“AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH
VOL. XLVII.
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY* AUGUST 13,1925
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A FUND FOR MINISTERIAL RELIEF
Ministers and Sessions of the Presbytery of Southern Virginia,
Please take notice:
As a commissioner to the
137th General Assembly, meet
ing in Columbus, Ohio, in May,
I was asked by the chairman of
the Laymen’s Committee to be
come identified with it in putting
over its program in my Presby
tery. I am, therefore, taking
this method of reaching the
ministers and sessions within
the bounds of the Presbytery of
Southern Virginia.
Realizing the inadequacy and
uncertainty of the continued sup
port of retired and disabled min
isters and missionaries through
the present Board of Relief and
Sustentation, the General As
sembly, meeting in Indianapo
lis, appointed the Laymen’s
Committee, of which Mr. Will H.
Hays. ex-Postmaster General is
chairman, to work out a plan by
which every disabled and retired
minister and missionary in the
Presbyterian Church can be as
sured of an adequate and per
manent support. With such a
personnel as Will H. Hays, John
W. Baer, E. J. Cooper, Robt.
Lansing, William B. McKinley,
Richard B. Mellon, Nathan G.
Moore, A. H. Whitford and J. N.
Jarvie the success of the plan
is assured.
The object of this system is to
raise $15,000,000 by voluntary
subscription among churchmen
and churchwomen who are con
vinced that such a step will ma
terially raise ministerial stand
ards and lead eventually to a re
vival of interest in church activ
ities.
l^tsoiKtiyrT-a'm KIfcMyr*&r
sympathy with the movement,
and, as loyal and progressive
Presbyterians, we can but feel
that our ministers are poorly
paid for their service, to say the
least. Possibly nine-tenths of
the ministers of Southern Vir
ginia are fifty years or more of
age. We have many vacant
churches needing ministers. If
the present state of affairs con
tinue our supply will soon be ex
hausted.
I believe, as Mr. Hays says in
his speech before the last Gen
eral Assembly, that religion is
the one essential industry of the
world, and if we would have this
industry endure; if we would
have the Church of Jesus Christ
preserved as the holding thread
in our social, moral and com
mercial fabric, we simply must
consider this matter of the un
derpaid minister.
We can consider nothing less
than the present high standard
of our ministers, for which the
Presbyterian Church stands;
and the preparation of a Pres
byterian preacher means many
years of the hardest sort of sac
rifice and it is not fair to expect
these men to come from our col
leges and seminaries to enter a
life of continuous sacrifice with
no assurances of anything like
an adequate remuneration for
service rendered; with no assur
ance of a liberal education for
their children or the comforts
of their dependents after they
are gone. This is not a matter
of commercializing the gospel.
It is simply a matter of enabling
the minister to give himself
wholly and solely to the needs
of his congregation, and this is
hardly possible unless the
Church in turn win give
him its support in some
thing like a substantial way.
You may say that the av
erage church is too poor to
supplement the support from
the Boards sufficiently to give
the minister adequate support.
Granting this to be true under
ordinary circumstances, the Lay
men’s Committee has very care
fully worked ‘out a plan by
which the churches, though
poor, can enhance that support.
Providing still that the church
es ar»too poor, there are possi
bly individuals in every church
who can subscribe to this pro
gram and I am especially ask
ing that you will supply me with
names and addresses of those
who are likely to become contri
butors to this new system.
Under this new plan no retired
or disabled minister will receive
an annuity of less than $600,
which assurance in itself is an
improvement over the present
plan of Relief and Sustentation.
The committee does not advise
a canvass of the churches in
support of the plan. It simply
asks for voluntary subscriptions
from individuals, men and wom
en, who are anxious to experi
ence a revival of church activi
ties.
Will every member and ses
sion in the Presbytery of South
ern Virginia interest themselves
in this matter to the extent that
they will send me at the earli
est possible date, the tabulation
asked for?
Yours for the success of the
Church,
EDWARD B. HARRIS,
Box 584, Crewe, Va.
GETTING WELL OF TUBER
CULOSIS.
North Carolina Offers Unusual
Facilities.
Sanatorium, N. C.—A person
who has been told by a compet
ent physician that he has tuber
culosis, must give up work and
take treatment, or soon he will
have to stop work. Early dis
:ht
kind of
re
covery and the n
treatment takefTa
most important factors in
covery from tuberculosis. /
Tuberculosis in the lungs is
usually chronic, and long drawn
out. Sanatorium treatment and
proper home care after leaving
the sanatorium, and intelligent
selection of work, will cure the
majority of light and medium
cases, and some seemingly hope
less ones. Six months is gen
erally the shortest time in which
a patient may safely be returned
to active life.
There is no medicine that will
cure tuberculosis. Patent med
icines claiming to cure the dis
ease are fakes. Only right liv
ing will cure it.
If possible, a sanatorium is the
place to go in order to get well.
But it is not impossible to get
well in the patient’s own home,
under a good doctor. The prin
ciples of the treatment at home
are the same as in a well ordered
sanatorium: rest persistently
and systematically taken, fresh
air, nourishing food, and careful
supervision of exercise after the
patient gets out of bed.
When the symptoms of tuber
culosis have disappeared the pa
tient must continue to take care
of himself. His disease is not
well, but what the doctors speak
of as an “improved” case. In
order to make his arrest a final
cure, he must continue to take
good care of himself for a num
ber of years.
In climate and suitable sana
toria, a person becoming ill with
tuberculosis in North Carolina
has unusual opportunities for
cure within his own State. The
mountains and the sandhill
country offer a wonderful climate
for the cure of the disease. The
State Santorium cares for 182
white patients and 60 colored
ones. Guilford County has a
modern, well-equipped county
sanatorium; Mecklenburg is
building one, and a number of
other counties are planning to
build sanatoria. In the moun
tains and the sandhill section
there are a number of private
sanatoria for the care of those
cases who do not wish to go to
State or county institutions.
There is no need of any person
ill with tuberculosis in North
Carolina going West to seek a
cure.
PRAY FOR AMERICA
(By Great Commission Prayer
League.)
On the very day that these
lines are being written (July 23,
1925), the following paragraph
appeared editorially in one of the
nation’s most influential metro
politan dailies:
“The administration of crim
inal justice is flat on its back
here and elsewhere in this coun
try, and criminals are on top of
it, sticking their fingers in
its eyes. Our murderers,
rapists, pickpockets and thugs
walk out of court, out of jail, out
of the penitentiary..The
police cannot hold them. The
law cannot punish them. They
are bosses in this state.”
If the prevalence of crime is
a true index of the moral state
of the nation and of the spirit
ual state of the Church, Amer
ica in ajl its history has never
so needed a great religious up
heaval as it needs today. Not
outward restraint, but inward
constraint, this alone can com
pletely curb man’s turbulent in
stincts, supplanting his baser
nature with the Nature from
above. And prayer in the Spir
it is the only thing that can
bring such a change about,
whether in the few or in the
many.
It is earnestly suggested that
“Columbus Day” (Monday, Oc
tober 12) be widely observed
this year as a day of “fasting
and prayer” for the people of
this nation, who as evidenced in
the following facts (all but the
last of which were published re
cently in the Christian Herald
of New York City) have been
wandering farther and farther
from God: ^ .
in less than 20 per cent of Amer
ica’s professedly Christian
homes, as against more than 70
per cent in former times.
The Bible is sadly discredited
in many churches, and driven
largely from the Nation’s pub
lic schools.
Every seventh marriage in the
country ends in divorce.
Petty pilfering has increased
“five times over since 1910.
Crime has increased over 400
per cent during the same period.
“Every fourth person,” says
the Chicago Health Institute,
“has a ‘social’ disease.” Social
diseases kill 300,000 annually in
the United States.”
Neither life nor property is
safe anywhere. And worse still,
multitudes of souls are plunging
to temporal and eternal ruin,
with as yet scarcely a protest
worthy of the name on the part
of the Church.
Where is all this to end? A
mighty revival checked the mur
derous reign of crime recently
at Herrin, 111., one of America’s
most notoriously bloody cities.
A mighty revival would check it
in the nation at large. Nothing
else will do it effectually. When
will the Church awake? It must
awake soon, else America’s doom
is sealel. For neither this nor
any nation, can go on in sin and
escape unpunished. “The wages
of sin is death.” “Righteousness
exalteth a nation, but sin is a
reproach to any people.”
The time is come that self
judgment must begin at the
house of God, else the judg
ments of God will fall upon both
house and nation, but upon the
house first.
Pray for the Church! Pray
for America. Pray for a revival.
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
* ANNOUNCES FELLOW
SHIPS.
Graduates of Springfield Col
lege, Fisk and Howard Uni
versities are Successful
Candidates.
The National Urban League
announces the following success
ful candidates for its 1925-1926
Fellowships: Miss Miriam At
kins of Winston-Salem, N. C.; C.
Glen Carrington of Richmond,
Va., and t>. S. Yarbrough, of
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Miss Atkins, who is awarded
the Ella Sitehs Plotz Fellowship,
is a graduate of Fisk University
ahd studied for a summer at Co
lumbia University. She has
taught foi§ three years at the
State School and in the City
High School of Winston-Salem,
N. C. Mr. Carrington is a grad
uate of Howard University, class
of 1925. He was very popular
in connection with student activ
ities, having served as editor-in
chief of the University Year
Book, “The Bison.” Mr. Yar
brough wa| an honor student at
SpringfieldlCollege where with
very fine marks he received the
Degree of Ittaster of Humanics
in June, 10£5. Miss Atkins and
Mr. Carrington are assigned to
the New York School of Social
Work. Mr. Yarbrough is as
signed to «the University of
Pittsburgh;
These selections were made
from a total of 39 applicants—
26 of whom took the competitive
examhuftioij. The scholarship
award amounts to about $900
which includes $70 a month sti
pend and free tuition at the re
spective schools.
Applications for the 1926-’27
Fellowships may be filed through
April 15th,'1926.
EUGENI? KINCKLE JONES,
Executive Secretary, 127 East
23rd Street, New York, N. Y.
MISSISSIPPI NOTES.
The Mississippi Presbyterial
District S. fL Convention met in
Trinity Presbyterian church,
West Point, Miss., July 23-26.
The Thursday night program
consisted mainly of welcome ad
dresses from the local committee
followed headdresses from Rev.
Van Horn .Murray, Sabbath
•Schqarthe' Dis
trict, and Rev. J. B. Barber,
Synodical Superintendent, on the
following subjects respectively,
“The Scope and Opportunity of
the Presbyterial Sabbath School
Convention,” and “The Sabbath
School Program of the Presby
terian Church.” Both addresses
were timely and to the point.
The sessions for each day and
night were given over to ad
dresses on the problems of the
Sabbath School, Round Table
discussions and exchanges. Many
good things were given that will
prove of value to all delegates
present. While we did not have
as large a delegation as in for
mer years more work was ac
complished.
Much credit is due the pastor
and members of the church and
community for the splendid en
tertainment given to the dele
gates.
Our Convention is headed by
a new corps of officers under the
leadership of Mrs. Walter Stith
as President and Mrs. Van Horn
Murray, Secretary. With these
two workers it is hoped that our
Convention will push forward.
We were favored on Friday
night with two splendid address
es from Rev. G. W. Thomas, of
the A. M. E. church, and Rev.
C. H. Pearson, of the M. E.
church, on the subjects, “The
Opportunity of the Sabbath
School for Teaching the Word
of God and for Training in
Christian Service,” and Rev. D.
S. Collier and Rev. T. B. Bailey
on “Developing Christian Lead
ership” and “Evangelism” re
spectively.
On Sabbath morning a splen
did sermon was delivered by Rev.
J. B. Barber. Text, Acts 8:26.
Our session closed Sabbath night
with a very instructive sermon
by Rev. T'. B. Bailey and ex
pressions from delegates. The
session closed one of our very
best meetings from the stand
point of work accomplished.
VAN HORN MURRAY,
S. S. Missionary.
West Point, Miss.
The thirty-five Negro churches
of Harlem in New York City
have contributed $24,000 to the
1825 building fund of the Pres
byterian-Columbia University
medical center.
YADKIN WESTERN DIS
TRICT MEETING.
The seventh annual district
meeting of the National and
Foreign Missionary Society of
the Western District of Yadkin
Presbytery, Synod of Catawba,
was held in Mocksville Presby
terian church, Mocksville, N. C.,
July 30-31.
The meeting opened at 10:30
A. M., July 30. First was the
devotional exercise led by the
President, Mrs. B. F. Murray.
Next was the enrollment of del
egates and the reading of the
minutes.
The following officers were
elected for the year 1925-1926.
President, Mrs. B. F. Murray,
Cleveland.
1st Vice-President, Mrs. A. P.
White, Cleveland.
2nd Vice-President, Mrs. £>.
A. Chambers, Elmwood.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. W.
A. Hawkins, Salisbury.
Asst. Secretary, Mrs. E. A.
Abemethy, Statesville.
Cor. Secretary, Mrs. H. C.
Cowan, Statesville.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary Wood,
Statesville.
Reports from the different
churches were read and showed
that all were alive and busy at
work. All the churches of the
Western District were repre
sented save three. It is hoped
that they will send at least one
delegate to the next district
meeting, the last Thursday in
July, 1926. Forty-four dele
gates were enrolled from thir
teen cnurches.
The amount of money collect
ed during the meeting was
$17.56. Brought forward from
last year, $14.10. Total $31.66.
Money spent, $15.50. To Mis
sionary Society iat Mocksville,
$5.00. Johnson C. Smith Uni
Postage, 50 cents. Balance in
Treasury, $17.00.
Thursday Afternoon.
The meeting was opened with
music, followed with prayer by
Rev. Hawkins. Many interest
ing papers were read and dis
cussed. Some that created much
interest were: “Community
Work,” “A Christian Home,”
“Do Not Blame the Wrong
One,” “Great Women of the Bi
ble,” and “What Can We Do to
Make the Work Successful?”
All of the papers were well writ
ten and discussed.
Ministers present were Dr. B.
F. Murray, Revs. W. T. Byrd,
pastor of the church, W. A.
Hawkins and J. M. Morton.
Mrs. Meares, our Presbyterial
President, was present and
spoke very commendably of the
work. We were very much
pleased to have her present. She
gave much information concern
ing the work, and stated that
each of the local societies
is to pay $1.04 per member.
This is to be sent to the Pres
byterial Treasurer quarterly,
stating where you want the
money to go. Information will
be found in literature distribut
ed by the Presbyterial Presi
dent.
Thursday evening a popular
meeting was held. Music was
furnished by the Mocksville
church choir. Much praise
should be given to the choir for
its excellent renditions. We were
also favored with two solos, “Do
Something for Somebody Every
Day,” Mrs. Meares, and “Thy
Will Be Done In Me,” Mrs. Bes
sie Cheshire, of Salisbury.
Welcome on behalf of the
church was given by Rev. W. T.
Byrd and welcome on behalf of
the Missionary Society was by
Mrs. Mary Steele. Both ad
dresses were fine. They spared
no means to say we were wel
come and they along with Mrs.
Doulm and the other ladies
spared no means to make us
welcome. These addresses were
responded to by Mrs. A. D. Lord,
of Statesville.
Friday Morning.
Devotionals were led by Mrs.
Estelle Phifer and Mrs. ffl A.
Chambers. Then Memorial ser
vices were conducted bj^Mrs. J.
A. McCorkle and Mrjr A. P.
White. These services were very
impressive. The music was led
by Dr. B. F. Murray. The de
ceased sisters memorialized
were Mesdames Frances Morri
son, Emmaline Hall, Hattie
Knox, Millie Steele, Lydia Mur
dock, Maria Miller and Cecelia
Fleming.
Miss Agers, of Shelby, was
accorded a seat as a correspond
ing member of the Convention.
Cleveland is the next place of
meeting. Resolutions were read
by Miss McCorkle.
Young People’s hour was con
ducted by Mrs. Bessie Waddell.
The children spoke well. Much
credit is due them, especially
one little Light Bearer just 4
years old.
Report of the Presbyterial
was made by Mrs. Doulin. Mrs.
J|. M. Morton is delegate to the
Presbyterial meeting.
MRS. B. F. MURRAY, Presi
dent.
MRS. H. C. COWAN, Cor.
Sec.
C.S.C.&S.M. NOTES
(From the Office of the Dean.)
THE LAST CALL.
As you read these notes the
nesting of the Catawba Synod
cal Sunday School Convention
ind School of Methods will be
>nly one week off. If you have
lot registered and gotten your
issignment you have only a
short time to do so. To register
md get your assignment before
;he convention meets will great
y help the office force in getting
/on located on your arrival.
We tnank the patrons for the
splendid response they have giv
m to our appeals thus far. From
Beit year, from Hie Standpoint
if attendance, and the president,
officers and faculty desire,
through the will of God, to make
it our banner year most surely
from the standpoint of service
rendered.
At Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity they are endeavoring to look
out for tne comfort of each del
egate. The beautiful dormito
ries are being thoroughly
cleaned and put in order, and
the campus looks very inviting.
So we may look forward to a
week of solid comfort. As we
said last week, let every one
come prepared to enter into the
spirit of the occasion.
Let us remind you again to
bring a change of bed linen for
each person, as all of the beds
are single beds.
When the next issue of the
paper comes out it will be on the
eve of the opening of the Con
vention, so these are our last
note for 1925. We want, there
fore, to thank the management
of the Africo-American Presby
terian for their kindness in print
ing our notes each week, and
want to thank the constituents
of the Synod for their interest
in reading them.
Hoping to see a very large
number present at the meeting
on August 24th, we are,
Very cordially yours,
THE EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE.
NOTICE — COMMITTEE ON
NATIONAL BOARD OF CA
TAWBA SYNOD.
There will be a meeting of the
Catawba Synod’s Committee on
the National Board of Missions
at the Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity on Wednesday, Aug. 26,
1926, at some convenient hour,
not conflicting with program of
School of Methods, then in ses
sion. Every member of the
committee is asked to be present
and assist in making out the
program for the approaching
meeting of the Synod. How
ever, if any member finds that
he cannot be present, he will
greatly favor and assist by send
ing in a suggested program.
J. D. MARTIN, Chairman
Committee National Board, Ca
tawba Synod.