Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 6]

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_ Saturday, Decmber 26, 1953

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Rev. Robert H. Harper

God Revealed in Christ.
Lesson for January 3, 1954: Joba~ 1:

Golden Text: John 20: 31.

It is the wish of the writer that
every reader will come this New -
Year into a larger knowledge of
the Father~s will. In this first study
of the year, nothing could be better
than the text which tells us of the
revelation of Goa to men through
Christ.

John, in many respects dissimilat to the other Gospel writers,
loved to write of the mystery of
~Christ's person. He used the Greek
werd, ~~logos,~~ spelling it with a
capital, to be a name for Jesus
Christ.; Logos ~means word andJohn thus called Jesus the Word.
Words have had a great part in

the achievements'of men. A word

is a sign of a thought,, whether it
be in the small brain of a savage
or the brain of one in ~~~the foremost files of time.~~ It is by words

' that men communicate with one

another. So Jesus is the revelation

- of God to men, the Eternal Word.

While John was preaching in the
wilderness, he proclaimed Jesus
as the long-promised Christ and invited men to give their lives. to
him. But ~there came a greater
witness than that of John. The
Spirit like a dove descended from
héaven to abide upon Jesus. And
the next day John, looking upon

'.'Jesus as he walked, said to two

idisciples who had come to him,
~Behold the Lamb of God!~

From these things: we learn that
~od manifested himself to men in
~Jesus Christ, He became the Son

~ef man that men through him
~might become the sons of God.
~May we find Christ the answer to
ur deepest needs.

The term ~Spanish Main~ orig?

| Inally referred to the Spanish col| enies on the northeast coast of

South America. In later usage it
was generally applied to ~he Caribbean Sea and nearby waters made,
hazardous by pirates and buc-|
caneers.

Most of the typhoons that thrash
the coast of Korea and Japan in

- Jate summer and early fall orig
inate in the China Sea east of Formosa.

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C10 Withdraws
Support Of
Inter-Faith Group

CIO has regretfully withdrawn
its support of the National -Con
~

~ference of Christians and Jews,

it was announced this week by
CIO secretary-treasurer. James
B. Carey in his capacity as chairman of the labor group~s. civil
rights committee. Carey said the
action came because of ~basic
differences~ over discrimination.

The withdrawal of support was
conveyed in a letter Carey wrote
to Lewis W. Douglas, chairman
of the conference~s Brotherhood
Week activities. Carey said the,
action was taken because some
of the affiliated bodies of the
conference ~especially in the

South, openly engaged in discrim-|

inatory practices, such as exclud--
ing Negroes from their deliberations or according them only
limited participation.~

He said CIO discussed this situation for some two years with
the conference, emphasising ~that
we could not affiliate -.ourselves
with organizations that permit
racial discrimination in their
constituent bodies.~ |

~Our differences are basic ones
relating to the implementation of
organizational: policies,~ the Carey
letter declared. ~Our organization
is fully committed to the abolition of racial segregation and
discrimination.: ~Our procedures
do not permit us to indulge in
partial application of this principle. Therefore, we find it impossible to ~successfully coooperate with organizations who deal
with this subject on a varying
basis.. The entire situation is
very much to be regretted.~

Carey said that ~in the absence of a forthright policy statement ~ against race discrimination,~ CIO affiliates will be advised not to participate in the
work of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews.

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Sermon of

The Week

Rev. Pryor

SUBJECT: THE COST OF
WORLD BROTHERHOOD

TEXT: Our Father which art in
Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be
done in earth, as it is in heaven.

~Matt. 6:9-10
Acts. 10:34, Acts 17:24-28.

These.scriptures set forth the
basic thinking of our message today. Today we are living in a
world of much misinterpretation
of Bible truths. Therefore, the
world is in much confusion.

1. First, an ovtward cry for
peace but an inward manifestation of malice, hatred, and deep
seated prejudices. On
grounds peace can never come.
Jesus.came and taught the new
way of life and peace. His birth
opened up this avenue and made
possible the coming of peace, but
he emphatically taught that~ his
first coming to the earth was a
disturbance. And. this statement
is true. To set the wrong right
when wrong has been on the
throne insures the greatest. disturbance.

2. A misunderstanding of the
first coming of Jesus Christ. What
the prophet said concerning him
was true, but it was too deep for
their absolute apprehension. ~And
they. were led to speak of his sec
And the world looked
for total peace and total re-establishment of earthly kingdoms
at his. birth. But there has not
been total peace since the birth
of Jesus unto now.

3. The terms on which total
peace and everlasting, peace is
brought about. Jesus taught it in
the 6th chapter of Matthew and
the 9th verse by saying, ~When/|
you pray, say our Father who art)
in heaven.~ It has been said)

that all men ~are. created equal.)
in relation to the,
creative act of God. He is our)

This is true

father by creation. By creation
we are brothers and-sisters. But
we are not brothers and sisters by
adoption which comes only thru.
the bloodshed of Jesus Christ.
Then by adoption we are not all
equal. -Jesus came to ~bring two.
worlds together on the basis of!
christian ~brotherhood. The Jews)

these |

i~Téaching the

|} celebration of their
of

and the Gentiles were the trouble
with the world then, the Jews and
Gentiles are the trouble with the
world now.

4. Racial] barriers can: only be

broken through the free accept-,

ance of the gospel which makes
all men equal in the sight of God.
~Peter you were -suffering with
~superioity complex.~ Tell me what
happened to you that broke the
barriers. He would say, ~ a prayer meeting at home.~ ~Paul you
were a scholar of your day and
heartfilled with prejudice.~ ~Tell
me what happened to you on the
Damacus road the ~cultural city of
the world. He would say ~in Ath
~found the worship place of the un~known God.~ His text~ read ~The
God that, I~m representing to the
world ddes not dwell in temples
made by ithe hands of men.~ He
is not seen in monuments of the
earth but in Him we move, live
and a our being.

The téms on which man -is accepted béfore God, not because of
who th, for I am nothing before Him;

Not betause I am black or
_ white, for' color does not attract
Him.

Not because you are poor, or
rich, Not because you are a wi
i: us S~C-| dow or orphan child.
ond coming in relation to his first! *
_| coming.

Metropolitan
Baptist Church
News Notes __..
Annual honors banquets of
Metropolitan Baptist ~Church Sun
day Schoél was held Friday De-|
cember 18, 1953, in the dining

hall, |
Invocation by the Rev. E. J.

Timmons,
Herman Scone, Master of

Ceremonies, introduced the guest |
Howard Simpson, |

speaker, Mr.
Jr.,, Dean of Religious Education
for the Great Lakes ~Baptist. District Association,

Awards were presented to the
outstanding departmental Superinendents by the General Superintendent, Herman Strong. Those
receiving awards were: Wm.
Hoskin, Lorraine Williams,
bert Fleming and Robert Wardrow.

Avery Aldridge was presented |)
with a brief case by teachers and |

Superintendent.
~was instructor

Mr.

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Aldridge

A. hearty
program.

dinner preceded the

Nearly 55 per cent of afl the
heat and mechanical energy pro
duced in this country from 1800
ough 1950 was derived from

In May of this year the Turks
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course, |
Church School~ ||
which faculty members attended. |

METHODIST SERVICES
Bethel Methodist Church |
Liberty at Twelfth Streets
The Rev. W. E.. Teague, Pastor
* * *
Blackwell A.-M. E. Zion Church
1234 Central Ave.
The Rev. L. M. Bugg, Pastor
* * ~
Dosie: Chapel C.M.E. Church
North and Pasadena Streets
The Rev. T. Kennie, Pastor
** * |
Neidcila. Chapel C.M.E. Church
Campau Street
The Rev. S. B. ~Cunmeiies
kee
Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Cherch
121 East Seventh-Street.
The Rev. F. B. Jones, Pastor: * * *
Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church
St. John and Rhode Island Sts.
The Rev. S. Davis, Pastor

Church of God in Christ
Black and Shelby Streets
Elder Markham, Pastor
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CHURCH OF GOD
1242 Florida Ave.

The Rev. P. J. Cox, Pastor

CATHOLIC SERVICES
Church of Christ The King -
The Rev Father Norman Dukette
Thirteenth and Clifford Sts.

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Vermont Christian Church
Lippincott and Winans Sts.
The Rev. T. Courts, Pastor

BAPTIST SERVICES |
Antioch Missionary Baptist
Church
1083 Stewart Ave.

The Rev. L. W. Pryor, Pastor
* * *&

Canaan Baptist Church
910 East Gillespie St
The Rev. T. T. Newman
** *

Golden Leaf Baptist
916 Jamieson St.

The Rev. W...A. Vaughn, Pastor
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Macedonia Baptist Church

1130 Hickory St.

The Rev. Ira Watkins, Pastor
* * a
Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle
3939 Industrial Ave.
hii Rev. E. J Timmons, Pastor
* * *

Mount Calvary Baptist
3017 Industrial Ave.

The Rev. M. Montgomery, Pastor
{ *x* * *

Mount Olive Baptist |
424 East Kennelworth
The Rev. R. R. Turpin, Pastor
* *& *.

New Zion Baptist
8517 St. John Street
The Rev. P. J. Yancey, Pastor
* * *
Shiloh Baptist Chiveh
St. John and Massachusetts Ave.
The Rev. C. R: Neal, Pastor

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