The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-07
LEISURE HOURS REFLECTIONS
FROM A QUIET CORNER.
BY Dennis 5. Thompson.


/ A Christians hands are gentle. yet
strong; his voice kind. yet firm: his
life is gracious, yet true: his feet are
hasty, but they're willing to take
short cuts out of the path OF righteous.
ess, hs eyes are upon the Guide in
the way. and they are not reduced
from him by the flowers that grow on
either side.
With these thoughts in mind
have started upon life's eventful high
way for the year 1920 wishing for
each one that shall perchance. stun
Bile upon these few remarks. a better
and brighter year than last year.
hope there will be a closer affiliation.
unity, equality and respect. among the
different peoples who are working for
a higher plane o! civilization.
7 hope that the one will not try to
build uD themselves. without giving
the other man a fair consideration: ]
hope that peace may prevail and pros
perity reign. However if our hopes
are to be realized We must set our
goal and stery straight to it: in too
many instances our folks are content
to pursue the path of least resist
ance," and accomplish for only
short season. As a people, We have
reached the point where We must aim
at something definite: We must de-
pend on other trial hitters. but we
must begin to blaze the trail oursel-
YES by the instigation of measures
that shall have for their aim. the
/ betterment OF the race along all lines
of endeavor
/ There is no doubt but that mum
/ bers OF our people are doing excel
lent; some have risen from the
depths to high state OF independ-
ask Bill or Jack to be their Chaper-
one. but they are fully able to go
il alone
/ This is very commendable and a
/ thing that | admire; there is one
thing certain, the Negro is going
/ have a little of everything on earth,
/ if. anyone else has it. The thing to
do however, while he is getting,
would be to grasp the things that
shall be lasting, and upon which the
future of the race could be built.
Christianity is the beginning of the
foundation upon which any people
may build. The one great need
among our people is for more Chris
tians that are willing to study the
Scriptures and learn more about what
Christianity really means. This need
can be easily met by having more
classes for the training of workers in
! the churches. We have plenty of
churches in which training of Chris
tian workers could be carried on con-
stantly, but seemingly we are averse
to any great amount of training. pre-
ferring a Christianity demonstrating
its works by seeing things at night"
I think We could improve a great
deal in our Christian work if more
could see the thing in the proper
light; 7 am sure we would have more
Christians in the churches, and not
! so many hypocrites as there are at
present because if you teach a per
son what the love of God really
means, and instill that thought into
their mind, and get il into their
heart, they are very apt to magnify
that thought in their daily lives and
necessarily grow in strength in their
Christian work. When the individual
really understands what Christian
ideals are, and what they stand for.
we will have less trouble in improv-
ing the standard of citizenship. There
are so many people who stand high
in the affairs of life who will vouch
for, and recommend others of ques-
tionable repute simply because they
are in some high religious or social
position. This is a gross injustice to