The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-23

M, sto,t Nv discovering that soma Of
them were thinking that By buying 2
little corner Of the church they were
also buying a seat IN heaven.
Friends sent out Bible pictures
and mad was more natural TO one
Climbing white than 70 decide that
tte pictures should be given TO the
women OF the S. S. class for good al
Tendance. Result? Some Of the worl-
On though they were receiving reEels
OF admission to heaven. and that when
ttey died all they had to do was 70
show one OF these cards TO God.
On one it!nerating trip was trying
10 tel the women that heaven woulc
be a place OF rest Mr.. Johnston,
coming into the palayer house after
II had left, heard the women telling
the men that heaven was the place
where women rested and the men
did The work. These mistakes we're
made BY not thinking black"
The woman missionary IS taxing
the African women into new world
where, until they can grasp the
higher things, the white woman must
be the prop. She cannot expect me
black woman to glide from the
ground as does the aeroplane but her
progress mus. rather be qlEe Hae
snail which by the aid OF q twig or a
tree trunk leaves the ground al us
slow pace, and the height TO which
II will attain will depend on whether
ii has chosen the twig or the tree.
The African woman at her snails
pace Is capable Of reaching a great
height from the place where sne
started, II the missionary who is her
guide and friend Is tree trunk and
moi merely a twig.
House toulouse visitation Is the
best mode OF contact with the Afri-
can woman. Two or three women will
gather in one Of the little huts and
while satisfying their curiosity, a
missionary has a good opportunity TO
teach them about God. A missionary
husband and wife live happily to-
gether because they obey Gods COM
mands and God Is the head Of the
home. The missIonary's children are
better because they are taught 70
obey theiH rar9Is because it is
Gods command. We white people
keep our bodies clean because they
are the temples Of the living God.
We do not give our little girls in
marriage, for God has given them to
US as a sacred trust to train for Him.
II trained 10 fear God and obey their
parents in the Lord. then, when
thew are old enough they choose
their own husbands and make con-
tented homes.
The African mothers are also
reached through the little ones. They
love their children as much as We
love ours, but through their dread
full ignorance only a small percen-
tage Of their children live past baby
hood. The Bulu knows nothing Of Tho
artificial feeding Of babies, and as
consequence II a mother cannot nour-
ish her child II dies. Missionaries
have now introduced artificial feed
ing and thus have saved the lives
OF many little ones The mother may
be reached through a sick baby that
she supposed was bewitcbed. but was
really suffering from the effects OF
the sun on the shaver head and bare
spine. The mother is taught that a
banana leaf used as an umbrella may
save the little ones life.
AT the funeral Of one OF these little
ones, death may be made less hideous
BY a few flowers and a little dress Of
clean cloth around the body. The
body Of a firstborn man child may be
taken firmly but gently out Of the
arms Of the grandmother rolling on
the ground and placed in a crude box
for a casket, and thus sympathy is
shown.
When the native women can be
kept from some Of the hard work,