EDUCATION
Is
The First Step
Being Somebody
Doing Something
Helping Someone
Getting Somewhere
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GIRLS AND THE WORLD. 1
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Every girl who means to be a true i
follower of Jesus must train the eyes 1
of her soul so that they can see clear 1
around the world. The Master loved
the quiet home of Mary and Martha; <
He even used to go out into the desert :
places to pray, when all the sorrow
and evil of the world oppressed Him
and made Him sad.
But He never forgot that He came
for, the help of the whole world, and
He told His disciples that they must
feel that way too. You remember
that wonderful time when Jesus went
up into the mountain, and His disci
ples followed Him; and as they sat
there looking upon the world, spread
out before them. He said to them:
“Ye are the light of the world; a city
that is set on a hill cannot be hid.”
Ever so many more times that idea
is set forth in the words of Jesus,
and in the New Testament. For in
stance: ■ :
“The field is the world.”
“As thou hast sent me into the
world, even so have I also sent them
into the world.”
“And this gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in all the world.”
With many others, the most pre
cious of them all:
“God so loved the world that he
gave—”
So you see that you alj^ must do
your part toward bringing the gos
pel of the kingdom to the whole
world. What is a girl’s part in this
splendid work?
It’s little things and big things.
Every spot on earth is a part of this
world that the Master speaks about—
your own home, just as much as
China or India. So, if you begin by
showing the true spirit of the Mas
ter right in your own home, and
among your own friends, you will
make a good start toward preaching
the gospel of the kingdom in the
whole world.
But it is also China and India, just
as much as your own home.
Oh, yes, there are many ways pro
vided now by which girls can do
something definite to bring the gos
pel to these far-away lands. Lots of
city girls are doing it. For instance,
the Junior Girls’ Helpful, of the Tre
mont Temple Sunday School, Boston,
' are paying for a scholarship in the
T_ Girl’s Mission School at Swatow, Chi
na, and are sending money to a mis
sion orphanage for girls in Alaska.
Lots of country girls are doing it
too. For instance, in Ludlow, Vt., the
Farther -Lights sent two girls to
Northfield to learn more about send
ing the gospel to the whole world,
and the,- little ^iijls are dressing'
dolls to send to a kindergarten in
China.
So there you are. There are more
ways that would fill a book for girls
to help in this gospel world-work,
and, if you don’t look out, when once
you get started, you will get so in
terested that you will want to go
yourself.—The Girls’ World.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
By J. Francis Lee, A. S. T. D.
1. The church at Antioch. Antioch
was in Syria, and was founded by
Seleucus Necator, about 300 B. C.
It was about 300 miles from Jeru
salem. It was at this city that the
believers were first called Christians.
Those Christians scattered abroad
because of precautions in Judea,
went in every direction; and as they
went they testified to the grace of
God. This persecution grew out of
the death of Stephen, and the ac
tivity of Saul, against the believers.
YOUTHS
CORNER
2. Preaching the Lord Jesus.
Although persecuted, these be
lievers preached, or testified to the
experience of religion, into which they
had come. While the majority of those
fleeing the persecution, preached to
the Jews only and would still re
strict the gospel of the Jews— a
small minority of them felt called
upon to preach to the Grecians; for
the spirit led them across the bound
ary line of Jewish exclusiveness.
3. A great number were converted.
They proved a fertile field; and gave
a response to the word of God. The
awakening of the Jerusalem church
to a missionary program. That the
new faith was exclusively for the Jews
was the burden of the Jewish thought.
They had no missionary program and
disciples requested that they be
permitted to call down fire from heav
en upon them who did good in the
name of the Lord Jesus. Luke
56. But being at last aroused, the Je
rusalem church sent down Barnabas
to take charge of the work at Antioch.
4. The spirit and character of Barn
abas. vs. 23, 24.
Barnabas came, not as a master,
but as a Big Brother. He found joy
in just such a mission; for it was just
a work as Barnabas felt himself at
home in. It was the character of the
man which induced the mother church
to entrust the work with him. He was
reliable, he was a good man and he
had great faith; he was deeply spirit
ual and through his instrumentality
the congregation grew rapidly. And
much people was added unto the
Lord. But Barnabas also knew his lim
itations. It is most likely that doctrin
al problems arose in the infancy of the
church, which must be settled at once.
Knowing his inability to cope with all
phases of the work, he began to cast
about for a helper. If, as it is stated,
he was a man of character, a man of
deep spirituality and a man of faith,
no problem would likely arise ffom
this, direction, therefore, the problems
were doctrinal and social. Barnabas
remembered the young Rabbi, Saul
of Tarsus, and he says, he is the
very man for this work. Then it was
that Barnabas went over to Tarsus
to hunt up Saul, the young Tar
sian. He brings Saul back with him,
and made him his assistant, and the
work prospered.
5. The character of the Antioch
church, vs. 27-30.
(1) . The church was a society which
encouraged men of various talents.
For it had a prophet in its member
ship—Agabus. He it was who warned
the society against the approaching
famine. That there should be a great
dearth throughout all the world. This
prophecy was fulfilled in the days of
Claudius Caesar.
(2) . It was a church of great char
ity. For during the famine, the mem
bership made personal contributions
for the sustenance of the mother
church. According to his ability deter
mined to send relief to the brethren
which dwelt in Judea. The time of the'
famine in Judea. The time of the
famine in Judea. The time of the fam
ine is fixed by the reign of Claudius
Caesar.
(3) The church had such confidence
in its leadership that it entrusted to
the hands of Paul and his assistant,
to convey the help unto the mother
church.
(4) . And took Mark with them. John
Mark.
John Mark was a nephew of the
apostle Peter, his sister’s soli. On the
return to this mission field, they
brought with them this young man
to share the privation of the field. Of
course he did not stay with them. It
was in the home of this young man
that the infant church gathered to
pray for Peter’s release from prison.
John was reared in a splendid atmos
phere.
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO
COME UNTO ME, AND FORBID
THEM NOT FOR OF SUCH IS THE
KINGDOM.
By S. H. Chinn, District Supt.
In the hurry and anxiety of the dis
ciples to secure honors in the new
kingdom that Jesus came to establish,
they thought the children that met
Him and sang praises to His name
annoyed the Master, and were of no
consequence and only a waste of pre
cious time which had no bearing and
surely did not help to make possible
that government in which they hoped
to share positions; therefore, they
tried to discourage the children from
paying homage to this their King; un
til Jesus rebuked them with the words
of the text. Imagine their surprise at
such words and the thought that this
“man of sorrows” who had done such
wonderful miracles even to the resur
rection of him that was dead ,and to
their mind was to perform the crown
ing feat of His life by overthrowing
the great power of Rome, and restore
Israel upon the throne, which would
give them, His followers positions of
wealth and honor, eould under such
extraordinary circumstances, as were
thrusting themselves upon Him, even
notice, such unimportant things as
children. Jesus seeing their impatience
and disgust at this demonstration of
homage on the part of the children
startled them by rebuking them for
showing emotions that caused them:
to scoff at the whole hearted and j
unselfish praise and honor rendered
to Him by the children and reminded
them that He wanted only such as *
had the children’s spirit of praise and
service in His kingdom. If Jesus were
walking on earth to-day, He would
find the majority of His disciples in
the Protestant fold doing just as His
disciples of old did, when the question
of children having a place and part'
in His earthly church is discussed. He
would find we are actually forbidding^
them to come and render unto Him
that unselfish service and praise that |
constitutes His kingdom. He would |
find we are forbidding them by ne j
gleet and indifference, as to getting
them into His fold, He would find we
are forbidding them by lack of pa
tience and forbearance on our part
when they do come into His house to
study His word. He would find Peter
is feeding His sheep but starving His
lambs spiritually. He would find the
majority of His disciples so engrossed
in the advancement of selfish ambi
tions they are not at all concerned at
the straying of His children that are
allowed to stray away from the Sun
day School and Church because the
Sunday School and church do not
throw the proper safeguards around
them.
We, the disciples, have not the time
to spare for a mere lamb, let him
go and after he has wandered a
while, we will hire an evangelist to
come in and round them up for us
if he can find them. We are more con
cerned about the old sheep from whom
we expect our salary. We forget that
the children of today if we keep them
in our schools and churches will be
the church of tomorrow, trained and
nurtured by the church of today in
( the way they should go, will grow up
and be able to do a greater service
for the Master than, when they are
allowed to wander off through a lack
of sympathetic understanding of chil
dren and their atmosphere on the part
of us, the keepers of the fold, until
some poor evangelist nearly looses
his soul trying to save theirs. The
work of undoing all that has bee
learned by the children while they
were allowed to wander away from
the teachings of the “True Shepherd”
is the cause of dissensions and undue
strife that is manifested in our Pro
testant folds. Whereas our Catholic
sister church has a staple program
for the infant until it becomes a
strong and thoroughly indoctrinated
man. At no time during the formative
period of childhood does the churchy
loose its influence upon them. Even
to holding the mothers and fathers
responsible for the punctual attend-j
ance of their children to the Sunday
School of their church, under the
penalty of expulsion if they do not
send them regularly, for she knows
if she can keep her children trained,|
as she has provided the programme
for training them, her church is as
sured. This is the secret of her
strength that has enabled her to sur
vive the onslaught of the ages. She
obeys the Master’s command and suf
fers the children to come unto Him
and forbids them not, realizing as she
does, the training of the church
on earth will enable them to
help hasten and inhabit His
Kingdom of Heaven. Her example
in this is worthy of emulation by all
followers of the children’s King, whose
Kingdom is closed to the hirelings,
self-seekers and self-satisfied officials
who are identified with His church on
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REVERENCE
Planted in Childhood
vill
Bear Fruit in Manhood
in
BETTER LIVES
HAPPIER HOMES
NOBLER CITIZENS
IMPERSONATION,
By Prof. M. V. O’Shea, The Univer
sity of Wisconsin.
Nature commands the normal child to
be ceaselessly occupied during waking
life in using all the things at hi£
command to reproduce what he sees
going on around him. The child who
gallops off on his broomstick, imitat
ing his father on a horse, is getting
valuable experience of a simple sort
in doing what he may need to do
later in life. In this simple action he
is using his senses to get information,
and then, most important of all, he
is making this information his own
by actually doing the act. This is the
^ only way he can learn it. He cannot
j even perceive accurately until he is
under the necessity of reproducing
the thing he is perceiving, or adapt
ing himslf to it in some way. Nature
• will not develop any faculty unless
j there is need for it. If the child
could get all he wants without becom
ing sharp in sight, hearing, taste
and smell, he never would acquire
any keenness through any of his
senses.
The child who has a large sand pile in
which he may make pies, build hous
es, and so on, has a better chhnce to
develop his intelligence than a child
who is not so favored. As a rule the
better the child’s opportunities1 for
imitation and the wider the range
of his imitations, the more rapid
and normal progress he will make in
the development of his mind.
Often parents think that doll play
is simply amusement; but it may be
the means of developing intelligence
in a high degree. The child of four or
five who cares for her doll, watchful
of its needs, nursing it when in trou
ble, dressing it, is getting forward
faster than she ever could without
such experience. These activities all
require keen observation and intelli
gence in execution. Doll play brings in
most of the factors of intellect which
I are required in caring for a little
child in real life. Of course, the more
the child has to do for her doll, the
better it will be for her intellectual
development. A doll which the child
does nothing but look at, rock to
sleep, or carry in her arms, is of
slight value compared with one that
must be dressed and undressed, have
her hair combed, her nails polished,
for whom clothes must be made, and
so on.
As the child’s range of observation
increases, doll play ought to become
more varied and educative. A child
who is given a suggestion now and
again will readily develop a high de
gree of imaginative feeling with re
gard to dolls, all of which may be
vastly important for intellectual de^
velopment. Suppose a child has five
or six dolls of different sizes and ap
pearance. Each one may be made to
personify a member of the family or
some person in the neighborhood; or
a character in history or in some
story which she has heard. Then
these characters may be made to act
their parts in a little drama. There
is no experience in human life which
is more absorbing than these play
dramatics in early childhood; and it
must be impressed that in this play
the child is simply taking mental
possession of the world around him.
If he did not dramatize life, he would
not learn it.
An observing parent must have
noted his child’s passion to play a
part. Every living thing he sees fur
nishes a model for personification.
Now he is a cat, now a dog, now one
FAMILY
ALTAH
of his playmates, and so on ad libi
tum. Do you see what this means for
development? Suppose, for instance,
that a child five years of age visits
a blacksmith. When he comes home
all the time. Anything will answer
for the horse. All the child is con
cerned with is the shoeing. la per
forming this activity he is really
learning about it.
What an advantage it would be to
your child if he could utilize the ob
jects in his home so far as possible
to carry on his imitations. Perhaps
you have looked upon these play ac
tivities only as an annoyance, and
have felt that they should be sup
pressed. But greater harm could!
scarcely be done a child than to pre
vent him from imitating and person
ifying the people and things about
him.
SHOULD THE CHURCH CLOSE
DURING THE SUMMER SEA
SON
&ion Pastor Expresses Himself an
* the Subject.
Asked to give his opinion on th®
subject of closing the church for
the summer season, Rev. S. 6.
Spottswood, pastor of the A M. E.
Zion church (Maine’s only colored
church) expressed himself as fol
lows :
The idea of closing the church du
ring the summer season is an indica
tion that churchmen who content
'plate such procedure are following
the line of least resistance. The mod
ern church, while not opposed to pop
lar amusements, finds that the lure
of play in the summer season is
more attractive than the average
church service. Opposition to suck
sentiment would be incompatible
with our general acceptance of the
duty of brotherly love. Hence the
open road for the church that will
flu’lll the ideals of the Christ
competition Not a competition that
will antagonize the large class of folk
who believe it their inalterable right
to seek diversion and recreation when
and where they please, but buck
competition that will be so magnetic
is its influence that tire (pleasure
seeking throng will be arrested irk
the midst of summer gavety and
brought into our churches eager to
see and hear and believe!
Here in Portland the churches,
have an unexcelled opportunity to
prove the need of an open church du
ring the summer Thousands of vaca
tionists come to our Forest City and
its environing resorts. To them should!
be extended the open door of the
church, midsummer pulpiit specials^
up-lifting amusements, the character
of which should embody the ideals
of Christianity, and the unreserved
fervor of Christian fraternity.
Our pulpit should attract the
tourists. ’Tis true that old dogmas
must yield to modern interpretations.
The standard doctrines nanet be
couched in the scientific and sodLal
istic concepts of our age. But when
, these are presented with the fervor
of a burning heart, impassioned by
a ‘year-round’ consecration to the
ideals of one’s vision of servioe, the
church will remain open and draw
the masses in summer and winter
alike.—Portland Express and Adver
tiser.
BUNN—MURRAY NUPTIALS
By James L. Hollowell,
On the night of July 14 at Meere
ville, N. C. a wedding of much inter
est to many friends was heaaftiJuHjr
solemnized at the Second Presbyteri
an church at 8:00 o'clock. Tbe Rev.
J. E. King, Rector of St. Michael
church, officiated impressionly read
ing the ceremony of the Episcepal
Church to the bride and bridegreem,
The Rev. R. Edgar Bunn, Reeter of"
the Episcopal church of Wilson, N.
C. and Miss Clorina Murray, daught
er of Rev. J. G. Murray, of Moeres
ville, N. C.
The church was fixed in altar form
of the Episcopal Church having also
been decorated beautifully with ferms
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