Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . his is,we think, a step in Ihe right direction. Concerning womans interest in thedevelopment and extension of Sabbath-schools, it is gratifying to see that some ofour presbyteries are adopting the plan ofappointing presbyterial committees ofwomen to cooperate with the regular Sab-bath-school Committee in advancing theTwentieth-century Movement. Philadel-phia, Philadelphia North, Milwaukee andSyracuse are among the number, setting anexample in this respect which may be fol-lowed by other presbyteries with a certaintyof good results. The superint
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . his is,we think, a step in Ihe right direction. Concerning womans interest in thedevelopment and extension of Sabbath-schools, it is gratifying to see that some ofour presbyteries are adopting the plan ofappointing presbyterial committees ofwomen to cooperate with the regular Sab-bath-school Committee in advancing theTwentieth-century Movement. Philadel-phia, Philadelphia North, Milwaukee andSyracuse are among the number, setting anexample in this respect which may be fol-lowed by other presbyteries with a certaintyof good results. The superintendent of this departmenthas visited this fall the Synods of Wiscon-sin, Baltimore and Pennsylvania, in theinterest of our work. He was greatlystrengthened by the manifestation of a pro-found realization of the vital importance ofthe work of training the youth of our coun-try in the Word of God, and especially ofan interest in the great movement for theingathering of the neglected. 509 510 A SABBATH-SCHOOL MISSIONARY TOUR IN OKLAHOMA. [December,. First Presbyterian Church, Stroud, service at organization of Sabbath-school, April 3, 1898. A SABBATH-SCHOOL MISSIONARYTOUR IN OKLAHOMA. REV. THEODORE BRACKEN, Sabbath-school Synodical Missionary. Saturday, September 24, by previousappointment, Mr. William Davis, our mis-sionary for the Presbytery of Oklahoma,met me at Shawnee that we mightmake a trip along the line of the extensionof the St. Louis & San Francisco R. R.,now being built from Sepulpa, I. T., toOklahoma City. The journey for the day,as Mr. Davis had planned it, was to driveto Stroud, forty-five miles distant. Whenthe train arrived at Shawnee about , Mr. Davis was ready, and by we were on the road. The daypassed without special incident, exceptthat we were made to realize what a dryand thirsty land is. When the time camefor lunch we could get no water for theteam. After repeated inquiries we weredirected to Oklamoma Spring, where wewere assured th
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