Bronze Reporter [Volume: 4, Issue: 46]

Fifteen or sixteen * years ago
in the Southwestern part of
Arkansag~thé farniefs faced a
very difficult problem. They
wefe working from sun rise to
sun set,~ which is common practice with farmers. Nevertheless,
production was on a downward
trend.

These farmers wanted to
know why? So, after many
meetings they decided to make
a farm survey. From this survey
it was discovered that their
problém was Conservation,

I mentioned the above experience because I believe we
of the Baptist faith face a similar problem,

Please note that not Rev.
Jones, but statistics reveal that
62 out of every 100 members
ef the Baptist churches are lost
~so far as Christian service is
concerned. That means that almost two-thirds of our members
Go not share in the privileges,
joys, obligations, and responsibilities of the church.

Don~t. you know Sisters and
Brothers, that if Jesus the good
Shepherd, was concerned about
one sheep in a hundred that
went astray, surely he is grieved
~beyond our expectations to 62
out of every hundred who go

Me our blessedness~:: 4
H. G.. J. Adams

Conetyition |

(this problem.~ We often hear

lastray,

The thing that: is most important is. that many of us are
conscious of this lost but have
done little or nothing to solve

some say, ~Oh, I do hope he
(or she) holds out,~ and ~we
will see how they hold out.~
And if they weather the storms
of temptation, we say little to
strengthen and encourage them.
But if they fall by the wayside
some will say ~Just as I expected.~

Personally I think that the
last of the great Commission to
the Disciples was just ds clear
as the first. ~Go ye. therefore,
and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father,
and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
Teaching them to observe all
things whatsover I have commanded you.~

I have a little something here
I would like to share with you.

~Have ye looked for my sheep

in the desert
For those who have missed
their way?
Have ye been in the wild rane
places,

Where the lost and the wan- |:

' dering stray?

BRONZE REPORTER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17,1957 3

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The foul and the darksome|
~ ~street?
It ag be ye~d see in| the gloam
the; print of my wounded feet,

~Have ye folded home to your
~bosom
The trembling, neglected lamb;
And taught to the little lost one}
The sdund of the Shepherd~s

name?
My. brethren, My friends, My
disciplés, ~ -
Can ye dare to follow me?, -
Then, wherever the Master
dwelleth,

There shall the servant be.~

Notice that Jesus promises his
abiding presence only after we

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a: ~Yours* ~for ~Christ,
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| Obituaries:

THOMAS, James, of 800514

~{Industrial ave.; age 35, passed

August %& at the County Hospital. He~ died ~ of: a lingering
iliness.

He is the beloved sof of. Mrs.
Maggie Thomas of Columbus,~
Georgia. Funeral services ~were:
held-in the Butler Funeral home
chapel of) flowers Wednesday,
August 14th, at 2:30 p.m. Bishop
A. S. McFarland officiated.

Arrangements were made by
Butler._Home. for Funerals and

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The State of Being which begins with generation and birth. the uhion of the soul and
body, the principle or vital
force by which the physical or
spiritual organs, of animals and
plants are started and continuéd
~enjoyment in the right use of
the power, especially a spiritual
existence, happiness in the favor of God. The. State of Hap=

+ piness, blessedness, blissfylness

and enjoyment of good.
d the Lord, God formed
of the dust- of the ground
aha breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life and man became a livéng soul.~~Genesis

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In the beginning farther back
than any of us can imagine and
before there was a God, the Bible story began with God the
~creator of heaven and earth and
all things thereof, granted the
power to produce seed and so to
reproduce itself.

God. created also the alternation of light and darkness and

~|thus the succession of the sea
sons were brought forth.
_ Each and everything that had
thus far been created, the sacred

mM | writer says, ~God saw that it
~};was' good.~

By contrast the ancient heathern stories about the creation

~Ytells of quarreling Gods and.|fabulous monsters, but none of

these tales have the charm of
inspiration of the Bible story.. The earth was now ready -to
receive a new kind of creation
with capacities far above those

) | of any monster of the deep anv

beast of the forest, or bird of
the air a creation created in
God~s own image. A creatinn of
the. earth, with the breath of

~| the immortal, breathed into him

with a spiritual capacity and
moral nature is called man from
this, can called Adam (proceeding from a Hebrew word meaning mankind).

God formed woman and she
was named Eve (a Hebrew word
meaning life), thus the bulwark
and foundat'on of civilization
was. laid and carried on to this
present day. j

From the prophets of _old
~throughout | the era of Jesus
Christ ~who thonughit the Spirit:
ual life of progress healed the
sick, preached, ~ ~prophesied,
brought man out of the darkness |
into a marveled light, teaching
that he: had come that they
might have life and that they
migt have it more abundantly.

As a ~dark denominational
group of people (a particular
group of men and women organized with a set form of ceremonies in their worship of God)
you have lost the real meaning
of christianity (the religion. of
Christians. taught by Christ, the
body of Christian believers) inward and outward life to the
spirit of christianity.

By giving Jesus Christ, the
oniy son of God the Father, to
suffer death upon the cross, we

piness.
_ No denomination can jiistly~
claim to be superior to all others
as far as christian principles are
concerned because denomina="
tions were formed by men from |
different opinion among thém
concerning point of doctrine and
forms of church government.

While I do not profess to teach
that each man should~ not be
ruled by his own mind in his
ceremonies in the worship of
God, I do presume to~teach that
as religious leaders of our -people we should teach the..joy,
suecess and happiness of life
and stap building on the emotions of death.

Is it true that we expect to

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PROPHET

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~Now ~Conducting Spiritual
__ Services at 2800 St. John St.
_Tuesday, Friday ~and

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inherited success, joy and~hap=1

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Hatvell, Jr,

man life only ~once? aby, good
that we ean do or any kindness
that we can show to any fellow
creature, let. us do it now. A

It is through a joy of life
that all men* teach their soul
salvation, while we are building 4
death, our men and women of
today are goihg astray, all because our religious Jeaders.on
the average, are offering nothing but a preparation of death
to them.:

Must we remain in this trend~
of life? How many of our religious leaders, in his or hér work
explain the thought of christianity, not to make your pleas- |.
ures of life less, but to bring
about a better way of,success,
joy and happiness in all that
we undertake to do.

We hope through this week~s
religious editorial you and yours
to help. you along life~s railroad
have gained something of value
and a thought for tomorrow.

Take God, into close partnership.,

Yours in Christ;
Rev. Areoree Pe Harvell Jr.

Books On Negro
Available At
Flint Library

The U. S. Negro~one out of
every 10 Americens~has regeived increased attention in newspapers, magazines, and books in
recent years. According to Librarian William eWbb, numerous
books about the Negro and his

Flint Public Library. /

Of particular ~interest are two
recent books dealing with the
contfoversial problem~ of segregation. Ge South to Sorrow,~
by Carl T. Rowan, presents the
problem through the eyes of ~
well-known Negro. journalist,
while~ Robert Penn Warren
shows: his keen~ understanding
in ~Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the South.~ j
Earijer ~titles include Walter
White~s ~How Far the Promised
Land?~ Lillian Smith~s ~Now Is
the Time,~ Joseph Furnas~
~Goodby to Uncle Tom,~ Comer
Woodward's. ~The: Strange~ Career of Jim Crow,~ Lee Nichol~s
~Breakthrough On. the Color].
Front,~ and Harty Ashirnore~s |
~The Negro and the Schools.~
Among the most popular
books, dealing with Negroes are
biographies, A particular merhPoppy Cannon has written, ~A
Gentle Knight:
Walter White.~

From the entertainmént world

comes ~My Lord, What a Morn:
ing,~ by Marian Anderson;
~Thursday~s Child,~ by.. Eartha
Kitt, and. Ethel Waters~ ~His
Eye Is On the Sparrow.~
The whole contribution of the
Negro-in- the ffield-ef the arts
is..portrayed in ~The Negro. In
Americar-~ulture;~-~by ~Margaret Butcher, and ~Negro
Voices In American Fiction,~ by
Hugh--Gloster:. ~American: Lit-|érature by Negro Authors,~ by
Herman Dreer, is in the Junior
College Library.

An excellent historical -accaunt of.the Negro; ~Pictorial
History of.the Negro In America,~ by Langston Hughes, has
been published i in recent months.

Up to the minute~ views on

in ~The Crisis,~ -the official organ of the National Association
for the Advancement of ~Colored
People, and in the magazine,
Ebony. ~

Her Troubles

p Althea Gibson is.

~bigheaded.~ ~I am never big
headed and. I_never will. be,~
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4418 Industrial ~
Rev. J- lL McClain, Pastor:

Haacedonia sacdst " Church
1116. Hickory
Rev. Ira Watkins, Pastor
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Metropolitan Baptist Church |
9924 Industrial
| Rev. S. D. Edwards, Pastor; t s *

Mt, Olive Bapfist Church
Liberty and Kennelworth -
Rev. R. R. Turpin, Pastor
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New Zion Baptist Church
4311 Selby Sit. -
Rev. J..S. Smith, Pastor
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Shiloh Baptist Church -

Pulpit Vacant
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The Good. Hope Baptist Church
608 Pingree ~
Serviee: 11 a.m. Church school,
9:30 a.m.
Rev. I. J. Epps, Pastor
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St, Paul Baptist Church

1073 E. Pierson Road.

Rev. R. R. Gordon, Pastor
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. Wor
ship: 11 -a.m.

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CATHOLIC SERVICES

Church of Christ The King
Thirfeenth arid Clifford Sts.
Sunday services 8:30 and ~11
am, Rev. Father Normian DuKette. Public is welcome.

CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST

Church of God in Christ
3020 Sf. John St.

Rev. John Smyers, Pastor
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as James ~Church af Goa
Rev. James~ Markem, ofl

The First Chines pe God,..
in Christ~3613 St. John St.

Services: 12 Noon. Sunday
schoal: 9:30 a.m.

Rev. S. C. Coles, Pastor

* * s. CHURCH OF GOD..

12th at Harrison Sts,
Rev. G. Williams, Pastor

DISCIPLES.OF CHRIST
SERVICES
Vermont Christian Church
1201 Lippmeott Blvd,

Rev. Thomas Courts, Pastor

Liberty at Twelfth Sts,.
Rev. Paul V. one Pastor
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James Chapel C.. E.
1142" Campau
Sunday sefvices: 11 a.m.
Rev. B. J. Boyd, Pastor
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Guinn~ Chapel A. N. E.
Clifford and Kennelworth
Rev. James S. A Mitconn, Pas,
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Si. es A. M. E "Stout.
North at Addison
Service: 11:45 a.m.
Rev, D. Baldwin; Pastor
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Vernon Chapel A. M. E,
North at Addison Sts..
Services, 10: 45. _~T, school,
9:00.
Lewis L. Lawrence, B.Thi, D
D,, Minister~

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Coiigregational Unitarian
Church~803

Sunday school: 11 a. m. Public
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PENTACOSTAL
SERVICES

-| Bethlehem Temple

918 Spencer St, ~
Service: 11 a.m. o
Rev. B. T. Scott
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Pentacostal Spiritual Church
3805 Industria] ~
Rev. Amanda i Clay, Pastor

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S590 North St
Services: 9:30-11:00 day,

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