The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 22, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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SUMMER STUDENTS ENJOY
HOLIDAY LAST TUESDAY
AUTO RACES BAND CONCERT
AND OTHER THINGS
ENJOYED.
A holiday from all classes was declared
by Dean Speck last Tuesday in commem-
oration of the Declaration of Independence.
The students spent the day In different
ways. Somo of the girls just had to go
shopping whilo some of thcra did not want
to do anything but stay at home and sleep.
Most of the students however received
all the thrills and all tho amusement
which they wanted when they went to
the big Independence Day Automobile
Roccs at the West Texas Fair Park. A
crowd estimated to number from ten to
twenty thousand saw Phil E. Shafer of
Fort Worth pilot his Dcusenbcrg Special
to victory In the big fifty mile free-for-all
race. Ho garnered a total of moro
than $120000 In prizes.
Tho huge grandstand which has lately
been enlarged the long lino of new bleach-
ers the trackslrfe. ' ni-ielii and ad-
joining hill we? ..u automobiles
and people. Four hundred automobiles
were crowded on tho crest of a hill a
quarter of a milo from tho race track.
Luckily no fatalities occurred this year
nor was there an Injury of any kind despite
the fact that one car went through the
fence twice another turned a cat and went
through the fence and another threw the
crank caso and lost a piston on the track.
The big surprise of the day came in the
finishing of Glenn M. Breed of San An-
tonio in his Hudson Special In fourth
place whereas he finished first last year
In lnn avanli
ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE THUIfiDAY
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RETURNED MISSIONARY
TALKS HERE SATURDAY
MISS LILLIE CYPERT FROM
JAPAN STOPS ENROUTE
HOME.
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The five mile races both went to Tony
Fields of San Angelo in a Ford Special.
He was closely pushed in both events by
Henry Sanders of Abileno in a Ford.
Fields could have qualified for the big
race but ran his car with the choker down
in the qualification trials In order not to
qualify believing that his car would take
the minor events.
Shafer made the fifty miles eighty times
around the five-eights mile dirt track in
55 minutes and 1 second. George Clark
of San Angelo in a Hudson Super Six
Special finished eecond in 55 minutes and
48 1-2 seconds. Echenroth of San An-
tonio in a Southwestern Special took third
and Glenn Breed fourth.
F. J. Harder at the wheel of his De Luxe
Special showed much nerve when he
crashed through the Inside fence steered
his car back through the fence and onto
the track continuing the race. He was
forced to quit when his car rote to the top
of the embankment and balanced on the
ridge where the fence was before he hit
it. Roy Trimmer of Amarillo in a Chev
rolet Special crashed through the fence
when a steering knuckle locked on his
car. He was thrown into the air but nel
titer he nor his mechanic were hurt-
Altogether It was a very big day for
Abilene and for the A. C. C. students
they all enjoying a welcome rest from their
labors and some of them witnessing their
first automobile races.
Other events of the day were a Band
Concert in the evening by the new Abi
lene Concert Band and a big conclave of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan at the
Fair grounds in tho evening when seventy'
six new members were initiated into the
Abilene Klan. Scores of visiting Klans-
men attended the event and speeches and
a feed were features. Outsiders viewed
the proceedings from a distance.
All was quiet Wednesday morning with
the summer school students settling down
to work as usual.
Garfield said "Things don't turn up in
this world until somebody turns them up."
Think what tho Lord has done for you.
'ICount Your '.Many Blessings." i WliaJ
have you done for Him in return.
A. C. C. was very fortunate in having a
visit from Miss Lilly Cypcrt missionary to
Japan who is juit returning homo for a
year's furlough after spending a number
of years In mission work. Miss Cypert left
Yokohama on May twenty-sixth and ar-
rived In Abilene on Wednesday June
twenty-eighth. She has been working for
tho past few years with Brother J. M.
McCaleb in tho Zoshlgayo Mission in
Tokyo.
Miss Cypert lives in the houso which
was built by Brother Wm. J. Bishop at
73 Myogadanl Machi Kolshikawa Ku Tok-
yo and keeps Japancso girls In her home.
Sho has made very rapid progress in the
study of the Japanese language.
A very interesting talk was made by Miss
Cypcrt in Chapel on Thursday moning
when she displayed here many curbs and
costumes from the Land of the Rising
Sun. Sho first showed and explained a
few of tho different images connected with
tho religions of Japan. .Many other things
of interest were displayed and explained.
A silk quill which MiM Cypcrt had was
very beautiful and itwas Interesting to
know that she had helped to feed the
worm that made the silk for the quilt.
The silk business Is an importa- industry
In Japan and from theso comes the most
beautiful silk In the world. The Klmonas
with which the costume of the Japanese
women was illustrated were of the most
beautiful colors imaginable. The part of
her costume for whiih a Japanese womaj
prides herself most Is her Obi or sash.'
These cost sometimes as much as six hun-
dred yen ($300).
The entire talk wis very interesting and
was something quite out of the ordinary
for most.
PRICKLY PEAR ST
OFFERS
THREE CONTEST Ai
BY MESSRS. ClRj
CHILDIt'
the 1923 ill
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Work on tli
forward this
Hie men who aro on
Seniors of '23 are alUwn
effort to build the. best boo!
of the publication
Tho summer work hi A. C
carried on by James . Child:
In Chief tind Bruce P. Currle
School Business Mariner. Edwin
tin Business Manager is working
advertising section and upon othci
messugo Jesus Christ and Him Crucified
Is tlia message of salvation. And here Is
the thie meaning of It all to us. To be
In tlis lifo lost without God and without
hopej.Is the most terriblo thing in tho
world. 'Neither is thero salvation in any
other: fur tlicro is none other namo under
heaven given among men whereby we
must be'iMvetl.' Acts 4:12. Then In
Jesus Christ aro wo saved and In nono oth-
er but It is In Jesus Christ on tho cross
that wo are sated. 'Who his own self Gear
bur sins in His own body on the tree that
wo-bcingdcad to sin should livo to right-
eousness; by whoso stripes you were
healed.'
"O wonderful message of salvation!
Salvation not purchased with our silver
and gold but purchased with the life
and blood of Jesus Christ and given to
lost men as the free gift qf God's love.
'Thousands today are hiding with a lit-
tle of their silver and gold a few deedd
of kindness and a few moral trails for
salvation. But beloved it can't bo ob
tained that way. Jesus Christ as He died'
on the cross paid tho price. lie bought
all tho salvation God has for men and if
(you are savca you musi accept u as a ircc
gift from Him. Thero is no other way."
SEE
Abilene Printing
Company
Opposite Queen Theatre
for
IRVING-PITT RING JJ00KS
MEMO BOOKS. LOOSE lEKV"
SHEETS AND SCHOOL
SUPPLIES
Wo sell Paper by tho Pound.
It's cheaper that way.
PRINTING
Wo print most of tho high-class
publications issued in Abilene.
Anything you want in printing.
ABILENE PRINTING CO.
1069 North Second
Established 41 Years.
"We do a little more tlum is
expected."
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tures of the book.
Lubbock.
He Is at his horn'
The Prickly Pear "JTanagcmcnt annoui"t
ccs three prizo conic I the winners to re-
echo a copy of the '2 I Prickly Pear free of
charge. '
One book will be iven to the student
who turns in the gre.itcst amount of us-
uable kodak pictures fur tho book.
Another will go to iho student turning
In tho best photo tlu quality to be deter-
mined by the beauty ipd artistic workman-
ship of tho picture.
Another book will 'go to that student
outside the Staff doing tho most work for
and in connection with the publication
of the Annual.
It has been annotmed that other con-
tests may be opened soon and that Sum-
mer School students are eligible to them.
There will be a portion of tho Prickly
Pear reserved for the summer school.
All students wishing to learn particu-
lars concerning lvfi;i'"r f net year's
book and also wishing particulars on the
contests are urged to see either Mr. Chil-
dress or Mr. Curric
The spirit which prompts a gift is more
importer than the gift.
TOY & (JROWDER
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God unto salvation. We should havo the
boldness of a lion in declaring God's truths'
but we must not overstep ourselves and
put too much of our own ideas into the
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Ladies and Gentlemen I Need Your
Vote and Influcnco
A. J. BURKS
For
li'I JAYLOR COUNTY
make it possible tion of the
tho community. IuJy 22 1922
pose for which God csl
In .ho world is the Salvo??
Eer)thlng else the church is to do is f.
cidental. That church which fails to live
and teach In such a way as to make the
people sco and know Christ that they mai
he saved by him has no right to wear
namo and no excuso for existence. '"1 '
Another point stressed in the mori
service was that the church must find f
with tho people. Reading from the
verse of the second chapter of Acts
having found favor with all of tho pciy
the preacher among other things 'imoro
"this does not mean that they weriWB in
ilar with all tho people or that whaissiblo.
taught was popular. Thev and their OKlffA
Jpi? .were lytted and despise and if
are loyal to Christ and his tcaclH"
vili not be popular with all of tlr
and your teachings will not. Th
ings of Jesus condemns sin of cv
and kind but in spite of the fact t
Jerusalem Church and their tcati
were haled und despised and persec'
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SWIMMING THE W H I R L P 00 L
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There have been there are and there in late summer as
greai numbers
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will ever be streams in
similar t the stream which furn.hes the
cradle for this story.
As this stream flowed down a beautiful
valley it grew In width and power so that
when it reached the great ocean and
emptied itself into the mighty deep it
had become as a mighty torrent.
This stream was is and will ever be
known as the stream of earthly life and
It was on a summer day of one of the
opening years of the twentieth century
that a new navigator began his voyage up-
on its bosom. This navigator was inex-
perienced and small as the stream was
small In its upper smaller course. But
as the stream became larger so did the
navigator become larger. He gained ex
perience. He learned how to steer clear
of snags and shallow places in most in-
stances but at time the small boat in which
ho sailed was almost upturned by a jagged
rock or capsized by a great wave. He
learned that all was not ease and pleasure
as his journey lengthened At times a
storm would cause the stream to overflow
its banks in its rage while at other times
the tempest slept and all was peace and
calm. When tho bleak barren days of
winter came the boat was isolated in the
Ice. in the middle of the stream without
hope of aid or assistance.
On and on drifted the navigator. He
worried and was joyful pessimistic and
optimistic afraid and without fear calm
and uneasy his emotions were us uncertain
as was the course of each mouthful of
water in the stream for he tho stream
and the craft In which he sailed were all
material things playthings of some Al-
mighty One.
The life of the Navigator remained much
the same save the gradual enlargement of
his scope of activity as he reached the
larger portion of tho stream. In one day
the boat drifted care
lessly down the stream tho rush of the
waters became suddenly swifter and swifter
and before the Navigator had time in
which to think ho and his boat had been
drawn Into a great whirlpool. As they
were swerved around the giant whirlpool
the first time the boat was crashed to bits
against a mighty rock. It had not stood.
the test it was not built of as strong ma-
terial as was required.
AnJ so it was thus that the Navigator
found himself whirling turning around in
the great whirlpool of College life. He
had no way by which he might save him-
self save by his own resourcefulness wit
and physical strength as he thought. He
relied for a time upon theso' things as his
only means of being saved from destruc-
tion. But as he whirled arid rushed through
the numerous recesses of the whirlpool he
found that he was not alone and that there
were many other young men and women
with him who were suffering if it could be
called suffering from a like fate He
became cmbued with a passion for helping
his fellow-sufferers as well as himself.
As he continued his life In the whirl-
pool ho recognized several distinct phases
of his life. In each phase of his life he
found things which were pleasant and
tilings which were unpleasant. He wanted
to be happy and so strove to make the un-
pleasant things more pleasant.
As he came into contact with the phy-
sical evidences of the hand of a Great
Almighty he was prone to become a being
more physical man otherwise j-nysicai
courage was necessary to survive the dan-
gers of his life physical recreation was
necessary in order to maintain his health.
He spent much of his time in physical
exercise. r
But as he continued as a physical being
lie found that it was Impossible for him to
uso his physique without the assistance of
his mind his intellect. This fact led him
to become interested in things which were
literary in their nature things which tend-
ed to develop the tissues of his mind as
his athletic endeavors had developed the
tissues of body.
Books magazines newspapers had much
to do with the development of his intel
lect- He strove to excell in this field of
endeavor as he had done on the athletic
field. The knowledge of man of men who
had been there before him was his store-
house of knowledge for the most part.
He drifted around the whirlpool day
after day in the same physical and intel-
lectual pursuits until he was one day
confronted by a fellow-traveler who told
him that he was a product of a Divine
Hund which had created everything and
everybody. He was urged to look behind
and above the mere material things which
he saw and felt and to see there the Al
mighty Creator. Men and women who
had spent long years as Navigators taught
him of God.
The thought of all this awed him. He
came to honor and fear God moro and
more. The complexity of the literary sub
jeets and the products of human minds
which he had studied only served to
strengthen and increase his love and fear
for one who was such that he could create
all things which were In themselves so
wonderful.
It seems that he had always known of
some Almighty Power hut ho had never
known exactly what or where that power
was. He rejoiced that he had found that
power at last. It gave him a feeling of
solace and comfort and assurance that he
would have Him to go to in time of suf
fering and need.
He also learned that the great God had
sent His Son to the earth as a man
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they lived and taught the religion of Cl" (
in such a way as to find favor witl
of the people and to bring some of tl'
Salvation dally. This simply means t I
they so lived and taught Christianity I.
to compel those who hated and fought
to respect it deep into their hearts. '
Holy lives and the Holy teachings of
Disciples condemns them and their sins'.
They were mad and they fought but in
their hearts they respected these pure
clean honest kind gentle Christians one
by one they would say why fight any long-
er? Why not accept this blessed Savior?
Why not accept the religion that can do jf
for men and women what Christianity isw
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found It possible to savo people in Jeru-
salem dally not because the Disciples and
their teachings were popular with the
Devil and the world hut because they were
hated and respected they were hated and
(found favor). Don't worry about being
popular. But be careful to bo respected '
lo find "favor" If you must be hated in
order lo do so. The popular church us-
ually is not worth anything to the Lord!
It has taken Into the church so much oftho
world that you can't tell It from the wprld.
It teaches anything the world practices.
It's life does not condemn the sinner when
he compares his own with it. The world
likes that kind of church but it docs not
respect it There is not anything that
the devil likes belter than a big strong pop-
ular church that has compromised with sin
and evil of every sort and kind until it's
members do anything that people outside
of it do. The devil does not care how
many churches we have as long as these
churches do not sae the people from
him and sin to -Christ and righteousness.
At night Mr. Scwell spoke in part as
follows "My theme tonight Is 'Our Lord's
Grcjt Commission ot- The Constitution uf
the Kingdom of Christ.' The text for tho-
sernion is found in Matthew 2D-18 to 20
Mark 16 l.r and 10 and Luke 2446 and
47 and reads as follows and Jesus came
and spake unto them saying all power Is
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