The Baptist Herald
A DENOMINATIONAL MONTHLY VOICING THE INTERESTS OF THE GERMAN BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS' UNION
Volume Three CLEVELAND, 0., APRIL, 1925 Number Four
A CHALLENGE OF THE RISEN CHRIST A Message from A. P. Mihm Executive Sec'y of Young People's and Sunday School Workers' Union
HAT a glorious figure is the risen Christ! He is indeed the Christ of com fort, and griefstricken hearts ever have turned to Him and found consolation W in the Easter hope. The risen Christ is the Christ who comes to us when we are fearful and affrighted and says as he did to the disciples in the shut room: "Peace be unto you." But the risen Christ is also the Christ of world-wide vision, the Christ of power and of conquest, the Christ in whose soul there burns the assurance of victory. It is the risen Christ who empow~rs his followers and whose majestic voice rings out: "All authority has been given unto me in heaven and earth." It is the risen Christ who gives us the great commission: "Go ye therefore and make disciples of all the nations." It is the risen Christ who promises the equipment of power and fulfills the promise by the gift of the Holy Spirit. Can we see the risen Christ in the glory of his great loving purpose? Do we hear his compelling message? Does it stir our hearts again at this Eastertide as we hear him say: "Go tell my brethren"? The early disciples met the challenge of the risen Christ. The early disciples were mostly young men. Their fulness of young life, their vigor, their enthusiasm were given to the risen Christ. Their witness was irresistible because they went forth in the power of the Christ to whom they had made glad and full surrender. The risen Christ is challenging the young people of our day and generation. His work is still unfinished; his task not yet completed. It calls for our participa tion. The Lord hath need of us. Shall we fail him? The risen Christ is testing the measure of our love to him as he did at day break on the shore of lake Galilee with Simon Peter and saying: "Lovest thou me?" What is your answer to the Lord who knoweth all things? Young People, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. ' April, 1925 1
ONCE MORE! AND AGAIN! A Message by Walter A. Stau b Chairman of the Finance Committee The Baptist Herald A VE you ever observed a gan g of men trying to lift a heavy object a ~d to place it in the ~o sition H p1 anne d f or 1tr· , p erh aps a fter much effort they have gotten it partly raised, then the. leader. cries out, Not Despising the Day of Small Things . So far as res~ l ts ar e concerned, man is wholly " Once More!" and every m an exert s him self to tr e utmost, trying to s urpass his previous effor_ts, mcompetent to Judge as to w hat is little or what st th h th have been· then they o ause for a moment with the task almost, but not quite OMETIMES workers in a little .Sunday scho.ol renuous oug ey may , · " . ., d · h is great. God only can do that. B ut the smallest completed. After but an ins tant's pause to regain breath the leader shouts, Again·1 an wit one s upreme S or a small B. Y. P. U. have their hour of dis effort the heavy object is lifted s till higher a nd put in the desired p l ~ce . couragement and then give expression to the vain thing we do, if it be accept ed and blessed by hi'm is w(lll worth doing. · , We are at the point with our Missionary and Benevolent Offering where we need to respond to the and unprofitable wish: "O, wer e I a member in the call of "Once More!" and to meet the cry of "Again !" with one more supreme effort. large school ol society yondeY! Then I would f eel Only a few weeks remain before the three-year period for our present Missionary and Benevolent O f. inspired to do my best. Then I would be able to Your Young Men Shall See Visions ferin will come to a close. Jul 31, 1925, is the fateful closing day. Our EASTER OFF ERING affords show more enthusiasm and could surely accom HERE are certain mystery words in our lan us allg a fine opportunity· for domg~ our part "O nee M ore .' " an d " Again ·' " .If we a ll put forth an. utmos t plish more. But here, in this place- " effort now we shall be able to close the triennium wit hout any debts and w,th the thought of having ren- T guage, said th e editor of one of our great dered our ' Savio· r an acceptable servi· ce, and we can meet at th e B undeskonferenz in Pittsburgh with than k- But that mood is a test of real leadership. The American magazines not long ago, and vision is ful and joyful hearts. L et us do it "Once More !" a nd " Again!" . . pro_phe t Zechariah in one place asks this ques one of them. It builds colleges, cathedrals and Personally, I dislike making an appeal for funds for the Lord's wor k. It seems a bit degrading to be tion: " Who hath despised the day of small factories,- but how? In what does it consist? No begging for funds to carry on the work of Him w h o gave His all for us and to whom we should be only things?" A r eal leader despises no small wor k une stops to define the word, yet everybody uses too glad to bring generously our subs tance to show our gratitude to Him an d our concern fo: those who but seeks to develop it. He displays a willingness it quite casually as though we were all perfectlv still need to be reached with the message of salvation. L et us in this matter of t he s tewardship- the trus to do work, his best work, with that which is a.greed as to what it means. · teeship of and accountability for- the material thing s entrus ted to U!>' by our .Fath e: in ~.eav~ n , ~ave the available within himself and with what h e fi nds mind of Christ Jesus. (Phil. 2 :5.) If we have that mind-if we ar e fi lled with His spm t- 1t will be a One of America's great spiritual leaders gives joy to respond to the utmost w hen the call of the E ASTER OFFE R I NG brings us not merely the duty, at hand in his appointed fi eld of work. us this definition: " Vision is the capacity to see but the privilege, of giving "Once More!" an d "Ap.. ain." W e need to see that a small occasion may be what others do not see, to see further th an th ey glorified by the earnest spirit of the action . A see, t o see before they see." Vision then means I place of much limitation and many handicaps may sight. We must see things before we sh all appr e be made a place of power. Many wor kers fail be ciate them enough to do them. cause they do n ot r ealize what they have at their Visions are not confined or limited to a few command; they refuse to see the value of litt le lu cky folks. We all have them to a certain ex- things. tent. You may call them visions, or air castles OUR EASTER OUR DENOMINATIONAL Meager material is no barrier to success. Rit or day dreams, or anything you ch oose. We ali tenhouse, the astronomer, calculated eclipses on have imagination in some degr ee. It is difficult to O FFERI N G ACTIVITIES a plow handle. Benjamin West's fi rst br ushes conceive of any one living so heavy and lifeless a I t would be a mos t inspiring sight if we could see at a were inade from the cat's tail at home. Yet today life as never to dream dreams or see visions. Even Easter recalls to all of us th e d ebt we owe a :o glan ce a ll of o ur d e no ~ nationa l activities. W e can do no some of his paintings gr ace our national capitol. the most practical men pride themselves upon the the Redee med of the Lor d . more, however, than to enumerate these activities. T hey are Stothard, an English artist, learned the art of com fact that they " look ahead" and consider conse q uences. It would be har d to find anyone who a ll s upport ed fro m our M issionary and B enevolent O ffering . bining colors from the wings of butter fl ies. Abra ham Lincoln's fi rst library consisted of only a half lives only in the immediate present. In the following list we show wh at each department has re * * dozen books, but the frequent r eading of these Our dreams r eflect our present character s and ceived during the period of thirty-one months from Aug ust made h im a well-educated man. A special EASTER OFFERING will n ot violate 1, 1922, to F eb ruary 28, 1925. indicate what we are to become. Through the the financial system of any church. [ It is not easy for anyone to tell when he is doing door of the imagination God has access to us Home Missions ...... $161,942.93 his most significant and far-r eaching work. Ap W hen we cease to pa.int pictures ?f the future'. F oreign Missions ...... 80 949.11 pearances of ten deceive. An entry in the diary of death has already set m on us. It is imagina tion * * M inis ters' Pension ...... 27,748.93 Dr. John Ryland reads : " I have this day baptized that lift~ man.. a bove. the "du1!1b .~ riven cattle" an d Chapel Building ...... 22,534.96 Many com p e lling r easons a p pea l convincingly a jour neyman cobbler ." Th e cobbler was none makes him a hero m the strife. Our dr eams ar e Superannuated Ministers ...... 18,469.83 other than W illiam Car ey, the father of modern the r eal r eality out of which the actual comes. to our young p eop le to m ove into the front line of Relief ...... · · . · . · · · .. · · · ..... · ...... 114, 185.15 missions. Visions are not for idle enjoyment but for up our financial supporter s. Publication Society ...... 7,001.30 Do not despise the day of small things. Pitch Orph ans Society ...... lift and development. Visions are to be employed. 27,748.93 in and do yo ur best now, just wher e. you are. I t not simply enjoyed. To see visions, to drea ' Seminary at Rochester ...... 26,821.02 is not necessary to wait for great gifts and large Reserve F und · · . . · ...... clrea1!1s and have gr eat ideals is not enough. ~~ * * 25,3 18.69 ; pportunities. A small talent diligently used will that 1s all, yo u may be only a visionary, a blo _ With each copy of A p ril " Mission " special For "Mission" ...... 6,565.25 accomplish more than large talents carelessly a p of soap bubbles. Wet Chicago Altenheim ...... 6,937.23 Easter Offering Envelopes were sent. Use them. plied. Faithfully to make the most of the small Philadelphia Altenheim ...... 6,937.23 But each g ~i m :ps.e of the ideal is a direct chal opportunities is the best way to put oneself into lenge to the mdividua l to make it come to pa Por tland Altenheim ...... 2,297.68 touch with larger opportunities and t o become our castles in th e air, we must * * Chicago Deaconess Home ...... 3,225.59 worthy of them. ~fter r ~arin g p~~t Miscellaneous Missions, not under the Mis- foundations under them. Belief and work furnish schools and all young people's organi- Let us work faithfully, carefully, devoutly, since Sunday s ionary and Benevolent Offering ...... the .b~i l d in.g materials to make a solid foundatio 29,494.79 we cannot tell how great may prove the seemingly . might with propriety vote special appro- A v1sion with out a task makes a visionary. Visi;· zat1ons little thing that we may do. That is a lso the best Total Recepts for thirty-one months from m~~ n s work revealed, work that must be don n • • 8 to the EASTER OFFERING. training for taking over and carrying out the larger pr1at1on Aug. 1, 1922, to Feb. 28, 1925 ...... $568,1 78.62 V:1 ~1 on .is the first step to victor y . Visualize y ,e .. responsibilities. ns1011 m terms of life. 0 .n . 2 THE BAPTIST HERALD April, 1925 3
"Hitch your wagon to a star," :says Emerson. respect, confidence, independence are worth more hold the heaven and the heaven of h eavens can school student asked one of his instructors here Our only greatness is that we aspire. "I was not than the dollars saved. His morale is r aised. He not contain thee." Pa ul said, "In him we live an
' . I "Oh, I wouldn't want to make you gracefully. "And now "you will want to seemed necessary to say something to a nything to him t o rent tha t ba r n trouble," she said. "You have been very go out and look a r ound again to make fil l in this embaTrassing pa use. But Sid a t ten dollars a month! That The Enchanted Barn ney Gra ham did not let her continue t o kind already, and you have made t he your pla ns. Were you planning to go was ridicu~us ! Could it be that rent so reasonable ! I'm afra id it isn't soon ? I should like to have you look be embarr assed. He entered into her he was t hinking her an object of cha r Grace Livingston Hill r ight and fair; it is such a lovely barn !" the place over again and see if ther e is plans just as if they concerned himself i ty? That he felt sorry for her a nd Copyright, 1917, by The Golden Rule Company -Copyright, 1918, by J. B. Lippencott Company " Perfectly fair," said Gr ah am glibly. anything else that should be done." also. made t he pr ice mer ely nomina l? She I ~h i nk (Continuation ) " Oh !" breathed Shirley,_ t he co_lor r "It will do the barn good to be lived in " Oh, why," sa id Shirley, " I don't " Why, that would be a very couldn't ha ve t ha t. It wasn't .right nor most leaving her face entuely wit h t he a nd ta ken care of again." t hink there could be anything else; only good plan," he said. "It will be a grea t honest, and-it wasn 't r esp ectable! Tha t deal better to have a r eal family council CHAPTEi,:t V r elief of his words. " Oh, really ?" If he ha d been called upon to tell just I'd like to have a key to that big front was the way unprincipled men did wh en As the morn1"ng pa· ssed on a nd 1· t door for we couldn't carry things up befo r e you decide about moving. No·w they wanted to humor foolish little dolls " And you haven't lost your ner ve wha t good it would do t he barn to be 1 I 've thought of something. Why couldn 't drew near to t he noon hour Sidney Gra- a bou t living away out t here in t he lived in, he migh t have floundered out of the ladder very well. I was thinking of girls. Could it be that h e thought ham fo und himself almost excited over country in a gr eat empty ba rn?" he I'd go out this afternoon, perhaps, if I you all go out in the car with me and of her in a ny such way? t he situation, perhaps; but he took care my kid sister? I've been promising to the prospect of the girl's coming. Such asked quickly to cover her emba r rass not to make that necessar y. He went on could get George a leave of a bsence for Her ch eek s flamed h otly a nd h er eyes foolish fancies as a fear lest she migh t ment-and his own, too, perhaps. ta lking. a little while. T here's been a death m take her a sp in in t he country, a nd my flashed. She sat up ver y str aight in have given up t he idea and would not our fi rm and the office is working only chauffeur is to drive her down t his deed, and began to tremble. How was come a t all presented themselves to his " Oh, no!" said Shir ley with a smile " I will sec that everything is in goorl afternoon for me. It's almost t ime for order , the doors made a ll right, a nd th r: h a lf-tim~ today, and I'm off again. I it she had not th ought of such a thing dist raught brain. When a t last, she was that showed a dimple in one cheek, and thought I'd like to have George see it if her to be here now. Your brother w ill befor e? H er mot her h ad warned her to announced, he drew back his cha ir from the star spa rks in her eyes: " Oh; n~ ! windows-I-that is, if I remember be her e by t he time she comes. Why rightly there were a few little t hings possible · he's very · wise in his judg be careful about ha ving anything to do t he desk, and prepared to meet her with It is a lovely barn, and it won t oc ments ~ n d mother t rusts him a lot next couldn't we just go around by the with st r ange men, except in the moBt a strange tremor in his whole bearing. empty when we all get i nto it." needed doing to t hat barn that ought to schoolhouse and pick up your sister, a nd be attended to before you go in. How to me '· but I don't know whether they'll distant business way; anq her e had she It annoyed him, and brought almost a " Are t her e ma ny of you ?" he asked let hi ~ off o~ such short l,lotice." all go out together? I want to go out been telling him frankly a ll h er private soon did you want to take possession? myself, you know, and look t h ings over, frown of sternness to his fine features. inter estedly. Already t he co n ve rs ~t i on T'll t ry to have it rea dy fo.r you." " Wher e does he wor k?" affairs of the family an d letting him I~ s~emed not quite in keeping wi th h is was taking on a sli ghtly persona l tmge, " Farwell & Story's department store. and it seems to me that would save make plans for her. What must he " Oh, why, t ha t is very kind," sa id time all ar ound. Then, if t here should dtgmty as a junior in his father's firm but n either of them was at a ll a ware Shir ley. "I don't t hink it needs any They are pretty pa rticular, but · George think of her? T his came of trying to that he should be childish over a simple of it. is a llowed a day off every three mont hs be anyt hing you want done, you know-" keep a secret from mother. She might t hing; t hat is, I didn't notice a nyt hing, " Oh , t here is nothing I wa nt done,'' matter like this, a nd be began to doubt "Two brother s a nd t wo sister s a nd but perha ps you kn ow best. Why, we if he takes it out of his vacation; so I have known it was wrong, and yet the gasped Shirley. "You have been most case was so desper ate and mot her ao whether, after all, he might not be doing mother " sa id t he g irl shyly. She was have to leave our house the last of th i ~ thought I'd t ry." a most unwise a nd irreg ular t hing in too fu ll of delight over fin ding that she kind. I couldn't t hink of ask ing for likely to worry about any new and ·un mont.h. Do you suppose we could ha v~ " Here let me fix that. Harry F ar anything at the price we shall be paying. having anything to do with t hi s girl's could r ent the barn th a ~ she ha rdly well's a 'friend of mine." He caught up convention al suggestion. It had seemed t he rent begin a few days before tha t, And we mustn't impose upon you. We right . But of course it wasn't right for preposter ous proposition. T hen Sh i r l e~· knew what she wa s answermg. She w~ s so we could get t hings moved g radually'.' the telephone. entered t he office, looked eagerly into his unconscious of the fact th a t she had 111 can go out in the t r olley perfectly well, her to fall in that way and allow him I haven't much time, only at night, you " Oh you a re very kind!" mur murt d and not trouble you." eyes; a nd he st ra ightway forgot a ll his a way taken this strange y 8 THE BAPTIST HERALD A pril, 1925 9 coat-pocket, and began to copy some of live like p r inces. It has a g reat big outside the open door, a nd a bir d sing the front and learn to drive! But all h ~ the lists. Then suddenly the door front door, and we could have a ham ing in the tree." said was: "Aw, gee! Yes, sure thing !" opened again, and Gra h~m returned mock under the tree; a nd t here's a "Gee! Shirley, wouldn't that be some The strange girl suddenly loomed on with George. brook to fi sh in, a nd a big third stor y class? Say, Shirley, don't let's tell her ! h is consciousness again as they emerg ------~ -- 10 THE BAPTIST HERALD April, 1925 11 When You Come to Pittsburgh to the conference, you no doubt want to stop at as convenient and as attractive The Sunday School lodgings as can be secured. We h ope you will not be disappointed. The com mittee in charge has secured the use of How the Secretary Helped the dormitories at the University of Five Needs Small School Problems Pittsburgh and Carnegie Institute of 1. Every school should have a com The teacher in the small school is I find that when our school faced its Technology. The two photographs are plete and constantly corrected list of all often discouraged afte r attending con r esponsibility to "win every available pictures of the dormitories at Ca rnegie members on file with the secretary. ventions and institutions or reading member of the community," and we had Tech and will be assigned to the lady 2. Every school should have a com books, telling of the great things to be fully recognized that t he best way to delegates. The dormitories at Pitt arc plete record of attendance and collec accomplished by those who have sep \vlin new pupils was to make those we equally att ractive, so that all delegates tion, by individuals, classes, and depart arate departments and the full Sunday already had so happy in th~ir i;iembe: will have the same convenience. ments on file with the secretary. school h our for t heir Junior teaching ship that they wanted to brmg m t heir The section in which these dorms a re 3. Every school should have some fol and training service. We make no plea friends, that the secretary could help in located is one of the most famous and low-up system for absentees, a nd the for poor equipment. The story is told r eaching others. I prepared a sketch or a ttractive in the city. In it a re located record and the reason should be on file of a great violinist who took a cheap diagram showing the loc ati~n of every Syria Mosque, Memorial Hall, the Pitts with the secretary. violin with one string and ch armed an house in our litt le commumty a nd the burgh Athletic Association, Hotel Schen 4. Every school should have a record audience of men and women by his surrounding rural section . I marked ley, the new and w'onderful Schenley of its withdrawals, with the reasons music. Then casting aside the make those where the folks were member s of Apartments, Carneg ie Museum anrl studied and analyzed, on file with the shift instrument he took up a violin into our school with a gold star .and those of Music Hall and Schenley Park. secretary. the making of wh ich an old master had non-members with a red star. We made Carnegie Tech and P itt are two widely 5. Every school should have a list of put years of skill and painstaking car e. the gold sta r folks r esponsible for known universities, recognized for their its member s who are not church members With this he made music of such power changing all the r ed ~ ta:s cl~s es t t '.I high degree of schola rship a nd also for and of those who come into th e church and majesty that his audience wer e them, each family to wm its neighbors. their success in the field of sports. Stu from the ~choo l on file with the secre lifted out of themselves in very ecstacy. We kept t his chart before the school and den~ from almost all parts of the globe tary. That many a teacher has done and is commented on the changes. While we are registered in both schools, further One of the Dormitories at Carnegie Tech, Pittsburgh never criticized the others, every one al A few lines of type serve to list these doing t eJling work with little or no testifying to theii; fame. The buildings ways felt that everybod_Y else was look To many schools the list equipment, a Jong line ?f .many of t~e of both schools arc interesti ng and at Christmas spirit, the spirit of giving no one r esponded publi cly,_ we do believe r~quirements . ing at t heir red stars right close to the will be very incomplete; to t he average earth 's great ones bear md1sputable evi tractive str uctures. rat her than t hat of r eceiving. It is only that someone in the quietness of the school most of it will be new. dence. One can but wonder wh~t such gold stars which meant .nie, and we h.ad Th.e section in which you will enjoy too true t hat t hroughout all these many moment made the supreme decision of teachers might have done and might be splendid r esults. We did not stop wtth the conference has rather an interesting year s we have made so much of receiv life. the first Sunday. The f ellow who won They Called the Service Off doing with good equipment. history. Some ~5 years ago, or more, ing a nd have even gone so far as to The White Gifts to the King from the There are two ways in which one ~ay his neighbor was to see that he stayed a certain man viewed a tract of land in stimulate this idea in t he lives of our differ ent depa rtments of the Sunday A Sunday school secretary tells of an meet a situation which is discouragmg. loyal. the Schenley Farms district and was boys a nd girls instead of showing them school a nd the usual offering a mounted interesting experience that he had on To borrow a homely Texas adage, ,? n_e struck with its natural beauty and th at we get only by giving. The busi to $175. one of his field trips. One Saturday may "sit down and sit," or she may git The Ideal Teacher caused him to dream of erecting a center ness of the church should be to incul The plan bas worked so well tha t we late in t he fall he attended a Sunday up and git!" Certainly the teacher who of learning and fine arts in the section. cate into the lives of men the Christ" expect to make it perma men t in t he In presenting the prizes at the Nor scho_ol convention in a prairie town. The " stands strong wher e she is now,'' w.ho To bring about his dream, it was neces spirit which is the spirit of giving, the future. No one knows just how much sessions extended into the evening. To ma kes the best possible use of the eqmp wich Training College, t he Bishop of spirit that thinks of others first. A good comes from such a procedure until Norwich gave from his own experience sa ry to interest financial a id to carry reach his engagement for Sunday h e ment she has and lea ves .no stone. un out the work. After spending some wonderful opportunity presents itself in he himself has t ried it. It is a plan should have to motor one hundred miles. turned for getting better, is most. hkely as a schoolmaster the following advice t he Sunday school. Here are boys a11d worth while. We are by no means the to future teacher s : time in t he woods in West Virginia, the A young farmer cheerfully offer ed to to make wise use of good equ.1pment man made a plan of the distr ict, enum g irls that will be Christlike only in so first school that has tried it and we a r e take him in his small car. AB soon a >1 when she gets it. God has not ~v.en to Love your subject; such Jove is infec erating the ty pe of buildings that he far as we show them how much more sure that others \vill bear us up in the the evening service was concluded they all the gift of ver satility, the. ab1h.ty to tious. Those who work for salary alone wanted to have there. H e then r et urned beautiful it is to give tha n to r eceive. statements made. Let all Sunday school<; will have no enthusiasm. started and drove all night. It was a da pt the raw materials which he at to Pittsburgh, secured the aid necessary, Boys a nd girls a re always ready and throughout the land fall in line and dark a nd rainy, a nd the roads were bad, hand to their use. Some teachers th~re Keep your own study fresh; he teaches and set about making his dream come willing to respond if the matter is prop think of others. True happiness comes b~t t he young fellow didn't seem to who find in wood and field teachmg best who knows more than he brings true. Today that section is one of the erly presented to them. only to those who impart happiness to mind at all. ~=terial such as no school supply house out. spots that Pittsburghers point out with At one of our regula r monthly confer other s. H elping other s is helping your b They reached their destination at can boast of . For a vase they us~ a Do not rely too fa r on machinery and pride. We feel almost certain that you ehces of t he teacher s and officers of the self. Ours was a happy Christmas. reakfast time, tired but looking ex gnarled hollow limb. For ornamenta~1on appara tus. Dr. Westcott taught in a will concede our right to be proud when school some time before Christmas it MRS. BERNHARD WENZEL, Sec., pectantly forward to the public worship. they use the swelling buds of sprmg, hay loft. Education is human. was decided to promote this spirit in the Milwa ukee, Wis. . ft of summer, or you see it for yourself. Shortly af ter the morning meal the tele the glowmg owers . . d Come to Pit tsburgh! different classes. A letter was written phone rang, and a message came from 1 The true di s~iplin arian is one who They Needed a Large Orchard autumn's brilliant leaves. Evenh m 1{1 d controls by quiet personality, like a good PUBLICITY COMMITTEE. to t he parents of the scholars in the t he superintendent of t he local Sunday ·nter pine and holly branc esF en school asking their co-operation. After How many apples did Adam a nd Evl:! school; he said that because of the rain Wl ' · to h or a chairman or the leader of a party. One themselves to their magic Jude .uit box in cont rol of a class should be as un a period of time the matter was pre eat? Some say E ve 8 a nd Adam 2-a an~ t he bad roads they had decided to t bl th Y u se an o s ' A White Christmas at Nor th sented to the school as a whole. A vote total of 10 only. omit the services. san d a e ~ d with a sifter. ruffled as in his own armchair at home. Avenue sifting out the1; own ~an th utilize a I always despised the teacher who had was taken. All voted in favor of a white Now we figure this out far differ en tly '.l'he young farmer was much disap When crayon 1s lacking ey This report should have gone to our Christmas. They were told about the Eve 8 and Adam 8 also-total 16. · . . h There seems no to rely upon punishments. pointed, and he could not understand soft piece of c a rcoa 1· . L "fted "Herald" readers some months ago. We boys and girls in our orphanage .in St. On second thought we t hink t h e above why those folks should be afraid of rain . h . . enmty ess g:i Praise, and not faultfinding, is the a re not so anxious to write a repor t Joseph Mich. All agreed to thmk of fig ures a r e entirely wrong. limit to t e~ r m g "Wh; did I never teacher's best weapon. and mud; few of t hem lived more than a bout how we celebra ted Christmas as these boys and girls at Christmas time. If Eve 8 and Adam 82, certainly th two or three miles from the church, and ones ask bhndly, ? " Yet it is a gift think of that befor.e · this gift for Wisely make friends of your pupils, we are to tell you of the experience It was not to be the usual Christmas total would be 90. e ~11 ~d automobiles or hor ses. It seemetl tha t all may cultivate-- 's pupils. a and they will confi de in you; but do not t hat has come to us in celebra ting a offering taken in connection \vith the Scientific men, however on t he ho im that a little determination would · L e for one ' make yourself cheap. white ~hri stmas. ~f this writing helps Christmas program, but the amount that strength of the theory that' th t ave filled t he pews; but unfortunately adaptation. ov . h very simple d"l · e a n e- realization of how muc . terest mny You must be their hero as well as to revive the Christmas spirit within would otherwise be expended was to be fhey exaggerated the diffi cult ies and al you, t hen a ll the better , as possession 1 uvitah~s wl~kre tab.race of gian ts, reason owed their fears to conquer . touches of beauty a~d mf self which their compa nion.-Scottish Nationa l added. some mg 1 ·e 1s: E ve 81 a n d Ad mean to .them; ~hat losmg o thinking a of the Christmas spirit would not only The program committee chose a 82-total, 163. am Whether we meet wit h success or fail Sabbath School Magazine. counts time, totl and deep, sake will be a matter of a few days, but should pageant, "White Gif~ for t he K in g," by Wr?fn gEagain. What could be clearer ure in our ordinary tasks or in our be a n abiding experience t hroughout pleasure for the dear Lord ~ . hte~ her • • • E. E. Davison. This was presented in than I ve 81 a nd Adam 812 t he t t church work depends largely on our atti quicken one's mind and en ~g s which the year. a wa y that gripped the audience a nd was 893? ' o a 1 tude toward the duties that face us. eyes that she may see the thin ~ . Be Glad In recent years much has been said Consider the attitude of t he young brought to all aga!n the Chr istmas story We believe t h e follo\vin g to b the lie at hand which she may u se. uniot· about a white Chr istmas, so much in a nd its t rue meaning. Each departmen t !:inner on the evening of t he conven- There a r e 800 texts in the Bible t hat true solution. E ve 814 Adam e Teacher . encourage us to rejoice and be glad, fact that we began to be curious. When of t he Sunday school presented its white Ada~ 8124 E ve-total, 898 . ' and 11on; a hundred miles of hard driving • • • a man becomes curious he u sua lly looks 8 :ay kbcfore him, but he made light of t he but the average man manages to man Gift to t he King, after which our pastor Still a nother calculation is f 6 and did it cheerfully.-Youth's A gloomy face helps neit her t he wear ufacture something like 900 reasons why into a thing. Upon examination of t he made an appeal to all those wh o had not lows: If Eve 814 Adam A as ol- C idea we found that back of it was the ompnnion. er of it nor his neighbor. he should not. yet given their lives to the King. While oblige Eve-total 82 ' H dam 81242 ' ' 056·- aversack. 12 THE BAPTIST HERALD April, 1925 13 Seeing Americans With Oriental God says: Unbob your hair! The wo to the city of t he dead, to show respect Eyes men must wear S\vitches. Father! tell to t heir ancestors. They do as we do, our sales-manager to send qver at once bring flowers and wreaths. They erect A purported letter from a Chinese stu Our Devotional Meeting 500 gross of switches of all sizes and great monuments to t he Fat her of the dent, taking a postgraduate course shades. The open mar ket will y iel1i country and to Father Abraham. They G. W. PusT in Columbia College, to his - a mple returns. These occidentals have name cities after th eir ancestor s, and in father in Pekin, China Very Queer Methods of Amusement these cities many streets bear t hose April 12 or 1609. John Smyth, its pastor, fir ~t and women derive t he full benefit of an names. Even into Religion they carry baptized himself and then as a baptized open Bible. R. T. WEGNER As I have already stated they a r e What D oes the Resurrection of (Read before t he W . C. T. U. of James their ancestor worship. One woman they believer baptized the other members. In . Ji!ducation .makes for better living con feverishly on t he go all day long. But Jesus Mean to Me? 1611 burg, N. J ., published by request) adore as t he Mother of God. They erect the majority of these, u nder the d~tions. It mc~ea ses the earning capa when night comes they force themselves great temples in honor of their male and 1 Cor. 15 : 1-20. 49 leadership of Thomas H elwys and John My adorable Parent:- to go still faster. They accelera te t heir city of the_ natives, thus m akin g better f emale ancestors. H ere in New York I E aster Meeting Murton, r eturned to England where the homes possible. It instructs t hem in the In mY. forme~ letters I have told you tired feet, by forcing themselves to keep find a great temple erected in honor of new movement was eminently success step to music, they call j azz. The Bible contains few chapters t ha t la ws of hygiene, producing cleanliness of my mterestmg ocean trip and m y a n ancient snake-charmer. Ther e you ful. In 1626 there wer e 17 und in 1644 and health. safe arrival in this unique land of the Women are scantily clot hed, which in hold t he attention of Christ's followers will find fl ags, incense, chiming, inton mor e absorbingly than Paul's triumphant t here were 48 Baptist churches in Eng s~tti ng sun. Am glad that my recep ter ests the men. They passionately em It brings out the latent power and ing · like we have in our temples at r esurrection message in 1 Cor. 15. The land. ~1on at the seat of learning in New York brace each other, whirling themselves b.es~ows a la?·ger outlook. It t hus mu! . horr:e. And the attire of the priests is r eason, of course, is obvious, dealing, a s The Mode of Baptism. The new bap impressed you favorably. Shall now a t about for hours. After a whole night a lmost identical. The attitude of these t1pl1es the capacities, making a person of such strenuous exertion in which t hey it does, with a truth t hat so vitally con tism t hat Smyth introduced was in all much more than he could be without it. tempt to convey to you an idea of t he America ns is a lso singular. They prefer cerns our eternal destiny. probability affusion. This fact seems queer modes of living these occidenta ls cover a distance of about seven miles, to call t hemselves T rinitarians, while It a lso opens up in some measure th and when utterly exha usted, they say: Ch1·ist's resurrection inspires faith -in clear from the- r elation existing between tre'.lsures of knowledge a nd have. ~ndeed they are our an tipodes in t hey call us though~ " We won't go home till morning." On hirn as the "only begotten" Son of God. Smyth's church and t he Mennonites, which the r ace has garnered through ever~bmg . But t he outstanding differ Polytheists who, as far as we are aware, did not ence 1s separating a nd completely fatigued they We do not underestimate the life of J <:! the ag~s . I~ awakens an interest in r eiterate: "What a wonderful time we sus. How wonderful it was in all of its practice immer sion. Our present mode something besides the commonplace. T he most zealous propagandists are, of baptism probably elates from the year T he Noticeable Unrest have had!" How foreign and foolis li however, split into numer ous factions. I manifestations! No one like him ever Chris~ian missions aim at developiny of t?e people of all castes. They are this all is to us. We at home recom find here 12 differ ent kinds of Presby walked on this earth at any time. No 1640. (See Geschichte der Baptisten, the entire man Education is t · · by Prof. A. J . Ramaker, pp. 45-51; His . · rammg- continually on t he rush, moving alon ;~ pense our servants wh en they whirl terians 15 opinions among Baptists, rn wonder that P eter felt constrained to h tory of Anti-Pedobaptism by lirewman, on . ~ e intellectual side, r eligion i.s fas~ and feverishly. They not only h ave t hemselves about for our amusement. brands ' of Methodists and 21 different make the great confession... (Matt. 16: tramm.g on the spiritual side. N p a rt of 16.) But would the account of h is pp. 376-391.) 0 their trams on the streets, but also un But t hese poor Americans do it per species of Lut her an s. I am informecl our b~mg should therefor e be neglected marvelous life have satisfied us? The der the streets and even above the sonally. And her e let me state that t hat in the U. S. there ar e 164 different Our Principles. These are treated in !h a~ 1s why. education h as such a prom~ streets. They call t hose people who arc - t hese people have copied our types of Christians, and in England resurrection, therefore, is t he corner stone a little book-"A Restatement of Bap men P1 a ce m t he mission program. most feverish in their haste "hustler s." Ca!.·te-System even 183 . Some of these Christians go of the edifice of faith. One that rose tist Principles" by Philip L. J ones It is no common thing to find many of to church to weep, others a re very stoic, from the dead must have lived t he under the following headings : The They however t erm it, t he different unique life of the gospels. And, surely, May 3 t hese bustling folks suffer from wh at classes,' · and the's e do " not associa. t e. " some ar e real demonstrative, they jump, Soul's Direct Relation to Goel; Faith the they call "nervous prostr ation." They yell, hop, they are a good reproduction he must have been what he claimed to Key to the Kingdom ; Jesus Christ's Su How Can We help to Make H ome The upper, t he middle and the . l~w e r be-the Son of God. collapse prematurely, falling into a st ate classes. These a r e again subd1v1de The toast to the father s was proposed Ne ws Budget from Immanuel B. by R. Werger and r eplied to by Mr. F . Y. P . U., Milwaukee . Dojacek; Mr. D. Salak to the mothers and Paul Henkle to the homes. Rev ..r . The Young P eople's Union of the Im Leypoldt then spoke to the chur ch, manuel Church of Milwaukee, Wis., has speaking twelve minutes in German and for some year s conducted annual Mid six minutes in English. He revealed to Winter Banquets and Rallies, but neve r us that the church is not merely · a for before has such an inspiring number nulli ty but our spiritual home and we attended nor so splendid a program been should regar d it as such. The church rendered as this J an. 20, 1925. The is where we get our spiritual training spirit of fellowship permeated the din rec reation and r est, and the only p l a c~ ing r oom. A very enjoyable prog ram we can satiate our soul's hunger and was ar r anged for the evening. The Rev. thirst. Mr. P. Penner then played two F. H . Fahringer of Wauwatosa kindly selections on the violin and a cornet accepted our invitation and gave a splen duet was given by E rich and Wilfred did address. The dominating tone of Blecl ow with piano accompaniment by his message was an inspiration for the Mrs. J. Leypoldt. Mr . C. Epp spoke on E vangelist ic Meetings to follow. what a boy expects from his dad, and The North Ave. Chur ch and ou r was replied to by Mr. Strueber. A thun derous applause was then given t he church combined efforts in a series of mothers who had pr epared a most sump evangelistic meetings, conducted on J~n. 21-30 inclusive. The Rev. C. A. Dame! tuous dinner. A special applause was given Baraca Class, Humboldt Park Church, Chicago Mrs. J . Leypoldt in appreciation of her of Chicago was the special evangelist. untiring efforts in promoting and build A great number attended daily. We Baraca Class Banquet at Hum- Springtime are indeed happy that a number of ing up a really reliable and Christian boldt Park N ever yet was a spring-time, young men's class. Mrs. Leypoldt gave young persons have taken the forward The Bar aca Class of Humboldt Park step for Jesus and asked th at they may Late though lingered the snow, a very inspir ing acknowledgement of Baptist Bible School, Chicago, had an be baptized. May the messages and ap That the sap stirred not at the whispe1· Baraca Class, Oak P ark, Ill. the applause. Among the young men other banquet in the church parlors on peals of Rev. Daniel continue to influ Of the south wind, sweet and low; Mrs. Leypoldt has a great influence, as F ebruary 23. Forty-two men r esponded good one, a nd was adopted with a few ence and pervade our r anks! N ever yet was a spring-time New Baraca Class at Oak Park she makes it her special effort to build to the invitation and enjoyed doing un When the buds forgot to blow. ·It is quite a difficult matter to get a minor changes. A copy m ay be had on up and prepare them as leaders of the A good attendance has been kept in usual justice to the meal fit for a king group of men together in this day an d resquest. Mr. Braese was present at future. After the banquet we went our B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening serv prepared by sever al ladies, wives of the E'IMr the wings of summ er age for the purpose of organizing a the meeting and accepted the office of home, knowing that as fathers and sons ices. The four group leaders are faith Baracas. t eacher for the class year, Which was Are folded under the mould; Sunday school class, and we would we have still much · to learn of each f ully planning inspirational programs Our r ecently installed president, Mr. Life, that has J.,'"?lown n o dying, therefore like to r elate our experiences set to end with th e r egular meeting on other and that it is essent ial that we and also encour aging discussions on the Bert White, presided and made his mai Is L ove's, to have and to hold, for the benefit of those who may f eel the second Tuesday in December. learn it. thoughts of the evening , thus h oping to den speech. William Haack, one of the Till sudden, the bourgeoning E aster! the need of such a class, as we did. From here on the class star ted to de WILLIAM BAKER, Sec.-Treas. stimulate inter est. two survivors of the charter members The song! the green and the gold! In the fir st place, we had a class of velop an d the aver age attendance on of the class, visualized some of the. early -Margaret E . Sangster. young men and older men who are Sunday is about eighteen. Hardly a On Feb. 22 a group of 25 young folk,; history of the class. Mr. Smith, a stu taught in the German language by our Sunday passes without a new member Ordina tion of Rev. V . C. Brace visited the County Hospital just to help dent at the Seminary, favored us wit h • • • spread joy into the lives of these wear y pastor, but the need was for a. class to being pr esent. We have had the pleas Bro. V. C. Brace, who has been serv several solo selections. Dr. S. J. Reid, inmates. The blessings each one de The W orst Fooled Man take care of those who did not as readi ure of having Rev. Mihm assist Mr. ing the Baptist church of Warren, Ill., pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, r ived from this brief visit can not be ly understand the German. The new. Braese as teacher on a few occasions. was ordained in his home church, the first entertained us with some Irish wit, Is one who fools himself . expressed in words. We plan to make class could not draw its member s from T he picture shown in this issue was German Baptist Church of Mi nneapolis then gave us some practical lessons f rom Is one who things profanity strength- any of the existing classes, which made taken at the J anuar y meeting and is Minn., March 4, 1925. The rep resenta~ similar visits to other institutions. the sleeping Eutychus. ens his arguments. , it much harder to get a start. r epresentative of the r egular attendance, tives of a number of the German Bap We rejoice t hat our class is not asleep Is one who thinks his own case is pe The burden of this need lay upon the quite a number being absent for various A Missionary Dr ama is only one of tist churches of Minnesota composed the the many things our B. Y. P . U. is plan but able to withstand the bombardment culiar. hearts of our superintendent, two of the reasons. Council. Following the introductory r e of indiffer ence and discouragements. We young men who wished to start such a nin g to undertake this spring. Is one who thinks dirty money can bu y Fath er and Son Banquet in marks from his pastor, Bro. F. L. Hahn, heartily invite any man, young or old, a clean bill of health. class and our secretary. These four and the reading of the r esolution of t he May the spirit of ser vice in the cause when in Chicago over Sunday to meet called a meeting of all the young men W in nipeg church authorizing the call of the Coun of Christ gr ip every soul among our with us in the study of God's Word Is one who believes bis own excuses. believed available. Just seven men A successful F ather and Son Ban quet cil, our brother informed us in regard Young People ! DOROTHY DIEHL. from eleven to tw.elve-fifteen. Our pas Is one who thinks he can hoard hi;; came out that evening including the was held at the McDermott Ave. Baptist to his per sonal Chr istian experience, his tor, Rev. E. G. Kliese, is our teacher money and enjoy it. above mentioned four. However, this Church, Winnipeg, on F eb. 17, under call to the ministry and his doctrinal and Mr. Walter Laetsch is his able Is one who believes his own flatterers. was a sufficient number to appoint an the auspices of "The Reliables." The views. After a satisfactory examina assistant. THE CLASS SCRIBE. -Roy L . Smith. organization committee and outline plans banquet was well attended with our tion the Council r ecommended the church ANYONE of procedure. A good teacher was of eigh ty Dads and Lads present. In th e to proceed with the ordination. prime importance, but ther e was no one opening speech Mr. Erich Bledow, pres The ordination service took place on receiving the "Baptist Herald" thi ~ Bible School Contest S tanding regularly active in the school who was ident of "The Reliables," stressed the year against his wish is requested capable and available. It was decided the evening of the above date. The fol Enroll- need of a better under standing between to notify the office of publication. to ask Rev. A. P. Mihm to teach the fathers and their sons. He said th at lowing program was carried out: Rev. Date Attendance Offering ment class as often as he was in town, but not only should they be intimate friends F. L. Hahn, pastor of the candidate J Subscribers of last year will con Oak St., Burlington ...... 2/ 15/ 25 442 $16.84 564 after due consider ation he decided that but should r egard, and associate with, preach_ed the ordination sermon. Rev. F'. tinue to receive it without interrup ,. ,, ...... ' 2/ 22/ 25 31 0 13.81 it would not be well for the class to each other as chums, and that it was H. _He1i:ieman, St. Bonifacius, led in the tion if not ordered discontinued, ., ...... 3/ 1/ 25 404 15.76 have a teacher who would necessarily essential for the father to be with the or?rnat1on prayer. The hand of fellow and bills will be rendered to them " ...... • . 3/ 8/ 25 440 17.95 be absent so much. boy in play as in wor}t. He expressed ship was extended by Rev. C. F. Stoeck accordingly as is expected by many. Evangel, Newark ...... 2/ 15/ 25 439 64.12 494 At a meeting in November about twice confidence in the annual father and son man, ~t . Paul. The charge to the pastor 80.89 But to avoid duplication and to " ...... 2/ 22/ 15 612 as many were present and the class was event as helping to bring about such was gi~e n by Rev. Wm. E . Schmitt, St. ,", ...... 3/ 1/ 25 387 56.89 regularly organized. After due con desired understanding and r elationship. Paul. Rev. C. M. Knapp, Hutchinson, prevent the periodical from going ...... 3/ 8/ 25 602 81.59 gave the charge to the church. The sider ation it was thought possible to in Mr. Bledow then admonished th e boys to such who do not want to receive Temple, Pittsburgh ...... 2/ 15/ 25 256 15.58 320 terest Mr . 0. C. Br aese in the wor k, and to appreciate fully their fathe1·s while R,ev: V. C. Brace pronounced the bene and pay for it they are asked to " " ...... 2/ 22/ 25 316 18.85 he was elected as teacher and a com they ar e with them and said, "When d1ct1on. Our brother r eceived his pre _ kindly advise the publi&lhers...... 3/ 1/ 25 260 19.74 mittee appointed to pr esent the matter aration for the ministry at the "Mo " " you lo~e your father' you have lost you r J Address such notices to The Bap Clinton Hill, Newark ...... 2 / 15/ 25 258 24.38 32'.' to him for his consideration. best f riend." In this Mr. Bledow speaks Bible Institute" and the "Northern Bo y 48.55 tist Seminar y." ap- tist Her ald, 3804 Payne Ave., Cleve " " ...... 2/ 22/ 25 336 At the December meeting the commit from exp~rience , for he has Jong since ...... 3/ 1/ 25 230 28.34 tee. on constitution presented a consti land, " been deprived of the comradesh ip of his e. F. STOECKMAN, Moderator . 0 ...... 3/ 8/ 25 325 33.25 tution which is believed to be a very father. " WM. E. SCHMITT, Clerk. 16 THE BAPTIST HERALD W aco Cele brates Anniversary On J anuar y 23 our B. Y . P. U. cele brated t heir 13th a nniver sar v. W e had a splendid turnout ; visitors c~min g from I AM DEBTOR Da lla s, Gatesville, Crawford and Cot tonwood. W e were especially delighted H R OUGH this notable utterance the passion and zeal of the Apostle P aul as a Christian missionary t o have quite a number present from T found classical expression. H e recognized and a cc~pted his obligation to preach the Gospel of Christ Cra wford, t he baby union of T exas. to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, to the wise a nd to the unwise. H is one life purpose was t o Under the effi cient leader ship of our pay his debt and faithfully carry out his commission. wort hy " Miss P resident," Miss Minnie Schlitzkus, a ver y interest ing prog ram W hat a wonderful time of revival would dawn for us if we all even in a small degree were b urdened had been a rranged. F our dialog ues, by t he sense of our obligation to proclaim the Gospel of Christ. Let us honestly and sorrowfully con pia no solo, duet a nd t rio, vocal d uets and fess our lack in t his respect. choir selections were skillfully render en, m aking t he prog ram a spiritua l inspi T hree experiences will help us. r ation for a ll those hear ing it. Two 1. If we personally experience in fu ll measure the richness and the power of the Gospel of Chr:st. W e special number s, consist ing of two chalk must sit at the Gospel-feast, and not only pick up a few crumbs that fall from the table. t a lks by Mrs. Skinner of the Evangelia H ome, who so beaut ifully illust r aterl 2 .. Ife we as the Redeemed understand our "Commission" and take it seriously. We have received the "The Old Rugged Cr oss" and "The Lit Gospel to "Pass it on." t le Brown Church in the W"i ld wood," and two poems, " H ow a B. Y. P . U . Should 3. H we get into the right relationship to our fel low-men. Our nearest neighbor as also the foreigner Not Be" a nd " How a B. Y. P. U. Should dwelling in the most distant part of the earth- all we together belong to the same human family, Be,'' by Mr. A. Neiderer und Mr. B. for whose evangelization God holds us respon sible. Stobbe respect ively, honora ry member s PRAYER of our union, added to m a king our pr o gr am a success. Our Fatl:er, throug h thy Holy Spirit burn intc the soul of each of us the personal inescapable con The speaker for the occasion was Rev. viction " I AM DEBTOR," a nd may this energize us to a flaming passion for sacrificial service for Christ. One of the Dormitories at Carnegie T ech, P ittsburg h A. Knopf of Cottonwood. He especially (See page 11) directed our attent ion as to how we m ay use our t a lents in ser ving our Master . His wor ds wer e a blessing to all. The secreta 1·y and treasurer 's report showed t hat although not accom p li s hin ~ T W O CORRECT VIE WPOINTS a g r eat deal in the past year , we h ad t ried to do something for the further NEWLY ESTABLISHED LEPER COLONY, TO ALL T HE ME MBERS O F THE GERMAN BAPTISTS' LIFE a nce of our Lord's Kingdom. Refreshments of coffee and cake were ASSOCIATION SWATOW, CHINA enjoyed, after which we depa rted for Permit us to say a few words about this Association to w hich. you belong. our r espective homes. Many of you think you merely carry so and so mu ch insurai;ce w ith t he G. B. May our Heavenly F ather crown our lnclosed please fi nd two photos of our L. A. You seem to think the G. B. L . A. is a concern m B uffa lo, N . Y. effo r ts wit h success in t he new year! newly established Leper Colony. The N ow, dear member, such is not the case. YOU are the G. B. L. A. The GUSSIE B. HmscH, Sec. Swatow city m unicipality has paid the nearly half-million dollars invested funds belong to Y 0 U; ~ac ? a nd every entire cost of this plant, nearly $16,000, one of you members owns a par t of this. It is YOUR Association, and you perhaps $20,000, for all I know and has derive your share of this large fund. ' definitely asked the Christian Institute to manage the plant. W e have installed a Now then, since the G. B. L. A. belongs to you, it is your. b u s~ nes s , a~~ T he Knights of Honor of the Christian ordained pastor, Lim Liang-ti, as a good business m an gets behind h is business and pushes it Wlth a:l who has been one of our co-workers for might and brains t o make it grow so it is up to each an d every one yor German Baptist Church d T acoma. \Vashington twenty-five years, to be superintendent. members to get behind this Y OU'R B USINESS, the G. B. L ..A. ! an P1;1S ~ Ex tend a Warm- II carted Tnvital ion t o all An able Christian doctor has charge of it with all your might and brain s t o make it g row faster, for it is gr owm;; young m en vis iting the P ac ific Coast to the lepers and is usin g the new method fast now. joi n the cla>s of c; o o n FE L LO\VSHTP. SPLE:'\' D ID LESSONS of injecting Chaumoorgal Oil, which in . Now, dear Members, let us ·increase our member ship one hui;dVr ed per ~tyn'~ 9 :45 .\. i\I. every Sunda y. So. 20 & J S t. some cases results in a cure. We do not m 1925. You may ask: "How can this be done?" I answer: ' ery easi · possess absolute proof that the cure is Let each and every one of you m ember s,-! don't mean Bil.I or C.: ~~~ f e i~ permanent, but some authorities are very s ~me one else, I mean you,-make up your mind tha t you w1ll see . ~ ot hopeful and optimistic. Our poor l eper~ 11 BAPTIST DEACONESS' HOME wil.l g~t one or more persons to join t he G. B. L . A;. and tha! y o~ wi three ~re a long way from a cure as they have wait t:J ll Fall to do it, but will do it N OW. There 1s a lot m t ose AND HOSPITAL SOCIETY, Just been picked up from the streets-all words "DO IT NOW." CHICAGO, ILL. of them were miserable beggars. They are being well-fed now and as you see P rovides ho me for gir ls d esiring t o b ecome When you get someone interested kindly tell your . loc!11 s ecf~:;y~ ao~ deaconesses or missiona ries. D eaco nesses have they are clothed with I thick winter cloth your pastor, and see that the prospect sign s up an apph cat1on. m bei.· o ne year of t rain ing in t he N orthern Bapti•t ing, though we never have frost or ice in dear members, we shall have instead of 2700 members now, S 500 me ,. T heological Seminary and three yea rs t raining Swatow. Soon we will see improvement by December 31, 1925. in th e D eaconess H ospit al h ere. M issionaries in our lepers too. W e have room in this first unit of our tee to run the Institution. One or two of our Christian co have t wo years of training in t he ab ove n arucd S eminary and on e y ear in the D eaconess 1-Jos· colony for 80 lepers, but we must go slow, for our Chris workers I women of course) will have to become superinten T O ALL W H O SHO U L D BE ME M BE RS p ita l. G irls will find a true Ch ris tian ho me tian co-workers are not expert Leper colony men. They dents. s piritu al at mo sphere, t ho rou g h t rainin g ond must feel their way and learn by experience However, tl"ese things are but the fruits of Christian life. " Gee I that was some fire at Schultz's last night " said a merchant to TT e splendid opportun it y for ser vice. For par ticu · 1 Our Institute plans for 1925 are to open a DOOR Of< The ESSENTIAL must ever be EVANGELISM. "YE other day. " I didn't sleep a wink after that pesky fire bell rang. le la r s writ ~ to : ~e HOPE in Swatow. Such an institution is badly needed and MUST BE BORN AGAIN" that is the message that we insurance on my store expired the other day and if t hat had been my t~tor~ R E V. C. A. D ANIEf;.1 P resident , or to I'd been broke, for that st ore is m y livin g and I could never start a,r; 0 "Sr. M I SS MAR G . WAGN ER, S upL, everybody urges us to go forward in the matter. We need br;ng to all-high or low but in a practical country such as your prayers for wisdom. Mrs. Speicher l:as a number of China we must show the fruits of Christian life and -"Did you get it insur ed this morning?"-"Yes, sir, bright and early. h- l .ay, 3264 Cor tlan d St., Chicago, Ill. fo~th do you own the house you live in ?"-" No, I wish I did."-" AnybodY e pmg fine Christian women who will form the Executive Commit- faith. keeping your family ?"-"Why, no. What are you gett ing at?"-"1Got any other means to help keep your family besides the i.:tor e ?"- " No, not a d o ll ~r'. WHEN IN BROOKLYN Why?"- "How does your wife deep,-well?"-"Why, yes. Wlh.at a re you driv D o as t h e ing at now?"-"Say, Schmidt, do y ou think SHE could sleep if your hfe would\ CRUSADERS BIBLE CLASS be snuffed out instead of your n eighb or' Jones' yesterday? I happened to find does These yo u n g men meet every S unday a t 2.30 A GENEROUS EASTER OFFERING out you carry no insurance and the in come from your store is your only P . M . for the Study of God's W o rd at the living. W ry don't you, as a good Bapt ist, join our German Bapt ists' L ifo1 Second Germa n Bapt ist C hurch Association?" Wood u in e St., cor. Eve.r g reen Ave. WEL COME W ELCOME SUPPORTS OUR WHOLE WORK YE SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME O UR CO:.\f~IISSION OUR CO:.\Cl'ELLJ?\C URGE OL.R CO:.\ IPE:\ S.\TIO~ C o to thy hou!'e unlo thy friends \\·e cannot bnt speak the things .\nd they departed from lhe coun·· a11d tell them. which we ha,·e seen ancl heard. cil. rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. OUR PREREQUISITE OU~ PROS PECT OUR PA RT:\ER A nd they took knowledge oi . \ nd we arc his witnesses of th~sc them., that they had been with Beholcl I send you forth as sheep in the midst oi woh·cl'. thi11gs; a11d so is also the Holy Jesus. Chost, whom God hath giYen to them that obey him. OCR Si>llERE OF .\CTIVITY OL.R SECURITY OUH. \V.\R:-\1:\C Jn all Judea and Samaria and The nry hairs of your head arc \\lhosoe\·er will save hi s life, shall unto the uttermo't parts of the all numbered. lose it. earth. OUR REWARD OUR EQUIP:.\rE:\T OUR SUCCESS \Vhosoc,·er therefore shall cou f css me before men, him will Ye s hall receiYe power, after that If they haYc kept my saying, they confess before my father which is t he IT oly Ghost is come upon you. will keep yonrs· also. in heaven. WITNESSING IN THE FIERY FURNACE Missionary Podsoroff, Sibiria AM sorry that I could work only five weeks in S .. . . , but tried to extort a confession that I was a s py. God gave suf I it was a time of many spiritual blessings. I had jus t pre fi cient g race that I could stay firm as his servant. When pared a winter campaign and started to visit some of the vil they saw they could not do anything with me they let me lages where our church members live when I had to face fatal go with the remark tt:at they would arres t me in a few days. difficulties. On October 14, I visited the village of C .... and After this I went to B .... to talk over the matter with the baptized eight converts. Many spectators had come to wit leading brothers. I was there hardly a day when agents of ness the baptism. Some of them wanted to dis turb but when the Tsheka were after me. They indicated that I was to be the scripture was read they all were quiet. Some of them had shot. The saddest thing here is that some of our brethren tears in their eyes while others affirmed the truth of the scrip who have become backsliders are now agents of this terrible ture and confessed that they were sinners. I went on with institution. I have prayed a great deal in those days and my work till November IO, on which day I received a sub asked God whether I s hould submit myself to the Tsheka poena. I had to see the T sheka at once and there was no or leave tt:e country. On November 28, I felt that it was getting out of it. I was accused of espionage for the Amer God's will that I should leave the country. I went to .. .. ican bourgeoisie. They questioned me closely about Brotl:er and had no difficulty in getting there a passport. On De Wiens and his work in the Far East. It took six long hours cember 7 I arrived a t . . . . I do not know now what will until ,at last I could go home'. The next day I was sum become of me but I trust in the Lord that he will make moned again. Threatening with terrible punis hment they everything well. Will you pray for me? Gypsy Missionary Beiram, Bulgaria EIRAM was not able to write the report himself as he severely. He has fi~e large wounds on his head and bears a B is confined to the h ospital since a couple of weeks. On mark of heavy beatmg on his left spoulder. Brother Beiram one S unday l:e went to a village to preach the Gospel works for a very small remuneration d · th" . , an 10 1s case a s pe- in the Bulgarian language. He conducted two meetings at c 1 ~ l sum of mon~ y was sent him to enable him to do some- Stubel, without a ny dis turbance. But late at night a prom thmg extra for his recovery Relig· · t I d hi . , · 10 us m o erance ma e m inent man came to him to take him to the police station. On suffer for Chnst s sake like many oth er rms· s1on· an· es. the way this man began to hit Beiram on the head with a In his pr evious report Beiram wrot th t h bl t club. Some watchmen who heard the noise came to his · · 2 ·1 e a e was a e o v1S1t 7 v1 1ages and worked almo t 1 · 1 h. rescue. They took him to the police station where the same s excuuvey among IB dreadful thjng happened in presence of the police official ~ . own tribe. In 24 places he was permitted to testify for T hey as ked Beiram whether the "Holy Synod" had sent him Christ. He sold many Bibles, New Testaments and other to preach . Beiram answered that he was sent by the Bap- religious books. In three villages people drove him away . t Church of Ferdinand, whereupon his tormentor, a priest's but t:e thinks that they also will soon open their doors to t IS . B. the Gospel. son , again started to hit e1ram, and has hurt him very