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Africo-Americ TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY TRIP PART SECOND By Mrs. M. B. Marks. Having attended the Presby tery and completed Part I of said trip, the writer, not want ing to be like a grasshopper, arrived home on the 4th of June, made and saved the garden and fruit, then in the fall completed the trip by visiting relatives— Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Green, Mr. and Mrs. David and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beverly, of Emporia and Jarratt, Va. From this place, taking advantage of the opportunity, she ran down to visit the other churches of her group in Petersburg and Hope well. She found Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Tice busy. Mrs. Tice said: “We are trying to make things go.” The Rev. Tice’s soul-stirring sermon made the writer wish that she could gather in all Pet ersburg to take in that sermon. The choir, led by Mrs. Tice, did excellent singing. It was pleas * ant to meet another Ingleside alumna, Mrs. Diana Green Bail ey, the organist. Mr. Bailey taught in the Sunday school. Mrs. Jones and others placed us in communication with her daughter and other Ingleside alumnae. The writer was entertained by Mrs. Mollie Lofton and hers, who spared no pains in making it pleasant. This dear soul, out of the goodness of her heart, has put a room on to her com fortable home for entertaining the guests of the chui$h. May her blessed example be handed down to succeeding generations. Long will linger the parting scene as Rev. and Mrs. lice and a number of their officers and members accompanied the wri ter down to the station and ^ ^fted near till the car'pulleff out for Hopewell. Then they waved a cheering good-bye. At Hopewell, too, Rev. D. D. Davis was trying to make things go. But he missed the-assist ance of Mrs. Davis, who had been indisposed for months. She has our sympathy and prayers for a speedy recovery. Mrs. Da vis said: “I am glad you came. I heard about the Circle, but did not understand. But I stand ready to do what they say do.” This spoke so much for her loy alty. Although the ’ occasion at a neighboring church took the crowd. Rev. Davis had a good number out to Sunday school that afternoon, services having been had in the morning. At each church a collection was lifted for the Circle. Returning from Hopewell, Mrs. Lofton, in company with Miss Bessie Smith and Master Lofton, boarded the car and ac companied the writer to the sta tion and stayed by her until the train pulled out for Emporia. She arrived in Bracey, Decem ber the 4th. On the 12th she conducted a Baby Contest in the interest of Great Creek church and the Circle. A neat sum was raised and forwarded to Dr. Gaston and the Presbyterial Treasurer. The ladies who took part in the contest with their babies are as follows: Mrs. Nelson George, 1st prize; Mrs. John Boyd, 2nd prize; Mrs. Henry M. Boyd, 3rd prize; Mrs. Jefferson, Mrs. Robt. Teggins Mrs. John Marks, Mrs. Ned Harris, Mrs. Thomas Studyvant, Mrs. Henri etta Harrison. The work at Great Creek is moving on nicely under the min istration of Rev. and Mrs. James. He does not fail us in h i s soul-stirring sermons. Mary Crawley is doing good work in the school room. The new heater and collection table lend greatly to the ap pearance and comfort here. The W. M. Society led by Mrs. Pas chall Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Al good held a feast on Lee’s birth day to put chairs in the. pulpit. I Our church officers, imbued with the true spirit, went out and covered a widows kitchen and built her a porch. Our pastor, in expressing his approval, said: “You did better to build that porch than to preach twenty-five sermons.” Those who did this work are as follows: Messrs. C. W. Shaw, Nelson George, John Boyd, John Marks, N. S. Algood and W. H. Marks. Their dear wives vied with them in this spirit of mis sions and share equal honor. The Westminster Guild is flourishing with Miss Maggie L. Teggins as President and Mr. Purcell Teggins, leading the Boys’ Fellowship. Ogden Chapel, Charlie Hope, contributed to the Circle and sent greetings through Mrs. A. A. Wallace. Her W. M. Society was well represented in the meeting of the Circle. On Ingleside Day, March 27, a program will be rendered un der the auspices.of her three alumnae, Mrs. Leiia J. Jiggitts, Miss Mary Crawley and Mrs. Mary Beverly Marks Alumnae President. Permit us, please, to speak through your columns to the Alumnae Association that the Treasurer would be pleased to hear from them and that we hope for a happy reunion next commencement at Ingleside. We crave your prayers and trust to feel the power of them in all our humble efforts to do the Master’s bidding. Bracey, Va. CAN ‘TUBERCULOSIS EVER BE CURED? Sanatorium, N. C., March 7.-r Taken initTMinimal stage $3 cases out of every one hundred who get the proper treatment recover from tuberculosis, ac cording to statistics of thfe North Carolina Sanatorium. The percentage of cures in tubercu losis is higher than in any of the other chronic major diseases. To find tuberculosis in the minimal stage a knowledge of the symptoms of tuberculosis and regular physical examina tions by a specialist are the sur est methods of detecting it ear ly. Every person ought to know plerisy and a hemorrhage are nearly always caused by tu berculosis and if a person has pleurisy or a hemorrhage he almost surely has tuberculosis, yet many people do not know this. There are a number of other symptoms, warning symptoms, that may or may not mean tu berculosis. These warning symptoms usually come before the pleurisy or hemorrhage and should be heeded. If the first of the symptoms are heed ed the chances for finding the disease in its incipiency are in creased many times. These symptoms are: Loss of weight, strength or energy, loss of appe tite, indigestion, fever in the af ternoon or evening with a nor mal or subnormal temperature in the morning, a cough that lasts longer than three weeks and an anal fistula. If you are at all worried about your health go to your family physician for a thorough exam ination. If he can’t satisfy him self about your disease have him make arrangements for an ex amination by a specialist. If you are not able to go to a pri vate specialist you may receive examination free of charge at the North Carolina Sanatorium if you will have your physician arrange for it in advance. Enormous numbers of men and women worship themselves and disguise their self-worship by identifying themselves wth something 'larger—a nation^ a party, a class or a cause—which provides them with a ground work of their self-esteem and a reason for their self-assertion. —Selected. MISSIONARY ACTIVI TIES IN TENNESSEE By Rev. J. J. Shepperson Sabbath School Missionary Ever since the apostles of old received the command to “Go and make disciples of every na tion,” Christ’s followers have felt the responsibility of winning the world for Him. As we pass into the new Church year our minds naturally re flect on past accomplishments. Briefly speaking, we note some splendid work as results of schools of method and teacher training. The D. V. B. S. is still progressing; a number of S. S. Institutes, workers’ conferences and some mission Sunday schools have been added. This, together with young people’s organizations and aiding churches, constitutes my work brief. In other words, mission ary work is hard to describe in words, and were it not for our consciousness of the ever pres ent eye of the Almighty God we should feel our stars but few. There is one thing that can not be denied, and that is, mis sionary efforts have and are adding new members to our church roll. As they are con verted from our missionary schools and mission fields they want to join not the church but the Presbyterian Church. The controlling idea of the Presbyterian or Calvinistic system of thought, both theoret ically and practically, is the doc trine of the unconditional sov ereignty of God, by which sov ereignty is meant the absolute control of the universe and all that it contains, whether visible or invisible things, by^thejHte omnipresent and omnipotent Spirit, for wise, just, holy and loving ends known fully alone to Himself. This divine sov ereignty finds perpetual expres sion throughout the Presbyteri an system and organizations, small and great; the Word of God is the supreme and infalli ble rule of faith and practice. The Presbyterian Church then has a distinctiveness of its own, standing alone on its own pro gram founded on the Word of God. It is not strange, then, that so many want to join the Pres byterian Church. A man whose daughter is secretary of one of our Sabbath school missions said to me some time ago, “My daughter wants to join the Pres byterian church. I don’t know why,” he continued. “All of us are-, but I do not be lieve it is right to persuade children to join where they do not want to be, hence I have con sented.” She came to Bristol and joined the Ninth Street church that week. Yesterday my wife received a letter from her in which was enclosed her New Era budget and also money from other friends there. At another sta tion in Greene County, Tenn., after a very interesting Sunday school lesson, I asked for those who were unsaved to come for ward and acknowledge Christ. With the five who responded was a local preacher of another faith. I notified our nearest minister and he informed me later that he baptized all the following Sunday and took them in the church, including the lo cal preacher’s daughter. Many instances of the kind could be mentioned but for lack of space. Then, too, our vision is broader than saving of souls because it would never do to leave the individual there. A Christian character must be m stilled which requires patience and labor. Thus in our teaching we have encouraged prayer, that the life might be strength ened so that the individual may become strong spiritually. We have also encouraged the study of the Bible. We have also placed Bibles in homes and individuals where there none. Through thin meth new believer has arrived „ He has turned tjie ways of the world and wledged Christ as Saviour Lord. He has formed the of prayer and Bible study thus gained spiritual In other words, the among whom we la are at this point strong Surely to see so Christians attending and Sunday school would that we have covered our , Is of activities, but no, not yfkiThe cream work has not reached, for as one writer “We are saved to serve, if _ at all.” When Christ saved the woman at the well she w is instrumenetal in bringing hi ndreds to Him and she went a! put this duty forthwith. Thus if She convert sits and folds his hi gds it would show that while Cl rist’s blood frees from sin’s gt ilt it does not free from sin’s se fishness. Then, too, the con vc rt is losing the joy of Chris tw n service. JSmce longing for the saving of* souls through true Chris tian service is unmistakable evi ddbce of disciples of Christ, we hive in our Sabbath schools training classes and young peo ples organizations; we have alio monthly missionary instruc tions. Thus from the above cofkinand, “Go and make disci ples of every nation,” we (1) ga ;hered them in and made pu pffi I* by organizing a mission S. S. (2) We then made our pupils Christians, by observing Decis ion Day and giving them oppor tu lity to acknowledge Christ. (3 i We then made our Chris taps workers by training them training classes, workers’ erences and Sunday school all of which means y -tnav is, Tr we are disciples we are to save the world for Him, who gave Him self for us. There is no bigger job, no higher office, no greater respon sibility. Are you afraid to go. Listen! He says, “I am with you to the end of the world.” MATHER-PERIT PRESBYTE RIAN CHURCH, ST. AUGUS TINE, FLA. By Rev. J. H. Cooper “We, his servants, will arise and build.”—Nehemiah 2:20. Will you please help us? We, the members and friends of the Mather-Perit Presbyteri an church, St. Augustine, Fa., are endeavoring to raise funds for the erection of a brick church building which we have been in need of for many years. Nineteen years ago we came from Cheraw, S. C., to St. Au gustine, Fla., to continue reli gious work. On reaching this field we found about five mem bers of the church. They had no church edifice nor a home for the minister and his family— no property whatever that they could call their own. They were permitted to use a little chapel on Granada Street only for re ligious purposes. This chapel is o nthe West side of the street, opposite the fashionable “Hotel Alcazar,” and about six hundred feet from the famous “Ponce De Leon Ho tel,” all of the H. M. Flagler System. We soon found that this loca tion would not suit a growing religious work, so we began look ing for another and soon found it. This new site, a lot measuring 105x101 feet, facing Washing ton Street, East, is bounded on the North by Dehaven Street, and on the South by “Park Place.” By solicitations we got the little chapel mentioned above, and $500.00 to pay for moving the same to its new location. The streets of St. Augustine are very narrow, so we had to take down the chapel for remov al. After taking it down a new thought entered our minds— I ' that is, instead of putting it up astiwas, to erect a two-story building. To do this we had to raise $900 and in less than six months we had the money, and in fourteen months after entering St. Augustine, Fla., we had a nice little chapel—below for service, and six large rooms above for the minister and his family to live in. During these gloomy days we were visited by Dr. E. P. Cow an, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and after showing him the work accom plished in one year and plans for the immediate future, he said, “You have stirred the old town. We will keep a watch on you.” Our work has had a steady growth here in every way. We began to raise money for our new brick church building in June, 1926, and up to this date we have kept up with all ex penses. We owe nothing to any one and have in hand $600 and fifteen thousand brick on the ground. Our next rally will be on March 20, 1927. In this we are hoping to lift the $600 to $1,000. Will you please help us? BARBER COLLEGE NEWS By Joetta Stinson. The Rex Club, which is com posed of Anniston young men, with Mr. Kirby, President, en tertained a group of girls from the College Monday evening with a delightful dinner party at the home of Mrs. Weaver. Seven o’clock was the hour of the party. Cordially receiving the girls were Mrs. Annie John son, Miss Dover Weaver, and Mrs. Wfeavei7“witlf“itfr. Junan Brown as host. Mr. Brown and the young men who assisted him carefully saw to it that every body was happy and that the time did not lag. In the hall stood a huge bowl of punch which was served dur ing the evening. Later a deli cious plate dinner was served, consisting of chicken salad on lettuce, sandwiches, saltines and delightful little cookies. The fa vors were little baskets of can dy and mints. Just before leaving, the S. L. P. D. Q. sang “We’ll cheer the boys of Anniston.” At ten o’clock the girls had thanked the young men’s club, and the Dean of Women for a pleasant evening and were in their rooms for a pleasant night’s rest. The S. L. P. D. Q. conducted services at Mt. Olive Baptist church Sunday March 13, at 3 P. M., for a rally in the interest of the Sunday school. Thursday evening the “Pied Piper of Hamelin” was given by the Physical Education Depart ment, under the direction of Miss Knight, followed by a box supper under the supervision of the second division of the West minster Guild, with Miss Vero nica Redd as chairman. As it was St. Patrick’s Day,, “Mike and Pat” were there in old Ire land’s green and white, and shamrocks were growing in the air all over the dining-room. A large number of guests attend ed including several young men from the College in Talladega, The “Pied Piper” was good, with its frolicsome skipping, its dig nified “Minuet” followed by airy gliding and the rhythmic clog. Ida Scott Cooper, as the Piper who piped the children into the hill, was particularly good in her part. As preludes to this little play Indian club drills accurately illustrated the beauty of unity, and Greek pic tures reminded one of the old statues or picture from Grecian days. After this program came the boxes, piles and piles of them, in numerous frills and petals! They were auctioned by Dr. Walker; then their contents were tested by couples and groups all over the room. Soon a grand inarch was an nounced and all joined hi that game. Ice cream and home made candy were sold through out the • evening. Regretfully the guests departed When taps were sounded in the building. Receipts from the entertain ment were about $60.00, with a net profit for the Board of Mis sions of $30. “Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge— It is as immortal as the hearts of men.” It is with great joy and en thusiasm that we are greeting Spring and all its fresh, sweet beauty at Barber. February warned us of its coming by sending us fragrant wild plum and peach blossoms. Then March came in like a lion and we were not a little afraid as the rain, frost and even snow fell upon them. March subsided, however, and we are now glad to have not only peach and plum blossoms, but budding trees, vi olets, bluettes, green grass and little brooklets in the mountains with the promise of honeysuc kle and sweet wisteria very soon. All these beautiful promises and realizations of Spring have greatly influenced the Poetry Club. During, the last two months we have given our thoughts to nature, using many of the promises as symbols of people and things that appear in our daily lives and we are en joying this immensely. With so much beauty around us we can readly agree with Words worth when he said, “And I nave felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something far more deeply “' interfused, '' -*" Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean, and the living air, And the blue sky, and in the mind of man." The first symbols we wrote this Spring were concerned with the endless peach and plum blossoms that decorated the hill side and valley. The rich per fume, delicate petals, and the snowy whiteness of the wild plum were the inspiration of numerous little ones. Dorothy Williams described one of her friends in a very beautiful way,— “She is like the apple tree— The roughness of the outside Is hidden By the continual bursting fQrth Of good and beautiful things From within.” Violets and bluettes gave Roosevelt Lee the inspiration to write these expressive little lines: “The violet that nestles At the foot of a tree Is like a babe Clinging to the arms Of its mother.” Odessa Currey presented this charming little poem about a friend: “Her life Was a chalice Of pure, unburnished gold; Ever taking in And shedding forth Pure sunlight, As the folding and unfolding Of morn’s first flower.” Bessie Mayle, ex-President, read these at the last meeting: “Plum blossom fragrance Like a rare theme Floats on the March wind Forming the first movement In the Symphony of Spring.” “I was a speckled moth Held by thick, green waters— Then she came. And now I am held By the light i Of her soul.” With these scant offerings of ! our joy we greet our friends , through the *Africo and wish for i them the full pleasure of the l- Poetry of Spring.
Africo-American Presbyterian (Wilmington, N.C.)
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