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, • - S*9S|P&SSr.: ; -ftofifnidD J ffioSifeada 4't«g«oi ,'Zi ‘mmb-wstm. MAKE YOU FREE."—John viii, 82. Mi* ttt * tfft’H »*’4i * ‘"V1 »*> I lr*. 4;-" »■>!•{ »X:"' * j ; I >?> *&4o*,i 4'•>£»*.* tj.ilt.ikjiir.ii CHARLOTTE, .V -*• Z+llHf’ >A‘ rjt. •,■>-* Uj, i. I* ‘ \ L-^M, ( !i^4U -iV “, A * ,'•V" [■ ^ - .. v , .■•'■?*/.. 21 : ,' ? • .■* »1* a r, -+A -. ■' . .k ' ... ».. .. * . v . m a ■fT Hi fmli i J. ** j -f• ’<■ * ff mJib - ifa’ .nr. K { * T1W6R0 PRE$$AND CHURCHARE ^ ^ ^sspLENIjiFORCES. vr.fli-t *f\c y,r-£H :Wha^ O«r Pioneer Joiirnalists Accomplished ^ , ^ Very! Great Obstacles. fiShfc. rt> i{ij. : ^he. r; <2hrifctiari ^Efe-' f&M&afat.t*:**. ;w i - -If* V L h'/,'.- f j '"TitiS t^Q*.<rn4B^pfl£^ fprars irfVformirifc iflodem' public? bpjpcj ion are the pulpit and the press,. ha*t<H*aeh'-#i {pp>pn£>pplyr ofl.fhe, oglhio^f^«oi^ng ...ajflpH&iiMp, owa^pier a ..%pre ^ei about BGfOGQ churches . among st as; tirtfes! h<£& at! We^all msWifnffl£ as many or least the 50?uoo c ovej* the- land'"These are great, dfffnlbfi*’ form^ftf ffettft4t»i&.:>S,Keir, sdmjjtl&VB#?Hs '’^wftadSsarfty bjsut fl$#h‘ tffe sj^rittSfeft*thihgai^Wfeite tftey^tS hiti - dii 'Misifieise,' Jpblitiids, ;i‘s?tSfeif*o^jeeti, .and #oi$ hrid ^mor^iheyn sehthb' rue ’d&sSity for cbrMdninating.orft'ne If&oft'1 ;Fer;«i#r- Mile? tfeople^ihoj : hffittt^TH^Hat'-: tfteiP^ ^educatttjn < ' material vrprd&reds,>;* Aopti * ^jth "M’ftffe gfreaMM %hto* made '* pftem ?$M »1iha5%>l*iridfples:.€!f»>lirv-i fmjfc'His Stiff «J$34d- taught; wei wmatA-fal <prdgr&3s aMe need,-an _ yr^tiifclg te- spiritual ^Oftf^ ima 1 stTpaig^ Aeifeebr^ItGch j well trainedt-hulprt. sffciip .TBfiare 1 needed today than ever before/ l^tet'consittgj*forward -1© | - hHwse^d&in*! ___ al<fihg^edtHI^ Ifnes, politick btfSTnesi, 'sooiahHie/iete. t>-Thb ' •^tihifiren ^otiMfWeteome <thi& aid. kMf ■ThP^8hdi4h ^Shfeulid help, Mhe ” h^d^TpaperV^y^rywhere. Ipstead pf. .being rivals they should be 6tmh^s,^H' d partnership for. •**' tfn^rastf^ifeSWMCMg the people. ' *'A±* {SfeSlfcit .tfee^ffrbfes ds not a& ^dhg’aS'lt 3hoUidvbe. M/i&pniy in its beginning. Indeed only ^*^ith5n‘^»e 'ppeseirh *generation Whs *Che .ji&fcspaper come -1# the *} i^c^^KSre «<any -large., mimbete; u ’ ro' weJfftraihed 'men cotildymak-e. a living diif <e£4t. yy%en? tihp his^ tory of the self-expression and ff^:£'etfdcefp ?W#Gwernent*am®ftg tM * wiftgi^p.: (rf^Am«i»ida,7 is written;; thettchufrcbj A-thp>f press: 5f>’ Wlfls'ttdte* W«'ipl4oe-;a»V!the Iftnfest ^ettbrt *&i^.'racbf“'has Hpad.e ^ot ^#^fife)Dtr*1tsllf; ifcnd^ rdly *wp#u *r ?&. Ths&tfgh ffltyuyears:.ef'’the: ‘•-•v^ibstisdli?e^*haddshipit;pipl the greatest sacritte«3t-;^ei,-|[^ejgrp; editor has fought his way>to 11 tWti? frtifft t anfl^oir his place • jfh Wsatfts^ df* his-people,; Ifc/lfe % ^thrilling istoiy and*shjbjdld*be 1 1&5 Wtr1 5nr4*>-t‘-ltory'i; ixiilli,'ila, . * t#aWy'‘hvt!it1fenli itf writ'dpVmubh IVthe' yputh’’ to. ipoblpr «*tM\fe«.^Wtfh jaU;..theirUfkalfe. merrlme* ^Ohrifr-Jv l Perry, •*£: Thomas ’Fortune, John H. Mur fcKVH4I:rllX d®op&E,»BeBtj; Tucker ^**P**WWA£ <^orgia:Lu.JCiK>4c, W:f J;. pledge ,)W.«-A> J Vllit: '/ T'-' t—’~— --o <:r; • r- - -- and a-. host of Others ^*heir r^ard, - laid a TOTBftfatfrom.'f or whelping Ne pifestecve ifchein-owin souls wfiSSK^Oj^. never‘•Realized’' anc* their sons -of this "generation *^eiHeai*5ftB# chi their*iWOrk well. Th^Jprdss todays ^vie^ ^vith#the ,<?dchbol House and*?theh oolfege in, > *£etttng «nfea «>4' • training, Pand best .have/dllbweti *l'*4toe ^wrees. because..: ih$c# they ^ flhd^ft^fer^avemies Mof-*$elf-ex f spfesston,*aAd/Jtrtte'r.^ace .loyalty. Two Howard University EMs -are- magazine editors^, one f|»B4n^ylv5in^sr JJh; jD^ is\a jweekly newspaper e^tgr, .and on *' the staffs _pf our' leading' weeklies are graduates fo&k'rd,' Yale,'Columbia, , ___. ;®htaigo, NoBtli ^stern, \fisconsm, Michigan (, neafty ,’e^er^* college in the ” fandr^The^e’sttbng ynung men are making goiod. -Nearly- four ’ “ fiefe'newspapers testi-. i Whatever‘rriay'be > dfrtt. (f^fferenees;Ain, -politics; * in sdHal-1f- position,: -fir ^J^cbhditfon? un business wdeationai equi'p *ment/^f» -di^&fcien; "*or geo ** ti * ■ ?Ht.*dwi|if.XJlO i.-k’ >' graphical situation,, there is one thing- on which all these papers are a unit ; they believe in their race. The- 'creed ■ of the Negro newspaper which every editor jvould sign might read: “I be lieve that God created all men with inherent human equality; that He is no respector of ra cial differences; .1 < believe in •that part of humanity common ly- balled the< American Negro, that- he is entitled to the same rights in this country as any other -citizen;- that this is as much his country as , anybody efse’s and that he should not, nojr anybody else, - be judged M' ely by the color of his skin, ; by his1 character and ac-j pjisftments. I • believe in ffighhood: at-its-noblest, in reli gior( ?n its purest, education to JtS fiillest, industry in every form'is honorable, politics -that undemocratic,* government that rg’sts upon the consent of the ‘governed; and-a square deal for all men. ;,c.The. church should support Screed: If! is-truly Christian .•iplVjbhe'*large#' sehse; It is the ^pflrifig ojut -In 'practical life &hat..We, piCach: - As the race ’£rpws 1 in .intelligence,' • the press grpw pstfr'otfgteE- Soon there will be gre'ard'aiiy papers in the con fers !6f pbpulatibh such- as <-New Aqrk', Philadelphia, -Baltimore, ^Nashville, Pittsburgh, St; Lou ie^ i^bujsville'-and other large cities. ' The. day' is coming. The church ihust help it to- come by encouraging the newspaper men; by .urging * its officers and rnemberk to' read: For the news paper man is,the-spirituat brofhT er *fo inefL preacher, ancfr upon pulpit afid press- depends a great deal of the future of our peo ple. ‘V': " ‘ •'" ; ? • i\E HAVE HEARD FROM ■*l -OTHERS. .Just a few days, ago we re ceived a letter from our good fripnd and former teacher in onc,e Biddle, Dr. George E. Da ;yis, stating that’ he Will'be re sponsible for Dr. Luke / Bor land's picture, :or piftfe,, and a letter from my old college- mate, Jbrof. Ijenry-B. Rice, saying that be Will'*be responsible for the photo-engraving -of /-. the late FrolPWitiiamfE. iHutehison and Prof. Eugene P. Semple. . We are communicating with certain brethren' tonight, ask ing fhem tb' be responsible for the . phdto-bngraving of Prof. Francis Robinson and the Rev. Ei' J: Adams,-• who preached in Charleston when our work was first established. , Perhaps Mrs. Maggie Brown ^Robinson, at'Bariiberg, and Dr. Rollins can send u's a brief out hiie j>r sketch of Dr. Grove’s wouk uji Wallingford Academy ‘and Olivet church in Charles ton,,"and also hunt up his pic ture-at once and send us his cut.' ... j’ ' ‘ Will some one hold up his hand ,for ;the plate of dear Rev. Dan riel Gibbs, who did some of his jbest pioneer work hr Laurens ;and Sumter counties? His photo is in. our possession, i 7; I hay.e written an old retired Sabbath School missionary to !be responsible for the first men in that work. We . are expecting itohear from him .this week, for he is prompt and interested in: the work Atlantic Synod is attempting t o .undertake through: its stated . clerk and those-who are willing to assist him. • '»• Hitherto we have heard from no one relative to making him feelf responsible for the plates bf Drs, -S. C. -Alexander and Wil lis D. Miller and his son. and daughter, Biddle’s first teachers. Will some brother answer? | Your slothfulness in respond ing to our request in this mat ter is . delaying the work. , W. L, *Metz; Stated Clerk of Atlantic Synod. “r Edisto Island, S. C, i RICHARD ALLEN CARROtt, Richard Allen Carroll is* the son of Dr. W. H. Carroll, of Monticello, Ark., and is in many respects a very remarkable child. His power to commit and recite: difficult passages shows that .1li great career awaits him. While; attending the School of Methods he was called upon at a. late1 hour to recite Paul’s first. Mis sionary journey. He had gone to sleep but when he was awak** ened he. recited with as much ease and self possession as any professional man. Richard is only ten years of age. The book in his hand is a copy of the Old Testament Scriptures. It WAS given him by our Hoard of Pub-> lication and Sabbath School Work for repeating the. Prima ry Catechism at the age of years. He, of course, was. ^ in school, and learned to .ire by being arcfund among the . . .dents;- but..,hjs-;first enrollmefc as a student was in the Nevin School, Los Angeles, California, where he made four grades in two years. He can name.all. the books of the Bible, name all the divisions and name the book before and the book behind ‘any book in the Bible. He can trace the Missionary journeys of the l Apostle Paul, naming each city in succession, the principal events that took place in the city; his imprisonment, at,. Cae sarea and his journey to. Rqme. He takes easily to musics plays almost any ordinary musi<?>. at sight. He feels bound to. attend all the Synods, Presbyteries, and Conventions that,,his. father attends. • ' • ; .. ART AS THE EXPRESSION OF BEAUTY, ft To me art is the expression of beauty in whatever form ft rrtay appear : in the home* An the shop, in daily life, in WQ£k:^nd thought. It is something infi nitely deeper and broaden than the form through which it man? ifests itself. Its measure of Beauty is directly proportioned to the sincerity, of purpose Add the fineness of the ideals that give it form. The conscious ef fort to understand and appre ciate'a work of Art strengthen^ our own ideals; and in, striving to express oUr ideals, -through whatever task comes-to our hands, we may make our own life and the lives of others hap pier, more worthy, arid rfiore beautiful. . • , , Ernest A. Batchelder. ■ v It'is said that the teacher oi Martin Luther always stood be fore his pupils with uncovered head in realization of trie that there might be a great fu ture leader in the midst. In a like spirit, the world-today may well give pause' to consider the vast inherent capacities-of this nation of Near East criildrehA these children, glowing witl American ideals, fortified witl new concepts of character trained as children never hav< been trained in all the long hiS' tory of the Near East, who wil some day go forth to camplfctelj revitalize and rebulid the his toric Bible Lands.—John W Mace. » M ' BEramoaJKHonjfflMiAciiT CELEBRATES. r :W 14 During the Whek ‘of NdWfemi ter 9th to l^teth^congr^ation Oklahoma^Cityv Okla., celebrat ed the Twentieth Anniversary of tfe^foiinditig ^ thab'church and the' Fifth 'Anniversary ofr the preiiht pastor, the Rev., W. E; Houston. The * program provided for an anniversary sermon Sun4 day morning, by the p*$£or, a preaching service or. music$L ex ercise each' night. during . the week, and on the last day,'Sun day, Nov. 16, there was a a^e* rial exercise in .the afterribohj At this time there were two SdJ dresses by officers of the church in laudation. o% the RevJ Houston. Mrs. D. A.* Wiseiier spoke on “Our Pastor,” and El-I der -J,. A. Byrd reviewed the Kis-i tory, of the’church,, taking'Tor his subject, "Bethany Church Twenty Years Ago,, and Now.”; We, are giving. Elder Byrd’S ad-j dress here: ’ ? BETHANY TWENTY YEARS AGO AND NOW. A By Elder j. A. Byrd. ".•Twenty* years ago Bethany Presbyterian church,, pf • Okla homa City, was organized A committee sent out by the Presbytery of Oklahoma, in $he fall of 1904;, The charter ittem-* bers were twelve* $0 provide a place of worship fa room Ip by 15 was donated by the generous Miss Byrd. Re^. Wilbajft L.; Bethel was j called as pasi^r; andj Served for J,a . peribd^* o£f 4ightj years, giving up This ' work be-1 cause of illness. Following Rev.. Bethel,Bev.j y J. Grier, served a's its tfecbhdi tor for T year,^tlien^ designed take up work elsewhere. - i Rev. Houston ,i& o\ir. fourth . tstor- He-teeame nniA A^gust, 1921, afte* one yaer.lhterhft fol lowing the death ' of Rev. iA^M. Caldwell,- whet had beenjour pas tor for eight years; During ^iS time the church made steady growth. . an ' In the fall of 1909,A!Cbmmifc tee was,-employed by the church to- secure a lot; c Tjte committee reported favorably pn;; a loj; in Southtowm on Choctaw ^reef , Whieh was>< purchased* Thera hd ing no building suitajble fpr the hridipg. of seryicep, steps, were immediatelyjtak^i fpr the^ erec tion of a Abuse of Worship^ and manse. $unds j were" Splrcited; and these together With A sprhht and a loan from the Board of Churpji,,; ^re^ion^j’enabled’ tte committee hi -erect' / the build ingSt:^^- h L"' ,2 . '-The, ,charter inembers.are all active pn,tjie,rp4 of tne -church/ exo^ptrprof. XJgL ''M* Hfaielton, Bro., jamesiTaylbr Jiid Miss LatH* ra Av Byrd»‘„ ‘ l^eir .Jbfces; dte hushed on the £bll call. - - They have p&SSM through/the vaBey anif: shadow* bf ^the dissolution, but sdmeWhere <•, teyond the .evening - and-Ahil sunset*/thfiir splfendM Spirits have found con genial company in? that,. glad throng that? siilgs and -play*'in ■the gardens of everlasting flo •••.••O'.Ut «l In,, ' ^ IwisteT had Time. “tor nay somehting about.; :all. fthe. meri who KavW'paskbred thisT church, but' I -have’: decided ■ that -^p names be mentioned to .whpni WC 6we sor-muclw A RtovfrWl-Ew Jiaustaitf v T * The * church/ takes*; the • oc$a* •$ibtt*of the'thfrd anniversary, oi 'year official ctenflet*On;'mthw>tbc church, to record its ,(Apprecia tion of;. yo.u^.fajthM^ and, effi cient service ip tpe',chpreh During the th^^ ^.earf pf ^ydiii pastorate the church has vas$lj increasedits idefiibership, ahc ’has baptized mere -babies tbar arty other church in tour Pres bytery. .•> »•-; ■■w ;-*&?' j' ’ ' Other churches :riescognizinf , your abilities-and prominence have honored you irtvinany ways . You; haw gfven-Bethany churcl i a conspicuous “ place and influ ’ ence in' tips',? -Through, your years ? here i you have ever sought. P>. keel our churchy true tovjhdr teadi L tiens in doctrine jafad pofiyfc&jh extend hey;usefulness,, and M ■ safeguard her ^g<^, name;* j}i : may be ljaosi: accurately -said you have been a capable^ and dis f ;v . , *■ . . v W•. a',li __ I tinguished. pastor,* and that in you church has an invalua ble servant, whom the whole cburch has. delighted to honor. Your life is ,W«U V worth the living. Your mission as a pas tor has 'been to inspire ’ smiles that would dry the tSKrs on the Xacfe of' the disappointed; to quicken laughter th&would sti fle the sobs of the' distressed; to brighten the way Of tho&e who Were groping in darkness; to lighten the beacons of hope to those despairing. U - That you are an extraordina ry pastor is a 'fact which will into history. As the view points of those Who know you rp so Will thdir opinions dif ferv.ks to the extent’ of your greatness and the- fineness of yoiir genius? In the effort to cor rectly focus * the eyes- of the futurh ttqooii you, truth must in eyitabtyVitaAngje with error, and though' truth shall prevail,; the wfiiten"&&e can never do you, justice,{-analysis can cTearly ^fil|e iydU.’' Not even a SKake&pfeiIhe 'iwh&k Milton can paint the- flavor of1 a peach or picture the bdor of a rose. Poets may' sing ;forever of moonlit rivers,/ but Unless you have looked 'iipotf their shimmering,; silver-flowing through hours,' that belong to dreams you are aj stranger to their beauty. ' Only those who have seen and heard you can enjoy any thing- approaching a true con ception of yop. Your success has mocked all precedents and has defied all rules. ,; ; ^ Rev. W. L. Bethel. ; To you Rev. W. L. Bethel, pastbr., , emetitus, the church is leader ‘ great obligations for pa- * tlcbce, 4bility, firmne8s and wis d^i, yHbidb you haveever shown merry heart, iot you have a smile which never wears off. You have i spent time a^d money itfhelpjngito build this, church. You left* the enchantments of the civilization of your native state and four, former Presby teries,- to., spend the years * of your life op. the prairies of Okla homa, .among../a" people whom you had to„„teach the. Shorter Catechism and the Confession of Faith bc.fpre .y6u could preach to them according to our stand ardSi j,, • Spending the years of your life in jplf-denial, , age and ill health .Ty.ere, playing their parts. You retired on your own accord. The members of Bethany church Were willing that you should re tire,; but! granted yqu to remain as pastor emeritus, So that the church \ might' not be parted from the love of you during your. life time. You have testified in your life. and'; exemplified in- your ijrork, mat life is more than itieat sinn the body is more than raiment. i; 1 ’ ' .’^.ge arid ill health did a cruel whpii tfyey took'you from active ' service in our church. I^ey, Bethel, you are a rare com bination of humor’, pathos, and sujrishine. Your hand is ever ppep, and ' your heart ever in sympathy,' with ■ the church. Whence entered the humblest kebifatSbiL of sorrow, darkness was . dispelled by the light of , youi*‘Wfiisome smile and cheer ing, vbice." You ai*e naturally a financier arid ‘manipulator, and h^(J you centered your attention ,011 either;1 yon would have be coifleYiMnous. But you preferred tfieriiimSt^y/ arid in that was an eminent . success, Your very name seemed to carry with it $n£ irresistible force in the . tphUrcliM atri proud to say that you are my friend, arid that we jlove, each other with all the ’ strong affefetioni which it is pos sible for mari to entertain for ; man.' Yo me your retirement i was 4 a source, not only of pro , found, but personal regret. { However, ft iS painful to dwell . on these personal relations, for they only cause the waves of re gret Which have receded to re | tura ”with overpowering force. . In this body you are loved and j respected by all. ► What we say here today t counts for little. We may brush away a tear, but we cannot sup - plant it with a smile. AH we -■ . ~—V-. v ’—. " t. can do is to record ourloyeand appreciation for you. and'froln our> heart of hearts egress a word of good cheer. Butwe can ^nd do express the hope and be lief that on the* "day of days, you will be gathered as a rich sheaf to the harvest j home, where, in. company with the ah gels, you will join in heavenly musicf, and that you snail, pfcr-* take rof all the joys of iinipbh tality. ‘ ' Vt. * To* be. joyous here, to be hap py now does not militate against fyut rather presages joy and nippiness in the beyond. ’ & there is any better way to hon or thife Creator, any. saner man ner of showing reverence to the Author-of our being^any h er evidence of earnest and sin cere worship, in spirit and 4b truth, than to prize Mfe, to val ue, its blessings, spread the gos pel of good news and cheerful- ^ ness, see the beauties in all na ture, laugh with the rippling waters and romping: children, sing with the birds, smile with the stars, glow with the sun light, join in the music of the spheres, it is difficult to per ceive or understand. In all the relations > of life you carried with you this dispo sition. You did not keep it to yourself, but like, the whirling dynamo, you. generated it con— stantly and threw it out so that it affected all within . ydur reach. . • .•*, • I had to state any* one tlftig as the great secret of your great power, I would say it was your great heart, a heart that overflowed all bounds, and actuated every moment of your life, and made you absolutely invincible before humanity. In your life your deepest con cern is for the happiness and the welfare of your fellowman. I am intimately acquainted with you, and my prompting and nature well said that it was hevj^ any*part of yaur pregpun to wrong any human being, or harm anything God has ever made, that your great nature is too large to be little, and too good to be mean. We shall ever cherish ypur memory, and feel and know, that each of us is better for having khown you. You will go down in the history of our church as the appstle of . sunshine. ■ • You lived for the happiness of others. You made everybody about you have a good time. Your perpetual good hu mor was contagious. There was joy and gladness wherever you went. . *' This church expresses, .its heartfelt sympathy for you, and most devoutly prays that your life may be spared to us and Him for many years to come. “May the Lord bless thee .and keep thee, the Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee, the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.” DEATH OF A BELOVED WOMAN. The funeral of Mrs. Julia J. Walls, of Hill St., was' held at Clinton Metropolitan church, Sunday at 2 P. M. She had been a member of this church for thirty years. She was also a member of the Eastern Star, city chapter 280. She. departed this life quietly New Year’s morning shortly after 3 o’clock. Mrs. Walls devoted much of her time ,to charitable work which caused her to come in contact with a large number of people and in this way made many friends and was loved by all. She was especially interest ed in school boys and girls who are struggling for an educa tion. She was an ideal Christian and church worker. Mrs. Walls had been sick for some time, but was confined to bed only ten days before her death., The funeral service was con ducted by Rev. N. D. King, her pastor. Hosts of friends looked on as her body was carried from the church to the cemetery, * Mrs. Walls left many friends and relatives to mourn her loss. The Scotch has given to the world two fine dogs, the Scotch Collie and Terrier. ' V
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