The Baptist Herald A DENOMINATIONAL PAPER VOICING THE INTERESTS OF THE GERMAN BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS' UNION

Volume Five CLEVELAND, 0., FEBRUARY 15, 1927

Roger Williams Monument at Providence, Rhode Island

Number Four

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What's Happening T he Assembly of the Minnesota Ger­

man Baptist Young People will be held at Mound, Minn., on July 12-17. A st rong and representative faculty is being se­cured for thls assembly.

Rev. Carl F. Stoeckmann, .pastor of the First Church St. P a ul, Minn., has re­signed his charge and closes his pa storat e the end of Apr il. Bro. Stoeckmann has been minist er of the First Church since 1907.

:'-" The Riverview church of St. P aul, . Minn., Wm. E . Schmitit, pastor , will eel­

- ~ ebrate its fortieth anniversary on Sun-day, Ma rch 20. General Missionary Sec­retary Wm. Kuhn, D. D., wm be one of the speakers at t his occasion.

. Cedar Lake, I nd., has again been se­

. lected a s t he meeting place for t he An­nual Confer ence of t he Jugendbund of Chicago and Vicinity. The dates a re May 28-30. The pr ogram committee is

, busy and proposes to line up a fine group of speakers.

T he P lum Creek, S. D., church has ex­tended a calJ to Rev. A. I ttermann of Berlin, Cape Province, So. Africa, to be-

/ come t he successor of Rev. Chr. Dippel. Bro. Ittermann is serving three churches in Africa at t he present time. H e was formerly pastor in North Dakota.

· · Rev. E . Baumgartner , pastor of the Spruce St. church, BuffaJo, N. Y ., pre­se,nt ed his resignation to t ake effect the end of March. Bro. Baumgart ner f elt that th is step was necessary by t he state of his health a s well a s that of Mrs.

~ Baumgartner, which needs building up f?r both. He wi ll enter anot her occupa­

, t 1on a while in Erie, P a. I , It is reported that in New York State ! ~ore t han 70,000 J ews ha ve become ad-·Jlerents of Christian Science. A H ebrew i Christi~n offers t he fo llowing r easons why thls should be attractive to t he mo­dern J ew : "It eliminates Christ ma kes star tling claims of a lleviating s~ffering, offers social life wher e t he J ew can eas ily

' mingle with Gent iles, and yet i t does not cut him oft' from t he fe llowship of his

1 own people.

Rev. G. H. Schneck, pastor of our Ger­l man Baptist Church at New Britain

Conn., is a member of t he faculty in th~ ~ommunity School for Leader ship Train-

1 mg, conducted under t he a uspices of t he ~ew Britain Council of Religious Educa­tion. The second semester of t h.is school

t began J an. 18 a nd closes March 22 meet-

top.al, assisted. The splendid messages deh~ered, center ed upon the Cross of ~hnst, were v~~ helpful in t he quicken­mg of the sp1r1tual life oo; the church !en Sunday school scholar s became will~ mg . t o follow the great invitation of Christ a nd t o become his fo llowers M Go~ le~d others to the Cross whe~e s!f. vation 1s freely offered.

Rev. ] . H. Ansberg of the Nottingham Churc?, C!;veland, 0 ., issues a folder an­nouncing Twenty Practical Every D L'f S ,, f a y 1 e ermons or 10 consecutive Sun-d~ys from J a n. 23, mornings and eve­nings. So?1e striking subj ects for Sun­d~y mornmg are : "The P eople who wm;" "The Hand of God in my life·" " God's last pay day." Some of those f~r Sunday evening a re : "Thinking Young P eop le of today a nd t heir problems·" "I s the present age different from 'other age.s ?" " Is ther e another chance for sal­vation after death ?"

T he Tri-Borough Ministerial Associa­t ion (New Kensington, Parnassus and Arnold, Pa.) ha s elected Rev. C. E . Cra­mer of t he Union Church, Arnold Pa a s t hei r pr esident for 1927. Bro. C1'.am~~ is ~!so one of five teachers in the Commun­ity school of Religious education and ha t he course in the Life of Cliris t. Evan~ g~list W. A. Cheeseman held meet ings Wlth Bro. Cra mer's church from Jan. 30-F eb. 13. The B. Y. P. U. recently r e­corded an a btenda nce of 50. Pastor Cra­mer preached a series of sermons in Jan­uary on " The Second Coming of Christ" which ar oused g rea t interest .

The Editor of the "Baptist H erald" spen~ Sunday, J an. 30, with t he Grace ~aptist Chur ch, ~acine, Wis., a nd en­JOyed the fellowship with the sain ts of t he "Belle. City" of Wisconsin. T wo good congregat10ns g reeted the visitin preacher as he brought the messag; Rev. H. F. Schade, pastor and Miss L d' D k ' Y­. ia a? ert, missiona ry, ar e encouraged m their work a nd note evi dences f deeper Christ ian life a mong many me~­ber s. The Sun~ay school is prosperin under the supermtendency of Bro. Roh~ ma n. The attendance was 201 t he d of our visit . The "Modern Hymnal" hay been int roduced a s song book in t~s school. e

The Ebenezer Church near W . S . S essing-

ton pnngs, . D., Rev. s. C. Blum hagen, pastor, held two weeks of -

I . t' · evan ge 1s 1c meetings and the prayer s f -ple a nd minis ter were answer ed To peo­one young people and children :.V wenty­to Christ from t he families of t hereE won

d . hb . e ben ezer a n ne1g on ng Congr e t ' -Ch h Th · ga ionaJ

in~s ~eing held on Tuesday eveni1

ngs in 1 the F irst Congregational church. Bro. I Schneck teaches a course on "The New · Te:;tament."

!he church at Killa1oe, Ont., writes Rev. C. Peters, pastor, held t wo weeks

1 ,of. _protracted meetings, J an. 10-21,. in whi.ch Br o: A . E . J aster , from the neigh­bo1'Ulg churches of Lyndock and Sebas-

urc . e meetings were 1J tended and t he spiritual life w; at­chur ches was quickened. It was ~ both did example of co-oper ation. T he ~Pl.e~­of God permeated all t he meet · pin t t he last evening a n offering f~~g~ On olent purposes was taken amo . enev-

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$28.85. T he E benezer chur ch surprised their pastor by a generous g ift of money.

The pasto rs of six Bohemian Baptist churches were guests of the Chicago Ger­man Baptist Minister's Conference at their J anuary meeting at the Humboldt Park church, Chicago, Jan. 31. I t was a fine demonst rat ion of Christ ian fellow­ship and brotherhood. T he beginnings of Baptist work among t he Bohemia ns wer e made by t he First German Chur ch, Chi­cago, and Rev. J acob Meier. Rev. C. A. Da niel r ead a paper on "August Tholuck, Professor and Soul-winner." T he pas­tor's wives and missionaries wer e a lso in­vited and all greatly enjoyed the gat her­ing, especially t he splendid supper fur­nished by the La dies Society of the H um­boldt Park Church.

The Chicago and Vicinity Jugendbund will hold a n Instit ute during t he week of Ma rch 27-Apri l 1. Sessions wi ll be in the F ir st Church. T he study periods wiJJ follow a supper every evening and a short introductory devot iona l per iod. Secre­taries Mihm and Bretschneider will be the faculty and each \vill t each t wo forty­minute periods each night . The services in the churches on Sunday, March 27, \viii be connected with the Young People 's work in a special way. Detailed pro­gram will fo llow la ter. Let all Chicago Germa n Ba ptist Young P eople a nd Sun­day school workers r eserve t his week for the Inst it ute. P resident Walter Grosser is pla nning strong publicity.

• * .. Trying to realize t he spirit ual signif­

icance of life is a noble goal for lif e.

• .. . You ar e planning a very little life if

t here is room in it only for your self .

The Baptist Hera1d P ubl ished sem i-m on thly b y the

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February 15, 1927 3

The Baptist Herald The following Call to Prayer for a Spiritual Re­

vival issued by the Finance Committee and directed t~ al

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l of our churches and members everywhere, has the hearty endorsement of the Executive Com­mittee of our Young People's and Sunday School Workers' Union. We pledge our Union to help in this movement and hereby call upon all our young people and Sunday school workers to share by prayer enlistment and prayer participation in bring­ing about the much needed and desired spiritual awakening in our churches.

Let everyone read and h e ed the prayer-call.

Prayer-Call for a Spiritual Revival

T HE first condit ion for bringing about a spir it ua l r evival has a lr eady been met in our circles by

the admission that we need a spiritual r evival and by the fact that not a f ew among us are sincer ely yearning for it. Many have expressed this d~"si:e openly in wor ds ; others have only brought it m secret to our Father in heaven.

J esus gives to us his own method for bringing about a spiritual r evival. He says in J ohn 14 :12-14:

i•v erily, verily, I say unto you, He th at believeth on me, the works that I do sh all he do a lso; and gr eater works than t hese shall he do; because I go unto t he F ather. And whatsoever ye sha ll ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any­thing in my name, that will I do."

This word of our Savior may surely be applied fully and wholly to th~ bringing about of the spir­itual reviva l, for a r evival belongs to the "greater works" for the production of which J esus gives us the m ethod. A spiritual r evival means th e health recovery of the spir itually a iling, t he awakening of those spiritually asleep,_ t_he transformation of those unlike Jesus, th e stirrmg up of the lazy and ·nactive ones, the liber ation of th e captive ones, ~he unconditional surrender of th e ha lf -conse-

·ated · it means to become active in soul-winning; ~: mea~s the transformation of our dead and un­~ruitful churches into a ver itable garden of God.

He who would participate ~n bringing abo~t a . ·t ual revival must do one thmg-he must beheve

spir~esus Christ. Nothin~ else counts here,- no 0~ ts no eloquence, no high repute, no position in t~ e~ ' ly faith in J esus Christ can here accomplish hfe, on anything.

W 'th regard to this mira~le the q':1est ion arises in 1 'nds : How can this be done? How does

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this happen ? Even though we cannot fathom this deep myster y, we know that by means of our faith we enter into a living fellowship with Jes us Christ . J esus clearly states that he who be­lieves on him will take refuge with him in prayer for the performing of greater works . W ithout any· interruption J esus adds: "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, th at the F ather may be glorified in the Son." He emphasizes this and r e­peats: "If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do." J esus himself promises to do the gr eat works, which are supplicated of him in prayer. He never performs t hem for our glor ification but " that the Father may be glorified in the Son,"

Although the Master will accomplish the greater wor ks upon our prayer in his name, he is silent about a ll details r egarding the carrying out of th ese

· greater works. How and when he will effect th fa spiritual r evival and what form it will take and m uch else, we must all leave to him. "And yet in his own t ime, the Lord will provide." "It may not be my way, it may not be thy way, and yet in h is own way, t he Lord will provide."

If th e Lord is to effect the miracle of a spiritua l r evival in our midst, we do well to heed the a dmoni­tion of the mother of J esus at the wedding of Cana : "Whatever h e saith unto you, do it."

On the Mount of Transfiguration God himself from heaven spoke in similar manner when he said : "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased ; hear ye him."

Everyone who wishes to co-operate in bringing about a spir itual r evival is invited voluntarily and yet with a ll determination to join the Prayer League by affixing his name.

Prayer League for a Spiritual Revival Believing in the name of J esus Christ a nd accepting

his promise John 14 :12-14, I will pray wi thout ceasing for a spiritual revival. With my signature I decla re my­self a member of the P rayer Leag ue.

Name ............ . .. . . . . .... . . . . .. .. . . .. .... .

Address . . ... . . .. . .. . ...... . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . .

Church .. . .. . ... . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . .. .... .

This call is being published by th e Finance Com­mit tee in the "Baptist Herald" and in the "Send­bote." All of our Young People's Societies and a ll of our Sunday schools are urgently requested t o r efer to this important matter on both Sundays, Feb.

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27 und March 6, and to make it a subject of earnest prayer.

It will be of great benefit, if in the period between Feb. 27 and March 6 our young people and our Sun­day school workers join thi.s Prayer League py sig­nature of their names. Prayer League cards are being sent to a ll of our pastors and the pr esidents of our young people's societies and superintendents of our Sunday schools can obtain cards from them. Get a supply from your pastor . If you need more, write to Forest Park.

Although our Father who seeth in secret, know­eth a ll who share in this prayer fellowship, it will serve to strengthen our faith to publish the names of groups in the various churches (not individual names) who are praying for this revival in the "Baptist Herald" from number to number. Indi­vidual members who are not able to fellowship in our church ser vices can nevertheless assist in thia great work by faithfu l prayer . The signed cards of the voluntary prayer league members are to be sent to The Finance Committee, Box 4, F orest Park, Ill.

To realize the miracle of a spiritual r evival the mobilization of our praying members is necessary. Among our mor e than 32,000 members there should surely be a great number who wil l heed this call and enlist thdr names. Do you wish to co-oper­ate? Then join with those who in faith and in the name of J esus are asking him to effect thia r evival. He has promised "That will I do ."

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Editorial Jottings WE BEGIN a series of sketches of native South

African chara cter and customs by Rev. L. Baier of Stutterheim, C. P. So. Africa. Bro. Baier ia sec­retary of League (Bun-:J.) of German Baptist Church es of South Africa. His brother, Rev. J. A. Baier of King William's Town, is president .

WE ARE HAPPY to announce that we have se­cured a fine new continued story which will soon begin in t he "Herald." It is "The Glass W indow" by Lucy Furman. It is a t hrilling story of the Ken­tucky Mountains. We know it will go over big after you begin it. Watch for more detailed anno unce­ment in the next "Baptist Herald." We deem our­.selves fortunate in having secured the seria l righ ts.

Our First Duty J OHN LEYPOLDT

O NE of t he saddest and most vivid pictur es of an individual in the New Testament is found in

Mark's gospel 5 :1-20. The sacred writer depicts an unfortunate man on the Eastern shore of Galilee who probably once resided in the city of Gergesa but was now living in the tombs a long the lake shore. This poor wreck of humanity preferred to live among dead men's bones. His only occupation consisted in freeing himself from the chains and

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fetter.:; with which he had been bound. H e was a ~enace to human society because he made the way impassable for travelers. He was a menace to h im­self because he cut himself with stones. According to Luke's. gospel he even wore no clothing, probably only havmg an undergar ment on . The saddest part of all was that this demoniac cou ld not be helped by any of his fellowmen. Mark says : "No man had strength to tame him." But one day Chr ist came to the Eastern shore and took pity on this tormented soul. He freed him from the unclean spirit.

What a marvelous change had been wrought ! After Christ's commanding word the demoniac be­~ame a n.orm.al i:ian, no longer r;aming around but }othed, m his right mind and sit ting at the feet of t esus. When the Master entered a boat to r etu r n \~i;he Y'1 estern shore, the healed man begged to go

J h him. He longed to be with hi.s benefactor but esus refu d t · awa . ~e 0 .take him a long. He rather sent him

h y, giving him this command · "Return to thY ouse and decl h · d e for thee" are ow great things God hath on

w't (Luke 8 :39). His first duty was to be a ·t1

ness for Christ in his own home and in his own Cly.

Ourselves Our fir.st dut .

selves. That Y as young p eople is towa rd 0~1 -understood it ;nay sound very se lfi sh but propeilY are to be of s fundamental and scriptural. If w~ take care of any use to other s, we must first o~ al before w ourselves. Our own life must be right, Paul gav~ c~~ l;ad others on the right path . W hen elders of th

1~ arewell address a t Miletus to th~ unto your se?ve ~?esus church he said: "Take hee .. first duty w s. As overseers of the church the.n harmony wi~ ~ see that their own lives were in Proper care of th 0~ and on ly then could t hey take tor of t he Fifth eir flock. Dr. H enry Howard, pas­York, addres, · Ave. Presbyter ian Church, NeW tional Bible t1ff the graduating class of the Na­every sabbat~1s tut~, said: "I arise a t five o'cloc~ fifty Years, not~~rn~ng, and have done so for ovei_ pare rnyself f . Pl epare my sermons, but to pre

o1 the se. . " r v1ce of the Lord's day. Only When

others how to we a~·e right with God, can we tel ~ of Leonar do daget. r ight with hiin. The biographeI his great ma t Vi:ici tells us t hat while at wor k on ~an ~nd vow!;~;iece, the artist quarreled with a m this vengeful take vengeance upon h im. Whe~ Judas, but wh mood he sketched the face 0

Master , he f en he star ted to paint the face of t he pre~sion he s~~d .that he could not give it the ex­a~amst whom h es~ed unti l he had gone to the man his forgivenes, e Wad vowed vengeance and sought ~ble to finish hi.s f· hen this had been done, he wa,~ rh~ great ar tist h a~ous Picture "The Last Supp~r . t atti~ude first bef a to get his own soul in the righ. Christ. We Wish or e h~ could paint t h e face. of that our Prima to say it with a ll emphasis possible s~lfish Purposery bduty is toward ourselves not for kingdom of Go~ . ut for the best in.teres~ of the

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Our Home

The healed demoniac's first d uty was to be a wit­ness for Christ in his own home. "Return to thy h ouse." The first personal worke1· that Jes us had was Andrew. H e fe lt it was his first duty to go home and tell h is brother Simon ab·out his great spir itual discovery. Andrew a lways remains an ex­ample for us in successful soul-winning.

A sick woman in India went to a hospital after having been pr onounced incurab le by the native doctors. She underwent a thorough examination, a nd the verdict was that she could be thoroughly cured if she stayed at the h ospital for a month. D'ur­ing t his time she received the kindest care and the most scientific treatment and daily improved phys­ically. She was also made acquainted with the "Great Physician" who can heal, not the body only but a lso the soul. When the time came for her to leave the hospital she clung to the missionaries and implored them to let her stay with them. But the missionary said: "There's your husband; he is not a Christian. Go home to yo ur husband and tell him how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee." And she went back to her native town telling about the "Great Phy­sician" with the result that not only her h usband, but scores of her friends accepted Christ as t heir Savior a lso .

Our Christianity should show itself first of all in our homes. Our best should be given to those first who are nearest us. The wife of the late Dr. Griffith Thomas said after his death : "Dr. Thomas never gave others his sweetest cream and brought us home the sour milk." Christianity begins at home, Home influence usually makes or breaks a character. How many wayward sou ls have been ultimately saved because they could never forget the ear ly influence of a Christian home.

Our Church

Our first duty is toward our own church. No Baptist church or any other ch urch whatever the denomination may be, is perfect. We a ll bear the marks of imper fection. But sometimes this is for­gotten by some Christ ians, .who ha~e been hurt by others or who are not satisfied with the spiritual lif e of their f ellow members. They decide to go elsewhere expecting to find a perfect church in their new surroundings. How often have such well-mean­ing Christians been di~appointed ! More than once it has happened that J.u~t such I?eo~ l.e have in t ime become confused, spiritua lly md1ffer ent and in some cases, unfortunately, even lost the faith they once possessed. They became grasshopper Chris­tians jumping from one place to anoth er. Our first d ty ' our Christian duty, is to stay where we are

u d better the spiritual conditions by our presence, ~~r prayer s and our perseverance.

Our Denomination

0 first duty is toward our own d enomination . The u,:riter of these lines had in one of his former

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churches a young lady of beautiful character, re­spected and beloved by all. While preparing for th e foreign field, she had an eager desire to go to Korea. But there was no opening for her in our own denomination. The prospects wer e that she might go out under the supervision of another denomina­tional board to Korea. As this consecrated young woman was willing to go wherever she 'believed the Lord would lead, the writer had a small share in in­teresting the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Boar d in her. They were glad to send her out to work among the Indians of South America and Bo­livia.

Our own denomination should receive first con­sideration in our kingdom interests, in the disposal of our gifts a nd in the consecration of life. We are then only paying back some of the interest we owe our denomination which has done so much for us.

Our Nation

Our first duty is toward our own nation. Jesus fe lt that ii was his duty to minister to those of his own nationa lity first. Did h e not say : " I was not sent but unto the lost sh eep of the house of Israel"? He taught his disciples home missions before he gave them the final command to propagate the gos­pel everywhere. Our first duty is toward th ose ·who are within our own borders. We must Christianize our own people before we can expect to Christianize others.

A prominent Hindu said to Dr. Charles W . Gilkey w hile in India : "If you in America want to do some­thing to better relations please tell your fellow­countrymen to show more of the spirit of Jesus Christ a t home." W e as a nation must face t he question whether we dare be Christian. We must answer that question in our own land first. If we ar e loyal to Christ in our own land, then we sha ll make it easier for the missionaries abroad. The greatest obstacle which confronts t he fore ign mis­sionaries of today is not heathenism but the lack of · a vital Christianity in socalled Christian homes and nations. Today as never before Christians are being accused of not living like Christ by prominent non­Christians in foreign lands.

Thinking of ourselves, ou~· own homes, our own churches, our own denomination and our own nation first, should not make us self-centered, proud and blind for the needs of other s but rather equip us so that we can ser ve others better. All of our interests should be centered on the kingdom of God. A tree can on ly grow if it is deeply rooted and has nourish­ing soil. Only then can it develop normally, send out its branches and be of service to others.

Our young people can make a great contribution toward the upbuilding of God's kingdom by putting first things first. Christ's interests should be our guiding motive in developing ourselves and in giv­ing first attention to those things which lie nearest at hand. If we by God's help endeavor to perform our first Christian duty faithfully, then the gospel of Christ shall make greater progress at home and abroad.

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The Dorcas Society, Ableman, Wis.

The Dorcas Society of the Baptist church, Ableman, Wis., Rev. H. Rieger, pastor, meets every other Thursday to sew garments for the poor and raiment for the rich. One is astonished at the wonderful things the skilled hands of this society can accomplish.

The society works in close harmony with our Missionary Society and together they had t he great joy to realize over $400 at their annual bazaar. This amount was placed on God's altar for home and foreign miss ions.

We are thankful to our Master for t he great opportunity.

MRS. EMMA STOECKMAN.

Revival at Scottsbluff, Nebr. "The Lord is nigh unto all them that

call upon him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him." Rev. and Mrs. Lipphard conducted a revival meeting from Jan. 16-28 in our church. The L<Yrd was with us. 49 souls confessed Christ as their Savior, and others are seeking him. The Lord also blessed the Mexican work that is carried on by Rev. Garcia in our church, so that he baptized 27 converts. Our missionary offering was $33.02. Pray for u s.

P. F. SCHILLING.

Fessenden Young People Present Cantata

Members of the Baptist Young P eo­ple's Union of Fessenden, N. D., pre­sented the Christmas Cantata, "Yuletide Memories" to an audience t hat filled the Baptist church tJo capacity Sunday eve­ning, Dec. 26.

The cantata, by Ira B. Wilson, is rather long, but the chorus and soloists had spent much time and effort in prepara­tion and t he presentation was very good.

Fred B. Paul, who directed the young folks in this fine cantata, deserves a great deal of credit for the success of the program, and Mrs. Fred B. P a ul, the accompanist, is also tQ be commended for her efforts.

A duet by Miss Alma Dippel and Fred B. Paul opened the program for the eve­ning, and Miss Dippel also gave a piano solo. Rev. Dippel gave a short talk be-fore the cantata started. ·

The solo parts were carried in a very able manner by the following singers. A. V. Zuber, tenor; Helen Zuber, alto: Mrs. Otto G. Krueger, alto; Chris F. Al~ bus, basso; Mrs. 0. L. Stabbert, soprano. Verna Rappuhn, soprano, and Lydi~ Krueger, soprano.

Other member s of the chorus L P ~~

aura epple, Erma Rappuhn Ella F ' bich, Minnie Baier, Ethel B~rgstah; ie­Anna Strohmaier, Esther Pepple Eder, Burgstahler~ Helen Krueger, F'red ~a Bohnet, Emil Stabbert Herwald D' · W It H p ' 1PPel a er . aul, Walter Burgstahl 0 ' lando Stabbert and Ernest Stabbe~'. r-

Tuesday evening the members of chorus and a number of friends d the Cathay where they presented the rove to to a large and appreciative audie cantata an intr-0duction to the cantata M'nce. As Dippel and Mr. Fred G. Paul1ss Alma duet and Miss Dippel played a pia~~ng a Re".. Lohr also gave a short talk solo. lowing the program, the Catha · Fol­people served refreshments. Y Young

LYDIA C. KRUEGER S , ec.

Riverview and Riversid S School Workers' Une. unday

ion The Teachers' and Officer , .

t he Riverview a nd Riversfd Union of schools of St. P.aul Minn be Sunday work of the new y~r with' egan their connection with their regu~ banquet in meeting on January 7, 1927_ ar ltlonthly

The committee in charge a very tasty menu and an i'narr~~ged for

Th d spiring gram. ree a dresses were . Pro-Ida Glewwe, vice-president ol~ven. ~iss spoke on the subject: "Mak' ur Union, Ball;" Mrs. Nielson instrucitng ~he Snow

k d . ~ or 1n on our wee - ay rehg1ous scho 1 e of subject "Building the Fort?, s, on the pastor, Rev. Wm. E. Schmitt and our Winning Fight." These ve"'' .' on "The

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and inspiring addresses led us to realize the tremendous task that is ours as work­ers in our Sunday schools and churches, and to resolve to do our very best for our Lord and Master in the year that is be­fore us.

The Lorraine B. Y. P. U. The Lorraine, Kans., B. Y. P. U. has a

program the last Sunday of each month. We study the book of Revelation the other Sundays. The following program was given Jan. 30: Song Service .. . led by Laverne Schmidt. Scripture and prayer .. .. Alfred Schacht. Violin Solo ........ . .... Anna Tuebner. "Others" . ........ . ... . . Letha Schmidt. "The Nazareth Shop" ...... Emil P loog. "Peter" .. . . . .. .. ...... Leland Janssen. Song ...................... B. Y. P. U. "The Higher Law" ... . .. Velma Stassen. "Service" ......... . . . ... Vera Schmidt. Piano Solo .... . .. . . ... . Lorena Ehrlich. "The Value of Self-Control" .... · ···· " · · · .................... Anna Miller.

Why Should I Belong to the B. Y. P. S U. ?" .......... , ..... Wesley Splitter.

Pong ...................... B. Y. P. U. rayer.

LETHA SCHMIDT, Sec.

T he P romotion Committee of the Ea~tern Conference, Rev. D. Hamel, chairman, arranged for meetings in Buf­falo and Rochester in the interest of our unified denominational program and the awakening of deeper spiritual life. Rev. Wm. Kuhn, D. D., preached in the Andrews St. Church, Rochester, on Jan. 23, Rev. A. P. Mihm in Bethel Church, B~ffalo, on Jan. 23 in the morning and in !Jigh St. Church at night to a Union serv­ice of the three Buffalo churches. The meetings with the students in the Semin­~ry in Rochester, Jan. 24-25, partook the

ature of a spiritual "retreat." Speakers were brethren Kuhn Mihm Donner F etzer ad S · ' ' ' ? te1ger. Tuesday afternoon and eve-ning the meeting was again in the An­~~ws St. Church. Here Brethren Kuhn,

ihm, Donner and Steiger gave addres­ses. On Wednesday Jan 26 afternoon and · ' · ' h Id . evening, union meetings were ~ k~ the Spruce St. Church, Buffa!?, with

ethren Kuhn Steiger and Mihm as speakers. The !~dies provided supper be­~ween t he afternoon and evening meet­ings, both in Rochester a nd Buffalo. Sev­eral meetings of the General workers :~re .held in between sessions in Roch.e~­t f with regard to plan s for summer vts•­b~· 10n. of conferences, associations, assem-

ies In order to have a full and wort~Y Presentat' · ·ties

t ion of denominationa l act1vt a each.

Care for Your Bady Disreg d b dy is of ar of the welfare of the o

spi~o benefit to the soul. God ga~e th: m ~· a house for its earthly dwelhng, w!~ldine with which to do his work in t~: h ' and to suppose that he could .

onored b d rip-Plin Y estroying the house or c. A ,;11~he machine is a strange delusiont its b~sin_g and active mind in a bodY. a to ou \~s What we should strive to bring

r ord's service.

February 15, 1927

The T he Sunda y School JOHN GRANT NEWMAN

"This world is lost without Christ's touch,"

I hear one say. He told us much; But not one word spake he to show How this blind world its Christ might

know. God's Word is strong, it sets men free, Its fruit we need. Then plant the tree ! And for this planting there's a tool: The true, bright-shining Sunday school.

Use that! Nor seek "short cuts" to truth; Can infants take "short cuts" to youth? Watch bees; they gather sweets by drops! And farmers toil, then wait for crops; All faithful students keep at work; While drones, alas! still try to shirk. Why quit ye, then, the Sunday school? If God's lamp dies, man lives a fool.

Come then! And s ing God's praise aloud; Learn prayer, where humble men have

bowed; The Bible points the higher way; It giveth light, as sun gives day; It wakens thought, it quickens deeds, As yon round orb doth quicken seeds. Truth's fount flows clear at Sunday

school, Drink there life's waters, fresh and cool.

For helping men the Christ to find,­For building brotherhood that's kind, For kindling hope in languid eyes, For aiding all to seize life's prize,­No earthly place has angel found So like God's bush on holy ground As is the sacred Sunday school , Where shineth yet Christ's Golden Rule.

-S. S. Times.

The Teacher's Part in Tomorrow's Harvest

I was talking the other day with a successful farmer who has a large fam­ily of children. These children take a great deal of interest in the g rowing crops and other things that pertain to the farm. In the course of the conver­sation the farmer said: "Sometimes the children will ask how it is that I am not working so hard as I do at other times. They think that perhaps I am losing my enthusiasm, but they understand better when I tell them that I often lie awake at n ight planning to make everything work to the best advantage and t hat frequently, when I may seem to them to be doing the least, I am, by careful thought, mapping out the work for to­morrow. I tell you, it takes a lot of solid thinking on the part of some one to keep things moving on a :!arm like this." The wisdom of this was apparent.

As lo looked out -0ver the well-kept farm, which promised an abundant h ar­vest during t he months to come, I thought of the good lesson in the farmer's word

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Sunday School for the teacher of a Sunday school class, for t he tomorrow of t he class will depend to a great extent on the thinking and planning we are doing today. Our mem­bers may be working away, as were the children and hired help on t he farm, but to make their efforts count for most in terms of tomorrow's harvest we must supplement it by our well-thought-out plans.

Are we willing to play t he part of this successful farmer in order to give the class the best possible chance tomorrow? -Westminster Teacher.

The Birds of the Bible P a lestine is a land fYf birds. No fewer

than 348 species of them either live there all the year or visit the country annually. Thirty varieties of birds are found only in Palestine,-while others are visitors from Europe, India, or Africa.

About twenty kinds of birds a re named as unclean in the laws of Moses-unfit for food. On the other ha nd, those favor­ite birds, turtle doves and young pigeons, are often prescribed for sacrifices. It will be r emember ed that at the circumcision of the child J esus his parents offered in the temple two of these gentle birds.

The Bible mentions the following birds, the li st being given in alphabetical order: bittern, cock, cormorant, crane, cuckoo, dove, eagle, falcon, glede, hawk, hen, heron, hoopoe (lapwing), kite, osprey, ossifrage, ostrich, owl, partridge, pea­cock, pelican, pigeon, quail, raven, sea­mew, sparrow, stork, swallow, swan and vulture. Many of t hese wO'l'ds, however, are of uncertain translation, and may not designate our birds of these names.

Many of these references to birds oc­cur in some of the most beautiful pas­sages of the Bible. For example, the Psalmist has a picture of t he feathered dwellers in the temple. Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house And the swallow a nest for herself, wher e

she may lay her young, Even t hine altars, O Lord of Hosts, My King and my God.

In another Psalm t he sorrow of the sin­ger is compared to the loneliness of a pel­ican of the wilderness, an owl of the waste places, and a sparrow a lone upon the housetop.

Our Lord spoke often of the birds. H e bade his disciples be wise as serpents and h armless as doves. He reminded them t hat t hough two sparrows were sold for a penny, yet not one of them fell on the g round 'vithout the Father's notice; and men were of more value than many spar­rows. H e sadly said that the birds had nests, but he himself had not where to lay h is head. Birds entered into his par­ables-that of the sower, that of the mustard-seed. It is a tradition of his boyhood that he gave life to clay birds, a nd a fable of his crucifixion tells how the robin got his red breast at the c1·oss.

The ravens were regarded as unclean birds, yet a raven brought to Noah his first news of the subsidence of t he flood. Ravens fed Elijah in the famine. Jesus bade his follower s "consider the ravens" as a lesson in trust, and both Job a nd the Psalmist instance God's care for the young r avens as evidence of his fatherly kindness.

The eagle is a swift and terrible bird, but three of the most exquisite passages of the Bible are associated with it: the Lord r eminded Moses how he had borne his people on eagles' wings and brought them to himself; the Psalmist praised God for satisfying his people's desire with good things so that their youth is r e­newed like the eagles'; and Isaiah saw that they that w.ait for the Lord renew their strength, mounting up with wings as eagles.

Christ's pathetic reference to the hen will not be forgotten, nor how often h e would have gathered the children of Jeru­salem under the wings of his l01Ve as a hen broods her chickens. Two ominous birds are associated with the closing days of his lif~the vultures ("eagles") whom he saw gathered about the car­cass, the cock whose crowing marked the defection of his leading apostle.

The scientific study fYf the birds was unkno\vn in Bible times, and is, indeed, of very r ecent growth , but the Bible is far too human a book to leave out our feathered friends. It is interesting to see how their \vings flit through its pages, and how their songs lift its sentences from the first pages to the last.

A Sunday Epigram This quaint epigram is older than t he

modern Sunday school. How much older is not known. It was known to ·Sir Mat­thew Hale (1609-1670), Lord Chief Jus­tice of E ngland, to whom some have ascribed it in its present form. It is well worth a large place in t he minds and memory of the present generation. This is the form familiar in my childhood:

"A Sabbath well spent Brings a week of content, And joy for the work of the morrow; But a Sabbath profaned, Whate'er may be gained, l s a sure fore',.unner of sorrow."

- S. S. World . • •

I cannot do everything, But I can do something. What I can do I ought to do; And what I ought to do, By God's help, I will do.

• • • "And you say you guarantee these

canaries?" "Guarantee t hem? Why, ma­dam, I r aised t hem from canary seed!"­Brown Jug.

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Jessica of the Camerons SYLVIA STEWART

Copyrigh t 1924, by t h e American S unday Sch ool Union . Printed by permission

(Continuation)

Donald's pl2n for a Christmas tree for Pietro's flock was enthusiastically re­ceived by the club members, who invaded the Cameron home in a noisy "committee of t he whole" the following evening for instructions from their honorary pres­ident. Mrs. Keith had evidently had ex­t.ended experience in the matter of Christ­mas trees, for within an hour the work of preparing t his one was so system­a.tized and diYided up among t he willing wctrkers that it seemed-as Marjorie ob­served-"half done already."

The "Boys ' Auxiliary," as Don laugh­ingly dubbed his mates on the avenue of­fered to f urn:sh the tree, and three days before Christmas it was ready to be transported to its destination .. The Ho_me Amusement Club gave one entire everung to its a.rrangement, and a merry evening it surely was! The dining-room at the Cameron home was given over to t he workers· and with grandmother moving about a~ong' the busy groups, advising here and suggesting there, and _Harr~­who for the first time was w1tnessmg the ~owth of a Christmas tree-plung­ing about, wildly excit:.ed, in everybody's way, it was a pleasant picture.

So t hought Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, as they sat together in the library, where they had full view of the young people through the open doors.

"What makes you look so serious, Dick?" inquired h is wife, as she turned from her study of the merry decorators to surprise a g rave look on her husband's face. "Your face looks almost out of place in this holiday joy-fest."

"Then I will hasten to fix it over at once, Madge," he smiled, soberly. "As nearly as I can trace my thoughts, I _am returning s ilent thanks for the blessing that came to us last fall in the person of that nearly perfect woman yonder: Do you remember my pr-0phecy then, in re­gard to her and that bunch of young­st:.ers ?"

Mrs. Cameron sighed deeply. "So well that I never look at her lately

without wondering what we will all do without her when spring comes."

"Don't cross your bridge until ~ou reach it" advised her husband, ph1lo­sophicall~. "She will never leave us again for long. That sort of thin'=! is the breath of life to her· and if you thmk you would miss her, wh~t about Jessica? Mother is the lodestar of the child's existence."

Mrs. Cameron's eyes followed his glance, and took in the scene. The t~ee was practically completed, and Jes~1ca was standing by her grandmother's side, circled by her arm, the brown head t il ted until it rested: against the motherly shoul­der. Their very attitude expressed the utmost love and confidence.

"If it were a nyone else, Dick, I should be insanely jealous of her. But when I reflect what her wonderful persQn!llity

has done for our children these last few months, and for the other children also I can only wonder and rejoice." '

"M '" . aroma, papa. came Jessica's gay voice froi:n the next room, "come see our tree. It 1s all ready for your inspe t•

d I " w· C !On an approva . ith a sudden swift glance at each other, which both under­stood, they obeyed.

Jessica !had. f~stened a shining Christ­m'.-1-s anf\i w1_t outstretched, glittering wthmgs'. ~1 aside f~om the home tree of

e p1ev1ous year, m the very to f th pretty little cedar. As one and pa~ e brought their quota of gifts fo . . tso~her ther decoration, the angel m r 1 ur­peace and good will seemed to ~:saf~ ?f the very air about them Th t ea e in

I f b · e ree was a marve o eauty. There were s b t . toys for the smallest boy . utus antial s torybooks chosen with an ~ pic re ~nd little articles of personal a%6 to quality, the two girls, and some gorornment for ties and a warm cap for To geous neck­a complete set of the best ~~· as well as violin. There were apple: rmgs for his galare, and strings of po c~~d oranges cranberries Jent a vivid P 1 r ~ and red t H co ormg to th ree. ere and the1·e on ' t b e striking contrast to the ga

1 ~ ranches, in ing fruits, hung a numbe; of~s and shin­rolls somewhat resemblin . ong, brown attracted Mr. Camron's g :;far~. These he examined them with u f e_ntton, and osity. n eigned curi-

"I didn't suppose this m kiddies would be guilty of ~~l ~Unch of one to smoke, even at Ch _. Pbng any­he jested. "But if th llstmas time" . . ose are not . • pinchmg one lightly with h' cigars," "will somebody put me wise?" is fingers,

"Those are dollar Willia · unteered Don, "and their u ~~ dad," voI­tion means a new suit f niT d aggrega­may be cigar-money," wit~r 0~Y- They in Frank King's direction a .. swift glance all masculine conttti bution~

1as .they are

barred. There's room fo ' adies being 'b W r one rnor l ' an omm us. ant to chip in?,, e-- tke

"He ought to be requi· d · b · · . retof ase rnsmuat1on about tem . • or that smoke!" declared MarJ·

0 . Pbng Tony to

t . te h' · rie "L t' 1a 1m into the Royal 0 · e s ini fellows, and then he will h rder of Good~ denly, as though by som:ve to!" Sud­unders tanding, Mr. Carner Prearranged self the center of a cir fn found hirn­group, w~o, ',vith clasped c h~~· laughing around him singing merrily: ds, danced

"With Saint Nick you <we d quainted, 0itbtlee8 ac-

Fo1· his name throughout Ch . known; 11stendom'R

But 11ou may not be quite With the subjects tha,~o f amiili(IJI·

th1-one. bow at his His vassals are active and

Their ranks are increasi:nany • And, to let the world kno g each day

doing, w what they'•,.e

THE BAPTIST HERALD

They sing as they vass on their way, Oh, we are the Christmas uoodf e/lows,

goodfellows, goodfellows, Oh, we are the Christmas good/ ellows, Though we're known as 'That Avenue

Gang.'

"To the halt and the lmne and the needy We carry Saint Nicholas' c/11eer.

Go hunt uv y01tr 7ntrse and get busy, A11d don't ']Yl.tt it off till next year.

If you've never known sorrow or sadness, I f your 71leasures seem f1·ightfully

tame, Come, learn a new m ecisure of gladness,

Get into the good/ ellow game. Oh, we are the Cleveland good/ ellows,

good/ ellows, good/ ellows, We are Santa Claus' Cleveland goodfcl­

lows, Though we're known as 'That Avenue

Gang.'"

"There's nine more verses, papa,'' cried Jessica, as the circle paused for breath. "Will you have the r est?"

"I surrender!" he responded, when he could speak for laughter. "Nobody d?ubts tb~t . this aggregation means busrne~~~ Thi~ is the most unique hold-up I ev_er e,_ per1enced,'' and putting his hand 1~ his pocket he drew forth a crisp dollar bill.

"Eve1·ybody comes across to the Good­fellows," was Marjorie's laughing a~­knowledgment as she deftly wound t~is last donation :.Vith some dull, brown rib­bon, and added it to t he tree. "I h~V~ seen costlier Christmas trees than this, she commented as she took in the weilt-1 d I "bU a en boughs with approving eyes, . for downright swell and 7J'l'elty I never saw its equal!"

"Ther e's only one drawback about th~ w~ole affair," began J essica, and h:.~ voice was drowned in a chorus of, "Wha that?" from the others.

"That we can't be t here to see its ~e-ce t' ' · d sire P ion. I am just consumed with e t? see Pietro unroll a few of those bogu~ cigars, and I do want to see TonY an Carlo. a.nd little Guido fill themsel~es ~~ the hrrut with nuts and candy witho a b Bea-~Y Ody to say 'quit.' I want to see . trice h · g 1inen w en she sees those cunntn k ~andkerchiefs which Kitty Leighton ~h rom her own box and embroidered wt

a 'B' with her own-" "Oh . . ·upted . • cut 1t out J esscia" in ten

Kitty "B ' ' 1 down w'th ·. ut why couldn't we a l god ·ng a 1Ch 1.t on Christmas morning, an s t

ristmas carol for them?" . "I'll rise

. bet you haven't seen t he sun de ~iynce You were born'" jeered CJaUod .

ou . k go , he and Margie would ma e . the sn althy subjects to stand around _intrnas ca ow at daylight, warbling Chris ring

rols, with the thermometer hove near th ?" e zero mark wouldn't you·

"I th' ' h boY5 tak . ink it would be best to let t e osed Mr: it ~own late at night," int~rp ar­ran . Keith, gently, "after mak1i;ge it­Yo gements with Pietro to recet\ the V<>ru ~ould wish the children to seM 1

rnrna is-:. r st thing in the morning. ~ tur­key o;ng to have Nora roast a sll_13 do\vn,

or t hem, and when I t ake it

February 15, 1927

with a few additions for their Christmas dinner, as many of you as can do so might go too. Or we might postpone your going till evening, and all go down for a few minu tes, following Kitty's sug­gestion of s inging them a carol. You may be sure the children will not rob their tree of much of its beauty for a day, at least."

The latter plan was voted t he better one, and the Helping Handers and their boy assistants reluctanly prepared to de­part for home.

"This 'goodfellow' idea is spreading like a g reen bay tree !" asserted Don one morning. Certainly, in the few days now remaining before Christmas, its branches seemed to be pushing out from its avenue route into hit herto unreached localities where Christmas cheer was sorely needed. Other offices followed the example set by Mr. Cameron's firm. In­deed, so many inquiries were made of t he employees concerning their plan that Mr. Cameron declared, one day at luncheon, that they might as well shut off busine!:'s and give the remaining three days to the Goodfellow movement.

"It's highly contageous !" agreed l\frs. Keith, gayly. "If you could have been in Convention Hall in Kansas City last Christmas, at the municipal Christmas tree, you would have enjoyed a revelation. It is time you sleepy eastern people are waking up! You don't know what an en­joyable time at Christmas means un til you have belonged to the Goodfellows a year or two."

Chris tmas eve came at last, and all went to the early Sunday school enter­tainment, in which Don and Jessica had a part in the program. Nine o'clock found every boy in the Avenue Gang, transformed into a temporary Santa Claus, lined up at Mr. Cameron's office, with a motor car apiece, and it was near­ly midnight before the volunteer messen­gers completed the work of distribut ion for t he various business firms who had joined the Goodfellow order.

When Donald took his seat at the breakfast table next morning, he was still too full of enthusiasm over the suc­cess of the evening's outing to give due consideration to the gifts surrounding his plate: the s ig net ring from papa to offset the pretty pearl one which already adorned J essica's slim hand; the cro­cheted necktie of palest blue, his favorite color; the handsome sweater to match, which could have been wrought only by g randmother's patience and skill; t he portfolio of "bones" of houses-which mamma had secured the same day she had received the tip from Harry as to what Don wantoo for "Trismus." Hs counterpart, a book of simple but excel­lent s tudies in oil and water color, Jay by J essica's plate. That ha ppy mortal's first waking glance had fallen on the picture of the mountain which had hung over grandmother's desk s ince her coming, and which had possessed a deep charm for J essica. I t had been transferred to her own room over night, with a card con­taining g randmother's Christmas greet­ing .

"How did you know what would please me best of all?" a sked Jessica, after the Christmas morning greetings were ex­changed.

"I have seen you g ive it so many lov­ing looks, as they say we should do our flowers when we wish them to grow well, that I fancied the picture would be an inspiration to you, as the r eal mountain was to me when I was where I could see it every day."

Descending to the dining-room they found Donald giving his father and mother a glo\ving account of his eve-ning's experience. .

"I changed my mind about seeing the deliveries made,'' he was saying. "We knocked at ever y door and shouted 'Merry Christmas,' and we found some at home ever y place we went. So we chucked the things ins ide as soon as t he door was opened, and hiked out, singing our Good­fellow chorus as loud as we could yell, as we came away. We had so many thanks and blessings poured out on us, I am afraid it will make us sanctimonious for a whole year! It was sure some fun!"

While Don rattled on, papa was sol­emnly examining a couple of legal-look­ing documents which were connected by a ribbon, and which lay, one on his plate, and one on his wife's.

"This seems to be a joint affair, . Madge," he ventured. "I dare you to open yours.''

"After you," she replied, laughing. " 'Gentlemen fi rs t ' in t his case.''

"I may as well 'fess up,'" put in their mother, "that this is a Cleveland Christ­mas gift with a Kansas string affixed. I hope it will receive due consideration.''

"'He either fears his fate too much,'" quoted Mr. Cameron, and unfolded the paper . It proved to be a deed, made out jointly to him and his wife, which made them owners of forty acres of land, upon which were Mrs. Keith's most valuable oil leases. He la id it down in bewilder­ment.

" I have always had the highest opinion of your levelheadedness, mother,'' he de­clared, "but with all candor, I fea1· this Goodfellow movement has turned your brain."

"If it has, t here is 'method in my mad­ness,' as you once remarked. pon't you see, Dick, that I am unloading my respon­sibilities before advancing old age g ives them a chance to overwhelm me?"

"I am much afraid mother is guilty of boosting for Kansas immigration!" re­marked Mrs. Cameron, who had been in­specting the papers. "With such i~dt~ce­ments as these, the prospect for v1ct1ms should not look discouraging to her.''

"That's jus t what I hoped you w_ould say, Madge!" cried her mother, t num-phantly. ·

"This auestion is too serious to be con­sidered on Christmas morning," decided Mr. Cameron. "I am sorry I cannot r e­t urn the value of your g ift, mother,'' tak­ing her hand and slipping upon her fin­ger a handsome diamond ring. "But when my ships come in from my oil­wells I may be able to reciprocate fur­ther. I know you do not wear rings,"

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with a glance at the hands unadorned save by t he t hin golden band on the third finger of her left hand, "but perhaps you will break over your rule occasionally in favor of this offering, which is a very slight expression of my appreciation of what you have been to me and mine since you came to us."

As papa was free for the day, the breakfast hour was extended; but di­rectly it was over J essica walked down the avenue to the handsome house where old Mrs. Jamison lived \vith her only daughter. J essica found her alO'l'le in her own r oom, seated before an elegant breakfast. Her face lit up as she saw her young visitor.

"You're such a 'shut-in,' Grandma Jami son," said J essica, after the first g reetings were over, "that I have brought you something to look at, to make your Christmas a little more cheerful.''

"The sight of your bright face alone would do that!" answered the " shut-in.'' "It is kind of a young girl like you to leave her pleasures to r emember an old woman like me, on this morning of all."

She caught her breath as J essica shook the glorious wealth of Christmas roses from t heir mossy wrappings, and looked about for something in which to a rrange them.

"Let me have them, just for a little while,'' begged the old lady, holcting out her hands, and Jessica laid t he fragrant mass in her arms, \vith a feeling of r ev­erence as she noted t he effect of her floral offering.

"You will think I am a silly old woman, deary," she half sobbed, "but they take me back to the-~ home in New Hamp­shire that was nearly covered \vith roses. They were not such hothouse beauties as t hese, but sweetbriers and ramblers, and in the yard moss roses-all t he old­fashioned kinds that I have not seen for many a year."

"You told me once t hat you lived in the mountains,'' said J essica, softly, " so grandmother sent you a book of New Hampshire stories that she thought you would like. There is a dear Christmas story in it, about an old couple whose children had all gone to t he city to live and hardly ever came home to the old people except one at a time for a little while. But one Christmas they got ashamed of themselves, and made a plan to leave all t heir children at home, and play they were children again themselves. They planned to sneak into the old home and hang up t heir stockings, and give their father and mother a big surprise on Christmas morning. They made it all up with the old servant that had been with their folks for year s, and t he story of how well they managed it would make you laugh and cry both. Shall I read it for you now?"

She received an eager assent; so she helped make t he invalid comfortable 011 the couch ?Y the sunny window, ananged t~e roses 1~1 a vase on t he tabl e, and, sit­tm? near m a low chair, read the inter­estmg story. When she had finished :Mrs. Jamison drew her to the couch

"Thank you so much, dear child. · My

12 THE BAPTIST HERALD •

Baptist Leaders Roger Williams

A. P. MIHM

" Freedom of conscience, un limi ted freedom of mind," says J eremy Taylor, "was from the first the trophy of t he Baptists." " The Ba pt ists ," sa ys J ohn Locke, "were from the beginn ing, t he firm advocates of a bsolu te l iber ty,- jus t and t rue liberty, equal and impa r tial liberty."

On the g rea t t heme of soul freedom and separa t ion of church a nd state there never was a waver ing note with t he Ba p­tists. Our doctr ine of civil and religious liber ty grows directly ou t of t he direct r elation of t he individua l Christian t o Christ. Christ is the only lawgiver , t he only Lord of the conscience. Baptis ts have ever den ied the r ig ht of the civil magistr a te or the state either to pre­scribe a form of relig ion for us or to punish us for not fo llowing any re ligion they may prescribe. Religious freedom means with us t he inalienable right of every man, as far as human a ut hority is concerned, to choose for h imself in r e­ligion.

Baptists have ever r es is ted the righ t of the state to establish t he church by law, to t oler ate the conformis ts of t hat chu rch and to put its non-conformist s u nder pains a nd penalties or to interf ere with the free exer cise of a man's r eligion, be what it may.

The same liber t y which we cla im for ourselves, we a re bound to cla im for oth­er s, for if t heir rig hts can be t aken away, ours may also. When a Bapt ist sha ll rob one man of soul l iber ty, by statut e, pen­alty or sword, he will cea se to be a Bap­tist for that reason. Bapt ists have ever sealed t his g reat doctrine of soul-liber ty with their blood . The young peop le in our churches oug ht to be familia r with these great fact s.

Pioneer of Soul Liberty

Baptists gave to American civilizati~n t he complete idea of liber t y. Hoger W1l­liams , t he Baptist, was t he Pioneer of Soul Liberty, t he fi rst a sserter in Amer ­ica of the s ublime principle of soul lib­erty.

Acccording to Robert Southey's esti ­mate, Roger Will ia ms was t he best and g reatest of a ll Welshmen, who began the first civil government upon earth, that gave equal liberty of conscience, one of the best men who ever set foot upon t he new world, a man of genius and of virtue.

Roger Williams was born a bout HiOO of Welsh parentage in Gwinear, Wales. While young he went to London a nd by his skill in repor t ing attracted t he atten­tion of Sir Edward Coke, t he great law­yer who framed t he bill of rights and de­fended the Commons in t heir contest with the Crown.

By his advice a nd patronage Williams entered t he famous Cha r ter House school

and after war ds the Univers ity of Cam­bridge where Coke h imself had been educated and which was decidedly Puri­tan in tone. H e had a g reat talent for la nguages . He took his degree of Bach­elor of Arts in 1627. He t aug ht J ohn Milton Dutch, who in t urn ta ug ht Wil­liam. Hebrew. For a t ime he is s upposed to have s tud ied law a nd t his legal tra in­ing undoubtedly prepared him for h is later legis lative career . H is bent was however, toward theology and he finall; took orders in the Church of Eng la nd. He ha d a pa rish for a t ime in Lincoln­shi re.

Influenced by P uritans

The seven teenth century in to whose be­gin ning Roger Will iams was born, was one of t he most r emarkable centuries in t he a nnals of E ngland. It saw the r ise the struggles, the spread of P uritanism'. It was r esplendent wi th t he names of Cromwell and Mi lton a nd Sir Harry Va ne, a ll of whom were friends of W il­l iams, friendships tha t bear test imony to his h ig h character and noble spirit. Kings consor t only with kings on equal t erms.

By st udy, by r eflection, influenced un­doubtedly by the Puritan a tmosphere he breathed and still more by the Spirit of Goel which breathed upon him, he became a n in tense, log ically consistent, r ad ical Purit an . He suffered for conscience sa ke. He was opposed to the lit urgy and to the hierar chical idea s of Archbishop Laud who wa s t hen in power . He longed for a new country, a nd a new home, free from t he oppress ions a nd persecutions of a state church. Although, as he said " it was bitter a s death" to him to leav~ his native la nd, he deter mined to join t he r eligious exi les in New E ngland. He was acquainted wit h J ohn Cotton and other emigr ants to Amer ica and determined to make his home in Massachusetts. He em­ba rked from Bristol wi t h his wife Mary in t he ship L y on on Dec. 1, 1630. F or 6S days the sh ip buffeted stormy seas until t hey landed in Boston on Feb. 5 1631 Gover nor W int hrop r ecorded Wi

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ll iams; a r r iva l a s t hat of "a godly minister ."

Labors in Massachusetts

H is a mple for tune, learning, zeal and godly character commended him a nd h was invited to become teacher in the ch urch in Boston under the pastoral ca r~ of J oh n Wilson. But Will i.ams was ea rly a nd u rgent outspoken in his denunciation of what ~e deemed t he g rave errors of the established ch urch. In Apri l 1631 h wa s invited to become teacher to th: church at Salem , t he oldest church in t he colony. However, a n~mber of the lead­ing men deemed. t he 1de~s of Wi llia ms dangerous and hm dered his going to Sa­lem. Wi.ll iams s pen t several years as minister 111 Plymout h colony, when he was again called t o Salem, wher e he la­bored with great acceptance for a number of years.

Conflict With P revailing O pinions Will iams , however , fou nd the Cong re­

gational churches of Massachusetts Bay Colony p ut under t he con t rol of the mag­ist rates and for esaw at a glance, that if this r emained so, corruption a nd per secu­tion would work out in Amer ica t he sa me results they ha d wrought in E ngland. As a strong-minded ma n, he pr otested that the magistr ate migh t not pu n ish a breach of the firs t t able of the law, comprised in t he fi r st fo ur of the ten commandments. 'Yilliams dared to question the assump­tion of r eligioius a ut hority on t he part of magistrat es ou tside of their proper sp here as civil officers. He was soon looked upon as an out-a nd-ou t Separ a t ist. H e wa s accused of holding a nd preaching views tha t " tended to Anabaptistry."

Banis hment and Flig ht For t hese opinions which were really

relig ious opinions, Willia ms wa s sen­tenced to be banished from t he colony in ~ctober 1635, t he sentence to be enforced in J a nua r y . No wonder Ar temus W ard said with more truth than h umor : "The Puri.tans came over to worship God ac­cordmg to the dicta tes of their own con­sci enc~s and to keep other people from wors~1ppi ng him according to t hei1·'n." . A little while later, wh ile Williams was Just r ecover ing from a ser ious illness, word came to him that he was to be de­ported on a ship r eady t o sail from the ? ar bor. W ill iams then fl ed into t he howl­mg, unb roken wilderness and a mid the severity of a New E ngland winter wa n­dered fo 1· 14 weeks knowing not br~ad or bed. Finally he c~me to the I ndia ns on Nar raga.nset Bay, who welcomed him; ~assas~ 1t, t hei r king, taking W il liams to .1s cabm a s he would a brother. Wil­

:1ams had before t his learned t he Indian ang uage and was a ble to wr ite in it.

Williams and the Indians Roit '.11a~ ?e noted a t t his point, t hat

ger Williams was more th an thi r teen Years ahead of J oh n Eliot commonly fa iled "The Apos tle to the In

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dia ns ." He hearned t heir lang uage in t heir smoky

?vels. He wrote a book, " Key to the In­~~~~ l an.gu~ges," p ublished in London in t· ' brmgmg these studies to the a t ten­~~~ of colonists a nd the mother country. I ~ ~ was the first att empt to r educe t he _n 1? n speech to a wri t ten languag e, a nd ~ece~~ecl honor able r ecognition a mong

I~nd~ ish scholar s . He ever befr iended the n 1ans and · . . d aga rn and agam aver t ed wa1 a~ . ~assacres by mediation for peace, s owmg a mos t ma gnanimous sp irit to ward h . f is persecutors. H e a lways s tood or. their own er ship of t heir la nds a s ~;:t.st m~re roya l g ran t. Thi s was t he th .item in the charges against h im a t

e tnne of his banishment.

F ounding of P rovidence fo;v~~liams boug ht land of t he I ndians

• 1s. settlement. In memor y of God's

Pr otection and care of him he called t he

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town PROVIDENCE . About a dozen likeminded people had gathered a round him and t hey entered into a covenant to establish there "a shelter fo r a ll persons distressed of conscience." T his was in J une, 1636. Soon after he obtained a charter in England for his colony of Rhode I sland which grew ra pidly.

Wit h t he founding of Providence ther e began a new era in man's s~i ri tual his­tory. Religious freedom, which now by general consent underlies the foundation principles of civilized governmen t, was at that t ime looked upon by most states­men and religious officia ls as a wild the­ory. Some said, Wi ll iams had a windmill in his head. Tha t wh ich is now the glor y of our g reat nation was then a n experi­ment, new, untried , derided, and in the j udgment of the wor ld, doomed to speedy fail u re.

Ba ncroft, t he historian, says : "Wil­liams was the fi r st person in modern Chris tendom t o asser t in its plenit ude t he doctr ine of liberty o.f conscience, the equality of opinions befor e t he. law. Wil­liams would permi t persecut ion of no opinion, leaving heresy unha r med by law and or t hodoxy unprotected by the terror of penal s tatu tes."

Judge Stor y said : " In the code of laws established by them we read for the first t ime since Ch rist ianity a scended t he throne of t he Caesa rs, the declaration that conscience should be free, and men should not be punished for wor shipping God in t he way they were persuaded he r equi res ."

The Gener al Assembly of R hode I sland decreed in 1647: "All men may walk as their conscience persuades t hem, every one in the name of h is God."

Becomes a Baptist In 1638 Williams and eleven other s

were Scr ipt urally baptized a nd a Bap­tist church was formed under his lead. This mother church of American Bap­t is ts, t he Fi r st Ba pt ist Church of Provi­dence, is still in exist ence and flourishing toda y. Befor e the end of t he century there were at least eleven Ba pt ist chur ch­es besides th is one in Providence.

Of his own regeneration Roger Williams says : "The Fat her of L igh ts and Me.rcies in my childhood touched m y soul wit h a love to h imself, to the only begotten, the t rue Lor d J es us, to his holy Scr ipt ures." He believed a Gospel church must be made up of r egener ate men. ~nd calls t hem " actual believers , t rue d1sc1ples a nd conver t ed, living stones, such a s could g ive some account how the g race of God hath appear ed to t hem a~? wr ought t ha t heavenly change in them.

L ate r Days and Death W ill ia ms did not stay long '~ith the

B. t· sts on account of some views he ap i . h . . 1 came to hold concerrnng t e m1mstry a m joined a body calledBthe . Seedk.edr s. t dr~1s wit hdrawal from the apt1st s 1 no 15-

rupt brotherly Jove between the~1 to t~e end of his life. H e. never pr ized. this brotherly f ellowsh ip hg~ tly. He believed tha t the Bapt ists we.re . 1~ many r espects nearer t o t he fi r st p n m1l1 ~e chur ches a nd t he inst it ut ions and appo111 tment s of J e­sus Chr ist t han other s.

Willia ms died in 1683, about 84 yea rs of age a f ter a long a nd usefu l life and was buried wi th all the honor s the colony could show. In Roger Wi ll ia ms Park in Providence a mon umen t 27 fee t h igh , c rowned by a statue 7 1h f eet in height , was erected to his memor y in 1877. This statue is shown on t he front page of this number of the " H erald." In W ashing­ton, D. C. , The Roger Williams Memor ia l Baptis t Church has been er ected at a cost of over $350,000. The N orthern a nd Sout hern Baptist conventions as well a s t he Columbia Ba pt ist Associa tion pa rtic­ipated in this ent erprise with th.e local chur ch in the building of such a worthy memor ia l.

H is Personal Character Of the personal cha racter of Roger

Willia ms ther e has been sometimes mis­understanding, not to say misrepresenta­t ion . Joh n Fiske in " beginnings of N . E ." speaks of him as " lea r ned , quick­wittecl, pug nacious . T here was scarcely a n y subject a bout which he did not wran­g le from t he s infulness of per secution to t he p ropriety of women wearing veils in churches. Yet \vith all h is love of con­troversy there never lived a more gentle and kindly soul." That he was honest, gener ous , philanth ropic, for giving, his whole life would seem to bear testimony.

He was st r ong in h is convictions a nd expressed t hem in s trong language as was common a t t hat t ime in discussion and controversy. But he was a ma n of lovable char a cter both by the testimony of his fr iends a nd the r eluctant conces­s ions of his enemies. He had, a s P r of. T yler says , a lar ge head, a warm heart, a healthy body ; he was an op timist ; his master passion benevolence ; of a hea r ty a nd socia ble t urn; a man whose dig nity would not have pet rified us nor his sa in tliness given us a chill ; a m ig ht y a nd benignant form, a lways pleading for some m agnan imous idea , some tender char ity, t he r igh ting of some wrong, the exercise of some sort of forbea ra nce t o­wa rd men's bodies a nd souls."

Remember, t hat it was a gr oup of Bap­t ist s from Virg inia a nd Rhode I sland t ha t went befo re George Washingt on in beha lf of Sou l-Liberty and to whom he sa id : " I r ecollect with satisfaction t ha t t he r eligious societ y of which you are member s have been, t hroug hout Amer ica, un ifor mly a nd a lmost una n imously the fi r m fri ends of civil liberty, and the per­severing promoters of -0 ur glorious r evo­lu t ion." In 1789 Baptists were instrument­ta l in wr iting in to t he Constitution of the U ni ted States the fi r st amendment, which guaran tees r elig ious freedom for a ll cit­izens of t he Rep ublic. W hat is now largely a n Amer ican doctr ine, was once exclus ively a Bapt ist doctr ine.

Roger W ill iams and his ser vice, h is doc­t ri ne a nd h is influence, his spiri t a nd h is su ffering, h is example and his a ch ieve­ment, h is name and h is fame are the r ich inher itance not only of Rhode I sla nd and the Ba pt ists; he belongs to the ent ire Nation and to t he world. H is life was bounded by a brief span of four-score years, bu t his soul goes m ar ching on.

The Bap tist who does not rejoice in

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t he glorious history of his great denom­ination must have ig nora nce inst ead of knowledge in his head, a nd ice water in­s tead of good red blood in his veins . T he divorce between church and state was not a lucky t hought of certain Ba ptist phil­osophers and pioneers ; it was t he logical outcome of distinctive Bapt is t pr inciples drawn from t he New Testa ment.

God make a ll Bapt ists worthy of thei r noble sires and of t heir divine Master and Lord !

• • • Many a player in the orchest ra of life

spends a ll his t ime m erely in t uning up. • • •

T he maid w.as leaving, and her mis­t r ess sa id t o her: "Now, Mary, I should like to g ive you a good r efer ence, bu t my conscience compels me to state t ha t you never got t he meals r eady a t the proper time. Now I wonder how I can p ut i t in a n ice way?"

"Well, mum," retorted t he g irl , " you can say t ha t I got the meals the same a s I got me pay."- Boston Transcript.

• • • Happy is the man who knows t he t hrill

that comes from ha ving done a difficult task well.

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children are 'a ll in the home up yonder, except this one I live with, and she is very dear. But this fine home has never been to me what the old one was, and the sight of your roses, and the remembrance of your story, will help me to live the old days a ll over again today. Thank you for coming. I cannot tell you how much pleasure you have given me."

Jessica kissed her warmly, promised to come again soon, a nd went thoughtfully down the avenue, which was resplendent with the sparkle and glow of a perfect Christmas morning. T ears came to her eyes more than once as she thought of the sorrowful old lady she had left behind in her elegant loneliness.

" She has nothing to look forward to,'' she thought t o herself, "except a :vel!­cared-for old age, without anybody m it except her daughter. I wonder why all elderly ladies are not like gramsie, with lots and lots of things to do for her self and other folks."

The Cameron family had been invited to take dinner with the Sheldons, a nd Nora had been permitted to go home for the day, happy in the possession of a new dress and a handsome set of f urs­the latter gr andmother 's gift--,.also some dainty remembrances from Don a nd J es­sica, who were very fond of Nora. At the Sheldon's the day was given up to social pleasure. The late dinner was scarcely over, however, when a call came over the telephone, and the manager of the Associated Charities a sked for Mr. Donald Camer on.

"Whew!" excla imed Donald. "Can t ha t be meant for me? It nearly takes my breath."

"The amount of turkey and mince pie you have just stored away will go far to account for your shortness of breath,'' r e­marked Jessica wittily. "What is want­ed, Don ?-I m~an Mr. Cameron?"

"A number of needy families have been found that were overlooked last night, and as t here is a quantity of provisio!1s left over , Mr. Leigh has asked me to dis­t ribut.e t hem. May I , papa?"

"Far be it from me to lay a straw in the triumphant path of the Cleveland Goodfellows,'' promptly replied Mr. Cam­eron.

"And will you go too, Claude?" "Surest thing! I was just wishing for

more worlds to conquer on the Goodfel­lows plan. Let's take the girls out with us, and show them just how it's don e."

Permission was g iven , and the four went gaily away on their mission. Sev­eral t rips were made from the supply center, and the sun was setting as Don deposi~d Claude and Margie on the Shel­don doorst.ep, and turned the motor home­ward.

"This Goodfellow business is like an endless chain," remarked Jessica, as, hav­ing removed her wraps in her own room, she entered the library, where the fam­ily was assembled. "It just keeps going around and around."

"You should see grandmother's room, Don," she went on, mischievously. " It sure pays her to be a Goodfellow. Her table is piled high. I don't believe mamma

-Santa CJ.aus-eould have left another t hing on it," with a sly glance at Harry who was in the next room, apparently ab~ sorbed in a "really truly" electric en­gine, that was r unning smoothly on its s~ii:iing track, tempo~arily laid on the big dmu~g-room ta~le. 'Besides the family offermgs there 1~ a gorgeous sofa-pillow from the club, With everyone's initials in monog ram, and a little 'personal remem­brance' from every girl in the club be­s ides, which is in direct violation of our agreement. What do you suppose Margie said when I got after her fo r breaking the rule?"

"It would be hard to guess. What was it?"

"That grandmother had beeen an ~opted rnembe1• of ~.~e ~h~ldon family smce early last fall . r eJomed Jessica laughing. '

" I don't b'lieve there is any 'r eally twuly' Santy Ta us," declared Harr y composedly, from the next room sus~ pending operations with the new ~ngine for a moment. " It's dust your mammas and papas a nd ovver folks."

" What a silly idea, Harry!" reproved Don, while J essica giggled. "Of course there's a Santa Claus! Didn't you see him yourself, at the church, last night?"

"Jimmy Smif said that was dust h.is own papa, dwessed up!" insisted th

k t ' "J · e young s ep 1c. ess1ca made your neck-tie, and dranma knitted your sweate ' I ' b f k' r, cause saw em . o wor m' on 'em. And you made thos p1cser things for J essic ou~ in th~ sh~p. All the .girls made dra:~ m~,s, t~sh1on, .cause J essica dust said so!"

Little p i tchers have big ears•" la ughed g ra ndma. '

"And wide open eyes," added mamm "Another of childhood's fond illus1·0

a. t " . M C ns swep away, was r. ameron's com-

ment, as he rose to open t he door in re­sponse to a gay tumult outside.

"All aboard for Italy !" cried M jorie's merry voice as the Avenue Gaar­poured into the warm library, putting ~~ effectual check to Ha r ry's observatio on the reality of Santa Claus. ns

Don and .J ess~ca. h.urried away for wraps, J essica ms1stmg on brin · Harry's a lso, and taking him along ging

"Keep a sharp lookout for micr~b Margie," caut ioned Mrs. Keith. "The~s, might be a few left." e

"I a m taking a long what you m. h call a 'deodorizer,' " laughed Ma ig_ t

. l . b h rg1e opening a arge ox s e was carryi ' and displaying a mass of carnations ngd roses. "We a ll robbed our Christ~n bouquets, and are taking t hese to B as trice." ea-

111H?thodu~ blo~'sNoms for the 'Mafia•!" exc a1me on. ow, wouldn't You 11 that the limit?" ca

T en minutes l~ter a crowd of youn _ sters were stormmg Mr. Giovanni's doog which was immediately fl ung open 't~ the noisy chorus: ' wi

"Oh, we are the Clwi8tmas goodfellows good! ellows, goodf ellows, '

Yes, we are the Clevel:and uoodfello h , kn WB Thoug we re own as the Aven '

Gang.'" ue (To be continued)

THE BAPTIST HERALD

t Miss May Beneditz Miss May Beneditz, who for nearly

three year s was a patient at the Forest Lawn sanitarium, J efferson, Wis ., passed to her eternal reward J anuar y 20, 1927. Miss Beneditz was born in Wausau on March 11, 1895. At the age of twelve years she was converted a nd baptized by Rev. Tilgner. Since 1914 she had been at home in Watertown.

Miss Beneditz was hig hly esteemed for her sincer e and uprig h t Christian char­acter. Not only did s he t ake a keen in­terest in Christian work prior to her ill­ness, but a lso during those three years of sanita rium life s he was not idle. She P?inted out the way of life to many in­different and unconverted patients, not s:eking her own glory, but the glory of him whom she loved. She realized her experience to be similar to St. P·aul 's, "rather unto the furtherance of the gos­pel" (Phil. 1 :12). " I believe God has put me her e fo r a purpose," she would often say. News of her death came very u~i;xpectedly, as during her Chris tmas V1s1t at home her condition seemed un­usually favorable.

The funeral services took p lace on Sun­day, January 23. Both t he home and the church were fi lled to capacity with mem­b~rs and friends from in and out of the city. The many beautiful flower s testified to the loving t ribute of many. A mixed quartet from Milwaukee composed of A . ~· H. Giesseke, Mabel 'Quade, H elmuth

1 e~gel and L aura Weihe, sang two se­ec.tions. In a brief address, Mr. Giesseke

P.omted out some of the many fine Chris­tian qualities in the life of t he deceased as he had learned to know heT while she ~~s secr etary and he presdent of the

0/sco~sin Jugendbund. Mr . T . Bender h . Chicago rendered a vocal selection

~~ch was her favorite and which she Ra hoped to hear him s ing some day. f ev. Emil Mueller of Milwaukee spoke a

1!iw .words <1f comfort at the home and W tm Prayer at the church. Rev. G. "T~ ter J?reached the funeral sermon on: de t~~~ (is but a step between m e and

a 1 Sam. 20 :3).

t kFrom Watertown t he remains were a en to w · w h ausau where another serVIce w~~I' eld a t the home of her brother,

Offi1

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at1:1 F. Beneditz, Rev. J. F. Meyer c1a mg T · db Mr Ad · wo duets wer e dehvere Y

G '. olph Gering a nd Mrs Frank er1ng Th . l 'd to t. e mortal remains were a1

Pinre~ next to t hose <>f her mother's in e rove Cemeter y .

She is su · . M ' Ruth B .rVIved by her father, 1ss B. V ened1tz, Mrs. A. W. Krause, Mrs. of W ~rueger and Mrs. G T . O'Keefe Wes a e~town , Mrs. E. W .· Krueger ef Ben td~lhs and Paul, William and Frank one :.\z of Wausau. H er mother and

Mais er Preceded her in death. t he s: th~ God of .all comfort comfort

W terrowmg hearts! G. WETTER. a rtown, Wis.

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himself n w o puts anyth ing between and spi ~tnd God 1s experiencing a moral

l'1 ual eclipse.

February 15, 1927

From the General Missionary Secretary's Desk

Rev. Wm. Kuhn

What Some Members of the Finance Committee Say About the Prayer

League

St. Paul , Minn. J anuary 22, 1927.

I am satisfied that our chu rch members pray. I often feel,however,that manyseem satisfied that when they have prayed, t hey have fulfilled their duty. We must back up our prayer by some service on our pa rt to help bring a rea lization of the wish we expr essed in the form of a prayer. If we all pray, a nd no one at­tempts to r ender a service, I am some­what inclined t o believe our prayers will not avail us much.

We should pray that God arouse in each of us a desire for "service;" that he create in us a feeling of dissatisfaction with ourselves until our prayer is actu­a lly followed by some outward sign or act of service for the Lord, and that we con­tinue this service each day until that which we have requested in prayer be fulfi lled. H aving accomplished one thing it is our duty to take up another, and thus keep continuously engaged in prayer a nd service.

We have our personal matters that we pray for; we must have our denomina­tional m atters that we p ray for. As to the la t ter we should a ll join in united act or service to br ing our large problems to a realization.

May God grant us success! Henry Marks,

Ex-Pres. Y. P. and S. S. W. Union.

Philadelphia, Pa. J anuary 25, 1927.

I have g reat faith in prayer. I will pray for t he success of the movement a nd for a "geistliche Neubelebung.''

Reuben Wind isch.

Lor r a ine, Kans. J anuar y 24, 1927.

I a m in hearty accord -..vith your sugges­tion for a call for prayer and spiritual revival. H. A. Schacht.

Racine, Wis . J anuary 22, 1927.

I tha nk God for the courageous stand you have taken. The need is not money, but back to God. Prayer is the only way back. W. F. Hilker.

Detroit, Mich. January 22, 1927.

I am in full accord that prayer is the only way and method. If we will unite, success is a ssured. Otto R. Ernst.

J anuary 22, 1927. Detroit, Mich .

Glad to join the prayer group. I hope such a revival may be brought to pass.

Edw. W. Hoek.

Detroit, Mich. January 25, 1927.

I am very much in favor of forming a prayer circle as suggested in your letter of J anuary 21. Frank A. Koppin.

Chicago,Ill. J anuary 28, 1927.

" Prayer is t he ha nd, that moves t he arm, that moves the world." If we can enlist our preachers to pray, we are pav­ing the way for revival and quickening of new spirit ual life. C. A. Daniel.

Millburn, N. J. J a nuary 26, 1927.

I have never been very keen about pledges gather ed in a rather mechanical way. However, I am willing to s ign one of the "Neubelebung" pledges to indicate my sympathy with the ideal.

W . A. Staub.

Milwaukee, Wis. January 29, 1927.

I will endorse what you have outlined in your letter of J a nuar y 21, 1927.

N. B. Neelen.

Milwaukee, Wis. January 29, 1927.

I believe in t he power of united prayer a nd whole-heartedly endor se your p lan. I s uggest t hat we combine t his united ef­fort with the suggestion of the co-opera­tive Committee of Evangelism of the Northern Baptist Convention t ha t all of us at the same t ime read the book of Acts.

O. R . Hauser.

Fessenden , N. D. January 31, 1927.

A number of our churches in O'llr im­m ediate vicini ty have ba d t hei r mid-win­ter prayer and revival meetings since t he fi r st.. part of J anuary. Germantown reports a goodly number of converts, Rosenfeld (near Kief) reports some fifty converts, here at home we have had twenty-one saved, and a general deeper spiritua l life is manifest. Expect to h ave more meetings on the order of a Retreat as soon as roads will permit.

Permit me to become a member of the Prayer League. May the Lord give me the strength to encourage others to join in prayer for the furtherance of his Kingdom among mankind!

A. V. Zuber.

Wedding Bells and Ordination in Portland

Rev. Ber thold Krentz, our present pas­tor Third German Baptist Church , Port­lan'd, Ore., first came to Portland as an agent for the Germa n Baptist Life In­surance. As our church happened to be without a pastor, we gave Bro. Krentz a call , which he accepted. .

Shortly after Miss Martha R1tterbusch came to Portland from the East, and on Oct. 11 they were married in the .church auditorium , Rev. Rutsch performmg t he ceremonv. After t he sermon we had .the pleasure. of hearing several good musical selections from our church orchestra. A very appropriate violin solo .was pla!ed by Reinhold Sichau for this occasion. After this congratulations were offer~d to the newly married couple, and the d.1f­ferent organizations presented them with g ifts. Refreshments were served, thus ending a very interesting evening.

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During the Oregon Co;vention, Nov. 10, when the pastors and delegates from the other churches a ll over Oregon were present, Bro. Krentz was or dained to t he Gospel Ministry. After the Ladies Aid Society had served a dinner to t he dele­gates, also to a number of our church member s, the ordination service was held. Our prayer is that our L ord and Savior Jes us Christ may make our brother a power in the upbuilding of his great and g lorious kingdom. IDA BIENERT.

New Year's Eve Second German B. Y. P. U.,

Detroit 12 o'clock ! ! New Year's Eve. "E verybody ready? All right , let's go."

Then off went a number of machines loaded with young people carrying with t hem many a word of cheer as well as a , box full of good things for t he dear old people in our church who are not able to attend the services, whether ill or due t o infirmity.

This is the usual program of the Young People of t he Second German Baptist Church in Detroit a nd it is always looked forward to by all.

The good Lord says, "It is more blessed to give than r eceive," and these words are in our minds as we give what little we can. It is such a small thing for us to do and it means so much to the old people.

After various homes were visited, breakfast in the "wee sma" hours of the morning was served in the parson age and everyone went home feeling .as if they had really started the New Year right.

J OAN NEWMAN, Sec.

Wherein Christianity Is Different Speaking before the Washington Mis­

sionary Convention, Dr. E . Stanley Jones, of India, gathered together in graphic sentences the .claims of the world re­ligions. He said: " The finished product of the different faiths might be stated to be as fo llows: Greece said, 'Be moderate -know thyself.' Rome said, 'Be strong --0rder thyself.' Conf ucianism says, 'Be superior-conect thyself.' Buddhism says, 'Be dis illusioned-annihilate t h y­self.' Hinduism says, 'Be separated­merge thyself.' Mohammedanism says "Be submissive-bend thyself.' Judais~ says, 'Be holy-conform thyself.' Modern materialism says, 'Be indu strious-enjoy thyself.' ~odern dilettanitism says, 'Be broad-cultivate thyself.' Christianity says, 'Be Christlike-give t hyself.' "

Too True Too Often That was a graph ic glimpse of human

nature portrayed in Mr. Alley's "Ham­bone's Meditations" sometime ago: PARSON WANT US T O GIT UP DAT CHUCH MONEY QUIET LAK, BUT SHUCKS! FOLKS WANTS A FUSS MADE WHEN DEY GIVIN' MONEY!

Too many .are fond of noisy giving They like to drop into the platter a coi~ t hat will make a sound and they like to put ~n the basket a bill that will be seen. -Kmd Words.

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Farewell Reception at Avon Sunday evening, J an. 23, mar ked the

close of Rev. Olthoff's successful ministry in Avon, S. D. It was a very sad O<!Casion in view of the fact that our pastor was about to leave us and still a happy one, in that it was the Reverend's and Mrs. Olthoff's twenlty-fifth wedding anniver­sary.

At the opening of the meeting Rev. and Mrs. Olt hoff were ushered to their places in the front of the church by two of the deacons while t he "Lohengrin Bridal March" was being played.

One of the deacons then took charge of the meeting. There were several spe­cial musical numbers among t hem being a song by the Choir, a song by the Pri­mary Department of the Sunday school, a vocal solo and a selection by the or­chestra. Rev. A. W. Lang from our neighboring church in Tyndall gave t he address of the evening, using 1 Sam. 7 : 12 as a text: "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us."

The talks that were given by the dea­cons of the church, the superintendent of the Sunday school, the vice-superinten­dent of the Sunday school, the vice-pres­ident of the Ladies Missionary Society, the president of the B. Y. P. U. a ll ex­pressed the same spirit of sadness and regret in having our pastor leave us.

They were then presented with a set of Community Silverware and a Mohair overstuffed chair from the church. Mrs. Olthoff received a gift of fancy bed linen from the Ladies Missionary Society of which she had been President for the pas t thirteen years. The Mens Bible Class presented Rev. Olthoff with a leather traveling bag.

Following this Rev. Olthoff rose and spoke words of appreciation and thanks. A class of little girls then sang a song which had been written especially forr the occasion.

After refreshments were served the meeting was closed by singing the song, "God be with you till we meet again," and all bade Rev. and Mrs. Olthoff fare­well, wishing them much success in their new field of labor.

Following is the song which t he class of little girls sang:

We each suppose it's up to me To speak our valedictory; To make a speech we will not try, So guess we'll have to say good-by.

CHORUS:

Good-by to yoit for Madison, I f that's where you mtl8t go; God bless your wo1·k there to be done, .4nd catLSe his church to gr<nu.

We all regret to· see you go, But if our God has willed it so, We'll pray, 0 Lord, thy will is best, And pray thy work by him be blest.

Your work in Avon has been blest For thirteen years of toil, the best. May he be with you where you go, The love of Clwist to sinners show.

Farewell to thee and thine we say, God bless you all and us who stay; God bless you1· work in A von done, And also there in Madison.

F arewell to you for just today, It's not our wish that you go away; Should we not meet on earth again, God grant it be in heaven then.

LAURA SCHROEDER, Secretary of the Avon B. Y. P. U.

Rev. 0. E . Schultz and his "kiddies"

Daddy Visits the Kiddies "Dear Daddy:

I am happy and hope you are too. Love and XXXXX

from Ruthie." Thus wrote my little eight-year-old

sweetheart in a letter from our own Children's Home in St. Joseph, Mich.

When I took my children there last August it was with a certain amount of fear and hesitancy. Long had I fought against the idea until it seemed the only way open in order to keep my little motherless brood together.

The word "asylum" sends a cold chill down one's back and when I announced my intention in Sunday school last sum­mer a young mother, who had had the experience of being brought up in an in­stitution.' was overcome by an uncontroll­able crymg-spell.

Yes, I had heard the praises of our Orphanage before, but nevertheless aft spending a half day and a nig'ht er

· d ·d· f on the tram an n mg rom Detroit to St.

THE BAPTIST HERALD

Joseph in my nephew's car and finally reaching our destiny, I seem to have been placed in a position which recalls that of the Queen of Sheba, who said: " Howbeit, I believed not the wor ds, unt il I came, and mine eyes had seen it, .and behold, the half was not told me."

There was a fine modern brick building surrounded by artistically arranged shr ubbery, beautiful flower beds and neatly kept lawns, a building with com­fortable living quarters for t he parents, a cheerful dining room with round tables and a radio equipment, a kitchen with a huge gas stove, an electric refrigerator, a basement with play rooms, furnace and laundry with electric wash-machine and mangle, .and a second floor with well ven­tilated bed rooms and baths. Attached to the outside of the edifice was a spiral fire­escape enclosed in a sheet steel casing, which would probably remind our agri­culturists of their silos at home. In the re~r of the building were to be seen swmgs, teeter-totters a little mer ry-go­round, a sand pile, a 'slide and an equip­ment for basket-ball . These things soon became the center of attraction for the n~w arrivals. A vegetable gar den and a bit of woods where the children er ect tents for camping were also a part of t~e fiv~-acre plot upon which the Home is bmlt. Situated on an elevation that af­fords a glimpse of the river and Benton Harbor on the other side and within walking distance of Lake Michigan with a sandy beach comparing favorably ~vi~h that of Atlantic City on the other it is unquestionably a place conducive to t~e health and physical welfare of the chil­dren.

Is it a wonder when I left t he next ~oming my children wer e so enr a pped !,n their new surroundings that saying

good-bye" seemed on their part at least, so very little of a hardship? And is it a wonder that after two months had elapsed I should r eceive such a· letter of contentment? . Although I left with a feeling of s.at­isfaction over having done the right thing by my children, it will not seem strange to those who understand t hat when Christmas time approached I should be mas.tered by a s trong desire to see th.em agam, even though it meant spending ~wo nights in the clay coach. But in pa~s­mg I desire to state that the financi.a l end of the trip was considerably light­ened by a Christmas gift from the mem-bers of the Wilmington church. .

. Lo~g will the hours spent with the kid­di~s hnger as a pleasant reminiscence to ?righten t he r ecurring moments of sol­itud~. Long will t he picture of the first evening in "Pa" and "Ma" Steiger's par­lor hang on the wall of memory. Long will the sweet n ame that an Americ~n father delights to hear, "daddy," ring 111

my ears as again and again it was ut­tered by childish voices in an endeavor to relate their experiences at the Home. ~nd so for a while I forgot my mi~is­

te.rial duties and became a child playing with the children, a t hing I hope never to unlearn.

But what shall I say about our beloved Rev. and Mrs. Steiger who take the place

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of pa pa and mamma for 36 lusty and lively children r anging from 5 to about 17 years of age? For after all, it is not so much the external comfor ts that con­stitute a real home, but rather the pre­vailing spirit in it.

And a home it is, as near as it is pos­sible to make it such. The words "or­phan" and "asylum" had better be ban­ished from our vocabulary when we think of St. Joseph. Ther e ar e no long tables with pine boards and tin plates and stale bread, no uniformity of dress nor cring­ing fear on the faces of the children. The Home belongs to them. Rough play is, of course, relegated to the out-of-doors or the basement, but the dining room is also t heir social room where they gather for school work, table games, reading books or listening to radio concer ts. Even the parlor is not a forbidden sancutary, but the latch-string hangs on the outside to be pulled by the children whenever they desire to consult "Pa" or "Ma."

Those of us who have made an honest attempt at raising children know some­thing of the problems connected with maintaining a semblance of discipline and in view of my own experience as the associate child-trainer in the home I am quite willing to take my hat off to Bro. Steiger as a disciplinarian of no mean caliber. To combine love with firmness, to allow a certain amount of freedom and still maintain order, to teach children to make beds, scrub floors or wield the hoe in the garden and yet gr ant them that necessary prerogative of childhood, play ; to train a bunch of three dozen children with practically no use of that proverbial and supposedly efficient method, the rod, which after all requires the smallest amount of mental effort and follows the line of least resistance, is a task worthy of recognition in our denominational ac­compl ishments.

Of course, I contribute toward the maintenance of my children in the Home but if I were to pay wha.t it actully costs: overhead expenses included, it would take every cent of my salary and I would have to dig in the sewer, or even sell life insurance during the week to keep body and soul together. And as most <Y.f the children are even less fortunately situ­ated one can r eadily understand why the Home needs our pecuniary considerations. The reason for this seemingly high pro rata expenditure becomes evident when all tnings are considered. The cultural and aesthetic side of a child's life needs to be nurtured as well as the physical and is there any one who would want a blush of shame to color his cheeks in view of a shabby treatment of t hose un­for t unates whom 'the vicissit udes of life have left on our denominational shores?

But provisions are equally welcome as was evidenced by the r elish with which the chickens in form of soup and meat were consumed which some of our kind farm folk from Dakota sent a s their special Christmas present and of which I bear personal testimony that they were "ausgezeichnet." Eggs, butter, honey, fowl, etc., mean money to our rural

friends, but if we could get a glimpse of the healthy youngsters at dinner time a contr ibution to satisfy their appetites would afford an inner satisfaction worth more than the price of rubies.

And now I am back in the parsonage wher e I .am "monarch of all I survey," but the pleasant impressions of our own Children's Home in St . Joseph, Mich., have left an indelible picture on the mind.

OTTO E. S CHULTZ.

Wilmington, Del.

Glimpses of the South African N alive Character

L . BAI ER

Stutterheim, S. Africa

I. TYALA

Ex-President Roosevelt says in his Autobiography : "Never make many promises nor make them easily, but if you make a promise keep it." This is a splendid ideal not only for Americans but for all men. Sometime ago I had an ar­ticle in our " Baptist Her ald" on "Mar­riage Customs Among S. African Na­t ives," at the close of which I promised, if possible, to write for our " Baptist Her­ald" a brief article on the S. African witchdoctor. This promise I am now about to fulfill. But to guard against the danger of some of my friends in Amer­ica getting a one-sided conception of the more inner life <Y.f t he S. African Natives as a merely super stitious, slavish, ignor­ant and brutal lot, I shall precede the article on witchcraft with a few others showing also the more noble phases of t he S. African character. This may per­haps be best .accomplished by brief sketches of a few specific characters, the first of which is Tyala. My hope is that these sketches may serve to remind us that although the S. African natives are black t hey are nevertheless children of t he same God as you and I, and our mis­sionary zeal towards them ought never to CP<\Se.

01~d" of the characters through whom, because of his many years, his central and intimate position \vith his people, we may get a glimpse at the more inner life of the S. African native is Grand Old Tyala. Tyala, beloved son and successor of his father Nteyi, the counsellor to Gaika, was chief counsellor amongst the Gaika tribes of t his part of the country under Sandile, Paramount-Chief, the son and successor of Gaika, the First Par~­mount-Chief of the Gaika tribe after then· differentation from the other Bantu tribes. Grand Old Tyala was in the fi.rst place a noble man and fearless counsellor of peace, and in the second a very brave warrior. Tyala went with his chief and people through most of the wars against the whit e man in S. Africa.

From his youth up Tyala was convinced that Christianity and the civilization of the white man would continue to press on and win their claims against all the dearly cherished beliefs and nat ive aspi­rat ions of his people. He saw that both Christianity and the rule of the white man were slowly but surely spreading

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and making progress notwithstanding the most strenuous opposition from the native tribes. Farmers came \vith plow and spade to plant and sow. Trader s came with merchandise to barter and to deal. Missionaries came with Bible in hand to preach and instruct. And all were under the aegis of the government. Treachery to the one or other meant an immediate display of force from beyond the sea, and the punishment of the offen­ders. Tyala saw and comprehended this -he always counselled peace. He fore­told the consequences of each rebellious war, and with his splendid personality and all his great oratorical gifts he pleaded with his chief and people for peace and reasonableness.

But Tyala was a Gaika, a man of his people, and his personal convictions wer e not sufficient to dim his ardor or quench his patriotism when, regar dless of all warning and pleading, his fickle-minded but never theless beloved chief Sandile plunged his people into hopeless con­flicts. When the war song broke from the hills, when signal fire answered sig­nal fire through the night, when the wo­men were flying, when cattle were being driven to the mountains, when a rmed bands were gathering and when messen­gers ran in hot haste to and fro crying out the warcry "the land is dead, war , the cattle were being taken,''-at the fi.rst note of actual war, Grand Old Tyala like the man of action that he was rose to do battle for his people and his clan. When­ever the die had been cast he recognize< that the time for entreaty had passed and the time for loyal action had arrived. And when the inevitable result, defeat as he had predicted, arrived, he bore his share of these defeats manfully and never indulged in vain regrets. He stood by his chief during all the var"ying for­tunes of the t r ibe in the most honorable way.

So it went on through a number of wars with the white man. And ever the Gaika Kaffir tribes, the people of Tyala, were being pushed northeastward by the oncoming tide of white men from the southwest. Until no longer would the Buffalo and the Keiskama (r ivers a few miles southwest from us here) give water to the flocks and herds of Tyala's people. The Gaikas well h-new the value of these beautiful, meandering, splashing streams in this sparsely watered country. But t hat was not all. With this strip of coun­t ry they would also lose the forest -clad "Amatolas" mountains, their natural fortress, wherein they had so often sought and found refuge and shelter when hard pressed. Often had the Gaikas roamed at will through t hose cool cloofs and for­ests, often had t hey gazed fondly at the purple summits of those beloved moun­tains as they pierced the sky and often had their cattle browsed knee-deep in the valleys at their base. But alas ; the fair Amatolas could. no longer be counted among their possessions. Armed whit e men and the F ingoes (an outcaste des­pised Kaffir tribe that has always' held with the white man) were there to keep them out with shot a nd shell.

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Then Grand Old T yala and his people settled about these par ts, where now Stut­terheim is. After some years came the great cattle-killing delusion, ending in a war with the white man. Tyala was now an old man, but once more he stood up for peace with all his eloquence and social influence, and this t ime he was ab­solutely determined for peace, even if he had to break with his old chief. By evil counsellors and much pressure from other chiefs Sandile was finally again per­suaded for war . But Tyala, who would follow him, had now definitely promised the British Government to remain neu­tral. He therefore left his own people with a great number of followers and withdrew within the British zone. The end came again for the Gaika tribes as Old Tyala had predicted and warned them-they los~Chief Sandile was killed-and the Gaikas were commanded to move northeastward across the Kei 1·iver. And to the eternal shame of the white man, Grand Old Tyala and his fol­lowers who had remained neutral were commanded to share the same fate-to move across the Kei.

The whole life of Tyala was a sort of continual t ragedy which he bore with a stout hear t in a noble way, but this was the cl imax of all his bitter experiences and more than even his great heart could bear. He died of a broken heart. The following poem by an anonymous author and abreviated by me gives us a further gl impse into the soul of Grand Old Tyala, who, heathen though he was and wearing a red blanket as a dress , was nevertheless a real man!

THE LAMENT OF T YALA

Let me die; "The word" is spoken­" Sons of Gaika ! cross the Kei."

All is lost; the t r ibe is broken: Leave me here, and let me die.

When false Umlanjeni muttered Charms to shield us from the foe i

And when Umhlakaza utte1·ed Lies that wandered to and fro i

Then I raised the voice of warning, T hen my counsel was for peace i

And I waited, night and morning, For the wil d war-cry to cease i

Till my soul could bear no longer. Seizing then an assegai-

" Though the white man be the stronger, With my kinsmen I will die."

Woe is me! the people perished, In the fam ine and the fight;

And the dreams of hope we cherished Passed as shadows of the night.

How I cursed this sudden madness, As I called to mind the slain i

And I vowed in sha me and sadness, I would never fight again.

Yet, as season followed season, And our boys to manhood grew,

Near us blazed the fire of treason, And t he sparks about us flew.

0 ! the terror of the vision Which was flashed upon my mind,

As I cried, amid derision, "Sons of Gaika ! are you blind?"

"Though the Fingoes know your power, Though the English own you're brave,

You will meet in fatal hour, Both the master and the slave.

Hear, then, Tyala's latest warning, Heed me, ere it be too late;

Do not t reat my age with scorning, You are rush ing to your fate.

Send back Keva to Sarili Bid McKinnon's plodding cease;

Now be wise, my chief, Sandile ! Speak, and let the word be peace i

Ere thy sons, like sheep, are scattered When the tiger rends the flock·

Ere, at last, the power is shattere1

d As the pitcher on the rock. '

0 ! Sandile-fickle-minded­Feeble-hearted for a chief·

Ever by ill counsel blinded· ' Drifted like a withered le~f ·

' Thou hast fa llen, scorned, forsaken ·

0 ! my chief, my heart is sore. ' All our fatherland is taken

And thy people are no m~re.

Once, where Amatola mountains Rise up purple to the snow·

Where the forests hide the fo~nta i n s And green pastur es sleep below i '

Sweeter far than song of battle On the breezes of the mcn:n '

Came t he lowing of our cattl~ And the rustling of the corn.

Where our flocks and herds were feed· N th h"t • •ng, ow . e w 1 e man s homestead

s tands; And while yet his sword lies bleed"

L 'h" 1 . mg o. 1s p ow 1s on new "lands." ':i

Newv~11·1 m~re these kloofs and krantzcs i rmg onward to the stars

Our glad sho~t at marriage dances Or our stories of t he wars ; '

Nor will Chumie's silver waters Or Kaiskama, as it runs '

Hear the singing of our cl;ughter s Or the la ughter of our sons.

Prince ~f Gaikas, Nteya, father! True.m coi:nsel, brave in fight;

Thou didst die at Debe, rather Than bet ray thy chieftain's right.

I, like thee, fo r peace have strive I , like t hee, have been defied. n,

r, like thee, to arms was drive1~. Would t hat I, like thee, had died!

Now Tslangani, heed Tyala, Take my people and depart.

Trust no Gonya or Umhala ' Doubt the men of double\eart.

You must go to face new dangers I have done with hope and fear'. ,

THE BAPTIST HERALD

Go, my son, and live with strangers, But let me be buried here.

F are thee well ! I hear them call thee; Go! I cannot see the encl ;

But, whatever may befall thee, Let t he white man be thy friend.

I g ive thanks. The word is spoken-Hark ! I hear the battle-cry;

Nteya, father; chief Sandile! 0 my God! my heart is broken­" Sons of Gaika ! cross t he Kei !"

Let me d ie !

The Storm ROBERT W. LAKE

A peaceful scene on a bright summer morning in July. The scene is laid in a small pictur esque country village.

It is a Sabbath morn. The weather is ideal i all nat ure seems arrayed in her best. The church bell is tolling, calling ev~ry one to worship; people ar e seen go111g into chur ch. The choir is singing a beautiful anthem, their voices rising in ~weet har mony. Soon the church ser vice ~s ov~1". All are going home. All again is quiet.

The hour is slowly approaching three. From out the village, slowly wending its way, comes a funeral procession. A com­rade going to his last resting place. Taps arc blown, the service is over. In the distance is heard a faint rumbling of thunder. All the people beat a hasty re­t reat in to t he church as the storm breaks.

The storm seems to increase in violence, the whole earth seems to tremble The w~nd i~ howling as if in g reat dlstress. Lightning flashes, thunder claps increase. Tho earth seems enveloped in great dis­tres.s. As if by some great miracle the r agmg of the storm ceases. Thunder de­creases. The wind is dying. Out of the c~arkness can be seen faint rays of sun­h.ght beaming, b irds are commencing to smg. In the village chur ch can be heard the choir s inging "Abide with me, fast falls the even t ide." All the ea r th seems glad and rejoicing that t he storm is over.

So with our life. Many storms come, ?1any go. But let us always have faith 111 h. 1m who gave us strength to endure

ht~e storm,. and let us no t forget to thank 1111 fo r l11s great love.

A Smile S hurch notice in Manchester (Engl.)

Guard ian : ;;ser~ices at 10.30 A. M. , SubJect: 'The Three Great Failures.' 'Choir. "Sermon. "p·

ipe Organ Offertory.''

* * * "A " re you a g·ood cook?" Yes, ma'am. I go to church every

Sunday.''

* * * Couitesy is t he quality that keeps a

woman sm·1· · uest t l mg when a depart111g g ~ ands at the open screen and lets flies in.-l"remont Tribune.