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aT'0 Jjlt EDUCATION Is & The First Step to Being Somebodv Doing Something Helping Someone ' Get ling Somewhe*re MISSED HIS MAN. Diva Nicotine began singing her siren evening song, and responding as is my custom, I filled my pipe with a view of seeking the smoker. As I approached, the racial sixth sense that in. these degenerated days of race problems has grown in acuteness told me that the be|d time subject was the ubiquitous Negro. The porter emerged from the smoking apartment with a satisfied smile on his face that indicated an unusual tip or something its equivalent in pleasure rendering attributes. Sure ly the porter had heard something pleasant, for he was humming the “Banana" classic like no wave of trouble crossed his peaceful breast. In the smoker, a typical group of travelers gathered under the tobacco cloud—a minister, two lawyers and two commercial business men. One of them, evidently a prosperous trade scout, was taking his turn at the skein of the discussion. ■"You are right,” he was saying, addressing himself to the minister, “if heaven is to be populated entirely by white people, the housing situation will not be as perplexing as it is in Detroit; and I imagine if it is other wise, segregation will hardly oomply with the brotherhood of man. “But there is another slant I have been brought to observe in a costly manner. The Negro is beginning to assert himself in a financial and a commercial way until he demands consideration. I have just returned from Brazil. My company sent me down to dicker with some parties In Rio De Janeiro, who are in the tnarket for 100,000 tons of cement. I met the engineers and managers, gave them $10,000 worth of entertain ment in banquets, theatre parties and other favors and was getting along swimmingly, “One night after I had permitted the chief engineer to show me three deuces after he had apaprently bluffed my three tens, and saw him rake in about $900 of the company’s money in one pot, I took him to my hotel and he whispered to me that my bid F. O. B. at Philadelphia would be accepted if I reduced it $50,000, which would bring my firm just below the lowest London offer. I cabled, my sales chief and he cabled me the terse answer: ‘Take him.’ “Well, sir, from that minute busi ness picked up. I took the engineer, and his friend son a fishing excur sion—gone ' two ,days—servants liquor and everything. One trip cost me (consulting his expense account) $1,268.53. The engineer told me that it only remained for the president of his company to return from Eu rope to okay the specifications and I would get the ,contract. Consequently I was walking on the clouds. Filially the president came and the engineer made an engagement for me. I went up to the offices in a modern building and after waiting a while was ushered into the private room of the construction company. 1 saw a portly looking colored man seated at a large* mahogany table. My first and fatal ^impression was that he was a servant. He was so dark, so very dark that, a 1000-candle power incandescent would not light his features. I had learned ta my zeal for the contract to be npolite^ to Everybody; so, I was polite to him in a genial American way. ** 'Godd mprning, George, » ” I said In accosting him, “ ‘Nice day, ain’t it? Take this five-dollars and be care YOUTHS' CORNER ful? George, you black rascal! Don’t buy no automobile! Is Senor Jonneli, the president in?’ ”. ‘‘The black man rose gracefully and before I knew it, he was caress ing my neck with hands far from gentle and I found myself in the ante room with an aching point where my trousers join.” “Did you get the contract?” asked the minister. ‘’No, doctor, I got hell. That Negro was the president of the company.” rev. h. t. Bedford, logan TEMPLE PASTOR, ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR THE RE VIEW. Dr. W. J. Walls: Editor Star of Zion, Charlotte, N. C. Dear Sir: My name has been sug gested by several friends through our church papers, and I have been requested by a larger number, that I have seen face to face in recent months, to stand for the election of the editorship of the Quarterly Review at the General Conference, May 1924. Our fine friend, Dr. C. C- Alleyne, its present editor, has decided to an swer the call of conscience and his friends to a higher place of respon sibility and service in our Zion. Af ter meditation and prayer I have de cided to offer myself for the next editor of the Review. I am sending this because the strenuous duties of a heavy pastorate have prevented me from- visiting many conferences and talking with friends in a personal way. I very much value their in fluence and “crave” their help in this endeavor. ^ The Review has undergone im provement by each of the able men into whose hands it has fallen in the past, but with it, as with most other things there is yet room for some improvement. If I am given a chance I purpose to see that the present high standing and splendid departments of the periodical are maintained, and among other things add the follow ing features: First: A Department of Modern Methods of Church Work. I mean by that a section of work able plans in each issue that will appeal to the rank and file of our pas tors, both rural and city. Such plans . and methods as have been gathered from experience in small country pas torates, up through small towns to charges in some of the larger cen ters. This department would also be used as a medium of exchange of suc cessful plans of workers on the field who would be asked to contribute to it from time to time. Second: An Inquiry and Answer Section. , I think well of some such depart ment in which questions that consti tute knotty problems in Theology, doctrine, Church polity, History or management may be asked and con cisely answered for the benefit of the individual, and incidently for the good of the larger group. I give the above brief ideas because I feel that a man should not ask or expect the support of another for a position in the Church without giving evidence that he is at least reasonably qualified for the place he seeks. H. T. Medford, 310 E. Clinch Ave.* Knoxville, Tenn. JAMES A. HACLETT DiES.— LEADING LAYMAN OF THE PA CIFIC COAST, PASSES. Obituary. Janies A. Haclett, beloved husband of Mrs. Alice Hackett, father of Mrs. Sadie Hackett-Calbert, Nora C. My ertle, Teresa, Alice Jr., Grace, Josie, Luther, James A. Jr., and Paul Hackett, Brother of S. R. and C C. Hackett, was born in Wilkes 'Co., N. C-, April 5th, 1857, being at his death 67 years of age. He was the son of Orange and Matilda Hackett, and one of 17 children. The subject of this sketch was for several years a public school teach-ei in the State of North Carolina, hav ing begun his teaching career in boy hood. He wag united in the boids of matrimony to Miss Alice Hickerson, of Wilkes County, North Carolina, in 1884. This union was blessed with 12 children all of whom were present at his funeral, except tvfb who died in infancy, and are a very great cred it to themselves, to* their parents to whom they owe it all and to soci ety. He was converted in childhood and joined the A: M- E. Zion church in which he remained a faithful and use ful member unti he was called to the fellowship of the Church triumphant which is without fault before the throne of God. Acting under the advice of the'late Bishop C. C. Petty (his cousin) he came to t California while a young man, located first in San Francisco, thence to Alameda where he resided for many years. Here he acquired val uable property, educated his children smd built up a large transfer busi ness.. He finally took up residence in Allenswort.h as a kind of retire ment from the very busy career which he had spent in the places mentioned. Here he spent $is last days. He was a man of high ideals, lofty purposes and honest convictions, and Lad the courage to express his con victions without fear or favor. As a husband he was true and faithful to his vows and obligations providing amply for the comfort and happiness of his wife. As a father he was affectionate, loving and sympa thetic, yet positive with his children always insisting upon the best of de corum. As a business man his policy was honesty and courtesy. As a cit izen he was public-spirited, self-re specting, patriotic, liberty loving and was ever ready to bear his share in every moment for the good of the community where his let was cafet. As a race man he was optimistic, en enthusiasfcic and loyal. As a friend he was true as steel and as firm as a rock. As a Christian and churchman he was unwavering in his Christian faith and practice, not polluting his lips with the king’s meat, nor the wine which he drank. He, “Dared to be a Daniel, Dared to stand alone, Dared to have a purpose true, And dared to make it known.” He served the church of his choice as trustee, class leader, Sunday School Superintendent and teacher in San Francisco and Oakland and was unlike a great many church offi cils who take pride in dictating what should and should not be done, and do very little themselves. James A. Hackett was as-interest ed in his Church as he was in his home and family, and no sacrifice was too great for him to make for the maintenance of the gospel and the various benevolent enterprises of the Church. He enjoyed the enviable distinction of being indeed and in truth the lead ing layman of the A. M. E. Zion Church in the California conference, or the state. The writer has had some official relation to nearly every church in the state and can speak with authority. He was a long and patient sufferer, | but in all this he sinned not nor charged God foolishly. The end came Tuesday, January 1st, 1924 at 8-55 P. M., and he went to his reward, leaving to mourn their loss the rel atives and friends mentioned above and others and a holrf of friends, “Life, we’ve been long together, - In fair and cloudy weather, ’Tis hard to part when friends are dear, r .' .... Perhaps ’twill cause a ^igh a tear, Then steal' away, give little warn ing, . Say not good night to me, But in some brighter clime bid me good morning.” San Francisco, Cal. The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places: yea, I have a goodly heritage.— Psalm 16:5, 6. Hear, .0 Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.—Deuteronomy 6:4. REVERENCE Planted in Childhood will Bear Fruit in Manhood • in BETTER LIVES HAPPIER HOMES NOBLER CITIZENS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A CHRISTIAN. "And it was at Antioch that the disciples first received the name of Christians.” Acts 11:26. The disciples of Christ did not name themselves- Like the Metho dists, they were named by others. The people who first called them Christians were heathen. Whether or not the name was given in deris ion we are not informed, but we do know they would not have been called Christians had they not talk ed much of Christ, believed firmly in His teachings and lived accord ing to what^ they believed. Therefore it is safb to say that to make a Christian, one must have a creed, j an experience and a life. \ I. A Christian is a person with a creed. A person who has accepted the teaching that Jesus of Nazareth was also the Christ of God. That in His life He showed men how to live above the world; in His death was vealed the love of God as it can not be found anywhere else; in His resurrection we have proof unfail ing of His divinity and the assurance that "As thru Adam all die, so also, through Christ all will be made alive again. ’’ There are those who say it matters nothing what you believe so long as . you live right. But, how can this be? Who ever drank pure water from an impure spring, gathered grapes from thorns, or figs frqm thistles? The fact is, the church must have a doc trinal fence around it and not be left in the open prairie with nothing to ward off the wfnd® of religious fa naticism and myriads fads <?f doc trine . In 1833 when the ’‘star- fell,” a man was aroused from his bed by the, alarm. He rushed out and saw many stars falling, sure enough. But gaz ing beyond these he saw the old con stellations in their accustomed plac es. He thereupon went back to his bed satisfied. Christian Science, Spir itualism, Russellism, Theosophy and what not, may denounce all creedal belief; but, when these vagaries and fads have ceased to be the churches that are grounded in the old familiar faiths— the institutions that have conceived, developed and put over every move ment and reform for the benefit of mankind—will continue to function to the glory of God. Their beneficence will continue becauuse of what they believe. A formal statement of what we as Christians believe is our creed. A Christian, therefore, is a person with a creed II. A Christian is a person with an experience. The things learned, the prayers answered, the doubts remov ed the opportunities improved these, things constitute one’s experience. In other words, creed is the ladder by which we climb to God. Experience is what we learn (by climbing. Those who contend that a Christian’s whole equipment is creed, leaves off that which makes the' creed necessary. The best, possible creed cannot con tribute to spiritual welfare unless re duced to experience. Faith energized gives experience, without which one can never know the value of faith. III. A Christian is a person with a life—Our religion must be lived. One truth lived is worth more than a thousand believed and not lived. Re ligion centered in the heart will radi ate through aqd control the whole life. 1. It will control, the tongue. None but God knows the evil that is done FAMILY ALTAR by this little but unruly member. Character is besmirched; social, po litical and business standing ruined; lives sacrificed, because men refuse to live their religion. Much of the race friction in this country woud not be if members of both sides would let their religion show in^ controlled tongues .There would be nothing said in public nor private that would en gender bad feeling and incite to riot md blood-shed. Neither would white men give voice to argument to show that Negroes should not have every citizenship advantage claimed by themselves, educationally, economi cally, industrially, politically and otherwise. (2) . It will control the hands. Re ligion, radiating through the hands, will not allow one to take that which does not belong to him. Violent hands will not be laid on anyone, save in self defense. Religion, controlling the hands, will make them ready to aid in every possible way those who stand in need. Religious hands do whatever they find to do wherever occasion gives the opportunity. (3) . It will control the feet. Quick to answer duty’s call are the feet of a Christian. How could they do else, v/hen Jesus’ feet took Him wherever there were human suffering and need! If we let our religion radiate through our feet, we shall be found only where opportunity/ is afforded to help a brother, regardless of his national ity or race. , Note please, the Christian is like unto a fruit tree. Creed is the root, experience is,.the flower, and life the fruit. He who has creed and experi ence is as the tree in bloom. He who has creed, experience and life, is as the tree bearing luscious- fruit. Because so many of us have creed and experience only, our lives are not fruitful. As a result, the Church is losing sway and Christianity has been brought into disrepute. May we, ministers and members of the Christian church, regardless of name, get in such relations to our Master that our creed, experience and life may give us right to the most exalt ed title and station possible to hu man existence—that of a Christian. —Dr. H. T. S- Johnson, Interracial Secretary of Oklahoma. ■ THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED BY GENERAL CONFERENCE DELE GATES. V By Rev. E. M. Clark. Individually I favor general offices . filled with ministers instead of lay men. My reasons are as follows: competent laymen are usually very busy men and do not have the time to give to such positions; and then there is this added thought, ministers can get a hearing when a layman can not. It should be understood that I am not against laymen hold ing these offices; it is mainly for the reasons mentioned above that causes me to prefer ministers to fill general offices. I am thinking now about two offic es, Church Extension and the Chris tian -Endeavor. I feel that it would be well to elect ministers to these particular offices; for the reasons mentioned and my choice would be the Rev. H. H. Jackson, of the Goler Memorial, Winston-Salem, N. C., for Church Extension and the Rev. A. L. Lightford, of Indianapolis, Ind., for the Christian Endeavor. ^ Now. tve have no better men in the church than t^he laymen who hold theSfe offices, but they are too busy to give the time the offices require. All candidates in the various races from the bishopric down to the most humble office should feel that he has some traits of character which ^hould appeal to the members of that great body and feel his confidence to win. If unfortunately he is left, as many will be, there should be no bad feel ing that he has been mistreated; but bn the contrary he should feel as Lin coln told some despondent office seek ers who had just been rudely turned down by that uncoothed civil war Secretary (Stanton); “Gentleman we are sorry to turn you away thus; the unfortunate circumstance is this, there are too many pigs for the teats.n
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