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THE DAYTON FORUM THE CHURCH in at Eaker A. M. E. Dayton, Ohio and Sunday until Feb. 9th Angelist, Singer & Scholar in Charge DAY, Pastor ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A. John W. Arnold in Song Recital at Zion Baptist Church Jan. 30th GRAND MASTER GREEN The recently organized Masonic lodge known as Harmony No. 77, was duly set up and consecrated to begin regular Masonic work, with full authority given it by the Masonic Grand Lodge of the State of Ohio, Sunday, January 19, 1919. The State Grand Master, H. G. Greer, and Deputy Grand Master J. Foster Sows, with other Grand Officers, performed the most impressive ceremony with great care and forcefulness. The affair was public, and those who watched and listened gasped while in solemn tones and emphatic words the ceremonies were being performed to the officers of No. 77, under whose care the lodge will thrive for the next year. This lodge, the 77th Colored Masonic Lodge of the State of Ohio, though just organized fourteen months ago, under very adverse conditions, has distinguished itself in this city and in nearby towns as one of the most promising lodges ever set up in the state. It has a most comfortable lodge room and has equipped itself with all of the Masonic implements necessary to do the work of Masons. The major officers, in whose care the craft will be, are: G. W. Dunn, in the East, James H. Tam, in the West, and Sylvester Stone, in the South. The Grand Officers that were In a wreck between Dayton and Columbus, somewhere near London, Ohio, on or about the 13th inst., a colored woman, about 5 ft. 6 in., with brown skin, brown eyes, black medium straight hair, and with $12 in her purse. Her body is now at Whitaker's Undertaking Parlor, 720 East Long Street, Columbus, Ohio. According to her railway ticket, she was traveling from Dayton to Columbus. Information is wanted at once from any one who may recognize or know her. Communicate with Father J. N. Samuel's Bellboder, 335 Norwood Avenue, Dayton; telephone, Maia 7807. --- Vol 6 Number 34 Big Welcome CITIZEN'S RECEPTION COMMITTEE FOR DEMOBILIZED SOLDIERS That is the title of the committee which has been meeting these four weeks past to prepare a worthy reception to all the soldiers of Dayton and those in Dayton, demobilized from the army, whether from camp in America or from abroad. The first meeting was called by the Rev. J. E. Burton, and met at the W. C. A. To this meeting as many churches, societies, clubs, lodges, and other orders as could then be reached were invited to discuss and plan and prepare for this reception. A very cordial spirit rules the weekly meeting. The good women of the city have stalwartly supported the movement and are found at the meetings at each of its sessions. A goodly sum has been contributed by the different organizations in preparation for this event, which promises to be a momentous one, and in which every colored citizen of Dayton should be included. The definite date for the reception will soon be announced; meanwhile, committees have been appointed by the chairman to make the necessary preparation. It is hoped to stage this great event in Memorial Hall. A Program Committee is now actively engaged in the preparation of the program. The chairman takes this opportunity to call the attention of every officer and member of every organization in the city to this reception; and most cordially here invites each and all, to participate now in the preparation of the same. There is no formal or official notice sent out, and none will be sent out. Members reading this will please bring it to the attention of their several officers in and out of their assemblies, and urge their institution or organization to fall n line n the grand march to this patriotic, proud, and loyal demonstration. He surely is anathema who for any cause whatsoever will deny to our valiant heroes such little need of praise for their eminently successful martial exploits. The meeting is at the W. C. A. every Monday at 8:00 p.m.—By Order of Rev. J. E. Burton, President.—Sec'y of the Committee. BIG MEN'S MEETING A special meeting for men only, Sunday afternoon, a January 26, 3:00 p.m., at Euelid Avenue A. M. E. Church. The meeting will be addressed by the presiding elder, Rev. W. B. Lee, B.D., upon the subject, "The Exalted Position of Man." This is a special appeal to your Christian manhood and to every man in the community to be present and assist this great battle for the uplift of humanity. Remember the place, date, and hour—Euelid Ave. A. M. E. Church, Sunday, January 26, 3:00 o'clock p.m. Some, all men, and bring at least one other or as many as possible. KILLED DAYTON, OHIO, FRIDAY JAN. 24, 1919 The Negro & the South After the War Jimmett J. Scott, Special Assistant to Secretary of War. Discusses Conditions That Should Follow the Return of Honorably Discharged Negro Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, January 23.—The second day's session of the Annual Tuskegee Negro Conference was devoted to a discussion of "Problems Connected with the Demobilization of Negro Soldiers." The principal address before this session of the conference was delivered by Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Secretary of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, who has been serving in Washington, D. C., since the outbreak of the war, as special assistant to the Secretary of War, advising in matters affecting the interests of colored soldiers and colored Americans generally. The Tuskegee Negro Conference, the fame of which is now nation wide, was inaugurated by the late Booker T. Washington, and meets annually at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee Alabama. The conference has always sought to encourage Negro farmers and the Negro people of the South generally in forward-looking directions. The same policy of helping colored farmers in practical ways and of seeking to cement friendly relations between the two races in the South, has been and is being consistently carried out by Dr. Robert R. Moton, the present principal of the institute. In discussing the subject, "The Negro and the South After the War," Dr. Scott took a broad view of the situation and sought to ally and to dissipate the spirit of unrest and aprehension which seems to obtain in the South with reference to the return to this section of discharged Negro soldiers. Incidentally he revealed the plan and policy of the War Department to gradually demobilize the thousands of Negroes in the Army as rapidly as suitable civilian employment can be found for them. Extracts from his address follow. The Negro and the South After the War. "Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war," and the fact that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of soldiers must soon be discharged from military service and thus be changed from a military to a civilian status, presents a problem requiring the best thought for its proper handling and solution, and indeed makes the problem of Peace equally if not more complex than the problem of war. At one time during the war, German propagandists would have had us believe that the American Negro had neither the inclination nor the ability to efficiently fight under the Stars and Stripes and to fully perform his share of civilian work and military service so essential in the support of our country's program at home and overseas; but the ready response of Negro draftees to the selective service call, the splendid record made by nearly 400,000 Negro soldiers in camps and cantments at home as well as in the war zone and on bloody battlefields of France, together with the whole-souled support and numerous patriotic activities of Negro Americans generally, showed how false and unfounded was that thought. In this connection, it is both interesting and encouraging to note the testimony by Mr. A. Bruce Bielaski, chief of the Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, and by Captain George B. Lester, of the Army Intelligence Service, before the United States Senate Committee, which is investigating the activities of German propagandists in this country. In referring to the efforts that were repeatedly made to discourage loyalty on the part of the Negroes of this country, Captain Lester said: "This propagand abcame so serious from the military end that active measures were taken to suppress it. The real leaders of the race in this country were called to a conference in Washington on June 19, 20, 21, 1918. There was a large number of these representative men of the colored race present, a list of which I have. As a result of the conference, which lasted several days, an active counter propaganda, through the Committee on Public Information, was prepared, articles were written denying statements of this character, and, as a net result, the President issued a statement on Friday, July 22, 1918, deprecating and denouncing mob action, and that is about the last that was heard of the German propaganda among the Negroes." I have particular pleasure in bringing this testimony to your attention because of the fact that the conference referred to was composed of some fifty leaders of Negro thought and opinion; it was called under the auspices of the War Department and the Committee on Public Information. I am glad to have had the honor of presiding at the conference referred The fear that now seems to prevail in the South over the Negro's homecoming after the war is, in my opinion, equally without foundation. This is the Negro's natural home and here the masses of the race will continue to reside, it is to be hoped, for many years, in peace and profitable industry. The Negro soldiers will soon be returning to their native land—the only land they have ever known, in defense of which they have been willing to give their lives in time of war, and in the reconstruction of which they were eager to give their best energies in time of peace. Thousands of them volunteered for military and naval service regardless of the Selective Service Law, and they will return no less anxious to perform their full duties as citizens and to live in peace with their fellow men, asking in return only the full protection of the law of their land—the guarantee of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The returning Negro soldier will not be the foul wretch from which to shink in terror, or a plague from which to flee in fear, as some seem to think. He will return both physically and mentally benefitted by reason of his military training and experience during the great world war, and naturally he will return to the Southland and other sections with a broader vision and appreciation of American citizenship, as well as with new ideas of what liberty and freedom (not license) really mean. He has clearly shown his eager willingness to discharge the duties and responsibilities of American citizenship, and it is devoutly hoped that fair-minded Americans in all parts of the country will calmly and justly recognize the fact that he is, therefore, entitled to all of the rights and privileges which the laws of our country offer to all other classes of our common citizenship. Primarily the Negro is the means by which the people of the golden Southland are nourished and strengthened through his diligent efforts to coax out of the ground life-sustaining food products. According to the last official census, Negro farmers in the South numbered 893,370, constituting fourteen per cent of the total number of farmers of all classes in the country as a whole, while in point of population the Negro race constituted but 10.7 per cent. of the total population of the United States. The Negro is the greatest labor factor in the South. His loyalty and patriotism remain unquestioned. A race composed of such people cannot be other than an asset. It is true that here and there the undesirable and criminal abound, as in all races you will find them, but the same, lawabiding, industrious Negro is legion, and millions of them have justly earned the respect of their various communities. Unfounded Fear Concerning Return of Negro Soldiers. Have no fears that when these soldiers to whom I have referred return from the war, having aided in their country's triumph, that they will, over night, as it were, become a menace to public peace and order. The Negro soldier will return a better citizen because he has learned the value of discipline. He has improved in health and has a knowledge of what to avoid; and what to do in order to maintain and stimulate a healthy mind and body. It may be safely assumed that his heretofore abnormally high sick and death rate will be lowered, and this, incidentally, will mean much for our Southern communities. It would be most unfortunate, indeed, if threatened conditions in the South, which have been repeatedly referred to and rightly discouraged by Southern editors and many of the leading white and colored citizens of this section, should make the returning Negro soldiers feel that he cannot return to his former home in safety, thereby keeping out of the South a large element which heretofore has contributed to the upbuilding of the industrial South. To a vast majority of Negro soldiers, as well as civilians, the word "morale" has taken on a new signifi- God is pouring out His Spirit upon those who have been so blessed of God to be present at these meetings that are now in progress and will continue indefinitely until the entire West End is on fire for God and righteous M. ness, Rev. W. M. Lee, B.D., the presiding elder of the Springfield District, assisted by the pastor. Rev. H. I. Upthegrove, is conducting the meetings. Rev. Lee will preach each evening at 7:30. Beginning next Monday evening, Rev. W. B. Lee will discuss special subjects, such as "The Swelling of the Jordan," "The Cave Dwellers," "A Prayer Meeting in Hell and Its Results," "The Vision of Isaiah," "Conversion and Repentance, etc." Special features of the meeting; a chorus of thirty voices render soul-stirring music each evening; Mrs. Scott, the singing evangelist of Harvysburg, Ohio, is the special delight of all who hear her; she is surly blessed of God in song. She is rendering most remarkable service. Do not fail to hear her. cance and hundreds of thousands of them have cheerfully responded to military discipline and other rigorous requirements and restrictions made necessary by the war, and have demonstrated the fact that the thoughtful mind, the conservative voice and pen, the industrious hand, the patriotic dollar, as well as the effective gun and bayonet, can all be utilized as vitally important factors in the winning of a great war. Lynching Should Be Stamped Out. The Negro soldier's conduct overseas has won for him the commendation and gratitude of the greatest governments on the face of the earth, and, as homeward he turns his face, his resolve for better citizenship is even more firmly fixed. He will not, I am sure, seek to jeopardize or impair the honor and face his race has won in this war by any thoughtless or unmanly word or deed. On the contrary, he will be anxious to renew and strengthen the friendly relations that he left behind, confident that a spirit of justice abides in the land to which he is returning. Rightly required to be law-alibing himself, he confidently tells that law and order will prevail, that lynchings and all forms of mob violence, which have driven so many of his race from the South, will be stamped out by duly constituted authority and that every man, regardless of color, who has fought or served under the Starry Banner or who has been loyal to that emblem of liberty and justice, will be granted recognition to which all true Americans are entitled. Nearly 400,000 gallant black soldiers, "fruit and flower of the Negro race," have helped to make the world safe for freedom and democracy; many of them have fought, bled and died that their country's ideals might triumph. If, in the hour of her travail and danger, the Negro has neither faltered nor failed in pledging his life, his labor, his money, his ALL in defense of his country's safety and honor, surely in the hour of victory and prosperity he will not be denied fair treatment and the recompense accorded other soldiers because of his valuable services and unswerving patriotism. The Negro asks the full protection of the law, to be left unhindered and unhampered in his industrial and commercial pursuits, to be given a fair deal and full opportunity to educate his children, and to work out his own destiny—being loyal to his family, to his com- ADVERTISERS realize quick results when using these columns to reach the people. Phone Us! Main 7696. Price 5 Cents munity, to his country, and to his God! The Negro Entitled to the Product of His Resistance Despite all else, the Negro loves the South. He knows no North, no East, no West, as he knows the South. Here in largest numbers he was born; here, in the sacred soil of the sunny Southland, his parents and relatives lie buried; here, in Southern fields and amid exceptional business opportunities, he has made the most amazing progress; and here he wishes to remain in peace, in friendly and helpful relations with his fellow men! He was willing to make any sacrifice that the highest principles of civilization might triumph and he has emerged, like all others, I trust, chaastened by the rigors of self-sacrifice and the horrors of war; these same principles of civilization and humanity should be applied to him impartially, for certainly he is entitled to the product of his own patriotism. He asks no more, and no equally helpful and loyal race could expect less. And today, as the world eagerly awaits those decisions and understandings which shall be finally reached and agreed upon at the Peace Table; while there sit in counsel at Versailles those who in large measure control the future destinin of millions of mankind, the Negro still toils on in faith and hope that America, his native land, will see to it that he is included in that new covenant which shall guarantee justice and fairness without regard to caste or creed, and which shall vouchsafe freedom of opportunity to all of the lowly and oppressed races and groups of people on the face of the earth! The South need have no fear about the returning Negro soldier; his return is not in a hostile spirit, but one of friendly helpfulness. Justly proud of the record his race has made as courageous, self-sacrificing soldiers and as equally courageous and self-sacrificing civilians, he is coming back home and the only thing he asks for is a man's treatment and a man's chance! Let us all, therefore, bravely and calmly face the new conditions occasioned by the trend of the great times in which we live. Now, just a few words as to when our boys may be expected home, for I know you are all interested in the War Department's plan for demobilizing Negro soldiers. I may say at the outset that the same plan which the War Department has in mind for white soldiers is equally applicable to the colored soldiers; that is to say, all of them will be gradually demobilized and not suddenly turned loose by the hundreds of thousands, in the middle of this winter, with slim chances for many of them to find employment or to be absorbed in either the industries or in agriculture. The policy of the War Department is to discharge, from time to time, proportionately as many Negro soldiers as there will be white soldiers discharged. Even as, in the conduct of the war, the Negro has been given a splendid opportunity to, and has entered practically every branch of the United States Army, so likewise the War Department is planning to see, in the matter of demobilizing Negro units as well as white military units, that the Negro soldier is discharged as rapidly as economic and other conditions make it wise and practicable to return so large a number of men to civilian life. Referring particularly to the military opportunities which this war has brought to us as a race, I wish to emphasize the fact that some twelve hundred Negro officers have been commissioned in the Army of the United States and the Negro soldier is well represented in all of the following branches of military service: Infantry, Cavalry, Engineer Corps, Signal Corps (including Radio or Wireless Telegraphy), Medical Corps, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery, Sanitary Corps, Ambulance and Hospital Corps, Stevedore Regiments, Labor Battalions, Motor Transport Corps, etc. Now that the war is over, it is naturally and undoubtedly the desire of a large number of soldiers to be honorably discharged from the Army at once, in order that they may return to their families and, if possible, find or resume employment in the communities where they formerly lived; but, on the other hand, there are grave problems presented when you think of the matter of demobilizing two or three million American soldiers and returning them to the status of civilians. When it is considered that there has been a shift in the occupation of some 8,000,000 persons in this country during the world war, as I have been reliably informed, not counting the two or three million soldiers who left civilian occupations to go into the Army, one can fairly appreciate the colossal economic problem that is now confronting the War CURRY MEETINGS Evangelistic Care Services very PROF. Evangelis LARGE CHORUS It is cheering to note, however, the official announcement of the War Department that fifty per cent. of the combat divisions in the United States have been authorized or ordered to be discharged, and that the following Negro military units, now overseas, have been assigned for early convoy and will likely reach America within a very short time: 367th Infantry, headquarters and first battalion, 40 officers and 1,296 men; headquarters company, supply company, and third battalion, 49 officers and 1,315 men. 369th Infantry, headquarters supply company, 2d battalion and sanitary detachment, 56 officers and 1,202 men. 370th. Infantry, headquarters, 2d and 3d battalions, medical detachments, 68 officers and 1,555 men. 372d Infantry, less 2d battalion, 65 officers and 1,855 men. (Later order includes 2d battalion and medical detachment.) Many complaints are reaching my office in the War Department, coming from colored soldiers, and based largely upon their desire to be speedily discharged from military service. For the present I would earnestly counsel the soldiers of my race, as well as their families and friends, be patient a while longer, and trust the Negro press may concur in the wisdom of counseling likewise. Patience on the part of the public, including both white and colored soldiers and their families, is all the War Department asks and rightfully expects while it is endeavoring to work out the great problem of demobilization that is equally, if not more complex than the original problem of creating a hammoth American army under the spur of the Selective Service Law. The War Department's suc- want, and, perhaps, even more—cess in n GET RIGHT WITH GOD! Department and gain some idea of the tremeudous tasks of readjustment that lie just ahead of us. These problems become all the more complicated and difficult of solution when you remember that the war came to a close( or at least the armistice was signed) right on the verge of the winter season, and it is requiring much time and serious thought on the part of the Secretary of War, the office of the Chief of Staff, and other officials of the War Department to carefully work out a safe and sensible program or noilice that will satisfactorily meet the difficult situation thus presented. Now, if the War Department were to immediately discharge two or three million soldires and turn them loose without employment right now, in the middle of the winter season, when many of the Northern states are bound up in ice and snow, when most of the Northern and Eastern factories and foundries are already crowded with laborers, and when Southern and Western fields are not yet open or available for farming operations—before these soldiers are able to resume their former occupations and thus support their wives and children—in short, before the fields of industry and agriculture have become readjusted so as to make it possible to absorb such a large number of men—it would undoubtedly work a serious hardship not only upon white and colored soldiers themselves, including their families and dependents, but it would also work a hardship upon, and, indeed, might constitute a serious menace to various communities all over the country. It is, therefore, a wise, far-seeing, and even generous decision and policy of the War Department of gradually demobilize these hundreds of thousands of men, for any different policy would inevitably produce idleness, suffering, 25 F. D. DAY, Pastor VICTROLA short space of time, the three million men comprising the American Army, is ample guarantee that the other problem of demobilization will be likewise satisfactorily solved. Moreover, many soldiers, white as well as colored, now in domestic camps and overseas, are being purposely retained because they are needed to perform vitally important tasks inseparable from the winding-up of a great war. In the meantime the situation with regard to our soldier boys in the Army is by no means discouraging. When you realize the fact that, during the few dull, cold, wintry months that will likely pass before they are demobilized, the entire expenses of their up-keep, including board, clothing, lodging, medical care, etc., will be borne by the United States Government, and that, in addition to their regular wages of thirty or more dollars a month, their wives, children and other dependents are entitled to receive extra monthly allowances in money which the Government has generously provided under the War Risk Insurance Act, thus enabling them to tide over the trying winter season and start out to find employment in the more propitious months of spring, you must come to the conclusion that the decision or program of the War Department is both a wise and a far-scene one. Give the War Department a few months' more time in which to work out this great big problem, and soon, when the weather breaks—when economic conditions have had a chance to adjust themselves—when with the approach of spring the lumbering operations of the North, increased manufacturing and mining operations of the Eastern, Central, and other sections of our country, and the beginning of farming work all over the country will occasion a big demand for labor—our boys, along with thou- ALL WELCOME ```markdown ``` sands of others, can then safely be released from Army service to resume gainful occupations in what I trust will prove to be AN ERA OF PROSERITY AND PEACE! Revival services are being held at Salem Baptist Church. The Rev. P. Vaughn, of Louisville, Ky., is assisting the pastor, Rev. O. C. Thompson. The Lord is blessing the work. Many souls have been saved. NORWOOD AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST A very interesting meeting was held Wednesday evening at the church. At the close of the prayer service, an organization was launched by the men members which is to be known as the Men's League of the Norwood Ave. Church. The following men were elected officers of the league: Hope Oldham, president; W. N. Saul, vice-president; Chas. Oldham, secretary; Frank Berry, assistant secretary; and John Rice, treasurer. They will meet the first and third Thursday evenings in each month. Special services will be held at the church Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. The exercises will be in charge of the American Woodmen. The principal address will be delivered by the commander of Dayton Camp No. 4, Mr. E. R. Marchant. Mrs. Bessie Hopkins, in an address, will represent the women of the Order. A vocal dust will be sung by Mrs. J. D. Rice and Mrs. E. R. Marchant Mrs. J. R. Smith will sing a so'o, an Dr. J. D. Mende will be Master of Ceremonies. The general public is cordially invited to attend.—J. B. Parsons, Pastor. 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We were honored by the presence of a visit from Dr. Moton, of Tuskegee, your alma mater, along with Mr. Lester Walton, of New York, Mr. Hunt, also from Tuskegee, and Mr. Jones, of Washington, D. C. It was indeed a great surprise to us as none expected such; however, it was an agreeable surprise, for no one knew that they were in France. Today finds the snow falling fast. In this little town, situated in the valley between the hills or mountains, one is well protected from the cold. It is indeed a beautiful sight to look upon the peaks of the Vosges and see the snow-covered tops. Hospitality reigns in this locality. One is greeted with "Bon jour!" continually. Upon entering a restaurant, cafe, or any other public place, you are not looked upon with awe but immediately served and also receive courteous treatment. "Vive la France toujour," and may America pattern after its unbiased way! Here you are a man if you prove yourself such. Regards to Mrs. Rives and please accept my sympathy in your sad bereavement which has just reached our ears, the loss of your mother. Yours truly, RALPH M. TYLER, Regimental Sup. Sgt., 312 R. I. V. S. ST. MARGARET'S NEWS Echoes of the solemnity and the lessons learned at the memorial service held at St. Margaret's on the first Sunday after Epiphany, still continue to come from those who took the opportunity to attend. The church was well filled and the order of service highly appropriate. The choir marching in to the strains of Chopin's immortal "Marche Fumbre" cast a spell of sadness over the worshipers at the very beginning. And this was maintained throughout. The vicar characterized Colonel Roosevelt as an aristocratic democrat. A man whose ideals and aims were always of the best, whose life was lived among the very best America can boast of in point of human quality; and yet a man who recognized in every other human being a likeness to himself and treated each with fraternal justice—not condescension, as so many snobbish white people, yet, and colored people, also, arrogantly try to do He lived a full, useful, strenuous, enjoyable life. A hard worker, a hard sportsman, an ardent and continuous student of men, affairs, and things—and above all his noble qualities, he was a simple, God-fearing man. In whatever angle one views his life, one finds much to profit by. Greatness and goodness were combined in him. The elements were so mixed in him that of him Nature might have stood up and said, "This is a man!" May his soul find repose in the bosom of the Christ he so confidently worshined; and may he rest in peace! Two thoughtful subjects engaged the meditation of the worshipers last Sunday. In the morning it was the request of the Blessed Virgin to the servants at the marriage banquet, "Whatsoever He saith unto you, do." The points brought out were: (a) the Virgin's implied request of Jesus; (b) His apparent impolite reply; (c) the quiet confidence of the Virgin that her information went home and therefore her Boy will act; (d) her order to the serving men, or perhaps the servants were women; (e) the great and happy result—enhanced joy. The other subject was presented at the evening service, at 4:00 p.m. it was the vigil of St. Paul moved up to accommodate the people, St. Paul's conversion is always commemorated by the Church on the 25th day of a January. The vicar showed how St. Paul's great learning and burning zeal for the ascendency of the Jewish faith led him to commit the gravest kinds of cruelty. He bored a bitter and unrelenting hatred against the new pretender, Jesus, especially because He called himself the Christ, and set Himself up as the Savior of the Jews, changing much of their teaching to suit His new doctrine. Paul felt, therefore, justified in his cruelty; and he was backed up, supported, by the best people of Jerusalem. Here the best people of a community may take note of the fact that their way is not always the right way. They can be grievously wrong; and when they are, heaven help the other people! But Paul, in the midst of his persecuting career, was smitten with emorse, and thinking over the matter on his way to Damascus, the Light of truth, the Truth, dawned upon him and he fell in a dead faint. Truth crushed to earth will rise again. He was chased from that very hour, Co. G, 372 U. S. Inf., who are now at camp in this beautiful village, Jursaupt, France, awaiting orders to move to a seaport base, was highly addressed by our great leader, the most honorable Major Morton, of Tuskegee Institute, at three-thirty this afternoon on our parade ground. It is the treat of our life to be or to have the chance to be addressed by such a distinguished leader and orator, who has all constituents of a diplomat. He was well pleased to see the same faces that were seen by him a year ago at his large institute. All were complimented highly upon their appearance and character. All were very sorry that his visit couldn't be any longer than thirty minutes; butowing to the many different camps he was to make, it was utterly impossible for him to remain any longer Major Morton was accompanied by Dr. J. J. Jones, white, who was very good. They came with smiles and upon departure they were all smiles All are preparing an early return home, and all wish to be remembered to all friends and relatives. SGT. A. L. KING, Co. G. 372 U. S. Inf., A. E. F., France. and was chosen as an instrument to build up the very religion he once murderously condemned. Here the vicar emphasized two points: (a) God saves bad people always; (b) God often uses the formerly bad person to save others. When such people come in our church, our demeanor to them should be always kindly, encouraging, helpful. We should welcome them with all our hearts, give them our respect, and make it pleasant for them. When they first enter, they are weak yet, a little timid, not sure of themselves. The Christian duty is, to make all feel at home in the church, for they may yet prove to be chosen instruments of God. The vicar then ended with an apostrophe. On Candlemas Day, Feb. 2, the children of the Sunday school will present a program at the evening service at 4:00 p.m. The little ones are now industriously learning their parts. The service will be Festival of Lights, something never seen in dayton before. We invite all Dayton to come and worship with the children and us on that day. On St. Valentine Day, February 14, there will be a grand dinner given by the Women's Aulinary, in the Parish Hall. Favors from St. Valentine will be given to all the diners. Get your partner and prepare to attend it. "A sower went forth to sow," will be the subject of the morning sermon next Sunday. "The Other Sower" will be the subject of the evening service at 4:00 p.m. The services of the day will be as follows: Third Sunday after Epiphany, the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, of the day. Lessons: morning, Ezek. 18:20 to end; Luke 6:12 to end; evening, Isa. 42:10, John 1:35 to end. Psalms for the 26th day. 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Trio—Young Sisters and Hortense Anderson. Reading—Miss Luella Knox. Song. Reading—Miss Daisy Brinley. Brief Talk—Prof. E. W. .B Curry. Offering. A GREAT WORK YET TO DO President Phyllis Wheatley Relief Corps. My Dear Mrs. Rives: I extend to you and the faithful workers who have stood with you in the work done during the past year a hearty salute, and say to you that our work, as encouched in the word "relief," has hardly yet begun. Our patriotism and willingness to render relief is yet to be tested on and on, throughout the years yet to come. It is my earnest prayer that our women will stand the test "over here" as our men stood it "over there." Yours for land and country and race. JULIA G. HIGGINS. MT. OLIVE NOTES We have been holding a prayer service each evening this week and organizing our forces against the enemy. We are having splendid services. Our church was never in a better condition for a revival in our history. We wish to extend to the entire city an invitation to come and help us in the fight of right against wrong. There will be preaching each evening next week. Music, the kind that stirs the soul. Don't forget the place, Pontiac Street, Edgmont.—Pastor Rev. F. L. Tate. MT. PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church is very busy in the completion of its new house of worship, a building that will seat 700, with all modern equipment and conveniences. The church is located three blocks east from Third Street on Irwin Street, and is being erected at the cost of $3,000, and will be one of the finest of its kind in the city. Rev. O. E. Price has charge of affairs. Complete announcement will be made next week. IKE WE LEAVE HARS TRIP - WHAT ARE YOU IN FOR BILL? 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