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The Africo - American
Prwbyterian.
' Established in 1879.
CONSOLIDATED WITH
THE SOUTHERN EVANGELIST.
KevT H. ir McCROREY D. D.. LL. D..
Editor.
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Rev. C. P. PITCHFORD,
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THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928.
ALL TOGETHER.
Churches which may not have
raised their full quotas still have
another chance. Although only
one twelfth of our Church year
now remains much can yet be
accomplished by a final, united,
well-directed effort on the part
of the membership of the
churches. All together, then;
| let’s go!
4- THE TRUE TEACHER.
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by precept and example. The
teacher’s life should be so or
dered by God that he can con
scientiously say to his pupils, as
Christ said to his disciples,
“Follow me.”
THE LAST CHANCE.
Those who fail to. join the
New Service Pension Plan and
pay all dues for the present
Church year before April 1st,
will lose credit for past service
rendered. A hint to the wise
should be sufficient.
HOW CHURCHES MAY HELP
Some weeks ago this paper
made the suggestion that indi
vidual church auxiliaries might
help towards the solution of the
problem of the minister’s partic
ipation in the New Pension
Plan by assuming responsibility
for the part of the premium the
church is asked to pay. Our
Carthage correspondent notes
that ‘the Brotherhood of John
Hall church has taken the obli
gation to raise that church’s part
of the premium money. In
other churches heard from the
officers are taking hold of the
matter, and thus relieving the
minister of embarrassment. This
is a fine way for a church to
show appreciation of its minis
ter. : „
TWO BIBLES DONATED FOR
USE IN CONGRESS.
New York, Feb. 18.—(AP)—
Two leather-bound Bibles have
been sent to the Senate and
House at Washington by the
American Bible Society which
learned , that a Senate Commit
tee hearing recently was held
up because committee attaches
were unable to fin^ ^ Bible on
which witnesses coiiid be sworn.
If you, don't save,. but would
like to, think of your salary as
being $5, $10 or $60 less each
week, and put the balance to
work in the bank.—Ex.
(From The Charlotte Observer)
Durham is the center of the
origination of much of success
ful adventure in business by the
Negro:' The start was made in
the insurance field, later followed
by banking and merchandising
uy ummiu5
enterprises—-and now Durham
has built a hotel of the modern
type for the Negro. It is per
haps the first of its kind in the
South; built by Negroes and for
Negroes. It is called the Bilt
more, which is a classy name, to
be sure, and cost $150,000. It
had formal opening last Monday
through the enterprise of Dr.
Clyde Donnell, exclusive owner,
and Donnell is known as medi
cal director for the North Caro
lina Mutual Life Insurance
Company. It is primarily meant
for accommodation of Negro
‘‘traveling men,” but caters to
the Negro public in general.
FOR THE STADIUM.
1036 Mayson-Tumer Ave.
Atlanta, Ga.
March 1, 1928.
Dr. H. L. McCrorey, Treasurer,
Stadium Campaign Committee,
Charlotte, N. C.
Dear Sir: -
You will find enclosed $5.00
as a donation to Johnson C
Smith University Stadium Fund.
Hoping you the greatest of
success,
Yours,
JOSEPH PACE.
SALEM PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, ANDERSON,
SC.
By Mrs. Geo, W. Marion, Jr.
been
at
Though our friends nave
hearing a little about us
times, we have been keeping
home fires burning brightly. We
have been feasting on good gos
pel sermons and especially were
we fed Sunday morning by Dr.
C. J. Baker, of Atlanta, Ga. His
discourse was taken from Matt.
10: 6-7, “The theme was, “As
ye go, preach,” and if we who
s*at attentively .preach as we go
[ am sure pore souls will be
brought j&tle Httsfey.
Jtffit before' '4h*£vamm Mr.
Elliott McAdams sang sweetly,
“Sinner, Please Don’t Let This
Harvest Pass.’’ At the close of
the sermon Miss E. V. Gunn
sang sweetly, “Be Still and Know
That I Am God.” This Sunday
had been set aside for the 125th
Anniversary and so we complet
ed the day with a program at
seven o’clock. The collection
for the day was $35.05.
The Sunday school is still pro
gressing and new life has been
added by using the star system.
The old as well as the young has
ten to be present when the open
ing bells tap at 10:30 so that a
late star will not be placed at
their names.
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety held its Annual Day of
Prayer on February 24th. In
connection with this service we
had election of officers and a
Missionary Social. All present
seemed to have enjoyed them
selves.
The Brotherhood is a live wire
:j\ our church and we look for
ward to the third Sunday eve
ning because we know that we
are going to have an interesting
program.'
Space will not allow me to
-peak concerning each local so
ciety but they all are busy try
ing to wind up their yew’s work
with no screw left unturned.
The raid-week prayer meeting
continues to go on inspite of the
weather, with a faithful few.
Come; you will enjoy it.
Miss Claudia .Burriss has un
dergone a successful operation
and is how able to walk around.
We pray for her a speedy recov
ery.
Mr. Wade Childes, father of
Mrs. Julia Burriss, is quite ill at
their home. We pray for him a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. Anes Hawkins and Mr.
Douglass Butler, daughter and
son of Elder J. C. Butler, are on
the sick list. We pray for them
an early recovery.
:Mrs.Jjreo.:W. Marion, Jr., has
been ill but is much better.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Jeff Calhoun
were host and hostess at an elab
orate dinner on Sunday in hon
or of Rev. C. J. Baker, D. D.
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W. C. Crawford and Hiss
aye E. Baldwin.
Mesdames Burriss and Marion
were hostesses at a tea Sumay
afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. W. Marion, Jr., in1
honor of Dr. C. J. Baker. \
Mrs. H. N. Sullivan and chil
dren left Monday for Lexington,
N. C., to visit the mother of , Mr.
H. N. "Sullivan. ,
We are delighted to have in
our church Mr. and Mrs. Will
Pitts and daughter of Mount
viile, S. C. They are now mak
ing their home in the city.
BIDDLEYILLE CHURCH.
By Miss Sovella McCombs
Our pastor, Dr. L. B. West,
conducted a “week of prayer,”
during the month of February
at the Colored State Normal
School at Fayeytteville. He re
ports a very successful week.
The Sunday school observed
Lincoln’s birthday. An appro
priate program was rendered.
An interesting address on the
life of Abraham Lincoln was
made by Dr, H. M, Stinson, of
Cotton Plant, Ark, Dr. Stinson
is the brother ©f Prof. W. H.
Stinson of this city. The offer
ing goes to the Division of Mis
sions for Colored People.
The National Day of Prayer
was observed at our church on
Friday, February 24. Members
from all of the Women’s Mis
sionary Societies of the five
Presbyterian churches of the city
were present; also visitors from
other churches. The service was
very uplifting. At the close, the
Missionary Society of Biddle
ville church served delicious re
freshments.
At a recent service, the Rev.
I. H. Russell, D. D., Synodical
Evangelist, preached a stirring
sermon to our congregation. We
were glad to have him and hope
that he will be with us again
soon.
The Women's Missionary* So
ciety is studying the hook, ‘‘gee
for Yourself,” Much interest is
manifested in the class. The So
ciety is doing nice worfc under
the leadership of Mr#!, Al$ee
Jewell. The last meeting was
held with Mrs. A, P. Corley.
For the next two weeks the
Sunday school will conduct a
vigorous campaign for an in
creased membership. Each
class is trying to have the larg
est addition to its membership.
On the third Sunday in March
the different groups of the
church will pull off a financial
effort to get things in order be
fore the Spring meeting of Pres
bytery. The leader of each
group is very much concerned
that her group will not fall be
hind.
Mrs. E. L. Rann was called to
Wilcoe, W. Va., on account of
the death of her father, Mr. C.
C. Froe, which occurred on
Thursday, February 23rd. She
has our sympathy.
Young People’s Day was ob
served Sunday and Dr. West
preached the sermon to the
young people. His text was I
Samuel 17:40, subject, “Foun
lation Stones in the Building of
Character.” This was a very
forceful sermon. Dr. West was
at his best. He named the first
stone, Energy, and he plead with
the young people to keep their
bodies pure and clean just as
David had done. We need this
element in the making of char
acter.
The second stone was the
stone of courage. He said that
the young people of today need
courage to stand up for the
right, for there are times when
we would have to stand up for
the right and it takes courage
to do it.
The third stone was the stone
of self-control. Young people
need to control themselves and
not lose their heads.
The fourth stone was the
stone of faith in God. He said
young people need to have faith
in God.
The fifth stone was the atone
of victory.
This was a wonderful sermon
and the choir rendered excel
lent music.
We were glad to have a num
ber of friends to come and help
(Continued on page 3) ->
(Paper read at the Presbyterian Workers’ Conference hi
Haines Institute, Augusta, Ga., January 31st to February
By Prof, J. D. Martin, Ph. D.
Mr. Chairman, Fellow Work
ers, Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am asked to talk about the
teacher of yesterday and the
teacher of today. To d6 so, in
whatever I may say, can be not
ed simply as an opinion ex
pressed. Yet the teacher has a
unique place among the people
and should hold high incessant
ly the torch of knowledge, en
deavoring to impart by a corre
sponding and uniform consisten
cy in daily deportment of his or
her life. Every teacher has an
atmosphere. He is a force
bearer and a force-producer, ex
haling influences as he moves
and speaks, portraying his own
personality. “If light be in him,
he shines; if darkness rules, he
shades; if his heart glows with
.ove, he warms; if frozen with
selfishness, he chills; if corrupt,
he poisons ; if pure-hearted, he
cleanses.”
Character, then, is inexpressi
bly finer and greater than words.
Great is the teacher of moral
energy all compact, whose mere
presence, like that of Samuel,
the seer, restrains others, soft
ens and restrains them.
The Teacher’s Mechanism.
The teacher’s mechanism
should stand at the center of
the good with telegraphic lines
extending in every direction. He
should be so sensitively consti
tuted that every moment trem
bles with possibilities; every
hour big with destiny. The
;eacher and discoverer who goes
into lands of fever and miasma
jo carry liberty, intelligence and
religion-to the ignorant, and
walks among men, working for
,ociety, unconsciously in fame
becomes immortal,
Teachers Differ,
Individual teachers differ
greatly in the performance of;
duties connected with the pro
fession. Some are outstanding in
jhe grip maintained over tho$e
with whom they have to deal
and thus become a positive force
n the development of true
character, while there are others
who wield an influence, but the
nfluence is of a negative nature
and not such as to form a basis
for the building of the true and
deal life. While they may be
precocious in some respect, yet
chey are oddly lacking in some
ipects of their character and be
lief.
The scholar’s uprightness of
ife should expand with the rest
of his mental outfit. New ideas
gained in other fields should not
operate to the discredit of his re
ligious conceptions. He should
not be taught in the name of ge
ology in such a manner that he
questions the Book of Genesis.
Nor should he be taught in the
name of biology that he be
moved to deny not simply tne
ioctrine of special creation, but
.he whole idea of divine purpose
ind providence. The teaching
)f physics should not start him
upon a mechanical conception of
the universe, and introduce him
to the ether, which Heckel
hought would make a better
God than the One whom Chris
tians worship. There should
not be a study of a psychology,
which has long since lost the
soul, and is in further danger
of forgetting that there is such
a thing as mind. The student
shouM »not ibe directed in re
search to a philosophy to which
one turns for help on ultimate
problems, and finds that it is
only mixed up. Otherwise the
scholar gets an inkling of some
modern views of the Bible and
decides that nobody can know
what parts of it should be be
lieved,
The importance of the young
life and its teaching should
serve truly as an apperceptive
basis of the understanding. Na
ture is not careless of her high
est creation—Man—to whom a
mind has been given, and should
be used for the glorifying of
God, the Giver.
The Old Way of Teaching and
The New Way of Teaching.
Contrasted, the old way of
teaching, says one, “meant im
posed knowledge, imposed con
duct, dependence, unquestioning
acceptance. The teacher was
the care of the school, and the
child was merged into the
mass/'
The new way of teaching im
plies a search for knowledge, a
purpose and a will in each
searcher. The child is the heart
of the school and the more he
differs from his mates in gifts
and abilities, the prouder the
record of the school.”
Life is reckoned as having
flown by the closed door of the
old school, while it flows today
through the new school and the
children laugh, and cry, and
cheer, and push on with their
elders. The school is life and we
are all living it. That is said to
be the “New Way.”
Teaching today aims to har
ness power and use it. Such
hitching and unhitching of bat
teries and wires, such testing
and adjusting of this and that
never was seen in any school
save that of the new day.
Toasters and hot pads, lights
and heaters, flatirons, vacuum
cleaners, bells, radios, telephones
—all the household equipment is
here to interest the admiring
youngster of the school of to
day.
The Old Way
The old way puts the respon
sibility for the teaching and the
learning and the rating upon
the teacher. The school revolves
around the teacher and the
child is a pale moon that shines
with the cool reflected light of
the teacher’s zeal.
In the new way the child may
know his plan of work, may dis
cuss it with the teacher, and or
ganize it in the most economical
fashion for his own purpose. He
is permitted to exercise his own
intelligence upon his work, and
to bring in his neighbors to help
f he feels he needs them.
*' The-experience of the past
forty of fifty years in America
has made it clear that the pri
mary qualification of every
teacher, of course, is to know his
subject completely and thor
oughly and in relation to the
rest of human knowledge. But a
knowledge of subject-matter is
not enough. To know is one
thing, and to be able to teach is
mother. The teacher of today,
just as the workers in other
fields, may profit by the experi
ence of all who have gone before
him,—not simply about what to
teach, but how to teach. The
eacher cannot teach what he
does not know, nor can he give
what he does not have. A per
sonal religious life should be the
primary qualification of every
teacher, and that, coupled with
personal consecration, makes an
mpressive and forceful moulder
)f human character.
When it comes to the inner, re
ligious and consecrated lives of
the teacher, we sometimes ask
ourselves these questions:
1st. Were not the teachers of
yesterday more outstanding in
heir religious instruction by
precept and example than the
teachers of today?
2nd. Is the present-day
teacher—a§ a glass—emphasis
ing the true ideals that supply
the basic principles for an all
round and successful life?
3rd. In short—is the teacher
of today spiritually measuring
up to his privilege and opportu
nities?
4th. Will the name and mem
ory tomorrow of the teacher of
;oday be held in pleasant recol
lection for the true perspective
furnished in the early days of
3chool life to his pupils?.
The answer t© these queries
which each one ©f you wfll give
will be based upon ft knowledge
gathered from an intimate eon
tact with the teachers whoso ac
quaintance you have and whose
teachings have been under your
observation.
Processes,
In the matter of teaching,
without entering into the special
rules of pedagogy, there are two
to mental act
ing and guiding of that activity
by the teacher.
(a) The teacher who tells
everything to his class is not apt
to stir them to think for them
selves. He is so busy pouring
in that he does not stop to draw
out. He is handing out what is
m his own head without taking
account of what was in the pu
pils’ heads.
(b) In the arousing process
the teacher should express in
words, and in his control of the
pu^ls experiences, what his
ideas are and thereby stimulate
and guide the pupil to formulate
adequate and true ideas for him
self. Let the pupils understand
the new only by associating it
with the old; and group the
hitherto unknown only in terms
of its relation to what he has
already known.
Christ’s Teaching.
Christ in His teachings used
the stuff that ' was already in
the minds of His hearers. He
never taught abstractly. He
asked questions constantly that
drew men out. Some concrete
case, some figure of speech, an
alogy, or story making clear his
teachings to the common run of
folks. He used such stories as:
The fishermen and their nets; a
shepherd and his sheep; a sower
and his seed ;' the weed that
grows up to choke the grain;
sons obedient and disobedient;
the stay-at-home and the prod
igal; a woman and her yeast;
another woman, her money and
her broom; a wedding feast and
the marriage processions; debt
ors; thieves and judges; the ab
sent land-lord and a cheating
rent agent; about- the man, .even,
who got out of bed at midnight
to lend a neighbor breads'lest
his continued knocking upon the
door should wake the,children.
rn this way Christ impressed
His hearers—insomuch that it
was said of Him, “never a man
spake like this man.” ■
In conclusion, I would com
mend that teaching pn^y, wheth
er by a teacher of yesterday or
a teacher of today, that gives an
aducation in general, by activity
luite as much as by instruction,
by training in habit formation
as well as by the acquiring of
ideas. Indeed, ideas that come
by hearsay are never as clear as
those wrought out in active 'ex
perience. Then teach by exam
ple as well as by precept.
CHURCH STREET PRESBY
TERIAN CHURCH,
SALISBURY, N. C.
By Mrs. Julia Hipps.
Sunday morning we listened to.
a wonderful sermon from our
pastor, Rev. J. M. Morton, from
Matthew 28:18: “And Jesus
came and spake unto them, say
ing, All power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth.”
Mrs. Morton is still sick. We
hope she will soon be out.
Mr. Sam Massey, who has
been sick for two weeks, is out
ind able to go back to work.
Sunday night the P.-T. Asso
ciation rendered an excellent
program. Prof. Carson gave a
fine address on “Children,” which
we enjoyed. Mr. Charles Har
ris and Mr. Benson also made
talks. They are always welcome
visitors,
WOODLAND CHURCH NOTES
Sunday morning, February 0,
our Christian Endeavor and
Sunday School were largely at*
tended. Our paetor, Rev. R, Z,
Beatty, preached a wonderful
sermon from the 8th chapter of
Tsaiah. At 2:30 Lincoln. Day
was observed. The neat sum of
$24.09 was collected. , , . .
February 29th our church
was filled to overflowing. Oiir
pastor presumed from th§ 87th
chapter o| Matthew. A| §
P. the Lord’s Supper was
.administered, .
Sister Alice F©x was absent
from church on account of the
illness of her daughter, Mrs.
Connie Staten.
We were glad to have Mr,
Walter Davis home from Fhila*
delphia, Pa,
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