The Baptist Herald A DENOMINATIONAL PAPER VOICI N G THE I NTERESTS OF THE GERMAN BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS' UNION

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1 Te Baptist Herald A DENOMNATONAL PAPER VOC N G THE NTERESTS OF THE GERMAN BAPTST YOUNG PEOPLES AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS UNON Volume Five CLEVELAND,, APRL, 927 Number Seven Mens Bible Class, German Baptist Cur c, Avon, Sout Dakota ~

2 2 Rev on Leypoldt of te Ebenezer curc Detroit Mic, will be wit Rev A A Scade i~ revival meetings at te Temple Curc, Pittsburg, Pa, for two weeks, beginning Marc 28 At te evangelistic mesetings el~ in February in t e First Curc of Dickinson County, Kans, Rev Geo W Pust pastor, nine Sunday scool scolar s took a stand f or Crist Rev G Draewell of Marion did te preacing Rev ] ] Lippert, pastor of te Benton Harbor, Mic, curc, wo as been ill since anuary, as gone to te Mounds P ark Sanatarium, St Paul, for r ecuperation We wis Bro Lippert a speedy and full r estorat ion to ealt Rev C Peters, te new pastor at amesburg, N, and family arrived on teir new field from Canada and were r e ceived wit a most cordial welcome Pastoo Peter s was assured by t e member s t?at e ad teir co-operation in anyting tat e migt undertake Te new pastor oped is stay would be a plea: ant one and to te upbuilding of Gods kingdom Te fir st prayer meeting was attended by 45 and te first servlce on Sunday by about 2 Te average attendance at te Sund:iy scool of t e Nott ingam Baptist Curc, Cleveland,, for a nuary was 292 and for F ebruary 29 Te goal for Marc was 3 T e unior curc as an attendance of 5-6 eac Sunday morning Te Broterood Class ad 5 men pr esent at its supper a nd entertainment on Ma rc 3 Te speakers of te evening wer e Mr E wald, organizer of t e class, Mr Kinney, t e class teacer, and Rev Callaway of t e Cedar Ave Baptist Curc Te pastor, Rev H Ansber g, is empasizing evaneglism during Marc and April Evangelist H Anderson a ~ been olding meetings in our curc m t e E nglis language, writes Rev H G ~ en s of Herreid, S D P astor and coir ave rendered faitful assistance ai;d ~en?f our young people are now recing in aving found a Savior in Crist, our blessed Lord About a mont ago t e Artas curc, consisting of 28 memb:rs, dissolved teir organization and united wit our curc Most of t e Artas member s a re young people and will certainly elp to strengten t e working forces of te Herreid curc T e work goes on nicely and te Lord is wit us February, t e mont in wic we celebrate te bir tdays of two of our g reat presidents, was also te mo!t in wic we celebrated our pastors birtday Rev F L Ha n as been wit t e H umboldt Park Curc, Cicago, for almost a year We ave learned to ove a nd esteem im, for e as been a great blessing to us No wonder ten tat we took ibis opportunity of sowing our ove and Wats Happening appreciation February 26 found te dimly ligted Sunday scool room well filled \vit tose eager to congratulate im Wen one of te deacons returned \vit our pastor all ligts were turned on and everybody was singing "Happy Birtday" A surprise indeed! Severa l kind words were spoken by Rev C A Daniel, followed by a quartet number, after wic Mr A Luedke, cairman of te trustees, presented te pastor \vit a beautiful fern in wic was idden a gift of money A praise song from te coir added to te enjoyment of te evening Ligt r efresments were served by te ladies of te curc Te Mens Bible Class, Avon, S D Te Bible class, wose picture appears on te cover of tis issue of te "Herald" as a membersip of 56, \vit an av~rage attendance of 45 t is a regularly organized Bible class, wose constitution as definite provisions covering member sip, officers, committees, finances and meetings Voluntary membersip fees are cents a mont Te class meets every Sunday for Bible study in connection wit te Bible scool Meetings for business and special programs are eld quarterly, wit an annual business meeting in December Te present officers of te class are : Wm Kielbaug, president; on A Van Gerpen, vice-president; W R Van Gerpen, treasurer; Vert Burma, secretary Some time ago te class took up te Gospel according to Mark in a special study course, but is now following te regular Sunday sco?l lessons n ~e special program meetmgs, eld te tird Tuesday of ever y tird mont, some questions like te following were debated: " Resolved, tat a Cristian is obliged to g ive te tent;" "Resolved, tat Capital punisment be reinstated;" " Resolved, tat Moses was a gr eater man tan P aul" Tese debates ave been very interesting Our main object is to become better acquainted wit t e Word of God Our beloved teacer, Bro Oltoff, wo was wit us more tan 3 years, did all in is power to elp te class and make te meetings interesting He understood it ma swrfutlly to teac us te Word of God Toug e as been ca lled to a different field, t e seed wic e as sown will still bear fruit in time to come We pray God may send us a worty successor to Bro Oltoff and tat our class may soon r eac a member sip of Te class as given on an average about ~5 per year for missions ; and special offer ings on suc occasions as Golden Rule Sunday Sever a l years ago wen tere was a famine in Russia, tis class gave several undred dollars on one Sunday Some member s gave a load of cor n, some a load of oats a nd oters money THE BAPTST HERALD May tose in our class wo do n?t yet know esus as teir per sonal Savior be brougt to im! Pray for our class VERT BURMA, Sec Spring Valley B Y P U Tis is station B Y P U of Spring Valley, S D, announcing tat we are in existence Altoug still in its in fancy our society is active in te work Our members number 8 Meetings are eld every oter Sunday and on t ese evenings we study te life of some missionary or ave a question box, musical evening, Bible study, prayer meeting or an evening of dialogues, r ecitations and readings Every member attends all meetings and it must be said to t e credit of te young people tat tey ave learned to bend teir knees in prayer, not one r emaining seated Testimonials are also freely given Our minister, Rev C Rott, is a great elp to us ; e does everyting in is power to boost te work We pray God tat we may be a brigt ligt, even toug we are small in number, and sine undimmed for im Mns GEO B u seman, Sec "All Power-" nfinite power of God upolds us, nfinite love of Crist enfolds us nfinite joy witin us wells, nfinite peace witin us dwells nfinite wisdom guides our way nfinite ligt makes brigt our day nfinite strengt in God we find, nfinite rest of body and mind nfinite life is ours to live, nfinite tanks to God we give! Te Baptist Herald Publis ned semimontly by te GERMAN llapt ST PUDLCATON SOC ETY 3734 Payne Avenue Cleveland, Oio Rev A P Mim, Editor Contributing Editors : Albert Bretscneider A A Scade O E Krueger G W Pust " Te Baptist Herald" is a denominational periodical devoted t o te interests of te German Baptist Young Peoples a nd Sunclay Scool Workers Union at te subscript ion price of $25 a Ycor (24 cents additional to foreign countries) Advertising rates, 6 cents per inc smglc column, 2Yi inces wide All editorial correspondence is to be addr-sed lo Rev A P Mim, 7346 Madison St, Forest Pa rk, ll All business cor respondence to Ger ma n Raptist Publication Societ y, 3734 Payne Avenue, Cleve land, Oio Entered as secondclass matter anuary 9, 923, at te post o ffi ce at Cleveland, Oio, under te act of Marc Te Baptist Herald Te Risen Life ~ ~ F ten ye were raised togeter wit Crist, seek te tings tat are above, were Criat is, seated at te rigt ancl of God" Paul speaks ere of te risen or resurrection life of te believers Tis risen life rests upon te resurrection fait and follows from it Te resurrection fait is ba-aed upon te indestructible fact of te resurrection of es us Crist from te dead Te risen life of te Cristian presupposes te resurrection of esus Crist Te Cristian as not only died wit is Lord He is a lso ris en wit im, as been raised to newness of life Witout Crists resurrection, te deat of Crist would not be of muc elp or value His grave would be te grave of our opes Te gospel of a dead Savior would be a miserable affair and a cruel deception t would ave no power of life, no means of inspiration to te divine, no renewing moral force But we proclaim a Crist wo as aboliaed deat and brougt life and immortality to ligt troug te gospel W e proclaim te resurrection of esus as te victory of rigteousness and life over sin and deat Te resurrection of Crist it not on l~ a istorical fact or ~e world-stirring miracle of te apostolic age t is more tan tat t is a lso a moral event a migty principle of spiritual energy is in it and works out from it Our fait is not only to beold Crist in te outer court of istorical knowledge We are to press forward into te inner sanctuary wit te Risen One, wit te prayer: "To know im and te power of is resurrection and te fellowsip is sufferings, being made conformable unto is deat, if by any means may attain unto te resurrection from te dead" Te power of Crists r esurrection is to be seen, not only in our future r eanimation and in te restoration of te body, but in te present r enewal and justification of te soul unto God Te Easter Flowers of te Risen Life E wo as been raised togeter wit Crist H as died to sin and is alive to rigteousness Te r esurrection life is te regenerate life n te fellowsip of fait wit te crucified Crist we put off te old man n te fellowsip of fait wit te risen Crist we put on te new man From te!omb of destruction by sin es us as r ed eemed us n nd made us free W e a~e no longer to sit in te doors of te tomb, breating t e cold damp air of te dead-ouse; we are to trow off te grave clotes of te old n~ an and ve as te liberated ones of Crist, as eirs of te glorious ineritance on ig He tat died wit Crist is yet witin te scope of te tings of te eart but e does not live in tem any more n te world, yet not of te world " live, yet not, but Crist in me" "f ten ye were raised togeter wit Crist, seek te tings wic are above" t is our privilege, our possibility to attain unto te igest and appiest life wic divine grace can impart to us n time and now, we can conquer te temporal and seek te eternal Te risen life is a present eaven wic all in Crist may attain in increasing measure Te risen Crist also draws our opes and tougts eavenward and prepares us for te eaven, were e now is and were is own are also to be Te risen life is called a idden life t is idden because it is inward and resting in God Hidden like te roots of a tree are idden in te ground Hidden but not afraid of te ligt Hidden and yet observable, toug not intrusive Tis life as its eartly signs in te overcoming of evil and in te putting on of te good, te oly and te beautiful "Put on terefore, as Gods elect, a eart of compassion, kindness, umility, meekness, longsuff erfog; forbearing one anoter and forgiving eac oter Above all tese tings, put on love Let te peace of Crist rule in your earts Let te word of Crist dwell in you ricly" Tese are te Easter flowers of te risen life Tey bear te perfume of eaven on teir petals Obstacles to Revival REVVAL of Biblical Cristianity is simply a A new infusion of fe Spirit of God into te earts of is professed people t does not come from beneat; it comes from above, wen te conditions are m et A new and a migty movement of te Holy Spirit among te people is te present greatest need of te curc and of te world Te following searcing questions, condensed from Rev Oswald Smits "Te Revival W e Need," are taken from te "ewis Missionary Magazine" and presented to our readers for prayerful consideration Have we forgiven everyone? Do we get angry? s tere any f eeling of jealousy in us? Do we get impatient and irritated? Are we off ended easily? s tere any pride in our earts? Have we been disonest? Have we been gossiping about people? Do we criticize unlovingly, arsly, severely? Do we rob God? Are we guilty of te sin of unbelief? H ave we committed t e sin of prayerlessness?

3 4 Are we neglecting Gods Word?? Are we burdened for te salvation of souls Have we failed to confess Crist openly?? Are our lives filled wit ligtness ~nd frivolity Have we wronged anyone and failed to make restitution?? Are we worried andanxious? Are we guilty of lustful tougts Would te curc live and grow if all were as faitful as?-betel Outlook Face to Face ad walked lifes pat wit an easy tread, Had followed were comfort and pleasure led, And ten one day in a quiet place met te Master, face to face Wit station and rank and wealt for a goal; Muc tougt for te body, but n one for te so u ad tougt to win in lifes mad race, W en met te Master, face to face ad built my castles and reared tem ig, Till te towers pierced te b ~u e of t e sky, ad vowed to rule wit an iron mace, Wen met te Master, face to face met im and knew im, and blused to see Tat eyes full of sorrow were t urned on me And faltered and fell at is feet tat day, Wile all my castles melted away- Melted and vanised, and in teir place saw naugt else but my Masters face; And cried aloud : "O, make me meet To follow te pat of ty tired feet!" And now my tougts are for te souls of men; ve lost my life, to find it agarn Eer since tat day in a quiet place met my Master, face to face -Autor Unknown Te Power of Godly Home Life RECALL wit gratitude to God te religious influence tat surrounded me in my boyood and yout My grandfater was a busy man, bu~ e was never too busy to go to curc He went rnto te undrained forests in ndiana in 82 and set up is cabin in a clearing cut from te beec and maple groves His family ad to ave food t could be ad only by taking it out of te ground He was not only woodsman and unter wit t~e blood of Daniel Boone in is veins, but e was a pneer farmer and stock raiser as well He was also a arness maker He ad a soemakers full equip~ent an? made ~nd repaired s oes for is family Besides tis, e raised a young orcard were e set a bevy of beeives, and in te springtime e operated a maple-sugar camp He was a campion rail splitter and a clapboard maker and knew ow to "scotc and ew" green logs wit a skill tat few surpassed He was fond of music ear is old quavering voice sing- THE BAPTST HERALD ing ymns to wile away te loneliness of?ld age But te brass band was is favorite diversion, and e did muc to arouse te pioneer young men to an interest in wat tey called te "Butternut Band," named in onor of te old Butternut party He was busy and well occupied, but religion was te supremely important ting wit im Wen e and my uncle, Simon Covert, a colonel in te war of 82, and a good fife player togeter wit some oter abolitionists wo left Kentucky in 82, arrived at te site of wat was to be a P resbyterian community, it was Saturday evening Tey were worn and jaded Noting was done toward unloading te wagons until Monday and until te men ~d picked out a site for te curc, te scool, te mmisters residence, and te cemetery! Wen a fine illtop ad been selected as te site for te curc, ome-making began! Today, uncanged, tat spot selected by te wisdom and allowed by te devotion of my grandfater and oters, r emains te center of a wonderful religious community life n tat atmospere was r eared Here all loved te curc t was te center of our life Wen sleet or snow was too bad to take out te orses, my grandfater walked to te curc, four miles from is ome He never missed a curc service if ealt permitted My fater and moter, also, were devoted to te curc During my yout we read te Bible aloud in a great family circle nigt and morning Noting was allowed to interfere wit te exercise We ad t e memory verses and also te Catecism We were taken to curc wile yet in te long clotes of babyood You ear men tell tat tey do not go to curc now because tey ad so muc curc w en tey were young! Tat is as smoot a lie as te Devil ever invented Tat is not te reason men do not go to curc today t never as been te r eason for te indifference or ostility of any man toward religion! Te more you get as a boy, te more you ~ant wen you are old! n spite of te earnest rebgn of parents a lot of quitters didnt get it! Tese quittera ave no rigt to lay teir go~l essness to te zeal of godly parents wo did teir P~rt am glad tat ad a religious atmospere m my yout-dr Wm C Covert in Te Westminster Teacer Te Silence of Eternity H SELLEN T HERE are moments in our life wen uman strengt is powerless and faila us Have you e:rer ~a lk~d a lonesome street on a clear winter m~t Silence around and about you te stars smmg over you You eld your breat and lifted ~~~~t;ye;~o t?e sky Wat brougt tis cange e silence of eternity :e s epeds in te fields of Betleem exnerienced it Te te sky t y saw t e Stars, t e gleam in ingan~ tee~~en l:y osts Teir earts stopped beav tem te { voices were silent Around and about si ence of eternity Come wit me and see es us in te Ruler s ouse Tere e stands, te Master, and taking te maidens and e utters te words, Se is not dead but sleepet" Tere is a deep, deep silence following te words of te Worlds Savior,-te silence of eternity And finally we see im, our Lord and Master, on te cross of Calvary His eyes sow te suffering for te sins of te uman race His ead dropa and we ear im wisper, "t is finised" But before te eart did quake and te rocks were rent, tere is a moment expressing te silence of eternity And at last wen our figt is oer and our course is finised, we ear te call of te Master God"3 closed doors are opened and wat a sigt! Te gleaming of te golden city is so strong, so glorious, and to see te Lamb of God face to face, will be so overwelming, it will make our eart stop beating Tere will be silence for a little wile, te silence of eternity Te world will say you are dead but in reality you just went away to see te Redeemer to see im wo breaks te silence of eternity How to Succeed in Living for Crist ROBERT W LAKE Trust in Crist for salvation Surrender completely to Crists control Confess Crist courageously Unite immediately wit t e curc Pray muc Feed on te Word of God Be sure to know you are saved Read your Bible daily Dont be discouraged Triump over sin Seek te power of t e Holy Spirit Be a soul-winner Seek good companionsip Give one-tent of your income for Crist Observe te Lords Day as te Lord would ave you do Live for Crist in te ome Be a missionary Be courteous, neat and modest Avoid worldly pleasures Dont get entangled wit false r eligions Look daily for Crists return Live a joyous life Finally, Be faitful unto deat and your Lord and King will give you te glorious Crown of Life Paint for Eternity ALBERT A RAND EAN F~ANCOS MLL~T was one of te greatest pamters wo ever ved His picture of "T Angelus" is probably one of te worlds greates~ paintings Yet, wen e was a young man, Millet did not seem to a~e muc success He painted, but tere was notmg very r emarkable about is work One day, after be ad left is little country ome for Paris, a neigbor came to te city and brougt a message from te young artists old moter back in te ills "My little ean," te old moter urged, "paint for eternity" Millet said tat te message canged is wole career Fr om ten on e began to be eard from and soon became te great world painter wom everyone onors He did, indeed, paint for eternity Te message of Millets moter is te mesaage tat every young man and young wom an sould eed God as given to every one of us a brus and a canvas and e as said to us, "Paint for eternity" Eac day we are doing someting on te canvas tat e as given us Every nigt te old canvas is taken away and a new one is put in its place Wat does te Master Artist see on te canvas as e files it away? Does e see just a lotof little daubings as toug we did not ave any purpose in our day:; and just made some foolis marks to fill up time? Or does e see tat we are trying to make someting wor t wile of our lives, tat we ave a r eal purpose to live te kind of life tat is going to amount to someting? Te materials tat e gives us to paint wit are our ability to serve, our talents, and our opportunities Ougt we not to try to paint someting wort wile for im wit tem? Tree Tings to Do ESUS bore te suffering on te cross tat we migt be saved from our sins How can we ever pay te debt we owe to i~? Tree tings are mentioned in te little poem given ere Wlitten by Annie onson Flint, tat we can do for im : "Tree tings te Master at to do, And we wo serve im ere below, And long to see is kingdom come, May pray, or give, or go Not all can go; not all can give To arm te oters for te fray; But young, or old, or ric, or poor, Or young, or weak-we all can pray Pray tat te full ands open wide To speed te message on its way, Tat tose wo ear te call may go, And pray tat oter earts may pray" Editorial ottings DO NOT MSS te beginning of "Te Glass Window" in tis number ALL MEMBERS of te Eastern and Atlantic Conferences sould read Bro Scades article on " Amalgamation" 5

4 7 THE BAPTST HERALD 6 A Bible Alpa b et fo r "Bib!e "At te afternoon meeting Anaeim pastors appeared on te rostru~, conlovers" gratulating te membersip for its am- A good name is rater to be cosen t an To keep our appointments in religion bitious step in providing itself \vit great rices-prov 22: suc a fine new meeting place as we do in business Be ye terefore perfect, even as your "Collections and subscriptions totalled Fater wic is in eaven is perfect2 To give our souls, smotered by many $3, raising te building fund to interests, a cance to breate Matt 5:48 d sligtly over $3, Tis leaves a lnll3 To set a time-onored example for ance of approximately $, against Create in me a clean ear t, God i an renew a rigt spirit wit in meour friends wo trust us te building and property" Psalm 5: 4 To worsip God (in prayer to declare Our Broter Kun gave te main ad- Deligt tyself also in t e Lordi and e is "wortsip") dresses at all tree services on Sunday sall- give tee te dcs;ircs of tine 5 To praise im from wom all bless- Music was furnised by Los Angeles and eart-psalm 37 :4 Anaeim singer s ings flow Every word of God is pure; e is a To meet "all sorts" and condtons On Monday nigt Pastor Brinkmeyer 5 sield unto tem tat put teir trust of t e German Metodist Curc and all upon te plane of broterood in im-prov 3: 5 b 7 To give a glad lift tdo ttosee lov::iose te ministers of our German Baptist Fear tou not for am wit tee i e curces tat ad arrived to take part arms are straining un er not dismayed; for am t y God8 To quiet in us t e voice wic says : in te "Retreat" spoke words of consaia 4: gratulation All expressed te wis tat "You ougt" te new ouse of God would bring many Great peace ave tey wic love t Y 9 To save te Sabbat, te Bible, and new blessings to our faitful band at law; and roting sall offend temence, our country P salm 9: 65 An~~m To a ccept an invitation rater tan Tuesday and Wednesday were times of Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not-prov 833? obey a command spiritual refresing for all tat were able to participate Te bretren Reicle f God be for us wo can be aga ins t us -Rom 8:3 tt Curc Dedication a nd M inis - Edinger and Lor led off wit a brief exposition of some Scripture pertaining udge not tat ye be not judgecl-ma ters Re t rea t at Ana eim, 7: r to our spir~tual life, followed by Bro Cal Kun m is able and effective way Keep ty tongue from evil, and ty ips on Broad"Rigt around t e corner f from speaking guile-psalm 34: 3 ~di Many of te Anaeim folks took part i~ miss t" way you cant was te m or tese elpful meetings We only regret- Let te words of my mout, and te rn! te writer received wen mquir- ted te absence of some of te rniniste tation of my eart, be acceptable ~n ma t ion To give ty sigt, O Lord, m y str eng t and y ing for te new Baptist curc Especially did we miss Bro Wm Ri~~ you a little glimpse of ~e fiie c ~~cr mann wo was at te bedside CYf Re?eemer-Psalm 9 : 4 : 5 tt to ev ttee dear wife Our prayers went up for ~! My times are in ty and- P salrn 3M Wic is not only a credit d comm No man can serve two master s- a Scroeder, is able b u mg Betel speedy recovery and t e membersip of t e Te evening services were well at6:24 f r Curc but is also a credit "<> te pros- tended Bro Lor preaced on: "Te O tat men would praise te Lord fo f A aem let me is goodness, and fo r is wonde m u n Bulletin": House of God a place of Soul savi perous ttle city from te Anaeim uote "Te H ng q works to te cildren of man!- Psa t t impressive work" and Bro Kun on ouse of "Te new curc w s dral God a p ace f or ~ounsmg saved Souls,, is 7:8 belltower, uge stain~d gi;ss ~;::ture Prove all tings; old fast t at wic T~e banquet ~e meals served to windows and unique lrr~e o a~c stands as mmsters and teir \vives elped to te good- Tess 5 :2 described as te artistic type? f its our sort stay at Anaeim a r e ~ake Quenc not te spirit- Tess 5 9 days one of te most beautiful edifices o a nt one My advice is: f youa P eas- Remember now ty Creator in te kind and size in te city build a curc, see te plan of A~la~ to of ty yout -Eccl 2: ound, d mve a "Eigt large ciitedral win ows, te curc first, you cant miss it a eim Seek Ye te Lord wile e may be f ceerful and colorful atmospereto t call ye upon im wile e is nearc H EDNGER wic rtwbl interior of te aud itorium, saia 55 6 st a t te balcony, is designed t~ comfo a : Histor y of te Automobile T eac me, Lord, te way of ty cseat 5 persons All interior wood7~;ed utes; and sall keep it unto te en So commonplace as t e auto wit te exception of te specially t mobile be Te pews are come tat few of us ever s Psalm 9 :33 tou ceiling, is of maogany k floor its origin Te first motor ~=culate as to Unto tee lift up mine eyes" O san of quarter sawed oak, and te oa we a re told by a writer n rtever built, tat dwellest in te eavens-p is covered only by aisle carpets was patente e "W demagazme, 23 : Awake "Te mezzanine floor provides a pa~many in 886, by a man na d n Ger- V eny tere is a reward for t e rigt tors study, dressing rooms for use m limited number of te Benz ~d Benz A eous-psalm 58: do it t b ptismal service, connectlon wit e a t s sold in ~urope, and one was ~ines were W~tsoever ty and findet to do, and a loft for te pipeorgan, w ic,, te United States in 893 rnported to wit ty migt-eccl 9: rcy planned to install in te near fut ure ibited at te Worlds Fai; i~ng ~as ex execute true judgment, and sew ::;e i s Te basement is full siz~, :" t!~d~~~ Carles E?uryea built te icago and compassions eve ry ma n doors provided for parttio~mg ican automobile propelled b first Amerbroter- Zec 7: 9 ord: various classrooms or trowmg tem a used in 892 Tis automobil Y gas, and A comye t~t fear t e Lord, trust i~ te Ldinto one for social gaterings d te "Buggyyaut" e Was called e is teir elp and teir sie pletely equipped kitcen at t: sout ~n Henry F~rd built and used a Psalm 5 of te basement deserves special mention z datlg automobile m 893, and E l gasoline ion eard, and was glad; and te f t Y On SWlday February 27 tis ne\~ in 894 n 896 tere we;ood Haynes ~ers of uda rejoiced because s ouse of worsip was form~lly de~ icat~e line-propelled automobiles ine four gaso7 9 udgments, O Lord -P salm d to te Lords service Again ~ettm~, t States-Duryeas, Fords F te United H era l "Bulletin" describe tis service: Te te Benz TQ first car soid aynes and -Sund ay Scoo congregation met on te street befor~ te States was built by Win~n te United service and sang Carl un gkeit, builde~ cased by R?bert Allison in ~8 ~nd Pur "T lif g of te new curc, presented t e key o However, it was not until l f ere are many ways of smpc is te curc to Rev O R Scroeder, pas9 tor after wic te congregation marced tat te automobile came to b OO or later t~ er for a s mall cild, cief o~ w ; too veicle on country roads e ~ cornmon m efrain from complicating it W muc into te curc for Sunday scool and commotion among t e eq~i causing g reat cany toys, too many people, too atiot morning worsip ne Population ange of scene"-play in Educ osep Lee T en Reason s Wy W e Go to Curc,? 9 Te Sunday Scool on te lesson for te following Sunday try to make my girls tink and can M C HAYWARD do t i s better by asking questions tan dropped a tougt in te eart of a by doing all of te talking myself" T e teacer wo curbs is or er cild, tongue in tis way is wise in er day ust a si mple tougt and true i As te little one went on its gladsome and generation An interest,vi!l be created tat is certain to be lacking way wen te teacer does "all te talking" Te tougt was lost to view Even toug it is good talking One of Yet watced for growt from day to te wordiest teacers te writer ever knew was not very successful as a day, For knew tat te germ was tere; teacer Muc of er talk was "over te And prayed tat Gods spirit migt woo eads" of te girls in er class and se ad a way of wandering away into tings it fort aving little to do wit te lesson No nto life and beauty rare kind of teacing is more elpful tan My prayer was eard and saw t at tat wic afford s t e members of te class te opportun ity of self-expression tougt tat gives tem mental and spiritual nto lovely action spring; And my glad eat trilled \vit a deeper stimulus and sends tem ome eac Sunday wit a new knowledge of te Word joy Tan Natures bloom could bring of God-Organized Class Magazine Droppe d a Tougt Day by day it grew, till a beauty rare n tat brigt young life was wrougt; And oter lives were elped and ceered By te fruit of tat one pure tougt One Teac ers Curbe d Tong ue PAUL CREGHTON An eminently successful Sunday scool teacer was a sked to attend a convention of Sunday scool workers and give some account of er metods as a teacer One of t e tings se said is woty of te attention of oter s wo are beginning as teacers, as well a s of tose wo ave long been teacers t was t i s : "Early in my career as a teacer learned to put a curb on my own tongue tink tat was led to do tis by te experience ad ad wit one of my own teacers in te Sunday scool attended Tis teacer literally did all te talking in te class was of a somewat eager and inquisitive turn of mind and often tere were times wen would ave liked to ave asked questions and even volunteer remarks about t e lesson quite agreed wit one of te oter girls in t e class wo said to me one Sunday wen we were walking togeter at te close of a session of te scool dont see tat it is muc use for us to study te lesson since we are never a sked to say a word about it Mrs M-- certainly occupi!ls te time all rigt wen it comes to talking er seli We girls never ave a cance to say a word "Tis was true, and from t e day began to teac ave refrained from occupying all of te time myself ~ave put a curb on my tongue and ave given te girls in my class a cance to ave teir say about te lesson Tis as ft n been as elpful to me as to tem ; : point of view of an ale~t girl or boy t Sunday scool class is often elpin e t teacer go to te class every ful to d eprepared to ask ques t ions an cl Sun a_y give out written questions sometimes How F ar s t? Do you remember in te Bible esus i s always walking from one place to anoter? We can find tese towns on te map, but te walk troug te country means little to us unless we know ow many miles it is Our vast country_ is quickly connected today by a~tomobles and trains, but in es us day a ttle country seemed separated because it mus t be traveled mostly on foot Te distances given in tis lis t ougt to be noted Drill on tem Compare tem wit distances in your communit y Let members of te class use a page in notebooks just now for listing tese elpful figures Mark all of tem on your map () How long is Western Palestine? From Dan to Beersebais 43 miles (2) How wide is Western Palestine? From coast to ordan Valley averages 4 miles across At erusalem about 55 miles At Sea of Quest ions or Doubts? Galilee about 25 miles t is one ting to arouse questions in (3} How far is erusalem from our pupils; it is quite a different ting Mediterranean? 35 miles to s uggest doubts t is fine wen a (4) How far is erusalem from pupil is so plea sed \vit a Bible event Dead Sea? 2 miles tat e wants to k now more about it, so (5) How wide is Plateau of exalted wit a Bible principle tat e is udea? 6 miles keen to apply it er e and tere To How long nort and arouse tis Columbus spirit in i s pupils sout? 35 miles is one of te teacers appiest triumps ( 6) How far is Betleem But some teacer s tink it is evidence from erusalem? 6 miles of teir skill wen tey can make teir (7) How far is Betany from pupils skeptical; tey call tis "forming erusalem? 2 miles an inquiring mind" To tis end tey (8) How far is Nazaret from implant doubts tat n ever would ave erusalem? 7 miles occurred to teir pupils unaided; and toug tey may an swer te doubts, te (9) How far is Nazaret from Sea of Galilee? About 5 miles s uggestion of tem is usually more powerful tan te r eply Doubts, of () How far is Nazaret from course, are to be met and driven out Mediterranean? About 5 miles wen tey are sown by t e E vil One in () How far is Nazaret from te pupils mind; but it is foolis and Cana? 6 mi!cl; \vicked for te teacer to do te Devils (2) How long is Sea of Galiwork for im-westminster Teacer lee? 2 miles * * (3) How wide is Sea of GaliTeacing in te Cu:rc Sclwol A lee? at widest place 8 miles Manual of Principles and Metods for (4) How wide is ordan Plain? miles Curc Scool T eacers Seldon L Roberts, D D Te udson Press Pila- ( 5) How long is Dead Sea? 4 miles How broad is Dead Sea? miles delpia 48 pages T is is te latest volume in te Key- (6) How far is it from Sea of Galilee to Dead Sea? 65 miles stone Standard Training course, written by te Director of Leader sip Training of te American Bapt Pub! Soc Muc A Prize D~finition of Money of te book as been developed by te "Money is an article wic may be used autor in class work wit te t eacers of as te universal passport to everywere all sizes and kinds of curc scools as but eaven, and as a universal provider pupils Because te book grew up in for everyting but appiness Tis is te classroom, it will be of practical serv- a prize definition of money wic a young ice to our curc scool teacers wo man submitted to a London newspaper are striving to attain te best metods t tells wat money will do, and also and te igest resul ts in teir important wat money will not do n our pursuit task Te presentation is not too tec- of money we sould always keep in mind nical a s to be dry nor is it over te its limitations t will not buy everyeads of te average Sunday scool ting, and among tose tings wic it teacer a s to be incompreensible t will not buy are numbered some of lifes will be a good book for our teacers to g reatest values study

5 THE BAPTST HERALD 8 Te Glass Window A Story of te Quare Women By LUCY FURMAN (Coqy ri g ted) THE RETURN OF THE QUARE WOMEN (Te scene of te following s~ory is laid in te opening years of ti s century, at te foundin g of te Settlement Scool at Hindman, in Knott County, Kentucky Great canges ave, of course, taken place in te mountain region during te past twenty-five years) From te first Sunday of Sep tember, wen se saw t eir wagons pass out of sigt around a mountain so~<;ter d~wn Troublesome Creek, Aunt Ase Pridemore could tink of little else but te quare women, teir coming up from te Blue Grass in une, te setting-up of teir tents on te ill overlooking courtouse and village, t e flo cking of people from far and n ear to see, te absorpt ion of te young in all te ceerful and busy doings, te peace in t e Kent-Falon war, te joy of te old folks li~e Uncle Epraim Kent and er self m learning t o r ead; and a t t e l ast, t e mass m eeting, urging te visitor s t o stay always and found a scool, and te of fer s of land, labor, and timber for t e purpose Te six m ont s wlc mu st p ass befor e te women oould com e back seemed to Aunt Ailsie a n interminable time, and ordinary pursuits palled terribly "Pears like wist migt never see a coo~pot or a disrag or a broom or a battlmgstick or r eel or a weel or a loom no more," se would s ay to erself as ~e worked "m plumb werried-out wt em, an d wit tese er e ill s an d clifts and creeks, too!" A ll t e fa ll save at foddering and corn-gatering t imes, Uncle Lot r ode in to Te F orks every day and joined Uncle Epra im up in is t imber, wer e t e two measured and ma r ked t e g reat yellow poplar s wic were to go into t e new scoolouse ; an d in N ovember t ey began to c op t em down Two or t ree times Aunt Ailsie r ode into Te Forks to see er daugter, Cyntia F allon at t e otel, an d t en enjoyed a su;r eptitious deligt, wit er grandson, little o n Wes, slipping off into an upper room w er e t e quare women ad left t eir boxes of libr ar y books in Giles Kent s care-gi les being te scool-teacer at Te Forks H ere te two would bunt out stcny books wit large print and brig t pictures, te sixyear-old boy sometimes decipering words too ard for is granny Tis pleasure was none te less sweet because forbidden; for, in giving is consent tat A unt Ailsie sould learn to read, Uncle Lot ad stipulated t at er reading must be Scripture only On occasional rainy days, wen Uncle Lot ad to remain at ome, e spent is t~me poring over te Bible by fat-pine ligt, te wmdow-less old ouse being very dark wen door s ad to be closed against te cold At suc times e was very apt to observe Aunt Ailsies laxness and listlessness " Ter e you,ave sot, a -gaping at te fire, and am t cyarded a roll for alf a our," ~e would comment; or, as se s at dreammg at t e big loom: " aint?pe ared y_oku tromp a:y treadle for all us ears e your mmd wanders wusser every da y And can t ell you blank were its a-wandering to ~ft~ t em quare women You aint b f sence tey come in" een at yourse " Pears,, like tink of em unt oug t ed, p aw s e would r eply, guiltily " don t aim to, but my wits est d t T wan er s o em d ~Y ;as so muc compan y fo r ~e, a~ o pe up my sperrits so, and earne me so muc never knowed,, "Your lawful spouse and d is compa ny enoug for you ~ labors t ink; and as for sperrit~ a to Y would e G~d of srael would o!p up you sigt more if you would \ sperrts a in prevailing prayer ; and c; d u~on im any larning you got a on t figger none- aint seed you s s trofited you t er s t en minutes on eend arc te Scripyour A B Cs" sence You larnt "You aint no great of c me, paw ; you allus ompany for meetings of Sundays g n~ to fun eralwen you aint a t \~o:~ w?ek days company wit ob or S Youd ru ter tem old dead-and-gon ; n or any of And as for Scripter, ~it:llers as me lavis of ard words c,got sec a to r ead alf of em sk an t make out fi ne prm t too, and, t asely a n d leetle and fatwood ligt so ft~ k ouse so dark c er y ", " Yes, old Satan iss i no more excuses! e couldnt make t d warn y ~ou ar trea_ ng dangerous g ou, Asie, round, givmg mne y-mne tougts t to one to your God t t em worn f t, se tmg t en awo:le ~ Creator, Wic e creetur e its a good t is date of t is country to ~ng for te Youry ave tem wornng er e, it aint 8 good fo r old folks en l ike you, t at gets teir easy, and as itcin nnnds tor e eyes, a us a-cr aving ears and lust up avent got, everly someting t~ng every n ew vanity teady to run ey t e wor ds of t ey see f a tter e Apostu / orgettm denying g godlmess a nd world! live sober and ri / usts, we s Unt is present world~ eous and godf u!d "A yin s your God-app te monis and lay down ~ d ead, a t em women r etu rns b You, tat W ding t o put up not f ack aint en wat done l~st sumor a minute a! te onliest bmer \Vt ome rs,,neepin as got, according to ~siness a w g at ot Scrj ornan Pter and! reason Let te women be d iscreet, caste, keeper s a t ome, obedient to teir own us bands, sa ys t e Wor d And keep at ome wen t em women comes back, now put my foot down an d decree you sall F or if don t, by s ummer wont ave a ny ome or woma n or gyarden or v ittles or cow-brutes or cickens or peace or satisfaction in life, but migt as well-and better- be a wi dder-man; fo r it)) be j est one everl a sting t r aipse-and-gad, oove-and-set, ipand-urra, from one days dawn t o toter, wor ld witou t eend! Wer efore my intentions fo r you atter t e women comes back is, t o wi t, if yo u do your wor~ well-up all week, m ay leave you go m of Saturdays to see em, bu t n ot narry noter t ime-never!" Tis ulti matum wa s received by Aunt Ailsie wit er usua l meek, " Yes, pa w" Late in December Lin k one of teir sons, stopped-by to ieave ~ small pac~ age, wic e sa id ad come in a big box sent in by t e quar e women t o Gil~s Ken t Giles avi ng closed is scool m ear ly December an d gone a way to aw scool, te box was op ened by Cyntia an_d Uncle E pra im, and fo und to contam small gift s fo r all t e cildren of te village a nd a few g rown-ups Not aving eard of Cristmas g ifts, A unt Ailsie did n ot co nnect t e season wit te pretty lace colla r fo r er self and t e black n ecktie for Uncle Lot, w ic t e P~ckage conta ined But s e wa s ca rmed \Vt t eir beaut y a nd urried to sow tem to Uncle L~t, w o, owever, on~y gazed upon t em t r oug is square s ilver specta cles as if from some imme~s urable eigt, and dismissed t em wt te stern word, "Va nit ies!" Te slowest time will p ass a t last i fi~ all Y md -Marc did a rrive a nd wi t t t~e two qua r e women A~y and Vi~ gma F ortunately te~ ca me on a Friday Wen Aunt Ail sie rode in nxt da y to Te Forks, mos t of t e villa ge was gater ed a t t e otel to g r eet t em r~n everybody went up to Polly Ains~ ee 8 tree-acr e bottom w ic ad beef purcased by te citi ze~ s fo r te site te ne w sc ool a nd over wic a n umber of U ncle E pr ams great logs wer e now scatt ered, av ing been s na ked down by ox-teams ge~fe People vied wit one ~note~ ;~ ng te women settled in Po s 8 f:al~c~ttage, don a tin g a ll sorts of t!~f!e a eir u se a nd comfo r t A un t Lot g ve a bedstead made by Uncle f t suck mattr ess, d aa fyear s be f or e, wit eater-bed and pillows colllplete, a n d\v~~~ome wool coverlet in i ndiffy::ng M, woven by er self, of so Pe~n s F a ncy" p attern uncle Lot aer" donat ed t e " pieded eif entnianently t &one Women te s ummer before, nt ny,, nent abse younger br oter of t e,, G es a d E ral" tnend n gr andson of Uncle P b uilding s~nf Up te cow-s ed, and also ttingroorn l~bves fo r te books in t e s i - r ar Y of t e women d jn, F r om ro e Aunt \~eek to week, as s e r epa r ati Arlse noted progress in t e Pvncle Ep~n~ for te new scoolouse t d no aim and Uncle L ot p er mit e 9 one to scribe and score t e great logs but t emselves, toug oter s elped wit te ewin g Te rock pillars for foun dat ions also ad to be sunk directly under t eir eyes Oter men were engaged in ri ving boards fo~ te ro of ~nd p alings fo r te fence, and ewmg t imbers for joists, r afters, and beams t wa s alway s a busy scene, crop-time being not far off, wen every man must work for imself During all of May Aunt Ailsie and Uncle Lot wer e too busy oeing corn to go into Te F orks; but on a Saturday in early une, wen t e g r ound was too wet fo r work, Aunt Ailsie again rode down er branc and up Troublesome, overtaking t wo cover ed wagons tat lumbered and jolted on aead Se r ecognized tese as belonging to Uncle Adam Howar d and i s son asper Tey stopped were s e did, at te womens big gate, and se was deligted to discover tat a str ange young woman sat by te side of eac driver Amy and Virginia came running down te walk, welcomed te two visitors wa rmly, elped tem out over te weels, and t en apparenbly forgot all about tem to peer intently into te wagons " ii g or r ontee tere aint a one ruint," said Uncle Adam "i\fougt be a f ew cr acked, but none plumb smased fixed a soft place for em to rest on " Aunt Ailsie, wo drew near to t e visitor s ear d one of tem, a andsome, dark~eyed g irl, say to te oter wit a little g roa n, " \vis e ad fixed a saft place fo r iis to rest on!" Aunt Ailsie spoke up sympateically " You two gals look plumb wer ried-out Her e, set on t is ig benc and rest a spell" Te girls sank down and took off teir ats, te one r evealing a muc-r uflled mass of dark air, t e oter a ead of ripply-reddis gold Aunt Ai ls ie also sat down, and r emoved er black sunbonnet Uncle Ada m meanwile was lifting off t e wagon seet, and displaying to t e women, and a lso to te men wo came running from te bottom, is precious cargo " made t e feller put all te glass in t e sas, e said, "and t en lased sever al sas togeter in bundles, wit ay b-!twi xt, and ten sot te bundles up eendways on two foot of ay, and tied em above to t is ere frame Ten tuck an extr a alf-day coming acrost te mountains And ll lay tere int a pane broke beyand using" H e began lifting out te sases, is words being verified, to te general a mazement " would ave said it couldnt be!" "You done a rigt job, Adam!" " ve ost good money on you, but aint begrudging it! For wager s ad been laid tat te glass for te scoool windows could not be brougt from te r ailroad wole" Aunt Ailsie, meanwl~, turn~d er attention to more interestg subects "W at name do you two gals go by, and wats your business ere?" se ined,, quired "Susanna Reeves s mme, rep t e brunette, "and t i s oter girl is Cristine Potter Her business ere is to teac; but mine, ever yw er e, is simply to enjoy myself " Aunt Ailsie r eplied, in an ear nest tone, " Hits wat allus cr aved to do myself B ut never got no c ancet" "Wy not?" "My man, Lot, e s again it H es a Old Primitive" "He must be," r eplied Susanna " But wat a s tat to do wit you?" Aint Ailsies mout dr opped open "W at as it got to do wit me?" se r epeated, in a socked tone "Wy, es my man-my God-appnted ead! Hits my business, according to Scr ipter, to obey every wor d e says" Se continued to gaze at Susanna in ama zed silence fo r a momen t or two, ten, wit a sudden intake of breat said "But dont say aint migtil y werried-out wit it sometimes" Ten, r esuming er catecism : "Wer e did you gals come from and ow fur did you r ide on t e rail r oad t r ain?" " came from te Blue Grass, a nd r ode only one day by train and two and a alf by wagon C ristine er e rode two days and nigts by train and t e r est by wagon- se came all te way from New England" " ave eared a s igt about Old England in te song-ball ats, but never ear ed tell of no New E ngland" "Well, its er e in America, way up Nor t and East, on t e Atlantic Ocean" "Tat a int te briny deep-te old salt sea ave allus eared tell of in te ball a ts?" "Te very same" Aui;t Ailsie took a long, tir sty, exa~stve look at te fai rer girl Ai;d you ave seed te briny deep, an,? lived by it?" se asked Yes, and crossed it twice on sips" S_e continued to star e, er dreaming soul in er eyes "And you air young, and av seed sec a sigt of t is wonderly wor ld, and am old,-sixty-one am, an~ been mar r ied fo r ty-seven year, and raised eigt offsprin gs, and got fiftyse~en grands,- and ain t never seed a railr oad, or a sip, or a boat, or noting but mountains and clifts and creeks, or traveled furder tan twelve mile!" Ten, as if dismissing a painful sube~~ : "How old air you two gals?" Twenty-tr ee," replied Susanna " T wenty-two," said Cristine Aunt Ailsie sook er ead sadly "Bot on te cull-list," se said, "same as toter quare women For allow neiter one of you aint gat ary man?" Cristine sook er ead at once ; but susanna, after a moment of deliberation, r eplied enigmatically : "Well, cant say ave, and cant say avent" Aunt Ailsie was deligtfully intrigued " H ow do you make t at out?" se demanded "Well-you see, m engaged to one; ve got i tat far-but e cant marry me yet" "Wy not?" T ere was an edge of suspicion in Aunt Ailsies voice "Hes too poor" "Too por e! Too pore to marr y! never in my life eared of a man too por e to marry! All es got to do is to clear im a patc of new g round, and put im in a cr ap, and raise a ouse wit te logs Any man cant do tat aint no man at all! T at-air man of yourn aint no account-or else es j est a-fooling you" " He claims," said Susanna, "tat e ad to go a lot in debt getting is medical and surgical education, and tat e must pay tose debts and ave someting aead before e can marry; also tat it takes a surgeon a long time to get a star t " "Mans talk to a gal is te most ont r ustable ting in life, declared Aunt Ailsie " Wbat is a surgeon?" "A kind of doctor wo--wo operates on people wen necessary" " Operates? Wats tat?" "Well, you k-now sometimes people ave t umor s or cancers or a bad appendic, a nd te only way to save life is to cut tem out Tat is wat Roben-t does" Aunt Ailsies eyes bulged \vit orr or "Cyarves on living umans!" se exclaimed " Wen its te only way" " Hit s wicked and devilis and a pyore scandal!" pr onounced Aunt Ailsie witout esitation Se gazed at Susanna wit deeply troubled brow " feel to warn you, Susanny " se said, " not to confidence no sec a ~n not a minute ; for te way t ings looks e don t mean no good to you or nobod; else f was you, d sooner die a old maid like Cristeeny ere" "But m n ot suc a very old maid " p r otested Cristine "Not but a year gone, so fur as time tells, admitted Au nt Ailsie, "but," wit a sad, slow sake of te ead "your cances is as good as noting" " Wy?" demanded bot girls in a mazement " ate to name it," was te reluctant r eply " never was one to tromp on f~lings But f a cts is facts, and tere amt a per son of te man tribe nowere but wat is sy of a ed-ead Tey allow it means ig-tempered and up -eaded, and rule-or-die ; and, being me?-folks, tey genally aim to do te r ung t er selves-and got Scripter fo r it, too Hits pyore pity for a gal to ave sec a drawback ; se better be snaggle-tooted and jimber-jawed and cr oss-eyed and p ock-marked, all in one so fur as men goes" "But Cristines air is perfectly beautiful -te prettiest evei- saw, declared Susanna "Pretty is as pretty does," said Aunt Ailsie " H it dont signify beautiful feel for you, Cristeeny, do, too But for tat r ed air youd be as sigtly a gad as ever beeld, wit tat air wite tender skin, and tem deep-blue eyes and tat eadpiece set on your soulder~ pine-blank like a deer f your air was jet black now, or brown, or paleis yaller, tere would be ope But its too r ed!" After a moment of tougt se spoke

6 more encouragingly, " ave knowed of red-ead gals biling warnut bark and toning down teir air a leetle grai n, wic is migty sensible And would glad fix some for you, if you was to say so f you leave i t be, your onliest cancet would be a widow-man so ectored and driv by young uns and cowbrutes e would look over t e red air to get im a working woman For ave t uck notice tat red-eads is migty working allow, now, you can cook and clean and was and scrub and gyarden and spin and weave and sew and tame down young uns-and most of all, milk cow-brutes?" "m afraid cant do on e of tose tings but sew a li ttle," a dmitted Crist ine Aunt Ailsie glanced around, old ing up a quick and "Ss-ss-dont let it get abroad!" se admonised "Hit would everly des tr oy your cances Last summer fotc ed in a diligent widowman, wit a good farm and sever a l ead of property and nine orpant young uns, to take is pick of t e quare women; but wen e found not nary one of te six could mi lk a cow, e t uck to is eels Now, you air too likely a gal not to try for a man, and if you will come down about oncet a week and t a ke t e nigt wit me, will gorr ontee to la rn you milking a nd g yardening and spinning and w eaving and a smatter of cooking and sewing And ten, wi t te warnut-juice, fi r st ting you know youll maybe ketc you a man, and be tuck off te cull-lis t" Bot g irls seemed to ave a difficulty restr a ining some kind of emotion, but after a little Cristine repli ed, gratefull y, " T a nk you- s a ll be delig ted Sa ll we start in n ext week? And may bring Susanna t oo?" " F etc er on along-it maybe take er mind off tat-a ir cyarver! Fetc all t e quare women, if you want Toug aint got no manner of ope left for toters" Amy and Virginia now came up to te vis itor s wit apologies for teir absorption in t e windows "t was su c a feat, bringing t em in unbroken," tey said "We only ope you girls are in as good condition Come to bed at once" " We ope its a fe ater-bed," said Susann a " t is a nice fat one, g iven us by Aunt A ilsie erself " Amy piloted te girls into te cotta ge, wile Virginia stayed to watc te unloading- Wen a ll te la r ge sases wer e p ut away, tere st ill r emained in te second wagon a n umber of quite small ones, wic asper began to and down " W ats t em for?" inquired Aunt Ailsi e of Virginia "Some small windows we br oug t in, tinking t at people wo ave none migt li ke to set tem in t eir w alls to let in t e lig t We i ntend tra ding tem for tings to eat" Aunt Ailsie sprang to er feet " Hit s wat ave needed all my lifetime, and never knowed it!" se sa id " Wit one of t em fine glass windows sot in t e sout wall of old-ouse, te s unba ll will THE BAPTST HERALD sine in all day, and ligten all my labors ll fetc you in apples or beans or anyti ng got to pay for it" "Youll fetc us in noting more" r eplied Virginia "We intended all alo ng to give you one if you wanted it H ere, as per, knock off one of t ose crates and ~n~ me a couple of tose sases Aunt A lse can take tem a long on old Darb as se rides ome" asper knocked off te cr ating and Aunt Ailsie clasped t e small sases to er bosom in s eer deligt " H aint tey love-lie!" se said, passing er ands <)Ver frame and glass Virginia took a stout piece of twin e a nd tied te sases togeter " ll and tem up to you " se said, "after you get on old Dabr:" Aunt A ilsie stood silent for a on moment, not making any star t towar~ te nag, er fac e growing ml::>re and mor e sober and t ougtfu l "_Yirg inny," s~e said at last, "teres a time for all t ings, a nd tis aint te time for me to take ome my glass window Hits tis way My man Lot being te balkingest man ever dr~wed breat~, s everly again new t ings and new ideas f was to ride up d Darb and flant t ese ere sases ~n o m is ~e? face, ~t fwo uld sartain be te everasddmg ee? o glass window for me To su ei: im is pyore foll y Wat e needs s to get broke gr adual t di < o an dee an d k m y nayculized to it S to wrop it up in about four b odl a im t un es of fodd er a n d t e up aga in t e tis-ere cow-sed loft of o ~afters m nobody wont never see it : ~\~ w~re my time You know t e s n en bide cripter Co t mu a d rapping wears naway many, d T s t on e, an mes and a t f a onli kely tings to pass,~ a ion s brmgs (To be continued) True Greatness Wile Mary Lyon was at fo r Mount Holyoke se~ r : ring funds!cited a id of some wealt y peopie w would elp li berally Bomf se tougt e ore se was warned by a f s e Went t t b r end mg no e successful W t at s e turned from te vi sit en se r efriend: s ie said to er "Yes, it is a ll true just Tey live in a cost!; ou s ~s :-vas told e it is full of costly tings; tey we but o, t eyre little b cost ly clotes: Large ouses do s of folks!" not mak great Costly fur niture d e People antee tat te minds and oes not g ualowner s a r e well fu ear t s of te t ougts and noble a rn_scd wit good we live in a cottage :~i ration Weter become grea t only b in a ~astle, we can f a t, umty, and loy avng F smcerity ve- onvard :r "f you want to learn anytin a good t ea c er A poor tea g, get at t irty cents, and a c er is dear ceap at any price " sa g d te~cer is is interested in y~ung ys a writer wo prepa ri ng for gr eater u~:l~le Wo a re advice is wort taking t uness Tis k b rt tm a out fi tting ourselve f as we s or servce Te Secret RALPH CUSHMAN met God in te morn ing, Wen my day was at its bes t; And is Presence came like sunrise Wit a glory in my breas t All day long te Presenc e li ngered, All day ong e stayed wit me; And we sailed in perfect calmn ess Oer a very troubled sea Oter sips were blown and bat t ered, Oter sips were sore dis tressed But t e winds t at seemed to d riv~ tem, Brougt to u s bot p eace and r est T~en tougt of oter mornings, W it a keen remorse of mind W en too, ad loosed t e moorings, Wit t e Presence left beind So tink know te secret ~earned from many a troubl~d way ou must seek im in t e morning, f you want im troug te day Young Peoples Union of New York and Vicinity Troug t e grace of God te members of te German Baptis t Young P eoples U!on of N ew York and vicini ty ave witn~ssed anoter one of teir splendid meetmgs, eld on Was i ngtons Birtday at te First Curc, Brooklyn Te afte~noon meeting began wit a song ser ce and was mostly given over to ~~smess and te casting of te ballats e latter part of t e meeting was turned over to t e vice-p res ident Miss,, Zirbes, wo in turn gav~ Miss pdoroty risci a Hoops carge A sort talk was given by t e leader and prayer s, testii:nonials and singing followe d T e meeting was closed wit pr ayer by Rev V Prendinger ~t 53, everyone was seated and partakmg of te delicious meal s erved by te ladies of te Brooklyn curc T~e evening s erv ice began w it a s?ng service and was a bless ing a nd m sp r ation to everyone present Te coi r of te curc sang T en came te i:ollcall to wic eac young peoples society b~longing to t e ugendbund responded wit a coru s An inspiring address w~s giv~n by Dr Mark Wayne Willia~s Hi s topic, " Wos Wo" eld our mter est from beginning to e nd Te words e spoke were words of sincer e r egard and love for t e Cr ist wom we all love a nd strive to serve He said "Everyti ng belon~s to you F you belo ng to C~ist" Sowmg us t e world and a ll its rices are ours if we in return will but give our lives to irr: Dr Willlams closed i s talk wit prayer T e coir of te curc ~avored us w it a splendid r enditi on of Te Lor d is my Li g t" Te r eport of te election commit t ee was r ead Te new officers were call ed to t e platform T~e meeting closed by sing ing " God be w~t us t ill we meet again," follo wed wit prayer by Rev W Zirbes Mrss M L BENDL N Summer nstitutes Te next s ummer we are to a ve a number of ins t itutes in various places of te country Members of te faculty of t e seminary at Rocester, our manager of te Publication Society, Mr H P Donner, General Missionary Secretary Rev William Kun, D D, and ~e two young peoples secretaries are gomg to a ssist in t ese assemblies Te elates and pla ces for most of tem ave been settled and t e programs will b~ outlined witin several weeks A st of tem fo ll ows : Gotebo, Okla, May Dillon, Kans, May 3-3 Arnprior, Ont, une -6 Parkston, S D, une 7-9 Steamboat Rock, owa, une 5-9 York Lake, Sask, une 2-26 Linton, N D, une 28-uly 3 Dunkirk, N Y, uly 5- Mound, Minn, uly 2-7 Kossut, Wis, uly 9-22 Beasley, T ex, uly 2-24 Linwood Park, Oio, Aug 2-7 Stony Brook, L, Aug 6-3 A t least one general worker will be at eac of t ese Assemblies and at some of tem tere will be two We ope we sall ave a bigger number of young folks tan ever before a nd w e are prayi ng tat tese assemblies sall be greatly blessed Programs of t e assembli es sould ~e ready soon and sould be circu la ted ll t e S unday scools and You!g Peop~es meetings For furt er m~ormatn wri te to your local representatives or to te undersigned ALBERT BRETSCHNEDER Kings Daugters, Goodric, N D Te name of our club is Te Kings Daug ter s, a nd very proud we are to be entitled to suc a name Our a im is to do fancy work of all kinds and later on in te fall to sell i t Te money goes to elp ca rry on Gods work and to elp poor people Ti s club consis ts of all young wome n and g irls and we meet every oter Tuesday evening at te ome of one of our member s We organi zed on une 3, 926 Our officers were elected and committees drawn up to form a constitution and prepare prog rams for every meetmg ": e decided to cange our officers every s ix meeting s and so ave cang~d t7n~ a number of t imes, ever yone berng wlmg to ser ve er t er m Our meetings are opened at 8 oclock, t e first be ing a song by all, a scripture passage read, ten te Lords Prayer r ecited by all We ten ave r oll ca ll Te minutes of last meet ing are r ead, a s ort program is r ence red Y fou r or fi ve member s, " ten new business is order A g r ea t deal of our time is dev~ted t o sewing After our busm ess we a ve a collection, a lunc servc:d and a son g, a fter w i c we adjourn A t present we uniors of te Oak Park German Baptist Curc ave 27 members Eac is an active member On Nov 8, 926, we ad a s ale of all ou r work made since une 3, served lunc at 6 oclock and as t e Ladies Aid and we ad a sa le and supper toget er, we ten ad a good time and tings sold j ust fine We received qu ite a nice amount of money, $25, patt of wic was s ent to our Orpanage, Missionary Society a nd ot er places We ave ow decided to g ive a prog ram te la tter part of Marc at our c urc On T uesday evening, Feb 5, we met at t e ome of one of our members Miss Evangeline A u gus tadt, and a s ti ~ was te last of our meetings of ea c official te rm we elected te fo llowing officers : P r esident, M iss E lizabet Fuxa vicepresident, Miss Eva L Scneide~; secretary, Miss Emma Scneide r treasu r er, Mrs R E Ma r tin Te f~llowing ~ommittees w ere appointed by te pr esident: Miss An ita Reime r and Miss Lydia asman a s our buying committee and une Leedy and Sylvania T iem our program committee We are all villing worker s for our Lorcl ai;d Master and ope e w ill keep us m is power Our aim is to " Serve God and Only God" More information will be given to anyone a skmg for it of our club by te secr eta ry Mrss EMMA A SCHNEDER Wat You Weig H a ve you ever stopped to tink of ow muc t e d ifferent parts of your body weig? Te ave rage person weigs 5 po~nds, a nd of t is total weig t t e bones wei g 22 pounds ; t e muscles a nd teir connect ions, 8 pounds ; te skin, 7 pounds ; fat, 8 pounds ; te eart, stomac, li ver and oter internal organ s, 2 pounds ; t e blood, 7 pounds; t e brain, 3 poun~s Curiously enoug, a ltoug te bram and eart ave a total weigt of younds or less, tey direct te r emamng 45 pounds of te a ver age p erson T e body is about % wa t er, ter efo r e t e average per son conta ins 37 pounds of water, a total of nearly 7 gallons! A young man us ua lly weig s 7 pound s more tan a youn g la dy of te same age a nd eig t? A Happy-Looking Group of uniors, Oak Park, ll Wo are, w o are, wo are we? W e ar e uniors, dont y ou see? Wat are we doing? Can you guess? Bible Study, Practical W ork, Missions, Yes -Y es-yes Our meetings a r e sceduled for eac Saturday afternoon at 23 to 4 oclock Te average a ttendance, as also t e general interest sown and prog ress made, as been encouraging Te follo\ving is a type of t e program carried out in our meet ings Devotional period, mus ic, Bible study, memory work, story n reference to te devotion al period, it is a source of blessing and ins piration to see t e cildren develop a freedom and j oy to publicly ackowledge t eir love, tankfulness and desires t o te Lord Since tis is te age wen m emory work comes so easily, no ymnals a r e used Te r esult is ver y favora ble t gives coice in cildrens music And ten too, te singi ng is muc improved if we can avoid te " it and miss" sing ing, wit teir lit tle fa ces stuck in t eir books A new song is learned pr a ctically at ea c meeting Memory wor k is a gr ea t drawing power in our meetings Tey love competition t is a gr eat game to t emf amiliarizing temselves wit te W ord of God for te sterner game of life Since our motto is: " H ea r and Do " many a cts of kindness and toug tful ness are pla nned and carried out n te prog ram of te Maste r, te cildren are included And w e cer tanly s upport our yout in t is, t eir prayer: "Build me straigt, Wot y Master, S taunc and strong a goodly vesselt at sall laitg at all disaster And wit wane and wirl-wind wrestle" E L MLLER E ac member of t e P rotestan Curces of Nort A merica contri butes a n average of a bout a dollar a year to for eign missions, acco rding to one calcula tion Last year t e American people averaged s ix dolla r s a person for radio supplies

7 2 THE BAPTST HERALD Glimpses of te Sout African Native Caracter L BAER, STUTTERHEM, S AFRCA SANDLE Sandile was t e fickle-minded but never teless beloved cief of is people, te Gaika tribes, of wom is cief councillor Tyala as so sorrowfully said:, Sandile-ficlcle-iindedFeeble-earted for a cief; E ver by ill counsel blinded Drifted like a witered leaf Sandile was t e fickle-minded but one of Saul, te first King of srael Sandile, too, ad is evil spirit in is later years But tis evil spirit te wite man ad introduced in S Africa Verily, te coming of te wite man to S Africa as not been an unmixed good Te missionary as come wit te Bible and te living water of eternal life, but te trader came wit te brandy Cape brandy was te final evil spirit of Sandile Cape brandy as made im and many of is people more and more irresolute and is soul a opeless battle ground of t e good and noble traits and te more base and selfis ones As prince Sandile was educated in a mission~ scool Wen e succeeded is fater, muc was expected of te young cief, by is own people and by te wite man But as time went on, brandy, tis curse of curses, worse tan war, became more and more te evil spirit of Sandile See to it, friends, tat te broken down altars of tis evil demon, "drink," may never be set up again in America Yea, far better te bloodiest r evol ution tan tis demon-worsip in a count ry! Altoug Sandile was from t ime to time under strong Cri stian in fluence, e never became a Cristian t seems tat if fate ad been a little kinder in Sandiles personal exper ience wit te wite man, e would ave become a Cristian and so peraps n ot fallen a prey to t e evi l spirit, brandy Early in is reign Sandile and is people s uffered by a war wit t e wite man, a war wic tey apparently did not desire, tis was te "war of te ax" One of Sandiles men ad stolen an ax from a wite man and was arrested Wile tis man was being conducted by a guar d across country to te jail at Graamstown, te guard was rused by a number of native friends of te prisoner Te pnsoner being andcuffed to te guar d, tey copped off te and of te guard to liberate teir friend But te guard managed to soot and kill one of te r escue party, and after t at imself bled to deat Tereupon te Britis Government demanded from Sandile tis rescue-party, as te murderers of t e guard Sandile replied tat tey were quits, is men ad killed a guard, te guard ad killed one of is men Wic lleemed to Sandile, according to is ligt, justice enoug But te Britis Government pressed te claim and oter complications ensuing, te result was war, te "war of t e ax," an unjustifiable war according to Sandiles view A:noter and still mor e regretable expenence of Sandile wit te wite man came troug a few miserable goats One?f Sandiles men stole some goats: Sandi!? was eld to be indirectly implicated m te affair Some of te goats wer e retu r ned But te tief and is prop~rty were demanded of Sandile Sand~e refused An or der for is arrest was s~ued, and Sandile fled to te mountams Later a meeti"ng was a rr~nge d b:tween te Britis and Sandile is cou t ncillors and broters T e ac t ual cond ions upon w ic t is fatefu meetmg was arr anged ave never be E S en ceared up noug and le and is escort ad no id:a tat tey were surrenderin t en liber ty :i;iut wen Sandile wit g men appeared in te military is ~ere made prisoners and depo~~~p tey dle strongly protested Te San? vernment never proceeded to try t did not liberate tem f::z:~o~ers, but Sandile never forgot tis e time er:(, as e called it, of t;" ~~ treacwt a Kaffir of te betterw ite ma~ word of onor is absolut class, is depend able and e certai~l Y sacred and same and more of te \v"ty expects te e man However, for one reas _ Sandile never embracedon or a~ot~er, toug one must say t t Cristianity, from doing so His wi~ e was not far became Cristians e afnd daugters ne o " ters, because se was ma d is daugt ian, fell from grace a rne as a Cris mong t i princes and pr incesses e ger tian marriage wit a a~d er Crisstanding was looked up Prince of lower to te Hou se of Sandi! on ~s a disonor dile vowed tat is ~ nd Old Sanleave i s ouse not as aug~er~ sould true to tei r faters c tcristians, but us om b f a f ter t at tey migt d e ore and o as te Old Sandile died n b Y Please wit us ere only " g rave s fattle is Stuttereim Sandilea ew miles from melancoly He consd was often very including ~imself, as a f:l~ed is People, degenerating tribe But en, broken and for im~elf Te follow i:t Sandile speak of Sandile to is second are te wor ds betrotal ceremony A augter at er Brownlee (European) was pr cer tain Mrs great f ormal function esent at t te following words of ~nd ~as report~~ "Young maiden d andle: people, cild of twoaug~ter of a fa ll w o ave seen gre t miserable Pe en been wanderers ya trouble and ople, are ab ave t em May Your ou t b out to Tis is no o e appier t eave t ers You leave te ouse ~nger Your o an your moter left t your fate me ters, and you ate e ouse of rs as no lo er f t s day of parting nger ours ayour fater To t ear te wor On no duties Now You ts day You av ds of cange We aves r Position is ab e ad wo is to be in teur~endered You ~ut to you, and now relip ace of a fat<> ne you and autority nquis al! cl er to over arn You will ave t You on duties Do not des ~ Perforrn ou are te daugter of~e t~m becau Seold and oters will asse ~~dle Couns~ You teir wants must b m e at Your ctl!ors e cared fo OUse r by You Live not in plenty wile tey are in want Tis is te custom of your fallen country, leave it beind Sould scarcity come over te land, and your pot is small, prepare it not in private to eat in secret: T is is te custom of your land; leave it beind n want let all see wat you ave; see ing, tey will be satisfied and not deprive you Be liber a l and generous wit your substance Your usbands p eople are your ci ldren Be not selfis S elfisness as become te custom of your land; leave it er e Sou ld you be asked to g ive away wat you would keep, say not i t is no t yours Tis is te custom of your land leave it ere Give liberally and retai~ wat You require, say ing you will not part wit it Say not you are daugter? Sandile; it will bring you no onor our onor must come from your usband Honor wom e onors Seek for friendsip from i s friends and council~ors So doing, you will obtain favor n: your u sband and secure te ove ~ is people; and tus you may be an asylum and r efuge to te wande rers of your fat ers peopl e A reproac is upon us, in tat our daugters wo are married t c"efs of oter tribes t ave left eir usbands and returned to us Tat was in my faters time in m ine it sall tmt~ L et me not see your face co ming me secretly and alone ~en you visit me come as te wife of \~ ief, as te daug ter of a c ief Come Send to me a bended Come by day not want, "f wen ll need and you sall y ave werewit to supply your need w~~~ Fater (i e a Mr Brownlee, a a ~ commissioner wom tey loved as e ater) as told you to follow te t xample of your moter and to old fast (~te teacings of te Son of Soga?v Soga, native Cristian min ister) T S S ri t ated g and embraces a ll God cr enot me You are is g ift to me Do cast imagine t at today wis you to So away te teaci ngs of t e Son of ga cannot commit so g r eat a sin bo~~ve ~t my eldest daugter, my first rnarri~ d consented to et er be ters d against te custom of my faave t~nd now se is ost to me Yo~ it is bu:ay put off te E uropean d ress, confo for today, in order tat we may rm to te c ustom of our faters ave p rf u ereafte e rmed my duty towards yo wis r You are to conform to t e as ~s ~nd customs of you r u sband ~e accord~~red tat you will come to ~m g to te customs of te Englis ave te f ded You to re ~re, at g reat cost, provi e wit meet i s wises You are to tak 5 band You Your nat ive dress; if your U ~ it fro~proves i t n ot, destroy it and casa Cristi You am a sinner and not n te tr~~ neverteless testify a(g;;r Brownle of wat our Fater te teac e) as said Cast not away ngs f t you love and te Son of Soga, and nd elp y ~erve God e may comfort a ou ll t is " land of strangers " ere old t }le \va 5 not Sandlle, kind fater t a was overcom:tbsta~ding a ll is fau lts, bis ead Wit by is feelings, covered t a blanket dress and wep 3 Te Bible and How to Study t W GRAHAM SCROGGE Te volume of Holy Scripture is a library in wic is to be found a wonderful dive rsity of subject and treatment n tis one Book are sixty-six books of suc variety of subject and style as is r epresented by Law, History, Propecy, Wisdom, Poetry, Doctrine, and A pocalypse Tese books were written by at least fo r ty different persons, in two languages, in many varieties ofs tyle, for vastly different purposes, and in ver y di ver se places " Here, ter e arc word s by kings, by poets, by pilosopers, by fisermen, by statesmen, by propets, by priests, by publicans, by pysicians, by Parisees, by men learned in te wisdom of Egypt, educated in te scools of Babylon, and taugt at te feet of rabbis at er usalem Among its autors we find te erdman, te tax-gaterer, poor men, ric men, preacers, exiles, capta ins, legislators, and judges Men of every grade and class are r epresented in tis wonderful Volume Tey wrote in te desert of Sinai, in te wilderness of udea, i n te cave of Adullam, in te public prison at Rome, in te sland of Patmos, in te palaces of Mounts Zion and Susan, by te rivers of Babylon, and on te banks of te Cebar n suc a vast variety of places and circumstances wer e te various bits of tis strange mosaic constructed, tat no literary penomenon in te world can be compared wit it" Tis Divine Libra ry is te product of long ages, so tat at different stages of uman istory te Sacred Deposit was more and more To te Pentateuc was added an account of te period during wic s rael was under te udges ; to tat was added te early istory of te kingdom togeter wit te wisdom of Solomon, and t e Songs of te Psalmist ; and to tat again were added te later istory of te kingdom, and te Oracles of te propets; and to all t ese, te Histor y, Propecy, and te Psalmody of t e captivity and post-captivity periods T en followed a long period of stormy story, te records of wic are not incl uded in t e Divine Library After tis came two marvelous generations, during te first of wic our Lord came to te eart, l ived, and died, and rose again, and returned to eaven, wereupon te Holy Spirit descended, te Curc was founded, and ten began tat Apostolic period, so frui tful, during wic wer e written te Synoptic Gospels, te Acts, and te greater number of tese immorta l Letters Te Unity and Uniqueness of Te Book After te destruction of erusalem, tere was a period of silence lasting for over twenty years and ten te last of te Apostles wrote is Gospel, Letters, and te R evelation Tus tis Library is te growt of seventeen undred years, and constitutes a literat ure absolutely unique, and o" imperisable interest t is of te ver y firs t importance tat tis be recognized if we would understand te Bible arigt and pursue metods of study at one~ sound and effective We sould approac te writings in te first place, not as teological, but istorical, and so be led from te latter to te former Wit tis in view we sall be in a position better to appreciate t e profound caracter of tese Writings by wic is meant tat wic makes t ese books one Book T e Caracter of te B ible f in tinking of te contents we regard pr e~minently teir diversity, in tinking of its car acter, wat must impress us is its marvelous unity T ese sixty-six books are one, tis infinite variety of subject as a common focus, and all te pats of tis cequered istory are leading to a common goal t was not of cance or accident tat many of tese Scriptu res were written originally on te papyrus reed, from wic te collection as assumed te name of "Bible" But we are concer end wit wat is muc deeper tan tat Wat is it tat in te midst of suc div~rsity, gives u~ity to tese Sacred Writings? Surely te answer is furni sed in te words : " n te volume of t~ book it is written of me" From Genes is to Revelation Crist is te transcendent teme,-in te Old Testament, te Cr~st of Propecy; in te Gospels, te Crist of History; in te Acts and ~pstles, te Crist of Experience and m te Revelation, te Crist of Glory He is f irst Promised, t en Present ten Proclaimed, and finally Predomin~nt "Crfat is te end, for Crist was te beginning, Cist t~te beginning, for te end is Clwst" Of tis am convinced tat if we would study and teac ari~t te Bible, we must first t rust, and ten prove its clai~l to be from beginning to end a revelatn of God in Crist Daily Scripture Portion Bible Readers Course ENDORSED BY YOUNG PEOPLE S AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS UNON MARCH APR L St Luke St Luke S S : ! 9 4t48 2 tt8 = SS 2 i = q : ~ los 2! llt = 7 ~ 23 : > ll u 5 = S : : =s s 5 l2 ob t j l l f ? : S ,2S S l 6 so 27 so { s : ( Uy Cnu rf P! of ~ S crture Ln ion ) W y ndia s Poor sam Higginbottam, tat r emarkable mi ssionary to ndia, wo is doing so muc to upl ift te agricultural classes of t~at country, tells us ow te superstit ions of te Hindus keep te people poor For in stance, e says: "Trav~lling troug ndia at te railway stations you will see a very courtly old gentleman wit a collecting-box You can teacl te printing on te box and know tat tis gentleman is autorized ~o ~ollect money for te omes for aged, ~ digc~~ decr epit cows, and all te public spm~ tat is displayed by medical and public men in endowing u niver sities an? scools and ospitals--all t at wealt ~i s ex_pended in ndia by te ortodox Hi~du m financing tese omes" Tere are far too many cattle for te good of te country Sixty-one ead of domestic cattle to every undred of te population, wit over twenty-five millions of goats, and an enormous number of seep Tis as kept te country poor, because a devout Hindu cannot kill a cow : anyting else would just a s s~on cscuss te murder of my moter as d~cuss te murder of a cow, said one Hmclu to an Englisman Every animal must live remember one of our watcman being bitten by a snake, and e died witin an our " How do you know tat a snake bit im? said to t e water-man " saw t e snake, e said " said, Did you kill it? "He replied, f it was is fate to be bitten by a snake, e would be bitten wouldnt kill a snake " Tis is one of te four cief causes of ndias poverty," says Mr H igginbottom; "wile caste, te condition of women, and te great army of religious mendicants are te oters " see tat fifteen undred dollars is te averuge yearly expenditure for two tousand eigt undred American farm familie could find you ten t imes tat number of people in a given district in ndia were te average is someting lik~ tirty to fifty dollars for te yearly income" Of te seven undred Protesta nt foreign-mission or ganizations in te world only about tree undred and eigty send out missionaries; t e remainder are cooperating organizations wic collect funds, or function in some special way

8 4 THE BAPTST HERALD Qur Devotional Meeting G W PusT Apri l April 7 Wy s te Bible te Greatest Book in te World? Cris t m Us, P ower fo r a New Life Rom 5:4; 2 Tim 3:4-7 Ep 2 :- (Easter) A book m ust be judged by its influ ence (Matt 7: 6) Simple onesty compells us t o a ssig n to te Bi ble an eminence absolutely solitary and unique Wen Sir Walter Scott lay dying e said : " Br ing te Book;" and w en asked wat book e meant, e r eplied : "Tere is but one Book- te Bible" W a t t e Bible does for us a s i ndividuals T e Bi ble gives us t e ri gt conception of God Tis is absolutel y necessary to our well-being f we conceive God t o be a t yrant, we wi ll live before im in cringing fear H istory t ells us of parents wo made teir cildren pass troug fire (2 Kings 6 : 3; 2: 6) ; of moters wo trew teir babes to te crocodiles ; of kmgs wo s acrificed uman being s to t e lust of teir gods Mi sery and sorrow un sp eakable ave been t e accom paniment of erroneous concep tions of God How a ll of t is is ca n ged wer e te Bible is read and known! T e Bible sows us te?-igt way of salvation (on 4: 6 ) Ter e a r e oter so-called sacr ed books Budd ism, T aoism, slam, etc- all ave t e ir s a cr ed writings Tese may con tain a gr eat deal t at is good, bu t tey fai l t o bestow upon ma n t e boon t at is inne r most being cr aves-sal vation Te Bible gives us te rigt i dea of caracter We a r e not to be like som e oter Cristi an onl y, but li ke C rist imself (P il 2 :5 ; on 3:2; Matt 5 :48) T e Bible satisfies our ver canging mood and circumstance t as con solation for te sorrowing, ceer fo r te di scouraged, stre ngt fo r t e weak ts message is for tis life and t e life to come 2 Wat t e Bible does in te socia l realm Wen its p rinciples a r e a pplied fri ction and dissati sfact ion disa ppear P eace r eigns in t e ome, t e s tor e, t e f actory and everywere 3 W at te Bible does for nat ions Victor Hugo once said : " E ngla nd as two books-te Bible an d Sa kespear e E~gland made S akespear e, but te Bible made England" Dan iel Webster said: "f we abide by te pr inc ipl es taugt in te Bible, our country will go on pr~spering; but if we neglect its instruct ions, a calamity may over welm us, and bury all our g lo ry in profound obscurity" A question: Of wat oter book can all tis be said? H uxley once sa id t at e would willi ng ly deliver imself over to a power tat wo:ild g uarantee to reg ulate im a s a clock is r eg ulated, t at would wind im u:l and ~ause im a lways to coose te rigt tmg a nd do te rigt act,- in fact, t~ke te responsibility for i s moral life H enry Drummond replied t at e would accept te offer, a nd would so~ t at tat was just wat e was u_rgmg men to do And Drummond wa rigt Every Cri st ian may ave t ~ power f e only will a Crist in us Here is te secr et Wat do we mean? Are we merely usm g a beautful fig ure of speec in oid t cl b t er o escn e e mfl uence Crist as over us? r is es~s a n a ctive pa r ticipant in t~ ves of is followers? How close does e come to u s? s t ere som e inner l fe-connec~n? How we esitate before s uc_ questions! ~t a ll seems so myst erious But t ere s no esitation in t e ~ew T esta ment Te Spirit of our Lord is r epresented as so interpenetratmg a n d en er gzng t e spirit of te believe r t t t e two are "one sp:rit" (l Cor 6 : ~ Note s ome of Pau l s expressio " you t e ns n C r s t ; " "C rst m ope of g l ory" " can d o a ll tings in im t t s treng t enet me " no onger a "t s t a t livet; ~mt Crist livet in me " esus empasizes t e same t rut (S o n 5 :-8 ; 7: 23) ee 7 A!-ew lif e And a ll becau se Cr ist lives us Wa t a cang e ca me ov P a u! from t a t moment (2 C er or 5 7) T us, too, we ca n ex plain t : te di sciples wo forsook t ~ clange m er ord mont, and te next faced t ne ing a utori ties like armor-cl ~ perse_cut"cris tia nity is not a set : n wa~rwrs but a new power to li ve rig t! ew idea s, sa ved, not only by wat esu y We a re nineteen undred year s s did for us wat e, t e living Savio a~o, but by t is minute" r, oes for us A vital question : s Cri st power for a new life? in me a April 24 f Were to Be a F W reign Mis sonary at Country Would Coose? Acts :8 Many of us, no doubt " dont know " H a must a nswer call to becom~ foreig~~n~ _ne_v er felt t~ did not feel especially u idsso na ries, We n er ob] to m a ke a coice But it m igation t er e are some e re a nd t ay be ta t Young Peoples Unions er e in ou i w o a re earg te ca~! now : "\Vom s a ll send, aid wo will go for us?" And in teir innermost soul t ey know tat teir answe r ~~)~ be : "Here am ; send me" (sa Te call ancl te country Often t e call al so specifies t e country to wic we are to go (Acts 6:9) t may be t?at te _call con:es wi le a r etu rned miss!onary s stressm g t e needs of is particular coun t ry Ten it is only natural tat our coice s_ould be tat country _We know of a n sswna ry wo w:as deeply impressed by someting e r ead about Cina He went to our seminary at Rocester wit te a vowed purpose of pr~paring imself a s a mi ssionary fu r C~ma And for many years e and is fa t~ful wife ave earnestly labor ed a no s ac rificed in tat benigted l and Prayer ancl te country We ca n easu y understand t at tere may be t ose w o are ca lled to labo r in some far away land an~ ye~ tey know not w ere Perap~ t er demm needs of var~ouvsa s caust e? by earmg te coun ries presented at some la r ge m iss wna ry convention Te eeds of ndi d welmed T a, an ow t ey were ove r e needs of Cina Africa s ou t America, e tc Wat spiri tual dark ness everywe re! And ten te pro bl em were t o go? W e may r est a ssured t at wrest!"m g m prayer will cause a uncertain ty to ca ll vams T e Lord wo s W a lso lead Our duty s Africa c C " apan So t A, n a m a, eart st u menca t ucking at your rings? T "H en say wit sa ia : ere am ; send me!" And we wo fait fu lly b t emain a t ome? L et us for t ose wa~\ ere a nd earnestly pray te eart ave gone to t e end s of May Wat V oca lions Are Wort Wile? Cor 3: 6-6 " (Con secration meeting ) God, mak Tu e us W()lrty of our wo rk! " s Prayed He did no a s m cer e a nd good m a n Cri stia n t mean wat w e us ua ll y te rm te comm work; but ad r ef er e nce to up life f ~n, every-day t as ks wic fi ll o most p eople A won ud g a l titude W e are incline d to o ur v oca t ions " ard ge p fro m wrong stan d ceivs er aps, te monetary ret urns r ee e undue con sider ation Wat ca n xpect to ea in "f coose t is or t a t voca t ion? W b e t i s ques twn cal)t e entire! b Y ignored, it so uld ce rta inl y not e t e deciding factor Or i t m ay be t at we e ca ll di ave a fa lse view of wat w k " cl gnity Men put onor upon some k;~d~ of :vork w i le t ey despi se oter a b wic may be equall y as on o~e Te fact is tat we li ve in a ver Y Te propos ition probably will produce an inter esting debate on t e conference floors next August Possibly we can a nticipate some of te arguments wic will be set fort on bot sides of te question by bretren wo ave looked into t e facts Facts Favorable to Amalgamation Te first a r g ument in favor of amalgamation springs from te fa ct t at bot Conference groups are too small to offer great inspir ation at t e annual meetings Te exten siveness of t e ters erv ice, te Cristians w atcword ritory and te prevailing conditions of Tat vocation is most wor t w ile in city worker s preclude te possibility of a wic we ca n r ender t e most a nd nob- la r ge r epresentation from our curces lest ser vice And t at a gain is depen- f our forces were united we would ave dent upon our talents f some people 47 curces w it 789 m embers from ins isted upon being prea cers, tey wic an ent usiastic trong mig t be wou ld do far more arm t an good expected Every man t en to is task! A proper 2 n t e second place amalgamation question fo r eac one of u s : Were do belong? For w at did my Maker intend of t e Confer ences would r el ieve te me? And if it sould be your lot to be curces of t e burden of entertaining called to do just or din a r y work, ten so often Only a relatively s mall numaccept t at a s your wor t wile voca- ber of curces in eiter Confer ence a r e tion Our Master imself gave t irty larg e enoug to underta ke te task, a nd years of is life to common tasks a nd w e tey ave t o old for t again a nd again 3 Ten again amalg a m ation would may be sure tat e was a s g r eat in t ese as e was in ealing t e sick and make te annua l meetings m ore attracin preacing te good news of t e king- t ive by offering a wider variety of cities and curces in wic to m eet Wy dom A prayer : "God, make u s worty of sould t e Eastern Conference bretren monopoli ze t e trills of a j ourney up our work!" t e majesti c St L a wrence River winding Atlantic and Easteri:i Con ference in and out t e bea utiful Tousand s lands, v isit ing t e p icturesq ue Canadian Amal gamation Capital wit it s w or ld-famous parlia ARTHUR A SCH ADE ment buildings, or pay in g our r espects t? t e lively silver-fox fa rms, or fo rgett is ard to write convi ncingly on a subj ect on wi~ one is imself not full y tm g our troubles a s we p ull bass, pike convinced Ne it er is it t e purpose of and trout out of t e Dominions sparktese ines to precipitate drast ic actio n ling s treams and crystal lakes? Wy so uld our seaboard bretren be deprived T ey partake more of t e nature of a survey of t e fact s germane ~ t e pr?p- of t e fri e ndsip of our excellent Canos ition Nor is t ere any _desire to bring adian constituency, and be debarred from about a state of Ber gsoman flux m our t e delicious dinner s wic our sister s denomina t ional organ iza t ions W e a re of t e N ort prepare a nd serve for 35 One v isit to t is land of te not r eady to bow our kn ees to te god- cents? Nor t lig t s would be a trill for te dess of "ca nge" On t e contrary, a "set fa st" policy is more gen_erall y t o be metropoli tan spirits of t e East wi c a d vocated wile te superficial currents would ceer t em o n troug out t e year ~f tendency and inter est s weep "cri s~ Ten a g ain our inland bretren woula cross" over te face of te old order until we see w ere t e deep, sti ll ca _n ncls of find pleasure and profit in a closer conp erma nency lie f a ca nge s t o be tact \~t te coast line, wit its briny advocated t er efore, it is done only on s~rf, its metropolitan center s, its s plent e basis ~f cool ca lculation and te def- did curces a nd valiant Cristia ns inite p rospect of increased ple~sure a nd Wy sould eit er g roup be debarred from t is wider f ellows ip, a nd comeffi ciency in te work of t e Kmg?om W i le te Eastern Conference ~s tak- pell ed to s pend i ts year s in suc close in g t e ini tiativ~ in t is m~tte: it pre- ~onfinese weakness of a sm all g roup fers to do so wi t modest ieser ve n- t~ depressm g on t e spirits a nd leads to deed we m ig t spread our golden feat- csco u~age_m ent a nd te quest for extra er s after t e fasion o~ t e peaf~wl to denomm ational f ellowsip 4 Anot er fac t favorable to amalgaca pture t e eye and i ncite t e desire of our big s ister to t e E a~t W e ave n:ation is t e g r eater vari et y and enwer eof to boast, t oug it is not num- ricment w ic could be offe r ed in t e ber s Ti s modern idol we cannot ap- p rog r ams n small g r oups te same p ease Surely to be mot er, g r and- speaker s ave t o old fo rt from year m oter a nd g reat-gra nd- moter of a ll to year t t ends to become burdensome t e oter eigt Conferences, to be t e to t em and dep r ives te cong r egations custodian of our istori c sc? of prop- of t e var iet y t o wic t ey a r e entitled 5 Te proposed a rra ngem ent would et s w it its gener ations of mig ty teace r s, a nd to stretc our arms _a cr oss t e a lso? ri ng a g r eater blessi ng to t e enordina r ily memboder a nd to embrace a portwn of t wo t ert a mmg curces g reat nations is a n o nor and a distinc- ber s a nd friends prepare dozen s of beds t o take care of t e rus w en t e de!tion not to be scoffed at complex world wic as need of a va riety of services wic must be r endered by some one After a ll, it is not so m uc t e vocation as te spirit in wic we do our work on Newton puts it t is way : "f two a ngels ad been sent down to tis world, one of tem to r ule an empire and te ot er to sweep a crossing, tey would n ever wis to exc ange tasks Eac of tem would feel t at wat God ad sent im to do was te g randest ting e could do, a nd would be cer tain ly content wit it" 5 egates a nd :visitors arrive Wen t e few wo ave come a r e parcelled out many a bed r emains cold and many a sist er is led to wonder if t e weaknes s of attendance is a faitful bar om eter of te life of t e denomination Crowds a re essential to entusiasm 6 Te final a r gument in favor of amalgamation wic is er ewi t listed is t e economy wic it w ill effect in operating our denominational maciner y t will eliminate a ll comp ensations and traveling expenses wic are incident to te work of a conference Tis saving of definite mission funds would ba lance up t e extr a cost of t e delegates in m aking longer journeys to te m eet ing place Of course, te " yeas" wi ll not ave ever yting teir own way Te "nays" will ave someting to sa y Possibly we can anticipate a few of teir arguments Facts Unfavorable to Amalgamation n te first place it will be pointed out tat amalgamation is unf ea sible because t e territ or y of t e organ ization will be too extensive magin e del egates from Pittsburg going to Boston, or from Piladelp ia going to Neustadt, Ontario, to attend confer ence Te t raveling expenses would break up t e curces 2 A gain it will be pointed out t a t conferences are not sig t-seeing or fis ing trips, and tat only bus iness considerat ions sould determine te action Te business would be no better a ttended if t e group were larger, ence n o purpose in t e consolidat ion 3 T e conference becoming bigger, even fewer curc es would be a ble t o entertain te same depriving a la rge number from tis edification 4 Wole g r oups of officer s w ould be elim inated a nd to t at e>:ent in ter est and counsel in our larger denominational work elim ina t ed 5 Fina ll y it would be a n a dmission of te passing day of our denomi nationa l life We would admit oursel ves too weak to stand a lone T e judges will ave to decide w ic s ide as te bet ter end of t e arg ume nt Te judges may be te delegates to t e Confe rences, or tey m a y be t e various curces t o wom te m atter m a y be Te con st it ution offer s no referred guida nce in te m etod of procedure Te fra mer s of te sa me neve r a nticipa t ed suc a n end P er sonally, feel t a t a n ama lgamation wit t e pr eservation of t e s acr~ d tra dit ions of bot bodies is p r efer a ble to a dissolution of t~ E a s tern Confe rence, some curces goong East and oters West Te obstacle of di stance effects only te cur ces on t e outer fringe of te territor y, and tese o nly two year s out of t ree Te Gener al Confe re nce y ea r te meeting would always be in t e western end of t e tenitory and a ll te delegat es would be on t eir way West to t e Gener a l Confer ence T en t e dista nce wo uld be noting like t at wic obtains in t e Pacific Conference now

9 6 A Ceck-Up on Caracter Building T e fellow wo opes to make good as a football player cecks up on te essentials very carefully Pysical training, knowledge of te game, r egularity at practice, r eadiness for te game, are all watced No one requirement is a substitute for anoter How familiar we are in scool wit te ceck-up made possible troug examinations, required work in certain subjects, and so fort! We are gr adually recognizing te value of a careful ceck-up on plans for Cristian caracter-building Some groups of young people are working at tis Te following plan is fairly typical of some experiments wic tey ave made: Te name of every young person was secured Tis list included names en tose wo were members of te curc, tose not members of te curc, and tose wo seemed possible members for any new organization 2 Te attendance r ecord of eac person was carefully cecked as follows: Sunday-morning worsip, Sunday scool session, Young Peoples society meeting, Sunday-evening worsip, mid-week prayer service, montly club meeting, montly social, montly business meeting, and committee work Wit incomplete records available, te attendance record was indicated by one of t e following: Very regular, regular, occasional, very irregular, seldom 3 Some indication of te way eac individual entered into te activities of te meetings a nd organizations e sared was given For example, te Sunday scool teacer was requested to indicate weter or not te students did ome preparation on te lesson, elped constructively in class discussion, eld class office, promoted class activities, and so fort A somewat parallel record was made in relationsip to te Young Peoples society and eac oter organization Te results of tese r eports made it possible for te leaders of te work for Young People to do a kind of personal work tat in a few monts was very effective in its results Tis wor k was done largely by te young people under sympatetic adult supervision, and in te task most of te young people ad a sare n te face of te need for more time on te part of most young people for Cristian training, and in view of te need of a balanced program in caracterbuilding, tere sould be many curc g roups of young people wo would welcome te opportunity to render to teir associates and to teir curc a service like t is-forward An old far me received a large ostric egg from is son, wo was a sailor After weiging it carefully in is and, e went out to te cicken run and placed it among te ens He ten addressed tem tus: "Dear ens, do not wis to cast any aspersions upon your industry fully appreciate te fact tat you do your best At te same time, sould like you to observe wat is being done by te ens in foreign countries" Witout Apology ELSHA SAFFORD A man now ig in public life tells an incident of is early yout Wile yet a lad e found is way to Cicago and spent several days in a futile searc for employment "At last," e says, "wen my money was low and was pretty torougly discouraged, entered a counting-room and applied for a job as a clerk _was told tere was no vacancy asked f tey could use a boy in any capacity, and was informed tat tey co_uld not Tinking owever, tat tey migt be ~nterested m reading my recommendations, started to draw tem from te inside pocket of my coat Wit te letters came a small Testament always carried wit me Somewat embarrassed, started to put it astily back mto my pocket, but was interrupt d "s tat a Bible? a sked te man eu; wom ad been _talking "Yes, replied blusingly for te cident ad disquieted me m- " Do you read it? "Every d ay, answered trut full t ad bee! given me by my moter an/i ad promised er would read it f t fully a - "Te gentlem~n stepped back into t mner office taking te little Test e w t im n a few minutes e ament appeared e- " tink can make room for, e said Ten e added kindly M bou, dont be asamed to let oter folk yk oy, you ave a B ble and tat you s now ing to live by it ts t e best r care trya t ion you can take into te e b ommen world us mess " ave never forgotten tat sation Before, for some indefi bclonver- d na e rea son, a a lways felt my ielg - t ion and ev~ry mbg kper~mn g to it was some t mg to e ept m te background - introduced at all, introduced in a o_r, f apologetical w~y From tat our m~ldly ever, determined would be t ow and above board in my fait? spoken as n every t mg e se would let folks k - not asamed of my religion r"~ow kl was upon tat as one of te best re ~ack ever made t as brougt solutions it as discouraged men w:e t~espe~t; migt ave been inclined to t erw i ~e my business or political affiliat~mpt me m all, know it as made me a~~s A?ove stronger and efficient witn inffimtely Master" ess or my Suc a confession is well consideration by every youn worty of as life before im and wog P~~son wo called to face its duties an d~~ soon be tions For some reason not temptaderstood or easily explai~ed rn a ways untians, particularly young Crl :ny Cristo be afraid to be out and outs ;~ns, se_ern Yet tey do not adopt ti Crist oter tings tat are ono:a:i~!ude in serving of encouragement nd de- Your Cristianity must b flower, and a fruit all at one e a seed, a e f yout is careless of ealt becomes te main care of old ea t age THE BAPTST HERALD Neutral Te man to wom all ideas look alike travels a perilous r oad and is a poor guide for oters to follow Could tere bo a more extreme example of feeble indi fferentism tan tat of te Moslems in Cairo concerning wom a contributor to a recent issue of "Harpers Magazine" as written: "A distinguised visitor at te Mosque le Azar in Cairo, eadquarters of te most influential university of ortodox slam, is said to ave inquired concerning t e cosmology taugt ere, weter tey old tat te eart went about te sun or tat te sun went about te eart Your Excellency,!:aid te obliging and amiable Moslem, on tat point we a re entirely liberal-we teac bot " ews in America Since 97 wen te ewis population in tis country was estimated at about,777,, tere ad been an increase of nearly per cent up to 98, wen it numbered about 3 39 Tis is sligtly over tree p e~ c~nt of te entire population of te country New York contains over 5 ews, wic is about 25 p er cent of its population Cicago, Piladelpia and Cleveland come next in order, wit 225,, 2, o_oo and, r espectively Comparatively few ews a re found i n te rural districts Wa t City? Wat city is for few people? Scarcity For appy people? Felicity For ypocrites? Duplicity For cauffeurs? Velocity For trutful people? Veracity For atletics? Elasticity For greedy people? Voracity For wild beasts? Ferocity F or ome lovers? Domesticity ~or actors? Publicity For reporters? Audacity For wise people? Sagacity For ungry people? Capacity For telegrap operators? Electricity For crowds? Multiplicity For nations? Reprocity For old people? Ecentricity For beggars? Mendacity -Sunday Scool Gem Ole <?son ad been working as an engine Wper, and is boss a trifty man, ad been coacing- im for promotion to fireman wit suc advice as : "Now, Ole, dont waste a drop of oil Tat costs money And dont waste _te waste, eiter tats getting expensive, too Wen Ole went up to be questioned on is eligibility for an engineman e was asked : "Su ppose you are on your engine on a smgle track You go ar ound a curve, a nd You see rusing toward you an express Wat would you do?" Ole replied, " grab te oil can; grab t~ waste-and yump-arkansas Utility News