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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1909)
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Schwnrz determined that lls ctngroKiilln nhould have a new ulmrr.li Trie fact that the mem; LerH numbered onlxi00, nniKtho wholo property of khe corporation was qUoui ?TuO00 trpubletl him not1 nt nil, and ho besan to build yJtU aB,;miqh. faith: as"; bf he Intel the riches of 'Solomon Ills plnnwOB ,to knl her everywhere, tvhenever ha couli)', nil :(1i9-vdtd , iut HtrotiR timbers, nil tio Iron Junlfaviillnble Irr telriicturnl uho all the IodSo and IrregUlar stoimaria kill the uenerallv discarded building mntorlals .that i . . '. " . . .. ..' ..". . . rnuiu ue rounn in utnaim nnu irpm them to build a church, ,H"wnB not to Tie u njenn nnd ugly house of worship, luit a well-equipped, well arranged, 'ample meeting plnco for hlB people. lie has now extended It to include nn 11-room houso for IiIb own fntniiy nnd the wholo property would have cost $30,000 If It had been built 'by contract. As built by rteV. M,r. Kchwars and his fellow laborers It will cost less than $25,000. 1'hu' other tjir.,000 has been saved to his people W the persevernncc, enorgy and In Keuulty of the pastor. The llrHt chnrgo that Mr. 8cliwnrz tuok when ho left tho theological neinlnnry was at ConnorBvllle, Ind. For clx years he remnlned there nnd was railed to Omnha three years ago on n recommendation from one of his Instructors In the theological school At that time the First German Presbyterian was n small framo church As soon nn the new pastor ciime ho announced Hint the church was too small To build a church with a membership of CO seemed out of (he intention to nil hut the pastor, jlle thought ho know a way and he 'net about It with almost no support, 'at (lrst, from the others For a year ho sought for n nultablo location and finally purchased the lot the new church Is nu Tor $1,800. (When he bought this tract tho fund which he drew from amounted to $57. Hid first movo was to sell the old kchurcb for $1,850. As soon as tho lot wns pnld for ho shouldered n spade, nnd replacing bin ministerial dignity "with a grim and offectlvo energy ho began to dig The tlrst thing thnt n church needed wan a foundation lie had no money, but he could make thp foundation hlmsolf. and that would be one stop toward It. 1 JIo asked for contributions from friends outside of Omnha and waited for his own people to contribute vol untarily. The dollnrs enme slowly, but I hey enmo with sufllclent steadi ness to assure him that he could annke a few purchases for n start While walking on the street one dav he saw that in repairing the street the old curbs were being taken up "There are good blocks," said the pastor-builder, and he bargained with tho contractor to tnke them off his hands. That stone went Into the founcatlon. His next lot of material came when tho wall that supported the yard of tho old Rosewater residence wns to be torn down. Men hired by Mr. Scuwari did the work nn.i m... bnscment, and after that tliG monoy will come In faster. In tho meantituo tho minister Is jwatclilng overywliero for anything that will mako his church moro commodious or his homo more uttractlvc. "The reason for my doing all this," said Ilov. Mr. Schwarz, as he laid aside tho tools with which ho was helping tho workmen, "Is that I be lovo thnt right here in tho best flold for work among the Ocrmaua that there Is In all thu northwest. My life occupation Is missionary work among my German pcoplo and tho only reason why I want to stay horo and put up thin big church for my small congregation Is bocauso from here I can reach so many Gormans. I was born uu American, but camo from German parents nnd am thor oughly German in thought and feel ing. When I decided to bocomo n minister I saw that tho greatest nood was nmong my own peoplo, so I studlpd at a German seminary. My -r' ORIENTAL SERVANT A JEWEL CdiPice Qemsf Erected by. Schw&rkz si Rev. Julius F. Schwarz. brick nnd stono wan taken out and n. i . ., walls that were gradually ris L" ,.P " ,ul. th? dimensions and has 11 due rooms'. On the front of the church will be a tower which will tin Just as high and substantial an It can bo made from what Is left of tho stono after tho rest of the structure Is finished The plans for all of It were sketched by tho Rev. Mr. Schwarz and mndo exact by an archi tect There are no spcclllcatlons in use Tho plans are fol lowed not by get ting material to lit them, but by con forming them ns nearly ns possible to material that can bo cheaply bought. The work went slowlv. because Mr AW Ground Ability of the Indispens able "Boy" In India Is Something to Wonder At. In these days of loud walling nbottt tho haughty domestic, exorbitant wagon and small returns It Is soothing to recall the efficiency nnd submissive feorvlco of thu oriental servant. In India the Indispensable "boy" does everything "boy" being a gen eric name rcgntdloss of age or native dignity receiving in remuneration the equivalent of $12 to $11 a month at the mo3t He buys your railroad tickets chocks your luggage, settles tho clam ora of luggage coolies, gives your tlpt nnd Bhoos nway the hordes of beggars telegraphs to hotels for your room and takes care of them when you got there, makea the bed, brings tho af lornoon tea, stnnds beside your chali nt rithlb and serves you, brings youi account when you leave and wranglet for you over Its Inevitable extortions At the dak bungalows . ho forages for your menla and, If nccessnry, cooka them. He produces washmen, sowing men and all sorts of dealers In ovory thing lu demnnd. Hu make's up jour bed on sleeping cars and replen ishes your aupply of Ice" and soda. He runs your errands, cleans yodr boots and hats, darns youi--HtocMngs and mends your elotlvs; t When you walk itbroud, he attends you nnd directs you "t"6"tho bazarw where you will be robbed least, recefv ing Ills commission lator from ah up jTeclative proprietor.' "', ; (1, For c'very ce'nf 'Intrusted. to Wrnjfor general expondjturp he renders an .ac count, .and though he 'doubtless ro'bu you gently ho docs not let others 'do It (an1 It Is distinctly advantageous to be rdbbed by one person rather thnn u score). f Ho Is silent and noiseless, salaams whenever you speak to him, and never enters your presence with hlrt shoes on or bis turban off. And, finally, his multifarious day ended, he wraps himself in his shawl and sleeps across your threshold. 7 """ m the church ins coiiKrpuntliin tnree days' uorlr upfinn to con with teams in site Some of tribute two or gathering material. The south steps from the ni.i i,ii . . building followed and Uo ," l ' f, ' .. table" on both sides of the cur Jjt ( ho building The parsonage end was hel g'id d from the stone that could ho picked up o . stone yards for small expense ami come " into suitable blocks. An opportunity came to' the builders whon the driyoway was con&tructctd leading down to the Union station on the north side. nPro was bought 15.000 feet of lumber that had been used in scaffolding and a carload of fine red sandstone was purchased for $20 When, a few weeks later u contractor offered Mr Schwau $70 for that Btimo carload of red Mono because he needed It to fill a contract In a hurry, the minister gine up his material and added $50 clear to tho fund. This was the only enterprise for profit that was entered into for the benefit of tho cause, except u little deal in lead pipe which the minister had with a prominent fraternal order. He bought Borne old lead fiom the lodge for $1 50 and s-old it for $15 to a junk dealor All winter long he has been haunting the repnlr gntigB about the streets, visiting stone yards and junk heaps and adding to the pile of materials that Is being made Into a building by his men. One of his biggest and most proutnhle tlnds was a pair of iron pillars In excellent condition which ho bought from tho street railway company for tbelr price as old Iron. The street railway com pany also furnished him with the moat novel use of old material In the wholo building, which Is tho making of rafters out of old steel tails. The rails are moro than strong enough nnd were bought for thn price of junk. Tho church, which consists of n basement with u beautiful ltreplnco, and ,mj. auditorium which will seat 300, mensuros 44x71! foot. Tho roof oxtonds back over tho parsonage, making rt u full three stories high, with ono room in the Attic. Tho house part ts ZtxSO feot lu ground Hehwnrz could not afford to put on n large force ot men. His foteman. Fred Slather. Is a Gerpian stone mason. The wages of the men are the ono debt which Mr Schwatz does not Intend to neg lect and bis men are paid eery Saturday as If they were working for a wealthy contractor who had thousands to back his operations To do thU the builder has bad to rely upon tho kludtuss of his other ci editors, who have helped the cause by not preiilng their claims. That $11,000 that has already been put Into the work was gathered mostly from the coiitiibutlous of friends nil over the country. Other pastors have taken up benefit collections, a friend lu In diana sent $200, and tho congregation has con tributed far beyond what might he expected from their means. Mr Schwiuv. made a house-to-house ciunpalgn of four dajs down lu Riley. Kan., anil raised $200 In that way One of the church trus tees, who declared when tho project was begun that he would not do anything to aid It, has al ready given $100. and others have given $100 nnd' $200 contributions. Churches bavo promised contributions that will piobably average $23 each and hcvqrnl hundred dollars more Is expected from that source "If I just had $0,000 moro I could finish It." says tho minister, and lie seems not to lack faith that tho $0,000 will come as It Is needed. Mr; Schwarz's unique undertaking lins nttract. ed considerable attention and promises of finan cial assistance have come In from various. parts of the country. Thoso donations to n mosj. wor thy cause aro for the most part In' small amounts, hut are none tho less appreciated Jy Uin. eiie'r gctlc pastor aiid tho oucou.rngemv.ut thus re ceived has had no little part -In helping along the good work. Rov. Bchwar. ban announced that till outsldo contributions. will be gratefully received mid promptly, acknowledged; , The biggest addition to tho fund that luttf ftiinwi on fno.iKAa .llu ') rflA ctt ttfm tirtllliii? t rn' ,lflltU 0J 11 'HUD AlUU f kUWV fW I Wilt iV., lltU did parsnungc, which the.. pastor, adyjscd air Boon as, ho saw tho possibility of.jj)akUltf..a;- liWo for hliuself as a part of tfio now building.' It Is be lieved Uiat enough moro can easily bo raised to put on a roof bo that services can bu held in the position makes It possible for mo to reach many who nro In need of help nnd many who are stran gers and I want to stay here and mnke my work effective In helping tho German citizens In this country." It Is Tifcnuso of this sincere deslro to be of help to hl.i church that Mr. Schwarz has labored with his hands and brain to build the new church It has arisen out of what seemed to be Insurmount able dllllcultlon. Not only the cornerstone, but every stone In It was once refused by the builders, but when it In tlnished there will bo no fault found with its smooth, gray walls, Its modern equipment and Its generous dimensions In connection with his pastoral nnd building work Rev. Mr. Schwarz devoton nine hours a week to teaching In the University of Omaha, where ho has charge of the German classes. He H also stated clerk of tho presbytery of Omuhn, and the compensation received from thin additional work be considers provident inl In that It helps to secure him sulllcicnt salary to bring bis work to a self-supporting basis. Rev Schwarz' father was a practicing physician In Franklin county, Mo Hu hailed from Heidel berg. Uatlen, Germany. Rev Schwarz was left an orphan at tho ago of 11 months. Ho wns taken Into tho homo of a kind-hearted couple who had nlready raised eight children of their own As a ti Unite to the meinoiy of his fostei par ents and as u token of appreciation of the kind iie.is received at their hands, the church parsonage has been turned into a sort of a home for the 1 1 (endless and a refuge for tho destitute. Many lave partaken of the parson's hospitality until work or other assistance had been offered. Should tlit.-. soit of hospitality require more space. It Is p-js.-dble that an old people's home may bo estab lished after the financial obligations of the new cN.rch edltlco havo been met. SCIENCE AND FAITH Is It true thnt the greater the knowledgo tho li'H the religious Interest? Ate these two persons, the man whoso yeal tor religion Is equaled by his blgutry and Ignorance and the other in whom sci entific study has dwarfed spiritual sensibility, fair types by which to judge the relations of religion and knowledge? Is Intelligence incompatible with real piety? Will the growth of knowledge bring about tho dis solution of lellglon? Is the life of religious aspl rations and feelings out of dntu lu a scientific ago such as wu aro constantly reminded this one Is today? Science lins overcome superstition; Is faith so bound up with, superstition that It, too, must go? We can be biire of one thing, at least; that, no matter what our feelings,' theories or Ideals may, be, wo cannot 'turn our' bucuV on tho great world of fact ub It In laid beToro nn.' The Jnith that flghtB facts Is committing suicide.' Appeals to our fears cannot to-day mnke tho flicks' less real t,o t)B nnd we know that by .them wo will have to stand or fall. i ., If you stop to think about l.t there Is a striking, KicrniflHiricri In the fnt that "tills nuelitlon haa : ArlsonJ In therf? a jolbiiirjlho-'IntellgentldU' oated.' screnriffc" iiijnij?.,, 4t wiRestB another ,qu(A' " .tloty. 'I'aiil iitly"'6tljea:. liijnd. .fully mnpreheud' tho" Here's a Tongue-Twister. Grenvllle Kleiner, Instructor of the Public Speaking Club of America, whoso headquarters Is at the West side Y. M. C. A. In New York, defies anybody to repeat accurately fiom memory the following tongue-twister: Ksuu Wod sawed wood. Ksuti Wood would nnw 'wood. All the wood Ksau Wood saw F.hiui Wood would saw. In other words, all the wood Hanu saw to saw Ksau sought to saw. Oh, the wood Wood would suw! And, Oh, the wood saw with which Wood would saw wood! Mut one day Wood's wood saw would saw no wood and thus the wood Wood sawed was not the wood Wood would saw If Wood's saw would saw wood. Now. Wood would saw wood with a wood saw that would saw wood, so tCsau sought a saw that would saw wood. One duy Ksau saw a saw saw wood as no other wood saw Wood saw. In fact, of all the wood-saws Wood ever saw saw wood. Wood never savv a wood-saw that would saw wood as the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood, and I never saw a wood-saw that would saw as the wood-saw Wood bsiw would savv until I saw Ksuu Wood saw wood with the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood. Now Wood saws wood with the wood-saw Wood savv saw wood. Mr. Klelser was lornierly a member of the Yale faculty. 1 riches 'and meaning of religion? Tho unthinking cling to customs, traditions uud forms that aro the vestiges ot truth. Thu trained mind distinguishes between the gurmont.s of truth and truth Itaolf. Paul on the Grace of Giving- Sundiy School Unon for Dec. 5, 1909 Specially Arraneed for This Papar Jay Gould and the Physician. A case of resemblance thnt both ered New Yorkers for years wan that of .lay Gould, the millionaire railroad magnate, and his Innocent double, a New York phvslclnn. The physician wan taking a stroll one morning at an American winter resort, when he was contionted In the path by a dwarfish, svvarth, wien-1'aced man wearing a blown check suit. Mr. Gould, I believe?" the physi cian murmured. Gould stared nt his 'counterfeit pre sentment " "I am not quite sure that I mil," he exclaimed. "I wish you wouldn't wear clothes like mine." "Shave olf your beard, and 1 won't!" snapped the physician. These men wore for yearn constant ly mistaken foi each other, and If the physician had not been honest Gould might well have feared for his mil lions, lor the phyhlclan might have presented himself almost anywhere as Gould and inlsed on his luce" almost auv sum of money. Sunday Magazine ot the rittsburg Dispatch. The Number Thirteen. Does the number 111 Influence a en leer In the army? Is u question naked by a Paris contemporary, Impelled by tho fact that M. Oiidln appears thir teenth In the navy list at St. Cyr. He hau just been gazotted as a sublieu tenant In a cavalry regiment, de clares the London Globe. Thirteen Is not looked upon as an unlucky .num ber at St. Cyr, for nmong those who hnve stood thirteenth In the list nro Marshal MacMnhon In 1S.25. Gen. llourbaki held tho same place nine yenrs later. Gen. l.avcaucoiipet, one of the 'heroes nt Melzln 1870, wns an other III Among the living generals ts Gen nalloud, who left In 1808, and has since hail a brilliant career. .,, . nlU. . No Match fo Her.' ' "Ah'" he lightly crkrl, "I eatinot give, you tho key tp my mind." She sullied till, tho. tips or her pc.lrly teoth fretted her ripe, red lip. ' ''Why 'should there Ktt any key to ynur-nilrid'?" 'she gently asked ".D6 men put lockB on empty storerooms?" Seeing thnt ho was no match for nor In trenchant badinage he strolled languldlv way. L.KSSON Ti:.T -2 Cor S:Mfi. Memory verse, !i. UOI.DKN TKXT.-"UrinPiiitipr tint wonts of the Lord Jesus, how he sulil, It Is more blended to give than in ru eclve." Acts ai ST.. Suggestion and Practical Thought. The Grace of Giving. Its Hlussed nesa and Principles. 1. The Immediate Object. The Col lection for the Poor Disciples of the Mothehr Chruch lu Jerusalem. The llrat thing In giving In n heart to give; thcju'xt is an object that needs our gifts. This nlso kindles our heart's desire to give. The object which called out the many wise procoptn which Paul wrote to the Coritfthlahs, wan the need of the poor disciples at .leiusnlem. This object as n motive was greatly strengthened by the fact thnt by these glfta the members of the church nt .lerusnlem would be , bound closer to the Gentile Christians through this expression of love and sympathy; and this new bond ,wus needed because there was no small danger of rupture. The Gentile Christians were Hying '.' In rich commercial centers, and while few were of the wenlthy class,. all had much more pioney In circulation than the Christian JeWa al Jerusalem. ' Why the Jewish Christians Needed lTy.lp. (1) The Christiana were, as a rule, from the poorer classes. (2) The- opposition to them aa Christians made It difficult for them to obtain work for tlielr Biipport. II. The Privilege of Giving Vs. I. 2. I. We do to you to-wlt. R. V.. "We make known to you." "Cause you to know" the grace of God, the favor, tbu privilege, the expression of loving kindness, the good will, beautiful, de lightful, nnd producing In thorn the graces of the Christian life, bestowed on the churches of Macedonia, espe cially the church at Phlllppl, who re peatedly sent donations to Paul to help him In his work. 2. The nbundnnce of their joy. In the next chapter we have a most In teresting expiesslon, "God loveth a cheerful giver," he loves such a one because he Is a man after God's own heart, In perfect sympathy and har mony with him. III. Giving Out of Poverty and Af fliction V. 2 This abundance of Joy abounded unto the itches of their lib erality. "It Is worth remarking that nowheie, save In 1 Tim. G: 17, does St. Paul use the word riches of ma terial, but with that one exception, solely ol moral or spiritual wealth. IV. The Kxample of Phlllppl Wan a Help to Corinth. Vs :i. 4, (. The PhlHpplans were very generous, they gave even too much, freely without pci'Munslnii on the part of Paul. In his gospel of wealth. Mr. Carnegie says "No one Is entitled to recommend these doctrines who is not engaged in acting upon them " V. The Souice of Generous Giving V. 5. They did, not as we hoded. ot expected, but lar beyond our expecta tlous. Rut tlrst, that in, first lu I in portance, chiefly. "What St. Paul says Is virtuallj this: 'We expected little from people no poor, but by God's will they literal ly put tlfeinselves nt the service of the Lord, In the Hi at instance, and of us as his administrators. They said tc us, to our amazement and Joy, "We are Christ's, and yours after him, to command In tills matter. VI. Completing the Cricle of Vir- ' tues. V 7. As ye abound in every thing, all the other virtues, see that ye abound in this grace also. Thin must be done in order to make their char acter perfect. 13 very virtue omitted or lessened Injures the whole charac ter, uud diminishes the influence of every virtue. VII. The Example of Christ. V. 9. "Ye know the grace," the loving favor, of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, aa the eternal Son of God in heaven, before he camo to earth "Yet for your sakes he becamo poor" "Thin means Infinitely more than ab stinence from mnteiial good while on eaith. For riches denotes, not actual enjoyment of the things possessed, but control ovei things needful or pleas ant to us" VIII. The Will for the Deed V. 12. If there bo first a willing mind, r. v , "If the leadlness is there" A dispo sition to give, a heart that Is ready lor sell-denials What God wants Is a right soul, a right character, a lov ing heart, and ho does not measure or icwaid It according to Its ineann of expressing itrell. It. the willing mind, or the gift, Is ncceptcd. r. v., "accept able," according to that a man hath. etc. A delightful principle, worthy of him who "loveth a cheerful glvor" (2 Cor H:7). that the acceptability of all our offerings depends not on the amount given hut on the proportion which it bears to our means (comp. Ex. 25:2; 115:5; 1 Chroh. 20:9). Srhnff. This sentiment the Saviour expressly stated and defended In tho case of the poor widow (Mark 12:42 41; Luke 21:1-1). Systematic Giving. Tho amount given by any person varies with his clreumstniicea A man with no fami ly, or no children, should glvu myft' thnn one ,th a tuuull sAlary'Vuid nv' large family, for in the latter caao tho ('ducattng aiid training of tbq children Is ,r Venl' gtviilg 'to '(he Lord! Hut everyone is better off for giving some thing directly to the Lord'B work, nnd will be more nr.osperquu. spiritually iint flnRmJiiiiiy, 'dnd ifirf children will" grow up better men und women. No education ts more Important than ed ucatlon in giving to the Lord through those who need help, ir . U f : C? .! 1
