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EDUCATION Is ® The First Step t© Being Somebody Doing Something Helping Someone » Getting Somewhere .tv. an UNSELFISH GIRL. * **Here!s a new pupil, for you,” said the principal with a smi .e as he led the little girl into the first grade Tpoxn, where fortj'-two children were already-at work.. , .The teacher, fe't her heart sink as she saw the little stranger. It was evident from a glance that she would not fit easily into th.e life of these chidren. Her clothes were poorly spade and bore many marks of being handed down from an older sister, as did the shoes. Her face lacked the expression of a well nourished child. After careful questioning, the teacher learned that the little girl’s parents had rented a “runned down” cottage on the outskirts of this com fortable suburb and that two older aiaters were at work in a tobacco fac tory. As the days passed the .little . girl made no friends, and in spite of the tpacher’s efforts, the other children woud not play with her because Ike was not like them. The child’s unhappiness grew and her discom fort in the schoohroom and on the playground was pathetic. The other children spoke of her as “the poor Slri* and let her have no paft in their games. . Then one day a change came. Doris came in from recess with a happy ftmile-und told the teacher, "I jumped rope. It was fun.” “With whom did you play?” eager ly asked the teacher, , T don’t know her name. She -was a big girl.” t After this there was a change in Doris. She was happy. Her work im proved . She was not afraid to an swer before the other chi dren. She was glad to go to recess. As yet none of the children in the room were p.laying with her, so the teacher went out on the playgrounds one day to find the secret of Doris’ hapipness. There she found one of the seventh grade girls, a girl who was; to finish elementary school in a few months, playing and talking to Doris just as though her dress was dainty, her shoes polished and her hair brushed. The o'der girl was leading her class in her studies and was to graduate with honors. She was very popular with her classmates,, but she found time every recess to make the little stranger happy. Before long other children followed her le%d and before the end of the term Doris had friends among her own classmates. ■The next year just after the begin ning of school Doris lost her sight Tery sudden’y. But she still carries id her heart the memory of a happy School year and of a big girl who was always kind. ’ And'what of the “big girl?" She has pkdsed on to another school, but she sti 1 scatters kindness, and the heart of the teacher still warms when -*yer she thinks of the girl who had learned to do unto others as unto Him.—L. W. C. •“Wien of the hour,.'—-the mis sionary CONFERENCES. •R. Farley Fisher. • (f . For convenience of operation al' Methodist denominations have mis sionary conferences. These conferenc es are set apart, and assigned in the hope that the Church may be organized and built up for the glory of God and the advancement of the denomination. It is therefore un derstood that the work is not self supporting. and that it must be built «p with funds coming from sources dutside of Itself. YOUTHS* CORNER The work of the Home Mission fie d is of the same importance as that of the foreign field, and should come in for the same kind of sup port. The bishop who is assigned to a Home Mission field should havp the same assurance of a denominational fund behind him in his work as does the bishop assigned to the foreign field. In the new day of church and world activities, we might-as well face this one problem seriously. The Zion church has a lot of undeveloped ter ritory. Stretching from Western Pennsy vania to the Pacific Coast is a vast field. “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.’’ True in large centers like Detroit, Chicago, Indianapo'is, Cleveland, Cin cinnati, St. Louis, and Kansas City we have representative churches, but what about the thousand or more smaller cities, towns and hamlets? Our people are in these places. Shal' we try to save them? But you answer, we havn’t got the men who are will ing to make the sacrifice. When wil1 we have them? Men are graduating each year from Livingstone College and schools of other denominations, who have been rocked in Zion’s cra dles. Cannot they be used? Again you answer, they will not go out on the mission field. Why? College men from, other churches go. Why not ours? Is the fault in the men, or does it lie with the Church? Here in Kan sas City, a man, a graduate of Linco'n University, Pa., came one year ago, and took charge of a mission just established by members who had withdrawn from another church. They have no church building. They worship in a rented hall, yet the de nomination with which he is identi fied fixed his salary three months ago at $200 per month, and a house for his family, and he works happi'y on. He is a capable man, and the burd/en of tye caip of his family is taken from his shoulders and he is free to work for His Master, and the spreading of His Church. Can you tell me that prepared Zion men wou'd not come under similar circumstanc es? But, we send these young capa ble men out without money, depend ent upon themselves among strang ers, and we say to them, establish the church. They try. They go hun gry. They are embarrassed with debt. They become discouraged. They return back to where the church is strong, or by persuasion, go to some other denomination and we brand them disloyal. The denomi nation gets a black eye, because of the embarrassment of its representa tive in the community, and the church gives up the field. In the smaller towns and even in some of the large cities where we have established churches, we sometimes send prepar ed men, and because there is not a membership to give sufficient support they give up the work, thus forcing the bishop to send an inferior man or a renegrade from some other church, who soon tears up the work for laek of knowledge of our system, sues for salary, leaves, and brands our chief pastors as thieves and rob bers. Who’s to blame? In a recent issue of The Star of Zion, we are asked to “Right About face to Georgia.” The cry from Michigan, Indiana, 1 linois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Ne braska, and any number of other states is for men. But when they cry for men, in the same breath they make the appeal for money. Men without the money cannot answer the call, for men must live. But the opportunity is now ours in the mis sion conferences. The time has not yet come for the conferences to send large sums into the financial depart ment; but if, for a few years they could draw upon the finances of the Church, within a short time they could be sending into the connection al treasury large sums, for there is the opportunity of adding members. In the competitive fields where churches of other denominations are. no Zion preacher can go in without funds, and even gather the Zion peo ple from other Sections. The people , are not willing to assume the large \ The EditorY Mail Bag. MHS. PETERS WRITES FROM AFRICA. Quittah, Gold Coast, 1st August, 1923. To the Editor, Star of Zion: Dear, Sir: v I have the honor to request that you will kindly pub ish the enclosed appeal which our Executive Commit tee has asked me to send you; Personally I shall appreciate the favour very much, as this is an ear nest and conscientious effort on be-' half of the members 'to interest their friends everywhere in their urgent needs and to meet the amount neces sary for the financing of their educa tional work. For teacher’s salary alone the sum of seventy-five (75) pounds per months is needed. The Government has hitherto paid about five ninths of the upkeep of its assisted schools in our mission in the form of a year ly government grant awarded upon a pro rata meritorious basis, but we have been, informed that because of depression in money matters there is to be a retrenchment put into ef fect for the next couple of years. This will greatly reduce the efficien cy of the schools as we 1 as the standard of education unless the peo ple rally to the support of their in stitutions. They are making a praise worthy effort to do so in this district and I am sure you will aid them in the manner above requested. We are obliged to use the Grant of money from the Home Base for the use of those schools not on the Government assisted list, but at this we are ap pealing for more support to meet a crisis. It may be that some one seeing this appeal may reso re to give a regular annual subscription to the cause of missions, if they realize that every year the demands are greater and that as the children who are leaving school every term pass into the world,, we have to make plans in the work of the mission to receive them and direct them aright. There i« now a great need.in Africa at this time for Industrial draining, practi cal Instruction and Vocational Guid ance. The missions must undertake this work. I close by appending a list of the mission stations under my control at present: Quittah Mission: Senior School, Junior Schoo’, Evening School. Agbosome Mission: Mission School, Night School. Penyi Mission: Mission School. Outstations: Sandarme Mission Station, Avenor D Mission School Hevi D Mission School, Kedzi Sunday School, Vodaa Sunday Schoo". All of the above are in Gold Coast. Saviepeh Mission Station, Togo. Trusting you will not disregard our appeal, I am, Yours in His service, H. Peters. responsibility of building up the cause of their own church when they wir be welcomed into churches of other denominations already built up. This is the responsibility of the next General Conference, and we should assume it and provide. Let us have ,a functioning home mission department. Provide for ad equate means to go into the depart ment to care for the work. Let the bishops who have missionary con ferences be assured that they can induce strong young men to go into the fie'd with money behind them, and when 1928 rolls -around we will see the results of our efforts, and be happy in our accomplishments. To do this we must have a system in the church functioning with men, men who have courage, honesty and zea', and who, with confidence in the eniscopal head , go forth to do the Master’s bidding. Kansas City, Mo. 4,000,000 or our chi dren are Deing neglected through our failure to pro vide kindergarten education for them. If there is no kindergarten in vour public school write to the Na tional Kindergarten Association, 8 Vast 40th Street, New York. REVERENCE Planted in Childhood will Fear Fruit in Manhood in BETTER LIVES HAPPIER HOMES NOBLER CITIZENS HOME EDUCATION. ING YOUR CHILD. BURBANK By Zahrah E. Preble. Luther Burbank says “Whoever be lieves there is a great gulf between plant ife and human life is wrong. Racial improvement, like plant im provement, is all a matter of hered ity, environment, se ection and cross ing of types. The strongest conviction I have, after breeding plants sixty years, is that what can be done with plants can be done with human be ings—and must be done if our civ ilization is not to be overwhelmed by the unfit. Plant life, I am convinced, is no more p astic than human life.” What can you do with your child to improve him for his own sake and the sake of the future race? You have already furnished him with he ridity: those strong- and weak tenden cies which are born with the child. These tendencies are not yet charao terlstics. They are merely signposts which indicate the way that young nature may be turned by careful cul ture or care'ess neglect. You know what happens to a garden which is left to its own devices, and that even in the most carefully tended garden weeds will spring up. But the good gardener does not deny the^liowers their proper amount of water and core in order to starve out the weeds. He pul a out the latter by the roots. In the matter of cultivation of your child to bring out the best potential qualities, the environment has a last ing and formative effect. Much can be done to overcome even unfavor ab'e physical surroundings, if the mental atmosphere is made harmon ious and the child taught to look for and see advantages and beauty everywhere. The environment Is more a matter of mental attitude than most people realize. If the parents are constant'y criticizing their sur roundings, what can they expect the child to develop except an undesira ble, critical attitude toward all phas es of life? It is in selection of the strongest physical and mental tendencies and the training of these toward ^he best expression that the parent acts as a Burbank with the child. Is the child showing a strange, stubborn qua ity which seems to be the predominant tendency? Do not consider this a fla grant weed, but look upon it as a de sirable trait of determination, and by judicious selection of interests train it toward that end, thus “burbank ing” what otherwise might remain a weed forever. Opposition or forcing will net do the work, only carefu', patient understanding and directing will accomplish the best resu t. Con sider what Burbank did with a wild Mexican grass. In eighteen years its meager seed had become full ears of corn under his ski lful handling. You have more than eighteen years in which to “burbank” the promising traits of your child. But remember patient training and interference are two very different things, and produce widely different results. Look to yourself first to see if you are a good gardener before you at-’ [ tempt to experiment with nature. You cannot live your .child’s ’ife any more than the gardener can live the life of the rose or cactus. But as the gardener can make the rose more desirable by training it to shed its thorns, and the, cactus a friendly instead of an unfriend y plant to man kind by depriving it Of its spines, so you can train your child’s tendencies —-—--1 and mind to make of him a better citizen . Speaking on the subject of world peace, Frank a Vanderlip recently said. Europe needs only a simpler mora,i guidance for its salvation, and we as a nation should be giving it The United States today is facing as. momentous a decision. as when wft~ were debating our entrance into the World War. But the debating now is on our part in peace, and we are lacking decision whi e the world waits for us. I beleve we are weak morally as a nation, and in the eyes of the? world we are losing respect.’’ The truth of Mr. Vanderdp’s state ment is painfully apparent to all think* ing persons. It is time to begin de veloping strength of character in the next generation and this work should commence in the kindergarten where se f-respect for the rights of others as well as truthfulness, honesty, un selfishness and integrity are cultivat ed at an early age. If there is no kindergarten in your pub ic school, write to the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West. 10th St., New York, N. Y., for in formation, advice and literature. WALLS FOR BISHOP AND ROBIN SON FOR BROTHERHOOD. Men of the Hour and the Present Day Need in Zion. By Rev. R. J. Lee. While holding up the age limit, do not fail to consider preparedness. The great need of the hour in Zion. Church does not consist of age, but of able young men with ability to do the work ,ike Dr. W. J. Walls, D. D., who is a ripe and worthy candi date for the bishopric. He is an able and aggressive young man that caar tour the district and put new life in the various charges to which he goes. Now let us think well. He will. be old enough at the General Con ference being in his fortieth year when it opens., and in the 41st year when the election of bishops is on. Why shou d we want to wear out. men in the trenches and when they' get near the Jordan bring them up. to the General Conference to promote1 them just to be oh hand a few years, and then step down under great prob lems leaving the conference in mourn ing, in this day of the world’s great progress. We need at the head of the fountain young men like W. J. Wa Is. Now let us get ready and begin pre paring our delegation to go to the General Conference to bring back Dr. Walls as a young bishop in Zion Church. The Church needs him and the times need him and the peop e want him. Let us elect him and Dr. W. M. Robinson, D. D./one of the greatest financiers in our Zion con nection. This great and good man and safe leader is out for the secretaryship of the Brotherhood. The South Car- ■> olina, Pee Dee and Palmetto confer ences hare lined up to „ go to the Genera Conference in 1924 to support these two men, Dr. Wa Is for the bishopric and Dr. Robinson for , the secretaryship of the Brotherhood. We want men that the Church needs in these times of world recon struction. Now give us a chance in South Carolina and let us think closely for the next few months. We do not need to let men wear themse ves out and then to be promoted to this high po sion after mentality and health have been broken down. We shall go up to the General Conference to bring back Dr. W. J. Wa Is and Dr. Wm. Robinson as bishop and secretary of the Brotherhood. Let us have them and the wheels will roll. To be continued.) Lancaster, S. C. FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE, VELMOT HAIR DRESSING. GET A BOX TODAY AT 10C STORES AND DRUG 8TORES. ' ' V . y 'v/
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