Proctor Tells Negroes of Life's Best Things

Atlanta, 1915

"Some Things Better Than Money," was the subject of Rev. H. H. Proctor at the First Congregational church, colored, last night.

Among other things, he said:

"Money is such a good thing and so hard to get on without that it is hard to convince a man out of a job, for instance, that there is anything better. And yet, we need not disparage this material thing to show that in the spiritual realm there are things much better. To have good health, good sense, a good name, a good conscience and a good character is better than all the money in this world. And yet, these do not exclude money. Rather they are the foundation stones on which we shall surely get all the money we need. These things are measurably in reach of all, even the humblest. They are the heritage of every human being. The Master of men commands us to seek them with all our heart, and, finding them, to use them for the service of our fellow men. That is the finest thing life has to offer any man."

Rev. Frank T. Lee, of Chicago, will begin a course of lectures tonight on "A Bird's-eye View of Old Testament History."

—The Atlantic Constitution, January 11, 1915, page 7.