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EDUCATION
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The First Step
to
Being Somebody
Doing Something
Helping Someone
Getting Somewhere
THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF
PETER WILLING.
Peter Willing was traveling along
a hot dusty road. It was uphill, too,
and he was carrying a heavy burden.
His feet were sore and his head
ached, and altogether he was having
a hard time of it.
He was wondering how he could
ever get to his journey's end, when
he came across a poor old man who
was sitting by the roadside. This old
man also had a burden to carry, and
it was so very heavy that it had en
tirely worn him out.
“Now, what’s to be done?” said
Peter Willing. “I have all I can car
ry, to be sure; but it will never do
to leave this poor old man in such a
plight.” So Peter Willing hoisted the
old man’s burden on his back beside
his own, and bade him come along
with him.
Then it was that a strange thing
happened. Not only did the strang
er’s burden seem to add no weight
but the two together were not as
heavy as the one before. Indeed, they
both were as light as a feather.
While Peter was marveling over
this, a liltle further up the hill he
fell in with an old woman. She was
crawling on gasping for breath, and
just about to give up through weari
ness. '•
“Now, what is to be done?” cried
Peter. “I certainly have my hands
full, and yet I would be ashamed to
leave this poor creature to faint by
J the way. ” So Peter bent down and
took the old* woman by the arm to
•help her along the uphill road.
And then there happened another
‘wonder, for the road that had been
so steep and hilly a moment before
how seemed to Peter Willing to have
become perfectly level. Indeed, he
dveri thought that it was slightly in
'iSined downward, and he had hard
work to persuade himself, by the po
sition of the sun^ that he was still in
’the right direction, and had not
turned square around.
Well, so it went on. Peter stopped
by the way to give a third worn
out pilgrim, gasping by the roadside,
a drink of cooling liquid he carried,
and as he went on, lo! the road no
longer seemed hot to him, but cool
and pleasant. At another time he
stopped to bind up with soothing
salve the foot of a little boy, who
had cut it on a sharp piece of glass,
and was crying bitterly; and, as Peter
went on, his own feet, which had
been sore and blistered, seemed as
fresh and springy as when he had
started. Some way he lost his head
ache in binding up the aching tem
ples of the old woman he wag helping
along. And, in short, Peter Willing
came to his journey’s end as fine and
fresh as might be, just because he
had stopped all along the way to
help other people.
You may ask, “Is this a really true
story?” Well, you have chances every
day to find out whether it is true or
not.—Dr. Wells in “Three Years
With the Children.” Junior Life.
THE JUNIOR CHURCH.
By Rev. C. H. McRae.
From the above subject, we gather
that this means, the young people of
the Church. It is very important
tluit young people be taught correct
ly in divine things, considering that
impressions made uppn children are
more firmly fixed in their minds than
impressions made in later years. {
Much of the trouble in getting old j
YOUTHS
CORNER
people to see God’s truth in its right
light is because of improper teach
ing when they were young. The im
pressions gotten when they were
young were so firmly fixed in their
minds that it makes it quite hard to
have the prejudice removed.
The two mayi points that need to
| be taught are, how to get in personal
| touch with the living God and to
[ deal with Him successfully. There
is so much religious teachings given
! along the line of obedience to God
and to parents, but, children are not \
taught, as they should *be, that all
obedience is not to be done in their
own strength but, that God should be
depended upon for the strength need
ed td obey, then, there will be no
faltering on their part in perform
ing all their religious duties prop
erly.
It is satan who causes them to
sin and rebel against God and if they
are taught to depend upon the living
God for strength and power instead
of on their own efforts, however good
they may be, they will no't meet with
failure. The Word tells us, “My
grace is sufficient for thee, My
strength is made perfect in weak
ness.” Also (Heb. 13; 20, 21) “Now
the God of peace, that brought again
from the dead our Lord Jesus, that
great shepherd of the sheep, through
the blood of the everlasting covenant,
make your perfect in every good
wo’rk to do his will, working in you
that which is well pleasing in His
sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom
be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
To receive the correct teaching
they should first be taught to con
fess their sins to God and to forsake
them. God in His Word, says that
He does forgive when we pray. (I
Jo'hn:9.) “If we confess our sins, He
is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all un
righteousness.” They should then be
lieve that their sins are pardoned and
cleansed without waiting to see or
feel it. They are to believe it on
the strength of God’s promises alone.
This will be their first step in learn
ing to walk by faith, which is one
of the most valuable principles in
divine things. They should then be
taught to give their lives to God
and be willing to do His will in
every detail of their lives, and to
ask Him to fill them with His Holy
Spirit, who will provide the power
for them to carry this o*ut. (Rom.
12:1/ 2.) “I beseech you therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of God, that
ye present your bodies a living sacri
fice, holy, acceptable unto God, which
is your reasonable service. And be
not conformed to this world; but be
ye transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove what
is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect will of God. (Luke 11:13)—
“If ye then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto) your children;
how much more shall your heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask Him?” They are to believe
that God accepts them when they
make the surrender and fills them
with His Spirit without sight or feel
ing. As they continue to believe this
is done on the authority of God's
wo/rd they will find themselves vic
torious over satan.
Another wrong doctrine that is
taught- the young people, is that God
has changed from what He was in
Bible times; and that we are not to
expect the same miraculous answers
to prayer and deliverances that were
received by Christians in Bible times.
The Bible stories are told them more
as a historical fact and not that we,
today, can enjoy the same blessings
and favors of God.
In some cases they * are taught
that it is a virtue to be sick with
chronic diseases as it displays pa
tience. This is mainly done by read
ing pamphlets telling of sad stories
along this line. This is altogether
unscriptural. The Word tells ^s that
God has not changed nor His Son,
Jesus Christ. (Heb. ,13:8.) “Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, and to
day, and for ever.” In the entire :
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SECOND MARRIAGE NO INSULT.
Dorothy Dlx.
It is not love, but selfishness, that
seeks to bind a perpetual grief about
the neck of another—second marriag
es a compliment, not an insult to the
memory of the deceased.
Do you wish your husband to
marry again if you should die? Fool
ish question No. 999,999 that all
newly weds ask 'each other contin
ually during their honeymoon is:
‘•Darling, if I should die would you
ever #marry again?” The invariable
answer to tlii3 question is: ‘‘‘No,
never. If a cruel fate should snatch
you from me, I would pine away and
die, too, of a broken heart.’’ Wheth
er the lovers who thu% forswear
themselves speak with all sincerity,
or with a mental reservation, none
but their and the Recording Angel
know. '
Of course, it is a natural and a
human thing for Us to cherish the
fond belief that we are absolutely
necessary to those we love, and that
under no circumstances could they
ever forget us. It is also natural
and a human thing , for us to shrink
from the though^ that another could
ever take oup places in the hearts
of our beloved ones; that another
could come to fill the niche in their
lives that we fill;, that another could
be called by the same old endearing
names we are called; that another
should sit in cur chairs1, and use our
old familiar things that are hallowed
with a thousand tender memories.
So it is not surprising that men
and women resent the thought of
some stranger stepping into their
shoes when they are gone, and that
they try to wring a vow from their
wives and husbands that they will
never marry again.
Men are particularly prone to this
pont-mortem jealousy, and it is no
uncommon thing for a husband to at
tempt to keep his wife faithful to his
memory by making her forfeit her
share in his estate if she marries
again.
Occasionally a woman with prop
erty likewise ties a tombstone to her
bequests to her husband. But gen
erally wives content themselves with
a mere verbal promise from their
husbands that they will not be mat
rimonial repeaters. And, after a
while, they cease demanding even
that .pledge, and .reconcile themselves
to the inevitable, for they perceive
that widowers Of long standing are
,almost as scarce as hen’s teeth.
Sometimes they even rise to the
height °f a woman I know who says
that when she first married she
used to make her husband swear
that he would never marry again.
After a few years^ when she real
ized how very domestic he was, and
how miserable he »would be drift
ing around hotels and clubs, she told
him that she would be willing for
him to marry again if he would wait
four or five years.
But as time went on, find he
reached a state of helpless depen
dence in which he could not find a
handkerchief for himself, or remem
ber what he liked to eat, or think
to send a suit of clothes to the
presser, she begged him not to wait
until the grass grew green on her
grave before he took unto himself
a wife to look after him.
Fortunately, the promise that hus
bandg and wives make not to marry
again iB more honored in the breach
than the observance, because it is
not right that the dead should bar
the door, of happiness to the living.
It is net love but selfishness that
seeks to bind a perpetual grief about
the neck of another, and make a
home forever a house of mourning.
Nor can anything but a morbid spir
it make anyone see a second mar
riage as an insult to the memory of
a first husband or wife. Rather it is
a compliment, because the more con
genial a couple has been, the hap
pier their marriage .has been, the
more bereaved and desolate the one
who i® left alone.
The man who has had a good wife
who made him a comfortable home,
and who has been accustomed to
spending his evenings by his own
fireside, is as bewildered and help
less a® a lost child when he loses
his wife. He has forgotten his bach
elor ways, and they no longer appeal
to him . He gets enough of the society
of men in his day’s work and is bored
to death by the gossip of the clubs.
He loathes the effort of ordering his
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REVERENCE
Planted in Childhood
will
Bear Fruit in Manhood
in
BETTER LIVES
HAPPIER HOMES
NOBLER CITIZENS
CHRISTLESS MILLIONS.
By Bishop Thoburn.
There are ten hundred milliorf' of
human beings without Christ! The
very thought of such a multitude of
souls groping in darkness is over
whelming, and yet the mind fails to
grasp the full import of the words.
We cannot take in at a glance this
vast multitude of Christless men and
women; but we may possibly gain a
clearer view of the almost endless
throng by looking at them in detail.
Let us, for instance, take up a posi
tion where all these millions can pass
before us with military precision.
Let them be formed in ranks, with
thirty abreast, and let them pass be
fore us with rapid step, so that thirty”
shall pass every second. I take out
my watch, and note the ticking away
of sixty seconds: JL ,800 .persons have
passed. I stand at my post and watch
the ceaseless tread of the pass
ing thousands till the sun goes down,
till midnight comes, till the dawn
and sunrise come again, and there is
never a second's pause. Another day
and another night go by, the days
lengthen into weeks, the thousands
have, lotag since become millions, but
there is still no pause. Summer comes
' with its sunny days to find the long
, procession marching still. The flow
ers of the summer give place to au
tumn's frost, and a little later the
snow of winter is flying in the air;
1-ut morning, noon and night we hear
the awful tread of the passing multi
tude. Spring comes rohnd again; a
year passes, and yet not for one mo
ment hag that procession ever paused.
Will that awful footfall never cease?
some one asks. We take a glance out
to see how many yet remain, and -find
75,000,000 patiently waiting their
turn! This is a faint attempt to grasp
the meaning of our words when we
speak of ten hundred millio’n human
beings.—The Sunday School Bulletin.
WALTER WHITE’S NOVEL, “THE
FIRE IN THE FLINT,” PUB
LISHED NOVEMBER 6TH.
“The Fire In The Flint,” a novel
on the Negro Question by Walter F.
White, Assistant Secretary of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, is be
ing published on September 5th by
Alfred Knopf, 730 Fifth Avenue, New
York.
At the time of publication, the
publisher gare out the following
comments on the book by people who
had read it before publication.
Carl Van Ve'chten, the novelist:
“This bitter arraignment of a pseu
Jo-civilization( written by a Negro,
would arouse the latent sense of in
justice even in the soul of a United
States Senator.The plot is most
ingeniously articulated, the charac
ters well drawn. In certain nervous
passages the novel achieves a pow
1 er, through the use of a curiously
subtle variety of restraint, that al
most lifts it into the realm of art. I
defy any one to read It without emo
tion."
Zona Gale, novelist and playwright,
author of “Miss Lula Bett,”
“Birth," etc.:
“Until I read Walter White's
‘The Fire In The Flint' I was so ig
norant of my own land that l did' not
know that ‘share cropping’ exists as
it exists in the South,-or that there
are those who use the system to
practice peonage.....And ‘The Fire
In The Flint' is an effort to handle
ALTAH
----1
, this contemporary material wiih the
dispassion and detachment of the re
| corder. The book is to be judged
therefore, as a novel and not as a
revelation. Neither the indifference
of the North nor the prejudice of
the South can touch this work, on its
1 own ground, as a novel. On that
score the book is a remarkable per
formance . ”
1 James Weldon Johnson, Secretary
' of the N. A. A. C. P.:
i “In ‘The Fire In The Flint’ Mr.
White has taken the hard, cruel
facts of race conditions in the South
and woven them into a dramatic sto
ry. These facts have been used by
winters before, but most of these
writers, lacking the power and ima
gination displayed by Mr. White
have turned out propaganda treati
es or. pathetic pleadings instead of
interesting stories. Everything in
Mr. White’s story is true. Those
familiar with the conditions describ
ed will immediately recognize in the
main incidents of the book things
that have happened time and again.
But Mr. White has not made a mere
record of facts or a plea for the Ne
gro. He has taken his material and
made it into a moving, gripping
drama. In the first half-dozen pages
he gets the interest of the reader in
Kenneth Harper, the young colored
physician and surgeon, and he holds
that interest and intensifies it
through to the tragfic end of the
> book. The passage* relating Bob
Harper’s vengeance for the rape of
his young sister by white hoodlums
fprm a bit of staccato writing, rising
at a heart breaking pace to a cilmax,
that hag not been surpassed by any
contemporaneous American novelist.
Mr. White has indeed done a rare
thing; he has written a real novel on
the Negro Question."
MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF STOP
“BIRTH OF A NATION” IN NEW
BRITAIN.
Upon protests against the showing
of the “Birth of a Nation” at one of
the local theatres at New Britain,
Conn., by George L. Martin, Sec
retary of the New Britain and Plain
ville Branch of the N. A. A. C. P
the permit to exhibit the film has
been cancelled by Mayor A. M.
Paonesa and Chief of Police William
Hart, according to announcement
made today by the National Office of
the N. A. A. C. P., 69 f*ifth Aven
ue, New York. When advertisements
appeared in the local newspa
pers1 and placards wore posted in
local store windows, Mr. Martin on
behalf of the N. A. A. C. P., ad
dressed a letter to Mayor Paonesa
telling him of the character of the
picture and pointing out that inevi
able ill feelings between the races
would be created by this picture
which glorifies the Ku Klux Klan and
distorts history so viciously. Mayor
Paonesa immediately referred Mr.
Martin’s letter to Chief of Police
Hart who made a personal investi
gation and action which resulted in
the withdrawal of the picture.
AUSTRALIA BARS OUT COLORED
IMMIGRANTS FROM HER DO
MINIONS*
New York, August 29—A letter from
Australia received by Miss Thelma
Berlack, of the staff of the National
Association for • the Advancement of
Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue,
sets forth the restrictions against the
entry of colored people into Austra
lia. Th bar against Negroes and
Asiatics, known as the “white Aus
tralia Policy Act,” does not affect
the colored people already in the
country, only those desiring to enter.
Says the letter:
“Th© Negro people here settled in
this country *prior to the passing of
the *white Australia Policy Act,’ so
that the Act does not affect them.
The only way others can come here
is on a professional basis, such as
theatrical work. Then you can get
in the country without any bother
But very few come here in that car
pacity.
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