The First Step
EDUCATION >
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* Being Somebody
Doing Something
Helping Someone
Getting Somewhere
THE GOOD BAD WIND.
' ' “Mother; does God make the wind
blow?” came to the ears of a very
. . ..busy, mother..
;.<v> "Why of. .'course, dear—why do
.M yoU '-ask^’.-the mother tasked curious
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v • if.’i‘jW.eU;.,if,he-(;Qes:) then I don’t like
him. It makes a big noise at night
and scares me. And it blew doWn my
*'*playhouse arid;'knocked over daddy’s
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■ Mdther bit off her thread and laid
her hvork. She was temptej to
;'!,i8F,-tW‘A»estfoii go as ishe had many
''’ittibthfei* hht lier Conscience troubled
;'■Sieb-’atiit’. What queer, ::nansworablp
questions Jimmy-boy raked.' She
wondered, if he would always keep it
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. “Jimniy-boy, listen, when God
inade everthipg He said His crea
tion, was .^pod, and just because we
Ccvnno^ see as He . does we dp. not al
ways understand... You know ’the
other day you cried because the rain
kept you inside, but where would
, ,^he,.grafs and flowers be ifdid not
pain?,* Apd: now you think the wind
•„.j£ kad- iWqU* Jimmy-boy, even -the
j - rwindt dP®® its- part. Of, course it did
. • hlouf, yery hard, and- daddy’s .corn
iwent^dowp hut. it will come up again,
,,and the, wi]ad cleared the air for us. •
And aqqther thing you can remem
ber. The wipd turns the wind mills
and tlie cowg can get a drink; it
v sends the boats along, and does a
■let of good things we never see. Of
’bourse >When it blows sc hard the
;houses i’gd over and the people get
• '*hurt sometirheff it is hard to see
■that1 it is " good; but; Jimmy-boy,
‘jnothef -hopes you will always believe
whht €kvd made i® good; and that
i'rraoT& -good than bad comes to us.
We forget the good things and talk
■■Of the :bad things many times.. And
• remejnhpr, too, .little.,.son; that God
<►4,8 .good.-He is love, and He will .make
r.'.everything right.” Jimmy-boy. kept
-. his .-bright, eyes fastened on mother’s
• ■*fane and she looked down into eyes
■<■{ understanding - Pretty soon he
■ 'iwept out to. Play again, and mother
i jtook <RP her. work with a different
feeling in her heart- “How glad I am
. r|vtopk ^ime to explain,” she said to
;!lb.erself;i ‘he; will not forget, I am
, WaJOi.’’ ;; j
fi The .incident had been forgotten
a. , few weekgi later ahe sat
,pe5^in§.hy #*6 open window. Through
. .the window came the fragrance of
..., tjjie, rose ,pnd honeysuckle,, and to her
.,ears came t^e hum of little voices.
They dfew nearer and her eyes filled
with .j thankful tears as she heard
Jimany-hoy say to his little playmate;
“You mustn’t, say you hate the hot
pup., ^od made it so mother’s roses
woul^l bloom. And she saicl God is
’ good . and * G04 is love. ’’-—Richmond
*, (Ghri^tikh. Adyppate. ,
NOVEMBER,.
The bleak winds, and $ray skies of
Nqyejnberare spreading over the
cartb/ sweeping ike splendor of the
4-tummer off the landscape hnd leav
* tag bare forests and brdw6. meadows
and a somber world., Yet every month
has its own compensation and No
vember is not all dullness and, color
less paqhotony. In fact there is
still a wealtb qf color on the land
scape and in 'the sky; only it is quiet
er and more delicate in its_ shades.
There are hardy fall flowers tjiat are
.deeply djed. in dark'red and purple
* and sqple of thehl blaze, out in scar
let and jpurplq . and .gold. The flaming
forests pure not yet wholly denuded
,pf leafage and their faded splen
/dors arp still often: a painted pag •
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eantry. The landscape is not so loud
and lurid in its colors, but is more
. Mke a dark, richly colored Persian
carpet. The great compensation ot
the fall season ig the wealth of rip-,
cned fruit and vegetables that make
it so enjoyable. Grapes and peaches
and bears and rosy applesi are at
their best, and the stripped,.and spot
ted pumpkins and squashes hiding
around the feet of the com or nest
ling beside its golden heaps, are
an invitation to the appetite that no
healthy person can resist. The cool
. air and first touches of frost and
snow are also a welcome relief and
change from the heat of summer, and
in this month intellectual and even
spiritual life beats with a quicker
pulse rises to a higher pitch.—
Metropolit&n Messenger.
DELIGHT IN GOD; DESIRES
GRANTED.
i By Rev. E, George Biddle, D. D.
Delight thyself also in Jehovah;
i and He will give thee the desires of
thy heart; Psa.. 37.4. This is one
of “the thirty thousand promises,”
‘ precious promises’', of our Bible.
There are; at least ten or a- dozen
c ifferent Hebrew words from which
we get thisi word ‘.delight. " In verse
es seven and eleven of Psalm thirty
..seven> the Hebrew word is anag,
meaning intense, unalloyed delight;
it is one of the most delightsome^ of
v'ords, like the percious words,
“pother,” “home,!” “heaven.” The
same word is used by Isaiah, when
he says, ‘ Let your soul delight itself
in fatness,” Isa. 55:2. ‘Thou shalt
delight thyself in Jehovah," Isa. 58.
14. also 66.11. There is real joy, sat.
-irfaction, contentment, and soul rest
in this word delight,
- In preparing a sermon or an'Ar
ticle for publication I freely use
every help available. Every up-to
date, progressive Zion pastor should
have hig? study (supplied with the
standard helps to Bible study. Allow
me to name some which I think are
inispensable: Young’s, Analytical
Hebrew and Greek Concordance;
Thayer’s Greek and English Lexi
con; Davies’ Hebrew and Chaldee
Lexicon; a French,* a German and a
Latfin Grammar and Dictionaries;
Greek New Testament and Interlin
ear Greek Testament and Psalter is
especially helpful, The Hexaglot Bi
ble, Six. vol,, published by Funk and
Wagnalls is a wonderful help to the
thoughtful, studious pastor : the Bi
ble in six different languages in par
allel columns, Hebrew, Greek,. Lat
in, English, German apd French; al
most every word in our English Biblp
is thus placed in comparison, and is
certainly helpful.
Webster’s main definition of this
werd delight, is, a high degree ot
gratification of mind ; a high-wrought
state of pleasurable feeling; lively
pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.’’
1 think the word Delight only occurs
ottce in the New Testament: ‘"For
■I, delight’in "the law of God after the
inner man,” Rom'. 7:22., here the
Gk. word is sunedomla, meaning ex
treme pleasure.
In Latin the word for delight is
’ Delectare,-’ suggesting Bunyan’s
“Delectable mountains.’’ In French
the word is “Dclicea.’' meaning that
it? is, especially delightful • tov the
taste. “O taste and see that the
Lord is good.’** In German -the word
for delight i» ‘‘Left,’’ meaning air, or
life. • : •• • -i
It is a1 lamentable! fact that- ^at
tendance on Prayer and Class MeetT
ingis .of out Church are ?• so- generally
negleeted;- a social? concert or supper
will draw, ten times as many , of our
. church members; If we take ...real
Relight- in . serving. Qod we .will get
“Joy and Gl^dnees^ ouf of it;- and
withtb’p, “The desires ot ouf heart.”
For says,, purGod :n. “I vtVILL GIVE
THEE THE DESIRES . OF
HEART!” What a wonfierflll..promise!:
Cur hearts being IN TUNE..with the
beayt of God; so .much that our. det
i’res will be “according to His yjfli”
This ig often Illustrated andful|llled
in both the Old and the New( Teejta-1
mehts. See Job 22,, 25r2&. and Job®
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qf women.
Edited by MIm Mary L. Mason.
HAGAR UNBOUND.f
A Brief Survey of the Constructive
Activities o* the Colored Woman
in America.
Haying an eye always to tho phy
sical well being of) her <, children,
Hagar must do more. Her compan
ion ig the lowest paid of wage earn
ers. She must be also an economic
asset. One of her chief duties has
been to make ah income, chiefly re
markable for the large minus sign
before it almost meet. When other
groups called themselves sacrificing
during the happy days of what we
blithely termed “food conservation^’
slightly increased earnings were
causing Hagar’<3 own to fare sump
tuously in the comparative sense of
the word.
Hagar’s has been a complicated,
delicate, and ingenious bit of finan
ciering, which the world was slow
to recognize> because of the humble
stuff with which it dealt.
Oufcvcjf this hard school sprang a
genius, Madame C J.t Walker, who
earned and spent, lavishly, but eve|r
with an eye to the advancement • of.
her- own, Mrs. Maggie L. Walker
who has built up in twenty-five years
0: activity a great insurance frater •
rity) fast becoming nation-wide, in
scope, . Richmond, oven as 1 write,
is planning to honor this builder and
banker with a splendid jubilee cel
ebration . Successful business pion-.
o;ens like Mrs. Malone of -Poro Col
lege fame, Dr. J. P. H. Coleman,
Nannie H. Burroughs, rearing a
«chool of beauty with practically no
assets. Elizabeth Carter of New
Bedford, Mass., making out of a pit
iful public charity for the aged, a
Lome for both races, largely support
ed by the investment of its gifts
Others, whom you know personally,
have reared their own signboaids of
success.
At; the beginning of thfs series, 1
raid Hagar stands now an the thresh
old of political opportunity. Quietly
,*she enters and begins, to use her
opportunity that she may serve.
Right thinking authorities recognize
her worth. Here stands Hallie Q.
Brown, formexi bread-winner for
Wilberforce University, . veteran
teacher, prime mover in the estab
lishment of the Douglass -Memorial
Home, ex-president of the Associa
tion. of Colored Women's Clubs,
staunch and true, in charge of all
the activities of Republican women
of the nation.
Many other women of recognized
worth are working in this cam
paign. Mrs. M. C. Lawton,' pres
ident of the Empire State Fed
eration of Women has charge of the
Woman’s Bureau for the Eastern
States.' Miss Jeannette Carter j of
Washington, D. C., is chairman of
Woman’s Publicity Work. Mrs.
Mary Church Terrell is active in' the
Speakers’ Bureau; Miss Nannie H.
Burroughs has organized the Repub
lican Woman’s' Club. Many,.others
are working all over the country.
Sqme have offered themselves as
candidates for office. All this that
they may do for their group and
country, and in a larger sense, pro
tect their homes-, and provide for
their children, opportunities.
We expect to see victory perched
on many banners bearing the same
legends which are- carried in this
campaign by Hagar’a Daughter^ .
- Smiling ottt from the pages of the
CRISIS- for . November, we see a
group of notable Sunday School
porkers back from Glasgow, Scot
land • Among them we behold the
dynamic EiOhOlberger tHttT the zekl
arid purity of -heart' characteristic of
Knightly -- Sif.. Galahad, * Smilingly
seated near, him, see our own Miss
Sargh Jani^er, teacher of character,
q remarkable success in that educa
tion which tends'to character forma
tion / She hoia® high place in the
• Pause of mission# in our. Church. She
has represented;; our Sunday School
j.vork .jjl.Tpkyo^ Japan and brpughi
back from Japan some of the dainty
pictures of its'school children to in
I spires our children. She has repre
j sented us at ,,Giasgow this summer,
. and, M now busy disseminating „the
llch contributions gleaned frojp her
., Bhe stands high among those who
are Striving tc shape for us a ne*
educational policy
Miss Jenifer; epitomizes in char
acter and service the,heat that <>ur.
Church and > race have developed in
the course of our existence, and she
is one whom wo delight to honor.
The Vletorjr.
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The din and ' hustle election is'
oyer. That party which did moet to
have the 19 th amendment enacted
into law has been overwhelmingly
approved by popular vote, and the.
Colored Women of America have
shown themselves to be • allied with
the victors.
The Woman Wage Earners^ Associ
ation.
On Armistice Day at the Nation’s
Capital will be opened a building
called the Headquarters of the Na
tional Women Wage Earners of the
U. S. ■ > •
It represents another constructive
peace victory. These women under
t.he leadership of Miss Nannie H.
Burroughs have organized to make
themselves more efficient, to demand
better'pay for better work, and to
so invest their savings that they
themselve3 may realize a profit from
the sale of sUch things as they are
compelled to use.
This is a most significant achieve
ment. The building - is owped, not
rented. It isi on one of Washington’s
widest and best street®, aljnost in
sight of Pbyliis Wheatley Y. W.
C. A., owned, operated and wholly
controlled by women of Phyllis
Wheatleyis race.
• Washington, D. C- .. ..
ECHOES OF* T-H E WORLD’S SUN
DAY SCHOOL CONVENTION,
By Miss Sarah J- Jenifer.
'i.The First of.a Series of Articles.)
AH aboard for the Ninth World
Sunday School Convention at Glas
gow, Scotland, and a subsequent tour
to England, Belgium and France.
The Start:--After the hectic vaca
tion days are over and visitsi to the
country, mountains or seashore are
only a dim recollection, it is a joy
to recall the lessons learned, the
contacts made and the experience
gained. Such thoughts brighten the
dull winter months when we have
settled into the grind and pace of the
exacting tasks of making a living.
It is with the hope of brightening
some of these dull days as other
writers have done for me that the
series of articles are written.
Friday, June 6, we left Union Sta
tion, Washington, D. 0., en route
to New York to take the steamer
Cameron’’a on Saturday at 11 A. M.
After attending a Teacher's meeting
at Mother Zion, the whole 3unday
i School Board led by the lion-hearted
pastor, Dr. J- W. Brown, we pro
| ceeded to the farewell reception at
Fleet Street church, Brooklyn, given
by the Long Island S. S. District,
under the guidance of District Sup
| erintendent Mitchell, who gave us a
royal send off. After Speeches and
songs we were given a purse of
$27.50, $15 from the District and
$12.50 from Mother Zion Sunday
School. Fleet Street Sunday School
bad previously given us $25 through
the Headquarters. Then the doors of
the lecture robin were-thrown open
where a sumptuous! repast of coffee,
chicken salad, ice cream and cake
was served. The following morning
Mr. Eichelberger as the guest of
Fleet Street Sunday School and the
house guest of the pastor, Dr. W.
C. Brown, and I as the guest of Dr.
and Mrs. J. W. Brown, taxied to
pier 54 at the fbot of 14th SkreeY, and
after much red ' tape, boarded the
commodious ' ' steamer, Cameronia,
and aMd the cheers of hundreds) of
S/ SV scholar,: and teachers, the
waving of old' glory and the Chris
tian flags and the toots of scores of
whistles, oiir vessel hosed its way
but "towards' i-iherty Statue." Far but.
oven'aftej* the cheering was only an
echo and’the features of friends were
lost in'the hazy distance, ire could
she the monster letter3 of the sign
whicif read, “Bonne Voyage Ninth
World’s^ Sunday 'School Convention.”
At. Sandy. Hook we sent our final
messages % loved ongs oq the -shore
fq be jnqiled £y the pilot on his
^return. W<9 how, turned .our attention
to the rputine 6{ settjing down for
hq voyage and repaired to our state.
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loom* which <mr friend® had ipade
fragrant and cheerful with American 1
Reality roses, baskets of fruit and |
boxes of candjr
Nearly 400 of the 650 passengers
n ere en route to the Conrention m».
der the supervision of Mr. George
W. Penniman, Secretary of Alleghe
ny County Pennsylvania Sunday
Schpol Convention. More than a
score of these the writer had the
pleasure of meeting four years pre
viously in Tokio, Japan and this
fact paved the way for our small
farty of five ^ be cordially received
and invited to partake of all the ac
tivities on ship board. Every morn
ing after breakfast we had a recre
ational period led by some Y. m.
C. A. Or Y* W. C- A. work
er. At 10:30 we had a devotional
period for half an hour, after which
we had a literary .period where we
heard such celebrities as Prof. L.
A Welgle, of Yale University Rev.
John C. Boyce1, representative of
the Near East, Dr. Rafferty, Editor
of Journal of Religious Education,
and many others. ~
Tuesday, June 10, we had a mock
Republican Convention where Cool
idge was noininantcd President of
the United States and Hoover Vice
President. Democrat^, McAdoo
President, and' Wm. J. Bryan, Vice
President. The election was held and
Coolidge Was elected President.
Ihursday evening, June 12, was me
morial evening to Mr. Marion Law
rence. Speakers, Mr. Anderson,
Oliio, Mr.: Roger Arnold, Mrs. Mary
J. Baldwin, M. A.-Gibson, and Prof.
Welgle. June 14, was celebrated as
Flag Day. A gay procession march
ing around the boat led by a High
'under playing the bagvpipe/At. night
at the celebration Mr. Penniman
gave the history* of the American
flag and Mr. Eichelberger made his
appearance; and* Was. universally
praised for hie 'excellent rendition,
which was voted the best on the
program.’ At the concert your humble
servant gave the history of the
American folk song, i. e., spirit
uals, and won an encore on the ren
dition of one of them; and from then
rn every day saw a demand for one
cr more of them. Both Sundays
spent on shipboard we attended ser
vices conducted by the officer of the
chip after the Church of England
ritual. Prof. Weigle gave a lecture
on “Prayer” and emphasized the
opportunity for using the Sunday
Schools in the education of the
American youth.
Friday an impressive ceremony
wag#held in the aft of the boat when
a memorial wreath was cast upon
the water with a prayer and a hymn
in memory of two Ohio young men
who died at sea during the World
War.
Sunday morning, June 15, we are
in 3ight of the Port of call at Gree
nock, Ireland, and the sight impress
es us with the appropriate name,
Emerald *Isle, for the green of Ireland
is indescribable, but Wee seen, must
always be remembered. The north
of ‘ Ireland staid under the British
rale and everywhere could be seen
signs of thrift and prosperity. From
now on the scenery rivals anything
we have ever seen. Lovers of Sir
Walter Scott’s hovels can gain some
idea of the Highlands of Scotland.
Two tugs arrived to tow us slowly
up the Clyde, past the monument to
Watts, the discoverer of steam; past
immense-dry docks and ship building
yards and on to Glasgow where we
remained for the night preparatory
to making an early landing on Mon
day morning.
Washington, Di C...
AN APPRECIATION.
By Mayme Haywood McDonald
' On Stauirday evening; - Oct. 18th,
the members and friends of the St.
Marks A.: M. E. Z.‘ church, Jean
nette, PaV, gave a surprise reception
In honor of their returned - pastor
arid family,‘Rev. HT. C. McDonald
After -being so wonderfully enter
tained, the president of the paistor’s
hid * society then1 presented them
with a‘large basket laden with gro
ceries and $12.40 was received
It was a grand surprise to the
pastor '.- The people are kind, lovable
and ^generous. We love all of them
and they have'given us inspiration
4° put the program over this year for
Cod and Zlon^. May they Mve Ion?
1° help the servants of God.
Br^ddock / Pa-.