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The Africo - American Presbyterian. Established in 1879. CONSOLIDATED WITH ' THE SOUTHERN EVANGELIST. &6T( H* L. Mc<5ROREY, D. D., LL< D«,( Editor. <W. E. HILL, Associate Editor. Rev. C. P. PITCHFORD, Business Manager. Devoted to the Educational, Mate rial, Moral and Religious interests of our people in the South, and pub lished at Charlotte, N. C., every Thursday. All questions arising under the va rious subjects above indicated are discussed from a Christian point of view. Each number contains the freshest and best news from the Southern field and from the Church at large. There is carefully .select-, ed reading matter suited to all class es of our people—the farmer, the mechanic, the Artisan and the pro fessional man. The Sabbath School and Mission ary causes will receive special at tention. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Single copy one year-$1.50 Six months_.75 Thn» mnnf.hfl J>0 BATES OF ADVERTISING Given on Application We earnestly ask the sympathy and prayers of our brethren and friends at large in order that our efforts in this enterprise may be crowned with success. AGENTS WANTED—to whom a liberal commission will be paid. Send all money by P. 6. Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Check, otherwise it might get lost and the sender alone will be respon sible. Entered at the Postoffiee at Char lotte, N. C., as second class matter. THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1926. MR. GEORGE B. LOGAN. We are publishing in this is sue an account of the celebra tion of the eightieth birthday of Mr, George B. Logan of Pitts burgh, Pa., whose many years of service through the Board of Missions for Freedmen have meant so much to the cause of evahgelism and education among the colored people in the South. Dr. S. J. Fisher, Pres ident of the Board of Missions for Freedmen,' in a private let ter to us, in speaking of the long and faithful service of Mr. Logan, says: “In addition to his interest in every good work in Pittsburgh, he has been for 31 years one of the most devoted and generous members of our Board." ; ■, - . The Africo-American Presby terian, on behalf of the colored constituency of our Church, ex tends to Mr. Logan sincere con gratulations on his completion of four score years of life, with a prayer for God’s blessings to rest upon him during his re maining years. THE CELEBRATION OF THE EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY OF MR. GEORGE B. LOGAN. (Dr. S. J. Fisher in The Presbyterian Banner.) Mr. Logan is one of the prom inent laymen of the Presbyte rian Church in Pittsburgh, an elder in the North Presbyteri an church, a member of the Board of Freedmen, and for many years President of the Board of Trustees both of the Western Theological Seminary and the Presbyterian Hospital. These two institutions owe much to Mr. Logan’s inter est and generosity. On Monday evening, December 21, his fam ily and a few intimate friends gathered at his residence on Lincoln Avenue, North Side, to celebrate this happy occasion. The Board of the Seminary took note of the event in this manner: Dear Brother:—At the last meeting of the Board of Trus tees of the Western Theological Seminary, I was directed to convey to you their congratula tions upon the celebration of your eightieth birthday,, and to express to you their high ap preciation of your years of use fulness in connection with the Board and its important work. As for a considerable time the President of the Board, and con tinuously a member of its im portant committees,, you have rendered hesirty and conscien tious servicer meeting every re sponsibility with an unfailing Christian devotion, and by your generous contributions increas ing its financial resources, and encouraging those interested in the maintenance of the Semi nary. Your marked interest and. confidence has hot been di minished by the increased years or the trials and griefs through which your Heavenly Father has called you to pass; and you have been “diligent in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;” “obeying at eve the voice obeyed at prime.” * ?' ? That your life and powers of usefulness, in which you have found so much joy, may be long continued; add your example and devotion continue to shine upon us and the world, is our earnest prayer. • Some of the members of the Board have requested that the Secretary add a few. verses which may help to emphasize our congratulations,, and your value to the cause of our com mon Lord and Redeemer. A good man’s life is ever up ward led, And grows the finer with each love-filled day; For long ago ’twas said by one inspired, “His steps are ordered, when God guides his way.” Youth has its charm, its prom ise and it's hope, But never bud was precious as the flower, And though we’re glad of boy ish shout and play, There’s naught soirich as life’s maturer hour. *. . 4 • Four score of years have rip ened rich and full The mind, and heart, as only titme can bring The larger knowledge, faith, and calm and peace To- him who honors always Christ as King; *' ■■ - ■■ ■7-' “If they be four score!’’ yet - might the Psalmist tell ! *1 How sorrow knows and labor sees a sunset' ray, The household love, the- friends, and service joys May still enrich the life; an ever brightening way. The Negro,^ struggling ’neath ; > ; his heavy load, ‘ ‘ ;7' " Called out your gifts and pray ers and sympathies* The hospital jf_ i i. to .free* •?* • ~~ -*■ - *• -- =.—! The sick and v?W?ded7 from each dread disease* j <>; ■ y. / . You gave your child so loved, that she might bear. To China’s burdened souls that radiant Cross, And dreamed, that inher tasks you had a share, 7 And found, Christ’s promise true—a gain, ip lpss. That ministers of Christ might speak and serve, , 7/ With well-trained mindsj and burnished, Heaven-todched thought, 77’., And sacred schools might spread the precious Word, With purse and time and rev erent mind you wrought. We crown him with the laurel of our praise, This humble man we cherish as our friend; . . In Christ he lives, from Christ he gains the grace, Thru sorrow’s shade to walk un to the end. —S. J. Fisher. THE PUBLIC WELFARE IN STITUTE ;AT WINSTON SALEM. The Public Welfare Institute, held last week for two days in Winston-Salem at the Teachers’ College, under the direction of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, justified in every respect the favorable mention made of the program and announcement in oi»e of the recent issues of the Africo American Presbyterian. The forty persons enrolled in cluded the employed and pro spective welfare and charity Workers. Much credit is due Lieut. L. A. Oxley, Director of Negro Welfare Work in the State, for originating and carrying out this Institute-idea. ‘ ' 4, The class room' work was listed as follows.: 1. Social Work .-r- History, Scope and Object, by the State Commissioner, Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson. 2. Coipmunity Organization: (a) Nature and Structure of the Community. (b) Organizing the Commun ity for Health, Recreation, etc., by Lieut. L. A. Oxley. 3. Social Case Work, Rec ords, etc.: (a) Principles of CaaeiWork. (b) Record-Keeping—- What and Why, by Miss Idly E. Mitch ell. " (c) Juvenile Court—Proba tion. r (d) School Attendance—Child Labor, by Mr. A. W. Cline. 4. Round Table Conference. Type Casesr- ^ 5. Special Problems. (a) Insane—Feeble Minded. Types defined. (b) The Negro Mental Defect tive. . • \ M (c) Mental Tests and Meas urements. The evening speakers were Dr.,S. G. Atkina? Mr. Hoyle Sink, represetfiing the Gover nor; Mrs. W. A. Newell, of the Interracial - Commission; Mr. Roy M. Brown, University of North Carolina; Mr. N. C. New bold of the State Department of Education; Dean U. S. Turn er, of Shaw University; D#, Howard W. Odum, University of North; Carolina. T Representing Charlotte were Mrs. H. L. McCrorey on.the State Advisory Committee, which had a profitable meeting preceding the Institute, and Mrs. Hattie F. Russell, city wel fare worker. Dr. and Mrs. Atkins and their able corps of workers saw to it that the Teachers’ College was at its best in hospitality. The Bureau of Work Among Negroes of: the North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare was, established^ January 1, 1925. The purpose’ which led to the creation of this important Bureau was to meet in some measure a long recog nized need for a constructive State-wide program of public welfare work for Negroes. Two objectives of the Bureau .up? intelligent study 'of*'. Negro life with itjs social problems, and the development of programs in the community ■ through the stimu lating, of cooperative self-help effort on, the part of the Ne groes. With the development of this program has come the , dimaftd for trained Negro social workers, it is to meet this del mand that, this first1 Institute'1 Was held. 1 ****<*■£ SIDELIGHTS HERE AND THERE “Happy the man and happy he I-, , alone j He who calls Today his own, He who secure Within can say; Tomorrow, do thy worst, I have ;(v i lived today.!’] j The reference made by Dr. IV. L. Metz, Stated Clerk of At lantic 'Synod, about Rev. Mack jenree Long (white) of Macon, Ga., was very fitting to the mam Ret. Long; is from North Car olina (Statesville), and is the son of the late Judge B. F. Long, one of the: State’s most distin guished jurists. His coming into the ministry is particularly worthy of notice. Everybody who knows anything about him is of the opmion that he- is A man set apart to do the Lord’s work after spending some years in another profession. ReV. Mr. Long is a talented artist, having studied under the * best teachers of this country and abroad. Under God’s direction he deserted the field of art for a broader field-—the ministry. He preached in his home town before he went to tieorgiar-* something few men cam do sue-* cessfully—and when- he left there were many expressions of regret. Rev. Mr. Long is a man ly man mid believes in right and justice to all men. He comes from a long line of staunch Christians and Presbyterians. ' Some years ago his distin guished father did in North Carolina what several of the States in the Union must do. He put fear into the hearts of those Who held to no respect for the laws of the State. Some race trouble broke out in Winston Salem and a f’mob 1 (juickly formed to stage a lynching, tfhe sheriff got busy and made ar rests of several men. The grand jury returned true bills and every man T who came before Judge Long got a prison sen tence. This gave Judge Long 'the distinction of being the first 'judge who ever convicted the members of a mob. It was a long forerunner of what hap pened to the members of a mob recently at Asheville under an other good judge. We hope it will be long-winded enough to k a forerunner for Mississippi. The white frsb; ared, too, are En/fev. Mr-Lonrarf a of Macon. He is a credit to any community. - •*> f i - •< £2J-U_► l i ... Dr. W. J. Rankin, of Aber* deen, is still in the Presbyterian §fcu£ch< WeJtw his recently eind confirmed that fact. Some body, sometime ago, circulated the news that he was about to quit the Presbyterian Church fbr’ianother denomination. If the; circulator of "the; newsin tended it for a joke, it was a very crude one. If it was for other sinister reasons, it did not take well with the men who know him: Dr. Rankin informed us that he is much alive in the denomination of his cHPice and is actively engaged in the work pf his churches and school, all ef'<vrMch we are glad, to know. The Church could not well af ford to lose a man of his stand ing and ability, only by the hand jfcf Providence intervening. Out£ side of His intervention, we hope Dr. Rankin will still have the confidence of the Church every where for a long time, notwith standing his seething enemies to the contrary. The Greek adage, “Gverdo nothing,” applies very strikingly here. 1 v ; s -it.: 's? \ t v. The popularity of Presbyteri an ministers seem to be increas ing immensely. What with two of them being presented with curs and a return gift for one of. the two of a fifteen, pound turkey with all neeessary acces sories to make it inoris palatable, we know that both of these brethren, Rev. E. <W. Carpenter, of liong sland, N. Y., and Rev. H. C. Miller, of Greensboro, N. <D., feel pretty chesty. Well, we cannot blame them, for indeed if bus boon a rarity yeryvpim spffeuously iho#i#fb*l? Hrtoby* terian ministers to get any kind of gifts. Go to it, brethren! It maybe an incentive for some of the r|st to get, as touch as a used Jjivyer jo£ aj thhee pound pullet as a gift next Christmas. *R6v. 3. A. Downer passed through a city ii} Which we.were recently. He looked well and fosperous. In fact he is de joping an. eihbryonic %ay wfn w. : Dr. Downer stilLholds his. popularity as the successful pas tor of Shiloh Presbyterian church, of Knoxville, Tenn. By reason 'of the fact that he has identified himself with the af fairs which generally affect the welfare of the people of Knox ville of our* race he is looked upon as a conservative leader With wise and prbgtessive ideas, t He invited us to take a trip With him next summer to Can ada. That’s a long jump for Our '|fliwer.” We have only been ac customed to going from the home base for a few hundred ..miles, but by reason of the fact that we dug down in duiY own “jeans” and bought us a car out .#£ .the “flivver” class, we are thinking strongly of taking up the good doctor’s ^proposition. That idea of “Uncle1 Blliy’s” pur very active President of the Alumni Association, is very good. Alumni chapters ought to exist everywhere, wherever enough men can be found. We are going to try to talk it up among the men in our section. ir-We may.quarrel with “Uncle Billy” in some things, but no body can quarrel with him in pis; The chimes ought to be mid for, tap, byt Organization, they can be paid for. Every graduate or one time student who has any pride in the insti tution which made it possible for them to live, will gladly give what he can. > ’ The Charleston -Chapter is not only an organization, -but an or ganization which „ functions smoothly. The results show that. Let’s have more chapters like the Charleston Chapter. SIDELIGHTER. THE FAJRVWN; SCHOOL ;f opening^^H vA large,# enthusiastic audi ence at the formal opening of the new Fairview School, Tues day "evening, attested the inter-, est and pride of the colored people in that school, one of the finest in construction and ap pointments in the city school system. We hope at another time to give an account of the opening exercises and a full description, of the building and equipment. AN APPEAL Atlanta, Ga* ' January 21, 1926. To the Ministers and Members of the Presbyterian Church, U. St'A*District of Colored Syn ods: My beloved Friends; We, have but a few weeks le& in which to redeem our Benev olence pledges which we m^e in all good faith last Spring for the support of our General As sembly Boards. The report of the Central Receivings Agency of the General Council shows that we are away behind in meeting these obligations. This report gives the figures up to December 31,1925. /? You will permit me to remind you again that the Church, through its Assembly, Boards and General Councils, has as much regard for the benevo lence offerings of the small est churches of our group as for those of the larg est and wealthiest and that the Boards borrow on your and my pledge of support and ex pect us to feel the same respon sibility for the currying on of the great missionary enterprises of the Church at home and on the foreign fields. Dr. Wm. S. Marquis, whom so many of us have learned to love for his brotherly attitude toward us as he has mingled with us at meetings of our: Syn ods, said this in a recent letter : “If we could have the sqiqe Spirit at work in our strong Synods in the North which fills the hearts of yoUr pastors and people there would be no diffi culty about raising a $15,000, 000 budget.” May I not beg you to do all that is humanly possi ble with Divine help during the remaining days of the Church year to measure up to this high encomium of our friend who believes in us—‘not for his praise, but for the glory of God and for the relief which our be nevolences will afford suffering humanity. juei us rememoer au or tne Boards; the budget is built upon the needs aid askings of each Board' as it seeks.to carry out the wijl of the General As sembly in the missionary un dertakings^ ;bf, ! o*r • fc^oved Church. Every Board needs its proportionate share of each church’s qiidta. : 1 I Your servant, C. J. BAKER, :• Secretary. MILLER MEMORIAL PRES BYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES, BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Mrs. E. F. Roberts, Reporter. The pastor, Rev. William Sample, is growing more elo quent with the passing of each week. His sermon, “Say So!” from Psalm 107:2, “Let the re deemed of the Lord say so whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy,” is an example of his eloquence. Only the redeemed can say so for the Lord. Some may sing, play, preach or teach, or whatever one’s talent may be, he should “Say So” for the Lord. Let us all “Say So” for the Lord. The meeting of the East Tennessee Synod has been an in spiration which has lasted throughout these months. Dur ing the preparation for its com ing, members were brought to gether and worked in harmony as they never had before. If they had personal differences these were all forgotteii and every action was to make the visitors’ stay pleasant while in our church and city. The in fluence of certain personnel of the Synod has been a source of inspiration. The talk made in the popular meetings by Rev. J. B. Barber, Drs. C. E. Tuck er, S. A. Downer, C. J. Baker and Dr. Marquis have served to enlighten the members of the Presbyterian work as never be fore. The choir has found use for all numbers rendered by the East Tennessee quartet. The ladies Missionary Society hae been busy all the while since, ir order to send a more glowing report next year. All because they; know more of the vtork after having listened to Mrs Brazleton and Mrs. C. E. Tuck er. Now that some time hae passed the church is still work ing together to put things over Many activities 'have been exe cuted. A Christmas bazaar whict lasted a week, carried out bj hr carried out. 1 The Men’s Club and the L* dies’ Missionary Sodety ar*' haying a joint meeting on the first Friday night in the month, wheije they take up the mission study; “The Story of Missions.” The .young people are also ac tive in this stttdy. At the last meeting a thehu of sandwiches, fruit salad, chocolate, and ice cream was served by the Men’s Club; there was quite a number! present at the *Watch Service.’ Sentence expressions, were made by. all present’. At the close of the service a special fellowship ping was carried out while members sang "Revive Us Again.” This symbolized the throwing off of personal differ ences and a willingness to work together during the New Year. The pastor, Rev. William Sample, spent a week at Miller’s Ferry Institute, Miller’s Ferry, Ala., where a week of prayer was held. , He reports having left an entire Christian student, body. He is very much elated over the spirit which exists at Miller’s Ferry., , The school is located 10 miles from the rail road apd the students have jqst completed a drive in which $1100. was raised to install lights and water. This school is • ; controlled by the United Presbyterian Church. - Plans have been completed for installing steam heat in our building. A bid of $1,475 has been accepted and passed upon and .the;actual work, will begin at an eprly date. i.ne scnooi department nas had a -very successful begin ning. An enrollment of 275 children is noted in the elemen tary and junior kigh school de partments. Mrs.’ Beatrice * K. Whit* teacher ^ot’ Hiei partment', has saryr to i^spign, can n# corttipif longer^ < Mrs. ’ t"9,tte ork at# illiam Sample has accepted the place and is carrying on the work success fully. The ill „ unday school is conduct ing a sendee with the Juvenile Court children two Sundays in a month, Their efforts are Very acceptable,; Mr. B. E. Hucabee, ‘ Jr., has been elected reporter, and secretary of Sunday school records, A drive with the ‘Reds* against the ‘Blues, has been launched to pay for the electric bulletin board. A Dollar Day will be observed during the month of February. Mrs. L. C. Curry is captain of the Blues and Mrs. E. D. Bolden is captain of the Reds. It is very sad to note the detah of Mrs. Lavinia Jenkins’ husband, who died with pneu monia a few days ago, He was a member of the Congregation-, al church, but Mrs. Jenkins is one of our oldest charter mem bers. A beautiful floral design, as a token of our sympathy, was given by our church. Dr. R. B. Maclin has been con fined to bed for a week. It is hoped that he will soon be able to practice again. r Mr. B. L. Greer has been un able to work this week. It is hoped that he will be well and out' again soon. Dan Cupid is very busy play ing his pranks. It is hoped that Mrs. B. K. White, Mrs. K. Wil hite Kennedy,, Miss Hawthorne Glenn, Mr. R. B. Hutchins and Mr. U. S. Bryant will be happy •victims of Dan Cupid. A CARD OF THANKS. We desire to use this simple means of L expressing our heart felt thanks to our host of friends for loving sympathy, this sym pathy: and comfort,, shown by word an# deed, came in the hour of bereavement caused by the death of our beloved daughter and sister, Esther Lavinia. Our will, is in harmony with the great will of our Heavenly Father who loves us with an everlasting love, THE SHTJTE FAMILY, Johnson C. Smith University.