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4 THK LUTHERAN VISITOR January 23, 1902 WORTHY OF ATTIHTIOIT. For five years Newberry College has not asked synod {or an appro priation on account of cnrrentez penses. This fact in itself shows that the institution has made pru dent use of its limited means and commends it to the favorable con sideration of our people. Bat every year brings ns info sharp compe tition with colleges that have more teashers, larger endowments and stronger material equipment, and it is imperative that we should pre pare for more efficient work at Newberry. In this connection the following resolutions adopted at the recent meeting of synod de serve wider circulation than the published minutes have giv-n them: Resolved, 1. Tbit a colnmu be added to our parochial table, headed “('ollt-ge Endowment," and that during each year, begin ning with the incoming synodical year, each congregation in our con nection be asked by the pastor and the church council to contribute as much as five cents per member, and that the same be paid to the treasurer of synod and by him to the treasurer of the Bachman En dowment Fond and held by said treasurer as assets of said fund. 2. That ten per cent of the inter est annually received by the treas urer of the Bachman .Eudowment Fund be retired by him and listed as a part of the principal of that fund. 3. That the earnest and prayer ful consideration of the friends of the college is hereby called to the great and vital importance of the church fully endowing its institu tion, and that all voluntary con tributions made by them for this purpose will be gladly received and receipted for by the treasurer of the endowment fund and added to the amount already obtained, and that in all cases where persons contribute as much as one dollar and - upward their names, with the amount donated, be printed in the minutes of synod. Our synod has no more impor tant work than this at Newberry. The college is not an end but a means to a most important end, it is to fit our young men for their duties as members of the church and of the community. Our desire should be not simply to compete with other colleges on an equal footing, but to provide the beet opportunities for. our young men. We must not ewpect them to cfcrmfe to Newberry solely because this is a Lutheran college, but because it is Lutheran and is otherwise as good as other colleges that are>c- cessible. We should patronise our college not for the mere gratifica tion of having a large school, but because a Lutheran college is best adapted to fit young men to love and maintain the traditions and history and faithfully and effec tively to promote and develop the future interests of |be Lutheran Church. It should be our constant pleasure to make our college in creasingly worthy of the loyal patronage of our people. G. B. C. CENTURY MEMORIAL ECHOES. There are very few discordant echoes from the vast field over which the Century appeal Las gone. Perhaps the outgoing sound has not been loud enough. We have refrained from using a megaphone, lest the echo should partake of the Sampsonian tone. But there have been many generous responses, and with very few exceptions they have been kind and encouraging. This mutual consideration and confi dence will abide as one of the in teresting memorials of this great Century Memorial movement. We are all greatly interested in the success of this great work, and cannot but realize its vital bearing upon the future welfare of our be loved Zion. Nowand then a note of genuine grief reaches us from de voted friends of the cause, and we can hardly resist the temptation to record A Brother’s Lament, which reached us a few days ago, in a letter announcing certain re mittances on subscriptions just maturing. This brother has given as liberally according to his means perhaps as! any one of the thous ands whose names are enrolled, and out of the fullness of his heart says: "I do not like to see the manifest indifference which char acterizes so many of our congrega tions. I have been surprised at the failure of some pastors to re port anything from their congre gations.” We know this brother pastor so well as a man of God, content to labor during a long ministry in fields in which unre mitting and arduous service wa» his chief reward, that we have thought such a word as an echo from a remotfe iddunthin gfen worthy of being echoed and re echoed at this particular time when this cause is pressing toward its final utterance. Bat there came by yesterday’s mail Another Echo which is doubtless the prelude to scores of. others soon to be heaid. There have been eloquent silences here and there in which great thoughts and noble purposes have been maturing. As the forerunner of greater things we have a report from the Sunday school of St. An drew’s, Charleston, telling of a Christmas offering of $116 for the Century Fane. Tha pastor ex presses himself as delighted at the interest which has developed among the children. There is within the church no more perfect or more powerful orgauization than our Bunday-schools. If they were mar shalled in behalf of this cause, aided by the congregations now moving into action, the Century Memorial would be an assured suc cess. And this leads us to remind the Sunday-schools that the com mittee has promised a “Century Banner" to the school showing the largest response to the century call. The two schools so far in the lead are those of Grace church, Prosperity, and St. Mark’s, Char lotte; and “there are others" yet to be heard from. Easter offer ings will be in order We await other echoes. Robert C. Holland. Our State Missionary held his first regular service in Greenwood, S. C., on Sunday, the 19ih instant. The county authorities most cheer fully opened the court house for these services and the beginning was very encouraging. An organ was secured, a number of friends kindly consented to lead the song- service and the missionary was assisted by Rev. J. D. Bowles. The work necessary to this auspi cious opening can only be appre ciated by those who have engaged in similar mission work. Nine teen visits were made, in addition to various business calls, and much work besides. Eighteen members so far have been found, and there are others living some miles out of town who will unite and cooperate with the mission in Greenwood—not to speak of the kind words of men in the general community. The field is therefore promising. He will soon com mence wopk also at Spartanburg and other (faints. Christmas la tbs Orphan Home Chnsmas in the Orpau Home has come and gone like all others, ex cept that in some respects it was more enjoyable than others for the children. They were remembered with more toys and playthings than usual. This was due largely to Mr. Renner, of Roanoke city, and the Sunday school class of Mrs. E. C. Tovey, of Charleston. To these as well as others thanks are hereby offered. But the things for which we are most grateful are the valuable gifts in kind and the cash contributions. These, after Christ mas has passed, are things which administer most to the pleasure and comfort and well being of the children. Some of the donations and remittances have been very lib eral. We have several from con gregations and individuals who have not been contributing hereto fore. Some have not yet made their usual contributions, but we hope to hear from them by and by. To all we return sincere thanks and ask God’s honest blessings upon them. We are glad to note that the prospect is that the Orphan Home debt will be up in discussion at the next meeting of the United Synod. We now have in the Home a second teacher, Miss Hankla, of Rural Retreat, Va. The securing of another teacher has been made imperative. The teaching of forty children with the other duties of looking after their wants was too much for one teacher. While we need the material sup port of the Church, above all things else we need the prayers of the Church. Our work is a humble one, but an arduous one. To look 1 after the temporal and bodily wants of the children is dif ficult enough. But to train them for life’s work and for the king dom of God. It must be remem bered that children in an orphanage are, like- other children in the world, prone to evil. Again thanking the many friends for their kindness to the home, we beg to remain as ever, Yours gratefully, The Superintendent. A conference of Sunday-school workers was lately held in Copen hagen, and was attended by 1,500 delegates from Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Norway has 600 Sunday-schools, with 50,000 chil dren; Sraien, 243,000 children, wffh 16,IKK) ttottb'drs.