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from anything you have ever dono?"
I answered. "Tell me what it is," he
replied. "Start a Sunday school
here!" I said. The man Just looked
at me, and then said, "What do you
think I am?" "You can do 0110
thing," I answered; "you can keep
order, and that is more than I can
do. You seem to be strong and husky
enough!" "Well, I am interested,"
was his reply. "You just stay to din
ner and tell me all about it."
I stayed to dinner, and I can see
that great tin dish of potatoes, and
just as plainly those fourteen or fif
teen men (the roughest set of men I
had ever seen), as they stuck their
forks into them. "Quit that! Let
your potatoes go! We are going to
have a blessing!" said the big man.
Then he said, "Hoys, we are going
to start a Sunday school up here.
Every one of you is going!" And it
was started, and those men came,
and their children. I could not have
gotten them to come. One man lit
his pipe as the sermon began, and
my big friend shouted, "Put your pipo
out; this is the house of God!"
Well, he was a strange specimen.
He swore two or three times during
the service, but he apologized for it,
which was not a surprise to me. And
when I told the story of a mothor's
love, as simply as I coald tell it, try
ing not to be emotional, that grea*.
unique specimen just sat there and
wept like a child!
After the service he turned to mo
and said. "Parson, I can't preach. 1
oan't do much of anything, but I will
be superintendent, or whatever you
like, of this Sunday school, and what
Is more, the rest are going to be
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here!" A remarkable attendance was
thus built up, and it was all due to
this man, whom they grew to love.
We need to furnish Bibles, Testa
ments, leaflets and papers to these
new Sunday schools, and had an
amount allowed us for their distri
bution. I spoke of supplying them,
but my friend exclaimed, "The Church
need not send them. I will give thir
ty dollars for Bibles and papers." And
it went on and grew into a little
church. We were good friends when
we parted, as he said, "I believe,
somehow, that God wants us to be
better people." I can never forget
his reverent attitude and the signifi
cance in his eyes as he listened to
the truth.
That rough man kept the school
going till winter, earnestly and faith
fully giving his life to the task. ?
Rev. John Timothy Stone, D. D.
NEGLECTED NAVAJO INDIANS.
The Missionary Review of the
World makes significant comment on
the neglected Navajo Indians. When
a treaty was signed with the Navajo
Indians in 1868, according to which
they were placed on much smaller
area than the one they had been oc
cupying, a stipulation was made that
the American Government would fur
nish a schoolhouse and teacher for
every thirty-five children. Half a cen
tury has passed and figures show over
9,000 Navajo children, with less than
2,000 in mission and government
schools. They are boys and girls of
native ability, but 7,000 of thein have
never seen a schoolhouse. There are
in fact more Indian children out of
school now than twenty years age,
because school facilities have not kept
pace with the growth of population.
Rev. W. R. Johnston was asked a
few years ago to make a survey of
the Navajo country, extending from
the Grand Canyon to Albuquerque,
and from San Juan to the Sante Fe
Railway, and gather facts in regard
to the young men and women who
had returned from reservation schools
to their homes ? about 800 in num
ber. He stopped one day at a trad
ing post for luncheon and an Indian
woman approached with her blankets
arounu her and her baby on her back.
She spoke correct English, and It was
learned that vhen a child of six she
had goni to the Ft. Lewis School in
Colotado. She remained nine years
and came home with a vision of lead
ing her family out of the old pagan
life, and sharing with her people some
of the advantages she had received.
Now she was living in a hogan of
one room, with no window, no door,
no chairs, a pile of sheepskins for a
bed, no knives nor forks, and with a
second polygamous wife and eight
children. When the educated young
Indians lose their ideals, they descend
to a plane below that of the pagan
Indian, and as one missionary said:
"It is easier to elevate the camp In
dians than the veneered pagans that
come back from government schools."
The foundation for permanent pro
gress must be laid in the Word of
God. In some government schools the
missionary is free to teach the Bible;
in others, spiritual instruction is
barred out. The perplexing problem
of the returned Indian student, or
creating self-supporting, independent
Christian citizens, can only be solved
by placing him under adequate Chris
Man instruction.
Boston, Mass.
People who have warm friends are
healthier and happier than those who
have none. All the wealth of the
world could not buy you a friend or
pay you for the loss of one.
jflfl arnageS
Chisholm-Lacks: At Charlotte C. H.,
Va., May 21, 1921, by Rev. B. P.
Bedinger, Mr. Armistead B. Chisholin
and Miss Jessie Lee Lacks, both of
Randolph, Va.
Osteen-Jones: At the residence of
Dr. B. P. Bedinger, Charlotte C. H.,
Va., May 27, 1921, Miss Pearl Jones
was married to Mr. Albert R. Osteen,
both of Durham, N. C.
Harris-Cahoon: At the manse. Cal
vary Presbyterian church. Swan Quar
ter, N. C., March 16, 1921, by Rev.
II. H. Leach, Thomas B. Harris, Sr.,
and Mrs. Pearle Virginia Cahoon, both
of Swan Quarter community.
Berry-Williams: At the manse, Cal
vary Presbyterian church, Swan Quar
ter, N. C., April 4, 1921, by Rev. H.
H. Leach, Jobe Berry and Miss Adria
Williams, both of Swan Quarter com
munity.
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DIt. ALLAN D. EVANS.
The session of the Presbyterian
church of Christiansburg, Va., desir
ing to place on record its deep sor
row and keen sense of loss occasioned
by the death of Dr. Allan D. Evans,
a member of that body, has adopted
the following paper:
For many years Dt. Evans has been
a useful and faithful member of this
church. As an earnest and devoted
Christian gentleman, an active church
worker, a liberal supporter of every
good cause, and as one whose reli
gion was expressed in acts of service
rather than by word of mouth, he
has set before us an inspiring exam
ple of Christian manhood. Although
but recently elected to the eldership,
he served as an honored and faithful
member of the session, always pres
ent and interested, unless kept away
by his ministry to suffering humanity.
And now ?
Whereas, God in His infinite wisdom
has taken him from this world to
servo in the presence of his Master,
Whom he loved and served faithfully
here; be it resolved:
1. That in the death of Dr. Evans
the session mourns the loss of one
?who by his humility and service en
deared himself to all of us.
2. That while we mourn our loss,
wo bow in humble submission to Him
Who doeth all things well, saying,
"Thy will bo done."
3. That we express to his bereaved
family our deepest sympathy, and
commend them to the comfort of Him
Who "faintetli not, neither is weary,"
but Who is "the same yesterday, to
day and forever."
4. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent the family of Dr. Evans; that
they be printed in the local and
Church papers; and that a copy be
spread on the minutes of the session
of this church.
(Signed)
The Session of the Chrlstiansburg
Presbyterian Church.
T. P. Johnston, Moderator.
Chas. I. Wade, Clerk.
May 22, 1921.
MllS. VIRGINIA MORRISON GUNN.
Mrs. Virginia Horrison Gunn, widow
of Giles Gunn, died May 2, 1921, at
Salem, Va.
Mrs. Gunn was the eldest daughter
of William Morrison and Margaret
MacCorkle Morrison, of Rockbridgo
County, Va., where she was born April
10, 1835. She was married in De
cember, 1859, to Giles Gunn, whose
memory is revered by many as a life
long teacher in the Virginia schools
and who died in November, 1902. To
this union there were born nine chil
dren, three of whom preceded her to
the grave. The survivors are Mrs.
L. J. Davis and Mrs. R. D. Campbell,
of Austin, Tex.; Ralph D. Gunn, of
Richmond, Va.; Mrs. David J. Woods,
of Clinton, S. C.; Ruffner B. Gunn
and Mrs. Effle G*unn Robbins, of Sa
lem, Va.
Mrs. Gunn had lived in Roanoke
County, Va., for thirty years, and had
been a life-long member of the Pres
byterian church and was buried at
Vinton, Va.
"Blessed are the dead which die in
the Lord."
Remembrance is the sweetest flower
Of all this world's perfuming,
Memory guards it, sun or shower,
Friendship keeps it blooming.
The Best of the New Things
for Springtime
In the enthusiastic seeking of "lower prices" which seems to have
become so general during recent months, there is a danger, we think, of
overstepping the bounds of true economy and mistaking the cheap and
tawdry for the low-in-price.
This is one reason why you will find a visit to this store par
ticularly helpful at this time, in fulfilling your plans for the new season.
No unworthy goods may find a place among the stocks, and we
think you may safely rely upon our taste and good judgment in ne
lection.
And while everything here is of the same high, dependable
quality that has always been characteristic at MILLER & RHOADS,
prices are now materially lower.
To-day the store is gaily decked out in its spring-time deess,
splendidly ready to serve your every need, whether for articles of
apparel and personal adornment or for the home.
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