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VOL. XLIX.
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PROGRAM
OF THE
WORKERS’. CONFERENCE
i DIVISION OF MISSIONS FOR COLORED PEOPLE OF THE
BOARD OF NATIONAL MISSIONS OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U* S. A.
To be HeM at Haines Normal & Industrial Institute, Augusta, Ga.,
January 31st to February 3rd, 1928. t>
Tuesday ^Afternoon, January
31, m
Rev. J. M. Gaston, D. D* Pre
siding.
2:80 P. M. Devotional.
2:45 P. M. Greetings:—
Mrs. A. B. Snively, Field Re
presentative.
3:16 P. M. Institute on Evan
gelism :
Conducted by:
Rev. I. H. Russell, D. D., Di
rector.
/ Rev. S. D Thom, D. D.
Rev. L. B. West, D. D.
Rev. H. Wilson.
4:45 P M. Discussion,
j 5:00 P. M. Recess,
j 7:30 P. M. ’Sermon by Rev. S.
D. Thom, D. D., Evangelist,
,'t Synods of Atlantic and Cana
(i dian.
J Wednesday, February 1, 1928.
) 9:00 A. M. Devotional.
9:16 A. M. A Standard Church.
| Rev. J. H. Byers, D. D., At
I lanta, Ga.
^ 9:45 A. M. Discussion.
10:00 A. M. The Church and
the Young People,
‘ Rev. J. B. Barber, Chattanoor
ga, Tenn. ]
10:30 A. M. Discussion.
10:45 A. M. The Church and
fthe Community,
- Rev, Wilttm* Sam&eySifri
mingham, Ala.
11:15 A. M. Discussion.
11:30 A. M. The Duties of
Church Officers:
(a) Elders.
(b) Deacons.
(c) Trustees.
Rev. J. W. Smith, Raleigh,
N. C.
v 12:00 M. Discussion.
12:15 P.M. Recess.
2:00 P. M. Devotional.
2:15 P. M. Organizing Men of
the Church for Work.
Rev. C. J. Baker, D. D., At
lanta, Ga.
"2:45 P. M. Discussion.
3:00 P. M. The (Church land
the Women.
Mrs. G. W. Long, Coulter
Academy, Cheraw, S. C.
3:30 P. M. Discussion.
3:46 P. M. Elementary
Schools,
Mrs. M. A. Sanders, James
Island, S. C.
4:15 P. M. Discussion.
4:80 P. M. Industrial Educa
tion.
Rev. John L. Phelps, D. D.,
Boggs Academy, Keysville,
Ga. * *
6:00 P. M. Discussion.
5:16 P. M. Recess.
7:30 P. M. Popular Meeting
under Auspices of the Women
of the Conference.
Mrs. A. A. JonVs, McConnells
ville, S. C., Chairman.
Thursday, February 2,1928
9:00 A. M. Devotional.
9:15 A. M. The 126th Anni
versary of the Board of Na
tional Missions and Scotia
Seminary*
Rev. T. R. Lewis, D. D., Con
cord, N. Cl
9:45 A. M. Discussion.
10:00 A. M. The Ideals of
Barber College,
Miss Mary E. Foresman,
Dean, Anniston, Ala.
10:30 A. M. Discussion.
10:45 A. M. Training the Boys
and Girls,
Rev. A. S. Clarke, D. D., Cor
dele, Ga.
11:15 A. M. Discussion.
11:80 A. M. Training Boys,
Rev. J. G. Porter, Harbison
Agricultural College, Irmo, S.
C.
12:00 M. Discussion.
12:15 P.M. Recess. <■
2:00 P. M. Devotional.
2:15 P. M. Sunday School Mis
sions.
Mr. J. M. Somerndike, New
York, N. Y.
2:45 P.M. Discussion.
3:00 P. M. The Teachers of
Yesterday and Today.
Prof. J. D. Martin, Ph. D.,
Johnson C. Smith University,
Charlotte, N. C.
3:30 P. M. Discussion.
3:45 P. M. The Qualifications
of a Successful Minister,
Rev. I. D. Davis, D. D., Sum
ter, S. C. ..
4:15 P. M. Discussion.
4:30 P. M. Some Haines Grad
uates and What They are Do
ing- !
Miss Lucy C. Laney, Haines
Normal & Industrial Institute,
Augusta, Ga.
5:00 P. M. Discussion.
5:15 P. M. Recess.
7:30 P. M. Sermon by Rev. H.
Wilson, Concord, N. C.
We are very anxious to have
present at this Conference at
least one elder from each
church as well as the piinister.
Mrs^JU -Dr.
J. M.'Gaston willgrant personal
interviews to the members of
the Conference beginning Fri
day morning at 9 o’clock and
continuing as long as is neces
sary.
It is expected that members
of the Conference will attend
all sessions.
Write to Prof. J. M. Tutt,
Haines Normal and Industrial
Institute, Augusta, Ga., advis
ing him as to the time of your
/arrival and your place of enter
tainment assigned to
you. ™
It is earnests looped that the
local churcfc|||||p| gow the trav
eling expenses of their minis
ters to the Conference. The in
formation and inspiration de
rived from the Conference
should a good deal more than
than justify the local church in
paying thoexpenses of their pas
tor. It will be impossible for
the Division of Missions for
Colored People to pay the trav
eling expenses of those attend
ing the Conference^ Entertain
ment wiU be furnished free.
DINNER FOR PRESBYTERI
AN MINISTERS.
Chicago, Dec, 10.—The best!
investment business can make
is in the pread of religion, is
the opinion of Oscar C. Hagen,
investment banker, member of
the Second Presbyterian chui$h.
He gave that as the reason for
extending an invitation to 1,000
clergymen and laymen of Chi
cago to be his personal guests
at a dinner at the Hotel La
Salle to launch one of the big
gest revivals in the history of
the city.
Plans were announced for the
dinner, which is said to be
unique in Chicago religious cir
cles, in that it was conceived
and is being carried out by the
'business man who is bearing
the expense of several thousand
dollars out of his own pocket.
The guests will be the Presby
terian clergymen in the Chica
go District together with two
to ten laymen from each church;
National authorities on evange
lism will be present to counsel
in the plans for the Chicago
campaign.
Compares Golfing Cost j
‘‘I am spending no more on
this dinner than many men
spend on golf in a single year/''
said Mr. Hagen. “A business
friend who is quite a golf fan
seemed astonished when he
heard I expected to entertain, a.
thousand churchmen in a plan to
advance religion in Chicago and
asked me if it wasn't quite an
expenditure of money.
aked -him to figure iip
whathis various golf chib mem
bership and other expenses
of the gam? cost him over1 a
year, ancbhe finally estimated
the amount at more than $5,000.
I told him I-was spending leiss
than that on an effort to benefit
the entire eity.
“Moral character is the basis
of credit and without our vast
commercial, industrial and ’fi
nancial enterprises would come
tumbling down; The foundation
of moral character is religion.
If religion disappeared embez
zlement, fraud and corruption
will spread with inconceivable
rapidity.
“I believe it is up to the bu
iness men to realize this and
instead of expecting the minis
ters to do all the work of spread
ing the gospel to do all they
can in the common enterprise.
For that reason I expect from
this time forth to devote just
as much of my time and energy
to the spread of religion as 1
do to business affairs.”
DISTRIC T MISSIONARY
MEETING AT MONROE. ,
meeting, > Mrs. Elk Jewell; le:
er, met at Blacks Memorial
church, Sunday, November 27,
at two o’clock. I
An impressive prayer service
was first held, Mrs. Sudie Cow
an, of Wadesboro, leading.
After this was the roll call
as follows:
Blacks’ Memorial ___ 15
Mt. Pisgah ___ ; 2,
Black’s Memorial Guild _ 2
Matthew’s Chapel-— 4
Visitors were Rev. and Mrs.
J. H. Cowan, of Wadesboro, also
Mr. Reed, Mrs. Annie Shute,
Miss Ionia Shute, and Mr. F.
M. Beaver, of Charlotte.
Representatives from Districts
1 and 4 were asked to rise and
were introduced by Mrs. Jewel,
Next the delegates of the local
societies were asked to state
how much of their assessments
had been raised. The delegates’
reports showed that all were
working and those who had not
yet sent in any of their assess
ments were planning to do so.
Mrs. Cowan-of District No. 4
was next asked to speak. Mrs.
Cowan said that she has found
the women of District No. 4 to
be good workers, but that they
are greatly. in need of informa
tion. She also said that she was
gave us much it
was enjoyed by!
Mrs. l
urged the delegal
and study this
Mrs. Jewell sdid
that the interest
ducted by SPsi
make the women |
a book. . I
Mrs, Jewell m
Mr. Beavers, d
Smith Universiftj
spoke in a v«rj
manner of the wd
He spoke of the]
had received (by I
Women's Mission
He said they are d
command. Mr. |
of. Paul's great u
sionary. 1
The next speak
H. Cowan, of wj
spoke of Mrs. Je
ness in her work*!
the church is in !
filled with the ti
spirit. |
Miss Ionia Shu|e, of the Bid
was Rev. J.
esboro who
U’s faithful
la said that
ed of those
mtesipnary
dleville church, < harlotte, was
next introduced. Miss Shute
is a young wom$u of pleasing
personality .and made an inter
esting talk.
Dr. C. N. Jenkins, pastor of
Black’s Memorial and Matthews
chapel, made a splendid address.
He spoke of worfcen as leaders
and of the inspiration he re
ceived from a fa*'* "
irodd in his
said that
re a mis
£j&*i
:ul group of
missionary women in the first
church he pastorijkl. He said
that every woman whose
'name is on the church roll
should be a member of the mis
sionary Society. -1
Rev. S. L.
very interesting
every church s'
sionary society;
servant of. God
Mrs. S. X«. Fullw
a talk. She said that though
handicapped by a family of
small children, she is still trying
to work for missions.
A large audience was present.
After the meeting a bountiful
dinner was enjoyed.
MRS. ELI JEWELL, Leader.
ANNIE A. CHRESFIELD, Sec.
also made
OUR BENEVOLENCE QUO
TA.
To the ministers and sessions
of the Cape Fear Presbytery:
Dear Brethren:
It is being alleged that the
average Negro minister in the
Presbyterian Church is not in
tensively interested and in dead
earnest to build a strong, self
supporting church; that there
are men on the field who seem
to be simply marking time as
the record indicates. They
claim to base the allegation upon
the records found in the Min
utes of the General Assembly.,
This is not the charge made by
our enemies, but by our friends
and supporters in the work. ;
Is the above statement cor
rect? Our Master says: “by
their fruits ye shall know
them.” The record shows that
there was not a Presbytery
within the bounds of Catawba!
that came up to its obligation
last year in the matter b? be
nevolence. 1 ,
There pre churches within
our bounds that failed to give
anything last, year to the great
cause of benevolence—not even
the widow’s mite to help save
the world, for Christ. And get
they came" up to Presbytdry.
with the usual Ruminating
Speeches trying to tell hj| - it
happened. They have to
learn that “it uygnpre bl||g|d
to give than to fBive.”
paid.
The average minister f<
that when he falls beto
average he' putts the a\
down: WhUrthe teeer# j
that we paid more d
than any I
bounds of
yet the jw
pulls up to 88.f per cent wl
we only scrambled up to $2
pent.
We admit that comparis
are odious and yet there
two of our oldest mad strong
a» usual,
age down. :
Bo much for last year, bjut
what about this year? Cape
Fear Presbytery is on the job.*
We are expecting to climb oyer
the top t^is year. We are pot
waiting until next March to
raise and send in our benevo
lence.. The Boards are paying
$75,000 interest on borrowed
money. i
I am making this appeal to the
brethren of our Synod in gen
eral, and to dear Cape Fear in
particular, to the endr that He
may contradict the above alle
gation by facts and figures.
Sincerely,
Chairman Cemnainl
nevolence, Cape Fear
PROHIBITION FACING A
CRISIS.
(Address of Former Governor
Pinchot of Pennsylvania before
the Banquet of the National
Convention of the Anti-Salobn
League, Mayflower Hotel, Eve
ning of Thursday, Dec. 8, 1927.)
The dry forces of America
have been too long and too eas
ily contented with the crumbs
that fall from the rich man’s
table. It is high time that
they stop meekly and thankful
ly picking up the crumbs and
take the table instead.
In the coming Presidential
ejection, the drys are facing the
greatest crisis since the 18th
Amendment was enacted. The
danger is not that any wet like
A1 Smith will become President
of the United States. No ac
knowledged wet will ever flit in
the-White House. Let us stop
. The, feat danger is that some
enforcement half-breed will be
elected,, some man who talks
dry enough to satisfy the dry
voters and. acts wet enough to
satisfy the wet voters. And if
such a man is elected, it will be
because the dry, people have ac
cepted less than they get from
both parties-^—fir less than they
ca&'lst' ii: they bad the courage
to insist on getttag ft. *
*■> Before, our , very faces the
old trick of “KoW you see it and
now you don't** is in full swing.
The political shell-game lets
you and me catch glimpses now
ofijhis candidate and now of
that peeping out from under
the $Hggheil. That is because
you aj^Lase dry. But when
the maakBMon is over, and
the elodBmnaat, and we lift
worrying about what is not even
a remote contingency, and look
the real danger in the face.
support to any Presidential can
didate in either party who is
himself a violator of the Consti
tution of the United States, dr a
winker at is violation by others ?
Why should the drys support
any man who it not willing to
put himself squarely on the side
of the Constitution and pledge
himself if elected to take this
government out Of the hands of
those who violate the Constitu
tion, and put it and/keep it in
Idle hands of those who respect
the Constitution?
Why should dry America cop
sent to nominate or elect in
either Party as president a man
who is either personally or po
litically wet or even damp, or
who is too timorous Ot tod devi
us to tell where he stands? Is
there anything unreasonable in'
asking for candidates in both
parties who are genuine believ
ers in the 18th Amendment, or
About whom it is known in ad
vance that they wil lehforce the
law if elected?
Why should we play wth this
matter any longer? If the dry
forces of America are wilUpa
stand up and fight for their
principles without respect of
parties or persons they will get
Whit they go after. This is not
fered, tout to demand what-wa
want and see that we get it.
NEW HAMPTON CHURCH
AND COMMUNITY NCfTES.
By Miss Alberta McClelland
It has been quite a while since
the readers of this paper heard
from the field of New Hamp
ton but we are still alive.
On last Sunday morning, De
cember 11th, our (pastor1, /Dr-'
F. T. Logan, preached to us a
strong and impressive sermon
on the subject, “Come,, let us
reason together.” Every one
enjoyed this message.
«... ,_.'A._A __1
X ills uay woo oci opoxw «•»
ly day. The morning collection
amounted to the neat sum of
$13.00.
In the afternoon we listened
to another inspiring sermon by
the pastor, Dr. Logan. His
text was Romans first chapter
and the 8th verse. At this time
we were delighted to have vis
itors from Torrence Grove
church; Mr. and Mrs. Will
Knox and daughter, Miss Viola
Knox, of Rockwell church, and
Mr. G. W Robertson and part of
his choir of Siloam church. All
visitors are welcome at New
Hampton church. The collec
tion for the afternoon amounted
to the sum of $22.35, making a
total for the day of $35.35. Dur
ing the collection the choir ren
dered excellent music. , v.
Our Sunday school is making
progress. Plans are being
made for the Christmas tree
Which will be given at New
Hampton church, Monday
night, December 26th.
Mr. Eugene Scott, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Scott, is serious
ly ill at the Good Samaritan
Hospital in Charlotte.; We hope
for him an early recovery.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Haynes,
Jr., a fine son. Mother and son
are doing nicely.
Rally day will be at our
church, Sunday, December 26th.
Visitors will be welcome.