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CHARLOTTE, N. €* THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1926
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THE LESSON SIUAKT TAUGHT
(From The Charlotte Observer))
unaerneatn ine spreading eims
at the intersection of two
streets in the residence section
of the attractive little town of
Cleveland, Tenn., stands a white
marble monument, erected some
thing like 40 years ago to the
memory of three very prominent
yOung men of th$ town who
were killed in a railroad wreck
at Thaxton, Va. Their names
were Marshall, Steed and Hard
wick, their families being among
the most prominent and wealthy
of the town.
The late George R. Stewart,
who died at Birmingham, Ala*,
a few days ago, has often told
most interestingly and dramat
ically the story of that monu
ment and how it came about
that there is not a fourth name
carved on its face and that
name his. He told the story
hundreds of times from one end
of the country to the other and
made of it one of the strongest
pleas ever put before American
audiences for the honoring by
children of their parents. Bis
name was not on the monument
because, much against his will,
he gave in to his mother’s un
compromising refusal to let him
go abroad, even though he was
a grown man and had a family
of his own.
Here is the story as he told
it himself over and over again:
I owe all that I am, morally,
and religiously, to the authority
of a good mother. I also owe
my life to that authority. I give
this little history which is sacred
to Europe. We had read
talked and planned for
months. A few months before
we were ready to start I men
tioned the trip to my mother,
who, since my father’s death,
has made her home with me—
and it has been my sweetest
pleasure to give her the sunni
est and best room in my house.
When I mentioned the trip she
said: “George, I am getting old;
you are my only stay; I am
afraid of the ocean; I cannot let
you go while I live. Wait till I
am gone and then you can go to
Europe.’’ I thought it was a
mere kind of sentiment with
mother, and that I would get
all things ready for the trip, and
that in the kindness of her heart
she would yield her consent. I
had made arrangements, tem
porarily, as some of you possiby
have done permanently, to have
my father-in-law take care of
my wife and children, and all
things were ready for the trip.
A short while before we were
ready to start I stated in the
presence of my mother, “Well,
we are off soon for Europe.” She
looked up and said, “What is
that, George?” I said, “We have
everything ready, the trip is all
organized and we start for Eu
rope soon.” Straightening up
in her chair, she looked me
straight in the face and said,
“George, I told you once I did
not want you to go. I have
thought over this trip and
prayed over it, and I cannot give
my consent for you to go; and
now I tell you so that you will
understand it: You shall not go/'
I said, “Mother, do not put it
that way." I tried to argue the
question with her saying, “It is
one of the sweetest hopes of ray
life that you are crushing." She
said, “George, I have prayed
over it; ray mind is made up. We
will not discuss it ; you shall not
go, and that settles it." And
when she said that I knew it did
settle it and I surrendered what
to me was one of the most pleas
ant hopes of my life. I hunted
up my companions, and said,
“I'm not going." They excit
ingly exclaimed, “What's the
matter r i saia, momw wuu t
|et me go.” They said, “Are you
hot twenty-one, married and got
Children and yet tied to your
mother’s apron strings?” I said,
“I would not cross the old Atlan
tic against my mother’s wishes
for a million dollars.”
A few days later I got a letter
from Brother Jones (Sam Jones)
asking me to accompany him on
k trip to Canada. Hie following
week we were ploughing across
Lake Ontario. It was a bright
day. Brother Jones, wife and I
'were sitting on the deck of the
vessel, and as she ploughed the
blue waters I said, “This is glo
rious; how I wish it were on the
Atlantic and I were headed for
Europe. I shall always fed that
mother was a little harsh in
breaking up my European trip.”
Brother Jones said, “Well, old
boy, the whales might have got
ten you in the Atlantic,” and we
dropped the subject. On our re
turn we were going in to the
Supper table at Buffalo, N. Y.
Brother Jones bought the New
York World. Just as we reached
the dining room he said,
^George, there has been a terri
ble railroad wreck at Thaxton,
Va. My, what a list of the
killed.” Looking at the list 1
saw “Cleveland, Tenn.” 1
snatched the paperfrom his
hand and read, while my blood
ran cold: “John M. Hardwick,
Cleveland, Tenn., killed and
burned; William Marshall,
Cleveland, Tenn., killed and
burned; Willie Steed, Cleveland,
Oh, Sam, the next name would
have been,, “George Stuart,
Cleveland, Tenn., killed and
burned,” but for the authority of
my precious mother.”
In the early days of the origi
nal Chautauqua, in New York
State, its founder, the late Bish
op John H. Vincent, invited Stu
art to lecture there, and for
many years he was heard each
summer on the platform at Cha
tauqua. It is stated that Bish
op Vincent said of Stuart that
he was the finest entertainer on
the American platform. Certain
ly he knew human nature as few
men know it and had the ability
to grip great audiences by the
plain and simple yet compelling
and powerful portrayal of the
faults and foibles if his fellow
man. One of his earliest lec
tures was entitled, “People I’ve
Met and What I’ve Learned
From Them.” Up to the very
end of his life Stuart was able
to pack his church in Birming
ham to capacity every Sunday
and usually, it is said, many per
sons were turned away from
the doors.
As an evangelist, as a pastor
and as a lecturer George Stu
art went up and down the coun
try preaching the doctrine that
in the home is to be found the
solution of our problems and the
salvation of our country. He
spent his life largely pleading
for a return of the people of this
age to the standards of the
Christian home where the chil
dren were brought up to honor
their fathers and their mothers.
Stuart was one of the three
originators of the Southern
Assembly of the Methodist
Church at Lake Junaluska, this
State, aid his work in establish
ing that great center of religious
thought and teaching will prob
ably stand as his greatest
achievement. He, together With
the late Bishop James Atkins
and Mr. John John R. Pepper, a
prominent business man and lay
man of Memphis, Tenn., were
the leaders in promoting that
great enterprise.
With all his achievements,
however, Stuart’s greatest
work was as a champion of the
Christian home and its influ.
ence. America needs more men,
who are interested in the same
thing that gripped and held his
mind and his heart.
MOTHER-DAUGHTER BAN
QUET, CALVARY PRESBY
TERIAN CHURCH, WIL
SON.
i On Tuesday night, June 8th,
the first Mother-Daughter Ban
quet was held in the balcony of
the Calvary Presbyterian
church. There were sixty-seven
mothers and daughters present.
It was an occasion of $al enjoy
ment. The mothers joined in
with the daughters’ jollities.
Miss Naomi Freeman, President
of the Christian Endeavor, pre
sided. She also brought greet
ings from that organization^
Miss Elvi McCullum, President
of the Light Bearers, brought
greetings from that group. Miss
Susan Peacock spoke interest
ingly of the work among the
Junior and Intermediate groups.
On the first Sunday in May
Vocation Day was observed. In
preparation for this event over
one hundred and twenty stu
dents were interviewed in re
gard to their life-work. Of this
number four are planning on the
ministry. One girls desires to
be a missionary. Most of .thf
boys are contemplating some
phase of medicine. Stenography
leads among the girls. Th#
teaching profession is second
among the choices.
On the second Sunday in
May Rev. George deliver j£he|
and 'students of Bricks Juttiox
Collge. At this service the sen
ior class of the Wilson High
School was the guest of Bricks
College.
Second Calvary is the name
of the new Sunday School re
cently organized at Bailey. This
point is fourteen miles from
Wilson. It will be under the su
pervision of the Wilson church.
The school is named Second Cal
vary because of the fact that a
large majority of its members,
are members of the Calvary
church of Wilson. There are
thirty-two members in the or
ganization. Mr. R. W. Korne
gay, Sunday School Missionary,
organized the school.
The Grand United Order of
Tents of America recently
held their convention in Wilson.
Calvary was used as an assem
bling point. From here the del
egates were assigned to their
homes. Pioneer groups Nos. 1
and 2 acted as guides for the
delegation. There were seven
hundred delegates. The boys re
ceived the plaudits of the organ
ization for the splendid manner
in which they conducted them
selves.
The Missionary Society re
cently equipped the ladies’ rest
room in the church. The cost
of the up-keep of this room will
be met by the Light Bearers/
The Missionary News is the
name of the paper published by
the Missionary Society. It is a
very readable little paper. It
is not the purpose of the spon
sors to get out a regular edition.
The paper is to appear sporadi
cally.
Rev. J. H. Sampson dropped
in on the Pioneer group in its
regular meeting Thursday. He
delivered a short message to the
group.
Rev. George spoke at the fol
lowing places during the com
mencement season. On the third
Sunday in May he delivered the
annual sermon to the graduat
ing class of Albion Academy. On
the fourth Sunday in May he de
livered the annual sermon to
the graduating class of the Par
mele Training School in Martin
On the third of June
delivered the address to the
graduating class of jy jcks Jun
ior College. Kj
“THE SCRIBE.”
LEAGUE REPORTS
PLENTIFUL IN
THE NORTH.
lew York, June 12.—The Nar
Urban League from its
in New York City
sent out the following re
from its Department of In
Relations of which T.
Hill is directin’,
it the cities in which the
st number of Negroes live
t sufficiently supplied with un
laborers is proved by re
in our office from reliable
of information. In most
i cities there is also a gen
quantity of skilled work
in St. Louis, Chicago,
id, and New York an un
iy large number of office
_ are being erected, but
labor regulations, always
iceably effective in the
lding trades, serve to limit the
ober of colored craftsmen
loyed in them.
ie following are quoted no
t>ns from advisors of the
jo's Industrial Relations
lent in the cities men
icago—“While there is no
unemployment situa
yet there is an over-supply
which leads us to dis
e additional Negroes com
_ to Chicago at this time”
f Philadelphia—“There is a suf
ficiently large number of Ne
" unemployed in Philadel
without the necessity of in
labor
scouts out of town for re
cruits.”
Harrisburg, Pa.—“.indi
cations are that normal condi
tions will prevail this summer,
but the upward trend will not be
of sufficient magnitude to re
quire additional workers from
outside.”
Newark, N. J.—“I am of the
opinion that conditions would
not warrant any considerable in
crease in our population to meet
the needs of this expansion.”
St. Louis—“We do not en
courage a wholesale influx of
Negroes into the St. Louis in
dustrial district until labor con
ditions improve. We are hope
ful of better conditions later in
the summer.”
THE MINISTRY AND EDUCA
TION.
There is no end to questions
that may arise to vex the aver
age religious body. That of the
degree of education qualifying
for the ministry came up in the
Methodist Conference in Mem
phis. Under prevailing custom,
the Methodist Church “requests”
that ministers have a high school
education, with at least two
years in college. An effort was
made in the Conference to have
the standard for the ministry
raised so as to require at least
four years in high school, but
the conference abided the old
custom. It was contended by
one faction that the ministry of
the Methodist Church is “hot
keeping up with the masses in
educational advancement,” but
the opponents raised the point
that the proposition would bar
good men who are needed to
preach, and who have been called
upon to preaeh. And perhaps it
was the broader view that tri
umphed, f or there are many fine
men in the Methodist ministry
today who could not compete in
the higher educational qualifica
tion of others, but who may be
doing a work of larger benefit in
their particular field than the
more highly educated men are
"doing in their field.—Charlotte
Observer.
ST. JAMES CHURCH
GREENSBORO
By Mrs. S. W. Outer.
Sunday morning, Rev, H. C,
Miller spoke from Rev* 2:14,
“But I have a few things against
thee*”
The speaker said among oth
er tilings: “The Church is
charged with being narrow, cur
tailing the pleasures of the
youth, such fas card playing and
dancing. While the card may
not be an evil in itself, yet it
has always been used for gam
bling. There is nothing in the
game of cards that the Church
should recommend.
1 Whatever may be said about
the gracefulness of dancing, no
Christian who frequents the
public dance can have any influ
ence over the sinners. Moreover,
the young man and woman who
can embrace in these modern
dances for 15 minutes and go
through all the various motions
without a tremor of evil sug
gestions must be side.
Men who complain of the
church services being too long
will sit in the {flay houses for
more than two hours without a
murmur.
Those who charge the church
with being too expensive will!
spend two dollars to go to the
show; will pay $1.50 to
see men bruise each other on
the football field, and because
they put a slick dime occasional
ly in the collection plate, talk
about the church being expen
sive.
The sermon is yet being
talked about by those who
hearef it and others who' have
been told about the subject.
There was one accession and
one baptism during the day.
Sunday afternoon, Messrs.
Wm. Burgin, Andrew Bridges,
Associate Superintendents of St.
James, together with Elder Cald
well ; Rev. Miller, Mesdames
Bridges, Sevier, Jones, Caldwell,
Miss Fuller, Mr. Henry Stewart
and others, visited the Hannah
church and reorganied the Sun
day school with more than 30
present. It is the intention of
Messrs. Burgin and Bridges to
visit this Sunday school each
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Sarah Prayer, one of our
most efficient workers, has
been ill for the past week. We
hope for her a speedy recovery.
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. McNair;
with three of their children, mo
tored to Lincoln University Sat
urday night to attend Com
mencement exercises. Their
son, Cecil, graduates this year.
They plan to visit New York
City and Philadelphia while
away.
Rev. L. E. Yates is visiting
several of the Northern cities
in the interest of hi# school at
Mebane.
The ladies of St. James, Mes
dames H. C. Miller, R. S. Alex
ander, C. A. Waugh and
S. J. Barber, returned last Fri
day from the Southern Workers’
Conference which convened at
Johnson C. Smith University.
The ladies report many interest
ing experiences.
Mrs. Margaret Jennings
Chatman, of Chicago, HI., for
merly of this city, was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Carter
last week.
The Ladies’ Missionary Soci
ety met with Mrs. J. H. Wil
liams, on Thomas Street, last
Thursday afternoon. After the
meeting a delicious salad course
was served by the hostess.
The Sunday school was well
attended yesterday despite the
warm weather. Willing Work
ers, the Adult Bible Glass, are
yet holding banner for Finance
and attendance.
Miss Lois McRae, who has
III
been attending St Augustine
school at Raleigh, is back home
again for her summer vacation
with her sister, Mrs. S. W. Car
ter.
CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH NOTES, ASHE
VILLE.
We are very happy to see our
minister getting stronger after
a severe illness during the
spring, suffering an attack of
bronchial pneumonia. Through
faith and prayer he is especial
ly happy to be able to serve his
people as before, and thanks Rib
many friends for their kindness
towards him during the crisis.
Many were out last Sunday
morning and enjoyed a glorious
sermon. In the Sunday school
there were quite a number, who
enjoyed the beautiful lessons as
graded in the different classes.
We were glad to have back with
us on last Sunday and in our
city the following students:
Misses L. McCormick, Blanche
Hammond, Frances Henderson,
Mamie and Vivian Howell,
Messrs. Howard Dizard, P. Du
senbury, I. Garrison and J. Mich
ael.
The Ladies’ Missionary Soci
ety program on last Sunday
evening was a splendid success
before an appreciative audience.
The following numbers were
rendered: Instrumental solo,
Miss D. Horn; “Training Chil
dren to Be Courteous,” Miss H.
M. Burgin; Jubilee, led by Mr.
J. Thompson, “Every Time I
Feel the Spirit;” “Religion in
Education,” Miss Margaret Fee
bler; solo, Mrs A. L. Rice ; Mis
sionary Talk, Mrs. W. G. Ham
ilton. Songs by the congrega
tion in keeping with the mis
sionary program were beautiful
ly rendered.
The amount of Hie collection
taken was $19.39.
Rev. W. G. Hamilton, accom
panied by Mr. C. Jackson, at
tended the General Asembly
that was held in Baltimore.
While away our minister en
joyed a great trip, though short.
He visited relatives and friends
in Washington, Philadelphia,
New York City and Newark,
N. J.
The children are getting ready
for their Children’s Day Pro
gram. It is hoped that they will
have one of the greatest at this
time for the children in our
church.
We are very proud of the fol
lowing children having won gold
medals during the close of the
commencement exercises of the
city schools: Little Misses
Elizabeth Wright, 2nd prize for
the Daily Dozen exercise ; Fran
ces Wright, 1st, for the same;
Misses Ovella Brown, 1st prize
in the oratorical contest, subject,
“The Irreparable Past;” Marga
ret Keebler, 3rd prize for the
subject, “Religion In Educa
tion.” All of them are scholars
in the day school of Calvary
Presbyterian church. Miss Nor
ma Michael won the first prize
in the oratorical contest of the
S.L. High School. We encour
age these young ohes in our
prayers ahd sincerely hope that
their lives may always be as a
precious metal in their commun
ity and wherever they may go.
j Mrs. W. G. Hamilton, delegat
ed by the Appalachia Presbyte
rian church, U. S., to the Con
ference for Colored Women at
Knoxville College, Knoxville,
Tenn., June 5-12th, returned,
full of zeal and inspiration, and
is ready to work more for the
cause of Missions. The meeting
was one of the greatest, she
states, that she has ever attend
ed, and feels grateful to that
body of women who were the
means of her going to such a
great conference.
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