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The Africo - American Presbyterian. Established in 1879. \ CONSOLIDATED WITH ' SOUTHERN EVANGELIST. Rct. H. Li McCROREY, D. D. LL: D., Editor. W. E. HILL, Associate Editor. Rev. C. P. PITCHFORD, Business Manager. Devoted to the Educational, Mate rial, Moral and Religious interests of our people in the South, and pub lished at Charlotte, N. C., every Thursday. All questions arising under the various subjects above indicated: are discussed from a Christian1 point of view. Each number contains the freshest and best news from the Southern field and from the Church at large. There is carefully select ed reading matter suited to: all class es of our people—the farmer, the mechanic, the artisan and the pro fessional man. = ] The Sabbath School and Mission ary causes will receive special at tention. ! TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: j Single copy one year--fl-60 Biz months-—— ‘.75 Three months- .50 RATES OF ADVERTISING. Given on Application. We earnestly ask the sympathy and prayers of our brethren' and friends at large in order that our efforts in this enterprise may be crowned with success. AGENTS WANTED—to whom a liberal commission will be paid. r Send all money by P. 0. Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Cheek, otherwise it might get lost and the sender alone will be respon sible. Entered at the Poatoffice at Char lotte, N. C., as second class matter. • THURSDAY1, JAN. 7, 1926 WHERE TO SEND CONTRI BUTIONS FOR THE BOARDS. 1 It has been observed that there are some church officials whose duty it is to send to the Boards the money contributed by their churches, who, since the consolidation of the Boards, do not know where and to whom to send it. Not long since we re ceived a long distance telephone call from a church. officer in ey raised by his church for the Boards. At .the meeting of one of our Presbyteries last year it was brought out that for lack of proper information some of the churches had forwarded their contributions to the wrong place. Contributions for all the Boards may be mailed to the Central Receiving Agency through Dr. W. R. Patterson, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City, of the contrbutions may be divided by the churches and a certain percentage sent , to each Board as follows: That for the Board of National Missions, to Mr. Varian Banks, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City; Board of Foreign Missions to Mr. Rus sell N. Carter, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City; Board of Chris tian Education to Mr. E. R. Sterrett, Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.; Board of Ministerial Relief and Sustenta tion to Dr. John H. Gross, With erspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa, PUBLIC WELFARE INSTI TUTE. Programs and announcements are out for the Public Welfare Institute under the direction of the North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare Bureau of Work Among Ne groes, to be held at Winston Salem, Jan. 13-15. The an nouncement reads that' this in stitute is made possible by the “I^aura Spelman-Rockefeller Memorial Fund. The program announces the following facul ty: Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, State Commissioner of Public Welfare; Miss Lily E. Mitchell, Director Laura Spelman-Rocke feller Memorial Demonstration; Dr. H. W. Crane, State Board of Health; Mr. A. W. Cline, Su perintendent Public Welfare Forsyth County, and Lieutenant Lawrence A. Oxley, Director of Work Among Negroes. The members of the Advisory Committee for Work Among Ne groes are.named as follows: Dr. 0. L. Miller, Asheville; P^rof. J. A. Bias, Elizabeth Cify~; Rev. A. Myron Cochran, Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Sedalia: Mrs. H. L. MdCrorey, Charlotte; Prof. S. G. Atkins, Winston-Salem. Two full days of work will doubtless prove interesting and helpful tq those who attend. This is: a new and much need ed work for'Negroes in the State of North Carolina and those who have made this in stitute possible are to be com mended for their efforts. THE NEW YEAR On beginning the New Year we want to thank the friends who contributed to the success of this paper and our new plant during 1925, and to ask the con tinuation of their support in the New Year before us. We re new our pledge to give “the freshest and best news from our Southern field and from the Church at large.” With the blessing of God and the co-op eration of our friends we hope to make the paper increasingly interesting and helpful as the year goes by. NEW YEAR GREETINGS TO YADKIN PRESBYTERIAL. As we enter the new year with new resolutions and high er aims may we remember our pledges to those less fortunate than we. Though we are enter ing the new year, we are nearing the end of our Presbyterial year, and I ‘ am reminded that our local societies have not come up with their apportion ments to the Boards. The General Assembly has designated the month of Janu ary as Foreign Missions month, and, of course, the whole month has been set aside as a time when we shall be particularly thinking of and praying for Foreign Missions. [May I re mind you that a billion, one hundred million in non-Christian lands have never heard of Christ and that our Presbyte rian Board of Foreign Missions is responsible for one hundred million of those souls? The Board is attempting to reach them through 1589 missiona ries in 15 countries, 6612 church es and organized groups, 85 hos pitals, 116 * dispensaries, 2711 colleges and schools. We have MBMir%gw^pbrt Qt these ^mFsnould beproud of the re sponsibility. Let us think of our apportionment, not as a burden, but as a God-given op portunity to serve the Lord Je sus Christ. I hope all societies in the Yadkin Presbyterial will rally to the call and send in their ap portionments so that others will not be made to suffer. All societies, Y. P. organiza tions, Guilds and children’s or ganizations, send pledges to the Presbyterial Treasurer, Mrs. W. P. Donnell, Mebane, N. C. -MRS. E. B. MEARES, President Yadkin Presbyterial. A TOPIC FOR PRAYER. Mr. Editor: Please allow me to say through your paper that I have just received a list of 31 “Topics for Daily Individual Use,” beginning with January, 1, 1926. Among these I find my self especially interested in the eleventh, which is asking for prayer that many of our young people may offer their lives for missionary service. At once it occurred to my mind how ap propriately may be added to this the injunction of our dear Sav iour as found in Luke 10:2, “Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth laborers into his har vest.” There is no better me dium through which such can be done, for He only knows the hearts and consciences of man kind, and can make no mistake in His choice. We should high ly appreciate such a privilege and be often at His feet, mak ing earnest pleas that our re quest be granted, and especial ly when we look over our field of ministerial labor and see so many vacant churches and a likelihood of the number being increased on account of the fact that several others will soon be left so, as time, labor and age will take from duty to reward, many who are now serving them. Just a word respecting the Africo-American Presbyterian. There was a time when many excused themselves from taking this paper on the ground that it did' not contain interesting reading. I feel, for one, that I can say that day has passed. It seems a little singular that the subscriptions to this paper are not much larger, and especially among people who can read well. It may be with some others as with myself. I can get promises, but few. subscrip tions. It is true that there are not many on the field that I now serve that can read well, but this does not cause me to cease my effort in trying to get sub scriptions. B. F. RUSSELL. Blackstock, S. C. CHRISTMAS DAY AT JOHN SON C. SMITH UNIVERSI TY. >« Christmas day will not soon be forgotten by those of the school family who did not go home or elsewhere to spend the holidays—about 100 in all. In keeping with an effort made by Mrs. H. L. McCrorey for the past five years to cheer and brighten Christmas day for the school family, the school din ing room at breakfast time was a scene of genuine Christmas cheer and good will. The Young Men’s Christian Associ ation, represented by its com mittee, Messrs. E. A. Arm strong, A. H. Prince and Paul Adams, was in charge. A few days before, Mr. Armstrong, the President, had announced that we were not to be disappointed this year, for, as in the past, the Christmas tree would be pres ent to extend greetings on Christmas morning. The com mittee had put up and had dec orated a tall tree cut from our tract of beautiful pine trees. There it stood in the center with Christmas boxes piled up high on the table under it; boxes of apples and oranges on the floor; and on the other side of the ta ble were joy bags of red, green, pink and white net' full or rais ins, molasses-taffy, kisses and red gum drops. An appropriate exercise, un der the direction of Prof. Bry ant, was conducted by Mr. Armstrong. The voices of the young men rang out joyously in Christmas carols, and several Christmas poems were read. Mrs. McCrorey told of how a few interested friends had made it possible for “this little bit of Christmas cheer” fqr those of our school family who were the “left-overs” from those who had gone home. Then she, Mrs. Spaulding and Prof. Bry ant passed around the Christ mas goodies—two apples, two oranges and a joy-bag for each one. Then the Y. M. C. A. com mittee proceeded in the regular cjld time Christmas-tree fash ion to call out the names of each one present. He walked up for his gift done up nicely in a real Christmas box. In each of one half of the boxes were a pretty silk tie and a linen handker chief; in each of the other half were a pair of silk fiber hose and a linen handkerchief. Good cheer and good will of student and teacher comrade ship reigned; the real Christ mas spirit was there. Mr. Squire arose to express in choice words the gratitude of all. The happy group of young men stood up amid their own applause. They left the dining room in happy anticipation of returning at 2 o’clock to partake of the sumptuous Christmas dinner which was provided for them by their beloved benefac tress, Mrs. Johnson C. Smiths One of the finest things of our Christmas happenings was the ready and generous re sponse made by the student body and some of the members of the faculty to the request by Mrs. McCrorey at chapel hour the morning before the holi days began for gifts to cheer and brighten the prisoners in the county and city jails and the old, afflicted men and wom en in the County Home. Enough money was given to buy two pairs of good cotton hose for each prisoner and each inmate of the county home—81 persons in all. me rriscma in eeaie i^iuu, made up of several of the ladies in the community, gave $5 to wards the gifts for the County Home. Mrs. J. H. Perrin, Mrs. James McKnight, Mrs. S. E. Davison and Mrs. Reese, ladies in the city, also supplemented t he gifts with fruit for each pers >n reached, and with a sm ill amount of money for each of the old folks. These latfies, in company with Dr. and Mrs. McCrorey and the Y. M. C. A., represented by Mrs. G. T. But ler, carried the simple gifts with a word of good cheer to each person in the jails and County Home. RABBI WISE A Polyphonic Prose Poem, By Rev. Yorke Jones, D. D, Author of “Gold and Incense,” Dean of the School of Theology, Johnson C. Smith University. I A great Jew is Rabbi Wise. Hath any other race save Israel Given birth to so many one-name ddsnl'Tnie, yesteryear, men had only One name, as Socrates, Plato, Homer. In the Book, are how many, many Great one-named men—great Jews: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David! No need, so these men glorified Their one-name, no need to ask: “What Job” or “Moses” or “Samu el?" II Dr. Joseph Klaussner, in Hebrew, wrote a book, Refuting Jewish writers who aver: Jesus never lived. He is a myth. Approving Dr. Klaussner, Rabbi Wise Averred: “Jesus is no myth! He was a great Jewish Teacher! We Jews ought to accept Jesus As a great Jewish Teacher." Rabbi Wise in so averring Smote a hornets' nest! About him, how the hornets Did buzz and sting!—Jews All over the land stung Rabbi Wise. “Thou art traitor to Israel!” “Thou hast turned Chistian!” “Come down from thy throne of might— Thy throne of leaders high of Jac ob!” TTT ■ Rabbi Wise fought the hornets. Averred he: “Jesus is no myth! But He is only man!” IV Ah! Rabbi Wise! Rabbi Wise! Why should Israel give credence To Jesus a Jewish Teacher, If Jesus is only a man? If Jesus is only a man, What blasphemy for Him to say: “Come unto me all ye that labor And are heavy laden And I will give you rest? “As Moses lifted up the serpent In the wilderness, even so must. The S6n of Man bS lifteAii#j®|L That whosoever believeth on Him Should not perish, But have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son Into the world to condemn the world; But that the world through Him Might be saved.” Who but God can claim to give rest By forgiving sin as Jesus forgave? How is Jesus worthy of credence If He be not what He claims— If He be not the Son of Man lifted UP, To die for sin, so that He can say: “Come unto me all ye that labor And are heavy laden And—I, I will give you rest?” V Right art thou, Rabbi Wise! Jesus is no myth, but is more than man! He is a great Jewish Teacher; But 0, infinitely more! He is the fulfillment of prophecies and hopes Of these great one-named Jews: Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David and Isaiah! But yesteryear, official Israel, :n blind unbelief, rejected Him! And alas! poor, poor, blind, Unbelieving Israel until this hour! DR. BRODIE PRESIDENT OF MINISTERS. Rev. F. L. Brodie, D. D., pas tor of the Brooklyn Presbyte rian church, was elected Pres ident of the Colored Interde nominational Ministerial Alli ance at a meeting of that body held at the Friendship Baptist church Monday morning. Other officers elected were: Rev. S. J. Howie, B. D., pastor of Little Rock A. M. E. Zion church, Vice-President; Rev. H. M. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist church, recording secre tary; Rev. L. B. West, pastor of the Biddleville Presbyterian church, corresponding secreta ry, and Rev.>W. M. Wells, pas tor of Simpson Methodist Epis copal church, treasurer. Preparing for the observance of Inter-racial Sunday, as ar ranged by the Federal Council of Churches, Rev. B. K. Mason, Rev. F. L. Brodie and Rev. L. B. West were appointed to serve as an inter-racial committee. Bishop W- J. Walls addressed the meeting on the problems of the ministry. By Mrs. S. J. H. Dfflard, Martinsville, Va. The District Committee of the Woman’s Board of- National and Foreign Missions of the Southern District, met Dec. 9 10, in St. Louis, Mo. The ses sions, luncheon and banquet were held in the Y. W. C. A., on Locust St'. The two days’ mid evenings’ meetings were full of information and instruction. Twelve of the 14 Synodicals were represented. Miss Ger trude Schultz, representing the New York office, 156 Fifth Av enue, of both National and For eign Missions, brought greet ings to the Southern District, and the budgets and apportion ments made by the General Council of the General Assem bly, December, 1925. The Church’s budget for 1926-1927 is $10,312,000; Wo men’s and Young Peoeple’s Work, $2,688,000. Total, $13, 000,000. This is the actual ob ligation of the Presbyterian Church. The need for expan sion work is $2,000,000, making a sum total of $15,000,000. The apportionments are as follows: 42 per cent, National Mis sions 32 and one-half per cent, For eign Missions. 14 and one-half per cent, Christian Education. 10 and one-half per cent, Min isterial Relief. The Southern District appor tionments are: National Foreign Total Fla. .... 2,500 1,900 3,400 Ala_ _ ..$2,250 $2,200 $4,450 Ark._ 2,300 2,200 4,500 Atlantic __ 800 350 1,150 Canadian 200 20 220 Catawba .. 1,675 550 2,225 E. Tenrf. .. 300 200 500 Kan_28,500 27,500 56,000 Ky.. 8,700 8,100 16,800 Miss. 975 950 1,925 Mo_39,500 39,000 78,500 Okla.,11,500 11,000 22,500 renn. „ „12,500 11,500 24,000 Texas.15,000 14,500 29,500 Total National Mis sions -_L$126,700 Total Foreign Mis sions____ $119,970 Grand Total— __$246,670 We are asked to think of this as God’s gift to us in steward ship, and strive to work out the great plans and problems of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. We are glad to report that of the 41 Synodical, societies, two —California and Catawba, were fortunate in raising their full apportionments“ for 1924-1925. We are very anxious about the present year which has one quarter left, ending the year with March 31, 1926. We do hope it will be our pleasure to go "over the top” by "Lifting the Level.” Mrs. A. A. Jones, Mrs. H. M. Brazelton and Mrs. S. J. H. Dil lard were entertained by Rev S. W. Parr and his Elder, Mir. Wm. Mitchell, and other friends while in St. Louis, Mo. NATIONAL MISSIONS Catawba Synodical Society, 1926-1927, .Apportionments. The following apportionments are based upon the budget’ of $1,344,000 granted by the Gen eral Council of the General As sembly, Dec., 1925, for the wdrk for which the Woman’s and Young People’s Missionary or ganizations are responsible un der the Division of Schools and Hospitals and the Division of Missions for Colored People of the Board of National Missions. Summary Current Work: Support of Missionaries $ 400 Scholarships_*_ 415 Designated objects and contributions of Young People’s Societies 115 Westminster Guilds... 5 Bands, Jr., and Int. C. E. Societies -- 5 General Fund__ 735 Total _ .... — — — $1,675 Catawba Syn Apportionments for 1 ical 6-1927. Foreign Missions 8 e, o, li © o fr +3 a. - « « » O ■2 5 g. o c ft .fc w, £ o’-p If {2 »-5 s I ,i -3 O g o .2 E-1 fc C Catawba Synodical.—$550 Cape Fear_ 85 Catawba.. 181 So. Virginia _. 127 Yadkin . 157 $502 7-6 168 112 146 $5 $39 9 8 11 11 $4 $48 9 13 15 11 CAY AMERICAN NEGROES EN TERING A NEW DAY. (Continued from Page 1) deeply religious nature, also, is being unfolded. Not only is it the churches that report religious progress. Hopeful words come also from organizations which do religious work among the colored people. The Y. M. C. A. now reports a Negro membership of more than 32,000; 415,000 persons partici pated in association activities during the year. Religious meetings drew an attendance of 457,000, a gain of nearly 100,000 over the preceding year. Among the sixty-eight cities in the United States with more than 100,000 people, thirty have col ored Y. M. C. A. organizations. Never has the interracial sit uation in the United States ap peared more promising than it is today. Nfl$ only is the pro gress of the Negroes, brought about by their own devotion, en ergy and sacrifice and by the active cooperation of an impor tant part of the white popula tion, winning them an important' place in American life, but there is a better understanding, with more tolerance and heartier co operation between the races.— The Continent. Judge Robert H. Terrell died December 20th at' his residence in Washington, D. C., following a long illness. Judge Terrell had been on the municipal court bench in Washington for twenty years and had won great respect by his legal learning and judicial bearing. His career as a citizen and ju rist' reflected credit upon the Ne gro. $50,000 GIFT FOR COLORED HOSPITAL IN GREENS BORO. Greensboro, N. C., Jan.— Mrs. L. Richardson, of this city, has offered to donate $50,000 for the establishment here of a hospital for colored people, con tingent upon the city of Greens boro and the County of Guilford providing maintenance. It is said that the city officials have agreed as to the city’s share. The county board of commis sioners will take the matter up at an early date. -Mrs. Stern berger, of this city, gave ten thousand dollars for laboratory equipment. The colored group will raise $10,000 for beds and other equipment. INTERRACIAL MEETING BEARS FRUIT. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 1:—The discussions at the State inter racial meeting held here a few days ago are already bearing fruit in opening to colored phy sicians the opportunity for stu dy offered by hospital clinics. Dr. James Bruce, eminent child specialist of this city, has issued a cordial invitation to the col ored physicians to attend his clinc at the Children’s Hospital every Monday. The announce ment was made through Mrs. Helm Bruce, a member of the State and local interracial com mittees and one of ttidf city’s most prominent women, f We regret that Severn inter esting articles reached us too late to appear in this week’s paper. The number of lynchings in this country in 1925 was 16, the same as in 1924.