The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-04

will have delivered a message to the
Sunday school convention.
Bring your lessons up to date.
They then will be interesting to the
pupil and in addition to that will also
be more likely to instill the Christian
idea in the young mind. Here is how
converted a man who couldn't re-
concile his biblical teaching with his
university training in a little Michi-
gan town:
He was a horror to preachers and
was warned against him. He came
to see me and started out something
like this:
"What do you think about Baalam's
ass speaking?'
why, 1 don't think about it at all.
have heard a better voice.
How do you explain Jonah living
in the belly of the whale?' >
Well, L tell you 1 said, L don't
think much of the mind that worries
over the housekeeping of Jonah in the
whale, while it overlooks the splendid
lesson written in that story that we
can't get away from our duty when 1t
is set before US.
After a little more thrusts like that
he left me. but he took me riding the
next day and came to church cou-
pie of times. Finally he told me ne
could not exactly swallow the old-fash-
toned explanation of the Bible stories
that his old Scotch convenantist moth
er had given him. told him he was
exactly right, that there was a difficulty
in accepting such teaching, and asked
him abruptly
what have you got against Jesus"
Why nothing he said.
"Then we talked it over like two
sensible men and when 1 left him he
knew that it was foolish to believe
that Baalam'S ass did anything else
but bray like the ass that it was, but
he had seen some modern applications
of that story"
Finest of Fine Arts.
1.-THE finest of all fine arts is the fine
art of finding folks declared DR.. w.
A. Brown, of Chicago, in the course
of an address on 1.-The Art of Finding
Folks delivered in the course of the
evening session. THE greatest thing
in the world is life and everything
that has to do with life is of supreme
importance.
1.-THE time has passed when person
can put it up as mark or superior
intelligence that they are not interested
in missions. The man who does not
believe in missions will soon be a rem
nant Of a species almost distinct
The speaker deprecated the fact that
the churches do not give with per
spective.' when the churches give
in a well proportional manner he
said. there will be some little chapels
on the outskirts of the towns and some
beautiful churches down where the
poor people are found. Give the poor
some of the high quality of service that
comes from the best trained men. do
not know how far you may live from
the river rat line, but you have
great opportunity to do good
Miss Margaret Ellen Brown, ele-
mentary division superintendent for
Nebraska on Little People, Big
Plans, Proven Possibilities
THE little people of the world are
part of Gods great plan by whom He
brings the richest love to the weary
heart of man." she said
Will Close Tonight.
The meeting Wednesday night was
an enthusiastic one as was shown by
the manner in which those present
responded to call for a Tree VIII
contribution for aiding the first sun
day school association to be formed in
the Philippine Islands with headquar-
tiers at Manila. This association was
recently formed by Frank L. Brown,
q brother of DIR. w. A. Brown. The
latter in a jovial manner called upon
the people for funds to support the
association in its first year of active
work The amount of the collection
was $422.5O.
DIR. W. A. Brown will give the clos
ing address this evening which will be
entitled, Five Ways of Working
At the evening session the new Off
GERS will be presented. The great
chorus which has been the specta-
cular feature of the convention I'M
der the leadership of Grant Colfax
Tullar will again be in action. An en-
terta inment of story and song, The
Story will be given by the
chorus Friday evening. No admission
will be charged but silver offering
will be taken at the door. This even
ing I. H. Meredith will sing solo
which is sure to be appreciated by the
delegates. as he has a rich baritone
voice of excellent quality.
The program for tonight follows:
7:3O-Service of Song, led by Tullar
and Meredith.
Scripture and prayer.
Organ solo, Dean Whitehouse, To-
peka.
S:00-Platform Hour: Introduction
of new officers.
Last words from convention guests.
Closing address: Five Ways of
Working w. A. Brown.
Benediction and Adjournment.