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The Africo - American Presbyterian CONSOLIDATED WITH , THE SOUTHERN EVANGELIST Bev. H. L. McCROREY, B. D., LL D„ Editor W. HILL, Associate Editor, Bev. C. P. PITGHFOBD, 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 Christian point of view. Each number contains the freshest and best news from the Southern field and from the Church at large. There is carefully selected raeding matter suited to aH f of our people—the farmer, the me chanic, the artisan and the profes sional man. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy one year ___fl.60 Six months______76 Three months_ an Send all money by P. o. Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Check, otherwise it might be lost •nd the sender alone will be resnoa sible. Entered at the Postoffice at Char lotte, N. C., as second class matter. THURSDAY, MAY) 28, 193lT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Our 143rd General Assembly convened today in the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, Pa. The opening sermon was preached by Dr. Hugh Thomson Kerr, the retiring Moderator. This sermon is given elsewhere in this paper. After the sermon the Assem bly was constituted with pray er, and the Lord’s Supper was administered. The Assembly then adjourned until the after noon. On reconvening at 2:30 the usual procedure was followed: opening with prayer and praise, the calling of the roll, adoption of the Assembly Docket, approving of assistants to the Stated Clerk, organizing electing sections, naming of tellers for the election of Mod erator, etc. - As forecast in this paper last week, Dr. Lewis S. Mudge was elected Moderator. The only other nominee was Dr. David De Forest Burrell, of Williams port, Pa., who was put forward ' unexpectedly. The vote stood 519 for Dr. Mudge and 379 for Dr. Burrell. MADAME SCHUMAJNN HEINK REBUKES SNOB BISH WAR MOTHERS IN CALIFORNIA Sacramento, Calif. - (CNS) Madame Ernestine Schumann Heink, world-famed singer and lovingly styled • the mother of American musicians, on the spur of the moment, yet in dra matic and forceful manner, re buked war mothers here be cause of their protests concern ing foreign-blooded children at a recital marking the dedication of a memorial auditorium. City Manager Jasnes Dean told Mme. Schumann-Heink some of the mothers had pro tested the scheduled appearance last night of Chinese, Japanese, Negro, Portuguese and Italian children on the stage. The wo men thought such a “melting pot” aggregation was not repre sentative of the American race. Last night the singer turned her back upon her adult audi ence and, facing the bank of well-scrubbed black, yellow and white faces, crooned a moth er’s lullaby especially for them. Then the children sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” with her. When Mme. Schumann-Heink finished her singing and after the applause died down she stepped to the footlights and said: “As a war mother I know what it means to suffer. I gave five sons, four to Uncle Sam and one to his old fatherland. “It is up to the war mothers to teaeh their children the love of law, and not make a difference hetween black or yellow or brown or white skins. “Don’t make a difference in race or creed. You mafca wai among yourselves — through your children.” ;_ OF SOUTH ERN En route to the Presbytery of^Southern Virginia the writ er was entertained by Mrs. Ralph Williams, Mrs. A. and Mr. Bernard W. Beverly, Rich mond, Va. Arriving at Amelia, she was met by Rey. and Mrs. Hyde and Mrs. Anderson, was earned to the good home, so dear, because of the sweet mem ory of our . late Mother Wright and where Misses Edna, Elsie, Miss Hattie Post, Master and Mr. Clarence Wright spared no pains in making it pleasant for 0°,. and the Presbytery a suc cess. Oh! the joy of meeting with our good friends and Ingleside sisters. Sympathy for Mrs. L. M. and Joseph Lomax. Conducted by the retiring Moderator. Rev. C. M. Dusen bury, the meeting was opened with singing “All HaiFthe Pow er of Jesus’ Name.” Scripture, sending forth the twelve, was read by Rev. Metz Rollins. The prayer was offered by Dr. L. L. Downing. His touching remarks made one think how sad it might have been and thank God that he survived the wreck, to the comfort of his afflicted companion and for the great good that he may continue to do in the Master’s vineyard. He said: “I would rather be a soldier of the cross than to command the armies of the world.” Then followed: “On ward, Christian Soldiers,” after which Rev. Dusenbury preached a soul-stirring sermon. He re marked that the life and death of Rev. A. Kendrick should not be passed off lightly. Rev. Dr. G P. Rogers, pas tor of the white Presbyterian church, delivered an able ad dress. He stated that the doc trines of the Presbyterian Church stand for all the prin ciples included in God’s word. He related an incident of the giving of the gospel to Scotland, after which were remarks by Commonwealth Attorney Judge G. K. Taylor. His high com mendation was that good Pres byterians stay out of the hands of1 the. law. Then followed ~a solb, “By the Touch of the Hand.” A short program was conducted by Miss Swann. ? The memorial services of Rev. Kendrick were conducted by Dr. Downing. The first song was: “Fade, Fade Each Earthly Joy.” Then Scripture by Rev. F. D. Nance; prayer, Rev. J. E. Tice; song, “Some Day the Sil ver Cord Will Break." Dr. Down ing and Mrs. M. H. Burrell paid] high tribute to the deceased; after which were remarks by the efficient Moderator, Rev. Leake. Then the closing song, “Abide With Me,” followed by the Lord’s Supper, all so im pressive. Kev. Nance gave a giowmg report of the work in Norfolk. In recording the change from Bethany to Mary B. Marks Me morial Presbyterian church. Drs. Downing, Hector and C. J. Baker paid high tribute. The vote was unanimous. Dear friends and public, may we not hope for a response from you in raising the $2,000 need ed for remodeling, that this our church in Norfolk may take its rightful place among the churches of Norfolk? Any amount, little or much, soon, or late, would be most heartily appreciated. May the angel of God write your name and deed.; The honor conferred by this church in taking your humble servant's name, coming after thirty years of labor on the mission field, is accepted as God's smile of approval in ex tending the scope of her work and giving her this church to take her name. Should she be blessed to see it completed and the Presbytery and Presbyteri al sitting there as a celebration of her anniversary, so great would be her joy that she feign would say like Simeon, “Lord, now lettest thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation." God condescended to give your humble servant a vision of a Central Brick Church ere He brought it to pass. Rev. and Mrs. Tice and their good people are now to be con gratulated that they are in their much deserved manse. On January 15, 1981, God showed His humble handmaid that tbfe present walls of ops Norfolk church would be dis placed l^y brick wells. Be glad to be an instrument in Wa hind in bringing it to putt. Your humble servant that she could celebrate thirty-first anniversary in no bettor way than to raise an pf^n8r’ at lea6t * dollar for eacb year, to presenTto the felt oufta* u: c "‘th tile re_ Quest that the MnSL™* re stiSas?* ««rsSS«S and meanwhife out in nSto/tt tiona. May God sDee!? 1^2?" aion to blis *Peed ** '«■* th^t^n^ofRev' H19|1,Tafter *nd «e3sion;hrannounEced K l f".e church building bor ^er/Jhlrty-°ne years of la £ * the nnssion field. We Therp?rwn ®nIar^ement. Miss teacher* H*JP h*S SOme f«H<>W reaeners there, while Mra_ «ames thrills with her solos Semighty W°rks show f0rt* The Danville -church is to he configurated! on having 3g of th. cream of the richest skimming of our Church-In fchi nprsnn .,-p Til ri T person of J.u c. J. ];afcer. ixrPfesbyte^ial Popular ineeti Wednesday night, Scripture the writer, Gospel of John 14-21. Our Miss Barr, a fou tam of information, rich a ripe in experience, fired wi zeal, filled with the love of G and for humanity, was t speaker. Ere adjourning t Presbyterial, she formed of “ circle, hand in hand. In n midst was a little lamb, mother’s heart, Master Fre iek D. Nance. May. this mes ger of God come our way .afi Our President, Mrs. M Kendrick, bore up bravely her official, duties. Mrs. Dil looked well, Mrs. Hedrick i faithful secretary; Misses G and Reyholds are our mui stars. After calling in the be&u homes of Mrs. Brown, * and Allie Wingo, night, we were richly tained by the Ingleside dents, Mr, Clarence Wrigh Big Oak’s quartet, musicif We are glad that Rev Mrs. Hyde are at this (Old Ingleside), dear t< memory of Mother Neil thank them and their goo( pie for such a royal ente ment. A marvellous them. Friday A. M., the writer ar rived in Jarrette jiist in time for the burial of her brother, David Beverly, who departed April 7, 6 P. M. He left to mourn their loss a widow, Mrs. Virginia Beverly, and children as follows: Messrs. David and Peter, Misses A. Rebecca, Mary E., and Lucile Beverly; Mrs Dancy, Ethel Williams and, Mrs. Wm. Powell, one brother, T. L. Beverly, of Richmond, and a sister, (the, writer), and a host of other relatives and friends. The pastor paid high tribute to the deceased, having known him for fifty years. Others, spoke in high terms. Undertak er E. D. Mason was in charge. The floral designs were exqui sitely beautiful. The corpse was easily and gradually let down while Rev. Tour repeated ap propriate Scripture quotations. Wrapped cozily in the white sheet and dusty blanket, en folded by the green sward, Mother Earth received her own again. The writer was conveyed to the home of ReV. arid Mrs. C. E .Green, North Emporia, Va., which has many times meant to her what the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus was to our blessed Lord. They are to be congratulated on the excellent marks that their children are making in high school and col lege. I thank God for such a de lightful visit of these three v/eeks which they planned in the last two homes mentioned. May His blessing rest upon them. MARY B. MARKS. Bracey, Va. UJKBERTON NEWS Jhr 3- Eustace Rev. H. S. Davis, pastor of Haymount Presbyterian church, Fayetteville, preached . a very unique and practical sermon to the graduating class of Re& atone Academy on Sunday He said in substance that there are some men m history who would not have been known if thev were not asociated with some SJS?1 men or women. Some x oiks forge ahead in spite of handicaps. Contention is always provoked when one tries to pro mote the growth and welfare of the community. People will pick flaws regardless as to how perfect or imperfect your life may be. The world is crying for men and women with backbone who would not shirk duty be cause of criticism or opposi tion. Dr. G. E. Davis, Rosenwald Agent, made the commencement address. He stressed several im portant points, including the PitfaHs and difficulties of life. The commencement exercis ers of Redstone Academy were well attended. They were with out the like or equal in the his tory of Redstone. Dur Present Civilization, A Re sult of Antique Education. I More than four hundred years ago Europe, Asia and Africa were the only continents in which the people were known to be civilized. They did not know there was any such place as America. The new world was later discovered and it was in* habited by immigrants from the old countries, thus bringing to our country an antique form of education which we have used from the very beginning and have caused it to be our standard. The civjl courts were con ducted in the way of the Ro mans. Our courts are so styled and the activities are based upon the practices of these foreign courts. Let us think of the English language that we use daily. It is directly from foreign languages. Our language is filled with borrowed words and every time We make an ef fort to trace them back theix origin is found in the language of antique educators. Our col leges and universities teacb 'Hebrew, Greek arid Latin These are foreign languages and our own language which is the steppirig stone of our intel ligence is based on these dead languages as we sometimes call them. uur Knowledge w> uay umi we have to build roads, streets and monuments came from the old Egyptians who sculptured the likeness of their dead. Without this knowledge which came to us by tradition it would have been quite impossi ble for us to foster the great activities and push forth to a higher standard. There is a long forgotten history that lies be hind vis but there is a whisper ing voice that echoes in . our ears which says that an antique education forms the mudsills for our modern education and jt is impossible for us to omit this type of education when we be gin to count up the things that caused us to be able to repre sent our activities and achieve ments with honor in the educa tional sphere. We get our Chris tian religion from the Jews. This Jewish race lived in for eign lands. We could not give credit to the foreign Jews alone but we must give credit to the Jews who live among us as they represent the sons and daugh ters of those whom the Lord Jesus came unto and through whom the gospel started. Therefore, our modern educa tion, workmanship, religion and our modern way of thinking are the direct results of antique education. ODESSA ARNETTE. Class 1931, Redstone Academy. Redstone Academy Redstone Academy began in the year 1903 as a small school and was called Bethany School, taking its name after the local church. Later the Redstone Presbyterial Missionary Society became interested > in it and gave it the name of Redstone Academy. Now we are pro claiming . from the housetop, Redstone must “never” die. It is looked both races as of those ^ho takd . that ft _ . M Redstone Acade my is to train young men and women in such a manner as "111 fit them for a life of ser vice by giving them such mental and moral equipment that will increase their personal efficien cy *nd moral character.^ This is a real Christian school and those who take the training of fered will never go to nought. I shall remember the days I have spent in Redstone and the training received. I will never forget the school where I have labored and others have labored with me to reach the goal I have now reached. As the hour of departure is at hand, I must Qay to the place I love so well, farewell, farewell, farewell! As a little reminder may I not invite you to attend Red stone Academy the coming school year? KATIE MAE McCALLUM. This column is discontinued until the beginning of the next school year. HAMPTON ALUMNI HOLD REUNION JUNE 2 AND 3 Hampton Institute, Va., May 17 : Hundreds of Hampton grad uates and ex-students reprer renting all sections of the United States will return to the campus of their Alma Ma ter on June' 2 and 3 for the Alumni Reunion. Some of these will be members of the earliest classes; others will be recent graduates. All of them will be interested in coming back to Hampton Institute to frater nize and to see the development of the institution. Many will have the opportunity to meet President Howe for the first time and look forward to this opportunity with a great deal of pleasure. President Howe's intense in terest in Hampton Alumni and his excellent beginning in carry ing out Hampton’s new pro gram make many graduates want to return to meet him. President Abbott, in his mes sage to AlUmnni, says, “As we gave tp Frissell, .Gregg, apd Phenix our boundless devotion, so shall it be with President Howe.” Among the attractions at tne (reunion will be the banquet to be held on Wednesday evening, June .3, at which time there will be considerable merry making and story telling. Here friends will meet friends and classes will vie with each other in making the occasion outshine others of its sort. A new Alumni program will be fashioned. In alL .probability new elements will be, added to the program for the Hampton Alumni Association, some of which promise to be far-reach ing in their effects, ^ not only upon the Association itself, but upon conditions in all localities where Alumni reside ' and work. 'f The Executive Committee, headed by Dr. Wm. BJ. Reid, of Portsmouth, has spared no pains in making preparation for this meeting, and it is expected that this reunion will exceed former matings in interest and attendance. TO HAVE A CHURCH AT GREER, S. C. For thirty years attempts have been made to establish a Presbyterian church' at Greer, S. C. Mother and father moved here and purchased a little home, hoping to see a church established. Both lived and died without ever seeing the fruits of their earnest hopes. Tuesday, May 5, 1931, the ground was broken for the new church. Rev. W. J. Smith Is the tireless pastor. He has the situ ation well in hand and the work b progressing nicely. Our mem bership is. small but they are true and loyal to the cause. We are both praying and paying. We are praying that God will greatly bless our efforts and crown our labors with abundant success; that He will guide us in every walk in life and direct all of our affairs. We are paying what we can, to as nearly as possible meet our bills as they come due. We will write again ^hen we get neater the staffe of completion. Pray for us. MISS EMMA L. NESBIT. At our last Writing we, the members --~©f~RusselH Grove church, were looking forward to ttie coming of Presbytery; and a great deal of interest was manifested by all, most partic ularly the clubs represented by Mesdames Maud Wingo, Fran ces Jeffrey, Nannie Swann, Knnmie Anderson, and Mrs, R. L. Hyde, who wound up the first Sunday night in March jHth a pew rally, and although tpe weather was very bad, the church was about full, and a fair sum was realised. This brought the amount up to about ?120 and soon afterwards im provements in and about the church were under way. Ad verse weather conditions hin dered the work considerably, but it was finally finished, and, seemingly, was voted by all, well dene. The Southern Virginia Pres bytery, which convened April 7th, 7:30 P. M„ at the Russell Grove church, was considered by many oife of Presbytery's best meetings, and the only complaint I heard among the people was that it did not last long enough. Thursday night, April 9th, many camfe, out thinking Presbytery Was . still holding, and had it not been that Mrs. R. L. Alter, Principal of Ingleside Seminary kindly let more of the girls who had been previously prepared, come down and give a pageant, many would have gone home disap pointed. However, a. treat was in store for them. The pageant was entitled, “How Much Qw est Thou Thy Lord?'' and was carried out in a creditable way by the characters, who were all Amelia County girls, namely, Misses Rachel Swann, Maria Branch, Effie Robinson, Elsie J. Wright, Evelyne Harris, Eunice Mann, Catherine Book Mattie Ward and Marie er. Scott, Miss Annis Barrett was mistress of. ceremonies. Presbytery carried a nice au dience by day and by night; oicuiuuig ivuui vv»d au a mium; most especially was the building crowded on Wednesday P. M., when the ladies had their annual popular meeting. It is well named, for the occasion is the drawing card of the Pres bytery. Although their program was disarranged and they had an impromptu affair it was very nice and enjoyed, seemingly, by all. Miss Roberta Barr, well known in the mission field, an extensive traveler, an ardent worker, and an interesting lec turer, was the principal feature of the night. She held the large audience spell bound for more than an hour. Some other inter esting features were a solo by Miss Gunn* of Danville, one by Mrs. Kimmie Anderson, of Russell Grove, Amelia, Va., and a rendition by a Quartette from Big Oak. The Big Oak Quar tette is composed of the Vena ble Brothers and the name has quite a wide reputation. Only one of them was of the number that night, however. The names are as follows: Central Dick erson, of .Bethel Baptist church; Ernest Robinson, Loyd Venable and Ulysses Holmes. The three last named are mem bers of Big Oak Presbyterian church. Their selections were well rendered and highly appre ciated. AH whom I have talked with or heard from enjoyed very much having the delegates in their homes, and many said they would have been delighted +o nave them stay longer. I am sure the Presbytery was an ed ucation and an inspiration to all who attended. I must not fail to mention that an address of welcome was made by Rev. Dr. Rogers, of the white Pres byterian church* , of Amelia C. H4 The Hon. G. K. Taylor, Amelia’s commonwealth’s at torney, and an elder in his church, followed him with re marks. They delighted the Presbytery and the audience. Rev. Dr. G. P. Watkins, Stated Clerk of the presbytery, was called upon by our pastor, Rev. Hyde, who introduced the speakers, to respond. He did so (Continued oh page 3)
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