Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-25
Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.
For Sunday, May 20, 1907.

Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutx.
For Sunday. May 20. 1907.
| Topic: Home Missions: The Progress Of the
Southern Mountsineers." Isaiah, Ill ZIP.
Z. How beautiful upon the mountains are
the feet of him that bringeth good tidings.
| that publisheth peace; that bringeth good
! things of good, that publsheth salvation;
that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!e
| s. Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice;
| with the voice together shall they sing; for
| they shall see eye to eye when the Lord
| shall bring again Zion.
| 0. Break forth into joy. sing together, We
| waste places of jerusalem: for the Lord
| hath comforted His people, He hath re-
| deemed Jerusalem.
10. The Lord hath made bare His holy
| arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all
| ton of our G, d.
II. Depart We, depart We, go We out from
| thence, touch no unclean thing; go We out
| of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear
| the vessels of the Lord.
| IL. For ye shall not go out with haste,
nor go by fight: for the Lord will go be-
| fore you; and the God of Israel will be
your reward.
1.-THE sun was yet an hour high, and, on
| the spur. Chad leaned his rifle against the
big poplar and set to work with his ak on
saplng close by-talking frankly now to
| the God who made him:
~ reckon You know it, 1T I'm a-goin'
to run away now. I hain't got no daddy
an no nanny, an hain't nuver had none
as l knows-but Aunt Jane hyeh-she's been
her jes' whut wish You'd have somebody
do fer my mother eff You know whar she's
a-layin'.
Eight round sticks he cut swiftly-four
cI.o x,pitl hoh hull
low pen, as is the custom Of the noun
taineers, close about the fresh mound, and,
borrowing board or two from each OF the
other mounds, covered the grave from the
rain. Then he sunk the ak into the trunk
of the great poplar as high up as he could
reach-so that 1t could easily be seen-and,
brushing the sweat from his face, he knelt
down:
...Godr he said simply, I hain't nothin'
| but boy, but got to ack like a man now.
I'm a-goin now. l don't believe You keer
| much and seems like bring ever body bad
| luck an I'm a-goin' to live up hyeh on the
want You to think I'm a complainin'-fer
| amt. Only hit does seem sort o. curious
| that You'd let me be down hyeh-with me
a-keerin fer nobody now, an nobody keer-
| in fer me. But Thy ways Is inscrutable-
| leastwise, that's whut the circuit rider says
an I amt got a word more to say.
| Amen From THE Little Shepherd of
Kingdom Come" by John Fox, jr.
There are as many different grades or
classes of mountain people as there are
different classes of people in northern
village. They are not all poor nor ignorant.
Some Of them have money and are able
to educate their children. and do not need
the help Of the mission schools. But there
are many of them who do need the mission.
| There are farmers who have good home
and raise enough to supply the necessary
little money to pay for their children 8
| education. From this class come many of
| the most promising students. The fathers
! will often bring corn, potatoes and walnuts
| their children's schooling.
1t is said that mill managers frequently
| go through the mountain regions search
| ing out the indolent families and induce
| them to move to the mill towns and send
all their children to work in the mill. In
this way the fathers are often supported
| in idleness by their children. The children
work until they are Of age or nearly SO
and then go back to- the mountains and
try to get little education. These are
very promising minds also, and though
they have to work harder than the others,
are SO much in earnest that they accom-
| plish wonders.
attending many of the mission schools
bear names that belong to some Of the de-
| tenders and makers of the state. This
| from North Carolina:
School, Concord, N. c.. there is girl the
oldest of large family Of children, who
has been working for her own board and
| clothes since she was eleven years old.
| Now at twenty-three she has at last sue
| ceeded in getting her chance to attend
| school and Is studying reading and writing
] with young children, but she Is glad and
proud to be able to do SO, and says to one
| OF the teachers. Il reckon I'll get so fond
| of you all l shan't never want to go away
| no more" She is having the only chance
| of her life and Is improving 1t. Two other
| girls. sally and Dora" are girls from the
| mill who have been working all their lives
| to help the other children to get an educa-
| ton. and now at last their opportunity has
| come. They told a teacher how they used
| to watch the other children going to school
and long to go themselves. and two of
| Sunderland and told them to wait and
| they would be sure fixed fine" One of
Safly's expressions about the school was,
IT'S the best place in the world. the place
, my life" When members Of the Christian
| Endeavor Society were telling for what
| they were thankful. Sally said, I'm so
! thankful to come to Sunderland, / prayed
four years to come"
Some OF these girls come from farms
| where they have worked hard at blowing
est OF these could not graduate when she
| should because her father could not az
| ford to hire some one to do the work in her
place. At this school the girls are taught
| cooking and sewing and every department
| of home-making as well as their other
| studies. and when they go out they are
i
( teach others. So far all the graduates
/ have been Christians. Nearly every mem
| Der OF the school last year was an active
| member OF the Christian Endeavor So
ciety. The girls maintain Missionary So
| ciety. They had an offer of cents each
/ to invest for missions and II Is interesting
| to hear the account OF the way the 5-ceni
pieces have grown, always seeming to
! prosper when for this cause. Some were
invested In eggs, which Matched out most
successfully. bringing large returns to the
| mission box: some invested In cotton seed
| and ii grew with extraordinary increase
and II Is wonderful to hear OF their sup.
| porting "Our little girl In Alaska" Truly
| mission work, among the mountaineerf
pays missions.
Another school which has wrought won
ders In North Carolina Is Dorland Institute
The story OF It's growth In full of interest
| Little by little few girls were taken 81
boarders and when they finally had a
girls dormstory then the boys wished tc
come as boarders, and young men who
heard of the school would walk twenty OF
thirty miles with their bags Of clothing
hoping. to hnd an opportunity to study. hui
| they were obliged to return disappointed
At last through friends In the north a farm
was purchased where the boys now have