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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Bural ScluJbl Contests
For some years now we have been
fostering boys’ and girls’ clubs. It
may be surprising to many to learn
that more than 160.000 individuals
have been enrolled therein. This is
a great army and represents, in part
at least, the flower of the rising
generations. I say this advisedly
because I think the boy or girl who
shows enterprise enough to become
a member of the club is above the
average in initiative, and I am con
strained to think that as the years
roll by we will be likely to hear
from a large percentage of these
young people. One of my most grat
ifying experiences at the present
time is that of meeting boys and
girls everywhere I go who developed
a new viewpoint of life by reason of
association with the club move
ment. It is indeed pleasant to find
a large number of these young men
and women enrolled in our second
ary schools and then perfecting them
selves for service by entering our
higher institutions of learning. We
have, a considerable percentage of
them at the Georgia State College
of Agriculture. This shows that
the work done along the line indi
cated is producing results which
cannot be measured in a financial
way. It has not only broadened
the mind and helped develop the
body, but has given such breadth
and understanding to the vision and
purpose of the individuals concerned
that there is no telling to what
heights of leadership they may at
tain in the next few years.
All that has been accomplished in
the past has been good and well
worth while, and it is desirable that
wojk of this character be emphasized
an" promoted as vigorously as pos
sible in the future. In spite of the
fine record made we h.<ve only
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Potash for
Side Dressing
For side dressing cotton, corn and other
Southern crops,
200 pounds Kain it, or
125 pounds 20 per cent Manure Salt, or
50 pounds of Muriate of Potash,
furnish the same amount of Actual Potash
which is so profitable in preventing cot
ton rust and in increasing the yield of
cotton, corn and general crops.
These are the three Standard German
Potash Salts that have been used for gen
erations to great advantage in the South.*
Having planted the crop, one cannot
afford to let it starve. A good side dress
, ing may make all the difference between
success and failure.
Try it and you will find that
POTASH PAYS
The following firms have requested
us to state that they will sell un
mixed Potash Salts:
Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co. Atlanta, Ga.
' Dawhoo Fertilizer Co. Charleston. S. C.
Harby & Co. Sumter. S. C.
A F. Pringle, Inc. Charleston S.C.
The Nitrate Agencies Co., 85 WaterSt.,N.Y. »
Also Baltimore, Md„ Columbus, Ohio. Nor-
folk, Va., Savannah, Ga., Jacksonville, Fla. I
and New Orleans, La. krigßMu
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL*
touched the edge of the problem as
yet. We need in reality 300,000 boys
and girls enrolled in our club or
ganizations. In fact, every boy and
girl in the state who lives outside
of an urban community should be a
club member, and I am not sure
that many of those who live in towns
and cities should not be included
us well. I have a feeling that ev
ery one should know something of
the earth and about the plants which
it will produce. A garden is a help
ful thing because it relates the mind
to the growth and development of
plants and animals and all the other
significant and well-worth while
things associated therewith. It
gives useful and healthful employ
ment. makes the individual engaged
therein feel that he is doing some
thing constructive and purposeful,
and adds to the sum total of knowl
edge. It enables the.person concern
ed to grow something of -value and
so add to his own individual welfare
and that of the family and the com
munity of which he is a unit part.
Let us promote and encourage club
work in every possible way. But why
should we stop there? Why not In
clude the school itself? Why not in
clude. the teacher? Surely our rural
school teachers have a rather hard
and difficult position to fill. I won
<|er sometimes if they are encour
aged as they should be; if the pa
trons of the school show a proper in
terest in ’ts welfare, if they help the
teacher to do efffective work with
their children. The teacher is the
foster mother of society as it is or
ganized in our country, and what-'
ever we can do to encourage the
teacher, to increase her knowledge
and understanding and apppreciation
of fundamental things is to advance
and promote the welfare of the so
ciety *,-he serves. This being true I
am glad to see an effort being put
forth to encourage our rural scholo
teachers through the organization of
county school contests and the of
fering of prizes to the teachers in
stead of the students.
This work is not to supplant or in
any way minimize the club worl/, but
it to be in addition thereto. By this
arrangement the teacher who wins a
prize may be enabled to take an in
dustrial course at a summer school.
The basis on which these contests
are organized, the plan to be fol
lowed in judging the schools, and
the explanation of the score card
used in reaching a desirable conclu
sion relative to the efficiency of the
teacher’s work, are presented below.
I hope everyone who is interested in
oilr rural welfare will read these
statements over carefully. Talk the
situation over with the neighbors.
See if you cannot induce your boajd
of education or some other local or
ganization to provide the prizes and
start a school contest in your com
munity. You will And it one of the
most worthwhile investments you
have ever made.
The plan for this contest was orig
inated by the home economics di
vision of this institution, and it bears
the indorsement of our state superin
tendent of public construction, Hon.
M. L. Brittain.
The premiums offered are:
For the best all-round club work
in a school, an industrial scholar
ship to the summer school at Ath
ens. conducted co-oneratively by the
University of Georgia, the Georgia
State College of Agriculture and the
state board of education., Value
$75.
' Second best all-round club work,
partial expenses to the summer
school as outlined above. Value, SSO.
Third best all-round club work,
partial expenses to the summer
school as outlined above. Value 825.
The score to be used in judging
these contests is as follows:
I. Percentage of school enroll
ment of ages 10-18 in clubs, 20
points.
11. Percentage of club enrollment
completing year’s work, 25 points.
JIT. Club meetings, 15 points.
IV. Correlation of school: (a)
With club work in the teaching of
school subjects, 15 points; (b) With
home projects. 5 points; (c) With
community projects fostered by
clubs, 5 points.
V. Practical results, 15 points.
Total, 100 points.
Explanation of the Score Card
T. By percentage of school enroll
ment of clubs is meant the percen
tage of children in school between
the ages of 10 and 18 who are also
enrolled in some agricultural or home
economics club.
11. By percentage of club en
rollment completing year’s work is
meant the number of boys and girls
who belong to clubs that keep accu
rate records, write histories of their
work, attend club meetings, and make
exhibits of their work in the fall at
the community and county fairs.
111. Club meetings. By this is
meant the record of the activities
of the clubs and the completeness of
the organization. For judging this
part of the year’s work it will be
necessary for each club to be or
ganized ‘with its own officers, and
for the secretary of the club to write
minutes of each club meeting which
are approved at the following meet
ing and dated and signed by the pres
ident and secretary of the club.
This book of the secretary shall be
sent to the county fair ahd shall
constitute part of the exhibit of that
school at the fair. It will show the
number of members present at each
meeting, the activities of the club,
the results of organized effort, etc.
IV. Correlation of schools, (a).
With club work in the teaching of
subjects. This is a piece of practi
cal work for the school In that the
arithmetic. Bnglish geography and
other subjects may be closely cor
related with the work of the teacher
in conducting the club work. For
example, in the teaching of square
measure it is easier for the pupil
to grasp the subject if he has first
measured an acre for corn or a
twentieth acre for a girl’s annual
garden. . , ~ .
(b) With home projects. By this
is meant the correlation of the club
work with the work in the horns.
For example, if the girl is being
taught the cookery of vegetables
which she has grown on her plot
that work ought to be a direct con
tribution to the work in the home in
asmuch as she can just as easily
cook the vegetables for the family.
(c) With community projects fos
tered by the clubs. By this is meant
the exhibits at the community and
county fair, the social activities of
the community in which the club
participates, etc.
V. Practical results. By this is
meant the yield in pounds, the net
profit! etc.
Notes on Peanuts and. Sudan Grass
J. W. W., Jasper, Ga., writes:
I wish some information in re
gard to the cultivation of pea
nuts and the curing of the same.
Also does Sudan grass make
good hay ?
Peanuts should be planted in rows
24 to 36 inches apart, depending on
the nature of the land. The sandier
the soil the better it is adapted for
this crop. Well drained land is ot
course desirable. Peanuts will grow
on red land and make a good yield,
but there are likely to be more pops
and the shells will be discloored,
which detracts somewhat from their
being marketed to advantage. Pos
sibly it would not affect their sale
so much to an oil mill as for street
vending. . ,
Peanuts {should be fertilized with
phosphoric acid and preferably pot
ash as well, using say 200 pounds
acid phosphate and 100 pounds kain
it. Planting may be done any time
after the ground is sufficiently
warm to insure the rapid germina
tion of the peanuts. This crop can
be planted in your section up until
the 15th of June. The tops make a
very good hay if properly cured.
The peanuts themselves when ripe
should be pulled out of the ground
and stacked around stakes 6 to 8
feet high. The stack should not be
large around in circumference. This
is considered the quickest add most
effective means of drying them.
When they are porperly field-cured
they can be shelled by hand or ma
chinery and prepared for market.
Hogs grazed on peanuts produce a
soft and oily pork.
Sudan grass makes a fairly good
hay grop. It can probably be cut
twice a year in a favorable season,
and occasionally three cuttings may
be obtained. We would plant it in
rows 24 to 36 inches apart. It will
take from 8 to 12 pounds of seed
per acre if it is drilled in. Fertilize
it with a complete, formula carry
ing say 3 per cent nitrogen. 8 per
cent phosphoric acid, and 2 per cent
potash. You can plant it and han
dle it very much as you would han
idle sorghum. Sudan grass will
probably make as good a hay crop
for north Georgia as anything you
coud plant. It can of course be
seeded with or without cowpeas. You
may broadcast it if you prefer. We
think you would obtain the largest
yield, however, from planting it in
drills.
You will receive 2C6 copies of The
Tri-Wee&ly Journal and The Pro
gressive Farmer together in one
year, Send us $1.50 for the twd
papers.
the tbi-weekly journal
Atlanta. Ga.
Hoops
Hoops within hoops for your ear
rings. Milady! And for your hatpins,
too. if you are going forward with
‘‘ashiom
Shake Them
Shake the pan in which you have
your boiled potatoes after you have
drained off the water. It will im
prove their texture.
Wool Blankets
Do not wring your wool blankets
after washing them. They will keep
their shape better if hung up very
wet. The weight of the water
straightens them out.
BwiHl
Letter dox
“Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All
Dumb Things 9 '
RULES
No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides of paper printed.
All letters not to exceed 150 to 200 words.
Dear Children: I want to tell you a story I have heard about
the litttle boy and the grain of corn. It is right along with my
other story about making the most of small opportunities.
Once there was a little boy whose parents were so poor that
it was indeed very hard for them to live. One flay the little boy was
visiting at a neighbor’s mill. A farmer had just brought'in some
corn to be ground, and in emptying it had spilled a few grains. The
little boy picked up one of the grains and looked at it. The miller,
thinking to tease him, said, “Son, why don’t you take that home and
start a farm?” The little boy puzzled a few minutes and replied
that he would. He planted that one grain and gave it all his small
attention, and before very long a stalk of coni started. It grew
and grew, and by .and by there were several ears of corn. The boy
saved just one ear, and the family had a lovely meal of the others.
The next year he planted more of the grains, and by care and at
tention had a nice little plot. He swapped some of his seed corn
for some other seeds that a neighbor’s boy had, and from that small
beginning one of the best truck farms in a prosperous neighborhood
grew and thrived. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit another Mississippi boy into
jour happy band of boys and girls, and allow
me fol-chat a while with you? As this is my
first time to be here, I promise not to stay
long. T am between eleven and fifteen years
old. Who can guess my age? I Imre do get
lonesome since our school is out. How many
of , vour cousins enjoyed John W. Guys
poem? I think the story Aunt Julia told us
ought to teach us a lesson, so here is my bit
for the orphan child. I promise to answer
all mail received. If you do not believe it
tfv me anil see. Your new cousin and
nephew, ROBERT WARD.
Weir, Miss.
Dear Aunt Julia amt Cousins: Wonder if
you will admit a Georgia girl into your
corele? I have been a silent reader of the
letter box for some time and often thought
of writing. Will promise not to stay
What are you cousins doing for pastime? J
read a great deal, for I enjoy reading goop
books. I live near the Burton lake and it
is a great suminor rewor land also a won
derful place to fish. 1 will be brief in this
leter and if it escapes the wastebasket, I 11
write again sonie time. I won’t describe
rayslf. My age is between fifteen and twen
ty. You will find enclosed a dime. Best
wishes to all. Your cousin,
GRACE WIKLE.
Clarkesville, Ga.
My dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I won
der ‘if you all Will let two South Carolina
girls join your merry band of boys and girls?
Say, Cousins, don’t you think that The Jour
n:il is a grand old paper? 1 also think tirat
Aunt Julia is a “sweet old lady,’ to let us
join the band. I live in the nice little town
of Whitmire and go to the graded school;
am fourteen years of age and in the eightii
grade. T will bp fifteen years old August
24, find I do want to receive a lot of cards
and letters from the boys and girls around
my age. Will try and answer all I receive.
How manv of you have twin sisters? I hvae
They are the sweetest things ever. They arc
four rears old. -Well, 1 will close, and, boys
and girls. Ho write to. me. Aunt Julia,
please print tills, as it is my first at
tempt. With best wishe and regards to
all. your new niece,
DAISY BELLE DEAN.
Whitmire, S. C. R. F. D. No. 1.
Dear Aunt Julia: I am an Illinois girl
spending mv winters in Georgia: 1 am there
now. I would like to know about flic cous
ins and- all; also, to see this first letter to
von in print would be, pleasing. I am a
Girl Scout, and would like to nave some
scouts write me. I am four feet eight
inches tall, am dark, and weigh ninety-one
pounds. I can ride horseback, swim, climb
trees, play the piano and the ukelele. Please
write. Sincerely yours.
ELIZABETH.J. WOOD.
Putney, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
move over and let me sit by. Aunt Julia a
few minutes? 1 have been thinking of writ
ing for a long time, but never did, so hero.
I come this morning. How many of you
cousins like to go to sebpol? 1 do, for one.
I am u> the seventh grade. My school
will be out the next month and we are go
ing to have :t, picnic. Would like for some
of you cousins to come, we sure would alive
a like time. Who has my birthday. Octo
per 11? I will leave my age for you all
to guess, it is between 11 and 15. Some
of you cousins write to this new cousin.
Kinards, S. C. MARY STONE.
I*. s.—l inclose 5 cents for the American
child.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Wonder if
there’s room in your circle for another Geor
gia girl? I knocked once before, but guess
I was too dull to gain admittance. Have
been reading the cousins’ letters and enjoy
them very much, also Aunt Julia’s talks.
She always has something good to tell us.
How many are glad vacation time has come?
1 am, as I wag away all winter arid I’m
real glad to be home again. Don’t flunk
anvone loves home more than I do. I think
it’s so sweet to have a peaceful home—home
is just what we make it. anyway. Cous
ins, how many of you ever think of the
honor we are due our parents? While we
have them with us is the time to show ou
appreciation. Don’t Chink just because
they’re old they don’t notice our tittle neg
lect, it hurts them even more. Let's give
them their flowers now instead of waiting
and heaping them upon their caskets. Now
while we arc young is time to begin. Lets
try amt sec just how much we can do for
our parents. Who seconds the move?
Have started a scrap book of poems, and
wonld appreciate poems from any of the
cousins. I am very fond of poetry.
Won't describe myself this time, for i n>
hoping for an invitation to come again. flow
don’* I hear some one whisper, she s a
cranky old maid.” Wonderful mind, ho-w
did you guess? I’ll tell you all about it
next time. Lots and lots of love to Aunt
Julia and the cousins.
FLORENCE GLADDEN.
Rebecca, Ga.
Pear Aunt Julia and Many Cousins: I
wonder if you will admit a little cripple
lass of Tennessee mountains into your happy
band of boys and girls? J wonder what you
cousins are doing today; for myself 1 m not
doing anything of interest, my favorite pass
time is reading. For I have been crippled
since four years old, and am now far out
in the teens. I get very, lonely at times as
I do not. go to School, nor Sunday school.
How many of you admire Aunt Julia’s pic
ture? i' sure do. I wonder if among you
cousins there is any cripples? If so. would
be pleased to hear from you. In fact any
one who cares to write. What do you cous
ins think of Mr. Guy’s bible reading class.
I like it and think I will join today. I
have been a reader of the Bible ever
I could read, out never read it through. Ask
ing each and every one to remember me in
your prayers, J am a T’SMITH.
Corinth, Miss.
Dear Cousins: I just can’t tell you how
much delight I get, out of reading the cous
ins’ corner. And knost of you write su< h
good letters. 1 know you - jvill excuse my
old letter as I am making my first trj.
Will close as I am writing too long a let
ter. Hope some of you in wnk. JR
Box 1738, Atlanta. Ga,
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let another Alabama girl join your happ.v
band of girls and boys? I am *»n orpliun
girl. My father and mother are both dead.
I live with mv grandmother. N/ age is
fifteen years. I will close, hoping to liyrr
from a lot of the J’KAK.
Andalusia, Ala.. Route 1. Box 79.
Dear Aunt Julia: 1 wonder if any of the
cousins remember me? I' have been absent
a long tihe, but I still enjoy the cousins
page. I wrote last when f was in the
army, in 1918, nearly three years ago. So
you see many things have happened since
then. I am a flagman on the Seaboard Air
Line railroad, between Birmingham. Ala.,
and Monroe. N. C-.. but at present I’m cut
off. and am down on my dad’s farm en
joying life very much. We live near a
river, and fishing is about all I do. What
has become of Lucile Evans, Eugenia Da
vis. Louise Sutton ami just lots of others?
I visited California last summer, ant} had
the time of my life. Listen, cousins, if you
will write to me. I’ll assure you that I'll
answer all letters and cards received. Love
to Aunt Junlia and all.
QUILL BRAMLETT.
Gloster, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia: Here comes a lonely
boy knocking at vour door. I hope to secape
the waste basket. I am 5- feet 1 inch tall.
13 years old and am in the seventh grade.
I have blue eyes, fair complexion and brown
hair. I live on a 665-aere farm. I would
like to hear from any of the cousins. I !■'<■-
long to the Christian church. 1 have lived
in town until six years ago, and I like town
life best. Well, 1 am thanking you for let
ting me have space for my letter, so will
close, with best wishes to all.
RENEAU BAILEY.
Gresston, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please give me a seat over there by Aunt
Julia just for a while? Well. I am almost
sure you will. Gee. isn’t Aunt Julia a grand
old 4ady though? I think she is the grand
est woman in most all the world. Wonder
what all of you cousins are doing this after
noon? Well, for myself, I am sitting around
home and am so lonesome and blue that I
hardly know what to do. So'you know I
MARY MEREDITH’S ADVICEI
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME
I am a girl of fifteen coming to
you for much needed advice. Is it
all right foj* a girl to go to a party
with a boy mnehaperoned? Is there
anything wrong in a boy putting his
arm on the back of the scat when
you are riding with him? Is it prop
er to use a heart-shaped handker
chief and wear it on your sleeve? Is
there any harm in letting a boy
wear your ring? When I go away
for a visit should I -write first or
should he? Is* it all right to give a
boy a large picture of yourself if he
asks for it? If so, should I ask for
one of him in return - ? Suppose a
boy uses endearing little terms in
addressing you and you don't like it,
how shall I make him stop. Thank
ing you in advance for your advice.
BLUE-EYED BETTY.
It depends largely on who’s
giving the party, the distance it
is from ones’ own home and the
boy who is to be the girl’s es
cort. If the boy is well known
and has been raised well, it may
be all right. If the party is to
be given any distance from a
young girl’s home it is best to
have a chaperon. It doesn’t look
so well to have a arm on auto
seat behind a girl’s back to those
passing. It might create com
ment. Little frivolities indulged
in-between young girls and boys
are not improper. It may seem
silly to older people, but young
folks get much fun out of be
ing silly. No harm done, for it
"doesn’t mean anything.” The
person oft' on a trip should be
first to write. It depends on
how long you’ve known this boy,
whether it is safe to exchange
pictures. Tell the boy plainly
you don’t like his endearing
names, and you must refuse to
go with him.
I am eighteen years old, brown
eyes, black hair, fair complexion and
Weigh 130 pounds. Do you think
me too young to marry? I am going
to ask for some advice to a girl in
love with a young man who is twenty
years old. I love him dearly and
think 1 couldn’t live without him.
but my parents object to my going
with him. He says he loves me,
but I can't believe he cares enough
about me for me to marry him now.
1 went with him six months reg
ularly and wo were fixing to get
married when one night he didn't
have a date, but came to my house
when be had been drinking and tried
to persuade me to allow him, to
hug me. to which I would not con
sent. He said if I didn’t love him
enough to allow him to hug me he
didn't think I l<?ved him enough for
him to trust me far enough to marry
me. I. told him I loved him too well
to throw myself away that way. Ev
ery time I talk to him he begs me to
let him hug me. He says it is al
right. but I don’t think so. Do you?
'I want you to tell me how to win
his love back like it once was. Do
you think he loves me? Tell me if
you think there is any harm in hug
ging after thq engagement.
b VIOLET.
Perhaps your parents are right
about not wanting you to keep
company with this young man.
Ho may be all right, but he cer
tainly doesn’t act I'ike an hon
orable gentleman should toward
the lady he professes to love.
If he is trying to break down
your reserve and force himself
upon you lie is indeed unworthy
of you, and in his heart he cares
nothing for you—the way a man
should —toward his future wife.
I am coming to you tor acivlce. 1
have never written before, but know
your advice will be appreciated. I
am a girl, aged seventeen. I have
been going with a boy aged nineteen,
ever since Christmas. He has no
mother or father and I have a step
mother and she isn't good to me.
This hoy seems to care something
for me, and I am sure I love him.
Do you think we could live together
happily? I do not go with other
boys. - I have plenty other boy
friends, and some of them want to
go with me, but I do not care for
them. I Jove this boy best. Do you
think I am too young to marry? I
have dark blpe eyes, brown hair. 5
feet 5 inches tall and weigh 1:15
pounds. Thank you for your advice.
LONELY GEORGIA GIRL.
Even if your step-mother isn’t
so nice to you. Even IT you do
have to work hard, without any
thanks for it. Even if your
chances in life don’t seem to be
so rose-hued. Is it not better to
put up -with a little hardship
now, than with a lifetime of it,
with a man who is unable, per
haps, to provide a decent home
for you. You may fall deeply
in love' later with someone else.
You aren't giving yourself a fair
chance. Then, too, why marry in
order to escape hardships at
home? You will be doing the
boy a great injustice. Give him
time to save up a few pennies,
or to see if he is willing to sup
port a wife —and perhaps a
family.
I am coming to you for advice? I
am 5 1-2 feet' tall, blue eyes, brown
hair, fair complexion. Will be six
teen October 11. Do you think I
am too young to have boy friends?
I am in love with a hoy sixteen.
He said he loves me better than
any girl. We are. on the outs and
I think he likes another girl better.
What should I do to -win him? An
other boy is in love with me and
gives me rings and candy. Do you
think it is any harm? I am going
to school at Sparks college. He
don’t want me to. What shall I
do? I am,
BLUE EYES.
Your love affairs are not to
be taken seriously. You don’t
■ seem to be worrying much over
the boy you dfeclare yourself
in love with—if you will accept
candy and rings from another
boy. As long as you are at col
lege, you would do well td put
your mind more on your stud
ies—especially "spelling”—than
having “boys” to take it up. If
you have the. opportunity for an
education you had better take
it, as you are much in need of
it and it will help you.
would appreciate a letter shower more than
anything else. Sunshine Gattis, where have
jou got to? Also Mulino Jones? I do not
hear of you any more. I think your letters
were just fine. I Jive on a farm and like
it fine. Well. 11l describe myself and go,
so don't got frightened: 6 feet high, black
hair, brown eyes and weigh 160 pounds and
am nineteen years old. If any of you cous
ins would like to correspond with a jolly
countrv boy just let your letters fly.
HINTON KENNEDY.
Collins, Ga.
P. 8. —You will find my bit for the or
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THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON
The Story of a Beautiful Hymn
On September 5, 1908, there was
printed in The Atlanta Journal, a
beautiful story—written by Rev. Loy
Warwick. It was so pleasing to my
mind that I preserved it fbr my scrap
book. After all these years—since
September, 1908, it has retained its
charm, and I hope the readers of the
Tri-Weekly will now clip it and pre
serve it for their own scrap books.
In this reconstruction period, suc
ceeding the world’ war—with turmoil
in Europe and restlessness in the
United States; it is well to turn aside
occasionally and think of something
that will bring solace to the bereav
ed and delight to the lovers of peace
and civic righteousness.
Rev. Mr. Warwick did us a great;
kindness in thus presenting the;
words of the poet—and the Tri-
Weekly will now pass it on, to the
multitudes, who read its pages in
May 1921.
BY REV. LOY WARWICK
Those who love the great songs of
the soul and the sanctuary are al
ways glad to know something of
their origin and history.
Os modern hymns none ar© surer
of enduring fame than Matheson’s
*‘O Love That Will Not Let Me Go.”
It is a masterpiece in form and feel
ing. The most intellectual and cul
tured worshiper as well as the sim
ple mindetl among those who know
God can appreciate this great song.
Its appealing tenderness unseals
the fountain of tears in every heart
which has felt, never to forget, the
mystery of pain. It is a great song
married to great music.
Dr. Matheson always modestly in
sisted that his hymn was greatly in
debted to the music written for it
by Dr. Peace, the musical editor of
the Scottish Hymnal. What “Lux
Beningna” did for Newman's "Lead
Kindly Light” St. Margerets did for
"O Love That Will Not Let Me Go.”
I suppose you knew that Matheson
was blind for the greater part of his
life, losing his sight in his young
manhood. Yet in spite of this handi
cap his fame has filled the world and
his books and sermons have blessed
and are blessing thousands of his
feilowmen. He was George - Mathe
son, D.D., LL.D., F. R. S. E.
What a rebuke his life is to many
of us who give up and will not try
because of difficulties.
He wrote this famous hymn in
1882 —the year that saw the publi
cation of his first volume of Medi
tations.
It was "composed in the manse of
Inneilan on the evening of June the
6, 1882. I Iwas at that time alone. It
was the day of my sister’s marriage,
and most of the family was staying
over night in Glasgow. Something
had happened to me which was known
only to myself and which had caused
me the intensest mental suffering.
The hymn was the fruit of that suf
fering. It was the quickest bit of
work I ever did in my life. I had the
impression rather of having it dic
tated to me *by Some inner voice rath
er than working it out by myself. It
was completed in five minutes and
never received any retouching or cor
rection.” , ,
Much has been written about this
hymn which has been sung all around
the world. „ . x ,
A striking illustration of its heart
melting power is given in the follow
ing communication by a missionary
from India narrating his experience
in public worship in port, on his
homeward 'voyage.
"The hour had at last fled. Invo
cations. lessons. prayers, sermon,
collection, announcements were all
over. What had been a most un
eventful service to me was now to
be punctuated by a hymn and a
benediction. The minister announced
George Matheson’s ‘O Love That Will
Not Let Me Go.’ When the min
ister was reading the first verse I
noticed a man of perhaps, fifty
change seats with the lady organist.
It was nothing to mark. ‘He is the
local organist.’ I thought, ‘and the
lady is a visitor.' Suddenly the notes
were touched and the little American
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CHAPTER XX
Ths Homecoming
- FTERWARD Charlotte had an
/\ ice cream soda, and it wasn’t
/“A until Nick hailed a taxicab to
take her home that she real
ized what she had done. Tony had
told her not to have, anything to do
with this man and she had deliber
ately spent the afternoon with him.
What matter that she had enjoyed
every minute of it, that she would
look back upon it as one of the bright
spots of her life. She had done
wrong, and she was frightened. Look
ing out through the window into the
fast falling dusk did not help her
any, and finally Nick rallied her
about her silence.
“I didn’t realize how late it was,”
she murmured.
"You -won’t be scolded?” Nick said
with real concern. “Why, child, i
wouldn’t have that happen for the
world.”
"Os course not,” Charlotte said
quickly. .
"Let me come in and explain, if
you think there will be any misun
derstanding."
She shook her head. "Oh, no,
please.” She said this so quickly
and with such evident fear that he
might do what he suggested that
Nick smiled to himself rather grim
ly. So they had been filling the
mind of this fairy child with stories
about him, and she was afraid.
"Poor little thing!” he thought to
himself. "I don't imagine she has an
easy time pleasing Lady Harriman.
There was silence in the taxi, for
the glad spontaneity of the after
noon was gone, and a shadow had
fallen between them. When they
finally drew up before the Harriman
house it was quite dark and Char
lotte knew that she would have to
account for her absence. Never be
fore had she been out after dark
alone, and the enormity of what she
had done now swept over her with
its full force.
"Sure you don’t want me to come
in and explain matters?” he asked
as he went up the steps with her.
She shook her head and smiled up
at him as she held out her hand. Nick
took the small fingers in his and
stood uncertainly looking down at
her. Then he said very gently:
"If you don't mind very much I
think I will. I really think I should.
You are such a child and they have
worried about you. Everything will
be all right, T promise you?’
They rang the bell and almost in-,
stantly Fitch swung the door open.
He looked anxious and a smile of
relief brightened his face when he
saw Charlotte.
Tony came running down the
stairs and stopped when he saw
Nick. His face, which had been wor
ried. froze into an expression of
stony displeasure, but it was only
for a moment, for Nick spoke in
stantly in his easy, drawing- tone: »
“I met your wife out walking and
inveigled her into a matinee,” he
explained orbanely.
“I see,” said Tony, evenly# "Come
upstairs, won’t you, Nick? My moth
er is there.” He did not speak to
Charlotte, nor seem to notice her at
all.
Upstairs in the beautiful living
room Mrs. Harriman received Nick
Fowler with apparent graciousness.
“Naturally we were very much
worried about Charlotte,” she said
when Nick had explained. “It _was
very good of you to take so much
trouble for her, Mr. Fowler, and to
bring her safely home.”
Evelyn Harriman knew Nick Fow
ler well, and she could not afford to
be ungracious to him in her own
home. Furthermore, he had robbed
the afternoon’s adventure of any
sinister aspect by coming directly to
her with an easy and plausible ex-v
planation. She was not angry -with
him; she did not particularly blame
him for what had happened. But as
for Charlotte, she had behaved out
rageously. She had shown herself to
be the common daughter of common
parents and she must be treated in
accordance.
(To Be Continued)
SATURDAY, MAY 21, 102 J.
organ seemed to have been ‘born
again.’ There was a master of the
keys. We stood and sang:
O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in Thee;
I gi*ve Thee back the life I owe,
That in Thine ocean depths its
flow
May richer, fuller’’ be.
"Was the change in me or in my
environment? I cannot tell. The
lost chord seemed to have been found.
If a seraph had come to wake me
with a song of Zion, the surprise
would not have been greater. The
organist seemed in the third heaven.
Here and there he made pauses not
in the book. He sang and played
aand carried us on irresistibly. Then
we plunged into the second verse:
O Light that followest all my
way, ,
I yield my flickering torch to
Thee;
My heart restores its borrowed
ray.
That in Thy sunshine’s blaze its
day
May brighter, fairer be.
“I could not fail to notice the deep
emotion of the consul’s wife, for she
stood in the next pew in front. She
had ceased to sing, her trembling
was manifest. The music was like
the sound of many waters. The
volume of it increased. The third
verse was reached:
O Joy that seekest me through
pain.
I cannot close my heart to
Thee;
I trace the rainbow through the
rain.
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.
“With a strange suddenness the
consul’s wife fell on her knees and
was convulsed with emotion. With
her hands she cowered her face,
while the majestic music swept on.
The husband knew not what to do.
for all eyes were turned toward his
wife. With inborn calmness and
strong sympathy he then bowed in
prayer at his wife’s side.
"The sight was beautiful, and
there were many wet eyes near where
I stood. But what of the organist?
He was in rhapsody. Down his
furrowed face tears made their way.
Bending over the keys, he poured out
his very souL Os time and space
he seemed ignorant. The emphasis
was that of intense feeling, born of
rare experience, controlled by musi
cal ability—both instrumental and
vocal. When we reached the last
verse, I, for one. wished blind Mathe
son had provided us with more. And
yet we might not have been able
to bear it:
"O Cross that liftest up my head.
I dare not ask to fly from |
Thee;
J lay in dust life's glory dead,
And from the ground there blos
soms red
Life that shall endless be.
“The scene continued the same to
the end, only with deeper feeling.
Great was the relief when the last
note died away, and the minister, as
awed as the rest of us. pronounced
the benediction. So great was the
solemnity of the occasion that no
one wanted to disturb the silence by
rising- frojji their knees. Ini the aisle
and at the church door I learned
that the man .who had waked up
everybody’s sous was the distinguish
ed Christian singer of England and
Scotland. Two?years befor> his wife
lay a-dying. As she entered the val
ley of the shadow of death she asked
him to sing for her ‘O Love That
Will Not Let Me Go.” He did so but
had not 'ventured to sing it again
until that memorable morning. Ah,
that was a sufficient explanation.
Sorrow had wrought the power.”
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