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inquired. “ I Chris tian man. I tell you so. I no heathen. I no work for heathen .” John replied:
an attem p t was made to carry beer th rough th e Boston navy yard to the A rgentine battleship, Rivadav'ia, the American naval officers iorbade its pas sage. The Negro and Temperance In A tlanta, Georgia, th e leading ex press office form erly had five windows for th e distribution of liquor shipments on days designated for th a t purpose. F ou r of these windows were for the colored people. A recent repo rt from Washington indicates' th a t prohibition has done wonderful things in promot ing the prosperity of th e negro. Ac cording to th a t report, th e negroes of th e country a t th e present tim e own property worth $1,100,000,000. In 1909 th e ir w ealth amounted to about $570, 000,000 only. The negro is a cotton-maker p ar ex cellence. H undreds of thousands of colored men who formerly owned strag gling patches, now cultivate strong and stu rdy plants, and those who formerly raised a hound dog and a whiskey habit are now raising a fam ily of pigs and a new appetite for industry. Since the federal laws protect him from th e liq uor dealers of C incinnati and Louisville and Jacksonville, th e negro seems in a fair way to settle his own problem. ' Golden Text Illu stratio n A Chinaman applied for a position as cook. The-lady of th e house and sever al other members of her fam ily were members of a fashionable church, and the Chinaman was questioned closely. "Do you d rink whiskey?” “No, I Chris tia n man.” “ Do you play cards?” “No, I Christian man.” He was employed, and gave g reat satisfaction. A fter some weeks th e lady gave a euchre party and wine was served. John Chinaman was called in to serve re freshments, which he did w ithout com ment. But th e next morning he w ait ed on th e lady, afid told her he wanted to quit. “Why, w hat is th e m a tte r? ” she
Story of The Rechabites. Je r. 36:5- 10 . Memory Verse.— “We will d rink no wine.” Jer. 35:6. Approach. Draw upon th e board outline of wine bottle and glass. Show glass of w ater. My, ju st th ink w hat a delicious, refreshing drink we have in th e clear sparkling BEGINNERS w ater, God has so AND PRIMARY freely given. (Hold Mabel L, M errill up glass of w ater.) We all know th a t w ater is good for' us. Have you ever ridden in an automobile a t night, and as you were going along th e dark road, seen on ahead a red light? W hat does a red ligh t in th e road mean? Danger! Yes, when we see a red light, we go slowly so we can see th e ditch, pile of rock, or whatever may be in the road. We are not afraid of the glass of w ater, bu t we should be afraid of the bottle of wine which is poison to our minds and bodies. This bottle and wine glass are a danger signal ju st like th e red ligh t in th e road. Then when we know it is poison we will never p u t a drop of liquor to our lips. P rayer. Lesson Story.— Boys and girls, have you ever heard fath e r and m other te ll some stories about some of the people in th eir fam ilies? Yes, and we love to heaT them , too. F rom many of these stories we can learn im po rtan t lessons th a t aye helpful to us, if th e people lived good, noble lives, and set a good example for others to follow. Our story today is about some people who lived a long, long tim e ago, and these people set a good example th a t is safe for us to follow. A man named Rechab obeyed his fath e r; th a t is he did ju st as his fath e r asked him to do.
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