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THE POSITION OF THE BAPTIST FLAGBY EDITOR J. N. IIALX, D. D. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24. I903. :; JOSIAH WILLIAM BAILEY, Editor VOLUME 68, NUMBER 51. WHAT HE LOOKED FOR; OR THE OBJECT , -.'"r ! OF LIFE. ' ' ; There are men who think that no one was ever ' busy before them. Truth is, every man from Adam on has thought of himself as "a very busy man;" has ten thousand times told his wife and neighbors that he had no time for this, that or the other unwelcome task. Abraham was a busy man. Life moved statelily ' in the patriarchal days; and across the centuries' the activities of the early founders of civilization spare the time." Before this formula our reli gion falls, our Home-life falls, our own souls fall ; our happiness falls, and our life's aims are de feated. We make of ourselves' puppets of Fate and life is tragical and hard. To us comes Abra ham, as busy and as beset as any one of us is, and reveals the nobler way: Not to let the things of this world go, but to master them by looking: to the city that is not founded upon temporal things, but that hath foundations, whose.' builder and ' maker is God. So shall we make the things of seem incomparably less complex and, therefore, this life a means not the end; servants not mas more calm than the activities of Today. But ters. ' Abraham was a busy man.' His movements seem at this great distance so majestic because he chose to live majestically--not because he did not have the thousand little1 burdens that harass every busy man even unto this ' day. There was then the question of labor;' there was then the question of crop conditions, the drought and the flood; there was then the question of supply arid . demand J , there was then, the care of the flocks, the menace of disease and of wild beasts. "There were the household cares, of no mean severity. There were the inimical tribes, and no strong government to rely' upon a state of lawlessness. Ther was upon Abraham's mind the burden of a vast estate in a strange country. He was a busy man. He had a nation to found and a religion to voice forth in the midst of surroundings most adverse and in a time when difficulties were far greater .than they ever can be again. ' So, too, we men who are breaking our hearts to . get . the world right hammering away -on out Drink Evil, our Race Problem, our Degenerate Politics, our Illiteracy, our Child Labor, our Divorce Curse. Are we not making a mistake? Is not our gaze fixed too intently upon Timet Cod forbid that any one should cease to strive to improve conditions; to elevate the race. ... For this does God give us life. But we, too, may look with Abraham and all the roll of the saints not to the perfection of temporal cities, but to the Perfect City whose builder and maker is God. So shall we be enabled in ways that we know not to build our cities here our passing tents, in truth, for the cities of Time shall at length be folded as the tents of Jacob more perfectly. So shall our hearts know no defeat ; so shall our visions re main exalted; so shall our faith be kept pure and lofty. So, amid the utmost toil and discourage- SOME-CAUSES OF CRIME AIIONG NEOR0E5. Frances A. Kellor, author 6f - "Experimental Sociology," in a valuable article in t the April : ; Southern Workman, enumerates the agencies which should be made use of in any attempt to ; decrease the criminality of negroes.' r She lays especial stress on the importance of better con ditions within the home. She says: "Defects in the general domestic life of families, which make i-,v criminal careers of . children more . possible, in clude intemperance; immorality, which affects ' children both in inheritance and by example; in harmonious relations of parents; lax or too rigid discipline, either f which prevents confidence and mutual ; interests of parents and children ; lack of knowledge and opportunity for individ ual training; absence' of cultural and educational "agencies within' the "home; poverty; unsanitary conditions and otherwise unfavorable localities f or homes ; illegitimacy; absence of refuges for homeless children ; presence of step-parents. In many of these particulars the negro's home is be low the standard required for efficient citizenship. "The need of organized charity is perhaps one of the most essential and unrecognized. There is much indiscriminate giving an unconscious pauperizing so . that negroes . rely much upon gifts; this is a natural condition surviving sla- very. ; But organized charity, which " requires certain standards to be maintained within the . family, friendly visitors, and work in return for : assistance, would tend just as certainly to prevent pauperism among negroes as it has among whites." . But Abraham's life. moved serenely. Of all the 1 ment shall we have peace nHaaer In 'ther Bible his ia marked m6st""3is tinetly by the quality of poise. We should know why we heirs of Abraham's faith. If ever there was a man immersed in material engagements, it was he. If ever there was a man beset with the gad-flies of life's little toilsome day, it was he. And yet he moved as a star moves, seems to you and ni now as a star a capital star in the great heavens of Revelation- He was brother to the stars. " : 'Whole generations are blind. One man is eyes and sold for a million. There were thousands of years in .which no one could divine Abraham's ' secret. He stood forth for ages as only the father ' of the faithful the founder of Israel. One man looks at a star and sees only a star. Another looks and reveals to his fellows a universe. When Abraham swept into Paul's gaze, after Christ had ' given him new eyes, Paul explained Abraham for all the generations: . " "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for ' an inheritance; and he went out not knowing whither he went. By faith he became a sojourner - in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: FOR HE LOOK ED FOR THE CITY WHICH HATH THE FOUNDATIONS, WHOSE BUILDER AND MAKER IS GOD." , This founder of a new nation upon earth, this ' master of a great estate, this man beset with ma : terial things, "looked for the city." Not the lost j cities of Chaldea, not a better city; not the city loi Jerusalem of Judea; but the new Jerusalem ' eternal in the heavens, the city which hath foun dations, whose builder and maker is God.' This explains the poise of his, career. ' "By faith he looked." ' ' . We men of Today so busy with our material engagements, one keeping the wolf from the door; another amassing a fortune that will per haps break the other's door down before the wolf, we men of religion immersed in groceries, life insurance and gold dollars or copper pennies, are ? prone to surrender and say, "I am busy, I cannot We sojourn here in tents,as it werenot mere ly to make the tents more comfortable or numer ous,but to make ready for the city which hath foun dations, whose builder and maker is God. This is the land of our sojourning; the abiding home is the .City which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. It is worth while to attend ell and diligently to the things of this life be cause so shall we make ready for the life that is to come. Our eyes should look to that life and every aim and every deed should centre in it. Only by looking for the City of God shall we suc ceed in building aright the cities of Time. THE LOST SHEEP. , The poem entitled "Dat Lil' Brack Sheep" in 'the Recorder of June 17, prompted Miss Mittie Ellis, of West Raleigh, to send us the poem be low, the author of which is unknown to her: De massa ob de sheep foP Dat guard de sheep fol' bin v Look out in the gloomerin' meadows When de long night rain begin So he call to de hirelin' shepa'd. Is my sheep, is dey all come in? ' - " , :'! ),'- :. .' . .. O den says he hirelin' shepa'd, Dar's some, dey's black and thin, And some, dey's po' oP wedda's, But de res', dey's all brung in, But-de res', dey's all brung in. Den de massa of de sheepfoP . Dat guard de sheepfol' bin, , , i Goes down in de gloomerin' meadowsj -Whar de long night rain begin ; So he le' down de bars ob de sheepfol', f 4 Callin' sof : Come in, Come in! , 'f 'r i ? Callin' sof : Come in, Come in! , . , i " ' r , ' Den up tro' de gloomerin' meadows, , , , TW de col' night rain and win', , r . nd up 'tro' de gloomerin' rain paf 1 , , r i, Whar de sleet fa' piercin' thin, f v ? i De po los' sheep of de sheepfol', r , Dey all comes gadderin in, , De po los' sheep of de shepf oP, Dey all comes gadderin in. . 1 " -. ; . REASONS FOR CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS. A small school is usually a weak school because it lacks.,the interest, importance and inspiration that attaches to a large school. 1 ' " A small school is an expensive school, because of ,the high cost per .pupil. To reduce the ex penses, cheap and inefficient teachers are often employed. The remedy is consolidation. We already have the necessary legal machinery needed to secure consolidation. To make it ef v fective provision for transportation of pupils at ' munities. Such transportation is no new thing. Massachusetts began in 1869 and last year ex pended $150,000 for this purpose. Twenty States have now provided for transportation . at public expense. The positive advantages of consolida tion include: ,.'' 1. The better health of the children. No more wet feet and damp clothing. - ' 2. Punctuality and regularity of . attendance. Reports from other States indicate an improve ment of from fifteen to thirty-five per cent. Ir regular attendance is now probably the greatest obstacle to successful, work in rural schools. 3. Fewer schools to build. They will be better cared for, better heated and ventilated, better provided with libraries and apparatus, and more beautiful in appearance. , . 4. The consolidated school brings high ' school privileges to all. ' , " - ' 1 5. It gives opportunity for closer and more effective supervision. '', 6. The larger number of children and regular attendance will make classification practicable. There will be a notable increase in interest and enthusiasm. , " , .- 7. There will be fewer teachers needed. Direct ors will think it worth while to demand thorough professional preparation and pay an adequate salary. -8. Membership in the school board will become . an nPRna nf irregfoi Aicrnltv and Tinnnr : -TVi Hnt. ; men in the consolidated districts will be chosen -and will give the school a larger share of their . time and attention ' ' , 9. The consolidated school is generally less ex , pensive. The saving of teachers' wages is usually more than enough to pay all expenses of transi,;. portation.- , , . ' , 10. School consolidation will cooperate ' with, rural mail delivery to emphasize the need of bet- ter roads, and end the isolation of farm life. Our present school system was adapted to an old order of things -hand labor on the farms, a (dense rural pojnilatoin, decentralization and small enterprises in all things. We must reorganize our . schools in accordance with changed conditions. ,
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