KENYA and
ITS PEOPLE
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Lesson fo r D e c e m te r 26
REVIEW
R E V I E W — M oses to S a m u i l
tIn<i O|, i Di i N i. T ®X T — 8 »r»ljr H is s a lv a
t i o n Is n ig h (h em th a t fe a r H im . th a t
e lo r y m ay d w e ll In ou r land.
PR IM A R Y T O PIC — F a v o r ita S to r ie s
or th e Q u arter
JU N IO R TOPIC— S t o r ie s o f I sr a e l s
L ead ers
IN T E R M E D IA T E and s e n io r t o p -
, c — G rea t Men and W om e
o f the
Q u arter
P E O P L E and A D U L T T O P-
l c — < " •* » T e a c h ln g i o f th « Q uarter.
W hen Christmas
Comes*—
B y B . B . in B a ltim o r e S u n
1 eoeeeeeeeeeeee^.............
z7 Soldiers. ooa soldiers.
c* a doU
u’l'nie;
wood and Zead-
Cl
.
. A 'i’ind'‘P
1^1 almost thinks;
n iLn< bureau and a bed.
d kitchen made o f tin. with all
The pans and dishes on the wall.
A sled with reindeer painted briqla-
rt pair of shales fo r b Vs w.th brains.
n bat and bail, electric trams;
A ship tulle rigged and proud of mien
To sail the briny d e e p serene.
A doll house lit with wondrous Oght;
A book of fairies su^eet and bright;
A fat balloon you blow and blow
Until it will no larger qrow.
And then, released, the air comes out
With funny whistling. till you shout.
07)4 clap ^ ur
to know
What lo ely Christmas things there are
That only could have come from far
bsyor.d the realms of ice and snow.
And from behind the fairy start
Three good methods may be used
for tlds review
-• Assign to the members of tha
class a week ahead the task of pre
paring a description of the outstand
Ing events of each lesson. The length j
of such descriptions will depend upon
It mnrt hnve been an hour out of
Hie number of pupils In the cluss and
New \o r k when there came the grnt-
time allowed for the lesson.
4
- / 4 t 1—
| ing pull-back of the brakes. The
II. Assign to Hie pupils the out
train
Jolted
and
Jerked.
Marcia
sut
standing personalities of the quarter j
up In startled suddenness. She found
the task of making an analysis of
herself looking straight into the dark
these characters, pointing out the I
I eyes opposite. She stared at I ’hlllp
One of the Natives of Kenya.
strong and weak points thereof. The I
| and Philip stared at her.
principal persons ap|>earing In the ,
(P re p a re d by th e N a tio n a l n o n g rap h ic
A tearing crash! The sharp splin
eventually In the management of af
quarter's lessons are Moses. Joshua. j
Society, W a sh in g to n , D. C .I
ter of glass I Frightened cries I The
fairs. The whites of Kenya and of Caleb, Gideon, Ruth and Samuel. |
HE first link of Hie proposed
¿5? A L IC E IL
| ear was In an uproar I
the much more Important Union of 1 wo pupils may be assigned to report )
British air service from Culro to
vvA L M m .
The porter stood among them. “All
South Africa asserted that if Great on the same character, the one on the
the Cupt of Good Hope In Africa
right, everybody I All right I Don’t
Britain abandoned the principle that strong points and the other on the j
will soon be established with the
I you go to get skeered I We ran down
T WAS Just a few days before
weak points.
her people have the obligation to main
beginning of an airplane line from
T WAS very annoying. Very an t he end of a freight . , . nobody
the great holiday und a delight
tain tier institutions among the less
III. Ask the members of the class j
Khartum In the Soudan to Kisumu In
ful snow storm was In progress.
noying Indeed! Marcia gave an hurt. Stay right where you am I"
to bring a written report on each les- I
advanced
peoples
of
her
colonies,
Il
Kenya colony. Kisumu is on Luke Vic
Marcia and Philip stood obedient The wind as It whistled past whls|>ered
Irritated flip to the pages of her
would
mean
the
death
of
the
British
son.
giving
the
principal
fact
and
toria. the “Lake Superior" of Africa
ly Just where they were.
Philip’s of the grand and glorious “Christ
magazine, and set her pretty back
Kenya, which will thus he brought empire and of the civilization which the leading lesson thereof. The fol
more firmly In her chair In the oar. arm was around Marcia's waist. Mar inas Spirit.”
she has develojied In Asia and Africa
lowing
suggestions
are
offered:
Into much closer touch with England,
Tim most prosperous Christmas In
The exceedingly fine looking man cia’s frightened face was pressed close
People of Many Races.
October 3. Moses sought the help
Is one of the most fascinating regions
many a year hail struck Cedar Junc
i
opposite
was burled In his newspaper. to Philip's laiiel on Ids coat.
The laud which is now Kenya colon,\ of Hohah In guiding Israel through | I f Marcia could have seen the corners
of Africa, geographically speaking. It
“Thank God, you're safe I" whla- tion.
Happy, snow bedecked crowds
presents a relatively new name to has had its mixture of races for a long the wilderness. Though Hobab was
of his mouth, she might have been pered Phlllp' 1118 volr« «hook. Mar- swarmed
the
downtown
district,
a
shrewd
child
of
the
desert,
the
Lord
time.
Phoenicians,
Aruba,
Indians,
world maps, for before the World war
ablaze with glimmering lights and dec
even more upset
That pleasant « was * wept 0<T her feet by • "urg*“
God
was
a
better
guide
than
he.
Like
even Chinese, skirted Its coasts in
It was known as British East Africa.
it h the
th e h
n t n e r e ... twist. That
mu... °* "weet comfort. Philip
i’hlllp near In an orative displays.
mouth w
with
humorous
At the southeast corner of Kenya very early times and traded with Its Moses, we should acknowledge the
| accident I Philip holding her close,
Perhaps old Silas, who lived on
mouth
which
opened
wide
with
shouts
Is Lake Victoria, second largest fresh natives. Later (lie Arabs came in leadership of the Lord, even though It
of ringing lnughter. That mouth she trying to save her from pain and dis the rural route Just outside of town,
may
mean
confession
of
our
own
numbers;
and
now
there
is
a
popula
water lake In the world. Along its
had so adored . . .
a few months tress. Before she hardly knew what was the only human being to whom
failure.
shores dwell a people whose nudity tion of about 10,090 of them In add!
ago. That mouth now twitching with ■she said, she heard her voice whisper Christmas meant nothing. He had be
tlon
to
a
large
number
of
people
of
October
10.
Through
unbelief
spies
Is a symbol of their modesty, and
Ill-concealed pleasure behind the tur- ing In his ear! “Coine home with come separated from everyone who
mixed Arab and black blood. The In
were sent to Canaan. The majority
whose men are as beautifully formed
me, please I I want you to I
had ever been dear to him, and as the
tain of the paper.
specimens of their sex us are the dlahs began to go to this region be report was brought by the ten spies
Philip thrust her away from him
years slipped by
Well, accidents will happen I I f
fore British Influence began, and now Joshua and Caleb recognized the diffi
Marquesas women of theirs.
he hail grown
two persons who have quarreled In pretended concern. "But what shout
number
some
25.000.
culties
equally
with
the
ten.
but
be
Just across Kenya’« southern border
strangely morose
choose the same train on the day be Aunt Caroline? Dear, dear Aunt
cause
they
had
faith
In
God,
coun
Of
the
blacks
there
are
numerous
Is Kilimanjaro, highest mountain In
and
Indifferent.
fore Christmas to go home, what can Caroline!’’
The Suks belong to the seled taking possession of the land.
"Oh, pshaw I
Philip Henderson,
Africa, and near Its center is Kenya tribes.
Children
w e re
be done about it? Nothing!
October 17. Because of an act of
peak, also volcuulc, which o'ertops Nilotic race group. The Swahilis are
Marcia read the first page of a story y° U k" ° W as wel1 “ 1 do’ that you
afrnid of him and
K
J llPVPr WAXIlt »llxv-AA KA/.va.A
____ US-
the hybrid people formed by the disobedience Moses was debarred
Mount Whitney by some 3,000 feet.
grown ups stayed
fourteen times, and could not have never went there before In your life
union of Arabs with the Somalis und from entering the promised land.
Cutting across the colony Is the fa
and are Just doing it because you
clear of him.
told
on
a
bet,
a
single
sentence
that
Gallas.
There
is
also
the
Bantu-speak
Though
he
had
to
suffer
this
loss,
the
haven’t
any
place
else
to
go
I”
mnus R ift valley, here from 20 to 41)
Now, It seems
passed before her eyes. She gave up
ing
population,
many
of
whom
dwell
Lord
gave
him
a
place
In
the
very
miles wide, and generally several thou
The man grinned. “Well, of course,
there were sev
in
the
regions
around
Mount
Kenya,
front
rank
of
His
prophets.
sand feet below the plateau's general
If you Insist, and all that sort of
eral social clubs
which was for a time believed to lie
level.
October 24.
Upon Moses* retlre-
thing, I'll do It to save wear und tear
In Cedar Junc
on the disposition.”
However, It Is as a zoo and a lux in the fabled regions of the 'Moun j ment and death, Joshua was appoint
tio n , a n d a t
A fter several hours of work by the
uriant botanical garden that Kenya tains of the Moon," us well as more ed as a new leader of Israel. Though
Christmas t i m e
of
the
Nilotic
group,
consisting
of
the
God's
servants
die,
His
work
goes
on
wrecking
crew,
Marcia
and
I
’hlllp
makes Its chief appeal to the nature
they ull did their
Masai,
the
Nandi
und
others.
| because the Lord has always in readi
w>'re again on their way towards her
loving visitor. Perhaps Its most ntnaz
bit toward mak
Though Kenya culls Itself the new ness capable leaders.
home. One of the boys met them at
Ing single spectacle is the flamingo
ing e v e r y o n e
the station with an old fushloned
colony on (he northern shores of Luke est of the British colonies, it Is one of
October 31. Six awful woes are
happy.
sleigh. A moon spilled silver on the
Haiinlngton. The hunks are dazzling the oldest lands of Hie eurtti. Colonel pointed out as coming upon those who
But Si had al
hills. Mother met them at the door.
white with the birds’ guano, their Roosevelt, In speaking of his African Indulge in wine. The only safe atti
ways been for
limiting
trip,
said
that
the
Masai
often
Candles
shone
from
the
windows.
A
tude toward the Intoxicating cup Is
nests are mounds of mud spread like
gotten. No one
reminded him of the pictures of the not to look at It, not to come Into Its
howling mob of youngsters hurled seemed to ei
mole hills on a flat plain.
think of making
soldiers
of
Thothmes
and
Raineses
themselves on Marcia the minute she him happy.
w ay; total abstinence Is enjoined
The ndult bird has a rose-pink neck
made by
the ancient
Egyptian upon all.
stepped on the threshold. It was all
«lid body, the beak is purple and scur-
This yeur a new member had en
as merry and perfect a scene as you tered the Men’s Card club, one Joseph
let, the wing feathers are crimson. sculptors. In that their faces were
November 7. Jericho, the key to
could find In a long Journey.
Bartlett, uu extremely fine fellow all
I'or a mile or so before one reaches resolute und hud clear-cut features. the land of Canaan, fell prostrate
But there wus a moment of secret round, who was always suggesting
their haunt he can hear these birds— The same noled traveler said of this through faith In God. Spiritual vic
understanding between the mother of something new and original.
the splash and the swish of a million tribe that though the women were tories are won upon principles and by
Marcia, and Philip. They stood to
At their final meeting before
or so becomes tumultuous as he ap scrupulously clothed. “Hie husbands means which are utterly foo'lsh In
brothers very ostentatiously wear no themselves.
gether in the hall under the mistletoe. Christmas, when all had been satis
proaches.
Marcia and Philip Stood Just Where Marcia had been carried Into the llv- factorily
arranged,
'twas
Joaepk
Hippopotami swim In the shallow clothing for purposes of decency.”
November 14. Because of Caleb's
Reports concerning this particular „t^n'lng character 'and "hie h>yal7/"tn
Thty Were.
Ing room on the tide of her Joyous re who smilingly arose, Oiled to the brim
waters of this bay; antelope and gnu
ception.
with the Christmas spirit and made
Infest Its shores. Its port, Kisumu, Is people have constantly made their ap God, he came Into possession of the
the attempt and glued a pensive gaze
"I got yonr letter,” said Philip the following motion:
the terminus of the Uganda steamship pearance In the civilized world be Inheritance which God had chosen for
on the passing landscape. I f her "with the seat number and train. U
cause
they
persislently
pillaged
neigh
"Say, boys! Ilow about making
line, which lands rubber, ivory and
him.
heart fluttered In uneven Jumps
was awfully good of yon to find out 'Od SI' on the rural route, happy
hides here for railway shipment to boring tribes, having decided that they
November 21. In Joshua's farewell
no
one
was
the
wiser.
Marcia
briat
no longer cured to till their owu fields,
for me. How did you manage?"
this Christmas?"
the coast
address he brought to the attention
led with independence. She would
bat would get their sustenance by
"Oh, the way we mothers the world
At first there was a dead sldenca.
Government of the Colony.
of Israel God’s providential dealing carry this emergency through with a over manage things, when we want
Every one was too shocked to speak.
A few years ago Great Britain had taking the cattle and supplies of with them and appealed to them to
high hand. Besides, Philip got off at j our daughters to be happy. It was
But when the Idea finally dawned
an uneomfortahle racial problem on weaker tribes, and In this way have renew their covenant with his God
a station before hers.
such a silly quarrel between you two U|M>n them, all seconded the motion.
her hands In Kenya, but the matter been responsible for the depopulation The people entered Into a formal cov
The snowy fields whirled by. Even I I did not plan the wreck, however,
In the midst of the other celebrar
has now apparently been smoothed of large districts of British East Af enant at Shechem. In order to clinch
from the train she could see the fluffy I That literally threw you together very tlons, the “Happy Twelve" of the
over. The native population nunilters rica. Today, however, they are doing this obligation Joshua wrote down
card club were busy making preparw
about 3,000,000 and there are In addi excellent work in cultivating the soil. their agreement In a book, and as 1 hunches of white on the pine trees. successfully."
There was a holiday feeling of excite
They laughed together. Then M ar lions for the call on 81. They trimmed
The greater portion of the Masai
tion whites of European origin. East
further help set up a large stone as
ment even in the stuffy car. The por cia's mother called to her. “Come a small table tree delightfully, with
now live In the districts around Nai
Indians and Arabs.
a witness.
ter was gay with a sprig of holly in here a minute, daughter. I want you “Silas" Inscribed on a huge star at
From the time when British Influ robi. They have perhaps the most
November 28. Gideon's army was his buttonhole. In spite of her re to see the decorations In the hall."
definite religious beliefs of any of the
Its peak
Then they prepared a
ence made Itself felt In East Africa
reduced to 300. All who were cow sentment she could not prevent a
Murcia's mother was a woman of cherry punch, purchased a super box
Eust
African
tribes,
praying
to
two
during the last quarter of the Nine
ardly were permitted to withdraw
thrill of happiness running through Imagination. She left the lately a r of excellent cigars and sallied forth
teeath century, until 1020, the then gods, one black und benevolent and the Others ntiflt were likewise permitted
her veins.
rived travelers In the hall under a headed by Joseph, the brave, who
British East Africa was a protec other red and criMl, but they believe to withdraw. A small company trust
friendly bit of mistletoe. And what was thoughtful enough to slip a deck
that
when
they
die,
they
go
out
like
a
Home
again
after
many
months
of
torate, a form of government which
ing God can win the victory over a hard work In New York! Heme to that scrap of Christmas green saw of curds Into his coat pocket besMeai
the British empire generally makes puff.
mighty boat.
T w as about 11 p. m. and 81 had
the Jolly fireplace, the absurd and lov and beard Is nobody's business I
Women
Who
W
ear
Tails.
use of when there is practically no
December 8.
Rath chose to be
<©. 1ISC. W estern N »w »p»p»r U m sn )
retired as usual, at an early hour,
Though unclothed the Kuvirondoa Identified with the people of the Ixird. able dog, and bust of all, home with
white population other than the ad
the rollicking faintly of younger broth
when there came a loud knock upon
mlniatrative officials. Coder this sys are much bedecked, every circumfer Because of thia choice she came into
his door.
ers and sisters. And, mother I
tem there was scarcely any popular ence the human form affords, from possession of the blessings of the true
Jumping out of bed with a thump,
They
had
planned,
Philip
and
she,
chest
and
stomach
to
aukle
und
wrist.
phase to the government, affairs were
God and her name has become Im to have this Christinas together at
he roared: “Who’s there?”
administered for the most part as the Is wire-wrapped. The women add one mortal.
"Merry Christmas," shoated the
her mother’s. Philip had always lived
officials thought best. A start toward other decoration, a tali-like tuft sus
December 12 Because God gave to
clnb.
popular Institutions was made In 1900 pended f.oin the waistline In the rear. Hannah a son In answer to her prayer, in New York. Of course he had
“Well, what of It?" cried 8l!aa.
known about the country and small
Sparse population of a region where
when executive and legislative coun
she gave him up to service In the country towns, but not as Marcia had.
'“ We have come to celebrate with
the
altitude
offsets
the
equatorial
heat
cils were established.
house of God.
you. Let us In.”
They hud spent many delightful hours
By 1919 the white population had and the fertility Invites farming is due
December 19 As Samuel In his old talking over the good times they
“What do yon mean, you band of
largely
to
these
warrior
Musal
whose
grown to the point (nearly 10.000) felt
scalawags? Get out of here before
age was retiring from the place of would have sliding down hill, going
to demand greater governmental par former livelihood was gained prin
I call the police."
Judgeship In Israel, he challenged the
ticipation. Provision was made for cipally by raids on their neighbors. people as to the Integrity of his con about singing eurols on Christmas eve,
The others were ready to flee for
stalling
the
stockings
for
the
children,
Many
of
them
have
settled
down
to
the white settlers to elect 11 members
their lives, but Joseph was not to be
duct among them. Everyone In public tramping throngh the woods. All the
tilling
the
soil.
to the legislative council. Two were
put off so easily. Then caine the big
country entertainments which go so
Another aatlve tribe, the Andoraboa, , H * ",inuld.
appointed to represent the East In
untarnished record at the clone of bio perfectly with the holiday season.
surprise.
dian population, and one to represent formerly lived largely upon flesh of
“SI, don’t you remember your
career.
And Philip had loved It all.
the Arabs. A sufficient number of offi the Colobus monkey. The skin has a
brother, Joseph, whom you thought te
He had an aunt, an elderly crea
cial members was then appointed to market value because of Its silky black
be dead? M is 11 For God's sake open
O u r Souls* C ra v in g
ture who lived in the next town.
give the government a majority. The and while hair and the tail with au
the door I"
Philip
talked
of
her
and
said
he
had
Our
souls
crave
a
perfect
good;
we
Immense
bushy
plume
at
the
end.
final step of creating the newest B rit
With a crash, the door was swung
ish crown colony from the old pro They, too, turned to the soil as the feel the pull thitherward, we own the almost promised to spend Christmas
open and the brothers were In each
tectorate was made July 23, 1920, British imposed restrictions on mon law that points la that direction.— Wil day with her, but now be couldn't
other's arms as tears streamed down
think of it. He must go home with
when Kenya colony came Into exist key killing to save the animals from liam M Salter.
the cheekfl of Old SI, but they were
Marcia, and Aunt Caroline could go
extinction.
ence.
Christ runs tears of Joy.
hung
I
The
Gallas.
though
they
are
now
of
M
easures
Our
Love
The emigrants from India and
Then followed suchc a celebration at
Of coarse, reflected Marcia, that
their descendants, who outnumber the little inii»ortance either politically or
What we are willing to do for
Cedar Junction had never beheld. All
Europeans two to one, were dissatis economically, take great pride in their Christ measures our love for Him.— was where he was bound for uow.
who passed the little house wondered
Too annoying that his seat happened
fied with their small representation on past. They say that they once had a Echoes
why the lights at Old Si's place were
to be near hers.
the legislative council and demanded sacred book, like the Bible or the
burning all night.
But the biggest
The train run smoothly on polished
equal suffrage. There also existed In Koran, but a cow ate It, and not being
T he H eaven ly Life
shock of all was when they actually
rails.
A
soothing
lullaby
seemed
to
certain
about
the
particular
animal.
In
the background the question of what
The heavenly life strives la the click from the wheels. Marcia sub
law a sparkling Christmas tree la
part If any the 3,000.000 black native their search they are still opening the addai of trial«.—Echoes
the window,
sided Into deep revery.
residents of the colony should take stomach of every cow that dies.
ûuder the
ŒMstletoe
i)
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