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now being added. Several conversions were spiritual uplift came to many others.
THE QUIET HOUR OR THE RESTLESS HOUR? A good brother in a certain large city writes us regarding his efforts to interest the laymen and ministers of the town in the observance of The Quiet Hour,” and tells of some of the replies, received, which he has tabu lated as follows: Replies from some laymen: “ Get six or seven men togeth er and go to it.” “ It has been done in New York.” . “ I can pray where I am .”
“ Count me in on it.” “ I don’t have tim e.” “ Call on_me again about th is.” “ I ’m too 'bu sy ju st now.” “You are in earnest, I see.” From some ministers: “ It is a good th in g ” (coldly). “Yes, th a t is a good th ing to do” (Icicles) “You bet we need it” (in terested ). “ I ’ll do all I can to help” (earn est). “We’ll w ait on God” (a live one). “ I ’ll pray for th is th ing ” (much in te rest).
, „ , “Appoint one man from each congregation of th e city to look after th is (a quick dism issal of all in te rest). “ I ’ve been th ink ing of th is for a y ear.” , “ I tried to sta rt th is once myself.” But the great thing is that one of the twenty-five laymen approached (a live wire too) called seven men of known faithfulness into his office and enlisted them in the work, and fire is expected to fall when these men come together for intercession in the upper room. We have no comment to make, but simply state the facts, from which you can draw your own conclusion. When the “ Quiet Hour” goes out of a life, the “ Restless Hour”, will come in. This poor old world has no quiet hour. It-has no rest. The observance of the “ Quiet Hour” on the part of believers will result ,in quickened zeal on behalf of those for whom Jesus died, and to whom He says: “ Come unto Me and I will give you rest. • ’ . T. C. H. HOW NOT TO DO IT The Presbytery of New York, in seeking to solve the problem of how to reach the unchurched foreign masses in New York City, in 1910 leased a building, calling it “ The Labor Temple,” the work there being carried on under the direction of a committee appointed by the Presbytery. Later, a church was organized at this place, known as the “ American International Church” and six full time and nineteen half-time paid -workers were employed. The church has_ a membership of something oyer three hundred, and during 1920 was without a pastor. Looking oyer the list of speakers who occupied the pulpit during that time we notice one, Dr. Will C. Durant, who spoke sixty-eight times, in spite of the fact that he was and still is excluded from speaking in the public schools of
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