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■JBB FINED FOB FUN A Program for Young People** Meeting By Miss Annie Chresfieid A prayer service of ten min utes by the leader, the prayer committee and all the officers of the society. Singing or other music for ten minutes. ; Opening words: “Be affl'cted and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourn ing your joy to heaviness.” Response: “The mirth of tab retg ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the jcy of the harp ceaseth/' (Make sever al copies of this response). Prayer. Announcement of the topic and Bible reading from Jeremi ah 7:3-18; 34. The leader’s message. Prayer by the leader. Singing: “Open Mine Eyes.” Discussion of the topic. Fun WP‘i i Bad Woman. Fun and Disease. Fun With the Crowd. Fun and Forgetfulness. 1. What is fun? 2. Should Christians have fun? . 3. Name some things Chris tians may do in order to have fun. . 4. Name some tnings woruiij people do to have fun. 6. When is an expressioi funny? 6. What kind of fun are peo ple punished for? 7. Tell how James Benson was’ punished. What was wrong with Mrs Merriman’s son? 9. Why had Worth Vaughn * son gone wrong? 10. How may fun cause one to forget God? Prayer: Grant, 0 God, tha1 we shall not engage in any thing that wo can not ask Thee to bless us iii doing, we ask io Jesus’ sake. Amen. Singing: “Father, Lead Mt. Day by Day.” Reports from committees. Offering and prayer. Report of the Secretary. Singing: “Softly, Now, the Light of Day.” The Leader’s Message Real fun is necessary anc good for one at certain times We could not think of one want ing to laugh all day every day There are times to be gay anc jolly, to nave merriment anc pleasure. A hearty laugh is gooc for one at times and places One should get amusement ou of some things at some times Young people full of life an< health should have many hours of real fun and laughter. The trouble lies in the faci that some people think it is fui to be flawless, disobedient drunken, immoral, untruthful cruel and dishonest. Wha dreadful ideas of fun! No one but the devil could make or think it funny to get drunk, to lie, to steal, to live an im pure life, to be cruel to peo ple. It s this kind of fun peo ple get punished for and it is right that they should. Th< young folks who mocked the man of God saying, “Go up. thou bald head,” were torn by bears. King Herod, with his sol diers, had fUn being cruel #0 Jesus and worms ate the king’s living flesh until he died. Let us think about the kind of fur we want. Fun With a Bad Woman James Benson, 38 years old. strong and robust, had a wor ried look on his habitually sac face. He had just seen his 14 year old soil James, Jr., rear out his hand for a bottle of whiskey. He had jerked his hand back when he noticed that his father was looking at him. Last week he had been connected with a case of steal ing cigars. James had stoutly proclaimed his innocence, but a few days afterwards he had seen James smoking one of the cigars, though he had declared, "I do not even smoke,” when he had; been 'accused fef stealing. «I just caln’t get him to like decent company,’'’ fcaid James, Sr. Just then his mother, ner vous ahd excited, came in <to tell him of some dreadful talk about his two girls, Eva and Ruth, 10 and 12 years of age. He sat for a minute with bowed head. Then he spoke with a world of misery in his voice: “I guess, mother, they can’t help it and I am to blame after alL It is the result of my wretched marriage.” **l never could understand why you did it,” replied his mother. “O, I had no thought of mar rying the gill I did. I wa3 just er, just out for a big time; just fooling around having fun ” Fun and Disease Mrs. Merriman sat on her front porch. Sometimes she bu ried her head dees among the garments on which she was sewing, not to find some miss ing scrap, but to hide the tears that trickled down her cheeks again and again. She did not want her boy to see. He lay on a couch not far from where she sat. ;He was hler oldest | hild. How proud she had been of him; how dearly she still loved this wreck of a man who had once been in perfect health. It was a fine, crisp, November af ternoon, fair and cloudless. They could hear the high school boys yelling as some tough foot ball player made his way down the field. The young man stirred uneasily. “Do they worry you, son?’ asked the anxious mother. “No; that is, not the yelling. I Was thinking how strong and swift they must be. I was like that not long ago, strongest and fastest of the team.” ■ He paused, panting for breath. “And now just look at j me,” he slowly continued. “Not thirty and a miserable wreck.” I After another painful pause he spoke again. “My own fault. It is the life of sin and shame I i?ave lived. My own fault." Fun With the Crowd Court was over. Some hearts sang for gladness and some mourned in despair. Worth Vaughn stood near the door of the room where the prisoners were kept during court. Worth Vaughn did not know that his tie was loose; that he had dropped his gloves on the floor. He did not feel the keen air 'blowing in from the nearby window. His face was grim and set and full of pain. Ten years! That was what the judge had given his boy—ten years in the penitentiary for forgery. The boy was 27 years old now. He would be 37 when he came out. The father groaned. When the boy had gotten that job with the insurance companey they had all been proud. For some time all had gone well. Then his gang of wild young .men and women, betting, gambling, drinking and what not, had led him steadily downward and noyj this predicament. They were coming. He could see the sher iff and his deputies. The pris oners were handcuffed. Vaughn stiffened. Here was his boy, tall and so much like his fath er. "‘Goodbye, dad,” he said as he passed, trying hard to be brave. And Worth Vau£hn had waved his goodbye for he was afraid to trust his voice. One of the crowd said, ‘Too bad about Vaughn.” Fun and Forgetfulness Some fun is so fascinating that one forgets everything else. Often dances or cards hold those who are taking part far into the small hours of the Homing. “I had no idea it was so late,” one may exclaim. Quite often the people one associates with cause one to forget God. People who bet and gamble and drink and dance and live lives of sinful pleas ire lare not interested Jin t.v things of God. They may gc to church, but they are not Christians. They are not inter ested in faith, love, service, suf fering, goodness or any of those qualities that are so much a part of a Christian. One who goes with frivolous, worldly people learns to love them and to love the life they live. The Christian life iseems useless, unreal and foolish. The Chris^ tians themselves seem to be stupid, uninteresting people From this stage one goes on and on down the broad road to destruction. He is having so much fun with life, that he has forgotten how swiftly time is passing and he has forgotten that he has God to glorify and a soul to save. Like the young women with the lamps who were invited to the wedding feast, the people of today might be divided into two groups—those who are prepared and tl^ose who are not; those who have a stock of moral power ready to be drawn on for any emergency, and those who are forever beating against doors and crying out that life is more than they can bear.— Rachel Henderlite. 1NGLESIDE-FEE HEHOKUL IHSimil^ BUKKJEVILLE, VA. Accredited by State and Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Terms reasonable. All High School Teachers hold ing degrees from Standard Colleges. Re cent improvements and new furniture in all rooms. Commercial course added recently. For further information write, REV. H. W. McNAIR, D. D., Principal. ingleaide-Fee Memorial Institute, Burkeville, Va. j BARBERSCOHA JUNIOR COLLEGE I Concord, North Carolina Affiliated with Johnson C. Smith ^University. “A” Rating by Southern Association ol | Colleges and Secondary Schools. Students completing Junior College will be eligible for admission to the Junior year | of Johnson C. Smith University and to the same classification in other standard coi J leges. | Reasonable Rates, Healthful Location, Wholesome Environment For further information, address L. S. Cozart, Dean Barber-Scotia Junior College Concord, N. C. WEST OF THE FATHER OF WATERS By Thomas B. Hargrave The West is having many varied experiences this year. Drought, storms, grasshoppers and prosperity. Down in White Canyon in Cad«l> Co., where they haven’t had rain in weeks, the crops are beautiful. " In Northern Oklahoma the country has (been devasfted by grass hoppers and everything green has been stripped. In Okmulgee, Okla., during our meeting the weather reached 117 degrees in the shade. I watched a storm later in the day blow down a tree and in a few moments the tree was blown back again. Rendall School of Methods Only a year or two ago Dr. A. B. McCoy questioned the ad visability of a Presbyterial School of Methods in Canadian Synod because of the great dis tances between the churches. Dr. H. C. Cousins, our great missionary, (said that it could be done. Last week the School of Methods opened at Lima, | Okla., with over fifty delegates and one of the most, complete Schools I have ever witnessed. It is impossible for our great Church to ever realize the value arid power of this great 'missionary. Rev. Cousins, with his Godly life and works, has touched the life of hundreds of our girls and boys and they are always willing and ready to go all the way with him. When we look at Rendall Presbytery to day and then think of what it was a few years ago we say in the words of a great man, “What hath God wrought!” There is not a finer set of Young People anywhere than in Rendall Pres bytery and each year the group is growing larger. Mrs. Cecelia Jamison Can you imagine what would happen if our dynamic Super intendent, Dr. A. B. McCoy, would be confined to one Synod. Well, I can only say that the Synod would burst with pro gress and enthusiasm. Well, his likeness is in Canadian Synod in the person of Mrs. Cecelia McCoy Jamison. Mrs. Jamison was jini (her first (School of Methods at Lima since entering our Synod and her name was written upon all her studeflte. Her presence and work added color, punch and spirit to the week. Mrs. Jamison has been received with great enthusiasm by the Synod and I am sure that (the young people of Canadian Synod will go places under her able supervision. Hot Springs at Work It seems jas if the Presby terians of Hot Springs na.\ o seen blood. For years this field has been neglected. No church building, no pastor and a con gregation of 30 members scat tered here and there! In a meet ing a few weeks ago the people agreed to go to work and build up the church. The clubs had been raising money since last Spring to erect a new church building. Mrs. R. E. Torrence, the chairman of the building Committee, rallied her forces and today the building is going up without any aid from the Board. This building is to be come the ’manse when we build a new rock church which is in the plan. Dr. Harrison, one of the elder? of the dhurch isl benevolence treasurer and he is working to get this all paid in full by Fall. We are teaching our group self help and it is hoped that this spirit will prevail throughout the Synod. New Buildings We stated sometime ago that what Canadian needed most were new church buildings. We have young people coming into our Church and have an oppor tunity to train them in the right direction, but with more attractive church buildings we would be able to do far more effective work. Today the drive is on and it is hoped that the whole field will catch the same spirit as it did when we launched the Synod-wide benev olence drive. Now here are some of the fields at work: Little Rock is to build a new church ; Rev. G. E. Caesar and his people are working day and night. Hot Springs is already at work. At Stroud, Okla., Rev. J. S. Wilson and his- people have the lot purchased and the deed was presented to Rendall Presbytery last week. Wiatch for a beautiful building at Stroud. Rev. N. B. Bynum is still (making Jhis chuxjch more beautiful at Brinkley, Ark. Rev. L. N. Neal, at McAlester. Okla., is planning\to launch a new ouil Mng program in that city. Rev. J. T. Douglass, of Cincin nati, 0., left the church at Springfield on the upper round and the plant will be more beau tiful than ever. Rev. Lee, of Oklahoma City, reports that progress is being made on the new building there. This is a pioneer Synod and only those make progress. Out herein West 'tfiSre is a group of men and women working With a vis ion of a new Canadian Synod. There is much ground to be pos sessed, so what do we care about hard work and obstacles? Synodical Young People’s Con ference Next week the Young Peo ple’s Conference meets at Val liant, Oklahoma. Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Stanback are ready for them. Three tents are ready for the boys and we have the young people lined up for the dash to Elliott. It is wonderful to see the en thusiasm among the children. When we see them working in lisheir {respective jphurches (and making preparation for the Conference we are sure that the Conference will grow. The Pres byterian Church has a great fu ture in the West. Personals Miss Helen G. Cousins re ceived her master of arts de gree from the University of Michigan the past month. She hag been offered work at Tal ladega College, Ala., Bethune Cookman and other colleges. We are proud of her record. Another of our group, Mr. Rcihard Carroll, of MontaceHo, Ark., received his masters irom Michigan and is * Professor of English at Arkansas State Col lege. We are proud of him, too. ATLANTIC SYNODICAL YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONFERENCE Box 24, Ocala, Fla., July 20, 1936. To the Sunday School work ers and friends of the Atlantic Synodical Young People’s Con ference: Just four weeks from today (Monday), many cars will be nean.t g for Augusta, Gu . and Haines Institute for the lGtl. annual gathering of the Sunday School workers of the A .antic Synod. Those who have fol lowed these conferences from year to year have seen many changes and improvements. Ali of the changes have been foi the- better. Leaders have been trained to take over the leader ship of the conference. The old name, “The Synodical Conven tion and School of Methods” has given away to “The Synod ical Young People’s Confer ence,” and Cupid has struck and is still striking his fatal blow to the heart of some fair maid en “for better or for worse.” The purpose and standard of the Conference have been fully explained in a leaflet sent out recently. There will be courses offered in Standard Leadership iVaining and Methods, taught by those who are specialists in their fields. Dr. William Ralph Hall, of Philadelphia, Pa., Sec retary of the Young People’s Department of the Doard of Christian Education, will be present and identified with the faculty of our Conference. Dr. Hall is one of the outstanding Secretaries of the Church and is known as the man who has been the source of great inspi ration to the youth of the Church. We are also hoping that our Conference will be graced with the presence of Kev. Mr. Underhill. Mr. Under hiil, our only Negro Foreign Missionary to Africa, is expect ed in this country for an ex tended furlough. Let each church begin now to choose from among its young people in each department those who have the least sign or spark of leadership in them and send them to Augusta, Ga., August 17th, prepared to re main until the close, Sunday night, August 23rd. Registration and Board will be the same as last year: Reg istration, $1.00; Board and room for the week, $4.00. “First come, first served/* will really mean something this year in the choice of rooms. Yours for a Bigger and Bet ter Conference, H. M, SCOTT, Dean. SOUTHERN VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF METHODS The Sunday School Convention and School of Methods of the Presbytery of Southern Virgin ia will met at ingleside-Fee In stitute, Bufkeville, Va., Tues day, August 4, 1936, at <1:30 ?. M., closing Friday night, Au gust 7th. Sunday schools, young People's Societies and Aoult organizations are urged „ to send delegates. The assess ments will toe as follows: Foi ’ each Sunday scnool, nve cents per capita; registration. 50 cts. per person; board and lodging, $1.50. We are looking forward to a glorious time. Come and see olu menus and meet new ones. No Virginian could spend four days m a more lovely place man on the beautiful campus of lngle side-Fee Institute.' S. G. STEVENS, Dean. S. L. YOUNG, Director. YADKIN CENTRAL ■ j —--- " Dear Co-workers: The Central District Sunday School Conven tion meets August 6-7, at Pine Street Presbyterian church, Durham. We are expecting all ministers to be present with cheir delegates. Uur motto is ‘Building for tne Future. Come and be with us in this great program for Christ. MRS. A. W. WADDELL, Cor. Sec. CATAWBA YOUNG PEO PLE'S LEAGUE The Young People’s League of Catawba Presbytery will meet August 7, 1936, at 11 o’clock, ihe meeting will take place at Bethel Presbyterian church at vVaxhaw, N. C., Rev. S. L. Fulwoou, pastor. We would ap preciate a large delegation. Come and bring your pastor. MR. GEORGE BARBOUR, President. MISS M. L. ANDREWS, Secy. NOTICE The forty-fourth annual meet ing of the Eastern District Sunday School Convention an.. School of Methods of the Yad kin Presbytery will convene with John Hall Presbyterian church, Carthage, N. C., (Moore Co.), August 11, 1936, at 8 ?. M. We are expecting Dr. John M. Somemdike, Secretary jf Sunday School Missions, New York City, and Dr. A. B. McCoy, Superintendent of Sun lay School Missions throughout jur four Negro Synods. We are hoping to have from hree to five representatives irom each Sunday school in the District including the Communi ty Schools and every Superin tendent on the field. * With this meeting we are be ginning our first School of Meth ods for t-iis district, but will still aold the papular meeting for ;he younger delegates as here tofore. The report blanks are being sent to the schors. The capitation tax is 5c per mem oer, and we are asking for an iccurate report of your enoll ment. , W. T. BLUE, Acting Dean. GEQ. R. MARSH, S. S. M., Director. NOTICE The Presbyterian Sunday School Convention and School of Methods of Yadkin Presbyte ry, Western Distrct, will meet with the Cameron church, Elm wood, N. C., Aug. 18-23, 1936, at 7:30 o’clock P. M. Delegates will notify Mr. G. R. Garner, Superintendent, Elmwood, N. C. MR. WM. A. COWAN, Presi dent, MRS. W. A. HAWKINS, Cor. Sec. YADKIN CENTRAL CONVEN TION All persons officially delegat ed to attend the Sabbath School Convention of the Cen tral District of Yadkin Presby tery, which meets with the Pine Street church ^Sunday school, Durham, N. C., August 6 and 7, 1936, are asked to send in their names at their earliest convenience to either of the persons whose addresses ap pear below so that accommoda tions can be made. AH delegates are asked to re port at the Pine Street church and manse which are located one iblock South of the Union R. R. station and about five blocks from the bus station. Address all Communications to J. R. BAKER, Supt., 910 Fayetteville St., Durham, N. C., or MRS. CORA T. RUSSELL, C«/Oi!> Sec 411 Pine Street, Durham, N. C.
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