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Institute and founder Of the Minis.
ters' Conference, for his untiriuu ,,.
tivity and keenness of vision. and n.
sympathy of the conference to n
James Hardy billiard of Charlot,.,.
vile, Va, who has done so much 70
help develop Negro education
throughout the South and win new
friends for Negro education.
Teaching and Inspiring People
Hampton Institute would be ders.
lict- in its duty" said DR.. James F
Gregg at the closing session of the
Ministers Conference, "if it did no,
keep IN mind the fact that teaching
and preaching are professions which
are closely allied. The teacher should
be the shepherd of souls; the preacher
must think of his hearers as those
whom he IS to instruct as we'll as in
spire-" Dr.. Gregg referred to VS.
count Bryce's statement in Modem
Democracies" that there was only one
workable democratic government one
hundred years ago; namely, the
United States. Today China, Russia,
Germany, Austria and other countries
are embarking on the experiment Of
democracy. Democracy is going on
said DR.. Gregg. There will be more
democracy in the world rather than
less democracy. In a Christian de-
mocracy no man need expect any
sort of caste system to persist. Chris
tianity and democracy can be trusted
to abolish racial prejudice, enmity,
strife and hatred"
Archdeacon James s. Russell.
founder and principal OF St. Paul
School at Lawrenceville. Va, deliv-
cred four addresses, Work of the
Christian Ministry" "Familv Life and
the Church" 'The Keeping of the
Church" and "The Open Door to
Service. =" Rev. Levi G. Batman, pas
tor of the First Christian Church,
Youngstown. o., gave four lectures
on "The Church and Its Organiza-
ton Rev DR.. William P. Hayes,
pastor of the Mount Olivct Baptist
Church, New York, spoke on "The
Case Against the Church" The
Church and Its Young People" "The
Institutional Church" and Financing
the Church" Rev. Herman N
Morse of New York, author of "Fear
God in Your Own Village" who IS
the director of publicity Of the Pres
byterian Board of Home Missions,
spoke on "The Opportunity and Task
Of the Country Church" "The Coun-
Try Church and Community Welfare
and Program of the Country
Content and Method" Rev.
Dr.. Reverdy c. Ransom of Ocean
port, N. J., editor of the "a. N. E
Church Review" spoke on Essen
ials of Effective Preaching" What
% Preach" "The Preacher in His
Study" and The Preacher in His
Pulpit" The conference sermon was
preached by Rev. DR.. J. H. Ashby
'astor of Shiloh Baptist Church, Nor
ok.
Victory Through Cooperation.
That ministers and teachers should
IN helping people fight the
'attle Of life with equal weapons and
nth Christian education was the
IpiniQn expressed by DR.. Ransom III
is address on "The Teacher as
'riest," delivered in Ogden Han
hampton Institute, before a union
leeting Of farmers, teachers, anu
minister's. DR.. Ransom referred 10
he need Of equipping ali children iOf
american citizenship by the adequaN
naneial support of public and prIVaS
chools and the response which peO-
le from the cotton fields and mines
re making to the call for money
fhich viii be used for education
Ie stated that America cannot go ioi-
ard as L should while any group :
andicapped By ignorance "The cor
red teacher everywhere should squp
erseH 50 as to supplement the tsaea,
Ig Of history. Each teacher shoaiO
,ecialize on the teaching Of hsg'O
STORY 50 that the coming genersn''