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EDUCATION ^ Tile First Step to Being Somebodv Doing Something Helping Someone Getting Somewhere GETTING AWA* WITH IT. George was playing all afternoon. Then he dilly-dallied around all ev ening till mother sent him to bed. He said his prayers, but he could not sleep. Something was on his mind, and bothered him quite a bit. Had he enjoyed the games of the afternoon? Yes and no. At times he was all tak en up with the spirit of play, but every once in a while he felt uneasy. He remembered something, and that remembrance annoyed him. His dil ly-dtLllying in the evening also was not of that complete self-abandon which should mark the welliearned. leisure of every boy or girl for all that. Now, in the evening, he was kind of miserable. It was not just real sorrow or repentance that he felt; and yet he was not quite. satisfied with himself or with the day he spent. And why? All because he had shirked a duty, because he had not . done some home work the teacher had assigned for the next day. He ‘ faintly remembered the old proverb, “Duty before pleasure;” but he had pushed It off and pushed it off. Somehow or other he could not rally 1 the will-power to get busy and do the work that would have taken him half an hour at the most. And the re sult? Why, his whole afternoon and evening were simply spoiled. Play was only half as pleasurable as other wise, and the sweet hour of leisure after supper was algo filled with ir ritation . Finally he closed his in famous career for that day with the'' plan that he could copy the assign ment from his classmate; Henry, be fore school opened in the morning. As usual, he had a hard time get ting up in the morning. As badly as the previous day had ended, so omi nously did the new day begin. Still there was enough time left to hur riedly copy the Tesson from Henry, who, though hesitating at first, fin-' ally took pity on lazy George and let him copy. TT.._T- t XT-- «nrl could go to class with his work done. “I’H get away with it this time,” he said to himself and to his friend. Did he “get away with it?” Could he “bluff” the teacher? Perhaps he did that day, but in reality he did not get away with the deception; rather, the deception got away with him ahTI got the best of him. Here is the pic ture of the saine boy a few years later: He finally has a job. In fact, he had several jobs within a short time. The trouble is he cannot hoi any job very long. He does the work he is told to do in a half hearted and often reluctant way; and when he is not observed, or when he knows that his work will not be carefully check ed up, he dilly-dallies around and kills the time, for he thinks that he can “get away with it.” Well, I need not picture George’s life any further. You can write his history yourself now. You know that he will never amount to much in business, he will never get up '.n the world. When work is scarce, he is always one of the first who are r-rinus a job. And why? There is absolutely no secret or mystery about it. “Getting away with it” got the best of him. That’s all.—The Evangelical Companion, Boy Life. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. By Rev. J. Francis Lee, S. T. D. I. Historical Background. Isaiah was a prophet of the court, and he prophesied more than 700 « years before the coming of Christ. ] He, like Jeremiah, Hosea and Amos, ] was a pre_exile prophet, or prophe_ sied before the exile. The vision of Isaiah which furnish, es the basis for our lesson was seen in the temple at Jerusalem, and the incident occurredHabout'B. C., 758. The vision in its .effect was all_ab_ sorbing, alLilluminating and trans forming in the life of Isaiah. Woe is met for I am undone; because I am a man of'unclean lips. II. The Aim Of The Lesson. Let us aim at understanding the exalting influence which so far lifted Isaiah out of himself and which caus ed him to see his own imperfection, and the imperfection of his people which made him hate sin and also caused him to surrender to the call to service. III. The Approach of Our Lesson.. May we not do well to approach our lesson through the thought of the obduracy of sinning Israel? The nation was taken from all the na_ tions of the earth and favored above all other peoples of the earth. Amos 2:11. And yet God’s Israel sinned and repented not; notwithstanding His favors t God could not break the ob durate will of Israel. IV. The Lesson Unfolded. In the year that kino Uzzlah died This is Isaiah's starting point. Uzzi ah was the king whom God smote with leprosy, because, against the expressed will of God and against the protest of the temple priests, he of fered or endeavored to offer up or burn incense on the altar. His son reigned in his stead while he yet livfed a leprous ruler; and he died B. C. 756. A. The Glory of God Revealed. Isaiah is the object of a great rev elation, presented in the form of an overawing vision. It is a vision of the glory of God as contrasted against the humility of God as re pealed in Jesus. 1 Kings 22:19; John 12:41; Rev. 4:2. Above it stood ' the seraphim Perhaps angels of the highest order. Ezekiel 1:11. Thes$ seem, to be the highest order of angels, arid to stand nearest the throne, and to serve Him in His immediate presence. These are described by Isaiah as having six wings, two with which to cover their face, and two with which to cover their feet and two with which to fly. Holy, holy, holy. The Lord God of heaven is so holy that His holiness becomes a theme for the highest or der of angels who serve nearest His throne, and to the world these pro! claim His holiness. And the effect is described in verse 5. The posts of the door moved at the voice of Him. B. The Effect of the Vision Woe is me. Out of the vision came unto Isaiah a deep consciousness of his own sin and guilt before God. He now confesses that guilt, and also acknowledges the guilt of his own people. See Ex. 4:15: Rev. 22.19. The prophet empties himself that he might be filled. MOBILE ALABAMA DISTRICT. Riev. M. S. Kell. Please allow me to report my find ing of the work of the faithful pas tors of the South Mobile district. At the last annual session of the We? Alabama conference, held at Hope Chapel by Rt. Rev. J. W. Wood, D. D., the West Alabama conference was divided into three presiding el der districts, which should have been done fifteen years ago and we would have had a larger Zion here in Wes tern Alabama. I was appointed to see after that part now known as the South Mobile district. I am just now winding up my first round and find that I have a fine set of hard working men on the district Rev. E. G. Williams, our splendid pastor, is serving his second year at Whistler, Ala., with more ease and satisfaction than the first. Every thing moves along smoothly. This is a fine appointment, with young men md women leading in every depart nent of the church. Our 2nd quarter y meeting was a record breaker along all lines , He has on a clean up rally for the 5th; .Sunday, in April. The bishop will hold' his mid year conference May 16th at which time every'pastor will go over the top on Tercentenary money on the South Mobile district. Dont tail boys. Let us make the bishop smile. On to Whistler, every pastor, May" 16th, with round reports. Rev. J. R. White, D. D., the new pastor of Big Zion church, is in the saddle and is riding to suceess. Ev erything he plans is a success, and he is one of the most popular minis ters of the Bay City. They are try ing him out in many of the churches. He is an able preacher and will give a good account of Zion’s interests in this great church. Rev. Wm. Wilson, a strong man, a great worker and a power in the pulpit, isr pastor of Bethlehem, Mobile and Theodore and Lauren dine and is succeeding grandly. He is happy on the job -and will brin*” good reports to the mid year and an nual conferences. A T 4m 4-It ^ fnUltfnl pastor at Allenville and Plateau, Ala. He is going to give Zion a church building at Plateau where we have owned a lot for more than 42 years. He has some lumber on the ground and hopes to begin building this summer. He will go over the top at Whistler. Rev. Z. H. Booker is a good man, but somehow he and his people at Crichton*cannot get on. He is doing fairly well at Spring Hill. He is doing all he can to meet the bishop in the mid year conference with a good report. The road is rough and steep but he Js faithful. Rev. J. B.' Swain, the jolly man is the good pastor on the Grand Bay circuit. He is alive on all lines, and keeps his people shouting and work ing for success. Everything moves like clock work. He loves to do big things, and his people go at' his word. Rev. Theodore Jones is the commanding pastor at Pascagoula, Miss. He is one of the smo6thest men on the district. It is a pleasure to go on his work. Watch him at the mid year conference. Pascagoula safe in his hands. This is one of our best appointments. Rev. A. S. Chatman, at/Moss Point, Miss., is sailing on smooth water. The pepple never were better satisfied with -a" isfcstor than now. He has a large family of the bes+ children of any preacher I know and they are church goers and fine work ers. The people of all denominations crowd his beautiful parsonage. H's son was gased by the Germans and is in bad health. He is a fine v<~ man. Rev. Chatman had raised more general claims than any pastor or the district. He can be depended upon for the mid year conference. Rev. W. B. Barner is the pastor at Van Cleave, Miss . This is a small mission of six members and cannot give enough support, so the pastor is not with them very much. Two preachers who belong to this church help out when Rev. Barner cannot get there. Rev. Buffit was appointed to Ijeaksville, Miss., but had not ar rived there up to the quarterly meet ing March 25th. I am looking after the work through another preacher. Now th,at each pastor knows his duty, all I have to say is, come on, men, let us do our best for God and Zion. I believe we can come up to the requirements of the chief pastor. NOTICE. WE ARE STILL RECEIVING LETTERS FROM SUBSCRIB ERS WHOSE NAME CANNOT BE FOUND ON OUR RECORD. WE HAVE PUBLISHED A NOTICE FROM TIME TO TIME NOTIFYING ALL SUB SCRIBERS TO GET RECEIPTS FROM PERSONS TO WHOM YOU MAKE REMITTANCE, SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRACE SAME IF NOT RE CEIVED. WRITE DIRECTLY TO THE MANAGER, S. D,. WATKINS, CARE A. M. E. ZION PUB LISHING HOUSE, CHAR LOTTE, N. C. AND HE WILL BE ABLE TO CORRECT ALL COMPLAINTS. REVERENCE Planted in Childhood wiH Bear Fruit in Manhood in BETTER LIVES HAPPIER HOMES NOBLER CITIZENS THE VICTORIOUS “MIND TO WORK” * Tuesday. Neh. 4:6. “For the peo ple had a mind to work.” Thus it is that Nehemiah accounts for the ac complishment of the stupendous task of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Obstacles of all kind had to be over come. From ridicule to open physical opposition, every means was used to hinder the work. Yet the thing which seemingly was impossible was accom plished, and the explanation of th leader was that the people had “a mind to work.” There would be no limit to the things which might be acccomplished by the Church of God to-day, if the people had a mind to work. It must be the people, and not the leaders alone. The responsibility resting upon the shoulders of every follower can not be thrust off upon any officer or any hired man It is only author ity which may be delegated and not responsibility. It takes the people to do the task. The people must “have a mind.” If they are knit together in brotherhood, they will have a mind, and not as many minds as there are individuals that go to make up the group. One of the great sources of strength should be that people are of one mind. Their mind must be to work, not to criticize, not to get as much from their religion as possible and give little in return. They must have a mind to work, to strive for the very joy of the task, to throw them selves with abandonment into the ac tivities of the church. When in any group who are about the Lord’s work, these things ,shall be done, the people—all the people —have a mind to work and not trifle, then shall be done that which the scoffers will ever claim is impossi ble. J. A. McFee, The Christian Herald. ST.DANIELS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH AND ITS PASTOR. By Mrs. E. C. Spencer. Rev. A. D. Duncan, B. D., pas tor and founder of St. Daniels A. ' M. E. Zion church, Wilmington, Delaware, was born at Pleasant Hill, S. C., Feb. 9 th, 1872, and was a stu dent at Pleasant Hill school during his boyhood days. He later became superintendent of the Pleasant Hill Sunday School. In 1888 he became a student of the Normal School, Camden, S. C. While here he accept- j ed a position with Dr. White as coachman and worked to pay his way ; through school. After two years he ■ went to Salisbury, N. C., and. at- . tended the State Normal School for j three years. In 1897 he joined the ) South Carolina conference under Bishop I. C. Clinton, D. D., and was assigned to Old Zion or Fort Mill, S. C., and has served many . prominent appointments since • among which are Brown’s chapel and old Providence circuit. In 1900 he was transferred to the Palmetto conference under the same bishop, serving some of the very pronv^' appointments in this conference. Tn 1912 he came to Asbury Park, N. J., and did some very successful evan gelistic work and was the means of many souls accepting Christ as* their personal Saviour. He served as an evangelist three years. And in 1917 he organized St. Daniels A. M. E. Zion church, Wllmington^-Delaware. This is Rev. Duncan’s seventh corn erstone, ail for Zion Connection and St. Daniel’s chuTch is certainly proud FAMILY ALTAH of such a pastor. Preachers are? ,many but pastors are few. Rev. Duncan has been on the sick list for the past five weeks, but we are glad to say he is now able to be with usv \ again. Conference is drawing near,, but we are praying that he will be returned to us another conference: year^ as he is doing great work here. The members of the Salisbury dis trict of the Philadelphia and Balti ,more conference certainly know that: Rev. Duncan is in it.. The day that our church was set apart every de partment was thoroughly organized! and has been working in perfect har mony with our pastor and the three departments of the missionary socie ty have done wonderful work and. have been the means of many people coming into the church. We have had several converts ia the Christian Endeavor, and-I fee* free to say that our Sunday School cannot be surpassed, and it is all because we have an active pastor who takes an active part in every thing which is for the betterment or . * the church. He is the right man lit the right place. Wilmington, Delaware. THE CALL FOR MEN. By J. Eugene Alexander, Livingstone* College, Salisbury, N. C. Our race needs men, Men who are true, Whose word is their bond, Men that when called, Are sure to respond. Men who are just, "r Men who are kind, Who will not stoop, To nefarious crime. Men vrvo are honest, ' Who will not steal, Men who will handle, Treasures of the world, and give men a square deal. Men who * re noble, In whom we can believe, Men whom we can trust, And will not deceive. ,, Men who are not lazy, ■'“* But men who will work, Men who are'thrifty, Men who are alert. Men who are brave, , Men who will not cringe, Men who are respectful, Men who are men. Men who are pure, * Men who are clean, These are the men, On whom the-world’s future leans. REV. J. C. NELSON PREACHES THE ANNUAL SERMON FOR THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS CALANTHEANS AND JUV ENILES AT SANDY RIDGE A. M E. ZION CHURCH. Rev. J. C. Nelson, the popular pastor of Sandy- Ridge and Millers Chapel delivered the annual sermon to the Knights of Pythias, Court of Calantheans and Juveniles at Sandy Ridge A. M. E. Zion church, Sunday, March 26th, at 3:30 P. M. The KnigJitsj Calantheans and Juven iles formed a line at the schoolhouse; dressed in their beautiful uniforms and regalias and marched into the church for the program. Dr. L. Gib son, M. D., was chosen master of ceremonies and presided with the greatest ease showing his mastery of the Pythian rituals. After the usual formula was observed, and carried out pointedly, Dr. Gibson arose and presented Rev. J. C. Nelson, the beloved paster of the church to de liver the annual sermon. Rev. Nelson in Pythias style greet ed the order and congregation, saying that he was a “brave man” and had a peculiar interest in the order, and felt that the organization has, and is still doing very ntuch to ameliorate the conditions of mankind. (Continued to page
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