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The Meaning of the Cross. "He Looked Upon Peter." By Rev. H. J. Pickett. The Wearside Crusade. Remarkable Scenes.

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The Meaning of the Cross. I. HE LOOKED UPON PETER."

BY PRINCIPAL PICKETT. The season of the year is bringing

within sight of the holy of holies of Christian faith and hope. 1,Ve are ap-proaching the central sanctities of our religion, and as the intervening weeks call upon Os to bate the mystery of the redeem-ing Cross, the glory and wonder of the triumphant Resurrection, e most earnestly seek to guide the thought and assist Hie devotion of our readers, prompted by the conviction that every detail associated with these sacred events is charged with supreme importance, and breathing the prayer Holt as we muse upon and around their profound signifi- came for us our hearts may burn new and inlenser devotion for Him who is to-day as never before the answer to our world-need, the hope of our world-despair.

NNe commence with the story of an act of treachery which strikingly illustrates the need of all that the Cross stands to represent. Peter's terrible fall is not an epitome of man's folly, his wilfulness and waywardness from the beginning. And the only remedy for dt is a holy Redeemer, and He can only redeem such blackness of guilt by and through suffering. NN'e shall neat.. understand the sorrow of Christ's heart as " Ile turned and looked upon Peter " nor the depth of Peter's infamy unless we steadily bear in mind that sin represents loss and cost to God, even as it 1 does to roan; the loss of the happy friend-ship Wilk 111:111 that God longs for, and ! the cost of agony to His so loving heart Thal the man He made for Himself should r ever come to love and practise what to Him is so utterly abhorrent.

Peter's beOayal, as indeed our own denials of our Lord, must be considered in the light of these unchanging facts. IL must never be forgotten that the rebuking

look of Jesus always follows the mercy of His warning "word," warnings often repealed to Peter, as they have so often been to us. Peter was without excuse, I and he knew it. Nor, as he now faced the condemning and searching eye of Jesus, did lie need any slinging word of censure. Only a few hours before he had quite con, Intently and sincerely declared his i tended loyally Lien if 1 must die with I bee, yet will I not deny Thee." and 'coo too piercing, glance of his Lord revealed as

in a mirror the unutterable sense of dis-appointment and sorrow he had caused the One he still loved boymul all others, and at once the boastful denier became the brokenihearled penitent.

Herein, as we shall see next week, Peter differs from the other betrayer within the circle of Christ's chosen ones, Judas, though—as 1)r. Edersheino points out- ' the springs or their Inner life rose in of pan'''ed, the., dire Th,y do, proxioolv.- Peter's porDait is the never come (Mont by the appointment or most conspicuous in the apostolic gallery. God. They to 1101 cone. by r11almce. They It is life size. Nothing is concealed. , are usually, if nol aluays, doe 10 our 1111-11 Every detail is sharply drawn. Every disloyally al some point where ld defect is left untouched. And Hie general have withstood and conquered.

•Looking

vices is that of a weather-beaten, strong, a little way up the 11m -olive in search of impetuous, lovable nature, I eon p01100,0, explanations, N, discover Iwvo er, a.. 1110 fisherman's life he knew so OlninollS and suggesthe statements: " po t' well. Rough often, almost to wildness. Peter followed afar ()IT." ";Ind when Ruittlingolial a tangent. A sort of explo. they Oho servants of the high priest's SIVe nature, that is Peter, rugged as some house) had kindled a fire in the midst or great boulder. Massive and hard, as the the court (or halli B1111 had sal dou so granite after which the Master nanaPfl together, Peter sal in Ihe midst of them." him. Simon surnamed by Jesus, Peter, (Luke toil. verses \That sentences

pelrine, flinty, rocklike Courageous V1101101 11, (11,1,, a S,Orll to preient Iltu flaster Ito hued flout approaching harm, human enough to weep bitterly; exciting 111 111111 weir anger, ,■ oitr pity. Mil ;dui, compelling you to sum op liy saying, •• Peter, ill, all illy faults we Imo thee

That Christ motored from such lim likely material the foal tees M the I eek and lowly one, that lie so N‘elded and chastened Pelee's 11,11111,11 ambition and pride as to make him a pattern of tumid-ity, one uho, so tradition runs, cm/1ml the same death as his kord, saying hum-bly, " let my head be boned, not meet,' Thal miracle is impossible on the assump-tion that toms 10 0111, 111111011. The change in Peter opens the door of hope for us all. If Christ did so much lor

not one of us need despair. Peter m.as emphatically a non of action,

not of thought. Like inany another since, his talking was 0111 of all proportion to Ids Winking. Ile went at II bound from extreinc to extreme. like the isionarythe dreamer, N,IS di.laS101,11 10

bin. Ahvays, no Mudd, with good inten-tion, yet. Peter's mistake was Iltal his zeal was too often the impulse or idood, of le111110111,,SeileMe, Mel 1110011, being fed neither from Inc heart nor the head. .0 nd Jesits—oho knew Ills disciple through and 1111,11,11 even PS Ile knows and luidec• stands us all—as Ile passed from the put, oiled hall a prisoner. and " ill riled and looked upon Peter,'' mingled with 111.0 rebuke His :iiixions longing and yearning pity for the Unman 1,110111 Ile klu,x, to be true al heart. For w "the eyes of the Lord are terrible," and full of condemna-tion [maid determined and persistent evil, it is also true that they ale gentle, full of a mother's ,.caroling pity, mild with a dox.y tenderness, looking mer the hill lops and along. the 111,,, valleys, ready to announce lo angel watchers lhat they may sing Ilte song, The wanderer returns, the lost is found."

111. And the look of SOI.1.011' :111,1 of pH,

carried xvith it for Peter's healing the look of le fell", and for ■rieeness. For the l:FOSS, as \VO Shell See SI01111S , 11,1arn both, even as il makes both possible. And so for Parer the look xxhich broke hint down and thoroughly compiereil his foolish self-confidence Mill pride hpealne for him the ontstrelched band of recon-ciliation, and he grasped 11 with lbe eager-ness and desperateness of one who had Leon almost finally lost.

And the descent to that perilous posi-tion can be easily traced in the rase of Peter as we closely' follow the story. Our conditions and experiences or moral peril have Ihcir cause, their develNunent

140 THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. MARCH 5, 1925

indeed handteds have made the great deci-sion during the last week. Never was reli-gious fervour at a higher point of intensity than during lest week. Even ministers who had held aloof have confessed to be swept with the amazing current. Churches which had become almost "to decent to sing in the open air " have suggested this form of con-tinuation work as " the very thing needed." Everywhere the meetings have grown in num-bers and in power. The morning procession of witness has never mice failed to arrest attention, 'and in several cases the words spoken in the open air in Station-street have brought passers-by to the services and to decision for Christ. In fact, we have seen the marvel and miracle of salvation breaking out everywhere in unexpected places in the town.

In making a round of the. public-houses prior to a late Saturday night meeting A

i woman n the very act of drinking asked a minister to pray with her " there and then " and she'd give it up They knelt down among the sawdust and in the jeering pre-sence of her boon comp.'s-am she gave her heart to Cod. A miner working at the face of the coal many fathoms down stopped in his work and gave his heart to the Saviour there and then, and came to a meeting next day to say what he had done and to sign his vow of loyalty. Another MAO, who had .beady given up his past life, came again and before many mime oyes he stood np main, saying that he coos standing up there at the request of his wife who was ill in bed and could not come, but who had been strangely moved in the silence of her room to the great decision. One of the most happy results is surely that of the family of six, all of them over sixteen years of age, that has been won to Christ member by member. until now, in place of a godless home, there is a new home indeed, where Christ is in every heart and the centre of everything in the home, In fact, conver-sions have been taking place everywhere, literally everywhere—in the open street, at the shop counter, at the workman's bench, in the home by the fireside, in the hospital, in the church and in the vestry, in the prayer-meeting and after the prayer-meeting, in the "rotherhood and Sisterhood and in almost every hour of the twenty-four.

Some meetings have only reached the live point of saving intensity after hours of prover and midnight had passed. and the means used have been so varied as to lead us to the conviction that God's ways are pool finding out That things upon which se ronfidently depended seemed at times to leave men cold, while unexpected and un-

these are for the psychologist and the preacher, revealing as they do the secret history and process of moral decline and failure I And what a commentary upon the opening verse of the first Psalm I Peter's blessedness had been forfeited, because, forsaking his Lord, he had "walked in the counsel of the wicked," lie had " stood in way of sinners," and he was now sitting in the seat of the scorn-ful."

Posisibly, like Judas, Peter now experi-enced a bitter disappointment of long-cherished hopes as he saw Jesus at the mercy of a thoughtless crowd, a captive in the grip of wicked authority-, and, giving way to despair, he let himself go just as occasion led. But it is no excuse. The fatal moment of the soul is when we begin to " follow Jesus afar off." All sorts of compromises are then possible. We flnd what we call " legitimate " excuses for neglecting private communion, public worship, and for complaining that our religion is costing us too much. We justify silence where we should have made ear witness clear, and by our guilty silence we deny that see hose accepted the standards and authority of Jesus.

The only anchor. that will hold through all the stormy years is the anchor of close companionship with Jesus, looking to Him with a loyalty that never falters, find-ing in His answering welcome the inspira-tion that will assist us to endure unto the end.

THE. LATE REV. T. J. GL,ADWIN.

Personal Tributes.

By Rev. W. CLEMENT BAIL • Others may write of Mr. Gladwin with

more intimate knowledge than I can do, but none with deeper admiration for the greatness of the man and the value of his work. Ile toed a wonderful gift of getting to the heart of things quickly. He could discriminate, as /Limy cannot, between principles and policies, and he knew that flexibilitywas always a sure mark of statesmanship. Ile combined courage with tact in a remarkable degree, and. could often unite different views in one proposition, and so reconcile men who had previously been at hopeless variance. He was not that bete noire of committees, the man who talked eternally, but when he did rise he had something to say, and invariably commanded attention. What a beautiful simplicity was his! He was astounded when asked to take the Chapel Aid Secretaryship. lie was amazed when his district wished to nominate him as President. The Presidency for him ! Nay, that could never be, but he would always cherish with gratitude the Imo of his brethren who would thus have crowned him. This was the man, seeking no office, and refusing many that sought him, yet wear-ing with simple dignity the honours that were thrust upon him.

We think of him chiefly as an adminis-trator, but he was first and foremost a preacher. I recall a service he conducted at use of our Synods, early on the Sunday morn-ing. The sermon on ‘• Christ in the midst " was great, but finer still was the exposition of the lesson Psalm (oxide.) How he lingered on the eighteenth verse, " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart." His own heart was still bleeding with rho loss of wife and son, and he took no into the secret

Nowhere lie himself had found comfort.

No ono who was present that morning can ever forget it. It was one of the most moving utterances I have ever heard.

The great place Mr. Gladwin filled was evidenced at his funeral on Wednesday. An immense conirrogation gathered in Victoria Bar Church, York, to do him reverence. The Lord Mayor of York and the Sheriff brought silent testimonies of the city's sense of loss. Well-knoWn ministers and laymen of our Church were with us, and ministers of other churches told by their presence how Mr. Gladwin's branches had gone over the wall. The President of the Conference (Bev. J. T. Barkby). in a fine address, delineated with sure touch the great qualities of our beloved friend. Others taking part in the service and at the graveside were Revs. R. Harri-son, A. Baldwin, J. J. Parlow, T. Allison Brown and W. Barton. A deep sense of loss pervaded us, and yet one felt that rho outstanding note of the service was one of thanksgiving that sorb a great heart hod been given to us. and that many of us hail been privileged to call him friend. He hos gone from out of our poor vision, but he can never be forgotten, and somewhere in the morning light we shall meet him again.

By Rev. W. SHIPLEY. Like many others, I received a painful

shuck on reading of the translation of rim dear friend, the late Rev. T. J. Gladwin. Bailing from the same neighbourhood and belonging in youth to adjoining circuits, we had more than an ordinary interest in each other ; and when, in after life, I had for

young Gladwin's " pairts," Gilmore drew him aside, and, addressing him colloquially, said "Tom, thou'll have to go into the ministry." The soil was ready for the seed, and so T. J. was coached by his hero. As a result, he entered the Sunderland Theological Institute M 1879 under Rev. William Antliff, D.D. The Conference of 1880 stationed him in London on the Caledonian-road Circuit with oversight at King's CMS. Here he worked under Rev. Joseph Toulson (who later became Prosident.of Conference). From there he moved to Poplar, this time under Roe. John Dickinson, who also became Presi- dent. Sheffield (John-street) was his ne sCation. A term at Scarborough. Then fol-lowed a superintendency at Me:thorough, then heck builttnptroe LII"chutccr, t's= aphrierreosit'! mately £6,000, towards the cost of Whirl 11e raised close on £5,000. Here he remained for Mn happy, successful years. In 1908 he moved to Luton First. Luton surrendered him in 1911 for the post of secretary to the Insurance Company and the Chapel Aid Asso-ciation, offices which he filled with consum-mate tact, kindliness and business ability of the highest order. His name is an honmwed household word in all Primitive Methodist circles. The sudden death of his wife (grand-daughter of Rev. Jonathan Cleaver) three years ago came as a very heavy blow to our friend. Only a few weeks ago he said to the writer "I have never mite known myself since her going." He contemplated retanng in 1924. The directors, however, induced him to promise to continue until 1926. The whole Connexion feels it has lost one of its most leading, lovable sons. But to the family of three daughters, left alone there at York, and the son in London, the lose is desolating. We can only pray that in the heart of the Eternal Father the Misses Gladwin and Mr. Gladwin may find comfort, thankfulness and new hope.

7r* rer ysmeetillgs, the

Onfel'eft:: and the memory will never die of this triumphant day. One of the missioners had to lesion for' the North at 9.30, and spon-taneously the band met him at the church door and .played him through the streets to the statim. The religious glow is still upon the town, and on Sunday is the ordinary services conversions were again seemed. Pray God the great day may linger long to the glory of our Saviour's name and the honour of His Church. We ask for the prayers of our own Church thatin facing the critical days of continuation and shepherd-ing we may be given wisdom from on high.

Rev. Tom Sykes and Mr. Tom Holland m Manchester.

To see a man as he truly is—we have been reminded lately—we must see him in one of those moment when he is grappling with problems that seem insoluble. In easy cir-cumstances we develop only the middling virtues. But when men engage in stern and anxious expeditions into the realms of dark. ness we see, then, the real grain of 'their nature and the character of their sluff of life.

Fresh from triumph, men often come .to test; and the missioners who set up their standard in the centre of the city of Man. chmter a week ago must have felt as Oliver Cromwell did when—hemmed in by superior forces on the night before the battle of Dun-bar—he wrote : " We are upon an engage-ment very difficult." The men who entered upon this undertaking, however, were not to be daunted by difficulty ; they even seemed to be attracted by it. They have loomed how to conquer their moods, and so they have succeeded in capturing the hearts of men who know has to recognise valour when they see it.

It was a fair sight for Primitive Metho-dists to see how completely the missioners won the audience of hard-heeded business men into sympathetic appreciation of their mes-sage at the great Tuesday midday- service. Quite enema! it is to get responses from the pew on them occasions; but they were given, and given heartily, as Mr. Sykes spoke of the larger Christ sod Sic. Holland sang in his best voice and most gifted ex-pression, "'Thou art the Potter." The message NVBS, most evidently, thrillingly alive in the preacher's own soul, and the large Audience thoroughly responded to the call and challenge of Hui living truth. Un- doubtedly deep impressions were created.

As the days passed a distinct increase of spiritual responsiveness was experienced, and every meeting was larger than the pre- ceding one. On the concluding evening, when 3Ir. Sykes lectured on "The Soul of Britain," under the chairmanship of 31r. T. L Gerrard, the Central Hall MIS well filled, and a most inspiriting meeting wris held. Dr. Grieve, in expressing thanks to the missioners, said that Ile felt Mr. Sykes WOS coming to fill more and more in Britain the place which Silvester Horne had filled. He felt that a ministry such as Mr. Sykes exercised with such spiritual and humanisiog mil thought provokingpassion and pewee should do much to keep the soul of Britain alive.

London Methodist Campaign. Following up the crusade in the Central

Hall, Tooting, the Campaign Committee have decided that Gipsy Smith shall conduct a five•cloys' mission in the same hall, common, ing on Palm Sunday and continuing the four following nights in Holy Week. A represen-tative gathering met at the Central Hall, WestmussMr, under, the chairmanship of Rev. Ensor Walters, to make arrangements. Speak-ing about the Gipsy's mission In the East End of London, the chairman said in many rs-meets it was the most remarkable series of meetings he had ever attended.. Remarkable cases of conversion were witnessed. Mini. ters and laymen from stuvounding circuits were present and promised wholehearted sup, port. Mid-day meetings will be held each day in Holy Week in the Kingsway The Gipsy, who was present, thanked the friends for their promised support. He sMd he Was never more eager for the battle against ain than to-day, nor more willing to serve his Lord in every. possible way. Wo are antieMating a great time. We hope. all the churches in this great men will meet for prayer in the meantime, then success is assured. • The Gipsy stressed the value of all the churches being united in prayer. The local committee is asked M meet in the Cen-tral Hall, Tooting, on Friday, March 6th, at 8 p.m. It is an all-Methodist dampaign, end we hope all Methodists in that and the sew-rounding districts will make it so.

IV. 100E000.

News is just to hand that a legacy of £100 now falls due for payment to the Aged Local Preachers Fund from the estate of the late Mr. Jas. Ducker, of East Ruston. Norfolk, consequent upon the decease of his widow. In addition to this mount no equal third part of the residuary estate under the same will is bequeathed to this deserv-ing fund,

several years the privilege of being the pastor of. his dear patents In the West Har-tlepool Circuit it was s great delight to hoer regularly of him. And it is Specially to this " sacred relationship of son," as llev. J. Reavley reverently terms it that I would refer. How tender and loving a son. I dis-covered him to be! How constant e joy and greatlizcsnaft ficisonpare.nts lin their

he never forgot :to msake smccass

of his parents. In this mailer he..was verily an example to all eons.

I vividly remember the laid time I heard him preach in Hull. How keen and de. lightful was the grip in which ho held his audience and how clear and sound and sweet the ring of his evangel, and how swiftly the moments of the service rimmed to pass, and how many and grateful the voiced appreciations at the close! And then how devout a hearer he was ! The helpful manner in which he listened to the Word ever abides with those of us who have preached to him in his church at York. As his name is inseparably linked up with much of the modern dmumentary history of our Church, so is his memory with thousands of the hearts of our people.

By Rev, S. DAVIS. Tho whole Church mourns the passing of

Rev. T. J. Gladwin. He wos born et Shit-don in 1858, but removed with his parents M Darlington when he was eight years old. His father, Stephen Gladwin, Ives the Darlington town missionary, and one of the founders of our Rise Carr Church. Tom quickly made his strength felt in the Sunday-school and choir. As a youth his ministers were such giants as James Austin Bestow, Henry Phillips

' Thomas Greenfield, Colin Campbell

McKechnie and Hugh Gilmore. Seeing

The Wearside Crusade. THOUSANDS IN A PROCESSION OF WITNESS.

CONVERSION IN PIT AND tr PUB."

BY DOUGLAS DURHAM. What God bath wrought in Sunderland intended things have wrought wonders. As,

during the Jam two weeks it would be for instance, where a prayer-meeting brought impossible for any man to say. • Pentecost nothing except a sad sense of disappoint. has come upon us, and the Lord has added meat, a little child comes forward and glees to the church such as have been saved. a recitation, and the father comes to kneel There have been decisions in every area— at the Communion-rail seeking the Saviour.

And so the great work has gone on and the great things have been happening, from the little child who came running to one Crusader saying, "I've got a new daddy! I've got a new daddy !" to the roughminers who after their conversion came to the ser-vice and were " baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus," because they hart never been christened in their lives?

We have witnessed a Pentecost of Youth. This has been the day of the young man and maiden convermon. An occasional veteran with suow•whito hair kneeled at the foot of the Cross. deny more middle-aged people came, but the vas, majority have been young men and women between fifteen and twenty-five. They are miring for some-thing to do. They must have something to do and at once; and there's our real problem, for, like thousands of churches, we have not very much in our organisations that they min do that will be worthy of their splendid fresh enthusiasm. But we must get them into activity or they are lost, and no BM WO.

You would like to know how the Crusade ended. Well, we hope that it did not end, but that the amazing happenings of last Friday night marked only. the beginning of our great spiritual awakening in Sunderland. We wound up with a procession. What a procession ! There were bands and banners and lanterns (for it was at seven o'clock at night, before the final central rally). We marched from our areas and formed up in the procession in the heart of the town. The route was through the main streets and hence to Sans-street Central Mission Hall. What a procession ! It was a masterpiece of organisation. Everything went splendidly and the police helped us by keeping the roads clear. In front walked the president, the inimitable secretary and the treasurer of the Crusade. the missioners, the ministers of the Free Churches. Yes, our splendid Mayor of Sunderland led the processmn; he is our treasurer; and then followed sot hun-dreds, but thousands, of Christian witnesses four abreast. What a procession ! That was the comment all along the streets that were lined with onlookers. The daily Press, commenting on the " greatest reli-gious procession that Sunderland had seen," estimated that there must hove been between 6,000 and 7,000 in the great march.

Of course, we could not all get into the building provided for the final meeting. We overflowed into the school and then ism lecture-halls, and then the band took off a thousand or two to another large church snd its halls, and there were still hundreds who could not get in anywhere. Again

MARCH 5, 1925 , THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. 147

Woman's Views. " Leader " Table Talk. Side Shows. The Church and Temperance

By Dee. J. S. NIGHTINGALE. In the service of great causes to put first ting.szcoorid

values hasfurther down in

temptation and a peril.' f.g3"etlnieTe atnrecllamps

of lUre'Lli:ugs: with

done. This fact should appeal to all Chris. tiara workers. Where a church dismisses the sermon for a musical performance on a Sun-day evening, or informs the preacher he can please himself whether he holds a prayer meeting after a service or not, are illustru-tions of what is in my mind.

Perhaps no cause is in greater danger at the present moment of becoming a aide show in this respect than that of Temperance. We are often informed in these days that pTemperancere,,,.nd to

only most important, hose of :the, hs.o,c in

such questions as poverty aZIPIToting lie the real crux of the matter. The cry that poverty is the cause of intemperance .d not the opposite has found resurrection, and we tovfortnr gwrhee;:Aleldtti: will end. At the risk

out of touch with the latest movements in social welfare, I will venture to say that in my own denomination the side show peril is becoming a very real one.

And because of that there is lacking

that enthusiastic support, and a fighting spirit, by which alone triumph can be realised.

If Temperance is not the chief social pro-blem, then the Lord Chief Justice and judges of assize courts, who ought to know better. are wrong. For they declare from the Bench tb}eid, tintem m pence is the greatest curse from which the nation suffers and the cot of all crime is drink. No one baffles the relation of poverty and wretched housing conditions to intemperance. But askany collector of rents whose work rovers a wide area, or get into touch with men who earn good wages. yei waste their money and themselves in gin shops and clubs, and wonderful discoveries will be made. And if anyone has doubts as to the effects of the public-house and club in producing the drunkard, let him bear the testimony of men, once closely allied with dubs and now converted through Methodist agency, and they will probably be satisfied. If we imagine that a new social order solving the poverty and housing problems will grip and throttle intemperance, because such are the root causes of the evil, coo um living in a fool's paradise.

It is interesting to note the various reasons given for the increase or decrease of drunken mess in certain districts. But the superinten-dent of police at the Morpeth Brewster Ses• shorts touched the spot when he said, " the increase was no doubt due to the regular working of the collieries and to extensive building operations in the district. Alen and women have some difficulty in securing alcohol when unemployment is rife. but a re-vival of trade solves the problem for them." But whether trade is brisk or otherwise, the appetite is there in the case of a great Mini-hen .And that is what the Church is Up against, amongst other difficulties : The habit already formed by tens of thousands• and the habit being formed by thousands of young men in drinking clubs throughout the land. No one is more anxious than myself to see the question as a whole and not a frag-ment of it. But if the three points (it was once saran) in Temperance Reform are to have real wholehearted backing in our Church, and not simply pious platitudes, the sooner the better we, in deed as well as word, put Temperance back again in our Church's recognition of importance us first. in social effort, and from which position it never should be removed.

No greater calamity can overtake the Church than to be on unintentional agent in sidetracking the Temperance problem, by shunting it into a line where it is over-shadowed and belittled by lesser evils, which intemperance does more to create and foster than anything else in our national life. The array against the Christi. Temperance lvrorler is by formidable for broken ranks and dismal disarray. But a Church united and militant, with a conscience flaming with moral indignation and consecrated to work for the destruction of this unholy traffic. can do exploits. From bonder to any political parties, or to a purely academic view, and an indolent soubdestroying dilettantism, may

God in ills mercy deliver us. In its attitude towards this all-important and vital problem the Church must keep the correct view.

If you have a child who is still at school it will be edifying to examine the school time-table and sec how the hours are apportioned. The most important sub-jects are presumably those that have most tine allotted to them. Probably mathe-matics has pride of place, for no one can dispute the value of the mental training it gives. Languages, however, will run it close—English, French, Latin, some-times another modern language. For girls, a couple of hours a week may be given lo sewing, and possibly some tui-tion in cookery and Sousecraft; while young boys will do manual work, such as simple carpentry. A place will be pro-vided in the scheme of education for science, physical exercises and a few other items of instruction. This is the kind of regime that has long been in vogue in secondary education, the only consider-able change being that more emphasis is placed upon. games now than formerly, and so we avoid the production of that grotesque creature—the Victorian blue-stocking.

'When mothers have a voice in affairs WC shall insist upon some definite health teaching. As experience of life develops, the fact emerges that many of our physical ills are avoidable under right conditions of living. The fact is that we base not been taught In our young days her to lice; we have in the main followed the example of those by whom we have been surrounded, and (as human nature is prone to do) have been quicker to absorb their weaknesses than their virtues. We pat ourselves on the back with approval for the slight improvements in the per-sonal habits of our generation; we con-gratulate ourselves upon the custom of the daily bath; our insistence on proper ventilation; our more hygienic clothing, with its lighter weight hung from the shoulders rather than from the hips. So far, good; but there are important matters in respect to which we are woefully heed-less. The Slate is increasingly at pains to protect us from being poisoned by harmful adulterations of food; but, [wools own part, we go on poisoning ourselves quite cheerfully until the body becomes a temple of disease, and we drop into an unt trimly grave.

Truly this seems a sad story : the sad-ness is that it is true, and its truth cannot he gainsaid. We form wrong habits in childhood, and few people have courage to break with habit, however badly it treats them. We eat wrong food, and, moreover, we eat it 'wrongly. Proper mas-tication is as important as a correct diet. It lakes a wise mother to lay out her housekeeping money upon that which supplies the best food values, and having purchased it, to cook it properly. But ft lakes a still wiser mother to bring up her children to eat it as it should be eaten; and, because of failure, see are overridden with disorders that spring from auto. toxaemia—self-poisoning. And here be-ginneth a lengthy catalogue of ills that we have been taught to accept as the dis-pensation of God. We cultivate foolish habits, and debit the results-to Him Who longs to give us life more abundantly. . .

Or, take breathing; the first function That the human body performs. How many of us are accustomed to breathe deeply in order that the blood may be properly oxygenated? And yet consider the value of even a few deep breaths in lime of crisis, when the brain seems to reel under an acute shock, or at a moment when called upon to make a sudden and an eventful decision, throw open the window and breathe slowly and deeply a dozen times. The effect is magical; re- storation comes, balance returns, the mind resumes its grip of affairs and is ready to cope with emergency. What we practise in time of stress we should culti-vate as a habit. The blood needs oxygen, and many troubles may be kept at bay even by such simple means. But the xhools do not teach these things. No, Indeed; they lake up precious lime with a smattering of things, many of which will be forgotten immediately the school door closes upon the pupil. We have to establish this fact —that there is nothing in Lhe curriculum so important as the simple laws of health and their practical application to life. The school clinic is excellent so tar as it goes: it undertakes the regular medical ex. amination of every pupil. We must go further, and Insist upon our children being so taught that they may be saved the avoidable physical ills to which their parents have fallen a ready prey.

Howaa.

Wembley and Sunday. The fight for the Sunday opening of the

Wembley Exhibition is evidently to be seuewed. That some newspapers support the proposal is a matter of no surprise. It is in accord with their usual sordid and material attitude. But I confess to a feeling of disappointment that such a paper as the " Westminster " should so vigorously support the movement for Sun-day opening. When it was started as a morning journal I cherished the hope that it would be a tower of strength to those causes for which the Free Churches stand. But my expectations have by no means been fulfilled. It now talks about " handicapping Wembley by no Sunday opening,' that largely on materialistic grounds. It is concerned for the guaran-tors, and appears to be oblivious to any higher considerations. If Sir Charles Stormer has a controlling influence on the paper, I am sure thousands of his fellow. Methodists would thank him if he would exert I ' self in defence of the sanctity of Sunday. On this pm:Radar issue the " 'Westminster " pursues a policy Worthy of the " Daily Mail," but hardly in keep-ing with the idealism for which the higher journalism is supposed to stand.

Wesleyan Synod in a P.M. Church. The Wesleyan Synod of the Kimberley

and Bloemfontein District is this year being held in our Albs al North Church. paper, on January 291h devotes a good deal paper, on January 29th devote a good deal of its space to this unique event. There is an illustrated page, containing photo-graphs of Methodist leaders, and promi-nent among them is that of Rev. C. Crab-tree. A leading article says: " To-day Lhe Wesleyans are well establishkd in every town of importance in the Free Slate and Northern Cape, except Aliwal North, where, by reason of the ground being held by the Primitive Methodists, the mother Methodist Church has never en-tered. It says much for the warm friend-ship 'between the two Churches that the Christ Church Primitive Alethodist officials should in this way undertake to provide the venue of the Synod, and we believe that only good con come both to the Alethodist Church and to the community generally." There, as here, the trend of things is towards union; and I hope the day is not for distant when the three or four thousand Primitive Methodists will unite with the Wesleyan Church, which has 13,000 while and 200,000 coloured members.

"Romance of Evangelism... The article contributed by Rev. George

Kendall may well be entitled "Romance of Evangelism." It is a " record of some-thing attempted something done," worthy to be placed side by side with the most heroic adventures of our Church in its most aggressive days. The South Wales Mission started under auspicious condi-tions, but the policy pursued in its earliest days created a feeling of alarm in the minds of wine of our sanest leaders. The tide turned With the advent of Rev. J. E. Thorp as superintendent of the Mission. His sagacity was soon in evidence, and foundations were laid upon Which to rear an edifice worthy of our own or any other denomination. Rev. G. Kendall had a great opportunity, and he has used it to the fullest possible extent. His enthu-siasm and that of Sirs. Kendall have been contagious, and I am not surprised that a Alember of Parliament should express sur-prise and amazement at the progress of our Church. " Oh I if we could only secure another 22,000 " is the urgent cry of Mr. Kendall. And I cannot think to magnificent a work will be allowed to languish for lack of money. We have rich men in our Church, and I wish one or two of them would do for the South Wales Mission a lithe of what Mr. Joseph Rank is doing for the Central Missions of Wes-leyanism.

A Patriotic Appeal. The Bradford headquarters of the

National Commercial 'Temperance League has loosest a stirring " Patriotic Appeal to Reduce Unemployment." It instances three grave facts: " 1,000,000 unemployed; £1,000,000 spent each week in unemploy-ment relief; £1,000,000 spent each work-ing day on intoxicants." Upwards of 100,000 business men throughout the country are being requested to sign one of the following pledges: (1) " To assist em-ployment I agree to abstain from the use

International Peace Scouts. " The International Peace Scouts was

formed in 1923 for the purpose of pro-viding boys and girls wills an organisa-tion, not only free from every toMt of militarism, but definitely and specifically pledged to promote peace and oppose war." That is a quotation from the hand-book of the movement; and the organisa-tion is thus based upon principles which the Church may support without reserva-tion. There are juvenile organisations which, though disavowing militarism have decided tendencies in that direction. I am, therefore, not surprised at the hesi-tancy to form branches which has often found expression in Sunday-schools and other circles. Branches of Peace .reincoure.mitajonis an3

other countries, and I cordially commend the movement to leaders of young people, who would welcome the advantages which the scout movement offers, but who have hitherto been deterred from taking action, because of the suspicion of militarism Rev. H. Dunnico, M.P., the Secretary of the Peace Society, is the President.

The "Pilgrim's Progress.' Dramatised. " Dramatic Illustrations from John

Bunyan's ' Pilgrim's Progress,' arranged by Airs. George MacDonald," is published by Mr. Humphrey Alilford, Oxford Univer-sity Press, Warwick-square, E.C. 4. In a prefatory note we read: " These scenes from the second part of Bunyan's ' Pil-grim's Progress' were arranged by my mother, nearly fifty years ago. They were intended to be played only by her family, and were so played many times in WC years 1877 to 1887." Though not written for publication, they are now printed' ill response to requests from persons anxious to give a dramatic rendering of Bunyan's work. I cannot pose as a dramatic critic, but the work appears to me to be well done, and the fact that it is half a century old doeOnot detract from its use-fulness. Bunyan never grows stale, and his writings lend themselves to dramatic representation. The characters in the pre-sent. work number about twenty, and many of our larger Sunday-schools and Young People's Institutes could with advantage present the play if its price were less. But I am afraid that as for as most of them am concerned the published figure, Rs. net, will be prohibitive. For a pamphlet of about sixty pages that amount certainly seems excessive.

Yxonarr.

With the opening tale "The Daffodil Field," and the charming cover depleting primroses, "The Woman's Magazine" for March strikes the note of spring. Among the literary articles James Milne contributes "A Lady of Quality " and Julia B. Wells a paper entitled " Flowering Shrubs for Town Gar- dens." Mrs. Cordon Stables gives some helpful suggestions for the school-girls' room, and tells of some labour-saving inventions she has found in going round the shop.. Well illustrated and informative, " Something About Old Teapot." is contributed by D. F. Cake; while "A Woman of the World " plies " Obsessions in Oddities."

of intoxicating liquors as beverages throughout 1925." (2) "To assist em-ployment I agree to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors as beverages for the period of Lent, February 251h to April 11111, 1925." The appeal says: "The transference of drink expenditure to other commodities would inevitably reduce un-employment by absorbing labour. Will you help the nation in this matter? " I hope the response will be such as to gratify those who have devised this plan of diminishing waste and promoting national efficiency.

C.E. Holiday Tonne Rev. Ernest Vaughan, the toss secre-

tary of the C.E. Holidays Tours, has made arrangements for 1925, which I believe are in every way equal to those of previous years. For the sum of £17 10s. provision is made for a Lour commencing July 31st and ending August 15th, amongst some of the finest scenery to be found in Swit-zerland. The figure mentioned is an ex-clusive sum, and it secures railway and steamer ticket by the short sea route, full hotel accommodation for seven nights at Clarets and six night at Murren. Or the tour can be extended for an additional seven days at Engelberg for the further payment of £4 10s. 6d. A good many of this year's tourists will be amongst those who have had experience of these C.E. trips in the past. They say " we have been there and still would go," and this should be a recommendation to those who have not hitherto ventured. Early book-ings ore desirable, and if it were possible for me to avail myself of such a delightful holiday as is offered, I should say to Mr. Vaughan " put my name down, sir." For those who prefer to remain in Great Britain, Rothesay has been selected, and it would be difficult to find a betted centre. It js on the Clyde and within easy reach of many of the finest beauty spots of bonny Scotland. Rev. E. Vaughan will gladly answer enquiries. Address, 51, Shakespeare-road, Worthing.

148 THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. MARCH 5, 1925

The Hymns We Sing. BY ERNEST LUCAS.

By Rev. F. W. BRETT.

One is frequently surprised at. Christian people taking a gloomy view of to-day's life. And one is led to the conclusion Thal these persona have never realised the serious consequences of such a state of mind. A novelist has recalled an old legend of an angel being sent to Satan with the message that God meant to take away from him all the temptations with which he had seduced mankind. To this Satan resigned himself because he was compelled M. Bel he begged of the angel that he should he left with just one—and that the least important. " Which? " asked the angel. "Depression," said Satan. The angel went back to heaven, having granted the request. "Good," laughed Satan, as the celestial vision faded eel. "In this one gift I have secured all." HOW true! For nothing paralyses our energies more than a secret dread or a half-conscious fear that after all we may he beaten, and that darkness may triumph over light.

If ever we are inclined to despondency let us remember the extreme optimism of Jesus Christ. Though to all outward seeming He was a penniless peasant, He made the most sweeping and comprehen-sive claims, and never admitted for a moment that Ile could be defeated. Hem-mer helpless He was, however weak His weapons, Ile calmly talked of the good lime coming when He and His disciples should rule the world. And what lie has done in overthrowing some social evils may be regarded as a pledge that all shall be merthrown. For instance, the extra-ordinary way in which the devil of slavery has been abolished is an astounding moral miracle, the full significance of which very for realise. A hundred years ago slavery Naas considered inevitable.

Emit Britain coos prominent in the slave trade. Through the seventeenth and early part of the eighteenth centuries our success in this trade was regarded as the proudest feather in our cap. The riches of Lancashire and Liverpool were largely built up on that foundation. BM in spite of huge profits Jesus Christ has triumphed, and the victory was mainly w on through two poor mac imbued with His Spirit.

A young Cambridge man—Thomas Clarkson—was induced lo write a prize essay on slavery. As he proceeded to accumulate facts and arguments for this essay he became convinced that slavery was wrong, and his heart began to bleed for the helpless slaves. AL last, in response to the voice of God, he said: "If this be so, it must come to ail end." He then gave up all his prospects that he might devote his life to the abolition of slavery. AL first both political parties opposed him, and he WaS regarded as a most dangerous, fanatical man. Ultimately, however, he moored the sympathy of Wilberforce and Pill, and he lived long enough to see slavery abolished in the British Empire, and millions of money voted by Portia-silent to get rid of it.

The other champion of the cause of the -oppressed slave IN os William Lloyd Garrison, a poor printer lad in America, who issued from a garret in a back street ✓ newspaper which he called " The Liberator.' Ile could scarcely get any-body to buy his newspaper and had to live on bread .d water. But after be had gone on for some time people began to hear. of Garrison, who had the audacity. to print in his little paper, " I will be heard." Nearly fifty years passed away, and the influence of Garrison had spread so much that the vested interests called him a " contemptible scoundrel," and un-successfully tried to kill him. They then flew to arms, but it MOS too late. The obscure printer lad won. And on the day when Abraham Lincoln emancipated the slaves every eye turned to William Lloyd Garrison as the real author of that great deliverance.

The moral is that we must never com-promise with the devil. We must never admit that slavery, or intemperance, or lust, or lumperism, or ignorance, or war or any other evil is necessary. Sooner Or later Jesus Christ will abolish all, for " He must reign till lie bath put all His enemies under His feet."

Southfield School, Leeds, not only reports an pierces, of scholars but has almost doubled the attendance at the morning school and church during the present winter. At the recent anniversary the preacher was Prof.

of the United Methodist College, anchester.

IL was the Scotsman, Fletcher of Saltoun, echo is reported to have said : " Let nee make the songs of a -people, and I care not echo makes the laws." WiLh greater appropriateness it may be mid chat the religious life of the Christian Church has been more powerfully influ-enced by its inspired hymnists than by its theologians and ecclesiastics. Its tieing thought is that which has emo-tional value, and can find expression in its prayers and praises. Martin Luther dis-covered the immense value of popular hymnody, and skilfully used it as a power-ful ally in his work of reformation. His psalms and hymns, wedded . to music which he described as taken from the common songs of the people, were carried through Germany by street singers, pedlars and wandering students, and became so popular that it was said " The whole peo-ple is singing itself into the Lutheran doc-trine." His fine rendering of the 46th Psalm " Ein' feete Burg," of which three verses are given in our Hymnal (637) in Thring's translation, with the grand chorale he composed for it, Spread like wildfire through the land. It has been described by Heine as " The Marseillaise Hymn of the Reformation," and by Car-lyle, whose version best renders its rug-ged force, it is compared to " a sound of Alpine avalanches."

Every great movement of religious awakening, Moravianism, Methodism, the Anglican revival, hasbeen accompanied by its outburst of song, and the leaders, Zin-zendorf, Wesley, Kehle, have themselves been hymnists. Speaking of this phase of the Evangelical Revival of the 18th cen-tury, the historian Green says : " Charles Wesley mine to add sweetness to this sud-den and startling light. . . . His hymns expressed the fiery convictions of its converts in lines so chaste and beau-tiful that its more extravagant features disappeared. The wild throes of hysteric enthusiasm passed into a passion of hymn singing, and a new musical impulse was. aroused in the people which gradually changed the face of public devotion throughout England."

IL would be difficult to over-estimate the influence of the hymns sung in the ser-vice of the sanctuary. To many of the worshippers they are the most important part of the service. They make the most intimate appeal, they touch the deepest chords of feeling, they have most power to evoke-sacred associations, to soothe and solemnise, to kindle moods of penitence, adoration, and aspiration. Time spent in the careful study and choice of hymns by those who lead our worship is lime well spent. It would be well, too, if all our choirs would understand that their true function is to lead the congregation in Hie worship of song, and to make that effective. We should at once feel that a preach, who used his, position for the display of scholarly or oratorical abilities had an utterly unworthy conception of his sacred task. The choir that regards its part in the service as an opportunity for the lisplay of its musical ability just as grievously misunderstands its function, and helps to defeat the ends of worship.

Happily the days are gone when hymns and prayers were irreverently described as " preliminaries." The tendency noW7 in many quarters, is to an unwise and un-just disparagement of the place of preach-ing. But there is stilt room for the exer-cise of more thought and care in the devo-tional part of our worship. Our own col-lection of hymns is unsurpassed for pur-poses of worship. That Is especially true of the Supplement. But it may be ques-tioned whetter we make the best possible use of its varied treasures.

What are the principles which should guide us in our choice of hymns? in the first place they should be worshipful. A true hymn is an act of prayer and praise, addressed directly to God. Augustine defines a hymn as "a song with praise of God," too narrow a definition, for it would exclude hymns of penitence and ,iptilication. A modern writer suggests the following definition: "A hymn is the uplifting of the soul to God in terms of song." It is perhaps unwise to define too sharply. But it is a safe principle of guidance That praise should he the dominant note. Reflection, meditation, introspective analysis, are for the. closet, not for the sanctuary. Our hymns should he adoring, and they should move to adoration. " Even a penitential hymn

should lift." A rhymed sermon, addressed to fellow-worshippers, is not a hymn, and should be rarely, if ever, used. The worst

of these, and realty offensive to true devo-tional feeling, am those which assume that a certain portion of a congregation may be placed in a category apart, especi-ally labelled " sinners," and " sung at " by the " saved " portion of the congrega-tion. And then the hymns we sing should be noble and dignified. Awe is an ingre-dient in all true worship, though an in-gredient often sadly lacking. This in-volves the avoidance of sentimentalisms. Such a hymn, for instance, as No. 767, is disfigured by the expression, " Sweet Saviour," though in many respects a fine hymn. It is difficult to understand how such an expression can be used by any Christian whose soul has been penetrated by a sense of the Divine Majesty of the Redeemer.

The question has been much discussed whether hymns should be judged by liter-ary standards. One writer maintains that a hymn may be doggerel poetry, contain heretical theology, faulty grammar, and atrocious inelaphors, and yet have suffi-cient vindication in the fact that it has helped men in the dark places of life's pil-grimage. Mr. Garrett Herder, on the other hand, thinks that no hymn which is not poetry has any right to a place in the hymnbook. The compilers of our Supple-ment keep a middle course when they say That " the value of a hymn in Christian worship is not determined exclusively or even mainly by its literary qualities," and when they recognise " the legitimacy of many types of experience, the existence of many grades of culture, and of differences in temperament and training." Yet their aim was " to educate, as well as to express, the taste and experience of our Church." - There is no doubt that the standard of culture among us is rising, and it is ine-vitable that hymns which once had their appeal, and were sting heartily, should no longer be congenial. That does not apply of course, to the hymns which are for all time. One cannot imagine any advance of culture which would condemn to disuse such hymns as " 0 God, our Help in Ages Past," or "Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts." Another canon is that hymns should be sincere, simple, human. We should not expect people to use words in devotion that cc t be honestly uttered by one in a hundred, and that are remote from the realities of life. There is no need to give illustrations. That does not mean, however, as lice. D. Campbell points out ice his book on " Hymns and Hymn Makers," that hymns are" to be studiously kept down to the level of average experi-ence." We are dealing nol only with actualities, but aspirations. Yet, as he says, " It is well lo avoid pitching the ex-

tri;V:rlitee?.7nNYI our aspirations

:IsePefeartii:1171 client and deepening of experience.

We cannot afford to lose from our wor-ship the note which has been so charac-teristic of Methodism, the note of assur-ance. It was this which gave rapture and passion to the hymns of Charles Wesley, of which Dr. Martineau wrote as " the grandest instrument of religious culture that Christendom has ever produced, after the Scriptures."

Another class of hymns that we can never dispense with save at the cost of a great impoverishment of Christian life is that expressive of personal devotion to Jesus and adoration of Him as Saviour and Lord. That feeling has been the mainspring of saintliness and heroic SCI.

iliicS704h."WiTtolIlil"p3Dougeod.t Chris- tianity where that feeling is absent.

modern shzuseldslirZbeadsd that hymns for

and 7rnacing. There is ehn°ontfdhcri'nd life to depress. Worship ought to inspire. Its

tiensatetne should

may yniejace; e !re their use and prRate evading, though that is doubtful. But there is no need to intensify such moods by giving them united and public expression. Unreality and sentimentalism are the bane. of religion, and we should avoid whatever ministers to them. We should like to have the poor bit. of senti-mentalism so widely used as n vesper "Lord, keep us sale this night" banished from our services. It would be difficult to think of a much weoker close to evening worship than that.

Another tendency to shun is that of ringing the changes endlessly on a few hymns. There are hymns and tunes that " age cannot wither, nor custom stale," but there are many that lose their useful-ness by being over-sung. It is a pity to fall into a groove. And it is needless.

For we havea wide.range of fine hyinns to choose frdri,,strolig, evangelical,"cath-ollop,INtlihel..ith the spirit of devotion in ;all its moods, by whose wise use our worship may be made worthier, and our spiritual life richer and deeper.

General Committee Notes. Rev, J. 111. Brown presided last Friday,

when thanks were heartily accorded to Sir Walter Runciman for his additional gift of E1,000 to our new church at &thou.. Even more than the value of the, gift, the committee expressed its further gratitude for the deep interest it indicated on the pare of the donor in the work of oar Church. The spirit behind the gift made it of double value. Sanction was given for Rev. H. R. Rowe, of Richmond Station, Yorks, to be ordained at the Carlisle and Whitehaven Synod. The pledge of Rev. Frank E. Bowyer, of Docking Circuit, was approved. Sanction woe given to the sale of Rhine Chapel, South Yorkshire Mission, which has been closed since 1908; also to the sale of manse at Portland, seeing it is proposed that the circuit shall be relieved of an Approved List minister and worked by a probationer, application for which was forwarded to the Statiening Committee and Conference. A communication was received from Mr. G. W. Storey, of Hull, to which a suitable reply was authorised. Rev. W. Musson Kelley was appointed to represent our Church on the London Council of Public Morality, and Rev. Joseph Johnson vice•representatwe.

The death of Rev, T. J. Gladwin after a ministry of 44 years was the occasion of numerous expressions of sorrow at the loss 0: so distinguished a minister. Tender and gracims tributes were borne to his high character, his genial disposition, and his many-sided successful ministry by Revs. W. 31. Kelley, John Holland, J. T. Ridley, Joseph Johnson, E. llcLellan, John Swinden, Gm. Trusler, Messrs. E. A. Howe, H. Marsh, Robert Slather, T. Proud and C. R. Maynard, and a resolution of deep sym-pathy with his bereaved family was adopted and forwarded.

Ordination Service. Ali ordination service was held on Sathr.

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A. R. Hubbuck and YW.' Newton were officially received as local preachers. Rev. J. R. Quine, circuit minister, presided; Mr. J. Walton read the lesson. Mr. R. Lowe, gave the charge to the candidates, who re-lated their experiences and call to the lay ministry, and here testimony to saintly men who .h had us ienncee. g 51,1 .t ee r aand s do ,

in-spiring address, gave the charge to the Church. Mr. J. Agar presented each can-didate with a handsome Bible (the gift of the trustees), and offered an impressive ordination prayer. Mr. W. Proud presented Miss Clarence and kfr. A. R. Hubbuck with certificates, Mr. Hubbuck gaining a connec-tional prize in the teachers' examination. A duet was well rendered by Miss A. Hub-buck end Mr. A. R. Hubbuck. It proved a most memorable and impressive service.

Reopening at Dalton. The church building at Dalton is acknow-

ledged to be one of the finest in the Furneis district, but the heating arrangements have for

IlatilidTneg.be7t°12 inadequate for

M see i. way to install an apparatus ade-quate to the size of the building. Having

7:37,70"eilretew:::11:1=erf eront'LZnty': March lst, with improved congregations. The preacher morning and evening was Rev. E. P. Sellars. After the usual evening service a musical programme was arranged. at which the town band gave selections. Miss D. Cain and Mr. and Mies Corkhill were the soloists, and Miss Lewrey acted as pianist. The services were very helpful and muck appreciated.

Mi. Ernest Hayes ie rendering missionary interest most valuable service he the series of missionary biographies he is re-writing and issuing in a popular form. The latest in this " Pioneer Series " is Robert Morrison, the story of the first pioneer missionary to China (Livingstone Press, la.). In an attractive

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young people, and indeed others, who will respect themselves sufficiently to invest the small stun of one shilling and make the story their own will discover the investment is amongst the best ever made.

Rev. George Duncan, D.D., who is so well known to a wide circle through his activities SS expert in theological literature at Foyle's bookshops, is preaching a course of Lenten sermons at Spa Fields Church, King's Cross, on fiunday evenings at 6.30 p.m.

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delight the kiddies and please

everybody.

PRICE—FLAVOUR-QUALITY—ALL RIGHT. GUARANTEED Pun.

INSIST ON HARTLEY'S.

We, P. HAoTl,lsv (rdafacti & Metres), Wove.

THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. 149 MARCH 5, 1925

THE PRESIDENT. IN CORNWALL.

The President (Rev. J. T. BarkbY),'began his three days' visitation in the DeVon and Cornwall district with services at Plymouth

the Sunday prior to a District Conference at Redruth on the Monday, and., a similar gathering at Newlyn on the Tuesday. Deep regret was felt that the Vice-President (Mr. J. Skinner. J.P.) was unable to fulfil his engagements on any of the three days owing to an attack of the " flu." On Monday after-noon at Redruth there was a fair attendance, including friends from Falmouth, St. Day, Camborne Truro, Penzance and St. Ives, when the President introduced the subject of Spiritual Advance in Relation to Home Mis• sion work. He pointed out that the advance required was for a more vigorous march for-ward in our efforts to influence the people for good. This being our primary object it must not only be kept in view, but attained. Of our past success we have ample testimony not only in villages and towns but in the larger centres of population. The advance might mean a backward move, not so much to the old methods as to the old spirit that made for success in the past. A comparison of our umerical position to-day in some large

centres with twenty years ago must lead to searcliings of heart. Our present day re-sources and opportunities were greater than

w er before. Church life and atmosphere ere better, and there was a growing sym-

pathy with spiritual appeals with an increas-ing sensitiveness on the part of the outsider, disappointed of satisfaction from other sotirceS. We must refuse 00 allow social and temporal .things to take the place of the spiritual and eternal. The evening meeting was presided over by the Wesleyan circuit teward, in the absence of 311.. Skinner. The

President, in presenting the ease for Spiritual Advance in Africa, more particularly in Nigeria. WaS . best. Ile made from B fall and first hand knowledge an urgent appeal for our ministry and message in such a con vinring way that the extra £10,000 asked for special' African work seemed but a paltry sum for such an opportunity.

The Tuesday's Conference at Newlyn, Penzance. was deprived of the President's presence. he having to attend the funeral of lite late and lamented Rev. T. J. Gladwin, at York. Rev. James Ninnis (U.51.),Newquay, very kindly and at the last moment stepped into the breach and served splendidly. Our church at Newlyn is a live church, the seat-ingcapacity of the building-500—is not equal to requirements. The male voice choir of sixty voices led the revival hymns and tunes. and a high tone of enthusiasm pre-vailed throughout. Mr. John White pre-sided. On the platform were Revs. R. M. 'hitter (St. Ives), Freer Bell (Falmouth), C. Wilkins (Congregationalist), and J. It. Hindle, the superintendent minister. Mr. Ninnis, in a sermon of great, powerand 'thus, gave a most helpful message, and his

foagnificent address in the evening on The Temptation of Middle Life" will be

long remembered. All his points were aptly and beautifully illustrated and delivered with the glow of humour affd pathos. It was a great day in the history of Newlyn Church, 11111 withstanding the absence of the President and Vice-President.

Young People's Conference. A young piople's conference, organised by

the District School Endeavour and Social Welfare Committees, was held at Pickering on Thursday last. To the afternoon Rev. F. J. Harper introduced the subject of 0 Our Young People and the Church " in a paper winch displayed profound thought. Rev. T• W. Prows opened the conversation by stressing the importance of home influences. 1100. W. Clement Ball raised - the question of institutional methods, questioning their value as a means of winning young people for Christ and the Church. Rev. D. Rogers re-ferred to the appeal of the Church as a fellow ship of worship, service and social life, and pleaded that youthful appreciation of beauty, goodness and truth ought to find satisfaction in the Church's fellowship, worship and eninstries. Mr. G. W. Stephenson urged the importance of an earnest and free evangelism, while 51r. J. Wiley expressed his hope that In' his own active interest in the young people's social needs to assist other workers in realising what all earnest Christians de. sired, Ms., the attachment of our young 1.00ple to Christ and His Church. Boy. P. Myers wisely and helpfully summed up the-points raised in a very interesting and stimu• 6,N discussion. A social tea was after-wards provided in the schoolroom, and served in a manner worthy of the Pickering reputa-tion. In the evening a public meeting was Presided over by Rev. D. Rogers. Excellent addresses were given by Rev. F. L. Cull on " Drink and the Child." and by Rev. W. Clement Dail on "The Sunday-school of To-

Solos by Rev. F. 3. Harper con- L° on losPiring meeting. The good

attendance and

indicative of a revived interest in ind concern for the welfare both of the young people and the Church.

BY REV. GEORGE

There is a wonderful romance about our work in The South Wales Mission. The dis. triet we cover, with its mountains and valleys, has the heaviest reinfall in the aritish Isles. Here is wild beauty, and here the toilers carrying their lives in their hands, bring op from the bowels of the earth mil. lions of tons of coal. Our men bear in their bodies the marks of this toil, and many haVe suffered from accidents during the past year, and some have been killed—dead for bread. Let those who gather round the social hearthstone, enjoying the warmth of the red blaze, think of the weary toilers in this out-post of our Church, whose wives and chil- dren pray every night " From sudden death good Lord deliver them."

Our mission is proving a living force In this area, for in its churches the toiler finds inspiration and strength for the toils and cares of the morrow. Years ago, in the Sun- day evening prayer-meeting in Yorkshire, I used to hear linen pray "Eudden death, sudden glory." I was too young to under- stand it then. Today I hear the same prayer repeated, and I can understand it. Without the ministry of our Church theirs would be a great void, more awful even than the horror of a great darkness which our men have to face down, down below tee surface of the earth.

Here is an independent lestimo,. Moody Jones, M.P., who represents the Pontypridd Division in the House of Com-mons, said the other evening. before a great audience : "The Primitive 3lethodist Church in its coalfield mission is true to its first love. Sweeping in the old days through the mining districts of our land like a living flame, it changed their darkness to light. I cannot pay any tribute in mere words worthy of the work accomplished. Here in the Ely Valley one is amazed at its progress and in fluence. Two new churches in two years, a village formerly without a church now com- pletely transformed through its influence. I arn

amazed at all that has been accomplished

through the power of faith and hard work. Would that I could learn the secret of such success, This mission is an example to all others in its life and fervour. I am proud to give my testimony to all you have done." Evan Williams, J.P., Chairman of the Mining Association of Great Britain and Ireland; Sir William J. Thomas, Bart., Sir Rhys Williams, Bart., the .Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Glamorgan, and many others, have also shown their interest in the work in a practical manner.

The toilers ever respond to to vigorous policy, and this can be seen in the results of our work : " By their fruits to shall know them." For four years this mission has had the highest increase of membersin the Missions District. In 1922 there was an in crease of 46 members: in 1923, 57; in 1924, 40; and this year the record is repeated with a further increase of 45, and this is not all. During this period ten local preachers have been placed on full Plan, and seven more, including five ladies. are now candidates for this position. Two of these ladies were school-mistresses before they were married, and one is at present engaged in that profession. Seventeen local preachers in the last year. Think of it! It is the first duty of every Christian to make other Christians, and this duty is being carried out-. 111is is the right stamp of Home Missionary enterprise. This year the sum of £3,124 19s. 7d. has been raised for trust purposes, again teaching the lesson: " When the heart is good the pocket is good." The great help of the Missionary Committee has made this vigorous policy pos-sible, and is bearing fruit.

Tho new Coedely Church is winning golden opinions, and is the established churclrin the village, and a joy to all who have helped in This valuable extension. To,refail new church will be opened shortly. It occupies a commanding position and can be seen for mIles in every direction. It will be the most beautiful church in Glamorgan. Built of local stone. a gift from the estate owners, the church will cost £5,000. We have secured a very valuable freehold site of nearly an acre, and the scheme when completed will include a manse. 011! it we could only secure another £2,000 what a load would be lifted from weary shoulders. The Women's Own organi- sations. under Mrs. Kendall. are a great power in the area. and have raised £150 this year. There is also a new branch of the Women's Missionary Federation, which will grow in usefulness.

Cilia. Gods will celebrate its jubilee next year. Here is a strong and vigorous church in the mountains led by o devoted band of officials. Thomastown was never better. The ,-aste places have been made glad end the desert blossoms as to rose. A year ago the front of this church was like e bog, now it has been enclosed with a W311, lawn planted trees, shrubs and about 2.000 bulbs. Al Garden Village a new church is a necessity, and a building fund has been commenced with a total raised of £160. Here we have a

KENDALL, O.B.E. strong company of the Bo,' Life Brigade. PwlIgwatin has also a strong company, and w7 grew/ deal to the leadership of Mr.;0

ennlftn'ddod:i splen-

did year. Tkc101asi established record

1 '1c rfrecraiaC'rl ever.

sets are largertYS

Elyackiool:o.rt.hd sfiTe-tici• reduced its ilLvdet

R. B. Reynolds is bearing fruit. For the first time in our history we have

two candidates - for our ministry, and another lies been asked to prepare himself. Coun-cillor A. Seymour, of Cilfynydd. and Alr. George E. Williams, of Tonvrefail, the cir• eon stewards, are men of the right stamp, abounding in good works. The quarterly meetings average an attendance of 40 officials. Once again the strains can be heard of the old hymn:—

" He is bringing to His fold, Rich and poor, you, and old.

Hallelujah to the Laird,"

Successful "Group" Effort. Thursday, February 2601, saw the climax

to the " Group " effort initiated last Sep-tember, and incidentally the dying down of intense but friendly rivalries at Hinckley-road Church, Leicester. The trustees asked for £300 to be raised for debt reduction and for needful repairs to our fine church. Five groups were formed under distinctive names : —Amethyst, Diamond, Emerald, Cold and Ruby, and dates for efforts were planned oat by an executive under the able guidance of Mr. E. P. Bent, secretary to the trustees. There has been a most wonderful response from all sections of the Church. At last the great day arrives—supper (kindly given by one of the members), and a delightful feast of music by the choir, then the presi-dent, lieasurer and secretary of each group assembled on the platform to witness the handing over of the spoils to the minister. Rev. Frank Holmes. A close race between the Amethyst and Emerald, but February is the month for Amethysts, and they lead by just a few shillings. Total proceeds, £644.

The Chrietiaa's God.

"The Christian's God." By W. Bueton, D.D. (Jas. Clarke and CO. 5s. net.)

Dr. Burton treats of the existence of Clod, His naure, attributes, works and gifts. The idea of God—a rational intuition—is antecedent to His external revelation. His personal character is indisputably known to us through human personality. One branch of the Divine activities is manifested in His creative, providential power, man—or the man that is to be—being His masterpiece, The other-branch of His work is the Divine compassion, judging sin and by redemption lifting man into a new stain, The bounty of God expresses itself in ma, immeasurable gifts : immortal life, a 1- natural " Pente-cost; Jesus Christ, a Prophet (saving men from ignorance). a Priest (saving them from sin and guilt), a King (from sin's dominion) the Holy Spirit—not a bygone event hub perpetual incoming; and Eternal Life, ths higher life principle. The last page contains the author's definition of God. isa pope. lair treatment and would be very helpful to the lay preacher or other student who finds the larger works of Dr. Fairbairn end Dr. \V. N. Clarke rather formidable. The author is rather arbitrary in some of his statements. os, for example, when lie says : " The innnediate physical cause (of His death) was a broken heart,' '' and later when he speaks of the biological impossi- bility of the Virgin birth.

The Quiet Hour. Self-Training in Prayer and Self-Training

in Nleditalion." By Professor A. II. Ali-Toile, D.D. (Helier and Sons. 2s. neteach.)

These books are for the quiet hours of life. Yet to thou, to incorporate them in life's daily round. will be to find that in the rush hours of life there will be an inner calm at life's centre. They must. however be carefully studied ; they imp., a task, a severe task Many will regard it. but whoever will voluntarily place the yoke of these books upon the neck will receive measureless satisfaction in spiritual e nrich• ment. Both Prayer and Meditatiini are among the fine. the finesd arts of the spiritual life. and neither can be acquired except by diSeipline. There are one or two implica-tions about Baptism and Fixedly funrlinns to which Free Churchmen Knight object, but they need not deter any -devout reader from obtaining all the good the author desires to achieve. They greatly enrich the devout heart.

Romance of Evangelism. SOUTH WALES COALFIELD.

150 THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. MARCIE 5, 1925

WILD ROSE. THE STORY OF A GREAT ADVENTURE.

By JOSEPH RITSON (Author of " The Romance of Primitive Methodiem," " The Master of Deem," &c.).

CHAPTER VII. fleeted with the college. The one claim Robert Allan was somewhere about

A Momestous Decision. that church may he said to have on me is thirty years of age of this lime, and a The immediate recall.of the service at that they discovered me and discovered finer type of the cultured layman of the . le to myself." district could not be found. Toll, fair,

M.kerI3 was that David Peen°. was " I admit that, and I see the difficulty and of the complexion that tends to freckles, with agreeable features and pleasant manners, his eyes were perhaps his most striking characteristic. Not that the was anything unusual about them either in colour or size; but there was so often in them an unmistakable gleam of mingled kindliness and hutnour. He would see the best in his fellows without being blind to their failings. He studied people with a certain mental detachment. His critical intellect would soon be at the work of analysis. Neither pessimist nor cynic, his diviner's wand would search for the living water of good-ness, though compelled to detect at the Sallie time the admixture of other quali-ties. Reading widely, he had just fallen under the spell of Danvin. How that would affect his religious activities re-trained to be seen.

David was glad to make the acquaint-ance of one of whose character and intelligence he had heard to much.

At the lea-table the conversation ranged over a variety of topics—David's experiences al Grove Mount, his resump-tion of preaching, and his decision to enter the ministry. It transpired that he was now a member of o sister Methodist Church.

" They will be only too glad to get you into their 11 l i ll istry," said Allan, " and I do cot blame [bens."

"They have been extremely kind and appreciative," said David; " without them I should never have discovered that some clever people thought I could preach a bit."

" In other words, they have enabled you to Bud yourself," said Allan. " That is a great thing to have done. But if they found you, we made you, and that con-stitutes the biggest claim of all."

"'That is right, Mr. Allan; David belongs to us," said Roden, flashing a grateful look at her friend.

David could not help noting Rodon's beauty and thinking of it almost as some-thing new. She was now not little any longer, but a " fish " maiden, as they put it in Ashlea. She had ripened its every way, and the ripeness was not merely physical. If Lhe occasional momentary blaze of her dark eyes was not in any sense a novelly to him, her fresh, beau-tiful young womanhood was.

"Thank you, Rodon, said Mr. Allan; " I am sure you will support the claim I am going to make in the name of the trustees of the chapel. We want Mr. Peelton to preach the anniversary sermons during his next. holidays."

" I shall be delighted and honoured, if you think me equal- to to important an occasion."

" I should just think so, after preach-ing before the learned Men of. Grove Moll.," mid Mr. Nessar.

"How did you feel under the ordeal, David? '• asked Rodon.

" I confess it was a bit of an ordeal. You see, the dear, venerable old Principal Hepple was there, and the learned Dr. Raney, the head master. The boys irrevesenfly call him Junk from the may he signs his initials. He is a very clever preacher himself. Then the masters were all there, a couple of University graduates among them."

"And what did you preach about?" asked Mr. Nessar.

" My text was Behold the Lamb of God which laketh away the sin pi the world.' "

" And slid you hear any criticisms after-wards? " inquired Allan.

"No, though the Principal spoke kindly of the sermon and said he was well pleased with the service."

Years afterwards David used to tell how in' that sermon he dealt wills the atone-ment almost like a debtor and creditor .count, and balanced the whole per-fectly, as if the atonement were a thing to be easily understood rather than an in-soluble mystery. In later years he held as tenaciously as ever to the great fact of the atonement, but averred that in the New Testament the materials.for a com-plete theory were not to be found. Every man might...form a theory for himself; but in the last resort it was as impossible to understand the atonement as to under-

°emitted as a local preacher, and before the Christmas holidays he had preached in quite a number of large chapels. The first of these was Underelift For the occasion a sermon was prepared on the text "Let as hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for He is faithful that promised." The curious slip was made at the outset of announcing the text as in the Epistle to the Hebrews, the twenty-third verse, so that a few bearers were searching the Epistle for the omitted chapter. David was a little disconcerted by his host at dinner to learn that he had made this odd omission. Fortunately the sermon had no more such omissions, and the same mistake was never made again. To some men that is the value of an early mistake.

The young preacher ventured on a cor-rection of the translation, producing not his ipse dixit, but e great array of evidence that the word " faith " should be ren-dered " hope." With growing confidence he attempted ere long to preach an hour without a note—and succeeded, n piece of folly of which Ile was never deliberately guilty again. Long sermons were in vogue al that lime, and many young preachers sought to rival their seniors in this regard. By November several people suggested to Mr. ['cotton that he should enter the ministry, and once more the question had to be faced.

From what had been said by officials of weight and authority during the last few weeks it WAS evident the call of the Church was certain. Was he called of God? 'three years ago he had fell well-nigh assured of that call. Had he been dis-obedient to the heavenly vision? Benjamin Nessar, Joshua Riderson and his mother had bluntly accused him of playing the part of Jonah. He had thought chiefly of the difficulty of the work and his own inability. Had lie thought more of God it would have been otherwise. No doubt he had gained a larger equipment in some respects by the delay; but into the discus-sion of that old and speculative question he refused to enter. He must decide now. His friends at home had been disap-pointed, bewildered, yet unwavering in their conviction that the ministry was his Irate vocation. After much thought and Prayer he decided that if the call of the Church came he would accept it. With that decision a great burden seeined to be removed from his mind.

Great was his mother's joy when she learned this decision. It was the fulfil-ment of her dearest hopes. For her and for her son the future had become plain. But how often, when we have apparently simplified things by a bold decision, new rind undreamed-of complications arise. 01 his way home for the Christmas holidays David spent n few days with Robert Raven, his old Sunday-school teacher, now a minister. He had kept up correspond-ence with David, and, learning he would pass Staff on his way home, sent a press-ing invitation to spend a few days with him. Mr. Raven had been laid aside with illness for some weeks, and naturally asked David to lake one of the Sunday services, which happened to be at Staff itself and not at one of the country places, for as a Methodist minister he had a cir-cuit in charge. He knew nothing of David's decision to enter the ministry, but Wet evidently much impressed by the sermon, and was not slow to say so.

" Your sermon was admirable in every way. I think you ought to enter our ministry," he said, as they sat over Ihe study fire

" But I am not a member of your Church. You see, Me hate no cause at Grove Mount, so I joined lhe other ?dello. shot body there. Some of the leading people have been suggesting that I should enter the ministry."

" I am not surprised to hear it; but, after all, your own people, among whotn ■•ou were born, educated and converted, have the first claim on you. Don't you think so? "

" Yes, in a war. But., you see, when I went to Grove Mount I load 110 idea of preaching at ell, and it seemed the most natural thing to join the church con-

involved in your no longer holding mem- bership with your own Church. But I think a way out could be found. Will you allow me to consult the vice-editor, and to assume that if a way out can he found you will consider the matter of entering our ministry favourably? "

" I agree to that; but it seems to me the difficulty is insuperable."

Robert Raven regarded diMculties as made to be overcome. He had conquered so many in his own career that he had become, from experience as well as tem-perament, a thorough optimist. -Ile entered into correspondence with • an eminent minister whose name was a household word iu the North of England. He in turn put himself into communica- tion with the authorities in London, with the result that David Peellon was accepted as a candidate for the ministry al the next Conference. He then became a member and local preacher with his own Church as Well as that with which he was asso• called at Grove Mount. This gave him opportunities of preaching in • several large chapels, and afforded him additional scope cod larger experience. Thal he ulti-mately became a minister of his own Church came as a surprise to his asso-claim at Grove Mount; but this was a kind of loyally which they could appreciate in their own communion.

David took au early opportunity of visiting his friends the Nesse.. The boys were strapping young men. Their work in the garden had saved them from being stunted by the sedentary life of the " board."

" You and your husband," said David, addressing Mrs. Nessar, "don't. look a day older than when I first met you; and how Ile boys have grown sinm I saw them. They'll be starling a market-garden

" Something better," interposed Wool with a flash of his dark eyes. "It is not cabbages we are in for, but flowers and roses. Wait till next smmuer and you'll see. We have W011 a few prizes and learned a few things: there are tricks in all trades."

The remark was significant; for Wood became a consummate artist in proparing roses for show-.

The talk was inWrrupted by the entrance of Roam), who had been out shopping. David was taken aback by the sight of the tall young lady who came forward eagerly to welcome him, her won-derful eyes shining and her cheeks flushed with exercise.

" Oh, Uncle David, to glad you've come. I told them you would. But how are you?

arcilfl111:h3=4.1h something "

I'm first-rate, 11041011, thank you. And you? My word, but little Raton has becomequile a young lady, to she doesn't kiss and hug see any more."

" Rose could I dare to kiss a future President, even if I do call him uncle? Upon my word, the town would faint at the idea, and the chapel expel me from membership, even if the ffedgling minis. Ler himself would allow such a liberty."

" I can vouch for thal,- my lady," said David with a laugh. 'They all laughed, which at once placed David on an easy fooling with Tinton and the rest.

If anything further had been needed to cover Radon's confusion it was fur-nished by the appearance of Robert Allan at the garden gale.

"Here is Mr. Robert Allan," she said. " I suggested this morning that we should invite hint to ton, feeling sure David would come to-day."

"I am so glad to meet you, Mr. Peel-ton," he said. " I have heard your pratses sung to oflen and to sweetly "— with a sly glance at lloslon—" that I seas delighted to hear you were coming to-day."

"Thank you, the pleasure is mutual, though how my movements seem to be known, even before I know them myself, is o puzzle."

Ah I We must not inquire into that too closely; kindred naiads have methods of communication undreamt of in the philosophy of ordinary mortals."

stand God Jlitoself. The infinite was not to be _mtreliklided by the finite.

!hold- carnal away pleasant memories of that cvmting—ils genial, friendly °Imo-sphet end 4lie' kindliness and intellec-tuality of Robert Allan. But the pictime that haunted him as he rode over the hills homeward Was of a young maiden with a pair of rich, ripe lips with their Cupid's bow, flanked by the suspicion of a dimple on either side, and strangely arresting, wondrous eyes, ever and anon lighting up the dark face with singular radiance. But about her was a new and disturbing aloof-ness that. somehow worried hint. He was still Uncle David to her, but there was a difference, and he couldn't make IL out.

(To be confirmed.)

The Use of the ,Sacrament. "Fellowship and Communion." By Very

Rev. R. 0. P. Taylor. With an intro-duction by the Bishop of Edinburgh. (Nisbet and Co., Ltd. 4s. 6d. net..)

The idea that permeates this book is e beautiful one—that the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper is the consecration of every common meal; it is a service of friendship and fellowship. The method by which this idea is brought out will appeal most to those familiar with the Anglican service. The ritual of this service is explained point by point. Some of the arguments used for the

Tine's of finding nsayg

certaint e a

doctrines It tithe

it would not he too much to say twisted. To make to much of the Eastward position, for instance, is to seize upon geographical fact that has meaning for the Western nations as if this Were of essential and Menial mean-ing for Christianity. The objection to the term " Communion " because it suggests " sharing "is beside the mark. This is to miss the ordinary meaning of the term. The whole book keeps close to experience. " There is no other time when I am so sen-sible of our Lord's presence as at the Sacra-ment." Although there is evidence of some lack of understanding concerning the devo-tioml life of Christians other than Angli-cans, the spirit of this book makes it, on the whole, worth sympathetic consideration.

"Questions at the Cross," by E. Middle-ton Weaver (Epworth Press. lo.), is a bold attempt on the part of the author to deal with a vast and hakicate problem in a small book. It is, however, intended for -ne uninitiated, for those who are trying to find o way through the throrire of the atonement and who find themselves in the midst of diverse currents of thought. 'fhe author does not claim to solve the hitherto unsolvei mystery, bet he endeavours to bring light to those who are perplexed. These Om addresses will afford assistance to such and aro for this purpose to be welcomed.

Peter Mackenzie was born a hundred years go last November. To celebrate the event

the Epworth Press has published as a cen-tenary tribute a collection of Mackenzie stories-setting forth in an attractive manner his personality and gilts. The booklet will receive a widespread welcome at the popular Price of 6d. This is to be followed by a cheap edition of his life and labours.

Those who desire to study the question of the Lord's Supper, the history of Its observance and the various theories the, have entranimedled it through the ages -will find mach assistance both in information and illumimlion in the recently publislmi booklet of Dr. Frank Ballatal (Epworth Press. Is.). The booklet abounds with in-terest at this juncture in the history of the Methodist Churches and the variety of opinion concerning this Sacrament. 1/r. Bal-lard is most emphatic t "The deep-rut dis-tinction now so generally assumed between ' clergy ' or ministers' and ' laymen ' has no warrant whatever in our Christian Scrip. tares or in fundamental Christian Finel-ples."

SURREY CHAPEL Church Anniversary Sunday, March 15th, 1925

Sermons at II a.m. and 7 p.m. by Rev. J. T. Bariby

(Pratiolent of Colima.). The Mayor of Southwark and the members and officials of the Corporation, the Chairman and members of the Southwark Board of Guardians win attend the morning service.

Monday, March 16th, 1925 Sermon by

Rev. J. Smyth Wood, MA., at 5 p.m. Tea et 0.30. Tickets If. each.

Great Public Meeting at 8 p.m. Speakers :

Rev..T. T. Ilmkby fn Rev. Smyth \t-co' I.A•

Chairman : COUECMOr J. Skinner, J.P.

(Vice-Proident of Corsferenc* Old and New Friends invited.

MARCH 5, 1925 THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. 151

By SYBIL All of you will have read tellers in the

doily papers bemoaning the deallt of courtesy. It is said that men do not give up their seats in 'buses, trams and trains to women, and that the young are not polite to the old. The blame for this stale of affairs is widely distributed.

The modern girl—why not the modern elung man, too?—her parents, men, WOMCII and schools, all are said to be responsible for this lack of good manners.

I think you girls will he interested in discussing the word "lady." .

Apart from its use as a title, the mean-ing of the word is " a WOIllalt of refilled and gentle manners." That certainly is not the generally accepted definition of the word, which is used carelessly and snobbishly.

You may have heard the story of a women's institute committee which con-sisted of "three ladies, two women and the schoolmaster's wife."

I find the common idea of a lady to be: a woman who possesses much in the way of furniture, clothes and money; who is a lady " by birth," and who is not obliged to work.

Will it surprise you very much to know That, however much wood you may own III the shape of furniture, or material in the form of clothes, or bricks in the shape of a house, you cannot really possess these things. You can, rightly, derive pleasure from them, and you can leave them to somebody when you die; but material things can never become a part of you, because you are soul and lll i l ul—express-log itself through a body. You will need to learn to attach right values "lo things and to think most and first of those things you can possess. What are they?

Learn a new fact; absorb a new idea; read a good book; look at a great picture and see its meaning; listen to good music and understand what its composer meant.

Your mind will actually possess those Things. Nobody can rob you of them; They will become a part of your character and personality, which you will take with you when you die to God's next workshop.

NOW do you see'llte absurdity of calling a woman a " lady " because she lives in a good house, with good furniture, and wears good clothes instead of seeing whether her character merits the title?

What is meant by that mysterious ex-pression a "lady by birth "?

Usually it means a person who has been brought up in surroundings of some =lime. No sane person would under-estimate the value of that. AL the same lime it cannot be toe,strongly emphasised that nobody can he a lady by birth only.

The root of the whole mailer depends on what is the motive for the good Planners.

One child may be brought up to do Ibis, not to do that; because this is, that is not correct. She develops into a "pet-feet lady." Her manners are worth something. They are worth just as much as the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees. They are veneer, and that will easily rub off.

Another child may be persistently trained from infancy to subordinate self, to consider other people. She may never bear what is or is not the correct thing, but she will do it. She has been steeped in the very Spirit of Christ. Her good manners are not put on from the outside; they grow out from her heart like the Perfume from a rose, and thank Goal it makes no difference whether she is the daughter of a dupe or a dustman.

The rules of etiquette are founded en consideration for others, and what is that. but the leaching of Josos?

The absurdly snobbish idea that a girl who does no work is superior to one who does is gradually dying out, but there arc remnants of iL loft.

Why is it considered quite " nice " to be discovered gardening, but not so " nice " to be found with rolled-up sleeves at the wash-tub? An orderly, fragrant garden Why sweet thing. So is septic. linen. Why is a girl working in a shop superior to one in a factory, and why,

Is the name of all that is wonderful, are both these superior to the domestic servant?

thA girl is In be judged by the character l. makes her her work well or III,

and not by the paificular form that work lakes. It I chat to you too much about a girl who could work and does not, I may ?me bard words.

HADDOCK. The possession of wealth merely puts

you under more obligation to help your fellows—not less, end who eau respect a parasite, of either sex? ' We have decided, then, that the pos-session of any material thing, birth, or laziness do-not make a "lady." What does?

Simply the honest endeavour to put into practice every minute of every day the leaching of that poor Carpenter who told us that we rimst love one another because ITC are all children of the same Father.

Simple teaching, but we are still only learning the alphabet.

What Our Readers Say. AFTER 55 YEARS.

REV. F. W. BREIT. S11,-The Manchester District Committee

has authorised us to issue this appeal on be-half of Rev. F. W. Brett. Our brother was horn in the year 1646 and entered our minis-try in 1870. For length of service he is now the oldest minister in active cock. Through. out the whole period of service he has given himself wholeheartedly to the work of the Master. All efforts put forth for the saving of men have found in him a wise and courageous leader. His ministrations to our people have resulted in the development of their spiritual lives, the intensification of their love towards God and en increased de-votion and obedience to the Divine coin. mends. Truly can it be said of tin. Brett " He is a workman who needeth not to be ashamed." Right well has he sustained the glorious traditions of our Church.

After bearing the heat and burden of LINO day his strength is well nigh spent. We feel that it is hardly necessary to remind your readers of his domestic burdens. During the greater part of his ministerial life a dark cloud has shadowed his home. While ever revealing a genial disposition, he has carried a very heavy weight indeed. Few of OA can know the. great mrrow he has had to bear centinnally. Needless to say, it has drained all his material resources. And now we feel it a sacred duly to assist our dear brother on his retirement from active service. This is our duty, and it is the least we can do. We appeal to all your readers with confidence to assist us in lightening the heavy burden nor' friend carries. It is our heart-felt desire that his latter days may be at least relieved from financial anxiety. Contri-butions to the Rev. F. W. Brett Fund will be gratefully received by the undersigaed.— Yours, on behalf of the Committee,

H. J. Piensix, Hartley College, Alex-andra Park, Manchester. -

T. FAIRHURST, 111, Tweedalestreet, Rochdale.

A. 'Feaster, "Magdule," Davenport Park, Stockport.

SIR,-The Manchester District Comieittee Las decided to recognise the long and valu-able ministry of Rev. F. W. Brett on com-pleting an unbroken record of fifty-five years as a circuit minister. May I ask your per-mission as I covet the privilege of warmly sapporting the appeal of the Committee? I do so as a former colleague and as a devoted admirer of one who in some respects has par. sued a ministry quite unique. In 1882 my term as a student at our then Manchester Col-lege was broken by as unexpected vacancy in Norwich. One of my earliest colleagues was my dear f riend, who now attar a ministry of rich fruitfulness faces his superannuation. His passion for preaching, his love of reading and study, his originality and freshness mestie.il me then,een,a,nd through all the years

I. actenstm features of loos life-work. life-work.vk.

No man of my acquaintance has carried for as many years such a weight, of domestic sorrow. This has been made heavier in recent years by the loss of hit faithful wife, one of the most gracious and saintly wtmen our Church possessed. Yet no murmur has ever been heard; on the contrary, his perennially bright spirit, his hopeful outlook, his pastoral work as a comforter of others, stands forth in the record of his circmts a.s a miracle of sustaining grime. To cheer his declining years and make easier the time of waiting and service that remains will, I hope, lead very marry who have been helped by his ministry to substantially assist the appeal now made.—Yours, et,

HExar J. Piekerr. Hartley College, Manchester. •

All our mistaken notions about good manners will die once we understand what ought to be the motive for them.

They are not something that "doesn't mailer much ”; they are not "polish "; they are not " insincerity." They are behaviour that should be the result of a Christ-like heart.

Write out or learn this little prayer, mean it With all your heart and your manners w ill not be at fault...—.

" tN!',1'etianding. Christ be in my eyes,

And in my looking.

Christ be in my mouth, And in my speaking.

Christ be in lily heart, And in my thinking.

Christ he at mine end, And aL my departing.,

Sunday Morning Worship. Sir,—I have read with deep interest the

articles and letters in the Leader on the nbone subject. Sunday morning is, without doubt, the best time for worship. We appeal to our young people to yield them-selves to the Lord in early life, and yet on the Lord's Day we are often satisfied to set them the example of only coming to worship in the evening. And, sir, some of our Cir-cuit Quarterly Meetings are to blame for preventing some village churches from hold- log morning worship on Sundays. Tian' churches I know have been prevented from worshipping in the morning. One with which Im familiar has thee been deprived. The childr

aen came in the morning to worship,

as also many ofTsthe members. But the quarterly electing in the absence of the church's leaders, who were unavoidably absent, changed the service to the afternoon. The result has been no worship for adults in the limning and no Sunday-school, and it is now difficult to keep op either the worship or the school in the afternoon. Mn, Brad-bury in his article said : " Leaders should lead." It is sad when those who are the chief in the circuit and who come to tne villages only infrequently and do not know very much about us should advocate the cutting off of morning worship. The other two village churches are eager for morning worship, but are also debarred therefrom. Sunday afternoon worship is frequently heavy, and the people are disinclined tc come. Many village churches want to get out of the all ruts of afternoon preachong service, and would much prefer morning morship. A preacher the other Sand, told as to get out of the ruts, to be in the ruts was nearly as bad as being in the grave, that the latter was only three feet deeper. If we were all M put ourselves into realising the responsibility of morning worship we could soon see a gnat improvement in our church life and tutees[.—Yours,

' J. NV. Sew., Pytchley, Kettering.

New Highways of the Spirit. Sir,—Almy of your readers must feel

deeply indebted to Rev. W. E. Ferndale for his timely erticle on the above in your recent issue. This is especially so, as he to clearly describes the Spirit's activity along the high-way of evangelism. Some of as who have a lifelong experience in evangelism are much encouraged in the evident growing practice and ion of evangelism in the Churches.

;el71;47i'%1C;friZTe I week accounts, conversions One of the most arresting aspects of the Leader is the weekly reports of revival. As we reed, we feel our hearts strmgely warmed. What is equally encouraging is the fact that this holy fin is being fed by an increasingly inspiring literature on this subject. Amid the many urgent duties of the ministry I have always endeavoured to read everything I could about evangelistic principles and pos- sibilities. But I never remember a time when more and when such important books

ing." When I Seat ;,',4r.V.:11:12inon vn my miud was fed, and my heart was fired, by the "Autobiography and Writings of Finney," lives of Wesley and Whitefield, the journal of John Wesley, memoir of Bram-well, revival works of James Cmghey, early ministry of Thomas Cooke, and by personal friendship with Joseph Odell and James Flanagan. I have lately been devouring those masterpieces of evangelism, Lionel Fletcher's "Effective Evangelist," Douglas Brown's "Revival Addresses and Sermons," and that remarkable series on " Modern Evan-gelism " by two University men.

What set me thinking and writing as I re-read Mr. Ferndale 's article was his use of tile term " New "—new highways of the Spirit. As I an re-reading (lapse old heart-warming classics side by side with these later produc-tions, I must confess that so far I have failed to find very much that I can label " new." 'fake the one outstanding evangelist whom God is using to-day in such an extraordinary

measure—Gipsy Smith. Twenty-five years ago it was my privilege to be associated with the Gipsy in his missions, as it has been since. What to me is most remarkable is that the Gipsy to-day, in the wonderful mis-sions he is now conducting, is preaching the same sermons, using the same methods, as he did twenty-five years ago, and yet witnessing even greater spiritual results. I an in no way criticising the splendid article of Mr. Ferndale, for it carries my mind and headl all along. But I fear, in the great desire for the "new," and the clamant demand for the " moiler," we may miss the Spirit's high-way to the soul. The true evangelist will be ever alert and alive to follow the Spirit along any way, "new" or "old," if it captures the soul for Christ.—Yours, etc,

St. Ives, HBO,. HERBERT P. E.s.

Winter in Buxton. Sir,—The writer has recently made his

initial acquaintance with "Balmoral," the holiday home in Buxton. His acquaintance with holiday resorts is a very extensive one; but with truth can it• be said that " Bal-moral " was a real discovery to him. Tho equipment, furnishing and staffing is the last word M efficiency and even luxury ; youth and age are equally served; and the accom-modation affords the utmost pleasure to both sexes. At Balmoral you can be assured of congenial company, since the people you would like most to meet make " Balmoral " their rendezvous. Of the matron it is im-possible to speak too highly. Her anxiety for the visitor's well-being and comfort Is reflected M the ease and happiness of the assembled guests. She is a hostess in bee-self. An atmosphere of ideal comradeship pervades the house. Billiards and other indoor games are the order in winter, whilst in summer there is tennis, bowls, etc. 'floe writer experienced the severest wintry weather during his sojourn, but the cold was confined to out-of-doors; inside it was as snug as could possibly be. The delight. ful district of Buxton was enshrouded in winter's wondrous garb. About six inches of snow had fallen, and tobogganing was proceeding in full swing. The snow was dry and crisp, and it was a sheer delight to ha out in it. 'floe invigorating air, the warmth and glow which healthy exercise engendered, together with the picturesque spectacle pre. muted by the panoramic landscape gave Mr the most precious feelings of unadulterated joy.—Yours, etc., TRAVELLER.

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Notes and News. The late Rev. T. J. Gladwin.

II death can ever be said Lo make a joyous sweep when be thrusts in his sickle to reap, his gesture must have been an unusually joyous one whet; he gathered Thomas J. Gladwin into his arms. Life was at its ripest, mellow with many years of sun- and fragrant with the scent of the rich soil into which his roots had struck deeply. Neither decay nor melan-choly had marked bum for its own, and yet his toll of years was a full one; and the promise of his early days bilfilled. Thomas J. Gladwin was that highly-developed being we call a successful Methodist minister. He combined a sound judgment of human nature with a rate gift of provoking the best it con-tained. He gave to the conduct of affairs a conscientiousness which made business run with the smoothness of a well-oiled machine. In the preparation and delivery of his messages the whole man was laid under tribute, and when he spoke it was as a man of God speaking for Goo/ to his fellows. Such men are gifts of the highest value to any civilisation, often unknown to the multitude, and guile ignored by the historian, h. within the circle of those who know the foundations on which civilisation rests, honoured and beloved. We glorify God for the gift of Thomas J. Gladwin's life and work, and for the rich and enduring blessing they have brought to his ago.

The Unseen Reality. We have travelled a long way in our

understanding of matter during the last twenty-live years. We have travelled much farther in the attitude of mind assumed toward matter and what Iles within and behind it. How much of that is due to Sir Oliver Lodge it would be difficult to say. It is certain that his challenging utterances have commanded a merited attention, and made impossible the smug negations which were con-sidered smart and clever a few years ago. It is not only that our ideas of the construe-0/011 of the atom have been- revolutionised that marks the .change which has taken place, but that that knowledge is regarded as but a little thing when compared with what remains to be discovered. Sir Oliver made this clear in a Lenten lecture which Ito delivered last week al Christ Church, Grey Friars, London. Three lectures are to be given on " Reality," and the inaugural one dealt with " The Reality of the Super-sensuous." In his address the distinguished scientist in-sisted once more that things seen are temporal, and that the unseen things are eternal. When compared with the tre-mendous fact that man was a being with an infinite destiny, helped, guided and affectionately regarded by beings infinitely higher than himself, the material aspect of things was extremely insignificant. By the side of such material trivialities the unseen was majestic, and that was where reality was to be found. Scientific ex-ploration, Sir Oliver claimed, was con-firming the fullness, greatness, and majesty of the doctrines of religion, or leading to inferences beyond our concep-tion. We use our senses to learn about the universe, but the real interpretation of what Ive learn is in the mind and in the super-sensuous where lies reality. Science as Sir Oliver Lodge expounds it, is in very truth the handmaid of religion.

The German President. The world has seen many strange re-

versals of fortune in these latter days, ho/ xurely none have been stronger than that which sent a Kaiser into exile and placed into power as Ilrc President of the German Republic the Socialist son of a poor tailor. There was nothing of the swash-buckler about President Ebert, and now that his sudden illness has ended fatally friend and foe alike are acclaiming him to have been heaven-horn and heaven-sent. He possessed the great merit of being able to hold in abeyance, his 00011 extremer views without surrendering them, and to keep the balance even in the most critical days that Germany has ever known.

That be should have died at this juncture, a comparatively young man—be was born in Heidelberg in 1871—is a great misfor-tune for his native land. Germany is by no means out of the wood. There is more than the skeleton of Bolshevist agitation at work on the one hand, and the Mon-archists will strain every nerve to make capital out of the situation by seeking Lo have elected a man, of their own way of thinking. Any man less courageous and tactful than Herr Ebert might easily pre-cipitale a crisis, for whilst the German President has not the power given to the President of America, he possesses more than his brother of France. All Europe will be interested in the plebiscite which must now be taken, and will pray that the German people will make a wise choice. Another Ebert, ruling for his full term of seven years, might lead Gern0mY to the stability the world desires her to enjoy.

Russia.

The whole of the thinking' world takes an intense interest in Russia. The tragedy that has shaken that vast nation to its foundations has other repercussions than those which are merely political or com-mercial. The lives of inany millions of helpless people are involved in the move-ment of the colossal maelstrom which has not yet subsided, and it is of these that the rest of the world thinks. How do they fare? Is Or more bearable than it was? Are they content? Do they regard the new order as being safe, and sound, and true to the spirit of the age? These questions are not easy of answer, nor is it reasonable to expect men who have but glanced at a surface, and a prepared sur-face, to answer their to our satisfaction. 'The trade union delegation offers its find-ings, but the conclusions reached but arouse further questioning. Can any system be regarded as safe, and sound, and stable, if rest on a tyranny, even though the tyranny be a benevolent one? There is no proof that it is stable in the assertion that it is silently acc,ted by a majority. There may be as great a neces-sity for silence as there is for acceptance, and the presumption is that the necessity exists. It is too late in the day to sug-gest that the will of the minority, how-ever excellent Hs disposition, should be imposed on the majority. how ever much Jhat might be to its bench!. In these days majorities have a habit of asserting them-selves, as the benevolent despots of Russia will one day discomr.

The Political Comedy. A day or two ago both the Conservative

and the Labour parties were in a position to tau. the Liberal party with being split into irretrievable r • . They might have selected as their own slogan, ' We are not divided; all one body we," and shouted at their unfortunate rivals the appropriate line " By schisms refit asunder." IL is as well to c10 these things whilst the mood and the opportImity are ripe, for even cricket is not so gloriously uncertain a game as politics. Al the moment, should there be any Liberal with enough of the old Adam in him to wish to do it, there is a chance for reprisals on a grand scale. Neither Mr. Baldwin nor Mr. MacDonald can lay claim to the motto,

Ours is a happy home." In both houses there .is an attempt being made which looks suspiciously like the tail trying to wag the dog. Some dogs would suggest, when their caudal appendages are violently agitated, that this much-lalked-of phenomenon is about lb take place, but it is usually noticed that the front legs remain " put," and when the agitation has subsided the tail is still in the rear. It is guile as certain that when Mr. Macquiston and (Ti-, Kirkwood have had their flutter they will fall into their natural places, and the " heads " will assume control once mere. The metaphor, however, must not he pressed too far. IL is guile conceivable that one of the " tails " might conclude to become " head " on its own. In llud event many, things might happen. Al the present the two tails are giving a violent exhibition of the hate they hear each other, and making their contribution to the class war.

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SECOND ARTICLE.

Youth is a stonily time, but the storm

is chiefly within in spite of all appearances to the contrary. Discipline must come, but woe lo that man by whom discipline comes. Life begins to spell itself out as an education in the process of linificatioli in personality. This is not so academic as it sounds. Professor James has made us familiar with the Christian problem of " the divided self." IL is the work of one's life lo snake that divided self whole. H is 011C of the great tasks in whkh-the Christian religion triumphs. It is the

great task NN Lich faces the Church in rela-tion to its Young People. What the Church has somehow to accomplish with its Young People is " the unification of self in some dominating purpose."

What dominating purpose can the Church provide? All depends on whether the Church itself has a dominating pur- pose. In the final analysis everything seems to come back to the Church itself. Purposes are often born in " atmo-spheres." They represent the electric sparks. Big ideas and big ideals are necessary for any true Christian atmosphere. There are two categories into which the purposes of the Church can be placed. '('hey are Piety and Ser-vice. Which of these are we to make the dominating purpose? Are we to aim chiefly aL the production of piety with all the emphasis on example, influence, emotion and decision? Or are we to bring Miro the light the big ideas of the Church 1 nisersal?

III other words, is our aim subjective, introspective, analytical, or is it objective and synthetic? Is piety the " cause " of service, or is service the " cause " of piety? Is our first work to make them Christian, or is it to capture the fine imagination of Youth for the Church's big ideas? Some will answer one thing anal sonic another. l'erhaps the true answer is to be found in a blend of both. but let not the Church expect to prevail with Youth merely on the very personal basis of piety. Some are made for piety; others shrink from it as " id," which is a caricature of piety. Youth mounts on Nantes. Lel the Church provide the wings of ideas and ideals big enough for the loftiest flights of the loftiest imagination. We have the ideas. Let us put them in their true DOt so that Youth cannot but see them. The ideas are big enough in all conscience—peace on earth, if only the League of Nations can be kepi alive; the kingdom of Gal on earth for our children and grandchildren rf only the missionary enterprise can be adequately maintained; the Christianising of industry and the ereation of a Christian social order if only roper and all kindred associations can receive the benediction of official Chris-tianity; a sober England if only Temper-ance can prevail with all decent-minded folk; and over and above all these, a personal righteousness which alone can guarantee their continuance.

When we discuss the " how " of a dominating purpose we must first draw a distinction between the " giving " and the " getting " MU!' tide. There is no doubt a real place where the Church can afford to do all the giving and let the young people do all the getting. That place, however, is at the beg' g of Youth. " When I became a nun I put away childish things." A truly childish thing is the attitude of expectancy towards Me-lbal is to say, the expectancy of being rewarded for everything, even for the fact of being them. Youth has somehow to Plit that on one side.

The dawning of manhood and of womanhood brings into prominence another attitude, that of giving with both hands. One of the legacies of the war is the continuance into adult life of the childish attitude: " What is the Church doing for me? If the Church is silly enough to try to meet that demand let her not grumble al the consequences when the Youth which is always insisting on what it wants concludes that the (lurch cannot produce it in sufficient opulence, and therefore seeks it elsewhere. Some people in those circumstances are olllY too ready to say, "Let us give them all they want; otherwise we shall not keep

That is bad psychology to say thing of had phlicy. Most of the

modern trouble lies in .the fact that we are more ready to he ministered to than lo minister. As a principle and as a

policy let the Church sound the call to service in the ears of its Youth. " What ran you do, what will you do to serve God and a suffering world? " Youth ought to serve, and the "ought" is written deep in personal obligation to a Christ who set the whole world of Youth the example of ministering and not of being ministered lo.

Another element in the " how " of a dominating purpose is seen when we explore the realm of feeling. Says J. B.: " Make young people fall in love with their teacher; lhat is the surest way of making them love the things he loves. And that is true whether the teacher be a mother at home, or the leader of a class in day or Sunday-school, or the professor at a university. What were the Rugby school books compared with the per-sonality- of an Arnold? What were the Balliol traditions compared with the in-fluence of a Jowell? " Is there any way of making young people fall in love with Ilse Church? Only by making the Church lovable. The Church can become lovable only in so far as it seeks to serve the big humanitarian needs of Lo-day. It is an unlovely sight to see the Church compro-mised with stale creeds and vested interests, afraid to call her soul her own; in every crisis coming down on the side of safety without regard to human needs. The Church begins to be lovable when for the sake of- mankind iL defies the arro-gance and greed of men and identifies itself with all the suffering need of the world. If the Church must suffer in this world let it at least suffer in a worthy cause and not merely through its incapacity to curry favour either with Youth or Age.

It seems almost necessary to ask when is Youth a youth? We play so much with terms that the question needs iteration. 11 is fashionable in our Church to-day to claim that youth and age arc to be inter-preted in terms of feelings and not of years. We tell each other that we are just as old or as young as We feel. We speak of ministers of over forty years of age as "our younger ministry." What with Illc young men of sixty and the lads of forty we seem to have forgotten all about the claims of twenty—they are kept waiting in the vestibule. Is LL true that we don't trust Youth? Or is it (hal, like parents, the Church really forgets how old its children are becoming? To parents chil-dren are always children, and it is 'difficult to recognise that they have grown lip. II i6 like that sometimes with the (Innis. How soon can voting people begin M serve the Church? As soon as they show• disinclination to tutelage and au inclina-tion to get busy with anything. For ex-ample, our preachers should be rought young; sixteen or seventeen are not too young to begin. AL seventeen-amt.:I-half the writer was asked by a Leaders' Meet-ing to form a Junior Endeavour Class. Thal was the turning point in his life. "It is good for a nian to bear the yoke in his youth."

I have said little about existing machinery whether for training in Chris lion knowledge or in self-development Our Church abounds with such machinery. We are as complete on that side asChurch can reasonably hope to he. My concern has been with the grist rather than the mill; with the conditions rather than the methods. What we require is something we already have.

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THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. ''LARCH 5, 1925

Churches and People. The first of a series of special .ertichs

dealing with the last days of our Lord, by the Principal of Hartley College, is inserted to-day. Our readers will find these contribu-tions of peculiar interest and value for both mind and heart. The series will continue weekly until Thursday, April 9th.

Lady Hartley has recently Undergone an operation under Sir William Milligan. The °Aeration was performed at home, and hes been entirely successful. Her speedy recovery is, cause for great thank...es. Unfortunately during Lady Hartley's con-valescence Councillor Miss Hartley, J.P., was'obliged to enter a 'wising home for an

• operation under Sir William. 1Ve ere glad to say that she, too, is making a satisfactory recovery. The sympathy of thew hole Church will go- out to Lady and Mi.

• Hartley in their affliction, and their eon, ' plebe recovery to normal health will be the

earnest prayer of the Church to which they are so deeply devoted.

. . . The appeal printed to-clay pertaining It

Ser. F. W. Brett, of Rochdale, sets forth in simmersed language the claims of a minister of singular ability and of the highest character and worth. Mr. 13.1, has given to the Church a ministry of no crdinary nature. Had it even been so the fact that he has exercised it for the long period of fifty-five years would have com-mended him to the thought and regard of the Church. But he has ever been to the front in his intellectual outlook, absorbing the best thought and reaching forth with eager hands for everything that would enrich his own life and that of the churches. Even in these latest years no outstanding religious or social event has escaped his public comment, com• mandatory or otherwise, from the pulpit. As the appeal sets forth in subdued tones, and as the Principal of Hartley College inti-mates in his sympathetic letter we also print to-day, the long ministry of Mr. Brett has been accompanied for very many years by domestic circumstances of a singularly pain-ful nature, and they are with him still. The labourer has now toiled to the full end, and retirement is inevitable. As long as ho could he has borne the pressure and he has been quiet and patient throughout. With the cessation of the active ministry somees of income will cease; and new necessities will arise, and not for himself, for he is not the only one to be considered. With charac-teristic instinct the friends of the Man-chester District, voicing what they believe to he the esteem of the denomination, have issued the appeal. They desire what every-one will also desire—that in his retiree,. Mr. Brett shall be relieved from the undue strain - end thought of tomorrow which no one knowing his trial would wish him to carry alone. We roust all help to make life's evening as bright as Christian love cart make It.

On Friday last Rev. J. T. Lyon, with Ills wife and two children, sailed from South-ampton in the s.s " Edinburgh Castle... They are retorting to South Central Africa for a second term, and Mr. Lyon will take charge

,of Kanchindu Station. Rev. J. A. Kers. well's daughter, who has bee, at school in London, is retuning with them. There were present to bid them farewell Mrs. Lister end Miss Atkinson, from Sunderland, Mr. 'Tucker, from London, and Rev. T.

• Lloyd Page, representing the Missionary Committee. .....

There were never so many congratulations and cheering words concerning the Leader os at the ptesent time. Letters of gratitude

help in all departments of church work and for inspiration and help in Christian ser-vice are continually being received. " The Leader is 'assays fresh and full of interest." writes a well-known minister from the Alicl• lands. " I find the Leader more interesting

r ad valuable than ever," writes another who holds a Conference office. A lay official writes " I thank you for the Leader and for all the good articles I have read therein, by which I have been greatly helped. Not-withstanding that the Guild of Kind Hearts is for children, I always read it with great profit, in addition to all the other splendid contributions." One who is well known on the foreign field writes : "''he Leader is always the first paper to be opened and read. Them is quite a rush to get hold of it to learn the latest denominational news. Ap Anglican clergyman, en Oxford M.A.,

"Though an Anglican clergyman I Lave taken the Leader for yea, and read it

. with deep interest. It keeps me in touch with the reality of Christian life end experience."

The Sunday-school lessons during March and until April 5th inclusive pumas unusual missionary interest, dealing as they do with that remarkable and intrep.id Chinese rnis-sionety Robert Morrison. - T. this series of lessons Rev. Ernest Barrett, M.A.. has give. special attention, as will be evidenced by all those who follow hie expositions from week to week. Readers of the Leader who

are not teachers will and the lessons on the dates named fall of general interest and crowded with information pertaining to one of the most heroic pathfinders the Church has ever known.

. . . • . • Rev. Joseph Johnson proposes to clear off

all the chapel debts on the East London Mission in three sections. 2500 will be paid off by the end of the current month, £1,125 will be raised during the ensuing twelve months and the second £1,150 daring the following year. By the Conference of 1927 the whole liabilities will be extinguished.

. . . . • Lambert-street Church, Hull, is enjoying

much prosperity under the ministry of Ref, H. F. Johnson. Situated in a splendid neighbourh.d, it is exercising a powerful influence. it has a loyal band of officiale and its members are devoted and generous. A very heavy debt has been-considerably reduced, and preparations are to be made for renovation. The congregation has recently undertaken the furnishing of the primary department. The monthly Communion ser-vice is a great feature of the life of the chin-ch, and is always largely attended. At the Communion service last Sunday evening twenty persons were received into the membership of the church.

An official deputation has recently visited Guernsey Circuit and has reported favour-ably concerning the prospect of our work an the island. There is a steady reduction of debt in process, whilst congregations and schools are increasing iu numbers. The ministry of Rev. Edgar IL Jones is greatly stimulating the churches.

. • . . The cinema proprietors of Manchester

have applied to the Watch Committee for sanction to open picture houses on Sundays. Ate electing held on Friday last our minis. ters of Manchester and Salford passed a resolution appealing to the Watch Committee to refuse the application, and requested Revs. Jab,. Bell and J. E. Woodfield to represent our Church on a deputation which is being received by the Committee ..day, Thursday,. This deputation is being headed by the Bishop of Manchester and T. IL Ackroyd, Esq., • J.P., and will consist of representatives of the Council of Christian Congregations, the Free Church Federation, the Sunday School Union, the Y.M.C.A.. and the various denominations.

, . . . . , The Arrangements Commit. for the

coming Metropolitan May Missionary Anni-versaly, May 9th, 10th and 12th, met lest Thursday. Rev. J. H. .Hirst presented a nearly completed programme. Amongst the speakers will be Dr. J. A. Hutton, the Presi-dent of Conference, and Rev. Sam Rowley. The Itincheon will be given by the Manchester district, and the tea by Salisbury and Southampton district. The East London Mission will render the young people's rally display, "The Opening of the Door." The secretary, Rev. T. H. Bickerton, will relin-quish the position after this annivers.v, having given ten years' service, and Rev. J. E. Gilbert will succeed hire

• In order to release Rev. C. I'. Groves,

B.D., of Quinton, for missionary deputation work for the ye., the Conference appointed Rev. If. H. Evans, B.A., as .seism) to Mr. Groves for the year. Mr. Evans' term as assistant will therefore expire at the forth. coming Conference These incidental appointments, which naturally have some dis-tinction attending them, nevertheless have their disadvantages, as they necessitate early removals not realised by circuits un- acquainted with the circumstances. Mr. Evans. who is finishing his second year of probation, is, we understand, not fixed for next year.

In connection with the Fellowship of the Kingdom. several papers have been published

the "New4a.sti...f.ewe.,weptrieThe paper on

Christ .' (now in its eighth issue) has been reprinted, the demand for it being greats• than ever. Pep. No. 20 has been written as a melt of some most suc-cessful experimental gatherings on fel-lowship lines held in many different circuits, both town and country. The aims of these gatherings are carefully described, and two programmes for 'group-study are given. Paper No. 21 shows the importance of the fellowship meeting in the development of Afethodism, and argues that something along the lines of the class meeting is essen- tial for an evangelical Church. Paper No. 22 contains a most stimulating outline on " The Christian We of Life," and paper No. 23 gives a brief scent) of the origin and aims of the fellowship. Copies of these snipers will be sent free of cost to those W110 :Qr." Arundel Chapman, 6, Ken- wood

Prize Choir on Thnrsday even• ing last provided • mach-epprecia.d musical pmgrarame at the Orlon-road Wesleyan

Church, Wallasey, in aid of the Building Fund. In welcoming the choir, Rev. W. Scott Page (Wesleyan minister) spoke of his early association and long friendship with Rev. Joseph Ritson. He said that he was reading with much enjoyment the serial, " Wild Rose," now appearing weekly in the Leader. He was delighted to Bed that their Church bed such an excellent jourriel. It was ably edited and full of interest. He rest a regular reader week by week, and he gladly bore tribute to its worth. Mrs. Cubbin (a leader of the Seacombe Church) presided, and Rev. J. W. Jenkinson gave a brief address.

• • • • ■• • A most interesting ceremony at Shine),

row Church, Houghton-le-Spring, was the presentation of a forge photograph of !aim. self to Mr. R. R. Barkes, in recognition of eighteen years' efficient circuit stewardship and thirty-four years' rnemliership at Sidney- row. '11e wisdom, charm, sacrifice and sup. port of Air. Barites has largely helped to build the circuit and the making of bhiney. row society. It was a pleasure to have Airs. Barker and almost every member of Lhe family present at this impressive sere., when Mr. John Tate, an honoured colleague of 51r. Barites at Shioey-row Church, made the presentation. In each of the ten church vestries a photograph of Mr. Bathes is to be hung. Mr. Elliott, of Washington, prepared the plmtograpbs, and Mr. Gardner (Circuit Steward) carried through the arrangements.

Another instance of splendid giving for missionary funds is worthy of special notice. The Skelmersdale circuit, reporting 150 mem-bers, has just raised £100 at its missionary anniversary. Roby Still (a bonnie hamlet, Church with 40 members contributed 247, or £1 4s. Id. per Member. Digmoor with its 66 members—mostly miners and their families—raised £35 12s. 7d. or 10s. lid. per head. Here one box produced £5 10s.. all in silver and nearly all Is. and Is. 6d. pieces, and not a single coin from outside the family. Surely the circuit has a right to expect great spiritual benedictions after this faithful bringing of the tithes into the storehouse !

- • • • • The rr any friends of Aft. W. Park, J.P.,

of Worcester, will learn with sorrow of the serious accident which befel him on Sunday night when riding home from a preaching appointment. Owing to his cycle skidding he was heavily thrown on to the tram line, renderod unconscious by concussion, and had to be removed to a nursing home. Happily the inward injuries proved not so serious as were first feared, and we I.rn that Mr. Park is slowly recovering f1.0111 the mishap in the shelter of his own hydro, where it 's hoped he will be fully restored. Mr. Park is one of the busiest men in Worcester. where, in. addition to running a hydro. preaching and serving as circuit steward, he serves on the infirmary Committee and other city institutions.

. • . . . The annual 'missionary meeting at Wallsend

was held on Wednesday, presided over by Mr. W. J. Beckley; deputation, Rev. J. R. Quite. There was a large attendance, and considerable enthusiasm over the greatly i ncreased revenue. Four scholars each quali-fied for the bronze medal given by the mis-sionary society to those who collect the sum of £5. The medals were presented to these boys by the chairman. Master Herbert Pease collected £7 Is., Master E. Middb)ton handed in 25 16s., Cyril Dixon and Vernon Edwaris each collected £5 5s. The Last income for Wallsend Church was over £41, an increase over the previous year of 223. Alr. G. S. Jobson handed to each collector a suitable missionary volume (privately sub-scribed for) in recognition of their services. Thanks were .corded to all by Rev. G. Davies.

Rev. R. W. Catlin has been invited to address the 'public meeting of the Sheffield United Methodist Synod in May.

. . . . . . In connection with the Lindsey County

Council elections, Sit J. Robinson, K.B.E, end MM. H. Croft-Baker, J.P., have been retorted unopposed for the Sidney and North Wards of CI.Lhorpes respectively.

We learn with deep regret that Mrs. Par-rott, wife of Rev. Henry Parrott, was knocked down in High-street, Winchester, on Friday last, and was badly injured. Two doctors had to be summoned, and she had to be removed to the hospital for . opera-tion at once. The following (ley the X-rays revealed that a further operation was neces-sary. This took place on Sunday, and the doctors are now hopeful of recovery.

For the first time in the history of Santa Isabel Alissien, Fern.do Poo, a church bazaar has been held, when the sum of £250 was raised. This achievement is most grati-fying and full of promise.

At the special request of the Home Ails-nary Committee, the Aberdare Circuit has

kindly consented to release Rev. S. Stanley Coulson for the superintendency of the Herta and Beds Mission,

The,Erdington Church narrowly escaped serious demage on the 2811 ult. A very heeyy, thunderstorm burst upon the town in the afternoon, and the tower was struck by the lightning. Fortunately it found its we, to earth by the rain pipe. The slates were stripped off one side of the steeple, the lead fleshings torn away, and some damage was done . the roof. The electric installation also suffered. Precautions were taken to secure the safety of the steeple over the weekend, and in a few days the damage will

, be repaired.

On the invitation of Canon Crisall Rev. Albert Lowe, of Church.s.et, Southport, is to preach at one of the Lenten services of St. Andrew's Church, Southport.

. . . . . . As the project for the unification of 'Wey-

mouth and Partland Circuits has had to be deferred, it is proposed that a probationer shall be stationed at Portland instead of an Approved List minister.

. . . . . . At the Southampton Free Church Council

anniversary, held at Portland Baptist Church, Rev. Rhondda Williams was the special preacher and speaker. Rev. T. Lloyd page was inducted as president. Al a tea. table conference Mrs. Lloyd Page, in an illuminating speech, opened a discussion oe Copes.

The Missionary Committee, on Thursday last, offered warm congratulations to Rev. and Abs. J. T. Lyon on their return to Northern Rhodesia for their second term.

. . . . . . Mr. George Fairbrother, the junior steward

of the Church Gresley Circuit and local preacher greatly in demand in Derbyshire and other counties, has lectured ender Government auspices at the Technical Insti•

Coalville, to an excellent compary on "The Bible as Literature," a local magnate presiding, who, with others, pronounced glowing eulogiun. on Alr. Fairbrother s first essay as lecturer. The lecture was one of a

Oefri7d=u,byandlYt71::krwU:irriferr Fairbrother not Only that he should be chosen . one of the lecturers, but that his effort should be so highly appraised.

At the missionary meeting recently held at Misterton, Miss Minnie Wilson and Miss Gwen Montagu, in securing the splendid sum of £11 Os. 9d. in their box, received the warmest commendation. In 1910 they col. I.ted LB 2s. 6d.; 1920, 29 12s. 5d.; 1921, £115s. 5d.; 1922, £10; 1923, £106,.; 1921, £10 6s. 4d. ; 1925, £11 Os. 9d. ; total for seven years, £70 13s. 5d. These totals were not secured in an attempt to break records, but were the outcome of the real missionary spirit. Alis.rton is a comparatively small village, and there are many homes in the vil-lage which have family- boxes generously sup• ported. £26 as. 5d. was the amount .lentri• bated by this village society for mi.ions.

At the reopening services after redecoration of the Wools Church, Lowick Circuit, on be-half of the Trustees Rev. J. W. Pepean thanked various friends for the following gifts :—Individual Communion cups, Com-munion plate and cloth, Communion rail, oak table and chairs, vases, pulpit Bible, a com-plete

;'=!!',zrors:',1c.4211ilnyetiVal7:1' During the last eighteen months this church has made remarkable progress. Aleny new members have been added. There are bright prospects ahead in the heart of North Northumbria.

. . • Owing to failing health, Rev. W. Clulow

has removed from Wolverhampton to the home of his BO, Rev. W. F. Clulow, ot Louth. Ale Clulow hoped to spend the residua of his days in a town where he sue-e.sfully ministered and made many friends long years ago; but octogenarian years and the strain of his daughter's long Hiness and death have proved too disabling to permit of

this. Many old friends will breathe the prayer that God's comforts may abets.,d to this much-loved servant of God.

Rev. Henry Taylor has been elected Presi dent of the Sheffield Church Council for the ensuing year. "Bev. G. G. Alartindalo end Mr. J. T. Robinson will continue es secre-taries.

Alr. J. J. B. Lock, of the Church Crosby Circuit, is appointed a representative If the Swadlincote and District Free Church Cono tit to the annual meetings at Leeds.

. . . . • Councillor James Hathplon Lea has been

re-elected to the Lances.. County Council of Widnes. This is Councillor Lee's fifth return, the last four being without contest . Councillor Lee, who formerly lived Widnes, is now a resident Ln Southport and a member of Church-street Church.

. . Mr. R. A. Rhodes, of Baxley, has beeO

re.electod to the Shropshire County Council

without opposition. He is a local preacher in the Dawley and. Madeley Circuit, std also occupies the positions of circuit sacra' boy, society steward, and class leader tI Dswley, and superintendent of the Sunday. school.

Messrs. J. H. Butt, J. W. Payne and II Payne, all local preachers and enthusiastic workers on the Wisltech circuit, have been returned unopposed to the Isle of Ely County Council.

Miss Gwen Johnson. daughter of Mr. and TI,, .1. Johnson, and teacher in the primary department at Erdington, is the first of the 700 girl guides iu the Erdington division to win the First-class Badge and AU-round Cords.

Alr. A. S. Crouch. of March, has Seen returned unoppothd for the second term on the Isle of Ely County Council. Mr. Crouch is society steward and Sunday-school .superintendent, and takes an unfailing Interest in all the work of the Church.

• . . . . • Ti,, D. C. Crellin, an official of Dalton• in-Furness Church, has been elected a mein.

her of the Lancashire- elounty Council.. • . . • •

Mr. John puxbury, the eminent elocu-tionist, sails on Alerch 21st for U.S.A and Canada. His programme in the States is an elaborate one, revealing great popularity t•hil 'March 27111 he conducts a recital service .t1 Dr. Parkes Cadman's Church in -New York. He will deliver it series of twelve re eItaly in the First Congregational Church, 1.athington, the church where President Coolidge attends. During May Mr. Dux.

.bury will be paying visits to Vancouver, re-throing to England in July.

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Scarborough, 1925.

CIRCUIT SCHOOL UNION' New Organ Opening. A Munificent Gift.

Our church at Penyffordd, In the -Buckley

Circuit, has experienced great progress dun. ing the last few years. Four years ago

additional land was purchased, and both the char& and Sunday-schotl were consider-ably enlarged, and classrooms erected. Beautilul stained-glass windows were also placed in the church in honour of the part that our young men had done during the war. Last year the church was tastefully decorated, and on Wednesday of last week large congregations assembled Lo witness the opening and dedication of a new pipe organ, valued £750, which bas been installed free of all cost. This magnifithnt gift is in memory of the late Mr. Samuel Boren and his wife, Margaret Bevan. The former passed away thirty years ago alter exercising a gracious influence for good in the church and village as well as upon the lives of their family. Mrs. Bevan survived him until last April, when she passed away at the ripe age of 82. She was one of the finest Christian women it has been our privilege to meet she was beloved by all, her radiant goodness touched many lives, and her memory will be deeply cherished by all Who knew her. A desire to place some suitabbs memorial to their parents where they had spent all their days took possession of the family some months ago, .d finally developed into the form of

memorial pipe organ. It is fitting that the menuirial should take the form of an organ, which is to lead the singing, as sing-ing was one of the outstanding abilities of Mrs. Bevan, and right to the end of her life she possessed a very wonderful voice.

The dedication service was conducted by Revs. C. Moore and 1. McLoughlin. Mr. John Bevan. of Manchester. made the pre-sentation. In a moving and eloquent speech,

Devon unfolded the desire of the family, and also paid a noble tribute to the Christian life anI influence of their parents, and of the gracious influence they had exercised in hon., church and village. Everyone lis- tened with great delight and gratitude to Mr. Bevan, who himself had so finely served t his church in past (lap 83 preacher, Sundayschoo/ superintendent, organist and teacher, and whose influence is still felt throughout the village. Mr. J. D. Griffiths, the oldest trustee, in a brief speech, grate• fully accepted the gift on behalf of the church. He then unlocked the organ, and all sang the Doxology. During the service Madame Katie Peters, of Buckley, sang " Come unto Ale " and " 0 Rest in the

The two Scarborough circuits are very proud of their place ID the official list of •• Conference towns." We are amongst the smallest in point of population, membership and ministerial staff. Our people- are look- ing forward eagerly to the month of June and are working with a will, busily occu-pied with the multitudinous details of the arrangements for Conference. The pro-gramme is gradually taking shape, and a rough draft can now Le submitted to the readers of -the Leader.

On Tuesday evening, June 9th, the Mayor and Mayoress (Aid. W. Boy., J.P., and Miss Boyer) will hold the official reception. W. are highly hono.ed in having as chief citizen in this Conference year one of our own local preachers and the general treasurer of the Conference Arrangements Committee. Conference will open on Wed• nesday morning, June 10th, with the ob. servanze of the Lord's Supper. In the evening the Conference sermon will be preached at Jubilee, with a Communion ser-vice following. On Tharsday the Hartley Lecture will be delivered at St. Sepulchre. street, and a meeting held at St. John's-road. On Friday a public questions meeting will be addressed by Mr. D. Lloyd George, should the Parliamentary situation permit, as it is hoped it will. Saturday is appro-priated to young people's departme.nts and temperance.

It is- expected that Sunday Will be the high-water mark of the Conference, and a big programme is proposed. Two early morning services with Communion, an open-air service at the West Pie, Conference preachers in all the Free Church pulpits.' of the town will occupy the morning. In the afternoon. processions Will form at each of our five churches for the cricket field, where the camp meeting will be held. In the even-ing evangelistic sermons will be held, and at 8.15 a great rally in one of the large halls in the town.

The Conference middle meeting claims Mond, evening. For AI issionary Day (Tuesday) rte, S. Chadwick is the special preach.. Mrs. Wintringham has promised to address the ladies' afternoon meeting. A closing public meeting will be held on Wed-nesday, June 17th. It is 1..4 to arrange outings end It furnish opportunities for social intercourse. There is a danger that in the Queen of Watering Places at the most beneath/ time of the year the dele-gates may find it difficult to reconcile duty and inclination.

Hospitality is presenting its problems, but the committee has no serious misgivings at to the result of their labours. We are count-ing on a great influx of visitors, and are compiling a list of recommended boarding-houses and apartments for their benefit. The list will be ready about Easter ; an intima-tion will appear in the Leader when appli-cations for it can be entertained. The rail-way companies are prepared to grant fare concessions to all attending Conference, and it may be possible to arrange for day excur-sions from populous centres such as Tyne-side and County Durham, Leeds and West Hiding, and Hull. The Handbook is in course of preparation. We shall hope to make it attractive in form and worthy to take its place amongst the very fine produc• Lions of recent years.

We can assure all our people that a very hearty welcome awaits them at Scar-borough We are praying that this coming Conference may result in a permanent enrich-ment of the spiritual life of our whole Church. E. Game...

(Secretary. Handbook and Press Commi flee).

Altrincham Church Choir. The A ltrincham Church choir added

another to its long list of successes on Se. day. February 2814, at the Hazel-grove Musi-cal Festival, being awarded first prize in the open class for church choirs, and thus re. taming for another year the •' Manor House " silver cup. Although the smallest choir numerically, the real musicianship and the ability of choir and conductor elicited warm conunendation of the adjudicators, Dr; Keighley and Julius Harrison, Esq. In making the award the adjudicators said that " such choirs were a credit to any place of worship." The church is justly proud of its choir, and the circuit steward offered hearty congratulations from the trustees, officials and congregation at the close of the Sunday evening service. In addition to the senors of praise a pus inept part in every branch of the church and school activities is taken by choir members. Their outstanding generosi-ty towards other churches is to Lie warmly eommended. During the present season concerts have been given at a large number of other churches. An units./ honour has been given by the invitation from the Mayor, on three different occasions, to entertain the pests at the' mayoral banquets. Quite recently Wilfrid Shaw, Esq, of Walla.y, dedicated an anthem to the Altrincham Cheer and its conductor, a token a appreciation which the church values, highly.

A Quaker View. " Sacraments A Quaker View," by A.

Kemp Brown, B.D. (Friends' Book- shop. bd.)

This little book is a careful and scholarly study of the fundamental attitude of Friends towards the• rites of the Church. It is re-plete with quMations from varied sources. White naturally not convincing to everyone it will he suggestive and though4creating to all who read it. Stith a reasoned state-ment of the Quaker faith, emphasising its independence of the outward observances, has tong been wanted. It will fill a useful place ut the libraries of serimn•minded p.ple.

The Gambling Evil, " Gambling and Betting.” 'By Dr. R. II.

Charles. (T. and T. Clark. Is. 65.) It is a good omen when learned theo-

logians devote their °minent gifts to the con• sideration of practical, everyday topics, specially so as in this instance when the sub- ject of such a menace to youth as is gambling and betting. Di-. Charles traces the evil to its source and points out wherein its immorality lies. " The better or gambler deliberately forsakes the sphere of reason for the sphere of the irrational. He turns his back upon the reign of law and order for that of chaos." The denunciatory process has been loud and tong; here we come to the fount and origin of the evil. And it is the knowledge. of this that ought to be widely knovre. Social reformers in all snheres will find in this handbook the bases on which to build up their strongest argu-ments and appeals. Bible-class teachers should have of by heart Dr. Charles' irro futable statements.

" Little Letters to You," by Constance Kane (Na Lionel Sunday School Union, 2s. 65.), is an unusual book, cad possesses a rare charm of phrase, insight and imagina-tion. " Yon " is a babe, the letters being from the mother. The little one has a pathos —tragedy really—assisted with it, and so has the mother, a circumstance that makes the Letters frequently full of deepest and tenderest emotion. Apart from the imagine. tion that suffuses the Letters there is a most valuable teaching that lies beneath each Letter which young women would do well to teed. We have read the book with profound inter.t. Mothers would render their daughters great service by introduciog them to this book.

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Ln She evening an organ recital wal given 1,v Mr. Tom Roberts, of Buckley, to a crowded church. Mr. Roberts, with his gcat musical powers, nude us conscious of the real wonder and power of music. Songs were finely rendered by Mad.. Katie Peters and Mr. John E. Mill. and the choir, under the conductorship of Mr. J. D. Barry, gave the anthem " Send out Thy Light." In a brief speech Mr. Roberts paid a sincere tribute to the organ builders, Alessi's. Chas. Whitley and Co., Chester. The opening services were continued on Sunday last, when Bev. C. Aleore preached to large congrega-tions. In this residential village at the foot of the Welsh hills, Primitive Methodism is exercising a most influential ministry, and through recent mission services the church is witnessing a real spiritual revival.

SUCCESS AT OSIVESTRY. Oswestry Circuit Sunday School Union has

its vicissitudes, but it persists, adopting new plans to reinforce the interest of the schools, Endeavours, Bands of Hope and members generally. For some time the attendance at the quarterly gatherings has been excellent. Conferences are held at various places in the Circuit in their turn. The Sunday-school or Endeavour Society entertaining the confer-ence provides tea and the proceeds go into the Union's funds. These proceeds are ample to meet all the Union's expenses, which include delegates' fares to District conferences, prizes for the most successful candidates in the Con-nexional Scripture examinations, framing of diplomas for long service, etc. The present method of stimulating interest in the meet. Inge is that of entrusting the whole evening's programme to one of the village societies, and in time each takes ifs turn. So far, an excel• lent contingent of children has accompanied the older members of the programme party.

The annual meeting is held in the town and tskes the form of a rally. Most of the schools and Endeavours are largely repre-sented, and only a genuine enthusiasm will account for the presence of so many who have had to travel a number of miles in the month of February. Last year the vicar of Oswestry was one of the speakers. This year (1.t Thursday) the senior curate gave a most pleasing address. Councillor G. P. Beckitt, J.P., presided. A new feature Ives the pre-sentation of prizes and certificates gained by the teachers and scholars in the recent Scrip-ture examination. The successes are amongst the most gratifying the Circuit has known. For the first time the committee decided to make an award to the child gaining most marks. The presentation. was suitably made by Mrs. E. Tudor, and was followed by .other equally interesting. This was the offering of framed copies of the Comtesional diploma for long service to three faithful Sunday-school teachers—Mr. T. F. Tunna, Mr. D. Evans and Mr. A. J. Hartwell, whose terms of service are respectively fifty, twenty. five and twenty-six years. A similar gift was made at the last quarterly conference to Mr. John Brown and Mr. John Davies for .rvice covering forty and thirty-five years. These tokens of recognition are greatly valued by these honoured workers. The work among our young people has received an impetus, increases are lapelled in most

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THE. PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. MARCH 5, 1925

Services & Preachers. iit'gstirelil.ii7erltrrIrrenirnret's75:41rr151="2 eight w , Cr= each liviertIon. Com. P.M.°.Ver." IL Farrrg= firgetW47'

SUNDAY, MARCH 8.

LONDON And SUBURB& Train or Tram from

13 Trim, Oldrhide Rom.. B.W. IL M re. Burgetie; 6.30,

M H. T. Hicks. 'a 11. Rev Lynwood Road, r7.7c. 11. Rev. W. Roberta. BRUNSWICK HAL• "5' 11 and 6.30, RevI7T.B1,?Aci=1`.5`"5"1 "5". C AAAAA NIAN ROAD, N. (corner of Market

hoed). 11, Rev. W. H. Wright; 6.30 , Mr. Smear, TALE, Elwood Street. 11, Mr. G. H. Brown; 6.30, Rev. . H. Wriht. CAMDEN TOWN, CAW., to Street. oil High

gtfiel. 11 and 6.30, Rev. J. Main waring, W. M Kelley; r651O! leg 1111147 IL Rey' liev.1'.'115.11371111Ttri6d.f05. 1117‘'57:Wiolge Price. GIPSY HILL Hamilton Roa. S.E. 11, Rev. G. Tacker; t .30, Rev. . M. Kelley. HAMMESITH Dolling Road. 11 a. 7, Rev. W. R. Wilkinson. HARRINOAY AND FINCHLAY.

HABRINGAT, Barris. ROAD. 11, Rev. """rD:EWA.1.'7`01iffell"011.5. 11. Rev.

°Vr.tgtley: 6.70. Pastor Henry Banks.

john w.•••wni 6.3., we, paci.••_r Dartmouth Road, N.W. 11. Mr. A. Loral, B.Sc.; 6.30. Mr. Harriso n. N[ total S.E., ing's Own i sion. Itoyal Road. 11 and 6.30. Rev. J. H. 11115,4 KENTISH TOWN, Carltrmrad11. 31r. W. KlilaViin!132111=Aaille. 11. M.A. E. Cooke: 6.30. Mr. R. Bedford. LEPTON AAAAAA Ac4 High Road (near Town Hall,. 11 .d 6.30, Her. H Clark. 6T. UECMCIMS HALL, OLD 14ENT RoAD. s... Rev. J. E. Gilbert t 6.45. Mrs. W. J. Hard;

3.15. Fellowship. 86717, Varh.celn.P77i1L'ne.,..

Ealing Rand. 11, Rev. G. Shopcott; WE 6 3 Mr Wild. weir' EALING, Uxbridge Road. 11 and 6.30, WELV.P■AZiPTS1Pliionefill Lane. IL Mr. C. WEI'VVOUCZIO, warlinffli. 11. Rev. F. M. Kelley; 6.30, Rev. 5r. M. Kelley.

PROVINOIAL. IBAKEiELL, 'Water Street. 10.45 and 6.30. Mr. DEKHG.

DIR

▪

IMaili, St Rev. James Lock AAA 1;AS;4110L, Chapel Street (facing the Cell.

"CIETIT, 10.45. Mr. J. S.

10.45 and

et. 1.0.45. Rev. P. 31 CAsitai,Cecil Striet.Ararri5i.30. Rev. G.

...... D AND S ... ..... S. • CHATHAM. Magpie Hall Road. 10.45. ?dr. A.

"Iitl'xG1f4.rIliFeCECoti5rraT.. Nelson Road. 10.45, Mr. S. G. Whitten; 6.30, Mr. W. W. CULII;IFNTS. 10.45 and 6.30. Rev. J. W. SwarbrIek

41.45. Rev. John Bradbury, 630 Mr J W DOS1211, Backe Road. 11. Rev. W. E. Bell , 6.. M. T. annon. A E. 1. Rev. A. R. WhiteleY

6.30. Ite Bellew. Iondol ad. 11 and 6.30. Rev. J. EARaitieRrier, aside orner of Whitley iloadi 11 am .30. Rev. W.-et Amens, PALM e'en] I Terrace. U. Rev.

6 'Arc O. oad (P.m promo- 'PAVIA • El•hn'".1=4,. Priory Gerd North rod of Mr. -ker.

Pl aeti,. 10.45. Southall: 6 30. Mr. H. J. ................................................ 11 and Hu? ::1 wales. 6 ,o Thornton Street. 10.30. Rev. NULL, 1 7 ..reet. `10.36 atten.705,' Rev. F. JEREY. a Road. St. Helier. 11. Rev. W. t 6.30. Mr. A. P. Otter,. L11•7 „ Cardigan 3111, ,F6turley. 10.4,

wood 6.30, Mr. 1075TIT.11.30, BradburY. s ATTN.. 10.45 and 6.30, Rev. mM•

1:11.47.01,,dAipmLigyehRoad.• '10.45. and 6.30. .LIAloatsitis,1:64.15117r1Oltilr'etij.i:"C In4;opl r

King Stre.1. 11 and at elate:47rd "."

end

avant; dead Church. 10.30 Rev, James RPREILIAININT 6161114 dead Mr. R. Walker.

NEwVASLt:01:452WHE "'d 6."' NEWagrilleali1;. ''MEC.114:11111

Central Nepdev. E. B...Aaltrim1.30. oc, woo ogi'.45. __and 6.yd, Heaton Road.' I'D.45 "'FA! and 6.1e, 4/1:1e3F55B1. NO17.1reIdar.30,Nlev?°11,1&43,toad Marsh.

6.30. fleld: 6, Mr. J. Duckworth.

P...72,1.416,. Srtir.61tdotodr.d Sou t It sea . 11

PORTSMOU TH, Albert Son tk" tl. Lawrencet6.30, PastOrOVard __ _ Market Rall.

7er:18:20:0144 1 rale L. , 15E.4064. '5il btr1r`"`vv!II::ei C. BiZli 30.Reedgihrr.

D., aladxlone Iload. 10.30. BO TXOM PTO ............................ ;1115771155.'1';1 S 0 U6 :T301■/1,,Pfle t. 11' and

6.70, load. 11.

SOUTHPORT foa4sit's7de 116ei'a'd D.

SO1615314. ..................... Street.' 10.330° and A. Lowe. and 6.3D, Rev. J.

ST, AN SUNDERLAND, ................... 6.30. 660. ..11,63, Tatham Perrot (3 inhintes Nw.onichlirdS6gtionl. 10.30 a. 6.30. Rev.

J. I1, Mr. A. Des, 6.30. Rev.

TOTUChamberlain.Y, Meti5rTet. Street. It and 6.30. Rev. .TUAtN:11,1111.. isi.S,jamden Road. II and

r Street. 10.45 and 6.30. Rev. NW.°

6.30,

n „Timed fl :g1"iT V37. wHITdv, W. N.

10 30 W/4.124.1,:evi tj• and 6.30, Rev. J`.cTlri:rritib,r!r050r. 10.45 SCOTLAND. GLASGOW FIRST. Alexandra Parade Church 11.d 6.30, Rev. R. Robson.

WALES. CARDIFF 11., Mount Tabnr, 77Cria"011ecii5rd"5 *wand 6.30,11a.srlle= Albert H..' 11 REV. 8.

EVANGELISTS INCASEMENTS.

MR. CHAS. E. BARRACLOUGH. condnote his 151ZIatitlina'et *17''''''-""!' Lerch 13-23, Gillinghatra, Doreei.'' Card''

IS LONDON PRIMITIVE MISTRODT tive Methodists removing

Finsbn ry Perk-road, London, N.

di reefed to our nt promptly to Rer. a. C. 9rri11t .i II

n siren, which w'll be at ocewarded the nearest mtuister of fciulz551ivrarom,

axis 13.12,01;e26,111: e.rywirZniu.

ErritLMIPor:•51lerrenhead will be reins to our nearestnearest church 011 me% ths6ta6=1

ddreeeed Tronmot vme. rgirintrAiLnpi;01.

SPECIAL NOTICE. EDITORIAL

Alithe'rronri.cn?.7. 11;:cleit..1'171:=5Z1 :=1;' =gad' L'colisidelsloinst= ber V,VgiVtdUrInt LtellTled addressed SUBSCRIPTIONS.

"or rive, yeetebtl"1„e-er-,:, ir,:. advance:-United Klvedom. pBayable

tlnnrterly

litd Limited, and made payable to the Manager. ADVERTISEMENTS.

All nnnlications [or advertisement apace mast

Buildings, LIAR!. Circus London, E.C. 4,

FiL_di..771,:e:"iiE alit. 14. per enph, Frost

l0 21 words, 2a -; one peppy pet Word after.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS. N.L.""e- 1DP"alteligjinriZger:12. rel" Omoe,'" Farengdo_- Stret. E.C. 4. by5rTuseday 'Pre.. term. . vs...Maud under.•t 6d.: soh addltional-.14 words or leas, 641. Reports of Marriages am

reecrilrsTantsfl 7°rae.trrerpeartil et:Aim:et. be MARRIAGES. HA0OSOFE-0005.-On Saturday. Fehrna,

Edwards, zIrrrd/5:tild;. V Bancroft E. r Here,E Trevvetand W. T. ikoT EiteciP.-On

Hannay. Mix irtitr, Pr. T. Oroves.. lkot Elmene. ERE„. LEE 11_014:ER WEDDING. GEzeunotrda ddress, 113,Baran

Park-road, Thackley.

:illte'li'arg:iv'iS-11171121:tr5g1 rat' t A.T,Airklag.661:aao'Jnoesentrestiv to Clara elltowroad, Harwell`, eit'ere'rs="-

• Ti.n•cm...-On November 22..1524. at hIs restdeuce. 246. Malvern-road, E. Malvern, Atetzii: Moor (Newton and 1,16Mepretuti, his 05th HI.Triess,O'il lath. It 2,1:2 voetn Ir.: W. iiihi7d10,,NrediTtle.”-}A"FrIghiwl

YiTZE7A7-731:7 ;rerbfutT5r SEghea.ellhurarerrSellInd!y. F ruary 14115 IN MEMORIAM, HALL.-5elfgrr5vVre07:`.

Or tend weary. of the ead. Hone of the

dreary. De e glad." Mother, father, Elitt7151V.fonrdexmemory of our dear lloy.

sadly missed.-

miira=ts, :s and remembraw Ell igFirelll'iit,KIT2r411`55'1 k:r1lbydof

mifrf:51.:O-;" [rebate 5r'irs5ht11,5 love it a cry

"11°"5t1h."°".245"r= :au land m5Orriaitiatnrone; Clothed in the spotless rbobesreHer'itives Hie own; Until we Anow_.evgx as we are known-Ooodottgt. LOved urEfic,:kia:IER41 for alwaye by his loving

41;64citit,rsoo,utrDirlit=g, remembrance of land settle

14.167h to e. Tr:leelate each

country-the neuyt.rrm t°et tM1at [range

t':11.0g terig:W' The Home

ID ere., loving aunty of oar dear 191tng.ifildratlelt50 Sadly missed . by her daughters.

MINISTERIAL CHANCES & ENCASEMENTS.

Cheeses is 1925. 8,141iitrrO:ZtilleTrOrts. Mission. at IIev. 'prountion.

Changes is 1925. Rev. E. W. Lees from et. Neole after fourYeit';i1. W. B. Tunley from Chester Third after IiirrveilrE10:Fe7 '4753iitii: after five yenta. T. Sowerby from Chorley after four lgn. W. Brown and W. Armstrong from

i'iTs■I'West Hartlepool. Changes in 1927. Rev. E. W. Challenger from Jarrow aft, eia

Parlow from Manchester Font. after five years Engagements 1925-28. Rev. Jo. Wilson to Hareem Engagements 1925-27.

N: J. YeO ■rdr'''I Rice le

Silver Wedding. The silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Laycock, of Barnoldswick, was celebrated on F.,,,ruery 21st. They were married by Rev. J. V. Lancaster, at Gargrave-road Church, Sir.‘31., on February 13th. 1900. Mr. Lay. cock is the superintendent of Barnoldsw ick Sunday-school, and all the members of the family are actively associated with our church. A reception and tea was held in the Co-operative Cafe at 5.30 p.m., and an excel. lent repast was enjoyed by the guests. Rev. A. Longstaff, in felicitous terms, offered hearty congratulations to the bride and bridegroom sport attaining this distinction in their life's history, and expressed sincere wishes for their future welfare. After tea, games were indulged in by the company, and solos and pianoforte duets were 'contributed by Miss Miriam Butterfield, Messrs. G. P. Bullock and Oswald Lame, Mr. and Mrs. Laycock have been the recipients of many beautiful presents and letters of good will.

1kot -kpetia ,Chureh (S. Nigeria) was the centre of great interest on Saturday, Jan. nary 24111,' when Rev. W. T. Groves, of Ikot Ekpene, and Miss Bishop, of Leith, Edin. burgh, were married. The bride was mem. periled by Nurse Stead and Nurse Collier, the two new lady workers of the lkot Ekpene Station, and with whom Miss Bishop had travelled from England. Rev. E. E. Pritchard acted as best man and Rev. H. Wakefield as groomsman. The bride arm given away by Dr. Martin Clark, the Medical Officer of the Government Station, vvho, with Mrs. Martin Clark, had extended hospitality to Miss Bishop until the cere- mony. The ceremony Ives performed by Rev. G. H. Hanney, and the music was so. plied by the choir. The Boy Scouts, with their band, formed a guard of honour. A reception was afterwards held at the Mamie. All the white people possible were present, and from the good wishes expressed one can annttpanteewa sIelzuhozz.tirne for the bride

An interesting wedding took place at New-stead on Saturday, February 21st, tho con- tracting

parties being Miss 5. NI. Cope and Mr.R. Bancroft, of Newstead. Both the bride'. and bridegroom's parents are active workers :n the church. The bride, who was dressed in white charmeuse, was given away by her uncle, Mr. G.., Cope, NB. G. Bancroft acting as best man. The bridesmaids were Miss A. Cox (cousin) and Miss F. Stevenson. The service was conducted by Revs. F.,. Trey. vett. circuit minister, and W. T. Edwards, of Bulwell. Mrs. F. Willetts presided at the organ. Afterwards reception was held in the schoolroom, to which about 160 friends were entertained to tea by the parents of the bride. The bride and bridegroom left later for Clay Cross to spend their honeymoon. The many presents received were both use-ful and costly.

IN MEMORIAM.

Mrs. Sarah HeIIiweIL On Thursday, February 19th, Sarah, the beloved wife of Mr. W. H. Helliwell, of Enfield, passed to her eternal rest, aged 67 years. Much respected and beloved in TE. ligious, temperance and social circles, she had rendered much valued service during her long membership of over 50 years, both at Halifax-at Ebenezer, Halifax First, where she was for many years member of the choir (her sister, Hiss A. Kershaw, is the oldest member there-Colchester and Enfield. Mrs. Helliwell joined the Chase Side Church, Enfield, in 1897, with her hus-band, who is the church steward there. The interment, which took place •at the Enfield Cemetery. was preceded by a service at the Chase Side Church, conducted by Rev. Walter Easey. Amongst the many mourners present were Mr. H. Harms, J.P.. (chairman of the district council ), Dr. and Mrs. S. G. Brass, H. Trenchard. J.P., and ma, lead-Mg Free Church workers. A large numb, of messages of sympathy have been received by Mr. Helliwell; also many floral tokens of respect. Mrs. Stephens. After a long illness, during which she was tenderly nursed by her husband and grand. daughter, Mrs. Eliza Stephens passed away on Wednesday, February 181St. She was a

life-long member of the Pillowell Church, attending the old chapel as a scholar in the Sunday-school. The memory of her kindly disposition and generous nature will toe;; remain in the hearts of her friends. The interment look place on Sunday, February 'and. at the Parkend Churchyard, conducted by Rev. W. A. Nlason. A memorial service was held on Sunday, Nlarch 1st. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

CLAYTON Mrsmow (Rey. J. K. Ell-wood).-" Widow's Mile," Is.; Anon., Br ig-house, £1; two parcels of clothing (no name). Wain...sent Mimi. (Rev. T. Jack-son).-" Thankful," Goode, 10s. ,• Ebenezer. Halifax. 10s. • Old Prim.. 2.0.. ay.; sack of clothing from P M. Grayson, Rotherham; sack and box of clothing. Anon.; admissions to free night shelter for homeless during February. 1.540; free meals and penny supplied during February, 4,194.

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TI;r5r: Road (near Qneen's ,614016ter. Esra "AlestAgnt'olt jiajiiT'1110EltN7.e.11. Rev.

sel;.4e'i•:;•sPa'rit■li..,n•iirac=girc:na, win. ton via Richmond 11,11. fro. S.a.e. .. kOilOrAlg. jarTreal 6.1alf.55°16.30 nod 6.30, BRIOLIVAGISkleVilltria At0.30. Rev F TI Edwards: 6.30, Rev. B. 'Oliver. 'MIDAS ..... ,t1(6,1,10.30. Rev. IL Olive. BRIO:1T' .11. Rev. W. A. Cal;

BOORS IIE.CEIVED. T. and T. Clark.-" Gambling and Betting." By R. II. Charles, D.D., Is. 6d. S.P.C.K.-" The Art of Contemplation." Translated by E. Allison Peers, NI.A• 3s. 6d. Atlantis Press.-" The Truth of the Gospel." By W. T. Balmer, M.A.. B.D. Ie. The Speaker's Bible Office. - The Speaker's Bible." Job and Psalm. . Vol. I. Edited by James Hastings, D.D. 10s. 6d. Lone m Green N yasr:idc s rye' VeTill Inge, D.D. 5s.

d. it 271::,`,P; Ongl 11 uud 6.30.

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. ng b us. 277! dearly

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THE PRIMITIVE' METHODIST LEADER. 157 MARcH 5, 1925

BAZAARS AND SPECIAL. ,EFFORTS. The new building fund et Woodseats,

Sheffield, was carried another otep op Salo-day evening. Launched in 1913, held up by the war, it has been steadily increased and stood on December 31st last at £1,063. It hes now been determined to reach £2,000 by June 30th, and the strong recommends. tion of the Trustees and Chapel Committee was carried by the church meeting, and all sre putting their shoulders to the wheel. The fine lead given by the Woodseats Church itself has contributed greatly to the resole. lion of the Sheffield Church Council, that any support which Sheffield Primitive Methodism can give to suburban extension immediately should be given to W.dseats in order that the scheme should be carried through quickly, and others, equally urgent, faced.

The Shrovetide celebrations have just been held at John-street, Sheffield. On the MA Sunday Rev. John Anderton, of Sir. iningham, rendered . fine service, his lecture on the 11.cf000ddays.tezg iltalLavciated.

'013 imhieni'slernof the church,. 'received al'rel, welcome. His messages on Sunday and 'Tuesday were rich and helpful. The Shrove-tide tea (given by Mrs. E. R. Collins and Mrs. W. E. Stevenson) was a great success, 270 persona sitting down to tea. The pro-ceeds of the efforts were :—First week-end, £0; you, p.ple's Dutch market, £100; Shrovetide tea, £15; second week-end, £15; donations, £10; chairman, £5; total, £153.

A sale of work for renovation purposes was held in Abram Church, Leigh, on Wednesday anJ Saturday. Oil Wednesday Mrs. J. A. Parkinson, J.P., of Orwell, presided, and the sale of work was opened by Mrs. A. Parting- ton, of Orrell. On Saturday W. H. Roby, Esq., of Abram, was chairman and Councillor Thus. Mason the opener. £72 was raised, and in days of trade depression it is a splendid achievement, and reflects great credit on the part of this small society of thirty members.-

:1 successful.bar.r was held at Barton.on- Dumber en Wednesday and Thursday. On die first day proc.dings were opened by Mrs. Stevenson

' Mr. J. Wass presiding, supported

lov Revs. J. Norton and W. R. Price. On the second day 3Irs. Warren, of Barrow, pre- sided, Mrs. Schofield, J.P., being absent through illness. The opening was performed by a group of children. Principal helpers at the various stalls were Mesdames Norton, C. Jackson, F. Wade, J. W. Doughty, L. Jack-on, Lawty, Drake, Day, Havecroft, Toogood, Twidle, C. Chappell, L. Chappell, Foster, anJ Misses E. Jailtson, E. E. Norton Drury. Doughty, Anderton, Crow, Day, Cox and Dirk.. and Messrs. Bullivant, Day. Black- born, Hall and others. At the close Rev. J. Norton announced that £175 had been raised. and hearty •thanks were expressed to all helpers.

The Women's Own in connection with the Tow Law Church has just held its first anni• Tsary. On the Saturday afternoon

7lened (West

tnigb17the =m re of

grit

the

Women's Own took part 'in " A Gold. Wedding At Home." Mr. and Mrs. Gove• land. the oldest members„pf the church, were hest and hostess, Ms. E. Richardsdn pre-siding over a crowded audience. On the Sunday Miss L. Scott (Seghill) served well as special preacher, and Miss E. Iley and bliss soon the

Horner.0n1 tn. a

Sundayrn uear set e

ice, over which Mrs. Calvert, wife of the Presbyterian minister, presided. The Women's Own anniversary meeting was held on the hfonday afternoon, when Mrs. Bond

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Robert Morrison. The Task. John iv. 51.42. . -March 15th.

By ERNEST BARRE1T. MA. ." Send me where workers aro most

scanted; sod me to that part of the world where the difficulties are the greatest, and, to all human appearance, the most insur-mountable." This prayer, confided to the privacy of a diary, throws a flashlight on the character of the man with whose life the series of lesions now introduced is to deal. The prayer was answered.

First the sphere. Let us get the Chinese point of view. A very ancient, populous, extensive and self-contained Empire. The barriers erected by Nature were very formidable, and effectively kept out of Chinese territory all foreigners who might have invaded the land. On the side where desert and mountain offered possible loop-holes a great wall, one of the wonders of the world, with 1,500 miles of ramparts, reared its stony interdict against the envious. Insuperable as these barriers proved for thousands of years, they were but the ex-pression of mental and spiritual embank-ments the parapets of whichshut out com-pletely the rest of the world. " Oh rock, rock, rock when wilt thou open to my Lord? " cried Valignani as his eyes, glazing in death turned to the land that had baffled him. The peat and noble Francis Xamer, dying in a miserable hut off the mainland, passed away with his heart lamenting the obduracy of China. The Chinese firmly be-lieved that they occupied the middle of the earth, that all other nations lived in insigni. ficant outposts and islands on the fringe, that no nation was even comparable to them in importhoce, wealth, scholarship, culture and religion. They had the most grotesque conceptions of all other lends and their in-habitants, and saw all the rest of the world as if locking through the wrong end of a telescope. It was sot until 1858 that they ceased to describe the British in solemn legal treaties 1es •' bin bin ians " ! Conceiv-ing of themselves as immeasurably superior to the rest of human kind, all intercourse with foreigners was strictly forbidden, es intercourse could have no possible effect but to degrade the Chinese ! Itmay. he imagined how this haughty self.suffimency hanged end locked the door against al! foreign tliorght and allowed no admittance to any kind of teachers.

"Barbarians are like beasts; to reason with them would lead only to confusion; the only way to sae them rs by suspending all law and ruling them by misrule." That is a saying of one of the wisest of the old Chinese sages. Their suspicion of strangers Ives crystallised into a story which was told to all the children. " In the days of ile Ilyng Dynasty a ship of red-haired bar-barians appeared at one of the southern Forts and begged permission to trade. The Chinese at once refused, so the barbarians asked to be allowed to use as much ground as they could cover with a carpet in order to dry their goods. This most reasonable request was granted, but taking their carpet by its four corners the barbanans stretched it till there was morn for a large body of risen on it, who, drawing their swords, seized rho lily... Every Chinese child was schooled to regard the foreigner from this standpoint, and to be deaf to any •• reason. able proposals " they might present in a humble petition.

So much for the sphere; now the man. Playing in Newcastle might have been seen two boys, who afterwards attained great eminence. One was George Stephenson, of locomotive fame, and rho other was our hero. Robert Morrison. Born near Morpeth, his father's failing health made it necessary for lighter work to be found, and through this we discover our hero apprenticed to the trade of making lasts and boot trees. The home was typical of the stern and noncom-inodating religious discipline chaseteristic of the time. Spartan fare,. hod, long and exactIng physical labour, regularly extend-ing over ten to twelve hours daily, six days a week; what schooling there was appeared as ail extra to this.

Morrison was a genius in his line, and his line .was languages. He learnt Latin as he worked so his trade. He had his bed brought into the workshop, so that he might have a study, and this humble study-workshop-bedroom was his delight. He soaked himself in the Bible, so much to that his ordinary speech reflected its actuni phraseology all through life. He subjected his soul to minute examination and tried to foot ant every indicalien of tendencies which he considered might dispkase God. He kept o diary which ironies the reader by the evidences of profound searching of the heart, especially when we remember that he was but in his teens. A desire to enter the ministry became the passion of his life. It cedminated in his admission to Horton College, where the thoroughness of his pre-vious study enabled him to become the lead. ing student. His tutors predicted a bra. iiant career in the heme ministry, but he was led to apply to the L.M.S. for accent-

nee as a missionary for the foreign field. Events slowly shaped in such a manner that he was led to Judy Chinese.. There was ne Protestant missionary in China, aad there seemed no likelihood of one being admitted. It was pert of the leans on which the East India Company were allowed to trade that no missionary must be carried in their ships nor sheltered in the slip of Isnd allotted to them. If this condition was ',token the trading agreement should •at once be revoked. When Morrison eventually sailed he hod to go via New York and he smuggled ashore as an American.

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The Child and the Stars. " I'm not frightened,'• said one boy to

another, as he faced him angrily, but when I looked at him I felt sure he was. His words were full of swagger, but it was only swagger; it wasn't real courage. Very little children are sometimes afraid of queer things. One little boy was frightened of a feather that was shaken out of the bed, and of a fluff of wool; he must have imagined they could bite him. Another little boy was awfully afraid of an indiarubber hot-water bottle; he seemed to fancy it was alive. If he had to go near it he would look at it and say " Nice water-bottle!" And, watching it carefully, would sidle away. A tiny girl, playing in the garden, was terribly upset if a sparrow

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No!" and when the handful of feathers did not go away, she would inn into the house, yelling for " Mumma!"

Many children are afraid of being alone in the dark. But not all, for I was reading of a little boy who went, to bed one summer even-ing and caught a glimpse of a bright sunset. To his father he said : " The daylight has forgotten to go away. Tell him to go, father ! " Shutting his eyes tight for a minute or two, he then asked, " Has he gone? " " Not yet, boy," his father answered; " he is just waiting to see his sister before he goes." " His sister ! Has he a sister ? " the boy asked. " Yes; she is called Starlight; when he sees her he will say good-bye and go away !" " Oh! said the boy, and then he lay down quietly and went off to sleep. He was not afraid of the darkness, es one little child was who lay in bed and sobbed. The father, in the room below, heard the sobs and came upstairs and said " What ails you, my dearie, and why do you cry? And the child said, " Oh, father, I am afraid of the dolt. Nurse says I am too big to have a light, but all the corners are full of dreadful blackness, and I think there are things in them with eyes, that would look at me if I looked at them; and if they looked at me I should die. Oh, father, why is it dark? Why can't it be always day? "

The father Look the child in his arms and carried her downstairs and out into the summer night. " Look up, dearth!" he said, in his sham, kind voice. " Look up, and see God's little lights!" The little one looked up and saw the stars. Bright as candles they burned, and yellow as gold. " Oh, father," cried the child ! " what aro those lovely things?'" " Those as stars," said the father. " Those are God's little lights." " But why have I never seen them before? " she asked. " Because you are a very little child, and have never been out in the night before," was the answer. " Can I sea the stars only at night, father? " " Only at night, my child," he replied. "Do they only come, then; father ?" she asked. " No," he said; " they are always there, but we can-not see them when the sun is shining." " But, father, the darkness is not terrible here; it is beautiful ! " " Yes, dearie," he answered, " the darkness is always beauti• ful if we will only look up at the stars instead of into the corners."

I hope no boy or girl who reads this is afraid of the darkness. I will tell you of a grand thing to remember and a fine thing to do. In the first Chapter of the Bible it says that God made the stars, and He made them to be a help to us. A-fter the sun has sat to- morrow, just look up into the sky and count the stars as they appear. At first you may not see one, but if they are not hidden by the clouds you will soon catch sight of one,

-then of another, and still another, until at last there are more stars than you can count. This is fine fun. and it helps us to think of God, who tells the number of the stars and calls them all by their names. Often we sing of God :-

" Ile only is the Maker Of all things near and far; He paints the wayside flower, He lights the evening star."

In Acts xxvii. there is a story told of the Apostle Paul, who was on a ship in the midst of a terrible storm. For many days and nights the sky was darkened by clouds so that neither sun nor stars appeared. But Paul

was not afraid, for He knew that God was taking care of him, and the darkness did not hide him from God, who was his very Best Friend. •

Our Story.—It was Joey's first journey on the railway. The train entered a long tunnel end when they came out into the daylight again

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o,g ]Lambs¢.—Per Miss Hutchinson, Castleford 15580 to 15601, Edith and Evelyn Charm, Edna and Charles Needham, Dolly Gamble. Joseph Hopton, Bernard Wright, Edmund end Marion Tyler, Tilly, Elsie and Una Burns, Arthur and Norman Fielding, Greta Ball, Chris Grim, Grace Verna, Elsie Carrot, Misses Una Taylor, Jessie Hiles, Vera West, C. Birch. Per Miss hlumby, Waterloo School, Huddersfield : 15602 to 15609, Irene and Ronnie Deverall. Hilda Stead, Hilda Robinson, Marion Smith, Vera Pollard. Lily and Joe Jess.. Per Mrs. Whermby, Campion•street Junior C.C., Derby : 15610 to 15617, hfogery Margery Collins, Dorothy, Percy, Harry, Nellie and Eva Jones, Frank Smith, Wilfred

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"The Clash of Colour." (2) The Problem Unveiled.

People Walking in Darkness. Isaiah ix. 2. March kb. By Rev. GEORGE DENMAN.

The wonderful development of science, which has enabled the white man to travel to all parts of the world and to speak to far distant people is a boon which cannot bo confined to the white races. These modern miracles of transport" convey not only men but ideas. People of all races are travelling and gaining world contacts, imbibing new ideas and acquiring new and wider know-ledge. Young people of many different nationalities are attending the best universi-ties of the world. People who have for long been termed the " backward roes" have representatives taking their place, via exami-nations, for positions in education, Commerce and government by the side of the white man. The number of students is increasing, and as these return to their own land to be leaders there is not only guidance given, but a general independence of thought is stimulated. Then comes the natural desire, sometimes b..- ing a "vehement ambition," to take their own place in the world and at least farm their own country. This is at the back of many of the great national movements in many different parts of the world, and con-stitutes one of the greatest crises of our day.

The new ideas received and the training of mind by the best possible education will find expression in all manner of ways. When the Japanese decided that the British Navy was the best in the world, while the Germans had the best army, and adopted Western methods of war and commerce, it was more than Japanese _history they.. changed. " It

tau. ri.:71tradeilugh: 7e7.,;'s:;‘en notice across Asia in the face of thewhite man's advance." This h. undermined the white man's authority, while the war of 1914.1918, drawing in as it did on the one side or the other all the races, has abolished all sense of authority. As the ides of " self-determination " permeates more widely and becomes more insistent the crisis will become more acute. Tho fact must be recognised that there is a surging racial upheaval taking place. Our views upon it, or our ignorance concerning it, will not stop it It isin the world, and the whole world k affected by it.

There are at least two aspects of this problem to be given attention. There is the great movement towards nationalism in dif-ferent countries where men are claiming the right to hold their own destinies. Whole countries are being moused by the national slogans peculiar to their own country-- Asia for the Asiatic," " Egypt for the Egyptians," •• India for the Indians," "Ireland fo the Irish." These involve difficulties which never will be settled by merely political strategy or expediency. No solution will ever be imposed upon them from an outside authority. This desire cannot be imprisoned nor destroyed by killing as exponents. Some other way must be found.

There is also the problem of the emigrant. In many loge towns there are colonies eft various races constituting a racial and colour, problem of a most complex character. In America the problem is extremely serious.

What is to be done? Should the white man immediately retire? Even admitting the justice of the claim to a right to control their own destiny, is that the only right' there is? The authority of the white man; is challenged. Shall the challenge be re, sisted? Shall the white man's rule be en, forced ? "Is there a way out of this in. passe? What basis, if any, is possible for a world order in which all the just rights ante needs of every race would be met?, •

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158 THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST LEADER. Meaca 5, 1925

CHURCH NEWS. Bishop Anekland.-A delightful evening

was spent on Wednesday at 'Penises-street Church, when the newly-formed young, people's guild and football club gave a con• cart, followed by a supper and social. An excellent prograMme was provided by Mrs. J. Holden's party. A mystery menu was served by the footballers, dressed in aprons. The proceeds (£6 10s.) were divided between the football club, the guild, and the Ministers' Benevolent Fund. Bolton 8:nat.-Notwithstanding the con-tinued depression in the great engineering firms and accentuated unemployment, Bolton First Circuit has increased its missionary revenue and created another record. Revs. F. S. Button and J. Nicholls, of Fernando Poo, served excellently as deputations. The congregations were not only large, but enthusiastic-a deeper interest in missions was manifest. The chairmen, without ex- ception, gave truly missionary speeches and served well-31iss Pendlebury at Bridge-street, Mr. P. Hamer at Folds, Mr. .1. Run-nett ut Castle Hill, Mr. H. Clarke at Helli-well, and Mr. J. Berry at Harwood. The amounts raised are ; Bridge-street (includ• Inn £31 10s. from ladies' auxiliary). £73 9s. 3d.; • Halliwell, £25 16s. 8d. ; Har-wood, £21 53. 9d.; Folds, £10 7s. 3d. ; Castle Hill, £11 3s. 10d.; total, £142 2s. 9d. Bournemouth PIrst.-In connection' with the missionary services recently held, a mis-sionary "At Home " was held at the Ber-ridge Memorial Church, Curzon-road. Rev. Ezra and Mrs. Rama acted as host and hostess. The special speaker was Rev. E. W. Harvey, a former minister. Mr. Evan Parry sang with great skill and power, and Mr. Sam Hunter contributed several items. Mi. Illackbourn gave recitals. Mrs. Whitbread was the accompanist. The refreshments were under the management of Mrs. Misselbrook. Collection for missionary funds. Brentford.-Tho annual Ladies' Effort was held on Saturday, when a good company sat down to B Lea given by the ladies. After tea the church was crowded to hear an excel-lent musical programme by the choir of our Caledonian-road Church. consisting of filly voices, under the leadership of Mr. Reginald Grant. Capt. 11. J. Carr presided, supported by Rev. C. E. Buck. On Sunday Mr. G. A. Griffith preached morning and evening. In the afternoon n concert was presided over by Mrs. Cornish; soloists, Mr. Redmond, Mrs. Goose, Mr. S. ]luck; recitations by Mrs. Red-mond. Total income, £19, an increase on last year.

Bridlington.-Bridlington Circuit has raised £252 9s. 6d. for home and foreign missions. Rev. W. 3loore, of Filey, served well as deputation. The society returns are St. John.sheet, £2S 4s. 8d.; Quay, £91 15s.; Flambro', £5; North Burton, £1 10s. 9d.; Thwing, £118s. 3d.; Rudston, £1 8s. Id.; Thornholme, £6; Haisthorpe, £4 14s. 8d. ; Bempton, £5 6s. 4d. hi addi-tion the Women's Auxiliary has raised £90 and the Girls' Branch £13. Special mention should be made of a gift of £60 by a lady member of the Quay Church. Miss Doreen Robinson (£5 5s.) and Master A. Gray (£12 18s.) have won bars for their medals, Miss 131enkarne's box contained £20. The income, which is a circuit record, is £46 in advance of last year.

cleethorpes.-The ladies If Iteacon-thorpe held their effort on Sunday, when Miss Hutchinson gave two choice sermons on the ministry of Jesus. Miss L. Parsons served as steward, and there were eight, 'gold col-lectors. An augmented ladies' choir rendered special anthems. The Monday's effort took the form of an American "At Home," Mrs. John Robinson presided, supported by Mrs. H. L. ',wilding. Mrs. Winn's solos were greatly appreciated, as also was the elocution of Miss Stanniforth. Many articles were on sale, and a substantial meat tea was well patronised. The evening's excellent pro- gramme was provided by Madame Drury's choir. Mrs. C. T. Pike presider]. The pro-ceeds were over £45.

Crewe Plret.-At Heath-street on 'Sunday special reference was made by Mr. A. E. Gardner to the late Mrs. Martha Rheade, who attained her 100th birthday in January lest, bat only lived five weeks afterwards. Un her birthday Mrs. Rheade received a telegram from the King, a letter from the Mayor of Crewe, and a constant stream of visitors throughout the day. She was very weak, but able to talk to her visitors, and supply many recollections of her early life. Born, when our Church was in its infancy, into a world widely different from our own, we cannot but regret her passing. We re-joice that many of her descendants are still with us in useful Christian service. Haling.-Ealing Church has been °seep. tionally active during the past fortnight, On three successive evenings concerts were arranged by the Sunday-school, and the sum of £40 raised for the Orphanage Fund. A juvenile choir rendered in firm style a cantata entitled " The Giant's Castle." under the leadership of Miss Wallis. The presidents were Mn, Inwood, Mrs. Green and Mrs. E. H. Brooks. Great credit is due to Mr.

Slone, the organising secretary, .011 Wed-aesdey, February 10th, the Married Men's Supper, in the Griffith Davies Memorial Hall, was an immense success. 'About 250 sat down to a well-prepared meal, excellently served by the men. Councillor Sayers pre-sided, supported Ly Councillors Fuller and Weeks, Rev. E. J. T. Dagnall and church officials. The programme given by the mar-ried men was highly appreciated, and it was an inspiration to see the enthusiastic spirit manifested throughout the whole effort.

Brdington.-The Quarterly meeting was held at Erdington. The financial returns from Erdington and Ward End were a re cord, and the circuit deficit was considerably reduced. The reports showed the different institutions to be in a healthy condition. Since the opening of the new church at Ward End the Sunday-school has considerably in• creased. There are now 360 scholars on the books. An increase of three members was reported.

Pleetwood.-The men of the Mount-road Church held their annual effort on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday a splendid re-cital was given by Mr. Wilson Nicholson, elocutionist, and Mr. Richard Trent, soloist. Rev. James E. Phillips. presided. Mr. Eli, Wright was the accompanist. The pulpit was occupied on the Sunday by Revs. James E. Phillips. and 0. W. Booth. Anthems were rendered by the choir. Conductor, Coun. W. E. Simpson. Organist, Mr. T. Bertram Eaves. In the afternoon a sacred recital was given by Mr. Nicholson. Chairman, Air. T. P. Davies. Mr. Richard Tranter rendered solos at each service. Gateshead Plret.-On Sunday, February 22nd, the evening services at Cerra Hill were conducted by ale.rs. J. W. Johnson and E. Clapperton The children of the school, who sang in the junior demonstration in the Town Hall, Nesvcastle.on•Tyne, during the Conference, sang some special hymns, accoms ponied by Sirs. E. Clapperton. At the close nine of the young people came forward and signed decision cards, accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Master.

Goole.-The choir anniversary was held at Beulah on Sunday, the preacher being Coen. J. W. Clark. In the afternoon the choir gave selections from the great masters. Mrs. Mary Danielson, the Misses Sugden and Greenfield, Slessrs. E. Cooper, W. Bol-ton and J. Nichols were the special soloists. Miss E. Dunham gave two recitals and Mr.

Swales presided. The soloists at the evening service were Mr. T. Dunderdale and Mrs. Mary Danielson. The family of the late Ms J. Bmmman attended the service, and Mr. A. Lockwood spoke of his worth as trustee and superintendent. 3fr. A. W. Whittaker presided at the organ. The festival was a great success. Gray. and Rumford.-Successful mission any services were held on the circuit last week-end, Rev. Bernard and Mrs. Batty serving well as deputation. Mr. Batty preached at Crays on Sunday, Mrs. Batty addressing the school in the afternoon. On Tuesday the annual meeting at Grays was held under the presidency of Mr. D. J. Haulms, when Mr. and Mrs. Batty spoke of their work in Nigeria. The Sunday ser. vices at Rumford were conducted by Mr. Elijah Witter from Worley, and on Wednes. day Mr. and 3Irs. Batty spoke, Mr. Moakley acting chairman. At NVarley Messrs. Pollard and Stuakley preached on Sunday, and at an " Al Home ' on Thursday Mr. Dally spoke on Nigerian triumphs. Rev. G. Ford preached at Chadwell on Sunday, and on Monday the little village church was full, when Si,'. Batty gave u rousing speech. Financial result £40, increase on last year. Heckmondwike.-Rev. J. Brace Eva, presided over the Quarterly meeting. A number of conversions have taken place dur-ing the quarter at the ordinary services. 'there is a very healthy condition throughout the circuit. Debts have been reduced by £315, Comexional funds well supported, in chiding an increase of £12 10s. for the Mis-sionary Society. There is an increase in membership of sixteen. The tea was gene, misty given by Councillor and 3Irs. Arthur Jewett. Proceeds about £B.

Henham. - The • anniversary of the " Women's Own " was celebrated on Sunday and Monday. Mrs Ward, of London, preached on the Sunday to excellent congre. gallons. MI,, Tweddle, of Newcastle, was the soloist. On the Monday afternoon, meet-ing was presided over by 3frs. Bayliffe. Mrs. Ward gave a most appropriate address. Miss C. Todd, of Hayden Bridge, served well as soloist. A substantial tea was well patron- ised. In the evening a service of song, " Joseph Spoor the Earnest Preacher " was rendered by the ladies of the " Women's Own." Mrs. Barron presided, Mrs. Seaton conducted. Mrs. Ward read the connection readings. Mrs. Marshall served as pianist. The anniversary has been a great success.

Houghton-le-Spring.-Quarterly messing held at Shiney•row, Rev. H. Fletcher pre• siding.; Messrs. R. Johnson and E. Stem. meta recommended as candidates for preachers' plan. Nlembership .rue as last year. Balance in hand of circuit steward, £17. Messrs. William Gardner and John Porter elected circuit stewards. Delegates to Hexham Synod, Rev. H. Fletcher and Mr,

J. J. Moody. Arrangements made to secure a successor to Rev. S. W. Brown, who goes to Congleton 1926. Missionary income, £192. Aged Local 'Preachers' Fund, £6 7s. 8d. Howden.-Al the annual trust effort, recently held, a "Model Airship, 1129,"

decdoLteyd,'"Prltdt "Cougi=b1:rit1VeliYt when the duty of " 'unloading " Lhesame was discharged by Mrs. 11,11, of Bowden-dyke, ono of the oldest members in the cir-cuit. An excellent tea was followed by a sale of useful articles. A concert in the evening by Mr. P. Howden's party from Barley was much enjoyed. Mr. J. Baker, circuit steward, .presided. The total pro- ceeds amminMd to £25 5s. 6d. Rev. T. Dowse.] returned hearty thanks on behalf of the church.

Hull Fifth -A very successful Missionary Round has just been concluded on the Resale side of the circuit. The deputation, Rev. D. 1'. Mann, served us splendidly uy his magnificent and luminous advocacy of the missionary cause. The results of Um three

rezhvirse,re% 5s. 3d. . all. Of an increase of over last year.

The young people's service on the Sunday afternoon, presided over by Miss Watson. was particularly successful.

The missionary anniversary et St. George's-road Church was held during the week-end. Rev. F. 11. Edwards, of Bridlington. served as deputation. His dis-courses on Sunday and his addresses at the Young People's Institute, " Women's Own" end missionary meeting were full of power. The morning service was conducted by our own minister, Rev. P. Tomlinson. who preached to a large congregation, which in eluded the Governor (Councillor IL Perci-al), members and staff of the Hull Board of

Guardians. Councillor Percival, who has just been appointed Governor, is an honoured member at St. George's-road. The proceeds to date are £34 2s. 411.

Jerser.-Al the Qdarterly meeting, held on Monday, Rev. Walter Yeomans, on the motion of 31essrs. Guilin and Quern, was unanimously invited fora seventh year, but had to reluctantly decline the invitation. The meeting expressed its regrets Progress was reported in all departments, with bale.es in both circuit and trust hands Mr. 1'. J. Picot delegate to Synod, 31r. Suit. vice. Hilburn.-College Park Church celebrated their anniversary on Saturday and Sunday. The social on tho Saturday was largely attended. The sermons on the Sunday were preached by Rev. A. E. Cook and Rev. G. Shapcott. The services have been most suc-cessful. Mr. G. D. Biggs and his choir did splendidly. Proceeds grout double last year.

Enareaborough.-A successful effort was held on Tuesday. Owing to the difficulty of finding separate dates the ladies and gentle-men joined hands. The effort began with a tea. This was followed by an entertainment

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London (Balham).-The anniversary of the Lynwood•road Endeavour Society was conducted by Revs. W. Roberts and W. Musson Kelley. On the following Wednesday a public meeting was held, chairman Mr. A. Godbold, who spoke of his long association with the Endeavour. Mr. T. H. Gear gave the secretary's report. Mr. C. F. Parton conducted the roll-call, and Rev. W. Roberts gave an address on " Potentialities of the C.E." Mr. W. J. Barrss led in prayer. The soloists were Misses Barr. and Gear. In the young life at this church there is great promise. London (Enfield).-The Married Ladies' Effort took place at Chaseside on Saturday and Sunday. On the Saturday a visit was received from Mr. Stanley James, of West Ealing, who gave some splendid recitals from Tennyson, Rudyard Kipling and other great masters. The visit was greatly enjoyed by the large company present. Sister Annie, of St. George's Hall Mission, was the preacher for L118 Sunday. Her gracious presence and helpful messages were a great inspiration. Miss Annie Tasker, M.T.S.C., was the special soJoist. Both the choir and Miss Tasker ren-dered splendid service. Councillor Bath and Mr. Russell Hicks (Wesleyan) served well as chairmen, supported by Rev. Walter B.ey.

Manes.-The ladies held their effort for the church funds on Wednesday. Mrs. A. Crouch, of Horningsea, opened the proceed-ings under the presidency of Mrs. J. W. Grainger, and good business was done. In the evening a concert arranged by Mrs. A. S. Crouch was given, with Mrs. W. k _Whit-tome as president. In the interval -Mrs. S. Crouch opened the donation bags, which con-tained £19 13s. The effort realised over £50. Yiddleham.-The annual Young People's missionary meeting was held on Sunday even-ing. Speeches were ably rendered by scholars and Endeavourers. We were fortu-nate in having the presence of Rev. J. and Mrs. Shepherd, of Morecambe, our late minister, and of Nurse Shepherd, from Africa. Rev. J. Shepherd preached in the afternoon. Mrs. Shepherd presided in the

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Southeea.—One of the results of the re-cent mission at the Central Hall is the greater interest shown by the men of the church. A band a workers are busy each evening until 9.30 painting and decorating the schoolroom. The work goes forward to the music of the Crusade hymns, and the time passes very quickly. The Central Hall is a centre of religious activity; class meet-ings have been formed, and the new converts are being held. Mrs. Till, who recently passed away, was very highly esteemed in Portsmouth and District.

BO. and Langton.—A very successful circuit gathering has been held at Lomdale-street Church. The special preacher was Rev.%V. Dews., of Chester. In the after. noon'Alr. Decagon held the congregation spell-bound by his ale exposition of the charge given to Timothy. The service was of a most inspiring character. Tea was served by the ladies of the circuit. Conn. J. T. Brown, the chairman, gave a fine tone to the evening. meeting by his opening re- marks. Rev. W. Dawson addressed the meeting on " The Function of Religlon in Meeting Life's Grave Problems." II were well served by the Lansdale-street choir under the leadership of Mr. F. Roberts. The day was replete with blessing. Thli proceeds were for the Manse Renovation Fund.

Etwaffharm—Cln Saturday the quarterly Young People's Conference, held at Castle- acre, proved a great success. In the after- noon an excellent paper was given by Mrs. Edwards on "Government in the Sunday-school." Miss Bly, of Westacre, in an able paper, dealt with '• The Christian Endeavour and Pledge." This was followed by a " Question Box," which proved both interest-ing and helpful. Mrs. P. Barnes, Mr. J. H. Chastney, Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Allison had this business under their management. A splendid tea was provided by the Castle- acre friends. Stirring addresses were de. livered in the evening by Rev. J. Prouton and Mr. E. Rix. Mr. C. Kedge presided. Solos were rendered by Mrs. E. Reeve and Mr. R. Large and anthems by the Castleacie

Tunetall.—A successful circuit festival held at Tunstall includeda sermon by former minister, Rev. S. Parlow, followed by a great public tea, after which the newly formed Circuit Union Choir gave an excel-lent rendering of "'Tine Hymn of Praise" (Aletidelssohn). Mr. J. 13eswick presided over the evening gathering, at which Rev. S. Parlow gave an inspiring address. The soloists were Miss Fanny Capper (of Tunstal() and Mr. Wilfrid fled., (of Leeds). Mr. T. Johnson was the conductor and Mr. G. Baskeyfield, F.R.C.O., was at the organ. The festival was well attended. Mr. A. Cl. Jones, the circuit steward, organised °leafed and gave the tea. The circuit ministers, Revs. E. Barrett, M.A., and J. R. Smith, were present and took part in the proceed ings.

Watton.—A lightning effort was arranged to meet the expenses of the purchase of a piano and the improving of the present light ing arrangements. Speciol services were held on Sunday, when sermons were preached by Rev. R. J. Smith, of Wymondham. A P.S.A. service was also held in the afternoon. On the Thursday " A Treasury Note and Silver Tree was arranged. The choir gave the cantata "The Workers," refreshments being served by the ladies. The tree was stripped by Mrs. J. Saunders, of Carbrooke. The net proceeds amounted to £43.

wit..M.—The Endeavour anniversary services were held at Russell-street on Sun. day, February 1511., Rev. 0. Denman being the preacher. The congregations were excel-lent and the Sacrament at the close of the day one of the best attended for a long time. Rev, George Denman gave the church

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rdeay".`"mr 1,••■ii71:;••°, a trident from ilatty. College was the special preacher afternoon and evening. The evening service was an in-;Oration to al!. The Junior Endeavourers took an active part in the solos and anthems. Thanks were exprsesed to Miss 0. M. Hilton, the organist, and Mr. T. J. Hilton, choir master, for training the young people so well. The proceeds were in advance of last year.

New Wandsworth end Pulham;:_Th quarter has been a busy one in the churches. The missionary returns will show a consider• able advance. Rev. Ernest Stamp's services as deputation were effective and greatly ap-preciated. lhe Circuit Women's Missionary Federation has had a successful year, with Airs. William Evans as secretary. Two of the churches are preparing to carry through special junior 1.111331020r, displays. •

Normunton.—The married ladies' effort at Castleford-road last week-end was a splendid success, Mrs. Ward being the special preacher. In the afternoon the choir gave a service of song, " The Bird of Hope," Mrs. J. N. Clague presiding. Mrs. Tolson proved en efficient conductor. Aliss Walters was the reader and Mr. J. H. Ray-bould organist. The public tea on Monday was followed by a concert, Mrs. Duckett pre. siding. The programme was sustained by the Streethouse ladies choir, the principal feature being " Zurika, the Gipsy Maid."

Oldham.—Ahhongh not organised in the interests of Methodist union the latest oppor- tunity kr the expression of olieness aim was found in the vTsit of Rev. S. Chadwick, Principal of Cliff College, who preached in Union-street Church on Tuesday afternoon to a large congregation. The dominant note was the words of Jesus, " Him that cometh to Ale I will in no wise cast net." After tea there was a meeting of joyous song and glowing testimony led by Rev. F. J. Lindley. But the crouning meeting was held in the even-ing"

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Air. J. W. Fitton presided 'over a large gathering. A fine address was given by Rev. If. C. Aleecham, MA. B.D. Then the crowd listened with keen delight fora full hour to llev. S. Chadwick as be told how he came to Christian decision and service.

Peterborough Beeond.—A must enjoy-able concert-recital, given at Cobden-street on Monday, was arranged by Miss Julia Price, L.R.A.M. She, with her pupils, Mr. Vicar Vickers and Miss Belle Hosier, rendered songs, duets, etc., which were loudly encored. Rev. W. T. Hosier assisted by giving several dramatic recitals. Mr. J. Riehings

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Leonard Hibbens served well as accompanist. Proceeds over £7.

Preston Brook and Buneorn.—A great circuit rally held in the Greenway.road Church, Runcorn, was attended by a large number of members and friends throughout the circuit. 111 the afternoon Rev. T. Cullen (Wesleyan) preached a powerful sermon on " The Call of Simon Peter.' The public tea which followed was well attended. The evening meeting was presided over by Rev. T. D. Phillipson. Rev. W. A. Eyre led in prayer, and Rev. W. Dawson gave a fine dis-ourse on " The Growth of Alan," which was listened to with great profit. The united choir rendered an anthem, and a charming sole was given by Mrs. Ernest Speed. Both services were great spiritual feasts.

iteddlteh.—The annual Young Men's Effort for the circuit fund was held on Mon-day. A Vagabond Social was announced,

ld drew a goodly- crowd. Prior to the day

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The. . Vagabonds," written and produced 1'Y Rev. L. G. Beardsall, •and performed by the members of the Young Men's Claas. Refreshments were served by the young men. Total prorceeds about £20.

BPde (Isle of Wight).—The church anni-versary has proved a success. The Sunday ‘,Zrevices.ran•ooeren conducted by the minister. In

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the missionary letter. Tea was served by the ladies of the auxiliary. The evening meeting was presided over by Mrs. W. M. Burton, when Miss Elkins gave a most forceful address. Mrs. G. Huggins and Miss Doris

nith's solos and duets were much appre-ciated. Finances above last year.

Bishop Auckland.—The annual meeting was held et Tautens-street Church. The missionary letter was read by Mrs. Dobson, and an address was given by Rev...B. Brookes Parlous, who also presided at the business session; There W DS an income of £39 for the year. £5 being earmarked for the -insti-tute. There has been a considerable incr.se of membership. Mrs. B. Brookes Farlow was appointed president, Mrs. C. A. Dob-son secretary and Al.m A. Armstrong trea• urer. The Tenterestreet ladies provided

an excellent tea. Proceeds £1 9s. Blyth.—The annual meeting was held at

the Central Church when Miss R. Elkins gave' a highly interesting address on her work among the girls at Jamestown. Mrs. Cairns presided. and Mrs. Sprot read the missionary letter. The annual meeting was held after tea. Officers elected Si,,. Graham,' Presi-dent; Mrs. Cottrill, Treasure, Mrs. Sprot and Mrs. Strong, Secretaries. The evening meeting was presided over by Mrs. Graham. Miss Elkins gave another address and ex-hibited work done by the girls al the Insti. t Lite. The choir rendered an excellent anthem.

Bolton First. —The meeting at Bridge-, street was favoured with the presence of Mrs. herding, of Swindon. president of the auxiliary. Her helpful speech was much appreciated. A large company had gathered to bid her welcome. Rev. J. H. Richmond led in prayer, Miss K. C. Hodges r.d the monary letter. Aladame Rothwell splen-didly rendered two songs and Rev. J. Hodges gave the address. Airs. Chadwick kindly gave the refreshments. A good cot. leen11 was taken for the fund. Very effi-cient service was rendered by Mrs. S. Lomax, secretary. and Mrs. J. Pendlebury, treasurer.

Carliele.--An Home" was held at Cecil•street, Mr. and Mrs. Stubbs acting as host and hostess. There was a splendid ex-hibition of curios from India, Africa and China kindly lent by Al.. Stubbs, Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Livingston. A good pro-gramme of vocal and instrumental music was rendered by 1.1.1 friends. Mr. W. Foster and Bev. tc. T. Scott presided, Mrs. W. Foster read the missionary letter and Mrs.

Stubbs read the Scripture. A splendid supper was provided- by the members. It was a most successful gathering. Proceeds £8 15s. 2d.

Pleetwood.—A meeting of the auxiliary was held in Afount-road Church on Monday. Mrs. Kates -had charge of the meeting. Mr,. R. Fleming read the missionary letter and Mrs. Hooper served admirably as soloist. Rev. L. J. Jackson gave a most inspiring address: Mrs. Kernaghan presented the financial statement, which showed that over £56 had been raised during the year. Revs. James E. Phillips. and James Burton con. gratulated the ladies on this splendid achievement. Afternoon tea followed.

Harrogate.—Meeling held al Dragon.

Mrs. F. Mitchell wn sbc5„?.'sl'ancrArlfs'shrIrL: Dina- dale gave a violin solo. A very fine address was given by Rev. J. 13. Hardy, M.A. After tea the annual business meeting was held, when the following officers were elected :- President, Mrs. Barber ; vice-presidents, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Morris; secretary, Mrs. _Archer; treasurer, Mrs. Best; delegate to Conference, Mrs. Hardy; representative for executive, Mrs. Johnson. £30 has been sent for missionary funds.

Hexham.—The monthly meeting was pre- sided over by Mrs. Bayliffe. The address was given by Rev. G. Armstrong, Ex-Presi-dent; Revs. J. Gorton and J. Tindall) atm tools part. The following _elections took

T. Watson, place :—Mrs. lat 'At . IriCes.111t7sti

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Mrs. Marshall, Treasurer, and Mrs. Garton, Secretary. During this, the first. year £18 has been raised for the missionary fund.

High Wycombe.—The annual meeting was held at Westbourne.street on Wednes- day. Mrs. H. Haddow introduced Mrs. A. F.. Harding, of Swindon, who gave an inspiring message. Miss Church rendered a solo, and R.. W. C. Tonks gave a fine address. An interesting report was pre- sented by Mrs. \V. C. H. Fell. Member. ship increased. Income for year £23 5s., increase £8. A splendid tea was provided by the Westbourne-street ladies.

Kingston-on-Thames. — The monthly " At Horne " was held at Victoria-road, Norbiton, presided over by Airs. G. W. Wright. Rev. J. W. Ward gave a very interesting address. Mrs. Ayres read the missionary letter, and two enjoyable solos were rendered by Mrs. Watts. T. was kindly given by Mrs. Light. Mrs. Baldwin

presided at the piano. Collection for mis-sionary funds.

Uncoil:L.-0U, annual meeting was held at High.street Church, Mrs. C. T. Parker pre-siding. A most interesting and encouraging address was given by Rev. C. P. Groves, B.A., 13.D., of. Western Africa. Miss BOs. worth rendered two beautiful solos, Mrs. Croskell accompanying. The secretary gave a very satisfactory report. Mrs. J. J. Whitworth and Rev. S. G. Delafield also took.part in this meeting. A public tea, kindly given by Mrs. C. T. Parker, was well attended.

Manchester (Central)—An unusually large company gathered at Great Western-street, presided over by Rev. F. S. Bullough. The missionary letter was read by MS,. A. Rowbotham. Rev. Thomas Jackson, of Whitechapel, gave an illuminating address on the power of the Gospel to change the lives of men, women and children, with in-cidents from his many years' work in London. Mrs. Norton (president) and Mrs. A. Row. botham (secretary) were elected delegates to the annual council meetings at Scarborough. £75 has been sent to the African Fund and £5 to Rev. T. Jackson. Proceeds from the tea, £3 18,.

Martham.—Special services were held at Martham on Monday, when Nurse Elkins addressed both the afternoon and evening meetings. Mrs. Pigg presided in the after-noon. About seventy friends remained for tea. Mrs. F. Pitcher presided over a large ta.tnlantittg.1:10 th.evoev.enni:Leasts w-hiclt Mrs.

Grim. rendered a solo. The 'collection for missionary funds amounted to £4.

North Shields.—The ladies forming the south section of the auxiliary held their annual meeting on Tuesday. The reports of the secretary and treasurer were counted among the best yet presented. Rev. T. Greener Gardner told the story of the new advances made in Africa and the need for extra funds It was decided to send to the African find £37 10s., an advance of £12 10s. The membership is increasing and the spirit among the ladies suggoess that

11.1k; ttilile-Yiee't" 'leeches': e'Trir oPfLev1s,edw il'iyo have done so well during the past year, were all re-elected.

Nottingham.—The anniversary 1155 held at Canaan Church. The president of the Federation, Mrs. A. E. Harding, presided, with Mrs. H. Gilman as vicepresident.

An , fOctive address on Her Work Among the Wbmen of Ndoro, Nigeria," was givea by Alm. B. natty. Mrs. (1. A. Howard rendered two MAO, accompanied by Mica A.

nsome. Mrs. G. Watker, Mrs. G. E. Wiles and other„ ladies look part

' while three l'etuened missionaries—Revs. C. E.

WileS, B. Batty ,and J. Nicholls—we, Present: Tea was served by the Canaan Church ladies to a goodly company. The proceed's amounted to £10 15s.

Preston ',cook and Runcorn--The annual meeting was held at Creenwny.road Church, Runcorn. Mrs. kiosk presided, and Mrs. T. D. Phillipson gave an able account of the life of Mary Slessor. Aliss Stubbs read the missionary letter. The business meeting followed, all the officers being re. elected, with the addition of Mrs. Phillipson as a vice-president. Mrs. Toni Jones was added to the committee. £18 will be sent to the treasurer. Tea was served at the close. A vote of sympathy with Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Eyre was passed, who have lost a ma. in-law (Mr. Alfred Turaning) during the week.

St. Helens (Auekland).The annual meeting was held at West Auckland, pre-sided over by Rev. J. Pinchen. Mrs. Middlw miss read the missionary letter, and a Beet was rendered by Miss Collins. and Miss Fairless. There is an increase of twenty members, and £40 sent to the missionary fund. The elections were :—Piesidents, Mrs. Metcalf and Mrs. Pinchen; vice, Mrs_ Blacken; secretary, Mrs. W. F. Walker ; treasurer, Mrs. W. Hodgson. The West Auckland ladies kindly provided tea. A colic, lion was taken for missionary funds.

Scarborough.—The annual meetings of the auxiliary were held at St. John'eroad Church. Mrs. A. Morgan presided over a large gathering. In the afternoon INIrs. R. Brown, of Sunderland, gave a very fil, address, and also expressed her pleasure al the work done by the branch. Mrs. A. Atkinson read the 'missionary letter and Mrs. F. L. Cull the Scriptures. Mrs. J. Poole and Mrs. Temple delighted the friend. with their solos. Tea was provided, and a missionary stall was presided over by Mr.. t d'Theye'7

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Seabrook Roam (Private 111111), niza, Cartwright Garde.% W.C.t• Within 5 minutes' walk of Easton, Nt. Pancras and King's Cross stations. Terms, Red told Break-fast, lath and attendance, from 6/6 per day.-511. & MIS. GIBSON, Proprietors.

MORECAM BE. —Mrs. R. F. Lanai.,

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QOUTHPORT. — Seabank Road, two AY doors from promenade: apartments; an conveniences.—MIsses ASPORET.

TORQUAY.—.SIostbracirhig side. Superior fig re Iwar, Chanel Ace minutes.—Use. Hesse

MISCELLANEOUS.

CARET, TRANSFORMATIONS! nem ST%.(1`,Pie',4rcle :riscr'igegrIgt.

Sold ery sileinFze=7p.`="cdnitrnslis, 49, Albany Works.,

CHINA o[ every description for 'adled !Worse., rwrtehnt...t:.r,e,ida,tot uftexated in these

good else ri,irrxred.--liassracrossas. LirerDOOI Pottery.

MErJeIADI., BRASSES for Churches,

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Serect. London. W. 1.

Sox, Lro., Craftsmen, 246, Oreat Portland

TRY HERBAL TREATMENT for all

sigh itre'rd, i7ttiji7winialclutelir gtalf stamped &dammed easel..

BAZAARS.—IMPORTANT NOTICE.—The Who's Who" Public Man's Darner

WILT= ho'n'y'c"osset.! £5.160 for bazenre since 1922

shooaudIde4tolie,. for help to Secre-tary.

BAZAARS. — When hclidirtig a Sale f of Worn, send fOr Joe. as ale n reel/niers, P., 46, Wilson Street, Loudon,

MICE !—One nibble of BATTLE'S Vermin Killer means certain death. PecheW Sd..

9d. and 1s. Jd. Your Own anemia will supply it.

London ,Pnlehel g1eAsatajlltladi taztx.,or t ti,v," iFgInegn Stet, LC. ,,.,yy2,,Lti..iot .r.e;uk,4..r 1025.