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

Volume Six CLEVELAND, 0 ., AUGUST I , 1928 Number Fifteen

Agoga Men".s Class, State Park Baptist Church, Peoria, Ill. F red Burke, President-Rev. A. F. Runtz, Teacher

H. G. Kuck, Supt. of School

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What's Happening Rev. A. A. Schad;e baptized five on

Sunday, J une 24. One was r eceived by letter. The membership of the church is now 451.

Miss Martha K eck, a graduate stud­ent of t he Nor thern Baptist Seminary, is visiting in Muscatine with h er s ister, Mrs. Rev. D. Klein, and assisting in the church work ther e.

The Cradle Roll of T emple Church Bible school P itt sburgh, r ecent ly held a successful p~rty focr mother s and_ bab_ies in t he church parlors under the d1rec~10n of the Supt., Miss Meta J ohnson. F if t y babies ar e on the cradle roll a t p resent . Of these 23 wer e at the par t y in care of 21 mother s.

Rev. A. Hoefs of Kassel, Germany, E ditor of t he "Wahrheitszeuge," and Rev. Car l Schneider, Director of t he Seminary in H amburg, <?er~any, wer e welcome visitor s in our ed1torr1al sanctum i n J uly. Bret hr en Hoefs a nd Schneider were delegates t o t he Baptist Wor ld _Al­liance in Toronto a nd have been sm~e visiting a number of our churches m various parts of the country.

Dr. Harry R. Keiser, who has received his medical and sur gical tr a ining in Chi­cago during the last five year ?, has s~t­tled in Chicago and opened his practice at 2345 Devon Ave. Dr . Keiser is t he son of Mr. H ans Keiser of Elgin , Iowa, widely known and active layman and treasurer of our Northwestern Confer ­ence. We commend Dr. Keiser t o our German Baptist people in Chicago and vicinity.

The new officers of the Minnesota Union of German Baptist Young P eople for the ensuing year a re : P residen t , Miss Grace Stoeckman, First Church St . Paul; vice-pres., Frank Woyke, Minne­apolis; secr etary, Milton Schroeder, River view church, St. Paul ; treasurer, Marcella Beise, St. Bonifacius, Minn. Rev. C. F . Stoeckmann was r e-elected by the Council to serve as Dean of the Mound Assembly next year.

The new officers of the Young Peo­ple's Society o:f the H arlem, New York City, church, elected at the annual meet­in" in June are: F . J . Maeder, pr es. ; R:v. F . Orthner, vice-pres.; Miss Sophie Rued, t reas.; Alfred F. Orthner, record. sec'y · Miss Lillian Heitmueller, asst.

' "B t " sec'y; Miss Goldie Sedelm~ye~, oos er, and Mrs. 0 . Birsenek, p1amst. I n the past year, the society held 14. sessioi:is, made 5 visits to the Beacon Light Mis­sion attended 5 young people's confer ­enc~ and enjoyed 3 hikes and excur­sions.

Rev. 0. R. Hauser, former pastor of the Immanuel Church, Milwaukee, Wis., has been made the Socialist nominee for governor on t he Socialist state ticket fol' the November election. The Milwaukee "Leader" quotes Rev. Hauser as follows:

" In the admin istration of state affairs I will, if elected governor, make my ~elec­t ion of public servants on t he basis of proved efficiency and abil it y and not for t ne purpose of building up a personal machine. I stand squa.rely on the state platform of the party and its national platform and my convict ions would per­mit me no other course."

The Y. P . Society of Muscatine, Iowa, was successful in raising t he bala nce of its missionary pledge r ecently by a dopt ­ing a "Thermometer p lan." The society was divided into t h ree g roups led by Wilma Sell, Violet T iedema n and Ralph Toborg. The contest was sponsored with much enthusiasm. T he t wo losing sides furnished a suppe1· for the winners. The new society officers are Doris Courtney, pres.; Ralph Toborg, vice-pr es. ; Kath­erine Borchardt , sec'y ; Leroy T homas, t reasurer; DoTothy Toborg, pianist. The Ladies Class of the Bible school donated an individual communion set t o t he church. Rev. D. Klein began his min­istry with the church on June 3.

W elcome Services by the First Ger­man Baptist Church (Miller Memorial) , Baltimore, Md., wer e held for its new pastor, Rev. G. C. Schwandt, on the even­ing of July 9. Mr. GeOTge Miller pre­sided. A full progr am was carried out . A welcome on beha lf of the denomination was given by Rev. J. T. Watts, D. D., and on behalf of the German Baptists by Rev. Gustav Schmidt . Other welcome a ddresses were extended by the officials of t he church and i ts var ious societies. P astor Schwandt responded. The male chorus and the choir of the West Balt i­more church gave selections. An infor­ma l r ecept ion was tendered t o Rev. and Mrs. Schwandt a f ter t he service.

Rev. L . Baier , who has spent seven years as pastOT of t he Stutterheim, C. P., church a nd a lso acted as secret ary of the German Bapt ist Bund of South Africa, has r esigned and decided to r e­t urn to t he United States, ma inly on account of Mrs. Baier's health, fo r whom t he doctor advised a change of climate. Bro. and Sister Baier expect to arr ive in America abe>ut the fi rst week of August. It is Bro. Baier 's intent ion to lecture upon So. Africa during his free time be­fore accepting a pastorate, especially be­fore young people's societies in Chicago and vicinity. Invitations may be a d­dressed t o him c/ o his brother , Mr. Fred Baier, 4137 Crystal St., Chicago. The collections of these meetings, Bro. Baier stipulates, a re to go towar ds Missions thr ough t he usual channels .

W. F . H ilker of Racine, Wis., passed away after an illness o:! t hree months on June 30 in his sixtieth year. He exemplified in his life one of t he finest types of the active Christian layman. A business man of large interests, he considered himself a steward of t he Lor d

J esus Christ. He was a large giver t o missions at home a nd abroad and to other causes. H e was a member of our denominational finance committee. A f ervent evangelistic passion possessed his soul and made him an earnest per­sonal worker . P a ul Rader, a n int imate friend, preached the f uner a l sermon. Rev. H. F. Hoops, Rev. Wm. K uhn, D. D., Prof. J . Heinrichs a nd his pastor , Rev. H. F. Schade, took part in the services. He will be missed sorely in Gra ce church, in his home city, in his denomination. We extend our heartfel t sympathy to Mrs. Hilker and all of t he ber eaved family.

Attention! Central Conference We ar e happy to ex tend our h eart iest

invitation to members a nd friends of our Central Conference which will meet \V:ith our church August 22-25, to be our guests. Those of you who a re contem­plating to come, kindly not if y our pastor, Rev. J. H. Ansberg, 170 E. Bourbonnais St., Kankakee, Il l.

In behalf of t he Church, F . C. STEWIG, Cler k.

Attention! Northweste rn Confer­ence

The Northwestern Confer ence meets with the Grace Baptist Church in Ra­cine, Wis., from t he 22nd to t he 26th of August. The church \vishes her ewit h t o extend a cordial invita.tion t o all dele­gates a nd visitors to attend t he confer ­ence. Kindly notify the pa stor, Rev. ~· F . Schade, 717 H amilton St., also, if coming by tr a in, t ime of a rriv.al, so we may meet you a t t he station.

w ALLACE HILKER, Clerk.

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August 1, 1928 3

The Baptist Herald ARE YOU GOING?

An Appeal to Our Young People t\ RE you giving the General Confer ence, Chi­

.l~. cago, Aug. 27-Sept. 2, a place in your Summer vacation plans ?

Are you put ting attendance a t our Young Peo­ple's and Sunday School1 W orkers' Union meetings in Chicago, Aug. 31, into yo ur Summer schedule ?

Are you planning t o be at our Young P eople's banquet on Friday evening, Aug. 31, fo llowing the af ternoon session of our Union ? It will be a won­d erful time for fraternity, fellowship and fu n. The more we get together , the happier we will be. At Pittsburgh, 1925, our Young P eople's banquet was one of the big events of the General Confer ence. Every seat at the tab les was taken. Our r oom was limited. Th ose who missed it, had much r egret afterwards. We expect to have more r oom at Chi­cago for our gathering. W hen you arr ive, get your t icket early.

Ar e you interested in Young P eople's gatherings a ll over the countr y? Would you like to get a look at them in t heir assemblies, conventions and etc. ? You can see some of them on the scr een in Chicago in motion pictures taken by our Gener al Secretaries. Perhaps yo u yourself were one of those " fi lmed." You will want to see yourself in the group and the others. Don' t miss this new and interesting feature a t Ch icago.

Ar e you going to be one of th e t housands in the great climax meeting of our Young P eople's ses·aion on Friday night? Rev. A. A . Schade of P ittsburgh w'll be t he spea ker and he wm have a n enlivening a nd exhilarat ing message for our young people. Let us make the r afters r ing wit h our song ; let us ma ke this a rousing meeting, one t hat will ar ouse to action for t he days to come.

Are you going to have a per sonal share in the de­liber ations, in t he impor tant business of t he Union, in the election of t he officer s for the triennium, in giving a hearing to r epor ts of work accomplished and of work to be planned? Can yo u make a help­fu l contribution to the discussion ? If so, you want to be with us in Chicago, Aug. 31. Bring some in­spiration. Get some more of it in t he meetings and tra nsmit it later to yo ur h ome society and Bible school.

Are you really inter ested in t he gener al denomi­national work of our German Baptist ch ur ches in Nor th America? It is a noble, a far-reaching, a Christ-like work. Young people have had a notable and creditable part in it . They are not only the hope of th e future; thank God, many are active helpers now. Yo ung people can and should have an

even gr eater part in our wor k. We would like to see h undreds of them present in Chicago, Aug. 27-Sept. 2. We count on you. P lan to come. Reser ve the dates. If you have nqt a lready made arrange­ments, make them now .

The Visions of Youth REV. J. CLYDE TURNER, D. D.

YOUTH is the vision time of life. It is t h ese visions that kindle his ambition and send him

for th with a purpose in his soul. T wo important consider ations-

1. The Character of Youth's V isions

Destiny is wrapped up in these visions. It is all­important t hat they be of the r ight kind. And this is largely deter mined by the age and conditions in which one lives. A nation given over to materialism need not be surprised if t he visions of its youth are visions of g old . A nation t hat makes a god of pleas­ure need not be surprised if visions of its youth are palaces of pleasure. Pleasures like material things must occupy a subordinate p lace in life's plans. A nation tha t thinks war , and talks war, and prepares for war, need not be surprised if t he visions of its youth ar e visions of battlefields. But in a nat ion whose men and women live in the fear of God, the visions of youth will be visions of things eternal.

In th e long ago there was a yo ung man that had a heaven ly vision. This was not a vision of heaven, but a vision from heaven. In this vision he saw two things.

F irst- He saw the risen living Lord. No young man or woman is prepar ed to face life until he has caught a vision of the living Christ and yielded his life to him. Too often we think of Jes us as a dead Christ instead of a living Lord. It is t his vision of the living Christ that sustains in all the experiences of life.

Second- He 'saw a glorious task. It was a hard task, b ut a glor ious one. It is a great day in a young person's life when h e r ea lizes that t he living Lord is inter ested in his life plans. The call of the King­dom to th e youth of today is a call for young men and women who are not lured by the glitter of gold, who find their highest delights in the service of Christ, who realize that war is a del usion, who will carry the spirit of brotherhood into the business and industrial world, who will be true to Christ and his Word, who will give to the world a new realiza­tion of stewardship.

2. The Consummation of Youth 's V isions

What will youth do with his visions? Better not have them than to have them and refuse to obey.

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It costs something to make visions come true. I mention three things it costs.

First, the patience to persevere. Big character is not built in a little while. Many fail here. The fires of enthusiasm die down, and we give up and quit.

Second, the courage to endure. The real test of loyalty is found in one's willingness to endure hard­ness.

Third, the consecration of the best. Nothing short of one's best is worthy of the Master's service.

(Outline of address at Young People's meeting, Baptist World Alliance, Toronto.)

Echoes from the Baptist World Alliance

«]! The young people ought to be an integral part of the Baptist World Alliance. We must mobilize the forces of the youth of the world, organize them. vitalize them and utilize them to p1·omote the king­dom. (Mark F. Sanborn.)

CJ! The college students of today, said Frank H. Leavell, speaking on the Needs of Students, are fascinating with their fads and fancies and exas­perating with their fallacies and fickleness. The colleges should provide culture in the intellectual, social and physical realms and should prove an in­spiration to the students in the realm of the spir­itual. A student must not become unbalanced or eccentric or he ceases to be constructive.

«]! Men are not moved to the depth by the formal , the mechanical, the artificial, said Dr. J. H. Rush­brooke in his address on "The Baptist Alliance in Retrospect and Prospect,'' but when they see be­lievers of over sixty nations enjoying unconstrained fellowship one with another, exulting in a common life, a common outlook, and a common loyalty­then they recognize a deep, essential Christian unity. Such is our oneness. "One family, we dwell in Him." evangelical and free.

CJ! "Take Continental Europe; we find Baptist churches in 23 lands out of 26; in nearly one-half of these lands our membership has increased by 50 per cent or more during the past seven years. In one-half of the remainder, there are consider­abfe gains,-30 to 40 per cent as a rule." (Rush­brooke.

«JI "If the war did nothing else for us it at least revealed what war is. It showed what war is made of and what it makes of us. It brought home to us the sinfulness of war. It revealed war as the most colossal of the evils which afflict mankind, a-a the very antithesis of the spirit of Jesus and an ana­chronism of our civilization. The conviction has grown that war has done its work, that it is now ant iquated and outdated, and the time has come to banish it forever and to fiing it back into the jungle where it belongs." (Dr. Henry A. Porter.)

t) ''Like our fath ers let us follow after truth, new or old, whithersoever it may lead us. I have no fear of Baptist dissenters of the twentieth century, if

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like Bunyan and their fathers they cling to the only great fundamental there is-the lordship of Christ." (Dr. Clifton D. Gray.)

CJ! Probably Africa is destined to be a greater melting pot than the American continent. If Amer­ica has an obligation to help any part of the world, its obligation to Africa is paramount. (Dr. P. H. J. Lerrigo.)

f]J "We as Baptists have the great advantage of being untrammeled by ecclesiastical tradition, and so we are able to adapt our.selves to any new situa­tion that may arise. We must be ready to grant full freedom to our brethren in the churches in China, while at the same time we must retain for ourselves the freedom of being an evangelizing and a missionary force in that land." (Rev. B. Grey Griffith.)

g "God has given us this modern girl whom you sometimes look askance at and yet to whom you must look for the salvation of the world. I believe she has come into the kingdom for such a day of need as this. She is fully developed intellectually and what would we do in the Church without her? These modern girls are trained to think for them­selves. Sometimes we say they think too much for themse!ves, but they are the only girls we send to the Orient to day for they are thinking for them­s:lve~ in the 01-~ent a lso. You say the modern girl 1s unconventional. Yes, just a bit. I ·aome­till1:e~ won~er, when I think of the tight waist, long­tra~lmg_ sk~rts and :Q.igh collars of a generation ago, which .i·s right. Perhaps there are among the mo­dern girls .so.me who ~ear their skirts just a bit too sh~rt, but it 1s these girls who are going out into the Orient to lead the Turkish woman out of her harem and the Mohammedan woman out of her filth and unhappy married condition. It is these modern girls who are leading the women of the world into emancipation." (Mrs. Nathan Wood in an addre·as on "The New W?man in a New World.")

«JI War to end war is a delusion of the devil. There must be ~ holy crusade against talk of war and all preparation for war. (Dr. J. Clyde Turner.)

«.ll "Baptists should be a race of lovers not a race of fighters. Our work is constructive, not destructive. We _need. the. mood of the great builders. We need t~e 1magmabon of the architect. We need the pa·a.­s10n of the great poet because Divine fire alone can ~use human spirits into the unity and glory of the im~ge of God. We need the patience of the great pamte7 and sculptor, because the human material ?n V:h1c.h we labor yields but slowly. We need the mspir~tion .of the great composer because we live essentially m a world of spiritual harmonies. We ~eed the sense of proportion of the landscape gar­l en;r and . his skill in combining the features of a ~ s~ape mt? harmonious unitv vr e :need th~ ppn-

5 ctive genius of th ~ . tl 1\ and culture, skill to e great statesm~n, educa 0 e springs of hu t~uch human motives, and t~ Presidential A~adn action." (Dr. E. Y. Mullins in

ress.)

August 1, 1928

European Meeting REV. GILBERT LAWS

W ELCOME to the representatives of Baptist work on the continent, both those who repre­

sent the boards and those who are nationals. 1. We rejoice in yo ur faithful preaching of the

gospel. To all Baptists this is the primary thing, ordinances and order coming decidedly second to the making of Christians. Though Rome and State established churches are on the ground, we are not thereby absolved from preaching the gospel, for we deem that the gospel is not by the clergy of those churches preached with a fulness, clearness, simplicity, urgency and directness of appeal which would warrant us in withholding our testimony when Providence opens doors for us.

2. We appreciate your stand for the spirituality of the church. Believer's baptism proclaims and protects the spirituality of the church in an uncom­prom1smg manner. Compulsory baptism and for­mal membership in a state established church ia subversive of the nature of the church as founded by Christ and illustrated in the apostolic writings.

3. We admire your patient endurance under per­secution in lands where religious liberty is not un­derstood. English Baptists have been through the fight for liberty of conscience, and thereby served not themselves alone but all mankind. By patient endurance of bad laws, by exemplary conduct, and by repeated protests the battle was won in Eng­land. So must it be in every land in time. Dr. Rush­brooke, our Commissioner, has done much to show doubtful governments that Baptists are spiritually minded people, loyal and true, with no sinister po­litical de.signs.

4. The fact that you are working for the Chris­tianizing of the dominant white race enhances the significance of your work. America, which has re­ceived so many millions of Europe's overflow, ap­preciates the value of evangelistic work in Europe, as perhaps England does not. You cannot win Asia and Africa for Christ unle·as you keep Europe for Christ. One of the hindrances to the gospel in heathendom is the wickedness of nominal Chris­tendom.

5. Finally we congratulate the European cause on having united the Baptist world as no other cause has done. Only in the cause of Europe do the Bap­tists of the world as yet act as one. Happy sign of fraternity. Omen of the future.

(Address at Baptist World Alliance.)

Our Negro Baptists REV. C. H. PARRISH, D. D.

0 F the ten million blacks in America the vast majority are Baptists, full fledged and uncom­

promising. They stress One Lord, One Faith, and One Baptism. Our Baptist churches in America are different institutions from those of our white breth­ren. Our churches are still the chief centers of our activities, moral, social, intellectual as well as re­ligious. To the church Black Baptists bring their

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problems which puzzle and vex, whether economic, spiritual or social, and there they receive instruc­tion and aid in the adjustment of their difficulties. Ever since the days of slavery when the Negro sur­reptitiously held converse at his religious gather­ings until now, the church has been t he center of social activity. These thinga have made Negro Bap­tist churches peculiar institutions, where they ha­bitually try all activities and estimate their worth by their relations with the Word of God.

Indeed, we are optimistic in all our religious, so­cial, and industrial concerns. We believe that the Gospel is the solvent of all our problems. That God has hidden in his Word the solution of all these things that vex and disturb us. Therefore, we search the Scriptures. We believe that the Gospel honestly preached and honestly practiced will rele­gate to the dead past all our vexatious problem-a.

My brethren at home want me to say, they want me to put it in the record, to file an affidavit, frankly declaring that we believe in God and the triumph of his righteousness. That justice is for' all or for none. That we believe that justice and truth shall yet prevail in the dealings of men toward each other. That Christians more and more shall bear each other's burdens and so fulfill the Law of Christ. That truth crushed to earth shall rise again, that the eternal years of God are here. The time wi11 soon come that black men will be able to say with­out consciousness of limitation, God is my Father and all men are my brethren. We believe that the Golden Age is yet to come, and that some of us shall witness,

"The long prayed for season, by gifted minds foretold, When man shall live by reason and not alone by gold, When man to man united and every wrong thing righted, then Whole earth shall be lighted as Eden was of old."

Summed up in a word, what the black people do want is that with them, just as with the white peo­ple, every man shall be rated in estimation of his neighbors on his individual merits, character, effi­ciency, and mental caliber-with no discount taken off for color of his skin. "Judge every man by what he is" is a rule that by rights applies to everybody human. The Negro wants it applied to him.

The custom of judging the entire race by one unworthy colored man is positively un-Baptistic, for Baptists, more than any other denomination, em­phasize the rights of the individual. He knows the average of his race is low, but when an individual climbs above the average, he ought to be credited for it with an honest measure of respect, disparage­ment just for being black, that is the iron that seara the soul of the aspiring Negro. And it is a cruel iron which no man applies to the Negro without burning also the white Christ.

* * * q "We cannot compel men by authority or at­

tract them by external pomp and grandeur. W e have but one way of making men, and that is the fadeless splendor of righteousness, and the undying power of religion." (Dr. Mullins.)

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Anchor Class, Dayton, Ohio

Anchor Class, Dayton, 0. The Anchor Class of Dayton, Ohio, was

organized in 1911. At the present time it has 57 members. As a class we are very fortunate to have Prof. H erman von Berge as teacher. He has made the les­son very vital and inter esting . It is a joy to attend the Sunday school when the lesson as well as t he preliminaries are fascinating .

The class meets monthly in the var­ious homes of its members. The commit­tee in charge is a lways sure to secure an interesting speaker. In July, August and September the class ananged for out­ings that are always very pleasant. If t here is any way in which t he class can help t he church t he members are ever eager to take hold.

In March we celebrated our 17th anni­versary to which the whole church was invited. The program consisted of An­chor Class talent only, with the excep­tion of two members of the orchestra and t he pianist. God has granted us 17 year s of ser vice to the church and we h ave availed ourselves of every opportunity that presented itself.

PAUL ZOSCHKE.

Young People's Society, Ran­dolph, Minn.

How swiftly a year of blessings passes by! W e, as a Christian Young P eople's society, can look back upon a year of abundant blessings which God has so kindly bestowed upon us a ll, as a society and individually.

We have been able to have our twelve regular mont hly meetings and feel that we have been abundantly blessed as a res ult .

Our society can t his year boast of gaining 10 M W m ember s , who have in­deed been helpful and sincere in their member ship.

Our meetings have been beneficial and interesting including many varied phases of work, from home t alent to speakers from foreign fields .

Our society has again contributed to the upkeep of a native born missionary and a lso for local purposes.

Officer s for the past year were: Mrs. Arthur Miller, president; Mr. Edwin Miller, vice-president; Paul Miller, t reas­urer , and Floretta Legler, secretary.

May the Lord's blessing rest upon us as a society, that we may at a]J time work in perfect harmony for the king­dom of our Lord! is the sincere wish of us all. FLORETTA E . LEGLER, Sec.

First Annual Brush Lake Baptist Young People's Summer

A ssembly J une 26 to J uly 1, 1928

Brush Lake, that's our P a radise in North Dakota. "0, how wonderful !" "O, how beautiful!" "O, how great !" "I was born in North Dakota, but I did not know we had such a nice place in our :vicinity." Those were the expressions of ~he friends, who visited this place with its trees and recreational surroundings for the first time.

It was our first Assembly, so we wer e somewhat h'.lndicapped: First there wer e two convent10ns precedrng in this vicinity Second, we had no outside help. Third· _we had to fig.h~ against misunderstand~ m? and on~os1tion for this kind of gath­ermg, but 1t. went great. Our Booster A. V. Zuber 1s t he right kind of a leader for our young people. Old folks visited us, a.nd the~ went home with an excel-lent 1mpress1on of our management d the conducting of t he classes. an

La~t but not least, our good Lord was merciful and gave us the weather of this season. warmest

Rev. Dippel. of Fessenden taught every Day on Baptlst P1;nciples ; Rev. H, G Braun of McClusky, on "Sunday S I ' Methods ;" Rev. Schweitzer of C ~~ool on "The Spiritual Life of th ya ay, Ch · t' " R e oung n s ian; ev. F. Alf of Goodr' h "Bible Knowledge." ic , on

Devotional meetings were held b R Y ev.

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.f. R. Matz of Rosenfeld, Rev. C. Gieser of Goodr ich a nd St udent Her r of Wishek.

Rev. G. Eichler and Rev. J. Herma n visited us one evening, and Revl E. Broeckel took some active part in some of the meetings.

In the evening we had two short ser ­mon~, English and German, and som e musical numbers by the various societies .

Sunday was our gala day. After a rain in the morning we had nice sun­shine at noon. Our big halJ was taxed to capacity, a nd many were outside. A sermon and musical numbers were the featur es of th is day.

It was surely hard to say " Good-bye" to this paradise of North Dakota. I am sure, next year our Assembly will be much larger. This was an ice-br eaking Assembly. Now we know we want to glorify our Lord in our yo~th>. No won­der the young folks voted to h ave one again next year. - F. ALF, Sec.

New Books (Order all books through German Baptist

Publication Society, Cleveland, 0.)

T he Pathfinder in Church Wor!c 111i.th Young People. Edwin Phelps. Publish­er s, The Judson Press, Philadelphia. 220 pages. $1.25. Introduction by W. Ed­ward Rafferty, D. D.

Nothing t hat Edwin Phelps, the Gen­eral Secretary of the B. Y. P. U. of Amer ica, writes is ever dulJ. The son of a successful inventor his own mind r uns a long or iginal lines' and finds its own way of approach. H is style is n ever hackneyed, stiff or staid but while in­~ormal, it is a lso attractive and a rrest­ing. Th~ author believes that youth ex­presses itsel~ most readily and mo~t profitably to itself and to society when i t ~an do that which is prompted by an 1~ner . urge. To the degree t hat expres­s ion is so motivated, super ior train ing takes place. Young people have often dese-rted the church because insufficient opportunity has been given by t he church ~or an expression of youth's under stan d­~~g of life .. The educational program of . e church 1s u rged to give more atten­

t ion to adequate expressiona l activities ~n th~ part of the young p eople. The

ook is full of practical suggestion and me~hods , based on observation and ex­Perien.ce as to how our young people maY "".

0 rshi? intelligently, work wisely and gf ive with understanding. A helpful book or leader · s In our young peoples work.

God i n E v e111thing Frank M Good­chi.ld , D. D.-The Jud~on Press, Philadel­phia. 271 pages. $1.50.

h' I t1

was Dr. Goodchild's habit during IS ong ministry to preach a n occasional

nature-sermon, which were a lways g rea tly ap · . prec1ated by his peqJ:ile. In response to • t . • t . , twPlvo f th 1 eques s f or pull1ication auth ? Cl!e sermons are given. The ing ~~ds one ~th t he P salmist in believ­th has given us two Bibles-<me of b emk the book of n ature, the other the

00 of grace H · h r ead ' • ere are twelve r1c lightgfs from t he book of nature in the

0 grace.

Augu-st 1, 1928

.Somebody Somebody made a monthly pledge, T esting his purse to utmost edge; Somebody paid it through the year, Br ightened the world wi th Christian

cheer. Was t hat somebody you ?

Somebody handed cheerfully in Money to hElp God's cause to win; Somebody kept his promise to pay, Writing his check on schedule day.

Was that somebody you ?

Somebody let the year slip by. Heedless of payments piling high. Somebody said : "No more .delay; Quickly I settle that debt today."

Was thirt somebody you?

Somebody's pledge was only a scrap, Paper t hat had no value mayhap, Somebody's soul grew shriveled and

small; Failing, he grieved the Lord of all.

Was t hat somebody you? -Chur ch Management.

A Barrel Party, St. Paul, First A highly successful "barrel p arty"

too kplace at First Church, St. Paul, on Tuesday evening , June 26. Some months ago smalJ wooden "mite barrels" were distributed among the young people for the purpose of adding to the fund which has been slowly growing to provide a mimeograph machine for the church. On t he night of the party these barrels were the "tickets," and no one could enter the social hall without dropping a little bar­rel into the big barrel at the door.

One of the featu res of the party was a demonstration of t he machine we had in mind, a port able mimeograph, up-to-date in every r espect and ideal for our pur­pose. This demonstr ation was ver y prac­tical as the salesman kindly r an off a number of copies of our Summer Assem­bly song sheet to be used at Mound this year.

After the demonstration the par ty came into f ull swing wi th games and music and refreshments. A factor which contributed largely t o the good t ime was the piano which the "Sunshine class" r ecently bought for the social ball.

T he r eal celebration came after t he party was all over , when the commit t ee sat down to count the pennies, nickels, dimes and dollars which the little barrels pr oduced, and discovered we had enough to bring our fund up to t he r equired amount .

No t ime was lost in securing the ma­chine, and we are now the proud posses­sors of a fine mimeograph machine which promises to make our wor k in the fu­ture easier and mor e effective.

F . L . KRUSE, Reporter .

Breaking It Easy Painter: "Ever hear of a dry paint?" The Sitting One: "Yes." Painter: "Well, the paint that you're

sitting on won't be t hat fo r the n ext twenty-four hours ."

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Rev. R. M. Klingbeil; Colfax, Wash., and Baptismal Group of Young People. T he Baptism took place in the P alouse River, shown in the background

Ba ptism at Colfax, W ash. The above picture po1t rays a group of

pl'omising young people, which Rev. R. M. Klingbei l, pastor of our church at Colfax, Wash., had the privilege of bap­t izing on Sunday, June 10. AIJ the can­dida tes a re regular attenda nts of the Sunda y school and also belong to t he Young P eople's or Junior organizations. Another noteworthy and interesting fact is t hat t he " Baptist H erald" is read in a ll t he fami lies r epresented. The bap­ti sm took place in the P alouse r iver, which is seen in t he background of the picture.

May alJ t hese young people g row m ight ­ily in the Christian life and become effi­cient workers for Christ and his church !

B. Y. P. U. Ebenezer East, Sask. The young people of E benezer, East,

arc a live g roup, yet we have ha d no re­por t a ppear in t he " Baptist H erald" for qui te a while. We are getting on quite well a nd endeavoring to carry on t he Lord's work here as young Christians by dedicating our ta lents, our t ime and our money. We have had many blessed meet­ings during the past six m onths under the leader ship of our pres ident, John Reima n.

We meet every second Sunday. W e al­ways have well -attended meetings. Dur­ing t he past s ix mon ths we received $64. Of thf.s sum we gave $15.25 for the Bet hany Girls Home in Winnipeg ; $21.75 for o~r . Saskatchewan Young People's Association and $27 for va rious other purposes . We hope our financia l s t and­ing will improve in the coming year.

Our anniversary prog r a m was held May 13. The offering for this evening was devoted to the work of t he British American Bible Society and amounted to $27.40. Rev. 0 . Ratschkowsky g ave an address on the work of the society.

Our officers for t h e new year are : J ohn Reim an , pres.; Sam Kat zberg, vice­pres.; Rudolph Milbr a ndt, sec'y; Miss 'Ida Gurel , t r ea s . May the Lord be wit h our officer s and members and cr 0 ,vn our work wi th his blessing!

R UDOLPH MILBRANDT.

Second Church, Philadelphia, Installs New Pastor

It was J a nuary 31 when our beloved pastor, Rev. S. A. Kose, bad to r esign on account of illness, and for four months we were without a pastor, but thanks to Bro. R. Widmaier, who i n God's name brought us t he gospel on Sundays, sev­eral of t he brethren helped to lead the prayer •meetings , and our choir s were always in t heir places, so in thi s way the activities a nd services of the church were cont inued.

On Sunday, June 10, we ha d the pleas­ure of ha ving our new pastor , Rev. J . G. Draewell from Marion, Kans., -..vitb us, a nd J une 12 the church arr anged f or a WEicome and installation to which the F irs t German Baptist Church and the Alpha Church were invited.

Bro. R. Widmaier acted as chairman. Rev. L. Schoen led in prayer , then Bro. R. Widmaier welcomed the new pastor and his wife in behalf of the chur ch and also r ead a letter of welcome from Rev. S. A. Kose, our form er pastor . Then folJowed short and hear ty welcome ad­dresses from Rev. H. K. W illiams, D. D. , of t he Alpha Church, who also welcomed t he new pastor in t he name of the Min­ister 's Association of Philadelphia ; then Bro. C. Gaertner of the trustees, Miss A. T rieloff of the Ladies Aid Society, Bro. Reuben Leypoldt of the B. Y. P . U ., Mr s. Ide! Yahn of the W. W. Guild. Rev. M. Leuschner from the F irst Ger­man Baptist Church a lso welcomed our new pastor and wif e t o the city of Phila­delphia and the great work that is to be done in the name of t he Lord.

Before closing Bro. Voeglin p r esented Bro. W idmaier with a waitch and chain a s a token for his help in supplying the p ulp it in t he t ime we were without ·a pastor after which R ev. Leuschner fol­lowed in closing pr ayer. All were in­vited to repair to the basement for r e­freshment and also to become better ac­quainted with the new pastor and h is '~ife .

May the Lord continue to bless us and we be a blessing to others!

ALFRED GRoss, Sec.

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Cherry Square By GRACE S. RICHMOND

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(Continuation)

(FROM JOSEPHIN E JENNEY'S NOTE-BOOK)

W hat a crisis! Can think of nothing except wild words overheard. How can he be so selfish? Y et---how human to feel like that! Like high-mettled racehorse, strained to limit, all blood and foam at mouth, being passed by cooler, stronger rival with endurance in every line.

If G. M. knew! Should he know? He ought to have i t---he's the better

man. Unquestionably the better mam.. And he's won it, by all his years of work in places S. C. would never have looked at, would have passed by with his silken robes raised. Oh, I 'm unjust, perhOl]Js­I don't know.

I only know I want this man to have it, if it's coming to him. Of course it is. Men like Mr. Sage Pierpont get what they want, and after hearing what he said after that sermon, it's easy enough to see whom he has his eye upon.

Yet---poor Schuyler Chase, half blind -perhaps half dying--

Shall I tell tales? Or shall I not? Please tell me, God of men lilce the Mackays! God of the Chases, too. Amir-God of Julian-and me?

xx Gordon Mackay, deep in thought, strid­

ing along a road which led out from Cherry Square into the open country, rounded a turn thTough a shaded stretch and came upon Jo Jenney. Just over a fence in a pasture, a pail on h er arm, she was picking blueberries. Her hair gleamed in the sun, her face was deeply flushed, she looked the picture of an ex­haordinary pretty country girl.

"Well!" Mackay came to a standstill, then leaped a ditch, r eached the fence and stood leaning folded arms upO'll it. Then he chanted gravely:

"I am the keeper o' the law In some sma' points, although no a'. So1ne people tell me, gin I fa)

Ae W<IIJJ or ither, The breaking. of ae point, tho' smal',

Breaks a) thegither."

She looked up, laughing. "I've broken t hem a ll, then, Mr. Robert Burns. I've no idea whose pasture this is."

"Don't you want some help?" "I'll be delighted. Mrs. Chase ex­

pressed a wish for some blueberries, and I thought I knew where t hey grew. But I've found so few I can hardly fill this small pail."

He vaulted the fence and reached her s ide. He looked into the pail and shook his head. "Hardly fill it! It isn't a quarter full. And I don't see a blueberry on t hese bushes. It's too late for them, anyhow. Must Mrs. Chase have the un­attainable?"

"She must, because it's for her bus-

band. He's so ill, and whatever he fan­cies she tries to get."

"Ill? Is he worse ? I've been so busy this last week with one call and another, I haven't seen him for several days."

"Yes, he seems much wOTse. He seems very unhappy-very deeply depressed­much more so t han before. I'm afraid something's happened to make him so for it came on quite suddenly." '

Mackay looked sober. He made no fur­ther motion to discover berries which didn't exist, but stood regarding Jo as if he were considering something. Then he spoke abruptly.

"Miss Jenney, how deep are you in the counsels of the family? Can you help me understand Doctor Chase, so I may help him?" ~ Jo stopped examining barren bushes. She stood before him, staring across t he pasture toward distant hills.

"I wish I could," spe said. "My mind is full of plans to be of use to both of t hem, but it's difficult to discover ways. I'm sure Mrs. Chase is very anxious about her husband, and I ha.ve an idea that you--" She broke off, and Mac­kay waited for her to speak. Then, as he watched her beautiful brows knit, as if with perplexity, he said:

"Don't hesitate to tell me what that idea is . Evidently you do hesitate. Be sure I'm ver y eager to do whatever I can do, as you are. If you know anything I ought to know, please tell me."

" I do-and yet I'm not sure I should be the one to tell you." ' "That makes it certain that you should.

Who else will?" "Nobody." "Then go ahead. I think of you as a

most direct person, but you're being in­direct now. Out with it, please."

"Suppose what I told you influenced you to a course you oughtn't to take?"

He smiled. "You'll have to let me be the judge of t hat. I promise you I won't take any course I oughtn't to take. I'm the possessor of a good reliable Scottish conscience."

Jo made up her mind. That mind once made up, she was, as Mackay had said a direct person. '

"A few days ago,'' she began "I came downstairs at an unfortunate' moment and overheard something I wasn't meant t o overhear. I should never tell it to you or to anybody if it didn't seem necessary I can't help thinking, since Doctor Chase'· condition seems so serious, that you ough~ to know '."'hat I heard him say about you. B~cause JU~t af~er he had said it, Doctor Fiske earned him upstairs and put h. in bed, and he's been there most of t~m time since." e

Mackay looked both astonished and con­cerned. "What was it?"

It was this: "/ can stand having a body take my place except Gordon M :~~

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kay. If he does it I' ll go mad. I warn you-I'll go mad!"

Mackay stared at he r in· amazement. "Take his place," he repeated. "What place?"

"Why,'' said Jo Jenney straightfor­wardly, "I suppose of course he meant his place in the church. His pulpit. You had just preached in it."

And now Mackay laughed, with evi­dent, relief. "His pulpit! Why, by all th~t s absurd, you're crazy yourself, Miss J enney. Because I supplied his pulpit one Sunday in an emergency­and a summe11 Sunday, it was when city churches take what they ca~ get-­why, that's no reason why it should en­ter anybody's head that I should ever do it again."

But Jo continued to look searchingly at him. " I couldn't help " she said " . I ' I since _was with Mrs. Chase and you, overhe~rmg Mr. Pierpont ask you if you wouldn t take the other two Sundays in August.J' .

"If you heard that," countered Mac­k_ay, "you also heard me say that I was tied up to the Cherry Hills church and wouldn't leave again." '

"Yes, I did," admitted Jo. "But r ~aw Mr . Pierpont's face when you said it. ~nd I heard him say-'All right­~?it I m coming up to see you.' And I otew tha_t meant he was very much in­te~este_d m you. He could hardly help being interested," she added. "One could have he~rd a pin drop in that church ever y minute you were preaching. People even for~ot to fan themselves though it was t erribly hot.'' '

h But ~ackay made no sign of having

card this testim to h. . H" . ony 1s effectiveness. S 1~ one idea seemed to be to get at what . c uyler Chase could have meant by say­ing, t hat \~hich ~ o had overheard. "I can t conceive," he mused, "how the poor ~~llow could have got such a notion into

JS head. 'J'.hat church is devoted to him prou~ of him-it will wait for him in~ d1.ekfinhit_ely, as it should. There's nobody 1 e 1m.''

.. ~'~h~r~ ?asn't been," Jo said simply. . u es ill-very ill . And his eyes-I

t~i~k he sees less clearly every day. It's ~tiful to see him try to disguise it but

rs. Chase realizes it, and so do I .': Mackay was silent. His face had grown

~~ry grave. He shoved his hands into ~s pockets and began to pace slowly

Ja ou~ a.mong the blueberry bushes while o, s1tt1ng on t '

low him b a s . ump, let her eyes fol-h ecause it was so evident that

e was thinki f . !er Ch , ng 0 ;11othmg except Scbuy-man w~se s extremity. He looked like a h. . b 0 has heard bad news of one of

is est fri d . in to . en s, and as if he were try-

bg .discover something he could do

a out it ff Scottish ·f is ruggedly fine-featured

ace had never seemed to Jo more attra r before h c ive. When he finally paused Par d f er, . she was more or less pre­ical~ t~r his question, it seemed so log-"~h e result of his cogitations.

get th.at c.ai:i I do for him? How can I out /~.ridiculously but upsetting idea

0 ls head as soon as possible? I

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can't go and say : 'See here, t his is non­sense, because I 'm not supposed to know he ever said such a thing. But I must do it, somehow. He's in no shape to fight fancies, no matter how preposterous they may be.''

"Why not go and see him, as you do so often, and see how things develop?" Jo proposed. "You haven't been in since that Sunday you preached. Not going in of itself may have made him think-"

"You're right." Mackay's face light­ened. "I've been kEpt away by all sorts of things-people dying, committeee meetings, and so on. But he can't know that. And he does know how simple men aspire to stupendous things, and imagines I've got this absaird bee in my bonnet. I 'll go today. I'll go now. Come - you can't get any more blueberries out of this arid pasture. Let's go along, and I'll make the call instantly.''

His will to be about t he business bore her along. He helped h er over the fence and set out at a great pace down the road, as if he had but one purpose in the world-to get to a man in a ditch and pull him out of it. He even forgot to offer to carry Jo's lightly burdened pail -which was evidence enough of his ab­straction of mind, for he was peculiarly scrupulous in such small matters. Sally Chase bad averred that be must have been brought up in bis youth in a most mannerly Scottish household-which hap­pened to be true.

At the gate of Cherry House he no­ticed the omission, said: "Sorry I was so careless. Was it too beavy?"-witb a smile ; but then made straight across the lawn to Schuyler's chair, which stood in its usua l place under t he beech.

When he went away, only ten minutes later, it was because he bad been received so coldly, and been shown so clearly that his call was unwelcome, that he was more puzzled than before. Sally bad not been present, and Chase had been ex­cused in a way by his own evident weak­ness and unfitness for conversation. But he bad not before failed, no matter how unwell he had been, t-0 be courteous and appreciative. More than t~at, he had shown an increasingly cordial pleasure in Mackay's visits. He h~d even sent for him now and then, as if there were no one ~t hand more acceptable or con­genial. Therefore, this frigid manner of today, this unsmiling face, showed to his new friend plainly enough that some­thing serious indeed had come between the two men. Mackay walked homeward with a sense of deep unhappiness over a situation which be felt to be mostly con­jured out of the air or t he imagination, so unreal it seemed as far as any actual cause for it could be discovered.

At bis O\l\lll door, however, he found some light upon it. Before that door stood the shining motor wit h its liveried chauffeur which he had seen before and recognized, and as he came up a high­colored face appeared at the ca.r \vin­dow. A broad smile broke over that face as Sage Pierpont promptly got out of the car, his hand extended.

" I am relieved to find you, Mr. Mac­kay," the elder man announced. " May I come in again? I waited for you half an hour in your comfortable study, where I found my way myself. No doors locked in Cherry Square, eh?"

"People from the outside world seldom want anything to be found in Cherry Square, Mr. Pierpont," replied Mackay. "We don't need to keep our doors locked."

"Don't they? Then I'm an exception to that rule. I want something to be found in Cherry Square, and want it very much."

H e proceeded to elaborate this state­ment, which evidently struck him as a happy way of putting it. He sat over­flowing the small Manse's biggest shabby chair, smoking one of his h eavy cigars, and talking blandly and c<>nfidently. He spoke of the two church services at which he bad heard Mackay preach, and expressed his regret that Mackay hadn't seen his way clear to take the city church pulpit those two remaining Sundays in August. He said that be had found but a poor stick \vith which to fill them. If Mr. Mackay could even yet arrange to come, the poor stick could be thrown out at a moment's notice. When at this sug­gestion Mackay had shaken his head in a most decided negative, Pierpont had leaned back, smiling with satisfaction, and had told him that he admired him in that quality of saying a thing a nd stick­ing to it, even when it was against his own interest. Pierpont supposed, he said, that that was "the Scotch of it."

Mackay was silent. He was beginning to h ave more than an inkling of where these preliminaries were leading. After all, the idea in poor Schuyler Chase's head hadn't been so preposterous after all. If ever a man with a purpose and a \viii to carry it out sat before another, that man was sitting now before Gordon Mackay.

And now Pierpont was saying in the kindliest tone in the world that be was deeply affected by the knowledge that Doctor Chase was s.o seriously ill. Mac­kay hardly listened whi le Pierpont said a ll the obviously appropriate things he was due to say in the circumstances. And then, when they bad been properly said, the real business of the call was brought to the fore.

"Mr. Mackay, I frankly admit that I am enormously interested in you. As one who occupies a certain responsible po­sition in the church it is my duty to be interested in men who could conceivably fill the great place which is in due time so sadly to be vacant. Not in a long while have I listened to a man who seemed to me so full of promise a s your­self. I am not alone in my opinion. Though many of the chief men of our church are away on vacation, several whose opinion I value highly are in town. T hey heard you speak and they feel as I do. Mr. Mackay, as I understand it, your duty to this little church in Cherry Hills expires by the first of October?"

Mackay nodded. He was clear enough now as to what was coming. It was not

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the first time be had listened to a chair­man of committee approaching him upon such a subject. The son of Carmichael Mackay was not so unk-nown as he bad seemed to be.

'"Of course, while the slightest chance remains of Doctor Chase's recovery, we can only engage a supply. But he can be what is called in church parlance a 'stated supply,' which means that he is virtually t he church's minister. I have a very sure instinct, Mr Mackay, in such matters, as in my own world of business. I am very confident that if you would come to us for but two months, say Oc­tober and November, while our members are returning from their country places and from travel abroad, t he engagement would result in your being asked to be­come this stated supply during the period of waiting for Doctor Chase's recovery. My predictions need go no further than that.-they wouldn't be seemly. But to a ma n of your still youthful years I can't imagine a greater compliment than such an invitation. And I can't imagine your rejecting it.''

He sat back in his chair, satisfied with his own slightly bombastic stating of the case, and confident that. h e must have made a deep impression. He had done so. With all Mackay's unreadiness to think well of himself, with all bis honest conviction that he was, as he bad said to Sally Chase, "by no means his father's son," he knew that Sage Pierpont was not mistaken in his judgment, and that Gordon Mackay could fill this place. He could do the work, if not as Schuyler Chase had done it, yet in his own fashion, and men would not be disappointed in him. "As a strong man rejO!iceth to run a race," so Mackay felt h is pulse throb­bing, and his blood tinkling, at t he thought of such a future. If he had not yet satisfied that distinguished and ex­acting father of his, Mackay of Edin­burgh, now was coming into view the chance to do it. Mackay of Edinburgh wou Id be proud of Mackay of New York, there was no doubt about it!

(FROM JOSEPHINE JENNEY'S NOTE-BOOK)

I slew hint with my own hand. I had to do it.

He took it like the man he is-like the ?nan I've lcnown he was, all along. R e­f used even to aocept the idea that the thing might oome to him, though he niitst know it may. Rushed back to do his best to repair the dannage to the invali.d's en­durance of his fate.

W ell- I've known Gordon Mackay- a little. I'1n the 1·icher for that. A good many walks and talks and oham.ce meet­ings, in all. E ve1"y one has counted. The smnnier's over-everything will soon be changed.

I' ue only one thing to think of-one person--Julian.

XXI

"Can you tell me, please, whether Miss J osephine J enney is to be found at this house? It's the home of Mrs. Schuyler Chase, isn't it?"

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Adelaide Sturgis, just returning from mailing a letter in t he small post office across Cherry Square, stood still beside the large motor from whose open r ear window a deep and pleasantly inflected woman's voice had accosted her. A strong, decidedly fine face under a plain hat looked out upon her , the a.ttentive eyes of a per son a ccustomed to the world scanned her.

"Yes, certainly. Miss Jenney is Mrs. Schuyler Chase's housekeeper," Ade!laide responded with a clear emphasis on the last word. Just why she had felt a•n instant impulse to impart this particu­larized information to one who merely asked the whereabouts of the person in question, Adelaide couldn't have told.

" Thank you , so I understand," said the middle aged lady in the car. "Do you happen to know whet her she is in?"

" Probably she is. I imagine her duties would keep her in at t his hour. Won't you come in?"

" I shall be glad to, tha nk you." The chauffeur was out and had the

door open before the words were quite said, standing stiff and straight beside it. Adelaide noted his livery- it was ex­tremely correct in a ll details. The lady, descending with quick movements, showed an active t hough slightly stout figure, exceedingly well dressed after a fashion as plain as that of her hat. It was easy to see that here was someone of position and authority; she had t he in­definable air which betrays such facts.

With a charming manner-the one sh e could use when she felt • it called for­Adelaide led the visitor into the house. For a fleeting moment she had consid­ered taking her through t he ha ll into t he dining r oom, as a place suitable 1::<> a housekeeper receiving calls . But she realized ins tantly that it would be un­wise to indulge herself in this effort fur­ther to label Jo as t he upper servant Sally Chase didn't consider her. If Sally had been out of the house, it might h ave been done. But she wasn't--she was coming into the hall from ai side door at t his very moment, on her a rm a basket of flowers which she h ad lately picked. At sight of t he visitor she dropped t he basket upon an old settle which stood beside the door , and came forward.

" This lady is inquiring for your house­keeper, Sally," Adelaide explained, r e­luctantly resigning t he situat ion with this final repetition of the word she so enjoyed using. If only she could have been left to manage things herself, she might have succeeded in making them as difficult for J o as she would have liked to do. Still , she reflected, the visitor seemed to be informed as to Jo's st atus in t he household. Perhaps she wanted to engage her in the same capacity.

Of course, a s a t sight of Sally her cousin had known would happen, t he whole atmosphere of t he arrival of t he stranger was changed. Mrs. Chase re­ceived Miss J enney's caller in her own infor mal, friendly way. The lady intro­duced her self as Miss Rutherford. Sally took her into the old parlor. She said

that she would call Miss J enney, adding that Miss J enney was not only her house­keeper for t he summer but her friend as well , saying it in the warm tone which vouch~ s for the stability of a proclaimed friendship. Adelaide, lingering out of sight in the hall, heard the fragment of conver sation which followed.

·'You've been fortunate to have her in your home in any capacity, Mrs. Chase," Miss Rutherford observed. "She is a very r emarkable girl, as I well know, after four years of contact wi th her."

" We have a ll felt that she is remark­able," Sally answered. "We've become deep!~ attached to ~er. Indeed, we're dreadmg the day which takes her away from us, since of course it must come."

" It will come rather soon, I must warn you, if I have my way," said Miss Ruth­erford, with a quick smile which showed beaubiful teeth, Her rface seemed to Sally probably t o be habitually grave but this smile redeemed t he impressio~ of a sligh t austerity of character. "Since you are her friend, I may say to you that her college is still very much inter­ested in Miss J enney."

"Oh-I think you must be Dr. Mary Rut herford, the president of that col­lege !" Sally exclaimed. It was a quite famous name, and unquestionably it fit­ted the person before her. T~e visitor nodded. "With many last

details to look after , in spite of a busy summer on both sides of the Atlantic .... I had some difficulty in finding Miss J en­ney's address; she had omitted to send 't to us. I 'm very glad not to have lo~t more t ime in discovering her."

(To be continued)

New England Union The annual meeting of the New Eng­

la nd Young People's Union was held i t he Meriden, Conn., church, June 8-1; ~mder the able leadership of the .pres~ 1dent, Henry Behler. The number of del~gates from the five churches of the Union tot~l~d 88, not including the nu­n:e.rous v1s1tors from the surroundin ~b~. . g

. The new officers elected for the ensu-1~g year of 1928-29 a re : President, Wil­ham Retz of New Britain i vice-president Clara Berger of Bridegport . secreta ' Evelyn Gruber of Meriden;' treasur:~· Raymond Runge of Meriden. ' , Most inte~esting essays were given at the convent10n by the ministers of th four Connecticut churches wh'l e h h ' 1 e per-. aps t e most inspiring address was de-

livered by Professor L . Kaiser of R ches t er, N. Y., Seminary. <>-

EVELYN M . GRUBER, Sec. • • *

Th~ only way .to kill Christianity is to t ake 1t out of hfe and protect .t. Th way to make it shine and show

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ius is to put it down in life and sl ge1:1-speak directly to life itself Jes . eth~t 't • US IS IS own W1 ness. Jes us does not need to be protected. He needs to be presented H protects himself.-E. Stanley J · . e "Th Ch · t ones m e r1s of t he Indian Road."

THE BAPTIST HERALD

t J. A. Schulte J. Adolph Schulte former General

Missionary Treasurer ~ncl on e of the most widely known laymen of our German B~ptist denomination, passed away quietly at his home in Forest Park, Ill., on the afternoon of July 13. H e had reached the high age of 92 years on July 4. Bro. Schulte served t he General Mis­sionary Society and the denomination a s treasurer for 35 years with g reat faith­~ulness. He was conscient ious, painstak­mg, exact, faithful in all his duties. He was probably t he last survivor of those who organized our first General Confer­ence in Wilmot, Can., in 1865. For 47 ~ears he was in the service of the Amer-1cai:i Baptist Publication Soicety as Su­permtendent of the P eriodical depart­men~. H e was a member of the Fleisch­man Memorial Church of Philadelphia for ?ver 60 yea r s. The last eight years of his long and useful life were spent in peaceful retirement with his children in Forest Park. H e was the last of the three Schulte brothers who were all prominent in our Germ~n Baptist work i · the other s being Herman Schulte, man­ager of our Publication Society, and G. A. Schulte, General Missionary Secr e­tary of revered memory.

After services in t he Oak P a rk Germa n Baptist Church on Monday, July 16, conducted by Rev. Theo. W. _Dons, a ssisted by Dr. Wm. Kuhn. son-in-law, Rev. A. P. Mihm and Rev: H. Wernick, the body was a ccom­pam~d by Dr . Kuhn to Philadelphia. Services were h eld in the Fleischman !'1-emorial Church and interment followed m ~orth:wood Cemetery near Oak Lane, beside his wife, who predeceased him ~any years ago. Four daughters sur­vive the departed fat her. Minnie, Ida (Mrs. Wm. Kuhn), Flora and Clara . The sympathy of a wide circle of friends and the denomination in gener al is e<X­

tended to t he bereaved ones. Yet they sorrow not as t hose without hope, for ~hey know: "Blessed are they who die ~n the Lord." A devout and devoted life ~s . come to its earthly close ; the most

fu~nous chapter is beginning in the bliss­yonder, in t he "Father's house."

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of la~~ every .Per son who fails because who f · i°f bra ms, t here are ten persons scien a~, for lack of character, and con-

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Augu·at 1, 1928

Reduced Railway Fares to the General Conference

We have been granted the privilege of reduced railway fa res on t he so-called Certificate Plan for delegates and vis­itors attending our General Conference at Chicago, Ill., Aug. 26 to Sept. 2. It will be necessary to observe the following in using these reduced railway fares.

1. Ministers using Clergy Fare Certi f ­icates are not entit led to use t he Certif­icate Plan, but only such persons paying full fare.

2. When purchasing the ticket a sk for a Certificate Plan Certificate. As such certificates are not held at every Rail­road Office, it will be well t o inquire about t he Certificate in advance. The one way full fare is to be paid on the going t rip. .

3. Going tickets will be sold commenc­ing three days prior to opening elat e of meeting and continuing until and includ• ing the third day of the meeting (thus making a selling peri~d .of six days), ~xcept t~at a Sun~~y, 1f inter vening, is ignored m computing t he selling elate.

4. The Certificates must be deposited immediately upon arrival at the confer• cnce with the Conference Transportation Secretary, Rev. William Kuhn.

5. C~ncessions for r educed fares will be a vailable only upon presentation at ~he meeting of not Jess than 250 Certif-1c~tes of standard form, obtained from Ticket Agent when purchasing goin t~ckets, a ttesting purchase of one wa~ tickets to place of meeting at regular one way .adult fa r e at 67 cents or more.

6. Vah~ated Certificates will be hon­ored by Ticket Agent a t point of meeting not later than three days after adjourn­n:ent, fo r purchase of half-fare r eturn t1cke.ts to original star ting point where Certificat e was obtained, except that in ~vent. of a Sunday intervening, the last honoring date will be not later than four days af ter adjournment.

WILLIAM KUHN, Transportation Secretary General Conference.

Atlantic Conference Pastors at Bradley Beach

A most delightful week was spent by t he pastors of the Atlantic Conference at the Bradley Beach Home, June 25-29 This was made possible through the gen~ erosity of the Young People's U nion of New York and Vicinity. For many a year the pastors have been the guests of the Union at t his home, and the gratitud t~ey .owe it sh.all, we trust, find expres~ s1~n m these ~mes as well as in our un­f eigned devotion to the spiritual inter ­ests and ideals of our youth.

The group of pastors which met th· yea r was considerably r educed becau~s the Baptist World Alliance convened i~ Toronto the last week in June. Those who belonged to the "Upper Four Hun­dred" went to Toronto, while those who belonged to the "Chosen F ew" went to Bradley Beach. Among the latter were the follo \ving brethren: W. J. Zirbes (cha irman), J. Niebuhr, V. Prendinger 0. Schultz, F. Orthner, F. W. Becker' E. Kneisler, L . Rabe, J . Lehnert, F. Nie~ buhr and G. Hensel. Owing to conditions

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Lake Josephine and Grinnell Glacier-Glacier National Park

over which t hey had no control a n "elect" group stayed at home to who~ we extend our sympathy.

There was a pleasing note of dignity a nd attractiveness about t he Home this year. With due respect to t he former hostess of t he Home, Mr and and Mrs. Rosenberger, we would like to ment ion first of all the new matron, Mrs. Walter Makowsky, who, ,vith her pleasant smile and winsomeness of per sonality will g r eatly assist her husband Walter Ma-ko k · ' ws Y, m making the H ome a pleasant place for a ll who intend to spend their vacation ther e. The supervision of t he Home and t he excellent palatableness of the meals as experienced by t he pastors ~~e cr.e~ it to the host a nd host ess. Then

h vmg r oom h as been enlarged and -r emodelled. The former dining room has been added to the living-room, making the ~ame more inviting and cheerful. The ~tra1g~t-back ch ai rs, which were in keep­ing with t he accustomed dignity of none other t han the preachers during their co.nferences, have been wisely replaced with t he most comfortable \vicker fur­niture, which, I a m sure, had a great dt>a l to do with ma king the sessions so informal and r estful. Through the ef­forts of Br o. F. Wuerzbach a nice new gas-h eater for the fire-place and a vic­tro1a have been secured and added to the furnishings. New mattresses for the beds a nd addi tional s ix rooms on t he t hi.nl floor, besides a bright new coat of paint on t he outside, comprise most of the new aspects of the Home.

T he pastors as usual had their pro­g ra m outl ined though less formal this time than other\vise. The first hour from 9.30-10.30 A. M. was set a side for the de­votional period. The following brethren led the same: Becker, Hensel, Kneisler a nd Prendinger. After devotions and a 15-m inute in termission we discussed some of t he vital topics of the day. These dis-

cussions were continued in the evening from 7-8 P. M. The subjects which were treated are these: " The Chr istian's atti­tude towards war.'' introduced by .Hro. · Becker; " Can our industrial system be Christianized?" J. N iebuhr · "Conditions in China," V. Prendinger; "Shall t he foreign missionaries claim military pro­tection?" F . Orthner; " The coming Pres­idential election" and "Law enforcement" 0. Schul tz; "Church Unity," G. Hensei; "Our Budget at t he Bundeskonferenz" Anon. All t hese pr oblems were tho~·­oughly debated and discussed in a demo­cratic spirit with "pros" and "cons" in variations, yet leaving them all unsolved for the present.

Two distinguished visitors made their appearance during t he WEek an d en­hanced t he social and spiritual atmos­pher e of our sessions. One was Clarence Becker, ~he president of our Y. P. Union, who arrived from New York at 3 A M Tuesday, enjoying only a few h~ur~ sl~ep in order to bid t he pastors welcome to. the .Bracll.e~ Home. We appreciated this flying Vls1t and the hearty welcome he extcnd~d in behalf of the young people of t he Umon. The other visitor was Bro F. Wuerzbach, for many years a patro~ and benefac.tor of the Home, whose in­terest t herem has not yet abated. Bro. Wue.rzbach took part in some of our dis­cussions. All in all it was a delightful week we spent at Bradley Beach.

The writer of this re.12ort is conscious of t he debt of gratitud~ he and his fel­low-pas.tors owe to the young people of the Umon and he tru sts that this J'ttl ;1rticle w ill help to boost the Home

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d d . h' ' ye way own eep m is heart there rings a lso another melody which refuses t o b hushed and which says: "Don't forge~ the Stor~.Y Brook Assembly, Aug. 4_11, also an ideal .spot and a most beneficia l way of spendmg your vacation!"

GEORGE HENSEL.

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A GoJd en Wedding J ubilee One great event in th e history of the

Bet hel Chur ch, Buffalo, N. Y ., was the celebration, J une last, of the 50t h wed­ding anniver sary of Dr. and Mrs. D. B. Stumpf by the member s a nd friends of t he church. After the midweek prayer­meet ing, which proved to be in a tt end­a nce much t oo lar ge for t he Sunday school room and was held in t he church a uditorium, a surprise ha d been ar­ran ged. Th e doctor . is usually busy at that t ime, but it is well known that by nin e o'clock he always gets t her e for choir r ehear sal.

When t hey appeared the a udience arose and sang a ver se of th e hymn: " P r a ise him, praise him." T hey wer e met at the door by t he leader and asked to come t o the front and t hat for tonight t hey mu st be t he patients and ot her s will do t he doctoring. W e must say, very grace­fully did t he doctor a nd his estimable wife submi t.

Our jubileer s are lovers of music and song. Therefor e a short musical pro­gram h ad been ar r a nged as an expr es­s ion of congratulation. Though t he church is at present without a pastor, t here were, nevertheless, two minist er s present to voice the love and esteem of the bethel Church, and thelr y ear!! ot ac­quaintance with t he good couple, added together , make out the year s of a cen­t ury a nd t hree.

Rev. R. A. Schmidt, who was asked to take charge of the surp r ise, spoke words of cong ratulat ion, a nd Rev. F. A. Licht of Niagara Falls added very appropriate remarks and gave t he jubilee prayer. They were t hen presented with a beauti­ful chime clock on behalf of t he church and friends by Bro. E . C. Smith as a token of love and in memory of t heir many years of faithful service and de­votion. In conclusion t hey were asked to stand in positi<m while t he a udience passed and all expressed gladheartedly their good wishes. I n a few words Dr. and Mrs. Stumpf tryed to express what their hearts felt in seeing such an ex­pression of Jove and esteem on the part of their brethren among whom they have spent the best of their life for the Lord's work.

All present were invited down to the

basement of the church for refreshments. Her e, mounted on t he center table, was a la rge beaut iful golden wedding-ca ke, decorated with golden foliage which was presented to them in appropriate wor ds by Deacon F. Roehl on behalf of Bro. Weiss, a professional baker and a mem­ber of t he church.

Dr. and Mr s. St umpf ha ve for ma ny decades taken an active interest in our general denominational work and in their home church especia lly. They have al­ways been willing to give of their t ime a nd means for the kingdom service, al­though in their professional and home Ii fe t hey are very busy people. Of such long and unbr oken faithful service it ma y truthfully be said in t he words of t he Master : " They have laid up for themselves treasure in heaven." T hey appea r well p reserved at t heir a ge and do not seem to have made up their minds as yet to be old, ther e is still much of that st at ely, buoyant and youthful ap­pearance to be seen for which they are known. May God be with them a s they go on their journey for years to come !

R. A. SCHMIDT.

Ren frew A ssocia t ion a nd Sunda y School Worke rs' Union

The Renfrew Associat ion and Sunday School Workers' Union held its annual meeting in Neustadt, Ont., Rev. A. Stel ­ter, pa stor, from June 20-24. With a g reat longing we have been looking for­ward to t his event, expecting ta be newly filled with the Spirit to march onward with our various tasks. Our longing be­ca me a r eality as we were privileged to listen to such inspiri ng messages as were brought to us by Rev. D. Hamel and Prof. A . Bretschneider of Rochester, N. Y., who are greatly interested in t he welfar e of our work here in Ontario. We are f ew in number, but t he spir it is t he same as if we had a: strong r epresenta­tion.

Wednesday evening we gathered for t he opening ser vice and t he very begin­ning ot th at m eeting was f1ned with the spirit of "Consecration," which we took as our ma in topic for those days. The stirring message by Rev. A. E . Jaster of Lyndock on "The Open Door" (Rev. 3 :8) fi lled us all wit h a longing to hear more.

Thursday morning Rev.D. H amel bega n a ser ies of " Pla in T alks on the Holy Spir it," which was cont inued on Friday and Saturday morning. Thes~ messages, although short, brought us mto a new spirit of devotion. From 9.30-11 o'clock was spent in listening to r eports from the various churches and the election of new officers for t he year. T his was fol­lowed by a n a ddr ess by Pr of. A. Bret ­schneider on "J esus t he Ideal Teacher " which was very beneficial to us all. '

Beginni ng Thursday afternoon , Rev. D. Hamel began another series of ad­dresses on "Stewardship," based upon Matth. 25 : 14-30. He gave us five splen­did addresses on this topic during the convention. 1. "Pr iciples of Steward-

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ship;" 2. Motive of Stewa rdsh ip ;" 3. "The Capital which God has ent r usted us ;" 4. "The Practice of Stew a rdship;" 5. "The Returns of Stewar dship."

We wer e also favored with a very in­ter esting a ddress on "Marriage" by Prof. A. Bretschneider. This ar oused many interesting questions in t he minds of t h e hearers. T he evening was well filled by two short messages. F irs t, a Germa n message by Rev. D. Hamel, "Das Ziel ," which was followed by an English mes­sage, "The T hreefold Secr et of a Gr eat Christian," by Rev. W . H elwig.

F r iday was another busy day. Beside the addresses by Rev. D. H amel on his series, we heard two very inspir ing ad­dresses by Prof. A. Bretschneider on methods of teaching. In t he forenoon he spoke on "Jesus the Gr eat Teacher" and in the after noon on " The Methods of :reaching." The evening was the crown­mg event of t he convention for those who love music as we wer e f avor ed with a musical' program by the Neu­st~dt Glee Club under the capable leader­ship of Rev. A. S telter. During the two shor t intermissions Prof. A . Br etschnei­der and Rev. W. L. Schoeffel of P itts­burgh each gave us a short address.

Besides our daily devot iona l a ddress and t he cont inuation of t he series on "St · d h . " ewar s 1p by Rev. D. Hamel, Satur-day ~orenoon was occupied with some unfinished business matter s which were followed by t he la st addres~ by P rof . A . Bretschneider on " T he Quest ion Met h­~ds" and a short talk by Rev. F. L . Stro-

el on " The P rice of Progress." _The climax came Sunday morning

W1th the closing address of P rof. A . Bret­schneider in the Ger man language, "The walk of t he Believers wit h God" (Eph . 5 :1-21)_. To crown these meetings with a blessmg not only for our <>'Wn circle, but also for other s who do not hear t he gosp~l as we are priviliged to hear, a n offen ng was t aken amounting to t he fine sum of $130. All th at is over and above our . local expenses was des ig nated for foreign missions.

A\1 through the convention ther e was no !ack of song and music. T he church choir, church quartet and our minist er's qu~rtct wer e always r eady to give us ~heir best . Where there is song ther e is Joy. Our grea test joy was to feel the ~~le~~nce of God's Spiri t which Jed u s into lea ese. truths: We pra y t ha t he ma y

d_ us mto still greater t ruths in the commg year. W. H ELWIG.

A Good Suggestion h In the weekly paper of Rutherford

~ti~~ch, bthe pastor ur ges, "Sh all we not t h· teh, Y example and service to make

b. is e goa l of our church : 'E~eru mem-er a worship . - J •

every . er, a very wor shiper a giver, spiritu: t r a worker , every worker a

orce.' "-T he Baptist.

H int for Motor ists Farmer (to stranded autoist). " H ow'd

you ge~ t he punct ur e?" · Auto1st · "R .

feathers "-J. an over a chicken with pin · uggler .

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August 1, 1928

Iowa Union a t Baileyville The Iowa Ba pt ist Young People's a nd

Sunday School Wor kers' Union held its 33rd a nnua l Assembly at Baileyville, Ill., from June 12-14. Although Baileyville is in Illinois, the chur ch some year s ago joined the Iowa Association, and thus t he Young P eople's Society of Baileyville has become a member of our Iowa Union.

The local society and church enter­tained t heir guests indeed r oyally, a nd we t rust t hat a n abiding blessing will reward t heir la bor of love. 193 visitors register ed of whom 90 h ad come from Iowa.

The opening address on Tuesday even­ing was delivered by Rev. Ph. Lauer on t he t heme, " Vision, Mission, P assion ." On. Wednesday evening Rev. H. Swyter preached a bout "The Old Pa~hs,:• and on T hursday evening Prof. J . Hemrichs gave the closing addr ess on "Christ 's Greatest Challenge."

The day sessions were introduced by a devot ional hour led by Rev. :8· Lohr a nd Rev. G. F . Ehrhorn respectively.

Prof. J. H einr ichs of the Nor t hern Baptist Seminary, Chicago, helped us to see more fuJ!y the unique greatness of our Lord in t wo masterly lectur es on "Jesus as Teacher , or What J esus Taught" and "Provinces which Jesus Did Not Invade."

In his add1·ess on "The Scriptur al Standa rd of Christian Conduct" Rev. Ir­ving A. F ox from FreeLoportd,h~l. , fshJowed h v t he acknowledged r s 1p o esus \~~l a nswer all our questions relative to our conduct.

Rev. P . Geissle~ a nd . Rev. G. Wald­vogel emphasized m their add:esses the spirit ua l life ; the fir st speaking a bout " Our Present-Day Need of a Deeper Spirit ua l Life," thSe .l~tter1 aLb_ofu~1"How to Att in a Deeper p1r1t ua 1 e.

:ev. A. G. Lang gave us ~n in~esti~g and instructive survey of Baptist His-tory." . .

We were glad to ha~e. wit h us t:vo representatives of the m1ss1on field. Miss B tha Lang spoke to us about her . ex­p::iences in t he wor~ in China . Rev. A . Orthner spoke in the mter est of the work · t he Ca meroons. Both speakers expect ~~ go out again shor tly to t heir r espec­ljive fields of labor .

Our Union was a ble to make the fol­lowing disbursements : $200 for Miss Ber t ha Lang and $670 for our General Mission a nd Benevolen t Offering. The missiona ry offering amounted to $130.

Our State officers were r e-elected : R. H. Mulder a s president ; Arthur Lang as v ice-president , and Cai-I N ieha us as secretary-treasur er.

Buffa lo Center won t he banner for the Stanltard of E xcellenc_e.

A r ecr eational out ing on Thursda y afternoon t o a Freeport P ar k was en-joyed by all. . . .

It is not easy to wri~e in a r~port h k.e this of spiritua l blessings received, but we believe t hat many o~ us have been · spired with a new longing for-as the '.:ssembly motto r eads, "A closer fellow­ship with my Lord and Master , for a

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spiritual life and greater serv- of Los Angele side of t h s, defended the negative

The Lord willing, Sheffield next year .

shaJI meet at t he J·udg e question. The decision of we es was a "f ,, After refreshll"\ ie. . . .

ELLA CHRISTIANS.

Ana h eim Society A ctive T he A11a'heim, Cal., B. Y. P . U . is still

active and doing t hings. T he Psalmist David said, "Sing unto

the Lor d a new song." We are now able to do this since we as Young People's Society with t he help of the Sunday school bought 150 of the new bi-lingual songbooks which our Publication Society has recently p ublished. We needed money to buy t hese books, so in April the B. Y. P. U. undertook to have a church dinner in connection \vith a· program. The din­ner was planned, cooked and ser ved by young people only, but tickets for the meal were bought by old and young alike ; even cooks a nd waitresses paid for t hei r meal. Our total receipts for the evening amounted to $100.

The d inner not only proved a way for paying for our books but it also served as a social get-to-gether for chur ch , Sun­day school and Young P eople's society.

I n J une our society had the pleasure of entertaining the Los Angeles B. Y. P. U. at a social held in the chur ch basement. The Los Angeles society was very well r epresented as was ours, which made our a t tenda nce about 130. We cer tainly en­joyed having them with us.

The program for the evening was planned and executed by the society's social committee, Adel Sch1.·oeder chair ­man. T he pr ogram consisted ~f get­acquai nted games, humorous skits and dialogs and best of all, a debate. The question for debate was : "Resolved, That there is gr eater happiness in single life than in married life." Two single men, John Riner and Edward Siems of Ana­heim, defended the affirmative, whereas Mrs. Wm. Schad and Mr. George Wall

cream a d k ents, cons1stmg of 1ce n ca e \v d th .

was ended by sin.,.~re .~eBrvl e d be evthenm_g that bind ,, M .,1ng esse e . e tie societies ~nd a~ the Lord bless our t wo t inue · th litant that we may con-on thaitn e .same spirit which prevailed

evening! Now it i.$ Jul .

th · .1 Y and we have JUSt had . e Pt~vi e.:e and pleasure of entertain­mg e oung People's and Sunday School Workers' U . f C rf . Th 1 t f . mon o a 1 orma.

e P easan rienctships we have formed ~nd the blessings we have received dur ­ing_ t~ese convention days will long re­mam in our mernoi:ies. May the pledges we ~ave the _last night at the convention service remmd Us during the summer mon.ths to be faithful to our Lor d and Sav_ior Jesus Christ and prepare us to begm our work with new vigor and en­thusiasm in fall!

LOIS SCHROEDER, Sec.

Her Sch edu le Mark Twai.n said that during his

ca_re~r ~s _a pilot the worst boat on the M1ss1ss1pp1 was the Stephen J . HilJ. This boat's untidiness was only equaled by her slowness. Only strangers, only the ten­derfoot, used her. One afternoon while the boat was poking down along th~ river a thi.ck fog drifted down and the Stephe~ J. Hill had to heave to for the night. As she lay there, swathed in gray a pas-senger said to the captain '

"I . b ' t 1s too ad we're goin' to be late captain." '

"We ain't goin' to be late," the captain answered.

"But I tlwught," said the passenger "that we had to t ie up to this bank he~ all night."

"So we do," said the captain "but that ain't goin' to make us late. w~ don't run so close to time as all that."-Argonaut.

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Our Devotional Meeting August 12, 1928

True and False Standards of Success

Matt . 7:1-5; Josh. 1:8

E very normal person wants to be suc­cessful. We want to achieve the ~ea~est possible success along some line m_ ~1fe. Young people who are specially a mbitious are to be commended. And everyone should dread the disgrace attached t o failure in lif e. ?

But when is a man r eally successful · Can we say that every man who a masses a fort une is successful? Must we . say t hat every man who remai~s poor is a failure? The Bible r ecogmzes t he fact t hat even wicked people may succeed ac­cor ding t o the standa r ds of t his world. David says (Ps. 37 : 35) that he had seen the wicked in great power and spread­ing himself like a green tree. And the Psalmist Asaph confesses t hat his steps had well nigh slipped when he saw t he prosper ity of t he wicked. (P~. 73.) The p rophet J er emiah contends with God and sa ys, "Wher efor e doth the way of th e wicked prosper?" (J er. 12 :1. ) And the r ighteous oft en meet with r ever ses and suffer ing and loss as in the case of J ob.

Jn view of t hese facts must we sa y then t hat t he wicked ar e successful a nd t he r ighteous a failure in tthis wo:ld? According to that way of r easonm_g, J esus would have been the g~·eatest f ail­ure a nd his enemies exceptionally su~­cessful. But we all know t hat, t hat wasn t the case.

We must judge t he success of a man not by t he money he makes, nor by t he positions of honor he attains, fo r these can be attained by gr after s, too; but we must always judge a man by the char ­acter he ach ieves. If a man is scrupu­lous ly honest and r emains ~oor, he h as made a greater success of life t han t he crooked grafter who builds up a gr eat for tune. Then again, a man 's success should be measured by t he good h e does in t he world. And last of all, his succ~ss will depend upon t he a pproval or dis­approval of bis Lord and Master.

August 19, 1928

How Magazines and Newspapers He lp or Hinder Christian

Living 2 Tim. 3: 1-17

We are all glad, no doubt, t h at there are so many newspa'Pers and magazin~s in our country and t hat they ar e avail­able at such a low price. The newspape1·s keep us informed. We would hardly know what to do if we didn't have our morning or evening papers. Everyone is eager to hear the very latest news. Then it is also quite true tha~ the ~e:vs­paper headlines mould public op1mon.

H. R. Schroeder

Very few people can t hink for t hem­selves. They form 1their opinions by what t he newspapers have to say. They are an indispensable factor in our every­day life, and afford a liberal education in themselves.

But the newspapers also exert an evil influence up<m t he mass of their r eaders. Vice a nd crime are described in glaring headlines. They make the most o:f every scandal. They claim, of course, that they mus t g ive t heir r eaders what they want; but the fact remains that by broadcast­ing news t hey pollute the minds of all who read the paper s. A Christian can­not expect to grow in grace if he daily feeds the mind \vith nothing but the morning and evening paper s

Wit h r egard to ma gazines it can safely be said t hat there are any number worth constant and careful r eading. It is also a notable fact that in recent years many of the outstanding magazines have brought some fine articles on religious a nd biblical subjects. It shows that there is an interest in religion outside of the chur ches.

But t hen on the other hand the coun­t ry has also been flooded in r ecent years with a ll kinds of salacious literature. And t hese abomina ble magazines seem to have the g reat est circulation of all. They are doing more harm than all the churches can ever make good. They ex­cite the imagination and passions of the young people a nd undermine the moral life of today. Christian young people should hate them as a dea dly poison.

Aug ust 26, 1928

What the World Owes to Religious Leaders

2 Cor. 12 : 1-12

The world would make no progress at all if it had no leaders. The largest a rmy could win no battles if it had no offi­cers. No bus iness can succeed unless t here is ar: efficient man at the head of i t. Leaders are indispensable in every sphere of li fe.

Religious leaders have done more for t he progress of t he wor ld than any other kind of leaders because religion lies at t he ver y basis of all progr ess and pros­peri t y. Religious leaders have given the Bible to the world. The building of sky­scra pers, great industries, vast empire

t b d . . ~ etc., canno e compar e Jn importance :wit h t he writ ing of the Bible. The Bible has meant mor e to the world than any­t hing else t hat could be mentioned.

The~ ~·eligi?us ~eaders have gone out as m1ss1onar1es m all parts of th world. Paul accomplished more for th: progrn~s ?f t he 't"horld t hrough his labor s as a m1ss10nary an any other man wh ever lived. He t ur ned the world upsi d~

do'wn. He preached a gospel everywhere that was destined t o upset many cus­toms and institutions of his day. He spread t he truth of t he gospel every­where, and t his tru th was bound even­t ually to do away \vith such institutions as idolatry, slavery a nd polygamy.

And the world today owes i ts civil and r eligious liber ty, its great educat ional instit utions, its countless hospitals and asylums and its great welfare movements to r eligious leaders. Religious leaders have been in the foreground of the fight for prohibtion, for international justice and world peace. Religious leaders have been no whit behind the very chiefest lead~rs of the world. Pray that God ma y cont mue to r a ise up men and women who can lead this world in paths of righteous­ness.

Will September 2, 1928

the Golden Rule Work in Business and Industry?

Phil. 4 :8. 9; Matt. 7: 12

(Consecration Meeting)

This is the Sunda y before Labor Day, and so '~e a re naturally led to think of ~~c relation of Chr istianity to labor. Has

e gospel of Christ any solution for the ma ny problems of labor and industry? · ~any laboring men especially th.e So-

cialists am t h ' to 11 h ong em, are openly opposed h a he urches because as they say the

c urc es ' ' are on the side of the rich and are constant} f . . the . . Y avor1ng and protecting

h capitalist . They claim that the c urches are afraid to champion the cause of the k. rich b 1 wor mg man because the Th· e ong t o a nd support the chur ches.

is rnay be tr . . l b t on the wh 1 ue In 1so ated cases, u any mor e 0 e the churches do not cater Their d to the rich than to t he poor.

P oors a re open to all alike.

erhaps it · t . of th is rue that the principles gener~IJ gospel haven't been applied as a nd 1 ~ to the problems of industry Many : a or" as . t~ey should have b'ee~­ness · by, . Relig ion is religion and bus1-

1s usmes d ' 't mix." Bu . ~· an t he t wo just won that . t it is also gratifying to note

an mcrea · men is b . ~mg number of business rule to 11egmn111? t o app ly t he golden Nash 0~ ~~ t ? e1r business affairs . Mr. leader al mci~na~i was probably the has p ong this hne, and his business And r osper ed immensely because of it. who hmany _other s a ll over the country surpri~ve tned it have discovered to their didly · e tbha~ t he golden rule works splen-

in usmess · Wherever b · · · emplo usmess men are g iving t h eir

Yees an · te . · s taking th . in re~t m the bu_s1?~s • the r em mto then· councils dividing them e~honsibilities and the pr~fits with and ' ere all la bor troubles disappear

a far greater s uccess is assured.

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August 1, 1928

After all is said and done, it will have t o be admitted that the gospel of Jesus ChriSt conta ins the only solution for all the problems of labor and industry i n the world.

A Quiet Talk with God Each Day. Bible Readers' Course

Aug. 1. Reading for Joy. Ps. 19 :9-11. " 2. Reading with Discrimination.

" 3. Luke 8 : 16-18.

Literature that Helps. P s. 119: 105-112.

" 4. Literatur e tha t Lives. Matt. 24 :32-35.

" 5. The Best Book. Ps. 119 :9-16. Aug. 6-12. Are Magazi1tes a H elp or

H indrance to Christian Liv­ing? Phil. 4 :8. 9.

Aug. 6. Li terature a.nd Life. Prov.

" 23: 1-8.

7. Dangers of Bad Literature. Hosea 13 : 4-8.

8. Good Literature. Phil. 4 : 8. 9. 9. Beaut iful Stories. Ruth 1:1-22.

10. Beaut iful Poetry. Song of Solomon 2:1-17.

11. Comfort in Loneliness. 2 Tim. 4: 9-13.

" 12. Inspir ation for Service. Luke 4: 16-21.

Aug. 13-19. H ow to R ead the Bi ble. P s. 119 : 129-136.

Aug. 13. Reading with Intelligence. P s. 119:129-136.

14. Reading Regularly. P s. 1 :1-3. 15. Studying Systematically. Acts

17:10-12. " 16. Reading for Improvement. P s.

119:1-8. " 17. Reading Prayerfully. P s. 119:

33-40. " 18. Christ-the Keyword. John 1 :

1-18. " 19. Reading ·Reveren tly. 2 P eter

1: 16-21. Aug. 2U-26. R eading About Other P eo-

71le. Neh. 1 :1-3. Aug. 20. Knowing t he World's Need.

Neh. 1:1-3. 21. Encouragement of Good N ews.

Mat t. 11 :2··6. " 22. Overcoming Prejudice. Jonah

3 : 1-10. " 23. Relig ion Universal. Acts 17 :

16--22. " 24. Help from Ot her Lands. 2

Kings 5 :1-7. 25. H elp from Strange Prophet s.

2 Kings 5:8-15. " 26. Kinship in Relig ion . Acts 17 :

22-28. Aug. 27-Sept. 2. What W e L earned Dur­

ing V acation. Ma rk 9 : 2-8. Aug. 27. The All-Kno\ving God. P s.

139 :1-7. 28. The All-Seeing God. P s. 139:

11-16. " 29. The E ver -Present God. Ps.

139 :7-10. " 30. The Dependable God. Luke

12 :22-31. 31. The Immanuel Christ. Col. 1 :9-17.

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General Conference, Chicago

Courtesy Outing and Recreation Bureau

Side Trip. T he Dunes

A typical "blowout" in the north.em Indiana Dun~s, sl:owing ho~v the wind scoops out the sand and leaves h-011.ows hke g iant amph1-theaters. A group of campers were enjoying t his rugged scenery at the time the picture was taken.

Don some old clothes and a pair of high shoes and boand a South Shore L ine tra in at Randolph I. C. suburban s tation in the Loop, or one of fo.ur other stations within the ci ty limi ts. A shor t ride t hrough " the workshop of America" a nd you arrive at T remont, "the. gateway of the Dunes"--on ly 46 miles from the busy Loop. T he ~np on the high-speed electrically-operated rail road takes only 81 minutes, and the round trip Fare is only two do llars . P ick up a delicious box l~mch a t Tremont sta tion for a small sum and you a.re ready for your Jour­ney in to wonderland. The state of I ndiana has set aside 3000 ac: es of this region as a s ta te pa rk, a nd for 10 cents you may roam at will.

Mound Assembly Cla ng ! Cla ng! The dinner bell! And

in response, young people hurrying and hustling to the mess hall from all direc­tion . . . . Such scenes were not at all un­usua l at t he s ixth annual assembly of the young people of Minnesota and vi­cinity on beautiful La ke Minnetonka, Mound, Minn.

Although t he assembly last ed only from July 5-8, it was a wonderful gath­ering , a nd every minute of the a ssembly t ime offered something to t he young folks, either spiritual or r ecreational. The short duration ma de it difficult for the members of t he faculty to round out their courses in the study periods at their disposal. Nevertheless, the · efforts t hey put forth to bring their messages in the two class periods were of the high est standa rd. Rev. A. P. Mihm of Chicago, Ill., our General Secreta r y, conducted the first course, "H ow We Got Our Bible," and gave us an excellent outline of t he development of our English Bible. Rev. F . P . Kruse of the First Church , St. P a ul, discussed t he subject, " Recreation a nd the Church,'' a nd everyone r eceived a g reat benefit from the open discussions which he conducted. Rev. H . R. Schroe­der of the Riverview Church, St. P aul, had for his subject, "Tra ining in Wor­ship," and enlightened us all in matters per taining t o church attendance and di­vine worship. " Missions," a subject of inter est to all , was in charge of Miss F rieda Appel, a r eturned missionary from the Philippines and sister of Rev. W . J . Appel of Minneapolis. Her two

lectures were richly illustrated with lan­tern slides, showing the progr ess of the work over there.

The assembly officially opened on Tues­day evening, when Rev. Mihm br ought the message, while everyone listened wit h attentive hearts. Immediately aft er the meeting the r ecrea t ional progr a m was begun. A "Moonlight Sing on the Lake" cons t itu ted t he first good time. Every­one went down t o t he lake, and after getting into boats, rowed out onto the moonlit waters. The singing of favorite songs was directed by Miss F Appel, who acted very capably a s song lea der .

Friday morning classes beg.an, with each member of the faculty having 45 minu tes at h is disposal. Between t he second and third class periods, a 15-minute interval for group games was en­joyed by all. In t he a fternoon a track meet was held at the High School field, which was handily and easily won by 'Sheldon Beise of St. Bonifacius. During spare moments, other sports, such as s>vimmi ng, tennis, volley ball , horse­shoes, water games, etc., were open t o ever ybody.

F riday evening everyone attended t he a nnual banquet of t he state or ganiza­tion. Lively "pep" singing and cheering helped g reatly to add to t he success of this annua l a ffair. As t his was t he a n­nual meeting, new officer s were elected for the ensuing year : P res., Miss Grace Stoeckman n, F irst, S t. Paul ; vice-pres., Frank Woyke, Minneapolis; sec., Milton Schroeder, Riverview, S t. Paul ; and t reas., Marcella Beise, St. Bonifacius. A new council was also appointed. After

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the meal was finished in the dining hall, a ll adjourned to the spacious out-of­doors, where, in sight of the lake and under the setting sun, the rest of the banquet was carried out. The principal speaker was Rev. A. P. Mihln, who urgetl us not to be weary, but to push on with great determination to further the Lord's cause. The banquet was not the only big event of the evening, for succeeding that a water-melon party was given; and everyone indulged heartily in the eating of the juicy fruit.

stead a good time was enjoyed indoors in playing games ~nd eating "hot dogs."

Sunday, the last day, was by far the greatest and most glorious. At 6.30 A. M. a number of the young people drove to St. Bonifacius to serenade Mrs. Heine­mann with gospel hymns. Mrs. Heine­mann, being an il)valid, is seldom able to attend church services, and the happy singing just fi lled her heart with joy. It was a complete surprise, and when the young folks first arrived, Rev. Heine­mann, who was doing his daily chores in the barn, didn't know what to make of the occasion. At any rate, it was a joy­ous event, for both Mrs. H einemann and the young folks received a blessing. At 10.30 Rev. Heinemann preached to a full house at the assembly grounds. His mes-

On Saturday afternoon, the kitten ball team from St. Bonifacius was beaten de­cisively by t he Minneapolis team, 8-0. E. Adam pitched for the winners, whiile S. Beise hurled for the losers. A "Kamp­fire Kaffee Klatsch," scheduled for Sat­urday evening, was rained out; but in-

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sage was stirring and straight to the heart.

At 3 o'clock the closing me€ting was held. It was a glorious climax to an al­ready successful assembly. The meeting hall was filled to capacity, and an over­flow crowd on t he lawn swelled the at­t endance to large numbers. Rev. H. R. Schroeder of River view, St. Paul, gave an address on "Redigging Old Wells," and ur~ed the me~bers of the younger generation to be faithful in their Chris­tian duties; and _if perhaps t hey have been lax, to r e-dig the wells of Bible Study, Church At~endance, and Prayer. Then Rev. A. P. Mihm followed him with t he closing message, taking for his text "Choose whom ye will serve." . Durin~ t he course of. his addr ess he urged all to make a _defin~te decision for t he right at the earliest t ime and to consecrate all to Him who loves a~d cares for us. At t he close of the mee~mg Rev. Mihm was re­membered f?r his five years of service at Mound with some crisp currency, and Rev. C. "!-"· Stoeckmann, our Dean, who served his first Year, was given some flowers. Thus ended the sixth a nd most successful assembly of th e Minnesota young people.

Much of the success of the assembly was due to our worthy Dean, Rev. C. F. Stoeckmann, who acted so capably and faithfully, that he was chosen to fill the same office for the next year. Mention must also be made of t he music com­mittee, Miss Grace Stoeckmann chairlady which furnished vocal a nd in~trumentai numbers for every occasion. Not a little credit must be biven to Miss Lenore Kruse of St. Paul, who was our recrea­t ional leader and who had complete charge of all of our recreational activ­ities. Although our assembly was a great success, we do not wish to be content with that. Already plans a re under way for a bigger and better gathering next year. May God help us as young people, that through our two-fold assembly pro­grams we may be better fitted to carr y on His work and extend His cause!

M ILTON R. SCHROEDER, Sec. • • •

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