Sunday School Lmsou
R. E. Handy
Theme—The Better Revelation.
The Crisis which the Church
faced at the time of the writing of
Hebrews. A change was taking
place of which all thoughtful
Christians were keenly aware,
but it cannot properly be des
cribed as corruption. Its nature
is best indicated in the Epistle
to the Hebrews, where the writer
deplores the indifference which
had come over the Church of his
generation. It had lost the prim
itive ardor, the sense of some
thing new and wonderful, the
nAnfiHonoo that in ChristiSTllty
God had given His final reve
lation. This change, as the writ
er himself recognizes, was partly
due to the mere lapse of time
(Hebrews 5:12; 6:10.; 10:32). The
first enthusiasm had now died
down, as it was certain to do.
Those who were born into the
Christian faith were unable to
prize it like the original con
verts, who had discovered it for
themselves. But there were two
special causes which had led to
the indifference, and it is well to
note them, for they have a close
bearing on the whole problem of
the early church.
On the one hand, the first dis
ciples had looked for the imme
diate return of Christ to establish
His Kingdom on earth. It was on
this hope that the church had
based itself, and now to all ap
pearances, it had proved illusory.
The writer of Hebrews assures
his readers that it still holds good.
Years have gone by, but “yet a
little while, and the Coming One
W'ill come and will not tarry.” It
was difficult, how'ever, to restore
the old vitality to this hope, and
the Christian attitude towards it
was becoming ever doubtful.
Since the Lord had not yet come,
W'ould He ever come? Deeply
religious natures were able, like
the Fourth Evangelist, to under
stand the Coming in, in a spiritu
al sense and to perceive that
Christ had already returned, as
an inward presence, to those that
loved Him. But for ordinary
Christians the hope had largely
lost its meaning. From habit and
training they remained in the
Church. They accepted its doc
trines and valued its moral guid
ance, but their religion was grow
ing cold and pei-functory, since if
was no longer quickened by the
glorious hope which had inspired
the early disciples.
There was another cause, close
ly related to this one, which acted
still more powerfully in changing
the character of the Church.
Since the Lord had not appeared
and the kingdom was not to come
immediately, it was evident that
Christians must resign themselves
to a continuance of the present
age. They had believed at first
that this world might be disre
garded. It was so near to its
end that they could hold aloof
from it and submit themselves
without reserve to that higher
law which would prevail in the
future. Now it was recognized
that this could not be. The ex
isting conditions were to last on,
and the Christians, like other
men, must conform to them. He
must mix with his neighbors and
defer to their customs and pre
judices.—Ernest F. Scott.
Never Too Old To Learn
Review classes in arithmetic,
spelling, English, penmanship, or
other common branches are or
ganized upon sufficient request.
Often persons who are college
graduates feel the need for short
refresher courses in subjects that
may seem elementary.
One principle followed since
the organization of regular work
in adult education is that adults
are never too old to learn. Adults
who do not know how to read or
write and those who have not
completed the elementary grades
are invited to make inquiries re
garding this phase of general a
dult education. A number of a
dults have participated in this
program with a great deal of sat
isfaction. The tuition charge is
small.
Opportunities in commercial
education are being offered as a
part of the general adult edu
cation program of the city schools,
it was stated by Miss Ona Wag
ner, directing supervisor of gen
eral adult education.
Classes are now being organiz
ed. Persons interested in typ
writing and bookkeeping may
still enroll.
It will be possible to take short
hand and business english if
there is sufficient demand. There
is a small tuition charge for the
commercial classes, and for typ
writing there is a small service
fee for the use of the typwriters.
For further information, call
Miss Wagner at the Public
Schools Aministration Build
ing, Phone 2-1681.
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The Teen Agers of Kansas Cify
By Cleo Shakespeare
2817 Highland, Kansas City, Mo.
The Teen-agers of Kansas City,
Missouri, are wide awake. There
are several organizations in which
we participate. They are Teen
Town which is held at the Paseo
Y.M.C.A. every Friday night. At
Teen Town, the youngsters dance,
eat, play all sorts of games and
even go swimming. The young
sters elect a mayor and it is run
on a student basis with adult su
pervision.
The Y-Teens are for girls only.
They are the junior members of
the Y.W.C.A. Our club this year
has an extensive program which
we hope to follow. In our Y-Teen
clubs, you meet girls who are
different, you have fun with par
ties, of various kinds, such as po
ler Dance, Gypsy, Pirate, Splash.
Coke Party, and Sox Foot Dance.
We study our community and
work on service projects as help
ing at hospitals and Orphan
Homes, we help girls who need
help.
September 27-28, the Y-Teen
Clubs of greater Kansas City met
at Camp Washita, where we held
our annual Setting-Up Confer
ence. This was a two day session.
On Saturday the presidents,
vice-presidents, one sponsor, and
two inter-club or secretary or
treasurer attended the confer
ence. On Sunday, the other mem
bers of the cabinet came to get
new club ideas, make new friends
and solve club problems.
If you don’t belong to a Y-Teen
Club Fd suggest you join one
now, for you need the club and
the club I’m sure would enjoy
having your membership.
Grid Rockets Shooting
by “Ches” Washington
While Buddy Young, comet of
the star studded New York
Yanks, was pacing the Gotham
grid thoroughbreds to victory ov
er the Baltimore Colts in the pro
ranks, George Taliaferro, the
Hoosier hotshot, was going to
town to help his boys from back
home in Indiana to beat Nebras
ka, 17 to 0. All the scribes a
greed that Georgie was half the
show for the McMillanmen.
Meanwhile, dow'n in Wellsburg
W. Va., Deacon Dan Towler, the
terrific young track and grid so
phomore, w?as leading Washing
ton and Jefferson—the school
that Charley West once helped
to win a Rose Bowl call—defeat
Bethany College, 32-25. Dapper
Danny scored two touchdowns
for the Presidents.
Playing fullback for Yale. Levi
Jackson of Old Eli helped the
Blues swamp Kings Point, 34 to
13. and proved himself a poten
tial ’47 star.
In New' York City, bronzed Bill
Hatchett from Verona, N. J., who
is playing a whale of a game at
end, scored a touchdown for dear
Old Rutgers, despite the fact that
his team lost to a fighting Colum
bia eleven, 40 to 28.
Throughout the country, many
other sepia shooting stars proved
worthy of watching this season.
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Dark Merit
by Kathryne Favors
The Free Negro During Slavery
In old communities, the free
Negroes showed that they had
the ability and the intelligence
to make good in hundreds of in
stances. Many Negroes showed
a desire to make new discoveries
by going to different communi
ties. “Luke Mulber came to
Steubenville, Ohio, in 1802, hired
himself out to a carpenter for ten
dollars a month during the sum
mer, and went to school in the
winter. At the expiration of 3
years he could do rough carpen
try work and had about mastered
the fundamentals of education!
With this as a foundation he rose
to a position of usefulness among
the people of his town. Becoming
a contractor, he hired four jour
neymen and did such creditable
work that he was often called
upon to do more than he could.
David Jenkins of Columbue, O.,
was then a wealthy planter, gla
zier. and paperhanger. One Hill
of Chillioothe was its leading tan
ner and currier.
In Cincinnati, where, as a group
the Negroes had their best oppor
tunity, many made rapid strides
forward. By 1840, the Negroes
of this city had acquired $228,000
of real estate. One Negro was
worth $6,000 (a great deal of mon
ey in that time); another, who
had purchased himself and family
for $5,000 a few years prior to
1840 was worth $1,000. Another
Negro paid $5,000 for himself and
family and bought worth from
$8,000 to $1,000. A freedman who
was a slave until he was twenty
four years of age, then had two
lots worth $10,000, paid a tax of
$40, and had 320 acres of land in
Mercer County, Ohio. His estate
altogether was worth about $12,
000 to $15,000.
Out of this group in Cincinnati
came some very useful Negroes.
Among them may be mentioned
Robert Harlan, the horseman; A.
V. Thompson, the tailor; J. Pres
ley and Thomas Bell, contractors;
and Samuel T. Wilcox, the mer
chant, who was worth $60,000 in
1859.
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