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THB CHRISTIAN NATION. Vol. 59.
A LETTER TO THE CHIL^
DREN. A r o u n d t h e O l d A r m Chair.
Jennie 1!. Kennedy in "Go or
Send" for X()\-ember, 1913.
Alexandretta, Syria,
IGth Octoher, l'Jl:j.
Dear Children—One hot day in
.-Vu|4"ust I was sitting
with two
missionary friei'ds under son'.e
trees on a mountain side. One of
the friends was from Latakia and
the other from Aintab.
W'e were
talking of friends far away, and
of little acts of kindness we had
received from different ones, anc!
how these acts had helped us.
I said that when I first went to
never saw."
Geneva Colle.ge, U. S. A., I felt
very lonely, as 1 had never been
so far from home before.
There
was a )oung girl in the school by
the name of Annie.
I think Annie
saw I was homesick; and one
morning, as I went into the classroom,
she performed one little act
of kindness that made me feel as
if I was at home and not a stranger.
Though I think she never knew
it, her act of kindness has done
me i;ood all my life.
The Latakia missionary, who
had known .\nnie in the Lidian
Alission of the American R. P.
Church, began to teh us some of
the things she knew of her life.
Annie was a cripple, and when
she first knew she must be a cripple
all her life, she felt rebellious;
but =.he was a Christian, and she
soon got the victory. So, she decided,
if she must be a cripple, sbe
would try and he a happy one, and
do all she could to make others
I
feel happy. She not only tried,
but succeeded. I am sure there are
many in America wht) would bear
ire out in saying that Annie carried
sunshine with her wherever
sbe went.
The Aintab lady that was present
is an English missionary. She
had never heard of Annie before,
but was very mii:h impressed with
what we told her about her.
A few da)'s after this conversation,
the English lady started out
to tell of Christ's love in some of
'he village- round about ns. W'hen
^he ireturned she said to ms:
"Everywhere I went I told about
\nnie, and of her deierminalion
/o carry stmsbine about with her,
and how by httle things she had
helped others. I am sure 1 have
told about Annie twenty times."
In one village there was an old
white-headed man. He is a Cliristian,
but one of the cross, faultfinding
kind. He heard the story
of Annie and seemed to be impressed
with it. After the meeting
was over he asked the misshjnary
if an old man like him
could change and be a happy
Christian like Annie. After talking
a little he said as if to himself:
"I am an old man to change my
ways of acting for a young girl I
There were others in
these villages who were greatlv
pleased with what they heaixl
aljout Annie and said they were
going to try and be like her.
Dear children, Annie was called
to her heavenly home some three
)ears ago. I am sure she never
thought the sunshine sh'e spread
about would shine to people living
in the mountain villages of Turkey,
and that her life might be
helpful to many who had never
seen her.
I tell you this little story hoping
it may help and encourage some
of you in your effort to do little
acts th'at you never expe'pt any
• ne to notice. You may never
know of the good you do by your
kind words and deeds, hut Christ
krows of them all, and Ide can
use them in bringing others to
know anrl love Him.
Your sincere friend,
Jennie T!. K^ennedy.
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This, the flrst week of November,
has gone into lecturing in two cclleges
in Des Moines, Highland Park
and Grand View. In neither cate
does the name seem to have anything
to do with the location. The farmer
is a college after its own kind. Started
twenty odd years ago, it has
struck out its own methods of study,
its own curriculum, miainly short
term courses, and has somehow prospered
without endowment or church
backing. Last year it changed hands
and presidents and now it is nominally
a Presbyterian College, though it
does not appear that they lend it anything
but the Presbytenan name. It
is much easier to endow it with a
name t^an with cash.
During the year. Highland Park enrolls
more than a thousand pupils,
though not so many are there at one
time. With such a crowd I thought it
a fortunate arrangement for me that
two classes, psychology and ethics,
were thrown together for the week
and turned over to me for the class
hours. This suited me much better
than the tew minutes that migh^. have
been possible at chapel and insured
a hearing with those ready for what
[ had to tell them. As it turned out,
most of the students do not indulge
in psychology and ethics. For the
most part, I tried a ne-w method at
Highland Park, that of trying to
reaching my conclusions through
questioning them from the class rather
than making statements myself.
It brought to my mind more forcibly
than before that the philosophy of our
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to do this week with Highland Park
students, and the class through their
answers drew the conclusions which I
wanted. This was all the more remarkable,
since what I had to present
was altogether new to them.
One raised the unusual question
whether God did not give authority
tJ Isiael's representatives rather than
to the people.
There is one thing I would like to
commend about Highland Park before
it gets out of my mind. That is the
conduct of its students in chapel. Although
they line up both floorand
gallery, there is no disorder. Dm ing
the reading and explanation of the
Scripture there is attention and all
rise in prayer. I have seen many
places where some of the students
were so weak at one end or the
other, that they had to sit on such
occasions.
Grand View is a Danish College and
practically all recitation work is conducted
in tnat language. About onethird
of the students were born in
Denmark, and all had Danish training,
so that the situation was quite
unusual and tte questions likewiso.
One question that came in different
ways was wuether they could be loyal
Americans and still retain their love
for Denmark. The dangers to t'ieir
country through German aggression
and the dangers that yet threaten
from the same enemy seem to have
deepened their patriotism. It was to
the more distinctly religious part of
the discussion that they listened mast
carefully, which gives one some idea
of the character and interests ol
these people. It surprised me to find
that while they were Lutherans, th;y
are not favorable to the established
church in Denmark. They believe in
the separation of church and government
as in America, agree with us
flat religion should dominate all institutions
as well as individuals, but
like many Lutherans, object to any
interference with personal liberty.
Professor Knudson thinks that a man
should not be allowed to compel
others to work on Sabbath hut should
not be hindered by law from woiking
in his own fields.
One of the interesting things about
the school which I would like to commend
to all 'colleges is its gymnastic
training. I thought that I had seen
the Swedish training before, but ha\e
changed my mind. What girls and
boys are being trained to do eesmed
impossible to me till I saw it.
The trainer for the boys has been at
several of the Olympic games as one
of the representatives of Denmark in
gymnastics. The military precision
with which the work Is done, agility
and strength shown in it, need to be
seen to be appreciated. This morning
I heard the President of Highland
Paik encouraging the dozen husky
fellows on whcm the major part of
the training of the college gymnasium
centers, to cross the goal line at
Coe College, then I came over here to
Wliich the training of the whole body
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