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August 12.1913.
A FAMILY t'APm.
vould go ahead in any case. I'he Lowet
Souse approved of the report of the comnittee,
which has been considering a number
)f changes in the Collects, Epistles, and Gos-
^t\s.—The Times.
A meeting of the general executive of the
[ntemational Zionist Organization was held
last: week at the headquarters of the movement
in Berlin to decide upon the programme
of the next Zionist Congress—the eleventh
-which will open in Vienna on September
2. Professor Otto Warburg, ichairman of
the Central Executive presided, and representatives
were present from Russia,. Germany,
Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Belgium.
It was decided that one of the principal
questions to be discussed at the forthcoming
Congress should be the advisability
of erecting a Jewish University in Jerusalem.
It was recognized that the realization of such
a project, in view of the present conditions
in Palestine, is somewhat premature, but
that the obstacles placed in the way of Russian
Jewish students desirous of entering the
Universities of their native countrv and of
[Germany are likely to make the adoption
^f such a plan a necessity before very long.
I TAe Times, June 27, 1913.
^Rev. Robert J. Burdette, of Pasadena,
California, and Rev. Charles Stelzle, of New
!York, on the program of the Portland Conference,
did not attend. The former conitributes
an article to the August number of
[the Ladie's Home Journal, "The One Chair
jin My Pulpit; Why I Banished All the Oth-
;ers and Ministers, Too." It is a g°od lee—
iture on Pastoral Theology, in showing why
fkr. Burdette wants no extra seats in his
Ipulpit. The illustration given at the head
of the article is very instructive.
I Mr. Stelzle has given up his place in the
iSocial -Service work of the Presbyterian
!Church. Labor Temple has been transferred
Ito New York Presbytery. The first step,
lilitiating ministers into labor lodges, over
U decade ago, has not met with any more
fsuccess than their union- with Masonic and
[other Orders to gain influence with men.
Ead Compton, now Marquess of Northlapton,
was engaged to- Mrs. Moss, an
pflglish actress. His father persuaded him
|t« break it off, for social reasons; and on
Ithe second of July, the son, now Marquess,
Ntled this breach of promise case by the
fsum of fiftythousand pounds.
same. His birth was on this wise:
The Pennsylvania Commission for the He is a slave. The long hard day's work
pettysburg celebration invited ex-President is done. The evening meal has been eaten.
I'aft as well as the President, but did not
[The weary body cries for the hard pallet on
'invite Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Taft did not go.
the floor of +he hut, that they call their home,
,r. Wilson was there less than an hour to
but the struggle has not ceased. He can not
i''«'iver an address on Friday, the 4th of
]%• The town was crowded from the first
t| the week.
'There are a thousand hacking at the
"•anches of evil to one who is striking at
^ro't.—Scattish Reformer.
Many expressions similar to the following
«te being received in this office:
"I want t° express my wish that The
Christian Instructor may live on and on, and
that its funeral may be indefinitely postponed."
We suggest that there is but one way in
which to postpone its funeral beyond the
time 'fixed by the General Assembly, and
that is for all who are eager forit^s continuance
to concentrate their strength and give
it a new lease of life. We suggest that all
who are wiUing to help in that direction communicate
at once wiith Dr. W. G. Moorehead,
Xenia, O., stating what you are willing to
do.—Christian Instructor, July 22.
Rev. Professor Joseph Kyle of the Xenia,
O., Seminary, says in the United Presbyterian
of July 17th:
"With all that is acknowledged to have
been fitting and appropriate in the experience
of the late Assemblv, firm insistence
will be made on this: There is a vast difference
between intense desire for union and
willingness to bring about a form of union
through the sacrifice of principle. And it
may as well -be recognized first as last, that
there are thousands of United Presbyterians
who will not consent to union on such a
basis as the committee has proposed."
"Organic union on such a basis as the
Church is asked to accept would have few
of the marks of the oneness for which our
Lord Jesus prayed. Its firsteffect would be
the separation of brethren who have long
dwelt together in unity; for—let no one mislead
himself in this matter—the hope is absolutely
without foundation, that the United
Presbyterian Church will be wholly or nearly
unanimous in its acceptance of this basis.
For the disunion it would occasion, it ought
to be rejected."
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THE COMING OF JOSHUA.
By the Rev. O. F. Thompson-
The birth of Christ was on this wise; a
virgin of Bethlehem brought forth a son and
called his name Jesus.
And the angel of
the Lord came to the watchers in a night vision
and said, "Fear not, for behold I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall
be to all people.
day a Savior."
For unto you is born this
Thirteen hundred and sixty years before
that event in Bethlehem—or near that time
there was another Savior born who was
called Jesus—or Joshua, which is the
give up tO' sleep.
A slave, I said! Yes, he is a slave—his
body, but not his «oul. His soul is his own,
and God's-
Through the open door the hot air pours
in. Rising frcm his seat he moves slowly to
the opening and stands bo-king out at the
wonderful night. The sky is full of stars.
They seem to Crowd each other, so anxious
are they that their own Jight shall be seenin
the world. They are each so small, too. He
wonders why they are so anxious aibout their
shining, for the world would not know if a
thousand of them w-ere suddenly blotted out
of the sky. The thousands thait were left
would still fill the heavens like a bed of
diamonds.
As he looks he thinks of his own people
—tv/o millions of them—all slaves! How
small they, each one, are in the eyes of their
masters. If a thousand of them were suddenly
blotted out it would make no difference
to Egypt. The thousands that were left
would still be enough to- fillthe land and to
fire the brick kilns and build the monuments
and the cities.
"I wonder why they are all like me, so anxious
to live and do something in the world,
to leave a name, to work and love and make
others love them. Perhaps it is that we are
like the s'tars. They are made to shine and
they must. We are made to live and we
must live! But how can we! There are so
many and the food is so poor and the work
so hard! The task-masters are so cruel. The
people are discouraged. And well they may
be, for the king has decreed that all the children
must die! O, God! Why is it so ! And
a child is to be born to us! Must he die?
O, my Father! Must he die! Must he die!"
The vrords came unconsciously. He had
not intended to speak except in his own
heart. But the words are formed there and
can not be kept back.
Behind him a woman kneels at the stone
mill grinding a handful of meal for the morrow.
For a little as she droops aibove tbe
stone she is too tired to understand. Then
the words form into her thoughts and she
knows. Raising her itired eyes she looks, and
as she sees the man against the star-lit sky
he seems beautiful to her and a light comes
into her tired eyes. She forgets the meal
and the stone and tbe morrow and rising
she stands in the doorway by his side.
She touches his arm. Hie does not move.
His slave-body, tired with the work, is' asleep
and his mind is far away in the sky. He is
free for an hour and has gone away to- walk
with God. She waits. Again she touches
his arm. She holds him by the hand. "Nun,
my husband, God is good." His eyes open
once moire. Slowly (he turns and looks into
her face—"A Savior which shall be to all
the people—our people. He shall live and
lead them into the promised land. Then our
people shall live and shine as the brightness
of the firmament and like the stars for ever
and ever. He shall not die! He must not
die!"
Side by side they walk down- the path from
the door toward the river. It is the Nile
and its muddy, oily surface glistens in the
starlight like the back of some great serpent
gliding noiselessly along its banks. They
stand by the water and gaze far out over