We all look with admiration on the progress made by the A. M. E. Church. It shows how a few people with comparatively nothing, started out one hundred years ago and now own and support hundreds of churches, ministers, and schools in every section of this country, and are now leading in missionary work in foreign lands.
The dollar money alone contributed since the last quadrennial amounted to $850,214.14. A small portion of this total went to needy churches and foreign missions, widows and families of deceased ministers and Bishops, annual conference expenses, officers’ and Bishops’ salaries and various other sources too numerous to mention.
We look with pride upon their accomplishments and when we think of the basis upon which their denomination is founded, “GOD OUR FATHER, CHRIST OUR REDEEMER, AND MAN OUR BROTHER,” we cease to marvel at their success.
G. B. Campbell.
An Act of Charity
A STORY
There were six of us, enough to make a sextette, and when we thought of the wasted years we spent before we knew one another, it made us sad. We spent the greater part of our time at one another’s homes, and we usually had a great deal to talk about. For this reason, my mother decided that she would give us the house for two weeks. She said we could do as we pleased, but we had to do all the cooking and house cleaning.
Early in April the other five girls came to my house to have a good time. In all the world there is not another bunch of girls who can accumulate more experiences to the square inch than we of the “Sextette.” Helen even brought her dog with her. He was a beautiful dog, and as we could observe, had only two faults. One was that he was such a friendly soul that he would even hobnob with a burglar, and the other that he sometimes stayed away two weeks at a time. Thus we called him Dynamite, not because of any energy or character, but because he was likely to go off at any time.
One night, when a few callers dropped in, we had a merry chafing dish supper. When they had gone, we sat down to talk things over. During the conversation, Dorothy, a very kind and sympathetic girl, suggested that we give a dinner, and instead of giving it for our own pleasure and that of our friends, we would give it to some of the poor unfortunates, who never had any pleasures. We all agreed to do this, and each was to invite a poor unfortunate one as her guest. Helen and I were to prepare the dinner, and Ruth, Edyth and Dorothy were to arrange and decorate the other rooms of the house.