·The Baptist Herald

A DENOMINATION AL MON THLY VOICIN G THE INTERESTS O F THE GERMAN BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE'S AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS' UNION

Volume One CLEVELAND, 0 ., JULY, 1923 Number Seven

WHAT BAPTISTS BELIEVE Ii Here are some of the principles for which they stand: 1. Jesus Christ the only and supreme authority in all matters of the soul. 2. The greatest possible freedom consistent in Lordship of Jesus Christ. 3. Full religious liberty for all, Jew and Gentile alike. 4 . Absolute separation of church and state. 5. Man's direct and personal responsibility and accountability to God. 6 . The right and duty of every man to ap­ proach God without any earthly mediator. 7. Spiritual regeneration through faith in Christ is necessary to salvation. 8 . Church membership should be composed only of converted and baptized persons. 9. Each local church a spiritual democracy with­ out any earthly overhead direction or control. 10. Immersion of believers is the on ly ordinance of baptism taught in the New Testament. 11. The ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper are memorials of great histor ic facts and symbols of the great hear t ex per iences, but do not possess any saving efficacy. 12. The Bible without any additions, subtrac­ tions or amendments, is the only a uth or itative guide for Christians.

I J. E. DILLARD. 2 THE BAPTIST HERALD July 1923 3 What's Happening Rev. Ch. M. Knapp has resigned as Schinke, president; Edward Peck, vice­ that the Fathers might not be left out The Baptist president; Lillian F reiter, asst. secre­ Herald pastor of the church at Wausau, Wis. in the cold, Pastor Argow pr epar ed and Brother Pauler, a member of the El­ tariy; Rudolf Stafnitzke, pianist; Ev­ issued a companion souvenir fOr every linwood, Kans., chur ch, who is prepar­ elyn Peck, assistant pianist; Roland "Dad." Both were greatly appreciated. Voth, treasurer. This society gets out some very clever The Young Christian and H~s Amusements church buildings are closed to young people for ing for the ministry at the Tabor Col­ r ecr eational gatherings ; in oth ers, th ere was never lege, Hillsboro, Kans., will supply the Rev. A. F. Runtz, pastor at Trenton, and attractive printed matter for their HE relation of the one wh o has entered upon ' Ebenezer church, Dickinson Co., for the Ill., had the joy of baptizing three Sun­ various programs. a thought taken in their erection for pr oviding for T the Christian life to the question of amuse­ this side of human nature. Our newer buildings summer. Rev. R. Klitzing, former pas­ day school scholars on Sunday, May 20. The members of the Young People's ments is one that has often perplexed and puzzled tor of the Ebenezer church, is now in Rev. F. H . Willkens, pastor of the Society of the Second Church of New are being planned different ly. charge of the Herington and Tampa Bethel Church, Buffalo, was one of the York City h ave been taking a course in young Christians. It is again just as true that the church of Jesus churches. teachers in a leadership training school Sunday school teacher training. Instead It is difficult to lay down universal rules con­ of the r egular program at the last meet­ Christ must assume an attitude of open and unyield­ Rev. Hugo Schade was expected to for Church vacation school worker s, cerning amusements and to draw har d lines of sep­ ing antagonism to every amusement that is injurious conduct evangelistic meetings with the held under the auspices of the Buffalo ing, a "surprise shower" was held for aration between amusements that are harmful and our secretary, Miss Pauline Kirchhoff, and degrading in its effects. The Christian life is church in Geary County, Kans., during Baptist Union. The school was held those that are not. Whether some are harmful or May. every Tuesday evening for a period of who is soon to be the bride of Bro. Carl righteousness, peace and joy in the H oly Spirit. It eight weeks, from April 24 to June 12. H. Godde. Many useful and lovely gifts not depends at times on the conditions under which Rev. G. W. Pust, pastor at Dillon, were showered upon the happy couple. is also self-denial and conflict against sin. We are Kans., baptized twelve Sunday school A Council consisting of the churches they are pursued and enj oyed. living in a world of temptation and its supreme A pleasant social evening was enjoyed The Bible is a book of principles, not of detailed scholars, ranging from 9 to 15 years of of Monroe County was held at the An­ by all present. temptation is to blind men by its shows and splen­ age, on Whitsunday, May 20. Bro. Pust drews Street Baptist Church, Rochester, A. FISCHER, Ass't. Sec. rules. Within its pages th ere is no catalogued list expects to begin a Vacation Bible school N. Y., Thursday, May 17, to consider dors to the spirit ual significance of life. Between of amusements, which we are to follow or avoid. the world and the church there must ever be a line May 22. Missionary J. Speicher, who the ordination of Seibe S. Feldman, a Young P eople's und S. S. Work­ It has no prohibited index to which we can turn and has been visit ing our German and some graduate of the German Department of er's Union of Cleveland of cleavage and separation. The cleavage from the American churches in Kansas, was with the Rochester Theological Seminary and On May 25th we had the pleasure of fin d out if this or that individual thing is approved world on the part of the Christian can be noted in the Dillon church on May 13. now a student in the English Depart­ meeting and hearing our President, Mr. or disapproved by it. Amusements change during his attitude to certain amusements. Rev. H . F. Hoops, pastor at Racine, ment. The Council organized itself by H. Marks. We gather ed as Y. P . and the centuries and are different with different Wis., recently surprised his people by electing Alfred E. Isaac, Moder ator, and S. S. Workers of Cleveland at t he First people. r esigning his charge. F. G. Reynolds, Clerk. The following Church, Mr. Carl Wendt, vice-president What Amusements Should be Avoided exercises were carried out: Invocation presiding. Each church contributed ~ But the Bible lays down great principles of moral The church at Spring Valley, S. D., and scripture reading, Rev. S. W. musical selection, and then Mr. Edward and spiTitual truth by which this question and OW may the young Christian test the char­ Rev. H. Lohr, pastor, held special Beaven, Lake Ave. Bapt. Church. Ser­ W. Hoek, chairman of the National Coun­ meetings during the first half of June every other question of life and character and con­ H acter of amusements? Haw can he determine mon, Prof . F. W. C. Meyer of the Ger­ cil, introduced the speaker. Bro. Marks duct can be tested a nd j udged. "The entrance of w heth er they are lawful or unlawful, helpful or and experienced a gr acious revival. man Department of the Seminary. gave an inspiring and helpful address About twenty have professed conversion. thy word giveth light ." pernicious; wheth er he can partake of them or is P rayer of ordination, Prof. Henry B. calling our attention to the fact that w~ Rev. G. E. Lohr of Emery assisted his Robins of the Seminary. Welcome to The Church of J esus Christ sh ould assume an to r efrain from them? W e venture to lay down brother during t hese meetings. have a great future, but much work is to the ministry, Rev. Alfred E. Isaac. be done, and we cannot be successful if attitude of friendship and intelligent advocacy of some principles which may assist young people to The church at Chancellor, S. D., has Charge to the Candidate, Rev. David we are negligent in our work for the ·ever y amusement that is both innocent in itself and solve some of these problems. decided to move its meeting house and Hamel, Pastor Andrews Str. Chur ch. Lord. We must be ever ready to do our beneficial in its r esults. That which does not healthily divert the mind parsonage from its present location t\yo Benediction, Rev. Seibe S. Feldman. part, however small or insignificant it miles in the country into the town of The World Wide Guild Girls who were may seem to be. We are so constituted as to demand a certain a nd rest the body is not true amusement. Chancellor. Concrete foundations for the first to organize a club in Manitoba It was then our privilege to hear from amount of recreation. This is especia lly true of Our r ecr eations are to be re-cr eations. If they both buildings have been laid. The move r ender ed a program at the McDermot Judge N. B. Neelen of Milwaukee, who young people. This natural craving and demand of wear y and weaken the body and brain, instead of is deemed a wise one for the future. Baptist Church, Winnipeg, under the was passing through Clevelan d with Bro. Mr. John Schneider, formerly of Paw­ man, who is a social being, God n owhere condemns. r esting and str ength ening them, avoid them. Our supervision of our leaders, Miss Knopf Marks. We were glad to hear that he There is a time to laugh, else why did God give us bodies are to be temples of God. tucket, R. I., has been supplying the and Miss Agate Bonn. The program too has a warm place in his heart for church since March. was as follows : 1. Group Song. 2. Speech, our Y. P. and S. S. Worker s. a capacity for mirth and merriment? The right of Those amusements that win the contr ol over you Rev. Carl Swyter has resigned his pas­ Miss Knopf. 3. Piano Duet, Lily Lock­ Again, we were glad to meet our na­ enjoyment is a divine righ t and should be lawfully and hinder you in more important things, are to be torate at' Los Angeles, Cal. stett and Ethel Herman. 4. Recitation, tional President and invite him to come used and enjoyed. Religion does not consist in be­ avoided. Mr. Charles W. Koller of the Waco, "Are you getting or giving?" 5. Lulla­ again. ing chronically cheerless, melancholy and de­ Amusem ents ar e not the chief end and aim of Tex., church was a member of this by, by Girls. 6. Piano Solo, Elsie Kuehn. Y. P. AND S. S. WORKERS OF jected in looks, but r ather in freedom, love, peace, life. They ar e subor dinate in the business of life. year's graduating class at Baylor Uni­ 7. Dialogue, "Thanksgiving Ann." 8. CLEVELAND, OHIO. ver sity. Recitation, "Only jus' a Niggah." 9. life and power. When th ey begin to be the principle thing for T he meetings of the Wisconsin Young Pantomime, "My Old Kentucky Home." Those who are saying to our young people : " You which one lives, or wh en in p m·suing them health People's Association ( J ugendbund) will E very item of the program was enjoyed The Baptist Herald must not do this and you m ust not do that" and is enfeebled and mental powers impair ed, they fa11 be held with the society in Wausau, Wis., by everyone present. Tickets were sold under just condem nation. Don't allow yourself to July 24-27. Speakers on t he program at 15 and 25 cents, which brought pleas­ P ublished monthly by the yet supply nothing to meet these heavenborn de­ GERMAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY mands for recr eation, ar e unreasonable, to say the "be j ust cr azy" allout any amusement or sport. In­ include Rev. L. B. Holzer , Rev. H. ing r esults. The amount r aised was 3804 P:iync Avenue Clcvcl:ind, Ohio Hirsch, Dr. F. G. Behner and Rev. A. given for missions. A. P. Mihm. Editor least. We heard of an old m ember in one of our fatuation betokens a frivolous or unbalanced char­ P . Mihm. There will be several outings The B. Y. P. U. of the Madison, S. D., Contributing Editors churches in th e Nor thwest, wh o threatened to bring acter. Avoid overamusement as you would over­ in connection with the convention. A 0 . E. Krueger A. A. Schade church held a Red and Blue attendance Paul Wengel G. W. Pust charges of discipline against a young high sch ool work . "College athletes are often made up of too rich treat is in store for all who attend. contest in May. On Sunday, May 13, H von Berge Mrs. R. E. HoefBin "The Baptist Herald" is :i denominational member of th e church because she committed the m uch athlete and too little college." A Junior Young Peole's Union was ther e wer e 143 present. This represents periodical devoted to the interests of the German organized April 22 in the First Church, a 100 per cent increase. Pastor W. S. B:iptist Young People's and Sunday School heinous crime of playing basket ball ! The funny Those amusements about which the young Chris­ Cleveland, 0., with 11 members. Its Argow writes that the society in its Vl'orkers' U nion at the subscription price of part about this, yea, the tragic part about it, was, tian is in doubt as to whether they are r ight and $1.00 a Y car. object according to the constitution Bible study is following the course of (12 cents additional to fo reign countries) that the church the girl belonged to never in any well-pleasing to God are, as a rule, to be avoided. adopted is "the early conversion of the studies given in the "Baptist Herald." Advertising rntes, 60 cents per inch single column, 2 Y.i inches wide. way tried to do anything for th e yo ung people in If we have to steal away, and go out of sight of boys and girls, their ent rance into the They find it quite interesting. The All editorial correspondence is to be addressed a r ecreational line. Of course that was an extreme church, instruction in the privileges and Bar aca Bible class of young men pre­ to Rev. A. P. Mihm, 7348 Madison St., Forest those wh ose respect we wish to retain in order to Park Ill. case. Most of our church es ar e t aking a wiser duties of church membership, enlistment sented a white carnation to every mother AJ{ business correspondence to German Bap· engage in certain games and plays, if there is a in practical Christian service and en­ of .the congregation on Mother's Day, tist P ublication Society, 3804 Payne Avenue, attit ude and encour aging a h elpful program in the d esire to conceal, it is questionable and usually Cleveland, Ohio. couragement in beneficience and their besides a very neat and attractive sou­ way of concerts, lectures, social enter tainments, wrong. If the Spirit of God is troubling our con­ training for and graduation into the venir booklet, filled with appropriate se­ Entered as second-class m:itter January 9 1923, senior society." The officers are Theodore lections suitable to the day. In order :it the post office at Cleveland, Ohio, unaer1 the etc., under proper restrictions. I n many places, science and making a question ma1·k behind these act of March 3, 1879. July 1923 5 4 THE BAPTIST HERALD grade the instruction just as God has graded the things, whatever name they bear, we ought to ex­ Think of all the modern improvements in houses Ther~ are Y?ung people who make a real study and barns and stores and public schools since 1890. child is selfevident. Graded instruction calls for amine our heart and see if we are in the right way. of ~elp_mg then· young friends get the most of the graded departments. What can you accomplish in In all questionable, doubtful things, it is better to If these of thirty years ago are inadequate today soc i~l life as a safeguard against temptation. They why should the church be thought to be sufficient? a school with all the ages between three and eighty turn into the path, which leads to self-denial, than do it not by merely feeding or entertaining the represented in one room? Imagine a public school to turn into the path of self-gratification. Seek the Why not be satisfied with the old home, the old young fol~s, but by giving them the opportunity barn, the old store, the old hen-house and the old with fom· hundred pupils all in one room spending advice of one whose Christian character you thor­ to entertam themselves and others. They show oughly respect. Let your conscience be enlightened place where roast pork makes its start. half of its school hours under the direction of the them h_ow to get up little hikes and parties and principal from his platform. His appeals to the by the word of God. The Log a nd If Garfield r egarded a log with Mark entertamments that do not cost much. They teach five-year-olds would seem childish to the seniors. Those amusements in which you cannot p artic­ ~hem how to find an outlet for their social instincts th e Well Hopkins on one end and himself on ipate without harming some othe r person in his the other as a fully equipped univer­ The instruction to the seniors would be Greek to m clean, wholesome amusements . h . the beginners. Then the other half of the school spiritual life, or endangering his m oral welfa r e or G ' m omes or m sity and if the well on which the master sat became od s great outdoors or in little halls and Sunday would be given to the twenty teachers each located causing him to sin or stumble, are to be avoided. school classrooms. Wi~h o ut making the young folks a place for dispensing "living water,'' we must still We are not bound to use all our permissible remember that the average university professor is somewhere in the one room giving instruction to a feel. that they are ignorant 0r t1mi' ' d or m. ex- group of pupils. There would be a Babel of hun­ liberty. We are bound to forego any portion of it perienced, they show them the b tt not a Mark Hopkins nor is the average student a th Ir e er way. 8 oon dred voices. Such a condition in public school which may be hurtful to others. "Let no man seek e poo ooms, the low. dance halls and the doubt- Garfield, and we hasten to remind ourselves that his own but each his neighbor's good." the average Sunday school teacher cannot make would not be tolerated. It would drive every ful pleasures lose then· charm in the delightful teacher insane. If the Sunday school were in ses­ Those amusements are to be avoided which place homey. atmosphere that is created b th l living water flow without necessary equipment. the Christian in a false light if he takes p art in good times that are possible Y ese c ean The church that builds a new structure or remodels sion twenty-four hours a week instead of one, our Sunday school teachers too would become insane. them; that make him conformed in his tastes, con­ We wonder if some of .' h the old must study human needs and provide a duct and character to the sinful world from w h ich not plan their su our c urch members could Why is it that we tolerate such conditions in re­ mmer vacation t 1 k 'd building that will lend itself to a full program of he is to be separate. mountain or farm b . . . a a e or seas1 e, church work and give the "hermit-crab" an oppor­ ligious education, while we stand for efficiency in young people wh Y. mvitmg a few of the lonely everything else? Even the world, which makes no claim to god­ o are away f. h It . tunity for full development. great opportunity. iom ome. 1s a Five hundred Forks It's a great thing for five liness, expects th e professing Christian to follow Gr oves or The pulpit has still a place in the after higher ideals. If the young Christian doesn't and a Thousan d Feet hundred people to put their Te mples church program of today, but we must feet under the church know that the theater, the dance hall and the card remember that the greatest sermon table is no place for him, the world knows it. We Why I Beli~v~ in Adequate Church­ tables. Some people still think that that is a ever preached came from a teacher , rather than wicked thing to do. Others never go to church cannot afford to disregard the moral associations Buildmg Equipment an orator, who sat quietly on a boulder while h e and the prevailing moral character of any given unless it's for a chicken supper. It costs them less 0. E. KnUEcER taught. Compare him with the acrobatic Billy Sun­ than such a supper in a hotel and yet they take amusement. Men are known by the company they day. But from the pulpit in the main auditorium keep. Average theater-going silently steals away Oyster and Dr. E Morr· home the feeling that they have made a substan­ Hermit -Crab oystei: mak is Ferguson says: "The the pastor feeds the flock and leads the people in our relish for religious things and dulls our moral tial contribution to the church. Why must we be the oyster .es the shell, not the shell worship. Indeed the time will come when the true extremists? Cannot we find a happy biblical perceptions. Stay away from any amusement into worshipers who worship God in spirit and truth lived for years in a mak bu~ the school that has medium? Study again the social life that Jesus which you cannot carry your religion without being shall need no material aids for worship. But that hermit-crab. Its natural teshift building is like a lived with his disciples, ponder the statement he inconsistent ; in which you cannot rejoice to the time is not yet. Great numbers of people today, by the limitations which s.~u~ture has been shaped makes about his desire to eat the Passover, a me­ glory of Go d; in which you cannot sh ow the beauty 1 who never could get to church on time, start out of a Christian character. Our lights are to shine. imposed." To use anothe . arrowed housing has morial banquet, with his disciples, think of those Sunday school is like th r ~lustration , the cramped bright and early on a rare June Sabbath morning great picnic feasts in the wilderness, read again How Some Might Help lady or the head of thee ~.und foot of a Chinese for an extended trip, easing their conscience that Acts 2 :42-47. A good kitchen and dining equip­ longed to the head-bind~ ild ~hose parents be­ they may worship God in a shady nook somewhere ment for a church has biblical authority. OME one has said that the ruination of many schools are weak, lame, fl g tribe. Our Sunday before the day is over. But the shades of night fall, S young people in ou1· day is due to "too much because of poor housing c at-d?~aded abnormalties the grove for worship has not been found, an d God Pray and "All work and no play makes Jack a haul, alcohol, dance hall and pool hall." By "too on itions Play dull boy." You had better not preach Pulpit and We have inh . · has not been in their thoughts. We still need a much haul" the speaker had unchaperoned auto­ house for worship, an auditorium set apart entirely until midnight unless you have the mobile rides at unseemly hours in mind. Yet what Preacher activities fromerited one-sided church power to restore Eutychius when he falls out of them the churchur Puritan fathers. To for that purpose. Lectures, concerts, programs, are many churches doing to counteract these de­ moving pictures, a boisterous Sunday school con­ the window. But the church is not a place to play! teriorating influences? What are they doing to place. An auditorium so stood for a preaching ducted in a room where people are wont to wor­ Jesus, however, considered the recreational needs provide something uplifting and helpful° and clean plaftorm ~h.a~ all could see~~:nged with seats and of his disciples when he called them into a quiet fifty subd1v1s1ons in four h Preacher go through ship God seems to destroy the very atmosphere for t he satisfaction of the social inclinations ten­ needed for worship. place to rest awhile. The symbol of rest is not dencies and instincts of the young people? To be ments. When over a hun~urs met all the require­ necessarily a rocking chair. Outside of school life for ever saying "Don't" will not avail, if we do not day school knocked at th r~d Years ago the Sun­ Within Jesus did his most effective teaching and home program the townboy has just hours and bestir ourselves t o furnish some positive and help­ church it received anyth~ oor of this one-room Four Walls not while surrounded by a great host hours of time to kill. Many people are beginning ful counter attractions in our honies and churches. welcome and it took Yea:~~ but an enthusiastic of people but in the midst of a small to realize that it is fa1· better to supervise a group Many school girls, college students, young men were made to meet its ne d efore any provisions group which he had called away from the noisy of boys in recreational games in the social room of working at the foot of the business ladder and oth­ great majority of Sundaye sh And even today the crowd into the solitude of the wilderness, or the the church than to have them spend their time in ers without homes for the time being are compelled der the m~st trying hand~~ 00 ~s are laboring un­ privacy of an upper room, or the darkness of the the dark alleys of the city. But all play and no to live in a cheap lodging house or in a dreary quate housmg. aps because of inade- garden. His most solemn utterances were heard prayer would be just as bad as all play and no within these walls. There is biblical ground for one-room apartment, where they must study, sleep, A third of The church wh· work. eat and live. They have no room to receive g uests. a Century writer for thirt ich has endured the the modern Sunday school classroom where a A well balanced church program under the The feeling of loneliness is real with many young ent structure th~:n Years built its pres­ teacher with eight 01· ten pupils surrounded by leadership of devoted men and women who are people, especially in our big cities. Have you ever bears the stamp of its timety-three years ago. It sound-proof walls behind closed door can talk to willing to give time and money to this kingdom the heart. invited a boy or girl, young man or young woman church in the day of its birth an~ was a modern work is our goal in providing a building t o meet to help you give a little "at home," or picnic or a la:ge auditorium, gallery 'cb ei~g provided with Sons of the Wor ld We may have been as inno­ the religious needs of today. The Oak Street supper or class party? Have you ever made a baptistry, robing rooms a ' ho1r-loft, concealed Shrewder than cent as doves but we have Church at Burington, Iowa, is putting $75,000 into homeless person feel that he shares your home for 1 Sons of the Kingdom not always had the wisdom such a project. In a later issue details ,of the floor day school and a very s~a ll ~-~e1 basement for Sun­ hospitable purposes? nace supplies the heat for t~hen; a. pipeless fur- of serpents. That we should plans will be given. e entire building. 7 6 THE BAPTIST HERALD July 1923 For Bible Study The Sunday School

The Epistle to the Galatians P aul stood in the way of this J udaiz­ gogic and provisional institution for The Child and the Sunday School sidering whether these customs serve the community so that the disease has often ing teaching and hence he must be got­ taken on the form of an epidemic. Past This letter takes us back to the be­ which there is no longer any pla~e in H.J. WEIHE highest interests of those who are to be ginnings of Christian theology and the ten out of the way. The false teachers taught and trained. generations have been even more glut­ the arrangement between God and his On a certain occasion J esus called to Christian church. "Next to the Gospels were opposed not only to the gospel people. The law is our schoolmaster Let us, for instance, apply what has tonous and that explains why so · many a nd Acts there is no book of t he New Paul preached but to t he man himself. himself a child and placed it in the midst been said to the matter of Sunday of them took on such large proportions our tutor .(Greek: paidogogus) to brin~ In Testament the church could so ill afford To overthrow Paul's doctrine, they de­ of his disciples. this way he gave them school organization. In a completely or­ in comparison to our normal growth. us to Christ. But Christ is here. I n a simple, but at the same t ime a very to spare as Paul's epistle to the Gala­ sir ed first to overthrow him. the .ful~ness of time God sent his Son. ganized Sunday school of the larger type Some of them became to be real giants. tians" (Gray). It was written before Therefore these Judaizing teachers Christ 1s sufficient. appr opriate and impressive object lesson. ther e may be as many as nine depart­ We are told t hat t hey would out of the The disciples were to concentrate their the epistle to the Romans, sometimei claimed that t hey were the special rep­ ments, in some of which there are likely abundance of good t hings they bad eaten This letter may devided into three attention upon the child, they were to between 54 and 58 A. D. It has been r esentatives of the twelve apostles; they to be quite a number of classes.· Such go and distribute t r acts on the streets parts: study it as carefully and thoroughly as called a r ough draft of the epistle to the claimed Paul was not a real apostle, be­ an organization is, of course, impossible and even visited the poor and the sick. Romans. Alone of Paul's letters, it is cause he was not one of the or iginal 1. The personal pa1·t. Chap. l-2:l4. possible. It was very important that in a small school. If, for instance, there Through the unnatural influence of too addressed, not to an individual or to a In thi~ the apostle defends and vindi­ these followers of the Master should be­ are no four and five year old children, much food some of t hem had to give twelve and had not had personal inter­ come well acquainted with t he nature of single church, but to a group of course with Christ in the flesh. Their cates his apostolic authority on fi t here can be no "beginners class" in the their lives to be burned at the stake and d H' d' · ve the child, because t hey were to be his churches. (1 :2.) Some one hat fit­ opposition to him was violent opposition. groun ~ : is ivme call, 1: 1-5; divine sense in which this term is gener ally many more lost all t heir earthly posses­ revelation, 1 :6-12; independence of the representatives and take part in the es­ tingly called it "the charter of evangel­ Paul had a lready grappled with this used. Let us, however, suppose that sions. ical faith." It reveals t hat precious apostles, 1: 13-24; endorsement by th tablishment of his kingdom upon earth. ther e ar e a few of these four or five year evil in Antioch and J erusalem. He was church, 2:1-10; r ebuke of P eter, 2 :10-1 4~ This incident is very instructive for U !j Fortunately we are not in danger to­ truth, which awakened in the heart and "set far the defense of the gospel." old children in the school. The question day of falling vi~ti m t o t he abnormal mind of Martin Luther, started the Prot­ 2. The doctrinal part. Chap. 2 :15-4. as Sunday school workers. As we make then a rises: Shall a separate class be When Paul heard of t he doings of these our plans for the improvement and exagger ations of our semi-barbaric fore­ estant reformation. That same truth men in the churches of Galatia, he felt In this P aul defends the gospel he formed for these little ones, or shall they bears. The latest discoveries of our gave rise also to the first council of the progress of our schools, we should like­ be placed in the P rimary Department that all his work there was being un­ preached. The law is not intended to be wise place the child in the midst and scientific age have proven that diet and Christian church at J erusalem (Acts done, t hat t hose so preaching and those the :vay. of salvation for sinners. T he with the children who are 6, 7 or 8 years even total abstinence are the fundamen­ 15)-the truth of justification by faith. make it an object of patient, careful old? The experience of a certain Sunday who were yielding to such influence J~w JS . giv~n to fallen man to reveal to study. Sunday schools exist, because al Jaws of spir itual existence. Beware school may be instructive in this respect. T he Occasion of the Epistle were casting behind them all faith in him. his sm ~nd to lead him to Jesus children exist who have certain definite of unhealthy exaggerations and spiritual T here were in this particular school a Christ and in danger of losing their Christ. Christ r edeemed us from the moral and spiritual needs. In order to gluttony! Rat her eat too little than too Paul was in the region of Galatia in curse of law. (3 :13.) few of these 4 and 5 year old children. souls. (2 :21.) understand these needs, it is important much! Diet, my dear patient , I recom­ 51 or 52 and again visited there in 53 The superintendent was at first inclined 8. The admonitory part. Chap. _ . to consider the nature of the child in mend to you, diet! One meal on a Sun­ or 54. Locate Galatia on your map of Characteristics of the Epistle 5 6 to put them into the Primary Depart­ general and the laws of its developmen ~ . day is sufficient a nd be sur e to a dd to it Paul's missionary journeys and note the In the light of the occasion as out­ .The. practical application of this doc- ment, but reconsidered the matter and brief reference to that province in Acts t r me is made to Christ1"an l'f d While no two children in the world are an auto trip a nd breathe t he atmospher e lined, we understand the epistle and d 1 e an con- formed a separate class for them. An 16:6 and 18:23. utct .. fast. But do not turn lib­ just exactly a like, it is a well-known fact of society. Keep away from the un­ why it was written amid a deep stirring ~ta~d excellent teacher was found, who took healthy air of hospitals and sick rooms The Galatians were of Celtic origin, of feeling, such as a nature like P aul's er Y m o_ icense. Faith works by love that all children belonging to a particu­ great interest in the little folks. When lar age group have, to a certain exte1 ·., and be sure never to subiect your self to the descendants of a tribe of immigrants a lone was capable of. We under stand ;~!~ !~~~re you have love the law will be this new feature of the school activity from Gaul, who had turned southeast similar physical, mental, social and r e­ the draft of street meetings. A week­ his sublime and holy scorn and indig­ became known in the community, moth­ day spiritual meal · is absolutely prohib­ and finally settled in Asia Minor. The nation against the enemies of the cross. Notes ligious char acteristics. Let us, for in­ ers began to bring and send their 4 and ited. The claim, that t he work day with modern Frenchmen are the representa­ (1:6-10; 2:4. 5; 4:9; 5:7-12; 6:12-14.) stance, briefly consider some of the most . For the heart of the apostolic teach­ 5 year old children. The class became all its burdens especially r equires food, tives of the ancient Gauls and the Ga­ Whoever turns his back upon the cru­ conspicuous natural traits and tendencies mg, re~d 1:15. 16; 2:19. 20· 6 ·14 Th' popular and grew in an extraordinary is erron eous. It is the claim of those latians showed many of the character­ cified Christ, turns his back on salva­ letter IS the t p . ' . . IS of children from 6 to 8 years old. At istics of this race. They were noted as th' B mos aulme of Pauline this time of life the senses are exceed­ manner. In the course of time the pu­ who have no med;cal knowledl!e, for it is tion. (2: 16.) mgs. ut at every t th pils from the beginners' class were of impulsive and inconstant. They were points beyond h. s ep e apostle ingly active and knowledge is therefore not eating but fasting that !rives attractive in manner, easily impressed, 1. We note the uniform seve1-ity such Christ. imself and points to abs01·bd rapidly. The reason is awaken­ course advanced to the higher depart­ str Pnirth. Mav I also advise you to be had gifts of eloquence, but were also as you find in no other letter of Paul. ing an

Norma two days af ter the banquet, was r uin to wait any longer. In two days I by her trembling hand on his arm that quite ; s painfully embarrassing as that must go away, and I cannot wait for an she was str uggling bravely not t o give with his mother . He was, never theless, answer." way to her feelings. Our Women and Girls much surprised at the change which the " It shall not be long, Sam. Be sen­ " Oh, my dear child, you mustn't take last year of their separation had sible. Do give me just a week's t ime. that so seriously ; it's not so tragic. Why, E dited by MRs . R. E. HOEFFLIN wrought . Norma had blossomed into I must think,-! must pra y-ove;· it. th at was but an unfortunate exception, Sam, do not think I am a fanatic; I and exceptions prove the rule, you perfect young womanhood. Her judg­ Bibles for Light H ouses ment was far mor e matured and con­ know you will under stand me when I know !" The Unseen Power Gleanings say this to you." sider ate, and her views of lif e were so "Exception or no exception, papa ,­ T he weary ones had rest, the sad had The following statement was of special The fir st Hin du woman lawyer, Miss These last words made a deep impres­ please forgive my contradiction, you practical, that Sam was obliged to a~­ joy interest to th e writer a ~ sev 'o! r al families Tat a, whose appointment to the bar is knowledge her superiority. But today 1t sion upon him and he beca me solemn and may think of it that way, but to me it of her church are employed in the Light calm. "All right, Norma, I understand, T hat day, and wondered how ; significant of the new order in India, seemed to Sam as though a wide gulf is far more. Tha t surely was not his A plowman singing at his work, had House Ser vice. pla ns to specialize on cases pertaining to were fixed between them, and as if a I will patiently wait a nd you will write first fall, and I f ear, it will not be h is The United Sta tes Light Hou se Ser­ me after a week, and may G_od direct prayed, the welfare of her people. deep grief over shadowed her sweet face, last, either. I a m unspeakably miser able "L01·d, bless them now." vice maintains lights and other aids to you and tell you what to wpte. God und unhappy, und I know Mrs. Balder navigation along approximately 50,000 * * * of which he himself had been the cause. How often we make the mist.ake of She spoke to him so sadly, still from the knows my heart. He knows how truly will f eel the same way I do." miles of coast line, a length equal to and deeply I love and ador e you." Mr. Naumann suspected by these Away in fo11eign lands, they wondered nearly twice the circumfer en ce of the counting our miseries instead of count­ depths of her heart, so pathetically, yet ing our blessings. so winsomely. This sweet melancholy * * * words how near Sam had come to her how earth. The total number employed is cast about her an irresistible charm. The par ting from h er boy had never heart. Now he would have occasion to T heir sim ple word had power; nearly 6000 and the expense of main­ * "' * They b ad gone for a walk in t~ e spa­ before seemed so hopelessly sad to Mrs. consider this matter more seriously. At home, the Clwistians, two or three, taining this ser vice is five and one-half The girl who h as formed the habit of cious park. Sam bad spoken of his com­ Balder , as this one. Her heart nearly Norma continued: "And Daddy, I've had met million dollar s a year. The necessary looking on the bright side of things is T o pray an hour. ing tour with her uncle with r~ al en­ broke with grief , not so much at the given up dancing, once for all; it h as loneliness of the life of the light house always a most lovable girl. She creates thusiasm, of bis futur e career , bis lone­ separ ation, but from anxious terror for caused you and me so much tr ouble and keeper is signifi ca nt of t he type of ma n about her such a cheery at mosphere that liness, and the growing desire for her. Sam's dire temptation, since that awful unhappiness which I shall never forget. Y es, we are always wonde1-ing, w 01ider­ doing this work. He of all men needs other s fi nd it pleasant to be n ear her. company, to be near her . Only two discovery. Had the dreaded fear of h~r Our banquet, with its cards and wine ing how, the Book which can provide the con stant * * * more days, and be would have to lea".e heart really become r ealized ; h ad the sm was an unfortuna te affair for Sam. O~ B ecause we do not see in ner vision of the Light th at never The oyster turns the obtrusive gr ain again; the thought of sepa;ation seemed of the father become the r uling passion Dad, we don't want to be the cause of Someone, nnknown perhaps, and fa1• fails. The Light of the Bible can give of sand into a pea rl. Over lay your t rou­ to rouse bis deepest emotions. Norma of t he son? This burden threatened to anyone's downfall and r uin. Such accu­ away, him added strength to endure solitude bles with such sweetness and cheer that had listened in silence, gla ncing now and cr ush her down. Long nights she lay sations must never be laid at our door! On bendecl knee. and hardship. they will become life's j ewels. • And if you feel as I do, intoxicating then almost fearfully into h is sparkling upon her knees before her God, asking - Anonymous. Sensing the need and the value of the * * * eyes: as be spoke to her with all the sup­ Him to safe him from t he down-gr ade drinks of any sort will never be passed Bible t o the keeper s of the light houses "I live for pressed passion of bis youthful love. path of r uin. Could a child of so many in our home again !" Prayer Topic the New York Bible Society r ecently sent The cause that lacks assistance earnest prayer s go astray and be lost? " I will not and cannot contr adict you, 1 "Norma, my life,'' he stammered, im­ India Bibles to ever y ligh t house along the T he wrong that needs 'l'esistance pulsively , seizing her hands, "Nor ma, I Would not t he pr ayer s and tear s of a Norma. I know that if Sam wer e your Atlantic coast from Maine to the Gulf The future in the distance, ' need you, I need you near me, I cannot God:fearing mother prevail? T_he world, brother I would have thought of t hat The South I ndia Mission was begun of Mexico. Arra ngements were made T he good that I can do." live without you. All my life will be a of course, would not deem this app ~r­ myself. I fully under stan d your ar gu­ in 1836. Ther e arc now more than 30 with the Depa rtment at Washington ently insignificant weakness a sad mis­ ment and appreciate your wish. It sh all preaching stations, 'vith 122 missiona r­ where the offer from the Society was * * * failure,-Norma, I love you, you know The home field must not be n eglected. bow dearly , how passionately I love a nd fortune but the tried h eart of Mrs. be as you suggest; you ar e perfectly ies (among them 8 physicians ), 48 or­ gratefully accepted. Balder 'saw in it the u tter ruin of Sam's right , my dear." dained and 344 unordained native All are not for eign mission a ries, all are ador e you. Can't you care, dear est? Say not relieved of responsibility by a mis­ that you do,-do love me.- Say it, Nor­ soul and body. Her husband's boa~ting " And Daddy, I must tell you some­ preacher s, 176 native Biblewomen a nd F lowers b y the Wayside pride in his son's cour age and manlmess thing else now. A few days ago, Sam Zenana workers, not forgetting the great siona ry subscription. "Return to thine ma, now, say, that you are mine, mine A cup of water timely brought, own house,'' said J esus to the saved man. only made her grieve the mor e. She proposed,-asked for my heart a nd Theological Seminary at Ramapatnam. for ever !" An of] ercd easy chair, One's own house or neighborhood alwa ys As the wave of passionate love swept understood tha t he used Sam's weakne~s hand." How familiar to us are the names Hein­ as a welcome excuse, a shield for his A turning of the window blind, fumishes a spher e. over him, he pressed her hands f er vently Mr. Nauma nn star ed, as though not r ichs, Thomssen, Kur tz, Degenring, Hae­ own indulgence. under standing, at his daughter . This mel and other s too numerous to ment ion. T hat all m ay f eel the air; to his lips. But Norma, her cheek s a A n early flower bestowed unasked W ithin the last few days Norma had word came so unexp ected, though , of Mothers and Daughters Banquet flaming crimson, rose quickly from the India is called "The Land of Gods," it A light and cau tious t1·ead, ' marble seat. " Oh, Sam," she f airly refused all caller s. She withdrew to the cour se, he had suspected something of has 330 million man-made gods existing A mother s a nd da ughters ba nquet was quiet of her room, to t hink and P1:ay A voice to softest whispers hushed sobbed, " Sam, don't,- please do not t alk that k ind, dur ing the last year or more in the Hindu Pantheon, according to the To spare an aching head- given by the Kings Da ughter s a nd the that way. But her deep emotion seemed over that a nswer wh ich she was to give and indeed had often wished t hat God "Chicago J ournal of Commer ce." They Rose Cir cle Girls of the McDermot Ave. to Sam. At last she bad come t o a de­ Oh. things like these, thotigh little things, to carry him away. She sank back to would unite their hearts and lives. a re all g iven shape and substance in The purest love disclose, Baptist Church at Winnipeg, Ma n., in the seat. Sam r egaining the mastery cision, and now felt mor e contented a nd " And you have consented Norma?" images. Ganesha, god of plenty a nd A s fragrant atoms in t he air the Sunday sch ool room in honor of the of his feelings sh amefacedly knelt at sat isfied. Norma h ad n ever a secret "No, Dad, I could not! 'r h ave asked mirth, has an enormous paunch and t he Reveal the hidden rose. mother s of th e church. her f eet. "I didn 't mean to excite you,'' which she did not shate with her father , him to grant me a week's time for con­ head and tr unk of an elephant.-H unee­ The room was nicely decorated \vith and so she felt that she shoul_d rev~a l sideration and pra yer." - Selected. he whispered. "Norma, what wrong have man the holy monkey god, is the patron * * * the Kings Daughter's class color s. The I done? Have I said anything to offend this one to him, and ask for bis. adVJce "Tha t was very sensible, my child, and of home life.- Vishnu, one of the two Sniile, once in a while, tables were nicely a rranged \vith a dainty a nd sympathy. They were walk1?g to­ I am happy and proud of your confi­ you, to hurt you? No, believe me, Nor­ grea test Indian gods, is said. to . ha".e 'Twill make you1· heart seem lighter· spread, all of which pr esented a pleasant ma, I m ea n every word of it; ever y drop gether through the ga :r; den, speakmg of dence in your Daddy. Have you come to lived as a fi sh, a bear a nd a hon, m h is Smile, once in a while, ' and inviting appear a nce. After supper of my blood beats for you. Won't you the banquet and the guests. any definite conclusion so far?" sever al visits to the earth, a nd is so pic­ was served, a n interesting program fol­ "I h d ' 'Twill make your pathway b?·ighter answer me, Norma?" " Do you know, Papa, th at that ba~ ­ ave ecided that I never can nor t ured. He is called " The Preser ver," and Di/ e's a mi1·ror-as we smile · lowed, consist ing of choruses, quartettes, " Come, Sam, sit her e next to me. Lis­ quet h as made me r ather mi s~rabl e, m will, be the wife of a drinking ~ an " in human form is known as Krishna, vocal a nd piano solos and sever al reci­ she stammer ed with a sob. ' Smiles come back to greet u; · ten to me now, and try to be calm. I spite of all the glory and praise show­ painted br ight blue an? standing on a I f we're frowning all the while tations. Sever al very inter esting and in­ do not doubt a single word you have er ed upon us?" "Which. ~s per fectly r ight, my dear ! snake. With 100,000 Wives and sons, he Frowns forever meet us. ' structive addresses wer e also g iven by said I fully believe you. But you are in "Why, child, how do you mean tb a~? " That de_c1s1on o~ yours will pr obe and is a big figure in Hindu r eligions. His various ones present . such an excited condition that, perh aps "In a way I a m ha ppy for that which prove his salvation if Sa m is made of images a re dressed, fed, undressed, * * * We closed our evening by sing ing a by tomorrow, you- will be sor ry that you makes me f eel so miser able ·::ind sa?; the r ight stuff, whi ~h I hope he is. You bathed and put to bed each day a nd "God had only one son, and h e was a ver se of "Blessed be the tie that binds." h ave spoken as you did. You may regr et for it gave me a chance of makmg a d ~ s ­ ac~ed nobly and ?iscreetly, Norma !" night by the priests.- Siva, the second m_i s~ i o n ary," said the immortal David Mrs. F . Bloedow led us in a closing it. We ar e no longer children, Sam, and covery which will spar e me much dis­ Yo~ have no idea of the depression of the supreme gods, is called "The De­ L1vmgstone. J esus furnishes the su­ prayer . we'll not act childish any more. But I a ppointment in the future." all this has caused me and of the pain st royer" and mor e than 1000 other pr eme ideal for Christian missionaries Over one hundred guests were pres­ Mr. Naumann gazed at her, wonder ­ and strain of these la; t few days. But to t he end of time. cannot answer you now1 Sam, not to na mes. He is a bad fellow, very b_ad, ent, a nd we feel quite safe in stating ever ything. My hea r t is so full, so ing a nd bewilder ed. "I do not under­ I have fought it out now and won and who loafs a round graves an d bur?mg • * * that all who were present felt t hat it was heavy! You know, Sam, an d I won't stand you , Norma, wh at discovery do you I'm goi ng to pray for Sam." ' places His wife is the goddess Kah , an The world is not saved by countr ies an evening well ' Yor th while, to which deceive either you nor myself , you know r efer to?" Her fathe ~ was deeply moved; h e drew even ~orse character than himself. S? e b~ cities, by neighborhoods, but by indi~ we shall always thmk back with admira­ t hat I like you, like you with all my "Do you know that Sam Balder is ~orma :-0 him and kissed her for ehead. is an awful sight, with a black body, dis­ v1duals, one by one. Christ dealt with t ion and j oy. heart. But I must probe my own heart rapidly becoming a d runk ard , -th a~. was ~od will help you to conquer and win t orted hair reaching to her feet, a n ec~­ people personally. Let us sweeten our mother's pathway to its vel."Y depths, when I am more ra­ my horrible discover y, daddy dear. . him back, my dear . I a m sure he will lace of human heads, and her tongue 1s * * * with loving deeds and flowers while we tional and less a roused." Norma bad spoken these words with a also win o~t in the end. I am positive always sticking out of her mouth. H er The people who are most inter ested in have the opportun ity; t he time will "But Norma, I cannot wait. Why suppressed voice and tried hard to ~eep th at ~11 ,;vill come out r ight with you chief temple is near Calcutt a.- Sure!y home work a re t he very people who give come when it will be too late. down her emotion. H er fat her noticed and him. (To be continued) can yo~ not tell me now? It will be my a gr eat field for missiona r y work. most t o foreign missions. BERTHA KNOPF. 12 THE BAPTIST HERALD July 1923 13 Annual Meeting of the Kansas Young People's Union The 37th annual meeting of the Kan­ Our Musical sas Young People's Union was held at Page the Bethany Church, Vesper, May 28-29. by PROF. VON BERGE In spite of threatening weather, over Edited H. eighty delegates and visitors arrived in time f or. the opening session. Although The Ministry of the Church ist. That should be sought by consulta­ Supplies tion before the service, wherever pos­ many were tired af ter a long day's jour­ Organist It is quite possible that many of our ney over rough roads, a spirit of keen sible. If the organist knows what the In niany of our churches th~ wh_ole church organists are not aware of the interest and youthful enthusiasm was pastor is going to preach abo?t a_nd .w?at great treasure of material that is at manifested in this first meeting. ministry of music is under the direction the general ·trend of a service is gomg of the church organist, includ!ng the to be it is much easier to plan the their service for their most varied needs. We had the pleasure of having Rev. One of the best ways is to subscribe to . H. Schade of Buffalo, N. Y., with us dur­ responsibility of leading the. ch01r. . B~t mu sic~! par t of that service in harmony a good journal that comes regularly a~d even where there is a special ch01r. ~1- 1vith the whole. Where a consultation ing the convention. He gave an inspir­ supplies the organist with the material rector, there is still enough res?ons1b1l­ before the service could not be had, a ing address on the theme, "The Law of needed. The one the writer is best ac­ ity left exclusively to the organist, that tactful organist 'vill sense the trend of the New Life" on Monday evening. I quainted with is a magazine of 30 pages thought of that service and will adapt ' This address was followed by a roll­ such a person looms up. as hon\ o~/he of music, published every other month, most important factors m t e m mg the musical part to it. Sometimes the call of the societies. The prompt re­ containing an easy grade of pipe organ up of a church service. The work of the organist may have suggestions of great The World Wide Guild of the Minneapolis Anniversary sponses of the ten societies showed con­ music, with the pedal notes printed on siderable originality. value to offer to the pastor, and most Second Church Cleveland, 0. On Friday evening, May 18, the Young church organist may be .~r~l~ mad,;, and the lower staff in small notes. It costs On Tuesday, the sessions were com­ should be made, a real mm1stry. pastors will gladly welcome them if they About ten years ago, a group of girls P eople's Society of the Firs~ Ger~an posed chiefly of devotional services, short i promise to enhance the value of the ser­ $2 per year. The publication is called Baptist Church of Minneapohs, Mmn., "The Organist." There are all kinds of organized to form a missionary s o~i ety. addresses, essays and business sessions. The Qualifications of the Church vice. With most pastors the musical This society, active first as a Km!?'s had their anniversary. Some very go_od Rev. H. Schade gave two lectures on part of the services is not so much on organ books on the market, of all grades readings were given. Three snappy dia­ . Organist of difficulty, for reed organ and for pipe Daughters, and more r ecently as a Guild "The Holy Spirit in the Christian's Ex­ their mind, for they have so many other organ. Some of the books that have society, has met with great success. logues were also on the pr?gram as :vet~ perience,'' a topic which appealed to one One of the qualifications of a good things to think about, so that the pos­ as some good music con s 1 sti~g of a girls proven very popular with organists are of he deepest spiritual needs of our church organist, of course, should ?e sibilities in the musical line do not so Our membership now t otals slightly trio a vocal duet and a piano duet by so-called Hymn Voluntaries, that is or­ good musicianship. Wh_en we· say this, readily occur to them, and so it is em­ over fifty and the picture printed above, Mr.' and Mrs. Orrin Brachlow. The youn?' people. Two essays deserving of gan pieces that are bulit around well­ we do not forget that m many of ?ur inently proper for those whose specialty was taken at one of our regular meet­ number rendered by the First German mention were, "Evangelism of our known hymns. There are also piano vol­ h ches they can not be too exactmg is music to submit any suggestions that ings. We meet the first Sunday after­ Baptist Church of St. ??aul was a vocal Youth,'' by Anton Pauler, and "The B. untary books for such churches as have ~u~r must be satisfied with t~e talent may come to them. It is the small man noon in each month, and after the meet­ solo by Miss Sarah B1enhoff. Another Y. P. U. Member and His Church " by no organs but use pianos instead. There Ben F ritzmeier. Rev. G. W. Pust 'g ave that is available for the service. But who knows it all, and our pastors are ing have a social hour d_uring :Vhich sup­ number was a short t alk given by Mr. even in those cases it is important that is one book that I should like t o mention per is ser ved at a nommal price. a profitable talk on "The Worth of Voice not of that caliber. Try them. Marks touching especially on the Sum­ the choice be not _made car~l essly, but particulary. It is called "Modulations mer Assembly and Institute. We, of ~ulture ," and Mr. H. Schacht on "Build­ into G Major," by Mrs. Ashford. In E very year two subjects are assigned mg a Young People's Society." with due consideration of the importance by t he Guild for study-a foreign coun­ course, were ver y glad to be reminded of of the service, and that among t~o se Fitting Music most of our churches it seems to be the this, as a suggestion of a good place to The treasurer's r eport disclosed a nice t ry and a home pr oblem. The subjects .1 ble he or she be chosen who gives There are two things necessary if custom to begin the service with the f or next year are "J apan" and "The Fu­ spend a vacation is always welcome\. ba_lance. It was decided to use $20 of avrua · Ad f Doxology, and inexperienced organists this for the "Relief Work in Germany" most promise of servmg well. . l"! . or music is to be fitting. In the first place, ture of t he Child in America." We try Last, but not least, Bro. Hahn, our pas­ h" or her who is so chosen, 1t 1s 1m- then are forced to make the abrupt tor, also gave a short talk. and $35 fo_r our Missionary and Benev­ it must fit properly into the various by means of programs, pageants and ad­ im t to make the ver y best of the parts of the service. The opening num­ change from the key in which they dresses by the missionaries themselves Taking everything into consideration, olent Offer~n g. The entertaining church portan ·t and t o develop the gift that were playing their prelude into the key wa~ also kindly r emembered with a do­ ber usually called the prelude, should to gain a better understanding of these the program was a success. nation. ?P~orthrumy with all earnestness. Under inv~riably be of the quiet type. It is to of G, in which the Doxology is written. su bject s. FLORA H. MINKS, Secretary. is m t e . ianship we understand not. This book has 40 short modulations from It was to be regr etted that so f ew of help the people to get into the devo­ We aim, however , not only to r eceive good mu ~1~d t echnique, ability to play tional frame of mind. That object is, the various keys into the key of the Dox­ Catholica Admit Defections in o~rth last Y ~ar's officers were able to be on!~ a gnd clean and true, but also the ology, enabling the organist t o make the but also to scatter blessings. We th~re­ WI us this year E . sad to say, only too often defeated by for e have in the past visited vari?us Bohemia ident, Bro K · vei: our VIce-pres- rapidly a 1 ITT th e::-rpression and feel­ the habit in so many churches of making transition smoothly. The price is 75 philanthropic institut ions in our city. · · F . Ehrlich, was unex- ability to P ay ' th: two the latter is cents with 33 1-3 per cent discount . All When the first reports began to come pecte dl Y called a way from th b . . nd between the opening prelude mean nothing more This year our girls sent a Christmas box · e usmess m g, a f the more important. than a musical calling of the people to­ these things can be ordered through our through of the large defection from t~e sessions on account of th ·11 f h" own Publication H ouse in Cleveland, and to one of our German Baptist institu­ membership of the Roman Catholic mother. e l ness o 1s really by a ~ ortant qualification is gether, something the same as the church tions and supplies to Oneida Institute Another imp . to almost any quali- similar supplies that the writer has no church in Bohemia Roman Catholic The officer s for the new t enter s m . bells are supposed to do. Why cannot in Kentucky. We were able, by means foll p year are as tact. Th a . Tact is nothmg more we all be together in our places when per sonal knowledge of . newspapers in this co~ntry were inclined ows : resident Mr C A. Zoschke, of a lawn f ete and the sale of Chri_st­ to ridicule the reports. Information now Geary Co. Vice p .d· · fication fo~ r~~i~~- the right thing at t~ e the prelude begins and mak e the mo­ mas cards, to raise $160,-$100 of . w~1ch Koch Jr Ell" - res1 ent, Mr. Geo. F. than t~ e gi t The organist with tact W1ll ments while it is being played a r eal Hymn Playing comes by way of the Vatican which , ., inwood S t M b 1 we gave to the support of our m1ss1on­ leaves no room for doubt. According to Jaeger Beth · ecre ary, a e right time. to play lively and when to part of the service, as it should be, and One of the most important duties of aries in Siberia. these sources, the Catholic member ship Thole, 'staffor~~Y · Treasurer, Marie know w~e n usic when to play inter­ an opportunity for us to prepare our the church or ganist is t o lead the con­ It is needless to mention the gr eat in Bohemia has fallen from 98 per cent Tuesday eveni play quiet ~ ~ leave them out, when hearts for the r est of the service? But gr egational singing, and it is by no social value of such a society to a church, of the population to 73 per cent. Some two number s f ng each society furnished ludes and w en t number and when to this is an aside,-we are speaking of means the easiest one. Above all, the but our real aim is a more serious one. of the most eminent of former Catholic Truths were or a splendid program. to select a shor All kinds of conditions fitting music here. The offertory played hymns should be played with proper ex­ We have stressed tithing and the keep­ prelates now wear the John Huss badge ways and all Presented in a variety of select a long one. to mention that re­ during the collection is usually also of pression. That cannot be done if the ing of daily devotions. We have en­ openly. The newly organized national taken on this equ~lly good. The ·offering arise too num~~ou~rgani st has this cov­ the quiet type, while the postlude at organist looks only at the music, and veal whether e deavored to develop spirit ually and to church has 500,000 members, and other In conclusi:;ening ~mounted to $41.29. the end of the service is vigorous and completely ignores the words. The text, lively music. But music must not only far more than the notes, or even the st rengthen the pr ayer life of our mem­ denominations have grown.-The Chris­ of the splend1"d' mention should be made eted gift or no~. naturally to the last bers by means of a prayer cir cle. Our tian Century. wood orchest c?-0Per ation of the Ellin­ And t~at lea i~h we would mention, fit into the various parts of the service marks of expression that may be printed aim is service, not for personal glorifi­ the music fo:~ In furnishing a part of qualification wh of the heart. In order properly but also into the service as a with them, indicate the p roper way of • • • whole. Not all good music is good church singing a given number. And the organ­ cation, but service f or others in the tion and broth ht convention. Co-opera­ namely the fitne~s 1 wor ship in a Chris­ vineyard of the King. We hope by means When " Chinese'' Gordon wa3 a sub­ hand. May Ger 0 od was felt on every to lead the mu si~a really to make it fit music. Some music belongs properly to ist who enters into the changing senti­ of the impressions received at our meet­ ordinate, a fellow-officer boasted to ~irn 0 tian service, ~n the organist should be the concert hall and may be much en­ ments of the various verses, will not be that he had been promoted more rapidly thusiasm and ~ Use the strength, en­ in danger of rattling off all the verses ings, to insert this aim into the life of Young PeopJ . alents of the Kansas into that serv ~ ce_, n It is hard to see joyed there by God's people, but it do~s because h e was "not so pious." "Look not belong into the church. Some music in the same mechanical way. What a every one of our members. Kingdom? oe in the extension of bis a devout Chr1.stia who in his heart does at me," said he, "I now have a major's is unfitted for church use by the asso­ great thing it is for a church to have GERTRUDE B. FETZER. Union for Chu~ l(ansas Young People's how an orgamst be able to express shoulder straps : wh at have you got?" not worship God c ~n el y by the instru- ciations that are inseparably co~nec~ed an organist who really feels what he is "I have callouses on my knees," replied The next ri s~ and the Truth I . genuin with it. There must be a certain dig­ playing! And h ow quickly that can be • • • ham. ~ebng Will be held at Dur- such worsh 1p . la ed Gordon, who was known as the "praying rnent that is being P Y · nity about all music that is allowed a sensed I But, alas, there are all too The good life iB ours to claim; ABEL J AEGER, Secretary. captain." Callouses on the knees are • •• place in the house of God, and _that r e- many that have not the soul of music in And strange as it may seem. better than straps on the shoulders. No T here is a . with the Pa stor uir ement excludes much music from them. It is all a matter of dexterity of The more we use and pass it on 1 Co-operation . . man ever did a great and enduring work Baptist chu he.f.supporting P ortugue~e ~se there that in itself may have much digits with them. The more there iB for us to glean. doing very ~c ll 1n Br istol, R. I., that is nity in a service is for God who was not a man of prayer. The necessary . u where there is no t 0 commend it for . use at other places And then the organist is t o give the versions and i · ~t has had several con- absolutely impossible pastor and or gan­ and on other occasions. proper time and rhythm in which a given apt1sms in the past year. co-operation between 15 THE BAPTIST HERALD July 1923 14 school, all the settings of its life ar e in inherited weaknesses or from bad habits led by the secretar y of the Bund, the Religious Lessons I Have Learned temptation, break under the strain of a hymn is to be sung. The only way to land : Miss Orthner . First Church, From an Automobile order, then someone comes along and Cleveland: H. Schurdell. theme being, " How can we as young steps on the starter , and without any little extra burden they have been askeci do that is to play in that time when the CHAS. F. Z UMMACH The singing throughout the Institute, Christians be pleasing before the Lord?" violent upheaval they are off on the road to assume in connection with serving hymn is introduced by the prelude, and This was followed by a business meet ing, the Lor d, and many Christians "blow then to stick to -that time. It is surpris­ whether by the various quartettes or Travelers in the Holy Land tell us to a Chr istian life. Now the important led by the president, Rev. P. Geissler . up" a nd their usefulness is gone. Mc­ ing how many organists pla y th eir pr e­ choirs, and especially by the entire that nearly ever ything that comes under thing about the star ter is the battery, it After the close of the business meeting their observation has been used in the torists know that a " Boot" applied to the lude just right, but just as soon as they gathering, abounded with the buoyancy must be kept char ged. The battery is we had a question box, Rev. L. Hoeffner Bible to illustr ate some r eligious truth. weap spot will often -prevent an unpleas­ hook up with the congregation, they su?­ of youth a nd will long be remember ed. the power of the Christian life, the I Without a doubt, a large measure of answering the questions, which had been J esus drew h is illustrations from the charge is the Holy Spirit and the cha rg­ ant incident on the road. So we n eed to gest the engine that has too long a tr am given him previously. It was very inter­ familia r objects about him. If he were be on our guard continually against the of car s t o pull and wearily puffs its way this pr aise is due P r of. A. B. Mehne~t ing station the prayer meeting a nd the of E r ie for his masterful accompa ni­ esting and instr uctive. In the afternoon her e today, would he do otherwise? One quiet hour. weak places in our char acters and search along under the load. There is abso­ the sun shone and by evening the roads of the most familiar obj ects in American for hidden fault s and r emedy them in ~ lutely no need of that, if the or ganist ment at the organ. Preceding each ses­ II. What Is Needed to Keep a Car sion , Prof. Mehnert delighte? us with a were dry , so we had a very large attend­ life today is the automobile. To a time. " Clear thou me from hidden only strikes out at the ver y beginning ance at our service. T he p rogram was greater e::\.-tent tha n any other invention Running faults." ~ in the identical time, sometimes, per­ fifteen mi nute recital, a nd m all pr ob­ ability the inspiration received from r ender ed exceptionally well an d con­ it is essentially the product of American To get a car started is vital, but to 2. A flat tir-e. Unlike the former this haps, emphasizing it by a little stac~ato sisted of a recitation , dialogues a nd ingenuity and str ikingly t ypical of the keep it r unning smoothly is equally im­ one goes down gradually without any I playing in the pedal bass. Draggy smg­ h earing his playing accounts _for the re­ markable singing. It was said by some songs, each society furnishing one or American spir it. It is so inter woven portant. Some of the things we will undue noise. The enthusiasm of some ing, what a miserable thing it is ! have to watch are: who had visited other young people's t wo numbers. \vith the fabr ic of our daily life as to be people just peter s out. Somewhere th ey 1 institutes that the music a nd singing, Following a suggestion of Rev. Geiss­ almost indispensible. What a n oppor­ 1. W e n eed Gasoline. That is the mo­ have been "punctured" an d they have Y oung People's Institute in Erie which was of such magnificence, sur­ ler, we now have a Bible-reading cam­ t unity it would afford the Master to il­ tive power , without it the car won't run. gone "flat" i n their Christian life. The Erie, P a., on April 28 and 29 wa~ _the passed that of any other young people's paign in our Jugendbund. Each mem­ lustrate his teaching! F our years of Not even a Ford will run on its r epu­ world is full of such Christian s who l rallying point for 203 sunny, smilm?, conference. ber is asked to read the entir e New Tes­ driving an automobile under all sorts of tation. Did you ever overtake some for­ have grown weary a nd who a re stalled happy young people gathered for their The r egistration disclosed the follow­ t ament by t he next meeting, which will conditions, have taugh t the writer some­ lorn motorist on the highway, who was by the wayside of sin and the world. To fir st Young People's and Sunday School ing number of delegates: Buffalo, Bethel be in fall. The society having the lar g­ th ing more than an increased vocabu­ stalled because he "had run out of gas" ? such the wor ds of P a ul in Gal. 5 :7 may I Worker s' Institute of the Eastern Con­ Church 39, High St. Church 28, Spruce .est per centage in pr oportion to its mem­ lary for expressing his feelings when Now, what gasoline is to the automobile be applied: "Ye did run well, who did ference. This Institute br ought together St. Church 16, Folsomdale 5, Rochester bership will receive special r ecognition. something went wrong. Let me endeavor the pr esence of the Holy Spirit is to our hinder you?" 1 by motor, train and t rolley delegates 30, Pittsburgh, Temple Chur~h 5, Cleve­ Our J ugendbund is progressing and our to set forth a few of the things I have lives. Let that run out and we stop. S. A Short Circilit. This trouble is from Buffalo, Folsomdale and Rochester , land, Erin Ave. Church 8, F ir st Church aim is to be more like our dear Savior, learned and to make the application to How ma ny Christians a re stalled, like sometimes the ha rdest to locate. The I N. Y., Pittsburgh, P a., and Cleveland, 0. 18, Nottingh am Church 6, Second Church J es us Chr ist. our lives. the Galatians were, for th at very reason! wires are shortened somewhere and the At 3 P . M. on Saturday, April 28, the 48, Erie, Centr al Church 60. FREDA K OSAN ICE, J esus used the wedding feast , the t en energy that should go toward propelling Institute convened at the Central Bap­ The following officer s were elected: Sec. Okla homa J ugendbund. I. Ther e Are T hree Ways of Starting virgins and the la mps to illustrate this the car is diverted an d lost. How many 1 an Automobile tist Church of Erie. After a spirited President, Dr . Arthur Bode_nbender , truth. In America he would have used Christians a re wasting their energy, song servi ~e, conducted by the Roches­ Spr uce St. Church , Buffalo. Vice-P res­ Union Mee ting in Oak Park 1. You 1nay push it doilhi a hill or tow the automobile. " Without me ye can do their talents a nd time in questionable, it until the engine start s. Now, no mo­ I ter Theological Seminary Quartette, there ident, Melvin Zurn , Cei:tral Church, The Oak P ark Young People's Society nothing." if not sinful, at least useless amuse­ torist will claim that this is a n ideal way 2 . W e need Oil. Oil r educes friction, ments and activities! The power that followed a devotional service under the Erie. Secreta ry, Miss F n eda Sayenga, p a~ti ci pated. in a meeting of a type new I leader ship of Mr. E . C. Smith of Buf­ Temple Church, Pittsburgh. Treasur er , to star t a car . It shows that there is absorbs heat and makes for smooth might be used to serve the Kingdom is in it~ experience. It took part in a joint something wrong wi th the car, and is a r unning. Without even the best engine f alo. A temporary chairma n was then Miss Olga Fischer, High St. Church, meeting of the Young People's Societies diver ted into ,vi·ong channels, tlteir time elected, Dr. H. C. Schuhr of Buffalo be­ Buffalo. F ield Secr etaries, Rev. R. R. method employed only in emergency would soon burn itself up \vith frictional is frittered away a nd their ener gy is of four churches of different P rotestant cases. Yet some people never get sta r ted ing unanimously chosen for t his p osit i ~ n. Kubsch, Sunda y school wor k; Rev. F . H. denominat ions. This gathering was heat. No wise motorist will stint on his wasted. J esus war ns us to abide in him At the evening session, Rev. F. H. Will­ Willkens, Young People's work. Coun­ in their Christia n life until someone oil. So in our lives we need love, and a and says: "Abide in me and I in you." brought about by the pastors of these p ushes them into it, or like the pa ralytic, kens of Buffalo was elected per manent cil : Buffalo: Bethel, Mr s. A. L. Tyndall, ch urches, who have long met in a social large measure of it, to r educe the fric­ 4. Foul spark plug. The plug is the chairman of this year's Institute. High, Herbert Brunner , Spruce, Lester they have to be carried and laid" at the tion th at r esults from coming in contact heart of the engine. Through it the cur­ an? profe ss i on~ ] way. They felt that the Master's feet. While this may not be with our f ellowmen. ·The world today The speakers that we heard pr esented Beitz · Folsomdale Fred Krauter; Roch­ umon of the different societies in a mass r ent flows that sets the motor in motion. · the ideal way to get started, it is better is burning itself up with en vy a nd hate; It is important that it be kept clean, for a number of topics of special interest, ester ,' Otto Loerts~ h er; Pitts.burgh, Mrs. m ~eti n g _would result in a spirit of some being very new and unique. Mr. L. Krueger; Cleveland : Erm Ave.,_ K. tha n to r emain forever stalled on the it never needed Jove so much as today. a dirty plug will not "fir e." How many ne1ghbo1:l mess that might be of benefit road of sin and destruction. Thi.s is · es­ Nothing would so readily reduce the H . P. Donner, Manager of our Publica­ P . Wendt, F ir st, H. Schurdell, Nott1i:g­ to all, smce all are tr yi ng in their own a motorist has been ba ffl ed as to what sentially the job of the Christian church, strife and friction in this old world of tion Society in Cleveland, spoke on " Our ham Miss Louise Merkel, Second, Miss way to do the same wor k namely ser v- might ail his engine, wh en the t rouble New Young P eople's a nd Sunday School Irm~ Sch roeder; E rie, Miss Flor ence ing the Master . ' ' to "compel them to come in" to the king­ ours as a liberal application of 1 Cor. 13. was nothing mor e than a "foul plug." Workers' Union." Rev. E. Baumgaert­ Schillinger. . dom or if needs must be, to carry those Dr. S. D. Gor don in one of his noon hour Unclean lives, impure hearts will pr event The fi elds of work are very close. In who' haven't str ength enough left to t alks in Chicago recently r ead P salm n ~r pictur ed to us "The Ideal Young The r esolutions adopted provided that f act, they ove1·Iap. We have )ea rned the power of the Holy Spir it from flow­ People's Society." On Sunday morning the organization be known as the Young walk. "ll 37 : 1 like this : " If things go wr ong, ing through our Jives a nd make us im­ 1 from all fields of the world's endeavor 2. Y ou may crank it. Some of. u s st1 don't get hot with friction al heat." Char­ Rev. J. P . Brunner of Buffalo preached People's and Sunda y School W o rke r~ ' that a getting together a nd a comparing potent for God's ser vice, just as surely in English, and was followed by Mr . G. Union of the Lake Erie a nd Ontan o have lingering memories of what it me~n s ity should characterize the Chr istian. as a foul plug will stall an engine. "Cre­ of methods and ways a nd mea ns tends to star t a Ford car on a cold mormng " By this shall all men know that ye ar e I H en sel, a st udent in Rochester, who district· that the denominational objec­ always to progress. And we have ate in me, 0 God, a clean heart." by cranking till your blood a nd yo~r my disciples, if ye love one a nother ." preached in German. " The Junior Bap­ tives a~d const itution be the basis of our learned. from the Master himself that 5. Freezing up. This is due to being tist Young People's Society E>uring the temper rose to Summer heat. In this 3. Electricity. That mysteriou s, yet organization ; that th e next a nnual meet­ prayer and wor ship of his left standing out in the cold too Jong. ~ W eek" was the subject of an addr ess th~ u m~d day of self-starters cr anking is .fast be­ wonderful force ! Without it our cars ing be held in April 1924 at the Temple children is always acceptable in his sight. Sometimes irreparable damage is done in by Miss O. Fischer of Buffalo, and "The coming a Jost a rt. We learned 1t was a would not run. We may h ave gasoline, Church of Pittsburgh. We must r emember alwa ys our Baptist this way. Ma ny Christians r emain in­ 1 Baptist H erald" by E .W. Hoek of Cleve­ K. P. W ENDT. waste of energy; it is always accom­ oil and compression, but we need the ~und ament_al s , a nd not become careless active so long, or keep out of touch with land. Two typical addresses by our be­ pa nied by more or less violent exertion. spark t o set them off. So we need faith God's people so long, t hat they just loved Prof. F . W . C. Meyer were r e­ in our behef in them. Ther e are, how­ and enthusiasm to supply us with that The Oklahoma Juge ndbund eve.r, some phases of Christian work in However, some people n eve~ get sta r~e d literally "freeze up." If a car is in dan­ l ceived with great inter est . Discussion in their Christian lif e until somethm_g vital spa rk t o give energy a nd life to the ger of freezing up, it is best to keep the The member s of the Oklahoma Ju­ which all P rotestants ca n unite to their followed some of the talks outlined violent comes along and breaks their pent up forces wit hin u s. It was this motor running. If you as a Christian gendbund were privileged. to meet . at mutual benefi t. I above and some very helpful and in­ heart. Many would never have b:come faith in the lives of our for efathers that ar e in danger of freezing up, get busy Kiel, Okla., on April 28, 1_n _connection 'J'.h.e m ee~ing proper was held after a structive ideas wer e brought out. Christians if they had n?t exp_e r1e~ced ga ve bir th to our denominat ion a nd sup­ for the Lord J esus and get warm. After the Saturday evening session , with the Oklahoma Association. The delicious d1!1ner h ad been served. The plied them with t he enthusiasm to car ry different societies wer e well rep resent~d . representatives of the various societies some violent uphea val in their hves. IV. Mistakes to be Avoided by the an impromptu musical prol?"ram was pre~ it on. We cannot a ffor d t o lose it . It has rained so often during a n Associa­ gave resumes of the work done in the Like the young eagle, they have to ?e Motorist sented, in which the following took part . thrust out of their nest or they wi.ll Rochester Seminary quartette: S. Blum­ tion t hat we usually expect a ?oo~ r ain past by their societies, and also their III. Things That W ill Make an Auto­ 1. Ca1·elessness and neglect. F ailu re at t his time. Again this year 1t did n~t pla ns for the futur e. This part of the never learn to use th ~ i r wings. '!' h~ s mobile Stop to r egard road signs a nd safety warn­ hagen, E. Engelman, G. Hensel, A. method too may not be ideal, but it is fail us. Satur day is our young people s program was very infor mal- simply an 1. A Blowout. Who h as not exper ienced ings. This is perhaps the most common Schock. Andrews St . Church, Roch es­ better to b~ thus "stin :ed up" tha n to te . Miss Lottie Doescher . Bethel day. It had rained Friday, a nd when e!fo~t to get to know each other as so­ that sickening feeling when everything sin of motorists today. Too many seem r ot on the highway of sm. . c :~rch, Buffalo, quartette: Miss . Esther Saturday morning dawned, the ~ k y was cieties. We then li stened to a lecture by seemed to be r unning smoothly and all to r egard traffic rules and safety signs gr ay and th e r ain trickled agamst the Rev. Alber~ Gage, who is in charge of ou 1naY step on the stwrter. This as a sort of joke, or some for m of high­ E ller Mrs. F . H. Willkens, F. Miller, H . 3 · Y It · s no undue of a sudden, Bang ! "There goes my Wobig. Temple Church, Pittsburgh : window panes. Nevertheless, being Bap­ the Ed uca~ional Department of the Chi­ is t he ideal way. re~u ll" e t ir e !" Blowout s are caused by weak way adornment. On one of our tours tists we ventured out and went to rt' It is also the ideal way to ~et Miss F rieda Sayenga. Central Church, 1 cago Bap~1s t Execut ive Council. This spots in the tire, h idden ~aws, .or injur­ last summer , we came through a town e~e t i~n : n the Christian life. The child Erie : choir. High St. Church, Buff~l o, church. At the opening of the meeting was ver y mter esting. All who were pres­ ies r eceived at some previous time. Se­ wher e instead of t he cu stomary " Speed uartette : Herbert Brunner, Erich at 9 A. M. only a few were present. ent were glad they had been there. Plans ~ aasr b~e~ brought up i ~ a Chr istian ho~e: cret sins, hidden :faults, r esulting from Limit 15 Miles per Hour" sigu it said: However , at the close, nea rly ev~ry seat \~ere made for future meetings of this rown u under the influence of Chn s in the past, yield to the pressure of " Go as fast as you like, till the cop gets § hafer Carrie Schafer, Norman kind. S~hmidt'.. Nottingham Churcch , Cleve- was occupied. The prayer ser vice was ~ian tea~h l ng in the church or Sunday

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you." The motorist who accepts that as Address by Miss Ruth Dornbusch, Pres­ Young People 's Society o f P a s­ an invitation to "step on her" will soon ident Dayton Society. Response by Mr. saic, N . J . discover his mistake and leave a sadder O sca~ Schmidt, President, Cincinnati So­ but wiser man. The expert motorist is ciety. Song. Address: "Memorial Day On the evening of May- 18 the Young not the one who can "step on the gas" Observance,'' by Prof. H. von Berge. P eople's Society celebrated their 13th t ill the accellerator hits the floor boards, Song. Closing prayer by Rev. Roth of anniversary. A short but hearty wel­ - any fool can do that; the successful Dayton. come address was delivered by the pres­ motorist is the one who at all times has The address of Prof. von Berge gave ident, Rev. L. Rabe. This was followed his machine under control, who is careful the young ,People much food for thought. by the r eading of the secretary's and of the rights of others and watchful for Among other things he mentioned that treasurer's reports, both of which showed all signs enjoining "safety first." He the obser vance of Memorial Day should that the young people of r emote, little knows, to di sregard these signs spells be an inspiration to the living more than Passaic have recently awakened to new danger for himself a nd others. The mer ely honoring the dead, especially sol­ a mbitions, as they are zealously work­ Christian who is careless as to his con­ diers who have fallen on the blattle field . ing for a pipe organ for the church and duct or speech not only imperils his own The lives of great men who perhaps in this have been richly blessed so far. salvation, but the salvation of others as never saw a battlefield, but who have A program consisting of a dialogue en­ titled "The Modern Prodigal Son," a well. "For none of us liveth unto him­ meant much to this world should be an self." The greatest menace to our high­ inspiration for the young people to fol­ mandolin and a piano selection were r en­ dered. A silver collection was taken ways today is the reckless motorist, and low in their footsteps. amounting to $22 which \vill be given the greatest menace to the Kingdom of The r eal purpose of this get together God is the careless Christian. " See then, to the "Organ Fund." The gathering was to establish a closer friendship be­ was dismissed by song and prayer, after that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools tween these two neighboring societies but as wise." which r efreshments of ice cream and who are both serving the Mast er in the cake were served. The Lord bless and 2. Ignorance. How helpless some peo­ corners where they are. This joint meet­ ple are when the engine steps. E very be with all the young people's societies ing of the two societies was a great in the coming year! manufacturer cautions the buyer: "Read benefit to both in getting ideas of better your Instruction Book carefully." Yet service. SOPHIA SCHROEDER, Sec. how many heed the advice? We may not Just before the Cincinnati delegation • •• all be as ignora nt as the young man, who, started on their homeward journey, Rev. when he was asked what the trouble Pinwheel prayers may never get far Menard gave a short talk in which he enough from self to reach God. was replied: "He thought the differential said he hoped that this was just the be­ A pleasing personality is one of the had fallen into his transmission and ginning of such meetings, not just be­ pass keys that open the door of suc~es s . clogged up his carburetor," but. i~nor­ tween these two societies, but that the ance is only too prevalent. It is m ex­ fellowship would spr ead until it became Both religion and butter are f ar more cusable in the motorist, but more so in a state organization and that by becom­ satisfactory when not too thinly spread. the Christian. The Bible is God's In­ ing closer affiliated with one another we Consistency and p er sistency a re twin struction· Book. Yet how ma ny young may thus become better able to serve jewels that adorn the diadem of success. people are as ignorant of the Bible as our Master. RUTH DORNBUSCH. many motorists of their instruction book! BAPTIST DEACONESS' HOME They fall an easy prey to every religious A Cantata at Edmonton, Alta . faker that comes along because they AND HOSPITAL SOCIETY, Jack knowledge. "My people are de­ The once small choir of this church CHICAGO, ILL. can no longer be referred to as such. It Provides home for girls desiring to become stroyed for lack of knowledge." Read deaconesses or missionaries. D eaconesses have your Instruction Book and you will save was very evident that a host of vocal one year of training in the N orthem Baptist talent is always available if one only Theological Scminari.r ni;id three yea r ~ \raini!'g yourself a lot of t rouble. in the D eaconess Hospital here. M1ss1onanes In conclusion let me say that if your finds the proper party to make use of have two years of training in the above named the same. Seminary and o.ne year in the Dea.co!'css Hos· car is "tuned up just right,'' if you have pita!. Girls will find a true Chns\10,n home, plenty o.f fuel and oil, when the motor Our appreciated choir master, Mr. A. spiritual atmosphere, thorough trammg and S. Stuermer, as well as our new pres­ splendid opportunity for service. For particu· purrs beneath your feet like a contented lars write t o: kitten, or just seems to sing with joy ident, Mr. J. Lentz, have bad a busy REY. C. A. DAN I E~ President, or to winter bringing in a number of new­ M I SS MARG. WAGNER,1 S upt., like a thing alive, then motoring is a 3264 Cortland St., Chicago, Ill. r eal p leasure. And if our lives are at­ comers, and through their regula r and tuned to the Infinite a nd in right rela­ consistent practice they have made tionship to our fellowmen, the Christian themselves useful in the building of our life is pleasure and not a burden. "Her Lord's gr eat kingdom. When in Ch icago ways are ways of pleasantness and all The Cantata "Die ewige Stadt" (The You will find a hearty her paths a re peace." Eternal City) was rendered on May 6 before a crowded house, which took keen WELCOME An Enjoyable Memorial Day , interest in all the vocal numbers. The in the Outing collection was granted to the choir ~o PHILATHEA and BARACA help defray their expenses for t~ e 1r A very enjoyable time was h ad by church music. Many congratulations BIBLE CLASSES both the Cincinnati a nd Dayton B. Y. P. were received by the individual members llt the u •s on Memorial Day. The 21 r epresen­ for their splendid efforts. We cannot all Humboldt P a rk Baptist Church t tlves of the Young People's Society of go to mission fields but many of us can Spau lding Ave. and Cortland S t . t~ German Baptist Church of Cincin­ sing the praise of iehovah at home and Bible School at 11 A. M. na~i motored to Dayton in a t~utyck at.;~e help to brighten the corner where we BE SURE TO VISIT US I . 'tation of the Dayton soc1e . e are. ~~cinnati delegation was _met at 10 This choir has acquired the good habit o'clock by four representatives of the of visiting the neighboring churche~ d~r­ D yt young people and were escorted ing the summer months and furmshmg aFon Hills Camp, located in Oakwood THE BAPTIST INSTITUTE to •ar D the music in place of their own choir. . a suburb of ayton. It not only r elieves the other group of PHILADELPHIA Village, were played until lunch was E xceptional opportunity for youg women singer s for one Sunday, but is an addi­ to train as pas tor's assistants, or for city, Ga~ es After this the following pro- tion al attraction t o the service and at home or foreign missions, Sunday school, serve · anged for by the Dayton so- settlement work, etc. The aim is a thor­ gram, arr the same time, fine missionary work. ough knowledge of the Bible, practical meth· . was given: We hope that many choirs will be more ods, and the sp iritual growth of the students. c1ety, S g Service. Prayer by Rev. Send for catalogue;. S determined to do more for our King of hort ofo nCmcmnat1. · · · Sho rt W e1 come kings in the future. F. W. M. ]. MILN OR WILBUR, D. D., P"resident .· Menard