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Vol. 59;
Prayer Meeting Topic.
PRAYER AIEETING TOPIC
FOR SEPT. 10, 1913.
Rev. J. G. -McElhinney.
Subject: Schools, Acts 7:22.
Psalms 1911
pjroblems of life and meet its point now that the same mUght
close competition, realize their mis- almost be said of High School. In
take in not getting more educa- the matter of higher education the
tion, should be a warning to those young people must in some cases
who think it is no use to go to
school.
lay aside their desire for it in order
to care for or provide for
Education does, or should result aged or invalid parents. Physical
V^ersion vv
No. in the development of the soul. weakness may also deter some
25 7-12
62 Through education, man's sympathies
are enlarged, his ideals But in most cases where there is
from completing their education.
43 3
116
45 15
122 raised, has usefulness increased, a desire for learning, with a few
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132 and when united with religion, exceptions such as the above, the
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205 his happiness and his capacity for effort should be made to secure it.
119
Part 2 310 good, greatly multipHed.
Parents should encourage their
COM^IENT.
II. AVHERE GO?
young .people to take as much
This is the time of year In deciding this question two schooling as poss'ible, for the competition
is so keen in every vo­
that parents and children all over others often arise: Where shall
the country are beginning to think we make our home, and shall our cation that it requires a more
about the opening of the schools, children be sent away from home through educational foundation
The decisions which will be made to attend school?
than it used to, in order to hold
this Fall in connection with the In selecting a location for a one's own.
scbool question, may be the turning home after considering the ques- •
point in the lives of many of our tions of health, religious environ- ^QfjlJ^a PeOOlc^S ToOiC
boys and girls and may determine ment, and! church privileges, the o r ' r'
the destiny of many souls. one of most importance is that of
I. W H Y GO? educational facilities. While there
This is a question which parents are some who leave the opportunity
and children need to study. Often for education; out of account in
there is so much work to do on
the farm, or the expense of living
in the city is so high that it
seems to require the combined effort
of the entire family to meet expenses,
and the parents are strongly
tempted to keep their children
out of school for at least part
their desire to make money, there
are a .great many who are not as
careful as they ought to be, to
locate within the bounds of the
church. There are people of Covenanter
.parentage, and many who
have been members of our Church
who have allowed the desire for
of the year. Some children would money or educatation, or the
rather play and some would rather matter of clima'^'e to take precework,
some get a dislike for school dence over loyalty to the prinor
for teacher, and some find it ciples of the church.
20:1; 31:8; 2 Chron. 16:9; 20:20.
hard to get the lessons and pass The same drain upon our Church HINTS FOR TALKS.
the examinations, and finally say comes from sending our young Is faith an emotion? What
"what is the use of going to school people to schools which are out of then do we expect when we pray
inyv^'ay?"
the bounds of Covenanter congre- for faith?
When we study the lives of the gations. Parents make the mistake What means .besides prayer can
educated men of the Bible, of of thinking that their careful inwhom
Moses and Paul are the struction in the principles of the What is the difference between
we use to strengthen faith?
chief representatives, we can eas- Church will outweigh, in all cases, dead and living faith?
ily see that if they had not ac- the influence of teachers, and felcepted
the opportunity which (jod low students, "and pastors of the faith on those ;who see it?
What is the effect of hearty
gave them, for receiving an edu- churches which are attended while Why do we not increase in
cation, they could not have done absent from home. This school faith ?
the great work which He want- problem is one which is most vited
them to do. ally connected with the growth
Victory! That is a Bible word,
The fact that the great and good and usefulness of our "beloved
men of the past have valued edu- Zion." Christ needs the strength
cation so highly as to provide for and service of all the educated
free education, in itself should and consecrated young men and
lead us to appreciate the opportunities
W'jmen the Covenanter Church
which we enjoy. The val­
ue of the schools in raising the
can produce.
III. HOW LONG?
citizenship of our country to a
higher degree of intelligence, is have a problem in answering this
recognized in many of the States question. With some exceptions
by the compulsory school laws on account of ill health, all chilwhich
they have passed. The dren should get to complete the
testimony of many persons who course provided by the common
after they have come to face the schools. It is getting to the
YOUNG PEOHLE'S TOPIC
FOR WEEK BEGINNING
SEPT. 7, 1913-
THE IDEAL CHRISTIAN.
HIS FAITH. I John 5:1-5.
By the Rev. Geo. S. Coleman.
Psalms. 4:6-8; 18:1-2; 23:1-3
(us); 27:9-10, 15-16; 31:18-23;
34:1-4 (L. M.); 91:1-2, 13-15.
Bible References. Prov. 14:26;
29:25; Isa. 26:3; Jer. 17:7, 8;
Nah. 1: 7; Mark 9:23 ; (Luke 17:
5; Rom i; 16-17; 11:20; 2 Cor.
1:24; Eph. 2:8; 6:i6;i Tim. i:
5; 6:12; Heb. 4:2; 13:5-6; Deut.
a Christian experience. Christians
are to win, they are to overcome
the world, the evil attractions of
all things around us. The American
athletes overcame the world
in brain and muscle at the
wt have entered as contestants
and if we will take the troubh
we can win.
Covenanter young people, you
Bible constantly speaks in the lan
guage of struggles, of determina
tion, of victory. Jesus Christ, wh(
was not an admirer of things a:
they are, but of things as the}
ought to be, lived a hfe of ef
fort; and in His efforts He was
(Concluded on page eleven.)
STOPPED SHORT.
Taking Tonics, and Built up on
Right Food.
The mistake is frequently made
of trying to build up a worn-out
nervous system on so-called tonics—drugs.
New material from which to rebuild
wasted nerve cells, is what
should be supplied, and this can
he obtained only from proper food.
"Two years ago I found myself
(m the verge of la complete nervous
collapse, due to overwork
and study, and to illness in the
family," writes a Wis. young
mother.
"My I friends became alarmed
because I grew pale and thin and
could not sleep nights. I took
various tonics prescribed by physicians,
but their effects wore off
shortly after I stopped taking them.
My food did not seem to nourish
me and I gained no fleshnor blood.
"Reading of Grape-Nuts, I determined
to stop the tonics and see
what a change of diet would do.
1 ate Grape-Nuts four times a
day with cream and drank milk
also, went to |bed early after eating
a dish of Grape-Nuts before
retiring.
"In a-bout two weeks I was
sleeping soundly. In a short time
gained 20 lbs. in weight and felt
like a different woman. My little
daughter whom I was obliged to
keep out of school last spring on
account of chronic catarrh, has
changed from a thin, pale, nervous
child to a rosy, healthy girl and
has gone back to school this fall-
"Grape-Nuts, and fresh air were
the only agents used to accomplishi
the happy results."
Name given by Postum Co.,
Olympic games, and our hearts
swelled with pride. The Germans
Both parents and young people long for such a triumph; and they Battle Creek, Mich. Read the
have already built their stadium little booklet "The ~' Road to Well­
for the next contest, ,they are ap­ville,pointing
in pkgs. "There's a
trainers, they are making Reason."
athletics a public enterprise, for Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
they are determined to win. In
are genuine, true, and full of human
a far harder and greater conflict,
interest.