The Baptist Herald A DENOMINATIO NA L P A PER VOICIN.G THE INTE R ESTS O F THE GERMAN BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS' U NION .

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1 The Bapis Herald A DENOMNATO NA L P A PER VOCNG THE NTE R ESTS O F THE GERMAN BAPTST YOUNG PEOPLES AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS U NON Volume Four CLEVELAND, 0, JULY, 26 Number Thireen JULY When he scarle cardinal ells Her dream o he dragon-fly, And he lazy breeze make a nes in he rees And murmurs a lullaby, is July When he angled cobweb pulls The corn-flowers blue cap awry, And he lilies all lean over he wall To bow o he bue-rfly, is July When he hea like a mis-veil floas, And poppies flame in he rye, And he silver noe in he sreamles hroa Has sofened almos o a sigh, is July When he hours are so sill ha ime Forges hem, and les hem lie Neah p e a ls pink ill he nigh sars w ink A he sunse in he sky, is July W hen each finger-pos by he way Says ha Slumberown is nigh ; W h en h e grass is all, and h e r oses fall, And n obody wonders w h y, is July - S Nicholas

2 2 THE BAPTST HERALD The Bapis Herald Whas Happening Rev Augus Rosner of Shauck, Okla, bapized a n umber of Sunday school schola rs on June 6 They were he fru i of sever al weeks of special meeings held during May T he young people from nger soll church paid he Shauck young people a visi on May and furnis hed an excellen pr ogram, he main feaure of which was a pagean, "The Challenge of he Cr oss" made a good impression Suden Emu Becker of our Rocheser Seminary will do missionary and supply wor k during he summer in La Crosse, Wis Missionary E H Gied and fa mily from Kiyang, Souh China, on furlough in America, are making heir home in Rocheser, N Y, for he presen Mrs Gieds parens reside in Rocheser Bro Gied and wife are now members of he Souh Ave Bapis Church, Rocheser Rev G H ege, pas or a Crawford, T ex, has resigned his char ge in or der o accep he pasorae of a church in Souh Germany Bro Hege has closed his work a Crawford in J une Ebenezer Church Dickinson Couny, Kans On he 6h day of June we had he privilege of rejoicing wih he angels in heaven, while we bapized five precious souls in he dea h of our Lord Some of hese were a harves of he evangelisic meeings in which Bro J G Draewell helped us las winer These experiences are precious o us is our prayer ha he Lord may lead us hrough such again and again A J PAULER Rev E G Kliese of Passaic, N ], welcomed five new members ino he church Sunday, June 6, who had been bapized he Sunday before Nineeen members have been received since J a nuary, 26 The newly organized mixed and male c~oirs are inspiring he cong r egaions wih heir singing All services are well aended The Seminary Q uare of Rocheser N Y, composed of Alber Seler, firs~ e~or, Ru~olph Klein, second enor, Frederick Enon, firs bass, a nd P r ederick Mueller, second bass, is again making a our of he churches by a uo hi s s ummer Recenly hey visied Boson and oher churches in N ew England and hen churches in New York, Brooklyn and ~ewark On June hey gave a concer m Pa~saic N J Their furher plan akes m Philadelphi a and he churches in he Ce?ral saes n July and Augus hey Wiil do evangelisic work in Albera Canada Rev Phil Lauer of Elgin, owa, bap ized five happy convers on June 6 and a he following communion obser vance exended he hand of fellowship o six Pasor Lauer preached he baccalaurea~ se~mon o he graduaing class of he High school on May 30 His opic was " The M uss of Life," ba sed on Luke 2: Rev R R Kubsch, pasor of our Ceni:al Bapis Ch urch, E rie, Pa, r esigned his charge on J une 6h Bro Kubschs pa ~~rae coninued fo r over eigh years durmg which ime 7 wer e added o h~ ch urch, 5 by bapism As Bro Kubschs healh is impaired he in ends aking a prolonged period of res Rev H G Braun, pasor a Pekin, ll, h as r esigned o accep he call of he church a McClusky, N D H e begins h is new work on Aug us firs Rev F H offman r ecenly bapized en convered Sunday school scholars, who had also received week-day religious insr ucions in he Thi rd church, Porland, Ore Two ohers were received by leer and one by experience The chur ch building is being improved Bapis Nurses will find a homelike amospher e in our newly dedicaed Bapis Hospial in Milwaukee We can place four more gadua e nurses on general duy Also offer posiion of Supervisor o compeen nurse wih insiuion al experience For pariculars, also peraining o T ra ining School for N urses, add ress : Roger W ill iams Hospial, Rev 0 R Hauser, Presiden, 22 Cedar S, Milwaukee, Wis P r o gram Cones a La nsing, Mich Our Young Peoples sociey divided iself a he beginning of he year ino wo g roups, he men and women Each one was o prepa re and deliver a program on wo separae evenings Boh groups became very busy during he winer monhs and in early spring boh programs were deliver ed wih much enhusiasm before a cr owded house We had _wo objecs in view, developmg slumberm g alens and o r a ise some money owards paying he deb on he parsonage Our women were able o organize a choir wih abou 30 voices and i del ivered a number of fine selecions The men delivered a long dialog and rendered some music on a harp, which was a ll well received Each program lased abou wo hours a nd we were all sui-prised by he many hidd~n gifs ha came o he surface The decor~ions were very elaborae on boh occasions J udges were appoined a~d poins g iven on deco raions music di alogs, individu al behavior a nd impres~ s ~n of he whole prog ram T he men received 620 and he women 680 poins So he women won When he men gave he program he collecion was abou $30 w~en he women had he flo0 we re~ ceved $75 We are real hankful fo r he sug gesi?n~?f Br o F Alf, ha everybody was willmg o help and ha we were able o pronounce he whole affa ir a real success BENJAMN SELLHORN s J uly, 26 Threefold Anniversary a Danzig N J une 6 was a grea day for he Da nzig? ch urch and is pasor, Bro A Herm~er: Four of he neighbor churches wei~ mvied o help hem celebra e he forie h anm versary of he church he weny-fifh a~niversary of he pa~ors \~ork as a rrumser of he Gospel and he s x~enh ~nniversary of he pasors connecion wih he church as is pas or Prof A J Ramaker of Rocbese prea~hed in he morning and afernoo~ and m he evening Rev G Eichler and he undersigned spoke words of encouragemen The meeings were held in he basemen of he school-house which was nicely decoraed and meals were served free of c~arge in ~e ciy hall T he pasor an d his good w~fe wer e showered wih flowers Two pieces of gold coin were handed hem by he Ladies Aids and a check as good as gol~ was handed he pasor by a repres~n~ive of he church Words of app r eciaion and congraulaions wer e he order of he day Of he 6 charer members who survive, 5 wer e presen and a very mce bouque was ha nded each of hem as a oken of es eem The Da nzig church is he moher of a num~ er ~f churches in his communiy a nd is sill very acive May God bless he working oge her of he pasor a nd church in he fuure as he did in he pas! w H BUENNNG The Bapis Herald Published semi-monhly by he GERMAN BAPTST PUBL CATON SOCETY 380 Payne Avenue Cleveland, Ohio Rev A P Mihm, E dior Conribuing Ediors : Alber Bresch neider A A, Schade O E Krueger G W Pus "The Bapis H erald" is a denomina ional periodical devoed o he ineress of he German Jfap is Young Peoples and S"unday School Workers Union a he subscrip ion price of $25 a Year (2 cens addiional o foreign counries) Adverisinll" raes, 60 cens per inch s ingle column, 2M! inches wide All ediorial correspondence is o be addressed o Rev A P Mihm, 736 Madison S, Fores Par k, ll Al\ b~ si n ess c,orrespondence o German Bapis P ublicaic;>n Sociey, 380 Payne Avenue Cleve land, Ohio Enered as second-class maer J a nuary 23 he pos office a Cleveland, Oh io, under h ~ ac of March 3, 87 a A f ew years ago wh en a Denver banker was helping his son pack up for h e mission field, h e fel he A J HARM S, MA, TH D hrill h a comes bu once in a lifeime w h en he picked up a bundle of leers- leers ha he h ad HE J ews h ave a pecu liar way of geing on wr i en o his son while he lad was in college On For cenuries h ey h ave showed h eir skill no he op of h a bundle he b oy h ad b oldly wrien only in commer cial affair s, bu even in he poliical hese words: " To be r ead wh en feel myself slipaffairs of h e naions Time an d again h e J ew h as ping" The fah ers eyes br imed wih ear s as h e been a m an wihou a counr y, ye each ime h e h as realiz ed h a hese leers h ad pr oved an anch or o been a ble o mak e himself a hom e in ever y counry his sons faih in God and grip on ch aracer Th er e Think of Benj amin Disraeli, a J ew, r ising o be was a n invesmen ha h ad cash ed in prime miniser of Gr ea Br i ain T hink of Henry Morgenha u, a J ew, rising o be Am ericas m os Who s Really Prosperous? rused and dising uish ed ambassa d or o he Near " And J ehovah was wih J oseph and h e was a Eas during h e World War crisis Think of Oscar Srauss, a J ew, rising o be Secrear y of Comm erce pr osper ous man" Looking a Joseph s case hrough and La bor in Presiden Roosevels cabine n he and hrough, i is har d ly correc o asser h a he same long lis sands J oseph, a Jew, rising from a was a prosper ous man To a ll inens and purposes posiion of slave boy unil h e sands a P h ar aos he was a slave; h e was h e proper y of anoh er man ; he w as bough and sold like a piece of m errigh h an d as premier of Egyp chandise; no one h our of his ime belonged o h im A Favorie Child And ye he Bible disincly saes ha he was a How ineresin g i is o wach J oseph r ise fir s prospero us man W ha lesson is h ere h ere for us? above he sordid rials of his youh an d riumph Answer : A man may be an exile from home, a over hem Afer J acob, h e fah er of J oseph had slave in a far off counry, cu off from fo lks and become reconciled o his broh er Esau, h e seled in friends, and ye, if God is wih him, h e spends h is Canaan Her e his welve sons grew o ma nhood life in h e ver y banq ueing h ouse of God, feasing Among h em was J oseph, he secon d youn ges of on he food of h eaven and encounering he rendezh e boys J oseph was h e favorie child of his fa- vo us of lifes fines ch allenge How can a man rih er F rom him h e received privileges of love and um ph over rials? H ow can he conquer calamiies? o kens of f~:or w hich h e o~h er sons d id no ge Many and varied are he answers o h ese quessuch favoriism and par ialiy will a lways cause ions bu J osephs a nswer ouranks hem all: wih r ouble in he home an d sir up jealousy in h e fam- God ily n his case i r esuled in a er rible r agedy Sanding he Sr:a in of Tempaion One day whe n J oseph was far from h om e his older How ineresing i is o observe Josephs riumph broh ers seized him and sold him o a car avan of over h e per sonal empaion ha befell him Poimer chans wh o shipped him o Egyp ph ars wife permied " h er idle and sensual eyes o The Significan Facor fa ll on h e handsome Hebrew youh and she made o himl an evil pr oposal The sed ucive soliciaion W hen J oseph arrived in Egyp he was sold o was repeaed day afer day and he srain upon P oiphar, an officer in P haraohs cour Now on self-conr ol was iemendous Joseph was far from firs r eflecion one is inclined o conclude h a his home, a lonely youh in h e mids of a splendid bu was a forunae circumsance for J oseph T o ener licenious civilizaion, and such a siuaion is ap h e h ome of a r oyal officer of he cour seems bu o r elax he naive fibre and virue The appeal he p aving of h e way o Phar aoh s r ig h hand came from a woman of queenly and royal posiion" However, u pon more deliberae r eflecion one mus Her favor would be a " primrose pah o he highes conclude h a his was no h e significan h ing success" bu h er disappoinmen would be furious Joseph would qu ie likely h ave become pr ime min- and reacherous Will Joseph yield in he presence iser of E gyp even if a common car pener insead of such empaion? Observe his answer o he of a porly P oiph ar h ad bough him He would empress : "How can do his grea wickedness and h ave for ged ah ead und~r any circumsances T he sin agains God" Tha is Josephs answer o empsignifi can facor in Joseph s life was no his envir - aion There is no oh er answer When he onmen bu his relig ion For "Jeh ovah was wih emper comes, when he ench anress smiles, wha Joseph and h e was a prosperous man" The He- is he reply of youh? God! n he h our of rial i brew boy had no lef h is religion behind when he is no enough o prove ha he deed is inex!;)edien Jassed ino a foreign counry H e remained rue o or ha i will have doleful resuls, or ha i will dis~ his home raining and o h is faih in his fahers grace he repuaion n he hour of empaion God The Prisoner Who Became Premier T

3 ake wing and ge away o God Answer empaion from he heigh of Gods hrone Marha Tarbell ells he following inciden: A merchan who was going away for a few days gave ino his assisans keeping a large sum of money There was no winess o he ransacion and h e merchan ook no receip Then came a railroad acciden in which h e merchan was killed A once he assisan deliver ed he money o he merchans wife A companion who learned abou i called he assisan an idio "Why didn you keep i?" he asked in scorn "Who would have known i?" "God and!," r eplied he young man " should never have been able o forge" " would be rue, for here are hose who rus me, would be pure, for here are hose who car e ; would be srong, for here is so much o suffer, would be brave, for her e is so much o dar e" Given a mans relaionship o God and you have he Key o he Srucure of His Life J oseph was grea because in empaions hour his firs hough was no his masers honor, vial as ha migh be; nor even his own honor, sacred as ha migh be His firs hough was God He r e alized ha such an ac would no merely be a personal slip, or a bad misake, or a social offense, or a moral inadverance, bu a grea wickedness- a sin agains God Wha is sin? Sin is someimes called a serpen, bu i is more deadly han ha Sin is someimes called a curse, bu i is more hideous han ha Sin is someimes called rebellion, bu i is more subborn han ha Sin is a fised and fearful blow ha man srikes a he faher hear of God Sin is h e spear-hrus ino he bleeding side of he Savior Sin is he nail ha pierces he hand of God and clenches i o he cross on Calvary "How can do his grea wickedness and sin agains God?" How ineresing i is o observe Josephs riumph in prison When he Egypian woman saw ha he young man had repulsed her, she effeced ha Joseph had aemped o wr ong her Thereupon J o seph was immediaely hrown ino prison wihou a word of inquiry ino he charge agains him Does no his inciden of hisory ell a sory oo ofen repeaed in our own ime? "A false repor le loose by some malicious ongue may sully he pures repuaion" and inflics upon on innocen man or woman a burden of suffering cruel as maryrdom "Trus no o each accusing ongue As mos weak persons do, Bu sill believe ha sory false Which ough no o be rue" Wha Does Joseph Do in Prison? He does no fre or bea agains he prison bars He does no complain agains his fae He eners no plo o gain his libery He broods over no plan o ge revenge He simply acceps he siuaion and proceeds o make he mos of i Bu he sory does no end here Some day he prison doors will open THE BAPTST HERALD for Joseph Some day his prison garb will be chan_ged Some day he will sand before sages and magisraes Some day he will be premier of Egyp Bu for he presen he arries in he prison cell and enforces upon us his lesson: " Come wha will of i righ is righ and sin is sin, and ha i is beer ~ h~ve a clean con~ cien c e and be in prison, han do wickedness and si a a kings able" Ediorial Joings THE BBLE makes good r eading; reading he Bible helps o make us good ~DUCATON should no only give us more for a llvmg, bu make us live more HAPPY S THE MAN who goes o church; for here he will draw nigh o he Source of all bl d- ness esse :THE WSE FOOL," he dialog for hree charace_s b~ Eugene Koppin, can be supplied from our edion al office Thr:ee complee copies for 50 cens and posage T MUST BE SAD AGAN AND AGAN r W h? Because some seem o m d Y W ha? W iss i an ohers forge i e p ease noe Send all re or h gra phs and aricles for he " H d " p s, p oo Rev A P Mihm Box er a o he e dior, hem o Cleveland onl Fores Pa rk~ ll To send as such leers are fo; ca~s e~ d e l ~y m publicaion Do i righ from he fi rs war e agam o he edior THE EUCHARSTC CONGR ~ ah o li c church is bein h ld ~SS o~ he Roman ime of wriing All h g e m Chicago a he liciy which he P a p ~ l h~ ~ 0 :~ Parade, and pubing displayed in co nn e ;~~~ c ~ can!user is be Papal legaes cardinals wih_ his gahering n:ion ~ign o ri and fify-seven v::c h~i sh ops, bishops, siasic officials and digniari n eies?f oher eccleands of he faihful from e~l ar e Plesen Thousare presen for his congre a ars of he world umy for Romanism ss offers an opporpubliciy suns and fo~ ~hagk o ~ e of is grandes one of hose periodical e 0 Y Faher o issue "separaed brehren" mvi abons for he poor 0 only (?) fold r e urn o he one and WOULD THE APOSTLE came o earh in Ch S 0 f our Lord if hey nize in he so-called,,ie;agho ~i s week ever r ecog- s uc ars " repued ransubsan " m he Mass wih?f he Lords supper, w~~ci~ n, ~ e simple memorial m he upper r oom a heir Maser ordained ficial deah? w ouj i rem em branc~ of his sacrifamly resembled h e~ see anyhmg in i ha o us i is a far cry e fro origmal or d" mance? seems Te_samen ch urches of~ - h ~ simple way he New his ordinance and h ~pize ~ believers observe c?mpl_ex celebraion of ~h i~p osmg riualisic and s0n hke he Euchar " e Eucharis" An occahe Bapiss and 0 ;~ ic Congress ough o drive sudy of he Bible for er _Proesans o a closer lile use Which, of course, Rome has J uly, 26 6 AW ord Abou Our Denominaional Finances May 3 we should have reached 0 monhs $ Saus - Shorage $08 33 From Augus, D25 Shorages May 3 we had Home Missions $ 28,6352 Foreign Missions Chapel Building Superanuaed Minisers Minisers Pension Relief Y P & SS W Union Seminary Rocheser M & B Offering 25,765 6, ,20 7,8660,8628 3,38 0,2220 Widows 7,8660 Chicago Alenheim,50 Philadelphia Alenheim,50 Porland Alenheim 6530 Chicago Deaconess Home 8805 Reserve Fund 5,5200 $08,3336 By he Finance Commiee Causes n our judgmen he following facors We canno find he remedy in rehave exered he major influence in br ing- ing abou our presen financial siuaion The increased cos of living Everybody is living on a higher plane of life, enjoying mor e comfors han ever before r equires a larger par of he average mans income o pay for he necessiies and he conveniences of life han in he pas years Afer deducing all hese charges, here is lile lef for Kingdom work :! The increased operaing cos of he local church canno be denied ha i coss very much more o finance a local church han formerly This increased cos is o be esimaed as an advance in church adminisraion, bu neverheless i affecs he general conribuion J T he exension-p?ojecs underaken by churches and oher insiuions belonging o us During pas years numbers of our churches have er eced buildings, which are a credi o hemselves and an honor o heir Lor d Oher insiuions have underaken local work, which increased he aggregae of good, which we as a denominaion do Large sums are now diver ed o hese worhy causes, which would ordinarily flow ino our denominaional reasury / The decline in our spiriual healh One need no be a pessimis o approve ha saemen n fac, any hones observer who is able o make a diagnosis, will be forced o admi his decline Many sympoms of his decline are consanly saring us in he face Remedies rench ing our denominaional work There is no one single deparmen where we can conscieniously do less 2 We mus srive o improve he sae of our spiriual healh Of our selves we a re impoen o bring abou a beer sae of spiriual healh will r equire nohing less han an oupour ing of he Holy Spir i 3 We mus lead our people generally o a glad and acual r ecogniion of hemselves as "Sewards of he Lord" Fearless exposiion of scripural ruhs abou sewardship given by our pasors in Chrisian love will avail much We mus adop special measur es o personally solici such of our members who are able and willing o make lar ger conribuions o a Special Offering of $00,000 5 To reach our budge by December 3, 26, we mus receive during he n ex seven monhs from June o December $2,000 per monh 6 We mus coninue wih unabaed zeal he missionary educaion of our denominaion We will hen have opened such springs from which funds will flow sponaneously and perennially sufficien for all denominaional needs

4 7 Ju ly l, 26 6 THE BAPTST H ERALD The Sunday School For Bible Sudy The Minor Prophes--Nahum A P MHM The book of Nahum opens wih he double ile " The Burden of Nin eveh," i e he Oracle agains Nineveh, and "The Book of he Vision of Nahum he Elkoshie" This is he only prophecy in he Bible calling iself a book Nahum mean s comfor or consoler Elkosh is supposed o be a own or village which was he bir hplace of he prophe One radiion makes El kosh a own in Galilee There is also a lae radiion ha Nahum belonged o Alkoush, which is near Nineveh and where his omb is poined ou Bu from he book iself here is r eason o believe ha Nahum was a J udean ( : 5) a nd herefore some place his own halfway beween J erusalem and Gaza in souhern Judea Announces Ninevehs D oom The earlier prophes announce he coming of judgmen on srael; he sounds he knell of Nineveh he oppressor Nahums prophecy mus have been wrien some ime afer 66 B C, he year of he downfall of Thebes in Upper Egyp, hu No-Amon referred o in 3 :8 The subjec of his or acle is he downfall of Nineveh, which ook place abou he year 606 B C The year 650 B C may be aken as he cenral poin of Nahums minisry His prophecy was fulfilled in 606 and here has been no Assyria n empire since ha ime Nahum picures he overhrow of Nineveh and r ejoices in i as a manifesaion of he jusice of God His picure is eiher due o a mos vivid imaginaion or o a propheic vision in which he whole hing was clearly seen H e sees various successive incidens of a desrucive siege, one whi ch is o bring Nineveh o an absolue end The Assyrian empire began o fa ll away in huge fragmens abou he year 625 Souh of Niniveh, Chaldea sprang ino a kingdom under N abopolassar wih is capial a Babylon Norh of i were he Medes who under Cyaxares, perhaps assised by he Chaldeans, overhrew Nineveh afer a siege of wo year s in 606 B C Abou he beginning of he siege Egyp s army had marched norhwards for a share of he prey For some inexplicable reason King Josiah of Juda h barred he pah of he Egypian A bale was fough a Megiddo in 608 B C in which Josiah was slain and Judah became a vassal o Egyp The Cruely of Assyria The mos sriking characerisic of his prophecy is perhaps he wriers inense hared of Assyria The spiri of vengeance which animaes his oracle is so direcly opposed o he spiri of he highes Chrisianiy ha in jusice o he prophe, says T McWilliam, i is necessary o sae ha even from a modern poin of view, his hared can be jusified No more cruel naion ever defaced and harrowed Gods earh han he Assyn was h e grea besieger of man A ssyra Nineveh exuled in her cruely Her en a " praccally a er o h is ry s coninuous so of warfar_e and rapine" Even now i~~ exasperamg o learn he hisory of human or ure revealed in he rium h P an no e of m es of sculpure commenora "mg he h orr d cruely of his once d ominan race 0 nc wner says: "No power mor useless, more savage, more erribl e cas is g iganic shadow on he e ever hi sory" page of :he hough of fi ve cenuries syn a n oppression had driven he 0 f A_she prophes soul He is filled ~ron in monsrous immoraliy of all ha ;;~h he sands ~or and his is his burde ineveh desrucion of Assyria mean mor~ T_he han he deliverance of srael f o him source of disress and danger N rom a he voi ce of parioism, bu he vo~ only 0 ouraged human naure appeals f ce of geance from God and SYmpah 0 Ven man whenever and wherever Y from inh uman cruely wreak hei Yl"anny and r savag on he weak and suffering e Wl Nahums Religious Oulook n ~e ~rs chaper he Pro us an dca ion of his religi Phe g ives He hinks of God almos sol ous oulook srumen of avenging wrahe yms he in power arc cenered in God, bu ere~ and weak and one day he will he is no ~e ~eli_eve~ Go~s desruc~~~ Enough! dscrmmag; is no ea Power is i is slow o anger bu so si Y aroused on or will be pun ished Alhough ae sin himself hus dreadfu l o h God shows hos: who pu heir rus ~n e~7mies, o nohmg bu beneficence Th lln he is him a sronghold when all 0~h shall find rouble (:-5) ers are in A Vivid Picure of he A ack A power f u l, VJvd and dram is presened in Chaper 2 T~ ic Picure sees an invad ing army ~dv e Prophe powerful engines agains he ancing wih ciy Then we are called o ~valjs of he scene wihin he walls The 00k a he a live o he imminen dange Assyrian is ha his day marks he crisi r and knows He numbers his warriors bs ~f his fae unhinged wih error Th: hey are couner engmes of defence ~ ~an he avail The river gaes, he 5 is of no ~iys srengh, ar: burs open~cr,;s of he s led forh capive Ninev h ~e queen vas reservoir drained aw e s like a dam is broken There is ay When is among he people ; hey are i~o cohesion canno be rallied n visio fhgh and now a he head of he inva~ Nahurn is call is o come and see he ers and his he bloody old lion and hi s wh d~el!ing of T he prophe is he man ~ Ps his generaion of he Eernal~ 0 reminds presses ho~e he errible ru~~ Nahurn hovah who is here in he Ju is J e s s he who rid soke ofb urning c h ano mg he devourer, so ha he hs devour lay wase any more s al] never Linwood P ark A ssembly a nd s R esusciaion Joy Over Ninevehs D esr ucion Wi h he hird chaper he fae fas approaching Nineveh is viewed or r evi~wed more closely The r ea son fo r Ninevehs fae is he sin of he ciy (3: l-7 ) T he words in whlch he prophe hurls woe on Assyrias bloodhirsy cr~ ely, is craf, is robber y and is insaia?~ greed, ar e almos unequalled for vvdness A gain he errible sarcasm of he i~ophe srikes on our ears as he asks neveh where he migh find some one o piy her Did she imagine herself beer han Thebes? (No-Amon 3 :8) Was no T hebes likewise a river~gir ciy wih srong he! Pers? Ye her fae was cap i V : wih all is horrors So fi r e a nd sword :nall devou r Nineveh N ineveh is srick wi h her deah wound All hose who iear of her errible fae clap heir ba nds in open r " n bu ejoicmg; for no of one na 0 a so0 f all naions, he fallen yran had me ime been he inhuman scourge m he ciys desr uc "0n The fier cc Joy which ranno he Prophe h imself share~ an~ h h conceal is a su fficien indicaion h~ a red Nineveh had aroused and of he,~~fj_y she had spread hroughou 0 N Gods J us ice in Acion is cerain ha in he over hror Of a~um o be seen he ac!on of God ineveh is his ~ v7ngeance and he vindica;jon 0 a genuine for Jus h ice: There s pass0j Proph~~an_iy in his book Nahum a~ and voic:!s he conscience of hu~n~ ~ decr!~is fresh expression o he d,vi:humani a~god canno endure man ~arnpion o h man Jehovah is he c N h e ouraged and helpless agai~s~ms b?ok is a burn ing proe:s being hanyhing else han r igheousne ie Prospere foundai on of a naion s ~l d by sa~d~ No na!on, however ~upp0 eeress and armies, commercial i n endure if arge revenue, can hope o e ruh and~ eer!al veriies of ~us~i~~ he nai u_ma ny be no recognize raged j ~nal ideals Where hese are 0 ~ "Righeu gmen is cerain sooner or ]a-~ is a r e ousness exaleh a naion: bu si Th -nroach o any people" raelsus Nahum falls ino li ne wih Jsbringsgb":; Prophes "The book forci~ of he ore us Gods moral gover nrn ially a World" (Sell) Nahum is essenha o Preacher of "Nemesis,, he co0rn ver ak Assyrian es man or naion h a is in soul N J g Th Analysis d Chap ~ Doom of Niniveh Pronounce 2 fhe As 2 3 lhe U sau on N meveh ChaP 3 er Rum of Nineveh ChaP Srn i0 h: "S0 ge? w is he your son is in col e Snyh i;r;akmg i?" d hes sp e lie isn m making i a n ending i" BY H P DONNER was befor e he war ha Linwood Park Assembly was called ino life and funcioned for several seasons A each annual gaher ing a ha beauiful beach on Lake Erie, abou fo r y miles wes of Cleveland, a happy hos of people, boh young and old, me fo r fellowship, recreaion a nd spiriual improvemen Those were glad days The morning he guess wended heir way homeward he world was asounded by he news ha Europe was engaged in war The sad years ha followed are oo well known o require commen They have lef heir depressing samp upon our generaion The Assembly suspended oper aions Edmonon, Ala, Sunday School A new impeus given o our young peothe names and offices of he following ples aciviies by he cr eaion of a denomina ional deparmen which has be- persons a r e from lef o righ: E Zaph, come one of he consiuen pars of our reasurer; M Arnd, sup of childr ens gener al organizaion is sweeping over he deparmen; M S Dickau, sup of he land Our young people and Sunday Sunday school; A Mueller, eacher; L Falkenberg, eacher; Falkenberg, school workers are sriving for g reaer eacher; A Schuber, eacher of Bible efficiency Workers insiues and summer assem- cla~s; M Schuber, secreary; L Brooks, blies have been esablished in many pars assisan eacher; A Rudolph, eacher ; of our field "Linwood Park" has been L Benke, eacher; F Buchholz, assisan revived The firs pos-war conference eacher; L Borcher, eacher ; B Hein, will be convened J uly 27 will remain eacher; E Radky, assisan eacher in session unil Augus We ake grea pleasure in inroducing Linwood P ark near Vermilion, Ohio, o he "Herald" readers our eachers and li es convenienly beween Cleveland and officers of he Sunday school We live Deroi can be reached by rolly, rail he fa rhes norh of all he German or auo is a beauiful spo Bahing, churches, her efore we feel we should boaing, fishing are he physical arac- inroduce our people So many people ions h a have no been as far a s Edmonon Recr eaion will have is righful place hink we are half dead and look like E sa nd leadership will be supplied B~ h a kimos Do you sill runk so? does no ake firs place in Linwoods Our Sunday school consiss of welve aciviies s promoers are earnesly hoping and planning o make hese d~ys classes and is growing in aendance every no o be fo r goen Those who wan m- Sun day for which we hank he Almighy spiraion o a beer and more useful hfe, T he eachers aemp o bring he meshose who wan o serve he greaes sages o he children in he bes way cause on earh mor e inellige~~y, h~se hey are capable of doing We also hank God for he alens we have in our Sunwho wan deepening of he spmual lfe are he ones who, by all means, should day school visi his r efr eshing rerea: ~udy On Mohers Day each class gave a classes will be h eld under he direcion of number on he program, which was very an able faculy of minisers, la~en and appropr iae for he occasion Many women Boh field secre~res Wlll ake mohers hears were ouched and re a leading par nspiraional addresses, mi_nded again how God placed hem in musicals and campfire i:iihe_s a re? be ad- h is world o each heir children he ded A genuinely good ime s h eld m sore righ way o God for hose Deroiers and he oher rural The brass band also gave some selecand urban Michiganders; for hose from ions which helped o improve he pro he neighboring Fores Ciy and he near and remoer pars of he Buckeye sae gram very much Oher saes may send heir s?ns and Alhough we have fough many a hard daughers and heir presence Wlll make bale hese las wo years, God has us glad L odging facili ies ~ be ex- helped us o bear hem plained a nd reserved by he genial pasor Wih praying hears we are looki~g of h e Erin Ave Church Jus wrie him a 273 W 32nd S, Cleveland, Ohio, and fo r ward for Bro A Kramer and family you will ge a descripive folder H e is o arrive May God help o revive us ~ he Rev Theodor e W Dons Don fail again when he n ew miniser and family are wih us! M DCKAU o come The " Logo s" Class, Ame rican Falls, daho On April 23 he Logos Class of he Firs German Bapis Sunday school of American Falls, daho, wen o he Lava, abou 5 miles disan, for a weenie r oas The class consiss of abou 26 members, who were a ll presen The eacher, Rev A J Heinrichs, wih family accompanied he group, and all had a good ime The poem which one of our class-maes composed ells he sory By a vas expanse of lava, By a blackened land of cinders, Where he knarled and wised cedars, There in sony clefs crevasses, There a nigh a gian fire L eaping owards he full moon splendor, To our eyes a group discloses Of young people, men and women To our ear s here comes a chorus Swelling ou upon he nigh air: "Pra ise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise him ye people here below, Praise him all of ye heavenly hos, Praise Faher, Son and Holy Ghos" Now he group breaks up and rushes Toward a box well filled vih foodsuffs, Seize he weenies, sicks, buns, pickles, And proceed o roas heir ho dogs Josling, pushing, laughing, alking, Wha a hrong of joyful young folks! Now when he repas is over, And he marshmellows have been roased, Games been played and cake disposed of, Sands he group abou he fire, Tweny-six here are ogeher, "Logos" class and pasor eacher, And his song floas up o heaven, " When he roll is called up yonder, When he roll is called up yonder, When he loll is called up yonder, When he roll is called up yonder ll be here" EDNA MEYER, Sec

5 8 T HE BAPTST HERALD J essica of he Canerons he boys new pe s Donald h ad alr eady arranged a large wire cage for h em in a grassy corner of he yard adjoining he SYLV A STEWART garage, and hey showed off o such good advanage, eaing imparially from h e Copyr igh 2, by he American Sunday School Union Prined by permission numerous friendly hands, a nd seeming no o fear he merry, noi sy voices, ha, (Coninuaion) voice faler ed for a momen, and sh as Don aferward old his mo h er, " he shuddered ~ainly), "bu i was smiling~ Chaper as hough i had no hur i o die ha was so proud of hem he could have eaen hem boh" GETTNG ACQUANTED way" Afer he r a bbis had been a dmired and Grandn:0? er K~ihs hand closed sofly was a h appy J essica ha hopped bli hely ou of bed a good half hour o"er J ess~ca s, as lay near hers on he discussed, he visiors depa r ed, all l;iu earlier :han usual nex morning, o find >vmdow sill Truh o ell, his newfound Marjorie, who, wih he fre edom of close acquainance walked wih Jessica ino he occupan of he adjoining room sill granddaugh er had been somehing f sleeping She roused a once, however, pu zzle o her he previou s evening, sk~lle~ h<i house "Aren you going o m ake of human n aur e hough sh me acquained wih your g randmoher?" as her granddaughers smiling face ap- rbeader,s s h y confidence his m e was she inquired poinedly u J essca peared a he half-open door, and, wih a ornm g "m so sorry," reurn ed J essica, "bu glance a he clock on he manel, was seemed o indicae ha she had, m some ma!ma and grandma have gone ou ~or way, dspellecl he hidden r eserve and h ou of bed wih a bound "Good morning, J essica mus h::ve gladly me ha confidence half-~a s e a ride; and, a s Nora says hey are going "Tha was he Fa her s way, no d~~b around for papa hey will no be back been enchaned, like he sleeping pnnbefore six Will you come ino he library cess," "she exclaimed, gayly "You will she ~nswered genly "Perhaps i w, lly saved from much sor ~s and wai?" no be" allowed o bea me up like his mercifu l "f d ow m h s e, an possibly from a mor Marjorie r efused, somewh a ungraomorrow morning, my girlie" e Pain- ciously, he polie invi aion "She jus " don always ge up so early my- ful deah don care o have me see self," confessed J essica "Don says my When he hunder ancl sorm of i her g ran dwor s habi is dreaming afer am moher," she said o her self, a s s~e pes are pas, ie emawake am going o dress Harry for l n he harbor of Peace all shall :saiked sl_owly homeward "ll be i is mamma his morning, and, as knew Prediced and here s somehing odd ancho, a las, " or f reak "sh abou breakfas would soon be ready-we h ave h er don m ean o go i early on papas accoun- hough she quoed sofly, as hey urned fe~r her again, hough, ill she asks me, down a he sound of Norahs b o go would wake you firs" B neve, see her old g r a ndmoher!" reakfas She ran down he h all o he r oom ad- bell wh efore en he nex morni ng, howevei, J essicas fee seemed o h joining her moh ers, where h er small ch wa s Saurday he elephone sum and J esscas earn e broher was jumping up and down in an changed o wings ha morn ave been moned Mar~ore, voice ripped away o school She ~g as she ecsacy of impaience o "be dwessed and o her s am "S " ng, ay, Margie, can you hough she would dearly hav e~ early, com go o feed h e wabbis" She wash ed hover a half-pas hree and prac e ice a d he rosy face, brushed he mop of yellow help grandmoher wih her ue ove~ o C ue for our nex r ecial? Mis s curls, and buoned he small shoes on bu she did no wan Marjori: Packing; enk says we mu s h ave i ready in wo he resless fee A las h e was r eady for her, and perh aps ge a 8 o come wee s an d ha only gives one Saur d ay o be urned ()Ver o Don for a pickaback precious grandmoh er, who s~h of he more" "A r ide down sairs, a nd J essica p eeped ino ermined, should be kep f;om ~hhad dea cri- err r en you g oing o he m a inee?" ingrandmohers r oom o convoy h er down ical you ng ladys sig h as lo ogaed MarJ orie had becorne a o breakfas She found her sanding a sible J essica was no usua))ng ~s Pos cusom h, wi he girls of Marjories anc he open window, in he dainies morning aking noe of sligh grievanc! given o J essca s ac uie dress, aking in long br eahs of he in- f el ha Marjories implied c~bu sh e show m quamance o aend a pie amee, or oher form of en ervigoraing air Jessica joined h er The a sranger so closely relaed oicism of anmen s Mr herself Camero on aurday afernoons Cameron home overlooked beauiful Lake deserved a sligh rebuke was hisn ~as much opposed o his as Marjorie was waiing im Erie, which, on his peaceful auumn morning, seemed o srech away ino in- her on he firs corner "W?aaienly for girls WerWJfe; bu, as mos of he oh~~ in su ch a hurry?" was her ~de You was diffice a llowed o aend regularly, \ finie disances of rippling blue greeing " go a ul o say ha Jessica cou ld n~ "This is my firs sigh of a la rge lake," isn school ime ye Was COni ng up pr~grarneas occasionall y, so, when e said Mrs Keih " reminds me of Puge for you Did she come?" " She? Who? Oh, my gr Permi dwas a all p ermi ssible, s he was Sound, hough he surroundings a re differen The shoes of he sound ar e cov- Yes, of course," answer ed Jes~nd~oher? "Noe oo go wih he o her s maer-of-fac ones ca in mos sponse " day," came he promp re~ ered wih evergreen rees, which g row o " s sh e nice? mean do vely a ~he girls are going o he No he waers edge in many places" r en hey?" "The lake is very quie his morn ing," Why don you ell me abo~~\like her? MarJ er?" she Clansm ori~ assened "The play is The replied Jessica " like i beer when i concluded, peishly " h aven h ad a chance y,, h as is prey, whie breakfasrcaps on hril!in;~: and hey say i is p erfecly Someimes, hough; when i rolls in big J essica, demurely; "of course\ replied "W waves over he breakwaer, i almos a nd of course like her, ands e is nice, girl l~~~ g randma says ha no young frighens me Then, oo, i does so mucl do you wan o lrnow?" They w wha more alone go rne should rea d he book, Je damage To look a i his morning, you s eps in s ilence, and Jessica a~lked a few sica, Wih o s~e i p layed," declared J es,: a nly, "She brough Donald :ed Pleasw~uld no hin!{ i could be srong enough "Wha d_ecson "So am no going o baer large ships o pieces, bu only pair of he sweees jack r:~b_flarry a chum, di did ell you?" reurned her las spring, in a errible gale, here were a r e going o ask everybody d0 is! We grandrnohgusedly "Wha has yo~;, Wn o see several large freigh seamers wrecked hem afer school" "No er go o do wi h y our gojllg "Wha did she bring o y? near here They didn make he harbor ou " asked Jessica a,;hing in he world!" r eored before he sorm sruck hem, and nex Marjorie know ~ha ~u she and mamma s urell "Jus herself," responded morning he shore was covered wih do M is bes for me beer han J essica wreckage of hem, as well as of small promply Marjorie made some murm knew w~~a says ha if your moh:~ boas and fishing craf Don and walked Penniss i Was hke you would no g down early, where he men of he life- of "a~oher dae a four," an~red excuse ion o go, e her " arjo saving saion were aking some people a decided coolness beween h hhere was 0 us ind :ie Was, by his ime very cur~ he remainder of he day be c llms for from a foundered ship We saw hem concerning his n~wcorner a bring in a lile dead baby hey had from school Marjorie, wih a u released she Cameed J es sica eemec eron s, o whose views picked up on he beach" (here Jessicas h er maes, was duly on hand nu~ber of "W d such w illing assen elj " o h ye o nspec has aire!a~ ag~eed, umvilling ly, "majjlll; said ha canno go un6 July, 26 you do, so suppose migh a s well come over and pra cice" Jessica was alone when she arrived, and usher ed her a once ino h e music room "Where is your grandmoh er?" a sked Mar jorie, glancing around expecanly As Jessica was a ha momen urning over some shees of music in he cabine, she did no answer a once, and Donald, coming in a h a momen, r eplied for her ha hi s moher h ad gone o a special meei ng of he Ladies Municipal League, and Mrs K eih h ad accompanied her "Wasn ha he las feaher of di sappoinmen on he poor camels back?" laughed Don, as he visior, afer a very indifferen half hour a he piano wih Jessica, made an excuse of fini sh ing a book sh e was r eading, and moodily depared for home " Sh e played h a rondo as if i were h e Dead March from Saul! believe, Jessica, h a if she doesn ma ke grandmohers acquainance prey soon, she will cu ours" Jessica laughed mischievously "Perhaps as papa says o me someimes, sh e will reserve her j udg men nex ime, unil she knows some of he facs," she r emarked On Sabbah morning, however, Marjorie was g r aned her hears desire The clay was a perfec one, and he ch urchgoers wer e ou in goodly number s T he Sheldon pew was near h a of he Comerons, and Marjorie h ad no been seled long a her mohers s ide when Mr Camer on ushered ino i a middle-aged lady in a plain silk gown, "\vih h a and g loves o mach," as Marjorie inwardly commened, and sh e was aware a once ha his was he K ansas grandmoher J essica follow ed h er moher and Donald, sending, as was her won, a swif gla~ce of g reeing oward he Sheldon p ew, wih a n added s mile h is morning, which Marjorie inerpreed as one of disinc ri umph She urned her aenion, coverly, o he sranger Tha she was a lady, even according o Miss Marjories somewha exacing sandard, was qu ie ap~aren Tha she was scar cely pas he prime of life was also eviden; her e we~e f ew wrinkles on he pleasan, r anqml fac_e, and his Kansas produc apparenly did no disdain o make use of such small aids o he modern womans oilee as h ave heir pa r in pro~ucing ~ desir able effec and a favorable impression " don wonder Jessica is disgused wih me," she confessed o h erself, as she sole ano her look a he newcomer " Her face r eminds me of ha expression Claude is always geing off a me when fl y ino a anrum, a lady is serene! J us look a h er don imagine ha sh e was ever in a ~mper in her life" She seled down in her corner of he pew, r esolved o make ame_nds o h er fr iend a he firs opporumy, fo r her ungra~ious commens Marjories parens ha d been residens of Cleveland scarcely more han ~ year; bu of all her acquainances J essca h ad seemed he mos desira ble, and she was, in he main, very lo>al o he new friendship "Fine-looking woman, Mrs Camerons moher," remarked Marjories faher a he dinner able ha day "Young-looking, oo, o have a g r andson of Dons age" "She is quie sylish for a weserner, oo," remarked Mrs Sheldon "Her oilee seemed quie up o dae, and very becoming" "She probably bough her syle from some easern mail-order house," suggesed Marjories broher Claude "For ha maer, you can ge syle anywh er e in he Unied Saes now, wh er e you can buy cloh and paper p aern" " akes more han cloh and a paper paern o enable a woman o presen a sylish appearance," objeced Mrs Sheldon "Good ase is he mos n ecessary r equirem en, and Mrs Keih seems, by her dress, o possess i" "Mr Cam eron was elling me abou her as we came home yeserday," pursued Mr Sheldon " He said h e owes all his s uccess in life o her seems his moh er died wh ile he was quie small; and his fa her d ied suddenly, leaving a will which appoined Mr and Mrs Keih his g uardian s Mr Keih died soon afer, bu Mrs Keih a ssumed he r esponsibiliy of bring ing h im up and dir ecing his educaion, even leaving her well-appoined home o be wih him and her daugher while hey aended he Sa e Universiy" " was quie n aural ha he and Mrs Keihs da ugher should find hemselves congenial," r em arked Mrs Sheldon "~lose acquainance seemed o lead o h ig h appreciaion, in heir case" "Row ver y romanic!" sigh ed Mar jorie " suppose Mrs Keih couldn help bu be mighy glad she h ad aken so much pains wih his bringing up, afer h e h ad fallen in love,vih her only daugher and married her" " r ead n o long ago," said Claude, "of a lady who h a d five son s, and hree of hem were already married o girls she h a d aken ino her own home and rained o be good housekeep ers; and ha she is now looking for suiable maerial from which o selec wives for he oher wo" " doub if anyone could work a scheme h l\e ha on Richard Cameron," laughed ~r Sheldon " He would be ap o have yiews of his own in he maer of choosmg a \vife Bu Mrs Cameron is a fine woman, and he enire famil y are he sor o be culivaed suppose you will call, Emily?" urning o his wife "Cera inly," she an swered "Mrs Gameron ha s already invied me o do so" Ma rjori e los no ime in puing in fo r ce h er good r esoluion o make amends o h er chum for h er houghless r emarks of he previous week, and, as hey walked o school ogeher nex morning hrough he brigh a uumn s unshine, she broke o~, "Say, J ess, wan you o for~ive me, righ and all for being so hornd mean o you abou ~our grandmoher didn really say anyhin g abou her, you know, or a leas didn inend o, bu jus as gi<>od as, and made you feel bad" "Tha is no joke," replied Jessica soberly "Bu as long as your slam on Kansas people in general doesn seem o me o hi h er in p aricular very hard, guess wed beer no hink any more abou i" " Shes a lovely looker," added Marjorie, impulsively, "and m srue shed be awfully swee o know You are good o forge wha said o ease you, and have made up my mind ha viii never make remarks-unkind ones, m eanabou anyone again" "Well make a double bargain on ha," declared J essica; and he wo girls sopped righ here on he avenu e, an d gravely kissed each oher Marjorie seldom did anyhing by h alves, and for ha maer, neiher did her chum " How long since you a nd your amigo conraced he h abi of osculaing on he sr ee?" gr avely in quir ed Claude, as he Sheldons sa down o luncheon ha day "Did you forge, or neglec, you r u sual ender saluaion in he firs \vild momen of meeing hi s morning?" "Do~ ea~e your siser, Claude," gen ly chid e~ his m oher "Her friendship for J essica Camer on s somehing highly approve" Bu Marjorie did no appear ruffled "Jessica and were only sealing a com~ pac we had jus made," she exclaim ed lighly "From h e public manner in which i ~vas ra~i~ed y~u should have no difficuly m obammg winesses, in case of a violaion of he reay by eiher pary " pursued Claude "f you were o see Donald and me s oppi ng for such a performance as ha on h e highway, wha would you infer?" " Thayou were boh sho,ving very poor as e, Wih so much more desirable kissing maerial all around you on he avenue H elen King old Hazel Lee a day or wo ago ha you had a regular <:JuJ?ids bow for a mouh," reurned MarJOre, demur ely Thereupon her faher laughed: "Score one for your siser, Cla ude" The n ex day J essica invied her chum ~,o a~company her home afer school, sp_ecia~ly o mee gramsie," and MarJOre did no refuse "S~ell be sure o_ be a home his ime, : emarked J essca, as hey sough he l_ivm g-room afer a brief visi 0 he Jackrabbis, "for old her hi morning ha if she and mamma wen~ gadding off down own his afernoon we would follow hem up!" Marjorie sared "You didn really? shouldn hi?k youd dare alk o you~ grandmoher hke ha," she observed "Oh, w~ re pre Y well_ acquained by ~s ime, answer ed J essica, opening he smg-room door as she spoke Mrs Keih was evidenly very much a home, for she was siing on be floor engaged m he consrucion of a miniaure Tower of Babel, wih Harrys a lmos oo eager assisance She scrambled o her fee as J essica admied her friend and came forward a once " am s_ur~ do no need an inroducion o his h ie lady," she said as Jessica named her friend Marj~rie is a household word here, noice, so am sure here can be bu one" She ben and _ki ~sed he SQf cheek a~ she spoke Manorie was slighly embar-

6 0 rassed a firs, bu under he spell of Mrs Keihs kindly ac she was soon a her ease "Les go up o my room and see he wriing desk Don finished a Manual las week," Jessica proposed, afer he hree had "visied" a few minues "He has given i o me May show Margie he picures in your room oo, grandmoher?" she asked "Cerainly, if you wish," replied Mrs Keih, and he wo g irls wen up o J essicas room, where hey had had many pleasan hours ogeher, and made a brief inspecion of he new wriing-desk " doesn look very la rge by he side of grandmohers," said Jessica, pushing open he door of he adjoining room as she spoke "This is grandmohers room, and am going o work and sudy here all winer" There was a lile hrill and pride in her voice "Work a wha?" "Well, she is going o give me lessons in waer color, for one hing know we have ha a school, bu don do i well Grandmoher has h ad lessons from a fine eacher ou on he coa s, and has offered o show me, so can ge beer grades; and, if do well, o give me lessons in oil oo Tha is one of her picures," she added, poining o a small canvass of Moun Rainier ha occupied he wall above he large wriing-desk, "and his is anoher," indicaing a spiried copy of Rosa Bonheurs "Deer in he S now" "You don mean o say she did hem herself?" said Marjorie, incredulously "Sures hing! Tha mounain one she j us looked a from he op sory of he T acoma courhouse, a nd skeched i and he counry around i, and h en pained i Thas he way wan o learn o pain-righ from naure" "When are you going o begin?" asked Marjorie, a lile feeling of jealousy creeping ino her hear as she hough of his new elemen ha had come ino he life of her chum, she began o fea r o her own parial exclusion "Your lessons are so hard for you now ha you can hardly ge hem, so wouldn hink youd have much ime for anyhin g else his winer" "Thas wha mamma said," answered J~ssica, frankly, hough she flushed under her schoolmaes implied criicism "bu am o begin he firs of Ocobe~ if make good grades in my Sepember work ll have o dig some, hough, in he nex wo weeks, for have wo Ps in hisory already, and i will ake some scraching o cover hem up! " "You alk a s hough you wer e an old hen ou~ i n he dir!" laughed Marjorie, her spns unconsciously rising a s she heard he erms of he conemplaed ar lessons For Jessica did no love sudy, as her chum well knew and he "pu-offhabi," as Donald call~d her neglec of her school work, had her in a srong gr asp Bu Marjorie had ye o learn he fo rce of he new influence h a was o come ino her friends life and hrough her friend ino her own Looking back, in he days ha followed, o he coming of her " Kansas grandmoher," as she loved o call her, i seemed o Jessica Cameron ha i had THE BAPTST HERALD been a urning-poin in her whole exisence She was of a somewha dreamy and r eiring di sposiion, wih quie serious views of life, which her parens scarcely credied her wih possessing bu which her grandmohers shrewd vision had correcly inerpreed early in her say On her par Jessica learned ha? er grandmoher was a person of varied i:~usnes: ha shewas an excellen muscan, of~en correcing J essicas misakes a he piano from he adjoining room ha she had been a school-eacher, als~ a senographer, and ha she could h die he ypewrier which was par of~~~ eqmpmen of he big desk, \vih he speed and skill of an exper J essica also discovered ha he knowledge her gr d moher had been acquiring hrough a~f was no laid aside in her maure y e C h h ear s h ompar~~g, er Wl he elderly ladies of er mod her sd acquainance, J essica soon rea ze e fference beween hem f while he laer seemed o be he obr, s o f a mere passive Jee exisen SU hough life for hem would soon b ce, as ~ran?moher Keih gave every e~dover, of bemg very much alive in he p ence resen an d seemed o be ooki ng forward o accomplishmen of much in he f he She had spoken shyly of his one u ure as he wo were curled up for a be~~~h, cha soon afer her grandmoh, ime ~~ ers~ "You like o work, don you?" gramse sh e h a d a sk e d, as Mrs Keihs gers slipped m and ou of he sh ~n meshes of a lile silk breakfas c l!~g was making for J essicas moher ap s e "Tha is my one alen, Jessica d Mrs Keih answered, gayly "A ear," wrier once said, Genius is only a noed 0 name for unlimied applicaion hi;r is rue, narrowly escaped bei~g 0 ~? s ne " hink you are one," replied J "Papa says you can do more hin essica do hem a ll well, han any oher gs, and he knows w"ish could do all he~~~an you know how o do," she concluded!~gs fully wis"! am afraid papa is a sad fia laughed her lisener "You for erer f" many years have lived, J essi;e how By he ime you are as old as a dear hope you will have been able ~ now done much more han for Your have your fellows, and have done i mse~ and er Opporuniies are much gre uc behan when learned o do all her ~ow can do, " she finished laughin ~ hings " How do you mean, gramsie? f y, " Well, for insance, was ~bl ride sixeen miles in a umber-w ged o on horseback, for my firs musi a gon, or aking an enire day once a, c kessons, hen hey wer e no from wha :vee ; and consider a professional eacher Y~u would Jessica gave a lile shiver of Od~y" " am afraid would no h dismay many pou someimes, beca~ve aken four blocks o walk on a Pav se have a nd can ake a car if i is so ed sree HThc difficuly in he way r~y," hem only made hem more Val geing me," r eurned grandmoher "~ble o oday, when see he young nd so, could almos wish ha migh e0 J?e, over again, a abou your age egin all and see u how much could improve on my presen capaciy for accomplishmen" "Bu don you ever feel like sopping work, grandmoher, now ha you don need o work any more? Papa says ha you are quie a rich woman" Mrs Keihs voice ook on a more serious one as she answer ed, " T ell me why should sore up my small abiliies, n ow ha am in a posiion o make he mos possible use of hem, Jessica Would ha no be r aher silly? am a s well and srong as ever was Why should no keep busy? The more so, as here are pleasan opporuniies on every hand o use my energies, and dispense, wih my own hands, a par of my income, which feel is only mine in rus" "~ow do you mean, gramsie?" asked J essca again "Didn you and grandpa earn all he money you have now, and haven you a righ o spend i for anyhing you wan?" Yes and no, dear The ri se in he price of land has increased he value of our ranch many imes since we bough i, and of course we were all unaware of he value lying beneah he surface in coal and oil and gas f have been bles above ohers in hese added riches, do you no hink i is my duy a nd should be my pleasure, o u se a p~r of i for he good of ohers? Tha is one of he bes reasons why love o keep busy Th er e are so many delighful ways pop d,,, p ing " up m which one can lend a ban do no need o ask you wha you are P!anning o do his winer," he young ~rl venured, afer a houghfu l pause Papa says i is grandmoher her e and grandmoher here in his household already, unil he wo~ders mamma does no en~er a proes Mamma laughed and said ha probably she ma de as many demhands on you r ime a s anybody else, and a you seeme d o enjoy bemg used" "~he knows me of old An d now, lile girlie, ha we h ave alked abou ~y ~ork, suppose we fini sh he discusssion ~e Y~urs, which we began las nigh, and e f we canno plan o use me, as mua!~a does, o add o your own opporn es" Jessica winced "Mamma a lmos hinks r am lazy, someimes am sure," she ~sponded "Bu i se~ms so hard for me Dile a he hings do no like o d_o no l Zu ever have o do hings you did e o do gramse?" "S h uch hings as pull weeds a ll day in a: cornfield, or help pick up acres of po oes, or milk five cows nig h and morn~~~ ~ mend husking miens unil en andocd a nigh, or each school all day af o he work for a fami ly of h ree had walked a mile home?" "Yourandmoher!" excla imed J essca h a d odod0no mean o say ha you ever "Y a ny of hose dread-hings?" c ou were going o say dreadful, acused her companion smiling "ManY and ma ny a ime J essca and 0 her h ngs r Jus as disagreeable ; bu neve r h~~;m?er viewing hem in he ligh o~ a ship, bu only as he duy lying neares Don, you know our wor k s a Pleasure we look or a bugbear, precisely as a?" (To be coninued) "8J July, 26 Roger Williams Hospial, Miwaukee, Wis Roger Williams Hospial The dedicaion services of he Roger Willi ams Hospial, Milwaukee, Wis, were held on Sunday, May 23 The full day was opened by a penecosal sermon on "The Power of he Holy Spiri o Work Blessings" a he mmanuel church, preached by Rev Emil Mueller a h e morning service A 2 P M addresses were made a he hospial by Mayor Daniel W Hoan, Rev O R Hauser, presiden of he Roger Williams Hospial, Judge N B Neelen and Rev C A Daniel of Chicago A P M he services wer e con inued a he mmanuel church The dedicaor y sermon was pr eached by Rev C A Daniel on he ex : "He wen abou doing good" The Nurses Pledge and Creed was brough before he congregaion by Miss Genevieve Van Wave Rev L B Holzer spoke he ded icaory prayer Greeings from he churches were hen brough by Deacon D A Srauss for mmanuel chu rch, he moher of he enerprise; by Rev LB Holzer for he ~orh Ave church; by Rev F H Fahrmger for he Underwood Memorial church; by Rev H C Speer for he Tabernacle Bapis church and by Rev Paul Wengel of Brooklyn, N Y, who was presen on a visi The new hospial building rep~esens a val ue of $50,000 and he eqm~~en $ more was formerly a mlhon, s mans ion and has been are ransformed for is presen bumam aran pu rposes is buil in he renaissanc~ sy!~ of archiec ure and presens an imp?s mg appearance on s high errace s locaed a 22 Cedar S in he qu~e zone, m close proximiy o oher hospials n he spacious basemen he kichen a nd laundry and sore-room ar e locaed as well as he dining roo~ and ~e heaing plan wih oil-burning equipmen The firs sory ha s a wide veranda and conains he recepion hall, he office, hree friendly wards, laboraory, elecroherapic a nd X-ray deparmen, bah room and nurses service room The second s ory has he well-equipped operaing room, wo women s wards, wo double Group of nurses and speakers a dedicaion ser vices Roger Williams Hospial rooms, one p ;vae room, besides bah and nu rses service r oom The hird sory has 0 sin gle rooms and wo bah r ooms A presen he Old Peoples Home deparmen a nd he nurses and employees are housed on his floor The rapid ejq iansion of he hos pial will make i necessar J o acquire an ad joining building for hese la~er purposes and seps ar e being aken Wh ha in view is also planned o h_ave a nurses raining school in _con~ec ion wih he h ospial and apphcaons from youn g women from our churches w ill be received by he board More han 20 paiens found r ecep0n m he hospial during he firs half -week a fer he doors were opened The operai ng room was esed by 8 major opera ions during he second and hird day The hospial has been dedicaed o "Humaniy in he name of he Gr ea Physician o give science a chance o do a ll i can for he sick-rich a nd poor alike" Pres H auser says : "We have he good will ~nd professiona l services of 30 ousanding physicians and surgeons in Milwaukee and are assured a greaer fuure" The Roger Williams Home and H ospial Associaion, a non-sock a nd non profi corporaion organized by he member s of mmanu~l Bapis church and affiliaed churches in Wisconsin, owns and man~ges he Roger Willia:ns :irospal s aim is no riches bu servce, is Power science and mercy The membership o~ he corporaion consiss of wo classes individual members, paying $0 du~s ~er year, and collecive members, conssmg of Bap is churches of our General Con f erence and he Norhern Bapis Conven ion who will render moral and fina~ cial suppor The presen Board of Direcors consiss of Rev O R Hauser, presiden ; Rev L B Holzer, vice-presiden; Frank Kirchman, secrear y; D A Srauss, rea surer; Judge N B Neelen, Emma Riesen, Alber Tiemann and J acob Scheuss We congr aulae he a ssociaion on he s uccessful inauguraion of his welfar e enerprise and wish for i a grea field of helpful service W W G of Erin Ave Church, Cleveland, 0 On Mohers Day he W W G of he Erin Ave Church honored he moher s of he church by eneraining hem in he afernoon nviaions were sen ou o he mohers o parake in he program given by he Gu ild Girls in he main a udi orium of he church Upon enering he church each moh er was presened wih a oken of swee peas, and a prelude was played ill all had assembled A miscellaneous program followed The Doxology was sung in unison afer which solos, vocal and piano dues, and readings were given The main address was by Miss Penningon, a missionary from Burma The subjec of her address was, "Mohers, and Wha They Have Mean o Us" was inspira ional and mos fiing for he occasion Our Counsellors were each given a W W G pin a s a oken of appreciaion for heir loyal suppor, and our presiden, Miss Laura Schulke, was presened wih a picure as a means of expressing our graiude for loyal leadership A he conclusion of he ener ainmen he mohers were aken eiher by heir own da ughers or by one of he Guild g irls o he dining h all where a luncheon was served hem The ma joriy r emained for he evening service F LORENCE K OH LS

7 2 THE BAPTST HERALD Rev F H H einemann, P as or of he M innerisa Church, S Bonifacius, Minn, and gr oup of young people, r ecen ly bapized Bapism a S Bonifacius, Minn The las Sunday in May wa s one of specia l blessing a nd rejoicing wih us, boh in he morning and evening ser v ice A boh sessions we ha d a full house n he morning nine young people profes~ed a good p rofession of heir i:enewed life by fa ih in Chris J es us m bapi sm Afer he ordinance, a he celebraion of he Lords S upper, hese new conver s wer e welcomed ino he fellowship of he church A mos impressive m eeing The evening service had been plan!led by he B Y P U, cons is ing of m usical n umber s and an inspira ional lecur e on he "Vicorious Lif e," g iven by Mr Ri chi from he Nor hwesern Bible School The male quare from he s ame school gave us some very fin e n umbers F H HENEMANN Anniver sary a Buffalo C e ner, owa is by he grace of God ha we a s a Young Peoples sociey can say ha God has helped u s hrough anoher year of fellowship and blessing On Tuesday evening, May, ou r sociey celebraed is an niver sary A good a nd inspirin g program was r endered by differen member s of he sociey An of fering was aken which amouned o $6265 This amoun was sen o he mission A he conclusion of he progr am refreshmens were ser ved We now have a membership of 60 F our of hem have become member s his year Since June 5, 25, we have had weekly meeings, 7 Bible S udies, 3 social evenings and 8 devoional meeings held befor e he Sunday evenin g services We fin ished a course of sudy on Per sonal Work, P a uls leer o he Philipians and have had one sudy on " The Way God Looks a he ndividual" And a he presen we are sudying he Book of Daniel We ar e indeed very hankful for Bro Lang who by he help of he Lord has insruced us in s uch iner es ing Bible sudies W e hope a nd pray ha we as Young P eople will consecr ae ourselves more o our Maser s cause and be filled wih his love MRS DCK BUKMAN, Sec Six h Annual Convenion of he Young Peoples and Sundal School Workers Union o he Alanic Conference Conferences m ay come and conferences may go, bu he Confer ence of he Y P and S S Worker s Union of he Alanic Confer ence, held a he Second Chur ch, P h ila delphia, May, 5, 6, will live on in our memories fo r ever F r om he opening song ser vice on Frida y evening, he Confer enc proceeded gloriously o is clima x- he mass meeing on S unday afernoon Rev Th W Dons of Cleveland, Ohio gave us wo iner esing and inspiring ad~ dresses on "The Cos of Discipleship" and "The J oy of Discipleship" The Saurda y morning devoions were ably led by Mr H Schr oeder of J amesburg, N J f we forge everyhing else abou our s ixh co nfer ence, m sure ha he wo addresses which followed he devoional period will r ema in fixed in our minds Mr H T Sor gs r apid-fire alk on "Life~ Sewar dship" presened he quesion o our accouna bili y o God, from an analy ical as _well a s an ~nspiraional sandpoi n Miss La ura Zrbes of New York br oug h u s o a gr eaer r ealizaion of wha i m ea ns o "Make Your Life Coun " Much credi and many hanks are due o our ex-presiden,_ Mr Waler Marklein of Brook lyn, for his mos efficien work dur ing he pa s year H~ execu ive abiliy was clea rly r evealed m he co-operaion which he asked and r eceived from his secrearies and ever y member of his commiees The r~pors given by he individual secr e aries and commie cha irmen of ~he wor k accomplished dur~ ing he previous y_ear prove beyond a doub ha our Umon s a "live wi,, n sewards~p P ocke Tesar::~ L eague and msson work (for which pledged $000 f or he Rocheser Buildi~o F u nd), we have demonsraed our g grow ing power May h e new year, wih old a nd new problems, prove o be a is of even g r eaer gr owh! Year Saurday a~ernoon was devoed sigh-seemg rip abou he old and f 0 a ciy of Philadelphia amed Saur day evenings concer cons " S ng of musical numbers, r eadings, a skech a nd a pan omime, was horoughly enjoyed Sunday brough rain ouside, bu no in our hears The Sunday school servi ce opened a 05 Rev G H ensel of Newark and Rev P W en gel of Brooklyn addr essed he session Mr s F Rauscher of Newark old a sor y Rev J Kaaz of N ew H a ven, Conn, preceded his German ser mon wih a shor synopsis of he address in English His message was a blessing o all The mass meeing on Sunda y afer ~oon ~ound he church crowded, wi h sandmg r oom on ly" s igns a lmos a necessiy The r oll call, a which 3 delegaes r esponded (he gr eaes number ~ any conf erence so far ), proved a rousing and iner esing ime The shor r espo!ses wer e mos effecive E specially pleasing was he welcome song, s ung by he young people of he Second Church, P hl:idelphia So enhusiasically wa s i r eceived ha i ha d o be r epeaed The insallaion of he new officer s follow~d he r oll call a nd g ave u s a n opporu h my o become be er acqua ined wih e workers for he coming yea r May hey be inspir ed by he wor k done in he pas, a nd srive o even g reaer heighs m he new year! To he Second Church, Philadelph ia, w~ can only r epea wh a has already been ~ai~ a he Conference "We ha nk you, hladelpha The m us ic fu rnished by Your h r ee choirs was a joy o us all Though he work of h ousing he degela es ~vas g reaer ha n ever you a ccomplish ed i ~plendidly As fo; he m eals -well, Phi~adel phia cooks a r e fine Well come again, some ime" di~~rh fir~ five Conf er ences were s plen e sixh was sill beer and were going o begin righ now o bo~s he sev- en~h one W or k, a ll you young people an Sunday school wor ker s for he big ~esb and bes Confer ence of a ll i n27, m rooklyn, N Y J OSEPHNE N RAUSCHER J~g~ndbund of Chicago and Viciniy fodnference, Cedar Lake, n, May Dear F riend: ab~e~v~e very sorry ha you wer e unconfere e wih us a our Ceda r Lake You h ncbe, and will ry o s hare wih e h enefi s we r eceive d h er e, by means of Th is leer were ei: rolunds chosen for he Confer ence and h ea Ma ny rees, g r assy hillocks Lake a e Prey lile lake m ake Cedur The en aracive s ie fo r a confer ence ue fn op~e from he Moody B ible nsiheary ~ f r ge of he grounds gave us a e come and excellen accomodaions The some f Who ae d our hundred young people, gr ea s n ed he confe r ence, received alks PJ nua blessing from h e Bible C Me~~r addresses g iven by P r of F W Krueger MJ s Geo Kampfer, Rev OR music add~n Rev Wm Kuhn Special ings, d in eres o each of he meethr ee of h Sunrise p e meeings, he ba nque, he he D rayer and Praise Service and ecoraion Day Surprise, were en- July, 26 joyed by he young people a s being differen from he usual or der of hings T he banque, a which Mr Leroy <?rosser ~a s he oasmaser, was he opening meeing of he confer ence W e were awakened for he Sunrise Service by bugle calls, and r esponded in a goodly number The Decora ion Day Surprise was a par ioic ser vice very well render ed by he young people of he F irs Church The s uccess of our Confer ence was only made possible by he fa ihful wor k of our pr esiden, Mr Waler Grosser, and he various commiees, previous o and a he Confer ence The Confer ence was so much enjoyed by he young people ha many of hem expressed heir desire of aending a s imilar Un ion Meeing a Cedar Lake, nd, nex year f hese des ires maerialize, hope ha you will hen b~ able o aend and share vih us he spiriual a nd menal uplif and r ecr eaive advanages n His Ser vice, E L Z ABETH L W OLFF, Sec Lake Erie and Onario Disric nsiue a Rochese r The Annual Conference of he Young P eoples a nd Sunday School W or kers n si ue of Lake E r ie and Onario Disr ic convened May 2, 30 and 3 under he foadersh ip of J oseph Orhner, presiden wa s he fourh of is kind held and was ener ain ed by he Andrews S r ee Bapis Ch ur ch a Rocheser, N Y, wher e Rev D Hamel is pasor We enjoyed a r egis ra ion of 33 delegaes his year, r epresen ing Pisburgh, Arnold, Erie, Folsomdale, Buffalo a nd Roches er On Saurday evening, he opening nigh of he nsiue, he Roches er Young People pr esened he mission play, " Chee Moos Choice" During he Sunday sch?ol hour Sunday morning he fo~lowmg ad~r;sses were g iven : "Developing he Spn of Worship in he Sunday School,",~Y Re_v A Br eschneider, Roche~er, and Fa ~ml iar izing our Childr en W ih he Bible, by Rev F W illkens, Buffalo Rev E U~ b h Buffa lo deliver ed he m essage m i~~ Geima n ~ermon which f~jlowed Befor e he afernoon meeing, he nsiue assembled i n fror_i of he chur ch fo r he us ual nsiue pcur e, :ind afer g o he ch ur ch audorum, Rev r epa r dd d h E Baumgarner, Buffalo, a r esse e ~si ue on, "Culivaing hbe ~evoonal Life of Young People" A usmess ses f oowed a which ime he annual, son, and r easurer s r epor secr e a r y s d" s werde read an d o her business was iscusse Th e officer s eleced o ser ve for he ~om ng year ar e : p r esden Clar ence Grimm Pisburgh; Vice-Pr esiden, Berha Hamel Rocheser Corr Secr eary, da her, E n e, Recording Secr eary, Mr s E c T Wa ler Schmid, Buffalo ; r~a surer, L ena Krueger, P isburgh ; Council, Presiden of each sociey f o hold is he desir e of he ns ~e edunkirk he insallaion of officer sda July in S ummer Assembly, Sun ay,_ c " "h a consecraion meemg onnec ion w of ou r and we rus ha a grea many Young people will feel he call o aend he Assembly his summer 3 Daily Scr ipure Porion Bible R eaders Course ENDORSED BY YOUNG PEOPLES AND SUNDAY SCHOOL W ORKERS U NON Prayer befor e reading : Open hou mine eyes, ha may behold wondr ous hings ou of hy law Ps : 8 APR L MAY S Ma hew S Amos J-l 3 s 5-5 Numbrs ~! 0 { 6 ~ l O 8$ G SO S so J UNE N u-rnbers l 7 } l : 8 J onah sj l l l Nahum Ars $ J O 3 :6 20S 20 2 :? : s J 2 $ isl Si j $ JULY Acs ~ : l Acs 7 8 S 2U AUG U ST S J olin s 23 0"S ll J l J2 32 SS S q s s $ s s $ JG s S 25S T hessajo,,,, S $ 27-: 25 s 26 2 %0 27 2S i -s Palms $ l S S l l l ll 3, 0 5 2,l8 57 6o 30 s! sol l : ( Bl/ Couresll of h& Scripu re Union) Song servi ces opined he Sunday evening m eei ng, followed by minue r epors from each sociey An an hem by he Rocheser Choir was mos beau ifully r ender ed Prof Ramaker offer ed prayer a nd Rev A Br eschneider delivered an inspiri ng m essage, "The Challenge of he Chur ch o he Young People of Today" A shor devo ional period opened he session Monday and business was r es umed T his was followed by an informal "Quesion Box" hour conduced by Rev F Willkens, Buffalo, a which ime quesions, wih r egard o Sunday school and Young Peoples wor k, were brough up and discussed The nsi ue came o a close wih a lunch a nd ou ing a beauiful Genesee Valley Park where he delegaes par icipaed in games and oher oudoor suns, and pared fo r heir various home owns Wih he objecives decided on for he coming year, - a r epr esenaive P r omoion Commi ee,- and God willing, we hope o accomplish more his year for he Mas er s Kingdom han we have before ESTHER M E LLER, Rec Sec Those who become wear y in well-doing do no need r es bu vision Ways o f Looking a Things Two boys wen o gaher g r apes One was happy because hey found g r apes The oher was unhappy because he grapes had seeds in hem Two men, being convalescen, wer e asked how hey were One said, "m beer oday" The oher said, " was worse yeserday" When i r ains, one man says, "This will make mud;" anoher, "This will lay he dus" Two boys examined a bush One obser ved ha i had a horn ; he oher, ha i had a rose Two children looked hr ough colored glasses; one said, "The wor ld is blue;" and he oher said, " is brigh" Two boys had a bee ; one go honey, he <>her go sung The fi rs called i a honeybee; he oher, a singing bee " am glad ha live," said one man " am sorry m us die," says anoher " am glad," said one, "ha i is no worse" " am sorry," said anoher "ha i is no beer" One says, "Our good is mixed wih evil" Anoher says, "Our evil is mixed wih good"-the Guild

8 Kansas Young People a Safford Our Kansas Young P eoples and Sunday School Workers Union celebraed is 0h anniversary wih he Safford church from June o 3 As he roads were good, our meeings were well aended We r eceived a very heary welcome in Safford and also o he homes of he people Wih he excepion of breakfas all he meals were served in he bas emen of he church We considered i a grea privilege o have Rev A P Mihm wih us o help us celebrae our jubilee Tuesday evening he delivered he Jubilee Sermon, aken from Cor 5: 58 The main houghs of his sermon were, An Aposolic Call for F irmness and Fideliy; an nspiraional Call o Abound and Advance; and The Asssured Reward and Cerain Vicory Thursday morning Rev Mihms address was on " Empy Hands and Shining Sars" May we all work for Chris so ha we will no go emp y-handed ino he Kingdom bu have shining sa r s in our crowns Rev Mihm gave a n address on "Some Essenial T each ers Qualificaion s," which was ineresing and insrucive We had he privilege of having he "Old Faih" male quare of Tabor College, Hillsboro, wih us one day, which enerained wih songs Bes ides his we were enerained wih music from he differe n socieies, he church choir and he Juniors of he Safford church On Wednesday evening we enjoyed a splendid and rich program consising of a musical and a lierary number from each sociey of our Union Rev R Klizing, who has been a member of he Union since i was organized, gave a very ineresing paper on "Hisory for he Pas For y Years of Our Union" Rev J G Draewell of Marion gave an address on "Dangers Tha nfluence he Chrisian Life of Our Young P eople," in which he old u s oi some of h e many dangers we may encouner or fa ll ino fo r he sake of so-called good imes or "hrills" Rev C F Dallmus of Bison gave a n exposiion on Ecclesiases : Rev Charles W a gner of E llinwood spoke on "An Acive Sunday School" The r epors of he Young Peoples socieies and S unday schools showed ha li were working o win ~ O!ls for Chris a nd supporing missiona ries a home and on foreign fields The officers eleced for he coming yea r a~e : Presiden, Arhur Sandow, Dillon; Vice--Presiden, K F Ehrlich, Durham; Secr eary, Hulda Koch, Ellinwood, and Treas uer Mamie Gan, Durham Our meeings came o a close Thursday evening wih an evangelisic service led by Rev A P Mihm His ex wa s from Proverbs 8 : 2, where i says : "There is a friend ha sicke h closer han a broher" Afer he sermon a esimonia l meeing was held in which old and young ook par in esifying for his True Friend- J es us Everyone wen home wih new inspir aion a nd knowing he Lord surely ha d THE BAPTST HERALD blessed us May he bless us in he coming year! HULDA M KOCH, Sec Snapshos F rom Saffor d The grea Sae of Kansas never looked p:eier o he visi:or from Chicago han his! ea r The wavmg whea fields looked glorious and m general promise a good yield for he harves his year The counry around he Safford church is one of he bes secions of he sae Ou church is in he open counry hree mile~ from he own of Safford Safford h abo u 500 populaion as The hospiali~y of he Safford Church was boun~eous and pleny The noonday a nd evenmg meals were served in he basemen of he church This enerainmen was fr~e hroughou he convenion The good sisers of Safford cerain} did nobly in his respec Y Abou~ 75 young people from he various socieies of our churches in he s were presen, besides he large local ca e y on mgen E very soc~ was r epresened and r epor s were given concerning he young peoples a?d Sunday school work in ~ach church, which really enlighened and informed The roll-call furnished chance for original r esponses a The Kansa s "Jugenclbund" is no bu in is place we now have he Kmore; Young Peoples and Sunday School ~nss ers Union One of he mos im or f eaures of bus iness ransaced POran change he name of he organizawas o o unify he Young Peoples and ~n ~nd school organizaion ino one Un un ay under one se of officers This i;on ~nd wih he recommendaion of our Ni~ hne Organizaion a onal Rev Oo Roh, Saffords new was a busy man during he con Pas~r, coninually looking afer he hou ~enion, welfare of all he visiors Bsing and f ro Roh leads he church choir, which wih a number of fine selecion~vored us a ea~h meeing One of he "lives" he Safford Church is he Juni~osp~ in and he Junior Choir They sa r 0 cey several imes a nd heir fresh cl~g fo: us were a deligh o every ear r voices A pleasing inciden was a "s urpnse" on he R ev an d Mr s J G Draew was whispered a bou ha he d e he convenion hey were o a~ afer heir hirieh wedding annive ce ebrae heir friends a he convenion rsary, so a lile surpri se a he ables a~rranged he noon meals and presened he one of m wi h a nice bouque of flowers and ies congraulaions Brief o~r hearwere made by Secreary Mihm a dresses R Klizing, who ied he kno i:~ Rev hiry years ago A p am~as A Visi o Dickinson Cou Durham n Y and Following he convenion i he Edior accep ed an invia~ Safford, s anding o visi he F irs an~on of long Churches in Dickinson Coun Ebenezer railroad journey of abou h/ Afer a more we r eached Tampa onee hours or slaµd Road An auo drive ab he Rock miles norh brings one o ou welve Church, Dick inson Couny R Ebenezer Pauler, ~asor Her e we ~Pok!v A J day evening, June, o a good} on FriY audience of young and old who aended he meeing afer a busy day in he fields, for he haying ime was jus on The work a his church is quie encouraging and he young people are aking hold of hings o he deligh of he p asor A number were bapized on Sunday, June 6 The presen church edifice which has been sanding for more h~n fory years, is shorly o be orn down a nd r e-ereced in an enlarged manner o ake ino accoun he work among he young people and he Sunday school A fine basemen is in~luded in he new church edifice Build~ng sand and sone were on he ground n large heaps and he work will shorly begin was glad o spend several days in he hospiable family circle of Rev Geo W Pus, pasor of he Firs Church of Dickinson Couny The edior and Bro Pus have been personal friends since hey were neighboring pasors in Onario, Canad~, years ago, where Bro Pus be~n his minisry The Firs Chur~h ickinson Couny is locaed on a high hill a~d one of he mos delighful views for ~les in every direcion can be had fro!ll his emen ce on which he church, he ~a~sonage and he cemeery are locaed ui~ a few shade rees surround he spacious edifice We preached in German on Sunday morning and spoke in English o?e young people especially a he evenmg ser vice Boh of hese meeings ~~ere largely aended W e also addressed e Sunday school which had abou 60 Presen on his morning Bro Dahlinger, a former Sunday school sup erinenden, now resid en m McPherson K ans, w as ahs? Presen and spoke o h~ school over w ch he f On ormerly presided he dsunday afernoon Bro Pus and e ior drove over o Durham Kans, bou we a hrou n Y miles di san W e d rov e four g~ he village of Durham ou o er al ~iles beyond o a pond wher e sevgro undred auomobiles were already ass:~f ~nd a larg e concourse of peop~~ hem e The occasion ha broug in i ogeher was a bapismal serv:ice of he open n r esponse o he invia on ion ~npasor, Rev J Kepi, a he convenmal Safford, we preached he bap isof esern_on Then Bro Kepl had he joy bapin ermg he bap ismal waers and Youngzing hiry-one convers, mos ly a rec People, ino he deah and r esurwas?~ of Jesus Chris The weabel and i ea!, he congregalon was leveren he ~ve~y hear was filled wih joy ov~r he h anifesaion of he Spiri of God hey :~rs of ~hese young people ~&Y vows o re!am faihful o heir hig h up o b heir Lord and Savior a nd grow J esus Che ~rong and acive workers for lls! Afer a d r ye of some fory mies on Monda llud Y mornmg in he smooh-unn ng Dillo~~ Car of Bro Joe H offman of h: our ra hurch, we were ena bled o znak Sas c{n connecion a F lorence for!{and home ~ Y and r eached Fores Park a n God blgain on he morning of June 8 M Y in he ~ss and prosper a ll our churches unflower Sae! A P \ Poes y of Pi bare born, no paid- Univers s urgh Panher 5 July, 26 Our Devoional Meeing G W PusT July Wha D oes J esu s T each Abou Humiliy? Ma 8:- The eaching of oui ~r~ abou humiliy ook even his d scples by s urprise was, however, in compl~e accord wih his own characer and c~ cumsances as he evangel!ss abou~ anly esify We are remmde? of is humble birh of his compllraive povery of his a~sociaion wih h~ poor, hde F despised he oucas, an d of his depen en aiude oward hi s heavenly :~ her His own wor ds abou hims~f a d sureiy mos fiing: " am mee an lowly in hear" (Ma =2 ) ly a condiion o Jesus makes }m 7 id of }heav en he king om enrance in o d ples who were And ha o his own ~~c;irely differen concerned abou an of rank in he quesion, name~y h~ o his words he kingdom ~o g!ve h~~~ mids a s an exe plae is as placed a child m hem o con m -mp e f or " firs hing you have if he ~ad said Th~a fermening leaven o do is o ge all of your minds m of eai;hly a mbiion oulee r evoluion!!here mus be a compbefore you can ge your aims and noions ll o say nohmg inside he kmgdom la a here Surely, g high p ces ki in self -eseem, i of oba mm ha child was lac ng y was g for supenon cared no h m en-heared and sineachable, rusing, op e humiliy Ye, ri of genum cere-qua ~s ve all hese qualiies ho" easy i ~~~d~~od iself and o bebehmd w:h h foolish pride, as were come s~olled ~u o he humble only he he disciples ki d m swings open There door ino he ng 0 is no oher way, ion o /iumiliy a condi J esus nia,,es Jcingdoni o ieaven greaness in /ie b grea "Greao wan o e"real majesy is no wrong,, n ess is mans goa ll " Bu o his end should be craved by a his does no mean humiliy is necessaryice abnormal selfha we mus prac\y springs raher depr eciaion ~um~; God He who sees from a high?p ~on ossessions and abehind all his gif\ ei r real source is ainmens God as Such a one, while genuinely humble hmself will be readclaiming leas fo r h "Bu he ha is ies o serve all o ers~;all be your servgreaes among you a n" (Ma 23:) July 8 Wha We Learn from he Ou-ofDoors P s :-6,vih he n ermed( Oudoor meemg ) ia es and Jumors nmer days ough o These beauifu sui longing for a h hears Sr wi m ou f agods g rea ou0 beer under sandmg of-doors mp ressive are he lessons hey ough o convey o ever y recepive mind God is in his world "Wher e is youl God? Show him o me," said a proud heahen monarch o a devou Jew " canno show you my God, bu come wih me and will show you one of his messengers" T aking him o he open air he poined o he unclouded sun and said, "Look a ha" " canno, i pa ins my eyes," said he monarch " Then," said he Jew, "how coulds hou look on he face of him a whose r ebuke he pillars of heaven remble?" During he French Revoluion Jean Bou S Andre sa id o a peasan: " will have a ll your s eeples pulled down ha you may no longer have any objec by which you may be r eminded of your super siions" "Bu, replied he peasan, "you canno help leaving us he sars" His f oroes are i?resisible Consider, for example, he wind H ow playful i is when i fl\ns he cheek, and how genle when whispering among he reeops! Bu i possesses he srengh of innumerable gians, leaving deah and desrucion in is pah Gods f 0ces are beneficen in aim The wind brings us life-giving oxyg en, i forces he clouds across he sky a nd precipiaes m oisure The sunligh ripens he g r a in, i r eddens he frui on he rees and builds he mighy oaks s ul ra-vio l ~ r ays a re effecing marvelous cures AU creaion declares Gods glory Wha inconceivable wisdom and power ma nifess i self in he counless forms of life on he earh in he waer and in he air Wha good ness on he par of him who s upplies he needs of s uch a vas creaion! July 25 H o w Are W e Supplying Africas Need for Chris? Acs 8 :26-0 (Missionary meeing) n Harford, Conn, a missionary confer ence was held on Africa fro m Ocober 30 o November Missionaries from mos pars of Africa were presen, as also board execuives and educaionaliss The following quoaions fro m a repor of his conf erence as given in " Missions," January, 26, wi shed ligh upon our heme General needs " n g iving he African he message of J esus we mus give him also all ha he Gospel of J esus h a s made poss ible of blessing and uplif in our lives" "Dr Fuller drove a racion eng ine across he wild erriory of Por uguese Eas Africa where he racor was o ake is par in he work of 70,000 schoolboys and girls o become a conribuing fa cor in he evangeliza ion of many ribes" "Dr Jones brough o he confer ence wha he calls he s imples which underly he problem of educaion for he African-beer homes, simple healh measures, he developmen of he soil, he inroducion o God, he loving Faher" The place of woman in he uplif of he A/-ican "Sweeping denuncia ion of ancien cusoms and pracice in Africa is seen o be in advisable" "From ime immemorial women have worked in he fields f we each hem modern mehods of laundry work, hey are likely o find hese mehods impossible of applicaion is hoped ha he answer o his and many anoher vexed quesion will be found" Sviriual needs " The convicion was fel by all, however, ha mere educaion will be insufficien for he building of a new Africa Wih all he eaching, raining and uplif work here mus be consanly pr esen he living spiri of Chris o cleanse and r enew he spiri of m a n" Augus Wise and Unwise Decisions Kings 3 :5-5; Gen 3 :5-3 (Consecraion meeing) We a r e consanly called upon o make decisions is a par of lifes business We may someimes ry o avoid faeing he issue ; because, as Jeremy Taylor has said, a cerain condiion of he soul is " sof, loose, and wandering" Bu even ha ac of avoidance is in realiy a decision And how much even an apparenly insignifican decision may mean for our characer and desiny! Wise and unwise decisions differ in heir imderlying moives We find his clearly illusraed in our scripure passages Solomon desired w isdom-no for any selfish purpose-bu ha he migh be enabled, as king and judge over his people, o rule and j udge in righeousness Tha was cerainly wise Los decision was due o selfishness He wished o acquire all he wealh possible, despie he spiriual danger o himself and his family Tha was very unwi se When abou o make a decision we ough firs o weigh our moives f hese are in harmony wih Chr iss principles, our de~i sion will be wise f no, and especially f s elfishness is he dominaing moive our decisions will surely be unwise 7hey differ in heir effecs A wise decis ion canno bu be saluary in is effec ha may no mean earhly iiches, a s was he case vih Solomon, bu raher in characer, which is far beer Unwise decisions, on he oher hand, are disasrous in heir effecs To ha no only Lo, bu housands upon housands can esif y Disgrace and ruin of en follow in heir rain, and no amoun of sorrow is able o sop heir disasrous work f he effecs of our decisions were more conscieniously conemplaed beforehand hey would keep u s from much folly a nd save us many hea rach es

9 6 THE B PT T~ " :ERA!iD Carroll Avenue B Y P U, Da llas Wih graiude o God for his many blessings during he pas year our Union sands ready for anoher year o serve he King of Kings, our Lord and Maser On Thursciay evening, May 27, he young people came ogeher for heir annual business meeing The elecion of officers resuled as follows: Presiden, Roland Ehrhorn; VicePresiden, Arhur Forser; Recording Secreary, Berha Lengefeld; Corresp Secreary, Fred Held, Jr; Treasurer, Edward Grinke Choriser, Pred Held, Jr; Usher, Mi s ~ Helen Pfeiff::r; Pianis, Esher Behr New Group Capains will be appoined by he execuive commiee n spie of some difficulies encounered along he way during he pas year, especially ha of mixed languages (German and English), which we have ried o overcome by he organizaion of a new group, which group will give a program once a monh in he German lang uage enirely, we have enjoyed many blessings, many good programs and good fellowship We are using he B Y P U quarerlies and he "Bapis Herald" in making up our programs each Sunday n his connecion we would say a word of sincere appreciaion of he services rendered our B Y P U by he officers during he pas year Our reiring Ji presiden, Arhur Forser, was a real B Y P U opimis and believed in he Union and is work; in spie of he fac ha we have had many recording secrearies, many of whom did excellen work we can say wih he greaes pride ha our reiring secreary was he bes Herber Pfeiffer served he Union in his capaciy hree years and did an admirable piece of work Our pas reasurer Edward Grinke, was always very loyai and faihful in performing his duies which is evidenced by he fac ha he ha ~ been reeleced We appreciae he faihful minisraions of all of our officers we appreciae our good friend and coun~ selor, our pasor Bro Pfeiffer, and we hank God for ohers who have helped o make our Union wha i is We would no close his repor wihou saying ha we are more han graeful o our beloved Bro A Breschneider, who spen one Sunday wih us recenly During his one day we learned o love him as a r eal Young Peoples leader and friend We express our hearfel appreciaion for he spiriual uplif of our Union made possible by he messages which he brough us We also had he grea privilege, during he pas year, o have wih us for he firs ime Miss Ehel Hudson, field worker in our Sae B Y P U Deparmen of Texas She brough Berhold W Krenz William Schweizer Waler O Makowsky John L Harwick Rocheser, N Y Rocheser, N Y R och eser, N Y Rocheser, N Y Ready o serve our German Bapis people, we send ou our brehren from he Senunary wih he reques o welcome hem w ih rue Chrisian hospialiy and o lisen paienly o wha hey have o say when hey visi you in your homes BUY NCOME TSELF The real reason why mos men are working and buying life insurance is o pr~vide for heir families Then why no buy income insead of buying capial? ~ s he sures guaranee ha your insurance will serve he purpose for w hich was inended Naurally your wife is devoing her life o he care of he family Mos wome!l have neiher he ime nor he desire o acquire knowledge of invesing or canng for money Mos families have no rule wih which o measure money The l}mp sum seems almos measureless ofen developes ha he fami~y lef wih insurance money live in a world of sham values unil he money is gone A your dea!"i your wife will have hrus upon her a mos disressing ime, she will ~e safe f a par o~ your esae comes in monhly income Your gen er~ esae will be qwe sufficien for her o manage while a monhly income will aid her o mee her pressing need Your German Bapis nsurance Associaion offers a membership cerificae which will provide your family $000 o $0 000 a he ime of your deah, or will pay hem from $0 o $00 per monh for en years js a mighy good plan of insurance and you ough o have i Ask y~u~ local clerk-agen, or any one of our four Rocheser S~rninary sudens vsmg our churches during hese summer monhs, or wrie direc o he home office of THE GERMAN BAPTSTS LFE ASSOCATON, 860 Walden Ave, Buffalo, N Y us a sirring message in her own characerisic manner, so pleasing o all A ho conclusion of her address she gave a chalk alk on "The Old Rugged Cross" We will no be conen, however, o si down and coun our blessings, glory over pas vicories, bu we will go on and find our highes joy in consan service and in unfalering fideliy o our Maser May he Lord bless our B Y P U! FREDA TELKAMP May Meeing, Young Peoples Union of New York and Viciniy On Thursday, May 27, he "Jugendbund" of New York and Viciniy gahered a he Harlem church, N Y Though he weaher was no very favorable, we, neverheless, had a good r epresenaion The meeing assumed a greaer significance, when Mr F Maeder, presiden of he Harlem Y P S, announced ha i was in his very church ha our Union was born Following he song ser vice and he opening exercises, i was necessary o devoe several minues o business Three imporan maers were brough o he aenion of he young people Saurday, June 26, was announced as he dae se for our excursion up he Hudson The Pagean Commiee for he concer on Elecion Day r epored favorable progress The young people were urged o make heir reservaions for vacaions a Bradley Beach early We had he pleasure of greeing Mr and Mrs Rosenberg again They assured us ha hey would do everyhing possible o make he coming season a Bradley Beach an enjoyable one Rev 0 Barholow of M Vernon was he speaker of he evening His very imely message, "Tuning n," was a challenge o he young people o so aune hemselves o God ha hey, as he fuure rulers of our counry, migh be he proecors and saviors of all ha is pure and righ and helpful o our Naion May we ake he message o hear and srive o reach he supreme spiriual heighs which were revealed o us! JOSEPHNE N RAUSCHER Bapis Deaconess and Girls Home Provides home for girls desiring o become Deaconesses or Missionaries or for g irls who a rc engaged in any oher p rofession or work T he Dc::iconcsscs arc u nd er he direc super vision of our llonrd of Direcors and have a years raining in he Seminary and hree years in he Hospia l, graduaing a s fullflcdgcd nurses A ll oher girls, Missionaries included arc as sured o! a g ood C hrisian home wih a wholcsomcl spiriunl anospherc, a nd a r c r equired o pay or board nnd locliring H e rc is an oppor u niy for girls coming lo Chicago for shor csidencc, or for hose who hav e no home here, lo be in g enial surroundings F o r pnr iculars wrie o he Superinenden, Miss Marga;c Wagner, or o he P residen, RcT, C A Daniel, Corland S, Chicago ll The Knighs of Honor of he German Bapis Church Tacoma Washin~on Exend a Wann-Heared nviaion o all r oung men yiiing he Pacific Coaa o Join he clan of GOOD FELLOWSHP SPLENDD LESSONS :5 A M nery Sanday So 20 a: J S