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Devoted to tbe Educational, Mate rial, Moral and Religiou* interests of . our people in the Sooth, and puo : lished. at Charlotte, N. C., every Thursday. v 411 questions arising under the va rious subjects above, indicated are .•discussed from a Christian, point of tfpw., Each number contains the • frtilbest and .best news from the Southern, held and from the Church .at large., There, is carefully select ;ed, reading matter suited to all class ics ot our people—the fanner, the ia^thaaic, < the artisan and. the pro .fesaional man. . ■; * The. Sabbath School and Mission ary causes will receive special' at tention. : Ht‘; OF SUBSCRlPTIONv ... Single copy, one year $1.60 fiU,' months ._.:J, Three ’ months ____.50 ;;; f rates qf advertising . v .. . Given on Application , * ■ * ; . , We earnestly ask' the . vymPfthy •&1 ~m*yv.p of. our . brethren pad friends'. at . large . in order. th^t our eflorts in this enterprise may be crowned with success. : . AGENTS WANTED—to whom a liberal commission will be paid ‘. Sepd all money >y P. 0. Money Order, Registered Letter or Battle Check, otherwise it might get lost had the sender alone s^iH be respon sible. Entered at the Pbsgofflce at Char lotte,'N. C., as second class THURSDAY, DEC. », 192S ---;-: THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS Congress convened Monday and on Tuesday President Gool iage sent, his Message to that body, in the opening sentence ofhis Message Mr. Coolidge Say8: ”m reporting to the Con gress the state of the Union; I End it impossible to character ize it other than one of general peace ana prosperity.” Having given this assurance, the Presi dent proceeds to discuss tax re duction, the protective tariff, ag riculture, the wage earner, tile national defense, the Negro, and other matters of concern to the country. ihe part of the Mes sage relating to the Negro fol lows: ‘fThe. social well-being of our country requires our constant effort for the amelioration of face prejudice and the extension to all elements of equal opportu nity ana equal , protection under the laws which, are guaranteed by Vfhe Constitution, the. Fed eral Government .especially is charged with this obligation ih behalf of the colored popple of the nation. Not only their .re markable progress, their, devo tion and their loyalty, but our duty to j ourselves under our claim that we are enlightened people requires us to use all our power to protect them :from the crime of lynching- Although violence of this kind has very mu?h. decreased; while, any. of .it remains w.e can not justify: neg lecting to make every effort, to eradicate it by law.-; {: x v. • •! “The education of the colored race under Government encour agement is proceeding success fully and. ought to have contin uing support. And increasing need exists for properly educat ed and trained medical; skill to be devoted to the service .of this race.” m CHURCHES PAWG yP ( Through Dr. I* H. Russell wp aruttoat PineStreet church, Durham, has n|d itsbene' fence : quota* $117,0©, in;.£i Dr. .Baker reports*,four ether churches that haVe paid thpir quotas in full: Wilso^ .chapel, Washington. lumbia.S. Cl* Join SC Gjfc T ^ mmmgL fciiL ;# Dec.8,1926. Editor, Airico-American Presby terian: " ,f;. Dear Brother: I desire that you spare il space in the columns of your pa per to say the following concern ing our evangelistic work during OurfWonsIhaaheen interesting and helpful ti> ourselves and, we believe, toothers*. There have been aauc^to' fher Chiirches from the preachng-of- two evangelists 476 persons. .There have also been proiessions to the number of 597 persops. It has been a year, of soul-savmgaiad of* spir itual benefits. Dr, Jackson is now tin Pittsburgh in .the; pas toral work. Dr. ,Si IV Thom, of Atlanta, tia*, is to take his place in the Atlantic Synod. We hope and believe that the work will have. no set-back because Dr. Thom is«a strong preacherand a Christian gentleman;. About the time . Dr. Jackson was to go; over and; do some work in the ■ Canadian Synod the call to Grace church tame tohim, and we willarrangeWith Dr. Thom to: do some work in that Synod as far -as. we can. My healthi.grew: titeaeherous and I did not iget over into the East Tennessee Syhed, but, God being willing, I am going ' spend some time in the Spring and Summer in theEast Ten nesseeSynod. ;: • We are -sure that the finance of the Church is such that we won’t be able to appoint a than for these SynOds at the present, but we are sure that it Won#t foe long and we > areaskingthe brethren: to he as patient ah they dan and things will change very eooii: Wears highly pleased with our' report- this year. We.are surd that Dr. Gaston wjffl set his approve upon1 the work that has been done for the Lord along this line, and we earnestly hope that we may have His blessings in the future as we have had in the fiasb''.^ -s.- .-r I. H. RUSSELL. » Director of Evangelistic Work of . the tour Synods and Evange list of the Catawba Synod/ HOW OUR METHODIST BRETHREN RAISE MON EY. Bishop Flipper* head of the Georgia Diocese, A. M. E. Con nection, has sounded the tocsin His order to his men in the field is, “Do or die.” He said to the presiding elders, “You must put my program over or come1 down; you’ve got the material with which to do it and you must do it or take your place in the ranks and I Will promote;' men who can and will do it.” To the pas tors he has said. -‘You must put my; program over by organizing your church as a unit, if you ex pect, to keep you> charge. If | you can not, secure a pledge from evefjr member in your church for at least5 $10, stretched over ! five 'years’ time to pay It, your next anointment will go to the naan wild Can put my program over.’*''-"'-'' v“ Dr. W. F. Bbddie is the major general and he: has . the order arid to the; language o£ one o| our deceased ; bishops;he saysi “Marching- must be* , done,” The mflfion-dollar drive must go. over the topi—90,000 members ought to raise ar million: dollars; in >five years.. Ninety thousand mem bers at tendollars apiece will raise more than a million, for the reason that many! of the loyal members and. friends will pledge ftbin five to ; ten times $10.’ -i Dr. Buddie, who inspired teas article, informs us that the tocsin has then sounded. The <iMter‘ haa ^heen ' given that; marching must -be^done andthia drive id ridin]^ to-vicfdry.^-The Independent, Atlanta, Gw. .-•••• ! NOTICE. T® /All societies > of y ?a41dp Presbytery l^viper' ^articles to be sent to Secretary of Oversea and Homp^eplease send to the President. Mrs. E. B. Meares before, December 15. We woukf like to . send the box In time for Christmas. Please re member also your ,quota for the third quarter is'do*. V ■.<>. ■] I wish for each: and everyone a very pleasant holiday season in all R B. MEARES. President ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN IN SCHOOL. ' 7 ; v: -.%*:* By Ret. James H. Cooper. To young men in school who are preparing for the future, life commoner appears as a shining and flowery spring which yields a thousand present delights and promises a summer richly laden with precious fruits. They hear, indeed, that it sometimes happens that storms and tempests rise to darken the brightest sky; and they are told the summer and autumn of na tore’s life must be at length succeeded by the gloomy winter of age, but they think it wholly unnecessary to dampen the ar dor of their present pursuit by turning their attention to events apparently so remote. From these and other causes the young men just leaving school/ enter upon life’s journey with the most sanguine expec tation of finding in every event an inexhaustible fund of delight and seeing all their plans and enterprise^ crowned with suc cess. Having entered, how dif ferently do they find the real from the sublime imagination! Now,- boys, you should not hur ry"'to leave school just to^enter life, for this entering surely is a very serious fact 1 You askt Why? Well, here is the answer: ; • (1) Because dangers' of every kind lie concealed*in all the paths of life. (2) , Because great responsi bilities rest upon you every day of your life. (3) Because great uncer tainty hangs over your future. . Now that is why life is so se rious. God has given you, exist ence with full power tp improve it and be happy, and He haS giv en equal power to despiae the gift and be wretched. Then which shall you do,? is the grand question to be decided by your choice and conduct while in the course of prepara tion. - Are you preparing to resist and make progress against the many tides of life, or, are you preparing to drift as others and be dashed to pieces upon 'some hidden rock. f j A moment’s reflection in past history will show you many who entered upon life’ mighty ocean without the necessary guide and for this very reason they drifted and nave been grounded upon the quicksands of time, and many more are now drifting be cause they are not prepared to stem the many tides of life, and ere long they# too, will be total ly wrecked by the sins and temp tations that are now being thrown around them. It is not thought by the mod ern mariners a dangerous thing to venture out upon the mighty ocean upon which the ancient mariners dared not venture, be cause they are better prepared to. stem any tide of ocean. It is preparation you need full preparation, if you Urould have success in all departments of life, but without this, you, too, must necessarily drift As students in school you are sailing upon the calm waters of a <)Uiet river in a boat carefully furnished by your honored friends, and safely guarded5 by the laws of your Ahna Mater; but ere long you will be Sading through the rocky straits in the swirling currents at the-iiver’s mouth into the great ocean of life; add are thenceforth to be in command of your oWfiboat. The safety of the passage do< pends upon your preparation, your skin and your caution. ■ t Study wen the dangers that lie in your path, and, without doubt, you shaU escape rocks, currents and.whirlpools of every kind and, with great triumph, sail gafiy forth to dare and conquer the perils of the sea be yond. - •• You must ever keep, in mind that God will guide s'life? 61 ab stinence and prayer./ God wfll guide to that bHssfui Mtktte bet yond the tide of this life" where all of us shall be safe from rocks* storms* floods* end; enable us to sing unceasing songs of praise to Him who led us to the peaceful port ‘ . Boys* let prudence restrain you, let justice guide ycrur hands, let benevolence warm your hearts, and let gratitude to 'Ssrggz&EiF* Ob Saturday, (November 27* District No. 1, of Catawba Pres byterial, held a conference in the Ben Salem church. The following churches were repre sented by the following per sons: Murkland, Mesdames Wallace and Harris ; Ben Salon, Mesdames Alexander, Polk, Max well and Rev. and Mrs. Gamine ; Brooklyn; Mr* A. H. Prince; Mc Clintock, xiev. and Mrs. Mayber ry; Seventh Street, Mrs. May berry; Biddleville, Mesdames M. G. Davis, Alice Jewell, W. E. Partee and A. L. Shute. Others present w6re Dr. L. J. Melton, Rev. J. R. Diulgee, Rev. F. C. Shirley and Dr. Geo. E. Davis. The object of the conference was thred-fold: 1st, to keep up a lively interest and intimate relationship among Presbyterian missionary women; 2nd, to re ceive general information of missionary work and to have a review and': discussion of the Mission Study Book, “Our Tem pled After singing “Work far the night is com ing,'* arid reading Scripture les son, Ek; 25, 20-29, several pray ers were offered;1 Another hymn was sung.' Then the leader, Mrs. * Ai- L. Shute, -stated as above given the object of the Mrs. Davis, the Presbyterial President, in hfer splendid speech, spoke of the importance of the conference, the benefits obtained therefrom and of the importance of Advancing new thoughts and methods in the work. Mrs. JeweM, Secretary of Associate Members, spoke en couragingly of her department and presented literature for dis tribution;^ Rev. Mr. Shirley, selected as teacher Of MOur Templed Hills” for this occasion,' was here pre sented. In a very attractive way he made strong impressions concerning the problems set forth in our bode and so evident to all observers of the conditions in our towns and rural'districts. We regret that more of our soci eties were not represented to hear the discussions. Some one suggested that the crops were still being harvested and of ne cessity many were kept away. Dr. Melton, who is so often present in our conferences, gave some instructive remarks- It was gratifying to have pleasing and encouraging remarks from Dr. Davis. We trust that the meeting will produce greater effort on the part of those present, and that the information here given may draw a larger number to the next meeting. Our thanxs were extended to the pastor and missionary la dies of ben Salem for their en tertainment. The conference closed with prayer by Rev. Mr. Shirtey. *-■■■ ! ( • - MRS. A. L. SHUTE. JOHN HALL CHAPEL NOTES conference,; By Miss Pearl M. Blue Sunday, November 28th, was rally day.; Rev. F. O-; Shirley preached two excellent sermons. As Usual we went over the top with ease. Our full-quotas was raised end , every o ne is rejoic ing. •' ; : ... j . .i i . < Sunday . School Missionary Marsh was with us and gave in teresting remarks in Sunday school. We are alwaysglad to have, him in < our midst. ■/,: Monday* November 129th* the community was .shocked when the hews readied us fron* Dur ham that Willie Monroe was dead- For some yews she ;had been living in Purham With her aunt, Miss* Mattie Monroe* but vimted her grandfather, Mr, W. J. Monroe, every summer. Just a, few months ago.“Billy’,was here full pi. life and in the best of. health but now" she sleeps be neath the sod . to await the final resurrection; “Bifiy,5T was sick Only a f^w days and all that lov ing hands copld do for her Was done* but God saw fit to take her to live with Him. Hie. body wais brought home Wednesday and was laid to rest on Friday beside her mother who preceded her some years ago.. The funeral was conducted from John Hall by Rev. Boy kin. a grandfather and hosts of rel atives and friends. Out-of-town friends who at tended the funeral were Mrs. Daisy Nelson, of Durham, and Miss Mary MeBae, of Char lotte. - ■ v - - V * By George Leonard Allen I think that man hath made no beauteous thing More lovely than a glorious mel ody . That soars aloft in splendor, full and free . And graceful as a swallow on the wing! A melody that seems to move, and sing And quiver, in its radiant ec stasy. That bends and rises Hke a slender tree. Which, sways before the gentle winds of Spring! Ah. men will ever love thee, holy art ! For thou, of all the blessings God hath given. « - - Canst best revive and cheer the wounded heart And nearest bring the weary soul to heaven! Of all God’s precious gifts, it seems to me, The choicest is the gift ofMel • ody! •' v:;; (The poem given above won the prize of $5.00 for the best sonnet zub mittedin a poetry conterthoty under the auspices of the North Carolina Division of the tJidtod. Daughters of the Confederacy. It was. printed in the.October nooda^ of.'The Pioneer, published at Statesville, Mr. Allen is a graduate of.Johnzon C. Smith Uni versity, class of 1926.) (-•-J~"i .»'!»• 'li »'-r~ EMERSON INarnTUTE. BLACKVILLE, S. C. A missionary program was given in Emerson’s Chapel a few weeks- ago. : From tins, program We learned how the gospel is be ing carried to all parts of the world. Two new teachers have been added to the faculty this school term—Miss W. G. Hall, a grad uate of Scotia College, and Miss R. E. McKinnie, a graduate of Haines Institute. Miss Hall has charge of the Fourth and Fifth grades, and Miss McKinnie has charge of the Sixth grade. Thanksgiving Day the facility of Emerson Institute motored to Augusta. Ga., where they witnessed an interesting football game between Paine College and Harbison College. Miss C. M. Bullock, who has charge oi the Eighth and Ninth grades, gave a Thanksgiving s play on Monday night, Novem ber 29th, entitled, “America in Pilgrim Days.” It was enjoyed by all. The amount raised will go to the Ninth grade. A cho i rus under the direction of Miss es C. M. Bullock and N. M. Gor don, rendered excellent music for the occasion. ( f Mrs. L. 0. Miller was called away last Sunday to the. bed . side of a very sick friend, Mrs. i McCoyl of Chesterfield, 5. C. We ; wish for Mrs. McCoy a speedy recovery. ' Mr. H. N. Sulliyan, ourSunday • School Missionary, visited the . school last week, and is planning ? to return again soon: > 'pie Missionary Society, la dies had their monthly meeting ; at Emerson Institute. It Was i agreed by all of the members . that a nice Christmas bacdcet.be i prepared for one of the oldest I citizens of the town. . Colored State Pair.m addition i to applying themselves to tjhe ; formation of constructive plans . for better faming and live t stock raising for the 1927 exhi t bitioh at Nashville, will award six prizes to as many deserving > young people. The prizes will ; be tuition and board and a cer - tain amount of cadi. The individual will be permit ted to make the selection of any school of higher education in the State, including seminaries. millions or; years ago for man, buried to supply fueLipr the use of-man. v The hearer* Were urged to ex ercise faith-in God, yet at the same time . dU must, work as though everything depended upon our efforts. Moses always comes When the: tale of brieks is doubled There wasdne secession atthe conclusion of thfe sermon, [l " ; /. T&1. Missionary' Society ■ met with Mrs. MaMie Ingram last Thursday. Plans were laid for the^ Christmas featiVities. Deli cious refreshments were served at the clpse of the meeting. ^/financial J banner has at ' The group effort, ending last Sabbath, produced gratifying re sults as follows: Group No, 1, Rev. H. C. Miller, captain, $27.25; No. 2, Dr, F . W. Mc Nair, $18.65; No. 3, Mr. R . S. Al exander, $9.00; No. 4, Mr. W. T. Murphy, $65.00; No. 5, Dr. G. C. Sinkins, $21.00; No. 6, Mr. W. J. Meares, $16.50 ; No. 7,. Mr. C. K. Brown, $14.75; No. 8, Mr. G- A. Bridges, $16.50 ; No. 9, Mr. S. W. Carter, $27.25; No. 10, Mr. Wm. Turner,. $37.00. The gen eral collection was $82.20, mak ing a total, of ,$334.80* The groups are given a vacation until after the holidays. After then quarterly reports, are required from each group, but their treasuries are .subject tot imme diate calls. ’ , • /*>•* ALLEN’S TEMPLE, CLEVE * LAND, N. C. , By Mrs. A. P. Whit* Sunday# November 28th, was our regular preaching day. Our pastor# Bey-, J. H. Clement, preached ,a Thanksgiving ser mon. ,fram . the text *‘0. giye thanks unto the Lord, for he is good u. for his mercy endureth forever.”.^e had a splendid au dience and the sermon was en joyed hy alL Qur pastor always leaves a good impression on the congregation* ; h -At three ^o'clock, we had comr m union service.! Sixty-eight persons came to the altar and communed* It was a wonderful service. I; The Holy Spirit was with us during the day. Our Sunday school is doing nicely: We are planning a- My for the third1 Sunday in Decem ber. ‘V 1 Rev. and Mrs. Clement were the guests of Mrs. George Kil patrick Saturday and Sunday Mrs. Jessie Click Gray, of New York, is contemplating spending the Christmas holi days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milas Click. Rev- and Mrs. Clement and Miss Pinkston were guests for dinner at Mrs. Elmo Wood’s Sunday.
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