St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-15
Here And
There
By w. M. Smith

Those of us who have been hear
ing of the marvellous work of DR..
Geo. w. Carver, world renowned
scientist, eagerly embraced the
opportunity to see, hear and meet
him, on the occasion of his visit
to Minneapolis, as one of the Lent
ten speakers at the Crusade for
Christ, held at the Lyceum theater
last week.
One of the developments of his
appearance here-and this gave
added pride to the large turnout
of his own people-was the fact
that DIR. Carver was the only one
of the several widely known speak
ers who was able to fill to capacity
the 1000 seats the theater pro-
vided.
We were somewhat uneasy lest the
frail condition of the celebrated sci
enlist would prevent his coming to
Minneapolis. AS a matter of fact his
poor physical condition did infiu-
ence him to cancel his engagement
but we who heard his lucid and
simple explanation of how he walks
and talks with his God could easily
understand how his pleas to the
Almighty, to be permitted to come,
were granted.
Perhaps it was only an over
poWering curiosity that carried so
many people to see this wonderful
man. But, even so, this curiosity
was fully justified by the mar
velous-no other word so well de-
scribes the unusual lines of his
achievements-in the development
of hundreds of synthetic products
from the peanut, the sweet potato
and other fruits of the soil of his
state and from the clay of that
same soil.
The audience sat enthralled as
this unimpressive Negro brought
forth from his magic bag, bottle
after bottle of preparatiOns-all OF
them heretofore believed impOssi,
BILE of creatiOn-all of them of such
usefulness and value-that in this
materialistic world - millions Of
dollars could not buy them.
If in his physical appearance DR.
Carver was unimpressive, thai
thought at once took fight with
his clearly enunciated "My
friends" and returned no more
during the hour he held the fasci
mated attention of the hundreds Of
people who no longer beheld il
him a feeble Negro, but genius
of unequaled status in the worlC
of science and visible exponent
of the power of God when shown
in a willing, trusting soul, whC
could literally interpret the divine
commands to believe, obey anC
follow.
/ There was brought to tina
breathless thrOng a demonstration
that transcends science itself ant
reminded of the days when Jesu
walked the earth, fed the five thou
sand, made the blind to see, tn,
lame to walk and the deaf to hear
It was all so simple-one felt
yes, knew, as he watched the man.
marvels produced-and listened t.
the simple logical explanations
that he, too, could do these won
derful things, could he dupGcat
! the sublime faith, the humble at
titude, the ceaseless labor brough
to this work by one of Gods faith
full, motivated only by love TO
/ his fellows and eagerness to prov
! his Creator.
Before his lecture, the restles
audience was held in check b,
group singing led by the chairman
This was followed by the robe,
singers of the Phyllis Wheatle,
Glee club directed by Mrs. Blanch
o. Mason. The spirited music o
the club was so completely salts
| flying as to compel an extension o
its program of spirituals.
An impromptu reception wa
staged by the audience as it over
flowed the stage in a wild desir,
to greet personally, him who had s,
! enthused them, when, for lack o
more time, he came to the close q
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