of care

We have no time fo stand and stare : No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows; No time to see, when woods we pass Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass; No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night; Nertime to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet,_how they can dance; No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began? A poor life this if, full of care We have no time to- stand and stare."

Yours fraternally, BRUCE W. ROSE.

Meeting of the College Committee.

THIS Committee met at Ranmoor College, Sheffield, on August 30th. The President occupied the chair. Letters of apology were read from several,absent mem-bers. At the outset a conversation arose as to •the suitability of the dates of meeting, and it was decided that in future the. ,first meeting should be held in the late autumn, and the second after the reports from District meetings and from the Examining Committee had been received.

Interesting communications were received from -Dr. H. G. Stacey and Sir James Duckworth in acknowledg-ment of the presentation of a copy of the Revised,Ver-sion of the Bible made to each of the three treasurers of the various College funds for their valuable services during many years past. Dr. Sta.cey's letter was delightfully reminiscent of the inception and .erection of Ranmoor College where, during his father's Prin-cipalship, he spent his youth, and from -whence• he went forth into the world. Sir James Duckworth wrote : "I hope to make daily use of this copy of the Scriptures in the weeks, months or years that I may have to live." Mr. W. A. Lewins, who was present, gave expression to his gratitude in appropriate terms.

The Committee gave its consent to the Marmaduke Miller Scholar (Mr. Charles Taylor) taking a course of study at the Manchester University.

A sub-committee was appointed, consisting of the President, Treasurer, and Secretary, together with Sir Charles Skelton and Mr. Robert Turner, to give effect to the resolution of Conference which consented to the sale of either or both of the existing Colleges, should a suitable offer be forthcoming.

A committee was also elected to consider and report on probable localities and sites for a new College, con-sisting of the Revs. T. Sherwood, J. S. Clemens, T. M. Rees, Sir James Duckworth, Messrs, G. P. Dymond, and Robert Turner, with the President, Treasurer and Secretary.

The Executive Committee of the Colleges was chosen as follows : The Officers, the Principals of the Colleges, Revs. Dr. Brook, T. M. Rees, J. Foster, J. H. James, Messrs. R. Turner, J. Derbyshire, J. Holden, E. Woolley, and J. Calvert.

Some discussion took place as to the present system of examination of candidates for admission to the Col-leges, and it was agreed to remit the whole question to the careful consideration of the Executive, who were empowered to make such improvements-for next year's examinations as in their judgement might be desirable, and also to select the members of the examining board.

The balance-sheet submitted by the treasurer (Mr. W. A. Lewins) showed that the balance due to treasurer had been reduced by about £90 during the year, part of which reduction was occasioned by the recovery, of income-tax formerly paid upon the interest of the Ran-m6or College investments.

The report on Local Preachers' Studies revealed a decline in the number of candidates, and the Secretary, the Rev. J. B. Stedeford, hoped that ministers and local preachers' meetings would interest themselves in the matter.

" NO TIME TO STAND AND STARE." DEAR MR. EDITOR,—Ever since I had the happy for-

tune to read "The Diary of a Super Tramp," by William H. Davies, I have kept an eye on any piece of writing bearing that modest name. If any man wants to know what it is to hunger, to tramp, to drink, to travel ; if he wants to know how it feels to be lonely and wet and outcast, to smoke, to suffer or, to sing, to see and to write, let him read the unadorned, impressive and strangely-magic prose of W. H. Davies. When he has done that let him turn to the two modest shilling books published by A. C. Fifield, and read the "Nature Poems," and the "Farewell to Poesy," of Mr. Davies, and he will follow my example, he will turn with interest to any book or paper where that name is on the contents page.. What I like in Mr,. Davies is his way of saying many an old thing in a new plain way that hits home to the mind and heart as does the simple Saxon story of a soul's wayfaring told by John Bunyan. This super- tramp is no twentieth-century Bunyan, but he is a roadster of nature's teaching, and absorber of man's dealings with man,' whoSe poetry and lyric swing says hard and lovely things in a clear Gospel style children and philosophers alike can follow.

I am led to these remarks by a few lines in Fifield's little monthly for' May, called the "Vineyard," bearing Mr. Davies's name. The "Vineyard," I may observe, is not quite as often seen on our ministerial tables as the "British Weekly," though its aim is "to cultivate every- thing that has prop _)d essential in the real progress of man." It seeks also to attract "fine essayists, imagina-tive story tellers and faithful poets who will encourage its enterprise." It attracts folk of another order, too—for I discovered it on the table of a waterman in our con-gregation who is neither a fine essayist nor a faithful poet, but a 'lover of good stuff from bOth. The man of letters even in Fifield's choice monthly must have his readers, and my waterman is of them. I call him gladly my friend, for he is a character and a comfort to me. He is,a self7taught hard-working man, keen on Ruskin's economics, well up in co-operative teaching, a stout sup- porter of labour literature and a shrewd, resourceful debater on either Robert Owen's teaching, Blatchford and St. Paul, or the recent strike. "As iron sharpeneth iron, so cloth the countenance of a man his friend," and a talk with my man not only sharpens : it is like a dip in the sea, or a walk to our ,hilltops.

It is one of the compensations of the pastoral office that it brings one into contact with all sorts of minds and situations. It is not always made up of consolations to the dying, good cheer to the sick, words by the way to him that is weary, or a needed clarion word to one in the turmoil of battle. There are brooks in the way where one may drink and feel the force of the Scriptural "therefore—,shall he lift up his head." There are humours, too, as when one meets a joker 'who tells you the sermons have neither mint, meat nor mustard, and then proceeds to hand out all three in the shape of 'counsel, criticism and cash towards an outing. And there are also hours of exchange when• the Roland for the Oliver assumes something more than tit-for-tat, and becomes a time of comparisons and quickening that send one on his way a new man. Such an hour I had the other evening discussing things and men, movements and papers, books and water-taps. My friend's business takes him to the upper and the lower circle of our provincial life, and he prefers the courtesy of the cellar kitchen to the superciliousness of the duke's back door. He does not find that all the manners are at the top end. of society. For fault-finding a back-to-back house has less than a smart kitchen, with very often much more room to complain of surroundings. In the one case his business is carried out as between neighbour and neigh-, bour : in the other it is the intrusion 'of a public servant who is not supposed to have a mind or a soul above taps and mains. Life is infinitely the richer as I know it, for all these first-hand exchanges between our con- gregations and for my part the difference in social stand- ing does not prevent man or master from contributing to the common stock much matter of thought and faith that one can gladly use for the good of all. For if anything stands out supremely it is the universal things that one's folk of all kinds are ever needing and ever ready to give. I count the pastoral office a collegiate training of the soul in sympathy that no amount of books or theoretic instruction in spiritual things can confer.

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On the evening of the College Committee the College Inaugural Meeting of the new session was held in Hanover Chapel, Sheffield. Tea was provided, and Sir Charles T. Skelton, J.P., presided at the public meeting afterwards held. The President, Rev. George Packer, addressed the students, and Mr. G. P. Dymond, M.A., presented the prizes to the students. The Principals, the Revs. T. Sherwood and J. S. Clemens, B.A., B.D., and others took part in the meeting.

A Pilgrimage to the West. BY A NORTH COUNTRY MAN.

II. Some Sermons I Heard.

I HEARD some, very satisfying sermons at Plymouth. Two of these were preached by Rev. W. E. Chivers, the third by Rev. L. H. Court. Mr. Chivers is quite a young man and was, only ordained last year ; but he has a future, I think, of that kind that in the days to come it will be easy to:remember where he is to be found. He has a rather fine, upstanding figure with a good voice and an attractive pulpit manner ; he read his ser-mon, I believe, but, if so, that fact did not take from him the expressive and impressive use of his 'hands and eyes. In the case of both these brethren the sermons were very compact and symmetrical. There were no loose ends, no aimless wanderings about in paths that led to nowhere and to nothing in particular. The evan-gelical note was very distinctivb, and yet there was a wider outlook, and a, fuller view of the many-sidedness of life than is sometimes found in what we call evan-gelical preaching. Brother Court's sermon revealed a rather unusual capacity for word analysis >and I should think he has made-a deeper study of his mother tongue than most preachers. The day after I heard him preach I went to Exeter, and saw"-in the Northern-hay Park some very fine trees and near by some rather dried-up shrubbery upon which the long drought had had an evil effect. Not so the trees, they were too deep-rooted in the earth to be affected by temporary conditions and influences. Well, no one who ever took a good look at the mental and physical condition of Brother Court would ever think of him as of being anything like shrubbery.

Providence, Exeter.

Exeter has had a political history of quite a different complexion to that of Plymouth, but in one thing they are now alike. United Methodism is strong in each case in proportion to population, and this is the more notable at Exeter because .Nonconformity does not often flourish in the smaller. cathedral cities. But in these two Exeter circuits we have five ministers, 918 members and some capital congregations. Providence Church, a very fitting name, has a curious history. It formerly belonged to the Plymouth Brethren, who wanted to sell it, and James Thorne ,went and bought it. My infor-mant said nothing about how lie got the ,money ; in-deed, I am not sure that he had much if any, for in this, as in many another B.C. chapel-getting transaction, the motto seems to have been "First get your chapel and then pay for it." The only time that I ever heard the Rev. James Thorne was when he came, with Mr. Bourne, to our M.N.C. Sheffield Conference in 1870, when there was an attempt made to unite the B.C. and M.N.C. Connexion's into one community. In a speech that Mr. Thorne made he told us that though the disciples on the day of Pentecost waited for the gift of the Spirit until they got it, they did not wait in the upper room after that, but went out among the people to tell the good news and to share with them the ,blesging. And at Exeter he seems to have said to himself, and others : "Here is a great blessing that the Plymouth Brethren are willing to sell cheaply and that we specially need ; let us catch hold as quickly as may be and pay as early as we can." There are some of

the queerest-looking rooms underneath this chapel that I ever saw in my life. The style of the building is amphitheatre, and these low-ceiled rooms are beneath the sloping floor of the raised sides of the building. I am quite sure that these odd-looking rooms are not at all like the catacombs at Rome in which the early Chris-tians worshipped, and yet the one place reminded me of the other, for I was told that the old men of this church ,

declare that they have never witnessed the Spirit of God coming down among men in such power and glory as they saw and felt it in those mean-looking rooms. It must have been so at Rome. They have a very capital schoolroom now.

Mount Pleasant.

At Mount Pleasant, in the same circuit, there is a beautiful new church and schoolroom in a rising neigh-bourhood. The school was built a few years ago and was so successful that they were compelled to build the church earlier tharf was financially convenient, and there is a debt of £2,500, which is felt to be a burden, and the more so as they could do with larger school premises. Large debts on church property appear to be common enough among the ex-B.C.'s, and I shall have some-thing to Say about that matter when my mind turns back to Bideford. Only of Providence Circuit let me say this much—its debts have not made it so self-centred as to have prevented it having any care for the heathen; for last year it raised for missions £136, a very creditable sum. I saw but little of the other Exeter Circuit, as Brother Loram was too busy to show me round.

At Torquay.

At Torquay I saw and heard an illustration of our Lord's words that faith could move mountains; but in this case the faithful men did more than move a moun-tain—they built out of it a church, school and manse. In other words they seem to have bought a plot of land that had a Tor or something of that kind upon it. This they pulled down and wits the stone built up a very creditable-looking set of premises in which are housed a very good congregation and Sunday School. The pity 'of it was that in pulling down the mountain they built up a , big debt, but even with that burden this is not a case where the last state is worse than the first. Indeed, it is very much otherwise.

Truro : Its Cathedral and other Buildings.

At Truro I saw the cathedral which, being in itself a very fine building, seemed to be strangely out of har-mony with the meaner buildings that so closely hem it in. It is said to have' cost £200,000, and had not justified its existence by realizing the expectations of its builders, who thought to overawe and capture Methodist Cornwall for the Anglican Church. I was told that Methodism was still the strongest religious force in Truro where we have some good property.

An Amazing Sight to a Northcountryman.

At Falmouth I saw what, to a Northcountryman who had not been in Cornwall before, was an amazing sight. We have a good chapel, and the trustees own two good houses which are right opposite, and in front of these there were growing up huge bushes of geranuims which reached almost up to the bedroom window. We in the North put ours out in the open in May, and take them in in September; but those at Falmouth must have been the growth of many years. The town has grown con-siderably in- recent years, but I was much impressed with the emptiness of the country that stands alongside that lovely stretch of water that lies between Truro and Falmouth. For miles there are very few houses to be seen and only one small village, Malpas—at any rate we should call it small if it was in Lancashire.

Vast Open Spaces.

And the- same sense of the emptiness of the beautiful land came to me in many places. There must have been a great many keen business men who have sailed up and down that glorious twenty-five miles of land and

water that reaches from Plymouth up the river Tamar to Weir Head who, seeing its emptiness of population, must have used their imaginations to crown every hill-lop with a fine and costly house, and every fairly level piece of ground with a residential or manufacturing village, and then link them all up by a railway to some great commercial or industrial centre. Of course, it would .spoil its beauty : that is one of the ways by which we pay the price of industrial success. I have won-dered if the people of Devon and Cornwall, or such of them who have not travelled much, 'clearly realize, when they talk of the poor West, and the rich North, where and how their own compensation comes in. For it is quite certain that the manufacturing success which has built up our huge cities and towns has greatly marred the beauty of the land, it has also helped to kill the best kind of Idealism by breeding in men's minds a kind of Commercialism, the watchwords of which are Imports, Production, Exports, Margins. These words, ringing like a peal of bells through the minds of multi-tudes of men are apt to create a sordid materialism that is morally and spiritually very unhealthy. On the other hand I have wondered as to how far the people of the West realize and appreciate the beauty of their every-day surroundings. Does the monotony of the daily round and common task of the farm labourer dull or kill in him all sense of the loveliness of the form, colour and sounds that are around him ? Also, do the low wages and the hard conditions of. life breed in the minds of the poor in the towns of the West a hard sordidness that tends to kill the sense of having a soul? I cannot answer these questions, but I have wondered about them as I went through the country. One thing I .do know, and that is that there is no remedy against the destructive power of present-day materialism like that of touching the Divine; and therefore the sight of the village chapels, of which our community owns so many, filled me with a sense of satisfying joy ; for these are and must be centres from which there go out corn-fort, strength and joy.

Bolton. WILLIAM JONES. (To be continued.)

His First Sunday. The Experiences of a United Methodist

Probationary Minister. THERE is always a degree of interest, if not of ex-

citement, connected with the opening services of a new ministry. The event almost invariably leaves an in-delible mark upon the minds both of preacher and people alike. Especially is this true of the young man who is only starting out upon his life's journey. He feels that the future, and, very probably, the near future, has great things in store for him. He is

,anxious to take the most direct route to success. Such a man is my new friend who has come by appointment of the late Conference to lead the souls of this district to the haven of eternal rest.

From the diary of this "young hopeful " I have torn a leaf containing his experiences and impressions on the 27th August, 1911. This is how it runs : "My morning appointment was at a little village Bethel some four miles away. With the conventional frock coat and silk hat I set out upon my day's work. After a while the sky began to look dark and threatening. Presently the drops began to fall thick and fast. Still, I am somewhat interested in agriculture, and rejoiced with the farmer in the prospect of a stimulated growth to the crops and a renewed freshness to the country-side. But the torrents increased and my heart began to grow faint. At this very moment I was due in the pulpit and there was not the slightest sign of a church anywhere. Besides, there was no one from whom I could make enquiries. I tramped on and on, giving up all hope of ever reaching the object for which t'I had set out. Eventually I reached a house, at which I en-quired for — Oh, my dear man,' said the lady . with a maternal tone of authority, you have been walking away from it for over half an hour. Go back the way you came, and when you reach the Iron Bridge

The United Methodist Magazine.

CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER. Notes of the Month. By the Editor. The Manchester Conference as History. (Illus-

trated.) By Rev. George Eayrs, F.R.Hist.S. The late Rev. Oliver Beckeriegge. (With Portrait.)

An Appreciation. By Rev. R. H. Kibling. The Callao the Christian Ministry. (With Portraits.)

By Rev. H. T. Chapman, Ex-President. Charles Dickens : A Master Mind.

and Early Days in London. By Alex. J. Philip. Memories of NY Fellow - Workers. VI. — Rev.

Anthony Gilbert. (With Portrait.) By Rev. Edward Boaden.

Seed to the Sower, By Rev. Wm. Alex. Grist.

The Quiet Hour. By Rev. W. RuPert Clark. Prince Charlie of the Canondate.

Chap. XVII.—The Great Renunciation. Chap. XVIII.—The Mystery of Morningside Hall. By Rev. Samuel Horton.

Prose Masterpieces. IX.—Charlotte Bronte's " Jane Eyre." By S. Gertrude Ford.

Our Church Life and Work. A Monthly Review By Watchman.

REWARD BOOKS.

Rev. P. MADGE (Totland Bay) "The rewards, I think, are splendid value. I

may say our Sunday School is exceedingly pleased with them."

Mr. J. BULLOCK (Grovehill Road, Beverley). "May I thank you on behalf of our Sunday

School for the delightful selection of prizes you made at our request ? The teachers and officers are highly satisfied."

Mr. W. G. BUDGE (Walthamstow). The books you sent me were admirable, and

excellent value for money."

J. STEPHENS, Esq. (Cornwall). "We are very well pleased with books."

J. TEAGUE, Esq. (Tintagel). "Obliged to you for forwarding books so

quickly, they have given every satisfaction.",

Are you in doubt where to send your next order ? You should not be after reading the following UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS recently received by

your own Book Room :—

Mr. G. GREEN (Redruth). " Please find order enclosed. Do your best,

that the school may again be quite satisfied, as last year,"

Mr. A. E. ANNABLE (Sandiacre). "Pleased to say books came to hand all right,

and have given entire satisfaction."

Mr. E. F. TRENEAR (Scilly Isles). "They were a beautiful lot of books. The

scholars were delighted with them."

C. H. WELCH, Esq. (Ryde). "Books to hand. They are very satisfactory,"

Rev. F. H. CHAMBERS (Hanley). " Thanks for all the prizes which have come to

hand. I think they have given every satisfaction, and we may hope for orders next year."

The Pleasant Hour FOR SEPTEMBER, 1911.

Contents BETWEEN OURSELVES. (Illustrated.)

By the Editor. A CHINAMAN'S FOOD. (Illustrated.) By Rev.

G. P. Littlewood. THE INTERRUPTED TEA-PARTY. (Poem.)

By Rev. Cuthbert Ellison. GUARDS OP HONOUR. OLD GLORY. Chap. xyii.—Abram plays the Fool.

Chan. xviii.—Peggy stirs the Fire. (Illus.) By Edward McLellan.

TEDDYWINKLE'S PICNIC. (Illustrated). By W. Gurney Benham.

AN OLD TRAPPER'S LOG-HOUSE YARNS. Chap. IX.—A Desert Journey. (Illustrated.) By G. Carver Lennox.

CHATS ABOUT CHARLES DICKENS. "Dombey and Son," and

" David Coppertield." (Illustrated.) By Francis J. Purdie.

BIBLE-SEARCHING COMPETITIONS. By Mrs. J. B. Brooks.

LETTERS TO WINNIE. IX.—How Men Lived and Died for a Prayer Book. By Meldon Royce.

APOLLO. By Rev. J. Penry Davey.

Price 4d. ORDER OF YOUR MINISTER. London : ANDREW CROMBIE, 12 Farringdon Avenue, E.C. Price 1d. ORDER OF YOUR

MINISTER,

North Parade Church, Camborne. Photo : J. C.,1Burrow, Camborne.

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turn to your left and then go straight on.' I turned away heavily, and afterwards remembered that I had forgotten to thank her for her information. Indeed, it is not surprising that I forgot, because at about this time I should have been announcing the text of the sermon I had prepared so carefully. But -there was-no other course open for me, and ,I had to retrace my foot-

steps. I was now a little less sad. After all, there was hope that perhaps I would reach the church in good time for the evening service. Eventually I came in sight of the church. At its door was the disappointed con-gregation returning home for the midday meal. Neither introduction nor explanation was necessary. There was a nameless something about me which told the whole story of the morning's adventures. Needless to say, I was wet through and had to be supplied with a change, which was readily offered me by my kind host. By and by the time appointed for the evening service wore round. I heard later that the congregation was some-what augmented on account of it having been noised abroad that the new Methodist minister had lost . his way in the morning. Such a thing was unprecedented. Fancy a Methodist following the wrong track. But then—he is only a beginner.

"To ensure a perfectly safe return, a friend drove me to within twenty minutes' walk of my home. To make up,' however, for my loss of time and strength in the morning, I thought it would be good to attempt a near cut.' Besides, the rain was now meeting me

straight in the face. I put my umbrella to shield my face, and in doing so I was prevented from seeing my way. I stepped down and, lo, I discovered my near cut was to the canal and not to my home. I experi-enced a strange, sinking sensation. I sank until the brim of my hat reached the surface of the water. Then, after much struggling, I managed to get one arm on to the bank. People who were sensible enough not to attempt near cuts ' heard the splash from the bridge hard by, and ran to my assistance. They pulled me out with, I think, the minimum of difficulty. You see, I was quite willing to be saved. Some of my friends, I think, questioned my sanity ; others, who took a milder view of the affair, went no further than to doubt my sobriety.

"Eventually I reached home. My landlady, who was horrified at the spectacle I presented, ran with her usual diligence to attend to my requirements. After a while I got into bed. When a few moments had elapsed, Mrs. -- came to me and whispered Mr. --, would you

dare you, think"of taking a drop of whisky? it

.is a splendid preventative for colds ! Now, my

fr-iends have sometimes charged me with being a Hiber-nian, but, in reality, I am only a Scot. Still, be that as it may, my reply was in the negative, and my good-natured nurse contented herself with bringing a jugful of boiling milk. Later, I fell asleep and dreamed dreams which shall for ever remain unrecorded."

Here ends my friend's first day as a United Method-ist minister.

Circuit Union at Camborne.

BY REV. T. W. SLATER.

OUR union in Cornwall has all along been more than a name, and is surely and pleasantly fulfilling itself in different parts of the county with gracious- results. In spite of the fact that the old denominational names re-main carved in stone on many a chapel •front, the spirit of the union has found its way within the walls, and is bringing the people, and the churches, and the circuits, into new relationships, giving them a new beginning with a brighter outlook for their future work.

This is what has happened in the good town of Cam-borne, which, with Redruth, shares the honour of being the most important centre of the Cornish mining in-dustry. Its famous Dolcoath mines have made it known all over the world.

Formerly Camborne had a U.M.F.C. Circuit ; an M.N.C. church and minister, connected with Truro ; and a B.C. church and minister, belonging to the Red-ruth, Treruffe Hill, Circuit. The spirit of Union, how-ever, has so spread in the neighbourhood that now all our churches in the Camborne District have been united and formed into one Camborne Circuit, with thirteen societies and two married preachers—Rev. J. Hartley

Duerden being the superintendent, and Rev. A. R. Balman his colleague.

Last Thursday was set apart for a united gathering to celebrate the Union, and to give a good start to the circuit as it begins its new course with the Connexional year. In the afternoon friends gathered in goodly num-bers in the circuit chapel, North Parade, for a service

conducted by Rev. E. E. Lark, of Truro. Tea followed in the schoolroom, and this function provided 'a much enjoyed opportunity for friendly social inter-course. The evening meeting was held in the Trelowarren Street Church, a new and strikingly beautiful building, occu-pying-a central position in the best road in the town. Here are handsomely housed - the members of the ex-M.N.C. and ex-B.C. churches. Through the courtesy of the friends and as chairman of the District, I had the great privilege and joy of presiding on this occasion. Besides the chairman, the two invited speakers were Mr. W. J. Nicholls, J.P., of St. Austell, and Mr. H. Toy, J.P., of Helston, both speakers of high re-pute throughout Cornwall, and by their speeches on religion and social problems and the supremacy of the spiritual they greatly delighted the meeting and proved themselves worthy of their great reputa-tion.

The two stewards of the new circuit, Mr. H. P. Vivian and Mr. W. J. Edwards, gave brief but effective ad- dresses. Revs. E. E. Lark, J. H. Duerden and A. R. Balmer also took-part.

As we left the meeting, full of its holy enthusiasm, we felt we had been taking part in a historic gathering, and helping to inaugurate a new era of useful service for God and humanity in connection with our honoured churches in Camborne.

What Our Readers Think. Colonel Seely and Rev. W. Kaye Dunn, B.A.

MR. WILLIAM NOON, Ilkeston, writes : I have a special liking for "Our London Letter."

Invariably I turn to it first when my UNITED METHOD-IST comes to hand week by week. It always throbs with something, quickens your pulse and makes you glad to be alive. The- times I agree and disagree, with the author nicely balance. His F` shootable wretches " No. 1 and 2, in your last week's issue, quite stroke me the wrong way. It may be because I am an Ilkestonian and the Colonel is our M.P. Not very long ago the Colonel was speaking at a- Brotherhood meeting in Long Eaton, and in his beautiful and inspiring address said : '"The reason Jesus Christ captivated the hearts of men through all generations was because His Gospel was one of infinite tenderness and compassion." Now, the Rev. W. -K. Dunn, B.A., says that Colonel Seely would like the, earth to ring with bullets—not over their heads—not at their legs, and then links the Colonel with the "Morning Post's " " whiff of grape shot." Surely this is a caricature of the brave, kind-hearted gentleman, so many believe him to be. On the ethics of shooting under certain conditions and how to shoot with the least sacrifice of life, the opinions of men may widely differ, but it is perfectly clear that no bullet could find its way to the hearts of the Goods Porter No. 1 or the Carman No. 2, unless they choose to continue and remain part of a riotous assembly after being duly warned of the consequences.

REV. E. R. SQUIRE writes : I read with .mingled feelings the "London Letter"

of the week before last, purporting to be some smart comments on a supposed speech of Colonel Seely's, and I was glad to find that two correspondents last week had expressed their feelings of regret at its ptiblication. I took the liberty of sending the letter of Mr. Dunn to Mr. Churchill, and in reply he says he has consulted with Colonel Seely, who-states that had the whole speech been consistently noted it would have been at once seen he was striving to use the best means possible to prevent bloodshed. I am quite certain that Keir Hardie's speech, so hotly denounced by Lloyd George and others, was not more inflammatory and misrepresenta-tive of fact than was the sarcasm of Mr. Dunn. As to the nonsense suggested re "shootable wretches," I am quite confident every member of the present Govern-ment is as full of sympathy with the poor worker as Mr. Dunn himself, and their continued efforts to- relieve present disgusting conditions are, a practical demonstra-tion of that sympathy. It is grossly unfair to take snippets of speeches from their context, and make them infer something totally different to that which was in the speaker's mind. Why, I could represent Mr. Dunn as being anything but what he professes, were I -to take separately some fiery and declamatory qu tations from his weekly letters. If in some places the presence of the military has been a source of Arritation, iii many places it has proved a safeguard. It is easy to sit afar off and criticise, but it is another thing to be in the position of the Home and War Secretaries, and do everything calmly that ought to be done at a time of complete unrest. We ought not glibly to condemn a Government, which for seeking to help the worker has never been paralleled in history. The majority of us still believe our political salvation is in men of the type of Asquith rather than in the fiery Keir Hardie type.

To say that "Colonel Seely' would like the earth to ring with bullets" is nothing short of libel on a man who under extraordinary difficulties, ought to receive our support rather than our censure.

The widespread influence that Mr. Dunn's letters have, and the harm and irritation that some of them provoke, compel some of us at times to raise a protest.

The Railway Strike. MR. GEORGE RIGLEY, Nottingham, writes : The letters- this week from Rev. H. W. Horwill and

Mr. Armes go to prove really- how impossible it is for some people to shed party prejudice and look at matters his fellow-beings, by the accident of ,birth, have, and agreements would the two gentlemen referred to enter-tain if in receipt of 16s. per week? The spirit of revolt against such conditions would be continually in their hearts, growing more bitter every week until it could not be restrained. Men are not machines ; even railway porters have feelings. How can any man with the feelings of a man keep quiet when he sees his own children debarred of all life's decencies, which many of his fellow beings by the accident- of birth have, and to spare?_ I do not suppose for a -moment Mr. Dunn is either -a Liberal or a Tory. He is just a. man with a man's feelings and sympathy all on, the side of the oppressed. Good luck to him, and more power to his elbow. !

MR. JAS. R. CURBISON, South Shields, writes : Your correspondent, Mr. Horwill, seems alarmed be-

cause the moral issues of the recent railway strike were not pointed out in your comments -on the 24th inst. Why he should be so anxious. to have the moral issues discussed I am at a loss to know. From the- tone of his letter he seems to be quite convinced that the Com-panies are very just in their attitude towards -the men, and that the present Government is so perfect and kind towards the workers that they would not see them wronged in any way, if they would but appeal to them, through the Labour Party. I think, sir, Mr. Horwill will find on further enquiry that the cause of the strike was not so much with the men, as with the Directors and the Government officials. Can. Mr. Horwill say why the Prime Minister took up the position- he did? To my mind it was enough to cause a rebellion among the workers of a greater order than it did. What we have to do is to thank - the leaders of the men for their calm discretion and diplomacy in such a critical period. Does it not appear correct from what we can learn that the only way in which these men could make their cause known was by taking the course-they did? The method may seem barbaric, crude, and merciless so far as the public is concerned. But we must remember that ex- treme cases demand extreme measures. How Mr. Horwill can come to the conclusion that the Labour Party in the House could have prevented the strike I do not. know.

I am sorry to see that ,Mr. Horwill has lost all faith in the Labour Members so far as international peace is concerned. Does he think that the way to this great

Trelowarren Church, Camborne. Photo : J. C: Burrow, Camborne.

ideal will be gained by the Labour Party refusing to acknowledge railway strikes arid so forth? Nay, the cry of these men was for justice. To that cry they responded, and did what they could to secure it for the oppressed on our railway system.

In closing, sir, I would like to remind Methodists that these great strikes that we are having at the present time have lessons to teach us. We are in a transitional period, and the Church must be careful how she speaks and acts at this juncture, because this will certainly have an effect upon her in the days that are to come.

The People's Amusements. REV. EDWARD COCKER writes : I will confine myself to one point.. Mr. Fairfax says,

"the people's taste in amusements is distinctly im-proving." This is very doubtful, and it is a false psy-chology which finds proof of this in the shallow

PALESTINE and EGYPT. Those intending to visit the Holy Land - and Egypt should send for free illustrated programme to. Dr. Leach, M.P., " Springfield," Canonbury Park, London.

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emotionalism of a picturedrome assembly. While others laugh or cry, the person of improving taste will mark the utter lack of sense and truth in most of the pictures that appear. Not long ago I saw a reproduction of "The Flood." When Noah appeared with wadding beard, a lady next me exclaimed, "Abraham ! It will do the kids a lot more good coming here than -going to them blooming Sunday Schools ! " Would Mr. Fair-fax accept that as proof of his statement? After all, it is not quality so much as quantity that concerns us to-day. This taste may be rare in quality, but if it is the only taste, having absorbed or eliminated or sub-jected all others, then we must speak of blessings that are cursed by indulgence.

5nternattonat lesson. BY REV. CHARLES' A. ASHELFORD, Berry Brow.

SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1911.

DANIEL'S COMPANIONS IN THE FIERY FURNACE.—Daniel iii. 8-28.

GOLDEN TEXT : "The Lord is my Helper ; I will not fear : What shall man do unto me? "—Hebrews xiii. 6, R.V.

THE Jewish community which returned from Baby-lonish exile with Zerubbabel was small in numbers and predominantly sacerdotal in character. Three distin-guishing features characterized these Jews of post-exilic Palestine : (1) Love for the Ceremonial Law : which fact however, must not be unduly exaggerated, for witness the spirituality and fervour of the post-exilic Psalms. (2) Belief in the mediation of divine beings, especially of angels. (3) Regard for history only in so far as it illustrated religious convictions or conveyed morarles-sons. What the various authors of this period set them-selves to achieve was the inculcation of moral and re-ligious lessons under the guise of history. The doctrine was everything; the mode of presentation was of no-in-dependent value : that it should be a correct representa-tion of facts was of little importance. In 168 B.C. Antio-chus Epiphanes (nicknamed Epimanes, i.e., Madcap) attempted to Hellenize the Jews. Jewish puritanism strenuously and successfully resisted this resolute policy of cultured cosmopolitanism ; meanwhile hundreds of de-

• vout Jews sealed their witness for God and truth with their blood. The author of the Book of Daniel appears to have laid hold of certain traditions of the staunch adherence to the principles of their religion of Daniel and his three companions, and having adapted) them to his purpose strove thereby to encourage and stimulate his countrymen in their faithfulness to God. Scholars are divided in their opinion as to precisely how much is history and how much- is allegory. The teaching of these magnificent narratives is that it is not God's pur-pose to allow the powerbf heathenism to prevail against Him, At a time when many were wavering, and many

lapsed lapsed into open apostasy, the writer wished- to set before his countrymen, in the most vivid and winning manner, the nobleness and reward of obeying God rather than men. Our story depicts a signal example of re-ligious heroism, and -presents a striking concrete illus-tration of the passage "When thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flames kindle upon thee" (Is. xliii. 2). "Our fathers trusted in Thee and Thou didst deliver them " is the motto that may be written over this immortal chapter, which breathes exactly the same spirit as in Psalm tliv. Read Keble's "Christian Year" the nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, also the - hymn "Peace, doubting heart ! my God's I am."

Bow or Burn. (vv. 8-15). The scene of the story is laid in Babylon in the sixth

century B.C., but- its application is to Palestine in the second century B.C. Nebuchadnezzar reigned for forty-three years, 604-561 B.C. Unlike the Assyrian kings he took no pleasure in martial enterprises, but was em-phatically a builder and pre-eminently a religious king. It js quite manifest from his inscription's that, judged from the ideals of his age, he was an extremely reverent and religious king. He is presented as having erected a colossal image overlaid with gold in the plain of Dura, near Babylon, and, having invited his vassals from among the nations to its dedication, commands them at a given musical signal to fall down and worship it. Religion in antiquity was strictly a matter of State. This occasion being a national festival, any refusal to worship the national - God (Marduk or Merodach) would therefore be regarded .as high treason. The differences of the R.V. should be carefully noted, e.g., Satraps, deputies, governors, etc., also the musical instrument R.V.M. bagpipe for dulcimer. Historically there were no satraps under Nebuchadnezzar : the word and the position are Persian. The alternative of martyrdom or apostasy in v. 6 became a very real one during the persecution of the Syrian despot Antiochus, 168-165 B.C. The burning fiery furnace was a Babylonian method of punishment : two Jews, Zedekiah and Ahab, were roasted in the fire by the king of Babylon (Jer. xxix. 22). (1) Jealousy cruel as the grave. The very phrase of these "certain Chaldeans," v. 8, accused, i.e., "ate the pieces of the Jews," suggests their jealous and bitter spirit. C. ii. 49 shows that the three young men had been appointed over the heads of their accusers, while c. iii. 12 reveals their motive. They say, in effect, "This is their gratitude, 0 king, for all the privileges and honours which you- have showered upon them." Point out the schoolboy's contempt of the sneak ; sneaking and cowardice are to him the unpardonable sins. Such sneaking only inflamed the king and incited him all the more to the committal of the cruel deed. It becomes a duty, however, to inform when the interests of justice and honour and the good of the community are served

thereby. (2) Modern Nebuchadnezzars,. golden images and fiery furnaces. Transfer the story from ancient Babylon to modern London and Huddersfield. The scene and circumstances may change, but the essence of the test' remains the same. Religion, obedience, loyalty are always and everywhere costly things. Let a man for God's and conscience' sake •defy the world, there is nothing for him but a burning, fiery furnace. Nebuch-adnezzar may symbolize giant circumstances, "they say," social customs and conventions, etc. : the golden image may stand for success, wealth, pleasure, power, etc.; and the fiery furnace for social ostracism, loss of place and power, etc. Says the world-spirit, "If you are scrupulously honest I'll starve you"; or, " If you will not make self-interest your supreme good, I'll wreck your prospects"; or, "If you tell the unvarnished truth; I'll bring •upon you and yours sorrow and suffering." "Either . . or .," "Bow or burn," appear as the only alternatives. Observe the arrogance of v. 15, and compare it with the defiant challenge of Sennacherib and the Rab-shakeh (Is. xxxvi. 19f ; xxxvii. 11f).

Death Rather than Disloyalty (vv. 16-18). The three young princes stand upright and strong

in the flush of their manhood and the power of their faith. Perfect courtesy to the king is seen side by side with unshakable conviction. Their reply stirs the blood, fires the heart, and braces the will. A nation or church or community is great and strong as she possesses ,or grows such stalwart Nonconformists. Half-alive or dead souls swim with the stream : vigorous and vital souls are prepared to swim against the stream. The three immortal monosyllabic words, "But if not," have been called "the watchword of martyrs." (1) Fires do not make martyrs, they only reveal them. The dauntless courage and matchless heroism of the three Hebrews are here revealed. Youth always admires courage and pluck, but it is well to remember that the truest hero-isms were but part of the day's work for those who did them. The heroic spirit like the Christian spirit is a growth. George Eliot says of the supreme moral crisis of Tito Melema in "Romola" : "Tito was experiencing that inexorable law of human souls that we prepare ourselves for sudden deeds by the reiterated choice of good or evil which gradually determines character." The Providence of God has so ordered circumstances that the daily round is the training school for heroes. These three heroes are supremely faithful to-day because of the little fidelities of all their 'yesterdays. If our boys and girls would be like Shadrach, Meshach and. Abed-nego, loyal in the great crisis, then let them begin now by bravely saying "No" to the smaller temptations, and fearlessly doing what they know to be right evert if by so doing they get ridiculed for it. (2) "The heroism of a great conviction always proves itself to the heroism of a great communion." The Golden Text reveals the secret of their courage and the inspiration of their faith. They lived their lives in the fellowship and fear of Gad : they therefore could not serve God and Mammon. Illustrate by the fidelity, even unto death, of Latimer and Ridley, and the so-called "rice Chris-tians" of the Boxer movement.

"The Fire Forgets its Power to Burn " (vv. 19-28). Their venture of faith is vindicated by the wonderful

result. Heb. xi. 34 speaks of heroes who through faith "quenched, the violence of fire." The fierce fire de-stroyed the mighty men who cast them in ; it even burnt away the fetters, but left the bodies of the three youths untouched. Note the alteration in the R.V., v. 25: "the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods." The A.V. interprets rather than translates—"like unto the Son of God." There is always the "One extra" beside the faithful, beside those who suffer for truth and/ conscience' sake. Nebuchadnezzar thought he was casting these three men into a burning, fiery furnace, he was really ushering them into the Presence-chamber of the King. The world cannot heat a fire that God cannot cool : though they heat the furnace "seven times more than it is wont to be heated " He can render it harmless. (1) The Lord's song, so it has been said, is sung irk the first place not by those- who feel happy, but by those who do what they know to be right. This is the key to the "songs in the night " of Paul and Silas in the dungeon at Philippi. In the Septuagint Transla-tion and the Vulgate Version the "Song of the Three Holy Children " comes between vv. 23 and 24. This song may be found in the Apocrypha. It says that "the flame streamed forth above . the furnace forty and nine cubits," and that "the angel of the Lord smote the flame of the fire out of the furnace, and made the midst of the furnace as if it had been a moist whistling wind." This song may not be historically authentic, but it is true to spiritual experience. The narrative further emphasizes the reality and power of free-will and .choice. Modern determinism tends to 'weaken for men the springs of action and to discount for them the value of moral effort. Man is not the slave of circum-stances but their master : not so much the creature as the) creator of environment. (2) The men who sacrifice themselves for God find 'in the sacrifice abundant bless-ing. Read the admirable article in last week's "British Weekly," "The Crown, of Life." True life is -a quality rather than a quantity. "To make the most of life is to think most deeply, to feel most passionately, to sacrifice most generously." The story shows clearly that God knows both how and when to deliver the righteous : either He cools the flames, or transforms them into a chariot of fire in which He transports the faithful to their rest and reward. In vv. 28, 29 Nebuch-adnezzar's fury and fanaticism give place to a doxology and an Edict of Toleration. The whole scene becomes a luminous and an abiding symbol, of which the follow-ing is but one of many applications : Even if honesty is not the best policy I will be honest. An unscrupu-lous master may say to an honest employee : "Unless you conform to certain questionable practices I shall either dismiss you or refuse you promotion." If the employee says, "My conscience is my master," and acts

accordingly, then ultimately the experience only strengthens his moral fibre, and gives a sense of free-dom otherwise unknown. Wrong resisted becomes right magnified : be faithful and thus prove fearless.

Children's Corner. STORY OF ACHAN. JOSHUA VII. 1-11, 16-26.

GOLDEN TEXT.—I"Thou shalt not steal."—Ex. xx. 15.

INTRODUCTION TO STORY.

Ask, If you plant a corn seed, what grows? If you plant a poison seed, what grows? If you do- a kind, good deed, what happens to you? If you do a wrong deed, like stealing or telling a lie, what happens to you?

Try to show the children that just as surely as good corn follows the sowing of good corn seeds, so if they do good good will come to them; but if they do evil, sorrow and punishment will follow them.

LESSON STORY. Once there was a man called Achan. He was one

of the children of Israel following the brave, captain Joshua, who led them across the Jordan up to the city

of Jericho, which they surrounded and conquered. After they had entered the city walls, Joshua told his men that they must not take any of the gold or silver, or the vessels of brass or iron that they saw, because all these things were to be kept to be given to the House of God. Joshua ordered this because, above all, he wanted his men to worship the one true God, Who had led them safely through the wilderness into this promised land.

Achan heard these commands, and he thought to obey them. But he saw a beautiful garment which would just fit him, and a bar of gold, also a bag of silver money, 200 pieces, inside one of the houses that had escaped the notice of the other men when the city was burnt down. Achan longed for this beautiful garment and the silver and the gold. But he remembered Cap-tain Joshua's commands : "Do not take any silver or gold : it is for the Lord's house," and he knew it would be wrong to do so. Still, he kept thinking about it. "No one will see me," he thought ; "if I carry the things into my tent and hide them, who will know? " He forgot God could see him.

When the dark night was falling Achan waited until everyone was asleep, then, trembling with fear lest any-one should see him, he stole out of his tent and took the garment and the gold and bag of silver money, and crept quietly back with them into his tent. There he dug a hole, put them in and covered them with earth so that no one should find them.

The next day Joshua called his men together and told them to go to a place a few miles off called Ai in order to fight the people there.

Achan was one of the men chosen to go with part of the children of Israel to take the city of Ai. Joshua with the rest stayed behind in Jericho.

Achan knew he had done wrong : this knowledge troubled him and made him so frightened that he fought very badly. One frightened soldier makes others the same. Though there were many of them, and only a few of the men of Ai, yet the men of Ai conquered and drove them back to Jericho.

When Joshua, their Captain, saw them running back towards Jericho he knew he had lost the battle, he tore his clothes and fell before the ark of God, for he thought God was now against them. He wondered how it could be that so few of the men of Ai should have beaten so many of his men. God told him. We do not know how, for God• has many ways of speaking, but He told him one of his men had done the forbidden thing. Joshua arose and called all his men to stand before him, then he asked them who had stolen _the things that were for God's house. Achan trembled. When Joshua but looked at him he was sure he knew all. He fell on his knees, crying, "I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel," and told all that he had taken, and where he had hidden the things. Quickly Joshua sent some men to dig them up,- and they brought them back to him. Then Joshua ordered a terrible punishment for Achan. He said, "Take him out of the city to a lonely valley, take his wife and children, his oxen and sheep, and stone them, then burn them up with fire." What an awful punishment that was!

The people took Achan and his children, his sheep and oxen, and with big stones stoned them to death. Then they made a fire and burnt them up. They piled a heap of stones in the place, and called the place the valley of Achor ; it is called so to this day.

In olden times if a man did wrong, not only he, but all his family were cruelly punished. Even the wisest men, such as Joshua, thought they were pleasing God in so doing. Now we know better. Yet if you boys or girls do wrong—if you steal or tell a lie, you make your mother and father sad; they, though innocent, suffer, and you yourself, who deserve it, get punished.

Remember the sad fate of Achan, and try always to please God by keeping His commandment "Thou shalt not steal."

EUNICE NAYLOR.

EXPRESSION.—Writing or Plasticine. Ask the children to write with coloured crayons or

form the words

THOU SHALT NOT STEAL !

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THE UNITED METHODIST. September 7, 1911.

News of Our Churches. All communications sent by the halfpenny Post for this

jage should bear on the outside, distinctly written, the words " News for the Press," and should be directed to " The Editor, 'United Methodist,' in Rye Lane, Peckham, London, S.E." A number of communications lately have been surcharged through omitting to conform to these Post Office regulations. News should arrive not later than the FIRST delivery on Tuesday morninr.

MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS. Rev. J. Mitchell is leaving South Shields next Confer-

ence, after four years' service. Rev. W. R. Britton has accepted an invitation to the

pastorate of Fentiman Road Church, Brixton, for next Conference.

Rev. W. R. A. Budd has accepted an invitation to remain in the Millom Circuit until Conference, 1913. ' Rev. W. H. Cory Harris leaves the Rochdale, Castle-mere Circuit next Conference, after five years' service.

Rev. J. B. Brooks has accepted an invitation to re:- main a fourth year in the Hawarden Circuit, till 1913.

Rev. A. Ralph will be leaving Luton Road Church, Chatham Circuit, next Conference, after five years' ministry.

Rev. Edward Cato at the close of his sermon at St. Domingo Church, Liverpool, last Sunday night, in-timated to the large congregation present his intention to remove in August, 1912. -,

Rev. Walter Cocks has accepted an invitation to suc-ceed Rev. W. H. Tubb in the superintendency of the Looe Circuit at next Conference, and Rev. W. H. Tubb succeeds Rev. S. G. Jenkins, of Plymouth.

Rev John Chinn has intimated his intention to re-move from the Cradley Heath Circuit in 1912, after three years' service.

Rev. R. Percival will leave our Bellingham Circuit in 1912.

BARNSLEY. FOR four months Sister Eileen, of the Deaconess Insti-

tute, has been engaged in deaconess.work at Cudworth. Last Thursday week, to mark the expiration of her term of service, a tea and devotional meeting, which closed with the observance of the Lord's Supper, was held. It is gratifying to record that the work of the past four months has been attended with many evi-dences of the Divine favour. Conversions have taken place at several of the Sunday night services ; a well: attended women's meeting has been started ; class-meetings and prayer-meetings have grown in numbers; and the faith and hope of the friends have been strengthened. By means of a sale of work, recently opened by Mrs. Fan-and, of Birdwell, which was fol- lowed by a tea and meeting, the sum of was raised; and, now that all liabilities have been met, the deaconess fund shows a balance on the right side. The result is one for which we are all thankful, and only the hearty co-operation of the Cudworth people, aided by friends in the circuit, have made it possible. It is hoped that the church here will shortly secure the services of another deaconess and that the work so well begun will prosper yet more abundantly in the future.

BRISTOL. AFTER being closed for extensive renovation, alteration

and decoration, the Redland Grove Church was re-opened on Sunday last, the new pastor, Rev. F. J. Ellis, occupying the pulpit. The premises have under-gone thorough repair at a cost of nearly 300. The in-terior has been plainly and yet beautifully decorated, the predominant colours being green and brown, the workmanship being carried out both skilfully and in a painstaking •way. The re-opening services will be con-tinued on Sundays, September 10th and 17th.

COWES, I.W. ON Wednesday of last week the opening services of

the new chancel and organ took place. The afternoon ceremony was performed by Mr. A. E. Brown, of East Cowes. Large congregations assembled to hear Mr. Victor Spanner, F.C.O. (a blind organist), show forth the beauties of the organ, which has been greatly im-proved and enlarged at a cost of over £200, and is now blown by electricity. This and the new chancel, costing over 300, is the outcome of the generosity of Mr. W. Jolliffe, who has done so much for the church in many ways for years past, this addition to the building making it one of the most beautiful places of worship in the island. The new minister (Rev. E. F. Tonkin) presided, and gave a short address. He referred to the fact that the young 'talented organist has just received

-his degree of Mus.Bac., being the youngest in the king-dom to don the gown. Miss Ethel Buckingham was soloist.

NEW MILLS. IN connection with the Sunday Schools of the circuit

a Saturday afternoon conference was held at the Furness Vale School. Rev. F. B. Dutton occupied the chair. Mr. W. Flood, schoolmaster, of Mellor, gave a most interesting and instructing paper on "The Sunday School and the Church." Mr. Flood took as a text for the former part of his address a dictum of the late Dr. Dale that one object of the existence of the church was to prevent the necessity of adult conversions. He ex-pressed his belief that every child born into this world was at the same time born into the kingdom of grace, and that there was no reason why the child should ever be outside the kingdom. Although children were born into the kingdom there would come a time in the life' of every child when he must decide for himself

whether he would stay in the kingdom or not : when temptation would present itself to him, and he must definitely decide for the right ; when there must be a conscious response of the soul to God: This, he said, was decision for 'Christ, and it was the main business of Sunday School teachers so to train their children that when the time comes for this decision they should choose the right—they should decide for Christ. He thought Methodists were short of something corresponding to the confirmation; service of the Anglican Church or the "first communion " of the Roman Catholic Church, and he sketched a plan for a children's dedication service for the reception into the Church of those young people who were of a suitable age, and Whose desires of good-ness showed them to be suitable candidates. Mr. Flood spoke of Sir William Robertson Nicoll's idea of a "League of Worshipping Children." A profitable dis-cussion ensued, which was taken part in by the chair-man, Mr. James Smith, Mr. W. A. Bradbury, Mr. B. Bradbury and others. Tea was provided, and subse-quently there was a pleasant ramble in the district, under the leadership of Messrs. B. Bradbury and F. Sleigh.

STALYBRIDGE. A CIRCUIT tea and meeting was held at the Grosvenor

Square Church, Stalybridge,, to celebrate the inaugura-tion of the new Stalybridge Circuit, and to welcome the newly-appointed circuit ministers, Revs. W. L. Tonge and W. H. Martin. A good number of friends from the four churches comprising the circuit, partook of tea. Councillor J. Booth presided at the meeting, and ad-dresses of welcome were given by Messrs. A. Shaw (Newton), R. Senior (Millbrook), G. H. Tonge (Gros-- venor Square), and J. Brown (Booth Street) ; Revs. W. L. Tonge and W. H. Martin each responding. A choir of about eighty voices rendered items of music con-ducted by Mr. T. Goddard, Mr. H. Booth presiding at the organ. The event augurs well for the success of the new circuit 'arrangements.

TAMWORTH. THE church at Tamworth is sorrowing over the death

of Mrs. Elizabeth Ruth Blight. Mrs. Blight was born at Tamworth in the year 1840, and was the eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Watton, an honoured local preacher, and one of the. .founders of our Burton-on-Trent Circuit, to which Tamworth originally belonged. She gave her heart to God at a very early age, joined the Church and became a Sunday School teacher and an active worker in the Church. She loved the house of God, and highly esteemed the ministers of the Gospel. Her mother died when she was only a young girl, but her abilities and powers of service were such that she managed her father's house and played the part of mother to her younger brothers and sisters long before she had attained to womanhood. From the beginning life meant for her, not pleasure, but toil, care, and consecration to' duty, and it remained so to the end. When in the course of years she was freed from the pressure of those home duties, she removed to Birming-ham, and there joined the Methodist New Connexion Church, worshipping in Moseley Street, and was very happy in its fellowship. From there she removed to Wolver-hampton, and there joined, as being most convenient, the Queen Street Congregational Church, then under the ministry of Mr. Horton. About thirty years ago she returned to Tamworth, and commenced a, private school, where she taught not only the usual branches of educa-tion with great success, but also by her winning and gracious personality and Christian chpracter exerted a great and ennobling influence upon great numbers of her pupils, and won the respect and esteem of all classes in the town. Until about three years ago, when her health began to fail, she was a constant worshipper with us, and a tireless Christian worker. Gifted with a finely sympathetic nature, intellectual ability, and Christian experience, she delighted in visiting the sick and the poor, and was blessed in her work. She never knew the blessing of ample means in silver and in gold, but she knew the joy of doing good according to the ability which God gave to her. She was a good woman, unselfish almost to a fault, and liberal and generous even beyond her means. She passed from death unto life on Tuesday, August 29th, and was laid to rest, amid tokens of respect, "until the day break and the shadows flee away," by her pastor (Rev. J. W. Arm- strong), on Saturday, September 2nd. On the follow-ing Sunday evening Mr. Armstrong spoke to a deeply attentive congregation on the life, character, faith, and service of our departed sister.

THORNTON HEATH. ON Saturday week this newly-formed circuit held a

meeting in the Sutton schoolroom to welcome the newly-appointed minister, Rev. Frank Cooper, late of Tam-worth. There was a good attendance well representing the three sections of the circuit. Mr. Carpenter, a Sutton veteran, presided. Hearty words of welcome, on behalf of the Thornton Heath Church, were spoken by Mr. W. G. Walker ; by Mr. West, on behalf of the Carshalton Church ; and by Mr. Burgess. The words by all the speakers were enthusiastically endorsed by the meeting, and the best of welcomes was given to Mr. Cooper when he rose to respond. Mr. Cooper said he had come tot-put his best into his work, which was to preach the glorious news and to minister to all ; and he spoke confidently of the coming of the time when the soul-life of the nation would reassert itself. Rev. C. H. Buxton proposed hearty thanks to the chairman who had so genially presided, and so generously pro-vided refreshments, and to his wife and family and the Sutton friends. This was seconded by Mr. Shutter, circuit steward, and supported by Mr. Pannett. Thanks also were given to the contributors of delightful songs.

General. KINGSBROMPTON (Roadwater).—With a view to

further reducing the liabilities on the chapel a sale of work, public tea and platform meeting have been- held. The sale was opened by Mrs. R. B. Ashton. The pro- ceeds of the day amounted to 8s. 6d., which was very good following upon an effort for the same pur-pose twelve months ago by which 4'234 was raised. The evening meeting was presided' over by Mr. H. B. Ashton. Those who took part were Revs. T. C. Jacob and E. J. Welsher, and Messrs. Brownscombe and H. E. Down. The total debt on the twelve chapels in the circuit is now only £30.

°RENSHAW (Gransmoor Road).—The members and friends of the church have been very generously enter-tained at a garden party, by Mr. and Mrs. W. Dale, Auburn House, Fairfield, near Manchester.

Quarterly Meetings. BURNLEY.—Dr. Irving presided over 'a large atten-

dance. Numerical returns were reported as follows : Full members, 1,073 ; on trial, 32 ; a decrease of 5. The financial statement showed a balance in hand of over ,*42.. Arising out of the church reports, it was decided to circularize the various churches pointing out the necessity of a methodical and systematic method of getting the young people connected with the church. The following were among the officials elected for the ensuing year : Chairman, Dr. Irving ; steward, Mr. James Emmott (Nelson) ; secretaries, Messrs. James Thornton and Jas. T. Pollard; missionary secretary, Rev. Luke Hicks; missionary treasurer, Mr. J. T. Lupton ; secretary to plan committee, Mr. J. P. Astin ; secretary to Circuit school committee, Mr. J. Nutter ; Young People's secretary, Mr. A. W. Croft ; trust audi-- tor, Mr. T. Proctor. A circuit reception service was held in the evening. Mr. A. Steil presided, and the lay welcome was voiced by Mr. J. T. Lupton, and the ministerial welcome by Rev. J. B. Goodhand (Nelson). Solos were rendered by Misses. M. Ashworth and E. Atkinson, and Mr. W. Baldwin.

Anniversaries. BARROW (Christ Church).—The trust anniversary was

held. last Sunday, September 3rd. The morning and evening services were taken by Rev. W. D. Gunstone. and most gratifying congregations were attracted. At 2.45 a musical service was arranged, Mr. J. Cornwell presiding. The offerings for the day amounted to nearly 4.9, which is an increase on last year's collections.

HEXHAM.—Rev. E. BooOck began his work as super-intendent minister in the circuit by preaching sermons at the Sunday School anniversary. The evening con-gregation' was exceptionally large, and great hopes are being encouraged that the good work begun by Rev. John Stuttard and interrupted by his lamented death, will be consummated by the continued efforts cf the new minister.

Presentations. BUDE.—A very interesting event took place recently

at 'the Flexbury Park Church, Bude, when a large number of friends, representative of the Stratton and Bude Circuit gathered together to present to the Rev. E. F. Tonkin a token of the high esteem and deep affection in which he is held. The presentation was made by Mr. James Broad, of Poundstock, who is the oldest local preacher on the circuit preachers' 'plan, and who conducted his first service considerably over fifty years ago. Mr. Broad said that he had known Mr. Tonkin for more than thirty years, and the more he knew of him the more he liked him. His kindness, brotherliness and sincerity endeared him to their hearts, and always made him a welcome visitor to their homes, and he had great pleasure in asking him to accept a purse of gold, two cheques, and a picture of a rough' sea at Bude. Mr.Tonkin suitably responded. Messrs. John Pethick, J. P. Baker, J. H. Treleven, and J. H. Hallett, and Rev. R. H. Kipling, of Devonport, also spoke ex-pressing the esteem and regard in which Mr., Mrs., and Miss Dorothy Tonkin were held in the circuit.

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WALLSEND (Carville Chapel).—On Thursday week a social evening vvas held in the church parlour of the Car-ville Chapel to bid Good-bye to Rev. J. T. Newton and Mrs. Newton. The meeting was presided over by Mr. A. Dunstan- and words of farewell were spoken by Mr. W. S. James, who, on behalf of the members of the congregation presented to Mr. and Mrs. Newton a case of fish knives and forks, a pair of bronzes, and a cake. dish. Miss Oliver voiced the feelings of the young ladies when she said that in Mrs. Newton they had found a friend who was always ready to help them. Mr. 'Wetherall and Mr. Wilson added much to the en-joyment of the evening by the musical selections which they rendered.

HALIFAX.—The school lecture-room of Queen's Road Church was crowded •to the doors when at a meeting of the Christian Endeavour Guild, Rev. William Walker closed his ministry of the church. Mr. J. H. Crossley presided. On behalf of the congregation and officers Mr. Hancock made a presentation to Mr. Walker of a reading table and- four volumes of Hastings' "Great Texts of the Bible." Mr. Walker has been very popular as a pastor, and during his stay at Queen's Road the church , debt of £2,240 has been reduced to £1,000 and a new school at Ovenden has been built, '500 towards the cost having been raised. The meeting closed with the singing of "Blest be the tie •that binds."

THERE has latterly been quite a consensus of opinion on the danger of consumption that exists where children are largely ,brought up from birth on cow's milk. Eminent medical authorities have drawn most emphatic

attention to the infantile mortality that is the direct result of infected cow's milk. The final report of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosfs, ju't issued, states that one half of the consumption amongst young chil-dren may be attributed , to this cause. Where mother's milk is not available, the parent cannot be too careful in the choice of the substitute provided, otherwise dan-gerous results may so easily ensue. In their series of the "Allenburys " Foods, the Manufacturers have pre-pared a Dietary for infants from birth upwards, which is recommended by medical men in all parts of the world, avoids the danger of cow's milk, is easily digested, and ensures sound, healthy development. A pamphlet giving invaluable information on the subjects mentioned, en-titled " Infant Feeding and Management " is easily obtainable, free on request, by writing to Allen and Hanburys, Ltd., 37 Lombard Street, London, E.C., while the products referred to can be had at any chemists in this vicinity.

Wedding.

H GAMELLS A VERY pretty wedding took place in our Hunslet

Road Church, Leeds, on Tuesday, August 29th, when Miss Amy Ingamells was united in marriage to -Mr. Stanley Hirst, of Bristol, both bride and bridegroom

,representing families of long and honourable connection

with this church. The ceremony was performed by Rev. James Ogden, assisted by Rev. R. F. Bell. The bride, who was charmingly attired in cream, was

given away by her father, Mr. F. Ingamells; and her sister, Miss Ethel Ingamelils, clad in pretty quaker grey, acted as bridesmaid, while the bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr. W. B. Hirst, as best man.

In the afternoon, with the traditional old shoe attached to the taxi, the happy couple left to spend their honey-moon at Llandudno. Their home will be in Bristol, where the bridegroom has already found a sphere of usefulness in our Milk Street Church. The wedding gifts were numerous and suitable, and our friends make their new start in life under the -happiest of auspices. It is interesting to note that Rev. James Ogden officiated at the marriage of -the bridegroom's parents (Mrs.. and Mrs. J. James Hirst) twenty-six years ago.

Conference Missionary Meetings.

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